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Ch.2
Naoto
"Argh…Where the hell is that Rabbit?"
Ragna the Bloodedge growled as he trudged his way through the strange mis-matched world. Funny enough he found himself in a familiar place. The arena where he fought the mad dog Azrael surrounded him and it looked just as destroyed as it did when him and the 'carnivore' fought.
"I've been running around this stupid tournament and still haven't found her or Noel…" The grim reaper growled. His current situation, of being tossed in some multi-dimensional tournament by, his own guess, Rachal Alucarud, is a s frustrating as it is tiring.
In the past two hours he's fought trigger happy robots, a really hyper little red riding hood look alike and her aloof cat friend. Some oversized grandpa and his smart mouth daughter. Two 'justice' rapier using brats; that painfully made him hope Tsubaki isn't around to make a trio of 'justices whielding girls that hate Ragna' club. He's even had to fight actual high schoolers.
'Although I've never heard of any high schoolers that summon…whatever the hell those things are….' Ragna sighed. Wondering who did he piss off to deserve this. And if he can find them so he punch them in the face.
"Excuse me sir. Can you spare a moment of your time?"
'And here's another werido….' Ragna groaned.
"I had really hopped you would've just stop fallowing me…." The wanted man sighed as he turned around. Although he was a little surprised. He had sensed a girl fallowing him but standing there is clearly a young man. He is dressed in a clean and sharp dark blue uniform with hat on their head to match. While he looked to be in high school, his eyes showed off a cool insightfulness that wasn't meant for someone around fifthteen.
'That's some damn good cosplay.' Ragna noted in his thoughts. 'Is she like Mai?'
"So, you knew I was fallowing you…." The young woman tipped her hat down in thought. "Either I was careless, or you too have a strange power. And judging form the other people I've met here, it's most likely the later."
"So, you going to keep talking to yourself or can I go now? I've got other places to be kid." Ragna sighed as he placed a hand on his hip. Keeping it close to his sowrd just in case this kid was going to throw something strange at him.
"Ah. Right. My apologizes. Let me re-asses." The smartly dressed young man pulled out a very familiar, and aggravating piece of paper for Ragna. "Are you the man in this wanted poster? This 'Ragna the Bloodedge?'"
"Argh! How many of those damn things made it here…?" The infamous grim reaper slapped his forehead at the wanted poster giving him another headache.
"So, I take it this is you…" The young woman deduced.
"Ragh…." Ragna sighed at his luck before looking back at the new comer.
"You know when. People ask me that question that's never a good thing." The wanted man grumbled as he placed his hand on the handle of his sowrd.
"You miss understand me, Ragna-san." The young man placed the wanted poster back inside his shirt. "I am merely confirming a few things."
Crossing his arms and placing his hand under his chin the disguised girl thought aloud, "Judging from the exuberantly high price on your head, where you come from you must be extremely dangerous. And powerful. So, if would be safe to assume two things: You may be very informed about your own world and you possess a keystone.".
"Huh. Your pretty sharp." Ragna said, not even trying to hide his glare. "But that doesn't change the fact that I don't trust you."
"That is fine." Noato nodded sagely. "I merely wish to ask you a few questions."
"….." Ragna kept a hard stare at the young man. Reading the stoic teenager before sighing and crossing his arms. "Fine. But let me ask my own."
"Fair enough." Naoto agreed and let the grim Reaper go first.
"What's your name?" Ragna asked with his usual gruffness.
"Naoto Shirogane. I am detective." And Naoto replied just as coolly.
"A little young dont'cha ya think?" Ragna scoffed with raised brow.
"If my case was not a special one do you think I would be in this strange place as well?" Naoto responded plainly.
"Good point." Ragna snorted in annoyance. Scratching the back of his head while Naoto asked her next question.
"My turn. Just to confirm, and you do not have to show it to me, but you do have a Keystone, do you?"
Ragna narrowed his eyes. "…. Yeah. You going to fight me for it?"
"No." Naoto shook her head. Denying the clam but she kept her hand on her chin in thought. "Hmmm…But…"
"Yeah?" The Grim Reaper growled.
