It's off to Kuroyuri! I've got Ren a new weapon! Hope you enjoy this chapter. Review!
It was after the first week of January before Team JNPR was ready to set out for Kuroyuri. Ren had gotten his new weapons from Hephaestus. The model and color was almost the same as his old Stormflowers and they were still capable of what his old weapons could do, but some hidden functions had been added. The base was still dual smgs with blade attachments, but the gun part was green while the right blade was white while the left blade was black, and the blades were now detachable for close range fighting, and, if needed, could transform into wind-and-fire half wheels, similar to a chakram. The dual smgs worked fine even without the blade. Lastly, the materials used were not of this world. Hephaestus had been traveling to another village for an order last year when he came across a meteorite. Thinking it would be something useful, he took it back with him. After spending many hours, he found out the meteorite was almost just as durable as Adamantium. He named it Divinium.
"Hope you enjoy 'em," chuckled Hephaestus, "It should work just like your old weapons."
Ren tested it out and nodded in satisfaction. It was perfect for him. That and the possibility for mastering another weapon was somewhat exciting for him. He decided it to keep it the same name.
"We'll be heading out now," declared Jaune before they all waved goodbye to the Nikos family.
"On the road we goooo!" shouted Nora as she dashed ahead, running around with joy as they were walking on a path.
"She managed to mix in some lightning Dust into her pancakes," sighed Ren before running to chase her down.
"Guess it's just us for now," smiled Pyrrha before snuggling into Jaune's arms. Jaune merely smiled before enjoying the warmth, leaning into his mate.
Ren had undergone a change with his style. Instead of his usual green and black long sleeved tail coat, he opted for a short sleeve one with the tail coat extending all the way down to his ankles. His weapons were placed into holders on the sides of his thigh for quick draw purposes. And finally, he had let his usual qian tail down, letting it float on his back. Nora had to hold back a blush after seeing this. On his hands, he wore green fight gloves in case he had to use hand to hand combat.
Nora herself decided on some changes in her clothes, too. She had let her hair grow longer down to her shoulders than her usual hair. The metal frame that she used to wear was discarded after it had been broken during the Battle of Beacon. Instead, she picked up a waist high coat that had her insignia on it. She still wore the same white shirt, but there was a small slash at where the heart cutout was, so her Dragon Mark could clearly be seen. And finally, she decided to light armor pink forearm guards.
For Pyrrha, the only additional item on her usual style were two pauldrons on each shoulder that didn't hamper her arm movements at all. Jaune himself had no major changes in his looks.
"Yo, wait up!"
Team JNPR turned around to see Team SSSN walking towards them.
"You heading out too?" asked Sun, "Mind if we join you? I need to head south of Mistral, according to Neptune."
"Why won't you read and carry your own tome!?" shouted Neptune as he was carrying the tome meant for Sun.
"You're the intellectual," replied Sun, "It's easier and faster if you have it with you when we need it."
"Sun, shouldn't you be reading it?" asked Jaune.
"I do read it," replied Sun glumly, "But the stupid tome has random riddles in it that I don't get it. That's why I have Neptune here. He gets it much better than me."
"If you take the time to think, you'd get it too," replied Neptune glumly.
Sage just grunted before walking over and taking the tome and putting it on his backpack, ending the argument about carrying the book.
"So, like, wanna travel together?" asked Scarlet.
"I got no problems with it. Pyrrha?" replied Jaune.
"That would be grand."
"Sweet," cheered Sun.
The two teams traveled south, passing through a few villages and helping out by killing whatever Grimms threatened their lands. There was a funny incident when one of the villagers asked to take care of a Grimm squid that was at the bottom of the lake. Neptune refused to go anywhere near the lake. Jaune quickly dove in after linking with Ryo-Wo. Soon enough, they had arrived at Kuroyuri.
"Whoa. What happened here?" asked Sun, looking a bit shocked at the ruins of the village.
"A Grimm attack," replied Ren a bit coldly, causing team SSSN to flinch at his tone.
Ren's facial expression looked grim until Nora gently put her hand on his shoulder. He relaxed for a bit before walking into the town. The rest of them followed quickly, their guards up. Soon enough, Ren stopped in front of a house.
