Searching Through Ruins and Inner Selves
"That's right! It was an expansion of Vale... but in the end it was overrun by Grimm and fenced off from the rest of the city." Yang remembered learning about that as she looks a little sad.
"Correct! And now it stands abandoned as a dark reminder." Oobleck nodded.
"And a likely place for a hideout." Blake suspected as Robin nods in agreement.
The Bullhead landed in the area where spot is more open for the Bullhead to land on as the two Hunter trainees and the Hunter Pros come out, the Bullhead leaves the area as Robin look around with deep sadness in her eyes.
"It's such a shame, this place would've been a glorious city if the darkness hadn't destroyed it." Robin said.
"Just coming here is pissing me off." Daidouji angered a bit.
"Just focus your anger on the Grimms we came to kill, no use in wincing about what happened in the past when we can move forward for it." Jotaro advised as he held her hand, this does Daidouji calm down as Oobleck is about to speak again.
"Ladies! You still may be students, but as of this moment, your first mission as Huntresses has begun! From this point forward, you need to do exactly as I say! Do you understand?" Oobleck asked and the group nods.
"Ruby! I thought I told you to leave all of your bags back at school." Oobleck said when he instantly notices her backpack.
"But, uh, you hadn't told us to listen to you yet. So, I didn't." Ruby pointed out.
"She's not wrong, but I believe it's time to let her little friend out." Robin crossed her arms and closed her eyes.
"What? What are you talking about? I don't have a little friend." Ruby tried to get her attention away from the backpack.
However, two pairs of arms suddenly spurted from the side of Ruby's backpack surprising everyone as those arms open the bag and Zwei came out happy with his tongue sticking out which shocked everyone even more.
Everyone went silence upon seeing the dog except when Ruby nervously chuckles and Zwei just looks around with that smile.
"Hello little one, what's your name?" Robin greeted friendly and have one of the hands scratch his chin.
"His name is Zwei." Ruby said.
"We're here to investigate an abandoned urban jungle teeming with death and hostility, and you brought... a dog?" Oobleck asked with a serious look on his face.
Ruby didn't know how to answer that question because she was feeling a little too scared of how close and serious Oobleck is sounding right now, but what he did next surprised everyone.
"Genius!" Oobleck quickly grabbed Zwei from the backpack and starts spinning around.
"Wait, what?" Jotaro confused even more.
"Canines are historically known for their perceptive nose and heightened sense of sound, making them excellent companions for a hunt such as ours!" Oobleck believed dogs are amazing helpers.
"I'm a genius." Ruby smiled while everyone just gave her a look as Yang and Weiss facepalmed.
"This worked out this time, but don't think we're gonna have words about this when we get back to Beacon." Dante stated making Ruby feel shrunken.
"Now I believe it is time we cover of what we are doing here in Mount Glenn. Isn't that right, Doctor Oobleck?" Robin asked.
"Ah, yes, straight to the chase; I like it!" Oobleck nodded and immediately lets go of Zwei causing him to fall only to be caught by Jotaro's Star Platinum gently putting the dog down.
"As you've been informed, the southeast area has been marked as a recent hot spot for Grimm activity. Now, there are several possible explanations for this behavior, one of which being... Grimm." Oobleck gasped.
"What?" Ruby confused of that statement.
"He means there's a Grimm right behind us." Dante turned around seeing a Beowulf.
Everyone else turns around to see that there is a Beowulf entering the away from a path though doesn't appear to notice them right now, and Robin wants to keep it that way as the other students were about to attack it.
"There are a number of reasons why Grimm will congregate in this particular area, the most likely of which will be their attraction to negativity: sadness, envy, loneliness, hatred. All qualities that are likely held by our hidden group harboring ill intent." Oobleck explained.
"He's right, the moment we do some negative vibes that thing will sense us and will come after us." Dante vouched on that claim.
"So, what do we do?" Ruby asked.
"Well, I do know one thing that when there is one Beowulf, there's usually a pack not too far behind to join that one." Robin mentioned.
"Then it won't be long before that pack joins in, and they discover us." Oobleck said.
"Not to worry, I can handle them alone." Robin smiled before walking up to the Beowulf that is soon joined by a few others.
"Hold on, are we finally going to let her fight them by herself?" Makoto asked worry.
"Worry not, Miss Nananya. There is a reason why Nico Robin is one of the best Huntresses in the world." Oobleck assured the squirrel girl that everything is going to be fine.
The five Beowulves soon spotted Robin though only sensing a bit of negative emotions that she is barely visible to them, but they know that a human is here.
"Nueve Fleur…!" Robin commanded her Semblance to sprout out nine arms on each black wolf monsters with them grabbing and holding them in place.
"Twist." Robin said with the sprouted arms twisting the Beowulves so much that they turned completely almost a 180 degree along with their necks twisting in a snap.
"Whoa!" Ruby and Makoto amazed.
