Chapter 2: Vale, the city of foes
The eyes fluttered open as he managed to prop himself up from the floor and get a look at his surroundings. Warren came to the conclusion that he was now in a forest where it seemed to be stuck in the middle of fall. "Well I'm obviously not in Vigrid or even in my world anymore. I should try looking for civilization and see if I can find where I'm at. After that, find a way out, rejoin my sister Bayonetta and Jeanne, and have a couple of drinks at Rodin's bar."
It seemed like a steady plan to carry out so Warren began to wander through the Forest of Forever Fall. The Crimson red leaves gently falling from the branches of the trees they came from. The sun was beginning to set in this world which means that time most run on a several hours difference.
As Warren was pondering about what the Glamor angel was talking about, and the other angel's he faced, the Umbra Witch stopped in his tracks as he senses dark presences close to that of Infernal's. Warren turns his body to see many creatures that look like monstrous versions of animals to which he will later know them as creatures of Grimm.
The first five creatures of Grimm had wolf like appearance's. The were similar to what humans call werewolves but had pitch black fur. Another strange feature on them was that they had blood red eyes like that of Infernal's, along with red fangs and red claws. To Warren they seemed easy enough. He may not have any guns on him, but that was nothing he can fix with the other weapons he has.
The first Beowulf decides to attack and tried to swipe at Warren with its claws. Warren easily back flips out of the way at the last second. "Too slow!" He shouted as he activated Witch Time and gave a multitude of punches to the Beowulf's stomach. Warren's punches were surrounded by red and black demonic energy as he knocked the Beowulf into a tree, causing it to disintegrate.
The pack of Beowulf's howled with bloody vengeance to avenge their fallen comrade. The pack of Beowulf's charged at Warren who just gave a cocky smile at the scene. Warren then uses his magic to summon his demon dragonfly bow: Night Shade. Warren pulled back the bow string and fired a poison purple dragonfly arrow. The arrow pierced the Beowulf in the chest but it still kept going.
Warren fired three more and the creature of Grimm quickly fell to its knee's. Seeing as this was taking to long with Night Shade, Warren decided to use his katana also known as Soul Butcher The blade glowed with demonic energy, and the atmosphere seemed thick with wild killing intent.
Warren ran towards the charging Beowulf's. The third Beowulf up to Warren made an attempt to bite off his head, which was a horrible mistake, as Warren uses Soul Butcher and slices off the Beowulf's head. The two last Beowulf's were somewhat smarter than the others as they tried to double team Warren.
But the Umbra Witch saw this move like it was the most predictable play in the combat book. Warren used Soul Butcher to summon the large spirit blade from Inferno and slice the two Beowulf's in half. Seeing as how the battle appeared to be done Warren returned Soul Butcher to its interdimensional storage space. But out of nowhere came another creature of Grimm.
It was an Ursa. A bear like Grimm with white claws and a bone mask with an eye symbol on the forehead. The Ursa howled with insatiable bloodlust. The broad creature of Grimm was attracted to Warren because of all the demonic energy he was unleashing.
The Ursa gave out a growl and charged at Warren. The male Umbran just sighed. "Why is it that all the strongest opponents either monologue or is incredibly stupid?" Warren waited till the Ursa was only a few inches away from his body, and delivered one good wicked weave punch from Madama Kephri. The Ursa was knocked a 30 feet away from Warren and had a bunch of comical stars swirling around its head.
Warren just chuckled at the sight. "Your not looking to good my friend, might I suggest a AVAVAGO!" Warren casted his spell in the enochian language to summon an Infernal demon. Warren's raven black hair extended and increased in length, until it sank into a portal to the fiery depths of Hell. On the other side of the field a similar portal opened up to reveal the draconic head of Gomorrah: The Devourer of the Divine. Wrapped around in Warren's hair.
The Ursa who just came to from his knock out took one look at Gomorrah and tried to flee. But it was all for naught. Gomorrah dove for the Ursa and trapped the Ursa within the depths of its jaws. If the Infernal could grin it would have for it began gnawing at the Ursa as it screeched in pain. But it did no good as Gomorrah gave one final bite that completely crushed the Ursa into a lifeless husk.
The Ursa's carcass immediately dissipated into nothing. The Devourer of the Divine gave one final roar of victory before it retreated back into the hell is void known as Inferno. Warren licked his lips after his victory. "Well that was certainly an exciting battle" said an old male voice behind him.
Warren pulled out Night Shade and aimed an arrow at two people. The first was male. He had choppy silver hair and golden eyes. He wore emerald green vest, shirt, and pants. He carried a walking stick in one had and a cup of coffee in the other. His partner Warren assumed was a female with golden blonde hair in a bun with two spiral curls at the front of her face. She wore a white Victorian shirt with ruffles at the end of her sleeves.
