《Reincarnated As A Saiyan In RWBY》 Chapter -1 - Power Level To Tier List Steet level: 5-50 ? 9-C: Street level PL: 5-50 Characters who stand at the threshold of human strength and capabilities, represented by Olympic level athletes or rigorously trained martial artists, as well as larger animals. It is important to note that, despite being named "Street-level", this tier has nothing to do with actually affecting an entire street, with the name being more of a reference to street fighters as portrayed in martial arts movies and the like. Wall level: 50-100 ? 9-B: Wall level PL: 50-100 Building Level: 100 - 500 ? 8-C: Building level PL: 100-300 Characters who can destroy medium-sized buildings and constructions, such as large factories or large complexes such as supermarkets. ? High 8-C: Large Building level PL: 300-500 Characters who can destroy large buildings such as skyscrapers. City Block Level: 550 - 1,000 ? 8-B: City Block level PL: 550-850 ? 8-A: Multi-City Block level PL: 850-1000 Characters who can destroy multiple urban city blocks or equivalent areas of space. Town Level: 1,500 - 2,000 ? Low 7-C: Small Town level PL:1500-1700 Characters who can destroy a small town or settlement, or those who can easily harm characters with small-town level durability. ? 7-C: Town level PL: 1700-1800 Characters who can destroy a town, or those who can easily harm characters with town level durability. ? High 7-C: Large Town level PL: 1800-2000 City Level: 5,000 - 7,500 ? Low 7-B: Small City level PL: 5000-5146 Characters who can destroy a small city or those who can easily harm characters with small city level durability. ? 7-B: City-level PL: 5146-5292 Characters/Weapons who can destroy a city or those who can easily harm characters with city level durability. ? 7-A: Mountain level PL: 5292-5438 Characters/Weapons who can destroy a mountain, or those who can easily harm characters with mountain level durability. ? High 7-A: Large Mountain level PL: 5438-5584 ? 6-C: Island level PL: 5584-6542 Characters/Weapons who can destroy an island or those who can easily harm characters with island level durability. ? High 6-C: Large Island level PL: 6542-7500 Characters who can destroy a large island or those who can easily harm characters with large island level durability. Country Level: 7,500 - 10,000 Low 6-B: Small Country level PL:7500-8333 Characters who can destroy a small country, or those who can easily harm characters with small country level durability. 6-B: Country-level PL: 8333-9166 High 6-B: Large Country level PL: 9166-10,000 Characters who can destroy a large country, or those who can easily harm characters with large country-level durability. Continent Level: 10,000 - 500,000 ? 6-A: Continent level PL: 10,000-500,000 Characters who can destroy a continent or those who can easily harm characters with continent level durability. Multi-Continent Level: 510,000 - 1,000,000 ? High 6-A: Multi-Continent level PL: 510,000-1,000,000 Chapter 2 - 2 - Sun Wukong? Shallot: "Ugh ... Now I need to figure out how to open the hatch to the door. I don''t want to damage my pod." Shallot looked around the pod finding a small compartment on the side with a bag that seems to contain dry rations. He checked the bag to find only enough to last him a couple of days. Not a lot but enough to survive for now. Besides the bag was a remote that could fit in his small hands even though it was a little big for him. He checked his clothes and noticed that he only had some old Saiyan armor which resembled the armor Cabba wore in Dragon Ball Super. Shallot looked down below him and noticed the blue bu??on at the top corner of the remote next to a red bu??on. Shallot pressed the blue bu??on and the front of the pod door opened and he grabbed his bag and remote and left the pod. Shallot: "I should make sure to hide my pod. I don''t want anything to break it and if there is intelligent life here I don''t want them breaking it trying to figure out how it works." Before Shallot did anything else he checked his surrounding to make sure he is safe. He went to check the pod one more time to make sure that he has everything that could be useful. Upon scrounging around for another five minutes he was able to find a small book that seemed to be the instruction manual for operating the pod and repair in case something is wrong with it. He looked into the book and could read it amazingly enough. It wasn''t a foreign language it was in Japanese. Shallot: "They speak in common in dragon ball but it was always translated as Japanese ...huh." Shallot could hear some rustling in bushes near him and immediately became alert and got into a fighting stance. He kept his left foot forward, right foot behind while putting his bag back into the pod and having his hands in a boxing pose. Shallot prepared himself for whatever may try to attack him but the only thing that happened was that when the bushes rustled something darted out of them causing Shallot to get ready to attack. What appeared in front of him was nothing but a small white rabbit. *Exhale* "I''m so glad that it wasn''t anything too dangerous, but is this a rabbit. Did I somehow end up on earth of Universe 7 or Universe 6? I need to hurry up and search around and find a town or something that way I could find a way to live hear. Both versions of Earth are inhabited but Universe 6 Earth was destroyed. Since I got the memories of being sent off-planet it seems the time is before planet Vegeta explodes." Shallot grabbed his bag with everything in it and attacked it to the side of his waist to his best buckle. He started walking towards the bushes to grab some things to hide and camouflage his pod so he can come back for it later. While taking a few steps he feels something rub against his back and turns around quickly and sees nothing. He tries turning his head some more and see something flash past his eyes. He looks behind himself and notices his tail hanging there. *Inhale* *Exhale* Shallot: "I kind of forgot I had a tail. I''m going to have to get used to this. I''m going to have to feel how to move my tail and then train it since I don''t want any grabbing it and putting me at a disadvantage." Shallot was feeling high amounts of stress from the situation he was in but was also slightly excited because he gets to be a Saiyan and hopefully he could even go and find more interesting things to do. He went and collected some branches and dragged them towards the ship to try to bury it in foliage. After spending 15 minutes making sure that no one could tell what was there. He even smeared some mud on it just in case some animals might find it by the smell. Shallot: "Alright now that that''s done, I''m going to go and find civilization. I need to find it and observe that it isn''t hostile. Don''t want to walk into a place full of cannibals after all. I can''t tell what direction is what so I''ll just walk in the opposite direction that the sea breeze is coming from." Shallot started walking deeper into the forest making sure he doesn''t snag his bag on any branches since the last thing he needs is to lose the little he has. While walking Shallot starts thinking about things from the show that could be useful for him to survive. Shallot: "Ki sense and ki manipulation would be the first to things to work on so that I can determine how strong something is compared to me. The ki manipulation would help me create ki blast and ki techniques and abilities so I can survive easier. Hopefully, I''m not in a part of the world where a dinosaur is. Shallot continued walking while trying to feel his surroundings and also the energy that should be in himself. While walking he could feel what should be ki in him but there is something else inside of him that he isn''t sure what it is. All while he was walking he was also learning how to use his tail and was capable of using it just like any other limb now. He kept walking while continuing to try to sense his surrounding around him but it doesn''t seem to be doing anything. He kept walking while concentrating when he heard some movement a little away from him. Shallot crept forward to make sure that he''s careful since he didn''t want to die so early. He moved and crouched inside some bushes and looked through to see what was causing the noise since it didn''t sound natural. What Shallot saw surprised him because what he saw was what he ?ssumed was a Saiyan child but something in him told him it wasn''t a Saiyan. Shallot walked out of the bushes and called out to the kid. Shallot: "Hey." Shallot didn''t want to talk much until he could specifically know what language was being used in this area. Hopefully, it was one of the three languages he knew. If it was anything other then English, Japanese, or Spanish he would have to learn whatever language they spoke. ???: "Huh ..." The kid turned around noticed Shallot standing there. The kid had dirty yellow hair and dirty yellowtail. ???: "I haven''t seen around here before. Who are you? Shallot: "Well I''m Shallot and I was lost I was on a ship when it crashed and I got stuck here." Shallot was ecstatic the people here seemed to speak English and he wouldn''t have to try to understand a new language. That would have taken up a lot of time that he needed currently right now since he needed to immediately train for whatever threat this place will have. Shallot: "I was wondering if there is a town near hear so I could find a place to stay." ???: "You don''t seem any older than me though. You look only around 3 or 4 years old. Anyway, my name is Sun Wukong and the town near hear. I was just about to head back there." Shallot heard him and the first thing he thought of was the journey to the west. Shallot: ''Is this that Sun Wukong ... wait he said we''re close to town, but is it normal for kids to travel in a dense forest like this? Sun started walking and Shallot immediately followed him but he saw something that worried him. It blended into the forest but he could see it''s head that had a white mask covering its face. Shallot: ''Crap I think that''s a hollow from Bleach.'' Shallot got panicked since he wasn''t completely sure what world he was in. He has seen a rabbit from Earth, a "beastkin", or something similar since he could tell he wasn''t a Saiyan, and now what appeared to be a Hollow. Shallot: "Sun, run it''s a Hollow! ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Current Battle Power: 40 Tier 9-B ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Chapter 3 - 3 - Grimm Shallot: "SUN, IT''S A HOLLOW, RUN!!!" Sun: "What?" Sun turned around to see the white mask behind him and knew that this was a Grimm that his parents told him about. He knew that they were drawn to negative energy but they shouldn''t be so close to the city since the guards do regular sweeps around to make sure there haven''t been any Grimms that had been born recently. Sun immediately ran with all his might towards the city to get the guards. Sun: "Hurry and follow me we''re only 2 minutes away from the city." Sun yelled behind him looking in front of himself towards what could be seen as a huge wall in front with some people moving in and out of the city in the distance. Sun ran with all his might and started screaming at the top of his lungs while feeling scared. The Grimm wasn''t slow and had only taken a couple of seconds to catch up to them. The Grimm was getting ready to attack and Shallot knew that with their small bodies it wouldn''t do much to keep running with someone stopping it. Shallot slowed down and turned around facing the Grimm. Shallot: "Sun ... hurry and run to the city I''ll stop it." Shallot yelled out while preparing to see how strong his body was now that he was a saying. He had experience fighting, but that was only towards other people. He never fought any type of beast before and never thought he would need that type of experience. Shallot got into his fighting stance to make himself sturdy and wait for it to attack. He didn''t know how to deal with this but he could feel that was getting excited from having to fight something that was possibly strong. He was thinking this was due to his Saiyan bloodline, but he was still thinking clearly instead of charging blindly in. He needed to strategize. Before he could come up with a plan the Grimm had attacked. The Grimm had pounced towards him swiped it right clawed hand at him. Shallot crossed his arms in front of him to try to protect his vitals. When the claw came into contact with him he felt that the hit wasn''t particularly that heavy. The hit was strong but it didn''t feel that he would die front only a couple of swings. Shallot distanced himself so that he could make out the "Hollow" attacking him. When he got some space between himself and got a good look he realized that this wasn''t a "Hollow" at all. He remembered seeing this creature somewhere but he couldn''t remember where exactly. He couldn''t search through his memories right now in this situation. Shallot watched the "Hollow" trying to find out anything he can about it. He could tell it had a similar appearance to a werewolf except most of the body was completely black with white bone-like structure covering its claws, elbows, some small spikes on the front part of its legs above its knees, and a row of bone-like spikes coming out of it''s back going down its spine. The last bone-like structure was the white mask which made him believe it was a "Hollow" but now it just seemed like an imitation instead. The mask covered its entire face while having two protruding fangs at the front. The "Hollow" had four eyes with an orange outline around the eye holes and in between the eyes above the top two was something that appeared to be a yin-yang symbol with the white half missing. The Grimm rushed towards him again but this time he was prepared. The Grimm attacked and swiped with it''s left claw this time and before it could connect Shallot ducked underneath and aimed for its ?h?st where there was no bone plating. Shallot threw a corkscrew punch putting his entire weight behind it hoping it does enough damage. The Grimm slid back after taking the attack and just charged again at him. Shallot weived in and out of the attacks relying on his footwork from his martial arts and attack when he could to try to wear it down. He kept this up for two minutes hoping Sun had made it back to get help. Shallot could feel his body screaming even though he hasn''t done that much honestly. This was really his first day moving this body since it wasn''t his original body which isn''t used to the movements he is making. He would end up stumbling sometimes because he wasn''t used to having shorter legs completely. Moving and walking was fine, even running was only slightly more strenuous but going straight into combat without testing the limits of his body wasn''t good. Shallot had made sure to wrap his tail around his waist so that he didn''t have to worry about it getting grabbed or worse torn off. He maneuvered around the Grimm striking with his strength but feels that he should be able to attack even better. He knows that Saiyans are naturally stronger then most and even low-class Saiyans have the capability to grow stronger immensely as long as they get into a lot of fights and survive to receive a zenkai boost. Shallot continued fighting with the Grimm for another 3 minutes and started hearing footsteps approach him but he couldn''t lose focus. Within these 3 minutes, he was only getting more exhausted and had received a wound on his ?h?st from the slash during one of their clashes but also managed to infuse ki into his fist heavily injuring the Grimm. They both were only fighting to take down the other with everything they had. The Grimm would constantly growl and howl while attacking him becoming more aggressive which only caused more openings to happen to lead to easier chances to attack it. Shallot threw one last punch with his remaining energy at its head trying to smash its head in. Shallot''s attack connected sent the Grimm flying back into a tree while he collapsed backward. The Grimm, however, wasn''t finished by the attack and managed to stagger back to its feet. It saw its target finally exhausted and shambled towards Shallot but before it could get 10 feet to him a war cry was heard from behind Shallot and a massive figure jumped over him throwing a spear piercing the ?h?st of the Grimm nailing it to a tree. The Grimm struggled for a bit until the light in its eyes dimmed before turned into black dust. ???: "I need someone to carry the kid back and get him treated. I have already taken care of the Grimm. Send some members to check the area to make sure that there are no more BeoWolves around since they usually travel in packs. This one could have been a scout that was just separated from its group." ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Tier 9-B ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Chapter 4 - 4 - Menagerie Shallot was laying on the ground feeling that that was the most strenuous thing he had down in his entire life. Shallot: ''The Grimm was too durable for my liking but from my memories, I got from this body is that my power level should be at 40. That''s pretty low for a Saiyan but beggars can''t be choosers. The big guy above me just called the Grimm a Beowolf which should have been the weakest of the Grimm of the show. If that''s the weakest I need to get stronger. I remember a series of creatures called Grimm specifically a Beowolf. I think in the show made by Monty Oum ... rest his soul. I had only watched the first two seasons and haven''t watched it in some years so the details are a little fuzzy. I had always enjoyed watching the guys from rooster teeth and their podcast and there red vs blue show.'' Shallot tried to turn his body or at most sit up so he could see who helped him. If it wasn''t for his armor he had on those attacks from the Grimm could have been a lot worse. His armor was durable and didn''t have the claw reach his body completely but it did leave heavy scratch marks on his armor in the shape of the claw. Shallot: "Thank you for helping me deal with that Grimm. I didn''t expect it to be so durable. Can I know who you are sir?" A tall, muscular man with black hair, a thick beard and yellow eyes. For his top, he wears an open dark-violet coat with white fur trim, exposing his hairy ?h?st. Over his beige pants is a matching sash that wraps around his waist and is secured with a large, silver metal buckle. On the shoulder of his coat is a silver metal spaulder, which through a pair of curved strips across the ?h?st attaches as a clasp on the opposite front panel of the coat. The white toes of his black leather boots have a shape reminiscent of paws with claws at the tips. His physique is in general quite hairy, as what little can be seen of his b?r? arms and the backs of his wrists are shown to be covered in thick, black fur. He also possesses protractible panther claws at his fingertips. ???: My name is Ghira Belladonna and I''m the leader of the white fang. We are going to take you back to Menagerie so we can patch you up there." Ghira turned around and told one of the other members to carry Shallot back to the city. After being carried for 8 minutes. Shallot and everyone made it to the city. The sound of seagulls and the water waves could be heard. Ship horns in the distance blaring letting people know that the had either just arrived or setting off. The seawater smell drifted across the town. The bustle of people that showed liveliness. Ghira looked at Shallot with a confused look before telling him. Ghira: "Who is Sun Wukong? Was he someone that was with you? We came this way when one of the guards had said that they could see someone fighting a Grimm fighting in the distance from atop the wall. They said that it seemed like you were talking to someone in front of you but no one was there." Shallot was surprised by this but wasn''t completely sure if what he saw was real. Shallot: ''It could have just been the Grimm causing mind tricks or maybe I was seeing something I wanted to so I could adjust in a place I''ve never been here and I''m sure I''m no longer in the Dragon Ball universe.'' Shallot nodded his head at Ghira and absorbed as much information as he could about the place before Ghira turned to him with a questioning look before asking. Ghira: "How can a child so small like you deal with Grimm without being killed. Grimm aren''t weak or fragile. Even grown men and women would be killed if they aren''t trained properly and have combat experience. As Ghira mentioned this the others that were walking beside him and the one carrying Shallot stopped to look at him for an answer not completely sure if they should bring the child further into the town. Shallot was thinking of a way so he doesn''t seem threatening since right now he was utterly exhausted and if they could help him recover he knows that he would at least get a zenkai. He needs to get stronger as quickly as he can but knows that even Goku who was a combat genius reached a power level of 260 when he was only 12. Shallot: "I come from a clan of warriors who send out their children to become stronger after they become three years old. In my clan, if you are too weak you will be seen as nothing more than a burden. My older brother who is only 2 years older than me would have easily handled the situation back there without a scratch. My clan only values strength, and if you aren''t capable enough, you will be seen as a failure. I had learned to talk at one year old, run at two years old, and fight at three years old. The airship I was on crashed and I ended up in that forest." Ghira and the rest listened to him but Ghira could tell that some things were off when he mentioned about there clan, but let it be. The child had told him pretty much everything he wanted to know but was interested in the boys'' "clan". Ghira had originally jumped in to save the boy himself because he seemed defenseless and was reminded of his daughter who was only 4 years old about to turn 5 in a week. Ghira: "So kid, what are you going to do here?" Ghira asked him while continuing walking forward causing the others to keep walking. Shallot: "I just want to find a place that can teach me how to catch some food so I can survive for know. Once I get older I''ll go and look for a job so I can supply for myself." Shallot told Ghira since he figured he was in the world of Remnant and how he needed to be strong to survive since he knows that this world is crawling with Grimm. He wasn''t sure about what type of threats could be here. He was sure that if he could even become as strong as Goku was in the beginning in the Saiyan saga nothing should be able to go against him. He wouldn''t stop training even after then though since he wasn''t exactly sure what this world was capable of. Ghira: "Well kid if you need to stay somewhere you can stay in a guest room where I live since I''m the leader here of this group. As there captain, I can''t go force them to take care of someone else when I can do it." Ghira: "So kid what''s your name you never told me." Ghira questioned him since he heard about everything else from him but still wasn''t told his name even when he introduced himself. Shallot: "My name is Shallot, Mr. Belladona. If it''s not a lot of trouble but where do you live." Shallot asked since he didn''t know much about him. The farthest he gets in the show is the end of season 2 but he did here that Beacon fell during the third season. Shallot: ''Hold on, Ghira Belladonna? Isn''t Blakes last name Belladonna. Maybe they are family. Ghira pointed down the street towards the largest building there that had some space from the rest of the buildings. Shallot tried to head and could b?r?ly see the building but could tell that Mr. Belladonna must be someone very important since he lives in such a big house. _ _ _ _ _ _ Ghira had carried Shallot back to his house while asking him some more things while Shallot tried to word things as the best as he can so he doesn''t stand out much. Ghira: "So ... what do you think of the Faunus here?" Ghira asked Shallot after running out of things to question him about where he came from and what''s it like even though he wasn''t expecting much from a kid that didn''t appear any older than his daughter. Shallot would just speak about a small number of things but not much since he should be a small child who shouldn''t know much so he would play that role to his advantage. Ghira made it to his front door before opening it before yelling out. Ghira: "KALI I''M BACK AND WE HAVE A GUEST! Oh right ... kid welcome to Menagerie. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Current Battle Power: 36 Tier 9-B ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Chapter 5 - 5 - Blake Belladonna Ghira carried Shallot inside his house and footsteps from inside could be heard. They were light footsteps showing that the person wasn''t incredibly large as Ghira. From around the corner a cat Faunus came out who had a has short hair and three gold piercings on her cat ears - two on her right, and one on her left. She wears a black hakama and sandals with white tabi socks. Over her outfit, she wears a black shrug with a long right sleeve and a short left sleeve, gold-leaf trim adorning the opening on the front. She wears long, black arm warmers that extend to the middle finger. The left warmer has a purple band tied around the top and a pair of gold bangles around the wrist. Around her waist is a black and gold sash that trails behind her, with a gold flower-shaped buckle at the end. Kali: "Dear your back ... is that child ok? Kali asked after seeing the bruised and damaged Shallot. Ghira just exhaled before retailing what happened and about the Grimm in the forest and about his men telling him about this boy that was fighting the Grimm. He also told her about what he was told about the boys'' clan and that he was thrown out because he was weak to them even though he is just a child. Kali went to grab the first aid kit and began to patch up Shallot and brought out a floor mat so that he could rest on it. Shallot was exhausted from this day and immediately fell asleep on the mat while trying to recover as fast as he can. _ _ _ _ _ _ 2 Hours later Shallot could feel someone shaking him and groggily opened his eyes feeling that most of his bruising had gone down and could feel that he was slightly stronger but not by much. He could tell it was nowhere near the zenkai that the Saiyans got while fighting Vegeta or Frieza but this was a start so he was ok with this. He had only got into one fight after all and nothing was a heavy injury just exhaustion and bruising. Shallot opened his eyes fully and turn to see a small girl beside him with blake hair that looked like a small Kali but on blake pants and a light red sleeveless shirt. ???: "Who are? Shallot looked at the small girl seeing the resemblance of what he could only imagine being the daughter that Ghira was talking about since she looked just like Kali. Shallot: "I''m Shallot. Who are you? ???: I''m Blake. Why are you wrapped in bandages so much? Were you attacked by Grimm or humans? Shallot looked at her Shallot: ''why would she think I was attacked by humans. I was in the middle of the forest and I doubt a regular human could do much to me currently. Ghira said that even grown men and women unless trained can''t compete against a Grimm without a weapon. Maybe I should get some information about this place. Even in my old world, although there were only humans they still were at each other throats and I doubt they''ll be any different here. If it can hold a weapon then it''s dangerous. If that wasn''t true I wouldn''t have died. Anyway besides me ranting about bad luck this has been a long first day I just want to sleep. I guess I''ll humor little Blake for a while before going back to sleep. Shallot: "So ... do you want to be friends Blake? Blake seemed to be happy that she could make a friend already. She had only a couple of people she talked to and only had a handful of friends. Blake: "Yeah ... let''s be friends. She quietly answered him. They talked for a couple more hours until Blake got tired and decided to fall asleep right next to Shallot. Shallot: ''She is trusting or maybe I should call this ignorance since she''s only 4. Mr. Belladonna said that she will be 5 next week. That means that she is a year and some months older than me. The one good thing about getting the memories of this body is that I could recall everything from both of my lives for some reason now. I wonder if I have perfect recall now. If I do have perfect recall I''m going to have to abuse this as much as I can.'' Shallot then could feel the exhaustion overtake his body that he had been holding off for this entire day and feel into a deep sleep. _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 Week later Shallot: ''Today is Blake''s birthday. She''ll be turning five and so far during this week, I have been getting used to my body so I don''t misjudge my distance while walking or doing anything. That only took the first two days while I was here and spent the rest practicing my martial arts.'' He knew that his martial arts aren''t ingrained into him anymore and need to repeat that process now. Making sure that his martial arts are muscle memory will make it so that he will be able to defend himself without wasting too many movements. He only started trying to find the limits of his body recently since he isn''t completely sure what a young Saiyan is capable of, but he knows that he doesn''t want to start weight training yet because he doesn''t want to stunt his growth. He''s not sure if Saiyans can stunt there growth that way since he knows they''re biologically different from humans. Shallot had woke up this day and started doing 100 pushups and 100 situps as a light workout to wake his body up. He had kept his tail wrap around his waist under his armor when he first gets there and kept it under his shirt when he was given a change of clothes. He found that have a tail wasn''t something he would just wave around if he wasn''t in Menagerie. He needed to make sure that there were no full moons here since he didn''t want to turn into a great ape and wipe out this place since they were nice enough to look after him. During this week Blake had wanted him to go out in the night time to watch some fireflies and see the stars and only after asking her if it was a full moon out and she told him it wasn''t he would go out with her. They were only allowed to go to the back of the house and couldn''t be out after 11 o clock at night. After the first to nights of being asked why he keeps asking about a full moon he just tells her that where he comes from if you are outdoors during a full moon a monster which could destroy entire towns. A voice yelled towards the front room where he was laying from the kitchen. He would have stayed in the guest room but Mr. Belladonna came down in the morning one week ago when had had first got here and saw his daughter laying on top of his ?h?st and became angry and asking why was he sleeping with his daughter. Eventually after trying to explain everything he said that he would continue to sleep on the floor. Kali had come from their room hearing Ghira and seeing Blake laying on top of Shallot''s ?h?st and just gave him a thumbs-up before having Ghira come back with her and telling him that it was fine since they are kids. Shallot: ''After that time I just stayed in the front room until he would calm down. I don''t see how someone could get so angry at a kid anyway. Well, I''ll guess I understand when I have my own kids in the future.'' Shallot got up and grabbed his bedsheet while folding it up placing it to the side. After fixing his sleeping area he headed into the kitchen to eat his breakfast and sitting next to Blake. Shallot: "Happy Birthday Blake." Blake turned to him and smiled Blake: "Thank you for remembering even though you''ve only been here for a week." After that, they continued to eat and talk about white fang. Blake had started talking about the white fang to him and telling him about how they are fighting for faunas'' rights to be treated equally. Shallot would tell her that as long as there was a reason for people to see something as different they will never accept it. The best to live is by having the strength to choose your path. Shallot: "Even if you gain strength you should only use that strength to protect those close to you and try to change things for the better because if you use that strength for only harming others then your no better than the people that the white fang is fighting for. There is a saying "That with Great Power Comes Great Responsibility." Shallot: ''I always wanted to use that line in a conversation and try to inspire someone with that quote. I really did like reading the marvel comics growing up in my spare time.'' Ghira and Kali who was sitting on the side eating the side heard their conversation and was thinking that Shallot was pretty intelligent for his age. Ghira: "Shallot, you said with great power comes with great responsibilities. That is very true if you are the leader of a group or place or even hold physical power then you would have the ability to save a life or take a life." Ghira was starting to think about what this kid could probably achieve in the future with his intelligence but also about his strength. Shallot was only 3 years old but he was capable of holding off a Grimm which would be able to kill a regular person easily. Ghira was told that he was sent away because he was weak. Ghira: ''If Shallot is considered weak by his clan because his brother was far stronger. If he is this strong at a young age how strong are the ?du?ts where he comes from and where are they now.'' Ghira was thinking about this all week and about how some things didn''t line up from the explanations. What he was told sounded like the truth but with a slight twist in them. Ghira had decided that it would probably be better to keep Shallot close by to watch over him and try to get him to think of this place as his home. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Tier 9-B ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Chapter 6 - 6 - Ruby ~~13 Years Later~~ Walking down a street heading towards a store was a very muscular man standing at 5''7". He has long spiky black hair reaching down to his th??hs with a single shorter bang hanging over his face. He has red-irises and visible pupils with a fuzzy brown belt wrapped around his waist. His outfit is shown to be a red sleeveless shirt with black baggy pants and red boots with a brown backpack, a folded black scythe with a slight red hue across its edge on his back underneath his backpack, and a pair of black headphones on his head listening to rock music. Shallot: "Man so this is the kingdom of Vale. This is where my shenanigans begin. It will take a year for the fall of Vale to happen if what I remember from some people that were trying to spoil the story for me. Hopefully, there''s something that can challenge me here but I won''t get my hopes up." Shallot had arrived in Vale during the evening and had got here just before 6:30 pm and was heading to check out the dust shop. Over the years he had been training and should be capable of leveling a mountain at least currently without looking at a moon. Shallot walked down the street until he found a dust store. He walked in seeing an elderly man behind the counter. He walked over to one of the shelves and was interested in one of the magazines related to the combination of dust and started reading them. He was trying to find something that could be useful for modifying the eclipse scythe he recreated from the Ninja Gaiden game that he loved to play. He had practiced all the moves he could remember from the game and started only using his scythe to fight Grimm to give himself a challenge. The only thing the scythe was missing was the ability to absorb the blood of his enemies but he wasn''t expecting to find dust that was capable of doing that although liquid manipulation for the scythe would be pretty useful. What he wanted was to find information about how to infuse dust into the weapon to change between different elements without compromising the structure. Shallot spent 30 minutes searching through different pamphlets but wasn''t worried about time and just continued listening to his music while searching. Shallot: ''I wonder how did they get the soundtrack of the show playing on scrolls. I don''t even remember there being a place for bands and musicians to play at. I''ve seen some musicians every now and then but haven''t come across a recording studio yet. Weird.'' While Shallot was trying to find the information that he could make some interesting combos with his scythe if dust is added when someone taps him on his shoulder. Shallot turned around to see another guy there in a black suit the same height as him making a gesture to take his headphones off. Shallot started taking his headphones off while looking around the store to see what''s going on to see another guy doing the same thing to a girl tapping her and gesturing to take off her headphones. Shallot: ''So the place is being robbed... ah ... I wasn''t paying attention to my surroundings since regular bullets can''t even pierce my skin. I shouldn''t get negligent like this too often. I should deal with this situation so I can finish reading.'' Shallot&???: Are you robbing me? Crook 1 & 2: Yes ???: "Ohh" Shallot: "Well that is unfortunate." As soon as Shallot said that the crook by the girl was hit by her and sent flying across the store. Shallot: ''Ok that was hot ... damn Saiyan blood. I''ve been isolated fighting Grimm for too long. Haven''t been to a city in 3 years. Shallot looked at the guy in front of him than just backhanded him sending him flying into the wall embedding him into it. Shallot started walking towards the others that were in the store getting ready to take them down when seeing a certain top hat-wearing ginger. Shallot: ''Well I''ll be. It''s Roman Torchwick. Haven''t seen him since I tried hitting on Neo. Umm, she has some fine legs.'' As Shallot started walking towards Roman, Roman was staring at his mean and the girl before telling them. Torchwick: "Ok ... get her. Torchwick then turned to see who else was causing his dust operation to go south but when he turned his head he saw the last face he wanted to see and his face started turning red and started breathing heavily. Torchwick started heading out of the building and calling on his phone to pull the plane and while making his call one of his men flew through the window and a flurry of rose petals went by him. He walked out of the store while his other men all ran out after to go deal with the more "flashy" and less troublesome problem. Shallot was watching everything go down while walking over to the shop owner. Shallot: "You don''t mind me beating those guys up do you?" The elderly man shook his head. Shallot: Can you watch this for me, kind sir?" Shallot asked the man while placing his backpack down and then disappearing from his spot appearing in between two of Roman men elbowing them on the top of there head sending them crashing to the ground. Shallot: "You know I don''t like being interrupted while I''m reading ... (In a sarcastic voice) Oh ...my ...god ... Roman is that you. We need to stop meeting this way. How is your mother doing? Is she doing fine? Hope you had her try that herbal remedy I gave you last time. (serious tone) because you''re going to need physical therapy after I get done with you today. Shallot walked towards Roman while Roman pulled up his cane and pointed it towards the girl and shot it immediately. Shallot: ''Well at least he learned it wouldn''t work on me.'' Shallot then took off at full speed and appeared by the girl holding her in a princess carry and jumping out of the way. After doing this he looked down at the person he was holding and noticed she had silver eyes, her outfit consists of a long-sleeve, light gray shirt with black belted cuffs near the ends of the sleeves. Over the top of the gray shirt is a black pinafore with two vertical lines of red stitching that resemble the lacing on a corset. She wears a red skirt with a large black print of her emblem on the side and matching black tulle underneath. Shallot: ''Isn''t this one of the main characters of the show ... uh ... Ruby ... It''s been too many years but I can''t just go calling her name out.'' Shallot: "What beautiful eyes you have and your quite cute. So princess, your magical knight here will go and defeat the bad guys here what type of show do you want. ???: Uh ... thanks? My name isn''t princess it''s Ruby and I can take care of these guys. Ruby got down from his arms with a slight blush on her face and pulled her scythe out. Roman was already running and heading for the ladder on the side of a building heading to the roof. Shallot: ''Now I could stop him ... but if I let things play out I might be able to jog my memories of the show. What to do, what to do. I''ll let things play out if anything bad happens I''m at least hypersonic while still being lazy.'' Shallot walked back inside the store to grab his bag. After grabbing it he headed back out to see Ruby chasing Roman up to the roof and a plane rising from the other side and rushed over to the roof to see if that''s who he thinks it is. Shallot rushed over and could see Roman heading towards the side with the plane. Shallot: ''It seems that Roman is getting better with his plans since I keep beating him up whenever I get bored. Catch and release is the way of a great fisher.'' Shallot squatted and jumped leaving cracks in the ground clearing the entire building and landing on the ledge almost having it collapse before balancing himself. Roman had thrown a dust crystal and was about to shot it when someone else jumped in front of the shot and Shallot jumped in front of them. Shallot grabbed his scythe from his back swinging it coating it with ki sending a ki blade slicing threw Roman''s cane shot causing it to explode and clipping the wing of the plane. Roman went towards the ???kpit of the plane and someone else came out. Shallot: ''Ok I remember now. Oh, this isn''t good. I don''t know how magic holds up ki since I could never bait Raven into fighting me. Seriously, she is way to paranoid.'' A fair-skinned woman with ashen-black hair that covers her left eye, bright amber eyes, and can be described as very young. She wears lipstick and violet eyeshadow. She wears a dark-red, off-the-shoulders, v-neck mini dress with yellow designs. There is a blue feather-like accessory on her right hip, at the top of an open portion of her dress. The dress ends in an upside-down triangular tail in the back, ending just above the knees. The person that had jumped in front of Ruby held up her wand creating a glyph causing a storm to form overhead and raining ice shards down on the plane. Roman tried to maneuver the best as he could as the woman standing at the hatch of the door lifted her arms and they started glowing and started to hail down fireballs at them. Shallot: ''Oh catfight. I wanna watch this.'' Shallot stepped to the side out of the way and watched as the blond-haired woman behind him was creating another glyph to defend against the fireballs. The fireballs were canceled and the one in the plane creating a ring of fire around the blond-haired before setting it off. The blonde-haired woman jumped back to avoid the attack. Shallot: "Ok I''m bored again." Shallot then raised his hand and created a small ki blast that would just be enough power to be a nuisance then blasted it towards the ashen-black haired female in the ship. She tried to block it with one hand and could feel the power behind it and felt the sting on her hand. Shallot jumped back while grabbing Ruby by princess carrying her out of the range of the blast. The blast created some dust that blew onto everyone there while Shallot put Ruby back down while dusting himself off. Ruby blushed again after being carried twice in one day but then towards the blond-haired woman in front of her. Shallot looked at Ruby to see the blush before thinking. Shallot: ''Everything is going according to plan. You have to subtly get into there heads then make them fall for you over time. It took me some years with Blake to pretty much brainwash her into believing a harem was fine since the world population was low which at this point I''m not exactly lying. After Ruby, comes her sister Yang then snow white. I will then have enough wives to b?r? some pretty strong children if I do say so myself.'' Ruby: "You''re a huntress ... can I have your autograph?" ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Tier 8-B Tier 5-C Oozaru ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Chapter 7 - 7 - Ozpin Inside of what appeared to be an interrogation room ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ (female)???: "I hope you realize that both of your actions will not be taken lightly. You put yourself and others into great danger. Ruby: "They started it." Shallot: "Anyone has cookies. I''m hungry." The female looked at Shallot then got back to what she was saying. (female)???: If it was up to me you would be sent home with a pat on the back ... and a slap on the wrist. She then took her crop and slapped it onto the table making Ruby jump back. Shallot: ''She seems like the dominatrix kind.'' (female)???: But there''s someone here who would like to see you both. A middle-aged man with tousled silver hair and thin brown eyes walks in. He has a light complexion and sharp facial features. Interestingly, he has black eyebrows, suggesting that he may have had black hair when he was younger. (male) ???: Ruby Rose ... you have silver eyes. Shallot: "Yes she does and they look quite adorable. Ruby just looks awkwardly from that question. The silver-haired man shows a video of Ruby taking the guy through the window and Shallot knocking out two armed men with one attack. Ruby looked at the screen surprised at what the guy next to her had down that looked so effortlessly. Ruby: Signal academy The silver-haired man looked towards Shallot. (male) ???: And you? Shallot: "Well it''s a long story ... I fought Grimm and people ... well not that long of a story I guess. If your wondering who taught me. I''m self-taught except for one weapon, the chain scythe but I can''t tell you her name. Grammy doesn''t like people bothering her after all. The silver-haired man looked amazed for a second then turned back to Ruby (male) ???: "They taught you to use one of the most dangerous weapons ever designed." Ruby: "Well, one teacher in particular. (male) ???: "I see." The silver-haired man placed the plate on the table but noticed that half of the cookies were already gone. Munching could be heard from the side of Ruby and they all turned to look at him seeing cookie crumbs all over his mouth. Shallot: (stuffed mouth) "Wh ...at?" Ruby looked at Shallot then just looked down at the plate before grabbing one and eating it before shoveling the rest in her mouth. (male) ???: "It''s just that I''ve only seen one other scythe wielder that skilled before ... a dusty old Qrow." Shallot: "I''ve seen better." The silver-haired man raised an eyebrow at that. Ruby was mumbling with cookies in her mouth. Ruby: "That''s my Uncle." Ruby: "Sorry. That''s my uncle Qrow. He''s a teacher at Signal. I was complete garbage before he took me under his wing and now I''m all like" Ruby started making Kung fu moves and swinging her arms around and Shallot started scooting away from here so he doesn''t get hit even though it wouldn''t hurt him. (male) ???: So I''ve noticed and what does an adorable girl like you doing to at a school designed to train warriors. When Shallot heard about the school training warriors he started getting excited thinking about if anyone there can give him a challenge. He soon calmed down and noticed that it seems they forgot about him so he decided to take a nap until he can get some real food so he can eat himself into a food coma. Shallot continued nodding off while hearing them talk until he couldn''t hear anything anymore. He was pretty sure that he was only napping for about five minutes when he was being shaken and he opened his eyes to see that he was still in the same room but it seemed that the conversation had been finished. (male) ???: "Do you know who I am?" Shallot: "The Wizard of Oz I presume." Ruby chuckled next to Shallot at the pun that Shallot had made and started thinking of her sister. (male) ???: "I am Professor Ozpin. The head of beacon academy and I wanted to know what your name is sir." Shallot: "Sir? I just turned 16 last week." Ozpin: "Well you have quiet the developed body for someone only 16." Shallot: "I come from a clan of warriors." Ozpin directed his hand towards the woman on his side and introduced her. Ozpin: "This is Glynda Goodwich and is a teacher at Beacon academy but is more of a representative." Shallot: "I''m Shallot no last name. I didn''t want to be susceptible to the death note. Nice to meet you. Shallot turned towards Ruby before asking. Shallot: "Hey wanna be friends." He stretched out his hand for a handshake and Ruby shook his hand. Ruby: "Sure" Ozpin: Shallot would you like to attend beacon academy and what is a death note? Shallot thought about it since he came here originally so that he could get into the school but he doesn''t have any records about him. Over the years he has done more mercenary work and not student type of work. Shallot: "Sure, hopefully, there''s someone strong there since Grimm doesn''t give me a challenge anymore and a death note is ... just take it as a joke. Ozpin was surprised that he had decided that he join so that he could fight someone strong and not doing it to protect people and just put the thought about the death note away inside of his head later. Ozpin: "At Beacon Academy, we train people to become hunters and huntresses so that they could save the lives of others. If you attend you will have to do the same thing." Shallot didn''t have a problem with saving people since he has the strength and wouldn''t ignore someone that was in need. He has been going around the last 13 years telling people that "With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility" he shouldn''t be a hypocrite." Shallot: "I can do that. After all "With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility" and those that abuse their power will eventually be consumed by it."''Plus I''m pretty sure I''ve created a terror-stricken society over in anima from looking at the moon while traveling. I''m so glad I learned to control my Oozaru form before becoming training physically. Ozpin liked these words then gave an understanding nod while seeming to think about something. He did have one more question for Shallot though. Ozpin: "I have seen in the video that you had a scythe and was told by Ms. Goodwitch that you seemed comfortable with it. Who taught you to use your scythe." Shallot: ''Although I still do have my version of the dragon blade which was bathed in the blood of the white fang, cannibals, and bandits to make it ... Ahh ... good times. It''s a shame I had to leave it in anime since it draws Grimm towards it but at least I know no one can wield it but me since even some of my blood in inside it.'' Shallot: "I''m pretty sure that you''ve never heard of him but his name is Ryu Hayabusa. He taught me how to wield and use multiple weapons but the Scythe was the best one for tearing through a horde of enemies. I''ve been fighting life and death battles for the past 4 years to grow stronger against Grimm." Ozpin was amazed but also knew of other children who would fight just to survive but was also interested in this Ryu Hayabusa. You can show up with Ruby tomorrow to go to Beacon Academy and I hope you find it as exciting as you may think it to be. Ozpin and Glynda then led both of them out of the room and sent them on their way for the night. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Tier 8-B Tier 7-C Oozaru ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Chapter 8 - 8 - Weiss Schnee After he had made it back to his hotel room he had pulled out a booklet that had the memories of everything that would be useful for this world that he had written down just in case he had forgotten somethings when he got older. He had gone over all the information in the booklet to jog his memories and then wrote some ideas down for the compact weapon that could switch between and Scythe and chain scythe. His training scythe was starting to hit its limit. After writing down everything he could think of he pulled out a green sleeping mask and went to sleep. The next morning he had woke up rolled out of the bed. He still had his green sleeping mask on halfway over his eyes as he took a shower and got ready to ride the ship to head to Beacon. After gathering his things for the night he left and arrived at the ship in only 15 minutes and still had thirty minutes before it took off. He had a duffle bag with him slung over his shoulder with his Eclipse scythe on his back. After getting to the ship he was feeling drowsy and walked further in and eventually leaned his back against the wall by a trash can after entering the ship and nodding off. Shallot could hear some talking around him as some people were looking at him and the scythe on his back. Everyone else had their weapons in a compacted form due to their weapons being personally made. They usually didn''t see anyone carrying a weapon that wasn''t transformable. What also surprised them was that there was a slight indent on the ship floor underneath him. Shallot just ignored everyone but kept his ki aura around him just in cause since he didn''t want to pull a Goku. He nodded back off to sleep while pulling his face mask down completely. After about five minutes of napping, he could hear someone puking in the garbage can next to him and could smell the vomit. Shallot: "Oh great vomit boy is here." The one vomiting into the trash can heard that and felt upset that he''s been called vomit boy in the last 5 minutes by more than one person. Shallot lifted his sleeping mask slightly and walked away from the trash can since the ship had just landed and walked with the rest of the students to exit the ship. Shallot walked out seeing a familiar girl with red and black hair talking to a girl with yellow hair. The yellow-haired girl walked away with what appeared to be her friends leaving her standing there. Shallot: "Oh ... there''s Ruby and it seems that she met up with her sister Yang." Shallot started walking over towards Ruby while Ruby seemed that she wasn''t paying attention and fell backward into a cart carrying some suitcases that were knocked over. Behind the cart is a white-haired female that came towards Ruby. White-haired female: "What are you doing." Ruby: "Sorry." White-haired female: "Sorry? Do you have any idea the damage you could have caused? This is dust mined and purified by the Schnee Query. What are you brain dead? Dust, fire, water, lightning, energy. Are you even listening to me? Is any of this sinking in? What do you have to say for yourself? Ruby got some in her nose and sneezed causing the dust to a light charring the white-haired female. After the small explosion, the dust vile flew through the air landing next to a black-haired girl. Shallot was snickering and walked right next to Ruby looking at the comical scene in front of him while trying not to laugh out loud. White-haired female: Unbelievable! The white-haired girl seemed to be infuriated. Shallot turned to look at her before making his entrance into the conversation. Shallot: "What''s really unbelievable is that someone would carry around a large amount of dust in such an unprotected way. The way you have been transporting dust goes against the safety guidelines of dust transportation in public areas. All dust that could be considered volatile when next to other dust should be kept in a secure container and locked down in a weighted carry cause which is capable of reducing possible damage due to collisions. The way you''ve been transporting dust goes against those very guidelines which means that you could be sued for negligence and endangering the lives of other people for not properly securing the dust to reduce any possible risk within human error." Shallot looked towards Ruby and nudging her with his elbow. "So Ruby do you want to sue this princess here." The black-haired female walked forward entering the conversation. Black-haired female: "It''s heiress, actually, Weiss Schnee, heiress to the Schnee Dust Company. One of the largest producers of energy propellant in the world. Weiss: Finally some recognition. Black-haired female: The same company for its controversial work practices, labor forces, and questionable business partners. Shallot: "On top of that the Schnee''s are one of the reasons that the Faunus race has been sent and packed onto an island with only 1/3rd livable space while also going after businesses that employ Faunus as workers so they can monopolize the market even though they aren''t doing anything to help those in need due to one group of Faunus attacking their shipments." Weiss looked back and forth between Shallot and the black-haired girl that was in front of Weiss. Weiss: "How dare ... the nerve ... Uhh ..." Weiss snatched the dust vile from the black-hair girl''s hand and stormed off while staring angrily at Shallot. Shallot: ''I''m going to have to put in extra work to get on snow whites good side later but she needs to learn not to be so snobby'' and then exhaled. Shallot: ''Wait ... wasn''t that Blake ... I mean my little mittens.'' Shallot started giggling thinking about was to mess with Blake while they are here together at school. He started at a young age slowly telling her that him having a harem was a good thing and that she would have a large family where she would have a lot of sisters. It wasn''t brainwashing, it was educating. Shallot was about to run after her when Ruby sat down on the ground and laid on the ground. Shallot went and stood in front of her and squatted down poking Ruby''s cheek. Shallot: "Don''t feel down Ruby. I''m still your friend so let''s head in together." Shallot reached out his hand while standing up to help Ruby get to her feet. In the distance standing behind a tree, a boy with yellow hair was standing watching everything going down while debating whether to come out or not. Ruby grabbed Shallot''s hand and stood up and they both started walking towards the building. While they were walking Shallot started to strike up a conversation with Ruby about her scythe she had back at the shop. Shallot: "I heard that you trained with a scythe by a hunter and you''re pretty good with it. What material is it made out of?" Ruby perked up and then pulled out her scythe making it extend to its full length slamming it into the ground. Ruby: "Not only is this a scythe, but it''s also a customizable high, impact sniper rifle. I made it at Signal Academy. "I had noticed that you also have a scythe. Does yours have a compact form and did you make it yourself? Shallot: "I made my scythe and it weighs around 300 pounds. I''ve never had to worry about someone trying to steal it since it''s so heavy and I use this as a way to train my body to become stronger. I''m still looking for someone to help me building a quite unique weapon that is capable of changing into another weapon. I also want to make a couple more since I trained in using multiple weapons." Shallot: ''I wish I could find some weighted clothing but everyone relies on aura far too much instead of training their body strength. They could probably reach a power level similar to Blake after I had taught her how to use ki when we were kids.'' Shallot and Ruby continued talking about weapons. Shallot talked about all the test weapons he''s made and used over in the last 6 years and Ruby told him about how she made her Crescent Rose. Shallot then started telling her about a book he wrote which is a story about a ninja named Shin Hayabusa who lives in a place called Hayabusa Village. Two members of the army, Mizuki McCloud and Ishigami inform Shin of an attack of an unknown group of terrorists who hold the Vacuo headmaster and his family hostage. Shin then travels to Vacuo. After fighting through hordes of enemies, he reaches the headmaster''s residence. He encounters the Regent of the Mask who kills the headmasters while talking about creating a chemical agent that can control Grimm to do their bidding. After a short battle, the Regent puts a curse on Shin''s arm. The Grimm Sword that Shin had killed everyone with is absorbed into his forearm, resulting in extreme pain and a nasty red growth. The Regent leaves and Shin b?r?ly makes it out with his life. Shin is transported to the ATLAS headquarters. There, he meets Cliff, Mizuki''s brother-in-law, and Canna, Mizuki''s Niece. They receive a disturbing broadcast from the Regent, stating that he will destroy the world in seven days. It is then up to Shin to go against all odds to protect the world against the Regent of the Mask. He then goes on to tell her about the romance that he has slowly been introducing into it between him and a cat Faunus that he had grown up within the village. Ruby had sparkles in her eyes as she listened to the story and was getting absorbed and forgot about the direction they were supposed to be going. Ruby: "Do you know where we are going, Shallot?" Shallot: "I ... was following you ... we can just find a map that says you are here and then go from there. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Tier 8-B Tier 5-C Oozaru ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Chapter 9 - 9 - Sleepover Shallot and Ruby had found there a way to a massive doorway where large amounts of students were gathering at. After walking through the doorway someone was calling towards them. ???: "Ruby, over here. I saved you a spot." Ruby: "Oh! Hey, I gotta go." Shallot: ''Oh ... Yang.'' Shallot: "Who''s that?" Ruby: "That''s my sister Yang. I''ll talk to you later Shallot." Ruby then walked over to Yang and started talking to her and Weiss showed up behind her and started yelling again. Shallot looked at the commotion going on and started walking away when the blond-haired kid that was vomiting walked by. Shallot: ''Joan of Arc''s character inspired character. Too bad he wasn''t as good as any recreations of her in any anime.'' Shallot: "Oh ... it''s vomit boy." Vomit Boy: "My name, isn''t vomit boy, it''s Jaune ... Jaune Arc. Nice, Sweet, and rolls of the tongue, ladies love it." Shallot gave him a deadpan stare. Shallot: "When Grimm can talk and converse with us I''ll believe that." Jaune: "Well it might not mean that now but it will ... I hope they will." Shallot: "Not if every time you meet a group of females your found vomiting into a garbage can." Jaune: "All I''m saying is that motion sickness is a much more common problem than people let on." Shallot: "Well my bad Jaune but vomit-boy was the first thing that came to my mind when you were hunched over into the garbage can right next to me." Ozpin''s voice stretched across the auditorium to all that was there. Ozpin: You have traveled here today in search of knowledge. To hone your craft and acquire new skills. As soon as Shallot heard Ozpin start talking he started tuning him out because he was pretty sure this was going to be one of those long ceremony openings that schools make you attend with the long-winded principals. After Ozpin finished speaking Ms. Goodwitch told everyone they were dismissed and when Shallot zoned back in and turned to look towards Jaune he realized he was gone. Jaune: You know I''m a natural blonde you know. Shallot just shook his head and left to try to see if he could find a vending machine somewhere. He had eaten about eight bowls of food this morning since he wasn''t sure if they were going to be getting anything to eat here. He still has some high-calorie nutritional packs he can snack on later in his bag. Shallot: ''Being a Saiyan in this world is pretty hard. There isn''t enough food to feed more than one Saiyan because of all these Grimm taking up so much space and making it difficult for farmers to do there job ... Alright, I''ve decided. I''m going to wipe out Grimm so I can revitalize this planet so I can get people to grow more food so I can eat as much as I want. If the Grimm didn''t pull a Yoda every time you kill one and left a body behind I might have been tempted to see what one taste like. I''m pretty sure that mammoth one would have been delicious but the only thing that stays behind sometimes is that bone-like plating they have.'' Shallot went and wandered around the place until it was time to sleep while snacking and found that everyone was sleeping in the same room and that the boys and girls both had a changing room. They had lockers where you could keep your things so you don''t have to watch over them at night. While he was changing he ran into another guy that was also changing. Shallot: "Well beautiful night isn''t it ... that doesn''t sound as good as it did in my head, my bad. " Shallot tried to make small conversation without looking up towards the sky. ???: "Uhm." Shallot: "Not talkative huh ... they always say that those who aren''t talkative are emo and moody." Shallot: ''That''s bull but that should at least start a conversation. I remember this guy from my memories and he''s pretty good in hiding his presence and hand to hand combat. When I was traveling around I heard about only two kids surviving the Nucklevee attack and about there description so I knew that Ren and Nora had already experienced the event happen. I wasn''t sure where the town was so I couldn''t do anything about it, but I do remember Ren is one of the best with aura control. If we can become friends I can see if he can try to unlock my aura. I will need either him or Pyhrra to help me with unlocking my aura. While I was traveling I only found bandits which I killed and one or two Hunters who were racist and wouldn''t help me out because I had a tail. I could have killed them then and there but I also don''t want to become a murderer for so little. I should have asked grammy to unlock my aura before she left for Vacuo. I wonder if she is still wondering since she has pretty bad eyesight I could also probably ask one of the teachers here but the aura is also connected towards the soul and I don''t know if they might pull some Jedi mind tricks or something. I''m also not sure how my soul would react with the way the world works here, but I really want a force field and want to see what my semblance is.'' Shallot: "I''m Shallot, what''s your name." ???: *Exhale* "I''m Lie Ren. Why are you so adamant about talking to me. " Shallot: "Because you seem like your good at fighting. I want to able to find someone who I can spare with while I''m at this school." Shallot then started having a small conversation and which led to regular conversation for about 15 minutes and had finished putting away all of his things and both of them left the changing room. Lie Ren told him that he would be sleeping by someone else and waved goodbye without a change of expression on his face. Shallot had simply walked out with some pajamas with moons all over his pants with his tail tucked under and wore no shirt showing the result of working out showing his well-toned body when he heard someone talking and could see Jaune. Yang was looking towards Jaune standing in front of the other guys while wearing a full bunny pajama suit with the headpiece. Shallot: "What is he wearing? No female is going to find that attractive." Yang: Ewww Shallot: "My point is proven by Yang." Yang then looked towards Shallot and stared at his body and whistled. Shallot looked towards Yang and winked at her. Then walked towards the wall a little further away from Blake and slumped against the wall to go to sleep while pulling his sleeping mask down, but before he could fall asleep he heard footsteps heading over towards Blake''s direction. Yang: "(sing-song) Helloooo! I believe you two may know each other!" Blake: "Aren''t you that girl that exploded?" Ruby: "Uh ... yeah. My name''s Ruby. But you can just call me ... crater ... actually, you can just call me Ruby." Shallot: ''Ohh ... she must have still met Jaune and he still called her crater face ... how unfortunate.'' Blake: "...O ... kay. Yang: (Whispers) What are you doing? Ruby (Whispers Back) I don''t know, help me. Yang: "So what''s your name." Blake: *exhale* "Blake." Yang: Well, Blake, I''m Yang! Ruby''s older sister. Shallot: ''So the entire cast has met each other. I''ve jogged my old memories and have organized most of them looking into the booklet for anything I might have forgotten since they are going to be more useful now. Anyway, I remember how this conversation is going anyway. I''ll talk to my little mittens tomorrow. Shallot then drifted off to sleep while completely relaxing. Dreaming about his misadventures when he was young. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Tier 8-B Tier 5-C Oozaru ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Chapter 10 - 10 - Blast off Shallot woke up and headed towards the lockers to head to take a shower. After finishing his shower he put on his daily clothes and started walking towards his locker with his training scythe and while walking he could hear an announcement being made over the intercoms. Glynda: "Would all first-year students please report to Beacon Cliff for initiation? Again all first-year students please report to Beacon Cliff immediately. As the announcement was going on Shallot was walking towards the locker room exit towards his destination when he could see Jaune pinned to a wall in the distance by a spear by his shirt and Ruby, Yang, Weiss, and a Red-haired girl was walking up to him before pulling the spear out. Shallot walked by Ruby and towards Jaune as he slid to the ground. Yang: Having some trouble there lady killer? Jaune: I don''t understand ... my father said that all women look for is confidence. Where did I go wrong? Shallot: "You probably said something that offended one of them if someone stuck you to the wall. Honestly, you should learn to read the situation first before speaking, or else confidence without the right words are useless. Having good looks may also help on the superficial level." Ruby was going to help Jaune up until Shallot just grabbed Jaune by his collar and dragged him over towards the exit before pulling him onto his feet. Everyone then walked together towards the cliff. Yang: So what''s your name good looking? Shallot: Oh ... did Ruby not tell you? And here I thought we were friends Ruby you haven''t even told your sister about me even though we knew each other before joining Beacon." Ruby started shaking her hands frantically. Ruby: "That''s not it. I just didn''t get the chance to introduce you to her. This is my sister Yang. Yang this is Shallot. He was there when the shop was being robbed 2 days ago and he also uses a scythe user. Yang: "Are you telling me that my baby sister already has a boy she is trying to hide from me." As they continued to talk they had finally made it to the cliff and started lining up across the plates on the ground like everyone else. In front of everyone stood Ozpin and Glynda. Ozpin stepped forward getting ready to give another speech. Ozpin: "For years you have trained to become warriors." Shallot: ''Well I just trained so that I can someday get off this planet somehow and make it back to the Dragon Ball universe but whatever floats your boat.'' Ozpin: "And today, your abilities will be evaluated in the Emerald Forest." Glynda: "I''m sure many of you have heard rumors about the ?ssignment of teams. Well, allow us to put an end to your confusion. Each of you will be given your teammates ... today." Ruby in the distance was whimpering and mumbling something in the distance. Ozpin: "These teammates will be with you for the rest of your time here at Beacon. So it is in your best interest to be paired with someone with whom you can work well. That being said the first person you make contact with after landing will be your partner for the next four years. After you''ve partnered up make your way to the northern end of the forest. You will meet opposition along the way. Do not hesitate to destroy everything in your path, or you ... will ... die." Shallot had a sadistic grin on his mouth after hearing this. Shallot: ''I''m really hoping they won''t be to upset if I let loose for a while in this forest and plus there''s the Nevermore that I want to test a move on. It will probably be overkill but there no kill like overkill.'' Ozpin: "You will be monitored and graded for the duration of your initiation. But our instructors will not intervene. You will find an abandoned temple at the end of the path containing several relics. Each pair must choose one and return to the top of the cliff. We will regard that item, as well as your standing, and grade you appropriately. Are there any questions?" Shallot: ''Now that I think about it. How many people die in this test ... is this why Grimm are taking over because there are no safety measures ... well, that makes things a lot more Grimm doesn''t it Monty.'' Jaune: "Um sir ..." Shallot: "Hope this forest is durable." Ozpin: "Good, now take your positions." Shallot just pulled his scythe out and started circulating his ki towards the bottom of his body so he could float down since he didn''t want to get caught flying so soon. He figured this out in the last two years but he still isn''t capable enough to use it for air combat. Shallot: ''I need to increase my strength and ki control more so that I can fly as quickly as Videl at least but I haven''t really run into many Grimm that can let me abuse my zenkai boost. Jaune: "Sire, I have a question." Weiss launches off Jaune: So, this landing strategy thing, uh, what is it?" Other students launching off. Shallot turned towards Jaune. Shallot: "Don''t die Jaune." Shallot then bent his knees to jump at the exact timing of the launch to get extra air. Shallot was then launched off. Shallot: "Yaaaaawhoooo As Shallot was flying through the air he could hear someone else flying close behind him who looked as if they are going towards the same area as him. He has burnt-orange hair that is combed backward with a slight peak at the front and indigo eyes. He wears silver-gray armor with gold trim. Shallot: "I can smell the hypocrisy coming from him, better land in another area. I don''t want dead weight around me. I''m not planning on doing a charity while going to this school. Shallot focused his ki and started flying slowly away from everyone else towards the area with the relic pieces. Shallot: ''I remembered there is an area with a crater that leads to an underground cave from the show. If I can get there before everyone else I can deal with the one strongest Grimm in this test, but I can also see if I can find any unique dust to implement into my scythe when I finally make a new one.'' Shallot was near the ground and could see the trees and used his ki to push upwards on his body to make it weightless with his scythe and land on a branch of a tree landing in a squatting motion. He stood up then hopped off of the tree towards the ground. I should be close enough to the chess pieces but Ozpin also said the first person I see will be on my team. Shallot reached in his back pocket and pulled out his sleeping mask and put it on. Shallot: "This should make it more interesting. I can also find out if I can train Haki like this since I was able to get this strong even without my aura." Shallot decided to start walking in a random direction away from the noise that was near him. He didn''t want to run into the group he purposefully separated from. After another five minutes of walking, he could smell a fire happening but it wasn''t close by since he could b?r?ly smell it. Shallot continued walked until he could hear a loud stomping sound coming towards his direction. Several Ursa Grimm came barreling through the forest and once they had seen Shallot they had gone to attack. Shallot stopped and tried to focus on their intentions. That didn''t go so great for him as one got close and swung making him crash through a tree. Shallot wasn''t injured and didn''t even get a scratch but he did think that trying to get Haki like this would need way more time considering it took Luffy two years and he''s supposed to be some kind of genius and he was pretty sure that he should have tried this while he was in the Anima plains. Shallot just opted to rely on his other senses such as his hearing and feel of touch to feel the vibrations in the ground to fight the Grimm. Only by doing this can he get a challenge from the weaker Grimm and it should lead him towards Haki if can even learn it. Shallot stood back up and shot off towards the direction where he got hit from with his scythe out and could tell where they all were from the beastly howels and breathing. Shallot jumped in front of one swinging his scythe with an upward swing into the stomach of the closest one towards him. He then had a grin on his face while lifting the Grimm off of the ground and slamming it into the Grimm next to it. Shallot pulled his scythe out with more strength ripping the first Ursa in half. Shallot: ''That''s one down four more to go.'' The other Ursas rushed towards him attacking from all around him. Shallot could visualize a rough distance in his head using the sounds and vibrations from there footsteps to locate them all but needed to make sure they were close enough so he didn''t have to worry about missing. He shoulder bashed one Ursa that was close to him while swinging his scythe taking its head off. Shallot: ''I think I got another one but I''m not too sure. The other Ursa''s movement is still loud.'' He cleaved the Grimm in half after he finished using it as a springboard and used the pole side to bash in the leg of an Ursa to make it lose balance then cut the Ursa in half splitting it down the middle. He then slid on the ground through the legs of the last Ursa slightly bumping into the front leg and before sliding through completely to the other side plunged his scythe into the belly of the last Ursa and swinging on top of the Ursa and cleaving it from underneath. Shallot: ''I don''t hear anything else so that must be all of them.'' Shallot hopped down off the back of the Ursa and listened for any more movements and could tell there were no more Ursa around and he had killed them all with none hiding in the foliage. Shallot: "Well that was a good warmup with my training Eclypse scythe but maybe I should have tried my new move. Naw I''ll just wait for the Nevermore to show up." Shallot started singing walking away from the scene knowing that Ozpin is watching everyone. Shallot: "Target on my back lone survivor lasts They got me in their sights No surrender no Trigger fingers go Hey, hey, hey every day when I wake I''m trying to get up, they''re knocking me down Chewing me up, spitting me out Hey, hey, hey when I need to be saved You''re making me strong, you''re making me stand Never will fall, never will end Shot like a rocket up into the sky Nothing could stop me tonight You make me feel invincible Earthquake, powerful Just like a tidal wave You make me brave You''re my titanium Fight song, raising up Like a roar of victory in a stadium Who can touch me ''cause I''m (I''m made of fire) Who can stop me tonight (I''m hard wired) You make me feel invincible ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Tier 8-B Tier 5-C Oozaru ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Chapter 11 - 11 - A Meet Up Shallot could tell what way the ruins were now because he could feel trembling from that direction and decided to leave the crater in this forest for another time. He wanted to meet up with Blake and jog her memory by using his personal nickname he had for her before he was chased out of the white fang. Shallot continued walking for a couple of minutes thinking about when he was smaller and trying to teach Blake about ki and how to use it. It took her a couple of months but it was worth it since he mainly wanted to teach her ki so he could sense for it from her so that he could locate her whenever she is nearby and when he becomes stronger he could do it from anywhere in the entire world. Shallot: ''Oh ... I can sense her nearby time for me to play my role.'' Shallot jumped from the ground and held onto a tree branch while using his ki to slightly float so the branch doesn''t break from his weight he then launched towards Blake''s ki. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Blake was standing around talking to Yang after meeting up with her in the forest and she started hearing screaming from up above her. Ruby: "Heads up!!!!!" While Blake was watching Ruby come falling from the sky she watched as Jaune crashed into Ruby midair sending her and him into a tree. Blake: "Did your sister just fall from the sky." Blake was still looking upwards as she could see something coming in quickly towards there direction and after a slight second, a large wind blast came into there face, and in front of her stood a tall male with long spikey hair going down his back with a sleeping mask on. Shallot landed and tried his best to not make a large impact but couldn''t do anything about the wind pressure. Shallot then lifted his face mask and smiled while looking at Blake''s face. Shallot: "Hey Mittens, long time no kiss." Shallot could see the gears in Blake''s head-turning and when she heard the last part her face turned bright red remembering right before he was chased out of the white fang. Blake: "But ... why..." Blake couldn''t complete her sentence when a large crashing sound from nearby was heard. Trees were being broken apart and the sound of Grimm could be heard. An Ursa came from the woods on its hind legs swinging its arms and then a purple lightning blast came from behind it and hit the Ursa. ???: Yeehaw. An orange-haired girl came rolling over the back of the now-dead Ursa. ???: Aww. It''s broken now. Shallot: ''Ahh ... that reminds me of my first Ursa ride. Good times ... good times.'' The orange-haired girl got on top of the dead Grimm and made an eww sound looking at it when Shallot could see Ren coming out of the forest. Ren: "Nora ... please ... don''t ever do that again." Shallot: ''Ah ... Queen of the Castle in the flesh. She was one of the characters that I really enjoyed. She always brightened the mood next to Ruby. Nora shot off towards the center and grabbed the Rook piece while singing that she was "Queen of the Castle". Ren: "Nora!!!" Nora: "Coming Ren." Blake: "Did that girl just ride in on an Ursa?" Shallot: "I feel ignored mittens. That''s what caught your attention and not seeing me coming all this way just to see you ... I feel betrayed." Shallot was saying while motioning his right hand to his ?h?st in a dramatic way. Yang just looked at me and Blake feeling astonished at all that''s going on. Yang: "I ... wait you guys know each other ... but ..." Before she could say anything else. The sound of more trees being knocked over could be heard and a loud growling sound of a Grimm. The sound resembled a loud screeching noise. Shallot: ''Oh there''s Pyrrha and I never realized how much happened in these couple of seconds. She can handle this she''s the third-best after all.'' Pyrrha was running with a giant scorpion-like Grimm chasing closely behind her. As she was dodging the attacks of the Grimm and heading towards them Shallot turned towards everyone else and asked. Shallot: "Do you want me to kill that thing or do you all want to fight it. I have a habit of playing with my food ... well not really but that''s what some people say." Shallot then looked at Blake while saying the last part while squinting his eyes at her. Blake looked at Shallot while shaking her head and Shallot just shrugged his shoulders. Pyrrha called towards Jaune and they had a little interaction while Ruby finally left the branch and jumped towards the ground next to us and called her sister. Yang: "Ruby!" She looked excited to see her. Ruby: "Yang" Ruby was the same Nora: Nora!!! Just because its Nora. Shallot: "She has to be tired of running from that death stalker by now. I think she ran all the way here." Yang''s semblance went off and her hair flared up. Yang: "Ggrrrrr" Shallot: ''I wonder ... if I have kids with Yang will they be able to go super Saiyan more easily.'' Yang: "I can''t take it anymore! Could everyone just chill out for like two seconds before something crazy happens again? Ren was panting and jogged over to the group. Shallot: "Oh, hey Ren. How''s it going. Ren was breathing heavily while supporting himself by placing his hands on his knees while bending forward. Ren: "Tired" Ruby: "Um ... Yang." Ruby was pointing up at the sky. Shallot looked up putting his hand against his forehead to block out the sun while looking up. Shallot: "So that''s where the snowflake went." Weiss: "HOW CAN YOU LEAVE ME!!!" Ruby: "I said jump." Shallot looked towards Ruby. Shallot: "You''re the cause of this Ruby? Nice." Shallot gave a thumbs up in this comical moment. Blake just shook her head back and forth while telling everyone else. Blake: "She going to fall." Ruby: "She''ll be fine" Shallot: "We can see that mittens and Ruby that''s some confidence you have in her." Yang turned towards Shallot. Yang: "Why do you keep calling her mittens? Shallot perked up getting ready to tell his tale. Shallot: "Well ... sit down and let me tell you about me and Blake''s childhood." Ren: "She''s falling." Shallot looked up to see Weiss falling towards the ground. Shallot: "Well I guess stories can wait for later. Someone should catch her." Nora: "Ah man ... I was expecting a good storytime." Jaune jumped towards Weiss to catch her and the result ... well, it wasn''t graceful what so ever. Jaune only managed to make himself a cushion to break her fall. Shallot: "Well at least he was a decent cushion but I''m pretty sure I heard some bones popping, they may be broken at worst." While that was going on Pyhrra plopped on the ground right in front of everyone standing there. Shallot: "Ok ... that wasn''t graceful either ... now, this is hard, between Pyhrra and Jaune I''m not sure who failed more at being graceful." Blake just facepalmed and shook her head while looking at Shallot and his antics remembering her times with him in the White Fang. Yang: Great! Now the gang is all here and we can die together! Shallot: "Yang shouldn''t you bring a little sun to the situation right now instead of being Yin." Yang looked at Shallot with an astonished face. Yang: Was that a pun? Ruby: "Not if I could help it." Shallot turned to Ruby. Shallot: "The Deathstalker or the pun?" Ruby: "Yes." Ruby ran off towards the deathstalker attempting to attack it and her scythe bounced off of the carapace of the Grimm. Ruby: "D... Do ...Don''t ... worry! Totally fine! Shallot: "She''s totally not fine." Ruby turned her scythe into compact rifle mode and shot at it and started running. The nevermore could be heard screeching coming closers flying above Ruby as Yang ran off towards Ruby. Shallot: ''I could end both of these guys but they will need to learn how to work as a team in order to overcome what''s to come. I may not have watched season 3 but I still know that this place falls. I don''t plan on letting that happen if I have the chance but they will still need all the experience they can get ... I''m still killed that Deathstalker though so I can test out my move on the Nevermore though.'' Shallot turned towards Blake. Shallot: "Mittens, do you still remember everything I taught you about enhanced attack combinations." Blake thought about it for a second then nodded her head remembering their team-ups. Shallot: "Good. You''re going to work with Yang, Ruby, and Weiss to take down the Nevermore and I''ll help Ren and the others with the Deathstalker to provide backup. Shallot bent his knees and took off in the direction of Ruby while the Nevermore started firing it feathers at her. Shallot overtook Yang and blew past her picking up Ruby and carrying her in a princess carry while kicking forward sending ki blade from his leg upwards at the Nevermore knocking the feathers away. Shallot looked down at Ruby. Shallot: "You know if every time we''re like this people are going to think we''re dating. Although I wouldn''t mind having a cute girl like you as a girlfriend." Ruby looked up at him and started blushing and then starting hitting his ?h?st telling him to put her down and while he was trying to flirt with her the Deathstalker caught up to them and stabbed at them with its tail. Before it could make it halfway a white blurry figure shot past and froze the tail. Shallot: "Nice going snowflake." Weiss: "Can you two stop flirting. Ruby, you''re so childish and dimwitted, and hyperactive and don''t even get me started on your fighting style. And I suppose I can be a bit ... Shallot: "Cold." Weiss: No ... difficult. But if we''re going to do this we''re going to have to do this together. So if you quit trying to show-off. I''ll be ... nicer. Shallot: "The snowflake is ... melting." Weiss stared at Shallot as he keeps making jokes at this moment. Ruby got down from Shallot''s arms and looked at Weiss. Ruby: I''m not trying to show-off. I want you to know that I can do this. Weiss: Your fine but Shallot could solve this issue himself. Shallot: "Who ... me? Shallot pointed at himself then looked away and started whistling. Weiss squinted at Shallot. Weiss: You have enough strength to knock away its feathers without even using your weapon and outspeed both me and Yang getting here, so I know that you have enough strength to deal with this deathstalker. The question is why aren''t you dealing with this deathstalker." Weiss started walking back towards everyone else and Shallot and Ruby followed. Shallot: Well, mainly because the purpose of the test is to get the Relics and make it back to the cliff, but there is another reason for this test." Weiss: Oh ... and what''s that." Shallot looked towards the cliff with Ozpin and Glynda before smirking before looking at Weiss with a serious face. Shallot: "It''s to watch and determine who has qualities as leaders. Not only that but how do people react under pressure and to unknown situations like these. There may be missions that you have to take on in the future with people you don''t know. They are judging based on if you can work with people who you have had little contact with and still perform the job in a satisfactory manner. If I was to wipe out both of these Grimm, Ozpin would just see that the group could only rely on those that are strong and not strategize to figure out an answer to their problem or he could view me as an outlier and wouldn''t know how to ?ssign teams for everyone else here." Shallot, Ruby, and Weiss had made it back to the group and Shallot stepped up in front of everyone. Shallot: "Alright guys, I think everyone knows who I am but I will tell you to know I will tell you all how to overcome your situation. While we are here on the open plains we are at a disadvantage. Everyone grabs a relic and we will head to the ruins up ahead that have cover and structures that we can use that to our advantage." Jaune: "Guys that thing is circling back." Jaune pointed towards the Nevermore in the sky. Shallot: "Well everyone, grab your piece, and let''s go." Shallot walked and seen a cracked piece among other golden pieces and grabs the cracked one. Shallot: ''This one seems slightly different. It has a trace of energy but it''s not ki. Maybe this is magic it feels similar to Raven when I had seen her. I''ll see if I can keep this one later.'' Shallot and everyone grabbed their relic and ran towards the ruins with Ruby in the front stopping and looking back from a rock. Shallot walked next to Yang who had stopped looking at Ruby. Shallot: "I think she''ll make a pretty good leader. She has the aura of someone who can bring people together." Yang smiled then started running after everyone else. Blake ran on the side of Shallot turning to him. Blake: "After all of this you''re going to have to tell me why you got kicked out of the White Fang, but I can probably guess why." Shallot leaned close to her face then blew into her ear. Shallot: "Ok my lucky cat whatever you want to know. Blake then walked away to catch up with everyone else while Shallot just had a small smirk on his face then rang towards there location. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Tier 8-B Tier 5-C Oozaru ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Chapter 12 - 12 - Crescent Moon Shallot and everyone else had made it to the ruins and were sprinting while Shallot was jogging moderately. Shallot: ''Before we start I''ll ask Ren to unlock my aura for me before we get started so I can see if I can also have a semblance. I should be connected enough with this world where I can use any method it has since the dragon ball world has similar properties.'' Shallot and everyone were running when the Deathstalker had finally freed itself from Weiss''s ice and came crashing through the trees behind it and the Nevermore was screeching from high above after perching itself onto the cliffside. Shallot looked towards Ren while everyone was taking cover behind some rocks. Yang: "Well, that''s great." Shallot: "Hey, Ren. I need a favor." Ren looked over towards Shallot and nodded. Ren: "What is it? Shallot: "I need you to unlock my aura for me. I think this time would be the best time to ask." Ren nodded but then yelled towards him. Ren: "I don''t know how to unlock someone else''s aura." Shallot: ''Well there goes my plan.'' Pyrrha looked overhearing the conversation and ran over towards Shallot. Pyrrha: "I can help you with that Shallot I have already helped Jaune unlock his aura and recovered from doing it." Shallot nodded before looking towards Pyrrha then Ren. Shallot: "You should tell Ren how to do it so it doesn''t cause a large amount of exhaustion on yourself. I have a hunch that unlocking mine will need a large amount along with great control." Ren started to run over while yelling towards Norra. Ren: "Norra, buy us some time so that we can help Shallot unlock his aura and we can attack with everything we have." Norra saluted in Ren''s direction. Norra: "You got it. Momma''s gonna give some lovin''." Norra then ran out firing grenade blast at the Nevermore. While Norra was doing that Pyrrha was telling Ren what he needed to do to unlock Shallot''s aura. Ren understood and they both walked up to Shallot and placed there hands on his ?h?st. Yang, Blake, Weiss, and Ruby all dashed out towards the Nevermore to try to take it down leaving the deathstalker to Jaune to buy time with. Ren and Pyrrha aura surrounded their bodies and their eyes lit up slightly while concentrating. Ren & Pyrrha: "For it is in passing that we achieve immortality. Through this, we become a paragon of virtue and glory to rise above all. Infinite in distance and unbound by death, I release your soul, and by my shoulder protect thee." Shallot started to glow slightly in a reddish-black hue with slight traces of green before turning transparent and then something unexpected happened. A primal loud ape sound rang from Shallot''s body making the deathstalker approaching stop for a while and Ren and Pyrrha looked exhausted and struggled just to keep their balance. Shallot: ''I feel amazing. It isn''t like my body got stronger from that alone but it feels like a comforting feeling constantly surrounding me. It almost feels heavy like it is unmovable and sturdy. With my aura unlocked I should be able to unlock a semblance now.'' After the primal scream, there seemed to be something else that had screamed out as if challenged it from down into the gulch below them. Everyone could tell whatever made that sound was incredibly large and most like was larger than the Nevermore just going off of the sound. Ren and Pyrrha were panting heavily while leaning back against a large boulder. Ren: "Are you supposed to feel this exhausted after unlocking someone''s aura. I feel like I just got done fighting for my life and what was that scream." Pyrrha shook her head in denial. Pyrrha: "Even though I had unlocked Jaune''s aura, it wasn''t this much. Jaune has a large amount of aura but Shallot feels more like an ocean. We were just b?r?ly able to unlock it. The amount he has is simply monstrous." Shallot: "Well, Shucks guys, you''re going to make me blush with all of these compliments." Shallot looked towards the deathstalker and then towards Jaune, but he could hear footsteps coming and Norra yelling. The deathstalker was right on top of them from standing there for those 2 minutes and was attacking. Shallot stepped up in front of it and simply reached his hand out and grabbed the pincher of the deathstalker and held it in place. Shallot: "Alright you guys head over the bridge to the other side. Ren and Pyrrha need to get their strength back and will need someone to help them out. Jaune you''ll help Pyrrha and Norra you will help Ren. Take both of them to the other side of the bridge and have them recover. Jaune you will need to come up with a strategy to fight the deathstalker after they recover." Shallot hurried while speaking to get them to go and they all started running across the bridge. Shallot kept the deathstalker busy and would send out a regular punch thinking that it would kill it in one strike, but surprisingly it didn''t go down. The bone-like plating on it did crack but it was only wounded. The DeathStalker started thrashing around and hit one of the pillars close to the bridge where everyone was crossing. Shallot: "No you don''t" Shallot jumped swinging his scythe down onto its claw and nailed it to the ground, but while Shallot was paying attention to the Deathstalker the group behind on the bridge was attacked by the Nevermore swooping down and breaking the bridge. Shallot wasn''t worried about them since they were all capable. After the Nevermore broke the bridge Pyhrra, Blake, and Ren landed back towards Shallot. Shallot: "Well, I didn''t expect you all to come back so soon you must have missed me. Blake, I''ll take care of this you go and help the others. If you kept up with your training you should be the third strongest here." Blake nodded and then jumped off the edge and threw hair blade into the side swinging away towards the others. Shallot only smirked thinking about the stories he would tell about the Black Cat and her swinging from place to place with a grappling hook. Nora had launched Jaune and herself over the broken section towards them smashing her hammer down onto the Deathstalker. Nora: "Ah smash." Nora tried to smash it into the ground but was just thrown back by the tail attacking with its stinger. Shallot: "You all don''t have to worry I''ll handle this." Shallot grabbed his scythe from its claw releasing it from the ground and charged at it swaying left to right preparing to attack. The Deathstalker charged forward with its pincers snapping open and shut trying to tear him apart. After getting enough momentum he spun his body with the scythe aim for the joints in between the Deathstalkers arms. His scythe cleaved threw like a hot knife threw bu??er. Shallot landed on his right foot and continued with his rotation spin dragging his left foot onto the ground sliding towards the Deathstalker and sending the blade of the scythe into the body lifting the Deathstalker and slamming it into the ground. Shallot then slung the Deathstalker into the air throwing it away from them into the air at the Nevermore Blake and the other girls were fighting. While Ruby, Weiss, Yang, and Blake were firing at the Nevermore the could see the Deathstalker flying and smash into the Nevermore making it lose its balance while flying and crashing into the pillars holding the ruins they were standing on up. The Nevermore already had deep cuts on it from Blake earlier after landing on it after heading towards the girls to ?ssist them with the Nevermore. She hadn''t realized that covering her weapons in ki would make them so much stronger then even the dust she usually used since using ki tired her out. Shallot looking at the Nevermore that was hit with the Deathstalker. Shallot: "I think I used to much strength. I should work on control more. Don''t want to level a building on accident." Shallot chuckled after that. He then looked at the others who had the others who had their mouth wide open looking at Shallot as if they had seen something that shouldn''t be possible. Nora: "That ... Was ... So ... Coooool!!!!" Nora started jumping around grabbing Ren yelling at him asking did he see that and that she wanted to send a Grimm flying like that with her Magnhild. Shallot looked at his scythe and could see that it had some dings in it from treating it so ruff today, but he couldn''t expect anything to amazing out of it. The main purpose of his scythe was to be used for training purposes and the only weapon he made to be his personal use was his Saiyan blade which was designed after the Dragon Blade from Ninja Gaiden. The only difference with his blade was that it had an Oozaru pattern on it instead of the dragon and that he left it in the Anima wildlands after learning to control his Oozaru form. He had ended up destroying a large area there and created a large crater and ravine and his blade stayed there after finding out why Grimm kept finding him everywhere. After recreating the way the dragon blade was made by cooling it in the blood of bandits after making the blade then making a sheath that would shot out the blade at a high speed while heating the metal to seer anything that was cut. The blade itself had seemed to absorb the negative feeling from the people it had killed after it was made making it a cursed weapon. The negative emotion that would come from the blade would draw in Grimm anywhere nearby. He couldn''t bring something like that into the city for no reason. Shallot: ''I''m going to have to go back to Anima to get my sword back since I left it embedded it the ravine.'' Shallot looked over at the Nevermore that had recovered and he could see that the others were shooting at it from a distance while Yang jumped towards it sending blast into its mouth while Weiss used her glyphs to launch towards Yang and freeze the tail of the Nevermore. Shallot looked towards Jaune. Shallot: "Any ideas on how you could get me over there." Jaune thought for a moment before coming up with an idea. Jaune: "Norra, Pyrrha. Do you think you can help out with this." Pyrrha and Nora nodded. Pyrrha: "What do you need use to do Jaune." Jaune: "The ledge here is unstable and if we can launch him the same way Norra launched me earlier we can get him into the air but we have to deal with his weapon since it''s so heavy." Pyrrha chimed in. Pyrrha: "My semblance allows me to control metals." Jaune: "That''s perfect. Shallot you''ll jump onto Nora''s hammer and she''ll send you flying while Pyrrha will use her semblance to add more speed onto you by repelling your weapon. Ren you will try to add as much force behind Nora''s hammer to send him flying with enough where the repping force from Pyrrha can send him with his weapon towards the Nevermore." Jaune, Nora, Ren, Pyrrha, and Shallot went with Jaunes plan and it worked just not as good but Shallot had enough speed to start using his ki to fly shooting straight ahead of where the Nevermore was and flew right past it towards the top of the cliff and landed on the edge. Shallot: ''Well I think I overshot it but I can still work with this. Time to test out this new move''. He could see Ruby flying towards his direction and hooked her scythe under its neck and started firing crescent rose while running up the cliffside. Shallot: ''Ok ... that''s impressive. I might need to make a similar feature in my scythe in the future.'' Shallot started passing his ki into his scythe concentrating it on the blade making the blade shine in a reddish color from the metal lighting up. Shallot then leaned forward falling over the edge heading straight down towards the Nevermore and Ruby. Ruby was close to the top and was surprised to see Shallot falling towards her and could see him heading towards the Nevermore. Shallot hooked his scythe onto the other side of the Nevermore''s neck and the blade slid right threw decapitating the Nevermore. Ruby kept her moment going and landed on top of the cliff while the Nevermore was falling. Shallot: "Crescent Moon" he yelled out. Shallot spun his body one more time swinging his scythe into the body of the Nevermore launching all the built-up ki in the scythe into the Nevermore to the bottom splitting the Nevermore in half and creating a large carving going down the mountain into the ravine below in the shape of the scythe blade. After a couple more seconds a loud explosion was heard from below along with a roar from what could only be ?ssumed to be another Grimm. Shallot was felt that half of his energy was used in that attack. He could have made it stronger but then he looked at his scythe which had started crumbling in his hands starting from the blade that the ki was compressed in down to the pole that he was holding. He was still falling then decided he''ll stop being so paranoid since he knows that not many are stronger than him. If anyone asks he will just say that his semblance is energy manipulation. Shallot started hovering in the air and slowly flew to the top and landed next to Ruby. Shallot: ''I had come out at night sometimes back when I used to stay with Blake but then I noticed that the moon has been partially destroyed so I can''t go Oozaru on this planet. That means I''m going to have to figure out how to use the Ikari form that Broly uses if I want to have a real trump card. The only way he would be able to go Oozaru would be using the blutz wave moon image from his space pod but he doesn''t want to risk destroying his only way off the planet by going ape for a one-time thing. You know what. I can try to recreate the Powerball that Vegeta made but it''s going to take a lot of time and power and I''m nowhere near the power level needed to make it anyway. Ruby was shocked to see Shallot just fly to the top and land next to her. Ruby: "How ... but ... what ... You can fly?" Shallot just shrugged his shoulders and then turned around to wave at everyone below the cliff. Ruby and Shallot waited for the group to come to them and while they were heading there way Ruby kept asking how can he fly and that she could only move really fast. Shallot: "Well I can''t fly and fight at the same time. I would need to get used to air combat." Shallot: ''I can''t reveal all my details on my abilities. Only idiots would tell the entire world what they could do without any information being retained.'' Ruby and Shallot kept talking and the rest had finally made to them and they head back to the school while asking Shallot is he able to fly because of his semblance and what was that attack he had done at the end. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Ozpin: "Russel Thrush, Cardin Winchester, Dove Bronze Wing, Sky Lark. The four of you retrieved the Black Bishop pieces. From this day forth you will be known as team CRDL [Cardinal] lead by Cardin Winchester. Jaune Arc, Lie Ren, Pyrrha Nikos, Nora Valkerie. The four of you retrieved the white rook pieces. From this day forward you will be known as team JNPR [Juniper]." Everyone in the stadium was clapping Ozpin: "Lead by Jaune Arc." Ozpin looked at Jaune. Ozpin: "Congratulations young man." Pyrrha punched Jaune in the shoulder making him fall over making everyone else laugh. Ozpin: "Blake Belladonna, Ruby Rose, Weiss Schnee, and Yang Xiao Long. The four of you retrieved the white knight pieces. From this day forward you will work together as team RWBY [Ruby]. Lead by Ruby Rose. The auditorium clapped and so did Shallot off to the side. Ozpin: "And finally an individual who is quite different from the rest. Shallot no last name. You retrieved the wilted King piece. With this piece, you won''t have a team but rather you can choose what team you would like to go on missions with due to your formidable strength which can be helpful to many. You will have the title of Lone King." Ozpin pulled up the video of the last attack Shallot did they split the body of the Nevermore in half carving out the side of the mountain going all the way down into the ravine. Ozpin: "Looks like things are shaping up to be an ... interesting year. The auditorium looked at the video in disbelief and started cheering loudly and hoping they can get this powerful freshman to join their team for some missions. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Tier 8-B Tier 5-C Oozaru ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Chapter 13 - 13 -Roommates After Ozpin had called all of the teams. Shallot had gone up to Ozpin and tapped him on the shoulders. Shallot: "Ozpin, where am I going to sleep since I''m not particularly on a team." Shallot was wondering this since he hadn''t heard about any room being for single-use unless it was for the staffing of the school. He was pretty sure that he wouldn''t get special treatment even though he was stronger than the rest. After going over his notes he had written down from years ago there was something he was constantly writing. Anytime he would write about the events that happen around Ruby and everyone else Ozpin never seemed to care much about people the same way that most react. He had written done to be careful around Ozpin as a future reminder and that he seemed odd. Shallot was cautious about everything in this world but he knew that at the greatest strength he knew of was the capabilities of a single Grimm wiping out small towns and settlements. That just meant that it is possible that there are stronger Grimm. He also needed to worry about the abilities that the Grimms could affect him. Ozpin looked at Shallot thinking about his question and indeed didn''t want to show favor to a single student that had just joined. He had lived for a very long time and knew of others who could take on an entire horde of Grimm single-handled and then there was the silver-eyed clan. He didn''t give special treatment to the last one he was in contact with and should just let the student room with who they would work with. Ozpin: "You can choose a team you want to work with and you can stay with them." Shallot: "Won''t it be too cramped to stay in a room meant for four people with five people." Ozpin: "When you are out on a mission you may have to stay in not the most ideal place and have to adapt to stay there. You should figure out how to solve the issue on your own without complaining about the situation. When you start working as a hunter you will have to do things like this quite often whether it is from staying in a cave to weather a storm that isn''t spacious or a shipping container that you have to use from being thrown off of a ship." Shallot could only accept that reasoning and started thinking that he would like to stay in whatever room Blake is in since Ghira wouldn''t let him stay in her room no matter how long he stayed with them. Shallot: "I would like to stay in team RWBY''s room then Professor Ozpin." Ozpin nodded his head and motioned and called for team RWBY to come over. Team RWBY was off to the side about to leave out to find where there ?ssigned room was when they heard Professor Ozpin calling for them and waving them over. Team Rwby had come over and lined up in front of him next to Shallot. Weiss: "Yes Professor Ozpin. Is there anything that we are needed for." Ozpin lifted his right hand and motioned to Shallot. Ozpin: "Yes team RWBY. Your fellow student Shallot will be staying with you all in your room with you and before anyone may mention anything about him being a male majority of all the other team have one or two males in their teams with them. I cannot show favoritism to a single team so Shallot will be staying in your room with you." Shallot was amazed at what he was hearing. Shallot: ''This sneaky mother ... I''m starting to think that he is a master of bullshitting now. This wasn''t anything he said just a moment ago. This must be the reason I wrote done to be careful around him in my notes. This dude got the true making of a snake oils salesman.'' Shallot just waited for there reaction and to his surprise, no one in team RWBY said anything against it. He was waiting for at least Weiss to say something about him being in the team. Shallot turned and looked at Weiss. Shallot: "You don''t have anything against me staying with your team and working with you all?" Weiss just humphed and turned her head. Weiss: "You are capable at least and won''t slow me down even though you act like a goof sometimes but I don''t see anything wrong with you being on our team. Ruby: "I don''t really mind. You have already helped me before and I don''t mind getting more help." Yang: I don''t mind a hunk like you staying with us. I get to check out your muscles more often. Blake: Mmn. I don''t really mind. It''ll be just like before. The other three in team RWBY just turned and looked at Blake thinking about how close they are. Ozpin lifted his cane and tapped it lightly to get their attention. Ozpin: "Yes, yes, since you all are ok with the arrangements then he will be staying with you all unless he decides to go to another team. However Shallot, you need to decide what team to stay with so we can make final accommodations for the room within two months. Having a group of five is something new and will be something that we are testing how teams work with a group of five to stop in-fighting by having a voting system for arguments. If there are five people voting then there will be no tie''s whenever a team has to make a decision on something. Your team will be the team that will be testing out how this will work so we can test how big of a group a team can be before it starts affecting the unity of a group. So from today on forth while you are working together you will be known as team RWBYS [Ruby''s]." Shallot: "I guess we just need to polish these gems now." Shallot: "So I''m taking it that Ruby is still team leader even if I join ... well, I don''t mind since that''s just more work for me if I had to monitor everyone. I surely don''t want to become a babysitter." Weiss looked at Shallot with a glare and stomped her right foot. Yang looked over waiting to see what would happen. Blake just shrugged her shoulders and Ruby seemed to be thinking about how big the rooms are since there would be five people. Weiss: "What do you mean by that." Shallot: "Well, I can point out everyone''s flaws just from today alone. Weiss is too focused on results and isn''t flexible with her thinking ''She reminds me of how Vegeta''s character is honestly''. She wouldn''t be able to adapt to situations that are constantly changing and wouldn''t admit if she was wrong about something. This most likely comes from getting almost whatever she wanted while growing up. Ruby plays around a lot but is more open-minded about her fighting style and the scenarios she ends up in. She rushes into situations without much thought ''Ruby has the same tendencies as Goku, the only difference is that she isn''t so gung ho about fighting all the time. She does however have good battle instincts''. Yang is hotblooded and most likely jumps into fights over things that most likely don''t require fighting. She rushes headfirst guns blazing and thinks about the consequences later. This can be very disadvantaged on a battlefield however because it could lead to poor judgment and at worst the death of the individual ''Kinda similar to how Videl acts and how she almost got fatally injured in the tournament. They both get in way over there head if someone isn''t there to pull them back.''. On the battlefield, one needs to keep their composure so they can move at their max capabilities. Blake on the other hand doesn''t have the same weaknesses that make others poor on the battlefield but a poor teammate instead. Blake tends to isolate herself from others because she likes her quiet time but also doesn''t try to get to know other people if she doesn''t have to. You could say that she is an introvert but will open up to those around her when she gets to know everyone. She has to work on talking and interacting with others so she could tell how a person is or it will take too long to understand whether they have good intentions or not ''Her personality is closer to Gohan. She would most likely be a scholar if she wasn''t forced to fight due to the world being so dangerous and pregitous. They also fight more aggressively when their friends are in danger.'' Lastly, there''s me, I''m stronger than everyone in this group and I''m physically stronger than everyone in this school. I don''t particularly take anything serious around here not even the Grimm because I know that if I were to go 100% there isn''t anything that could stop me unless an entire city of Grimm is thrown at me. Another weakness that is mine is that there isn''t a weapon strong enough for me to use at 50% or higher without shattering it. However, I have heard of stronger metals than the ones I have made my weapons out of so it could be that I just haven''t gotten the materials yet." Ozpin was amazed at his observations from just a single day. If Shallot graduates and get his certificate as a hunter then he can ask him to be a recruiter for the school and hire him to teach here. Ozpin: "Those are good ?ssessments you have made. You didn''t leave yourself out either even though it seemed like most of what you said could be seen as boasting. Your destructive force is indeed large but if you can''t have that much power without destroying everything around you we can''t send you out to deal with Grimm that is terrorizing a town because you could end up destroying it instead of the Grimm being the ones doing it." Shallot: "Well that attack was my Crescent Moon attack. It is a large scale attack but I haven''t had the chance to use it against anything large and small things aren''t worthy enough for me to use it on." Ozpin: "How are you going to deal with Grimm now that you don''t have a weapon since you are a scythe user?" Shallot shrugged his shoulders before holding up his hands. Shallot: "I''m mainly a hand to hand combat martial artist and specialize in my kicks. My kicks go great with my fighting style even if I were to have a weapon in my hands. I decided to come here because I heard that Vale is interesting. It isn''t militaristic like Atlas and I don''t have to worry about sand getting everywhere like Vacuo." While Ozpin and Shallot were getting into a conversation everyone else was thinking about the "weaknesses" that Shallot pointed out for each of them. Ruby couldn''t think of anything that was wrong with what was said about her weaknesses and knew that she needed to think about her decisions more. Blake already knew that Shallot would point those things out since he had told her those things back when they had joined the White Fang. Yang already knew that she had a fiery temper and even her father told her that was how she was especially after her semblance awakened. Weiss was taking it the hardest though since no one had ever said anything about how she did anything. She worked hard everyday and she is standing where she is due to her own efforts. Ozpin clapped his hands since the teams were chosen and were ready to retire for the night. He then brought the mic up to his mouth before announcing. Ozpin: "Alright all of you. You will head to the front desk of the campus and will be ?ssigned your rooms for your teams. I hope everyone will get some rest tonight and be the first years will be ready for the classes in the morning." Ozpin walked and put the mic back onto the mic stand and walked off of the stage leaving for his office. After he left all the others in the room started leaving the room either heading to their own rooms or going to the front desk to find what rooms their team would be in. Shallot: "We can worry about sleeping arrangements tomorrow. I''m going to sleep." Shallot then laid his head down onto the desk and went to sleep. Ruby, Weiss, Blake, and Yang just looked at him then went towards the beds and plopped into the beds and went to sleep and would worry about everything else later. Weiss: (mumbling) "Don''t think I''ll let you get away about constantly talking about me Shallot." Blake: (mumbling) "I''ll have you tell me everything about why you left when we''re alone." Yang: (mumbling) "This year be going off with a Bang" Ruby: (mumbling) "I''m team leader ... Yay" ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Tier 8-B Tier 5-C Oozaru Chapter 14 - 14 - First Day of School [AT OZPIN''S OFFICE] Inside of the office sat Ozpin while looking at his scroll rewatching the attack that was performed by Shallot and what he called Crescent Moon that split the Nevermore in half feeling surprised that there is a method of attack with so much destructive force behind it. Ozpin: "That kind of attack isn''t possible with dust or not with the type of dust I have ever seen. The attack didn''t seem to be done with magic either. Wide-scale magic attacks use large amounts of stamina along with the magic reserve in the individual. The only ones who are capable of using magic are the maidens, me, Salem, Qrow, and his sister Raven. He didn''t seem exhausted by using this attack and from what he said yesterday that wasn''t his strength at 100% since the weapon couldn''t take that much." While Ozpin was talking to himself while watching the video trying to figure out what type of attack it is he heard a knock on the door. After hearing it he closed the video on the scroll and called towards the door. Ozpin: "You can enter." The door opened and Glynda walked into the office with a stack of papers under her armpit with a cup of coffee in the other hand. She walked up to the table and placed the coffee down on the table and placing the papers next to it. Glynda: "Your coffee Sir." Ozpin: "Thank you, Glynda. So it is time for the classes to begin. I guess we should be on our way to make sure that no one is causing trouble on the first day." Glynda: "Sir if you can answer a question of mine. Why did you want Shallot to join the school even though we have rigorous exams and test to get in. We know nothing about him. You seemed far more interested in Ruby joining the school and didn''t show any reactions to him." Ozpin: "I didn''t want him to feel pressured and think that I would constantly pester him. You should know about Salem and who I am really. When you have lived as long as I have you learn a thing or two. Someone so strong at such a young age being out in the world is hard not to hear information about. His description is one I have come across when talking to the headmaster of the academy in Mistral. I had received reports about a child with long hair in the plains of Anima fighting Grimm. He appeared no older than 6 years old. I had planned on sending Summer on a mission but decided to send her to investigate. Whenever the head of Mistral would send to huntsmen to found out what the child was doing there, they would report that they couldn''t get close enough due to the high-density amount of Grimm in the area. One huntsman had managed to get further in and his report stated the child appeared to be making a blade for a weapon next to a pile of bodies. What frightened that huntsmen was that he could hear the agonizing screams coming from the weapon every time it was hammered. Every now and then a Beowolf would come and fall at the hands of the kid. The huntsmen said that the child was a Faunus since he saw a monkey tail swaying behind him and would even use his tail to swat away the Grimm while in the middle of tempering the blade. The blade after being heated and hit constantly would then be plunged into the bodies to cool down the metal of the weapon before going back to hammering again. After the kid had finally finished the kid had walked away after cooling the weapon down and aligning and placing it inside a hilt leaving the furnace and tools out in the open. The huntsmen said that even though he was so far away he could fell immense pressure coming from the blade. The blade made him feel depressed and his instincts were telling him to run for his life. The scabbard had appeared to be specially made as it seemed that the kid lifted it and put the blade inside and the large pressure that was causing him to feel despair had disappeared. The huntsmen said that the kid started walking and pulled the blade out of the scabbard and said something as if he was talking to someone then they heard something that made them run for their lives without following the kid. They heard a loud primal scream that howled spread across and was incredibly loud. They said that the howl sounded like a mixture of a number of people suffering constantly. After hearing that they thought that they weren''t looking at a child but a demon in the guise of a child. The headmaster of Mistral said that even to this day that huntsmen was never the same again and has been having problems sleeping and had to give up being huntsmen due to his mental health." Glynda: "And you invited someone like that here? Why? He is a danger to everyone at this school then." Ozpin: "I wasn''t finished with what was written in the report. The headmaster sent another huntsman to investigate the site where this happened while I sent Summer as support and for her to go on another mission directly after looking for the kid and determine whether he is a threat to anyone else. Do you know what Summer found." Glynda shook her head not knowing what they could have found besides the bodies. Ozpin: "Summer called and told me that everybody that was there was fresh and belonged to bandits that stayed there in the Anima plains killing, stealing, and even raping people. They were some of the worst types of individuals you can find among the bandits. That day the Hodunk tribe was exterminated with not a single survivor. The bodies themselves were missing their hearts and their fingers on their hands. The huntsmen that were with Summer vomited right there after seeing it and Summer had gone looking for the kid. However, I didn''t hear back from Summer from that point on and wanted to find out what really happened." Glynda: "So doesn''t that mean that he is even more dangerous than what I previously thought. You still didn''t say why you wanted him to join the academy." Ozpin: "It was a gamble. I could feel that he is stronger than any huntsmen I have seen in a long time and he''s still growing. I''m pretty sure that he could kill me also if we were to fight to the death and he was willing to put his life on the line, but I wanted to gamble to get him on our side so that he isn''t recruited by Salem. If Salem was able to convince him to join her we wouldn''t stand a chance. We need someone like Shallot to stand against her. If Shallot becomes attached to the other students here he will protect them and eventually be able to take up the mantle of stopping Salem. I also couldn''t bet everything on Shallot however so I also made sure that Ruby would join. If she could learn to use her silver eyes like the "Grimm Reaper" then we could have another formidable huntress that could help us with the fight." Glynda was taking in all the information and organizing it in her head amazed that even before now, Ozpin had already done his research on Shallot and probably knew more than anyone else in the school. Glynda: "But where is the sword you were talking about that he made. It seemed like something incredibly strong. He didn''t have it on him when he came and only came with that scythe that is now broken." Ozpin: "That is also something that I may know the answer to. Some days ago a group of White Fang had gone to Anima and seemed to be transporting something but the transport would constantly be attacked by Grimm and the container was dropped on the coast of Anima closest to here at Vale. The White Fang still seems to be searching for it." Ozpin stood up and grabbed the coffee and started walking out with Glynda following behind him eventually walking next to him. Ozpin: ''I could also feel that he could use magic if taught how to and it doesn''t seem to be from the magic I handed out a long time ago. His seems more ancient like the gods of dark and light but it hasn''t been used yet. It felt like it could grow stronger over time. I can''t allow Salem to find out about him or she could grow even further in strength. [IN TEAM RWBYS ROOM] Shallot was still knocked out on the desk and was dreaming about doing some not so PG things with Blake when he heard a whistle going off in the room. Shallot jerked back, hitting his knees underneath the table pulling it with him and falling out of the chair with the table falling on top of him. Ruby: "GOOD MORNING TEAM RWBYS." Weiss: "What in the world is wrong with you?" Shallot: "MR. BELLADONNA, IT''S NOT WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE !!!" Ruby and Weiss looked over at Shallot that was over on the floor with the desk on top of him then looked towards Blake who was blushing. Ruby: "Are you ok?" Shallot sat up and lifted the desk off of him with one hand and stood up but the girls could see a rise in his pants between his legs and they all blushed seeing it before hearing Shallot. Shallot: "Yeah, what was the whistle for." Ruby: "Now that your awake we can officially begin our first order of business." Shallot rubbed his eyes while groggily looking at her. Shallot & Weiss: "Excuse me?" Yang: "Decorating." Weiss: "What?" Blake: "We still have to unpack ... and clean. Shallot: "Also figure out the sleeping arrangement since this room is pretty small. I need to set up my sleeping area." Shallot ears started walking towards Blake and grabbed her wrists before pulling her out of the room. Blake: "Huh." Shallot: "Come on, you wanted answers to some questions right. I''ll tell you everything outside after we wash up." Shallot and Blake left to go shower while Ruby started blowing her whistle at everyone else in the room before talking about something but Shallot had already left and couldn''t tell what she was saying this far from the room. After showering and heading into the hallway he saw Blake and motioned for her to head in his direction. After she got close he grabbed her hand and walked towards the corner of the hallway. Shallot: "Alright Blake. What do you want to talk about first?" Blake came closer to his ear to make sure that no one could hear what they were going to talk about. Blake: "What did you do to get kicked out of the White Fang? My second question is why didn''t you take me with you when you left and my last question is why didn''t you talk to me until we were in the forest." Shallot exhaled and took a serious look without his joking air he always puts on. Shallot: "For your first question. Do you know why Adam where''s a mask all the time on his face." Blake nodded her head. Blake: "He said it was from a human putting a brand on his face." Shallot chuckled "No ... he wears that mask because I blinded him in his left eye and left a claw mark on his ?h?st because he said that you were his and I decided to put him in his place. He wanted to treat you like an object was his first mistake. His second mistake was going after my girlfriend. Sienna had only listened to Adam and was told that I was human but only everyone in your family has seen my tail. I told your dad not to say anything and to watch what the White Fang he led originally had become." Blake started blushing after hearing the reason and started feeling proud of the fact that Shallot left because someone was trying to get close to her. Blake: (mumbling) "Is that why Adam was warry around me?" Shallot: ''And I might have threatened him to cut his third leg off and would follow from a distance and make sure that Adam could see me every time but she doesn''t need to know that.'' Shallot: "I didn''t have the strength at the time to fight the entire White Fang at the time since I was still training. I was only slightly stronger than Adam back then because my clan are natural-born warriors. The answer to your third question is why didn''t you say anything to me when you first met Weiss. I was standing right next to her." Blake crossed her arms and turned her head away. Blake: "I didn''t say anything to you because I was still mad at you for leaving without telling me and why didn''t you come after me when I was walking away." Blake turned back to look at Shallot waiting to hear his answer. Shallot: "I have found who is going to be your sister and second sister." Blake listened closely since when they were younger he constantly told her that the ones in his clan have multiple wives if they are strong to carry strong genes to create stronger children for the next generation. He told her that she couldn''t tell her parents about it since her father didn''t want him to get close to her. Since she didn''t know everything that happened in the world she just believed it. Blake: "So who will be my two sisters? I have to make sure I''m seen in a better light by them since I will have to spend time with them to make sure that they are safe since I''m your first and stronger than them." Shallot: ''I see why dictators use brainwashing *cough* *cough* I mean persuasion on small children it''s so useful.'' Shallot: "You know them. The first is Ruby since I promised someone to always look after her and the second is her sister Yang." Blake widened her eyes and had her mouth opened slightly and was surprised by what Shallot said not expecting him to go for their teammates as soon as they got here. Shallot was never really active in doing a lot of things when they were kids and was a slow starter but seemed to have become more active in recent years since he left. [AN: Puberty is something isn''t it. You realize you missed so many opportunities when looking back at things in the future.] Blake: ''He said first and second which means that he hasn''t gotten any other girls while traveling.'' Shallot kissed her placing his tongue inside causing his heart rate to increase along with Blakes but pulled back before losing complete reasoning and got a reaction out of her before they continued there conversation. Blake: "I have another question. You couldn''t fly back when we were in the White Fang. How can you fly now? Is it your semblance?" Shallot: "Remember when I told you about how to use ki when we were small and that there were many things that you could do with it by using that energy and even life force. Flying is another way of using that energy. What I didn''t tell you is that Ki is also known as "latent energy" or "fighting power," which directly translates as "life force." This force is a tangible energy inside every living being, with its major focus being in the center of the body. I wanted to explain all of this earlier but I didn''t think you would understand everything and would just tell you about it later. Later today or in a couple of days, I could teach you how to fly. It is very useful for traveling and I could finally have someone to spar with that can fly so I can adjust properly. It will also help you adapt quickly to aerial combat." Shallot: ''I also had a fear of heights. I probably could have started flying back then but didn''t until I was positive I could survive plummeting from the sky. Blake: "Does that promise have to do with the woman you said you were helping when you said you went on a stroll through the woods and disappeared for three weeks when we were kids? Shallot: "Yeah it does. I have finally had her fully recover some weeks ago and she said that she would be heading back home since she was still worried about her family since I hadn''t gone to check up on them in 2 years so she didn''t know how they were doing. She said that she would head back so that she can let them know that she is alive." Blake: "You didn''t tell her family that she was alive?" Shallot: "She didn''t want me telling them and just told me to look over them since she didn''t know if the treatment would really heal her completely since she was injured so badly. She said she didn''t want to give them false hope receiving news that she is alive just to hear that she died and have to experience loss all over again." Blake nodded her head and looked out the window and could see Ruby, Yang, and Weiss running. Blake looked at the time on her scroll and turned to Shallot while pointing outside of the window towards everyone running. Shallot turned around to see everyone even Jaunes team running. Blake: "Shallot, we need to hurry or we''ll be late to class. It starts in five minutes. Shallot picked up Blake in a princess carry and ran towards the door and then leaped into the air and started flying towards the classroom flying over everyone else. Shallot looked down at Blake while flying and smiling at her. Shallot: "I''m back mittens." Blake: "Welcome back dear." ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Tier 8-B Tier 5-C Oozaru ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Chapter 15 - 15 - Class Shallot landed with Blake in his hands and placed her down and walked into the classroom next to her and went to sit down. Shallot and Blake sat down in the middle in the first row at the front of the class. A couple of minutes after they had sat down Team JNPR and the rest of Team RWBYS came through the door and quickly got to their seats. The class had started and the teacher Peter Port appears to be a man in early old age. He wears a double-breasted burgundy suit with gold piping and bu??ons. His pants he wears tucked into olive boots, similar in appearance and construction to cavalry boots. Peter Port: "Monsters!, Demons ... Prowlers of the night. Yes, the creatures of Grimm have many names. But I, merely refer to them as prey. Hu-Hah! Haha ... Uhh, and you shall too, upon graduating from this prestigious academy. Now as I was saying, Vale as well as the other three kingdoms, are safe havens in an otherwise treacherous world. Our planet is absolutely teaming with creatures that love nothing more than to tear you to pieces. And that''s where we come in. Huntsman! Huntresses... *clicks tongue while looking at Yang*" Shallot: ''Oh come on man. You''re too old for this. Just get back to teaching.'' Peter: "Individuals who have sworn to protect those who cannot protect themselves. From what you ask? Why... The very world! That is what you are training to become. But first a story." Shallot: ''Ok I''m done listening. I haven''t heard one thing that was useful.'' Shallot pulled out a notebook from his bag and started writing names in it and putting them into columns. Shallot: ''Ok, Pyrrha has her semblance which is polarity based on my usual notes. She''s a close quarter combat type and doesn''t have any long-range attacks. We can fix that by having her keep metal daggers on her to use as a range type of attack. In Naruto, Gaara has a Kekkai Genkai for magnet release and would use iron sand, maybe Pyrrha can do the same thing and she could use her semblance to cover her weakness of long-range attacks. Jaune has a clear aura and I think his semblance was related to aura boosting. I don''t know the specifics of his semblance so I''ll have to come up with something that could help him later. Nora has a pretty great semblance where she can discharge electricity and become stronger by using electricity from an outside source to give herself a power amp. Ren has a semblance that allows him to erase his presence. Maybe if he works on his semblance he can learn to spread his semblance to those close to him to hide their presence. His ability would be good for reconnaissance and espionage so that we could gather information on a Grimm that we may not have information on. Ruby semblance is related to speed and she is capable of going hypersonic which is good for fast strikes but I''ve noticed that she seems to rely heavily on her scythe. I''m going to have to teach her hand to hand combat and can have her spar with Blake since she is nimble and also falls under the speed category. Yang''s Semblance is the ability to absorb kinetic energy from the damage she''s taken and redirects it twice as hard at her opponent, effectively making her faster and stronger with each hit. It seems that it''s similar to the reject dials of one piece with the only drawback being the damage taken to her. Her aura will protect her from any major harm but if I can teach her how to use ki, it will be another way to strengthen her body. The aura itself seems to negate any type of damage a person takes until it crumbles and it can''t be used again until it''s recharged. It''s one of the reasons why I didn''t want to have my aura unlocked at first because it seems a little unreliable once it shatters. However, I wanted to find out if you can protect yourself with Ki and Aura and after some tests, it has proven true. Weiss semblance is Glyphs. I think her strength is fine but her ???ky personality is going to do her in one day and that will have to be fixed. The only thing that matters on the battlefield is strength. As long as Weiss can become more proficient in using her glyphs while also being able to use them in a more versatile manner than she can increase her strength greatly.'' Shallot looked up from his notes he was writing and noticed Weiss down at the bottom fighting a Boarbatusk eventually taking down after yelling at Ruby. Peter: "Bravo! Braa-vo! It appears that we are indeed in the presence of a true huntress in training. I''m afraid that''s all the time we have for today. Be sure to cover the ?ssigned readings and, stay vigilant. Class dismissed." Weiss stormed out of the room and Ruby followed behind her while Shallot just put everything back in his bag and got up to leave with Yang and Blake. As they were walking out of the class Yang elbowed Blake lightly to get her attention. Blake turned towards her and lifted an eyebrow trying to see what she wanted. Yang: "So I''ve noticed Shallot carrying you while flying to class and you two seem pretty close." Yang said with a teasing smile on her face. Blake: "We grew up together. We''ve been together since we were kids until a couple of years ago when he left ..." Before Blake could finish what she was saying Shallot interrupted them. Shallot: "We still need to decide how we are all going to fit in the room since it seems pretty small." Yang: "Oh, we decided to turn the other beds into bunk beds and where did you get the backpack from. You usually carry around that duffle bag with you." Shallot: "The duffle bag is in the room. It has everything I need while traveling and I bought this backpack yesterday night before going to our room." Shallot, Yang, and Blake headed back to the room and Blake and Shallot saw what the others did to the room. One bad was attached to some rope while hanging from the ceiling and the other bed was underneath it. Shallot: "That seems like a safety hazard but I''ll do something about that later." Yang: "That''s my bed and Blakes''s bed. didn''t have anything to place in between them earlier and was planning on using some glue to try to keep them from moving. The other two beds just stacked on top of each other by the edge post without keeping anything steady. Shallot walked to his bag and pulled out a hammock with a breakaway stand for the edges and started setting it up in between the two beds that were a hazard. After finishing setting up his hammock he went back into his duffle bag grabbing some metal slabs from the inside. Yang: "You just keep metal in your bag carrying that everywhere you go." Shallot: "Everything can be used when your traveling in the wilderness." Shallot lifted the top bed and lifted it with one hand placing the metal between the legs then placed the bed back down on top of them. He then started slowly putting ki into his hands and having it travel through the metal to make it hot. He then shaped the metal slab into a braced to connect everything so it would fail and be sturdy enough. Yang: "You''re really good at this. Were you a carpenter while traveling because you nailed it." Shallot: "Wood you believe me this is the first time I''ve done this." Yang: "That was a great pun. I think we''re going to be great friends." Shallot: "Really, I thought we could be more in a couple of months. I wanted you to be my Yang to my Yin." Yang looked towards Blake. Wondering if they aren''t dating. Blake: "He''s already decided that he''s going to have more than one girlfriend and I''m fine with it as long as I can get along with them but just to let you know I''m already his first wife." Yang looked surprised at this then looked at Shallot checking out his body and thinking about it for a second then looked at Shallot. Yang: "Well I''ll think about it hot stuff but weren''t you already hitting on my sister. I can''t allow her to be with someone that''s just going after girls. Shallot giggled slightly. Shallot: "I''m not just going after girls. I''m pursuing you and Ruby because I made a promise to someone and they would tell me stories about you all when you were small." Yang was surprised about this thinking of only 4 people that would talk about them who she knew. Her uncle Qrow, her dad, her mom but she doubted she would talk about them since she never even came back to them and just abandoned them, and Summer, Ruby''s mom who went missing 10 years ago. Everyone has said that she has most likely died though so it couldn''t be her. Yang: "Only if Ruby is okay with it will I allow you to date her and I''ll think about your persuing me." Shallot smiled while looking at Yang. [AN: Thank you Croopazlo for bringing this to my attention. I usually write this after getting home from work at 9 P.M. Your due diligence will forever be remembered in these author notes.] Shallot: "Don''t worry I''m very charming don''t you think." Shallot said while walking closer to Yang''s ear and blowing it. Shallot:(Whisper) "I think if we had kids in the future they would be far stronger than we are now by the time they are 10." Yang pushed Shallot back while a slight blush was on her face while looking towards Blake and she just shrugged. Yang: "Why are you ok with it. People only usually have one parent." Blake: "I''m fine with you Yang so I don''t see anything wrong with it. Shallot comes from a clan of warriors who take multiple wives. He said that once they feel attracted to them there body will heat up and they can feel it in their blood if they should go after the person. He said that anyone he goes after would after his blood in his body and would feel attracted to them. Only the stronger ones are usually capable of having multiple wives but Shallot is considered weak in his clan and was kicked out." Blake: ''That''s what Shallot said anyway but I don''t think a group like that exists or the Grimm would have been wiped out a long time ago but I don''t think he''s lying either. It''s more that he''s not saying the entire reason of how he ended up in Menagerie. My dad said there were no ships traveling that day due to an accident at sea with a Kraken but told me that he''ll tell me on his own. I can understand if he has some secrets since I''m hiding from everyone that I''m a Faunus.'' Yang was processing everything that she was being told and looking at Shallot. Yang: ''He''s considered weak to his clan? What type of monsters birthed him if what he can do is considered weak?'' Yang''s heart started beating faster thinking about how he just bluntly told her that he liked her and her sister and didn''t know how to react fully to it. Yang: ''Is he going to do the same thing with Weiss since she''s staying in the same room with us.'' Yang: "Are you going to ask Weiss out also?" Shallot: "Currently no. I don''t feel a strong attraction to her like I do for you, Ruby, and Blake." Yang: "Your pretty open about who you like huh ... well, I think we should get to know each other first. Can you even support three girls by yourself?" Shallot: "I have acquired quite the amount of funds over the years so that''s not an issue if your concerns are about money if you choose to become mine." Yang: "Yours? Shallot: "And I''ll be yours just like Blake." Yang looked at Blake to understand what he is talking about. Blake: "He means to say that all the knowledge that he has and all of his fighting experience can be used by you to make yourself stronger. He will also use all his knowledge to help you learn techniques that he has which will make you far stronger than you were previously." Shallot: "It sounds like you''re trying to sell me or something. We also need to consolidate our relationship." Shallot looked Blake up and down while ???k?n? his lips. Blake started blushing and nodded her head slowly. She had fantasized about it while reading one of her favorite books she had found called Ninja Gaiden and the romance between the main character and the cat Faunus which oddly had a body type similar to Shallot. Yang was looking at both of them. Yang: "Are you really flirting with each while also trying to get me." Shallot extended his hand to Yang. Shallot: "Hi, my name is Shallot, and would you go on a date with me later. I would like you to be my Yang to my Yin." Yang thought about it some more and decided that she could go on a date with him to see if they would match but she would also used this as an opportunity to see what he is really like since he never seems to take anything seriously. Yang: "Ok, I''ll go on a date with you since you seem to have a pear." Shallot: "I''ll make sure we have a blast." Shallot, Blake, and Yang talked and Yang asked Shallot how did he get so strong before coming to Beacon since he didn''t go to a hunters school and about his training methods. They eventually got tired and got in their beds while Shallot got in his Hammock to go to sleep. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Tier 8-B Tier 5-C Oozaru ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Chapter 16 - 16 - Lunch Shallot was standing next to Blake in the audience area for the combat arena watching Jaune get beat down by Cardin Winchester. Shallot: "This is just sad." Blake: "How did he get into Beacon with such poor combat skills? Shallot: "Maybe Ozpin liked his spunk. Jaune was on the ground about to be hit with Cardin''s mace when Glynda called for it to end. Glynda: "Cardin, that''s enough. Students, as you can see Mr. Arc''s aura has now dropped into the red. In a tournament style duel, this would indicate that Jaune is no longer fit for battle and that the official may call for the match. Mister Arc, it''s been weeks now. Please try to refer to your scroll during combat. Gauging your aura will help you to decide when it is appropriate to attack or when it is better to move to a more defensive strategy. We wouldn''t want you to be gobbled up by a Beowolf, now would we? Cardin: "Speak for yourself. Glynda: "Remember everyone, the Vytal Festival is only a few months away. It won''t be long before students from the other kingdoms start arriving in Vale, so keep practicing! Those who choose to compete in the combat tournament will be representing all of Vale." Everyone started walking out of the room and heading towards the cafeteria. Shallot: "This is my favorite class of the day." Weiss: "We''re heading to get lunch, that''s not a class." Shallot stopped and turned to look at Weiss. Shallot: "Have you never heard of food honor it is both a customary and philosophical practice of etiquette that teaches gratitude for ingredients and a strict method of eating in especially difficult, but necessary ways in order to bring out the true flavor and potential of certain ingredients. You should always show food honor while eating to show respect to the things which become the nutrients for you to survive to fight another day." Blake: "He''s been like that since we were kids and we would eat food." Yang: "I didn''t see you doing that with the snack and food from the vending machine." Shallot looked at Yang as if she was dumb. Shallot: "Of course I didn''t show food honor to a vending machine. Most of the things from the vending machine are machine processed and not made by hand. They don''t have the feeling and intentions of the cook. Vending machine food and food made by someone and served is completely different." Team RWBYS continued walking until they made it to the cafeteria and all got in line to grab their food. They made to the table to sit down and eat next to team JNPR when they turned and noticed Shallot had two trays with 12 different plates stack on top of each with food balancing it all and placed everything on the table spreading everything so he could eat it all. Team JNPR and team RWBYS looked at the pile of food that he had. Weiss: "Is he going to be able to eat all of that. I''ve never seen someone with so much food." Blake: "Yeah it surprised me the first time I had seen it also when we were kids. He ate enough when he was at our house to feed a family of 6 when we were only five years old." Nora: "He''s like a bottomless pit then." Nora: "So, there we were ... in the middle of the night." Ren: "It was day..." Nora: "We were surrounded by Ursai" Ren: "They were Beowolves." Nora: "DOZENS OF THEM!" Ren: "Two of ''em..." Nora: "But they were no match and in the end, Ren and I took them down and made a boatload of Lien selling Ursa skin rugs! Ren: "Ah... She''s been having this reoccurring dream for nearly a month now..." Pyrrha: "Jaune, are you ok? Jaune: "Uh? Oh, Yeah! Why?" Ruby: "It''s just that you seem a little... not okay..." Jaune: "Eh, guys, I''m fine... Seriously, look! *nervous laughter* Pyrrha: "Jaune, Cardin''s been picking on you since the first week of school. Jaune: "Who? Cardin Winchester? Naw... He just likes to mess around, you know? Practical jokes! Shallot looks up from eating and looks towards Jaune. Shallot: "You need to grow a spine Jaune." Ruby: "Cardin''s a bully." Jaune: "Oh please ... name one time he''s "bullied" me...*nervous laughter*" Shallot: "Cardin messing with you in the hallways, activating your shield anytime he walks past you in the doorways, getting put in a locker. Should I go on?" Jaune: "I didn''t land far from the school..." Shallot: "Jaune you need to stand up for yourself." Pyrrha: "Jaune, you know if you ever need help you can just ask." Nora: "OHH! We''ll break his legs! Shallot: "I second that." Jaune: "Guy''s really, it''s fine! Besides, it''s not like he''s only a jerk to me; he''s a jerk to everyone. Velvet: "Oww, that hurts! Over at another table, Cardin was pulling the ears of another Faunus while mocking her. Velvet: Please, stop ... Cardin: "I told you it was real! Russel: "What a freak! Shallot stood up from his seat and sent a ki blast at Cardin and Cardin had released his hand and was blasted into the wall of a cafeteria. Shallot walked over to the Rabbit eared Faunus. Shallot: "Are you ok Velvet. You shouldn''t allow anyone to pick on you. If you really need to deal with Cardin just kick him in the nuts." Velvet: "Thanks ...uh ...Shallot?" How do you know my name? Shallot: "Your part of Team CFVY and you have a peculiar semblance. I think you can become a pretty strong warrior and I see a lot of potential in you. So you want to be friends?" Shallot outstretched his hand for a handshake but before Velvet could shake his hand, Cardin came out of the hole in the wall and walked up to Shallot with Dove, Sky, and Russel surrounded him. Cardin: "So you feel sympathy for these freaks or something." Shallot got up close in front of him staring him straight in the eyes while having a serious look on his face without his goofy personality showing. Shallot: "I don''t understand how someone like you managed to get into Beacon. For a group that is supposed to go out to help those who don''t have the strength to defend themselves. Your nothing more than trash in my eyes. You''re weak who only pick on those that are timid and you''re nothing more than a walking ego." Cardin was feeling angered by what Shallot was saying to him and threw a punch at his face hitting him squarely in the face. Shallot''s head didn''t even budge and opened his hand and picked Cardin up by his throat. Shallot: "Is that all you have weakling." Over at the table with Team RWBY and Team JNPR were looking at the commotion going on at Team CRDN''s table. Yang: "He''s not going to strangle Cardin is he? Blake: "Probably not." Weiss: "Probably? We can''t have a member of our team killing someone in the school." Ruby got up and walked over to the table and wanted to try to calm down Shallot so he doesn''t do something that will get him kicked out of the school. Ruby: "Shallot, you should just let him go. It''s not worth it." Shallot squeezed Cardin''s neck slightly and the rest of Team CRDN rushed at him before being attacked by Shallot using Cardin as a weapon. After Shallot was doing with them he dumped Cardin''s body on top of them while they were laying on the floor after noticing Cardin''s aura had broken. Shallot: "Try something like that again Cardin and I''ll make sure that I won''t stop with just your aura breaking you coward. You only pick on people because most don''t want to deal with you." Cardin ?r??n?d in pain on the floor with his neck feeling pained and if it wasn''t for his aura he was pretty sure it would be broken. Shallot clapped his hands and then put a smile on his face while turning towards Velvet and offering a handshake a second time. Shallot: "Sorry about that. There was some trash in the way that I needed to move. As a stand-up citizen; it was my duty to help with keeping this place clean. I''m Shallot do you want to be my friend." Velvet looked astonished at what had happened and blushed slightly while nodding her head and then shook his hand. Velvet: "Yes, I would like to be your friend." Shallot then smiled and said goodbye before returning to his table. As soon as he sat down Nora stood up and started waving her arms around. Nora: "OH ... MY ... GOD ... that was so cool. You were swinging him around like a weapon at his friends like bam and wham. They couldn''t do anything. Even when they punched you, you didn''t move an inch. You showed him not to go around bullying others." As Nora was saying this Cardin had a glare in his eyes looking at all of them than seeing Jaune and started concentrating his gaze on him before rolling over trying to get back up and his team trying to lean on each other to support each so they can stand. It was about time for them to head to their next class and the group had gotten up and left while Team CRDN also tried to get up to get to class. Since their bodies weren''t harmed directly but their aura was they didn''t have any serious injuries but could feel all the pain from being either being hit by Shallot using him as a weapon or Cardin himself feeling pain from being used as a weapon. Team RWBYS and Team JNPR had made it to class and the first thing that he did after sitting done was pulling his notebook that he has been collecting information with in the last few days. He was writing everyone''s name inside that would be useful for whatever may happen in the future with their capabilities in it. He had written a chart on different strength levels since he doesn''t have something as convenient as a scouter. If he had one then he would be able to just write everything in numbers but then again Scouters weren''t even fully useful in Dragon Ball due to people being able to control their power or having transformations. It was better to use the list head had remembered from browsing the internet in his past life. The Tiering system. It was a good starting point for judging everyone''s strength to find out how far the training has progressed. He had everyone from Team RWBYS and JNPR written down along with some information from the second years such as Team CFVY. He had come across them because each of them had an interesting personality and that they could help him whenever the fall of Beacon happens. Someone like Cardin will just be a burden in times of uncertainty if he doesn''t get his racist views out of his head. In front of the Grimm, race doesn''t matter, only strength. Professor Oobleck had come in and started teaching the class while he continued writing another chart. [If you want to see the chart just look up the tiering system on [vsbattles.fandom] if you are interested in what it looks like. The character''s information will mainly be from their before Shallot trains anyone so if they weren''t trained by Shallot then you can find their strength by looking for it on there.] Shallot: ''For a couple of days after unlocking my aura I can feel that my semblance should be active but I have no idea what it is or how to use it. Maybe some meditation will help. I can try that later since mental training might help. I need something to help me become stronger since physical training with the things I have now aren''t enough. I need something more to push me past my limits. Going by my tier list I''m at 8-B currently but I''m sure I can hit 8-A if I dumped all my energy into a single attack but that wouldn''t be a smart move at all. Anything could happen at the time I''m defenseless and besides the fact to make an attack an attack that strong would take some time to pull off. While he was writing he heard Professor Oobleck close by talking. Oobleck: "Have any of you been subjugated or discriminated against because of your Faunus heritage? Only two students rose their hands. One being someone that Shallot didn''t recognize and the other being Velvet. Shallot: ''For a place that supposes to train huntsmen who are supposed to be the protectors of the remaining civilizations they are surely not helping with discriminating against others while there is a bigger threat to them. Truly these humans are such shallow individuals but even in my first life humans were the same way.'' Oobleck: "Dreadful, simply dreadful! Remember, students, it is precisely this kind of ignorance that breeds violence! I mean, I mean, I mean just look at what happened to the White Fang! Shallot: ''I think Oobleck has had one too many coffees for today. It''s like watching a crack addict.'' Oobleck: "Now, which of you young scholars can tell me what many theorists believe to be the turning point in the third year of the war? Weiss: "The battle at Fort Castle." Shallot turned to Blake to whisper. Shallot (whisper): "What was the battle at Fort Castle about?" Blake: (whisper): "It was about a general from the human that attacked the Faunus at night but it failed tremendously due to many of us having night vision. Some Faunus are nocturnal so the plan failed and they couldn''t even fight as effectively as they usually could due to lack of light but for the Faunus, it was a simple battle." Shallot (whisper): "What type of general attacks without doing any research first. Maybe that''s why humanity is constantly being destroyed by the Grimm. Neither sides have any intelligence." Jaune: "Hey!!!" Shallot: ''Did he hear me?'' Oobleck: "Yes, Mr.Arc! Finally contributing to class! This is excellent! Excellent! What is the answer? Jaune: "Uhhhh... the answer... The advantage... of the Faunus ... had over that guy''s stuff." Shallot seeing Jaune struggling to answer figured that he didn''t hear him and had been sleeping in class and tried helping him. He was motioning to his eyes as if trying to see something in the distance and Pyrrha being next to him also noticed Jaune and started pointing to her eyes and making a looking gesture. Jaune: "Um, BINOCULARS!!!" Shallot facepalmed while looking at Jaune. Shallot: ''I shouldn''t have even had the thought that Jaune would understand.'' Everyone in the class was laughing at Jaune''s answer. Oobleck: "Very funny mister Arc. Cardin! perhaps you would like to share your thoughts on the subject! Cardin: "Well, I know it''s a lot easier to train an animal than a soldier." Shallot turned around to look at Cardin. Shallot: "It seems that you still haven''t learned your place, Cardin." Cardin: "What, you''re going to attack me in front of the teacher in this classroom." Shallot: "No, I have the answer. Unlike Cardin, I have a brain. The reason the general lost was because A. He didn''t research his enemies to determine what they were capable of. B. He didn''t have any equipment to ?ssist him in the dark. and C. The main reason is that there is a large number of Faunus with night vision and some who are even nocturnal. Attacking a camp in the dead of night without any information on your enemies while they can see you neatly perfect. You have to be some kind of special moron to believe that plan would work. *Cardin Growls* Blake: "His massive army was outmatched and the general was captured. Perhaps if he''d paid attention in class, he would have been remembered as such a failure. *Cardin grunts again while holding his neck*." Cardin stood up from his seat and so did Shallot while staring at Cardin. Oobleck: "Mr. Winchester! please take your seat. You too Mr. Shallot. Shallot: "You should seat down Cardin or I''m going to break your legs and make sure you never stand again." Shallot said in a venomous tone with bloodlust leaking from him. Cardin fell back into his chair while Blake stealthily grabbed Shallot''s hand to have him sit back down. Blake: "You know that he isn''t a match for me especially after all the training you have me do while growing up." Shallot humphed then started to calm himself down while putting a smile back on his face but this smile was clearly one with no good intentions behind it but only Blake could see it since she knew this wasn''t his real smile or the goofy one he always has on. Jaune chuckled at the scared Cardin falling back into his chair. Oobleck sped over in front of Jaune with a slight sweat trickling down his neck. Oobleck: "You Mr. Arc and Cardin can both see me after class for additional readings. Jaune: "Ohh." Cardin was sitting quite while avoiding Shallot''s stare while looking at Jaune. Cardin: ''I may not be able to do anything to Shallot but that doesn''t mean that I can''t do anything to Jaune.'' Oobleck: "Now moving on." The rest of the class continued with Cardin not saying anything else and not making any snide remarks. The class continued until it was over and they all left except for Cardin and Jaune so stayed back after class with Professor Oobleck. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Tier 8-B Tier 5-C Oozaru ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Chapter 17 - 17 - Dynamic Entry Shallot and the rest had left the classroom and were heading back to the dorms when Shallot lightly tapped on Blake''s shoulder. Shallot: "Mittens I''m going to be going out for a bit and I''ll be back in the dorm later tonight." Shallot then kissed her on her cheek and Blake blushed while nodding her head. Blake: ''He always calls me mittens whenever he is flirting with me or about to do something stupid. Hopefully, it isn''t the second one.'' Blake: "I want to also know what you did in these 4 years since we''ve been together." Shallot quietly left the group only letting Blake know that he was leaving and left the building and then levitating slightly then flying away from the school and heading towards the cliff where they took their test. After landing at the cliffside he sat down and concentrated on his body and sent his ki inside his body. He sent small amounts of ki inside just underneath his skin to protect himself just in case something comes and attacks him while not paying attention. Even though it wouldn''t be able to kill him or injure him heavily it would disrupt him and didn''t want to be pulled from any success do to some random Grimm. Shallot started to enter meditation and tried to feel for his soul. He knew that a semblance is the manifestation of one''s innate and personal power as an ability unique to each individual, with the effects varying greatly from user to user. With the sheer number of people unlocking their Semblances, it can lead to unrelated people gaining similar abilities. The nature of one''s Semblance is noted as representing an aspect of their character. Shallot: ''If the semblance is related to the personality that would describe my personality. I don''t care for much now that I''ve grown stronger than most on this planet but I also feel restricted since I haven''t come across a situation that can push me past my limits. I feel like I''m stagnating because of it. The Grimm are physically strong but don''t have much intelligence. From some research, I''ve learned that Grimm can learn and adapt if they survive a fight against something that can threaten them. Since someone can''t unlock there semblance until after they have there aura maybe from constant use of aura one can unlock there semblance. It might be similar to muscles. I need to constantly push my aura to a new height and then I can get my semblance to activate.'' Shallot started activating his aura and having on his body. It was a then layer and tried to make it more condensed like ki. Shallot then stayed like that for two hours then his aura stopped and shattered. If anyone was to come around Shallot they would have been able to see the aura around him was a mix between a grey and olive green murky color. The ground was slightly indented but no one would notice if they were walking past. Shallot stood up and stretched his body hearing some bones pop in his back and shoulders. Shallot: "So I can keep it active and more dense than usual for two hours. I think it''s only for two hours though because I wasn''t taking and damage. Now I need to wait for my aura to recharge. Aura can be condensed but I will need to see if it makes me any harder to move then before. I should probably get back also." Shallot''s stomach started growling. Shallot: "And get some food." Shallot then flew back to the school noticing it was pretty dark and while getting closer he could see someone standing at there window spitting down below. After getting closer he noticed that it was Cardin and Shallot shot a small ki beam the size of a finger into his room hitting the chair leg by the desk. He then smirked and flew towards the window of his and the girl''s room. Shallot: "If someone sits in that chair it''s going to fall now." Shallot arrived at the window of his room and decided not to head in this way since he didn''t want to have Yang thinking someone is breaking and start swinging at him. So he flew towards Cardin''s window and charge right in since the window was still open kicking out at Cardin''s face. Shallot: "DYNAMIC ENTRY!!!" Shallot kicked with the force of a moving truck and sent Cardin flying into the wall alerting everyone else in the room and they all grabbed their weapons and got up ready to fight. Shallot: "How do you doing boys ... and Cardin." Team CRDN saw who it was and was getting ready to attack. Shallot: "Are you sure about attacking me. Shouldn''t you be checking on your team captain?" Shallot pointed at Cardin still laying on the ground seeming to have been knocked unconscious. Shallot: ''So, If someone doesn''t have their aura activated then can be dealt with far easier. This is why the people of this world need to train their bodies also. Sky Lark: "Why are you attacking us?" Dove: "When can just beat him up first and tell the headmaster that he attacked our team at night." Russel: "Let''s just get him before he escapes out the window. Shallot started walking towards them as they had activated their aura after seeing Cardin getting kicked into the wall and was trying to keep their weapons ready for any attack that comes. Shallot: "I only come through the window to head to my room since you all are down the hall from us. How would I have to know someone''s face would have been in the exact place my foot landed." Russel: "You think we would believe you? After beating you down we''re telling the headmaster your attacking other students. We''ll make sure you get kicked out of here." Russel then charged forth with daggers swinging them at Shallot. Shallot grabbed both of his wrists and head-butted him breaking his nose. Shallot: "You see. That would be a great idea but I''m not sure you going to remember any of that tomorrow. I have something called the amnesia fist. I only put 15% of people in a coma now but 85% forgot what happened but I like to call it shockwave of forgetfulness." Shallot sent both his fist punching both sides of Russel''s head making him fall unconscious. While he was knocking Russel unconscious Dove and Lark and Rushed towards Shallot at the same time attacking from both sides. They didn''t have a lot of space since the room wasn''t the ideal place to fight and could only attack in a somewhat straight forward path with 6 ft of moving room to the side without falling over anything. Shallot ducked under Dove''s Shortsword and performing a leg sweep on Lark placing his hands on the ground sending a low roundhouse kick into his ?h?st. After attacking Lark he dodged backward towards the window while Dove was trying to swing again to only see Shallot lean back of the window falling out. Shallot started floating underneath the window seal out of view. Sky Lark got up from the ground to look for where Shallot went. Sky Lark: "Where''d he go?." Dove: "Out the window." Dove walked towards then window and starting looking down to only to be met with a roundhouse kick but this one was direct to his chin knocking him out making him slump over onto the windowsill. Shallot then grabbed floated back into the room to see Sky Lark slowly inching towards the door trying to get away and run. Shallot had a small smile on his face and then disappeared from Sky''s Lark''s sight and appeared behind him tapping his shoulder. Lark turned around and was met with the same amnesia fist as Russel and was knocked unconscious. Shallot then walked towards the bedroom door and before leaving out he looked at Cardin''s unconscious body. Shallot: "Next time you even have the thought of coming close with the intent to harm one of my girls then I won''t be so gentle, but I guess you can''t hear me right now. Hopefully, subconsciously you''ll know better." Shallot then walked out of the room and headed for his room and noticed RWBY just about to head into their room when she saw Shallot coming. Ruby: ''Hmnn'' "Oh hey Shallot you finally came back." Shallot walked up to Ruby and poked her cheek. Shallot: "Hey Ruby. You look really cut in those pajamas." Ruby: "Thanks, I really like these they are so comfortable." Shallot: "So, what were you doing out here so later for." Ruby looked towards the direction of Team JNPR room right across from them. Ruby: "Just a talk between captains." Shallot: "I was wondering Ruby. Do you want to hang out after the Vital festival and go around trying food and stuff? I heard they have this really good cookie shop with over twenty kinds of different cookies. They even have muffins and other sweets." Ruby''s eyes were sparkling in her eyes and she started nodding rapidly. Ruby: "I would love to. How long after the Vital festival? Shallot: "Let''s go when we get finished with our fights. That way we would have something to eat since you will probably be tired from fighting." Ruby: "...? Won''t you be tired also? Aren''t you fighting also?" Shallot: "Of course I''ll be fighting. I also wanted to help you with your fighting. It''s just that no one that will be fighting can match up to me. There is something I have noticed about you though. You seem to heavily on your scythe and you should also work on your hand-to-hand combat so in case someone knocks your weapon away from. If that happens you''ll be able to fight them off until you can get your weapon back, or be just as capable of fighting without your weapon since you may not always have your weapon on you in some situations." Ruby nodded her head thinking that it was possible and wondered if Shallot was good in hand-to-hand combat since he also used a scythe. Ruby: "Are you good in hand-to-hand combat without your scythe and when are you going to make another one." Shallot: "I actually specialize in hand-to-hand combat but I choose to use a scythe because it seems cool. I''m less powerful with a scythe in my hands than I am with just my fist and feet. Using a weapon doesn''t give me an advantage, to be honest." Ruby looked surprised. Ruby: "How can you be weaker with a weapon?" Shallot: "Do you remember that attack I did on the Nevermore body?" Ruby nodded. Shallot: "That was me attacking with 50% of my strength but the weapon that was made to just be hard and dense still broke from just that." Ruby: "THAT WAS YOU AT 50% PERCENT. HOW CAN YOU BE THAT STRONG?" The door behind them opened and Yang came out and looked around. Yang: "What are you yelling about Ruby." Ruby went and told her what Shallot said about using a weapon and teaching her hand-to-hand combat. Yang: "Oh ... maybe you can spare with me also Casanova." Shallot: "Sure but I rather do private sessions since you are a brawler Yang and I want to teach Ruby and orthodox style that will go well with her speed. We should also head into the room and go to sleep and study or whatever so we can be ready for tomorrow." Yang, Ruby, and Shallot headed into the room with Blake laying on her bed reading while trying to hide it slightly but Shallot could see that it says "Ninja of Love". Everyone had either studied or read until they went to sleep but Weiss hadn''t returned to the room yet so Shallot just went to sleep now understanding what the girls did while he was training since Weiss wasn''t here. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Tier 8-B Tier 5-C Oozaru ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Chapter 18 - 18 - Forever Fall Shallot and the girls had woken up and knew they had a field trip today to the Forever Fall. Shallot had already left to shower and when he had gotten back he noticed that Weiss didn''t seem to be too antagonistic to Ruby anymore. Shallot: ''She must have talked to Professor Port. So some things haven''t changed with people I haven''t interacted with heavily ...interesting.'' Shallot got back to his room and saw that everyone was ready to head out. Shallot grabbed a small notebook and started reading it. It had the events that he could remember and today should be a major event with Cardin getting Jaune to throw something onto Pyrrha but since Pyrrha wasn''t the one to answer he wasn''t sure how things would turn out today. He had knocked out Cardin yesterday so he isn''t even sure that he had called Jaune to make him go and get things. Shallot closed the notebook and put it back into his bag and then left with the girl to Forever Falls. ~~~~~~ [An hour later] Everyone had started walking with Glynda through the forest looking around. Shallot: ''This is a really nice place. Even though the world is pretty hard to survive in outdoors, there so much beauty around.'' Glynda: "Yes, students, the Forest of Forever Falls is indeed beautiful. But we are not here to sight-see. Professor Peaches asked all of you to collect samples from the trees deep inside this forest." Shallot had looked back at Cardin and his team to see a large bruise on the left side of his face in the shape of a boot. The rest of the team had some bandages wrapped around them. When Blake turned to see what Shallot was looking at and noticed Cardin''s group and giggled and pulled Shallot''s hand slightly. Blake (whisper): "Did you do that?" Shallot (whisper): "I have no idea what you''re talking about?" Shallot started whistling slightly and looking away from their group. Glynda: "Each of you is to gather one jar''s worth of red sap. However, this forest is full of the creatures of Grimm, so be sure to stay by your teammates. We will rendezvous back here at four o''clock. Have fun. Cardin pulled Jaune and made him follow his group and Shallot walked away with his team and Pyrrha, Ren, and Nora. They were walking through the wood so they could collect some sap from the trees when Ruby came up to him and started a conversation. Ruby: "So you never told me. Is your semblance flying or is that just something you can do." Everyone else was interested in that and listened to the conversation. Shallot: "That is a technique that anyone can learn if they have mastered using their life force. It is the same way I did that attack against the Nevermore." Weiss: "Hold on. Wait!!! You mean that use your life for more power." Everyone else was looking worried at that. Shallot: "Your thinking of life span. What you need to do is use life force but it will take some time to learn how to use it. I can teach you guys some time but I''ve already said that I''m going to be training Ruby and Yang, but I do have some ideas for Pyhhra to become stronger with her semblance." As Ren and Nora were collecting sap from the trees they were still listening to the conversation. Pyrrha: "You have a way for me to get stronger?" Weiss: "Why did you mention them but not me? Aren''t we on the same team?" Shallot: "It''s because I don''t know a lot about your semblance. I''m not too familiar with Nora''s or Ren''s completely so I can''t do anything about there semblance either since I didn''t get the chance to observe it in the last fight. Pyrrha." Pyrrha: "Yes." Shallot: "You seem to be great at close quarters combat but you don''t have any way for combat at mid-range distance. I don''t want to say what your semblance is out loud since I don''t know if you want others to know." Pyhhra waved her hand in denial. Pyhhra: "No, I really don''t mind I can tell them. My semblance is polarity which allows me to control magnetism." Ruby: "You can control poles? Weiss: "No you dunce, it means magnetism. Shallot: "Ok, since you control magnetism you should go out and get a supply of iron sand or pulverized iron which can work in the same method. You can attack from the distance while also using it as a defense if you become adept with using it. The more you use the iron sand, you''ll be able to use it for defense with hardly any body movement." Weiss: "So you''re saying that she can become even more powerful and she can stop people from even approaching her. Won''t that make her even stronger than you?" Blake hearing that started giggling and Shallot started laughing at what Weiss said. Shallot: "If there is anyone who is closest to my strength then it would be Blake. Blake just doesn''t like fighting that much but will use everything to protect those close to her." Weiss: "Hold on, Blake is the strongest after you here? Why didn''t she take out the Nevermore at the canyon then." Blake: "It might be due to Shallot''s laziness rubbing off on me over the years." Shallot: "Hey... I''m not lazy... I just like relaxing, anyway as I was saying. I will be training Ruby with hand to hand combat and teaching Yang a fighting style that will help her last longer in fights. I can help Pyrrha with the methods I have come up with. Since the Vytal festival is going to be soon we need to work together so that we can show the other schools that we are then strongest of them all." Ren moved closer to the group after filling another jar with some sap. Ren: "Pyrrha''s weapon can be turned into a sniper rifle already isn''t that enough? Shallot: "A sniper rifle is good for long-range situations while the spears are for close-ranged situations, but what about mid-range situations. You won''t always end up in with a long-range situation or short-range sometimes you will need to deal with attacks from mid-range. Ruby: "I don''t think we have enough time though. Doesn''t the Vital festival start tomorrow?" Shallot: "Well Ruby, we stay in the same dorm room and I can help you there whenever you aren''t busy studying, and for Pyrrha, I can only give her advice on how she could improve upon using her semblance. Helping Ren and Nora would require me to get information on how their semblances work and whether I can come up with anything that would be useful enough to help them with it. As for it starting tomorrow, the festival will begin tomorrow but the scheduled fights won''t be happening until another 4 or 5 days. I''m not sure about the exact time but 1 week should be enough if I help you cram some basics. We won''t be changing your fighting style or anything just preparing you just in case you can''t use your weapon." Shallot and the others went collecting the sap after finishing their conversations when they hear the sound of glass shattering and a couple of moments later the sound of a Grimm howling out. The group headed over to see what was going on since that was in the direction of where the sound came from. Russel and Dove whose face was bandaged running past them screaming Ursa. Shallot yelled for Blake to head off to get professor Goodwitch since she was the third-fastest here so it shouldn''t take long. We need the teacher here just in case someone is injured. Blake: "Ok, I know that whatever Grimm is there won''t be a problem for you. I''ll leave now." Blake covered her body in ki and focusing mainly on her legs and dashed off leaving everyone to head towards the sounds. Everyone else was running in the direction of Cardin ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The group had arrived at the location where Jaune and Cardin were. They had seen Jaune standing in front of a cowering Cardin protecting him from the Ursa. Shallot: "Look at that, it''s an older Ursa. Haven''t seen one of those close to cities in a while considering I killed anything that piqued my interest on the way here." Shallot raised his hand with a pointed finger with ki charging up planning to use a ki beam to kill it quickly and Pyrrha noticed and wanted to stop him by grabbing his wrist. While grabbing his wrist she could feel the heat coming from the small point on his figure and new that it would likely pierce the Ursa fairly easy. Shallot: "Pyrrha, what are you doing?" Pyrrha: "What? I think that he can handle this." Shallot: "At least he has determination. Well if something happens to him, I''ll just tell Ozpin you said that he could handle it." Ruby looked at Shallot. Ruby: "You''re not going to help him if he can''t handle it." Shallot: "Pyrrha''s choice. She wanted him to fight to gain experience I guess." Shallot then dispersed the ki gathering on his finger and lowered his hand. Jaune did a final attack at the Ursa while the Ursa was going to blindside Jaune but then Pyrrha used her semblance to raise Jaune''s shield to block the attack. Jaune then sliced the head off of the Ursa. Shallot squinted his eyes and looked at Pyrrha. Shallot: "Hypocrite." Shallot then walked away heading away from the group. Ruby was looking amazed at the attitude change that happened in Shallot. Yang was also looking at Shallot leaving then looked towards Pyrrha. Yang: "He probably called you a hypocrite because you stopped him and then went and helped Jaune anyway. He probably only stopped because you were his team member. Shallot is strong and probably doesn''t like being stopped from what he is doing. Yang: ''Neither do I so I think I understand why he is upset.'' Yang: He always seems carefree and does what he wants no matter what someone else says just like when we could clearly see him insulting Cardin and his team. He probably also sees Jaune as a friend and doesn''t want to give him false pride like what you just did. He told us he is from a warrior clan and pride might be something that is ingrained into them. He probably saw what you did as detrimental." Weiss: ''I doubt that. He is more of a douchebag in my opinion.'' Weiss: "How do you know?" Ren: "I''m also curious. He doesn''t seem like the one to get upset about anything. He always seemed to be joking about everything and seemed more like a jokester." Yang: "I guess we can call him Joker hm." Yang giggles a little afterward. Nora: "He just seems overconfident to me but he is super strong." Ruby: "I think he''s really nice though *mumbles* (and good looking)" Yang looked towards Ruby hearing that and smirking a bit thinking she has something else to tease Ruby about. Yang: "The way he walks is that of a martial artist. Even though he jokes around a lot it always seems he is paying attention to his surrounding as if he is expecting an attack. We may have first seen him with a weapon but I think he chose to use a weapon to become stronger but to mess around instead of becoming stronger." Pyrrha nodded her head understanding that what she did would give Jaune false pride but sometimes false pride is what someone needs to become stronger. She knows that Jaune is not as strong-minded as others but wishes to improve. She knows that Shallot probably only got upset because of that and still thinks he is a nice person since he gave her ideas on how to become stronger with her semblance. The others decided that they would head back and get ready since the Vital festival would begin tomorrow. At least the preparations will be. Ruby wanted to see what Shallot would do to help her with hand to hand combat. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ [Ruby] Tier: 8-C PL: 135 Attack Potency: Building level+ Speed: Hypersonic | Hypersonic+ (Equal to Blake Belladonna and comparable to Sun Wukong, higher with her Semblance Lifting Strength: Class K (Can drag a Nevermore up a vertical cliff) | At least Class K | At least Class K Striking Strength: Building Class+ | Large Building Class | At least Large Building Class Durability: Building level+ Stamina: High (Ruby can mutilate hordes of monsters by herself and shows no signs of fatigue in battle at all) Range: Extended melee range with Crescent Rose, at least hundreds of meters with a sniper rifle Standard Equipment: Crescent Rose, Dust Ammunition Intelligence: High Weaknesses: Ruby is somewhat reckless, Continual damage to her Aura will cause it to decay to the point where she can be left open to more significant damage, Inept at hand-to-hand combat. Aura''s durability is ?umulative; it will deplete with each attack she takes and can be brought down by characters of similar strength. Semblances drain aura by a small amount and without aura they cannot be used until the user''s aura is recharged. | Unable to use Silver Eyes willingly and to their fullest extent ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Chapter 19 - 19 - Training Back at the academy Shallot had made it back to the dorm and had placed his bag on the desk and pulled out his notebook and turned past the first few pages with the events written down. He started writing about possible ways to force his semblance to activate. Shallot: ''I should head back out to do some more training.'' Shallot headed back out taking his notebook and a small bag with a change of clothes with him to head back to the forest he was at previously. After flying for 15 minutes he arrived back at the place he was previously and noticed where he was last time had slightly caved in. Shallot: ''Maybe my semblance did activate last time I just didn''t notice. From the impression that''s on the ground. I''m ?ssuming that my semblance is related to gravity, but if it was gravity why is it so small.'' Shallot sat back down in the same spot and tried to concentrate again and stayed like that for 3 hours. As he was sitting there he was thinking about how after unlocking his aura he felt light which he could attribute to his semblance being related to gravity but why did he feel that he wasn''t shackled down anymore. It gave him a feeling of freedom. Why did he end up in this world that wasn''t anywhere in the Universe of Dragon Ball? Shallot: ''Was this all a coincidence? Maybe my semblance has something to do with it. Maybe my semblance isn''t gravity but space and I''m simply affecting the gravity around me.'' With that single thought, his aura that had previously shown had its colors of black and olive green merging to make a murky black with a shade of green mixed into it. Before continuing he put his book and change of clothes to the side away from him just in case then got back to his spot and felt for that feeling he just had. Shallot stood up and focused on trying to use his semblance with the concept of a force pushing down on him by manipulating space at the bottom of the ground beneath him at the soles of his feet. The results were unexpected. The gravity increased around him and he was dropped to the ground in his stomach. Shallot: "Uhh ... shit." Shallot wasn''t expecting more than twice the amount of gravity to push down on him. He wanted to limit it so that he could slowly acclimate and adjust but he wasn''t used to activating it yet. It felt like 3 times gravity currently but he could also feel that his body is adjusting. Shallot kept his semblance active and trying to stand up and it took him 2 minutes before he could stand. He was only trying to increase the gravity a little bit and work his way up but was happy that he wasn''t squashed into paste at least. Shallot stayed under this gravity for 30 minutes with it sometimes fluctuating and then he could feel his aura emptying and he had to stop. When he had finally stopped he noticed that his clothes were filled with sweat and slightly torn. Shallot: ''Great now my outfit is ruined. I should change my style up a bit though and also my tail feels like crap. I need to work out with it more. I have had it under my shirt for too long. t''s starting to feel stiff.'' Shallot lifted his shirt slightly to free his tail and waved it around and walked towards a tree and slapped it into the trunk leaving a whip mark 10 inches deep on it. Shallot: ''My tail isn''t as strong as my legs and fist. I think I''ve been neglecting it a bit too much.'' Shallot: ''I still need to find someone that can create a visor that can enhance the blutz waves that come from this moon. Hopefully, by then I will be able to try to train my Oozaru state. I still have the prototype I made while traveling but I feel like it''s missing something. Maybe getting some information from atlas could help. I think they are the most advanced when it comes to machines.'' Shallot arrived at the school but instead of heading back to his room with the girls, he headed to take a shower since he was slightly sweety, but he was happy because he finally found a way to keep improving and won''t be stagnating anymore. When Shallot made it to the showers he had headed in unfurled his tail and started showering he wanted to use the showers that everyone had used when they had first made it here since it wasn''t used at this time due to everyone else having a shower in their room. He was also sure that Blake was taking her night time soak before bed at this time and didn''t want to wait that long. He didn''t mind going in with her but everyone else in the room (mainly Weiss) may have a problem with it. After 15 minutes Shallot was finished and changed into his other clothes and walked out while shaking his tail off. He was enjoying his shower and hadn''t noticed that someone else was there also. Ren: "Shallot?" Shallot stopped and so did his tail that was swinging behind him. Shallot eyes were wide open. Shallot: ''And here I wanted to play along with Blake until everyone found out she was a Faunus and then bang I reveal I''m a Faunus and shock everyone, but now this entire time of me being meticulous has gone down the drain because I just wanted to enjoy my shower. Wait a minute ... how did I not sense him ... oh his semblance ... crap.'' Shallot: "*exhale* Hey Ren. What are you doing here?" Ren: "So you were a Faunus? I always thought that was a belt around your waist. I never really thought it would be a tail considering how you never moved it. It only moved with your waist movement. I was thinking it might be a tail from the last time you changed in here." Shallot: "Yeah, can you not tell anyone. Especially Nora." Ren: "I can understand your reasons for not have Nora find out. She might blurt it out on accident while talking. You don''t have to worry *yawn* I won''t be telling anyone. Anyway, good night Shallot. I''m going to take a shower before heading back since Nora is taking her bubble bath." Ren while yawning walked towards the showers on the side closing the curtains behind him turning on the nob. Shallot wrapped his waist with his tail and went back to his room and tossed worn clothes into his duffle bag thinking that he can use them as rags later after washing them. He walked over to his hammock with his book and laid down trying not to wake anyone else up in the room since they were all sleeping. Ruby was sleeping with her books sprawled across her bed, Yang was hanging halfway off hers, Blake was curled into a ball like a cat, and Weiss was snuggled under her covers with a prideful smile on her face. Shallot then started drifting off looking at his notebook with the events that are going to happen. List Of Events For RWBY 1. Ruby Rose stops a robbery at a Dust shop and, during a fight with Roman Torchwick, she is saved by Glynda Goodwitch. Goodwitch introduces her to the headmaster of Beacon Academy, Professor Ozpin. Impressed, Ozpin allows her to enroll in Beacon Academy despite her age (I haven''t seen Ruby and Yang since I looked over them as kids so I''m going to have to look for the resemblance between her and Summer). 2. On her first day of school, Ruby gets off to a bad start with Weiss Schnee, after knocking over her luggage and causing an explosion with dust. Among others, she also meets Blake Belladonna and Jaune Arc (I should try to curb Weiss''s princess mentality early on so I don''t have to deal with this annoying phase). 3. Ruby becomes concerned about making new friends during the initiation the next day, while Yang tries to help her befriend Blake (I shouldn''t mess with too many things until I''m positive nothing bad will happen with my interference. Don''t want to make someone become a mortal enemy on accident). 4. The next morning, the students prepare for their initiation and are tasked to return with a relic found in the forest (The best time to unlock my aura with Pyrrha and Ren. Maybe I can test out that ki move with the scythe I''ve been trying to do normally. I don''t think my ki control is enough to do it without a medium yet). 6. As the initiation continues, Pyrrha teaches Jaune about Aura and Ren fights a King Taijitu, a snake-type Grimm. Yang and Blake are paired together, as with Nora and Ren (I wonder how much stronger Ren can get if I teach him how to use Ki). 7. Ruby and Weiss get into an argument, while Yang and Blake have found the relics. Jaune and Pyrrha are attacked by a Deathstalker, a scorpion type Grimm, which chases them into the temple. (I should let them fight as much as they can so they can have experience. I don''t want to coddle them. I''m no one''s baby sitter, but Blake could probably handle things just fine if they go poorly). 8. As the eight students reunite at the temple, they are all attacked by Grimm. Jaune, Nora, Pyrrha, and Ren team up to take down the Deathstalker, while Ruby, Weiss, Blake, and Yang combine to kill the Nevermore. Back at Beacon, Ozpin forms the new teams, including Team CRDL, JNPR (with Jaune as the leader), and RWBY (with Ruby as the leader) (I wonder what team I''m going to be placed on?). 9. The morning after the initiation, Team RWBY decorate their room and attend their first classes. Weiss becomes infuriated when she sees Ruby goofing around in class, feeling that she is not serious about being a Huntress (Best time to tell Blake any questions she has and finally move forward with our relationship. 10. Weiss defeats a Boarbatusk, a boar-type Grimm, for Port''s class demonstration, with the help of Ruby''s advice. After class, the two argue over Ruby''s qualifications as a leader. Ozpin advises Ruby to be more responsible, while Port tells Weiss to be more humble. Under their advice, Ruby and Weiss put aside their differences (I could interfere but they should get their differences aside as soon as possible). 11. As the Vytal Festival Tournament draws near, Jaune becomes bullied by Team CRDL''s leader, Cardin (Need to work on getting Jaune real confidence and not let Pyrrha give him fake confidence). 12. Cardin continues to bully Jaune as the class discusses racism towards Faunus and the White Fang. Jaune admits to Pyrrha that he enrolled in Beacon Academy using fake transcripts, which Cardin overhears (Should make sure he doesn''t get close to Blake. She is still s?ns?t?v? to people bad mouthing Faunus). 13. During the class'' field trip to Forever Fall Forest, Cardin blackmails Jaune into doing Team CRDL''s ?ssignment and forces him to execute revenge on Pyrrha for retaliating against him in class. Having had enough, Jaune stands up to him (I''m pretty sure he has it out for me at this point after all the threats). 14. While beating up Jaune, Team CRDL is attacked by an Ursa. Jaune helps Cardin by defeating the Ursa, aided by Pyrrha''s Semblance, and tells him to leave him alone from now on. He makes amends with Pyrrha (Should have Jaune deal with it on his own or just deal with the Ursa myself and just help Jaune become stronger so he''s not a liability). 16. Blake reveals her past as a former White Fang member to Sun, and they discover that the White Fang works for Torchwick during a stakeout. Ruby and Penny arrive and defeat the White Fang as Torchwick escapes. After the fight, Weiss and Blake make amends. Penny, without anyone noticing, is taken by someone working for her father. Ozpin gets an alarming text message from Qrow, who warns him of impending danger (Kick Sun''s ?ss if he tries to make a move on Blake). In another location, Torchwick is visited by his superior, Cinder, and two of her ?ssociates. (I''m not sure where this happens since I haven''t fully explored the place yet). 17. Emerald and Mercury, Cinder''s ?ssociates, ?ssassinate Tucson for leaving the White Fang. Meanwhile, Sun prepares to introduce his teammate Neptune to Team RWBY. In the dining hall, Nora accidentally starts a large-scale food fight between Teams RWBY and JNPR, which Ruby wins for her team. Ozpin stops Glynda from reprimanding them and says that they might not be able to enjoy themselves for long. (I just got my semblance working. I wonder if I can store food also. My semblance is so broad that it''s going to take me forever to figure out how to do anything with it. Since it''s space I could create an inventory or maybe try figuring out teleporting. Basics start with just getting the hang of messing with gravity. Once I figure it out completely I can have Blake do gravity training with me). 18. General James Ironwood, head of the Atlas military and Academy, arrives at Beacon with several military airships in tow, which Ozpin fears will alarm the citizens. Meanwhile, Blake begins to open up to her teammates, concerned about the enemies, and admitting that they are not ready to stop them. Ruby decides that their team should investigate for any leads on possible future attacks. At the same time, Cinder, Emerald, and Mercury have infiltrated Beacon as students from Haven Academy (I''m going to enjoy messing with them the entire time they are here. I wonder if I can get Cinder to blow their cover). 19. To find clues on the enemies'' next move, Ruby and Weiss investigate the Schnee Dust Company files for robberies; Blake and Sun spy on a White Fang recruitment rally; and Yang and Neptune broker with Junior for information. During Ruby and Weiss'' investigation, Ruby follows Penny, who is hiding from Ironwood and the Atlas soldiers. After the soldiers give chase, Penny saves Ruby from getting hit by a truck, revealing that she is a robot. 21. Team RWBY compiles information from their investigation and deduces that the White Fang is carrying out their activities in Vale''s southeast territory. In between this, the students are also preparing for the Vytal Tournament Festival Ball, but Blake is focused on their mission and Weiss rejects Jaune''s invitation. In the dorms, Mercury reveals he used the practice match to analyze Pyrrha''s fighting abilities, and Cinder decides to include her as a pawn in her plan. 22. Blake exhausts herself in her research for Torchwick and the White Fang, worrying her teammates. Yang confronts Blake about her obsession by confiding in her an incident in her childhood where she nearly causes Ruby and herself to get killed over a dangerous journey to look for her missing mother. Blake heeds Yang''s advice and attends the tournament ball. 23. During the Vytal Tournament Festival Ball, Jaune reconciles his friendship with Pyrrha and gets over his insecurities. Meanwhile, a disguised Cinder infiltrates the CCT tower and plants a virus in the central computer. She flees before Ruby and Ironwood uncover her identity, her mission successful. 24. Ruby is questioned about the intruder in Ozpin''s office and links her to Torchwick and the White Fang. Afterward, the first-year students gather for their first mission: shadowing a professional Huntsmen or Huntress on an ?ssignment. Team RWBY volunteers for an ?ssignment southeast that is off-limits for first years, but Ozpin allows them to accept it. Outside, Team RWBY discovers that the Huntsman they are shadowing is Professor Oobleck. 25. Oobleck takes Team RWBY to Mountain Glenn for their mission and questions each of them why they decided to become Huntresses. 26. As Team RWBY mulls over their motives of becoming Huntresses, Ruby discovers White Fang members patrolling the area. She falls into an underground city with secret tunnels to Vale, where she is subdued by the Faunus and brought before Torchwick. 27. Ruby''s teammates and Oobleck rescue her, but Torchwick''s train begins to take off to the city, using bombs to destroy the cave and allowing the Grimm to follow them. As Team RWBY threads through the train to stop it, they are unsuccessful. The train crashes into the city, where the Grimm emerges and begins to attack. 28. Team RWBY successfully fights off hordes of Grimm with their friends, classmates, and teachers. Torchwick is arrested, but Adam arrives, ready to continue Cinder''s plans. Some more information that I''m not sure about but I know that at the end of this beacon and Ozpin falls. Thanks to my no good spoiling little brother saying that someone important in Vale dies. [Blake] Tier 8-B PL: 560 Attack Potency: Building level+ Speed: Hypersonic Lifting Strength: Class K (Comparable to Ruby) Striking Strength: Building Class+ | Large Building Class | At least Large Building Class Durability: Building level+ Range: Extended melee range with the Gambol Shroud in katana mode. Several meters in chain form. Hundreds of meters in pistol mode and with Blade Beam. Standard Equipment: Gambol Shroud, Dust Ammunition Intelligence: Above average Weaknesses: Continual use of her Aura will cause it to decay to the point where she can be left open to more significant damage. Aura''s durability is ?umulative; it will deplete with each attack she takes and can be brought down by characters of similar strength. Semblances drain aura by a small amount and without aura they cannot be used until the user''s aura is recharged. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ [AN: It is taking me a while to write my current chapters due to me burning my hand last week and having to type with one hand so chapters may not come out immediately but they will be out.] Chapter 20 - 20 - Premonition [Blake''s P.O.V] I woke up earlier and looked to my side towards Shallot''s hammock to see that he was sleeping there with his notebook laying on top of him. I always wondered what was in that notebook. I got up from the bed and walked towards the hammock and lightly said while approaching him. Blake: (whisper) "It''s me Shallot." Shallot moved around a bit and then stopped moving. I know that if you approach him while sleeping while he''s not fully awake he will sometimes attack you with his tail. I found out after he came back after leaving for a while when he was 8 and my father tried to wake him up and was attacked by his tail. Shallot was chased around the house by my father after that and we decided to announce when we were close to him to not surprise him or rather for us to not be attacked. I reached my hand over and grabbed the notebook on his ?h?st and started looking inside it. Blake: ''Ruby at the dust shop ... Ruby causes explosion ... Weiss and Blake get into a heated argument over the Faunus and the White Fang. When Blake accidentally reveals that she is a cat Faunus, she runs away with Sun, a monkey Faunus she encountered earlier at the docks, in fear of rejection. What is all of this? Does he know everything that is going to happen? So later today I would get angry and have an argument with Weiss and give away my identity. I wouldn''t need to run away though because Shallot is here. He would take my side without any doubt ... Would I do this just because of words? I''ll have to ask Shallot what this book is and what does he mean when he says someone is going to die. He wrote notes on the side of what should be things that have already happened and going to happen. I continued reading when she saw towards the end that someone named Cinder attacks and Adam arrives. While she was distracted skimming through what was written she could feel Shallot''s ki flaring up and the pressure around them becoming heavier. She could see his aura fluctuating and a large amount of killing intent flaring-up with small cracks in the air appearing and small items lifting from the ground floating slightly. Everyone else in the room struggled to get out of their beds with their weapons ready looking around thinking they are under attack and when they noticed Shallot''s aura and looked towards me while being pushed back slightly by a wind current being produced by Shallot lying there in his hammock. [AN: I swear this is the world''s strongest hammock.] Blake: "Shallot, I''m right here." I hugged Shallot and then his eyes opened and the red eyes that usually seemed happy were now silver and had only anger, sadness, and loss. He looked at me and then hugged me back shoving my head into his ?h?st before his eyes turned back to his usual color. Shallot: "I won''t let anything happen to you all. I will wipe out everything if I lost you all. Blake: "What happened Shallot? What made you this upset. [Shallots P.O.V] I had just gone to sleep and when I thought that I was waking up I noticed I was standing in what appeared to be a tunnel. There were silver flashes constantly flying by me and underneath me was darkness. I started walking further into this "tunnel" that was formed by these silver objects flying by and after walking for some hours the objects stopped. When I looked at them I noticed that they were actually bubbles. Each bubble was a place that I''ve seen in the show. Ruby in the store when she meets Roman for the first time, Blake fighting Roman at the docks after meeting Sun, the food fight in the cafeteria, and Glynda fixing everything. The bubbles all blanked out then started changing and all of them started showing the end of season 2 with the Grimm that attacked the city of Vale after the girls arriving from the underground train, then more images appeared. Shallot: "I don''t recognize these images." I walked up to one of the bubbles and put my hand on it and everything around me changed again. I was no longer in the "tunnel" but rather in the city of Vale. I could see everything all around me. The city of Vale was burning and people were being ripped apart, I could smell the scent of blood and smoke in the air. I attempted to go help and would send a couple of ki blast at the Grimm helping some people and while I was walking another bubble appeared in front of me making me walk into it. I could see Pyrrha standing above a disassembled Penny and I was only standing a couple of feet away from them when a Nevermore came crashing through the glass above me. Shallot: "What is going on here?" Pyrrha looked at me while in shock. Pyrrha: "Who are you?" Pyrrha sounded out of it and as if she couldn''t believe what was happening around her. Before I could say anything else I was pulled backward and I could see that I was being pulled into another bubble. Adam was attacking Blake in the cafeteria and I was going to blast him to kingdom come if he harmed a single hair on her. The black floor that was underneath me in the "tunnel" appeared beneath me. Shallot: "Touch a single hair on Blake, and I will turn you into a pair of very uncomfortable shoes, Adam." Adam heard me along with Blake and they turned towards me. I could see that in Blake''s eyes that she didn''t recognize me but there was still a look as though she was thinking about something. Adam: "Who the hell are you!" Adam was about to change direction to attack me. Shallot: "It seems you don''t remember the last beating you got from me and forgot your place mongrel." Adam started walking towards me. Shallot: "Oh, you''re approaching me? Instead of running away, you''re coming right to me?" Adam: "I can''t cut you apart without getting closer." Adam continued walking towards me. I waited for him to get close and he swung his sword at me and it didn''t even scratch me. Shallot: "I told you, Adam. If you ever went after Blake, not even god could save you." I punched him in the ribs sending him flying back over towards the ground by Blake. I''m pretty sure I broke a couple of his ribs. Let''s try to damage some organs next time. I tried moving towards Adam to finish him but chains formed of darkness sprung from the ground tying me down forcing me to only watch and then a bubble appeared and swallowed me again and I was still in the cafeteria but it seemed that Adam was perfectly fine. Adam: "I will make it my mission to destroy everything you love." Shallot: "What the hell? What is going on?" I started feeling hatred and anger welling up inside me. I started trying to feel out for my connection with my sword when I realized I couldn''t feel it at all. It''s like it doesn''t exist ... or maybe I''m not in the same world ... maybe this is a different Remnant. I tried sensing for the Saiyan blade since it was connected to me even if I left it. I could tell previously that someone had found it but I wasn''t worried since no one should be able to draw it if they can''t use ki, but knowing that I''ve lost my connection with my sword lets me know "I''m not in Kansas anymore". I continued watching thinking it will show me something important. The world around me changes to Blake being stabbed by Adam and Yang having her arm cut off. These chains seemed to get tighter and tighter no matter how much I struggled. I wanted to watch originally to see what it wanted to show me but after seeing what happened I just wanted to rip Adam apart. Shallot: "What type of sick joke is this. If you wanted my anger then congratulations." I was trying to stay as level headed as I could. I don''t know if someone is doing this to me or if my semblance has gone berserk but from what I could see that these aren''t illusions since I can interact. I think I''m somewhere between timelines. Shallot: "Uh ... it''s like Goku Black constantly being pulled back to his timeline. Maybe the world itself is interfering." My surroundings changed again to show Ruby crying while holding Pyrrha''s body then it changed once more to show Adam walking up to Blake and cut her head off. After that ... Shallot: "Noooooo." [3rd person P.O.V] Shallot was chained from the floor when all his energy started flaring up, his aura and space around him started shattering and cracks started appearing on the chain. ???: "Are you going to allow these things to happen traveler?" A voice sounded out from between the cracks that were forming around him in the world. ???: "Maybe I thought too much of this one brother. He doesn''t seem to be able to embrace the darkness." ???: "Yes brother, but he has the will to fight for those that are in danger. Maybe we were too rash in abandoning the mortals here." ???: "We only decided to come and look since it seemed that something had invaded our universe but he didn''t seem dangerous. Maybe this one can show the other mortals how to live a better life. I also find it strange that he can go and change time like this. Do you think there are other versions of ourselves in these timelines as he calls them? ???: "Maybe you should give him the eyes that you left that one clan of humans. It doesn''t seem that there is a lot left in this "timeline?" so they must have been hunted down by the one I left the trial to so they wouldn''t be able to stop her." ???: "Maybe I should ... alright, I''ll give him the eyes but let''s leave. I think we have already interfered enough. They should solve there own problems since they got themselves into this problem. The chains should take him back to his own "time" I suppose." Shallot kept pushing his body as the chains started to shatter and he could feel the strength of his blood pumping and his rage was flowing throughout his body. His body had a different sensation running through his tail and up through his spine. Shallot could feel his strength skyrocket and was sure this was more than 10x his current strength, but it didn''t stop. It kept increasing the more time passed and then started slowing down. Shallot wasn''t paying attention to his body and was slowly moving towards the headless Blake. He looked around to see Yang missing an arm, Ruby crying in a bubble floating towards the side of him, the broken Penny in another bubble, the destroyed city overrun by Grimm in another bubble, and a bubble of Ozpin fighting against someone with fire and only the fire user coming out. His eyes were completely white and there was no rationality in them but every time he saw a different bubble his eyebrows would twitch and his ki would rise slightly higher. Adam turned around and looked noticing the bubbles thinking he was being attacked and noticed what he thought was a monkey Faunus broken chains coming from a black matter beneath him. ... Blake had used her semblance to leave a shadow clone off herself and was fleeing towards the back with Yang in her arms. Blake turned to look behind her to make sure that Adam wasn''t following her when she had seen the person standing there surrounded by broken chains. She had a feeling in her ?h?st and felt that she should know this person but couldn''t understand why. Shallot didn''t know this and had only Adam in his sights. Shallot charged at Adam and to everyone there, it seemed as if he had teleported and grabbed Adam''s head and planted him face-first into the ground. Shallot: "ADDDAAAAAAAAM!." Shallot tightening his grip on Adam''s head repeatedly slamming his head into the ground while Adam was trying to struggle and then Shallot threw him into the air while getting into the pose of the Kamehameha and started charging his attack. Shallot: "DIIIIIEEEEEE." Shallot then fired his Kamehameha and vaporized him carrying it out of orbit and becoming a beacon at Beacon academy. Blake was astonished at the attack that she had just witnessed. Shallot''s anger still wasn''t sated and he was only growing angrier and his power level continued increasing making the ground shake and the world around his had cracks appearing. Shallot then felt a warm feeling embracing him before hearing a voice. Blake: "Shallot, I''m right here." Blake''s voice could be heard coming through the cracks appearing in the space around him. The Blake holding Yang heard her voice and the care and affection held in the voice and could now understand why she felt warmness in her ?h?st when she saw him. More spatial cracks appeared around Shallot before it shattered and he disappeared from there appearing in what appeared to be a solar system. There were numerous planets but instead of just seeing what he would imagine the face of the planet were the hands of a clock and they even had a second hand ticking by. Each planet had a different time on it. Shallot then felt that warm feeling and closed his eyes and could feel that he was being pulled somewhere else again but this time the pull felt gentle. [Ozpin''s office] Ozpin was sitting in his office chair looking over some paperwork that was for the upcoming Vital festival when he could feel a large pressure over the entire school. Ozpin immediately got up and headed towards where the source of the pressure and came towards the dorms. He went through the hallway while having a magical shield around himself. He made it to the front door of team RWBYS and pushed the door open to see Blake hugging Shallot and the pressure of the room disappeared while the others in the room were struggling to stand up with their weapons out were finally able to move normally. Shallot: "I won''t let anything happen to you all. I will wipe out everything if I lost you all. Blake: "What happened Shallot? What made you this upset? I was wondering how could someone so young could have so much strength and then I remembered that he was abandoned because according to him he was too weak compared to everyone else. I shuddered at the realization that if the strength he showed was considered weak I don''t want to see what the strongest member strength is. [3rd Person P.O.V] Blake hearing Shallot''s response could only hold Shallot closer snuggling her face deeper into his ?h?st and thinking that it had something to do with the notebook with what he calls the events of team RWBY. Blake shoved the notebook he had towards the side by Shallot in his hammock with Weiss noticing the slight movement while Ruby also came over and rubbed Shallot''s back hoping to help calm him down with Blake. Yang and Weiss also came over to try to see what had caused all of this. After another 10 minutes, Shallot had calmed down and started looking around himself and noticed quite the crowd of people at their doorway with Ozpin standing in the doorway. There were team JNPR, Velvet, and her team, and the professors were all standing there. Ozpin walked towards Shallot and looked towards him with a worried look thinking about the power he felt coming from Shallot that was immensely stronger than him. He was sure that even if he and Salem weren''t against each and decided to team up against him only then would they stand a chance. Ozpin was glad that Shallot was on their side but was also concerned about what could make Sahllot feel such a feeling of loss. That was either one hell of a nightmare that would demoralize anyone or a force that made him feel helpless. Ozpin: "Are you alright Shallot. The amount of power you were releasing was enough to blow the academy away if it was released. Can you tell me the reason why you were like this?" Ozpin: ''It seems that if Shallot becomes like this more often that Blake will be able to calm him down.'' Shallot after regaining his bearings was thinking about what to do but decided to explain somethings so that they could prepare to incase what he went through would really come to fruition. Shallot: ''If something like that is coming no matter how strong I am I can''t be everywhere at once. I might have the strength to destroy all the Grimm but I might wipe out half the city in the process. It seems that more training is needed for everyone else. It seems that the Piccolo style of training will be useful and they will get the crash course of the century.'' Shallot: "I guess you could say that I had a premonition." Ozpin frown upon hearing that knowing about the relics and that they could also give premonitions and they always were something bad and judging from Shallot''s actions it was nothing good. Ozpin: "What were these premonitions." Shallot exhaled before telling the fate of what was to come. He started with Beacon being on fire with people being torn to shreds and death and destruction all around, Yang losing an arm while fighting, Ruby seeing one of her friends completely dismembered, Ruby holding a lifeless Pyrrha, and Blake being decapitated. Ozpin: "And what about me? Shallot remembered a scene where Ozpin was surrounded in a shield while being attacked by a massive amount of flames. He wasn''t paying full attention to the one scene since so much was happening around him. Shallot: "You died fighting against someone with fire abilities." Ozpin: "That is quite concerning indeed. We need to prepare then. I think you all should go out and help Shallot calm down and by the time you return, I should have a plan that can help prevent these things from happening. If that isn''t enough I will call for reinforcements from the other academies and gather the hunters and huntresses." The others that were standing in the doorway were completely shocked by what they heard and were then dispersed by the teachers next to them having the room become quite. Shallot: "We should probably get cleaned up and head out if you guys want to ask any questions." ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ [Shallot] Tier: 7-C City | 7-B Small city level+ level while enraged PL:1100 Semblance: Space-Time Manipulation Weapon: Scythe (Broken), Saiyan Blade (Sealed Away), Steel Toed Boots Attack Potency: At least Large Building level | City level+ (with muscle enhancement active) Ki control - Low {Ki techniques} Crescent Moon - Concentrated ki attack using a scythe leaving a strong ki blade in the shape of a crescent moon. Spirit Orb - Energy gathered from the surroundings not used for an attack but used to heal the user. This technique takes time to gather and used. Spirit Dome - The same property of spirit Orb but can be used on others but will use ki from the user to heal those inside the dome. This takes a larger amount of time anywhere from 5 to 10 minutes to use and the person must be stationary. Muscle enhancement - A technique to strengthen the body making it twice as strong by running ki along the muscles to tighten them but will cause physical exhaustion which will leave the person on a weakened state. Finger beam - A concentration of ki at the tip of the finger that excels at penetration power. Incredibly dangerous at close range. Ki blast - A basic ki blast that Shallot can use that can easily take out a Beowulf. Ki bomb - A charged ki blast that has the capability of destroying a wall without much effort. {Semblance abilities} Space Crush - Force space to apply pressure around the user, an object, or an individual by touching them. (Transformations) ??? - The user strength continues to increase the angrier the individual becomes. There hasn''t been a known limit from what has been seen. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Chapter 21 - 21 - Stow-Away Team RWBYS had finished showering but it took everyone 3 hours to get completely ready before leaving out. Shallot had an outfit similar to his previous outfit. He had his blue baggy pants and a green-furred coat warped around his waist. He had a long black sleeved compression shirt to outline his muscles. His tail was wrapped around his waist above his green-furred coat keeping it from slipping it from his waist. Shallot: ''I like this outfit. Maybe I can go shopping. I still have 430,000 Lien left on my card. After going through whatever that was when I went to sleep I feel like I can use my semblance far my efficiently than I could previously. I shouldn''t get to worked up about possibly being thrown into different timelines considering I''m not from this universe, to begin with so all in all the experience was pretty tame.'' Shallot had managed to calm down and wanted to think about some other things to take his mind off of what he saw and witnessed. He wants to come up with some contingency plans just in case Ozpin doesn''t come up with a way to stop whatever is happening. Shallot had waited for the girls to come out and after they had all gathered they had left Beacon and headed for the city of Vale. After they had all made it there Blake was sticking close to Shallot talking to him about what exactly had happened. She knows that just seeing something wouldn''t make him lose his temper and she didn''t know what the silver eyes were about. Shallot: "It wasn''t just seeing things but I lived through those events. I could interact and talk and even hit the Grimm that was there. I had arrived in one place where Adam was there but you weren''t as strong as you are now. Your counterpart was weaker than Yang. I had watched you be decapitated and after that, I had blacked out for a while and when I came to I was in a different place altogether. I felt far stronger than I ever was before and I plan on getting everyone at least close to your strength within the amount of time that the tournament fights happen." Shallot and Blake talked about what he went through and Blake couldn''t imagine how she would react if she saw everything around her burn down and if Shallot were to be killed in front of her. Blake: ''Knowing that another me was killed by Adam made me think that maybe I should have just killed Adam before I left the White Fang.'' Shallot was also talking to Ruby and walking backward while showing her the best way to attack with hand to hand and telling her about the joints and how to attack them. Shallot: "The easiest way to understand fighting others is by understanding and analyzing their movements. The joints between limbs are the weakest points you can target. Whether you are fighting Grimm, humans, or Faunus, all of them have joints connecting their ligaments. The hip will show you the movement and motion of the swing. The movement of the arm when punching out can be countered in multiple ways." Shallot throws a punch in front of Ruby while twisting his waist and his back foot stepping forward as his punch goes in front of her ?h?st causing her to feel a slight breeze. Shallot: "You can put more strength into your punch by adding rotation into your attacks. Alright, now punch towards me." Ruby punched out with her right fist towards him at his ?h?st copying Shallot''s movement but not as smooth. Shallot used his left hand sliding up Ruby''s arm sending a chill to run up her spine and Shallot grips Ruby''s arm then stepping into close range to Ruby and wrapping his right hand around Ruby''s waist placing his hand on her stomach. Shallot: "With enough skill and technique you can redirect attacks so that your aura doesn''t take as much damage while also using their strength against them." Ruby blushed at being so close to Shallot and could feel her heart beating faster. While Shallot was showing Ruby about ways to redirect and using certain stepping methods to attack without a weapon. While they were walking around the could see some people setting up a banner that said: "Welcome to Vale". Weiss: The Vytal Festival this is absolutely wonderful." Ruby stopped pra?ticing the movements Shallot was teaching her and turned looking towards Weiss. Ruby: "I don''t think I''ve never seen you smile this much? It''s kind of weirding me out." Shallot started looking around everywhere looking paranoid. Everyone noticed this before Yang spoke up. Yang: "What''s wrong Shallot?" Shallot continued looking for a bit of time before turning back to them. Shallot: "I''m just making sure that I''m not in an alternate timeline again. Someone must have replaced Weiss then. Weiss: "Hey! How can anyone not smile? A festival dedicated to the cultures of the world! There will be dances, parades, a tournament! Oh, the amount of planning and organization that goes into an event like this is simply breathtaking. Shallot started shaking his head back and forth. Shallot: "Nevermind this is our Weiss and I''m still in the right timeline." Shallot started smiling and feeling more relaxed with the conversation. Yang chimed in. Yang: "You really know how to make something fun seem so boring. Blake wasn''t saying anything thinking about something. Blake: ''I''m glad that Shallot has calmed down now. I also want to rub his tail so that he can relax... and it also feels really soft. He takes such good care of it.'' Weiss: "Oh, shush you." Yang: "So, we decided to come outside so we can cheer Shallot up but why are we by the docks?" Ruby: "Ugh, they smell like fish." Ruby was pinching her nose with her fingers. Shallot: "Maybe we''ll come across a fishy situation." Shallot joked with a forced smile while Yang started laughing. We all appeared near the edge by some railing and could see a large ship in the distance. Weiss: "I''ve heard that students visiting from Vacuo will be arriving by ship today and as a representative of Beacon I feel as though it is my solemn duty to welcome them to this fine kingdom." Shallot: (mumbles) "Or scare them away." Weiss snapped her head towards Shallot. Weiss: "Hey, I heard that!" Blake: "I think she means she wants to spy on them to have the upper hand in the tournament." Weiss: "You can''t prove that." Shallot continued looking at the docks as if waiting for something. Shallot: "Not yet. You haven''t gotten close enough to them yet." Ruby: "Whoa." We could see a shop with a broken window in the distance with the police all over the place and yellow "do not cross" tape wrapped around the area. Shallot: ''It should be time soon to see if Sun has any reaction to me and if not I can always ask him.'' The group walked over to the area filled with police to see up close. Ruby: "What happened here?" Detective 1: "Robbery. Second Dust shop to be hit this week. This place is turning into a jungle." Yang: "That''s terrible." Shallot: "That''s how the world works. Those that are strong take from those that are weaker and grows stronger while the weak can only either parish or flourish." Yang: "Seems pretty "Grimm" don''t you think." Detective 2: "They left all the money again." Ruby: "Huh?" Detective 1: "Yeah, just doesn''t make a lick o'' sense. Who needs that much dust?" Detective 2: "I donna, ya know what I mean?" Detective 1: "Ya thinkin'' the uh, White Fang? Detective 2: "Ya I''m thinking we don''t get paid enough." Shallot: "I donna less jus'' forget about it. Les'' jus'' grab a donut or somethin'' we got all day." Blake started giggling at Shallot imitating the detectives. Yang gave a thumbs up at the imitation and also laughed. Weiss: "Hmph ... at least your feeling better now Shallot" Ruby: "I''m glad your feeling better but it''s a shame about what happened at this store." Weiss: "Hmph. The White Fang. What an awful bunch of degenerates." Blake hearing that still holding some fondness for some of the people in the White Fang like Ilia Amitola. Blake: "What is your problem? Blake asked without getting angry but asking out of curiosity since she did remember that Shallot''s notebook says that she will get into an argument. She wanted to try to prevent what may happen. Blake: ''I still need to talk to Shallot about the notebook but I was distracted by what happened earlier.'' Weiss: "My problem? I simply don''t care for the criminally insane." Shallot: ''If Ghira could see how the White Fang was seen now I wonder if he would have chosen to step down in the first place and let Sienna lead.'' Blake: "The White Fang is hardly a bunch of psychopaths. They''re a collection of misguided Faunus. Weiss: "Misguided? They want to wipe humanity off the face of the planet! Shallot: "The White Fang is only acting in the same manner as the rest of humanity discriminating against those who discriminate against them. From what I know the White Fang wasn''t aggressive originally until the rest of humanity kept poking and prodding until something happened." Blake: ''I hope Shallot doesn''t make something happen instead of me.'' Blake: "Either way, it doesn''t explain why they would rob a dust shop in the middle of downtown Vale." Ruby: "Hmm. Blake''s got a point. Besides the police never caught that Torchwick guy I ran into a few months ago... Maybe it was him." Shallot: "Considering it was a dust shop I''m pretty sure it was Roman." Yang: "You seem pretty familiar with that Torchwick guy." Shallot: "Well, I did travel with him when I was younger so I kind of knows his habits. I''m also the one who has probably messed with him the most out of everyone alive on the planet." Everyone looked surprised that Shallot knew the guy. Ruby: "Is that why you called him by his name when you saw him in the store when we first met? Shallot just turned away and started whistling. Weiss: "That still doesn''t change the fact that the White Fang are a bunch of scum. Those Faunus only know how to lie, cheat, and steal" Yang: "That''s not necessarily true." Shallot: "To be generalizing like that Weiss makes you a racist." Sailor 1: "Hey stop that Faunus" Shallot: ''Great he''s going to give everybody with a tail a bad reputation.'' Everyone turned to see a monkey Faunus with yellow hair running away from some of the sailors on the boat and jumping off the boat from the side towards the docks. The Faunus was running in Team RWBYS direction, as he was running by he winked at Blake with the detectives running behind him and Shallot had his mouth open shocking him having forgotten after what all seemed to have happened to him and was still adjusting some things in his head. Yang: "Well Weiss, you wanted to see the competition and there it goes." Weiss: "Quick! We have to observe him!" Shallot: "Imma kill em''!" Shallot was the first one to start running not thinking about using his ki and everyone else running after him. As Shallot was rounding the corner there was someone there and he used his tail to shift them to his side and re-wrapping his tail around his waist and continued chasing Sun. Shallot continued running and the detective seemed to have lost Sun but Shallot still knew which direction he went. Shallot jumped off the ground and flew above the buildings looking down and scanning the area. Shallot: ''I''m glad that the hunters and huntresses in training are easier to find while sensing for power levels since their auras are stronger. Oh, he''s over there I think.'' Shallot shot off in a direction above some buildings before seeing Sun duck behind some crates in an alleyway. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ [Yang Xiao Long] Tier: At least High 8-C, 8-B with her Semblance PL:165|300+ with her semblance Attack Potency: Building level+ Speed: Hypersonic | Hypersonic+ Lifting Strength: Class K (Stronger than Ruby and comparable to Nora), higher with her Semblance | At least Class K, higher with her Semblance | At least Class K, higher with her Semblance Striking Strength: Building Class+, Large Building Class with her Semblance | Large Building Class, Large Building Class+ to City Block Class with her Semblance | At least Large Building Class, City Block Class with her Semblance Durability: Building level+ | Large Building level (Comparable to Ruby Rose), higher with Aura Stamina: High. Capable of fighting Grimm for an entire day straight before getting tired Range: Standard melee range to hundreds of meters with gauntlets Standard Equipment: Ember Celica (Ranged Shot Gauntlet) | Ember Celica, Her prosthetic arm, her motorcycle Intelligence: Gifted Weaknesses: Hot-headed. According to the writer, Yang has slight difficulty against those who kick more often than not (However, this is only a minor inconvenience that hasn''t resulted in any significant issues in combat). Continual damage to her Aura will cause it to decay to the point where she can be left open to more significant damage. Aura''s durability is ?umulative; it will deplete with each attack she takes and can be brought down by characters of similar strength. Semblances drain aura by a small amount and without aura they cannot be used until the user''s aura is recharged. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Chapter 22 - 22 - Tuksons Trade Store Shallot had landed in the alleyway right behind Sun and brought his fist down on top of his head making Sun crash onto the floor in a comedic way. Sun: "Who did that?" Sun jumped up onto his feet turning around to see who attacked him and saw a very muscular man standing at 5''7". He has long spiky black hair reaching down to his th??hs with a single shorter bang hanging over his face while wearing a green-furred coat wrapped around his waist with a tight black long-sleeved shirt and baggy blue pants. Sun: " Uh, I don''t have any money on me!" Shallot: "I''m not here for your Lien, Sun." Sun was confused now looking at the person. Sun: "Do I know you?" Shallot: "We meet when we were kids. I thought you would remember me considering we meet while being chased by a Grimm." Shallot: ''Let''s see if he knows what I''m talking about and if he does then that was a regular Beowulf and I''m pretty sure it has never shown up in the series before.'' Sun: ''When I got back to the city and told the guards about a Grimm being nearby they came back but only the Grimm was there and it was just swinging its paws around but nothing was there. The guards had killed it but it just turned into black liquid sinking into the sand.'' Sun started looking at Shallot trying to look for similarities before matching up the hair and Shallot unwrapped his tail from his waist which started swinging back and forth. Sun: "Your that kid that said you''ll hold off the Grimm. Where did you go? You weren''t there when I got back with the guards. I thought you were killed by it." Shallot started stroking his chin for his none existent beard. Shallot: ''This means that the Grimm had the capabilities of using illusions and most likely linking with another Grimm to show what it is seeing to another Grimm. From what Sun said the ability isn''t completely useful. The bodies seemed to be linked somehow ... or maybe they are one body and had simply split. I never went back to see if there was any proof that the Grimm died there. I think I have stumbled upon something. I think something is more to those Grimm than what I first believed'' Shallot: "Anyway" Shallot punch Sun straight in his face breaking his aura sending him into the crate behind him. Sun grabbed his face and stood back up. Sun: "Ow ... why do you keep hitting me?" Shallot just walked up to Sun while stretching his wrist. Shallot: "It''s nothing personal. It''s just that you tried flirting with my girl. That''s a capital offense worthy of an ?ss whoppin''." Sun tried to slowly walk back towards the exit behind him so he can run from Shallot when he sees Shallot disappear from in front of him. He felt a chill go down his back then slowly turned seeing Shallot right there. Sun: "Hehehe ... hehe ... we can talk about this ... I should be your friend right. We met when we were kids even." Sun tried to get himself out of this situation and it didn''t get him anywhere. For the next five minutes, Sun got beat up by Shallot before Shallot eventually left and started walking back and came across a book store. Shallot: ''Tukson''s Book Trade huh, this place might have books on making transformation weapons. I also need to get some books to see if I can get some information on stronger metals instead of just using wrought-iron.'' Shallot walked into the store. Tukson: "Welcome to Tukson''s Book Trade "Home to every book under the sun". Shallot looked around at the books noticing that its not really a big place. Shallot: "Do you have any books on metals for crafting transformation weapons and do you have anything on information on Grimm creatures for all across remnant." Tukson: "We have the book about metals towards the side over to your left and the book with Grimm is on the second shelf on the wall with the maps." Shallot walked over to the side and looked for the book and seen the book "Materials and You Vol. 1". Shallot picked the book and looked inside to see some information on certain wood trees like trees from the forever fall forest make good handles for it. When it''s ground down into a powder form and mixed into the metal it will let the handle be more compatible with fire dust and aura. He also grabbed the other books next to it Materials and You Vol. 2 & 3. Shallot then walked over to the shelf to find the book with the Grimm and other creatures of Remnant. He wanted to find out as much information about the other areas and not just Anima where he mostly traveled. Shallot then went to get the books and leave. Shallot: ''Wait ... isn''t he the one that gets killed by Mercury and Emerald? Maybe I should let him know that someone will be coming to take his head. If it screws over their plan then why not.'' Tukson: "Materials and You Vol. 1 -1,956 Lien Materials and You Vol. 2 -1,956 Lien Materials and You Vol. 3 -1,956 Lien Total 7,290 Lien" Shallot: "Ok." Shallot used his card and swiped so he could pay for it and then got his bag and when he was by the door. Shallot: "Tukson ... if I was you, I would leave Vale tonight. If you stay for one more day you''re going to be killed. You leaving the White Fang will not be tolerated by the madmen leading it." Tukson''s eyes widened and was going to get ready to fight. Tukson: "What do you mean by that?" Shallot: "I warned you already. Just take it as someone who also left the White Fang giving out a warning." Shallot then left out of the shop about to head back to the school when he came across another shop "Materials and You". Shallot: "This can''t be a coincidence. Who is naming these things?" Shallot went into the bag pulling out the book "Material and You Vol 1." and flipped through the pages until he came across the best material for transformation weapons. [Introduction] Metallurgy for combat can be broken down into two categories; Weaponsmithing and Armoursmithing. These two types of metallurgy are widely used all across Remnant since it was first discovered in 10,657 although not as widely used in modern-day due to limitations set in place by the Kingdoms and the rise of modern armor which uses other means of protection. [Types of Metal] {Copper} During the early years of the First Imperium Age, blacksmiths were using copper to make armor and weapons to defend themselves against the Grimm, but this proved to be ineffective because copper was a weak metal and Grimm would tear through early Imperium formations with ease so the Imperium had a rough start in the beginning but further development in blacksmithing had led to bronze being founded and used. {Bronze} Bronze was used in place of copper because of its stronger durability and it''s enchantable properties, although any item can be enchanted copper was a "throw-away" material and so people didn''t waste time enchanting them, made it a far better successor to copper. {Wrought Iron} The most widely used metal and perhaps one of the strongest ones on here, wrought iron is particularly popular because of its stronger properties at the expense of being heavier, but the added protection pays off when in combat. With the benefit of being enchanted soldiers would typically have it enchanted to where it would be lighter so that it wouldn''t hinder them as much in combat. Used at first for weapons only because of how difficult it was to make steel, it wasn''t until the Imperium/Empire War that steel first started to see it''s use in the Imperium military and not until after the War did we start to see an improvement in steel armor design, but because of how difficult the process is to make it steel armor was primarily used by elite guards, generals, nobles and the Imperial family until the third Imperium Age when mastery of steel making made it to where steel armor was much more common than iron. {Gold} Bright and flashy gold was experimented with for armor but was discovered that it was too weak and so was allocated to accessories like jewelry, medals, and small trinkets. Although not used in armor primarily it is used as accents to give the wearer more flair and flamboyance. {Silver} One of the more elusive ores to mine, silver is coveted by the Huntsmen academies for its innate magical property of being uber effective against Grimm. Not only does silver made armor protect the wearer from Grimm attacks better than most ores it also burns the monsters, and its also an effective weapon allowing wielders of silver weapons to seemingly cut through Grimm like nothing. The downside to this metal is that against man-made weapons it is almost like wearing gold armor, ineffective and almost suicidal which is why Huntsmen would wear silver coated iron or steel or just wear silver only on certain body parts and iron on others. {Exotic Metals} These metals are only native to certain areas on Remnant and can not be found anywhere else. {Gierigen Tr?nen} Found in Atlas this ore is named such because it is said that Gierig, the Greedy One after witnessing his brother, Gefr??ige, die he fled to a field and wept, from his sorrow came eternal winter and ice and from his tears came Gierigen Tr?nen or Gierig''s Tears. Scientists have claimed that this ore is a natural steel deposit infused with ice dust. On par with steel but far more difficult to find because of the harsh conditions of Atlas this metal wasn''t really capitalized on until the Kingdom of Mantle was formed after the Imperium collapsed and they had to use metal for their military expansion for the War of the Throne. Tr?nen is used in accents for armor and jewelry in modern times since the introduction of fiber armor plating during the Vengence War which became the normal body armor for the military afterward. {Wulfsbann} Found on the continent of Virtus it is named as such because of Gefr??ige The Ravenous a massive Dire Wolf whose rage was so ferocious that only high ranking Grimm like the Drakon would be foolish enough to face him. This unbreakable wolf proved to be such a bane of the Grimm that Tenebris, The God of Darkness, personally disguised himself as Gierig, Gefr??ige''s brother, and killed him and from his body came Wulfsbann. Modern scientists argue that the ore gets it''s red "vein" from the abnormally high Grimm activity on the continent and say that it''s a form of mutated iron with the same properties as normal iron but with lines of red throughout the armor or weapon and sometimes the lines would form markings that are seen on Grimm themselves. Although it is Grimmtouched the ore seems to have no connection with the Grimm and has been deemed safe for mass production. Nowadays Wulfsbann is used for certain Ranger armor and jewelry since the introduction of fiber armor. Qiblat Alsahra'' Named after the Desert Jackal, Alsahra'', who was said to have turned what was once a Grimm infested forest into a desert in order to save it by kissing a stone. This stone turned into ore. Found in the harsh deserts of Vacuo the Qiblat Alsahra'', or the Desert''s Kiss has the same properties as bronze armor but has a lighter color to it almost giving it a copper look. Since it''s only found in the desert caves it''s is extremely rare to come by and the fact it looks bronze makes people believe it''s just a low-grade armor set than what it actually is. {Ry¨± no chi} Ry¨± no chi, or Dragon''s Blood is found amongst the tallest peaks of Mistral B¨¤of¨¥ng''s Rest and is named as such because it was said that the ancient dragon, B¨¤of¨¥ng L¨®ng, was defeated in combat with a Grimm Drakon named Draco Truci and in his death throes B¨¤of¨¥ng bleed across the mountainside and from his thunderous blood came a new ore, Ry¨± no chi. Modern scientists however just write it off as regular iron deposits infused with electricity dust. However it came about its properties are astonishing, iron that releases sparks of electricity that acts as a personal shield for those who have no aura. {Obsidiaite} Found on an island several leagues south of Saugus, Obsidiaite is by far the toughest metal on Remnant, even being able to stop modern bullets from hitting the wearer from underneath, the only thing about this ore is that refining it and forging it into armor or any kind of weapon is a difficult process and if not done correctly the smelted ore would be considered "impure" and lose its natural toughness. This process was so difficult that the only one who was able to forge into something was the Imperial Royal Blacksmith Octavian Morivam, who had forged it into an impressive suit of armor for the Imperator of that time, Lucius, who later sentenced Octavian to death so as no one else could forge Obsidiaite like him again. Shallot was reading everything about the metals and it''s history while thinking about combinations to make the strongest weapon he could be using and had walked right into the metal store. There was an elderly man behind the counter wiping the counter down. Shallot walked up to him writing down a list of all the metals he needed and their quantity before paying for it all and leaving. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ [Shallot] Tier: 7-C City | 7-B Small city level+ level while enraged PL:1100 Semblance: Space-Time Manipulation Weapon: Scythe (Broken), Saiyan Blade (Sealed Away), Steel Toed Boots Attack Potency: At least Large Building level | City level+ (with muscle enhancement active) Ki control - Low {Ki techniques} Crescent Moon - Concentrated ki attack using a scythe leaving a strong ki blade in the shape of a crescent moon. Spirit Orb - Energy gathered from the surroundings not used for an attack but used to heal the user. This technique takes time to gather and used. Spirit Dome - The same property of spirit Orb but can be used on others but will use ki from the user to heal those inside the dome. This takes a larger amount of time anywhere from 5 to 10 minutes to use and the person must be stationary. Muscle enhancement - A technique to strengthen the body making it twice as strong by running ki along the muscles to tighten them but will cause physical exhaustion which will leave the person in a weakened state. Finger beam - A concentration of ki at the tip of the finger that excels at penetration power. Incredibly dangerous at close range. Ki blast - A basic ki blast that Shallot can use that can easily take out a Beowulf. Ki bomb - A charged ki blast that has the capability of destroying a wall without much effort. {Semblance abilities} Space Crush - Force space to apply pressure around the user, an object, or an individual by touching them. Gravity Control - Affecting the space in a unique manner to control the space. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Chapter 23 - 22.5 - The Other Side Yang: "Well Weiss, you wanted to see the competition and there it goes." Weiss: "Quick! We have to observe him!" The group ran after him while Shallot was slightly ahead when they had rounded a corner and Weiss crashed into someone. Yang, Blake, and Weiss could see Shallot chasing closely behind the monkey Faunus by flying in the air. Weiss: "No, he got away. Weiss was still lying on the ground on top of the person she had run over while Yang leaned towards her before talking. Yang: " Uhh ... Weiss ...?" Yang was pointing at the person laying on the ground. Weiss hurriedly stood up. Weiss: "Euh ...!" ???: Salutations! Ruby was ???king her head to the side finding this odd before replying. Ruby: "Uhm .... hello?" Ruby: ''She seems ... cheery.'' Yang: "Are ... you ... okay?" The unknown girl was still lying on the ground completely straight not moving an inch while looking at them. ???: I''m wonderful. Thank you for asking." The Team RWBY looked at each other finding this day to be getting even weirder before Yang decided to reply. Yang: "Do ... you want to get up?" Yang was starting to think that this girl was incredibly weird. The girl continued laying there for a couple more seconds before coming to her decision ???: "...Yes." She did a kick up and landed on her feet and then introduced herself. ???: "Hi, my name is Penny. It''s a p???sur? to meet you." Ruby: "Hi Penny, I''m Ruby." Weiss: "I''m Weiss" Weiss introduced herself. Blake: "Blake." She gave a curt reply. Yang: "Are you sure you didn''t hit your head." Blake quickly hit her while keeping her strength low not wanting to make Yang lose her stomach. Blake: ''Why did Shallot run off leaving us in this situation. The notes did say that we would meet a strange girl by the name of Penny so the rest of the things must be accurate also.'' Yang: "Oh, I''m Yang Weiss: "And the one that ran past earlier after that monkey Faunus was our teammate Shallot." Weiss was pointing in the direction of where Shallot, the cops, and Sun had run off to. Penny had a confused look on her face before going back to having a cheerful smile again. Penny: "It''s a p???sur? to meet you." Weiss: "You already said that." Penny had a blank look on her face for a couple of seconds before replying. Penny: "So I did!" Yang: ''Definitely weird.'' Weiss: "Sorry for running into you." Ruby: "Take care friend." Ruby and the others started walking away after she said her farewell. After only a couple of steps heading down the street where Sun and Shallot ran off to, Yang started speaking what she thought. Yang: "She was ...weird." Weiss: "Now ...where did that Faunus riff-raff run off to." Penny: "What did you call me?" Yang started waving her hands around. Yang: "I didn''t think you could hear me, I''m sorry about that." Penny was paying attention to Yang and was just looking at Ruby. Penny: "No, Not you." She pointed at Ruby "You" Ruby: "Uh, I don''t know ... uh ... what ... hehe ... me?" Blake: ''I just want to go look for Shallot.'' Penny: "You called me friend. Am I really your friend?" Penny was leaning in Ruby''s face give her no space. Ruby: "Uhm." Ruby looked over to everyone else and they were shaking their hands in denial while Blake was just face-palming figuring out how this was going to go after seeing the rest of the things of the notebook. Ruby: "Yeah, Sure! Why not?" Yang and Weiss fell to the ground in a comedic fashion while Blake was just looking at them then took a picture with her scroll before putting it back in her pocket. Penny: "Ahaha ... Sen-sational!We can paint our nails, and try on clothes, and talk about cute boys like the one you called Shallot!" Ruby: "Oh, is this what it was like when you first met me?" Ruby was feeling like she may have chosen the wrong answer but she has to deal with it now. Weiss: "No, she is "Far" more coordinated" Yang: "So, what are you doing in Vale." Blake: "Probably hear for the Vytal festival considering we had just seen a boat of people coming for exactly that." Blake was responding in a slightly sarcastic way. Penny: "I''m here to fight in the tournament." Blake: ''I wonder if the knowledge Shallot has is the reason he acts like a know it all.'' Weiss: "Wait... "your" fighting in the tournament?" Penny: "I''m combat-ready." She said while saluting. Weiss: "Forgive me, but you hardly look the part." Blake(mumbling): "Wait until you find out she''s a synthetic person." Ruby: "Hmm" Ruby thought Blake was saying something but couldn''t hear it. Blake thought about Weiss''s statement then looked her up and down. Weiss: "What?" Blake: "Says the girl wearing a dress." Weiss: Hey... it''s a ''combat skirt'' Ruby moved next to her before agreeing and slapping her hand. Weiss: "Wait a minute. Does that mean that you know that monkey tail... rapscallion?" Penny: "Who specifically?" Blake''s eye''s widened for a moment before keeping quiet thinking about the notebook. Weiss" The filthy Faunus from the boat!" Blake: "You are only furthering our point earlier that you a racist and judge based on looks and appearances. So I guess that your just a superficial person that isn''t even capable of looking at people''s personalities." Weiss turned to Blake feeling offended. Weiss: "Why are you upset about me talking about a dirty Faunus?" Blake: "Faunus are people also Weiss. You need to understand that they have feelings just like you do. You should stop calling out names so much for and generalizing an entire group." Weiss: "Oh, I''m sorry. Would you like me to stop referring to the trashcan as a trashcan, or this lamppost as a lamppost?" Blake: "Stop that." Weiss: "Stop what. Being right. If you give him time I''m pretty sure he is going to go join up with those other Faunus in the White Fang." Blake: "Shallot was wrong. I don''t that you could ever change. Your so insufferable." Blake started storming off. Weiss: "Who''s insufferable? How dare you talk to me like that. I''m your teammate." Weiss went after Blake wanting to prove that she''s right. Blake: "You are a judgmental little girl." Blake: ''I just need to keep calm and I won''t reveal anything about me being a Faunus." Weiss: "What in the world makes you say that." Blake: "The mere fact that the first thing you think about when seeing a Faunus is that is will join a terrorist group shows that your judgemental. Judging him based on his species makes you as much a scoundrel you believe him to be." Blake and Weiss argued all the way back to the dorm while Ruby and Yang were watching everything going on wondering where Shallot is since Blake is always really passive when he''s around. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ [Back at Beacon academy in Team RWBYS room] Weiss: "You realize that you are defending an organization that hates humanity, don''t you? The Faunus of the White Fang is pure evil." Blake: "There is no such thing as "pure" evil. Why do you think they hate humanity so much? It''s because of people like Cardin, people like "you" that force The White Fang to resort take such drastic measures!" ... In a castle far away in a desolated area was a human woman sitting upon a throne with fair skin, pale platinum blonde hair, and light blue eyes. She wore most of her hair in a half up-done bun style, with a small, simple bun on the top, and the remainder of her long, straight hair hanging at the bottom. Most of her bangs were tied back, barring several large locks that framed her face to her left. She wore a white, two-piece dress consisting of a sleeveless, diagonally overlapping white backless pleated top with a raised, pale blue halter-top square collar adorned with an aquamarine-colored rhombus-shaped crystal on the clavicle, surrounded by two smaller white rhombuses. Her long, high-waisted skirt was white with a faint purple tint - adorned with white diamond emblems and white wavy lines near the bottom hem, ruffled around the waist and completed with a purple sash. For accessories, she wore gray, circular earrings and a pair of dull brown bracers, and her long fingernails were painted pale lilac. She could feel her nose itching and started sneezing heavily and continued so for 5 minutes wondering if it was possible for her to catch a cold even though she is immortal. ... Weiss: "People like me?" Blake: "You''re discriminatory." Weiss: "I''m a victim." Weiss went into a flashback telling why she doesn''t like the Faunus and the White Fang in general and while they were arguing Ruby had noticed the notebook in Shallot''s hammock and picked it up and had opened it started reading it. When Weiss had made it to the end of her story Blake turned seeing Ruby and dropped her argument with Weiss. Ruby had just made it to number 15 but before she could finish reading she was tackled by Blake and the notebook was taken from her. Blake hurriedly stood up and brought the notebook to her ?h?st. Ruby: "What was that Blake and why does it seem to have all of the information about us. Why are you making sure that I don''t read the rest." Yang was also interested. Blake had dropped the argument with Weiss as soon as she had seen Ruby reading Shallot''s notebook. Blake: ''I''ve made sure not to reveal that I''m a Faunus thanks to Shallot''s notebook but now I have to figure out how to get out of this situation.'' Weiss was also curious about what could make her act like that also. She had argued with her all the way here and then stopped as soon as what was in that notebook would have been seen. Ruby: "I didn''t get to read everything but it said something about Faunus in there." Blake tightened her grip on the book and dashed out of the room hoping that they don''t find out what''s written on the inside. She did everything in a way not to reveal herself even though she was upset but still managed not to screw herself over. Blake ran with her full capabilities and even used her ki to go faster just in case anyone tried to follow her but even slowed down once she made it to the front door. She ran out into the front and made it to the statues in the front of the school when she took off her ribbon so her ears could stretch since they were tensing up from the situation she was in. She then felt Shallot''s ki for a split second before feeling her ears being rubbed and hearing Shallot speaking. Chapter 24 - 23 - Truth Shallot was back in front of the school in the front of the statues in the pathway heading into the front of the building. He had seen Blake run out holding a notebook clutched to her ?h?st. Shallot had hidden behind the statues and lowered his ki down and stopped using his semblance so he wouldn''t be found out by Blake. Shallot: ''Did she still get into a fight with Weiss? If that is the case why does she have my notebook? Did she perhaps read the things in it? Well, I can always tell her those are things I got from the visions from what I saw if that is what I can call them.'' Blake had run out and had an irritated look on her face when she pulled her bow from the top of her head and had her cat ears out. Shallot placed his bags down behind the statue and then moved at high speed appearing behind Blake spiking his ki for a second and started playing with her ears. Shallot: "They are still so soft. I love rubbing these." Blake hearing Shallot and having her ears rubbed started blushing heavily and her heart rate was increasing. Blake: "Where were you? Why weren''t you there to tell Weiss how skewered her view was?" Blake started yelling at Shallot and thinking back to what happened in the room. Shallot: ''If Blake ran out and Ruby wanted to stop her couldn''t she do that since Ruby''s semblance is speed? Blake wasn''t even using ki. Shallot: "Come on Blake, let''s go somewhere else and talk. Hold on, I need to grab my bags." ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ [Inside Team RWBYS room] Yang: "So, are we going after her." Weiss: "Besides being a Faunus she also was being awfully protective of Shallot''s notebook. What didn''t she want us to see? Is she working with the White Fang along with Shallot?" Ruby: "We need to find her and Shallot went chasing after the monkey Faunus from earlier. He might come back tonight still. He did say that he would train me and Yang?" Weiss hmphed while folding her arms. Weiss: "How do we not know that Shallot isn''t one of those riff-raff also causing problems everywhere." Yang: "Aren''t you being a little too harsh Weiss. You haven''t heard anything from their point of view. Shallot will probably come back with Blake later tonight and they will be laying in the beds like usual and we can ask them about everything and why she was protecting that notebook so much when Ruby wanted to look at it. We should just head to sleep and they will be back tonight. [City of Vale] Shallot and Blake were walking through the city and it was pretty quiet between them. Shallot had his aura activated again using his gravity manipulation he seems to be getting more used to doing this the more he did it. Shallot: "This is pretty awkward now. Why are you being so quiet all of a sudden?" Blake: "Are you hiding things from me?" Shallot: "Yes." Blake: "I don''t hide anything from you. Can you just tell me everything and why you knew of everything that would happen?" Shallot: "They were from the visions yesterday." Blake frowned hearing that. Blake: "You''re lying now. You were writing in this notebook and looking at it from the first day that we got to our dorm room. I always pay attention to what your doing. You have been jotting down things, not just things that are happening and what will happen but also people''s semblances and how to improve them. Can you just be honest with me and not hide anything. You''ve been looking off at the night sky since we were little. Don''t you trust me Shallot?" Shallot had a pensive look on his face. Shallot: ''I didn''t think that Blake was paying so much attention that heavily. I should tell her some things at least.'' Shallot stopped walking and pulled her towards the side of the road in front of a hotel by an alley. Shallot: "You want to know why I look up at the sky so much at nights." Blake nodded her head. Shallot: "What if I told you that right now with my strength if I was capable of seeing a full moon I would gain enough strength to cause so much damage that I would become a bigger threat then the Grimm themselves." Blake was thinking about it and thinking that something like that would be impossible. Blake: "The Grimm had always been a problem and I don''t think that you would do something like that." Shallot exhaled getting ready to tell Blake about his heritage since he didn''t want her to be surprised when in the future their kids come out with a tail and are naturally stronger than anyone else besides them. Shallot: "I am not a Faunus." Blake had a confused look on her face. Blake: "You have a tail." Shallot: "Yes. I do have a tail but so does every one of my race." Blake: "Race? Didn''t you say, clan?" Shallot: "Yes, that is what I have constantly been saying. Saiyans are a warrior race that is known for conquering planets. We are a race that are natural-born fighters, and Saiyans have technology that is called scanners that is capable of scanning someone''s battle power. My battle power was 40 at birth. I was considered as a disgrace to my race and used as a guinea pig to fly towards an unknown area that could be dangerous since they didn''t see it as a loss. The average Saiyan has a power level of 2,500 when they are firstborn." Blake''s eyes opened wide thinking about babies that are so strong. Blake: "How strong would I be when using those scanners." Shallot: "Around 500-600." Blake: ''So I''m weaker than a random baby of his race. I need to train more if Shallot ever wants to go back.'' Blake: "So what is your "Power Level" right now." Shallot rubbed his chin thinking about it for a couple of seconds about the gravity training he had finally started doing that helped him break past his limit he had reached. Shallot: ''So not only was I born weaker than the other Saiyans my talent is also crap. I hate that even after 12 years from when I got here and I''m still not planetary level.'' Shallot: "My power level should be around 1000-1300 since I''ve been training a lot more recently." Blake was looking at Shallot''s grey aura surrounding him. Blake: "Is that why you have your Aura activated? Are you planning to head back to your "Race" if you can find a way back." Blake was clenching her fist tightly thinking about him leaving her. Shallot: "If I were to leave, you would be the first person I would take but before I could ever go I need to find a way to stop the Grimm from ravaging the planet so I don''t have to worry about my father and mother-in-law family and my future wives families. If anything I don''t know if I can go back since I didn''t come here in the most convenient way." Blake: "How did you come here then?" Shallot: "My space pod is what brought me here. Over the years I have studied it and taken it apart and have rebuilt it and it still works. I''m probably the most tech-savvy individual on the planet. I came through a time rift but I was forced by "something" out of the time-rift to here. I''m not even sure how to make a time-rift so that I can get back in the first place." This was completely over Blake''s head but she was happy that Shallot was telling her all of this even though she was having an incredibly tough time wrapping her head around all of it. Blake: "Doesn''t that mean that you''re an alien? Hold on ... you have a space pod?" Shallot: "Yes, do you love me any less. So you see me as a monster since I come from a planet of murderers and battle maniacs." Blake: "No, you are still Shallot and not some other Saiyan. They sent a child of only 3 to a dangerous place not even sure if you would live. How could they do something like that?" Shallot: "Because they only value strength and that was something I didn''t have." Blake: ''Did Shallot constantly see himself like that? Was he always thinking about being abandoned because they considered him weak?'' Blake hugged Shallot thinking about how she would feel if she was thrown away by her family and ended up in a place that she didn''t even know. Would she be able to handle being alone? Does he have any family that he left behind?'' Shallot: ''She might be overthinking things but I won''t deny this hug. She has some good "assets".'' Blake: "Did you have any family." Shallot started thinking about his little brother from his first life since he didn''t know much about his Saiyan family since the first thing he heard was him being blasted off to see if the way was safe because they didn''t want to send his older brother Cumber. Shallot: ''They said my older brother Cumber so that explains why I look so much like him. Maybe I was born in the time period of the first King Vegeta then or we could be the descendants of Cumber and the name was given to whatever baby was the strongest. However, I don''t remember Cumber having a brother. Was I born in an alternate timeline? Well, I guess none of that matters now. At least Blake isn''t asking about the notebook anymore. The only one I still consider my blood family is my mother and my little brother of my first life since they were the closest to me but I never really got the chance to know Cumber. I wonder how strong I could have gotten with him around.'' Shallot: "My older brother Cumber. I''ve only seen him once (''Considering Dragon Ball Heroes as seeing him but I haven''t even seen the planet I was supposedly born on. The only memories I had was being in an incubator chamber and then being put in a Saiyan Pod.'')" Blake only hugged Shallot tighter and then released him. Blake: "Where are we suppose to stay for the night." Shallot pointed behind her and she turned behind her noticing the neon pink sign in the window and then blushed heavily. She only nodded her head and grabbed his hand. Shallot then walked into the hotel holding Blake''s hand while carrying his bags in the other hand. Shallot walked up to the front desk. Shallot: "I would like a room for the night." There was a man drawing what appeared to be some panels of a comic that involved some Grimm that Shallot hadn''t seen before and on the side where some designs of a weapon. The man had Asian features who had black hair with orange shades, a black valedictorian Black outfit, and a red dress shirt underneath. What was incredibly weird was that his face reminded him of Ren. The man looked up from drawing and smiled while looking at Shallot and Blake. ???: "So one room for two? If you need an extension just dial 02-01-2015." The man handed him a key that on one side was colored one-half red and the other half blue and on the other side of the key the colors were split in four with the colors being black, yellow, white, and red. The key had an emboldened number 8 on the red and blue side. The man''s voice sounded exactly like Lie Ren but Shallot could tell that wasn''t him. Shallot and Blake started walking away. Blake: "He sounds just like Lie Ren but more gruffly. There are so many strange things in this world." Before the could walk completely out of earshot of the man the could here. ???: "You shouldn''t live your life on what you have seen but rather learn from it and live your own life." Shallot turned back around and could only see a sign that said out for break on the table with a name label towards the side. Shallot thought about the words he heard. Shallot: ''You shouldn''t live your life on what you have seen but rather learn from it and live your own life ...huh. I''ll live not towards a predetermined future but make my own.'' Shallot and Blake entered room 8 with their key and headed for the washroom. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ [Shallot] Tier: 7-C City | 7-B Small city level+ level while enraged PL:1100 Semblance: Space-Time Manipulation Weapon: Scythe (Broken), Saiyan Blade (Sealed Away), Steel Toed Boots Attack Potency: At least Large Building level | City level+ (with muscle enhancement active) Ki control - Low {Ki techniques} Crescent Moon - Concentrated ki attack using a scythe leaving a strong ki blade in the shape of a crescent moon. Spirit Orb - Energy gathered from the surroundings not used for an attack but used to heal the user. This technique takes time to gather and used. Spirit Dome - The same property of spirit Orb but can be used on others but will use ki from the user to heal those inside the dome. This takes a larger amount of time anywhere from 5 to 10 minutes to use and the person must be stationary. Muscle enhancement - A technique to strengthen the body making it twice as strong by running ki along the muscles to tighten them but will cause physical exhaustion which will leave the person on a weakened state. Finger beam - A concentration of ki at the tip of the finger that excels at penetration power. Incredibly dangerous at close range. Ki blast - A basic ki blast that Shallot can use that can easily take out a Beowulf. Ki bomb - A charged ki blast that has the capability of destroying a wall without much effort. {Semblance abilities} Space Crush - Force space to apply pressure around the user, an object, or an individual by touching them. Gravity Control - Affecting the space in a unique manner to control the space. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Chapter 25 - 24 - A Night To Remember (R-18) {AN: This is my first ever R-18 scene and I have no experience I think it''s pretty crap so give me all the hate on this as a comment. Bring it, you plebs. Just kidding hope you guys enjoy the chapter. PS: It may or may not be edited.} Shallot and Blake entered the hotel with Shallot walking behind Blake running his eyes down Blake''s backside. Shallot had made sure that the doors to the room were locked and the do not disturb sign was on the front door. Blake headed for the bathroom while Shallot went and placed his bags by the nightstand. Shallot: ''Screw the timeline. Things were going to be different anyway once I decided to put in any effort. What was that one line? "Violence. If it''s not solving your problems, you simply aren''t using enough of it." I have the strength so I might as well use it. But first I''m about to tap that ?ss.'' Shallot was thinking about his plans for the future while listening to the Shower water running with Blake inside. Shallot waited for thirty minutes before coming out and he went in to take a quick shower. When he came out there were some candles lit on the side. Shallot walked out shirtless while Blake was laid out on top of the bed. Her heart was beating faster and faster as he came closer. He had a fire burning in his eyes that showed hunger. There were no words spoken only action to take at this moment. Shallot''s blood was pumping and he would stop worrying about everything and only live in the moment. He got onto the bed next to Blake and lifted her chin with his head and started kissing her. They had a make-out session for five minutes while Shallot had his hands roaming across her ?h?st. His hands were grasping her br??st while slowly using his fingers to pinch her n?pp??s every now and then. He started with his kisses from her mouth and made his way downwards by kissing her neck. His left hand was reaching down sliding towards her th??hs reaching for her slit rubbing it. He kept going while focusing on her ???t and then entering a finger making her squirt. Blake was releasing seductive m??ns while the kisses were trailing down her body holding Shallot''s head closer to her body. She felt light-headed after Shallot entered his finger inside and felt as if lightning was running up her spine. She didn''t want to be the only one to feel good so she got on top of Shallot with her soaking puss? dripping. Blake: "I''m going to make you feel good also." Blake was saying with panting breaths. Blake reached into Shallot''s pants and unleashed a true monster standing at 10 inches long and 3 inches in girth. Blake: ''I don''t think that''s going to fit in me.'' Shallot was looking up while grabbing her ?ss and pulling it towards him sticking his tongue inside. He would run his tongue up the sides and lightly biting on he ???t and then sticking his tongue inside. Blake gulped and then started ???k?n? the tip. Her tongue was slightly rough and she was slowly working around the shaft. She ???k?n? the sides and worked to the base before ???k?n? all the way back to the top making it completely wet. She wrapped her right hand around the shaft and slowly started stroking it. Shallot could feel everything touch and his heartbeat was only getting faster from the strokes. Blake to the shaft and opened her mouth and slowly started entering it into her mouth. Shallot felt a warm sensation wrap around his ???k and felt that this was his best day ever. Blake had Shallot''s ???k completely wet and slowly started to bob her head up and down while still stroking his shaft. While she was su?k?n? him off he had his tongue inside trying to find all of her sweet spots before pulling his tongue out and sticking two fingers in making Blake stop su?k?n? for a second and shaking some. He started stroking around on the inside trying to find the most s?ns?t?v? spot. Blake was su?k?n? hard and a couple of times she would gag little from Shallot thrusting his h?ps trying to hit deeper. Shallot could feel that he was getting close. Shallot: "I''m ?umm?n?." Shallot released inside Blake''s mouth and Blake also came and it went all over Shallot''s face. Blake trying to swallow as much as she could before pulling her head back with some still dripping from her mouth. Blake turned around looking towards Shallot with a fiery gaze in her eyes as she licked around her lips getting whatever was left. Blake leaned her head down ???k?n? his shaft another time seeing that it was still raised and seemed to be even livelier than before. She crawled on her hands and knees over Shallot''s waist and rubbing her puss? against Shallot''s d??k spreading her love juice all across it. Blake wanted to lean in for another kiss but Shallot shook his head pointing to the inside of her mouth. Shallot instead started kissing the side of her neck and played with her br??st and su?k?n? them sending another wave of electricity running through Blake''s spine and her m??ning out loud. Blake reached her hands down while sitting on her knees using her left hand to support herself while her right hand grabbed Shallot''s d??k centering it for her puss?. Blake slowly lowered herself feeling as if she was going to be impaled straight through and it was too large for her. As she continued going deeper some blood ran down Shallot''s d??k. Blake wanted to readjust herself but her hand slipped from all of the juices on Shallot''s waist and she plunged down having it go completely inside pushing against her w?mb. Blake m??n?d out load with pain mixed in between and her mind went blank for 10 seconds and she was pretty sure that she may have passed out for those ten seconds. Shallot felt the warm tight sensation wrap around him but also heard Blake''s m??n that was mixed with pain and looked her in the face to make sure that she was ok. Shallot: "You can take as much time as you need. You don''t have to start right away." Blake nodded her headed only making a couple of sounds as her confirmation that she heard him. Blake: "Umn" Shallot was feeling concerned about her since she felt incredibly tight. Blake stayed still for 2 minutes before she slowly started moving. He could feel that the wetness was helping and she was moving up and down faster and faster over time before Shallot also started his h?ps. Shallot: "I''m ?umm?n?." Shallot tried to pull out when Blake wrapped her legs around his waist and pulled him back inside her and he couldn''t hold it any longer. Shallot: ''Fuck it. I''ll leave it up to fate. Go balls deep or go home'' Shallot pushed as deep as he could and released his load inside her w?mb. He had released so much inside that it was slowly pushing its way back out and leaking slightly. Shallot: ''She might be pregnant but, oh well, fu?k it. Only her dad is going to try to kill me.'' Shallot had felt a sense of accomplishment but his boner still wasn''t done yet. Shallot: "Are you ready for round 2?" Shallot was asking her while she was breathing heavily. Blake: ''He''s not tired yet?'' Shallot and Blake then went on for another 5 hours before Blake couldn''t handle anymore and she was calling it quiets. She was exhausted and felt bloated. They had done it in 46 different s?x positions and she was sure that he could have kept going. She only knew 3 of them and didn''t know how he could know so much. Shallot and Blake had gone to sleep since it was already 4 am. ... Shallot and Blake had woke up the next morning and both entered the shower before having another quicky session. Shallot: ''I have found my favorite form of exercise.'' Shallot and Blake went down leaving the enter room smelling like s?x no matter where you went. Shallot and Blake left the room with Blake holding onto Shallot''s arm to support herself because her legs were feeling weak and then they started walking down the hallway towards the front desk to give back their room key. Chapter 26 - 25 - Blueprint Blake and Shallot made it to the front lobby with him carrying his bags with his notebook inside that he had got back from Blake in one hand along with all his purchased goods. Shallot: ''I need to figure out how to use my abilities better. I need to make a pocket dimension for carrying things.'' Shallot and Blake had seen that the man that reminded them of Ren was no longer there but a woman was sitting there. She had long blonde hair and a simple outfit with a name tag that read Sheena. Shallot and Blake walked up to the counter and placed the key onto the desk and the woman behind it had a surprised look on her face. Before Shallot and Blake could leave the through the front door the receptionist called for them. Sheena: "Um, excuse me. Could you wait for a second." The woman went underneath the desk for a little bit before pulling out a box with a similar color scheme as the key that was for the room. She stuck the key inside turning it and unlocking the box. She then stretched out her hands with the box for them to take it. Blake: "What''s this for?" Blake started asking not sure why they were being given this while trying to keep her balance by pulling on Shallot. Shallot walked forwards and grabbing the box with his free hand and could see the drawings of Grimm that the guy from yesterday was drawing with a weapon schematic for a massive scythe that transformed into a bow and broke further down into two scimitars leaving the staff from the scythe as another weapon. The design was brilliant if he had to judge it and the storage mode was that of a carry-on suitcase. Shallot: "This must be from the guy from last night that was sitting at the desk." The receptionist tilted her head in confusion. Sheena: "Guy from last night? I went on break and I''m the only receptionist here." Shallot went and described the guy that gave them the key to the room and how he was drawing these things just last night. Sheena: "The person you described is the owner of this place but he has been gone for 3 months now and he drew those things years ago back when he was younger. He should be coming back in another month since he should be finished spending time visiting his family grave from a Grimm attack." Shallot and Blake had an astonished look on their face. The guy they had seen didn''t seem to be a day over 30. There were only a couple strands of gray hairs and he seemed to be perfectly fine. Sheena: "Also the room you went into hadn''t been used in 20 years. The key should have only been with the couple that went in there back then. I''m not sure how you got the key for that room." Blake: "Why didn''t you just change the lock and have another key after checking whether they were inside." Sheena just nodded her head. Sheena: "The owner did check when that happened but no one was inside along with the key missing. The owner had just smiled and said that it was fine and that we should just leave the room as it is and just use the other rooms." Shallot: "You seem to know a lot. Just how old are you?" Blake elbowed him in the stomach but he didn''t really feel it but played along since he knows one of the things you shouldn''t ask is ask a female her age. Sheena: "I''ve been working here since I was a teenager." Shallot nodded his head before asking one more question before leaving. Shallot: "What is the name of the owner of this place?" Sheena pointed to a while towards a pointing with a man with similar features to the man they say last night who seemed far older with a couple of strands of gray hair. He looked like an old a grizzled Ren after many years of fighting. Below the picture was a nameplate the read Mr. Oum. The gears in Shallot''s head were turning and then things started clicking. Shallot: ''Well, I''ll be. He''s done become a Stan Lee.'' Shallot just nodded his head wondering if he could come back and meet him and see if he guess was right. Shallot and Blake left the hotel after Shallot put the designs and the other drawings inside one of the many bags that he was carrying. Shallot and Blake were about to head back to the school when Shallot had seen Sun walking around. Shallot: "Oh look, a friend." Shallot started walking towards Sun with Blake clinging onto him. After they had gotten close to him Shallot called out in a Serbian accent. Shallot: "Cousin, let''s go bowling." Shallot turned to Blake. Shallot: "Do you all not have bowling on this planet?" Blake: "What''s Bowling?" Shallot: "It''s a sport." Sun walked over being warry still feeling his bruises from yesterday but he knows full well that he can''t outrun him. Sun: "What''s bowling." Shallot: ''Yeah, I''m building a sports center when I get the chance and going to work on fixing this dangerous place.'' Shallot: "It''s just a sport from where I come from. It''s something to do so you can relax and hang out with family and friends." Sun: "Well, sure it sounds pretty fun." Blake: "We don''t have a place to play that here in Vale." Sun nodded his head while relaxing more and having a smile on his face as the conversation was happening. After awhile Shallot asked Blake where the docks were. Shallot: "We should probably head to the docks and find out what the White Fang are up to recently." Sun: "You know that group of freaks!" Sun was surprised while looking a little warry at them. Blake: "We were once members of the White Fang." Shallot: "You win some, you lose some. They weren''t always a group of freaks. Only recently that happened actually." Blake elbowed him feeling that she needs to get stronger so it would actually hurt. Sun: "Not a fan? If you were a member why did you all leave." Shallot: "They don''t have the intelligence to make it far in my opinion and besides, I wasn''t fond of how some of the members acted." Blake started telling why she had joined the White Fang to Sun mainly telling him that she wanted to have the Faunus be treated differently. Blake: "Shallot joined because he wanted to be close to me always telling my father that he would make sure that no strays got close to me. I left after knowing that Shallot wasn''t wrong after he had told me that appearances could be deceiving and that even though I was invested it was better to know when to cut connections lose. So I came to be a huntress since Shallot always talked about them being the best at surviving. We''re a pair of criminal hiding in plain sight." Sun was listening to everything as they continued to walk through the city. [AN: I now have a ******* so if you want to see chapter as soon as they are completed check them out there since I don''t have to worry about things being deleted there. You don''t have to if you don''t want to since chapters will be posted here pat.reon.com/TGM_Productions.. (remove the (.) if you didn''t know] Chapter 27 - 26 - Friends {AN: Nothing to say here.} Blake: "Shallot, you said that we should head to the docks to see what the White Fang is up to right? Why would they be there again?" Shallot: "It''s because they''re working with Roman. The ginger is going to want to pull off the biggest dust heist he can but I''m going to be there to screw him over." Blake rolled her eyes. Blake: "Are you still mad at him for getting gum on your tail." Sun: "Is that why you keep your tail wrapped around your waist?" Shallot: NOOO!!!!" Blake: "Yes, it is." Sun: "I can understand." Blake: "Really?" Shallot: "It''s the equivalent if someone put gum at the root of your hair." Sun: "Hold on. You know the guy that''s robbing the stores around here?" Shallot: "I grew up with him and another girl when I went out every now and then. The only place I haven''t really been is to Vacuo." Blake: "He also is bitter about Roman because a girl named Neo would come with him and chose to travel with Roman some years ago." Sun: "How did you even meet him?" Shallot: "He tried to rob a dust store I was in and I beat him up, stripped him n?k?d, and hung him for 12 hours and waving food in front of him." Sun''s mouth was hanging open listening to this wondering how could Roman ever become friends with someone like that. Sun: "How did you become friends?" Blake started laughing. Blake: "Friends? Him and Roman? Roman doesn''t have a choice. He is closer to someone that has to travel with him whenever he says so. I think the term that Shallot uses is a lackey. I''ve had direct calls where Roman has tried ambushing Shallot plenty of times but has only gotten beaten up and had it recorded. Roman even knows me at this point because he sometimes would get beat up while I''m calling on the scroll." Sun was curious now and was thinking that there might be some fun stories here if he sticks around. Sun: "So you two came to Vale together?" Blake: "Nope, I had no idea he was coming here." Blake: "I didn''t find out he was coming here until the day I enrolled. I wasn''t expecting for him to come to Beacon academy for another year since he''s 16." Shallot: "Wouldn''t be much of a surprise otherwise. Plus my first day didn''t go as I thought it would." Blake smirked slightly showing a face that she didn''t believe that. As they were talking and walking they had finally made it to the docks and went to the top with Sun climbing his way up while Shallot princess carried Blake while flying to the top. Shallot gently put her down and his bags and pulled out the notebook with his events in it. He riped out the pages with the events that he knew and destroyed them with a ki blast in his hand. Sun finally made it to the top seeing them already up there. Sun: "How''d you get up here so fast." Shallot: "I soared like a Nevermore." Sun: "Your semblance lets you fly?" Shallot: "Yes." Sun: "Sweet." Sun had sat down seeing that it was still day time and that they were going to have to wait a while so he got comfortable and laid on his back to relax while Blake just leaned onto Shallot with him holding her. They then waited for a couple of hours for things to start. ... Sun had gone down and Shallot and Blake were napping and Sun had gotten up to leave and had just come back with some fruit in his hand. Shallot opened his eyes seeing Sun and knew it was about time for things to kick off. Shallot nudged Blake gently so that she could wake up. Sun: "You guys hungry, I got some food." Shallot lifted his hand and Sun tossed him an apple while Blake groggily woke up while looking at him. Blake: "Did you steal that?" Sun: "Weren''t you guys in a cult or something." Shallot: "Nope, not a cult. At least in a cult, you get good socializing events and free food. Their cheap ?ss couldn''t get enough food to fill up everyone." Blake giggled thinking about the shocked faces of everyone when Shallot cleaned out all the food that was meant for everyone. While they were joking the sound of a heli-carrier was heard above them with some winds being pushed in their direction. The heli-carrier landed and some White Fang members came out with Roman walking out shortly after. Roman: "Hey, what''s the holdup. We''re not exactly the most inconspicuous bunch of thieves at the moment, soooo why don''t you animals try to pick up the pace." Shallot: "Still acting big as always I see. Today I''m going to kick his bu??. Can you make sure that no one gets in my way hun? Shallot then got up and kissed Blake on the lips before jumping down. He dashed towards the center and appeared behind Roman with a finger gun pointed at his neck while his other arm was wrapped around his neck. Roman: "Oh ... what the ... oh for f-" Shallot: "Nobody move. I have a hostage and he''s a ginger." Blake was looking at the events going down and the panic that was showing up on Roman''s face. Blake had a smile across her face watching Shallots play. Blake: "This really does put a smile on my face." Sun: "Is he going to be fine down there by himself." Sun asked while turning towards Blake and seeing everyone from the White Fang surrounding Shallot. Blake: "He''ll be fine. I''m more interested in how can Roman still act all high and mighty considering he is almost always bullied by Shallot." Sun: "He can''t be bullying him that much can he?" Blake looked off as if seeing a flashback *Flash Back* Blake was sitting at him watching a scroll in her hands as Shallot was holding his towards himself and showing him giving Roman a wedgie and hung him on top of a fence while another girl was nearby because she didn''t want to travel with him. Another video was Roman sleeping in a pile of hay when he grabbed Roman''s hand and placing it in warm water. Roman then peed himself later that night. Another video of Shallot writing a love letter to Roman with a signature at the bottom that said Neo but when Roman read it he went talking to a girl and she wrote on a board that she sees him as a brother and they are only friends. She wrote on the board that she didn''t write that. *Flash Back End* Blake: "He may also have had a crush on him and has been picking on him due to that. He has even taught Roman how to fight to give him some hope just so he can crush it. Sun: "You know what? That''s really fu?k?d up. I didn''t know he was that cruel." Blake: "That''s not cruel. That''s him being pretty nice honestly. He didn''t give him any physical injuries that would be permanent or turn him into a vegetable so I think they can be considered friends." Sun: "I wouldn''t want a friend like that." [AN: I now have a ******* so if you want to see chapter as soon as they are completed check them out there since I don''t have to worry about things being deleted there. You don''t have to if you don''t want to since chapters will be posted here pat.reon.com/TGM_Productions.. (remove the (.) if you didn''t know)] Chapter 28 - 27 - White Fang Shallot was standing there with Roman as a hostage when he looked towards the members of the White Fang. Shallot: "You know what guys? I''m kind of disappointed in you all. For members of the White Fang to be working with Roman of all people. How low you have all fallen. Sienna must have become senile or something. When I was part of the White Fang we at least had some morals. Working with criminals was something we didn''t really do but look at you all. Nothing more than rabid animals on a leash following orders." Shallot said with disdain in his voice making some members of the White Fang lower their heads thinking that things have indeed changed from how things were originally. One member of the White Fang stepped up and stood in front of the rest. Random White Fang member: "Who are you to say that we are rabid animals. We earn respect with our strength." Roman: ''This lad is going to get killed talking about strength in front of him.'' Shallot: "Oh ... So you follow the strong." She moved his finger gun that was pointed at Roman and pointed towards the Random White Fang member and blasted him with a finger beam through his heart. Roman: "Great ... he just had to be a cheeky fellow didn''t he." Shallot: "You all follow strength then I will make you kneel to me then." Shallot then released Roman and pointed towards the ground. Shallot: "Stay right there Roman. It seems that I have far to nice recently and should discipline them. I''ve decided that I will be taking over the White Fang and if they don''t fall under me then they will be buried under me." Roman felt terror inside and was sweating profusely. Roman: ''What the hell happened to make him become so ruthless. I know when to call it quiets and I don''t want to be gutted." Roman stood there not saying anything while feeling that he may not just be getting a beating if he didn''t listen to him. Roman: ''Ah bloody hell, why did these chaps have to show up now of all times.'' Shallot lifted his hand towards the ship on the left and used his semblance using his move space crush. Shallot: ''Let''s see if training has paid off.'' Lines started appearing around the ship and started plummeting towards the ground. While it was plummeting towards the ground Sun turn towards Blake. Sun: "Is this ok. Shouldn''t you stop him or something. Isn''t it dangerous picking a fight with all of them." Blake shook her head. Blake: "Not at all. He has this under control. If anyone should be worried it should be them. Shallot is the strongest person I know. Even if he acts like a goofball sometimes it''s also best not to get on his bad side." Blake then turned back looking toward the chaos happening around them. The ship was falling and the people inside started bailing out of the sides some making it with ease and some not so graceful smashing into the ground like a rag doll. The ship then came crashing down and exploding. Over in the city of Vale, the rest of Team RWBYS and Penny were walking around looking for Blake and Shallot when they heard a massive explosion in the distance with a large smoke cloud going into the air with the smell of gasoline sifting through the air. Ruby: "Oh no." Ruby said in a worried tone. They all started running towards the pier. .... Shallot: "You all only follow strength and wish to be feared correct. Then I will instill fear so great that you all will never go against my orders. Shallot started walking towards them before something caught his attention from the corner of his eye. A dark skin female with emerald hair walked out from behind a container with a guy with silver hair looking at what was happening and watching everything not getting involved. Shallot: ''Are they going to make a move now or are they going to play the long game.'' Shallot continued walking forwards and the rest of the members of the White Fang was shocked by what they had seen. Fodder White Fang Member: "It''s only one guy we can take him." He along with some others started running towards Shallot. Shallot: "You can''t hide from the Grim Reaper. Especially when he''s got a gun." Shallot then lifted his hand in a finger gun pose and shot everyone in the knee. Shallot: "It''s a shame really. Well, at least you can tell your grandkids that you were a member of the White Fang until you took an energy beam to the knee." Shallot had a smile on his face while walking towards the rest. Shallot: "I''ll give you all a chance surrender now and you won''t be hurt. Don''t surrender and I''m going to personally kick your ?ss." The other members that had jumped from the ship were finally getting up after recovering and started charging towards. Some had bladed weapons mainly swords while others had guns. The members of the White Fang were rushing towards him and swinging as he moved to the left to dodge with another member coming from the other side trying to blindside him. Shallot leaned into the punch leaning his head back smashing it into the other person''s head making their head bleed and passing out immediately. Shallot: "Weakling." Shallot then turned with a roundhouse kick towards the sword user who had just attacked him and two more members tried using their swords to attack his leg. When the swords came into contact with his leg it didn''t slow it down at all and the swords broke immediately and the kick land on the unfortunate White Fang member that had missed his attack had his arm kicked. Everyone could hear the bone-breaking and the White Fang member staggering backward while crying out while grabbing his arm. Fodder White Fang Member: "AHHHHHHHH." Shallot: "That looks painful. We''ll you all wanted to rule by strength and here it is." Another White Fang member came and attacked from the back along with the others who started unloading and shooting guns at Shallot while another White Fang member had a walkie talkie and was screaming into it. Random White Fang Member: "We need reinforcements, we need back up now." As this was going on Roman was trying to scoot away trying to hide his presence as much as he could. Blake was seeing this and was about to jump down still feeling that her h?ps were still sore. Blake jumped down in front of Roman. Blake: "Going somewhere Roman." Roman: "I think this was just a misunderstanding." Blake: "He''s your friend. Shouldn''t you at least wait for him to finish?" Roman: "Friend? He is more of a bully and he has always bullied me because he found out I was talking about him behind his back to Neo. He''s just upset that Neo won''t leave with him even though he taught her how to fight." Blake: "He also taught you how to fight also." Roman was trying to think of a way of how to get out of here. He knows that if he is to fight Blake, Shallot is going to skin him alive and if he tries to run Blake is going to tell Shallot. Roman: ''I''m screwed either way aren''t I?'' [AN: I now have a ******* so if you want to see chapter as soon as they are completed check them out there since I don''t have to worry about things being deleted there. You don''t have to if you don''t want to since chapters will be posted here pat.reon.com/TGM_Productions.. (remove the (.) if you didn''t know)] Chapter 29 - 28 - Bullying Shallot was beating the living daylight out of everyone that was there and felt like this was the most stress-free thing he had done in the past month. Shallot: ''Bullying ... I mean playing with Roman is the most relaxing thing I can think of currently.'' Shallot was punching someone in the nuts while doing a split then sending a sidekick into their face after they went done grabbing their nuts feeling agonizing pain. Shallot could hear more Turbine Engine getting closer. While all this was going on The emerald-haired girl and the silver-haired boy was on their scroll talking to someone when the put it away and started walking away from the pier. Shallot looked towards their direction and sent a small amount of killing intent in their direction making them stop for a second and take off in a full sprint. Shallot: "I think I''ve found myself some minions for later." Sun jumped down by Shallot. Sun: "Can I join? It''s getting bored just watching up there." Shallot: "Sure, knock yourself out. They''re not that strong. All of them are cannon fodder." Sun: "What''s cannon fodder." Shallot: "It just means that they are the ones you send out in war to try to overwhelm the other side with numbers and they have no skills or ability whatsoever. Sun rubbed his head thinking that''s an odd way of looking at people. One of the White Fang ran up to only be hit by Sun with his staff. Shallot and Sun continued fighting while Black just watched over Roman as he had internal conflicts on how he can get out of this situation but eventually just resigned himself to his fate. Blake could see that Roman''s eyes had dulled slightly while wobbling slightly looking at everything going on around her. Blake: ''I think Shallot finally broke his confidence at this point. I feel kind of bad for him now.'' Blake: "You know Roman, this all started because you got gum stuck on Shallot''s tail." Roman jaw dropped hearing that. Roman: "THAT HAPPENED THREE YEARS AGO. CAN''T HE JUST LET IT GO. WHY IS HE BEING SUCH AN ASSHOLE ABOUT IT." Blake: "I have no clue. I think he just enjoys messing with you. The Heli-Carriers above had finally stopped and more members jumped out while going towards the ground half heading towards Shallot and Sun, while the other half were heading towards Roman and Blake. The group that was running towards Roman was getting close and it was easy dodging for Blake but she was still feeling sore from earlier today and was stumbling slightly. They weren''t capable of hitting her but it did give Roman enough time to run again seeing a chance for himself. Roman started running but Shallot noticed and shot a ki blast into the distance above a crate making it slam down in front of him. Roman: "Oh, come on." Roman tried heading around it while turning back and firing at Sun while he was distracted and blasting him further away so he can buy as much time as possible. When Roman was close towards the LZ for one of the ships that came by earlier he heard someone yelling in his direction. Ruby: "Hey." Roman: "Oh, hello Red! Isn''t past your bedtime? You know what don''t answer that I need some sleep myself so I''ll be leaving." Roman turning a knob on his cannon. Roman: ''If I use nonlethal shots I can still have a bargaining chip with Shallot if he does catch me. Hopefully, those goons can keep him busy and allow him to have some fun for a while longer. Roman lifted his cane and pulled the trigger and sent a blast at Ruby. It knocked her back slightly but didn''t do a lot of damage but it did create a large flash of light blinding everyone looking in that direction. Roman took off running towards a ship towards the side while another two ships flew above and started firing at Shallot and Sun who had finished taking everyone around them leaving a pile of bodies stacked on top of each other. Shallot: "I wonder, how much do they pay you all to get beat like this. You all would make great stunt characters for some movies." Sun tilted slightly. Sun: "What are movies?" Shallot: "Nothing really. Just something to watch to distract yourself." Shallot: "Imma go do something real quick. Since things seemed to be finished here I''m going to be back in probably 20 minutes." Shallot squatted slightly before dashing towards where Roman was heading and disappeared from in front of Sun''s eyes. Shallot stopped on the other side of the ship and reached in pulling the pilot out and punched him in the face knocking him out. He then stripped him down to his und?rw??r and put on the close while folding his clothes putting them on the co-pilot chair. He then got inside looking at the panels on the ship. Shallot: "Haven''t flown one of these since Roman had me fly one so I could pick up Neo." Shallot waited there in the seat with the ship ready for take-off. ... [Roman''s P.O.V] I finally made it to the ship and all I have to do is get in and I can getaway. I looked back to see that two more ships had come but were being somehow controlled by an orange-haired girl with a pink bow. She then destroyed the ships with some flying swords. Roman: ''Man, these kids are getting weirder but not as weird as Shallot.'' Roman: "Hurry up, we got to get up out of here." The pilot just nodded his head to me and then we took off. I was finding this pilot weird since the clothes on his body were incredibly tight and they looked like they were 3 sizes too small and I was wondering how did he even get it to fit. After flying away for 5 minutes I finally breathed a breath of relief. I then started sweating heavily once I heard the voice that came from the front seat. [AN: I now have a ******* so if you want to see chapter as soon as they are completed check them out there since I don''t have to worry about things being deleted there. You don''t have to if you don''t want to since chapters will be posted here pat.reon.com/TGM_Productions.. (remove the (.) if you didn''t know)] Chapter 30 - 29 - Future Plans [AN: Let the conquest begin] [3rd Person P.O.V.] Shallot looked over his shoulder while releasing killing intent looking at Roman and could see that he was sweating. Shallot: "So, my favorite ginger. Let''s talk." Roman looked as if he was about to have an anxiety attack while remembering that Shallot had told him not to move but he still ran. Shallot: "This is how things are going to go from now on Roman. You and Neo are going to be working for me from now on. You and Neo are going to get me whatever I want and I''ll make sure that I don''t bully you every time I see you. Neo will get some "comfort" from me also. I want you to go back to the White Fang and tell them that if they don''t kill Adam that Sienna will have her head put on a stick and paraded around like a flag ... matter of fact she has a pretty good body and definitely falls under my taste so she''ll become mine and she has no choice. I know that your pretty smart Roman and you will live a nice long and fruitful life as long as you follow my orders. Tell Sienna that Shallot has sad that I''m done playing nice and that the White Fang will either fall under me or be buried beneath me... understand." Shallot: ''I''m going to make sure that my race thrives here and combat and conquest is in my genes after all. Might as well have some fun as I destroy the future that was meant to be.'' Roman shook his head rapidly up and down while sweating soaking his shirt. Roman: "I''ll make sure to get it done but what about Cinder?" Shallot: "I''ll make her fall in line personally. She has a strong personality but like they say "If violence hasn''t solved your problem you''re not using enough of it." Roman gulped thinking about the change in Shallot and that he is becoming more brutal like how he was in the Anima plains. Roman: ''It had seemed like he had finally mellowed out and I could have some free rain around him, what ?sshole fu?k?n? riled him to go back to solving everything with force.'' Shallot was still piloting the ship with no destination in mind. Shallot: "And with that said. I''ll be on my way." Shallot grabbed his clothes on the side, opened the door and jumped out, and started flying back towards the harbor. Roman seeing this hurriedly got up from his seat in the back snapping back to reality once he felt the ship start to tilt downwards. Roman: "Considering I''m still alive I think I''m pretty lucky right now." He pulled out his scroll texting to a number. Roman: [Meet me at Warehouse number 27] Neo: [K] Roman then started steering the ship towards the hideout ... [Back at the Dock] Shallot had just arrived seeing all the police down below and some more ships that were crashed onto the side. He was still floating in the air and had landed on top of a container and was looking down at everyone gathered together. Ruby: "Where''s Penny and Shallot?" Shallot: "Right here girls ... and Sun." Weiss: "Where were you all at this time." Shallot: "You know just out sending death threats and declaring war if I don''t receive the answer I want nothing much." Blake looked over at Shallot. Blake: "You didn''t." Shallot just smiled while laughing quite creepily around them. Ruby: "That''s unsettling." Yang: "I have to agree but you seem a lot more charismatic now and I like it." Blake went over between Yang and Ruby and whispered something into their ears and Ruby turned bright red while Yang just looked Shallot up and down before shaking her head as if agreeing to something. Sun: "So what are you guys going to do now." Shallot was the first to speak. Shallot: "Well, I need to train them for the upcoming fights so that they can win with an overwhelming amount. Can''t have people thinking that the people on my team are weak, can I?" Ruby: "Hey, I''m the team leader." Shallot: "Yes, you''re our adorable team leader especially when your smiling but there''s one face I do want to see you making." Ruby tilted her head for that. Shallot elbowed Blake slightly hoping she would get the hint and then she leaned towards Ruby''s ear saying something and her face becoming beet red and steam coming from the top of her head. Ruby then grabbed her face covering her eyes. Shallot: ''Blake really do know me best.'' Blake: ''I need help or else I will spend most of my time sitting down. Weiss: ''What did she tell her? Know I''m curious.'' Sun: ''I think I don''t stand a chance here.'' Yang: ''Is it really as big as Blake said. I''m curious now. I still haven''t been in an intimate relationship with anyone yet. All the guys before were too weak.'' Shallot walked up to Blake and gave her a kiss on the lips and then grab Ruby''s waist pulling her in close while she was distracted and Ruby stiffened up while looking towards Shallot. Ruby: ''What''s that smell. It''s making my head feel slightly funny but also warm.'' Shallot: "Well, shall we head back." ... [At Warehouse number 27] Roman walked in with a briefcase of dust that was still sitting in the ship and placed it on the table. Roman: "*exhale* I hope she''ll get here soon. Cinder: "How very disappointing, Roman." Roman: "Woah! HaHa... wasn''t expecting to see you guys so soon." Roman: ''This day is going from bad to worse.'' Cinder: "We were expecting more from you." Roman started laughing nervously. Roman: ''Come on give me a break already.'' Roman: "Cinder, you were the ones who suggested working with those stupid mutts from the White Fang." Cinder: "And you will continue to do so." She used magic to make fire appear in her hand to act intimidating. Roman: ''You think I''m scared of that little fire you got. Shallot is becoming more unhinged recently and I''m not trying to get destroyed. I''ll take a second degree burn any day over getting blown up.'' Cinder: "We have big plans for you, Roman. All we ask is a little cooperation." [AN: I now have a ******* so if you want to see chapter as soon as they are completed check them out there since I don''t have to worry about things being deleted there. You don''t have to if you don''t want to since chapters will be posted here pat.reon.com/TGM_Productions.. (remove the (.) if you didn''t know)] Chapter 31 - 30 - Terms and Agreement [Inside Team RWBYS Room] Shallot was lying in Blake''s bed with her laying on top of him when she started moving around waking up. Shallot feeling this also started waking up and placed his hands on her legs getting a m??n from her. Blake groggily opened her eyes. Blake: "We can''t do it here until they agree. I need ?ssistance. I want to train today and I''m going to need to be able to walk. My legs finally stopped shaking." Shallot kissed her and moved her to the side before getting up. Shallot: "I''ll be back in about 20 minutes." Blake: "Where are you going, it''s only 5 am?" Shallot: "Just checking on something." Shallot was walking down the hallway when he came across Velvet walking down the hallway in some bunny slippers and carrot pajamas. Shallot: "Hi Velvet, your up pretty early." Velvet turned seeing Shallot. Velvet: "Good morning, Shallot." Velvet was slightly blushing being seen in her pajamas by him. Shallot: "I like your pajamas. They really suit you." Velvet: "Is it because I''m a rabbit Faunus." Shallot: "Not only that but it makes you look even cuter." Velvet started blushing hearing that. Velvet: "Thank you." Shallot: "For the compliment, well it''s the truth." [AN: Calm down buddy. No need to start a Chinese harem now. Unless you guys want her put in the harem get your votes in now.] Velvet: "I wasn''t talking about that. I was talking about what happened in the lunchroom. Thanks for standing up for me." Shallot tilted his head. Shallot: "But you already told me "thank you" back in the lunchroom?" Velvet: "Yes I did, but no one has tried to pick on me after what happened with Cardin. Even though no one talks about it, Cardin and his group came out with injuries only after then and you were the only one who had physically gone after him. So I''m grateful for that and so is the rest of my team." Shallot: "Well, no problem. I can''t allow a cute girl like you to get bullied not can I." Shallot then started walking away. Shallot: "Well, I have to get somewhere so I''m going to leave now. I hope you have a wonderful rest of the day." Shallot: ''I wonder if Mercury and Emerald are still going to go to Tukson''s shop. If they are I can get two more people before I go and make Cinder submit.'' Shallot flew over to Tukson''s shop and land across the street from it on a rooftop. He waited and it was taking longer then he thought. Shallot: ''I might have left to early.'' Shallot flew to a lake to clean up quickly to make sure he was fresh enough and then flew back. It had been an hour and he was pretty sure that the girls had most likely all waken up by now. When he was about to call it quiet he could see Emerald and Mercury walking down the street and head into Tukson''s Bookstore. Shallot: ''That''s them, this should be interesting.'' Shallot jumped off the roof and flew over to the storefront and opened the door walking inside locking it behind himself. Mercury was just about to lock the door when shallot walked in and seeing him lock the door put him on high alert. Emerald was at the front hitting the bell but didn''t say anything noticing the person that they saw from last night was standing right next to Mercury. Tukson came walking out of the back room with a pile of books. He placed them down and then looked seeing Shallot there. Shallot: "Didn''t I tell you to leave Tukson? Why are you still here? Do you have a death wish?" Tukson looked at the other two and figured that Shallot wasn''t lying to him previously. Shallot: "Well, can''t have a future member getting offed now can I." Shallot turned to Mercury while Mercury was getting ready to kick Shallot but was met with a fist to his face knocking him out immediately. Emerald seeing this started walking backward until she bumped into the counter behind her. Emerald: "What do you want from us. We don''t even know you." Shallot looked down at Mercury and placed his foot on him. Shallot: "Well, you see. I have to do this." Emerald: "What?" Shallot: "Well, you''re in my territory and I don''t like people messing with my territory." Tukson looked confused at this. Tukson: "When did this become your territory." Shallot: "When I decided to take over the White Fang and turn it into the start for my empire." Tukson''s eyes opened wide not believing what he was hearing. Shallot: "So as you two were trespassing on my territory I need to make sure that you come to an agreement with me." Emerald: "You must not know who we work for." Shallot: "Do you mean Cinder? You can tell her to come to Beacon academy and if she thinks she can run things I''ll show her the pecking order and where she belongs ... beneath me like the rest of you lot. You all seem to ever understand is power so I''ll show you power that you can[''t ever hope to surpass." Emerald was amazed that he had this much confidence and decided to play along to see what he wants. Emerald: "What do you want?" Shallot had a smile on his face and Emerald felt like she didn''t want to know the answer but it was too late. Shallot: "I want to Cinder herself to work under me along with you two." Shallot: ''I''ll become the strongest power in this world and have every carrier of the maidens work under me. The only problem is that I don''t know any maidens except Raven Branwen and Cinder.'' Emerald: "She would never agree to that." Shallot: "Well if she ever comes personally I guess that can change once she faces strength that far surpasses her. Human survival instinct is a strong motivator after all." Shallot started laughing and Mercury started moving groaning on the flora before Shallot kicked him in the stomach sending him into the wall knocking him back out. Shallot: "I''m trying to monologue here. Sheesh, people nowadays. A guy can''t monologue without being interrupted. That''s just rude." Emerald: "You''re not sane." Shallot: "Oh, I''m quite sane. Probably the sanest person around considering that I am planning on fixing this ruined world. It just seems that my methods may not be to your liking but your opinion doesn''t matter since criminals'' opinions won''t be taken for sympathy." Shallot walked closer to Emerald and got close to her and with every step, her heart rate would get faster. Shallot: "So do we have a deal beautiful." Shallot extended his hand out while smiling at her. Emerald looked at his hand while coming up with something to say. Emerald: "I can''t decide for her. She''s our boss and she doesn''t work for us." Shallot nodded his head not really expecting for her to accept anyway but just wanted to try a villains monologue and he has to admit that he does feel good after doing it. Shallot: "That''s understandable. I will appreciate it if you are to leave from this store after all and make sure to take tink-tink over there." He pointed towards Mercury laying on the floor against the wall with a couple of books on top of him. Shallot: "Don''t worry, at worst it''s just a broken bone or two if his aura broke after that second hit." Emerald looked towards Tukson and then toward Mercury and then walked over to him placing his arm over her neck and lifted him up and then dragged him out. After the door shut Shallot turned and looked towards Tukson. Tukson: "I guess I should get out of here in case they come back and you''re not here." Shallot: "It''s too late for that now Tukson. I didn''t do all that just for you to leave now. I''m going to need you to keep running this shop and also sell a book that I wrote. So let''s talk about terms and agreement." [AN: I now have a ******* so if you want to see chapter as soon as they are completed check them out there since I don''t have to worry about things being deleted there. You don''t have to if you don''t want to since chapters will be posted here pat.reon.com/TGM_Productions.. (remove the (.) if you didn''t know)] Chapter 32 - 31 - Domain Shallot finished talking with Tukson and how he was taking over the White Fang and would be visiting Sienna himself and deal with the White Fang. Shallot started using his semblance while walking back to the school applying pressure to himself and was taking his time. He could feel his stomach grumbling since he didn''t have anything to eat. He was messing around with his semblance and while he was walking an area like a bubble appeared around him. Shallot: "That''s new." The bubble had a diameter of 20 meters