A/N: What is up everyone! I am here with the twelfth chapter of OOO! I hoped you enjoyed the Volume One arc from the previous chapters. But 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]). This chapter and the next chapter takes place between RWBY events of Volume One and Volume Two.
Chapter 2 of The Hunt for the Eyecons will be uploaded soon (I'm currently typing it but at the same time thinking of how it should progress within the chapter) along with Chapter 7 of Kamen Rider Dark Drive: Hyperdimension Road. Anyways enough talk, let us begin the chapter now shall we?
Henshin!
Third Person View
'Thought'
Greeed/Yummies
It was now Monday as there was no class for the rest of this week since the first semester ended a couple of days ago. Now I could relax for a bit knowing that there is no class but I was still on guard since the Greeed and Yummies could attack anytime. "Ahh, the first day of no school." I sighed in relaxation. I was resting on my bed, wearing my casual clothes as I had my hands behind my head while Ankh was on the top bunk.
"For once I have to agree with you. No teaching those humans means no headache for me." Ankh somewhat agreed.
"Oh? Then what about me, Team RWBY, and JNPR?" I asked.
"You nine are still a headache to me." he growled.
"I wonder what we should do since we have no class." I wondered.
"You mean what you should do." Ankh corrected me. "I rather not join you on whatever you do during your free time."
"Come on, Ankh. All you do is fiddle with the Medals and on that Scroll all the time when you are not teaching." I stated. "You should at least do something other than that."
He scoffed before going back to his Scroll. Man, what will convince him to at least have some fun? I got up from my bed before heading to the door. "Well I am gonna head out. Enjoy your time on the Scroll." I waved off. I still wonder one thing about him: what happen in the past that made him like that?
Remnants of Desires
Chapter 12: Relaxation, Friends, Rising Threat
With the week long break in Beacon, students chose to spend their time either hanging out with friends out in Vale or just lounging about in their dorm room. A few probably went back to visit their families after not seeing them for a whole semester.
I simply wandered around the academy, exploring more. When I saw the walkway that leads to the landing zone, it brought back memories when I first met Team RWBY. "Sure has been awhile…" I muttered with a smile.
Being in Beacon sure has crazy moments. Like in the cafeteria when Nora tried to force Ankh to eat chicken. Now that was funny but at the same time a bit harsh.
Looking around, I noticed Blake under the same tree where she read her book last time. "Hey Blake." I called out. She averted her eyes from the book and saw me. "I take it you are reading under the same spot again."
She nodded before going back to her book as I sat down by her. We spent the next few moments just sitting together in silence, letting ourselves bask in our surroundings. "This brings me back to the time you help me unlock my aura." I smiled.
"It has been a while hasn't it." Blake agreed with as she continues to read.
I soon felt the wind calmly passing through the trees, causing some leaves to fall. "To think how much we've been through since we started our enrollment here…" I muttered.
She slowly nodded. "Being in a team, fighting the Greeed and Grimm, and the fight from a couple of days ago."She responded.
I closed my eyes as the calm wind brushed past me. It felt very comforting and peaceful.
"Hey Enrique." Blake called out, making me open my eyes.
"Yes Blake?"
"I know this may be a personal question but what was your family like?" She asked.
I was quiet when she asked that question. "You don't have to an-"
"It's okay, I don't mind telling you." I assured. "Well there's my little sister, Marie. She was always a cheerful person, wanting to make others happy. Heck, there were times she cheers me up and she would always call me bro." I chuckled. This made Blake show a small smile.
"My mom is a teacher, not a combat school, but a normal school. She teaches class for little kids." I continued. "In fact she was the reason I became interested in reading books."
"And your father…?"
"My dad…" I let out a small chuckle. "He was a soldier. He always has his beliefs on what it means to protect people. I looked up to him a lot and he was very wise at times."
"And the other times?"
"Likes to joke around." I chuckled. "I found them funny and he use those jokes to cheer me up. Whenever he goes on deployment, he always finds a way to call us. Whenever he returns home we would always go out to a restaurant to celebrate his return."
"Your family sounds really nice." She smiled. I nodded.
"I just remembered, have you seen Yang, Ruby, and Weiss?" I asked. "I haven't seen them since this morning."
"Ruby and Yang dragged Weiss along to the city." She said.
"I bet she didn't want to go." I chuckled. "At least she hasn't delivered those Cell Medals to her family." I came to learn from Blake that Weiss still hasn't send the Cell Medals she saved to her family which gave me some ease for now.
"And Enrique, thank you for what you said the other day." Blake said, not averting her eyes from her book.
I was wonder what she meant by that until I remembered from what I said to her. "Anything to help a friend." I smiled as I look at the sky. As a few more minutes passed, filled with silence to enjoy the calm nature, something came up in my head. 'I wonder what the Kougami Foundation has been doing.' I wondered in thought.
(Meanwhile in the Kougami Foundation)
Kougami was enjoying his time baking another cake. In front of him was a holoscreen displaying videos of the Full Combos that Enrique has used to fight the Yummy.
