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(A/N) A fair heads up about the contents of this chapter. There are going to be some intense levels of violence. I know that there might be some people out there who could be uncomfortable with high levels of violence in some stories, so I wanted to give a heads up. Another thing, is that the violence in this chapter will be a taste of things to expect in the volume 3 portion of this story.
Chapter 27 The investigation pt 2
(White Fang Recruitment spot)
Seeing her current surroundings, Blake did not like what she sees in terms of potential obstacles. Behind her and Sun, there was a high number of White Fang members both new and old. In front of her, there was Roman Torchwick and Azrael, she had dealt with Roman before. But Azrael is a whole different story altogether, if he's as strong as Roman is making him out to be, then the whole situation had just become a whole lot more dangerous. After looking around for a bit, Blake has noticed a breaker box and has quickly gotten an idea.
"We're able to see in the dark, but Roman and Azrael cannot." Blake said before she shot the breaker box. After Blake shot the breaker box, the power in the warehouse went off and most of the people inside had started to panic. Roman though was frustrated at the fact that he has to deal with Blake and Sun again. Azrael on the other hand had remained calm about the situation and observed the both of them carefully.
"Hmm, lets see what they can do." Azrael said as he was watching the two of them. Blake and Sun had used their night vision to navigate through the crowd trying to get to a window. Before the both of them got too close, the briefly turned around and noticed Roman getting inside the mech suit that was presented to everyone.
"HE'S USING A MECH! THAT'S COMPLETELY UNFAIR!" Sun yelled while running with Blake
"Stay calm Sun, we still have speed." Blake responded before seeing a window.
"Sun I see a window, we have to jump through it." Blake said before she jumped through the window with Sun following
After Blake and Sun jumped through the window, they landed on their feet but they had to keep on running. It was fortunate that they did, because a few seconds later a large mech had busted through the wall and it was chasing the Faunus duo with Roman piloting it. While the duo were still being chased, Blake tried to shoot at it with her weapon. The shots had no effect and the both of them continued running.
"We're not too far away from the highway, let's get there. We'll have a better chance at getting away while he's dealing with the cars!" Blake told Sun
"Got it, in the meantime I'll call the others. Hopefully they can get to us in time." Sun said as him and Blake were using their scrolls
(Outside of Junior's Club)
It didn't take Yang and Neptune too long to get to Junior's Club. Though what caught the blue haired student off guard is the high level of hostility that was facing Yang. After an appearance from Junior, the hostilities stopped and Yang proceeded to gather information. Though Junior did tell Yang a few things, it wasn't anything that could be useful.
"Well that was a big waste of time." Yang stated as she was getting on her motorcycle
"At least we learned a few things, like for example some of Junior's men haven't been coming back from Roman." Neptune said in an optimistic tone as he was getting on the bike with Yang
"True, but we don't know what they were hired for. Which just gives us more questions than answers." Yang said as she was driving off with Neptune. After a few seconds, her scroll started to ring. After seeing this, Yang decided to answer the call
"What's up?" Yang said
"We were seen by Roman and he's using a mech against us. We're running away as fast as we can, but we can't handle this thing alone. We need some help!" Blake yelled over the scroll while her and Sun were being chased
"Hang on tight Neptune." Yang said before she sped up on her bike with Neptune han ging on
(The Upper sctions of Vale)
After fighting the strange creature, Ruby, Ragna, and Penny spent a couple of hours getting back to the higher sections of Vale. Ragna is still deep in thought about the creature they fought and what he learned about the Murakumo labs. If it really was Nu's voice he heard that wished for death. Then what kind of experiences did Nu have for her to want death. While Ragna was deep in thought, Ruby noticed this and had a concerned look on her face.
"Hey Ragna, are you OK?" Ruby asked in a concerned tone
"Huh, oh yeah Ruby, I'm fine." Ragna answered Ruby but wasn't able to convince her
"Are you sure, you look like your irritated about something." Ruby responded
"You know Ragna my friend, I was concerned about something too. But I found out earlier today that talking about my concerns and troubles with trusted friends makes me feel a lot better." Penny told Ragna in an optimistic tone
"She's right Ragna, so is there something you want to tell us?" Ruby said in a concerned tone
Ragna was tempted to tell Ruby about his concerns regarding the things he's learned recently. He wanted to tell her about his encounter with Rachel, his fight against Nu, the voice he heard after he absorbed a portion of Nu's aura, and the fact that he has half of the Grimm Aura. However, Ragna also knows that he doesn't know or understand the full story of what's happening. If Ragna told Ruby and Penny everything, then they will decide to do something and either tell someone or take actions themselves. Which could unintentionally make the situation worse.