and his gravity control was spread out completely through it. Shallot stopped looking around and noticed that everything around him seemed to have slowed down. Shallot started smiling and tried to make the bubble smaller and pulled it directly around his body within 1 meter. He then tried increasing the gravity pushing down on him where he felt that he could b?r?ly move. Shallot feels 10 times heavier than regular. Shallot started walking back to the dorms while keeping his semblance going. He was walking slowly struggling with every step. The people around were giving him range looks until someone walked up to him wondering if he was okay. Shallot: ''This must be 10 times gravity. With this much gravity, I should be able to grow stronger quicker. Goku took 8 months to go from 1,200 to over 8,000 Before they could get close enough to him they could feel it getting harder to move and stopped moving closer. A police officer walked over to see what was happening and Shallot pulled his bubble closer around himself bringing it 2 feet around him. Shallot: ''I got the bubble smaller but it''s getting harder to keep it going.'' Officer: "You alright there?" Shallot: "I fine officer, nothing is wrong. I just have some weighted clothes on for training so it is harder for me to move." Officer: "Why are you wearing weighted clothes?" Shallot: "I''m a hunter at Beacon and this is my way of getting my training done every morning." The officer nodded his head and then started walking away. Officer: "Have a nice workout then." Shallot continued slowly walking to the school but it took him longer than he expected to get back to the school. He took another hour of walking to make it back and it was 7:50 and when he was getting close he heard the sound of something breaking and could see Yang flying into the air and kept going further upwards. Shallot raised his eyebrow looking up at Yang. Shallot: "Ok ... I missed something. Was today suppose to be the food fight or was something else going on?" Shallot stopped for a second and continued looking at her fly higher and higher and then continued walking into the building. After walking in he could see his team and Team JNPR having a food fight. Shallot''s stomach was grumbling and he was rubbing it while still struggling to move forward. After seeing so much food wasted his eyebrow started twitching before he lowered the gravity down and wanted to remove it altogether. Everyone that was moving started floating in the air along with all the food and utensils. Shallot: "And why are you all wasting food when it is already hard enough to gather food from other places unless you grow it. You all are wasting resources for no reason. The least you all could have done is save me a plate first before having a food fight." Glynda opened the door walking in behind Shallot and saw everything floating and continued walking before being caught in the range of the bubble and started floating also. Glynda: "Who is doing this?" Glynda could see Shallot there on the ground making everything float while he was drenched in sweat. Glynda waved her crop making everything go back to its original place and slowly spinning while everything was being put back. Glynda looked directly at Shallot who was looking at her and chuckling a little. Glynda: "Shallot can you put me down now." Shallot started setting the gravity back to normal and lowered everyone back down slowly before walking slightly to the right of the whole Yang went through and everyone also started gathering around where Shallot was. Shallot: "Did you fall from heaven because you look like an angel." Yang: "I think that was the most well-timed pun that I''ve ever heard. I might actually fall for you hotshot." Yang laughed before standing on her feet. Shallot laughed thinking that was the best pun he could come up with right now and it was definitely worth the setup. [AN: I now have a ******* so if you want to see chapter as soon as they are completed check them out there since I don''t have to worry about things being deleted there. You don''t have to if you don''t want to since chapters will be posted here pat.reon.com/TGM_Productions.. (remove the (.) if you didn''t know)] Chapter 33 - 32 - Group Bonding Shallot went and raided the kitchen looking for whatever food he could find in 5 minutes before they had to be in class and tried to eat as much as he could taking another 10 minutes before finishing and heading into class late. Shallot went through the rest of his day listening to everything writing out a plan for everybody to train to get stronger. Shallot: ''The gravity can be used for training multiple people at the same time. Maybe I should rename that ability. Gravity bubble sounds stupid, maybe I should call it a domain instead ... more importantly with gravity put into the mix I can get everyone on the team stronger as long as I know what their limitations are.'' Shallot pulled out a notebook while sitting in class writing down everything that would help in pinch situations. He already wrote down previously and started teaching Ruby hand-to-hand combat but he doesn''t think she''s going to be proficient enough with it in time to use it in the tournament. Shallot: ''Maybe I should work on something that leans towards what she already knows. If I focus on distancing for her and countering moves while she doesn''t have her weapon it could help her for times when her weapon gets stuck and she can''t use it. I don''t want her to become the dependant on a weapon so much that she can''t fight or survive without it. So footwork will also be something she will have to be taught.'' Shallot went over the plans and decided that he will get everyone after class to train together so that he can see what everyone can do together and whether they could continue improving in a short burst of time. After the final class bell rang Shallot walked over to the rest of his team. Shallot: "Yang, Ruby, Black ... and also Weiss I guess. Weiss: "Hey." Shallot: "Today I''m going to be training you for the upcoming time until the tournaments. How much you can improve will depend on your potential and how much you push yourselves with causing harm to your bodies." Yang: "I''m always up for getting into a fight." Blake: "Are we doing the same exercises that we did when we were younger or something different." Shallot: "We''ll be training with my semblance since it can help you become stronger if you train every day." Shallot and the girls walked towards the backside of the school and Shallot activated his domain and had a spread it around for 5 meters around him. and increased the gravity to 2x. Blake could hardly feel the difference and was fine just more sluggish Shallot gauged their reactions so he could tell what they could take and after giving five minutes for each increase he came to an interesting conclusion. Weiss had the weakest body and that needed to be worked on because she could only handle 4 times gravity. Ruby could handle 5 times gravity but only b?r?ly and she lasted for only minutes before she was thrown to the ground. Yang could handle 6 times gravity and the interesting thing was that she could partially use her semblance to increase her strength for a short period of time. Shallot: ''I''m guessing she can do this because technically the increased gravity is causing her body to take more stress and damage from being pressured.'' Blake had the highest resistance with being able to handle 8 times gravity being her absolute limit. Shallot: ''I should also find out what my absolute limit is if I was to use all of my strength and not use it casually. I should increase until I can b?r?ly move and not take a single step and then go from there. I can take as much stress as I can sense I can use the spirit orb technique to abuse my zenkai factor. Hold on ... if life and death fights increase the zenkai ability further I wonder what will happen if I use it during the tournament to push myself?'' Shallot stayed with the girl for 3 hours before they finished. He kept the gravity going for Weiss so she could get used to it while he had Blake spar with Yang to get used to people that were faster than her so she could develop a strategy and not rely fully on exchanging punches. He trained Ruby personally and worked on her hand to hand combat and showing her grapple moves against opponents and even telling her the best ways to look for weakness in other people. They were all sweating except Shallot. Blake had worked up a sweat from not pushing herself as she used to since the only reason she trained harder was that Shallot was constantly training while Ruby was lying on the floor with her arms spread out. Ruby: "I''m so exhausted. Are we finished now?" Shallot looked at Ruby breathing heavily on the ground. Shallot: "Yeah, we''re finished now so you all can take a shower. We''ll continue doing the rest of the workout and training until we are finished preparing you for anything that could happen during the fights so you aren''t caught off guard." The girls got up from being exhausted while they all went in since it was getting dark. As they were walking Shallot pulled out his scroll and scrolled through it looking for Roman''s number. Shallot: ''He should have been able to get into contact with Neo recently so I can ask him to send me her new number.'' While he was about to text Roman he got a notification that his town was attacked by the "Silent Bandit". Shallot: ''Why does this Silent Bandit keep attacking my town? Can''t they fu?k off?'' Shallot swiped the notification away before texting Roman. [Shallot]: Did those Emerald deliver my message an is she going to fall under me? [Second Favorite Ginger]: She didn''t listen and is probably still going to go forward with whatever plan she has. [AN: I now have a ******* so if you want to see chapter as soon as they are completed check them out there since I don''t have to worry about things being deleted there. You don''t have to if you don''t want to since chapters will be posted here pat.reon.com/TGM_Productions.. (remove the (.) if you didn''t know)] Chapter 34 - 33 - Partners [In hanger 27] Mercury was walking next to Emerald with a bandaged face inside walking up to Roman at the back who was looking at a map. Roman: ''What to do, what to do? Maybe I can give information to Shallot so he could not bother me as much. I know that he has a thing for feline Faunus so maybe if I can find some more that could get his attention he would stop messing with me.'' While Roman was trying to think about what can he do to have a smoother life he heard footsteps approaching behind him. He turned and saw Emerald and a bruised Mercury. Roman: "Oh look, she sent the kids again. This is turning out just like the divorce." Roman had wrapped his arms around the both of them while slowly sliding his hand into Emerald''s pocket taking a sheet of paper from her pocket. Emerald: "Uhh ... spare us the thought of you procreating." Roman: "That was a joke, and maybe this will tell me where you have been all day." Roman: ''This better not mess with the plans that I have to change now thanks to Shallot making a move." Roman started waving around the paper he had in his hand. Emerald: "What?" Roman: "I''m a professional sweety. This is what I do. Pay attention and maybe you might learn something." Roman looked at the address and knew that it was in the same city where Shallot is before his face scrunched up. Roman: "Why do you have this?" Emerald: "Wouldn''t you like to know?" Roman: "Yeah I would, but I can guess what happened due to scraggly there with his busted nose." Mercury''s eyebrow twitched remembering being knocked out after only one punch. Mercury: "What did you say?" Roman: "Kid don''t make me lay you out on the ground for a second time today. If I wanted to I''ll take you and your street rate friend and ..." Cinder: "Do what Roman?" Roman: "Toss there sorry ?ss out. What are you going to do about it Cinder?" The blast was a lot faster then Cinder was expecting and Roman then reached in his pocket clicking a bu??on before two crossbows at the top in blind spots of the lift Cinder was standing on launched a frostbolt at her and started to freeze her on both sides. Roman started walking towards her when Mercury and Emerald tried to attack when Roman parried their attacks before hitting Emerald in the solar plexus winding her slightly but not breaking her shield and kicking Mercury in the nuts. Roman: "Everything is fair in a street fight kid. That''s what I was taught from a young age. The world is always unfair. Even if your aura is active you can still feel the pain." Roman continued walking towards Cinder who was melting the ice. Roman: "You know that I can outsmart you for hours Cinder. You might have magic but I have always learned and adapted so that I can survive. I have plans for my plans and I don''t like being threatened. This is a partnership and we can always stop it at any time and you do do this by yourself." Cinder gritted her teeth knowing that Roman is a slippery bastard and she can''t underestimate him but that''s the exact reason why she went to work with him so she didn''t have to worry about him getting captured. Cinder: "Fine." Cinder used her maiden abilities and heated the rest of the ice and dusted herself off. Cinder: "But I won''t be threatened like this again Roman." Roman: "I wasn''t the one about to make the first move. As long as you don''t start anything I won''t do anything." Cinder turned to Emerald and Mercury. Cinder: "And what were you two doing in Vale causing problems. I thought I told you not to get involved and keep your hands clean while in Vale." Mercury: "We were going to go clean up his problems. One of them at least until someone got in between us." Cinder was surprised at hearing this. Cinder: "Oh ... and the both of you couldn''t handle it." Emerald: "It seemed like Roman knew the person that interfered since he didn''t even try to fight him at the harbor when he was supposed to steal the shipment of dust." Cinder lifted an eyebrow hearing this. Cinder: "Oh ... Roman. I thought we were partners. Are you hiding something from me?" Roman: ''So Shallot is involved in this. Even when he isn''t around, he still makes it difficult for me. How am I supposed to do anything when I have to watch my back more then I already am.'' Roman cleared his throat. Roman: "Well, I can say that they are quite lucky." Cinder was becoming more interested. Cinder: "And why is that." Mercury: "What is that suppose to mean." Cinder: "Quiet." Roman smiled in Mercury''s direction and made the gesture of slitting his throat. Roman: "From what they said the person they came across is Shallot." Cinder: "Shallot? Who is this Shallot?" Roman: "If he let them live then he must have given them a message to give to you or else he would have probably killed them ... well he would have killed Mercury for sure." Cinder looked towards Mercury and Emerald. Cinder: "Did he have a message for me." Emerald gulped before preparing herself for the message that she was told to give to her. Chapter 35 - 34 - Second Chance Emerald: "He said that we were in his territory and that for you to come to Beacon academy and if you think you can run things he''ll show you the "pecking order" and where you belong ... beneath him like the rest of us." Cinder started flaring up again and turned towards Roman glaring at him. Roman was still smiling and waving his hands in a sign that he''s not trying to fight. Roman: "I wouldn''t get on his bad side in my opinion. He has already decided that he is going to take over the White Fang and he can definitely pull it off because he has the strength. If you have a death wish then go ahead and provoke him. I''m on the other hand not stupid enough to get on his bad side and keep irritating him. There are some you can and can''t rob in this world and he is one of the ones you can''t." Cinder: "For someone who has plans upon plans you are worried about his strength?" Roman stopped smiling and showed a fearful look in his eyes. Roman: "If you had ever seen what he is like when he is angry then you would try to leave Vale as soon as you could." Cinder stopped flaring up seeing the look in Roman''s eyes knowing that he doesn''t show fear in front of people so it made her feel slightly uncomfortable. Cinder: "If he told you to do something and I asked you to do something who would you listen to." Roman shuddered thinking about all the times'' Shallot''s messed with him. Roman: "I like having my sanity so I would rather listen to him than you. I can fight you while I can never beat him. I know my limitations." Cinder was getting more interested in this person while also feeling insulted that Roman felt fear towards someone else but didn''t feel that way towards her. Cinder: ''Once I get the other half of the power of the maiden he won''t be able to outpace me anymore and then he will have to follow my orders.'' Cinder: "If you know that there is someone that could possibly put everything we have done and make it useless why hasn''t this been done sooner?" Roman started waving his hands around indicating all the dust that''s in the warehouse before turning back to her. Roman: "Sorry if I''ve been a little bit busy stealing every speck of dust in the kingdom." Mercury: "You''re an inspiration to every two-bit punk with a gun and ski mask in the city." Roman: "No one is talking to you, you poliosis circumscripta victim. Besides look around, I got this town running around scarred. Police camping out at every corner. Dust prices through the roof and were sitting pretty in an old warehouse with more dust crystals, vials, and rounds than what we know what to do with. Speaking of which I think it is about time you tell me what was the purpose of me stealing this much dust. I don''t see the point of this much dust, to be honest. I really couldn''t care as long as I''m getting paid but you know my policy. I sharpen the ax until I''m sure I can cut the tree. So if you could tell me your master plan it might make the next string of robberies go smoother." Cinder: "You know my policy also. I won''t tell others my full plan so I don''t have to worry about someone trying to ruin it. We are finished with dust so you don''t have to steal anymore. Our next move is to have the White Fang clear out the building and move everything to some coordinates that I''m going to send to you tonight." Cinder started walking back towards the lift to get the exit. Roman: "Coordinates?" Cinder: "We''re proceeding to face two." After they left Roman pulled out a scroll before scrolling to a number and saw a message from Shallot. [Wankstain]: Did those Emerald deliver my message an is she going to fall under me? [Roman]: She didn''t listen and is probably still going to go forward with whatever plan she has. [WankStain]: My favorite Ginger is still updating me after being asked. How nice of you? Roman: ''This ?sshole. I can''t stand him.'' [Roman]: They said something about moving to stage two. They said they are going to send me the coordinate. I''ll send them to you later. [WankStain]: Make sure to send me Neo''s number also. She just got a new scroll and she didn''t save my number under an account name. Maybe it has something to do with you both being criminals or something. [Roman]: Alright but if she asks how you got her number I''m going to tell her you were stalking her last night. [WankStain]: I feel like I haven''t given you a wedgie in quite a while. [Roman]: Wait ... I didn''t mean it. We can talk this out. Roman didn''t receive a reply and hurried up and started yelling around him. Roman: "Alright you all have to get a move on. We have to get all of this moved to another location." Roman then got a message with some coordinates from Cinder. Roman opened his scroll again sending the coordinates along with Neo''s number [Roman]: Neo also said that if you''re going to play against her and attack make sure that your base has some materials when she robs again. She said there is a reason you can never win against the silent bandit. [WankStain]: SILENT BANDIT IS NEO ... GOD DAMNIT. I LOST SO MANY HOURS AND LIEN TO THEM. Roman had a smile on his face thinking that this should distract him for a while so he won''t come to find him and start messing with him. While he had finished texting Neo appeared behind him. Neo pulled up a sign and started writing on it. [Neo]: Are we still going to go through with whatever she is planning? [WankStain]: I want you and Neo to stay working with Cinder until I can make her work under me. You will send all of her movements and her plans to me every day. P.S. Tell Neo that she will be part of my harem. After all, we spent so much time together and I taught her so much ???????? Roman had his mouth gaping open and looked at Neo. Neo looked over at the phone seeing the message and started rubbing her th??hs and blushed slightly. Neo: ''It felt like I was going to be ripped in half last time. I don''t know if I can go another time. It''s been some months but I still have phantom pains.'' Neo grabbed her board and started writing. [Neo]: Tell him that he''s too rough so no. Roman typed it into the phone before Neo felt her scroll buzz. [Mr. Incredible]: I''ll be more gentle next time. It was the first time for both of us after all and I''ll be sure that you don''t feel as bad afterward. [Neo]: I''ll give it another try, but I want compensation. [Mr. Incredible]: Really? What do you want? I''m about to become one of the individuals with the strongest force in the world with a year if everything goes according to my plans I started. [Mr. Incredible]: Alright what you want, but I do think your voice sounds so cute the last time we were in bed. Neo closed her scroll and put it back in her pocket after reading that message and had a blush on her face. Roman looked at her and didn''t know what was said in that text conversation but he was pretty sure he didn''t want to find out. [AN: I now have a ******* so if you want to see chapter as soon as they are completed check them out there since I don''t have to worry about things being deleted there. You don''t have to if you don''t want to since chapters will be posted here pat.reon.com/TGM_Productions.. (remove the (.) if you didn''t know)] Chapter 36 - 35 - Scent Shallot had woken up with Blake laying on top of him and was going to take a shower when Blake also started waking up from the movement. Shallot: "(Whisper) Good morning Mittens.) Blake nestled in rubbing against his ?h?st breathing in his scent. Blake: "Mmn good morning." Shallot: "I''m about to take a shower. Do you want to join?" Both Shallot and Blake got up and headed to the washroom to take a shower and also had a quick session inside while the water was still running with Shallot covering her mouth to not make a lot of noise. They both finished and came out with smiles on their faces. Everyone else in the room was looking at them coming out of the bathroom together with Ruby''s face blushing red while Yang was ???k?n? her lips looking at Shallot''s still partially wet body. Weiss: "What were you two doing in there! Even with the water running we could hear Blake m??ning inside." Blake''s face was turning red and stepping behind Shallot to hide from embarrassment. Shallot: "We were just taking a shower together." Shallot was smiling and turned towards Ruby and Yang. Shallot: "If you would like to join next time then you can just come in. We could have an explosive time and paint the walls red." Yang: ''That was a good pun and s?xy.'' Yang: "You haven''t even taken me on that date you were talking about." Blake''s eyes lit up behind Shallot. Blake: ''Maybe I can convince Yang and Ruby to join. I''m not sure if my legs will be able to last the entire week if it''s just me. Why does he have so much stamina?'' Blake: "You should go out and take her somewhere after classes." Weiss: "Are you trying to get rid of your boyfriend?" Blake: "All I can say Weiss is that he has a lot of stamina and if he gets tired walking around with Yang then it is a win for me." Shallot was still smiling and then Ruby started to also get into the conversation. Ruby: "Why are you ok with this?" Blake turned towards Ruby. Blake: "As long as Shallot is happy and still loves me then I''m ok. Besides, he is a monster in the bed, and to be honest, I need help if I''m to be blunt about it." Shallot: "Are you pimping me out?" Shallot wasn''t thinking his harem plan would come together so quickly. Shallot: "I feel like it shouldn''t be this simple." Weiss: "You all are being so indecent. You should only be with one person if you love them." Shallot shrugged while looking towards Yang and Ruby while walking behind Blake and wrapping his arms around her. Blake: "Where Shallot comes from it''s common to have multiple wives. The stronger the partner determines how many wives they would have. He even said that there are females who have multiple husbands if they are strong enough." Shallot shivered thinking about the image of Big Mom from one piece that his brother showed him. Shallot: ''That''s a terrible memory to resurface.'' Weiss folded her arms over her ?h?st. Weiss: "So you just accepted that?" Blake: "I love him and he loves me." Shallot: "I won''t love Blake any less no matter how much time passes. Any person I get together with in the future will also be treated well." Ruby: "Shallot?" Shallot: "Yeah?" Ruby: "Why are you being so ... proactive recently?" Weiss: "Do you mean horny? I think he just sounds horny." Shallot: "Well Ice Princess." Weiss: "Hey. Shallot: "I''m like this because after everything that I''ve lived through I''ve decided that I''m going to live my life to the fullest while also making sure that everyone around me will also have enough strength to survive and live to their fullest." Yang nodded her head understanding live how she wanted. Yang: "So who''s heading in the bathroom now?" Ruby: "I''ll head in first I need to get ready since I''m the quickest." Ruby then went into the bathroom while Shallot started to talk to Yang about what they could do while Weiss was next to Blake whispering and asking about how was Shallot saying it was only for information and research purposes. Ruby had come back out 35 minutes with a flushed face while taking glances at Shallot. Ruby: ''It was such a strong smell in there and it made my head feel light.'' Ruby was walking out by Shallot and could still smell the same scent from inside the washroom and between her legs started heating up. She would still a couple of glances at Shallot when Yang caught her and saw her red face. Yang: "Ruby? Are you ok? Your face is really red." Ruby placed her hands on her face feeling that it was hot and then darted out the room while bursting into petals leaving quickly. Yang went into the washroom when she could smell a faint smell inside and had figured out why Ruby''s face was red now before inhaling some of it and rubbing herself as she cleaned herself. Yang finished and then Weiss headed in and smelled the faint smell and started to reach down when she stopped her hand and came back out. Weiss: "YOU ALL SHOULD HAVE GOTTEN RID OF THE SMELL!!!" Shallot then went and sprayed the inside of the bathroom until nothing could be smelled inside except the air freshener. Weiss then went inside to shower and then the went to class. While they were walking Yang was still feeling slightly horny from the smell but knew that she needed to focus for class while Weiss was grumbling about being in a team of perverts. They got the classroom and had seen Ruby sitting there and she had looked up seeing them and when she saw Shallot her face flushed red and she pulled up a book to hide her face. Ruby: ''Since Blake was talking about Shallot this morning I can''t stop thinking about him now and what I did in the bathroom didn''t help at all. I just want to disappear right now.'' They all sat down and were ready for class when they could see some ships flying outside coming towards their school. [AN: I now have a ******* so if you want to see chapter as soon as they are completed check them out there since I don''t have to worry about things being deleted there. You don''t have to if you don''t want to since chapters will be posted here pat.reon.com/TGM_Productions.. (remove the (.) if you didn''t know)] Chapter 37 - 36 - Hello Old Friend Above flying outside of Beacon Academy were some ships coming in and in a tower overlooking everything on the campus stood Glynda and Ozpin looking outside the window. Glynda: "Ironwood certainly loves bringing his work wherever he travels." Glynda was upset seeing how Ironwood always pushed his way through. Glynda: ''He always thinks he''s right no matter what he does'' Ozpin: "Well ... running an academy and military makes him a busy man. But yes, though are a bit of an eyesore." Behind them, on the desk, a beeping sound could be heard and Ozpin turned around to head to it. Ozpin: "Come in." The doors slid open and a man came through Man: "Ozpin. Ozpin: "Hello general." General Ironwood started walking towards Ozpin. Ironwood: "Please, drop the formalities. It''s been too long." They both shook hands and then Ironwood turned towards Glynda. Ironwood: "And Glynda, it has certainly been too long since we last meet." Glynda: "Oh James ..." Glynda turned towards Ozpin "I''ll be outside." She then walked away leaving out of the room for Ozpin and Ironwood to talk. Ironwood: "Well, she hasn''t changed a bit." Ozpin: "So ... What in the world has brought you all the way down from Atlas? Headmasters don''t typically travel with their students for the Vital Festival. Ozpin asked him while making some coffee and handed the cup to him. He grabbed the cup before responding. Ironwood: "Well, you know how much I love Vale at this time of the year. Besides, with you hosting, I thought this might be a good opportunity to catch up. Ozpin walked behind his desk while setting his coffee down. Ozpin: "I can certainly appreciate quality time between friends ... However, the small fleet outside my window has me somewhat concerned." Ironwood: "Well ... concern is what brought them here." Ozpin: "I can understand travel between kingdoms has become increasingly difficult-" Ironwood: "Oz ... You and I both know why I brought those men. Ozpin took a sip from his coffee cup while looking back at Ironwood. Ozpin: "We are in a time of peace. A show of power like this isn''t necessary. It''s just going to give off the wrong impression." Ironwood: "But if what Qrow said is true --" Ozpin: "If what Qrow said is true then we will handle it tactfully. It''s the Vytal Festival; A time to celebrate unity and peace. So I suggest you not scare people by transporting hundreds of soldiers halfway across the continent." Ironwood: "I''m just being cautious." Ozpin: "As am I ... which is why we will continue to train the best huntsmen and huntresses we can." Ironwood: "Believe me, I am. But ask yourself this. Do you honestly believe your children can win a war?" Ozpin: "James ... wait." Ironwood turned around. Ozpin: "All of them may not be ready but there is one who could tip the scale and even pose as a potential threat to Salem herself if we play our hand properly." Ironwood''s interest was peeked again and thought he should hear what Ozpin had to say. Ironwood: "And what student would this be? I haven''t heard about this student in the last three years." Ozpin stretched out his hand holding the tablet with a video on it towards Ironwood. Ozpin: "His name is Shallot and a new student that just joined. I''m not sure what his full capabilities are but he was able to split a Nevermore in half with the use of a semblance. He wasn''t tired after doing something like that either." Ironwood walked over and grabbed the tablet and watched the video from the team selections. Ozpin: "That''s not all click onto the video on the right." Ironwood furrowed his brows while watching the video. Ironwood: "He could also be dangerous." Ozpin took another sip from his coffee. Ozpin: "He could but I don''t think that he would." Ironwood raised an eyebrow. Ironwood: "And why is that?" Ozpin: "Because he is here with another student and holds affection for others at this school. He has also had premonitions before." Ironwood: "Premonitions?" Ozpin: "Yes, and it was exactly for the faint of heart. Ironwood: "Then what I''m doing isn''t wrong. If what he saw is what is going to happen especially such widespread destruction within the city then we need to be prepared." Ozpin: "Yes it is, but that is also the reason why I called for Qrow to be on his way back after his mission and to also tell every huntsman that he is still in contact with to also be prepared." Ironwood: "Have you told the other headmasters about those premonitions?" Ozpin: "No I haven''t. If things start to get as bad as I was told then I might ask for reinforcements but who is to say that the other academies wouldn''t also attack. If what Shallot saw was only from the perspective of Vale but we don''t know what is happening all around the rest of Remnant. We may not be the only ones being targeted and this could be there plan. If we can figure out if they are trying to mount an attack from all over then we will be able to prevent it with proper planning." Ironwood: "Which means that this could be a lot larger then we were expecting and knowing that there is possibly someone out there who isn''t Salem that could possibly kill you isn''t any more reassuring. I guess the only thing we can do is hope it''s not the worst-case scenario." Ozpin: "Yes, that is the only thing we can do, hope." Ironwood and Ozpin finished their conversation with Ironwood walking out thinking that maybe what he has isn''t enough and it could also mean he can''t take to many troops with him in case of Atlas is attacked after their troops are moved. Ozpin: ''Hopefully I can really on the next generation for what is to come. If what Shallot saw is going to happen the time for them to enjoy themselves will be getting shorter and shorter. [AN: I now have a pat.reon so if you want to see chapter as soon as they are completed check them out there since I don''t have to worry about things being deleted there. You don''t have to if you don''t want to since chapters will be posted here pat.reon.com/TGM_Productions.. (remove the (.) if you didn''t know)] Chapter 38 - 37 - Its time to Duel Inside of the library Weiss, Ruby, Yang was playing a board game with the fourth seat having Shallot seating there with Blake sitting on his ??p. Blake had some cards in her hands while Shallot was looking over the blueprints while furrowing his eyebrows. Shallot: ''How the hell am I suppose to ?ssemble this thing. Why are there so many god damn gears?'' Shallot was thinking about how to mold and fix everything when an idea popped into his head. Shallot: ''Ruby is a weapons maniac so maybe she will help me build this. I also have to make arrows for this thing which is even more material. Wait ... If I change this part...'' Shallot put the blueprint down while writing on the side with ways to change it around making it fire of dust which would shape into arrows instead. While Shallot was distracted while holding Blake and working changing the blueprint to fit more of his style Blake was thinking about what to tell her parents when she gets the chance but also their reaction. Ruby: "Hmn ... alright ... Yang Xiao Long, prepare your kingdom for battle!" Yang: "Bring it on" As they were playing the game Shallot was getting closer and closer when he looked up to see Blake''s hand and then started paying attention to the game. Yang: "Your army has been destroyed. Weiss: "I hate this game of emotions we play." Shallot reached for a card in Blake''s hand. Shallot: ''This is oddly similar to Yugioh.'' Shallot pulled a card and threw it out onto the field. Shallot: "We play trap card "My enemies, enemy" if two cities fall with three turns then the city that was just destroyed will keep 2/5 of its troops while the player that attacked will have its troops reduced to 1/5." Yang: "What ... no this can''t be happening to me." Shallot: "Master strategies here. Maybe next time." Yang slumped into her chair. Ruby: "Yes, but I still got my army destroyed." Weiss swiped her forehead. Weiss: "That was close." Shallot: "Don''t celebrate yet. It''s now my turn and I play the field card untimely darkness which causes all of your troops to be half effective if they don''t have Faunus traits and then I will have my special card activate and at Yang''s army which decrease my enemies defense for 1 turn. Since I still have my full force of Vale I''ll use the special characteristics of the Nevermore to attack your scout tower delaying your troops from preparing and any defensive structures." Yang: "What ... you waited for this." Yang looked over at Weiss. Yang: "Did you plan this against me. How did you know my plan? I must have traitors among my troops .... nooooooo." Shallot: "And with that, your troops are destroyed and it''s only down to me and Weiss." Weiss: "I don''t even know how to play." Shallot reaches towards Ruby. Shallot: "Join the dark side, we have cookies." Ruby: "Cookies? Sign me up." Weiss: "Don''t fall for his lies. He just wants to make sure that you don''t help me, this isn''t fair." Shallot: "All is fair in love and war Gurararara." Yang: "Don''t worry Weiss my army has been destroyed so I can help you out take him down." Before they could finish someone had walked up to the table. Sun: "Sup losers''" Shallot: "Hey banana head." Ruby: "Hey Sun." Sun: "Ruby, Yang, Black ... Ice Queen and Torturer" Weiss: "Why does everyone keep calling me that?" Shallot: "It''s probably because you''re always being cold to others." Yang: "I agree." Weiss: "Hey I''m trying to change." Sun: "I never got the chance to formally introduce you to my old friend. A blue-haired teenager was standing there slightly taller than Sun. Blue-hair: "Uh ... aren''t libraries for reading?" Ren: "THANK YOU!!!" Shallot: "You can''t be reading something that interesting right now." Ren: "I''m reading about the different types of Grimm that can wipe out a town." Shallot: "Neat." Nora: "*Snort* Pancakes." Shallot: "So Nora was sleeping." Sun turned to his friend. Sun: "Shut up and stop being a nerd." Shallot: "Neeeeerd." Shallot: "Sorry about that force of habit." Blue-hair: "Hey ... I''m an intellectual. Thank you very much. I''m Neptune." Weiss: "So, Neptune, where are you from." Shallot: "Probably from under the sea. Hold on ... hey Neptune." Neptune: "Yeah." Shallot: "Can you talk to fish." Sun: "He''s afraid of water because he can''t swim." Shallot: "Then your name is very ironic." Neptune: "Why is that?" Shallot: "Where I come from the name Neptune is known as the God of the Sea." Neptune: "Well besides knowing that where you''re from my name is the exact opposite of me is odd ... Anyway I''m from Haven." Neptune walked over towards Weiss. Neptune: "I don''t think I''ve caught your name snow angel. Before Weiss could introduce herself Shallot bu??ed in. Shallot: "Are you saying you don''t know the one and only Weiss Schnee of the Schnee family. The second in the line of succession to take over the entirety of the company and soon first in line since her sister decided to go work at Atlas and her little brother is the current one with the highest chance to take over the company." Weiss looked over at Shallot. Weiss: "And how do you know all of that?" Shallot: "I did some research for all my teammates." Weiss: "And how much did you learn?" Shallot rubbed his chin while thinking about something. Shallot: "Just basic information about your family. A family of 5 with two males and three females who are one of the wealthiest family in all of Remnant." Lifted her head up showing a proud expression on her face. Weiss: "As you have heard my name is Weiss." Sun: "Are you kidding me?" Neptune: "Pleasure to meet you." Sun walked over to me and Black who was sitting on his ??p. Sun: "Well I guess that answers how close you two are. I never expected you both to play board games ... especially Shallot." Shallot looked up from the blueprints and tilted his head. Shallot: "Why is that." Sun: "Well you seem more of the physical kind like someone that should be fighting all the time." Shallot: "I''ll have you know that I''m a scientist." Sun looked at Shallot to see if he was joking but before he could question that. Weiss: "You''re a scientist." Shallot: "Well ... more of an engineer but still a scientist none the less." Sun: "Is that why your working on that scythe blueprint?" Ruby hearing this looked over and seen the notebook with the scythe design and dashed over leaning over Shallot back looking at the Scythe design with stars in her eyes. Shallot: "This is a nice feeling." Ruby: "Huh." Shallot: "Do you want to help me build it? I already collected the materials that I would need and I just need to ?ssemble it." Ruby: "Reallly? I would love to!!!" Shallot turned towards Blake and kissed her on the cheek and sat her down in his seat and arranging some of the cards in her hands. Shallot: "I''m going to go out with Ruby to build my scythe and I want you to make sure that they don''t win a single game." Blake gave him a kiss while blushing and nodded her head. Blake: "I''ll make sure that they can''t win." Yang looked towards them. Yang: "Is that a challenge? We can''t let her constantly beat us Weiss." Neptune: "Mind if I play?" Shallot: "Well me and Ruby are going to be leaving so you can take Ruby''s place and play." Shallot grabbed his blueprint while Ruby followed him while looking at the blueprint looking at how it was modified. [AN: I now have a pat.reon so if you want to see chapter as soon as they are completed check them out there since I don''t have to worry about things being deleted there. You don''t have to if you don''t want to since chapters will be posted here pat.reon.com/TGM_Productions.. (remove the (.) if you didn''t know)] Chapter 39 - 38 - Encounter Shallot and Ruby were walking through the hallway while Ruby was really close to him and Shallot could smell a scent on her. Shallot: ''She smells like roses. Very fitting.'' Shallot: "So what do you think about it, my personal weapons expert?" Ruby was looking at it and started rambling slightly about how something was off-centered and that it would be properly weighted when it transformed its carry mode and taking out the bo staff separation turning it into a charging case was brilliant but would require more gears to counter the weight. Ruby then snapped out of her rambling. Ruby: "Sorry about rambling like that I just get so excited about weapons." Shallot: "Well I find your ramblings cute but I also think that majority of things you do is cute." Ruby blushed while listening to Shallot thinking back to what Blake whispered in her ear. *Flash Back* Blake: "Shallot is really big and it fills really good and I''m going to need some help so of you want a guy who can make you happy you should also get with Shallot. I''m ok with you and Yang joining." *Flash Back End* Ruby was inching closer to Shallot while walking to one of the rooms in the school that was for weapon building and repairs. After they got in the room they noticed that no one was there and the worktables seemed to have just been cleaned so someone must have just left and had cleaned up. Shallot: "So what do we start with first?" Ruby: "Where are the materials?" Shallot: "They''re still in the room so I''ll have to grab them really quick." Shallot dashed out of the room taking only 15 seconds to make it to the room grabbing the bag with the materials and dashing back. Shallot: "Alright, I have everything. How should we start building it?" Ruby started going through the materials in the bag and pulling out everything spreading them onto the table. Ruby: "We are going to have to smelt the metals down into the right sizes for all of the cogs and wheels for the inside while also working on the blade. We need to make all the smaller parts first and make sure that they are going to fit properly before we get too far into it so we don''t waste materials." Shallot nodded his head. Shallot: "I''ll make sure to smelt done the metals and leave them in the heat." Shallot started walking towards a cupola furnace so he can start smelting down the metals so he could make the blade that going to swivel. Shallot and Ruby worked for 3 hours working in the workshop trying to get as much finish as they could with Shallot also standing behind her watching as she was ?ssembling it. Shallot: "Well look at that I have my own personal weapon master to help me build my scythe." Ruby started blushing since she could feel his breath on her neck from him being so close. Ruby: "It''s what I love to do and I like the way that your blueprint is for the scythe. I had never seen someone uses a scythe-like this that would change into a bow instead of a gun." Shallot: "It also seems that everyone and their cousin can block bullets so why even bother with a gun. It would just be better to make sure that I have something that I could use for combat and be more effective and beside it would look cool." Ruby: "But the bullets are made for the Grimm since dust is effective against them." Shallot wrapped his arms around Ruby and pulled her into his ?h?st. Shallot: "Don''t you think that it is about time for us to get back to the dorm since some hours have passed? We can finish working on it tomorrow." Ruby''s face was tomato red and she just nodded her head. Ruby: "Hmn." Shallot and Ruby left heading back to the dorm and while they were walking Ruby was walking right next to him. Shallot reached over grabbing her hand causing Ruby to jump a little but she didn''t pull away. Shallot and Ruby made it back to the dorm room and when she was about to walk inside she remembered that her board game was in the library with Yang and Weiss and hopefully they had brought it back to the room. Ruby walked in with Shallot seeing Blake sitting on the bed reading a book with Weiss over to the side looking through some textbooks doing homework while Yang was flipping through a magazine with one leg hanging off of the bed. After the door was opened Blake looked over when Ruby let go of Shallot''s hand and walked in. Ruby: "Did you all grab the board in the library?" Yang: "Yeah we got it but I think we left a couple of pieces so we might need to grab some of them." Shallot: "I can go back and look for whatever was left since you have the board and Ruby is probably tired from helping me in the workshop." Shallot placed the pre-made pieces into the corner of the room with the other materials and walked back out of the room closing the door. When Shallot turned to the right he saw Mercury, Emerald, and Cinder. The smile on his face was growing wider seeing them. Shallot: ''Well look at that. The sheep have delivered themselves to the wolf themselves. Cinder doesn''t have complete control over the maidens abilities so she isn''t that much of a threat currently.'' Shallot: "Well hello there ladies and halfling." Emerald: "Halfling?" Shallot pointed towards Mercury. Shallot: "I was talking about tink-tink over there since he is only a little more than half of his body. Below the knees is a no go after all. Maybe the name Legaless would be more fitting." Shallot: "So the dog has a trainer, I''m impressed." Cinder: "We are students from Vacuo here for the Vital Festival. Is it a need to antagonize others after only just meeting them?" Shallot: "Do you really wish to play the word game? I rather get straight to business Cinder. I''m pretty sure Emerald there has told you the message I had said to give you about this being my area. I also told her to tell you to come work under me. I will treat you with enough care that even a dog owner will have to step up their game." Cinder eye twitched at that. Cinder: "So you know who I am but still act like this around me? You must not know what I''m capable of?" Shallot: "Please your little lighter can''t do anything to someone of my caliber. There is a good thing to have confidence but to let that lead to bravado will only lead you to your downfall." Cinder''s eyes started to glow and markings started appearing on her arm while looking at Shallot while Shallot activated his semblance and cranked it to time 8 forcing Mercury and Emerald to the ground making it hard for them to breath while Emerald was having difficulties moving. Shallot seeing that Cinder was still standing starts clapping his hands without any strain on himself. Shallot: "Well look at that. You can almost prove a worthy distraction without me getting serious. You might just be enjoyable after all. I''m going to enjoy breaking your will and making you three serve me." Shallot: "Well, you should also get on your way. I''m pretty sure that you know where the guest dorms are. Just head out to your left and keep walking until you see a building with a similar model to this one. Tata." Shallot: ''Part 2 of plan takeover was a success now let''s see how far can I push these events and find out whether there is plot armor or a world will currently active if not then part 3 and 4 can be put into motion.'' Shallot went to the library and found a couple of pieces to the game underneath the table the was missed. He grabbed them putting them in his pockets before heading back to the dorms. [AN: I now have a pat.reon so if you want to see chapter as soon as they are completed check them out there since I don''t have to worry about things being deleted there. You don''t have to if you don''t want to since chapters will be posted here pat.reon.com/TGM_Productions.. (remove the (.) if you didn''t know)] Chapter 40 - 39 - Step Two Shallot was heading back to the room when his scroll started buzzing again. Shallot: "Huh... who could be sending something at this time? I don''t think Roman should have anything this soon." Shallot opened his scroll and looked and seen a message from Roman. Shallot: "Okay... I stand corrected. I wonder if he got the information that I asked him to get. [Second Favorite Ginger]: These are the plans that are being made by Cinder. I have already disabled the bombs and they are only for appearance currently. They won''t blow up unless someone shots them or something stupid like that. The information that you wanted I''ve already sent to your scroll in a file with all the information and the info you wanted on Ironwood''s robots. Shallot looked through the files and started smiling and laughing lightly. He was scrolling through the information on the scroll when he saw the information about the charging capabilities for the dust crystals and how they were used and he knew that he could use this for his blutz capture device. [Shallot]: Great! Make sure that Neo is getting as much information about Cinder. I have a feeling that she isn''t working by herself. Have Neo do some digging and tell her that after this she can ask me to teach her anything she wants. [Second Favorite Ginger]: ... Alright but this is going to be tricky since the White Fang are going to be in a meeting soon and I need to put on my act. [Shallot]: Don''t mess anything up. I''ll probably come by to make sure that everything is going smoothly and we can control everything since she won''t tell you what her entire plan is. [Second Favorite Ginger]: I also think that she is working for someone else so I don''t think that she will try to work for you anytime soon. Why not just kidnap her? [Shallot]: I am a gentleman. I don''t do kidnappings. I have class and taste. I would rather take everything she has and then offer a hand when she has nothing left. Only then will she follow without ever having thoughts of betrayal. If she doesn''t wish to follow me when she is still growing then I will break her and put her back together again. [Second Favorite Ginger]: And they call me the criminal. You are the most diabolical person I know and I''m sure no one is going to surpass you in your scheming methods. [Shallot]: I''m not scheming, I''m just a realist. I prefer to have everything to either be decided by me or be interesting enough that I can have a challenge. [Second Favorite Ginger]: Your more talkative than usual. By now you would have started threatening me by now. Did something catch your intention? [Shallot]: I just realized that something I have been working on is almost complete. Once it is complete then there will be nothing in the world that will be able to challenge me if I were to use it and master it, but it also is a bittersweet feeling. The information you''ve given me will help me finish my blutz wave collector. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ In a building with a computer sitting on the desk with some files opened on the screen. Roman: "I think I just doomed the world. He was already too much for anyone to deal with and knowing him he might be the downfall of the world if what he said when he got drunk that one time when he drunk from my bottle and was blabbing about how he wanted to become the strongest in the world and then have some kids so he can teach them to grow stronger then him." Roman got a chill down his back thinking about 6-year-olds running around wiping out blocks of Grimm because they decided they wanted to go "play". Roman: "Maybe I can convince Shallot that he doesn''t need the "Blutz Wave Collector" whatever this device is supposed to be." Roman started to text back again thinking that he could convince Shallot that maybe he was strong enough already. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Inside Beacon Academy''s Library Shallot was typing and constantly messaging information and coming up with plans on how to deal with getting information on who is behind Cinder if there is someone behind her or if she is just really confident. [Mittens]: Are you heading back here yet? You have been gone longer than you usually take. [Shallot]: I''m on my way back there now. The pieces were up underneath the table and had to grab a couple that was separated and was just enjoying the stroll. [Mittens]: When you get back we should talk about what to do about the White Fang since they usually wouldn''t work with someone like Roman which means that Adam is most likely up to something. [Shallot]: Don''t worry about Adam. He wasn''t able to even challenge you let alone me. If you would have left earlier when I told you about how the White Fang couldn''t be changed by words anymore you probably wouldn''t have had to watch everything that they were doing. We also need to get back to training everyone for the festival after all. [Mittens]: Do we really need to keep training for the festival? We are already one of the best teams since you are on the team and no one can really beat us. [Shallot]: That''s the reason why you all need to keep training. I can''t have my future wives and teammate being weaker than me by that much. You need a strong body to give birth after all if you don''t want to have issues later. Blake was reading the messages and blushed slightly thinking about having kids. While Blake was blushing Ruby had jumped over and had looked at the messages wondering about what was making Blake blush so much. After reading the messages she started thinking back to Shallot wrapping his arms around her and also started blushing. [Shallot]: Well... Weiss is difficult. [Mittens]: Is it because she''s a Schnee? [Shallot]: No that''s not the reason why. [Mittens]: Then why? [Shallot]: She too stiff of a person. You should know that I have a certain type of person that I find hard to get along with. Stiff people are not really any fun to be around with and it''s also the reason why I don''t like spending time with your father because he''s a hardass. [Mittens]: Is that the only reason why? Is it because she is an S? [Shallot]: Nope. I quite enjoy making someone who is an S humble in front of me. The reason is I don''t think that I would last in a relationship with her based on her views of relationships and they are built. You are fine with me because you know that is how my people are. Yang has more than 1 mother so having others who are attracted to the same male will give her a familiar feeling. Ruby is an innocent doughball that I want to shape and play with while Weiss is the Ice Princess. [Mittens]: You don''t want a challenge casanova? [Shallot]: You''re not going to let me live that down are you? [Mittens]: Maybe, maybe not, I''m not sure yet, but you should hurry up and get back here now Shallot opened the door to the room with Blake sitting in the bed with her nightgown and some stockings on with her legs arched but still not able to see underneath. Shallot: "I''m already back." Shallot walked in sitting in the bed next to her while rubbing his hand on her legs. Shallot: "Do you want to take a bath before we lay down." Weiss: "Hey!!! There are others in the room you know." Shallot: "You can take a bath first my dear Ice Princess." Shallot put his hand over his ?h?st and bowed slightly with a smile on his face. Yang: "You seem to be in a good mood. You must have heard Shallot of good news." Shallot: "Just Shalittle." Ruby: "Can you both stop making bad puns it''s too late for that." Shallot/Yang: "It''s never too late corny jokes." Shallot looked at Yang and Yang looked towards Shallot and they both gave each other a thumbs up. Ruby: "Can we just go to sleep." [AN: I now have a pat.reon so if you want to see chapter as soon as they are completed check them out there since I don''t have to worry about things being deleted there. You don''t have to if you don''t want to since chapters will be posted here pat.reon.com/TGM_Productions.. (remove the (.) if you didn''t know)] Chapter 41 - 40 - Memories (1) While Shallot was dreaming he was back at the "tunnel" again but this time it was closer to a spherical bubble with his memories everywhere on the walls of it. Shallot: "Ok, at first it was neat but if I can''t even sleep because I end up here it''s going to get real old." Shallot was looking around at all the memories around him and soon found one that wasn''t filling in and the image was just completely black. He walked up to it touching it and ended up in an area that was completely black with some light coming from the difference. He walked towards the light and could see a younger him that was 4"3'' with a woman he was carrying on his shoulder that was wounded with a large gash on her back with the younger version of him limping towards the cave carrying her. Shallot walked towards the younger version of him thinking it was similar to the other time and would be able to touch things and wanted to help them. As he got closer he noticed that it seemed that they didn''t notice him. He tried to help the woman and the younger him and he just fazed through them. Shallot: "Well... that answers that question so it''s like the first time where I couldn''t interact with things. So certain things I can do while other things I can''t do anything about." Shallot followed the younger version of himself and the woman into the cave and watched the younger him bring up an orb of energy and started running the energy through her body. Shallot: "I think this was the first time that Summer told me about her daughters and that she was worried about them." Young Shallot: "If you would tell me about who is constantly sending all of these Grimm then maybe I can go and deal with them in the future." Shallot: "Hold on... I don''t remember this? Maybe this is an alternate timeline or something or it could just be something that I forgot since my memory isn''t exactly the greatest." Summer: "Don''t worry about it. Once I''m able to get back and tell the others about her plans then we can deal with it. Children shouldn''t have to worry about the fights that we are in. You should just worry about yourself and head back to your family already." Young Shallot: "I will go back when I am finished making my sword fully." Summer: "But didn''t you already finish it. You have a sheath for it and everything." Young Shallot: "The reason I made the sword is for it to become a cursed weapon that can seal emotions inside of it so that I can master something but it seems that my sword is generating a large amount of negativity but it still shouldn''t be able to pull in so many high ranked Grimm." Summer: "Which is why you said someone is sending them after us and you figured I wasn''t telling you something. Your pretty smart kid." Young Shallot: "So in order to get out of here I''m going to have to draw them away from here if they are drawn to this sword. If I can find a place to seal it currently away from where we are it could act as a distraction and then you can get back." The younger version of Shallot was still healing Summer for a couple more minutes then started healing his own leg. There were 3 Nevermores in the sky flying in a circle like vultures while there were several packs of Beowolves surrounding Summer who had a long sword and was changing to a sniper rifle with her cleaving through the Grimm left and right and sometimes bursting into white petals with her white cloak wrapped around her body moving in a graceful motion. She was fast, lethal, and effective. It looked as if she was dancing but Shallot could see that she was only getting more and more tired the longer she was fighting when he saw a Manticore Grimm coming flying from a distance swiping at Summer wounding her. The Shallot looked towards the younger him that was standing looking shocked at the large amount of Grimm when he shook his head. Shallot: "I was so nieve back then. I should have already moved and dealt with the Grimm but I was lacking confidence in fighting larger Grimm that were in groups even though Saiyans thrive due to battle." The younger Shallot had rushed in hacking and slashing his way through trying to get towards Summer. Shallot: "I always saw Summer as a mother figure for me since she always looked after me and I just leave her after what is about to happen even though I don''t remember everything except my inability to help because I was weak. That weakness inside me needed to die in order to survive in this world." Shallot watched his younger self recklessly charging through cutting everything apart while also gaining wounds and finally making it to Summer when they both were blindsided by another Grimm. The Grimm was covered in black skin, with bone-like plates covering their bodies at certain places like armor. A red pattern or symbol resembling an eye is present on their back. Shallot: "I always that there was so many Grimm here and was thinking that maybe it wasn''t the sword at this point... well the sword wasn''t the only reason." Shallot was watching everything not feeling anything about it since he had already lived through it once and it was more amazing that they were capable of getting out alive. Shallot was walking through the battlefield passing through the Grimm just observing them looking at there appearances and wondering how they tick. Summer: "It seems that we also got a mutated Beringel after us. We need to escape from here so that we can make it to a city." Young Shallot: "But every time we try to a certain distance the Grimm start attacking and this time they are coming in larger numbers." The Beringel Grimm had bone plated blades extending from its elbows and charged towards Young Shallot ready to split him in two but he was too exhausted to move and his ki was already to low to defend himself. Summer has seen the Grimm coming and pushed out her left arm out pushing him out of the way causing her arm to be lopped off. Young Shallot: "Nooooo." Shallot: "At least I will know what had happened after I blacked out at that point." Young Shallot''s head dropped like a doll with its string cut and while the Grimm all rushed in at him and the armless Summer lying on the ground. Young Shallot gripped his sword tighter while malicious energy came from the sword with a howling sound came the sword that sounded like screams of the damned. Young Shallot had the energy running through his body and swung the sword horizontal cleaving everything in front of him sending the top halves of Grimm into the air while. The bottom part of there body falls to the floor while Young Shallot went dashing through the battlefield slashing and cutting through everything in his way. Shallot: "Damn... go little me. I didn''t even know that this happened." [AN: I now have a pat.reon so if you want to see chapter as soon as they are completed check them out there since I don''t have to worry about things being deleted there. You don''t have to if you don''t want to since chapters will be posted here pat.reon.com/TGM_Productions.. (remove the (.) if you didn''t know)] Chapter 42 - 41 - A Minor Hiccup (1) Shallot and the girls were sitting through the class of Peter Port and his embellishing tales. Shallot turned to Ruby and was asking here about a way to incorporate a backup source of energy for the weapon with lightning dust crystals since they are used as the power source for most weapons. He also wanted to make it where you can use two different dust attacks at the same time. Shallot: "So what do you think?" Ruby: "If you''re going to use dust crystals for the weapon you need to have a chamber that can switch between dust crystals, dust powder, and also make it strong enough so if an explosion happens it can be redirected out of the weapon similar to the explosion series." As they were talking about it Yang was next to Blake talking. Yang: "Why are you trying so hard to get your boyfriend more girlfriends? Shouldn''t you be trying to keep him to yourself?" Blake: "To be honest I wanted to but after our first time having s?x I was having trouble walking and I''m having some problems. If I can get a break for a couple of days then I''m willing to compromise with him having multiple girlfriends. I''m just worried that even if you do get with him you wouldn''t be able to last for that long. " Yang: "Is that a challenge? Maybe after that date, he was talking about we can see how things go. I still haven''t really done much with anyone since I have always been fighting and doing whatever I wanted." Blake pointed over at Ruby and Shallot. Blake: "If you don''t hurry up then you are going to end up behind your little sister. Shallot moves pretty quickly and it seems that she also likes him quite a bit seeing how close they are." Blake: ''Not sure if she will be able to last long in bed with him though but at least my teammates would be able to help with his "stress relief".'' The bell started ringing and everyone started leaving out of Mr. Ports'' class and walking out. They had gone back to the dorm room. Ruby got onto her bed swinging her legs while Weiss sat on her bed with her legs to the side. With Blake standing there next to Shallot an Blake: "I thought that class would never end." Ruby: "Alright guys, today''s the day. The investigation... BEGINS!" Ruby jumped down from her bed onto the floor. Weiss: "I''m glad that we are taking this so seriously." Shallot: "What are you guys talking about?" Yang: "Oh, right. You weren''t in here when we decided that we were going to deal with the White Fang and find out what they are planning and Blake said that Roman wouldn''t usually work with the White Fang unless something was in it for him. So we decided we wanted to find out what they were up to. So we got a plan... that''s moderately serious." Ruby: "Yeah so everyone remembers their roles." Weiss/Yang/Blake: "Yeah." Ruby: "Shallot, you can go with Yang to get information since she is going someplace with some not so friendly people." Weiss: "Ruby and I will be going to the CCT and check the Scnhee records for any other Dust robberies, or inconsistencies. Seeing as I''m in the family, it shouldn''t be a problem." Blake: "The White Fang has regular faction meetings to hand out orders and recruit new members. If I can get in, I can hopefully find out what they''re planning." Yang: "I have an old friend on the shady side of town that typically knows everything going on in Vale. Getting information out of him shouldn''t be too hard." Shallot: "I''ll go with Yang since I have skills in working with the underworld." Weiss raised an eyebrow. Weiss: "Really?" Ruby: "Great, we''ll meet up tonight near Yang to go over what we''ve found. Let''s do this! Sun: "Yeah!" Sun was hanging above the window frame from a tree branch when he was hit with a pillow almost making him fall. Sun tried to make sure that he didn''t fall and that he balanced himself. Sun: "I almost fell." Shallot: "You shouldn''t be creeping on a room with cute girls in it you pervert." Weiss looks at Shallot listening to him calling someone else a pervert. Shallot turned to Weiss and winked figuring out what she was thinking about and wanted to mess with her. Yang: "How did you get up here? We aren''t on the ground floor." Shallot: "He''s a monkey Faunus so of course, he can climb trees." Weiss: "Aren''t you a monkey Faunus?" Shallot: "Nope." Sun: "Wait... What? How?" Shallot: "I''m not even the same race as you are the same difference between a Faunus and a Human. Besides, I think he does this all the time." Weiss: "He does what?" Sun: "I climb trees all the time." Sun: "So... are we finally going to get back at that Torchwick guy? Blake: "WE... are going to investigate the situation. As a team. Shallot wrapped his arm around Blake kissing her while looking on Sun. Blake (whisper): "Is someone jealous?" Shallot (whisper): "Only around you, Ruby, and Yang." Ruby: "Sorry Sun, we don''t get friends involved if we don''t have to." Sun: "That''s dumb I always get my friends involved." Shallot: "I can tell since your friend is right outside and he doesn''t really seem like the nimble type." Blake, Yang, Ruby, and Weiss looked out the window to see what he is talking about when they had seen Neptune standing on the ledge with his back to the wall. Neptune: "Sup''" Ruby: "How did you even get up here?" Neptune: "I have my ways." Shallot peaked his head out of the window. Shallot: "And all it takes is a single push to make you fall down quickly." Neptune looked at them. Neptune: "He wouldn''t do that would he?" Blake: "It depends." Neptune: "Depends on what?" Blake: "Whether he is irritable right now or not." Neptune: "*nervous laughter* Your joking right?" Blake: "Nope so I would suggest you come inside instead of keep tempting him to push you off." [AN: I now have a pat.reon so if you want to see chapter as soon as they are completed check them out there since I don''t have to worry about things being deleted there. You don''t have to if you don''t want to since chapters will be posted here pat.reon.com/TGM_Productions.. (remove the (.) if you didn''t know)] Chapter 43 - 42 - A Minor Hiccup (2) Ruby: "Alright I''ll go with Weiss. Sun, you can go with Blake. And Neptune, you can go with Yang and Shallot." Shallot: "I think that Neptune should go with Weiss instead since I''ll already be going with Yang and her bike can only carry two people." Weiss: "Yes! That''s a good idea Shallot." Ruby: "(chuckles) Nah. Shallot looked towards Yang. Shallot: "I think your sister is getting jealous." Ruby: "I am not getting jealous!" Shallot: "Then why are you so hooked on me not going with Yang?" Yang cut in to join the teasing of her little sister. Yang: "Is my little sister afraid that I''m going to take your boyfriend before you can get a kiss." Ruby''s face was turning redder and started pouting while puffing her cheeks out. Ruby: "Fine! Do whatever you want. (mumbles) It''s not like I''m the team leader or anything." Shallot: "Ruby how about you, Weiss, and Neptune go together then since I''ll be going with Yang and Sun will be behind Blake even though she doesn''t need any help." Ruby smiles hearing that and nods her head. Ruby: "Yeah! Let''s do that." They had their job to do and left. While leaving out Shallot pulled his scroll out and started texting Roman that Blake and Sun are on their way and when they make it there to text him and let him know. Shallot then went into his duffle bag and pulled out a mask that resembled a Grimm''s face but resembled closer to a hollow mask for its shape design. Shallot then left out of the room to catch up with Yang. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ With Ruby, Neptune, and Weiss Ruby, Neptune, and Weiss are standing in front of a monumental tower that looms over the sparse trees growing around the crossroads below. Ruby: "Woooow! I forget how big the Transmit tower looks up close!" Ruby was looking up checking out the building. Weiss: "You should see the one in Atlas! Maybe you should come and check it out sometime Neptune" Neptune: "If I can I wouldn''t mind coming to see it." Ruby cut back into the conversation still enthralled by all that she was seeing in this area of the city. Ruby: "That was the first one, right?" Weiss: "Correct." Ruby, Neptune, and Weiss starts walking down the path towards the building. Weiss: "Atlas developed the Cross Continental Transmit System to allow the four kingdoms to communicate with one another. It was their gift to the world after the Great War." Ruby started putting on an impersonation of someone acting high and mighty. Ruby: Oooh, look at me! My name''s Weiss! I know facts! I''m rich!" (snorts into her hands) Weiss'' frowns hearing her trying to mock her. Neptune was looking around seeing to the sites of the place thinking it was a lot better than just looking at all the sand that in Vacuo. Weiss: "Don''t be a pest! Besides, the only reason we''re here is that you like the tower so much! We could have just as easily made a call from the library!" Ruby folded her arms while still walking while puffing her cheeks. Ruby: "I know, but it''s so coool! Ooh, I''m going to take a picture!" She grabs her Scroll from a pocket on her clothes, but in her excitement, the device is launched from her hands, bouncing along the pavement until it lands at Penny''s feet. Penny: "Oh!" Penny Picks up the Scroll and extends towards the clumsy teen Ruby. Penny: "You dropped this." Ruby: "(shocked) Penny?!" Penny was also similarly surprised not expecting to see Ruby here. Penny: "Uuuh..." Ruby: "Where have you been? We haven''t seen you since that night at the docks!" Penny: "S-Sorry. I think you''re confused." Penny suddenly hiccups, throwing the Scroll into Ruby''s hands. Penny: "Uh... I''ve got to go!" Penny turns quickly and walks away. Weiss turns to Ruby Weiss: "What was that about?" Ruby: "I don''t know, but I''m going to find out." Ruby starts walking in Penny''s direction as she shouts back to her Weiss Ruby: "You go make your call! I''ll meet up with you and Neptune later!" Weiss reached out towards Ruby trying to stop her from leaving. Weiss: "Wait!" Weiss Seeing the futility of stopping her teammate, she lowers her hand and sighs thinking that at least she''s alone with Neptune now. Neptune: "Was that a friend of yours?" Weiss turns back seeing Neptune thinking that she really is alone with him now. Weiss starts getting nervous and mumbling slightly before getting louder. Weiss: "ut... sho...o...nd... we should HEAD IN TO GET WHAT we came for." Weiss: ''Nice going Weiss. Now he''s going to think your as weird as all your other teammates.'' Neptune: "Whenever you are ready snow angle." Weiss and Neptune walk through the grand, glowing lobby of the tower with pride, avoiding the central terminal and heading straight for the elevator doors, which slide open automatically and close when their inside. The voice of the CCT AI is projected from a panel near the door. CCT AI: "Hello. Welcome to the CCT. How may I help you?" Weiss: "I''d like to go to the communications room, please." CCT AI: "Absolutely. Could you please place your Scroll on the terminal to verify your identity?" Weiss retrieves her Scroll and places it as directed. CCT AI: "Perfect! Thank you, Miss Schnee." Weiss turns to Neptune knowing that the information she is about to ask has some personal information about her family and turns to Neptune. Weiss: "Can you stay out here until I get the information, Neptune?" Neptune nods his head. Neptune: "Sure, no problem. If you need me for anything let me know." Upon the elevator''s ascent, Weiss'' expressions shift from pleasant to serious. Upon entering the room, four symbols are seen on a computer - twin axes and wreaths, three flying swords pointing down, a spear and shield inside a fragmented circle, and a precise winged shape. Weiss walks up to the front desk where a holographic secretary appears in the seat. Weiss then uses the terminal to gather all of the information from the CCT AI so that they can leave. [AN: I now have a pat.reon so if you want to see chapter as soon as they are completed check them out there since I don''t have to worry about things being deleted there. You don''t have to if you don''t want to since chapters will be posted here pat.reon.com/TGM_Productions.. (remove the (.) if you didn''t know)] Chapter 44 - 43 - Painting the Town (1) In the ruined parts of Vale, the sound of an engine gets closer and closer until Bumblebee pulls into the street and stops just short of the camera, showing Yang Xiao Long behind the handlebars in her matching helmet. Shallot: ''I have the biggest hard-on right now hopefully she''ll just think it''s just because the road was bumpy. Yang takes off the helmet talking to Shallot behind her she gestures with her thumb to the music playing nearby. Yang: "Come on, my friend''s right in here!" Yang gets off the bike to reveal Shallot sitting right behind her, his hair was messed up with it slightly hanging in front of his face before blowing it out of the way. Yang: "You can''t say that it was the road because I felt you behind me the entire way here. Blake was exaggerating when she said that you were huge." Yang started rubbing her behind where it still felt warm from where he was pressed against her. Yang didn''t want to be distracted while Shallot was trying to make his boner go down. Shallot: ''If I walk in with a boner how am I suppose to hit on Miltia that''s in there. '' The music from Junior''s Club gets louder once inside to show Junior behind the bar adjusting his cuffs as his Henchmen stock the bottles, carrying boxes, and otherwise standing around on the dance floor, until... Henchman 1 runs inside shouting. Henchman 1: "Hurry, close the door - she''s coming and she brought the plague with her!" He and another Henchman proceed to roll the doors shut and keep them closed with their bodies. Junoir walks out from behind the bar. Junior: "What are you two idiots doing?!" The Henchmen shout incoherently until an explosion knocks them to the ground and forces the doors open, allowing a familiar face to walk in through the smoke as "I Burn" starts playing. Shallot: ''Now that''s perfect music timing. Yang/Shallot: "Guess who''s back!" Yang looks at Shallot. Shallot: "You''re not the only one that comes here. I came here to grab a drink a while ago." Yang continues to smile and pose as eight guns are pointed in her face with an equal number of angry Henchmen behind them. Though this doesn''t disturb her, she stops and glares at the recording studio where the track is messing up until the frightened bear-headed DJ takes the needle off the record and retreats back under the table. Shallot walks from the side not worried about everyone else and walks towards the recording studio and looks through some vinyls and pulls out another one and places it on the record player playing "Down with the Sickness". Shallot continues going through some more vinal records when he comes across another one that says "You''re Going Down". Shallot: "I''m taking this one with me." The rest of the goons were watching him do whatever he was doing without even thinking about getting in his way remembering what happened last time. Junior: Stop, stop! Nobody shoot. Junoir cuts his way through the crowd of goons, straightening his tie. Junoir: Blondie, you''re here! ...Why? Also, why did you bring the good damn plague with you." Yang: "Plague?" Junoir points to Shallot raiding the liquor area. Junoir: "Him. He is known as the plague in the underworld because you can''t get rid of him once he ends up somewhere unless everyone is either traumatized or dead." Shallot: "This is a job so there''s nothing to worry about and besides I only took jobs in Anima to hunt down criminals that weren''t redeemable. How did you all hear about me in Mistral anyway?" Junoir: "We are on the same continent. When 17 crime rings go missing in a span of two months people start asking questions." Shallot looked away as if remembering something. Shallot: "Ah, that brings back memories. I did that because I wanted to kill some time and needed some test subjects for something." Yang: "You''re a lot scarier than you look aren''t you hot stuff and for the other question that was for Junoir. You still owe me a drink." Shallot: "Only to my enemies and not beautiful ladies. Isn''t that right Miltia?" Shallot started walking towards two twin girls where one was dressed in a red dress while the other was wearing white. The other twin in the white dress started stomping toward Shallot. Melanie: "Why do you always ignore me but talk to my sister? We both look alike so why do you ignore me!" When Shallot is about to reply he gets a message on his scroll and it starts buzzing. Shallot holds a finger up and checks his scroll. [Sound of Sexy]: Your kitty cat is her with the monkey boy what should we do? Shallot started typing on his scroll. [Shallot]: Nothing for now but you can tell Roman if he wants to beat up Sun he can do it just make sure he can walk away from it. I want you to fight Blake until I get there so I can see how much she has been training when I''m not around. Shallot put his scroll away and waved at Yang before yelling out. Shallot: "I GOT SOMETHING TO DO SO I THINK YOU CAN GET INFORMATION EVEN THOUGH I''M PRETTY SURE HE DOESN''T KNOW! Shallot then hopped over everyone and took off into the air and flew towards the address the Neo sent him. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Blake''s fingers trace three scratch marks on a wall before peeking around its corner and seeing a pair of horned Faunus as they are ushered into a building by a bearded man. She turns to Sun next to her. Blake: "This is it." Sun: "You sure?" Blake glares at him and starts moving towards the entrance while unfastening her bow Blake: ''Why does he have to be so annoying. I think Shallot did this because he didn''t act like a monkey Faunus.'' Sun: "Y''know, I''m just gonna take your word for it." Sun: ''She''s as scary as Shallot just not physically violent like him.'' Blake felt her ears twitched and looked towards Sun. Blake: "You say something." Sun gulped and shook his head. Sun: "Nope wasn''t me." Sun: ''Man, here senses are scary.'' [AN: I now have a ******* so if you want to see chapter as soon as they are completed check them out there since I don''t have to worry about things being deleted there. You don''t have to if you don''t want to since chapters will be posted here pat.reon.com/TGM_Productions.. (remove the (.) if you didn''t know)] Chapter 45 - 44 - Painting The Town (2) [With Blake and Sun] The two walk inside the building to a hallway filled with cases, seeing another man announcing "Recruits, keep to the right!" at the young pair as they follow. Sun: I don''t get it. Sun holds out the half-mask in his hand. Sun: "If the White Fang believe what they''re doing is right, why hide who you all are? Blake: "The masks are a symbol. Humanity wanted to make monsters out of us, so we chose to don the faces of monsters." Sun: "Grimm masks... That''s kind of dark." Blake: "So was the guy who started it." Blake puts her mask on and walks towards the gathering area. Sun: Always sunshine and rainbows with you... Sun follows her behind her thinking that both her and Shallot have a pessimistic view of things even though he thinks Shallot doesn''t really care for much even though he always has that smile on his face. The recruits to the White Fang are moving in a line to the side of the stage, a mere few dozen compared to the hundreds of white-vested, black-hooded soldiers to their left and up above in the balconies. Blake and Sun look around themselves when they stop, and a fully-masked man with tattoos standing starts speaking before the large sheet emblazoned with the bloody wolf and claw marks. The dark pants and brown shoes step forward before the orange tip of the Melodic Cudgel taps on the stage. Everyone below the stage can see it is none other than Roman, smiling confidently even as the crowd starts protesting. Roman starts waving mockingly Roman: "Thank you, thank you!" As he speaks, Neopolitan walks out from behind the sheet off to the side. Neo: ''I sent the message so he should be here soon. Roman: "Please, hold your applause!" Slightly behind where she was at some rubble falls behind and she glances over behind the sheet she came from and sees Shallot drop down while holding a piece of the ceiling. Shallot pulls the mask he''s been carrying in his shirt and puts it on while putting his hair in a ponytail while changing his outfit slightly to appear bigger. Shallot walks and stands by Neo while Roman is giving his speech and grabs Neo''s ?ss. Shallot: "Nice and firm we should head out after this and enjoy ourselves. After all, I made a promise, didn''t I? Neo blushes and just nods her head and pulls out her scrolls typing and sending a message to him. [Neo]: You just want me to fight her. Do you want me to go easy or not? Shallot just looked at her phone leaning close to her instead of pulling out his scroll and thinking about whether Blake would be reckless enough to fight everyone in here. Shallot: "Actually, I don''t think she would openly fight beside the one that should be really tested is someone else since they rely too much on their semblance and it could lead to her downfall. There is a female with yellow hair that will most like to come." Shallot pulled out his scroll and showed him a picture of Yang. Shallot: "I want you to push her as far as you can. Don''t use any of your own strength and only turn her strength against herself so she can see that there are people that can best here even if she is strong." Neo nodded her head and they both watched Roman doing his speech as they decided to take the scraps after it is destroyed to start working on their real plan but they need to make sure that Cinder is none the wiser so she doesn''t tell who she is reporting to. Shallot: "Have you found out who Cinder is working for?" Neo just shook her head in denial. She types on her phone again and shows him. [Neo]: Not yet but I think I''m getting closer. I did however find out that the surveillance system in the Emerald Forest is starting to falter and that there was an android there that was scavenging around for something. Shallot: "An android? That''s something I didn''t know about." Shallot: ''Has something changed since I''ve been messing with things? If so then I''m on the right track.'' [Neo]: While I was investigating I came across another one and it managed to detect me and I destroyed it but on the back of it had the logo of Merlot Industries which we thought went down with settlement at Mountain Glenn. Shallot: "This sounds like something major. I''ll need you to look into this more so that I can figure out what is going on so close to here." While they were talking they heard a gunshot go off and the lights went out. Shallot: "Well I think knowing Roman he''ll deal with Sun but we also to test out these mechs so when we rebuild them in our own way we have experience." Neo nodded her head. Roman: "Don''t let them get away!" Shallot: "He''s really getting into his role." Roman: "Stop them!" Shallot: "Now to have the chase." Shallot picked up Neo in a princess carry and started chasing them in the mech. Shallot: ''That looks like so much fun! I''m definitely riding in one even if it is useless for me.'' Shallot carried Neo while flying through the sky until they were above the expressway chasing after Roman and keeping a close eye on him. Shallot: ''I need this to happen so that I can draw out Raven so I can use my sensing and see if I can sense the magic in her so I can try to use these damn silver eyes that Blake said I had. I don''t even know how that works but to hell with the explaining. I''ll just leave it in R.O.B doing.'' While they were flying Shallot could see Sun hope onto another vehicle and send some clones after Roman with only one knocking him off of balance before continuing running at full speed while swatting the other one. Some distance away a bullet was fired and hit the front of the mech suit and staggered it slightly and Neptune had arrived jumping from over the edge of the highway from another section and launched himself at it with his glave. Roman grabbed him out of the air while having a smirk on his face while aiming toward Sun. Roman: ''You''re the one that gets special treatment from Sahllot so don''t blame me.'' While Roman was distracted Weiss hoped down and used her semblance freezing the highway roads making him lose traction and fall forward with the mech sliding off of the highway. Shallot: "Well he was doing pretty well for his first time using the thing." The rest of his team hoped down to stand against Roman. Shallot: "Now let''s see how much they have progressed in training." Shallot floated down on the highway above them placing Neo on her feet while pulling his scroll out. [Shallot]: Use everything you got to fight them. I want to see how much more training they need. Roman was sitting inside the mech when his scroll was buzzing and hurriedly checked it and seeing the message grunted and got ready knowing that he may have to fight hand to hand after getting out. Roman: ''Why do I feel like some cannon fodder minion every time he sends a message. I just want to rob enough dust store to sell off and live the rest of my life in luxury. [AN: I now have a ******* so if you want to see chapter as soon as they are completed check them out there since I don''t have to worry about things being deleted there. You don''t have to if you don''t want to since chapters will be posted here pat.reon.com/TGM_Productions.. (remove the (.) if you didn''t know)] Chapter 46 - 45 - Painting The Town (3) Ruby: "Freezer Burn!" Ruby and Blake jump back out of the way as Weiss performs her same ice-circle trick, but backs out of Yang''s way when she jumps into the air and hits the epicenter with her Ember Celica, creating a wave of mist that surrounds Roman. Immediately, the Paladin activates its laser sensors to make up for the lost sight, but it b?r?ly sees the afterimage of Blake and narrowly misses the dashing Yang. A gun manages to fire at the area between Blake and Yang, but out from the blast comes Ruby, who slashes the metal with her blade, causing it to falter. Roman: ''This damn thing is too clunky to fight multiple people. I need to take that into account for when Shallot asks about how it moved.'' Ruby: "Checkmate!" Blake and Weiss go in this time, each girl going for the feet until Weiss jumps up and stabs a sensor before leaping off of a white glyph. Roman lifts the Paladin''s foot to crush Blake, Blake was planning to catch it with ki infused into her arms but Weiss summons another glyph under her teammate to launch her backward before the crushing blow can land. Blake: ''We need to work on who''s doing what I could have held it in place. Maybe I should just let them do most of the work'' Shallot: "I bet she''s getting lazy again just like a cat." Neo is just watching everything before typing on her scroll again. [Neo]: I don''t think we should use this mech. It''s far too clunky and wouldn''t be useful for anyone that can use ki to a certain extent. Shallot: "That might be the case but we are getting the chance to disassemble it without Cinder thinking someone is onto her plans and we can build our own that don''t have this weakness." Roman growls and fires off the missiles, but Weiss and Blake flip backward as the explosions merely hit where they were. Blake: "This is getting really easy. You should be this predictable Roman." Finally, Weiss jumps up too high, and Roman fires a double energy blast at her. Myrtenaster absorbs the damage, but Weiss is thrown back, so she casts a beam of light from her weapon to the ground under Blake, forming a yellow clockwork circle that''s absorbed into the Faunus girl and lets her slice through each launched missile with ease in a flurry of super-fast slashes. Weiss: ''She''s not being lazy this time.'' Blake: ''So much for taking it easy.'' Ruby dashes in joining the ?ssault Ruby: "Ladybug!" Ruby shoots herself forward and cuts at the robot''s legs feeling faster than she usually should be, then turns as Blake aims herself at the giant''s feet as well. They both dash forward and attack at the same time, circling each other around the Paladin with each strike until they both launch themselves into the air and come down one coming down on the left shoulder while the other aiming for the right shoulder. Blake''s side is cut off completely with Ruby''s side hand on only by a couple of cables. Yang doesn''t waste a second, jumping onto the Paladin''s back and punching the top with fiery shotgun blasts. Roman got knocked around in the cabin, but seeing as he can''t reach her with his remaining mechanical arm which is pretty much useless, he runs backward through two columns and leaves her embedded in a third before backing away and turning towards her. Just as she is falling, Roman sends a kick crashing into her and she flies through the column and doesn''t get up. Blake: "Yang!" Ruby: "Don''t worry! With each hit, she gets stronger, and she uses that energy to fight back! That''s what makes her special." Yang slowly gets back on her feet, hair burning a brilliant white as she clenches her fists. Sensing victory, Roman throws a kick, but Yang catches it in her own hand (despite the ground cracking beneath her) and, eyes red with rage, smashes her knuckles into the right leg, obliterating it under her force making the robot fall over. Getting desperate with his armless and one leg robot, Roman immediately pushes with the remaining legs launching the robot trying to headbutt her, but as she passes her sister and teammates... Ruby: "Bumblebee!" Blake throws her Gambol Shroud out for Yang to catch while flying, and the Faunus uses the momentum to swing the glowing girl around for a final hit to the robot. Roman, however, kicks out of the way just in time to avoid complete destruction. Shallot: "He seems to be pushing that robot really hard. I''m surprised the thing still works at this point. Maybe Atlas actually knows what they are doing." Neo just nods her head also pretty impressed that Roman just hasn''t come out of the robot yet. Roman: ''Damn! I was trying to save this but he said to push them as far as I can.'' Roman activates his semblance and places his hands directly on the metal of the inside of the robot and the dust power that was inside of the rockets starts coming out and molding into a makeshift leg to support the weight of the robot before hardening and an arm to push it up before the dust falls back off. Shallot: "OH SHIT! He was holding out on me! Neo, when could he do that." [Neo]: After he knew you were in the town when you came to the docks he went to find someone that could unlock his aura. Blake: "That''s new." Roman: ''This is so exhausting; I just want to go to sleep.'' Ruby: "We have to slow it down!" Weiss: "And how do you propose we do that?" Ruby: "Ice Flower!" Twirling their weapons so they both point at Roman, Weiss creates a series of glyphs in front of the scythe''s sniper barrel, and a single shot through the circles creates a dazzling spiral of energy that creates large icicles upon impact with the Paladin. Ruby continues to shoot as Weiss freezes the fire, and as the ice completely envelops the robot''s body, Blake swings her partner around in a circle one more time, but with Roman unable to move, the Paladin is hit by the speed and power of Yang''s fists, flying into the air before crashing down in a hundred pieces. Roman Getting up, slightly dazed and lightheaded from pushing his semblance, but unharmed after covering himself with ki since his aura broke, as he inspects the damage while brushing himself off Roman: "Just got this thing cleaned..." He looks up just in time to see Yang, still burning with her absorbed power, fire a single shot at the now defenseless thief, but he''s saved at the last instant when the two-toned girl seen before drops in front of him and merely opens Hush, deflecting the blast entirely. Right after she appears another figure comes crashing down landing and cracking the ground beneath them. This person had a Grimm mask that had a slightly different shape that seemed to fit completely to their face. The new arrival hangs the weapon over her shoulder as Roman addresses the victors and the other stands while laughing. Masked Figure: "Gurarararara." Roman: Ladies, Ice Queen... Weiss: Hey! Roman: Always a p???sur?! Neo, if you would... The pink-and-brown girl curtsies her enemies with a bow, but Yang tries attacking, charging forth with fists raised to strike the outlaws... only to break their image as if made out of a mirror and turn just in time to see them escape in a Bullhead. The rest of team RWBY runs up to Yang''s side, now cooled down with the end of the fight. [AN: I now have a pat.reon so if you want to see chapter as soon as they are completed check them out there since I don''t have to worry about things being deleted there. You don''t have to if you don''t want to since chapters will be posted here pat.reon.com/TGM_Productions.. (remove the (.) if you didn''t know)] Chapter 47 - 46 - Not so Quiet Neo (R-18) Yang: "So I guess he got new henchmen..." Weiss: "Yeah, I guess she really made our plans... fall apart!" While Weiss smiles, Ruby giggles and Blake starts walking away, she simply states Yang: "No. Just... no." Weiss starts getting mad. Weiss: "What- But, you do it!" Yang: There''s a time and a place for jokes. Weiss: Was this not it? Yang: "No, it just wasn''t very good." Weiss: ''But I heard you and Shallot make worse ones in the morning.'' Yang follows behind Blake. Weiss started walking with her teammates Weiss: Well, at least I''m trying! Ruby: Wait... Where are Sun and Neptune? Inside if another building Shallot was hugging Neo not letting her getaway. Shallot: "You said that I have to teach you anything you want but I made the counter-argument that you have to try again. You know what that means. Neo started rubbing her th??hs and was trying to getaway. Shallot: "Are you not interesting anymore in whatever you can get." Roman had already walked off since he didn''t want to hear anything that was about to happen and wanted to get as far away as possible. Shallot picked up Neo in a princess carry and flew towards a hotel and looked towards her and started kissing her on her neck while flying getting Neo into the mood. After 10 minutes of flying, they had finally arrived at the hotel and went in. Shallot went to the front desk while carrying Neo with her face blushing and her hands covering her face with people in the lobby looking at her. She can never keep a straight face around Shallot because he does things like this. Shallot went to the front desk to pay for a room tonight. Shallot: "One room for one night please." Desk Receptionist: "Which type of room would you like." Shallot: "Single bedroom with the thickest walls you have." The desk receptionist nodded and pulled up the reader so the room could be paid and after Shallot paid for it he was given a card to swipe the door to get in. Shallot carried Neo to the room and swiped the card and walked in with Neo. Neo: ''He better not be lying about being gentle this time.'' Shallot tossed Neo on the bed making her bounce slightly while dropping his disguise outfit and getting into the bed with just his und?rw??r he crawls in front of Neo and starts by kissing her neck while moving his hands down to the hem of her shirt lifting it slightly and grabbing her waist. He moves his hands back up and starts unbuttoning her shirt. He started rubbing her ?h?st and started moving his lips from her neck su?k?n? on down kissing her collarbone then moving down to her left tit and started su?k?n? on it. He was moving his tongue on her n?pp?? in a clockwise manner. Shallot: "You know what to do." Neo nods her head and takes her pants off while getting in the sixty-nine position and pulled his d??k out and started su?k?n? on it while stopping every now and then ???k?n? around it. Shallot was ???k?n? her puss? sticking his tongue as far as he could go and ???k?n? around her ???t. Neo started su?k?n? harder until Shallot blew his first load in her mouth while Neo came all over his face. Neo swallowed it and started coughing afterward. Shallot pushed her ?ss forward and started rubbing his d??k against her ???t to stimulate her having her puss? dripping. While Neo was feeling being rubbed it felt like electricity was running up her spine and couldn''t wait even though she knew it was too big for her. She grabs his d??k lining it with her puss? while slowly lowering herself onto it. She only got halfway in when she could feel that it was already pushing against her w?mb. Neo: ''It didn''t get any easier with my second time.'' After some time Neo was able to adjust and started moving up and down pulling it almost all the way out just leaving the tip in then moving back down halfway. After going she started getting lost in the feeling and started moving faster when Shallot leaned-up lifting her slightly and started pumping hitting slightly deeper. Shallot turned Neo''s head and started kissing her neck and started su?k?n? her boob while lifting it. He then flipped her and put her in missionary style and started pumping again while su?k?n? on her titty. Shallot kept pumping when he felt Neo''s puss? squeeze tighter around his d??k and he released his second load inside with Neo releasing a high-pitched scream from being creampied. Shallot: "That''s the voice I was looking for." Shallot pulled his d??k out and ?um started oozing out from her puss? on the bed Shallot was watching the panting Neo. Shallot: "The night is still young and I paid for the entire night till morning." Neo: ''I knew I was going to happen.'' Shallot and Neo then continued for the entire night with Neo being too tired to move being laid out with her legs open with ?um dripping out onto the sheets while her tongue is sticking out from the side of her mouth. Shallot: ''I have to do this more often.'' [I now have a pa.treon so if you want to see chapter as soon as they are completed check them out there since I don''t have to worry about things being deleted there. You don''t have to if you don''t want to since chapters will be posted here pat.reon.com/TGM_Productions.. (remove the (.) if you didn''t know)] Chapter 48 - 46.5 - Memories (2) Shallot was feeling great but wasn''t exhausted from his time with Neo and had decided to get some sleep for tomorrow. After closing his eyes he was back in the place where his dream ended the last time. He was still standing in the middle of the battlefield and also wondering if he was going to take a trip down memory lane every time he goes to sleep now. He didn''t really mind but if so he wants to find out just how far he can push these "dreams". He made his way to the Beringel that cut Summer and stabbed the sword into its ?h?st while muttering howl. The sword started making a screaming sounding tearing the Beringel''s body apart. Then after it was mostly shredded the Grimm seemed to be absorbed into the blade. Shallot: "It seems the sword was also absorbing my blood back then and must be soaked in it at this point." The other Grimm seeing this felt a sense of danger and the Nevermore''s flying above started flying away. Young Shallot started cutting and absorbing the Grimm around him until there was nothing left but him and dead Grimm from previously and Summer laying on the ground. Young Shallot lifted his sword gathered a black and blood-red aura around it before swinging down. A crimson black slash flew through the air hitting two of the Nevermore with the one on the right managed to barrel roll out of the way and hurried flew as fast as it could. The slash made a large canyon in the wild outside the cave and Young Shallot lost feeling in his arm and drop the sword dropping it into the canyon. Young Shallot was worried about the sword and rushed to Summer and dragged her back to the cave trying to heal her like usual when it wasn''t enough. He continued trying more and more but he didn''t have the energy to heal her and started to try to get energy from around him. Young Shallot: "Life around me... please... lend me your strength... I just want to save her." Young Shallot then started absorbing the life force from around him slowly healing his own body and also pushing it into her body. Shallot was watching everything happening and looked towards the crack in the ground that was now a canyon. He walked over to it and jumped in trying to see exactly where his sword had fallen to. Shallot: "Now if this was a memory why can I travel to places that I hadn''t been to myself? Maybe this is a mixture of memory and also my semblance ability mixing together." Shallot fell for 4 seconds and then landed on the ground below and noticed that it had fallen in a straight down motion with the blade embedded into the ground. He walked towards the blade and it started shaking. Shallot: "...??? Can it sense me somehow even though I can''t interact with it?" Shallot tried grabbing it but his hand just fazed through it like before. Shallot: "Should have figured but what now?" One statue was made from a dark marble that seemed to absorb all of the light coming to its direction. The other statue was made out of some material that shined whenever light showed onto it a was slightly glowing. Behind the statues was a large carving into the side of the cave which resembled dragons. The one behind the statue that was playing as the Grimm had what looked like a large black western dragon. The one that played with people on the board had a carving of an eastern dragon behind him. In between the two was a table with what resembled a chessboard. On one side was smaller sculpture pieces of people in certain places while on the other side was statues of Grimm. There were fewer pieces to the Grimm pieces but all of them were large while some were things that he had never seen before. Shallot: "I have never seen these before and they are much larger than what I''ve seen before." Shallot started walking closer to the statues and looked closer at the board and noticed how some of the sculptures looked familiar. There were smaller pieces that looked like people from Beacon Academy but that wasn''t all. There were members from all over on the people side with a large number that seemed like they a sure advantage but on the other side, there was also another piece that looked like a person. Shallot though they would be on the other side fighting the Grimm however it seems like they were behind all the Grimm facing off against all of the people on the other side. Shallot: "This must be a war and based on the images there it seemed like a big war was coming. Who could have known this would happen. ???: "I wasn''t expecting for you to end up here but I guess some things will change with some variables. After hearing that voice Shallot had woken up from his sleep looking at the clock seeing that it was 9 am while looking at Neo cuddles into his embrace. Shallot: ''Well that was an interesting dream but I like this in front of me a little bit more. [AN: I now have a pat.reon so if you want to see chapter as soon as they are completed check them out there since I don''t have to worry about things being deleted there. You don''t have to if you don''t want to since chapters will be posted here pat.reon.com/TGM_Productions.. (remove the (.) if you didn''t know)] Chapter 49 - 47 - Gossip [The previous night after Shallot, Neo and Roman left.] Ruby: "Wait... Where''s Shallot, Sun, and Neptune? Yang started looking around while Blake was pondering about something. Blake: ''Shallot must be up to something since he''s playing around with Roman and must have him doing something for him. If I were to tell everyone else they would be upset that he is stopping them from getting answers. I''ll just ask him what he is doing after he gets back.'' Yang, Ruby, Weiss, and Blake started heading back to the school so they can get some sleep when she could notice that Yang was forcefully walking on the way back. Blake walked up towards her side. Blake: "Are you ok Yang your walking different from usually?" Yang looked at her thinking that Blake would mostly know. Yang: "Shallot is as big as you said he rock hard the entire way to our destination and was