Beacon Courtyard
"I should be asking you if you know what you're doing… Master…" Archer said, getting into a stance with Kanshou and Bakuya.
"What?" Kazuki asked, confused, "You show up outta nowhere and attack me! I get that you used to do it as a training regime for me to practice my tracing at Chaldea but what the hell Archer?!" He said, getting into a stance of his own with Clarent.
Jin, Weiss, Noel and Team KKMT stood there, staring at the assailants and Tekkadan, unsure of what to do. Much to Kazuma's relief, the second Kazuki shouted out at Archer, Atalanta had stopped shooting arrows at him and Naoto was able to get a respite from Musashi's onslaught, but not one of them let their guards down, as Gawain and Cù Chulainn were standing there on the sidelines, observing the battle, and most of all, Kazuma.
"Sir Cù Chulainn…. I do not feel that same vile intent from the snake… Do you think that perhaps we have the wrong person?" Gawain whispered.
"I don't know… maybe, he doesn't seem to be as strong and his combat is nowhere near what we know it to be…" Lancer replied.
Atalanta, able to hear them, looked at Kazuma again, her bow still drawn, aiming at him, while he looked back defiantly, though it was obvious he was extremely nervous, "So then Kazuki might not be under the curse after all…" She said to herself aloud.
Kazuki's ears perked up, having over-heard Atalanta and Cù Chulainn and Gawain's words. He then sent a glare towards Archer and his grip on Clarent tightened, "You've gotta be shitting me… Archer that isn't Terumi!" He shouted as his eyes quickly turned to a cold teal and his hair and tail sparked golden for a split second while Jin looked more surprised to hear the name that invokes so much anger in his brother again, having not noticed Kazuki millisecond long change in appearance.
"Oh? And how can I be sure of that? For all I know he could have everyone here at Beacon under that Mind-Eater curse…" Archer stated, getting ready to charge in at Kazuki.
"Dumbass… just use your mage-... I mean Semblance on his knives!" Kazuki shouted back, almost slipping up.
Archer simply raised an eyebrow at that, both at the fact that he hadn't thought of that, as well as the fact that Kazuki had quickly switched from saying magecraft to semblance. Looking over at Kazuma, Archer relaxed his stance, but was very much still on guard, "Well? Bring them out." He said.
Kazuma nodded and slowly took them out, so as to not cause Atalanta to start firing her arrows again. Upon getting a good look, Archer's eyes widened and he mentally face-palmed. De-tracing Kanshou and Bakuya, he raised his hands in a surrendering motion, "It seems that we may have…. Jumped to conclusions… my apologies." He said to them, but mostly Kazuma.
"Man you really screwed up big time, didn't ya, Archer?" Cù Chulainn said, cheekily.
"For someone who is so cold and calculating in a fight, you seem to make some missteps quite a lot." Gawain said.
"Shut it.." Archer told them both
Atalanta lowered her bow and Musashit sheathed her katanas, bowing apologetically to Naoto.
"So so so sorry!" She said repeatedly.
"I-It's fine.." Naoto said, just glad to not be fighting her.
"I am… deeply sorry as well… I, much like Archer, mistook you for Terumi and my instincts kicked in…" Atalanta apologized to Kazuki.
"It's fine, you lot aren't even the first to almost kill me for mistaking me for him." Kazuma told her, relief in his voice.
It was then that Teams RWBY, JNPR and BLST finally arrived at the scene.
"We heard an explosion and were on our way! What happened?!" Ruby asked in concern.
She then got a good look at Tekkadan and the Chaldeans, realizing that they had been fighting.
"Aw, is the fight over…?" Yang asked, sarcastically, only to notice Archer and Gawain.
"Everything's fine guys! It was just one big misunderstanding!" Kazuma called out to them.
"It's basically what happened with Ragna at initiation!" Naoto told them.
"O-Oh…, I see.." Bang said, sounding a little worried.
"That makes four people in the span of less than a few months that have tried to kill Kazuma, thinking him to be someone else." Amane said, "Poor guy."
"Well if there's no trouble, I'm out." Bullet said, already leaving.
"Well Someone's in a rush." Amane said, watching her leave.
"So, how'd you guys find me anyway?" Kazuki asked, de-tracing Clarent.
"We just looked for giant beams of energy." Cù Chulainn told him.
"That's not what I meant and you know it." Kazuki said, sounding a little annoyed.
"We'll tell you when Master arrives." Musashi said.
"Master?" Jin thought.
"Hold up, you brought her with you?! Of all the irresponsible-!" Kazuki complained.
"In all fairness, you know that the twins are no pushovers, besides Gudako has been practicing her fighting and reinforcement a lot since then." Archer told him.
"Yeah, I know, but she's never seen the Grimm before, I know that they're practically canon-fodder for us but every other thing they've fought had some level of intelligence, you remember how terrified she was in Babylonia." Kazuki told him.
"Okay so is anyone going to explain what's going on or are we just supposed to figure things out ourselves?" Kagura asked, getting their attention.
"I too, would like to know why several of my students were being assaulted." Ozpin said, announcing his presence and walking up alongside Glynda.
"Uh oh…" Nora said.
Just as Kazuki was about to open his mouth, he heard someone running directly at him, turning around, he saw a red-headed girl.
"KAAAAAAAZUUUU!" The red-head shouted, tears in her eyes.
"G-Gudako?!" Kazuki said, slightly shocked at how fast she was running.
Once she got close she promptly kicked him in the shins, shocking everyone while the Servants, specifically Cù Chulainn and Archer, just looked amused.
"OW!? What the he-!?" Kazuki asked, but was interrupted when Gudako hugged him, sobbing loudly.
"Where were you!?" She sobbed-asked him, hugging him tightly, as if afraid to let go of him.
"I…" Kazuki struggled to come up with a response, not expecting to ever see Chaldea's energetic Master ever again.
"We thought you were dead! But… you're here a-and you're alive! Why… Why didn't you come back?!" She shouted at him, everyone there was slightly taken aback by her outburst but didn't do anything to intervene, Atalanta however, walked up.
"You have some explaining to do… Kazuki…" She said, crouching down and rubbing his head.
"I… I know…. And I will just… give me a bit? Okay?" He said to them, Gudako only hugged him tighter.
"Promise?" She asked him, looking up with her teary eyes.
"Yeah, promise…" He said to her, smiling and patting her head.
"Yes, it would seem that you do indeed have some explaining to do, Mr. Kazuki." Ozpin said to him.
"Everyone else, you may resume with whatever activities you were engaged in before this." Glynda said, trying to dismiss everyone, only for Teams RWBY KKMT,BLST minus Bullet, Jin and Noel to stay.
"Actually, we're staying, we have some questions of our own, for both Kazuki and these people." Jin stated.
"Mr. Kisaragi, while I understand that this is all rather sudden and worrying, it's best that-"
"Fine, I've been avoiding answering you in particular a lot anyway." Kazuki said, interrupting Ozpin.
Ozpin looked a little bit skeptical but merely sighed and nodded, "Very well, Mr. Kazuki, is there anyone else you would like to tell your story to?" The Headmaster asked him.
"Yeah, the rest of RJNN." He said.
"Very Well, in that case I shall call you all up to my office in a moment, for now though, seeing as how you seemingly know these people, why not catch up with them for the time being?"
"That's the plan."
And with that, everyone else left to do their own things, Jin, Noel and KKMT preparing themselves mentally for what's to come while Weiss re-joins her team.
"So, Ruby, Yang, any ideas as to what he might reveal?" She asked.
"Other than what he told us, Ragna and Makoto? Nope" Yang said.
"Hold on, you know things? And didn't tell us?" Weiss asked, a little shocked.
"It wouldn't be right to, especially considering the things he said." Ruby told her.
"But Still!"
"Weiss… Kazuki's life was far worse than anyone else's on the planet..." Yang told her.
"How do you know that?" Blake asked, a little skeptical.
"Well, he used the Chaos Emeralds to show us." Ruby explained
"Couldn't he just alter what they show?" Blake asked.
"Given the way he acted… no, I'm pretty sure they were all real." Yang explained, the image of Kazuki admitting to attempting to take his own life still in her head.
"Well, I guess we'll find out soon then." Weiss said as the team made their way back to their dorm.
Tekkadan Dorm
Kazuki had taken the chaldeans to his team's dorm, gathering looks from students who saw Archer, Musashi and Atalanta attack the team, once they arrived however…
"Isn't that…?" Gudako started, staring at the Tekkadan insignia on the door.
"Yeah, Tekkadan's symbol." Kazuki replied. The Chaldeans looked at him with a hint of understanding.
"Is something the matter?" Kazuma asked.
"The day that Kazuki died was only a short few months after he came back from the world that the original Tekkadan belongs to… it seems that he still hasn't gotten over it…" Archer explained, his voice with a hint of understanding in it.
"And so what if I haven't…?" Kazuki asked, turning around sharply, before sighing and opening the door, "Well… come on in." He gestured.
Once inside, Gudako immediately sat down on the spare bed, while the Servants all looked to Kazuki, awaiting the explanation he very much owed them.
"Okay… how to put this… I guess in the most basic form of explanation, I'm something similar to a Counter Guardian." Kazuki told them, causing them all to look shocked while Archer began to look pissed.
"Now hold on a damn minute! You said-" Archer started, but stopped when Kazuki held up his hand.
