Ten months then passed by as Therist recovered from his wounds and crafted himself a new set of armor. Now, Therist had no reason to hold back, as he unleashed the horrors he kept in his pyramid to help form a new Grimm army to attack vale and demolish it.
" they think their so clever don't they hmm trying to kill me with a bomb Tch fools, their going to pay for they're transgressions against me. Therist then walked down his pyramid, to his vault, and opened it revealing Grimm Therist had kept sealed away.
" Jokul arise I am in need of you. As Therist said this, a humonoid grimm with a permanent grin rose from the ground and began hopping around.
" oh master Jokul is so happy to see you again, Jokul almost thought you forgot about him yes, but you are here now so what does the master need of his jester. Therist grinned at Jokuls enthusiasm and placed a hand on his face.
" calm yourself Jokul most of remanent belongs to me now, however vale remains and I do not have the time to create new Grimm to use so I am unleashing the army I have kept stored, did you seal them all the right way. Jokul nodded and clapped his hands together with glee before laughing.
" hehehe yes Jokul did as master asked yes he did, come come, I will free your beasts master. Jokul then pranced deeper into the vault as Therist followed him.
" first master we have the brain wyrms such lovely creatures, able to burrow into something and turn it into a Grimm. Jokul then brought out an armor plated black worm with its red teeth snapping at the air, hungry for flesh. Therist chuckled at this, and petted the wyrm before putting it back in its cage.
" though the wyrm is useful for making new Grimm, I have no need of it at the moment. Jokul nodded, and skipped along happily to the next cage.
" in here sire is the sand crawlers that we mutated from lizards the brain wyrms made them a successful creature. As Jokul spoke, Dozens of dragon like creatures burst from the sands, and stared at Therist who smiled at them.
" yes these are fine beasts very good Jokul now how is ocular? Jokul smiled at this and nodded as he waved Therist forward.
" ocular is here sire yes he was very impatient and always wanting to cause fear. As Jokul said this, a floating Black eye ball with a red iris came down from the ceiling and grinned at Therist as it waved its tentacles at him.
" master how good to see you again I was beginning to wonder if you were ever going to free us. Therist chuckled at this and shook one of ocular so tentacles.
" please me needing you is a bad thing, you are my back up army. Ocular frowned at this, and picked a bone out of his teeth.
" Hmm the humans and Faunus are giving you trouble master. Therist growled begrudgingly and nodded.
" they nearly killed me ten months ago, and destroyed a good portion of my army, the Grimm population is slowly building back up, but I only have a small portion of my tribe left, the others joined the humans for safety Tch cowards, at least the beasts of Grimm and the new Grimm follow me loyally. But without the white fang, the new Grimm lack the numbers I need to win as well even with the robot army I control. Ocular hummed at this and rubbed his Body.
" hmm seems like that's why your bringing us out then hmm? Therist nodded at this and smiled.
" yes now let us follow Jokul to the next exhibit. Jokul nodded and led the two to the next exhibit where a Grimm cat creature lay.
" your Sabers are well taken care of master but they to hunger for flesh. At the sound of Jokuls voice, the sabers jumped up and lunged at their cages trying to eat him as they bit at the bars with their large canine teeth.
" hmm they will do nicely Jokul now how is amalgam doing. Jokuls eyes twitched at that and he frowned as he stepped forward to amalgams room.
" amalgam is not right in the head master, being made from different grimm makes him unstable and well he's Very violent. As Jokul said this, a hand shot out from the bars and pulled him close before a hissing voice spoke in three tones.
" now now Jokul it's rude to talk when there's some one listening. Jokul gulped as he stared into amalgams main face which had all eight eyes focused on him.
" I'm not violent you babbling fool, anyone would hurt you for your nonsense. Therist chuckled at this, and dragged amalgam over to him.
" calm your self Amal there is plenty of time to fight later. Amalgam growled at Therist, and his three heads swiveled to stare at him.
" you killed Xander didn't you? Therists eyes opened in surprise at this and he tilted his head.
" how did you know I killed him. All three of amalgams heads hissed at this as he glared at Therist.
" he was my brother not to mention he's visited me down here. Therists eyes narrowed at this, and he snapped his fingers, locking amalgam back up.
" then I can't trust you, I'll free you after the war is done. Amalgam growled at this, and stared at Therist with hatred.
" you will pay for your sins Therist one way or another it is destiny. Therist chuckled at this as he walked away with Jokul and ocular.
" destiny? Destiny served me for a thousand years, what's going to change that now? Amalgam smirked at this, and laughed before he spoke.
" how about a Rose? Therist stopped in the hallway at this sentence, and turned around slowly before using his shadows to send shadow spikes at amalgams cage. However, amalgam only used this to his advantage as he morphed to dodge the spikes as they destroyed his prison allowing him to escape.
" hahaha you childish fool, I will make you pay on this day mark my words. Amalgam then transformed into a nevermore, and flew out of the pyramid at top speed leaving a pissed off Therist behind.
" damn it, Jokul is anyone else in here willing to turn on me. Jokul cowered at this and shook his head.
" no sir the rest of us serve you faithfully. Therist nodded at this and sighed as he turned around.
" raise my army, bring the sabers, nevermore, beowolves, ursa, grimgoyles, grimps, Griffins, bring them all every Grimm you can find today humanity will die, you have five hours to do this, and we will attack in two hours after that, the night will bring something special. Jokul nodded at this, and skipped quickly into the forest, while ocular followed Therist to his throne room.
" Master what exactly has gone on in the past year. Therist growled as he sat down in his throne, and used his shadows to view vale.
" war ocular plain and simple, A war that never really ended, and has been secretly going on for a thousand years. Meanwhile else where in the pyramid, emerald and Mercury were talking.
" hey em, I'm not sure if we're on the right side anymore. Emeralds eyes widened at this and she gasped.
" shh what if cinder hears you? Mercury rolled his eyes at this and frowned.
" to hell with her, to hell with Therist If we Stay here on his side what future do we have? Emerald opened her mouth to speak but then frowned as she shut it again.
" your right, cinders gone crazy, but we owe her don't we?Mercury Shook his head at this and growled.
" that woman who's Making grim kiss her right now, is not cinder, our cinder wouldn't want just this, this is just, wrong. Emerald nodded and frowned as she bit her lip.
" but how are we going to escape?Before either could speak, Salem entered the room.
" I believe I can help you with that. Salem then snapped her fingers, and a shadow portal opened to vale.
" go quickly before Therist notices. The two nodded at this, and jumped through the portal while giving Salem a thankful smile.
" two more saved, let's hope Ozpin can pull a win out of this. Meanwhile in the dungeons, cinder was once again forcing grim to kiss her.
" I know why you resist me its that pesky little Ruby isn't it? Grim shuddered when cinder said rubys name making her smirk.
" oh did that make you mad, that I found out your little weakness? Grim growled at this, and pinned cinder against his bed.