"A…. acquaint of mine told me only heroes are given keystones. Why would a criminal like you have one?" The young investigator gave Ragna stern glance. "Unless you stole it form someone."
Ragna rolled his eyes form hearing the same ol retort once again. "Sorry to disappoint you but I was dropped in here by some damn computer that shoved that stupid stone in my face, forcing me in this damn tournament."
The wanted man shrugged his shoulders. "I am as much a victim of this as you are. Maybe instead pointing fingers, you should think of a way to get out here. Detective."
"Your right." Naoto, much to Ragna's surprise, apologized. "My apologies. It was wrong of me to judge based off what little I knew of you personally. "
"Uh…" Ragna blinked at the other person's sincerity. "D-don't worry about it…. huh..."
"Is something wrong?" Naoto asked curiously.
"Well no… I am just kind of used to people jumping the gun and trying to kill me first." A smirk crept up on Ragna's face. "Your lot better company then bunch of other people I've met."
'Hmm. He's not as standoffish as I thought.' Naoto was genuinely surprised at Ragna's reaction. When she had first being her tailing of the criminal, she had her reservations, given how he looks and the wanted poster she has; in which she still doesn't believe the artist who drew this has even seen a normal human before, she had her guard up for the inevitable fight she thought she would have to get into.
And yet Ragna is far more reasonable then she thought. 'Appearances, no matter the world, truly are deceiving.'
"Hm." Naoto let a small smile as the tension in the air vanished. "You must live a hectic life."
"Heh. Tell me about it." Ragna let out a small chuckle. "Ok. My turn. You friends with a girl who likes to kick a lot? Wears a green track sui-WATCH IT!"
Ragna dashed over to tackle Naoto to the ground. Just in time for a large spike of crystalized blood to impale the ground they were standing on.
"Aw man you made me miss!" A red-haired young man, with a sinister smile and blood dripping from his hands walked out the shadows of the arena before them. "Oh well. I'll just have to skewer you both next time! Geh ha ha ha!"
"Ugh friend of yours!?" Ragna growled as stood up his massive sword out and ready.
"Not in the slightest." Noato reached for her gun as she glared at the sudden intruder.
"Well it's not like he can do anything. Without another-! GET BACK!" The grim reaper shoved Naoto away and swung his blade. Just in time for it to clash with large white one being whiled by a menacing robot.
"So, we meet again monster! Ha!" The robot spoked as he slash his blade. Ragan met him with slashes of his own their blade's meeting a furry of blurs and sparks. Their blades blurs as the countered each other with powerful earth quaking slashes.
"Piss off asshole!" Ragna gave a devasting swing with his sword and knocked back the robot. Yet it didn't seem fazed as it slide across the ground.
"What is that?" Naoto asked her eyes glaring down the steel samurai.
"Tch. A dumdass named Hakumen." Ragna said with a roll of his shoulders. "Here's a tip: Stay the hell away form him. His more of a monster then that lobster over there."
"The hell you call me!?" The 'lobster' glowed in fury as blood swirled around him. "I'll show you! You piece of shit!"
An army of blood spike formed in the air and flew themselves right at Ragna at blazing speed.
"Ah crap." Was what Ragna was able to say before the dahs away form the near thousands of spikes attempting to impale him. Leaving Naoto to face Hakumen.
"It would wise to leave child. You are not my query." Hakumen said stabbing his blade into the ground. "My prey is the Black Beast."
Naoto could feel the overwhelming energy coming off the robotic swordsmen. It was far different form any shadow she face. If anything, she would compare it to the time she and her friends faced off the goddess Izanami. Yet she held her ground with a clam calculated stare back at Hakumen. "And I am to assume you mean Ragna-san."
"Yes." Hakumen said. "In my world he will be a blight that will cause a massive calamity. He must be destroyed before then."
"I see. You have your own reasons for seeking out Ragna-san." Naoto surmises. Calmly reloading her pistol. "However, as a detective I cannot let do harm to my witness during my investigation."
"Hmph. A detective." Hakumen scoffed. "So, what you seek is justice investigator?"
"Justice? Possibly. But what I really seek is the truth." With her gun ready, the investigator aimed her weapon. "And it is that reason why I can't let you have Ragna-san."