His house.
He took out a knife his own father had given him to defend himself before throwing himself into the fray to protect him. He kneeled down before giving a small prayer. Sensing that he needed some time alone, SSSN and Pyrrha stayed back.
Jaune was about to go with Pyrrha when Ren called him over, along with Nora.
"Mom. Dad. I've done it," whispered Ren, "I found the Dragon Clan. Meet Jaune Ryu-Long, the current holder of seven king dragon contracts. So far, I've been blessed with two Dragon Marks. And to add it up, Nora, the same girl we saw years back, is my girlfriend. She's a handful, but she's someone who I truly love now. "
Nora blushed at this praise while Jaune bowed in respect to the empty house. Ren kept talking about his life now, and how he somehow winded up with 4 girlfriends.
"This might seem rude," piped up Ryo-Wo, "But ask Ren if there are any possible relics of the Dragon Clan inside that house."
Jaune nodded and passed the message, to which Ren thought about it for a bit.
"I... don't know," said Ren, "It couldn't hurt to check."
Suddenly, the air and the tension seemed to change. Everyone noticed it and grabbed their weapons out. Ren quickly put the knife back in a secure spot inside his holsters. As they slowly got together to stay in formation, they heard an eerie scream. One Ren and Nora remembered clearly many years ago, at the very village.
"Raaaeeeeeeehhhhhh!"
"We got Grimm incoming," said Sage, getting out his sword.
"Everyone get ready," Jaune ordered, gripping his sword when he noticed Ren and Nora's expression.
"Nora? Ren?" asked Pyrrha as she noticed their pale expression.
Soon, coming from an entrance hole, was a special horse-like creature with an equine main body and a skinless humanoid creature that fused together. The forelegs were shaped like claws while the hindlegs were hooved. The humanoid upper body had two long curved horns on its head, a mouth that looks almost sewn shut, and two long elastic arms, each with two clawed fingers. On the back of the humanoid torso were boney spikes along its spine. The Grimm also seemed to have gone through many battles as various weapons and arrows were decorated all over its back. The Grimm dragged its long arms across the ground while the horse part of its malformed body kept walking.
"It's a Grimm Nuckelavee," said Neptune grimly, "One of the few known Elder Grimms. If it's here, then that means a few Nevermores and Beowolves will come. It attracts other Grimm to its location due to the fact it can produce its own negativity around itself.
"Then we take care of it now," grunted Sage as he began to move forward. Suddenly, Ren's arms stopped him.
"Ren?" asked Scarlet in confusion.
"Leave. This one is mine," growled Ren as he slowly pulled out Stormflowers
"This isn't a time to play hero!" yelled Neptune, "We gotta take that down fast and then leave!"
"It's personal," replied Ren, "This Grimm was the one who destroyed my home. The one who killed my parents!"
With a roar, he charged forward, firing at the Nuckelavee's face. The Nuckelavee screamed at this before extending its arm towards Ren, who dodged it.
Neptune and Scarlet looked at each other and were about to help when Sun and Jaune stopped them.
"This is his fight," said Sun, "We have no right to interfere."
"Ren wants to finally have peace about his past with this Grimm's death. Who are we to deny him that right?" added Jaune, "Scout out the perimeter. Drive back any Grimm you see. Form teams of two, and make sure you're all within yelling distance."
The others nodded and split off. Sun was with Neptune, Scarlet with Sage, Pyrrha with Jaune. They let Nora stay to watch over Ren, as this was also her fight as she had also been in the village when the Nuckelavee attacked.
Nora watched as Ren attacked the Grimm like a berserker. At first, he was calm and collected, striking when the opportunity struck. However, over time, rage consumed him as he wanted to kill the Grimm. He started taking hits that he would've easily dodged, all just to charge in blindly. Nora couldn't let him continue this on.