"I said I was something similar, not that I was." he explained further.
"Oh? Then care to explain how?" The Servant of the Bow asked, clearly irritated.
"Well, you know how Gaia and the TYPES are things?" Kazuki asked, receiving a nod from everyone, except for Naoto and Kazuma, "What do you think created them?"
"What? Kazuki, what are you getting at…?" Gudako asked.
"Gaia is the Will of the Planet, I'm saying that the thing that turned me into a Pseudo-Counter Guardian… is the will of Existence Itself." Kazuki said, shocking all of them, "I didn't get a say in the matter."
"Wait… so you mean to tell me that you're basically a servant to the Will of everything?" Naoto asked, extremely bewildered.
"Basically, granted, I have much more freedom than Archer but… the reason I can't go back to Chaldea is…. I'll be Erased…" Kazuki explained further.
"Erased, as in..?" Kazuma questioned.
"Gone, I simply won't exist. The contract I made with Heroic Spirits will be gone and any record of me will be gone from history… the impacts of my actions will remain, but I'll be gone from history and everyone's memories… unfortunately, it's a little bit more… complex…" Kazuki said, gritting his teeth.
"How so?" Gawain asked, there being some underlying frustration in his voice.
"Everyone will have gaps in their memories, in other words… Mordred will know she's upset about losing someone… she just won't remember who… and I won't force that upon her… I couldn't, that kind of pain… is not something I'd wish upon anyone, regardless of who they are, not even the guy who killed me…"
The room went dead silent, everyone there fully taking in Kazuki's explanation. Archer, felt both angry, yet slightly relieved, after all, to become a Counter Guardian was his choice, as childish and idealistic as he was when he was alive, he made it of his own will to become one to keep saving people.
"Just because you're correct, doesn't mean you're right!" the words of his younger self rang through his head… he always did say some of the most hypocritical things, he was correct in wanting to end his suffering by creating a time paradox, as meaningless as it would've been given the infinite number of timelines, however, what he was doing wasn't right, regardless if he wanted to deny it, that kind of thing would always be wrong to Emiya Shirou, to himself. He was angry that this kind of fate was thrust upon his master, as well as the punishment he'd receive should he try to go back to them.
"Well…. After that massive bombshell, I don't think we can really ask anything else but… Master, we must know… is my King with you?" Gawain asked, sounding slightly hopeful.
Kazuki however, slightly clenched his right hand into a fist, something Archer caught onto but chose to not comment on, "Sorry, I honestly thought he'd have been re-summoned to Chaldea by now." Kazuki said.
"I see… but alas, there is still hope, it was his Spirit Origin that let come to this world after all." Gawain said, sounding slightly disappointed.
The room went silent again for a few moments until Kazuki's scroll buzzed.
"I guess we should head up to the Headmaster's office now." Kazuki said, walking out the door.
Ozpin's Office
"Whatever it is, I didn't do it." Ragna said as he walked out of the elevator, surprised to see not only his own team, but Teams RWBY JNPR BLST and KKMT, "Okay… what's going on…?"
"Well I can assure that you are not in any form of trouble, Mr. Ragna, I would say to take a seat but since there are so many of you here, it would probably be best if you all stood." Ozpin explained.
"Um, why are we here…?" Makoto asked, just as confused as Ragna.
"I'm sure you and Mr. Ragna heard the explosion earlier, correct?" Ozpin asked.
"Yeah, I honestly just assumed it was Kazuki being Kazuki." Ragna stated nonchalantly.
"Well it certainly has to do with him, yes, but I wouldn't say that."
"Wait, what happened to him? Is he alright?" Makoto asked, concerned.
"No need to worry Ms. Nanaya, he is perfectly safe and they will be coming up in a moment to offer an explanation." Ozpin reassured her.
"They?" Ragna asked in confusion.
It was then that the elevator doors opened and out of it came Tekkadan, as well as the Chaldeans. Kazuki also wasn't wearing his blue scarf, leaving his scar in full view, his arms also seemed to have a large amount of scars on them, with one of them on his right arm in particular looking as though it had been burst open from the inside, clearly, whatever he was using to hide his scars before, he wasn't anymore. The sight before them had shocked Glynda and most of Team KKMT while Ozpin had a look of surprise, he found that he couldn't take his eyes off of the scar around Kazuki's neck.
"Was he perhaps… no, it seems to be from some form of electricity…" Ozpin wondered.
"It's rude to stare, Ozpin." Kazuki said, shaking Ozpin from his thoughts.
"Ah yes, of course, now then, you said you would explain things in more detail, Mr. Kazuki?"
"Yeah, but first, I lied to you." Kazuki said, shocking Ozpin.
"About what exactly…?" Ozpin asked, his tone serious.
"About my home universe being destroyed, it's perfectly intact actually."
"I'm sorry but did you just say your home universe?" Kagura asked in surprise.
"Yep. I'm not from this Universe, nevermind Remnant… That being said however… I can't go back to it… or any of the universes I've been to in my first life." Kazuki explained.
"First life? The hell is he talking about…?" Archer wondered, he then looked at Yang and Ruby, "Ah, I see.. They must've realized that he's from another world after they became close… so instead of just telling them the truth about being something like a heroic spirit, he lied and said this is a second life… which isn't entirely untrue…" Archer thought.
"Your first life? You mean to tell us that you've died and came back, in our world, for a second chance at life?" Bang asked, "I apologize if I find that hard to believe."
"Yes, out of all the things you've shown and told us.. That is by far the most far-fetched thing yet, you may have shown us that it's possible to bring the dead back with those Emeralds of yours, even if there's a time limit, being from another world entirely is-" Jin was saying, ignoring the wait what from Kagura, only to get interrupted by Kazuma who stepped forth.
"Not as strange as you'd think." He said, "After all, Myself and Naoto are both from other worlds."
"Do you have any proof to back up that claim?" Tsubaki asked.
"Yes actually, well, maybe not for Naoto but I do for myself, Headmaster, the initiation was monitored by cameras hidden in the Emerald Forest, surely my arrival was also captured." Kazuma said.
"Yes it was actually." Ozpin said, bringing up the recording and showing it to everyone there.
"So when you said that you were that asshole's brother, you were just saying it to save your own skin?" Ragna asked.
"Yes… however… there is more to this world than you all think." Kazuma said, "I think it's best if we let Kazuki explain, he has more experience after all."
"Right… in a nutshell, this version of Remnant that you all live in, is a combination of the original and another world." Kazuki said.
"It's just one thing after another with you…" Jin said, irritated.
"And by that you mean?" Hibiki asked.
"Well… in the original version of Remnant…. Ronin Gai, The Black Beast, The Six Heroes and most of you all don't exist, instead you all belong to the other world one that I dubbed, The BlazBlue World due to that being the main source of Ragna and Terumi's powers in that world." Kazuki explained further.
"I'm sorry what? That just sounds dumb." Ragna said.
"Umm… how did you know it was their power sources?" Ruby asked.
"Ragna, your full chant to completely release your limiters, I know it, and I know that Terumi's is similar."
"Oh yeah? Why don't you try me then?" Ragna asked.
"Restriction 666 Released, Interdimensional Interference Field Deployed. BlazBlue, Activate." Kazuki recited, much to Ragna's surprise.
"Holy shit you got it all in one go…"
"Well, the original you had a bad habit of using it a lot to just power through fights, I'd say against what people but that would require me to reveal some things about both you and Jin that aren't really mine to share… Except for one thing of course." Kazuki further explained.
"And that is?" Jin asked.
"That you can't stop projecting onto Noel, I get that she looks like your and Ragna's sister but you need to stop."
"Wait, that's why Jin's always been so cold to Noellie?!" Makoto asked.
"More than likely… even I can't look at her without seeing Saya…." Ragna admitted while Jin simply looked away.
"She's also utterly useless and nothing more than an obstacle." Jin said, coldly.
Ragna and Makoto sent a glare at the man that was utterly ignored.
"One question… What about the original version of Remnant then?" Bullet asked.
"No idea, never been. I just know that most of you don't exist in it." Kazuki said, causing the servants in the room to raise their eyebrows, but before Archer or Cù Chulainn could speak up however, "Archer, Lancer, Gawain, Atalanta… please, I'll explain later but for now, just keep quiet… I'm still coming to terms with something recent…." Kazuki asked them. While they all, excluding Archer, were no longer Servants in the sense of being a spirit, they still held a connection through their contract, one that would allow a Master to telepathically communicate with his or her Servants.
"This is… um… quite a lot to unpack… we may need some time to fully come to terms with all of this.." Bang said.
"I'm not done yet." Kazuki said, getting their attention, "While it's true that I'm not from this universe… the one I was born in also isn't mine." he told them, getting confused looks.
"Would you care to elaborate on that?" Ozpin asked.
"I was going to." He told the headmaster with an annoyed glare, "Anyway, what I'm saying is that my parents were born in a different Universe. My mother was already pregnant with myself and my sister, Saiko, before they were taken to the universe we'd be born in."
"And why did they have to go to another Universe?" Blake asked, "because that sounds like a lot of work just to give birth to two kids."
"Well you're right about that but it was either that or they get blown up along with the planet." Everyone except for the Chaldean's eyes widened at this, especially with how casually Kazuki said it.
"I'm sorry but could you run that by us all again? Because you made it sound like your parents' planet got blown up!" Goodwitch said with shock.
