Disclaimer.
I don't own RWBY or To Aru I only own my OC's. RWBY is owned by Rooster Teeth and To Aru is owned by Kazuma Kamachi.
I Don't Own The Cover Image.
So as the last Chapter was a sexy fun time, this Chapter will be getting back into the story, Now as I mentioned Volume 2 will be very dark, We will be getting a deep dive into The dark side of Remnant and some of the organizations that are apart of it.
Frenda's personality will be more sadistic as we will get to see her tap back into her darkness from Academy City.
Throughout the Volume, there will be some very disturbing moments so just a little warning on that.
So I decided to change this event from Aihana Etsu's Rising to something a little different, While Aihana Etsu will be one of the main plot focuses of Volume 2, I decided to take it in a direction that has the dark side going wild, It's going to start off strong and keep getting crazier throughout the Volume, I want Volume 2 to be crazier, Darker and more intense than Volume 1 and overall just more fun to enjoy with a lot of action, While also eventually revealing secrets and answering many questions.
We will also see some more popular characters from To Aru in it as well as some more new characters.
PS: Who else is excited for GTA 6? That's going to be the only game I play when it comes out, Which should be March 2025.
Okay on with the Chapter.
Part 1.
Late into the night two white fang soldiers were walking through the back alley of a white fang secret hideout at the edge of Vale, They were given evening patrol duty again as they had every night for the last 3 months, The two white fang soldiers Nico and Jackmun who preferred to just be called Jack were in one word bored.
"Man, why is it always us out here at night? I'm sick of this it sucks!" The man known as Nico complained, He was a skinny man, A snake faunus in his mid-twenties who was not much of a great fighter, He mainly stuck to ranged weapons, he carried a high-powered rifle, He was a good sharpshooter and could use many different guns, But he wasn't very good with any melee weapons unlike his partner Jack, Who specialized in the sword, The ferret faunus known as Jackmun was a large man in his early thirties with a massive great sword on his back, He was a heavy drinker and was normally drunk at this hour.
However, something told the man not to open the bottle tonight or take any shots, he could feel something was off about this night, It worried him.
The man ignored his partner's ranting as he was in deep thought, It didn't feel right.
"Hey, you listening?" Nico asked a little irritated that his partner was clearly not listening to him.
"Hmm? What?" Jack replied coming out of his thoughts.
"Aren't you usually hitting the bottle right now? It is weird to see you sober bro," Nico said.
"Well, tonight is... Ur... I guess you could say I'm not feeling well."
Jack's voice was very different from his usual self and Nico began to notice the large man's worry right away.
"What's wrong dude? You don't think something is actually going to happen do you?" Nico started, He then continued. "Nothing has ever happened in the 3 months we have been sent out here every night, I doubt anything will happen now either...Nah nah nah, Trust me it will be the same boring ass night as any other," Nico finished.
Jack just looked down in thought, He knew that nothing had happened thus far but he still couldn't shake the bad feeling he was having that something would happen tonight.
"I don't know, It's just that... Something doesn't feel right tonight," Jack voiced his concerns, but Nico shrugged him off.
"Trust me bro everything will be fine, We only have about 3 hours left of this shit and then I say we go to Junior's and get some dinner and something to drink, Plus I think I figured out how to get a date with Melanie Malachite this time, You can have Miltia," Nico reassured.
Jack only sighed at the young man's words. "Your gonna get us banned from Junior's or killed by the twins, Cut that shit out."
"Don't worry bro, I got a plan this time," Nico reassured.
"What am I going to do with you?" Jack sighed.
He was hoping the man would have learned his lesson after Melanie Malachite put him through a wall last time after he tried to grab her ass, But it seemed the man was as stubborn as an Ox.
Nico doesn't understand how to hit on or respect women, Plus he kept trying to get him and Jack a double date with the twins, This may be due to the fact that Jack had never told Nico about his wife and his two little girls, He kept his home life secret from the fang, Just as he kept his work with the fang secret from his family, His wife believes he has a job as a warehouse worker shipping dust for the SDC.
Things had gotten harder since the terrorist attack in Vale and he needed to make some extra money to pay the bills and pay for his children to go to combat school as they both wanted to be Huntresses, Like Jack's grandfather, Even at such young ages his kids were already becoming quite skilled fighters from his teachings and he couldn't be more proud.
It truly hurt Jack to lie to his family about what he did, How he quit his SDC dock job and joined The White Fang, He wondered to himself every day, What his wife and kids would think of him if they ever were to find out, He didn't plan to stay in the fang forever when he first joined, But soon found that leaving The Fang once joined was next to impossible, He was basically stuck, But he didn't care he decided he would do whatever he had to do to support his family and make sure his daughters went to Beacon Academy in the future.
"Hey, who the hell are you!?"
Jack came back to reality when Nico's voice rang out against his ears.
He looked up and saw someone approaching from the far end of the alley, He was a boy with spikey blonde hair dressed in a dark blue suit, What confused him the most was the boy was wearing sunglasses at night.
He approached and Nico immediately pointed his gun at the boy before them.
"Hey, Buddy you lost? This is white fang territory, Turn back now or get shot," The snake faunus man warned the boy who only walked closer, He didn't seem worried about the threat at all.
"You heard him get lost kid!"
Jack pulled his massive sword from his back and raised the large blade at the boy ready to kill him if needed. "We will only ask once, if you don't go back the way you came we will be forced to attack."
The boy stopped and stood not far from them, He then sighed and spoke at last, But he wasn't speaking to them, Instead, he placed his index finger against his ear, it was at this point they noticed the small device in the boy's ear.
"Hey, you have a good view of the location?"
"Good then let's get started."
Nico and Jack were confused, after the boy finished speaking into the device in his ear the boy finally addressed them.
"Look, We can avoid fighting, I want to know where I can find Adam Taurus, We know he has been in contact with Aihana Etsu, So are we going to do this the easy way or the-"
The boy was cut off by a bullet flying past his head.
"That was your one warning shot now get lost brat-" Nico's words were cut short due to him being knocked unconscious.
Jack barely even saw the boy move, In one moment the boy was standing a few feet from them the next his partner was knocked unconscious by a chop to the neck.
(A teleportation semblance?) Jack thought as he moved back and swung his sword at the boy, But the boy vanished and reappeared at his side and the next thing he felt was a strong kick to his left side slamming into his ribs, This sent him down to the ground.
Jack looked up at the boy and moved as his foot came down at his head.
Jack jumped up and attacked the boy, He charged his aura into his strike and swung the boy moved as Jack's sword cut through the concrete wall the boy was in front of, leaving a massive cut through it.
(Insane strength.) The boy thought as he jumped back and pulled a pistol, he shot two bullets, But Jack blocked both with his sword and went for another swing but was cut short by another voice sounding out beside them.
"Oh, what a beautiful show of violence!"
A female voice rang out, She was wearing a rather elegant white dress with fishnet stockings and white high heels, Her hair was tied into twirling tails in a very fancy fashion and was incredibly long as each side reached her kneecaps, It was blonde on one half and dark black on the other, She also had a golden tiara on her head with diamonds in it.
Jack had never seen the girl before, She looked no older than 14 or 15, She had a black belt that held many knives and she was holding two knives in her hand, One of which was covered in blood, She definitely didn't look friendly despite the smile currently on her face.
It was at this point that Jack looked down and saw what she was holding in her other hand along with her other knife, It was the now severed head of Nico.
"Nico!" Jack called out in shock upon seeing his partner/friend's head in the girl's hand.
"Oh? Was that his name? He was quite enjoyable," The girl said then she raised the head to her lips and ran her tongue along the right cheek.
"Here, I'm done with him you can have him back."
She casually tossed Nico's head to Jack, It ended up hitting his chest and falling to the ground.
Jack was perplexed at that moment, He didn't know how this girl had snuck up and removed Nico's head without him noticing.
But his anger completely took over as he gazed upon his friend's severed head. "YOU FUCKING BITCH! I'LL KILL YOU!" Jack completely forgot about the boy he was fighting as he charged the girl with a battle cry.
The girl smirked and moved, It took less than a nanosecond, She was on the other side of Jack and his right arm was removed from his body. (She's so fast.) Jack thought as he dropped his sword and screamed in pain holding the spot where his arm used to be, It had seemed even his aura didn't even defend him, Or something else happened, He didn't even know what happened.
The girl licked the dripping blood off her knife with a smile as she turned back to Jack who was still screaming.
She walked over and kicked him to the ground then stepped down on his arm that was missing, Blood staining her white shoes as she began to stomp on his bloody stump over and over. "Yes! Yes! Yes! That's it! Scream for me! Scream louder! I love it! I love it! I love it! Scream more! Cry and scream your lungs out! Feel the magnificent pain and cry and scream!"
She continued to stomp on him over and over, From the expression on her face one could see that she was truly enjoying herself.
She then quickly cut off Jack's other arm and then both of his legs were removed as well. "Fu fu fu fu, Don't go anywhere okay? I have to deal with my little pet first then we can have more fun together okay."
She then turned to the boy and licked her lips. "Hello hello... Motoharu Tsuchimikado, Where is that little teleporting girl of yours at tonight huh?"
The boy known as Motoharu Tsuchimikado clicked his tongue. "I wasn't expecting to run into you 92, This is really disappointing, Also shouldn't I be asking you the same thing? where is 65? I assume he is nearby."
92 smiled and waved him off. "Not tonight honey, It's just us two tonight baby, 65 had a different contract to deal with, So it's just me."
Motoharu was relieved to hear that news, He had dealt with the duo before and 92 or 65 were a problem enough alone, when they were together it was suicide to fight them, Especially without a strategy, He was nearly killed once by 65 alone.
"So you ready to bleed for me again!? I can't wait anymore!"
Motoharu shot multiple bullets at 92 but she was capable of blocking each one with her knives, She moved at incredible speeds towards Motoharu who quickly dodged her strike, He jumped in for a quick punch, But 92 quickly swung her knife, It cut into Motoharu's arm cutting a large gash up his arm.
Motoharu jumped back and his arm soon began to heal and soon it was as if he wasn't even touched.
"I love that mysterious power of yours that heals you so fast, It means I can cut you up as much as I want, Oh I wish you were mine, Plus..." She ran her tongue along her blade licking up the blood on her knife.
"Your blood is so delicious, I want so much more, And I can't wait to get another taste of your sweet flesh."
Motoharu grimaced at the disgusting girl in front of him.
"Bullets don't work on you, But let's see how you fair against this!"
Energy swirled around Motoharu's hand and soon lightning began to form, he slammed his hand on the ground and lightning exploded throughout the alley.
