Of Monsters and Gods
Ruby had just exited Ozpin's office after telling the headmaster, General Ironwood, and Professor Goodwitch what happened at the CCT. She mentioned the mysterious woman's abilities and the mysterious man, who turned invisible and escaped Ironwood's men, that came to her aid when Ruby had a hard time maintaining her balance. The adults discussed the information Ruby had given them, she also added the bit of information about a base in the southeast.
Now Ruby found herself making her way back to her dorm, yet she couldn't help but think about that man who helped her that night.
'Who was that man?' Ruby thought to herself as she reached the first years' dorm.
"A woman who can manipulate fire?" a familiar male voice said from around the corner of the building.
"Sho?" Ruby wondered to herself as she peeked around the building.
Ruby's eyes widened when she saw Sho talking to the scar faced man from last night. The man wore a leather jacket, blue jeans, and a pair of sunglasses.
"Yeah, she also seemed capable of creating glass based weaponry," the mysterious man told Sho. "Surprisingly tough, but ultimately, it's a useless ability," he mentioned.
"A high frequency weapon makes any melee weapon useless, Aptom," Sho told the man.
"Aptom…" Ruby whispered to herself, remembering Sho mentioning that name before.
"That's true," Aptom agreed. "Also, I'm surprised Makashima is here on Remnant too," he changed the topic.
"Yeah, and he's going by the name of Zeus," Sho replied.
"Great, so he's going to start up his little Zeus's Thunderbolt here," Aptom lamented. "And he is with Atlas, that's a winning combo right there," he added.
"Well, Atlas does have more advance technology," Sho pointed out. "It makes sense for Makashima to ally himself with Atlas," he added.
"While you're pretending to be a student again," Aptom remarked, looking at Sho's school uniform. "Are you really that desperate to regain that life you once had back on Earth?" he asked the boy.
'Earth?' Ruby thought to herself, worried that she would be spotted.
Sho looked to the ground, not that eager to answer that question.
"You should just give up on that little dream Sho," Aptom told the boy. "We both lost our chances for normal lives a long time ago," he added.
Sho nodded his head, agreeing with the man as the two of them knew that their lives could never return to normal.
"Today, you and every first-year student in all four academies will be going on your first missions, right?" Aptom asked.
"Yeah," Sho answered.
"Have you decided on who you'll be working with?" Aptom asked.
"I'm going with team CRDL," Sho told Aptom.
"The all-boys team," Aptom said. "The ones that are regarded as bullies and are generally hated by nearly everyone in this school," he continued. "Why do you associate with them?" he asked.
'I like to know why too?' Ruby thought as she continued listening.
Sho sighed before answering Aptom's question.
"Honestly, it's because they're probably the most down to earth and honest group," Sho told Aptom.
Ruby's eyes widened when she heard Sho's answer. She found it hard to believe how Sho would think a group of bullies were more honest than her team or Jaune's team.
"Really now?" Aptom replied in surprise.
"Yeah, Ruby's team seems the most willing to act like a bunch of vigilantes and keep their actions a secret while Jaune's team…" Sho started to explain but stopped himself.
"What about Jaune's team?" Aptom asked the boy beside him.
"Well, it's not so much the team as it is Jaune," Sho continued.
"It's because his little secret," Aptom figured.
"Yeah," Sho replied. "I know I told them that he's here because Ozpin saw something in him that nobody else saw," he continued. "But with what happened that night in the highway with Roman, I'm starting to doubt Ozpin's integrity," he explained to Aptom.
"Well, at least you're finally learning that you can't trust everyone," Aptom said.
Sho chuckled a bit.
"Yeah, so far, the ones I find myself trusting the most are either assholes or want to kill me," Sho said bitterly. "You, the most trustworthy of them all," he added, trying not to laugh at the irony.
Aptom found himself chuckling at how true that statement was. Ruby on the other hand, felt hurt that Sho didn't trust her and her team.
"You know that my stance on killing you still stands," Aptom told Sho before he started walking off. "But for now, I'll be that invisible guardian for you," he added as he turned invisible.
Sho nodded his head as he watched Aptom turn invisible before heading towards the front door of the dorm.
Ruby noticed that Sho was heading her way, not wanting her friend to see her spying on him she used her semblance to dash into the dorm and straight for her team's room. When Sho reached the corner, he noticed rose petals on the ground. He knew of only one person that was associated with rose petals.
"Shit," Sho swore as he made his way inside.
Once inside the building, Sho walked toward his dorm room, he spotted Ruby at the front of her door. The two locked eyes for a moment before Ruby smiled at Sho. The older teen was surprised that Ruby would smile at him after she no doubt heard everything he said to Aptom. However, Sho noticed that Ruby's smile wasn't as bright as it usually was. Before he could say anything, Ruby walked into her dorm room. Sho stood in the hallway for a moment before heading for his dorm to change out of his uniform and into his normal clothes.
Beacon Amphitheater
Sho stood next to team CRDL as he listened to Ozpin make his speech about how the students of the four academies would be starting their first missions and about how they should listen to the huntsmen or huntresses they would be shadowing. In truth, Sho didn't really care about what Ozpin was saying. The silver haired man was constantly keeping secrets and the young Guyver didn't like being kept in the dark.
"Sho," Dove whispered to his friend. "You alright man?" he asked.
Sho shook his headin response to Dove's question.
"It's nothing Dove," Sho told his friend. "Has Cardin chose who we would be shadowing?" he asked in return.
"Yeah, he plans on picking one in the north," Dove answered.
Sho nodded his head while Ozpin finished his speech before Goodwitch took over to go over how the missions would be selected.
"Alright guys, let's get moving," Cardin said as he and his team started walking to the mission selections.
The five boys stood in front of a touch screen that showed a large selection of missions. Cardin picked one that said border patrol, but that mission was already taken.
"Seriously?" Cardin said in disbelief as he looked for another mission to pick.
After going through the list, Cardin let out a frustrated groan at how the missions in the north were either already taken or were restricted from first year students.
"Well, that's just great," Cardin said sarcastically to his team and Sho. "All the missions in the north are already taken," he told them.
"How about one from the east or something?" Sky suggested to his leader.
After about ten minutes of looking for a mission, team CRDL and Sho found one that was in the south. The mission a simply search and destroy in a village near the Leuod River far south of the continent.
"Leuod?" Dove said aloud. "What the heck does that mean?" he asked.
Surprisingly, Sky was the one who knew the answer to that question.