"I'm just concerned about whether or not the others made any progress." Ragna told Ruby lying about his concerns and thoughts
"Oh is that it, well I'm sure that their all doing fine." Ruby said in an optimistic tone
"I SEE HER!" A male voice had yelled out that had gotten the trio's attention
Uh Oh, it's the people from Atlus, I think that they've been looking for me." Penny said in an obvious tone
"What do you think we should do?" Ruby asked in a concerned tone
"Ruby, Ragna, I appreciate that your concerned for me, but I have to go back. If they see me with you two, then the both of you might be asked all sorts of questions. I wish I can help you two, but it seems that my hands are tied." Penny said in a concerned tone
"But we can't just leave her with them, Ragna do you have any ideas?" Ruby asked maintaining her concerned tone
"I hate to say it but we have to trust Penny with this. She knows who they are and it's not like she's defenseless." Ragna told Ruby reluctantly agreeing with Penny
"Well I suppose your right Ragna." Ruby said reluctantly agreeing with Ragna
"I'm glad you both understand, don't worry I'm confident that we'll see each other again." Penny said before she pushed the both of them far away from her. After Penny pushed Ragna and Ruby away, the men in suits managed to catch up to Penny, not seeing the people she was accompanied with.
"Penny, why didn't you contact anyone when it got this late? Also, where were those people that were with you earlier?" One of the suited men asked
"I lost signal on my scroll when I got to the lower sections. Also the people that were with me were helping me find my way because I got lost. The creature got away unfortunately, but it was properly dealt with." Penny said before she started to have the hiccups again. After Penny hiccupped for a few seconds, one of the men in the suits took a deep breath
"Look Penny, your father and the General is just worried about you. Well, you were able to fight the creature at least. Once we get back, you'll have to write a report on the creature so we can be prepared to deal with it in the future." One of the men in suits said before everyone walked away, including Penny
"Those guys are a bit gullible huh?" Ruby said overhearing the conversation
"At least we don't have to worry about them looking for us." Ragna told Ruby, a few moments after they left. Ragna's scroll started to ring. After it ringed they both answered
"Ragna, is Ruby with you?" Sun asked while sounding like he's doing a lot of ohysical activity
"Yeah, she's here with me right now." Ragna answered
"Good, the both of you need to get to the highway roads. We're being chased by a mech Roman is piloting and I don't know how long we can keep up the chase." Sun said over the scroll in a panicked tone
"A chance to fight a mech, WE ARE SO THERE!" Ruby said in an excited tone after overhearing the conversation. Before she used her semblance to get to the highway roads at an incredible speed.
"A mech is hard to miss, so I'm sure she'll be able to find you guys. I get there soon myself." Ragna said before he ran to where the action is.
(CCT Tower)
"You certainly took you time." Bullet said after Weiss stepped out of the tower
"There was a lot of information to go through. I didn't think I would be there until nightfall, but I was able to get results." Weiss responded to Bullet's comment
"So did you learn anything?" Bullet asked Weiss
"I've learned a few things about some of the various dust robberies. Once all of us meet up, we'll be able to talk about it and think about what to do next." Weiss told Bullet as the both of them were walking. After a few minutes, Weiss's Scroll started to ring and when she answered
"Weiss, me and Sun are being chased by Roman piloting a mech. We need you and Bullet to get to us quickly. We're near the highway and I don't know how long we can keep this chase up. Me and Sun called the others but we don't know how soon they'll be able to get here." Blake said before hanging up quickly
"They need our help let's go." Weiss said before her and Bullet made they started running to help Blake and Sun
(The Highway of Vale)
It has been a few minutes since both Blake and Sun called their friends and they have made it to the highway. The good news was that the Faunus duo still have a good deal of energy to keep going. The bad news is that Roman was still piloting the mech and he's hot on their tails (no pun intended).
After spending a few seconds jumping un various moving cars, Blake decided to use her weapon and shoot at the cockpit of the mech. As expected, it didn't do any damage but it did slightly slow it down. Sun then decided to use his semblance and summoned his clones, the clones were then sent to stop the mech from moving further. Each of the clones had grabbed the mech's leg and was able to stop it for a few moments. Unfortunately, it did not take much time or effort for Roman to use the mech and knock away Sun's clones. After the clones were knocked away, Roman continued to pursue the duo but this time at a greater speed. Before Roman got too close, several shots had hit its back and when Roman turned to look he saw Neptune shooting from Yang's motorcycle.
"Get me closer, I have an idea!" Neptune yelled with Yang doing as she asked
Once Yang got Neptune close, he jumped off of her bike and dived towards the mech's back. As Neptune was getting closer, he changed his rifle into its trident form and stabbed the back of the mech with it. After the mech was stabbed, it rapidly moved trying to shake Neptune off. After a few seconds, Neptune was shaken off and had bounced off of a moving car. Before he went too far, a glyph was used to prevent Neptune from getting off the car thus saving him.
"Thanks a lot Wess!" Neptune yelled after seeing Weiss with Bullet
Seeing, Weiss and recognizing Bullet had angered Roman and he proceeded to grab several cars that were driving and threw them at the two girls. Seeing the cars, Bullet proceeded to blast each car with her left gauntlet to knock it away. But she held back enough power to make sure the people inside didn't die from the attack.
"Weiss, can you use your glyph to stop one of its legs?" Bullet asked while combining both of her gauntlet pieces
"Yeah but I doubt it'll last for too long." Weiss answered
"It'll last long enough for me, trap it I have an idea." Bullet said causing Weiss to do what Bullet suggested and used her glyph to stop one of the mechs legs
After Weiss's glyph stopped its leg, Bullet proceeded charge towards Roman at full speed with a great deal of force. Roman was struggling to get the mechs leg free, but a brief second after it finally got freed. Bullet managed to hit the leg with a lot of power and managed to trip over the mech. After the mech tripped over, Bullet followed up her attack and punched the mech in the torso, knocking it over the road to the lower highway section.
