What is GOOOD with y'all?! It's been TOO long since the last book but don't worry, we're back with the 5th installment of Mobian Huntsmen! Hope y'all are hyped because we're in for a ride! By the time you're seeing this, it's December 10th, I turn 25 today. Almost hitting 30. Geez… take one day at a time. Who knows what lies ahead. But let's keep making good memories! So enough talking, let's get this story kicked off! Hope you all enjoy it!
Disclaimer: All characters, music, etc belong to their respective creators!
[A/N: A heads up, all these chapters were written ahead of time; so the events that happened in my life by the time that said chapter was written already happened.]
"The City of Mistral."
(-Music: Gaia Gate [ Sonic Unleashed ]-)
The man's voice echoed in the black void as the scene opened to a stone brick tunnel illuminated by translucent lanterns. Seven travelers nearing the end of their journey.
"Ugh! It's about time!" Exclaimed an exasperated young lady with shoulder-length orange hair, aqua colored eyes, pink eyeshadow around the far upper corners of her eyes, light pink fingerless gloves, a white sleeveless t-shirt with a heart-shaped cutout with a diagonal cut through it above her breast line in the center, a shorter, detached white sleeve on her left arm. Over the shirt, she wears a open cropped, short-sleeved navy blue bomber jacket with a damaged print of her emblem visible on the back and pink stripes along the sleeves alongside pink buckled cuffs. and red lining on the collar, she wears a pleated pink skirt with two wide belt loops for matching belt, the skirt has a white layered tulle. She wears knee-high pink socks just visible above her white calf-length boots with pink laces and black low heels, soles and toes. Her name is Nora Valkyrie! "Whose idea was it to walk again?"
"Well, we did face many obstacles. Broken airships, destroyed settlements…" Said a young man with long black hair that ends at his rear almost. There is a magenta streak on the left side of his hair. His eyes match the streak in his hair. He now has a longer, sleeveless tailcoat with black and silver trimming. Under it, he wears a black, sleeveless turtleneck with red, tasseled ropes over the hips, pants that get tighter below the knees and calf-high open-toed sandals. From his middle finger to his biceps run gradient pink-to-black detached sleeves ending in metal armbands. His name is Lie Ren!
"Oh, and, you know, all those people and monsters that tried to murder us." Added a tall young man with fair skin, blond hair and dark-blue eyes. He is quite toned, having strong muscles in his arms, shoulders, and upper chest. He retains his black hoodie, but he instead wears a modified pure white chest plate covering a bit more of his upper abdomen trimmed with gold lining and similarly-colored bracers. He wears black gloves with gold-colored metal armor plates over his fingers, and he appears to wear a red sash around his waist. He wears dark brown laced boots and a single brown belt with a pouch included around his waist. He is the leader of Team JNPR, Jaune Arc!
"Don't tempt the powers that can turn the tides to our enemies' favor, Jaune. Be grateful that we have come close to ending our journey." Said a tall and muscular young lady with vivid green eyes, light-green eyeshadow around the far upper corners of her green eyes and red hair knitted into a braid with her bangs that hid the tiara around the front, sporting a large bronze gorget around her neck and she has a she wore an open brown short jacket, she has gold and bronze armor that covers her chest and goes around her back with a Ampelos vine design, a small circular bronze plate on her right hip opposite two pouches with both connected to a belt that goes horizontal with a red ankle-length sash that wrapped around her dark brown knitted pants with the knitting on the right side, and elaborate bronze greaves that started below her mid-thigh before continuing downwards into her boots. She is the late girlfriend of Jaune Arc, Pyrrha Nikos!
"And don't forget that we're on that witch's hit list." Said a young man who had fair skin, emerald green eyes, small, triangular ears on top of his head, blue hair that was shaped as six long quills on the back of his head, two spines protruding from his back behind his shoulders, and a short tail. He wore a Royal blue collared long trench coat with the his logo on the back, a dark blue tank top cut above the navel underneath, a brown long, broad, and scarf, fitting blue pants with a leather belt, white gloves, and light-weight, hyper friction-resistant red sneakers with white cuffs around the ankles, gray soles, and white straps across the top; the latter of which are held down by a golden buckle on each foot. He is the leader of Team SSKT and the Fastest Thing Alive! Sonic Takamaki! "Besides, we gotta wait for the others to get here before making our next move anyways."
