A/N: What is up everyone! I am here with the 34th chapter of OOO, the first upload of 2017! We are getting close to the end of the Volume 3 arc! Yay! After all that was going on during the year 2016, it is time for 2017 with a new start of the year. 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.). (Chapter 39 will be the final chapter for the first season of the story). Also don't forget to check out my newest story, Overwatch: Key of Destiny (Kamen Rider Gaim x Overwatch).
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Henshin!
Third Person View
'Thought'
Greeed/Yummies
Mercury felt a hand grab the back of his neck, choking him. "W-What…" he gasped for air. He slowly looked back to see none other than Ankh.
"Guess I was right," he huffed. "Then again, I'm always right." He looks at Mercury with a rather malicious grin. "It has been a while since I… killed an enemy. Why not relive my moments as I did in the past?"
"Sorry birdbrain. But not this time!" Mercury swerved out for his grip, kicking the Greeed in the chest as the attack made him stumble and release Mercury. The silver haired man coughed and glared at Ankh who seemingly was less amused.
"Is that a kick? Uva does a better kick then you, human" He delivered a fist to him that he blocked but the Bird Greeed delivered a haymaker across the cheek, bruising Mercury.
Ankh shook his hand lightly as if he enjoyed it. "You are lesser than trash in my eyes. Pathetic. You lost to Xiao Long and framed her thanks to that tanned greeny." He unsheathed his blade and got into another stance. "Seeing your eyes, I can guess… hmm… daddy issues?"
Mercury remained quiet, only glaring at Ankh before getting into an attack pose.
"I take that as a yes, a desire to prove yourself." Ankh mused. "Show that you are something instead of being worthless and possibly from previous beatings."
Mercury gritted his teeth as he tries to keep it together.
"And I can also guess… those legs of yours are prosthetics? Guess someone cut them off?" He pressed on. "Guess it takes loss of limbs to kill to prove something… I assume you killed the man you hate most? I say, your… father?"
"Shut up!" Mercury finally rushed towards Ankh who smirked.
Fire formed in his Greeed arm and punched Mercury in the face. "No… you." He smirked as the fire ignited and literally increased the force and sent the brawler away from him and Ruby. There on the ground was Mercury as a part of his face was slightly burnt from Ankh's ability. He covered the side of his face, trying to stop the burning feeling.
"What a waste," he sighed and walked over to Ruby. "Get up."
Ruby slowly nodded and got up. "Ankh, what-"
"Just go and warn them," he scoffed. "I'm already done with one thing that I wanted to do."
"But what about you?" She asked with worry.
"I'll be fine, they are nothing but trash and in my way of getting my body back." He assured. "Just go."
They heard Mercury getting up as his eyes were burning with anger. "I'm not… letting that… happen." He growled.
"Great…" he sighed. "Guess you want to be burnt alive?"
"Heh, wouldn't be the first time I got burnt, chicken feed…" He chuckled softly.
Ankh glanced at Ruby then at Mercury before he unsheathed the other blade. "Then I guess I will kill you then." He decided much to Ruby's shock from hearing Ankh.
"You… can't mean that…." Ruby got out.
"I told you Rose, I am getting my body back, even if it means to stop those in my way, permanently."
"But you can't be serious… He's still a student!"
"He isn't," Ankh answered. "Remember that hag gave me access to student files? Theirs are fake but others would think it's real. It takes a very well-trained eye to notice the difference."
"Heh… even if you wanted to stop me…." He smirked, "It's far too late now…" He said, turning to where the entrance to the arena would be as both of them heard audible gasps and screams.
"N-No…" Ruby's eyes began to well up with tears.
Ankh quickly looked at the retreating Mercury as his red eyes flared with anger. "I'm gonna kill you," He snarled as he rushed towards him.
Mercury smirked, striking the ground and creating a dust cloud. Once Ankh swings at it, it shows nothing behind it. He escaped them with ease….. he quickly looked at the tunnel leading to the arena, his Greeed arm twitching.
"They are gonna die by my hands." He growled.
Remnants of Desires
Chapter 34: PVP, Battle of Beacon, Adam Taurus
1 Hour Ago…
Sun and I began to watch the previous footage of the tournament from what Ankh watched and sadly there was no luck on finding out what happened. "How many times did we rewatch the duel between Yang and that Mercury guy?" I asked.
"About 20 times dude…." He groaned, "And I couldn't find anything wrong… She just turned, frowned and shot him."
I crossed my arms as I scratched my head for a moment. "Just how was Ankh able to see what we couldn't?" Sun asked.
"Ankh and the other four Greeed were powerful, they were considered the First Huntsmen if you think about it…" I recalled. "Not to mention… Ankh is the type of person to keep focus, I mean his real body represents a hawk, a peacock, and a condor."
"Three majestic and great birds…" Sun nodded. "Hey wait, you mentioned a hawk right?"
"Yeah?"
"Hawks are known to have sharp precision when it comes to finding their prey and since Ankh has three of his Cores-"
"It allows him to see what we can't just like with Taka helm." I realized.
"So, why not go into that OOO armor and look closer?" He informed.
I nodded as I placed the O-Driver on my waist before placing in the medals.
TAKA!
TORS!
BATTA!
TA-TO-BA! TATOBA! TA-TO-BA!
Now in the TaToBa armor, we reminded the footage before we watched it again, only now I used the Taka Helm to focus on what happened.
"Well? See anything?" He asked me.
I didn't reply as I continued to watch until… "pause it, right there." Sun did as he was told as I studied a little more and saw that Yang didn't harm Mercury, not to mention a brief glimpse of metal. Like a prosthetic. "Yang was telling the truth… someone cast an illusion to make people think she injured Mercury."
"But…. how is that even possible? Mercury's Semblance can't do that!" Sun responded, looking closer to see that I was right.
"I know but someone must have done it…"
"But in the stadium? There's a lot of people that watched the match!"
"I know…" I sighed as I stare at the image. "We just have to find out soon…" I pressed the footage once more before we now decided to watch the fight between Pyrrha and… Penny?
"Huh, I guess Penny is gonna be fighting Pyrrha," I observed.
