Grimm's New Leader – Chapter 7
Emerald Forest
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A lone beowolf ran through the Emerald Forest after it picked up the scent of numerous teenagers flying through the air, hoping to find some easy prey to catch off guard. It panting excitedly as it ran through the forest, looking forward to what it might find.
"Big Bang Meteorang!" Suddenly, the Beowolf stopped dead in its tracks and looked to its right, only to yelp as it ducked underneath a boomerang of all things, looking to slice its head off. The Beowolf slowly got back to its feet, and growled in indignation, wondering who in their right mind would try such a thing. Suddenly, it heard a cracking sound and the Beowolf noticed a shadow looming over itself, causing it to look up.
It screamed in distress before a tree collapsed on top of it, crushing the creature before it could even think to move. Still, it was somehow alive, its claw twitching in pain despite practically being buried under a tree of all things, as it whimpered in pain.
"Wow Clay, talk about overkill. It was only a single Beowolf." Raimundo looked down at the crushed Beowolf, before he put it out of its misery with a blade made of wind. Clay coughed and pointed in the direction that his weapon had gone, catching the Big Bang Meteorang as if came back to him. Raimundo looked up and saw that Clay hadn't caught one Beowolf in his attack, he had caught thirty of them, plus at least ten Ursas in one throw. "Okay, I'll take that back, that wasn't overkill."
"Right, and the mountain that you destroyed once wasn't?" Clay rolled his eyes at Raimundo, who frowned at being reminded of that particular incident. It wasn't one of his finest moments.
"At least Kimiko's not going to burn done the forest this time, right?" Raimundo smiled slyly at the only girl of the team, who blushed at one of her past incidents.
"I'm telling you that it was an accident!" Kimiko then pointed at Omi, who was snickering to himself at the past failures of his team with their elements. "Don't you start laughing now Omi, I remember you flooding the temple numerous times when you were trying to control your element!" Omi squawked at the reminder, his cheeks turning a dark crimson.
"At least I haven't set the forest on fire right now!" Omi protested furiously, not noticing the confused expressions on his teammates' faces.
"Omi, Kim hasn't even used her elemental powers since we started this the initiation." Raimundo told his younger friend, who blinked in confusion.
"If Kimiko didn't do it, then who set the forest on fire over there?" Omi asked, causing the other three Xiaolin Warriors to turn to what Omi was looking at. They could see black smoke from the forest and hear some howling from some Beowolves in the same direction. The four Xiaolin Warriors exchanged glances.
"I'm going to try and get a good view of the forest, hopefully from a bird's eye point of view I'll be able to see the ruins." Raimundo suggested, before he took off, flying in the air thanks to his wind element. He knew that Clay had already gotten an idea as to where the temple ruins was with his earth element, but he wanted to have extra security by actually seeing the ruins for himself. Eventually he got a good enough height that he could see pretty much everything, as he narrowed his eyes, he spotted what looked like some kind of formation that resembled a temple, though some of the structure had broken with age. Happy he had spotted the temple, he started to look about the Emerald forest to see if he could find some of his new friends. He spotted Ruby slicing down a tree in anger as she followed Weiss to a location that was heading away from the temple, though he did have to wonder if there was some giant bird like Grimm about, judging by the size of that feather, they might be.
Still, it wasn't like the two girls were dumb enough to provoke the giant bird or anything, was it now? That would be rather embarrassing on their part now wouldn't it?
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Adam Taurus was satisfied with what Chase Young had told him. The plans that the immortal Heylin warrior had for Cinder Fall was enough to make him smile at the mere thought of them. Adam did have his doubts, especially with how Chase had initially introduced himself to the White Fang, surrounding them with jungle cats and Grimm, but when they had gotten down to talking, Adam couldn't help but respect the man who had lived for at least fifteen-hundred years.
He had offered them what they were looking for, a way to make the Faunus equal, something that his former partner Blake would have wanted, even if she didn't particularly like the methods that they used to complete their objectives.