"THAT'S FOR LAST TIME TORCHWICK!" Bullet yelled before jumping down to the mech with Weiss, Blake, Sun, Neptune, and Yang soon following.
A few seconds after the mech fell to the lower highway, Ruby and Ragna arrived. The both of them saw everyone else at the lower highway and ran towards them. Roman noticed the red duo and swung the mechs arm at the both of them. Ruby launched herself into the air using her scythe to dodge the attack. While Ragna used his strength to knock the arm away from him. After a brief moment, Ruby and Ragna made it to the rest of the group.
"Looks like we arrived just in time." Ruby told everyone
"That mech can take some punishment, anyone have any ideas?" Bullet asked everyone
"It looks sturdy but it's also big. We can use its large size to our advantage." Ragna said after taking a quick look at the mech
"It's also not very fast, we just have to keep it busy while we find a weak point." Blake said to the group
"I bet that if we attack its joints then it'll slow down." Ragna said voicing what he sees of the mech
"Then all we have to do find a weak point and hit it hard. LET'S GO EVERYONE!" Ruby said in a confident tone before all of them charged at the current threat. Unknown to them, a lone and slim figure was watching the events from a large distance. The figure is Hazama and he is using his binoculars to see the events unfold.
"Let's see how our eager youth will be able to hand that big pile of machinery." Hazama said as he was watching
Roman decided to start things off by firing the mechs guns at the group. Bullet, Weiss, and Ragna stepped ahead and used their weapons to block the shots fired. Sun summoned his clones and the three of them ran towards the mech itself along with Blake and Neptune. When they made it to the mech, each of them tried to attack the legs of the mech trying to make it fall over like Bullet did earlier. It did no good, since Roman decided to launch missiles near his location. The missiles didn't hit the small group, but they did have to move back in order to avoid the missile barrage.
"FREEZERBURN!" Ruby yelled out her battle command
After hearing the battle command, Weiss froze a large portion of the ground. After the ground froze. Yang punched the frozen ground with a good deal of force and defrosted all of the ice with her heat based attack. As an added effect, the defrosted ice became a mist that covered the area and blocked the mechs sight, much to Roman's dismay. Roman activated the laser sights of the mech and constantly looked for everyone. After a brief second Bullet had hit the mechs left leg, while Ragna was able to hit the right. The double attack had staggered the mech but it didn't do much else. Roman then turned and spotted Ragna and proceeded to shoot him with the mech's machine gun. Reacting quickly, Ragna blocked the machine gun shots with his sword like he did earlier.
While Roman was busy with shooting at Ragna, Sun leapt onto the cockpit and tried to destroy it with his gun-chucks. The attacks did little damage, but it was enough to get Roman's attention. Roman tried to use the mechs hand to knock Sun off. Unfortunately for Roman, Blake and Weiss attack the back of the mech giving Sun a chance to jump off. Roman turned around and was able to see Blake and Weiss, Ruby was with them as well and she proceeded to fire at the Mech despite the shots having no effect.
"CHECKMATE!" Ruby yelled sending Weiss and Blake towards Roman.
Weiss and Blake had gotten close to the mech and proceeded to coordinate several attacks at the joints causing it to stagger a couple of times. Though the coordinated attacks were good, it wasn't enough to stop Roman, since he decided to use the machine guns and fire at both Weiss and Blake. The two girls skillfully dodged the shots while moving away from the Mech. Since the girls are at a distance, Roman proceeded to fire several rockets at Weiss and Blake.
Weiss proceeded to activate her glyphs beneath her and Blake after seeing the rockets. After the glyph was activated, Weiss jumped back a far distance and sent some energy to Blake. After Blake was hit with the energy, she was enveloped in a strong aura and felt revitalized. When the rockets got closed, Blake proceeded to slash at them and realized that Weiss was able to increase her movement speed greatly. After a few seconds, Blake was able to destroy all of the missiles, much to Roman's further chagrin.
"PINWHEEL!" Ruby yelled with a smirk on her face
After hearing the command, Blake threw her weapon part at Ruby that was connected to her sword by the ribbon. After grabbing the weapon part, Ruby used Crescent Rose to launch herself into the air and proceeded to spin in the air with her weapon. The result was a spinning red blade wheel and it was launched at the mech. The blade wheel had hit the mech at several places including the joints. After a few seconds, the mech started to have trouble moving and then Ruby stopped spinning and launched herself away from the mech.
Alright, time for the big finish, DOUBLE BOOM!" Ruby yelled while getting a confused look from everyone
"Oh right, Weiss use your glyph to launch Yang and Bullet at Roman." Ruby quickly explained
"Got it." The three girls said before Weiss formed a glyph beneath them
"Don't hold back." Yang told Bullet before she readied her aura and her attack
"Same to you." Bullet responded before she charged up her weapon
After a few seconds, both Yang and Bullet were enveloped in a strong and radiating aura. After the girl were enveloped in aura, the glyph beneath them stated to move faster and faster. This kept up until the mech made a move to attack. Before the mech can do anything, both Yang and Bullet leapt towards the mech and each of them landed a powerful punch. The attack was strong enough to knock the mech back a far distance and after a brief second the mech exploded. After the explosion, the mech had burn marks and scratches all over and Roman himself came out with a lot of soot over his coat.
