The 2 thieves, Mercury Black and Emerald Sustrai walked into the hide out of the White Fang. They had just finnished looking around Vale, steeling people's wallets, and of course killing an ex-member of the White Fang. As White Fang soldiers started loading up shipments, the 2 thieves met with Roman Torchwick
"Oh look, she sent the kids again" The nefarious criminal said as he walked behind Emerald and Mercury, and put his arms around them "This is turning out just like the divorce"
Both thieves shuttered at the thought of Roman's comment and pushed his hands off of them
"Spare us the thought of you procreating" Emerald asked
"That was a joke. And this..." Torchwick pulled out a paper that looked familiar to Emerald "Just might tell me where you 2 have been all day"
"What?" Emerald checked her pockets. The address to Tuckson's booktrade was gone
"I'm a professional sweetheart. Pay attention, maybe you'll learn something" He looked at the paper "Why do you have this address?"
"Wouldn't you like to know?"
"Yea, I would. Now where have you been all day?"
"Cleaning up your problems" Mercury stepped up "1 of them at least"
"I had that under controll"
"2 packed bags and a ticket out of Vale said otherwise"
"Listen you little punk, if it were up to me, I would take you and your little streat-rat friend here, and i would-"
"Do what, Roman?"
A familiar voice came from above the villains. They looked to see a woman on a platform above them. With a beautiful red dress and long black hair and amber eyes. For this was the ring master of the entire faction. Cinder Fall. She used another platform to move down and, needless to say, Torchwick was alittle nervous as he gave an aquard chuckle
"I'd uh..." Roman tried to think of something to say "Not kill them?"
"Cinder!" Emerald said as she turned to the half fall maden
"I thought i made it clear that you were to eliminate the would-be run away" Cinder told Roman as she walked up to the group
"I was going to!"
"He was going to escape to Vacuo" Emerald tattle taled "Mercury and i decided to take it upon ourselves to kill the rat!"
"I think he was some sort of cat actually" Mercury said
"What like a puma?"
"Yeah there you go"
"Quiet!"
Their little puma talk was interupted when Cinder spoke in a serious voice which concerned the 2 children
"Did i not specificly instruct you 2 to keep your hands clean while in vale?"
As Cinder told them this, Torchwick pointed at them with an expresion of "Ohh! your in trouble!"
"I just thought-"
"Don't think. Obey"
Torchwick this time gave a gester of getting his head cut off twords the 2
"Yes ma'am. It won't happen again"
"And you" Cinder gave a menacing look twords torchwick, who when recieved this glare gave a laugh of worry in it "Why wasn't this job done sooner?"
Torchwick than pointed the 3 piles of boxes, all having many dust crystals in them
"SORRY if i've been a little busy stealing every spec of dust in the kingdom!" The criminal argued
"Your and insperation to ever punck with a gun and a ski-mask" Mercury said in a sarcastic tone
"Look around kid, i've got this town running scared! Police camping out at every corner, dust prices through the roof, and we're sitting pretty in an old warehouse with more dust crystals, vials, and rounds than we know what to do with!"
"Well i for one have to say that i am very impressed"
A voice was heard from the four-some. Cinder was unphased, but Torchwick, emerald, and mercury had no idea where the voice came from. If they wern't scared enough, a portal appered just a couple of feet away from Cinder
(insert KH2.5 orginazation 13 theme)
Out of it came a tall man in a black coat. He had his hood down so his face was hidden
"Seriously though Torchwick" The figure continued "I am really impressed at what you are able to pull off with just a few roberies. 2 thumbs up way in the air" The man shot both his thumbs up
"Who are you?" Torchwick asked
"A new accociate of mine" Cinder said as she walked twords the hood
"New accociate?" Mercury asked "I thought it was just us and the White Fang"
"Well it looks she doesn't tell even you both everything" Torchwick joked
"Cinder, who is this man?" Emerald asked
"You didn't tell them about me or the orginazation?" The mystery figure asked, putting his arm infront of his coat, pretending to cry "I'm hurt, Cindy. How could you?"
