Hi people. I'm here to write another chapter for you guys. It's time to get some real fighting on! Let's watch!
RWBY © Rooster Teeth/Monty Oum (R.I.P)
*Set immediately after the last chapter*
*Yang's P.O.V*
No. It can't be. It just can't be! Summer Rose was a good woman. She was my mother, the woman who raised me. Ruby's mother, for crying out loud. There's no way that she can be Salem. But she is. She's right here in front of me.
"You seem surprised, everyone. I'm not sure why. If you had an ounce of common sense, you would have known all along I was the destroyer of Remnant. The queen of Grimm. Tell me, Raven, why do you think the team nearly died so many times during our missions? Why do you think the Grimm never attacked me? I wanted you 3 to die, I ordered the Grimm to kill you. I hated all of you! I hated you, that drunk asshole, Qrow, and that annoying, pathetic weakling, Taiyang. Now I shall do what I could not accomplish during our time at Beacon."
"But mom, why? Why would you do this? I loved you. We all did. The Summer Rose I knew couldn't do this!"
Ruby has a valid point. We all loved her in many different ways. Teammate, mother, step-mother, close friend. How could she do this?
"There never was a Summer Rose. That was just a clever ruse I created so I could destroy you all from right out under you. It's too late for all of you. But it's not too late for you, Ruby, dear."
There's the caring voice I remember Summer having. I really wish that this Summer was the one we still had.
"You're still my daughter. I still care for you. You were always meant to be my successor. That's why you were born. Now come and take your rightful place at my side, sweetheart. Don't you remember all the cookies, all the bedtime stories, all the lullabies? We can be like that again, all you have to do, is join me. Mommy will protect you from this nightmare, and give you powers beyond any known to Remnant."
What? What is that look in my little sister's face? Is she really considering this? I don't believe it! Summer was only there for a few years. I've been with her her entire life. Please don't go with her, Ruby. I love you.
"N-No! I won't go with you. I don't want to go with someone who doesn't love my friends, my father, or me. I can tell you don't really love me, Salem!"
Wow, I never thought I'd see Ruby give off that much anger. Or refer to this woman as anything other than 'mom'. But I'm glad she chose not to go with Salem.
"Then you are weak! You are as pathetic and stupid as your father, and your dumb blonde half-sister! You are no daughter of mine. If you love these people so much, then you can die with them, you worthless, idiotic girl!"
How dare she say such things to my sweet baby sister! She will pay dearly for this! Wait what's going on? Why are Ruby's eyes glowing?
*Ruby shoots beams of silver out of her eyes, and they hit Salem*
Wow! That must be the silver eye power that mom mentioned earlier. Is it enough to beat Salem, though? I guess not, Salem barely moved.
"Stupid girl. Did you really think that would work on me? Have you forgotten that I too, possess the power of silver eyes? Did you not think that I also have more mystical powers? No known force will be able to stop me now!"
*Salem shoots silver beams of her own, as well as black beams of energy at the group, and they jump out of the way*
Damn, that was close. How do we beat this woman?
"How do we beat her? Is it even possible?"
"Come on, Yang. You have power, use it!"
How does mom expect me to use these golden crow powers? I still haven't used them once yet. Is mom wrong? Is it even real?
"You have no hope of beating me. The only people that you have are your pathetic friends. And they shall all perish soon enough."
"Don't forget about me!"
Is that who I think it is? It is! Dad IS alive! Thank Monty!
"Well, well, well. Look who it is. Long time, no see, Tai. Have you come to die?"
"I came to protect my daughters from you, and to stop you! I can't believe I actually loved you at one point."
"Nor can I. It will be a pleasure to watch you die, as well as your daughters, and their friends. Kill them, my pets!"
*A wave of Grimm run toward the group as Salem disappears in a puff of smoke*
Well, if Salem thinks some dumb Grimm can actually beat team RWBY, Pov, and both of my biological parents, she's got another thing coming! It's time to end this, once and for all!
"Killing these Grimm is gonna be fun, eh Pov?"
"You and I have very different definitions of 'fun', Yang."
*3rd person P.O.V*
As the Grimm rushed toward the group of huntsmen and huntresses, they all prepared their weapons and prepared for the fight of their lives. (but not before Povelitel used his semblance to put his kid inside and away from harm)
A pack of Beowulfs made their way toward Yang, who quickly took them all out with several charged shots from Ember Celica. When an Ursa tried to strike her from behind, Povelitel simply stabbed it with his sword. He then went about slaughtering several more Grimm, using his semblance when a claw got too close for comfort, or got too close to one of his friends.
Ruby, Weiss, and Blake also had their hands full with several Grimm. A Creep charged at Ruby, who used her sniper bullets to bring it down. She then ran forward with her semblance and sliced several Grimm down to size with Crescent Rose before stopping to catch her breath. After that, she raised her scythe and started running again, heading for a King Taijitu.