"It means blood," Sky told Dove.
"Blood River," Russel said after hearing what Sky said. "Well that doesn't sound fucking ominous at all," he sarcastically remarked as he grabbed his bag.
The rest of the team grabbed their bags and followed the mohawk member while Sho lingered behind for a bit, looking at the mission that his friends picked.
"Blood River," Sho said to himself before heading off to rejoin team CRDL.
Once outside the amphitheater, Sho spotted Cardin, Dove, and Sky standing in front of a bullhead. He made his way to them and set his bag next to theirs.
"Where's Russel?" Sho asked.
Cardin jerked his thumb to his left, pointing at Russel hugging Nebula before she and her team got ready for their mission.
"Dude's acting like he's going to war or something," Cardin quipped before shaking his head. "All we're doing is shadowing a pro-huntsman and killing a couple of Grimm," he said in annoyance as he watched Russel and Nebula kiss for a bit.
"Near a village next to a river with blood in its name," Sho pointed out.
"It's just a name man," Cardin told Sho.
"Sometimes places are named like that for a reason," Sho rebutted.
"Hey Russel!" Cardin called out to his teammate, who was now kissing Nebula. "Get your ass over here!" he told the green haired one.
Russel in response to his leader's voice, flipped Cardin the bird as he continued kissing Nebula. Cardin glared at his second-in-command and was about to make his way toward Russel, but stopped when Nebula ended the kiss and headed off to join up with her team. Once Nebula was out of his sight, Russel walked back to his team, ready for the mission to start.
"You just can't let me enjoy my time with Nebula huh?" Russel complained to Cardin.
"You'll see her again when we get back," Cardin dismissed Russel's complaint before turning to the rest of the team. "Anyone else have any last-minute things to do?" he asked the rest.
"No, I'm good," Dove answered.
"Well, now that you mention it, I could go for a soda before setting off," Sho joked, earning a chuckle from all four members of team CRDL.
"How about you Sky?" Cardin asked. "I though you and that Dew chick had something going after the dance last night," he added.
Sky didn't answer, he simply looked away from the group. Cardin took the hint, and decided to drop the subject for Sky's sake.
"Okay then," Cardin started. "Now where's that huntsman we're supposed to be shadowing?" he asked.
"I'm right here," a male voice said from the bullhead the team was going to be riding in.
The five boys turned to see the huntsman was a male weasel tailed faunus, holding a sub-machinegun with a sickle on the bottom of the barrel.
"You're the boys that signed up for my mission?" he asked the five of them.
"That's us," Cardin answered, trying to avoid looking at the tail.
The huntsman noticed Sho and raised an eyebrow at how this team had five members instead of four.
"Follow me," the huntsmen said, simply as he made his way to the bullhead.
Team CRDL and Sho looked at each other for a moment, wondering why the huntsman didn't introduce himself to them. Regardless, they did as they were told and grabbed their gear before following the huntsman.
"Anyone else think that was kind of weird?" Sky asked his teammates.
"Either we're running late for the mission, or he found out about us," Cardin replied as he led the team to the bullhead.
"With our rep, it's probably the latter," Russel chimed in.
"I thought you guys have toned it down with the bullying," Sho said as he made his way to the bullhead.
Team CRDL looked at each other, shifted a bit before turning back to Sho.
"It's…a work in progress," Dove told Sho.
"Kind of hard to see the results when everyone else won't pay attention to any good we do," Sky added to Dove's statement.
"Well, you guys did leave quite an impression on everyone in the first semester," Sho pointed out.
"Yeah, that's why I pretty much decided to say fuck it and move on," Cardin told Sho. "If nobody wants to believe that we can be nice, then that's their problem," he added bitterly.
Once all five of them entered the bullhead, the pilot started the engines and prepared for takeoff. The huntsman informed the boys that the flight would take at least a couple of hours, during the flight Sho was talking to Cardin and Dove while Russel was sitting on one side of the bullhead looking out the window, and Sky was going over his halberd. None of the boys noticed how the seasoned huntsman was watching each of them with a critical eye.
"Hey Sho," Dove called out to boy in question. "That guy you sparred against a couple of days ago, how come he has the same kind of armor as you?" he asked, drawing the attention of Russel and Sky.
Sho knew he should have expected that someone would ask that question at some point. He also knew that semblance lie Ozpin and Goodwitch used to explain the Guyver wasn't going to work since Lisker appeared. Agito being on Remnant and working with Atlas didn't help keep the charade afloat either.
"Yeah, I've been wondering about that too," Cardin said as he looked at Sho. "Care to share pal?" he asked, his voice sounding less friendly.
"You've been pushing it aside for way too long Sho," Russel said to the fifth teen.
Sho sighed in defeat, he knew he should have told everyone sooner, but thanks to the mess with team RWBY, Sun, and Neptune, he did push the matter back quite a bit.
"I wanted to tell you guys with team RWBY and JNPR," Sho started to say.
"Don't forget Nebula's team," Russel interrupted. "She saw you in your armor a few nights ago dude," he pointed out.
"Yeah, them too," Sho agreed "But with all the crap that's been happening, I never got the chance to tell all of you," he told team CRDL. "I can't tell you guys everything, mostly because I want to explain it to the others and not repeat the story multiple times," he added.
"How long of an explanation is it?" Sky asked.
"If my life was a manga…" Sho started.
"What's a manga?" Dove asked since he never heard of that word before.
"It's another word for a comic book," Sho answered.
"Oh," Dove replied.
"Anyway, if my life was a manga, it would, at the moment, be somewhere around two hundred or so chapters, with the writer working at a very slow pace spanning at least thirty-two years, with quite a bit of recapping to get new readers up to speed," Sho remarked in a deadpan tone.
"Damn," all of team CRDL replied after hearing that bit.
"So, this semblance of yours?" Cardin began to ask.
"Is not a semblance," Sho told Cardin. "It's actually a living organism that adapts to a host, enhancing the host's abilities and giving it newer abilities and weapons," he told the team.
"Wait a minute…" Russel said looking at Sho like he's crazy. "Your armor is ALIVE!" he said louder than intended.
"Oh yeah," Sho nodded his head. "At the time, there was only three of them that were found," he told them. "A friend and I found one and it attached itself to me, turning me into the Guyver," he explained.
Sho knew he wasn't telling CRDL the whole truth, but he felt that he needed to ease them into the truth rather than drop everything that had happened to him like a massive bomb.
