Jaune suddenly wakes up to a call on his Scroll, with the ringtone "It's a Big Ursa!" playing.
"Hello? Jaune hears noise for six seconds from Ruby's Scroll before the call ends making jaune worried.
" Uh, Ruby?Later on, Team JNPR walks at dawn towards their Bullhead.
" I'm sure they're fine. Jaune turns to pyrrha and looks unsure.
" You think? Nora shrugs and smiles at jaune.
"Probably a butt dial... Ren nods as he speaks.
"Team RWBY has always performed exceptionally in the field. We should be focusing on our own mission. Nora grins and pumps her fist.
"We're gonna be deputies! Jaune nods but looks unsure.
"I just got this feeling... I don't know. Pyrrha frowns and opens her mouth to speak but suddenly, alarms ring out as they see the city up in smoke.
"We're changing our mission. Everyone on board!As the team heads toward their Bullhead, Jaune does a headcount.
"Ren, we'll make it to that village another time. Take us into the city! Meanwhile,As the Bullhead takes off, Mercury , Cinder , and Emerald are watching Grim fight via shadow projection frowns watching how they seem even matched.
"You don't think...Mercury shrugged and rubbed his chin.
"Sure looks like frowned at these words and glared.
"what do we do if he wins hes miles away!Mercury frowns and turns to cinder.
"So? What do we do?A look of thought apears on Cinder's face, before she makes her decision with a grin.
" don't worry I have a back up plan, kyo can handle grim for back in the tunnels, grims scythe and kyos mace connected together again as both oppenents swung their weapons around, each trying to get an advantage on the other.
" you are pretty good boy but, try this on for size. Kyo then slammed his mace into the ground, causing a cloud of smoke to rise making grim rub his eyes, and leaving him open as kyo grabbed him by the head with his foot.
" going up. Kyo then threw grim up into the ceiling causing pain to rack his body but, kyo wasnt done yet as he punched grim as he was falling, sending him sprawling onto the train tracks.
" tch is this all you have boy? Grim growled as he stood up and began to channel shadows around his body, before charging forward. Kyo seeing this move laughed as he swung his mace torwards grim again, but was surprised when grim shadow traveled to the side of it, and kept running.
" your shadows wont save you reaper. Kyo then pulled his mace back to try and hit grims back but was surprised again as grim jumped over his mace.
" damn it stay still and take your beating. Kyo then once again slammned his mace into the ground to bring up a cloud of smoke however, grim already knew what he was going to do and slid, so that he went right under kyo and ended up behind him, before firing his scythe, so that he went spinning backwards and ended up stabbing kyo through the back.
" argh fucker. Kyo then quickley spun around and back handed grim away from him knocking his mask off.
" i don't care if therist wants you alive i'm kicking your ass first. Grim rubbed his face and his eyes narrowed on his scythe which was still in kyo.
" well then come get me you big ugly fuck. Kyo roared at grims words and wrapped his mace around his arm before charging at grim. Grim seeing kyos rage grinned as he crouched down and got ready to move. Seeing grim standing still made kyo grin as he got closer and jumped so he could smash his mace into grim.
" take this you brat. However, before kyos attack could hit, grim rolled backwards and then ran forward and jumped, using the mace as a stepping stone, as he back flipped over kyo and ripped his scythe out of his chest. Not wasting any time, grim transformed his scythe into its pistol forms and quickly unloaded on kyos back. Kyo however just got angrier as the dust just felt like a swarm of bees, as he turned around and dove at grim. Grim however spun away from kyo and kept on firing at him until he had to reload.
" you coward fight me with a real weapon instead of those guns. Grim grinned at kyos words as he grabbed his empty mags and tossed them to the ground , before he then turned to look at kyo.
" well these certainly seem to be working on you. Kyo roared at these words and charged forward and grim again, before running his fist through grim, only for grim to disapear.
" shadow projection? What how? Grims laugh could be heard and kyo turned around to see grim pointing his gun at the ground.
" you under estimated me kyo now pay the price. Grim then fired at the mags at kyos feet causing an explosion and a roar. Before grim could wait for the smoke to clear, the mace came out of it and slammned into his chest knocking the air out of him.
" you Little BRAT! kyo then stomped out of the smoke as he pulled his mace back to him, his armor was in pieces, and he was covered in cuts.
" i'm going to kill you. Grim chuckled as he whiped the blood from his mouth, and then slowly stood up again.
" you can try but, i wont let you, i have a reason to live. Grim then raised his pistols and charged forward firing at kyo, who growled in reply.
" foolish boy. Kyo then unraveled his mace and swung it towards grim. Grim however grinned as he saw this and tilted his pistol up before throwing it like a boomerang, catching one of the chain links and impaling the mace to the wall. This allowed grim to run forward and impale kyo through the heart, as he was left un-guarded. However to grims surprise, kyo began laughing and grabbed grim by the head.
" its going to take more then that to kill me boy. Kyo then slammned grims face into the wall causing a crater, and sending grim through the wall. Kyo grinned at the damage he caused, and ripped the pistol out of his heart before throwing it to the ground ,and stepping into the cave he sent grim into. However, kyo was unprepared for a shadow covered fist to slam into his face, sending him back into the tunnels.
" you have no idea what your dealing with. Grim then stepped into the light, to reveal that he was covered in shadows making kyo growl.
" damn you reaper just die already. Kyo then charged forward again and swung a fist at grim, only to have grim catch it.
" what thats impossible no ones stronger then me except lord therist how-. Kyo however didnt get to finish his sentence, as grims fist slammned into his gut making blood come out of kyos wounds as he gagged and fell to his knees.
" Damn you, Damn you! Kyo then jumped at grim and began to quickley strike at him, but it was no use, as grims semblence enhanced body made him quicker and stronger. Knowing that he didnt have much energy left, grim acted quickly and uppercuted kyo, and then slammned his face into his knee before, kicking him to the ground.
