A/N: What is up everyone! I am here with the eleventh chapter of OOO! Remember, I will be following not only the RWBY episodes with some additions but also the OOO series (The Greeed, meeting Ankh, introducing Kougami, etc., but no Birth [Maybe]). Anyways enough talk, let us begin the chapter now shall we? And in this chapter, this is the end of the RWBY volume one arc.
Henshin!
Third Person View
'Thought'
Greeed/Yummies
It was a Friday and I was sitting on the bed, reading a book. Ankh was going over the Core Medals we currently have knowing that we now have three full combos. Not to mention, the first semester is ending.
I looked at the calendar and saw the day saying it is Friday. 'To think that I have been here for awhile.' I thought with a smile. From what I learned, once the semester ends there is no class for a week which gives me time to train harder and for Ankh…
"Finally, I won't have to deal with teaching those humans." He said when he looked at the calendar as well, relieved that he won't have a headache from all that.
"Only for a week." I pointed out as I flipped a page. "Plus it will give me more time to train."
"At least you are improving…" He muttered.
"What was that?" I asked, swore that I heard him say something.
"None of your business." He sternly said.
"Okay?" I said before I continued to read.
Still, a lot has happened for me for the past semester since I came to Remnant and being enrolled in Beacon. I became OOO, meeting Ankh, Ruby, Blake, Yang, Weiss, Team JNPR, and Team CFVY. I couldn't help but smile knowing that I met good people (don't know about Ankh) and became friends with them.
Maybe being in Remnant is not all that bad. As I was reading, I heard a knock on the door. Curious to who is here, I got up from my bed before walking to the door and opened it, only to see Team RWBY. "Hey you four."
"Hey Enrique, we were wondering if you wanna tag along since Weiss was thinking of strolling around Vale." Ruby wondered.
I looked back at Ankh who was busy on his Scroll. "You can go on ahead, I rather have peace and quiet than go with you five." Ankh said, not averting his eyes from the Scroll.
I shrugged before I checked my pockets and I felt the King Combo, OOO Driver, and some Cell medals in case anything happens. "Alright, let's go." I said as Team RWBY and I headed out to Vale.
Remnants of Desires
Chapter 11: A Faunus Among Us?
We were in Vale as we saw it was being decorated in time for the Vytal Festival that Ruby told me about. The Vytal Festival is an international festival in Remnant held every two years, where the various cultures of this world are celebrated with dances, parades and a combat tournament. The hosts of the festival rotate for each festival, with the host opening its borders to visitors from the other kingdoms. To me, it sounds very interesting to hear something like this.
We saw red, yellow, and green streamers and balloons that are proudly on display as we were strolling through it all with an awed Weiss in the front.
A sign was being put up by the elderly Shopkeeper that reads in bright red letters 'WELCOME TO VALE!'
"The Vytal Festival! Oh this is absolutely wonderful!" Weiss smiled as she clasped her hands together.
"I don't think I've ever seen you smile this much Weiss. It's kinda weirding me out..." Ruby said as she has a worried expression on her face.
"I agree with you." I agreed with Ruby's statement. I never seen her smile this much either.
"How could you not smile? A festival dedicated to the cultures of the world! There will be dances, parades, a tournament! Oh the amount of planning and organization that goes into this event is simply breathtaking." Weiss continued.
Yang sighed and replied, "You really know how to take a good thing and make it sound boring." Weiss looked over at her.
"Quiet you!"
"Remind me again why we are spending our Friday afternoon visiting the stupid docks?" Yang asked as we walked over to the railings of the docks.
"Ugh, they smell like fish." Ruby held her nose and said, probably regretting that she sniffed the ocean air.
"I've heard that students visiting from Vacuo will be arriving by ship today. And as a representative of Beacon, I feel as if it is my solemn duty to welcome them to this fine kingdom." Weiss said as we started to walk again.
"She wants to spy on them so she'll have the upperhand in the tournament." Blake nonchalantly said.
"That kinda sounds like she will be cheating then." I added.
"Uh, you can't prove that." Weiss scoffed, crossing her arms in defense.
"Whatever you say." I shrugged.
Ruby looked over into the city. "Woah." She noticed there was a robbery that happened because of all the police tape. The girls and I walked up to the two police officers that were investigating. "What happened here?" Ruby asked them.
"Robbery, second dust shop to be hit this week, this place is turning into a jungle..." The first officer said, walking to his partner.
"Ugh...that's terrible." Yang placed a hand on her hip.
"At least it wasn't the Greeed or Yummy." I said in relief. The Greeed and Yummy already caused damage to the city 2 months ago due to Gamel. Thankfully it was repaired a couple of days after that incident.
"They left all the money again." The second officer told the first one.
"Ehh, just doesn't make a lick of sense. Who needs that much dust?" The first one looked over and asked the second one.
"I dunno, an army?" He replied.
"You thinkin' uh, White Fang?" The first one asked again.
The second one took off his sunglasses and replied, "Yeah, I'm thinkin' we don't get paid enough."
"Hm. The White Fang, what an awful bunch of degenerates." Weiss folded her arms and proclaimed.
Blake turned to her and asked, "What's your problem?"
"My problem? I simply don't care for the criminally insane." Weiss shrugged her shoulders.
"The White Fang is hardly a bunch of Psychopaths. They're a collection of misguided Faunus." Blake explained.
"Misguided? They want to wipe humanity off the face of the planet." Weiss argued.
"Then they're very misguided. Either way, it doesn't explain why they would rob a dust shop in the middle of downtown Vale."
"Blake's got a point. Besides, the police never caught that Torchwick guy I ran into a few months ago, maybe it was him?" Ruby said as they continued to watch the police work.
"That still doesn't change the fact that the White Fang are a bunch of scum. Those Faunus only know how to lie, cheat, and steal," Weiss said.
"That's not necessarily true." I argued. "They are not like that, Weiss. Take Velvet for example; she's a Faunus yet she isn't with the White Fang."
She was gonna speak up to counter my statement before she huffed and turned her head away from me.
I had a grin etched on my face until we heard a voice shout, "Hey, stop that Faunus!" Someone yelled over by the boats. Wondering what is going on, we ran over to the railings to see what the commotion what about.
