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Lionheart grit his teeth in anger as he lead Watts and Laire through the secret passage in Haven that would lead them to the chamber where Laire would open it to reveal the Relic of Choice. They had already taken the elevator down several floors and were currently walking down the hallways to the secret room. His mind flashed back what had happened in the few days prior to him leading the two.
Adam's people quickly spread the word of Sienna being a traitor and started to rally more Faunus into the White Fang, promising them what they so desired; to be respected and feared. It worked for a bit, as more and more Faunus were inducted in. Then came the footage of Adam stabbing Sienna and telling the whole world his plans. Many White Fang members abandoned ship as fast as possible until Adam locked it down. Even then, the White Fang was now a bigger target than ever. Any sympathizers the White Fang might have had were completely wiped out. The Faunus living in Atlas looked at Jacques Schnee in fear that any nice changes he had instated would be rescinded, and their lives could be in danger. Then, they were all surprised when Jacques gave a public announcement to the whole world.
"I don't believe my employees have anything to do with the White Fang, Faunus or not. My company has done background checks on all my employees, and as long as they are not associated with the terrorist group, I have no grievances against them. I merely urge the people to not give the White Fang any more power than they deserve, and hope they are quickly brought to justice."
Seeing as they were safe, none of the Faunus working with the SDC boycotted or went on strike. There had been a few instances where White and Blood Fang members tried to convince them to spy for them but were all rejected.
When the semester ended, Lionheart's pleas were crushed as Jaune and the others took the next airship back to Beacon. With him gone, there was no deterrent as Watts and Laire came in a few days later in the two-week break to retrieve the relic.
"Don't look so glum, Leo," smirked Watts as they were crossing the school grounds. Leo had been forced to tell the staff to take the day off and not be at Haven for the next 5 hours, saying there was some personal construction going on. Laire was under disguise, wearing a red wig and brown contact lens, along with various makeup on her face.
Before they could enter the building, Watts stopped them and looked around slowly.
"Headmaster Lionheart!"
Team CFVY popped up from the entrance, waving at him. Lionheart forced himself to smile as he made small talk with them, with them thanking him for their time here, but that they would be heading back to Beacon.
"It's good to see you've all expanded your horizons," commented Watts, "Not many Huntsmen and Huntresses have gone to different Academies as this year."
"Yeah, it's been a blast, though I can't wait to get back to my favorite store," grinned Coco, looking at Watts, "Nice suit. Looks pretty suave. What store did you get it from?"
"Custom made," smiled Watts, flapping his suit a bit "One of my personal tailors. I'm afraid I can't give you a reference or their number for now, but perhaps when you graduate, I might give you a lead. You don't look bad yourself."
"Hello," said Velvet, waiving to Laire, "Are you a new student coming in?"
Laire glared at them but Watts intervened, "Possibly. She was under the apprenticeship of Huntresses but has decided she wants to check the Academies out and possibly spread her wings, so to speak. She's a bit shy, but hopefully, that will change."
Laire managed a fake smile and shook Velvet's hand before Watts shooed them away, saying that the grounds were supposed to be under construction and that nobody should be here. After they left, Watts pulled out his pistol and fired at possible locations for people to hide. Seeing that there was no reaction, he looked back to Lionheart. Laire was cloaking her hand in fire to burn away any traces of that girl's skin on her hand.
"Lead us on, my dear man," smiled Watts.
And thus the situation was him leading Watts and Laire towards the relic.
"Don't be upset, Leo," teased Watts, "Just do this, and Salem will never touch your kingdom and school again."
His smile stopped when they entered a huge room with vault door at the end of the hallway... with Ozpin, team JNPR and SSSN waiting.
"Ozpin?!" Lionheart cried.
"What?! How is this…?! Watts shouted in surprise.