"Not bad, she barely broke a sweat." Yang impressed with how she took care of the Beowulves.
"So, that's what her Flower Limbs Semblance is like in person. It's beautiful like flowers blooming and fierce to take down her enemies, just like the stories about her said!" Weiss smiled.
"That's right, Nico Robin's Semblance allows her to strike her enemies from even a long distance and can take them down even when they're stronger and faster than her." Oobleck nodded.
"She also uses this power along with other skills in her possession to go about her exploring of ancient ruins and other places." Oobleck added in the explanation of Robin's power.
"Thank you for the explanation, sure saves me the trouble." Robin smiled as she walks back to the group.
"However, I should warn you that the limbs I create are only as strong as my normal ones and I have to be careful when I sprout them." Robin mentioned.
"Good to know." Dante nodded.
"So, I say we can get started in searching through the ruins to see if we can find anything odd like something out of place, but be aware of things that could be hidden in plain sight such as something could be blending in the background that could jump at us to rip our flesh into pieces." Robin warned with a straight face.
"Are you trying to warn us or scare us?" Yang asked concern with a sweatdrop.
"In any case, we should split up into two groups to cover more ground considered how big this city is." Robin advised.
"Very good call, we should also try communicating each other keep up the update." Oobleck nodded.
"Alright then, I'll be taking team DDJM while team RWBY will be with you." Robin suggested.
"Alright everyone, this is your chance to show us Pro Hunters of what you can do on the battlefield when it comes to situations such as clearing out the Grimms and searching the scenes for important clues. Follow our orders and don't give us a reason to sent you back to Beacon." Oobleck briefed the students of what is about to go on.
"You can count on us!" Dante smiled with a thumb up.
"Alright, let's go." Robin nodded.
"Sure not to let yourself get too many scars on that sexy body of yours, I want to be able to recognize that pretty face and the hair." Dante smirked close to Yang.
"Oh please, by the time we see each other again, I won't even have a single scratch on me for you to gaze upon me." Yang posed a little sexy for her devil boyfriend.
"Like what I'm doing right now?" Dante asked wrapping one arm around her waist to pull her closer.
"Oh, looking to have a little fun." Yang chuckled as they kiss each other for a moment.
"Honestly, those two." Weiss shook her head, thinking those really need to get a room.
"Just let them have their moment, I know I would do the same if Izuku was here." Makoto smiled blushing and hugging onto her tail.
"Save the love snuggling for when we regroup later, we have hunting of unknown to do!" Oobleck reminded them of the mission and march forward fast.
"Catch you later." Yang winked as she walks away.
"Not if I catch you first." Dante smirked walking backward.
With Robin's group, they are walking into one area of a street with the Huntress scholar looking closely at the ruins with her eyes while the students are also looking around to see if they can find anything that could be out of place like what she said earlier.
"So, how exactly do we find something that could lead to a villain's secret hideout?" Makoto asked.
"Not really sure, we just gotta hope our luck will change the search in our favor." Dange shrugged.
"Luck can only get you so far if you don't have the strength and willpower to back them up." Robin stated as she stands up closing her little book.
"Better hope we find anything otherwise I'm going to be piss off." Jotaro said before kicking a random rock far.
However, that little rock lands close to eight Beowulves that notice the five humans here and growls at them ready to kill.
"Eight Grimms for four Hunters, each of you take out two and be quickly about before any more shows up." Robin ordered.
DDJM look at each other for a second with a nod then charging at the Grimms.
Jotaro charges at one Beowulf dodging under a swift claw attack getting in close to the chest for some strong punches on the spot then swinging a right hook on the side of its head, then Jotaro pressed one bud on his black gloves sparking electricity and summoned Star Platinum to take the electricity to punch through the black wolf monster and punched the other one that was behind.
"Very interesting, you can combined the effect of Dusts like lightning into your Semblance." Robin commented.
"It's a little trick I learned a couple of months before coming to Beacon, it was a gamble that paid off." Jotaro explained.
Daidouji jumps up and slams her fist at one Beowulf so hard to the ground that spikes pops up everywhere around herself and the other Beowulf jumps over the spikes, but Daidouji saw that coming and jumps at the monster with a kick above then another kick back down.
One second later, the Beowulf exploded into black mist.
"Come and get me!" Makoto shouted as she threw a punch at one Beowulf.
The other Beowulf tries to attack Makoto only to be push back by her fluffy tail punch it in the face then she starts getting between the two Beowulves, punching one and hitting the other with her tail then doing some spins to strike at them some more.
"Time to finish this!" Makoto said throwing an uppercut that send the head of one Beowulf flying right off from the body.
Makoto quickly wrap her tail around the neck of the other Beowulf clutching it tighter and tighter while flexing her muscles, and one last strong clutch broke the neck killing the wolf monster.
"Looks like squirrel may become the dominate species." Robin joked chuckling.
