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Chapter 5
Grimm on a Train
"Thank you very much, Miss, and have a safe trip." The ticket seller said politely.
Accepting my ticket, I thanked him. Walking away I stepped into a restroom. Living a human life meant having some human drawbacks. After that I washed my hands. My eyes glanced at my mortal form, thinking about how different I looked than before. There were changes that came from 'age' that I added, they looked perfectly fine.
The Huntress style suited me well. There was a white tank top with yellow, black, and gray splatter designs. The shirt reminded me of my brothers when I first saw it- it felt good having some part of them with me. With the shirt, I added a black leather jacket. The jacket matched well with my pigtailed auburn hair. Around my neck was a silver rectangular locket that my mom had given me after graduation. Around my waist was a brown belt with a silver circle buckle that I used to hold my weapons. The body was short- five feet, the brown boots not adding to my overall height. The short stature was helpful in fighting the Grimm. My skin tight leggings were helpful too.
Satisfied with my appearance, I smiled at my reflection. Drying off my hands I slipped my gray wireless headphones back over my ears. Music began playing from them. I swear music is the greatest thing humanity has ever created and I like to listen to it whenever I can.
As I made my way out I got knocked over by a blur of...rose petals? It was moving too fast for me to figure it out. They shouted an apology as they dashed away. Though my time here was short, I knew flowers hadn't evolved to talk. Semblances were so amazing.
"Hey Ruby! Slow it down will you!?" An older guy called out towards the rose petals. He shook his head at them, a fond smile betraying any frustration. He knelt down towards me to help me up. "Are you alright?" He asked.
For some reason, he seemed familiar.
"No harm was done." I replied as I brushed myself off.
Still, the guy seemed to feel really bad. "I'm sorry about my niece. She's really energetic." He said.
"Like I said, It's no big deal." I assured him.
The man nodded, making his way over to a group of school age kids. The red blur manifested to a girl in a bright red cloak. She was talking happily with her friends. I wonder how often she could turn into that flower petal form. Was it a speed semblance, or an emotion triggered Semblance? Most likely speed by how fast she was going before bumping into me. She was speaking so fast to her friends that I'm surprised she didn't shift again.
I smiled and made my way to an empty bench. Popping my headphones back on, I let myself enjoy the music. The train came so I boarded. The large group of kids and the uncle joined along. Maybe then I would find out how that man was familiar. It was nagging at my mind- it had to be important.
The first half of the trip went smoothly but of course, my youngest brother's pets just had to come and ruin everything.
Typical. He would probably enjoy hearing he ruined his sister's relaxation. Then again, so would my other brother.
Pulling off the headphones, I sighed. As I searched for the exit to enter the fight, I noticed the kids were climbing out of the train towards the roof. They were joining the fights? They were kids, barely ready to become Hunters and Huntresses. This was probably just a trip or vacation for them, they would need help.
When I got there the first kid I noticed was dressed more for farm work than for hunting Grimm. Still he rushed to the fight.
As the rest of us rushed to catch up to him, a girl in pink asked "Why is it always something?"
"One of life's greatest mysteries." I joked.
Apparently, they hadn't noticed me till then because the blond one next to me called out in surprise. "Hey who are you?"
"Name's Agatha." I replied as I pulled out Yin and Yang. "And we've got bigger issues right now."
The kids all brought out their weapons. The fighting began.
The older man I talked to earlier was fighting a Manticore and I noticed the sword he had turned into a scythe. That's when I realized who he was. Qrow Branwen. Lone huntsmen like us had a bit more of a reputation then teams but this guy was in a league of his own.
As he was busy with the Manticore another one landed behind him. The creature folded its wings. That allowed me to use my Void semblance. The orbs can only grow so big so with their wings out it's pretty much useless. Once it was gone Qrow then noticed me.
"Hey thanks for the assist." He said. "Agatha Griseo right?"