"I'm curious what those two can do? Pyrrha's polarity, and Penny's unique weapons?" He smiled.
"Let's watch." I shrugged.
The two fighters were now in the arena as Penny sees Pyrrha. "Sal-u-tations, Pyrrha Nikos!" She greeted. "It's an honor to finally meet you."
Pyrrha didn't respond due to her troubles from what happened earlier when she was requested by Ozpin. It was a difficult choice to make too… shaking that thought away, she looks at her hands as she clenches them in attempted determination.
Penny, however, did not notice Pyrrha's reluctance, "This is going to be so much fun!"
3…
2…
1…
BEGIN!
Penny began the attack, sending four of her blades at Pyrrha as she began to defend and deflect their attacks, before she sent off a few shots at her, only to see Penny blocking the attack.
The Atlas student sent a few more swords at the redhead but Pyrrha quickly twirled her javelin and blocked each attack as she winced from the amount of force that was used.
[My word! What a tremendous display by Miss Poledina!] Port commented.
[Agreed. Penny is doing her best at keeping her distance from Pyrrha, her weapon and Semblance. If this keeps going, Penny will tank over Pyrrha and win the match!" Oobleck added on.
"Gooo Pyrrha!" Nora cheered for her fellow teammate.
Despite the cheers, Pyrrha wasn't doing so well as she looks down to see her Semblance's black energy bend the weapons in her hand unnaturally for a split second. What they didn't know was that Emerald was focused on Pyrrha.
Pyrrha spins wildly as she deflects and dodges each sword, until she gets close enough to Penny to deliver a few slashes with the spear, sending her flying back as Pyrrha bats aside the blades called to their wielder's aid. Penny slides to a stop and makes a new series of motions, the weapons folding up until she's circled by several laser rifles, a few of which open fire on the approaching champion. Pyrrha avoids the blasts and fights off the remaining swords with her xiphos until she slides into position to charge at Penny and knock her back. Pyrrha straightens with a victorious grin that disappears into dizziness, just as she sees Penny rocketing forward, weapons firing behind her like a jetpack so she can leap into the air, then come down as an energized meteor on her opponent.
Rolling back to her feet, Pyrrha doesn't expect a sword to knock her shield off, then another to do the same for her blade. She tries to get the later back with her magnetism, but has to use the power to send a flying sword back at Penny's side. It disappears behind Penny, only for her to grin and raise her arms as several appear above her person, aimed to strike.
With Emerald still squinting down on the arena, the sharp sound of Emerald's Semblance is heard as Penny's eight swords double, then triple, multiplying into an unreal thicket of blades. At the sight of this, Pyrrha unsteadily steps back, both in reality where the eight swords are ready to go forth and in the hallucinated world, where the cloud of weapons thicken to even block the crowds around her.
Penny sends them all forward, few in reality and hundreds strong in Pyrrha's mind, who is left with no choice but to spread her arms and send out a magnetized shockwave. Each blade is sent reeling back to Penny, who is also unintentionally affected by the Semblance attack. Pyrrha only has a brief moment to understand what's happening before Penny's arms are spread wide as she gasps, the strings attached to her own weapons curling around her left arm and midsection, which are crumpled by the force with the ease of an aluminum can.
There is a moment of darkness, cut by the wire slicing through the electronics in Penny's torso to reveal a shocked Pyrrha, and the entire stadium watching the now unmoving swords drop to the ground. A piece of fabric flutters to the arena floor, only to be pinned by the point of a falling blade, away from the torn halves of Penny Polendina.
Pyrrha stares in abject horror, eyes wide and mouth agape.
My eyes widen in utter horror upon what I saw. "P-Penny…" I got out, memories of what happened to my family slowly returning.
"By Oum…." Sun was unable to say anything we sat there in horror.
They were not able to stop the broadcast as a new but a very familiar voice was heard in the broadcast. "This is not a tragedy. This was not an accident. This is what happens when you hand over your trust, your safety, your children, to men who claim to be our guardians but are, in reality, nothing more than men."
"That voice…" I realized, my hands clenching.
"You know who it is?"
"Cinder Fall." My hands clenched tightly. No wonder there was something about her… the reason why she wanted me to join her group… I truly felt disgusted...
"Our Academies' Headmasters wield more power than most armies, and one was audacious enough to control both." She continued.
"What is she going on about?" Sun frowned, trying to change the channel, but every station showed the exact same thing.
"And what, I ask you, is Ozpin teaching his students? First a dismemberment, now this? Huntsmen and Huntresses should carry themselves with honor and mercy, yet I have witnessed neither." She stated. "As someone who hails from Mistral, I can assure you the situation there is... equally undesirable. Our Kingdoms are on the brink of war, yet we, the citizens, are left in the dark."
"You humans don't know what the troubles you can cause. You are nothing but walking desires, to live, to thrive and survive..' Kazari's voice was now heard from the speakers. 'You think training the kittens, these… Huntsman and Huntresses to fight the enemy when you don't realize the conflict that brews every day. So we ask you: When the first shots are fired... who do you think you can trust?"
We saw the screen go static and then black from what we heard.
"We have to get to the arena now…." Sun demanded, standing up, "I have a feeling they'll need our help…" He then looked at me, seeing me still in shock from what happened to Penny. "Enrique, come on," he shook me slightly.
I looked at Sun for a moment before lowering my head.
"Enrique…. You alright?" He asked me.
"Penny… she's.. she's…" I trembled as I grasp my head in fear. My breathing becomes heavy and rapid as my heart was pounding as my memory of that day that my mom and little sister died in front of me came back.
"Enrique!" Sun shook me, "Snap out of it!"
I looked at Sun, "Sun, I…"
"You don't have to say anything, dude…. But you need to be strong, we need to get there now and help out…." Sun pointed at the window. As I turn around, I quickly see several airships heading towards the coliseum.
We also heard sirens as the television displayed an alert of Grimm breach. I quickly looked at the window to see smoke in the distance. I even noticed Bullheads heading to our direction but what caught my attention were the logos on them. "Sun… I think we are about to have company…"
Sun looked out the window as we both saw the airships of the White Fang heading towards the cliff side of the school.