"We've been over this, Xigbar" Cinder said once she was standing right next to the hood "you were going to introduce yourself to them in person"
The now named Xigbar stopped fake crying "Man and i thought Saix couldn't take a joke" Xigbar pulled down his hood
this revieled a man who looked like he was in his late 50's, early 60's with gray and brown straks of hair in a ponytail. He had a scar on his right cheek, and an eyepatch on his left eye
"The name's Xigbar kiddies. See, Cinder here has graceously voluntiered to help us in a certain cause"
"And that cause is...?" Roman asked
"Well, it has been prophosised that one day, 7 gurdians of light and 13 weilders of darkness will one day clash to form the "X-Blade" which is the ultimate weapon, who ever wields it preety much get's anything they want, yadayadayada, and when Cinder went away for her private training, we came across her and she agreed"
"Agreed?"
"Agreed to help in this clash" Cinder spoke as she walked up to her comrads "This "Keyblade War" they want to re create"
"That..." Xigbar pointed in the air "and allow half of her heart to share with another man's"
"WHAT?!" Cinder's 3 forces said at the same time
The 3 were shocked and confused at what they were talking about, especialy that last part. "Sharing her heart with another man"? What did that even mean?
Torchwick gave a chuckle "Ok, Cinder. I've excepted this whole fall maiden thing, but that sound rediculiuse! X-blade, sharing hearts, Keyblade War?! This is insane!
"Oh, well if you thing this is insane, why not try and blow me up?" Xigbar said as he spred his hands out
"I beg your pardon?"
"Go ahead" Cinder said, gaining the attention of Torchwick, Emerald and Mercury "Shoot him, and you will see how strong these men from the orginazation are" Cinder sat down, waiting to watch what would soon unfold
The threesome of Cinder's accociates were once again confused. She was willing to let Roman kill this guy? And what did she mean by orginazation? What was this new orginazation called. Were they so strong, that Cinder and Xigbar thought that he could take Torchwick? But Torchwick grinned at the oprotunity and got his cane ready
"Well if you insist" Torchwick pointed his can at Xigbar and turned it into a shot gun "I'll end this partnership myself"
Seeing this, Emerald and Mercury got out of the way, while Xigbar laughed at Torchwick's choice of action
"You think you can beat me with that little stick?" Xigbar asked "HA! As if!"
"Trust me from experience, cockyness doesn't get you all that far"
Xigbar didn't move at all, letting torchwick make a move. And move he made he he fired his gun whick looked like it landed, letting out a lot of smoke. When the smoke cleared however, there was no body. Torchwick looked around for a second and than Xigbar telaported right in from of him holding some kind of sniper at his neck. Emerald and Mercury gasped while this pleased Cinder
"Now what was that about Ending our partnership?" Xigbar said, Pointing is weapon even closer to Roman's neck
"Uh..." Torchwick tried to come up with some words. He knew that one split second of wrong word choice and he would be gone like that "NOTHING!" Torchwick shouted, finally figuring out his words "Nothing! You 2 can countinue with this kai blade war or whatever it's called. Heh heh, eh..."
"That's what i thought" Xigbar pulled the sniper away from torchwick's neck and walked casualy back to his spot.
Than the mystery sniper gave one surprise shot to Torchwick's left shoulder. Torchwick felt an incredible amount of pain. He pulled the arrow out of his shoulder to exaine it, but in a few seconds it vanished into thin air
"That was a warning shot"
"Ha! Nice!" Mercury said, gaining enjoyment from Torchwick's pain
"Cinder..." Emerald said as she walked up to her sitting boss "As much fun as it is to see Roman get hurt, I don't really trust this man. i think you should recon-"
without warning xigbar summoned a second sniper and shot Emerald's right shoulder and Mercury's left shoulder
"That goes to both of you as well" Xigbar pointed his weapons to the sky
"Not so funny when it happens to you, is it?" Torchwick asked the 2 recently hurt teens
Mercury brushed his arrow off while Emerald took it off and tried to examine it, but again, it vanished
Mercury sighed in defeat "Tooshay"
"Alright, now listin up all 3 of you!" Xigbar pointed both his weapons twords the group "Interfeer with our plans and Phase N will come early for you all. Hell, I bet i can convince Cindy to have you not even be a part of that!"
