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*Hey guys Hakuorofan7 here and welcome back to another chapter of Twilight Over Remnant.*
*Anyway I will keep this short as I am not feeling so well recently, but I hope you all enjoy this chapter as it took me over a month to perfect it and there is quite a few surprised in this chapter.*
*But first the disclaimer.*
*I do not anything from Kingdom Hearts, RWBY, or JPDE.*
*Alright with that out of the way just sit back, relax, maybe put some music on, and enjoy. I will see you all at the end of the chapter.*
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Beacon
"So you have never been to this...Beacon before?" Roxas asked Penny, getting her to shake her head.
Currently the two of them were on some kind of flying vehicle, a Bullhead Glynda had called it. Currently they were seated next to a window while passing over the City of Vale towards this Beacon Academy.
Where they were supposed to meet this Ozpin, something that the Nobody was not all that thrilled about. But it didn't seem like he had much of a choice in the matter with his current condition. Still Penny didn't seemed worried at all, and as his new friend has never steered him wrong before so he would put his faith in her.
That and bust her out as best as he could if this turned out to be a trap.
"Never, this is my first time going to Beacon Academy. I was supposed to visit there for the first time later during the semester. What little I do know is from what Ruby informed me of. Other then from the fact that Beacon is famous for being the best combat academy on Remnant for statstically producing the best Hunters and Huntresses." Penny said, getting Roxas to nod.
That was the best he was going to get out of her on the subject of Beacon.
"Still what is a Hunter or a Huntress? From what you said they sound like fighters?" Roxas asked, getting Penny to nod.
"Affirmative, they are trained in order to hunt down the Grimm and defend humanity." She said, getting Roxas to tilt his head.
"So what is a Grimm then?" Roxas asked.
The name alone sounded omenous. Combine that with hearing plenty of ominous sounding names from his experience with Heartless hunting and Penny's commit about defend humanity only spelt trouble.
Maybe they were what the people of this world called Heartless, could never be too sure.
After all there was countless worlds out there, and he had heard enough horror stories from the other members of the Organization to know that there was things much worse then the Heartless lurking out there.
Altough he had no idea why Xigbar would rank a swarm of rabbits as one of the worst threats out there. Maybe it having something to do with it being on a supposed hell for Nobodies.
It was something that he would perhaps never know.
"Well the Grimm are-" Penny tried to explain, only for the Bullhead to jerk a bit to the left.
Roxas wobbled for a bit before regaining his balance while Penny was completely unaffected at all.
"I suggest the two of you take your seats and strap in. We shall be descending soon children." Glynda said getting them to nod.
Roxas saw some seats next to a window and he walked over to them. Only for his breath to hitch when he got a glimpse of what he saw.
While it wasn't a better view then from the clock tower, this was still impressive in it's own right.
Beneath the Bullhead was a the river that he had seen over their flight over Beacon, except he saw that it ended at a massive cliff face with several small waterfalls. At the top of it was a large complex of buildings with a large tower in the center along with a path going down the cliffside to a large docking area at the bottom. Along with the vast swaths of planes, thick woodlands, and the tower mountains surrounding them it was quite the sight to behold.
And he supposed anyone new to this sight would think so as well on their first trip to Beacon.
"Oh, I think I can see Ruby from up here!" Penny said excitedly, pointing out of the window. "No wait, that's just a large bird."
"You might be able to see that troublesome girl soon. The academy is currently on break before the new semester starts, with a majority of the students are not on campus at the moment. I do know she is among them, but you seeing her will not be up to me. That will be entirely up to the headmaster's decision after he meets with the two of you." Glynda said, getting Roxas to nod tearsly as he took his seat while Penny had stars in her eyes at the thought of meeting her friend again.
The Nobody was not looking forward to this, especially after getting a basic feel at what he presumed to be the man's heart.
Or at least he thought it was him.
For in the diection of the tower there was two hearts, both near equal in power and perfectly balanced.
Both were balance yet one had a certain depth to it. He couldn't quite explain it other then even with his sense,he was pretty sure he only scratched the surface of it.
Roxas was pretty sure that one was Ozpin, but he couldn't be too sure as he was too far away.
But what he did know was that he wished to have at least some of Penny's optimisum right now. How she was taking this whole situation without the slightest sign of discomfort was beyond him.
After landing Glynda lead the two of them through the vast halls of the Academy and to the tower in the center of the complex, without anyone noticing. Mainly the Nobody presumed was that most of the students were on vacation.
Neither Roxas or Penny had spoken since leaving the Bullhead, mainly following what Glynda had said while studying their surrounds. With Penny in awe while for Roxas a little less so and for anywhere he could open a Corridor of Darkness to if necessary. He hoped that it wouldn't have to go that far and like Penny believed that everything would be alright.
It would be put to the test here and now, they had reached the top floor and the headmaster's office.
The office was a large circular room encompassing the entire top of the tower, practically lit mostly by large square windows. Along the walls and ceiling was various gears and other forms of clockwork with an giant clock underneath the glass floor and one on the the other side of the office that also double as a window. Beneath it was a large desk and standing in front of that was two men and the source of the hearts he had sensed.