Ren just kept blindly charging as he slashed his way forward. The Nuckelavee shot its arm forward, slamming Ren into a wall, pinning him there. Ren struggled to get out of the grip, slamming the blades into the Grimm's arm while firing his bullets. The Nuckelavee wailed in pain before shooting its other arm, intending to finish Ren off. Ren cried out in panic when Nora jumped in and slammed the offending arm away with her hammer. She landed on the other outstretched arm and transformed Magnihild back to a grenade launcher before firing two shots at the Grimm's face. The Grimm screeched in pain as it let go of Ren, retracting its arm. Nora quickly fired another grenade, this one being a smoke version, before grabbing Ren, hiding under a raised house.
Ren shook his head, quickly recovering from the hit and was ready to charge out again when he felt Nora grab his arm.
"Nora, let go," growled Ren.
Nora wouldn't let go, causing him to struggle. He looked back and was about to demand her to let go when he felt her slap him.
"Nora...?" said Ren in confusion as Nora slowly let go.
"No.," said Nora slowly, but firmly, her hair shadowing her eyes, "I won't let you kill yourself like this. Not after everything that's happened. You lost your parents, but you gained a new family, didn't you? Jaune, Pyrrha, RWBY, NDGO, Junior, Miltia, Melanie, and …. and me. Aren't we important to you? Don't we matter? Do I matter to you?"
Ren blinked as Nora raised her face, showing tears in her eyes. All of a sudden, he was looking at an illusion of Nora, who was back to being a scared small child, just like that fateful day in this very town. He blinked again to see Nora back to her usual age, but with tears in her eyes still. He understood that without him, Nora would have had no one at all, she might have had it worse. And to be honest, it was the same for him. His life would have been nothing but sadness and lusting for revenge but she had been there for him, to make his life mean something more. He couldn't imagine living on with Nora either, or any of his new family now.
They heard the Nuckelavee scream, telling them that their time was up. Ren looked at Nora, nodding as his bloodrage was lifted from his eyes. As they both got out from under the house, Ren took a deep breath before detaching the blades. He put the smgs away and transformed his blades into half chakrams.
"Nora," said Ren as readied his weapon, "Will you... help me?"
"Of course," smiled Nora, "I get to break its legs!"
"Aim for the horse head," instructed Ren, "I'll pin its arms down, then it's main means of attack will be disposed of. Once I've got them, go for it."
"You got it," replied Nora as she left to get to higher ground.
Ren charged at the Nuckelavee, who shot its arm once again. Ren dodged it and continued forward. The other arm shot forward, and Ren parried this one. As Ren got closer, the arms both came swinging back towards Ren's back. However, Ren predicted this as he did a backflip over the arm before throwing his right hand chakram into the Grimm's hand, pinning it to the ground. The Grimm roared in pain and tried to swing its left arm at Ren, who managed to grab it with his right hand, forming a dragon's claw. He threw the offending hand into the ground before slamming his left weapon onto it, effectively pinning its arms down. With no arms to defend itself and its mobility sealed, Nora leaned back and let gravity take hold of her as she fell down from the tallest building around the area. As she descended down, she grinned as she maneuvered herself in the air, now facing forward to to the ground before slamming Magnihild right on the Nuckelavee's equine head. The Grimm collapsed onto the ground, unable to move at all. It wailed and screamed as it tried to free itself. Nora took this time to swing her hammer, breaking its knees to make sure it couldn't escape.
Ren slowly walked up to it, wielding his father's dagger. It screamed at him, trying to scare Ren away, its blood red eyes glaring at Ren with pure hatred. Ren took a deep breath, focusing on what he was about to do. His Dragon's Marks started to glow inside his gloves, giving him power.
He cut down down both arms in memory of his loving parents. He then cut into the Grimm's chest for everybody he knew that lived in the village. The Grimm looked up weakly, knowing it was going to die.
"For myself, my mates, my family, and my future," proclaimed Ren as he decapitated the Nuckelavee.
Its body dissipated into black mist, rising into the sky. Around the area, the Grimm that SSSN, Jaune, and Pyrrha were dealing with paused at this. Jaune decided to make sure they left by linking up with his dragons and flashing his aura. The Grimm fled at once, knowing their 'commander' was dead and that there was a serious threat in front of them. They quickly ran back to the source of the mist just in time to see Ren and Nora embracing each other in a deep kiss.
