Guess who's back. Back again. Ya, I listen to Eminem...deal with it! So anyway yes I'm back after a bit of an absence from this story and I am sorry for that. I was just caught in both writer's block and working on some other projects not to mention the Christmas season and all. It's fun but carries with it a lots of little distractions. But I'm here now. I am kinda disappointed that only one of you sent in a chibi short idea but let's see if anyone does this time. Anyway that's all I have to say so let's get going!
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Last time on Dragon ball: RWBY! Kouga told his friends and teachers about a mysterious place where he may be able to gain the power to beat the oncoming threat. Will he find it? Find out today on Dragon ball: RWBY!
The forests this far outside of Vale were wild and largely untamed. This is partially because this area is so remote and the foliage so dense that there are not many reasons to come out here, but it was mostly due to this whole area being a nature preserve. So no one was allowed to come out here unless they had permission. For one young man however, he needed to be here for he was on a quest. A quest to find a legendary place that may or may not exist.
Right now Kouga Sapphire was sleeping in a tree, or more accurately he was sleeping while hanging off a tree using his tail. At the moment he was having a very complex and intelligent dream.
"Mmmm, Nachos." ...Well in his own way.
Unfortunately for him, his tail lessened it's grip and he fell head first into the ground. "AAAARRRGGGHHH!" He screamed in pain as he sat up and rubbed his head.
"Stupid tree. Defiantly gonna be feeling that for while." Soon after his scroll started to beep. Picking it up he found it was Ruby who was calling.
"Hey Rubes, what's up?"
'Hey Kouga! We're all just finishing breakfast and about to head to class, so I thought I'd give you a call.' She said with heavy static in the background due to the reception out there being so bad. At least the Saiyan still understood her.
"Good to hear from you. How's everyone doing? Also, I may lose you since the reception out here is shit so let's try and keep this brief."
'Ya I can tell, it's hard to understand you. We're all worried about you, especially Nora though other then that everything is pretty normal around here.'
"That's good. Though I'm a little surprised Nora is the one who's most worried. Would have thought you or maybe Weiss would hold that title."
'Well of course she's worried, considering what you are to her.'
"Well shucks Ruby your making me blush here." He said in a joking tone. "Just kinda surprised she thinks so highly of me. She is a really cool friend though." This earned an eyebrow raise from the hooded girl.
'What? ...Wait Kouga you do realize she thinks of you as her bo...'
'Hey is that Kouga!?' Asked the staticy, yet still very hyper voice that could only belong to Nora Valkyrie. 'Are you okay sweetheart? Are you hurt? Hungry? (Gasp) Did you get eaten by a giant plant and are talking from inside it's stomach!?' This question caused Ruby and Kouga to sweat drop.
"No Nora I haven't been eaten. I just fell out of a tree and hit my head is all. Wait did she call me sweetheart?" He asked himself in his thoughts.
'(Gasp) Oh you poor thing. Nora knows just the thing to fix that! Pancakes!' ...What? Were you really expecting something different from her? 'Here I'll feed it to you.' She said followed by a squishing sound.
'Gah, Nora! You can't feed someone through a scroll...Nor-...w-it... sto-.' And with that the signal cut off. Kouga sat there for a few moments before bursting out in laughter.
"Never a dull moment with those guys." He then stood up. "Well guess I'd better head out." His stomach then growled. "After breakfast!" After some hunting he caught a wild bore and ate it with some beans he brought as well as his favourite drink.
"Aw Schneetap, your the one of a few addictions I have no interest in quitting." He said with a satisfied moan as he drank it. After finishing he put all the trash back into his backpack and continued his quest.
As he flew around he noticed something odd about this place. He had yet to see or sense a single creature of Grimm. Now that he thought of it, it was strangely quiet last night. You'd think at least one of them would be making some noise but no. This left only one question. Why? Why are there no Grimm here? This was a question he'd have to figure out later, right now he had to keep looking.
After two hours of searching around the area Kouga was beginning to get very irritated. "Where the hell is it!?" He shouted. Letting out a sigh to calm his nerves, he opened his scroll and took another look at the coordinates he wrote down. Only to gain an eye twitch when he saw that he passed it, while searching.