My eyes widened in surprise, along with a slight blush on my cheeks. Someone like him knew someone like me. Yeah I knew about him too, he was more infamous. I was a much less famous solo Huntress. We fought another Manticore before it and the Sphinx flew up and away from the train.
"That doesn't seem to be a good sign." I said.
In agreement with me, a male voice called out. "TUNNEL!"
Qrow and I didn't waste any time sliding down the cars. I also saw the farm boy making it down safely as well. The hired huntsmen however weren't so lucky and managed to get his arm broken at the wall of the tunnel. The farm boy (who introduced himself as Oscar) helped me get the older man inside.
That's when I noticed the weird keychain thing on his hip. It looked rather old but what surprised me was what I felt coming out of the object. It reminded me a lot like Light's presence. Oscar noticed my staring and diverted my attention back to the injured huntsman. I'd have to ask him about it later.
Qrow and the rest of the kids came in the cart and Qrow got right up in the injured guy's face, furious about his insistence in using the turrets earlier. Shaking my head at the two I looked out the window along with the red hooded girl that knocked me over at the station. The Grimm were following us from the tunnel.
I looked away and closed my eyes in thought. Trying to come up with a sort of plan. I could just snap my fingers and the Grimm would disappear. The humans would be suspicious though so that plan was out. There had to be something more discrete.
Thankfully the kids were able to come up with their own plan. One of them had a Semblance that could mask human emotions and another of their semblance was basically an Aura battery. With their combined powers they could keep the passengers safe.
That's when Oscar walked over to them and spoke with a different voice. Confused, I used my powers to get a better look inside the kid and...wait a minute.
This kid's got two souls!? What the hell? Just when I thought nothing else could surprise me.
Anyway, the older...soul...in the kid said "I'm afraid there's one more complication. The Grimm are also attracted to this." He gestured to the bobble keychain on his hip.
"What exactly is that?" I asked him.
"Not really important right now, Agatha." Qrow told me before turning back to Oscar or whoever was controlling him right now.
"Oz, are you serious?"
Oz? Is that the name of the other soul? That name was familiar too. I wanted to ask more but the kids were yelling again. They were yelling about the importance of the lamp shaped object being kept from them. Like...we had bigger concerns.
The girl in red was on my side. She was the youngest by the look of them- minus the kid with two souls- but she led like the best of them. She told the younger Huntresses to go help the passengers to the front then cut the cars off. This would make it easier for us to fight the Grimm.
"I'll be joining you guys." I volunteered. I turned to the de facto leader. "My semblance makes me more useful in handling the Grimm."
"It's true. She can make the smaller ones disappear in a snap." Qrow vouched for me.
It was agreed and so we got the plan into motion. Along the way, I finally learned everyone's names. The red hood girl was Ruby, the blonde one is her sister Yang, the cat faunus is named Blake and the final member of their team was Weiss Schnee of all people. I wondered what had happened to her.
The three remaining ones (Jaune, Ren, and Nora) proceeded to the front with the passengers as the rest of us made our way back to the top.
Time and time again it seems we reached the point of all our dreams.
Crumbling all around us enemies surround us
The turrets were shut down one by one and I felt the train jerk as Blake decoupled the train.
Ruby looked at her scroll checking the signal before spotting the Grimm coming out from the tunnels. The Sphinx quickly landed on the train.
Every step it seems has led us further from our goals instead.
Our triumphs haven't mattered. Drifting ever backwards
And we're running out of time
"NOW!" Ruby shouted into the scroll so that the team in front can do their part of the plan.
Nowhere near the finish line
And it's growing ever clear
That a reckoning is near
I moved to help Qrow with the Sphinx but he held me back.
"I can keep him busy while you guys and the kids take care of the small fries." He told me.
And we have to make a choice
I wanted to argue. That Spinx was tough, but there were more of the Manticores. And Qrow could handle himself. Plus that look on his face meant that he wasn't backing down.
Is this path right?
Or is it made of lies?
I made my way back to Oscar. He seemed the least experienced out of the three of us- two souls or not. I shot more fire dust at the one behind him. When it came towards me and landed in front of me, I shot a void sphere and destroyed it for good.
