Chapter 3: Armed to the Teeth
Warren was currently sitting in a seat on an airship to Beacon Academy. Originally Warren was going to ride all the way in Purgatorio but having a new student appear and disappear will raise suspicion and draw unwanted attention to himself. While Warren was staring out the window the Umbra had his headphones over his head and plugged into his Scroll.
Warren blocked out the world as he admired the scenery and was listening to one of his favorite songs MOON RIVER. Aside from the really good instrumental and lyrics, the songstress that sings his favorite tune sounds a lot like Jeanne. Hence why Warren is constantly bugging the silver platinum blonde haired Umbra Witch to sing. As Warren enjoyed the song he lowered the volume as he felt two presences approaching.
Both were welcoming and had an aura of great light around them. One feels familiar while the other seems foreign. Warren turned his head away from the window to see the black and red haired Ruby Rose and a much taller girl with waist length golden blonde hair. Warren took off his headphones and gave a slight wave to the red hooded huntress in training.
"See, this is the guy that I was telling you about. The one that I met during the robbery and help fight off that bowler wearing douchebag and the anonymous fire sorceress." "So you helped my baby sister from getting killed. Thank you. My names Yang by the way, Yang Xiao Long." The female now dubbed Yang had lilac eyes and was wearing a brawler's outfit. It consisted of a yellow crop top that was covered by a brown jacket. Her midriff was left exposed, as well as below for she only wore black shorts with brown leather boots that barely reached her knees.
On her arms were black fingerless gloves, and one yellow bracelet on each arm. In Warren's opinion, she seemed like a exquisite fighter. If the aura and energy radiating from her body wasn't proof enough. "A pleasure to meet you, my name's Warren, Warren BlackRose. And as for the name I believe Blondie is a much better name for you." Warren said playfully.
Yang was about to say something else but was interrupted by Ruby. "So, Warren where are you from?" Ruby asked wanting to know more about her new mysterious friend. "Ruby and Yang seem friendly enough, but I don't think it would be wise to spill the beans about where I truly Come from." "Just from the country actually. I prefer the nice and quiet life. But in my opinion there's nothing wrong with spicing it up from time to time."
And of course to Warren that meant fighting the Laguna of Paradiso and having some drinks at the 'Gates of Hell'. "BlackRose sounds a lot like my last name, except yours has the word black in the front" Ruby exclaimed making the connection. And it was indeed true, everywhere it seems his family was practically integrated with flowers, especially roses in most cases. Though Warren knew he would probably not stay in this world for long Warren couldn't help but get the ambivalent feeling that major things are going to happen once he gets to Beacon. For good…or bad.
As Ruby and Yang continued to talk about things in Vale Warren drowned them out with his thoughts as he slowly drifted down memory lane. But it was far from a good memory. It was a memory from the time of the Witch Hunts.
Warren ran as fast as his legs would carry him. His legs were giving him a burning sensation. Begging him to slow down. But the Umbra knew he couldn't. Not when Paradiso and the Lumen Sages were launching an attack on Crescent Valley at this very moment. Every where around him he heard gunshots and screams of agony as the battle between the Keepers of The Darkness and The Controllers of Light raged all around him.
Warren only had two things on his mind. Killing all the angels and Lumen In his path, and make it to the heart of the Umbran city: The Umbran Clock tower. Warren knew his sister and Jeanne would be there. But most importantly his mother. Warren thanked God knowing his mother, Rosa would be joining the fight. Though him and the Umbran Elder had there equal amount of animosity towards each other, they both knew they would need all the dark magic they have to defend themselves against the forces of light.
Warren's long robes whipped around him as he decided to take to the roof tops and jump from building to building. Warren's robes of banishment. The clothing his mother and sister wear along side him to signify that they were the children of impure blood. The outcasts. As Warren accented through the air, the crests of third sphere angel's. And from that arose a myriad of the angel's known as Affinity.
"I don't have time to deal with you small fry. So get the FUCK OUT OF MY WAY!" Warren yelled with fury as he whipped out his pistols the Umbran Sisters. Aiming the pistols he fired a round of bullets at a pair of Affinity causing them to burst into light. The other Affinities screeched their bird like screech and brandished there spears lunging right at Warren.