"I don't get it. The coordinates from Dad's story said they'd be here, but nothing. Ok think back, what exactly did he say in his stories about the Lookout?"
Flashback: Kouga age 5
It is evening in the Sapphire household and a certain monkey tailed little boy was climbing into bed. This was Kouga and he wore a set of blue pajamas with little monkeys on them.
Currently tucking him into bed was his adopted father Aron who's hair had grown out and was currently being worn in a small ponytail. He had on a simple sky blue t-shirt and white boxers.
"Ok bud have a good night. But before you do remind me. What do we do on nights like this?" He asked his son.
"Don't open my window and don't look outside."
"Very good little man. Wouldn't want the full moon monster to get you. Good night." Before he could walk out though his son grabbed his hand.
"Daddy can you tell me a story?" Aron sighed and took a seat on the chair across from Kouga's bed.
"Alright kiddo, any requests?" He asked. After a few moments he got his answer.
"Can you tell me about the Lookout again?" Aron chuckled a little, his son had heard that story before but with the look in his little eyes how could he say no?
"No." ...Apparently that way.
"WHAT!?" He shouted. Disappointment very present in his voice.
"Haha, don't worry kid I'm just messing with you. Of course I'll tell you about the Lookout." Kouga's cheeks were puffed out as he shot a glare at his father.
"That was mean."
"Come on it was just a joke. I thought you'd be used to my sense of humour by now, guess not. So you still up for story time?" The young Saiyan continued to glare at him for a bit before answering.
"Yes." He murmured, with his eyebrows knitted together and his nose pointed at the floor.
"Ok then let's begin. The Lookout is a magical place, were one of the most powerful beings on Remnant live. He is the Guardian of Remnant.And his job is to help protect the world from only the biggest threats.His home floats high above the ground, completely cut off from the rest of the world." But this confused the child.
"But Dad, if it's so out of the way from everything then why does he live up there? If he's supposed to protect the world then why not live on the ground? Also, if he's so powerful then why are the Grimm still around. Shouldn't they all be gone?" The older man took on a much more serious face, though Kouga being so young didn't fully register this.
"It's very complicated little man. I'll tell you the whole story another time, but as for why he lives there, well that's simple. You see his job isn't just to protect Remnant, it's to safeguard something very important. Without him it literally wouldn't exist."
"Whatever it is it can't be that important."
"Oh it is! That's why to compensate he trains powerful warriors to help him. Did I ever mention to you how I was one such warrior? And boy howdy was the training tough. I mean I almost died a few times it was so hard. But as you can see I pulled through in the end. He was reluctant at first but I wore him down." This earned a giggle from his son.
"Ya I bet it was because your so irritating, that he had to think twice." They both laughed for a bit before Aron took on a more solemn face.
"I wish."
"Dad where is the Lookout exactly?"
"I'll tell ya next time. Anyway I think we've stayed up long enough. Time for bed kiddo. We're getting up early to officially start your training!" Kouga got a huge grin on his face after hearing that. He was so excited he felt like he might explode.
"Ok, night dad!"
"Goodnight Kouga."
Present day
He thought hard while remembering this story, trying to decipher his words. Over all it was starting to make his head hurt. Then it hit him. "Floats high above hu? That's it!" He finally realized.
Focusing his Ki, he shot up into the sky at full speed. If he's understanding the context of Aron's words correctly, then he has the right place wrong altitude. "Let's hope I'm right about this." He said to himself.
And so he flew higher and higher, the air became thinner and thinner due to the altitude, making it harder to breath. As he flew past the clouds he examined his surroundings carefully. Until he saw it, it was farther away from him but he could very clearly make out a shape in the distance. Flying towards it, what he saw made his eyes go wide.
Floating there was a large platform like structure with several trees garnishing the top. There was also a small almost temple like building sitting near the back of it.
"This must be it!" He thought excitedly. "Doesn't look much like I thought it would though. Ah well."
Floating down, he landed on this structure and took a look around. Strangely no one seemed to be here. "Hello! Anyone here?" But no one answered. Walking forward he continued his search. Just then he heard the faint sound of humming.
