Disclaimer: (See chapter 1)
Hello everyone, this is Shadowlight0982 with the next chapter. This was ready for a while but some health and tech problems have forced this chapter to be delayed. But enough excuses, you waited long enough and I hope you all can enjoy the new chapter.
The town that the two Huntresses in training arrived in was very different than other towns in Remnant. Traverse Town, the name of their location, was less advanced than the city of Vale. Stores were brightened by lanterns, light bulbs, and electricity instead of the traditional dust powered generators. There were no paved roads and not a single vehicle was in sight, only stone walkways as far as the two could see. No virtual rails or traffic lights anywhere in the city either, only traditional street lights lit the perpetually night sky.
Traverse Town's newest arrivals, Yang and Weiss, appear in the center of the plaza after being dropped off by Professor Goodwitch. After receiving their newest mission from the Huntress, they were immediately sent to this new world. The two Huntresses were of course miffed at being sent on a mission after watching their world disappeared and hearing no word about their friends and their locations, but they were at least doing a good job of tempering their anger.
"Uh! How can they expect me to focus on a mission when my baby sister is somewhere out in Dust knows where?!" The yellow dragon stomps her way through the town.
After being rescued by their instructor, the remaining two members of Team RWBY was then placed in one of the newer ships they say in the hanger and were sent off just before the world vanished. Yang and Weiss then watched as the ship begin to fly itself as the Headmaster appeared on the large screen explaining the situation to them. Now here they are in a new world after a half hour flight, yet all the time Yang worried over the fate of her family and friends than the newest mission.
Weiss walked beside Yang at a more solemn pace. "Yang, I hate this situation just as much as you do. We should be out there looking for everyone else like the other students and teachers."
"Then why are we still here and not back trying to work the ship?!" Yang asked, her usual lilac eyes now red to show her anger, and her blond hair lightly aflame.
"I'm not exactly in a hurry to visit a random world or have our ride explode in space since none of us know how to pilot the ship." Weiss spoke her reasons. What she left out was how she didn't want to get in any vehicle with Yang after the high speed madness back on the Bumblebee.
"Pfft, just give me a like 3 minutes, I'll have us flying like a champs in no time." The flames simmered down after Weiss made her point. The two only got here thanks to the autopilot so until they figured out how to fly their new ride, they were stuck put in this world. With her anger now gone and not clouding her judgement, the blonde bombshell pulled out her Scroll.
"So what do you think that message from Ozpin was about?" On the screen read out the orders Ozpin had given to them earlier. Yang was surprised at how she could still get messages from planets away from wherever the Headmaster was now. How good was the Wi-Fi for it to send messages from across light-years away?
"When we find this key we'll get our answers. It might be tied to those thigs that attacked our world." The heiress answered while she too read over the orders on her own Scroll. "Just remember what the rest of our orders are Yang. We're not supposed to be talking about the existence of other worlds to those not already informed. We don't know if this place knows about the other worlds or if it's was like Remnant and left in the dark."
"Aye aye, Captain Killjoy." Yang sarcastically saluted.
"Be serious Yang. I'm talking about keeping the World Order, so unless we have to, no talking about Remnant or Dust or anything else from where we're from." Weiss glared at Yang's nonchalant attitude.
"If the ship sent us here then Ozpin and Goodwitch made sure this world was in the know. Plus not like we don't already stand out with the clothes we have on."
"Maybe we wouldn't attract so many stares if you had dressed more tastefully."
"As if, clothes like these are the best for how I fight. And that's a laugh coming from Ms. Dress."
"Combat Skirt! We've been over this!"
"Yeah yeah, huh?" Before Yang could joke around more she saw an animal make its way towards them.
It was a dog, not matter what world they were on it was obviously a dog. A medium sized, yellow furred dog with long black droopy ears and a long thin black tail. As it sat and looked at the girls with large eyes, Yang saw the green collar hanging loosely around its neck with the name Pluto inscribed on the front.
"Hey there little guy, is Pluto your name?" Yang asked as she began petting the yellow dog. Pluto giving her a bark as his way of saying 'yea' while enjoying the petting.
"Yang, what are you doing? We have a key to find and we don't have time to waste." Weiss patronized her while at the same time holding one of her hands back to avoid petting Pluto herself.
"I can't help it Weiss, the guy just came out of nowhere. Almost reminds me of Zwei, Zwei started hitting the gym." Yang smiled, remembering the old days back home with her sister, father, and their pet dog Zwei. An idea then popped into her head. "Hey boy, have you seen any keys anywhere?"
"Yang, I don't think it will be that easy."
Hearing the question, Pluto turned towards a nearby building and started barking while running towards it. Yang was about to follow before she was held back by Weiss.
"Yang, we can play with the cute doggy later." Weiss saw the look in Yang's eyes but then cut her off. "We need to find this Leon character like Professor Ozpin said in the message. He might have this key or at give us a hint towards finding it.
"Alright, alright!" Yang said as she saw Pluto run off towards the back of the shops. The two Huntresses then walked away to begin searching for either Leon or the Key.
"Cute little doggy~?"
"I didn't say lit…Goddammit Yang!"
(Scene Change)
Unbeknownst to the two, Pluto had listened to Yang and went off to search for the nearest key. This led the yellow dog to sniff his way into an ally where he a boy leaning against the wall. The boy was unconscious if his closed eyes and steady breather was any indication, but Pluto's nose pointed him towards the oversized Key in the blond boy's right hand.
The key then vanished as the boy began to come to. Jaune slowly woke up and stared at the hand that only a second a go held the Keyblade. He then put the hand down and turns to see Pluto sitting and panting next to him. Jaune groaned and his sleepy eyes went from the dog to the unknown walls around him.
"This is just a dream." He said sleepily and sadly, almost hoping that Remnant wasn't gone and the evens was just another weird nightmare. That was before Pluto rushed up and planted his front paws on the knight chest plate, waking him up and knocking the wind out of him.
"Ow! Ok, that hurt too much for this to be not a dream!" Jaune realized as he quickly stood up. Thinking back, he thought of his strange new weapon and suddenly Kingdom Key returned to his grasp. Staring at the Keyblade in his hand and feeling the power within it, Jaune's grip tightened on the handle.
"This isn't a dream, which means all that stuff about the monsters and Remnant vanishing happened. Beacon is gone. Pyrrha and Ruby…"
After the solemn thought, he swung Kingdom Key around for a bit to test his new weapon. It actually reminded him of a mix of a mace, a longsword, and a katana from some of the weapons books Ruby let him borrow. It'll have to do since Crocea Mors was gone now. After getting the feel of his new weapon he looked at the dog who woke him up.