" shut your damn mouth you witch! Cinder smirked at their position, and smiled slyly.
" such big words, you may resist me now but what if I threatened your precious Ruby hmm. Grims face turned horrified at this, and he backed away from cinder as she stood up.
" that's a good boy grim, now if you kiss me like you mean it Ruby and all your little friends can be spared. Grim frowned at this and looked down, before glaring and pinning cinder back down to the bed as he kissed her. While this violation happened, almagam landed in outside of vale, and morphed into a random human form before traveling under the wall and entering the city.
" thank goodness I'm made of goo now or it would have been hard to explain why I was-freeze! Amalgam stiffened up as he raised his hands, and turned around to see summer pointing her scythe at him.
" who are you and why are you here? Are you spying for Therist, like those other two who we captured? Amalgam sweat dropped at this, and morphed back into his normal form.
" peace summer, I am Xander's brother or at least I was, unlike my brother who left Therist easily, I encountered an accident that turned me into this, he came to me after he died and explained the situation to me. Summer's eyes narrowed at this, before she lowered he scythe.
" fine I believe you, Xander told me about you any way so let's go meet Ozpin. Five minutes later, and the two entered ozpins office to find him talking to Emerald and Mercury.
" I'm glad you two came to your senses and switched sides, I'll have team RWBY show you to your room now if you excuse me. Ozpin then waved to the two as they left, and turned to summer and amalgam.
" well you certainly are a unique creature to what do I owe your visit. Amalgam smiled and twisted his heads so his main one was staring at Ozpin. .
" greetings headmaster Ozpin, I have come to update you on therists forces.
Ozpin nodded at this and smiled.
" very well proceed. Amalgam smiled, and morphed into all the grimms that Therist had.
" he is bringing many Grimm of different species I don't know when but he is planning on attacking today. Ozpin nodded at this and narrowed his eyes.
" is that so thank you for this information, don't worry we'll be prepared, and I already have a plan. Meanwhile, team RWBY had shown up to take Mercury and Emerald to their new room.
" so you two are actually going to be our friends this time? Emerald nodded at this and chuckled before frowning.
" yeah sorry about that it's just- Mercury and I had a bad life before cinder found us, she just took care of us, and I never wanted to do anything but serve her she's changed now. Mercury nodded at this and growled as he crossed his arms.
" not to mention she's forcing Grim to kiss her, nothing's worse then forced romance. Ruby turned around laser quick and glared at Mercury as he said that.
" What! She's doing what to grim! The rest of team RWBY sweat dropped at this, and took a step back from Ruby as she stared holes through Mercury.
" I uh- she's forcing grim to kiss her-. Ruby Roared in anger at this, and zoomed away to go destroy something while the rest of team RWBY turned back to a stunned Mercury and Emerald.
" erm sorry about my sister, she's really in love with grim you know? Emerald frowned at this but nodded in understanding.
" no it's fine I get it man now I feel bad for working for cinder. Blake smiled at this and laid a hand on emeralds shoulder.
" hey it's ok you switched sides now and maybe now you can do some good. Emerald and Mercury nodded at this, and Entered their room with smiles.
" thanks for doing this. Weiss nodded at this and sighed as she Grabbed the door.
" your welcome let's just hope we live through this. Weiss then closed the door leaving the two to their thoughts. Meanwhile, Ruby was in the cafeteria talking to Roman and neo.
" I can't believe cinders using Us to force grim to kiss her. Roman rolled his eyes at this and chuckled.
" I figured she'd be like that she always seemed to be the possessive type to me, though if ozpins Information is right Therist is planning on attacking today and you'll have your chance to get Grim back. Ruby nodded at this and smiled as he hugged Roman.
" thanks Torchwick your a good guy. Ruby then left the cafeteria to go talk to Ozpin, while neo smirked at Roman.
" what? Neo shrugged and signed to Roman.
" nothing just noticing how nice you are. Roman scoffed at this and shook his head.
" what I can be a nice guy! Else where in the cafeteria, Winter and Qrow sat next to each other talking.
" I can't believe a drunk like you is my boyfriend hehe it makes dad so angry but I don't care I'm a strong independent woman. Qrow nodded at this as he took a sip from his flask and chuckled.
" yes, yes you are and very dominant in other areas. Winter blushed at this, and slapped Qrow upside the head making him chuckle as she pouted.
" don't say that out loud you dolt. On the other side of Qrow and winter taiyang sat with Raven and Ate with her.
" I'm glad your back Raven I missed you a lot. Raven chuckled and blushed lightly as she ate.
" I, surprised you weren't tongue tai'd At my return. Taiyang went to take a bite of his food but stopped as he registered what she just said.
" was that a pun? Raven giggled and nodded making taiyang smile.
" Glad to see I rubbed off on you. Raven rolled her eyes at this, and kissed taiyang on the cheek before finishing her food. As the two couples talked, team reaper watched them with frowns as they all tossed money to Atrail.
" thank you very much your patronage is appreciated. Elijah stayed silent at atrails reply and grumbled while Penelope was much more direct.
" no fair Atrail you always know who's going to get together why do we even bet with you. Atrail shrugged and turned to Evan and shook his hand as he gave him half of his profit.
" guess I get some help from Evan he can smell attraction after all. Remus stayed silent at this, and Nodded as he patted Atrail on the back.
" another bet well done now all that's left is Glynda and Ozpin. After Atrail said ozpins name, Ozpin spoke up over the intercom.
" would everyone please meet in the center of the city please I have an announcement. Five hours later, and it was raining,as Ozpin had gathered his army of hunters and huntresses just outside of therists pyramid. To say Therist was surprised was an understatement, as he Strolled out of the pyramid with Grimms of all kinds following him or coming out of the forest to be by his side.
" well isn't this a fun little surprise and here I was going to go to the trouble of surrounding vale and sieging it heh what luck I have had, oh this storm is the perfect back drop for your demise. Ozpins lips twitched at this, and he chuckled, making therist growl.
" and what is so god damn funny here Ozpin? Ozpin smiled as he sipped his tea and tilted his head.
" why it's the fact that you think you can win here. Therists eyes widened at this, and then he smiled as he began to laugh while cinder and grim appeared at his side.
" y-you actually think your going to win today? How hopeful of you but futile, I will squash the light of humanity off of the face of the remanent. As Therist said this, he opened up shadow portals, and the droids from atlas fell into place a few feet from Ozpin and his army. Ozpin smirked at this as he turned to ironwood and penny and nodded as penny pushed a button on her arm, causing the robots visors to turn from orange to green like Pennys eyes. Therist reared back in shock from this and grit his teeth as the droids all turned around and took aim at various Grimm.
" y-you think that will help you win? Please those machines didn't save atlas, and they certainly won't save vale. Ozpin laughed at this heartily, making Therist roar as he stepped forward.
" what is so fucking funny now you arrogant prick. Ozpin merely pointed to the trees behind Therist, and Therist turned around only to gasp, as hundreds of white fang members were in the trees, with Adam and tukson at the front of them.