The one standing in front of the desk's center was who he presumed to be the Ozpin.
He had silver hair and brown eyes with black spectacles. His outfit was mainly dark green in color, minus a purple cross pin on the cowl around his neck. In his hands was a black cane with a dark gray handle with a knuckle guard and golden gears towards the handle
The other man on the right was around the same height with black/graying hair, hard blue eyes, and a metallic plate above his right eyes. He was wearing a pristine white uniform.
The both of them studied him as he and Penny walked out of the elevator, with the man on the right sighing as soon as he saw Penny.
"I have brought the both of them like you asked Ozpin. Now what is it that you know about this young man?"Glynda asked as she walked past Roxas and Penny and to the left of Ozpin.
"All in good time Glynda, but first I believe that introductions are in order." Ozpin said before turning to the two of them. "Welcome to Beacon Academy children. By now I am sure that you familiar with Glynda by now. I am Ozpin, the headmaster of Beacon. And I believe that Penny here is antiquated with General Ironwood."
"...Good morning, sir." Penny said with her face aflame with embarrassment as she looked everywhere but in the General's direction.
"One can not take his eyes off you for a minute without you taking in some stay, Penny." Ironwood sighed out.
Roxas was about to let out about how he felt at being called that, but Penny beat him to the punch.
"General that was a rude thing to say. Roxas isn't a stray, he's my friend." Penny said, getting Roxas to smile.
"Of course he is." Ironwood sighed out, with Glynda giving him an almost sympathetic look while Ozpin just looked amused.
"While I might not agree with your exact statement James, it was perhaps fortunate that Penny wandered off." Ozpin said, surprising Ironwood. "She was the first witness on the scene and had witnessed the entire crash before hand."
"As well at how close they are after such a short time. She was willing to stand up to me for Roxas during my lapse in judgement." Glynda admitted.
"Penny is literally one of the nicest people I ever met, I am surprised that she doesn't have many friends with how nice she is. So I figured that becoming her friend was the least that I could do for all she has done for me." Roxas said truthfully, getting Penny to smile and Ozpin to nod.
"I see then. Penny, do you mind telling us about happened this morning?" The Headmaster asked. "I would also ask Roxas, but I am sure that he willl not be willing to tell us about himself."
"Actually I will, but only after Penny speaks first." Roxas sighed.
"Are you sure Roxas?" Penny asked as she turned to face him.
"I am sure, besides you at least deserve to know." Roxas sighed out.
Honestly he didn't see that he could make it out of this in his current condition if he tried to escape with all three of them in the room together. And perhaps he could use them as a deterrent from the Organization if they came to this world. Especially if Ozpin knew something about Keyblade wielders then he wold be believed in.
That, and he truly thought that his new friend at least deserved the truth.
"Very well then." Penny said before turning to face the adults.
"Now do not leave out a single detail, from start to finish, even the most minute detail that you can recall could be of us." Glynda said.
"Every detail?" Penny asked, getting Ozpin and Glynda to nod while Ironwood's expression turned into one of amusement.
Roxas wondered what was up with the sudden change in the General's demeanor.
"Of course." Ozpin said, getting the gynoid to nod.
"Well the sky was pretty clear." Penny said.
"Alright and wha-" Ozpin tried to say, but was cut off by Penny.
"The environmental temperature was 24 degrees celcsius in the shade and 28 in the sun but the light breeze coming from the northeast brought the actual percieved temperature to 24 celcsius anyway. UV amount was acceptable, but I wouldn't have advised staying too long for possessors of sensitive epidermis." Penny said rapidly, shocking Glynda and further amusing Ironwood.
Roxas just stared in amazement at how fast she was talking, even if he didn't understand some of what she was saying.
"...I see. Then-" Ozpin tried to say, only to be cut off once again.
"The meteoroid appeared in the sky around 10:31 AM, Vale time zone. I was alerted to it's presense by one of the local's reactions. Their exact words were 'Holy mother of dust what is that?!' From what I could see the meteor was about two meters in diameter. I'm sorry that I couldn't couldn't get a better estimate, but the distance in the sky and the speed at which it traveled left me unable to get a proper reading on the object that crashed into the market district at 10:33 AM. I was worried about the possibility of someone being injured so I directed myself towards the extrapolated area of impact post haste. I managed to precede both police officers and Atlesian Knights in order to discover-" Penny managed to say without pausing even to breath much to Roxas's surprise.
And she showed no signs of stopping.
This was probably going to take a while...
"Are you sure about this?" Riku asked DiZ at man typed away on his computer. Right next to the two of them was a bed with the groaning form of Naminé on it and medical senors place over her body.
He had come back from letting Roxas go, only to find another problem.
Naminé had passed out in her room and both her and Sora had developed quite the fever.
There was no time for any arguments or for DiZ to become upset at his failure to capture Roxas.
Right now the two of them were monitoring their vitals when they noticed an anomaly with Sora's condition.
