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*Jaune POV*
Today would be a nice day if everything was okay but it wasn't. Pyrrha's been missing for almost three weeks now and no one's heard from her or even seen her. She's been ghost. Personally I was taking it a lot harder than I expected but one moment she was here laughing with Yang and I and the next morning she was gone, nowhere to be found.
I've talked with everyone to try and find out anything on her and where she's been. Not a single person at Beacon hasn't been asked and I even went so far as to talk with Junior at his club; Yang told me about him. However, the result has been the same every time. They have absolutely nothing on her. It's as if she became a literal ghost in the span of only a couple of hours.
The only person who I was still wondering about though was Ozpin. I had of course already talked to him but his answer could only be described as cryptic. He wasn't giving anything away if he knew anything and Mr. Ceribri's been gone for almost three months. He left without so much as saying a word and basically left me to train on my own. Wick, his friend, did sometimes come just to make sure I was training but we never talked. He always watched from the shadows saying nothing. That being said he definitely wanted me to know that he was there because if he didn't I'm beyond sure I wouldn't have noticed him.
As if this couldn't get worse but Pyrrha wasn't the only one missing. Mrs. Goodwitch was too and no one, even Ozpin, seemed worried about it. All assuming that she was going on a much needed vacation, which was understandable but a two month vacation was a bit much. Something was going on and this whole situation just didn't fit well with me at all.
Now if those two things weren't bad enough the Grimm were increasing their activity near Vale but more specifically Beacon. We were already on the outskirts and near the Grimm infested forest which did not bode well for any of us. This whole situation reeked of a bad ending and the only ones worrying about it besides myself was Team RWBY. Even so that was mostly because Yang was able to convince Ruby that something was wrong.
What the Hell was going on?
"Hey, Jaune. You okay?" Ruby called out to me as she came down the corridor going to our rooms.
"Yeah, just thinking about some things," I say to her choosing not to look at her directly.
"Pyrrha?"
"Yeah. I still haven't heard anything from her," I say to ruby who only frowned for a quick second before she was smiling again.
"Don't worry about it Jaune. I'm sure she'll make contact soon enough," she said with a half-hearted smile on her face and at the same time Ozpin's voice came over the speakers.
"Jaune Arc. Report to the headmasters office please," and that's how it went for one brief announcement, not even a repeat.
~Several minutes later in Prof. Ozpin's office.
"You wanted to see me sir," I say poking my head through the door to see Ozpin gazing out the window with a forlorn look on his face.
"Yes, yes. Please have a seat Mr. Arc," he said to me gesturing towards the chair in front of his table. "I would like to tell you something Mr. Arc and I don't expect you to be pleased with it."
"Whatever it is sir I can handle it," I say feigning confidence but at the moment I was shaking everywhere in anticipation for what he was going to tell me.
"It's about Miss Nikos and her absence," he started but took a sip of his coffee allowing me to fully understand the circumstances.
"Miss Nikos was chosen to be a very powerful individual. She did not choose this of her own accord but through the decision of very powerful people in this world. In accordance with the power she received she has become isolated from the entire world including yourself and she will not return so that her power can be safe. Do you understand what I am saying Mr. Arc?"
"No! What the Hell are you saying Professor?" I shouted at him standing up. Was he for real?
"What I'm saying Mr. Arc is that the Pyrrha Nikos you know and love will not be coming back to you. Ever. I suggest you forget about her completely and move on with your life. You have great potential as a Hunter and I would hate to see it ruined by you going after just one girl," he said his face emotionless showing no signs that he was lying.
"FUCK YOU!" I screamed flipping his desk completely detaching it from its hinges and tossing it out the window as it flew over Ozpins head. As the desk was flying out the window I stepped forward and cracked him across the face. "I will never stop looking for her, you hear me you bastard. I don't know how I will do it but I will find her." And with that I walked out of the room with tears in my eyes and bruised Ozpin on the floor of his own office.
*Ozpin POV*
"Are you okay?" I say out loud only to be answered with sobs.
"It's for the better." I say only to be met with louder sobs.
"Please get used to this Miss Nikos. This is the life you chose," I say.
"But I didn't agree to this," she answered through the door to my left with her highly audible sobs growing louder and louder.
*Jaune POV*
"YANG!" I screamed running down the hallway to rooms with tears in my eyes. I didn't have to wait long though as Team RWBY's door was opened immediately by Weiss who saw me with tears streaking across my face and in my eyes. She silently let me in their room where Yang looked like she had just woken up from a nap.