When we got there, we saw a tan-skinned boy with short spiky light-blonde hair and dark-gray eyes. He wears two red wrist bracers and an open loose-collared white jacket with no shirt underneath, displaying his muscular physique. Talk about showing off.
He also wears blue cargo pants tied up with a white belt. He wears white bandages on his legs and has a chain hanging from the belt loop on the right side of his pants.
He sports black and yellow sneakers and wears a twisted golden necklace around his neck, with a round pendant bearing his monkey emblem. He also has a long prehensile monkey tail the same color as his hair. This shows he is a Faunus, a monkey Faunus to be exact due to the tail.
He was being chased on the deck of a boat until he hopped onto the railing. "Thanks for the ride guys, heh heh." He hopped down to the docks and continued running.
"You no good stow-away!" One of the guys on the ship yelled at the Faunus.
He was hanging on a lamp post by his tail, peeling a banana. "Hey, a no good stow-away would've been caught, I'm a great stow-away." The Faunus boy replied to the two that were on the ship. A rock came flying at him and he leaned to another direction to dodge it.
"Hey! Get down from there this instant." First cop that was investigating the dust robbery said. A banana peel was thrown at his face, and he growled.
The Faunus boy lifted himself up onto the rail of the post and laughed, then he jumped back down onto the docks and continued to run away from the cops. He turned up the stairs and sprinted in our direction. Once he got close, I swore I saw him wink at Blake before he sped past us.
Why do I have this strange feeling I should tell him to back off? I shook that thought out of my head, thinking it was probably nothing.
"Well Weiss, you wanted to see the competition, and there it goes." Yang said as she watched the police chase after the boy.
"Quick, we have to observe him!" Weiss proclaimed. The five of us started to run after them.
As we continue our chase, we round the corner but then Weiss bumps into someone and trips. She looks up as we saw the Faunus guy disappear from our view, showing that he got away. "No, he got away!"
"Uhh… Weiss?" Yang pointed at the girl that Weiss bumped into.
Lying on the ground was a girl with short, curly orange hair with freckles on her face. Basically, a ginger. She was also wearing clothes that were part futuristic and part old-fashioned. She wore a blouse with feminine overalls, with a black collar and matching stockings, both decorated with green lines. She also wore a pink bow in her hair. On her back was a small backpack.
"Are you alright, miss?" I asked politely as I reached a hand to her to help her up.
"I'm fine," she said.
"Don't you want to get up?" I asked further.
"Oh, alright." She got up on her own.
"Um...hi?"
"Salutations!"
"Are you sure you're okay?" Yang asked.
"I'm wonderful! Thank you for asking." She said with a smile. "My name is Penny, it's nice to meet you all!"
"Hi Penny, I'm Ruby."
"The name's Enrique." I introduced myself.
"Weiss."
"Blake."
"Are you sure you didn't hit your head or something?" Yang asked her. Blake smacked Yang's head for asking that question. "Oh, I'm Yang."
"It's a pleasure to meet you." Penny repeated.
"You already said that." I pointed out.
"So I did." She said.
"Well sorry for running into you." Weiss said as the five of us turned around to walk away. To be honest that Penny girl is… Strange?
"Take care, friend." Ruby said to her before she turned around.
We wondered a few feet before Yang spoke up. "She was...weird."
"Now, where did that Faunus rif-raf run off to?" Weiss asked out loud. We all stopped because the strange girl; Penny, appeared out of nowhere.
"What did you call me?" She said to them.
Weiss was repeatedly looking back and forth as to see how the heck she did that. Hell even I was wondering how she got here that quick. "Oh, I'm really sorry, I definitely didn't think you heard me." Yang apologized, but Penny had another reason as to why she asked them that. "No, not you." She approached Ruby. "You". Penny specifically pointed at Ruby.
"Me? I-uh, I dunno, I-what I, um, uhh-"
"You called me friend, am I really your friend? Penny asked.
"Uhmmmmm…" Ruby looked over at us as Yang, Blake and Weiss shook their heads, saying 'no'. For me, I just shrugged, telling her it is her choice.
"Yeah, sure why not?" Ruby answered with a half-smile.
The other four were looking at her as if she made a horrible decision, which she sorta did, and fake fainted. I looked at the four before looking back at Ruby and Penny.
"Sensational! We can paint our nails..." Penny continued to ramble on about girl stuff.
"Oh, is this what it was like when you met me?" Ruby groaned to Weiss as she brush herself off.
"No - she seems far more coordinated." She replied.
"So... what are you doing in Vale?" Asked Yang, feeling curious.
"I'm here to fight in the tournament." Penny answered.
"Wait, you're fighting in the tournament?"
"I'm combat ready!" She saluted.
"Forgive me, but you hardly look the part."
"Says the girl wearing a dress."
Weiss crossed her arms. "It's a combat skirt!
Ruby speeds over to Weiss' side and said, "Yeah!" Weiss holds out her hand and Ruby low-fives it.
Weiss then realized something "Wait a minute." She walks over to Penny and grabs her by the shoulders. "If you're here for the tournament, does that mean you know that monkey-tailed... rapscallion?"
"The who...?" She asked, confused.
Weiss holding up a poor drawing of the 'criminal-in-question' "The filthy Faunus from the boat!"
"Why do you keep saying that?!" Blake asked, upset
Weiss turned her attention from Penny to Blake. "Huh?"
Blake walks over to Weiss, angry. "Stop calling him a rapscallion! Stop calling him a degenerate! He's a person!"
"Oh, I'm sorry." She releases Penny and motions to objects around her. "Would you like me to stop referring to the trash can as a trash can? Or this lamppost as a lamppost?"
"Stop it!" She demanded.
"Stop what? He clearly broke the law. Give him time; he'll probably join up with those other Faunus in the White Fang!"
"You ignorant little brat!" Blake growled.
Weiss looks offended, but when Blake walks away, she follows. "How dare you talk to me like that! I am your teammate!"
"You are a judgmental little girl."
"What in the world makes you say that?"
"The mere fact that you would sort that Faunus boy with a terrorist group solely based on his species makes you just as much of a scoundrel as you believe him to be!"
"Uhh, I think we should probably go..." Yang told Ruby and I.
Penny popped up behind Ruby, smiling. "Where are we going?" she asked.
"So you admit it! The White Fang is just a radical group of terrorists!" Weiss said.
"That's not what I meant, and you know it!" Blake argued.
