As it turns out i have load of free time. Not really a good or bad thing per say, but goddamn I am pretty bored. I graduate on the 2nd but don't have to attend since like last friday. Writing this story is good occupation, but geez it takes a lot out of me. Between the time it takes and actually doing it, i may need to space myself out a bit more. Or maybe it'll get easier as it goes. Who knows. One thing for sure is i hate this tiny keyboard on my laptop. I constantly look for mistakes in typing as i often hit more than one key. It's a great laptop it's like brand new. But seriously i could tape pencils to my fingers and type with the erasers and it'd still be easier. Also, sweet. I have fans apparently. *Victory screech*. Besides that, i have the system worked out. Meeting the fire keeper could play out trickily as all of them would have to see her at one point. My intention is to draw out their strength as a character, pretty much working on their own. While not exposing too much of the conflict i will say it's very present. Between the four girls they will all have their own direction, but ultimately are going to meet again. So will other characters. I fully intend to implement team JNPR eventually, but like the show will be focused on RWBY. Also i have an idea in place but i'm not sure to apply it. I could give them dark souls equivalent weapons to their own seeing as though repairing them would be impractical. The hitch in the idea being to have them with the standard weapons found in the game, like in chests or from enemies, etc, or to have them obtained from bosses, of course having the weapons then increased in strength. The possibilities are certainly there, but now that i think about it, they would have to meet Ludleth. Crap. And they will need the transposing kiln. Double crap. Eh, i'll wing it. Let's go. Oh but before that, spacing screen time for each character i haven't figured out yet. I'm thinking like every 2-3 chapters. That seems long enough for something good enough to leave off on. Ok NOW let's go.

I fell over again. For like the third time since i got here i just couldn't find find the strength. How ironic. The strong member of the group, not fit to even stand up. Gasping, coughing, hacking, dry heaving on my knees. I realized i could never make fun of Jaune again. Motion sickness or not i'm on solid ground. Vomit boy wins this time.

Don't think vomit Don't think vomit Don'tthinkvomit

I vomited. Well if you can even call it that. My body tensed up so hard it hurt until i couldn't move. Then whatever was inside just kind of flew out. It wasn't one of these when you were sick as a kid and you threw up and always felt better, throw ups. This hurt. When you can't get air in or out i guess your body tries to clear the way(A/N: Yes, that's an actual thing. Ever swallow so much water in a pool you automatically throw up? Well it's a lot worse when you're not underwater. If you seriously can't breathe for any reason other than choking or drowning, don't feel scared when it happens. Just thought you should know. It also hurts.). Thankfully i didn't manage to get any on my hair. I rolled over on my side making sure to avoid what i just put on the ground. I clutched my stomach. It felt like tense steel strings replaced my ab muscles and stretched until they broke. I'm pretty sure if i flexed i couldn't feel anything there. I flopped onto my back and looked up at the sky. It looked different. Maybe i'm seeing different on account of less air. What kind of sandstorm was that. It didn't even taste like sand. Why do i know what sand tastes like…? Oh right, the beach with Ruby. My eyes widened.

"Ruby!", I shouted shooting up half way. My body was too tired. I can't think right now. Frantically looking around, i still couldn't see her.

"Weiss?! Blake?!". Nothing…

I'm still light headed. At least i can breathe now. I need to save my strength for a sec. I looked around again. I don't recognize anything. I was at the place with our team… Where the heck was that. Oh right. The stadium. Then… all that happened. I didn't imagine that. It's not possible. But the sun went out too. Should that even be possible?

I finally stood up, albeit slowly. There was some kinda grey dirt on my clothes… and my skin. Goddammit. The cost of putting effort into looking nice. I burst into flame quickly trying get this off me. It didn't get as much as i would have liked. I'd have to deal with it. I'm surprised i can see anything when there's no goddamn sun. The entire sky is just patches of clouds and a grey sky. I think i can see the moon.

The wind picked up strongly. There was a roar through the sky and suddenly it happened. A piece of the moon shifted back into place. It resonated with a loud boom. I stood in shock. Whatever was happening was affecting the world in a bigger way than i thought.