Blake… just thinking about the girl made Adam's blood boil in rage, how dare she betray him when he needed her the most, why did she turn her back on him when they were getting so close to completing their goals. Didn't she want to make the Faunus equal to Humans? Didn't she want them to become the superior race, to prove that they were not like the humans, who always broke their word?
The fact that she hid her true self behind that bow of hers made him sick, why hide what you were when you'd only hurt the person you're hiding it from in the end? Even he knew that what she was trying to do would only cause distrust to spread, especially if she revealed that she had once been part of the White Fang. He knew that Blake got emotional whenever someone called them evil. Adam scoffed, despite defending the White Fang so much, she still got up and left, claiming that their methods were too much for her to handle.
What a joke.
Yet, here they were now, working for someone who openly admitted that he was an evil person. Chase wasn't shy about what he was, he was blunt about his ambitions and his desires. Chase Young wanted to takeover Remnant and be its one true leader, with the backing of both the White Fang and the Grimm.
It stilled amazed Adam that Chase Young was able to even remotely tame the Grimm, yet here he was, working together with the creatures that were known for attacking Humans and Faunus on sight simply because they could. Chase had gone ahead and explained that even the Grimm didn't know what to make of him at first because of his soulless state, so when he was able to talk to the Grimm themselves he was able to get the support of the creatures that were attracted by the negative emotions.
Adam sighed as he tried to calm himself down, Chase had Adam's respect because he was open about the plans that he had for Remnant, Beacon, Vale, Cinder Fall and her group. Adam could even say that Chase was perhaps a little too open about his plans, but at the same time, Adam appreciated what Chase had in store for Cinder, who had blackmailed him into working for her and Blake, who had walked out on him when he needed her the most.
The fact that Jack Spicer of all people called in during their meeting to reveal that he had been in contact with Roman Torchwick and had been given the schematics for mechanical battlesuit, the Atlesian Paladin-290.
The fact that Chase had someone like Jack Spicer, who could strengthen their army with ease if they needed him to, also helped Adam with his reasons to join with Chase Young. Revenge on both Cinder Fall and Blake Belladonna would be wonderfully poetic.
"Sir, how did the meeting go?" Adam turned to his Lieutenant, who had been waiting for him patiently, while eyeing up the Grimm nearby, who seemed perfectly content with just lazing about in Chase Young's lair with the jungle cats, not even caring about all of the White Fang members that were currently taking residence inside of palace-like fortress.
"It went really well, we've reached an agreement on what the plans are and what we're willing to do." Adam told his Lieutenant, who nodded.
"About the Grimm?"
"They're under his command, and will destroy them if they try to attack us. He claims that it's a way of taming them." Adam replied. "The fact that they're not attacked his other minions, the jungle cats tells Chase that he's already making progress on the matter."
"Right, you'll have to forgive me for feeling more than a little cautious on the subject at hand." The Lieutenant looked at some of the other White Fang members, who were carrying some of the supplies that had been in their previous camp. "I'm just concerned that some of the more… nervous members might act out of term."
"I know what you mean." Adam followed his gaze, frowning. "Though, Chase has told me of his plans for Cinder Fall, and I think you'll like them."
"Oh? Do tell."
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Chase Young looked through the magazine for 'Evil Housekeeping' as he helped himself to a cupcake. The fact that Jack Spicer had given him information about the schematics for mechanical battlesuit, the Atlesian Paladin-290, when he was talking to Adam Taurus had been unexpected, but it wasn't an unwanted issue. It in fact proved to him that he was able to bring in money for the job, even if Jack hadn't actually hired his robots out before in their original world.
It also helped prove that he had someone who could not only keep an eye on Cinder's group through Roman Torchwick, who was known for being racist towards the Faunus, but it also proved that he had someone who could help give them improvements on their weapons should they ever require them.