In Vale, the citizens were running for their lives from the Grimm. From the center of the city, far from the Breach, Kougami witnessed the event unfold.
"Kougami! We have a level 9 Breach by the east side of the city!" Ms. Haven informed.
"I know…" he said before reaching to his desk and pressed a hidden switch by his mini oven. When it happened, a screen appeared on his desk. "All RideVendors! Initiate Operation: King! I repeat, initiate Operation: King!"
Several people, now wearing unique armor all grabbed a case of Cell Medals, along with prototype Birth Busters as they reached the RideVendors. Each one inserting a medal as they form the bike.
"Ms. Haven, you said you wished to go into combat again, correct?" Kougami asked with a smile.
"Yes…. I do." She nodded.
"Then go. Contact Felix and send the Airships to evacuate the civilians to the residential district."
"Which airships?"
"All."
Ms. Haven could only grin as she quickly left the room as a few RideVendor soldiers guarded the room. Underground, the RideVendors were loading up as they began to grab Birth Busters. Others were readying the airships for evacuation of all civilians.
"Let's go! Let's go, everyone! We got a job to do!" Felix commanded. "You know what we do! Kill Grimm and show what we RideVendors are trained for!"
"Yes, sir!"
I rushed over to Team RWBY's dorm since Yang was the only one here and banged the door. "YANG! We got the White Fang landing by the cliff side!"
Yang opened up, some fire in her eyes, "I know. I was waiting for you two to get ready." She said.
"Yang, you were really right. Someone was framing you for injuring Mercury. You didn't break them, his legs are prosthetics."
"Wait, what?"
I tapped the Taka helm. "Ankh was able to see it because of Taka Core," I explained. "He must have noticed it from the very start of that match..."
"Grr… that bastard….. This time, I will aim for him, and mean it…." she growled, cracking her knuckles.
"Let's go!" Sun, Yang, and I went in different directions as we went to help the students get away from the place. The sound of Grimm, the gunshots we were hearing as some of the Knights try to fight back but were ripped to pieces. It was like a war zone… this is what my dad must have been through during his days in combat….
I shook my head as I use the Tora claws to claw down a Beowolf before kicking away another. Damn it… damn it… I shook my head to keep it together, not wanting to suffer another panic attack. The sound of the gunshots reminded me of the storm and the screaming reminded me of myself when I saw my mom's dead body.
"Stay right there!" I darted my head to the side to see a few White Fang Soldiers, their weapons aimed at me.
"On your knees, human…." One of the demanded, pointing a rifle at my head.
"Isn't that the armored guy that Kazari told our leader about?"
"Who cares? He moves, he dies like the rest of them."
I gritted my teeth before I tackled the one in the middle and punched him. The other two quickly aimed at me but I reacted thanks to my helmet and kicked their guns in the air before head butting the one on my left and I unsheathed Medajalibur and pointed at the other soldier's neck.
"Che, you wouldn't dare…. You're nothing but a pathetic Huntsman…" He smirked.
"I don't kill…" I responded before punching the daylights out of him, knocking him out. "But I'm willing to knock you out."
"Enrique?" I turn my head to see Blake walking towards me.
"Blake what are you do-" I stopped as I felt the helm glow before the lenses adjusted my vision.
"Is something wrong?" She asked me, as I see her reaching for her twin pistols. Wait… twin pistols?
I quickly leaped over to avoid the shots as my helmet fully revealed the imposter being Emerald. "Emerald," I gritted my teeth.
"I told her this wouldn't have worked…" She sighed, "Sorry, nothing personal. But you need to die."
The Tora Claws unfolded as I sheathed the Medajalibur. I got into the signature stance as I stare down at the woman. "It explains why Yang wasn't seeing things. It was your Semblance that made Yang look like she did it."
"Guess you figured it out…. Though won't help you live longer…" She responded, sending several bullets at me. I used the Batta Legs and Taka helm and avoided each shot. I rushed towards her and delivered a strike that she blocked but when she tried to attack me, my helmet helped me as I ducked before using my armor to kick her left leg.
She rolled away when I thrust the left Tora claw down into the ground, avoiding what would have been a stab to her chest before I blocked her next attack.
"As much as I want to keep going… don't you have a certain Faunus to find?" She questioned.
My eyes widened. I used the cool air before I thrust my arm, the ice forming a wall between us as I quickly ran back as I grabbed my Scroll when I heard it ring. "Blake, guys, are you all alright!?" I responded.
"Weiss and I are in the fairgrounds on our way to Beacon," Blake's voice replied. "Ruby and the others are being evacuated from the coliseum."
"You better hurry, animal boy! I don't wanna see our leader in tears…" Weiss's voice responded before hanging up on me.
I looked at the fairgrounds from the distance. "I'm on my way," I muttered before striking down an Ursa.
Ankh grabbed the Beowolf by the neck as he watched it turn into ashes from his fire. He looks over at the students by the landing pad along with Ironwood. "You better make it fast." He said to the general.
"The last one will be here soon. Please, let us keep defending these Grimm and White Fang off for the students to get to safety." He pleaded, shooting down any enemy that approaches them.
Ankh growled as he grabbed a White Fang soldier and tossed him out of the landing pad. "Says the one for making a machine!" He barked, thrusting the sword into a Griffon and incinerated it. "If it wasn't for your stupidity that 'Penny' wouldn't have ended up like scrap! I should burn you on the spot!"
"Ankh, calm down…" Ruby pleaded.
Ankh glared at her before seeing her as realization dawned on him. "Sara…" he quickly looks at the city from the distance. He growled before seeing an incoming White Fang bullhead. "Screw it…" he walked back before he rushed past Ironwood and the students before jumping.
"Where are you going?!" Ironwood shouted.
They watched as Ankh crashed through the cockpit of the White Fang. They heard many gunshots before they witness the White Fang soldiers before tossed out. The airship regained control showing that Ankh actually hijacked a Bullhead.
"That Greeed is crazier than I thought…." Ironwood sighed before returning to halt the advances of the enemies.
With Ankh his mind was racing as his old memories came back in his head. The loss of that little girl he met back then… her death when the Greeed chose to wreak havoc on the old kingdom.