" K-ki- Grah KILL THEM ALL! Therist then roared as he jumped into the air and flew toward Ozpin starting the conflict, as the two clashed in a flash of green and black, as they went into the sky. At the same time, The droids opened fire on the Grimm, and the white fang pounced on the backs of the unsuspecting Grimm killing hundreds of them. Grim growled as he charged forward using his shadows to allow him to dodge any damage from any dust shots as he slammed into the wall of droids, destroying one with a kick to its face. Grim then threw the destroyed droid into others, causing a small explosion of five of them, while at the same time, grim slashed and hacked apart six more of them before wrapping his tail around ones head and using it to club the others. The combined students, were hardly stationary while this happened, as they charged past the line of droids to smash into the oncoming Grimm, and new Grimm forces. Team RWBY split up into different directions In the fight. Ruby went towards grim, using her own and grims scythe to turn anything near her into slices as she attacked them. Yang Fell back to help Atrail fight as the two stood back to back, shooting any Grimm or foe they could see, while dodging around each other, and attacking anything that got close to the other.
" shouldn't you be with your team. Yang shrugged at this, as she crushed a beowolves face into the ground with her fist and then fired point blank at an ursa that tried to pounce on Atrail sending it rolling back in pain as it died.
" they're all going for different people to help, Ruby is going to grim, and Weiss and Blake are going to get Neptune and Sun. As the two spoke, Elijah cut through a nevermore that dived at the two, and then threw his sword into the mouth of a griffin as he stepped forward.
" can you two idiots talk later we're in the middle of a battle. Atrail shrugged at this, and jumped up into the air while holding yang, as a saber lunged for them. Atrail smirked at this, as he fired his shotgun allowing him and yang to land onto the sabre hard as he grabbed onto its armor plate and pulled on its fur.
" woah big kitty woah, easy. The sabre growled at this but soon calmed down as Atrail petted it, allowing him to set yang down.
" looks like I'm the cat master now eh. Yang smirked at this and nodded.
" oh yeah you are. Penelope groaned at the two, and used lighting to strike a flock of grimgoyles that swarmed around her.
" can you just freaking fight I don't know if you noticed but we are outnumbered. Atrail rolled his eyes at this and opened his mouth to speak but as he did, Evan came charging past him in his werewolf form, as he tore through any Grimm that he was bigger then, at least until the ape Grimm locked fists with him, and the two entered a stalemate, as they traded blows. Atrail frowned at this, and turned to see Remus, with his mask off, spewing lava out of his mouth at any Grimm he could reach.
" erm okay you have a point, I'll bring in some reinforcements. Atrail then closed his eyes and concentrated, until his pets night and sky breaker came out, along with Victor who was now a skeleton wearing the same clothes.
" oh fuck my chest hurts- wait I'm dead why am I not in hell? Atrail groaned as he slumped against the saber before regaining his strength and pulling yang up next to him before turning to his undead minions.
" I've summoned you all to help with the fight so make yourself useful. Atrail then kicked the sabers side, causing it to run into the enemy line, as yang fired from its back, and he swung his axe cutting down Grimm as they went. Following their leaders example, night and sky breaker entered the battle causing a major advantage on their side of the battle field, as night was like a tank Crushing smaller Grimm and taking on the bigger ones, while sky breaker was a jet taking out ground units, and fighting against other air forces. Vincent groaned as he pulled his knives out of their holsters and spun them around.
" well I'm dead may as well have some fun. Vincent then charged forward, and logged his knife into an ursas skull, before using it to launch himself forward, allowing him to slit the throat of an nevermore as he passed it.
" I love my job. Next to team REAPER, Team JNPR and team CRDL fought side by side helping each other in battle. Jaune and Pyrrha stuck close to one another, fighting back to back, and Jumping or rolling over each other as they fought. Noticing a death stalker was coming towards them, Jaune tossed Pyrrha into the air, before he himself blocked the claws as they swung at him. Jaune was dragged back by the force of the hit, and he growled as he stabbed forward into the death stalkers eye making it rear back in rage and leaving it open as Pyrrha came down hard and stabbed it through the brain killing it. Cardin then came rushing forward, as he smack a nevermore hard in the face with his mace, knocking it right into the firing range of his team mates who took advantage of this as they opened fire on the dazed nevermore, tearing it apart.
Jaune and Pyrrha nodded thankfully at Cardin, who waved back at them, before the three split up, Jaune and Pyrrha running to join Nora and ren, and Cardin falling back to help his team fight. Jaunes team then worked together, fighting in a circle and killing any Grimm that got close to them. On the other side of team JNPR and team CRDL team CFVY Fought off Grimm as well. Noticing how bad the odds looked, velvet turned to Coco as she kicked a Beowolf away from her.
" can I use my powers now? Coco turned to velvet and nodded with a grin.
" go ahead you have been saving up for so long now put it to good use. Velvet nodded at this and smiled before she closed her eyes activating her abilities to copy. The person she picked to copy first however was someone who would give them an advantage, as not only did velvet get his scythe, but his shadow clones ability as well, as several blue versions of velvet appeared.
" oh this is going to be so much fun. Velvet then smiled as she and her clones ran forward into the Grimm line and cut a straight path through them as she went. Velvet and her clones then all transformed their scythes into their Gatling gun forms and jumped into the air so they could rain death down upon the Grimm. Once this was done, velvets clones disappeared, and velvet pulled out rubys scythe, before firing it at an oncoming never more, killing it as she rocketed back down to the ground. When velvet touched back down into the ground crushing a Beowolf as she did. she then spun rubys scythe around before smiling as she turned it into the combined form of rubys and grims scythe Rose claw . Velvet then ran forward, and with extended reach that the Rose claw gave her, she was able to cut through Grimm far and wide. When velvet got done with her current weapon, she switched to weiss's rapier and Blakes sword together, before once again Getting back into battle, as she stabbed or slashed any grimms that were open to attack or charging. After this, velvets ears allowed her to pick up on the distinct sound of penny charging up her laser, this caused velvet to copy penny, as she hopped next to her.
" looks like we're both combat ready eh penny? Penny nodded at this, and smiled as velvets and her knifes surrounded each other to form one giant beam as Green and blue energy combined into a teal color, before demolishing a huge section of Grimm killing hundreds of the oncoming monsters. Seeing this, coco smiled as she reloaded, and turned to Yatsuhashi.
" velvets doing pretty good huh.
Yatsuhashi nodded at this, as He slammed his sword into the ground, creating a shockwave that killed a dozen beowolves that were charging at him.
" yes velvet is quite the fighter but, we already knew that didn't we, where's fox at. Coco smiled and pointed behind her to show fox rapidly Fighting off Grimm as he quickly attacked from one side to the other.