92 quickly jumped into the air to try and avoid it but the lightning was too quick for her as she wasn't fast enough to dodge natural lightning, It slammed into her aura sending her bouncing along the ground, She placed her hand on the ground and pushed off of it, She flipped through the air and landed on her feet.
When 92 looked up she saw that Motoharu was gone.
"Fuck me, He got away again, That damn teleporting bitch must of saved him," 92 said to herself.
"What is that strange power he keeps using against me? I've never seen anything like it before have you?" 92 asked herself.
"No never and It's not his semblance, We have seen that before, Somehow he can manipulate elements without the use of dust it's quite interesting."
"Yeah I know it sucks ass, But no matter, Our paths are bound to cross again right? We just have to be patient."
"We just have to be patient yes, Good things come to those who wait right Olivia?" 92 asked herself.
"Yes Olivia, Wait patiently we will have him soon and who knows maybe we will meet someone who has even better blood than him, Olivia!"
"Fu fu fu, I doubt that Olivia."
"A girl can dream," Olivia had an entire conversation with herself as she walked back to Jack. "Now, Where were we?"
Olivia chuckled at the look of fear on the man's face and ran her tongue along her lips, Letting out hot breaths a blush covered her face as she raised her knife.
"This will be so much fun!"
In a building not too far from the alley Motoharu sat against a wall, Sitting on a table in front of him was a girl with red pigtails, She was wearing a black leather jacket like a cape and hot pants with small brown socks and black shoes on her feet.
She sat twirling a flashlight in her hand as she crossed her legs. "So no information on Aihana Etsu? It shouldn't be this hard to find her, She only escaped prison a few days ago."
The girl said as she twirled her flashlight in hand.
"Well, I guess we are back to square one," Motoharu said.
"It seems every time we get a lead on Aihana Etsu those damn assassins get in the way, Someone contracted them to destroy any evidence that could point to Aihana Etsu's location."
Motoharu then got an idea and the girl immediately noticed. "What's on your mind?" She asked.
"I'm thinking we draw Aihana Etsu out... Using bait."
"What bait?" She asked.
Motoharu Tsuchimikado grinned. "Frenda Seivelun."
"Frenda Seivelun?"
"Yes, You see Awaki, While Aihana Etsu has been doing the Dark Sides Bane thing, She has a keen interest in Frenda Seivelun for some reason," Motoharu explained. "It's why I had kept an eye on Beacon for the past few weeks, Enzo Nath, Aihana's little brother has also been watching Beacon, Particularly Frenda Seivelun."
"So, How do plan to make that work Tsuchimikado?" Awaki asked.
"We simply tell her the truth, We just tell her that her friends are in danger as long as Aihana Etsu is at large, It's not a lie."
"The dark side is becoming restless... And I honestly doubt that Frenda can stay out of it for much longer, It's going to start affecting Vale soon. Vacant, The Claw, The Spiders, The White Fang, DarkTide and now even Epsilon Assassins are getting involved in this dark side war," Awaki said, She knew that this could bring absolute chaos to Vale if something wasn't done about it fast.
Their only hope was to keep it contained but they were not even sure they could accomplish that.
"Yep... And it seems Aihana Etsu is the cause of it all, That's why she needs to be dealt with," Motoharu replied.
"Speaking of Aihana Etsu, What about her group, You think they will be a problem? I mean they do have Vibration, The #1 in Remnant who almost matches the power of The #1 in Academy City, I doubt we could really do anything against her if she was to get involved."
Motoharu put Awaki's worries to rest with his next words. "I doubt we will have to worry about Vibration, Grimmlin isn't going to send her in unless it's an absolutely dire situation, Grimmlin tries to stay hidden, even from the dark side, I highly doubt any of their members are going to get involved... In fact, it looks like Aihana Etsu is acting without orders from Grimmlin and That could end up ending badly for her."
Motoharu stood up and pushed his glasses back against his eyes as they were slipping off a bit. "In any case, We can't wait around for much longer I think it's high time we made contact with Vacant."
Motoharu Tsuchimikado and Awaki Musujime knew it was inevitable.
The Dark Side War was coming.
Part 2.
Deep into the night on this dark road that never saw cars a girl with fluffy blonde hair and blue eyes in a school uniform Remnant would not recognize as it was from a school called Tokiwadai in a place called Academy City, The currently happy girl was walking down this dark road with joy as she headed to her current destination, Which was an old abandoned facility that used to study the stars when it was an active building, Now it was the hideout or at least one of them for a group known as The Claw, They were a dark side group of thugs and gangsters that normally dealt in drugs and weapons, She didn't need either, The girl currently calling herself Aihana Etsu was planning to destroy the organizations of the dark side as Dark Sides Bane.
She decided to take over the dark side, But of course that would mean getting rid of the competition.
"Enzo are you in the framework yet?" Aihana asked. She was speaking into a small device attached to her wrist, It was a device created by Enzo Nath the genius 7 or 8-year-old boy who was also her little brother in this world after she was adopted by The Nath family a few years ago and she loves him, It was for him as to why she wanted this, Aihana wanted the world to be a safe place for the boy for her family in general, So if she took full control of the side of the world that was creating this darkness that threatened the safety of her family, If she became the one above all others then she could run things what better way to keep them safe from the darkness that plagued the world than to be it's boss, That was her plan, She would grow in the dark side than move on to getting rid of the Huntsman Academy's and The kingdom militaries and she would deal with Frenda Seivelun, But that part was a lot more personal and she had the perfect plan to kill Frenda.
Aihana saw the facility, She had no need for stealth, Not with what she could do, She would kill the leader of The Claw tonight and start her uprising, Aihana raised her hand and in the next moment the large metal door was torn through by an invisible force, two men came out running at her but she made short work of them when two massive holes opened up in them and they fell to the ground bleeding out, Her attack had completely bypassed the men's aura, it was easy from how weak it was.
"Sis you know I could have just opened the door for you right?"
She heard her brother's voice sound in her intercom.
"But where is the fun in that."
Enzo who was sitting in a room in an unknown location surrounded by monitors and computers just sweat dropped. (You always go overboard sis.)
Aihana walked into the facility and was soon greeted by multiple men and women, there were at least 20 or more of them.
"Who the fuck are you!?" One of the women shouted out she seemed like the leader of this group as they all readied their weapons following her lead.
"Man, I hate getting blood on my clothes, It is so hard to get out," Aihana sighed, She was currently standing in a massive pool of blood and body parts, A bit of blood had gotten on her skirt even though she had been so careful.
She walked over to the same woman who seemed like the leader, Aihana had left her barely alive so she could interrogate her.
"So where do I find Stone?" Aihana asked in a mocking polite tone.
The woman spit blood out of her mouth and looked up at the blonde girl. "Fuck you."
"Wrong answer."
Aihana kicked the woman in a spot on her side that had a massive amount of flesh missing which made it look as if she had been bitten by a great white shark.
The woman screamed at the top of her lungs as she collapsed fully to the floor coughing and vomiting blood.
"You want to talk now?"
The woman slowly looked up again. "I already knew what I was signing up for when I joined the darkness... You don't scare me bitch!" The woman managed.
Aihana sighed and looked down at the struggling woman without an ounce of pity. "Fine if that's how you want it, enjoy the afterlife."
Aihana shot an invisible force from her hand that exploded the woman's head upon impact, Blood bone, and brain matter flew out in all directions as the now headless corpse fell to the ground.
"Damn, Stone has some pretty loyal members."
Enzo Nath's voice sounded through Aihana's intercom.
"Yeah no shit," Aihana agreed.
"I may need a different way of finding Stone."
"Just let me work my magic, I'll find him trust me," Enzo said then began typing on his computer where his current location was.
She could hear Enzo coughing for a moment. "Are you smoking pot again?"
"If course not."
"You liar."
"Fine then I leave it to you... Now I think it's time I paid a little visit to an old friend of mine, I wonder how he's been."
Part 3.
A few hours later.
A boy was standing on the rooftop of a high-rise building looking over Vale, He was dressed in a full black outfit consisting of a black jacket, Black jeans, Black cowboy boots, and a Black cowboy hat on his head, His black hair barely showed through the hat, He was also wearing black sunglasses and was currently smoking a cigarette.
The 14-year-old-boy was a member of the Epsilon Assassins a dark side organization that specializes in forbidden techniques and is so secret even most of the dark side don't know of their existence, The group is made up of mostlykids and all of them have powerful semblances, They come from all walks of life and when they join are given a number to identify by to keep their names hidden.
A mysterious person runs the organization, not even its members know who they are, Their missions are given at any moment from a special microchip that is implanted in their brains when a contract comes up, They are forced to accept these contracts due to the microchip also having a kill switch if they disobey any orders, They are free to do whatever else when not dealing with contracts or given specific orders.
None who are "members" of the organization are by choice, All were kidnapped as young and some are still young children who were all put through a brainwashing system, then a torture system, and finally taught to kill and only kill.
If the leader or any of the other higher-ups in the organization give an order it must be carried out, the children are taken at a young age and their personalities are chosen for them. They undergo a special training system that teaches them many techniques, strengthens their aura and semblance, and removes their nerve endings and emotions with the only exception being 92, or Olivia, As her family actually funds the organization and unlike all the others she is the only one there by choice.
The boy known as Mark Fringe or 65 as his organization calls him has a secret however.
He deactivated his microchip's kill switch, He had been simply biding his time until he discovered the leader's Identity so he could kill whoever they were.
He still acts as one of them and completes any contacts or special orders given to him but he is simply being patient.
Mark took another drag of his cigarette when he sensed a presence behind him, Mark had such an extensive training and in his own practice, he developed a natural sixth sense.
"Those things are bad for you, you know."
"Aihana Etsu... If you came to find me you must need something, Especially since you already contracted 92 to cover your tracks and erase your records from the dark side and The Spiders."
"No hello, how have you been?"
(How about fuck off.) Mark thought.
"The fuck do you want? Get to the point, I don't have all night," Mark replied rudely.
He hadn't even bothered to turn to look at the girl behind him, and despite her being a powerful esper, Aihana Etsu knew a fight with this boy was suicide.
She knew 65 was more than capable of killing even The #3 and surviving a fight with The #1, However, she doubted he could kill Accelerator but She didn't believe Accelerator could kill him either though he would end up forcing 65 to retreat.
"Calm down 65 you're always so rough and mean, Or should I call you Mark Fringe?
"So you learned my name... Big deal, Now what the fuck do you want? If you want to keep wasting my time you can just fuck off for pissing me off."
"Okay okay, I get it your in your usual mood... Here..."
Aihana handed him a photo of a blonde girl in a Beacon uniform with a beret on her head.
"Her name is Frenda Seivelun, I would kill her myself but I have very important things to deal with, So just send me a picture of her corpse would you," Aihana requested.