"He's right." Agreed a fair-skinned young girl with silver eyes and neck-length black hair with red tips that were slightly longer. She wore a white high-neck décolletage blouse with brown studded wristbands on the arms. A black skirt with red tulle underneath with an overbust corset with red strip holding it in place. A black belt bordered in red holds the magnetic clip for Crescent Rose and its ammunition. She also has brown straps on her blouse that allow her to wear a small brown backpack. And thigh-high stockings reaching to a few inches below the hem of her skirt, decorated by an image of a long-stemmed rose. Her red-soled black boots contain four straps and buckles apiece. Her cloak has a singular clip on the right shoulder in the shape of her emblem, replacing the cross-shaped clips. Both the cloak and the stockings show tears from hard wear. She is the leader of Team RWBY! Ruby Rose! She grinned as she looked at the person next to her. "Only one of us almost died."
Next to Ruby was a tall man with graying black, spiky hair, faded red eyes, and slight stubble along his jawline. Along with a red, tattered cloak, he wears a gray dress shirt with a long tail, black dress pants and black dress shoes. He also wears a ring on his right index finger, two other rings on his right ring finger and a necklace with a crooked cross-shaped pendant. He is Qrow Branwen! The Uncle of Ruby Rose! He turns to his niece with a grin of his own. "Hey."
Nora puts her hands on her hips and looks at Ren with a small smile on her face.
"Hey." The young man spoke, making her giggle.
"How much farther to Haven dude?" Inquired an impatient Sonic who had his arms on the back of his head.
"Almost there. But I figured I'd take you kids on the scenic route." Qrow said, then chuckling seeing Sonic's irate expression knowing that the Speedy Faunus like to go fast, not slow.
The group approaches a pair of large, wooden double doors, which Qrow opens, flooding the tunnel with sunlight. Ruby runs out onto a massive platform that doubles as an elevator, stopping at the railing to gaze out over the city in wide-eyed awe.
"Wow!" She is in awe by the view that her eyes are seeing as the others join her in gazing upon the city of Mistral. "This... is... awesome!"
Sonic whistled. "This reminds me of the Stormtop Viliage back on Mobius! Way way past cool! I wonder if Remnant has their version of Khan around here?"
"Who's Khan if you don't mind me asking Sonic?" Pyrrha inquired.
"A friend of mine. He's the defender of the Dragon Kingdom as he is "King of the Free People". FYI, Stormtop Village is Mobius' version of Mistral. It's a pretty nice place besides the various ninja clans and dragons everywhere." The Speedy Faunus explained which got Ruby and Nora's attention as their eyes sparkled in awe at the mention of ninjas and dragons.
"Wait! Your world has ninjas and dragons?! COOL!" The two girls said in unison, making everyone chuckle in amusement.
"I can tell you the time I went to Stormtop Village to stop a crazy lady from frying that village to a crisp." He added with a smirk on his face which made Qrow scoff as he continued walking.
"You can tell those stories later, Blue Boy." The Alcoholic Huntsman said to everyone getting their attention on him. "Bit of advice, Stay away from the lower levels. The higher up you go, the nicer it gets."
Nora points upward. "And we are going up!"
(-Music Ends-)
(-Music: Dark Clouds [ Sen no Kiseki 3 ]-)
The camera pans upwards to the sky as the scene transitions to a lone Atlesian cargo airship flies over an enormous lake.
"How much farther?" Inquired a pale-skinned young woman with pale blue eyes and long white hair that is often pulled back into an off-center ponytail or braid on the right side and pinned with a silver, icicle-shaped tiara. A scar which runs vertically down her left eye and face. Her attire is a short, glittering dress with a color gradation of gray blue to pale blue at the hem, a sweetheart neckline, and a white, tulle petticoat. A white sash is wrapped multiple times around her waist, and over the outfit is worn a slightly sheer long-sleeved gray blue bolero fastened at the collar with a large sapphire broach that has three pendants dangling from it. Printed on the back of the shrug is the Schnee Crest. Completing her attire are gray blue wedge heels and sapphire drop earrings. She is the former heiress of the SDC, Weiss Schnee!
"We're in the home stretch now." Answered the pilot.
In the pilot's box of the ship, Weiss stands in the back, leaning against a wall with her arms crossed alongside another passenger who has fair skin, crimson eyes, black, small, triangular ears on top of his head with tan ear canals, he also has six quills on his head, four of which curve upwards while the other two curve downwards, two spines on his back, and a small tail. He has red stripes on each of his head quills and around the edges of his eyes. He wore a buttoned up black long trench coat with white fur around the neck, red that goes downwards to the zipper and down the sleeves and near the hemline, and with the Black Arms symbol on the back, a black shirt sleeveless shirt inside, black pants with dark red belts going into a "X" formation, with black gun holsters on the side of his pant legs, and he wore his regular skates. And he had black shades on. He is Shadow Yaminagi! The Ultimate Life Form!