I looked down at ember celica and checked her rounds. I had plenty of my normal shells and just a few more explosive rounds on me. Shifting them up my wrist i realize i should probably get moving. I don't really know what killed everyone else here but i had a feeling i was gonna find out. Wherever my team went i know they can fair better than the unfortunate souls lost here. More than the others i worry about Ruby. As ambitious as she was she can get ahead of herself. Or maybe that's just me being a protective sister.

I hope you're okay.

I have confidence in my team. I know they'll have confidence in me.

I pumped my fists together. "Ready for anything."

At least i hope.

The flame is bright within her hope. But like hope, the flame that shines twice as bright, burns twice as fast. She will forever seek more to burn, as the flame in her heart is never ending.

Looking around yang took in the scenery a little better. If you could call it that anyway. She didn't recognize the area specifically but could see it looked loosely like downtown vale. Or what's left anyway. The large buildings once towering over in what used to be a lively area now looked crumbled, broken and leaning over until…

There looks like some kind of huge land mass just crashed right into what's left of the buildings. Noticing where she was she could easily tell she was on a street, although now broken beyond repair. The land above part rock and the now collided buildings. She turned around.

Behind her the street extended shortly until it broke off completely. Pavement cracked and misshapen and just flat out broken until there was nothing. Just a street made cliff and endless fog. Looking back to the land above she felt oddly beneath everything. She was on what she thought was the surface street of vale, and now there was a new surface so far above her. She was basically in a crevice of the earth now. A ravine that just touched down to what used to be. That made her not want to guess what's even below the cliff behind her. As above the ground, as below the world.

The trench she was in extended further, but the only reason she could see it was the light above her. On the surface there appears to be a huge crack aligning the exact direction of the broken street before her. Then what appears to be a bridge. Between not feeling safe, or not feeling able to reach whatever waited up there by the buildings, she felt continuing into the street before her was the better of the ideas. At least she could see in the darkness of the trench.

She took not even a full step before she heard something. A slight crack sounded as some dirt fell from above. A woosh sounded as something fell through the air, Yang had just enough time to dodge as something crashed into the ground behind her. She spun around mid dash and fired off two rounds in her attackers direction. What it was surprised her. Her eyes widened not seeing a grim.

It was a humanoid of some sort, wearing some light pink or what used to be red rags. It's skin was colored of something that died. Oddly enough it tried to crush her with a giant… pot. Not a weapon she was used to seeing.

It gave a gruesome roar that honestly sounded more like a groan from some demonic figure. It was unnaturally low. Whatever it was wasn't human. Too surprised it didn't break its legs upon impact she didn't dodge when it threw the massive pot at her. Keeping her guard up she managed to take the hit without too much trouble. The pot broke into chunks and pieces when it hit so it was thrown hard no doubt.

Her semblance kicked in and she ran forward. From behind its back it pulled out a giant saw blade. It was obviously a weapon as it looked too large to use practically. Also not a weapon she was used to seeing. It swung the blade in a quick sweep. Yang slid just underneath the blade directly under the being. She shifted into a crouch, jumped, and gave it a powerful uppercut and unloaded a shell into its head. Staggering backwards and surprisingly not dead it retaliated just as fast.

Griping both sides of the blade it smashed it down in an attempt to kill her. Yang dashed backwards as it kept moving toward her slamming it down where she had previously been. IT appeared to be getting tired and finally slammed, unable to lift it as fast as it wanted to. Yang advanced as it yanked the blade out of the ground slowly. Just when it gave loose Yang's left foot appeared right on top of its right hand ,forcing it back down as she jumped up and scissor kicked it right it the face. Flipping back she fired into its chest three time propelling herself farther into the air. Her dexterity paying off from watching Blake.

Still recoiling it lifted the saw blade with one arm it attempted to cut hr out of the air, using it like a giant butchers knife. Firing two shots behind her she double jumped directly over her attacker. Turning her back over, she swung her fist shifting her mass around and drove her fist downward. The thing giving its low roar of defiance as the saw slammed down too soon before it reached her. Yang dived straight into its chest, and drove the creature on its back into the pavement beneath. Kneeling with her gauntlet cratering into its chest, black blood seeping out of the huge wound.

