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That time I got Reincarnated as Zwei
"Trying to act all cool and shit… I told you so many times."
Iggy was reflecting on the last moments of his short life. A visualization of the annoying guy with the weird hair popped into his head.
"But you are nothing more than a pathetic mutt! You do not possess resolve, a proud soul, or anything of the sort!" Vanilla Ice's words rang through his mind. The dying pup scoffed as he thought back to the old man and the dark man's conversations. Stands are quite literally the proof of a powerful soul. The fact that Iggy had a stand makes the villain's words a joke.
Then, everything went cold as he finally accepted his death. It was a short life, filled with a lot of stupid expectations and stupid people who expected so much. He was glad that at least it was all over.
Suddenly, a bright light shone down. Iggy's eyes fluttered open as he found himself lying down before a giant doggy bed. On that bed was a huge dog that appeared to be a combination of every possible breed. How could Iggy know this? He just had a feeling, Iggy didn't need to be smart to know that this was the god of all dogs.
"Poor thing. You had a rough one." They spoke in the traditional speech of canines.
"Yeah, I know. Those jerks just had to drag me into that mess…"
"I am called goD, the god of Dogs. A simple name, but easy to remember, I hope." He had a soft smile, her demeanor was as warm and cuddly as any friendly pup.
"Yeah, I figured as much. I'm not a dumb mutt like the rest of you." Iggy's words were harsh and spiteful, he did not like being belittled. "So what's next? I'm assuming since I'm an asshole, I go to dog hell?"
"Oh, no no. The concept of hell doesn't exist for doggies… But if there were, you definitely would qualify. Every loyal pup goes to meet their owner in heaven. And pups who don't have a good owner, get reborn into other dogs with good owners." Iggy narrowed his eyes as goD spoke. "And you had a very good friend, you were loyal to him until the very end." A cloudy image of Polnareff appeared from the god's paw. "He went on to do many good deeds, and fell in love with a lovely woman." The cloudy projection changed to an Egyptian woman named Malèna. "He had a happy life for a time… unfortunately, his wife died from disease, and through some Stand shenanigans, he was turned into a turtle."
"What the hell…? No. I don't wanna spend freaking eternity with that dumbass. I'll take option B." The tiny Boston Terrier grumbled and looked away from the goD.
"I suppose that can be done. Your soul will be tied to another doggo's." The giant mutt god declared.
"Better at least be a bigger breed this time…" The ugly dog said as he began to float in a mystical light.
The RWBBY Dorm
Zwei was lying down in the middle of his masters' new room. He slept on a giant brown Lovesac, snoozing his worries away. The little corgi's feet were swinging around as if he were running. A simple dream for a simple soul, Zwei was running around, chasing a butterfly back in Patch.
"Zweiiii!"
The little puppy turned around and saw his red owner in the distance. She was running toward the corgi with a bright smile on her face, giggling and laughing as she got closer. The bestest doggo on Remnant broke out into a run and started running to Ruby. Before they made contact, his eyes fluttered open as he suddenly found himself in the new room that Ruby and Yang were staying in.
"Zwei, come on, buddy. Time for breakfast!" Ruby was still there, she looked different than normal. Zwei always gets his little head confused when his owners change clothes all the time. He blinked a few times and tilted his head before finally recognizing his silver-eyed Chicken Lord. He hopped to his feet and wagged his tail happily, giving a few friendly barks.
"There's my little sleepy head!" Ruby giggled and gave her favorite pup some scratches and pets around the neck. "Come on! I bet I can swipe some extra chicken for you today!" Ruby stood up and headed towards the door.
Zwei lets out a big yawn and jumps off of the giant pillow. Shaking his body back and forth, the tiny corgi stretched before walking forward. With some pep in his step, he loyally followed the short-haired team leader. Ruby left the room and the door was left open.
Zwei got halfway to the door before he felt his chest tighten up. The best boy tripped over his feet and fell on the floor. Letting out a yelp, Zwei felt a throbbing pain in his soul as his aura flickered. Ruby turned around at the sound of that horrifying poor puppy yelp. "Zwei? Zwei!" She ran to her dog and picked him up.
Zwei fluttered his eyes open and saw the red girl's face. [Already with this shit?] An unfamiliar voice was heard within the corgi's mind. His face contorted into an aggravated expression. Zwei quickly lifted his paw and scratched Ruby's face. The sheer force of Zwei's attack pushed the poor girl back a few feet, forcing her to drop her possessed pup.