The argument continued on as I was in their dorm room, listening to Weiss and Blake argue. I could hear Ankh getting pissed due to the loud argument between the two here.
"I don't understand why this is causing such a problem." Weiss said to Blake, who was sitting in her bed across from Weiss.
"That is the problem." Blake said to Weiss.
"You realize you are defending an organization that hates humanity don't you? The Faunus of the White Fang are pure evil."
"There's no such thing as pure evil! Why do you think they hate humanity so much? It's because of people like Cardin, people like you that force the White Fang to take such drastic measures."
"People like me?!"
"You're discriminatory!" Blake shouted at Weiss to her face.
"I'm a victim!" Weiss shouted back. The room got quiet. "You want to know why I despise the White Fang? Why I don't particularly trust the Faunus? It's because they've been at war with my family for years. War, as in actual bloodshed..." She continued. "My grandfather's company has had a target painted across its back for as long as I can remember. And ever since I was a child, I've watched family friends disappear; board members executed; an entire train car full of Dust, stolen. And every day, my father would come home, furious. And that made for a very difficult childhood." She bangs her fist on the bookshelf.
My eyes soften from this. Her life sounds much more rough than my life. Ruby goes over to Weiss to comfort her. "Weiss, I…"
"No!" She turns away and walks back over to Blake. "You want to know why I despise the White Fang? It's because they're a bunch of liars, thieves, and murderers!"
"Well maybe we were just tired of being pushed around!" She screamed but left us surprised.
Silence drops down again. A surprised Weiss backs away slowly, and Blake realizes her mistake as she looks at each of us including me.
"I-I..." Blake tried to get something out, but she turned for the door and sprinted out as fast as she could.
"Blake, wait! Come back!" Ruby runs over to the door and calls to her down the hallway as Yang sits herself down and Weiss looks down.
As much as I wanted to scold Weiss, I just got up and went to find Blake.
After looking around, I found Blake looking at the statue. I watched as she reached up at her bow and slowly undid it, revealing a pair of cat ears. This caught me by surprised. No wonder her bow twitches, the sound of purring from 2 months ago, and the eyes. Blake was a Faunus.
"So you're actually a Faunus." I said as I saw the cat ears on her.
Blake quickly turned around and saw me. "Are you here just to berate me?" She asked.
"Why would I do that?"
"Because I am a Faunus…" She muttered.
I sighed. "Blake, I don't care if you are a Faunus. You are my friend." I stated before looking at the shattered moon. "Let me tell you a story. There was a little kid, he was always a cheerful person when it comes to family especially to his father." I started. "He looked up to him so much that it was a strong bond between father and son. However as he heard about the death of his father, he felt something in him vanish; a void in his heart and mind."
"He became depressed, vulnerable to bullies." I continued. "Calling him names like soldier boy, weakling, or the weak link. Some gave him beatings, even sending him to the hospital at one point." I looked down. "He continued to endure all that as the years go by even with his only friend, he still endures it. Even though he shows his cheerful face, it is only a mask to hide his tearful, sad, pained expression from what happened to him. Then he lost everything on the same day he lost his father, leaving him all alone. Nothing but the life he has to endure; an orphan who was watched over by his family's close friend." I finished before I looked at Blake.
"All that happened to you?"
I nodded.
"How could you cope with all that?"
"By taking one small step at a time. I may have lost everything and been bullied but I can still help others see that they should cherish with what they have." I answered.
"Even if you are a Faunus, it doesn't show who you are, it is what is inside that truly defines who you really are. Faunus or human, you are still the same, bookworm, calm girl that I became friends with and enjoy hanging out with." I smiled, showing my kindness. "And the lesson from the story is that everyone is the same person no matter who or what they are. If I was a Faunus, I would still be the same person just with a Faunus heritage and that shows being either Faunus of human, you are you. And I see you not as a Faunus but a normal girl who helped me, Ruby, Yang, and even Ankh (He won't admit it though)."
Her eyes welled up in moisture as a smile graced her lips.
"If you want to get away for a while, I won't say anything. I'll just tell the others that I couldn't find you, okay?" I turned around to walk away before stopping to tell her my last words. "To be honest… you do look cute with the cat ears." I admitted with a blush coming up before heading back into the school.
Blake turned around to look at Enrique, only to see him already heading inside the school. She wanted to thank him but she would the next time she sees him. He treats her like a normal person, Faunus or not, he sees her as herself. She then looked back at the statue before hearing footsteps, in which she turned to see a man with slicked back green hair, wearing a green jacket and a black shirt, black trousers and sneakers.
The man approached Blake in his human form, "So, you're now completely alone."
"Who are you?" questioned Blake.
"Oh, right. You don't recognize me. How about now?" Uva's body become covered by Cell Medals as he morphed into his true form. Blake's eyes widened as she drew Gambol Shroud to defend herself but Uva zapped her hand with lightning, instantly disarming her.
"What do you want?" Blake demanded. If she could get her Scroll, she would, but she had left it back in the dorm room.
"It's not what I want, little Faunus. It's what you desire," Uva spoke as he approached Blake who backed away in fear. "You see, there is something you desire and it will be perfect for me."
"I won't let you use me to make a Yummy."
"Consent has nothing to do with it," Uva told her as he held a Cell Medal to her forehead. A metal slot appeared in the centre of her forehead as she froze before he tossed the Cell Medal inside. A black portal formed behind Blake's back and a Yummy crawled out of it before standing behind her.
"What you desire will bring me what I aim and for you to see what your desire brings forth and causes." Uva's stated with an evil 'grin.'
Blake gasped and saw that she was all alone. She also saw she still had Gambol Shroud sheathed. She shook her head quickly thinking that seeing Uva was some sort of sudden nightmare knowing that he nearly killed her back in Forever Fall.
She looked back at the statue when she heard a voice.
"I knew you would look better without a bow."
When I came back to Team RWBY's dorm, I sat on the chair that was by their desk as I had my arms crossed, glaring at Weiss. "What do you have to say for yourself, Weiss?" I questioned.
"Why should I?" she huffed. "She admitted she was with that filthy group."
I glared at Weiss and asked, "How long has she been on our team?"
"What does that have to do-?"
"How long?" I repeated.
"Since initiation."
"Exactly, and you said it yourself, the White Fang has always come after your family and members of your father's company."
"So what's your point?"