"No more stops from here to Mistral. Sorry for the long trip. Keeping us off the radar's been harder than I thought. Lots of air traffic around northern Anima." The pilot said again.
Weiss sighs as she softly rubs her right arm. "It's fine. I... just hope I haven't been a burden."
The Pilot chuckles. "You and your money are more than welcome on this ship, kid."
Shadow's hedgehog ears twitched as the buzz of static came from the radio as it picked up a transmission.
"What the…" The Pilot reaches over and adjusts a slider, evening out the wavelengths on the screen.
"Is everything okay?"
"He's receiving a transmission somehow. We're still over the lake and too far off from Mistral to get other broadcasts. There must be another ship close by." Shadow deducts as he joins her and the Pilot at the front.
"Mayday, mayday! We are a small passenger flight, and our Huntress is down! We aren't equipped to deal with this!" Cried a female Mistralian Pilot in a panicked tone.
"Oh man."
"The Grimm hit us 400 klicks north of the southern shoreline!"
Weiss' eyes widen as the sound of an explosion and the Mistral Pilot gasping can be heard.
"Get them off us! If anyone can hear this- Ah!"
Weiss' expression grows even more concerned as the Mistral Pilot cries out and the transmission abruptly ends. The Atlas pilot turns off his radio and turns the ship. The former heiress walks over to him and grabs onto a handle in the ceiling.
"What are you doing Weiss?" The Ultimate Lifeform inquired with an arched brow.
"We're going to help them right?" She answered him with another inquiry of her own.
"What? No. I'm trying to avoid them." The Pilot answered.
Weiss got a little disheartened hearing this. "But… they'll die."
"Think about it Weiss. We're not the only ones out here. It's likely that other ships got her transmission as well. They'll be fine." Shadow said, walking back to the cargo box to contact Sonic about their progress and the transmission they picked up.
"He's right. My ship is a cargo ship. She's not much good in a fight. I just wanna finish this job and get home. Sorry, kid. My ship, my rules."
She closes her eyes for a moment, then gazes out the windshield as the ship turns to the right and continues flying over the lake.
(-Music Ends-)
The group of seven approach the campus grounds of Haven Academy which is devoid of people which didn't sit well with the teens that know that Lionheart is the supposed traitor to Ozpin due to his ties to Salem. So they know what to expect thanks to the foreboding warning from Tails' uncle, Merlin Prower. But Qrow doesn't know of their knowledge of the situation with Lionheart.
"We made it." Ruby sighed in partial relief.
"Let's pay Lionheart a visit guys." Sonic says with a smirk as he walks ahead.
Qrow stops behind them, and while they continue on their way, he takes a moment to glance around and lets out a sigh.
"Hello?!" The Hooded Huntress called out.
"YO! Anybody home?!" The Speedy Faunus called out after her. "Kinda suspicious…"
"Maybe try louder?" The eccentric girl suggested.
"There doesn't seem to be anyone here." Ren spoke, looking around.
"Classes aren't in session but that's odd." Pyrrha said as she held her boyfriend's hand.
"No, this isn't right. Come on!" Qrow says while rushing ahead.
"Let's juice guys!" Sonic says to the group as he runs off after him.
The five caught up with Sonic and Qrow as they face double doors with the two are seen standing there with their weapons drawn.
"Get ready. There might be trouble." The Alcoholic Huntsman told everyone as he braced to open the doors.
The five draw their weapons as Qrow brings up his foot and kicks the door open. Just on the other side, a middle-aged man with a mane of tan/gray hair and a beard. He had a tanned complexion with brown eyebrows and dark brown eyes. He wore a brown greatcoat with a matching mantle, which had cross emblems on each side. He also wore a white dress shirt under his coat, a western necktie and carried a pocket watch with a lion head on it as an emblem. Lionheart also wore dark brown slacks and dress shoes. He is the Headmaster of Haven Academy! Leonardo Lionheart! His eyes widen and raise his hands up and let out a frightened scream. Jaune, Pyrrha, Ruby, and Nora widen their eyes and scream as well, while Ren and Sonic give the headmaster a confused stare. Standing on one foot with his eyes wide, Qrow suddenly looks down, loses his balance, and falls. Shortly after, Lionheart makes a noise and briefly faints. Everyone lowers their weapons as Qrow picks himself up.
"Yo Prof Leo! Get up!" Sonic said, making him gasp and sit up.