"Well, that's sweet," chuckled Sun.
Salem was pondering about her nefarious plots when she felt one of the special Grimm disappear. She stopped, trying to sense where its last location was. She had the Grimm Seer come to her, looking into it before pinpointing it somewhere in the continent of Anima, south of Mistral.
"Chernobog, could you send some of your agents to investigate a certain location in Anima?" asked Salem.
Chernobog looked up from the table, his hood falling off to reveal a black man with yellow hair braided in cornrows. He had a handsome face with a slash scar on his neck.
"You need our services?" asked Chernobog.
Salem nodded, "I just felt one of my special children die, and I need it investigated."
"Special?" asked Chernobog, "Like a powerful one?"
"No, just a Nuckelavee, and a young one at that," replied Salem, "It's been wandering around for 25 years now, and is a mere child compared to the other ones. But it's still something I want to find out."
"Not a problem," chuckled Chernobog, "I'll have some of my men take a look. It might be the one we're looking for."
With that note, he left the table. Salem frowned for a bit. Sure she wanted the Dragon Clan gone, but she couldn't shake the feeling that these Dragon Slayers were hiding something. She had no choice but to rely on them for the time being, though. Regular Grimm wouldn't fight the dragons, and her own forces were being stretched thin; Hazel was heading towards the White Fang to see if he couldn't persuade Sienna Khan to join forces with her. Tyrian was getting used to his new cybernetic stinger, courtesy of Merlot and Watts. Merlot himself was slowly building her own little android army while also conducting experiments on a select few Grimm. Watt himself was gathering intelligence and managing his spy network. Her three 'candidates' for the other Maidens, Daki Nerys, Briar Rora, and Jazz Misae were at Atlas, Mistral, and Vacuo, trying to find the Maidens and …. relieve them of their powers and duty. She still needed to find another candidate for the Fall Maiden, though Watts swore he had a potential candidate by the name of Laire Delma.
They had to be careful after losing the Battle of Beacon. Their plans had been exposed, and all the kingdoms would be on careful watch. The original plan was to steal Fall Maiden's power, kill Ozpin, and blame it all on the White Fang while being unnoticed. That went to hell when Jaune showed up.
"My next plan," murmured Salem, "we will use this time to recover for now and strike at small targets, although if any big ones show up, we will take that chance. But soon, the kingdom of Atlas shall be the one to fall. And it might work even better, considering all new technology is usually from there. With that downfall, the human race will truly be in the dark ages with no new technology to help them. Thus shall happen... at the next Vytal Festival Tournament."
You heard the boss. We need to investigate the last known coordinates of a certain Grimm. That black mist we saw going into the sky might be the key."
At the continent of Anima, several cloaked figures stood near a fire, ready to leave. They all wore the same badges, a dragon's head on it, but the said head was crushed into the ground, with a green scaled dragon on top of it, looking down evilly. They were all members of the "Dragon Slayers".
"Remember our rules. Slay those who dare worship other dragons. For ours is the one true one above all! Drac, bless our hunt!"
At that, they all dashed away, ready to hunt.
At another place, a man wearing a ragged cloak was walking down a road. He was at the southernmost area of Anima, heading north. As the winds blew, his hood fell off to reveal a young blonde man with tanned skin. He had a red pupil for his left eye, but he right eye grey. He was completely blind in the right eye, with scars over the said eye. He looked up to the skies for a bit, closing his eyes to feel the wind. He continued forward, heading north. As he faded from view into, he was muttering 'kill them all,' insanely.
Team JNPR and SSSN finally reached a village named Higanbana to rest for the night. Ren and Jaune had searched his old house for anything useful but found none. Ren did take a photo of his family that was still in there as a keepsake. They rented two rooms for each team, but they met at SSSN's room to plot out their next course of action.
"Okay, according to Neptune and the maps, we need to head to the village of Sion and then go east from it. We should reach some sort of hidden temple with apparently a ton of riddles," announced Sun, losing excitement at the last part, "Why did it have to be riddles!?"
