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I don't own RWBY or To Aru I only own my OC's.RWBY belongs to Rooster Teeth and To Aru belongs to Kamachi Kazuma.
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Here we are, the final chapter of Volume 7, I have quite a bit planned, It will be a pretty crazy chapter so be prepared, It strays far from the cannon and has an... Interesting ending.
This chapter is not only the last of Volume 7, But it is also the chapter marking the end of the Pre Grimmlin War Arc, Next Chapter will be the beginning of Volume 8 and The Grimmlin War Arc. It will be a crazy arc and I hope you all enjoy it.
I'm sorry this chapter took so long, Life decided to be a bitch in the month of February and I have been very busy.
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Well, that's the notes on with the Chapter.
Part 1.
Weiss Schnee was absolutely confused, Even after all the explanation, She didn't understand why an enemy was helping them, She couldn't understand the blonde boy named Thor at all, He was a member of Grimmlin, Their enemy and yet he had decided to help Weiss get her little brother Whitley Schnee back.
From what Thor had told her and Accelerator. Enshu Kihara was keeping Whitley in a building in the center of Atlas, But she didn't trust him one bit, He had tried to kill her and her friends last time they met him if it wasn't for her boyfriend Accelerator she would have been dead when he threw that lance at her, So what is he playing at?
These were the thoughts going through Weiss Schnee's mind at this moment she didn't even believe Thor, She couldn't see how Enshu Kihara could keep Whitley in the center of the city, He definitely would have been found. Thor had to be lying to them.
"Okay, This should be good, We can eat here, I've been here a few times this place is good and it has a VIP section that should give some privacy... Once we're seated I will give you all the details on Whitley Schnee and what to expect from Enshu Kihara," Thor explained as he walked into the very fancy restaurant, He already told them his plan was to use Weiss to get them in the VIP section.
(I swear I am going to kill him if he is just using me to get a free meal.) Weiss thought as She entered with Thor and Accelerator, The restaurant had to be at least a four-star, It had a nice decor and it seemed there was a reservation limit.
Weiss figured Thor thought they would get special treatment because of her status, Which was true It wouldn't be hard to get a seat, even in the VIP section.
As the three of them walked through the door a man walked up to them, He was in a black uniform and very professional, at least at first glance if not for the small rip in his tie that Weiss immediately noticed, She had been taught to easily identify these types of mistakes when it came to literally anything. Weiss however, had other things to worry about.
Not much needed to be said. "Can we get a table?... In the back," Weiss asked pointing to the VIP section which was completely empty at the moment. Of course, the man recognized Weiss Schnee and quickly agreed, as they made their way to the back, Weiss had noticed something about Thor she didn't before. (He didn't bring his weapon? I mean I would have expected him to fix it after Accelerator destroyed it, So is he not up to something? Or is he just trying to gain our trust? Speaking of which, Why did Accelerator immediately trust him?)
When they were seated, Thor immediately figured out what was going through Weiss's head and decided to drop some big news. "Ok, So I actually already know that you, Weiss, know about Earth and Espers and Magicians, Also congratulations on you're relationship with Accelerator."
A blush heated up Weiss's face as she realized what Thor meant. "Y- you watched us, have sex?"
"No, I didn't watch that part, I have standards. But I have been watching you guys for a while, Since you arrived in Atlas actually, After Amata Kihara's little plan failed, I decided now was a good time to show myself again."
"How? How did you even know? How did we not see you? Where were you?" Weiss asked as she slammed her hands on the table demanding answers.
"He was at the party, I felt the vectors, but Amata Kihara was more important, Magical Vectors have a very distinct signature," Accelerator decided to explain, He had felt Thor back at the Schnee Mansion shortly before Amata Kihara's big reveal.
Weiss was completely perplexed, She didn't understand how they didn't see Thor at the party.
"I was playing a similar trick as that Neopolitan girl I ran into once, She was there too, I looked like a girl when I was there... It's one of my... magical abilities," Thor explained calmly.
A waiter came over to take their orders, The only person who ordered was Thor, He ordered an expensive steak and crab mashed potatoes, Along with a beer, In Remnant he had a fake ID that said he was 19, But he was definitely younger, However, Weiss didn't care at the moment.
(Authors Note: Thor's real age has never been revealed, But I'm pretty sure he is not 18 yet, Though you never know when it comes to the magic side, Styl is only 14 yet he makes himself look like he is in his mid-30s, Thor could be like 40 or 50 years old, But since I don't know that for sure, I decided to just say he is 15 and leave it at that.)
"So, you said you would tell us about my brother?"
Thor looked at Weiss, taking a moment before answering her. "... Yeah, It's a bit difficult to explain, You see Enshu Kihara had created a digital building in the center of Atlas, It cannot be easily accessed and it is heavily guarded, By these strange digital droid-like things, In other words, the building is invisible, She uses it as a control tower, She has eyes all over Atlas and Mantle so to speak, digital cameras," Thor explained and Weiss had a very hard time believing him, Even with Atlas technology there was no way something like a digital building could exist.
Accelerator also wanted more context. "Are you saying, she was able to apply a digital format to the physical world?"
"Yeah, pretty much, She somehow was able to manipulate a small section of certain space to change the area that the building is in, into a full digital space, Think of it like applying the concept of virtual reality to physical reality, Or even better turning physical reality into virtual reality."
(After my fight with Amata Kihara, My choker battery is low and I lost my scroll, So I can't easily charge my choker right now, Plus whatever the fuck that son of bitch Amata did, Really fucked with my choker, It had been malfunctioning on the way here, I don't exactly need ability mode to use my reflection anymore, But even so, When my choker is in normal mode, I can only use about 8% of the current 67% power I can use with ability mode active, So I may need to try this without using ability mode, Which means I can only really use my reflection and light calculations.) Accelerator thought as he listened to Thor explaining digital space.
"That doesn't make any sense, How could she cross digital space over physical space?" Weiss asked, It was so far beyond her current thought process it made no sense to her at all.
"It's more of another space, it's not overlapping physical space, Think of it as an imaginary location in the city."
"Like the imaginary number school district," Accelerator said, Understanding it from something he is more familiar with.
He then turned to Weiss who was still very confused. "The imaginary number school district, is a place in Academy City, That people call district 0, it is supposed to be a separate dimension that both exists and doesn't exist in the city at the same time, And it can only be reached through specific special methods, One rumor said you had to die to get there, Another one said that The #6 Aihana Etsu could take you there, However while most of the city believed it to be a myth, Apparently only Aleister Crowley could access it."
"There were a few rumors that were pretty solid, One said that the imaginary number school district was being hidden by special technology that can warp the space around it, And when it came to accessing the district, there was a key to it. One I think I met once during World War 3, Apparently the district was created by the mass output of AIM Energy from all the espers in the city, even the Level 0s."
Weiss listened to her boyfriend, Recognizing the name Aihana Etsu, She remembered fighting a girl calling herself Aihana Etsu during the whole, Body Carver thing, and the name Aihana Etsu was also on her grandfather's destroyed statue, Was it the same person? Was Aihana Etsu a Level 5 esper? If that was the case then why was she still alive? Aihana Etsu had suddenly vanished one day and no body was found, and after finding out about Frenda Seivelun working in Dark Side affairs, She wondered if she may have been involved in that whole thing, After what happened to Ruby, Frenda had completely detached for a while, She had kept leaving the school at night, Not telling anyone where she was or making up a bullshit excuse.
Was she battling Aihana Etsu? Was she dealing with all of that? Weiss wondered if she could even get answers about Aihana Etsu.
"Is Aihana Etsu a girl with fluffy blonde hair, A little similar to Frenda's hair?" Weiss asked Accelerator.
"Not sure, Nobody has ever seen The #6, And whatever their ability is it always leads you to a different person, And honestly me, myself, I only know The #2, The #3, The #4, and now The #5, Blake did tell me that The #7 was present at Haven, But I don't remember seeing him there, I only know him because he once got in the way of a Group job, I never saw him but I learned from Tsuchimikado that his name was Gunha Sogiita, Which was the same name that Blake gave me."
"I see, Well I met Aihana Etsu, Or I think it was her or them or whatever it's confusing, She had some kind of pressure ability that acted like telekinesis."
"From what I remember, Aihana Etsu, The real one, Doesn't have an ability that can be used for combat."
Weiss and Accelerator realized that they were so embroiled in their conversation that they didn't notice the waiter had already brought Thor's steak and beer, who was currently pigging out on his food.
"Too bad it doesn't come in pints," Thor complained with fake tears.
After Thor finished eating, he sat back with a grin. "So, You ready for the fight ahead?"
Part 2.
In The Atlas Academy lounge, Mikoto Misaka was sitting and thinking or more that she was conflicted, She knew Alison was a bad person or Vampire, But it didn't change the fact that she took a life. For Mikoto Misaka It wasn't easy to kill, In fact, that was her first one. Truthfully it wasn't just the fact that she killed someone, it was also because of why she did it, Mikoto had no control over that power, She didn't understand it very much at all, As soon as that power came out she lost all sense of control it was like she was a completely different person, She still could feel herself however.
It wasn't like her Level 6 shift, it was entirely different but still similar in a way, She could only hope that it would never happen again.
Mikoto's thoughts were interrupted when Shizuri Mugino walked in heading to the vending machine, She got something called a Goodycrunch Bar, It was a chocolate bar with a brownie underneath and caramel inside, She sat down on one of the benches and noticed Mikoto's look, Not knowing what possessed her to ask a question decided to anyway.
"What's got you so down?"
Mikoto looked over at Shizuri and just signed, It was all Shizuri Mugino needed, She had known that Mikoto had been beating herself up about killing the vampire named Alison.
"You do realize that you did the right thing, right?"
"I killed her."
"Big deal, She would have probably killed all of us if you didn't, imagine what would have happened if you didn't kill her."
Even though Mikoto knew that Shizuri Mugino was right, she still couldn't shake the guilt she felt eating away at her very soul. "It's easy for you to say that kind of stuff, You kill people all the time," Mikoto replied with a bit of sass.
"It gets easier," Shizuri stated as she took a bite of her candy. She chewed and swallowed before continuing. "Look, My first murder wasn't easy, It never is. But over time it gets easier to handle, But it doesn't go away, You still remember it. You still feel like a monster, But if you don't find someplace to put those feelings, They will consume you."
Mikoto's expression was one of both shock and confusion, She realized that she had always painted the world black and white, That one side was good and the other was just evil. But she realized from what Shizuri had just told her, Murder never became so easy to her that she was completely desensitized to it, Deep down there was still a feeling of regret, a feeling of remorse, and guilt, Mikoto had no idea that Shizuri felt like a monster.
It made her think about Accelerator a bit, Did he feel the same way as Shizuri? Did he feel like a monster for killing the sisters, Does he feel remorseful and hate himself for it? Was it right for her to just paint him as an evil person, Was any person truly evil or did they just have different beliefs? Did they believe what they were doing was the right thing in their own way? Was it right for her to judge Shizuri or Accelerator? Maybe she was wrong about the world completely.
Mikoto had seen countless people time and time again doing horrible things for what they believed was right, When Gensei Kihara wanted to make her a Level 6, He wasn't doing it for an evil reason, He simply wanted to discover God, He wanted to further the world of science into the heavens, To step into a new territory. His method was wrong, But his reasons weren't that terrible, Furthering science would create a better world, Even the most twisted people have reasons for what they do.
"How, how long does it take?" Mikoto asked with seriousness.
"Well, You first have to find somewhere to put those feelings as I mentioned before, And, Well... It's not like there is a lot you can do, Your only option is to live with it, I said it gets easier, Not that it ever gets better, Or that it ever goes away, Because it doesn't."
Shizuri paused for a moment in deep thought as if debating something in her mind, She finally looked back at Mikoto. "I killed Frenda before we came to this world, It was truthfully my biggest regret and even though we are making progress, I know she will never forgive me... And I will never forgive myself."
Mikoto took in Shizuri's words, It was crazy to learn about Frenda, She was actually the last one to come around to trusting Frenda in her group of friends, When they all learned that Ruiko Saten was dating her, Mikoto had immediately recognized her and even threatened her, Warning her that she had better not been lying or tricking them, She eventually learned that Frenda was genuine about her feelings for Ruiko and being their friend. She had even helped out judgment from time to time, In fact before she died, She was going to actually become a full member of judgment.
Shizuri Mugino got up and stretched as she finished her snack, She looked back at Mikoto, and just before she left she said one last piece. "One of the things that makes it easier. Is knowing you have something to protect."
After those words, Shizuri walked out of the room.
Those words sat in Mikoto's mind, she had her friends, Her sisters, Atlas, She had a lot to protect, While it didn't justify murder, It was true and when it came to protecting those she cared about, there was nothing She wouldn't do to keep them safe.
A little later.
Mikoto was exiting a fast food restaurant, She decided to get a burger and some fries from a nearby Burger In The Box, she had found that she liked the place, As she was walking, she wondered about something, Mikoto hadn't seen Kuroko for a whole day and it was already pretty late already well passed 10:00 PM. She was actually always impressed at how Atlas basically stayed mostly warm with the city's special heating, It wasn't even really that cold even though snow surrounded the city.
This thought however, was interrupted by the sudden electrical detection of something that copied her own railgun flying at her at rapid speeds.
Mikoto quickly used her electricity to jump away and stick to the side of a building nearby, Mikoto looked around to see what could have caused it, She didn't have to search long as coming out of the smoke from the railgun explosion was a woman, A woman she recognized very well.
The woman was in a black business suit, With glasses on her face, She was also in what Mikoto immediately recognized as an Anti Art Attachment or A.A.A. Mikoto herself used to have one before coming to Remnant.
The woman in front of Mikoto Misaka was Therestina Kihara, Gensei Kihara's granddaughter, Mikoto had dealt with her back in Academy City before when she tried to use child errors to create a Level 6 esper.
"Long time no see... My little lab rat," Therestina said with a sadistic smile gracing her lips.
"Let me guess, Your with Grimmlin?" Mikoto asked with an Accelerator-style Blank expression, She was not really happy to see this woman again.
"Yes, and I decided to make you my target. to catch up, We have... Unfinished business wouldn't you say."
Part 3.
Jaune Arc was both nervous and excited from all the attention he got from the moms in Mantle, He didn't understand it, All he was, was a crossing guard, yet he received countless hugs, casseroles, candies, cookies, pies, cheek kisses, and even one on the lips luckily without tongue from a particular blonde mother with two children who both looked up to him like he was some kind of comic book hero, He had pulled away very quickly, He was glad he did because he was enjoying the kiss as much as she was, And he was pretty sure if hadn't ended it when he did, it would have become a full on tongue kiss.
Jaune was not trying to get into some NTR relationship with a married woman, The girl he truly wanted was in Atlas, It Completely shocked him when he discovered the girl that saved him was Neopolitan, He still had feelings for her even after all that happened, He didn't know how to feel.
Jaune knew that Neo was involved in the fall of Beacon, She had even fought against him be it that she completely kicked his ass back then, But he still liked her a lot, He didn't know if that was right or wrong, Were they still enemies? What was she doing at Jacques or more like Amata Kihara's party? He didn't know if he could trust her.
Juane thought of this as he picked up the latest volume of X-Ray and Vav from a comic book shop in Atlas, He had finished up in Mantle and decided to treat himself to awesomeness and comedy.
He walked up to the counter and paid for his comic, Which was ridiculously expensive in Atlas, everything in Atlas was more expensive than anywhere else, He was headed out the door when he spotted something he had to rub his eyes hard to confirm.