It gave one last angry grunt before yang fired another shell into it's already bleeding wound and shot her fist out of it's body. The pavement beneath her cracked some more as the crater grew around it. Huffing, she stood up and stepped back trying not to trip over it's body. Now that it was dead, Yang looked over what just happened. The thing dropped who knows how many hundred feet trying to crush her with a massive pot. He then threw it at her after taking two shotgun shells,then an uppercut to the head with another shell, a scissor kick to the head, three more shotgun shells, a ground pound causing a crater in it's chest, and another shotgun shell until it died.

Whatever the hell it was, she hoped she wouldn't run into more of them. Killing them wasn't a problem as she only got hit with a giant pot, but they took a lot of ammo to kill. It didn't help that she needed to save those shells. It seemed like punching the thing hurt it more. The ammo entering it's body didn't even seem to phase it. She'll have to punch harder next time.

She checked herself. Black blood stained part of her right arm where she ground pounded into the thing. Disgusted she tried her best to get it off, but the only thing to brush it off were her clothes, and the dead things clothes. This wouldn't be a problem if this were a grim. The blood would just turn into smoke with the rest of the body. This thing definitely was not a grim. It's thick flesh definitely not disappearing.

Sighing she did her best not to let the blood get in her weapon. If this kept up trying to shoot her way out would be impractical. Taking her scarf, also having a little blood on it, cleaned ember celica. Her weapons were more important than her clothes at the moment. After cleaning she tied the scarf just below her right shoulder. She still didn't want something with blood on it near her face. Wait…

Yang checked her face…

Blood.

"Goddammit!", she yelled in frustration. That meant it probably got in her hair. She went up in flames as her anger was clearly evident.

Not even a foot into this place and i already look like i was in a horror movie. Great.

She sighed. Looking good wasn't that important right now She needed to find her team and get out of this trench. Not necessarily in that order. But that's priority right now. She'd save the world after. If possible. But she'd have to conserve her ammo in the meantime. Turning around just in time to bump into something, she braced for another fight.

"Oh", she said. Right there in front of her was the giant saw blade sticking into the pavement. "That could work", she said to herself. She gripped the handle with both hands, and yanked the saw from the earth. Dragging it out of the crevice, she hoisted it up onto her shoulder.

It's not practical to use all the time, but it'll help with the big guys. Might save me some ammo too.

She took her jacket belt and fashioned a sling to hold it against her back. She'd have to be careful taking it out. She didn't want to cut her head off. Or her hair. Gripping her hair and moving it front of her left shoulder, she placed it between her upper back and shoulder and her belt, she kept the handle above her shoulder and made sure it didn't move. She'd need to find a smaller temporary weapon in the near future. She'd also need to find a way for her hair not to get cut, but she'll cross that path later.

Looking back into the trench before her, the wind blew in and made it all the more ominous as it echoed. It'll take more than spooky sounds to stop her though. She began her trek into the unknown once more. Unfortunately she hdan't gone very far. The building crush closer together made an end in this direction. To her left, a break in the stone crushing the buildings around her. It almost looked like an entrance to somewhere. It even had stairs leading up to a doorway. But not wanting a building to shift on top of her and crush her in some narrow path seemed a wise caution. To her right, more trench. The trench could only go so far but she wanted to explore all her options before going in there.

She could still see the bridge above her crossing the mouth of the trench. Although it's small, it still looks like somewhere to get to. Someone had to have put it there right? Then again, someone also had to have put stairs into the other way...

Then again, there was never a giant land on top of what used to be downtown Vale. And i don't think someone could have put that there. Maybe the rest just came with it. Including that thing i just killed. Yeah. That makes sense.

Listening to her arbitrary reasoning she went right and followed the trench more. This time she kept an eye for anything trying to get the drop on her. Literally. The trench looked the same as the small stretch prior. This giant land crushing buildings close together. It all just looks wrong. The buildings crushed with stone and debris filling the gaps huddling close together. There's no way in, no way out. They weren't even buildings anymore really. Just building blocks for something to be stacked on top of. How they're holding up at all is beyond her. Then again so is everything right now. An attack helicopter could appear at the drop of a hat and it wouldn't be any less surprising.

…

Damn. No helicopter.

