Hello everyone. Xenoblaze here. Been a long time, huh? Well, I've come to a decision. Since I'm busy most of the time, I'm only gonna focus on one story for the time being. As you've probably guessed, my primary fic is gonna be KHRWBY. This is also because of Rooster Teeth closing and RWBY making VIZ media their new home. Now, let's get to it.
As usual, I own nothing.
(Flashback)
Hollow Bastion had changed since Sora and the gang last visited. The place looked more like a town instead of just a castle surrounded by waterfalls.
However, it seemed Hollow Bastion still had a Heartless problem. Thankfully, a defense system was installed thanks to the Hollow Bastion Restoration Committee.
Sora and the gang reunited with Leon, Yuffie, Aerith and Cid. All of whom said that they had just remembered them sometime ago. The group had also reunited with Donald's nephews and met his uncle, Scrooge McDuck.
Leon was quick to ask Sora and the others for help and the gang was all for it. After receiving membership cards and relearning magic, courtesy of Merlin, Leon led the gang to the bailey. Where they learned that it wasn't just the Heartless causing trouble, but the Nobodies too.
Suddenly, the gang was attacked by Nobodies. Sora, Sapphire and Leon managed to make quick work of them, but they had some new gate crashers. Organization XIII. One of their members seemed to have a particular interest in Sora and Sapphire, which left them with more questions than answers.
The membership cards acted as the keys to the next world. After unlocking the new pathway, Sora and the gang said farewell to Leon and continued their journey.
(Flashback ends)
What started off as a mission to uncover Roman Torchwicks schemes with the White Fang has turned into something more. At least, that's how Sapphire and Ruby felt.
With Sapphire, you'd think she's seen enough strange things to not be taken by surprise. A giant whale that roams the worlds-in-between, talking furniture, being digitize into a computer and her best friend using a roller coaster to take down a rock titan to name a few.
Her twin sisters new friend being an android? Yeah, Sapphire can't help but be a little surprised.
"Penny, I-I don't understand..." Ruby says in confusion.
"Most girls are born, but I was made." Penny says. "I'm the world's first synthetic person capable of generating an Aura." Penny turns her head to the side sadly. "I'm not real..."
"Don't say that." Sapphire says sternly, much to Penny's shock. "Your here, aren't you? You have your own thoughts and feelings, right?" Sapphire smiles. "That's proof enough that you're real."
Penny is stunned by Sapphires words. Ruby then takes Penny's hands in her own with a smile.
"You think just because you've got nuts and bolts instead of squishy guts makes you any less real than us?" Ruby asks.
"I don't... um..." Penny says with a stutter. She then leans in close to Ruby's face while looking between the twin girls. "You're both... taking this extraordinarily well."
Ruby taps Pennys chest. "You're not like those things we saw back there. You've got a heart and a soul. I can feel it!"
Sapphire takes a step behind Ruby. Both smiling at the ginger android.
"A friend of mine once said: "There are hearts all around us. You just gotta know where to look." Sapphire says. "And right now, I see a big one. One filled with light."
Suddenly, Sapphires smile turns into a frown as she looks closely at Penny. Unknown to Ruby or the female android, Sapphire can see a shiny aura around the later.
"Come to think of it." Sapphire thinks. "Now that I look closely, Pennys heart really is filled with light. I don't see a speck of darkness anywhere. And it feels familiar somehow. ...Almost like..."
Sapphire lets out a slight gasp in realization.
"No way." Sapphire thinks in alarm. "Is Penny...!"
Sapphire is cut from her thoughts as Penny grabs her and her twin in a hug. Shaking the two back and forth... and unknowingly crushing them with her above Yang level strength.
"Ooohh... oh Ruby, Sapphire!" Penny says happily. "You're the best friends anyone could have!"
Sapphire grimaces at Pennys strength. She then leaves her previous thoughts alone for now and giggles good naturedly.
"Well, if we're THIS close... you can call me Sapph out of class!" Sapphire squeaks out.
"I can see why your father would want to protect such a delicate flower!" Ruby groans.
Penny releases Ruby and Sapphire, fully back to her happy self. "Oh, he's very sweet! My father's the one that built me! I'm sure you would love him!"
"Wow." Ruby says with a giggle. "He built you all by himself?"
"Well, almost!" Penny says. "He had some help from Mr. Ironwood."
Sapphire raises an eyebrow "The General? Wait... Is that why those soldiers were after you?"
"They like to protect me, too!" Penny says.
Ruby scoffs. "They don't think you can protect yourself?"
"They're not sure if I'm ready yet..." Penny says with a frown. "One day, it will be my job to save the world, but I still have a lot left to learn. That's why my father let me come to the Vytal Festival. I want to see what it's like in the rest of the world and test myself in the Tournament."
"Penny, what are you talking about?" Ruby asks. "Save the world from what? We're in a time of peace."
"At least as far as Remnant is concerned." Sapphire thinks while looking away. Sapphire then folds her arms in thought. "I wonder. Does this have anything to do with whatever Professor Ozpin is hiding?"
"That's not what Mr. Ironwood said..." Penny says uncertainly. "But he thinks that you two might know something."
"What do you mean?" Ruby asks.