"Hm. An admirable goal. However," Hakumen raised his blade and roared with determination. "If you are in my way, then you must fall child. Prepare yourself!"
Hakumen swiftly lunged at Naoto with his blade rise high. The detective fired off two shots of her gun only for the bullets to bounce off the swordsman's armor. They didn't even slow him down as he swung his blade down at the detective. Who is quick enough to jump back to dodge the blow, and gain a good distance form him.
Naoto pointed her gun back Hakumen as he marched towards her. The difference in power is far more apparent now between them but Naoto did not faulter.
"Your guns will do nothing against me child." Hakumen stated as he stalked towards Naoto.
"Sorry." Naoto said as her body shimmered with a blue aura as similar colored card appeared behind Hakumen's shoulder. "But this bullet isn't for you. Come! Sukuna-Hikona!"
Naoto fired the gun and sound of shattering glass echoed off the air.
"Wha-Hmph!?" A blade made of energy clashed with Hakumen's just before it reached his head. A creature with wings and strange costume glared at him form across their sparking blades.
"What sort of power is this?" Hakumen mumbled to himself as he pushed the creature away.
"Hiya!" Naoto came flying in with a kick that knocked Hakumen back a little. Landing on his guard and springing boarding off of him before he could swing his blade. She fired multiple rounds that bounced off the swordsmen. They did nothing but bother him while he prepared to swing his blade.
"Arrgh!" Only for his back to be slashed by Naoto's persona. The two of them double teaming the samurai with quick jumps and covert cuts. Jumping and dodging just out of his reach with Naoto being the main distraction by firing her gun and assaulting the swordsman with swift kicks. Then she would summon her persona and let it cut and hack away at Hakumen's blind spots. Much to his aggravation.
"Enough of this!" The armored samurai threw his arms out and blast of wind knocked both Naoto and her persona back into a wall.
"I will admit. You proved a bit more formidable then I thought." Hakumen said with his blade pointed in front of Naoto's face. The steel just barely touching her nose.
"You are quite skilled. And your devotion to seek out this 'Truth' is admirable. Yet you align yourself with the Black Beast." Hakumen stared down Naoto at the end of his blade. Actually, impressed by how clam the young girl looked standing in the face of his sowrd. "Why?"
"The truth is neither good nor evil." Naoto said. Letting a plan formulate in her mind as she spoke. "It is my judge, as a detective, to bring the truth to light. I am not a judge. Nor the jury or executioner. I merely wish to bring the truth to light. And understand it."
"I see." Hakumen nodded in respect for Naoto's goals. Killing her would do nothing. However, she is still an obstacle to his goal. And she must be moved. "Even so this is where your quest for the truth must be put on a small hiatus."
As he raised his Blade Hakumen recited his mantra.
"I am the white void. I am the cold steel. I am the just sowrd. With blade in hand I will reap the sins of this world and cleanses it in the fires of destruction! I am- "
"A pain in my ass! Hell's fang!" Ragna's fiery dark fist slammed into the side of the swordsmen's face. Sending him flying through the wall of the stadium in earth shaking crash.
"You alright kid?" Ragna looked back at Naoto. The man in red not looking even remotely winded form his fight with the blood user. Whose body is half way stuck in a stone wall.
"Yes." Naoto nodded as she stood up. "But he is even stronger then I- "
"Black Beast!" Hakumen came roaring out of the rubble.
"Shit!" Ragna cursed as his blade collided with Hakumen's pushing him back across the ground.
Naoto watched the two men clash blades in a fury of spark. It was all she could see with how fast they were moving. Ragna's massive weapon is faster then a blur as he swung it to meet the Hakumen's lighting fast Kanata. However, the young investigator wasn't going to merely sit on the side lines for too long.
"Ragna! Bring him over to me!" Naoto ran alongside the chaos. Being careful to avoid being hit by any flying rocks and debris. Trying to keep up with the two monstrous men as she form her plan.
"Ugh! What!?" Ragna grunted as he ducked under a swing to spin and counter with one slash of his own. Knocking Hakumen back, but only for the samurai to surge right back into the grim reaper's defenses.