"Damn, it'll take days to get all this dirt cleaned up." Roman said before he looked at the group of eight students ready to fight him further.
"Everyone, including you ice queen and you big red and little red. It's a pleasure as always, but I must get going." Roman said as Neo showed up beside Roman
"You're not getting away this time!" Bullet yelled with her and Yang leaping to punch Roman, only for the figures to shatter into glass. A second later, a ship showed up with Roman and Neo inside and started flying away.
Not again, well at least they're the ones running away." Bullet said getting Yang and Ruby's attention
"You fought Roman before Bullet?" Ruby asked
"Yeah, I looked for him because I wanted to prove myself. I got lucky and found him, but that pint-sized brat made capturing Roman harder. If Bang hadn't saved me I would've ended up dead. I could've done without him announcing himself though." Bullet told Ruby
"Wait he actually did that, that sounds cool and a bit cheesy." Ruby said in an impressed tone
"Looks like she made our plans fall apart." Weiss said getting a frustrated look from Yang and a snicker from Sun, Neptune, and Ruby
"There is a time and place for everything." Yang told Weiss
"So you're saying that it was the wrong time for it?" Weiss asked Yang
"No, that pun was just awful." Yang bluntly answered
"At least there was some thought behind that pun Yang. Unlike most of yours which is just plain obvious and bad." Bullet said defending Weiss
(Nearby Building)
"Not bad students, but I wouldn't celebrate too soon if I were you. Because that's just the mini-boss. The main boss should be coming up soon, ooh I can't wait to see how they handle him." Hazama said while looking at the group through the binoculars
(The Highway road)
"Well I'd say that this was an eventful day. We beat a giant mech, and had some fun. So overall I'd say this was a successful day." Sun said in an optimistic tone
"Your right Sun, oh and wait until I tell you guys about the strange creature me, Ragna, and Penny fought earlier today." Ruby said in an excited tone
"What strange creature?" Weiss asked before her and everyone else started to feel a surge of overwhelming fear except Ragna
"Hey, you guys feel that?" Neptune asked everyone
"Yeah, what is this? I feel afraid, more than I've been in my life." Blake said to everyone
"It's probably the person who's been watching us. COME ON OUT!" Ragna yelled out in a bold tone. After yelling out a large man jumped from a higher highway and landed on the road that the group was on. When the man rose up, Blake and Sun recognized the man as Azrael from the meeting
"I could've captured you guys earlier, but I wanted to see what you were capable of. From what I've seen, I'm impressed at the strength you guys have. This looks like a very sizable meal for me." Azrael said to the group
"Does anyone know who that guy is? I can't explain it but I get the feeling that he's really powerful." Ruby said while looking at the large man
"Roman introduced him as Azrael, but aside from that I don't know anything else." Blake said while on guard
"Wait Azrael, as in the Mad Dog Azrael?" Bullet said in a surprised tone while on guard as well
"Yeah, Roman did introduce him as the Mad Dog, do you know about him Bullet?" Sun asked
"My commander told me about him, he told me that Azrael is the one person NOBODY is to fight unless we are damn sure we can win." Bullet said to everyone
"Doesn't look like he'll give us that choice." Yang said before she started to rapidly fire at Azrael for a few seconds. After a few seconds have passed, there was a cloud of dust and dirt in the area. Once the dust cloud dissipated, Azrael was still standing and he didn't look injured or bothered by Yang's shots.
"Hey you, little girl with the scythe! That weapon looks familiar and so do your skills with that weapon, do you happen to know Qrow Branwen?" Azrael yelled out to Ruby
"He's my uncle, why do you care about that?" Ruby yelled out to Azrael
"I just want to imagine how much he'll cut loose when I kill someone he cares about. You look pretty skilled, so things should be interesting at least." Azrael said causing Yang to flair up with rage
"You will not kill my sister!" Yang said after her eyes turned red
"Oh, it looks like I get to fight both of his nieces, well then show me how strong you are and try to stop me. All of you were able to destroy that pile of metal, so all of you are at least capable." Azrael said causing Yang to leap towards Azrael and punch him in the face
The punch did nothing to Azrael, but Yang herself was knocked back a bit. Before Yang could do anything, Azrael quickly rushed up to Yang and kicked her in the side. After Azrael kicked Yang, Sun, Neptune and Blake, rushed Azrael and hit him at various locations on his body. Azrael didn't look bothered by the attack from the trio but instead looked bored. After a few seconds of blocking the attacks, Azrael stretched out both of his arms and sent a strong shockwave of aura. The shockwave pushed back the three students that were attacking him along with the others that was nearby.
Bullet was able to endure the shockwave, and used her gauntlet parts to boost herself towards Azrael. Once Bullet was able to hit Azrael, the Mad Dog held his ground and endured the attack. After enduring the attack, Azrael grabbed Bullets arm and threw her to the side with ease. After Azrael threw Bullet, Yang ran towards him and punched him in the face again. This time, Azrael's face had slightly moved and he looked at Yang.