"My father looked into my databanks." Penny says. "He showed Mr. Ironwood the recording of the events at the docks. When he saw the footage, the general became very interested in you two, Rhexia and the rest of your team, Ruby."
Sapphire and Ruby pale in shock.
"He SAW the footage?!" Sapphire thinks. "Then that means he saw us using magic!"
"Sapph, this isn't good, is it?" Ruby asks worriedly.
Sapphire groans while smacking herself in the face. "Just when things couldn't get any more complicated."
"Check down here!" A voice yells from the end of the alley.
"You have to hide!" Penny says urgently.
Penny grabs Ruby and Sapphire by their shoulders and drags them to a nearby dumpster.
"Penny, wait!" Ruby screams. "What are you doing? You don't have to go with them! We can help you!"
Penny tosses Ruby and Sapphire in the trash and lifts the lid.
"It's okay, Ruby." Penny says. "They're not bad people; I just don't want to get you in trouble." Penny stares gravely at the two sisters. "Just promise me you won't tell anyone else my secret. Okay?"
"I promise." Ruby says.
"Me too." Sapphire says with a nod.
Ruby and Sapphire lower their heads into the garbage as the lid is put down, but Ruby lifts it a little to peek at the scene outside.
"There she is!" Soldier 1 says as he and his partner enter the alleyway.
"Sal-u-tations, officers!" Penny says with a salute.
"Why were you running?" Soldier 1 asks. "And what happened to those other girls?"
"What girls?" Penny asks feigning confusion. "I've been by myself all day!"
Penny suddenly hiccups loudly and tries to play it off with a smile.
"You shouldn't cause such a scene." Soldier 1 scolds.
"Are you okay?" Soldier 2 asks.
Penny shows her "injured" palms. "Just a scratch."
"Penny, your father isn't going to be happy about this." Soldier 1 says.
"Please, just come with us." Soldier 2 says.
"Yes, sir!" Penny says.
Penny and the soldiers walk away as Ruby looks on in sadness... until a rat screeches from below her feet, causing the young Huntress to fall and close the lid on herself.
Sapphire sighs. "I miss Little Chef."
In the ruined parts of Vale, Yang pulls her motorcycle, Bumblebee, to a stop. Rhexia clinging to her back and a dazed Neptune in a side car.
Yang takes off her helmet and looks towards a familiar club. The music as loud as she remembers.
"Come on, my friend's right in here!" Yang says while gesturing with her thumb.
Yang and Rhexia get off the bike while Neptune remains seated in the side car. Hair and goggles messed up with a petrified expression of terror on his face.
"Cool..." Neptune says in a daze. He then shakes his head, somehow perfectly fixing his appearance and gets off the cycle, looking around worriedly. "And where exactly is... here?"
"Isn't this the club you trashed six months ago?" Rheixa asks.
"Yep." Yang says nonchalantly.
Neptune pales a little as Rheixa raises an eyebrow at her sister.
"And you think the owner will let us in after that?" Rheixa skeptically asks.
Yang says nothing as she Rhexia and Neptune move towards the club.
Inside Junior's Club, the owner himself is seen behind the bar adjusting his cuffs as his Henchmen stock the bottles, carry boxes and otherwise stand around on the dance floor.
...Until two of his henchmen run inside, shouting and fearful.
"Hurry, close the door - she's coming!" Henchmen 1 exclaims as he and another Henchman proceed to roll the doors shut and keep them closed with their bodies.
"What are you two idiots doing?!" Junior asks while walking out from the bar.
The Henchmen shout incoherently until an explosion knocks them to the ground and forces the doors open, allowing a familiar face to walk in through the smoke.
"Guess who's back?" Yang asks with a smile.
Suddenly, eight guns are pointed in Yangs face with an equal number of angry Henchmen behind them. Though this doesn't faze her, she stops and glares at the recording studio where the music track is messing up until the frightened bear-headed DJ takes the needle off the record and retreats back under the table.
Neptune and Rhexia appear behind Yang with the latter pointing her Keyblade at the henchmen.
"Yeah, so could you define "friend" for me?" Neptune asks.
"Let's all calm down, boys." Rheixa says with a glare. "Before you do something you'll regret."
"Stop, stop!" Junior exclaims. "Nobody shoot." Junior cuts his way through the crowd of goons, straightening his tie. "Blondie, you're here! ...Why?"
"You still owe me a drink." Yang says.
Yang grabs Junior by the arm and drags him to the bar through the hired guns. Rehxia holsters her Keyblade and follows after her sister.
"Whoa-ho-ho-ho, what a woman..." Neptune gushes. He then breaks from his lovestruck staring upon seeing the Malachite twins, Melanie and Miltia, standing beside him. "'Sup?"
Melanie and Miltia scoff before walking away. "Whatever."
Meanwhile, Blake's fingers trace three scratch marks on a wall before peeking around its corner and seeing a pair of horned Faunus as they are ushered into a building by a bearded man. She turns to Sun next to her.
"This is it." Blake says.
"You sure?" Sun asks. Blake glares at him and starts moving towards the entrance while unfastening her bow. "Y'know, I'm just gonna take your word for it."
The two walk inside the building to a hallway filled with cases, seeing another man announcing "New recruits, keep to the right!" at the young pair as they follow.
