Chapter 28
Testing the unknown
Standing outside of a hospital window, Ozpin let out an exhale as Loki slept within the room where Nora also slept, along with team RWBY and Neo, wearing another disguise, feeling a hand on his left shoulder he turned to Glynda, Hoshi within Loki's mind to sort out what had happened to cause what could be described as an ascension.
Which brought him back to the worrisome thought of those Loki had brought into existence, and more importantly of what James will do once he bares witness to the "wild man" his other students had come to call the mad grinner.
Turning back to the window he barely flinched as he stared into the red and blue eyes of the mad man himself, showing a face of calm that hid a bloodlust inside, seeing the man tilt his head to the left like a curious puppy he suddenly opened his mouth horrifically wide, showing a maw of sharp teeth within, making Glynda jump at the sight while Ozpin merely stood calmly, though inwardly he only grew more worried for the one he called son and what caused this creation, watching the man laugh like he had just pulled off a prank the man was suddenly slammed into the ground by the Samurai Knight who had foregone his helmet, allowing Ozpin to see his eyes were like those of a Lion, a proud aura rising off of him as he spoke down to the man with Ozpin unable to hear his words due to the glass.
Watching the man look to him he nodded in apology as the wild man walked through a distortion in the air, leaving Ozpin and the man before he turned at hearing footsteps, seeing Ironwood approaching Ozpin felt someone else walking to them, turning her spotted… wait.
Turning to a perfect replica of James Ozpin and Glynda looked between the two with the one on the left showing an angry glare at the doppelganger who held his hands up with a small smile as his being ripple like water in a pond, leaving the man of water standing there, his sleeves rolled.
"I apologize, just wanted to see how good my given skills were" the man said with Ironwood glaring at the man who gave his own glare, well it was a look of annoyance.
"You may scare or intimidate others with that glare but right now I feel like I've angered a puppy" the man said with Ironwood glaring as he reached for a weapon until Ozpin spoke.
"Since you're going to be here for a while… May we know your names?" Ozpin said with the man turning to him with Ironwood stopping himself from aiming his weapon as Ozpin stood patiently with the man smiling pleasantly.
"From what memories had been placed within my mind along with the personality, my name is Oshanzu No Sakkaku, a pleasure" the now named Oshanzu said with a butler bow.
"A pleasure to meet you Oshanzu, but what about the others that came with you?"
Turning to the window where his other brother sat patiently, keeping guard over the two teens as they slept before Oshanzu tapped a knuckle onto the window, making the man turn to see Oshanzu gesturing to them, making him stand up and vanish into embers, reappearing beside Oshanzu with a bow.
"What can I do for you, Ozpin?" speaking to the headmaster who stood with a friendly smile.
"I was asking what to call all of you, Oshanzu I know along with the one known as Terragon thanks to team GLOY's input, but the rest still escapes us" Ozpin said with the man smiling with a chuckle.
"Well, since I'm here, you may refer to me as Fuyu Inferuno" the man said with Ozpin frowning at slightly recognizing the language.
"Cold inferno, quite a bit, misleading due to the uh.. the hair" Ozpin said with Fuyu looking up with Glynda hiding her blush due to now noticing his well-toned body, though the trail of drool running down the right side of her mouth was seen.
"UH, Glynda, you're drooling" Ozpin said with Glynda wiping her mouth while looking away, making Oshanzu and Fuyu share a look before ironwood spoke.
"What about that Lunatic with the hooks, from what we've been allowed to examine your weapons even baffled my top scientists" Ironwood said with Fuyu unsheathing his sword, making James narrow his eyes until Fuyu held it to him, sheath aimed to Ironwood who took it calmly, examining it he began to marvel the craftsmanship.
"This came from Loki's mind?" James said with Fuyu looking to Loki who now held Nora close to him in his sleep.
"Moving on, the woman is known as Aeron, the next is Wakai, which is young in the language my name came from, Terragon you know of which leaves the one that is basically a child with a lust for carnage, Zecromac" Fuyu said before the man himself phased through a wall that rippled like water, grinning slightly With his hands held out from his side as James aimed his revolver at him.
"You called?" looking to Ironwood with his eyes glowing the now named Zecromac let out a challenging growl as the two had a stare off.
Making Ozpin frown in worry of a fight breaking out until Zecromac spoke.
"Tell me, how long do you last with that metal arm going up and down?" Zecromac said which got him a smack on the head by both Oshanzu and Fuyu, the two staring casual as Zecromac rubbed his head while Fuyu retrieved his sword from James.
"Are we going to have any trouble from him during the festival?" looking to Zecromac as he stood calmly, with Fuyu looking at Zecromac.
"No, but will we have to worry about you trying to dissect our literal father?" Fuyu questioned with James scowling until Ozpin spoke.
"Now now, no need for hostility this time of night, James why don't you go to your room and you three… go where ever it is you go to" Ozpin said with the three nodding before Zecromac grabbed them and stepped through an aerial distortion.
Leaving Ozpin and Glynda with James who sighed while rubbing his eyes as he turned to Loki.
"This is troubling"
Looking out the window of their dorm room facing Vale, Cinder fall frowned in annoyance while Emerald sat on her bed with her mind still glued to the sadistic laugh Zecromac had given out during the breach, while Mercury simply sat on his bed.
"I know right, it was bad enough with Loki being suspicious of us, now we have to deal with these new guys" Mercury said while Cinder looked outside the window to see the spectral being known as Terragon walking to the edge of the cliff facing Vale, making her watch in curiosity as the being held his hammer in front of him, placing it down before his feet the man began to turn to stone, making Cinder frown before she saw a blur of lightning moving back and forth before the blur stopped beside the statue, showing the speed user lean on Terragon's right foot, admiring the view before he sped away once more.