Seeing the young man withstand them is interesting but also the birth of the potential he has. He soon heard the door open, making the videos end and saw the Hunter without his helmet once again.
"Ah, I take it you finished another mission." He assumed with a smile.
"Yes sir." He responded as he watches Kougami finish baking a cake. "Kougami, I still am concerned about that Bird Greeed."
"Why would he be a concern? Why he has brought us Cell Medals for the company." He gestured to a glass casing, filled with Cell Medals that Ankh delivers.
"Sir, I can't trust that monster knowing that he nearly got… his host killed." He glowered under his breath.
Kougami could see the anger in his eyes. No doubt that the person Ankh is possessing has a relation to the Hunter. "I assure you, everything will work at the end. After all it is wonderful!"
"...alright…" He muttered before heading to the door.
"And Felix."
The said Hunter now named Felix turned his head. "Yes, Kougami?"
Kougami reached in his drawer before pulling out 4 clear boxes; three of them holding three Blue cans, different than the Tako can while the fourth box had one yellow can and threw them to him. "Deliver those to Team RWBY, JNPR, and Enrique; I am sure they will like the new Candroids." he smiled.
He slowly nodded before leaving. When Felix left the office, he pulled out a photo from his pocket that shows himself and Miss Haven who was holding a young man's hand that was around her age, showing that her and that person are a couple. It was the same man that Ankh is possessing. 'You better not get him killed, you idiotic bird… Aria is already sad as it is.' he growled in thought before he went to deliver the new Candroids to Beacon.
For about 30 minutes of relaxing by the tree, my eyes were close to sleeping until Blake spoke up. "So, Enrique. I was wondering if you'd like to head into town with me," Blake offered.
"Really?"
"Well, I really want to repay you for your help."
"Blake, we're friends. We don't need to owe each other anything."
"Well, I insist."
"Blake, are you asking me out on a date?" I teased. The stoic, calm girl now had a blush from what I said. This was the very first time I ever seen her blush too.
"N-Nothing like that." she shook her head with a stutter.
I chuckled before standing up, "Alright, so where would you like to go?" I asked, curious.
"I plan on going to Tukson's Book Trade." she replied as she stood up.
"You lead the way then." I said before we made our way to the Bullhead. Not to mention, it sounded like she often goes to that bookstore.
Once we made it to the city, Blake lead the way as I followed her to the said bookstore. Once there, I saw the store before Blake and I entered the building. It was filled with books in every shelf; no wonder Blake comes here, it's like a library.
"Welcome to Tukson's Book Trade, home to every book under the sun," the shopkeeper greeted.
"Hey, Tukson."
"Ah, Blake. It's been awhile since you stopped by."
"Oh, you know. Busy life at Beacon."
"Ah, yes. You're a Huntress-in-Training. And who's your friend?"
"He's Enrique. We were hoping to see if you had any new books that just came in."
"Heh, you know my motto."
"Tukson's Book Trade, home to every book under the sun," Blake and Tukson said in unison.
As Blake began to look around for a book, I walked up to Tukson's and asked, "Do you have anything about history?".
"What kind of history?" Tukson enquired politely.
"About a greedy king from 800 years ago."
"Hmm… Let me see." He pondered as he move around the counter as I watched him look through the shelves. He soon stopped at one shelf at the end of the room. "Ah, here we go." He pulled out the book to my surprise as he handed it to me.
The cover had the King's Combo symbol on it and it looks old but kept in good condition.
"Where did you manage to get this?" I asked but at the same time, making sure Blake doesn't hear my reaction upon findig the book.
"When I first opened up this place, an old man wanted to give me this book, seeing if anyone is willing to take it." He answered.
I flipped through the pages, some of it mention the King himself and what he has done. It was like a journal but at the same time, it talked about the Lost Kingdom and its history.
When I closed the book, I looked at Tukson. "Can I buy this?" I asked.
"Of course." He nodded as we went to the register.
After purchasing the book, we both left the store and went to the bullhead to head back to Beacon. Finding the book was luck and now I need to know the history of the Lost Kingdom but I kept it hidden from Blake. As much as I wanted to show her, I had to show it to Ankh to get confirmation if this is the real deal or not.
As we rode the bullhead together, I said to Blake, "Thanks for asking me to come with you, Blake. I had fun."
"Well, I did enjoy the company. Nobody else in my team loves books as much as I do," replied Blake. Ruby only used books to study when she had to and so did Weiss. Yang, well, she wasn't much of a bibliophile as Blake.
"So, anyway. Since it'll be lunch soon, want to grab a bite at the cafeteria?"
She looked at me for a moment before she said, "Sure," she answered.
Once we made it back, we both headed to the cafeteria and we got ourselves lunch. When we made it to the table, I took notice of Blake's meal being a tuna sandwich. "You sure like tuna a lot. Just don't eat too much or you will become a tuna yourself." I teased her.
"Like that would happen." She snorted with amusement.
I chuckled before I went back to enjoy my meal. After taking another bite of my food, I took notice that Blake was engrossed in her book again.