" he's got it covered over there as long as we all work together we can win this. Next to team CFVY was team BRNZ Branz, Roy, and Nolan Were all gathered in a circle using their combined melee skills to kill any Grimm that attacked them. First Nolan shocked the attacking Grimm, then Branz delivered some jabs with his claws, before throwing the grim to Roy who finished the Grimm of by decapitating it. Through this technique, may provided cover while sniping from a near by tree. Of course may was soon noticed, and a dozen or so grimmgoyles flew at her. Mays eyes widened at this and she quickly reloaded but, it seemed to late as the grimmgoyle dove for her tree, only to be killed by several shots of Dust. Surprised at this, may turned around, to see Roman strolling down the battle field , with his cane smoking just like the cigar that was in his mouth.
" hey kid you might want to find some better cover. May nodded at this, and jumped down from the tree before running to find better cover, as Roman then scanned the battle field from where he was and frowned.
" damn it where's neo? Romans question was soon answered as he saw a glimmer of light out of the corner of his eye and turned around to see an almost translucent neo sneaking up on grim.
" shit what is she planning who knows what's going on in grims head right now. Roman then tried to go after her, only for Jokul to block his path.
" ah the traitor returns to the battle field you made Jokuls master quite angry yes yes, it should please him if I bring your head to him. Roman arched an eye brow at this before laughing.
" oh you think you can kill me really? I'm a master criminal do you know how many times I've fought some one and won, cause it's a lot. Jokul laughed at this, and clapped his hands as he pulled out a dark green dagger.
" oh it doesn't matter how much you've fought traitor, Jokul will spill your blood. Jokul the ran forward on all fours, much to Romans surprise who blocked Jokuls attack easily. This however was what Jokul wanted, as he tripped Roman causing him to fall and lose his grip on his cane. Now having an advantage, Jokul tried to stab Roman, only for Roman to catch his hand.
" what do you think this will do when my auras still up? Jokul cackled at this as he and Roman struggled over possession of the knife and ran his tongue over his teeth.
" Jokul doesn't care, Jokul will attack you again and again until he gets to taste your blood and rip out your eye balls. Roman Glared at Jokul as he said this, and used one hand to hold back the knife, while the other hand grabbed his cigar and rammed it into Jokuls eye. Jokul screamed in pain at this, and kicked Roman away from him as he rubbed at his eye.
" you - you ruined Jokuls eye, Now I'll kill you slowly. Jokul then began to walk slowly towards Roman, who had landed a few inches away from his cane after Jokul kicked him. Roman chuckled as he got up and dusted him self off, before kicking his cane into his hand and spinning it around.
" you want my blood you crazy fuck then come and get it. Jokul roared at Romans cocky words, and charged at him in a blind rage, however this is what Roman wanted, as he dodged Jokuls attack, and grabbed his knife arm before snapping it and tossing him to the side. Jokul once again howled in pain as he grabbed his broken arm, before begining to laugh making Roman frown as Jokul spoke.
" thank you for causing Jokul so much delicious pain, I will be sure to inflict it back on you with ten times as much power as you used. Roman sighed at this, as he pulled at a new cigar and lit it, before slowly walking towards Jokul, who had once again picked up his knife and was glaring at Roman.
" your a sick freak enjoying pain like that. Jokul laughed at this, and bowed before twirling his knife in his hand.
" thank you Jokul prides himself in dealing with pain, now let Jokul cause you some. Jokul then threw his knife at Roman who dodged the throw, but this left him open to attack, as Jokul ran forward and grabbed Roman by the throat before choke slamming him into the ground. Roman groaned in a daze, and Jokul used this opportunity to pick up Romans cane and began to hit him. As Roman growled in pain, Jokul smiled and began to laugh.
" oh that looks like it hurts, is your aura wearing down? I wonder what hurts you more yes- hahahahah front hand(smack) or backhand (smack) so tell me traitor tell Jokul what hurts more and I'll crush your skull if you do. Roman gasped in pain, as his aura began to crack, and knew that he couldn't take anymore damage as he spoke. However, he spoke to low for Jokul to hear him, so Jokul leaned down to listen, but was given as surprise as Roman head butted him hard, depleting his aura and causing a cut to appear on his head from the wound. Gritting his teeth, Roman then pushed the stunned Jokul off of him and stood up before stomping on Jokuls chest making him drop Romans cane as he gasped with pain. Seeing that he had the upper hand now, Roman picked up his cane and put it to Jokuls head.
" any last words you sick freak? Jokul chuckled lowly at this and licked his blood covered lips.
" you taste delicious. Roman scowled at this, and didn't hesitate to pull the trigger as he blew Jokuls head off.
" great now I'm tired, injured, and I got blood on my fucking hat and suit. Roman growled as he stepped off of Jokuls corpse and tried to find neo again, only to see her battling off a horde of grimm that had managed to find her .
" what the hell is how is that possible, they shouldn't be able to find her, damn it don't worry neo I'm coming. Despite having no aura left to protect him, Roman fought on through the tide of Grimm violently swinging at anything that got in his way. However, Roman was not the only one watching the battle, as a bow was drawn from the shadows. As Roman fought his way to neo, he was unaware of the bow being pointed at him and never saw the obsidian arrow coming as it slammed into his shoulder, making Roman cry out in pain as blood seeped from the new wound. Despite his new wound, Roman fought on desperate to get to neo and save her, as he saw her begining to be overwhelmed. However, the bow wielder In the shadows would not give Roman any quarter as they drew their bow once again and fire, this time hitting Roman in the leg just above his knee. Roman cried out in pain once again, but he didn't flinch as he fought on, now limping to try and get to neo. The bow wielder growled at this, and pulled back another arrow, this time aimed at Romans gut. Despite this difficulties, Roman had made it to neo and had fought off the Grimm around them for now, just as the third arrow was released. Roman hugged neo after fighting off the Grimm, and at this moment, the arrow slammed into his back making him gasp in pain, and neo in worry and horror as she saw his wounds.
" sorry -kiddo-looks like I might not -cough make it out off this one, but at least -I helped save the one thing I couldn't lose . Neo teared up at this, and the bow user stepped out of the shadows to reveal it to be cinder, as she came forward with another arrow loaded.
" neo I'm sorry it had to be this way, but your adopted daddy turned on me and he needed to pay for it, but you don't have to be alone, abandon Roman and I'll let you live. Neo glared at cinder for what she said and flicked her off, making cinder smirk as she raised her bow up to neos head.
" what a waste of skill, but if you want to die so be it. Cinder then let her arrow loose, only for a familiar shield to come flying by to destroy it, before returning to its owner. Cinder glared at the shield that stopped her attack and followed it back to its owner, which was pyrrha.
" well if it isn't the Amazonian warrior Pyrrha, why are you interrupting me. Pyrrha chuckled at this, as she held her spear in the air, and her shield at the ready as she circled cinder.
" well it's mainly because you have something of mine. Cinder smirked at this and rolled her eyes as she put her bow away and filled her hands with shadow and fire.
" please it was never meant to be your power little girl. Pyrrha chuckled at this, and her eyes turned orange as Amber took over.