"Pluto huh...you wouldn't happen to know where I am, do you boy?" Jaune asked his newest acquaintance. If he really was on another world, that didn't mean animals couldn't talk right? Yeah that idea sounded way better in his head for some reason.
Pluto, gave him a single bark before dashing out of the alleyway.
"Yeah I thought so too." Jaune followed Pluto out of the alleyway and then grew wide eyed at the new town he ended up in. He definitely wasn't in Kan...Vale anymore. This place reminded him of the towns he saw in Professor Oobleck's class textbook.
It was a large, calm and quiet town, much different from downtown Vale on a busy day. Houses and buildings barely going over two stories as opposed to the large city buildings. Soon looking and checking his Scroll, Jaune figured either his Scroll was broken or time was weird because his phone read Noon yet it was still night time. Maybe he found the one world where there wasn't a sun? Jaune came upon a set of large closed doors and eyed the words on top written across.
Traverse Town - 1st District.
"I might just be passing history, but I don't think this town is on any map I've ever seen." Jaune then shook his head of denial. He was in a new world, not just a new town. "I better start looking around. Maybe someone I know got dropped off here too." Wishfully thinking, Jaune began looking at his choices around town.
There were other people walking around the plaza between everything but none of them looked familiar. Many of the stores and homes still had their lights on but only a few of them had their doors opened. The café was opened air, so he could see the patrons eating or drinking but none of them he has ever seen before. Still looking, Jaune's eyes caught two shops close by each other. Walking towards them he walked straight towards the one closest to the ally where he woke up.
'Cid's shop huh?'
Jaune entered the store, hearing the ringing of a bell above him signaling his arrival. "Hello, is anyone here?"
"Well, there's me."
A man at the counter got his attention. "Name's Cid, and I run this shop." The man answered the blond knight. The guy had on a white shirt and a large orange waistband over what looked like blue pants, at least that all Jaune could catch as most of the storeowner's waist was behind the register desk. The older man had a bit of a blond beard growing on his chin and a necklace with a rectangular charm. His blond hair was also messy, held back by a pair of goggles, but Jaune could guess that he was a guy cared little about his hair.
"I'm Jaune, Jaune Arc. Anyway, do you know where I am? I'm kind of lost." Jaune replied a bit nervously. Cid just nodded as he pulled the long toothpick out his mouth.
"Well kid, you're in Traverse Town. It's a world of remnants, built by refugees for refugees. People who have lost their worlds usually wind up in a place like this sooner or later." Cid's answer surprised Jaune.
If people who lost their worlds came to Traverse Town sooner or later, then there was a chance his friends could be here.
"So, I'm not in Remnant anymore. But, how'd I get here if my world vanish?" Jaune asked no one in particular, though Cid did give somewhat of an answer.
"Dunno how you got here, but most people usually get here by Gummi Ship." Cid then pointed around the room showing Jaune pictures, diagrams, and models of various different ships. "That's what this shop is for kid, I sell and build parts and pieces to anything that flies through the stars. It's the only way to safely go through the many worlds, so people come to me when that way starts to break down or want something extra built in."
What is a Gummi ship was Jaune's first mental question to the man's response, but he decided to ask later. Jaune wanting to get started on finding his friends and teammates.
"Anyway, I'm trying to find some friends of mine. I got separated from them. Do you have any ideas where to find them if they landed here out of nowhere like I did?"
"Honestly, not the faintest idea. If they ended up in Traverse Town, they could've landed in any of the three districts like you did."
"Districts?"
"Traverse Town is a large place divided into Districts. It's how the place is organized." Cid then started to explain. "This is the First District. It's not that big though so if you haven't seen anyway stumbling around like you have, they aren't here. Your best bet is to check the other two districts." Cid offered the teen his advice.
"There's another large door close by that leads to the Second District. However it isn't safe to look unless you can take care of yourself kid." Cid placed the toothpick back in his teeth.
"Don't worry about me, I can hold my own just fine. Believe it or not, I was taught how to hunt and kill monsters back in my world." Jaune reassured him as he shouldered his new weapon, not seeing the surprise in Cid's eyes from seeing Kingdom Key. "Well I'm off to check, thanks for the help Cid."
"Hold on Jaune." The old man stopped the knight from leaving. "If you ever run into trouble, you come to me." Surprising Jaune, the seemingly gruff man continued.
"Even if you call yourself a monster hunter, you can come back to this shop if things prove too rough for you. I'll look out for you, you seem like a good kid." With that, he let Jaune go the knight smiling back determined to go find his friends. Cid chewed more on his tooth pick before flicking it away.
"I better call Leon and the gang, wouldn't be good if we lost the key already." Cid said, remembering Jaune's weapon.
"Hopefully that kid doesn't get himself killed either."
(Scene Change)
"This place really isn't that big." Jaune said after exploring the First District. The only significant places was the plaza, where he asked the few people around for help. The cafe nearby, Cid's accessory shop, and an Item shop next door. Jaune even spotted another shop above Cid's but found out by a passerby that it was closed. All of them led to dead ends, as many never seen the people he was describing or were new arrivals much like he was. Taking Cid's advice, Jaune walked back to the door marked 2nd District.
"Ok, I fought a Giant Ursa and a Deathstalker. I beat that giant monster thing at Beacon. What could I possibly have to worry about?" Jaune pumped himself up and then opened the doors.
No sooner than five steps past the now closing doors did he regret those words.
Almost immediately, a man came running from the right in front of him before tripping over his feet. Sweating profusely and huffing air, it was obvious that he had been running from something. Jaune quickly ran to the man's side, trying to help him stand up, the man losing his footing each time and falling back to the ground.
"Are you all right?! Do you need anything?!"
"Heart...My...Heart..." The man breathed out, still huffing in air.
"Hold on, I'm not a doctor but I can try and find a place where you can be treated!" Jaune pulled the man with him back towards the First District door.
Suddenly, with newfound strength, the man shook himself from the blond's hands and fell back to the ground. His face was one of shock and horror as his chest began to glow and something flew out of it.
"My…My…"
A heart. As weird as that sound Jaune had just watched someone's heart fly from their chest and unusually a glowing pink shaped heart instead of how the organ should look like. The man's body vanished as the heart flew to a small black vortex that appeared in midair.
"Wait, that's just like..." Jaune said, still in shock of the man's death. The vortex reminded him of the creatures that attacked Beacon. Jaune could only watch as the heart floated over into the darkness.
The heart was then swallowed by the void and then morphed into a new creature. It had a bluish black suit on body suit that cling to its entire frame, its fingers had long red claws. It was armored too, two steel wristbands, black boots with spiraled toes and a silver knight helm. The helm then open to show a shadowy face with two glowing yellow eyes and sharp teeth. The armored clad creature then disappeared into another black vortex.