Zwei landed on his feet and let out a single bark before running out of the room, off to who knows where. Ruby blinked as she used her aura to heal the minor cut. "Zwei? Ow…" She rubbed her cheek and followed her little puppy. With her Petal Burst, she was able to catch up to Zwei. "Zwei! What happened?! Why are you-" Ruby's words were cut short as she was hit by an invisible force, sending the young prodigy down the hall in the opposite direction. She was slammed into the dorm kitchen wall where the rest of team RWBBY were walking out the door.
Iggy burst out of the door and ran through the school grounds. He ran past passerby students walking back and forth to their classes. His little legs carried the reincarnated mutt through the courtyard. [I really am alive again! Now I just have to lay low and hope I don't run into any more Stand users.] He slowed his pace and took a deep breath, confident that he had lost the red girl. He walked over to the man-made pond in front of the school. [I'm a freaking tiny dog again! What the hell, goD!?] He growled out, barking a few times at the sky.
Iggy went wide-eyed and began to lose control. Zwei was finally stirred awake and began fighting for his own body. [W-who are you! Why did you hurt my friend!] Zwei's whimpering voice was heard. The now shared dog body began to glow with Zwei finally taking control, his body was wrapped in Aura as the corgi's soul began to win.
[What? How are you overpowering my will? I have a Stand! You should be pushed down!]
Unbeknownst to them both, Zwei had a more powerful soul due to his soul being able to generate aura, but this didn't matter to the Boston Terrier. Iggy summoned his own soul's power, water began to form around Iggy's Stand as he used it to punch himself in the face. Zwei yelped once again as the tiny corgi was punched into the pond, his aura shattered before he was knocked out.
Iggy stood up and walked out of the water. [Ugh, finally.] He shook the water off his new body. A group of students saw the whole scene play out before them, water monster and all. Iggy growled at them, throwing a few aggressive barks at them to scare them away. They squealed and ran away before Iggy frowned. [I should probably keep a lower profile than that…]
The little paws began running again as he darted towards the edge of the school. His eyes widened and he barely stopped himself from running off the edge of a sudden cliff. He saw Vale in its full glory, bright tall buildings, airships flying around, a city far more beautiful than anything the mutt had seen on Earth. [How in the-] Iggy started before Zwei began to stir awake once again in their collective mind. [Mutt! Where the hell am I?]
Zwei groaned as he sat in the back of their mind. [I… I think Ruby and Yang said that this place is called Beacon… Can we go back to them? I miss them…] The corgi whined.
[No. This is my body now, and we're not gonna be tied down to any stupid humans!] Iggy turned his heels and began power-walking away from the edge. [We're gonna live by our own rules.]
Zwei growled in disapproval. [But Ruby and Yang are my family!] He began struggling again, fighting for control once again. Iggy and Zwei's body threw themselves back and forth, the tiny dog's body began fidgeting, dragging itself across the ground as the two souls fought for the body. The dog's eyes flashed back and forth between Zwei's grey eyes and Iggy's blue eyes. With Iggy's Stand, the dog from Earth punched himself again. It hurt, but Iggy has taken much worse before. Zwei couldn't even see the Stand this time as there was nothing around to give it form. The aura shattered off of Zwei's body as Iggy took full control yet again.
Picking himself up, Iggy focused on his control and pushed Zwei into the deep recesses of consciousness. Letting out a sigh of relief, Iggy continued walking. The blue-eyed mutt walked around, hoping that he'd find a way off this high hill, and build a life down there. Assuming that this wasn't his old world, he would be the only Stand user here! Iggy smirked as he began making his way through the school, looking for a way down to the town.
Ruby woke up in the RWBBY dorm room on Bléu's big brown sack. She gasped and shot up, she winced in pain as her head was pounding from the earlier impact. "Ugh… What happened?"
"Ruby!" The rest of her team shouted in unison as they noticed Ruby had woken up. Bléu immediately zipped to her side and hugged the redhead's arm.
"I'm glad you're okay. We saw you get slammed against the wall in the kitchen and then you were just out cold." Yang said.
"You gave us quite the scare." Weiss griped as she crossed her arms. "What is all this about?"
"Maybe we should give her some room?" Blake suggested.