" this is where it ends kyo jinn. Kyo laughed and coughed up blood.
" yes it is for both of us. Grims eyes narrowed at this as he collected both his pistols and reformed his scythe.
" and why is this the end for me. Kyo grinned and spat more blood from his mouth.
" because your out of energy. Grim snapped at these words and brought his scythe down, cutting kyos head off. But, kyo was right as, after grim did this the shadows surronding him disapeared, and grim stuck his scythe in the ground to try and help him stand. This however failed, as only his cloak was pulled off by his scythe as he fell to the ground, landing next to his mask.
" at-least-I-won. As grim said these words, a faint singing could be heard coming his way.
"I dont want to set the world on fire I just want to start a flame in your heart~. As grim opened his eyes one last time, he was greeted with the sight of cinder standing over him before she smiled and knocked him out.
Meanwhile at around the same time their fight started,team RWBY is surrounded in the middle of the pavilion by Beowolves, Ursai, and a massive King Taijitu. The King Taijitu unleashes a mighty roar, signalling the Grimm to attack. Ruby plants Crescent Rose on the ground before kicking away the Grimm, Yang Xiao Long propels herself upwards, performing aerial bombardments with Ember Celica on the Grimm before three Giant Nevermores send her crashing to the ground. Blake Belladonna slashes a Beowolf with Gambol Shroud before firing on the other approaching Grimm. Weiss Schnee slashes three Beowolves, before summoning a glyph to conjure up an ice blade. Yang, back on the ground, sends several cars flying towards the Grimm. As Ruby finishes slashing at a Grimm, she notices the King Taijitu ready for the attack, until she also sees Nora Valkyrie flying on her Magnhild hammer towards the King Taijitu, slamming it on the head and killing the beast.
"Nora Smash! Jaune, Pyrrha Nikos and Lie Ren soon follow.
"Let's move! Jaune grins as he looks around and spins his sword.
" Okay, who's first?Jaune then hears a growl and turns around to notice a giant Ursa standing behind him.
"Oh-oh-okay, you're first, huh? Okay, no, that's fine. Totally fine, done this before, done this before...With a mighty scream, Jaune slashes the Ursa several times before it falls. Pyrrha smiles, as she notices his improvement. A few feet from the fallen Ursa, Sun Wukong and Neptune Vasilias arrive, flashing their badges.
"Nobody move! Junior detectives! Neptune grins and nods.
" We have badges so you know it's official!
However before any more could be said, a fleet coming from the Atlesian Military, consisting of dropships deploying Atlesian Knight-200 units and the flagship of James Ironwood. Sun and Neptune react in awe of the fleet as Sun drops his badge to the floor. As Team RWBY looks up in the sky, an Ursa takes the opportunity to attack Ruby from behind. However, it is gunned down by a dropship's machine gun. As the robotic Knights deploy, they start gunning down the Grimm. Two of the Knights are stampeded on by a Boarbatusk, but a separate group of three Knights fire on an Ursa, and another Ursa has fallen from a Knight's punch. Cinders voice can be over heard from her com, signalling Mercury and Emerald to attack the Grimm. As an Ursa receives the business end of Mercury's Boots, at least half a dozen assorted Grimm stand in front of Emerald. Emerald however just grins as she pulls out her Weapons which are actually in the form of a pair of bladed, revolver shaped pistols, which are firing Dust particle lasers at the Grimm. The Grimm pack learn this the hard way, when all but a single Ursa fall while charging at Emerald. Emerald quickly transforms her pistols into kopis blades, flipping and slashing at the rampaging Ursa to kill it. Out of the opening comes Zwei and ranma, followed by Dr. Oobleck in a damaged Atlesian Paladin-290. An airship arrives, dropping off Team CFVY and Professor Peter Port. As Yatsuhashi is surrounded by a pack of Grimm, he swings his mighty greatsword on the ground, unleashing a shockwave. Velvet and Fox respectively kick and punch the Grimm, and Fox unleashes a combo of slashes and punches that make a spiked Ursa explode, impaling the nearby Grimm with its spikes. Coco then strolls by and gives Fox a light pat on the butt.
" Nice hustle, Fox. Good then approaches a large Beowolf.
"You just destroyed my favorite clothing store. She then Spits on the grim before speaking again.
"Prepare to , after swatting away its right hand, kicks the Beowolf in the crotch. She pushes her glasses down, as it falls to the ground and looks at her, she leans down and slams her bag onto its head. She effortlessly swats away more beowolves, and the rest of Team CFVY resume fighting. Velvet steps forward, about to open her box. Coco however, raises a hand to Velvet.
" Hey, come on, you just spent all the semester building that up. Don't waste it then transforms her handbag into a giant minigun, and starts firing, slaughtering the advancing horde of Grimm, including a Death Stalker and three Nevermores. Port and Oobleck regroup at the opening, nodding their heads. They fire their weapons at the approaching Grimm, while Glynda Goodwitch mops up the remnants and immediately closes the opening with the power of telekinesis. Un known to almost everyone however was the fact that grim never came out one person however knew grim was gone.
" I have to see ozpin now! Nocturne sensing grims shadow being hidden then shadow traveled to ozpins office and waited. Meanwhile Later on, everyone meets in the pavilion as Roman is escorted by Mercury and Emerald towards an Atlesian airship.
"Oh, I can't believe that you caught me, you've really taught me the error of my ways. He-hey, watch the hat! Yang smirks seeing torchwick get taken away.
"Well, we did it. Blake nods and smiles.
"We did it. Weiss nodded and sighed.
" If we don't get extra credit for that, I'm gonna be seriously disappointed. Yang grinned at weiss and shrugged.
" uh Weiss, a two-headed snake literally crushed a bakery. I wouldn't count on nods and frowns.
"Plus, I mean, we didn't solve everything. A lot of people were hurt, and we still don't even know why they did this, or who that mystery girl was. Weiss shrugged and shook her head.
" Well, not every story has a neat and tidy ending. Blake smiles and looks at her teamates.