"How many chances did Blake have to kill you? You all slept in the same room together! She would have poisoned your meals! If she was still with the White Fang, she would've already killed you and left!"
"Why are you defending her?" She questioned.
"Because she's my friend and she's risked her life for me more times than I can count." I recalled the time she helped me beat the Bison Yummy, stopped Gamel from ending me, even saved me from Uva back at Forever Fall. "A White Fang member wouldn't care about humans, would they? So, before you judge her as guilty, take a moment to listen and think."
This made Weiss quiet as she looks over what I said.
"True, the White Fang brought you grief but they were driven to do that by humans. They fight back and then cause more humans to fear and hate the Faunus. It's a never-ending cycle of violence and both sides are to blame, but both sides can stop it." I continued. "You and Blake, you're like two sides of the same coin. She probably suffered because of humans you suffered because of the White Fang."
"Looks like you four have finally realized her identity." A familiar voice said.
We all turned to the door and saw Ankh. "Ankh, what are you talking about?" I asked.
Ankh scoffed, thinking I just asked a stupid question. "She may be a Faunus but she is also has desires of her own." He said before a smirk appeared on his lips. "Uva was here as well. I sensed a Yummy born from her."
I knew there was no point arguing with Ankh. All he cared about was Cell Medals. At the very least, he can point us in the right direction.
"A Yummy doesn't stray too far from its host either." Ankh added. "Now what kind of desire would she be brimmed with?" He feigned questionly. "Why human compassion of course, but what else… Oh right, disliking anything that discriminates against the Faunus. You four do the math."
We looked at each other before realizing what the Yummy will be going after and destroying anything that is Anti-Faunus. "Tomorrow, I will go find that Yummy; I will leave you with whatever you will do." I got up before heading back to my dorm.
When I made it to my dorm room, I fell onto the bed tired. I am still surprised that Blake is a Faunus even more she was once with the group, White Fang. I am sure she has a good reason why she left that organization. Hopefully tomorrow, Weiss can look over what she did to make Blake upset.
Meanwhile in the streets of Vale, the Yummy was walking around the town, searching until it saw a Faunus was being barred from entering a store. This showed that the store is not allowing the Faunus to enter.
"DEATH TO DISCRIMINATION!" the Yummy roared. The Yummy approached the store window and bashed it with its fists, causing the window to shatter. The storekeeper notices the ruckus and went to investigate, only to see a mummy trying to break into his store.
"Hey, get away!" he shouted as he started smacking the Yummy with his broom. Annoyed, the Yummy grabbed hold of the broom which snapped in half in its grip.
"Equality for all Faunus!" it roared once again before using full force and shattered the glass.
The bandages all fell away from the Yummy, exposing its true form as it matured. It was dark green with some black streaks on its body. Its arms and legs were armored but also had spikes on the legs. Its head resembled somewhat of a mix between a grasshopper and a ninja as it had a leaf like scarf around its neck. This was a Grasshopper Yummy.
The Yummy jumped inside the store as it began to destroy all the items that were around it. It used its spikes on its armor which shot out in all directions, destroying the products and such. It soon jumped out of the store before jumping from roof to roof, searching for more places that do not allow Faunus. Of course there is also one other objective.
Eliminate a Schnee.
As morning was up, I woke up to get myself ready to search for the Yummy knowing that it is roaming around the city. When I got my jacket on, I heard the door being knocked so I checked and saw Ruby. "What's wrong?"
"Blake is not back yet, we are gonna look for her in the city." she explained.
"Alright, I'll go with you since that Yummy is out there." I responded as Ankh came along so he can get the Cell Medals.
Once we made it to the city, we began walking through the empty streets. "She's been gone all weekend…" Ruby muttered.
"Blake's a big girl, I'm sure she can handle herself." Weiss told Ruby
"Layoff will ya, Weiss?" I stated. "She's our teammate."
"Is she? We all heard what she said." Weiss replied.
"Maybe she is, maybe she isn't, either way she's missing, and we need to find her." Yang said.
"A member of the White Fang, right underneath our noses." Weiss kept going on about her being part of the White Fang, making more upset than I already am.
"You girls go on ahead, I have a Yummy that I have to hunt." I said, before leaving as Ankh lead the way in search for the Yummy. I also left them so I won't hear more from Weiss.
As we progress, we saw some stores that were totally trashed. I also noticed an employee trying to clean up the mess so I walked up to him. "Excuse me, what happened here?" I asked.
"A creature unlike any I seen before broke into my store and trashed the place. It kept ranting about death to discrimination and the equality to the pesky Faunus."
My eyebrow twitch a bit but I chose to pretend that I didn't hear that. "Can you describe this monster?"
"Tall, dark green with black streaks. has spikes on its arms and legs, even looks like a bug. A grasshopper of some kind."
"Alright." I nodded before regrouping with Ankh.
"The Yummy matured. Good, more Cell Medals for us." he smirked.
"Let's focus on that Yummy, Ankh." I pointed out. "That thing is dangerous as it already is and I rather not let it eventually hurt people."
"People, eh? Then what about Snow girl?" he questioned.
"Eh?"
"You heard how she dislikes the Faunus. That makes her a target, probably on the top list since she is a Schnee."
My eyes widened before I quickly looked around for a RideVendor. To my luck, I saw one by a building so I quickly slot in a Cell Medal before pressing the button, making the RideVendor convert to bike mode.
"Where are you going?"
"To find that Yummy before it finds Weiss!" I revved the bike before I drove away, leaving Ankh behind.
Blake took a sip of her tea as she was sitting across from the Faunus boy who is named Sun Wukong. She told her about being a member of the White Fang and such as Sun was coming to terms with her explanation.
"So… have you told your friends any of this?" he asked.
Blake merely looks down in shame and says nothing.
"I guess that is a no?" he guessed.
"I am already having troubles as it is knowing of the higher grade that aren't Faunus."
"Higher grade than Faunus? What do you mean by that?"
"It's complicated. Let's just say they are more menacing than the White Fang or Grimm." she answered.
"Who could be more menacing than the Grimm or the White Fang?" Sun questioned with a shrug.
"Ever heard of the news about attacks of animal-like monsters that are not Faunus?" she asked.
"Yeah, and I heard that some guy in a traffic-light costume was fighting them."