One that deeply trouble the silver haired teen.
"I am certain, whatever caused the fever to develope also is interfering with Sora's restoration process. He is missing some of his memories and with Naminé incapacitated there is no telling which ones are missing." DiZ said as he began to type away furiously, getting Riku to sigh.
They were back to square one with Sora once again.
He had spent the better part of a year with his memories a complete mess and not even a day after they are finally fixed, this happens.
Maybe he should not have let Roxas go.
But it wouldn't have been what Sora wanted. It wouldn't be what she wanted...!
He could remember her, he could remember Xion!
That was supposed to be impossible, he was supposed to forget her and become nothing but a distant memory.
In fact if he could remember, then why didn't DiZ?
Her existence was the cause Sora's missing memories. He should have expected the man to at least directed towards her. Specifically including some dehumanizing words like it or puppet.
Yet there was no mention of her at all.
Perhaps it was better that way.
Still why was this happening at all?
Riku had a feeling could all be traced back to Roxas. Though what happened to him that lead to all of this?
That was something he was going to find out, if he had to track the Nobody down once again in order to get some answers..
Riku was broken from his musing from the sound of Naminé groaning.
"It seems like their condition is stabilizing. The witch should be able to at least give us an idea on what memories Sora is missing and what possibly is causing this mess when she wakes up." DiZ said, getting Riku to nod.
"And how long should that take?" Riku asked.
"The witch should be up any moment now." DiZ said, before they heard a familiar sound.
One that shouldn't even be there in the first place.
DiZ and Riku turned towards the source, the former widening his visible eye in shock.
"Impossible..." He said in disbelief.
Riku was having a similar reaction, but quickly composed himself and made a note to himself to contact Mickey about this immediately.
For Naminé had woken up with a groan, with one hand rubbing her tired eyes.
And in the other was a white Keyblade.
"-and that is when we arrived at our current location.' Penny concluded, much to the relief of Glynda, Roxas, and even Ironwood a this point,
She had been talking without the slightest sign of stopping now for the better part of the past 10 minutes, impressing the Nobody.
Though it grew tedious about halfway through. By that time Ironwood's amusement faded and Ozpin was looking somewhat tired of it as well.
"I see. Thank you Penny for your...exhaustiveness." Ozpin said, getting Penny to smile.
"No problem, Headmaster." Penny said happily.
"Now then Roxas, I take it from Miss Polendia's story showing that you lack a better understanding of Remnant and the fact you are carry a Keyblade confirms my suspicions. You have just arrived on this world today didn't you?" Ozpin asked, getting Penny to tilt her head in confusion and Glynda look at Ozpin in surprise.
Ironwood was nearly stone faced, while slipping a tablet out of his suit.
Roxas sighed, knowing that this was coming. But he did promise Penny that he would tell her the truth.
"That's right, though not by choice. I more or less crashed into here." Roxas said, surprising Glynda and Penny.
"That is quite the understatement." Ozpin said with a small grin.
"Roxas you're an alien?" Penny asked in confusion.
The headmaster and her friend where speaking the truth. Her scans showed that he was completely human, minus an above average temperature and his lack of a heartbeat.
Though he did arrive in Vale in a meteorite, so maybe he was a human like one?
Roxas stared at her for a few moments, before letting out a chuckle.
Out of all the different reactions she expected from Penny, that was not what he was expecting.
It was kind of refreshing to be honest.
"In a sense I suppose so." Roxas said honestly.
"My friend is an alien, the probability of that happening was astronomically low. It is an interesting prospect." Penny said while smiling
"It certainly is." Roxas said.
"I would hate to interrupt, but other worlds? Normally I would find such a notion preposterous...but Roxas did arrive in a meteorite. What I have seen from there seems to only cement that notion, or at least shows that his is not from the Four Kingdoms or Menagerie." Glynda sighed out before turning to face Ozpin. "Still that does raise the point, why have you never informed us about other worlds?"
"Or informed us on why you are calling this young man a Keybearer." Ironwood asked.
"It is because I never thought that I would ever meet another one, they have a policy on not informing others on the very nature of other worlds. With only a few exceptions from this delicate balance. The only reason I know was that was because of good faith from a Keybearer long ago. As for the name, it comes from the fact they are capable of wielding a Keyblade." Ozpin said, before pulling out a tablet and projected an image of when Glynda confronted Roxas.
He zoomed in on the image and focused on Oblivion and Oathkeeper.
"Aptly named for a weapon." Ironwood said as he took a closer look at the images.
"Preciously, the Keyblade might appear a bit unconventional but in the hands of a Keybearer it is as effective if not more so then a Hunter's weapon. Along with the ability to unlock nearly anything." Ozpin said, getting Glynda to look at him incredulously.
"You have got to be kidding me Ozpin." Glynda sighed out.
"I am afraid not, it is both a sword and a key. A unearthly key to be more specifically, the full lengths of its power is beyond me. What I do know that it is capable of unlocking everything from a simple locked door to hidden abilities and just about everything in-between." Ozpin said.
