Hello everyone i'm finally back and have wifi again thanks to Frontier and Direct TV Yay! And to all of you guests out there who wanted me to update here it is. That little wifi debacle may have given me some writer block but I'am back at one hundred percent and will probably write more frequently now. So to my friends who im helping, I'll be messaging you tonight with the details of the questions you asked me. Also always be on the lookout for missing words anc tell me about them that pesky glitch is still deleting some character names and words.
And so the next round of the tournament began and ended quickly, most of the teams if not all fa ed off against their fears and conquered them easily. though in everyone elses eyes no one was hit as hard as team Rwby was. Therist himself, was the last to go, and shocked everyone when the grimmirror turned into grim.
" Impossible I fear no one. the grimmirror chuckled in grims voice before walking around therist.
" see thats where your wrong, I assume you saw how therist altered the grimmirror himself, so you know this can be done however, I am curious, why do you fear me your only one of cinders lackies right? therist bit his tongue as he witheld a hiss, but smiled as he realized grim didn't know who he was.
" it dosen't matter what I fear, I serve my lady loyally. The fake grim hesitated at therists words before begining to laugh. This laugh soon unervered people in the coliseum as it got darker along with the fake grims body changing.
" you have spunk i'll give you that but, if you excuse me i have a date to get ready for ta ta. Grim then retracted his shadows and left therist to deal with the one person he hated more then his brother Ying-Yang, his father.
" It- has been a long time - boy, i see you are still as foolish as you were back when i was alive. therist growled at his fathers mocking words and grit his teeth as he held back his shadow powers.
" silence your self you old clod i put you in the dirt years ago I am stronger then you now. therists father chuckled at this and grinned as he covered the colisum in shadows allowing no one to see in, not even nocturne could peirce the thick veil of shadow.
" what the hell is going on who is that man hes fighting. Ozpin frowned and turned to Ironwood who had a grimace on his face.
" we don't know while we search for anwsers you, Qrow,and winter standby to provide assitance something is wrong here. As nocturne nodded, he once again tried to peirce the shadows, only to be pulled into the storm as well. inside the shadowy dome, nocturne found himself staring at the burning remains of beacon with what appeared to be a grimm human with a black and red mask standing in front of it. seeing the scene before him, nocturne became enraged and charged at the figure, only to be stopped when the man blocked his scythe with one made of shadow. As nocturne tried to figure out who this was, the figure tilted its head before speaking in a twisted chilling voice.
" why so surprised nocturne? I assumed you would be quite ready to kill me now. nocturne growled as he backed out of the stalemate and stared at the man.
" who the hell are you your not therist. the figure shook his head no and laughed a dark chilling laugh before speaking.
" no no no spoilers yet, you will find out soon enough but then again you already know me, none the less it does not matter because im going to kill you here. nocturne smirked at this and grinned as he surrounded himself in shadows.
" oh really? and how are you going to do that. the figure grinned under his mask and simply made a sweep of his arm, and all of the shadows slammned into nocturne, knocking him off his feet. As nocturne struggled to get up, the figure wrapped him in shadows and brought him up to his face.
" with power thats how but, that is to quick so ill make this easy on you weapon fight only. nocturne growled at his injuries but nodded as he was set down.
" very well i accept your challenge. the figure grinned as he spun his own scythe around and got into a stance.
" then shall we begin? nocturne nodded and charged forward eager to kill the man, but found that his oppenent was quicker then him when he was forced to defend as his adversary quickly invaded his defenses, and almost bisected him.
" your pretty quick old man i expected to kill you right there. nocturne didnt reply, and instead put his scythe away before reaching into his cloak and pulling out a katana.
" this sword was made for me by my friends, each of them helping to create this weapon, and now im going to use it to defeat you. the figure scoffed at this as he inspected the sword.
" surely you jest old man, a sword wont improve your chances of winning. to prove his point the stranger then quickly ran forward, and swung his scythe in a backwards angle. this sneak attack however was stopped, as sword met scythe. however, what surprised the stranger and sent him back was a mini aura feild surrounding the sword.
" hmm most impressive, but your speed still does not match mine so be ready. nocturne smirked at this and took off his cloak and threw it to the side, causing a slight crater to be formed.
