Sorry for my bad English.
I admit, I took some from the part 4 of Jojo's Bizarre Adveture while writing this chapter but of course, I will let out most of it.
A different note, the next volume is coming and I already had an complain.
I really not liked the new look of the characters. I think that Yang's outfit just not matches her style. Weiss are seeing like she is trying to be more like Winter, which is not a bad thing since it seems she looks up to her but Weiss already had her own style and so far was good enough. Ruby didn't not changed too much but I just can't accept Blake with her hair SHORT!
Deep breath.
Also, every time I see Jaune's new look, Ryan just pops in my mind asking "Who did this to your head?" Ren and Nora are alright, I guess.
But this may be the last of my problems depending on how the volume will go.
To the chapter we go!
No one mess with her little sister, no one.
Resembling a comet flying in the space, Yang ignored the advice from the team CNVL leader and went to deal with the soon to be dead meat who kidnapped her.
It was easy to find the electric pylon with her big sister senses tingling, but the senses proved to be flawed when she only found birds in the pylon she found. Groaning, she run after the next pylon, sure that her big sister senses would not fail.
Or would it?
Jaune wondered how he can get himself and his partner in trouble after trouble so easily.
Ruby, his first friend was kidnapped by a guy who demanded to have a word with the headmaster of Beacon. It seemed something easy to deal but Yang ignored his demand and Chocolat's advice and went after the guy by herself.
With that in mind, he hoped that she would not find the guy since he did not specified with one pylon he wanted Ozpin to meet him.
This brings him with his partner, teams RWBY and CNVL to the road outside of the town, various paths leading to different electric pylons.
-Great. –Weiss began. –Which way we should go?
-Chocolat, you can't use your future vision to see which path is the correct? –Ren asked.
-For me, it is not work like that Ren. –Chocolat began. –I have a limit of how long I can see. The random visions from the future I have I can't control, not yet. Those happen randomly.
-So we can only go in any path and hope that the one we choose is the correct one? –Nora asked.
-Unfortunately. –Blake answered. -We don't know if Yang actually went in the right pylon, and she did not left any clue for us to follow her.
-Great. –Weiss began. –Only know she decides to act carefully, only to make us not be able to follow her AND help her.
-If we split? –Chocolat asked. –We are a big group. We probably would be able to cover more ground like that.
-Are you sure about that? –Ren asked. –That guy was able to take Ruby down with little effort.
-We don't have much choice. –She answered. –If Yang reaches him first, she may put Ruby in danger.
-Seems good to me. –Nora said grabbing Ren over her and running to a random direction. –Let's go Ren! To rescue!
-Nora, you are going on the wrong way. –Ren stated.
-Oops. –Nora said and went in the direction of one of the pylons.
With that in mind they parted ways, Chocolat in one way, Pyrrha in other, Ren and Nora to another, Weiss and Blake in different directions, and the duo, they all going after the sisters, hoping to not be too late.
Ren and Nora were not the lucky ones.
The pylon they reach was void of any life, except maybe the insects. This did not stopped Nora from look around the pylon after the kidnapper.
-Come out from whatever you are! –She shouts. –Afraid of the queen of the castle!
-Nora, they are not here. –Ren called her. –The place is empty. This is not the right pylon.
-Whaaat?! –Nora screamed. –So we run here for nothing?!
-Let's look in another pylon, okay?
-Empty. –Blake said.
The pylon they found had nothing except for grown grass, insects and garbage, which Weiss found disgusting.
-So we wasted our time. –Weiss stated.
-At least Yang may not have found them either.
-Who knows the type of danger he can put Ruby in for not being careful enough.
-Are you worried?
-It is so surprising? –Weiss asked and left, not waiting for Blake to answer.
The black haired girl just smiled and followed her teammate.
For Pyrrha's surprise, she was the one who found the pylon where Ruby was being hold hostage, shaking uncontrollably while hanging on the pylon, with her kidnapper waiting in front of her, sitting cross legged almost on the top of the pylon.
Wanting to end the situation as fast as possible, she drew her riffle and aimed to the kidnapper, who was with his eyes closed, ignoring whatever Ruby was shouting.
Pyrrha then pulled the trigger.
Chocolat only found a broken pylon.
It seems that this one was broken make a while recently, which means that the one who broke it is close, meaning one thing.
-Yang must have passed here. –Chocolat said and immediately went after the blonde.