" We might not have all the answers, but we do have a lot of dangerous people behind bars. And I think that's something we could be proud grins and nods.
"Yeah! And if anyone tries something like this again, we'll be there to stop them and so will grim where is he any way. Yang shrugged her head.
" I don't know probably sleeping after fighting that big guy, any ways, Yay, teamwork, camaraderie, good guys, go team, alright, good job... So, what now? Weiss shrugged and had a blank look.
" I suggest training for the tournament, but I guess we have that covered at this point. Blake hesitates thinking.
"So then... Ruby answers for her.
" Uhh... Time for bed? Yang nods and smiles.
" yes Please. Blake agrees, with her eyes looking ready to close.
" Absolutely. Weiss nods and smiles.
"Yes. Yang grins as they walk.
" I'm going to sleep forever.
Meanwhile Vale's Government Council calls on Ozpin, who responds in his office.
" Ozpin, Ozpin! Ozpins eyebrow twitchs but anwsers the call camly.
" Yes, Councilman. Councilman spoke quickly in an irratated voice.
"You've left us no choice. The Vytal Festival tournament cannot be broadcast, let alone held, if we are unable to ensure the safety of the citizens. Ahem... Therefore, we have reached out to the Atlas Council and together have decided that the best action is to appoint General Ironwood as head of security for the event. Ironwood nods and smiles. Thank you, Councilman. Our Kingdom is happy to lend as many troops as it takes to ensure that the event runs smoothly and safely as nodded on the screen and turned to ironwood.
" And we thank you, General. Ozpin grit his teeth behind his lips but spoke calmly.
"Will that be all?
The Councilman nodded but then spoke in a threatening tone.
" For now. But after this festival comes to a close, we are going to have a serious discussion about your position at Beacon Academy. General Ironwood's reports over the last few weeks have left us somewhat... concerned. I am sure you understand. Ironwood then spoke up with a light smile. This is the right move, Ozpin. I promise, I will keep our people safe, you have to trust hangs up the video call, and Nocturne drops to the ground in front of ozpin.
" that arrogant bastard how dare he, how dare he! Ozpin sighed at nocturne and turned to him.
" i'm going to be hearing that from glynda soon, so why are you here. Nocturne sighed as he calmed down and cans fell out of his cloak making ozpin raise an eyebrow.
"Are you drunk? Nocturne sighed and lookd up at ozpin with a look he knew all to well.
" oh dear god no!, they have grim dont they, how could this happen. While ozpin spoke calmly his eyes showed worry and panic as he looked at nocturne, as nocturne spoke.
" i dont know one minute hes fighting with team Rwby and the next hes gone. Ozpins eyes darkened at this and he sighed.
" Ruby and the others dont know yet. Nocturne nodded and looked up with determination.
"ill tell them but first. Nocturne then shadow traveled over to Ironwood, who was looking towards Beacon and Ozpin's office through a window.
" You brought this on yourself. Before ironwood could turn around, nocturne dropped down in front of him and put his scythe blade up to ironwoods throat.
" i could say the same to you iron brain. Ironwood gasped at the blade pressed against his throat.
" why-are you-. Nocturne growled and pushed harder.
" you know why you fuck- if ozpin loses his job you loose your head asshole, shape up. Nocturne then shadow traveled away, and Ironwood calmed down shook his head and then walked toward a heavily guarded Roman in his holding cell, albeit without his signature hat.
"Leave soldiers leave Ironwood alone, so that he can talk to Roman.
"I've been informed that so far you've refused to co-operate with the authorities. Roman grinned and shrugged.
"I know this might be hard to believe, General, but uh... I'm not the biggest fan of local law enforcement. Ironwood smirked at this and tilted his head.
"How about the world's strongest military power? Roman pretended to think and smirked.
"Hmm.. first impressions... not great. Ironwood narrowed his eyes and scowled.
" I'm going to give you one chance. Who's really behind all this? Roman smiled and spread his arms.
"Isn't it obvious? You're looking at him. Ironwood nods and thinks.
"Hm.. Very well then. Roman frowned at the generals attitude and tilted his head.
"What's the matter, General? I thought you wanted to talk. Ironwood smirks and turns around.
"The council's given me custody over you for as long as I see fit. So make yourself comfortable. I can be sure that you'll have plenty of time to talk. Roman smiles at this and begins to laugh.
" Oh, wonderful. Hehehe..Meanwhile,Cinder, Mercury, and Emerald meet discreetly at a rooftop with Grim in cinders arms.
"All in all, I call today a success. Emerald nodded but frowned.
"Those stupid kids really made a mess of things. Mercury nodded and grimaced.
"Yeah. A lot of Faunus didn't make it out the tunnels. You still think the White Fang's gonna listen to us? A voice speaks up from behind them answering their doubt.
"No, but they'll listen to me. Mercury and emerald then turn around to see, Adam Taurus the leader of the white fang. Meanwhile, nocturne knocks on team Rwbys door. It takes a few minutes but eventually ruby opens the door.
" yes? Nocturne smiled politely and waved.
" hi you must be ruby my name is nocturne,can i come in. Ruby hesitated but then nodded and let nocturne in.
" hey you look like grim. Nocturne sighed as the rest of team Rwby woke up and nodded.
" yes i know thats cause im his father. Yang perked up at this and rubbed her eyes.
" woah your his dad thats so cool does he know your here. Nocturne frowned and blake asked the question first.
" whats wrong sir. Nocturne sighed as he took out grims scythe, mask, and cloak.
" grim never came out of those tunnels. Rubys eyes widened and filled with tears,zwei and ranma whimpered, while the rest of team gasped.
" then we need to go find him quick girls get ready.
Nocturne smiled at their determination and turned to leave but was stopped by ruby who hugged him.
" thanks for telling us. Nocturnes eyes filled with sadness but nodded as he hugged her back.
