The Apex Predator


Common : Hello guys I'm back once again and boy do I have good news, we just recently hit over 3700 views. You guys are seriously the best cause if it wasn't for you guys, this story wouldn't have reach this point so i wanted to thank you all so much. There is also a topic I want to talk about to you guys so please stick around at the last part of the chapter to learn about the next chapter and the thing I want to talk about.

Ken : He's right you guys are seriously awesome, I can't believe you guys love this story that much. So I hope this chapter satisfies you.

Blake : Has anyone seen Ruby, Yang or Weiss? It's about to start.

Common : They're in the kitchen, Ruby is still eating her mountain filled cookies and Yang finally got her meal, Weiss well...I don't know where she is.

Blake : Should we start without her?

Rosa : I can't wait anymore can we please just start already.

Avery : Alright well who's gonna do the Disclaimer.

(Everyone stares at Avery)

Avery : Whaa why me.

Blake : Just do it already.

Rosa : Ya do it!

Disclaimer/Avery : Alright Alright, CommonWriter does not own the RWBY series except of course Ken, RWBY is currently owned by Roosterteeth.

Ruby : Don't start without me!

Yang : I'm coming I'm coming.

Common : My gosh that sounds so wrong.

Ruby : Sounds what wrong?

Common : Well Ruby-

Yang : Don't you even dare.


Chapter 8 : The First Member

Ken uses his speed to maneuver Avery's bullets, his quick shooting made it difficult for him to dodge but not impossible. As Ken gotten closer to Cole, he quickly went for a slash at his sides but was block by Avery's blade which was infused with dust. Ken backed away as to get some distance from Cole but this made it the perfect opportunity for his long ranged gunfire to rain down which he does, Ken was now left to the defensive as he continued to dodge Avery's bullets. A cage had surrounded them both around the arena so Ken uses it as foothold to run up the cage and continue to evade, But Avery had run out of ammo and quickly tried to reload his sniper.

Ken finally had the perfect chance to strike and jumped from cage and towards Avery head on, but Cole blocks Ken's slash as he quickly unsheathed his sword and went for a counter attack. Ken dodges his slash and backs away again to rethink his strategy, he thought about using Bon Fortuna's long range attacks which he does. Both ninjaken blades divided and formed a yellow electrical bolt and fired towards Avery, he quickly dodges this but more electric bolts came flying towards him. Avery mimics the exact same strategy as Ken and Avery ran around the stage and shoot their weapons at each other, bullets and electricity bolts passing each other while two fighters ran and shoot trying to hit their moving target.

Rosa immediately exited the arena as she knew the resulting battle between the two would be too much for her to be caught in their line of fire, the crowd's cheer roar loudly throughout the urban jungle. Ken changed his tactics and went head on towards Avery but he was able to anticipate this and brought his sword towards his face, thankfully Ken was able to dodge this using his speed but was once again into Avery's barrage of bullets as he continued to dodge each of them. Ken shot another lightning bolts towards Avery but he was too quick to see his attack and evades his shots, "Come on Ken, is this really the extend of the Apex Predator's prowess ? I must say I'm disappointed, back then you gave much more then you do now. You must have gotten really soft" Avery mocked as he brought up his rifle.

Ken brought up his weapon and countered with more lightning bolts, Avery grew tired as they fired their weapons while missing the majority of their shots. He decided to use his equipment and throw a flash grenade at Ken, he waited for impact as Ken didn't have time to react and was only able to close his eyes to avoid being flash. As the grenade activated Ken was left blinded and stunt as he tried to keep his balance while covering his ears from the after effect it caused. Avery immediately ran towards Ken and went forward with a slash towards his neck to finish the job, Rosa gripped the bars around the arena and yelled out for Ken. "Ken look out!"

Just as the sword was about to connect, A few bones with red markings came out of Ken's torso and arm blocking Avery's weapon. Ken opened his eyes to reveal it had changed into it's grimm eyes and swiped the sword away from him while the bones started to ooze back into Ken's body, the effects of the flash grenade quickly worn off as soon as Ken had change into his stage one grimm form. He didn't plan on using it's power so he changed back into his normal state retracting his eyes and skin turning back to normal, "Is this your grimm's abilities? Making bones come out of you?" Avery asked while trying to stop the shaking he felt earlier as he saw Ken change.