He slammed his head down on the table in depression. The rest of his team patted him on the back in sympathy.
"We'll help any way we can," comforted Jaune, "I've got 7 dragons in my head, so that should help out. Pyrrha and Ren are also good with riddles, too. And if all else fails, we send Nora on demolition duty."
Pyrrha and Ren waved at the mention of their names, while Nora raised her hammer in excitement.
"Mmmk," grumbled Sun from the table, his voice muffled.
"After we get the weapon of his, depending on the time frame if it takes too long, we may need to bolt back to Haven if we wanna make it to the first day of the new year," finished Neptune, "We don't wanna miss out on watching the new recruits being tested."
"Will we make it in time?" asked Sage with his eyebrows raised.
"Uhhh..." stuttered Neptune when Sun raised his head again.
"I already arranged a ship to pick us up back at Sion."
"Why didn't we just fly there in the first place?" sobbed Neptune.
"And miss out on some crazy adventures?" replied Sun, "Plus, the cargo ship is already making a trip to Shion to drop off some supplies. I figured that by the time it arrives, we should be done with our trip. Didn't want to pay to have one drop us off there, and pay again to pick us up."
"Were you even going to pay?" deadpanned Neptune.
"He's got a point," added Scarlet, "You do tend to stow away in ships."
Sun glared at his teammates, who snickered at this. He could only put his head down in response after a few seconds, crying about how his teammates hurt him. Team JNPR could only laugh before retiring to their own rooms.
They all got up early in the morning and left for the village of Sion. Every now and then, they encountered a few Grimm, but most chose to leave them alone as Jaune flared his Aura every now and then, showing them all they shouldn't fight unless they wanted to. However, because of this, he was giving his location away to the Dragon Slayer group, who was slowly gaining ground, chasing after them.
"Shion, huh," said Jaune out loud while they were traveling, "I remember that place. I went there when I was much younger with my sisters and mother, and once more while I was traveling Remnant."
"Anything exciting?" asked Sun.
"They have a nice hiking trail, and we went camping right over here," replied Jaune, pulling out a map and pointing to the location, "I got my own tent because I was special... that, and to stop my sisters from always braiding my hair into pigtails."
Everyone laughed at this, while Jaune took it with a smile. Then, Scarlet gasped and pointed ahead. Everybody else looked and saw the village of Shion was under attack by Grimm.
"Go go go!" shouted Jaune, taking out his sword and linking with Alaerth immediately. He sprouted wings and grabbed Ren with him, flying straight for the village. Everybody else dashed to catch up.
The two of them got to the village just to see the villagers all crowded in the center, trying to make their last stand. A Huntsman and Huntress were trying their best to protect the villagers, and another two were down for the count, bleeding. The villagers were quickly trying to wrapt their wounds.
"Dammit! If only those damn bandits didn't attack us and round up the villagers to die like this," cursed the Huntsman named Akos as he kept firing with his assault rifle
"Less talking, more killing!" shouted the Huntress named Som as she used her Pinuti sword to dissuade the Creepers incoming.
"Behind you!" shouted Akos as he noticed a Beowolf trying to bite down on Som. He pulled the trigger just to find out he had ran out of bullets. Som tried to dodge, but the Beowolf bit down on her shoulder. She screamed in pain as the Beowolf shook its head before flinging her into Akos. Akos took the hit before trying to toss her to the civilians in hope of trying to buy more time. He turned around just to have a Ursa slash down on him, cutting him in the chest and flinging him into a wall. As he sunk down, he saw the Grimm closing in all the villagers. He cursed as there was nothing he could do. His hand covered his wound as he tried to stem the bleeding. It looked hopeless.
Suddenly, as a Beowolf jumped to attack the civilians, Ren came out of the sky, diving down and slicing the offending Grimm in half. Before anyone could ask, Ren touched the ground with his hand and focused, activating his Semblance. Soon, everyone in the middle felt a weird sensation, as if the colors on them were bleeding out. The Grimm were confused. One minute, there was so many people ready to be ripped apart, and the next second, they had disappeared. They couldn't sense them. Then, they sensed one being they wished they didn't. They looked up to the sky to see Jaune dive bombing into an Ursa, slicing it in half. As he landed, he linked up with all 7 of his dragons to deal with this.