"A weapon like that would certainly be effective against the Grimm and disasterious in the wrong hands. If Penny wasn't so keen on his character, I would have these Keyblades taken away from him." Ironwood said, getting Roxas to shake his head.
"Even if you could, I would doubt that you would be able to." Roxas said, getting the general to frown.
"He's right James, the Keyblade chooses it's wielders and for those unworthy to take it...well it is better just to show you." Ozpin said. "Roxas would you mind handing both of your Keyblades to James and Glynda.
"No problem." Roxas said as he summoned both his Keyblades, figuring out what the headmaster was thinking of.
"What are you planning Ozpin?" Glynda asked as the Nobody handed her and Ironwood Oathkeeper and Oblivion respectfully.
"Just a little show of the Keyblade's defense mechanism." Ozpin said with an amused smirk as the weapons vanished from their hands and back into Roxas's. "They vanish from the hands of whoever they deem unworthy of wielding them and into their original wielders hands. Unless they are chosen to become a Keybearer."
"So these Keyblades have a form of ID check, possibly somewhere in the hilts. There is no signs of technology anywhere on these Keyblades, but they are otherworldly after all." Penny said as she looked over the Keyblades, her scans coming out inconclusive about even the barest form of mechanisms.
"Sort of, but there is no technology in these at all." Roxas said as he dispelled Oblivion and generated a large flame at the tip of Oathkeeper. "It is magic, pure and simple."
Penny looked surprised at the revolattion and a quick check of her scans provided a that there was no change in the Keyblade, changes in the air around them, or the usage of dust.
It was as if the flame suddenly came into existence without a single sign of combustion.
Glynda was in shock.
Surprised that there was another magic users on Remnant. One that she didn't know his true strength with so few others on Remnant.
It was perhaps luck and his trust in Miss Polendina that he was willing to go without possibly taring apart Main Street. And the fact he seemed exhausted as well.
Ozpin and Ironwood were taking the revolattion in stride, with the later looking only a little surprised.
Much less so then Ozpin had expected.
"Magic that should be impossible, it is science that is just out of our grasp. Aura, Semblances, Grimm, the soul all those can more or less be explained with science. It is usually atributed to myths and fairy tales." Penny said, trying to think about it. "But then again you are from another world, so magic could be possible there."
"It is, in fact of all the worlds that I have been to there has been some kind of magic. Does this world have no magic on it?" Roxas asked getting everyone around him to nod.
"It is as Penny said, there is no traces of magic on this world. So if you do use magic it will probably be best to come up with a way to hide it while you are on this world." Ironwood said, getting Roxas to sigh as he extinguished the fire spell.
He should have expected something like that.
"Speaking of which if you are on this world, then there must be some purpose to your arrival here?" Glynda asked.
"And as there have been no sign of the Heartless on this world so far, at least in Vale. So I believe that your arrival to Remnant was for more personal reasons." Ozpin said, getting the Nobody to nod as that was technically true.
"Heartless, what are they?" Penny asked, with her head tilt.
"Think of the Grimm, only without the animalistic intelligence and a scourge across the worlds. They have the ability to traverse worlds that according to what I was told were unprotected or close to darkness. They remove the hearts of people in order to increase their strength and numbers...the process is disturbing to witness to say the least." Ozpin said with a shudder, shocking Glynda and getting Ironwood to frown.
"If these Heartless are such a threat, then why weren't we informed about them. The way you are talking about them portrays them as a worst threat then the Grimm ever could." Ironwood said coldly and calmly.
"Because James it is for that reason, the Heartless were so much of a threat that Grimm forget about humanity and Target them. They flock to the Heartless and ignore anything else whether they get killed or any humans or faunus around them. They will not stop unless the Heartless are gone. They along with Dust and the Keyblade are the only ways to kill the Heartless." Ozpin sighed out. "I never thought that I would ever have to deal with the Heartless ever again, though I will give out everything after our discussion with Roxas."
"You better do so Ozpin, this is far too great for us to have been kept secret from us." Glynda demanded with a glare, with Ironwood repeating her actions.
"I will, but now Roxas why are you here on Remnant?" The headmaster asked, getting everyone's attention to focus on Roxas.
He sighed for a minute as he tried to figure out what to say before deciding to give them the bare bones explanation to them and save the truth to Penny after leaving the room. He knew that he could at east trust her, but the rest of the people in the room not so much.
"Not by choice mind you, the way I got here was random. I opened a Corridor of sorts between worlds within another one. That would have taken me to any random place in any of the worlds. Potentially even killing me, but I had no choice. I had to leave otherwise I would have been captured by a group known as Organization XIII...of who I was a member of until a few days ago." Roxas said, getting Ironwood to frown.
"Organization XIII, that is a perculier name. I take it that from your words that you were vital to their opertions. So much so that they were possibly going to such desperate measures to do something so risky." Ozpin said, getting Roxas to nod.