'Promise you will protect me, Ankhy?' The voice of the girl in the past replayed in his mind.
Ankh gritted his teeth before noticing an Atlesian airship, seeing some smaller ones being shot down from it. He squinted his eyes and saw a small glimpse of the criminal Roman and the Neo girl. Thanks to his eyes, he noticed they were placing something into the ship's system.
He growled before pressing the button on his Scroll. "Oi, oden eater, if you hear me, the large airship has been taken over by that Roman punk and ice cream."
"Uh…. one little problem Ankh… Ruby shot up there not too long ago…" Akira responded, embarrassingly.
"Then go help her you idiot!" He shut off the comms before the airship was nearing the city. He saw a Nevermore heading towards his direction. He looked back and saw some Dust then at the incoming Grimm. He quickly rushed to the side door and slammed t open before he conjured a fireball at the bag of Dust as the ship was close to the rooftops. "Eat this." He kicked the controls, making it fly upwards while he leaped off onto the rooftop.
The ship exploded with the Nevermore as Ankh looked around the area. "Sara! Sara!" He called out.
A faint scream can be heard. From afar, near and alley, Sara was backed up against the wall. Her leg injured and bleeding as several Beowolves surrounded her. Drooling with the intent to kill and devour this girl. "Ankh…. Please help me…" She whimpered in fear as she felt them approaching her.
However, she could only hear their howls, the sound of a sword stabbing them, even feeling the heat as if something burned the Beowolves. She didn't know what to do until she felt a familiar claw on her cheek. She never forgot how it felt, the warmth… the armored feathers it had.
"Sara," Ankh's voice called to her.
"A-Ankh?" She got out, only to hug the Greeed happily as she smiled, "You saved me…."
Ankh was quiet for a moment before noticing the machines now firing at civilians. Guess his instincts were right after all. "Damn it… we have to get you out of here…"
"But how…" she covered her ears from the gunshots and screaming of the civilians that were being harmed by the once helpful machines.
Ankh clenched his hands until the sound of vehicles were heard. He looked to the side and saw what he couldn't believe. The RideVendor soldiers as some were wearing their gear. One of the soldiers stopped in front of Ankh, flipping the helmet up. "Birdbrain…"
"You again…" he huffed. "I take it this is that old bastards idea?"
"Operation: King. It's one task in case something like this occurs." He shoots one of the Knights, destroying it. "We are escorting all civilians into the residential district. The rest of us are fighting back against Grimm and these scrap heads."
Ankh glanced at Sara then at Felix. "Take her there." He ordered, gently placing Sara on the bike.
"Ankh what are you doing?" She turned her head to his voice.
"I'm doing what I can to protect you, Sara…. This place is too dangerous and you need to be in a safer area." He answered her.
"But.."
"I lost someone before…" he confessed. "I rather not make that mistake again."
Felix revved the engine and drove away as Ankh heard Sara cry out for him.
Ankh sighed as he glanced back, seeing some of the Knights aiming at him. "You want to die?" His eyes flared as his Greeed arm, and a silhouette of his right wing formed. "Then I will kill you all!" He lunged at them.
As I pried open the door and kicked it down, seeing some of the students. "You guys go! Everyone is heading to the landing pad for evacuation!"
The students nodded as they quickly exited the room. I motioned them to leave quickly as the robots were fighting the Grimm. When the last student escaped from the room, I noticed the three Atlesian Knights stop for a moment. I was confused at first until their 'visors' glowed red and aimed their guns at me!?
I quickly leaped to cover as they began to fire at me. I looked at the Tora Claws for a moment before I hopped over and rushed towards the robots. Using the Tora Claws, I thrusted the claws into one and used it as a shield.
The gunshots came in contact with the Knight as I rush forward before tossing it to one and quickly used the claws the cleave them into pieces.
Panting, I was left with questions to why the Atlas Knights have turned against us. Even more the gunshots I can hear continuously was affecting me.
I took deep breaths to calm myself down before I focused on the task at hand.
"Damn it…" I gritted my teeth as I shook my head again, flashbacks of that day returning in my head. The chaos was starting to get to me…
"Enrique!" I turned to see Sun who rushed up to me. "Are you alright?"
"I'm fine but we got a problem," I responded before noticing more Atlas Knights as they surrounded us. "A big problem..."
"This can't be good," Sun grimaced as the both of us charged towards the Knights to fight them off.
Ruby landed on the main airship thanks to her idea! And now, she has to stop Roman who has control of the ship. Just as she was about to get inside, Neo showed up and delivered a kick that sent her back a bit. Seeing the red-hooded girl, Neo took a photo and sent it to Roman.
With the said man, his Scroll ringed as he looked to see a photo of Ruby with the message saying from Neo, "Guess who is back?"
"Again with this girl?!" He growled before he decided it was time to finish off the girl with Neo's help.
With Ruby, she performs a low swing, with Neo somersaulting over it, and ducking the next swing, before performing another backflip to dodge the third. Ruby then twirls Crescent Rose before attempting another low sweep, only for Neo to backflip away from her consecutive twirls. Once Ruby finishes spinning her weapon, she lodges Crescent Rose on the hull and fires a shot, only for Neo to shatter in an illusion, revealing Roman as he fires a shot back with Melodic Cudgel, sending Ruby flying several feet, before she lodges Crescent Rose to safely grip herself from the surrounding gales, while Roman walks up to her.
"Well if it ain't little red!" He laughed. "You are just determined to be the hero of Vale, aren't ya?"
"Why? Why do all of this?" She demanded to know. "Without these ships, the Grimm will destroy everything!"
"That's the plan!" He aimed his cane at her until gunshots hit in between Neo and Roman. They looked up to see Birth with the Cutter Wings, carrying the Birth Buster.
"Oi, you wanna mess with my friend's daughter?! Then you have to deal with me as well!" He fired more Cell Medal Rounds at the two criminals.
"Uncle Akira!" Ruby beamed.
"Ugh… another party crasher. And just who are you supposed to be, old man?" Roman asked.
"The name's Birth! Kamen Rider Birth!" He placed in a medal, twisting the knob.