Sun holds out the half-mask in his hand. "I don't get it. If you believe what you're doing is right, why hide who you are?"
"The masks are a symbol." Blake says. "Humanity wanted to make monsters out of us, so we chose to don the faces of monsters."
"Grimm masks..." Sun says. "That's kind of dark."
Blake puts her mask on and walks on. "So was the guy who started it."
Sun follows Blakes lead. "Always sunshine and rainbows with you..."
The new recruits to the White Fang are moving in a line to the side of the stage, a mere few dozen compared to the hundreds of white-vested, black-hooded soldiers to their left and up above in the balconies. Blake and Sun look around themselves. The blond Faunus spies something nearby and taps his companions shoulder. Getting her attention.
"Either that's a new breed of Faunus or this mask is making me see things." Sun whispers as he points to Blakes left.
Blake follows Suns line of sight and sees a rather rotund cat "Faunus" in odd looking clothes wearing one of the given mask. As she stares at the individual, the black-haired girl is reminded of someone Sapphire spoke of.
"That's not a Faunus." Blake whispers while shaking her head. "I think that's Pete."
"You mean that guy Sapphire told us about?" Sun asks. "The one following that witch?"
Before leaving Beacon, Sapphire briefed Sun and Neptune on Maleficent, Pete and the Heartless. The blunette would've explained things further, but she wanted to save certain topics for her class on Heartless. Which Ozpin said will be ready before the Beacon Dance.
Blake watches Pete look around. "Why is he here?"
Before Blake can question the situation with Pete more a fully masked man with tattoos standing starts speaking before the large sheet emblazoned with the bloody wolf and claw marks.
"Thank you all for coming." The large Faunus says. "For those of you who are joining us for the first time tonight, allow me to introduce a very special comrade of ours! I can assure you, he is the key to obtaining what we have fought for so long!"
A familiar figure steps forward. This special "comrade" is none other than Roman Torchwick. Smiling confidently even as the crowd starts protesting. As he speaks, Neopolitan walks out from behind the sheet.
"Thank you, thank you!" Roman says while mockingly waving at the crowd. "Please, hold your applause!"
"What's a human doing here?!" A deer Faunus shouts angrily
"I'm glad you asked, "Deerie"!" Roman says. "Now, I'll be the first to admit, humans... are the worst." Roman salutes as an example. "Case in point. So, I understand why you would like to see us all locked away, or, better yet, killed!"
"So, is he going somewhere with this?" Sun asks while leaning over Blake.
"But, before the claws come out, I'd like to mention the fact that you and I all have a common enemy: the ones in control, the people pulling the strings, the dirty, rotten humans that run our kingdoms!" Roman says.
The crowd changes their tune and starts agreeing with Roman. Much to Blakes horror.
"Government, military, even the schools: they're all to blame for your lot in life!" Roman says. He lets the crowd cheer as Blake and Sun share a look. "And they're all pests that need to be dealt with! Fortunately, I'm the best exterminator around... No offense to any rodents in the room."
Roman snaps his fingers and the curtain falls. A whole mass of Faunus then applauses at the sight of the Atlesian Paladin-290 behind it, the mark of the White Fang painted on its shoulder.
"Whoa, that's a big robot..." Sun says.
"How did he get that?" Blake asks.
Roman taps on the mech. "As some of you may have heard, this right here is Atlas' newest defense against all the scary things in the world. And thanks to my "employer", we've managed to snag a few before they, uh, "hit the shelves". Now, many of your brothers have already moved down to our new operation in the southeast."
"The southeast?" Blake thinks.
"If you'd rather stay within the city, that's fine..." Roman says. "But if you're truly ready to fight for what you believe in, this is the arsenal I can provide you. Any questions?"
The White Fang gives a roaring applause. Giving Roman his answer. Much to Blake and Suns dismay.
Blake glances towards Sun. "We should get out of here."
"Will all new recruits, please come forward!" The large Faunus says.
As the line surges forward, Blake and Sun are forced to follow.
"Or not." Sun says with a nervous smile.
Back at the Club, Yangs interrogation of Junior has unfortunately been getting her nowhere. With Rhexia sitting down and watching her sister work while sipping a ginger ale.
Junior puts down his glass as he sits behind the bar separating him from his interrogator.
"I don't know!" Junior says exasperatingly.
"How can you not know?" Yang demands.
"I haven't talked to him!" Junior says as he leans over to point at Yangs face. "I haven't even seen him since the night you first came in here. He paid up front, I lent him my men, and none of them ever. Came. Back."
"Sounds like Ruby really made an impression on them." Rhexia thinks.
Neptune rushes to Yang's side. "So where did they go?"
Yang, Junior and Rhexia look at Neptune with a wtf expression.
"...What kind of stupid question is that?" Junior asks. "They never came back!" Junior gestures at Neptune to Yang. "Who is this guy?"
Yang pushes Neptune out of the way with one hand. Causing the blue haired boy to stand at attention.
"Don't worry about him; worry about me if I don't find out what I want!" Yang says.
"I already told you everything!" Junior says frustratingly. "Torchwick hired my boys and I guess he wasn't happy with them." Junior looks towards his men. "Which is something I can relate to!"
Juniors men grumble in response.
Yang sighs before turning around. "Come on. We're done here."