Jack Spicer could be the most dangerous person in Remnant not because of his own fighting ability, which was abysmal in the first place, but because of how he could strengthen everyone else in Remnant if they paid him enough to do so. Jack Spicer had learnt all about weapons since he arrived on Remnant, and now was good enough at making and upgrading weapons that he could now actually repair any weapon that anyone asked him to.
Need a weapon that could destroy a village? Jack Spicer was the person to turn to. His potential in the world of Remnant was only limited by the imagination of people living in Remnant. If you had an idea that might be less than lawful, then Jack Spicer was the man you needed to see. As long as you had money, plans, and the supplies then you could buy his services for a really good price.
Jack Spicer had no morality limits, for he was aiming for World Domination one day, whether it would be on this world or the next, it didn't matter. One day he would have enough plans that he could end up becoming the most powerful man in the world of Remnant, simply because people would end up being so reliant on him.
It was one of the reasons that Chase Young, despite thinking Jack Spicer was nothing more than a pathetic insect compared to him, didn't kill the young man. He had a purpose that he could take advantage of, and considering that Jack Spicer saw him as an evil hero, it wasn't hard to convince the teenager to work for him.
"Do you believe that was wise Chase?" T-Rex, in her human form, made her presence known to him, as she made her way to the table, helping herself to a chicken leg, munching on it loudly like the dinosaur she was. "You could have withheld information from Adam, he wouldn't have betrayed you after what he's seen at your disposal."
"I wanted to make him feel as though he wasn't here against his free will." Chase looked at the transformed T-Rex. "While I did intimidate him into coming to my lair in the first place, the accommodations he has now are far superior to the tents he and his comrades have been staying in before now. Call it a show of good faith."
"So by ensuring that the White Fang members and their supplies were all moved to a better location, you've won their support, even if you hadn't already do so with your plans." T-Rex realised.
"Exactly."
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"Looks like we're there." Raimundo sighed in disappointment as he led his team to the temple ruins that the relics had been left at. He spotted Blake and Yang already at the temple, but apart from the early group of Grimm that Clay had pretty much wiped out by himself, nothing had tried to stop them getting there.
He felt let down if he had to be honest with himself. It was just too easy as far as he was concerned. No challenge at all. His eyes narrowed as they approached the temple ruins.
"Why are they using chess pieces?" Kimiko asked the question that Raimundo had been wondering. They exchanged looks.
"Hello friends!" Omi happily greeted Yang and Blake, as he sped into the temple area, looking around eagerly. Yang grinned at the Xiaolin Monks, while Blake looked cautiously at Raimundo, who sighed.
"That's the girl who you claimed was eyeing up Kimiko, right?" Clay deliberately made sure that Kimiko was able to hear that comment. Her eyes widened, as she looked at Blake, before the connection was made.
"Rai, what have I told you about making stuff up about me?" Kimiko growled at the Brazilian, who backpedalled nervously, he started to pale when she lit up a fireball in her hand.
"I didn't make anything up here!" Raimundo held his hands up defensively. Clay looked at Blake, before he nodded in Raimundo's direction. Her eyes widened in realisation, as a devious smirk found its way onto her features.
"Please don't imply I'm a lesbian ever again." Blake called out, causing Yang to look at Raimundo in astonishment, while Kimiko literally had steam pouring off of her in anger. Her fire element started to show as she slowly made her way towards him, cracking her knuckles together.
"It was a joke!" Raimundo backed away as he tried to calm down his girlfriend, Omi took this time to get two white bishop pieces, remembering the reason that they were even there in the first place.
Suddenly, a girly scream ran out, getting everyone's attention.
"Some girl's in trouble!" Yang felt the need to let everyone know. Raimundo though, narrowed his eyes.
"Why do I get a feeling that's not a girl…?" Raimundo couldn't help but recognise the scream for some reason, there was something familiar about it. Blake's eyes widen when she heard a cry from above them.
"Incoming." Blake pointed up, causing everyone else to look up in the same direction, where they saw none other than Ruby Rose falling towards them, trying to stop herself as she did so.
