"Talk"

'Thought'

Team DRW(B)Y and Trish, after a few hours of flying a totally not stolen plane, they finally arrived at the huge island, and stood in front of the gates that led into a very large castle. Everyone had different reactions when they saw the place; some were excited, some were serious, and some were, well, they only cared about what types of items they would get and keep, more specifically the weapons, you could probably guess who, but everyone kept their professionalism and looked at the Demonic Blonde.

"Where do we go from here?"

Weiss asked, she obviously didn't trust her, but she decided not to worry about that for now and just focus on the mission.

"We'll split up, I'll try to find a faster way in, while you go through the castle, I'll fine you if I found something."

After Trish said this, she quickly jumped away and disappeared; the Devil Hunting Group just watched as she left.

"... Why are we even following this lady again?"

She crossed her arms and narrowed her eyes at her boyfriend in suspicion; he kept his cool and walked towards the gate.

"Just a hunch that we should trust her, nothing more."

Dante waved off her concern as he walked in; the Corrupted Blonde didn't look convinced, nor did anyone else, but she said nothing else and followed their leader. Soon, the entire team was walking up the stairs, on guard in case of enemies, but taking a moment to enjoy the view. They soon found themselves inside the castle, and saw that it was an old, abandoned place, but there was a hint of royalty in the air - no doubt a place meant for a king.

"You know, after we defeat Mundus, we should take over this place and make it our new base."

Ruby walked around, examining the ruins and destroyed artwork.

"I would rather not, and trust me, as someone who used to live in a mansion, you wouldn't like it either."

Weiss quickly refused as he also walked around, examining the destroyed area, and summoned a few Scout Demons to explore the castle, just in case.

"I wonder if Blake would've liked it here, I mean check out all these old books."

Yang walked up in front of a bookshelf, taking a book and flipping through the dusty pages filled with unreadable devil's language. Though what the Brawler said made the Man In Red stop his exploration.

"God damn it..."

Hearing the Leader curse made the Devil Gals look up at Dante, who facepalmed and shook his head in disappointment; they were about to ask what was wrong, but got startled when he suddenly thrust his fist into his shadow and pulled out a certain Ninja Kitty, grabbing and lifting her by the arms.

"BLAKE?!"

Ruby, Weiss and Yang, they wanted to be surprised that the Ninja Cat was here, but they, including the Team Leader, were more angry to see her here than shocked.

"I should've just shot you in the leg..."

Dante was beyond annoyed with this, clearly in no mood to be dealing with it.

"Can you let go of me now?"

Blake growled as she tried to pull her arm away; the Devil Hunter's grip tightened even more, not hard enough to hurt her, but clearly refusing to let her go.

"Weiss! Ruby! Cover My Side! Yang, Cover My Rear!"

Dante ignored the Shadow Kitty as he quickly ordered his team to form some sort of protective circle; the RWBY girls quickly understood why, no need to ask Blake "why she's here" if they already knew the answer, so the Devil Hunting Group immediately surrounded the hellish Belladonna, all the while the red-coated devil held her arm and made sure the corrupted faunus was behind him.

"So Blake, you're gonna act like a child, you're gonna be treated, got that? That means you are gonna stay close to us, you are not allowed to run off on your own, AND, you are to hold my hand until the mission is over, AND NOT BEFORE!"

Dante glares at the Ninja Faunus, making her flinch, but she chooses to act brave and defiant.

"I can take care of myself!"

Blake protests and complains, while the Team Leader ignores him and begins to walk off; the team follows very closely, even more on guard than before.

"Oh my god Blake, just why?..."

Yang feels very disappointed in this situation.

"Couldn't we just leave her in the plane?"

Ruby couldn't help but ask herself.

"Do you really think she'll stay in the plane?..."

Weiss raised a brow, which made Silver Eye Devil hush. Unfortunately, a former member had returned to Team RWBY, and the entire mission quickly hit quite a nose dive. Instead of exploring everything and having fun, they now had to babysit and take care of Shadow Kitty, which meant rushing through everything, ignoring all the secrets, killing all the enemies without giving them a chance, and taking a lot of breaks and rest stops whenever the Ninja Faunus got tired of walking or hungry. To which she always protested and insisted on continuing forward, but they always ignored her whining and did what was best for her, which she hated greatly, especially the hand-holding, and was trying to pull away as best as she could, but the Red Coat Devil didn't let go at all.

"Look Blake, no matter how hard you try, I'm still not going to let-"

While Dante was trying to ignore the Shadow Kitty's constant pulling and scratching, and just tried to continue walking, he was suddenly interrupted and stabbed in the chest, which pinned him deeply into the ground.

"-Go..."

Dante just sighed at this, which made Faunus Ninja giggle and smile, while the others just groaned from this.

"And you were so close to making it through the month without being stabbed..."

Weiss sighed and shook her head in disappointment, taking out her notepad, which was titled 'Dante's Days of Not Being Stabbed', and erasing all the numbers, now back to zero.

"But hey, at least you got a new sword~"

Ruby was excited about the new weapon; she quickly took out her phone to take pictures and write down some notes.

