One hour later, and Xander was showing the new visitors around.
" down that hallway is the kitchen, the right hallway is the gym, the left hallway is the dorms, and the hallway behind us leads to the sparing arena. While Ruby and her team looked around at everything in awe, nocturne and summer walked hand in hand much to Xander's and Ozpins amusement.
" I bet you fifty lien they get together. Ozpin raised an eyebrow at Xander's words and shook his head.
" no deal you know as well as I do that those to have something. Xander nodded at this and chuckled as he shrugged.
" that I do, every day she was stuck in here she always either watched him, Ruby or Raven speaking of which, how do you think the others will react to Summer's return. Ozpin shrugged and sipped his tea.
" who knows but let's just hope Raven doesn't sink our ship here, she does have taiyang once again now, so tai shouldn't have an issue with nocturne and summer dating. Xander chuckled at this and tilted his head at Ozpin.
" is it bad that we hope those two get together. Ozpin thought about this for a moment, before he shook his head no.
" the last ship I supported became true(Arkos) so why not support this one, besides nocturnes been lonely for a long time he needs to smile again. Xander nodded at this and tapped his staff on the ground once more.
" very true, and with what's happened to grim I'm surprised he hasn't snapped yet. Ozpin chuckled at Xander's words, and shook his head.
" well now that summers back and his teams pretty much back together I think he'll be fine. As the two leaders talked, Atrail brought the group down to the sparing arena to see his team.
" they should just be finishing now, don't mind the guards. The group listened to Atrail and passed by the golden gilded guards, though Ozpin and nocturne noted Montys symbol on their armor.
" Xander do all guards have Montys symbol on their armor. Xander smiled at Ozpin and nodded in confirmation.
" indeed they do, the symbol reminds us to always try hard to move forward and to have hope for a better life. Ozpin nodded at this and smiled, just as they entered the arena, where atrails teammates were.
" team RWBY meet Team REAPER , grim would have been our leader, but I guess now the position goes to Elijah nightmare, then there's me, Penelope storm, Evan wolf, and Remus vulcan. Hearing their names, each member walked forward dressed in their Gear. Elijah Looked like a knight only with a blood red triangle visor, horns, and dark blue armor. Penelope, Had yellow hair, had on a shirt that was half yellow and half black, with grey sweat pants, and her mask, which was painted with yellow. Evan had a dark almost black skinned completion like a Grimm, brown hair, a Beowolf mask, a green vest, and green training pants. Remus, had a suit of white armor, red and orange trim, a gas mask, and orange hair. As they all stepped forward Elijah spoke first.
" Atrail where is grim we wish to see him again after being separated for so long. Atrail frowned at this and sighed as he looked at the floor.
" grims been captured by Therist. Elijah stayed silent at this, and walked away from the group as the others stepped forward. Penelope was the next to speak as lightning went through her hair.
" so you decided to go out without telling us, and somewhere down the line, because we Weren't ready,grim gets captured for it huh, give me one good reason why I shouldn't shock you. Atrail chuckled at this, and rubbed his head as he sweat dropped.
" I um- because we're technically family. Penelope scoffed at this but calmed down as she shook her head.
" consider your self lucky Atrail, oh and welcome to the base everyone. As Penelope sat down, and Evan stepped forward.
" I can smell sorrow and pain on you , I Know how you all feel hmm. Evan then sat down making those who didn't know him sweat drop. Atrail however just chuckled and shrugged.
" he's a werewolf, he can basically turn into a Beowolf, and he's very blunt so that's just Evan, and Remus, Remus doesn't talk. Remus nodded at this and made a cross with his fingers before pounding his chest. Ruby curious at his gestures asked Atrail what he did.
" what did that mean. Atrail chuckled and Smiled as he turned to the group.
" just that he's hoping for grims safe return, now team RWBY has met team REAPER, so team REAPER meet team RWBY, this here is their leader and grims girlfriend Ruby. Elijah Bowed at Ruby after Atrail said this, and Put his sword into the ground.
" an honor to meet you daughter of summer, it is good to know grim found himself, a proper woman. Ruby blushed at Elijah's words and smiled, at least until Penelope pushed him to the side.