I saw a glance of the title and saw that she was reading 'Ninjas of Love.' I blinked, wondering why is she reading some type of romance novel. "Hey Blake, what type book are you reading?"
She immediately blushed, seeing that I saw she was reading the book. "I-it's nothing."
"Come on, you are reading a romance novel, judging by the name of the title." I pointed out before getting hold of the book.
"Don't read it." She warned with a small panic.
"How bad could it be?" I asked before I started to read it. Within two minutes, I quickly hand her book back as my face blushed heavily. "B-Blake… Why in the world do you have a book like that…?" I stammered.
She blushed, while looking away, embarrassed knowing that I found out what the book actually was. "D-Do you want to talk about ourselves instead and not the book?" she suggested. I nodded knowing that we should forget what I just read as well.
We decided to spend the rest of the day talking to each other about ourselves for a little while for today but also to avoid and forget further questions and answers to why she has a book like that. Seriously, why does Blake have that kind of book!?
Once it was nighttime, Blake and I were heading back to our respective dorms and forgot all about that book she had. "Hey Blake, thanks for inviting me. I actually enjoyed it." I smiled.
She smiled. "Glad you enjoyed it." She responded. "At least we both had a peaceful time, talking to each other."
"Yeah," I nodded and we soon saw we were close to our respective dorms. "Well…" I stretched my arms a bit. "It's time to call it a day and get some sleep for a new day tomorrow."
"Enrique, if you're free, would you like to grab a bite to eat at Vale someday?"
I turned my head to look at her. "Are you sure that you are not trying to ask me on a date?" I teased her once again, making her blush.
"I told you before, it's nothing like that." she stuttered again with a blush.
I chuckled before making eye contact with her again. "Sure, I don't mind." I accepted. "Anyways, good night." I entered my dorm room before seeing three boxes, three boxes that once held ice cream are now on the floor along with wrappers all around the room.
I looked at the Bird Greeed and saw he still was on the Scroll eating another popsicle. "Ankh, what the hell man!?" I pointed at the empty boxes and wrappers. "Why didn't you throw those away instead of throwing them on the ground!?"
"Why should I?" he scoffed. "I was enjoying the ice candy."
"But still! You should at least clean up after yourself!" I heaved a sigh before I picked up the boxes and wrappers. "Man why do I always have to do this."
After throwing them away, I went to the bathroom to change into my pajamas and walked to my bed.
"So what have you been doing while I did my research?"
"Just went to Tukson's bookstore with Blake and read a book involving some history. Actually before she went to her dorm, she asked me if she wanted to hang out next time."
Ankh was quiet for a moment before he laughed. "What's so funny?" I asked.
"You are an idiot."
"The hell are you talking about?"
"You will see soon enough." he said before he went back to his Scroll. Still, what the hell is he talking about? Blake and I are just friends who enjoy each other's company often. Speaking of which...
"Oh, Ankh. I think you should see this," I got the book out of my jacket.
"What are y-" his eyes widen to the book. "Where in Remnants did you find it?"
"At a bookstore called Tukson's Book Trade." I answered. "It talks about the Multi-King and the Lost Kingdom."
He quickly jumped off the top bunk before I placed the book on the desk for the both of us to read. We were both staring at it for a good long minute before I opened it.
We began to read the book and didn't stop. "Clever bastard whoever kept this book hidden from those who wanted any evidence of the Multi-King gone." He muttered as we continued to read. He wasn't lying, whoever handed it to Tukson was aware of the Multi-King and kept this book away from anyone for a long time. Dwelling deeper into my thoughts, wondering who gave Tukson the book, I notice Ankh staring at the book; the type of stare that shows something completely caught his interest. "Something caught your attention?" I noticed.
He nodded as he pointed at a page from the book. It was writing but at the end showed a symbol I never seen. It was images of a cobra, a crocodile, and the shell of a sea turtle. As I read it, my eyes widen to what it was; seeing the final image show the three images from before as one.
"Another combo." Ankh smirked with triumph and amusement. "It seems like we hit a jackpot. This book has provided us information of a new combo is around."
"But each combo corresponds to a different Greeed. Does that mean there's a Greeed we don't know about?"
Hoping that there is no mention of a new Greeed, Ankh looked through the pages to learn more about the new Combo. I only watched the OOO series nearly 3 years ago and it never shown this during the episodes. "It says here they were made after the five of us Greeed were created." He read. "Only three Core Medals were created by one of the Royal Alchemists. It takes 10 to make us remember?"
This gave me relief that Team RWBY, Team JNPR, and I won't have to deal with a new Greeed. We already have enough problems with four. "So what happened to the three Core Medals then?" I muttered to myself.
Ankh did mention that Core Energy is indestructible unless another source of Core Energy was used against it. Wanting to know more, the both of us read the book that was laid out in front of us.
As we read it, we saw writing that was different on another page, showing that someone wrote it.
"In my years with Gara, we never knew the capabilities the Greeed could possess or even the power our King had as OOO. The Core Medals were indeed powerful but I feel that my King is being driven into madness with that power."