"Which I have no clue what they were truly planning. For nearly a year I worked under them, vanquishing the Heartless on multiple worlds on a day to day basis. Until a few days ago I got tired of being kept in the dark of my own past and the truths and treatment of Xion, one of my best friends and a Keyblade wielder like myself. She grew disillusioned with the Organization first and has escaped from them two times. I escaped from them two days ago and Xion was recaptured soon after I think. Cause yesterday I had to fight for my life against her...they messed with her head and gave her some kind of armor that she nearly killed me with...I managed to beat her and snap her out of it, but I have not seen her since. However now the Organization no longer has a Keyblade wielder and no idea if Xion is alive or not, they where coming after me and it was thanks to another Keyblade wielder I escaped from them once earlier today. The second time, well that is what lead us to this moment." Roxas explained, trailing off and shuddering at the end.
He was not going to get over that moment for quite a while.
The Nobody just hoped that they bought it.
And from their reactions it seemed to have worked.
Penny seemed genuine horrified at what happened while Ozpin's, Glynda's, and Ironwood's reactions where more disturbed then anything
"Are you certain this Organization will not be able to locate you here?" Glynda asked after a few moments of silence.
"If they had, they would have already gotten me while I was with Penny. With Xion gone, I am their only option left in order to complete whatever they want. So it would take them a while to find me as they have countless words to comb through." Roxas said.
"What if they get their hands on another Keybearers, last I knew there where dozens patrolling the worlds." Ozpin said, getting the Nobody to shake his head.
"Not really. Besides myself and Xion I know of two others. The one I mentioned had been a thorn in the Organization's side for 10 months now. Even fought him once before he helped me escape. There is another one, but from what I hear he was in a coma. There have been no others as far as I know, and at least three of us have been able to keep the Heartless from becoming too much of a problem with few exceptions." Roxas said, getting Ozpin to nod grimly.
"The what about you crashing into Vale? No ordinary human or faunus could survive that impact. Even if they were some of the best Hunters and Huntresses I know, they wouldn't have survived the impact alone." Ironwood said as Roxas shook his head.
"I took Xion's armor, I got it from her after our fight. It had the power to adapt and I know from experience how durable it was. Though given that I saw no traces of it after regaining consciousness, I believe that it couldn't take the impact and the fireball." Roxas said, shocking the adults in the room.
"I'm sorry, but did you say fireball?" Ironwood asked incredulously, getting Roxas to nod.
"That's right, I crashed into a fireball. One large enough to consume me and the armor. Not sure what else about it, but I think it might have taken over it's path." Roxas said with a shudder.
"He's telling the truth, at least I believe so." Penny said. "It would explain his burnt clothes and no traces of this armor in the crater. Despite the altitude he fell from by my calculations, he should have been in a lot of pain or dead with or without Aura and possibly less injuries if the armor was as durable as Roxas claimed. So for it to have breached the integrity of he armor and based on the supposed size then if it had crashed into Vale's Market District..."
"Then it would have left a crater in an entire city block instead of a single roadway." Glynda said, herself and Ironwood going pale as they finished the calculations by themselves. "Miss Polendina, where exactly did you believe Roxas's point of origin was exactly in your exhaustive report?"
"To the northeast of Beacon, after narrowing down all possible points. My best estimation. The point of origin is at least that way." Penny said, pointing in the direction.
"Well that narrows it down a bit, there is nothing but thousands of kilometers of mountains with a few settlements in that direction. Still with what you saw and the few images recorded we can gather a better reading of the possible location and the source." Ironwood sighed out.
"Which we will do after this meeting as well, but first there is one issue we must take care of." Ozpin said turning getting Glynda and Ironwood to nod.
It was best to deal with Roxas and Penny first.
"Now then Roxas how old are you?" Ozpin asked, getting both the Nobody and gynoid to look at him in confusion.
"15 I think, I am not really sure." He said, surprising Penny.
"What do you mean by that, shouldn't you know how old you are?" She asked, getting Roxas to shake his head.
"Not really, truth is I only have a year's worth of memories. Nothing before that. I just woke up remembering nothing before the Organization found me. I was 14 at the time, so I am either very close to or past 15." Roxas said as that was true, at least physically.
"You don't seem to be bothered by it, have you at least thought about that the Organization would have something to do with it " Ironwood asked, getting Roxas to shake his head.
"Not really, most of the Organization never knew about it and I was found quite sometime after I woke up without my memories, only about two of them had any idea of my past for most of my time with the Organization before at least two others learned of it, including my other best friend Axel... him not telling me the truth of myself and Xion was the last straw." Roxas said while shuddering at the end.
It was still just too fresh on his mind.
Why didn't Axel tell him and Xion the truth sooner. Things could have ended so differently for them.
Maybe the three of them could have left the Organization together, find a new life far away from them. Maybe then they everything could have changed and Xion would still have her body.
While he could still considered Axel his best friend, the sting of betrayal was still quite deep.
He was broken from his thoughts when he found himself in a bone breaking embrace.
"Roxas are you alright?" Penny asked.