" your welcome. Later that night, after searching for grim Yang is walking in the Beacon Academy courtyard trying to clear her head when she starts towards the mysterious swordswoman, who saved her
"Who are you?The mysterious swordswoman removes her mask, revealing herself to be Raven Branwen, similar to Yang in appearance.
"Yang, we have a lot to talk , whose eyes have turned red growls, before the two begin to talk. It had been two weeks since grim had gone missing with no luck in finding him, most think he died in those tunnels others think that a more sinster force had taken him. Unfortunantly the latter was true and Grim was currentley being held deep in the middle of grimm territory in a black and white pyramid. The entrance of the pyramid, was covered by the skull of an alpha godzilla, past that were vast rooms and tunnels each currently crawling with little imp like grimm. Past these rooms and tunnels is the barracks and housing of the human grimms. And then finally at the center and very back of the pyramid was the throne room,the cult of therists church, and the dungeons where Grim was currently being kept.
" ya know, Grim you sure put up quite the fight in those tunnels and even killed another of therists generals I'm impressed. Grim growled at the voice that filled the room and a giggled followed his reaction as firey orange eyes watched him from the darkness.
" hmm still so feisty thats good i love a man who has fire in him. Grim snapped at these words and tried to break the chains that held him to the wall,only for them to move a little. Cinder grinned at his actions and stroked his cheek in affection before taking out a syringe.
" now hold still my dear, this will only hurt for a second. Cinder then jammed the syringe into grims neck and soon sucked up and produced a vial of blood, which was placed in a cooler filled with them.
" there we go all done now, here let me make you feel better. Cinder then leaned forward and kissed grims neck and licked the mark the syringe left with some fire dust closing it and allowing cinder to taste grims blood.
" hmm you taste devine darling well if you excuse me, I have a summoning to attend to. Cinder then carried the blood into the church and grinned as she looked at all the members of the white fang and her apprentices.
"white fang, today is a glorious day, today is the day that my master is remade and reborn, he can bring us power, he can bring us revenge, and with this blood i spill, he will bring us victory. Cinder then poured grims blood onto the floor causing the runes to light up a blood red, as the blood passed through them. As the white fang cheered and cinder grinned, the blood slowly took form into the shape of therist and then, therist himself came out of the shadows of the floor, covered in grims blood with a sickening grin on his face.
" I have returned! The cheering of the white fang got louder at this and cinder grinned as all over the world, the light seemed to dim a bit. Soon after therists summoning, cinder had met up with him in the dungeons.
" master everything you've planned has worked in our favor, what is your next move. Therist hummed at these words as he slipped on his bone armor and his mask and then turned to look at grim who was staring at him with a look of hate.
" well the vytal festival and the tournament is tomorrow yes, why dont we go crash it. Grims eyes widened at this and he once again strained against the chains, begining to Faintly glow white and black as he struggled and actully caused a chain to stretch and almost snap.
" Damn you, you stay away from vale you damned monster. Therist narrowed his eyes at his decsendent and slapped him across the face before grabning him by the throat and forcing him to look into his eyes.
" Grim my boy look at you, your the spitting image of my brother before he found his semblance of light, tch even your shadows glow white from your pure Aura now, tch ill have to do something to fix you later oh, before we go though. Therist then swung his claws backwards and slashed three long gashes across grims chest causing him to bleed and growl only for therist to catch the blood in vials before, stopping the bleeding and sealing the wounds..
" this will be valuable for my experiments ta ta for now Grimmy boy. Therist and cinder then disapeared in the shadows leaving grim almost completly alone, his only company being Adam who just walked into the room.
" hello grim lets have a chat.
Meanwhile back in vale, everything was somber and sad at beacon both teams rwby and jnpr were unsually sad and quiet making most of beacon normal. Cardin seeing both teams in such a mood came in between both tables and spoke up.
" guys come on you cant be so down on yourselves just cause grim went missing you all did what you could, if anyone should be feeling down it should be my team we didnt help out all that much during the attack. Both groups turned and looked at cardin in surprise who was now frowning at the floor.
" cardin your actually being nice? Cardin chuckled at jaunes words and sent a light glare his way.
" don't push it jaune, yeah im being nice, I've been trying to be a little bit nicer ever since grim and you threatened me. Jaune smiled sheepishly and nodded at cardin in confirmation.
" yeah thanks for reminding me of that. Before another word could be said, weiss stomped her foot on the floor with a loud thwack, and stood up glaring at the two boys.
" enough of the small talk cardin get to the point. Cardin frowned at her anger and raised his hands in defense.
" Sheesh okay calm down ice queen i was just going to suggest that we go looking for grim ourselves. Weiss snorted at this and crossed her arms as she sat down.
" thats stupid ironwoods in charge for this week, hed never let any of us out of the city, not to mention we dont know where grim is at all, for all we know he could be grimm food. Ruby let out a whimper at weiss's words before starting to cry making everyone glare at weiss. "what its the truth, we dont have enough information. Cardin coughed after weiss said this and spoke up again.
" actually that might not be true. Yang perked up at these words and helped ruby calm down as she spoke.
" wait what do you mean. Cardin smiled as he pointed to his teamates who were about to start a riot.
" well were going to cause a distraction and then your two teams can split up and go look for grims dad in the city. Ruby sniffled at these words as she quickly ran up and hugged cardin in grattitude.
" thanks for helping cardin. Cardin blushed at being hugged and grumbled as he pulled away.
" this dosent mean im nice, now get out of here things are going to get a bit messy. Cardin then roared as he picked up a table and threw it across the room, slamming it into a platoon of Atlas soliders, and distracting the soliders long enough for both team rwby and jnpr to escape. Outside, both teams planned quickly.
" okay so we have no idea where nocturne is so we have to split up and find him my team will search downtown jaune your team will search the rest. Jaune nodded at the plan and rubbed his hair.
" alright team jnpr everyone ready for this. All of the team anwsered with yes, and jaune smiled at the replies before nodding his head quickly running with his team to search Ruby seeing them leave smiled and turned to her team.