" I think you will find were even now. The man didnt say anything to this, instead he just charged at nocturne. nocturne however, sensed the attack coming and jumped over him before kicking him in the back, knocking him to the ground. Not wasting any time, nocturne pushed off the ground and back flipped to try and impale the stranger. the stranger however, jumped away at the last second and used nocturnes attack to his advantage as he shot into nocturne knocking him off his feet. while nocturne was on the ground the figure tried to finish him off, but was stopped as nocturnes sword deflected his scythe, causing the stranger to stumble. As the stranger fixed himself, nocturne got up and jumped away before getting into a battle stance right away. The stranger seeing this began to laugh as he spread his wings and stretched.
" ahahaha so it does seem you have some skill old man, well lets see if it holds out. the two then rushed foward and clashed again and again appearing to be evenly matched as both were able to twist away from, or block attacks. The fight only lasted thirty minutes, but seemed to go on for hours with how fast the two attacked.
" that is enough you pest im done playing games. the stranger then threw down his scythe and produced a vial of lighting dust before using his shadows.
" die! the stranger then threw the vial into his shadows and sent shadow lightning into nocturnes body eletrocuting him. as nocturne was being electrocuted, he could feel his aura draining from him as he screamed in pain and knew he had to do something quick. slowly stretching his arm out, nocturne called upon his own shadows, and summoned his scythe towards the strangers back, allowing it to cut his head off. exhausted from his fight, nocturne leaned onto his multi-colored sword and smiled down at it.
" thanks for the sword Summer I only wish you were still here with me and the others,I wish we were still a team. nocturne then sighed as he painfully stood up and walked over to the strangers head.
" now who are you? nocturne then peeled off the mask only to gasp in shock as the face he saw was grims.
" no no thats impossible he would never_. before nocturne could finish, grims head started laughing.
" hahahahaha you cant stop fate nocturne this was destined to happen. nocturne dropped the head and clutched his chest in sadness as he tried to come to terms with what he saw.
" why? why are you doing this? the head of grim smiled as nocturne began to be pushed out of the shadow dome.
" to prepare you for what is to come, and for what its worth im sorry. before nocturne could say anything else, he was flung out of the dome of shadows, and passed out as a result. seeing nocturne in a hurt state, Qrow cursed and contacted ozpin.
" Ozpin come in nocturne is down i repeat nocturne is down, do you have any information on the unknown. a sigh could be heard over the scroll as ozpin appeared.
" no, theres no time to waste though get nocturne medical attention the general and i can handle this if it gets out of hand, we are coming back now. qrow nodded and then sighed as he picked up nocturne.
" winter stay here and protect the civillans and students. winter scoweled and tried to argue but, Qrow was gone before she could.
" ugh the nerve of that man i swear. meanwhile thirty minutes ago at the same time, therist and his father were still talking.
" what have you just done? his father grinned at him and laughed as he circled him.
" well im just here to warn you to give up now. therist scoffed at this and fired some shadows at his father but, they never made it as his father waved them away.
" come now i started our bloodline powers did you really think you could hurt a ghost with darkness? therist growled as he turned away from his father and began to march away.
" i don't give a fuck, you always did say ying yang was better then me anways why are you here? therists father chuckled as he shadow traveled in front of therist before slamming into him with his own shadows, pinning him to the ground.
" you used to be a nice little pup but, what are you noe but a vain and greedy monster. therist growled at his fathers words as he struggled to break free.
" how dare you! you made me this way! the humans made me this way they always got everything, ying-yang always got everything, i wouldn't stand for it anymore. therists father winced internally at these words but remained blank faced and calm as he slowly let therist go.
" hmm very well, think what you wish my job is done and my warning was given goodbye son, for whatever it counts i loved you just as much as your brother. therists father then faded away into the shadows as he stood in the middle of the coliseum with a surprised audience looking at him.
" it is over! i have conquered my fears! the crowd went wild at his words, and began cheering for this mysterious man. although, not everyone was cheering, both ozpin and ironwood were staring at therist with suspicion before speaking.
" well students of beacon that was the final match of round one rest up for a day and get ready for round two. therist grinned at ozpins words as he walked away and put his hands together as he walked with cinder and scar by his side.
" this unexpected visit from my father has made my need to use my plans to accelerate, be ready you two because in we are going to attack at the start of round two now instead of waiting to finish the tournament. both cinder and scar bowed their heads in respect as they spoke.
" yes my lord it shall be done. therist grinned at their loyalty and sighed as he walked.
" good one less thing to worry about on my list. meanwhile at the end of round one, it was about eight and grim was out of the hospital and getting ready for his date,as he got out of his shower with a towel wrapped around him, he noticed that ranma had his wings wrapped around something.
