I have returned my friends!
I would post this on Friday, but I'm going to be out of town.
This chapter is where things really take off: both in action and romance.
Without further ado here is RWBY: Creature Shifter 2 Chapter 5: The King is Here!
"Okay here is the plan: Matthew, use the pillars like stepping stones and then activate your rocket boots." Darrel explained what Matthew was to do. "Isaac use your semblance to teleport from here to Weiss's position, and then teleport back." He explained what Isaac was to do.
Matthew began to scale the pillars and after reaching the highest pillar, he activated his rocket boots and shot off to save Ruby.
Ruby was still falling, screaming her head off. Just before she was 100 feet above the ground, she felt her body suspended in mid-air. She looked down to see she was still in the air, but when she looked up she saw what she thought was an angel. Her eyes were twinkling in awe.
"You okay, delicate flower?" Matthew said like a knight in shining armor. Ruby simply nodded.
Afterwards, Matthew used his rocket boots to slow down their descent before slowly landing in the center of the temple.
Weiss was in the same predicament as Ruby was. Just before she continued falling, she saw a flash of light and she felt suspended in mid-air. She looked up to see Isaac holding her. A faint blush formed on her cheeks. Isaac teleports both of them down to the center of the temple.
"My hero." Both Ruby and Weiss say at the same time, in awe of their saviors.
After saving them, and winking at them, all 12 people regrouped in the center of the temple.
"Great, the gang's all here. Now we can die together!" Yang said sarcastically.
"Not if I can help it." Ruby said, apparently confident in her ability to slay a Deathstalker.
However, before she could run out and attack, the ground began to vibrate. Everyone, both humanoid and Grimm alike, stopped moving.
"NOW WHAT!" Darrel screamed.
Emerging from the trees, was a Grimm like no other. Its body had black scales and the same bone mask & red lining, red eyes, like other Grimm, as well as bone spikes sticking out from its shoulders, back, and 4 on its tail, like a mace. But what was weird was its shape. It resembled a creature long thought to have been extinct.
"Is that a Grimm in the form of a T-rex?" Jaune said and inquired fearfully to no one in particular.
"That my friends is a Chaos Rex, a Grimm that has been around for 100 years that was made to instill fear in both man and other Grimm." Darrel explained the Chaos Rex.
The Deathstalker, as well as a Nevermore that was circling the area landed in front of the new Grimm. The Chaos Rex looked at the other Grimm and made a deafening roar, which sounded like an airplane taking off. The Deathstalker and Nevermore's eyes narrowed and they turned to face the 12 targets their master told them to eliminate.
"What did it just do?" Blake inquired on the behavior of the other Grimm.
"The Chaos Rex has the ability to control other Grimm through the sound waves and pheromones in its roar." Darrel explained.
The 3 Grimm charged forward with the huntsmen fleeing. They were far too scared to face such and organized attack, let alone an Alpha Grimm. All of them fled… except Darrel. Darrel simply stood in front of the oncoming Grimm.
The 3 Grimm stopped when they saw that one human refused to run. Confused, they waited to see what the human would do.
Meanwhile with the rest… they had arrived at the remains of another temple. Blake did a headcount and noticed someone was missing…
"Where's Darrel?" Blake inquired, with fear in her voice.
"He told me he was staying behind to deal with them." Matthew said. "He also gave me his weapon."
"IS ZAT BOY INSANE!? ZAT BOY IZ GOING TO GET HIMSELF KILLED!" Isaac screamed.
"I believe that he will be fine." Yang said with confidence.
And she wasn't further from the truth.
Darrel now faced the three Grimm in front of him.
"Tyrant Lizard King." He said.
Darrel began to convulse in pain. His body became immensely larger. His skull became a lot bigger and muscular. Emerging from his jaws, were rows of teeth that were 15 inches long. His neck became a gentle S-shape. His arms surprisingly shrunk. Three of his fingers vanished, and the two that remained grew small claws. His legs became larger and more muscular. One of his toes vanished, one became a hallux, and the three that remained grew larger yet slightly blunt claws. Emerging from his posterior, was a long tail that came to a tapering end. His body's topside had olive green scales, a section of his head in front of the eyes but behind the nose had orange yellow scales. His tail had dark green lateral stripes going down the tail all the way to the tip. His underside had pale white scaled. To top things off, his eyes were blood red with black slits.
Darrel was now a 43 feet long, 16 feet tall, 8ton Tyrannosaurus Rex!
Darrel roared loud (think JP rex roar mixed with original `54 Godzilla roar).
"YOU WILL DIE!" Darrel said in a demonic deep toned voice.