"Because it was… the home planet of my parents, and I guess it's technically my home world too, was called Planet Vegeta, named after the king who had conquered the planet for his people… the Saiyans… as it stands, there are only four surviving full-blooded saiyans. Myself, my masters Goku, who's saiyan name is actually Kakarot, and Prince Vegeta, and Broly. We did later use these items called The Super Dragon Balls to revive the Saiyan race but that's another story for another time." Kazuki explained as everyone just sat and listened, trying to comprehend Kazuki's origins and the fact that someone can just blow up a planet!
"H...how was the planet destroyed?" Bullet asked, a little afraid.
"It was destroyed by the Tyrant known as Frieza…. His father had employed the Saiyans to go around and wipe out entire planets' civilisations so that the planet could be sold off to the highest bidder… but he eventually stepped down and handed the rule of his army to his two sons, Frieza and Frieza's older brother Cooler." Kazuki told them, "Eventually Frieza got wind of two Saiyan legends known as The Legendary Super Saiyan and Super Saiyan God. He became afraid and called for every Saiyan to return to Planet Vegeta… Only one Saiyan knew what would happen and that was Kakarot's father Bardock, King Vegeta also had his suspicions and took himself and his elite guard to confront Frieza… Frieza slaughtered them all mercilessly by himself… it would then be that Bardock had finally returned after some of Frieza's men had killed his squad, vowing to take revenge, he took on the entirety of the Frieza Force that had accompanied the Tyrant and made it all the way to Frieza's Ship."
"I think I know how this ends… the ship opened fire on this Bardock and the planet, destroying them both." Ozpin guessed.
"Wrong" Archer told him, finally speaking up and causing everyone to sweat.
"Did Frieza kill Bardock and then had some more ships come and fire at the planet?" Naoto asked.
"W-wrong again…" Gudako told him.
"Frieza blew the planet up himself with one of his own attacks." Kazuki told them all, making all of their eyes widen.
"What do you mean he blew it up himself?!" Kagura shouted.
"Let me show you." Kazuki said as the Chaos Emeralds appeared and began showing it all.
They all saw a man with strange destroyed green and dark blue armor. He had on his head a red bandanna, and a scar on his face. He also had spiky black hair and eyes while he had a brown monkey tail wrapped around his waist. He was bleeding badly as he flew towards what everyone could only assume was Frieza's ship as what looked like hundreds of aliens fired energy blasts from their hands at him or charged at him. The Man simply charged right through with a powerful roar of defiance as he elbowed one of the aliens in the face out of the way and fired a blast of his own at another, completely incinerating it.
"FRIEZA!" The man yelled out as several of the aliens, Frieza Force Soldiers, grabbed onto him to slow him down, but to no avail as the man simply created a small explosion from his hand with a blue orb of energy, knocking them all off of him.
"Is that Bardock?" Mai asked, to which Kazuki nodded.
Bardock was once again being pulled back by another group of Frieza Force Soldiers as he reached the ship. "FRIEZA! COME ON OUT AND FACE ME!" He roared as the hatch at the top of the ship slowly opened up, causing the Frieza force soldiers to let go of Bardock.
"I-It's Lord Frieza!" One of the Soldiers shouted in fear which was soon followed by a collective panic from the other soldiers.
Frieza sat in a black hover chair as it slowly ascended upwards. He was an alien too with pink skin and what looked like a white armored shell as part of his head with black horns protruding from both sides. He wore a purple version of the armor his soldiers wore and he had what could be assumed to be purple lipstick. He did not appear to be pleased in the slightest.
"It's over Frieza! We're done working for you, we quit!" Bardock shouted at the Tyrant as a blue orb of energy formed in his right hand, "This is for all the people we killed in your name!" Frieza simply raised a single finger up as a tiny orange ball appeared above it. "Here! TAKE IT!" He shouted out as the ball rapidly approached Frieza, only for the Tyrant to begin laughing maniacally as the once tiny orange orb suddenly expanded to an enormous size, to the point it looked like a miniature Sun, easily dwarfing the one created by Excalibur Galatine.
Bardock's attack harmlessly touched the ball and simply evaporated as Bardock simply backed up in disbelief. Still laughing, Frieza threw his finger forwards lazily as the enormous ball of energy descended to the Planet Vegeta as the Tyrant continued to laugh. Slowly but painfully, the ball encompassed Bardock and the frieza force soldiers before finally hitting the planet. Everyone watched in terror as Planet Vegeta was slowly being destroyed by the attack, not even the planet's moon was spared as it too was caught up in the blast.
Everyone could not hide the fear they now held for Frieza. Tsubaki, though hating the Saiyans upon learning that they would wipe out planets for money, quickly replaced the hate with pity, seeing as how they didn't have much choice. For the first time in his life, Ragna hated someone more than Terumi. Ruby and Noel were shaking, knowing that they wouldn't be able to sleep peacefully for a while as Frieza's laugh echoed in their heads. Makoto's eyes displayed both hatred and fear, she had never hated someone to the extent she hated Frieza before. Bang's feelings were the same as Tsubaki's, while the ever stoic Bullet and seemingly emotionless Hibiki wore expressions of pure terror on their faces. Kagura and Mai were about the only ones to calm down the quickest, while Yang's eyes had turned Red and her hair lit aflame. Weiss could only think the same thing as Tsuabki as well, while Blake looked at Kazuki with pity. Ren and Nora looked at each other and back at Kazuki. Jaune did his best to now let his fear show but failed miserably while Pyrrha was still trying to cope with what she saw. Jin was the only one who's face had remained somewhat the same, but the quickly dropping temperatures showed that he was angry as the floor around him became covered in frost. Amane, who was never normally angry, held nothing but contempt for Frieza and Tao looked like an angry lioness.
"And that is the fall of Planet Vegeta. Of course, as I said before, some of us survived. At that point in time, the only survivors were my parents, Prince Vegeta, the Saiyan General Nappa, Kakarot's older brother Raditz, Kakarot, a Saiyan called Turles and two exiled Saiyans, Broly and his father Paragus. Kakarot wound up on a planet called Earth and became its defender. Later, Raditz would come to recruit Kakarot but would fail, threatening to kidnap his son if he didn't kill 100 Earthlings in a day. Instead, both Kakarot and his brother would die as he gave his life to save his son. Vegeta and Nappa would appear a year later and would kill off most of Earth's warriors, Nappa would be paralyzed by Kakarot but… Vegeta, instead of helping his Saiyan comrade, killed him." Kazuki said. Before anyone could speak up, he continued, "Kakarot, his son Gohan, and best friend Krillin would defeat Vegeta, who left the planet. I won't tell anymore but you must know that Turles was killed by me after he tried to destroy the Earth, while Paragus was killed by Frieza personally."
"To think that there are beings out there that are capable of blowing up planets…" Ozpin said grimmly.
"It's scary, I know… especially when they can't control their own power…" Kazuki said, sadly, looking at his own hand.
"How can you say all of that so calmly…?" Bullet managed to ask.
"Because to be perfectly honest… I despise my own race…" Kazuki answered, shocking everyone, even the Chaldeans, "Don't get me wrong… I'm grateful I met Kakarot and Vegeta but… Saiyans will just so easily disregard their own if they're weak… and in some cases, if a middle or lower class Saiyan child was discovered to have a power level higher than an Elite, they would either be killed or exiled to a different planet… such was the case with Broly… he was born with an exceptionally high power lever, one higher than Prince Vegeta's. Outraged, King Vegeta had Broly sent to a desolate world. Had Broly been a low class Saiyan, he would have just been killed."
"And then there's Vegeta killing Nappa simply because he was beaten by a low class saiyan." Cù Chulainn added.
"I might be a full-blooded Saiyan myself, but that doesn't mean I have to like my race… Anyway, That's enough for now. Everyone should probably head back to their dorms." Kazuki suggested, "Actually… I need my team, Ruby, Yang and Makoto to stay here a bit longer… Pyrrha too…" He quickly added.
"And what will they be doing?" Hibiki asked, pointing to the Chaldeans having regained his composure.
"Well… Gudako could join Tekkadan for now and the others could be professors of some kind…" Kazuki suggested.
"Well… that depends if they have the actual qualifications for the jobs" Glynda stated.
"I've fought a large number of different types of Grimm since coming here and I know how to fight against people, as far as I'm aware, you're the Academy's only combat instructor, so Lancer and myself could take some classes." Archer suggested.
"Archer, there's no point in teaching them anything if you're just gonna kill them yourself with your training…" Kazuki deadpanned.
"I'm training them in combat against other people, not a branch of Magecraft that was supposed to be unique to me." Archer said back.
"I see… in that case I shall have to test you both myself." Glynda said.
"Atalanta and Gawain can be assistants and Musashi… yeah you're better off being a student, you might learn some self control."
"What's that supposed to mean?!" Musashi asked, sounding offended.
"I have no problems with that." Atalanta said.
"Nor do I, though I do wish we could continue to search for My King…" Gawain said.
"I've already found him." Archer said, looking at Kazuki.
"What!? And you never spoke up?!"
"Master… show me your command seals." Archer said, causing Kazuki to visibly freeze.
"What do his Command Seals have to do with anything?" Makoto asked.
"You know what those are?" Jin asked.
"They're what signifies a Master. Kazuki is the master of all of them." Ragna explained, pointing to the servants.