"Not really, can't tell what's worst right now the physical pain or the emotional one." Roxas groaned out honestly, getting Penny to release him. "Thank you."
"No problem." Penny said as Roxas tried to regain his breath once again. "Do you want to talk about your feelings., I hear that will help you?"
"Maybe in a little bit." Roxas said, getting her to nod.
"Well then there is no need to delay that then, that is enough questions for today Roxas." Ozpin sighed out. "You already had enough for one day and now seems as good as any other time to start."
"What do you mean by that?" Roxas asked.
"Ozpin are you sure, this late into the year and he is the same age if not younger then Miss Rose?" Glynda asked, getting Ozpin to nod.
"I am sure, this young man must have been through more in this past year then most hunters and huntresses in training have. Along with his circumstances he would probably appreciate a fresh start at Beacon." Ozpin said, surprising the Nobody.
"You really mean it, allowing me to stay at the school?" Roxas asked incredulously, getting the headmaster to nod.
"Of course, but I would like for both you and Penny to stay at Beacon." Ozpin said, surprising both her and Ironwood.
"Both of them Ozpin?" Ironwood asked with a frown.
"Miss Polendina is the closest person to Roxas since his arrival to Remnant. Possibly the only one currently. So I see no harm in it." Ozpin sighed out. "Also I understand that you are worried about Penny's interactions James. Yet wouldn't it be better for her to interact with others here then in Vale where she could get lost. After all Beacon is certainly a more controlled environment then Vale, isn't it?"
Ironwood silently gritted his teeth as he couldn't refute the headmaster's logic.
"Granted. But-" The general tried to say, but he was cut off by Ozpin.
"Unless there's something else you're not sharing with us that might constitute an impediment, I don't see any reason why Miss Polendina shouldn't be allowed to spend the next semester here at Beacon. Unless of course Roxas decides to leave Remnant that is." Ozpin explained.
He and Ironwood had a staring match for a few moments, the tension could be felt in the air.
There was clearly some sort of animosity in he air, yet how they could react so friendly with each other was beyond Roxas.
After a few more moments Ironwood sighed out and turned to face Roxas.
"I take it that you plan to stay on Remnant isn't it?" Ironwood asked as Roxas nodded.
"Well I have nothing else at this point and considering the Organization probably doesn't know about this world, I believe this would be a good place to start anew. Besides I wouldn't want to leave my new friend so soon after all." Roxas said with a smile.
This was something he never thought possible so soon, but looks like he found a place to start a new life.
That and it would be downright cruel to abandon his new friend here alone after all she had done to help him.
"Very well than, I guess there is no reason for me to deny here then." Ironwood sighed out.
Penny let out a gasp before looking in between Roxas and Ironwood, before settling her gaze on the general.
"General, you really mean it?"" Penny asked hopefully.
"As long as you behave." Ironwood said with a sigh. "I am going to have to inform your father and uncle about this after this meeting."
Penny gained a huge megawatt smile at hearing that before launching herself at Roxas in a bear hug.
"Thank you general, of course I will." Penny said said excitedly as she squeezed the Nobody even harder. "Now I can be with my friends all the time now."
"That's great and all Penny, but can you please let go of me again." Roxas groaned out, getting Penny to look a little flustered before letting him go. "Thank you."
"Apologies, I got carried away." Penny said before turning to face the headmaster. "A thousand thanks headmaster."
"Don't thank me quite yet. I said that the both of you can stay at this school but there are conditions." Ozpin said.
"And what are they?" Roxas asked, figuring that he should have suspected such a thing.
"Despite your previous occupation and Miss Polendina's credentials, this is still an academy for hunters and huntresses. In order to stay in Beacon the two of you will need to show that you have the potential to stand at their side and learn with them." Ozpin said with dead seriousness.
"Headmaster while I hold confidence in my own abilities, are you sure that you wish to conduct such a matter so soon. I do not doubt Roxas, but he just fell from the sky and has no knowledge of Remnant so he would not be operating at full capacity." Penny said, getting the headmaster to nod.
"That is why the test will be set up on Sunday in three days time, in order to help acclimate such an issue." Ozpin said with a small smile. "Now then I believe that is enough for now. Miss Polendina I leave Roxas in your hands then. The amplatheater is free currently and might I suggest giving Roxas a crash course on Aura. I will have a room prepared for the two of you to be prepared by the time you are done."
After a few moments Penny processed his words before nodding enthusiastically.
"Of course thank you for everything headmaster!" Penny said happily before taking a hold of Roxas.
"Penny what are you doing?" Roxas asked before finding himself being hoisted to in the air. "Not again!"
"Roxas this will be the start of a untraveled path in your life form here on out here at Beacon. Just remember one thing and will help guide you. May your heart be your guiding key." Ozpin said as Penny carried away a protesting Roxas out of the room.
Once Penny proceeded downstairs with Roxas, Glynda let out a sigh.
"Are you sure about this Ozpin? You are essentially letting an unknown into our school who is also the age of Miss Rose. Granted he seems like a troubled young man, but he wasn't exactly forthcoming with his story. It seems like there was something that he wished to keep hidden." She said.
