RWBY belongs to Monty Oum
Chapter 9
Ozpin sat in his office with his signature Mug in hand thinking in the events that happened yesterday at night.
FLASHBACK
The event in the city had ended in a late hour of the night, everyone had enjoyed the except for a certain witch who had to watch over the students in case they caused trouble.
They were going getting closer to the academy when the pilots of the ships noticed that the communication between ships were being blocked, that made Ozpin worried as they reached the academy making his eyes and other student`s widened as he saw that 30% of the emerald forest was gone and were terrains that looked like there was a fight there.
The moment the ships landed it was team JNPR who got off the ship first followed by RWBY and other professors who were gonna check another places of the campus, except for a certain person who had air-sickness and needed some time to recover.
When the teams arrived at their dorm, Nora ran to their room to see if Ren was ok, their eyes widened when they saw Ren lying unconscious in the ground.
Ozpin checked he was just knocked out, he also noticed the 2 things, the first the exams from the class of Bartholomew, he knew for a fact that Drake was gonna help him with checking the exams and the second one, the smell of something burned coming from the direction where Drake`s and Axl`s rooms were.
Ozpin told everyone to take Ren to the infirmary and ad told him to come to his office in the morning as he stood up and went in the direction of the smell.
He saw the door of Drake`s room destroyed, he entered and saw everything was destroyed, he also noticed the huge safe where his bed was supposed to be and his scroll destroyed.
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It was now Thursday in nighttime, Ren had gone to his office in the morning to explain what had happened, he was happy that his student got out of problems alive and defeated a wanted enemy, but got worried when he told what happened after, Axl had gone to the forest and returned with an unconscious Drake, Axl leave the academy to look for the last mavericks, and the Drake knocks him out and leaves the academy.
Ozpin could tell that there was something Ren didn't told him and he could figure out what it was, he told Ren not to mention anything to anyone, his team included.
Now he wondered what and where was doing his student right now.
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Meanwhile in a certain library of the city, the owner of the library was ready to close for the day while he saw a small puppy sleeping peacefully in the office.
Drake and lambert appeared yesterday or more like 1 am of today, both looked exhausted, Drake had asked him if could stay for a couple of days, he also asked him Axl had come here in the last couple of hours to which Tukson said no, he tried to contact Adam to see if he had better luck but he didn't answered his scroll and didn't know where to find him.
Tukson didn't asked what was going on but let both of them stay, later in the afternoon had left in search for Axl leaving lambert with him so he could rest for the day.
He was about to close the door when Drake appeared with his usual motionless face, but his eyes said he was tired and annoyed.
"No luck I see." Said Tukson as Drake entered and closed the door.
"No, tomorrow I think on going to consult a certain bar and see if I have any luck. Anything on Adam?" Tukson just shock his head as Drake walked and picked lambert and then to the spare room Tukson have let him to use waiting what tomorrow had store for him.
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It was now Friday afternoon and Drake alone was now heading to Junior`s bar to see if Axl had stopped there for information, he entered the club as everyone stood away from him like last time.
"Well, look who is here?!" shouted junior from the counter as Drake got close and sat.
"What brings you here brat?" asked junior as he passed a drink of the house.
"Thanks, I wondered if Axl wouldn't happened to come here in the last days?" asked Drake as he took a zip from the drink as Junior answered.
"None, by the way you wouldn't happen to know anything about an incident on construction site near here that happened a month ago or the incident that happened in beacon the night of the event in the city do you?"
"What about them?" said Drake as he finished his drink.
"There is a possibility that the ones involved are the third party that has been around." Said junior making Drake look at him remembering the incident with stag.
"How are you so sure?"
"Remember the assaults I told you about the last time you were here? There has happen more of them this time even closer to vale, leavening a great quantity of destruction behind them, some of the video cameras of the places were able catch man wearing black military uniform with no insignia."
'Just like the ones Ren described, the ones I fought didn't fit the description.'
"But here is the scary part…" said junior getting Drake`s attention, "Soon after the places were attacked and cleaned up of whatever those guys were looking for, they authorities along with some huntsman found what it was stolen and no sight of the man that attacked nothing but the destruction on the terrain, like if they were never there." Said junior as Drake asked for another drink.
'Probably another maverick hunter, but still the thing with the uniforms is just a little proof that the mavericks are the third party.' Thought Drake as he received his drink.
"You wouldn't know if there is gonna be another assault or anything related do you?"
"That depends do you have anything I can use?" asked junior while Drake was drinking.
'I cant tell him anything about the mavericks or that I am in their hit list, my pockets may be empty after this.'
"Nothing, that is why I am willing to pay, how much?" asked Drake who had finished his drink.
"I am disappointed by that. 50000 lien."
Junior saw Drake`s face trying to see any kind of reaction to see if he didn't ask high enough, put with that emotionless face it was hard to tell.
Drake took his wallet from his jacket and began to count.
"I will give them to you, but just so you know, I can assure you I am 10 times worse than the blonde who crashed your place before Axl, so this better be good." Said Drake as he gave the lien to junior who didn't have a doubt that his threat would become true if he didn't talk.
"Troublesome blondes, I do not know anything about the third party, I always heard of the incidents after they happen, but I do know something that may or not be related." Said junior while Drake was looking at him seeing if he was telling the truth.
'I should have brought lambert.'
"Lately the white fang has been receiving some new equipment and a lot financial help. So it could be either Torchwick of the third party." Said junior with Drake face not changing although he could feel that he was getting annoyed.
"SO?" yes he was annoyed.
