Well folks, i'm back again to give you another update to a seldom forgotten crossover.
Disclaimer: RWBY belongs to Rooster Teeth, Bálor to me, and Xehanort and the Seekers of Darkness to Square-Enix
Cinder Fall would be stalking the halls of Beacon Academy, surprised to hear the student body abuzz on such a seemingly normal day like this one, the Vytal Festival was still months away and the classes were too primitive to constitute this level of excitement. "Something's changed, and judging by the agitation in the air it's a rather massive one." The pyromancer would spot Mercury waiting for her by the door to their dorm room with an exasperated look on his face.
"We have a problem boss." He would open the door, allowing her inside to discuss the situation in secret and hopefully update her on the status of things at the academy. "Team RWBY seems to have imploded in on itself, they seem to have all gone their separate ways following an incident involving Master Xehanort's bumbling pet project." The silver-haired young man had no respect for the fact that someone like Bálor was so integral to their overall plan to take over Remnant: He was arrogant, self-centered, and content to stretch the rules to the point where they would suit his needs. "The dumbass tried to throw himself off of Beacon Tower following something involving that hot blonde." Cinder would sigh in irritation at the news she'd been given, it was bad enough that other Keybearers were starting to show up in Remnant and trying to disrupt their machinations but now the wolf was starting to show signs of mental instability following some sort of falling out with the buxom brawler. "Explain this to me, and don't you dare skimp on the details dear Mercury."
Young Xehanort on the other hand was standing alone in the newly cleaned amphitheater with a contemplative look on his face, disguised as Anders Mauve, a transfer student from Haven who tried to stay as inconspicuous as possible despite his own inquisitive nature. "It's as you suspected, there's an unhealthy amount of negative energy emanating from this room." He would sigh as he read the room with his "Semblance", the ability to read and track an individual's Aura as well as to be able to sense any malicious intent in their hearts. "As always Miss Nikos, your intuition is extraordinary." Anders would turn to face the red-haired spearmaiden as well as her partner and Team JNPR's leader Jaune Arc.
"I doubt it could all belong to Yang, it just doesn't her personality." Pyrrha would furrow her brow in thought as she paced the room, her shield arm put up in a sling following her vicious skirmish with the brawler during the latest instance of Bálor-related insanity. "I doubt that one failed relationship could cause her to completely go insane, there must be another angle to all of this." Jaune on the other took a more levelheaded approach to the situation as he approached the podium with mild trepidation, running his hand over the oak wood finish. "Pyrrha, I agree with you that a failed relationship shouldn't cause someone like Yang to flip her lid. But you're forgetting just WHO she was dating, ever since he showed up at the school everything's been running upside down and in reverse!" The knight would sigh as he finished inspecting the podium with no new findings, stepping back down off the podium. "Jaune, I don't think you're in the right to give opinions given your own views on the poor fellow. He just needs someone who can possibly understand him and the pain of isolation." The emerald-eyed Huntress would frown at her boyfriend's shifted attitude, he and Bálor had at best a working truce not to start anything public between themselves. The amber-eyed Faunus had an extreme dislike for her beloved knight for reasons he hadn't bothered to divulge, but it was out of respect for the rest of her team that he refused to display any sort of open animosity towards the fair haired young man. "Oh Dust Pyrrha, not you too!" Jaune would ball his fists in agitation as he glared at his partner with venomous contempt, knowing that she had a very nurturing attitude towards those newly initiated into Beacon which explained why the recently-transferred Anders was currently accompanying them. "I thought you had more sense in you then that!" Pyrrha would gasp in shock at the young man's reaction, before returning his glare with a cold-hearted stare of her own. "And just what is that supposed to mean?!" She would march up to Jaune and stare him down as best she could. "You seem to forget that I was the one pursuing you while you were busy being rejected by Weiss, who obviously had no inkling of interest in dating you!" Xehanort could feel the negativity rolling off of the couple even without his so-called Semblance, but once he did start using his ability the room became a roiling cesspool of dark energy with the arguing lovers at its nexus. "This room is starting to affect their mental state, surely this must be what Xiao Long felt when she enacted her plan." He would shake his head before clearing his throat to try and get their attention, not surprised as they continued to argue back and forth. "We need to leave, now!" 'Anders' would react quickly, grabbing the bickering couple by their shoulders and leaving the room in a burst of superhuman speed as the doors burst open before them as they made their exit. The dark-haired young man would sigh before going back in, the doors slamming shut behind hum as a giant mantis like Heartless appeared and reverting to his true appearance. "You've made a huge mistake in coming here so soon, had you simply waited until the appointed time then I would have gladly let you wreak your havoc upon this place!" Xehanort would snarl and summon his Ethereal Blades before assuming a fighting stance as the Heartless hissed in agitation at the young man's intrusion. "But since you insisted upon making your presence known and threatening my cover as a student of Haven, your impurity must be purged!" The Shade Mantis would roar as the Seeker of Darkness charged in to fight.
Cinder Fall would lean back against the door of their dorm room as Mercury finished retelling his mistress of the events surrounding the amber-eyed Faunus's suicide attempt as well as what the rumor mill spat out in regards to the incident in the infirmary. "So, let me see if I understand you correctly: Because of a malicious prank enacted by a jilted lover, my cold-hearted pet project attempted to destroy himself only to be saved by the belligerent daughter of that fool Summer Rose?!" Her own amber eyes would flare as she summoned a fireball in her right hand. "Then to further add to your incompetence, you allow said jilted lover to infiltrate the infirmary and MAIM him!?"