"Sho, if it weren't for the fact that we've seen you summon that armor, I would have thought you were crazy or telling us a fucked make-believe story," Cardin told Sho. "I mean, I still have a hard time believing there are creatures that can turn into living armor," he said.
"Which sounds awesome," Dove interrupted, wanting to put in his own two cents on the matter.
"True," Cardin admitted. "Just imagine how much easier it would be to take down the Grimm if we had that kind of armor," he said to his team.
"Yeah, we would be such badasses," Sky said as he thought about what he would look like if he had a Guyver armor.
"Wait…" Russel interrupted Sky's daydream. "You said that there were only three of those things, right Sho?" he asked.
"Yes," Sho answered. "And all three are attached to a host," he added. "I was the first, Lisker was the second, and Agito was the third," he continued.
"Bummer," Dove said. "Is there any way to find more or to make them?" he asked.
"I was told that someone was able to create an artificial Guyver, but I don't know if it can be repeated," Sho told Dove. "As for finding more, it's possible but very difficult," he added.
"Still, a guy can dream, right?" Sky said, earning nods from the rest of the team.
"If you kids are done talking, we're about to land now," the weasel faunus told the boys as the bullhead started its descent.
'I wonder how Ruby and the others are doing,' Sho thought to himself.
Over at Mount Glenn
Ruby and her team had just landed onto the abandoned settlement with Doctor Oobleck as the huntsman they would be shadowing. Right now, the history teacher was giving the girls the rundown of what they should do, such as listen to him. Naturally, Oobleck noticed that Ruby was the only member of the team who didn't listen to him and had her backpack with her while the others did not.
"Ruby!" Oobleck called out the young girl's name loudly. "I thought I told you to leave all of your bags back at school!" he told her.
"But…" Ruby started to reply. "You hadn't told us to listen to you yet," she told the teacher. "So, I didn't," she concluded her statement.
"She's not wrong," Oobleck said to himself, conceding to the girl's flimsy logic. "Very well, Ruby; leave your bag," he told Ruby. "We can pick it up upon our return," he declared.
"But…uh…" Ruby tried to argue.
"Young lady, what in the world could you possibly have in that bag that could be so important to bring with…" Oobleck started to say after leaning towards Ruby's face, but stopped when a black headed, Pembroke Welsh Corgi's head popped out of the bag, drawing the attention of Oobleck and the rest of team RWBY.
"Get back in the bag," Ruby whispered to the dog, also known as Zwei.
Zwei simply barked in response.
"We're here to investigate an abandoned urban jungle teeming with death and hostility, and you brought…a dog?" Oobleck questioned the young team leader on her decision.
"I…uh…" Ruby tried to say something but was cut off by Oobleck's next outburst.
"Genius!" Oobleck shouted as he backed away for a moment before zipping past Ruby and picking up Zwei. "Canines are historically known for their perceptive nose and heightened sense of sound, making them excellent companions for a hunt such as ours!" he explained while Zwei barked happily at the praise he was getting.
All of team was stunned by this change of tone, but Ruby recovered quickly.
"I'm a genius," Ruby proudly declared, much to the annoyance of her team.
Up on one of the abandoned building, someone was watching the four girls, strange history teacher, and the dog from within the shadows.
"Now to see what makes this little girl so special," the person said as he remained hidden.
Back with Sho and team CRDL
Once the bullhead landed, team CRDL and Sho, which Dove suggested they be temporary called team CRDLS, stepped out of the aircraft to look at the jungle area.
"Great," Cardin muttered in annoyance at the sight.
"I've never seen so much vegetation," Sky said in wonder.
"Really, that's weird," Russel said. "To me, it feels like home," he admitted.
"I thought you lived around the border of Vale and Vacuo," Dove said to Russel.
"Yeah, I did," Russel replied as he took out his dust daggers. "But something about this place just feels familiar," he said.
"Well, I would say that out of the five of us, Russel probably is better equipped for this kind of terrain," Sho joined in. "A mace is virtually useless here, a halberd would end up getting caught by the vines, and a sword that doubles as a gun might have problems here too," he listed off the disadvantages Cardin, Sky, and Dove's weapons would probably have in the jungle.
Before either of the boys could say anything in response, they heard gunfire coming from within the bullhead. The five of them turned around to see the huntsman approach them, their eyes widened when they noticed the blood stains on the man's chest and face.
"Drop your weapons humans," the huntsman ordered the boys.
"What the Hell is going on here!?" Cardin as he glared at the faunus.
"Drop them now!" the huntsman shouted before firing his weapon in CRDLS's direction.
"Cardin, do what he says," Sho told the team leader.
"Are you crazy Sho?" Cardin wanted to argue, but he kept his eyes on the faunus. "We can take him," he told Sho.
"I don't doubt that but…" Sho said before feeling something sharp poking his back. "…he's not alone," he finished.
Cardin and his team realized what Sho meant as they saw numerous faunus appear from within the jungle. Every one of them had a weapon in their hands, four of them approached the boys and took their weapons. Another faunus approached Sho but noticed the boy didn't have a weapon with him.
"Hey boss," the faunus called out to the huntsman. "This one doesn't have a weapon," he said before he started laughing.
The other faunus laughed, thinking Sho to be an idiot before they tied the boys' arms and got them lined up. The weasel faunus that brought the boys here approached them.
"These boys will do nicely for the Festival," the so-called huntsman said as his men tied the boys' arms behind their backs.
"Festival?" Dove wondered before one of the faunus hit him in the back of his head. "Ow!" he cried out.
"Move!" the faunus ordered the boy.
Dove glared at the faunus that hit his head, but obeyed for the moment as he followed the rest of the team as they were all led deep into the jungle.
The walk was long and rough for team CRDLS as they continued following the faunus that took them prisoners. There were moments where Cardin tried to fight back but the weasel faunus struck him with the butt of his weapon until the team leader got the message. After seeing that these faunus weren't messing around, the rest of the team stayed silent, but worry was evident on their faces. Sho on the other hand, was thinking about summoning the Guyver armor, but he was curious about this festival that these faunus mentioned.
After what felt like an eternity, the five boys found themselves in a deserted village. Before any of them could think of something to say, their attention was directed towards the center of the village. What they say horrified them beyond their wildest imaginations and they couldn't bear to look.
In the center of this supposedly abandoned village there were faunus, faunus that were engaging in activities.