Dante pulled out his guns kissing each other them as two Beowulves growls at the young man with both attacking him at the same time, he wasn't worried as he parry their claws away with his guns and even punch them away with his guns too.
Dante charges in and jumps high being right above the two Beowulves, he spins himself around fast while firing down bullets like it's raining death, but the bullets are also being fired precise of hitting the spots where the vital points are and shooting right in the eyes too killing them.
Dante makes and epic landing and blow the smoke away from his guns.
"Epic!" Dante smirked.
"Well done, you four have definitely proven yourselves to have the skills and strength to move forward." Robin complimented after looking around the ruin.
"How can you tell if you didn't watch our fight?" Makoto asked.
"Are you sure I wasn't watching?" Robin asked back and tapping on her shoulder motioning the students to look at them.
Makoto looks down at her right shoulder and screams when she saw an eye where it wasn't supposed to, but then that eye disappeared in flower petals.
"What the fuck was that?!" Makoto gasped breathing fast of the shock.
"It looks like we just saw more of her power." Daidouji guessed.
"Correct. My Semblance used to only grow arms and legs when I started training with it, but I have grown strong enough that my Semblance evolved to grow extra body parts like my ears and eyes." Robin explained.
"Oh yeah, I heard you have your Semblance evolved before the end of your first year." Dante recalled.
"Yes, now shall we move on?" Robin asked walking past them.
During the time of searching and beating up some Grimms, Robin decided to have a little chat with all four of team DDJM as she is curious about something and she started with Jotaro.
"As I recall, you come from the esteem and kind Joestar family from Atlas." Robin mentioned.
"Yeah, what about it?" Jotaro wondered why this woman is bringing up his family.
"I only wish to know why you want to become a Huntsman? What's your reason for seeking this path?" Robin asked.
"To be honest, this world is messed up more than we realize. People are still hurting each other like the Faunus, there are also certain things about the system I didn't like such as what's going on with Atlas." Jotaro explained.
"Everyone is being fucking idiots if you ask me, but there things that they can come together for when they realize there bigger forces doing their worse from within the shadows." Jotaro stated.
"And you want to stop them from that shadow to make it light." Robin guessed.
"Yeah, I want to somehow punch the world in the face to make them wake up and make them see what's really going on. I don't know how yet, but I'll find the answer while kicking some shitheads who like hurting others along the way." Jotaro expressed his answer.
Robin nodded feeling please with the answer and move onto Daidouji.
"Daidouji, becoming a Huntress with her family must feel nice. Like you want to feel connected to them." Robin commented.
"I do love the idea of a whole family Hunter, but I also want to do things on my own like seeking my own strength that makes me me, Daidouij Rose-Xiao Long. The family has been great to me even when we're not blood related, which is why I want to help everyone the best I can to make them feel they will always be with their family and help them grow strong too if they want." Daidouji stated.
"I'm here as the Tiger who will roar loud for everyone to know who I am." Daidouji determined raising a fist in the air.
Robin was impressed with how Daidouji felt so strong with her words and love for her family.
Makoto just came down from the second floor of an empty building and met up with Robin.
"What's your choice for coming to Beacon instead of Atlas? Did you need a change in scenery?" Robin asked.
"Well, I guess you could say that part of the reason, but I also didn't think that going to Atlas Academy would suit well with me considered I'm the most free spirit girl." Makoto said as they walk together.
"Going to Beacon does mean I'd have to leave my friends behind, but I know they would always have my back no matter how far apart we are. I also wanna help with the humans and Faunus relationship." Makoto explained.
"Were you expecting to punch the problem away?" Robin asked joking a bit.
"Maybe, a little… But I know that it wouldn't solve anything, so I just try my best not to let all the negative things people would throw at me about being a Faunus and move forward with my head up high and I want to bring hope for those who lost it." Makoto mentioned.
"Hope is a powerful thing to those who believe in it." Robin nodded.
Robin turns a corner to find Dante just killed a Beowulf.
"Yo, just finished this one." Dante reported.
"I can see that, and I also wish to know of your reason of becoming a Huntsman. You already had a career before." Robin said.
"Well, let just say there are certain things the world doesn't know yet and it's really bad. I've been trying to help the world as much as I can, but it felt like I wasn't getting anywhere until dad called to have me come to Beacon. It was then I realize there are other things that can help me with my mission, and to experience more things I barely did before." Dante explained.
"Now I'm more determined to help the world destroy that bad thing." Dante said with his signature grin as he walks to the next area.
"(It looks like these young Hunters realize more of the job than I thought. The next generations are sure to be great.)" Robin thought smiled.
KO a new chapter is done and hope you all enjoy it!
The search for the bad guy's hidden fortress has begun with Robin leading team DDJM along with her doing some questioning of their reason for wanting to become Hunters, and their answers seem more clear and honest than team RWBY.
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