"I see, your semblance makes you stronger every time you take a hit. But a power like that doesn't make you invincible. So the question is how much you can take before your body calls it quits." Azrael aide before he punched Yang in the stomach pushing her back near Bullet
"WHITEROSE!" Ruby yelled causing Weiss to summon several glyphs in front of the barrel of Ruby's gun
After the glyph appeared, Ruby fired several shots at Azrael and the shots were enhanced by Weiss's glyphs. The shots managed to hit Azrael and the locations that the shots hit started to freeze. Unfortunately, it proved ineffective because Azrael broke the ice and started walking towards them slowly in a mocking way. Before Azrael got closer, Weiss was able to summon a glyph beneath Azrael and his body was enveloped in a dark aura. Everyone noticed that Azrael's movements had slowed down and figured out what Weiss was doing.
"So this is the semblance of a Schnee that I've heard about. Good effort, but none of you ae ready for a beast like me." Azrael said before he punched the ground with a great deal of strength and managed to destroy Weiss's glyph.
"He's on a whole different level, we need a plan and fast." Weiss said in a slightly panicked tone
"Then let me deal with him, RESTRICTION RELEASE!" Ragna said before he started to rush Azrael
Once Ragna got close, he proceeded to slash at Azrael with a great deal of speed and strength. Azrael swung his arm and managed to hit Ragna knocking him back a moderate distant. Fortunately, Ragna wasn't knocked back too far and was still standing ready to keep fighting.
"Not bad, it looks like my fun will keep going after all." Azrael said in a satisfied tone
After standing his ground, Ragna launched a strong aura stream at Azrael. The Mad Dog managed to block the aura stream attack, but this gave Ragna a chance to leap towards Azrael and hit him with a strong downward attack. Azrael blocked the attack and punched Ragna in the chest which knocked him back a good distance. Ruby then decided to use her semblance and run around Azrael slashing at him continuously. After a few seconds, Azrael managed to grab Crescent Rose by the blade and didn't look injured by the blade of the scythe.
"Don't get in the way." Azrael said before he punched Ruby in the stomach and sent her flying a good distance
Ragna transformed his sword into its scythe form and swung at Azrael while moving to avoid a potential attack. Azrael felt some of the attacks but he was able to block most of Ragna's scythe attacks. Realizing that he was getting nowhere with this tactic, Ragna jumped back a good distance and changed Bloodedge back into its sword form.
"Don't tell me that's all you got." Azrael said in a confident and mocking tone
"Nah, I'm just getting started. BLOODEDGE!" Ragna yelled out before he started to have a strong surge of aura that was felt by everyone including Azrael. After the feeling disappeared, Ragna's sword started to glow red and black rapidly and Ragna felt a lot stronger than earlier.
"HAHAHAHAHA I knew you would make for a good fight. Alright we can really have some fun." Azrael said gleefully
"Looks like Ragna has a few tricks up his sleeves." Sun said after seeing Ragna get strengthened
"This level of power, it's unheard of." Weiss said as she was watching the whole thing
After Ragna's power boost, he ran towards Azrael at a blinding speed. After a brief second, Ragna suddenly appeared in front of Azrael and before the Mad Dog could do anything. Ragna delivered a powerful slash attack against Azrael. The swing of the sword attack was enveloped in a dark red aura and the attack was strong enough to stagger Azrael for a brief moment and Ragna followed up by slashing at Azrael again. This time though after Ragna landed the second slash attack, there was a large explosion of aura and it knocked Azrael back a good distance.
After knocking Azrael back, Ragna sent a large and powerful aura stream at Azrael. The aura stream attack hit Azrael, but he used his immense power to dissipate the aura stream attack and grabbed Ragna's sword before it hit him. Azrael responded by punching Ragna in the chest and sent him back a far distance. Ragna was able to regain his footing and quickly changed Bloodedge into its scythe form. After transforming his weapon, Ragna used a good deal of his strength to leap towards Azrael and delivered a strong downward slash attack against him. The scythe itself was enveloped in a dark red aura and when Ragna was making a swinging motion, it was like the claws of a beast making a move to strike its prey. Reacting quickly Azrael blocked the attack, and managed to kick Ragna away from him. Ragna was able to regain his footing again, but this time he had a bit more trouble doing so.
"Damn, it feels like this power is going to run out. It's the only thing giving me a chance against this guy. Good thing all of my injuries healed up, but I need to end this fight soon." Ragna thought before he started to general more of his aura
After Ragna generated more of his aura, he proceeded to charge towards Azrael and the two proceeded to fight against each other. Every time Ragna made a slash attack, Azrael parried the attack with his punches. A few moments later, Azrael decided to hold his ground and endure Ragna's attack. After enduring the attack, Azrael, proceeded to kick Ragna and hit him with a barrage of punches. The attack barrage was able to knock down Ragna for a moment, but he quickly recovered. After Ragna recovered from the attack, he quickly resumed his stance from earlier. Unfortunately, Ragna's sword Bloodedge stopped glowing red and black and the power boost he had earlier disappeared.