"There are rumors that there are gonna be raid in the docks in a couple of days, who knows maybe your partner will be there." Said junior as Drake stood up and began to leave but not before saying something to junior.
"This better be good or else you will need to rebuild the place for a third time." Said Drake as all the man steeped out again while junior just keep thinking one thing.
"Fucking blondes."
'That was actually cheaper that I thought it would be.' Thought Drake, thanks to the contract he and Axl had done for the past 4 months he had a decent amount of money
Drake got out the bar and headed out to Tukson`s library seeing that he finally got a lead that involved the White Fang and who better to know more than a member that wanted to get out.
He would have asked Adam but unless he didn't have confirmation that it was the mavericks he knew he wouldn't cooperate.
He stopped walking as he heard his stomach growling, making him realize that the last time he ate something was when he was still on beacon, well more like drinking a six-pack of coke.
He went to the commercial district to see what he could buy for him and lambert although he figured out that Tukson may have give him something to eat.
He got to the commercial district and stopped in a steakhouse, he was gonna ordered to eat there and have some extra to take to lambert, but he noticed something or more like someone from outside the shop.
"You know what, I am gonna take all to eat later, I will be back for it in a while, now if you excuse me." said Drake in a cold voice as he headed outside while the waitress noticed the change in the color of his eyes.
Outside the stake house in the street there could be found an small local that sold ice cream with a lot of people looking at it while pretending not to for either fear to act of enjoyment of what they were seeing.
The reason a lot of man wanting to ruin the place by the excuse of that the ice cream tasted bad and that they wanted their money back, and even thought the owner who was by the way a rabbit Faunus was willing to give their back their money even though she knew there was nothing bad with ice cream and knew they were just doing it for her being a Faunus.
The man began to take things out of hand when they decided to start shouting that the place was a scam, even to the point where they would take the owner by the ears and drag her saying they would show her what would happen when you try to scam people, that was until they felt a familiar feeling. The sound of chains.
They all turned around as various sets white chains taking them by the neck forcing the one holding the woman to let her as all of them were lifted in mid air.
"How long has it been? 3 months, since the last time my partner and me saw you pieces of shit picking up in a young Faunus. It is a shame Axl isn't here so he can keep his promise, looks like I am gonna have to do it."
All of the man opened their eyes to see Drake with one hand in the air and the other one in the pocket of his jacket; he motioned his hand that turned the men upside down making them drop all the money they had took and stolen.
"Now, I am gonna drop you, you will get out of here, and this time it is I who is making the promise of make you suffer the next time I see you trash pull the same shit." Said Drake as they barely nodded.
Drake put his hand down making the man fall on their heads and not 5 seconds later they began to run, after that Drake got closer to the woman and began to help her out until he noticed something.
"There is nothing else to see here you pieces of trash, and if you want to say anything about it come and try." Said Drake to all of those who were watching with joy at the event, none of them dare to say anything and decided to start walking.
He then picked up the money and helped the owner to stand up.
"Are you ok?" asked Drake as he handed the money to the owner who took it shaking a little for the look on Drake`s face and the eyes didn't help much to the case.
Before the woman could even answer both of them heard the words "Leave her alone!"
Drake turned in the direction of the voice just to receive a drop kick straight in the face.
*10 minutes later.*
"I am so sorry!" repeated for the fourth time the person who kicked Drake straight in the face was in front of him with a tail behind him while Drake was sitting on a bench next to the ice cream stand trying to calm down with ice on his face courtesy of the owner, he didn't need it since his aura would have healed him but accept it either way.
The owner of the stand was friendly enough to give the young man an explanation of what happened before he kicked him.
"I heard that there were some people attacking a work place owned by a Faunus, so when I got here I only saw you with the money in hand and she was looking at you in fear, so I jumped at you not noticing that you were giving the money back." Said the monkey Faunus explaining what happened.
"It is not a problem really, so stop apologizing." Said Drake as he took of the ice of his face and revealed his emerald eyes and then stood up.
"Have a good day both of you." Said Drake as he headed to the stake house paid and took his food ignoring the looks everyone was giving him, he was actually surprised when he found the monkey Faunus with two cones of ice cream.
"Courtesy of the owner." Said the monkey as Drake took the cone and looked at the owner with a nod of appreciation.
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"So can I ask why are you following me?" asked Drake who was heading to the bookstore followed by the monkey.
"Truth to be told I am not from here and I got sidetracked in other I am lost."
"And you stayed quiet all this time because?"
"You scare me a little." Said the Faunus as he got and Drake`s pace.
"*sigh* where are you going?"
"Beacon academy."
Drake stopped at that, he looked at the Faunus for a second, he had seen at least once all of the first year and he could tell he wasn't one of them, which meant.
"You are here for the tournament aren't you?"
at this the Faunus blinked twice "How did you know?"
Drake began to walk again as he answered.
"I am an student from beacon, and I have never seen you, so that only let one last option."
"Dude thanks god, I thought I would be staying in a motel or something." Said the Faunus as he raised his hand, "I am Sun by the way, Sun Wukong."
Drake took the handshake as he introduced himself, "Drake."
Both stopped at the intersection and Drake looked at Sun.
"If you take that road you will get to the heliport that would take you to beacon, if you hurry you might be able to catch the next airship."
Sun looked at him confused, "Aren't you coming?"
Drake shook his head, "I am afraid that I still have some business to take care of."
"Well I hope to see you soon Drake, thanks for the advice." Said Sun as he headed his way saying his goodbyes while Drake did the same.
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"Are you sure about this?" asked Tukson while lambert and Drake ate their dinner.