Ahead of her was the end of the trench. And another doorway leading into who the hell knows where. Sighing, she realized she was running out of options. She was gonna have to go through one door or the other. It looked dark and unsettling. Imagine being in a dark cave, and constantly having the fear that the cave was gonna collapse right on top of you. Now imagine you survive that. Now you're just trapped in a dark cave with no way out. The very idea is why she didn't want to go in there. It doesn't happen every day, but neither does the sun going out, or a continent appearing on top of a city. She may be exaggerating and over thinking things, but she realized she needed to get out of here. If someone put a doorway here, that means they must have made their way down here from the top.

She hoped for the best and walked in. What she saw was disturbing. It was just a large open area below her with rats on the far end. The rats were huge. The size of a big dog almost. There flesh had patches missing from it. Their eyes look almost blind. One could only wonder how the hell they're alive. Among other things. The latter in front of her leading to the drop apparently too high to get back up on their own. Why the hell someone made a square pit for giant rats with ladders going into them made literally no sense. The only reason she could see them was because of the torch at the other end next to the other latter.

"Thoughtful", she said sarcastically.

It was like a pit you'd throw someone into to never come back out. Jumping down she ran to the latter as fast as she could. One of the rats turned around and jumped at her. She dodged to the side and hit the rat hard. It flew into the wall and flopped onto the floor. It's blood splattered onto the wall and dripped down onto it's corpse. Two other rats rushed her. She crossed one with a jab, crushing its head. The other one jumped from the right side and she cross hooked with her right arm. It suffered the same fate as the last.

Hearing two small shrieks she saw more rats entering from some holes in the back wall. She began running again. She would've jumped had she not had a giant saw strapped to her back. Stepping up to the first rung she began climbing up. Hearing another shriek right behind her she looked down. A rat at the base of the ladder was scratching its way up the first rung. She doubted it could climb, but just in case…

She hung off the ladder with two hands and one leg, dipped down and kicked the rat full force in the head. The right side of its face crushed against her boot as it fell over and shrieked until death. Climbing back up the rungs Yang sighed to herself. She was glad those were easy to kill. They almost looked like zombies. She's glad they weren't zombies. They bled everywhere.

She realized she's have to wipe ember celica off again. That will get annoying. She looked up the ladder. It seemed to be a straight shot all the way up. Glad that this place would soon not be her occupation she hauled ass up the ladder and didn't look back down.

Finally reaching the top she grabbed the end of the scarf and wiped her gauntlets off again. As pesky as it was it had to be done. If blood failed her weapons at the wrong time, it could be dangerous. Especially now that she was killing living things that weren't grimm. At least they weren't people. Then she heard something.

"Ahh who is there?"

It was a woman's voice. It was soft and quiet. Although Yang didn't perceive it as a threat, she still readied herself. Everything up till now has attacked her directly.

"Is someone there? Anyone?"

Yang rounded the corner to find a cell to her left. To her right a way out seemingly. But she looked back to the cell. There was no door, but in there was a woman in robes, lying in a corner of the room. Candles lit the area dimly enough so that she could see the woman. Quickly entering Yang wanted to see if the woman was hurt. Being right after the rats srea she expected her to be. She didn't look like she was about to fight anytime soon. She must ahve heard her footsteps because she kept talking.

"Ahh please, whoever you are, touch me", she pleaded.

It wasn't until now Yang got a good look at her. She was pale, skinny and her eyes gone completely blind. The request shocked Yang, but to think of any request she just wanted contact? If this was truly her request, and to be touched was truly all she wanted, she must have been at the end of some seriously tragic fate. Yang was cautious, but if she had gone through something so horrible, she at least deserved a chance.

Yang knelt down and whispered, "Okay."

She reached down hesitantly and stopped when she heard, "The dark surrounds me, nibbles at my flesh. Little creatures, they never stop biting. So please, hold out your hand, and touch me."

Yang knew her sanity must have been slipping from her grasp. She must be delusional to the point of hallucinating. If Yang could provide her some kind of comfort, she would at least try.

"Okay, i'm here", Yang said. As she touched her shoulder the woman sighed in relief. "Ah yes, there you are, so close, indeed. Then I am not entirely alone, just yet. Praise the merciful gods above…", she spoke.