"This day sucks..."

All Dante could say, before the Corrupted Blonde grabbed his free hand, and pulled him back up, was a bit of the struggle since the sword was stabbed into the ground and the Devil Hunter had to literally go through the blade, blood splattering everywhere before he was finally back on his feet, his body shivering as he took a moment to heal.

"There you go, good as new."

He patted his back and made sure he didn't fall; after a moment to recover, the Red Coat Devil grabbed his new sword, and held it up in the air, letting lightning strike the blade.

"I HAVE THE POWER!"

The RWBY girls watched in amazement as the power of the sword became apparent; once Dante was done showing off, he handed the sword over to them, naming it Alastor. He then took a few test swings before placing it on his back alongside his other blade, Rebellion.

"Ok let's go."

Dante, who somehow managed to not let go of the Hellish Belladonna through that whole ordeal, continued to move forward, much to the annoyance of the Faunus Ninja as she was forced to be dragged away, and be protected by everyone, soon after some more rushed exploring, and shooting every demon they saw, the Devil Hunter group arrived in a large pulsating throne room, as if the pillars and walls were breathing.

"Ew, ew, ew, this room is so weird!"

Ruby felt very uncomfortable as everything moved so weirdly; she was shaking in disgust.

"Oh god, I hope we don't fight a living castle or something like that..."

Weiss dreads having to fight something like that again.

"Oh! That Actually Sounds Badass!"

Yang on the other hand sounded excited at the chance to fight such a huge opponent; she was, quite literally, fired up about it, the Devil Hunter said nothing about it as he just walked around, quickly looking through the room in case of anything important, once he realized this was just a dead end, he looked back down at the Shadow Kitty, who was panting and sweating a little, no doubt the Preggo Kitten was tired from the amount of walking, which made him sigh.

"Ok girl's, let's take another few minute break."

Dante quickly said before leading the resisting Shadow Kitty to a place to sit and rest.

"I-I can keep going!..."

Blake was forced to sit down on an abandoned and broken throne chair

"Look, if you're gonna keep being a burden during this mission, then the least you can do is stop complaining already."

Dante sounded mentally exhausted, his words actually hurting and angering the Hellish Belladonna.

"Oof, a bit harsh to say that, don't you think?"

Yang couldn't help but point out as she stood next to her demonic boyfriend, who was currently lying his head on her shoulder.

"I wasn't paid enough for this..."

Dante sighs, as he looks over and sees Devil Rose and Demonic Schnee trying to give some rations/drinks to the refusing Hellish Belladonna.

"I implore you, please take it, you definitely need it."

Weiss spoke in a deadpan tone as she offered the Faunus Ninja some Water Dust Crystals for her to drink.

"Yeah, you're eating and drinking for two, remember?"

Ruby was getting a little frustrated as the Shadow Kitty kept refusing her emergency cookies.

"This Isn't The Time To Rest! We Need To Keep Moving! Unless You Want Some Demons To Get The Jump On Us!"

Blake was hating being treated like a helpless child; the Devil Hunters were about to continue scolding and insisting the defiant Neko, but they were all interrupted by a huge lava scorpion crashing through the ceiling, and landing a few feet away from them. It let out a mighty roar, and the team just stared at the demon in disbelief.

"... This doesn't mean you can ignore feeding your unborn child."

Weiss, and the others, then ignored/looked away from the large scorpion, which was crawling towards them, and forced the Faunus ninja to drink and eat, much to her increasing annoyance.

"Ugh, another small one, I sensed something a little bigger, what a disappointing catch."

The Scorpion was unsatisfied with what he saw, thinking they were weak and not worth his time; the Hellish Belladonna growled and was about to pull out her weapon, but was quickly stopped by the Man in Red who held onto her arm tighter.

"Girl's, if you please put on a show while our Kitten eats."

Dante decided to focus on something more important, like the grumpy cat trying to pull away and resisting his efforts.

"You dare mock Phantom? I Shall Crush You All Like Ants You Are!"

The one known as Phantom raised both claws and quickly brought them down, hoping to crush them, but the Corrupted Brawler easily caught them both with her Satanic Celica. Before the Corrupted Ice Queen could kick the lava scorpion in the face with her Crystal Leg, however, the demon bug was sent flying back and crashed into a wall, stunning the enemy. Once it shook off the dizziness, the magma acacia focused and noticed a sniper scythe pointed at his face.

"「Hello Mister Phantom, we thank you for this chance to be used for battle」"

The Crescent Devil spoke in a feminine voice, startling the demonic scorpion. Ruby smiled innocently before pulling the trigger and a shot was heard, followed by a loud roar of pain.

"Isn't my Baby just the sweetest~"

Oh! If you haven't noticed, Dante's gonna be slightly more meaner than usual, both because of Trish and Blake, ALSO, since the scorpion is gonna come back again later, I'm going to skip this fight and save it for later.

(BTW, the reason Ruby's weapon can talk is because she took out the soul of Angi Rudra and infused it with Crescent Devil)