" alright so were going to start at all the clubs and bars keep in touch using your scrolls and report in if you find him. Everyone nodded and confirmed this and team then split up to look for nocturne. An hour later, and both of the teams had met up in juinors club to see yang and ruby sitting by juinor and talking to him.
" and then he payed for the bottle and took of muttering something about going deep into Grimm territory.
rubys eyes widened at this knowledge as she cussed in acknowledgement.
" damn it, following him isn't going to be easy but, I think we can do it. Blake nodded but her eyes narrowed as her ears twitched.
"Wait shh everyone be quiet. The hole club then shut down and got quiet at the wave of juniors hand then, at that moment, a whole platoon of Atlas soldiers burst through the door followed by general ironwood who had a smug grin on his face.
" i knew i would find you all here. Weiss glared at these words and pointed a finger at ironwood.
" get to the point general why are you here. Ironwood scowled at weiss as his proper bragging speech was cut off and pressed a finger to his temple.
" well you screeching little harpy now that im in control of the defense of vale i give the orders around here and no ones going anywhere. Yang growled at these words as her eyes flashed red and her hair began to burn.
" you want a bet dickwood. Ironwood chuckled at these words and waved his hands to the soilders behind him.
" why as a matter of fact, i would. Before anything else could happen, junior coughed and stepped in between the two opposing forces.
" excuse me but, you just blew open my new mahogny door, not like i dont like the insurance money but that door was mahogny and it was really nice, so what do you want. Ironwood shrunk back a bit as he noticed that he did indeed cause property damaged.
" im sorry about the door but, im here to collect these wayward students and-. Ironwood never got to finish as junior stepped forward with a glare.
" their not going anywhere with you. Ironwoods face morphed into a look of surprise and then laughed at the glaring junior.
" oh yeah, and whos going to stop me. Junior smirked as he finished cleaning a glass then put it down before shrugging.
" oh I dont know mabye me, and them. Junior then gestured behind himself to show that, all of his men were behind him, with guns all aimed at ironwoods face.
"you cant do this im in charge of the defense of vale. Junior rolled his eyes at thess words and his smirk got bigger as he crossed his arms.
" yeah you must be compensating for something if you treat everything like a competion of dicks. While ironwood blushed and fumed at this everyone else laughed.
" how dare you! Your going to pay for that, fi-. Before ironwood could get the word out, Ruby was in front of him with her scythe at his throat.
" Finish that word I fucking dare you. Ironwood stuttered at this and sighed as he called off his men and waited as they left behind him.
" fine go get yourselves killed for all I care. Ironwood then stomped out as a calm looking ozpin walked past him.
" hello all, so i hear youve been looking for nocturne. Both of the beacon teams smiled sheepishly at ozpin who smirked at their expressions.
" well i admire your wanting to save grim but, we have no idea where he is, someone is blocking out the shadow veiw technique which leaves us with no informotion and that is why, only nocturne can go look for clues. Both members of all teams sighed at this information but, ruby looked the most upset.
" Mr. Ozpin are we ever going to see grim again. Ozpin hesitated for a brief second and then anwsered.
" i do beileve we will, now run along and enjoy the rest of your day its already one pm after all. Both teams all agreeded with these words and left the building while ozpin turned to junior.
" thank you for helping protect my students. Junior smiled at the thanks and shrugged as he sat down.
" eh its alright no need to thank me they make things interesting around here. Ozpin smiled at juniors words and nodded.
" they most certainly do have a good night now. Ozpin then followed his students with his thoughts on his friends safety.
" nocturne where ever you are please be careful my friend. Speaking of which, nocturne was currently flying through the woods full of anger looking for grim.
" fucking council, damn it ironwood why couldnt you see what was right in front of you, therist is back now and he has grim, i failed as a father. As nocturne flew through the forest, he noticted an area he couldnt see with his shadows and grinned.
" there you are hold on son im coming. Nocturne then flapped his wings harder and took off fast towards the area. One hour, it took one hole hour for nocturne to arrive but when he did he quickly cussed in anger as grimm swarmed out of the pyramid.
" damn you therist these monsters wont stop me.
As nocturne began to fly up over the pyramid to try and make a hole,several human like grimm flew up after him and tried to destroy his shadow wings.
" shit fucking grimgoyles. Nocturne then flew away from the pyramid as several grimgoyles chased after him.
" im sorry grim ill get ozpin as soon as i can and come back for you. Nocturne then growled as he used a shadow to swat one of the grimgoyles away.
"Get away from me you demons. The grimgoyles screeched at this and dove at him again.
" damn it i said get away. Nocturne then pulled out his scythe and and switched it to its shotgun form before blasting away two grimgoyles and turning them into white dust. The rest of the grimgoyles seeing this weapon that nocturne has, began to fly around sporadicaly to dodge his seeing this movement, fired at a tree as he flew around it and crushed two more grimgoyles as he flew away from the destruction.
" ha take that you overgrown statues. The remaining eight grimgoyles hissed at this and flew in a spiraling v patern towards nocturne. Nocturne seeing this new move grinned as he flew up into the air with the grimgoyles following him. After a few minutes, nocturne let his wings go and fell down spiraling. As the grimgoyles reached nocturne, nocturne whipped his shotgun around cutting the last grimgoyles apart as nocturne spread his wings and flew again.
" good now to go find ozpin. Nocturne then flew towards beacon with determination on his face while the shadows watched him. Meanwhile, therist and cinder were walking through vale and therist laughed as he looked at the shadows.
" ah nocturne you always were trying to save your dear baby boy from fate but, your a failure arn't you, tch fool there are far to many grimm in my sanctum for that. Cinder chuckled at her masters amusement and put a hand on his shoulder.
" master i know its amusing to win but calm down you dont want any attention right now. Therist grinned at her words and shook his head.
" cinder my dear sweet little girl worry not your little head, the only person who could ever hope to match me in battle other then grim and nocturne is-. However before therist could finish speaking, Glynda stood up as they neared the sign up booths for the tournament.