BREAST CANNON
Now equipped with Cutter Wings and Breast Cannon, he aimed at the two. "And it's time to start earning!" He fired an energy beam at the two. Neo and Roman rolled out of the way, the blast hitting the ship as smoke flew out of it, leaving a hole where it hit.
"Ugh… Neo? Handle the old fart. Little Riding Hood is mine." Roman ordered as he began to head towards Ruby.
Birth fired more and more beams from the air as Neo avoided or blocked the attacks but whenever she blocks them, the impact had a lot of force since it looked like it doesn't use Dust at all. She glared at the flying Rider who fired another energy beam at her.
She simply smirked bowing before she shattered into glass, surprising the Rider from that image.
"Eh?" He looked at the parts of the ship, wondering where she went. Even from the air, he was confused by what he just saw.
Neo reformed behind him as she jabbed her weapon into his side, striking and casting sparks off of his armor. She giggled with a muted smile as she licked her blade before stabbing him more.
"Oi! OI!" He tried to shake her off as he flew around the ship. He tried twirling, spinning, even flying high and low just to make her release him. She flipped around before jabbing her weapon straight through his wing, causing it to catch on fire and begin to lose altitude.
"Not the Cutter Wing!" Birth panicked as Neo hopped off and landed safely. Roman took notice of it as well, "Well Red looks like you're about to lose one!"
Ruby saw Birth losing control of the Cutter Wings as he was flying around like crazy. He then crashed into the side of the ship, only for him to hold onto the edge.
"Akira!" Ruby called out, trying to help, only to be struck by Neo and Roman together as the ice cream haired girl begins to approach Birth. She glanced at Birth who nearly lost his grip on the edge. He saw her sadistic eyes as they changed color.
"Now, Neo… That little girl doesn't belong to you… Give her back…" Roman smirked as Neo nodded in response as she let go of her, causing Ruby to drop off of the airship.
Akira saw a brief image of a certain woman in Ruby's place, making his eyes widened. "NOO!" He released his grip and fell off the ship. He reached his arm out and grabbed Ruby's hand. "Ruby, hang on!" He looked at his Cutter Wings then at his Driver. 'I'm not letting you down, Summer…' he recalled the promise he made to his dear friend.
Flashback….
"Akira…." Summer called out to him, her body torn up from the Grimm as blood began to pool under her. Her face was pale as she was fading fast, "P-Please… promise me…" She panted softly, gripping his hand, "Please… protect… my daughters…. Ruby and Yang…. P-Please protect them with... All of your might… This… is my last… request…"
"No! I am getting you out of here! Just hang on!"
"Akira…. Y-You… You know as well… as I do… that I'm not long for… this world anymore…." She said, her pulse and life beginning to run out, "I'm… asking you this… from one… friend to another…. Please… promise me… That you'll protect them? Help Taiyang watch over them..."
Akira's eyes welled up with tears. The woman in his arms was someone who was a dear friend to him. Ever since he enrolled in Beacon, he met Summer when she was a second year while he was a first year.
"I… I promise, Summer," he promised, tears finally escaping from his eyes.
She smiled softly, her eyes slowly closing, "Thank…. You…. Akira…." She let out one last breath before her body went limp.
Akira cried as he hugged her body close to him, the loss of his best friend. The loss of a fellow Hunter… the loss of someone who was like family to him. "I won't let you down, Summer… You'll see!" He promised in tears.
Flashback over...
BREAST CANNON!
CUTTER WING!
SHOVEL ARM!
CRANE ARM!
DRILL ARM!
CATERPILLAR LEGS!
The two criminals looked back to see a blur fly up before landing in front of them with an audible boom. There in front of them was Birth, equipped with all of the parts of the Birth System. In his left arm was Ruby as he gently sets her down before glaring at the criminals.
"Oh joy... He can change his boxers as well…" Roman groaned, looking at Neo, "Remind me to smack the OOO kid later, will ya?"
She nodded before the two saw Birth charge towards them. They quickly dodged the attack but Birth swung Shovel arm at Neo, sending her away from Roman before using the Caterpillar legs and kicked Roman back.
"Gaugh!" He yelped in pain, moving back before sending several shots at the Rider.
Birth took to the sky as Roman tried to fire every single shot at him but the Rider avoided each one with ease. "Just die already!" He shouted. "Neo! Take him down!"
She nodded, vanishing quickly before reappearing behind him, her weapon raised high, along with her parasol. But a quick flick from a rock, struck her parasol, and opened up, dragging the girl away from the fight as she began to float away from the ship. Ruby was sitting there, a piece of the ship in her hand as she tossed it to Roman.
"NEO!" Roman called out before glaring at the two heroes. "You two are in for it now!"
Birth rushed towards Roman and delivered a head butt to his head, literally making his bowler cap fly away while the Rider kicked him down. "Not today."
"Grr….. You lousy Hunters…" He groaned, "Do you really think you can stop, this?!" He points to the chaos of Vale.
"It's better to stop those who caused this mess!"
"You two wanna be heroes!? Then play the part and die like every other huntsmen!" He aimed at cane at the two until Birth used the Breast Cannon to stop the attack.
"Heroes may have died…" Birth said. "But their names will never be forgotten!"
"Hehehe… HAHAHA!" He started cackling, "You think, you two are heroes? Let me give you something… There are no heroes!" He shouted, cracking his cane against Birth's weapon, "The world, doesn't care about you and your beliefs." He then took a shot at Ruby, "And no matter what you do, you won't be able to live in this world without sacrifice!" He cracked his cane at Ruby.
Birth glanced behind Roman, seeing some Grimm then at him. "You want a sacrifice!?" Birth used Crane Arm that hooked onto Roman's coat, "Then you can have it!" He tossed Roman into the air before the Rider quickly embraced Ruby, shielding her from what was about to happen to Roman.
The only thing they heard was a loud crunch, followed by some squishing like noise followed by a belch and screech from the Grimm.
"A-Akira…? Y-You…" Ruby tried to get out what happened, but decided to hug him instead, "Thank you…"
"Your mother made promise to make sure you and Yang stay safe… I don't go back on my word." He replied. "Come on, I need to get you off this ship so we can help the others."