Seeing the state of the pylon, Yang must have not found her sister, so Chocolat decides to go after her and stop her before she took any drastic actions. Different from before, it seems that not being able to find her sister made Yang's nerves nearly explode, and she took her anger in anything she could find.
Which was the meadow ahead.
-I wonder what will happen when I tell her she is going away from the pylons.
-We are not the lucky ones. –Jaune stated.
-I fail to see how this would be lucky. –Ryan said.
-Why let those things like that without using it?
-The company responsible for them decides to change the power lines for underground cables. The pylons are pretty much abandoned at this point.
Jaune heard his partner's explanation while watching the electric pylon, like Ryan said, abandoned. Before he could ponder any further, his scroll received a call.
-It is from Pyrrha. –Jaune said when he took his scroll.
-You have her number? –Ryan asked.
-Yeah. She and Ruby gave me their numbers after our night in the infirmary. The others also gave me their numbers as well, even Weiss.
-Really? –Ryan asked.
-Alright, I asked Ruby. –Jaune admitted. -Leave me alone.
-It is hard when you are acting like a stalker.
Ryan expected a hostile response, but Jaune seemed confused with Pyrrha's call to notice what Ryan said. Ryan looks to his partner' scroll to see that there was showing nothing but a meadow.
-Uuhhh, Pyrrha? –Jaune called but received no response. –Pyrrha, you are there? –Again no response. –Why she called me only to show grass?
-Perhaps she dropped her scroll?
-While calling me? I'm not liking this.
-We can go and see if she is okay. I recognize the view from where we were.
-So let's go.
It took surprisingly little time to find the view from where Pyrrha made the call. As soon they found the view, the duo looks around to find any clues of the redhead. But they only saw tall grass, a path, and an electric pylon not far from where they were.
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-Oh. –They both exclaimed.
With that pylon not far from where Pyrrha made the call, the duo knew right away that Pyrrha probably found the kidnapper. And as they approached, Jaune wondered if she was alright. If not, it really is a good idea for them to approach like that?
Pyrrha was a champiom from a tournament in Mistral, and if something happened to her then what chances he and Ryan have? Ryan may be strong but Pyrrha is Pyrrha Nikos, the twice champion of the Mistral Regional Tournament.
Of course, he still did not know too much about Ryan's life in Vacuo, but he knew how Pyrrha…
His line of thoughts was interrupted when Jaune heard the sound of something cracking. Looking down on his partner's feet, Jaune notices the remains of a scroll. And not just a simple scroll.
-Pyrrha's scroll? –Jaune asked kneeling to get a closer look.
-And nothing of Pyrrha. –Ryan said. –I hope she doesn't get mad at me because of this.
-Think about this later. What her scroll is doing here in the middle of almost nowhere?
-The only thing in my mind is that she actually found the guy who took Ruby.
-Do you think she was defeated? –Jaune asked, worried.
-I don't know. I mean, we need to find her first to find out.
As if something was hearing their conversation, the duo heard the sound of Ruby screaming. Looking in the direction of the pylon, they saw the figure of the red themed reaper, tied in midair in the middle of the pylon while shaking like a ragdoll.
-Just you wait until I get my scythe back! –She shouts. –I will turn you into pastry!
-Yes, she seems fine. –Ryan commented.
Focusing more, they notice the kidnapper in front of her, sitting with his legs crossed and eyes closed, ignoring Ruby's complains.
-But where is Pyrrha? –Jaune asked while looking up and down the pylon. –We need to get a closer look.
-Or we can just call Ozpin and tell him where find us.
-That actually is a better idea. –Jaune said and then took his scroll from his pocket, unfortunately for him… -And we don't have signal.
-The academy?
-No, in the scroll.
-Oh. Let me check mine. –Ryan then looks on his pocket, only to find nothing. –I forgot my scroll in the academy.
-How did you forget your scroll?
-Hey! We were in a hurry, and who are you to ask?
-Hey! I just forgot once.
-Twice.
-The second time was not my fault!
-Even if you are not direct related, you was the one who-AAAHH! –Ryan shouts pointing to the pylon.
Jaune barely had time to take notice of the big fire shuriken coming to them, exploding upon impact.
-Jaune! Ryan! –Ruby shouts.
-I don't think they could be even louder. –The ninja said looking below.
-How… how could you?
-I don't know? Maybe because Ozpin… -His eyes widened in the middle of his sentence and he turned back to where the duo was.
Confused with why he stopped in mid sentence, Ruby look to where the ninja's focus was.
Down inside the smoke screen, Jaune was hiding behind his shield with Ryan lying on his side. Jaune moved in the last second and blocked the explosion with his shield, and Ryan helped him handle the force of the explosion.