While this was going on, Weiss took to the skies, using her glyphs to get into the air so she could take on some Nevermores. As soon as she got on top of one of them, she jammed Myrtenaster into it's brain, several times, until it was brought down. Weiss then jumped on another Nevermore and armed her rapier with fire dust. She then made for the wings and swung her sword at both wings, lighting the feathers on fire. The beast eventually fell. Weiss then used her glyphs to get to the ground safely and continued fighting Grimm.
Blake, meanwhile, had her cat hands full with a Goliath. It tried to swing its trunk at her, and she simply jumped out of the way. She then turned her sword into a gun and shot at the large beast. One of the bullets nailed it in the eye, causing it to cry out in pain. While the Grimm was distracted, she continued to shoot at its eye, until there was a hole large enough to jam her sword into. She did so, and after twisting the blade a few times. Shortly afterward, the beast died. She then stopped for a second, catching her breath. At that moment, a Death Stalker came forward and tried to sting her, but Blake dodged using her semblance. She then went to work bringing down the creature.
Taiyang and Raven, in the meantime, were back to back, taking on Grimm all around them.
"This is just like old times, isn't it, Rae?" Tai said while dispatching a Beowulf.
"It most certainly is, Tai. But don't call me 'Rae'! You know I hate that." Raven responded, while decapitating a Boarbatusk. She then turned her attention to a King Taijitu, which was very quickly killed by her and Taiyang.
"Don't think that this means I've forgotten about everything, Raven. On your left!" Tai warned. Raven turned her head left, and saw an Alpha Beowulf charging toward her. She impaled the creature with her sword, and sent it flying away as it evaporated.
"You and I are still going to have a serious talk about you walking out on me and Yang all those years ago, once we're done with these Grimm."
"I suspected you would say something like that, Taiyang. And I… watch your right! And I had my reasons for leaving."
Once Raven shouted her warning to Taiyang, he jerked his head right, where he saw an Ursa coming toward him. He used his weapons to send it flying high into the sky, where it was impaled on the claws of a Griffon, and both creatures were knocked from the sky.
"That doesn't matter, Raven. You still left. And I still want to know why." Taiyang said.
"Very well. We shall talk after Summer has been defeated." Came Raven's response.
With that, the two went back to slaughtering Grimm alongside their daughter and all her friends. After a few minutes, all the Grimm were gone. For now.
"The next wave is gonna hit any minute. What do we do until then?" Asked Povelitel.
"I would suggest that we come up with a plan of attack for the next wave." Replied Ruby.
"My plan is simple: attack! Sounds good to me. Wouldn't you say, Pov?" Was Yang's response.
"That won't work every time, Yang. Especially against someone with as much power as Salem. Or is it Summer? Whatever. We need to start thinking rationally. Going in, guns blazing will only kill us faster against someone like her. Do you really want to die, Yang? I sure as hell don't. I got too much here in the living world. I got you, as well as a kid to take care of. I ain't ready to leave yet. Are you?"
Povelitel's words made Yang think. For as long as she could remember, she had always gone in, swinging. While most of the time, this worked out in the end, there were those times when it had nearly gotten her killed. Yang remembered her disastrous fight against Neo on that train when she was a first year. She would have died had it not been for Raven. She also remembered when she went in charging against Adam during the battle of Beacon, and it had cost her an arm. Literally.
"Maybe charging in isn't the best strategy this time around." Yang thought to herself.
But before she could think further on the subject, there was a loud explosion, as well as a booming voice.
"Did you really think it would be that easy? You pathetic humans may have done well against those Grimm, but do you think that you will survive against another wave? As well as me?" Salem shouted.
"Try us, bitch!" Shouted Yang, forgetting about her earlier plan to not go in attacking.
With that, Salem sent another wave of her Grimm toward the small group as they readied for another wave.
Yang, naturally, was the first to attack. She punched an Alpha Ursa in the chest, sending it flying back into several smaller Ursas, the spikes of the Alpha impaling them all. Once that was done, she made for a Death Stalker. She jumped up at it, and punched its stinger right into its own head. The scorpion Grimm then died due to stinging itself.
Ruby was swinging her scythe at every Grimm that dared to get close to her. After taking out a Griffon that had charged down at her, she set her sights on a King Taijitu. When the snake tried to bite her, she simply jumped up and got on its head. She then dug Crescent Rose into its back, and ran along the length of the serpentine Grimm. Once she reached the end of the snake, she blasted to with a surge of her aura. This caused the Taijitu to be split in 2, completely. Grimm blood splattered everywhere, distracting other Grimm long enough for the others to kill them. After that, she saw several Grimm trying to retreat from the young silver eyed warrior. She then ran after them, followed by Weiss and Blake.