"Trust me!" Naoto yelled as she reloaded her gun and fired it at the ground. A dark circle of magic appearing for shortest of seconds.
"Tch! Fine!" Ragna leaped back from Hakumen's blade. Back peddling from him while ducking and countering the samurai's katana.
"Whatever plan you have will not work!" The white void dashed after Ragna with his blade held high. As Ragna passed by over the dark circle, Naoto fired her gun.
"There! Mamudoon!"
A cylinder dark magic erupted form the ground under Hakumen's feet. A painful roar erupted form Hakumen as dark sparks of lighting and magic ran through him. The robotic swordsmen fell to the ground utterly limp.
"Whoa." Ragna whistled. Impressed by the attack as he holstered his weapon. "What the hell was that?"
"An instant death spell made for those in the holy aliment." Naoto said as she adjusted her hat. "From his speech I had deduced he is some who values justice above all else. I had a feeling that skill would be effective on him."
"Or maybe it's just super effective on idiots…" Ragna scoffed as he looked at the unconscious form of his rival
"Mmmm…" A groan form the swordsmen however made Ragna click his teeth and Naoto step back in surprise.
"Looks like it was just enough to knock him out. Let's get out here before he wakes up." Ragna swiftly turned and ran out of the arena.
"Agreed." With Naoto quickly fallowing.
-OOO-
"Well that was a pain in the ass…." The man worth a country sighed as he and the young sleuth entered a new area of a small forest this time. A few miles away form Hakumen and the lobster.
"I-I still have more questions R-Ragna-san." Naoto panted as she tried to catch her breath. Having constantly sprint to keep up with Ragna's speed as they both ran.
'He's definitely not human.' Naoto thought. 'I had my suspicions form the way he fought but…seeing it first hand has confirmed them…'
"Oh, you kept up with me? Heh. You're not half bad." Ragna smirked with a hand on his hip.
"S-So, you were trying to lose me..." Naoto glared at the wanted man. Only to receive a like chuckle in response.
"Actually." The grim reaper sighed listlessly with an aggravated scratch of his head. "It might be a good idea for us to part ways. Or that stupid computer is just going push into another fight."
"Hmm…" Naoto crossed her arms. Quickly coming into agreement with Ragna. "Regrettably you may be correct in that assessment."
"Don't worry about it." The grim reaper grinned. Shocking Naoto at how, for lack of a better term, human it looked. "With how crazy this place is, we'll see each other again sooner or later."
Naoto blinked at kindness in Ragna's voice. But she smiled none the less. "I suppose your right. I hope to meet you again. Ragna-san."
Ragna paused in his leave and turned to give Naoto small nod. "Oh, and before I leave I got to say. Nice cosplay you got going there. I didn't even believe you were guy until I looked into your soul. But don't' worry your secret is safe with me. Anyway, later."
Naoto stood there. Eyes wide blinking dumbly into space as the wanted man walked off.
"…Y-You knew?" Naoto slowly processed the information and then shook her head when another, more important point of Ragna's words reached her. "Wait-You can read souls!?"
With her curiosity and search for the truth guiding her, Naoto gave chase to Ragna.
-Kanji Motherfucking Tatsumi bonus-
"Do have any idea where she might be senpai?" Kanji Tatsumi, the tall, scary blonde teenager looked at Souji with worry. However, the sliver haired young man, gave an encouraging grin to his friend.
"I wouldn't worry about Naoto kanji. She's smart. She'll be fine."
"I don't know man…" Yosuke, walking beside his friend said a little more than just concerned. Giving a strange eyeing to the odd creatures that roomed around the strange ruins him and everyone else were walking by. The old destroyed temple has been over round by weeds and grass. It's pillars now toppled on the ground with the walls crumbling and filled with holes.
"We did just fight a chick who has an actually squirrel tail and a dude that makes those buff shadows look like paper weights. Who knows what else is in this crazy place…" Yosuke sighed.
"Oh, I do hope we get to see Makoto-chan again." Yukiko smiled at the memory of meeting their strange new friend. "I still haven't gotten a chance to touch her tail. I wonder how fluffy it is…"
"Will that be before or after to punts you to the moon…" Yosuke sighed. Honestly wondering why, he tried to reason with his friends.