Just like Ryan teach him, raise the shield for the incoming attacks.
-This is bad. –Jaune said.
-I know. –Ryan spoke after. –The way he tied Pyrrha is worth of a fetish. This is just wrong.
-No, what I mean is-wait a second, what?! –Jaune nearly shouts as he notices the redhead also tied on the pylon but more closer to the ground. –When did this guy have time to do this?
-We need should call for help Jaune.
-We may not make in time. –Jaune spoke. –What if he do something to Ruby? He already did to Pyrrha.
-But he actually didn't.
-What do you mean?
-Pyrrha came here before us and looks at Ruby. –Ryan pointed. –She's fine.
Jaune thought for a moment before give an answer.
-And what if Yang appears?
Ryan did not have a good answer for that. Knowing the blonde already, her presence would force the boy to take the action he threatened to make once Yang's explosive attitude makes an appearance.
But why he did nothing against Ruby yet?
He said that if was not Ozpin the one to appear, Ruby would pay the price, but there she was even after Pyrrha be the one to reach him first. Ryan was about to ask to Jaune his thoughts when he notices that his partner disappeared.
Looking ahead, he notices Jaune crawling using the smoke screen to cover his body and approach the pylon without being see, or so he thought.
The moment Jaune come closer to the pylon, red kunais fell around him making a circle. Jaune was confused for a moment and without a warning, Ryan grabbed him by his belt and threw him above and jump after him.
Jaune just had little time to see the kunais exploding a second later after he was throw to the air. Once the shock of almost being exploded was over, Jaune frantically shake his arms to grab the pylon, Ryan by his side.
-How did you…
-I feel those things. –Ryan said as he notices a red symbol marked on the pylon. –Oh Mollusks! –Ryan shouts and then grabbed Jaune with his legs.
Ryan then threw himself, with Jaune in his legs' grip, before another explosion could get them. Ryan held himself even higher in the pylon, thinking that he managed to escape, this until even more of those symbols appear, this time on the metal where he was holding himself and on the metal above him.
Those exploded as well, and the boy thought this time he caught them. Ruby look to below worried with the duo after seemly that the explosion caught them. She did not worried for so long seeing that she would worry about herself and Pyrrha. With his scarf, the guy pulled the bound and unconscious redhead to the height she was, and letting the warrior hang there with the small reaper.
-I remember to mention that I wanted to meet with Ozpin. -The boy as he turned around to look at Ruby. -So why the Greek theme warrior, and Dump and Dumper appeared?
-To kick your ass of course! –Ruby shouts.
-I think I don't need to remember what will happen to you if the headmaster not appears soon. –To emphasize his threat he drew his katana from the sheath. –Now, what did I want? Oh yes, the headmaster.
-Why do you want to meet with him? –Ruby asked.
-To make justice for those who can't have it.
-Justice. –Ruby whispered before the blade came closer to her neck. She swallowed almost making the tip touch her neck.
-Seems that I need to show that I'm not joking around. –The guy said.
Suddenly, Jaune screamed and come down shoving his blade on the ninja's back. Unfortunately, his body exploded in another smoke screen.
-Cough! Cough! What? –Jaune asked and was answered by a sweep kick and nearly falling down from the pylon, but was able to grab the metal he was standing just in time.
He did not know if his aura could save him from a fall of this height, but he did not wanted to discover at the moment. The ninja appeared in front of him, eyeing him down clearly annoyed. He raised a foot, clearly wanting to stomp Jaune's arms, but the sound of gunfire followed by metal clashing stopped him.
Acting by instinct, the ninja drew his katana just in time to block the incoming projectile. He heard other gunfire followed by more metal clashing sounds, and blocked another bullet. More came and more the ninja blocked while looking from where those shots were coming from.
That is when he notices Ryan holding his silver revolver and shooting against him, and Jaune take advantage of his distraction to grab one of his ankles, but the scarf hit his face before he almost lost the grip on the metal.
The boy pressed a button in his katana and the color of the blade changed from white to blue. Swinging down the blade, a blue arc flew down in Ryan direction. He saw it coming and jumped away and saw the arc freezing the spot where he was standing just now.
He focused back at the ninja just in time to see red shurikens coming to his direction. Ryan quickly pulled his black revolver and shot each shuriken, making it explode.
His vision from the kidnapper was blocked until the smoke was cleared and the guy was nowhere to be seen.
