A Black Armored Terror.
It was class time and Weiss is patiently waiting out the minute left on her holographic clock displayed from her desk in the classroom of Professor Port, who was telling another crazy tale of his past, which barely anyone was paying attention to.
Jaune slides up next to Weiss "So, Weiss, y'know, uh, I-I was thinking after this, maybe we could go grab a bite to eat?" He turns to the teacher for a second, then turns back to Weiss "And, uh um, I-I've got two tickets to that new Spruce Willis movie, if you wanna make the trip to Vale. I hear it's awesome" He pauses as his words have no effect "Aaaand maybe after that, we could study together? I mean, you're smart and I'm, uh... Y'know".
Lyre was watching everything. She didn't get jealous this time for two reasons. 1: She knew Weiss had no interest in Jaune, and 2: Jaune is Lyre's friend, so she can't get mad at him. Finally, the clock in front of Weiss gives a shrill beep as it changes from 3:59 to 4:00, and she dismisses it with a wave of her hand.
The professor is temporarily unaware of the alarm as he is posing as a towering monster about to attack "And then I— Oh" He straightens his stance as the students start to leave "Timed that one wrong, I guess. Well, the stunning conclusion to this story will have to wait. Until next time!".
Jaune watches Weiss as she packs up her Scroll "Weiss? Did you hear me?".
Weiss was not even looking at Jaune as she walks away "No, no, no, yes".
Upon hearing this, Jaune groans and does a faceplant into his desk.
Lyre leans down "Sorry Jaune, I think it's time to look elsewhere. Besides, I think a real beauty has her eyes on you".
Jaune looks at her, looking more hopeful "Really? Who?".
"Not telling, you need to notice her yourself. But honestly, it should be really obvious. You might be the only one who hasn't noticed yet" Lyre said before walking away, leaving Jaune confused. Lyre knew exactly who the girl was, but Jaune needs to figure it out himself.
Team RWBY are now back in their dorm room, where each member puts on their new outfits and are now ready for their secret mission.
Blake approaches her bunk as she tightens her wraps "I thought that class would never end".
"Alright, guys, today's the day! The investigation begins!" Ruby declared as she happily leaps off her mattress and onto the floor, arms raised excitedly. She almost lands on Weiss, who is on the bottom bunk.
"I'm glad to see we're taking this so seriously" Weiss said sarcastically.
"Hey, we've got a plan! That's... moderately serious" Yang said.
"Right!" Ruby began as she looks around at her teammates "Everyone remember their roles?"
Weiss stands up "You and I will head to the CCT and check the Schnee records for any other Dust robberies or inconsistencies. Seeing as I'm in the family, it shouldn't be a problem".
"The White Fang has regular faction meetings to hand out orders and recruit new members. If I can get in, I can hopefully find out what they're planning" Blake added.
"I have an old friend on the shady side of town that typically knows everything going on in Vale. Getting information out of him shouldn't be too hard..." Yang finished.
"Great! We'll meet up tonight near Yang to go over what we found" Ruby said before pumping her fist "Let's do this!".
"Yeah!" Everyone to a smiling Sun as he hangs upside-down by his tail in their open window. The whole team is taken aback.
"Sun!" Blake said surprised and alarmed.
"How did you get up there?" Yang asked.
"Ah, it's easy; I do it all the time" Sun answered.
"You do what?!" Weiss demanded, quick to assume Sun likes hanging outside girls' windows.
"I climb trees all the time!" Sun explained without reacting to Weiss' scowl. He flips into the dorm room "So, are we finally getting back at that Torchwick guy?".
Blake steps forward "We are going to investigate the situation... as a team".
"Sorry, Sun. We don't want to get friends involved if we don't have to" Ruby said.
"Psh! That's dumb! We should always get friends involved! That's why I brought Neptune!" Sun said while gesturing out the window
The girls lean out the window on top of one another cartoon-style to see the aforementioned teammate of Sun's standing outside, cool as can be.
Neptune looks at them "'Sup?".
"How did you even get up here?" Ruby asked
"I have my ways" Neptune said before looking down nervously "Seriously, though, can I come in? We're like, really high up right now".
Inside the dorm room, the group are standing in a circle as Ruby lays down the new plan "Alright, I'll go with Weiss; Sun, you can go with Blake. And Neptune, you can go with Yang since she doesn't have a partner. Everyone good?".
"Not quite" Everyone looks to see the door open to reveal LSBL, Lucina being the one who spoke.
"What the? Does everyone in school know our plan?!" Weiss asked.
"No, unless Team JNPR would like to reveal themselves right now" Severa said before there was a brief silence as everyone waited to see if anyone else showed up, when no one did, Severa spoke again "Nope, just us".