"What was that thing?" Jaune asked, stunned at the events he'd just witnessed. It wasn't every day that weirdness on that level just happen, even some of Nora's pancake high dreams never got this weird. He didn't have time to actually consider things, as suddenly more of the shadowy monsters that appeared on Remnant around him.
(Heartless theme – Kingdom Hearts ost: Destiny's Force)
"You...you're the things from Remnant!" The blonde knight said as he was suddenly surrounded by possibly 7 or 8 of the shadow monsters. Quickly he held his sword in front of him, already prepared for what these monsters might try.
As the creatures circled and twitched around him, Jaune reaches and strikes at the closest one. The small monster vanished into mist though this causes the rest to attack the Huntsman all at once. Now shieldless, Jaune began to swipe around trying to keep a solid defense. Sparks fired off the steel as claws bounced off the Kingdom Key. Still standing, despite a few lucky nicks and scratches. Thinking back to his training, Jaune pulled his weapon to his side as if sheathing it and stood still with one hand on the handle. The creatures took this as a sign to attack all at once and all jump with their claws raised high seeking blood and hearts. Quickly, Jaune did a quick spin drawing his weapon and knocking them all away with one swipe.
As the black mist began to fade around him, Jaune let out a quick breath and started to look around the buildings.
"No time to rest now. I better keep up the search." Spotting a nearby hotel to his left. Jaune then ran to the doors wanting to move before any more of those creatures appeared again.
'Guess those are what Cid was trying to warn me about. I hope I can find my friends, but I also sort of hope that they aren't with these things.' Jaune thought as he stepped through the hotel's gates.
Just as those doors closed, the doors of the Second District opened again as two individuals had just arrived into this part of town.
"Geez, how hard is it to find one person in this place?" Yang asked, as their current search for the mysterious Leon had proven fruitless in the First District.
"I'm still having a hard time believing that someone gave money for three kids to start a business. Even more so that those kids are actually anthropomorphic ducks." Weiss just said dumbfounded at the Duck's Items, and the three Duck brothers, Huey, Dewey, and Louie.
"If you here that's weird, they said their Uncle is a knight and their grandpa is loaded. I wonder how they make money with all those bills." Yang grinned. She knew her jokes were bad, but they were a way to keep them from thinking anything negative. She was sure to find the rest of their team and reunite Team RWBY.
"Goddammit Yang, did you really just make a bill joke..." Weiss said, almost giving up at trying to reprimand the blond bombshell. Making Yang stop her puns was like her using pants instead of her (combat) skirt; it was a part of who they were. "I'm going to start ignoring you now, until we see a sign of any of our friends or this Leon I'm just going to tune you out."
"Good luck with that Ice Queen, you really need to let go." Yang walked forward, leaving Weiss to steam at the nickname before they left to check the rest of the district. Before she followed the heiress she noticed a few objects on the ground.
'I wonder what these things are?' Yang thought as she held up a pile of green bottles and light colored crystals.
(Scene Change)
"These things are everywhere!" Jaune yelled as he rolled out of an alley from another mob of creatures. His search in the Second District yield no results as he made his way back to the Second District's Door. He wasn't able to ask for much information because of the numerous monsters popping up and the absence of people inside this part of town. The people possibly locked their doors and hid to escape from the various monsters. The only house he could gain entrance to get a breather was run by a couple and their dogs. Like Jaune they were cast there after their world had vanished.
After talking to Roger, Anita and their dogs (Pongo and Perdita) Jaune found out that the Dalmatians' puppies went missing after they lost their world. 101 of them lost somewhere out in the stars.
"First Beacon and now The Dearly's world. Do these things just exist to ruin lives?" Jaune then swiped at a couple of soldier looking creatures to clear a path back to the door.
"Get out of my way!" Jaune shouted in rage as he slashed his way through a couple more creatures, black mist flying from Kingdom Key as the knight ran through it. Running up to the door, he stop and turned around with a wide arc to knock several Heartless back into the air with his Keyblade.
Following that up, he slashed away again at the stunned monsters and defeated several at once. Slapshot; that was the name of the move he had performed. It had that suddenly appeared in his mind and his body reacted accordingly as he continued his fight against these creatures of darkness. It was almost like Kingdom Key had taught him that move. With his new freedom of movement, he quickly opened the door and slammed it shut.
"Whew! Hopefully that's the last I see of them for a while." Jaune said as he exhaustively slumps against the door. The sound of several portals opening at once caused his eyes to widen as shadows came to life, creating more creatures.
"Oh come on!" Finding new strength he got up and ran before the new wave fully formed. Running into the open plaza, Jaune turns to face his relentless pursuers.
The first Heartless leaped into the air for a claw strike, only for it to be shot out of the air and vanish. Jaune stood confused as several fire balls fired from behind him and set the remaining three soldiers ablaze, soon the fire vanished leaving only a stunned Jaune.
"Okay, what just happened? Whatever those things were, just went up in smoke." Jaune stood stunned, wondering where the gunshots and fire came from.
"They'll keep coming for you out of nowhere."
"Who's there?!" Jaune turned around as a man stepped out from the shadows and began to approach.
The stranger had shoulder length brown hair that sort of reminded Jaune of a lion's mane, black pants and shoes, a white shirt, a black jacket with a pair of red angel wings on the back and two lion heads on the shoulders, and finishing the outfit was a necklace with a lions had at the end of a chain. The man's face was scarred, a single slashing scar in between grey blue eyes. "They'll keep attacking you so long as you continue to wield that Keyblade."
Jaune looked down at the weapon in his hands...the Keyblade, the Kingdom Key that laid solid and still in his hands. But his focus was soon back to the mystery man as he spoke again.
"But…why did it choose a guy like you?"
"You do know that I'm right here?" Jaune asked awkwardly, but he went unnoticed, or was maybe he was just ignored.
"Regardless. Now, let's see that Keyblade." The man reached to take the weapon from Jaune's hands.
"I'm not letting you have this!" The knight retorted and the man stopped and sighed.
"Have it your way." A weapon was then drawn. It looked like something that wouldn't be that uncommon in Remnant. A single edged blade that was like a sword that was grafted onto a revolver. It sort of reminded him of Snow Angel's Myrtenaster, but more for brute strength blows then quick movements.
"I hope that you can back up that big talk of yours kid." The man said as he rested his weapon against his shoulder.
"Hey, you can't be that much older than me!" Jaune shot back. Although nervous, he noticed that his opponent had yet to move from his spot.