pressing up against me. I''m just slightly wet from that and now I want to go on that date as soon as we can." Blake had a smile on her face while Yang was explaining thinking that she finally got someone that can share the burden with her. Shallot won''t stop until you can''t go on or he gets tired and so far she hasn''t seen him get tired and he seems to only have more energy lately. Blake: "Well I can only say that you shouldn''t hold back those d?s?r?s that you have with him because after him you might not be able to satisfy yourself with just yourself anymore." Yang: "If he is good as he is with his hands then I''ll be making sure that we go as soon as we can." Weiss noticed that Blake and Yang were walking slower than the rest of them and came by to see what they were talking about while Ruby also started to get closer. Blake started bragging about Shallot and that it''s the best feeling you can have with Weiss saying that it was indecent, Ruby Blushing, and Yang thinking about it slightly panting before showing a strong resolution in her eyes. They all walked back to the dorm while Blake was telling them how it felt and that she was ahead of everyone else also making a shine go through Ruby''s eyes. ~~~~~~ Shallot went back to give the key card to the front desk and carried Neo out with him and while walking he looked down at her. Shallot: "So what do you want to learn?" Neo reaches for her scroll and her legs start twitching feeling sore even after sleeping for 5 hours and finally manages to grabs it typing on it. [Neo]: I want to learn how to fly and stronger attacks like you do. I also want you to spend more time with me. Shallot: "Anything you want my adorable little queen." Shallot kissed her on the lips while walking back to the meet-up place for Roman so that they can plan their next move and find out more about these robots that Neo has come across. After traveling and making it back Neo had gotten most of her strength back but still enjoyed being carried and pampered on. Roman: "Well you two are finally back. Hopefully, the next part of the plan isn''t so tedious." Shallot looked towards Roman thinking about the things that would be beneficial for him and having everything under control so she could find out who is backing Cinder. He knows that the one that went after Summer was someone named Salem but he can''t ?ssume that every bad thing happens because of one person and this could just be small-scale things since there hasn''t been any controlled Grimm attacking. Shallot: ''I should keep the name Salem in the back of my head just in case there is any evidence then I can link this to what happened years ago. If all of these ploys are due to one person then I''ll make sure that she pays the debt.'' Shallot: "Roman, I want you to gather information about whoever is skulking around the Emerald Forest since Neo has had an encounter there with some robots, and having variables so close by could be problematic." Roman just nodded his head and pulled out his scroll and started typing to make self reminders and anything else that could be helpful. Roman: "Anything else that would be useful?" Shallot walked over towards one of the computers that were there and sat down on a chair while sitting Neo on his ??p. He started typing away and was pulling up some of the schematics from the mech and started rearranging some things so that the mech would be more compact and agile instead of bulky. Shallot: ''Constantly working with the technology from my space pod has made working with most things of this caliber easy even if it did take me some years to get so proficient in mechanics.'' Neo was watching him rearrange everything and was impressed that he could advance the suit to such a degree when they were already considered state of the art mech suits and he just made them far more useful in combat in general. Shallot had redesigned the suits to be smaller and had an appearance similar to the original Iron Man suit that Tony had built in a cave but with some modifications such as am A.I unit on the inside that had basics functions like monitoring the health of the pilot and also running constant diagnostics on the suit to make sure that it was functioning properly. Roman was going through his scroll when he got a message from Cinder telling him that they had already infiltrated the school and that they will be able to get the schedules and information when the dance comes around. She was telling him to make sure that everything would be ready so they could release Grimm onto Vale when the competition was going. Roman walked over to the computer with Shallot handing him the scroll to show him the message. Shallot: "So that''s what she is up to? Then we need to go ahead and ruin her plans. We''ll use her plans and get you arrested so that we can have you implant a dongle into their computers to spread my access codes. With that, any device connected I''ll be able to get any information from those who try to either steal information or the higher-ups of the military. Ironwood should be in Vale so it would be the perfect time for an at large criminal to just so happened to get caught." Roman started grumbling under his breath. Roman: *grumbling* "Why do I have to constantly do these things. I just wanted to get my heist out of the way so I could relax and not worry about anything." Neo was just shaking her head knowing that Shallot could probably her him the same as how she could hear him. Shallot: "Well, I''m tight on my schedule since I do need to get to class and I''m pretty sure that I''ve already missed my first class today." Shallot gave Neo another kiss before sitting her down where he was sitting and got up to leave and started running towards the school while using his semblance to make the gravity heavier so he can get a workout in on the way to his class. [I now have a pa.treon so if you want to see chapter as soon as they are completed check them out there since I don''t have to worry about things being deleted there. You don''t have to if you don''t want to since chapters will be posted here pat.reon.com/TGM_Productions.. (remove the (.) if you didn''t know)] Chapter 50 - 48 - Extracurricular (1) Shallot was on his way back while keeping the gravity high enough to push his body and even though it''s only been a couple of days he knows that if he can keep this up for a year his strength is going to sore. Shallot: ''Once I make it to my second year in school her then I will most likely be at the point where I''ll be as strong as Goku was when he fought Ginyu as long as I keep increasing the gravity any time I adjust to where I''m at.'' Shallot had almost made it there even though he was using ten times gravity but his body was keeping up from him constantly using his recovery technique after always training. After running under the pressure for 10 minutes he had arrived back at the school and stretched out his senses to fill for Blake''s Ki so he could tell where they are currently. Shallot: ''So they''re in the combat room. I''ll head there now and peek in to see how everything is going.'' Shallot got to the room and peered inside to see Pyrrha fighting against team Cardin. She was fighting without the use of her semblance but Shallot also noticed that she had a small bag strapped to her side also. Shallot: ''I wonder if she has the iron dust in there to practice with.'' Pyrrha completely dismantled them after only two minutes when she had just thrown Cardin onto the ground after taking on his other teammates. Shallot opened the door and walked in gaining the attention of Glynda Goodwitch when she turned her head and looked at Shallot who had already missed his first class. Glynda: "Mr. Shallot, you are late and the class is almost over. Besides that well done, Miss Nikos. You should have no problem qualifying for the tournament." Pyrrha bowed slightly before replying. Pyrrha: "Thank you, professor." Glynda swipes through her scroll while glaring at Shallot before speaking. Glynda: "It seems that we have time for one more demonstration." Glynda continues staring at Shallot. Glynda: "Mr. Shallot how about you come up here and spar against someone?" Shallot didn''t say anything and just walked towards the stage going down the stairs with the stairs slightly creaking from the weight that is being applied making him heavier than normal. After Shallot was standing there waiting for the next event to take place Glynda started looking around and noticed that Blake was paying attention fully along with Yang, and Ruby. They seemed to be muttering about something while looking at Shallot. Glynda: "Since we have time for one more match why doesn''t someone from Team RWBYS come to spare with your tardy members?" Mercury in the stands raises his hand with a fire burning in his eyes before standing up. Mercury: "I''ll do it." Glynda: "Mercury, is it? Are you sure that you would like to come up? Shallot is a bit of a special case and is stronger than most of the others." Mercury struts into the arena, visibly sizing up Shallot looking for the right angle to start his attack. Their spar begins when he makes the first attack and is knocked down. Recovering quickly, he deflects an attack and begins trading blows with Shallot sending a multi kick from low side kick to mid then going to high kicks. While Shallot is only using his legs to kick outmatching him and copying his stance and fighting style. Shallot had his arms crossed in front of his ?h?st while looking at Mercury making it seem that his combination attacks weren''t working. Shallot: "Is that all you have tink-tink? I thought those legs would have come with a better power source or something but I guess they aren''t as good as flesh and bones." Shallot was trying to aggravate him since he wanted to see if he could get them to blow their cover so soon without really having to do anything. Mercury: "You think you''re so good huh." Mercury rushed back in sending a flurry of kicks trying to hit him with flying front kicks with Shallot dodging everything when Shallot stumbles slightly leaning forward. Mercury sends his last kick higher than the others and sends an ax kick at his shoulder. When he could feel an immense pressure dragging him down and the gears and metal start creaking from the force that was put into the kick but since Shallot didn''t move at all there was no cushion for the metal legs. Mercury: ''What The Hell? What is this guy made out of.'' Shallot: ''Oops just went to x20 on accident hopefully his leg doesn''t get ripped off... wait its metal so more durability so nothing to worry about for now.'' Mercury tries moving his foot but can''t do anything about it when Shallot steadied himself and sent out a kick to his side knocking him flying to the side while grabbing his ribs and freeing his leg from his gravity but Mercury could tell that his foot would need maintenance after he got back today. Mercury: ''Even though my aura stopped most of the damage I could still feel how heavy the kick was.'' Mercury''s face scrunched up thinking that he can''t even make him get serious before stepping back and stopping knowing that continuing won''t benefit him whatsoever. Mercury: "I forfeit." Shallot: "Well it seems that some just aren''t built as strong as the rest of us. I guess the students from... where are you from again I don''t think it was important enough to remember." Glynda: "That''s enough Shallot. There is no need to mock your sparring partner." Shallot: "Was this supposed to be a spar? I couldn''t even work up a sweat while playing with him. Maybe next time his entire team can come up together then it would be more of a learning experience so they can see the difference between the best there is." Shallot: "Next time, you may want to think a little harder before choosing an opponent. There are just some people that you can''t match up to." Mercury just gritted his teeth and walked back to Emerald and Cinder and sat down but shortly after the bell rang letting everyone know that today''s class was over but everyone did get to see an entertaining show today. Everyone starts to walk out of the and Shallot caught up to the rest of his team. Shallot: "Well hello my beautiful flowers... and Weiss. Weiss: "Hey!!!" Shallot: "Anyway what have you been talking about my naughty little kitten." Shallot got closer to Blake who was thinking about everything she was telling Yang and Ruby and started blushing. Shallot turned towards Ruby who started blushing also while Yang was just looking Shallot up and down while ???k?n? her lips. Weiss was on the side feeling that she was being left out and was feeling slightly jealous of him not even trying to get her attention even though so many others have tried to go out with her. Shallot: "So... I hear that the dance is coming up and I''m thinking that maybe Ruby can show me some of her dance moves." Shallot: "*whispering*And maybe I can show you some moves in private where we are all alone." Yang''s breathing started getting faster for a second with her eyes flashing red then turning back to normal and just nodded her head. Yang: ''If it is with Shallot I don''t really mind. He seems like the type that would never disappoint me.'' Ruby''s face was turning beet red and you could see the smoke rising from her head with thoughts going through her mind at a mile a minute. Ruby: "I''ll be your date to the dance but what about Blake?" Shallot: "I have something special for Blake later on for the dance." Shallot: ''Let''s see if those songs I recorded on my scroll are as good as I think they are. I''m so glad that there is no copyright here. I can rip as many songs as I want without worry. So many songs to choose from also.'' Shallot was thinking about the song he is going to choose when he dances with Blake later under the moonlight under the shattered moon. Shallot: ''Right I can finish the device later since I now have all the parts from them breaking that mech suit.'' [I now have a pa.treon so if you want to see chapter as soon as they are completed check them out there since I don''t have to worry about things being deleted there. You don''t have to if you don''t want to since chapters will be posted here pat.reon.com/TGM_Productions.. (remove the (.) if you didn''t know)] Chapter 51 - 49 -Extracurricular (2) Team RWBYS in their dorm room. Blake is sitting with her arms crossed while looking at Shallot sitting next to her. Blake: "Who was it?" Shallot: "Who was what?" Blake: "I can smell the scent of another female on you and it doesn''t belong to anyone in this room." Shallot eyes opened not thinking that Blake''s nose was that sharp even after he had showered heavily. Shallot leaned closer to Blake''s ear so no one could hear what he was going to say. Shallot: "Neo." Shallot grabbed a flask out of his pocket while taking a drink since he usually keeps water on him and started chugging thinking that it tastes slightly off than mineral water he has before putting it back in his pocket. After hearing that Blake''s eyes went wide thinking about how could someone as small as Neo deal with Shallot and looked at Shallot wondering if Neo is even able to walk right now and how she is doing. If she is fine then Ruby would also be fine since Ruby is taller than Neo Ruby should be fine then. Blake: ''This is good information I have now. Now there is another who can help in reigning him in somewhat.'' Blake leaned towards his ear. Blake: "So you don''t need anymore release?" Shallot: "You''re still not getting away my naughty black cat." Weiss: "Can you two stop flirting in front of everywhere else and where have you been Shallot?" Shallot reached out for Ruby and pulled her towards him and sat her on his ??p and wrapped his arms around her. Ruby''s face turned red but didn''t try to fight it. Shallot: "Well my icy companion. I was out gathering information about why the White Fang is in Vale and hitting up dust shops all of a sudden and have been making sure that all the information checks out." Yang: "By going and talking to the guy directly behind everything?" Shallot: "Do you mean Roman... Naw he isn''t the one behind everything. He''s just working with the person that''s behind everything." Weiss: "So you know what is going on? Then tell us already." Shallot: "Naw. That wouldn''t be any fun. We need to work on you alls detective skills. What will you do if we got split up one day and you need to use your head to figure out what is going on besides I have already a plan put together so don''t even worry about it." Blake had a mini flashback thinking back to her days in the White Fang and shuddered slightly knowing that if Shallot has a plan then it won''t be quiet. Ruby was feeling warm and protected like she was in a giant teddy bear and started dozing off slightly before Yang poked her cheek stirring here awake and started blushing again. Weiss: "Can''t you let Ruby go now?" Shallot: "No I can''t. She''s too adorable to let go." Yang: "So if we are supposed to be detectives and think about what we already know. Ruby: "Thanks to Blake and Sun, we know they''re operating somewhere outside of southeast Vale." Weiss: "And, the Schnee company records singled out Vale as the primary target for Dust robberies over the last few months." Yang: "Don''t forget about their missing military tech too." Blake: "But there are still unanswered questions! Like why is Ruby being held like a teddy bear." Shallot: "That isn''t important right now." Shallot''s face was slightly red but only Blake noticed it. Weiss: "Besides team CFVY''s away mission lasted longer than expected." Yang: "So, Weiss and I were asked to pick up where they left off. And now we can make sure you have the perfect night." Weiss: "And once it''s all over, we''ll return for our search, rested and ready." Ruby: "So what do ya think? Is it a good plan?" Shallot rubbed his cheeks against hers. Shallot: "That sounds like a great plan I''m proud of you." Weiss: "Isn''t he a lot more... affectionate than usual?" Blake leans over and picks up what was dropped and realizes that it is a drinking flask. Blake opens it and notices that it has an incredibly strong smell that lets someone knows that it is really potent. Blake: "It seems that Shallot is drunk. Ruby will probably be stuck with him until morning if we can''t sober him up. I''ll head out to the store to see if there is anything that will help sober him up and if not at least get something that will help with the hangover he is going to have." Blake walks out of the room making sure she has her scroll and her card. Ruby: "What am I supposed to do about this then? I can''t stay like this all night." Shallot in his drunken stupor kept a tight hold on Ruby while Yang was taking pictures with her scroll so when Shallot isn''t drunk he can see how he was. There''s a knock at the door and Weiss approaches and opens it. Jaune appears at the door with a guitar. Jaune: "(singing) Weiss!" Weiss slams the door in his face. Shallot: "That was cold." Jaune: "(from behind the door) Oh, come on, open the door! I promise not to sing." Weiss opens the door. Jaune: "(singing) I lied! Weiss Schu-nee, will you accompany me, to the dance on... Sunday!?" Weiss: "Are you done?" Jaune: "(shrugging) Yes?" Weiss: "No." She shuts the door in his face. Turning around, she sees the others staring at her. Wiess: "What?" Yang was standing precariously. While Ruby was looking while still blushing. Yang: "And that is why they call you the Ice Queen." ... After another 1 hour and 40 minutes, Blake made it back with a grocery bag in her hand and looked at her bed seeing that Shallot was sleeping there with Ruby while Wiess and Yang were already in their beds with Yang facing towards Shallot and Ruby. Blake got into Shallot hammock thinking that it was really comfortable and felt that she was floating without any cares in the world. Blake: ''Hold on... Shallot has a habit of playing with my body while we''re sleeping hopefully he doesn''t do it while he''s drunk or else I don''t think that tonight going to be as quiet as the others. She may have spoken too soon. Shallot was still holding onto Ruby and his hands were started roaming her body. [I now have a pa.treon so if you want to see chapter as soon as they are completed check them out there since I don''t have to worry about things being deleted there. You don''t have to if you don''t want to since chapters will be posted here pat.reon.com/TGM_Productions.. (remove the (.) if you didn''t know)] Chapter 52 - 50 -Extracurricular (3) +18 Shallot was still holding onto Ruby and his hands were started roaming her body. His left hand moved down into her pants with his other hand snaking into her shirt and start messaging her br??st soliciting some m??ns from Ruby who was still sleeping. Shallot rubbed Ruby''s br??st while slightly pinching her n?pp??s having Ruby start breathing heavily. Shallot kept rubbing Ruby''s puss? and then stuck his fingers in making her pant even harder when her back arched slightly and she came from the stimulation. Ruby woke up and looked remembering where she was and looked down to see that the bed was covered in liquids dripping from her legs and she could see Shallot''s fingers still inside her. She was planning on getting up from embarrassment when Shallot started to finger her again and she tried keeping quiet so everyone doesn''t wake up while also trying to get up but was feeling weak from just ?umm?n?. Blake was on the side watching the entire thing and had started masturbating fingering herself thinking about being in the same position as Ruby. Ruby was breathing heavily and buried her face into Shallot''s ?h?st because she didn''t want everyone else to see her like this. While Ruby was trying to slowly get away while failing Shallot felt the head buried into his ?h?st thinking that it was Neo from the small stature thinking that he must have left yesterday to go back to her for another night. Shallot being in the complete dark with his eyes halfway closed leaned down to Ruby while bringing his hand from her br??st and lifting her chin. He went in and started kissing her before sliding his tongue inside. Ruby could feel that she was incredibly wet and she was started to feel slightly lightheaded and had a euphoric feeling and she also started rubbing herself while Shallot was fingering her. Ruby started reaching over and her other hand landed on Shallot pants which had a large bulge in it. Ruby just decided to go with what would happen since she did like Shallot and would just make sure that no one else knew about today. Ruby reached into Shallot pants with her petite hands grabbing it causing Shallot to shiver slightly. Ruby didn''t have any experience and neither did Yang but when Shallot wasn''t around Blake would talk about all the things they did together and what she did to make him feel good. She pulled his d??k out of his pants and started moving her hands up and down in a jerking motion. Ruby: ''I think this is what she said she was doing.'' Ruby kept going when Shallot''s lower body shook and a white liquid with a strong smell shot out over her hand and onto the backside of the clothes. Shallot started kissing more heavily with Ruby''s head turned slightly and Shallot then stopped fingering her and grabbed his own d??k lining it up with Ruby''s puss?. Ruby feeling something poking her over her stockings was feeling more and more aroused when Shallot noticed that something was in the way and reached tearing the stocking and realigning his ???k with her puss? before starting to push it in. Just the tip was in when he started moving it up and down to lubricate it. While he was doing that Blake was looking at everything and Ruby could see Blake''s eyes staring directly at her. She was slightly startled and scooted back taking Shallot''s entire d??k inside of her when she could feel a sharp amount of pain running through her lower body with some tears welling up inside of her eyes. Shallot could feel the warm tightness wrapped around him and lean in and continued kissing Ruby helping her take her mind off of the pain. After another five minutes, Ruby was fine and her lower body had stopped shaking when Shallot started moving and started thrusting. Ruby was about to get loud but couldn''t since her mouth was taken by Shallot any time she was about to get loud. Going in and out constantly while Ruby couldn''t say much with the tongue in her mouth she was feeling better and better when she could feel that same rush and knew she was about to ?um. Once she was about ready to ?um she started shaking slightly while leaning forward her ?ss into Shallot making him go even deeper. She came and he also came releasing his entire load inside of her. Ruby was panting and breathing heavily and noticed that Blake had never broken eye contact and would only blink every now and then while fingering herself and had came slightly before they did. Shallot wasn''t done however and wanted to continue and Ruby also noticed that his grip didn''t loosen. Shallot started to fully wake up seeing that it was Ruby in his grasp and realized that he just came inside thinking it was Neo. Shallot: ''Well this is a certain predicament. Well, it''s too late to turn back now. Shallot grabbed the cover and threw it over the both of them and kept going for the entire night until 2 in the morning making sure Ruby was feeling really good. He had her go through many s?x positions. He had her in missionary, d???? style, and due to Ruby being smaller than him he was using the face-off position when he decided it was better to get some more space while heading to the bathroom with her while still being connected. Ruby''s arms eventually got tired and Shallot legs were getting shaky and put her in the leapfrog position while still going when he released another load inside of her making Ruby scream out in ecstasy. Shallot semblance was activated to create a bubble where they could make as much noise as they want without being disturbed but Shallot didn''t realize what he was doing just going with the event of things. Shallot had finally finished and headed back into the room while Shallot was still inside Ruby laid back down on Blake''s bed and were about to go to sleep when he could feel someone else climbing into the bed with them. Blake was fully ready and the rest of the morning until 5 am he was having s?x with Blake while Ruby dosed off to sleep feeling that her stomach was incredibly fully and slightly bloated. [I now have a pa.treon so if you want to see chapter as soon as they are completed check them out there since I don''t have to worry about things being deleted there. You don''t have to if you don''t want to since chapters will be posted here pat.reon.com/TGM_Productions.. (remove the (.) if you didn''t know)] Chapter 53 - 51 - A Beauty In Each Arm Shalloo woke up with Ruby having her arms wrapped around him on his right side while Blake was on his left with one of each of their legs hanging over one of his legs so they could all fit into the one-person bed. Shallot: ''I can get used to this.'' After a while of looking around seeing that it was 7 am and that they didn''t have class today Yang and Weiss still hadn''t woken up but he knew they would still be waking up in a while. While Shallot was moving Ruby also started waking up and noticed that she had her arms wrapped around Shallot. She then remembered what she did last night feeling her face heat up while burying her face in his ?h?st to hide her embarrassment while also thinking about all the things they did. She was thinking back to good he made her feel and wanted to stay with him. Ruby''s heart was beating faster every time she would look towards Shallot''s face and while he was doing that Blake also started waking up. Blake woke up remembering everything and saw Ruby''s red face and only leaned and kissed Shallot with a morning kiss. Her stomach still felt slightly bloated but she knew that she would still be able to walk just fine later. Ruby on the other hand felt as if she had stuffed herself with food and then drunk water on top of it. She could still feel the ?um inside her that Shallot released and also knew how babies were made from all of her knowledge from school and she was worried if she may be pregnant. Ruby turned to look at Blake seeing that she was just on the other side of Shallot and knew that she didn''t seem to mind that he came inside of her. Ruby just relaxed seeing that thinking that she wouldn''t get pregnant after only one time. Shallot turned to Ruby seeing that she was awake while whispering into her ear Shallot: "(whispering) That was great Ruby. From this day forth you are mine and I will keep you safe no matter what." Shallot was very protective of the girls he got with but also wouldn''t make them to dependent on him so they can become strong also. Shallot leaned in giving Ruby a deep kiss before he started sitting up and knowing that Ruby probably wouldn''t be able to walk properly after last night carried her into the washroom to help her clean up. Blake also got up while going and grabbing some clothes for her, Shallot, and Ruby before Yang and Weiss woke up. After Blake walked into the washroom Yang''s eyes opened looking at the bed they were sleeping on and then looked towards the washroom. Yang: ''I don''t know how Weiss slept through that when they were only a couple of feet away from us but you can still smell everything from when they were having s?x.'' Yang started rubbing herself while looking at the doorway thinking about Shallot size when she was peaking at him last night and seeing that her own little sister was so active. Yang: ''I knew that Ruby also had a crush on him but I didn''t think Ruby would be so proactive for what she wanted and it didn''t really seem that Blake was lying either that he has stamina that would tire out anyone.'' While Yang was rubbing herself and taking in the smell that was still heavy from it being there all night Weiss also started waking up the first thing she smelled was the same smell that was in the bathroom last time but it was incredibly thick this time. Weiss: ''They are always having s?x now.'' Weiss got up from her bed and noticed that Ruby wasn''t in her bed and figured that she may have left early to do something since if the bathroom door is closed then Blake and Shallot are usually inside. Weiss: ''I will admit that he has a nice body but I''m not into the idea of marrying someone who has multiple wives. I need to have control for things to work out with stopping everything that my father is doing.'' Yang was going to fix her body and check some things when she started hearing some m??ning from the bathroom and knew that it was Ruby''s voice and wanted to barge inside. Weiss could also hear it and decided to step out of the room for a while. Weiss: ''They are being so indecent so early in the morning.'' When Ruby looked up and seen Yang there she wobbly walked behind Shallot trying to hide her embarrassment from her sister. Yang could smell the strong smell coming from the bathroom that had a mix of s?x and soap coming from it. Yang got up walking past Shallot while looking at him. Yang: "You better not hurt my sister''s feeling or you''re going to have to deal with me." Shallot just smiled back and leaned close to her ear. Shallot: "Don''t worry, I''m going to take care of both of you so you two can always be together. Ruby is the one with more experience than you now so you might have to ask her for advice even though you are the older one." Yang felt as if her pride was wounded from that a fire of competitiveness lit up in her eyes while also looking at Shallot. Shallot leaned in closer stealing a kiss from her shocking her not thinking that he would move so quick and then tried punching him. Shallot just redirected it while pulling her in closer wrapping his arms around her while Blake was watching from the side thinking that one more was going to fall today and that she might be partially at fault for constantly whispering temptations into their ears. Yang wanted to struggle but noticed that he was just stronger than her. Shallot kissed her once more than leaned towards her ear. Shallot: "I won''t do more than that unless you ask me to. We still have a date to go on after all in a couple more days or we could go later after the dance." Yang realized that she wouldn''t be able to overpower him but also knew that he wouldn''t force himself on her which she gave him another point for. Seeing that he just wouldn''t push himself on someone without the other party also participating. Shallot released Yang and started walking towards the bathroom. Yang: "We can go after the dance on our date and see why both my sister and Blake are fine with sharing you. If you''re really that good maybe I won''t mind." Yang then went in and planning on cleaning up when she smelled the strong smell from what transpired in the shower and "calmed herself down" while also showering. Shallot was stunned thinking that everything was going great for him and maybe things are going to be perfect since he still hasn''t come across anyone that could really threaten him beside the woman Salem, Summer mentioned that was the most powerful person from what she heard. Weiss came back and noticed that Shallot, Ruby, and Blake were there and already cleaned up but were just standing there with Ruby leaning up against Shallot while Blake had a pondering look thinking about something. Weiss: "What are you all standing around for we need to come up with things for the dance." Everyone else snapped out of it while Weiss was going to grab her clothes and head into the Bathroom after Yang came out. While Ruby was looking at the bed that was drenched in their liquid feeling herself getting hot again thinking she enjoyed what they did. [AN: I now have a pat.reon so if you want to see chapter as soon as they are completed check them out there since I don''t have to worry about things being deleted there. You don''t have to if you don''t want to since chapters will be posted here pat.reon.com/TGM_Productions.. (remove the (.) if you didn''t know)] Chapter 54 - Notification So did anyone else think that RoosterTeeth removing every video of RWBY from youtube was stupid. Half of there audience watches there content from there. Slightly glad that I have amazon prime to watch it when I forget what is happening in some places off screen. I would give some advice to rooster teeth to get themselves out of the hole there digging but they refuse to drop the damn shovel. I''m pretty sure Monty would be disappointed at what has become of his show where it was originally just something to watch and enjoy with so much drama. Anyway another chapter will be out tomorrow. Chapter 55 - 52 - Burning The Candle (1) Weiss was walking back and forth in the gymnasium while holding to white clothes in her hand. If you were to look close enough you could see slightly designs on them that are usually used at the dining hall for events. Weiss walked over to a table where Ruby was sitting with her head laid on the table because she felt that she didn''t get enough sleep because they were going at it until 3 when she fell asleep and then also did it again before coming here and wanted to get some more sleep. Weiss walked up to Ruby and started asking her a question while smiling and slides two squares over to Ruby, both seeming to be similar shades of white. Weiss: "I need you to pick a tablecloth." Ruby tiredly lifted her head looking at the sheet not really seeing anything that''s different. Ruby: "Aren''t they both the same?" Weiss sighs in frustration. Weiss: "I don''t even know why I asked!" Weiss walks from Ruby''s table and Yang comes in carrying a massive sound speaker on her shoulder, which bounces her sister and the table she''s trying to rest on again to jump in the air when she drops it on the ground. Ruby: ''Uhhhhh.'' Yang brushes her hands as she approaches Ruby. Yang: "So, have you picked out a dress yet to impress your boyfriend?" Ruby: "I''ll do that later after getting some sleep. I also don''t know what he would like." Yang: "Well I can help with that I have always been fashionable." While Yang was looking talking to Ruby she turned and looks over with an exasperated expression. Yang: "Weiss! I thought we agreed: No doilies!" Weiss walks up to Yang, pointing in her face. Weiss: "If I don''t get doilies, you don''t get fog machines!" Shallot walked in with a cup of hot chocolate placing it in front of Ruby on the table while giving her a kiss on the cheek. He was letting the aroma of hot chocolate drift into Ruby''s nose making her sit up looking at Shallot then the hot chocolate. She picked the cup up and took a sip enjoying the taste putting a smile on her face a waking her up slightly. The doors to the gymnasium opened and Neptune and Sun walked in seeing that Ruby was also really close to Shallot. Sun''s mouth dropped open while walking over. Neptune: "Your dance is gonna have fog machines?" Shallot: ''She definitely has a crush on him.'' Weiss: "We were thinking about it... Ruby seeing everything then looked at Shallot and was making eye gestures trying to convey something. She didn''t know how to do it exactly so it was hilariously for Shallot watching her do it. Shallot leaned in close to her to see what she wanted to say. Ruby: "(whispering) Aren''t you going to go after Weiss also?" Shallot: "(I''m not. She just doesn''t seem like the type that could loosen up around me and is the stubborn kind but more of the prideful stubborn and not the I''m high class stubborn. I am really going for her sister Winter." Ruby: "(whispering) She has a sister?" Shallot: (whispering) Yep and is definitely a looker." Shallot: ''And her appearance also reminds of 2B from Nier Automata. I''m sure that she would look incredibly hot in a maid outfit also if I can get her to roleplay if I can get her to fall for me. I also need to hit on Raven if I get the chance. I always dreamed of getting an Oyakodon. I need to also figure out why she left Yang if I want to make this work.'' Sun walked closer to Shallot while saying in a low voice. Sun: "Teach me your ways. You already have another girl while I''m still single." Even though Sun was trying to be quieter Ruby still heard him and started blushing but didn''t deny it. Yang also looked thinking that Ruby was really adorable like this and started to slowly take her scroll out while taking a picture. Shallot: "I''m not great at teaching and I just follow my heart and follow my instincts. Isn''t that right Yang." Yang remembering what had just happened in the room looked at Shallot with a competitive look in her eyes since she is always the one who is known for being aggressive. Sun''s eyes opened even further and looked thinking that he already has three girls. Sun: "Are you ladies excited to show your dresses off for tonight''s dance." Ruby, not likin wearing dresses only laughed especially after remembering that Yang said that she has a sense of style and would help her. Ruby: "Pfft... Yeah, right!" Yang: "Laugh all you want. I''ll be turning heads tomorrow night and I''ll make sure in a proper dress for the dance!" Weiss turned to address Sun and Neptune. Weiss: "What are you two wearing?" Sun hearing that he was being asked and replied thinking about how he really only has outfits like the one he has on since all of his clothes are made for traveling in the desert. Sun: "Uuhhh... this?" He gestures to his current shirtless outfit. Neptune steps up and holds a hand in front of his friend''s face. Neptune: "Ignore him for he knows not what he says." Shallot: "And that is the reason you can''t get any girls. I dress a certain way and have multiple outfits that enhance my body''s appearance." Ruby looks at the black compression shirt that''s wrapping around his ab muscles and swallows while Yang is also looking and licks her lips being slightly entranced while looking down between his legs. Sun knocks Neptune''s hand away while seeing the girls'' reaction looking at Shallot while Weiss had looked then quickly turned away. Sun: "Hey, I may have moved to Mistral, but I grew up in Vacuo. It''s not exactly a shirt-and-tie kind of place." Yang mirroring Ruby''s and Weiss'' looks of being told something extremely obvious Yang: "Yeah, we noticed." Sun: "Now that I think about it... where is Blake isn''t she always around Shallot. I thought they didn''t separate from each other that much." Shallot: "I had asked her to do something for me in the library." Ruby: "So that''s what you asked her before we left." Neptune: "So are you also in a relationship with him Weiss." Weiss started panicking slightly while shaking her hands in front of her face. Weiss: "No... not at all. Blake, Ruby, and Yang all like him." Yang: "Hey you weren''t supposed to say that out loud. What happened to sisters secrets." Weiss covered her mouth. Weiss: "Oops." ~~~~~~ Inside the library, Blake is sitting on a computer in the corner away from everyone else while typing something while looking at a dongle that Shallot had given to her that he told her to connect to the computer and run the programs on the computer and make sure that it is connected to the internet. She had run a couple of the programs and didn''t know much about what they could do since she wasn''t a tech-savvy individual. She had run four different programs with one that had one line that would flash over and over again saying "Ah Ah Ah, You didn''t say the magic word". Blake: "Ah ah ah, you didn''t say the magic word... that sounds like a teasing way of saying something. Well, I think that''s everything I need to do. I can now look at the secret pictures I took of Shallot." Before she could look at Shallot''s pictures a small, bright red light appears on the screen. Moving up and down, Blake''s eyes follow it down to her hand, then disappears entirely. She looks behind herself, obviously irritated, but no one walking among the tables is her culprit. Turning back to the computer, she starts typing on the beeping keyboard before the laser dot appears on her hand briefly, prompting her to look around again and still find no one. The red point shows up on the screen, moving around in circles until Blake scowls and pounds her fists on the table keeping her from concentrating on looking at Shallot''s pictures. She stands up from her chair and finds the light on the floor, following it blindly through shelves of books until both the dot and its pursuer turn the corner, only for Blake to bump, shocked and shaken out of her more "animal" instincts, into... Yang waving with her left hand as her right holds the later pointer, while in a sing-song voice. Yang: "He-lloooo!" Blake: "What are you...?" Yang grabs Blake''s arm. Yang: "We need to talk." And with that, amid Blake''s single cry of surprise, Yang whisks Blake away. [AN: I now have a pat.reon so if you want to see chapter as soon as they are completed check them out there since I don''t have to worry about things being deleted there. You don''t have to if you don''t want to since chapters will be posted here pat.reon.com/TGM_Productions.. (remove the (.) if you didn''t know)] Chapter 56 - 53 - Burning The Candle (2) [Inside of an empty classroom] Blake: "What do you need Yang." Blake said in a disgruntled manner since she was pulled away when she was just about to look at her secret photos of Shallot. Yang was sitting cross-legged on the central desk of the empty classroom they''re in, orange light shining across her calm features. Yang: "I need your help." Blake raised an eyebrow. Blake: "With what?" Blake was now curious about what was so important that she interrupted her. Yang: "I need your help to find a dress for the dance that will catch Shallot''s eye." Blake: "Oh... ok." Yang: "Really? That easy. Not asking for a price for what I need for your help." Blake: "But you do have to share something with me." Yang: "There it is. What do I need to exchange for your help with getting his attention." Blake: "I know about Weiss backstory and her views. I know about Shallot since I grew up with him but what about you and Ruby. What about your family?" Yang then started telling Blake about her past and how she grew up. When she was interrupted by Blake when she asked a question about her being raised. Blake: "You mentioned that you and Ruby have different mothers so what happened to yours?" Yang: "She left me before I could remember who she is." Blake look surprised and wouldn''t know how she would feel if she was abandoned by her either of her parents. Blake: "Do you ever think about searching for her?" Yang: "I''m still searching for her to this day but I''ve learned that I have to take my time or else it would just be recklessness that would get me killed. I had once almost gotten Ruby killed with my search for her when I was younger once." Blake had a surprised look on her face while thinking that she couldn''t really see why she would keep looking for someone that didn''t want to be around her but also wanted to learn everything from all sides. Shallot always told her that everything isn''t as it always appears even if it looks one way. Yang went and told her about how one night she went looking for her mother taking Ruby with her in a red cart and came across a Grimm and almost gotten killed when a beam of light shot passed us hitting the Grimm and shortly after my Uncle Qrow showed up dealing with the Grimm before taking us back to the house. Blake was surprised in hearing this but also catching on to the beam of light that sounds like a ki beam that Shallot does whenever he is too lazy to fight something. Blake: ''If Shallot was there why didn''t he show himself and help them?'' Blake: "Why did she leave you?" Yang sighs, then turns to the chalkboard. Yang: "That question... Why? Yang gets off the desk and walks to the chalkboard, picking up a piece of chalk Yang: "I didn''t know an answer, but I was determined to find out. It was all I thought about. I would ask anyone I could about what they knew about her. Blake: ''I should change the subject. This might be bringing up some repressed memories and the atmosphere here has gotten really glum.'' Blake: "Ok enough depressing backstories. You wanted my help in making you look good tonight that would get his attention but I have to warn you." Yang: "About what?" Blake: "If you let your hair down for him to climb he will come inside your castle." Yang: "Climb my hair... and come inside my castle? What does that mean?" Blake looked surprised hearing this. Blake: "You haven''t heard about the children stories about Goldilocks, Little Red Riding Hood, Snow White, Beauty and The Beast, or Hansel and Gretel." Yang: "No, I''ve never heard of them." Blake: "Well you will know all about them as I help you pick out a dress and what to wear that will catch his attention." Blake was looking Yang up and down walking around her going through what would be the best thing to put her in. Yang felt like she is slightly going to regret having to this and thought that she should drag Ruby along also. Yang: "We should also get Ruby so we can make sure that she is in a nice dress also for the dance. I''m sure that Shallot is going to dance with all of us." Blake nodded her head hearing this. Blake: "Alright, we''ll go and get Ruby, and leave to go shopping so that we can make sure that you both are looking stunning for tonight." Blake had a trickle of sweat dripping down her back while thinking in her head. Yang: ''Sorry baby sister but I''m not going down alone.'' [Inside of the weapon work room] Ruby was taking a nap next to Shallot as he was working on putting the scythe together when she felt a chill go down her spine then sat up only seeing Shallot putting the scythe together and that he was almost complete with it. It had taken them only 2 days to do everything after school and she worked on the gears yesterday while he was gone and she had a blast building someone else''s scythe. She then looked at her red hood feeling like someone wanted to take it from her. Shallot looked at her as she got up while putting the last piece together breathing out a breath looking at it and the 5 different switches with turn knobs on it along with a cartridge for dust on the side. Shallot: "Finally finished." Shallot used his thumb to turn the lower bottom knob making the scythe combat into a briefcase twisting and turning compacting everything inside of it with the switches being on the briefcase handle. Shallot turned it twice this time making the briefcase change into an elongated rectangle case that was almost as tall as his body. He then turned the switch back one turn it into a scythe that was large than his entire height and was 6 ft 8 inches long. He then switched it towards the left again into a briefcase. Shallot: "Test complete. It didn''t break while switching through the modes." Ruby rubbed her eyes Ruby: "What about the last setting that we spent most of our time on." Shallot gentle placed his hand on her cheek and gave her a kiss with Ruby returning it and fully woke up while blushing. Shallot: "You are just so adorable. If there is anything you want just ask and for the last one I had already tested it when you were sleeping." After he said that Ruby thought about something and was about to ask him if he could help find her mom if she was still alive but before she could the door was flung open with Yang standing there with Blake not too far behind. Yang ran in grabbing Ruby and pulled her along. Yang: "Time to get you dressed Ruby." That was the last thing Shallot heard before she was pulled out of the door by Yang while Blake so them dash by. Blake: "I have a great surprise for you when the dance arrives." [AN: I now have a pat.reon so if you want to see chapter as soon as they are completed check them out there since I don''t have to worry about things being deleted there. You don''t have to if you don''t want to since chapters will be posted here pat.reon.com/TGM_Productions.. (remove the (.) if you didn''t know)] Chapter 57 - 54 - Burning The Candle (3) Shallot was walking towards the front door after Sun kept bugging him to help him look nice so he could get a girl at the dance to dance with him and he eventually gave in. Shallot had a black dress shirt tightly clung to his ripped ?h?st, an orange tie that seemed that it was struggling against his neck muscle while having a silver jacket and dress pants. Sun had some casual slacks because he refused to were dress pants and Shallot just had to compromise. He had Sun had a white tie with a black dress shirt bu??oned up until the top three with the bu??ons unbuttoned. Shallot: "This is as far as I can compromise. You should have the shirt bu??oned up so you look presentable to any girl inside." Shallot flailed his arms up as if he was giving up being fed up with Sun at this point. Sun: "I can''t I''m so used to being in the desert that I just feel uncomfortable." Sun just untucked the dress shirt from out of his pants so he could feel more of the night time breeze. Shallot: "How far are you willing to go if you can get yourself a girlfriend because I have a will to go and change fate if I have to." Sun: "Isn''t that a little over-exaggerated." Shallot only looked at him while thinking about how he has already save Ruby''s mom and is going to go after Yang''s mom and add her to his harem. Shallot: "When you have a strong motivation you can accomplish anything." They both walked in and what greeted them was Yang in a Chinese Qi Pao dress revealing her smooth legs while still making sure you could see too far up. Yang''s qipao was had on brown heels with a white qipao with an orange dragon design on it. She had two white long-sleeved gloves to cover her arms and was holding a folding fan while hiding her face behind it. Her hair had two small buns at the top with the rest of her hair being naturally down. Right next to her was Blake in Chinese attire. While Ruby had on a more conservative dress that enhanced her cuteness. Blake had a qipao that was all black with markings in them that curved all around her body with flower designs. She had one long-sleeved glove on her left hand going up to her arm that was half black and half white. While the other was white with black floral patterns on it. Her heels were all black and had the same floral designs as her dress. Ruby''s Dress was red showing her favorite color with black pantyhose and a black almost see-through shirt that was underneath her dress while wearing black heels and had a red rose in her hair. Shallot''s mouth was wide open and he looked as if his brain had short-circuited. Yang had a big smile on her face while nudging Blake. Yang: "I think he likes what he sees." Shallot: "I like a lot. You all look beautiful. Can I have you all''s first dance?" Ruby: "I was only planning on dancing with you today anyway but I also want to get out of these heels." Blake: "I''m waiting for our special dance you promised me." Yang: "You said that I''ll get the first dance of the night." Shallot reached out his hand towards Yang and she placed her hand in his hand and he led her towards the dance floor. Ruby and Blake weren''t far behind waiting for their turn to dance. Sun was looking around after he snapped out of it and noticed that everyone had left him there and started looking around for girls he can introduce himself to. Shallot was doing the waltz with Yang for the first dance. Shallot: ''So it''s just the two-step maneuver. This isn''t so hard. Those videos in my last life really paid off. Go being distracted from school work.'' Shallot and Yang were dancing when Yang asked the first question. Yang: "I never thought that my little sister would have gotten the jump on me and if you are going to try to be with you how can you guaranteed that you just aren''t after our bodies." Shallot: "Once I decide to be with a girl then I will be with them until death do us part. If you have someone that is causing you problems then just say the word and I''ll deal with them. If you want to find someone then just say who. I''ll make sure the happiest girl around if you''re with me. Besides, I don''t go based on just looks. I go off of personality also which is a huge factor for me." Yang: "What are you going to say to me and Ruby''s dad." Shallot: "You all have grown into beautiful females and I won''t be giving you back. He can fight me for you all but he will never win. Don''t worry I wouldn''t harm since he''ll be my father-in-law." Yang: "You should already know that I''m competitive and rough. Are you sure you''re ok with me?" Shallot made her do a twirl gentle while still holding one of her hands and then grabbed her other one then pulled her close. Shallot: "I can be very rough but can you handle it." Shallot then let her go back to her regular position where they separated slightly when the music for the first song ended. Shallot then separated but before he pulled back Yang leaned in and kissed him. Shallot: "Does that mean you accept?" Yang: "I''m still waiting for that date you were talking about hotshot." Yang then walked over to the side with Ruby and pushed her forward to go and dance with Shallot. Shallot met her halfway while extending his hand. Shallot: "Would you like to dance with me my beautiful flower?" Ruby blushed while accepting his hand and they started dancing. They both just being there together enjoying the music and the atmosphere around them when Ruby''s feet started hurting from not being used to the heels and stumbled slightly. Shallot caught Ruby holding her close looking into her silver eyes while Ruby looked into his eyes and for a second she saw them flash to silver like her before turning back red. Shallot: "Are you alright Ruby?" Shallot asked in concern making sure that she wouldn''t twist an ankle or hurt herself. Ruby just nodded her head slightly kicking the ground. Ruby: "I just want to get out of these heels because they hurt since I''m not used to them. I have no idea how Weiss fights in them." Shallot: "If you want to rest you can rest for a bit and then we can dance again later or you can change into something more comfortable." Ruby nodded her head and decided that she would rest on the side so and try again later instead of giving up. Ruby: ''I didn''t put on the dress and heels for no reason. I''m going to make sure that I keep my lead in front of Yang.'' Ruby walked to the side while sitting in a chair to try to rest her feet since Blake had her walk around earlier in the heels to get used to them but her feet were hurting now from having them on. She eventually went looking for Yang to see what she was up to and walked up the stairs to see her overlooking everyone there. Shallot then walked over to Blake taking her hand and danced with her for a while after a couple of minutes Shallot could see Blake face twitching slightly trying not to laugh. Shallot turned to see what was making Blake laugh and when he turned around he saw Jaune in a dress. Shallot started laughing along with everyone else that was laughing at him and Blake could no longer hold it and also started laughing. Shallot: ''I completely forgot about this. I had more important things on my mind and forgot he made that promise to Pyrrha.'' [AN: I now have a pat.reon so if you want to see chapter as soon as they are completed check them out there since I don''t have to worry about things being deleted there. You don''t have to if you don''t want to since chapters will be posted here pat.reon.com/TGM_Productions.. (remove the (.) if you didn''t know)] Chapter 58 - 55 - Dance Dance Infiltration (1) While Shallot and Blake were dancing Blake wanted to know some answers. Blake: "What are you planning to di that you have been helping out Roman?" Shallot while dancing was thinking about whether he should just talk about taking over the White Fang but decided that there was nothing to hide. Shallot: "I have been having Roman work as an undercover spy pretty much. Like that book about the ninja you were secretly reading early this week." Blake blushed thinking he shouldn''t have known about it.l Blake: "Don''t tease me about it. It''s a good book." Shallot nodded his head. Shallot: "I know since I''m the one that wrote it. Did you like the way it was written?" Blake''s eyes widened and almost stumbled before she was pulled into a tight embrace. Shallot: "I''m planning on taking over the White Fang. I am going to make sure that the Faunus have some way of actually living in the world. I also have some plans to increase the safety on the island of Menagerie so that we can expand outward." Blake and Shallot continued talking while dancing when Yang came down in her qipao voice tapping on Blake''s shoulder. Blake turned around seeing Yang with her hand out. Yang: "Hope I''m not cutting into something important. I would like another dance." Blake stepped back letting Yang get another dance and they danced. While Blake was standing on the side she noticed that Ruby was looking at something and also started paying attention. She saw someone standing on top of the rooftop in the distance with her night vision and was thinking of telling Shallot about it but decided to just deal with it herself. When she noticed that Ruby was already moving out of the room seeming to also notice what was going on and had already started to pursue the person in the distance. Blake followed Ruby from a distance to look over her to make sure that nothing would happen to her. Blake and Ruby made their way following the individual and came to a building that they had entered. Ruby pulled her scroll calling her weapon while seeing the unconscious guards on the ground while Blake also called her weapon locker also in case she needed to fight from a distance. Ruby: "What are you doing here Blake?" Ruby wanted to know what she was doing since she didn''t notice that she was being followed. Blake walked over to Ruby ?ssessing the situation to make sure that no one was waiting in ambush for them as her training from Shallot was kicking in since she isn''t surrounded by others. Blake turned to Ruby to answer her question. Blake: "I saw someone jumping across the rooftops and decided to follow you seeing that you were going after them." Ruby: "Does Shallot know?" Blake: "He probably knows but probably doesn''t see them as a threat towards us and let us head here on our own or he would have stopped us." Ruby: "Oh... we should he inside to try to stop them." Ruby and Blake then walked inside the building seeing that there were more guards knocked out inside the building and they could tell that whoever came through knew what they were doing. As they are moving through the building Ruby starts asking some questions to Blake in a quiet voice to not try to give away their location to whoever came in here. Ruby: "*whispers* How do you last so long with Shallot I felt exhausted and I could b?r?ly walk after we finished." Blake smiled at that thinking that there are two people now that are going to be able to help with Shallot libido, but she also knows that the stronger he gets the more stamina he is going to have so she also needs to get stronger to last longer or she will feel like her legs are jello all the time. Blake: "It''s because I train with ki which helps me grow stronger faster. Shallot is probably going to teach you soon since you are now in a relationship with him. Once you start training fully with him you will get stronger which will also increase your stamina." Ruby nodded her head slightly thinking that she has another reason to get stronger because after the first 10 minutes she felt amazing and she wants to feel that way again. Ruby and Blake then quietly talked about some more things before coming across another door with some more guards knocked out outside of it that lead into a room full of computers. While they were going towards the door when Ruby was about to call out to see if anyone was inside while her heels were tapping on the ground when Blake put her hand up to stop her from saying anything. Blake: "*whisper* Don''t say anything. We can probably get the jump on them with surprise and take them down quickly." Ruby nodded her head thinking why would she announce herself to someone who is clearly a thief. Blake and Ruby slowly crept towards the doorway and peeked inside to see a woman with a mask leaning over a computer with a dongle plugged into it seeming to download or put something onto the computers. Blake: ''That seems similar to what Shallot had me doing earlier. Did he know about her plans and already made a countermeasure without even having to stop dancing?'' While Blake was thinking about if her guess was right she heard Ruby stumble in her high heels and Blake grabs her, but it seems that the female inside the room at the computer still hears the noise and turns around in their direction. [AN: I now have a pat.reon so if you want to see chapter as soon as they are completed check them out there since I don''t have to worry about things being deleted there. You don''t have to if you don''t want to since chapters will be posted here pat.reon.com/TGM_Productions.. (remove the (.) if you didn''t know)] Chapter 59 - 56 - Dance Dance Infiltration (2) The masked woman in the room turns and looks towards the doorway knowing that someone had followed her and that it was most likely Ruby and Blake from what Emerald told her over the coms. Cinder: "You two can come out. I know you''re there and I know you followed me here." Blake exhaled feeling that this could have been a lot easier but now they have to get into a direct confrontation. Blake stepped out with her Gambol ready with Ruby also gripping her scythe ready to attack at any second. Blake: ''Hopefully the crash course training Shallot has given Ruby will help in this fight.'' Ruby: "Hello?" Ruby not knowing how to act in this situation since no one is moving she question greets the person. Ruby seeing that she has a masquerade mask on and thinks of a great line. Ruby: "Excuse me? You know, it''s not a masquerade party, so why don''t you take off that-!" Before she can finish the line she is cut off by Cinder who produces a container of dust from her belt expelling a cloud that glows. Condensing into glass shards that go flying at Ruby. Ruby twirls her scythe around deflecting the shard glass. Blake switches her Gambols into their gun mode and started firing at Cinder making her dodge out of the way since she doesn''t want the computers getting damaged before she can have the program completely install itself. Blake moves laterally with Cinder while continuing firing while Ruby also starts to watch the movements Cinder is making. Cinder is trying to stall for time without giving away any information about herself while fighting so they wouldn''t know who she is while she is still infiltrating the school. Cinder starts getting pushed back by the teamwork of the two and also not expecting the Faunus to have so much strength deciding to make a mental note of that for later. Cinder can''t hold for much longer and decided that using the maiden''s abilities won''t give away her identity. Her eyes glow along with the right side of her clothes. She starts shaping her magic into shards again as she combines the blades into a bow and fires three arrows. The arrows launch while Blake hoped in front of Ruby activating her semblance and using ice dust at the same time to make an ice sculpture of herself while hopping backward by Ruby in case anything else happens. Blake was getting ready to unwrap her bowtie around her ears and tie them to her Gambol shroud to attack from a range when she noticed the masked individual was looking at the computer and noticed that the download on it was completed before it seemed to run something then it disappeared off of the screen. Blake saw the mystery woman smirk and when Blake and Ruby were about to continue they noticed the elevator dinged and Ironwood stepped out of it. Ruby and Blake had only turned for a second to see who was appearing while Blake was still on her tows in case of a blindside attack, but when she turned back the masked woman wasn''t there. Blake not being good with law enforcement used her semblance again leaving a shadow image of herself before saying lowly next to Ruby''s ear. Blake: "Sorry. Not good with law enforcement." Ruby turned to see that Blake had left her there to resolve the situation by herself. Seeing that she was heard by herself and Ironwood walking towards her she let out a nervous laugh trying to think of how she is going to talk about this. Ironwood was getting closer and while this was happening on the screen Queen chess piece appeared on the screen before it started distorting before shattering and reforming into a black masquerade mask with a red and black tophat on it. It had a white outlining on it with rings of red and black alternating behind it. It was the logo of the phantom thieves calling card with the words I will steal your heart underneath. The image then shortly vanished afterward after seeming to run something before shutting down. ~~~ [Back inside the danceroom] Shallot was just spending his time dancing and talking to Yang before she asked a question that caused his face to scrunch up like a kid who was caught with his hand in the cookie jar. Yang: "I know you slept with Ruby." Yang had a straight and serious face while looking at him while squeezing his hands tighter but it didn''t bother him. Shallot had a single sweat drop go down his back thinking that Yang was definitely sleeping last night but he already knew that Blake was awake after sobering up some more. Shallot gave a nervous laugh before replying. Shallot: "Well I guess the younger sister has more experience than the older sister. How do you know that I slept with her?" Yang: "The red stain on the bed was an obvious giveaway and I also woke up last night when you first headed in the washroom and I heard m??ning before the sound was stopped from coming outside. I thought you were at it again with Blake but she was laying in your hammock playing with herself while looking towards the washroom door." Yang''s eyes were slightly flaring up and her grip was getting tighter the more she talked and Shallot pulled her towards the side. Yang: "Weren''t you saying that you''re going to take me out on a date and so far I''m not sure if I''m so inclined to go right now." Shallot squeezed Yang''s hands back slightly while pulling her closer to him. Shallot: "How about after the dance tonight we go on a night through the town and enjoy ourselves fully tonight for a couple of hours since we do need to be back for the rest of the day tomorrow." Yang started calming down because she was also started to feel s?xu??ly frustrated by the heavy smell that he and Blake always left in the bathroom even though they try to clean it. Yang had tried masturbating but have only gotten frustrated because she could sometimes hear them underneath her bed and the shaking would wake her up sometime. She would then peek over the edge and then masturbate while looking at them while trying not to get caught. Shallot leaned closer to Yang''s ear. Shallot: "*whisper* You can also make sure that Ruby doesn''t get too far ahead if you are willing to take the risk also. Ruby has already accepted me having more than one wife and she will be one of mine also. I''m just not too sure if your toughness will help you while you are in bed." Shallot wanted to constantly send temptations to her since they were all teenagers and their hormones are currently raging the most during this time period. Shallot could see that Yang''s breath was getting slightly ragged hearing his tempting advances and knew that he was breaking through her tough exterior. Shallot was one step closer to the girls he wanted to be his wives. [AN: I now have a pat.reon so if you want to see chapter as soon as they are completed check them out there since I don''t have to worry about things being deleted there. You don''t have to if you don''t want to since chapters will be posted here pat.reon.com/TGM_Productions.. (remove the (.) if you didn''t know)] Chapter 60 - 57 - Night Time Date Shallot was pulling Yang''s hand knowing that Blake and Ruby won''t be back for a while and was going to drag Yang away to give her a mini date tonight and take her around Vale to see some of the nightlife. Shallot had dragged Yang out of the dance room and out the front door. Shallot stepped back slightly and grabs Yang picking her up in a princess carry and lifted off into the air and took off towards the city of Vale to explore at night. Shallot and Yang were only flying for only 30 minutes with Shallot wrapping his ki around himself and Yang wouldn''t feel the wind pressure pushing against them. Shallot could have gotten to the town quicker but he was enjoying the way Yang felt in his arms. He would grab her ?ss every now and then acting as he was trying to get a better grip on her but she could tell what he was doing and would hit his ?h?st every time he did it. Shallot had landed in an alley so no one would see them. Shallot looked at the dress that Yang had on and was trying to keep his third leg from rising since it would be easy to see since the pants were slightly tighter than he was used to wearing. Shallot wrapped his arm around Yang and they started walking out of the alley and onto the street. The city lights were on in the shops with street lights on giving the area a nice feeling letting anyone coming by that they were still open for business. Yang and Shallot started walking around and Yang decided to go along with it and wrapped her arm around his arm holding onto it closely. They walked past a couple of food stands that were still open and Shallot had seemed to find one that was selling Yakitori. Behind the food, stand stood someone who had characteristics like Ren but appeared a lot older with a chubbier face. Shallot and Yang walked towards the stand with Shallot asking Yang if she wanted one. Shallot: "Do you want to try one Yang? It could be really good. This will be the first thing we taste on our first date." Yang thought about it for a second and thought that she was fine with this. Yang: "Sure. I could use something tasty right now." Shallot: "I would like 50 of these then sir." The chubby man behind the cart eyes widened before he blinked a couple of times thinking he heard that wrong. Yakitori Seller: "I think I heard you wrong. How many did you say?" Shallot: "I want 50 of them. On your sign, it says each one is 100 Lien for each one." The Yakitori seller packed the ten that were cooking on the grill while pulling out more so that he could make some more of them. After another 15 minutes, Shallot and Yang had all 50, and Shallot paid 5000 Lien for it all thinking that he is going to have to get some more Lien soon. Shallot and Yang walked and just enjoyed the refreshing night air as Yang wanted to know more about Shallot since this was her date and she wanted to know more about him before she just jumps into a relationship with him like her little sister did. Yang: "Can you tell me what it was like growing up for you?" Shallot thought about it and decided to tell her about how he was traveling on a "ship" when it crashed and he ended up in a forest somewhere when he was attacked by a "Beowolf" Grimm. He told her about how a come from a warrior "tribe" which is why he is so strong. He told her that he meets Blake''s father while in the forest and he brought him back home to be treated. Yang: "Shouldn''t you have been able to take out a Beowolf easily with your strength?" Shallot: "I wasn''t always this strong. I was considered a failure in my "tribe" and pretty much sent out to die from how much weaker I am compared to the others who were born. Even toddlers were stronger than I was when I was 4 years old. I trained over the years but I didn''t only train." Yang was interested now in what else he would have done. She could tell that he wasn''t just a muscle brained brute and wanted to know what he did if he said he didn''t train all the time. They continued walking stopping at a couple more food stalls and looking at some jewelry set out for others but Yang wasn''t too interested in the jewelry since she said that it would probably get in the way while she was fighting and didn''t also want it getting lost or broken while she was fighting. Shallot told her about how he made techniques to heal himself in case he ever got injured and how he spent most of his time working with technology and improving his knowledge but was limited in the materials that he had at hand. He told her that he had even built his own lab before. Yang was slightly interested in the lab part since Shallot doesn''t seem like the white lab coat type but more of the "Imma build something to destroy something kind of person" but she also knew not to judge someone based on appearances. She also had another question for him. Yang: "Why do you want more than just one wife. Blake told us that in your "clan" or tribe as you call it that they have multiple wives. Why do you want multiple wives yourself?" Yang wanted to know this answer because if it wasn''t something really convincing then he would try to convince Ruby to give up on him as she would also. She had to still look after Ruby as the older sister. Shallot: "It''s because I want a big family that would always be there to watch over you and watch your back. I also want to have a lot of kids in the future with my wives so that I can train them to outshine the rest." Yang thought about it for a while and didn''t seem like what he said wasn''t that bad and understanding that he just wanted a family and from what she heard from his story he was pretty much abandoned which is probably why he wanted so many wives. Shallot: ''Also my libido is pretty high and I need 5 pure-hearted Saiyans to become a Super Saiyan God. Before that, though I will completely master everything that I can while also trying to recreate some of the moves from the Xenoverse 2 video game since it had a large move list to choose from.'' Yang and Shallot continued their mini-date when Yang got a call on her scroll and noticed that it was already 2 o''clock and a message from Ruby asking where she was at. Yang texted Ruby that she was on her way back to the dorm now and she had gone out to grab something to eat. Yang turned to Shallot showing him the time hinting that it was time for them to get back and Shallot picked Yang up again in a princess carry flying into the sky towards their dorms. The people around them traveling so early in the morning were believing they were seeing things from being tired. On the way back Shallot could smell the scent of Yang and he was getting hard and his hands were roaming over her backside feeling that she was really plump and had a juicy rear. Shallot: "You have some strong birthing h?ps. I''m pretty sure our kids will be strong and healthy." Yang just hit Shallot''s ?h?st before replying to him. Yang: "I never said that I will become your girlfriend." Shallot: "Did you not enjoy the date?" Yang: "I did enjoy the date." Shallot: "I also wanted to ask you something." Yang lifted an eyebrow while slapping his hand that was feeling her body more than was needed. Yang: "And what was that." Shallot I want to hear about when you were younger and about when you were small and took Ruby out in a red wagon. Yang opened her eyes thinking that she hadn''t told him about that. Yang: "How do you know about that?" Shallot: "Well, there was a beam of light that hit the Grimm before your uncle showed up. I was the one that fired that beam." Yang''s eyes opened up while looking at Shallot. Yang: "If you were there why didn''t you fight it and how did you know I was there." Shallot: "How do you think your uncle knew where you were. I was sent to look after you by someone but they said they wanted to surprise you when you see them. That''s all I can tell you. You can consider it a gift from me when you meet them." Yang accepted then told about everything that happened from her point of view. Yang and Shallot made it back to the dorm and before they went in Yang turned around giving Shallot a quick kiss on the cheek before walking in with him following behind. [AN: I now have a pat.reon so if you want to see chapter as soon as they are completed check them out there since I don''t have to worry about things being deleted there. You don''t have to if you don''t want to since chapters will be posted here pat.reon.com/TGM_Productions.. (remove the (.) if you didn''t know)] Chapter 61 - 58 - Field Trip (1) Shallot woke up with Blake cuddle next to him and when he tried to roll over to the other side he noticed that Ruby was on his right. Shallot was looking at Ruby''s sleeping face thinking about how cute she looks right now. Shallot carefully got up without disturbing them then used his ki to make himself float in the air some and moved towards the bathroom. When he was just about to enter Blake stretched her arms trying to pull Shallot closer and not feeling anything where she was stretching when she stretched further she hit something. She then latched onto Ruby and pulled her in and waking Ruby. Shallot: "Well so much for a quiet morning." Shallot watched Ruby''s eye open slowly seeing that she was pretty much in a death hug right now and she couldn''t move. Shallot walked over placing his hands down Blake''s pants and fingering her making her tighten her grip around Ruby for a second then releasing her while she spasmed slightly while soaking the bed. Shallot then walked into the washroom to get cleaned up. Blake also started waking up while Ruby could feel that her aura almost shattered from that hug and was motivated to train more because she doesn''t want to get squeezed to death when she is trying to sleep. Ruby had to get up to go and see Professor Ozpin so that she can tell him about what had happened last night while also thinking about dragging Blake along with her to get back for the death hug. Ruby rolled out of the bed and was thinking about making her bed and putting it beside Blake so they would have the room to lay down in comfort together. Ruby got up off the floor while stretching some to make sure her bones are ok and headed for the bathroom. After entering she noticed that the shower was already on but it probably wasn''t Weiss or her sister since they usually lock the door. Shallot and Blake were the only ones that didn''t lock the bathroom door when they go in. Ruby continued walking in and could see Shallot''s tail waving behind the shower curtain and went to first wash her hair. While she was washing her hair she could hear wet footsteps behind her than a strong pair of arms wrapping around her waist with something hard pressing against her back. They both had a quick session and Shallot made sure to control himself so Ruby will be able to walk out fine enough and will be able to head to give the information she has. Shallot: ''I will also need to head that way so that I can tell Ironwood that there isn''t anything to worry about since I have already dealt with most things that are going to happen for infiltration wise.'' Shallot and Ruby finished up with Ruby coming out of the bathroom with her face red but she could tell that Shallot was being more gentle today. She did have to scrape out the s?m?n he had put in her so it took slightly longer than usual to clean up after they got done. Ruby left to go and meet Professor Ozpin and Shallot also only after Blake had gotten up and headed for the bathroom to only end up helping finish Shallot morning satisfaction. After they were finished Blake wobbled out of the bathroom while Shallot went and headed for Ozpin''s office thinking that Ruby should be done at this point. While he was standing in the elevator going up he was thinking about the strange feeling he would get from Ozpin every time he was around. He didn''t feel threatened by him but the hairs on his skin would stand up for some reason. Summer had told him that Ozpin had a secret but only Qrow and his sister knew about it in detail. Shallot: ''I guess I can only have my guard up since Saiyan instincts are usually correct.'' Shallot''s elevator came to a stop and a ding went off and the door opened and he could see the elevator next to his close and he got a glimpse of Ruby heading back down but he didn''t think that she saw him since the door was already mostly closed. Shallot could hear that they had already started talking and didn''t want to disturb them and kept quiet watching how things were going. Ironwood: "Well there we have it. We send as many troops as we can to the southeast, find out exactly what''s going on, and eradicate any forces that stand in our way." Ironwood: "Well there we have it. We send as many troops as we can to the southeast, find out exactly what''s going on, and eradicate any forces that stand in our way." Glynda growls in frustration listening to them bicker. Glynda: "Why must your answer to everything involve a triumphant display of military bravado!? You treat every situation like it''s a contest of measuring di¡ª!" Shallot had to cover his mouth because he was about to burst out laughing and draw their attention towards him but he found this hilarious. Ozpin: "Glynda!" Glynda: "Well, he does." Ozpin: "She''s right. As much as I too would love to end this situation once and for all, we must remember that this may go beyond Vale. Beyond Beacon. And if this truly is part of some master plan for which we know not the final move, we mustn''t be so bold. Nor can we risk the spread of panic." Ironwood: I have served you faithfully for years... but if you mean to tell me that your plan is to really hold the defenses, and wait¡ª! Ozpin abruptly stands from his chair placing his hands on the desk while looks at Ironwood. Ozpin: "It is not! You''re a general, James. So tell me, when you prepare to go to war, which do you send in first? The flag bearers, or the scouts?" Shallot decided that he would give his opinion. Shallot: "Well, I already have some information if you''re curious enough, but this doesn''t come at a free price." Ironwood: "How long have you been standing there?" Ironwood was in a more proactive stance in case he needed to attack at a moment''s notice. Shallot just had a smile on his face while walking closer to them with Ozpin holding his arm in front of Ironwood. Ozpin: "Student Shallot, what brings you to my office at this time." Shallot: "I just wanted to make a deal with you all. I can tell you about the plans of the one that broke into the server room and what they were after. In exchange, I want your support on something I''m going to do." Glynda: "What is the something you want support on?" Shallot was looking at them while Ironwood kept his guard up even hearing that Ozpin called him a student but didn''t want to be unprepared just in case he is a spy from somewhere else. Shallot: "I want your support when I take over the White Fang." Ironwood: "Your part of that group of terrorists?" Shallot: "What I''m saying is that I''m going to make them follow me by force and they are going to follow me whether they want to or not. Since I plan on having a personal talk with the leader of the White Fang and make them work under me. They aren''t solving a lot of problems and humans are prejudice against Faunus in general." Ozpin was thinking about it and knew that Shallot was far stronger than most individuals from what he had seen when he first came here. Having Shallot work with him would benefit them in the long run in case he is killed and has to reincarnate another time. The reincarnation will take the time that he just doesn''t have for now. Ozpin: "I agree to your terms. What information do you have that your team leader Ms. Rose hasn''t told us?" Ironwood: "Are you really going to just agree with him. We can just make him talk and get the information if it means keeping the citizens safe." Glynda stayed quiet while watching everything that was going on. [AN: I now have a pat.reon so if you want to see chapter as soon as they are completed check them out there since I don''t have to worry about things being deleted there. You don''t have to if you don''t want to since chapters will be posted here pat.reon.com/TGM_Productions.. (remove the (.) if you didn''t know)] Chapter 62 - The polls are in By unanimous decision... drum roll please *drum roll sound* Velvet has been chosen to be part of the harem. I just now have to write it in (Not really. I already had plans for that) but they are being moved forward some.. It just won''t be happened in the next couple chapter and will be next volume. Chapter 63 - 59 - Field Trip (2) Shallot only looked towards Ironwood and disappeared from his spot appearing in front of Ironwood with a finger pointed at his throat in only a fraction of a second. Ironwood stiffened up while activating his semblance to try to understand what had just happened. Ozpin was going to act along with Glynda when Shallot withdrew his finger then went back to his original spot. Shallot: "I have the strength to trample on someone like you Ironwood but I also know that you make your actions based on wanting to protect the citizens. It is also this view of protection that clouds your judgment in not understanding that there are people that are far superior to you. I don''t like even the gesture of someone thinking they can threaten me because there are only 2 being on this planet that can pose as a threat." Ironwood, Glynda, and Ozpin were letting those words sink in while Ozpin caught onto the phrasing of how he said it. Ozpin: ''He said beings which means that he may know about Salem but I don''t know about what extent he knows. I also don''t know if I have all the information on her.'' Ozpin: "I think you have made your point MR. Shallot. James, I think it is best not to offend him since he seems to want to help us even if it means not doing it for free." Ironwood only used his semblance for a couple of seconds before deciding that it would be best to go along with what he has said. It doesn''t seem that it will cause any harm to the citizens and if they can get more information he can use his semblance more effectively. Glynda finally decided to speak seeing that Shallot seemed a lot different than he usually is. Glynda: ''Usually he is more on the quiet side and doesn''t speak to anyone but his own teammates and team JNPR.'' Glynda "What is the information that you have and we will try to give you the support you need as long as it doesn''t go against our morals." Shallot nodded his head before deciding to tell them the information from Roman that he got about some of the plans he uncovered while setting up the things that they had him doing on their side. Shallot: "I got my information by having a spy on the inside working with the one that broke into this place yesterday night while everyone was dancing. I had already known a day before and had already set up countermeasures for when they break-in. As soon as the person uses and tech to connect to the system or create a program to connect to their device it would block all transmission data while also locking them out of their own device. The second thing is that I know that they were somehow able to get their hands on the tech that Atlas had only revealed to the public just a couple of days ago. Meaning that they had plenty of time to familiarize themselves with what you all said would protect the people. The last thing I can tell you is that they are currently planning to invade the city and flood it with Grimm but that can also be dealt with since my spy can just disable their way into the city with whatever vehicle they will be using. My team will also be here in case any Grimm makes it past somehow. I''m still looking for more information but so far that''s what I got while going through their device when I left my program running in the system of the school." Ozpin was surprised hearing all of this and thinking it was best to not get on the wrong since of Shallot since he wasn''t only physically strong but also intelligent enough to work with computers and deal with some problems that they weren''t even aware of until it was too late. Ozpin was thinking about somethings while Ironwood was also thinking that if he can convince Shallot to come to join Atlas. Ironwood: ''It wouldn''t only strengthen but also having someone else to work with Pietro Polendina. The only problem is that he may not have the best impression of me currently and getting him to join on his own without Ozpin saying much about it is another issue.'' Ozpin finally digested all of the information and was trying to come up with was to prevent what was probably going to happen if those "visions" that Shallot had could be leading to this. He had already been sending out quests for the 3rd year. They are to hunt down all Grimm that is close enough to Vale. However, just doing that may not be enough to stop what is coming. The only thing he can do is prepare as much as he can while also preparing the students. Shallot: "With that being said I look forward to our partnership in the future." Shallot then walks over to the elevator and presses the bu??on then steps in hitting the bu??on to go back to the ground floor. As Shallot heads down so he can head back to the room Ironwood turns towards Ozpin. Ironwood: "So is he the one you have been talking about?" Ozpin: "Yes. I wanted to tell you during today''s conversation but he came in before I could get to it." Glynda: "It ended this way because of your bravado James. If you are to be calmer in your decisions then this wouldn''t have happened." Ozpin cut in asking a question. Ozpin: "What did you get from your interaction with him. I''m pretty sure knowing you, you must have used your semblance to see what he was capable of." Original Semblance: Mettle- Let''s him harden his resolve to make choices... that''s it...nothing more. My version Semblance: Simulation- An ability to run scenarios and "simulations inside their head to find the best possible option based upon information that is known. If no information is known the semblance cannot give an accurate scenario to view. Each scenario can take 500 milliseconds to complete. If used for extended periods of time can lead to headaches and overuse can leave individual bedridden. /T.L.D.R Future Sight Observation Haki without certainty} Ironwood: "I did use my semblance and he could take all of us out. He took it easy on you and Glynda however when you tried to help me he would seem as if he was just playing around with us with just his speed." Glynda: "It still amazes me that your semblance lets you see possible outcomes based on what you can see. Too bad it is limited to the amount of knowledge that is available to you. If that wasn''t the case you would have been the perfect general without your huge ego." Ozpin: "The semblance is impressive none the less. It is how he has been able to make use of every huntsman he has had to order to give them the most effective orders and also grow into one the larger military powers in the world." Ironwood was thinking about the outcomes that he had seen and how with only knowing about Shallot''s speed he couldn''t see an outcome where they could win. Gathering more information will help in case there is more than meets the eye. He also needs to find information on who is exactly planning on attacking so he can prepare. ~~~ [AN: I now have a pat.reon so if you want to see chapter as soon as they are completed check them out there since I don''t have to worry about things being deleted there. You don''t have to if you don''t want to since chapters will be posted here pat.reon.com/TGM_Productions.. (remove the (.) if you didn''t know)] Chapter 64 - 60 - Field Trip (3) [Team RWBYS Dorm Room] Shallot had made it back to the dorm room and had opened the door when he could see that the girls were inside playing with a Corgi while Blake was on top of Ruby''s bed moving sideways avoiding the dog. Shallot giggled seeing this thinking it was hilarious when he was walking in there was another box with some holes in the top sitting close to where they were playing with the Corgi. Blake: "Please keep it away from my belongings." Shallot walked in drawing the girls'' attention when Ruby started pointing at the box on the ground. Inside the box, you could hear the sound of a cat meowing. \ Ruby: "This package was sent to you from our house. Do you know our dad?" Shallot: "I do know Taiyang but I haven''t met him personally." Shallot walks over to the box and opens it and a black cat with green eyes pops their head out. Shallot eyes widen wondering what his cat is doing here since he left her with Summer. Shallot picked up his cat and she purred while being held in his arms. He looked inside the box and could see some boxes with a cat symbol on it and an envelope on top of it. Shallot looked down at the cat he was holding with a reminiscing smile on his face. Shallot: "What are you doing here Merlin?" Merlin: "Nyyyaaaa... nyaa nyaaaa nya nyan [It was getting stuffy in that box. That yellow-haired human is so strange.] Merlin stretched slightly then jumped on top of Shallot''s head before laying down on top of his hair and curling up. Ruby: "You have a cat? And why was he being sent by my dad." He looked at the envelope thinking that it would explain why Merlin would be getting sent through the mail with a Corgi. Shallot: "The letter probably explains why." Shallot begins opening the letter when Glynda''s voice came over the intercom. Glynda: (Over the intercom) "Would all first-year students please report to the amphitheater?" Weiss was looking at the black cat on Shallot''s head while turning and looking at Blake while also thinking that the cat was really cute. Weiss: "We can''t exactly leave both of them here while we''re gone for a week." Ruby sets Zwei down and he walks over to Blake still on the top bunk and Zwei (Corgi) barks with Blake looking like a cat moving around the bed to stay away from Zwei. Merlin turns her head and looks yawning slightly before laying back down. Yang: "Look, there''s a letter! Zwei hops down from Ruby''s arms and arrives in front of Yang Yang: "Dear girls, I''ve got to leave the island for a few days, so I''m sending Zwei to you to take care of. Enclosed is all the food you should need. Love you both, Taiyang." While Yang is reading her leader Shallot opens his envelope and a picture falls out and he grabs the letter on the inside and starts reading. Shallot: ''High Shallot, I have made it back to the house with Taiyang and we have spent our time catching up on what has happened in the last years. He thought I was a ghost when he had seen me and started crying like a little girl hahaha. I have to thank you for everything that you''ve done for me including this really cool arm. I have sent Merlin along with Zwei because she keeps hoping in the bed everytime I try to sleep with Taiyang. I also sent a picture of when I was bathing you when we were still in the cave the first year. You kids grow up so fast. Make sure that Merlin doesn''t get ahold of anything bad. Also I want to surprise the girls when they get back so Taiyang didn''t tell them in his letter that I was back. Keep it a secret for me and if you like my daughter wait until you graduate atleast.'' Shallot had a bead of sweat come down his forehead thinking about what he has already done and knows that she may chase him with her bow launching arrows at him. Shallot balls the later up before destroying it with a ki blast in his hand vaporizing it to leave no evidence. Shallot opens the envelope to look for the picture when he notices that it is empty. He then looks on the floor but doesn''t see anything but some cans of dog food and a can opener and then turns and sees Blake with the picture in her hand. Shallot eyes go wide thinking that his BS skills better be in top form today for what he is going to have to explain to keep this a secret. Yang looks over at Shallot and turns the picture towards him and everyone else sees it with Ruby staring at it. In the picture is a smaller version of him standing at only 3 ft and Summer next to him holding him close while washing his hair with him having a pout on his face. Summer had one hand out holding the camera facing towards the both of them while they were sitting in what looked like an outdoors open bath but the only difference was that they could see cave walls in the background. Ruby: "You know who my mom is? Do you know where she is right now?" Everyone else in the room got quiet and waited for his answer while Shallot was feeling why did Summer send a picture if she wanted to keep it a secret for now. Shallot: "I do know your mom and she was like a mother to me when I was younger when I was out exploring the world. She had said that she was out on a mission and she wanted to finish it so she could get back to her daughters Ruby and Yang." Ruby: "So what happened. Why haven''t I heard of her." Shallot: "We were attacked by a large swarm of Grimm and she lost an arm." Shallot wanted to mix truths in but also lead them to think that he doesn''t know where she is currently. Shallot: "We were fighting a large group when we got separated and I''m not sure where she went after that but she said that she will probably head back home if she can." Ruby looked down thinking that maybe she didn''t make it and that small amount of hope started to flicker out before Shallot started talking again. Shallot: "She didn''t seem as if she would die so easily so don''t count her out just yet. She may not have made it back years ago but we were all the way in the Anima plains." Ruby''s face brightened up wanting to go back home and tell her dad that mom may still be on her way back she just has to travel on foot. Ruby stares at Zwei before smiling becoming happier like always. [AN: I now have a pat.reon so if you want to see chapter as soon as they are completed check them out there since I don''t have to worry about things being deleted there. You don''t have to if you don''t want to since chapters will be posted here pat.reon.com/TGM_Productions.. (remove the (.) if you didn''t know)] Chapter 65 - 61 - Field Trip (4) Team RWBYS had made it to the auditorium with Ruby having a huge backpack. She then puts it down next to other students'' luggage before rejoining her team, who are standing in front of Team JNPR. Glynda: "Quiet! Quiet, please. Professor Ozpin would like to share a few words before we begin." Ozpin: "Today we stand together, united. Mistral. Atlas. Vacuo. Vale. The four Kingdoms of Remnant. On this day, nearly eighty years ago, the largest war in recorded history came to an end. It was a war of ignorance, greed, and oppression. A war that was about much more than where borders fell or who traded with whom, but about the very idea of individualism itself. We fought for countless reasons, one of which being the destruction of all forms of art and self-expression. And as you are well aware, that was something many could not stand for. As a result, those who opposed this tyranny began naming their children after one of the core aspects of art itself: color. It was their way to demonstrate that not only would they refuse to tolerate this oppression, but neither were the generations to come. And it was a trend that is held to this very day. We encourage individuality, expressionism, and unity through diversity. As I have said, today we stand together, united. But this bond cannot exist without effort. Which is why today, while the rest of the world celebrates peace, Huntsmen and Huntresses will work to uphold it. As first-year students, you will be tasked with shadowing a professional Huntsman or Huntress on a mission. Some of you may be taken out of the Kingdom for several days. Others may work within the walls for the rest of the week. But no matter which path you choose, remember to be safe, remember your training, and remember to do your very best. Ozpin steps away as the students all begin to file out of the amphitheater. Ruby: "This is perfect! All we have to do is shadow a Huntsman working in the southeast!" Shallot: "That''s a really good idea we just have to find a mission that takes places over in that direction or you can''t investigate." Yang: "Yeah! We''ll follow them around by day and give them the slip by night!" Weiss: "Let''s check "search and destroy"!" Ruby: "Here we go! Quadrant 5 needs Grimm cleared out!" Shallot: "Oh that sounds like an interesting mission. It will help you get used to all the training you have done and you can work on control also." Weiss: "You still haven''t help me with an idea for my semblance. You have helped everyone else but you just give me gravity training." Shallot: "You already have a fighting style. What you need currently is experience and this is the perfect type of mission so you can get just that. If I can see how you are fighting currently then I can probably give some suggestions but it seems as if you are already adept at using your rapier." Blake was reading the details of the mission when she told everyone. Blake: "Well, it''s in the southeast!" Yang: "Sounds perfect!" Ruby selects it and types in her team name. However, the screen says that first-years are not allowed to take this mission. Weiss: "Wonderful!" Blake: "Any other ideas?" Ruby: "We mail ourselves there!" Shallot: "Well that is a problem. Maybe I can do something about that." Shallot starts looking around for Ozpin and could see that he was over in the distance and starts waving at him. Shallot: "OZPIN!!!" Weiss: "What... are... you... doing. You can''t just call the headmaster like that." Ozpin sees Shallot and walks over to them before explaining why they couldn''t get the job. Ozpin: "Unfortunately, we determined that the concentration of Grimm was too extreme for first-year students. It seems that particular region is rather popular. In fact, I have the sneaking suspicion that you five will make your way there no matter which job you choose. With Shallot here I''m pretty sure that any job would be fine just not for the first one." Weiss, Blake, and Yang glared at Ruby, who nervously rubs her head with Shallot rubbing her back in a comforting manner. Ruby: "Whatever makes you say that?" Ozpin: "I''m still curious how you all found yourself at the docks last semester. I''m interested to know how you really learned about a hideout in the southeast. And I certainly wonder why witnesses reported seeing robots and rose petals in a dance club some time ago." Shallot: "Considering the loud explosion I caused at the docks I''m pretty sure any hunter or huntress would have made their way over." Ozpin: "Fair enough. So how about this. Instead of waiting for you all to break the rules, why don''t we just bend them? I won''t have to really worry about you alls safety when Shallot and another professional hunter is going to be there to show you the ropes." Ozpin selects some things on his scroll, and the hologram screen makes a noise. Ruby: "We won''t let you down. Thank you, professor." Ozpin: "Do not thank me for this. Teamwork and persistence have carried you far. But you must understand, the things that await you beyond the protection of the Kingdom will not care. Stay close to your Huntsman at all times, and do exactly as he says. He will be leading you on this mission, and he can have you sent back to Beacon if he finds your skills to be unsatisfactory. Good luck." Team RWBYS was walking away when Shallot lagged behind a bit so that Ozpin could still hear him. Shallot: "The one that infiltrated the place has control over an ability that''s not dust or a semblance." With Shallot saying that he continued walking towards the rest of his team. Team RWBYS has left the auditorium and are on their way to the airship that will take them to Quadrant 5. Yang: "That wasn''t exactly uplifting. I feel that he sees us a nothing as children that has to be looked after by Shallot or someone else if we are going to get something done." Shallot: "Then prove that you are reliable enough to not need baby sitters. Ruby has a track record 0-3 for catching criminals." Ruby just tilted her head down but hearing that but also felt a hand on her head. She looked up seeing that it was Shallot. Shallot: "But it is also everyone''s first year. If everyone could do everything in their first year it would be no point in coming to Beacon Academy." Yang: "You started sounding wiser all of a sudden. Are you sure your feeling ok?" Shallot: "I''m feeling just fine. We should go on another date when we get back." Yang smiles hearing that thinking about the last time before Ruby cuts in. Ruby: "I want to go on a date also. Yang told me about everything you all did and I want to experience that also." Shallot just smiled and give her a kiss on her cheek. Shallot: "Whatever you say little red riding hood, but you have to make sure the big bad wolf doesn''t eat you after the picnic is over." Ruby face flushes but still nods looking forward to it. While they are absorbed talking to each other a student runs past them. Student: "Hey! Team CFVY is back!" Beacon students gather around to witness the return of Team CFVY. Blake and Shallot go up to Velvet Scarlatina. Blake/Shallot: "Velvet? Are you okay?" Blake and Shallot look at each and giggles at their accidental sync. Velvet: "I''m fine. I had Yatsuhashi to look out for me." Shallot places a hand on her shoulder and uses his spirit orb ability speeding up her recovery time by using his energy to heal her. Shallot: "We can''t have a beauty being injured now can we." Velvet blushes and her ears perk up. Velvet: "Thank you Shallot. I feel much better." Weiss comes over to see that the spots that look like they are injured have already recovered before asking a question. Weiss: "Your mission was supposed to end a week ago! What happened?" Velvet: "Nothing happened. It was just ... there were just so many..." She looks up and notices Team RWBYS''s worried expressions while focusing more on Shallot''s face. Velvet: "Oh, but don''t worry. You first-years are just shadowing Huntsmen, so you should be fine. I''m also sure that Shallot can handle it. I''ve seen the videos and he is definitely a good teammate" Shallot: "I''m an even better "Mate". Shallot winked at her making her face become more red going all the way to her ears. Velvet: "I should go. Be safe, okay?" Velvet then dashed away. Ruby: "We can do this. We''ve never backed down before, and we''re not going to start now." They all turned to get ready for what for the huntsmen that would be there for them when they see one of their teachers standing there. Oobleck: "Why, hello girls and Shallot! Who''s ready to fight for their lives?" [AN: I now have a pat.reon so if you want to see chapter as soon as they are completed check them out there since I don''t have to worry about things being deleted there. You don''t have to if you don''t want to since chapters will be posted here pat.reon.com/TGM_Productions.. (remove the (.) if