"Actually, Musashi is my servant." Gudako said, showing her command seals.
Weiss or Tsubaki would have said something, were it not for the fact that they were trying to block out Frieza's laughs.
"A Master is what allows a Servant or a Heroic Spirit to exist. Those seals can also… oh now I get it! You're gonna have Kazuki use the Command Seals to bring that King here." Ragna explained further.
"Not exactly.. Master if you would.." Archer said.
Kazuki sighed and, begrudgingly, removed his glove on his right hand, revealing his Command Seals, which appeared to be Blue instead of Red.
"What… Kazuki, your Command Seals are… blue… why?" Gudako asked, confused.
"Dead Count Shapeshifter Seals" Archer said, "just like Sieg's, only blue and without the dead part."
"So you mean that my King and Master… inhabit the same body…?" Gawain asked.
"Yeah, that's exactly what I'm saying. And this is also why we haven't been able to summon Arthur back at Chaldea, even with a Catalyst."
"Sorry…" Kazuki apologized.
"It's fine… just don't go around keeping secrets from those you trust, unlike a certain someone." Archer said, but looked directly at Ozpin when he spoke, who looked back at him.
"Anyway, Professor, you said you needed to test Archer and Lancer?" Kazuki asked.
"Yes, that's correct." Goodwitch said.
"Archer, Noble Phantasm, now." Kazuki ordered.
"Alright then." Archer said.
"Hold on! Can't those things level cities!?" Ragna shouted.
"I am the Bone of my Sword…" Archer said as he started his chant, the pressure from his Prana being released making everyone tense.
"This Pressure is far stronger than Kazuki's!" Kazuma said as sweat rolled down his face.
"So, as I pray… Unlimited Blade Works!" Archer finished, outstretching his hand as a blue fire spread throughout Ozpin's Office while everyone shielded their eyes. And when they opened them again.
"Woah…." Naoto said as he looked around, seeing blades of all different shapes and sizes sticking out of the ground, almost like tombstones.
"So this is… a Reality Marble…" Jin said in awe at the world around him.
"Holy shit…" Kagura said.
"This is unbelievable! To possess a power such as this…" Tsubaki started.
"It would've been enough to end the Dark War against the Black Beast in a single fight." Kazuma finished.
Ozpin was absolutely mystified by the world around him. Magic was something that was lost long ago in Remnant, and here, now, was a person from another world with a magic that could plant their inner world onto reality. On one hand, he had someone from another universe with beings that could destroy planets, and on the other hand, someone with magic that could create a world.
"Hold on, is that my sword?!" Kagura asked in surprise to see an exact replica of his Zweihander sticking out of the ground.
"It's not just yours…" Tsubaki said as she pointed to a replica of her weapons.
Looking around again, they all saw that even Yukianasa, Aramasa and even the weapons of Jubei, Hakumen and Terumi were there. Looking up at where Archer stood, alongside Kazuki, they saw a beautiful sword with a golden crossguard and blue decoration, though it was barely visible, they could see some writing but could not make out what it said. Only now, Kazuki's appearance had changed. Gone were the wolf tail and ears and blue hair, replaced by a brown Monkey Tail and Black hair that seemed to be just a little less spikey; he also appeared to be the same height as Archer unlike before where Archer would be much taller.
"This is… I'm afraid that once again I am at a loss for words…" Amane said. Looking over at his partner, he saw that even the ever-energetic Tao was completely silent.
"And Kazuki… you've… turned into a Saiyan?" Makoto asked, confused. Everyone else looked at him again and noticed.
"How… Did you do that?" Kazuma asked.
"I'm not sure honestly… It's always been something I can just do. Kinda like transformations but without the screaming. I just sorta.. Think about the form I wanna take and My body just takes it. I've tried other things too but I can only seem to get Saiyan, Mobian and Beastkin… or Faunas I guess since that's what Beastkin are called in Remnant." Kazuki explained.
"When did it first happen?" Naoto asked.
"When I first went to a different Universe… It might have been something that happened inside of the wormhole but I'm not quite sure… even the guy who gave me the ability to go across universes doesn't fully understand it, he just assumes it's part of his Kind's ability to morph being the reason, after he gifted the power to me, he might've accidentally given me that morph ability too." The Saiyan guessed.
It was then that a bright flash of light blinded everyone and they were all back in Ozpin's office and Kazuki's appearance had changed back to the one everyone was used to seeing him in.
"Well that was… quite the ability" Bang said, unsure how to properly put into words what he just experienced.
"Well… I'd say Mr. Archer-" "It's Emiya, my name is Emiya." Archer interrupted Goodwitch.
"Right, my apologies, Mr. Emiya has definitely earned his position, now as for…..?"
"Cù Chulainn, Setanta, those are my two names, take your pick." Cù Chulainn said.
"Very Well, Mr. Setanta still needs to undergo a test." Goodwitch said.
"No need, you saw Archer's strongest ability, Lancer is able to beat Archer in a one on one fight." Kazuki explained.
"Are you sure, Mr. Kazuki?" Ozpin asked.
"Creating a World of infinite blades wouldn't let me hold my own against a servant who had mastered one, but against you, my swords are ready and waiting, so I'm always one step ahead! That is what you said to Gilgamesh wasn't it? After all, all he does is fire blades from the Gate of Babylon like it's a machine gun." Kazuki said, looking at Archer.
"Yes, as much as it annoys me, that bastard can beat me in a one on one fight." Archer admitted.
"Very well then… Ms. Atalanta and Mr. Gawain will still have to go through the appropriate procedures to become teacher assistants and Ms. Miyamoto…" Goodwitch turned to the samurai.
"Please, just Musashi is fine!" The samurai said, though her face was friendly, her tone wasn't. Thankfully that was enough for Goodwitch to get the signal.
"You shall also become a teacher's assistant." Goodwitch said.
"I could also work in the cafeteria, I do make a rather good- "NO!" Both Kazuki and Gudako interrupted Gawain.
"Please, just leave the cooking to the Academy's cooks and Archer!" Kazuki pleaded.
"You always make way too much!" Gudako complained.
"And you never eat enough." Kazuki turned to the Chaldean Master.
"Eh?" Gudako turned to him.
"Seriously, you go out and risk your life yet you never eat enough! How do you expect to save people if you can't even take care of yourself properly… and don't even get me started on how late you stay up, it's one thing when I've been going on missions and I get back late, it's another thing entirely if you just don't go to sleep!" Kazuki scolded.
"GAH! You still remember all those?!"
"They're not even fazed by everythings that's just happened at all…." Everyone, bar the Chaldeans, thought in unison.
"Why do think Muramasa and I scold more often?" Archer asked.
"Hey is it just me or…?" Makoto started asking, whispering to Noel.
"Does Kazuki sort of… look like he's acting like her father? Yeah." Noel said back.
"Hm… Hey Kazuki, Makoto and… Gudako was it? Stand next to each other." Kagura said.
"Huh?" Makoto turned to Kagura.
"Um… okay?" Gudako said as she stood beside Kazuki.
"The hell are you plotting, Womanizer?" Kazuki asked Coldly.
"Yeah, what are you trying to pull Kagura?" Makoto asked.
"Just do it Makoto!" Noel said, pushing her friend beside Gudako.
"Wha-!? Noel?!"
Once beside each other, Kagura and Noel nodded. Ranga looked a little harder before also nodding.
"Yeah, I can see it." Yang said.
"Uh, see what?" Makoto asked.
"Well… Kazuki was acting almost like Gudako's father and now that the three of you are next to each other, you kinda look like a family!" Noel told them excitedly.
Kazuki, Makoto and Gudako all became extremely flustered, while even some of the Servants nodded in agreement.
"Oh my Gods you're right!" Nora shouted.
"Yes, they do indeed look like a family." Ren stated.
"Well to be fair, Kazuki was kind of known as the father in Chaldea." Archer said.
"Huh?!" most of the people there said.
"Um… in what way?" Mai asked.
"Well let's see… He adopted Jalter Lily and Nursery Rhyme, Saber Lily had called him her father by mistake once and it stuck, Gudako and her Brother, Ritsuka also did the same." Archer explained.
"Don't forget about Gareth, Abigail and Paris." Cù Chulainn said.
"Oh right, those three as well. Come to think of it… Jack's the only one who didn't see you as a parent figure, why's that?" Gudako asked.
"Even now I still don't know." Kazuki admitted.
"Actually, I believe I may have the answer…" Atalanta spoke up, getting everyone's attention, "Jack was one of the first child servants that was summoned and well… if you know my legend, then you'll know that I immediately took it upon myself to care for them… I suppose Jack saw me acting as a… mother-like figure for Kazuki and simply made a guess that since I acted like one with them as well that Kazuki would be their older brother of sorts." Atalanta explained, with a small hint of embarrassment.
"So that's why… Holy shit I feel even more touched." Kazuki said, a smile plastering his face.
"One second, I've got one more question…you said that you can't go back to any world you've been to in your first life, why?" Kagura asked.
"Well… to put it simply, I'll be erased from History and everyone's memories will have gaps, the results of my actions will remain but any mention or memory of me won't, I won't torture everyone by doing that…" Kazuki explained, shocking those who didn't already know.
"Well this has all been extremely enlightening, but I suggest that you all get ready for the coming days ahead, you are all dismissed. Except for those of you that Mr. Kazuki had asked to stay… this includes you too, Glynda." Ozpin said.