"Yeah sure whatever, It will be a bit though, I have a contract from the top at the moment, Give me a week."
"No problem, How much?"
"I don't want money, I need information on this, have that brother of yours decrypt it for me and it's a deal."
Mark handed her a flash drive that he nabbed from one of the higher-ups back at his HQ a few weeks back.
"Keep your head."
Aihana accepted the flash drive and soon left.
Mark pulled out his contact device, It was a small plastic device that allowed him to contact his partner no matter where she was.
In a random home somewhere in Vale.
There was blood dripping from a counter a man's dead body was next to that, A woman struggled for breath as Olivia's hand squeezed harder on her throat, Next to her cowering in fear was a young boy and a young girl both below the age of 10 their mother was struggling for breath and they had just watched this girl kill their father.
Olivia's device beeped, her partner Mark was contacting her, She pulled it out of her pocket and clicked it. "Hello Marky," Olivia answered.
"Call me that again and I'll chop your head off, Olivia Crystal Vesper."
"Hey! Don't call me by my full name!"
"Doesn't feel too good does it?"
"Fine, whatever... Mark, What Is this about?"
"I need you to do some recon for me at Beacon Academy, specifically on a girl named Frenda Seivelun. I still have that contract from the leader, I assume you're not doing anything right now besides probably killing random civilians."
"Oh you know me so well, It was just a family."
"You're sick you know that?"
"Fu Fu Fu, thank you."
"But no problem I can do your boring recon for you."
"You can't get noticed so no killing the students."
"You mean no fun."
"Olivia."
"Fine, Now if you will excuse me I have two little ones to kill."
Olivia clicked off the communication device and dropped the mother to the floor who had died quite a bit ago.
She then turned to the brother and sister, The young kids were terrified and had already wet themselves.
"Now kiddies let's have some fun."
Back on the building, Mark sighed as he could guess what Olivia was doing, While he was also a killer he hated the way she senselessly killed people, He didn't believe in killing people he wasn't contracted to, He only killed for the mission not for pleasure like Olivia did.
The only time he killed someone that wasn't part of his contact is if he has no choice as the person probably ends up getting in his way like a bodyguard or something along those lines.
(I hate that girl.) Mark thought as he leaped from the building he was standing on, Moving on to his next mission.
Part 4.
Blake Belladonna was drawing in a sketchbook, It was an image of her ex-boyfriend Adam Taurus a man who lost his way, when Yang came up behind her. "What's that kitty cat?" Yang asked as she sat down with her lunch next to Blake.
"Nothing..." Blake responded sheepishly, Just at that moment Yang caught a green grape in her mouth that was thrown by Nora Valkyrie.
There were now a lot more students at Beacon due to the visiting schools for The Vital Tournament that was only a few months away so the lunch room was packed, it was basically impossible for the teams to sit together anymore.
The only person who was able to sit with them was Frenda who was sitting next to Yang eating more of the Mackerel cans she loved so much and was also very stingy with never giving Blake any of it, It was something they both had in common when it came to seafood, They didn't share it.
Weiss was eating a salad and ignoring everything whilst taking pictures of her lunch with her scroll, Weiss had recently been getting into the popular social media, Dusttok, Where people could make fun videos or post photos of basically whatever they wanted and Weiss had decided to make a day to day vlog on it and posted pictures of a bunch of different stuff, A lot of students were getting into it, Blake herself didn't understand the hype, It was dumb and silly to her.
She didn't care that Weiss and sometimes even Ruby used this social media, But it didn't make her too happy when they would sometimes put her in their videos, But as she thought of it, it could have been worse, They could have owned LonelyFans accounts, Blake was sure though that her friends were not doing anything like that.
She went back to her notebook when Ruby Rose came over with a large binder that said Vital Festival Activities, Property of Weiss Schnee with a big red X to cross out the title and replace it with Best Day Ever Activities in big red letters.
"Sisters, Friends, Weiss," Ruby started and Weiss got offended. "Hey!"
"Four score and Seven minutes ago, I had a dream."
(In the end, Isn't that similar to Abraham Lincoln? Although Abraham Lincoln said four score and seven years not minutes That is the third time I have seen something on Remnant similar to Earth without explanation on how they know it, Like Thanksgiving, In the end, It makes no sense that Remnant even has that American holiday, Also, In the end, I don't think Ruby knows just how long four score is.)
"This oughta be good," Yang said sarcastically.
"A dream that one day, the five of us would come together as a team, and have the most fun anyone has ever had, ever!" Ruby explained excitingly with her fist raised in the air.
"Did you steal my binder?" Weiss asked.
"I am not a crook," Ruby answered with her fingers up in peace signs.
"In the end, Four score is 80 years Ruby," Frenda said.
"So you're saying you had a dream 80 years and 7 minutes ago? Man, I had no idea my sister was an old lady," Yang laughed.
"Okay forget that part!" Ruby said embarrassed, She now had a large blush across her cheeks.
"Also, Frenda isn't on Team RWBY," Blake pointed out.
"You know It's real easy to be the girl who points out the problem, I need the girl that points out the solution," Ruby said.
"You took that phrase from a cartoon," Yang said.
"No, I didn't."
Yang caught another grape in her mouth and then gave Nora a thumbs-up.
"Come on, Guys we have to kick the semester off with a bang!" Ruby said.
"I always kick my semesters off with a Yang, Ehh? Guys? Am I right?" Yang joked.
Everyone groaned at Yang's terrible pun, Then an apple hit Yang in the head. "Booooo!" Nora shouted from the other table across from them as Yang started to get angry.
"Come on, girls it's been a good two weeks, and between the exchange students and the tournament at the end of the year, our second semester is going to be great... But classes start back up tomorrow and so, I planned a ton of fun events for us to do today," Ruby explained.
"I don't know whether or not to be excited or scared of what you have in store," Weiss said voicing her concerns.
"In the end, Both," Frenda said as an angry Yang threw the apple back at Nora, Unfortunately, it ended up hitting Jaune's orange juice out of his hand, With Nora laughing at him and sticking her tongue out at Yang.
"I don't know, I think I might sit this one out," Blake said.
"Sit out or not, I think however we spend this last day, We should do it as a team,"
Weiss stood up from her chair proudly and continued her speech. "I for one, Think that-"
That was all Weiss got out as a cream pie slammed into her face.
They looked at Nora who clearly threw it though she pointed at Ren, Who was shaking his hand in disappointment of Nora.
But Weiss wasn't taking that lying down, she reached over and picked up a hot dog off Yang's plate and threw it at Nora, Who dodged it as it traveled passed her and ended up hitting Cinder in the face getting mustered and ketchup on her uniform.
Emerald and Mercury began laughing but quickly stopped when they saw the look Cinder gave them that promised pain, Neo on the other hand didn't care and laughed her ass off.
"Stop laughing!"
Neo looked over at Weiss with a smirk and Weiss immediately knew what the girl was thinking.
"Wait Neo don't-"
It was too late as Neo already picked up a handful of mashed potatoes and with expert aim hit Yang directly, making sure it got in her hair.
"THAT'S IT! YOUR DEAD MEAT!" Yang yelled in anger as her eyes turned red.
All the students ran out of the cafeteria as Teams RWBY, JNPR, FRST, and CEMN engaged in the ultimate food war.
Frenda had joined with her team and JNPR built a large fort out of tables and chairs that didn't look very safe to stand on.
"Ha ha ha ha ha ha! I'm queen of the castle, I'm queen of the castle!" Nora shouted excitedly.
"Justice will be swift! Justice will be painful... It will be deliciooouuuuus!" Ruby shouted as her team backed her up. "Yeah!" Yang, Weiss, and Blake all said at the same time.
"Off with their heads," Nora said then jumped down ready for combat.
And the battle commenced.
Neo vs Yang.
At the start of the fight, Yang put her hands up two turkeys and used them as boxing gloves as she charged Neopolitan, She came at Neo strong, her eyes red and full of anger for the girl who likes to constantly tease her, Yang punched at Neo's face but Neo moved to the left and picked up a stick of bread and used it as a sword, She quickly moved behind Yang and playfully spanked her on the ass with the bread, Which only pissed Yang off more.
Yang punched and kicked over and over again but it was a completely one-sided fight as Neo simply dodged or blocked every attack and only continued giving Yang a spanking with bread, Not aiming for anything besides her ass the entire time.
"Wow, You really need more training, You won't even touch me like that," Neo mocked.
"SHUT UP!" Yang yelled and continued to try to get a hit on Neo, But it was pointless as Neo was far more skilled than Yang.
Neo eventually got bored and decided to end the fight, She got dirty and mean idea, with a smirk she made a quick move sharpening her aura like a blade, and threw her bread at Yang, it flew past her at super speed and it all seemed fine, That was until Yang's uniform suddenly ripped to bits leaving her in only her bra and panties.
Yang's eyes turned back to their normal form as she stopped and looked down and noticed she was practically naked in the middle of the cafeteria.
Yang screamed at the top of her lungs and crouched down while she covered herself with her hands.
Neo was laughing her head off. "Wow, you look better like that!" Neo teased.
"Shut up! You perverted freak!" Yang yelled.
Weiss vs Nora.
Weiss had gone after Nora from the start, For her throwing the pie in her face, Weiss had used a swordfish as a replacement for Myrtenaster, while Nora was using a pole with a watermelon on the end like a Warhammer.
Weiss had blocked a strike from Nora and then went for a side swing but Nora jumped back and slammed her melonhammer, on the ground with her aura enhancing her strike as physical force flew out in all directions.
Weiss was pushed back and then she jumped up and off the ceiling aiming a strike at Nora who tried to block but Weiss's speed was too great and the force gathered from her speed slammed against Nora's aura sending her back, she rolled along the floor stopping when she hit a table, Then she jumped up and ran at Weiss.
Weiss got ready for Nora's next strike but she wasn't prepared for the force and power it carried as she was slammed into at massively fast speeds her body flew through the air into a pillar from the power of Melonhammer.
However, before Weiss fell Ruby caught her and held her bridal style. "Weiss, Weiss, don't leave me... Nooooooooo!" Ruby screamed out clearly overacting.
Then an onion ring hit her in the face.
"Come on red, Our fight isn't done yet."
Ruby vs Mercury.
Ruby had been intercepted by Mercury at the start of the fight, She was using a food trey to skate around in and utilize her martial arts skills, Mercury was throwing any food he could find at her but she was blocking everything with her food trey and using her speed to send hordes of food at the boy.
Mercury and Ruby began to exchange blows on top of a table as Ruby was kicking away all his attempts at hitting her with chicken and turkey legs with her boots.