Jaune Arc believed his eyes were playing tricks on him, Across the street coming out of a bank was Cinder Fall.
(Cinder!? That's impossible! Yang and Kuroko said she died! She was killed by Raven, So how is she here!? There is no way Yang would lie about something that serious.)
Jaune saw Cinder walk around the corner and without thinking followed her, She crossed the street and made her way into a dark alley, There was barely any light in the area, But Jaune didn't want to lose sight of Cinder so he quickly followed her into the alley.
He immediately lost sight of her, he was confused, The alley was quite big and there were not many exits, Suddenly a black substance began to grow like walls on either side of him, He turned to run through them but running into them was like running into Accelerator's reflection, His body hit the ground and he bounced on his back.
Then Jaune heard a familiar voice, The voice of Cinder Fall. "Well, well, well... Look at you following me around like a lost little puppy," Cinder taunted as she then appeared in front of Jaune.
He noticed that the power he was looking at was Dark Matter, but he didn't understand at all. (How can she control Dark Matter?)
As if she read Jaune's mind she answered his thoughts. "Oh, this was a gift from my boyfriend."
"You died, this isn't possible!" Jaune exclaimed with anger in his voice at the fact that she was still alive.
"Technically I am sort of dead, Well I guess in Kakine's words, The concept of death no longer applies to me," Cinder answered.
Jaune quickly got up and foolishly charged her, his weapon raised and ready to strike.
Cinder sighed and in a moment dark matter exploded around her sending Jaune flying back while destroying most of the alley, Jaune's head and back slammed into the ground and he rolled along only to be halted by a black leather boot coming down of his back holding him to the floor of the alley.
He looked back and saw that Cinder was gone from her spot, She was now behind him.
"What a pathetic little pet."
Cinder raised her hand and a dark matter dog collar formed around his neck with a leash attached that was also in Cinder's hand.
"Let's have some fun my little puppy."
"Fuck you bitch!" Jaune yelled as he reached for his sword which had fallen out of his hand when he was sent back.
Cinder noticed this and pulled on the leash hard keeping Jaune from reaching his weapon, He screamed out in pain as the heel of Cinder's boot dug into his back, Cinder twisted her heel into his back bringing him even more pain, His aura was healing him quickly but the pain was still there.
Jaune Arc was surprised at Cinder's strength as her fingers dug into his blonde hair and yanked him off of the ground, Cinder shoved his face into a wall to her right, Then she grabbed his arms and pulled them behind his back and dark matter handcuffs locked them together.
"That's better, I have a bit of time, Before our attack on Atlas Academy, So I think I will play with you A bit," Cinder whispered into Jaune's ear giving it a lick that made him shiver in both disgust and arousal.
Cinder's breath was warm against his skin and she had her breasts pressed against him, He hated Cinder Fall with a burning passion, But the human reproductive organ responded differently.
Jaune Arc hated himself for getting turned on from Cinder's actions, He felt her hands move to his armor piece destroying it easily with her dark matter, She left him in his hoody and then she began rubbing his chest and abs slowly, Then slipping her hands underneath his sweater, She played with his nipples while she licked his ear.
"I would love to see you on your knees licking my feet," Cinder purred into Jaune's ear, Then she ran her tongue up his cheek, Much like the last time he encountered her, He struggled to get out of her possession but to no avail, He couldn't break the dark matter handcuffs.
Jaune shuddered in disgust at the thought of licking Cinder's feet, He would never want to do that with Cinder, if it was Neo, Weiss, or Ruby, Or Frenda he wouldn't mind it at all, But not Cinder.
"Naughty naughty boy, Don't even try it, it's pointless boy," Cinder said then she threw Jaune to the ground roughly and before he could react her boot came down on his pants, Pressing down on his crotch. "I wonder what it would be like to watch Kakine screw you in the ass, But he definitely wouldn't agree to that... Oh well, I have a strap-on, I can just do it myself in fact I could make a strap-on with my dark matter."
Jaune grunted as Cinder's boot began to twist and rub on his crotch. "Stop! You sick rapist!"
Cinder smirked at Jaune's words. "I haven't raped you... yet."
Cinder's words shot fear through Jaune, He didn't want to lose his virginity to the person who killed Pyrrha Nikos, He struggled more but the attempts were pointless, Even though he knew that it was useless but he still tried.
"Oh so eager, Well let's get to it then."
Cinder took her boot off him and crouched down and slowly undid his belt.
"Cinder stop!"
Jaune had nothing else much he could do at this point, He then got even more afraid when he heard the next words Cinder spoke. "So, How big should I make it, With my dark matter, I can make it as big as I want, Maybe 18 inches? Might be too much for you though," Cinder said with a sadistic smile. "But who cares, You're just a slave, You have less worth than a maggot."
Cinder pulled down Jaune's pants exposing his underwear.
"X-Ray and Vav underwear?" Cinder asked with a chuckle, She was about to pull down his underwear when a voice was heard a familiar voice.
"Cinder, What are you doing, Are we not supposed to be preparing?"
Jaune looked back to see Neopolitan standing in the alley.
Cinder let out a sigh, She did have some time but there was some prep to be done. "Fine, I was just having some fun."
Cinder's dark matter disappeared and six wings manifested then she flew off into the air.
Jaune turned back to Neo to ask her a question but saw that she had already vanished.
He had a lot to tell his friends, Leaving out the part where he was almost raped.
(Cinder controls dark matter now, This is bad.)
Part 4.
Umidori Kuroyoru was a mix of thoughts, She was standing outside of the room that held The Winter Maiden, She was standing with Winter Schnee and Penny Pollendina along with Esther Rosenthal.
Umidori didn't know why she was here, But apparently they were going to be preparing for Winter Schnee to transfer the Maiden's powers into herself as she was chosen by General Ironwood to be the vessel for Winter, Umidori found it funny that her name was Winter and now she would have something that would live up to it.
"So, How is this going to work? Don't you have to be in a Maiden's last thoughts or some shit like that?" Umidori asked a bit rudely which Winter had taken too well but decided to ignore it.
Penny was the one who answered however. "That is correct, But we have a different method, Esther can actually transfer souls with her semblance, We plan to use her power to absorb The Winter Maiden's soul energy and transfer it to Winter."
Umidori was shocked to hear that Esther Rosenthal could rip souls out of people. (What a frightening power.)
Esther then spoke up. "Well, it's more than that, My semblance requires a lot of prep, I can't just remove souls or soul energy instantly, I first need to create a magic circle, That is my true semblance, I create what are called Voodoo Circles and with them I can do a number of things, Summon ghosts, Raise the dead, Manipulate soul energy, connect bodies with objects or other people or even myself and lastly instantaneously travel between each circle," Esther explained with slight disappointment.
Ever since she lost her original magic, She had become a bit weaker and the aura consumption for her semblance was large.
"Cool," Umidori responded though it seemed like she didn't really care about all of it, She lost interest when she learned of the massive restrictions on Esther's power. She had thought about that before, When espers came to Remnant they kept their ability and gained a semblance, But when magicians like Esther came to Remnant they lost access to their magic, Was it because the magic in Remnant worked under different rules? But the science in Remnant was a bit different as well, Remnant had different physical laws than on Earth.
It was the first thing she noticed when she got here, She couldn't use her bomber lance properly due to the laws Remnant had, It took her a few days to figure it out, And adjust to Remnant's laws, her power unlike Accelerator didn't work like vector manipulation, But it still utilized vectors to an extent. Then her semblance ended up Being her own reflection, Though it wasn't as strong as Accelerator's it was still a reflection, She learned that Saiai Kinuhata had a similar semblance or She believed it was her semblance, She could also reflect now, She wasn't completely sure though that it was Kinuhata's semblance.
Kinuhata never told her, she just saw it during training, that could have just been her esper ability getting stronger because of aura, Her ability was Offence Armor, which Umidori always believed was maybe just the early stages of a reflection, Or at least some type of reflection.
Umidori's thoughts were put to rest with a loud boom shaking the building, Winter, Penny, and Esther all quickly ran out into the hall. They looked around only to find a bunch of dead soldiers and then walking out of the smoke was Cinder Fall, She was holding a ball of fire that was as black as the night sky.
She shot it out and they quickly got out of the way, It literally melted the walls around it and tore a massive hole in the building.
(Is this a true maiden's power?) Winter thought as she pulled her weapons and Penny activated her weapons, Esther pulled out a medieval-style-looking dagger with a golden hilt.
Umidori who had just walked out and saw Cinder stood with her hands in her pockets, A bored look on her face that was almost a carbon copy of Accelerator's, She had beaten Cinder before and she would gladly do it again.
Cinder looked at Umidori surprised to see her. "So, you left Grimmlin?... Yeah, I too learned of that little group, I will deal with Lorya later... After I take the Winter Maiden's power."
Winter and Penny stepped forward. "You will not be getting it," Winter declared as she changed her stance and quickly summoned a glyph, She shot at Cinder at amazing speed, But Cinder simply moved to the right and dodged Winter's attack, Then a black substance that greatly resembled The #2's dark matter, Shot out of Cinder's hand and struck Winter's aura doing major damage and sending her to the floor.
Then Cinder turned back to them and smiled. "Four against one, How unfair."
Cinder created three clones of herself, Each one was made of dark matter and looked like horror movie monsters. "Well, We can let the kids fight, You and I have some unfinished business Umidori," Cinder said with a lick of her lips.
Umidori looked at Cinder, a sadistic and psychotic smile began to show. "You always were petty and a sore loser Cinder, I don't care if you have dark matter, It's not going to stop me from kicking your ass bitch!" Umidori stated with a psychotic grin that belonged on a mental patient.
With that, the real Cinder Fall, and Umidori Kuroyoru charged each other.
Part 5.
Her eyes opened to a ceiling, Her head rested on a pillow, She had no clue where she was, But only for a moment, Because it all came back to her fast, Memories of Alison and watching her friends fighting against her, Trying to use Mental Out on her, Though she knew it was pointless.
Misaki Shokuhou sat up in her bed in the Atlas Academy infirmary, She undid her IVs and got out of the bed, Her bare feet cold on the floor, She ran out of the room immediately running into a nurse.
The woman turned around. "Miss, you shouldn't be out of bed."
The nurse went to grab her and escort her back to bed, But Misaki realized that she didn't have on her gloves and quickly grabbed the nurse's arm putting her under Mental Out. "Go get me my clothes and my remotes," Misaki commanded and the nurse immediately complied.
"Yes right away miss."
The nurse quickly went to wherever they had kept her clothes and remotes as well as her gloves, after Misaki got dressed, she removed Mental Out from the nurse and began to make her way to the main building, She had to make sure that her friends were still alive but as fate would have it, It wouldn't be so easy.
One of the doctors charged her with a large knife, He swung at her and struck her side. Misaki was completely confused for a moment until she noticed the doctor's eyes.
They were glowing pink. She dodged the next strike and using her Atlas military training she quickly grabbed him around the neck in a headlock, quickly putting him to sleep.
"You can come on out, Kaibi Gokusai."
From around the corner, Kaibi Gokusai came out with several thugs behind her all armed with guns. "Well, Considering our last little confrontation in Academy City, I would expect you would remember my power's signature Misaki Shokuhou."
Misaki looked at the girl in the pink dress, Remembering her last encounter with her, When Junko and herself had run into her When they were investigating the dark side.
"It seems, you have gotten stronger, I don't remember you being able to control more than one person at a time before, But it's pointless against me."
Misaki raised a remote and clicked a button, She was going to take control of all the criminals and turn them against Kaibi but she was absolutely shocked when it didn't work at all. "What!?"
"Oh, Yeah, that's thanks to Kakine, He was able to replace their organic brains with dark matter ones, So they are completely immune to your Mental Out. I honestly was surprised, I had no idea Kakine could do something like that, But ever since he brought Cinder Fall back to life he has really upgraded his personal reality, I guess you can say these men are all dead, But the dark matter is still keeping them active," Kaibi explained.
This was a much worse situation than Misaki anticipated, She didn't have her weapon with her and she couldn't use Mental Out.
Misaki looked at her options, She needed a way to contact her team or she would be killed here, but unfortunately, she didn't have her scroll on her. She had the doctors and nurses but at best they were meat shields, not good enough.
Misaki turned and ran in the opposite direction and the thugs quickly gave chase, She needed to find some weapons at least, A scroll would be better so she couldn't contact Penny, Or anyone she was certain was alive, She wasn't even sure that Mikoto, Kuroko or Shizuri had lived.
Misaki hoped they survived Alison but she couldn't bank on it, It would be safer to get the help of someone she was sure was alive.
Shokuhou ducked into a room, She found a medical saw and decided to use it as a weapon, When one of the thugs came into the room, She quickly moved and cut his throat, Blood poured out and he slowly collapsed gagging and choking on his own blood. (Okay, So they can't think for themselves or use verbal language, But they still have normal human blood and organs besides the brain. It's at least good they are not immortal like Kakine, Then I'd really be fucked.)
Misaki moved out to another part of the hospital wing, She needed to get to the main building and warn everybody, She would have just used Mental Out on Kaibi if she could, But that girl's ability gave her some kind of resistance to it, It still worked but not for long, And it required her to make physical contact with her, It didn't work through her remotes.
Another thug had found her and shot several bullets at her, She enhanced her aura to tank the bullets reducing their damage.
She then quickly moved and swung her saw, But the man dodged the strike, He then kicked her in the gut sending her to the floor and causing her to drop her saw, Then the other things as well as Kaibi showed up. "Looks like you're all out of juice sweetie."
Misaki had taken a bad blow from that attack, her aura was not that strong, Those bullets were already bad enough.
"Kill her."
As Kaibi commanded this the soldiers all pointed their guns at Misaki and fired.
Part 6.
In Ironwood's office, Ironwood stood with Ruby Rose, Blake Belladonna, Yang Xiao Long, Robyn, and her Huntresses, Qrow, The Ace-Ops, and Ilia Amitola. They all looked at a queen chess piece made of black glass, That was shifting like Teitoku Kakine's dark matter.
Ruby looked at it and with all seriousness said. "This was Cinder."
This statement shocked many Because Cinder was supposed to be dead. "She's alive? How?" Yang asked.
"If Cinder is here, Then Salem could be too," Ironwood said.
He then turned to his head of the Ace-Ops, Clover. "What is the status on Winter's transformation?"
"I'm sorry sir... they aren't answering their scrolls, We can't get a hold of them," Clover answered.
"That isn't good news, we need to get somebody down there right away."
"Yes sir."
"Oh, Sorry... That's not going to happen," A New voice spoke.
Everyone turned to the door to find a boy in a nice school uniform standing in front of it.
Ruby Rose immediately recognized him as Teitoku Kakine, Academy City's #2.
"Who are you?" Harriet asked.
"I'm the last thing you will ever see."
With that six white sparkly wings manifested from his back, this substance was one that didn't exist, It was a metaphysical force that didn't follow the laws of the universe, This power was dark matter.
He began to walk forward when Marrow called out. "Stay!" With his finger pointing at him. But to everyone's shock besides Ruby, Fiona, and Awaki, it had absolutely no effect, He simply walked up to Marrow.
"How? Is this possible!?"
Kakine stopped in front of the faunus with a grin. "Oh, you see... The normal rules... They don't apply to me," Kakine said then one of his wings shot out, and before anybody could react a dark matter wing shot out and removed Marrow's arm.
It had completely bypassed his aura and he screamed in pain as he collapsed on the ground.
"Marrow!"
The other Ace-Ops yelled as they watched their comrade lose his arm, A sense of fear overcame everyone in the room as they all looked at Teitoku Kakine.