"Head's up!" Ruby's course towards the ground was suddenly interrupted by a blur of multiple colours and was sent into the woods.
"Did your sister just fall from the sky?" Blake couldn't help but ask.
Raimundo blinked. "I think Jaune collided with her…"
There was another crash and an Ursa broke through the forest to their right. It reared onto its hind legs before it fell forward, dead. A girl with short orange hair rolled off of the dead Grimm's back, with a disappointed look on her face. "Aw, it's broken."
Another teenager with long raven black hair, the girl's partner, clambered over the fallen form of the Grimm, panting and looking quite exhausted.
"Nora… please… don't ever do that again." He looked up, only to realize that the girl, Nora was no longer with him. Nora had in fact already made her way over to the ruins, looking fascinated by the golden chess pieces.
She picked up the rook piece and grinned happily. "I'm queen of the castle, I'm queen of the Castle!"
Ren was just tired and frustrated at this point, "Nora!"
The eccentric girl immediately stopped her dance, the rook resting on her head. She saluted her friend, allowing the chess piece to fall into her other hand. "Coming Ren!"
The Xiaolin Monks exchanged looks, this still wasn't their strangest day to date. Most of them being turned into plants still had first spot for that, though Raimundo was able to reverse that effect.
"Did that girl just ride in on an Ursa?" Blake voiced the question on everyone else's mind. Yang couldn't even get a word in before another crash, this time to their left. This time it was a massive scorpion-like Grimm with a white mask and golden stinger tearing through the woods as it chased after Pyrrha Nikos, swiping as it attempted to catch her.
"Let's help her!" Omi declared, as both he and Clay charged towards the Deathstalker, much to everyone's surprise. Raimundo merely smirked as he and Kimiko watched the partners on their team charge towards Pyrrha and the Deathstalker, even going as far as to cross his arms as he kept his eyes on the battle in front of him.
"Wudai Neptune! Ice!" Omi thrust his hands forward and created a platform of ice underneath the Deathstalker, which started to lose its balance, giving Pyrrha more of a gap to get away from the Grimm. This only invited Clay to charge past the 'Invincible Girl'. Clay started to skid towards the Deathstalker, which was desperately trying to keep its balance.
"Wudai Crater! Earth!" He slammed his foot into the ground, and proceeded to create stone spikes, which impaled the Deathstalker from underneath, where it had no armour. It screeched in agony as it failed to avoid the attack that it had the intelligence to recognise was coming, but with the ice in place causing it to lose its balance, there was nothing that the Grimm could have done to avoid it.
"They just killed a Deathstalker like it was nothing…" Blake uttered her shock at what she had just seen. Pyrrha quickly made her way to the trees that Jaune and Ruby had flown into, calling out the blond teenager's name as she did so. It was clear at that point that they had become partners during the initiation. Ruby suddenly made her way next to Yang, cheerfully calling out her sister's name. Yang looked happy that her sister was okay, was about to hug her, when Nora popped up out of nowhere ruining the reunion with ease. Ren finally caught up, slightly out of breath.
"Ruby, where's Weiss?" Raimundo asked suddenly, remembering that he had spotted the two girls together. Ruby looked at Raimundo in surprise, before she sheepishly aimed her gaze towards the sky. Raimundo forward her gaze, and couldn't stop his jaw from dropping. "You've got to be kidding me…"
"How could you leave me?!" Weiss was hanging onto a talon of one of the largest Nevermore that they had ever seen, she was barely noticeable compared to the Grimm in question that was flying overhead. During this time Pyrrha had gotten Jaune out of his tree and they were making their way towards the group, their Deathstalker problem no longer causing them an issue thanks to Omi and Clay.
"I said 'jump'…" Ruby didn't look too concerned.
"She's gonna fall." Blake pointed out.
"She'll be fine." Ruby waved off easily.
"She's falling." Ren stated the obvious.
"Kimiko?" Raimundo turned to his girlfriend.