" And my powers, were never meant to be yours, you evil cold hearted bitch. Cinder flinched at the sound of ambers voice from Pyrrhas body, and glared at her.
" so ambers still alive in your body allow me to fix that for you. Amber laughed at this, and Then put Pyrrhas spear into the ground making cinder tilt her head.
" why would you set your weapon down. Amber smirked in Pyrrhas body and tilted her head.
" I'm arcing it. Cinder seemed confused at this term and scowled.
" what are you talking about. Pyrrha smiled as she regained control while pointing up, Cinder looked up as told, and was met with jaunes sword to her face, knocking her into the ground and causing a crater to form. Jaune then jumped back away from the now furious cinder and turned to neo, who was holding Roman.
" get out of here we can hold her off. Neo nodded as grabbed Roman before Disappearing from the battle field, as Jaune and Pyrrha faced down cinder, who burst out of the crater covered in shadows and flame.
" I'm going to burn you to ASHES. While this battle was about to go down, Ozpin and Therist continued to clash in the air and seemed to be even.
" damn your magic genes Ozpin, if you weren't related to that damn wizard I would have killed you by now. Ozpin smirked from his green bubble shield, and pressed harder against Therist.
" well I guess you should have never started this war then Therist. Therist growled as he shadow traveled behind Ozpin and tried to impale him with shadow spikes from behind, only for ozpins shield to hold as he was pushed back.
" you may be stronger then me by a far margin, but that doesn't mean I can't fight back against you. Therist growled as he glared at Ozpin and flared his wings.
" look Ozpin your army's beginning to be overwhelmed, it's been two hours since this fight began look up at the sky Ozpin and know why I wanted to attack at night. Ozpin then turned and gasped, as he saw that not only was the sky red, but the moon was as well.
" a lunar eclipse, oh no. Therist grinned as shadows surrounded him, the lunar eclipse giving him more energy to use.
" oh yes, with this energy given to me and my Grimm, we shall crush humanity once and for all. Ozpin glared at this and smirked as he took out his scroll.
" I don't think so. Ozpin then pressed the call button on his scroll, and portals of both red and black coloring opened up as the civilians and refugees poured from out of the portals with weapons in hand some with swords, some with guns, and some with bows, and at the very end out came ranma, who took to the air to provide support as he fire bombed Some Grimm and outright crushed others. with this new force they were outnumbering and overwhelming the Grimm despite all odds. Seeing this, therists jaw dropped open in shock, before he turned to Ozpin in anger.
" despite what you've already done you planned all this, you had nocturne and that damn team of his set this up, oh when I'm done killing you I'm going to destroy his whole team in front of him. Ozpins eyes narrowed at this, and he flew forward To attack Therist, only for a super powered blast of shadows to slam into his bubble Sheild starting to make it crack. Despite this Ozpin still moved forward determined to hit Therist as his defense began to break.
luckily for Ozpin, he was able to burst through the shadows and slam hard into Therist, causing an explosion of green to cover both of them. When the blast disappeared, Therist and Ozpin were kneeling on the ground one on fire with green flames around their body the other tired and depleted.
" you know Ozpin that really hurt me, A shame I'm stronger or that would have killed me, and you put all your aura into that attack I hope your ready to die. Ozpin chuckled at this,and Therist roared at this and grabbed Ozpin by the throat.
" STOP FUCKING LAUGHING AT ME. Ozpin Chuckled despite being choked, and smiled.
" I only weakened you, it's up to others to finish you. Therists glared at this, and raised his hand to stab Ozpin, only for a tree to slam into him, Ozpin turned and stared in shock at where the tree came from to see Glynda standing there.
" Glynda- didn't I tell you to leave Therist to me. Glynda frowned at this, and picked Ozpin up, kissing him gently as she did.
" hush now your injured, I'm getting you out of here. Glynda then began to carry Ozpin off of the battle field, until Therist shadow traveled over to her.
" oh how cute, the loving assistant is saving her headmaster, I could just kill you both, in fact I think I will. Therist then Formed a giant shadow fist in front of Ozpin and Glynda ready to crush them. Ozpin sighed tiredly at this, before looking at Glyndas determined face.
" Glynda if we make it out of this, I want you to know that I love you. Glyndas face turned red at this confession, and as Therist went to crush the two, a light portal opened in front of them and nocturne and team QRTS came out. Nocturne seeing the situation, Used his shadows to hold back the shadow fist, as he turned his head to look at Ozpin and Glynda.
" you two get out of here we'll handle this. Glynda nodded great fully at nocturne and the others before hopping through the portal leaving the battlefield. Seeing this, Therist roared in anger, as he extended his full powers and tried to overwhelm nocturne, but the lunar eclipse increased nocturnes own powers as well, and he was able to hold back Therists powers. Therist grunted at this, as he dropped his shadows and stared at his most hated enemies.
" fine then if I can't kill you with just shadows alone then I'll fight you all. Hearing this, team QRST stepped up to stand by nocturne as they all drew their weapons and point them at Therist. Therist laughed at this and drew his sword, before making another sword out of shadows,.
" At the end of this day either I'll be dead or all of you will be. The final battle between Therist and Team QRST then began, while meanwhile, the new reinforcements were helping combat the Grimm, and team SSSN was Having an easy time at fighting especially with Weiss and Blake by their side. Sun smiled as he and Blake fought together weaving in and out of each other's paths, and cutting down or smacking any Grimm that got close to the other.
" you know this has to be the weirdest date I've ever had. Blake rolled her eyes at this, and smirked as she Cut the head off of a Beowolf.
" oh this isn't a date just you wait, after this I'll treat you to a real date. Sun smiled at this as he spun his nunchucks around, while firing them taking out an ursa and a dozen of beowolves as well.
" sounds like fun. Next to them, Neptune and Weiss sat on top of the giant glowing knight that Weiss summoned, and were directing it how to fight.
" I gotta say Weiss this is pretty impressive. Weiss smiled at this and nodded as She sliced a Beowolf that jumped at her.
" yeah winter was right summoning is a powerful tool. Neptune nodded, as he transformed his weapon and began to fire at grimmgoyles, frying them as he did.
" I definitely agree with you there. Under the knight, Scarlet and sage fought together, despite the rest of their team being separated.
" how is it that we are the only ones that stick together sage. Sage shrugged as he grabbed a charging Beowolf and cracked its neck.
" Guess we're just Lonely people scarlet. On the other side of team SSSN team ABRN fought separately. Arslan being the strongest on the team, was tearing the Grimm apart, punching back ursa with ease, and shooting fire from her hands as well to burn Grimm that tried to sneak up on her teammates such as the creeps or grimps. Bolin, was having an easier time of fighting the beowolves, as his agility allowed him to dodge any attacks that came at him and allowed him to quickly dispatch them however, He had to dodge the much stronger attacks of the ursa, or even the griffin as they could do major damage if they made contact. Next to him was Nadir who covered him from both the flying Grimm and Some of the stronger ones such as an ursa. However, the two weren't ready, when a dozen sand crawlers burst from the ground at their feet. To their recuse however came Reese, who with her hover board, created a Tornado of fire around Bolin and nadir sucking the sand crawlers into it and turning them into ash. When the fire tornado faded, Reese waved at her teammates, before Rejoining the battle, both freezing and burning Grimm as she went.