(This is great practice.) Ruby thought as she kicked another chicken leg to the side, Ruby kicked a bowl of salad into Mercury's face then she kicked a full turkey into his gut, This sent him off the table onto the floor.
At that moment Ruby saw Weiss flying through the air and slam into a pillar and before she could fall, Ruby quickly caught her using her semblance.
"Weiss, Weiss, don't leave me, Nooooooooo!"
An onion ring hit the side of her face.
"Come on red, We haven't finished our fight yet," Mercury said then he was hit in the head with a turkey leg that flew at his face at crazy fast speed.
It knocked him to the ground and nearly unconscious.
Ruby had thrown it without even looking and easily knocked the boy out.
Emerald and Rayla.
The two sat in the back of the room away from everything and avoided the dumb food fight that their teammates seemed to be embroiled in.
(Idiots.) Emerald thought.
She ate another fry and drank some soda and sighed.
Ren vs Thea.
Ren was using celery sticks as two weapons while Thea used a bread sword and since she didn't have her pistol she decided to use a different style of combat, Thea was actually good at fencing.
Thea struck Ren in the chest with her bread and Ren Hit her with a celery stick, It hit her in the left cheek, Then she jumped back and charged forward in a quick jab, Ren blocked this and hit her in the stomach, Then she used her momentum to sweep kick Ren's legs out from underneath him, she then stomped on his stomach when he hit the ground.
Ren however. Kicked her Thea off him and leaped up, He dodged her next strike and went for a quick hit to her left then her right, and then center sending her to the floor in a quick process.
(I may be able to fence a bit but I'm shit without my sword and gun.)
Thea kicked off the floor and went for a stab, But Ren was prepared and slammed his palm into her chest in a special pressure point that knocked her unconscious, A technique he learned from his father when he was a child, after his father's death he decided to perfect it in his memory as it was the only technique his father was able to teach his son before his death.
Thea stopped as the spot was hit, only standing for a moment before collapsing behind Ren.
"Hmm," Ren sounded as he crossed his arms in victory.
Jaune vs Striker.
After the start of the fight Jaune went after Striker, He was standing across from the boy with a bread sword and makeshift shield out of a turkey and some strings.
"Jaune you know this is pointless, right? I recommend choosing a different opponent," Striker warned.
"You think I'm not strong? Pyrrha and Frenda have been teaching me a lot Striker, You may be surprised," Jaune replied with confidence.
"Not enough to face me," Striker insisted.
"Come at me!" Jaune said then began to charge with a battle cry.
"Fine buddy, It's your funeral."
Striker picked up his own bread sword and moved.
The fight had only taken 23 seconds, Jaune was completely drained of aura and currently unconscious.
(I warned ya.)
Blake vs Cinder.
Cinder Fall was a more difficult opponent than anybody Blake ever had to face, Even Adam wasn't this strong or fast, even if the girl wasn't using her weapons, She was still ridiculous with her bread swords, Both she and Blake were using two sticks of bread as swords and it was clear that Cinder was superior in swordplay.
(She fights on the level of a full-fledged huntress, She is almost as good as Frenda.) Blake thought as she battled against the third-ranked student in the school, Only behind Neo and Frenda.
Cinder was perfectly countering all of Blake's attacks and was easily dealing with her semblance, It made Blake know that her training was far from over.
For Cinder fighting Blake was boring, She had more enjoyment when she fought Frenda in combat class.
(Her semblance is the only reason she is as good as she is, She doesn't have very much sword skill, This is pathetic, I can't use my semblance though since I used it on Glynda when we fought back in Vale that night, If I were to do that... It would be like announcing to Ozpin and Glynda who I am.)
Blake swung at Cinder's side which she easily dodged, Then she Moved to the right of Blake, Cinder enhanced her aura and struck Blake in her side with enough force to send her across the room, Blake was launched into a wall knocking the wind out of her as she collapsed.
(Boring.) Cinder thought.
Frenda vs Pyrrha.
At some point in the fight, Frenda Seivelun and Pyrrha Nikos found each other and This was quite the confrontation.
Frenda was throwing soda cans with her aura as bombs, Frenda was extending the fight for fun, She could have easily beat Pyrrha in the first move, but that would be no fun.
(It's just like combat class, The only person who has ever managed to land a hit on Frenda Seivelun is Neopolitan, I can't even touch her, It's like she knows my attack before I even execute it.) Pyrrha thought as she swung her swordfish sword or more specifically Weiss's swordfish sword after Frenda destroyed her bread sword on the third strike.
She jumped away from the soda bombs, But she wasn't prepared for the fourth soda bomb that was thrown in the direction she had moved to, It was clear to her that Frenda knew where she would move and what she would do.
The soda can exploded on Pyrrha and she was dazed then a foot connected with the back of her leg sending her to the ground, She looked next to her head as a can fell right in front of her face, She quickly rolled out of the way just as it exploded narrowly avoiding it, she then quickly jumped up.
When Pyrrha looked up she saw at least 10 cans coming at her.
(How did she throw so many?)
The cans exploded on impact all around her sending her across the room, she ended up slamming into a vending machine then Pyrrha noticed all the vending machines around the room and immediately got an idea.
(Let's see how you handle this Miss top ranked.) Pyrrha thought then she used her semblance on all the vending machines around them.
Frenda watched as the vending machines bent and soon hundreds upon hundreds of soda cans began flying all around the room.
(How is she magnetizing aluminum?) Frenda thought.
(In the end, no problem though.)
Pyrrha sent all the cans at Frenda but to her surprise, the cans curved away from Frenda as if another force intercepted them, Their path had been altered somehow.
The cans all exploded harmlessly someplace else.
(What!? How is that possible, Frenda couldn't possibly have two semblances, Because I'm pretty sure that battle prediction thing she does is a semblance, there is no way that it is pure instinct, It's too perfect, So does that mean Frenda has two semblances? Or maybe she has some other hidden power, Is that even possible? I've never heard of any other kind of power besides a semblance, If she does have a different power, How does it even work, Semblances are manifested from our aura which is a manifestation of a soul, So sense Frenda couldn't possibly have two souls, This other power if it exists would have to run under a different set of rules, Rules we haven't discovered or understand yet... Just who are you Frenda Seivelun.)
(That was risky, In the end, I can't be showing off my esper ability like that, But I wasn't about to let that hit me, I only altered the path of the cans by manipulating their magnetic waves slightly, I hope Pyrrha didn't notice that, In the end, I don't broadcast my semblance for a reason, So when I use my esper ability people will think it's my semblance, But, All Told, Pyrrha's really start and she might start to realize I have two powers, It goes the same for Cinder and Neo, Hell even Weiss and Blake, As for Ruby and Yang I do plan on telling them about Academy City and Earth at some point, I just don't know the right moment or what they will think afterward.)
Pyrrha and Frenda were about to charge each other and engage in combat once more when a loud voice sounded out.
"WHAT IS THE MEANING OF THIS!?"
The voice didn't belong to Glynda though she calmly walked in and used her semblance to fix the tables and chairs, But not clean up all the food.
"Children please, Do not play with your food," Glynda said as she pushed her glasses back up her face as they were about to fall off.
Then the owner of the voice who screamed out earlier walked in behind Glynda and said one word. "WEISS!"
Weiss who was just starting to stand back up next to Ruby recognized the voice and quickly ran to a white-haired woman dressed in an Atlas military specialist uniform.
"Winter!" Weiss called out as she ran up to the woman only to be immediately smacked on the head.
"Weiss! Do you think It joys me to see my little sister acting like such a buffoon!?"
"Sorry!"
"Don't apologize... Just don't do it again," Winter said then calmed down.
"Now, How have you been?" Winter asked.
"Oh, wonderful! I am top of the class in Grimm studies and History class, I have also gotten a pretty high rank in combat class!" Weiss began excitedly only to be smacked on the head again.
"Silence you boob! I didn't ask about your ranking I asked how you've been... Are you eating probably. Have you been exercising. Are you making new friends."
Weiss rubbed her head just as Ruby walked up. "Well there's Ruby," Weiss said.
Ruby touched the sore spot on Weiss's head with her finger as she winced in pain unknowingly to Ruby. "Heh heh, boob," Ruby mocked playfully.
"So this is the leader you wrote of? How appropriately... Underwhelming."
Frenda heard that and got a little bit upset but kept it to herself.
"Um thank you?" Ruby said not understanding.
Frenda sighed. (In the end, That wasn't a compliment Ruby?)
"Greetings Ruby Rose, I'd like to thank you for taking an interest in my sister."
"Oh, uh, no problem, the honors in my... Court," Ruby said trying to bow respectfully but nearly fell over.
"You're going to love it here! I mean I know you travel a lot, But things here are so much different than Atlas I-"
"Trust me Weiss I am more than aware of how this kingdom handles itself, It's not the first time I have visited Beacon."
"Oh, Um, Okay."
(Geeze lady can't you see your sister just wants to spend time and connect with you.) Frenda thought.
Then Winter looked at Frenda.
"And you are?" She asked with her same attitude.
"In the en-" Frenda started but then was cut off by Ruby who grabbed her and pulled her over.
"This is my big sister Frenda Seivelun, it's an adoptive relationship," Ruby introduced.
(So this is the third daughter I heard of who Taiyang had adopted, Weiss claimed in her letters that she was at the skill of a veteran huntress, I would like to test that myself.)
"Frenda Seivelun, My sister claims you have already reached the level of a veteran, I find that quite interesting, so How about a little spar tomorrow?"
Frenda was caught completely off guard, She didn't expect Winter Schnee to challenge her to a fight, But she had no reason to turn it down, It would be nice to fight someone as skilled as an Atlas specialist.
"In the end, Sure I have no problem kicking your ass."
"Frenda!" Weiss panicked. "Sorry Winter she didn't mean-"
"That's quite alright Weiss, But it is I that will be doing The... ass-kicking little girl."
With that Winter walked away, Weiss was about to follow her but she was stopped by Glynda.
"Where do you think you're going, Miss Schnee? You can get right back here and help your hooligan friends clean up this mess."
"What? But!"
"No buts you made the mess now you can clean it."
Glynda then turned back to the others. "And Miss Xiao Long, Where is your uniform? Why are you naked?"
Yang pointed to Neo. "Ask her!"
Glynda looked at Neo and pointed out of the room. "Miss Vanille, My office now."
"The rest of you start cleaning, Yang you can go back to your room and get some clothes on, Miss Vanille will join the rest of you after she is done with me, From the looks of this mess you will probably all be here until nightfall."
With that, Glynda walked out of the room.
After Neo got detention for bullying Yang she came back and helped with the cleaning, Which went all the way until 11:23 PM. Even with everyone helping except Cinder who just sat on a table the entire time and just barked orders at her team.
Part 5.