She was quiet as she drank her tea before setting it down. "For right now, I have to worry about finding out if the White Fang are behind the robberies. I don't believe they are behind them."
Uva watched from the highest building, seeing that his Yummy caused havoc on areas that are… racist towards the Faunus that he has no care for. To him, they are nothing more than desires that are walking, just ready to have a Yummy created from their own desire.
He took notice of OOO driving his motorcycle, in search for the Yummy. As much as he wants to kill the punk, he will have more power once the Yummy gains more Medals. "Hmph, let's see if you can win this one, OOO." he huffed before disappearing into a cluster of medals.
Meanwhile with Ruby, Weiss, and Yang, they continue their search for Blake.
"Blaaaake!" Ruby shouted.
"Blaaaake!" Yang called out.
Ruby looked at Weiss. "Weiiis, your not helping!"
"Oh, you know what might be able to help? The police." she suggested.
"Ugh, Weiss…" Ruby crossed her arms.
"It was just an idea!"
"SCHNEE!"
The girls stopped as they heard and then a figure came crashing down in front of them, cracking the sidewalk upon landing. It was the Grasshopper Yummy.
"Schnee! Pay for your discrimination against the Faunus!" it roared at her as it knelt down before it jumped in the air. It soon came down with its spiky knee aimed at Weiss, ready to impale her.
"Weiss, watch out!" Yang activated Ember Celica and she punched the Yummy with her fist connecting with its knee. This caused Cell Medals to explode on impact as the Grasshopper Yummy was repelled, landing on its feet.
"Must kill Schnee!" it vowed as it jumped around them. It jumped right behind Weiss as it got hold of her neck.
"Let her go!" Ruby exclaimed.
Before she could say more, they saw two Taka Candroids pecking the Yummy, annoying it as this caused the it to let go of Weiss.
It tries to swipe at the Candroids but couldn't as they kept dodging its attacks.
"Hey, Yummy!"
The Yummy turned around and saw me as I got off the RideVendor. I put on the OOO Driver before slotting the King Combo and repeated the motion. "Henshin!"
TAKA!
TORA!
BATTA!
TA-TO-BA! TATOBA! TA-TO-BA!
I was donned in my armor before I unsheathed Medajalibur at the ready. I charged forward but the Yummy easily dodged my attack by jumping away from me before delivering a jump kick, causing me to stagger back. It's arms and legs are covered with sharp edges like a grasshopper, which is more pain that it delivered to my armor.
Yang took point as she used her rounds, imbued with Core Energy and Dust to hit the Yummy as it stumbled back before jumping away to avoid another hit. "Stop jumping around, will ya!?" she exclaimed in annoyance. I have to agree with her, this Yummy is annoying due to its jumping ability but it fights well.
Weiss made a glyph to freeze the Yummy's legs once it landed again. The Yummy landed right where it wanted but it used its spikes to shoot out of the ice, freeing itself.
It looked at her, growling as it was ready to kill her but I wasn't letting that happen. Using Batta Legs, I jumped in the air before coming down swiftly, delivering a kick to its back, sending it to a building.
"Did we win?" Ruby asked.
"Don't know." I said as I slowly approach the new hole that was made. I look closely, only for me to be kicked back, landing next to Ruby, Yang, and Weiss.
We looked at the Yummy as its wounds were healed before it jumped away, far from our reach; escaping.
"Looks like it escaped." Yang crossed her arms. "At least we gave it a good beating."
We then looked at Weiss knowing that the Yummy tried to kill her. "What?"
I sighed before looking at the three. "Let's just find Blake before we find the Yummy."
As we walked, Weiss was still wondering why the Yummy attacked her. "Why would that Yummy attack me!?" she demanded.
"Blake was pretty mad at you when she left. The Yummy probably inherited her anger at you as well." I crossed my arms after I tilted the buckle back to its original position, dispelling my armor.
"Point there." Yang agreed.
"You're not helping!" Weiss growled at Yang.
"Let's just find Blake and that Yummy," I stated. "We should hear her side of the story."
"I agree with Enrique, Weiss. I think we need to hear her side of the story before we jump to any conclusions." Yang said, following Ruby.
"I think when we hear it, you'll all realize I was right." Weiss said.
"And I think Weiss's hair looks wonderful today." The voice was familiar, and when we turned quickly with a jump, we saw Penny.
"Gah! Penny where did you come from?!" Ruby said after she jumped. Seriously where did she come from?!
"Hey guys! What are you up to?" Penny cheerfully asked, ignoring her question.
"Uhhh-" Ruby 'uhh'd'.
"We're looking for our friend Blake." Yang replied.
"Oooh, you mean the faunus girl." She remembered the person.
"Wait, how did you know that?" Ruby asked Penny.
"Uh, the cat ears?" Penny pointed to her head.
Yang laughed a little. "What cat ears," Yang started. "she wears a...bow..." She finished with the wind blowing past us, quietly. I even saw a tumbleweed blew past us as well. Since when does this town have tumbleweeds?
"She does like tuna a lot..." Ruby whispered.
"So, where is she?" Penny asked them, she probably didn't realize they were looking for them. (How could she not?)
"We're looking for her." I said but not telling her about the Yummy.
"We don't know, she's been missing since Friday." Ruby told her. Penny approached her and grabbed her shoulders.
"That's terrible! Well don't you worry Ruby my friend, I won't rest until we find your teammate." She concluded.
Ruby was doing her best to continue smiling. "Uh, that's really nice of you, Penny, but we're okay! Really! Right, guys?"
"Guys?" I asked as we both looked back and saw that Weiss and Yang were gone. They ditched us! And again, another tumbleweed blows past us again in the quiet. Seriously, where do those tumbleweeds come from?
"It sure is windy today." She told the both of us. Penny truly is a strange girl.
Sun and Blake were walking from walking down an alley as Sun spoke up.
"So, what's the plan now?" He asked as he had his hands behind his head.
"I still don't believe the White Fang is behind these robberies. They've never needed that much Dust before." She contemplated.
Sun widen his eyes "What if they did?" He lowered his arms and pacing in front of Blake as he continues his theory. "I mean... the only way to prove that they didn't do it, is to go to the place where they would most likely go to if they were to do it, and not find them there! Right?"
"The only thing is, I've no idea where that would be."
"Well, while I was on the ship, I heard some guys talking about offloading a huge shipment of Dust coming in from Atlas."