"NO, DAMN IT NO, NOT THIS SOON!" Ragna yelled in frustration realizing the loss in power. Before Ragna could do anything, Azrael appeared and grabbed Ragna by the neck and lifted him up.
"That power boost you have is gone, that's unacceptable. Use it, I refuse to let my fun end like this." Azrael said in an angry tone that has traces of disappointment
"Grr, don't think you've won." Ragna said while struggling to fight
"Looks like you need an adrenaline boost, don't worry I have the perfect way to give you adrenaline." Azrael said before he proceeded to slam Ragna on the ground of the road repeatedly, much to the shock of everyone watching
Ruby made a move to rush towards Azrael to attack him in order to free Ragna. Unfortunately, before Ruby got close, Azrael kicked Ruby away from him. Sun used his semblance to summon clones and sent them to Azrael with Sun himself following. Unfortunately, Azreal swung his arm and destroyed the clones once they got close. Sun managed to dodge the initial arm swing, but he wasn't fast enough to dodge Azrael's punch. Azrael managed to punch Sun in the face and sent him back to where Ruby and the others are. Neptune and Blake proceeded to fire at Azrael, but the shots did nothing except only to annoy the Mad Dog. Yang and Bullet, proceeded to rush Azrael and hit him in various spots in his body, Unfortunately, Azrael quickly managed to knock the girls back. By punching Bullet in the stomach, and kicking Yang at her side.
"Now where were we, ah yes that adrenaline boost." Azrael said in a sadistic tone before he proceeded to slam Ragna into the ground repeatedly.
Every time Ragna was slammed into the ground, the sound could be heard by everyone nearby. Each of the students were terrified at the type of monster that Azrael is and struggled to look. The students that wasn't afraid were trying hard to get up and help Ragna, but they were too injured to do so. After slamming Ragna into the ground for a few more seconds, Azrael threw Ragna like a ragdoll to where Ruby and the other students were. After landing Ragna struggled to get up but managed to do so. Unfortunately, Ragna's left arm and shoulder was very sore and throbbing with pain. He even had trouble holding his sword.
"You took a beating and you're still standing, not bad. Now bring that power out, I want the fun to resume, and I know you've still got some fight left in you, your aura hasn't even broken yet." Azrael said maintaining his sadistic tone
"Bring it on Mad Dog, I'm just getting started." Ragna said struggling to stand
"Your too injured to keep fighting, we have to go. We're in way over our heads against this guy." Ruby said before she looked at Azrael with fear in her eyes.
When Ruby looked around, she saw that her team and friends were either too afraid to do anything. Or are too injured to move and fight. After a few seconds, Azrael started to slowly walk towards the group. Before Azrael went too far, he noticed something coming from behind him and raised his arm in a defensive stance. After Azrael raised his arm, he blocked a barrage of ice blades that was aimed at him. A few seconds have passed and and the ice blade barrage had stopped. Before Azrael could do anything, a blue figure was riding a large ice sword towards Azrael. The figure jumped off the large ice blade and managed to hit Azrael with it. He also followed up by furiously slashing at Azrael all over his body and in a few seconds the Mad Dog was frozen all over in a large chunk of ice. When Ruby and Weiss saw who the figure was, they recognized him as Jin.
"All of us have to get out of here right now! Yukianesa's ice won't be able to hold him for long, he's too strong." Jin said before Azrael busted out of the ice
"That weapon looks and feels unique, if I didn't know any better I'd say it's an Aura Weapon." Azrael said in a mocking tone
"All of us have to create an exit route, judging from your injuries and fear in your eyes. I'd say that he's a lot stronger than he looks." Jin said while looking at Azrael
"You think I'm going to let you all get away." Azrael said before he jumped back and grabbed the ledge of the road. After Azrael grabbed the ledge, he used a good deal of his strength to destroy a good portion of the road much the everyone's horror.
"I wonder what will happen first, people driving off the bridge or the authorities getting here?" Azrael said in a bold tone
"Weiss, go to the broken portion of the bridge and repair it with your semblance and ice dust. It won't be a permanent fix, but it will get the message across and buy enough time for the authorities to get here. Yang, you and Bullet will help me keep him in that one spot. If we buy enough time for my idiot brother to heal. Then we can all escape after Weiss covers the bridge with ice. You two attack one side, and I'll attack the other side." Jin said before Weiss went to do what Jin said and Yang and Bullet helped Jin fight Azrael
Jin was the first to rush towards Azrael and proceeded to focus attacking on Azrael's legs. Each attack was able to freeze large portions of Azrael's legs and before the Mad Dog could bust his leg out of the ice. Yang and Bullet focused on attacking Azrael's face. The attacks didn't hurt Azrael too much, but with the build-up of power from both Yang and Bullet's semblance they were gradually hurting Azrael. Jin on the other hand attacked Azrael at a variety of locations on his body. If a spot on the body wasn't frozen to slow down Azrael's movements. Jin was using is semblance and sword skills to attack Azrael, with a gradual build up to injure the Mad Dog.