Using his mastery of the Bullet Arts Warren did a front flip that turned into him executing a handstand. Using his magic he aimed his guns at the angel's around him and fired his bullets. His feet aiming from left to right, pushing his magic to his limits to vanquish the Hierarchy of Laguna. The last of the Affinities were killed in more combustion of light, the ending of angel's life as they were dragged to fiery depths of Inferno. After wards Warren flipped back up right and looked at the Umbran Clock Tower that seemed even further away.
"Damn it. At this rate I'll never make it to mummy and Cereza." Warren thought with hopelessness. Just as Warren was about to transform into the Beast Within, on instinct Warren jumped off to the side as an arrow of light rained down at the very spot he stood at. "And just who the hell are you, to get in my way?" Warren looked up at the sky and was shocked by who stood before him.
It was a woman in a hooded white dress with slits on both side. The robed dress looked like she was a Lumen Sage. The long sleeves went over her pale arms and hand golden accents. The woman also wore a veil attached to her hood. But Warren was able to see her face. Her pale face almost looked stark white. She had bright green eyes that looked as if they held a green electrical storm.
The apparent female Sage held a golden bow that had angelic enochian runes inscribed in the bow. Warren was shocked. He knew that he was the first male Umbra Witch. But the fact that there was now a female Lumen Sage was odd to say the least. "And just what in the name of all that is tainted thought it would be a bloody good idea to attack me?" Warren asked. The woman stashed her bow away in a pocket dimension and instead took out the white feather of a Swan.
Getting an extremely bad vibe Warren had his Umbran Pistols at the ready, just waiting to be fired. The Lumen Sage chanted an incantation in enochian and tossed the Swan feather in the air. Mid flight the feather began to glow with a golden hue. The light of the feather transformed into a portal from Paradiso. And out came the one angel that forever marked itself on Warren's permanent death list. It was the Cardinal Virtue of Fortitude. It was Auditio Fortitudo. The two headed dragon angel looked down upon the Lumen Sage and Umbra Witch before he bolted in the sky heading towards the Umbran Clock Tower at Mach speed.
Knowing what was at stake if the Auditio reached the ancient symbol of the Umbran way Warren summoned the wings of his contractor: Madama Kephri. Using the beetle like wings Warren took to the sky flying after Fortitudo. But not before he aimed the pistol in his right hand and fired a torrent of bullets at the ominous female Lumen Sage. Warren swore he heard the Lumen Sage chuckle as she activated the Lumen Sages signature magic. Light Speed.
The world seemed to be tinted in gold as the Lumen Sage stopped time just as the bullets were mere inches from her face. The Lumen Sage grabbed the bullets with her hand and crushed them as if they were crackers. But Warren wasn't concerned with her as he flew off after Fortitudo. "Hang on Cereza, mummy, Jeanne. Wait for me at the Umbran Clock Tower a bit longer. I'm almost there." Warren thought this over and over again hoping he would make it in time.
Warren couldn't remember anything more because he was brought back to reality as Yang was shaking him from his nap vigorously. " What's wrong Blondie. I'll have you know I was in the middle of a very important nap." Yang just laughed at Warren's comment. "Well I was just trying to tell you that we're about to land at Beacon so you might what to hurry up.
Warren shook the feeling of the memory off and got off with the rest of the students heading for Beacon. While the three friends were heading towards the castle that is Beacon Warren noticed at the top was a clock tower. Warren saw brief images of the Umbran Clock Tower being destroyed and how him, Jeanne, and Bayonetta made their last stand before they came across the shocking revelation of their mother's death. And even though he tried to ignore it he heard his mother's cries in the back of his head.
"No, the clock tower. The symbol of the Umbran way. Surely this couldn't have been his plan!?" Warren didn't know why, but he just got to Beacon and already this school was making him have major flashbacks of the Witch Clan he was brought up with. He didn't know if this was something to grateful about or lament this knowledge of the knew place around him. As him, Ruby and Yang were walking towards the looming castle Yang ditched her friend and sister to hang with her friends, leaving them clueless.