Yang walks away with Neptune following her. Rhexia sips the last of her drink before putting some Lien on the counter.
"Thanks for the drink." Rhexia says. She then puts a folded up piece of paper on the counter. "A friend of mine works at a restaurant and likes to experiment. A new item might bring in more customers. Think of it as apology for my sister wrecking your club."
Rhexia follows after her sister and Neptune. Leaving Junior slightly confused.
"Did she say sister?" Junior asks.
Junior picks up the paper and looks at the contents. A list of drink recipes. One recipe manages to catch his attention.
"Twilight Squash?" Junior asks.
Deciding that it couldn't hurt, Junior mixes the necessary ingredients for the recipe. Resulting in a clear looking orange soda with a rosemary and mint garnish. Junior takes a sip and is immediately surprised by the taste.
"Huh." Junior says with a chuckle. "At least someone in blondies family has good taste."
With Blake and Sun, the White Fang continues cheering loudly as the recruits are marched to the stage. Leaving Blake and Sun no choice but to follow along.
"What are we going to do?!" Sun whispers.
"I'm thinking..." Blake says.
Sun watches Roman as the criminal leans on the robot smoking his cigar and laughing with the girl beside him. He then zeroes in on the two, frowning.
"He sees us..." Sun says nervously with a smile and wave.
Blake notices the junction box on the wall. "He can't see in the dark."
With that, Blake unsheathes Gambol Shroud, transforms it into its pistol form and shoots at the box, making the lights go out for the whole building. Causing chaos to ensue.
"Don't let them get away!" Roman shouts.
"Sun!" Blake exclaims. "The window!"
Blake and Sun crash through the window and start running as fast as they can. The Altesian Paladin crashes through the wall of the building in pursuit of the runaways, who leap off of a car and manage to get on the roofs. The Paladin follows beside them on the street as Blake and Sun run, jump and flip from rooftop to rooftop.
"So you wouldn't happen to have... oh, I don't know... some form of backup?!" Sun exclaims worriedly.
"On it!" Blake says.
Blake grabs her Scroll and puts it to her ear as she continues to jump.
Back at the warehouse as the faunus scramble out, Pete walks out of the hole in the building while removing his Grimm mask.
"So, those were some of the keybrats flunkies, eh?" Pete asks with a chuckle.
Weiss is seen leaving the Cross Continental Transmit tower's elevator when she grabs her own Scroll and listens to Blake's message.
"Everyone!" Blake yells. "If you can hear me, we need back-"
"HEEEELLLLP!" Sun screams in the background.
Weiss rolls her eyes and starts running out the door, a little smile on her face as she does so.
Sapphire and Ruby are still beside the dumpster, which is boarded up, possibly to keep the rat imprisoned, staring at the formers Scroll.
"Big robot!" Sun yells. "And it's big! Really big!"
"Oh, I am not missing this!" Ruby says excitedly.
Ruby runs off to join the fight with Sapphire following her.
Back at Juniors club, Yang is back on her motorcycle with Rhexia and Neptune looking over her shoulder, her Scroll in her hand.
"That Torchwick guy is in it!" Sun says frantically. "But not, like, it didn't eat him; he's, like, controlling it or something!"
"Where are you guys?" Yang asks.
Right on cue, Blake and Sun are seen running through the street with the Paladin hot on their heels behind them. Sun screaming "Hurry" before they all disappear from view.
"...I think that was them." Neptune says after a pause.
"Yeah, I got it." Yang says while putting the Scroll away.
Yang quickly circles her ride around - much to Neptune's alarm - and drives off to follow Blake and Sun.
Blake and Sun somehow make it to the highways, jumping down into the busy street and continuing their escape by hopping on cars while the Paladin follows them by pushing vehicles out of the way. Sun pauses to look at their pursuer's path of destruction and offer a quick "Whoa!" before leaping onto more cars, much to the anger of Roman inside the robot, his face surrounded by blue holographic screens.
Yang, Rhexia and Neptune are able to follow the mech suit on their ride, coming up next to it as it runs.
"We've gotta slow it down!" Yang says.
Rhexia draws her keyblade and aims for the mech. Only to grimace at the sight of all the cars in her line of sight.
"I can't get a clear shot like this." Rhexia says with a frown.
"I got it!" Neptune says.
Neptune reaches for his gun, but Roman notices the three on his sensors and crashes into a multitude of cars with the Paladin's strong bulk, sending them flying towards his chasers.
Yang swerves, leaning her bike to the side in avoidance of flying debris while Neptune flails in a panic. Back on two wheels again, Neptune unslings his weapon, aims as sparks start flying and fires several bolts of blue electricity at the Paladin, causing Roman to grimace from the force of the attacks.
Switching strategies, Neptune flips the gun and it grows a shaft and an energy blade at the end, then jumps from Yang's bike as the spear's head splits in three and drives it into the top of the Paladin. Sun and Blake pause in their car-hopping to look back.
"Neptune, hang on!" Sun exclaims.
Closing his eyes, Sun smashes his palms together and uses his Semblance to create two glowing outlines of himself. They leap over the top of several vehicles to collide with the Paladin's front. Exploding into blinding light upon contact. Sun leaps forward with his weapon held high, but Roman finally turns enough to send Neptune flying off and knocking into his leader, sending both of them off the highway.