"So it's true," sighed Ozpin as he stepped forward, "You really did sell out to Salem. You disappoint me, Lionheart. Where is that brave man I used to know, one who would laugh in the face of Grimm and dive in head first? The one who would always give commanders headaches for rash actions, but commendation for bravery and raising morale?"
Lionheart looked at the ground, unable to meet Ozpin's eyes. It had been because of his rash attitude when he was younger that he landed in hot water. A single life-changing event about seven years ago, during the summer off-season, Lionheart was off killing a Grimm horde, laughing as he did so, only to run into Hazel, Tyrian, and Watts, who overpowered him. Seeing that he was the new Headmaster of Haven, they dragged him in front of Salem, where Lionheart tasted fear just from meeting her. It was this fear that struck his very heart and never left. Tyrian had suggested putting a Grimm worm near his heart in case of betrayal while Watts suggested something similar, but with technology, but both were rejected, as a Headmaster, he was to get an annual exam ensuring he was fit to lead, and the in-depth scans would show those. Instead, Salem relied on the fear, preying on his emotions.
"I'm surprised you managed to find or sneak past us," said Watts, "As you have us trapped here, help a gentleman out and explain how you did so? It would let me have some peace of mind."
Neptune and Sun were tempted to yell out how awesome Ren's Semblance was until they were elbowed by their teammates. The reality was that they had gotten on the airship, but immediately jumped off as Ren activated his Semblance. They stayed in town for a few days until they received word that Lionheart was driving the staff away temporarily. They quickly ran towards the school and used Ren to hide themselves. Team CFVY was on standby to distract Lionheart while they ran through the school. Ozpin used his knowledge of Haven while Jaune linked up with Fafnir to explore the school and found the hidden passageway. Pyrrha unbolted the elevator floors, allowing them to all just jump down. Pyrrha was taken with Jaune last as she welded it back shut while Jaune flew her down. After quickly running through it, they waited at the end for the three to arrive.
"Sorry, but it's a mystery that you'll just have to leave unsolved," smiled Jaune as they all drew their weapons.
"A pity," sighed Watts as he took out a ball with various runes written upon it. He cursed a bit as his disguise was now useless. He had been a hidden supporter for Salem, but with Ozpin and others as witnesses to what he had planned to do, he would be exposed to the public and become a wanted man, so he could no longer be Salem's public face. Watts cursed himself for not disguising himself as he prepared for escape.
Laire, however, was dying for another chance to kill Jaune and the others.
"Die!" she shouted as flames appeared in her hands.
Watts merely sighed and pulled out his scroll, tapping a few numbers. Laire suddenly seized up and stopped moving.
"Think, my dear," sighed Watts as he touched her shoulder, "We're at a disadvantage here. As much as I hate to admit it, Cinder was much more trained than you. If she was here, I'd consider fighting, but the truth is, you're not as strong as you think. You still have quite a bit of training to go, compared to the other ladies. With your fiery temper, I had something placed on you just in case if I needed to stop you."
"And where do you think you're going!?" threatened Sun, "No way you can escape!"
"And that's where you're wrong, boy," smirked Watts as he threw down the sphere. A whirlwind came forth from their position when it cracked. Jaune quickly linked up with Aryz and dispersed the wind, but they were gone, leaving Lionheart behind, though the headmaster did dart to a hiding place within the darkened chamber.
"Damn it, they got away," growled Jaune. The dragons recognized the sphere as an old dragon relic, used for quick escapes. It returned the owner to a set location that must be designated beforehand. Aryz growled, as she recognized her handiwork in those spheres. She would be working to negate such an advantage next time.
"We cannot win every battle," said Ozpin wisely, "But we can at least take solace they did not grab the relic. However, Haven is clearly no longer a safe place to hold the relic."
His eyes sharpened as he glared at Leo at his hiding spot, "Leo, you disappoint me. But the greatest sin you've done is to betray humanity."