"How huge?" She asked.
"Huge. Big Schnee Company freighter."
"You're sure?" She questioned. He nodded but what they didn't know was that the Grasshopper Yummy heard it as it jumped by.
After a few minutes of walking, and silence, Penny decided to speak up. "So, Blake is your friend?"
Ruby sighed. "Yes Penny." she answered.
"But you're mad at her?"
"Yes- well I'm not, Weiss is."
"Is she friends with Blake?"
"We'd hope so." I said from behind the two girls.
"That's kinda up in the air right now..." Ruby replied to Penny.
"But why?" Penny asked like an innocent girl.
"Weiss doesn't like Faunus." I commented.
"Blake might not be who we thought she was." Ruby added.
Penny gasped. "Is she a man? She asked, making me facepalm. This girl truly is a strange one.
"No, no Penny she's n-..." She sighs before looking at Penny again. "I don't know what she is. She didn't exactly talk to us before she decided to run off." Ruby completed her statement with a mental sigh.
"I don't have a lot of friends...but if I did, I would want them to talk to me about things." Penny told Ruby.
"People have secrets, some they can't share with others out of shame or guilt." I muttered. I know how Blake is feeling...all too well.
I looked at the night sky, going deeper into thought as well as to keep my head clear. I shook my head a bit before looking at Ruby. "Let's not give up, we will find Blake. I'm sure of it."
This made her smile before nodding in confidence. "Yeah, you're right." She agreed.
Sun and Blake worked their way on top of a Hanger because they were investigating a shipment of Schnee Dust that came in from the ships. Blake suggested if the White Fang were stealing a ton of dust, the shipment would probably be the next target.
"Did I miss anything?" Sun returned with a handful of apples.
"Not really, they've offloaded all the crates from the boat, now they're just sitting there." She continued to watch them as Sun turned to her.
"Cool. I stole you some food." He said as he offered her an apple.
"Do you always break the law without a second thought?" Blake asked without accepting it.
"Hey, weren't you in a cult or something?" Sun fired at Blake, but was taken back after she shot her 'Blake's annoyed' stare. "Okay too soon." As soon as he finished his statement, a dropship of some kind flew over their heads. It had its searchlights on the dust containers and flew over them until it landed softly on the open ground. The door opened and Blake groaned.
"Oh no..." She watched as a soldier with an emblem she remembered appeared out of the ship.
"Is that them?" Sun asked.
"Yes...it's them." Blake said as she continued to watch as more soldiers came out of the ship.
"All right, grab the tow cables." One of them said to the rest.
"You really didn't think they were behind it, did you?" Sun asked as if he felt bad for her, watching as her old faction readied to steal a dust container.
"No, I think deep down I knew. I just didn't want to be right-"
"Hey! What's the hold up?!" Blake jolted as she heard a voice shout at all the soldiers.
"We're not exactly the most inconspicuous bunch of thieves at the moment, sooo why don't you animals try to pick up the pace." A man in a white trenchcoat with black bowler hat, who was holding a cane, stepped out of the ship. He rushed the soldiers for not being 'fast' enough.
"This isn't right, the White Fang would never work with a human. Especially not one like that." Blake pulled out Gambol Shroud.
"Hey what're you doing?!" Sun tried to warn her, but she already jumped off the hanger to down below to get a better look. She turned a few corners and saw the man in the suit.
"No you idiot, this isn't a leash." He said to one of the soldiers holding a rope.
Blake quickly slid behind the man and put her blade to his throat. "What the- Aw for f-"
"Nobody move!" Blake demanded at the soldiers, who turned with their weapons drawn and aimed at her.
"Woah-hoh! Take it easy there, little lady." The man spoke with a semi-nervous tone.
Blake looked back from soldier to soldier before taking off her bow. "Brothers of the White Fang, why're you aiding this scum?!" She watched as some of them looked at her, then each other, then slowly lowered their weapons a little.
"Heh, oh kid. Didn't you get the memo?" The man said with a grin.
"What're you talking about?" Blake responded quickly.
"Eh the White Fang and I are going in on a joint business venture together."
Blake pressed her blade on his throat even more. "Tell me what it is or I'll put an end to your little operation." Another dropship flew in from over head, blowing wind at them.
"I wouldn't exactly call it a 'little' operation." The man grinned as they both looked up at the ship. A second one followed the first and stopped to hover.
The man grinned and pulled a trigger on his cane, shooting the ground, sending Blake away from him in an explosion.
An explosion was heard in the distance and Ruby saw smoke coming from the docks. "Oh no." Ruby sighed.
I looked and also saw the smoke. "Let's hurry." I said. She nodded as the three of us ran to the source of the smoke.
Blake shook her head as she regained herself just in time to noticed the man fired three shots at her. She quickly got up and rolled over to the side to avoid the fire. He continued his assault as she used her semblance to dodge a close shot. She saw some crates and she ran behind then for cover.
"Here kitty kitty kitty..." The man said until a banana peel fell onto his hat. He groaned as he threw it off but he heard someone jump and looked up.
"Wo-who!" Sun had leaped from above and landed right on the man's face, forcing him down to the ground. Sun flipped a few times and stood up. "Leave her alone." He said sternly.
More White Fang soldiers jumped out of a dropship above Sun, surrounding him.
"You're not the brightest banana in the bunch, are ya kid?" The man said. Sun readied himself for a fight, and swiftly moved with attacked as each soldier attacked him. Denying anyone that gets close to him with a punch or kick, he pulled out a foldable staff, using it to his disposal against the soldiers. He took care of each soldier and once he sweep-kicked one and did a backflip over him, then stepping on him, which sent him flying over to the man's direction.
He seemed to be a bit angry as he shot at Sun with his cane. Sun blocked it as he twirled his staff quickly. Blake jumped in after the block and declared, "He's mine!"
She leaped in with a few strikes, then continued her assault with a strike after using her semblance to quickly transverse in the fight. However, she used to a few too many times and the man blocked her last attack and used it to his advantage, this time, counter-attacking her until she failed to use her semblance. Once he screwed her timing up, he hit her with his cane about five times before Sun cut in.
Sun's staff broke into 4 gun-chucks, which he failed around firing each one very quickly. The man had a hard time dealing with Sun's constant fire from his attacks but whenever he screwed up, Blake cut in and gave him a good hit, sending him back a few feet.