As Blake looks on from her spot, she hears Weiss' voice from her Scroll.
"Blake!" Weiss says. "I'm in position!"
Weiss is seen twirling over a highway and lands in the middle of the road, holding Myrtenaster as Roman approaches. He smiles as his robot charges the girl, but Weiss spins and plunges her blade into the ground, summoning a circle of ice across the pavement that causes the Paladin to slip and crash, actually flying over the young Huntress and falling off the ramp, landing further down before Ruby, who already has Crescent Rose out in scythe form and Sapphire with her keyblade drawn.
The Paladin stands back up, and the rest of Team RWBY and Rhexia fall beside their team to take up positions. Roman chuckles, moving the robot slowly towards the girls.
"Ruby, this is your mission." Sapphire says. "Call it."
Ruby nods. "Freezer Burn!"
Ruby, Sapphire, Rhexia and Blake jump back as Weiss performs her same ice-circle trick, but backs out of Yangs way as she jumps into the air and hits the epicenter with her Ember Celica. Creating a wave of mist that surrounds Roman.
Immediately, the Paladin activates its laser sensors to make up for the lost sight, but it barely sees the afterimages of Blake and Rheixa while narrowly missing Yang dashing by. A gun manages to fire at the area between Blake and Yang, but out from the blast comes Ruby and Sapphire, who slash the mech with their blades, causing it to falter.
"Checkmate!" Ruby says.
Blake and Weiss go for the feet of the mech until Weiss jumps up and stabs a sensor before leaping off of a white glyph. Roman lifts the Paladin's foot to crush Blake, but Weiss summons another glyph under her teammate to launch her backwards before the blow can land. Roman growls and fires off missiles, but Weiss and Blake backflip to avoid the shots.
Weiss jumps up high and Roman fires a double energy blast at her. Her weapon absorbs the damage, but Weiss is thrown back. Rheixa catches her after the white haired heiress casts a beam of light from her weapon to the ground under Blake. Forming a yellow clockwork circle that's absorbed into the Faunus girl and lets her slice through each launched missile with ease in a flurry of super-fast slashes.
"You've been working on that Time Dilatation, I see." Rhexia says. "Keep this up and you might be able to use time magic."
"That's a thing?" Weiss asks in surprise.
Ruby runs into the fray. "Ladybug!"
Ruby shoots herself forward and cuts at the robot's legs, then turns as Blake aims herself at the giant's feet as well. They both dash forward and attack at the same time, circling each other around the Paladin with each strike until they both launch themselves into the air and come down together on the shoulder, cutting off the left arm entirely.
Yang doesn't waste a second and jumps onto the Paladin's back before punching the top with fiery shotgun blasts. Roman is knocked around in the cabin, but seeing as he can't reach her with his remaining mechanical arm, he runs backwards through two columns and leaves her embedded in one before backing away and turning towards her. Just as she falls down, the remaining arm extends a closed fist when it punches her. Making the blonde fly through the column.
"Yang!" Blake says in concern.
"Don't worry!" Ruby says. "With each hit she gets stronger, and she uses that energy to fight back! That's what makes her special."
{Play Die by Casey Lee Williams}
Yang slowly gets back on her feet, hair ablaze as she clenches her fists. Sensing victory, Roman throws a punch. Only for Yang to catch it in her own hand, despite the ground cracking beneath her. With red eyes full of rage, the blonde smashes her fist into the second arm, breaking it. Getting desperate with his armless robot, Roman immediately kicks Yang to the side.
"Bumblebee!" Ruby says.
Blake throws her Gambol Shroud out for Yang to catch and the faunus uses the momentum to swing the glowing girl around for a final hit to the robot. Roman, however, steps out of the way just in time to avoid complete destruction.
"We have to slow it down!" Ruby says.
"I think Rhexia and I can help with that." Sapphire says.
Weiss glances at Ruby. "Are you thinking what I'm thinking?"
Ruby nods. "Ice Flower!"
Twirling their weapons before pointing them at Roman, Weiss creates a series of glyphs in front of Rubys scythe sniper barrel. A single shot fires through the circles and creates a dazzling spiral of energy. Making large icicles upon impact with the Paladin.
Ruby continues to shoot as Weiss freezes the shots. Roman doesn't takes this lining down and tries to move towards the two girls. Only for Rhexia to hit the mech with a Waterga spell. As if he knew what was coming, Roman looks to see Sapphire firing a Thundaga Shot at him. The ball of electricity hits and causes the mech to malfunction while also shocking the criminal.
Seeing the opportunity, Blake swings Yang around in a circle one last time. With Roman unable to move, the Paladin is hit by the speed and power of Yang's fists and sent flying into the air before crashing down in pieces and a defeated criminal.
Roman, slightly dazed, gets up and inspects the damage while brushing himself off.
"Just got this thing cleaned..." Roman says with a groan. He then notices his hair has puffed up. "Not again!"
Roman looks just in time to see Yang, semblance still active, fire a single shot at the defenseless thief, but he's saved at the last instant when Neopolitan drops in front of him and merely opens her umbrella, deflecting the blast entirely. She then hangs the weapon over her shoulder. But not before silently giggling at her partners hair with her hand over her mouth. Much to Romans annoyance.