"Correct, all though I'm not so sure yet but yes. I can control the bones in my body and create more bones, I can create them with shapes and grow their sizes" Ken answered

"You really are a freak"

"This fight holds no meaning Avery, let's stop this and talk about it like gentleman" Ken suggested while retracted his weapon and slipped it back inside his sleeves. Avery slowly lowered his weapon and eventually slid his rifle back behind his armor and agreed, "Fine Markes, let's discuss this"

Ken crossed his arms and gave him a smirk, "You're surprisingly cooperative Avery, is it that because you've gotten soft as well ?" He asked.

"Don't push it Markes, you better have a damn good reason why you're taking my partner" Avery kept his attitude and began walking towards the exit of the arena along side Ken, Rosa signed in relief. She was thankful her difficult partner was very cooperative today, who knows what the fight could have resulted if it ever resumed.

But just as they were about to reach for the opening of the cage, they notice it was stuck and both quickly heard the whispers amongst the crowd as the voice had spoken through the speakers. "Folks I believe we've got ourselves a jackpot, there's only one person in Remnant that uses twin ninjakens and uses those kind of moves. that's the infamous Apex Predator and everyone here knows about the huge bounty he has over his head"

Curses were heard from the crowd. "He's a monster!, we saw those bones coming out of his body and his eyes too"

"Kill him before he kill us!"

"Kill him with fire!"

"Shoot the demon!"

"He's the devil I tell ya!"

"Well then what are you all waiting for?! Kill him! Kill them all"

Rosa quickly equipped her Violet Stinger and defended the entrance of the arena the crowd was going for, Ken and Avery had to think fast to get away until Ken finally got an idea. "Hurry Avery! Throw a flash!"

He nods and throws a flash towards the crowd, Avery instructed Rosa to turn away and close her eyes which she does. As the flash grenade made impact it made the crowd blinded for a moment which was enough time for Ken to execute the next plan, "Avery Shoot the light! Rosa break open the gate!"

They all quickly do their part, Rosa changes her weapon into it's gun form which was a pump action shotgun and shot open the caged door of the arena while Avery uses his rifle to shot all the lights of the underground to buy them more time to escape. Ken had assisted Avery shooting all the lights using his desert eagle and quickly signaled him to get towards exit, he soon followed along but both Avery and Rosa were left blinded as well since there was no lights for them to be guided. But thankfully Ken uses his grimm eyes to see through the dark and quickly spotted the stairs, "Quickly follow me!" He instructed.

They pushed the people around them who were still blinded from the flash gentle and rushed towards the stairs but soon enemies came running behind them with weapons being held, "Keep moving I'll cover you" Avery ordered then pulled out his rifle and began shooting them. He switched the magazines from the ones that had lethal bullets with the ones that had metal pellets which wasn't too dangerous, as Avery was covering them Ken and Rosa soon made it up the stairs and offered to cover him to give him the chance to climb up the stairs. "Go we'll cover!" Rosa insisted to Avery, she switched her weapon to it's shotgun form while Ken continued to use his desert eagle.

Avery soon made it and all of them quickly rushed towards exit, but metal bars had blocked the door preventing them from escaping and heard the voice from the speakers once again. "Really think you're escaping?! We plan on getting that bounty no matter what so if you just surrender then we'll let those two live"

Ken didn't plan on cooperating with these people, he came only to find his first member and that's it. He was not going to surrender to bounties who simply wanted money, he thought of another plan but Avery had already started planting explosives on the door first before he could take action. "Cover me while I break this door" Avery told them, they nod and went back to the stairs to rain fire.

Avery began setting it up but he needed more time to set the timer, "how much more time do you need?!" Ken asked while shooting more thugs. "Almost there I just need a minute" he answered.

"We don't have minute Cole! Just shoot it!" Rosa said while signaling Ken to take cover, Avery bailed his set up and went with Rosa's idea. They all took cover but Avery decided to wait first before he shoots the explosive. "What are you waiting for?!" Rosa asked, she was freaking out cause more of those thugs were getting closer. "I have an idea, be patient" He said.

Just as the thugs had made it up the stairs, that's when Avery decided to shoot the explosive on the door making a huge explosion. The door soon went flying towards the thugs and went down the stairs giving them just a little more time to escape, they rushed towards the exit but more thugs came running behind them just as they made it out to surface. Ken couldn't bare with this people anymore and decided to end their little shenanigan, "Grab hold of me" he instructed the two, they followed as said and Ken pulled out a smoke bomb from his sleeve and threw it on the ground creating a large smoke screen. He then uses his semblance to run from the area and escape from the thugs, as the smoke screen died out, a man with a mohawk and goth like clothing came out the underground, he looked around trying desperately to find his price. "Where's the Predator?!"