The Grimm were surprised to see a human change into a form that was as tall as the Chaos Rex. The Chaos Rex, undeterred by his 'prey's new from, charged forward, as did Darrel. Both combatants collided in a head-butt, until Darrel broke off and used his tail to try and swipe the faux rex off its feet. Unfortunately, the Chaos Rex dodged and charged again, but Darrel grabs the Grimm by its mid-section and tosses it aside. The Nevermore takes flight and flaps its wings, launching a volley of razor-sharp feathers, intending on spearing Darrel to death. Unfortunately, Darrel has a trick up his sleeve.
Suddenly, a light blue glow lit up the back of his mouth. Darrel's eyes were glowing blue and light blue fire gathered around his mouth.
Just before the feathers hit, Darrel fired a blue heat beam from his mouth. The beam incinerated the feathers and the bird soon followed suit, its charred corpse falling from the sky and exploding in a blue fireball.
The Deathstalker charged forward, stinger raised to impale Darrel on it. Unfortunately, Darrel grabbed the stinger and using his aura, he lifted it into the air and slammed it down on the ground, breaking its armor and knocking it unconscious.
Darrel dragged the Deathstalker to where the Chaos Rex lay and he placed it on top of it. Afterwards, he walked back a distance and then turned to face the two unconscious Grimm.
He charged his heat beam and fired it on a more powerful level upon them, incinerating them in a colossal fireball. He roared victoriously as they burned.
After killing the Grimm, Darrel was about to head back to rejoin his friends… but his friends were there the whole time behind the temple and in front of the forest.
After learning that Darrel was left behind, the rest of them decided to go and save him. When they saw him, he was convulsing in pain. They watched as he transformed into a form that was a real T-rex. They simply stood and watched as Darrel killed all three Grimm in just 15 minutes. Now they were facing Darrel still in his T-rex form, both sides staring at each other.
Blake was the first to make a move; she moved slowly towards Darrel.
"IS SHE INSANE?" Isaac screamed.
"Blake, what are you doing?" Yang inquired to her partner with worry.
Not caring about what they said, Blake continued to walk towards Darrel. Darrel lowered his head to face her. What Blake did next was something that no one saw coming: she grabbed him by the front of his snout and slapped him!
"That is for scaring me." She said sternly.
"Sorry." Darrel tried to say in a deep comfortingly.
What Blake did next was even more surprising: She kissed him on the snout! This left both with a blush on their face.
"That is for being a hero." Blake said softly.
Darrel then craned his head up and then began to convulse in pain. After a few minutes, he back to his old self again. Darrel was now extremely winded. He checked his aura level and it was at 57% (AN: if Darrel's aura dips below 60% he needs to take his shot). Thinking fast, he pulled out a device that resembled a hospital needle with a green fluid from a pouch in his shirt. He plunged the needle into his forearm, the green fluid injecting into his bloodstream.
"Well that was a thing." Yang said about what both Darrel and Blake did.
After letting the fluid spread throughout his body, he checked to see his aura level hit 80 % percentile.( AN: Once Darrel's aura hits the 80th percentile, that means it is good enough to start moving. Once his aura is back to 100, he will be able to transform again.)
"Alright, people. Let's move out." Dalton said slightly demanding.
The 12 people made to the cliffs to see that the cliff face was very sheer and steep.
Thinking fast, Darrel pulled out OL'Painless and threw it into the air, making sure that the spear point landed on top of the cliffs. What they had now was this: a chain that led all the way up the cliff that could be used like a climbing rope.
"Since I'm a gentleman, ladies first." Darrel said in a gentleman-esque tone while moving his arms in a 'go on ahead' motion. All the ladies made the climb. After Nora-which was the last lady, all the guys climbed up as well.
After everyone was up the cliff, everyone made the walk back to Beacon… except two people: Blake and Darrel. Darrel because he had to reel in the chain to his weapon and Blake because she wanted to talk to him.
When Darrel was done reeling in the chain, wrapping it around the spear, and then holstering it, he about to head back when he felt a hand grip his wrist. He turned to see Blake facing him.
"Darrel, there's something I've been meaning to tell you." Blake said softly with a small amount of tear streaming down her face and a blush on her cheeks.
"What is it, Blake?" he asked with the utmost concern.
What she did next made his heart soar: she wrapped her arms around his shoulders and pulled him close and kissed him! Right on the lips!
To Blake, Darrel's lips felt warm, safe, and inviting, not to mention exotic. To Darrel, Blake's lips smelled like lavender and assorted spices, mainly cinnamon as well as a third smell: feline. Blake is a Faunus. But Darrel didn't care. He loved her. And she loved him back.