"Just go." Kimiko sighed.
"Right then." Raimundo launched himself in the air using his wind element, flying up to the falling Weiss Schnee, and catching her with ease, floating in mid-air as he allowed the momentum to stop. Weiss looked surprised by the sudden stop in dissention, opening her eyes to find that none other than Raimundo was holding her, while floating in mid-air.
"How are you… floating in mid-air?" Weiss sounded like she was trying to understand the current situation in front of her.
"I can fly." Raimundo shrugged.
"You can fly."
"I just said that."
"Do you know how ridiculous what you're saying is?"
"I could just drop you to prove my point."
"I'd rather you didn't thank you."
"Are you coming down or not?! The Nevermore's charging at you!" Kimiko shouted up at Raimundo, who looked behind himself. True to Kimiko's words, the giant Nevermore was flying towards them, showing no signs of stopping.
"Hold on tight!" Raimundo tightened his grip on Weiss, who looked behind Raimundo to see what Kimiko meant. She paled when she realised Raimundo was about to do.
"Don't you dare drop me." She whispered harshly, wrapping her arms around his shoulders.
"I don't plan on it." Suddenly, he was off, flying away as fast as he could, with the Nevermore flying after him, trying to catch him.
"Do you think he can get away from the Nevermore?" Ruby asked, her concern for Weiss clear for all to see. Kimiko narrowed her eyes, before she came to a conclusion that she didn't like.
"No, he can't."
Up in the skies, Raimundo grimaced as he looked back, realising that the flying Grimm was actually pretty quick, and could catch up to him if he didn't do something soon. It didn't help that he was actually holding back some of his powers, but he needed the rest of his team to actually get to some of his other powers. He looked back and descended suddenly, avoiding the Nevermore's attempt to devour him whole.
"I'm going to fly over the group, be ready to be handed over to them, alright?" Weiss looked at Raimundo with a concerned look over her features.
"What about you?" Raimundo didn't look at her.
"I'll think of something." Raimundo spotted his target. "Clay! Catch!" He dipped down before he suddenly dropped Weiss into cowboy's arms, getting a cry of surprise out of the heiress. Raimundo picked up the pace and flew away from the Temple Ruins with the Nevermore giving chase, taking the giant Grimm away from the others.
Now he needed to think of a plan to take the Nevermore out.
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On the cliff watching the initiates together, Ozpin, Glynda and Dojo watched on the screen as Raimundo led the giant Nevermore away from the rest of the group. If Dojo putting his head in his hands and sighing was anything to go by, then Ozpin could honestly claim that this sort of thing had happened before in the past.
"If I didn't know any better, than I'd assume that this sort of thing is more regular than you'd like to admit." Ozpin sounded amused by what he was saying, even if Dojo didn't look too impressed.
"Far too often, the amount of trouble that the kids get into is unbelievable." Dojo sighed, looking like he was thinking of the past. "Between losing a 10 year old Omi in a massive city and being turned into a giant plant by an evil flower I've given up trying to understand all of the crazy things that happen to the kids."
"Being turned into a giant plant?" Glynda turned to the dragon, sounding perplexed by the mere idea.
"Trust me, you don't want to know what it's like to be turned into one. You lose the ability to lose everything by the ability to speak and move your eyes. Trust me it was horrible." Dojo cringed just remembering the experience and the fact that he was even revealing the rather nasty event to Ozpin and Glynda at all.
"It appears that the rest of your 'kids' are going to help Raimundo." Ozpin noted, having kept watching the temple. Kimiko, Clay and Omi had rushed off to help their leader, though it didn't seem like they were alone.
"That's good." Dojo looked at the screen, only to frown. "The other kids are going with them."
"Ruby Rose wants to help stop the Nevermore that she and Weiss Schnee manage to anger, while Jaune Arc has offered his help as a way to pay Raimundo back for helping him when they first arrived here."
"I remember that now, he was unfortunate enough to have motion sickness on the flight here to Beacon." Dojo nodded. "Raimundo felt sorry for him and decided to help him out. They're all like that really.