'What is he waiting for? No way is a guy like him scared of me. He must be waiting to see what I try to do.' Jaune theorized. The key to victory always started with the first move, he could charge forward and take charge or he could wait and anticipate his opponent's moves. 'I don't have time to stand here and wait, I have my friends to find.' Gripping his weapon tightly, Jaune let out a battle cry as he rushed towards the scarfaced gunner.
'Head on huh, big mistake.'
In a flash, his downward slash met with Jaune's Keyblade and the two began to fight for dominance. Jaune slowly sliding along the ground as the man pushed back. "I hope you realize you can never out muscle me."
"I can't, but..." Changing his stance, he let the gunblade slide off his weapon leaving the man shocked and exposed. "I can use that muscle against you!" Jaune then slammed the blunt end of the key against the man's chest knocking him back with another hit from Kingdom Key.
The man slid and stumbled before regaining his step. "Impressive, you used my own momentum against me. Guess I better stop playing around."
He then took aim with his weapon and flames began to spark to life and appear around the barrel. That was when he blasted a fireball from the gun, and Jaune barely had time to hold his Keyblade in front of him to block. Even then, it burned and blasted him back quite a bit of away from his opponent.
'What?' Jaune thought as suddenly his legs started to shake and his eyelids started getting heavy. He wanted to fight more, but the fatigue from many battles started to set in. 'Not now...' Jaune tried to keep himself awake and fighting, but it was not meant to be. He collapsed and fell to the ground. His opponent looked down at him and his eyes then moved to Jaune's hand still gripped on the Keyblade.
"Did you have to beat the guy up like that Leon?" A girl's voice came getting the young man's attention.
"I didn't go that far, but things are worse than we thought...a lot worse." Leon said as he eyed the Keyblade in Jaune's hands. "Kid's got a decent moves, but those may not be enough." Lifting Jaune up fireman style he tossed the weapon to the girl. "You take a separate route, let's try to lose the trail."
(Scene Break)
"Geez, where the hell is this Leon person?" Weiss asked as she and Yang had spent a good deal of time trying to track down a single person, and now they were in an alleyway in the Second District trying to find the guy, since they had no other leads.
"I know, but do you think the others are okay?" Yang dropped her jokes for seriousness. She was still completely worried about her baby sister and she was putting up a strong front to hide those worry. She knew that keeping it bottled up would be bad in the future so she had vent some way or another.
"Of course they're ok, we are all trained to be future Hunters and Huntresses. I'm sure everyone we know are just fine and are wherever the other airships have them stationed." Weiss reassured Yang and by proxy herself. Thinking of the worse would only get in the way of their current mission. Besides, Goodwitch and Ozpin would not have sent them off alone if they weren't sure the rest of their friends were safe.
"We haven't even finished our first year. Battles with Grim have nothing on the world ending all around us." Yang gripped her fists in anger. Suddenly she exploded, literally her golden hair was aflame and her eyes were red.
"Dammit, where the hell are you?! Leon, you better show yourself or I'm tearing this whole place down!"
"Um, excuse me?"
The new voice shook Yang out of rage mode as the two huntresses were greeted with a new person, a woman.
A pink dress with magenta lining and buttons going down the front, all of which are buttoned except for the last two. She has a black string tied in the same fashion as the one on her belt around her neck like a necklace. A loose, lilac belt around her waist with black string tied into a bow. Green eyes and brown hair styled in a long braid down her back, with curls on either side of her face.
"You two say you are looking for Leon?" The stranger asked.
"Depends on who's asking? May we know who you are?" Weiss asked. Strangers were strangers even in different worlds, though she could also blame her history with the White Fang for being so skittish around new faces she wasn't sure about.
"Oh, forgive me. I guess Glynda and Ozpin neglected to mention the rest of us by name." The woman apologized to the two. "Let me start over. My name is Aerith Gainsborough, and I shall be your escorts to Leon Beacon Huntresses." Aerith introduced herself with a bow and a smile.
(Scene Break)
"Hey, you okay?"
"Uhhhh…"
"Hello?! Leon didn't knock you around too much right?"
Gaining consciousness, eyes opened as Jaune heard a girl's voice as he started to rise up from the bed he was in. He finally had a good rest after multiple fights and was now started to come to. His vision was still blurry a bit.
"Yeah, I'm fine." He said as he saw Ruby sitting next to him beside the bed. She smiled for a bit before started talking again.
"Those creatures that attacked you were after the Keyblade. But it's your heart that they really wanted. It's because you hold the Keyblade." 'Ruby' explained to the bedridden knight.
Jaune nodded his head. Though still a bit dizzy, inwardly he was glad to have some knowledge on the fate of his first friend at Beacon. Especially seeing her standing safe and sound in front of him.
"I'm glad you're safe Ruby."
"Ruby? Who's Ruby? I'm the great kunoichi, Yuffie Kisaragi!"
That's when his vision seemed to flash for a moment, turning the black gothic dress, red cape wearing red head, into a girl that was one, not two, years younger than him with short black hear, wearing a green sleeveless top with tan shorts and a headband. Smirking at his surprised face, she then turned when the door to the room opened, "I think you overdid it Squall."
"It's Leon." Leon said, revealing to be the same guy that attacked Jaune in the First District and also in his hand was the Keyblade.
"Hey, that's...wait, you're the guy that attacked me!" Jaune started, wanting the Keyblade back. It was the only weapon he had left since losing Crocea Mors and his shield as well.
"Yeah, we had to get it away from you to shake off those creatures..." Yuffie spoke and looked to Leon before finishing, "It turns out, that's how they were tracking you."
"They, you mean those monsters right? From the darkness?"
"The Heartless have great fear of the Keyblade." Leon said as he leaned near the door.
(Scene Break)
"Heartless? What are they?" Yang asked as she and Weiss were now sitting in a room, speaking to their newest acquaintance.
"The ones who arrived on your world, the Heartless, are people who've lost their hearts to darkness, no longer even human. They hunt people down and steal their hearts. It's because of them that your world is gone." Aerith explained with a heavy heart.
"Ok, why do they hunt down people's hearts and destroy worlds? It just doesn't make any sense to me." Weiss spoke her thoughts aloud to Aerith. It was almost too much like Remnant with their Grim, no one knows why they attack humans and Faunus. They didn't do it for food or game, it just came natural to them. Grim were attracted by negative emotions and attacked anything with a soul, harmful to them or not. Only Grim who have lived for a long amount of time were the only exceptions.
"The Heartless are attracted to the darkness in people's hearts." Aerith started out with explaining a key fact.
(Scene Break)
"Except for special select few, every person has darkness in their hearts. That is what the Heartless are attracted to." Leon explained. "You say it's similar to the Grim from your world, hunting prey down and attracted to town because of negative emotions right? While similar, it's different for Heartless."