Blake charged him and attacked with Gambol Shroud, her strike cut him up the chest, But his aura was far too strong for it to do any damage, It had barely even harmed him.
Kakine hit Blake away with a dark matter wing sending her into the wall, her aura was shattered upon Kakine's strike.
Harriet in anger zoomed over to him and she attacked, But like Blake, It did nothing worthwhile and he raised his hand then, Harriet's body had seemingly transformed into a crystal-like substance and he sent a wing shattering her to pieces.
"No! The other, Ace-Ops attacked at the same time, Unfortunately, all Kakine had to do was wave a hand and they were quickly turned to sand.
Ironwood was in complete shock, His entire Ace-Ops team had been defeated in mere seconds, He had even turned them to sand. (What the hell is this boy even?)
Robyn Hill was in the same boat, She had never seen anything like this before.
Qrow looked at Kakine and screamed out in anger, he pulled his scythe and moved quickly to Kakine, and swung it into Kakine, With his aura enhancement to the maximum limit he was able to send Kakine into the wall, But the boy took no damage and then what happened next was a shock to everyone in the room.
A dark matter spear shot out and Ruby Rose watched as it went through her uncle's chest sending him through the wall behind him and out of the building, It had shattered his aura on impact and went straight through.
The attack knocked Qrow unconscious as Ruby watched, The world had slowed down in her eyes as Qrow fell, And that was the last they saw of him as he plummeted to the ground below.
"UNCLE QROW!" Ruby and Yang shouted as Ruby ran to the hole left behind, She looked down and saw Qrow's body fall until he made impact with the ground, It was like Frenda all over again.
"Well, That was boring," Kakine said picking his ear with the pinky of his left hand.
Ruby heard the words come out of Kakine's mouth and rage filled her bones.
"Shut your fucking mouth!" Ruby yelled as her anger and rage had taken over.
When she turned back she saw, Yang and Blake along with Ilia and the Happy Huntresses trying their best to do anything to the boy, With Awaki being the only one to even stand any sense of a chance and that wasn't much as her aura had been shattered pretty quickly and easily.
Ironwood was in too much shock to move and he simply sat on the floor.
Ruby saw Yang get slammed into a wall, With Blake to follow, Then Kakine shot a ball of dark matter at Robyn shattering her aura as well.
Fiona Thyme was unable to do much to him even with her esper power, It was basically pointless.
Ruby was about to foolishly charge Kakine, But then she stopped and remembered Maria's words.
Ruby looked around the room, She didn't cry, She let go of all of the anger and hate she felt for Kakine, Replacing it with her need to defeat him to protect her friends and her sister, then in that moment her eyes glowed silver but it was different this time, Ruby had gained a new control over this power, She focused and the power soon sprang to life.
Everyone in the room including Kakine saw a bright light and then wings of silver energy sprouted from Ruby and she had a silver glow in her eyes, She looked at Kakine and unlike any other time she used this power she was not being controlled by it, she could feel it's power, She could feel it's strength.
Kakine looked at her remembering that power, He had seen it once before, The first time he fought her and her friends, She had been able to use that power to save them and herself, but this time it was different, More stable, It was a totally different feeling from her this time, He was surprised. "That's a neat trick but don't think you can beat me with that little."
Kakine's words were cut off when Ruby moved, Her speed was near instant as she slammed her fist into him, The impact sent a shockwave out that shook the entire building and sent Kakine flying through the door behind him, Continuing through the building and several others throughout the city.
Ruby moved at speeds faster than light and delivered a kick to Kakine sending him down into the city creating a massive crater.
Kakine flew into the air and shot multiple dark matter spears at Ruby, But she was able to easily destroy them. Ruby then created a sword of silver fire, She swung it and the hit shattered Kakine's aura while cutting him in half, Which he quickly recovered from as his dark matter rebuilt his body. He looked back at Ruby and was full of disbelief. (What is this? She is almost on the same level as Accelerator, How is this even fucking possible?)
Kakine created multiple dark matter beetles, They were massive and had tank guns as their horns, They all shot massive beams of energy at Ruby, Her sword was destroyed as she was sent soaring through the city, The dark matter had completely destroyed several buildings and even ripped up the ground below killing many who were in the wrong place at the wrong time.
Ruby was quickly back in the fight and she teleported to Kakine sending a silver lightning bolt at him that he quickly dodged, The bolt destroyed his dark matter constructions then traveled and hit a mountain in the distance turning it to dust upon impact.
Ruby was quick and got another punch in, This time right into Kakine's face Sending him out into the tundra, Kakine had then formed massive balls of dark matter All around him but to his shock, Ruby destroyed them easily.
(Is she getting stronger the more we fight?)
"Fine red, I can play that game too."
With that announcement, Kakine's white wings changed and became gold, the sky had shifted and became a golden color, It was as if Kakine was controlling the entire world.
Over one billion arrows of gold matter formed in the sky and all of them struck Ruby all at once and she couldn't handle the force and power of them as they exploded against her, Her aura was shattered and she took physical damage to her body, Although it was just cuts all over her body.
Ruby's wings twisted and the world had seemingly shifted as the clouds became weapons of silver energy slamming into Kakine destroying his dark matter body, But he quickly rebuilt himself.
(I can't beat him like that, How can I end this?)
Kakine decided to copy Ruby and formed a gold matter sword he moved quickly and the sword was buried into her stomach and out through her back, Blood leaked from her mouth, Kakine smiled and Ruby kicked him away into the snow below.
The dark matter had been destroyed and the silver energy healed her up in seconds, until it was like she had taken no damage.
Ruby realized she still hadn't completely mastered this power, She had a lot to learn about it, But right now it was all she had.
Kakine created multiple clones and then the world twisted and turned as a massive tornado of gold matter swirled around his body and he began firing multiple arrows and spears at Ruby, But this time she was ready and she dodged them with unlimited speed, She was moving so fast everything distorted, It was as if reality itself couldn't handle her speed and was collapsing.
Kakine couldn't even react when, Ruby's fist went right through his chest and destroyed his tornado, Destroying his body, Then she created a silver scythe.
Ruby was at this moment ready to kill Teitoku Kakine.
His body had reformed again and he then did something new she had never seen before, Kakine's gold matter had filled the entire tundra, Every single corner became gold matter, It was like he was passing them into a new dimension or creating his own dimension they wore no longer in the physical world as they were now in a completely golden world, Miles and Miles around was a sea of golden energy.
Ruby looked around shocked, Kakine didn't cover the world in his strange gold dark matter energy, He made his very own world, This was not Remnant, It was a totally new creation. A world that he controlled completely.
Part 7.
Accelerator and Weiss, Well mostly Weiss was shocked, The area they were in wasn't part of Atlas it was in Atlas but somehow in a separate dimension at the same time, They could still see Atlas outside of this strange dome that Thor had got them in, People walked right by them and cars drove right passed them passing through the building in front of them.
"How is? I don't."
Weiss was immediately cut off by Thor saying. "Don't try to understand it, You will just hurt your head... Trust me I know."
"So, I'm going to assume, Given Enshu is a Kihara, We don't have the element of Surprise?" Accelerator asked Thor as the boy looked around like he was expecting something.
"Actually it's strange, I thought she would have shown up by now, She definitely knows we are here," Thor answered cluelessly.
Then as if on cue, a small drone flew out of the building and stopped in front of them. "Welcome Accelerator, Weiss Schnee," Enshu greeted through the drone. "You came to claim my slave? I was expecting you. And Thor, You're a bad boy, Turning on me like this, But I planned for this as well. While I don't have a defense that will be effective against Accelerator, Because big brother Amata kept his work secret."
The drone paused a moment before her voice came through again. "I do have a defense for your magic, Thor and your semblance, Weiss."
Soon right before their eyes a multitude of massive bug-like creatures made of a digital format formed before them, There were Mantises, Beetles, Roaches, Ants, Spiders, Scorpions, and Lastly a massive Bee.
Accelerator looked at all the creatures in deep thought as he assessed the situation. (Damn it, She knows my battery is low and she is probably going to keep sending these things until I run out, We have Thor, But I can't fully rely on him, It could still be a trap, If I use my wings without my ability it will consume too much aura. And I lost my gun in my fight with that bastard Amata Kihara, Enshu must somehow know, She set this up to weaken me.)
Accelerator found himself in a tough situation, He knew he couldn't waste his remaining battery and his choker could also malfunction again, But he currently didn't have enough power without his choker to deal with a threat of this caliber.
Accelerator, realizing he had no choice clicked his choker setting it to ability mode. Enshu had put him in a situation that would force him to drain the remaining battery, So when they faced her he would only be able to utilize small calculations and his base reflection, This meant Enshu Kihara saw Accelerator as the biggest threat and wanted to make sure he was depowered.
(Amata really fucking got me good, Whatever he did to my choker fucked up my upgrades and made the choker lose power faster, I will have to be careful with its usage. So as much as I hate to do it this way, I think I need to send Weiss into the building alone, While Thor and I handle these.)
Weiss was having trouble fighting these things, They were easily able to block her dust attacks and destroy her summons, She was sick of fighting things she didn't understand.
Weiss jumped away from another attack and struck the massive Mantis doing only a little damage to it.
Then she heard Accelerator's voice behind her. "Weiss I'm going to keep these things busy you go in and get your brother back."
Weiss turned back to Accelerator and was about to protest but then decided against it. "Okay, Stay safe! Please!" Weiss yelled then she took off into the building which she could walk through.
Accelerator quickly moved and destroyed the mantis that tried to stop her, Thor used his arc blades to destroy several of the insects, then he jumped back next to Accelerator.
"Who would have thought we would be fighting side by side like this," Thor said grinning.
"Stay out of my way," Accelerator replied rudely.
Thor only laughed. "Same to you."
Weiss ran into a room, That had several monitors, Then she saw an elevator and ran to it. She entered and the elevator began to rise without her doing anything.
"I knew The #1 would send you alone," Enshu's voice came through a speaker in the elevator. The whole building had all digital parts everything looked like shifting colored glass, It just switched to random colors and random times, The speaker had appeared out of nowhere andWeiss was confused but also impressed with the technology. (She would have been a great addition to Atlas... Why do the smartest minds always have to be evil?)
"Where is my brother?" Weiss asked in anger.
"You will meet him soon, But don't expect to recognize him and he definitely won't recognize you."
"What the fuck does that mean!?"
"Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha! You will see soon enough Schnee."
When the elevator reached the top Weiss stepped out of the elevator only to be greeted by a sight that completely shocked her.
Whitley Schnee was completely naked on his knees in front of Enshu Kihara who was sitting on some type of throne that looked just like the rest of the building, The boy was currently licking her right boot as well.
"What did you do to him!?" Weiss demanded.
"Look who's here, It's the enemy, Here I will give you some clothes, my pet."
Enshu clicked a button on a collar that was around Whitley's neck and a metallic suit formed over his body safe for his head.
"Deal with her boy," Enshu commanded pointing at Weiss.
"Yes mistress," Whitley said as he stood up and faced Weiss.
"Whitley, Snap out of this, She is deceiving you!"
"She is my mistress, I would do anything for her. And you are not allowed to talk about her like that!"
"I'm your sister!"
"I don't have a sister!"
"What?" Weiss asked feeling hurt at that statement.
"I only have my mistress."
Then Whitley pulled a small metal ball from someplace and threw it at Weiss the ball's speed accelerated to supersonic as it flew. Weiss quickly dodged it and it destroyed most of the room which rebuilt itself.
"Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha! Yeah, I made Whitley an esper, Thanks to big brother Amata's research to create Remnant espers. And I was able to use all of Grampa Gensei's research on the Level 5's to give Whitley all of their abilities, Unfortunately, he can use them to a Level 3 standpoint and can't fully use Level 5 power, But that doesn't matter it's still enough."
(All the Level 5's!?)
"Kill her Whitley."
"Yes, Mistress."
(I don't want to hurt Whitley, But I may not have a choice, I need to just knock him unconscious. He can't use Level 5 power, So he can't use Accelerator's reflection, That helps, I would be screwed if he could.)
Whitley threw another ball but like last time Weiss was too fast for it and then she created two Nevermore Grimm summons.
But they were easily destroyed by two meltdowner beams.
(That's nothing like Shizuri's meltdowner.)
Weiss moved over and quickly kicked Whitley in the stomach, He was sent back and coughed up blood.
(He doesn't have an Aura?)
Suddenly a dark matter spear flew at her and she was hit in her chest, Weiss went rolling along the ground. As she stood up Whitley zoomed over using Vector Manipulation and delivered a punch to her side that sent her into the wall.
Then he shot lightning at her and shocked her causing her to fall to the ground.
"Whitley stop, It's Weiss."
Whitley wasn't listening and he prepared his next attack, A meltdowner formed in his hand, and dark matter surrounded it then it had become covered in lightning as he was about to fire it at her, Weiss cursed herself for what she was about to do.
"Whitley, I'm sorry and I will make it up to you, I promise."
With that said as Whitley fired his ultra beam Weiss used multiple time dilation glyphs and zoomed around the room striking Whitley from multiple directions quickly destroying his armor and cutting his body in several places all over, Then she delivered a final kick to his chest sending him across the room and into a wall.
He fell to the floor unconscious and possibly in need of medical attention.
"Wow, What a great sister, You treat your little brother well," Enshu mocked with a slow clap.
"Better than you have bitch!" Weiss retorted.
"I guess it's my turn then.
Weiss raised her weapon and shot a fireball at Enshu and the girl raised her right hand which had on a single black and silver glove. The moment the fireball made contact it was instantly negated.
"What!?"
Weiss was perplexed at the sight.
"This glove is special, as it copies Imagine Breaker and World Rejector," Enshu explained with a grin.
(Imagine Breaker? The power that defeated Accelerator twice.)
"Hm, Judging by your reaction, You know what those are, Or at least one of them."
Enshu then announced something that at first confused Weiss but then she remembered that Enshu Kihara had over 5,000 different personalities.
"Channel Touma Kamijou."
"Now, Then, I'm going to shatter your illusion, Weiss Schnee."
Part 8.
Misaki Shokuhou sat in an office being tended to by Shinobu Nunotaba, She worked with Ironwood as a scientist among other things, Shinobu was patching up a small bullet graze on Misaki Shokuhou's shoulder.
"So, Tell me again, How did this happen?" Shinobu asked not believing the story that Misaki had given.
"I told you, Kaibi Gokusai attacked, But she is gone currently, And I was able to escape," Misaki replied in annoyance.
(I don't think it would be right to tell her about "that" I can't believe she actually became, Well it doesn't matter, I owe her my life.)
Misaki thought over what really happened, She would have been dead, If it wasn't for Kuroko Shirai, Who she learned was a vampire now, she couldn't believe it, However, she felt she owed Kuroko the benefit of the doubt. It had happened so fast.
First, the bullets flew but Misaki was completely fine, Standing in front of her was Kuroko Shirai who somehow blocked the bullets with some sort of energy field, Then she made very quick work of the controlled thugs and was able to easily take down Gokusai, Who was able to escape.
Then she watched Kuroko feed on them, It was both fascinating and frightening, Misaki was conflicted and when Kuroko told her not to tell anyone about her, She could respect her wishes.
(She said she would explain to me how this happened, I trust Kuroko, So I will wait until she is ready.)
"Well, you obviously don't want to tell me I guess, Whatever... Anyway, you should be fine it wasn't much of anything just a graze."
Shokuhou was shot by Kaibi just a bit before Kuroko took her down, She had told the truth and just left out Kuroko Shirai's involvement.
"Thank you for helping me Shinobu Nunotaba, I appreciate it."