And so, the teams, plus Glynda, slowly left Ozpin's office.
"Alright so… I lied when I said I'd never been to the original Remnant." Kazuki explained.
Ozpin's face became much more serious, thinking about how much Kazuki knows, if he knows about him, if he knows about her.
"In fact… Before coming to this timeline I was in a rather…. Strange… version of Remnant…" Kazuki started.
"MORE secrets… just how many do you have Kazuki…?" Yang wondered.
"But why would you lie about that…?" Pyrrha asked.
"Because something… happened in that timeline that I'm still coming to terms with… actually a few things happened but one of them stands above them all…" Kazuki quickly glanced at Ruby but stopped just as quickly, with only Archer catching it.
"No…. don't tell me he had to… like my Alter self..!" The Counter Guardian asked himself, fearing the worst.
"Like what, exactly…?" Naoto asked.
"Well for starters… Ozpin isn't Beacon's headmaster, that role belongs to a woman called Saya. A lot of things were different… the biggest difference being that Yang and Ruby weren't even Sisters but Cousins." Kazuki explained.
"HUH?!" Yang and Ruby exclaimed in unison.
"Ruby's parents were Qrow and Summer, with Qrow being a deadbeat, While Yang's parents were Tai and Raven, with Raven being an actual mother… Qrow was a deadbeat who went back to the Branwen Tribe while Tai would look after Ruby while Summer went on Missions… I'm sorry but even in that timeline Summer still… dies.." He says solemnly, "The next is that Pyrrha lives through Beacon's fall…"
Everyone's eyes, except the Chaldean's, widen in disbelief and shock.
"Wait, what do you mean Beacon's Fall!? You mean Beacon's destroyed!?" Makoto asks in shock.
"A-and… and I… die in the original…?" Pyrrha asks, her voice wavering.
"Sadly yes… Ozpin does too… the next thing is that the person responsible is different… When I first awoke in that timeline, I immediately went to try and kill that person to prevent Beacon's fall as I have in the other timelines but…. When I felt her energy I… I felt no malicious intent from her… not even towards the guy who had her cornered… I saved her but I kept an eye on her incase I was just imagining things… but… Beacon still fell and… the one responsible for it was…" Kazuki was struggling to get the words out of his mouth, but another quick, and much more obvious, glance at Ruby said everything.
Enraged, her eyes turned red as her hair lit up aflame, "Ruby would NEVER!" Yang shouted at him in anger.
"The Ruby that you and I know! But that timeline's Ruby… she… she wasn't even in control of herself! She was brainwashed with literal and real magic! I'd have needed all 7 Chaos Emeralds in order to break the spell but… I had given you, Weiss and Blake each one so you could warp people away to safety… If only I hadn't then that Ruby would still be…" Kazuki was beginning to tear up.
"I-I'm… d-dead too…?" Ruby asked, terrified.
"Y-yeah… and the one to have killed you was…. Was…" Kazuki began to stutter…
"No… NO YOU'RE LYING!" Yang shouted at him.
"Kazuki… please tell me you didn't…" Makoto asked, slightly fearful of what Yang might do… of what she herself might do.
"Kazuki… you're this team's leader and the whole reason I'm still here but so help me…" Kazuma stared at Kazuki, both his eyes open.
"Master… you did it… didn't you?" Archer asked, as Kazuki slowly nodded.
The color on the faces of Yang, Ruby, Makoto, Pyrrha, Gudako, the Servants and Kazuma all faded, as Yang was quickly engulfed in flames and Kazuma a green aura.
"Y-Yeah… I did… I did it! I had to kill the one who I saw as a little sister!" Kazuki shouted, tears falling as his hair quickly turned gold, his eyes a cold teal and fiery golden aura erupted around him, "And I couldn't even remove the magic because I kept the chaos Emeralds that housed Nazo, Mephiles and Supplicium on me! The three of them working to make sure I couldn't save her and by the time I got the other emeralds it was too late! But I assure you this, Yang… I hunted down that bastard and I made sure he suffered!" Kazuki shouted louder as everyone was slightly being blown back from the pressure he was exerting, "Once he was dead… I took my own life with the most fitting weapon I could think of!" Now Yang and Kazuma's anger was replaced with shock while Ruby looked like she was about to cry and Makoto could only widen her eyes.
Kazuki held out his hand and traced Gàe Bolg, only this time, it's end was barbed with more spear heads on it.
"That's my Alter's-!" Cù Chulainn started in shock.
"You… you actually took your own life… and… w-with that spear too….?" Pyrrha struggled to ask.
"Yeah….. And I'll do it again if I have to…" Kazuki said, and though there were tears present on his face, he was smiling, almost maniacally.
"No."
All heads turned to Ruby, who was now in full on tears, "Kazuki… you… you did what you had to… to save everyone else… right? I know that people might think so but… I'm not some… small child who thinks I can save everyone… I know that it's impossible… but all that means is that we have to save who we can…" She said strongly, shocking everyone.
"But even so! I-! No one should have to kill someone they hold so close to them to do so! It's not right!" Kazuki argued.
"But… We never became siblings in that… timeline… did we..?"
Kazuki looked away, "N-no… but even now… after everything that's happened since the original timeline my name is still Kazuki Rose… and that means that no matter the timeline you'll always be my sister! Even… even the you I killed she…. She THANKED me! She thanked me for killing her! I had to kill you Ruby! So how… How the hell are you not angry at me!? Sad?! Not even terrified!?" Kazuki cried out.
"Because you're our brother!" Yang shouted at him, causing him to look at her in surprise, "And… and even if I want nothing more than to kill you right now… you wouldn't be acting like this… you wouldn't have taken your own life if you killing Ruby didn't mean anything! B-besides… I'm sure that other version of me already tried anyway…"
"Kazuki… I've said it before and I'll say it again… we care about you! S-some of us more than others but that's besides the point! We told you, that if something was ever bothering you, that you should come to us and talk to us about it!" This time, Makoto shouted at him, with tears of her own.
"You… you have killed… countless amounts of people.. but even then.. You're not Terumi… even if you might think yourself to be no better than him, you aren't him… he takes sickening joy in the suffering of others yet you regret every moment of it… The White Fang, who causes suffering, when brought up piss you off… you hate suffering, just like the rest of us…. So if you're ever suffering then come to us! To your team, your family, your friends!" Kazuma shouted in.
"I'll be honest… I have no idea what to make of all of this but I've gone across the Continuum Shift countless times to save my world… and not once have I met someone like you! You're insanely strong, yet you treat others with such care that you seem like you wouldn't hurt a fly… but when something pisses you off… or you see something unjust… you don't hesitate to put an end to it. So to see you suffer like this…" Naoto said.
"Master… you became a Master of Chaldea through sheer luck… and even though you were still searching the multiverse for your sister, you didn't hesitate to help save human history." Archer spoke up.
"I've said this before when you first came to me about your past… Kazuki… it will never be your fault, you are strong and someone that any servant would be lucky to be summoned by and I could not be more proud to have a Master like you." Atalanta added.
"You fight with brute strength and brutality, yet there is honor and grace in it. You fight not for yourself, and you never have. When you see someone in danger, your first instinct has always been to help them. I am proud to serve you as your knight and fight alongside you as one." Gawain said, bowing.
"You saiyans are like us Celts, warriors, if not a little more savage and overpowered, yet you show a kindness that not many of either have. You are strong, yet you don't demean the weak, if you see someone struggling, you help them up. You never have and never will be evil, Kazuki." Cù Chulainn told him.
"All those times when I jokingly called you Dad… A lot of the time I wasn't actually joking… Ritsuka and I… we really do see you as a father figure to us… ever since our parents left… we had nothing, Chaldea was supposed to just be a way for us to keep our heads above water… when… when the Demon Gods attacked I was so scared… I thought I was gonna die… it got even worse in the Singularity… but then… we found you… you were always there for us and you made sure we took care of ourselves… more so than our Parents ever did… so when you died… I was devastated.. I was even considering the same thing as Morded but I held out… so to see that you're still suffering and choosing to bottle it all up… it hurts me… I'm sure that even back at Chaldea, Mordred and Jack can feel it… so please… just like how we were able to depend on you, you can depend on us!" Gudako shouted through tears.
"I might not have actually talked with you much but… I've seen what you can do and the lengths you go to to protect others… back in the Fae Avalon, when that village was under attack, you immediately rushed in to save them, knowing that it would blow our cover, you didn't hesitate. And when someone you care about is in danger you reach levels of strength that I'm sure even Saiyans can only dream of." Musashi told him.
"You guys…" Kazuki said sadly as his hair and eyes reverted back to normal
"Oi, now that's not the Kazuki we knew, is it?" A voice called out to Kazuki from his mind. Looking around, he saw no one other than those who were already there, but then it finally clicked.
"O-Orga…?" Kazuki asked aloud, causing the others to look confused.
"Wait… as in… Tekkadan's leader, Orga?" Makoto asked.
"Yeah… Come on, where's that spirit you showed us and everyone else? That cheerful yet serious persona we all loved?" Orga asked him.
"Come on! That's no way for the Second Commando Unit Leader to act now is it?!" This time, a much more cheerful and loud voice asked him, one belonging to Norba Shino.