"Exactly how different?" Jaune asked, wanting to know exactly what he was dealing with.
"Since the Heartless…were once human or living beings. Some of them are people whose hearts have been stolen." Leon said solemnly. "If a living thing loses their hearts to a Heartless, they become on as well.
"Some theorist figure that Heartless steal hearts trying to replace the ones that they lost." Yuffie chimed in. "A lot of people have their own theories about them, where they come from, and why they do the things they do. But no one was more of an expert than Ansem."
"Ansem huh?" Jaune parroted the name.
(Scene Break)
"Wait, Ansem?"
"You know that name Yang?" Aerith asked out of curiosity. A spark seemed to go through the blonde's eyes when she spoke Ansem's name.
"Kind of. My mom, my stepmom Summer Rose, had a father by that name. Ansem Rose was this big researcher who studied ancient things like Grim behavior and the origins of dust. I didn't really hang out with him all that much, I thought the stories he had were boring. Ruby, on the other hand, pretty much clung to him whenever he visited us back when we lived on Patch." Yang reminisced. "She keeps a lot of his old books, he's one of the big reasons she wanted to become a Huntress."
"Ansem...Ansem Rose. I've heard my father mention that name once around my home." Weiss pondered on the man's significance. "If he got my father's attention, he must be big in the science community. Especially if he isn't from Atlas."
"If they are the same person, then your Grandfather Ansem is the man who was studying the Heartless. It's thanks to his research that we even know as much as we do now." Aerith explained. "All of his research was placed in a very detailed report. We know someone who has read the entire report and has shared some of his research with us."
"Well let's see this fancy report. It might have clues on what we need to restore our world." Yang asked. There had to be ways to restore Remnant back to the way it was before the Heartless arrived.
"It would also give us the information we need for when we go up against those Heartless again." Weiss brought out a good point. The Heartless caught all of the students by surprise when they arrived but they were ready now that they knew what they were dealing with. Especially now that they were on another world much different from Remnant. How exactly where they supposed to get dust and ammunition for their weapons on other worlds?
"I'm sorry, but last anyone heard, Ansem's reports were scattered across different worlds." Aerith apologized sadly.
"Back to square one I guess." Weiss sighed in disappointment.
"Well, I guess we go back to finding that key Ozpin mentioned to us on the Scroll." Yang folded her arms behind her head nonchalantly as they didn't have anything else to go on. Best to proceed with their mission.
"That's right, you're looking for the Key, or rather the Keyblade." Aerith spoke, catching the girls' attention again.
(Scene Break)
"So, this is the key?" Jaune asked unsure as he inspected Kingdom Key. It always did feel very unusual and powerful; only now did its importance dawn on him. "Wait wait, why did you give this back to me if it was so important?"
"It's not like a normal sword." Yuffie answered as Leon walked up to the bed and held out his hand.
"Let me borrow it again, and you'll see why." Jaune was reluctant to give up his cool new sword, even if it looked more like a key, but he was curious as to why it was unceremoniously tossed back at him earlier. Leon held it for a bit and made a light swipe away from Yuffie and Jaune. That's when the Kingdom Key disappeared into particles of light, and reappeared back into Jaune's hands.
"How did?" He didn't really need to finish, being too stunned to really speak of anything else.
"See, that's why it's not a normal sword. The Keyblade chooses its master, and it chose you!" Yuffie grinned.
"Lucky us." Leon added sarcastically to Yuffie's statement. The Key-bearing Knight felt deflated that he wasn't really accepted.
"Well, I heard the Keyblade can open all kinds of locks, and maybe we can..."
"Let's not get into another bet on gathering Dust crystals like that. You got in trouble the last time for stealing Dust and you're not dragging anyone else on some crazy scheme." Leon stopped her. Ignoring the ninja's whines he continued to speak. "Besides, Aerith has some guests from Beacon with her as well and it's about time to meet them too." Jaune perked up and jumped out of bed. He hoped that it was someone he knew, but he couldn't get into the next room because Leon blocked the way. "Just to let you know, there's no going back once you start this journey. The Keyblade chose you, which means you have a large role to play Jaune. Are you ready?"
Leon's words may have been harsh to some, but many worlds are constantly in danger because of the Heartless. And now, the only way to drive the forces of darkness away was in the hands of the teenager in front of him. While lucky and experienced as a fighter, it took more than that to earn Leon's trust. Jaune had to realize the important weight he carries and the dangers that lied ahead before he could leave this room.
"Yeah, I think I'm ready." Jaune just wanted to see who it was that came from Beacon. Leon nodded his head and was about to open the door…
"Leon!" Yuffie cried out and pointed as a new Heartless appeared in the middle of the room. It looked like the Heartless who took the man's heart, yet it wore a brown uniform with a strange golden helmet and sharp crimson claws. As it danced about they all knew it wasn't the only one to arrive.
"Yuffie, go!" Leon ordered her, gunblade immediately in his hands.
Seeing how she wasn't the one the Heartless were after, Yuffie was able to run through the door leading into the other room. She slammed through the door, feeling that she had hit something hard along the way but it was not important. "Aerith, we got trouble!" The kunoichi ran to where she kept her weapons.
"Yuffie?!" Aerith asked her.
"We found the key guy but the Heartless are starting to appear around here too!" Yuffie quickly explained. It was only a matter of time before the Heartless focused on every other hearts in the hotel, but for now it seemed they were only focused on the keybearer's heart. "Gather the guests up and let's get out of here!"
"Easier said than done Yuffie." Aerith said while pointing behind her. Yuffie followed the woman's finger and found Weiss on the ground with stars spinning above her head; along with Yang struggling between standing shock and laughing her ass off at the sudden door slam to the back of her teammate's head.
"Aah...oops"
(Scene Break)
Jaune straightened himself out at the sudden jump through the window. At least he didn't have to worry about the glass, Leon had the idea to toss their newest arrival out of the window first before they both jumped out to make a quick exit. Now the two swordsman were standing side by side as more of the armored Heartless appeared from out of thin air. As the silver and golden soldiers danced around Jaune got ready to fight only for Leon to hold his hand out in front of him.
"Don't bother with these small fries. You'll only wear yourself out faster fighting all of them before the actual threat." Leon advised him. "These Heartless are being called down here by a much stronger one. Its darkness acts as a beacon to these guys, get rid of the boss and the Heartless will stop appearing for a while."
"You can't expect me to leave you here to fight all of them!" Jaune argued. The Knight didn't want to leave anyone behind, even if he had only met Leon today.