We're looking in ourselves
And trusting in the light
A miracle is all we need
But there isn't one insight
Everything went by in a blur. Dust rounds were shot. Rose petals and dark orbs were flying everywhere. Finally, the Sphinx was all that was left and Qrow was starting to struggle. Ruby, Weiss, and I ran up to it. Ruby and I started to shoot at it.
"So how do we handle this one?" I asked.
Ruby thankfully had a plan. "We need to ground it." It wasn't discrete compared to my powers, but it was a lot more effective.
Blake and Yang quickly took care of that by wrapping Blake's weapon around the Grimm. Then Weiss came in front of it and froze both of its wings and its tail head. Qrow and Ruby shot the wings while I took care of its tail. The two scythe wielders then finished it off but not before it shot one last fireball on the rail.
Weiss quickly used two Gliffs to stabilize us while the train crashed into the snow. When she disabled her semblance we slid off the train and fell gently into the snow.
As we brushed ourselves off Qrow called out "Is everyone alright?"
"We're good." Ruby called out who was next to Weiss.
"I'm fine." Blake said, checking on Yang who seemed fine.
"Not dead yet." I joked checking up on Oscar who was also okay.
"Still alive!" An unknown voice called out to us. We all turned around and found a little old lady with what seemed to be high tech goggles for eyes coming out of one of the carts. "That sure was a close one." She said casually.
Well, that just happened.
RWBY VOLUME 6 OPENING*
Crescent Roses folds out from sniper form to scythe form. Ruby slashes out with it. Blake jumps down next to her. Yang arrives next. Weiss rises up and unleashes a snowstorm.
Stay close
Move fast
The full moon shatters.
The darkness cannot last
At the train station. Qrow, Oscar, and Ren are sitting on a bench. Nora hugs Ren from behind. Jaune is standing up next to them. His shield accidentally unfolds knocking the magazine Oscar was reading onto Qrow's head waking him up. Qrow looks at Jaune annoyed while the latter smiles apologetically.
In a wagon, Ruby is happily chasing Weiss. Yang and Blake sit at a table looking dejected.
No hope no path
Yang imagines Adam's face in the window
But we have a dream to catch
Outside of the train, a Grimm flies past it.
And we can not wait.
Qrow and Ruby are in a snowy field where they meet up with Maria and Agatha.
Trust the way we're made
Qrow takes a drink from his flask before he is pulled back by Imp arms.
The sparrows born to fly the mountains tower
Red eyes appear in a cave before Imp arms reach out to Ruby and Agatha who fight them off with their scythe and tonfas respectively.
In a rainy city, a hooded woman is surprised when a bowler hat flys by.
The river flows beneath the sea
Adam is standing in front of the White Fang banner by his throne.
The rain will held the flowers be
We're the same you and me
Salem watches Tyrian, Watts, Hazel, Emerald, and Mercury from her crystal ball. Blue flames erupt from her eyes as she proceeds to scream.
The lighting doesn't take advice from anyone
A human Salem stands in front of a statue of Ozma
The willow doesn't need to learn to stand
Several versions of Ozma are shown before leading to Ozpin who fades to Oscar. Jaune then pins Oscar to a wall.
As sun seeks day
Qrow fights the Sphinx on the train.
We'll find our way
Agatha uses her Void semblance on several Manticores.
And we'll catch that dream together someday soon
Team RWBY then fights atop the train: Yang jumps and after landing, punches a Manticore, slides underneath a fireball as she turns into Blake, who then jumps while slicing one of its legs, changes into Weiss in mid-air, who after landing creates a Glyph, lunges into it and thrusts into the Manticore, destroying the Grimm before creating a path of Glyphs towards the Sphinx, which Ruby then runs on (with Yang, Blake, and Weiss jumping from her sides), before jumping on three airborne glyphs and leaping towards the screen.
We're rising like the moon
Weiss helps Ruby stand in front of everyone.