"Ladies, Ice Queen..." Roman says while regaining his composure.
"Hey!" Weiss shouts indignantly.
"Always a pleasure!" Roman says while tipping his hat towards the girls. "Neo, if you would."
Neo curtsies her enemies with a bow, but Yang wants none of it and charges forth with her fists raised to strike the outlaws. Only to break their image as if made out of a glass and turn just in time to see them escape in a Bullhead. Sapphire, Rhexia and the rest of team RWBY run up to Yang's side, who has now cooled down with the end of the fight.
{End OST}
"So, I guess he got a new henchman." Yang says.
"Yeah, I guess she really made our plans... fall apart!" Weiss says with a slight smile.
Ruby giggles at Weiss' pun while Sapphire and Rhexia shake their heads with a small smile. Blake however simply walks away.
"No." Yang says dryly. "Just... no."
"What-" Weiss asks indignantly. "But, you do it!"
"There's a time and a place for jokes." Yang says.
"Was this not it?" Weiss asks.
"No, it just wasn't very good." Yang says before following Blake.
Weiss walks with her the rest of her teammates. "Well, at least I'm trying!"
"I thought it was funny." Sapphire says.
"Thank you!" Weiss says while throwing her hands in the air.
Sapphire and Rhexia follow team RWBY.
"Alright." Sapphire says. "You did good tonight, team RWBY. Let's head back to Beacon and compare notes."
Blake gives a slight gasp as she recalls the events at the rally. She then stops walking and turns to Sapphire. Prompting her team and Rhexia to stop too.
"Sapph, while I was at the rally, Sun and I saw someone." Blake says.
"Who?" Sapphire asks.
Before Blake can say anything, a deep chortle is heard. Making everyone look above at the figure standing on one of the bridges.
Blake narrows her eyes. "Him."
Standing above the girls is Pete who continues to laugh.
"Pete!" Sapphire says with a frown.
"That's Pete?" Weiss asks.
Pete laughs for a few more minutes before stopping.
"Quite the club you got here, kid." Pete says with a smirk. He then eyes team RWBY. "A runt, a spoiled princess, a little kitty cat and a dumb blonde."
"HEY!" Team RWBY exclaims in anger.
"Who are you calling dumb, tubby?!" Yang says with her eyes flashing red.
"Tubby?!" Pete asks in shock. He then growls. "Why I outta-"
"What were you doing at the White Fang rally?" Blake cuts off.
"My guess is that he was spying on them for Maleficent." Rhexia says with narrowed eyes.
Sapphire, eyes narrowed, takes a few steps forward. "What's Maleficent planning? Why are you two even on Remnant?"
"I'm not telling you mugs anythin'." Pete says with a scoff. He then eyes the remains of the paladin before smirking. "Well, Maleficent did say I could have some fun on the job."
Pete whistles and suddenly, a Heartless appears next to him. A gaseous creature with a jagged, glowing red mouth and glowing, yellow eyes. It seemingly looks to be made up of black, dark blue, and purple shadows. It's name is Possessor.
At the sudden appearance of the Heartless, Sapphire, Rehxia and team RWBY tense up.
"That scrapheap was supposed ta be the best money can buy, right?" Pete asks.
Pete points at the mechs remains and the Possessor flies into the cockpit. For a moment, nothing happens. Suddenly, the paladins remains start to shake before floating up. The parts circle around each other as the cockpits visor glows yellow. The parts form into a sleeker version of the paladin with its cockpit, arms and legs not directly connected but moving independently. A rocket launcher is mounted on the shoulders. The mech then gains a black and purple paint job with a yellow zigzag on each side of its chest and red hands and feet.
This Heartless is called Knightmare.
{Play Kingdom Hearts 2 OST - Dance to the Death}
"Did that Heartless just possess the paladin?" Blake asks.
"It's like a Geist." Weiss says.
As everyone stares at the Knightmare, Ruby notices that a certain someone has disappeared.
"Hey, Pete's gone!" Ruby says.
The other girls look to see that the big can't flunky has left.
"How does a guy that big move so fast?" Yang asks.
Sapphire grits her teeth before pulling out an Ether.
"We'll worry about him later!" Sapphire says while taking the top off the Ether bottle.
Seeing Sapphire drink the item, Rhexia drinks an Ether herself while team RWBY each drink a Potion. With their stamina and magic replenished, Ruby and Weiss holster their respective weapons and summon their Keyblades.
"What's the plan, sis?" Ruby asks.
"We have to force the Heartless out of the armor." Sapphire says. "Keep hitting it and it'll eventually expose itself. Once that happens, I'll use my Keyblade to release it from the armor. Then, we'll have to be quick to destroy the Heartless before it gets the chance to possess the paladin again."
Yang grins before reloading her gauntlets. "Hit it really hard? That I can do."
"Be careful, the paladins weapons have been upgraded." Rhexia says.
Seemingly feeling ignored, the Knightmare fires two missiles at RWBY, Sapphire and Rhexia. The girls quickly dodge by leaping to the side. As they recover, team RWBY and Rhexia take their stances. Seeing her friends ready, Sapphire follows their lead.
"Guess we're jumping into this!" Sapphire says.