"Wh-" was all she got out before I tackled her onto her bed to the high discomfort of Blake and Ruby who both started to complain until they heard me sobbing into Yang's chest as I clutched her tighter than ever before. Yang could hold me tight as my tears just wouldn't stop. I just couldn't bear the thought of never seeing Pyrrha again and of course my fears immediately drifted to losing Yang.
I don't know for how long I was there but at some point I must've fallen asleep as when my eyes finally opened it was dark out but Yang was still with me humming a smooth and quiet tune into my ear as she brushed my hair with her hands.
"Ah, you're awake," she smiled at me noticing my eyes opening.
"What time is it?" I asked.
"About midnight."
"Oh," was my only response as memories of the meeting with Ozpin raged back into my mind bringing another bout of tears.
"It's okay, shhh. I'm here, I won't let anyone hurt you," she said softly as swept her hands through my hair. It wouldn't stop my tears though and it would be at least another 10 minutes before I couldn't cry anymore.
"Now. Tell me what's going on."
"It's Pyrrha," I softly said into her chest and I could feel her heart begin to beat faster. "Ozpin said she's never coming back. That she's gone," as I said the words more tears came but they weren't just mine anymore, Yang was crying with me as we mourned our loved one.
~The next morning~
"There's been a recent up in activity near the border of Vale these past couple of days. There seems to be no information as to why at this moment but we are currently being reassured that there is no need to panic. However, it is a good idea if all residence be ready to evacuate at any time-
"Will you shut that off!" I yelled as it woke me up from my ever so pleasant slumber on Yang's bosom.
Getting no reply from anyone I opened my eyes and got off of the bed and made my way to the radio promptly picking it up I thought about just tossing it out the window but decided against that. It wasn't mine so instead I did the next best thing and turned it completely off. The silence that followed was pleasant and the chirping of the birds outside made me so calm.
"Are you coming back to bed or what?" Yang said seductively to me as she hugged me from behind. I hadn't even noticed her get behind me but from her hug it was easy to tell that she was wearing only her bra and panties.
I said no words turning around and kissed her on the forehead and she began to move her hands down towards my pants but I shook my head before she could get there. It just wasn't the time to do it, although it would be a great stress reliever it would bring her no pleasure and it wouldn't be fair if it was only me getting pleasured.
"Not now. Later maybe but I don't have the heart to do it now. It wouldn't be fun for you," I said to her pushing my forehead onto hers.
"That's okay. Just get better. We'll get her back, no matter what," she said kissing me softly on the lips before smacking my ass. "Go get ready for classes. We only combat classes today so it should be fine."
I could only smile and walk out of the room glancing back at the door to see Yang bending over to get something in her drawer. Her ass was one in a million, god I'm lucky. Getting that out of the way and stepping into the hallway Ruby, Weiss, and Blake greeted me there as the three of them slept on a single bed. Not to leave them there though to miss classes I gently shook Blake awake.
"Don't forget about your classes," I said to her and she smiled and promptly got the other two up with gentle shakes.
It was cute seeing all three of them get up the way they did but it wasn't like you got to see something like this every day. Now, the only problem was going to be getting Nora up. She slept like she was dead and often times the only way to wake her up was to make her pancakes. Although that was not the case today.
Opening the door to my room I was greeted with several moans that didn't stop. They hadn't noticed me so doing what anyone would do who just didn't care I walked up to my drawer next to my bed and grabbed my clothes for the day. Nora who was currently on top of Ren hadn't noticed anything and neither had Ren either focusing solely on each other. To be honest watching them was slightly exhilarating and I would describe it but it wasn't my place. Eventually though they finally came to a stop with a sweating and panting Nora on top of a heavily panting Ren.
"So. You're finally together-together?" I say breaking the silence that had been held after they had finished.
"Ahh!" the both said in unison finally noticing me there. I had been able to fully change into my uniform in the time it took them to be done.
"YES! You have no idea how hard it was to finally get this numbskull to finally give in to me," Nora said in her usual fast paced and erratic tone.
"Well, I'm glad for you two but we have combat class today so get ready. I want breakfast and then we can go to class," I say with a smile on my face. Nora happily got off of Ren and made her way to the shower completely naked without a care in the world that I was there but well, that was Nora.
"Jaune?" Ren said still under the covers.
"Yeah?"
"Could you please leave? I want to take a shower then get dressed," he said to me seeming to be pleading with his eyes.
"Yeah, I'll go. Just make sure that you go into the shower and come out clean, not dirtier," I say with a wink before leaving. Ren didn't react and seemed to be truly unflappable in these situations but Nora had heard what I said from the shower.
"Renny isn't allowed to do that since the last time," I raised my eyebrows at this and looked at Ren who actually looked embarrassed now. This had been a good morning.