Running towards it he saw a woman watering some plants. She was leaning down so he couldn't see her eyes but from what he could see she had shoulder length black hair and fair skin. She was wearing a red dress that seemed to follow a similar design to Ren's jacket, with black trimmings and from what he could see an open slit down the right side of her dress leg. Most likely to help her move more freely. However her appearance was not what caught his eye the most about this woman. No, for sitting on her back were two large bird wings. They were red with yellow outlines on the outside of the feathers, making it almost look like her wings were on fire. This meant she was a Faunus, though he had never seen one with wings before. Let alone wings that looked like hers.
"Who are you? Are you the Guardian? If so I need to talk to you." However she did not reply.
"Hello! Are you listening? I said I need to talk!" Again nothing. Starting to get frustrated at seemingly being ignored, Kouga made his way over to her.
"THIS WILL BE THE DAY WE'RE WAITING FOR! THIS WILL BE THE DAY WE OPEN UP THE DOOR!" She suddenly sung very loudly and poorly making Kouga nearly jump out of his skin from shock.
"So that's why she couldn't hear me before." He said to himself as he saw headphones protruding from her ears. Walking up to her, she saw his black boots in her field of vision and looked up at him with her bronze coloured eyes. He motioned for her to take her headphones out and she did just that.
"Can I help you little boy?" She asked. The Saiyan gained a tick mark at being called a little boy, but he quickly calmed himself and began to speak.
"Are you the Guardian?" He asked.
"No I'm not. I am his assistant though." She said while standing at her full height. She was about the same height and build as Glynda Goodwitch, so she was a few inches taller then Kouga. She seemed to be in her mid to late thirty's from what he could tell, but she was still very pretty. "The names Kasai by the way. Nice to meet you." She said with a smile.
"May I ask why you wish to see him?"
"I want him to train me!" He said bluntly and honestly. There was a brief pause before she spoke again. Her answer was a very simple yet direct...
"No."
"Huh?" He asked with a blank expression on his face and question marks over his head.
"You heard me, he's far to busy to train you." She then turned him around and started pushing him to the ledge. "We thank you for taking the time to search for us -we really don't get many visitors- but you have to go now. So thank you for visiting, now get going."
"Now wait a damn minute! I just spent two hours searching for this place and I want to at least speak to the guy!" He demanded angrily, while trying to keep them from going any further. It was harder then he thought since she was very strong.
"And like I said we thank you but he can't train you so please leave!" She asked more forcefully this time, her voice a bit strained from pushing the Saiyan.
Finally stopping then, he turned around and pushed her away. "I said I want to see the Guardian and I'm not taking no for an answer! Now bring him here before I have to go looking for him!" Then something unexpected happened.
Kasai smiled at him but he could tell it was not a friendly one. A dark purple aura surrounded her, as an intense feeling of malice came from it. He felt a very strong cold feeling waft over him and all his senses were telling him to run the fuck away, as fast as he could.
"Look you little pest, I've tried to be nice but it seems your just too stupid to understand! So let me put this in a way even a brain dead fool like yourself will get." Kouga flinched at the harshness of her words and voice every time she spoke.
"The Guardian has far more important things on his plate right now and can't take the time to train every self important little brat that just so happens to find there way up here. So I'll ask nicely once more. Leave here with your little tail between your legs before I force you off!"
At this time Kouga was very conflicted as to what he should do next. Part of him wanted to stay and complete what he came here to do, while another part wanted to get the hell out of there as fast as he could. This was the first time in a long time he had felt true terror and for some reason it was for this woman, why? She didn't appear to be very tough. As he stood there deliberating, the Faunus woman sighed, having taken his inaction as him yet again defying her.
"Very well. Have it your way." With blinding speed Kasai dashed to our Saiyan hero -who had no time to react- and slammed her palm right into his solar plexus. This not only knocked all the wind out of his lungs but sent him flying back thirty feet and right off the Lookout.
Kouga gasped as he fell, trying to get air into his lungs. "Focus damn it! If you don't you'll die!" He shouted to himself in his head while trying to regain his composure. The ground was coming up fast and he could barely move, let alone focus his Ki to fly.