There was a male lion faunus who was drilling a young man's head with a power drill, laughing as the human screaming in agonized terror, begging the faunus to stop. Sadly, his pleas fell on deaf ears as the lion faunus drilled right through the human's skull. The lion faunus loved how the human's skull bled out as his laughter got louder.
Over at one corner, the boys saw a teenager girl with purple hair being gang raped by three middle age male faunus. The faunus that was fucking the poor girl in the ass had a knife in hand and moved it to the girl's neck. The faunus slit the girl's throat while his companions continued fucking the poor girl's vagina and mouth, picking up the pace as the girl bled to death.
Near the center, a female snake faunus pulled a two-year-old human girl from her mother's arms and callously threw the child into a cauldron of boiling water. The poor toddler cried for her mother as she was being boiled alive while the mother tried to reach her baby, but the snake faunus kicked to woman back onto the ground before turning back to watch the human baby flail about in the boiling water before closing the cauldron with the child still inside, laughing at the misery she had caused before approaching the woman and shot her in the head with a gun.
Each member of team CRDLS were horrified and enraged by what they were seeing while the faunus that surrounded them enjoyed the show. They wanted to break free from their bonds and attack, but four of them didn't know what to do.
"Cardin, Russel, Dove, Sky…" Sho said in a low tone, getting their attention. "I want you guys to move away from me right now," he told them.
The four boys didn't need any more explanation, they did as they were told and jumped forward, hoping they were far enough. This drew the attention of the faunus that surrounded them.
"Hey, get back in…!" the weasel faunus started to yell but was cut off.
"GUYVER!" Sho shouted as the barrier surrounded him, vaporizing the faunus that was closest to him into oblivion.
The faunus that brought the boys and the ones committing these horrible acts turned to see Sho becoming encased in his Guyver armor. While the faunus were stunned, Cardin tackled the faunus that held his team's weapons. He grabbed his mace and swung it over his head and slammed it onto the faunus's skull with such force blood, brain matter, and an eye burst out that head.
Russel grabbed his daggers before kicked a dog faunus in the gut causing the faunus's aura to shatter. This caught the faunus off guard as he didn't believe Russel was strong enough to take down his aura so easily. This was the opportunity Russel needed as he charged at the faunus and impaled the faunus's chest with his daggers, killing the man. The green haired boy turned his attention towards the three faunus that had raped that girl and rushed towards them, intent on killing them as painfully as possible.
Dove grabbed his sword and in one swift motion, chopped off the head of a goat faunus before turning his attention to the one lion faunus, who looked very worried.
Sky got his halberd and aimed the gun portion of it at the snake faunus. The female faunus tried to make a run for it, but Sky fired a round at the woman's leg, causing her to drop to the ground. Sky got up and flickered out of existence before appearing in front of the snake woman.
"Please, don't hurt me," the snake faunus begged, hoping to be spared.
Sky was shaking in rage at how this freak was begging for her life after what she done to a mother and her child. He aimed the barrel of the gun part of his halberd, firing round after round into the faunus's head, screaming in rage as he continued firing.
Sho activated his vibration blades and glared at the faunus before beginning his own attack. He spun around, slicing three faunus in half with his vibration blades before grabbing the head of a forth faunus and crushed his skull. The huntsman started to back away from the Guyver as his men were being slaughtered by the bio-boosted human. This didn't go as he expected and decided to make a break for it, for he knew he had no chance against this armored being.
"Where do you think you're going?" Cardin said behind the huntsman.
The huntsman turned around just in time to see Cardin's mace coming at him and knocked him down. The weasel faunus dropped his gun, which Cardin picked up while the faunus tried to crawl away, but Cardin slammed his mace onto the man's back, causing him to scream in pain.
"You were a part of all this, you sick son of a bitch," Cardin said to the weasel faunus while aiming the gun in his hand at the down faunus.
"P-please spare me…" the cowering huntsman begged for his life.
"I'm sure those people said the same thing too," Cardin said, his anger growing. "But you sick fucks didn't spare them, so why should I spare yours?" he asked.
"Huntsmen…are supposed to fight monster," the huntsman told Cardin, as if that would change the boy's mind.
"Yeah, you're right," Cardin admitted closing his eyes for a moment before looking back at everything around him. "So, what does all this make you?" he retorted before wrapping his index finger on the trigger.
"N-N-NO…!" the huntsman screamed before a barrage of bullets penetrated his body.
The village was filled with the screams of faunus as they were slaughtered by five teenage boys who had witnessed something that never should have happened. When the screaming stopped, the village was quiet as the boys looked over everything.
Sho stood in silence, surrounded by severed body parts of the faunus that captured them.
Cardin stood over the so-called huntsman they were supposed to shadow. Cardin had the huntsman's sub-machinegun in his hand, the gun was aimed at the huntsman, filled with holes. Cardin squeezed the trigger but no bullets came out. The gun was empty, yet Cardin kept squeezing the trigger, his hands were shaking as he stood there.
Sky had knocked the cauldron on its side, the contents of it poured out and caused the young man to vomit at the sight of some many children bones as well as the two-year-girl, who had died a horrible death.
Dove was actively gathering the dead human bodies and bringing them away from the village. He made his way to Russel, who was kneeling over the teenage girl who was raped.
Russel looked at the girl's face and closed the poor girl's eyes before picking her up to bring her away from her rapists and killers. Russel started to softly cry at how such a girl had to suffer like this before dying, and her hair and face reminded him of Nebula, making the Thrush imagine the Vacuo girl suffering the same fate.
"You okay Russel?" Dove asked, but he knew the answer.
Russel didn't answer, he simply continued walking until he was next to Sho and Cardin. He noticed the other dead bodies that Dove recovered, all of them humans that were tortured to death.
"How could this have happened?" Russel asked, tears continuing to run down his cheeks. "Is this because of the crap humans give the faunus?" he continued to ask.
"No, it's not," Sho answered as he watched Dove and Sky finish bringing the dead victims of this…horror show. "This was something done by monsters," he said, glaring at the corpses of the faunus that committing these acts. "Monsters wearing the skin of people," he added before walking to where Cardin was standing.
When Sho reached Cardin, he saw how the Winchester was still squeezing the trigger on that gun. The Guyver also noticed how Cardin's hands wouldn't stop shaking.
"Cardin," Sho called out to the boy. "He's dead, you don't have to keep shooting," he told the team leader.
Cardin didn't listen, he just kept on pulling the trigger, as if hoping that more bullets would be fired. He only stopped when Sho placed his armored hand over the gun and gently took it from Cardin.