"Gone" one man answered.

He then grabbed the man by the collar and started shaking him violently, "You idiots! That was our chance to finally kill him! And now he's gone...again"

He soon let go of the man and angrily stumped back towards the entrance, "He didn't go to far, find him and bring him to me"

"And why should we listen to you"

The man with the mohawk didn't bother to answer, he pulled out his pistol and shot the guy point blank in the head. He was killed instantly, the man didn't have time to bring out his aura to protect him. The others just stood in shock as they witness the mohawk guy murder the other, "Anyone els?! No?! We'll then stop standing around and find him!"

The other thugs quickly nodded and began running trying to find Ken, as soon as they were out from the mohawk guy's sight and away from ear shot, one of the guy spoke to the other thug and suggested. "Yo dude, let's get out of here. I ain't dying today, I heard about how overpowered the Apex Predator is. And I ain't dealing with that shit"

The other replied, "I hear you bruh, let's get the fuck out of here before more crazy shit happens"

Most of the thugs had decided to run off to find some place safe or back to their respective homes or area but of course some went with the opportunity to find and kill the Apex Predator and collect the bounty


Ken, Rosa and Avery safety arrived in a nearby cafe, they knew very well that the thugs would probably go searching for them so they decided go into stealth mode keeping their profiles low by stopping by the cafe. They all sat by a table and each ordered coffee and began discussing their topic but of course not before receiving stares and whispers from the customers around them, "Start talking, what's the reason for you taking Rosa away?" Avery asked, he kept his arms crossed while leaning back from his chair.

Ken signed and began explaining "I plan on getting her to beacon academy to become a huntress, I was looking for members to joining my team since they form a group of four student in it's first year till graduation. She was the first to come in mind"

Avery immediately didn't like the idea of Rosa being a huntress, he has been with her since they left the orphanage when they were young. Life in the streets was never easy, but as years pass they survived by stealing and pickpocketing. As they grew up they eventually decided to become mercenaries to earn more money and learn to defend themselves, that was the life they knew best so he immediately disapprove. "No absolutely not, that's a stupid reason for you to take her away. We've been together since we were young, the life of a mercenary was the only life we've ever know. What do you expect happens to me if she's gone?!"

Rosa spoke giving her own sayings, "Are you telling me, I'm your babysitter? Come on Cole you're not a baby anymore, for goodness sake you're a year older then me"

"That's exactly my point, she's sixteen. Beacon academy only accepts people who graduate from combat schools, people who have talents who at least had combat experience and seventeen year olds who show promising skills. Not people like us"

Ken held out his hand as he replied, "The headmaster has faith in my decision, heck a fifteen year old even entered the academy. She was moved ahead by two years, I'm sure Rosa wont have problems entering"

Avery kept his opinion and refused, "I still think she doesn't need go, she stays here"

Rosa raised her hand trying to get the two's attention, "Don't I have to say about this, I am my own person you know. I decided who I want to be and who I go with, not any of you"

Ken was all ears but Avery didn't give her a chance to speak, "Stay out of this Rosa, this between me and him"

She quickly became irritated and raised her voice, "About me! You always never let me have anything to say about certain matters, stop treating me like I'm a child!"

"But you are one, you're a year younger then me!"

"That doesn't mean anything, I'm not yours to keep!"

"What did you say?!"

"ENOUGH!"

Ken raised his own voice to grab both of the mercenaries's attention, later a waitress arrived with their coffee and politely asked them to quiet down. "Please keep voices down, you're disturbing the other customers"

Ken looked around the cafe finding more people staring at them with fearful eyes, he politely replied to the waitress. "Apologies to my two friends, I promise we'll keep quiet"

"Thank you sir"

They calmly sat back down their seat and continued to discuss their matters more quietly, "Alright Rosa, I'm only gonna ask you this once. Do you want to stay with Avery and keep on being a mercenary? Or come with me, to become a huntress" Ken asked, both looked at Rosa as she thought carefully about this decision.

"What should I pick? Should I keep on being with Cole or go with Ken? He's probably gonna treat me like a kid again but on the other hand I'm not so sure about Ken's proposition, being a huntress probably sounds fun but being a mercenary was all I ever know to be. Ughhh so much thinking what should I do?!"

"Come on Rosa, you're not really thinking on going with this jerk are you?!" Avery said.