"Well, I guess I better look into Kaibi Gokusai, It could be."
Shinobu's words were cut short by the building shaking and a massive hole being blasted out of the wall by black fire.
Both she and Misaki fell to the ground as this happened and when the smoke and dust cleared they moved to the hole only to find Umidori Kuroyoru fighting with Cinder Fall.
(What is going on?)
Part 9.
Umidori moved to the left dodging another fireball from Cinder, She wasn't able to use her aura reflection semblance on the black fire, As she didn't understand its properties properly and she wasn't anything like Accelerator who has an immeasurable IQ and knowledge beyond Physics, For Umidori she has to be careful of what she attempts to reflect and doesn't reflect, She had been hit by the black fire earlier in this fight and she had taken quite a big hit to her aura already as a result.
(Cinder can manipulate dark matter almost like The #2 and she seems to be immortal just like him too, So how am I supposed to beat her?) Umidori moved far back away from Cinder who created a bow out of dark matter and three arrows that were surrounded by a tornado of fire formed out of nothing as she drew back the string.
The arrows flew at rapid speeds towards Umidori and she leaped into the air as the building she was standing on was partially destroyed from the attack.
"You going to keep running!? Or are you actually going to do something?"
Cinder's words rang in Umidori's ears and she felt hopeless, she knew Cinder was right, She hadn't really been able to do anything but jump away and dodge thus far, Umidori hadn't been able to do much of anything to The Fall Maiden before her, It wasn't like when they fought before at Adams camp this was very different, Cinder was impossible for Umidori to beat.
Umidori had even used her cyborg parts though that was also quite pointless as her bomber lance power was completely ineffective.
Umidori, despite this tried anyway, Jumping into the air she sailed through the air and shot several bomber lances at Cinder, and then with her weapons, she succeeded in landing a hit on Cinder taking off her arm but it was quickly replaced.
Cinder hadn't been using her aura as defense since she didn't have to as the concept of death didn't exist for her at all.
Winter Schnee flew through the air on a nevermore fighting against a Cinder clone.
The dark matter clone was very different from the original Cinder, It could only utilize its dark matter power, but it was incapable of using Cinder's semblance or magic, It was however capable of utilizing her aura, Winter had already deduced that Cinder had split her aura up between her clones, The only reason Cinder would make such a bold move is that her clones could be destroyed permanently and didn't regenerate the way she herself did.
(How can she use that power known as dark matter in the first place? Isn't it that boy that Accelerator fought, Teitoku Kakine's semblance? Can he lend his semblance to others? I've never heard of anything like that before?)
Winter zoomed over and slashed the clone in the middle, Its aura flared up orange as it took the hit, The clone then began to send dark matter through the area and it formed into a massive funnel-like structure that twisted the air around it and then it was sent into Winter, it hit her summoned Nevermore and destroyed it.
Winter fell through the air toward the ground below but luckily she was quickly caught by Penny Pollendina.
"What? Penny?"
"Don't worry, I already destroyed that annoying clone, I'm here to help."
(She already destroyed it? She really is impressive.)
Penny brought Winter to a rooftop nearby.
The clone soon followed and landed in front of them, The paperwhite creature with red eyes that resembled a Grimm's eyes was standing menacingly. Its six white wings grew a bright color and soon the air around them seemed to shift away, The oxygen in the area was quickly vanishing like it was being sucked into a vacuum.
Winter struggled to breathe and collapsed to a single knee, Trying to take in air that currently didn't exist.
Penny on the other hand was perfectly fine as she didn't need oxygen, She raised her hand and her swords surrounded it spinning rapidly, soon a green beam of energy shot out and burned through the clone's aura while throwing off its calculations as the air returned and Winter could breathe again, Without waiting another moment Winter quickly moved to the clone with her swords, Cutting through it's middle, the clone was cut in half and killed.
"Thank you, Penny," Winter said breathing heavily.
Penny only smiled cutely and chuckled to Winter's gratitude.
Esther Rosenthal had many different ghosts and zombies protecting her within her voodoo circle she had up, The ghosts were ethereal so they were not taking damage from the dark matter, And she could continue creating zombies and ghosts within her circle so as long as she stayed inside it she would have full control of the ghosts.
She created multiple ghost archers that were firing arrows at the Cinder clone she was dealing with and they were slowly taking down its aura, Soon they let out a blast of dark matter that destroyed the zombies but not the ghosts as they couldn't be touched at all even by dark matter.
Esther looked up through the massive hole in the ceiling created by Cinder before and saw, Umidori Kuroyoru in a fight with Cinder that wasn't going well for her as her aura had just been shattered.
The two girls were fighting on a rooftop not far from the building she was in.
Esther sent her ghosts at the clone Cinder to hold it back and then she quickly pulled a hidden dagger from her pouch, This was a special Silver Blade, It had the power to destroy souls and essence, It could even kill demons and angels with a single strike.
She quickly charged the clone the moment she stepped outside of her circle the ghosts disappeared but it was too late for the clone to react as she stabbed the blade through its chest, The dagger sunk deep as the clone was completely destroyed by the instakill blade.
This incredible feat caught the attention of someone, however. "That weapon, It doesn't belong to this world, does it? I once saw that weapon before, in the hands of Eirinea Rosenthal before it was given to her lover... Aleister Crowley, Who used it to kill a vampire, The one called Dracula, I was there. It's an impressive weapon, it's unbreakable and never rusts, It can absorb magic spells into it and dispel them as well, I find that you have such a powerful weapon impressive."
Esther turned to the voice that belonged to the Winter Maiden. "This has been passed down in my family for generations it's our most sacred artifact."
"Yes, I'm aware, Miss Rosenthal, It was Aleister who enchanted it for Eirinea Rosenthal before that it was nothing more than a simple huntress weapon, I am much older than you think, The computers here say I'm only 109, But in reality, I have walked this world for over two thousand years, as did my Sisters, We met your great great great great (many more times) grandmother, She was actually a huntress, Who was fascinated with Earth, She had been with Aleister for a time, And he enchanted her huntress weapon, The very weapon you hold now."
Esther couldn't believe her ears as she realized that this Winter Maiden was one of the original maidens. (This blade was made in Remnant? So The Rosenthal family has been keeping a piece of Remnant unknowingly all these years? It was crafted by my family ancestor Eirinea Rosenthal. There is a grand painting of her in the family room of my family home, But mother or father never told me much about her. Do they even know?)
"That's amazing."
The Winter Maiden then looked to the fight outside. "That girl out there needs help, I'm well at the end of my life anyway, Magic may have prolonged it well passed its limit, But I can't live forever... What is her name? I heard her speaking earlier."
"Umidori Kuroyoru, She is an esper."
"Ah yes, I remember them, One came to Remnant long ago, He was I believe called, Synthesize Grid, Yes he had come during one of Remnant's greatest tragedies, The great Vampire war, When that blade was used to kill Dracula."
"It was the war that took away, Aleister's first love, Eirinea Rosenthal, She and Aleister came back to Remnant to protect her home from the growing vampire legion and she was killed by Dracula, Only moments before Aleister used that dagger to kill the king of vampires himself."
"It was strange because, at the same time, your world was dealing with its second World War. I believe you refer to it as World War 2."
"Aleister and Eirinea had built a City of science a few years before the start of that war and created the first batch of Level 5 espers, She wanted to help Aleister in his plan to recreate the pure world with that power Imagine Breaker, He had drawn it to the city it was a magician who had it, a saint boy, Named Rai, He had also come to Remnant and died in that war, He couldn't quite control the power as Aleister had hoped. After that, It reappeared again 50 years later in the right hand of a boy named Touma Kamijou who I believe is its current wielder."
"I have seen something terrible to coming to this world. I had told Aleister of my worries but that man is not what he used to be, He is too drunk on his mission, He has truly changed for the worst. I don't have much time left, But when The Infinite Phase Opens, It will not close, and Evil will be unleashed on all worlds."
"I have a request, That blade."
This was all she had to say for Esther to understand what she meant.
"Ma'am I couldn't..."
"Please, If you don't your friend will die... It is my time to die anyway and my power would be much better with another who is worthy of it, And it should not fall into the hands of a Calagus, Not after what they have done."
"A Calagus?" Esther asked very confused at what The Winter Maiden meant.
She then gestured to who was fighting Umidori, Cinder Fall. "I Recognize those eyes, That lust for power, It reminds me of Gilden Calagus himself."
"Please, Just end it, We can't let her have this power, I fear what would happen if That girl were to grow to the power of Gilden Calagus or stronger."
Esther looked back at Cinder who had just knocked Umidori to the floor of the rooftop, Then she looked back at Winter, and with a very heavy heart, she nodded.
"Okay..."
With that she shut her eyes tight and plunged her dagger into The Winter Maiden's chest, As her soul began to be erased, She smiled at Esther, a single tear falling from her eye. "Thank you."
Those were the Final words of The Winter Maiden.
Umidori Kuroyoru was flat on her back, she moved up slightly to her knees, blood leaked from her nose and mouth as she looked up at Cinder.
Cinder Fall pointed her dark matter now at Umidori's chest. "You know, This brings back a memory, I had somebody else in the same position before, And she asked me a certain question."
Cinder smirked angling her bow on point with Umidori's heart. "Do you believe in destiny?"
Umidori looked up at Cinder and flipped her off. "No, I don't believe in shit like that."
"Too bad, I still do, It's a shame those will be your final words."
With that Cinder let the arrow fly and upon contact with Umidori's chest, it was destroyed by an invisible force.
"What!?" Cinder shouted out as she just witnessed the impossible.
Then she saw it, the blue energy that surrounded Umidori's eyes, and her body became surrounded by power and magic, snow and ice swirled around her like a tornado.
Umidori felt more power than she had ever felt before, She could manipulate this power with her own personal reality, It created something completely new, She gained something so far beyond what she thought was possible for her.
Her semblance and aura had grown stronger and her understanding of magic had increased, She saw a tree before her made of stars and she climbed it ascending it to a certain point. (What is this? How can I?)
Umidori stood up and she manipulated the air around her body into a magical bomber lance, a lance using both science and magic.
Cinder Fall was struck by this lance and sent into a building nearby, creating a massive hole in it as she landed in some sort of office that was empty. (She has the maidens' power!?... No! That power belongs to me.)
Cinder created a massive ball of black fire and black glass, as it flew Umidori created a similar-sized ball of snow and sleet, The two met in the middle and twisted the area warping the space around it they were equal and when they exploded the tops of several buildings were destroyed.
Part 10.
Accelerator destroyed several more digital insects with nothing more than a simple stomp. Thor had also cut many down with his arc blades, It was during this fight if you could call it that, which Accelerator learned that Thor had certainly grown stronger since their last encounter in Mistral, he seemed to be able to manipulate Remnant's magic fully and he could both his main techniques at the same time, He was manipulating the planet whilst still using his arc blades, from what the albino boy remembered, He could only use Almighty when he gave up his other ability.
Accelerator was watching Thor the entire time, while Thor may be helping Weiss at the moment he was still a member of Grimmlin, Accelerator wasn't going to let his guard down. They were still enemies at the end of the day, So it made sense for Accelerator to take every approach with caution, Thor himself even said that they were still enemies.
Accelerator had a feeling that no matter what happened during this temporary truce, They would be fighting after this, He could tell Thor was one of those people, Thor believed in justice but at the same time he was a very loyal individual, He stood by his word, if he told Lorya that he would be on her side then Accelerator had no doubt that he would stick by that word.
Accelerator honestly didn't see Thor as deceitful or indeterminate, he saw him as a very honorable individual, somebody who stuck by their word regardless if they initially agreed with the side they were on, As such Accelerator knew that Thor was completely loyal to Lorya Asher, But that didn't mean he had to be loyal to every member of Grimmlin.
It had been obvious why Thor turned against Enshu Kihara, He saw what she was doing to Whitley Schnee as inhuman, And according to Thor what Enshu Kihara and Amata Kihara had done was not part of Lorya's plan at all, But much like Othinus, Lorya didn't care what Grimmlin did as long as it didn't jeopardize the end goal, Which of course being loyal to her, Thor didn't reveal to him.
Though Accelerator didn't need an explanation. (Despite Lorya Asher being 25 years old, She acts like a child, her goals are quite obvious, She wants to take the kingdoms and prove that she is greater than Cinder Fall, It was easy to understand from the way she acted back at Haven, Lorya Asher has a childish attitude and hates to lose, She lost to Cinder over and over, And now she wants to win, She had been planning this for years all so she could humiliate Cinder Fall, I'm well aware Cinder Fall is in Atlas, After Kakine attacked me a few days ago I had Uiharu keep taps on him and he is still with Fall, How she is alive however, That is still a mystery.)
A massive spider attacked Accelerator from behind but was destroyed upon contact with his reflection.
(I'm sure Lorya knows Cinder is alive, Somebody in Grimmlin would have discovered it and told her by now, Enshu Kihara literally has cameras all over Atlas and Mantle, But this is just one issue, I have been in a certain dilemma.)
Accelerator kicked a single stone through the heads of several more insects destroying them. (I don't know when this... Kronos and Hades are going to attack, Are they waiting for Grimmlin to attack first? Or are they waiting for something else? If these magical gods have all this power why not just attack now? What are they waiting for?... My only guess is that they need something even their own power can't get for them... Is it the relics? The old man said that the relics could only be accessible by a maiden, And Matsuri said that the previous summer maiden was killed by someone. Is it possible one of these magic gods attempted to steal the maidens' power to open the vaults but couldn't? Also didn't the old man say that each vault could only be opened by the maiden that belonged to it? So were they after The Sword of Destruction?)
Two wasps came after Accelerator but were quickly cut down by two arc blades. "Got your back!" Thor said with a grin gracing his lips.
Accelerator only clicked his tongue in response.
(If they want Destruction, Then what could they want with it? The old man never told us how that one worked, In fact, he never told us about anything but knowledge, But considering how knowledge works, I doubt the other relics are acceptions, They most likely have some sort of benefits and setbacks just like knowledge, But would those rules apply to a magic god?)
Accelerator jumped high into the air and when he came back down he sent out a shockwave that destroyed an army of digital insects.
Thor appeared next to him and looked up at the bee. "These things keep getting created by the bee, We need to take that out to end this."
"Right."
Thor jumped towards the bee and went to swing his arc blades but the bee had sent Thor back with a strange energy.
(So, this one is a lot stronger than the rest of them, Fine then.)
Accelerator clicked his choker into ability mode. (I only have 6 minutes of ability mode left, So I need to defeat that thing in half that time.)
Accelerator leaped into the air using his wind wings to fly, He reflected the bee's stinger and then slammed his fist into it, The bee was sent into the building before it flew back up into the air.
Accelerator looked down at his choker battery power on his arm. It was already down to 5 minutes.
(So, time moves faster in this digital world.) Accelerator thought as he reflected the bee's energy attack.
Then his face grew into that of a deranged psycho. "Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha! Fine then! Let's end this now! I tear your whole little digital world to pieces! Ha ha ha ha ha!"
Accelerator began a certain set of calculations, The digital world distorted and shifted inside out as he manipulated the digital vectors within, The bee couldn't be killed, But he was certain it could be erased from this digital world.
After Accelerator completed his calculations all he had to do was flick his finger and a massive black hole formed around the bee, The bee had tried to get out but the force of gravity from the black hole was far too strong and the bee was soon sucked away into it. Accelerator then flew into the black hole and grabbed its center and with a simple squeeze it was destroyed taking the bee with it.
Accelerator touched back down to the digital floor and then turned his choker back to normal mode.