"I have not!" snarled Leo as he called out from his hiding place, "All I've done is look after Mistral and its lands! Mistral is the widest reaching out of all the kingdom, and it is so much harder to protect, compared to the other kingdoms. All I've ever done was to secure Mistral as a safe place! My goal was always to the kingdom of Mistral and its inhabitants!"
"While that is indeed an important job, your primary objective should have been the protection of both humanity and Faunus for all. If Salem had achieved her goal and gotten the relic of Choice in this Academy, then she could have influenced many people to lay down their arms and die for her. Salem would robbed many of their free will! It is vital that she not get any of the relics!"
"She promised to leave Anima alone!"
"Anima is one continent! You are willing to sacrifice roughly 80% of the whole population of lives just for roughly 20%!?"
"... Yes. Anything to protect my kingdom."
Ozpin sighed, setting his glasses aside into his pocket before flipping his cane in a fighting position.
"Then this is where our paths diverged."
"You're one to talk, Oz. I know the history between you and Salem. She told me all about it!"
"What happened in the past is the past. I look to all the mistakes I've made in the past to try to make the best decisions possible. I have warned all of you to never trust Salem. And yet, here you are, blindly putting your trust in her. By the power vested in me as the advisor at Beacon, ex headmaster, and leader of the Inner Circle, I remove you from your position as Headmaster of Haven for treason."
"You think I'm afraid of you!" howled Leo, "I fear Salem more! Compared to her, you're nothing! She is a lion while you're just a housecat!"
Ozpin stepped forward with his cane as Leo finally stepped out from the hiding place, wielding a giant black cross he had hidden in the room. Before Ozpin went to engage Leo, he turned around to Jaune, "Make sure nobody gets hurt. I fear Leo is no longer completely sane and may try to kill you if I fail."
"Got it," replied Jaune before gazing at the vault. From what they had heard, only a specific Maiden's power could open the vault. Trying to break through it... may take a lot of firepower and time.
"Hold on," murmured Lung Wang, "Remember, the original hermit who gave the four maidens their power was a dragon contractor, like you. It is possible with your power, your mate, and your retainers that it could recognize it. You'll need to go into full link with all of us, though."
'Worth a shot,' replied Jaune mentally before getting into a meditation position. The others quickly covered him.
Ozpin and Leo stared off at each other, ex-headmaster to treasonous headmaster preparing to fight each other.
"I see you're not using your old weapon," commented Ozpin.
"Needed a new one," grunted Leo, "Old one broke."
"Indeed, as you seemed to have died on that day, too," said Ozpin lightly.
Leo's old weapon was a giant cross like the one he held, but it was galaxy gold in color. And on each side of the cross were the words Courage and Valor. But with Leo's recent behavior, those words didn't suit him anymore.
"Perhaps I found charging in head first wasn't the best idea," replied Leo before taking a deep breath and roared.
Ozpin immediately created a barrier as he knew Leo had used his semblance, Lion's Roar. A fierce attack the involved Leo roaring, amplified by his Aura and Semblance, and all without any tools. The roar caused the walls to shake and dust to fall down. Ozpin withstood the attack and charged in as soon as the roar ended 10 seconds later. Taking a quick glance, he saw that the Ren had grabbed his dagger and was already playing some sort of music, which protected them from the attack. Leo heaved his cross so the long side was pointing at Ozpin and opened fire with a machine gun, but Ozpin easily dodged them and parried a few more. Seeing him get closer, Leo flipped the cross 180 degrees, this time the short length in front and opened fire, firing out shotgun pellets. Ozpin quickly smashed his cane into the ground, upheaving a large chunk of rock before kicking it forward. Leo blasted the flying projectile apart, only to let Ozpin leap on to a piece of it and using all the broken pieces of land as footstools to propel himself forward. Ozpin thrusted forward with his cane, to which Leo quickly blocked it with his cross.
"You've gotten rusty, Leo," observed Ozpin.