"Booooo! Boring, There isn't even any blood!"
Olivia, also known as 92 had been watching the fight through a pair of high-powered binoculars, She was bored with this recon mission that Mark had sent her on, When Olivia wasn't around or causing blood and death she didn't really find much joy in anything, As a Vesper it made sense, Considering just how psycho her family was.
"Frenda Seivelun looks interesting, I wish I could kill her, That would be fun."
Olivia spoke to herself.
"Sometimes this job really fucking sucks you know? Right Olivia?"
"Stop your complaining Olivia or would you rather go back to "That room in your family home, Don't you remember what happened to you in there, It drove you completely fucking mad!"
"That's true! I can only imagine what my insane older brother is doing right, Or The Main Vesper, I seriously think The Main Vesper is pure evil, I mean there's evil and then there's him, I don't think I have ever seen anyone so heartless in my life!"
"I can't believe that person or whatever he really is, Is related to you."
"I don't think he is really related to me, I mean he doesn't even show himself, So how could I know, He is always under that stupid creepy mask, I have never even seen his face, How could my father and Mother allow him to run the family?"
"Remember what we saw?"
"You mean how he doesn't ever get hurt, Yeah I know that was insane, I am not sure but I think his semblance is actual invincibility, He never gets hurt."
"That's truly crazy, He doesn't even defend himself in a fight, But is he really invincible, I mean nobody is invincible right?"
"I don't know, Everything is supposed to have a weakness, But it seems like normal rules don't apply to The Main Vesper, He is too strange."
"Let's just get this over with, Plus while Mark said I can't attack the students, He didn't say anything about the teachers," Olivia said with a lick of her lips.
Part 6.
"Run! She's coming!" Multiple men were running away from one girl as she had just torn through most of them.
A bunch of other men came out and raised their guns at her. "Stop right there! That's far enough!"
(Hah... These damn dark side thugs don't ever learn do they.)
She raised her hand and the men were cut in half by invisible forces, The other men turned back and some of them literally peed themselves at the sight of Dark Sides Bane.
"So? Who wants to die first?" Aihana asked with a grin on her face.
The men all charged her and she made quick work of the weaklings, blood, bone, and guts were what remained.
"Sis! I found Stone!" Enzo Nath's voice came through the intercom and Aihana immediately picked up.
"That's a good boy, I may have to reward you when this is all over, My sweet little brother, I hope you have your lube ready."
Part 7.
Frenda Seivelun was excited about her match with Winter Schnee, She headed with Ruby to the combat classroom, Where Glynda Goodwitch allowed them to spar in a controlled match in front of the school.
"So, Weiss's sister huh? It's gonna be a great match, But I hope Weiss doesn't get mad when you totally kick Winter's ass!" Ruby said.
"Hey, In the end, She is the one who challenged me, I'm not responsible for whatever happens as a result," Frenda replied.
Then a man that neither Ruby nor Frenda had seen in a long time showed up out of nowhere.
"Hey Kiddos, Heard about your fight Bomber Girl."
Frenda and Ruby saw a man with black spikey hair and a tattered red cape in front of them.
"Uncle Qrow!" Frenda and Ruby said at the same time, Then ran up to hug the man.
"Ha ha! Okay calm down," Qrow said as he hugged the two girls back.
"So, Your fighting Winter? Sounds like fun, I wish I could watch the fight, But I have to go to Beacon Tower to see old Oz about something," Qrow explained.
"Ozpin? You know Professor Ozpin?" Ruby asked.
"Oh yeah, Oz and I go way back, Not too fond of the other one though."
"You mean Ironwood don't you, In the end, I don't really think it was smart of him to bring what is basically the entire Atlas army to Vale, People are going to think something is wrong, All Told."
"You and me both kiddo, Anyway I got to get going, Just came to wish you luck."
Qrow began to walk away before turning back for a moment. "Oh and Frenda, Kick her ass."
With that Qrow left.
"Uncle Qrow is here too!? that is amazing! I wonder how long he is staying?" Ruby wondered.
"Don't know."
Frenda and Ruby continued on to the classroom, where the fight would take place.
In the arena.
Frenda and Winter stood across from each other, The seats were filled with Beacon students, Many of them routing Frenda on as she was the top student, Teams RWBY, JNPR, FRST minus Frenda and CEMN all sat together, Each of them in anticipation for the match to start.
Neo looked over the battlefield with her own thoughts, She saw what Frenda did yesterday and she had a certain suspicion, Something she was hoping would show itself in this fight.
(What Frenda did yesterday, It had to be an esper ability, The strange thing is Amata Kihara never spoke of her, So how did she become an Esper? It seems she has some kind of telekinesis ability, Or was it something else? I hope to see It during this fight.)
Cinder was also in deep thought about Frenda, she knew there just was something not right about the blonde girl.
(Frenda is one of the strangest people I ever have seen, After yesterday it is clear she has two semblances, But how is that even possible?)
Weiss looked at her sister in admiration. (Sorry Frenda, You may be strong but you're no match for Winter.)
Glynda went up between Winter and Frenda. "Okay, Are you ready?"
Winter and Frenda both nodded to show they were ready to begin, as Winter had also pulled out a sword she noticed Frenda wasn't using a weapon, or at least didn't have one out yet.
(Hmm, What is her attack style?)
"You may begin," Glynda announced.
And with the fight officially started, Frenda Seivelun and Winter Schnee charged each other.
Part 8.
"Wow! I didn't expect those fuckers in The Claw Gang to have a massive mansion on the edge of town as their HQ to be honest."
"Yeah it seems they make quite a bit more than we originally thought, But I mean they are a Mafia after all," Enzo said.
"Well, time to get this started."
Aihana Etsu raised her right hand and the front door of the mansion was blown off, She walked through the hole she created and multiple men came out of different rooms from the mansion.
"What the fuck is going on!?"
"Was that an explosion!?"
"Who the hell is that!?"
Different men all asked questions about what they were witnessing, They never expected anybody to find the main HQ of The Claw in Vale.
"You did thi-" The man had started but then stopped as he recognized the girl known as Aihana Etsu, Dark Sides Bane.
Aihana was about to kill all the men But was stopped when they all put away their weapons confusing her.
(Did these assholes finally get smart? It doesn't matter though, Do they think that just because they surrender I'm not going to kill them?)
"Aihana Etsu... My Boss has been waiting for you," The man said.
"Oh has he?"
"Right this way, We won't raise our weapons towards you."
Aihana decided to follow the man through the mansion, he led her to a door, It was metal with a keypad on it, there was a camera at the top as well.
(Enzo can keep watch since there are cameras that's good, But what is this it's not what I was expecting.)
"65229248," The man said out loud as he inputted the code to open the door.
This confused Aihana even further as to why he was giving out secrets she was pretty sure weren't supposed to be revealed to a stranger.
"What's your game here?"
"There is a chance that after today that you... Actually, I think I will let you find out."
The door slid open into an elevator and Aihana followed him on.
"This is an elevator that goes to an underground facility that is about 235ft below Remnant's crust, It is where we keep all our operations, There is a lot of equipment from Merlot Industries and Vesper Corp as well as The SDC down there, It helps us run our operations smoothly, Like drugs, Trafficking Slaves, Weapons, Dust...Etc. we have advanced Atlas technology as well."
(Why is he explaining this to me like he is showing a new employee the ropes at a new job?) Aihana thought, still completely perplexed by the situation. She did however, notice that The Claw were not just a bunch of thugs like SkillOut, The way she originally thought of them.
It seemed they were more like an organized Mafia, much like The Spiders.
After a bit the elevator came to a stop and the doors opened to a factory, With different hallways and doors.
"Right this way."
He led Aihana down the main hallway to two very large metal doors.
"Oh, By the way, my name is Patrick Rodogun, But everyone in here calls me Shark," Shark explained, The tall blonde man had a smile as he explained about himself, Even furthering the strangeness of this situation to Aihana Etsu.
He opened the doors and led Aihana into a room, That looked like a massive arena with hundreds or maybe even thousands of men and women all over, But what Aihana thought was a trap didn't seem to be as none of the men or women even attempted to attack.
The room unlike the door to it or the rest of the underground factory was beautiful, It had nice marble flooring and a bunch of pillars made of marble as well as massive balconies, It also had a large red carpet leading to a throne, like a royal palace or something.
(Just this room alone must have been like 30 million lien.) Aihana thought impressed with the room.
Sitting on the throne was a very large man, He actually looked about 7 or 8ft tall, His arms looked like they could rip the door off of a tank, He had slicked-back black hair and was dressed in a leather jacket and blue jeans with black boots, He had a shiny metal hockey mask with a massive claw mark through it, So Aihana didn't see his face, She could only see his green eye color through the eye holes in the mask.
"So, You're The Stone right?"
"That's right girl, I'm the current leader of The Claw," The Stone replied, The man's voice was deep and would be frightening to most.
"So the reason your organization is called The Claw is because of that mask?" Aihana asked.
"Very observative, Yes but the story itself is one of legend," The Stone started.
"Have you ever heard of the Nevverrient?" The Stone asked.
"No, Can't say that I have."
"Ha! Yeah, I wouldn't expect you to, Some believe it to be myth. It goes like this, The legend is in this world there are Grimm that have been walking this planet for billions of years, It was one of the first Grimm to exist among The Six Grimm of Legend, The Nevverrient, The Beast, The Dark Dragon, The Banshee, The Deep and The Grimm Reaper... The Nevverrient is said to be the fastest Grimm in Remnant, It could tear you to pieces before you could even blink, It has claws so sharp they can cut through adamantium like it's butter, Which is exactly what they did to this adamantium mask I wear now."
(Adamantium? I have heard of that before, It's Remnant's strongest metal and most expensive, An adamantium sword would be over a billion lien, So it is rare to see it, That mask is made of adamantium? That's crazy! Now that I think about it, Adamantium was also a concept on Earth, But it wasn't real and was just a mythical metal used in entertainment, Like Films, Comic Books and Television, not even Academy City could actually create it for real, But on Remnant over 35 years ago it came down in a meteor strike and a scientist named Pietro was able to duplicate it, But the resource of it was so little that they couldn't use it for ships or anything more than certain weapons and armor for some, Then it's formula was stolen by somebody and soon started popping up around Remnant among the black market, So now anybody with enough money can get their hands on the indestructible metal. Or so I read.)
"10 years ago back when our organization was nothing but a bunch of thugs and gangsters on the streets, Our leader came face to face with The Nevverrient, He was torn to bits, But not only did he get proof of the creature's existence but he gave us a name, The mask he wore that was passed down to him by his father was this mask, It was the only thing besides his scroll that remained, The scroll gave us proof."