I ran and ran as I continued to strike down the Knights when they suddenly turned on us. Whatever happened, someone must have made these machines go rogue.
Striking down another Knight, I took deep breaths as I shook my head again. This chaos… it was really affecting me… every time… I keep reliving my memories of that day…
"Hey! Enrique, snap out of it!" Sun shouted, striking a few Knights down as well.
"I-I am…" I responded before using the Batta Legs to kick one of the machines away from me.
"Geez… what is even going on? Why is Atlas attacking us?" He questioned.
"How should I know?" I responded as we both took cover.
"First they helped us then they went rogue?" Sun noted. "This doesn't make sense!"
We ducked from the incoming bullets before I looked over before I placed in three Cell Medals into the Medajalibur, scanning them.
TRIPLE SCANNING CHARGE!
I quickly got out of cover before delivering a slash at the machines, cutting through reality before it repaired itself while the machines weren't so lucky as they exploded into pieces.
"This doesn't make any sense…. What is going on here?" He panted before taking notice of me.
I grasp my head as I try to calm myself down. 'No more… please stop…' I whimpered in thought. I shook my head again before I continued to remind myself that I had to keep it together… I have to keep it together…
"Are you sure you will be alright?" Sun asked.
"I'll be fine."
"You don't look alright…. I think you should get some place safe…" Sun offered.
"I said I'm fine," I responded. "We have to focus on getting everyone out of here. Right now, our task is to get them out of Beacon while stopping the White Fang and these now rogue machines."
"Enrique…. It's obvious to me, that you are not alright… What's going on with you?" He asked.
"I told you I'm fine, okay?!" I finally snapped. "We can't let them kill these people! I don't want to lose anyone again!"
"Enrique…." He frowned, "You need to calm down, if you fight with a head like that, you will lose. And I don't want to tell Blake about what happened."
I stared at Sun a little more before taking deep breaths, "Alright…" I picked up my blade before I noticed Yang heading somewhere. Where was she heading to?
I looked back at Sun, "Sun, can you handle it from here?"
"Just make sure you take it easy, or at least be aware, alright man?" He smiled, patting my shoulder
"Alright," I nodded before I quickly rushed to where Yang was heading to.
Blake was running just outside the dining hall. However, she stops when the Beowolf from earlier latches onto the side of the building above her. Her attention is then drawn away from the Beowolf when she hears a wounded scream inside the burning interior of the dining hall. She then gives a look of horror when she sees a familiar figure throw an Atlas soldier.
The figure in question is a tall man with red hair that spikes backwards in a windswept way. While most of his hair is red, a portion of it in the back is brown. A noticeable trait of his appearance is the mask he wears, which obscures his eyes and upper face. His Faunus heritage appears to be that of a bull, as two horns can be seen on either side of his head.
The mask is whitish-tan with red, Japanese style, flame-like symbols decorating the front, and two slits on each side, presumably to allow for vision. He also wears a long-sleeved black trench coat with slit sleeves and more red designs and a white symbol on the left side. His trench coat is red on the inside with red flame-like accents at the bottom and a large emblem on the back, with a white tulip design covered by a red rose design. He wears long black pants and black shoes that are red on the bottom, and black gloves with more red emblems on their forehand, appearing to be a variant of the Greek letter Ω (Omega), the last letter in the Greek alphabet. He was also wearing a black belt with white domino marks on it.
"No... Adam?" She uttered in horror.
"Hello, my darling," The now named man grinned creepily.
Seeing the image of her former partner before her, Blake backed up instinctively. She froze when Adam's voice rang out over the crackling fires and screaming people. "Running away again, my love? Is that what you've become? A coward?" Adam let out a sickening chuckle. "We were destined to change the world… to light the fires of a global revolution." Blake watched in horror as Adam pressed his boot down on the chest of an Atlesian student, drawing Wilt out of its sheath and preparing to stab down into the student. "Consider this the-"
Adam was cut off as Blake propelled herself forward, using her shadow as an accelerant. Gambol Shroud's blade connected with Wilt, sending sparks flying in all directions as the Dust-infused blade clashed with Blake's. Adam, while caught off guard, was easily able to hold back Blake's attempt to overpower him. He let out another spine-chilling laugh as the narrow slits of his mask seemed to glare directly through Blake's eyes. "You really should have run."
"I'm...not… running," she growled.
"You… will."
At that, Adam sent a powerful kick into Blake's stomach, knocking her off her feet. Blake quickly redirected herself as she fell, landing on her feet and staring Adam down. "I really wish you ran, sweetheart." Adam said, giving a predatory grin. "But since you're here… I'm going to make you pay for betraying our cause."
Adam quickly drew Wilt again, lunging at Blake and forcing her back. Blake held out against the superior strength of the Bull Faunus for a short time, but he eventually came to overpower her, knocking her to the ground with a quick series of jabs and feints, eventually culminating in her having her back slammed against a stone pillar, a few cracks forming in the marble. In a rather impressive display of dexterity, Adam slashed down with Wilt, severing the cable connecting Gambol Shroud's blade to the sheath. He casually kicked the severed blade aside, his grip going white-knuckled under his gloves. "This could've been our day, damnit! Can't you see that?!"
"This isn't what I wanted!" Blake shouted, her voice coming out with a slight waver. "I wanted equality, not this!" She attempted to fire a few rounds from Gambol Shroud's pistol at Adam, but he deftly intercepted the metal slugs with the flat of Wilt's blade, causing it to glow slightly brighter.
"What you want is impossible!" Adam shouted, kicking Blake right in the side of the head… hard. Blake gasped as the steel tip of Adam's boot connected with her right orbital bone, scattering stars across her vision. Adam's voice changed in a mood swing that would have given Blake whiplash, immediately going from hostile to an almost beckoning tone. "And what I want… is you, Blake."
In Blake's stunned and dazed state, she was unable to act against Adam's boot pressing down on her wrist, wrenching the pistol form of Gambol Shroud out of her grip, and kicking it aside. "All I wanted was for you to stand by me while we put a stop to the damned Humans-"
"What can you do to stop them?!" Blake shouted, catching Adam off guard. "Look out there!" Blake couldn't tell, but Adam's gaze flickered over to the shattered window for a moment. "What can you do to stop that?!"