"No, no, I'm fine. Where's Zwei?" Ruby began glowing red as she summoned her Aura around herself. Her head was going to be raw for a while.
"I THOUGHT I noticed a distinct lack of puppy panting," Bléu stated as she let go of Ruby's arm, noticing how close she was to the red-haired leader, she scooted away, blushing.
"He's the one that did this to me… He hit me with his paw. When I tried to chase him, I got knocked back by some invisible… thing."
"What? Zwei wouldn't do that!" Yang frowned as she stood up. "He can't be far away, I'll go find him."
"Or I can find him with the school cameras," Bléu said as she got her Scroll out.
"You're just as bad as Sun when it comes to breaking the rules, aren't you?" Weiss glared daggers at her blue and green-haired teammate.
The Bléunette's eyes glowed blue and she tapped away on her Scroll, "He does it to get free food and boat rides. I do it for fun." Pulling up the cameras and swiping through the camera feeds, Bléu frowns. "Yang might have the better idea, there's plenty of blind spots and cameras I haven't hacked yet."
"Alright, then let's go! You keep looking and we'll look for him on foot." Ruby ordered the blue girl, this caused Bléu to blush even harder. She nodded and covered her face with her Scroll to hide from her crush. Team RWBBY all split up and looked for their pet, keeping a call open with each other.
Iggy grumbled to himself as he found himself walking in a circle, he knew that he passed this statue at least twice already. Fortunately for him, Zwei has been quiet for at least an hour now. [Who makes a school this big? These kids are damn annoying…] Iggy frowned, cringing at his own reference as he thought about Jojo and how he would always say something similar.
Then, Iggy's nose picked something up. Oh and it was a familiar scent, he sniffed the air around him and began to salivate. Looking around, he found Coco Adel walking while chewing on some coffee-flavored bubblegum. She got another piece out of her purse and popped it in her mouth, putting the container in her purse and making a huge gum bubble.
Iggy smiled for the first time and ran over, he jumped into Coco and knocked her off her feet. "What the shi-" Coco was dazed for a few moments before noticing a familiar corgi digging through her purse. "Zwei?"
Iggy finally found the container of coffee gum and smiled as he began tearing the container open with his teeth. With his efforts finally rewarded, Iggy began chewing his favorite treat and mellowed out.
"You're Ruby and Yang's dog, right? What was that for?" Coco got closer and saw that her pack of gum was completely devoured. "You're a rude little mutt aren't you?" her nose scrunched up as Iggy let out a big fart. "Gross too… but, with a face like that, you probably get away with a lot of stuff, huh?" Coco smirked and gave the dog some pets, scratching behind his ear.
Iggy was too happy to find his favorite food to fight this affection. [I can't even remember the last time I had coffee-flavored gum. And I guess this whole petting thing is nice… ooh, behind the ears.]
[Found him!] Bléu's voice rang through Team RWBBY's scrolls as she shared her screen. [He's up in the front of the school, looks like Blake is the closest to him.]
Naturally, Blake thought to herself as she rolled her eyes, she really should have seen this coming. "Alright," she said as she made her way there.
[Why is he sitting with Coco?] Weiss asked.
[Who knows? Let's just make sure he's okay.] Yang exclaimed as she started running.
Blake showed up next to Coco who was on the floor with her things scattered. "Hey… looks like you found him."
Coco glanced over at the first-year and smiled. "Yeah, he was really aggressive when he tackled me, but once he started chewing on these, he warmed up and let me pet him." She held the package up for Blake to see, but the cat Faunus was hesitant to get any closer to this mangy mutt. "What's wrong?" Coco noticed the girl's hesitation.
"Nothing, it's nothing." Blake still had to keep up appearances. She quickly took a step forward, taking the package from Coco's hand. "Coffee-flavored gum?"
"If I didn't know any better, I'd say that you guys haven't been feeding him. Once he found that in my purse, Zwei just started tearing into it like an Ursa drinking tree sap."
Blake frowned at Zwei, as a cat Faunus, she wasn't a fan. "Hm…"
"Zwei!" Ruby and Yang were heard in the distance as Iggy went wide-eyed and shot to his feet, growling. Everyone flinched when they saw the once-friendly puppy as this ugly, almost feral beast. Yang had no fear, she walked up to him and smiled. "Hey buddy, what's going on?" She extended her hand.