"Let her think Cole, this isn't your decision to make nor is it mine. It's her's to make" Ken replied still waiting for Rosa, Avery shot him a glare and stared back to Rosa who was in deep thought.

"What do I do? What do I do? Should I go or not? This so confusing, I don't know what to pick. Being mercenary is fun but I don't want be one forever, maybe this life isn't exactly worth the living. Hmmm i might actually take Ken's offer...wait"

Ken softly spoke, "Maybe I should come back some other time, I'll give you some time to think about thi-"

"Fine"

Avery was trying to process what Rosa had just said, did she just agree on being a huntress and leaving him? He definitely didn't want that but he couldn't do anything about it, it was her decision so he had to respect it.

Ken gave her a smile of approval turned to Avery, "What about you Avery, there's still spots to be filled in beacon, you would definitely be welcome there. Or maybe I could find you a place in the Mistral military if you wa-"

"No, I'm staying. This life was all I ever knew and I don't plan on leaving it just yet" he clenched his fist as thoughts began to circle his mind of him being alone, Rosa has always been with him for as long as he could remember. Her leaving was definitely going to be hard but he had to finally let her go and find her own path while he looked for his, "Are you absolutely sure about this Rosa, no turning back?" He asked his now leaving partner.

"Yes, I'm absolutely sure"

He signed heavily and stood up from his seat and walked towards the exit of the cafe, "Well then there's nothing els to discuss, we're leaving"

Ken took one last sip of his coffee and followed Avery, Rosa does the same and follows as well, they all left their bills on the table while they began to walk in silent towards the landing port. It wasn't to far since the cafe was just across the street so it only took them a few minutes till they arrive, Ken turned to both of the mercenaries before walking towards the bullhead who was already ready to take off. "Say your goodbyes, we leave in two minutes"

As Ken walked inside the airship while holding on a handle, he watched the two give their goodbyes and couldn't help but smile at the sight of two friends going their separate ways. He has had moments like those before, like him leaving Rosa back then long ago but this was very different.

"So...this is goodbye" Avery spoke softly.

"Yeah...I guess I'll...see ya around?"

"Stop being such an ass and give me a hug already"

Rosa immediately jumped towards Avery giving him a bone crushing hug while he returned it, she couldn't help but let out a few tears as she hugged her friend goodbye. "I'm gonna miss you" he whispered.

"I'm gonna miss you too"

She finally let go and began walking towards the bullhead while waving goodbye to her old partner, "Remember to come visit a few times" he yelled out.

"I will, I promise I'll come back"


Team RWBY and JNPR were sitting and waiting for the last passengers to arrive at the bullhead so they could start to take off and head back to beacon, Yang had been complaining as he impatiently sat with her team while tapping her feet. "Where can that last passenger be?!"

Ruby tried to calm her sister as she continued to tap furiously, "Yang calm down, I'm sure the passenger is coming soon so let's just wait it out"

As both teams patiently wait except Yang, they soon see Ken enter the bullhead and stood by the entrance holding on the handle. Ruby was about to greet him until a certain girl with black hair with a few red stripes and black clothing came by his side and waved goodbye to a certain someone outside the aircraft, soon the aircraft started to take flight and the girl seemed too short to reach for the handle Ken was holding on too. So Ken being the gentleman that he is decided to hold his arm on the handle by the girl's side and she immediately uses his arm as handle, she was about the same height as Ruby so she probably was about her age too. "A soldier and a gentleman, you continue to surprise me my friend" Ren decided to grab Ken's attention since nobody seem to bother, he was too busy chatting with the girl holding on to his arm.

"Oh hey guys, I'm guessing you all just came back from your good time" Ken said. He watched as they gave a few waves and smiles for greetings but later his eyes stop by a certain color of red and yellow glaring at him making him let out a nervous smile, "is there uhhh something the matter Ruby? Yang?" He asked nervously.

"I thought you said you were busy with something Ken" Ruby puffed her cheeks angrily with arms folded while Yang glared with daggers and continue her sister's sentence, "Yaaa I thought you had something important to do"

Ken signed as he explained to the two girls, "This is Rosa DeLaise, the first member of my team in beacon. I went to Vale in search for her so yes, I was kinda busy"

Yang simply huffed as Ruby continued to puff her cheeks while still staring at Rosa, "Hello There, I'm Rosa, I hope to get along with all of you"

Ken went behind her as he pointed out to them one by one, "Here let me introduce you too them"

He first started with team JNPR, "Over there is Jaune, Pyrrha, Nora and Ren" they all wave and gave a smile while Ken now moved onto team RWBY, "And over there is Blake, Weiss, Yang And Ruby"

They gave the same greetings as team JNPR but Yang and Ruby kept their position and not bother to greet the new student, Rosa nervously turn back to Ken as she whispers to him. "I think the red and yellow one hates me"

He quietly whispers to her, "Nahh I think it's me they're hating right now, don't worry you'll get along with them" he pats her head as he pulled out his book from his sleeve and began reading again.