This piqued our interest as we were engrossed into the alchemist's log.
"The Core Medals were necessary to create the Greeed and made them alive but I feel that making the Medals were enough but Gara insisted that the Greeed should be created with 10 Core Medals in each one."
"Seems like the alchemist that wrote this was concerned about his King and Gara." I muttered as we read. The alchemist that wrote this must have known that making the Greeed could spell chaos in the future.
"My days here has been more and more troublesome. Our majesty has gone into utter madness, our people are turning against each other, and the Greeed are becoming more powerful by the day. That was where I drew the line and decided to create three Core Medals on my own. It took me time but I infused the essence of three animals: Cobra, Sea Turtle, and Crocodile. I just hope that Gara never knows or finds out about the three Core Medals I created or he will kill me..."
And that was where the log ended. I was left shocked to hear what this alchemist went through. He risked his own life to create the three Core Medals but for what exactly? Why make them when the Multi-King was already in greed and going into madness? Too much questions and speculations were going through my head, leaving me quiet.
I simply stared at the book upon learning about the new, unknown combo while Ankh had a smirk on his face. "Time to begin my research on what happened to those Core Medals." He said as he got on the top bunk and began to go through his Scroll for information. No doubt that he is gonna find out what happened to them.
For me, I continued to read the book and it detailed the exploits of the Greedy King, aka the First OOO. I read on how he ruled his kingdom and expanded, using the power of the Core Medals to defeat the armies of the countries he conquered.
However as I progress more into the story I soon came across a log, a log written by the alchemist who created the O-Driver, Gara.
'I never thought the King would order us to create a homunculus. As an Alchemist, I considered it a challenge and possibly an achievement to create one. At first, we tried it out with usual means with the essence of a normal human and animal but we failed, yet it resulted with a hybrid; a human with animal like traits.'
"The Faunus..." I muttered in shock. Who wouldn't be shocked when the Faunus were actually created by the very man who created the Greeed. The entire race of Faunus was created via alchemy? Wanting to know more, I continued to read the log.
'These creatures, which we dub as 'Faunus', were stronger than humans. They even possessed their animalistic traits, complemented by their human intelligence. They made good soldiers for the king's army.'
So the King's army was composed of Faunus? Now that caught our attention knowing that the King was human and his soldiers were Faunus. Did the Multi-King actually cared about the Faunus before he became mad with power?
'Though they were loyal, the King treated them as tools, weapons. They were valuable assets to the kingdom.'
This made me grit my teeth in anger. I was wrong, he doesn't care about the Faunus, he was only using them as tools and weapons. This was sick to my stomach from reading this but I chose to know more about what Gara and his alchemist did.
'As our methods failed to conduct the perfect homunculus, we decided to change our plans. And so with the help of our King and our Auras, we created a new type of energy: Core Energy. When we created it, we used it with the very essence of animals to create Core Medals which soon resulted with our new group of homunculus. They were fully detailed of a set of three animals on their body unlike the Faunus who became the lower grade than our newest creations. Such marvelous creatures our creations were, making those Faunus only slaves to do the work'
I slammed the book shut as I gritted my teeth again. This was just too much for me to know, learning that even in the past the Faunus were treated like animals but they were also treated as slaves, tools, weapons. This made me filled with anger. "Those bastards…" I cursed under my breath as I clenched onto the book.
It made me upset from learning how the King treated the Faunus and his people. Even reading Gara's log showed that even he considers the Faunus as tools and weapons.
Not wanting to read more, I walked to my bed before I draped myself with the blanket. I still can't believe that the Faunus were created by the Alchemists and treated as tools, weapons, and slaves.
But one thing crossed my mind, should I tell Blake? How would she react knowing that the Faunus were created by the same man who created the Greeed. Thinking of how she would react if she found out left me hurt but also if I didn't tell her, it would only make me more guilty for not telling her about the origins of the faunus.
Without anymore thinking, I decided to close my eyes and let sleep take over, waiting for the next day to begin.
The next day began, I got myself cleaned up and wearing a fresh set of clothes and went to the cafeteria. Once there, I was eating breakfast that was composed of scrambled eggs, a breakfast muffin, and luckily I managed to get three pancakes. Thank God these weren't the last pancakes since I recalled Ruby's warning of what happens when someone gets the last pancakes before Nora. I rather have my stomach and bones intact thank you very much!
I found Nora sitting with Ren and saw the huge stack of pancakes Nora had on her plate. The stack was drenched in syrup but she had no trouble eating the pancakes. She was practically inhaling them like a vacuum.
Sitting next to them, I asked Ren, "How does she keep putting those away?"
"When I first met her, I once asked myself the same question." He answered. I chuckled.
"These pancakes are good, but Renny makes the best," beamed Nora. Though, it actually came out muffled as her mouth was full.
"Nora, don't talk with your mouth full."
"Yes, Ren!"
I looked at the two. They were the unlikeliest of friendships. It was like looking at night and day. It reminded me how Zack and I were. Zack was a bit of a ladies man and I would often joke with him about him getting his butt kicked and one time, he nearly got his ass kicked. That funny moment was a fun memory, seeing him get chased around while I watched with a bag of chips. I let out a chuckle just from remembering it.
