Okay, this chapter is going to shift its focus back to Team RWBY, since the last three chapters were about the co-stars.
Late at night, everything was quiet in Beacon.
"Dude, I'm sorry, I forgot the Wi-Fi password again." a guard said.
"How many times do I have to tell you?" another guard asked, "It's Beacon, but replace the 'e' with a three, and put a pound symbol on the end."
"Thanks, dude." the first guard said.
The second guard rolled his eyes as a shadow shot behind them unnoticed. The mysterious man from the White Fang was wearing a pure black cloak as he snuck through Beacon.
"You think that a combat school would have better security." the man said as he entered Beacon tower.
The man hid behind some cover and peeked out to look at the guards.
"Hmph...child's play." the man said to himself.
The man waited until one of the guards got close to his cover and grabbed him.
"Hey! What're you-?!" the guard said right before being thrown by the man at a few of his buddies.
"Intruder!" one of the guards who was still up said as he pulled his weapon out.
The man ran at the remaining guards, ready to take them out.
In Team RWBY's dorm, everyone was asleep. Everyone was in their respective beds except for Ruby, she was asleep with her head lying on top of her homework. Moments later, Zwei woke up and began to rub his furry head against Ruby's leg.
"Ugh..." Ruby moaned as she woke up, "What is it?"
Zwei whimpered and began to shake.
"Really? Now?" Ruby asked as she looked at the clock, which said it was midnight.
Zwei continued to whimper.
"Oh...alright." Ruby said.
Ruby dragged herself up and got dressed in her day gear. She also took Crescent Rose along, just in case. Ruby leashed Zwei and followed him out of the school so he could take care of business.
Some time later, Ruby was standing outside of the dorms while Zwei took a number behind the bushes.
"Are you done yet?" Ruby asked.
Zwei walked out from behind the bushes and approached Ruby.
"Good. Now let's get-" Ruby said, right before Zwei's ears twitched and he ran off, "Zwei!"
Ruby ran after Zwei. Ruby was too tired right now to use her Semblance, so she could only keep up with the corgi.
"How are you so fast on those little legs?" Ruby asked.
Zwei eventually stopped in front of Beacon Tower.
"Zwei, I don't know what is up with you but we're..." Ruby said right before noticing a knocked out guard who was hanging out of the tower's door, "Oh my."
Ruby approached the guard and checked on him to see if he was alright. The guard was dead.
"No way." Ruby said, "What happened here?"
Ruby peeked into the tower and saw all of the guards that were on the ground.
"Oh no." Ruby said, covering her mouth, "I have to call the others."
Ruby contacted Weiss's Scroll and left a voicemail telling her and the others to come to Beacon Tower for backup.
"Now, let's..." Ruby said, right before hearing a grown man grunting.
Ruby snuck into the tower and peeked around a corner. Ruby saw the mysterious White Fang commander forcing the elevator doors open.
"Where is he going?" Ruby asked.
The man yanked the doors open.
"This is too easy." the man said before jumping down the shaft.
Ruby ran over to check the hole the man had jumped down.
"Zwei, when the others get here, tell them where I am." Ruby said, right before jumping down the shaft.
Zwei barked in agreement and sat down.
Ruby fell down the shaft, using Crescent Rose to slow her fall down after a bit.
"What is this place?" Ruby asked.
Ruby slowly crept into the great vault, with Crescent Rose at the ready. Ruby looked a bit further down the vault and saw the mysterious man opening the container that held all of the extra Fusion Dust vials.
"Honestly, Ozpin, you should get better security." the man said.
Ruby quietly transformed Crescent Rose into its sniper rifle form and aimed at the man. Ruby fired a round off, sending a bullet at the man. The man turned around and grabbed the bullet with his fingers.
"Like I said..." the man said before crushing the bullet, "the old man needs better security."
"So, you're the man pulling the strings." Ruby said.
"Indeed I am." the man said.
"Why are you doing this? Who are you?" Ruby asked.
"You don't deserve to know either of those answers." the man said before pulling his sword off of his back.
Ruby prepared Crescent Rose by transforming it and then fired a bullet to launch at the man. Ruby swung her scythe, but the man simply blocked it with his sword and pushed Ruby back.
"Sloppy." the man said.
Ruby turned into rose petals and ran behind the man before hitting him in the back with the huge scythe blade. The man ignored the hit and swung his sword around, transforming it into an axe as it went, and hit Ruby away.
"Weak." the man continued.
Ruby activated Crescent Rose's sniper rifle mode and fired at the man, who blocked all of the bullets with his axe.
"And uncoordinated." the man said, "How do you expect to beat me?"
"I don't." Ruby said.
As soon as Ruby finished her sentence, a big blast hit the man in the back. The man turned in the direction of the impact and saw the rest of RWBY.
"I was just trying to buy time." Ruby said.