Povelitel, meanwhile, was busy with a Goliath. The large Grimm tried several times to swipe at him with its tusks and trunk, but was never successful. Povelitel then used his semblance to freeze time and used the Blade of Ghidorah to slice off its tusks. He then threw both sharp tusks into the Goliath's head. He unfroze time, and the tusks penetrated the Goliath's skin, killing it.
Unfortunately, while Povelitel stopped to catch his breath, he was swiped by the claws of a Beowulf, right in the leg. This blow also knocked out most of his aura, not that he had much left anyway. Fortunately, he was saved by Taiyang, who killed the Beowulf, and helped Povelitel to his feet.
"You alright, kid?" Tai asked his son in law.
"I'll be fine." He replied. Then he said, "Wait, where's Yang?"
While all this was going down, Salem watched as her Grimm were being slaughtered by these huntsmen and huntresses.
"Stupid Grimm. Why must I do everything myself?" She thought to herself. She then dived to attack the nearest person, Yang.
Yang had just finished off the Death Stalker when Salem ran into her, knocking her through a wall.
"You will all fall before me!" Salem shouted.
"Not today!" Yang shouted.
Salem shot several bursts of black energy at Yang, who quickly dodged. Yang then shot at Salem with Ember Celica, but these failed to make Salem move. Salem then grabbed Yang by the neck, using her power to deplete most of Yang's aura. After that, she used her silver eyes power to blast Yang into the street, and hovered several feet above the blonde huntress.
"Stupid girl. You were never a match for me. And Raven thought that you would be the one to bring me down? Pathetic."
Salem then created several spears of dark energy and sent them toward Yang. She was in too much pain to move, and didn't have the aura to deflect them. All Yang could do was close her eyes and wait for the dark spears to kill her.
At that moment, she felt herself getting pushed to the side. She did not feel the dark energy spears hit her. When she opened her eyes she saw the black energy spears dissappear. She also saw…
*Povelitel's P.O.V*
OW! Oh, OUM, this hurts! So this… this is what it's like to be impaled at multiple places. It hurts! I've … even been… impaled in… the heart. I…don't think… I'm going to make it. Ugh! I can… feel… myself fading.
Oh Monty. Yang… looks so… scared for me. I can't… believe… that she's… going to have… to watch me... die. Maybe… if I go out… on a joke… it will… soften the blow…
"I… always knew… that one day… you'd… break my heart. Heh heh."
Nailed it. Ugh!… I can… feel… myself… fading.
Everything… going… black.
*THUD*
*Yang's P.O.V*
NO! What just happened? Is he really…? It can't be! This is just one of his jokes. Yeah, that's all this is. Pov's loved telling bad jokes ever since we were kids. This is just another one of those jokes.
"Alright, Pov. Get up. … C'mon, jokes over, we still need to beat Salem. Pov? Pov! Povelitel. POVELITEL VREMENI, GET UP RIGHT NOW, DO YOU HEAR ME?!"
Why is he not getting up? Is he really…? Oh, Monty Oum, he is. He really is!
He's dead.
"No. Please, oh please, no! PLEASE! NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"
*starts crying while holding the dead body*
Oh Monty, I can't… I can't believe it. The love of my life, gone forever. Oh, how could this get worse?
"Daddy?"
Oh no. That's how. How did Kogane get here? Why does it have to be now? No child should have to see a parent dead at such a young age.
"Daddy, wa'e up. Wa'e up, daddy. Wa'e up! Mommy, why daddy no wa'e up?"
"*While still crying* I'm… I'm so sorry, Kogane. But daddy's not going to wake up. Ever again."
"No wa'e up?"
Oh, Monty, why does this have to be so hard? Some 'golden crow' I am, if I can't even protect the one person who means the most to me.
"That's right, child. Your worthless father is dead. He shall never wake up again. Soon, all of you shall be dead."
How dare Salem taunt my child like that! If ever there was a time I needed incredible powers, it's now. Wait, what is Kogane doing?
"You… you BAD PERSON!"
*Kogane shoots golden bursts of energy out of his hands at Salem, who is knocked back*
Oh my Oum! What was that? How did he do that? Does he have some sort of extraordinary power? Of course! I get it now. I'm not the Golden Crow of Time.
Kogane is.
Another chapter, come and gone. Phew!
I said it twice before, and I'll say it one more time:
Kogane being the golden crow, I planned that from the start as well. I actually left hints throughout the last few chapters. The biggest one being in his full legal name.
Kogane = Golden one in Japanese.
Branwen = Blessed white raven/crow in Welsh
Vremeni = of time in Russian.
Anyway, the next update will be on Tuesday. Until then, Ciao!