"You are not the only ones who are concerned about Torchwick and the White Fang. So we decided to land a hand" Lucina said.
"And don't even try to leave us out of it. Or we will head straight to Goodwich and tell her about your plans of breaking the rules" Lyre said.
"So you will tell on us if we don't let you come along?" Yang asked, sounding annoyed.
"Just so you know, this was not my idea!" Bernadetta said, sounding worried.
Yang smiles at her "Don't worry Bernie, I could never be mad at you".
Bernadetta blushed and tried to hide in her hood.
"Like it or not, we are helping you with this" Severa declared.
Ruby rubbed her head "Not sure how to fit so many in to our plan. I mean, I guess Lyre could go with Blake and Sun".
"That's not a good idea..." Lyre said, knowing if her sister was at the White Fang meeting, she would be able to spot her right away, which would blow Blake and Sun's cover.
"No worries, we have our own plan. We can check around the less friendly places in Vale and see if there is any hideouts where the villains could be operating from" Lucina assured.
"Oh, good, and that does sound like a good plan. Alright, that settles it then, let's do this!" Ruby declared.
Everyone began to leave before Severa stopped Blake "I don't like being left out of big things like this, Blake".
"Sorry, I didn't want to drag you in to my problems" Blake said, feeling a little bad for not simply telling Severa right away.
"Gwads would you drop this stupid mindset already? It's so annoying that my girlfriend keeps secrets from me" Severa said.
Blake blinked "Girlfriend?".
Severa blushed bright red "What?! Sorry! I mean, after all the things we've done, I just assumed that we-".
Blake giggled as she puts a finger on Severa's lips "It's ok. I believe it's safe to say we are a couple now".
Severa gulped but managed a smile "Oh, good".
"So..." Both looked when they heard Yang's voice, and saw her and the rest peeking in to the room, with Yang and Lyre having teasing smiles "Are you love birds done so we can head out? Or do you need more time?".
Both Blake and Severa blushed, but everyone were finally ready to head out.
With the mission finally underway, everyone went to perform their parts. Lucina and her team did as they said they would, exploring parts of Vale that were less hospitable. Few people lived here, and the cops rarely patrolled here, especially now when they had their hands full with all the crime sprees. Making this part of Vale perfect for criminal hideouts. The four huntresses in training looked around, keeping an eye out for anything suspicious... which would pretty be the whole area, since less than friendly people lived here.
"I don't like this place. What if we get robbed?" Bernadetta asked in worry.
"I'd like to see them try" Severa said as she gave a death glare to a random thug, who instantly backed away.
"Focus everyone. Remember why we are here" Lucina reminded.
"Right, so what's the plan boss? Doubt we will find much by simply looking around" Lyre said.
"You're right, we need to have a closer look and see what hides underneath all the filth. But be careful. We are in hostile territory now" Lucina warned.
Severa didn't look to worried "I've been through places like this many times. Anyone who tries anything ends up on the ground. But there are a lot of pervs here, and a group of girls like us will earn some looks".
"Oh no, we should just leave" Bernadetta said in dread.
"Calm down, Bernie. We are here for you. No one will get hurt" Lucina assured.
Her words were enough to calm Bernadetta down a little "Right. Thank you".
They continued their search through the town, but finding something was not easy. It was getting dark and they still didn't find anything. Lyre had headed on up to the roof tops to see if she could see anything from a higher spot. But it was becoming more and more clear that they weren't going to find anything useful around here. And all of them were getting tired of this endless searching.
"Gwads this search is getting us nowhere. We've bee looking around for hours and not a single lead" Severa said, sounding really bored and frustrated.
"You're right, once Lyre come back we will call it a day and head back" Lucina said with a tired sigh.
"Good, I hate this place" Bernadetta said.
Suddenly Lyre landed near them "Girls! I believe I've found something ".
This earned the girls' full attention. Lyre lead them to an old construction sight, which looked like it had been abandoned for a while and was never finished. However, it was not abandoned anymore. White Fang were all over the place, and they were clearly not up to any good.
"The White Fang... didn't know they were operating all the way out here" Lyre said, silently scanning the area for her sister.
"Look at all the stuff they are carrying around" Severa said.
"Dust, weapons... they could start a small war with all this stuff" Lucina said, worried about what the White Fang could be up to.
Bernadetta gulped in fear "Can we leave now? We know where they are now, so let's just let the Huntsmen take care of them".
"It looks like they are preparing to move out. They will be long gone before anyone makes it here" Severa said.
"She's right, this could be our only chance to stop them before they leave" Lyre said.
"Come on! We've done our job, let's just go" Bernadetta pleaded.
Lucina thinks for several moments before she looks determined "We can't allow them to leave with all that stuff. We need stop them now".