Azrael made several attempts to attack Jin, but the swordsman was too fast and agile to be given a direct hit. The main reason was that many portions of Azrael's body was frozen which decreased his movement speed. Every time Azrael broke a portion of the ice off, Jin managed to freeze him again and kept up the attacks. After a few more seconds, the trio had hit Azrael enough times for him to be staggered for a brief moment. After Azrael was staggered, Jin used his semblance to strengthen his sword and sent a powerful sword wave attack at Azrael. The attack landed and it also created a trail of ice that led towards the Mad Dog. After Azrael was hit, Jin used his semblance to manipulate the ice trail and create several large daggers and launched them towards Azrael hitting him further.
"Such skill and power." Ruby said impressed with what she's seen. A few seconds later, Ragna managed to stand up but still looked injured
"Didn't think my brother would come and help out. Guess this day is just full of surprises." Ragna said after he managed to stand up
"Looks like you recovered your strength, that's good now we can resume the fun." Azrael said before he destroyed all the ice that he was covered with. After Azrael destroyed the ice he was covered in, Jin quickly ran towards him, but before Jin could do anything, Azrael quickly grabbed him by his neck and lifted him up.
"But before I get to the fun, I need to break the ice." Azrael said before he lifted Jin up by his neck. After Azrael lifted Jin up, he smashed Jin's back against his knee breaking his aura and greatly damaging his spine. After Azrael's attack, he slammed Jin to the ground and kicked him towards Ruby and Ragna with a great deal of force. After a moment, Weiss turned around to see what happened and quickly realized what Azrael did.
"JIN!" Weiss yelled out and decided to go after Azrael after she repaired the bridge and created an ice wall.
When Weiss made a move to attack Azrael, she increased her attack speed and strength and managed to get close to him. Unfortunately, Azrael stepped to the side and kicked Weiss away from him. After kicking Weiss away, Azrael started to make his way to where the group was at. As Azrael was walking, Jin struggled to get up and fight. But the injury to his spine is too great and he couldn't do anything. Ragna on the other hand was able to stand, but he couldn't do anything since his right side was still in immense pain. Once Azrael got close he looked at everyone with a bored look on his face.
"Ruby, get everyone out of here. He's fixated on me, and I can still fight. If anyone asked just say that it's all my fault." Ragna said as he was struggling to stand up
"I'm not leaving you alone against that monster Ragna. I'll think of something, just give me a second." Ruby said but was having trouble believing her own words
Ruby wanted to move and attack Azrael, but the reality of the situation started to sink in and she realized that her and everyone else are in over their heads. Before Ruby realized it, Azrael raised his fist up and made a move to attack with a punch. When Azrael made the move to attack, she closed her eyes in anticipation for the attack. But a few seconds have passed and the attack didn't come. When Ruby opened her eyes, she saw a short figure wearing a yellow coat with his arm out blocking Azrael's punch with ease.
"JUBEI!" Ruby said in an excited tone getting everyone's attention
"Master, I'm surprised to see you here." Ragna said in a weakened tone
"Ruby, get everyone who can move and get out of here along with Ragna and Jin. You're going to have to help those two since they took a lot of punishment from this guy." Jubei said while he was looking at Azrael
"But Jubei, we can still help you fight. We got ourselves into this, let us have the chance to make this right." Ruby said pleading with Jubei to let her help
"Ruby, you, Ragna, Jin, and everyone else here are not ready for someone like him." Jubei said putting his foot down on the matter
"Well, the Cat-Lotus himself is challenging me to a fight. This night is the most fun I've had in years." Azrael said in a sadistic tone while maintaining his glee
"I know who you are, Mad Dog Azrael. I also have a few ideas as to how you got out of your prison. I don't know what you intend to do, but you're not harming these kids. You can either run or fight, but I reckon that it's not going to end well for you." Jubei said in a calm tone not intimidated by Azrael's power
"You think I'm going to let those kids get away, especially the white haired guy who gave me a good fight. Looks like I have to destroy another portion of this road." Azrael said before he jumped back a good distance and made a move to destroy the road further
Before Azrael could do anything, Jubei's eyes had glowed and a circle mark appeared on Azrael's arm. After the mark appeared, Jubei moved to the location of the circle mark at a blinding speed and reached Azrael's arm. Before Azrael could react, Jubei quickly slashed at Azrael's arm as he was jumping to the ground. The Mad Dog made a move to stomp on Jubei, but the Jubei himself quickly dodged Azrael's foot and slashed his leg at a furious speed. After enduring the slash assault by Jubei, Azrael made another attempt to attack Jubei. Fortunately, Jubei managed to block Azrael's punch with his hand a slashed at Azrael's fist before he jumped back a good distance.
"I admit that your strong Azrael, but you're fighting style is too simplistic. All I have to do is adjust to your speed and power, and I can deal with you easily." Jubei said in a calm tone that has years of experience behind his words
"He's good, this is the capabilities of one of the Six Heroes." Weiss said impressed with what she's seen
"Now I see why the White Fang wanted Jubei." Blake said in a low tone while making her way to Ruby along with the others.
"Your master is incredible Ragna." Ruby said while watching while still waiting for an opening to escape
"Hehehehehe, I knew you were good Jubei. So it looks like I have to adjust my speed." Azrael said before he quickly moved in front of Jubei after increasing his speed.