" don't mind him he's an honor crazy doofus good to have you here. Evan and Remus nodded in agreement, before Atrail brought up Blake and yang
" this one here with the cat ears is Blake, and the hot blond one is my girlfriend. Penelope chuckled at this, having the only unique reaction as she smirked under her mask.
" huh so you got a cat girl as a friend and a blond as a girlfriend, huh figured you would have went for the cat you always said how you liked their ears and tails. Yang smirked at Penelope's quip, and at Blakes and atrails blushing faces before she spoke.
" hey thanks for the advice, I'll be sure to by some cat ears and a tail for some role play~. Atrail opened his mouth to speak, but instead, turned red faced and sputtered gibberish, at least until an explosion rocked the mountain.
" the hell was that. A laugh then echoed through the mountain, as the power was cut. After this happened, a bright light shined through the base, as Xander's staff shined a bright white.
" Ozpin, follow summer and portal out of here take the kids and my people with you. Ozpin turned to Xander and stared at him in shock.
" what about you we can't just leave you. Xander chuckled and shook his head as he spun his staff around.
" yes you can, I have lived long Therist will be satisfied only if he gets to see blood, and it is blood I shall give him. Summer gasped hearing what Xander said and stormed up to him.
" I am not leaving you here. Xander chuckled at Summer's attitude and caressed her face.
" dear sweet little summer, My child, you may See me as a grandfather, but now is not the time for vanity, none of you can match therists skill. Ruby Ran up next to her mom and helped try to argue in response. But we've all trained together and become strong please Mr. Xander let us help you. Xander stayed quiet for a moment humming, and thinking, before he spoke again.
" child this may be true, but even grim fell to his army. Ruby geared up at this and glared at Xander.
" THAT WAS DIFFERENT Therist used our friend against us grim protected ironwood. Xander nodded and tapped Ruby on the head to calm her down.
" child Therist wants you and your mother dead most of all now, you are the only one who can combat this darkness so you must live. Ruby sighed at this, and looked down with tears in her eyes.
" I feel so powerless. Xander's eyes softened at this, as he hugged Ruby and tried to make her feel better.
" sometimes child, it is better to retreat then to fight now Go alert my people and leave. Ruby nodded at Xander's order, and slowly but surely, The base was evacuated by the humans, till only the guards and Xander himself was left.
" Master Xander the temple has been successfully evacuated, but Grimm are swarming the entrance, the dark one has a
Also captured a Godzilla. Xander hummed at this and gestured for the guard to follow him.
" you need to focus on freeing that Godzilla, I will handle the dark one. As the guard and Xander headed up the stairs, the battle was Going on, and the Grimm were pushing back the guards slowly but surely, at least until, a wave of light slammed into the Grimm, turning a dozen of them to dust.
" push forward men free the Godzilla! Xander then ran forward with his guards and pushed forward into the waves of oncoming Grimm that were coming at them. Luckily for the guards their scythes gave them the advantage of range, and they were able to effectively fight the Grimm. After a few minutes of fighting like this, Xander finally reached ranma, who was wrapped up in chains made of shadows.
" do not worry I will free you. Xander then slammed his staff into the ground once more, causing light to wash over the shadows, washing them away.
" there we are now go be free, go back to Ruby. Ranma roared at this, and quickly moved out of the cave while it seemed to be clear. Speaking of the cave being clear, the guards now formed a perimeter around and Xander and looking for more threats.
" master Xander the dark one dose the seem to be here. After said guard said this, Therist appeared in front of him, and cracked his neck.
" did some one say my name. Xander's eyes narrowed at therists actions and turned to his guards.
" you must run, he is beyond any of you. The guards that were closest to Xander turned around and looked at him in shock.
" but master you will die if we leave you. Xander grit his teeth at this and slammed his staff into the ground once more, to blind Therist who stumbled from the unexpected flash of light.
" argh my eyes grahhh. Now that Therist was distracted, Xander lead his guards to the door.
" now go fly, live to fight another day, may the light watch over you all. The guards looked reluctant to leave but followed their masters orders, as they left the temple. Satisfied that he could fight Therist with no casualties, Xander turned to the recovering Therist with a smile.