Iggy scrunched his new face even further as he summoned his Stand. Gathering the water from the nearby man-made pond once again, The Fool stood between Iggy/Zwei and the quickly forming Team RWBBY. With Weiss and finally Bléu showing up, Iggy began to feel more and more cornered. [Why won't these kids just leave me alone?!]
"Hey! Get away from our Zwei!" Yang, still in her pajamas, lunged toward the unknown water beast and sent a right hook. Her punch swished right through because, you know, water, but that didn't stop the blonde brawler from trying over and over again. "Get. Away. From. My. Little. BUDDY!"
[Wow, she's not very bright.] Iggy thought to himself.
Weiss and Blake were up next and pulled out Myrtenaster and Gambol Shroud since they were already dressed. Striking together, lighting up the water monster with Ice Dust, they also seemed to be not very effective as Iggy was able to control his Stand's make-up as he pleased.
Iggy was getting aggravated and attacked. He had his Stand solidify and ram into each of the girls that attacked The Fool. Knocking them down, but not out as their Auras kept them on their feet.
Ruby looked over to the brains of the team. "Any ideas?"
Bléu shook her head. "If ice doesn't work, I can't imagine what WOULD work… well, at least for too long…"
Coco began shooting dozens of Dust rounds into the water monster with her Gatling Gun but to no success. "What even IS this thing?"
"Do what you can to distract it, girls, I'm going to grab Zwei and at least get him away from that water monster." The rest of her team nodded and went in guns blazing.
Yang and Coco were up first, their bright yellows and dominating personalities were very distracting despite being the least of Iggy's problems, this led to Weiss and Blake's attack, using Ice Dust to try and slow it down. While Bléu slid under everyone and surprised The Fool with a concentrated blast of Gravity Dust. The first thing to affect the water construct Stand. The water was scattered every which way as Ruby used her Petal Burst Semblance to dash in and grab Zwei.
Unfortunately, all this still meant nothing as The Fool just as quickly reformed and bitch slapped Bléu like DBZ episode one Krillin into the rest of C(oco)WBY, knocking them down like bowling pins.
Fortunately, this allowed Ruby to bypass the Stand and grab Zwei, flying away with her rose-petal dash. She grabbed hold of Zwei and held him close, protecting him from the water monster with her body. She looked behind her to see that the monster had followed them the entire way.
Iggy blinked when Ruby shielded the dog. Even despite the overwhelming power of his Stand, this girl was willing to risk her life for her precious little pup. Still, Iggy growled and went to bite Ruby. That's when Zwei woke up and started struggling for control, narrowly saving his owner from getting her neck ripped out. [Stop it! Please! Stop hurting my friends!]
[These pathetic humans will only use you for their own selfish desires! It's all they ever do! It's what got me killed! I could have had a nice quiet life! Humans are just determined to keep that from me!] Iggy's Stand deformed and splashed over Ruby and the twin-souled doggo. Despite his hateful words, he couldn't bring himself to hurt a dog lover anymore.
[These humans aren't like that! They're nice! I grew up with the red and yellow ones… they play with me, and give me lots of chicken!] The corgi's body stiffened up as they conversed. Iggy grumbled. [Just please. Don't make us leave them… they're nice people.]
Iggy growled, [They don't have any vendettas about other humans? Take you out on long hot trips through deserts?]
[What's a desert?]
Iggy sighed and relented control, [Fine, I guess I can try domestic life again.] He said.
Ruby leaned up and saw that the monster was gone. With a sigh of relief, she looked down at her little buddy who was squirming around in the puddle of water. "Zwei…" She hesitated, scared of what might happen if she tried touching him again. But to her surprise, Zwei's eyes shifted from blue to grey. A happy bark was let out as he jumped into Ruby's arms, licking her face. "Zwei! Are you okay?"
A few happy barks reassured the young Huntresses as they got back to their feet. All of the girls (excluding Blake) surrounded the boy and began giving him the same amount of love and attention that r/fnki and fanfiction writers give Jaune. "Awww, who's such a good boy?"
"You are!"
"Don't scare us like that bud."
"Who's da most wovabwe adowabwe pup pup? Yes, you awe. Yes, you awe!"
Iggy growled as was getting overwhelmed by all this. He suddenly took over and jumped outside of the circle of love. He summoned his Stand and his eyes turned back to blue.
Everyone saw that the aqua monster had returned, but now it was simply floating behind Zwei, unmoving, trained on the girls. "Guys, call me crazy, but I think that water monster might be connected to Zwei," Bléu observed. "His eyes changed, see? They're blue now."