Once the man stood up, he noticed Sun and Blake were under a dust crate that was hanging only by one cord, so he capitalized on it, and fired at it. His shot caused the cord to break and the crate fell, forcing to split Sun and Blake apart. Blake escape was swift, however Sun's was a bit sloppy and he ended up dodging and rolling right in front of the Man's cane. Sun stared down the barrel and saw the man grin until a voice was heard from a rooftop on a hanger.
"Hey!"
Ruby walked forward and twirled Crescent Rose until it stabbed the roof, looking pretty serious. Penny and I showed up too, with my Medajalibur ready.
"That's the Torchwick guy you told us about huh?" I said, remembering the news when I first arrived in Beacon. I heard Torchwick say from below, "Oh hello red, isn't it past your bedtime? And who's your friend in black?"
I was confused at first until I remembered my jacket. Of course.
"Ruby, are these people your friends?" Penny asked from behind Ruby and I. "Penny get back." Ruby warned her.
With her attention is diverted, Roman snarls and fires his cane at her, launching the young her back from the explosion's force and sending her scythe flying away. "AAAAAH!"
"Ruby!" I shouted as I ran to her.
Roman gives off a professional-level evil laugh at his attack on the young girl. Penny turns her head toward the criminal and gives her first glare, walking forward while Ruby tries to get back up.
Penny looked after Ruby had been hit and she walked over to the edge of the roof. "Penny, wait stop!" Ruby tried to get her to stop, but it was too late.
"Don't worry Ruby, I'm combat ready!" Penny said as her backpack mechanically opens up, and from its dark depths comes a single sword that extends and multiples into several blades hovering over Penny's back.
Leaping from the rooftop with the weapons acting as wings, she sends three of her swords to knock two White Fang soldiers down before even landing on the ground, where she proceeds to fling the swords at one enemy, impale another to a wall, create a barrier of spinning steel against a running attack, leaping over a goon with her swords in tow, and finally making a wheel that she throws to knock multiple Faunus off their feet.
As much as I want to gawk at the firepower she is wielding, I looked at Ruby. "Ruby, stay here. I don't want you to get hurt again." I stated. "I'm not asking as a friend but as your teammate to stay and wait."
She looked at me for a moment, seeing the determination in my eyes before she nodded. "Be careful."
"Don't worry, I will do my best." I assured before I jumped down as I used my Medajalibur to stab onto the wall to land safely on the ground. Once I landed I saw a White Fang member with his sword ready to kill.
I charged toward the White Fang soldier as our swords clashed. I grimaced knowing that this isn't a Yummy I will be fighting but a person. Mustering the courage I can get, I forced his sword to lower before I punched him in the face before kicking him to the water. I saw Penny with the bullheads aimed at her.
"Oi!" a familiar voice called out.
I looked back and saw Ankh in his arm form. "Ankh? What are you doing here?" I asked.
"In case you wonder, I went back to that school and came here like this. It seems the girl is taking this easy... for a machine." He said but silently muttered the last part. He looked at me before handing me the Kamakiri Medal. "You will need this for the Yummy since it is almost here."
I grabbed the Medal and nodded as Ankh and I saw we were surrounded by White Fang members. "Crap." I cursed under my breath.
"Do it." he said as if he was reading my mind.
I lifted my shirt a bit, revealing the O-Driver, unknowingly being noticed by the criminal.
"What is that…?"
I put in the King Combo before doing the motion once again. "Henshin!"
TAKA!
TORA!
BATTA!
TA-TO-BA! TATOBA! TA-TO-BA!
Donned in my OOO armor with Tora claws ready, the White Fang soldiers were shocked to what happened to me including Roman.
"Hmm…" he muttered before he got out a device and recorded it without myself knowing.
"Alright, who's first?" I questioned the five that surround me.
My question was answered when they charged at me in which I used Taka Helm to see their weak points as well as their movements. I dodged to the left then under before I used Batta Legs to kick one back and punching the other with a swift uppercut.
'Enrique has certainly improved from what I taught him…' Ankh thought with amusement.
Just as I swiftly delivered a roundhouse kick to another soldier, I took notice of Penny firing laser beams at the Bullheads. Freakin' laser beams man! "Woah." I muttered in awe of the display before we saw the last two Bullheads escaping.
That was until Ankh moved a bit. "The Yummy is here." he informed. And he told the truth when we saw the Grasshopper Yummy jump onto a bullhead (The one that doesn't hold Roman) as it used its spiked arms to punch the glass on the cockpit. The Yummy got hold of the pilot and threw him out of the bullhead as it jumped down onto the other bullhead but it moved, dodging the Yummy.
The bullhead that no longer has a pilot soon crashed onto the crates, causing an explosion as the Grasshopper landed on the ground, looking at me, Ankh, Penny, Blake, and Sun.
"Equality for all the Faunus!" it roared.
"Well, Kitty cat seems like the Yummy here has a desire that you may recognize." Ankh said making Blake shocked to what she realized. The Yummy was born from her desire.
"My desire… made that thing." she muttered. Even seeing what it did, it made her shocked and filled with guilt.
"Don't beat yourself up over it Blake," I assured her as I place my hand on her shoulder. "I'll handle this like I always do. You told me that you should be the one keeping me safe; well it's my turn to make sure you are kept safe."
I looked at the Yummy before switching Tora with Kamakiri and scanned them.
TAKA!
KAMAKIRI!
BATTA!
I got into my battle stance as Penny joined my side. "Penny?"
She got ready with her weapons waiting to attack. "I'm combat ready!"
I looked at her for a moment until I nodded before we charged towards the Yummy. The Yummy thrust its arms out, causing spikes to disperse towards us but Penny got in front as her floating swords forms a shield, blocking the projectiles.
Using Batta Legs, I jumped over her before I delivered a slash onto the Yummy, causing it to stumble back as it spilled Cell Medals. With that, Penny took this chance to use her sword to hit the Yummy but her attacks couldn't cut through or make it bleed cell medals. "Why isn't it hurt by my weapons?" she asked.
"It's because I am the only one who can hurt them." I informed her, but leaving out the part where Team RWBY and JNPR are able to due to the Kougami Foundation. I took a hit to the stomach by the Yummy, making me buckle the pain as its attack sent me to a crate. "Damn it…" I cursed under my breath before I looked up and saw the Yummy aiming its knee at me.