He clicked a button and a screen materialized in the air to show a video of a massive wolf-like creature with shadow black fur and large claws, It looked like a werewolf, Its eyes glowed red and It had razor-sharp teeth, whoever was filming put his scroll in a spot that would keep filming so he could pull his weapons.
"Let's go! You beast!" The man said in the video.
The Nevverrient let out a massive howl that shook the area and distorted the camera for a moment, Then it charged, The next thing that was seen was the camera going wild as the man rolled along the ground, It was shown that the man no longer had his arms, He screamed in pain as the creature began tearing his guts out, Aihana watched his intestines go flying and his mask fly off now with a massive claw mark cut through it. Then multiple men came running to protect their boss, But all that was seen was blood, guts, and bones flying all over, In mere seconds.
(There are Grimm this strong in Remnant!? This thing puts Dr. Merlot's Mutant Grimm to shame.) Aihana thought as she saw a Grimm that could match a Level 5 esper, It was absolutely horrifying, This creature was something completely different, It was on a completely different level from the Grimm she had met.
After the slaughter, She saw the film fast forward and a few men found the massacre, The Nevverrient had been long gone by this point.
The men had then named the group The Claw and had officially decided who would be its new boss, A man named Adrian had become its leader. As the group officially formed.
The Stone turned off the video and stood from his throne, Aihana could now see just how massive the man was.
"Adrian Servet, He was our leader for 6 years, That was until 4 years ago when I defeated him in combat and took the mask, You see that is how it works here, Much like a lion pride, We battle the previous leader, The victor is the leader."
"So, That's what this is? A trial by combat?"
"Exactly, Aihana Etsu, It's simple really, You fight me and if you kill me, You take this mask and become The Claw's new leader, I know what you're thinking, What is stopping my men and women from attacking you if you kill me? Well it's simple it's this mask, As long as you own this mask and wear it proudly they will listen to your every command, The one who wears this mask has The Fear of The Nevverrient, So you will be the master here if you win and kill me, If you don't and you die, I keep this mask and wear it until someone can take it from me."
"That's one of the things about this mask, When someone gets the courage, They will challenge you to a fight for the mask and control of The Claw, This is how our leaders are chosen and We respect that, so none of them here are going to interfere with the fight, This will be a fight between a current leader and a possible new leader, It doesn't matter if that person is inside or outside of our organization, If you can take this mask off my corpse then you are fit to lead The Claw," The Stone finished explaining.
Then he asked one final question. "So which do you want, Do want to fight only me for this mask, Or do want to take on all 8,340 men and women in this room and become a permanent enemy of our family? The Claw began in Vale, But we exist among other kingdoms as well, Especially Vacuo."
(So, I either fight him and trust that he is telling the truth or take on this whole room, 8,340 is complete suicide even for a Level 4 like myself, He is only giving me one choice, Plus I still have my semblance as well and If he is telling the truth then I will gain an army, It will make destroying The Dark Side easier, Plus it would be nice run my own organization. To hell with Lorya Asher and her group Grimmlin, I was never really a part of them anyway, I used them, just like I will use this group for what I need, The only problem with Grimmlin though, While their numbers are not much at all, Their power is great, Especially their strongest member Vibration, That fucking Accelerator copy cat that also has his thought patterns, specifically his creativity, and intuition, She would be a major problem if she got involved, But I think I would be safe, Lorya is not going to send her out, Not for something so trivial.)
Aihana Etsu looked at The Stone. "It doesn't sound like you're giving me a choice... So I guess you better have them prepare your grave for you, Because I won't be giving you a proper burial."
Part 9.
Winter Schnee was incredibly skilled, But not quite on the level of Mason Devon, And there were high-level espers that Frenda Seivelun had fought before, That were more of a problem, When it came to Winter's semblance she could certainly utilize it better than Weiss, But still, it wasn't that big of a deal, Winter had mostly focused on the summoning aspect of it and not much else, There was still a bit that she could do, Although Frenda had to admit, Winter was along the lines of at least a high level 3 or low level 4 esper, She was quite strong.
Winter's true mistake in this fight, Was that she wasn't really analyzing her opponent and instead was trying to defeat Frenda as fast as possible, It can be fine to go for the kill right off the bat, But it wasn't always an option in every situation, Even The #1 has run into certain scenarios when his one shot kill moves were essentially useless, It was no secret on the dark side of Academy City that Amata Kihara had nearly killed Accelerator once and Teitoku Kakine aka, Dark Matter was able to get passed Accelerator's ultimate defense, It was actually after Amata's fight with Accelerator that the dark side of Academy City got so much information on Accelerator's ability and his choker that was connected to the Misaka Network, Which Frenda figured was why Kakine attacked The #1 in the first place.
Frenda had also studied everything she could about Accelerator and the rest of the level 5's that weren't a friend of her's as The #3 and The #5 were, Frenda knew she wouldn't ever be in a death match with either, But Kakine, Accelerator, The #6 and even The #7 Attack Crash, unfortunately, there was not much information on #6 or #7, But even with that information, Frenda Seivelun doubted she would last even 10 seconds against Accelerator or Dark Matter.
This was not the case for Winter Schnee however, So far Frenda hadn't been touched by Winter, But at the same time Winter had been defending herself well, She was either blocking Frenda's strikes or dodging Frenda's bombs.
But despite this, Frenda wasn't worried much, After all, she had beaten The Railgun twice in a spar and Nearly defeated her in their very first encounter, It was literally Frenda's job to learn how to beat people stronger than her, So somebody slightly weaker than her wasn't going to be a big issue.
Mason Devon had only had the upper hand against Frenda because he had used dirty tactics and was incredibly pain-tolerant or maybe he just enjoyed pain, He also lured Frenda somewhere he knew better than she did, It was very similar to Frenda's own tactics she would use when she fought espers back in Academy City, Or how she took down Umidori Kuroyoru.
Frenda and Winter clashed blades more times than anybody could count, Both their auras were still 100%, It seemed to be a complete stalemate due to the fact that Winter and Frenda were Both blocking and dodging so perfectly.
Frenda threw two small devices at Winter but she created a shield out of her glyphs, The explosion went off but Winter's aura was not touched, Winter then swung at Frenda's left, But Frenda easily dodged this attack, Then blocked Winter's second attack at her right shoulder.
(This girl is blocking and dodging even better than me.) Winter thought as she jumped away from a missile.
When she stopped she noticed about 14 more missiles coming at her.
(How is there that many!?)
Winter created a few beowulfs to take the missiles for her, She then sent multiple summoned birds at Frenda that exploded covering everything in a blue mist, Making it impossible to see, But Frenda didn't need to see her opponent thanks to her semblance.
Frenda blocked a strike at her right side, Then kicked Winter back, Doing the smallest amount of damage to her aura moving it down by 1 point.
(She can block when she's blind, Is she sensing my aura signatures or is it something else?)
Frenda smirked and made a certain set of calculations and the surrounding mist twisted away.
(With the current stalemate, We will be here all day, In the end, Time to get serious.)
Frenda decided to try something new and manipulated the waves of the air around her body while enhancing her aura, and the next thing everybody saw was Frenda moving in a blur around the room, She kicked Winter in the left cheek sending her across the room, Her body had bounced along the ground and she soon rolled to a stop.
Cinder was watching that very closely.
(That was definitely a second semblance, Plus when could she move that fast?)
Cinder had absolutely no idea what Frenda did in that moment, Somebody else however, Had a much better idea of what was going on.
(That confirmed my suspicion of an esper ability, The question is what is her power? At first I thought it was telekinesis, But it didn't look quite like that from this display, It looks more like Air Manipulation maybe, Or could she be manipulating?... Could it be something like that?)
Neopolitan was conflicted, But at this point, she believes she may have figured out what Frenda's esper power is.
(If Amata Kihara never spoke about Frenda, Then that must mean she is not a Remnant esper, So she is an Academy City esper then, I wonder if I approached her the right way, Could I maybe get her to teach me how to further my ability, Because right now, I haven't been able to get passed Level 2 While Vibration, Is already a Level 5, But that could have something to do with her having Accelerator's thought patterns, I don't really know how that works.)
Winter Schnee charged Frenda with a well-aimed strike, But like last time, Frenda's reaction was lightning fast and she moved to the left, Using the same technique she taught Ruby, she used her momentum to twist her body and slam the back of her shoe into the back of Winter's head knocking her aura down further.
Winter stabbed her sword into the ground and a massive glyph was created a nevermore came out and Winter jumped on its back, It flew her into the air and she decided to take a ranged approach, Firing different dust elements at Frenda, She dodged each one however, And Winter started to get upset.
"Here, dodge this," Winter announced and sent some dust into the ground and then sent her semblance into it, Soon a massive tsunami slammed into Frenda as water filled the arena, and then Winter sent a beam of energy into the center of the water and a whirlpool began to form, Sucking Frenda into it.
Frenda couldn't manipulate this much water with her ability and She had no defense against this attack and couldn't fight it or counter it.
The water had soon sucked Frenda under it.
Part 10.
"Yes! Yes! Drown her! I would love to see that!" Olivia celebrated watching the fight through her binoculars.
The girl was lying on her stomach, Kicking her feet that were currently shoeless as she got tired of wearing her heels, in the air like a child as she ate from a bag of chips with her left hand and held her binoculars with her right.
(Authors Note: Does anybody get the reference?)
Part 11.
The Stone and Aihana Etsu were surrounded by thousands as they all cheered, Aihana noticed that some of the men and women were actually cheering for her.
(So, There are some of them that want me to become the new leader? That's interesting.)
The match was soon ready to begin, Shark walked out into the ring, Which was absolutely massive. "Now, The rules of this fight is that there are no rules, well there is one rule, Your opponent's life may not be spared, only one may be left alive, The one who is left alive will be the leader of The Claw, Will there be a new leader? or will we still keep The Stone as our leader?"
He stepped back and went to the side. "1... 2... 3... And... Kill!" Shark shouted starting the death match between The current Aihana Etsu and The man known only as The Stone.
Aihana was not prepared for the fist that slammed into her gut sending her flying across the room into a pillar, Doing massive damage to her aura in the first move.
It was the start of the fight and her aura was already at 62% from one punch, The Stone had ridiculous inhuman strength even without using his semblance, This wasn't going to be an easy fight at all.
Aihana quickly jumped up and shot an invisible force at The Stone's head but it didn't hit his aura as normally would, instead slamming into his head, Doing no damage thanks to his adamantium mask.
(That thing really is made of adamantium, It also doesn't seem that he pushes his aura around it maybe because he knows nothing can damage, I guess besides that fucking Nevverrient thing.)
She shot two more this time at his sides doing damage to his aura.