"Yes, there is a high chance that the new partner of the white fang are the one Axl is looking for, so I would appreciate if you know something since my "Informer" just said it would be in a couple of days."
"*SIgh* I indeed know about an event that would happen in two days from now in the docks, but now I have to ask who is this group that you and Axl are looking for?"
Drake finished eating as he looked at Tukson, "The one I am looking for is Axl, that group is the only lead I have to find him."
"I see."
"Anything from Adam?" asked Drake as lambert finished eating.
"No, I am afraid that he turned off his scroll or even changed it`s number." Said Tukson as both Drake and lambert headed to the spare room to call it a day.
"That means that there is a high Possibility that Axl is with him, good night Tukson."
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It was Sunday at noon in the city and Drake and lambert headed to inspect a zone where an explosion Occurred, he still have time before the great event at night so Drake decided to take a look in case it was maverick related.
he was heading now to the industrial site of the city where the incident happened, and right now he was heading out of the commercial district, that was when lambert stopped and started to stare at something.
"What is it?" asked Drake as he looked at the direction lambert was looking for.
'Of all people.'
In front of them stood Yang and Weiss while both of them were pointing at him, Drake just looked at them for a couple of seconds and then began walking to his destination.
"Hey where do you think you are going?!" asked Yang running at him followed by Weiss.
"Where have you been? Do you have any idea how worried everyone is worried about you? Except for Nora she wants to break both of your legs, yours and Axl." Said Yang who began walking next to him with Weiss next to her.
"I imagine why." Said Drake just focusing in the way.
"Seriously what the hell is going on first you and Axl disappear with you room blown up by the was, he gives the order not to get closer to your room, and then this incident with Blake happens." Said Weiss making Drake stop and glare at her.
"What happened?" asked Drake surprising both girls at the interest he was showing.
"What happened? It turns out we might have a Faunus as our teammate and possibly a member of the white fang none the less." Said Weiss telling clearly what she was thinking.
Yang was about to say that it is not as exaggerate as it is, but Drake beat her to it.
"So the cat is finally out of the back." Replied Drake as he started walking again ignoring the widened eyes of both who began to follow him.
"You knew!?" asked Weiss
"Of course, I am surprised you didn't saw the signs, the twitch of her bow, her addiction for tuna, etc…" that made both realize that there were indeed a lot of signs.
"Since when did you know?" asked Yang this time as they noticed that they were heading to the industrial district of the city.
"Since the first day all of you put an step on beacon, I promised to keep her secret, even told her to control the twitch of her bow."
Weiss was about to ask why he didn't say anything until they reached Drake`s destination.
"Why did you come here?" asked Weiss seeing a hanger with the floor completely destroyed.
"For the same reason I leave beacon, I have been tracking Axl the last couple of days." Said Drake as he entered the hangar and headed to inspect the hole.
This reminded him of the first work he did with Axl and Adam, Weiss interrupted his thought.
"What does that suppose to mean?"
"It is personal." Said Drake getting the attention of Yang who noticed a tiny change of voice in him.
Drake looked at the hole ignoring Weiss question after question, the hole was sealed by earth, but not any earth he could feel the familiar aura of Axl in the ground, he looked at lambert who gave confirmation as he could identify his smell and found small traced of blood.
"Hey are you listening to me, what are you both up to?" asked Weiss finally getting the attention of Drake who just stood up and began to walk back to the commercial site with both girls following after him.
"Just like the both of you are looking for Blake, I am looking for Axl if I happen to cross paths with her I will let you know." Replied Drake as he began to walk to the docks and began to wait, that was his plan if it wasn't because a certain blonde grabbed by the hood and began to drag him back to the commercial district.
"You and I are gonna a talk about being more cooperative." Said Yang while Drake just followed mainly because he was also going to the commercial district followed by a heiress and puppy not knowing what to made of the scene.
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As ironic as life was Yang decided to stop in the same Ice cream stand he made a scene 2 days ago, Drake and Yang sat in one table while lambert and Weiss sat on another much to her displeasure and even more when the owner of the stand gave Drake and Yang a big plate to share surprising Yang while Drake just nodded in appreciation.
"Is it possible you van give one little cone to the puppy over there…. Also to the ice queen next to him ("Hey!" said Weiss), I will pay for both." Said Drake as the owner just nodded.
"Wow, and this one is free what did you do to get this kind of treatment and also why are the owners of some locals and restaurants are looking at you like that?" asked Yang as she took her spoon and began to eat while Drake saw around to notice that he indeed was being watched.
He just sighed took the spoon began to eat, "I had to deal with CRDL type of situation a few days ago."
"Oh!" said Yang as she continued eating while she began to ask, "So, what is going on?"
"This is personal Yang I would prefer to leave it like that."
"I am not surprised that you turn down the help of others, but I think it is the first time I hear you say something is personal, does this have to do with the guy that tried to kill you and I saved you from?" asked Yang with a smile on that last statement.
"Of course you would rub it in someday… yes but there also something else this time."
"How come?" asked Yang as she kept eating while Drake stopped.
"At first I thought I was the target just because I was working with Axl, but after much thinking an the little I remember of the incident of 5 days ago, I am 95% sure that I was the target, but not for being Axl partner."
Yang stopped at that since she also thought it was for Axl he was being targeted. "What exactly happened in the forest?"
Drake put his hands together and put it in his forehead while putting is elbows on the table.
"I don't remember much of it and that scares me, but what I do know 2 things, the familiarity and disgust one of them talked to me before I passed out and the fact that the enemies Ren and Axl fought were not as strong as the one I fought."