you didn''t know)] Chapter 66 - 62 - Search and Destroy (1) Shallot and the girls looked seeing who was the hunter seeing that it was one of their professors Dr. Oobleck. Everyone had their bags along with Shallot carrying his duffle bag with his travel gear. Weiss: "Professor Oobleck?" Shallot: "Dr. Oobleck Weiss." Oobleck started speaking quickly as usual. Oobleck: "Yes, I''m afraid those bags won''t be necessary, seeing as you''ve opted to shadow a Huntsman on what is now essentially a reconnaissance mission. I can ?ssure you, we will not be establishing a single base of operations; rather, we will be traversing several miles of hazardous wasteland and making camp in any defendable locations we may stumble upon. I packed all of our essentials myself, plotted our air course, and readied the airship. And... Oobleck zooms up to Weiss''s face and turns his head towards Shallot. Oobleck: "Yes Shallot, it is Dr. and not "professor". I didn''t earn the Ph.D. for fun, thank you very much! Ms. Schnee, you should learn from your teammate." Dr. Oobleck then quickly backs away from in front of them. Weiss had a disturbed look on her face and looks towards Shallot who is only smiling at her as if it isn''t his concern at all. Oobleck: "Come now, children; according to my schedule, we are already three minutes behind! (Then, as an afterthought to clarify:) ...schedule! Ruby: "Well, alright, then! Looks like we''re going to save the world with Doctor Oooobleck- okay yeah when you say it out loud it sounds worse." Shallot: "It''s not that bad Ruby. He may have his quirks but he is a professional hunter after all and he is still alive to this day which means he is doing something right. A loud, hyperactive voice sounded out from behind them. Nora: "Save the world?" Team RWBYS turns around to see Nora and Team JNPR approaching. Shallot waved his hand towards them. Shallot: "Hey Nora. Are Ren''s pancakes still delicious?" Nora hearing this drools slightly then refocuses. Nora: "As always." Nora started being dramatic. Nora: "You''re going on world-saving missions without us? I''m hurt... sad!" Nora''s stomach grumbles still thinking about the pancakes she didn''t get this morning. Nora: "Maybe a little hungry? That last one''s not your fault, though, Ren..." Jaune: "Sounds exciting. Where ya going?" Ruby cut in this time. Ruby: "Oh, just outside the kingdom..." Nora: "Hey! So are we!" Pyrrha: "Ren and Nora wanted to shadow the sheriff of a nearby village." Ren: "We set out tomorrow." While they were talking Neptune and Sun walked up wearing crime scene specialist outfits. Neptune: "Then you can party with us tonight!" Weiss can be seen with stars in her eyes looking at Neptune while he''s talking. Neptune: "We''re shadowing a crime specialist. All inner-city detective stuff. We get junior badges." Jaune is awestruck. Sun: "We normally go to the city with you guys, which means stuff''s always exploding and junk, so we thought this might be a better way to check out the kingdom when it''s, you know... normal." Shallot: "So, I''m guessing you just want to live a boring life before becoming professional hunters then. When you become a hunter most likely explosions and fighting is what you''re going to do most of the time." Sun: "That... I... ok you have a point but I want to see the city for once since we''re here and being with you guys is going to make it kinda hard." Ruby grabbed her ?h?st over her heart as if an arrow pierced it from his harsh remark. Ruby: "Well-" Oobleck appears from the airship to call to Team RWBYS, who are embarrassed except for Shallot who was sliding an energy bar to Nora knowing what it''s like being hungry before having to go somewhere. Nora nods before eating the energy bar feeling a lot fuller than she usually would with her stomach sticking out slightly from where it usually is. Nora: "This is amazing." Shallot: "That''s a high compact energy bar made to feed 3 people." Ren looked at Nora thinking that he may need to ask Shallot how to make them so Nora won''t ask him to cook so often throughout the day. Shallot waves at Team JNPR before heading to the airship to get to their destination. While Shallot is walking he hears Dr. Oobleck while he is stepping out of the airship calling towards the girls who are still off to the side talking to Pyrhha and John about what they have been doing lately. Oobleck: "Four minutes, ladies!" Oobleck seeing that Shallot was already close to the ship didn''t call for him. Shallot put some ki into his legs while taking another step appearing next to Dr. Oobleck before walking into the ship with Dr. Oobleck''s eyes widening seeing his speed that he found it hard to follow but could b?r?ly see it. Oobleck: ''Impressive indeed. Professor Ozpin was correct that Beacon academy would be safe if we could convince him to be a teacher here after he graduated.'' Ruby: "Well, uh..." Ruby throws a thumbs-up. Ruby: "Wish us luck!" After that, they all went to the ship to join Dr. Oobleck and Shallot inside with Ruby being on one side while Blake being on the other hugging an arm each. The airship took off flying towards their mission location. Yang turned to Dr. Oobleck to talk to their huntsmen guide. Yang: "I guess I just never saw you as much of a fighter." Oobleck: "I admit I fancy myself more of an intellectual, but I can ?ssure you, as a Huntsman, I''ve had my fair share of tussles." Ruby tilted her head in confusion Ruby: "Like the mushroom?" Blake turned to look past Shallot who was trying not to laugh Blake: "Those are truffles." Ruby: "Like the sprout?" Yang looked over towards Ruby. Yang: "Those are Brussels." Shallot just lovingly ??r?ssed Ruby''s head thinking that she was adorable thinking about how he knows all of the vegetables and wonders if it has anything to do with being a Saiyan since they are named after them. Oobleck: "Besides, given my expertise in the field of history as well as my dabblings in the archaeological surveys, our dear headmaster saw fit to ?ssign me to this particular... ?ssignment!" Shallot: "Most likely because you have experience with many different types of Grimm you would be able to report back to him in case there are any dangerous Grimm amongst the group if we come across them." Weiss: "What does history have to do with this?" Dr. Oobleck turned sharply on Weiss. Oobleck: "Why, what a preposterous question, you silly girl! Why history is the backbone of our very society! And the liver! Probably the kidneys, if I were to wager." Weiss: "And that means..?" Dr. Oobleck turns towards Shallot to see if he knew the reason since his teammates didn''t seem to know the answer. Shallot spoke up. Shallot: "The southeast quadrant outside of Vale is home to wild forests and deep caves, but it is also the location to one of the kingdom''s greatest failures! In my opinion, though it is also one of the greatest successes since it was capable of building something that could act as a safety point without a large army there to protect it." Ruby: "Mountain Gleen." Oobleck: "Exactly so you all do know your history." Yang: "That''s right! It was an expansion of Vale... but in the end, it was overrun by Grimm and fenced off from the rest of the city." Oobleck: "Correct! And now it stands abandoned as a dark reminder." Blake: "And a likely place for a hideout." Dr. Oobleck adjusts his glasses and smiles. Oobleck: "Precisely! I do have to ask. Why do you also said one of the greatest accomplishments even though it was one of the largest failures that we have come across Shallot." Shallot: "That''s because Mount Gleen is the home to a large number of Grimm and was incredibly close to a certain research facility." Ruby: "Hmm?" Shallot: "Merlot industries was the facility that experimented on the Grimm that would come towards the city because they wanted to study the capabilities of their regeneration and their nigh immortality that they seem to have if they aren''t struck down dust, aura, or a certain type of material like the silver weapons that are used by hunters and huntresses. What was amazing about the facility was that they were close to making a prosthetic limb that would require metal like the metal prosthetics that most crippled hunters and huntresses have. They were close to making biological limbs that were capable of working just like a normal limb. The only downside to it was that they were made from Grimm parts that weren''t capable of using aura. The downfall of the city was partly due to a reactor going off at the facility that was located at Mount Glenn. This explosion freed the captured Grimm that were already there and those called more Grimm close by to attack the city." Dr. Oobleck cut in talking quickly as usual. Oobleck: "I never knew those things happened there. As far as we knew was that the city feels from an attack by Grimm. How did you come across this information." Shallot: "I have some connections and when I came to Vale I decided to get as much information I could get while traveling. If we are traveling there we might be able to find remnants of the facility that was there. They said the head of research had died in the explosion because she wouldn''t leave his "test subjects" behind." Dr. Oobleck rubbed chin thinking that it was best the professor Ozpin knows that they have some new information about this area and could some more teams later to see if they could find anything that could help them later on. [AN: I now have a pat.reon so if you want to see chapter as soon as they are completed check them out there since I don''t have to worry about things being deleted there. You don''t have to if you don''t want to since chapters will be posted here pat.reon.com/TGM_Productions.. (remove the (.) if you didn''t know)] Chapter 67 - 63 - Search and Destroy (2) The girls had listened to everything that was being said and were surprised about how much information that Shallot seemed to know. Weiss always just saw him as a goofball that would hit on everyone in their team except her for some reason. Yang always thought he only cared about his libido mostly and training. She also thought that he was slightly overprotective of them. Blake always thought that he spent most of his time training and traveling but didn''t know what he learned in his travels. While Ruby wasn''t that surprised since Shallot said once while wearing a white doctor''s coat while working on the scythe with him Saiyan that he is a great warrior and scientist. He was also wearing a red bandana on his head for some reason. Oobleck: "Have you told anyone about this so far Mr. ??? Do you have a last name Shallot?" Shallot: "No I don''t. Wasn''t with my parents long enough to get a last name." Dr. Oobleck goes quiet thinking about that then says slower than he usually talks. Oobleck: "Sorry to hear that." Shallot: "It''s fine. They are probably dead at this point." Weiss: "YOU CAN''T SAY SOMETHING LIKE THAT ABOUT YOUR PARENTS." Shallot raised an eyebrow at that. Shallot: "It''s most likely true though. People of my "kind" usually don''t make it to old age before they are killed going off on a mission. Even the children know that the missions have a high mortality rate." Shallot: ''That''s not really a lie. Most Saiyans that aren''t strong enough die on their missions and even the children that are sent on destruction missions if they have a low power level.'' Oobleck: "Kind?" Shallot: "I come from a tribe of warriors who are always fighting so death is something to expect." Everyone''s eyes widen hearing that and stay quiet until they arrive at their destination with Ruby holding onto Shallot''s clothes tighter and Blake snuggling closer to him. After another 45 minutes of flying the ship starts slowing down letting them know that they have arrived. They all walk off the ship and start to survey the area. Oobleck: "You still may be students, but as of this moment, your first mission as Hunters and Huntresses has begun! From this point forward, you need to do exactly as I say! Do you understand?" Dr. Oobleck looks at Ruby. Oobleck: "Ruby! I thought I told you to leave all of your bags back at school." Ruby turns and looks at Shallot that has his duffle bag with him and she can see glowing eyes peeking out of the bag at her. Ruby: "But, uh, you hadn''t told us to listen to you yet. So I didn''t." Oobleck: ''She''s not wrong...'' "Very well, Ruby; leave your bag here, we can pick it up upon our return. You too Shallot. I have already prepared everything that we will need for this expedition." Ruby: "But I, well uh-" Oobleck: "Young lady, what in the world could you possibly have in that bag that could be so important to bring it with..." Dr. Oobleck stops as the bag''s zipper opens and out pops Zwei''s head, causing everyone except Shallot to stare at the uninvited guest. Shallot slides his duffle bag slightly further behind himself making sure that Merlin isn''t seen. Ruby looks towards Shallot for help when Merlin also sticks her head out of the bag starting to feel cramped. Merlin: "Nya.." Ruby whispers to Zwei through the side of her mouth Ruby: "Get back in the bag." Shallot just picks Merlin up and holds her not caring at this point anymore. He''s taking Merlin with him whether Oobleck likes it or not. She also knows how to hunt since he tested if animals in this world could use ki. Shallot: "I have nothing to hide." Zwei merely barks in response saying that he won''t be silenced. Oobleck: "We''re here to investigate an abandoned urban jungle teeming with death and hostility, and you brought... a dog and a cat?" Ruby: "I, uh..." Oobleck: "Genius!" Dr. Oobleck backs away long enough for Ruby to give a confused shrug before speeding past and snatching the pet away from Ruby, who tumbles to the ground as Oobleck spins Zwei in the air. Canines are historically known for their perceptive nose and heightened sense of sound, making them excellent companions for a hunt such as ours! Cats are descendants of tigers that have been domesticated and have evolved differently then their large feline companions. Even though they are castly smaller they still contain their hunting instincts of their predecessors." Zwei barks happily in his hands and Merlin tilts her head up in pride before going back to rolling around for being rubbed. Dr. Oobleck looks towards Merlin and she stops rolling around on Shallot''s legs and arches her back hissing at Dr. Oobleck as soon as he was planning on charging towards her. Dr. Oobleck looks impressed at the cat for noticing his movements and decided to not move closer to her. Ruby had enough time to react to everything and sprung up releasing Shallot''s arm while yelling out. Ruby: "I''m a genius." Weiss and Yang both facepalm at their grinning leader. Blake: "So, what are your orders, Doctor?" Blake had already let go of Shallot after exiting the ship so that she could stay on the look out even though she knows nothing will happen with Shallot here. She also knows that he doesn''t want her to become overly reliant on him so she can react to any situation. Oobleck: "Ah, yes, straight to the chase; I like it!" Dr. Oobleck suddenly lets go of Zwei, suspended in the air for less than a second before dropping down, to put his hands behind his back for a serious pose. Oobleck: "As you''ve been informed, the southeast area has been marked as a recent hot spot for Grimm activity. Now, there are several possible explanations for this behavior, one of which being... Grimm." Ruby was just as confused as her teammates for the redundancy. Ruby: "Uh, what?" Shallot looks up towards a Beowolf Grimm he can see in the distance and points a finger at it. Shallot: "He''s talking about the Grimm over there." Shallot then charges a ki beam on his fingertip and blasts it towards the Grimm causing a small explosion in the area where the Grimm was standing. Everyone''s eye open at that except for Merlin and Blake looking as if nothing happened knowing that that was the common result if Shallot isn''t playing around. [AN: I now have a pat.reon so if you want to see chapter as soon as they are completed check them out there since I don''t have to worry about things being deleted there. You don''t have to if you don''t want to since chapters will be posted here pat.reon.com/TGM_Productions.. (remove the (.) if you didn''t know)] Chapter 68 - 64 - Search and Destroy (3) Weiss: "Won''t that draw more attention to ourselves from the other Grimm?" Shallot: "After all of that training I gave you all are you still thinking that some Beowolves would be a challenge." Weiss thinks about it before making her reply. Weiss: "You helped them do everything while you only increased the gravity around me and didn''t teach me anything." Shallot: "Gravity training is a lot more useful than you believe it to be especially for you since you primarily focus on speed." Shallot then started using his semblance again to increase his own gravity to 20x since they weren''t on the ship before. Ruby: "Why was there a Grimm so close by?" Oobleck: "There are a number of reasons why Grimm will congregate in this particular area, the most likely of which will be their attraction to negativity: sadness, envy, loneliness, hatred. All qualities that are likely held by our hidden group harboring ill intent." Shallot: "I hold no hatred for Grimm." Weiss raises an eyebrow at that. Weiss: "Why is that?" Yang also wanted to hear the answer to that while Blake already probably knew. Shallot: "Why should I feel hatred for something that is weaker than myself and is harmless to me. Do you have a hatred towards ants?" Weiss, Yang, Ruby, and Oobleck are amazed at his answer while Shallot continued playing with Merlin while making sure that the gravity doesn''t affect her. Ruby: "So what do we do now?" Oobleck: "I would have suggested tracking the Beowulf towards it pack but Shallot has already killed the Beowolf." Weiss: "Nice going Shallot." Shallot doesn''t even turn to look at her and points again towards where he first blasted. Everyone could see that there are more Beowolves coming out from the buildings looking at the small crater that Shallot made from blasting the first Beowulf. Oobleck: "And there''s the whole pack." Ruby: "Well we are pretty lucky then." Shallot just smiles slightly while looking at Merlin. Shallot: "If I knew what your semblance was before naming you, you would have probably been named Domino." Blake hearing that looks towards Shallot. Blake: "Merlin has a semblance?" Shallot: "I''ve also trained her to use ki. She is stronger than an average thug at least but isn''t as stronger as a hunter or huntress... yet." Oobleck: "And they''ve seen us." Shallot: "This is a perfect time to see how far the training has gotten you since you don''t need to hold back now." Blake steps forward about to attack when Shallot grabs her hand. Shallot: "Let''s make this a little far and let Weiss and Ruby handle it. You would be overkill against 5 Beowolves. Yang would pulverize them with ease after her training and Weiss can finally understand the purpose of gravity training and the boon of it." Ruby: "I take it tracking them is out of the question?" Oobleck: "An accurate ?ssumption, yes. It also seems that Shallot wishes for you to take care of the Grimm to see how far your "training" has gotten you. I am also interested in what you all are capable of hearing something about "gravity training". If it is something that can help train huntsmen and huntresses better then it should probably be added to the combat class." Ruby swings Crescent Rose to prepare it for shooting. Ruby: "Cover your ears, Zwei!" The dog does so, curling up into a ball. Ruby cuts two of the arms but her scythe is slowed down enough to be stopped by the third Beowulf and it charges in. The other two that managed to jump away at first were about to join in the attack were blindsided by Weiss who had her Glyphs on the ground. She seemed to disappear from everyone''s viewpoint except for Shallot and Blake and appeared on the side of one of the Grimm skewering it threw the skull with her Myrtenaster. Weiss was also surprised at how fast she had gone and wasn''t completely prepared and barreled through the Grimm''s body launching herself and the Grimm into the side of a building making the wall collapse. Blake and Yang started laughing at that not expecting Weiss to do that while Shallot was only shaking his head. Shallot: "This is why you make sure to adjust to your abilities and technique before going into combat after using gravity training." Weiss climbed out of the rubble from the building noticing that she was perfectly fine. Even with aura, most people can still feel sudden movements and actions done two them. A gut-punch may not break the aura but it still hurts even though the aura stops all most all of the damage. Weiss hair had broken free from her ponytail and was draped over her face and she blew upwards to try to get it out of her face. Shallot: "Well damn! I think she actually looks better with her hair down. This look suits her more." Yang is looking also and also agree''s that this style might be better but her regular style suits her personality more. Ruby was still fighting against the now three one-armed Grimm''s. The Grimm on her right side swings lunging at her right arm while the Grimm on the left strike towards her legs. The final Grimm b?r?s its teeth at Ruby going for her neck. The Beowulf that was on the right still had Crescent Rose lodged inside it and was trying to remove it from its stomach. Ruby swing upward thinking that the Beowulf was pretty light now before cleaving it in half. Weiss had finally gotten her barring about herself and decided not to use her glyphs and only rely on her natural and dashed towards the second Grimm she overshot. She realized that her current speed is equal to what she was capable of achieving with her glyphs originally. Weiss appeared in front of the last Grimm that wasn''t harmed in the fight by Ruby. She used her glyph at close range stabbing it into the Grimm activating her semblance freezing the Grimm in a block of ice. She then started pushing with more force shattering it into many pieces dealing with the Beowulf. Yang was watching everything and was feeling bored watching Ruby and Weiss deal with the Beowolves''. Yang: "This is boring. Isn''t there something that we can do in the meantime?" Shallot: "There will most likely be more Grimm appearing as we search around here so you can get some fighting in then." Ruby was in the distance and tried a move that Shallot showed her. She tightened her hand on Crescent Rose before swinging it as if she was doing an attack but let with a flick of her wrist turning the blade into a circular blade of death. It headed straight for the Beowulf that was knocked back by the rifle round earlier cleaving it in half. Ruby burst into a flurry of petals flying past the scythe above it appearing again and grabbing the scythe and landing with a flip. [AN: I now have a pat.reon so if you want to see chapter as soon as they are completed check them out there since I don''t have to worry about things being deleted there. You don''t have to if you don''t want to since chapters will be posted here pat.reon.com/TGM_Productions.. (remove the (.) if you didn''t know)] Chapter 69 - 65 - Search and Destroy (4) Shallot was nodding his head watching Ruby when she pulled the move off thinking that all the time they spent after classes were worth it. He was amazed at how she could catch on so quick at being flexible with her semblance. Weiss started walking back towards the group while Ruby dashed towards the final one-armed Grimm slicing it from the waist separating into two halves. Ruby then started walking towards the group thinking that it was a good exercise but not anything strenuous. Shallot: "Weiss, do you have any complaints about the gravity training now?" Weiss turned her head away and harumphed. Weiss: "You knew this was going to happen didn''t you." Shallot: "I told you not to use your glyphs until you were completely fine with the training and was able to move with any problems. Well, I guess you naturally really good balance since you''re usually wearing heels." Weiss starts searching for something to tie her hair with again because it is getting in her way. While she was doing that Blake decided that she was going to mess with her. Blake: "You know Shallot was talking about you when you crashed into the building." Weiss stopped and looked towards Blake then Shallot. Blake: "He said that you look better with your hair down." Weiss was processing that since she was about to through a fit at him but stopped when what Blake said next when through her ears. Weiss just turned away and started going through her hidden pockets and found another hair tie before putting her hair back into a ponytail. The group then continued traveling through the ruins with Blake and Yang dealing with the Grimm that was showing up. Dr. Oobleck was impressed with their combat capabilities and knowing that Shallot was the one behind training them he was thinking he would make an excellent teacher. Oobleck: "Have you ever thought about becoming a teacher after finishing school. You have trained them well in combat." Shallot: "The only one I have personally trained from scratch is Blake since we grew up together and the others I only helped them with what they already had." Oobleck: "That''s what a teacher''s main job is. Helping the next generation of Hunters and Huntresses increase what they already have and becoming far better." Shallot: "I don''t plan on being a teacher. I''m just doing everything to make sure that my teammates have the strength to protect themselves so that I don''t have to be watching over my shoulder all the time. The more strength they have the better the team is." While Shallot and Oobleck were talking to each other the girls were taking care of the Grimm. Merlin was laying on top of Shallot''s head napping since he had a lot of hair and she found it comfortable. After a while longer and the girls had dealt with all the Grimm still not feeling tired just annoyed that there were so many. Oobleck: "Excellent work, girls! Unfortunately, there doesn''t seem to be any signs of criminal operations in this sector." Yang: "Hey, Doc, y''know, I was actually looking forward to seeing a "pro-Huntsman" in action. Like, fighting, or at least, helping us fight even though we don''t need it? We would at least want to see how strong you are compared to the students." Oobleck: "Ah, but I am in action! Scouring the ruins of this once-great city for any signs of irregularity! Not every mission is filled with daring and heroism, girls. Sometimes it''s just a heightened form of extermination! Oh, well! Moving on! Remember, this is a job, and you all signed up for it. I do hope you understand that." Shallot: "I guess we were lucky then Blake. Search and Destroy was our missions originally." Ruby: "Search and Destroy?" Shallot: "When we were part of the White Fang. Those missions were hunting down bandits and appropriating some missed materials for the better need." Blake: "He just needs some money for making weapons and experiments so he called them missions and dragged me along. He also lied to others of the White Fang knowing that they couldn''t do anything to him since he stayed in our house. He was mostly stronger than all the others except for the leaders back then but I''m sure that now he is stronger than everyone else." Yang: "So how strong was he as a kid?" Blake: "It took him 4 years to be strong enough so he could travel by himself in the wild. He left the village at 8 years old and for 6 years went around doing who knows what at that time. I do know that he would call on a scroll he got from somewhere and make updates sometimes. Other times he would just appear out of the blue just to check in me to make sure nobody was getting any "bright ideas"." Yang: "Sounds like he might have been jealous." Shallot could still hear them even though they were slightly behind everyone else and were trying to whisper. Shallot: "I''m just territorial." Ruby just giggles at that. Oobleck: "We should get going it is getting darker out. It''s best that we start setting up a defense point while also deciding who will be responsible for the While they were walking Oobleck turned towards Yang with the only Shallot being close enough to hear the conversation. Oobleck: "Tell me, Yang. Why did you choose this line of work?" Yang: "Huh?" She thinks about it for a bit then replies. Yang: "Well, to fight monsters and save-" Oobleck: "No, that is what you do. I want to know why you do it. The honest reason as to why you want to be a Huntress." Yang: "The honest reason? I''m a thrill-seeker. I want to travel around the world and get wrapped up in as many crazy adventures as I can. And if I help people along the way, then that''s even better. It''s a win-win, y''know?" Oobleck then turns to Shallot and wonders exactly someone as strong as Shallot would want to come to the school if he can just do what he wants. Oobleck: "And what is your reason Shallot?" Shallot didn''t have to think of an answer since he just does what he wants. Shallot: "No specific reason really. I do it because I can. It''s kind of like asking why do people hunt animals when we can live off of vegetables. It''s simply because we can. I''m here at this school because I want to." Shallot: ''And I need to gather information about this Salem that Summer told me about. I should be strong enough at this point from all of this gravity training. I hate that it damages my body doing this though if I push too far... what a second.'' Shallot''s eyes widen thinking about something. Shallot: ''I can use the spirit orb and spirit dome ability to heal to constantly heal myself while training with gravity and I can go even if I injured training and healing. I have my own hax now.'' [AN: I now have a pat.reon so if you want to see chapter as soon as they are completed check them out there since I don''t have to worry about things being deleted there. You don''t have to if you don''t want to since chapters will be posted here pat.reon.com/TGM_Productions.. (remove the (.) if you didn''t know)] Chapter 70 - 66 - Search and Destroy (5) Shallot had stopped laughing with Yang looking at him seeing if he was alright in the head. Yang: "You didn''t go crazy out here did you?" Shallot: "I just thought about a way for me to increase my training speed immensely. Within a year I should be capable of standing against everyone in the world even if they came at me altogether. I will finally be able to deal with a nuisance that I couldn''t figure out how to deal with." Yang''s interest peeked at that hearing there is someone that Shallot couldn''t deal with himself since he seems to be capable of doing almost everything. While they were still walking searching for a place to take shelter for the night it seemed that Dr. Oobleck seemed to be finished asking questions until hew walked by Ruby who had a Turkey on Crescent Rose flipping it in front of Zwei. Ruby seeing Dr. Oobleck turns towards him. Ruby: "Sorry! Uh... Are we ready to keep going?" Oobleck: "Nope! I believe that will have to do for today. It''s going to be dark soon. I think that the building over there will be good for our temporary shelter. Oobleck throws his bag over to Yang, who makes a sound when she catches it. Oobleck: "You three, set up camp in that building. Oh, and please do make sure there are no more of those... creatures. Your leader, Shallot and I are going to secure the perimeter. Come, Ruby." They start walking away from the rest of RWBYS, who each look at their leader and Shallot, knowing what she''ll be asked. What they didn''t understand was why Shallot was also asked to come with. As Oobleck, Shallot, Ruby round the corner of a building, she sees something in the distance that makes her say. Ruby: "Whaaaa..." There is a wide forest stretching below the ruin, and in the midst of it, a line of giant elephants with the black and white features of animals of darkness marching through the trees. Ruby: "What is that? It looks awesome!" Oobleck: "That, my dear girl, is a Grimm." Shallot: "Megoliath Grimm to be specific. They do most of their damage by charging and stomping its large legs onto its enemy." Ruby stares at the lumbering mass of monsters in amazement and awe before pulling out her gun, saying Ruby: "Let''s kill it." Shallot laughs at that thinking that he is proud of his girlfriend. Oobleck: "I''m afraid your sniper rifle will do nothing more than agitating a Grimm of that size." Shallot: "I can kill it for you if you want Ruby?" Ruby: "But... What if it attacks us? I know that Shallot can probably deal with it but what should others do if they come across the Megoliath." Oobleck: "Fret not, Ruby; those Goliaths are not concerned with us. Ruby, not every Grimm is mindless, or rather not every Grimm is still mindless. You see, the Grimm you see before you are so powerful, so superior to the Grimm you fought, that they''ve undoubtedly lived hundreds of years, and in that time between killing humans and attacking our borders, they have done one important thing: They''ve learned. They''ve learned that when they attack our borders, they''re likely to die, and what we lack in strength, we make up for in will and that killing one human will only bring more." Shallot: "That''s why it is pretty important to kill a Grimm before it evolves too far. There is a Grimm known as the Wyvern that is a pain to deal with. They are capable of spawning more Grimm. There is an ancient Wvyern Grimm in the dead plains of Anima." As he says this, one Goliath swivels its thick neck to look at the figures watching their procession, eyes glowing as fiery red as any other Grimm. Shallot stares back at it deadlocking his eyes with it when his eye flashes silver for a second and the Grimm seemed to be thinking of something. Ruby: "Then why are they still so close to the city? What are they doing?" Oobleck: "Waiting." Shallot: ''Truly, anything with the capability of learning so quickly and have a knack for destruction is interesting. I guess Saiyans are pretty similar to Grimm since we are widely known for Grimm and only pursue higher strength just we can continue fighting. I really need to find something that can fight me now after training so much.'' Oobleck turns around and walks away as well, and Ruby puts away her weapon, not moving. Ruby: "Doctor Oobleck?" Oobleck: "Hmm?" Ruby: "I was wondering..." Oobleck: "Wondering why I''ve been interrogating your teammates all day?" Shallot: "Knowing Ruby that''s probably not it." Ruby: "Yeah, I just wanted to know why you became a Hunter?" While they were having their conversation Shallot had reached in his duffle bag and was tinkering around with a metal ball that was the same size as a basketball. Oobleck: "Look around and tell me what you see." Ruby takes a look around. Ruby: "Lots of old buildings, uh, empty streets..." Oobleck: "I see lives that could have been saved." Dr. Oobleck continues walking with Ruby beside him and Zwei at their heels while Shallot is now tinkering with his gadget while some times switching between screwdrivers and wrenches. Oobleck: "As a Huntsman, it is my job to protect the people, and although I am capable of doing it with traditional weaponry, I believe I can make a much larger impact if I do it with my mind. As a teacher, I''m able to take knowledge, the most powerful weapon of them all, and place it in the hands of every student that passes through my classroom. I look at this wasteland, and I see lives that could have been saved, but I also see an opportunity; an opportunity to study these ruins and learn from this tragedy and therefore become stronger. Dr. Oobleck stops for his final answer. Oobleck: "I am a Huntsman, Ruby because there is nothing else in this world I would rather be. Dr. Oobleck continues walking before seeing Shallot with the device in his hand. Oobleck: "And what is that Shallot." Shallot: "Something that I have been working on for a couple of years. It will help me in gaining strength but could also become a trump card of mine." As he says that the device has a bolt turned and a loud click sounds and the gears and parts inside start whirling and create a small humming sound. Shallot smiles at this thinking that it is finally complete. Shallot: ''A portable blutz wave generator has finally been complete. Now it just has to be placed outdoors in the open where moonlight can get to it so it can absorb it. The hardest thing about this was making my ki a power source for it. After I master the Oozaru form I won''t have to restrain myself in training.'' [AN: I now have a pat.reon so if you want to see chapter as soon as they are completed check them out there since I don''t have to worry about things being deleted there. You don''t have to if you don''t want to since chapters will be posted here pat.reon.com/TGM_Productions.. (remove the (.) if you didn''t know)] Chapter 71 - 67 - Mountain Glenn (1) Back at the building, the team has done as instructed, building a fire in the center of the room and huddling around it or standing up. Yang: "I can''t believe we didn''t find anything..." Blake: "We''ve always been fortunate enough to be in the right place at the right time. I guess we can''t always have luck on our side." Weiss: "That''s not what I meant." Blake: "Huh? What are you talking about?" Weiss: "Earlier, about... upholding the legacy. There''s more to it than that." Yang: "Yeah... No, me too. I mean... I don''t know." Blake: "I know what I want to do, but I figured I''d always take things one step at a time. I just wanted to stay with Shallot but I also want to make sure that I can get fair treatment for the Faunus population." Yang: "Well, it doesn''t matter. We know why we''re here. Right?" Weiss and Yang were quiet while Blake wasn''t that concerned since Shallot always said worrying about something you can''t change isn''t something to think about. Only place one foot in front of the other and keep moving forward. Dr. Oobleck suddenly comes rushing into the room. Oobleck: "Ah, wonderful; a textbook campfire!" Ruby: "Fire!" Shallot was tinkering with the device some and placed it outside on top of the building before heading in after Ruby. Shallot grabbed Ruby by her waist pulling her and Zwei by the fireplace and started warming up. Ruby: "So warm." Ruby had a blush on her face from being grabbed by Shallot in front of their professor. Professor Oobleck didn''t really didn''t care much about students being in a relationship since they are young ?du?ts and it was only something natural. Oobleck: "Very good! Eat your dinners and hurry to bed. We have a lot of ground to cover tomorrow and we''ll need you to take turns keeping watch over our temporary abode. Any volunteers for the first watch?" Ruby: "Me and Shallot will be up tonight so we will take the night watch." Oobleck rushes off, and Ruby and Shallot get up to go over to their lookout point. As Ruby passes Yang, Yang stops her Yang: "Hey, did Oobleck ask you why you wanted to be a Huntress? I mean... what did you tell him?" Ruby: "Hmm... No, he didn''t. Weird. Oh, well; good night, guys!" Yang looks disappointed in the lack of an answer. Blake unrolls her mat while taking a bag of Swedish fish out snaking on them before laying down, Weiss tries lying down but fails to sleep, Yang half-heartedly eats her dinner of bread rolls. Soon, all three Huntresses are on their backs around the fire, weapons within easy access, wondering why they are there while Blake already fell asleep. Ruby, meanwhile, is snuggled together with Shallot in the vacant windowsill of the room as Zwei goes over to her upon hearing the howling of Beowolves. She pets her pooch on the back. While Merlin is laying in Shallot''s ??p. Ruby: "Don''t worry. Things will be better tomorrow... Shallot... can we do it again?" Shallot just smiles before turning towards her telling her she is going to have to be quiet and they won''t be able to do it all night since they will need their strength for later. Ruby''s face was blushing and then Merlin seemed to know what was going to happen and lead Zwei away from them. ~~~~~~ The full moon is shining over the ruined buildings of Mountain Glenn, and a lone Beowolf is searching through the rubble. It looks up briefly at the young girl who has it in her red crosshair scope while breathing heavily and panting, but Ruby Rose can''t concentrate and just lowers Crescent Rose and yelps slightly while m??ning with Shallot behind her pumping his load inside her. Ruby: "You said that we wouldn''t be long." Shallot: "No one besides your sister has noticed us." Ruby''s face becomes even redder while fixing her clothes The rest of her team is lying down on their sleeping mats around the fire with weapons nearby, and Doctor Bartholomew Oobleck is higher up, slumped down against the wall next to the hole in the ceiling/floor. The three members of RWBY have their eyes closed, but Yang Xiao Long is the first to stop pretending to sleep while looking in the direction of Shallot and Ruby. Yang: "Blake, are you awake?" Blake: "Yeah. It''s kind of hard to sleep completely for me when Shallot is up there. I may not be able to see them but I know what they are doing." Yang: "Yeah, I wanted to ask you something to distract myself from both of them. How can you be fine when another girl is sleeping with him." Blake: "If you have 8 slices of pizza and you have people you are close to wouldn''t you like for them to know how great that pizza is. There are some people on the other hand that you just don''t want to share with because they will do nothing but waste it acting as if they enjoy pizza." Yang: "I don''t want to open the bag of pepperoni. What I wanted to ask is why did you become a Huntress? And what was he trying to say?" Blake: "Maybe he was just curious." Yang: "You think?" Blake: "No." Yang: "Weiss, are you awake?" Weiss: "Of course I''m awake! You two are talking. And I think he... When I said I wanted to honor my family''s name, I meant it. But, it''s not what you think. I''m not stupid. I''m fully aware of what my father has done with the Schnee Dust Company. Since he took control, our business has operated in a... moral gray area." Blake: "That''s putting it lightly." Weiss: "Which is why I feel the need to make things right. If I had taken a job in Atlas, it wouldn''t have changed anything. My father was not the start of our name, and I refuse to let him be the end of it." Blake: "All my life, I fought for what I thought was right. I had a teammate named Adam. More of a mentor, actually. He always ?ssured me that what we were doing would make the world a better place. But of course, his idea of a perfect future turned out to be not perfect for everyone. I thought of him as a mentor but Shallot told me that a true Mentor will make decisions that will help you not use you. I just didn''t want to believe that there were people within the Faunus community that only worked for themselves and that after being suppressed for so long we would have banded together. I joined the Academy because I knew that Huntsmen and Huntresses were regarded as the noblest warriors in the world. Always fighting for good. But I never really thought past that. When I leave the Academy, I know that I could just live with Shallot but what about the rest of my family and everyone I lived with. I know that if I asked for the world Shallot would find a way to achieve it because one thing that he is above all else is stubborn. Once he decides something he won''t change it." Yang: "I''m sure you''d figure it out. You''re not one to back down from a challenge, Blake and Shallot will most likely be there for you if you just ask him." Blake: "I don''t want to be a burden. He may not see it but if he continues to push himself further along taking care of everything himself he is going to break eventually." Weiss: "I don''t see that happening. He is always cracking jokes and the strongest person I can think of. I don''t even think the teachers are enough to give him a challenge. We have gotten more out of his training than we have from our time at the school even though I hate to admit it." Yang: "He also found another way to become stronger. I don''t know how but he just said he figured out how to continuously grow stronger and started laughing out loud. I also think that you are pretty lucky since you have someone you can always count on no matter what. Ruby also seems to be infatuated with Shallot and he seems to really care about her also. I''ve just kinda always, gone with the flow, y''know? And that''s fine, I mean, that''s who I am. But how long can I really do that for? I wanna be a Huntress, not really because I want to be a hero, but because I want the adventure. I want a life where I won''t know what tomorrow will bring. And that''ll be a good thing. Being a Huntress just happens to line up with that. I''m not like Ruby, she''s always wanted to be a Huntress. Then I heard Shallot''s answer which I think is the best way of doing it. He does what he wants and that''s that." [AN: I now have a pat.reon so if you want to see chapter as soon as they are completed check them out there since I don''t have to worry about things being deleted there. You don''t have to if you don''t want to since chapters will be posted here pat.reon.com/TGM_Productions. (remove the (.) if you didn''t know)] Chapter 72 - 68 - Mountain Glenn (2) The girls continued having a night discussion while Dr. Oobleck was thinking that Shallot was a good influence on them even though he was thinking from what he heard that he was slightly promiscuous making him think about Qrow in the past. Oobleck: ''If his semblance wasn''t bad luck may one of the 38 relationships he had would have worked out.'' Yang has taken up watch, allowing for Ruby and Zwei to sleep on the sleeping bag Yang had been lying on. Shallot was on top of the roof of the building and checking his portal BWG (Blutz Wav Generator). A small orb of energy similar to ki was inside it but was at a different wavelength. Shallot: "With this, I should be able to recreate Vegeta''s move the power ball so that I can access the great ape form at any time. Now to study it so I can create it without worrying about destroying the machine." Another hour and a half passes and Zwei suddenly wakes and stands up, causing Ruby to wake up. Ruby: "Huh? Zwei, it''s late. Go back to bed." Zwei runs off. Ruby: "Zwei! Zwei! Ugh!" Ruby wanders out of the building, looking for Zwei. Ruby: "Zwei! Zwei, where are you?" ???: "Are you looking for a small Corgi?" Ruby turns seeing an older man that looks similar to Lie Ren with a broom in his hand sweeping the streets. Ruby: "Uh... Yes?" ???: "I''m Mr. Ohm. I was a hunter back in the day. Your Corgi is over there." Mr. Ohm points behind a building area and Ruby turns and looks seeing Zwei peeing on a fire hydrant. Ruby: "Uhm, Zwei?" Ruby turns back to thank the elderly man but realizes that he is gone. Ruby walks over to Zwei. Ruby: "Zwei, this is a wasteland! You literally could have done that anywhere!" Zwei: "Bark!" From behind another building in the distance, a set of voices could be heard. WF Guard 1: "What was that?" Having heard the WF Guard, Ruby hides behind some ruins. WF Guard 2: "What was what?" WF Guard 1: "I thought I heard a Beowolf or something." WF Guard 2: "Hmph. Let''s just finish our patrol and get back to base. This place gives me the creeps." As the WF Guards walk away, Ruby and Zwei sneak around in the background, following them. They eventually reach a ruined building with a pair of metal doors, and Ruby hides behind a corner, holding Zwei out to watch them. Ruby: "Did they go in yet? One bark means yes." The sound of the door closing echoes out. Zwei: "Bark!" Ruby: "Oh! This is it! This is it!" She brings out a small scroll and tries to call her teammates. However, the screen says "Low Signal" Ruby: "Aw man! Come on, we gotta get the others!" Ruby and Zwei hurry off down the street. However, the asphalt beneath them suddenly sinks before caving in. Ruby grabs onto a ledge and catches Zwei. She tosses him up out of the hole and begins to attempt to pull herself up. However, the ledge she is holding onto starts cracking. As she tries to carefully pull herself she can see Merlin come from the shadows and pushes her hand. Merlin: "Nya nyaaa nya nyaa. (Long Live The King) Ruby looks at Merlin thinking about why was this happening to her as she plummets into a huge cave filled with ruined buildings, far below the surface. She lands on a building up against a cavern wall, and as she gets up, a nearby door bursts open to reveal two other WF Guards, one of whom is Perry. Zwei sees this and starts barking. Zwei: "Bark Bark Bark bark bark Bark (What was that for you lazy cat.)" Merlin: "Nyan nya nya nyya nyaaa nya nyya nya. (I couldn''t get any sleep because of her and Shallot. Since she is being trained by Shallot something like that won''t kill her. I''ve been through worse.) Merlin then shivers thinking about what she had been through with Shallot and how she was the first thing he grabbed when he learned how to fly. Zwei: "Bark bar bark bark Bark. (We need to at least tell the others that Ruby is down there.)" Merlin: "Nyaaaa (Fiiiiine)." Zwei and Merlin then run back to the group while below them another scenario is going on. ~~~~~~ [In the hole with Ruby] WF Guard: "Freeze!" Perry: "Where did she come from?" As the WF Guards walk forward, Ruby backs away only to end up on the very edge of the platform. WF Guard: "You''re a long way from home, little girl." Ruby reaches back for her scythe, only to realize that she doesn''t have it. Both guards approach her, and one tries to grab her arm when she spins on the balls of her right foot sending a reverse roundhouse kick into his head sending him flying into the wall. Perry sees this and his eyes go wide. Perry: "Tim!" Perry runs at Ruby with a sword and she burst into petals getting behind him and reforming then doing a low leg sweep bringing him to the ground then. She then stands up and raises her right leg performing an ax kick onto his head knocking him out. Ruby: "Shallot said that when you want them to follow your orders that you need to do administer amounts of controlled shock... where can I find something that I can use for small shocks." Ruby grabs the one she sent into the wall. Ruby: "I think he was called Tim." Ruby starts slapping his face trying to wake him up. Tim starts waking up and before he can ask what is going on he is slapped again by Ruby. Ruby: "I need answers and you''re going to tell me." Tim was looking and noticed that Perry was out cold on the ground and then started questioning in his head why did a girl so small have the strength of a Beringel. He realized that his best choice to get out of this is to just answer whatever she wants. He just doesn''t want to be kicked again. He still can''t hear anything from his right ear. [AN: I now have a pat.reon so if you want to see chapter as soon as they are completed check them out there since I don''t have to worry about things being deleted there. You don''t have to if you don''t want to since chapters will be posted here pat.reon.com/TGM_Productions.. (remove the (.) if you didn''t know)] Chapter 73 - 69 - Mountain Glenn (3) [Back at the camp with the rest of Team RWBYS and Dr. Oobleck] Yang: "Hey Weiss, it''s yours... Ruby? Hey, where''s Ruby?" Oobleck: "What?" Zwei comes running into the room, barking with Merlin running behind Zwei. Merlin was looking around for Shallot but didn''t see him. Yang: "Zwei and Merlin?" Blake: "What''s going on?" Oobleck: "Grab your weapons! Your leader may be in trouble." Weiss: "Where is Shallot." Blake goes up to the roof and sees that Shallot isn''t there. She then calls down into the building. Blake: "Shallot isn''t here either." Yang: "Well he''ll be fine but we need to know if Ruby is ok and if she is with him." Zwei barks. Yang: "One bark for yes two for no. IS Ruby with Shallot." Zwei: "Bark Bark." Yang: "So we need to go find her." [Above the whole that Ruby went down] Shallot was standing there looking down where Merlin pushed Ruby''s hand from. Shallot: "Merlin is going through gravity training when we get back and since spirit dome will keep healing her I don''t have to worry about her getting tired anytime soon." [Back with the group] Merlin had a chill run down her spine while looking around herself. Shallot: "Down I go." Shallot jumped down into the hole in the ground and started looking for Ruby and only noticed that someone was laying on the ground. Shallot walked over to him before kicking him into the wall making the previously unconscious person gain consciousness while holding their ribs. Perry: "Ow... why me." Shallot: "Where did the adorable and cute girls with the red skirt go?" Perry looks towards Shallot thinking that his day is getting worse and worse. Perry: "I don''t know she knocked Tim out then kicked me knocking me out also." Shallot: "Take me to Roman before I break a leg." Perry ?r??n?d while standing up thinking it was a mistake joining the White Fang. [With Ruby] WF Guard 3: "Hey, be careful! What are you trying to do, blow us to the moon?" WF Guard 4: "Sorry sir!" Tim: "Hey boss! Found something you might want to see!" Tim wanted to get everyone''s attention so that he could finally escape from the dangerous person disguised as a defenseless little girl. Roman: "Is it good or bad, Tim? Because let me tell ya, I have had a day." Tim: "Uh?" Tim just turns his head to see Ruby looking at him with a smile on her face but to him, it was like the grim reaper staring at him and he began sweating. Roman leans out through the doorway and sees Ruby. Roman: "That would be bad." Zwei leads Oobleck and Ruby''s teammates to the hole that Ruby fell into, and Yang spots Crescent Rose next to the hole. Yang: "Ruby''s scythe!" Blake: "Good thing Shallot has been training her for hand to hand combat." Weiss: "Do you think she fell?" Dr. Oobleck looks up. Oobleck: "Fell?" Weiss points toward the hole in the ground. Weiss: "Down there." Dr. Oobleck looks down at the hole. Oobleck: "Oh my. Of course! Of course, OF COURSE, OF COURSE!" Blake: "What is it?" Oobleck: "How could I be so stupid?" Yang: "Dr. Oobleck, what''s wrong?" Oobleck: "Mountain Glenn! Yes, an expansion of Vale that was inevitably destroyed by creatures of Grimm! Previously home to thousands of people! Working people commuting to the city, the main city! Developed a subway system for the inner city! Grimm attacks increased! Population in danger, now desperately searching for shelter! City evacuates into the metro tunnels and what do they find? The southeast quadrant of Vale is known for its wild forests and deep caves!" Yang: "Doc, what are you saying?" Blake: "He is saying that the group we are looking for is underground since it would be less conspicuous." Oobleck: "Yes you are correct. We''re not just looking for an underground crime network, we''re looking for an UNDERGROUND crime network!" Weiss: "So they''re working in caves then?" Oobleck: "No, no, Mountain Glenn was Vale''s first serious attempt at expansion. It worked for a short period of time, thanks to aggressive perimeter defense, and unique transportation; the city developed an elaborate subway system to carry citizens safely from the new territory into the main Kingdom! Sadly, without the many natural barriers Vale had to protect its borders, Mountain Glenn was doomed from the start! As the end drew near, the citizens of the territory made one last attempt at survival: They took up shelter beneath the city! In massive caves that they had cleared out for the subway. And they had cut themselves off from the surface!" Yang: "An underground village?" Oobleck: "In a matter of speaking, yes. A safe haven. Until... an explosion opened the mouth of another cavern, filled with subterranean Grimm. After that, the Kingdom officially sealed off the tunnels, creating the world''s largest tomb. If Ruby is down there. Oobleck deploys Antiquity''s Roast. Oobleck: "We must find her..." Merlin is just looking at the hole and jumps into the hole leaving everyone else around having a feeling that things are going to get a little unlucky soon and wanted to get towards Shallot. The others looked at the hole the Merlin jumped into and decided to follow her while bringing Ruby''s scythe. [AN: I now have a pat.reon so if you want to see chapter as soon as they are completed check them out there since I don''t have to worry about things being deleted there. You don''t have to if you don''t want to since chapters will be posted here pat.reon.com/TGM_Productions.. (remove the (.) if you didn''t know)] Chapter 74 - 70 - No Brakes (1) [With Ruby and Roman] Ruby was going to get into a fighting stance and since Shallot wasn''t here he was going to drop the act slightly. Roman: "Tim, you can leave I can handle this." Ruby released her grip on Tim''s arm and he hurried out running away from the room. Ruby walked into the room and closed the door behind her. When the door was shut completely the door was pushed back open and someone else walked in. Roman seeing the person knew it was Shallot wearing a customized Grimm mask. Ruby seeing this person was getting ready to fight and sent a kick at Shallot who didn''t move and let the kick hit him in the neck without him moving at all. Shallot: ''Her strength is getting better and all the sparing is helping with her strikes. These legs are just spectacular.'' Ruby seeing that her kick did nothing and she didn''t feel that there was an aura shield was astonished that someone''s body could be this sturdy. Ruby decided it was best to regroup first and dashed for the door and petal burst out only to hear an explosion happening after the door was opened. When Ruby is about to continue going she hears another explosion going off. Roman was now feeling annoyed since he made sure that the explosions weren''t close by since Shallot and he decided to use them for something else. Roman: "WHAT is going on here?!" A third explosion sounds and multiple White Fang members come running around the corner, some firing at an unknown enemy. Weiss, Blake, Yang, Zwei, and Oobleck run around the corner, much to Roman''s annoyance. Ruby decides to take this moment to try and escape. She jumps on Roman''s shoulders, pulls his hat down over his eyes, and then flees towards her friends. Roman: "Someone better tell me what is going on!!!" An inconspicuous member of the White Fang comes in and then pulls up a rifle aimed at Roman and pulls the trigger. Roman leans his head to the side trying to figure out what is going on at this point. This wasn''t supposed to go like this. Roman held up his Melodic Cudgel and fired at the White Fang member-only for him to dodge and the shot flew towards Ruby back as she was heading to regroup with everyone. The White Fang member takes something from their pocket and tosses it into the room. A blinding flash goes off and the White Fang member takes the chance to run off. Shallot: ''Now this wasn''t supposed to happen. Did someone find out about our plans somehow.'' Shallot turns towards the White Fang member and fires a ki blast at his backside and it connects before he is blasted forward further away from them. When the flash from the object clears up Shallot could see the metal underneath what should have been skin with a giant M on the back. The White Fang member''s head turns to the side and opens its mouth before a replica of Roman''s voice comes out. Roman Impersonation: "Attach this cart and spread the word: We''re starting the train." Roman: "What!" Shallot gets ready to send a blast towards the downed White Fang member when another White Fang member comes out and metal blades come out of their arms extending charging at Shallot. Shallot: "This is definitely wrong. Something must have changed drastically for things to end up like this. Someone must know about me a Roman working together." More "White Fang" members come out with the fake skin on their face coming off revealing their metal interior and all rush towards Shallot and Roman. [With Ruby] Ruby is fleeing but screeches to a halt as she realizes she''s running towards a group of White Fang members. A huge explosion appears behind the White Fang members, sending them flying and revealing Yang behind them. Ruby jumps into Yang''s arms glad to see her. Yang: "Ruby, are you ok." Ruby: "I''m fine but Roman and that guy are here." Ruby looks around seeing everyone but Shallot. Ruby: "Where is Shallot?" Yang: "Wasn''t he with you." Ruby: "No he wasn''t. But listen! Torchwick''s got all kinds of weapons and robots down there. Blake walks up to Ruby handing her Crescent Rose. Ruby: "Thanks. I''m still more comfortable using my scythe. Besides that there are androids, mechs, they''re all loaded up on the train cars!" Oobleck: "Ahhhh, that''s ridiculous. These tunnels are sealed, the tracks lead to a dead-end." A voice came through the intercom above them. Roman Impersonator: "Get to your places, we are leaving now!" The train starts moving towards the tunnels. Yang: Well, it sounds like they''re going somewhere. Ruby: "We need backup. Let me call Jaune." Ruby''s Scroll flashes "Low Signal". Ruby: "I can''t get through!" Weiss: "So, what do we do?" Oobleck: "I believe we only have one option..." Ruby turns around. Ruby: "We''re stopping that train!" *Boooom* They all heard a larger explosion than earlier. [Back with Shallot and Roman] Shallot was standing in the middle of the room sending ki blast out destroying the synths constantly coming from behind different areas. Shallot: "Who the hell made all of these things. This requires more than one person. Roman, where is Neo." Roman: "Why the hell are these things so durable." Shallot: "Why are there so many?" Shallot continued blasting out ki blast feeling that these must be the robots that Neo was talking about. Shallot: "Please don''t let the mad scientist be like Dr. Gero. I swear if I have to fight a Cell I''m going to blow up a town before it can be finished." Roman: "Who is Dr. Gero?" Roman continued shooting when his Melodic cudgel clogged from all the dist residue leftover dropping it on the ground and pulling some dust ice containers out and smashing them before taking control of the dust smashing it into the synths around them. Then closing his hands in a clench making the dust react and causing a flash freeze converting everything into ice. Shallot: "That''s definitely a good ability. It might be time for use to stop with the infiltration plan and pull out since someone obviously knows what we are up to." Roman: "I''m just glad these things can''t use aura or that may cause some problems." While they were fighting they could feel the train moving and Roman''s voice sound out over the intercom. Roman Impersonator: "Get to your places, we are leaving now!" The synths had seemed to stop coming and Shallot and Roman looked at each other. Roman: "That wasn''t me." Shallot looked at him as if he was stupid. Shallot: "Of it wasn''t you idiot. This is just getting worse." Shallot pulled out his scroll and could only see that it had no signal. Shallot: "We really need some DSL in this bitch." Shallot started walking towards the door towards the back of the train. Roman: "Where are you going?" Shallot: "I''m going for a walk." Roman: "A walk?" Shallot: "A very enthusiastic walk." [AN: I now have a pat.reon so if you want to see chapter as soon as they are completed check them out there since I don''t have to worry about things being deleted there. You don''t have to if you don''t want to since chapters will be posted here pat.reon.com/TGM_Productions.. (remove the (.) if you didn''t know)] Chapter 75 - 71 - No Brakes (2) Shallot was walking through the train looking for how someone could have gotten so many synths into this place with no one noticing. Shallot walked over and leaned down in front of a body and felt what he thought would be fake skin. What he felt just like any other skin he had come across. Shallot: "This is real skin?" Shallot lifted the close slightly to see stitch lines running across the body at the body as if you can just open it and enter it. Shallot: "This is some Five Nights At Freddy type of shit." Shallot was checking the body when he was hearing a very low ticking sound from the inside and shoved his hand inside of the body a quickly pulled it back out. It was covered in a black liquid. He leaned his head closer and smelled slightly. Shallot: "Smells like the sludge that''s inside of Grimm mixed with an iron type of smell. There is also metal on the inside. Did he use live humans to make these? I don''t even think all of these people were Faunus." Shallot turned the body overseeing that the tail on the back was an extra appendage added on connected to a metal endoskeleton. [With Roman] A Faunus ran into the room a Roman was ready to attack him when he noticed that it was Tim. Tim: "We are doing as you said and started the train." Roman: "That wasn''t me dimwit. Someone used my voice and we were attacked." Roman points around at the frozen and broken synths in the room. Roman: "Well, go and stop the train." Tim: "We can''t." Roman: "What do you mean you can''t?" Roman was about ready to beat him with his Melodic Cudgel when he calmed down and started cleaning the residual dust from his cane so he can use it again. Tim: "Someone broke the emergency brake lever while also smashing the computer mainframe." Roman: "How is it still running then." Tim: "They put it in full drive and then only kept the parts needed running while placing explosives around the other circuits connected to a rigged timer with a speedometer. The mechanic said that if it drops below a certain speed it''ll blow." Roman: "Go find someone to defuse it then!!!" Roman yelled at him making him run out of the room. Roman: "Man, animals, every one of them." [With Team RWBYS and Oobleck standing on top of the train] Oobleck: "Hurry, children! We must get to the front and stop this train!" Weiss: "Err... Professor?" Oobleck: "Doctor..." Weiss pointing down a hatch into the train Weiss: "What is that." Dr. Oobleck kneels down looking at it. Oobleck: "That my dear... appears to be a bomb." Team RWBYS all back away from the hatch. Ruby: "We have baddies!" Dozens of White Fang members can be seen climbing onto the top of the train. Oobleck: "Well, I didn''t expect them to go¡ª" The bomb underneath them charges up and starts beeping. Oobleck: ¡ªeasy on us. Dr. Oobleck looks at the bomb then turns back to the girls. Oobleck: "Time to go." As Team RWBY starts running away, Oobleck stops Blake. Oobleck: "Blake! Detach the caboose! It will kill us all!" [With Shallot] While he was inspecting the bodies he shaped his ki into that of a knife and traced the pre-cut lines and dissected the body. When he finished cutting it open he could see that the spine and skeleton should have been human. It had been replaced with a thick exoskeleton while the sludge on the inside seemed to act as a fluid for the body to make it function. Shallot: "What the hell did they create? This looks closer to the TI series from terminator but still not as efficient as them." Shallot started thinking that he should finish up and reached further in with his aura and ki on his body acting as a thin film to protect his skin incase it''s parasitic. He pulls out some wiring and pulls out a circular orb device from the center. It had holes in the side of it with what looked like a small Grimm in the middle of it. This Grimm didn''t seem to be responding but it wasn''t dead either since the body was still there. He looked around at it for a bit and took it back to Roman. Shallot: "Don''t touch it. It might try to infect your body but make sure you secure it so we can study it later." Shallot left it on a table before walking back out. Then he remembers that they end up disconnecting a cart that has a bomb that causes Grimm to flood in. Shallot starts rushing towards the back bulldozing through the White Fang member that are there. He can see Dr. Oobleck saying something to Blake and her heading over to the coupling and rushes as fast as he could. [Ruby side] Dr. Oobleck was getting ready to attack when Shallot tried reaching for the train cart and Dr. Oobleck blasted Shallot in the back but it didn''t do anything. Blake finally realized that someone was by her side and was getting ready to attack when she recognized the smell and looked at the mask. Blake: "Shallot?" Everyone else stopped what they were doing with Shallot trying to grab the train car but his hand slipping from the sludge still being on it. Shallot: "Shit!" The cart moves further away when Shallot rushes into the other train cars checking them all. Shallot: "Shit, shit, shit. I knew I forgot something. This whole thing has bombs. We surely didn''t put them which means that the synths did it before coming after us." Shallot then turns around and yells to everyone else. Shallot: "They all have bombs." The cart that they were standing on also lights up with numbers counting down. Everyone from the cart got off of it while Shallot was trying to defuse it. The train cart decoupled by itself and Shallot looked toward the front of the train where Roman was. He could see Roman running towards his direction with his cane and a suitcase. Shallot: "So it wasn''t Roman that disconnected it which means that someone has control of it from a remote location." Everyone was about to attack Roman when Shallot told them not to attack. Shallot: "Roman is on our side." Dr. Oobleck was confused at this since they were here to investigate him. Oobleck: "What do you mean?" Shallot: "Roman is a spy for me to get information on who is plotting against Vale and the other kingdoms. I was also undercover to get information along with another person." [AN: I now have a pat.reon so if you want to see chapter as soon as they are completed check them out there since I don''t have to worry about things being deleted there. You don''t have to if you don''t want to since chapters will be posted here pat.reon.com/TGM_Productions.. (remove the (.) if you didn''t know)] Chapter 76 - 72 - No Brakes (3) As Roman is getting closer the train car that had detached had exploded causing some of the tunnel to crumble. Oobleck: "That''s not good..." Shallot: "Ugh..." Roman: "This is what you wanted to prevent right. It seems that we were outsmarted this time. I still can''t contact Neo." Shallot: "You make a plan, expect the plan to go off the rails, you throw away the plan, and then make another plan." Roman: "This is worst than the coastline incident. This situation just isn''t good." Ruby: "Err, neither is this!" The cart they were standing on had the bomb activated and it started counting down. Everyone got to the next cart when a group of White Fang members came out. White Fang Member: "Get the humans!" White Fang Member 7: "I knew we couldn''t trust that human." Shallot: "Enough of this." Shallot picked up raised his hand in front of him pointing towards the White Fang members and started concentrating a large amount of ki into his hand. Shallot: "I always liked the Big Bang move from Vegeta." The energy in Shallot''s hand became stronger and condensed with him putting 30% of his strength into it. Shallot: "This should be enough to stop the train and get rid of these nuisances. Big Bang Attack!" Shallot released the large blue raging ki in his hand sending it hurtling towards the front of the train. Shallot then brought his hands together concentrating his ki together gathering a large amount. Everyone but Shallot: "Ahhhhh." Everyone else opened their eyes at what Shallot did. While Roman was still looking at the White Fang members with a look of pity. Roman: ''I wouldn''t have killed them at least. Broken their bones for going against me maybe but I wouldn''t have killed them since they were still useful.'' The Big Bang attack landed two carts ahead causing it to explode making the underground tunnel they were in shake while the front cars along with all the White Fang members were blown into dust. While the shock wave was coming in their direction Shallot released the ki in his hand wrapping around his body. The ki then expanded into a bubble covering everyone by him from the shock waves and the flying metal pieces from the broken train. The train cart they were on buckled and flipped forwards with everyone being protected from the rest of the train flying in their direction. Rubbled rocks and a couple of body parts that weren''t evaporated slapped against the ki barrier. Weiss seeing a hand slap against the ki barrier lurched over and vomited towards the side. While Blake turned away since she has seen things like that before while working with the White Fang before leaving. Yang scrunched her eyebrows looking at how easily Shallot decided to kill them not even leaving a complete body. Ruby turned away trying not to vomit from seeing that, while Professor Oobleck''s eyebrow twitched while thinking about how Shallot was capable of doing that and it was one of the more destructive things he has seen while working as a Hunter. Roman had a none caring look on his face thinking about all the bandit camps he blew up after finding out about the not so savory things they did and was used to it at this point. He was feeling that 8 months away from Shallot didn''t change him at all. After the carnage and destruction settled. Everyone was standing on the ki bubble Shallot had surrounding them with the tunnel looking as if it could collapse at any time. Shallot dusted his hands after releasing the ki bubble and started walking forward. Shallot: "We should probably get going the train is stopped and we don''t have to worry about the bombs since they were blown up in the blast." There was a 10-meter crater and 5 meters space all around the point of impact where the Big Bang attack landed. making a spherical space with rocks crumbling down and machinery and train parts laying under some rubble. Shallot started walking and the others snapped out of it while Roman was in the back thinking as if he forgot something. He was thinking for a bit when he finally remembered. Roman: "Shallot?" Shallot turned and looked at him. Roman: "How deadly is that blast." Shallot just looks around at all the destruction. Shallot: "Pretty deadly." Roman: "Did you check for Neo?" Shallot froze for a second before looking for her ki signature but was pretty sure she wasn''t here since he checked before all of this even happened. He couldn''t since her ki signature when he got on the train but he could feel two different signatures fighting further up ahead. One felt familiar while the other felt like Neo but her ki was really static. Shallot rushed forward in the direction passed the hole leaving everyone there while Roman just followed since he doesn''t really have a choice. The others also followed since they didn''t want to stick around in case the cave started collapsing. Weiss had stopped heaving her food from earlier and was looking around at the destruction not believing that someone from her team could have done this. Weiss: "Why is he a student if he has that much strength." Oobleck hearing this slowed down to converse with his young student and Huntress in training. Oobleck: "Because young Weiss. He still has to gain the certificate and documentation that says that he is a Huntsman. We also have to make sure that he can work with others without putting them in danger." Shallot had arrived at the area and noticed that Blake was still some distance from him since she wasn''t as fast. Shallot looked at the site in front of him and noticed that it was indeed Neo here but she was fighting Raven. Neo had on something that looked like a head crab from half-life which was covered in a white milky substance and a hard bone-like shell attached to it on her head with a Grimm mask while fighting Raven. Raven was having a hard time fighting and could hear footsteps approaching and turned slightly while not losing focus on the person in front of her. Raven saw Shallot standing there and wanted to immediately escape since he has tried tracking her down numerous times and was getting ready to run. He had tried getting her to go out with him and he''s been very persistent using any way he can to convince her. Shallot: "Well if it isn''t my dear Raven." Raven didn''t want to get caught up here and swung her sword cutting open a space to escape when Neo turned to look in the direction of Shallot. Raven was getting ready to escape and was halfway in the portal when Neo charged into her backside following her inside it. Shallot also rushed into the portal before it closed. Blake arrived seeing Shallot charge into the portal looking around to see if there was any way to follow but stopped after seeing that there was nothing she could do. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ After Shallot, Neo, and Raven went through the portal they were standing in the middle of a camp outdoors surrounded by other people. As soon as Shallot came through the portal his hand shot out smashing into the headcrab like thing attached to her. The Grimm mask on her face also fell off onto the ground. [AN: I now have a pat.reon so if you want to see chapter as soon as they are completed check them out there since I don''t have to worry about things being deleted there. You don''t have to if you don''t want to since chapters will be posted here pat.reon.com/TGM_Productions.. (remove the (.) if you didn''t know)] Chapter 77 - 73 - Machinations (1) Shallot looked at the mask that he smashed that was on Neo while shaking his head. Shallot: ''Now that was some half-life shit I don''t want existing.'' Shallot turned and looked at Neo who was on the ground and turned to see that Raven was still ready to fight while the others around also had their weapons out ready for fighting. Shallot looked at them before feeling that if he was still a kid he may have seen this as a challenge still but now it was just laughable. Raven can''t outrun his speed anymore and he also knew that Raven knew more information about Salem thanks to Summer telling him that Raven always worked under Ozpin along with Qrow. Shallot: "You can put your weapons down since it wouldn''t make a difference, to begin with. If I wanted you all dead you would have been dead already." The tribe members weren''t backing down so Shallot turned to look at Raven. Shallot: "They either put down their weapons or you won''t have a tribe to look after Raven." Raven shuddered thinking about what he is capable of knowing that there are only two people she didn''t want to come across. One being Salem and the other being Shallot since she was sure that the only reason he was coming after her was to make her his for some reason. Raven raised her hand towards the others in the camp. Raven: "Lower your weapons. We wouldn''t be able to take him even if we all attacked together." From the distance, some bushes were rustled and a female came walking over. She had tan-colored skin, short brown hair, and icy blue eyes. She had a tattoo of a bird rising from flowers on her left arm. She wore a light brown vest with dark brown panels on the top and a dark brown buckled strap on the back, over a torn white shirt that was partially unbuttoned revealing what appeared to be a black bra, alongside a collar that appears to be slightly turned up behind her neck. She wore maroon-colored jeans with the right side rolled up to her th??h revealing the dark pink lining alongside a brown belt with a pouch attached to the right side. She also wore dark brown calf guards with one having a garter styled strap that went under her rolled-up pant leg. She wore a pair of beige and dark brown lace-up boots folded over the sides, showing over the white lining accompanied by a pair of maroon socks that partially covered her calf guards. She wore dark brown gloves of different sizes, with the right being fingerless and wrist length with large cuff whilst the other was elbow length and covered with a dark brown vambrace. Lastly, she wore a narrow dark brown chocker strap around her neck. Shallot: ''She might be an extra or someone that came after season two.'' Shallot turned back to Raven. Shallot: "So what were you doing at that underground base Raven?" Raven took off her mask while exhaling knowing that he wouldn''t leave her alone until got his answers. While she was getting ready to talk Shallot was remembering her life signature so that he could track her down no matter where she goes. As long as he is close by he''ll know where she is until he becomes stronger and can track her down by sensing. While he was doing that Raven started talking. Raven: "I was looking out for my daughter since she was going someplace dangerous." Shallot: "If you were concerned about her safety why leave her when she was a baby." Raven: "You wouldn''t understand." Shallot: "Salem." Raven got really quiet and her heart started beating faster while looking like she was ready to run." Shallot: "If you need protection all you have to do is become my woman and no one will be able to harm you." Shallot reached out his hand towards Raven. Raven was thinking about what would be the best decision for herself and knew that Shallot wouldn''t give up for some reason. Raven: "Why are you so persistent?" Shallot: ''Can''t a man just like having an Oyakadon.'' Shallot: "Because I have had my eye on you for some time and I may appear young but I am older than I look... mentally at least. Besides that." Shallot looked Raven up and down looking at her body and watching her curves. Vernal on the side was gritting her teeth and was about to attack from the disrespect that he was showing to all of them. Raven: ''I can''t be sure that I''ll be safe even when with him but it would be more insurance than just having Vernal.'' Raven: "Fine. I''ll become your woman. I won''t be some toy. The moment when you can''t provide protection I''m leaving." Shallot just smiled at that. Shallot: ''Yes. Milf get. Now to get Winter. How can I get into the good graces of the Schnee? I haven''t interacted with her yet so I''ll need to implement different tactics for this. Maybe she will come for the tournament since her sister is here?'' Raven still had her guard up even when she agreed to Shallot but decided that it was best to try to make countermeasures for the future so she couldn''t be followed through her gate so easily. Raven was looking down at the mask that was destroyed by Shallot and noticed that it had twitched slightly when Shallot turned and shot it again with a ki blast vaporizing it. Shallot: ''Those seem similar to those headcrabs from half-life but it seems that this is was created by someone. I''ll just heal Neo and let her do the explaining on how she got into this situation.'' Shallot leaned down placing his hand over Neo and started using his spirit orb technique to heal her injuries and then focused on her head so that she could recover her state of mind quicker. After another 10 minutes, Neo''s eyes twitched then she started opening them while getting ready to move to get away. She was grabbed by Shallot and had her head turned towards him making her calm down. [AN: I now have a pat.reon so if you want to see chapter as soon as they are completed check them out there since I don''t have to worry about things being deleted there. You don''t have to if you don''t want to since chapters will be posted here pat.reon.com/TGM_Productions.. (remove the (.) if you didn''t know)] Chapter 78 - 74 - Machinations (2) [Back with the rest of team RWBYS] The girls, the number two ginger, Zwei, and Dr. Oobleck arrived seeing Blake standing there while she had seen Shallot chasing after someone else through a portal. Blake turned to the others while looking at them and only shook her head. Blake: "Shallot was chasing someone and I could see that there was a fight with her so he may have known one of the two people fighting here and went to help the other person." Dr. Oobleck nodded his head. Oobleck: "Indeed, there seemed to be traces of a scuffle that happened here not even five minutes ago. We have more pressing matters at our hands at the moment." Yang, Weiss, and Ruby perked up hearing some movements behind them while Blake was already in a stance ready to fight only to see a monstrosity walking in their direction coming from the tunnels. The cave system was damaged and the exploding carts didn''t help with that. The girls started to make their way back out into the larger tunnels and started rushing towards what should be the area of Beacon academy hoping they could pepper it with bullets and wound it while making a retreat. There was a large Grimm standing 10 feet tall. It had a white mask with two horns arching backward. The mouth area was one that protruded outward like an alligator''s mouth with bone white teeth lined on the inside with a black sludge on the corners of its mouth that looked like tendons underneath the human flesh. It had a bipedal form with a semi-long neck with the black material that appeared like a mane going down it''s back, stopping at its shoulder branching outwards with a smokey effect rising from it. Around its shoulders, it had small red ember like gems imbedded into it while some were also on its legs. It had a muscular yet lean ?h?st where the stretching of its skin to its neck could be seen. A bone rib cage could be seen wrapped around its stomach area. It had five fingers on its hands that had five bone-like talons on the end of each finger. Its legs were strong from the appearance of them and its feet were similar to that of a velociraptor. It had a bone-like tail coming from its back with the bone on the very end is sharp enough that it could pierce through whatever unlucky victim was to stand in its path. Dr. Oobleck seeing the Grimm in its full size started sweating looking at it. Oobleck: "Everyone!!! Don''t get close and fire from a distance. It''s a Reaver. They are known for their close combat capabilities and it usually takes 4 teams of huntsmen to take a single one down." Everyone widens their eyes hearing this and Roman is adjusting his cane hoping he had enough dust to deal with this situation when he stops and they can hear the stomping of many coming in their direction. They look behind the Reaver to see a stampede of different Grimm coming in their direction. Everyone takes off running while shot backward to try to slow them down hoping they can get reinforcements from the school. If they can get close enough their scrolls should be able to get a signal. ???: "It seems that I have lost communication with the body controller Grimm. Your companion is truly a pest to deal with. I have lost a valuable ?sset today and I''m going to have to gain another one." Oobleck: "Stay on guard everyone. We don''t know who this person is and it seems as if they know information about us." Yang: "We are starting to run out of ammunition. Ruby is your scroll within range yet?" Ruby would stop every now and then from shooting to check her scroll only to see that the signal wasn''t strong enough to make the call. Ruby: "Not yet we need to travel a bit longer before the signal can reach." Weiss: "I have been spreading ice to keep the Reaver at a distance but the sheer number of Grimm is making it harder. Where is Shallot at a time like this?" A loud explosion sounded slightly above them and some rubble started falling blocking some of the Grimm heading in their direction blocking their path for the moment. They then hear a cat from up above them while getting out of the way of the rubble. Merlin: "Nya nyaaa (Did you miss me.)" Merlin had Shallot blutz devices being carried by some red strings that were wrapped around her body. Blake: "Merlin?" Ruby: "Hey!!! I fell down here because of her." Merlin: "Nyaaa Nya nya Nyaa (I don''t know what you''re talking about.)" Zwei: "Bark Bark bark (Where were you at you bad luck cat)" Everyone else was still fighting not concerned about the two animals seeming to get into an argument and was more concerned about running. All of that training in this past week by Shallot had helped greatly in increasing their stamina. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ [With Shallot, Neo, Raven, and her tribe] After calming down Neo looked around at the tribe members of Raven''s that were still on edge with Vernal looking as if she was ready to attack at any moment. Neo looked towards Shallot while reaching in her pocket looking for her scroll only to see that it was broken. Shallot: ''Seemed that whoever took control of her didn''t want her calling for help if she was ever able to get away.'' Shallot reached in his pocket grabbing his scroll handing it to her. She grabbed the scroll and started typing immediately. Neo: [The one that did that to me was Dr. Merlot. He had enhanced himself with cybernetics and has an army of androids that are capable of blending with regular people. They can''t use aura like the new android that Hammond Industries developed but they are made of sturdy materials. He has been experimenting with combining technology with the Grimm to control them to make them follow his orders. There are some Grimm that won''t follow his orders if he has never encountered them before. I had all the information I could gather on my scroll but it seems that he destroyed while I was being controlled] Shallot: "Do you know why he sent you to go after Raven?" Raven was also interested to hear the answer to this thinking that she may need to be even more cautious. It seems that more than Salem is after her. Neo started typing again on the scroll. Neo: [My body was being controlled but my mind was perfectly fine. It didn''t seem like whatever was controlling me could use all of my strength and could only use it partially. He wanted me to capture her so that he could study her body to find out how was it possible for her to use magic without showing signs of maiden abilities. He wanted to see if magic would act differently than aura and could artificially create it.] Shallot nodded his head thinking that this guy is giving him Dr. Gero vibes and he would rather kill him first in order to make sure nothing out of his control happens. He wouldn''t be able to do anything to him but the girls are something entirely different. He was capable of catching Neo off guard and controlling her. He must not have known about what Neo could do which is why he sent her back out and must have thought that she was just a regular spy from one of the kingdoms. Neo started typing again before turning the device towards Shallot. Neo: [We need to hurry back they are in danger. He didn''t only send me he also sent a Reaver along with a Chimera Grimm.] Shallot turned towards Salem who was processing all this information while the tribe members were thinking that they need to get as far as possible away if a Reaver is involved. They are more deadly than Nuckleevee. Raven didn''t try to argue and swung her sword opening up a portal back to where they were previously. Raven: "This will take you back but I''m not going." Shallot: "Your daughter is there right now." Raven shook slightly but still didn''t change her mind." Raven: "I''m still not going." Shallot just turned while pulling Neo and heading through the portal. After they both went through the portal closed and Raven fell to her knees while breathing heavily and sweating slightly. Vernal came to her side to ?ssist her while the others of the tribe were feeling that they didn''t have the strength to even help their leader. Vernal: "We could have taken him together." Raven: "No we couldn''t. He is far more dangerous than any Grimm. He could wipe out small settlements and towns if he wanted. It''s best if we don''t be on the wrong side of him. I needed to make sure that I wouldn''t be harmed just from not following his orders. [AN: I now have a pat.reon so if you want to see chapter as soon as they are completed check them out there since I don''t have to worry about things being deleted there. You don''t have to if you don''t want to since chapters will be posted here pat.reon.com/TGM_Productions.. (remove the (.) if you didn''t know)] Chapter 79 - 75 - Machinations (3) Shallot and Neo appeared through the warp gate Raven made and immediately noticed that out further they could hear a large number of Grimm. Shallot looked towards Neo before nodding his head and taking off in that direction. He made it into the tunnel area he first came through and could see down the way rubble and Grimm bodies lying all over the place. Shallot rushed through at high speed taking him only a couple of seconds to arrive at the pack of the army of Grimm moving towards the front. Shallot started punching and kicking his way knocking the Grimm out of the way bulldozing his way through. The Grimm had noticed that someone was attacking from the backside and turned and tried dogpiling on top of him. Shallot: ''This should give me a good warm-up since I have been feeling like I''m getting pretty rusty no a days.'' Shallot looked around him while dashing forward while noticing that there were multiple packs of Beowolves, Boarbatusk, and Ursalas being led by a Silvertooth Grimm. The Silvertooth Grimm was massive and could b?r?ly fit inside the caverns since it was around 22 feet tall. The Beowolves came attacking from all sides while the Boarbatusk was rolling towards him like a certain blue hedgehog. Shallot elbowed the first Beowolf charging towards him sending it into the Beowolf to his left while catching the hand of the Beowolf on his right. He lifted the Beowolf and spun in the air with it before slamming it into the one behind him. The Boarbatusk was rolling towards him and he just kicked out as if he was playing soccer and kicked them into each other. Shallot was moving forward as he was dismantling the Grimm around him with his b?r? hands. He rushed forward seeing the Sabertooth Grimm charging towards him with its maw open wanting to swallow him. He pulled his fist back and jumped in front of its face by its nose smashing downwards cracking the bone-like plating on its face making it smash into the ground. Shallot turned towards it gathered a small amount of ki and then condensed it before chucking it into the crack of the Grimm making its head explode. Shallot: ''Not sure if destroying the head will kill a stronger Grimm or not like the smaller Grimm but it should be the same as the Nevermore and the Gigantis.'' Shallot continued running tearing the Grimm leaving a path of dead disappearing Grimm turning into smoke. When he made it to the middle of the pack of Grimm stampeding forward he could see some more android in the middle that appeared to have some type of Grimm attached to the back of the droids pumping some type of black liquid into them. The Grimm had a white face mask on it with tentacles spreading from it that seemed similar to the head crab Grimm but this one seemed to be more invasive than the other one. Shallot: ''This one seems to make the body move in a more puppet-like manner. Neo was still moving like a human but her strength just couldn''t be exerted properly. I''ll call this one a puppeteer Grimm.'' Shallot started sending small ki blast out to clear the area but didn''t want to worry about the cave system collapsing. Neo was still back behind him and she would most likely leave through the other area and doesn''t want her getting buried down here. Shallot was making it towards the front and could see the girls, Roman, Zwei, Dr. Oobleck, and Merlin holding his device with red strings coming from her. Shallot sped up more while taking out and thinning the herd. Shallot: ''Man, I feel like I''m in a dynasty warriors game.'' Shallot jumped over the group of Grimm passing by the "Reaver". Shallot: ''That''s not a Reaver that''s a Ravager. Ravager is good at close combat but Reavers are capable of going into a transformed state. They are the more evolved and advanced Ravagers that has managed to live longer than 40 years. If it''s only a Ravager then I''m pretty sure that even Blake could deal with it. They must have thought it was a Reaver due to the large number of red spots it has on its shoulders and legs. It''s in the middle of evolving. I can deal with it after making sure that they are safe.'' While his thoughts were going through his head he heard something that brought back some bad memories. A loud primitive roar that sounded similar to the old Godzilla movies he used to watch with his little brother. Shallot: ''Shit don''t tell me this thing is still alive.'' Loud stomping footsteps could be heard coming from behind the walls on the right side of the tunnel and even the Ravager was hesitating in continuing forward hearing it. The sound of rocks being smashed and breaking noises could be heard when Shallot had landed next to everyone else. Ruby was the first to notice since she was busy reloading her Crescent Rose and looked up as Shallot had landed. Ruby: "Shallot!!!" Everyone else turned seeing him feeling that they can deal with this situation now. Roman: "So you can just blast all these Grimm to kingdom come and we''ll all be done right." Shallot turned and looked towards Roman and shook his head. Shallot: "Can''t, Neo is heading out the other end and don''t want the cave to collapse while she is still inside of here. Her scroll was destroyed and she needs to get back to your hideout to put the information she got down. So far I know who''s behind messing with our plans." Roman was still firing before retorting. Roman: "So it was Dr. Marlot, and here I thought the nutjob died in the fall of Mount Glenn." Dr. Oobleck shook his head at that. Oobleck: "So it was Dr. Merlot. Professor Ozpin told me about him once about how he was more enthralled by the understanding and workings of Grimm and not towards the safety of the people. This could be what drove him to such actions. We had a suspicion that he was the cause of the Grimm attack here but with anyone being left alive from what happens we all thought he perished with the city." Yang chimed in. Yang: "We can destroy the area above us with Shallot using a big attack. The tunnel shouldn''t collapse down where you said Neo is." Shallot was trying not to let what happened in the show happened again but if he needs to fight the Gigantis then an open area would be best. In an enclosed area like this, the others could be in danger. Shallot jumped back towards the group of Grimm chasing the hoping that what he is about to do is going to work. Ruby: "What is he doing?" Shallot had spread his ki sense out to make sure there weren''t any life signatures above him and seeing that there weren''t any but they were close he got ready. Shallot started concentrating and gathering a large amount of ki before shaping it and raises his hands into the sky and charges a large energy sphere. The Grimms started dog piling on top of him and the ki was becoming more condensed. No matter how the Grimm attacked it seemed as if they couldn''t harm him. Shallot was finally ready and the ki became volatile and the Grimm around him started burning up and evaporating. Shallot: "Heat Dome." The massive amount of energy from his barrier flew upwards and slightly outward taking a large chunk of the Grimm with it smashing the ground above leaving a twenty-meter diameter hole. [AN: I now have a pat.reon so if you want to see chapter as soon as they are completed check them out there since I don''t have to worry about things being deleted there. You don''t have to if you don''t want to since chapters will be posted here pat.reon.com/TGM_Productions.. (remove the (.) if you didn''t know)] Chapter 80 - 76 - Machinations (4) [With Cinder, Emerald, and Mercury] Cinder was looking over the city thinking about her plans when she was going to check the tablet to see if everything was working properly when her scroll started ringing and she could see that it wasn''t Roman. Cinder: ''He still hasn''t contacted me yet about an update. Something must have happened.'' Cinder stood up while looking out the window thinking about her plans when she could see a large bright light on the outskirts of the city rising into the sky. A wave of heat flew across the area a large Grimm could be seen flying in the air. The Grimm was 25 meters tall. It resembled Godzilla with bone-like plating on the muscle area of the Grimm. On the white plating all across its body, you could see some red line marking stretching across the bone plating. It had a large bone plating on its ?h?st that had the appearance of another Grimm mask. The Grimm had a tail that was 12 meters long and luckily the Grimm wasn''t within the city or else it could have caused great damage. [AN: Image here - deviantart.com/dragokaiju2000/art/RWBY-Grimm-Original-Creature-GIGANTIS-776214574] Some figures jumped out of the hole followed by a large swarm of Grimms of numerous types. Cinder''s eyes widened seeing the huge Grimm. Along with the Grimm, the sirens within the city and Beacon academy were blaring at full blast. Smoke could be seen from the area and a figure dash flying towards the Giant Grimm smashing it sending it tumbling backward. It swiveled with its tail swatting the figure out of the sky. Cinder: "What the hell is that?!? There wasn''t a Grimm like that when I say Salem. What is Roman doing that something like that is here? The plan isn''t supposed to start for another week." Cinder hit the answer bu??on on the scroll. Cinder: "What is it?!" Emerald was on the other side clearly panicking. Emerald: "What are we supposed to do about that. I don''t think we can deal with something like that." Cinder: "Do what you can and make sure that you are seen by others so that they won''t suspect you all about anything to come up. It seems like Shallot isn''t planning on telling anyone about us so we will use that to our advantage." ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ [Earlier when Ruby was trying to call for help] Jaune Arc is sleeping during the night inside JNPR''s dorm room. Jaune: "Waffles..." Jaune suddenly wakes up to a call on his Scroll, with the ringtone "It''s a Big Ursa!" playing. Jaune: "Hello?" Jaune hears noise for six seconds from Ruby''s Scroll before the call ends. Jaune: "Uh, Ruby?" ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Later on, Team JNPR walks at dawn towards their Bullhead. Pyrrha: "I''m sure they''re fine. Shallot is there along with a professional Hunter." Jaune: "You think? You''re probably right." Nora: "Probably a bu?? dial..." Ren: "Team RWBYS has always performed exceptionally in the field. We should be focusing on our own mission." Nora: "We''re gonna be deputies!" Jaune: "I just got this feeling... I don''t know." Pyrrha: "Jaune..." Suddenly, alarms ring out as they see the city up in smoke and a large Grimm bigger than anything they had ever seen before. Jaune: "We''re changing our mission. Everyone on board!" As the team heads toward their Bullhead, Jaune does a headcount. Jaune: "Ren, we''ll make it to that village another time. Take us into the city!" As the Bullhead takes off, Mercury Black and Emerald Sustrai watch nearby. Emerald: "You don''t think..." Mercury: "Sure looks like it." Emerald: "That''s still days away!" Mercury: "So? What do we do?" Emerald: "I''m calling Cinder." [Back with Team RWBYS, Roman, Dr. Oobleck, the animals, and Grimm swarm] The ravager was standing in front of the group along with the other Grimm rushing towards them to make it to the city that is behind them. Shallot was knocked away and stopped himself in the air and slowed himself looking at the Giganti in front of him. He could see that black sludge-like material was coming from its bone plate from the tail that it attacked him with. Shallot rushed down in front of the group while thinking of the best way to deal with this. He didn''t see the droids that were down in the tunnel then heard another explosion beneath them and more rumbling. Shallot turned towards Dr. Oobleck. Shallot: "Dr. Oobleck, I need you to contact any team that is nearby and have them guard the city. We are near the outskirts of the city of Vale and if the Grimm army gets in it will be devastating." ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ [Inside Ozpin''s office] The sound of a ringing scroll could be heard. Ozpin pulled out his scroll seeing that it was Dr. Oobleck while looking out of the window looking at what was going on. While he was about to answer the scroll someone barged into the room. James Ironwood along with Glynda Goodwitch came inside. Ozpin seeing who it was answered the scroll. Ozpin: "Yes Dr. Oobleck, I can see that things are not going as well as things should be." Professor Ozpin was listening and then turned towards Glynda and James. Ozpin: "James, grab all of your troops and head towards the outskirts of the city my student Shallot is dealing with the massive Grimm. We will need the number advantage to deal with a large number of Grimm that may try to get into the city. Glynda makes sure that that the first years don''t head out and tell the third years to also head towards the outskirts of the city while the second years are to provide help to the people who may be stuck in that area." Glynda started heading out to get everything down while James was still standing there. James Ironwood: "This is why I said that my units are necessary." Ozpin looked at him before telling the rest of the conversation. Ozpin: "James, the one behind this isn''t Salem." James Ironwood: "What! Who is behind this then." Ozpin: "Dr. Merlot, and he is planning on targeting not only Vale but the other kingdoms also. Salem may not be our main concern anymore." ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ [Back with Team RWBYS and "friends"] While Ruby and everyone were fighting the horde of Grimm that seemed to constantly come from the underground area a King Taitjitu came breaking through the ground of another area heading towards Ruby. Before Ruby could turn and attack with her Crescent Rose the sound of thunder could be heard before a loud scream was followed. Nora: "Nora Smash!" [AN: I now have a pat.reon so if you want to see chapter as soon as they are completed check them out there since I don''t have to worry about things being deleted there. You don''t have to if you don''t want to since chapters will be posted here pat.reon.com/TGM_Productions.. (remove the (.) if you didn''t know)] Chapter 81 - 77 - Breach (1) Jaune, Pyrrha Nikos, and Lie Ren come falling from the sky while an airship is seen flying back towards Beacon academy to grab more students. Pyrrha: "Let''s move!" As Jaune sighs, the others charge in. Jaune: "All that training we did and the first thing I have to deal with seems far more than a simple Ursa." Nora rushes towards the nearest pack of Beowolf Grimm in the horde of Grimm spinning around like a top sending Grimm flying in the air. Nora: "Spin spin spin spin spin spin." Nora stopped spinning after all the Grimm in her hammers reach was in the air. Nora: "Now I''m dizzy. This is so fun!" Jaune seeing everything going on tries getting into it like the rest of his team. Jaune: "Okay, who''s first?" Jaune turns around to notice a giant Ursa standing behind him. Pyrrha is fighting several Grimm nearby. Impaling a Beowolf, and then a Creep before seeing the Ursa advance on Jaune. Behind him, Weiss and Blake are fighting more Grimm. Shallot is darting back in fourth in the sky launching attacks at the Giganti Grimm putting cracks into the bone armor it has over its body only for it to reach down with its head cupping some Grimm into its mouth making the cracks disappearing and black smoke coming from its body. Shallot: "This is why I hate fighting these things. If there are other Grimm around they are a pain to deal with. If we were away from the city I could just blow it up. Being in a city really sucks." The Ursa walked up towards Jaune and stood on its hind legs and roared in his face. Jaune: "Oh-oh-okay, you''re first, huh? Okay, no, that''s fine. Totally fine, done this before, done this before..." With a mighty scream, Jaune slashes the Ursa several times before it falls. Pyrrha smiles, as she notices his improvement. A few feet from the fallen Ursa, Sun Wukong and Neptune Vasilias arrive, flashing their badges. Shallot: ''Tiddle Dee and twiddle dum has shown up.'' Sun: "Nobody move! Junior detectives!" Neptune: "We have badges so you know it''s official!" A fleet coming from the Atlesian Military, consisting of dropships deploying Atlesian Knight-200 units and the flagship of James Ironwood. Sun and Neptune react in awe of the fleet as Sun drops his badge to the floor. As Team RWBY looks up in the sky, an Ursa takes the opportunity to attack Ruby from behind. However, it is gunned down by a dropship''s machine gun. As the robotic Knights deploy, they start gunning down the Grimm. Two of the Knights are stampeded on by a Boarbatusk, but a separate group of three Knights fire on an Ursa, and another Ursa has fallen from a Knight''s punch. As an Ursa receives the business end of Talaria, at least half a dozen ?ssorted Grimm stand in front of Emerald. Who draws Thief''s Respite from their holsters, revealing them to be dual pistols. The Grimm pack learns this the hard way as she opens fire and all but a single Ursa fall to a barrage of Dust shots while charging at Emerald. Emerald quickly transforms her pistols into kopis blades, flipping and slashing at the rampaging Ursa to kill it. As more Knights subdue Grimm, out of the opening comes Zwei, followed by Dr. Bartholomew Oobleck in a damaged Atlesian Paladin-290. The dog jumping off to headbutt a Beowolf while Merlin was standing on top of its mechanized head. An airship arrives, dropping off Team CFVY and Professor Peter Port. As Yatsuhashi Daichi is surrounded by a pack of Grimm, he unlimbers Fulcrum before smashing it on the ground, unleashing a shockwave that sends them flying. Velvet Scarlatina and Fox Alistair respectively kick and punch the Grimm with Fox impaling a Creep. Nearby a large spiked Ursa roars before charging them. Fox intercepts it with a kick then unleashes a combo of slashes and punches with Sharp Retribution. Knocking the Grimm skyward with an uppercut, as it descends he delivers a blow to the head with both hands that sends it flying. After landing it swells up and explodes impaling the nearby Grimm with its spikes. Coco walks forward swatting a few away with her weapon. Yatsuhashi shields Velvet before the two start advancing. Coco gives Fox a light pat on the bu?? while walking towards a large Beowolf. Coco: "Nice hustle, Fox. Good job." Coco: "You are causing our city problems." A loud prehistoric howl was heard and a large amount of black mist start spreading around the area. Shallot: "Can Someone Deal With The Grimm So This Bastard Can Stop Regenerating!!!!" Shallot flew towards the bottom of the Giganti Grimm and started punching it repeatedly making it slowly rise in the air with a smile on his face. Pulled both of his hands back behind him cupping them. A large amount of ki was gathering in his hands. Shallot: "Fuck collateral damage. Kaaaaa-meeeee-haaaaaaa-meeeeeee." Shallot thrust his hands forward. Shallot: "Haaaaaaaaa." The Kamehameha was launched forward at the Giganti carrying it high into the sky before it a large explosion was blown into the middle of the Giganti. One upper part of the Giganti was launched further from the edge of the city. The bottom half came falling back down crashing onto another pile of Grimm crushing them underneath. Everyone else below saw a shadow overcasting above them and starting running from underneath it so they wouldn''t be crushed. Coco: "Watch it. You got dirt on my outfit." Shallot floated back down to the ground seeing that there were still a large amount of Grimm still around. He was tired from that blast not thinking that the Giganti would be that troublesome. Shallot: ''It seems that the Grimm are evolving far faster than they naturally should. This could either be Salem since Summer said that she can control Grimm or Dr. Merlot has made further progress in his research. If I can track him down his technology could prove to be pretty useful.'' Shallot pulled out his scroll and started typing on it before putting it away. Shallot: ''About 30% of my ki left should be more than enough. Making sure not wiping out the city in the crossfire is the more exhausting thing.'' Shallot dropped his hands to the side gathering ki in both of his hands and then placed them above his head before launching it into the sky. The ki blast flew into the air then exploded splitting into a large number of ki blasts before raining down onto the field wiping out another large number of Grimm. Shallot looked towards everyone else looking at what he just did before sitting down on the ground sweating more drenching his clothes. Shallot: "Controlled destruction is so much harder. I could have down this with only half my ki if I could just use scorched earth policy. You all can deal with the rest it shouldn''t be that many now." [AN: I now have a pat.reon so if you want to see chapter as soon as they are completed check them out there since I don''t have to worry about things being deleted there. You don''t have to if you don''t want to since chapters will be posted here pat.reon.com/TGM_Productions.. (remove the (.) if you didn''t know)] Chapter 82 - 78 - Breach (2) There was only around 40 Grimm left of the massive horde that was originally there along with a couple of large Grimm. A Nevermore that flew away when the larger Grimm was falling towards the ground and was circling the group seeing that the one that did most of the damage was sitting down now. A large Beowolf Grimm was running in the direction of Coco and her team and wanted to plow through Coco to try to get away seeing that almost all of them were wiped out lunging at her swinging its right hand. Coco swatted away its right hand and kicks the Beowolf in the crotch. The Grimm grabs between its legs holding nothing in particular. Shallot was looking at this thinking did Grimm have private parts since he didn''t know if they were capable of reproducing amongst each other like other animals. He was completely sure how they functioned either and wasn''t an expert on them. Shallot: ''Dr. Merlot''s research will hopefully give me a good understanding of Grimm if I can track him down and kill him. I rather deal with flies before they hatch anymore eggs.'' As the Grimm falls to the ground and looks at her, she leans down and slams her bag onto its head. She effortlessly swats away three more Beowolves that tried attacking from the other side trying to corner her, then leaps back to avoid a Death Stalker''s tail. Velvet steps forward and moves a hand toward Anesidora about to open the box. Coco turns to Velvet. Coco: "Hey, come on, you just spent all the semester building that up. Don''t waste it here. There are only a couple of Grimm left since Shallot dealt with most of them." Coco then transforms Gianduja into a giant minigun, and starts firing, slaughtering the advancing horde of Grimm, including a Death Stalker and three Nevermore. The ground starts shaking again before a sinkhole appears behind them closer to the city with another wave of Grimm coming from the hole. From the hole was a sandworm Grimm. Shallot: "Well shit. This seems well coordinated." Port and Oobleck regroup at the opening, nodding their heads. They fire their weapons at the approaching Grimm, while Glynda Goodwitch mops up the remnants and immediately closes the first opening using her Semblance. Shallot stands up and could see something towards him with a smile on his face and lands beside him. It was a weapon locker and he inputs his code pulling out what looks look a sniper rifle box with some triggers on the handle. Shallot pulled the trigger making it unfold along with the sound of gears turning. A 7-foot Double-sided Scythe was slung over his shoulder which looked similar to a very deadly pickaxe. Shallot: "Too bad your coordination means nothing to the strong." Shallot lifted his "Scythe" above his hand and everyone could feel that they were becoming slightly more tired while the plant life around them was withering. A large amount of energy and life force was gathering on the "Scythe" making an aura surround the top of the blade making it appear larger. The Grimm could feel immense danger from the energy on his blade and instinctively wanted to flee back into the hole. Before they could Shallot had already made his way. Shallot disappeared from his spot appeared in the location of the new hole in the ground and did a 360 spin and a blade of energy launched from all around him cutting through all the Grimm. The Grimm bodies all around were split in half and everything in a 10-meter diameter was destroyed. Getting a closer look at the weapon it had a similar appearance as Ruby''s Crescent Rose. The difference between the two was that the area where the small hook on the back of Ruby''s Crescent Rose was another scythe blade. Shallot: "I''ll call you ''Entity Eclipse''." Glynda came over while using her semblance once more to close the hole that was in the ground. stopping anymore Grimm that could come through if they weren''t strong enough to break through the ground. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ???: "The blood that I was able to get from this individual is like nothing I have seen before. I haven''t been able to get anymore in recent years since it seems that they never get injured anymore. If I can use them with my research on Grimm I will be able to reach the next stage of evolution." Sitting in front of some monitors watching the entire fight from the droids that were destroyed but some with the visual capabilities still remained. The person was an elderly man that had one cybernetic eye. He had grey hair almost a white silver type hair and a white doctor''s lab coat on. The elderly man stood up from the ?ssortment of screens while turning and looking at a certain screen that showed Ozpin and then turned a little looking at Shallot. ???: "I will have my revenge Ozpin. You will see that you were wrong about the Grimm being only good for destruction." The elderly man walks out of the room walking into another room that has a tank filled with liquid with what appears to be a humanoid Grimm inside with white cracks all over its body. There was what appeared to be a Grimm mask embedded into its ?h?st where the white cracks seem to be originating from. ???: "I just need a little more time and I can reach the answer. I will reach the next stage of our evolution no matter what." ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ [Back with Shallot and everyone else] Roman seeing that Emerald, Mercury, and even Cinder showed up when the fighting was over. Roman could tell that they think that he had messed up the plans and that they weren''t the ones who screwed with the train. Roman: ''Hopefully Neo has all the information compiled together so he can make more plans. Shallot always wants him to gather information and needs to find out how Dr. Merlot is gathering information on them.'' Later on, everyone meets in the pavilion as Roman Torchwick is escorted by Mercury and Emerald towards an Atlesian airship. Roman: ''Should take this as far as I can. If I can still get more information out of Cinder then it''s better for me in the long run. Time to on a show.'' Roman turned to an Atlesian Knight, who grabs him by the arm. Roman: "Oh, I can''t believe that you caught me, you''ve really taught me the error of my ways. Roman almost loses his hat while being pulled. Roman: "He-hey, watch the hat!" Emerald and Mercury then approach Ruby and they smile at each other. Team JNPR is seen exchanging smiles, Sun and Neptune bump fists, Team CFVY likewise smile at each other, and Port and Oobleck do the same while Glynda watches from behind. Shallot: ''So it seems that this wasn''t part of Cinders plans and Roman is going to try to continue spying. Since the rest of my time and Professor Oobleck knows he''s working with me it should be easy explaining to the rest afterward.'' [AN: I now have a pat.reon so if you want to see chapter as soon as they are completed check them out there since I don''t have to worry about things being deleted there. You don''t have to if you don''t want to since chapters will be posted here pat.reon.com/TGM_Productions.. (remove the (.) if you didn''t know)] Chapter 83 - 79 - Breach (3) Afterward, Team RWBYS, Zwei, and Merlin are sitting on the edge of Beacon''s landing platform, overlooking the City of Vale from across the lake. Yang: "Well, we did it." Blake: "We did it." Weiss: "If we don''t get extra credit for that, I''m gonna be seriously disappointed." Yang: "Even though we were on the outskirts of the city plenty of outposts and small houses in that area were destroyed because of the Grimm. Besides that Shallot is the one who did almost all of it." Shallot: "I''m on the team also so I can''t let anything happen to my girlfriends." Shallot then turns to look at Weiss. Shallot: "And Weiss." Weiss: "Hey!" Everyone else started laughing at that seeing that it always seemed that everyone always makes Weiss the but of the joke. Ruby: "Plus, I mean, we didn''t solve everything. A lot of people were killed, and we still don''t even know why they did this, or who that mystery girl was that Shallot went after." Blake turns towards Shallot expecting him to answer but he just looks away. Shallot: "It''s not important. I just needed to make sure that some people''s family members weren''t in danger." Shallot said that while subtly looking towards Yang. Yang sees it from the corner of her eye but tries not to react. Weiss: "Well, not every story has a neat and tidy ending. Why did you kill all those people in the tunnel." Shallot: "Because they were in the way. They were being a nuisance." Weiss: "Don''t you feel that what you did wasn''t need. They were people also." Shallot: "They came at us with the intent to kill. Even though they aren''t a threat to me they could harm Ruby and Yang if they weren''t cautious and you could also be harmed. In my defense, it''s like seeing a colony of ants out in front of your house. Even though they can''t harm you, the kids inside the house might get ants bits which is annoying. So you decide to grab a cup of water mixed with some cleaning supplies and pour it into the anthill killing all of them. Would you feel bad about taking care of insects?" The others become quiet thinking about it while Blake was laying on Shallot''s ??p relaxing not really worrying about it. Blake: "We might not have all the answers, but we dis protect the city from taking a large amount of damage and made sure that the Grimm was contained to a single area of the city." Ruby: "Yeah! And if anyone tries something like this again, we''ll be there to stop them." Yang lies down on her back while looking up at the sky thinking about the subtle look Shallot gave her when he mentioned looking out for one of their family members. Yang: "Yay, teamwork, camaraderie, good guys, go team, alright, good job... So, what now?" Weiss: "I suggest training for the tournament." Weiss turns and looks at Shallot and the rest of them. Weiss: "But I guess we have that covered at this point." Blake: "So then..." Ruby: "Uhh... Time for bed?" Yang: "Please." Blake: "I''m fine right here. You all can go back." Ruby puffed her cheeks out while laying on Shallot''s shoulder." Yang and Weiss decided to leave with Zwei following behind them. Merlin had strings behind her while carrying Shallot''s device and places it next to Shallot before running after Zwei and jumping on top of him before jumping onto Yang''s shoulder. Ruby, Shallot, and Blake were watching the sunset in the distance. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ [Inside od Ozpin''s office] Vale''s Government Council calls on Ozpin, who responds in his office. The headmaster aloofly stares outside his window. Councilman 1: "Ozpin?" Ozpin doesn''t respond to them Councilman 1: "Ozpin!" Ozpin: "Yes, Councilman." A video feed of the councilmen is shown on a holographic screen with Ironwood''s video feed in the corner. In the video, it shows that it was a student that was dealing with most of the Grimm but it also showed the destruction of the outer wall of Vale and some of the citizen''s buildings. Further in the video were Ironwood robots escorting civilians who were still close by away from where the fighting was happening. Councilman 1: "You''ve left us no choice! The Vytal Festival tournament cannot be broadcast, let alone held if we are unable to ensure the safety of the citizens. This time it was buildings of the citizens but next time it could be the citizens and even children." Ozpin sips from his cup. Councilman 1: "Ahem... Therefore, we have reached out to the Atlas Council and together have decided that the best action is to appoint General Ironwood as head of security for the event." Ironwood: "Thank you, Councilman. Our Kingdom is happy to lend as many troops as it takes to ensure that the event runs smoothly and safely as possible." Councilman 1: "And we thank you, General." Ozpin: "Will that be all?" Councilman 1: "For now. But after this festival comes to a close, we are going to have a serious discussion about your position at Beacon Academy. General Ironwood''s reports over the last few weeks have left us somewhat... concerned. I am sure you understand." The faceless councilmen''s video feed disappears, leaving Ironwood''s video feed alone with Ozpin. They silently stare at each other for a moment. Ironwood: "This is the right move, Ozpin. I promise I will keep our people safe, you have to trust me." Ironwood hangs up the video call. Ozpin then turns his chair around to look at the large Atlesian Airship outside his window. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ [Inside of the Atlesian ship sat Ironwood sitting at a desk with his hands folded with his chin on top of them.] Ironwood: "You brought this on yourself." Ironwood then walks toward a heavily guarded Roman in his holding cell, albeit without his signature hat. Ironwood turns to the guards in the room. Ironwood: "Leave us." The soldiers leave Ironwood alone so that he can talk to Roman. Ironwood: "I''ve been informed that so far you''ve refused to co-operate with the authorities." Roman: "I know this might be hard to believe, General, but uh... I''m not the biggest fan of local law enforcement." Ironwood: "How about the world''s strongest military power?" Roman looks around seeing that he could feel some dust embedded into some of the technology here and he could take control of it and make the airship useless after some great effort. Roman: "Hmm.. first impressions... not great." Ironwood: "I''m going to give you one chance. Who''s really behind all this?" Roman: "Isn''t it obvious?" Ironwood leans his ear toward him to hear his answer. Roman: "You''re looking at him." Roman: ''I''m pretty sure you know who was behind this incident but you should probably be wanting to know who is behind the initial plan. The mastermind behind everything is Shallot since I technically work for him.'' Ironwood: "Hm.. Very well then." Ironwood starts walking away. Roman: "What''s the matter, General? I thought you wanted to talk." Ironwood: "The council''s given me custody over you for as long as I see fit. So you can make yourself comfortable. I can be sure that you''ll have plenty of time to talk. My semblance will lead me to the best outcome." Roman: "Oh, wonderful. Hehehe..." Roman laughs feeling stronger ki coming from the distance towards his direction at a slow pace. Roman: ''So the plan can continue.'' ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ [Cinder, Mercury, and Emerald meet discreetly at a rooftop] Cinder: "All in all, I call today a success." Emerald: "Those stupid kids really made a mess of things." [In the distance with two females laying on him Shallot turned and looked and a certain direction] Emerald shivered for a second while she could feel some sweat form on her back. Mercury: "Yeah. A lot of Faunus didn''t make it out of the tunnels. Do you still think the White Fang''s gonna listen to us?" Emerald: "A lot of Faunus... there were only two survivors down there and the only other ones only survived because they were on the train. They wouldn''t listen to us even if we showed ourselves." ???: "No, but they''ll listen to me." Emerald: "Are you sure about that Adam? We didn''t plan for that Giganti to appear since we can''t lead them anywhere they go wherever they want and it was still taken down by Shallot." Adam gritted his teeth thinking about Shallot while placing his hand over his left eye. Adam: "I have a way of dealing with him. That monster won''t be an issue." ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Yang had gone out thinking about what Shallot was saying and that Blake told her when she appeared that he chased after someone that could create portals with a sword and they had a Grimm mask. While walking someone was standing in front of her. A swordswoman with a Grimm mask. Yang got into a fighting stance. Yang: "Who are you?" The mysterious swordswoman removes her mask, revealing herself to be Raven Branwen, similar to Yang in appearance. Raven: "Yang, we have a lot to talk about. Shallot is dangerous and you shouldn''t get close to him." [AN: I now have a pat.reon so if you want to see chapter as soon as they are completed check them out there since I don''t have to worry about things being deleted there. You don''t have to if you don''t want to since chapters will be posted here pat.reon.com/TGM_Productions.. (remove the (.) if you didn''t know)] Chapter 84 - 80 - Here we go again (+18) Shallot, Blake, and Ruby were laying in the bed sleeping. Shallot had taken Ruby''s bed and put it beside Blake''s bed so they could sleep more comfortably while Yang''s bed was put above''s Weiss''s. Shallot was waking up and could feel the girls clung to him. Shallot: "It''s about time to see if we can go on another mission. We have about four days before the festival is going to start." Shallot made his way out of the bed while trying not to wake Ruby and Blake. Shallot made his way into the restroom and cleaned up. He looked at the time when he came out seeing that it was 5:45 in the morning. Shallot: "I woke up pretty early." Ruby started moving around reaching for where Shallot was and not feeling anything she opens her eyes seeing Blake across from her. She turns seeing Shallot standing there with just his und?rw??r on with a towel hanging around his neck. Ruby looks him up and down and gets up and goes to get her clothes heading into the washroom. Before she closes the door she sticks her hand out towards Shallot and makes a follow-me gesture before going in to shower. Shallot goes in and Ruby and Shallot have some morning exercise. After another 40 minutes, Shallot and Ruby came out of the washroom with Ruby having a smile on her face and Shallot gave her a kiss on the cheek before going to wake everyone else. Blake was already awake however because Shallot forgot to use his semblance to keep the sound from leaving the washroom and everyone else in the room could hear them. Blake''s side of the bed was wet with her liquids and Yang wasn''t much different looking at Shallot with a blaming look. Weiss was looking at them with a blush on her face while looking at the others thinking that everyone on her team was indecent. Weiss: "So indecent." Blake: "Your only saying that because you have never experienced it before." Weiss puffed her cheeks which were already pink and turned away. Blake went to the washroom while looking at Shallot and then turned to Yang and gave her a smirk. Yang sees that looked at her bed and then at Ruby before getting a tick mark on her head. Shallot: "Well shit, here we go again." Yang sees them going into the washroom and decides that she isn''t going to be left out of this. She has already decided that she would be together with Shallot. He has been there and even helped her when she was little without ever mentioning it. Even if she talked with her mother she knows that she isn''t one to talk about relationships considering she left her and never showed up until she was going to get together with someone. Yang got up while grabbing her clothes and heading to the washroom. Weiss: "Yang, you too. Are you doing this because Blake is mocking you?" Yang: "This is my choice, besides. Shallot is one of the most reliable people I know and I know that I can depend on him. He is the perfect boyfriend and husband material." Yang opened the door to the washroom and walked in seeing that Blake was already being rammed by Shallot in the shower with the water running and them kissing. Yang can see where they are connected and when Blake hears the door open she was thinking that Ruby may have come back for another round. When she looked towards the door she sees Yang standing there watching them fu?k?n?. Shallot turns and sees Yang also while getting even stiffer looking at her body. Blake could feel Shallot twitching inside her as he continues ramming her. He then picks Blake up while still connected and turns sideways so that Yang could get the full view. Blake was feeling hotter having Yang watching her and Yang was also getting horny seeing all of this. Yang dropped her clothes and started fingering herself watching them. After six minutes Shallot released inside Blake and Blake spasmed slightly while also ?umm?n?. Blake had her tongue out of her mouth and her legs felt like jello since Shallot find where her sweat spot was and kept using it. Shallot gently placed Blake on the ground. Blake went scutting towards the shower to wash out the ?um from inside. Yang was already drenched seeing everything that was going on and her liquids were already on the floor. Shallot started walking towards Yang who was looking at Shallot''s still hard member swaying left and right every time he walked. Yang licked her lips seeing it and looked down at her puss? thinking it can definitely reach further than her fingers. Shallot stopped right in front of her and reached one hand up ??r?ssing her face while leaning in and planting his lips on hers exploring her mouth with his tongue. Yang didn''t shy away and fiercely attacked back with her tongue even though she wasn''t great at it. Shallot places his left hand on her ?ss groping it. He then started playing with it and bringing his other hand down also grabbing her ?ss while still kissing her. Yang remembering what Blake told her and the eavesdropping she did on Ruby she knew what she needs to do next. Yang reached her hand down softly grabbing Shallot''s d??k while rubbing it which was still wet from being in Blake''s puss?. She started stroking and then stopped kissing Shallot and got on her knees while looking at his d??k. She opened her mouth while placing it in her mouth. Blake had told her to make sure to avoid using her teeth and she needs to make sure that it''s all gums and throat. Yang started moving it further into her mouth feeling like she was about to choke and gag with it in her mouth. She pulled it back to breathe when Blake cut in from the side looking at what was going on while giggling a little. Blake: "Breathe through your nose when you need to breathe." Yang nodded in her direction and went to try again. She put it back in a started su?k?n?. Shallot felt amazing. Shallot: ''Her mouth is different from Ruby''s and Blake''s this fill amazing. Her throat has such a strong grip also.'' Yang was su?k?n? and then took it out and started ???k?n? it from the base upwards before putting it back into her mouth. Every now and then taking it out and ???k?n? it all around. Shallot started also pumping into her throat seeing that Yang was getting used to it. Yang started using her hand also giving him a handjob while she was blowing him and then after another 3 minutes Shallot came inside her mouth. Yang was surprised and was about to open her mouth to let it out when she could see Blake from the side was now standing up again looking in their direction. Blake was making a swallow gesture and Yang followed through swallowing thinking it was bitter but also tasted like vegetables for some reason almost like an onion. Shallot grabbed Yang and led her to the shower and kissed her on the cheek. After they both made it to the shower Shallot looked towards Yang and asked for confirmation first. Shallot: "Are you ready Yang." Yang nodded her head while looking at Shallot with a hazed look and breathing heavily like a lioness looking at her prey. Yang placed her hands on the wall and stuck her ?ss out to Shallot with Shallot clearly being given the invitation he proceeded. Shallot lined his shaft up and placed slowly slid it up and down below her puss? making her even hornier. Yang was panting at this time and Shallot started pushing in. Shallot: "You are really tight Yang." Yang m??n?d and felt a slight pain and her eyes flared up turning red. Shallot could feel that just like Ruby and Blake he needed to push through the h?m?n and break it to keep going. Shallot seeing that she was using her semblance shoved as far as he could ripping her h?m?n in one push. Yang yelled out and at the very end, she m??n?d really loud and came at the same time. After staying in that position for a minute Shallot started moving and pumping into her. While fu?k?n? her from the back he was playing with her n?pp??s and massaging the other titty. They kept going for another 5 minutes and then Shallot found her s?ns?t?v? spot. Yang was m??ning load while Blake was fingering herself to the side. Yang''s eyes were red while looking over her shoulder at Shallot. Yang: "Fuck me harder. I want you to make me feel like I won''t be able to walk for a week." Shallot started fu?k?n? her in all the ways he knew. He wanted to do something simple since it was her first time but she wanted it rough so he was going to give it to her rough. Shallot went from fu?k?n? her from behind to turning her around and picking her up and fu?k?n? her while picking her up pressing her back into the shower wall. He went from there to have one of her legs on the ground with the other lifted up banging her from the side getting her into more flexible positions. After the first 10 minutes, Yang''s legs were starting to give out but Shallot turned her around as if he was going from the back again. He lifted her h?ps up off the ground making her hands go to the floor banging her from the back. After another minute he was finally ready to bust again and released it all inside of her filling her puss? up completely before Yang lost the strength in her arms. Shallot wasn''t finished, however. Shallot got on his knees and lined up his shaft while she was laying on the floor with her ?ss raised and ?um dripping out. Yang: "Wait... I need a break." Shallot: "You said you want it rough. So I''ll make sure you get the full course." Shallot went back to pounding her again and Yang couldn''t feel anything but ecstasy anymore with her tongue hanging out and her eyes glazed over. Yang had got some strength back by using her semblance and turned the pain from having her h?m?n broken into energy and put it into her legs to stand up. Shallot seeing that she was standing up also stood up seeing that she got some energy and grabbed her arms pulling them back behind her having her arch her back and he started pumping even faster. He then released another load into her making her lose the strength she just got back again. She went back to the floor and Shallot pulled out letting some more s?m?n drip out. Shallot turned her over lifting her legs up. Shallot: "It''s time to work on your flexibility." Shallot went back to work pounding away. By the time Shallot finished with Yang another 30 minutes had passed with Yang breathing heavily with her tongue out while spasming a little with ?um leaking from her puss?. Shallot still felt like he was ready to go and turned to Blake who was getting ready to leave out of the bathroom and was pulled back to only be left in a similar state as Yang 40 minutes later. Shallot felt great and knew that was probably the best use of his technique so far. Shallot: "I''m getting better at this." Shallot then walked out of the washroom only to see Weiss, not in the room, and Ruby sitting in the bed with a puddle underneath her. Shallot: "Ah shit, here we go again." Shallot saw her before pulling her back into the washroom with him deciding that they''ll go on a mission tomorrow. [AN: I now have a pat.reon so if you want to see chapter as soon as they are completed check them out there since I don''t have to worry about things being deleted there. You don''t have to if you don''t want to since chapters will be posted here pat.reon.com/TGM_Productions.. (remove the (.) if you didn''t know)] Chapter 85 - Author Note Author here. We have made it through to the end of Volume two. It will take two weeks for me to prepare Volume 3 which is a mini volume. It will still be longer than a regular side story (well, in all honesty, it will be around 15 to 25 chapters so it''s not that mini)which will be pretty important for Volume 4 so look forward to the darker side of RWBY that wasn''t looked at in the show. Volume 3 will be known as the Grimm Eclipse but I won''t spoil it. After the Grimm Eclipse comes to an end Volume 4 will come which will be close to the end of the novel since I plan to end it in volume 5 and some after stories for volume 6. Hope you all enjoy the upcoming events because Remnant is about to get a lot more chaotic. After my two week break, I will be back for Volume 4. PS: Everything that will be used in Volume 3 came from me using all of RWBY''s content even the background characters that are mentioned in the writing when Monty was still alive. They let a lot of preparations that were put in Volume 2 go up in smoke for some reason and never revisited it. The reason I am taking two weeks is that I lost my job and I''m currently job hunting. Chapter 86 - 81 - Team Up (1) Weiss decided to stay in team JNPR''s room for the day since when she came back all she could smell was the smell of s?x that Shallot had with Yang, Blake, and Ruby. They were doing it as soon as they recovered and only left to get something to eat. Yang found out that day that asking Shallot for s?x was a very tiring endeavor. After Weiss had left even Neo had snuck into the room joining them. They woke up all in one bed with the three beds pushed against each other since the two beds weren''t enough for four people. They all got up and decided to change the covers and clean the rest of the room spreading some air freshener. Shallot gave each of the girls a morning kiss before heading into the washroom for the morning. After he was finished the others went in but they didn''t do anything else since they were planning on doing another mission today while Neo was going to head back. After all of them were ready and Neo left out through the window the door to their room was opened and Weiss walked in while glaring at them. Shallot''s scroll buzzed and he checked it seeing that he had seen that there were some messages that came from Neo. He saw that some were the information about Dr. Merlot and the information she got and the other messages saying that she was coming over. Shallot scrolled through it for a bit skimming through the information and then seeing that there was a message from Ozpin. Shallot: ''Oh... what''s this?'' Shallot clicked on the message. Ozpin: [Gather your team and come to the mission distribution area. This is open to more than just your team but you all are the ones that have discovered who was behind the attack of two days ago.] Shallot looked at his girlfriends and Weiss before showing his scroll to them. Shallot: "We have a mission to do. Ozpin wants us to come to the mission hall. It also seems that we aren''t going to be the only ones to be on this mission." Ruby looked at his scroll reading the short message and nodding. Ruby: "Alright Team RWBYS. It''s time to go on another mission. We still have 3 days before the tournament and this will give us more answers on who Dr. Merlot is and what his plans are." Weiss: "You seem to know about this Dr. Merlot now Ruby." Ruby: "Shallot told us about what Dr. Merlot has been up to yesterday but since you didn''t come back we didn''t get the chance to tell you." Yang: "It was really Neo who told us some things about Dr. Merlot." Blake nodded thinking about how they were going to have to read the information that Neo gave to Shallot. Neo had told them some things about Dr. Merlot while Shallot was focusing on a single person and when the others were resting. Team RWBYS then left out of the room with Weiss still glaring at them thinking that she is going to have to deal with this until they graduate now. They all went to the mission distribution area to see what mission they needed to do. After an 8 minutes walk, they got there to see Team JNPR with Pyrrha waving to Weiss while another team was also standing there. Team CFVY was standing there and looking at a screen that seemed to be reading some information. Team RWBYS walked over to everyone else. In front of the screen, the mission had some information about Emerald Forest. [Investigate Emerald Forest to find out what or who is damaging and messing with the communication devices for the security network in the area. There has been sighting of robots appearing in the forest every now and then that don''t belong to the Atlas units. Your job is to find all information about these robots what their objective is. Teams Assigned: Team RWBYS, Team CFLY, and Team JNPR] They all looked and saw that they were already ?ssigned to this mission already and they didn''t have the chance to decline it. Blake: "It seems that we were chosen probably because we dealt with the Grimm attack on the outskirts of the city and kept the damage to a small amount." Shallot: "This will be good then I can finally deal with another nuisance but we should probably fully introduce ourselves to Team CFVY since we have only seen Velvet and Coco before really." Shallot and the others turned towards Team CFVY and with Shallot walking towards Velvet smiling at her. Shallot: "Hello my beautiful Velvet. Will you do the honors of introducing your teammates to me so I can get to know them." Velvet blushed hearing that while Coco was watching Shallot while the other two on their team were just watching everything one with a straight face while the other one with a slight smirk. Velvet walked towards her team captain Coco. Velvet: "This is my team captain Coco. She is the most confident person that I know." Coco: "And the best when it comes to fashion." Coco looked at Shallot''s outfit nodding her head at it. Coco: "It''s unique but still looks good. You have a great body for modeling. Do you want to model for me so that I can get some photos? You would fill out nicely in workout outfits and sweaters." Shallot: "I''m busy so I wouldn''t have the time for that." Coco: "We can take some pictures in the spare time that we have during the mission. We can prepare some clothes before heading there." Velvet continued walking next to Yatsuhashi Daichi. Yatsuhashi is a tall and athletic-looking young man with shaved-short black hair and tanned skin, who wears mostly pale-green and brown attire. He has a long short-sleeved robe, which he wears on one shoulder over a black muscle shirt. The robe is fastened at the waist by a leather armored belt with two pouches on it. He also wears brown pants and black-and-green boots. His left arm bears a 5-layer Sode that extends up past his shoulder. His weapon is affixed to his back with a padded brown strap slung over his shoulder. He also wears a pair of bracers as well as a pair of black gloves with green plates on the backs. Shallot could see that he was a pretty large guy standing over a foot and 3 inches over him. Shallot had to look up towards him to see his face. Shallot stretched out his hand towards him in a handshake manner. Shallot: "Your a pretty big guy which means you must be born with natural strength. I''m still growing so I''ll probably reach around your height when I hit my last growth spurt maybe even be taller than you." ~~~ [AN: I now have a pat.reon so if you want to see chapter as soon as they are completed check them out there since I don''t have to worry about things being deleted there. You don''t have to if you don''t want to since chapters will be posted here pat.reon.com/TGM_Productions.. (remove the (.) if you didn''t know)] Chapter 87 - 82 - Team Up (2) Shallot was introduced to the other member of Team CFVY, Fox. He wasn''t that talkative, but Velvet said that he was just like that around people he wasn''t used to. Shallot nodded his head and had a short conversation with Velvet about what she has been up to when he wanted to bring up ways that she could use her semblance better. Shallot: "You know Velvet, you could use your semblance more increasing your capabilities. Your semblance lets you perfectly copy and understand something you see right?" Velvet: "Yes it does." Coco cut in not wanting everyone to have information before the tournament. Coco: "You shouldn''t tell him about our semblance since we''re going to be competing against each other." Shallot nodded towards her then turned back towards Velvet. Shallot: "Then I will make this fair. If anyone else wants to tell their semblance then they can trade information about someone else''s semblance by talking to the other person. Since you told me yours, I''ll tell you my semblance. My semblance from what I can grasp is space-time manipulation." Everyone on Team CFVY blinked their eyes hearing that. Team CFVY: "Doesn''t that make you unstoppable." Coco: "Since that''s your semblance can''t you just stop anyone from getting close to you and attack them without them being able to do anything?" Shallot nodded his head. Shallot: "I could but that wouldn''t be interesting. Nothing in the world so far has been able to harm me in the last 2 years so using my semblance would make it even blander. I want a challenge so I can grow even stronger. Having everyone fight against me in the school for the tournament would count as an easy event for me." Coco thought about that before Yatsuhashi cut in hearing that feeling that he could understand what he is talking about. Yatsuhashi: "Does that mean that you are stronger than the headmaster Ozpin?" Shallot his index finger and thumb to stroke his chin thinking of the best way to put it without it sounding like I''m looking down on the headmaster. Shallot: "If I were to get serious. Even without my semblance, I am capable of producing attacks that could wipe out the city with pure strength alone." All the members on Team CFVY swallowed hearing that and Shallot turned back towards Velvet wanting to get back to the conversation before they go on a tangent and get distracted. While Shallot was talking with them the rest of his team members were at the mission board reading up on any information they could find about what they needed to do. Shallot: "Velvet, have you ever thought about using your semblance for anything other than fighting?" Velvet tilted her head to the left while placing her right index finger on her chin while thinking. Velvet: "I''ve only used it to copy people''s fighting styles and copying their weapons." Shallot: "Then you have been wasting your semblance." Velvet looked confused at that. Velvet: "What do you mean?" Shallot shook his head slightly while looking at Coco thinking that she should have come up with better ways for her team to use what they have more efficiently. Even though he doesn''t train Weiss personally he has given her ideas about using her glyphs as traps. He told her to focus on building stamina and strategy since she isn''t a head-on fighter mainly but more relies on speed. Shallot: "You can use your semblance for pretty much everything. By using your semblance to read books you''ll be able to retain all the information without the need of having to heavily study something. You could also use it in the cafeteria while the cooks are making food so that you will know all the movements and what they do to make food. This will come in handy when you are traveling and need to make your own food. Your food can be delicious and fresh instead of ready yo eat foods. You can also use it to memorize the medical books so that you would have information on treating patients. This could come in handy if one of your teammates become injured on the mission. You could literally learn everything with the least amount of effort. The only thing you would need after learning all those things would be the experience so that you can do everything efficiently. That''s why I said that you aren''t using your semblance right and you''re wasting it. Not only that. If you are to study anatomy and all the information on Grimm you could use your semblance to copy their movements and then look for weaknesses in them. Having an understanding of your enemy can help the most in a tight battle if your strength is similar to your opponent or enemy. Your semblance can turn you into a powerhouse when it comes to close-quarter combat." Everyone on CFVY had their mouths hanging open hearing everything that Shallot said and realized that Velvet would be able to do anything as long as she could see it being done. Velvet was the most shocked thinking that she could have been so much closer to her goal of being a huntress if she realized all that she could do. Coco was standing there mumbling something. She had seemed to take a hit to her confidence in being a team leader. Coco: "Maybe I need to understand my teammates better to help them. All he had to do was hear what her semblance was and he came up with a large number of ways for her to improve and not just in one area. He gave her choices on what she could do. It was all up to Velvet to choose." Ruby tapped Shallot on the arm and he turned to her. Ruby: "We have all the information and Blake seemed to have some information that wasn''t there that she got from Neo yesterday." The group got together and started to head to the dropship so they could fly over to Emerald Forest. Team RWBYS, CFVY, and JNPR were walking making it to the locker room grabbing their weapons. They then headed for the ship when they saw one of the teachers standing there waiting for them. It was their Grimm study class teacher Peter Port. He had his personal weapon with him while waiting for them in front of the ship''s door. Weiss: "Hello Mr. Port. Are you also going with us?" Port: "Yes, I will be heading with you but I will be staying on the ship. You all are going to be doing this mainly by yourself and I am here just to grade your progress on how you will do on your first mission. I am also here to see how team CFVY will do and if you all are capable of working with inexperienced teams." Coco nodding her head understanding that it was a good idea to know what teams are good at working together on bigger teams. They all then headed onto the ship with Port following behind them. Before the door closed someone sped into the ship with them. It was Dr. Oobleck with a Corgi and black cat sitting on his shoulders. ~~~ [AN: I now have a pat.reon so if you want to see chapter as soon as they are completed check them out there since I don''t have to worry about things being deleted there. You don''t have to if you don''t want to since chapters will be posted here pat.reon.com/TGM_Productions.. (remove the (.) if you didn''t know)] Chapter 88 - 83 - Exchange (1) Everyone had found a seat while Shallot had sat next to Velvet. He was using this chance to talk to her more. Yang, Blake, and Ruby could see Shallot and knew that he had set his eyes on someone else but after yesterday they also thought they may need one more. He just didn''t ever seem to get tired. They had to take breaks and use a rotation system with him just because they couldn''t keep up with him. He also seemed to know their bodies better than they knew them. Shallot sat next to Velvet and started trying to work on a technique that would take his ki control to the next level. Shallot was sitting there while making his ki concentrate on his fingers as if he was going to use a finger blast but worked on turning it into a thin piece of thread. It was harder than he thought since it required minuscule works of ki and since it was so small it required more concentration. While Shallot was sitting next to Velvet''s team JNPR was talking to the rest of team RWBYS about the training methods since Pyrrha was the main one that helped with training. Pyrrha wanted input on their training to see if someone had an idea on how to improve it. Velvet could see what he was doing and was interested. He told her that his semblance was space/time so what was this he was doing. Velvet: "What are you doing?" Shallot continued trying to make the thread thinner. Shallot: "I''m working on the control of my ability so that I can be more efficient with my attacks. It''s like using martial arts so you don''t have to waste energy on movement. Instead of brute force pushing through you could use less energy with more results. I could help train you after the tournament to become far stronger. I''ve trained Blake when we were younger and had her doing certain things even when I wasn''t around so she could keep growing stronger." Velvet was impressed but also curious about the beam that was forming on his finger that was there at first. Velvet: "What about that light ball that was on your finger when you first started?" Shallot managed to get the ki small and it started growing slightly like a piece of string. Shallot: "What was formed was a ki beam." Velvet: "Ki beam" Shallot made the strong stretch for 1 cm before stopping feeling if he forces it will turn into a projectile blasting the ship. So after seeing that he couldn''t make any more progress he absorbed the ki back into his body. Shallot: "Ki is the ability to draw your life force from your body out to increase your destructive capabilities. It''s how I fought the Gigante Grimm." Shallot went to try to control the ki again but this time using less ki. It started turning into a ki thread and he slowly put ki into it making it extend. Shallot: ''So it''s easier to do it by starting with almost nothing and adding more.'' Shallot pointing his index finger from his other hand at the other end of the string trying to connect it to his finger. Shallot: "Ki is the physical energy within the body that you use for everything. An example is that you want to lift something but it is heavy. You put all of your energy and lift it but after putting it back down you realize that you''re tired. The reason your tired is that you just used ki to move something heavy. It''s similar to aura but it''s physical and doesn''t come from your soul." Velvet nodded her head and got an idea in her head from what Shallot said and activated her semblance and she could see yellow energy seeping off of Shallot''s skin. She then felt like she could also feel that same energy inside of her own body and tried to do what he was doing. Velvet concentrated a small amount of energy into her finger and managed to make it glow like his and then she made a thread 2 cm. After a couple of seconds, it disappeared and she felt really tired while sweating. Shallot was surprised that his semblance could even copy the use of ki. Shallot: "Your semblance is really a cheat. It took me years to have control like this and you did it just by using your semblance." Velvet: "I didn''t know *huff*... sorry *huff* I was just really interested but then I thought about how you said that I can pretty much learn anything just by using my semblance." Shallot: ''This is the perfect time to get closer to her.'' Shallot just shrugged his shoulder as he connected the string of ki to his other finger then started doing string tricks with it. He was making it longer while also keeping the ki dense enough so that it could be grabbed without blowing up or leaving a large amount of heat behind. Shallot: "Since you now have ki you should train with me." Velvet tilted her head not understanding why. Shallot: "Ki is a very dangerous thing if you don''t have a teacher. You could harm your teammates or even blow yourself up if you''re not careful." Velvet''s eyes raised hearing that before looking at her hands thinking that she just learned something really dangerous. Shallot: "I can even train you to be even stronger than you are. It won''t show immediately for the tournament but you could definitely be one of the strongest in next year''s tournament." Velvet thought about it but she also wanted to ask Coco what she should do since she has always been helping her. Velvet turned to her left to see Coco concentrating on sketching in a sketchpad outfit designs along with battle outfits and additions on the side. Velvet: "Coco." Coco: "Yes Velvet." Velvet: "I may have copied something dangerous from Shallot and he wanted to train me in how to use it so I don''t harm anyone or myself." Coco looked towards Shallot wanting answers. Shallot: "She copied something that I can do which can be very dangerous if used by someone that doesn''t know what they are doing. What I use is destructive by nature and can cause a lot of damage if not used properly." Coco: "Velvet''s semblance can''t copy anyone else''s semblance so she shouldn''t have learned something that dangerous from you." Shallot shook his head. Shallot: "She didn''t copy my semblance but my technique. It''s a high destructive technique by nature." Shallot lifted his hand and formed a ki ball in his hand. He then stood up then walked towards the hatch by the back door opening it. Everyone could feel the air rushing into the back of the dropship when Shallot pointing his hand outside firing it. It landing against a tree but they only saw him shoot something outside. They then heard the sound of a large explosion even though they were flying at a pretty quick speed. Shallot walked back to his seat sitting next to Velvet who gulped hearing the explosion and then remembering the size that didn''t seem that big. Velvet: "I could do that." Shallot: "With the amount of energy you have you could blow up a mountain, to be honest. Now imagine if you used that on accident inside of a populated city." Coco''s eyes widened thinking that Velvet may have become that heavy hitter on the team by accident. ~~~ [AN: I now have a pat.reon so if you want to see chapter as soon as they are completed check them out there since I don''t have to worry about things being deleted there. You don''t have to if you don''t want to since chapters will be posted here pat.reon.com/TGM_Productions.. (remove the (.) if you didn''t know)] Chapter 89 - 84 - Exchange (2) Coco: "Velvet will still need to train with us so that she can still be prepared for the tournament." Shallot: "Don''t worry. I''ll make sure that she is returning to you all stronger than she was before while also teaching her how to use it without harming herself or others if she isn''t intending to. I could say to just not use it but since her ability lets her copy anything as long as it''s not a semblance or specific to an effect by something else then she may use it in a dire situation. So it''s best if she has control. I can also teach her and show her the most optimal way of training. This way when she comes back she can even show you all. You may not be able to incorporate the things before the tournament but you can use it before the next one so you will be even more prepared." Coco thought about it for a while and also wondering why is he helping them so much. Coco: "This will make our team stronger. Won''t this make it harder for your own team?" Shallot shook his head. Shallot: "My team has all been trained by me since we have gotten together as a team which means that we have a large lead in training. Even if you started doing everything that I''m going to teach her there are somethings that you wouldn''t be able to do because you would need me for it." Coco nodded understanding that this was an exchange of sorts and it would benefit her team. Coco: "Don''t harm Velvet though." Coco then glared at Shallot but Shallot didn''t really care while he rubbed Velvet''s head. Shallot: "I wouldn''t harm such a cute girl like Velvet." Velvet blushed hearing that with her face turning completely red. Blake was watching from a distance. Blake: ''Another Fuanus has fallen into his hands. At least he isn''t only aiming for human girls. Hopefully, with Velvet, we will be able to tire him out.'' Shallot was liking how this was going bit Coco still seemed to be thinking about something. Coco: "You might learn some of the things we are working on of Velvet trains with you so I want someone from your team to also join our training session so that we can still work on four-person teamwork plays without being short a person. We can also ask about what you all usually do." Shallot thought that was fair. This essentially became an exchange to learn what your opponents can do before the tournament. Shallot: "That''s fine with me. We will send Blake to you all and maybe she can even help you since she has experience with working with different people. She can also tell you how we grow so strong so quickly." Shallot then stuck his hand out for a handshake while walking over to Coco. Shallot: "I think we have a deal." Coco shook his hand. Coco: "We have a deal." Fox and Yatsuhashi were listening in and was surprised that someone was pretty much going to train their teammate to be even stronger. They had been flying for about 20 minutes since the conversation and they only had another 10 minutes before they made it to their destination. Shallot got up and walked over towards Ruby, Blake, Yang, and Weiss. Shallot stopped in front of Blake. Shallot: "I just made a deal to teach Velvet because she learned how to use ki from watching me. You will go to their team for training whenever she comes over since you are far ahead of everyone else. While we are traveling I''m also going to teach you, Ruby, and Yang, how to fly." Weiss turned to Shallot Weiss: "Why do they get special treatment?" Shallot: "You know why Ice Queen. It''s because they are my girlfriends and I''m also planning on staying with them for the rest of my life. My mates will always get the best from me." Weiss only puffed her cheeks feeling irritated that she is being singled out from this. She was also wondering why he never hit on her. He never called her pretty or anything like all the other guys that have been around her. Blake nodding her head since it shouldn''t matter much since she will only be heading over when Velvet comes over and it shouldn''t be that often since Team CFVY still has the missions they do as second years. Blake: "Ok, is it anything I shouldn''t tell them?" Shallot: "You can tell them whatever you want. Just make sure you focus on the ki exercises I gave you so you can use larger attacks." Blake nodded before also standing up and walking closer to whisper into his ear. Blake: "Are we going to do it out here in the wild also?" Shallot shook his head. Shallot: "If the information is about what we already know then it''s best we don''t let our guard down. Both of us would be fine with our power level but the others aren''t at the same level. I''m the strongest here but I can''t protect everyone at the same time unless I really try." Blake: "Your the laziest and hardest working person I know. You are always training even when no one thinks you are." Blake placed a hand on his shoulder feeling the enhanced gravity he is using with his semblance and struggled to pull her hand away. Blake: "I also don''t know how much stronger you are compared to when we first got into school but I can''t really tell anymore from sensing your ki." Shallot: "It''s not that much higher if I was to go by numbers than it''s at 3,000 currently but I have been working more on increasing the durability of my body itself. I want to be able to be attacked by everyone and it does not make even a scratch on me." Blake still didn''t fully understand what is taken into the numbers but knows that it could be correlated to strength mostly but not always. Shallot told her that there are some people that have a power level of 1500 but can still lose to people with a power level of 700. Blake: "So what are we to do when we first get there. Should we head to complete the mission immediately or should we take it slow?" Shallot didn''t have to even think about it. Shallot: "We only have 3 days until the tournament so we should bomb rush through the place. If we come across a facility we''ll take information on what we find there." Shallot then went to talk with Ruby and Yang for a bit then he could feel that the ship had finally arrived at their location. ~~~ [AN: I now have a pat.reon so if you want to see chapter as soon as they are completed check them out there since I don''t have to worry about things being deleted there. You don''t have to if you don''t want to since chapters will be posted here pat.reon.com/TGM_Productions.. (remove the (.) if you didn''t know)] Chapter 90 - 85 - Boots On The Ground (1) The ship had stopped and everyone who was dropping was ready for deployment. Jaune was the only one still slightly nervous remembering the test from when they first came to the academy. The airship had stopped and they had all gathered by the door hatch ready to jump out. Team RWBYS, Team JNPR, and Team CFVY landed and looked around at the forestry. Shallot looked around thinking that the forest looked pretty nice. Shallot: ''Even though the world is constantly in peril, it seems that there are a lot of beautiful locations in the world often not traveled to.'' The area they landed in seemed as if it was lived in previously a long time ago. There were some vases and some stone pillars standing tall and a decrepit stone path below them. The grass was tall showing that not many had come through this place. Coco: "We need to check further in based on the reports so that we can find any clues." Coco and her team were walking out in front since they were used to doing reconnaissance. missions. While she was walking forward Velvet was walking slowly towards the back near Shallot. Velvet: "So you wanted to teach me how not to be dangerous around others while using the technique you use." Shallot nodded his head while checking out her body making Velvet blush slightly but still waiting for his reply. Shallot: "You had already managed to copy it before so I will teach you, Ruby, and Yang, how to use it as we''re going. It can be very useful and even increase your strength without relying on your aura." Velvet was amazed at the versatility thinking that it could only be used for destructive means and not strengthening the person. Shallot motioned for his girls to come over while team JNPR had started walking towards the front with the rest of Team CFVY. Ruby and Yang came over and Shallot started explaining the use of ki and giving a small demonstration. Shallot gathering a small amount of energy between his hand making a small ball of energy form. Shallot: "This here is ki. It is the life force within the body and it is also within everything in the world. Ki can be called life force or life energy. By manipulating this you will be able to enhance yourself and train past your normal limits. You can learn to fly with enough mastery over ki or use them for attacks." Shallot then let the energy ball fade away and then changed it into ki strings. Shallot: "This is a technique that I created called ki strings. It is mainly used to increase your control over your ki. I do this attack usually before going to sleep to work on my control at all times. It''s best to do this every now and then because the stronger you become the more ki your body can hold. Since my strength is increasing I need to find the best way of controlling my ki. Others may need to control theirs differently. Not everyone can train exactly alike since everyone''s bodies are different." Yang interrupted with a question of her own. Yang: "Will this help me hit harder?" Shallot: "If you concentrate your energy and one arm and control it very well then you could destroy an entire building in a single attack." Shallot said that they were coming out of the trees towards an open area. There were some Grimm rushing towards them. There were 17 creep Grimms rushing towards them. Shallot: "If you concentrate ki into your legs and feet exploding it underneath you in a controlled manner." Shallot then disappeared and arrived in the middle of the creep Grimms and slammed his fist down into the ground creating a crater in the ground. The blast separated the Grimm so they are no longer on a pack. Shallot then used his movement technique again and appeared back by Velvet, Ruby, and Yang. Shallot: "If timed well and you catch your opponent off guard you could get a devastating attack in while also moving at high speed so they can''t react." Yang looked excited thinking that she will be able to fight a lot more with ki and wanted to learn it more now. The Grimm that were separated crawled out from under the rubble but not all of them had survived only 6 of them came out of it alive. Team JNPR went forward and dealt with the 6 creeps with them not being that difficult. Jaune: "Shield up, shoes tied, ready to roll!" Jaune headed forward acting as the distraction for the team. Nora and Ren were close by with Pyrrha and were ready to attack. Nora: "Let''s break some stuff!" Pyrrha stayed at the back this time trying out what she has been practicing based on the suggestions from Shallot. She had what looked like a water skin pouch that she opened and silver-gray grains came floating out of the pouch. She moved her hands forward making that grains fly forward towards the 3 Grimms that were lagging behind the others. The grain rushed and captured the Grimm. Pyrrha was sweating slightly while doing the next part since she still wasn''t adept at using this method. She then placed her hands together with all of her fingers interweaving making multiple X''s. The grains that were keeping the Grimm captured started to move slightly before they turned into spikes impelling the Grimm leaving three giant spike balls. Pyrrha didn''t lower her guard because she only counted 5 so far and one was missing. The last Grimm came borrowing from under the ground below Jaune and he panic swung directly into the face of the Grimm. The Grimm had a slash appeared on its white mask while being thrown back some. Jaune steadied himself while encouraging himself and rushed at it sending a flurry of slashes. With that Jaune finished the last Grimm. After they finished the Grimm they heard Professor Port in their earpiece comm. Professor Port (Comms): "Nice work, students! As you know, we''ve been having some trouble with the Security Network in this area. We need boots on the ground to investigate. That means you, team! Onward!" They continued moving forward at a leisurely pace. With Shallot smiling seeing that Pyrrha accepted his advice. He could see that she is going to become a lot stronger than what she would have originally. Hopefully, that vision or dream he had seen doesn''t become true. ~~~ [AN: I now have a pat.reon so if you want to see chapter as soon as they are completed check them out there since I don''t have to worry about things being deleted there. You don''t have to if you don''t want to since chapters will be posted here pat.reon.com/TGM_Productions.. (remove the (.) if you didn''t know)] Chapter 91 - 86 - Boots On The Ground (2) They continued walking and making it past the first clearing seeing another path that was filled with the ruins of what could only be have been from a previous attempt to make a settlement here. They continued walking and came across more Grimm this time it is 20 Creep Grimms and 2 Alpha Creep Grimms. Weiss sighed seeing the Grimms and seeing that it only seemed that the numbers were increasing. Weiss: "And I thought today would be relaxing." Ren: "And so it begins again." They were ready to go with Team CFVY being pretty impressed so far with the younger years seeing that the juniors below them are stronger than the others they go to school and class with. Weiss rushed out this time leaving after images learning her lesson after crashing from not adjusting. She can use these weaker Grimm to get better control while in combat. Weiss moved with her Myrtenaster ready to stab out and pierce that Alpha Creep to deal with it first. She arrived directly in front of it piercing Myrtenaster directly into its skull. Coco was surprised at the skill showed by someone on Shallot''s team and thought that she made a good choice letting him train Velvet while also getting Blake to help them with some things. Blake was standing near the rest of team CFVY not wanting to go through Shallot''s professor mode. She got enough of that when they were growing up. He would go on talking for hours if you didn''t understand and was glad that he calmed down recently in these years. Blake was watching how Weiss was fighting and Fox also went out to help deal with the regular Grimm. The path they were in was between two rocky mountainsides. They had about 10 meters of space and the most that could walk side by side were 6 people. Weiss had an easier time using her speed and darting from one place to another attack the Grimm while Fox was in close quarters sending his aura into them making them pop like a balloon. It only took them a couple of minutes to deal with them and Weiss wasn''t exhausted. She could see the real benefit to what Shallot had her doing. They started walking and everyone including Ruby was getting distracted seeing all of the ruins and things here. Ruby: "Wow! I wonder if Dr. Oobleck knows about this place." Weiss was feeling better after fighting and feeling that she was getting better control over her body. She heard Ruby and also looked at the ruins. Weiss: "This looks like it has seen better days." Blake was also interested since she spent most of her time reading books about the history of Remnant and all the things that have happened over the years. Blake: "Who do you think built these?" Yang also chipped in getting distracted from the explanation about ki and all of its uses which she learned was a lot. It was far more versatile than aura since it could only be used in burst attacks or protecting you with a shield. Yang: "I wonder how old this stuff is." Yang was walking away slightly while touching some of the vases that could be found all over this place. Some were still in good conditions while others were already cracked. Nora: "Someone had fun destroying this place." Pyrrha sighed hearing Nora while also thinking that the area around them. Pyrrha: "These structures are beautiful!" Coco was studying everyone thinking that she should pay attention since she may also have to fight against them in the vital festival and the more information she has the better she can prepare. Coco: "This area has always had a lot of ruins and has been told that they have stood the test of time and are reminders of the past." Ren hearing what Coco said was surprised at how Coco described them. Ren: "These ruins must be full of history." Port: "Ah yes, the Emerald Forest is filled with ruins of ancient kingdoms. Keep an eye out for artifacts. Dr. Oobleck is always looking to expand Beacon''s collection." They continued walking and Shallot was standing next to Ruby. He placed one hand on her back and one on her stomach. He started circling his ki through her body making her feel more energized. Shallot: "Feel the energy I''m spreading through your body." Ruby started concentrating while they were moving forwards and came from in between the rocky ravine. Ruby had started to feel the energy circling in her body and she thought it felt familiar. Her silver eyes glowed slightly as she tried pulling on this feeling it was hard but after another 10 minutes, she could feel and move it. Shallot was surprised at that since even he wasn''t sure if she would pick up on it so soon since it took Blake around an hour to feel and move the ki. Shallot then removed his hands and watched as Ruby was feeling for the ki feeling it was getting further away. She then felt that same similar feeling she had and could feel the ki inside her body. Once she got a grasp of it she could feel like a shackle was released from her and the dirt around her started being pushed away. She felt a lot stronger than she was previously and Yang could see the change in Ruby and was also curious about Ruby''s eyes glowing slightly. The longer she was exerting her ki the fainter her eyes were shining until they went there normal silver with no glow. Ruby opened her eyes and could feel the energy coursing through her body. The ki made her feel like her body was in its best shape while aura made her feel from inside her body. Yang was the next to come over-excited to go ahead and learn what she could. Just from looking at her little sister, she could see that she had become stronger. Shallot was going to help her as they continued walking making it to a pathway heading up the mountainside. They could see some shacks here and there before Shallot started explaining again to Ruby. Shallot: "Ruby, you now have to gain control over your ki so you can determine how much you are pushing out from yourself. People can tell how strong you are even if they can''t sense ki. It''s on an instinctual thing on people''s part that they can tell how strong someone is especially people who are battle-hardened. Controlling your ki can give you the appearance of someone who is weaker so you could get the jump on them. If you are far stronger than other people your ki could become similar to a type of pressure that could physically affect people or terrorize them. Ki control is still needed in these cases if you are far stronger than others. Shallot went through the same thing with Yang with helping her get used to feeling the use of ki and she also did it but it took her 40 minutes. They hadn''t come across any other Grimm for close to an hour and were wondering if there weren''t any more Grimm. Yang got the hang of it while she immediately tried adding the ki to her fist. She could feel that her fist became stronger but also noticed that her Ember Celica started to crack and she stopped using ki knowing that what Shallot said about controlling their ki must also be for using their weapons. Ruby: "Beowolf!" Yang was also ready to get into the action to use this new strength she has. Yang: "Kiddie gloves are comin'' off!" 15 Beowolves, then 14 Creeps came tunneling out of the mountainside with the creeps in the front making a path for the Beowolves. Coco, Yatsuhashi, and Fox were always prepared after knowing that some Grimm will attack from a blind spot and they almost fell into a similar trap like this in their last mission. ~~~ [AN: I now have a pat.reon so if you want to see chapter as soon as they are completed check them out there since I don''t have to worry about things being deleted there. You don''t have to if you don''t want to since chapters will be posted here pat.reon.com/TGM_Productions.. (remove the (.) if you didn''t know)] Chapter 92 - 87 - Boots On The Ground (3) Weiss: "Let''s see if this one puts up a challenge." Weiss rushed forward but this time she moved in a star pattern leaving glyphs in five different locations. She was setting up her field of battle like Shallot told her and decided to listen to his advice since everyone else is becoming stronger listening to him. She started layering multiple layers of formations creating a giant circle made from glyphs. Blake: "Another enemy!" Blake prepared her Gambol Shroud and wrapped her ribbons around the blade handle and took care of the ones on the edge. Yang: "Kiddie gloves are comin'' off!" Yang rushed directly for the Beowolves that were coming towards the edges that got past Blake punching and as soon as her fist landed the Grimm would implode. Yang whistled seeing what she was capable of now. Jaune: "Uh... Guys... We got Beowolves!" Jaune got into a defensive stance seeing the large number of Grimm thinking about the invasion that almost happened in the city of Vale. Nora: "Dibs on these guys!" Pyrrha: "Form up!" Pyrrha started to give formation for her team and everyone then came back to go after a section of the Grimm. Ren: "Careful. Beowolves nearby." Some Beowolves were trying to flank them since they had gathered together. The Beowolves were rushing in but Weiss had finished placing down her last glyph. Coco: "Yatsuhashi defense, Fox, you will deal with the Creeps, and I''ll deal with the Beowolves. While the Schnee will finish what she was doing." Yatsuhashi: "Understood." Fox: "Uhm." They both got ready and had kept the Grimm preoccupied with so many attacking from different angles while Velvet and Shallot were just watching from the side. Ruby had also rushed off and she was used to her new speed from using ki and caught one of the Grimm with her Crescent Rose taking its head with her as she flew past the rest of the Grimm. Weiss: "Everyone, get away from inside the glyphs." No one except Shallot and Blake could see her actual body moving since she was moving so fast and could only see afterimages of where she was. It left the image of there being 20 Weiss dashing to the Grimm, stabbing them, and then moving the another Glyph before repeating the attack. It only took her 2 minutes to finish the rest of the Grimm. Weiss finally stopped and stopped using her semblance. She looked at the dead Grimm that was disappearing into the wind turning into dust. Weiss was also amazed at what she could do. Shallot wanted to make her understand that his training always has a purpose. Weiss felt her legs couldn''t handle much more but also felt that this could be very useful to her fighting style and that she needs to build up her stamina. When she thought about that she frowns when thinking about Shallot teaching her and her getting angry. ~FlashBack~ Team RWBYS were outside in the back of the dorms training in the gravity training with both Ruby, Blake, and Yang attacking him in hand to hand combat. While Weiss was only doing exercises and running inside of the gravity field that Shallot was creating with his semblance. Weiss was seeing that the others were doing combat training. Weiss had stopped exercising and walked over to Shallot feeling the gravity feeling heavier the closer she got. Shallot and the other girls had stopped with Ruby smiling at her. Ruby: "What''s wrong Weiss? Are you ready to go back in?" Weiss had a frown on her face while looking at Shallot. Weiss: "Why don''t you train me like the others. I''m on the same team and we''re all teammates. Just because they are your girlfriends you shouldn''t leave me out of training and only teach them how to become stronger." Weiss was fuming and Shallot only had a smile on his face not taking it personally. He knew that she was spoiled and that she probably didn''t have to do physical training as hard as this. Shallot: "The exercises are to train your stamina because that is something you look for in your fighting style. If I was to classify you would be a speed type similar to Ruby. The difference between you two is that you are like a glass cannon while Ruby is Speed and power but only with her weapon. Take her weapon away and she is a lot less trouble which I am trying to fix. You''re a glass cannon that can attack fast and quick but you don''t have the stamina for drawn-out battles. I only give what everyone needs to become stronger. I don''t play favorites when it comes to teaching you all since it will affect your life. ~FlashBack End~ Weiss was exhausted and felt that her legs were cramping and was having trouble walking after changing directions so many times so quickly. Shallot appeared next to her picking her up in a princess carry and started walking ahead. Weiss wanted to struggle and get down when Shallot stopped her. Shallot: "Calm down Ice Queen. Your legs are mostly cramping and weave only been here for an hour. We need to finish our mission here and then you can rest on the way to the next location." Weiss started to calm down and only rubbed her legs while being carried while mumbled. Weiss (mumbling): "Stupid, I didn''t ask to be carried or anything." Shallot started walking again and everyone else just decided that they would just keep moving. Coco was thinking that the Vital Festival this year was going to be really tough. Fox was also paying attention knowing that it is possible that they could end up against them in the tournament. Professor Port (Comm): "The security control center for this region is inside that cave. Go have a look and maybe we can discover what the problem is." ~~~ [AN: I now have a pat.reon so if you want to see chapter as soon as they are completed check them out there since I don''t have to worry about things being deleted there. You don''t have to if you don''t want to since chapters will be posted here pat.reon.com/TGM_Productions.. (remove the (.) if you didn''t know)] Chapter 93 - 88 - Defense Positions (1) Port (Comm): "The security control center for this region is inside that cave. Go have a look and maybe we can discover what the problem is." Shallot and everyone walked over the bridge. They could only fit two people at a time so they had to walk carefully. Shallot carried Weiss over the bridge inside the cave and could see a device in the middle. Shallot placed Weiss down and took out his scroll and took a picture sending it to professor Port. The emblem on it was faded and couldn''t be made out as it appeared old. Port had seen the message with an image sent by Shallot and felt like he had seen it somewhere but it was too faded. Port (Comm): "Hmm. Some sort of foreign object. I feel like I''ve seen that symbol before... Nevermind that! Defend the control center while I undo the damage. Make sure your weapons are loaded and your mustache wax is stowed! This could get hairy." Weiss had stood back up since her legs had stopped cramping. Coco walked up to the device and started taking pictures of it and sending them to Professor Port. Fox was looking around the area taking notes and talking with Yatsuhashi about possible attack and defense points. Team JNPR was looking at some holes in the wall that could lead Grimm to them so they were also coming up with plans. Shallot got a message on his scroll and when he opened it he could see that it was from Neo. [Nice-and-Tight: We found some information that Dr. Merlot has some type of relay beacons that he used to spread the influence on Grimm to attack the city last time. If we want to find a way to stop those signals from being sent we need information on the code and device that was used. Do you think you could find something like that, that''s close enough to Beacon academy.] Shallot seeing the message walked up to the device and plugged a cord in his scroll and then looked for a port on the device. After searching for a while he saw something he could plug into. Shallot: ''This port has the latest tech on it which means that someone is still using it.'' He ran a program that started copying the information from the machine. He was looking at the download time and it said 22 days. Shallot: ''Fuck that.'' Shallot started running another program and worked on sending only the system files from the machine to the cloud of his device that was shared between him, Neo, and Roman for when he needed them to due to some snooping work. Mainly Roman doing grunt work while he messaged Neo. ~~~ In a room, Roman sneezed while looking around then turned back to the computer seeing a message in the cloud group that he uses seeing that it is being sent something. He had looked around seeing a guard on the floor passed out and shook his head. Roman: "It''s so easy getting out of that cell when they leave so many incompetent people around here who are no better than the Faunus grunts I ordered around. Well, I should head back to the cell after I finish setting up the rest of this code before Cinder does her "rescue of me" thing." Roman went back to typing away at the computer. ~~~ Shallot saw that only the information on the system being sent would take 1 hour. He placed his scroll on the device to let it finished doing its magic. Shallot went over to Ruby, Yang, and Velvet to let them know about the next part of using ki and how to efficiently use it for combat. He could feel that there were Grimm nearby and this would be the perfect time to have them learn. Trial by fire was how he taught Blake and he plans on teaching his other girls the same way. When he had kids in the future he planned on teaching them this way also. Shallot started talking to them about ki sensing which could take some time to get used to. Shallot: "Blake already knows how to sense ki and when we get back anytime you have some questions and you can''t find me then. I will be busy right before the tournament with the same last-minute training I do." Ruby: "Aren''t you already stronger than everybody?" Ruby tilted her head slightly confused on why Shallot needed to become stronger. Shallot: "Because I rather have the strength for anything I come across." Yang nodded her head in understanding since she is always fighting and training because she wants to feel the rush of life. She could understand that feeling that Shallot has and why he keeps training even though she could tell that he is the strongest person around. Velvet also cut into the conversation and stopped with the ki string technique listening to what they are saying. Velvet: "How strong is Shallot exactly?" Shallot shrugged his shoulders at that question before answering. Shallot: "I could blow up the city of Vale if I wanted to without losing all my energy currently and probably within a year''s time I will be able to create an attack that could raise the continent." Velvet was shocked hearing that. Velvet: ''Was he really that strong.'' Velvet looked towards Yang and Ruby also seeing that they were quite shocked hearing that. They didn''t expect him to use cities as a way to measure how strong he is. While they were talking about miscellaneous things now they could hear some rumblings and shortly after the cries of Grimm. 19 Creep Grimms came rushing from the tunnels with holes spread all around but they were immediately mowed down by Team JNPR and Team CFVY. Velvet went to help and started with using Anesidora and using her semblance to make a weapon copying Ruby''s Crescent Rose and darted into the group. She rushed forward cutting and slicing while using the ki strengthening technique she used her semblance to copy when Shallot showed them how to do it. Thanks to her semblance Photographic Memory. Ruby didn''t want to end up behind and also slowly used the ki she just got better with to also rush in. Yang rushed in slamming her fist into the Grimm making them implode from the force sent through their body. What the girls noticed was that when their attacks that were strengthened with ki more than usual would appear outside of their body and would do more damage to the Grimm. It would make taking down the Grimm much easier and they could even do it with only one attack. The others of Team JNPR took slightly longer but still dealt with the ones by them. The other members of Team CFVY had a bit of a ruffer time but were able to handle it due to their experience in the field. Blake and Shallot just watched them with Blake standing by the device making sure that if a Grimm slipped by it would wreck the machine. It only took the group twenty minutes to deal with all of the Grimm. The girls were using the Grimm as practice so that they could get used to using ki in combat. Dr. Port came over the comms and talked to them telling him that he also was almost done getting information from this Security Control Center. Port: "Students, we''re a quarter of the way there. Keep up the good work!" ~~~ [AN: I now have a pat.reon so if you want to see chapter as soon as they are completed check them out there since I don''t have to worry about things being deleted there. You don''t have to if you don''t want to since chapters will be posted here pat.reon.com/TGM_Productions.. (remove the (.) if you didn''t know)] Chapter 94 - 89 - Defense Positions (2) After they had were finished Ruby, Velvet and Yang felt like they were getting used to using ki for combat but needed more fights. They heard more rumbling and it sounded that the Grimm were coming in a larger number now. Shallot: ''So this thing is capable of transmitting a signal which can direct the Grimm and I can only ?ssume that it''s Dr. Merlot that is trying to destroy it so we can''t get any information from it.'' Shallot walked over to his device and started going through some information. Shallot: ''Oh, so it seems that this was the device used by Beacon for security purposes but someone interfered with it and turned it into a device for them. So the Dr. is good at computer work and not just biological work.'' 15 Creeps and 14 Beowolves came through the tunnel rushing out. Blake stepped forward this time and held up her hands this time and fired multiple ki blasts out and started wiping out the Grimm. She then walked over to the rest of Team CFVY and started talking with them. Weiss: "Show off." Weiss was standing and working with Team JNPR since Shallot was showing RUBY, Yang, and Velvet his techniques and how to use them. She then walked over towards them to see if Shallot could show her also. Weiss: "Can you also show me how to do what Blake did?" Shallot shook his head since he only planned on teaching those really close to him and those whose personality he liked and Weiss always seemed to act spoiled. Until she changed the way she acted he wouldn''t teach her such destructive moves. Shallot: ''Weiss still can''t deal with her enhanced speed fully without her body feeling fatigued from it. She needs to work on her body strength first so that she can be more effective. I don''t want to give her something that she may use just because she doesn''t want to train in a regular way.'' Shallot: "You need to finish working with your body. Your body is almost to the standard where you should be able to fight longer just like everyone else without compromising your speed or style of fighting. I would teach you but seeing that your legs were so tired just from your one attack from earlier shows that you should concentrate on that first. We have Four years together so you don''t have to worry about not learning anything from me. Besides that, we also need to worry about the larger amount of Grimm that is coming this way. It''s not an issue for most of us but it could be challenging for Team JNPR and Team CFVY." Ruby looked surprised since she couldn''t feel any Grimm nearby. Her eyes were giving the silver glow like earlier when she was feeling for ki when she started feeling around for the presence of the Grimm. She got another response instead. It felt like a lack of life instead of life energy that she could feel from everyone else in the cave. Ruby didn''t know if the lack of life in a certain area were the Grimm or if there was something that was draining the life from an area. Shallot could see the slightly confused look on her face and also noticed that her eyes were shining slightly and had his interest peeked again when he remembered that Blake once told him that his eyes had changed to a silver color. Shallot: ''Do the silver eyes give benefits with the usage of ki?'' Shallot was intrigued at this before deciding to answer the question that Ruby most likely has. Shallot: "Ruby." Ruby turned to Shallot since she was called. Shallot: "With your facial reaction, I''m ?ssuming that you have started to figure out how to pick up ki signatures or it may feel like presences to you. You can probably feel something like a presence in certain locations. Those lack of presences or life signatures is Grimm since they don''t really have a life force in them. " Yang was surprised that Ruby was capable of using the ki sense technique that Shallot just showed them since he also told them that most talented people take anywhere from a couple of months to a couple of weeks if you''re a genius. Team JNPR was dealing with the 2 Alpha Creeps who seemed to be more durable than the last Creeps that came through. Coco: "I think that someone is sending these Grimm. Every time the Grimm come they are larger in number and stronger than the previous ones. That means that they have a leader behind them." The group worked their way through the Grimm with no issues and before the last one was dealt with another wave came out without any time passing much. Shallot: ''Dr. Merlot must be getting desperate to be spending this much effort to destroy this since it may have clues to where he is.'' This time 36 Beowolves along with 4 Alpha Beowolves came through. 3 of the Beowolves looked like any other Alpha Beowolves while there was an Alpha that was slightly larger than the rest with most of its body covered in the bone-like material with a metal device strapped to its back. Professor port had come in on the comms again letting them know that they were almost finished. Port: "Hold on just a little longer, we''re almost finished!" In the middle of its forehead was something that Shallot recognized. It was a Yin Yang symbol in the center with red markings coming from the side of it. Shallot walked forward and appeared right in front of it and smashed his hand directly into its skull flooring it. The Grimm turned into a blackish-red liquid and seeped into the ground before disappearing. As it was disappearing into the ground a low guttural rumbling sound was coming from it before it left Shallot vision. Shallot used his ki to make a sphere around the bomb and had it levitating by him and let the other deal with the Grimm. Through the course of the fight, Weiss was growing more adept at using her speed and was becoming more accurate with her strikes taking Grimm down in only one attack. Ruby was using the ki enhancement with her petals making the petals appear in a metallic red color and left a whirlpool of petals as Grimm dropped left and right. She was using Crescent Rose to cleave the Grimm easily and went to another cluster to help anyone that seemed less prepared. Velvet was back with her Team and Shallot could see the great teamwork that Team CFVY had with each other. Coco was using Gianduja along with her semblance enhancing the power behind the dust-infused ammunition. She pointed her minigun and did a sweeping motion taking down all the Grimm in front of her that she could see. Fox and Yatsuhashi would deal with the Grimm that would come from the side that managed to avoid the rain of bullets. Yatsuhashi would be the should throwing the Grimm off balance while Fox deals heavy damage at close range. From watching their movements it could be seen that they are using low amounts of energy so they can last longer in case of another fight. You could see the amount of experience they have from the way they fight. Velvet was attacking the Grimm that was coming from the backside of Coco and using her Anesidora switching through various weapons and slaying the Beowolves depending on the position of her body to get the most potential out of every attack. They all had cleaned up with Blake taking pot shots with ki blast not seeing much to do with Team JNPR were getting better with teamwork. Jaune was getting more experience as a Team leader for combat and also improving with the fights against the Grimm. He was still taking damage but his aura should still hadn''t broken so he kept fighting. Pyrrha had it the easiest in her Team with metal flakes flying around her turning into spears and shooting them into the Grimm. She was neither tired nor pressed since she could keep all the Grimm at a distance. If one did manage to get closer she would use her spear to deal with it without any issue. The last Grimm feel and when everyone started relaxing Shallot was ready to move again hearing something moving underneath. They heard over the comms from Port who finally managed to get the security system for this area running again but wasn''t capable of finding out where the commands that infiltrated the system came from. Port: "Bravo, team! Bravo! The security network in this region is shipshape once again. I''ll get some of our staff to see if they can find anything about that mysterious symbol. Excellent work." The teams heard this and were ready to leave but Shallot and Blake were still prepared. Blake''s instincts told her that she was done fighting and Shallot knew that something else was still close by. Blake''s instincts and Shallot''s ears weren''t wrong because a black sludge came shooting out of the ground towards Velvet. ~~~ [AN: I now have a pat.reon so if you want to see chapter as soon as they are completed check them out there since I don''t have to worry about things being deleted there. You don''t have to if you don''t want to since chapters will be posted here pat.reon.com/TGM_Productions. (remove the (.) if you didn''t know)] Like it ? Add to library! youtube.com/channel/UCM_Bp_0QbYaixCnkYIDZCPQ or TGM Productions Gaming Hu Chapter 95 - 90 - Classification (1) When the sludge attacked Shallot was already moving. He appeared next to Velvet and picked her up in a princess carry and dodge out of the way. From below the ground the head of the Beowolf that Shallot crushed appeared from the ground as if it didn''t have its head smashed. When Shallot was about to just fire a large ki beam at it and destroy it everyone could hear a voice come from what sounded like speakers from within the holes where the Grimm came from. The earpiece that everyone had was also producing white noise. Shallot: "Seems like our communication has been interfered with. ???: "Well look at this. You all have managed to gather at one of my testing labs. It matters not, you all will make the perfect test subject since I had recently lost one due to an unfortunate event. My mind control Grimm went slightly haywire and wouldn''t;t return with what it captured and now I''ve lost the chance to study something that could further my research." Shallot was pretty sure this must be the one that was behind that Grimm that had taken control of Neo. Shallot: "You must be Dr. Merlot. The mad scientist that brought the downfall of Mountain Glenn." Dr. Merlot: "Indeed I am. You must be the one I have been searching for. I had managed to get some of your blood so many years ago but it is far different than what I am used to using. It however is what I need to further my evolution. It has been harder tracking someone that moves so much but when I found out that you were making moves around the White Fand it was the perfect opportunity." Shallot: ''Does every villain in every universe have to monologue there great plan when there are people around. I swear they remind me of those people that would take about the darkness that would sleep inside their right hand or something.'' The head the was looking from the ground wasn''t attacking and only watching seeming to be waiting for an order. Dr. Merlot continued to ramble on and go on about how Grimm was the next stage of evolution for the planet as they don''t die of age due to the bodies never breaking down unless killed. He then went on to say that Shallot''s blood was the ki to his and everyone''s evolution and sacrifices had to be made. At this point, Shallot had started to zone out and started thinking about what he wanted to eat later after he was finished with this while everyone else was listening to Dr. Merlot ramble over the comms and even the Grimm was standing there with a glazed look in his eyes before Shallot shook his head. Shallot: "Why the hell am I listening to your entire life story. I couldn''t really care less about your obsession but I don''t condone the use of my blood by crazies." That seemed to snap Dr. Merlot out of his speech and yelled into the speakers. Dr. Merlot: "Aswang, change and deal with the pest and make sure to bring the body of the mutant monkey Faunus." Shallot eyebrow twitched being called a mutant monkey Faunus. Shallot: "I''m going to rip his head off when I find this doctor." The Grimm that was sitting there let out a blood-curdling scream and started changing. The Grim that was a mostly all-white Alpha Grimm changed with its body elongating and its arms and legs getting skinner. The bone armor was coating the arms in a dense type of armor. Its posture was similar to that of a spider with what could only be ?ssumed to be a thorax. This part had the densest amount of bone surrounding it like a rib cage. The Grimm grew to the height of 12 feet and some type of black liquid was coming from the ground and pumping into it. Shallot fired a ki blast mid-transformation at the ground beneath it attacking its legs. The legs were blown off with the body being launched into the air. It had landed back on the ground by the entrance of the cave they came into. Everybody else looked at the Grimm that was transforming and then looked at Shallot. Ruby: "But it was transforming?" Shallot: "Why should I wait for it to transform?" Shallot then gathered a large amount of ki into his palm pointing it towards the stunned Grimm. Where it was at you could see some liquid underneath the ground connected to a pipe leading to somewhere else. ~~~ An elderly man with a robotic eye was watching his finest creation get blasted into the air mid-transformation and hit his keyboard. Dr. Merlot: "He couldn''t even have the decency to let it transform. Doesn''t he know the greatness of a creature that can transform. It''s only right to let it transform and you see its evolution into a stronger creature where you will battle to the death. Does the monkey have no honor?" ~~~ [Back with Shallot and the group] Shallot had finished charging his attack and then it condensed as he made it smaller at the size of a baseball and got into a pitching position. He was standing with one foot forward and the other behind and standing there with both hands cupping around the energy ball. He swung his left foot into the air starting his pitch and swung his foot back down outward away from him and followed through with the pitch. He threw the energy ball directly at the Grimm that wasn''t expecting to be attacked so quickly and Shallot''s right foot followed after landing on the side squaring his body completely. The energy ball hit the Grimm and as soon as it made contact it was launched out of the cave and was carried into the sky. Everyone was watching the Grimm carried away into the sky when they finally heard and saw an explosion that looked like a miniature star with the air currents destroying a chunk of the forest outside. They could even feel the wind rushing into the cave bringing fresh air. Everyone''s jaw dropped seeing that and slowly turned to look seeing Shallot dusting off his hands and nodding at what he did. Shallot: "I think I''ll call that the star pitch." Shallot: ''This must have been that lab he was talking about in his rant. ~~~ [Inside a room filled with computer monitors] Dr. Merlot had cameras placed in a large number of places so he could observe and when he could get a chance to take any lone Grimm, Faunus, or humans to experiment on for his evolution. He saw the explosion and saw what seemed like pure energy. Instead of being scared of what Shallot could do, he started laughing madly. Dr. Merlot: "If I can capture him and use him as a power source then I would be able to do any experiment I want. Once I dissect him and figure out what makes him tick I can possibly recreate it. From the video, it seems that he can pass these abilities on to anyone he is in contact with or maybe it''s some form of technique that has to be taught." Dr. Merlot started rambling and grabbed a notebook writing hypotheses down then scribbling them out. ~~~ Shallot looked at the area he fired his first blast and saw the pipe that the Grimm was draining to transform from and noticed that it just so happen to come from the same direction that the other Grimm came through in the walls. Shallot started walking towards one of the holes in the wall and looked inside. He could see that it went on for quite a bit and then turned back towards everyone else. Shallot: "Ruby, Yang, Weiss, and Blake. We should head in and check it out while Team JNPR and Team CFVY head back to the ship so that they can tell Professor Port about what happened since the comms were down. Also, see if there are any other places that the Doctor could be used to boost signals or if any other relays from Beacon are having issues." Everyone just nodded their heads and followed Shallot''s order since he was speaking with a commanding tone. Coco originally wanted to go against what he was saying since she was the senior but after seeing what Shallot could do up close and personal she knew that their team wasn''t as strong as theirs. Coco: ''We need to up our training if we don''t want to be embarrassments at the Vital Festival.'' ~~~ [AN: I now have a pat.reon so if you want to see chapter as soon as they are completed check them out there since I don''t have to worry about things being deleted there. You don''t have to if you don''t want to since chapters will be posted here pat.reon.com/TGM_Productions. (remove the (.) if you didn''t know)] Like it ? Add to library! youtube.com/channel/UCM_Bp_0QbYaixCnkYIDZCPQ or TGM Productions Gaming Hu Chapter 96 - 91 - Classification (2) Team RWBYS headed into one of the tunnels and started walking. Shallot was at the front since nothing would be able to physically harm him. The only thing that could be troublesome would either be poison or paralysis powder that will incapacitate him. If it''s just poison he could use the spirit orb technique and flush his body with life force to deal with it but paralysis powder would be difficult to deal with. That''s why he decided it was best to have others along with him especially Blake since she is the second strongest here. Weiss was looking at the backside of Shallot and then at the rest of her team members thinking about what was so good about him that they were willing to share. Weiss turned to Ruby and started to ask her some questions while whispering. Shallot and Blake could both hear what she was saying from Shallot''s enhanced hearing from being on alert and Blake''s Faunus ears picking up all she was saying. Weiss (whisper): "Ruby." Ruby turned to Weiss wondering if Weiss had noticed something but was thinking otherwise since she was whispering to her so she must want to keep it a secret. Ruby (whisper): "Yeah Weiss." Weiss (whisper): "Why are you all willing to share Shallot? Don''t you find it weird or odd to be in a relationship with someone that is with other people?" Ruby shook her head. She technically had two mothers and so she didn''t see what was wrong with being Shallot''s girlfriend along with Blake and her sister. She even got to know Neo. Even though she didn''t talk they knew that she wasn''t really mute because when she came over a couple of days ago she was probably the loudest out of all of them. Ruby (whisper): "We all want to be with Shallot and he looks after all of us. He also makes us feel safe and makes sure that we can protect ourselves also. Besides that, he is great in bed since if you sleep with him once you''re not going to want to stop until your legs feel like jelly." Weiss''s face turned red and she started blushing while thinking about all the m??ning she hears whenever Shallot doesn''t use his semblance and he''s pretty sure that whoever is in the room next to them can also probably hear Shallot and her roommates. Weiss was looking at Ruby''s size and then looking at Shallot. Weiss (whisper): "But doesn''t it hurt with his size or is he not that big down below. Shallot was listening in on their conversation and almost tripped hearing that. Blake saw his reaction and put her hand over her mouth so she wouldn''t laugh so Ruby and Weiss wouldn''t know that she could hear them. Ruby (whisper): "It was hard at first but Shallot is really big but he was gentle the second time around. Whenever he comes inside me it feels amazing. It feels so good that I''m now the one that is asking him to have s?x all the time now." Ruby whispered that while blushing thinking that she''s glad that Yang isn''t listening right now. Ruby (whisper): "It''s also because I feel so full of energy afterward even though my legs feel like jelly afterward if that makes sense. I also think that''s why I, Yang, and Blake is growing so strong so quickly. Anytime he comes inside of us we get a small boost in strength." Shallot was surprised at hearing this since he didn''t know that his ?umm?n? in a girl would have these benefits. Shallot: ''I didn''t know that. Maybe I can use this to set another ploy for Raven. My full course Oyakadan could be ready a lot sooner than I originally thought.'' Weiss (whisper): "Do the others know that you all grow a little bit stronger every time you sleep with Shallot?" Ruby shook her head. Ruby (whisper): "I don''t think they have noticed. Since I sleep with Shallot more often I think that I''m getting the most out of it. Besides that, I get bu??erflies in my stomach whenever we have alone time so I don''t mind sharing him. He also has a lot of stamina so it''s great that there are others that can keep him at bay while I get some rest." Weiss was amazed at this and was also thinking about what it would be like to be with him but shook her head and when the image of Neptune popped into her head. She thought about it and while Neptune was eye candy and she did find him attractive Shallot was reliable. Weiss: ''Why am I thinking about