"So what, he's like, possessed?" Yang suggested.
"Ghosts don't exist, Yang, that goes against basic science. I'm sure there's a perfectly good explanation for… whatever that thing is." Bléu shook her head, berating the yellow-haired borderline bimbo.
[What are you doing? I thought you said-]
[I know what I said, but these idiots need to know the new pecking order! That many people is just too much.] Iggy thought to Zwei as he barked. The girls flinched, they had done all they could with their weapons and abilities, they were starting to get scared of this little monster that had taken up a room in Zwei's mind.
Blake had an idea and walked towards the mutt with new odd powers. She showed Iggy the pack of empty coffee-flavored bubblegum. "This is what you want, right? We can get you more… if you give us Zwei back… and be nicer."
Iggy walked forward, his Stand floating close, he used his teeth to snatch the bag out of Blake's hand, causing her to yank her hand back before it got bit off, she did not want to become a chew toy again. "... ruff." Iggy pushed his stand over the pond and released the water. His eyes glazed over back to grey before Zwei pounced onto the cat Faunus, licking her face.
"Gross! Get it off! The demon is attacking me!"
A few chortles and chuckles were garnered from the other girls as Ruby picked up her pet. "Thank you, Blake."
"It was nothing, it probably would have killed us if we didn't appease it." Blake began wiping the doggy slobber off her face, shuddering in disgust.
"You know, the personality and eye shifting reminds me of my butler back in Atlas, his Semblance gives him multiple personalities," Weiss noted,
Ruby smiled as she gave Zwei all the belly rubs. "Wait, so Zwei has a Semblance now? Do dogs get semblances?"
Bléu, being the well-versed, well-learned, hyper-intelligent, fountain of knowledge that she was, chirped up. "Well actually-"
Yang interrupted. "I think I like the whole possession idea better! Now we have our own little secret weapon. That water monster thing could probably beat Uncle Qrow!"
Coco laughed, "Lucky, but don't forget who bought that gum! Coffee flavored gum… That's an oddly specific thing for a dog-possessing ghost to like."
"It's not a ghost-" Bléu muttered to herself with a pout.
"Well, as long as my Zwei is safe, that's all that matters to me," Ruby said as she smushed her cheek up to Zwei's.
The rest of the day passes by and Zwei is left alone once the whole team goes out for classes. Iggy had been oddly quiet for a few hours since he relented his control, but the good boy was just all tuckered out from the day he had gone through today. Zwei went down for a nap in Weiss's bed.
Both dogs decided to let themselves rest and met each other in their mind, almost like a dream. Zwei was playing catch with a dream depiction of Ruby before Iggy dropped in. "Alright, Zwei. That's your name, right?"
"Right! That's me! Dad named me that!"
"Wait, you still know your father?"
Zwei dreamt up a tall blonde man that looked like an old genderbent Yang Xiao Long. [That's what Ruby and Yang call him!] He said as he received headpats from the dream Tai.
"Right, a dumb dog is a dumb dog…" The Boston Terrier muttered.
"You know I can hear you… Whispering doesn't really do anything here I think. You're not a very nice dog…" Zwei said, taking in Iggy's appearance. It was the same as he had in his old life, an ugly Boston Terrier with a face not even a mother could love.
"Yeah, because I'm strong enough to survive without these dumb humans." He said as he kicked the false image of Ruby, causing it to dissipate.
Zwei whined when dream Ruby disappeared. "Can I ask… who are you? What are you?"
"Oh, NOW you start asking questions!" Iggy rolled his eyes.
"Hey, you started attacking me and my friends first!" Zwei growled.
"Hmph… fair point." Iggy started walking and motioned for Zwei to follow. "I'm a dog, just like you, but I had a pretty shitty life." Iggy began showing projections of his early life. "I was professionally bred, then bought by a pretty rich family. They were shitty though, so I left. Then I got this cool superpower that made me stronger than all the other dogs. Heck, not even the police could catch me." Iggy smirked as he showed what his favorite part of his life was like. "I was free. Basically a celebrity in New York, I lived like a king. It wasn't until this asshole used his fire Stand to capture me." he summoned a vision of Avdol. "Then… Yada yada yada, I got roped into helping these assholes kill some time-stopping vampire that spoke in broken English." Iggy was very brief about his role in Stardust Crusaders, "Then… I died."