Thor walked back out of where he was thrown to. "That was completely overkill."
"It's dead isn't it?" Accelerator replied blandly.
"Show off."
Accelerator walked ahead to the building. "I'm going in, You coming?"
Thor looked at Accelerator. "While I don't like what Enshu is doing, I never planned on fighting her, So that is you and Weiss. I will wait outside."
Accelerator had a feeling that would be the answer Thor gave. (That confirms my suspicions, He is still loyal to Grimmlin.)
With that in mind, Accelerator entered the building.
Part 11.
Oscar Pine was walking through Atlas Academy in deep thought about the whole situation with Ironwood. He didn't feel right lying to him about Ozpin, he felt they should tell Ironwood the truth about him disappearing, especially when he still wasn't feeling Ozpin at all anymore, He had grown used to the old wizard and now without him for some reason it felt like a piece of him was missing.
(I need to talk to Ruby, I think we should tell Ironwood the truth, But I don't want to do it without her knowing... Where is Ruby anyway? Weren't they up in Ironwood's office?)
Oscar was interrupted by someone grabbing him and pulling him into a room suddenly.
The farm boy panicked but calmed when he saw who the person was that pulled him into the room.
The girl in front of him was one he knew well. "Lessar, what are you doing?"
Lessar only giggled in response and put a finger to her lips in a shushing motion she moved closer slowly, then she wrapped her arms around him and whispered very quietly. "I thought I would steal this chance, Without Leivinia in the way, we can have some fun."
(Not this again, not now, why does she always do this, I swear this girl is a complete nymphomaniac, She is always trying to fuck me every chance she gets, especially after that one time.)
Oscar decided he would politely reject her offer but she had already quickly pushed him down on the bed, This shocked the boy as Lessar had never been so forceful before, It wasn't normal for her but he couldn't help but feel a little excited by it.
Lessar leaned in and softly ran her tongue along his ear. "Shh, it's just us."
The next thing he felt was a pair of soft lips connect to his own and a certain wet muscle entering his mouth, Lessar's tongue played with Oscar's, and her hands roamed his body beneath her slowly sliding down.
Oscar wondered if he should stop this or allow it to continue, It wouldn't be the first time he got a handjob from the girl, but there was a very important issue he needed to deal with, Although Oscar felt it would be rude to just stop her after letting her get this far.
(Ah, What the heck, She is one of my girlfriends' at the end of the day.)
Oscar Pine had at first been against, Lessar, Leivinia, and Carissa becoming his girlfriends' but he couldn't choose either of them, so Carissa surprisingly, came up with the idea of him just dating all three of them, Which after some time he finally agreed to.
Lessar's tongue swirled around his and her hand got closer and closer to his crotch, But then her fingers moved and hooked around The Relic of Knowledge tied to his waist and quickly unhooked it.
"Lessar? What are you doing?"
"That was too easy."
Lessar quickly stood up and her body shifted into a girl with pink and brown hair.
"Who are you!?"
"Sorry, Sweet cheeks but I got to get going... You can call me Neo... By the way, you're a pretty good kisser."
Before Neo could get away Oscar raised his hand and a green magical energy hit Neo in the chest sending her through the wall out into the hall but she held on to the relic.
(Right, he is still technically Ozpin, Makes sense he could use magic.)
She quickly turned into Oscar at the moment and ran, she rounded a corner and ran into Jaune, Nora, and Ren as they came around a different corner with Oscar's Girlfriends' well two of them.
"Oscar? Why are you running?" Leivinia Birdway asked worriedly.
At that moment the real Oscar came around the corner Neo had come from.
"Nooo!" A sort of magical electricity surrounded his fist as he slammed it into Neo's face breaking her illusion and revealing her to them.
Neo flipped through the air and landed on her feet, she looked down and noticed the Relic was gone, She then looked up and saw it had fallen and Oscar picked it up.
"Well you're annoying, But still a pretty good kisser," Neo mocked with a grin.
The last part was heard well by Lessar and Leivinia. "You kissed her!?" Lessar asked clearly upset.
"She tricked me, She looked like you."
This comment didn't seem to satisfy Lessar. "You should have known it wasn't me! You know how I kiss."
"That's not what's important right now!" Leivinia scolded then she added. "We can punish Oscar later."
Oscar gulped in fear of what the future may hold after all is said and done as Leivinia pulled her metallic wand.
Everyone pulled out their weapons and prepared for combat.
"Neopolitan," Nora said with anger clear in her voice.
"You know her?" Oscar asked as held the relic protectively
Jaune looked at Neo in sadness. "I... I thought I did."
The look of hurt in Jaune's eyes made Neo's heart, ache with a pang of guilt, But she quickly put that aside. Besides, when she completes her goal she will take Jaune as her own anyway, Everything will work out and they will still be with each other.
"Give up. We've got you outnumbered."
Neo only smiled. "I wouldn't be so sure about that honey."
As soon as Neo said this Ren was suddenly struck by an invisible force, The impact knocked him to the ground.
"What was that!" Nora asked and then Oscar casted a special spell that made his eyes glow yellow, He could see seven Neos all in a separate space.
"There are other Neopolitans, like clones, Seven of them."
Neo was shocked at this revelation. (He can see my other dimensions? He really is fucking annoying, I just need to get that damn relic so I can get out of here.)
Oscar and Leivinia both created a tornado of green lightning and ice dust, Oscar using magic and Leivinia using dust. Neo did her research on all of them, She knew that Leivinia was some sort of dust witch and Lessar had some sort of strength and durability enhancement semblance, She hadn't known about Oscar being able to use magic however, But it didn't matter, She was a Level 5 esper and a skilled fighter she didn't see herself having too many problems.
Nora charged Neopolitan swinging her hammer but to her shock, it seemed to slam into an invisible wall, The hammer stopped right before contact with Neo.
Neo quickly kicked her away and then went after Oscar, But Lessar was there and she punched at Neo which she used her umbrella to block but the force was still too great and she was sent into the wall behind her putting a crack in it.
(Okay, she is a lot stronger than I anticipated.) Neo thought as she sent some gravity dust into her pocket dimension, Then created a pocket space just around Lessar.
"Lessar look out!" Oscar yelled as he could see the dust moving around Lessar.
"It's around you, Move to the left."
Lessar listened and moved out of the way of a gravity dust explosion.
Neo moved towards Oscar again but Jaune blocked her with his shield, She jumped back and Nora came after her and Neo raised her hand a vortex surrounded it and if Nora hadn't seen it and moved away she would have been sucked into Neo's pocket dimension.
Ren shot several bullets but this was pointless as Neo simply blocked it with her umbrella, Then Ren leaped into the air coming at Neo with his blades but she quickly vanished and reappeared above him.
Neo kicked Ren in the face, Sending him back to the floor and breaking his rather weak aura.
Then Neo was hit by a combination of wind dust and fire dust that formed a massive ball of fire that shifted into a ring around her and exploded, She had quickly portaled herself out to a safe spot before it could do any more damage to her.
Neo cursed and began to really think about the situation. (Okay, first, I don't have the physical strength or durability to go head-on with Lessar, That Leivinia girl is pretty weak physically but her dust combinations are annoying, Jaune has actually gotten better, Shit I even helped him with some of that back at Beacon, Oscar's magic is unpredictable, Nora and Ren are easy, But the others are a bit problematic, Oscar is hiding in the back like a coward most likely to protect the relic.)
Neo decided to change things up. (Fine, I will even the playing field, It's time for them to see the full extent of my ability.)
Neo raised her hand and the world distorted, the space around them shifted as if the planet was warping itself, Then the entire hallway was torn apart, And they barely had time to react.
They all went rolling down the hallway and When it was over, Most of them were knocked unconscious. Oscar continued rolling until he felt a boot on top of his chest, Neopolitan pressed her boot down holding him to the floor as he winced from the pressure and pain.
"I'll take that."
Neo kicked the relic out of Oscar's hands and back into her own.
She then stomped on his head knocking him unconscious before removing her boot from him and attempting to teleport, But found she couldn't.
(Right, The relics are an unknown force, So I can't calculate them properly.)
Neo then quickly jumped away from Lessar who stabbed her claw at her. The floor was ripped up even more from the attack.
Neo touched the floor and the building shifted in the opposite direction, Up had become down, and down had become up, Lessar however easily jump to the ceiling, And kicked Neo in the gut, Her body twisted through the air and bounced against the floor.
But then shattered like glass and Neo got Lesser from behind with a calculated strike, Slamming into the girl's aura, Neo then placed her hand on Lessar and she was hit with a massive invisible dust explosion that broke her aura and sent her down the hallway, Finally stopping at the same wall Neo's body had cracked before.
Neo smiled in satisfaction, She had done it, She got the relic and she took them all down. (Piece of cake.)
Neo thought but things were never that easy.
"Well, this is quite the mess, Looks like Vento was right, Oh well, Guess I'll just get what I came here for."
A very large man Neo had never seen before came down the destroyed hallway.
"Hey, Girl you have something that Grimmlin wants, Why don't we do this the easy way and you hand over that lamp."
"And who the fuck are you!?" Neo asked rudely.
"No need to be so disrespectful, I'm Aqua of The Rear, I used to be a part of The Right Seat of God, But I am currently working with Grimmlin, I know you know what that is... Neopolitan."
"Whatever, I don't give a shit, if you think I am going to hand over this relic after what I just went through to get it, Then there doesn't seem to be anybody home upstairs."
Neo pulled out hush ready for another fight.
"Well, I guess you made your choice."
Neopolitan didn't even see Aqua move and before she could even understand what was going on she was flying through the air, Her aura shattered from one attack, Though it had already taken damage from her previous fight there was still a lot left, Her body broke through several walls and stopped in a random room.
Neo's nose and mouth bled as she looked up and the light shining in the room, Her vision blurry, Her body aching with pain, her head throbbing and her eyes burning as she looked back up seeing the man Aqua, who was now carrying Oscar on his back, She was in far too much pain to stop Aqua from taking the relic and walking away, As she watched him walking away carrying the farm boy she passed out falling completely unconscious.
Part 12.
Mikoto Misaka jumped to a building sticking to it like a spider as she dodged several missiles from Therestina Kihara, The missiles exploded and several civilian vehicles were destroyed. (Damn it, This is not good, I can't fight seriously around all these people, Why did she have to attack me in the city, Even though it's nighttime, Atlas is still pretty active.)
"Don't keep running away! Aren't you the great and powerful Railgun!? Show me your power!"
A large laser beam shot at Mikoto burning through part of the building she was on, She quickly jumped off using her electricity to stick to the side of a different building as she thought about the situation. (I don't want any more deaths on my conscience, Knowing Therestina, She probably attacked me here on purpose to put me at a disadvantage. I need to find a place where there are no civilians and lead her there.)
Mikoto ran down the building and then she quickly used her lighting to swing through the city like a certain spider-based superhero, as Therestina gave chase, she pulled up her scroll and called Kazari Uiharu.
"Misaka?"
"Uiharu, can you find a spot in the city with no civilians or traffic? And do it fast."
"Are you in some kind of trouble?"
"I can handle it, I just need somewhere safe from civilians."
Kazari, from her location in Atlas Academy.
She quickly pulled up several screens and found an old SDC factory and searched the area, She also saw that she could use the cameras in the area to keep an eye on Mikoto.
"There is an old empty SDC factory, I'll send Its location to your scroll"
Mikoto shot away from another missile. "Thank you Uiharu... and don't tell anyone about this please."
"Wait Misaka what's..." Kazari said as Mikoto hung up her scroll cutting off the conversation.
Mikoto used "Rampage Dress" to increase her speed and began making her way to the location Kazari Uiharu sent her, Therestina was still hot on her trail.
"Hey, Railgun, Let's see how you deal with your own power being used against you!"
Therestina raised a cannon off her A.A.A. armor and shot an actual railgun at Mikoto, The electromagnetic bullet moved at 19, 237 mph. The bullet slammed into Mikoto's aura and she rolled down the road, her uniform getting scruffed up and ripped in places, Her body finally stopping from slamming into a truck.
"You like it? I call it the Anti-Railgun, it is designed to ignore electromagnetism, So you can't stop it, And I know you're not fast enough to dodge it either."
Mikoto jumped up to her feet and her lighting then formed into several arrows, then she shot them at Therestina but an energy shield formed around her body and blocked them all.
"That's a new trick. That your semblance? Even so... It's no use!" Therestina announced then charged up another anti-railgun.
Mikoto quickly moved and leaped into the air, She then did something she had only done once before, Mikoto had always stuck to certain things to be safe with her calculations, But after witnessesing Accelerator's fight with Kakine that she saw yesterday on Kazari Uiharu's camera feed when she hacked into the Atlas cameras, She had thought of branching out her ability and testing its limits, She had done this once shortly after coming to Atlas when she fought a rather difficult White Fang member.
Mikoto manipulated the electromagnetism around her own body and lifted into the air levitating high above ground, She then manipulated all the electrons in the air around Therestina and lightning suddenly began shocking her from nothing as Mikoto greatly increased the intensity of the electrons in the atoms around her.
Mikoto then hit Therestina with a lightning bolt directly from the atmosphere and she was sent to the ground.
(When did that little bitch get so powerful!? She was nothing like this back in Academy City.)
Before Therestina could react Mikoto had moved to her and grabbed her, then using a very advanced version of "Rampage Dress" she threw Therestina high into the air and then grabbed her and flew to the factory where she kicked her to the ground just outside it.
Mikoto then shot a lightning bolt at Therestina who attempted to dodge the attack, but Mikoto could use her personal reality to increase her lighting to the speed of light, so at that moment that particular lightning bolt was moving at speeds faster than 671,000,000 mph.
Therestina could only use her shield to lessen the damage, but she was still overwhelmed by the sheer power of Mikoto's lightning.
(Damn, she really is starting to think like a high-level 5 now, It's as if her personal reality upgraded or something.)
Therestina could only utilize the anti-railgun and hope to take down Mikoto fast with them.
Therestina shot multiple missiles at Mikoto but taking a page out of Accelerator's book, She created a magnetic field around her body that pushed away all the missiles similar to Accelerator's reflection.
Then Mikoto created a massive iron sand tornado that stretched into the sky, She sent it at Therestina who quickly flew away into the air, Then she charged up another anti-railgun and fired it, Mikoto had her aura broken from that second anti-railgun and then Therestina created one more.
(If I get hit by another one of those things it will kill me, But with my aura broken I could go into a negative aura state, Do I really want to use that power again? Do I have a choice? How do I even use it? I don't have enough negative emotions right now.)
Mikoto sent lightning threw the ground which shocked Therestina, then she hit her with an Iron sand ball, sending her against the factory building.
Therestina's face contorted in anger and she got back to her feet.
"Well, You have really grown, haven't you!? But no matter, My A.A.A. was designed specifically to kill you! It goes against all of you're!..."
That was all Therestina was able to get out before another voice spoke. "You really are fucking moron Therestina."
Therestina turned to the new voice and so did Mikoto.
A blonde girl dressed in a black shirt and blue hot pants, black ankle-length leather flat boots on her feet.
(Who is this? Another Grimmlin member maybe?) Mikoto thought as she looked at the girl.
"A- An- Anna, I was..."
"We, Know what you were doing, You were fucking up the plan, And it's not the first time either. Lorya is getting pretty sick of you and frankly so am I."
(Lorya? Isn't that Grimmlin's leader? So this girl is from Grimmlin then.)
"I."
The girl called Anna in Mikoto's eyes, moved so quickly it looked like she teleported, The next thing Mikoto saw was her hand vibrating into Therestina's chest. Then she extracted her heart from her body. "You were a fucking disappointment, I'm glad I got to be the one to kill you."