Next to team ABRN was team NDGO who much like team JNPR stuck close together. Nebulas strategy was for her to stay in the circle of her teammates, and fire her crossbow at oncoming Grimm such as grimmgoyles, beowolves, creeps, or ursa, while her teammates fought and protected her. When nebula had to reload, she switched with Gwen, allowing for more mobility in their formation, as the group was able to charge forward and guard Gwen, as she spun around the Grimm, and Threw her knives the three at a time knife attack seemed to be effect, as it even managed to take out a nevermore though for the stronger Grimm such as the saber or death stalker dew was needed, as her stronger dust devils were able to throw these Grimm around with ease. Just as her other teammates were fighting the Grimm with ease Octavia as well thrived in the battle, as she was able to create multiple shockwaves of fire, as she spun around the battle field, creating her own tornado of fire , which then split apart and seprated on the battle field going in multiple directions, and killing All kinds of Grimm except for the Deathstalkers or nevermore which only took some damage from the fire.
Across from them stood Ironwood,Winter, the remaining soldiers from atlas and the teams from atlas, who were fighting in formation next to him. Ironwood sighed, as he grabbed a saber that tried to Jump him with his metal hand and put his gun to its head before firing killing it.
" I'm fine you know? You all don't have to protect me. Winter laughed at this, as she raised some of the destroyed Atlesian robots back to fighting condition and Slashed a sand crawler that tried to surprise attack her.
" general we all know you can handle yourself, but your our leader now, and if your going to die, we're going to die with you. Ironwood smiled at Winters words and looked up at the blood red sky before taking aim once again, and shooting Some grimmgoyles that tried to get the drop on winter.
" I think we should focus more on fighting then talking schnee. Winter nodded at this, and pulled out a flask of her own before taking and drink and letting her hair down.
" your right I might as well go all out. Winter then pulled a blade out off her belt, and Flipped it in her hand before creating several glyphs, allowing her to zoom about the battle field, slashing and killing Grimm as she went. Ironwood stared after her in surprise before face palming as he figured out why she just pulled out a flask.
" Qrows a bad influence on her, however if it makes her fight like that I won't argue that they shouldn't be together. Ironwood, then turned to one of his fallen soldiers and gave him a quick salute, before picking up his fallen rifle.
" you served atlas well solider rest in peace while I put your rifle to good use. Ironwood then turned around, and ran forwards, one shooting the weaker Grimm with his revolver, and using a combination of the rifle and his revolver to kill the stronger ones. If the stronger Grimm some how managed to survive the damage both weapons gave it, ironwood would then finish it off with a strong punch to its face, crushing its skull. Just to the side of Ironwood, Penny ,Ciel, Flynt, and neon fought together. Penny herself was a tank, and needed no help as she shredded through the grimms with her swords, or outright destroyed them with a blast. Ciel much like penny was killing the Grimm easily as well, and while penny handled the ground Ciel handled the sky, as her wristwatch turned out to be a wrist laser, allowing her to take out anything in the sky that tried to get the drop on them. Behind penny and Ciel, Flynt and neon protected their backs from any Grimm that would of attacked them. Flynt used his quartet semblance along with his sound waves to both hold the Grimm at bay and to boost neons speed, as she zoomed around the stunned Grimm, using her nunchucks to freeze and shatter them, creating a shining rainbow as she Fought, which was amplified by Flynts sound waves, causing even more Grimm to be blinded by the light or to be frozen. Meanwhile at the back of the battle field, Adam and tukson were fighting side by side to kill any Grimm that came at them, however the sound of a roar and a chain saw revving up caught both of their attentions, as scar landed in front of them, looking more like a lion then he did a man.
" Adaaaam and tuksssson how good to see you two traitors together, hehehehe now I can kill you both. Adams eyes narrowed at these words and he smirked at scar before Gripping his sword.
" you really think you can take the two of us? Please your not worth our time. Scar roared in anger at this, and ran forward, swinging his chainsaw as he did. However, his attack was blocked by Adam and Tukson wasn't idle either, as he kicked scar away from Adam.
" your insane scar. Scar roared at this response, and ran forward once again, only this time beginning to spin so that he formed a mini tornado with his chainsaw. Seizing this opportunity to find a weakness, Adam closely watched the tornado as it neared him and looked for where scar would be. When he spotted a weak link in the tornado, Adam stuck his sword through it, and directly into scars face, knocking him to the ground, and knocking his chainsaw away from him. As scar laid on the ground, Tukson walked towards him and got ready to finish him.
" your a monster scar, this isn't a fight for equality anymore it's a fight for survival and you don't deserve to survive. Scar growled at this, as he unsheathed his own claws, and kicked Tukson in the throat knocking him away as scar got up. Seeing this, Adam narrowed his eyes, and kept a hand on his sword, as he readied to attack. He didn't have to wait long, as scar roared and charged at him. Though Adam was surprised by scars speed he was ready for the attack as he quickly drew his sword blocking scars claws. Scar growled at this like an animal and tried to bite at Adams throat as he pushed against Adams sword. Adam grunted at this, and was hard pressed to hold scar back, until a certain duo arrived to help, as mercurys foot crashed into scars face, sending him into the dirt and sprawling back to his chainsaw. As this happened emerald helped Tukson stand back up.
" hey uh sorry about the whole trying to kill you thing. Tukson chuckled as he dusted himself off and turned to glare at scar.
" that's alright you two can make it up to me by helping Adam and I kill scar. As Tukson said this, scar slowly got up and growled as he noticed how outnumbered he was.
" damn - you traitors all of you, I'll kill you someday. Scar then crouched, before jumping over the four and disappearing into the forest. Adam sighed as he watched scar leave and frowned.
" damn it I never should have chosen to start this violence, you had the right path in mind for us Tukson. Tukson Smiled sadly at Adam and laid a hand on his shoulder.
" not every leader is perfect, everyone makes mistakes and I made some just as you have its alright. Adam nodded at this and sighed as he turned to Emerald and Mercury.
" are you two still up to help? Mercury and Emerald nodded with determined faces, and Adam smiled as he turned to look at the Grimm army.