He shook it off then jumped into the air and quickly came down at her, She quickly jumped away from him and his fist slammed into the floor, Sending cracks through the area and shaking the ground like an earthquake, The marble flooring was shattered to pieces and many of the pillars crumbled to dust.
He then came at her at rapidly fast speeds with aura enhancement, He went for another punch, She quickly dodged but the force and kinetic energy built from the punch has still hit her sending her rolling along the ground.
She quickly stood back up and was trying to quickly get a handle on the situation. (What the fuck!? He is on a completely different level than any other member of The Claw I have ever fought, I need to focus on breaking his aura that will make this a lot easier.)
Aihana jumped away and hit him with another invisible attack, his aura was slowly getting weaker and weaker, he was below 40%.
She hit him with another invisible force and he got sent into the air and another force hit him back down.
His body slammed on the ground and his aura was down to 7% while Aihana was still at 62%, One more hit and his aura would be gone.
The Stone moved in quickly and punched Aihana in the side, Even though her aura she was sure he cracked several ribs, She slammed through a pillar shattering it, She vomited blood as she stood back up.
Her vision dazed for a second.
"Come on Kill her! Let's go The Stone!"
"Get up and Fight Aihana! I can't wait to see this fucker die, Come on! We need somebody new!"
"You're done for Aihana!"
"Come on Aihana!"
There were mixed cheers in the crowds, Some wanted Aihana to kill The Stone and some wanted Aihana to be the victor.
She stood up and aimed, invisible spears of energy slammed into The Stone at all sides shattering his aura, Of course, anything that hit his mask didn't do any damage to his face.
"That's aura down... Now for the kill," Aihana announced and her hand rose in the air, But then she was confused when The Stone began laughing.
"Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha! Sorry, But it won't be that easy little girl," The Stone's body began to become covered in actual stone, His entire body became stone.
"What!?"
"You see, Breaking my aura... actually makes me much stronger."
"What is this?" Aihana asked then she heard her brother's voice come through her earpiece, He had been watching the entire fight through the cameras in the room.
"It's called a Negative Semblance, Scientists still don't know how they work exactly and they are extremely rare, But from the studies, They are semblances that only work in a negative aura state, There have even been some cases where a person can have both a positive and a negative semblance, Negative Semblances are supposed to be much stronger than a normal semblance," Enzo explained.
"But a Semblance requires soul energy to work, Right?"
"If you believe in religion, Some more primitive Remnant people believe in The gods of light and Darkness, According to them A regular semblance is a power that comes from the "gift" of light to protect us from darkness and that a negative semblance is a "gift" of darkness, that basically every born person in Remnant is born under either the sign of light or the sign of darkness, Those who are born under darkness are gifted negative semblances and they say that there are only two ways it can be activated, The first is to lose their aura so light no longer protects them, Or trigger it through great negative emotions much like a Grimm, According to those crazy people who believe in gods, Most are born under the sign of light and few are born under the sign of darkness, as the true children of darkness."
(Authors Note: Little does Enzo know, Those "Crazy" religious people are completely right.)
After hearing Enzo's explanation, Aihana had a better understanding of what was going on, She wasn't sure if she believed in gods or whatever, Since she was from a city of science that didn't believe in stuff like gods or angels or demons.
(So somebody who doesn't have the light shielding them get consumed by darkness and this is the result, So even if it really is true, Then are these people related to Grimm? If it is true and these people are born that way, Then that means there are some people damned to darkness from the start, it's like back in Academy City how there were some who were meant to succeed and some doomed to fail from the start. In the case of Level 0's and Level 5's, The Parameter List told the governing board who the scientist should spend their time and money developing and who they should leave in the dirt to be treated like trash by those who were more powerful, In Remnant the higher-ups keep negative semblances a secret, because imagine what it would be like if the people born under light discovered there were those born in darkness true darkness, They would be treated as the scum of the world probably even worse than the faunus are sometimes treated.)
Aihana Etsu didn't know about all that but she knew one thing and that was that this fight was far from over.
Part 12.
Frenda had held her breath and was able to get back to the surface using her aura but then the current got even stronger and she was sucked in again, This time Winter used her semblance to freeze the ice, It froze Frenda inside and she was stuck.
"At this point, you should forfeit, You won't be getting out of that girl," Winter said.
(That's my sister for you, Winter is a highly skilled Atlas specialist, There was no way you were going to win Frenda.) Weiss thought in praise of Winter.
"What a cheap shot, Trying to force her to forfeit," Yang said.
"Well it is a very effective strategy," Cinder said.
"I don't think Frenda has lost just yet though," Neo said.
"What do you mean she is in an impossible situation, She is literally frozen in ice, She definitely lost," Emerald pointed out.
(You guys just don't get espers.) Neo thought. (She will most likely win especially since she has Wave Manipulation, That's a very powerful ability.)
As if on cue, Everyone saw the ice beginning to glow, Specifically the color of Frenda's aura, Then to everyone's surprise it all exploded.
"What!?" Winter Schnee was absolutely shocked, What was just witnessed shouldn't be possible.
(Wow, Who would of thought video games would have come in handy, I thank you Hamazura for playing that, Star Wars game you like around me so much.)
Frenda Seivelun had gotten the idea to create her own form of force repulse from the game Star Wars the Forced Unleashed, Which Hamazura played a lot back in Item.
She used her aura and her esper ability to create a force of energy around her and forced a massive amount of aura out in all directions, This was however not the best idea as doing this made her output so much aura that it almost put her in the red.
Now in this situation, If Frenda takes another hit from Winter then she will lose.
(I can't afford to get hit after that, In the end, I am going to have to take her down quickly.)
Frenda pulled out her weapon Sarthal and shifted it to Scythe mode.
(A Scythe? Was she trained by Qrow? Also, she has now decided to finally use a weapon does this mean she is getting serious?)
Winter Schnee was ready to end this fight with her next strike, She charged quickly and swung her sword quickly but Frenda blocked it and then she moved quickly to Winter's right, The way she moved didn't make sense to anyone who wasn't aware of esper powers, She was moving incredibly fast, Even with her aura so low.
(With my aura this low, I can't utilize aura enhancement and I can't use My semblance much, So I have to mostly rely on my ability, This is just a spar so I have been holding back quite a bit, If this was a real fight, Winter would have been dead a long time ago, In the end, I'll go as far as I can in a safe way.)
Winter dodged Frenda's next strike, But was then hit with her strike after that as Frenda twisted her scythe and swept Winter's legs out from underneath her then kicked her through the air before she could touch the floor, and then moved quickly to hit her again while still in the air, Then Frenda finished with a sniper shot to Winter's aura that dropped her deep into the yellow, Then when she stood back up, She noticed 8 bombs around her and she quickly jumped away as they exploded, Frenda was there to kick her in the gut towards two stuffed bunnies.
Winter landed on her back and when she looked up she was confused to see, Two stuffed bunnies by her, But then she immediately realized what they were and quickly moved away as they exploded.
"You hid bombs inside of stuffed animals? That's actually creepy," Winter grimaced.
"In the end, It's more effective than you think."
"But it doesn't matter because you're done."
Winter had announced this just before Frenda slammed her scythe into the ground and shot gravity dust bullets at the ground and when they exploded they sent Winter high into the air, Frenda threw a bomb and Winter used a glyph to dodge it, The bomb made ice dust that suck to the ceiling in a sort of capsule as it missed Winter.
"Nice try."
Winter summoned more birds but Frenda activated something on Sarthal and the birds were destroyed.
Winter charged Frenda now with two swords. "This is the end for you girl."
Winter came at Frenda fast with her sword raised and Frenda side stepped, A wall of ice dust was created around Winter's arm, Keeping her stuck in place.
"In the end."
Frenda shot the ice dust on the ceiling and it shattered, then down fell a bunch of different stuffed animals that were all being encased in the ice.
Winter's eyes widened upon realization.
(She was never trying to hit me with that Ice bomb, She led me into a trap and I fell for it.)
"Checkmate," Frenda announced then pressed a button and all the bunnies exploded.
Winter was hit with multiple different dust explosions and it quickly dropped her to the red while throwing her away into a bounce then a roll before finally coming to a halt signaling the end of the match.
(In the end, Remnant nanotechnology is great.)
Glynda walked back out. "Well as Winter Schnee's aura has been knocked to the red, Frenda Seivelun is the victor of this match, Well done Frenda."
"Yeah! Go sis!" Ruby and Yang said at the same time.
"How? It doesn't make any sense," Weiss muttered mostly to herself.
Neo was impressed. (I would love to ask Frenda about ability growth since she comes from the original power curriculum and I don't know much about that, But it may give away too much and jeopardize Cinder's plan and my money, I have learned quite a bit from Kaibi, But she is not always open about everything, I just barely learned about School and Teitoku Kakine, I don't want to pressure her, I want to let her tell me at her own pace.)
A little later after the match, Frenda had gotten away after getting a congratulations from Winter and it was clear the woman respected her a lot more than before, Weiss was a little salty, But she got over it and of course, Ruby was all over Frenda after it praising her.
But right now, Frenda Seivelun was walking up to a cliff nearby, During her fight with Winter she sensed a foreign presence up at the top of this cliff.
"In the end, Where are you, I know you're here so come out!" Frenda shouted into the woods on top of these cliffs.
Frenda walked forward and ended up stepping on a bag of chips, She used her semblance to trace the signature of whoever was hiding up here, But she didn't have to wait long.
"Fine, Fine, Guess my cats out of the bag, Hello honey bun."
Frenda saw a girl with half black and half blonde hair in a twirling tails form it was incredibly long, Like actually reaching her knees, She was wearing a fancy white dress and she had on fishnet stockings and white high heels.
"Who are you? In the end, Why are you watching Beacon?" Frenda asked.
The girl licked her lips in a very seductive fashion at Frenda. "You, You're why I'm here, I'm supposed to just keep an eye on you until 65 is ready to deal with you, But you're so cute, I want to take a little bite or maybe just a lick," The girl said.
It didn't take Frenda long to figure out this girl was from the darkness.
"In the end, You're from the dark side aren't you?" Frenda asked.
"Bingo sweetie, Aihana Etsu wants you taken care of and delegated it to my partner, But I'm going to assume since you caught me, You're not going to let me just stick around right, I mean I saw your fight, So I don't think I need more info than that."
Frenda pulled out Sarthal, You can leave now alive, Or leave in a body bag, You're choice."
"Oh my gosh you're so adorable, but it's time for you to get some rest, I'm sure most of your aura recovered but I don't think it would be a good idea to fight again this soon, Especially against one of us."
Frenda's only thought was her sisters and her friends' safety. "Last chance get moving!"
"Like I said, your cute."
Then she moved towards Frenda.
Part 13.