Mikoto watched in shock as Therestina collapsed to the ground, She got ready to fight but the girl turned to her with a bored expression that reminded Mikoto of Accelerator.
"Don't even try it, Railgun, You can't beat me, I'm ranked well beyond you... If I were you I would get back to The Academy."
"Who are you!?" Mikoto asked with curiosity.
"I'm The #1 Remnant Esper... Vibration."
After she made the announcement her body phased away and she vanished.
(Vibration? Wasn't she briefly mentioned when Blake told everyone about Grimmlin's members? She is the other Rank 1?)
Mikoto walked over to Therestina's dead body, Looking down at her, She couldn't help but feel shame, She knew what happened to Therestina as a child and why she was the way she was, If anyone was to blame for her it was Gensei Kihara, Somebody Mikoto absolutely despised.
(She didn't deserve that, She at least deserves to be buried.)
Mikoto clicked a button on the A.A.A. armor and it receded into a small drive which Mikoto pocketed just in case, Then she carried Therestina's blood-soaked body and using her ability to fly she began to make her way to the Cemetery in Mantle since Atlas didn't have one.
Part 13.
Ruby Rose looked around the strange world that was created by Teitoku Kakine she was highly impressed, She didn't know that Kakine had this much power, Right before her eyes he created his very own world, Her wings were resisting the strange elements of this world but there was still something off, she could feel it.
All around her she could feel So many different forms of energy each of these energies were new to her, In fact they were a new existence entirely, And there were thousands of them everything in this metaphysical world made no logical sense, The reality of this world was completely different than Remnant. Ruby Rose wasn't sure what to expect from the rest of this battle, Kakine just literally created a new world and filled it with thousands of energies that didn't even exist.
(This is, it's so beyond me, I don't even understand this at all. But luckily these strange silver wings are blocking whatever these new energies are, What are these things? And what would happen if I ever learned to control them fully?)
Ruby Rose's thoughts were interrupted when Teitoku Kakine finally spoke. "This is your end, I make the rules in this world, You have no chance, Whatever I want to do in this world I can do it."
Ruby took those words to heart but that didn't mean she would give up either, She was going to avenge her uncle regardless of what it took, Teitoku Kakine wasn't going to get away with killing her uncle.
"I don't care if you write the rules of this strange world, I'm not going to give up... Bet on that!" Ruby announced then she flew at Kakine at massive speeds, She created a silver scythe, this one had silver fire all around it and she made a swing, the swing cut through Kakine's body but as always he simply rebuilt himself, Then Ruby was suddenly hit with a massive source of energy from the sky of this world, the sky broke apart and rained down on her, she was able to protect herself with her wings to an extent but the force was too great, All of the strange Gold dark matter was far too strong for her to handle fully.
Ruby fell into the sea of gold under her, she then shot a silver lightning bolt out and hit Kakine sending him into the sky, then she teleported to him and hit him down into the sea of energy, But then all of a sudden the world twisted and everything was reversed, Ruby found herself ln the place of Kakine and him in the place of Ruby, Then the energies in the world seem to change and grow stronger.
(He is manipulating the world as we fight, what the hell am I going to do? If he can just keep changing the reality of this world as he sees fit?)
Ruby was at rock in hard place, She had no clue how she would combat Kakine's reality warping abilities in this world.
However Kakine was also having his own problems at the moment as well. (Why? She should have been dead already with my first move, Those strange fucking wings are actually protecting her from the reality of this world, At least to an extent, My dark matter energies are being blocked somehow, But that power is coming from those wings so if I destroy those then it should eliminate the problem entirely.)
With that thought in mind Kakine created multiple beetles and they all shot blasts of energies, all different beams of power directly at the wings. Ruby Rose quickly tried to move but something from the world was holding her in place and the beams slammed into her this broke her aura but the wings were not effected at all, The moment the beams of energy came in contact with the wings they vanished from existence entirely even in this metaphysical Conceptual world.
Kakine was shocked, He had never seen anything like it, He could no longer feel the dark matter that he created it was completely wiped from form entirely. (She can erase things from existence even if they don't exist!? What the hell is that power? They can't even be manipulated by laws and rules at all, They defy everything in existence and not in existence, How does that even work?)
Kakine was getting worried because even with his dark matter body, He wasn't entirely sure if he could survive those wings if they were to touch him, those wings could very well kill him permanently.
Ruby created a sword out of silver energy with silver lightning surrounding it and Kakine created his own sword out of gold matter to combat hers, He couldn't simply destroy her body by manipulating the laws of this world so he had to actually fight her head on, The two exchanged blows with their weapons and Kakine was not nearly as skilled as Ruby was so he was not fairing to well against her in sword play.
Ruby was easily able to get the upper hand in close quarters combat, Kakine flew back to create distance but Ruby was faster then him and was instantly at his new location, The anger hate she had for him right now was keeping her on top, Kakine couldn't defend, He quickly sent Ruby away from him by manipulating the reality of the distance between the two of them he made it so Ruby could never reach him.
Or so he thought because to his surprise Ruby moved at speeds faster then he could create distance even an infinite length or Immeasurable length of distance wasn't enough, She was simply too fast now, Ruby quickly closed the distance between them and got him with a kick that sent his body flying at light speed while also completely destroying it in it's travel.
Ruby was able to move at whatever speed she chose in this state, so he literally had no escape, he needed a new plan because his current one wasn't going to work, Her speed and strength was beyond him, her agility and all other physical attributes were beyond him as well, He definitely currently has more raw power than her and more techniques and hax with his abilities but that wasn't helping him at the moment. In this moment Teitoku Kakine couldn't believe that Ruby Rose was outclassing him.
(Hmm, She may be able to outclass me, But she definitely can't out smart me, My intelligence is well beyond anything she can comprehend, with my personal reality all I need to do is...)
Ruby pulled a trick out of Cinder Fall's book and created a bow with three arrows, She let the arrows fly and they were covered in silver lightning and fire, The arrows moved at speeds so fast they twisted the world around them and slammed into Kakine destroying his dark matter body once again, For a moment Ruby didn't see him anywhere.
She looked around and saw nothing but floating particles all around her.
(Did I kill him? Is he actually gone?)
Ruby found herself celebrating a bit too soon because the next thing she felt was a dark matter spear pierce her from the back through to her front, blood leaked out of her mouth and she fell from the air as Kakine's world disappeared and her body tumbled down to the tundra below.
Kakine walked over to Ruby's unmoving body and checked her pulse, when he confirmed she was dead he stood back up and smiled. "Sorry Rose, You may have been strong and completely unpredictable, But my power is too far beyond yours and my mind is far greater, however I do have respect for you, You were a worthy opponent."
Kakine leaned down and used his thumb and index finger to close Ruby's eyes before flying away leaving her body in the tundra.
However if he had stuck around a bit longer he would have seen the silver light that glowed brightly from Ruby's body.
Ruby Rose gasped for breath and sat up, She looked over the tundra and saw That Kakine was gone, She looked down at the spot where she was stabbed and saw no wound or any trace of what happened.
(I died again huh? Well I guess it made sense that I wasn't smart enough to beat Teitoku Kakine, I need to know about this strange power I have, Because when I was fighting Kakine I could feel so much more, There was much more I couldn't access there is something blocking my knowledge of this power, and I need to learn how to unlock that knowledge.)
Ruby Rose stood up and walked out of the tundra back to Atlas, She had a goal, Something she felt in that moment that Kakine killed her, She found something she could do, Something that would change everything.
Part 14.
Ruby looked over Qrow Branwen's body, She didn't know how this fully worked but she was going to try her best.
Silver wings manifested and a bright silver light shined, (I did this for Frenda once and I just need to focus and do it again.)
The silver light soon enveloped Qrow's body.
Part 15.
The fight completely changed for Cinder Fall when Umidori Kuroyoru became the new Winter Maiden, she didn't have much trouble dealing with Cinder's magic and Cinder's Dark Matter wasn't having much effect either at this point it was a stalemate between the two.
(How is Umidori already so skilled at using magic? She just gained access to it.) Cinder Fall thought as she was baffled on how quickly Umidori was able to adapt to magic despite being an esper, It took Cinder a lot of training to get control of her magic, Yet Umidori is able to manipulate magic like she had been doing it her whole life.
Cinder used her dark matter to create a massive nevermore, She flew at Umidori who created an ice staff and swung it into Cinder sending her through a building and then she followed up with several ice shards that were sharp enough to pierce through steel, they flew at the speed of a bullet and easily pierced through the building, and shot through Cinder's body, But of course Cinder was not harmed from such an attack.
(That fucking dark matter body is annoying.) Umidori thought as she moved to Cinder and hit her with a massive hammer made of ice, But Cinder created two swords and blocked it and then she controled the air around her enchanting her swords with wind magic and the force of the attack destroyed the top of the building completely but when she looked back she was surprised at what was before her eyes.
A massive ball of solid ice came into her vision it surrounded Umidori's body and she was able to withstand the force of Cinder's attack, when Umidori broke out of the ice she sent out an explosion in all directions.
Cinder's dark matter body was suddenly in half but she quickly rebuilt herself then she placed her hands on the floor and thousands of swords were created out of black glass, She manipulated the air and her black fire created a massive twister, the swords and dark matter with the fire was too much power for Umidori to handle and she was cut up all over her body and burned.
She attempted to stop it but it was too much to deal with She was soon sent off the destroyed building and into the sky outside, Cinder sent it after her and Umidori quickly tried to combat Cinder's fire tornado with her own frost tornado, The two forces ripped into each other and the area around them shook.
Somebody else however, could hear this and she used her newfound powers to see what was going on.
The white haired pigtailed girl known as Kuroko Shirai saw Umidori with The Winter Maiden's Powers fighting Against Cinder Fall who she was surprised was alive somehow.
(So, you gonna go help you're friend?) The vampire named Alison said this to Kuroko in her head.
"Guess so," Kuroko replied then leaped off the roof.
Umidori and Cinder were engaged in intense battle. Cinder had two black glass swords and Umidori had daggers made of magical ice, She moved and kicked Cinder back and then she mixed her magic with her bomber lance, sending out a massive bomber lance that tore through Cinder's body for what was probably the 5th time now.
Like always Cinder's body rebuilt itself, Her immortality made this battle impossible, Umidori Kuroyoru was at a huge disadvantage against Cinder.
"I'm impressed you can use your magic so well this early, But it is useless against me, Even so it is interesting, Though your still lacking in how you control magic," Cinder said as she raised her hand and Umidori felt an invisible force slam into her body causing her to cough up blood and fly into a building behind her.
"There is still so much you have to learn."
Cinder moved and caught Umidori holding her. "I can teach you how to really control your new found powers."
Umidori only laughed at those words. "What the fuck do you think this is? Star Wars? Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha! You're a god damn idiot if you think I'm joining you."
Umidori stabbed an ice spike into Cinder's side and then punched her in the face and sent her flying back through the air.
"Fine have it your way, Then I'll just kill you and take that power for myself."
After Cinder made this announcement she created a massive fireball of black fire and dark matter above her and it floated in the air above her, and with a simple flick of her wrist it went flying at Umidori but instead of hitting Umidori, it slammed into a red energy force field.
"What!? When did?"
Cinder Fall saw Kuroko Shirai hovering in front of Umidori Kuroyoru and she didn't understand what was going on at all.
(Wasn't she a teleporter? And her semblance was telekinesis, but telekinesis couldn't create something like that.)
Kuroko waved her hand and the same forcefield she created turned from defensive to offensive and took the form of a blade and before Cinder new what was happening her arm was removed and to her shock it regenerated much slower than normal.
(What the fuck!? That was definitely magic but it wasn't Maiden's magic, It was completely different, It was old magic ancient magic, How could she have something like this!?)
Kuroko teleported to Cinder and the same energy surrounded her she sent it out in an explosion. Cinder quickly moved away from her, She didn't know what the magic was, but she knew it was capable of slowing down her dark matter regeneration and possibly even stopping it entirely.
(This is too dangerous I have no idea what that magic is and something about Kuroko Shirai is frightening, Damn it.)
Cinder's body vanished into dark matter and she was gone.
"Why do people keep running away from me?" Kuroko sighed then she heard Umidori chuckled a bit when she heard that.
Kuroko turned back to Umidori. "You okay?"
"Yeah just a little bit of recovery I'll be fine."
"So, your a vampire now?" Umidori asked with a smile.
"God fucking damn it," Kuroko sighed and Umidori laughed but soon stopped because laughing hurt.
Part 16.
Weiss Schnee jumped off her glyph, She had several glyphs all around the room her, Enshu Kihara was a difficult opponent, Weiss had no clue how to get around her glove that she said utilized Imagine Breaker or a version of it, Weiss knew exactly what that power was, It was the mysterious power that belonged to the boy known as Touma Kamijou.
A boy who successfully defeated Accelerator twice, she new that power could even defeat the unstoppable Accelerator, Enshu seemed to only be able to negate semblances with her version of Imagine Breaker, but she was also very skilled in Martial Arts and her 5,000 personalities were a problem, Weiss learned that when Enshu Kihara switched to a different personality, She gained the mindset and thought patterns of that person.
If Enshu used Accelerator's personality, Her mindset changed to his, she would perfectly mimic the way Accelerator fights, And his intelligence, It didn't make sense how one person could have 5,000 different personalities in her head, that wasn't how split personality worked.
Enshu Kihara was currently in the personality of somebody called Rakko Yumiya, Her precision became as good as Frenda Seivelun's, Her fighting style also changed with every personality as well, Making her completely unpredictable.
Three bullets flew at Weiss and she leaped off her glyph to another and then struck Enshu in the back, Several more glyphs were formed and out of them were several Arma Giggas, each with a different dust elements empowering them, Gun raised, Enshu fired four more bullets, the Arma Giggas only flinched as the bullets made an impact with them.
After this was done Enshu had to jump back as a massive explosion of gravity dust and lightning dust was sent through the room, Enshu from a safe location raised her right hand, this was the only motion she needed. Upon contact with her right hand, The dust was negated.
Weiss's eyes widened as she watched the dust vanishing before her vision in an instant. (She can negate dust too!?)
Weiss needed a way to defeat this girl but at this point things were not going well, She couldn't use her semblance or dust on Enshu and the girl had yet to use her own semblance, Weiss felt like this girl was simply playing with her and not taking this fight seriously.
Then Weiss heard an announcement that felt her with dread.
Enshu smirked. "Channel Accelerator!"
As this was called out, Weiss knew that she was about to destroy the Arma Giggas easily, Enshu's expression became bored and like she didn't care about the situation. She made two moves using her second weapon, It was a blade, a laser blade that Weiss had never seen used in Remnant before, It looked like a lightsaber from those space movies Ruby and Jaune loved so much.
Pulling the blade was the first move and the second move was a single strike, The blade dragging in line at speeds faster than the human eye can process, The Arma Giggas were destroyed in only a second, Enshu used this weapon once before at the start of the fight.
Weiss had never seen such a powerful weapon before, it seemed to be able to cut through anything, It was extremely hot, and hummed, It was literally out of those Space Wars movies.
Enshu smiled and licked her lips. She moved and her blade stopped in its tracks as it hit the glyph Weiss Schnee had quickly created, suddenly the glyph exploded and Enshu found herself slamming into the ceiling of the digital building before she knew what was happening.
Weiss was there quickly aiming a kick into Enshu, Weiss's boot connected with Enshu's gut causing her to cough up saliva and knocking the wind out of her, Her body was sent back to the floor of the digital building, It seemed to distort the digital format, As ripples went through the building.