"And you've... gotten better?" gasped Leo, "I was sure you wouldn't be so powerful after losing to Cinder!"
"I got rusty and made a huge mistake in doing so," replied Ozpin, "So I've used these past few months to train myself back up. And you're open!"
Ozpin suddenly spun and kicked the cross up, leaving Leo defenseless as he staggered back. Ozpin landed and without hesitation, jabbed his cane twelve times into Leo at vital areas before punching him in the face. As Leo flew backwards, he noticed that last punch wasn't as strong as he thought it was.
'Maybe he's not as strong as he thought he was,' thought Leo, but in reality, Ozpin had purposely lowered his strength in that punch. Afterall, he couldn't follow up his next attack if Leo flew too far from him.
Ozpin dashed around Leo and slammed his cane into Leo's back, sending him flying upwards. Leo grunted in pain and quickly parted his cross in half. On both halves, a slot opened up or Leo to grab as he started to spin his tonfas to block a follow up attack from Ozpin.
"Whoa, this is serious stuff," gaped Sun as he watched the two ex-headmasters duke it out. The two of them became blurs as they clashed against each other. The stalactites at the top of the vast room started to fall down, but the two fighters either ignored them, used them as projectiles, or fight on them. However, it was easy to see Ozpin was pushing Leo back, though Leo used his Semblance to try to drive Ozpin away from him.
"This is something we all want to achieve," said Ren, "The pinnacle of being a Huntsman or Huntress."
"And Oscar is getting training from Ozpin himself! Can't wait to see how strong he's going to get!" cheered Nora as she chomped on some popcorn that nobody knew where she grabbed it from.
Pyrrha stood next to Jaune, who was meditating and linking up with all his dragons. Though he could link up faster than the past, thanks to the Aura Cuffs, it was slower once more.
Saijou 'Leo' Lionheart growled as he took another hit from Ozpin. He quickly turned around and roared at him, hurtling Ozpin towards a wall. Ozpin merely flipped in the air and landed feet first into the wall as the impact created a small crater beneath him before he shot forward once more. Leo blocked the cane with his tonfa and spun the other one to Ozpin's smug face. Ozpin raised his other hand to block it,but it sent him back a bit as he shook his arm to shake off the pain.
Leo took this chance and raised both tonfas up and smashed down with all his strength. Ozpin raised his cane as if to block it, causing Leo to internally smirk. There was no way Ozpin could take this easily. Leo had no doubt Ozpin's weapon would be able to take it, though he hoped he could crush it. But this would force Ozpin down to the ground, letting Leo unleash his strongest roar right at him in point blank range.
As the tonfas went down, Ozpin suddenly retracted his cane to its mobile form and tossed it in the air behind him. As the students yelled out in confusion to watch out, time seemed to slow down for Ozpin and Leo. Ozpin clasped his fists together tightly as he took a step forward. As Leo's attack was nearing Ozpin's skull, Ozpin suddenly managed to sneak his fists right between Leo's attack and separated them. Each fist hit a tonfa, redirecting it away slightly. It was enough as the attack missed Ozpin's shoulders by a millimeter and smashed towards the ground. Ozpin wasn't idle as he suddenly spun, grabbing his cane that he tossed and used the momentum to do a full horizontal swing right into Leo's chin. Leo's face cracked up as he went up into the air, his Aura around him glowing before shattering. Leo wasn't done yet, though.
"I've had it!"
Leo flipped in the air and clashed his tonfa's together, but this time, in a different way. Instead of trying to create a cross, he created the letter H instead. The weapon began to transform once more until it became a large cone with the smaller opening near his face. Ozpin narrowed his eyes and opened them as he figured out what Leo was planning and quickly formed a shield made from his Aura.
However, Ozpin underestimated how much Leo had cracked mentally. Instead of aiming it at Ozpin, he aimed it at Jaune and the others.
"Students! Take cover! Scatter!" shouted Ozpin.