The man just glared at the members of Team RWBY before pulling out a vial of Earth Dust and slamming it into the ground. After a moment, the room began to shake and large spikes shot out of the ground.
"Scatter!" Ruby said.
Weiss and Yang ran to the left while Blake went right. Weiss used her Glyphs to dash around, Yang smashed any pillars that came at her, and Blake used her Shadow Clones.
"You can't avoid fighting forever." the man said.
Ruby dashed at the man and swung Crescent Rose. The man saw the scythe coming at him and caught the blade.
"Even with the four of you, it's hopeless." the man said.
The man threw Ruby in Blake's direction.
"Blake!" Ruby said, activating her Fusion Dust, "Now!"
Blake nodded. Blake activated her Fusion Dust and threw Gambol Shroud at Crescent Rose. When the weapons touched, Ruby and Blake were launched at each other and a bright light filled the area.
The light faded, revealing a girl with long black hair that was red around the front, she had cat ears that were covered by a purple cape and hope, her left eye was gold and the other was silver. She wore a black and white long-sleeve shirt, a black and purple skirt, white pants, black boots and the previously mentioned purple cape and hood. Her weapon was a scythe with a slightly smaller blade.
"Ladybug, all right!" Yang cheered.
"What are you guys waiting for?" the Fusion known as "Ladybug" said, "Get ready!"
The man ran at Ladybug, who dashed off, leaving rose petals and a blurr of Shadow Clones in her wake.
"Got it!" Yang said as she activating her Fusion Dust.
Weiss rolled her eyes and touched Myrtenaster to Ember Celica, creating a big flash of light.
The man swing his sword at Ladybug, who transformed Crescent Shroud into a katana and pistol and blocked the blade. Suddenly, a girl shot up and punched the man away. The girl had a blonde ponytail that was whiter the lower it went, her right eye was lavender while her left was icy blue with a scar on the eyelid. Her outfit was a yellow tank top with an ice blue jacket with puffy shoulders and elbow-length sleeves, a yellow and orange combat skirt, white high-heeled boots and ice blue cloths over them. Her weapons were a pair of silver gauntlets with Dust holders and blades on the wrists.
"Get too close to me and you'll get Freezerburned." the girl said.
"Really? Using your name as a pun?" Ladybug asked.
"What's wrong with that?" the Fusion known as "Freezerburn" asked.
The man got up.
"Enough of these games." the man said, "It's time to end this."
The man pulled vials of Dust out and crushed a Blast Dust one, releasing it's contents into the air. The man used his powers to form the Dust into a spiked ball and sent it in the Fuisons' direction.
Freezerburn spun her Dust barrel around, landing on Air Dust and swung her fist, using the Dust to send the Blast Dust ball back at the man. The man used some of his remaining Earth Dust to create a barrier that stopped the ball.
"Ladybug, give us a distraction." Freezerburn said.
Ladybug nodded and shot off, leaving rose petals and shadow clones in her wake. As the man threw balls of different Dust types at Ladybug, they would hit a shadow clone or Ladybug would dodge.
"Just stand still." the man said.
"I think we made him angry." Ladybug said.
Ladybug held Crescent Shroud and ran at the man, swinging the scythe. But every time the scythe was swung, it was countered by the man's axe.
"Weiss, it's now or never!" Yang said.
Freezerburn aimed her hand towards the ground and opened it, creating a fiery Glyph with dragon patterns on it. As the Glyph spun around, Freezerburn's right eye turned red and her hair began to glow.
The man swung his axe, stopping Ladybug's next attack and causing her to stop moving.
"Now!" Ladybug said as she dashed off.
The man looked in Freezerburn's direction, only to see her path covered with fiery Glyphs and Freezerburn herself running right at him. The man pulled his sword up to block the attack. Freezerburn activated Blast Dust on the gauntlets and swung her fist, hitting the man's sword. The impact of the strength-boosting Glyph's enhancing Freezerburn's power, the Blast Dust, and the overall momentum of the Fusion, sent the man flying into the air.
"Your turn!" Freezerburn said.
Ladybug nodded and aimed the top of Crescent Shroud towards the man. Ladybug pressed a button the scythe's head fired at the man, grabbing onto him. Ladybug spun around and around before stopping and sending the man flying into the wall at maximum speed, causing his Aura to shimmer, it appeared to be two colors.
"That. Was. A mistake." the man said as he got up.
The man's mask fell apart, revealing two different colored eyes, one was purple and the other was grey. His hood fell back to reveal hair that was black towards the top and dark red towards the bottom.
"He's a Fusion?!" Ladybug and Freezerburn asked.
Sorry to leave this one on a cliffhanger, but the next chapter is going to make up for it. If you were wondering why this guy was so strong, now you know.
BTW, I am planning on making an animated version of my self-insertion story in the near future. For details, check my profile.
Powerhouse out.