Aihana Etsu spits blood out of her mouth, Ever since The Stone became actual stone he became impossible to harm.
The man was even stronger, He was lucky a little slower, But his insane strength made up for that, Aihana had long ago lost her aura, It wasn't looking good for her, She figured she would be able to use her semblance, But even if she had the aura to utilize it, It was useless in this situation.
The Stone slammed another fist into her gut and she was certainly bleeding internally, He may have even destroyed an organ or two, Getting hit by a stone fist moving at near supersonic speeds without aura made her feel like she could die.
Aihana shot another invisible attack, But it bounced off of the man, She had no idea what she would do at this point, She was going to actually die here today.
It truly felt like the end.
Another fist slammed into her face definitely shattering bone and certainly breaking her nose, She went down and didn't have the strength to continue.
"I thought you would be stronger than this," The Stone said as he picked her up by her hair and threw her across the room.
She rolled along the ground, she was bleeding out of her nose and mouth, Multiple bones in her body were broken, Her blonde hair was painted in blood, Only difference was this time it was her own blood.
The Stone got closer and closer, It just felt like death was approaching, Her eyesight was incredibly blurry and she could barely see in front of herself, It was like she was going blind.
The man finally approached her.
He picked her up by the throat. "This is you're end, Aihana Etsu... Or should I say, Kaede Nath."
Her eyes widened at that name.
"That's right I learned about you, Kaede, and Your family, After I kill you right here I'm going to kill you're spying little brother, Then your father, It's an adoptive relationship right? So it won't be so bad, Ha ha ha ha!"
The Stone's arm was suddenly removed and Kaede dropped to the ground, She was different after he mentioned her family, While she still didn't have aura, Something was completely different about her, She slumped over still standing, She looked at her feet, A smile graced her lips for a moment before she broke out into psychotic laughter.
"Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha hee hee hee hee hee hee hee hee ha ha ha ha ha hee hee hee ha ha ha ha ha ha!"
This shocked most of the room, They didn't understand why she was so happy.
"That's right, my name is Kaede, Kaede Ibotanokikōji, I was adopted by the Nath family and I fell in love with a beautiful young boy, I am Kaede Ibotanokikōji, No I am Kaede Nath, Dark Sides Bane, And if you think I will let a scumbag like you harm a hair on his head, You are a fucking moron."
She wouldn't let anything happen to Enzo Nath, Her name was Kaede Ibotanokikōji in a past life, She had experienced death before at the hands of The Meltdowner, She knows what death is, She was given a second chance in Remnant and she wasn't about to give it up, Not without a fight.
"I have been to death and back, I have experienced death and now I will show you what that is like, You punk ass bitch, The only difference between us is you will not come back."
Kaede raised her hand and more power than she had ever used shot out, A powerful force that was invisible to the eye, Created a massive earthquake, And all watched as the invisible force tore through the room, Tearing through the pillars like paper and The Stone was torn to bits, His Stone body complete destroyed, A pile of rubble and a metal mask was all that remained.
"No one will harm my brother," Kaede announced as she finally calmed down.
She soon saw all the men and women come down from the balconies and any other seats or locations they were in, They all walked down in front of her, She readied herself for another fight.
Shark came over and picked up the adamantium mask then walked over to Kaede, He held the mask out to her. "If you want to leave, We won't attack, The choice is your's."
Kaede looked at the mask, Then back at the room.
She took the mask from Shark and held it in her hand looking at it for a moment in debate, She soon came to a final decision, She put the adamantium mask on and the entire room including Shark bowed in respect to the new Leader of The Claw.
She smiled beneath her mask, She had felt the power behind wearing this mask.
She was Kaede Nath, The current Aihana Etsu, Level 4 esper and leader of The Claw, And she was going to bring the Dark Side to it's knees, She would gain the ultimate army, She was known as Dark Sides Bane, But very soon she would be known as Dark Sides Queen.
Part 14.
Frenda woke up in a place she didn't recognize at all, It was already evening and she could see she was in some kind of building.
(What the hell happened?)
Frenda began to remember meeting that girl who was spying on Beacon, Then she fought the girl, No it wasn't a fight, She was completely blitzed, Frenda hadn't even been able to move, The girl charged her and now she was waking up in this strange place.
(She defeated me on the first move? Did they kidnap me?)
"Oh good, You're awake."
Frenda looked over and saw a boy she immediately recognized from his files back in Academy City, The boy in front of her was named Motoharu Tsuchimikado of Group, A dark side organization that formed late, They were the newest on the dark side and many on the dark side feared them, Due to them having Accelerator.
"Hey Frenda, Long time no see," A girl said.
Frenda looked over to the voice she had recognized, Frenda saw exactly who she was expecting to see, Awaki Musujime, She had battled her once with Kuroko Shirai, Frenda had secretly worked with judgment from time to time and helped Kuroko and Kazari with cases, It helped that she knew a lot about the dark side.
Awaki was trying to get her hands on the remnant of Tree Diagram Academy City's greatest supercomputer that had been destroyed by unknown means earlier that same year.
"Hello shotacon pervert," Frenda mocked.
"Hey! I'm not a shotacon!" Awaki yelled out.
"We all know you are a shotacon Awaki," Motoharu said with a laugh.
"I don't want to hear that from a nasty siscon, Who is also a lolicon."
"Hey, at least I admit it."
"Why am I here? What is going on? I need answers," Frenda said.
"You were unconscious, Well you were knocked unconscious, You're lucky you aren't dead considering you were fighting 92," Awaki explained.
"92?"
That is what we know her as, She is an assassin from the Epsilon Assassins," Motoharu said.
"The Epsilon Assassins? I have never heard of them."
Awaki was the one who answered. "I wouldn't expect you to, They are well hidden even on the dark side."
"Why don't we get to the point, Awaki and I have joined Vacant, We need your help."
"In the end, I don't work for the darkness anymore, I'm a Huntress."
"Look word travels fast on the dark side, A few hours ago The Claw just got a new leader, It's Aihana Etsu, Dark Sides Bane."
"Find someone else, Look thanks for helping me, But I need to get back to my dorm."
"Frenda, you were just attacked by an Assassin, The dark side is coming for you regardless, The Spiders have been making moves, The Claw is now run by Aihana Etsu, The Golden Cold are getting involved, They sent Scavenger after some deposit box, On top of that the most dangerous and powerful dark side organization is involved, The Epsilon Assassins."
Motoharu was trying to convince Frenda, But she wasn't listening.
"Look you don't have to be a permanent member, we just need your help with this war," Awaki said.
"In the end, It's not my war, it's you're dark side stuff, I'm done working in that, Now if you will excuse me."
"Fine, you can try and stay away, But eventually the darkness will come to you, And you know that," Motoharu warned.
"65, That's the assassin who is after you, We don't know much about how he deals with his targets, So be careful," Awaki said.
"I'll be fine," Frenda said as she walked out and down the stairs to the exit of the building.
"So we are just letting her go, I thought you wanted to use her as bait," Awaki said.
"Now that Aihana Etsu has decided to send an assassin instead, That is out of the window now isn't it, I wish we still had Accelerator, Things would be a lot simpler."
"I'm going to keep an eye on her, I owe her that much after our last encounter," Awaki said.
"Do what you want."
Awaki teleported away leaving Motoharu to his thoughts.
End of Chapter 12
And that's the chapter, I had to think about this arc a lot, but I am pretty happy with what I came up with, I hope the readers will enjoy the coming chapters and when it comes to the more... Disturbing elements please remember this is a 17 story, Rated R, Mature 17 I know there are some pretty rough moments in the coming chapters so just be prepared for that.
I hope you guys enjoyed the food fight, With all the teams involved It would have been too much of a hassle to incorporate an all out sort of free-for-all moment, So I split it into verses, I think it turned out well and I hope I didn't miss anyone.
Frenda vs Winter was something I wondered about for a while, since like chapter 3 and I was happy to put the fight here, Also I mentioned in the Accelerator story that Weiss started to really look into Frenda and Academy City, This is going to be because of her beating Winter.
So Aihana Etsu was revealed as Kaede, This was actually a last minute decision, As my original plan was to reveal her being Kaede from Dark Side Item at a later point when Frenda discovered her identity, But I decided that revealing her name to the readers after she took down The Stone to be a better reveal at least for the readers, Frenda will still have to discover it on her own.
Next Chapter is going to be about the dance among some other things, Like this one it will go along with RWBY cannon sort of, I know Winter and Qrow didn't show up until Volume 3, But I honestly think that the only reason that was, is because they hadn't been created yet, In later volumes we see that Winter goes everywhere with Ironwood pretty much and why would Qrow wait so long to come and tell Ozpin about a threat in the school, You think he would want to get that information out right away and in the cannon the writers couldn't seem to come up with a reason why Qrow went dark so long either, As Ironwood scolded him for it but than it is just forgotten, So I feel Qrow and Winter would have been at Beacon in Volume 2 not 3.
So yes one more somewhat more mellow chapter before beginning The Dark Side War, Which is what this event has been called officially, Also didn't intend this but I noticed The Dark Side War Arc is Going to be coming out along side The Grimmlin War Arc in the Accelerator story.
This Arc will continue to get deeper and The Epsilon Assassins are my favorite dark side organization in Remnant, However while we will learn a lot more about them here, I plan to put their conclusion such as who is in charge, in the Accelerator Story, In a later Arc down the line.
So I as a final note I wanted to mention The Grimm of Legend, I had always thought that the Dragon in the mountain was not created by Salem, I think it was Darkness that created it correct me if I'm wrong, So I had thought to add special Grimm that have been around for billions of years on Remnant, We will be meeting them at some points, I plan to have one face Accelerator at a certain point in the main story you can all probably guess which one that will be.
The next chapter will go over the course of a week, at the start of the week will be the board game and at the end of the week will be the dance, I'm not sure if this is how the cannon did it but this is how I'm doing it, for some... Certain story reasons to be revealed in the chapter, Let's just say something pretty...crazy is going to happen.
I think that's the notes.
As always thank you for reading it is a lot fun to write these stories, I hope you are having a great day, Marry Christmas and Happy New Year, Again thank you for reading and if you would like to say something or ask a question feel free to leave a comment, Both Appreciation and Criticism are welcome, Untill next chapter I'm out.
PS: I realized I have been spelling Kakine's first name wrong All this time after going back and re-reading his Manga for later story elements just to brush up. I have been spelling it Tetikou Kakine and it's actually Teitoku Kakine it's funny because In the Dark Matter Manga, Kakine never learned how to probably pronounce Ringo's last name, I feel like him now from that part of the manga lol, Well not really since he refused to admit he was wrong and decided to just use her first name because of it.
Next Chapter: A Certain School Dance