"Qrow! For crying out loud, you nearly scared me half to death!" The Headmaster scowled at him.
(-Music: Event - The Base [ Sonic Adventure 2 ]-)
The Alcoholic Huntsman growled at him. "Me? Why weren't you waiting for us at the entrance?"
"Huh." He pulls a pocket watch from his coat and checks it. "Oh, right. Apologies. I guess time slipped away from me."
"Hmmm… I can smell the phony coming off of him." Sonic thought as he looked around Lionheart's office. Then the sound of something vibrating came from his pocket that got everyone looking at him. He pulled out his Scroll and saw that Shadow was calling. "Sorry, I gotta take this."
He runs off to the courtyard then to press a button on his Scroll with a holo-screen as Shadow appears with Weiss in the background.
"Your timing is impeccable Faker, so what's up?" He smirked at his teammate/rival.
"Things on our end are going smoothly so far. We're in Lake Matsu." Shadow states as his eyes turn to the right and then back to Sonic. "What's going on your end? Is Qrow okay?"
"Yeah. Drunkle is up and about. Besides, we made it to Haven. Haven Academy to be specific." Sonic says as Shadow's eyes slightly widened and Weiss stood next to Shadow. "And we're currently talking to Lionheart as we speak."
"Strange… should classes be in session over there?" The former heiress inquired with an arched brow.
"We thought so too but it's like a ghost town. Not a single soul in sight." He answered with a sigh. "I'm just waiting for the guys to get done talking to him so we can plan our next course of action at this point."
"You should wait for us, Faker. Don't make any hasty or brash moves that'll cost us the plan. Heard anything from Knuckles yet since our last call?" The Ultimate Life Form asked about his teammate's position.
"Nothing yet. He and Yang are going to take a break at the nearest store before going to the desert part of Anima. Where he'll have little to no Scroll service there since they're going near Raven's territory." Sonic's jade green eyes shift to Weiss' contemplating expression. "Whatcha thinkin' so hard about Weiss?"
Weiss was briefly caught off guard by his question before clearing her throat. "Just t-thinking about o-other things. That's all."
"She was thinking about helping that pilot that sent out a distress signal not too long ago. Got hit by Grimm about 400 klicks away from us. Much as I want to help, we have our own mission. It's getting to you all and besides, we're riding in a cargo ship." Shadow states as his eyes closed in thought. "I'm thinking of some countermeasures just in case Grimm decides to attack us. If the worst comes to shove, as long as we can get to the shoreline, we trek the rest of the way by foot."
The Blue Blur nods. "Alright cool, stay frosty you two. I'm going to call Tails to see what's going on in Menagerie. He hasn't contacted me in awhile. I'll message ya on what I find out from him."
"Let's make it a three-way call. Contact Tails. We all need to be on the same page in order for our plan to succeed. Let's keep it that way." Shadow suggested.
"Alright Shads. I'm about to call him." Sonic scrolled down his contacts to find Tails' name. He tapped it as a second holo-screen appeared with the circle above the words "Calling".
(-Music Ends-)
In the front room of the Belladonna Family Home, there stood a muscular Faunus with black hair, a thick beard and yellow eyes. For his top, he wears an open dark-violet coat with white fur trim, exposing a patch of black fur on his chest. Over his beige pants is a matching sash that wraps around his waist and is secured with a large, silver metal buckle. On the shoulder of his coat is a silver metal spaulder, which through a pair of curved strips across the chest attaches as a clasp on the opposite front panel of the coat. The white toes of his black leather boots have a shape reminiscent of paws with claws at the tips. His physique is in general quite hairy, as what little can be seen of his bare arms and the backs of his wrists are shown to be covered in thick, black fur. He also possesses retractable panther claws in his fingertips. Next to him is a tan-skinned boy with short spiky light-blonde hair and blue eyes. He wears two red wrist bracers over black fingerless gloves and an open loose-collared white jacket with no shirt underneath, displaying his muscular physique. He also wears blue cargo pants tied up with a white belt. He wears white bandages on his legs and has a chain hanging from the belt loop on the right side of his pants. He sports black and yellow sneakers and wears a twisted golden necklace around his neck, replaced by a black cord with a round pendant bearing his monkey emblem. As a result of his Faunus lineage, he has a long prehensile monkey tail the same color as his hair. Sun hides his weapon under the back of his shirt. These two are Ghira Belladonna, the father of Blake Belladonna! Sun Wukong, the leader of Team SSSN! The two burst through the door with angry expressions as a woman who is a Cat Faunus with black hair and yellow eyes,her ears are noticeably larger in size and have more fur details. She has short hair and three gold piercings on her cat ears - two on her right, and one on her left. She wears a black hakama and sandals with white tabi socks. Over her outfit, she wears a black shrug with a long right sleeve and a short left sleeve, gold-leaf trim adorning the opening on the front. She wears long, black arm warmers that extend to the middle finger. The left warmer has a purple band tied around the top and a pair of gold bangles around the wrist. Around her waist is a black and gold sash that trails behind her, with a gold flower-shaped buckle at the end. She is Kali Belladonna, the mother of Blake Belladonna!