"I can't believe Yang just ditched us like that. Can you believe that Warren?" she asked her friend as he was figuring out how to placate the red hooded Huntress. As Ruby went to continue her rant she accidentally knocked into a luggage cart and made all the packed suitcases clatter to the floor. "Ruby, are you alright!?" Warren shouted as he went to help his friend up. "Look what you've done you dolt" an angered Feminine voice cried out.
And just like that a girl with white hair up in a ponytail whilst wearing a white dress that ended at her knees and wore a white and blue tinted jacket. Even though she was probably a student of Beacon Warren couldn't help but visualize Jeanne every time he looks at her. Her face, her attitude, almost everything about her reminded him of Jeanne. Except the excessive whining and acting like a complete and total brat. The white haired girl grabbed one of the suitcases and opened it.
Observing the contents inside. "This is Dust, mined and purified from the Schnee Quarry." Both Warren and Ruby were a bit shaken up so this arrogant brat thought they didn't get it. She explained how Dust was basically magic in their world and allowed them to control the elements. As Ruby tried to apologize she accidentally inhaled the magical propellant and sneezed a combination of fire, ice, and electricity. "Are you crazy? You could have gotten us killed!" She shouted angrily at the top of her lungs. Warren stood in front of Ruby to defend her. "She said she was sorry Princess." Warren said the word Princess with plenty of venom in his voice.
"It's Heiress actually." A soft voice corrected. The group of people turned to see a young girl with amber eyes, wearing a white shirt and black vest with tales walking up to them. She wore a black bow atop her head, and white shorts with long thigh high black boots. "She seems interesting." Warren commented in his mind as she approached the group with a vial of red Dust. " Weiss Schnee, Heiress to the Schnee Dust company, one of the largest producers of energy propellant in the world." Weiss had a sly grin on her face.
"Finally, some recognition." She replied as she basked in her pride as the Heiress of the Schnee Dust company. But the black bow beauty wasn't finished. " The same corporation with its controversial labor forces and questionable business partners." This sent Weiss into a spiraling fit. " How dare-the nerve of-." She would have continued but was interrupted by the combined snide laughing of Ruby and Warren.
The white haired girl took off in blazing fury, her heels clacked loudly against the stone flooring. "She seems pissed" Warren joked lightly as he turned to Ruby. Speaking of which Ruby turned to express her gratitude but the mysterious lady in black was walking in the other direction. " Great, I guess that was are welcoming to Beacon" she sighed as she plopped herself on the floor, staring at the sun. "Ha at least I'm not the only one having a bad day."
As Ruby got up from the floor, her and Warren looked to see a blonde and blue eyed fellow Hunter in training wearing a black hoodie and blue jeans with chest armor over his jacket. "Indeed, it seems that we all appear to be in the same socially awkward sinking boat." Warren put sarcastically. The band of three started making their way to Beacon so they can quickly hurry to initiation. Along the way their new companion started conversation.
"Oh, my names Jaune by the way. Short, sweet, rolls off the tongue, ladies love it." It seemed like Jaune just delivered one of the most cheesiest pick up lines to which Ruby replies "Do we?" she asked in a deadpan tone. But Warren was still hung over how first he met the white haired Weiss Schnee and now he met someone named Jaune. Warren wonders if somehow like some comedy anime, from across the universe Jeanne did some sort of comical sneeze.
In the Bayonetta universe Cereza (Bayonetta) and Jeanne were currently in the middle of a fight with the angel's known as Acceptance when the silver haired Umbran Princess let two sneezes. "Are you alright Jeanne. Don't tell me you've come down with a cold?" Bayonetta asked in a playful tone. Jeanne just scoffed at her Umbran sister's assumed notion. " It's not that. I'm just feeling pissed because I feel that two people are ripping me off!" She replied in a rather anger filled tone. Bayonetta let out a snide laugh at her 'sisters' words. "Come now. We have to take out the trash, that way we'll be one step closer to reuniting with brother dearest." Bayonetta smiled as she said this and blew off the head of a poor angel who thought he can get the drop on Bayonetta. Bayonetta kissed Love is Blue as she and Jeanne struck poses together holding their guns on opposing sides as if they were two side of the same coin. Their birds of a feather clothed in Red and Black.
