(The number of words I typed into this is a record for me. On with the story!)
13 years after Prologue
It's night out tonight, Remnant's broken moon hanging in the sky. And I'm going to need some more Dust if I'm going to have to keep using my weapon, so I've been looking for a Dust shop to handle said problem. I pat the side where my weapon is and take it off my back to a look at it: a huge black sheath with an orange handle on the end of it, on the sheathe itself is the word WOOF in big dusty orange capital letters. I put the thing on my back again and keep walking
"Soon enough pup, you'll get what you need" I say to no one besides myself and continue walking. Soon enough I see a sign:
FROM DUST TIL DAWN
I chuckle a bit at the sign and walk through the door, place is well organized with a variety of stuff to buy: books, tools, crystals, cannisters, Dust, pretty impressive. The guy at the counter is an old man, balding with some white hair at the sides of his head, looks like he'd be someone's grandpa if all possible. He smiles and waves not saying a word, I smile and wave back at him in response before starting to browse rocket dust rounds...lucky me there is some, two dozen of them. I grab myself a container for them and set them on the counter
"I'll browse some more until I'm ready to get going, mind if I just set them here for now?" I ask the old guy who just shakes his head, I nod and head over to a magazine rack. Let's read up on something shall we?: Vale News is pretty good once in a while, time to see what it has. I take the magazine off the rack and open it up and find a headline
"Dust shop robbing spree continues", I sigh and shake my head. Bad news is something I don't like to hear about so much, it's kind of a downer, the door bell rings and I hear the sounds of guns cocking and weapons being drawn. That's probably not so good, "Please! Just take my lien and leave!" a voice said that I could guess was the old man. I turn my head to see guys in black suits in the store, I could guess about five or so...not sure that more would be around or not, there is also the old man with his hands raised up in the air along with someone smoking a cigar in front of him: The guy was wearing a red-lined white suit with a gray scarf and bowler hat that has a little feather in it, he has long bright orange hair with bangs covering his right eye, he has dark green eyes and an arrogant smirk on his face. "Shshsh, calm down" he said calmly "we're not here for your money" he stopped and nodded to the suited thug on his left "Grab the Dust"
You know how they say 'Speak of the Devil and he shall appear.'? They should also add in: 'Read about robberies, and you'll be robbed yourself'. I see one of the robbers coming my way, keep cool Axel...nothing Qrow hasn't taught you before. "Alright hands in there air!" he yelled at me, I just kept reading the magazine...oh would you look at that it's showing a mugshot of the guy who's robbing the place: Roman Torchwick. "Did ya hear me I said hands in the air!" he said again, I just put a hand up before putting the magazine back up.
"Am I being robbed?" I asked and almost right after that someone else said "Are you robbing me?" the voice was familiar, cutsey and sweet...I'll find out later. For now there is this guy who looks like he's about to pop a blood vesel or shoot the gun he's pointing at me, "YES! I'M ROBBING YOU!" he says aggitated. I could only grin "I got you", I hit him in the stomach as hard as I can before rushing to get my rockets.
Gotta go fast.
7 years ago, Signal Accademy
I can barely keep my eyes open as Qrow keeps on with the lecture about weapons. A hand touches my back causing me to snap back awake, I turn and see that it's just Yang. "Hey, keep awake ok sleepy head? I don't want uncle Qrow to have to make you write an appology letter due to being tired. Alright?" she says smiling a bit worried, makes me sad when she pulls that card on me. I smile back reassuringly "Don't worry about it, I'll be fi-" Qrow clearing his throat cut me off, he was looking right at me with the usual smirk on his face. "Mister Lind, Miss Xiao Long: mind telling what you two are talking about?" he asks quizingly with an eyebrow raised
I cough and shake my head "It's nothing professor Qrow, just making a little side conversation...but! I'm paying attention now no worries!" I say quickly and putting on a nervous smile, Qrow just chuckles a bit "Alright then, time for the assignment: each of you will have to make your own weapons! A weapon that you will be using to hunt Grimm and protect yourselves" he announced which caused a bit of stir among the class. I look to the left of me and see Ruby almost ready to burst, I smile and give her a pat and mouth 'Good luck' to her
Present, Ruby's POV
I shot the guy who was robbing me with Crecent Rose, sending him flying out of the window. After that I use my semblance to get out into the street quickly, Crecent Rose in scythe form on my shoulder. I take a look back at the thugs and give a grin saying 'Come and get me'. Then I hear a low humming noise "Huh?" I turn my head and a few feet away to my left is a guy: wearing a black longcoat with an orange shirt underneath it with a snake bitting it's own tail on it, he's wearing slacks the same color as his coat and white sneakers, the guy has dark brown eyes and black hair kept short, and in his hands is a huge sword that has segments on it along with three dogs meeting where the blade meets the hilt.
Wait a minute...is that? It is!
Axel's POV
I see a girl to the right of me, with a scythe on her shoulder, in a combat dress with a red hood on it. Wait...Ruby? "Okaaaaaay...get them" the guy Torchwick said, oh right a fight is going on! The thugs rush out of the store coming at me and Ruby.
Game time
Ruby spins on her scythe to give the one running at her a well planted, two footed kick to the face, while I activate the trigger on the hilt of Cerberus to send a guy sailing back into the store breaking the other window. "Sorry! I'll pay for that later if you want me!" meanwhile Ruby pulls her Crecent Rose out of the ground and fires a shot, the recoil of it slamming the butt sending him flying towards me to which I hold Cerberus up in front of me with the flat end facing outward, the guy slams into the flat end groaning in pain once he hits the ground "It's my first day..." he groans out quietly in pain.