"What're you laughing about?" Nora asked.
"It's just...a funny memory," I told her.
"What kind of memory?" Ren asked curious.
"I once had a friend named Zack back where I was from. He was… my only friend." I answered before my good mood was restored. "He was a bit of a ladies man and nearly got his butt kicked for flirting with a girl who was already in a relationship, and he wasn't even aware of it at all. I warned him often whenever he tries to flirt with a girl and sometimes he agrees with my warning, the other times he just rolls with it." I continued. "Just seeing you two kinda reminds me how Zack and I were: one who can be calm while the other goes with the flow."
"Sounds like quite the character," Ren commented.
"Sounds like a fun guy," added Nora.
I smiled and nodded. "You have no idea," I chuckled. I was gonna eat my pancakes until I saw that it was gone. "Hey what hap-"
I soon heard a slurp, making me look at Nora and saw she ate my pancakes. Aw man! "Nora." Ren said. "You shouldn't have taken his pancakes."
"But I love pancakes!" Nora pouted as my shoulders slumped knowing that I will never get the chance to eat pancakes.
After eating breakfast with Nora eating my pancakes, I headed to my dorm until I encountered Ruby and Yang. "Hey you two."
"Hey Enrique!" Ruby waved as the two walked up to me. "Enjoying the day?"
"Yeah, just thinking about what to do today since I was hanging out with Blake yesterday."
Yang suddenly had a grin on her face. "What?" I asked.
"So you two were on a date~" she grinned but I swore there was a hint of emotion behind it.
"It wasn't a date!" I said with a small blush. "We only went to a bookstore and got ourselves some books." It was part true but I didn't want to tell the two about the new Combo that is somewhere out there and the actual origins of the Faunus.
"Boring." Yang yawned. "So what are you gonna do?"
I rubbed the bridge of my nose before looking at the two. "I think I should do some training again." I replied.
"Can we tag along?" Ruby asked. "I wanna see what kind of combinations you can do!"
I blinked. I actually never thought of that before. Testing random combos to see some good advantages in a fight can be helpful. "Sounds like a good idea." I smiled.
Before we can head to the training room, I had to ask Ankh for the Core Medals we had collected so far. It wasn't easy. I had to promise him an entire case of ice cream he enjoyed so much. Well, at least they were cheap to get and Ankh didn't make me promise to do something dangerous for him later on.
I sat with Ruby and Yang in the training room with the Core Medals all in the middle. They were organized based on corresponding parts of my armor: head, arms and legs.
Head Medals: Taka, Lion, Kuwagata, Sai
Arm Medals: Tora, Kamakiri, Gorilla
Leg Medals: Cheetah, Batta, Tako, Zou
"Alright, let's do this!" Ruby pumped her fists enthusiastically.
I grabbed the first random set of Medals and activated my OOO-Driver.
"LION!"
"GORILLA!"
"TAKO!"
I was now equipped the Liondas head, Gorilla Arms, and Tako Legs which were light blue with suction cups on the surface, similar to tentacles of an octopus. "So these are the Tako Legs." I said as I looked at my legs.
"What do they do?" Yang asked.
"Hmm…" I muttered in curiosity since I watched the series. I soon heard the sound of an octopus behind my helmet, making my legs actually become the tentacles of an octopus, just like in the series. "Looks like I get the tentacles of an octopus."
"Ew! Change back!" Ruby grimaced.
I did as instructed since I can tell that Ruby was grossed out from the Tako Legs when they are activated. I then look at the wall and then ran towards it. Jumping up, I planted my own two feet on the wall's surface. I flailed my arms as I tried to maintain balance and once I did, I started to walk up the wall.
"So, the suction cups aren't just for show," I noted as I walked up towards the ceiling.
"You enjoy hanging around?" Yang asked with a mirthful grin, making us groan to her pun. I jumped off and landed on my feet.
"Ok, how about we see how this combo fairs in battle?"
We tried various combinations after that and with each random combo was a quick battle to test it out.
TAKA!
GORILLA!
CHEETAH!
KUWAGATA!
KAMAKIRI!
ZOU!
SAI!
KAMAKIRI!
CHEETAH!
Ruby enjoyed what each random combo could do, and I did too. It was good to see how well the Medals worked together in a single form. I turned my head to Ruby before looking at the book that held the Medals. I remembered that in the series Ankh and Hina were the Medal Handlers, so I grabbed the Medal Holder and walked up to Ruby. "Ruby, can I ask you something?"
"Sure what is it?"
"Whenever we go on missions or in battles, I was wondering if you can be the Medal Holder." I asked.
"I thought Ankh holds onto them?" she recalled.
"Yeah but he won't be around often since he does his research and won't be able to spectate us more often like before." I explained. "But promise me that you won't lose them. Remember what will happen if the Greeed or anyone who wants to use its power obtain it?"