"Unbelievable!"
"Total garbage!"
Ghira lets out an animalistic growl as he and Sun face each other.
"We can't let them get away with this!" They declared in unison.
"Well, at least you two can finally agree on something." Kali smiled as the two finally found some common ground.
(-Music: Iron Command [ Sen no Kiseki II ]-)
They look at her, then back at each other. Sun gives an awkward chuckle while rubbing his head, and Ghira glares slightly and growls, fists clenched. The three soon have their attention called to two people approaching. One was a Cat Faunus that almost looks like a carbon copy of Kali but has fair-skin with wavy black hair and amber eyes. Her Faunus trait is a pair of black cat ears on top of her head. For attire, she dons a long white tailcoat with dark violet inner lining and a sleeveless black crop top, as well as a belt attached from behind. The crop top has rectangular and diamond-shaped cutouts around the neckline, which have purple outlines. She wears a white belt over black fitted pants. Across her torso is a diagonal strap that has a smaller magnetic clip on the back, which is used to sheathe Gambol Shroud. She wears thigh-high black heeled boots with gold-colored edging around the top. The left boot has a belt wrapped twice around the thigh. Each boot bears her Belladonna emblem in white on the outer side of the thigh, and a white pouch is attached to the back of her belt. The other is a Fox Faunus who has honey mango colored hair, has 3 bangs, two orange colored fox ears, two orange fluffy fox tails, sapphire blue eyes, fair skin. For attire, he wore a orange and white hoodie with the edges having white fur around the hood, white on the shoulders to the orange covering the rest of the sleeves, the upper portion is orange and the rest is white, he wore brown shorts with a black belt, he had a dark brown strap that went vertically connecting to a dark brown pouch on his right hip, wearing brown goggles with orange lenses, white gloves with a gray band around each wrist, and shoes that are red from the heel to the middle and white from the middle to the toe with gray soles, each with a gray band around the ankle. They are Blake Belladonna and Miles "Tails" Prower!
"Guys. Everything's going to be okay." Blake reassures her father and her friend as she turns to Tails who is typing away on a yellow laptop with his emblem on the top which is a bolt of lightning with his signature two tails at the end. "How long will it take for you to decrypt the files?"
"Hmm… if my calculations are correct, the decryption should be finished in about 40 minutes." Tails said as he put the laptop down along with the Scroll that it's attached to. "Whoever made this firewall wanted to make sure that nobody but the recipient could see their plans."
"This makes it more concerning." The Belladonna Patriarch spoke as he gazed at the Scroll that was near his laptop.
The Kitsune Faunus opened his mouth to reply to Ghira's statement but then felt his right pocket vibrate. Grabbing his Scroll, he sees the Caller ID as "Sonic". "Excuse. I gotta take this. It's important."
"Alright. We'll let you know when the files are done." Blake said, getting a nod from him.
He exits Ghira's study, and after greeting some of the guards, he reaches the meeting room and then answers the call seeing Sonic and Shadow's screens.
"What's up guys? Got anything new to report?" Tails inquired.
"We were going to ask you the same thing, Tails! You didn't contact us for a week and we all agreed to contact each other at least once a week. I know you can take care of things yourself buddy, but me and Knuckles were worried!" Sonic said with a bit of a concerned expression that showed his worry of Tails' welfare.
Tails facepalmed and sighs. "No wonder… that's what I was forgetting. Sorry for not keeping contact. Things in Menagerie had kept me busy. Especially with the discovery of the White Fang operating over here."
"The White Fang? What are those guys up to?"
"I concur. This is a bit concerning. Whatever the Neowalker's intentions with Menagerie will be thwarted unless the threat is removed." Shadow added as he closed his eyes in thought and crossed his arms.
"When we got here and after meeting Blake's parents, we met a pair of Fox Faunus who were brothers, Fennec and Corsac. It seems that those two representatives of the White Fang here in Menagerie…" The Twin-Tailed Genius narrowed his eyes a bit. "They had ties to Adam Taurus. One of the participants at the Battle of Beacon last year."