"Too late! Die!" shouted Leo as he used up the last remaining reserves of his Aura and used his Semblance. He roared into his cone, and within the cone was sprinkled with fire Dust. The cone itself amplified his roar to a destructive degree. The air seemed to distort in front of the cone as fire filled up in it. A second later, the roar fired, swirling in the air with fire as the destructive roared carved a path towards the students.
"No!" shouted Ozpin, but it was too late. A second later, there was an explosion, and the winds buffeted Ozpin as he tried to stay on the ground. Leo himself was sent flying into a wall from the recoil as he had nothing to stabilize him, as he was in the air. Fire whipped out into the walls and onto Ozpin's shield. Soon, the explosion settled down as the dust stopped whipping everywhere.
"I... win," coughed Leo, "Salem will no longer be troubled by Jaune... I will be rewarded."
"I think it's a bit too early to call that!"
Sun's voice rang out as the dust cleared to reveal a giant staff horizontally placed blocking the students. The staff was large enough that vertically, it almost touch the ceiling. Horizontally, the staff was stuck into the walls for support. As the staff shrunk, the two ex headmasters saw a water barrier created by Neptune, who had made it to deal with the overwhelming heat and dust. As the staff landed back on Sun's hand and the water barrier collapsed, both Sun and Neptune collapsed to the ground, the Aura around shimmering and crackling. They had used up their reserves to protect them all.
"Impossible! H-how?" gasped Leo.
"Ruyi Jingu Bang, isn't normal," grinned Sun as Scarlet helped him up, "Got a major upgrade when I went looking into some old legend in my family. I can use it easily, but anybody else using it, its going to weigh about 8000 kilograms, no matter the size. Not to mention it's very dense, too, and made out of some sort of weird material."
Leo sighed as his eyes rolled back into his head and fainted, finally losing consciousness.
"Well, that was surprising, Mr. Wukong," complimented Ozpin as he walked up to them after securing Leo and tying him up, "I presume the legend you speak of is the Great Sage under the Heavens?"
"Yeah, how'd you know?" asked Sun.
"It was one of the many legends I've read of. Though to see it come to life is quite surprising. Then again, quite a few legends have been true and coming back to life. Though if I may ask, what is Mr. Ryu-Long doing?"
"And finished," said Jaune as he stood up, flaring all his wings at once. It was the same style as the time he had fought Cinder before. Jaune turned around and flared his Aura towards the vault, telling Pyrrha, Ren, Nora, Sun, and Neptune to do the same.
Ozpin watched and widened his eyes in shock as the vault began to respond and slowly open.
"What? How?" asked Ozpin, "The security measures were made so only the Maiden of a specific season, namely Fall for this one, could open it!"
"The Story of the Seasons," grunted Jaune, "The old hermit? He was also a Dragon Contractor. Linked up with several powerful dragons, one of them being Lung Wang's son. He created some sort of bastardized Mate and Dragon mark combined and gave them to the four maidens. The only consequence was that he didn't expect the powers to keep transferring over to another maiden after each one died. Luckily, mine won't do that."
Ozpin blinked in awe as the legend behind the hermit was solved. After all, he had suspected that the hermit behind the story was no ordinary man, but could not formulate a hypothesis of who he was at all.
The door finally opened to reveal a floating orb in the center. Each of them could feel the power being exuded from the orb itself.
"The Relic of Choice," said Ozpin relevantly, "Left behind by the brothers, the god of light and the god of darkness."
"Those two left something this powerful in Remnant?" growled Lung Wang, "I thought they said they would only create humanity! Not also create relics that could influence all of humanity."
"I believe Ozpin can give us some answers to this," suggested Fafnir, "He seems familiar with most legends."
"In the meantime, Jaune, take the relic and put it in your bag. It's safe to say this place in no longer secure enough to keep the relic," commanded Ryo-Wo.