"That is indeed the truth, but considering that he has been entirely truthful with us otherwise I believe that it would still be too soon to pry into his past if at all. He genuinely seems to be seeking a new path in life. It is fortuitus that Roxas crashed in Vale. Better here and at one of the other academies then any where else on Remnant." Ozpin said.
"Otherwise he would be out in the open. And presumably an easy target for Salem." Ironwood stated, getting Ozpin to nod. "I figured as much, did this first Keyblearer ever encounter her?"
"He did, it was a dark time on Remnant, so much so we had put our conflict on hold inorder to successfully deal with the seemingly endless flood of Heartless. In the end they were delt with, but she delevoped an interest in the Keyblade and it's power. However as there have been none in Remnant for millennia, until now that is." Ozpin said hollowly, showing his true age if for but a few moments.
Those were dark days.
So much so that he was worried that Remnant would have ended ended once again...only this time with not even a single soul left either.
All would have been consumed by darkness and never to return. Even he was sure that during that time, there would have been no coming back this time if he were to have died.
"Ozpin are you alright?" Ironwood asked, snapping the headmaster out of his thoughts.
"I'm sorry, just lost in thought. To be honest I hate to reminiscent on those dark days. But I fear that might not be a possibility in recent days. If the number of Keybearers have dropped significantly to such a low number in modernity, than it is for the best to make preparations for the Heatless return to Remnant." Ozpin sighed out, getting them both to nod.
"And about Roxas, you believe that training him to be a Hunter will help for when the time comes. Along with granting him a new life." Glynda stated.
"Correct, he has had the chances of a.normal life stripped away and fighting a seemingly endless war. So I believe that he deserves a chance at a normal life if only for a little while while here at Beacon. Besides I have already made the preparations and I already have two of our own picked for his team. One of them is already here at the school." Ozpin said with a grin, getting Glynda to sigh as she figured who it was.
Why did he have to assign her to the two of them? She was a handful to deal with already on her own.
"Anyway I believe, that is enough about the young man. Now onto more pressing issues, the fireball that would have crashed into Vale." Ozpin said seriously.
"You believe Salem might be behind it." Ironwood stated, but was surprised when Ozpin shook his head.
"Perhaps not. It is a possibility, but it is a little too brazen for her usual methods. It is still a possibility, but there is also a good chance that it could have been a Grimm attack, a natural disaster, dust, or something else. With Miss Polendina's guess gives us a general grasp of where this fireball originated it will take a more accurate guess before deploying a team of Hunters to figure out the true cause." Ozpin said, getting Ironwood to sigh.
"I see then, if that is the case I will have one of my teams figure out the exact trajectory." The general said before turning to face Glynda. "I will also be having another one of them inspecting the crash site in case we missed anything. No offense, Glynda."
"None taken, though I hope you don't mind my joining them after this meeting." Glynda said.
"Of course." Ironwood said with a nod, before frowning. "Still there is one issue that needs to be brought up. Ozpin, why have you ever mentioned the Heartless before? If they were such a threat you could have at least informed both of us or anyone else we could have trusted about them before such an issue could become a potential danger like it has now in your own words!"
"Truthfully I do not have a valid reason, that I can admit. Honestly I just wish I could forget the whole thing...the things I saw and the horrors they brought. In my many years of living few things have haunted my nightmares as much as Remnant's struggle against the Heartless. We lost so much and it took nearly a century to recover. As much as I wanted to forget about the whole ordeal, I made sure that the knowledge about the Heartless was spread as far as I could. Yet those horrid times faded into legends and eventually into non existence, with one the barest traces of those records existing." Ozpin said, his expression turning solemn and his gaze a bit distant.
Moreso then either Ironwood or Glynda had seen in a long time.
Whatever must have happened then, it shook him up greatly and still does to this day.
"Well now that very threat might come back, it might be time to come clean about the events of so long ago. At least to the both you...if that is if you were planning on doing the same thing James." Ozpin said, getting Ironwood to sigh.
"I figured that you would say that." He said, before pulling his scroll out and showing a hologram of Penny carrying Roxas and zoomed in on him.
More specifically on his Black Coat.
"You knew about the existence of other worlds as well." Glynda said, getting Ironwood to nod.
"I learned about the existence of other worlds 10 months ago, although it seems my intel had been down played significantly in regards to the Heartless. Something I will have to rectify later. For months I was unsure on what to do with this information until today. Upon seeing Roxas's coat, I knew I had to come clean as soon as he was brought in. After making sure he wouldn't be a threat of course." Ironwood sighed out as he flipped through his scroll
"The Organization, that coat has something to with them. Your source was one of them." Ozpin surmised, getting Ironwood to nod as he pulled up the image he was looking for.
It was security footage dating back over 10 months ago.
Ironwood was sitting in his office, when a dark portal opened up in front of his desk The general drew his pistol as a figure in a Black Coat with the hood up emerged. Ironwood paused the footage as the figure raised his hands in surrender.