The girls rush towards the Heartless. Attacking in several spots. One of the good things, for the huntresses/Keyblade wielders anyway, was that each body part of the Knightmare was vulnerable. Ruby, Rhexia and Weiss attacked the feet, Blake and Yang attacked the arms, which left Sapphire to attack the body.
The Heartless didn't take the attacks lying down though. Like Rhexia mentioned, the paladins weapons were upgraded. It shot a barrage of bullets, which were either avoided or blocked by a barrier. The Knightmare also attacked in a one, two three combo with its hands and feet as well as a sweeping attack with its arms.
Even so, the huntresses/Keyblade wielders managed to swarm the Heartless while evading most of its attacks. After another barrage of attacks, the possessed mech began to slow down and the Possessor revealed itself.
"Now!" Sapphire exclaims.
Sapphire points her Keyblade at the Heartless. A light shoots out of it which strikes the Knightmare and forces the Possessor out. Causing the mechs pieces to collapse on the ground.
"Hit it hard and fast!" Sapphire exclaims.
Sapphire, Rhexia, Ruby and Weiss attack the Possessor with Fire and Blizzard magic while Blake and Yang hit it with their pistol and shotguns respectively. It looked like the Heartless was about to fall, until it quickly dove back into the mech. Causing the Knightmare to rise again.
"Oh, come on!" Yang exclaims in exasperation.
Yang is cut from her frustration as she and the other girls are forced to dodge another salvo of missiles. Sapphire puts up a barrier to block the assault but is caught off guard as the Knightmare appears in front of her. The Heartless bashes away at the shield and cracks begin to form. With one last punch, Sapphires barrier shatters and the young Keyblade Master is sent tumbling back.
"Sapph!" RWBY exclaims in concern.
{End OST}
Sapphires Aura flares as she collapses on the ground. The young Master grabs her Keyblade that was flung out of her hand. She then slowly rises to her feet. Her face shadowed by her hair. The Knightmare takes a few steps towards the bluenette as the girl in question glares at the possessed mech.
"Okay." Sapphire says coldly. "Now I'm mad."
{Play Capabilities Unseen by Void Chords feat. L}
Sapphires spins around and tosses her Keyblade into the air.
Rhexia gives a slight gasp in realization. "Is she...?"
Sapphires Keyblade glows before suddenly transforming into what looks like a blue and black compact box. The bluenette kneels before catching the box and upon seeing it, Ruby and Yang gasps.
"That looks like..." Yang says.
"Is it...?" Ruby asks.
As Sapphire rises to her feet, the box unfolds into a black and blue clone of Ruby's Crescent Rose! The bluenette twirls her weapon above and around her before striking it into the ground.
"Formchange!" Sapphire exclaims. "Blue Rose!
Team RWBY stares in awe of the sudden transformation of Sapphires Keyblade.
"Did her Keyblade just transform?" Blake asks.
"It IS Blue Rose!" Ruby says.
"Blue Rose?" Weiss asks.
"Sapphs weapon before she got her Keyblade." Yang says. "It's basically a copy of Crescent Rose. But I thought she said it was broken."
"Formchange." Rhexia says.
Ruby tilts her head in confusion. "Formchange?"
"A power Sapph and Sora discovered during the war with Xehanort." Rhexia says. "It allows the Keyblade to transform and use brand new abilities." Rhexia looks at Sapphire. "It's true that Blue Rose was broken. But what Sapph didn't say was that the remains were absorbed by her Keyblade. This is the result. Now, Blue Rose is back and better than ever."
The Knightmare stares at Sapphire for a moment before shooting at her. The bluenette uses her Semblance to avoid the bullets while closing in on the Heartless. From above, Sapphire strikes the Knightmares left arm. The possessed mechs right arm continues to fire and Sapphire responds by twirling her scythe around her, deflecting the bullets while pivoting to side. She then aims and fires a chamber shot at the Heartless' body. The Knightmare throws a punch at Sapphire with its right arm but in a display of athleticism, uses the Heartless' arm as a springboard to launch herself away from mech while slashing said arm.
As Sapphire lands, the possessed mech attacks with a barrage of punches, only for young Master to deflect and counterattack with her scythe. After deflecting another punch, Sapphire stabs her blade into the ground and swings herself around to avoid a swipe from the Heartless. She then brings her scythe up off the ground and twirls it over her head. The blade gives a blue glow as the bluenette swings her scythe at the Knightmare. Unleashing a beam slash that pushes it back as Sapphire lands on the ground.
The Knightmare fires its missiles at Sapphire, only for the blue reaper to break into a run to avoid them. She then uses her Semblance to appear above the Heartless while pointing her weapon at it. The bluenette focuses on the possessed mech, activating her Shotlock. The chamber of the scythe gives off a bright glow as Sapphire stares at the Knightmare.
"Ragnarok Burst." Sapphire says softly.
Blue Rose fires a beam of light at the Heartless that not only damages it but forces the Possessor out of the mech. Sapphire waste no time as she lands and flings her scythe in a strike raid manner at the dark creature. Destroying it and ending the fight.
{End OST}
Sapphire calls her scythe back to her. The weapon gives off a glow before changing back into her Keyblade. She then dismisses it with a sigh.