Cardin looked toward Sho and was met with the face of the Guyver looking back at him.
"It's okay Cardin," Sho said as he tossed the gun away. "It's over," he told the man standing in front of him before turning to the rest of team CRDL. "It's okay," he repeated to them.
"It sure doesn't feel like it," Dove said, grief consuming him. "We chose to become huntsmen because we would get paid big money to kill monsters," he told Sho. "Since when did this become a part of the job!?" he yelled, angry with the situation.
"Not every monster is a Grimm," Sho told Dove as he looked at the corpses again.
Team CRDL was silent once again after Sho told them that, they were still coming to terms with what they did.
"Should we tell people what happened?" Sky asked, gaining everyone's attention. "I mean, we can't just keep this to ourselves," he said, though he didn't feel certain about the idea of going to the public about it, but it was the right thing to do.
Wasn't it?
"Oh yeah, I can see that work for us," Cardin retorted, finally snapping out of his trance. "Team CRDL, Beacon Academy's worst team and biggest racists tells everyone about how they killed a large group of faunus that have been torturing and raping humans," he added sarcastically before letting out an empty laugh. "We all know that we'll be called liars and all those pro-White Fang drones will be citing us as why those terrorists are justified!" he yelled.
"You don't know that!" Sky shouted in return, shocked that Cardin would say such a thing.
"No, Cardin's right," Russel said as he gently laid the dead girl down on the ground. "Our team doesn't have the best reputation. If we go to the public about this, it'll be used against us," he explained. "We'll be seen as murderers," he added as he looked at the faunus that the team killed in retaliation for what they saw.
The rest of the team were silent, the team knew they didn't have the best relationship with the other students of Beacon, and if word got out about this, they'll be seen as a bunch of killers.
"So, what do we do?" Dove asked.
Russel was silent for a moment, he looked at his teammates and Sho before closing his eyes.
"I don't know," Russel finally said, resulting in everyone being quiet until Cardin spoke up.
"We lie and say that there was a Grimm attack, everyone in this village was wiped out and the huntsman we were shadowing was killed fighting the Grimm," Cardin told everyone, surprising the other boys.
"You can't be serious," Sho said in disbelief, pointing at the dead faunus that brought them here. "That huntsman was planning on throwing us in this sick little game of his and you want him us to say he died in the line of duty!" he yelled, angry that Cardin would cover up the faunus's role in all of this.
"I don't like it either Sho," Russel said. "But Cardin's right," he added.
"Yeah, it's more believable if it was a Grimm attack," Dove joined in, agreeing with this idea.
"Except for the human bodies," Sho told the team. "Grimm don't use tools to torture or rape people," he pointed out.
"Then we won't mention the human bodies," Cardin told Sho. "We'll bury them and say that it was a faunus village that was attacked," he added.
The rest of the team started talking amongst themselves, considering Cardin's idea. Sho was shocked by Cardin's plan, but even he had to admit that with team CRDL's reputation, the truth would have been twisted and distorted into something that could be used against them.
"Alright Cardin," Sho conceded. "But I don't like this," he told the leader of the team.
"That makes two of us," Cardin said softly, disgusted with himself for even suggesting this lie.
"Five of us," Russel said for himself, Dove, and Sky.
Despite how uncomfortable it made them feel, the five boys had begun digging graves for the dead that they had gathered with the tools they found in the village. Every so often, Russel would glance at the purple haired girl's dead body, focusing solely on her face. In his mind, the poor girl was replaced with Nebula, which terrified him greatly as images of his girlfriend's throat being slit and her body ravaged by a group of rapists flooded his mind. Sky noticed Russel had stopped digging and was starting to worry about his teammate.
"Hey Rus," Sky called out to the mohawk teen. "You alright man?" he asked.
Russel didn't answer, his mind was still filled with horrible images of Nebula being violated and killed.
"Russel!" Sky yelled, trying to snap the boy out of his trance.
"Huh…?" Russel replied, shaking his head in an effort to rid him mind of the images. "Did you say something Sky?" he asked.
"I'm asking if you're okay?" Sky rephrased his question. "You were zoning out," he told Russel.
"I was?" Russel asked, trying to avoid looking at the girl.
"Yeah, you were," Sky told his teammate. "Do you want to talk about it?" he asked, worried for Russel's well-being.
Russel was silent for a moment, glancing at the girl again despite how much he wanted to stop looking.
"That girl…" Russel started, looking at her face once again. "I keep seeing Nebula in her place," he finally said.
Sky looked at the girl in question, he tried to avoid looking at her nude body out of respect for her passing. He noticed that her hair, while longer, was a similar shade of purple as the Vacuo girl. In fact, the girl looked somewhat like the girl in question, maybe a year younger, but the resemblance was there.
"Oh…" Sky said softly. "Do you need a moment or something?" he asked.
Russel shook his head, he knew that they needed to finish these graves. He wanted to give this girl the peace she deserved after all she went through.
It took the five boys most of the afternoon, but they had finished digging the graves for the deceased humans. The graves were very shoddy as none of them had ever dug graves before, but it was the best they could do. Cardin picked up the human male and gently laid him to rest. Dove did the same for the woman while Sky placed the dead child in the woman's arms, feeling that it was best for mother and child to be buried together after being ripped away from each other so violently. Sho had placed the many children bones in another grave. He wished he could have given each of those children their own graves but there was no way he could tell which bone went to which child. Regardless, this still bothered him greatly that there were people who would take pleasure in what was done to those kids.
The last one was Russel, who had gently placed the girl into her grave and crossed her arms over her chest, trying to preserve what little modesty she had left.
"I'm sorry we couldn't have gotten here sooner," Russel whispered softly. "I hope you will be able to find peace, away from this rotten world," he added before looking at his team.
"Let's finish this," Cardin told everyone.
No one said a word as they silently began to bury to deceased humans. Luckily for them it didn't take so long to bury the dead, so all that was left was for them to return to the bullhead. It was close to dusk, so they felt the urge to move faster or else they would be lost in the jungle. Fortunately, Sho still had his armor on, so his head sensors would give the team a warning if any Grimm were to appear.
In fact, Sho found it odd that there were no Grimm around the village, with all the torture and death, the level of negative emotions should have attracted Grimm like blood does to sharks.
'Why aren't there any Grimm around?' Sho wondered to himself while his head sensors continued moving around.
"Any idea how much further it is to the Bullhead?" Dove asked, curious about how close they were to their flight out of here.