~Cafeteria 40 minutes later~
Nora had her usual pancakes that oddly resembled the Leaning Tower of Pisa. Ren had the one pancake. Ruby had her cookies smashed and into a bowl of milk making a cereal. Weiss had an apple and Blake had some Cod. Yang and I on the other hand had both filled our plates with every assortment of meat that they had at the cafeteria. From sausages to salami nothing was safe from us; especially with the night that we had just had.
It didn't take us long to finish our food and walk outside going to classes but what came as we walked was what I would later refer to as the bell. There came a rumbling like that of an earthquake that shook the entirety of Beacon and shook me to my core. Something was very ominous and not right about the whole situation and my thoughts would be proven right as not thirty seconds after the rumbling began alarms began going off.
Most of us were just confused as to why we even had an alarm system but some of the third years looked like they were about to literally piss their pants and some even started to cry. Team CFVY wasn't a part of the third years but when the alarms went off they seemed to know exactly why and since they were the closest they were the ones I asked first.
"You guys know what's going on?" I asked walking up to them and unbeknownst to me all of Team RWBY and the rest of my team was behind me.
"Yeah, and it's not good," Coco said lowering her shades that she literally wore everywhere, even inside.
"What is it?" Ruby asked perking up
"Grimm are on Campus and the alarm means that there was too many for the teachers to handle. We're on our own," she said starting to remain stoic and calm but it was adamant in her eyes that she was beyond scared.
"Are you serious?" Blake asked looking desperate as she yearned for it to be a joke.
"It's not. We either flee or die fighting proudly," Coco said slowly sitting back down.
"Well, I don't know about you guys but I cho- Weiss' comment was cut off by almost all of the students screaming at the sight of the mass of Grimm and turning tail.
I'm not going to lie with the amount that were in front of us there was no passable way I saw us winning or even staying alive. So it really was as Coco said, we were either going to flee and become recognized cowards throughout the world or we become Martyrs. To be honest I'd rather die a Martyr and at least trying to protect what I believed in. But so many were already turning tail, something needed to be done.
"STAND YOUR GROUND!" I shouted as general like as possible for me over the mass of people running and somehow the all stopped and looked back at me either pitying my stupidity or actually wanting to listen. "We are Hunters and Huntresses of Remnant! It is our job to protect everyone else at all costs. Can you really call yourselves Hunters and Huntresses if you decide to turn your back on everyone you've sworn to protect!? If this is truly our final stand than we go out protecting everyone who can't protect themselves, we go out with honor like true Hunters and Huntresses!"
I shouted this and raised my sword above my head releasing my best war cry wanting them to follow suit but I was met with only silence for what felt like the longest time. Nothing moved, nothing made a sound, not even the Grimm as they had stopped moving as if to watch us deciding what we were going to do.
When almost an entire minute passed with my arm still raised above my head I believed that I had failed. That is until a lone war cry came from the very farthest away group that was suddenly surging towards us and past towards the Grimm. To my surprise it was Team CRDL but who cared who it was as once they passed the entirety of the Beacon students cried out with them and charged forward towards the Grimm. My team along with Team RWBY managed to get to the head of the pack and we charged headlong towards the Grimm all the while screaming our hearts out in fear and rage but more importantly we were crying out in courage and hope.
The first Grimm I encountered was a simple Beowolf and I chopped its body in half as if I was swatting a fly away. Team RWBY along with Nora, Ren, Teams CFVY and CRDL did the same thing with the first minor wave we all encountered ripping them to shreds. The next couple waves of Grimm we faced as we pushed farther and farther into them became increasingly harder to wipe out.
If I was being honest though there wasn't even waves of Grimm. It was just a continuous stream of Grimm that steadily became stronger and stronger. Starting with just plain and young Beowolves they steadily turned into full grown ones covered in their white bone plating. By the time we had been fighting for about five minutes we started to encounter Beowolf Alphas and by the time ten minutes Ursi came to the front lines wreaking havoc with the weaker students our year but most of them were still able to deal with them without using too much effort. It actually looked like we were winning but it was not to pass.
A pack of Giant Nevermores came swooping down taking dozens upon dozens of students with them. Dove from Team CRDL was among them, needless to say they were disposed up brutally by the Grimm. To make sure that didn't happen again I ordered Coco and others like her to go towards the rear of our group to take down the Nevermores if they came again, which they did. However, this time they weren't able to pick up everyone but the some bodies of the Nevermores landed into our group killing a lot of us. Ren was one of them.