Zwei whined and couldn't help but feel bad for him. "I'm sorry you had to go through all that…"
"Meh, everyone I knew in my old life just wanted to use me." Iggy spat at his old memories. "I'll play along with your little pet life, but if your owners piss me off too much, I'm leaving the first chance I get," Iggy said as he walked away into the depths of sleep.
Zwei had a sad look on his face. The small corgi had known nothing but love and appreciation from his owners his entire life, it was heartbreaking to see another dog in such pain and anger. He got comfortable in his mind and let his mind find slumber.
(Author's note: Alright, so as I was writing this, I realized something. Zwei… kind of just disappears one-tenth into The Fall in V3. In one scene he's running in the dorms with Yang, then in the next scene Yang shows up, and he's straight up gone like they forgot about him XD. So in light of this new lore, let's add a mini-extension to GreannRose Volume 3)
Zwei and Iggy were not the best of friends. Fortunately though, Iggy never tried to escape after his first day. Most days, Iggy would simply not respond to the Corgi. But the Stand-user was there, always listening. There were some days when Iggy would take over to harass the girls for more coffee gum, but other than that, he stayed silent.
But there still was the matter of the team itself. Ruby was annoying and overbearing, but Iggy always enjoyed her pets and belly rubs, not that he would ever admit that to Zwei. Despite all that, Ruby always felt… warm. Through Iggy's interactions with her, he couldn't help but feel at home with this silver-eyed girl.
The simple soul slowly cracked the hardened angry soul.
Weiss carried herself the same way that Iggy's original owners did, high-class, prissy, even snarky at times. But she was different. The heiress was obsessed with dogs, but it was clear that she was still new to living with one, Iggy found the sneaky treats amusing.
The white-haired girl was probably his favorite.
Bléu was the girl that stayed in their room the most. It was annoying at first, needing to share the space so much with this blue and green-haired girl. But Iggy quickly noticed that she tended to get roped into the rest of the team's shenanigans. The reincarnated pup felt an odd sense of familiarity with her…
That was until she and the Ruby girl started dating. Shortly after the sapphic horndogs got together, they had a LOT of lesbian sex. Iggy was having none of that. He didn't scratch at the door or even beg to leave, no, the Stand-user simply made his own exit with The Fool. He broke the door down whenever he thought the girls were getting too frisky. After the third or fourth time, Bléu built a doggy door that only reacted to Zwei's collar.
Iggy had mixed feelings towards the Bléunette.
It didn't take long for Iggy to find out that something was different about Blake. Zwei likes to bug her, she often brought home fish foods, and she always wore those cat ears. [That Blake girl is weird. She's the one person here that doesn't like us.]
Z: [That's because she's a cat faunus.]
I: [A faunus?]
Z: [I don't really get it either. She's a human, but she's also a cat!]
I: [I don't think I've ever heard of something like that in my world… but it's nice to know that I have another chew toy now.]
Zwei sweatdropped when Iggy let out his evil laugh.
Yang was probably Iggy's least favorite. Her pets were always rough and aggressive, she was obnoxiously loud, and every time she spoke it was something optimistic. The only good part was that she went out the most. Her adventurous spirit meant that she was rarely in the dorm room.
Yang was annoying.
All in all, Team RWBBY weren't the worst people to share a room with in Iggy's eyes, but damn were they hard to bear with sometimes.
The Vytal Festival Tournament finally arrived and Iggy absolutely refused to let himself be dragged to the loud and obnoxious crowds. It was a good thing too, for what felt like a week, even the horny blue one rarely came by during the day!
Iggy and Zwei had the room to themself. He had the freedom to go where he wanted… within the dorm building. It was annoying, but Iggy didn't want to cause another big incident and get surrounded by people again. The last time he did that, he got forced into fighting Stand users. The less attention on him, the better. They stretched their legs by walking through the dorm hallways, enjoying naps wherever they pleased.
Iggy was surprised by how smart Zwei was. He knew what to eat and what not to eat, even being able to turn on the TV and how to change the channel to the Vytal Festival Tournament. Iggy didn't care at first, but he did come around and enjoyed some of the fights.