"Oh! There she is! There's Naoto-chan!" Chie pointed out in the distance as she saw a friendly blue hat walking with a tall scary looking man in a red jacket.
"Whoa! That guy looks like a really rough customer." Yosuke swallowed heavily as he looked at the mans really big sowrd on his back.
"Could that be that man you were talking about Chie? The one with the big sword and beat up a bunch of monsters by himself?" Yukiko turned to her kong-fu loving comrade who nodded her head in agreement.
"Yeah I think so. I mean he has a scary face, but he didn't really do anything wrong." As Chie said that they all watched as Ragna suddenly grab Naoto by the waist.
"Or maybe I was wrong…." Chie gave a weary chuckle
"Ah. It looked like she tripped." Souji noted as him and his friends watch Naoto interact with the strange man. However, Yosuke snickered a little with a playful thought to tease Kanji.
"Hey Kanji maybe. Naoto like the tall scary dude like y-err kanji?" Yoskue started to sweat as he saw Kanji take off in a mad dash. Right towards Naoto and the man in red.
-With Naoto and Ragna-
"Can you actually eat souls? What do they look like? What is your sword made of? How can you lift something so heavy? Are really human, and if you aren't what are you?"
"Ahh geez enough with the twenty questions already…" Ragna sighed as Naoto bombarded him with question after question. The detective quest for the truth was stating to get on his nerves.
"Also, do you-ah!?"
"Watch it!" The grim Reaper was as he gripped Naoto by the waist to stop her form fall on her face. The young girl tipping on rock as she was walked beside him.
The detective's face flushed red at her mistake. And being so close to a man with her head being buried in Ragna's chest. "T-Thank you. I guess in all my excitement I wasn't paying attention to how I where I was going."
"Tch. I'll say." Ragna grumbled as he helped her back up." Are you always like this when- "
"GET AWAY FROM HER YOU OLD PERVERT!"
"K-Kanji-kun!?"
"Whoa! Did you just come at with a goddamn chair!?"
Did you like it or not? Tell me in a review!
Also something silly so you can ignore it:
When I started this idea out I wanted to be something basic like, people that didn't really like Ragna actually getting to know him. Not outright enemies. Just people that don't talk to him much and mostly not form his own game. I thought it would be easy. Until I noticed that nearly the whole cast of cross tag is actually chill with man. O.o seriously besides straight villains, no one outside his own game actually dislikes Ragna.
Heck I think nearly half the Blazblue cast wants to kill him, lock him up, or just pick a fight with him. Tsubaki, Jin, Hazama, Hakumen (which is also jin but whatever), Azreal. (Who isn't a bad guy or an actual cannibal just….strange) Luna just outright hates him. While she has a mad boner for him, Racheal LIVES to pick on Ragna. Nine is rather neutral, and Nu-13…. yeah…-_- "
The rest of the cast is ok with him. Heck two fourths of team RWBY is alright with him. Blakes a little rough but it's Blake. The persona team is chill as hell with mister grumpy. Even with Aegis low key roasting him and Ruby. And under night are just nearly the same. Mostly chill with him besides Orie but so is every girl with that 'justice' complex. (Her, Tusbaki, and Weiss should make the justice girl club sweet Christmas…)
So now this has turned into 'people interacting with Ragna because fuck me.' Also a few things.
One I will be calling, as well as Ragna, Orie Oreo because she looks like one and its too funny not to.
Two I don't plan on doing all girls as I want to do some dudes. Even though I have like three stories line up that I can work on and most of them are girls.
Three I honestly believe mother fucking is Kanji's middle name because he is that badass.
And four for any future RWBY Ragna romantic stories, yeah, I am keeping the guy at like age 25 or whatever old he is (yeah no seriously no knows how old this fucker is.) Yeah, I know he's dating like teenagers but hey both me and Ragna have done some unsavory things. What a little underage loving going to do-
"FREZZE FBI!"
SHIT *legs it out the window*
"…. Is he gone?"
"Sweet! I hope he still has those Shinbou pics on his computer!"
"Aww~Nowi-chan is so kawwii~."
"You disgusting creeps. Renamon is the one true Waifu."