Back to the main storyline their was a brief moment of silence until Ruby decided to pull out her signature scythe Crescent Rose to show off. Upon seeing the enormous deadly weapon Jaune jumped back in surprise and yelped. "Whoa, is that a scythe?" He asked half scared to death. "Yup. It's also a custom high impact sniper rifle." Ruby said proudly at her masterfully crafted weapon. But Jaune didn't understand what she said so in unison Warren and Ruby both said it's "Also a gun."
Since Ruby was showing off Warren decided to pull out his two weapons of choice at the moment. And that was the poison dragonfly bow Night Shade, and his demonic soul stealing sword Soul Butcher. Ruby looked at his weapons and was practically drooling. Her pupils seemed to be replaced with stars. "So beautiful" she said as if she was whispering. "Indeed they get the job done, but I have to say that your scythe is one of the most impressive I've seen and trust me I've seen many."
"Especially since I've been around for like six hundred years." Warren thought to himself. Ruby just blushed a deep crimson red. "Yeah I guess I did go a little overboard when creating it." "Wait you made that!?" Jaune and Warren chorused. "I guess Rodin got some competition." Warren thought trying hard not to laugh at a imaginative picture of Rodin shedding a single tear as Ruby shows off her work to Bayonetta and Jeanne, basically putting Rodin out of a job.
After a little bit more wandering around they made it to the auditorium where the whole introduction of the school was to be made. The auditorium was packed as Ruby, Warren, and Jaune peered inside. As they walked through the clustered crowd in their wake, all of them spotted Yang waving over to Ruby. " Ruby, over here I saved you a seat." Ruby smiled as she told her two new friends goodbye and went to meet up with Yang.
"I guess it's just me and you huh Warren?" He said trying to sound hopeful. But when he turned to meet the face of his friend he found Warren had completely disappeared. " Great. Where else am I going to find some nice quirky people to talk to!?" the blonde whined as he started slugging himself through the crowd. Unbeknownst to him a red haired amazon looking warrior with her blood red hair tied in a ponytail had watched the whole thing.
As for the Umbra Witch in question he was currently walking within the realm of Purgatorio, slow and casually phasing through people as he made his way to the stage where he was standing a few feet behind Glynda and Ozpin. As Headmaster Ozpin was about to approach the microphone Warren felt a tap on his shoulder. He turned his head to see Ozpin except not Ozpin. The real Ozpin was talking through the microphone making his cynical speech.
The Ozpin Warren was communicating with was made of glowing green energy. Knowing this is similar to what happened to Jeanne Warren figured out that Ozpin must somehow have the ability to project his soul somehow. "Greetings Mr. BlackRose. I would say it's a surprise to see you here but based on what you told me the night we met I'm guessing this is one of your Umbran abilities?" Ozpin's voice sounded as if several versions of his were talking at the same time in distorted voices.
"Yes. Currently I'm in a plane of existence called Purgatorio. Which is basically the realm of wandering souls condemned to walk the earth in a state of eternal limbo." "Sounds dark if you ask me" he commented with his hands behind his back. "So I suppose you didn't just step out of your body for a social call?" Warren asked looking at Ozpin with a serious face. Ozpin chuckled a little. "I suppose not. But as you have already sensed there is a dark presence plaguing this world that we Huntsman fight in secret."
"Because fear will bring the Grimm" Warren got finally piecing the secretive puzzle together. "So does this dark entity have a name?" Warren inquired his interest fully piqued. "Maybe she is the reason why I'm here?" He thought trying to figure out just why in the name of the Trinity of Realities did that Glamor angel send him to this dimension. "Her name…is Salem." The name brought a chill down Warren's spine.
"If her presence is that powerful and she's cloaking it so masterfully she must be a pretty powerful bad ass." Warren stated. The statement caught Ozpin off guard. "Well I guess that's one way to put it." "It doesn't matter. The stronger the enemy the more fun the fight will be." Warren said briefly licking his lips with anticipation. He couldn't help it. He was the brother of Bayonetta the most powerful, sexiest, and most promiscuous woman he'd ever none.