"Phase N?" Emerald asked, confused at what he ment
"Hopefully you won't find out for a long time. Do i make myself clear?"
"Yes" Emerald said
"Ay-ay" Mercury said
"Very loud and clear" Torchwick said
"There, see?" Xigbar lowered his weapons "We can get along just fine"
"Oh, if only you children could understand" Cinder got up from her seat and walked twords her accociates once again "This keyblade war is more important than you can possibly imagine. It's bigger than dust, bigger than our sleeping friend in the mountains, even bigger than the 4 maidens combined"
The groip was left speechless. Bigger than all 4 maidens?! They didn't even think that was possible
"However, we will still countinue with our plans. Just with a little, extra help from our new friends"
"Yeah" Xigbar walked up next to Cinder "Think of it as "she scratches our backs and we'll scratch her's". If she helps us in the keyblade war, we will help Cindy and her plans for this world"
"This world?" Mercury asked
"Eh, i've got a lot to do right now" Xigbar pretended to look at a watch on is wrist "Cinder can explain it on your little trip" Xigbar opened a portal and started walking twords it "See you soon Cindy. You know what to do when you need us" And with that, the mystery man known as Xigbar went threw the portal
"Uh, trip?" Roman asked
"Oh, did i forgett to mention?" Cinder looked back at the criminal "We're proceeding to phase 2" Cinder started walking away, Emerald and Mercury joining her "Have the white fang clear out this building. I'll send you details and coordinates tonight"
Torchwick decided to get a cigar out and started smoking, but couldn't find a match. Emrald caute his attention when she had his match, opened, and gave him the tounge than closed the match
Author's note: With that, the 1st arc, the new friends arc, is done! And let me just say, i love how much i've improved. I suppose i better go on with how i think the chaptrs went so far, and what i think of their improvements from the original SKRL
The dream: Honestly, i like how the dream was writen in the original so there wasn't to much to improve on. I did see quite a few spelling, capitalization errors and some things that did need to be better described, but outside of that and the script format, the first chapter is one i feel didn't need to many improvements on
Team SKRL: OMG YES! SO MUCH BETTER! the original chapter 2, i thought was awful! it was the entire insperation for re-writing the story. Little to no characterization, short as hell, and having things that didn't really make any sence. Jaune thinking they were having an announcment because of the food fight? and the fact that i didn't even listen to what day it was in rwby time line made me cringe. I proud of the 2nd chapter's re-write the most
Keys and Roses: When i was re-writing this, at first, i didn't think it was bad. but a quick rewatch of an episode where they had a fighting class and a look at how strong sora is compared to Ruby said other whise. I thought that the fight was good, but i did think it could go for a longer fight. It was tough deciding if Ruby's first vision should be in the original or the rewrite vertion. Rewrite for the win
Surprise After Surprise: Again, i didn't think i could improve on Kairi's and Riku's fight, but Lea's deffinatly needed to be longer. Not much else to say
New Orginazations: Again, not much to talk about except that this chapter starts out earlier and a few changes to dialogue and a few new lines, but i'm satasfied non the less.
Well i am really happy with this re-write. it's better building up future events in the series (yes this is going to be a series. Why? Because i say so!) and gets rid of the stupid script formating. I'll do another one of these things where i talk about the improvements of each chapter after each arc, and even after that i'll talk about some certain thing in future chapters that wern't in the original SKRL. All i can say left is that thank you all for reading my work and i hope you enjoy future chapters. Now that the new friiends arc is finished, it's time to go twords the next arc. The revial arc. If you read the original SKRL, you know what's up. And now to answer reviews!
Evinco: You will see some great moments with Ruby and Sora. I'm really trying to build up a real close friendship, and it will really show in future parts. weither they'll end up being together is still undecided, but we'll see
busssaw953: Just because Yang has fire abilities doesn't mean she is imune to fire attacks
So with that, please review, tell me your openions and questions and i'll see you next time