" hello again my prince, you've certainly grown, and to think I used to watch over you and ying yang for your parents. Therist grit his teeth at Xander's words and growled.
" I knew I should have just stormed the place you've already evacuated haven't you? Bah it matters not old man, I bested you long ago and I shall best you once more, and that will be one more danger to my power crossed off. Xander smirked at therists words, as his form seemed to start to glow brighter.
" what's the matter my prince? Afraid of a frail old man. Therist growled at this, and launched Bolts of shadow lightning from his hand, only for Xander to catch it in one hand and disperse it.
" come now your brother donated some of his blood to those who followed him, you must know that I can use the light as well as Ruby rose can. Therist growled at this, as he drew his sword and stared at Xander with hatred.
" both of the roses will get trimmed in time but first your going to die. Therist then grinned, as an arrow flew towards Xander from the shadows. Xander however heard it coming, and spun around to knock the arrow to the side with his staff.
" your going to have to try better then that Therist, I knew you had cinder fall working under your employ just as you did with her father. Therist growled at Xander's cocky tone but grinned as cinder came out of the shadows seemingly distracting Xander.
" true I always had the falls working for me, but did you see this coming. A pillar of shadows then erupted under Xander's feet, this would have done damage to him had he not rolled to the side. Then as the shadow pillar shattered, Salem stepped out of it, with shadows in her hand. Xander frowned at the sight of Salem and turned to Therist with a judging look.
" you brought your love back from the dead, and brainwashed her! Therist smiled at this and shrugged before tilting his head at Xander.
" to be honest it was an accident but, I digress I have a question for you Xander can you take on all three of us? Xander frowned and looked down, before suddenly, running forward, and bashing therists face with his staff, knocking him to the ground. In response both cinder and Salem attacked again shooting shadows and Arrows at Xander. Xander however spun his staff around, to create a shield , which stopped any of the ranged attacks in front of him. However, Xander would have to stop this, and roll to the side, when Therist got back up and tried to stab him. Xander then dive down the stairs of the temple, and landed at the bottom of the steps Therist smirked down at Xander from above the steps, and called out to him.
" you sure did run fast there you coward. Xander chuckled at therists response and tilted his head.
" i am not running, merely gaining more even ground to fight on. Xander Then jumped backwards multiple times, as cinder began to fire arrow after arrow at Xander, but none of her arrows managed to hit. Therist seeing this raised his hand to stop her.
" you may be near maiden levels now with my blood and what maiden power you stole, but that doesn't mean you should waste your energy like its nothing. Therist then turned to the battlefield to find Xander gone.
" Xander you coward come out and fight! Xander's laugh could be heard following therists words.
" well come and find me then king of shadows. Therist grit his teeth at Xander's words, and turned his head to glare at cinder and Salem.
" flush him out, then contact me on your scroll Salem and cinder nodded, before jumping down the stairs and splitting up. This is however what Xander wanted, as he used his powers over the light to knock the two out at the right moment. Once that was done, Xander once more walked out into the open, much to therists frustration.
" you always were a cheater old man. Xander chuckled at this and tilted his head at this.
" well Therist you were the one that needed back up to fight this old man I just evened the playing felid. Therist roared at this in anger, and shadow traveled behind Xander to try and stab him, only for Xander's staff to knock his sword away, making Therist stumble, as Xander spun his staff around, and slammed it into therists chest sending him into the temple wall. As Therist pulled himself out of the wall, he growled in anger, and sent a wave of shadow spikes at Xander, only for Xander to from a bubble of light around himself blocking the attack. Therists eyes narrowed at this, as he marched forward, until he once again attacked Xander, by swing his sword down at Xander's head, only for Xander to block it, causing a small crater to form in the ground from the force of the attack. The real battle then began, as Therist quickly began to attack Xander, trying to hit him In a vital area so he could kill him. However, because Xander was shorter then him, he had the advantage, and was able to easily block any attacks that went for his head. Xander however wasn't ready for the moment, when Therist used his tail to trip him, allowing Therist to land a slice on his chest. Xander gasped in pain at his injury, and gripped the cut in his chest in pain, which caused Therist to laugh.