And the fact that she was a sadist didn't help. But when you're a Witch allied with Demons that will drag your ass to Hell if you don't sacrifice some angel's then your bound to become a sadist or at least a battle freak. Sometimes Warren can be the best of two very dark world's. "We will discuss more later. Your to head to the Ballroom to get some shut eye for tomorrow's initiation. Be ready." And with those words spirit Ozpin walked into the physical Ozpin and merged together.
Ozpin walked off the stage with Glynda like the talk they had never happened. As the students filed out of the auditorium towards the Ballroom, no one noticed Warren drawing the Umbra Witch emblem and walking out of Purgatorio into Chaos(Human world). Rolling out a sleeping bag which was basically just a sheet to sleep on. Two pillows stacked on top of each other and a blanket with a starry night sky as a background. The moon was full and their was a silhouette off a tall girl with a beehive hairstyle with swallow tail butterfly wings reaching out towards the moon. And on it in a very cursive script it read "Fly me to the Moon."
But he wasn't currently laying there he actually was going to stare up at the moon outside and ran into the midnight haired lady from before. Apparently her name was Blake. As Warren stared up at the moon hanging lazily high above in the clouds his mind drifted back to his own world that he so dearly missed. He missed getting a drink from Rodin, him brawling angel's along side Cereza and Jeanne, he loved messing around with Enzo telling him there was an angel nearby which always manages to get him sweating and running for his life.
Just as the black haired Umbra was continuing to reminiscence over his old home, a red and black portal had opened on the floor. It carried the same energy as Inferno but he knew who created this portal and where it leads. Without a moments hesitation Warren walked onto the portal and let the portal transport him into the bar known as the 'Gates of Hell'. At the counter was Rodin who didn't look surprised to see him. "Glad I finally found you Witch Kid. At least now I can tell Bayonetta which dimension your in."
Warren was shocked and touched at the same time. "Its nice to know they care so much. But if you could open a portal to Remnant then why didn't you rescue me sooner." Warren asked as he sat himself on one of the chairs in front of the counter. "This is a new world I've never been to. I was just searching the entire Damn universe trying to trace your energy signature. Right now the portal I used to summon you was experimental since I've never been to this dimension and magic has been acting strange since the Right Eye of The World was destroyed."
Warren knew that Rodin was right. Especially after what happened with Jeanne and how Gomorrah went wild and betrayed Warren and his sister. And as they both said. "They aren't one for pets who don't obey their masters." "Since you can probably only be here for a while before the portal closes what would you like?" He asked as he blew his cigar as ash and smoke escaped his mouth. "I'll have the usual." Warren stated blandly.
"One Mysterious Destiny coming up." Rodin served the midnight haired Umbra Witch the beverage and he devoured it in one gulp. "Getting down to business I'm pretty sure you sense the ominous presence as well don't you?" the way Warren said it, it came out more as a statement than a question. Rodin nodded his head. "Who ever the hell it is sure as Hell is one strong son of a bitch. My guess is your gonna try and play hero aren't you?" "What can I say, I like the challenge. Besides it seems like fun." "God you really are Bayonetta's twin. But since you seem to be searching for a fight I'll hook you up." The wall behind Rodin split in two and revealed a giant wall with different types of mounted weapons. "Since your sister's not using these babies anymore I figured you might be able to put these babies to work." Out from under the counter Rodin pulled out a tray covered with a cloth with a red rose symbol. The same one that belongs to him.
Rodin pulled away the cloth to reveal the guns known as Scarborough Fair. The four gigantic red crimson cannons where all there. Parsley, Sage, Rosemary, and Thyme. Warren grabbed one of the guns on the right and started evaluating it. "It holds great magical power as it did before. With this I can use my Infernal and Wicked Weaves. And I can push my magic to its limits with the Bullet Arts."
Warren tossed two guns up in the air and grasped the other two on the tray. As he twirled the guns around his fingers the Umbra Witch jumped up into the air and delivered two distinct kicks that attached the guns to the heel of his boots. Gracefully landing on the floors of the bar Warren gave a nod of approval. "Oh all the weapons you have made this has to be one of my favorites."