"You think Axl also knows something about you?"
"That is what I want to find out, not because to find out about my past, but because as long I am being targeted I can't return to beacon."
Yang looked at him for a second before leaning back, "Ok, what is our plan?"
"Do not even think about it, plus you two still need to find Blake." Said Drake making Yang look at him at the eyes, she was about to reply to that but knew he was right, Blake was their partner and she came first.
Drake took some lien from his jacket and put then on the table.
"You cant always do things by yourselves you know?" asked Yang standing up while Drake did the same, he could tell she was not happy with his attitude.
"*SIGH* I will be fine, plus have lambert with Me." said Drake as lambert jumped inside the hood and then began to walk.
"You still owe me a few things, so you better come back." Said Yang loud enough so he could ear it making him just gave a nod not looking at her as he headed to the docks.
'It is almost time.'
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Drake was walking to the docks when lambert decided to start barking from inside the hood.
"What is it?" asked Drake as lambert just raised his paw signaling and the roof of an small building.
Drake decided to go and watch what was making lambert point at that place, he jumped in the building and was a little surprised to find a familiar face there.
"Your team is looking for you." Said Drake gaining the attention of the person looking at the docks in front of him.
The person looked back and stood up from her position.
"Where the hell have you been?" asked Blake seeing Drake standing in front of her.
"Personal business, the better one is what are you doing here? Although I may already know the answer. " Asked Drake as he sat in the edge.
"I need to know if the white fang is behind the current assault on dust robbery lately, and you?"
Drake just kept looking at the container of the Schnee company as he asked something, "You were a member?"
Blake just stayed quiet making Drake figure the answer.
"I am afraid to break this to you, but the white fang is indeed responsible but that is not the reason I am here."
"Then why are you here?"
"There is someone helping the white fang. I am just here to see if it is who I am waiting for?"
Blake sat next to him and looked at him.
"Those this has to do with the incident in the academy and yours and Axl`s disappearance."
Drake just nodded as they both heard a familiar voice.
"Did I miss anthing?...Hey Drake what are you doing here?!" both turned to see Sun Wukong with fruits in his hands.
Both stood up while Blake asked, "How do the 2 of you know each other?"
"He/I drop kicked Me/him in face." Both answered at the same time while Blake just looked at both while some offered some fruit making lambert jump and start to eat it.
"So what are you doing here?" asked Sun seeing lambert eat everything.
Drake was about to answer as the current of the wind changed signaling that an airship had arrived and was landing in the docks.
"It is time." Said Drake as all 3 looked to see member of the white fang getting out of the ships.
"You really didn't think they were behind it, did you?" asked Sun while Blake had sad look on her face.
"Deep down I knew, just I didn't want to believe it, now I only want to know who is this partner." Said Blake, but her`s and Drake`s curiosity would be answered now.
"Roman Torchwick?" asked Drake as all of them saw the man getting off the ship and giving orders to the man.
"So I wasn't them." Said Drake while thinking his next stop after this is going to be paying junior a visit.
"But still the White Fang would never work with humans especially not one like that." Said Blake as she jumped down ignoring Sun`s calls.
Sun was about jump but was stopped by Drake.
"Don't, they don't know that we are here, lets use that as our advantage." Said Drake as lambert jumped in the hood and then began to jump on the cranes on the docks followed by Sun.
meanwhile Blake had managed to avoid being detected and sneak up behind Torchwick putting her blade in his neck.
"What the! Oh fo-"
"Nobody moves." Said Blake getting everyone attention making the member of the white fang point their weapons at her while she took off her bow revealing her ears.
"Brothers of the white fang, why are you aiding this scum?!" asked Blake while the Faunus noticed her ears making them lower their weapons a little while amusing Torchwick.
"Oh kid, didn't you get the memo?"
"What are you talking about?"
"The White Fang and I are going in on a joint business venture together!"
Blake put het blade closer to his neck.
"Tell me what it is or I will put an end to your little operation." Said Blake as she saw two more ships appeared.
"I wouldn't call it a little operation." Said Torchwick who was about to shot his cane on the ground to get out of Blake`s hold just to feel as something took his can from his hands.
He looked to see a white chain with his cane going up where a crane is, he noticed to blondes one with his hand up and the other eating a banana.
Soon after he raised his other hand and various sets appeared to retain the other Faunus and some attached the ships to the ground making them fly close to the ground while making sure than none of the doors of the ships could open.
Drake and Sun jumped down while Drake was holding all the constructs with one hand and Torchwick cane in the other.
"Generally I would fight instead restrain anyone, but I am in no mood for that now." Said Drake while he motioned Blake to move.
"Your semblance really comes handy." Said Sun while Blake got closer.
The attention of all got taken when they heard Torchwick chuckling.
"What`s so funny?" asked Blake clearly irritated at the man.
"Nothing it has to do with you." Said Torchwick as he looked at Drake, "So, you are Drake huh?"
That made Blake`s and Drake`s eyes widened, "How do you know who I am? It is the first time you and I have met."
Torchwick just smirked as he looked at the sky, "A Business partner of mine is really interested in getting his hands in you, although sometimes it looks more like wants to kill you."
At that lambert jumped out from the hood changed to his Grimm form making Sun step back.
"He is friendly do not attack him." Said Blake not making Sun comfortable but decided to believe her.
Drake meanwhile was looking at lambert with worry while said dog was growling at the sky, then he felt it as he looked at the sky.
Two days ago when he met Sun he didn't felt his kick coming because he didn't put any killing instinct on the it, but right now there was something in the sky that he could no see with a massive killing intent and malice that told him to run, his eyes and his friends eyes widened when from the sky appeared an airship 3 times bigger than the ones that were currently here.