"Jaune, I can handle these guys but the Keyblade is the only weapon that can put an end to all of this. You need to go and take out the Heartless attracting all of these guys." Leon spoke with his eyes on the dancing Soldier Heartless. "We got a call that said that nothing appeared in the First District that means…"
"I can't just leave you here by yourself! What If these Heartless won't stop showing up..."
"Then that just means I got a long fight on my hands." Just then all of the Heartless began to pounce and attack at once.
"Duck!"
Jaune listened and thankfully ducked as Leon slashed through the full circle of Heartless. Jaune looked and see that the blade of Leon's weapon had extended, like a giant energy blade. With the way clear, the knight followed Leon's words and ran towards the Third District.
After making sure Jaune got out free Leon looked back as more Heartless appeared. "Ok, time to break Chocobo-head's record." Leon then charged forward into the horde.
(Traverse Town, 3rd District)
Jaune wasn't the only one that got the message and went to the Third District. After a quick patching up and a set of directions from Yuffie and Aerith, Yang and Weiss were walking along the balcony above the rest of the town. The Huntresses felt bad for leaving their guides behind but a look at the two destroying Heartless with staff and shuriken in hand eased their worries. As soon as the girls took another step they encountered the Soldier Heartless appearing on the balcony as well.
"So, more of these Heartless monsters huh? They're different from the uglies we've got on Remnant that's for sure." Yang said as she noted the insignia on the Soldiers' chests.
"Well, let's get rid of these pests Yang." Weiss drew her sword as Yang smiled while slamming her fists together.
"Hello properly placed aggression!" Yang jumped into the air to deliver a grand slam.
As she watched, Weiss's eyes widened in shock. "Yang, we're on a balcony, of you do that…!"
As Jaune ran into the district he heard a loud explosion that stopped him dead in his tracks. "Don't tell me these things have bombs now?!" Seeing the raining debrief he looked up and spotted two falling figures.
"Aaaah/Aaaah!"
"Aaaah…OOF!"
And on the back of a certain blonde knight that had tried his best to catch the two girls; his right hand stretched out holding the Kingdom Key away from the pile of bodies. The three were disoriented, with Jaune from becoming an improvised landing cushion as Yang and Weiss were from being blasted away after Yang going a little wilder then needed in a tight space above the ground.
"The key!" The Huntresses shouted in unison when they noticed the Kingdom Key right in front of them.
"Um, can you two please get off me?" Jaune asked as suddenly, the floor around the exits started to rise up and create a physical barrier, preventing them from escaping. Not that the walls would be much of a problem, if it wasn't for the group of Soldiers that stood at the top before jumping down. Eager to take the hearts of the three trapped humans.
"You both don't know how glad I am to see a familiar face!" The knight after they got up, holding the Kingdom Key in a one handed sword stance. It was still weird for him to not having a shield but Jaune didn't have time to complain.
"Same, all though I really hope that fight with Pyrrha wasn't a fluke Jaune. We need all the fighters we can get" Yang pulled out another clip of dust and reloaded her gauntlets after the gun show from earlier. The blast off the roof aside, she still had more aggression to lose. Who better to take it out on than the monsters that pretty much ate their home?
"We can have a happy reunion when we're not staring down Heartless." Weiss said as she took a fencing stance. The soldier Heartless began to close in on the trio of Beacon students. Each of the Hunters in training ready as their latest enemy began to tighten the circle around them.
(Heartless Battle theme– Persona 3 Portable ost: Wiping All Out P3P)
"Hey Weiss, how 'bout we give these creeps a Team RWBY welcome?" Yang triggers her semblance, her anger at the Heartless enough to give her a boost in power. Running up, she pulls back her fist to slam it into the gut of the first Soldier in her way. The force of the hit enough to send it flying into another crowd of Heartless turning them all to dust at once. "Strike!" Yang smirks as she rushes to the next horde.
"We don't have Ruby or Blake, but we're just enough!" With a twirl of her hand, a glyph appears on the ground forcing a few of the Heartless up to the air. Her weapon forward, Weiss skates swiftly forward and skewers all three with her sword, leaving behind only black mist floating midair. Not stopping, Weiss stabs the ground allowing ice to sprout out and protect her from the claws now bouncing off the wall of ice.
Jaune, unable to rely on his semblance, grips his weapon and charges to fight the old fashioned way. Swinging a wide arc that bounces against the Soldier's claws stunned them long enough for Jaune to swing away at them his Keyblade. These newer Heartless were much more durable than the Shadows from earlier but most are defeated after two or three hits. Slaying five, Jaune's eyes move around to keep track of the enemy's numbers and positions. Hearing more sounds, Jaune looks up and sees another group of Heartless jumping down from the top of the walls. Seeing him distracted, a Soldier jumps up to swipe at the blond only to be knocked back by Jaune's quick reflex.
'They're going to kill us with these numbers unless we can take out a lot of them at one, but how?' As he thinks, Jaune watches as Yang continues to punch away at Shadows while Weiss fires ice dust from her weapon. The wheels began to turn as Jaune cuts down more Heartless.
"Weiss, freeze the ground around us!"
"What, why should I do that?!"
"Just trust me ok!" Jaune retorts as he helps Yang with crowd control, cutting Soldiers down before they could reach Schnee heiress. "Get as much ice and spike on the ground when I say 3, got it?!"
"Tch, fine but you two better be ready when I send us in the air!" Weiss reluctantly agreed. It would take a lot of dust and some of her stamina to use both, but she decided to place her trust in the blond knight. Jaune and Ruby weren't her first choice for team leaders but both were chosen for different reason, Ruby for her skills and Jaune for his strategic planning. So the rumors said. JNPR's stories of Jaune's plans had better not been flukes.
"Yang, when we're airborne punch the ground as hard as you can!"
"One giant FreezerBurn, coming right up!" Yang smirks, flames still sprouting from her golden locks.
"Wha...nevermind, on my mark!" Jaune begins the count as he and Yang run towards Weiss to make the job much easier.
"1...2...3!"
Following the plan, Weiss uses a glyph first to shoot Yang and Jaune into the air before switching to her ice dust. Stabbing the ground again she began to freeze the ground around her, causing spikes of ice to spread out from the frozen earth. Some of the ice, skewering and stabbing almost half of the Heartless. Taking off into the air, Weiss made sure to use another glyph to keep them all in the air.
"Yang, nail 'em!"
"Showtime!" Yang smiles as her glyph vanishes and falls face first to dive-bomb while gripping her fists. Cocking on back, she smashes it into the frozen ground sending chunks of ice spikes and stone all around the area, ripping apart the rest of the Heartless horde in a storm of sharpened ice. The ice melts around her before it could get close to the burning Yang, though her arms are held up to shield herself from debris along with her aura. A moment later Jaune and Weiss land down right beside to her.