"I love you, Darrel." Blake said passionately. "I love you too, Blake." Darrel said passionately.
The two walked back to Beacon, holding hands.
Inside an auditorium at Beacon, all the students gathered in the rows of seats. At the stage, stood Ozpin. This is the formation of teams. Already, 50 teams had been formed.
"Russell Thrush, Cardin Winchester, Dove Bronzewing, and Sky Lark." Ozpin announced as their facial images appeared of each member on two separate screens. "The four of you received the black bishop pieces. From the day forward you will work together as team CRDL. Led by Cardin Winchester." Ozpin finished. Next came up…
"Jaune Arc, Lie Ren, Pyrrha Nikos, Nora Valkyrie. The four of you received the white rook pieces. From this day forward you will work together as team JNPR." Ozpin announces as their facial images appeared on the screens.
Nora couldn't contain her excitement and hugged Ren with her childish giggle.
"Led by… Jaune Arc." This made Jaune stutter and Pyrrha smile with admiration.
"Huh? Led by-"Jaune stuttered.
"Congratulations, young man." Ozpin nodded.
Pyrrha gave him a playful punch, which almost knocked the poor knight off his feet. After team JNPR, the next team went up.
"Blake Belladonna, Ruby Rose, Weiss Schnee, Yang Xiao Long. The four of received the white knight pieces. From this day forward you will work together as… team RWBY. Led by…Ruby Rose." Ozpin announced.
This made Weiss do a double-take as in 'wait-what' Ruby was speechless, and Yang ran over and hugged her sister "I'm so proud of you!" she said proudly. After they stepped down the next team stepped forward.
"Darrel Maximus, Isaac Von Reinhbach, Matthew Lewis, Dalton Goldenrod. The four of you received the white king pieces. From this day forward you work together as… team DIMD. Led by… Darrel Maximus." Ozpin announced.
The last team that went up was one Darrel knew, feared, and despised.
"And finally, Amy Fall, Cinder Fall, Mercury black, and Emerald Sustrai. The four of you received the black knight pieces. From this day forward you will work together as team ACME. Led by… Cinder Fall." Ozpin announced. "Looks like things are shaping up to be an interesting year." He said with confidence.
After the formation of teams were over, each team received a key for access to their dorms. The newly formed teams RWBY, JNPR, and DIMD walked through the housing wing of the school. Stopping by the doors that led into their dorms, each team member retired for the night until only Darrel and Blake remained.
"I would tell you date plans, but I'm far too tired to think straight, okay?" Darrel complied. Blake simply nodded before kissing him and turning in for the night.
'That girl knows how to make feel alive.' Darrel thought.
Afterwards, he entered his dorm. Darrel flicked the light on, revealing a rather large room. Furnished with 4 beds, 6 bookcases- 3 on Darrel's side of the room, 4 dressers for each member, and 4 bed side tables. There were also two closets on the far left side of the room next to a door that led to a decent sized bathroom with two showers, one sink, and one toilet.
Finding all of their luggage already in their room, the team spread out and started getting ready for bed. Darrel put his bed to the far side of the room as well the three bookcases with Isaac's bed opposite of his, Matt's bed and Dalton's bed on the other side.
"Quick question, boss?" Dalton asked Darrel.
"Yes, Dalton?" Darrel asked.
"What is with all the luggage and bookshelves?" Dalton inquired why his team leader had so much stuff.
"First, I have so much stuff to make me feel comfortable. Second, I'm an avid reader." Darrel explained why he had so much stuff.
After taking showers, everyone changed into their sleepwear. Isaac wore a sliver t-shirt and sliver long johns, Matthew wore a red t-shirt and black long johns, and Dalton wore a yellow sweater and yellow long johns. After saying good night, they all fell asleep.
Unfortunately, Darrel snoring made it difficult to sleep. His snoring sounded like a broken down-bull dozer. Thankfully, Isaac had ear-plugs.
"The boss needs to stop snoring. He could wake the dead." Dalton said jokingly.
This chapter took so long to write but it was worth it!
I hope you enjoyed the action and the romance after the action.
Also the Utahraptor in the previous chapters is based on the JFC version.
Also, you're wondering why Cinder and her cronies are already here. They are here to capture Darrel. Also Amy Fall is an OC of mine based on a friend of mine that used me. In here, she is Darrel EX and works with the White Fang for revenge. Not only that, she also has the same powers as Darrel. Spooky!
Next Chapter: first day and a new form is seen during Prof. Port's class!
Until then, R&R my friends!