Gods?, Yang thought.

She thanks some merciful gods? After whatever devastated her she wishes to thank them?

Yang wondered if she knew what happened in the world outside of this cell. What dark era has she come from? Yang stood up and backed away slightly.

"Oh forgive me. I am Irina of Carim. I came to this land so that i might be a fire keeper."

What? A firekeeper?

"Your touch has freed me from the darkness. You are a champion then?"

What is she talking about? Was she expecting someone else?

I am weak, and unfit to tend the flames. But if it might not trouble you, might i enter into your service instead?"

Yang was at a loss for words. She has no idea what she is talking about. Maybe she came with this world too. Maybe this champion she's talking about was supposed to as well. Whoever that is, they're not here. But she does need to know where to go. She's utterly lost here. And it looks like the woman was no better off. It would be best to get her out of here. Yang thinks she could carry her.

"Okay you can help me. But i'm not a champion. I need to find someone. And everything around here has changed. Do you know how i can get out of here?"

"Oh but you are a champion. I can see your soul within the darkness. It burns bright. Brighter than the others. You are untouched by the flame, but it seeks you, so is your fate", Irina said.

"Strange", she continued. "There are other souls, untouched as well. Perhaps much has changed. But fear not champion, no matter how shattered the world, the flame will guide your soul. But i'm afraid here is where your destiny lies. The gods have decided it. Our worlds is one."

Yang stepped back even more.

So she knows whats happened to the world? And she can see souls? She must mean aura. Maybe she can see my team!

"Thank you sweet champion. I shall take my vows. I Irina of carim solemnly swear to serve you", she spoke. With that a wind picked up and swirled around her, and she vanished.

"No wait!", Yang grasped for her. She couldn't hold anything however, as there was nothing to grasp. She was gone.

The flame will guide your soul… Yang thought. What it meant it didn't know. But she hoped she would soon.

Okay. So this is chapter 3. Sorry for not uploading as fast as anyone may have expected. I got injured in a go-cart with my foster brothers and one of their friends. I see now why they had them sign a waiver. Me being 18 i didn't have to, but probably should have seen the possible danger coming. I didn't crash and explode like on nascar, but i messed up my back and my shoulder for a little bit. And while i was sore i didn't get much done. I actually started this chapter the night after i posted chapter 2. So sorry i didn't keep up with my quick pace. Any way in the time writing this i have fixed some of the present plot holes that i may have stated in my note before this chapter started. And don't worry, Yang wont be using the giant saw blade forever. It's just temporary for what's to come. I feel like i hit some of the problems with the weapons pretty well. You can probably tell which boss Yang will face by now, but not before some things happen in the next chapter. I felt like this would be a good place to stop as we just exposed some of the plot to Yang. With the right amount being said before she left, i felt i could build some low level suspense without jumping right into it. You know, make it sneaky. Besides sneaking in some suspense(hopefully), i realized that the area where Yang happened to be placed was actually a lot smaller than i thought. Now don't get me wrong, i wanted to put her somewhere to build plot, but also to push her limits. I realize while i did the same with Ruby, i spent a little too much of the first chapter with exposition as to what started this mess. I hope i don't make Yang's spot in the story as quick as Ruby's time to the encounter. But that's where you guys come in. Let me know how i do with that later. But i actually took a little bit of time as to where to start Yang. I didn't want to start her somewhere far off and have to narrate the countless things she'd have to kill before getting there, but i knew where i wanted her to generally be. Where better than in a deep dark trench. Also I'll be wanting to give them armor. Keeping their normal clothes, at least in Yang's case, is irrational. They's get torn and blood, and eventually become useless. And ya i know that the bonfire repairs that stuff, but cmon. Wearing a jacket that only covers half your body with a skirt with a belt that covers 30% of the surface of said skirt is not beneficial in combat. At least put something to cover your limbs like Pyrrha. She's got that narrowed down. But seriously, it just wouldn't make sense to me. But i'm open minded, so if someone can counteract that point besides saying it'd make them lighter, i may reconsider. Also Yang's hair may be a problem. I feel like it might just get cut or burned or blown off by something if it's exposed that much. Anyway, until next time.