A shot sails past me, that was close. Looks like one's decided to shoot at me...nice try, I start to use my semblance to repeatedly teleport towards him. I can see Ruby zigzaging her way towards the same guy being propeled by shots.
We both hit him at the same time sending him flying towards his boss' feet. Smiling to myself I'm tackled and see the same little girl I've known when I was a kid. "Axel! It's great to see you! How've you been? What've you been doing? Did you miss me?" she said in an almost motor mouth way...yep, it's Ruby alright. "Rubes, Rubes calm down alright? I missed you just as much!" I say hugging her back causing her to laugh.
"You were worth every cent, truly you were" Roman said sarcastically to which I couldn't help but chuckle "Maybe next time buy dime thugs, I hear they fight better." I say rolling my eyes causing him to shrug "Well, Red, Tangerine, I think we can all say it's been an eventful evening!" he says droping his cigar to the ground and putting it out with his cane "And as much as I'd love to stickaround.." he says pointing the bottom of his cane at us "I'm afraid THIS" the bottom of the cane flips up to show it as a scope
"Is where we part ways" a bright light comes out from the cane whistling it's way towards us.
"That's probably not good" I say cautiously looking at Ruby who gives a nervous smile before firing Crecent Rose into the ground to escape from the projectile, I hold Cerberus up in front of me to block the flare. Too bad that it causes and explosion that sends me flat on my back, it kind of dazed me. "Hey Rubes! You alright?" I call out a bit unevenly, "Never better! How about you?" she asks looking at me with her head tilted, "I think I got a concussion, but other then that I'm golden" I say giving a thumbs up. Now where did that guy go...it takes a few moments but I spot him climbing a ladder on the side of a building.
Not very good at running away for a criminal, I stand up and point Ruby towards where he is to which she nods. We look back towards the shop where the old man seems to be dazed, "Is it ok if we go after him?" Ruby asks him, the old man nods rapidly causing Ruby to smile "Great! Come on Axel!" she says running off. I stay behind and point to the broken windows, "You...want me to pay for those?" the old man shakes his head. Oh well, time to chase after the bad guy
I can see Ruby fly up onto the roof of the building by being boosted by a shot to the ground. I use my semblance to follow her up onto the roof. My ears were ringing after the teleportation, farther I go the more it drains me. I could see Ruby yell something as Roman just stands there on the edge of the roof, I close my eyes and shake my head to snap me out of the funk to hear the sound of engines. And a VTOL appears just behind shining a spotlight, a door on the side of it opens up which Roman promptley climbs into. He turns back towards us with a cocky grin on his face, "END OF THE LINE KIDS!" he yells out before throwing something that lands at Ruby's feet.
A red Dust crystal, that's probably not a gift. A shot goes off and all I can do is block my face using as to not get blinded once killed by the explosion. BOOM...ok time for a count: everything is still in place, hooray for that. While Roman is cheering the cloud of dust clears up and there's a figure in front of me and Ruby: wearing a long-sleeved white top with a cape that thanks to the wind kicking up shows that it's black on the outside and purple on the inside, for bottoms there's a black skirt on her with black boots for shoes, and from an angle I can see that she's wwearing glasses. She also seems to be holding up a sort of wand to have a shield keep in front of us, I should probably thank her later
I turn to Ruby and see her looking pretty excited for it, I smile at her and mouth 'It's happening'.
Third person POV
Glynda adjusted her glasses before swiping her riding crop causing glowing purple arrows to start striking the Bullhead, shaking it around. Roman tries to keep balance but drops his Melodic Cudgel to the floor, growling in frustration he stumbles his way into the cockpit of the Bullhead to hear alarms blaring and see his Partner trying to level out the aircraft. "We got a Huntess!" he tells her, once it's said she leaves the pilot's seat and moves to the back of the Bullhead with Roman taking the controls. The Bullhead levels out as Glynda sends a projectile above it which forms into a black storm cloud, she strikes the riding crop downwards casuing sharp shards of ice to rain down on the Bullhead...one shard just missing Roman's head.
Roman's Partner sees the huntress and two children in her view before forming fire around her hands, the fireball that is shot ends up being blocked by Glynda's shield causing bits of debris to scatter behind her. The mystery woman raises up one of her arms causing an explosion which is narowly avoided by Glynda. Using her semblance of telekinesis to form a massive arrow from the debris and send it at the bullhead, firey blasts disrupt the arrow but it reforms and keeps on it's path. Roman has the Bullhead tip to the side and deflects the arrow off of it causing the arrow to break into pieces, Glynda performs a few hand gestures and turns the broken arrow into three tendrils about to strike again.
Time to end this match, a burst of energy destroys the tendrils. Axel and Ruby take notice of this, while Axel is loading up rockets Ruby is firing rounds that do no effect due to the mystery woman blocking them with her hand. She swipes her hand to the side causing orange glows to a ppear around Glynda and the others, but thanks to quickly noticing it she moves the children out of the blast radius along with herself before the glows errupt.
Axel's POV
Narrowly dodged a bullet there, thanks to the huntress she got us out of the way before the explosion happened. I look back up and see the hatch of the aircraft closing before it escapes, well crap. I stand back up along with Ruby watching them get away, "You're a Huntress!" Ruby says in a loud whisper which causes said Huntress to look our way with a stern look on her face.
"Can I have your autograph?!" Ruby squeals with a pleading look and smile on her face.
I don't think that's going to be happening anytime soon
(2,552 WORDS, my fingers are sore. Anyways comment about the story, tell me if you like it and why, why you dislike it so I can fix it, or whatever.)
(And now I've fixed a mistake I noticed, much better)