" you can come out now yang. A slight gasp could be heard as ranma lifted his wings and showed that yang was indeed hiding there.
" how did you know i was here. grim chuckled at her and held up his hand.
" three things, one you like to check me out, two ranma never lays with his wings spread out like that unless he has some one next to him, and three i sensed your shadow. yang frowned playfully and stood up with a pout.
" oh come on you can not blame me for wanting to check you out, your one of the hottest guys at this school. grim blushed at yangs words but kept a straight face as he spoke.
" be that as it may, i don't have time for this i have to get ready for my date. yang nodded but put her hand on grims chest.
" i hope you know that if you crush her heart i'll crush something of yours. grim nodded at this and quickly pushed yang out of his room so he could get dressed.
" geez ranma never piss that girl off. ranma chirped in agreement and grabbed a tuxedo from the closet before throwing it to grim.
" a tux? don't you think this is a bit much. ranma chirped in response, making grim smile.
" i do suppose your right i do want to look my best for Ruby, could you do me a favor and go buy me some silver roses? ranma chirped happily in response and grabbed one of many of grims bags of lien before jumping out the window.
" hmm was that a smart thing to do? meh im sure he wont cause trouble. It took a few minutes, but ranma soon found a flower shop and walked inside, much to the surprise of the female fox faunus that worked there.
" eep please don't eat me? ranma tilted his head at this and began to laugh in his chirping voice. this of course made the fox faunus calm down as she heard the chirping and found it cute.
" huh what? your not roaring, attacking,or trying to eat me your just chirping?, this makes no sense. ranma chirped in response some more before pointing to the silver roses with his tail making the faunus girl surprised as her ears twitched.
" eh? you want to buy some silver roses, that'll be twenty lien for a dozen of them. ranma simply tossed the bag of lien on the counter before grabbing the roses in his mouth and flying out the door. the fox faunus however just stared at the bag of three hundred lien before passing out. a few minutes later, and ranma was back in grims room sleeping on his bed as grabbed the roses and got ready to leave.
" i'll be back later bud thanks for the help today. grim then walked towards team RWBYs door and knocked on it.
" hello, its grim is ruby ready for our date? grim didn't even get tofinish his sentence, before the door opened and ruby wrapped herself around his arm.
" yep im ready to go. grim smiled at her enthusiasm and set the flowers on rubys bed before they left.
" well you certainly are eager arn't you. ruby blushed at his words and shrugged.
" well yea that and yang kept teasing me about it all day. grim smiled as he looked ruby over and saw that she was wearing the same dress she wore to the dance.
" well you certainly look beautiful ruby. rubys blush got brighter as she heard yangs chuckle and smiled at grim.
" thanks you look handsome your self shall we go before we get mocked. grim nodded and smiled as he shadow traveled with ruby to a reastraunt called Latin fire, a highly respected and expensive reastraunt.
" well here we are, shall we go inside? as grim looked back at ruby he saw the shocked expression on her face and smiled.
" oh please ruby I don't need the money i make, i either give it to charity or spend it as much as i can, this night is special for us after all. ruby snapped out ofher trance at grims words and kissed him on the cheek.
" well thanks grim your so sweet, now lets go eat then. the couple then walked into the reastraunt arm in arm and waited to be seated. this however didn't last long as the eagle faunus greeter recognized grim.
" Mr. Reaper a pleasure to see you again sir how may i help you on this delightful night. grim smiled and shook hands with his friend.
" well maxwell, Im on a date tonight and figured i should take my girlfriend ruby here to some where special. maxwell grinned at this and grabbed to menus before leading the two to a table.
"ho ho then you honor me my friend by taking miss ruby here, it was with your donation atfer all that this place became so successful. grim smiled and shook his head as he patted maxwell on the back before sitting down.
" think nothing of it my friend, now then thank you for the table. maxwell smiled and bowed before starting to walk away.
" enjoy your night Mr. reaper. smiled as maxwell went away and turned to a smiling ruby.
" so ruby,how were you while i was gone. ruby frowned as she remembered his disapearence and shook her head.
" I was sad, and trained alot. grim nodded and then smiled as he twirled his fingers.
" well all that training certainly helped you if you were able to take on therist at half of his power im proud of you Rosey. ruby blushed at hearing her pet name but smiled at grim.
" you always know what to say to make me feel better don't you? grim chuckled and smiled as the waiter came towards their table.
" i try my best rosey now then ill have just water to drink please. thewaiter nodded and then turned to ruby who smiled sheepishly.