Jaune nodded and lifted the relic from the pedestal and quickly placed it within his bag. As soon as the relic disappeared from view, they all noticed the traces of its power vanished.
"Curious. What sort of bag is that?" asked Ozpin, "I was going to suggest a high density steel box with a high security lock and a null field to hide the traces of power as much as possible. Instead, your bag seemed to have taken care of it."
"A relic from the Dragon Clan," replied Jaune, "A form of spatial manipulation so I can place all my stuff in here. Nobody else can use this bag. They can put their hand in it all they want, but they won't be able to get anything from there. And because the bag itself is made from dragon skin, trying to destroy it is next to impossible."
"That's good to know," sighed Ozpin in relief, "Though I wish I could use your bag as a security measure, I feel uncomfortable leaving such a relic with you. Could you carry it back to Beacon and place it in the vault that contains one of the other relics?"
Jaune nodded in agreement. He didn't feel comfortable having such power just hanging around in his bag. His dragons made him promise not to use it or they would cut off their links with him.
"Excellent. Let us depart quickly. Haven will have the need for a new headmaster, and I have no idea what the backlash will involve," declared Ozpin.
As they left, dragging a tied up Leo on the ground, Jaune quickly asked Ozpin for a private meeting with him and anyone he deemed trustworthy. Ozpin nodded in agreement as he already mentally decided to call in Ironwood and Dory into the meeting. They needed to know about Lionheart's betrayal.
"Say that again, my dear doctor," growled Salem as she was staring down Arthur Watts, who was currently on his knees and bowing down to her.
"I beg your forgiveness," pleaded Watts, "I don't know how Ozpin and the others found out about me, but they managed to sneak into the entrance of the vault and waited for Leo to lead us right into the trap. And from the looks of it, Lionheart had no idea he had been tracked."
"How... clumsy of you, Arthur," chided Salem, "I expected better from you. Much better, as you are one of my smartest agents. How did Ozpin and two teams walk right past you? And why not fight?"
"One of them was Jaune Ryu-Long," Watts answered quickly, "I deemed the situation too dangerous and decided a tactical retreat was in order. Not to mention there was a possibility that another team could be coming from behind."
Salem considered it for a bit as she sipped her wine. Around the sweating Arthur Watts were Grimm Beowolves, ready to tear at his flesh if the order was given.
"Mistress, if I may?"
Emerald stepped forward, her appearance still quite similar to Cinders.
"Emerald, my dear girl. Were you not with Jazz at the moment, re-educating a certain maiden?"
"We're taking a small break. So far, the maiden has been proven to be quite stubborn, but given a little more time, we're sure we can make her crack. What I wanted to ask was if there was Lie Ren in the group. He's the one with black hair, pale skin, and pink eyes. He usually wears green. I have reason to suspect his Semblance is being able from people and can take a certain amount of people. He managed to follow me to a Bullhead and ambushed one of the ships back at Beacon. Not only that, none of the Faunus could even sense him before he attacked."
"Interesting," commented Salem, "One of the videos Merlot gave us showed that they were able to sneak past Grimm without any of my children sensing them. I merely thought it worked on the Grimm, but to hear it can work on humans, too... Another potential recruit if we had managed to find him earlier."
Salem gazed at Arthur, who was still bowing his head in penance before making her decision, "Arthur, you have disappointed me severely. However, I am in a forgiving mood today. Your past services have helped me immensely, and so I overlook this loss today. Not to mention, you made the right call to retreat as fast as possible, preventing Laire from attacking. If she had attacked, there would have been a chance that the vault would react to her power and open the vault door for our enemies. Most likely Leo will be replaced, but without the Maiden, they cannot move the vault. And knowing you, you remembered the path to it. See to it that such a mistake never happens again."
"Of course, my lady," breathed Watts as he let out a sigh of relief, "I will be tracing back to what I did and find out how my identity was exposed. I still have contacts with my spy network, so I am not out of it yet."