"Lucina!" Bernadetta said in clear worry.
"It's ok, Bernie. Most White Fang members aren't that good of a fighter. We can take them together" Lucina assured..
Severa smirked "Now there is our leader. Lead the way, Lucina".
Lucina smiled at her before they began to move. Bernadetta begrudgingly followed them. Stealth wasn't an option as the place was to open and had far to many guards. So the team simply jumped in, taking out a few White Fang members as they made their entrance.
"Sorry to crash your party, but we are here to crash all of you" Severa said, ready to fight.
"Not your best one liner" Lyre said.
"Shut up, they can't all be gold" Severa said.
"Focus!" Lucina ordered as several White Fang members looked ready to fight them.
However, non of them made a move to attack... all of them stood down when heavy armored footsteps could be heard. The girls tensed up as the footsteps got closer and louder. It felt like it was all around them, and they had no idea where it was coming from. Until the White Fang members moved to the side, allowing a tall figure to walk between them. The figure revealed himself as very tall black armored man. His armor covered his whole body, and it made him look really menacing.
"Wow... someone has been drinking their milk" Severa said silently.
"Sir, these kids just showed up from out of nowhere" A White Fang member said.
"These are no simple children. These are students from Beacon. All of them are special in their own ways" The Black Knight said calmly "Take everything and leave. I will take care of them".
"But sir" The White Fang member said.
The Black Knight put a hand on his shoulder "Trust me".
The White Fang member hesitated, but nodded "Of course. You heard him, grab everything and let's go".
The Black Knight calmly walked towards the team "I wasn't expecting you girls to show up this soon. I believed our meeting would be at a later date, when you've all had a chance to grow".
"You speak as if you know us" Lucina said.
"I know more than you think, young Lucina Lowell. You are all from Beacon, and you all have reasons to fight. Show me what drives you" Black Knight as he pulled out his large sword.
"Oh you want to fight us all at once? You're funeral!" Severa declared as she charged ahead.
"Severa wait!" Lucina called out but it was to late, so she and the others hand no choice but to follow her.
Severa attacked first, with her weapon being in its blade form. However, Black Knight knocked her away with a single swing from his own blade. Lucina struck at him with her blade, but he easily blocked it and forced her away. Lyre leaps at him from behind, but he swings his arm, and while his hand didn't hit her, the sheer force of the blow sent a small shock wave that made her fly back. Bernadetta quickly fired arrows at him, but they simple broke against his armor, not leaving a single scratch.
"I see now. Non of you are huntresses yet. You are all held back by your own weakness" Black Knight said calmly before he grabbed Lyre by the neck as she tried to speed blitz him "A lost soul who struggles to find her place in the world".
He threw Lyre away making her crash spine first in to a metal support beam, she hit it so hard it bent. Severa was quick to attack but was forced to turn her weapon in to it's shield form to block an overhead strike, which forced her to her knees.
"A struggling fighter who tries to escape a massive shadow" Black Knight said before he swiftly swung his blade again, forcing Severa in to the ground with enough force to create a small crater.
Another arrow hit him and he looked at Bernadetta who was firing arrows at him, but once again, his armor was to tough.
"A caged bird who is yet to fly" Black Knight said before he swung his blade, creating a powerful shock wave which sent Bernadetta flying in to a wall.
"Leave them alone you monster!" Lucina shouts as she attacks Black Knight with several swift strikes. All of which were easily blocked, until they entered a blade lock, with Black Knight slowly overpowering Lucina with one arm.
"And you. A weak leader who is slowly being crushed by the weight of her own legacy. A shame, for the wielder of the Falchion" Black Knight said before using his free hand to deliver a back handed slap, which sent Lucina flying before she tumbled across the ground and crashed in to some bricks "No challenge. No resistance. You are not worthy".
"Who are you!?" Lucina demanded, despite the pain in her jaw. She was trying to get up, but Black Knight's single blow had nearly knocked her out cold.
The armored warrior looked at her "I am the end of your journey, should you live long enough to reach it. You failed to impress me tonight. A disappointing display from the descendant of The Hero King. If you wish to honor your legacy, become stronger and defeat me in our next battle".
The Black Knight put away his sword and walked away. Everyone wanted to stop him, but it was no use... His attacks were so simple... but the power behind them had left them all barely able to move... he beat them all so easily. He was so much stronger than them... he was on a level they could never hope to overcome. A level that could only be reached through years of training and fighting. He outclassed them in everything. Strength, skills and experience. And in the end he didn't even deem them worthy enough to kill.
"Damn it... damn it!" Lucina cursed as she punched the ground.
There was no way around it... they lost... and they have failed.
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There he is. One of the best villains in all of Fire Emblem. And the first opponent our heroes had no chance of beating.
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