"It is like if it was always there!" said Sun while Drake decided to answer for him, "It must have be an Invisibility cloak."
They all saw as the lower part of the ship began to reveal various man wearing black military uniform all of them wearing a helmet, but what caught his attention was the man in the middle, he was wearing a green armor with yellow design he had a hand cannon in his back over his shoulder and a different helmet than the others with a symbol on it, but what caught Drake`s attention was a katana in his hand.
The green man took the katana and something Drake didn't expect happened when he draw it.
An small green air wave appeared making Drake`s chains break and make him kneel while he began to scream in pain throwing Torchwicks`s cane.
"Are you all right!?" asked Blake seeing it the first time he has ever screamed like that, he stood up with eyes blazing crimson ignoring Blake`s question.
Drake drew both blades and so did everyone else with their respective weapons while the members of the white fang including the ones in the ships, plus Torchwick prepared for battle while the mavericks jumped except for the man in the green armor.
"You two can take care of Torchwick and the White Fang there must be a total of 13, lambert and I will try to take care of the man in black." Said Drake as he put both blades pointing to his right and made an strong enhanced aura slash to the left creating a wave of wind that send everyone of those who were falling to another part of the docks.
"And whatever you do, do not engage the green one!" said Drake as he ran to the other side of the docks hopped on lambert.
Not wasting any time Torchwick who had picked up his cane in all the confusion began to shoot at both Faunus hitting then successfully only to see Blake in mid air with gambol shroud in twin blade mode giving Torchwick a various consecutive sets of attack.
That made Torchwick goes into defense surprisingly being able to parry all her strikes including the ones that came with her shadow clones but barely holding on.
Meanwhile Sun was using Ruyi Bang and Jingu Bang in staff form to handle the members of the white fang easily except for 2 that looked like they were not trying to fight just avoid all their hits, he quickly changed to it`s nunchaku-gun form to give a consecutive hit and shot each one of them successfully knocking temporally out most of the members except for the 2 who just stood there watching everything while one of them pointed at Blake making him look to see that Torchwick was predicting the times of all her strikes, Sun looked at both members to see they were no longer there and running to the side Drake had gone, he saw Blake in trouble and decided to stay, all of this while wondering how Drake was going not noticing than the black ship had moved to that location.
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Various man in black uniform were shooting a barrage of bullets while two black blurs were moving separately at high speed while slashing everyone they could, lambert was spinning his body in a 360 motion taking down anyone in his way.
But it was Drake the one that was having a hard time, every time he wanted to do something with his energy manipulation either if it was an small contract or use the effects of heaven and hell to create something always brought the same result an intensive headache, making him only use his blades and aura to enhance his speed and strength.
The guys they were fighting were no joke, all of them had firearms in both hands that it looked it worked nearly the same as Axl guns meaning they do not need bullets just their aura to shot them, it could be also noticed that they weren't shooting at him but the position he was going.
Drake was spinning his blades to block all of the incoming shots while taking a boost of speed from time to time to eliminate the enemy it had been like that since they got here, and just when they eliminated the last it was they noticed the ship had moved above them.
He noticed the man with green blade and armor still standing in the back door; he jumped with green blade in hand and landed 3 meters ahead of him.
Drake`s instinct kicked of as he saw the blade in the left hand of the man, it was the same long as heaven and hell, even the design of the handle was the same.
"Lambert do not do anything." Said Drake in a colder than usual and commanding tone, whatever that blade was it was scaring him.
Lambert did as ordered and stepped back, while Drake stared at the man with the helmet waiting for him to do the first move.
Both stared at each other, Drake made the fatal mistake of attacking first, he swung his left blade which the man evaded easily while Drake used his remaining one to do a thrust that was easily parried by the man, seeing this as his chance the man began to give a consecutive series of strikes making Drake going in the defensive not seeing an opening since his enemy was changing the hand of the use of the blade after each strike.
The man raised the speed as the next slash he dropped the blade behind his back and catch it with the other making a consecutive spin strike that made Drake lost his balance making him fall in ground 1 meter away from him, Drake looked up to see his enemy in the air with the blade ready to kill him, Drake put his blade in the defense position in time to protect himself, he quickly rolled back while putting both of his foots in the stomach sending the man backwards, the man landed without a problem seeing that Drake standing in the floor with blades in position.
The man just looked at Drake looking at him straight in the face.
"You are literally a carbon copy of him, except for the hair of course but the crimson eyes are the thing I remember the most."
Drake didn't lose his focus not lowering his guard nor giving any opening.
"Aren't you going to ask anything, who I am, what is this blade able to destroy and block your semblance, or better yet, how do I know you?" said the man as they began to circle each other.
The man just kept walking, expecting for Drake to say something.
"The only thing that matters right now is that you are trying to kill me nothing more."
"So much like him." Said the man as he charged at Drake just to be send by a massive wave a wind to crash in container after container until he finally stopped after hitting a wall and then falling to the ground.
"Drake!"
Drake turned around to see 2 members of the white fang or at least that what he thought as he recognized the voice.
"Ren? What are you doing here?!" asked Drake as one of the man pulled off his hood to reveal Ren`s face, Drake then looked at the other one and figured out it was Axl who just stood next to him pointing with his guns at the place the man he was fighting was send to while Ren took off stormflower from his sleeves and did the same.
"I know you want to interrogate me right now but this is not the place especially with that guy here, you are gonna need to forget the pain in your head while creating construct, it will pass after a while." Said Axl for the first time without his mask making Drake`s eyes widened for a second.