"Did they just come from the air?"
"The Grimm don't seem to see us! Is it because of that boy?"
"Wait, isn't that Jaune Ryu-Long? Hero of Vale!"
"We're saved!"
The villagers cheered with excitement as Jaune took a fighting pose. The Grimm seemed hesitant until one of the Alpha Creepers jumped in to attack. Jaune didn't even let it come close as he stomped the ground and swung his blade, causing an earth spear to spout forth and stab the Grimm. That set off the fight as they all charged at Jaune. As Jaune killed 4 more Grimm, a Beowolf howled before charging in, just in time to be smashed by a hammer. Nora and the others had arrived.
"Let's go!" shouted Pyrrha as they all charged in.
The Grimm was easily dispatched of, and soon, they were tending to the wounded. Ren was leaning against a wall, feeling the effects of using his Semblance on so many people. It had drained his Aura reserves to do so.
"Thanks," grunted Akos as they bandaged his wound.
"What happened here?" asked Jaune.
"Bandits," replied a civilian, "They attacked and rounded us up in the middle. They were going to say something when the Grimm attacked. The bandits fled, leaving our four weakened Huntsmen and Huntresses to fend them off. Thank Oum you all arrived just in time."
"Just doing our job," replied Sun.
Jaune relaxed for a bit, cutting off the link when it happened. Suddenly, 4 poles landed around him, surprising them all before they activated. The poles were filled with gravity Dust, forcing Jaune down to his knees. A second later, he felt something sting on his neck. He reached up and pulled out what seemed to be a needle. He looked at it in confusion before suddenly falling to the ground. He couldn't move at all.
"Jaune!" shouted Pyrrha in surprise. The others quickly grabbed their weapons, trying to find the threat. The civilians quickly ran for cover as the other Huntsmen and Huntresses still wounded were carried away. Sun activated his armor just in time everybody else felt something hit their necks. Pyrrha had been lucky as her neck armor prevented any chance of her neck being targeted, and moved just in time to have the needle bounce off her pauldron. Everybody else who got hit by the needle all suffered the same thing as Jaune, total loss of body control.
"What the hell is going on!?" shouted Sun as he brandished his staff, "How did those needles bypass the natural Aura protection?"
Eight people suddenly appeared, all wearing cloaks. One of them snickered as he pulled out a pipe.
"Those needless are extracted from the ssstingers Rapier Wasps, one of the few animals that bypass Aura," explained the mysterious man, "The only problem is that it can only carry paralytic instead of poison."
"Why attack us? Are you the bandits from before?" said Pyrrha as she narrowed her eyes.
"We can safely say we are not," replied another one, "But our job requires the death of Jaune Ryu-Long. So no hard feelings, but just die."
At once, they all attacked. As they dashed forward, they could see the badge, with a dragon's head on it, but the head was crushed into the ground, with a green scaled dragon on top of it, looking down evilly.
"Son of a!" cursed Lung Wang, "That bitch had followers?"
"This is bad. Jaune, you must get up now! Focus your Aura on trying to detox the paralysis poison!" commanded Aryz.
'Can't... feel it,' strained Jaune, 'I think those poles are inhibiting the flow of Aura.'
"Then get Pyrrha to bend them away," suggested Alaerth.
"Pyrrha! Poles!" shouted Jaune, using as much of his own power to call her.
Pyrrha, who was dealing with four of them, threw her shield at one of them to buy herself some time before using her Semblance to move the poles away, hurling them at one of the attackers. The attacker looked surprised before the pole pierced through his body, impaling him onto a wall.
"Careful! Her Ssemblance is polarity! Add to that the fact she has the Mate Mark, she'sss more powerful than she was before!" shouted one of the attackers, who seemed to be the leader. The others nodded and attacked Pyrrha with their weapons, streaming their Aura into their weapons so Pyrrha couldn't hijack it easily. The other four were fighting Sun, who was doing his best. However, during the fight, his weapon finally broke as he blocked his opponent's club.