She looked at me for a moment before placing her hand on the book. "I promise." She vowed before moving her hand away from the holder.
"Hey, what about me?" Yang asked me.
"You lost the two Unagi Medals to Gamel. I think it would be bad enough if I entrusted them to you." I pointed out.
This made Yang pout, "That was only one time."
"One time where you got punched by him, making you lose two Medals that fell out of your pockets and into his hands." I pointed out with a deadpan expression.
"You're no fun." Yang crossed her arms. "Speaking of which, you have gotten better since Ankh became our combat instructor."
"Yeah because he gave me harsher, intense, training than he does to Jaune." I deadpanned. "And add the fact that if we piss him off, we have to jog around the school."
"Right, forgot about that." Ruby recalled before noticing the time. "Oh, the bakery is gonna have a sale soon! Gotta go!" She soon disappeared in a flurry of red petals.
"She sure likes cookies." I noted.
"That's my little sister for ya." Yang agreed. "Well I'm gonna head out as well, take care." She waved off.
I chuckled as I picked up the Medal Holder until I heard footsteps, making me look back and saw Jaune. "Oh hey Jaune."
"Hey Enrique, what brings you here?"
"I was testing some random combos with Ruby's and Yang's help. It worked out pretty well." I replied as I put the King Combo in my pocket.
"Hey I was wondering if you wanna spar?" He asked, albeit nervous.
I blinked before showing a grin. "You're on." I accepted.
After accepting his spar request, Jaune and I both soon clashed. He was wielding his Crocea Mors while I was using my Medajalibur. He gritted his teeth and tried to slash at me but I parried then hit his stomach with the blunt side of my blade.
"Grh." Jaune cringed before I rolled away from his shield.
Avoiding another slash but moving to the side, I kicked his shin back, causing him to fall on one knee before I had the tip of Medajalibur aimed at his neck. "Good fight Jaune." I commented as the buzzer went off.
I moved my sword away before pulling Jaune up. "You gotten better with Pyrrha's help.
"Not as much as you with Ankh teaching you."
"Don't remind me." I deadpanned. "He is a pain as my 'mentor' than a combat teacher."
We both shuddered knowing that Ankh gave us the most intense training ever.
After the spar we were on the bleachers as we both had water bottles by our sides. "Oh Enrique, I forgot to ask, what was it like?" He asked.
"What do you mean?"
"I mean being a fighter before getting that armor."
I pondered before looking at my drink. "Well… I had no knowledge of fighting to be honest."
"But why-"
"Through error and correction." I answered, knowing what he was gonna point out. "But it is also through training and practice."
"Oh." He muttered. "So you were not scared when you fought the Greeed, Yummies, and Grimm?"
"I was scared, Jaune." I admitted, making him surprised. "Sure fear can be a weakness but it is also a strength. There's a saying: 'there's nothing to fear but fear itself'" I quoted. "When you are afraid of something, you should confront your fear and deal with the thing you are afraid of. If you avoid what you fear you will not make any progress and will remain stuck at that point until you pluck up the courage to do what you fear. Usually the fear of something, is much worse than the actual event turns out to be."
"Woah…" Jaune muttered. Hell, even I was surprised that I pulled that off. "I see your point."
I patted his back while giving a grin. "Just remember you have your team and friends to be there for you in times of need." I reminded as I got up. "Besides, you guys are my friends." I let out a smile.
He soon had a grin of confidence in his face. "You're right," he nodded as he got up.
After saying our goodbyes as we went back to our usual doings, I decided to head to the rooftop as I gaze at the sunset. "If only you guys met my new friends and saw how much I changed. Marie would have liked Ruby" I muttered as I look at my locket. "I miss you guys…"
What I didn't know was that a familiar girl with a familiar bow watched before she walked away.
The Greeed were in their human forms as they were walking towards the White Fang base. Once they were close, the four stood at the rooftops as they watched the White Fang soldiers in their usual doings.
"Hmf, those Faunus won't know what hit them." Uva scoffed as he went into his Greeed form. "Now let us begin our takeover." His horns sparked along with his bladed forearm.
"Let's begin then." Kazari agreed as the four went into their Greeed forms and jumped down from the rooftop.
Some of the White Fang soldiers took notice of them as they were shocked to see creatures that weren't Grimm but had full on details of animals. "What the hell are you!?" one exclaimed as the other ran inside the building.
"You will all know soon enough." Uva answered before he cut down the White Fang soldier as Gamel busted down the door.
"Gamel, play with the Faunus," Mezul commanded as she pointed at the White Fang soldiers.
"Yay! Play!" Gamel cheered as he ran at the White Fang soldiers and knocked them into the air like a bowling ball would to do pins.
Kazari avoided a chainsaw attack from one White Fang soldiers and then blasted them backwards with an intense burst of air. "Too slow." he said as he punched one back with a brutal punch.
Deep within the base, the White Fang soldier was running to the main room before he slammed the door opened. "We need to get out of here!" he warned in panic.
The individuals he was speaking to was the criminal Roman Torchwick, a black-haired woman with the red dress, and a man who was wearing a grimm mask with red hair and a black and red suit with a ninjato by his side.