"It shouldn't be too far by now," Cardin said as he continued leading everyone.
"I hope so," Sky said from the back of the group. "This place is giving me the creeps," he added before jumping a bit at the sound of an animal screeching.
"After the shit we all saw, I'll take a creepy jungle any day," Russel said, not really bothered by the sounds of the wildlife.
"How can you be so calm man?" Sky wondered, amazed that Russel didn't even flinch went the screeching started.
"If it's not a bear or an ursa, then why should I be freaked," Russel retorted as he continued walking behind Sho.
"Wait…you're afraid of bears?" Sky said in surprise at this piece of news.
"Of course," Russel replied, annoyed with Sky's questions. "Those things are huge!" he shouted.
"Can you guys keep it down?" Sho asked, stopping to turn to the boys behind him. "I'm trying to detect any Grimm roaming around," he told them before turning his head to Cardin. "Cardin, take a left turn after another ten feet," he told the leader. "The Bullhead should be another four kilometers that way," he added.
"Another what?" Cardin replied, not liking what he heard.
"That's another two and a half miles Cardin," Russel and Sky said together.
"Oh…" Cardin responded before making his left turn after finishing the ten feet Sho told him.
After talking the two and a half miles in the jungle, team CRDLS finally reached the bullhead. The five boys smiled at each other before making their way to the aircraft. It was already the evening, but they were just happy to be back in the bullhead.
Until they remembered the pilot was killed by the huntsman they were shadowing.
"FUCK!" Russel shouted in anger when he saw the dead pilot. "So now what?" he asked.
"I guess we just turn in for the night," Sky suggested watching the sun go down over the horizon.
"Inside the bullhead," Russel said in a monotone voice.
"Yeah," Sky said in response.
"With a dead pilot," Russel pointed at said pilot still sitting in the cockpit.
"Well, guess we can bury him too," Dove said, trying to pacify Russel, while missing a very important point.
"In the dark, in a jungle?" Russel replied, marveling at how Dove forgot about their location.
"Okay…" Cardin started, rubbing the bridge of his nose. "Odds are the guy is going to stink, and leaving the hatch open is pretty much begging for Grimm to come inside," he pointed out. "So how about we move the body outside," he told his team. "Then we'll bury him in the morning," he continued. "Then after that, we'll worry about how we're supposed to fly this thing back to Beacon," he finished.
"Oh, I can fly us back," Dove told Cardin.
Cardin, Russel, Sky, and Sho looked at Dove, surprised after hearing that from the boy with closed eyes.
"You can fly a bullhead?" Sky said in disbelief.
"Yeah, my dad always took me out flying before I got accepted to Beacon," Dove answered.
"Dove, you mean to tell us that your dad taught you how to fly a plane and you never bother to tell us in the past semester!" an angry Cardin shouted. "And don't you dare tell me I didn't…" he continued.
"But you never asked," Dove interrupted to defend himself.
Cardin started grumbling to himself in annoyance with Dove.
"Well, I've learned something new tonight," Sho remarked as he retracted his armor. "Anyone else has any hidden talents they want to share?" he asked around.
"NO!" Cardin, Russel, and Sky answered loudly.
"Good to know," Sho replied.
The next five minutes was spent with Cardin and Dove carrying the dead pilot out of the bullhead while the remaining three boys kept an eye out for Grimm. Once Cardin and Dove moved the body to the edge of the aircraft, the whole team went back inside and got the hatch closed.
"I feel like crap for dumping our pilot's body outside like that," Sky said as he looked out a window.
"Would you prefer sleeping in here with a dead guy a couple of yards away from you?" Russel retorted.
"Not cool dude," Sky told Russel.
"Yeah, that was low, even for me," Russel admitted. "I just can't believe that this was how our first mission went down," he added before laying down on the hard metal floor.
"None of us expected it to turn out like this," Sho said as he took a seat. "But we'll end up seeing messed up things later in our careers," he added while looking out the window, keeping an eye out for any Grimm.
"I don't think anything will ever compare to that," Sky said.
"I hope we never see anything like that ever again," Dove said as he joined the rest of the team, laying down on the cold metal floor.
"Couldn't agree more," Cardin said as he laid on his side. "We should get some sleep right now," he told everyone.
"If we can…" Sky muttered as he looked at the ceiling of the bullhead.
Despite how uncomfortable the team felt, they did try to follow Cardin's lead, but it was proving to be a lot tougher than they thought. The bullhead was quiet, yet none of the boys could really sleep. Dove turned in his 'sleep' so that he could face Russel's back.
"Hey Russel," Dove called out to his teammate. "You asleep?" he asked.
"Yes, Dove…" Russel deadpanned. "That's why I can answer your question," he added, not bothering to turn to face Dove.
"Do you think we did the right thing?" Dove asked, ignoring Russel's attitude in favor of asking his question. "I mean about deciding we should lie about what happened?" he continued.
"I don't know Dove," Russel answered, his tone much softer. "But there's no point in second guessing ourselves now," he told Dove.
"But we can still change our mind and tell the truth," Dove argued.
"You heard what Cardin said," Russel said, still not looking at Dove. "We're seen as nothing more than racist bullies by everyone in Beacon," he continued. "Do you really believe anyone in Beacon would believe us if we told them we killed a dozen faunus that tortured, raped, and killed a few innocent humans and had been doing this for who knows how long?" he asked.
"But…" Dove started to say but was cut off when Russel finally turned around.
"Face, it Dove. We. Are. The. Most. Hated. Team in Beacon," Russel told Dove. "No matter what we say, we'll be looked down upon and treated like we're beneath everyone," he continued. "And you know what? We deserved their hate," he added.
"I don't hate you guys," Sho said, drawing Russel and Dove's attention. "Sure, you guys bullied others, but you're not as bad as everyone makes you guys out to be," he told the two. "If you were, then none of you would have let the remains of those people who were tortured and killed be laid to rest," he pointed out.
"But we should tell everyone the truth," Dove said.
"Yes, we should but like Russel said, no one would believe you guys," Sho said. "And even if we were to tell the truth, Ozpin would just tell us not to say anything," he added bitterly.
"What do you mean?" Cardin spoke up, shocking the three boys.
"Yeah, Sho, what do you mean Ozpin would tell us to keep our mouths shut?" Sky joined in.
"You guys heard about the accident on the highway a while ago right?" Sho asked.
Team CRDL nodded their heads.
"It wasn't an accident," Sho said. "It was a White Fang rally that team RWBY and two others tried to bust," he told them.