"You've gone through more than any of us ever has and you've continued to push forwards, Kazuki. I know you'll make it… no, you already made it before us, the place that you belong. If you're seriously still blaming yourself for our deaths then stop it already! You made it clear to us before that something was preventing you from using all of those freaky powers you have. Not one of us blame you, so stop blaming yourself for our deaths." Orga told him.
"Orga… Shino, how… how are you two…?"
"I think I might have something to do with that!" A childish voice said, this time, everyone could hear it.
"Who is that?!" Pyrrha asked, a little freaked out.
"Itsu you…" Kazuki said.
"I thought that you could use some encouragement and well… we're not really the best for it so me and the others… excluding those three obviously, decided to let you talk with your family… and we don't just mean Tekkadan, and I'm not referring to Fairy Tail either!" Itsu told him.
"Huh?"
"Kazuki… no, not that's not your Saiyan name is it? Rasaì… hah… remind me to thank Prince Vegeta for giving you a Saiyan name when we couldn't!" A male voice called out to him.
"You've made us both very proud! Both you and your sister have, We truly are grateful that you were both able to grow so strong! I'm sure that even King Vegeta would have been proud… if he wasn't such an ass!" A female voice called out.
"Wait… M-mom… Dad.?!" Kazuki's tears began to flow more.
"He's… talking to his parents…" Naoto stated…
"The Chaos Emeralds truly are amazing…" Kazuma added.
"Now you listen here to me, Rasaì! You are a proud Saiyan Warrior, one that even Bardock's brat, Kakarot, can't hold a candle to! You've gone through hell so many times, fought so many powerful enemies and yet you not once willingly went down the path that so many of other Saiyans did! Even when you were broken, you held on strong! You're no Super Saiyan God and you don't need to be! You're not stronger than Kakarot or Prince Vegeta and you don't have to be! Because even those two would crumble under everything you've gone through! I mean, hell! You can boast to the two of them that actually killed a God yourself without relying on another God! That Desos creep thought that just because he had another yous body meant he could use it just as well!? Bah! As if!" Kazuki's father told his son.
"What your father means is that no matter what you've done, or how weak you think you might be, you're far stronger than any God, Demon and Saiyan out there, be it physically, mentally or both. We love you, Rasaì and we've always been watching you from the afterlife. Never forget that." His mother told him.
"I… I don't…" Kazuki tried to talk but found himself stopped when he was embraced in a hug by Makoto, Ruby, Yang, Gudako and even Kazuma.
"You don't have to say it… we know." Makoto told him.
Kazuki simply cried loudly, however these tears were not of sadness, but ones of happiness. Happiness that even after all he's done, the ones he cares about still care for him and forgive him, even when he himself can't.
"Truly a heartwarming moment… to think that this being… no, that Kazuki has gone through so much, has done so many things and yet there are still those who love him… if only we could have been like that…" Ozpin thought to himself, taking a sup from his cup of hot chocolate.
Wiping his tears, Kazuki looked to everyone, "I swear… I won't let Beacon Fall again, I won't let anyone die… and I won't die trying! I'll Save everyone and I'll continue to live! Even if Existence tries to pull me back to the void after all of this I won't let him! And Pyrrha, I won't let you die this time…. Also… maybe you should talk to Jaune after all of this,you know, before Noel gets to him first…" As soon as the words left his mouth, Pyrrha's eyes widened. "Am I really that obvious?" She asked.
"Pretty sure that only Vomit Boy's the only one who hasn't realized it yet." Yang teased.
"Well… what should I do now?" Kazuki asked aloud to himself.
"Take the advice you gave Pyrrha maybe?"" Yang suggested, only for Kazuki to shrink back.
"I don't…. I don't think I can…" He admitted. Makoto was, of course, a little bit saddened but didn't speak up, "I mean… I couldn't just go behind Mordred like that… Sure, I do genuinely like Makoto the same way," He admitted again, causing Makoto's face to redden, "But I don't love Mordred any less… I just… can't pick between the two of you if I'm being honest."
"Well why not Polygamy?" Gudako suggested casually while everyone else in the room looked shocked. Immediately, Kazuki and Makoto's faces became redder than a chili pepper while Lancer began to laugh like a madman, Yang was holding it in while the other servants and Ozpin looked thoughtful. Ruby however, despite the speech from earlier, looked like a confused child.
"Y-YOU CAN'T JUST SUGGEST SOMETHING LIKE THAT SO CASUALLY!" both Makoto and Kazuki shouted in unison.
"Well why not? I mean, Saiko's already in a polygamic relationship." the Red-headed master mentioned.
Immediately, Kazuki's eyes and hair changed again to teal and Gold, "Who the fuck?!"
"Oh, with Salter and Jalter."
"Wha…." Kazuki went back to normal, "I'm sorry but could you repeat that? Cause you made it seem like my sister is in a relationship with two Alters, specifically with one that I wouldn't trust to watch over a cactus"
"No that all actually happened, a few months after you died, give or take." Lancer told him.
"Gimme a minute I'm sure how to process that…" Kazuki said as he looked like he just saw the universe implode right in front of him.
"Well while he's busy with that, what do you think, Makoto?" Gudako asked.
"I-I mean! I'm not against the idea if I'm being perfectly honest with you… but what about Mordred? Shouldn't she get a say in this? And Headmaster you've been awfully quiet during all of this!" Makoto shouted.
"Oh forgive me Ms. Nanaya, it's just that it's a nice change of pace to witness for Mr. Kazuki, or Mr. Rose I should now, shouldn't I?" Ozpin told them.
"Well, we still have a way to contact Chaldea so I guess we could ask her." Musashi said as she brought up a communicator.
"W-Wait! You can't just bring something like that up so casually to Mordred! Especially at this time!" Atalanta scolded.
"I'm sure it'll be fine, so long as it's Makoto here who brings it up and not Kazuki anyway." Ignoring any other protests, Musashi activates the communicator as a holographic image of Da Vinci is brought up, however, immediately everyone there is on guard as Da Vinci has an incredibly panicked look on her face.
"Oh thank God! Musashi! Is Kauki there!?" Da Vinci asked, her voice sounded panicked.
"Yeah, I'm here. What is it? What's wrong?" Kazuki asked, walking over.
"It's Saiko!"
Kazuki's eyes widened as he clenched his fists, once again transforming into his golden form as everyone there could practically feel killing intent oozing off of him, "What's wrong with Saiko?!"
"She was kidnapped! We're not sure by who but when I looked at his energy signature it… Kazuki… I don't think Desos was the only one of his race to survive… It's that similar to his." Da Vinci informed him as everyone there who knew of Desos tensed up.
"You've gotta be shitting me! That Bastard has some lackeys after Kazuki's family!?" Lancer shouted in anger.
"There's no way any of us could have prepared for this… not any way at all…" Archer said with regret.
"Did anyone at least try to fight back?" Gawain asked.
"Yeah, everyone but Saiko, she was far too afraid… when Karna, Arjuna, Gilgamesh and Enkidu tried to interfere and save her, he must've used Chaos Control to freeze them in place! He took Saiko somewhere and we're currently trying to find out where!" Da Vicni told them.
"What about Mordred?! Is she alright?!" Kazuki could barely hold back his anger but tried his best, with Super Saiyan, his Golden form, being a multiplier, it did more than just multiply his strength but his emotions too.
"Kazuki!? Is… Is that you!?" A voice from behind Da Vinci called out.
"MORDRED!"
"Kazuki! You're… You're alive… h-how?" Mordred asked, though she seemed to be badly hurt.
"No… I'm not alive… actually I'm a little bit like Archer, a type of Counter Guardian for existence itself, but I'll explain more later! Listen, Da Vinci… I need you to send Mordred here!"
"It'll take a while, that person damaged our Rayshift systems."
"Fuck… fine but fix them as fast as you can!"
"Right!" And with that, the transmission ended. Everyone looked to Kazuki with varying degrees of worry, Makoto approached him but, "GOD FUCKING DAMMIT!" He shouted as he let loose a burst of energy, blowing everyone back, "WAS MY SACRIFICE FOR NOTHING!? HOW DID THAT BASTARD HAVE ANY OF HIS RACE LEFT BEHIND!? HE KILLED THEM ALL HIMSELF!"
"Kazuki! You need to calm down!" Yang told him.
"Calm down? CALM DOWN?! I spent most of my life searching for Saiko and when I did find her I had to leave her a literal month after! And now I found out that the bastard I sacrificed myself to kill has some of his race as his underlings and went after her for revenge! How the HELL am I supposed to calm down?!" Kazuki shouted back at her.
"Because shouting and letting your ki spiral out of control won't help save her! Master, take a few deep breaths and focus." Atalanta told him.
And so, Kazuki did just that, after a few deep breaths, he calmed down, mostly, and reverted back to his base form, "Sorry it's just… frustrating… I.. I'm gonna need to go and meditate or something…"
"Mr. Rose, earlier you said you could feel out energies, there's a possibility that whoever this mystery person is, has brought your sister to Remnant, why not try searching for their energies?" Ozpin suggested.
"One problem Oz, I can't sense anyone, not even anyone in this room. And out of all of you, Archer would be the easiest since he's still a heroic spirit." Kazuki admitted.
"I see… and have you been able to sense energy at all since you arrived in Remnant?"
"No… ever since I got here, it's like there's some sort of field over the whole planet… the only exception was when Kazuma arrived." Kazuki informed them.