She wore a black ripped up cape with purple on the inside. For her lower body she had a black pencil skirt, with black stocking's, and black high heeled boots. " And you are-?" Warren asked his bow still aimed at the two strangers before him. "where are my manners, my name is Ozpin, I'm the headmaster of Beacon Academy a school to train warriors called Huntsman and Huntress' that protect people from the creatures of Grimm."
"And I am Glynda Goodwitch, a Huntress and professor at Beacon Academy. If I might ask, what in the world was that thing that you summoned. It seemed like some sort of Grimm. Are you somehow related to the Schnee family?" the Huntress asked inquiring about Warren's Infernal partner.
"I'm afraid I can't say I recognize the name Schnee, and that was an Infernal demon known as Gomorrah: The Devourer of the Divine." This seemed to have piqued the interest of Headmaster Ozpin. "I don't believe I've ever heard of a semblance or Infernal demon you speak of. Might I here your tale young one?"
Warren looked at Headmaster Ozpin and professor Glynda Goodwitch with questioning eyes. But seeing as how he has no more options he decided to tell them everything. How him and his sister Bayonetta were Umbra Witches and they were sealed away during the Witch Hunts by their best friend Jeanne. He spoke of the Trinity of Realities and how they defeated Jubileus. He even told them about his newest adventure about saving Jeanne from Inferno.
After Warren finished telling his story they seemed to be taking everything surprisingly well. "That's a very interesting story" was all that Ozpin said. " I don't expect you to believe it. All you need to know is that as long as you don't get in my I won't bother killing any of you."
Glynda was beyond enraged and was about to take out her riding crop but was stopped by Ozpin. " Well then Warren. Seeing as you have such immense powers and can easily slay multiple creatures of Grimm, how would you like to enroll in my school?"
Warren paused for a moment and paused. As he thought about it he came to his answer. " Why not. If I enroll in your school you have to find a way to help me get home, and I'll help get rid of the dark presence that your trying to hide from everyone."
Both Glynda and Ozpin's eyes grew wide at Warren's words. "I guess you guys aren't as powerful as you claim to be." "We're headed for Beacon now. You can arrive tomorrow with the rest of the students. After the opening ceremony you can come with us to my office and get everything situated."
"Aww caring a out me even though we just met. How touching" Warren teased. But the Umbra did take notice how Ozpin completely changed the subject about the dark presence. " Well then Ozpin…Glynda, I shall see you tomorrow then." And without even looking back Warren jumped high into the sky and summoned the wings of Malphas: The Wandering Ravager. The demonic avian wings were more than strong enough to carry Warren's body high into the air.
Warren found city lights which meant civilization. Without a moments hesitation, Warren dove towards the city a full speed allowing nothing to hold him back. It only took the young lad several minutes before he was flying overhead of the town. Deciding to be discreet Warren landed on a building and quickly put away the wings of Malphas.
Warren turned to look over the new city that laid out before him. "Huh, seems like this place is quiet compared to Vigrid. But maybe this whole thing with Beacon and this grim presence, I might just be able to spice this place up a bit." Warren wasn't able to continue with his ranting because right out of the blue a tall man with flaming orange hair in a bowler hat with green eyes wearing a white trench coat came running toward the raven haired Umbra witch.
He was carrying a cane with a red curved handle and he seemed incredibly shady and almost out of breath, as if he had been running for a long time. "Out of my way Punk!" The man shouted as he aimed his cane at Warren and fired several flare like bullets. As the bullets flew towards Warren and were only mere inches away the Umbra Witch activates Witch Time and sidestepped out of the bullets path.
"What the fuc-!" The flaming orange haired man was complete astonished at Warren's dodging ability but was cut off mid sentence by Warren pulling out his whip Aldra. A red rose thorn whip that contains the soul of a demonic princess from Hell. Warren leaped into the air and performed a front flip behind the combatant and whipped him in the back with Aldra.
The man was tossed on his knees towards the edge of the building. By some miracle the man known as Roman Torchwick stood tall once more and dusted himself off but he still seemed injured. He turned around to face Warren with a face of anger. "You know kid, didn't your mother ever tell you not to pick a fight with the 'big kids'?" Warren just chuckled as he cracked Aldra. "No. She just told me to be a complete badass and kill anyone that got in my way!" Warren was about to take action until a young girl with black and red hair, wearing a red hooded cloak, and a black dress wielding a huge scythe that seemed to also be a sniper rifle.
"Wait just a minute-huh?!" Ruby Rose shouted looking at Warren and then to Roman. Just as this wasn't getting anymore climactic a huge bullhead arrived and opened the door for Roman to easily hop in. Once inside Roman turned around and looked at both Ruby and Warren. " Look here Red, and you creepy freak show. It's been fun but it's the end of the line for the both of you!"
Roman pulls out a bright red glowing crystal and threw it at are two heroes. It landed at there feet that left them confused at first. Roman once again took aim and fired a single bullet at the crystal of dust. In those split seconds Ruby shielded her eyes while Warren just grinned.