"Shit!" shouted Sun as he put away his useless weapon and resorted to close quarters combat. Even with his armor, he was at a disadvantage. Pyrrha was now fighting three of them when she had enough. She quickly jumped into the air and channeled her Aura into her Semblance. A few seconds later, kitchenware and anything metallic came flying from the houses. They floated around Pyrrha for a second before she started to command them with hand gestures. She fired a storm of knives and anything sharp towards her opponents, creating a metallic like snake. All seven attacks jumped back to dodge before gathering together. One of them raised his hand as the storm of objects came flying towards them, and with a pulse of Aura, caused several of the objects in the front to rust into dust.
Pyrrha didn't give up, as soon as she saw this happen, she manipulated it so they would surround them before firing them all at once. The same person merely held both hands to each side and spun while pulsing his Aura, causing them all to rust. However, after doing such a defensive move, he collapsed in exhaustion. Pyrrha charged in to attack when one of the others tossed a plastic ball in front of them. It exploded into green gas, enveloping Pyrrha. She quickly jumped out, landing next to Jaune before she started to cough out blood.
"Poison!?' gasped Pyrrha before she fell down to the ground, coughing up more blood.
"No! Pyrrha, hang on I…" Jaune began before he was cut off.
""Ah, how unfortunately lucky," giggled the man who had thrown the ball, "That poison of mine usually kills a human even if you take just a whiff. Must be because of the Mate Mark you're still living. Though maybe not for long."
With a tilt of his head, three of them charged at Sun, keeping him busy. Everybody else was still trying to move with no success. Jaune was busy trying to clear his bloodstream of the poison when one of them stomped his foot on his hand. Another one stomped on his other hand, making sure he wasn't going anywhere. The last one, the leader, sat down on his waist.
'Move dammit!' thought Ren as he tried to get up. He thought about using his Semblance, but he didn't have the Aura to do such a thing after concealing all those civilians. He couldn't even get rid of the paralytic in his body. Still, he struggled, trying to will his whole body to move. Looking up toward the leader, Jaune could barely make out the the light green eyes staring down at him.
"It'sss too bad that you had to be a Dragon Contractor. You might've lived longer," cackled the leader as he raised reached into his cloak pulling out a dagger, before raising it up with his left hand.
"No!" shouted Pyrrha as she tried to use her Semblance. Without even blinking, the leader's hand shot into his cloak and quick drawed a gun before aiming at Pyrrha's face and firing without even looking.
"Pyrrha!" shouted Jaune in horror as he heard the bang, but couldn't see the aftermath as a body was blocking his view
Placing the gun back the man simply laughed at Jaune's misery upon losing his mate "Don't worry, boy, you're next, though you ssshould thank me, her death was far lesss painful then I would have liked it to be. Your heart will be a most delightful sssacrifice to Drac and quite the deliciousss meal~." Rasing the dagger once more, the leader spoke one final time "Ssshame really, Yudoku would've loved to fight you. When you get to the next world, tell em Cobra ssssent you."
And with that, he plunged the knife into Jaune's chest.
Dun dun dunnn! What will happen next? Super mega Jaune? Death? Find out next chapter! Oh, and to those who thought the new group wasn't going to be a threat... well they are. Review if you can, it's much appreciated! More reviews, more motivation and maybe... a faster release time.
Cookies for those who can guess the 'replacement' Maidens I based it off of. Just think of Cinder and what she's based off, and then it should drastically shorten that list.
Quick Overview about the new group
Chernobog: it's a color name, meaning black god. Obviously, I made him black... don't judge me. Leader of the group. My idea/design
Cobra: One of the more powerful fighters. Design by TheMischieviousPuppy. He's the guy with robotic snake, as mentioned earlier. Why doesn't he have it right now? Explained in the next chapter!
Other guys are minions with experience in fighting.
And lastly, a new fighter will arrive. This one comes from wolf master97, who sent me a character oc bios. It actually matched what I had been thinking in general, except he went into great detail with it. So wolf master97, your character shall be revealed next chapter! With edits of mine, of course.
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