"I see…" Ozpin could see that in the four of them, willing to help out anyone in need. Still, he also needed to ensure that they didn't get distracted from any task that they might have in the future.
With the storm that was to come, he would need all of the help that he could get.
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Chase Young walked out of his lair with the Tongue of Saiping in his hand, it was time that he finally did something that hadn't done since he first used Jack Spicer as a pawn for one of his plans to stop the Xiaolin Monks from getting the Eagle Scope, denying them the chance to eliminate evil forever.
He was going to call out the animals of Vale, more specifically, he was going to call out the Grimm of Vale. He didn't know how far his call for the Grimm could reach, but quite honestly, it was something that he wanted to try out, just to see how far his range could reach.
"Grimm of Vale! I summon your presence!"
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Raimundo smirked cockily as he faced the giant Nevermore by the cliffs that he had found in his flight to provide a diversion. The Nevermore itself was on the central tower getting ready to charge at him when it suddenly stopped, raising its head in confusion. It looked as though it had suddenly heard something but for some reason it simply couldn't ignore it.
It looked at Raimundo for a second, before it briefly turned away. It looked like it wanted to reject something, before it turned back to Raimundo and shrieked something. It then proceeded to turn away from the Dragon of the Wind and start to fly away from him for some reason.
"Wait… you're leaving?" Raimundo's jaw dropped in disbelief. "What the hell is up with that?!"
The Nevermore shrieked at Raimundo again, looking almost angry about the whole situation before it proceeded to fly away one more, passing over the other Xiaolin Dragons and the two futures teams as it did so. The Nevermore looked as though it wanted to attack the initiates that it was flying over, but proceeded to fly over them, looking rather irritated as it did so. It shrieked at them, giving one warning before it finally left them along.
Raimundo couldn't help but feel cheated by the sudden departure of the giant Nevermore. Normally he and his team would fight whoever their opponents were and just beat them up, no questions asked. Yet this time, it seemed as though that the Nevermore just left for some bizarre reason.
"Raimundo!" He looked down when he heard his name being called out, spotting everyone waiting at the end of the bridge that led everyone to the central tower. He flew down to meet them, looking rather irritated by what the Grimm had gone and done.
"What happened? Why did the Nevermore suddenly leave?" Ruby was quick to ask questions, though Raimundo looked somewhat concerned.
"I honestly don't know, but the way it suddenly raised its head as if it heard something." Raimundo told the group. "It was almost as if someone or something had decided to summon it."
"Summon it?" Weiss Schnee sounded perplexed. "Is that even possible?"
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"The Grimm are… leaving Emerald Forest." Glynda sounded surprised by what they were seeing. Ozpin had a concerned expression as he watched on all of the possible cameras that Grimm left, right and centre were attempting to leave the forest. Ozpin had noted that it was around the same time that the giant Nevermore had heard something that the Grimm had decided to leave, almost as if they had been summoned by something.
"This is too much of a coincidence." Ozpin muttered, watching as the giant Nevermore flew off away from Beacon itself and towards another location. He couldn't tell right now where the Nevermore was flying off to, but he knew that he could eventually find out if the cameras kept the Nevermore in its visual.
He just hoped that nothing ended up destroying the cameras in question.
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As the Nevermore flew away from Beacon Academy, cameras were fixed on its movements, following where it flew to. Suddenly, the cameras were shot down by laser beams. The cameras had been shot down by a flock of Jack-Bots, whose guns were smoking away. The Jack-Bots celebrated their success by cheering and giving themselves the thumbs up.
They were destroyed however, by smaller Nevermore that ran through the robots in questions. Their groans of defeat summed up just how short-lived their success was.
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A hawk towards Beacon Academy, and just before it got to the grounds, it transformed into a cat. It was Chameleon-Bot, who was giving Jack Spicer the perfect visual of the Huntsmen Academy as it started to run towards the academy.