'It is not the time to think about it' thought Drake as he tried to do what Axl said.
"Well about time you decided to show up, although I should have expected you to disguise." Shouted the man as he stood up and began to walk to them.
"And here I was trying to meet yo-" the man was interrupted as he began to evade and block a great number of air bullets but managed to made a swing sending a blade shaped green projectile at them at high speed.
But was blocked as a massive black energy wall appeared blocking it completely but destroying the wall completely just to be met by Drake`s own X shaped energy black projectile that the man was barely able to dodge.
"How you holding up?" asked Axl seeing Drake`s eyes become slit.
Drake just nodded as he tried to suppress the pain in his head.
"Well seeing that you finally managed to ignored the pain I think I am gonna need a distraction." Said the man as he clapped his fingers.
All of them looked up to see another door from one of the side of the ships opened to reveal various black robots with the same symbol that the man had in his helmet.
"Drake, Ren and lambert you take care of the robots, vile is mine." Said Axl as he charged at high speed at the man while the robots jumped from the ship and landed in front of the 3.
"Think you can keep up with us?" asked Drake having finally being able to get a hold on the pain.
"Let`s find out." Said Ren as all three charged at the robots.
All of this while Axl was interchanging Blows with the now known Vile.
Axl was spinning his guns with more intensity than usual while covering the blades on the guns with wind making the reach of the blades longer and sharper successfully being able to land a few hits in vile but not anything serious.
"How the hell did you know we would be here?" asked vile as he slashed horizontally making Axl gave a quick back flip landing a kick in vile`s chin sending him in mid air in which Axl quickly took the advantage and began to shoots slamming him in the same wall he was earlier repeatedly as he answered, "A certain armadillo told me, by the way you are out of mavericks."
He stopped for a second as he put enough energy in both guns to send an energy blast breaking the wall and sending vile inside the building followed by an explosion.
Axl stood there but guns ready to shoot knowing full well that it was more needed to kill this maverick.
Soon after various blackish-green beam projectiles came at him, which Axl parried them all or evade them barely noticing the green blur coming at him making him step back with his guns in X position too late as vile stood in front of him using his shoulder cannon to shot an big ball of aura at Axl than send him back and then exploded in front of him successfully knocking him out.
He got closer and raised his blade to deliver the final blow at the hunter as he noticed two shadows behind him, he quickly turned around to see both Ren and Drake in the air ready to land a hit making vile go in defense completely ignoring Axl who was took away by lambert.
All blades clashed creating a little shockwave that separate them all.
Vile looked at them an turned to see all the robots completely destroyed.
"Latest models my ass!" shouted vile clearly pissed as he charged at both.
Drake motioned Ren to wait for the moment to intervene as Drake did the same as vile.
Both blades clashed and vile noticed that Drake`s attacks were more stronger and effective than before meaning that he had completely ignored the pain.
Drake quickly gave to time to attack to vile as he spin one of the up followed by various spin kicks enhanced with aura making vile step back and use the cannon in his shoulder to sent a massive ball of aura causing an explosion in the ground not noticing that from above Ren was falling from the sky successfully cutting the cannon making it explode next to vile sending him to the ground, Ren stepped back as Drake appeared next to him.
"Nicely done Ren." Said Drake as Ren smirked.
Their victory was short lived as they began to felt a great level and malice and killer intent unlike no other, both saw as vile`s body began to emit a blackish green aura as it did the blade, both entered in their fighting stances as he began to stood up.
"Orders be damn it! The only reason you have gotten this far is because they wants you 2 alive! But fuck it! I will never be humiliated by any of you again!" said the vile as one second he was there and the other Drake noticed that Ren was sent flying away.
His instincts kicked as Drake ducked in front of him as vile slashed the very spot where stood.
"Good instincts, lets see for how long does that save you." Said vile as he appered in front of Drake beginning another set of clashed but this time Drake knew he couldn't win as his enemy was right now, so he put his energy in both blades making them shine.
He used heaven to try to make his enemy slower with the ice essence of the blade while he used hell to slash the earth they were stepping on, soon after Drake gave a long jump back as stalagmites appeared in the ground.
"Really expected for that to work!" Drake`s eyes widened as he heard vile`s voice above him with green blade glowing black ready to land a hit, Drake put his blade in position and put energy on them to block the attack not expecting what was gonna happen next.
*CRACK*
that was the sound it was heard as the green blade broke both heaven and hell, Drake quickly ducked right to evade the slash just to feel a great amount of pain in his left side, the blade had cut Drake`s arm making the fallen limb be covered in blackish-green fire.
While Drake just fall on his knee trying not to scream as he passed out.
Vile got closer to him as he send a back kick to Ren who was coming at high speed from behind.
"Do not even try it brat now that I am not holding back I am invincible!" said vile as he prepared to land the finishing blow to Drake was Ren was trying to stand up and shot at vile but couldn't since his vision was blurry.
"Say hello to your brother for me brat!" said vile as a massive blue beam came from the sky destroying the ship above them while lambert took both Ren and Drake while vile had turned around to see the beam in shock and recognition.
"No no no no, you shouldn't be here!" Shoted vile as he looked at the sky as his eyes widened more.
(Play megaman x4 Sky Lagoon (x) )
High in the sky there could be seen an small shape in the sky flying at vile`s position at high speed.
The figure began to shot with an arm cannon at him making vile use the rockets on his foot to fly and avoid the impacts.