" um just milk for me please. grim held in his chuckle at rubys choice of drink until the waiter went away and then, he let loose a joke.
" so milk huh, trying to get strong bones? ruby blushed at his words and shook her head before hiding her face with a menu.
" no i just like milk why does everyone have to tease me about it. grim smiled and put rubys menu down so he could look her in the eyes.
" 'cause your adorable when you blush. Ruby let out a squeak at grims words and quickly put her menu back up until the waiter came back.
" alright heres your drinks now what can i get for you to eat. grim put a hand on his chin and thought on it for a moment before anwsering.
" hmm I don't know ruby you want to share a plate of spaghetti. ruby looked up from her menu, her blush being gone as she did, and anwsered.
" yeah that sounds fine. the waiter nodded and then left the two alone allowing ruby to speak.
" so grim what kept you from giving up when you were captured. grim smiled at rubys question and tilted his head at her.
" well my friends and the school for one thing, my family for another, and lastly and most importantly was you. ruby smiled at these words and once again kissed him on the cheek.
" your such a good boyfriend. grim chuckled at her words, and smiled as the food was placed down in front of then.
" well thanks rosey shall we begin our meal. with that the two then began to eat their dinner making small talk of the past until the two accidently kissed while trying to eat a noodle. this in turn caused the two to pull back a few seconds later and laugh.
" oh that was so cliche, like from one of those romance movies. ruby nodded in agreement and smiled while she laughed.
" yeah but it was romantic and nice. grim smiled and nodded in agreement as he wiped his mouth with a napkin.
" i can agree with you there, we both might be new to kissing but were getting the hang of it. before anything else could be said, maxwell came over the intercom.
"attention paetrons, now is the time for the annual slow dance of the night please grab a partner if you want and dance with them. grim arched an eyebrow over at maxwell who simply gave him a thumbs up in response, before starting the music. before grim could even open his mouth to speak, ruby had dragged him onto the dance floor and was pressed up against him.
" you work fast rosey. ruby chuckled at his joke while they slow danced, and shook her head.
" thats in my description grim. grim chuckled at rubys words as he slowly span her and held her to his chest.
" why yes it is, lets see if you can dance as well as you can fight hmm. grim and ruby then danced for about half an hour before they finally finished and shared a full kiss. when the two pulled away, they heard the sounds of applause and saw everyone in the reastraunt was looking at them before maxwell spoke up.
" thank you all for coming and enjoying the food may you all have a great night. maxwell then grabbed both grim and ruby and took them outside.
" what a wonderful performance my friend good for you! grim chuckled at his friends excitement and shook his head.
" thanks max we had fun so how much do i owe you. maxwell rubbed his chin at grims words thinking of something appropriate to ask for.
" nothing . both grims and rubys eyes widened at this as the two stared at maxwell.
" what ? max are you serious. maxwell nodded with a slight chuckle and patted grim on the back.
" enjoy your night grim you to miss ruby. ruby smiled at max and nodded in responce.
" thank you Mr. maxwell chuckled and turned to walk back inside.
" think nothing of it miss ruby you two have a goodnight! getting over his trance, grim shook his head and frowned.
" max is to generous for his own good. ruby giggled at this as she wrapped an arm around grims and began to walk with him.
" oh come on grim hes your friend that was nice of him to do. Grim nodded and smiled as he walked with ruby.
" i suppose your right well what do you want to do now? Ruby hesitated for a moment to think, before coming up with an idea and grabbing grim by the arm before dragging him away. meanwhile not to far away, cinder had been watching them with envy in her eyes when therist contacted her.
" are the underground tunnels in place? cinder nodded and calmed her self before she spoke.
" yes my lord they are all in the weak points of the coliseum and romans prison. therist nodded and smiled at this information before noticing where cinder was.
" what are you doing now? where are you? cinder hesitated to speak, but did so anways
" i was following grim and spying on his date with ruby. therist frowned at this information and shook his head.
" come back home princess you will have your prince in time. cinder bowed her heads at therists words and shadow traveled back to base leaving no trace of her ever being there. meanwhile, nocturne was being debreifed in ozpins office once again, and was not in a good mood.
" listen to me damn it whoever that was who took over the grimirrors body after grim did has or had powers like us and by all of our descrptions this fits the bill for therists dad hellsin reaper. ironwood scoffed at this and crossed his arms.