"I remember Blake talking about him when we were staying back at Patch. The dude is a total creep. He better be glad that he wasn't taking me on or I would've mopped the floor with him!" The Blue Blur boasted with a cocksure smirk on his face.
"Continue Tails. I can tell that there's more on your end that needs to be discussed." The Ultimate Life Form spoke before rolling his eyes at his partner's cocky attitude. "Don't leave ANYTHING out."
"Then 2 days ago, we had a confrontation with one of the White Fang's spies who is a Chameleon Faunus. We fought over her Scroll since it contained all of the White Fang's plans and future endeavors. She threatened Sun's life but I came in saved him while Blake grabbed the spy's Scroll and now, I'm currently decrypting the files since it's guarded by a large firewall and I am waiting on Blake's call that the process is done so we can see what the White Fang doesn't want us to see. That's it so far." Tails explained with a thoughtful look on his face. "Don't worry, I'll send you all the info so we can use it to our advantage."
"Impressive Tails. Now, a question appears that needs answering." Shadow began. "What is their next objective?"
Tails' sapphire blue eyes turn to Sonic's screen with a firm look on his face. "Adam is planning on overthrowing the current leader of the White Fang, named Sienna Khan. And Sonic, you and your group better be on the lookout, because Haven is his next target."
Sonic's eyes widened by surprise at his best friend's statement. "WHAT?! That maniac is going to attack here next?!"
"I advise you to contact everyone as soon as you get the information. If Adam's time table of attack is earlier than us getting together to formulate a plan, then your uncle's plan has failed." Shadow firmly states getting a nod from the Twin-Tailed Genius.
"I will." Tails nods. "I don't know what I should do about Sienna… should I save her?"
"If we didn't have the threat of Adam, then you could have come up with a way to save the White Fang leader." The Ultimate Life Form closed his mouth to process another thought that contradicts his previous statement. "On second thought, leave Sienna to her fate. If you intervened then Adam would have returned to Menagerie and that is not recommended."
Tails sighs as he closes his eyes and sits down on one of the chairs. "It's not fair! No one should die by his hands!"
"The devil is in the details. Stay focused and send the information to everyone. I have to depart now. In the next 2 hours, I'll call again." Shadow said as he turned to the former SDC Heiress. "Anything you want to add before I disconnect Weiss?"
Weiss looks at Tails and Sonic's screens. "Just keep us posted and tell Ruby and Blake to be careful."
"Okay!/Gotcha!" The Brotherly Duo said in unison.
Shadow's screen disappears leaving only Sonic's screen as the two stay silent for a moment gathering their thoughts.
"Well Sonic, I gotta get back-"
"Tails! The files are done! Come back up!" Blake's voice made him turn to the door.
"Coming!" He called back to her before facing Sonic. "Duty calls. I promise to call ya guys once a week when I have time."
Sonic smirks as his ear twitches hearing the sound of footsteps. "I'll hold you to that T2! Drunkle and the others are done talking with Lionheart, I'll inform everyone on what I learned from the exchange. Cya dude."
"Later Sonic!"
Tails' screen disappeared as the Speedy Faunus turned to his group that had a mix of disappointed and angered expressions. This made him arch a brow and place his hands on his hips.
"Judging by your faces, the talk didn't go well?"
"Unfortunately, we'll have to wait a few weeks for Professor Lionheart to assemble a retrieval group for the Spring Maiden. It seems that only the Maidens can access the vault to get the Relic." Pyrrha answered with a frown on her face. "So it's the waiting game for now."
"No surprise there unfortunately." Sonic shrugged and crossed his arms. "What are you going to do Drunkle?"
"You all are heading back to the house. I need a drink…" The Alcoholic Huntsman replied as he walked away from the group of teens.
(-Music Ends-)
(-Music: Event - No Reason [ Sonic Unleashed ]-)
Qrow sits at a bar, alone and looking down at his glass, not drinking. Then a boy who is short in stature. His skin is tanned and he has a faint, perpetual blush and freckles on his cheeks. His hair is dark brown and his eyes are hazel, the main iris being forest green, with accents of burnt orange and yellow around the pupil. For attire, wearing a dirty and scuffed white shirt that has laces across the chest. The sleeves are rolled up to his elbows, and there is a pocket on the left tricep. Orange suspenders hold up his olive pants, which are tucked into worn, brown boots. The pants are patched over the knee, and a quilted cloth hangs loosely out of his left pocket. He wears orange gloves, with green straps overlapping across the back of the hand in an X shape, and around the wrist. His neck is wrapped with a torn bandage, though it is noted to not be covering a wound. He is Oscar Pine! The current vessel of the former Headmaster of Beacon, Ozpin! He approaches him from behind.