"A White Fang rally," Sky said in wonder.
"Team RWBY was involved," Dove said, surprised by that piece of information.
"What happened?" Cardin asked.
"Blake and a friend of hers were found out, got chased down by a stolen Atlesian weapon and Guyver 2," Sho answered. "I tried to help out but before I could deal with Guyver 2, Weiss moved me out of the way of Guyver 2's Mega Smasher…" he trailed off.
"And then what?" Russel asked.
"Guyver 2 fired his Mega Smasher, killing hundreds of innocent civilians on the highway," Sho answered.
Team CRDL had horrified looks on their faces after hearing what Sho said.
"So many innocent people that night…" Sho started. "Wiped out in a blink of an eye, they never had a chance," he finished.
"And Professor Ozpin wanted you to keep quiet about it?" Russel asked, confused and angry about what he has been told.
"Yes, he didn't want anyone to know about it," Sho answered. "He told me that if word got out, it would cause a panic and that would attract the Grimm," he added.
"That's…" Sky whispered, not sure how to respond to all of this.
"BULLSHIT!" Russel yelled out in rage as he stood up. "He's using the Grimm as an excuse so nobody would actually do something about those terrorists in Vale!" he growled out.
Sho noticed how Russel's voice seemed to have changed into something familiar. However, he decided not to comment on it and instead focus on the issue at hand.
"That seems to be the case," Sho said.
Everyone stayed silent for a while as they let what Sho told them sink in. Russel was still enraged about the fact that the White Fang were in Vale, but no one was trying to stop them, or at the very least kept tabs on their activities. Cardin was also mad about the fact the White Fang were in Vale, and he only just found out. Dove and Sky on the other hand felt betrayed by their headmaster for keeping such a tragedy a secret. However, all of team CRDL felt disgusted with themselves because they realized they were about to do the same thing that their headmaster has done. It made them feel like hypocrites, which would end up being another thing to add to their reputation that none of them wanted.
"Let's just try to get some sleep," Cardin told everyone. "We'll sort this all out when we get back to Beacon," he added.
Once again, the five boys tried to go back to sleep, though much like before sleep was just outside of their grasp.
Morning
After burying the dead pilot and eating what little rations they had left, team CRDLS got back in the bullhead to get out of the jungle. Dove started up the aircraft's engines and going over the controls for a moment.
"Everyone seated?" Dove asked his team, receiving four affirmatives before turning his attention back to the controls. "Then we are good to go," he said preparing for takeoff.
It took the boys only a couple of hours to reach Beacon, but they were glad to be back. However, their joy vanished when they spotted two giant Nevermores flying over Vale.
"Uh, guys…" Dove called out to his team. "We got a problem," he told them.
"When DON'T we have a problem?" Cardin complained as he walked up to the cockpit to see what was wrong. "Oh shit," he said as he looked.
Russel, Sho, and Sky looked through the windows to see Vale overrun by Grimm. Sho noticed how some of their classmates were in the city trying to fight off the Grimm.
"Dove, open the hatch," Sho said as he made his way to the back. "I'm going down there," he told everyone.
"You sure about this Sho?" Sky asked. "I know your armor can take down Grimm no problem, but there's a whole lot of them," he pointed out.
"I have one more trick up my sleeve," Sho said as the hatch opened. "Be sure to land this thing and help secure escape routes for the civilians," he told all of team CRDL before jumping out of the bullhead. "GUYVER!" he shouted as he summoned his armor.
Once the bullhead was far away from him, Sho fired his head beam at a Nevermore that was flying toward him. As he continued freefalling, Sho could make out a large hole in the middle of the city where many Grimm climbed out of.
"So that's where they're coming from," Sho said to himself while his Control Medal shined. "GIGANTIC!" he yelled out, summoning the Gigantic Crystalis from the other dimension to don his upgrade armor.
Streets of Vale
Teams RWBY and JNPR had met up back at the center of Vale, surrounded by the creatures of Grimm. Other students were scattered throughout, fending off the Grimm while the civilians ran. The students were aided by the newly deployed Atlesian Knights as the robots laid down suppressing fire against the weaker Grimm.
"This is crazy!" Jaune yelled out in frustration. "There's too many of them!" he shouted.
"We have to hold out until more help arrives," Pyrrha said to her leader.
"Well, it's not like a warrior god is just going to fall from the sky," Ren retorted in his usual neutral tone while he got ready to get back into the fray.
"GIGANTIC!" a loud voice was heard above everyone, drawing the attention of the huntsmen and huntresses-in-training as well as the Grimm.
Up above, a small blue figure fell towards them with a large yellow cocoon behind it. The cocoon opened to reveal a large body engulf the blue figure before touching the ground. The figure landed in front of teams RWBY and JNPR, kneeling before standing up. All eight teens dropped their weapons as they looked up in awe at how big this new figure was.
The figure stood nearly nine feet tall in golden organic armor. At first glance it looked like a large Guyver, but the two teams took in the large shoulders with an orb on each one and a long spike on the bottom tip. This large Guyver had orbs on its forearms, wrists, sides of its thighs, and on both sides of its shins. The forearms also had the trademark vibration blades, which looked a bit smaller compared to its overall bulk, but the teens knew that weapon could become much longer. There was a gravity controller embedded in the outer bottom of its chest plates and a spike just below its collar bone where the chest plates meet. The head was long and swept back with a total of four head sensors instead of two, a large Control Metal in the center of its forehead with a big head beam orb on the bottom of the sweeping horn that barely covered the Control Medal, as well as two more head beam orbs on the sides of the Control Medal. The vibration globes were on the center of its face with two steam ports on each side of the face, which blew out steam at that moment.
Overall, teams RWBY and JNPR were in awe at the sight of this new Guyver.
"Billions of pancakes aren't going to just fall out of the sky!" Nora shouted as she looked up expectedly, only to be disappointed that no pancakes fell. "Oh…well, I guess we can settle for the warrior god," she muttered sadly.
The Grimm surrounding them on the other hand, roared as they rushed the Gigantic Guyver. The golden Guyver responded to their advance by activating its vibration blades, but didn't more its arms. Instead the blades bent and flung themselves at the creatures of Grimm. The blades moved like snakes as they weaved around the creatures of darkness, slicing them to ribbons, much to the awe of the teens behind him.
"That…was…AWESOME!" Ruby cheered at the sight before her.
"Incredible…" Weiss muttered in awe at how this Guyver took down so many Grimm without moving a muscle.