" please he has to be dead there was always mentions of his death in the old tales. ozpin sighed as he rubbed his temples and drank his coffe.
" general if you could please let nocturne finish his story then we could sort this out sooner. ironwood grumbled at ozpins words but stopped as glynda hit him over the head with her crop.
" stop being a child and listen james, now nocturne continue. nocturne smiled at glynda and then nodded before speaking again.
" as i was saying, he ave me a warning that my son may turn evil, and become a bigger threat then therist but i have no idea how he could. Qrow rubbed his chin at these words and thought.
" hmm that sounds like the end of the war to me. winter scoffed at these words and turned to Qrow in surprise.
" please i would hardly call it a war therist hasn't started anything big. raven came into the room at this moment surprising almost everyone but Qrow, nocturne, and ozpin.
" not yet at least, but we need to prepare for every possibility. ozpin nodded at this and sighed as he checked the clock.
" alright its nine right now lets all get some rest and go over our security tomorrow. the meeting then ended and most left the room, while ozpin stayed in his office to look out into the forest.
" may god protect them all. back with grim, he and ruby were sitting on the cliff where summers grave was and were looking up at the nights sky.
"hey grim? do you think my moms proud of me. grim didn't even hesitate as he anwsered.
" of course ruby why wouldn't she be proud of you your a nice person, a good team leader, and a great fighter if anything shes probably just happy watching you become such a good huntress. ruby smiled at grims words before noticing that a tear was rolling down grims face.
" grim your crying? grims eyes widened in surprise as he wiped the tears off from his face.
" huh must of been thinking about my mom then. ruby frowned at this and hugged grim before speaking.
" you miss her don't you. grim nodded and sighed before speaking.
" i miss more then her ruby, i miss what my family could have been, but all in all if i could change events, i wouldn't. ruby gasped at grims words and looked at him in surprise.
" why wouldn't you want to change things? grim chuckled as he kissed ruby on the forehead." case then i might not have known you silly. rubys eyes widened at his words before she smiled and snuggled into him.
" we have eachother our friends and whats left of our families thats enough for me. grim chuckled and picked ruby up bridal style before speaking.
" I agree with you on that one, though it would be nice to have a perfect world who knows what would of changed ,but anway lets get you to bed little red. grim then shadow traveled back to team Rwbys dorm room and set ruby on the bed before being tackled to the ground by yang.
" yeah finally you guys are back i want details. grims smiled and simply phased through his own shadow and into his room in response make yang pout.
" agh man what a kill joy, so sis how was-. yang then stopped talking as she turned around and found ruby asleep.
" darn it geuss i have to wait until tomorrow oh well. weiss raised an eyebrow at yangs behavior and rolled her eyes before going to brush her teeth, while blake was smirking behind her book at yangs attitude.
" you always amuse me with the way you act yang. yang chuckled at this and nodded.
" of course i do, i do love to mess with people after all. as yang finished this sentence, she brought out her laser pointer and began to mess with blake, making weiss sweat drop as she finished in the bathroom.
" would you two idiots stop that people are trying to sleep. blake blushed as she realized what she was doing while yang laughed. grim on the other hand, was safetly in his bed with ranma by his side, and his dad outside the window.
" your clingy you know that. nocturne sighed and peered over his shoulder at raven who, was in the tree under him.
" and you are a pain in my ass, did you know that.
raven chuckled at nocturnes words but became concerned when she saw the burn marks on his face.
" jesus what happend to you. nocturne remained silent for a moment before speaking.
" hellsin reaper happened to me, and he showed me a warning of grim like i said earlier when you were spying on us. raven scoffed and shook her head.
" hey im on your side it dosent count as spying. nocturne chuckled in response and shook his head as he laid on the roof.
" shouldn't you be watching your daughter. raven shook her head at this and smiled under her mask.
" nah she can take care of herself besides my friend needs me. nocturne hesitated to speak after hearing this, but soon did.
" i Don't need you but, your company is appreciated. raven glared at nocturne for that and punched him in the shoulder.
" you jerk i thought you ment you didn't need me for real. nocturne laughed and shook his head.
"oh no its boring without the old team around having you back certainly does make me smile though. raven took off her mask and smiled as she jumped up to nocturne and sat next to him.
" it is good to be back i wish summer was here.
nocturne sighed and nodded as he looked up at the stars before turning to raven with a smile.
" come on now she wouldn't want us to mope around we have to stay strong for her. raven nodded at nocturnes words and smiled up at the night sky.
" yeah, your right nocturne.