Outside, Mezool was blasting water at the White Fang soldiers. One of them jabbed at her with a sword, but it went through harmlessly as she turned her body into water.
"Naughty, naughty." Mezool wagged her finger before she dissolved into water and flowed into the White Fang soldier's mouth and nose. His entire body slowly bloated up before finally exploding into gore. Mezool solidified herself and washed off the blood from her body. Seeing Uva about to electrocute the White Fang, she lightly blasted them with water.
Uva used his horns to electrocute more soldiers and with the water soaking their clothes delivered a much more brutal death as they were fried.
"Didn't need your help," Uva scoffed.
"Of course not. I thought it would be a bit more fun," Mezool laughed. She watched as Gamel made a pile of dead White Fang soldiers to make a fort from their bodies. He clapped in amusement at what he had done. "Looks like Gamel's nearly done."
They heard footsteps in which Uva looked and saw a faunus with red hair, wearing a black suit with a red shirt under it. He also noticed that he was wearing a Grimm mask and a ninjato in his grip.
"Hmph, you think you can challenge us, Faunus?" the Insect Greeed questioned.
"More toys?" Gamel asked hopefully as he stood next to Mezool, already having grown bored with his corpse fort.
"More like a simple fight to me." Kazari yawned as he watched Uva and the Faunus stare down, showing that he is challenging Uva. This reminded him of those in the past that tried to challenge the Insect Greeed. "This ought to be fun." he turned his head a bit and noticed the woman in red spectating in the shadows, however he knew from seeing her shows that she is running the show; Now his plan can go into business.
"Who are you monsters and what gives you the right to come here!" the man demanded.
"The right? Tch, you Faunus are nothing but weapons, tools to this planet." Uva scoffed as he got his bladed forearm ready. "We are more powerful than your kind ever were. You were just an accident."
The man gritted his teeth before he sped towards Uva but the Insect Greeed saw this coming as he blocked the attack and kicked the Faunus back. "Pathetic."
Uva charged head on as he used his arm to strike the Faunus as he used the ninjato to defend himself. The Faunus countered Uva's next attack before using his ninjato to strike him multiple times, causing the Insect Greeed to stumble back a bit. Uva couldn't help but have a type of smirk on his mandibles due to the fact that even with the opponent's weapon, Aura, and Dust, he was ill-equipped to hurt the latter.
The bull faunus had a smirk knowing that he damaged Uva yet he couldn't see any wounds of the latter, showing that his own blade couldn't cut through its skin. 'How tough is their skin…?' he thought as he blocked Uva's next attack.
The Bull Faunus struck Uva by the leg before sending him skidding across the ground. The Insect Greeed got up and shook his head a bit before getting into a stance, both warriors circling as the White Fang soldiers and the Greeed watched.
With that said, Uva's horns sparked before all the electricity has gone onto the Faunus' weapon, delivering shocks onto him. But, he took notice of the grin on his opponent.
The sword began to absorb his electricity and the red markings on the bull Faunus' suit and mask began to glow brighter. Being kicked back, Uva saw the Faunus attacking him in speed that doesn't surpass Kazari's but it was somewhat a powerful hit.
Uva was a bit surprised that his challenger has a semblance that absorbs energy and uses it to increase his speed and power.
The two clash once more as their power was somewhat even but it still didn't change the fact that Uva had the upper hand due to experience.
"Quite skilled you are but…" He soon caught the Faunus' blade between his blades forearm before he got hold of his neck. "Not strong enough to defeat me."
The bull Faunus was shocked, his semblance and attacks were suppose to exceed his opponents but this thing actually kept up with it. Just how powerful were these things!? "Who...What are you…?"
"We are the Greeed." Uva answered. "And we are taking over your operations, White Fang." He threw him to the wall. "Now you all work for us or die by our hands!"
All the White Fang soldiers were now worried. Their own leader lost in the fight and these creatures killed nearly half of their group within minutes. If they deny, they die. With no choice, they all dropped their weapons and raised their hands, surrendering.
The Bull faunus growled in anger but if he attacks, he too will die within a second by the monster in front of him. "... fine…" he surrendered.
Uva looked at Mezool, Gamel, and saw Kazari wasn't here. He huffed knowing that Kazari got bored of this.
Meanwhile with Kazari, he followed the woman until they were in the other side of the headquarters before he called out. "You know, I have to admit. You are as manipulative as you look." he commented as he began to circle the woman. "I take it you are the one who is, well was, running the show?"
"Was?" the woman cocked an eyebrow.
"You see. Right now you're under 'new management'. Our management," Kazari purred. "But, I have better plans than working with… my allies."
Cinder could see in the menacing red eyes that Kazari is planning to betray his fellow comrades. "I take it you are interested in helping?"
A golden aura enveloped Kazari as his body dissolved into Cell Medals before he reverted to his human disguise. "Perhaps a change of appearance will be more reassuring." He grinned "Now, we can discuss a proper plan that will not only benefit me but for you as well."