"Nice plan Jauney Boy! I'll admit Ruby would've had us fighting more for fun before we decided on a game plan." Yang said, patting him on the back.
"I guess all those talks of your perfect strategies weren't just flukes." Weiss said, now embarrassed for doubting Jaune's eye for battle plans. "So it looks like we've finally got a moment to breath."
"Thanks girls, but I don't think that was all." Jaune lowers his guard for a moment to look around the open area.
"Yeah, they still got the walls up pretty high." Yang picks up a rock and tosses it high only for it to bounce off an invisible ceiling. "And the dome is still up too."
"Did the Heartless trap us here on purpose?" Weiss wonders. "From what Aerith told us, these ones shouldn't be capable of forming strategies."
"I don't know who Aerith is, but Leon told me that all these Heartless were attracted here by a much stronger Heartless somewhere around here." Jaune recalls the scared man's words. "So either this is a trap…" Suddenly, a crash was heard nearby and he sees the two girls taking a step back. "There's something really bad behind me right?" He spoke with a calm expression.
"Yep" Weiss says as she spun Myrtenaster's chambers to switch dust types.
"A big Heartless getting ready to hit us?"
"Yep, a really big one too." Yang answers while cocking her weapons to empty the chambers.
"Bring it on." Jaune turns around to see the newest threat; giant, multi-colored, pieces of armor gathering together. None of the pieces are connecting together, but two armored arms and claws hovers around a large hourglass shaped torso bearing the Heartless emblem. Underneath it two stands armored boots flat on the ground. Floating in the middle of the torso was a helmet. Its helmet opens revealing blackness and glowing yellow eyes before the silver faceplate slams shut.
"Err, why can't we ever get a break!?" Weiss screams in anger before readying herself as the armored beast advances.
"I think this is the boss Leon was talking about! We have to take it out!" Jaune says as the Heartless closes in on them, its arms spinning around it rapidly like a buzz-saw.
"Scatter!" Yang yells as they all quickly jump back to avoid the spinning gauntlets arms. The yellow dragon quickly lands on her feet, cocks back Ember Celica and fires a solid punch towards the spinning hands. Protected by her aura, the punch sends one of the arms flying into a nearby wall.
"It's like a giant toy, it's like there is nothing inside that armor." Weiss observes as she saw the Guard Armor not even acknowledge that fact an arm was missing or showed any signs of pain. Its only response is to stop its buzzsaw attack. Weiss use the moment cast a glyph under her to quickly fire herself forward to try and stab the Heartless' torso. A loud clank sounds as her sword barely scratches the metal. She quickly leaves before it could crush her under its boot.
"Its shell isn't a joke though."
"Neither are the limbs" Jaune said as he deals with the solo gauntlet trying to punch him into oblivion. Rolling was the one thing saving his life as he had to wait at the last moment for the metal to hit the ground so that he could attack it with his Keyblade. Dismemberment wasn't an option since each part of the Heartless was sentient. Seeing Weiss fail to strike the heart left him with only one idea left. Yang then appeared and upper cuts the gauntlet away, having it fly back into the Heartless' body.
"I gotta hand it to you Jaune, I didn't think that key could do serious damage." Yang joked while stifling a laugh as she watched the Heartless collapse like a jenga set.
"No more puns Yang." Jaune said as they regrouped. "We have to destroy each limb, it's the only way to kill this thing."
Weiss made it to the group in time to catch Jaune's plan; taking a break to recover some of her aura. "That makes sense. It would go easier if we had a way to blow this thing up in one big attack."
"Hello, blond bombshell over here!" Yang smirked at the accidental pun. "I have a way that can take care of this baddie in a flash. All I need is for my semblance to go off again and I'll be smashing Heartless left and right."
"You mean when your eyes turn red and your hair catches fire right?" Weiss asked.
"How exactly are you going to take that thing out and you're crazy if you think we're going to sit this fight out." Jaune objected. The argument stopped as they needed to run away the stomping feet trying to crush the team of three.
Yang looked from the legs to her teammates. "Trust me, it'll make sense in a minute. Just trust me!" Pushing them in both directions she turned and went flying into a wall after taking a kick from one of the feet.
"Yang!" Jaune recovered from the tumble caused by Yang.
Falling from the hole in the wall, Yang had managed to keep her aura up to absorb most of the damage, but it still hurt. The Huntress-in-training gave a few short breathes before standing tall.
"I'm fine, just prepping up. Come on you big toy, give me all you got!" Yang taunts trying to keep the Heartless' attention focused on her. "I had a toy just like you once, does your head fly off if I punch you just right?!" It seemed to be working as the armored Heartless sent punches towards her.
"Yang!" Jaune dashed ahead and block the first punch aimed at the girl behind him. The knight tried to hold his ground as the Keyblade blocks the one handed barrage of punches.
"Get out of here, this plan won't work if he kills us both!" Yang yelled.
"And let this thing turn you into wall pizza? Sorry, but I'm not losing anymore friends today!" Jaune struggled to argue as metal bashed onto metal. Yang smiled though she sees a foot starting to rear back.
"Ehehe, sorry Jaune…but I'm not the damsel in distress type!" Yang suddenly punches Jaune out of the way as she took the full brunt of the foot that buried her into the stone wall.
"Yang!"
Weiss watched in horror as the Heartless peeled its foot back, allow Yang to drop face first onto the ground. She pulled up her sword and was going to attack until she saw the twitching of Yang's fingers and small wisps of flames that faded in an out. "I see now, that's what her plan was."
The Guard Armor turned from the fallen dragon to the knight and began to stomp its way over. It reared back for another kick until it felt something holding its leg in place.
"My turn," Gripping hard, a punch sent the leg flying into the wall where it bursts into pieces.
"What the…?" Jaune stared in awe at the literal Girl on Fire.
Yang, eyes glowing red and hair a blazing inferno smirks as she now had the monster's attention. "You and me big guy, let's have blast!"
The Heartless responded by punching with its last free hand. Yang punched back and the once they met, the metal caved way, shattering apart while the force sent it skidding along the ground away from the blonde. Seeing it stunned and "unarmed" the burning dragon ran to continue her assault.
"That's her semblance, it's incredible." Jaune stared wide eyed.
"Whenever Yang gets angry, I see her eyes change color and her hair starts to catch fire. I asked Ruby and she says that's one of the ways to trigger her semblance." Weiss explains as she went to the knight's side. "Damage from battle must be another way."
"How strong can she get?"
"She blew up a balcony we were on and that's just for being pissed off." Weiss recalls as they watch.