Vile charged at the figure in the sky with blade in hand as the figure took his own blade from the sheath on his back, both blades crashed creating a massive shockwave in the sky, both jumped back and landed in the ground.
Ren who was seeing everything and had recovered a little saw a man taller than him a few meters away and looked at Ren, he was wearing a black shoes, dark blue jeans and hooded jacket a black shirt and a red scarf that was flowing in the wind and looked like it was emitting energy and covering his face.
"Do not intervene nor move." Said the man as he turned back to vile, Ren eyes widened for 2 things one, the blade in his hand, the blade was completely black with little shinny white dots making it look like if he was seeing the galaxy itself and two, the back of the jacket had two designs on it, one of them was exactly the same as Drake`s, a dragon of white and black wings.
Both man stared at each other and disappeared at the same time, great series of shockwaves began to appear in the whole zone while Ren tried to follow both enhancing his eyes with aura just be able to see not one but several copies of them fighting all over the place.
'They are moving to fast that I can barely keep out with them.' Thought Ren as various debris were appearing.
"Aren't you going to try and talk me out of this like usual!" shouted vile as both were in the sky now interchanging strikes.
"If there is something that I have learn over the years is that you are a lost cause, besides" Said the man as in his right hand appeared what it looked like was a sphere that resembles the blade, the man made a vertical swing up that vile barely parried leaving his chest are open for an attack as the man planted the sphere on vile`s chest, "You hurt them using his blade, that is something I cannot forgive."
Vile`s widened as his enemy stepped back in the air, soon after vile was screaming in pain as spikes of the same galaxy like designs began to come out of his body as he began to fly high trying to ignore the pain and using the blade to cut them.
"THAT`S IT! I DON'T CARE IF I IGNORE THE OBJECTIVES OR IF I DESTROY HALF PART OF THE CITY, IF I END YOU I DO NOT THINK IT WOULD MATTER ANYMORE X!" shouted vile in rage ignoring the bleeding in his body as he hold the blade in but hands and his aura appearing and getting even bigger as it looked like there was a monstrous figure trying to form behind him while the blade began to be surrounded by his aura.
X`s just looked at vile as his right hand transformed into a buster and Drake sheathed his blade and got in position to shoot.
"SAY YOUR PRAYERS X!" shouted vile as he released the energy of the blade in a dark green beam while X just raised his buster and shot a similar blue colored beam.
Both beams clashed and began fighting each as it looked like vile`s was overpowering X`s.
"YOU SHOULD HAVE USED YOUR BLADE INSTEAD OF YOUR BUSTER, THERE IS NO WAY THAT WILL BEAT THIS AT MY FULL POWER!" shouted vile as he began to laugh maniacally.
Meanwhile X just raised his left arm and put it over his elbow.
"I see now I know how much energy I have to put." Replied X calmly as the beam increased his diameter and quickly overpowered Vile`s and reached him before he could escape.
"I HAVE HIS KATANA HOW THE HELL ARE YOU OVERPOWERING ME SO EASILY!" shouted vile as he began to disintegrate.
Soon after X made the beam disappear and saw the blade falling to the ground, he disappeared and grabbed it.
"Someone like you will never unleash the full potential of it." Said X as an small portal appeared in front of him in which he put the blade in, soon after it dissapered.
Ren meanwhile was checking on both Drake and Axl after seeing the end of the battle while lambert returned to his normal form worried.
Ren turned around to see the man was walking to his as two black portals opened to reveal 2 man wearing white armors.
"Are you ok?" asked X as Ren just nodded as his aura had slowly started healing him while and the 2 men put some kind of device above them as they surrounded both and then it morphed in capsules that were levitating.
"Are they gonna be ok?" asked Ren while X picked lambert and put him in his shoulder and began to pet him.
"Yes, although he might not be the same." Said X looking at Drake.
X looked at Ren as the 2 men with the capsules began to walk back to the portal.
"I appreciate the assistance today even though you shouldn't have, I suggest you to get out of here and get rid of that uniform before the authorities come." Said X as he began walk to the portal.
"Will they return to beacon?" asked Ren as X kept walking to the portal while answered.
"That is up to him, by the way not about this to anyone." Said X as he entered the portal that was close soon after.
Not wasting any time Ren took of the uniform to reveal his usual clothes under it.
He was about to get out of there, when he noticed something in all the destruction in front of him, he got closer as he could begin to hear sirens and several voiced coming, Ren not wasting more time picked all of the broken pieces of Heave and Hell and began to run behind one of the ware house as he heard some familiar and one unfamiliar voices.
"Did Drake and that dog caused all this destruction?" asked Sun as everyone saw what was in front of them.
"We should have noticed that the ship had moved to his location." Said Blake looking at the ground as the officers began to register the area.
"This makes it official, we need to keep our distance from him, this is the second time we see this kind of destruction with him around, He is a danger to us and himself with that hit list for his head." Said Weiss gaining a glare from everyone.
"You are unbelievable! Lets just search for him!" said Yang followed by Ruby and soon by the rest while Weiss just sighed as she also joined the search along with many officers.
Ren just looked from the shadows as he turned back and used his aura to get out of the place.
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Drake`s eyes opened wide as he sat while putting his right arm over his left shoulder, he looked to see that instead of his arm was black robotic arm that was covered by some type of black fabric, he looked from his wrist to his fingers looked like if he was wearing a black leather glove with strange yellow things on his knuckles.
He looked around to see that he was in a white room with nothing but a door and the bed he was on, he noticed he was wearing a white shirt and pants along with his chain around his neck.
'What happened after that Vile guy cut my arm, did he succeeded in taken Me, what about the others?' thought Drake as he stood up and began to head to the door.