"Excuse me."
Qrow faces the young boy. "You know, I don't think they allow kids in here, pipsqueak."
Oscar looks at Qrow for a second before turning his head to the side. "Shut up, I'm getting there… umm... I'm supposed to tell you... I'd like my cane back."
The Alcoholic Huntsman blinks a few times, processing on what he just heard from Oscar before smiling. He nods before standing up off of the bar stool and faces Oscar, causing Oscar to take a couple steps back. Qrow lifts the collapsed cane off of his hip. "It's good to see you again, Oz."
He tosses it at Oscar, who catches it reflexively. The cane immediately extends itself out from the collapsed base when it touches Oscar's hand. Oscar looks down at it, surprised. His other hand comes around to hold the shaft before he looks up at Qrow and blinks.
(-Music Ends-)
(-Music: Silence Village [ Sen no Kiseki II ]-)
The scene transitions to Bumblebee being parked at a fuel station named "Just Rite". And we see a bartender cleaning a glass.
"Aren't you a little young to be drinking?" The Bartender inquired with an arched brow.
A tall, fair-skinned young woman with lilac eyes and long, thick, wavy bright golden hair that fades to pale gold at the tips with a cowlick sticking out at the top. For attire, wearing a tan jacket with orange lining and gold edging, unzipped halfway to show an orange crop top. The coat has darker brown short sleeves, a thick collar that completely encircles her neck, and two long gold-trimmed rectangular tails. She also wears fitted black pants. Around her hips and over the tails of her coat is a brown belt, which has two pieces of dark brown material trimmed in gold attached to it. The first covers from her left hip to the back of the belt and is folded over the belt, and the second is attached from the right hip and almost around to the other piece of material. She wears knee-high brown boots with gold caps on the heel and toe, with the heel cap attaching to a gold strap across the front of her ankle, and a gold zipper on the upper half of the front of the boots. A single small buckled strap is on the upper outside of her boots, and a purple bandanna tied around her left knee. A pair of black fingerless gloves with long brown cuffs reaching to mid-forearm complete the outfit. She is Yang Xiao Long! The elder half sister of Ruby Rose! She takes off her aviator sunglasses.
"A water. It's hot out."
"Ohhh. Sure."
He disappears below the counter and laughter comes from the drunk man who is a skinny man with long dirty blond hair and gray eyes. He has a stubble around his mouth. For attire, wearing a dark blue and gray jacket with torn sleeves over a long sleeved shirt He wears a bandana around his neck and has a shoulder pad on his right shoulder. He wears brown leather fingerless gloves with straps and brown pants with boots. Shay sat a few seats from Yang.
"Are you telling me you're too young to drink? You look like a regular Huntress. And a beauty at that." The drunken bandit complemented her as he had a lecherous grin on his face.
"I'm good. Thanks, pal." Yang says being uninterested in him.
Shay approaches her, undeterred. "Seriously. Not too bulky. Not too lean. You're…"
"Just right. Yup. Like I said, I'm good."
The mook puts his hand on the countertop next to Yang with a soft moan before reaching out with his other. "Your hair…"
The Blonde Brawler grabs his wrist before he can touch her hair. When she turns to face him, her eyes are glowing red, startling him.
"Huh?!"
He barely glances in the correct direction before Yang's fist slams into the side of his face. Falling backward, a tooth knocked out of his mouth, the man hits the floor and continues to bounce floor-to-ceiling toward the exit like a pinball before disappearing through the doors. As the doors close behind him, the "Open" sign flips around to "Closed".
"Serves him right." She thought with a satisfied smile on her face.
The Bartender straightens back up and sets the bottle of water on the counter with a smile on his face. "This one's on the house. He's been driving me crazy. So, what brings you around these parts?"
Yang holds up a finger, still guzzling until the water is gone. "Thanks. And I'm, uh, looking for someone."
The Bartender chuckles. "Not too many people come out here. Too far from the Kingdoms. Only person worth notin' around here is... well, Ra—"
"Raven Branwen." She cuts him off as she grabs her glasses and heads for the door. "Thanks again."
"N-now, missy! You don't want to go messin' with bandits! They're a world of trouble!"
"So I hear. But don't worry, I'm not alone." She faces the Bartender with a grin as the door opens.