Jack Spicer himself was rubbing his hands in anticipation as he watched the footage on his screens, as he got feedback from the cameras in the eyes of his robot.
"Soon, I, Jack Spicer, Evil Boy Genius, will be one step closer to getting my revenge on that little brat for dealing damage to my credibility." Jack Spicer sneered, before he started to laugh evilly, eyeing up the Shadow of Fear with eager anticipation. He walked towards his cupboard and pull out the Golden Tiger Claws.
"Well Red, looks like you'll be seeing me a lot sooner than you thought." Jack smirked darkly, as he put the Golden Tiger Claws on his desk. "Once I have mapped out the entirety of Beacon Academy, I'll be paying you a visit, as I dive straight into your nightmares."
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Chase's command had caught the attention of the White Fang members staying in his lair, so when Adam Taurus and his Lieutenant had been made aware of the situation, they too were watching Chase Young as he waited patiently for some more Grimm to arrive, curious to see how he might convince any Grimm that arrived to join his ever-growing army.
They were almost caught off guard when a giant Nevermore arrived on the scene however, it landed right before the soulless man, and shrieked loudly in his face, its beak opened wide enough that it could have swallowed him whole. Yet, he merely raised an eyebrow in amusement at the fact that the giant Grimm was trying to intimidate him of all people. Chase smirked suddenly, turning so that his eyes met that of Adam's, who merely crossed his arms, wondering what the Leader of the Grimm was going to do next.
They were however, caught off guard when Chase Young transformed into his other form, the mixture of a lizard and dragon and roared at the Nevermore. Even the giant Grimm seemed startled by the sudden transformation, if the shriek of surprise was anything to go by. It tilted its head to the side, trying to understand what it was seeing, while Chase merely laughed at it.
"Adam… did you know about this ability of his?" Adam could hear the shock and horror in his Lieutenant's voice, something that even he would have been feeling himself had he not known that Chase Young had been drinking a potion that he sold his very soul for. It didn't change the fact that this ability of his had surprised him.
"I didn't know about this ability of his, no." Adam told his Lieutenant, keeping his eyes on Chase Young, who transformed back into his human self, and was now talking to the Nevermore, which seemed to be taking the whole situation rather well. Though considering that Chase was probably telling the giant Grimm what he wanted it to know, it wouldn't take too long for Chase to convince it to join his forces.
It was a rather scary thought in itself. It also made Adam realise just how lucky he had gotten that Chase Young had offered them the chance to join his ever-growing army and not destroy them outright for being in the way.
He was looking forward a world ruled by Chase Young.
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Chameleon-Bot watched from the rafters above in the form of a hawk as the initiates were being formed into teams. The shape-shifting robot already had its eyes on Ruby Rose, Yang Xiao-Long and Weiss Schnee, the three girls that its creator, Jack Spicer wanted revenge on for various reasons.
It would be rather convenient if all three girls were formed into the same team now wouldn't it?
"Russel Thrush, Cardin Winchester, Dove Bronzewing, and Sky Lark. The four of you retrieved the black bishop pieces and from this day forward, you four will work together as Team CRDL (Cardinal), led by Cardin Winchester." Ozpin's voice echoed through the auditorium as the teams for the first year students were announced. Chameleon-Bot didn't particularly care, but he could tell that Jack Spicer didn't like them for some reason or another. The team were applauded regardless of Jack's opinion, not like he could have done anything about it though. Though Chameleon-Bot could spot the Xiaolin Dragons giving Cardin Winchester a dirty look throughout the entire procedure.
It watched as another team made their way forward, it never hurt to have extra information for the future prospects that might end up causing Jack Spicer problems after all. The self-proclaimed 'Evil Boy Genius' had demanded that he got as much information as possible.