As he walked he noticed that the arm wasn't heavy at all and that even if it was robotic he could feel the movement of the arm and fingers but still lacked the sense touch but this was better than anything.
He slowly opened the door of the room and peeked around to see if there was any one there.
Seeing that no one was around he stepped out, the hall he was walking was metallic blue looked very futuristic with lights going in all directions in the walls floor and ceiling.
He stopped in an intersection and looked around until he heard something.
"Hey you!" Drake didn't bother to turn around as he began to run to find a way to get out of here.
Soon after an alarm went off as in all the halls began to blink a light blue color.
"CODE BLUE, CODE BLUE, CODE BLUE."
Drake kept running as he reached another intersection to see that in the right there were a lot of man running at him shouting him to stop. He then began to run the other way as he spotted a big door that was opening to reveal various man running at him.
Drake jumped above them not caring to notice the attire must of them were wearing as he began to step in each of their heads avoiding them and kicking the ones that were doing the same, he spotted another door and created 2 chains that stick to the wall and then began to attract him to the wall, he dismissed the construct as he reached the door and began to run at high speed while everyone else began to chase him.
He kept running as he noticed that there windows ahead of him, he prepared to break one to escape, but stopped when he noticed what was outside.
'You are kidding me.' thought Drake as he saw that outside looked like if he was in space.
"Surround him!" Drake`s thoughts stopped when he heard a voice and noticed that he was surrounded by both sides.
All of them were about to jump at him when another voice boomed in the hall.
"Nobody moves!" everyone stopped at the voice and many man stood the way soldiers stood when a high ranking officer was present, he looked to his left as he saw that the man were making way not losing his composure as a man began to walk to him.
Drake noticed the face of the man walking at him.
"It has been a long time Drake." Said the man as Drake remembered him.
"You are the hunter Axl was talking to the night of the incident with Phoebes." Said Drake in his usual demeanor but was rather calm at seeing the man.
The man just nodded while Drake noticed that many man were looking at him with eyes widen, but not because he was talking to the man, but more like if they were looking at someone in recognition.
"I apologize for all of this, especially because it was ordered not to let you alone at any moment, allow me to present myself my name in Colonel it is a pleasure to meet you formally seeing that last time wasn't the right one." Said the man remembering he incidents that Axl told him in that day.
Drake looked around, "So all these people?"
He nodded, "All of them are hunters."
Drake felt annoyed at the comment, "Then why didn't they said so or put their badges where I could see them instead to chasing me while shouting "Stop right there!". "
"That indeed is a nice question, especially because most of them were told you were here and might be confused." Said colonel as he looked at a group that were wearing different clothes.
"Not even a word." Said colonel at the group, he then looked at Drake, "Please follow me." said the man while Drake just nodded ignored the murmurs and the looks.
"Shoudnt you be doing something more productive that gossiping, move now!" soon after all the man began to move.
Colonel and Drake walked for a while until Drake decided tor¡ break the silence.
"Do you know what happened to me and my friends?"
Colonel just looked at him for a moment wondering if he always talked with that emotionless voice and face.
"You will find out soon, but for Axl…"
Drake looked at him for a few seconds waiting for an answer as he stopped at looked at his right and moved his head telling me to look.
Drake turned to look what it was the window of a medical room for a single person, there he recognized bullet who was sleeping while sitting on a chair but with her head in a bed with one hand interlocked with the hand of a patient.
Drake`s eyes widened a little when he saw that the person in the bed looked exactly like him except for his hair was brownish like orange color and a tiny longer than him and a little half X scar over the nose and between his eyes..
Drake then turned to the table next to him to see Axl's guns and a chain just like his except his was the same color as his hair and it read his name.
'His voice was the same as mine except less serious when he talked to me in the docks.'
"Come everything will be answer to you." Said colonel as he began to walk, Drake stared at the window for a few seconds and then followed the hunter.
A few minutes later colonel stopped in front of a larger door.
"Go ahead, this is as far as I go." Said the man as the doors opened to reveal an a platform elevator.
Drake just entered and the door behind him close, the elevator began to go up.
After a full minute stopped and the door in front of him opened to reveal lambert jumping at him while Drake catch him.
"Are you alright?" asked Drake with concern as he pet him while he just nodded.
Lambert then landed on the ground and began to walk back to the room.
Drake followed him and noticed it was an office with some weapons and photos and stopped as he saw the other only person in the room who was looking at him sitting on his desk.
"You have really grown." Said the man as he stood up and walked to Drake whose eyes widened at the voice of the man as he took off his hood and moved his scar so he could see his full face while he smiled.
Drake`s eyes widened a little more at what he was seeing
In front of him stood a man just like him just a little taller with dark brown hair and the same emerald eyes, their voice was even the same although his sounded a tiny bit grave saying he was older than him.
The man got closer and gave Drake a brotherly hug.
"It has been a really long time little brother."
AN: you have to believe me when I say that I didn't expect to write this much for this chapter.
For the robotic arm I took the design from X armor from megaman x command mission except for all the blue red part of the arm.
Next chapter would be a recollection of events from Axl point if view to cover all the plot holes that left until now including what happened in the emerald forest and a little explanation from X.
Question: about Yang`s semblance, do you think that every hit she receives just makes her stronger not restoring or raising her aura? i need to know so I can think in something else than making her tired and to explain her massive power up in when she fought Drake.
Sadly, I wont be able to write anything until Saturday at night since I have 2 test this week, and also thanks to those who favorite, follow and review my story so far.
Until the next time