"Told you they were real works of art. And please don't break these. Their One of a Kind." Warren just smirked at Rodin's comment. "These aren't like the normal cheap toys you give me. They should do fine." "Warren. If your really thinking about fighting this battle your going to need more that what you got. So I'll offer you a special deal. You can pick one free weapon out of every category." Warren looked at all the mounted weapons and gave a sadistic smile and licked his lips. "Now this is what I call Armed to the Teeth."
A/N: Damn that has to be one of the longest chapters I've ever did and thank you for sticking so far through this chapter. In Word document this chapter was actually ten pages long. Anyway I word if you guys has been getting all these Bayonetta references I've been pulling out of thin air. And the reason I've titled this chapter Armed to the Teeth was because this is the chapter where my OC Warren gets all his weapons. Which would probably be a combination of the weapons in the first and second game. And as for the my mysterious female Lumen Sage I won't say much but that she plays an important part in this story.
And I wrote that flashback because I wanted to integrate Warren into the Witch Hunts. So I thought why not make another OC and put those two into Bayonetta lore. And we all know that everyone likes/hates Fortitudo. And now I will give a description of all Warren's weapons right now so enjoy.
Scarborough Fair: four guns masterfully crafted by the demon smith Rodin. Able to withstand the intensity of magic and augment it's bullets. These four guns crowned with the names Parsley, sage, Rosemary, and Thyme are the prime weapons used by Warren and Bayonetta to slay angel's.
Quartz Roses: Four shotguns containing the souls of fairies that used to collect the Quartz Rose flowers that grew only in Inferno. Each she'll fired contains the curse the of the trapped fairies.
Soul Butcher: A sword bathed in the immortal blood of Asura the god of war and rage. Fueled with his dark and demonic like power this sword captures the souls of its victims and have them casted down to the most scorching circle of Inferno.
Night Shade: A demonic dragonfly bow containing the souls of Carnage the Reveler of the Plague. Originally the bow was actually a lonely man that had a wife that betrayed him for another man and left him alone to die in the woods. Overrun with grief and vengeance the demonic dragonflies of Hell heard his pleas and devoured his flesh. Making him the lord of the demonic dragonflies.
Lt. Col Phantom: Once a proud soldier and commander from the wars of old but what killed in battle. He was an unstoppable soldier with the will to fight. Taking this warrior filled soul, Rodin sealed the soul within two Rocket launchers that when fired, have the power to demolish half of Paradiso's legion.
Corpse Slicer: A powerful chainsaw that holds the spirit of the Princess of the Dead. A powerful Umbra Witch that was skilled in the art of necromancy. One slash from the chainsaw contains the dark energy of the Princess and all she had slain. The chainsaw can even command a small legion of the dead to fight by the wielders side.
Malice: A three headed scythe made with the most vile of dark magic. The scythe itself is filled with the souls of three sisters that were beaten half to death for being Witches and burned at the stake. They carry their unrelenting hatred and blood thirst into battle in scythe form and slay all manner of creatures in their path.
Aldra: A whip containing the soul of a Infernal princess from the Johnson Forest that longed to aid her sister Alraune in defeating Queen Sheba and ruling all of Inferno. But she made the mistake of helping her sister in capturing the soul of Jeanne, The Umbran Princess. Aldra and Alraune was slain by the combined work of Warren and Bayonetta and her soul locked away in a whip for Warren to use just like her sister. There is a legend saying when Warren cracks the whip Aldra the victim can hear her words and tortured screams. And that each slash from the whip contains her poison and hatred for Queen Sheba and both Madama Kephri and Madama Butterfly.
Of course Warren has plenty of more weapons I'll try and list them off as I go because putting them all down is going to be tough. But for right now I think these might be his main weapons before I decide to create more. So please rate and review. And also I would really appreciate what do you think k about the weapons and their names. I'm open to all comments and criticism because that's needed to write a very solid fanfiction. Also this is my first crossover and basically my first Rwby and Bayonetta fanfiction so please go easy on me. AND NO FLAMES!