Weiss came down her strike true but this strike would not connect as before Weiss's eyes, Enshu vanished into a light and she was gone, But only for a moment as Weiss then heard Enshu's voice. "Channel Touma Kamijou."
Weiss heard the voice of Enshu Kihara but she didn't see the girl anywhere, Weiss was suddenly struck in the side as Enshu reemerged from wherever she was, The punch was the strongest Weiss Schnee ever felt, her aura flickered as her body bounced along the digital floor.
Enshu quickly came with another strike, Her fist caught Weiss in mid air with another strong hit.
Weiss's aura took more strain but she was quick to recover from the hit, her blade getting in a jab as Enshu winced from the impact of the hit from Weiss, She wasn't used to taking damage so Enshu was not used to the pain like Weiss, But Enshu still was able to take the hit quite well.
Enshu looked at the watch on her wrist. (Good perfect timing, Time for this to end Weiss Schnee.)
Enshu had a secret about her glove, one that She knew Weiss wouldn't be prepared for.
Accelerator made his way through the digital building, when he got to the top floor he found himself in a long hallway with multiple doors and no matter how many times he walked down it, it seemed to repeat in a constant loop.
(This is the 6th time now, No matter which path or door I enter I just keep coming back to the same place, What the fuck is this? Is it some kind of illusion? Or is it, Some type of digital loop created by Enshu Kihara specifically to keep me from Weiss?)
Accelerator knew that walking down this hallway or entering any of the doors attached to it was pointless. He looked around the building and an idea came to his brain. (Wait a minute, Even though this world is a digital dimension, it still has motion, This means it still utilizes its own form of vectors, it seems Enshu Kihara is able to manipulate this building with some sort of physical means, So she is using this digital format to create a digital loop, So then all I have to do is disrupt it.)
Accelerator looked around and focusing on his own personal outlook of this digital world he changed the way he was perceiving it and soon Accelerator could see this digital world in an entirely different way, He added the concept of digital physics to his personal reality, It was basically Vectors made up of nothing but numbers, Just 1's and 0's.
Accelerator only had to stomp on the floor and the digital building switched in his vision and he saw the hallway disappear, Instead in it's place was nothing but a single door before him.
Accelerator also found something better through his knew digital vectors, He could use this world itself to charge his choker.
Weiss's aura broke as a punch slammed into her face, Weiss Schnee had lost her weapon and her nose was bleeding over her face, she was in very bad shape, Her body aching all over, Her head throbbing.
Weiss was trying to fight Enshu Kihara hand to hand at this point but it was pointless as Weiss's hand to hand skills were not on the same level as Enshu's.
Enshu walked over to a struggling Weiss, And her swung her boot into Weiss's gut, The White haired girl toppled to the floor and coughed out blood.
"Too bad, Weiss Schnee, You just weren't good enough," Enshu began. "But don't worry, I have had fun and I don't want that fun to end too soon."
With that Enshu placed her gloved hand on Weiss's back. The world twisted and everything warped into something completely different to Weiss's eyes.
Accelerator had just entered the room in time to see Weiss's body vanish into some sort of vortex and flash of light.
Accelerator's world changed upon that sight and he felt anger rise in him, in the past he would have sprung black wings in this situation but those were permanently destroyed, but even so at this moment he just wanted to kill Enshu Kihara.
Enshu turned to the door and fear became her as she stared at the boy known as Accelerator. (How did he get past my defense?)
Accelerator made a simple step, This was all that was needed as the digital world began to completely collapse and Enshu Kihara quickly warped away right before him.
Thor noticed the entire digital world destroying itself and he could only look on in awe. (Yeah, he is the perfect one for it, this way it will be honorable and I will be happy.) Thor thought as he watched the digital world being destroyed from the power of The #1 Level 5 Accelerator.
Part 17.
Thor watched after the digital world was destroyed by Accelerator and he also learned that Accelerator was back at strength.
Accelerator put Whitley Schnee who was wrapped in a blanket in an AI powered car and programmed it to go to Atlas Academy.
Thor stopped and stood back after Whitley Schnee was gone the job was done.
"Well, I'm sorry about what happened to Weiss, But I have to say, It doesn't change anything."
Accelerator sighed at those words. (I expected this, after all, Thor and I... Are still on opposite sides.)
Accelerator turned to face Thor and he didn't speak, He only flicked the switch on his choker.
Thor smiled and a long needed rematch began.
Part 18.
Neopolitan Vanille opened her eyes to be greeted by a ceiling in an unfamiliar room, An apple cinnamon smell graced her nose with it's fragrance which she learned was coming from a scented candle on the desk next to the bed she was currently in, Neo was very confused, How did she get in this hotel room?
Her answer soon came when she heard a voice speak to her right. "Your awake."
Neo turned startled at the sudden announcement, She saw Jaune Arc, Jaune Arc chuckled at Neo's response, He never had seen her so jumpy before.
"Sorry, I didn't mean to scare you."
Neo was perplexed, Why did Jaune bring her here? Was he only making sure she was okay, Did he plan to turn her over to the Atlas military? Neo eyed Jaune unsure what she should do in this moment, She knew if she moved fast enough she could take him down and escape even without her weapon.
Before she could make a move however, Jaune Arc spoke once more. "Don't worry, I didn't bring you here so I could turn you over to Ironwood. I... I don't want you to go to jail, I honestly... at first considered capturing you, But I couldn't bring myself to... And on top of that, you saved my life back at Schnee Manner."
Neo still hadn't spoken she was still cautious. (What is this? Is it just payback for saving him? Or is there something more?)
Neo had actually found that she had feelings for Jaune back at Beacon and those feelings haven't gone anywhere at all, She still felt those feelings for the boy, She was teasing him for the longest time back at Beacon especially after their first date, Which she had used as nothing more than a cover, So she could help Roman as her alter ego Mint, But after that Neo actually began to have real feelings for the boy, At least that is what she believed though she wasn't sure whether or not she actually loved him.
The girl hadn't had a crush on anyone before, So it was new to her as such she would express it by teasing him relentlessly. His reactions were too cute to her and she also was quite certain Jaune enjoyed her teasing.
"Why am I here, Why didn't you turn me in?"
The question actually took Jaune by surprise to be honest he didn't know completely why he didn't, it was possible that he actually had feelings for Neopolitan or maybe it was something more.
"I... Think your a good person Neo, I think Cinder is manipulating you in her own way, Just like she did then, I know she probably promised you something but I'm telling you whatever that is she won't deliver."
"Ruby killed Roman."
The words had been so blunt they caught Jaune by surprise. "What? No, Ruby hasn't killed anyone, Cinder is lying if she."
"I saw it," Neo cut Jaune off mid sentence. It was true Neo had watched Ruby Rose kill Roman Torchwick back at the fall of Beacon, Even if she wasn't directly involved with his death, She was a hero right? And she did nothing to save him when that Grimm attacked him, Only selfishly using the chance to escape.
"Ruby... She told me what happened to Roman, But Neo if anything Salem is more responsible than Ruby, She was only trying to survive, so she could protect her friends, Ruby isn't some crazy killer, If she could have saved Roman she would of I promise you that."
Jaune's words actually gave Neo a bit of doubt, She was searching for revenge for a long time, At first she blamed Cinder and she had tried to kill her but that had failed miserably even with her esper abilities, And she was shocked to learn that Cinder Fall was also an esper and a stronger one than herself.
Neo honestly didn't know how to feel about any of it, She was bent on getting revenge for Roman, But at the same time she didn't know what she truly wanted to do, Neo just wanted to feel better, Without Roman she felt lost, She at least had Kaibi Gokusai but even then it wasn't the same as Roman Torchwick who was like an older brother to her.
"I... Can't accept that, I'm sorry, I."
Neo was caught off guard by Jaune Arc's next move, He moved to fast for her to react but this gesture was not an attack rather she found herself in his arms tightly, As he wrapped his arms around her and held her against his body in a very long and passionate embrace. "Neo, this isn't healthy for you, Please... I understand but please."
Jaune Arc's plea had brought a tear to Neo's left eye and soon the right followed suit and she began to cry. Neo held Jaune in her own arms as he did her, In this moment she felt something she never felt before, Something she never thought she could feel for anyone. Neopolitan Vanille felt love.
All the events of Beacon flew through her mind at rapid speed, She remembered everything, All the things she did with Teams RWBY, JNPR and FRST. Especially Jaune Arc, She truly began doubting herself, She was feeling love for Jaune Arc, But could she actually be with him? She had planned to take him for her own when she was done with Ruby but it was different.
Neopolitan didn't want a stockholm relationship anymore, She wanted a real relationship with Jaune, In fact she realized she wanted a relationship with Jaune since Beacon Academy.
Jaune and Neo stopped hugging and then as if on instinct the two leaned towards each other and soon their lips touched, Neo pulled Jaune in and fully kissed him, This wasn't like the kiss she gave him in the Beacon Academy dorms hallway, This was a loving and gentle passionate kiss, This time she didn't hold his hair or force her tongue into his mouth, Or lick his lips, This was something else, This was a kiss between two lovers.
Soon the kiss ended and Jaune separated himself from Neo and then spoke three words she never thought she would hear.
"I love you."
Those three words made Neo's heart ache, She felt her whole body on fire, Her face red, Neopolitan never blushed, She was in completely foreign territory, But for some reason she liked it , She liked it a lot.
"I love you too."
It was almost a whisper as she said it, and She truly meant every word, She was in love with Jaune Arc.
Then Neo had suddenly remembered what she saw before she fell unconscious. "Jaune, Oscar... He."
Neopolitan's sentence was cut short due to the room shaking like an earthquake.
Part 19.
The city of Atlas was shaking as two boys were engaged in a combat that Remnant had never witnessed.The Arc blades had simply bounced off the albino boy, So far in this fight, Thor had not been able to harm Accelerator in any way or form, Thor had already known going into this fight that Accelerator was untouchable for him.
The only problem was Thor always liked a challenge regardless of the odds, And he also wanted something else.
With a simple stomp on the ground several buildings all launched into the sky, They stopped in the air and then they launched at Mach speed, Accelerator made sure the buildings he threw were empty, one moment Thor was there and the next he was gone.
Unfortunately for the long-haired blonde boy he only hit Accelerator's reflection as he attempted to attack from behind and was once again sent back, The white wings were not even present in this fight, The fact that Accelerator wasn't utilizing his wings was even more proof of his strength against Thor's.
Accelerator was far beyond the boy at this point, Thor had certainly gotten much stronger than before but even then he was not strong enough to match the Albino boy.
The world of Remnant itself shifted as Thor moved, Thor could control the world completely but even at that he still was not a match for Accelerator. Thor though however pointless it was wanted to put his best in this fight, The boy raised his hand and the weather twisted around the world, Spinning clouds and electricity filled the atmosphere, a storm more powerful than ever seen on Remnant soon formed.
"Let's go Accelerator!" Thor shouted with a smile on his face.
Looking up at the sky Accelerator once again let out a bored sigh. Taking a single step forward Accelerator easily manipulated the vectors of Thor's storm and as fast as it came it vanished.
Thor was actually shocked this time. (Wow! Accelerator didn't even have to try and he destroyed my storm in a second, He has come so far so fast.)
Thor was impressed with the power that Accelerator displayed, an energy formed from Thor's hand taking the form of a hammer he switched his location on the planet and with a swing to Accelerator's head he hoped for at least one strike in this fight, but this was not granted as the moment it touched Accelerator it was reflected.
The hammer was destroyed as it made contact with Accelerator and then Thor felt only the back of Accelerator's hand touch his chest, The moment this contact was made, Thor found himself tearing through the road literally turning it to dust, Thor's body was torn to shreds and the boy vomited blood and his own insides out on to the ground.
Accelerator sighed and frowned. (It didn't take me long to figure out what Thor was doing, He is... I guess it's.)
Accelerator was pretty conflicted, Despite how foolish he saw it, Thor's plan was something he had to respect.
Thor, Limped out of the crater he was in and stepped back on to the road Which was nothing but dirt at this point. Thor grinning launched himself at Accelerator his speed was twisted time as he moved.
He went for a simple punch. (This is it, Thank you Accelerator... Truly.)
Blood dripped from an empty stump where Thor's right arm used to be, He had a smile on his face and he gave Accelerator a solute with his good arm and collapsed to his knees, Then he fell on to his back.
Accelerator walked over to Thor, He wanted confirmation on his suspicions.
"Lorya Asher, She is something you despise isn't she?"
The words that left Accelerator's mouth, Made Thor flinch a moment, Thor was not an evil person, And the things he has done for Lorya Asher were too much, Even Gremlin back with Magic God Othinus wasn't this bad.
Thor only saw himself as tainted and unfixable, He had been fighting everyday with his choices, He could no longer live with the guilt of the terrible things he did for Lorya Asher, But at the same time Thor was the type who stuck by his word no matter what. He had done unredeemable things for that woman, but he had no choice.
He always stuck by his word if he had told her no, It would have gone against everything he believed in, So regardless of the unjust he found himself still doing it, Thor found people that didn't keep their word as the scum of the world, He refused to be one of those people.
"Accelerator, Make me a promise... You will kill Lorya Asher," Thor was able to weeze out through his shallow breaths.
"It's a promise," Accelerator replied with full truth to his words, He didn't need explanation on why Thor wanted Loyra to die, He knew full well that girl was evil at heart.
Thor only smiled a final smile before his body went limp and his eyes slowly closed for the final time.
Accelerator fully understood. (He couldn't go against Lorya himself as it would Go against his beliefs, Grimmlin had most likely had him do things that went against his beliefs, Unable to live with the guilt of those jobs, He decided to get out the only way he knew how, Suicide, It is pretty badass to commit suicide by combat, I admire you Thor.)
With that thought in mind Accelerator decided that Thor deserved a proper burial and lifted his body or what remained of it then he headed towards the cemetery in Mantle.
When Accelerator got there, Accelerator had used his ability to create a proper grave and buried Thor's body, After he was done, Accelerator marked the grave.
A True Warrior Until The Very End.
Part 20.
A white haired boy had watched over the battle between Accelerator and Thor, This boy looked exactly like the Albino Level 5 esper, He was known as Vector-X a Level 5 clone of Accelerator.
"So... he looks fun."
Vector-X turned back to see Anna Castle, A girl whose ability could match his, The only difference between them was while she got Accelerator's creativity, He was Accelerator, in a way, So he had every aspect of Accelerator's thought patterns and personality as well as Accelerator's personal reality. Just like Accelerator he also has Vector Manipulation just like the Albino he was watching pay his respects to Thor's grave.
"So, He killed Thor? Lorya isn't going to be happy about that, Thor was a pretty important part of her plan," Anna said with a sigh.
"I don't really give a shit about Lorya's plan, Technically it wasn't even her plan to begin with, It was Amata Kihara's plan."
Anna listen to the tone of voice change when Vector-X mentioned Amata Kihara, She knew that the psycho scientist was like a father to the boy, She on the other hand couldn't be more happy that Vector-X was in pain.
She was extremely jealous of Vector-X for taking her place as the Level 6 candidate, it was her that Amata was going to make a Level 6 until Accelerator came into this world, And he got the idea to steal his DNA map and create clones of him, So he could create a Level 5 clone, That had potential to become Level 6.
"Don't tell me you're going to get all butt hurt over losing a little father figure."
"Says the freak who wants to fuck her blood related sister, You gross Siscon," Vector-X replied to her.
"What!? How dare you! I've never given off the impression that I'm in love with my sister!?" Anna yelled back shocked and embarrassed.