"Perhaps you could sense me since the energy that gave away my arrival was new and fresh to Remnant." Kazuma suggested.
"But wait, that doesn't explain why he was surprised to see them," Naoto pointed at the Chaldeans, "Surely he would've known they were coming, right?"
"Yeah… there is that… which means that something here is actively preventing me from sensing Energy signatures on purpose…" Kazuki muttered to himself.
"I see… so as it stands there is not much we can do… I suppose it would be best to wait until Chaldea contacts us all again." Ozpin suggested.
"Yeah… I guess you're right…" Kazuki said in a disappointed tone as he suddenly warped out of the office.
"And he had just been cheered up too…" Makoto said aloud.
Vale, Abandoned Warehouse
"Who… is that, might I ask?" Hazama asked. He had been out running some errands, such as keeping an eye on Penny and making sure no one came too close to the hideout when he got a call from his boss.
"She sure doesn't look like much." Azrael commented off handedly, looking at the new resident of the warehouse.
The girl they were looking at was roughly 5'10 in height and was a Wolf Faunas from the appearance of her ears and tail. She had long black hair with blue highlights that was tied into a long ponytail that went down to her waist and still had a few bangs in front of her face, but not enough to cloud her tail, of course, shared the same colors. She was fairly muscular and had a few scars on her arms, with some of them being burn marks. As it stood, she was currently unconscious with some sort of device on her head that gave off an ominous green glow. This was Sako, Kazuki's sister.
"This, my dear snake and Mad Dog, is the twin sister of Kazuki, twins in age, mind you, not appearance." Hazama's boss announced, coming out from behind her, "With Kazuki here, I felt it would be appropriate to play a few mind games with him. Azrael, I promised, the chance to fight will come, but once I feel you've done enough, I shall appear and have him fight his dear sister."
"Aw what? But that'll just take the fun out of it!" Azrael complained.
"On the contrary, the angrier he gets, the more of his power he'll unleash, and he'll likely unleash said power upon seeing me, no doubt that Chaldea has already informed him of my little kidnapping of his sister." the man explained.
"So that's what all that screaming I heard was!" Roman siad, walking into the room, "Gotta say, I'm impressed, never figured you to be someone who'd be so hands on with his work, I thought you'd be a bit more like Cindy here." He said, pointing to an annoyed Cinder, who simply kept quiet at the remark, knowing that he new boss and Hazama would quickly silence her if she tried anything.
"Yes, well, some of us here are actually good bosses who know how to treat our underlings as people, unlike a certain thief." Hazama said, throwing in a jab of his own at Cinder.
"So, when are you gonna sic her on her brother?" Azrael asked.
"At some point or another, nearing Beacon's special little dance that they oh so love to hold." Hazama's boss informed.
"Well speaking bosses, you never told us your name, Boss…" Cinder, said with some venom, finally speaking new boss simply stared at her with a blank expression before laughing, "I suppose you're right! Very Well. My name…. Is Desos." He said before walking off.
Beacon, Main Hall
When Kazuki had released his Ki earlier, practically all of Beacon could feel it, but the ones who felt it the most, other than those in the same room as him, was everyone else who had left beforehand. They hadn't left the area and had waited for everyone else to come back down.
"What do you think that sudden pressure was?" Noel asked.
"I believe it was most likely Kazuki, he seems to be the only one capable of pulling something of the sort off." Bang suggested.
"Considering the giant beams of energy I've seen him fire off before, I actually have to agree." Blake added.
"Do you think everyone else up there is ok?" Mai asked.
"Yeah, even if the bastard can seem threatening, he'd never actively hurt Ruby, Yang or Makoto." Ragna told her.
"What about Pyrrha?" Jaune asked.
"Ms. Nikkos is most likely fine, Mr. Arc, there is no need to worry…" Goodwitch said, though she herself was still uncertain.
When everyone heard the elevator coming down, they expected to see Kazuki among the others, but were surprised to see he wasn't there, but instead, Ozpin took his place.
"Where's the Hedgewolf?" Jin asked, ignoring the confused looks from team KKMT, minus Hibiki of course.
"Mr. Rose has currently gone elsewhere to meditate, after he had told us what he needed to and Ms. Rose, Xiao Long, Nanaya, his team and friends from Chaldea cheered him up, we had all been struck by some rather devastating news…" Ozpin said grimmly.
"News like what?" Kagura asked.
"Ms. Musashi had contacted Chaldea for reasons regarding Mr. Rose but when Chaldea responded, it was to bring forth nothing but news that was very troubling. As you are all aware, Mr. Rose had died giving his life to save everyone he cared about in his world, however, the man he killed had some underlings of his own." Ozpin started, looking to Archer to continue.
"When we contacted Chaldea, Da Vinci, one of the first servants summoned there, had been panicked, from the tone of her voice she had been trying to reach us for a while, when Master asked what had happened, it turns out that Desos, the God that master sacrificed himself in order to kill, had some underlings, one of them had made their way to Chaldea and attacked, defeating most of our stronger servants who weren't away on Rayshifts with ease and kidnapped Master's sister, Saiko." Archer informed them all.
All of them now had varying levels of worry and anger. For Ragna, the situation reminded him a little too much of what had happened to him, for Jin, it was much of the same, while he was adopted by the Kisaragi Family before the church that he, Ragna and their sister grew up in was burned down, he had still heard about it being destroyed, and though he'd never admit it, he was worried when he had no idea as to whether either of his siblings had survived. Noel, after having seen Frieza, was terrified of what this person might do to Kazuki's sister. Tsubaki and Bang could only think in anger that something like this could happen, knowing that Kazuki sacrificed himself to keep his family safe. Weiss was imagining how her older Sister would react if something like this had happened to herself and Blake could hardly imagine the fear Kazuki's sister must be in. Amane held a look of disgust while Bullet and Tao were both angry, neither of them might have actually gotten along with Kazuki, having not talked to the guy much, but anyone would be angry at something like this. Kagura seemed to be the most pissed out of all of them if not just as much as Ragna. Ren allowed his usual stoic expression to fade into anger, thinking how angry he'd be if it were Nora who was kidnapped, while Nora actually looked afraid instead of angry. Jaune looked just as terrified as Nora while Hibiki seemed to be the only one to actually keep his emotions in check. Goodwitch however looked livid while Mai stared at the Chaldean's in shock.
"As you can all imagine, Mr. Rose did not take this news very well, I'm sure you all felt that pressure from earlier?" Ozpin received several nods, "After Ms. Atalanta had managed to calm him down, Mr. Rose had warped, most likely one of his powers, to go somewhere else to meditate and calm his mind. As it stands we have absolutely no information as to where Mr. Rose's sister might be, so we shall be waiting on Chaldea to contact us once more."
"The most we can hope for is that the bastard is so desperate for revenge that he brought himself Saiko to Remnant, other than that…. There's jack shit we can do about the situation…" Lancer said with anger in his voice.
"For now… it would be best that you all be prepared for the days ahead, and though it is no doubt difficult, we ask that you try not to focus on the current situation too much." Ozpin said, just as several people were about to voice their objections, Goodwitch included, Gawain spoke up, "While we would like nothing more than to start a search across Remnant immediately, we are aware of the Grimm's attraction to negative emotions, if the people were to suddenly see not only professional Huntsman and Academy Professors start a search for a missing person, but also students, then people would no doubt became weary. That weariness will eventually turn into fear and soon, into panic. Allow me to put this into all your minds. None of you are ready for this. While the Ragna and Jin in this world are certainly capable of fighting my master to a standstill, I would like to point out, that the servants Lady Saiko's kidnapper took out were some of the strongest and required our Master to transform beyond the first level of Super Saiyan to defeat while our mystery kidnapper did so with ease. As it stands we do not know if this was done in his base form or some sort of transformation. So we are choosing to be cautious."
"You guys have been to whatever the hell Kazuki called that world, so you most likely fought us, right? Then shouldn't you know our strengths?" Bullet suggested.
"That is indeed true, however, we do not know if you are all on the same level as your original counterparts, weaker or stronger, either way, you shall find out tomorrow as Archer and Lancer are very hands on." Atalanta told her.
"The only ones we can vouch for are Naoto and Kazuma, Kazuma is weaker than the original Ragna, that we know for a fact, while Naoto is just as strong." Archer explained.
"Then I can vouch for Yang at least, she pushed me to use my Blood Repulsor state." Naoto told them.
"I see, well there you have it, for now it is best that you all get as much rest as you can. I have no doubt that you are all exhausted, you are all dismissed." Opzin said as he walked back into the elevator back to his office.
"Is there really nothing we can do to help?" Bang thought to himself.
"I was suspicious of him… maybe even resented him a little when he revealed himself as the killer but… now… I'm not so sure…" Blake thought to herself, doubts creeping up in the back of her mind.
"I don't give a damn what you say…. If the bastard's sister was kidnapped I'm gonna help him… I can't have him lose Saiko like I lost Saya…" Ragna thought, as he looked at Noel, "Because I don't think that he'll suddenly find someone who's the spitting image of her…"
And so, everyone went their separate ways, returning to their dorms.