"That was amazing!" Ruby says as she approaches Sapphire.
Rhexia and the rest of RWBY follow after the red reaper. Their weapons already put away.
"Nice job." Rhexia says with a smile.
"We caught a glimpse of it back when you fought Pyrrha, but you're pretty scary when you get serious." Weiss says.
Sapphire sheepishly rubs the back of her head.
"Why didn't you tell us that Keyblades can transform?" Ruby asks. "Or what happened after Blue Rose broke?"
"Guess it slipped my mind." Sapphire says with a chuckle.
"Man, the stuff Keyblades can do." Yang says with a grin. "Makes me excited for when I finally get mine." Yang nudges at Blakes elbow. "Who knows, maybe you'll get one too, Blakey."
Blake raises an eyebrow in confusion. "You think?"
"Sure!" Yang says while putting her hands behind her head. "You've been hanging around us for so long. Somethings bound to rub off on ya."
The girls laugh. After a few moments, their laughter dies down.
Sapphire nods. "Okay. NOW let's head ba-"
Suddenly, a spotlight shines on the group. Causing the girls to block the bright light with their hands.
Yang groans in annoyance. "Now what?!"
Winds blow as an Atlesian cruiser touches down with another shining the spotlight. Much to the groups confusion.
"The Atlesian military?" Weiss asks.
Out of the cruiser comes a bunch of Atlas soldiers who quickly surround the girls. Their weapons trained on them. The girls look around in confusion and trepidation as general Ironwood steps out of the cruiser and walks toward the group.
"Why's general Ironwood here?" Blake asks.
Ruby gulps as she remembers Pennys words. Sapphire, coming to the same conclusion, frowns at the general as his men part to let him approach the girls. His hands behind his back. Ironwood steps in front of Sapphire and the two have a stare down.
"...Miss Rose." Ironwood says after a pause. "You and your team are wanted for questioning."
Ironwoods declaration shocks team RWBY and Rhexia while Sapphires eyes narrow.
And done! Again, sorry about the long wait. As I said earlier, I'll be focusing on KHRWBY until further notice. I may update my challenges/idea page from time to time, but this fic is where my muse is currently. I'll get to my other fics when I can.
So, recap. Sapphire and Ruby know Pennys secret while Sapph notices there's more to our favorite ginger android than that. Everyone's mission go as canon with Rhexia giving Junior drink recipes from Twilight Town and Pete crashing the White Fang rally. Roman and the paladin are defeated with Torchwick and Neo escaping, Pete uses the paladin to create Knightmare and Sapph displays her Formchange ability. Blue Rose. Some have been asking what happened after Sapphire broke it. Well, now you know. Now, Ironwood has arrested Sapphire, Rhexia and team RWBY. Ozpin and Goodwitch are NOT gonna be happy about this as a few secrets will have to be revealed. Both on Sapphire and Ozpins part.
Now, enjoy this short omake.
Omake: The Birth of Rhexia
"This is... perplexing." Xemnas says thoughtfully.
Though a Nobody, Xemnas couldn't deny feeling some form of elation at what was in front of him. Two new Nobodies were just born. Both being the other halves of Keyblade wielders. Sora and Sapphire Rose. Prime candidates for Organization XIII.
The boy had been easy to name. Rearranging the letters in Soras name while adding his sigil. Roxas.
The girl however was... another story.
No matter how hard he tried, Xemans couldn't come up with a good name for the female Nobody. The name Sapphire could be used for multiple words. So long as some of the letters were removed. And adding X to a word complicated things. Externally, the superiors face hadn't changed. Internally, he couldn't help but scream in frustration. A very rare emotion.
At least the girl was still dazed and confused. Unaware of Xemnas' plight.
Xemnas takes a breath before deciding to cheat. The superior of the In-between waves his hand and the name Sapphire appears in gold. He looks at the name before erasing the S and two Ps. He then rearranges the words as they circle around the female Nobody. After a moment, a new name was created using Xemnas' sigil.
"Rhexia." The black haired Nobody says softly.
At that moment, a dark corridor appears behind Xemnas and out steps Axel. The rouge pawn of the group.
"Hey, leader!" Axel says with a two-finger salute. He then looks at the two newcomers. Immediately, The Flurry of Dancing Flames notices that the boy looks similar to the blonde he met as a kid back in Radiant Garden. The name Roxas told him that this was Soras Nobody but wonders if he and Ventus have a connection. Still, maybe he and Roxas would get along like he did with Ven.
Axel looks over to the girl and blinks in confusion.
"Rhexia?" Axel thinks. "Ain't she the Nobody of that Sapphire girl?"
"Hey boss?" Axel asks while scratching the back of his head. "About that girl-"
"Axel?" Xemnas asks.
"Yeah?" Axel asks.
"...Be silent." Xemnas says after a pause.
Axel stares blank faced at Xemnas. "Ok."
Sapphire Rose
Keyblade: Brightcrest
Formchange: Blue Rose
Shotlock: Ragnarok Burst
Description: Blue Rose shoots a Ragnarok styled laser.
Command Finisher: Blue Reaper
Description: Sapphire twirls Blue Rose above her head. Unleashing a barrage of red beam slashes. She finishes by slamming her scythe on her enemy.
Until next time. Ja ne!