"You're reaction was all I needed."
"Besides I doubt we are going to be sisters again."
Vector-X saw the girl's expression change and her head drop. His face hardened. "I don't want to hear your fucking problems so fuck off if your going to start crying."
"You know you're more of an ass than Accelerator," Anna said with anger in her voice, She wished she could kill Vector-X but unfortunately she had an oath to Lorya, and Vector-X was important.
As if he could read her mind Vector-X spoke again. "If you want to try to kill me go head, it will only end up in your death."
"You forget that I am technically still stronger then you, Even with your Vector manipulation, It must be irritating to you that even though you are Accelerator's clone I have a better chance against him then you do," Anna taunted as she walked away from Vector-X that being her final opinion on the conversation.
(Stupid blonde bitch, I hope your sister dies.)
Part 21.
Lorya Asher got the information on Thor and to say the least she was pissed, She had specifically warned him not to fight Accelerator, And she would have to take some time to recalculate her plan.
Part 22.
Neo and Jaune were both sitting on the bed in the hotel room, Luckily the shaking stopped, She had told Jaune about the man Aqua who kidnapped Oscar, Jaune seemed worried that Oscar was now in the hands of Grimmlin, Unfortunately she had no clue about Grimmlin or where they were hiding.
At this moment there was nothing that she nor he could do, But they had gotten ready to head back to Atlas Academy.
Part 23.
Hazel, Emerald and Mercury had just arrived in Atlas, Emerald seemed determined to complete Cinder Fall's mission for her.
Part 24.
Kaibi Gokusai was recovering after her encounter with Kuroko Shirai, She was confused because Kuroko Shirai shouldn't have been that strong, She got a text alert on her scroll and she checked it.
Kaibi was shocked when she read, it was from Neopolitan and it told her to come to Atlas Academy, That was all fine but what truly shocked her was the reason.
Part 25.
Frenda Seivelun was with Fremea Seivelun, Last Order, Matsuri Himegi and Mami Tobio, They were watching a strange horror movie about haunted animatronics in a pizzeria that Fremea chose on Seecock.
Frenda found the movie to be silly and a little bit creepy, especially When it was revealed the villain put the children's bodies inside the animatronics, that freaked her out a bit.
She found it funny that the demon Zooloo was actually terrified of the movie and kept hiding behind her at the scary parts, It seemed he just didn't like the animatronics.
Little did they know a boy about 8 or 9 was watching them from a nearby building through special binoculars, He had a joint in his mouth and an beer bottle next to him that was halfway drunken.
(It won't be long now bitch, You killed my sister, and I promise I will destroy your life... Frenda Seivelun.)
Part 26.
Vento of The Front was standing outside an unknown building in an unknown location as she saw her partner Aqua of The Back approaching with a certain boy unconscious over his shoulder.
"Oh interesting, not only did you get the relic you also managed to get the wizard," Vento said with a smile.
Vento fallowed him into the building as they made their way to Lorya's throne room, The room looked like a royal room from and old English castle.
Lorya Asher was making plans for the next coming weeks when Grimmlin would make their move on Atlas.
Standing next to her was a black-haired woman named Raven Branwen who was the newest member of Grimmlin and had a full army of bandits at her beck and call.
Lorya saw the boy that was also a very old wizard in the arms of Aqua and the Relic he held in his other hand, Soon a sadistic smile graced her lips.
Part 27.
The Aftermath.
Everyone was gathered in the great hall of Atlas Academy, Accelerator had explained what happened to Weiss, Everyone could tell, That he was hiding his emotions about it.
Jaune had also brought Neopolitan and explained what happened to Oscar and that she was safe and was going to help them, Another surprising person was Kaibi Gokusai, She wasn't exactly on their side, She was on the side of Neopolitan which currently aligned her with them now.
There was also a bright side knowing that 4 members of Grimmlin were taken down, Accelerator said Enshu Kihara had escaped but even so James Ironwood and many others saw it as a victory, As the deaths of Therestina Kihara Lifeline, Alison and Amata Kihara were confirmed, and Accelerator said something about Thor also dying a noble death, That he seemed to respect, nobody questioned the albino boy on what happened to Thor, It seemed to be a deep subject he didn't want to speak about. And Alison was confirmed dead as well, So that was 4 Grimmlin members officially off the board.
The remaining members were, Lorya Asher herself, Vento of The Front, Aqua of The Back, Vector-X, Anna Castle, Aka Vibration, Enshu Kihara was still alive certainly, Enzo Nath and Raven Branwen.
The last one filled Yang and Qrow with Anger, Yang couldn't believe her mother was working with a group like Grimmlin, The Ace-Ops being dead safe for Marrow who was out of commission left much vaurnable in Ironwood's eyes, He luckily however still had Penny's team.
Qrow Branwen had somehow survived Teitoku Kakine's attack, According to Ruby, However there was something Ruby Rose was hiding from him he was sure of it. Qrow hadn't just survived the attack but he didn't have a scratch, He had somehow been healed without technology.
(I never knew Ruby's Silver Eyes had this effect, I'm certain that is what caused this.)
Ironwood put it aside and spoke to the room. "Listen, We need to keep on our guard at all times, Grimmlin could attack at anytime, We don't know when the enemy is coming and."
"What about Oscar?" Carissa asked worriedly as she stood with Leivinia Birdway and Lessar who were also very worried.
Ironwood sighed in sadness. "Unfortunately we have not been able to locate him, But we are doing everything we can."
It was all Ironwood could give, They still didn't know where Grimmlin's hideout was And from what Accelerator had told him, It was possible that their hideout wasn't even in the same dimension, And it made since, If Enshu Kihara could create different dimensions, Why not utilize that, He was sure Lorya would use that talent to her advantage.
Accelerator spoke Ironwood's mind to the room. "Enshu Kihara can create pocket dimensions, She put her building in a completely digital world, I'm sure that bitch Lorya used her to create a pocket dimension for Grimmlin's hideout that only the members would be able to access.
Umidori Kuroyoru looked shocked. "What? I never knew Enshu could do that!"
Everyone in the room looked at her, She was a previous member of Grimmlin, They assumed she would know this, But Accelerator was quick to come up with a solution why this was the case.
"I see, In that case it must be a recent technology, Probably something Enshu Kihara came up with after she kidnapped Whitley Schnee."
Winter immediately spoke up after that. "Speaking of my brother."
Ironwood needed nothing more. "He is safe but there is a problem, He has been completely brainwashed, He keeps asking for Enshu and calling her his," James cleared his throat before continuing. "His mistress, He attacked several guards and so as such he has been put in a special room under lockdown and he is being watched 24/7... I'm sorry Winter."
Winter didn't know how to feel, First her brother got kidnapped, Her mother gets murdered as well as her father and then Weiss disappeared and now her brother was completely broken by Enshu Kihara to the point that he wished to be with her. (If I ever run into Enshu Kihara I will kill her without a second thought.)
The Happy Huntresses were also in the room and Fiona had spoke up. We are really sorry about Whitley and Weiss."
It wasn't much but hearing it made Winter feel a little better.
"Wait Where is Kuroko?" Mikoto asked, She was standing in between Misaki Shokuhou and Shizuri Mugino.
Umidori promised Kuroko Shirai that she wouldn't tell anyone about her being a vampire, and let Kuroko tell everyone when she was ready.
Before anybody could say anything else however, a loud noise was heard outside the door, Everyone got their weapons and got in to a combat stance, Accelerator simply stood with his hands in his pockets.
Soon the door opened and what came through it shocked everyone to their core, Walking through the door was Salem herself, Or more that she was being supported by another woman, One many in the room recognized, Especially Ruby Rose, Yang Xiao Long and Qrow Branwen.
"Mom?" "Summer?"
It had come from the mouths of the three, They couldn't believe their eyes, Standing before them was Summer Rose.
Upon sight of Salem, Ironwood stilled himself, He was confused, She didn't look at full strength and she seemed to be actually hurting. (What is going on?)
Salem let go of Summer who at first was going to protest but Salem assured her it was fine. "I will be fine."
Summer looked at her daughter and she couldn't bare to look her in the eyes. (I'm sure she hates me.) These were Summer Rose's only thoughts upon sight of Ruby Rose.
Salem looked at Ironwood and asked a question that no one was expecting. "Where is Ozma, I need to speak with him."
Accelerator was the one who spoke up since it was obvious Ironwood wouldn't and He already had a good guess what happened to her, And what she would say.
"Unfortunately you just missed him, His host body was kidnapped by Grimmlin, And we don't know where they took him."
Salem was confused at that name. "Grimmlin?"
"I figured you wouldn't know that name. You are here about them aren't you? The ones Coronzon called True Grimmlin?"
Ironwood was very confused as was everyone else. "True Grimmlin?... What is that?"
Accelerator sighed, He knew he would have to tell them sooner or later, He just hoped it wouldn't have been this soon.
He was about to explain but Salem beat him too it. "James, We have a very real and very dangerous threat out there, They are after the Relics, They call themselves Magic Gods."
"Magic Gods? I have heard that term before, Oz spoke of them very briefly once, He only said they were beings of great power."
Accelerator continued for Salem. "They are beings of immeasurable power, They are able to manipulate and warp reality as they see fit, I fought one called Hades and he said that he was here due to his power being split an infinite amount of times, So at this moment he only has -99.9% of his full power."
Nora spoke up at that believing that this would be easy if they were that weak. "Then let's take them out while they are down."
"No, even at a spec of their full power they could still destroy the entire universe in an instant."
This shocked the room many of them couldn't believe that something so powerful existed and was in Remnant, Then Ruby had realized something. "Niang-Niang was a magic god wasn't she?" Ruby asked Leivinia Birdway, Who honestly wasn't sure if Niang-Niang was a magic god or not Since the only one she knew was Othinus.
"She may have been I'm not sure, But if that's the case then, Those wings you have can harm them, So you may be the key to stopping them."
Salem spoke again. "First I need to say that I have lost control of the Grimm, This means that Darkness is... Something must have happened to Darkness and probably light too, Who I learned from Hades that their names are Zaviar and Zoulexivar, I'm the avatar of Zoulexivar and Ozma is The avatar of Zaviar. James I don't wish to fight, We have a bigger problem right now."
"So what you want a truce? You think I'm going to Trust you? How do I know you aren't working with these Magic Gods."
Ironwood was not going to so easily trust The Grimm Queen herself.
"She's not," Ruby said as she looked at Ironwood.
"How do we know that!?"
"Trust me."
Ruby remembered when she saw Salem in Jinn's vision, Salem was actually protecting people, She didn't seem evil, She just had a goal, And Ruby could understand that goal, As well as why her mother would join her, But she was still feeling anger when she looked at her mother but for completely different reasons.
Ironwood thought about it and right now, Against Grimmlin Salem and her magic could be a very valuable asset, If she was telling the truth, then she would have to prove it.
Ironwood took in a deep breath exhaling it before he finally spoke. "Listen, Lorya Asher created a very dangerous group called Grimmlin, They have been doing unspeakable things for years now, And we recently learned of their existence, Right now Grimmlin is Priority number one, If you help us with them, I will trust you, You have my word."
Accelerator listened to everything and he began to wonder if the world was wrong about Salem, well at least the people that knew about her. (I know that pain, I know that feeling. She is somebody who has suffered great loss in her life, She may be telling the truth. I can't fully judge Salem, I never met her before right now, All I know about her is from what I was told, And looking at her and listening to her, She is nothing like Hades or Lorya.)
Salem stood and thought for a moment. (When are the Magic Gods going to attack? Can we really take the chance? But if we don't, Then this Grimmlin will probably get worse, And I'm sure Hades and Kronos will relish in that and maybe even use this group for their own benefit.)
"Okay... Deal."
This shocked the room, That she would agree so easily to Ironwood's terms, It showed that this magic god threat was very real, It even showed on Salem's face that she was worried maybe even of afraid.
"Okay, I will accept your truce. For now. I still don't fully trust you."
"As expected."
Ruby looked at her mother and she couldn't help but feel more angry.
Then Neo spoke up who was standing next to Jaune. "What about Cinder?"
Salem sighed. "I will handle Cinder."
Salem said this like a mother having to punish a misbehaving child.
Accelerator sighed and his last thought of this moment was of Weiss Schnee. (Where are you?)
End of Chapter 15.
Finally finished, This was a long one, as I said in the beginning notes I'm sorry this took longer than expected, The month of February ended up being pretty crazy for me and I had a lot of stuff to do, Shit I still need to renew my driver's license, I hope the next Chapter won't take 2 months this time.
Anyway I know the first thing everybody is wondering is what happened to Weiss, Well that can be discovered if you re-read Part 15 of Chapter 7, I won't be revealing anything on that for a while, I made this choice for a very important reason to Weiss's character development.
Salem is here just like in the Cannon but in a very different way, It has already been revealed that Magic God Kronos is our true villain of this story.
Also as A little small spoiler not really, I plan to have a small fight between Salem and Cinder in one of the coming chapters, Keep in mind Salem was able to hold her own against Hades in chapter 6, Let's just say she is a lot stronger than her cannon counterpart.
So, when it comes to Accelerator and Thor's fight, I always saw Thor as the type who would never be okay with the things that Grimmlin does and the things he has done for them, I felt giving him a proper and noble death would be best for him, I know many may be confused, And that's fine, While I will reveal some of Grimmlin's operations, I won't fully reveal it, I mentioned before the possibility of a short Grimmlin side story, If and when I make that people will definitely understand why Thor made that choice, If they don't already understand when they learn a bit more about Grimmlin in the coming Arc.
Ruby's silver wings and her power is not fully accessed yet as revealed, It will be some time before she will learn it fully, I have a whole 2 chapters planned for that at a later point, and Yes Ruby has died twice now, The wings will be fully explained eventually but as a small hint, a certain person was inspired by Aiwass when he created them.
Umidori being The Winner maiden is a choice I made for two reasons, One because I like Umidori as a character and two because I thought it would be cool to split the Maiden's powers up between both verses, With it currently being Cinder as Fall, Raven as Spring, Matsuri as Summer and Umidori as Winter.
Also as you may have found I changed the power of the maidens, So far in the main series they haven't been very strong, In my version all Maidens powers are about planet level to solar system level at base scale they can become even stronger with proper magical training and magical knowledge. For example the first Maidens reached Outerversal, Before they were killed by Mars.
Neopolitan turn coating so quickly actually makes more since in this then the cannon, In cannon Neo knew nothing about Ruby, She didn't have a crush on Jaune or was in love, In this series which the Frenda Side Story is sort of a prequel to this, Shows how different things were for Neo she, Actually enjoyed her time at Beacon and she also enjoyed being friends with Team RWBY and JNPR and FRST, the reason Neo turn coated so quickly will be better explained in Volume 8.
So, Enshu Kihara isn't dead, We may or may not see her in Volume 8, Depends on what she is dealing with.
Accelerator getting the ability to manipulate Vectors on a digital scale is actually a bigger upgrade then most might think.
So yeah, This is finally the end of Volume 7 and we will be starting Volume 8 next chapter which will be The Grimmlin War Arc, I hope to make that Arc crazy and chaotic as much as possible, I have quite a few awesome plans for that Arc.
It may be a bit of time before next Chapter hopefully not as long as this one, I will be writing the next chapter to the Frenda Side story and then the next chapter for the sex story then we will be back to the main story.
Well, I think that's the notes, I hope I didn't miss anything, Anyway thank you all for reading as always and I hope you are having a great day, feel free to leave a comment if you have questions or want to say something, both appreciation and criticism are welcome, Thank you again and I'm out.
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