Yet it couldn't when a ribbon wrapped around its body and dragged it to the ground, creating a small crater. I looked and saw Blake. "Nice one." I commented, giving her a smile.
We turned to look at the Yummy as it lost its balance a bit, showing that it is weak. "Now to finish it off." I declared as the sounds of the Kamakiri was heard behind my helmet, making me jumping in the air before I delivered a cross strike onto the Yummy, causing it to reel back and explode into Cell Medals with Ankh gathering them all.
I breathed heavily from the fight before I fell on my rear as I tilted the buckle back, dispelling my armor and laid on my back. "Hehehe…" I chuckled as I saw the shattered moon knowing that it was like the time when I first defeated the Mantis Yummy after becoming OOO.
A shadow was over me, only for my eyes to lock onto the golden yellow eyes again. Blake had a smile adorned on her lips before she reached her hand out to me. I obliged before she helped me stand up and saw that Ankh was not here, possibly heading back to Beacon and soon the Kougami Foundation to give them the share of Cell Medals again.
After a while, a handful of police cars are at the docks, where Ruby, Blake, Sun, Penny, and I were sitting on boxes in silence. That is, until Weiss and Yang appear on the scene, tension started.
"LookWeissit'snotwhatyouthinksheexplainedthewholethingyouseeshedoesn'tactuallywearabowshehaskittyearsandthey'reactuallykindacute." Ruby quickly said as Weiss walked past Ruby, ignoring her entire rant of explanation. She approached Blake and stood there for a moment.
"Weiss, I want you to know that I'm no longer associated with the White Fang, back what I was with-" Blake tried to explain.
"Stop. Do you have any idea how long we've been searching for you? Twelve hours. That means I've had twelve hours to think about this, and in those twelve hours, I've decided..." Everyone looked at each other for a few seconds.
"I don't care." Weiss finished.
"You don't care?" Blake asked, confused.
"You said you're not one of them anymore, right?"
"No, I-I haven't been since I was younger-" Blake was cut off quickly.
"Ahpupupup, I don't wanna hear it. All I want to know is that the next time something this big comes up, you'll come to your teammates, and not some...someone else." Weiss said as Blake looked at Sun, then over to Ruby, Yang and me.
I let out a kind smile at Blake. She wiped a tear out of her eye and calmly said, "Of course." Weiss smiled at Blake after hearing the response.
"Yeah! Team RWBY's back together!" Ruby chanted happily as everyone gathered around closely as I watched with a smile. What we didn't know that Penny was no longer here with us.
"I'm still not quite sure how I feel about you." She pointed at the monkey Faunus and he laughed nervously.
I jumped off the crate and walked to them. "Let's head back." I said before looking at the monkey Faunus. "Nice to meet you by the way."
"Uh, same here. I'm Sun, Sun Wukong."
I blinked at the name since I heard that name in Chinese mythology. "The name's Enrique. Anyways see ya later." I said as we walked away.
As we walked to the bullhead, I felt a tap on my shoulder. I turned my head and saw Blake. "Something wrong Blake?"
She shook her head before saying, "Thank you, for helping me."
I smiled. "It's what friends do Blake. We always look after each other." I said.
She smiled before joining up with Weiss and Yang. At least now Weiss and Blake can get along as friends. Still, what is the White Fang up to and what is that criminal, Roman Torchwick planning?
Something tells me this is just the beginning of something big for me knowing that I am fighting the Greeed and Yummys.
Meanwhile, Ozpin was holding a scroll showing a live feed of Ruby and Enrique at the docks. He closes the video and opens up a communication with only message that says 'QUEEN HAS PAWNS.'
"Hmmm..." Ozpin pondered.
In another location, Roman walks into a large warehouse with a shadowy interior. He goes over to a table and places down a case of mysterious contents, sighing in tiredness.
"How very disappointing, Roman." A feminine voice said.
Roman suddenly turns around when he hears the voice and their noisy entrance. "Whoa! Hehe... I wasn't expecting to see you guys so soon..." He said.
"We were expecting... more from you." She said as her eyes flowed in the dark.
Roman laughs a little before getting serious. "Hey! You were the ones who suggested working with those stupid mutts from the White Fang."
The woman chuckles darkly. "And you will continue to do so." she summons a fireball in her hand and steps out of the darkness, revealing a has ashen-black hair and bright (nearly glowing) amber eyes, while her fingernails are painted dark red. She wears a dark-red, off-the-shoulders, v-neck minidress with yellow designs. There is a blue feather-like accessory on her right hip, at the top of an open portion of her dress. The dress ends in an upside-down triangular tail in the back, ending just above the knees.
There is a baseball diamond-shaped keyhole on the dress' upper back at the same height as her chest. The sleeves end in a triangle shape, which are wrapped or tied around her middle finger, with the gold designs of the sleeve taking over at the wrists. She wears black shorts underneath her dress, as well as a black choker on her neck. She wears gold loop earrings with a black gem dangling from each. She has dark, glass, high-heeled shoes and a jeweled anklet on her right leg.
With her were two companions, a purple-haired man and mint-haired, tanned woman, eyes glowing gold. "We have big plans for you, Roman. All we ask is... a little cooperation." She had an evil smirk graves on her lips.
In the mansion, Uva sensed his Yummy has been defeated, leaving him angered. "Damn that OOO!" He growled before standing up and walked to the room where he saw the other three Greeed in their human forms.
"I take it your Yummy is gone?" Kazari asked.
"Shut it." He growled. "It's time we move on to the next phase of our plans."
'About time…' Kazari mentally grinned. After all, he gathered all the information he needed after his previous spying on the organization to find the leader. All he needed to do now was to move the pieces of the board in his favor.
It begins.
(NEXT TIME)
"Ahhh, the first day of no school." I sighed in relaxation.
"What would you like to do?" Blake asked, curious.
"We are taking over your operations now, White Fang." Uva announced.
Next time: Relaxation, Friends, Rising Threat
A/N: That is it for the Volume One arc. I hoped you enjoyed this chapter as well as the battles. Don't forget to check out my other stories including my newest one, The Hunt for the Eyecons (Kamen Rider Ghost x Ghost Hunt). I will see you all in the next chapter! Stay in the shadows everyone!