Nora lost all self-control at that and charged directly into the incoming Grimm swinging Magnhild wildly destroying everything in her path and anyone who used anytime of electricity I ordered to attack her effectively keeping her strength at the max. Still though it was too late, my window to save her closed as soon as I was unable to stop her from charging forward. She had gone on her rampage for close to five minutes in the endless tide of Grimm until she went too far into the coming horde for anyone to supply her with electricity. I never saw her again.
That wasn't the end though as the moment Nora was gone Ursa Majors began to show up at the front lines in numbers. They weren't close to the same number as beowolves that were there but it was still far too numerous. I don't know how we did it but we were still able to handle them, at least if we weren't dumb or ignored by our fellow soldiers. Velvet was one such person who was passed over as she went toe to toe with an Ursa Major but completely forgot about the Beowolves, you can imagine what happened. Not surprisingly though the rest of Team CRDL was also one of these unfortunate souls who were unfortunate also.
As Team CRDL fell there came another screech from the sky signaling another bout of Nevermores speeding towards. Only about half were cut down before they came crashing into and taking people from our group. Blake was among those crushed and Fox was one of the ones taken. What was the real problem in that though as they had learned from their previous comrade's failure and for those Nevermores that weren't cut down they took out more than half the people Coco had brought with her to the back lines. That's when we had another turning point. In the form of someone who I truly did miss with the whole of my heart did I miss them.
Pyrrha Nikos came charging out of nowhere eyes burning amber as she rushed headlong into the Grimm taking out everything in her sight. She became a beacon for us to follow and we did such renewing the silent world with our War Cry's hell bent on sending the Grimm to the afterlife. We were completely revitalized and we continued to push forward not bothering to stop and see where we were or what we were doing that would cause our downfall.
It came in the form of the giant elephant sized Grimm that charged at us. There was only 5 of them as far as I could see but that was more than enough to take us but like hell I or any of us were going to let that happen. Summoning the huge amount of aura I had and channeling it into my sword I swing straight down at the closet one two me and for a second nothing happened but then it split in two. Pyrrha took the next closest one summoning all the weapons of our fallen students and sent them into the creature activating all the hidden abilities of each weapon nearly blowing the Grimm into pieces. Yang straight up punched the third one in the head while other students distracted it and she hit it so hard its head plate shattered along with its head and it fell to the ground dead. Weiss had somehow managed to completely freeze the fourth giant Grimm making it child's play to destroy and the rest of the students combined easily took out the fifth one.
That was the Grimm's plan along though, they planned to sacrifice the leaders. When they did this and drew us in they began to pick off so many of us we hadn't even noticed as we were too focused on the other Grimm. Not only that but they had completely surrounded us leaving us vulnerable to attack from all sides and that they did. We fell into chaos as they attacked us leaving us no chance at escape, their onslaught was terrifying to say the least but I wasn't about to stop and neither was anyone else.
Yatsu was the first to fall taken by and Ursa. Next came Coco by a Beowolf that had been able to sneak up on her. Somewhere along the way Weiss lost the entirety of her left arm and a good chunk of her right leg was missing and she lied on the ground motionless with her head missing. I lost track of Ruby in the fighting and don't know what happened to her. Yang, Pyrrha and I stayed close to each other playing off of each other's strengths but it just wouldn't last. We would eventually become tired and that's where mistakes were made and people died when mistakes were made.
The first one was that Pyrrha decided to take on three Ursa Majors without any help. She was able to take down two of them with incredible grace but the third was got her around her waist. Pyrrha was knocked back towards Yang and I with a good chunk of her side missing and her shield arm in shambles. When Yang saw this she rushed forwards to Pyrrha completely ignoring me only to be attacked by the same Ursa Major, she was hit in the face. The left side of her face was no more than a bloody mess and her left arm along with her left leg were gone, torn off. As I saw this happen I bolted forward obliterating the Ursa Major only to be knocked in the back by another Ursa. I was able to get back up though and kill it and as I did I stepped backwards standing over Yang and Pyrrha and that's when true despair filled me. I was alone on the battlefield, no one else was standing and I was surrounded by tens of thousands of Grimm.
I wanted so badly to give up, to just let my body fall but I couldn't do it. I needed to do this for my friends. I needed to do this for Yang and Pyrrha! They would live to see another day and I will kill them all to make it happen. I WILL KILL THEM ALL!
That's when a white light enveloped me.
*Bryce POV*
~On his planet at the same time~
"Shit!" I say in the middle of the class I was teaching, much to the shock of my students. I pulled out my phone and immediately called Wick.
"He broke. Go there now but don't interfere. I'll be there in a couple of minutes."
I think this was a pretty good way to come back from my break.
Tell me how hard this hit you.
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