" your aura doesn't Protect you any more does it old man? You've been alive for far to long, but don't worry I can fix that. Therist then slowly walked forward, as Xander began to stand, and grabbed Xander by the throat.
" when you see my brother tell him his worlds going to burn. Therist then raised his sword and pointed it at Xander's heart. But before he could stab Xander, Nocturne, appeared from the shadows, and kicked him away from Xander.
" Xander! Are you alright. Xander grit his teeth, as nocturne handed him his staff and nodded.
" I'm fine what are you doing back here! Nocturnes eyes narrowed as he walked in front of Xander and Pointed his scythe at Therist who was getting up,
" summer begged me to come and help you, and I promised her I would do what ever she asked me. Xander chuckled painfully at this, and Smiled at nocturne.
" your heart of gold is going to get you killed one day nocturne.
Nocturne nodded at this, and smirked at Therist who was staring at him angrilily.
" you know I was hoping to kill summer and Ruby but you two will do just fine. Therist then launched shadow spikes at the two once again even, only for Xander to hold them at bay with his power over the light.
" nocturne things in here are about to get explosive you may want to get out of here. Nocturnes eyes narrowed as he was about to argue, but was stopped, as a portal of light opened under his feet. Now that nocturne was gone, Xander directed his staff, and began to push with more power towards Therist causing the light to start to overwhelm the shadows. Therist grit his teeth, and began to use his full power, starting to make the battle of power to become unstable, as the spikes of shadow and light began to glow brighter and brighter, until they exploded , said explosion, Filled the cave with a blinding flash, as it enveloped Xander and Therist. When the Cave was clear once more only Therist stood there albeit very injured, but he was still alive, unlike Xander, who had faded into dust from the explosion.
" that clever bastard tried to get me to kill myself along with him, Tch It almost worked ngh at least he's dead. Therist then limped forward, and picked up Xander's staff.
" this ones going in the collection.
With Xander dead, and The temple pretty much deserted, Therist had nothing else to do there, so he grabbed cinder and Salem, before Limping back towards atlas, since He was to injured to shadow travel. Meanwhile in vale, the refugees from the temple, were being introduced to the city by Ozpin.
" so that is what happened, now I hope we can get past the differences, and accept these ancient people into our city. As ozpins introduction ended, clapping followed, as Ozpin went up to his office where the group he left with was waiting. When Ozpin entered his office he quickly frowned as he saw nocturne hugging a crying summer who was on the ground crying.
" it would appear that Therist destroyed the temple and killed Xander then. A chuckle answered Ozpin, causing most of the people to look up in happiness or shock. As Xander's spirit entered the room.
" hello again all. Summer bolted up at seeing Xander's spirit and tried to slap him only for her hand to go through his body.
" I'm made of light now my dear nothing you do can hurt -. Xander however was cut off, as Ruby managed to successfully slap him.
" ouch I forget about her power over the light, I suppose I deserved that for Making you all leave me to die. Summer nodded at this and glared at Xander in anger.
" your dead you freaking idiot, How are we supposed to feel . Xander chuckled at this and Hugged summer who sniffled in response.
" come now I was far to old, I need a replacement to lead my people summer, and I would like that to be you, yes I'm dead, but I can still visit as a spirit it's not as bad as you think. Summer Sighed at this, and wiped away her tears, before Smiling at Xander.
" I- I guess your right thank you for everything you've done Xander. Xander smiled at summer and shook his head as he raised his hand.
" no need to thank me my child, I did only what I knew was right, now team REAPER please step forward. The team members nodded and stepped forward before bowing making Xander's spirit chuckle.
" now now no need to bow I am dead after all, now Elijah Try and keep this team, this family together, other then grim you are best suited to be leader. Elijah nodded at this and put a fist to his heart.
" as you command my lord. Xander chuckled at Elijah's response, and turned to Atrail.
" Atrail my boy, I hope you always remain as cheerful and hehe punny, as you are now, and that you help lift people's spirits when they are down. Atrail chuckled at Xander's pun and Gave him a thumbs up in response.
" don't you worry master my puns will light the candle of comedy. Xander shook his head at atrails joke with a dry smile before turning to Penelope.
" Penelope you have always kept the knuckle heads of this team from goofing off, and you have done a great job of it, I'm proud of you. Penelope sniffled at this under her mask, and took it off to wipe away her tears.