" alright then let's get back to it. Back with grim, he had finished off most of the Atlesian drones, and had moved on to attacking students. Just like in vacuo grims savage new tactics gave him the advantage, but with his new power amplified by the lunar eclipse, he crafted him self two more arms made of shadow, which helped him to block or grab a student and keep them in place as grims swords slammed into their chest doing momentous damage and sending the student flying back. Of course when other students recognized the monster that helped destroy vacuo, they charged towards grim, determined to kill him. Unfortunately every time some one landed a hit on Grim he seemed only to get stronger, as he unleashed a wave of shadows, sending dozens of students flying. Fortunately before grim could hurt or kill anyone else, Ruby blocked his path." grim stop this, this isn't you please, you can fight back against this darkness, you can control the shadows, don't let them control you. Grim growled at Ruby, and tried to attack her, but Ruby put up a Sheild of light, stopping grim and causing him to back up in fear. Ruby seeing this, teared up as she dropped the light Sheild and Rose claw.
" grim please, I-I can't fight you, I can't loose you-grim I LOVE YOU! After rubys said this, she began to cry, and Grim flinched at these words and her actions, grims eyes then widened, as he started to come to his senses.
" r-Ruby? Hearing grims voice fade in from normal to his feral voice, Ruby zoomed over to grim and hugged him hard before kissing him. As they kissed, Their powers seemed to flare, and the shadow and the light seemed to mix, creating a Blanance between the two. As this balance was created, grims mind was cleared of the darkness and unbearable hate, and he was able to regain control of his body. Feeling grim kiss her back Ruby smiled and kept kissing him until she had to pull back for air. Grim Breathed heavily, as his eyes went back to their silver color while he stared at Ruby.
" Ruby you - you brought me back. Ruby nodded at this with tears in her eyes, and she hugged grim who smiled and hugged her in return, before pulling away and concentrating making Ruby frown.
" what are you doing grim? Grim didn't speak if he heard Ruby, instead he just screamed, as he ripped therists blood out of his body, causing him to return to normal, as he held the disgusting black liquid in front of him. Hearing grims scream of pain, Ruby kneeled by his side, and hugged him until he stopped screaming and when he did Ruby opened her eyes and smiled.
" grim your back to normal. Grim nodded, and stood up with his and rubys head touching, while he was looking in her eyes.
" only thanks to you my lovely little rose. Ruby blushed at this, and kissed grim once again. Meanwhile The fights that cinder and Therist were having we're going on at the same time. Cinder was furious, and tried with all of her might to burn Pyrrha but, to cinders surprise, Jaune was using his Sheild, and had thrusted his sword into the ground to keep him steady as he blocked the flames. Pyrrha then sprung into action, summoning lightning into her hands, and jumping over Jaune before shooting it at cinder, catching her by surprise as she was sent flying back into the pyramid. Cinder however didn't stay in there long as she burst out of the pyramid, and began to clash with Pyrrha in the air.
" why don't you two give up, one of you is an empty spirit without a body, and the other is a girl that thinks she can defy destiny. Pyrrha grit her teeth at this, as one of her eyes shined orange and Backed away from cinder before going up higher into the air.
" shut your mouth, it is not destiny for people like you to win, it's your destiny for people like you to fall to people like me. Pyrrha then raised her spear into the air, and got it struck by lightning, before she then flipped her spear and threw it at cinder. Cinder gasped at the bright yellow spear coming at her fully charged with lighting, and shot a wave of flame at it to try and knock it away. However this seemed only to delay the inevitable, as The spear absorbed the flames and got strong before slamming into cinder with a loud bang of thunder and a flash. The resulting attack knocked cinder out, and sent her flying back into the forest and Pyrrha meanwhile, summoned her spear back to her with her semblance before landing and smiling at Jaune before giving him a kiss.
" thanks for the help Jaune, couldn't have done it without you. Jaune smiled at this, and giggled as he blushed.
"Hehe anytime Pyrrha. On the opposite side of the battle field, Therist was able to keep up with team QRST this time around, and with Raven not able to help by using her portals, Therist had an advantage as he Was able to attack the five without pause.
" hahaha can't touch me now can you team QRST. Despite being in able to land a hit on the super powered Therist, nocturne and his team fought hard to try and break therists defense. Unfortunately for them, Therist was only playing with them and wanted to at least let them try to hurt him, as his aura had now only gone down from one hundred percent to eighty percent. Therist then getting tired of carrying out the melee fight, used his shadows to send them outwards separating nocturne from the others. Seeing that the team was now separated, Therist turned to nocturne, and gripped him with his shadows before begining to choke him.
" ah what a familiar scene you sitting here powerless to do anything as I do what I want and hurt your friends speaking of which I'm going to kill them all . Therist then snapped his fingers, and his shadows slowly worked their way over team QRST, holding them in place, as Therist raised his sword and covered it in shadows ensuring that it would cut through aura as he got ready to bring it down. Nocturne seeing this, locked eyes with summer, and seeing the expression of fear and horror on her face made his decision, as he shadow traveled through therists shadow arm, through therists sword and in front of therists strike, blocking his team from the strike but taking it himself. As this happened, all of nocturnes memories up to this point flew through his head. Living with his father and mother, losing both his father and his mother to one of therists valakars, being an orphan and meeting ebon fall, going to beacon, meeting and befriend summer, becoming protecter of team QRST, getting a crush on summer, getting a crush on his wife morgana, getting married, Morgana being killed by ebon and putting grim up for adoption, Raven disappearing and the search for her, losing summer, mourning for summer, having adventures around remnant meeting Dez and drinking a lot, watching over grim, then ending on summer kissing of team QRST gasped at this, as nocturne shakily turned around, as he stood his ground with his arms falling to his sides.
" I -kept -my -promise. A pool of blood then Gushed up from under nocturnes shirt, and he coughed up blood as he fell onto his back. Therist seeing this, let team QRST go and allowed them to rush over to nocturnes side as he laughed.
" bwahahahaha looks like you were good for something after all nocturne, hahahahaha. As Therist laughed, summer stared at nocturne in shock with tears flowing down her face, and tried to stop the bleeding as she took off her cloak and wrapped it around him.
" nocturne you - you big idiot what did you do that for. Nocturne gasped in pain as he looked up at summer and frowned.
" couldn't- lose you -all again-your my-family. Tears pourd down Ravens eyes as well, as she hugged taiyang to her and cried, while Qrow looked from nocturne to Therist.
" your going to fucking pay for this Therist, every death you've ever caused will not go unaccounted for your gonna pay. Therist laughed at this, and whistled a jolly tune as he slowly walked towards Qrow, dragging his now blood covered sword in the dirt behind him.
" oh really and who's going to stop me? Ozpin? Nocturne here? How about Xander? Oh wait one of them is dead and the other two are injured and close to dying so tell me, little crow who's going to stop me. Qrow raised his scythe and got ready to attack, but as he did a black disc made of blood slammed into therists chest, and sent him flying backwards for miles, before grim and Ruby appeared by nocturnes side.
" dad- no no no - I can't lose you after we just got to know each other a little bit ago. Nocturne chuckled, as he coughed up blood and took grims hand into his own as he gave him his sword.
" grim- shhh - it's okay son- your dads lived a good life- now I might not survive this- so why should I let my power go to waste. Grim opened his mouth to ask what his father meant by that, but stopped as he felt his aura increase making him strong enough to match Therist.