Then, Yang had her fight with Mercury. Zwei tilted his head when a bunch of soldiers surrounded the blonde brawler, not fully understanding, but Iggy was smart enough to understand what had just happened. [Hmm… turns out that ol "sunshine and rainbows" isn't so innocent after all.] Iggy chuckled at the screen. Once Team RWBBY was disqualified by Ironwood. Once the team left the room, Yang was left alone with the dog with two souls, Zwei went to comfort his blonde master and gently licked her face. [Seriously? She attacked an innocent kid and you wanna get close to her? Real smart move. I'm getting flashbacks to that one movie… What was it called… Mice and Men? Meh, I don't remember.]
[She won't do anything like that to us…] Zwei whined as he buried his nose under Yang's hand, urging her to pet him.
Yang sighed and smiled at her loyal pet. "Thanks Zwei… I can always count on you, bud…" She gently placed her hand on the dog's head and gently patted them.
[Hm…] Iggy felt the change in Yang's demeanor, maybe she wasn't lying. Iggy let himself get comfortable and sat with the framed girl all day.
Night comes and Yang gasps. ZweIggy's ear flutters up as he looks up to see the dismembered robot ginger all mangled and ripped to shreds. Cinder does her whole menacing speech that Iggy barely listens to and The Fall begins. Yang and Zwei run through Beacon.
Once they exit the building, they see Grimm getting released into the school, faunus in white masks attacking students. This day was quickly becoming a nightmare.
However, Iggy wasn't afraid in the slightest. None of the weapons in this world stood a chance against The Fool, and Iggy had already faced some of the creatures of Grimm over the past few months. Yang ran off to go fight and Zwei went to follow. But Iggy stopped the loyal corgi. [Stop, she'll be fine.]
[What? But I have to stay with-]
Iggy snarled within Zwei's mind. [No you don't. Don't you think it would be a better idea if we just ran off on our own?] The Boston Terrier suggested. [The Grimm can't do anything to us, and those evil faunus won't bother us if we just ignore them.]
Zwei growled. [No! I'm not abandoning… My friends…] Zwei looked back to follow Yang, but she was already long gone. With a whimper, the corgi sighed.
[Heh, looks like we don't have a choice now. Good luck Zwei.] He said as they both smelt death behind them. A beowolf lunged at the tiny dog from behind, but Zwei did a backflip and ripped its neck out with his teeth. [Holy shit.]
The Grimm faded away as Zwei started to run on his own. Helping students wherever he could like the noble pup he was. [You don't have to help me, but you're not running away from this. Because I'm not going to abandon my family.] Zwei continued to surprise the rule-breaking dog. He was a lot more powerful than he let on. Iggy watched as Zwei saved several more students.
Sometime later, Iggy caught a familiar smell. [Wait, make a right here!] Zwei could smell it too, he did as Iggy said and found the coffee lady alongside some other students.
"Zwei!" Coco exclaimed, calling him over. As the tiny pup turned the corner, a King Taijitu reared its ugly double head. "Glad to see you. Think you could help us out with this one?"
Iggy scoffed within Zwei's head. [Stupid human, I'm no show animal. These humans were in the tournament, they can handle it.]
Zwei whined and gave Coco his puppy dog eyes, indicating that his other half wasn't going to help. But this caused Coco to only smile. "Would you do it for some Coffee-flavored bubblegum?" She pulled out her new pack of gum and shook it.
Iggy growled in disapproval, he was being used for his power yet again. Zwei looked up and barked angrily. [No! She doesn't want to use you for your power! She's just asking you for your help! People are getting hurt, and you're acting like it's no big deal!] The dog waved his head back and forth as he had his internal conflict.
Coco blinked, confused by what Zwei was doing. She heard a hiss behind her and batted away one of the heads with her suitcase.
[She's a human! All they ever do is use me for my power, she's just like them!]
Zwei growled and jumped towards the dark snake, biting its eye. He gets shaken off and sent flying into a nearby drinking fountain. The fountain burst and water began spewing everywhere. Zwei groaned, but his aura was still intact.
With a heavy sigh, Iggy relented after also feeling the force of that impact. [You're going to get yourself killed. Fine, I'll take over. Get ready to do that thing where you let yourself get launched like a fireball.]
Zwei barked happily as he let Iggy take control. His Aura shield dissipated, and The Fool was formed, ready to fight.
Iggy jumped up, snatched the coffee-flavored gum from Coco's hand, and dug into it. He gnashed his teeth into the gum as he looked up at the hissing snakes.