"Good. See if you can't work with Merlot on some of his inventions. He is currently creating some new droids, and while he is an excellent scientist, he is in desperate need of someone who can help him with coding."
"It will be done."
As he left, Salem looked out into the dark skies to wonder about her plans. The White Fang led by Adam Taurus was determined to attack Haven and take the whole continent for himself, but with the video leak, he no longer had as many followers as he thought. She would need to punish Adam for acting on his own without even consulting her or Hazel. But if they attacked, then they could potentially use it to grab the relic once more. She needed to do some more planning.
Location - Kuo Kuana
"High Leader Adam," greeted the Albain brothers in a private communicator, "What can we do for you?"
"How are the Faunus in Menagerie?" asked Adam, "Will they be willing to take up arms for glory? For a new continent where they have no need worry about overpopulation? For a chance to take their rightful place above the humans?"
"Errrr," started Corsac, not knowing where to start.
"There have been... complications since your ascendance to the throne," said Fennec quickly, "Video proof of your... attempt for the high throne has been shown all over the world. Ghira Belladonna over here has made a speech to the crowds, publicly denouncing you and swaying the crowd to his side. Many do not want to have anything to do with the White Fang. And our group here has gone into hiding as a precaution."
"The Belladonna name has brought me nothing but grief," snarled Adam, "I will not allow them to ruin this! They are the loudest voice in rejecting the White Fang, correct?"
"There are others, but they are indeed the ones who hold the most sway," answered Corsac.
"Then they must be silenced," commanded Adam, "Sienna is of no worry for now. Thankfully, we managed to spread word about how Sienna was working with humans, weakening her case. Ghira, however, is one of the founder and ex-leader of the White Fang, and ultimately, a traitor to Faunus kind. Sacrifices must be made for our rightful ascension to this world. Kill him and Kali, though do not be found. Make sure you lay proof of a human was the one who did this. A huntsman would be best if you can frame it on them. That will rouse the Faunus to join the cause."
And with that message, he hung up.
"He seems... high strung," frowned Corsac.
"The burdens of leadership weigh heavily upon him," replied Fennec.
"Do you believe he is the right leader?"
"He is our best one for the Faunus. Sienna was too light against the humans. Adam will be the sword to pierce through this world."
"As for silencing the Belladonnas... I believe we can use a recently formed group.?
"Ah, the recently formed radical group who hates Faunus and believes that we shouldn't be second-class citizens, but rather slaves? I believe they were just formed after the Beacon incident, though it just recently gained momentum. Nobody knows where their main base is, but it's believed to be very south of Vale, somewhere on the island beyond Sanus. It would make sense that they would be the one to strike at Menagerie, the heart of the Faunus community. If we can spin it that a human Huntsman or Huntresses that joined them assassinated the Belladonna family..."
"It could bring the great surge High Leader Taurus was looking for."
"Come, brother. We have work to do."
As they left, they opened up a scroll to look up the symbol of the radical human group. It was two human palms crossing over each other, the right one being black and the left one being white, the latest Anti-Faunus group composed of humans. Its name was the Children of the Brothers.
A bit shorter than usual, but it did have a fight scene. I'll try to make the future chapter longer.
Anyways, rants.
I felt like Lionheart died of a really pathetic death in RWBY season 5. Not much of his ability showcased either, and he's the headmaster of Haven? Feels like Headmaster or Headmistresses are supposed to be rather strong to hold the position. Add the fact he gets his ass kicked by Oscar Pine without Ozpin taking over? Oscar, who had like, at most, a month's worth of training? Bull shit, even with Ozpin inside him.
So in this case, I made him stronger so he seems at least worthy of the dam position. Anyways, need to plot this out more. And oooh, a human radical group, muhahaha. That'll come into play, and unlikely alliances might be formed :).
Also, I made another Jaune of _ story! This time, it's gonna be the keyblade! Come check it out on my profile!
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