Cinder soon had a smirk on her face from hearing this. A possible ally for her plans and from seeing their attacks, she knew that Kazari would be perfect for her plans. "Cinder. Cinder Fall." she introduced herself.
"Kazari." he responded as he walked with the woman. "Now, I should warn you something. We Greeed may be powerful against you and those Faunus animals but we have one enemy that can… destroy the plans."
This got Cinder interested and curious. Who is powerful enough to hurt these beings and how? "Who can hurt you?"
Kazari pulled out a Scroll he stole a while back and revealed a photo of two individuals. "OOO and a traitor to us Greeed, Ankh."
Cinder took notice of the young man in the photo, seeing him with and without the armor as well as photos of him delivering damage to Uva and Gamel. Especially photos of other forms he took on with the armor. Seeing this, Cinder could use the young man for her plans as well and with the Kazari person, her plans will surely go easily.
She had an evil smirk on her face. 'So he is the rumored fighter that fights them.' she thought.
It was now Wednesday and I was sleeping soundly in my bed until I heard a knock on the door. I got up and looked at the time showing that it is 8:00am. With a few grumbles, I got out of bed and walked to the door to see who it was. I was greeted with nothing but a box on the ground.
I rubbed my eyes before grabbing the box and noticed it had a bow and a note. I knew who it was from since the bow on the box read 'Kougami' all over it. I looked at the note and read it.
"These are the new Candroids that my company made for you and your friends. Enjoy them and Happy Birthday!"
I sweatdropped on the last part before looking at the box. SInce he said it was for me, Team RWBY, and Team JNPR, I decided to send them messages on my Scroll before walking back to my room.
After getting myself cleaned up and Ankh waking up, I heard a knock on the door again and answered it, seeing both teams. "Hey you guys." I greeted.
"Hey, Enrique. DId something happen?" Ruby asked.
I pointed behind me, making them notice the box on my desk. "Kougami sent a package and it was meant for us."
"Is there another cake!" Ruby drooled.
I shrugged before letting both teams enter the room as I walk to the desk to open the box. Cutting it open, I got out the items and to my surprise it was four clear boxes; three of them holding dark blue cans with a symbol of an eel while the fourth box held a yellow can.
"Are those cans?" Weiss quirked an eyebrow.
I gave Team RWBY and Team JNPR the two boxes that held the three blue cans for both teams while I had my own along with the yellow can. "Let's see what they are." I insisted as we got the cans out of the boxes.
We all opened the tabs on the blue cans, only for them to open up sideways, revealing them to be snake-like candroids.
"Aah!" Weiss screamed, dropping the Candroid. "Snakes!?"
"Snakey!" Nora squealed in joy.
Ankh smacked his forehead. "Those aren't snakes you idiots. Those are Unagi." he corrected with annoyance
"Una-what?" Jaune asked in confusion.
"In translation, eels."
"Those don't look like eels!" Weiss pointed at the Unagi Candroids that were on the ground as she was on my bed, freaked out.
"They look cool." Yang grinned. "So what do they do?"
"Well if you use three Unagi Candroids, they can constrict your target and give them a shock." I explained.
Ruby's eyes sparkled at the three Candroid that her team received. "I can't wait to try them out!" she squealed in excitement before looking at the yellow canin my hand. "So what about that one?"
I looked at it for a moment before pulling the tab. After a minute, we blinked because nothing happened but we saw it move a bit before it popped opened, revealing a tiger head and four metal legs and roared.
"Aww so cute!" Ruby and Weiss cooed.
"This is the Tora Candroid." I explained.
"What does it do?" asked Blake.
"Well…" I rubbed the back of my head. "It can grow to become a large wheel and attach to the RideVendor, making a sentient motorcycle."
"WHAT!?"
"Are you telling me that this cute little thing can grow into a large wheel for your motorcycle!?" Weiss exclaimed, shocked upon the information.
"And make your bike alive!?"
"Yeah and it can shoot as well." I added.
Yang now had a grin etched on her lips. "I definitely gotta get me one of those Candroids." No doubt that Yang wants to use it for her motorcycle.
I chuckled as I looked at the Tora Candroid. I just hope it doesn't go buck wild like in the series.
CURRENT MEDALS:
Taka (x1)
Lion (x1)
Tora (x2)
Cheetah (x1)
Kuwagata (x1)
Kamakiri (x1)
Batta (x1)
Tako (x2)
Sai (x1)
Gorilla (x1)
Zou (x1)
(NEXT TIME)
"Getting gifts?" Ankh repeated with interest in his eyes.
"Ankh, what's wrong?" I asked, seeing his reaction when he noticed the blind girl.
"What do you desire the most?" he asked, presenting a Cell Medal.
Next Time: Toride Vendor, Christmas, and Ankh's Past
A/N: Well that is it for this chapter. I hope you guys enjoyed this chapter as well as the preview of the next chapter. The next chapter will take place before the Volume 2 Arc and will be uploaded exactly on the 24th of December. Anyways, I will see you all in the next chapter. Stay in the shadows everyone!