"MENACING"
Was the only word that the students could think of when they noticed Zwei being followed by a weird water monster. A chill went up the students' spines as they saw Zwei approach the twin snakes.
Both heads could feel the anger that bubbled up within this tiny dog, and they lunged. Despite the sheer size of both snakes, the contrasting small Iggy was more than a match for them. He jumped into the air and The Fool flew up with him. Iggy jumped on top of the black snake's head while The Fool sliced the white snake's head clean off. [Alright, jump into my stand!] Zwei took control and kicked off the black snake's head.
Once Zwei landed in The Fool, the Stand surrounded Zwei and launched him back into the black snake's head at a literal breakneck speed. Blasting right through the remaining snake's mouth. Zwei's Semblance, "Red Rocket" allows Zwei to absorb attacks and convert himself into a missile. And the little pupper just used that built-up kinetic energy from Iggy's Stand and sent himself flying.
Right over the edge of Beacon Cliff. [Oops, looks like I overshot it.] Iggy muttered before Zwei grumbled in his head. [Hey! We'll be fine! I've survived worse and you still got your Aura.]
Z: [I'm out of Aura…]
I: [Oh…]
They both scream as they fly towards the city of Vale. Rapidly approaching a hard concrete splat of death.
Fortunately, they land on something bright, pink, and soft in midair. Breaking their fall, ZweIggy and the pink thing slam into the streets of Vale. Iggy has taken over since Zwei passed out. Shaking off some dust, he looks over to the pink thing. [Oh, it's you. What the hell are you wearing?]
Kirby was a recent addition to Beacon, so Iggy didn't know a thing about this pink puffball. The little ball jumped to his feet and adjusted his Mecha Copy Ability hat and gloves. "Poyo!"
[Huh? I guess even I can't understand you. You must not be an animal.] Iggy mumbled to himself. Shrugging, he finally realized that he was technically free to run off on his own now. [Things are pretty shitty down here too.] The selfish mutt stated before walking off on his own. Naturally, Kirby followed.
"Po-yo~ poyo~ poyoyop!~"
[Great, now I have to deal with-] Iggy's thoughts were cut short when an enormous Grimm elephant turned a corner and started charging at the two compact powerhouses. Before Iggy could even react with his stand, Kirby hopped over in front of the reincarnated dog and began charging something up. [You idiot! You're gonna get smushed into pink jelly!] Iggy barked as he jumped away from the middle of the road.
But Kirby didn't budge. His hands transformed into a giant sci-fi laser and shot a MASSIVE wave of energy that blew a hole through the Goliath Grimm. Kirby turned over to Iggy and waved with his giant mecha hand. "Poyo!" He said with a smile.
Iggy was flabbergasted. The giant snakes were one thing, but Iggy could tell that he wouldn't have been able to beat that giant bulldozer of a Grimm easily. This… alien was scarier than Iggy, and the mutt had to accept that. Sighing, he went along with the pink puffball and met up with Qrow.
Zwei woke up a few hours later after everything had settled down. [We're still alive?]
I: [Yep, the pink thing broke our fall.]
Z: [I thought you were going to run away…]
Iggy sighed and growled as he lay in Yang's lap. The Rose/Xiao Long family were on their way back to Patch on a ship. [Mind ya business… damn mutt.]
Zwei and Iggy were polar opposites. One was born into greed and hatred, and the other was born surrounded by love and companionship. Will they continue to get along?... Idk, I just wanted to give Zwei a Stand because I thought it'd be funny for the deep lore and to keep Zwei relevant if I ever need him.
Fun fact: I think goD is the most Powerful entity that has ever appeared (or will appear in the foreseeable future) in the entirety of my fanfic verse. Stronger than the Easter Bunny, stronger than the Remnant Gods. So have fun with that little bit of lore.
A few other things. I'm sure the… idk five JoJo fans(? Do jojo fans read fanfic?) that read this will notice some things off about Iggy. I had to use a few creative liberties. Iggy is like the ONE Stand user that has a Stand that's visible to non-Stand users. But that's only because he uses sand (and/or dirt) to construct his stand's appearance and form. I know he probably can't make use of water for his stand in the show, but for the sake of the story, let's say that goD gave him some extra capabilities, why not, goD is a good boi.
Not much sand is in New York where he's from, so I'm sure he was able to use his Stand in other ways.
As always, you can find my other content under the name JigglyLily