Blake having to be a cat faunus heard everything and simply shrugged it off and went back reading her book but not before she noticing Ken reading his own book as well, it was probably one of his hobbies since he appeared to be reading it attentively. "Guess we have something in common"

"Wait does Ozpin know about this, is she even huntress material?" Weiss asked ignoring Rosa, she shot the white heiress a dirty look as Ken answered her "I already informed him, he believes in my judgement so there's no need for such matters"

"You can't just recruit people from the streets Ken, what if she isn't even fit to be a huntress" Weiss was persistent, she couldn't see the promises the girl could bring to a school made for elites. Rosa was starting to get angry as she slowly reached Violet Stinger but Ken placed his hand by her shoulder calming her down, "Don't underestimate the Red Eye Princess miss schnee, there's a reason why they call her that and believe me she's no push over"

Rosa let out a small blush as she tried to hide it, "Don't embarrass me like that you jerk" She whispers.

"Hmph, I just hope so" Weiss returned to her seat as she went back to polishing her nails, Rosa immediately didn't like the white heiress. She was spoiled and stubborn was all she could say about her, and my gosh she really couldn't stand those kind of people. "I don't like her" she whispers to Ken.

"Well I'm kinda trying to get along with her too, don't worry I heard she's a nice person once you get to know her" he replies quietly. "Pfff I doubt it"

Team K-R-?-?


Common : Well guys I hope you enjoyed that chapter cause next week I'm planning on giving the story a break and give it a comedy chapter next week to ease the tension a bit, anyway I wanted to talk to you guys about the harem thing. I wanted to give this story a bit of a realistic atmosphere so I wanted to ask you guys if you wanted to keep the harem or not. The reason I put it in the story and summary was because I didn't know who was the perfect girl for Ken to end up with.

Ken : Geez don't say such things creator, makes it sound weird.

Common : Yeah anyway let me know if you want the harem to stay or removed, if you want to keep the harem would you guys think I should add Ruby and Goodwitch or not. Cause I've been thinking about giving Ruby and Ken more of a sibling relationship and Ken and Goodwitch a mother and son kind of relationship to make it more realistic. So anyway let know what you guys think.

Ruby : Wha wha wha wha wha what are you saying (Blushes)

Goodwitch : How Indecent (Tries to hide Blush)

Yang : Common you better not get any wrong ideas.

Common : Calm down Yang, besides you're already might be a possible love interest for Ken if the fans prefer it that way.

Yang : What?! (Becomes red as a tomato)

Ken : Please leave me out of this.

Weiss : You really are a hopeless child.

Common : I'm hoping the fans don't pick you.

Weiss : Ugh are you saying I have absolutely no chance.

Common : I never said that, I'm just hoping the fans don't pick you.

Weiss : Why you no good-

Blake : Weiss it's nothing to worry about, Common knows what he's doing.

Common : Actually I've been thinking on hocking you two up.

Blake and Ken : What?! (Looks at each other and turns away blushing)

Common : Both of you guys read books and both are the quiet type so it seems like the perfect match to me.

Blake : Can we please just do the outro.

Common : Fine, I'd really appreciate it if you left a review for this chapter, it shows the support you guys have for this story and don't worry I'll accept anyone's opinion...even the bad ones.

Ken : If you like the story then go ahead and click the follow button or favorite button...or just do both you know the drill.

Ruby : If you have any questions for Common then go ahead and message him and he'll happily answer them even if they're opinions.

Weiss : If you have any ideas for an Oc then go ahead and fill the Oc registration below, remember that we're not only looking for male Oc-s but female Oc-s as well so go ahead and submit your idea. You may never know you're character might end up on this story.

Ken : Again guys thanks for the support and don't forget about the topic Common was talking about and until then.

Ken and Blake : See ya Laters!

Ken : Why didn't you guys join in.

(Everyone stares at the two grinning)

(Blake still blushing)

Ken : Oh you Fu-

Common : Before we wrap this up, who do you think should end up with Ken?

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