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"OHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHO! What lovely Fireworks! Wouldn't you agree, Zarbon, Dodoria? To think that a Saiayan would be on this planet! What was it called again? Ah yes… Remnant." Those laughs… that voice… the sounds of a tyrant terrified her. They just kept replaying in the back of her mind like a broken record. She just couldn't ignore them at all. "Oh and I haven't forgotten about you, little one. You put up such a valiant effort but it was all for naught… poor little thing, if only that monkey hadn't been on your planet then maybe it would have survived." It mocked her, but those eyes, those red eyes and those horns. He was like a demon, "Unfortunately, despite your efforts you are of no use to me, so now that I have no more need of you…" From the tip of his finger was small purple glow, until finally it shot forth and-
Team RWBY Dorm
"NOOO!" Ruby Rose, jumped awake in a cold sweat, looking around her, she saw that she was still in her dorm room, in Beacon, in Vale, on Remnant and lastly, alive. "It was… just a nightmare… oh thank the brothers…." She said to herself, noticing that none of her team was awake and the fact that she probably wasn't going to be falling asleep again anytime soon, she got out of bed and left her dorm. Walking around the halls, she reached the cafeteria. To her surprise, she wasn't the only one there. "Noel?" She called out.
"Huh?! Oh, Ruby?" Noel, who seemed to be deep in thought, turned to the red reaper, startled, "Sorry, I guess you startled me a little… You couldn't sleep either, huh?" She asked. "Yeah… I had a bit of a nightmare…" Ruby told her sheepishly.
"Was it about… Frieza…?" Noel asked, to which she received a nod, "Yeah… me too… those laughs and what we saw him do… it's just so… scary… the fact that a monster like that can exist…" Sitting down next to her, Ruby looked at the ceiling, sighing, "Kazuki's been through so much and he still can't catch a break… I mean… he DIED for crying out loud…." She started, sounding frustrated, "And even after that… I just wish I could do more for him…"
"I get what you mean…" Noel said, getting a confused look, "I mean as in I get wanting to help someone you care about but… not having the strength or confidence to do so…" She explained,"But… I've been meaning to ask but uh… why was Headmaster Ozpin referring to Kazuki as Rose when you all came back?" Ruby stiffened but managed to look away.
"Promise not to tell anyone… especially your team?" Noel nodded but slowly, "Alright then well… here goes nothing…" And so, Ruby proceeded to explain to Noel what Kazuki had told herself, Yang, his team and everyone else who was there. Needless to say, Noel was shocked, as much of an understatement as that was. "Then… when he was talking to Mordred, he said he was like Archer, a Counter Guardian…"
"What does that mean though?" Noel asked.
"It means that…. When Kazuki's done what he needs to here… he'll…" Ruby began to tear up, "It means he'll disappear! I don't… I don't want to lose him… I know why he never told us but… I catch on to these things pretty quickly and… I just can't bear the thought of losing him… He's my older brother Noel! And… And I don't want to lose any more family…" Ruby vented to Noel, tears streaming down her face. To Ruby's surprise, Noel had brought Ruby in for a hug and slowly patted her head.
"I know how you feel.. I know it's kinda obvious as to why now but… when I first met Ragna… I'm not sure why but he… kind of gave off the feeling that I could look up to him… almost as a big brother.. And I know that Ragna wants revenge against this… Terumi person that he mistook Kazuma for… but the thought that he might die because of that… it hurts and I don't want to lose him…." She admitted.
Unknown to both of them however, was that Ragna had been watching them the whole time. He had woken up around the same time that Noel did, at first he thought nothing of it and tried to go back to sleep but instead, he got and followed her to the cafeteria. "Maybe Noel's Saya's reincarnation or something…" He chuckled to himself at that, "Hah… as if.. Still never would have thought she saw me that way…"
"While I certainly don't mind, I do believe it would be best for you all to return to your dorms and get some rest for tomorrow." Catching everyone by surprise was the voice of Ozpin, "I have a feeling that Mr. Emiya and Mr. Setanta will put you all through quite the test in tomorrow's combat class.
"O-oh! Right.. Sorry, Professor Ozpin… Ruby and I just… couldn't sleep is all…" Noel explained, getting out of her seat.
"That's quite alright Ms. Vermilion, I overheard the reasons why, needless to say I'm sure Mr. Rose would be more than happy to put you both at ease regarding Frieza when he returns." The Headmaster told them.
"Well, I guess I'll see you in the morning, Ruby." Noel said as she was walking out.
"Yeah… and thanks for listening to me, Noel." Ruby said through a smile as she too left.
"Well, aren't you also going to return to bed, Ragna?" Ozpin asked, turning to face him.
"I think I'll stay up a bit longer, just to wrap my head around a few things before I forget. Won't exactly have a chance tomorrow now will I?" Ragna told the Headmaster.
Ozpin chuckled lightly, "I suppose not, though perhaps you would care to join an old man over a cup of tea, late at night?" He offered.
"Sure, why not, though I'm not much of a fan of tea." Ragna said with a smirk.
"That's quite alright, neither am I myself, I much prefer hot chocolate."
And so the two sat down in the middle of the cafeteria, both with fresh cups of hot chocolate, much to the courtesy of the Headmaster himself. "If you don't mind answering, what do you make of Mr. Rose, Ragna?" Ozpin asked.
"Honestly? I'm not sure… the first time I met he was holding back both me and Jin at once. Then, during the initiation he just took charge of everyone, he had a certain charm that just sort of.. compelled us all to just follow him, musta picked that up from that Iskandar he talked so highly about." Ragna said with a small chuckle escaping his lips, "He's strong, really damn strong, not that you'd get that from a first glance though. But he also has a bad habit of hiding things from people, things that can actually end up hurting them. Sure it's annoying when you find out every second hour that he has another secret he's been keeping from everyone but at the same time I get why."
"And why would that be?" Ozpin asked, curiously as he took a sip from his cup.
"Well, he just doesn't wanna get people involved in things that could get them hurt, I guess. I also kind of understand, hell, one of the reasons I didn't want to come here was in case I got too attached to someone and they got hurt because of that." Ragna admitted.
"I see… and is there anyone, Ms. Vermilion perhaps?"
"Yeah… she's so much like Saya… in more than just her appearance but her personality as well… it's… unnerving a little but at the same time… nice.." He took a sip from his own cup before continuing, "And I guess that little runt Ruby too, she's so enthusiastic about being a huntress and her passion for weapons. Not to mention that she made hers all by herself, it's a little crazy honestly. I guess she also has some sort of natural charisma to her. Probably explains why the Ice-Queen isn't always glaring at her." Ragna laughed a little.
"Yes, Ruby Rose is one of a kind. She's a lot like her mother actually." Ozpin remarked.
"You knew her mom?"
"Yes, I was her Headmaster too in fact, I think you'll find that Ms. Rose is the spitting image of her mother, although I suppose Summer's hair was a tad longer." Ozpin chuckled but it was somewhat sad.
"Well, I'm not gonna pry, not exactly my business to poke my nose into her family." Ragna said, finishing his hot chocolate, "Thanks for the hot chocolate by the way, really good stuff."
"I'll be sure that Valkenhyn would be pleased to hear that." Ozpin said with a smug smirk.
"Oh you're kidding, the Rabbit's butler made this!? I'm never gonna hear the end of that…" Ragna groaned while Ozpin simply laughed at his expense.
"Yes, you and Madam Rachel never seem to get along from what he has told me, you seem to get on the poor man's nerves a lot too."
"Hey, he was one of the Six Heroes, if he can take on the Black Beast he can handle a few insults being thrown at the damn bloodsucker."
"Well this has been a delightful conversation, Mr. Ragna, now I suggest that we both go and get some rest, lest Glynda will be on both our cases." Ozpin said as he bid farewell.
"Yeah, Gods know I do not wanna deal with that." Ragna said as he got up and headed for his dorm.
AN: Damn it's been a while hasn't it… been about what… Holy shit it's been seven months… well fuck… Right well I'll just get this outta the way. I know it seems like I'm just pulling shit outta my ass for Kazuki but the truth is, he's always had this backstory ever since I came up with the fucker about… 6-ish years ago I think? Same with Desos, the biggest changes are their names, something I am still very shit at coming up with. I mean… Kazuki used to use my real name and Desos was just Possessed Kazuki. Shit names I know but now I've managed to give them actual names, sure, Kazuki actually being a Saiyan might seem like a giant asspull but I've seen people to even bigger ones with their OCs so he's staying a Saiyan. Sure it might be wired that BlazBlue Characters would be on par with an OC who's gone through DBZ and DBS (not all at once mind you, don't worry I have explanations for that.) and then as I'm sure you've all seen the name mentioned in Saiko's Bio on my profile, Rojas. Yeah his name used to be Red Shadow but that's boring and unoriginal. This chapter took me the longest to do however. I had to re-write several times, as I wasn't happy with how it kept turning out but now however, now I , I have two full weeks off of work so hopefully I can get more chapters out. I've also started on my DBZ/Fairy Tail Crossover, A Fusion's Rebirth and the BlazBlue AU for Kazuki, BlazBlue: Chaos Shift. For Chaos Shift I'm currently deciding on how I want the story to go, as for A Fusion's Rebirth, I'm trying to perfectly mix the stoic and serious DBZ Gogeta with the more calm and toned down Vegito-like DBS Broly Gogeta, serious when he has to be, but will drag the hell out of a friendly match. Overall though he's starting to seem more like an OC more than anything. I mean DBZ Gogeta doesn't really have an actual personality other than being serious so I'm doing what I can. Anyway, peace out.