In the nick of time Glynda Goodwitch dropped from the air and created a large circle of glowing purple glyphs that acted as a barrier against the blast. Roman seemed both angry and disappointed at the end of what was probably his escape plan. Ruby was staring at Glynda in awe while the Huntress pushed her glasses further up her nose and did her arm in a left to right slashing motion, unleashing a torrent of energy discs at the enemy bullhead.
The energy bolts crashed against the bullhead and began knocking the airship around. Roman quickly retreated to the cockpit and a few seconds later, a mysterious lady took his place. Because of the shadow of the airship most of her body was covered. She had glowing orange eyes and was wearing a tight red dress with yellow swirling decorations across the chest and arms.
The dress had a cut down the side that had a plethora of blue and green feathers. The mysterious woman wore heels that clicked like glass against the metal flooring of the airship. The girl had a ghost of a smiled and her hands and designs began to glow, signifying the use of magic. The woman fired a fireball at Glynda and the duo but Goodwitch easily stopped her attack by creating another glyph barrier.
Deciding to step in Warren put away the demonic whip Aldra and replace it with Night Shade, the dragonfly bow. Warren pulled back the bow string and fired several poison arrows at the lady in red. The woman was shocked at the sight of the weapon and what it can do. But still she waved her head in a left to right slashing motion and released a fire wave to destroy the arrows.
Warren licked his lips in anticipation due to the heat of battle. "She seems like a strong one. Seems I might actually need Goodwitch for this." Formulating a plan Warren raised his bow to the sky and chanted another spell in the enochian language. "SOL PHECTAHE!" Night Shade transformed into a swam of demonic dragonflies known as Carnage: The Reveler of Plague.
The dragonflies attacked the lady in red known to her faction as Cinder Fall. The began clawing and biting at her skin giving her there poisonous blood. Cinder's eyes glowed mad with fury as she used her powers to fry the dragonflies into nothing. Cinder's hands once again glowed with magic and she raised the up as if she were lifting a weightless object. From the middle of the floor a pillar of fire was slowly starting to form.
The two children and the Huntress dove out of the way avoiding the fiery blast of the column of flames. "Glynda now, we need Ice magic." Glynda nodded her head in agreement and fired another disc of magical energy that sprouted a glyph for a brief second before creating humongous storm clouds. With a downward motion many icicles fell from the sky and impaled the bullhead.
The mysterious lady in red summoned another pillar of fire under Warren's feet. As the flames began to rise Warren activated Witch Time and dove out of the way. Shards of the ground were falling from the sky. But Glynda quickly used her telekinetic semblance to combine them into a spear of debris.
Glynda launched the spear at the bullhead to which Cinder fired three shots at the spear and destroyed the formation. Glynda used her semblance once more and had the debris swirl around the bullhead a they were closing in for an attack.
Concentrating all of her fire magic, Cinder summoned a myriad of glowing glyphs around her body that she cast to make a Shockwave the completely obliterated the debris. The hood wearing Ruby Rose finally got out of her stupor of amazement and transformed her Crescent Rose into sniper mode, and began taking shots at Cinder.
Cinder was able to block all the shots with her hands and summoned another multitude of flaming platforms. Which meant more pillars of fire. Without even using Witch Time Warren dove out of the way before the platforms erupted. Glynda did the same whilst using her semblance to also save the inexperienced Ruby Rose.
Cinder and Roman used this time to escape in the bullhead and it seemed that now was probably not the right time to chase after those two. Warren turned to see Glynda giving a menacing scowl to the young Ruby Rose, while Ruby seemed completely star struck by the two warriors before her.
As Warren looked out at the city of Vale he could tell. "Something tells me a lot of interesting fights are gonna happen here in Vale. With me here they might as rename Vale the city of foes."
A/N: AVAVAGO translation: Thunders. Also a quick note I might use my own enochian words and spells for this series. Also I decided to name this chapter Vale, the city of foes because let's face it in RWBY volumes 1-3 all the bad guys and fights are happening in Vale.
As for Warren's weapons I might do a description of them in the next chapter which is basically where he gets his main guns. For the time being I think I'll give Warren Scarborough Fair since after the first game there not used in the second. And Those are my favorite guns in Bayonetta. I mean I love, Love is Blue. It's a really cool machine gun and it's my favorite color.
But if you play or watch gameplays of the first Bayonetta, Scarborough Fair is an instant classic and all time favorite. I guess I'll leave it up for you guys to decide if after the first volume should Warren keep Scarborough Fair or should I force Rodin's lazy ass to make new ones.
Also for Malphas' title: The Wandering Ravager. It's not really his title. It's just that in the Book of Infernal Demons he doesn't have a title I decided to give him one. And since his passage says he basically wanders the sky with curiosity and knowledge, add the fact that he swoops down and eats people his title makes sense.
Anyways my readers please Rate & Review I would really like to know what you think. Also my idea for this book is to have this book just be volume 1 and the next volume two. Hope you want to stick with this story for that long. Enjoy.