" proffesor ozpin you've returned did you stop the teams from looking for nocturne. Glynda then walked past the two towards ozpin, who spoke when she got close.
" yes i did, i even got to see ironwood beaten at his own game. Glynda smirked at this knowledge and shook her head.
" damn i wish i came with you then. Ozpin chuckled at this and shook his head.
" yes well lets go to my office i have a feeling nocturnes going to be back soon. Glynda nodded at ozpin and smiled.
" very well sir, lead the way. Ozpin and glynda then both headed towards the beacon doors to go inside leaving therist and cinder alone by the sign ups.
" as i was going to say, is ozpin. Cinder frowned at this and looked at ozpins tower.
" why is he of all people a threat to you. Therist snorted at this and his eyes burned red with hatred as he looked at ozpins tower.
" his ancestor became my brothers first friend and was one of the main reasons why i fell, I wish I could have killed him to sqaush out his bloodline then and there. Cinder glared up at the tower as well at these words, while therist signed up for the tournament.
" ah here we are therin blackwell what a good fake name for me hahaha oh it's always the funniest when the hunters are blind when you stick the prey in their face. Cinder grinned at these words and rubbed her hands together.
" i couldn't agree with you more now then whats there to do when we get back. Therist grinned as he pulled out a syringe,dust, and a book from his cloak and showed them to cinder.
" why we experiment of course. Meanwhile, Adam had learned of grims life story and why he became the reaper.
" your treated so much like a faunus why do you protect those humans. Grim forced a smiled up at adam, and then strecthed before speaking.
" because some of them are important to me adam, just as blake is important to you. Adam remained queit at these words before frowning and speaking again.
" Granted blake is family to me, but what about the other humans why save them why not take your special people and join us. Grims eye brow rose at this and he chuckled as he looked at adams mask.
" cinder hasnt told you about therists dislike for humans and faunus has she. Adams mouth opened in shock and alarm,and he quickly tore off his mask and looked deep into grims grey eyes with his brown ones.
" what do you mean tell me right now! Grim chuckled again and shook his head at adams reaction.
" you poor fool, you don't even realize your being used, therist hates human and faunus kind alike but he especially wants to get rid of the faunus. Adam narrowed his eyes at this and growled.
" then why is cinder serving him if she knows this? Grim once again chuckled, and looked up at adam with a dark look in his eyes.
" its because therist dosent plan on keeping any of you human for much longer. Adams eyes narrowed at these words,as he picked up his mask and put it on before becoming blank and emotionless again.
" thank you for telling me reaper now if you excuse me, i have an issue to deal with. Adam then strolled quickly out of the room to go find cinder, only for therists loud voice to boom all around the pyramid.
" all members of the white fang come to the throne room. Adam growled at these words and grabbed onto wilt and blush ready to use his weapons if needed. " damn you therist your going to pay for this. Adam then quickly ran towards the throne with his weapons at the ready. The throne room was full of faunus when adam got there and he growled as he strolled forward.
" therist you have some explaining to do. Therist chuckled at this from his throne as he looked at adam.
" oh i will but first i would like to off the white fang inmortality. Adam glared at this and growled as he ran forward in a flash bringing his blade out of the sheath and attacking as he did.
"NO! adams sword strike however, was blocked for the first time, and not by therists sword, but by his hand.
" Tch did you really think that would work. Therist then let go and pushed his hand forward knocking adam off balance, and allowing therist to kick him down the room and back into the hallway.
" For those of you wondering, i have no doubt that adam has learned of my dislike of humans and faunus,but fear not i offer equality in this bowl behind me.
Therist then stepped to the side, to reveal cinder holding a black bowl filled with a dark rainbow substance.
" in this bowl is a mixture of my blood, the reapers blood, and all forms of dust, this will allow you to become a grimm, this will make you powerful, this will make you live forever! Now, who wishes to be strong. Half of the white fang in the room left, and helped adam while the other half led by scar, stepped forward to drink.
" very good general scar, i look forward to working with you.
Therist then began to laugh as each faunus became a grimm like hybrid of their animal traits. When scars transformation was finished he looked more like a lion then a human and bowed to therist.
" what do you order my master. Therist grinned at these actions and petted scar on the head.
" nothing for now just guard my pyramid for me, and be ready to sneak into vale the final day of the tournament. Scar dipped his head at these words before standing and turning around.
" long live the king! The rest of the new grimm soon followed suit and therist could only share smiles with cinder to show his joy. Meanwhile two hours had passed and nocturne had finally arrived at ozpins tower.
" damn it my head ugh why did i fly drunk. Nocturne then grumbled as he landed and walked elevator.
" i swear to god if its ironwoods time of the month I'm gonna kick his ass. As the elevator door opened he was quickly greeted with the sight of ironwood bitching.
" ugh the nerves of those kids disobeying me when i have the councils authority. Nocturne sighed and used his shadows to knock ironwood out with a chop to the neck.
" annoying prick. As nocturne strolled into the room ozpin glared at him while glynda smirked.
" what he was sighed at these words and rubbed a hand on his face.
" and you think i want to deal with him when he wakes up? Nocturne smiled sheepishly at this and shrugged.
" right my bad well lets get down to buisness then i found grim. Ozpins eye brows rose at this information, as he looked at nocturne in concern.
" so what happened. Nocturne grimaced at this and sighed.
" i got chased off by grimgoyles. Ozpins eyes widened in alarm at the extinct grimms name as he spoke again.
" grimgoyles?! Damn therist he must have a dozens of ancient grimm by now if he stored some away. Nocturne frowned at this fact and shrugged.
" i don't know oz i couldn't get inside but grims there, should we tell ironwood. Ozpin growled at this thought and shook his head.
" no that fool will charge in guns ablazing, a cornered nest of grimm can kill hundreds of soliders if threatened, we must simply wait for therist to become arrogant and make his move. Nocturne nodded at this and sat back with a frown on his face making glynda walk over to him.