"Stay under the radar you two, I have to have a word with my mistress" Cinder said as she left the two in the room, with Emerald flinching as the door closed.
Sitting within their dorm room in their sleepwear, Yang looked to the ceiling with a frown of worry as her thoughts continued to drift to Loki lying dead, wincing slightly at the mental image of Loki she sat up with a sigh, looking to her sister and two teammates she hopped off of her bed and got dressed, moving to leave her room she heard footsteps in the hallway with a whistle following suit, opening it with a small creak she stepped out quietly so she did not wake her teammates, looking to whoever had walked by she blinked at seeing no one, but the whistling still remained, frowning in confusion she went to investigate.
Only to stumble as the world suddenly became… twisted, looking around in shock as the hallway was now a path of floating pieces, still designed as the carpeted floor Yang looked up to her right to stare as the one known as Zecromac casually walked upside down, hopping over a gap in the floating floor he stopped with the whistling also stopping, looking around he spotted Yang with a look of panic, making Yang jump as he suddenly appeared beside her.
"How did you get in here" jumping away with a confused scream she looked to where he was before, only to see him gone and now there, a genuine look of worry on his once blood thirsty looking face, making him look somewhat normal.
"I heard whistling and came to… see who it was" Yang answered with Zecromac sighing, rubbing his face he looked over his shoulder to see he had… left a portal open, whoops.
"The doors still open, you can go back that way if you want" Zecromac said as he walked ahead, leaving Yang who frowned before following him through the basically shattered world with a curious look.
"Weiss would be questioning everything right now" Yang said as Zecromac stepped through an upside down door, causing one to open beside Yang with him stepping out.
"I have to agree, man, I feel right at home here" Zecromac said with yang giving him a look, seeing Loki somewhat in his appearance, seeing a bed floating slowly away in the distance Yang frowned as she spotted what looked like a outline of a person lying under the covers.
"This place gets weirder the more I try to think about it" Yang said as Zecromac hummed in agreement.
"Yep, I guess this place was designed like a pocket dimension for Remnant" Loki said while poking the head of a human outline, actually getting a reaction from the figure much to Yang's surprise, making Zecromac smile his scary grin.
"This will be useful" Zecromac said before Yang laughed nervously while looking for the exit.
"So why were you outside of your dorm, from what I can tell it's past curfew" turning to Zecromac, Yang frowned at his words before sighing.
"I can't get the image of Loki dead out of my head, every time I see his body lying there… I feel like I lost something again" Yang said with Zecromac turning to her, his blue eye glowing as he paid attention.
"If you can't sleep, go see him if your worrying, being around here won't help" Zecromac said before he left through another door, leaving Yang to follow him.
"So you're here, where are the other guys that came with you?" Yang questioned as Zecromac walked forward through a series of aligned doors, opening them with Yang close behind him as they stopped with Zecromac thinking, his eyes glowing.
"Their doing what I'm doing" Zecromac said as Yang noticed more floating beds with figures sleeping in them.
"And what are you doing exactly?"
"Testing my abilities" Zecromac said as he clicked his right hand, making the world tunnel vision before Yang stumbled as they now stood within a hospital room, turning to address her Zecromac looked down to see her give him a look, making him share one of apology before he turned to see Nora and Loki sleeping, allowing Yang to stand up and walk to the bed. Not noticing Zecromac sit on a chair
Allowing Yang to place a hand on Loki's head with a small smile, before she heard a caw from the only window to the room, making her look up to see a Raven looking at her with red eyes, turning to fly away it noticed Zecromac "Sleeping" in the chair that was slowly floating up into the air.
Flying away with Yang now thinking of the Raven she turned to Loki, leaning down she placed a soft kiss onto his lips before leaving the room, Zecromac returning the chair to its original place before vanishing after her.
Walking into the Schools courtyard after the raven, Yang looked around for any onlookers while walking to a fountain, stopping suddenly at seeing a swordswoman she instantly thought back to Loki's words
'I take it this woman is your mother who left you?'
Watching the woman take her mask off, Yang steeled her resolve at seeing a near look-alike of herself.
'Than your better off without her' openly glaring at Raven Branwen now as she approached the two failed to see Zecromac watching from the sideline, with full interest.
"Yang, we have a lot to talk about."
"There's nothing to talk about, you left me and my dad for a pathetic lifestyle, you can go right ahead and go back to your so-called family" yang said with Raven stopping at the hostility, looking into her daughters eyes Raven saw the fire in them aimed and refined, like someone had tamed them.
"I see Ozpin's dog has enlightened you"
"He's a wolf, now if you have anything that's not bullshit, say and leave, your no longer my mother" Yang said as she clenched her fists, cocking Ember ready for a fight in case, it was this moment Oshanzu arrived with Aeron, the two sensing a fight being possible.
"He's a dog and you know it, Like Ozpin they will fall to the darkness in this world, they'll leave us all to fend for ourselves even that woman Ozpin has taken a fancy will leave us" Raven said with Yang glaring at her with the others, all of them present, turning to leave Raven stopped as Fuyu stood before her, his eyes glowing with a glare aimed at her with the intensity of the sun.
"True words spoken from a fool, good thing you did leave your daughter and Taiyang" Fuyu said as he walked to Yang, leaving Raven angry with her hand grabbing her weapon, turning to behead Fuyu she stumbled as she stood in a broken world of reality, looking up she spotted the figure of Yang and Fuyu above, the fountain upside down facing her impossibly.
Her thoughts were suddenly stopped at hearing a demonic giggle all around her, making her look to her right to see Zecromac sitting on a bench, his grin in full use with his eyes glowing.
"Let's have a chat shall we about real family"