Once Azrael stood in front of Jubei, he made a move to punch him. Reacting quickly, Jubei managed to duck and dodge the attack. After Azrael's initial punch missed, he made a follow up attack against Jubei. The Cat-Lotus gracefully and quickly dodged the follow-up attacks and after dodging another attack, Jubei quickly slashed at Azrael and hit him with a strong kick which knocked him back a good distance. After Azrael was knocked back, he managed to send a shockwave towards Jubei and the rest of the students. Jubei remained calm and cut the shockwave attack with his swords. This action, as well as the enire fight impressed the students who were watching the whole thing.
"My master's Aura Weapon is called the Dream-Blade: Musashi. It has the power to cut things which can't normally be cut. Like for example a shockwave of aura." Ragna said after he recovered a good deal of his strength
"Hehehehe I haven't felt like this in a very long time. If this keeps up, I might have to remove one of my limiters." Azrael said which has gotten everyone's attention
"You mean he's still holding back!" Yang said in a shocked and surprised tone
"Yep, I created the limiters so that my fun during a fight would last longer. But against one of the Six Heroes, it looks like I can cut loose a bit more. ENCHANT DRUGANOV LEVEL 1 RELEASE!" Azrael said after getting a strong boost of aura. After getting the aura boost, Azrael dashed towards the group at an intense speed. Jubei did the same and managed to clash against the Mad Dog. As a result of the clash an explosion of aura occurred and after the light dissipated, neither Jubei or Azrael were found.
"Will Jubei be OK?" Ruby asked in a concerned tone
"It'll take more than that to kill him, don't worry he'll be alright. But we need to think of a plan to get out of here. If you guys want I can take the rap for this." Ragna said before Ruby had a somber look on her face
"Ragna, we don't have a choice. We have to call one of the professor's, there the only ones who are able to treat Jin's injuries." Ruby said before she looked at Jin
"I can still . . . AUGH." Jin said before he yelled in pain due to what happened with his spine
"Come on, surely we can think of a way to treat Jin." Blake said in a pleading tone
"I don't like it either, but Ruby's right. We don't know how badly Jin is injured and for all we know it could be severe." Weiss said to Blake
"She's right Blake, all of us are injured but Ragna and Jin took the worst of it. We can think of a story to tell the professor but we can't ignore this." Yang said to Blake
"I hate to say it, but at this point we can't push our luck. We should at the very least get treatment." Sun said with everyone else agreeing
"Fine, I have Professor Goodwitch's number on my scroll. I'll use it to call her so she can meet us." Ragna said before he brought out his Scroll. Before he dialed the number he spoke to everyone further
"I know that this is asking a lot, but we can't tell anyone about meeting my master. Ruby and Yang can tell you guys later, but you can't tell anyone." Ragna said before he called Professor Goodwitch. As the Scroll started to ring, Ragna looked at the greatly injured Jin and had a thought in his mind.
"Heh, didn't think you would come and help us. Especially me considering how and why we started to hate each other eight years ago." Ragna thought before Professor Goodwitch answered
(Nearby Building)
Hazama watched the entire events unfold and after everything was finished he had a thoughtful look on his face. He was right to be cautious of team RWBY, Ragna, and their friends since they interfered before. He anticipated a way to deal with them in the event that they decided to try to interfere. Unfortunately for him, several events have recently occurred that would require Hazama to rethink a few things. Especially since he knew that he will be seeing Jubei again soon.
"Damn, looks like the cat's out of the bag and leapt to stop the Mad Dog. Just when Azrael was so close to killing a potential problem in the long run. Looks like there's no helping it, I'm going to have to make a few adjustments if everything is to go according to plan." Hazama said to himself before he used his scroll to call Cinder
"Cinder, normally I would be giving you the "I told you so" lecture but the situation has changed greatly. To give you the short version, your problems have now become my problems. So I'm going to have to ask you to move up your schedule and work a little bit harder. Unless you want those kids to mess things up for everyone." Hazama said before he hung up his scroll
"Now for those kids, there must be a way I can turn this situation into a beneficial one and use their eagerness against them. Wait a second, hehehe well Ironwood, looks like you're going to be in for a very interesting surprise soon." Hazama said with a sinister grin while having a plan in mind
(A/N)
First let me make one thing clear Jin, Jubei, and Azrael are NOT DEAD. Jin is greatly injured because Azrael basically pulled a Bane on him, but he will make a full recovery soon. So don't worry Jin will still be able to fight in this story.
Second, allow me to explain the reason the events went the way they did in this chapter. Throughout the RWBY series, the biggest strength that team RWBY has is their overall capabilities when they work together and function as a team. But it is rarely seen when team RWBY goes up against someone when the strength of their teamwork just isn't enough. There are a lot of strong characters in RWBY and in Blazblue individually, but it is rare when they are faced with a major threat. Azrael is a powerful character while also serves as a major wake-up call to the characters with the reality of the career paths as Huntsman and Huntresses. Not to mention, that the fight against Azrael presents a situation to team RWBY as a whole. Such as what if innocent people are caught in their mission and the reality of people getting severely hurt like Jin was. This situation will essentially drive the characters to think about their motivations to becoming Huntsman and Huntresses.
If you guys think that things are intense this chapter. Then just wait until this story gets to the volume 3 portion of the RWBY series.
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