-Jaune, where did he go?! –Ryan shouts.
-What do you mean?! –Jaune asked not knowing how come Ryan was not seeing the ninja guy, until Jaune look back at him and his eyes widened seeing no one. –What?! He was just right there! How come he moved without me seeing?!
-I wouldn't be a ninja if I could not do that. –Spoke his voice from behind and Jaune was kicked on his back.
He fell down in the center of the pylon and his fall was stopped by Ryan who grabbed him by his belt.
-Throw me! –Jaune shouts.
Ryan nodded and threw the knight back to above in the pylon. He landed in his feet and nearly lost his balance but was able to maintain himself in the metal along the ninja. Roaring, Jaune raised his sword and brought down the blade only to his weapon pass through the ninja's body. Surprised by what happened, Jaune barely had time to notice his legs being kicked and knocking him down on the metal.
Once again he nearly fell.
They were in an electric pylon, and Jaune was not used to fight in a place with little ground for him to stand. That guy on the other side seemed so used to walk in the tin metal that seemed he was just walking on the very floor below the pylon.
Speaking of below the pylon, Ryan gave more shots with his gun and the guy decides to not only block but dodge the shots. The number of times the sounds of metal clashing were decreasing, meaning that Ryan was climbing the pylon as well, which is not something good.
-Ryan! Don't come any closer! –Jaune shouts while dangling in the metal. –He has advantage up here!
-That's right. –The boy said. –Stay down over there and you might have a chance to save your friend from splattering on the ground.
-Guys! –Ruby called them. –You can't fight him straight on! He's… -Then she was silenced by her mouth being frozen, courtesy of her kidnapper.
-Pipsqueak, let the adults talk. –His statement made Ruby growl and shake violently. The ninja focused on Jaune who was holding himself with one hand. His eyes widened in panic seeing the guy knee and look to Jaune's hand. -Oh, look! Piggies!
-You wouldn't dare…
-This little piggy went to market… -The ninja pried the finger loose and Jaune's eyes widened even more, if possible.
-Yes! He dare. HE DARE!
-This little piggy stayed home…
-RYAN! HELP!
-This little piggy had… -The ninja explode in another smoke screen the moment Ryan grabbed his ankle.
-I'm growing really tired of this. –Ryan spoke.
-You and me both. –Ryan heard to voice of the ninja before he felt the sole of his feet hit him straight on his face.
But like Cardin trying to push him, Ryan did not moved an inch from his spot, but the ninja was a quick thinker, and used his scroll to a second strike. Ryan lost some of his balance after the strike but was able to counter attack, only to his fist pass through the ninja's body.
-An illusion?
-More like a mirage. –The ninja spoke before wrap his scarf around Ryan's ankle and send an electrical chain on his body.
Imagine his surprise seeing Ryan absorbing the electricity. But again, he is a quick thinker and seeing that electricity was not working, he changed to ice, trapping Ryan on the spot. Ryan of course, used his strength to break free from the ice and kick the ninja, but his body broke like a stone sculpture before turn in literal dust.
Meanwhile, Jaune was able to pull himself back to the pylon and stand in time to see red shurikens collide with the back of his partner, but thanks to his semblance. The explosions were enough to rises another smoke screen, surrounding the duo with smoke.
-I can't see. –Ruby thought.
-W-what? –And it seems that the noises were enough to wake Pyrrha. –Ruby! What's going on? Why are we tied like this?
-Eeny… -Spoke the ninja. –… meeny, miny MOE!
-Gah! –Then they heard Jaune groan.
It was when Pyrrha remembers what happened, she found the ninja, engaged in battle, and lost. And now, it seems that Jaune was engaged in battle with him as well… and Ryan too, or at least she hopes, she can't see a thing with the smoke.
She could only hear, as the sound of lightning right now. She was not worried because didn't hear Jaune whimper or groan, meaning that whatever was that lightning, probably hit Ryan. The duo meanwhile was having difficulty in move around with the smoke around them.
Jaune swung his sword back and forth in hopes to hit the ninja before his next attack, only to have something grab his wrist. Fortunately for him, it was Ryan.
-Jaune. –Ryan began. –We are dealing with a Dust Mage.
End of the chapter.
Ahhh, huntsmen who can manipulate dust. How many times we ever saw one of them. Me? At least ten times. The first time I thought about the ninja first on my OC based fiction I took a lot from Naruto, then I removed a lot of things to not be a complete copy. I took some examples too from the games Shinobi and Ninja Gaiden.
That's all folks, see you next time.