"Jaune Arc, Lie Ren, Pyrrha Nikos and Nora Valkyrie." Ozpin nodded to them as they stepped forward while the applause died down. "The four of you retrieved the white rook pieces. From this day forward, you will work together as Team JNPR (Juniper). Led by Jaune Arc!" Chameleon-Bot watched as the new leader stuttered in shock. There was laughter when Jaune was knocked to the ground by Pyrrha, the famous 'invincible girl'.
Even Jack Spicer knew who the girl was, and her presence in Beacon Academy made Jack feel uncomfortable. Chase Young had forced Jack into watching videos of every tournament that had taken place in the last four years, something that the robotic-engineering genius had done with great annoyance. It was only when he was watching all of the fights that Pyrrha Nikos had taken part in did he realise why Chase had forced him to watch the videos.
She could do something that could control metal, Polarity that Chase had later told him. It was almost as if she could act like a magnet towards metal, which for Jack Spicer was one of the worst things that he could encounter. With someone like Pyrrha Nikos having an ability like that, he would be absolutely helpless if he was ever forced into having a fight against her, because she would be able to cancel out his robots.
Chameleon-Bot watched as the three targets that had irritated Jack Spicer walked on stage together, along with another girl who Chameleon-Bot knew it would learn the name of within moments.
"Blake Belladona, Ruby Rose, Weiss Schnee and Yang Xiao-Long. The four of you retrieved the white knight pieces. From this day forward you will work together as Team RWBY (Ruby)." Ozpin announced, informing Chameleon-Bot of not only who the last member of the group was, but also who the three targets of Jack Spicer would be staying with. "Led by Ruby Rose."
Ruby was gob-smacked, while Yang engulfed her in a hug. Chameleon-Bot remembered some note that had been made about the two being sisters, why Jack had even found out about the small detail was unknown. The fact that he knew that they were related was all that Chameleon-Bot needed to know. Eventually the Xiaolin Dragons were led up to the stage.
"And finally, Raimundo Pedrosa, Omi, Clay Bailey and Kimiko Tohomiko. You retrieved the white bishop pieces. From this day forward, you will work together as Team ROCK (Rock), led by Raimundo Pedrosa." Chameleon-Bot didn't pay attention to the reactions of the Xiaolin Monks, for his attention was drawn towards Team RWBY, the team full of misfits that had caused Jack Spicer trouble since he had arrived in Remnant.
After all, one couldn't get rid of a problem if they didn't learn about the problem itself first and foremost. It would learn everything about the team and Beacon Academy itself, before Jack would use the information that he learnt to get his revenge.
It was just a shame that Jack refused to allow Chameleon-Bot to go into the room of Team RWBY and just smother them to death in their sleep now wasn't it? After all, that would just get rid of a small problem before it became a big one.
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Well this took longer than expected.
Honestly, I was trying to think of a way to avoid the Xiaolin Monks just destroying the Grimm that teams RWBY and JNPR would fight, but I still failed at not only that, but to also keep them involved in a good way. At least I did something different by not having the Nevermore be destroyed I suppose.
However, with Team ROCK (really imaginative right) now joining Teams RWBY and JNPR at Beacon, they could be some help against in the incoming storm. They might even try to stop the upcoming plot from Jack Spicer from happening, or they might just let it happen.
Honestly though, I have planned out everything for Season One so far, have a some ideas what to do in Season Two, but only have a few things in mind for Season Three. If I'm going to be honest, I'm hoping to see Season Four before going for anything too solid after Season One.
I've also got a slight dilemma, I've hinted at it a few times now, but with the Shadow of Fear going to be used at one point in the next few chapters, I've been trying to figure out what would the greatest fears be for both Team RWBY and Team JNPR? I have a few ideas, but I'd like to get some input from you guys, so I can see if I was correct in my ideas.
Oh, and if you guys wanted to know, there will be some Xiaolin Showdowns in the future in this story, but not for a few chapters at best. There also might be some appearances from some more Xiaolin Showdown villains at some point as well, some of them might not be as expected as some others.
Let me know what you think about this chapter, it'll be nice to get some feedback.
Until next time goodbye and goodnight.