" hey chin up we'll get your son back. Nocturne nodded and forcefully smiled as he looked at her.
" of course we will, i can only hope he will still be the same though. Meanwhile in team rwbys room, both teams were chatting together while zwei and ranma played, when nocturne knocked on the door.
" hey kids I'm back. Ruby quickly ran to the door and opened it with a look of hope on her face.
" did you find grim? Nocturne sighed at her hopeful expression and nodded.
" as a matter of fact I did. Ruby sqealed in reply to nocturnes words and hugged him across the waist.
" oh thank goodness you found him. Nocturne winced at her happy tone and coughed to interupt her.
" listen Ruby, i couldnt get to him though Therist has his sanctum to heavily gaurded. Ruby growled at this and backed away from nocturne as she grabbed her scythe.
" then lets go besige the place, tell ironwood whats happened and lets attack in force. Nocturne sighed again as he sat down and looked at both teams.
" We cant, if we do beacon, and vale we'll be vunerable to attack and you can bet that thats what therist wants. Ruby frowned at this and looked down while blake nodded at nocturnes words.
" he has a point attacking in force could go wrong in many ways. Yang sighed at these words and opened her mouth slowly.
" look i didn't want to talk about this but i saw my mom yesterday she talked to me alot about whats happening . Nocturnes eyes widened at this information and he quickly zoomed over to yang.
" you saw Raven! What did she have to say has she been watching me to. Yang nodded and frowned.
" yeah i don't understand why you two were being so secretive and watching from the shadows all she told me was that therist is planning something big, but she never told me why she liked to just hide and watch. Nocturne sighed at this and threw his mask to the floor to reveal that it had a crack in it.
" I'll tell you why I disapeared, it was when summer disapeared years ago
Some years earlier, Nocturne had been acompanying Summer on her final mission, and was following her from the shadows." Summer why do you keep looking for Raven she disapeared for a reason. As nocturne muttered to himself summer stopped and turned around to stare at where he was.
" Give it up Nocty i know your following me. Nocturne cursed under his breath and came out from the shadows.
" well can you blame me for tracking you, after all if i hadnt of let ebon so close then raven might-. Summer quickly cut nocturne off by zooming over to him in a flash of white rose petals and flicked him on the nose.
" now dont go blaming yourself for her disaperance, it wasnt your fault, and it wasn't yangs you know how raven is, she just gets to serious. Nocturne scoffed at her words and rolled his eyes.
" yeah because leaving your husband is being to serious i should have stopped her from just leaving yang their with tai damn it Im the risk taker here not her. Summer grinned at his pouting and patted him on the cheek.
" oh stop being such a sour puss, Nocty youve been so sad ever since you lost your wife. Nocturne nodded as his eyes looked empty when he spoke.
" yea its been tough keeping it together, loosing my family, my home, then raven, that was hard, I don't have much now, you,taiyang ,ozpin,glynda, and qrow are the only ones I have left. Summer sighed at this and put a hand on nocturnes cheek.
" Nocturne you cant keep blaming yourself for what happens to us. Nocturne laughed hollowly at her words and looked summer in the eyes.
" Oh but i can Ebon made a fine example of that when he betrayed all of us, he restarted centuries of old dead and gone blood feuds, Not to mention we have that fucking cult of his to deal with worshiping therist, its bad enough that they killed my wife god knows what else they could of done. Summer glared at nocturnes words and full on slapped him in anger.
" Stop it, stop blaming yourself damn it! Nocturne stared at summer in surprise from the slap and actully stepped back in shock.
" nocturne dont ever blame yourself, out of everyone at beacon you stood by us the closest, you even still always came to check on us when you were married, you have always been a good guardian and you always will be, now chin up Reaper we have a job to do. Nocturne smiled lightly at these words and picked up his black scythe from the shadows.
" very well then summer, youve convinced me now then lets-. Before nocturne could finish however, a loud rumbling growl filled the air and a big lumbering white and black Grimm that was twenty feet tall and covered in shadow with a skull for a face, burst through the forest with a shadowy figure standing on top of it.
" ah if it isn't the white rose and my very great grandson nocturne a pleasure to meet you both. Nocturne growled at
The words the shadow said and pointed his scythe at the dragon like bipedal grimm.
" who are you and what is that thing. The figure scoffed at nocturnes words and walked off the grimm, floating in midair, he began to talk.
" ah nocturne always so serious arn't you why i thought it'd be obvious to tell, I am Therist the reaper and Im here today to get you off my back its oh so lucky that Mrs. Rose decided to join us she would have been a pain in my side as well, and as for the Grimm I was standing on hes a valarkar, or in your terms beast of shadow and fire and the last of his kind, hmmm i did oh so love his species they can use a semblance of shadow and fire,ya know when I first created them they were such efficient killing machines but, I digress,now Im rambling, i brought him here to kill you have funnn~. therist then disapeared into thin air as the bipedal dragon roared and conjured a whip of shadow before jerking it towards nocturne. Nocturne smirked at this and held the whip at bay with just a hand.
" really you expected that to work? The valarkar grinned at nocturnes words and then spun its whip causing it to crack and become fire as it hit nocturne sending him into a tree. As summer saw nocturne go down she growled and zoomed quickly towards the grimm and landed a hard hit on its chest with her scythe staggering it and making it kneel. As the valakar healed, it conjured a flaming sword in its hand and stood at its full height before roaring causing summer to tense before, the valakar just disapeared making summer tilt her head just as the flamning sword came down behind her. The sword however never made contact as a sheild of shadows held it at bay. Summer turned around in shock to see nocturne holding his ribs, and the sheild up.
" The darkness shall not avail you here creature of therist, go back to the shadow. Nocturne then extended his sheild and pushed the sword off his sheild before dashing forwards, and slashing the valakar across the chest. The valakar roared as its black flaming blood poured out onto the ground and quickly jumped away from nocturne before going into a ball.