Yang braces herself and catches the boot that tried to stomp her into the ground. "Take a, leg off!" Throwing it back, it bounced off its head back to Yang so that she could punch it to pieces too. The torso and head were all that's left, defying gravity as they hovered. The eyes began to glow menacingly from behind the face plate. Yang gave it the universal "bring it" taunt as the torso began to spin rapidly. The spinning top of doom quickly slams into Yang, who had her arms crossed to guard.
"She took the damage to power up but she won't last forever." A bulb lit up as Jaune started to run ahead. "Let's go help her."
"Read my mind, what's the plan?" Weiss followed after him.
Yang kept holding the armor back until a glyph appears and repels it back, knocking it into Kingdom Key's swing. The strike knocked it out of its rotation making it wobble in confusion not seeing Yang propped onto Weiss' glyph.
"We definitely need a name for this power move." Yang joked.
"Just go already!" Weiss launched the blonde like a missile, firing her at the Heartless' chest.
Yang readied her fist as she flew straight at her target and smiled as her punch dented and pressed into the Heartless' torso. Quickly, Yang shot up with her gauntlets and uppercuts the head clean off. Running, Weiss and Jaune stabbed with their swords and this time crosses through its chest, leaving a shining "X" allowing black wisps to pour out. The torso began to shake and tumble until a large heart floated out of the top and into the air, causing the armor to disappear in a burst of light.
"Is it finally over?" Weiss asked before the barrier vanished and the walls began to fall.
"Looks like it, whew." Yang powered down and stretched some of her aching muscles. "Man, I hope I don't have to do that too often. You think a shop around here has Strawberry Sunrises?"
"How should I know?" Weiss then picked up the bracelet left behind. "More loot?"
"Whatever it is, we can find out after we get back too…oh man Leon!" Jaune jumped, remembering the man that sent him off to fight the Heartless.
"No need for that" The trio turns to see Leon, Yuffie and Aerith walking into the district. "You three did a good job, a little rough around the edges but you three took care of that pretty well." The gunslinger said.
"Way to downplay the victory Leon" The ninja shook her head. "But hey, you three beat the Heartless and found that key you were looking for."
Weiss began to brush the dust off her combat skirt. "So that weird sword he has is the Key Ozpin sent us to find?"
"Ozpin wanted to find this thing?" Jaune said surprised.
"They were sent by Ozpin and the King with orders to find the keyblade and its chosen one. A light to help put an end to all of the darkness." Aerith explained. "With the keyblade, it's possible to fix the damage caused by the Heartless."
"And our friends?"
"If they didn't evacuate with your friends at Beacon, then they must be on one of the other worlds out there. You can look for them while completing the rest of your mission." Leon answered.
"The rest, we found the key right? What else is left?" Yang asked.
"You got the keyblade but you don't know how to restore your world or stop the Heartless. The only one left with that information is the King himself." Leon continued. "He's out there somewhere across the worlds, you'll just need to find him."
"Another quest" Weiss sighed.
"At least we can find our friends while we're looking on other worlds." Jaune said optimistically. He almost jumped when he felt Yuffie pat him on the back.
"That's the spirit, make sure to find all kinds of rare dust while you're out there 'k?"
"Before we go off on an interstellar trip, we don't have the tools and the stock for the trip. Not to mention none of us know how to fly our ship." Weiss brought up.
"I told you, give me few minutes and I can fly it!"
"No…just, no!"
Aerith laughed for a bit. "There's a mechanic in the first district named Cid who works on Gummi Ships. I'm sure he can teach you everything you need to know."
"In the meantime, everything you need to prepare for the trip can be found in the First District. You can buy all the food, medical supplies, and weapons you need while Yang is learning." Leon then reached into his pocket and pulled out a familiar gem. "Do you know what this is?"
Yang's eyes widened. "Those look like the gems I've been picking up."
"That's Munny, it's the currency used in all the worlds." Yuffie explained. "It's weird, but it acts as a universal currency. You need that to buy all the stuff you need here."
"Wait, shops don't take Lien?!" Weiss asked worriedly.
"No"/"Sorry"/"Not a one."
"Ouch, tough luck Weiss…Weiss?" Yang looked to see Weiss pale and frozen in place. She waved a hand up and down in front of her face. "Yeah we lost her, must be hard for the princess to be a pauper now."
"Oh relax, we're not going to leave you guys completely on your own." Yuffie reassured them.
"We can't leave Traverse Town completely unprotected, it's are duty to protect the residents and the new arrivals. However, when the Heartless vanished we knew you were victorious but future battles won't be as easy." Aerith then presented them a bag full of Munny. "We pooled together so that you can shop for everything you need."
"Squall here even got you something extra." Yuffie said while Leon closed his eyes and looked aside. The ninja then pulled out a large sealed bottle. "Tada! For anything serious, you can use this elixir to heal yourself up!"
"It's in case your aura depletes to zero and you can't absorb damage. We don't need you two dying out there." Leon explained.
"Translation, I'm worried and don't want any of you hurt out there."
"Yuffie…"
"Thanks, but can we go back to the hotel, I think we've deserve a nice long nap." Jaune said exhaustedly. The three have fought their way through Heartless and just took down a giant suit of living metal. If he didn't find a bed soon, he was going to pass out right here cute girls watching or not.
(Scene Change)
In a dark room, a group were all staring down at the only source of light in the room. A magic circle that projected the three Beacon students for all of them to see.
"Those little brats took down that Heartless? I couldn't believe it without seeing it myself." A rough male voice spoke out over the sound of crackling flames.
"Such is the power of the Keyblade. The boy's strength is hardly his own." A low sinister male voice spoke like a serpent; hands tapping along a large staff.
"Why don't we turn him into a Heartless? Ahahaha that would solve all our problems!" A loud female voice suggested, around her were soft sounds of the ocean.
"And what about the Lasses with him?" Another man spoke as he twirled his mustache. "Swoggle me eyes, the rats hardly look like a threat. Especially that the keyblade brat!"
"You hardly look the part yourself! Especially when you can barely beat children!" Another man laughed in a boisterous tone.
"Shut yer trap, before I squash the lot of ya'!" The light of the circle reflected wickedly off a hook.
"Enough!" A final voice spoke over them, ending their argument. "The Keyblade has chosen the boy that much is apparent. But he is young...unskilled, untrained.
"Will he truly be able to subjugate the darkness?"
"Or will the darkness swallow him whole?"
TBC…
Shout out to Blackheart0009 who created a Reading of, more like watch of, the story called: Preview of Heart. Watch the RWBY cast react to this epic adventure on the big screen. The story will grow after every so chapters so thanks for the support of this story and support Blackheart's story as well as its fantastic so far.