"Hey Yang." Called a tall young man with tan skin, red long dreadlocks with bangs, violet eyes. For attire, wearing a dark red Gothic Steampunk styled long hooded trench coat with a unique zip-off feature at the waist, a front snap fastening with Hunter Green faux leather straps at the chest, complete with high, funnel collar with snap fastenings. Long sleeves with faux leather straps, matching straps to one side and an oversized hood, a black sleeveless shirt underneath, a black belt with a Chaos Emerald-equse buckle, burgundy fitted pants, white gloves with two small spikes, and wore red and yellow shoes, each with green cuffs and a gray, sextuple-bolted plate on top. He is Knuckles Kaji! He dragged in an unconscious Shay who had looked roughed up. "He seems to know who and where our objective is."
"We need him awake for him to be of any use to us." Yang shook her head and sighed.
Knuckles grinned at her. "Who said that he came alone?"
(-Music Ends-)
(-Music: Event - Strategy [ Sonic Adventure 2 ]-)
Back with the group of six, Sonic explained what he learned from Tails about the White Fang's attack on Haven and Adam's plan to usurp the current leader of the White Fang. They're not taking the news very well, as expected of course.
Jaune placed a hand on his forehead, trying to take this in. "I can't believe it. The White Fang are staging their next attack here! The deeper we are in this, the worse it gets!"
Pyrrha placed her hand on her boyfriend's shoulder in support. Feeling her lover's disbelief. "We all feel the same way, Jaune."
"It's bad enough that we can't trust Professor Lionheart since he's a traitor! Argh!" Cried a frustrated Nora who just gripped her head.
"We have to remain calm." Ren admonished calmly. "I won't dismiss the notion that we're in enemy lines and we have a potential attack coming our way, I have a feeling that we can succeed in this mission despite the odds against us. Am I correct Sonic?"
The Blue Blur grinned at the Ninja with a thumbs up. "He's correct guys! It does suck that we can't trust a word that comes from that coward's mouth but we can't forget that the others are coming to join us. When they get here, we can stop Adam's attack and expose Lionheart! Besides, we can explore this place and get familiar with Haven so we can set up some tactical advantages or whatever! Just stay positive!"
Then they hear a knock at the door which causes everyone to tense up. The Speedy Faunus turns to Ren who nodded in approval to open the door. Sonic approaches the door and opens it to reveal Oscar, who is looking hesitant and uncomfortable. He turns to face the four, and Nora just shrugs.
"Whaddya want kid?" Sonic inquired. "Ya lost?"
Oscar shook his head. "Um… Is there a Ruby Rose here?"
Jaune, Pyrrha, and Nora stood up getting defensive while Ren remained poised. He seems to know something that everyone doesn't.
"Why?" Nora darkly asked.
"Well…" The Farm Boy looks to the left and Qrow appears, moving drunkenly and grabbing Oscar by the shoulders.
"I found him!" Qrow snorts into his hand and continues laughing as he stumbles into the house.
"Oh geez… Rubes! Drunkle is off his rocker again!" Sonic called Ruby to deal with her intoxicated uncle.
Qrow almost makes it to the couch Jaune just vacated before he stumbles and saves his balance by falling backward onto the cushions. "Whoa. Ugh… I found him…"
"What is going on out there?!" Ruby asked as she stomped down the stairs with an annoyed look on her face. "Can't a girl read her comics in peace?"
The Drunken Huntsman belched which caught her attention that made her sigh and place a hand on her forehead feeling exasperated.
"Qrow, did you get drunk again?"
"Maybe."
Sonic bore a half-lidded expression. "Forget a 'maybe', you are!"
Oscar faces her, noticing her silver eyes. "Oh. You have silver eyes."
Everyone besides the intoxicated Qrow look at the Farm Boy with surprise written on their faces. Then the gears started to operate in the Speedy Faunus' mind.
"That sounds familiar…" He thought as he crossed his arms.
"Who… are you?" Ruby inquired, still processing what Oscar just said. This made Qrow chuckle from the couch.
"Wait for it…"
"Uh... Well. My name is Oscar Pine. But you probably know me as... Professor Ozpin." He revealed his identity to the group.
"WHAT?! Are you serious?!" Inquired an incredulous Sonic.
The rest of the group gasp in shock with confusion flooding their minds as the intoxicated Qrow kept chuckling.
"I did it!" He punches his fists in the air as he falls off the couch onto the floor, startling Nora.
"Ooh!" Nora placed her hands over her mouth as the scene cuts to black.
(-Music Ends-)
The Cursed One, known as Ozpin, has returned in a new form!
[ To be Continued… ]