" oh shit summer i think we should run. Summer laughed at these words and tilted her head.
" why look at him hes cowarding. The valakar soon began rolling and summer and nocturne then both knew what it was doing.
" alright fuck that Im out. Nocturne then sprinted away with summer following shortly after, with the valakar rolling behind them
" how the hell are we going to kill this thing. Nocturne thought for a moment at this as the two of them jumped from tree to tree.
" theres a ravine, a deep one not to far from here we can push it in. Summer nodded as they jumped from tree to tree and looked at nocturne in concern.
" you okay your slowing down? Nocturne nodded and growled as he jumped.
" yeah just got a broken rib or two. Summer frowned at this and quickly picked nocturne up before continuing on her way.
" now why did you do that. Summer smiled sweetly at nocturne and shrugged.
" oh no reason mabye because your such a stubborn hardass like Qrow. Nocturne snorted at this and shook his head.
" Qrow would have wanted a spar over that one. Summer giggled at this and smiled as they arrived.
" well he can get one when we get back now lets end this. As the valakar neared them, it stopped rolling and stood up with two swords of flame in its hands. Seeing this, nocturne cursed and formed shadow armor around his body.
" lets go you oversized jack- o- lantern. The valakar roared at the insult and swung at nocturne first before attacking summer at the same time. Luckily the duo were ready and both blocked the swords that came their way before spinning away, and point their barrels at its chest.
" ka-."-boom. Both summer and nocturne then opened fire on the valakars chest until, all of their dust rounds were gone, gravely injuring it. The valakar seeing that it was dying was going to make one last atempt to kill the two by charging with its horns down at them, however both jumped over the valakar and caused it to almost fall luckily for it, it stopped just in time, until of course both nocturne and summer kicked it off together sending it into the black abyss of the ravine.
" whoo we did it, yeah suck it therist yahoo. Summer smiled at her teamates cheering but neither were aware of therist watching from the shadows.
" hmm fools the reaper always gets his due. As soon as therist said this, a black whip rose out of the abyss and went to wrap around nocturne but he was saved as summer pushed him out of the way.
" what the? summer what are you doing you have a family? Summer gasped as she was slowly dragged to the end of the ravine and nodded.
" i know nocturne i know but, ravens still out there she'll watch over them and so will you, Qrow, and ozpin to, please nocturne watch over ruby. Nocturne nodded as the tears began to flow down his cheeks.
" why did you do this damn it why?! Summer smiled as her grip on the edge began to fade.
" Because your my friend, thats all the reason i ever need now go before more grimm show up, fly Nocturne, fly away. As summer fell, Nocturne growled as he grew his shadow wings and dove after her.
" Im not letting you go as easy as i did raven! Summer smiled at him and sighed as she brought out her scythe.
" Nocturne if you do this, we both wont make it you dont have enough Aura to fly, I'm sorry. Summer then took aim and threw her scythe pinning nocturne to the side of the cliff by his hood. And the worst thing for nocturne was that the last thing he saw before he passed out was summer eyes disapearing into the darkness, something that would haunt him for the rest of his life.
Present day.
" I shouldn't have let her fall I should have sensed that whip but I didn't I'm so Sorry ruby. Ruby however cut nocturne off by hugging him again surprising him.
" it wasn't your fault nocturne it was therists, I forgive you. Nocturne looked shocked at this and looked at everyone else.
" and what about the rest of you. Jaune shrugged and smiled sheepishly.
" well we all make mistakes but, blaming your self for them doesn't do any good I should know. Pyrrha smiled lightly and kissed jaunes cheek.
" yea he went through something with a bully where he blamed himself for being to weak so he never asked for help. Ren went next and nodded with a simple smile and three words.
"I understand you. Nora came next and smiled as she patted nocturnes shoulder.
" Dont worry nocturne we'll find grim and then break therists legs twice! Blake looked at him in sympathy as she glared into the shadows.
" what happened to you is so much worse then me. Weiss came next and sighed as she looked at nocturne.
" looks like im not the only one with family troubles, only yours is worse then mine. Finally came yang who was staring at him blankly.
" youve suffered enough already from what mom has told me i forgive you. Nocturne smiled at their words and teared up as he stood up.
" thank you all for understanding ill get grim back
I promise. Nocturne then disapeared into the shadows leaving the teams alone to plan.
" so at the very least we can't do anything till after the tournament. Jaune nodded at Ruby and put a hand on her shoulder.
" it will all be okay Ruby Grims the toughest guy I know I'm sure that even now hes trying to break out. Ruby sniffled at jaunes words but nodded as she calmed down.
" thanks jaune and thank you all to. All of team JNPR nodded at ruby and gave her a light smile as they left. Yang frowned at rubys condition amd hugged her.
" hey whatever happens were a team we'll get through this together. Blake nodded at yangs words and joined the hug.
" We will stop whatever therist has planned. Weiss joined the hug to and growled as she thought.
" no one hurts my teamates and gets away with it. Ruby pulled back from the hug and smiled at them all.
" thanks girls lets get some that night, Ruby was crying in her sleep, with Ranma and zwei looking at her sadley, when a weak and fragile looking shadow whiped her face and then nuzzeled it calming her down before it fell apart. Back in the pyramid, grim panted from the exhaustion of using his powers and sighed as he heard the door open.
" you know your daddy came looking for you today, such a shame that we chased him away. grim stayed silent at therists mocking, making therist growl.
" your just going to be silent are you perhaps your thinking of breaking out and killing me,well go ahead and try whatever you like boy, better men then you have tried. Grim spit into therists face as a response causing therist to chuckle.
" plenty of men have done that before i've killed them to. Therist then slammned his fist into grims chest, making grim cough up blood.
" you think resisting can help you, that not talking can save you?, Well it wont i already created something great with the faunus when this tournemant is done your next, ha -hahah- hahahaahhaa. Therist then turned and walked out of grims cell leaving him all alone.