Adam scoffed, looking down at the already-forming bruise on the upper cheek of his old partner. "While I'm out there, making those humans feel the pain our people have felt for centuries… I will make it my mission to destroy everything you love."
Blake's eyes widened as she heard the all-too-familiar sound of the Blonde brawler shouting her name. From the window behind Adam, Blake could make out the long blonde mane rushing towards the cafeteria, batting a Knight aside with her sheer strength. Her eyes darted around the area, looking for Blake as she called her name. "Starting with her…" Adam finished, standing upright and smiling a broad, predatory, malicious smile. He twirled Wilt around in his hand, stabbing down directly through Blake's left side, eliciting a scream from the raven-haired Faunus girl.
Yang whipped around, spotting the coat-wearing White Fang leader, his blade running clean through Blake's side. She blinked once, not believing the sight before her. In that single blink, her eyes shifted from their normal lilac hue to a bright, menacing red. "Get away from her!" Yang shouted, deploying Ember Celica and propelling herself towards the sword-bearer with a pair of fired rounds from her gauntlets. Blake was powerless to shout for her to stop, her body seized up from having the searing blade of Wilt stabbed through her.
Adam saw the numerous, blatant openings in the Blonde's careless attack, deciding to take the path of least resistance. He pulled Wilt out of Blake's side, slashing in a diagonal towards the lunging blonde. His small grin turned to a broad smile as he saw her right arm sever from her body. He caught a quick glimpse of the deep, seared cut that his blade left across her stomach and lower ribcage, letting out a chuckle as she thudded against the marble floor of Beacon's cafeteria. "Weak…" He muttered to himself, strolling over towards the blonde.
As he turned towards the blonde, whipping the blood from his blade, Blake threw herself between him and the brawler, glaring daggers at him through amber eyes filled with unshed tears. "Goodbye, Blake," Adam said before he swung his ninjato at her.
Blake closed her eyes as she held Yang, waiting for her demise even with the injury in her abdomen.
*CLANG!*
Blake slowly opened her eyes and saw a familiar black and blue blade. She turned her head a bit and saw a familiar figure in the TaToBa armor. "Enrique…"
"Enrique…" Blake uttered in surprise.
I nodded as I kicked Adam back before going into my stance. "Get Yang out of here, I'll handle this," I ordered.
She looked at me before she reluctantly nodded as she retreated while helping Yang. Once the two escaped, I glared at the Faunus as I gripped the handle of the Medajalibur tightly. "You won't harm my friends, bastard," I growled.
"So… you are the one called OOO?" He mused. "I never thought it would be a human, fighting the Greeed."
"Well guess what?" I started. "I may be human but I have my purpose to help my friends and the innocent."
"We will see about that." He got his weapon ready as I got mine into the stance.
We stare at each other for my green lenses met his Grimm mask. I charge towards him as I swung the blade, only for him to block it with his ninjato and struck my armor before I parried his next attack and struck him from the side and used the Batta Legs to deliver a double kick to his chest.
He stumbled back a bit before a murderous and psychotic grin appeared on his face. "I am gonna enjoy killing you." He vowed.
Guess it's time to use what I have been taught by Ankh.
Adam charged towards me before I quickly raised my blade to block it as our blades locked. I gritted my teeth before I brought out the Tora Claws from my right arm and attempted to strike him. He avoided the attack but he placed his hand on his cheek, noticing that I managed to deliver a cut. He flicked the blood away. "You are gonna pay for that."
"Bring it on," I growled.
The Faunus charged ahead, sheathing his blade before kneeing me in my stomach before tossing me aside. He then brought up a discarded pistol before sending several shots at me first, before punching my chest.
I gritted my teeth before using the Taka Helm to predict his incoming attacks as I block them or counter with the Medajalibur. He, on the other hand, brought up his sheath, blocking my blade before he brought out his, quickly slashing my chest as sparks bleed off from it.
"Pathetic… to think you're the one who fought those Greeed..." He spat, slashing me again before kicking me back. "I'll make you bleed before I force her watching me end everything she cares about… She won't ever defy me again."
He quickly sheathed his blade, making a single swipe as more and more sparks began to flow out from my suit. It hurt… He was tough… Tough as a Greeed before he started to use his fists to damage me further, "You humans… You are the reason for everything in this world… Every war, ever drop of blood, every life taken…. You're even worse than the Grimm and Greeed…." He spat out.
I quickly block his next attack and punched his chest, sending him back a bit. Using Tora Claws, I began to strike him rapidly with each swipe.
"All you ever do is take, and take, and take until there is nothing left but a corpse. You are the reason we exist, human!" He shouted, punching me hard and tossing me back.
I coughed from the punch as I got up on one knee before standing up completely.
"What's the difference?"
Adam, confused, paused, "Excuse me?"
"What's the difference between humans and Faunus? Why does there have to be differences? It's stupid! It doesn't make sense!" I shouted in disgust. "Why do both races have to deal with this?! The only difference is that you are the reason why they are hating the Faunus! You are the reason why the White Fang do this! You are nothing but a man who drives fear into people including to your own kind! The difference between humans and Faunus is nothing for both races are people! People with lives, people who care about others! People who are willing to protect those they care about!"
I focused on my Semblance as the PuToTyra Cores were forming from my Aura. Once they were in my hand, I switched the TaToBa Combo with the PuToTyra and scanned the Medals.
PTERA!
TRICERA!
TYRANNO!
PU-TO-TYRA NO ZAURUS~!
Ice began to form around the area, dousing the fire before the ice shattered as it revealed my PuToTyra armor. My lenses flashed before I dug my hand into the ground and pulled out the Medagabryu. I focused on my Semblance once again, causing the entire room to be covered in ice.
"You think a little ice scares me? Your form change doesn't frighten me…. Boy." He spat in disgust. He converted his sword into its gun form and fired a shot at my helmet… only for it to not faze me one bit.
"What?!"
I rushed towards him and swung my axe down at him, his Aura affected by the attack. When he tried to swipe his blade at me, it was useless as I wasn't fazed and didn't stagger or stumble only to continue to deliver more and more punches or slashes at him.