" dad you transferred most of your energy to me damn it,you could have could die. Nocturne chuckled at this, and hugged grim before pushing him away.
" if you don't win humanity will -coughs-die so go out there beat Therist and come back for me afterwords. Grim nodded and turned to look at Ruby with uncertainty.
" can you help me do this Ruby. Ruby nodded and raised up rose claw as she activated her powers over light, and formed wings. " I'll help you till the end grim. Grim nodded at this, and picked up his fathers sword, before forming shadow wings and holding rubys hand.
" let's end this. Grim and Ruby then both flew forward at an amazing speed, ready to end the fight. Meanwhile, Therist had groggily gotten up after taking the orb of his blood to his face, and Glanced at his now blood soaked armor, before looking up to see Ruby and grim coming towards him. Therist growled at this sight, and picked up his sword before raising it to block.
" fine you want to fight me come and fight me! At these words, Ruby and grim seemed to speed up, before they crashed full force into Therist destroying his sword, as grim and rubys scythe made contact with it. This resulting attack, sent Therist flying back as well and he grunted in surprise. However therists surprise wasn't over yet, as Ruby and grim let each other go, and took turns battering Therist around like he was a tennis ball disorienting him, until he used his shadows to create a sheild around himself to stop his momentum. Grim then gestured for Ruby to let him handle this as he landed and stared at Therist.
Before humming and begining to sing.
" give up now Therist its a shame, you failed here at the end of your game. Therist growled as grim began singing and formed a shadow sword, before rushing at grim, who blocked his sword as he kept singing.
" if you don't stop I'll drive you insane, as the darkness and hate builds in your brain. As grim said this, grim and Therist battled again and again, Therist trying to break grims defense by trying to trip him, while grim easily defended himself and dodged as he kept singing.
" yea you thought you could hurt me, you thought you could contain me, even thought that you could try and control me, but The truth is You never owned me. Therist growled and attacked against grims sword harder and harder trying to break his defense, but was unable to as grim stood firm and defended himself from each strike.
" while you beat me and abused me, Ruby helped save me and guide me, so now with her by my side it's impossible for you to survive. Therist tried to use his shadows to surprise grim as he sang, but Ruby sliced the shadows away from grim helping protect him as he sang.
" what's the matter Therist you look a bit winded, are you mad at my decision, well it doesn't matter now, I've picked my side, and now it's time for you to go ahead decide will you live or will you die. Grim then finished this lyric, by punching Therist in the throat, once again causing him to go flying back into the woods , until he once again stopped himself with a shadow , He didn't get a moment to rest, as grim kicked his bubble Sheild, causing him to go crashing through the trees. Therist growled as he shattered his sheild, and and flew up into The air to get away from the two.
" you insolent insignificant pests, grim you could have ruled with me you could have had cinder as your wife, we would have had peace, but instead you throw it away for that stupid girl, fine then I don't need you I don't need anyone, I'll KILL YOU ALL. Therist then concentrated, and began to form a giant ball out of shadows, pouring all of his hatred and malice into it. Seeing this, grim turned to Ruby and put a hand on her shoulder transferring some off his aura over to her, before flying up into the air with her.
" Ruby we have one shot at this, My power can only cancel out therists but yours, yours can beat him if we combine our powers are you ready, can you do this? Ruby looked into Grims eyes, and nodded as she kissed him once on the lips.
" with you by my side I'm ready for anything. Grim smiled, before turning to the army fighting below them and speaking.
" people of remanent I know this has been a long and hard battle and that most of you are tired and wary, but please if you can lend Ruby a little bit of your auras for a minute, we can all together end this war. In response to grims words, hands raised, and aura was shared, as a rainbow formed around Ruby. Seeing this, Therist got even angrier as his attack finished up, now the size of the moon as it was ready.
" TO HELL WITH ALL OF YOU DIE! Therist then launched his moon sized orb of shadows towards Ruby and grim. Rubys eyes widened, as she felt the power coursing through her and Her face hardened as she saw the orb coming.
" grim throw me I'll finish this. Grim nodded in acceptance, and wrapped his arms around Ruby, before spinning her sprung quickly and tossing her towards the shadow orb at a high speed. Ruby quickly made contact with the shadow orb, and began to push it back towards Therist, who roared in denial.
" no-NO- this can't be happening, it was my destiny to WIN NOT TO LOSE TO YOU INSECTS! Therist then tried to push the shadow orb back, but only succeed in causing a short stalemate, which Ruby quickly won, as she broke through the shadow orb, destroying it in the process, as she crashed into Therist at full power with a rainbow flash of light following this. When the light cleared, Therist had crashed into the ground, and caused a twenty mile crater to form in the ground as he did. Now weak and powerless, Therist was both without his mask and his armor, as he laid in the smoking ground he landed in, with Ruby stand above him with rose claw pointed at his throat. However before he could be killed by Ruby, grim appeared behind her and hugged her stopping her.
" I'll make this decision Ruby. Ruby nodded at this, and gave grim a kiss on the cheek before stepping away, as grim stepped forward with nocturnes sword in hand and pointed it at Therist.
" you've caused so much death both a thousand years ago and for almost two years, breaking down the kingdoms killing A council, causing chaos, and worst of all turning me against the people I swore to protect I should kill you right now. Therist nodded at this, to tired to speak as he looked down in sorrow. However Therist received a surprise, as grim took his sword away and instead held out his hand.
" but I made a promise to some one not to let hatred consume me. Therist let out a laugh at this, as he grabbed grims hand, but wasn't ready for grim to hug him.
" W-why -why spare me after all I've done? Arnt I evil to you shouldn't I die for what I've done? Grim Chuckled sadly in the hug as he felt tears on his chest, and patted Therist on the back as they hugged.
" because Therist we're a lot alike, had no one ever loved me or taken care of me like the people at beacon did, I'm sure I probably would have turned into a monster, like you unfortunately did, but you don't have to been seen as a monster you can make up for your crimes and help us rebuild help us have real peace, all you need to do is let go of your hatred. Therist Chuckled at this, as he wiped his face and sighed.
" ah your just like my brother was, always so hopeful and willing to help, I suppose After all this time I should let go of my hatred, if your willing to accept my apology and my surrender. Grim smiled at this and nodded as he hugged Therist.
" I would like nothing more. Seeing Therist surrender, broke something in his army of Grimm, and they all retreated back into the forest as the forces of remnant cheered. However from the shadows, cinder watched grim with wanting and hatred in her eyes.
" I may not have you yet grim, but just you wait the other maidens are hiding somewhere, they may have even been a part of this battle oh but It dosent matter right now, I'll wait until everything's calmed down, then I'll start my plans, then once every maidens power is mine, I'll kill Therist and threaten that little rose so you'll have to love me just you wait, I'll be back. Cinder then faded into the shadows and the forest was quiet once more, as The war ended.