Mercury would shrug and shake his head in annoyance. "I did mention that last bit was just a rumor right, it's not like the woman's even here at the moment." He would flop down on his bed nonchalantly with a sigh as he looked up at the ceiling. "Man I would've loved to tap that piece of ass just once before she went all nutters." The raven-haired pyromancer would snort in disgust at her subordinate's perversion before tossing the fireball at the wall above him and leaving the room in a huff.
"Dammit, as if things weren't already going pear-shaped enough as it is! Xehanort's actions are attracting off-worlder's, the Hunters and Huntresses are now more alert then ever following our little plan to breach Vale." She would sigh as she remembered seeing the bowler hat loving buffoon being hauled off by Atleasian Knights where he was no doubt infuriating the authorities with his annoying personality. "My demon is maimed, but somehow being thrown into the middle of a fight between two spoiled brats-" The amber eyed woman would stop mid-step realizing the gaping contradiction in her mental assessment of the situation. "How..how can he possibly be in two places at once?" Cinder would quickly duck into an empty classroom and summon a fireball in order to get a hold of the mouthy Freeshooter, the one-eyed Seeker would slowly come into view as he was dragging an unconscious Bálor from an empty Bullwark.
"This better be good Cindy, I'm a little busy trying make sure my little Poppet receives her present!" He would grunt audibly as he struggled with the sleeping Wolf's weight before slinging him over his hooded shoulder. "Man, how could someone so scrawny weigh this much and not look like a stuffed pig!" The older woman would be floored as the fire-sphere clearly showed an unconscious Bálor within the confines of a family mansion that no doubt belonged to the prestigious Schnee family before dispelling the fireball entirely and shaking her head before heading to the infirmary to make sure that she hadn't gone entirely mad.
"This ends now!" Xehanort would say this with authority as he skewered the mantis Heartless through its body as it gave one last cry of anguish and collapsed in a heap before slowly disappearing in shadowy specks as he resumed his façade as 'Anders Mauve' just as Jaune and Pyrrha burst into the amphitheater with Crocea Mors and Milo respectively drawn and ready for battle.
"Anders!" Jaune would rush down to help the raven-haired young man to his feet, not aware that he was only feigning exhaustion. "We heard the sounds of battle coming from inside, we would've gotten here sooner but-'
"But we were feeling strangely devoid of energy, as if something were stealing our strength from us beforehand." Pyrrha would kneel down, seeing a small carrying pouch on the ground next to the transfer student. "What is this?" She would open it slowly to reveal a pair of reading glasses carefully nestled inside a gold embroidered cloth with the initials A.M. stitched into the corner. "I wasn't aware you wore glasses mister Mauve."
He would flush in embarrassment as she handed him the pouch back, doing his best to maintain the façade of a weak but curious transfer student. "They're purely for reading, any other time my vision is top notch I assure you" placing the pouch back in his pocket he would activate his Semblance again, this time seeing no trace of the evil energy that had been infesting the room like a pack of roaches. "This room has been cleansed." He would say this weakly before passing out and collapsing to the floor, he hated having to go to absurd lengths in order to maintain the ruse that was Anders Mauve but the longer Xehanort ingratiated himself among the enemy and gained their trust, the more devastated they would be when the time came to reveal his true allegiance to the darkness.
Cinder would be furious as she witnessed Ruby Rose talking with the attending physician over a sleeping Bálor, his right hand wrapped tightly in gauze which only gave further support to the story Mercury had told her. "How is this possible?! I clearly saw Xigbar lugging him into the Schnee Manor!" The pyromancer would growl audibly causing the crimsonette to look over at her curiously, her innocent face wavering between a friendly smile and a stone faced glower before sighing and returning her attention to the good doctor. "She's protective of her little pet, the little brat is more like mommy dearest then ever she knows." Her mind would temporarily go back to the past as the scene changed to reflect an unconscious and badly beaten Taiyang Xiao Long being tended to by a worried Summer Rose, even back then she had been forced to watch from the sidelines as a Rose came in and stole the spotlight. "Even from beyond the grave that woman continues to get in my way, only now it's her accursed daughter that sees fit to undermine my schemes!" Cinder would finally step away from the infirmary with some internal disappointment, more in herself then at the gaping contradiction in their plans. "The past is in the past, that fool Taiyang had his chance to stand at my side but he chose to side with that filthy Rose!" She would look back one last time to the little Rose whispering something to the unconscious Faunus before delicately kissing his forehead, as she began summoning a fireball in her hand and letting it sit there before dispelling it. "This is about more than getting my revenge upon that wretched woman and her daughter, this is about making all of Remnant bow at my feet, then when the time comes I'll make sure to crush that fool Xehanort as well!"
Well, the above situation with Cinder is just my theory of what lead to the downfall of Summer Rose because we honestly don't know what happened to that great woman. Also if you have a minute then give this or any of my other stories a vote in the poll up on my profile and I might just spend the remainder of October writing it to completion.
Love me or hate me just know that I won't give up on Fanfiction, ta-ta for now.