Finally regaining enough of himself he was able to focus and slow himself down. Unfortunately he was unable to stop completely and he ended up smacking into a tree. "Bad... landing... strategy!" He grunted as he hit every branch on his way down before getting a face full of the dirt.
He lay there for a minute or two before he turned himself over so that he was resting on his back. "This just isn't my day." The young Saiyan thought to himself. "But that woman, I've never seen someone move that fast. She'd definitely make Ruby jealous." He laid there for another few minutes before he got up and began the flight back up.
Meanwhile back at the Lookout
"Well I'll be damned, he actually made it." Kasai said as a figure walked out of the temple. His form was covered by shadows, so you couldn't make out who it was.
"You didn't have to be so rough with him Kasai. What if you had killed the boy?" Asked the figure in a gravelly masculine voice.
"I did say you were a busy man and you and I both know why." She said taking on a more serious tone. "As I said to him, we can't take time to train every little punk that thinks he's a real fighter, especially nowadays. If he wants to train here he's gonna have to earn it like the rest."
"Still you should try to be at least a little more gentle. You always get way too excited for your own good in a fight. One of these days your gonna kill someone."
"Andolin please, when have I ever let you down?" Though she couldn't see it, she could feel the look of "Really?" on his face. "Oh screw you! Just head back inside already, the kid is almost here."
"(Sigh) Fine I'll go, good luck." He then turned around and began to walk away. "Oh and Kasai dear, please try not to break this one ok?" He said while walking back inside.
"Geez, turn all the bones in one guys legs into sand once, and all of a sudden he thinks your a leg breaking demon or something. Is it my fault that bones today are so much more brittle then they were back in my day?" She muttered to herself just in time to see our favourite Saiyan return.
"YOU BITCH! You just tried to kill me!" He screamed at her.
"Ya I did. Didn't do a very good job by the looks of it too." This comment only added fuel to Kouga's anger.
"Well congratulations you survived, and you recovered in record time too."
"Cut the shit lady! If you won't take me to him I'll have to look for him myself. So out of my way!" He demanded as he landed. Just as his feet touched the ground he was forced to jump out of the way as a orange Ki ball hit where he was standing originally.
"Lady I've been flying around for hours and just came off being almost murdered, so trust me when I say you do not what any of what I am right now."
"Oh but I think I do. Besides, considering how easy it was to knock you off here the first time I don't think you'd be much of a challenge anyway."
"Fine then. I've tried to be reasonable, but I guess that's not gonna work." He said while taking a fighting stance. "I suppose then I'll just have to beat you into a pulp first, then find the Guardian myself."
"We'll see about that." She muttered while taking on her own fighting position.
"Come and get me little boy." She taunted. Spurred on by her taunt his Ki flared as he dashed forward and raised his fist, ready to plant it in her face. However our young Saiyan was in for a surprise when his opponent caught his fist with ease.
"What the?" He said as he struggled to escape the Faunus woman's grasp. But it was no use. It only got worse as she brought up her leg and kicked him in the jaw before letting go of his hand and delivering another well placed kick to his side.
He skidded across the ground for a little bit before stopping and letting out a loud groan of pain. "Come on, surely you can do better than that?" She continued to taunt. As Kouga got to his feet, he could tell right then and there that this fight was not gonna be an easy one.
Finally reaching the the Lookout of legend our hero has yet another obstacle to overcome. Will he do it? Find out next time on Dragoon ball: RWBY!
And that's a wrap for this chapter ladies and gentlemen(and others). Sorry there wasn't much action in this chapter but hey, at least he's finally at the Lookout. I originally was gonna make one longer chapter but my editor -and me after I re-read it- agreed the ending bit was a little sloppy/rushed so I decided to save the Kouga vs Kasai fight for the next chapter. Speaking of Kasai, some of you may be wondering why I have a Faunus as the Guardian's assistant instead of someone like Mr. Popo.
Well let's just say there's something special about her and leave it at that for now. Though I will give you a hint. It's in her name. I'm not sure how I feel about this chapter but regardless I hope you enjoyed it. Make sure to leave a review telling me how I did and I'll catch you all next time. SP-8 out!