The Gigantic turned around to face the two teams, causing a few of them to flinch or shrink back due to the Guyver's imposing size.
"Ruby, Jaune," the Gigantic called out to the two leaders. "Get the other teams to regroup and focus on setting up a safe zone for the civilians," he ordered them.
"Hey, just who do you think you…" Yang started to argue but she got cut off.
"Sho…?" Ruby said, interrupting her sister's rant. "Is that you?" she asked.
This caught everyone off guard as they realized that it was Sho's voice coming out of that giant.
"Yes, it's me," Sho answered. "Now, do what I say while I deal with the Grimm," he told them, the orbs, known as the Power Amps, glowed orange. "It's time I show them what the Gigantic Guyver can do," he added before turning around and threw a punch at a charging Death Stalker.
The punch never touched the Grimm, but the Death Stalker was vaporized by the gravity forces that came from the Gigantic Guyver's punch, shocking the two teams, especially Yang, since none of her punches could do anything like that.
"Let's go get the other teams and make that safe zone," Ruby told everyone.
Nobody argued with her as they went to gather the other teams.
Back with team CRDL
"We need to get down there," Cardin told Dove.
"I know," Dove said as he focused on flying.
"Then land this thing already," Cardin told Dove as he got his mace ready.
"Right…land…" Dove said slowly, looking at the controls. "That just means stop flying, right?" he asked.
Cardin's eyes widened when he heard Dove asked that question. Russel and Sky also heard that question and looked at each other in horror.
"Brace for impact!" Cardin yelled to the other two.
"Fuck that!" Russel yelled in protest. "Abandon whirly-bird!" he shouted as he ran toward the open hatch.
Deciding that was a better option; Cardin, Sky, AND Dove ran to the open hatch and bailed out of the falling bullhead.
Down below the falling bullhead, team NDGO were holding back a King Taijitu while several civilians ran away from the giant snake, who was being guarded by Gwen.
"Are the people safe Gwen!?" Nebula shouted to her teammate.
"Yeah, that's the last of them!" Gwen replied before throwing a couple of her knives at the giant snake.
"Good," Nebula started as she fired an arrow at the King Taijitu. "Okay girls, it's time to show these Valeans how we…" she would have continued if not for the large shadow that covered the sky above her and her team.
The snake Grimm looked up to see a bullhead coming towards it fast. The last thing that went through that snake's head was the cockpit as the aircraft splattered the Grimm's body all over the street while four idiots landed in front of the girls.
Nebula looked down to see a familiar patch of green hair on the ground.
"Russel?" Nebula said in confusion as said boy picked himself off the ground, followed by the rest of his team.
"Did your dad skip the landing lessons or did you sleep through them!?" Cardin shouted at Dove after getting off the ground.
"We never had time to finish that lesson!" Dove argued. "But at least I got us back," he added.
The rest of team CRDL looked at Dove like he was a moron, which given recent events wasn't that far off.
"Dove, you are the worst pilot ever…" Sky started to say. "Of all time," he finished.
"It's not my fault," Dove replied. "Someone put a Grimm in my way," he added.
"YOU CRASHED THE FUCKING BULLHEAD INTO THE GRIMM!" Sky shouted, exasperated by all of this.
Team NDGO had no idea what had just happened, but allowed the four boys to continue arguing.
"You know, somewhere out there, a bunch of colorful space marines are probably saying the same thing," Octavia said to her teammates while look up into space.
"What!?" Dew replied in confusion by what Octavia just said.
"Well at least things aren't boring with them around," Gwen pointed out to Nebula, which caused said girl to look at her teammate in annoyance.
"My life is a cheesy fanfiction," Nebula muttered to herself, head dropped as the insanity continued around her.
Back with Sho
As Sho continued to decimate the creatures of Grimm, up on one of the roofs Guyver 2 watched in stunned disbelief at the new power that was being displayed.
"How did Fukamachi gain his new power?" Lisker asked himself.
"That's a power that he created himself," someone behind Lisker said.
Lisker turned around to see Guyver 3 standing before him.
"You…" Lisker growled out as he prepared to strike.
"Just a moment Lisker," Agito said, placing a hand out in front of himself. "I'm not here to fight you," he told the bronze Guyver. "I'm simply here to observe," he told Lisker while the fighting in Vale continued below them. "What Fukamachi is using is called the Gigantic, a creation of his after linking himself to the Relic in Mount Minakami back on Earth," he explained.
"Sho created that thing," Lisker said in disbelief as he watched the golden giant decimate the Grimm effortlessly.
"Yes, but it is not completely bound to him," Agito said. "I've had the chance to use it and even created my own," he added.
"You have?" Lisker asked, shocked by this revelation.
"Yes, but just so you know there are only two of them in existence," Agito told Lisker. "And there are three Guyvers on this planet that are active," he added. "Meaning the balance of power was never in you favor," he told the bronze Guyver before turning around to leave.
"Why did you tell me this?" Lisker found himself asking.
"Who knows," Agito replied. "Maybe I want you to steal Fukamachi's Gigantic or maybe I wanted to see you squirm after finding out that you are now the weakest of us Guyvers," he added before activating his gravity controller to levitate and fly off the roof.
Lisker watched as Agito flew off, his head sensor detected a Nevermore swooping down from above him. He fired a pressure cannon at the diving Grimm, killing it instantly.
"Then I guess, I'll have to get my hands on a Gigantic of my own," Lisker said before turning his attention to the Gigantic Guyver that fired an enhanced Sonic Buster at a large pack of Beowolves.
Author's note: And that concludes the volume two arc of Out of Control in Remnant. This one really went in a far more different direction that how I originally wanted it. Still, I ended up liking it, though I did have to heavily tone down the village scene.
You see in my head, it was going to be more gruesome, bordering on torture porn territory. But after the whole throwing a toddler into a boiling cauldron, I just couldn't do it. There are some boundaries that even I wouldn't cross when it comes to fanfiction writing. Regardless, that scene does serve a purpose which was going to be explored regarding team CRDL while also showing that there are other Faunus that are just as cruel as humans if not crueler instead of just the White Fang. However, it was far too soon to bring that up, so that got pushed back for later.
However, there was one thing from the original plan that stayed and that was the Gigantic Guyver making its appearance. The Guyver fans reading this story wanted it, and they got it.
Now it's just a matter of how the people of Remnant will respond to the God mode of Guyvers. Especially since they only got a taste of its power.