" thank you master. Xander nodded before turning to Evan who stared at Xander, with an uneasy expression.
" my death has caused your blood lust to rise yes? Fear not Evan you can control your inner wolf, it is not the other way around, trust me I know. Evan Smiled at this and nodded as he slumped back against the wall to sleep as Xander turned to Remus.
" Remus though we haven't had Long conversations, I know that you see this group as a family even as I pass do not forget that. Remus nodded at Xander's words and made a heart with his fingers, which Xander returned.
" we love you in return as well Remus, now team RWBY step forward. Team RWBY nodded and complied as they stepped forward.
" now I may not know you all as vividly as my team or my people but I have advice for you. Ruby You can get grim back, and you can combat Therist, He is afraid of you and that will give you an advantage, Weiss your glyphs and your summoning can make you an excellent fighter don't give up in what you wish to do, Blake your efforts to create peace between our races is working now more then ever unfortunately that's due to war but good job none the less, and finally yang, though you may have lost an arm you didn't loose your spirit, you are a backbone to this team and do a good job of keeping it together. When he was done speaking, all four girls hugged him and he chuckled as he hugged them back.
After the hug was done, Xander turned to nocturne who was holding summer once again and trying to make her feel better.
" nocturne your a fine man, as any one in your family line except for Therist of course, was and I have no doubt that with your help this accursed fight can finally be finished and peace can be obtained once more. Nocturne smiled at this and nodded in thanks to Xander as he turned to Ozpin.
" and you oh great powerful Ozpin, you will help lead this world into a new order after the war is done. Ozpin chuckled at Xander and stepped forward to shake his ghostly hand.
" thank you for all your help Xander I hope you find peace where ever you go. Xander nodded at this and chuckled as he turned around.
" oh I will much like those two in the corner are finding love. Everyone then turned and looked at summer who was kissing nocturne, with him pinned up against the wall, at least until she saw everyone staring at her.
" oh um I can explain. as summer opened her mouth to explain, ozpin, blake, ruby, yang, and atrail all had bags of lien tossed at them. summer stared at them flabbergasted, until ozpin spoke up.
" oh we all made bets in the temple wether or not you would kiss. summer stared at ozpin with her eyes twitching.
" you made a bet i would kiss nocturne. ozpin raised a hand at this in surrender and sipped his tea before speaking.
" well to be fair you two were always close and i wager thay if he didnt get married you two would have gotten together. Ruby, Blake, Atrail,and yang nodded in agreement and Ruby spoke up about it first.
" mom it's obvious you like him, you haven't stopped spending time around him since you got back. Blake shrugged like it was obvious and smirked at nocturne.
" well If nocturnes anything like grim then it's easy to tell who he likes cause he fest soft and caring around them. Nocturne face palmed at this, as yang spoke up with a chuckle.
" to be honest I kinda saw this coming after dad told me how much you and summer used to hang out nocturne. Atrail wrapped his arm around yang and nodded as he chuckled at summer and nocturne.
" and your all she would ever watch when she had a day off nocturne. This time, both nocturne and summer blushed, and summer put her hood up to hide her face, until nocturne wrapped his arms around her, making her squeak.
" so you did have feelings for me back then? summer blushed a deeper shade of red at this and stammered.
" i um yeah i geuss , but you already got a girlfriend one day, and i didnt want to ruin anything. nocturne smiled warmly at this, and kissed summers cheek.
" well, you can have me now if you want, raven has tai and im pretty sure my wife would want me to move on especially after all the pain i endured. ozpin smiled at this and clapped his hands to gain everyone attention.
" well today has been hard, we've been hit hard and lost a lot, atlas, and Xander's temple , but hope is not lost and Therist is gravely injured it will take time for him to heal, so let's all get some rest. As the group in ozpins tower agreed, else where,, a cocoon sat in therists pyramid made of shadows, what was In this cocoon you ask, why, it was grim, and he was slowly Changing to be more and more grim like as time passed, with Victor watching over him." The boss is in atlas right now healing his injuries but when a month goes by you'll both be ready and together we can cause all kinds of pain and suffering hehehe I can't wait!