"What… are you?" He yelped, being pushed back for once in his life.
"I am Kamen Rider...OOO," I answered, using the tail and swung him to the other side of the room. I marched towards him and grabbed him before throwing him to the side.
He tumbled to the ground, panting and growling as part of his mask fell off, showing only his blood red eyes and a snarl that showed his rage. "You… you worthless human… I will not fall this day…." He gripped his blade.
I picked up the Medajalibur, now wielding the axe and the sword and rushed towards him, the both of us now clashing our weapons against each other.
"If you think you can win, you're solely mistaking… I will get Blake, and I will end her friends! She will never defy my will again!" He shouted, pushing with all of his might.
"You are not gonna hurt my friends or anyone else," I growled, blocking his next attack before delivering a head butt to his face.
I swung the Medagabryu and Medajalibur as Adam was blocking the attacks. He knew that he couldn't handle the Full Combo that I was in. I blocked Adam's next attack with the Medajalibur as he gritted his teeth.
"Your nothing but a vermin," he growled. "I won't be defeated by a mere human like you."
Oh, if only he knew how close I was to losing my humanity. Nearly becoming a full-powered Greeed but now becoming a Semblance instead as the last three Cores act as additional Aura but can subject me to Greeedification if I use too much power.
"Well you have another thing coming, Adam," I said as I heard the roar of the Tyrannosaurus rex behind my helmet. The Tyranno tail sprout out before wrapping around his leg.
I used some of the power to swing him to the wall before I used the Ice Stingers, piercing the remaining Aura he has left then it pierced his shoulders as this caused him to grit his teeth in pain. At least I am not using a lot of power or I would be a Greeed again.
"There's a saying I heard back home," I stated. "An eye for an eye. It is the principle that a person who has injured another person is to be penalized to a similar degree, or in softer interpretations, the victim receives the value of the injury in compensation." I looked at him with the Medagabryu held tightly in my grip.
This was something I will regret doing but this is what he deserves for what he did to Yang. For what he did to the innocent people, to Blake. This is the price he gets. "And you are about to receive that degree."
Using the Ice Stingers, I brought him to me quickly before I used the axe mode of the Medagabryu to deliver a forceful strike to his right arm, severing it as he was now against the wall, covering his newly obtained wound.
I held the bile that was in my throat for what I have done before turning around to look at Adam who was in pain as I heard colorful words coming out of his mouth.
"That…" my Medajalibur pointed at the bloody stump. "Is the price you pay. An eye for an eye but only this time, it is an arm for an arm."
"I….swear…. I'll hunt you both down…" He gritted, "And I will make her watch as I end you, OOO!"
I simply planted my foot on his chest, glaring down at him.
Now, should I let him live? I know that Eiji never killed anyone as OOO. It wasn't right. I glared at the man before I swung my blade.
The only thing he saw was the tip close to his mask. And I mean really close. "What are you doing?!" He snarled.
"Killing you isn't right for me," I stated. "You already got what you deserve for not only hurting my friends but threatening others."
I moved my blade away from him before I walked away as I canceled my Semblance, making the armor back to the TaToBa form as Adam yelled out to me.
"You think this is over!? This is only the beginning! War is coming!"
I stopped before turning my head to him. War. Something my dad went through many times during his days as a Marine. Some things he regrets doing but at the same time, doing it to protect us.
"Know this, OOO! You will pay for what you did to me! I will kill you and everything you know as well!"
I glared harshly at the Faunus. "I lost what I already have," I said coldly. "Remember this, Adam. All your madness and psychotic behavior will get you killed just like the Multi-King who was a human long ago. You know, come to think of it, humans and Faunus are more alike than you think."
This made him pissed.
"What? I mean, didn't the White Fang wanted equality before? Well, you got it. You're just as bad as the humans you condemn. Guess when you fight the 'monsters' for so long, you end up becoming like them."
"DON'T YOU DARE COMPARE ME TO YOUR PUTRID KIND!"
"We are all human in origin."
"YOU LIE!" He snarled, "I am nothing like you, humans. I am of a better breed, I am the one who shall reign over your kind!"
I was about to speak up until we heard a loud roar catching both of our attention. "It's here…" He muttered.
I turned my head to him as he quickly grabbed his ninjato and left the scene by going through the shattered window, escaping. Whatever made that sound must have made him escape and it's probably something not good.
I ran out of the dining hall and saw what was in the air, causing the White Fang to pull out. "Holy shit…" I cursed. In the sky was a large Grimm with two wings and two legs. Its body was that of a dragon. This was a Dragon Grimm. I took notice of the Grimm showing up as well, and that was then I realized they are drawn to the dragon. No wonder the White Fang are pulling out and the others being evacuated, the Dragon Grimm is a beacon for other Grimm to follow.
Whatever Cinder is doing, this is something very bad. This was the beginning of the total chaos in Beacon.
To be continued…
Blazing: Taka (x2), Kujaku (x1), Condor (x1)
Scorching: Lion (x1), Tora (x2), Cheetah (x1)
Strongest: Kuwagata (x1), Kamakiri (x1), Batta (x1)
Legendary: Kobura (x1), Kame (x1), Wani (x1)
Water: Shachi (x1), Tako (x1), Unagi (x1)
Gravity: Sai (x1), Gorilla (x1), Zou (x2)
Invincible: Ptera (x1), Tricera (x1), Tyranno (x1)
(NEXT TIME)
"Look, guys, that giant Grimm is circling the school! Even the White Fang are pulling out! We have to go!" Sun pointed out.
"I am gonna use all the Combos to help you guys evacuate!" I declared, making them shocked.
"For this is just the beginning." Gara said, looking at the moon before he walked back into the shadows.
Next Time: The Beginning, Full Combo Attack, Loss
A/N: Well that is it for part one of the Battle of Beacon as our Rider has fought Adam. Remember, he was taught to fight by Ankh who has much more experience than anyone if he was in his real body despite him currently with only a half of his power. Also, OOO has the PuToTyra combo which made him invincible and immune to Adam's power hence why he was able to win. As the fight has begun, what will happen next?