"I was sought after by a member of the Organization for one reason and one reason only." Ironwood said with a smile. "Asylum from the Organization."
After exiting Beacon's tower Penny finally put down Roxas as he looked a little nausesous.
Maybe it was a bad idea to have run down so many flights of steps while carrying him.
"Sorry, I got carried away again." Penny said sheepishly, getting Roxas to wave her off.
"It's alright you were just excited and I am still not fully recovered." Roxas said with a groan as he straightened himself out.
"I see, though shouldn't you be as well?" Penny asked, getting Roxas to shrug.
"A little, I found a place to start anew and I have my friend by my side. But I suppose I feel more uncertain then anything. This world seems vastly different then any other I had been two with concepts such as Aura and Dust and going to school. Never been in one before." Roxas said, getting Penny to nod.
"I see, anxiety of the unknown. A completely logical reaction. Well don't worry I am here to help." Penny said with a smile.
"Thanks Penny." Roxas said with a smile before sighing. "You have been helping me so much Penny, you deserve to know the truth."
Penny tilted her head as she process his words before frowning
"You lied to the general and headmaster?" Penny questioned, getting the Nobody to shake his head with a sigh.
"Technically no, I told them truth. I just omitted a few details. Either cause I wasn't sure how they would react, couldn't fully trust them, or they were somethings that I had wished to keep hidden." Roxas said.
"But you are trusting me with this?" Penny asked.
"I do. Don't get me wrong, everyone up there seems like decent people and I suppose I owe Ozpin a lot for at least offering me to stay at Beacon. But you Penny, you have helped more then almost anyone else and you are my friend." Roxas said.
"And what happens if I let slip what you are going to tell me?" Penny asked, getting Roxas to shrug.
"Honestly I can't nor that I want to stop you Penny. You are free to tell whoever you feel like that, because I believe that you would do whatever you think is the right thing to do. So if you wish to tell anyone, I have faith that you would make the right choice." Roxas said with a smile, getting Penny to flush.
Not used to people saying such things or people holding her in such high regard.
For a feel moments she pondered what to do.
The general would not have liked to hear about this, but this is ultimately her choice to make.
"I will keep quiet about whatever it is you have to say. But please do not make a habit on this." Penny said, getting Roxas to nod.
"I will try not to and thank you Penny. Tis means a lot to me." Roxas said to his friend, getting her to nod. "So how far away is the amplatheater from here?"
"Not that far by my calculations, but we could take a longer route if required." Penny said as she and Roxas began to walk.
"It is probably for the best as it is a little long." Roxas said, getting Penny to shake her head.
"I do not mind." Penny said happily.
"Well then if you say so." Roxas said before begining his story. "It all began at a world called Twilight Town, nearly a year from now..."
The screen flickered as the chapter ends, revealing the author putting his computer up.
As soon as he notices you, he waves.
*Hey guys Hakuorofan7 here and I hoped you enjoyed this chapter.*
*As you can see quite a bit has happened this chapter. Penny and Roxas have joined Beacon, Xion is currently asleep, and it seems like Naminé has joined the ranks of Keyblade wielders through her connection to Roxas.*
*The Keyblade in question though, if anyone has ever seen Dead Fantasy you would recognize what it is. I thought it fitting for another of Oum's creations.*
*Bless his soul.*
*Anyway you will be seeing her and Riku's side of things later on, but for now we are focusing on Remnant.*
*Speaking of which, Ozpin's group is airing out some of their secrets, mainly concerning the Heartless.*
*On Ozpin's side, to put it quite frankly the Heartless are something that he wishes to never deal with again, but will deal with if necessary. He had faced many things in his immortal life. From the Grimm, to countless wars, countless deaths, and his ex-wife. But the Heartless they were another thing coming.*
*If you want to know how bad, think back to when the Destiny Islands in the original game before they fell into darkness. That was the state of Remnant back then, except worse so.*
*So you can understand his apprehenstion of the possibility of their return.*
*As for the Organization member who contacted Ironwood, well I believe you all can figure that out through the hints I left behind. Though let's just say you won't be seeing him for a while.*
*Now I believe that I have that covered let's move onto the harem.*
*Have a few more members, but let's knock it out of the park shall we.*
The author pulls out a white board and writes on it for a second before flipping it over.
Current: Xion, Penny
New Additions: Ruby, Weiss, Blake, Yang
*Basically all of RWBY. A lot of people asked for them and I was planning on doing so anyway.*
*Not going to spoil anything right now, but let's just say you are going to enjoy what happens later with all four of them when the time comes.*
*Anyway we have one more currently to add, but saving her for next chapter.*
*Speaking of next chapter will feature a few things including an encounter with a certain silver eyes maiden this time, a request from Penny, and the two of them meeting their third teammate...which is going to be interesting to write.*
*So anyway if you have any questions just send me a PM or a review and I will get back to you when I can.*
*So until next time ciao!*
The author waves goodbye as the screen fades to black.