Shallot now.... uhhhhh.'' Ruby(whisper): "I thinking I know why we get a bit stronger every time he comes inside us though." Shallot was also interested in this since he didn''t know this was happening. Ruby (whisper): "Every time Shallot comes inside one of us his eye turns silver just like mine. I don''t know what that means but it feels like I''m on cloud nine every time it happens. Blake heard Ruby and was surprised at this since the only time she noticed his eyes turn silver was that time when he woke up. Blake: ''I might not have noticed since I like when he''s doing it from my backside and he''s pressing up against me.'' Blake was getting slightly wet just thinking about how she likes Shallot when they have their "relaxation" time. Weiss was thinking to herself that Shallot''s eyes must be a response to something he''s doing subconsciously. Ruby then went on to whisper about all the things they''ve done while having s?x making Weiss''s face go from a tinted pink to full-blown tomato red. She was also slightly wet but she didn''t want to admit that it was from thinking about if she was in that position with Shallot. Ruby and Weiss were finally done when they came across a large metal door with cameras on the outside of it. Shallot walked up to the door and just punched it making the door fall inward while knocking that side of the rock entrance that was holding it down with it. Shallot: "Well let''s get this down with so we can head back." Shallot was the first one to walk through the doorway when the sound of a gun went off and the bullet hit Shallot. Shallot didn''t have his aura currently active since he didn''t need it currently. Weiss: "Shallot!" The bullet bounced off as if it was made out of rubber and it only slightly itched where he was hit at. Shallot turned towards Weiss. Shallot: "You do know that bullets can do anything to me right?" Weiss''s face was still red from her gossiping with Ruby so the blush on her face was well hidden. Shallot and the girls then spread out across the room so they could get more information. Shallot Activated his aura since it had recovered fully from the time they walked here. He had it active since they left the school and only stopped it when they started walking through the tunnels. He didn''t want to be weighed down in case the tunnel collapsed. ~~~ [AN: I now have a pat.reon so if you want to see chapter as soon as they are completed check them out there since I don''t have to worry about things being deleted there. You don''t have to if you don''t want to since chapters will be posted here pat.reon.com/TGM_Productions.. (remove the (.) if you didn''t know)] Chapter 97 - 92 - Classification (3) Shallot came across a computer that was in front of a chamber with fluids and what looks like parts of people and some type of black sludge wrapped around the parts. Shallot walked up to the computer and started typing looking for information on what he is exactly looking at. After searching for a while he got the gist of it. These were experiments that were using the fluid that come from the pools that create Grimm injected into the test subjects. The body parts that are now in the containers are what''s left of the bodies being devoured by the sludge. All the bodies that are left in the facility are classified as failures. Shallot continued searching for more information and found some pretty interesting things. [Test Trial #1 New Blood] One of the reconnaissance Grimm has come back with blood on its paw that was different from the humans and Faunus that are killed by it. This Grimm was a prototype that should have brought back another body for me. The Grimm has done something I wasn''t accounting. It had split into two and the other half has gone somewhere else. The blood after testing seemed to be foreign and doesn''t break down the same way that the recent test subjects have. The blood seemed to have something far different about it from the average blood. [Test Trial #2 Blood Test] I have tested the blood countless times and only have two glass microscope slides left. I have tried recreating it before but I am not completely sure why I can''t understand the principles of how this blood works. [Test Trial #3 New Discovery] Recently there have been movements within the plains of Anima. I have sent some droids to study and obtain information on why the large number of Grimm are heading that way. I am sending some Grimm that is the test subject that has been more... accommodating with the new equipment. [Test Trial #4 Progress] The droids got footage of what appeared to be a monkey Faunus fighting against a large amount of Grimm with a sword. He was fighting and defending against the large horde of Grimm trying to make his way towards a woman. After killing all of them his sword ended up falling into a ravine he made with a slash. [Test Trial #5 Recovery] I sent a droid falling the sword into the ravine and it landed in front of some sort of statue. I sent the more mobile droids to recover the sword. By the time the sword got back, the droids were mostly broken and it seemed that the sword had some type of decaying property. [Test Trial #6 Next Step] The only thing I can think of is tracking down the monkey Faunus that fought off the Grimm and use him for the next experiments. [Test Trial.....] Shallot continued reading through the rest of the test trials while also connecting his scroll and copying all the information so that he can go over the rest later. Just the information that was here could be useful later. While Shallot was going over the information and copying things Blake was looking at a tank that seemed slightly different than the rest. She got closer to it and could see that outline of the face of a young girl in the tank. Blake stepped back not expecting to see a young girl on the inside of the tank. Blake: "Shallot!" Shallot looked over in her direction seeing that she was standing in front of a tank and with his eyesight he could see what looked like a young girl that has characteristics of a Grimm. The girl inside the container was already dead but the face was still twitching every now and then. Shallot looked at the tank and could see tubes running to the other tanks. Shallot: ''Maybe the Grimm sludge wasn''t deteriorating the host but the Grimm in this container was absorbing the other host and Grimm from the tubes.'' Shallot held up his hand ready to blast it. Shallot: "Move away from the container Blake." Blake turned to see that Shallot was pointing his hand towards the container she was standing in front of. Blake: "She''s already dead. There''s no need to ruin the child''s body." Ruby turned from one of the tanks she was looking at and looked towards the tank Blake was standing in front of and then felt a chill run up her spine when looking at the tank. Ruby turned into a flurry of petals and rushed towards Blake and grabbed her moving away from the container. Weiss and Yang looked at Ruby wondering why such a rush while Shallot was glad that Ruby''s instincts are becoming better. Shallot still had his hand raised and was about to fire at the container when all of them seen the little girl''s eyes open. The eyes sclera were black while the pupil was blood red. The head leaned forward and the hair of the little girl went from black to white. The eyes had red streaks coming from the side of the face reaching towards the eyes. Shallot: ''Well this is interesting.'' ???: "Help... me... please..." The room started blaring with sirens when one thing that sent warning signs letting through Shallot. Warning System: "Classification SSS Class Grimm detected. Initiating Purge... Error... Insufficient power." Shallot: ''I don''t feel in danger but I do feel like this will be a pain in the ?ss of a problem.'' Shallot''s eyes turned silver and blasted out sending a ki blast at the tank. ~~~ In a tower in the middle of nowhere sat a woman whose skin is currently a deathly pallor, with jet black sclerae in her eyes, and glowing crimson irises she was sitting on a throne and felt a slight connection pulling her towards somewhere. She closed her eyes and could see this type of black liquid and some faces but she can''t make them out. She was trying to make out what was happening when she heard something. ???: "Help... me... please..." The woman was finally able to see through the murky darkness and what greater her was a large ball of light-blocking her vision and then a loud explosion then she couldn''t see anything else. ~~~ [AN: I now have a pat.reon so if you want to see chapter as soon as they are completed check them out there since I don''t have to worry about things being deleted there. You don''t have to if you don''t want to since chapters will be posted here pat.reon.com/TGM_Productions.. (remove the (.) if you didn''t know)] Chapter 98 - 93 - Regenerator The woman after seeing the large light and heard the explosion and grabbed her head feeling a large surge of pain going through her head. She grabbed her head feeling the same sensation as when that old woman 200 years ago attacked her before her death. ???: "Another survivor of that clan." The doors to the room were pushed open and a tall and muscular middle-aged man. He is also unusually large and broad. He has short brown hair, a beard, and hazel eyes. His hairy arms have some large scars running up them, a result of using Dust infusions. He could see that she was in pain. ???: ''Salem seems to be in pain from something.'' ???: "Are you alright my lady." Salem could feel the headache go away and opened her eyes. Things were slightly blurry before her eyesight returned to normal. One face was in her vision that she could make out before the light completely blinded her. He stood at 5''9" with long spikey hair and silver eyes. Salem: "I''m fine Hazel. Gather the others and have them search for this individual." Salem then started drawing out an image of Shallot to hand to them. ~~~ [Inside the lab with Dr. Merlot] Dr. Merlot was looking at the monitor that would tell him about his labs. He was expecting for the lab near the huntsmen to be discovered but when he saw the classification SSS appear there he started sweating. Dr. Merlot: "What is going on? "There shouldn''t have been a Grimm that had a threat level of SSS." Dr. Merlot started typing on his keyboard and pulled up the footage feed on the lab and could the Hunters and Huntresses looking around the lab and done of them standing in front of the tank that he had deemed as a failure since the little girl had died. He was trying to make the bond with the Chill Grimm. He watched the footage until Shallot blasted the containers and noticed the red eyes and the red streaks around the face. Dr. Merlot: "Interesting... very interesting. Maybe it was a failure after all." ~~~ [Back inside the lab] Shallot had just blasted the tank and could see the little girl''s body was mostly blasted to nothing. Only there was blood and guts flying everywhere but the same black liquid goo that was in the tank she was floating in. The little girl started standing up and reforming but some of the pieces seemed to disappear as if they were burned by fire. Little girl (Grimm): "Help... me... can''t... breathe..." Shallot was about to send another blast having a slight flashback to when he watched Bleach so many years ago. Shallot: ''I just don''t trust it. I''m getting grand fisher type vibes and I''m not risking it.'' Ruby was being cautious because she was getting this feeling in her ?h?st that whatever this had become was far more dangerous than anything they had faced before. Shallot released a hail of blast at Grimmified girl and kept blasting. Only after 2 minutes and there being a crater where the back of the lab was originally nothing remained now. The black sludge from the other tanks started to bubble and rushed towards the area where Shallot had blasted away at. The goo went towards a crack in the ground and the Grimmified girl was standing again. Shallot: "Well shit. It''s a regenerator." Shallot tried to think of a way to get rid of it. He knew in Dragon Ball you can vaporize someone done the last atom with the strength of Frieza but he knew he wasn''t close enough to do something like that. If he wanted to blast them sure it was possible but make sure that everything is gone was possible yet. Shallot tsked and he looked around to see that Ruby was still vigilant, Blake was curious about this new Grimm or if it should be called a hybrid between a human and Grimm, while Yang taking pictures with her scroll thinking that this was something new and exciting. Weiss felt this unknown grasp of fear as if looking into the abyss while looking at its eyes. Shallot walked over near Weiss and tapped her on the shoulder. Shallot: "It seems that you haven''t faced a Grimm that can affect your psyche before. You need to be prepared. This seems like a mutated Chill Grimm which is known for possessing others and taking control of others but they are also known for not being able to stay in a host for a long period of time. I wonder what happened for this one to be able to last this long without being ejected from the body." Shallot and everyone else watched the Grimm when it released a loud scream and Shallot could smell something foul so he shot it again blasting its head off. Shallot: "Your breath stinks." Shallot looked at everyone else trying to think of a way to detain this thing while leaving since it seems to just regenerate. Shallot walked towards it and used his ki creating a sphere around it. Shallot: ''Well, time to run some test. I know that ki has a detrimental effect on Grimm so maybe I can get rid of it like this.'' Shallot shoved his hand into the crack and released a large amount of ki that he converted into life energy. He heard a loud screech and didn''t hear anything else afterward. Shallot: ''I''m not going to say anything and just leave. I will not raise a flag because I swear if I have to deal with a Mister X then I might just train until I can nuke the homeland of Grimm. Shallot started walking away and headed for the exit. Shallot: "Alright let''s go." Shallot grabbed his scroll and saw that 86% had been completely downloaded and decided it was good enough. Yang put her scroll away that she was using to record with and if anyone saw what she was really recording they could only shake their head. Most of the film was recording Shallot doing many different things in the room. Weiss looked at the large crater and mostly destroyed room now and was thinking about what this Chill Grimm Shallot was talking about. Ruby just nodded her head and didn''t feel that feeling in her anymore that was making her cautious. Yang wasn''t worried knowing that Shallot would do something about it seeing that every time something happens Shallot always deals with it. Blake was still curious about the Grimm that Shallot dealt with wondering if a person could turn into a Grimm and still retain intelligence. While they all were walking away Shallot turned one last time and fire a concentrated ki ball into the room making it collapse. Shallot: "You can never be too careful." Weiss: "Isn''t that a bit much." Shallot laughs a little hoping that if it did survive it didn''t survive that or at least won''t be able to get out. Shallot: "There is no kill like overkill." Yang shook her head thinking that is the way to go with Grimm. Ruby was thinking about how Shallot''s eyes turned silver again. Ruby: "Shallot." Shallot turned to Ruby. Shallot: "Yeah Ruby?" Ruby: "Your eyes turned silver again." Shallot thought about it and tried to think that it was time to find a way to make them work when he wants to since he wants to test what they could do. Team RWBYS walked out of the cave heading back to the extraction point while running because they could feel that the cave system was going to collapse from Shallot''s last blast. ~~~ [AN: I now have a pat.reon so if you want to see chapter as soon as they are completed check them out there since I don''t have to worry about things being deleted there. You don''t have to if you don''t want to since chapters will be posted here pat.reon.com/TGM_Productions.. (remove the (.) if you didn''t know)] Chapter 99 - 94 - Technical Difficulties (1) Everyone was sitting on the ship while Shallot had Ruby sitting on his ??p with a notebook writing in it. Shallot was holding her and guiding her wand writing a report on all the things they came across and the mention of a Grimm. Shallot: "As the team leader you need to make a report on what happened while we were in there and document the type of Grimm, what we did discover, how many Grimm we came across quantity-wise, and how much information was gathered. While Shallot was going over the information with Ruby and showing her how to write a field report for the first part of the mission Professor Port got a message appearing on his scroll. He opened his scroll seeing that a relay beacon closes by was being tampered with and they could get information on what is happening in the area. Professor Port: ''It seems that Dr. Merlot is trying to interfere with the children''s mission and decided to mess with the other relay points. It seems that we will have to find Dr. Merlot and stop him before he causes any more problems. If we can stop him early we can make sure that he doesn''t do any more damage.'' Professor Port turned his head to address the students on the ship. Port: "We have another point to stop by before this mission is over. From the information, we got from the last place we know for a fact that the missing doctor is the one behind the recent Grimm attack on the city and also the lab from before. He has been working on capturing and experimenting on Grimm to control them and seems to be trying to make a specific type of Grimm. If this was in my younger days I would have taken Blowhard and dismantled all of the Grimm that he has with him." The ship flew for another 40 minutes before arriving at their next destination and they were capable of getting some rest while Weiss was back in top shape. Ruby was cuddling with Shallot while Velvet was paying attention to them. Coco also paid attention and only thought that Velvet was too slow. Blake was sitting close to Coco and giving her ideas on how to become stronger and training methods that Shallot had her doing when they were younger. The ship had finally come to a stop and they got ready to disembark. The ship was low to the ground this time and they all hope out. The area they were in this time looked like an old abandoned ruin. Most of the area had stone pathways in the distance whenever the natural dirt road from the forest wasn''t there. Port: "Another area, another security network in need of repairs. Keep an eye out for any clues for Dr. Merlot''s interference in the mission. We''re all counting on you!" All of them started walking through the stone path and looked around and could see some pots every now and then. They were looking around slightly amazed by how just leaving to go to another area in the same forest could have different architecture. Blake: "I wonder if there are any books with information about this place." Coco: "If there is any recorded history about this place then it would be in the library at the school or online. You can always check when we get back or check your scroll and check the internet for information about this place. Most hunters use their scrolls to get information about locations they have missions in and gathering information is the best way to prepare beforehand so you aren''t caught off-guard. Blake then also told about her experience about how to track since she had the experience without saying that she was part of the White Fang. While they were talking they came across a Boarbatusk standing in the middle of the pathway looking in a certain direction. Port: "These are more dangerous than the Creep Grimm you''ve fought before. When it sees you, it will spin before it charges. While it''s spinning, dodge out of the way or overpower it if you are strong enough. It will be disoriented after it passes you. That''s when you strike! This Grimm might be smaller than the others but they make up for it with their agility and ramming power. They aren''t as strong as the Alpha Grimm that you face but if they blindside a hunter they can disorient them so it is best if you are cautious while out and about." Nora just launched herself and swung down onto the Boarbatusk without even giving it a chance. It wasn''t killed with the first smash but it was disoriented. Nora pulled her hammer back and swung it like a baseball bat sending the Boarbatusk flying through the air smashing into a tree. They then continued walking and came across a cliff overlooking the ruins. Weiss was looking at the ruins and the old buildings that were in the place that was below the cliff while getting a good overlook of the place. Weiss: "That''s a long way down." The sun was in the distance and the sun was already setting leaving a beautiful view of the old civilizations buildings. Blake: "It''s beautiful." Yang was also happy about the view since she enjoyed being outdoors and physical activities. Yang: "I''ve always been more of the outdoorsy type." Jaune was amazed that he could see a view like this while being on a mission. Jaune: [whistle] "Nice view!" Nora was looking over the cliff for the distance towards the ground. Nora: "That''s a long way down!" Pyrrha: "Wow, what a view!" Ren: "All of the world¡­ Before us¡­" Ruby wanted to try something she had always heard people talk about for caves and large places. Ruby: "Helloo! Echo!" Echo: "Helloo. Echo." Velvet: "It''s such a beautiful view from up here." Coco: "This would make a great backdrop for modeling photos for a temple theme." Yatsuhashi: "It looks serine." Fox: "Nice View." Shallot picked up Ruby from under her arms and face the ruined place. Shallot: ''I quite like this place. I might go ahead and keep this place for when I have my family. I can have some people move here and work on rebuilding this place.'' Shallot: "Everything the light touches our kingdom. A King''s time as ruler rises and falls like the sun. You and the other girls will be the queens who oversee all of this as on this day I declare this as our land." Ruby was listening and also confused about what Shallot was doing. Shallot: ''My joke was lost to the Ether wasn''t it.'' Weiss: "You just can''t go claiming places as your own just because you like the way they look." Shallot: "I have the strength and power to make this place habitable so I can." Fox cut into the conversation. Fox: "I don''t see anything wrong with that logic." ~~~ [AN: I now have a pat.reon so if you want to see chapter as soon as they are completed check them out there since I don''t have to worry about things being deleted there. You don''t have to if you don''t want to since chapters will be posted here pat.reon.com/TGM_Productions.. (remove the (.) if you didn''t know)] Chapter 100 - 95 - Technical Difficulties (2) The group was walking thinking that this mission didn''t require so many of them to come since it wouldn''t be that much of an issue from what they have seen so far. Coco was thinking that her team was most likely sent on this mission just because they were the older students and to test how they work with the younger students. Pyrrha was thinking that their team was sent because they needed more experience if they are to deal with a larger number of Grimm like how it was when the Grimm burst through the outer area of the city. She knows that Team RWBYS did the most when that happened and knows that she needs to work harder if she wants to keep her invincible title. Shallot was walking along with Ruby and Velvet continuing the teachings for ki so they can do exercises when they don''t have anything else to do. They could work on this and increase their practice which will help them in the future. If they had enough time and the things he was going to teach them, they would be even stronger than the teachers after only a couple of months if they go along with his personal training. While they were walking among the cobble brick road into the forest they came across some more Boarbatusk. There were 14 of them this time and Team CFVY took care of it this time. Seeing the younger students deal with Grimm just as well as they could lit a fire in them to continue improving. Coco had her minigun tearing the Boarbatusk before they even know what hit them. She had gotten rid of the entire group by herself without any help from the others. Shallot was rubbing his chin while thinking looking at Coco''s weapon. Shallot: ''Maybe I should have gotten a minigun... maybe I can get a flamethrower. I know that it wouldn''t really be as effective as if I just used my hands and feet but I want to at least enjoy myself. I could flip through a bunch of weapons like a GTA character. Maybe I can push my semblance to create a separate space to store things. I''ll have to try to do something like that later but just messing with gravity is something I''ve been getting better with. The domain is something that has been useful and maybe I can go from there.'' Shallot was walking through the stone constructs looking at everything when they came across a bridge. They walked to the bridge and saw that it needed to be lowered. Coco: "It looks like the gear over there is used to lower the bridge." They went and started lowering the bridge which started moving and making a loud sound. Roooaaar. After the roar, the sound of rumbles of footsteps could be heard rushing towards them The sound of Grimm could be heard coming from the sides of the cliff. From the sound, they could tell that they were some more Boarbatusk and just thought that they must be getting closer since it sounded like a larger number than before. 19 Creeps and 10 Boarbatusk came through. The Creeps had dug tunnels so that the Boarbatusk could come through. The Grimm started coming through the ground and surrounding them. Shallot: "So... who''s dealing with the Grimm this time? It would be overkill for all of us to go and deal with the Grimm especially me. I''m closer to a trainer overseeing a workout here." Team JNPR went forward this time to deal with the Grimm. Since the number was slightly higher they did struggle with the number with having to watch constantly whether the Grimm was going to attack from their backside. The Grimm started to increase and more had come but they said they could handle it. 30 Beowolves and 2 Alpha Beowolves had come through and joined the group of other Grimm. Team CFVY went out to help with Team JNPR to deal with the larger amount of Grimm. Jaune: [grunt] "Ugh could this stupid draw bridge take ANY longer?!" The bridge was moving incredibly slow-moving centimeters at a time. They were having to deal with the Grimm while constantly fending from the Grimm that seem to know that they couldn''t go anywhere. Fox: "Almost there." Nora was swinging her hammer enjoying herself smashing and sending Grimm flying through the air. Some of them crashing into other Grimm and others flying over the edge of the bridge into the ravine. Nora: "I could keep this up forever!" Pyrrha was also having a bit of a hard time with 6 Grimm attacking at once. She was using the pulverized metal she kept on her and started attacking with it. She was using her semblance to turn it into iron spears and piercing the Grimm around her and also making blades spin around her. Pyrrha: "Hold tight! The bridge is almost here." They took roughly 15 minutes to deal with the Grimm and the bridge was finished lowering. After they were finished they had already dealt with the Grimm and they were just waiting on them. Everyone on both Team JNPR and Team CFVY was sweating heavily from the large number of Grimm they had to go through. Coco fixed her hair which was slightly messy from all of the movement from fighting the Grimm. Coco: "Who made this thing. It is so inefficient that we could have possibly made an impromptu bridge faster than this thing lowered." Ruby: "This mission is getting kind of boring just walking through the forest. I don''t think we are going to come upon something unusual like the last place." Since they were walking through the forest and were coming by fewer stone and ruins they were getting closer. What they came across was something they weren''t quite what they expected. They saw a large number of cages placed everywhere. They looked at some of the traps and say that they were used recently since they didn''t have rust on them. Blake was studying and feeling around it. Blake: "Since there is no rust build-up or even dust buildup on it it shows that it has been taken care of. Dr. Merlot might have another lab near here." Ruby''s eyes started sparkling thinking about all the stuff she got to see in the last lab. Ruby: "Ohhh... I want to see some more creatures like those Grimm. They were so different compared to what we usually deal with." Yang looked at her sister who was getting excited about everything that has been going on. Yang: "You know that some of the Grimm could be a problem?" Ruby looked towards Shallot then giggled a little. Ruby: "If it''s something dangerous Shallot will deal with it." Shallot: ''Am I a personal hitman now... you know what she''s not wrong. I wouldn''t let anything happen to them since I''m here." They started taking some pictures to add them to the file for the mission and sent them to Professor Port. While they were sending another report they found what they were looking for. The control center was only a couple of feet away from the cages. Port: "Just as I thought: more sabotage from our friend with the symbol Dr. Merlot. But those cages... was he trying to capture more Grimm? Hrm... I don''t like the looks of this. For now, let''s just focus on the objective. Defend that control center while I undo the damage. Get ready! ~~~ [AN: I now have a pat.reon so if you want to see chapter as soon as they are completed check them out there since I don''t have to worry about things being deleted there. You don''t have to if you don''t want to since chapters will be posted here pat.reon.com/TGM_Productions.. (remove the (.) if you didn''t know)] Chapter 101 - 96 - Technical Difficulties (3) All of the students were standing around the Control Center expecting the Grimm to show up. They just needed to what for the information that was gathered in this area to be transferred so they could set up another one in a more secure area. Shallot started copying information again the same as he did with the other command center gathering information for himself. They waited and didn''t see any Grimm. Jaune: "I guess there aren''t anymore Grimm coming since they haven''t come so far. This is going to be our easiest one yet." Shallot''s eyebrow twitched knowing that Jaune had just raised one hell of a flag. Shallot wasn''t the only one as Blake slapped her face, facepalming at what Jaune said. Ruby turned and looked at Blake who facepalmed. Ruby: "Why are you facepalming?" Blake exhales before looking towards Jaune. Blake: "As Shallot would say. He has just activated a flag." Everyone could feel the ground shaking underneath them and they all turned to look at Jaune. Jaune: "What?" 62 Creeps came burrowing through the ground leading the charge. Behind them, 18 Beowolves and 14 Alpha Creeps were moving together with them. 20 Boarbatusk were charging through the trees knowing them over moving in a stampede. Shallot: "That was one hell of a flag you activated Jaune." Jaune: "How is this my fault." The others just looked at Juane and then the stampeding heard of Grimm thinking this was around the same number that attacked Vale last time. The only difference this time is that there is a Giant Grimm this time. Jaune: "At least there is a larger Grimm this time." Blake picked up a rock the size of a softball launching it at Jaunes head smashing into his aura shield. Jaune: "Ahhhh." Jaune grabbed his forehead filling the impact even though his aura made sure he didn''t take direct damage. Blake: "Just shut up before you make it worse." A loud screech was heard coming from the sky when they saw a Nevermore swooping down towards them. Pyrrha was also looked towards Jaune only to look towards the heard of Grimm coming towards them. Shallot walked out and disappeared from his spot and appeared directly in front of the Nevermore. He reached behind him pulling out his Scythe swinging it sending a ki slash from the edge of it splitting the Grimm in half. Shallot: "Not bad. I didn''t even feel the drain in ki. This is definitely a great weapon Ruby and I made. I don''t have to worry about destroying an entire town now and have more control over stronger moves." Shallot looked at the Scythe in his hand wondering if he could make another one but for Ruby to use to she could rely on ki instead of dust bullets since they aren''t that great. After landing Shallot was in the middle of the horde of Grimm. Shallot: "Everyone should drop to the ground unless you want to be split in half." He launched out spinning in a circle sending blades of ki around himself splitting the Grimm in half and also clearing a walk walkway for him. Everyone else flopped down to the ground to get out of the way of the attack not wanting to end up like the Grimm. Shallot walked back over to the control panel and turned to the rest with only 12 Grimm left standing. Jaune was on the ground covering his head with his hands and then stood up patting his body checking himself. He checked his hair and found a small amount of hair that used to be at the top of his head was cut. Shallot: "You all can handle the rest. Everyone can deal with one on their own and the lucky person can deal with 2. I just didn''t want to risk a stray shot messing with the control center." After they were finished with the Grimm it didn''t seem as if any more were going to appear and they just had to wait for Professor Port to say he was finished. Shallot was looking through the information himself and saw that there wasn''t an underground lab or secret area around here. Coco: "If we have someone like Shallot around shouldn''t we just leave the mission to him and his team while the rest of us just gather information." Shallot turned away looking slightly away. Shallot: "It''s also your mission since the teachers most likely wanted to see if you could lead younger teams. I don''t think they were expecting for me to be the end all be all for this mission so this test run did run so far." Coco was thinking that he was right. She figured that her team should have been sent to act as a type of guide to show the teams that haven''t been on a mission themselves the ropes. Coco: ''Shallot was here however and made most encounters completely redundant making the encounters with Grimm even unusual ones are taking lightly. That could be bad for some like Team JNPR since if they came across a situation like the Grimm from the last place it would have most likely not have ended so cleanly. From the times that we have gone on missions, you should always be on guard and never relaxed.'' Coco looked around at everyone who seemed to be relaxing now waiting for Professor Port except for Pyrrha. She still seemed to be on guard but everyone else seemed to be as if they were on a stroll. Velvet was listening out around here as she was using the method she copied from Shallot making ki strings so that she could become better but she was also curious about Ruby and Shallot since they seemed so close. She knows that Yang is her sister and wanted to ask her if they were already together. Velvet walked over to Yang to get some answers to her question. Velvet: "Yang." Yang turned to Velvet wondering what was up. Yang: "Yeah Velvet?" Velvet: "Are Shallot and Ruby in a relationship? They seem really close." Yang was looking at Velvet when she asked the question and could see the small blush on her face. Yang smirked at that thinking that if she played her cards maybe one more would be enough since Velvet was a rabbit Faunus. She heard from Blake that rabbit Faunus are known to last a long time in the bed which is why they are a larger part of the Faunus population than most kinds. Yang: "Ruby is in a relationship with Ruby." Velvet ears dropped hearing that. Yang: "But she''s not the only one." Velvet''s ears stood back up being surprised at that. Yang: "Me, Blake, Ruby, and someone else you don''t know is all together with Shallot." Velvet wasn''t expecting that answer. Velvet: "Why are all of you together with him?" Velvet wanted an answer to this question since she was quite interested. Yang: "The answer to that is..." ~~~ [AN: I now have a pat.reon so if you want to see chapter as soon as they are completed check them out there since I don''t have to worry about things being deleted there. You don''t have to if you don''t want to since chapters will be posted here pat.reon.com/TGM_Productions.. (remove the (.) if you didn''t know)] Chapter 102 - 97 - Temptation Yang: "The answer to that is... He is amazing in bed and takes care of us. We are always given love but the main reason that we agreed to share him is that he is too good in bed. What we have found out is that the stronger Shallot gets the longer he lasts in bed and the more tired we get if we don''t get stronger to last longer. We have to grow stronger not only for our own strength but also for our s?x life." Velvet''s face was completely flushed hearing that and also remembered that her mother told her that it is hard for a rabbit Faunus to find someone they can love and also keep up with their high libido and stamina if they aren''t a rabbit Faunus. Yang was watching her reaction and thinking that she didn''t mind Velvet from what she knew about her. They may not have talked to each other or been classmates but she does have small talk with some people around the school when she isn''t studying, training, spending time with Ruby or Shallot. She would talk to the others around the school. She had sometimes run into Team CFVY and noticed that whenever she would be walking be with Shallot she would catch a few looks directed at Shallot from Velvet. Yang: ''I wonder how long it would take her to fall to Shallot. Maybe with a rabbit Faunus, we can finally tire him out. The only thing is that we don''t know how much stamina he has exactly.'' Yang: "So what do you say about having a trial run with Shallot." While Yang was trying to lure Velvet into having relations with Shallot, Blake was on the ground and could hear Yang and Velvet with her advanced hearing. She could hear everything even though they were talking in a low voice and decided to stop the exercise realizing making the ki string was harder than it appeared. She got up off of the ground and walked over towards Shallot who was skimming through the information on his tablet. Blake: "I never understood why you spend so much time with things like this. You know how to craft and make clothes, forge weapons like a blacksmith, and also work with technology but every time I see your personal technology it always seems different from everything else." Shallot: "I have been studying the tech from my ship since I could read and been working on a way to build another ship for whenever I need to leave. I always thought that if I wanted to leave one day that I should have a ship big enough so that I could take my wives and kids with me." Blake''s face flushed thinking that as many times as Shallot has released inside her she could or could not be pregnant already but she wouldn''t know. They don''t have a way to check until 2 weeks afterward. Shallot: "When I find a way back will your parents want to come with us or are we going to leave them here when we leave." Blake was thinking about it. She didn''t know if when Shallot figured out how to get back would he be able to return here. From what he said was that he came through a rift of some kind and ended up here. He plans on using his semblance to find a way back but he said he isn''t sure how long it could take. It could be from anywhere from a couple of months, to years, to decades. Blake: "If it''s a one-way trip I think my parents my come since they wouldn''t want to be separated from me forever. If we can return anytime they might want to stay since they have friends here and people they have known all their life." Shallot and Blake got into talking about what they would do if they can leave and if she can convince her parents to go with them. Her father is still the head of Menagerie. While everyone was walking back to the ship Yang had walked next to Velvet. Yang: ''I''ve noticed the looks she gives Shallot. All I have to do is give her a push and we''ll have someone else to help with that monstrous libido.'' Yang started squirming some shifting her legs feeling slightly horny thinking about s?x with Shallot and had a smile on her face. She got next to Velvet while the rest of her team wasn''t in earshot. Yang: "You know Velvet. I''ve seen the way you peak at Shallot. If you want help I can help you." Velvet had stopped walking and her face blushed hearing that and turned to look at Yang. Yang had a smirk on her face looking at her and was waiting to hear her reply. Velvet looked over at Ruby was walking next to Shallot. Velvet: "Isn''t your sister together with Shallot?" Velvet was curious about this and was wondering how she was going to help her of Shallot was already taken. She was fine just looking at him from a distance because she didn''t want to ruin anyone''s relationship. Yang smiled at that thinking she got her. Yang: "Shallot is together in a relationship with me, Ruby, Blake, and another girl that you don''t know." Velvet eyes opened at that wondering how could they all be in a relationship with one person. Yang: "Where Shallot comes from it''s normal. Also, Shallot has a large libido so we also need to make sure that we''re ok with someone joining that can handle it." Yang remembered back to how she saw Shallot picking up Neo and pounding her in the washroom. She was thinking what would it feel like to be carried around hanging off of his... Velvet: "Is that why everyone is so close to him and you all are so strong." Yang: "You can say that. What he doesn''t know is that every time he comes inside of us we feel stronger afterward but our legs feel like jello at the same time." Velvet''s face was completely red at this point and she would look at Shallot walking and her eyes would trail downward and then immediately start shaking her head. Yang could see that she was making headway. Yang: ''All that is needed is the seed of thought and then comes the growing.'' Shallot looked over towards Yang and Velvet and could see that Velvet''s face was blushing heavily while looking towards him every now and then. Shallot: ''Oh, it''s Yang that''s talking to her. I guess I''m going to have to give her a reward tonight.'' Shallot was having some thoughts while Ruby was hugging his arm. She was enjoying the walk back and was thinking if Shallot knew how to use his silver eyes and if he could teach her or if his eyes worked by themselves. They had all managed to make it back to the ship but the sun was already setting. When they walked inside the ship Professor Port was waiting for them. Port: "Hello kids, today has gotten pretty late so we are going to camp here tonight. We were able to find evidence towards where the Grimm was being taken and it may lead us to his main base. So far the information shows that a lot of the Grimm and information is being sent towards Mountain Glenn. If we head to Mountain Glenn we will most likely not get any rest while searching so we had decided to have all of you rest here before we leave. We will leave in the morning and head to Moutain Glenn tomorrow." They all nodded and started to set up camping gear so they can get rest for tomorrow. After they were finished Shallot grabbed Yang dragging him into his tent when no one was looking. ~~~ [AN: I now have a pat.reon so if you want to see chapter as soon as they are completed check them out there since I don''t have to worry about things being deleted there. You don''t have to if you don''t want to since chapters will be posted here pat.reon.com/TGM_Productions.. (remove the (.) if you didn''t know)] Chapter 103 - 98 - Flirting Yang had snuck back to her tent at 1 o''clock in the morning wobbling with a smile on her face and as she was sneaking out a black and red-haired girl snuck into the tent. By the time it was morning the three that were in the tent didn''t get any sleep but it was time for them to go. It was 5 am and they were heading out early so they will have time for daylight to search through the city. Shallot came out of the tent yawning and as he was coming out he turned to his left and saw that Velvet was there with a blush on her face. He did hear some m??ns that weren''t in his tent and was curious if Yang was still excited. He noticed that her tent wasn''t that far away from his. He knows that he wasn''t that loud last night so no one would come and disturb them but you could still hear the sound if you had good hearing. Shallot looked at Velvet''s rabbit ears. Shallot: ''She definitely heard us with those rabbit ears.'' Shallot: "Good morning Velvet." Velvet was blushing heavily and nodded her head. Velvet: "Good morning Shallot. I hope you got some good rest." Velvet had her head down hiding her face and was thinking about the sounds she heard from the tent. Shallot was looking at her and could smell a certain scent that he was all too familiar with. He looked in front of him and only saw that Velvet was nearby and that the smell was coming from her. Shallot walked by Velvet but stopped when he was right by her ears. He remembered the m??ns that he heard but also they weren''t that loud. The m??ns sounded close and he thought about it and looked thought about Velvet before it clicked in his head. He smirked before leaning by her ears. Shallot: "You could have come into the tent with us instead of being by yourself listening to us Velvet. I would love to get closer to you Velvet." Shallot then blew lightly at her ears and continued walking by. Velvet''s face was as ready as a tomato and could see steam coming from her head. Shallot continued walking and could see Yang near Weiss talking to her about something and he walked over. Weiss: "So what do you do to get the attention so they pay more attention to you." Yang: "Neptune seems like someone that is used to using lines but doesn''t know how to walk the walk but can only talk the talk. So you will either have to get him to have more courage and be ballsy or you will have to go after him yourself." Weiss''s eyebrow scrunched hearing that. Weiss: "Did you have to do that with Shallot?" Yang: "Shook her head." Shallot was close enough and cut into the conversation. Shallot: "I have the balls to say if I like someone and will mark my claim if I want them. Once I decided that I''m going to be with them then if they return the feelings then I will make sure that they always feel protected. Whether that is me personally protecting them or training them to have enough strength." Weiss was thinking about it and started to realize that even though she wasn''t getting the same training as the others she was getting taught things that would help her greatly like the increase of speed she had. She just needed to get used to it. Weiss: ''The others were taught Shallot''s personal techniques and moves. Since he did say that he would marry them in the future after they were finished with school then it was reasonable.'' Weiss: "When did you get here." Shallot: "Just now. Was coming over to see if you all were ready to go." Yang looked towards Shallot tent and could see Blake and Ruby wobbling out towards them. If anyone else saw them they would think that they were drowsy but she knows what that walk is. Yang: "You said that we shouldn''t be out here having our activities since we needed sleep. What if Ruby and Blake can''t respond on the way there." Ruby had come over and cut into the conversation hearing the topic blushing knowing that she knows that she snuck in with Shallot last night. Ruby: "I''ll take a nap on the ship since it''s still going to take 2 hours.| Blake nodded her head in agreement while rubbing her eyes. Blake: "Same." They all started packing their tents and got onto the ship while also seeing the other tents being packed up. He could also see Coco staring at him with Velvet looking dazed next to her. They were all on the ship and as they were taking off Ruby was already getting comfortable to take her nap along with Blake. Blake was laying out and using his ??p as a pillow while Ruby was using his arm. Velvet was sitting across from him and was using the ki string technique that he showed her so she could get used to the feeling. She kept using it for 30 minutes and was feeling tired. Shallot: ''I know that it has a space-time ability. So far gravity falls under or closer to forcing the space in an area to push down like a weight instead. If I want to use this to its full capability I will need a really strong body especially if I can create a pathway to another planet or world. I''m not sure how much pressure will be applied upon me after crossing through so it''s better to be safe than sorry. I don''t want to be squashed to a pulp because I try to warp space and my body can''t handle it. Also if I create a travel method I need to be able to keep track of where I''m going to I don''t send myself into a wall. I also don''t know that traveling with my semblance allows me to use oxygen inside. That may be an issue. If I can travel back to the world of Dragon Ball then I need to build a ship if there is no oxygen when traveling until I know I can use the ability better. Maybe I should figure it out first and throw something inside that I can monitor and see if it ends up somewhere.'' While Shallot was going over plans in his head Blake was having a dream that seemed incredibly real. ~~~ [AN: I now have a pat.reon so if you want to see chapter as soon as they are completed check them out there since I don''t have to worry about things being deleted there. You don''t have to if you don''t want to since chapters will be posted here pat.reon.com/TGM_Productions.. (remove the (.) if you didn''t know)] Chapter 104 - 99 - Dream??? Blake was comfortable laying on Shallot''s legs and was drifting away to sleep and when she opened her eyes she saw that she wasn''t on the ship with Shallot and the others. She looked around and could see that the surroundings weren''t something that she wasn''t familiar with. She looked around and saw that she was in a cabin somewhere. The room had a window and outside had a large body of water with such a bright sun. The smell from the sea breeze was wonderful and she felt peaceful here. She could see her Gombal Shrouds hanging on the wall in a glass case like an ornament. The place felt cozy and seemed like a lodging home for relaxing. Her body started moving on its own. She felt like she was part of a very lively film. She walked through the door in front of her and could see a familiar appearance sitting on a rocking chair reading a newspaper in a language she didn''t know. "Mom!!! Dad won''t teach me how to go Super Saiyan!!!" Blake was wondering what is a Super Saiyan and thought that this must be a dream. She turned and saw a small girl with black cat ears on her head and a monkey tail on her backside. Blake: ''Is that me and Shallot''s child.'' Blake: "What do you need to learn that for Sabi?" The little girl Sabi huffed her cheeks and the man in the large man in the chair laughed. The man stood up from his chair and he was massive. He stood at the height of 8''2" tall. Blake was surprised seeing that Shallot was so tall. The door leading outside was pushed up and a small girl came running in and dashed towards Shallot. Behind her was a little boy the same age. They look almost identical with the only difference being that one had male clothes and the other had boy clothes on. They both had tails behind them. Two kids: "Papa" Shallot took a knee and waited for them. They ran into his arms and he picked them up while laughing while picking them up. Sabi was pouting off to the side and Shallot went over to pick her up and sat her on his head. Shallot: "What are you two doing back so soon Carole and Escar. Where is your mother at?" In soon after was another person. Blake turned to see that it was Neo and following behind her was Ruby, Yang, Velvet, and someone she wasn''t expecting to see who''s stomach seemed to be bloated. Blake: ''What is she doing here?'' Blake: "How much longer before we can leave this world? You said that that you used a lot of your energy to protect the ship to get us here but it was the wrong world and it would take 4 years. I think it''s been a year and a half since we''ve been here so far." Blake heard her own voice feeling like she should try to remember as much as she can but was also thinking is she able to remember so much when she wakes up. Blake had started walking towards the door to look for someone but while she was walking she could see something coming towards her. Blake: ''Is that a cannonball?'' Blake walked out of the door and 4 shadow clones appeared two shadow clones were grabbed by the others and launched by the other two. The first shadow clone exploded taking out the cannonball and the second one kept flying through the air. Blake was looking out and could see a ship in the distance. It was a white flag with a blue plus sign with the sides of the plus with circles. The clone flew into the ship and exploded destroying the ship. A giant explosion was felt on the island with a large amount of water being blasted into the air. Blake: "They just won''t stop bothering us. Don''t they understand that we can destroy them at any time and the only reason we aren''t bothering them is that Shallot said it''s not worth our time?" Yang: "We could always go to their headquarters and beat them up if we want to. We should still have some cases of ice dust to deal with that magma bastard. Oh yeah, did you hear about that technique... I think it was called... Blake had woken up before she could find out what Yang was going to say in the dream. Before she forgot she hurried and grabbed her scroll and started making a note of everything she saw in her dream. Shallot saw Blake wake up when the ship landed and hurried to grabbing her scroll and typing something. He waited for her to get finished and then asked her what was the hurry. He was practicing working with his semblance and messing with the spatial ability to make a thin bubble around the ship. He was seeing how far the bubble could expand if he made it thin. Shallot: "So, what was the rush, and what did you need to write?" Blake didn''t know exactly how to explain it so she showed what she wrote down on her scroll and Shallot went through reading it. He thought about it and thought about an anime he knew. Even from the limited amount, he knew he could guess that he figured out how to travel to another world and they will need a ship. Afterward, it seems to be the world of One Piece but it required a lot of strength and it seemed that I had to recover and would need more time. Shallot: "So I was planning on leaving as soon as I could make a tunnel to another world but maybe I should get stronger so we can skip that world." Shallot was mumbling but Blake heard him and didn''t agree. Blake: "I would like to go there. It seems like a nice place to relax and the kids seemed to like it. Also, what is Super Saiyan?" Shallot: "It''s something that Saiyans can do. It''s a transformation that increases the strength great but you need to be strong enough to achieve it. I wasn''t planning on aiming for it specifically but I knew would reach it eventually." Ruby started calming down and also woke up and started looking around. Shallot: "It was just a nightmare Ruby." Blake: "Maybe she saw something too." Ruby looked at Blake while calming down. She breathed in then breathed out while thinking about what she had seen and the destruction that had happened. That monster that had destroyed the entire world. It was no Grimm and the Grimm seem cut compared to what it was capable of it. Ruby: "I had a dream where this pink creature killed everyone in the world and had beat Shallot. It seems that Shallot was fighting along with some other people but still couldn''t beat it before I was killed in the dream." Shallot: ''That sounds like Buu. I should push my limits far more. Time to stop taking it easy and use this Saiyan body to its full potential. ~~~ [AN: I now have a pat.reon so if you want to see chapter as soon as they are completed check them out there since I don''t have to worry about things being deleted there. You don''t have to if you don''t want to since chapters will be posted here pat.reon.com/TGM_Productions.. (remove the (.) if you didn''t know)] Chapter 105 - 100 - Arrival Shallot was having a large number of thoughts going through his head. One thought was that his semblance can affect others and have them experience "dreams" or see what could possibly happen in the future. He will need to test that in the future and how to use it efficiently. Shallot: ''I need to make sure that I have all the strength I can gain from purely training. I know that Saiyans reach a natural limit if they don''t fight someone that can challenge them. Gravity training can at least get me to the point of Super Saiyan.'' While Shallot had thoughts going through his head he was also rubbing the back of Ruby to calm her. Yang came over to see what was wrong with Ruby. Blake explained to her that Shallot''s semblance may have another effect on people which allows them to live through a possible future. Whether that future is good or not doesn''t seem to be guaranteed. Shallot could hear his stomach rumbling and was hoping that they would have enough food once they got back. He brought some compressed food in his bag. Each one held 3600 calories worth inside each compressed bag so he can still function without too many issues. As long as he ate 30 of them it would equate to a regular meal. He brought at least a half cargo bay of them and was already through 90 of them. If he needs another day he may need to get more food by hunting if there are still any wild animals around Mountain Glenn. Shallot: "So, Ruby. What you saw is probably related to my semblance and it may have affected you since you were sleeping. I''m still figuring out all the applications to my semblance. We also need to prepare since if what you and Blake are a possible future we can still prevent it as long as we have strength." Ruby nodded her head and she calmed down. Yang was interested in this and wanted to see if she could also experience this. Yang: "When we get back to the academy after the mission use your semblance around me while I sleep. I want to see if it works on anyone that sleeps or it is random." Shallot thought about if it was a good idea but knowing about your ability is the first thing you should do. Shallot: ''I should also make sure that I can go and figure out how to make a portal to other worlds. From what I read from what Blake wrote down it means that I would eventually succeed which means that it won''t be a waste of time to start working on it early. I also need to make a spaceship for us to be in and maybe a way to store my ki inside it.'' Shallot looked at his hanging over his shoulder. Shallot: ''Maybe I can use the bases of this to make the storage device. Maybe making things to play around with is useful in larger things.'' Yang: ''If I can see into the future maybe I can figure out why mom is saying not to trust Shallot. He hasn''t really hidden anything from us. He also is great in bed even if we may need to get some help if we want to be able to walk the next day. He told us after sleeping last time that the stronger he becomes the stronger his body and stamina is which means we need more girls or we need to get stronger.'' Ruby looked over at Velvet. Ruby: ''We need to become stronger instead so we can last longer. I''m starting to not want to share Shallot and want to keep him for myself instead.'' Ruby had a blush on her face while thinking about it and decided that she would ask Shallot to up her training and that she wants to be able to catch up with Blake. She knows that catching up to Shallot will be tough since even while he is studying he would still be training by increasing the gravity around himself. Ruby: ''He also has his healing ability but he has been using so much recently that the flower and plants have been dying around the place. He may need to go somewhere else to train or else the school will look like a wasteland after he finally stops training.'' The ship had landed on the ground and it was time for them to head out to the next location for what could give some clues to where Dr. Merlot''s lab is. Everyone stepped out of the ship and Dr. Port was standing behind them. Port: "Alright students you all are going to be looking for the old Merlot Industries building. It may have been an issue finding things in this area so we will be having Dr. Oobleck''s ?ssistance in directing you all here. He is already on his way here on another ship in case we may need to be personally involved in this mission. Dr. Oobleck is also more familiar with Dr. Merlot as they seem to have some history together." As soon as he was finished speaking they all could hear their comms picks up and Dr. Oobleck started speaking to them. Oobleck: "Professor Port informed me that you found some old Merlot Industries technology - interfering with our secure network. It might be nothing... OR IT MIGHT BE EVERYTHING! Either way, I believe it should be worth investigating the Merlot Industries building in Mountain Glenn. If my old maps are still accurate, it should be located somewhere near the center of town. Just do your best not to end up like the brilliant men and women who worked there..." Team CFVY knew that the more of this mission they were going towards the more dangerous it was getting. Considering that they were even sending another teacher as a backup it could get even more dangerous. Even though she knows that Team RWBYS seems to be stronger than the average team... They should rely on themselves since they were the seniors after all. Coco: ''After we get back for the two days I''m going to make sure that Blake can''t go back until we are at least a little bit stronger than we are. By the time Shallot is finished training Velvet we should also be far stronger than we are now.'' The ship had let them out in a ruined area and they were ready. Blake and Ruby had calmed down and also exchanged information about each other''s dreams. Ruby: "So you and Neo had kids but I and Yang didn''t have kids yet?" Blake nodded her head. Blake: "But things were going pretty quick and I''m not sure that everyone was there. It seemed like we were enjoying a vacation when were attacked but the me at that time was able to use my semblance differently than I could." Ruby tilted her head hearing that. Ruby: "What do you mean?" Blake: "I usually use my semblance for defense and ways of evasions but the future or alternate me was using my semblance as an attack-type semblance. I want to try to copy the way that the alternate version of me did." While Ruby and Blake were talking Shallot had gotten everything he needed mainly some snacks just in case this will take a day and had a shoulder bag with more compressed food. Team CFVY was ready and Team JNPR had just finished grabbing their weapons and some tools just in case they may need them. ~~~ [AN: I now have a pat.reon so if you want to see chapter as soon as they are completed check them out there since I don''t have to worry about things being deleted there. You don''t have to if you don''t want to since chapters will be posted here pat.reon.com/TGM_Productions.. (remove the (.) if you didn''t know)] Chapter 106 - 101 - The Collapse (1) Everyone was ready to go and everyone had their own things to say. Ruby was the first one to see the familiar place they left only a couple of days ago. Ruby: "AwwWwWwwWw... I thought we were done with Mountain Glenn." Ruby was looking around to see if there was anything that had changed since they were there last time and didn''t notice anything. This time she had a notebook in her hand to keep notes of things she finds just like Shallot had told her. Since she was the leader of her team that means that she was the one in charge of keeping information on hand. Weiss: "Here we are again. I hope things go better than last time." Weiss was hoping that a train filled with explosives wasn''t involved again because that was the most stressful day that she had. Other than that she thought that whoever this Dr. Merlot is must be great at hiding since they didn''t even know that he was around here. Blake: "Great. Mountain Glenn. Again. I thought we would be able to continue being around some nature but we had to come to a resolute place like this." Blake wanted to finish this mission as soon as possible so she can go back to taking her naps. She also wanted to get back since she heard that the Sais of Passion while having a sequel book and she needed to head to a book store to get it. Yang: "I didn''t think we''d be coming back here so soon." Yang was surprised that they were back here. It wasn''t a lot to do here last time but they also didn''t heavily look for something that could be an underground facility used for experimentation and exploration. She was interested that they were dropped near the outskirts of Mountain Glenn this time since she could see that they were surrounded by some trees while they had to run into the city. Jaune: "So this is Mountain Glenn... You know you hear stories but... Aah, it''s just a lot worse in person..." Jaune was having another mid-life crisis as usual. Nora: "We''re not going to miss the action in Mountain Glenn THIS time!" Nora was excited about everything knowing that so far the mission has been fun. She''s been able to smash so many Grimm with her hammer and was ready to smash some more. Pyrrha: "I heard Mountain Glenn is crawling with Grimm. We should be careful." Pyrrha was on the lookout since she noticed the closer we get to the source the more Grimm shows up. She hadn''t really come to this amount of Grimm since coming to Beacon academy. Ren sighed seeing the excitement of Nora and knew that usually meant trouble for him later but resigned himself to always dealing with the cleanup. It''s what he''s always done for his childhood friend. Ren: "Mountain Glenn. We shall fight to avenge those who were lost." Coco: "I would usually say that we should be careful but..." She looks over at Team RWBYS and specifically Shallot. Coco: "I think that with Team RWBYS everything will be just fine. Even the most dangerous thing we''ve dealt with has been dealt with easily. It feels more like we are here more for training. Velvet was looking at the city building in the distance and could see that everyone else except Team RWBYS was cautious. She looked and saw that Ruby was still writing in a notebook now and then. Velvet: "I think it''s nice that we get the chance to see the city this time. We didn''t get sent on a mission here yet even though we''re second-year students." Fox: "It will be interesting that nothing has attacked us since we''ve been standing here. Usually, we are attacked almost immediately." Yatsuhashi nodded his head in agreement but didn''t say much. Yatsuhashi: "I agree." The group started walking forward seeing some small stone slab stairs as a transition from the forest ground to the concrete of the ruined city. They walked up the low number of stairs into the city and could see a couple of straggling Grimm walking around the corners of the building. Pyrrha used the iron dust turning into an iron spear and launched it at the Creep Grimm destroying it. More Creeps started coming out of the buildings hearing the noise. The couple that was there was easily handled. Ruby was using her Crescent Rose firing rifle shots dealing with them from a distance and casually strolling through. Blake was using her Gombal Shrouds to shot. Shallot was more in a hurry to just finish the mission so he was firing finger beams wiping out any that came across his eyesight. Fox was using Sharp Retribution and fighting in close quarters with the few Grimm and decided that he might as well use the mission as a way to get more experience. He landed an uppercut punch into the stomach of a Creep and sent aura into it making it inflate and popped like a balloon. Coco: "Since there is quite the number of us I don''t think the few Grimm is going to be that much of trouble." Shallot nodded knowing that there really isn''t anything on this mission that could really threaten them. Even if he wasn''t here for this mission he knows with as much training he has given the girls they would be fine. Mostly Blake since she is still growing in strength. After they finished the Creep they started walking down the street since Dr. Oobleck said that the place they needed to head towards was the center of the city. They could see some Beowolves that were roaming the streets last time. Ruby: "Uhhhh. Not again, I''m tired of Beowolves. Can''t this guy capture some Grimm with some variation." Yang walked back seeming to have more of a hop in her step. Blake looked at Yang thinking that she must be getting frustrated since they have seen the same type of Grimm every time they come looking for anything with Dr. Merlot. ~~~~~~~ Inside of a room with monitors sat Dr. Merlot reading some lines of codes running across the screen. Dr. Merlot: "I do have more than just three types of Grimm. I just don''t have the ability to control them... yet. Maybe I can get another controller Grimm and target that monkey Faunus. He seems to be the strongest out of all the ones there. If I can get him then even if I can''t use the full strength of his body then I can make it bring him back to experiment on. Why is it that he hasn''t dropped any blood though. If only he bleeds I could do more experiments. Uhhhh." Dr. Merlot threw a cup thinking about all the times he sent drones to look for someone useful but they never got anyone except that one girl who was able to get free. Dr. Merlot: "It is because of that damn monkey Faunus back then also wasn''t it. They one that I was searching for originally. The reason that the Neo Beowulf couldn''t bring back anyone. Ahahahaha." Dr. Merlot started madly laughing when he read some code that came by and a notification from his old lab. Dr. Merlot: "That failure survived... it survived... with this maybe I can finally figure out the nigh immortality of that old witch. If I have it then I can." Dr. Merlot: "If only Ozpin helped then my son wouldn''t be in this condition. It''s all his fault and I''m going to make sure that whatever he tries will fail... and you will be my way to accomplish it." On another screen was a video being showed from one of his droids he sent to the old lab to see if that Grimm died. When it got there it saw that the tunnel to the room was collapsed. The audio could be heard from droid and sound was coming from under the rubble. The voice of a little girl could be heard but the voice was distorted. ???: "Why me... why me... help mommy... help daddy... please no... why me... why me... why me... why me... why me... why me... why me..." ~~~ [AN: I now have a pat.reon so if you want to see chapter as soon as they are completed check them out there since I don''t have to worry about things being deleted there. You don''t have to if you don''t want to since chapters will be posted here pat.reon.com/TGM_Productions.. (remove the (.) if you didn''t know)] Chapter 107 - 102 - Collapse (2) Shallot was walking through the city with the rest of them and came across a drop further into the city where a railing was broken off of. They all jumped down and landed and could see that the only path forward was to the right. They started walking and some Beowolves and some Creeps came out but were dispatched immediately. They took a right and headed further into the city. They came to an opening and could see the rest of the city in the distance. Some buildings were smoking in the distance. Shallot: "Why are there still buildings smoking if the city fell a long time ago?" Ruby shrugged at this along with the others. They could hear Dr. Oobleck contacting them. Dr. Oobleck: "The reason that some things are still smoking is that when the town was evacuated majority of appliances and items were left around. Some of the Grimm would damage some of these things and they would explode. So you also have to be careful about something exploding which could lead to a building falling." Shallot nodded understanding that leftover appliances could cause this especially batteries and explosive materials. They continued walking through the city. They were walking and could see a sewer ahead of them. Shallot: ''This must have been the waterway for the city. The place is pretty filthy now.'' Shallot was walking and looking around while missing with a ki thread in his hand playing with it. He started building bridges with it and making shapes in the air with it. As they had walked past the sewer a Beowulf shot out towards him. Shallot expanded the ki strings outwards around the Grimm wrapping it in ki string and Shallot pulled his hands in an X motion. The Grimm was split into a large number of pieces with a sizzling sound. Shallot: "That was an interesting way it reacted. I know that ki is essentially the bane of these guys. What would happen if I taught an entire school how to use ki to hunt Grimm?" Shallot was mumbling to himself while walking in the back. The others knew that none of the Grimm would be an issue. They continued walking and passed under a bridge when several Grimm started coming out of the tunnels that were the old sewer system. Shallot continued playing around with the ki string trying to think of what else he can do while they deal with the rest. He knows that he doesn''t really need to deal with the Grimm with so many of them here. Shallot: ''Maybe I can finish teaching Velvet while walking through here.'' Shallot walked towards Velvet while Team JNPR went forward to deal with the small wave of Grimm. There were only 8 Creeps and 4 Beowolves. Shallot looked a little further and could see that the bridge further ahead had blocked the rest of the way into the city. He turned and could see a door nearby that they could just go to. Oobleck: "Well, that''s an issue. It appears the bridge is blocked. According to my map, you should be able to take a detour through the city''s old waterway system." Dr. Oobleck could be heard over the comms and most likely was also paying attention to the surroundings. Shallot tapped on Velvet''s shoulder, and she turned around seeing Shallot. Shallot: "Are you ready to start on your next training?" Velvet was looking at the Grimm that was being dealt with by the others. She nodded her head seeing that everyone could handle the Grimm just fine. While Team JNPR was dealing with the Grimm with the rest of Team CFVY and his team was watching just in case something unexpected happened. Shallot: "Use your semblance so that you can copy what I''m doing." Shallot encased his body with a very thin layer of ki. He started manipulating it and started floating. Ruby was watching Team JNPR fighting and turned to see Shallot next to Velvet. Blake looked over and could tell the Shallot was showing her the first steps to flying. She knows that it''s not difficult as long as you know what you''re doing. Ruby had walked over knowing that she was getting better with using her ki. She started paying attention to Shallot seeing that he coated himself in a thin layer of ki and started floating. Ruby was paying close attention and was trying to do the same thing that Shallot was doing. She first thinly spread it across her body to make a thin coating. Next, she made sure that her body was being supported by her ki and moved the ki surrounding her body upward-lifting her off the ground. Velvet was able to do the same thing and was capable of copying her with her semblance so it was easy to do. Ruby was wobbly while doing it and was trying to keep her balance. Shallot: ''Competition is the best way for someone to excel at something. When you want to do something when seeing someone else is natural.'' Ruby was slowly rising in the sky floating. She was getting better at it showing that she has a talent for using ki. It might be due to her being so lively since ki is just manipulating the life force. Shallot was smiling seeing that Ruby was enjoying herself with floating around. Velvet looked at Shallot''s face and saw his smile and blushed while Ruby was trying to balance herself constantly since her scythe was having her weight off-balanced. Velvet had seen exactly how Shallot did it and was already floating around and started floating around. She floated by Coco and started circling her. Coco turned seeing that Velvet was floating around her. Yang turned to see that Ruby was floating near Shallot and also wondered what flying would be like. Yang walked over towards Shallot and stopped in front of him. Oobleck: "Activate that switch to open the lock. I hope it still works, it looks a little rusty." Ruby floated over to the door Shallot was looking at earlier and could see that the light on it was red. Ruby pulled the level and the door sounded like it was getting ready to move. It started opening very slowly. Everyone could hear the gears grinding and turning now the only thing they have to do is wait. Jaune: "At least we''ve dealt with all the Grimm here." Everyone just turned to look at Jaune. Jaune: "What? We''ve dealt with the Grimm so we just need to wait." Everyone just stayed quiet while looking at the door opening. They were expecting more Grimm since last time it seemed like Jaune jinxed them. They hadn''t seen and any Grimm while the door was opening and then the door almost opened enough for them to pass through. Jaune: "See nothing to worry about." Jaune: "Well that''s not that bad." The door opened some more and they could see 22 more Beowolves and 2 Alpha Beowolves. The door was still opening and they could see even more Grimm. 20 Boarbatusk, 18 Creeps, 2 Alpha Creeps, 18 Beowolves, and 2 Alpha Creeps. The door was still opening and the further it was opening Jaune''s face was turned paler. The door was still was opening and it had fully opened and they could see 14 Beowolves, 4 Alpha Creeps, 18 Beowolves, and 2 Alpha Beowolf standing there waiting. Shallot: ''That''s a lot of Grimm. Still not a threat but you can overrun a settlement with an army like this. How the hell is Dr. Merlot controlling these guys.'' Jaune: ''It can''t get any worse.'' They then heard the loud growl from further inside and they could see 4 Ursa running from the further back towards them. Yang looked towards Jaune glaring at him. Jaune: "I didn''t even say the last thing out loud." ~~~ [AN: I now have a pat.reon so if you want to see chapter as soon as they are completed check them out there since I don''t have to worry about things being deleted there. You don''t have to if you don''t want to since chapters will be posted here pat.reon.com/TGM_Productions.. (remove the (.) if you didn''t know)] Chapter 108 - 103 - Collapse (3) Everyone turned and looked at Jaune and his face was pale white. They were standing in front of the army of Grimm. 37 Creeps and 90 Beowolves, 4 Alpha Beowolves, 20 Boarbatusk, 4 Ursa, and 8 Alpha Creeps stood in front of them. Yang was staring a hole into Jaune punching her hand while looking at him. Coco looked at Shallot expecting for him to do something about the Grimm like last time when it was a large number. Shallot: "This one is all on you all. If you all can''t handle it, your generous senior will deal with it." Coco: "We''re the seniors!" Shallot looked at the group of Grimm then back at Coco. Shallot: "Well, I guess that you can handle the Grimm here." Shallot started floating while in a cross-legged sitting position. He started using his spatial crush to apply pressure on himself until he felt that he could b?r?ly move. He found out the best way to use it is by setting a center point on his body and have the space push towards that part. He could increase the amount on himself without heavily affecting the area unlike when he pushes downward mimicking gravity. He was watching the horde that was standing in front of them knowing that they will struggle a little with it except Blake. He knows that Blake has gotten lazier the more she trains recently. The 37 Creeps were the first ones to rush forward and the wave of Grimm made Jaune sweat heavily seeing the large number of them. Behind the Creeps were the 8 Alpha Creeps moving behind them. The Alpha Creeps managed to get ahead of them and Creeps and were spread out. Behind each one was 3 Creeps and rushed forward. Jaune had his sword and shield ready while Nora was next to him with her hammer out. Ren was on the side of Nora with his blades and flipped them and had already started firing. Pyrrha was standing there prepared. Her aura was being shown to everyone. She had both of her hands slowly lifting on her side raising towards the sky. The closer her hands got to the sky the more the ground started to shake. Underneath everyone, they could feel the ground shaking and Pyrrha was starting to sweat. The ground started cracking and the metal doors that were there were shaking. She made an X motion with her hands and slammed her hands into the ground making the gates collapse onto the moving wave of Creep Grimm crushing them. Shallot was watching and smiled thinking that was a smart idea. Using the environment as your weapon was the best way to deal with a large number of enemies when you can''t outright overpower them. The rest of the Grimms rushed forward seeing that the first wave was dealt with far easier than they expected. The 90 Beowolves, 4 Alpha Beowolves, 20 Boarbatusk, and 4 Ursa came rushing towards them. The sound of stampeding Grimm had Jaunes legs shaking while Pyrrha was trying to get her breath so that she could prepare for the Grimm coming towards her. Weiss started setting glyphs around the field as traps and movement boost for afterward. Ruby was smoothly spreading the ki around her body so that she can get a boost when she gets ready to attack. Blake was crouched down and Shallot could feel that her ki was rising. Yang tapped her gauntlets together preparing for the Grimm while also encasing her body with ki to increase her strength. Fox had his weapons ready and was pulling some items from a satchel from his side that looked like grenades. Yatsuhashi had his sword slung over his shoulder with a smile on his face ready as soon as the Grimm were prepared. The Grimm was getting closer and closer and as soon as they were within 20 meters everyone rushed towards the group of Grimm. Yatsuhashi started with a wide horizontal swing cutting through the first 3 Beowulf Grimms in front of him. Another Beowolf tried to blindside him but the strike was parried by Fox using his bladed gauntlets and then sent a flurry of slashes to cut into the ones nearby. He sent one flying back sending his aura into one launching it back into the other Beowolves making some of the rushing ones fall over them. Both of them started Slowly backing backward and as soon as they heard a whirring sound they jumped out of the way giving Coco with her Gianduja. The minigun was spinning and spitting bullets 100 bullets per sec. She was turning the Grimm in front of her path into swiss chess. After a minute of firing, she was empty and needed to reload. Velvet wanted to put what she learned to practice. She activated her semblance and Anisedora was pulled out. It started changing shape taking the shape of Shallot scythe and then turned into the bow formation. Velvet pointed her weapon towards the sky copying Shallot''s move from the city and let loose a large burst of ki towards the sky that split and flew down towards the Grimm. The blast could only cover so much of the area and only took out 20 of them. Her attack wasn''t as potent as Shallot''s attack. The Grimm was still coming with 45 Beowolves being taken down in the previous clash. Some of the Beowolves and Boarbatusk ran over Weiss''s glyphs and were launched into the air. Ruby turned her Crescent Rose into sniper mode and started shooting them out of the air. Weiss could see an Alpha Beowulf rushing using the other Grimm as shields. She used a glyph to enhance her speed shooting towards some of the glyphs she left to use for the type of scenario. Weiss: "Yang!!! Overcharge!!!" Yang: "On it." Yang was right behind Yang and stood on Weiss''s glyph and was towards another glyph. Once they made it to the next glyph they shot towards two different glyphs. Weiss shot towards a glyph towards the right side of the Grimm while Yang headed for the left side of the Grimm. Yang stepped on another Glyph and shot towards the middle of the pack of Grimm sending out a flurry of shotgun punches sending Grimm flying in the air the Ruby would shoot along with Pyrrha while she was getting her breath back. Weiss also rushed towards the middle sending out multiple stabs killing the Grimm in her way. She was slowing down some and would place more glyphs as she was moving to gain more and more speed. Nora ran towards the front left of the horde jumping into the air with lightning surrounding her. Nora: "Lightning Bomb!!!!" Nora came smashing down with her hammer with a large surge of lightning expanding in a bubble going outward shocking and sending the Grimm flying into the air. They were shot down if they were still alive by Ruby and Pyrrha. Jaune was dealing with the stragglers that were separated and attacked them when they were surrounded by the others. Shallot was slowly moving while using this time to still train while paying attention in case he''s needed. Blake had concentrated ki around her legs and dashed over towards Jaune. To everyone but Jaune, it seemed as if she disappeared. ~~~ [AN: I now have a pat.reon so if you want to see chapter as soon as they are completed check them out there since I don''t have to worry about things being deleted there. You don''t have to if you don''t want to since chapters will be posted here pat.reon.com/TGM_Productions.. (remove the (.) if you didn''t know)] Chapter 109 - 104 - Collapse (4) Blake appeared directly behind one of the Ursa. She lunged towards its neck wrapping around its necks with her Gambol Shrouds while slicing deeper the more she circled it. She swung off of its neck and when she came off so did its head. The other Ursa attacked her from behind and pierced her body. Jaune''s eyes opened seeing that but then he heard something shattering like glass. What he thought was Blake was an ice clone. Blake was on the Grimms back and placed her hands on its head and blew it up with a ki blast from both of her hands. She did a backflip off of the now-dead Ursa and threw her Gambol Shroud at the last Ursa. She had the handle wrapped with her ribbon. The Gambol Shroud hooked into its body and she pulled herself close to it before kneeing it into the face throwing it off balance. She placed the other Gombal Shroud barrel into the mouth of the Ursa and started pulling the trigger. With every shot, the head of the Ursa rocked back another time. The Ursa fell to the ground dead with its mouth smocking while Blake blows on the smoking barrel of her Gambol Shroud. Shallot was watching the entire thing and had a smile the entire time on his face. Shallot looked down at his waist. Shallot: "Damn that was hot, now I have a hard-on." Shallot went back to watch the other while passively training with the increased pressure on his body. Jaune looked towards Blake looking amazed but also being prepared for other attacks since they were still in the middle of the Grimm wave. Jaune: "Thank you, Blake. I need to train more so that I won''t be a burden to you all." Blake: "No problem. I wanted to make sure that I was keeping myself prepared to help anyone that needed it." Ruby was shooting her Crescent Rose until she ran out of ammunition. Yang and Weiss were using her glyphs to zig-zag across the group of Grimm dealing with them and fast and powerful hits. Ruby turned her Crescent Rose into its scythe form and rushed into the pack of Grimm. She went and started cleaving the Beowolves in half. The Beowolves tried surrounding her. Ruby did a low sweep with Scythe while crouching spinning in a circle. She cut the legs of the Beowolves around her then finished the Grimm once they were on the ground. A Beowulf tried to sneak attack her when a ki beam blasted it out of the way. Shallot: "Pay attention to your surroundings Ruby or else you will start taking damage that isn''t impossible to dodge." Ruby just nodded her headed while still fighting the Grimm. A Boarbatusk tried attacking from the side while spinning and attacking her but before it could make it halfway to her Yang came through like a wrecking ball crashing into it. She planted her fist into it sending it flying through other Grimm and kept moving. She threw her scythe making it spin cutting a row of Beowolves in half. She then turned into a flurry of petals flying towards her scythe. She reformed above her scythe grabbing the scythe and went into a spin counting to cut the Grimm around her as she landed. Most of the Beowolves were dead with only 5 of them remaining. Pyrrha had regained her breath and was manipulating the iron dust she had on her to make spinning blades and went into close combat with the Boarbatusk. The Boarbatusk were either sliced apart by the iron blades or stabbed through the stomach when they were knocked over by the blades. Nora, Ren, and Fox were next to each other and sending their aura into the Grimm causing internal damage and destroying them once Nora smashed them with her hammer. Nora: "My new favorite game is ''Wack a Grimm''. We should do this more often Ren. I deserve pancakes for such a great way... right Ren!!!" Ren just smiled at that. Ren: "I''ll make some pancakes for you when we make it back for the academy." Nora: "You heard that... Mama''s going to get some pancakes!!!" Nora started to increase her pace in smashing the Grimm even flattening some so Ren and Fox don''t have to kill it. Nora was laughing smashing every Grimm in her sights while also drooling thinking about Ren''s pancakes. Everyone looked at the destroyed gate and then Weiss turned to Pyrrha. Weiss: "Couldn''t you got rid of the gate if you could do that at first." Pyrrha gave a nervous laugh while leading the iron dust back into the back on her side. Pyrrha I didn''t think about it at the time since the gate worked." Weiss: ''That''s understandable.'' Dr. Oobleck: "The doors are open and the path is clear. It''s time to move forward so you all can make it to your destination." Everyone was catching their breath since it was a lot for them while Blake was fine. She knew that the stronger you were with ki the less tired you would be. Shallot floated through the air while bobbing up and down trying to keep himself up while the gravity crush is still going. Sending that ki beam earlier was difficult since he can b?r?ly move with it. Shallot landed on the ground and the ground crunched a little under his weight. Shallot: ''So I''m not heavily affected by the area around me but still the ground I walk on can still be affected by my semblance since it''s not internal but external.'' Shallot slowly lifted his leg and slowly walked behind them. Coco turned and could see that Shallot was moving slowly and was wondering what he was doing. Coco: "What are you doing?" Shallot: "Training with increased gravity in lawman terms." Blake walked over and couldn''t feel the increase like usually when they are training. Blake: "You managed to make it more compact. How strong are you now?" Shallot thought about it. Shallot: "I could lift my fingers and blow up a city if I wanted but how heavy this is about lifting 500 tons." Coco was listening over to the side and her eyes opened wide hearing that thinking that maybe he is joking. Blake: "I don''t think gravity training should work that quickly. Won''t your body be damaged doing this so often?" Shallot: "Every now and then I make sure to use my healing technique to heal the muscles that tore and then they will come back even stronger. I can continue to grow strong as long as my semblance and body can handle the exhaustion." Ruby came over and tried flying again and was capable of getting in the air again. Shallot: "The more you fly Ruby the better you will get." Yang was looking at Ruby and knew that flying was harder than just seeing it and doing it. She knows that she herself may need a couple of hours to go ahead to learn how to fly with Shallot''s help. Weiss was watching Ruby fly and knew that Shallot said he would only teach his wives how to fly. She looked over at Velvet who was talking with Coco. Weiss: ''So he is going for her next. I don''t think he ever even looks at me. WHAT''S WRONG WITH ME THAT HE''S NOT INTERESTED!!!'' Weiss looked at Shallot and shook her head. Weiss: ''Neptune seems a lot nicer and he won''t be around another woman. A Schnee would never share their lover.'' ~~~ [AN: I now have a pat.reon so if you want to see chapter as soon as they are completed check them out there since I don''t have to worry about things being deleted there. You don''t have to if you don''t want to since chapters will be posted here pat.reon.com/TGM_Productions.. (remove the (.) if you didn''t know)] Chapter 110 - 105 - Collapse (5) Everyone started walking through the busted door stepping over some of the Grimm that hadn''t finished turning into mist or black sludge. They walked through the door and continued moving. They came across some more stairs. It seemed that it was the only way through since every other place that could have been walked through had been collapsed. They went up the stairs taking a left seeing that the right pathway had collapsed and kept moving. Shallot: ''This seems like we''re being led somewhere, but considering we were ambushed it''s not surprising. With more fights, the stronger everyone will become. The more fights someone has the better they will become as long as they come out of it alive.'' There was another drop they took and two Boarbatusk were there. Blake fired two ki blast at them with an irritated look on her face. Shallot was slowly walking and putting some effort into moving. He stopped next to Blake while sweating somewhat. Shallot: "It seems that you''re starting to get irritated now." Blake turned and looked at him seeing that he is still training Even though it seems that he is still adjusting. They were only walking for 20 minutes but he was already adjusting. Shallot could feel that his body was starting to feel sore since every bit of progress he make he would increase the pressure just enough to where he can move but not run. At best right now he can do a slow job but can''t sprint. Shallot thought doing it this way he would grow the quickest within a short period of time. Shallot continued walking with Blake and they continued forward. Ruby could see Shallot and Blake walking next to each other and floated over trying to fly as much as possible. Ruby: "Do you know how to fly Blake?" Blake nodded her head and floated slightly and then landed again. Blake: "He showed me how to fly a while back. I just prefer walking since I don''t like being in the air a lot." Shallot: "She just wants to walk next to me since I don''t really fly around." While they were talking the others were dealing with some Creep Grimms that had come tunneling through the ground to attack them. Velvet was flying around swinging a replica of Ruby''s scythe and tearing them apart while avoiding their attacks. Coco was firing her minigun dealing with the clumped together ones. While Fox and Yatsuhashi dealt with the Grimm that had separated so that they won''t have to worry about them later. Team CFVY dealt with the Grimm and were breathing heavy since they hadn''t fully recovered from dealing with the last large wave. Team JNPR was watching and paying attention. They wanted to learn from their teamwork and how the older teams work together. They had finished the Grimm and they saw an opening to the right and continued on. They saw that the path was almost blocked by two large boulders. Shallot blasted the boulder making it open up larger revealing another path but mostly rubble. Nora: "This place was hit really hard. It looks like it would have been nice to live in." Ren: "It seems that wherever people are Grimm will come to take everything from you." Ren looked as if he was thinking about something while looking at the destroyed seat that should have stood strong. Coco: "There are a lot of places just like this across Remnant that has fallen to Grimm. We have seen settlements that had been standing for ten years and by the time we come back through for a mission, it would have been overrun." They continued on for another 10 minutes and came to an opening and could see a relatively undamaged building in the distance. Oobleck: "There! That''s the facility! I can''t believe how well it withstood the years... a shame, still... Dr. Merlot would''ve never let something like this hinder the progress of his work. I can only imagine what we''ll find inside." Everyone checked their gear and thought they were ready. Ruby pulled the sleave of Shallot before they all continued. Ruby: "Do you have any more ammo. I used all of my ammo for the last horde of Grimm at the gate." Shallot handed her the box and Ruby went to grab it and thought the box was really heavy and as soon as Shallot released the box felt really light. She took some rounds out and loaded her Crescent Rose and put the rest of the rounds in a pouch she keeps around her waist under her cape. They continued forward and as soon as they hopped down to head forward some more Grimm came out. Mostly Creep Grimm digging through the ground. Oobleck: "Oh dear... Watch out, team! The treasure hunt will have to wait until you kill those Grimm!" A Creep appeared from underneath the ground behind Shallot and swung at him. As soon as its hand landed on Shallot the hand seemed to get stuck and couldn''t move its hand. It tried moving its hand but was stuck. Shallot: "Oh, does someone want a hug." Shallot slowly walked to the Creep Grimm with his arms out and then grabbed the Grimm in a hug. Jaune was watching with his mouth open as Shallot hugged the Grimm making the bone plating on its body crack with everyone hearing cracking sounds. The Creep was trying to struggle and get away then its spine folded like a foldable chair and its body turned into a V shape with a black fluid leaking from its body. Shallot dropped the Grimm. Shallot turned and looked towards the other Grimm with his eyes flashing between his regular red color and silver. Shallot: "Anyone else wants a hug?" Shallot asked sarcastically but the Grimm stepped back slightly before his eyes went back to red and the Grimm started moving forward again. Fox: "I definitely don''t want a hug from him. Sounded pretty painful to me and I may not have eyesight but even I don''t want to see how the Grimm turned out." Jaune just rapidly shook his head. While Nora had stars looking at that think if she could do that if she got strong enough. Yang was next to Velvet and whispered something to her ear. Yang: "He''s quite gentle with us in bed and it''s really comfortable when he wraps his arms around us." Velvet''s face turned red and Yang could see some smoke coming from her head and started thinking about Shallot with her face turning redder until her imagination went to one image and she passed out standing up. Yang saw Velvet and nodded her head thinking that she understands why Shallot always tried to get a rise out of her now. It''s fun. The Grimm that had appeared were dealt with by Team JNPR this time with them wanting to work on cooperation attacks giving everyone else a break from fighting. Shallot could see that there were pretty much giant plant holders that were under the trees so they can grow as everything in the city was concrete and there was no grass or dirt. Shallot: ''I wonder why they didn''t leave openings for the dirt and grass?'' Shallot was watching them deal with the rest of the Grimm the only ones left were 5 Creeps, 7 Beowolves, 1 Ursa, and 1 Ursa Major. Ren and Nora dealt with the 5 Creeps and 7 Beowolves while Jaune dealt with the 1 Ursa. Pyrrha was fighting the Ursa Major without relying on her metal control since she wanted to make sure her spear techniques weren''t falling behind. Even though she was being careful and widdling it down it was still tanky and was just a matter of time. She spent 3 minutes taking it down from it being tanky. The Grimm were finished and they walked towards the building and Fox stopped before they opened the door. Fox: "Stop!!!!" Everyone had stopped. Fox: "I can hear something that sounds like ticking from inside the building." Shallot closed his eyes and was listening out and could also hear a ticking but it was faint. The more he was listening the more ticking her heard. It came from inside the building but all over the building. Shallot: "Most likely bombs." Coco: "We should be careful then and not use the doors. Good job Fox." Fox: "Good thing I was paying attention or I wouldn''t have seen how we were blown up." Yang: "Isn''t he blind?" Velvet: "He''s fine with his blindness and will joke about it sometimes. He''s pretty funny most of the time." Coco tried to check the window and the glass feel inward from it being so old and shattered. Coco: "Shit." A loud explosion then went off and the entire building started coming down on top of them. Jaune: "We''re all going to die!!!!" ~~~ [AN: I now have a pat.reon so if you want to see chapter as soon as they are completed check them out there since I don''t have to worry about things being deleted there. You don''t have to if you don''t want to since chapters will be posted here pat.reon.com/TGM_Productions.. (remove the (.) if you didn''t know)] Chapter 111 - 106 - Below The Surface (1) Shallot dropped his spatial crush on himself to move as quickly as he can and gathered everyone next to him. He surrounded them all in a ki dome blocking all the flying debris and them and making sure everyone is ok. The building came crashing down onto the barrier. Shallot could still hear explosives going off and then the ground beneath them was crumbling also. Shallot: ''This was a pretty good plan and would most likely kill any other hunters. Too bad I''m here.'' The ground collapsed under them and they fell into a ravine under them. Shallot had the ki dome expand around them and turn into a bubble to keep everyone together and safe. When they landed on stable ground Shallot could feel something brushing against his nose. Shallot looked down and saw that Velvet was in his arms with her ears rubbing against his nose. Her face was bright red while looking at his face. Velvet: "Yang was right. I do feel safe in his arms." Velvet was mumbling under her breath. Shallot was looking around to make sure that everyone was ok. Ruby was floating inside the bubble while carrying Yang while Blake was holding Weiss. They floated down to the ground while Jaune was on the ground with Nora on top sitting on him while she was holding Ren. Pyrrha had used her semblance to make herself float by manipulating the iron on her body. Coco, Fox, and Yatsuhashi had enough experience so they were fine and landed agilely. Shallot: "Did you say something Velvet?" Velvet''s face was bright red and shook her head. Velvet: "No, I didn''t say anything!!!" Shallot slowly let her down onto the ground. Shallot was checking the now ravine they were in from the explosion and thought about how much work Dr. Merlot went through just to do this. Shallot: "I wonder how mad he would be if we just fly everyone out of here." Everyone could see that the building had collapsed and there seemed to be more underneath the building itself. Ren got out of Nora''s hands while also standing up getting up off of Jaune. Pyrrha came over to check on Jaune. Pyrrha: "Are you alright Jaune." Jaune: "Uhhhh... I would like to get the license plate of the vehicle." Pyrrha: "You weren''t hit by a vehicle Jaune." Jaune: "What was I hit by then?" Jaune was groggy and looked as if he was almost knocked unconscious from being fell on. Nora: "Thanks for the cushion Jaune!!!" Everyone could hear a static sound coming from their comms with broken words coming through before they could hear it clearly. Oobleck: "Students, report in!" Everyone: "We''re ok." Oobleck: "That''s good children. I couldn''t contact you at first and I feared for the worst. You all have two options. You can try to come back up and end this mission or you can continue. There is a signal coming further in towards where you all are located. The choice is up to you young hunters and huntresses." Nora was up and looking around seeing that the only way forward was through the pathway on the opposite side of them. Nora: "I think we need to go that way." Nora was pointing towards an entrance further into the crevice and seeing that there were more Grimm that way means that more excitement is nearby. Nora got a running start and jumped the mini gap that was separating the two sides. Shallot: "Well, I guess that decides that. We''ll be heading forward Dr. Oobleck." Coco: "It seems so." Oobleck: "Ah be careful... Err... I''m afraid you''re now in Mountain Glenn''s subterranean levels. This area has become even more dangerous since our last... err, visit... so be careful since you will be continuing! The others followed behind Nora since they saw that the only way out was the way Nora went unless they could fly out using Blake, Shallot, Ruby, and Velvet. They just decided to move forward since Shallot knew that they still had another two days before they had to be finished with this mission. It had only been a couple of hours and the sun was still in the sky. They followed the path seeing an entrance that leads to two different pipe tunnels. One was on the left and the other was on the right. They made a right and skipped it altogether and continued running. They kept running seeing another tunnel but this one seemed like a proper one and they went inside it. When they came out of the other side what they saw was another city that was above ground but this one didn''t seem as damaged as the one previously. Coco: "This must have been where the people of Mountain Glenn escaped to when the town was overrun with Grimm. The buildings don''t seem that bad but since it''s underground they could have opened up a tunnel to anywhere. Them blowing a hole open towards an underground army of Grimm could only be due to unfortunate events. Fox: "Sounds like a ghost town down here." Shallot: "This is why everyone should be trained to fight. When it comes to living depending on others will always leave you vulnerable." Ruby was looking at the railroad tracks that are across the ground and saw that this must have also doubled as a mining area also. Black was looking around and wondering why they haven''t seen some Grimm down here since this place would have been overrun by them. The others were thinking the same thing and kept their guards up. They continued moving and followed the tracks and made it to another tunnel but the tunnel was already caved in and they couldn''t go through unless they blasted their way through. Shallot: "I could blast us an opening." Coco: "But that could bring down the rest of this place. I''ve seen your blast and they are far stronger than some TNT." Blake: "Why can''t we just take the open path to the right of us." Blake pointed towards the open area which looks like it leads to somewhere else. Shallot: "You''re just ruining my fun." Blake went closer to Shallot and kissed him on the cheek. Blake: "I just want to get finished with the mission so we can snuggle." Blake whispered in his ear where no one else could hear her... well except Velvet. They nodded at Blake''s decision and walked toward the unblocked area. Nora: "A.. I wanted to see something go boom." Fox: "I don''t think the bright light would be good for my eyes." As they were walking through the walkway the first Grimm they came across and it looked quite different. It looked like an Alpha Grimm but it was releasing a type of green gas from its body. *Screech!!!!* Fox held his ears hearing the high pitched sound along with Velvet, Blake, and Shallot. Shallot: "Bastard." Shallot lifted his hand and fired a ki blast at it destroying it. Shallot looked at the body that was still not disappearing and thought it would just take a while. They waited for a bit and realized that it still wasn''t disappearing. Coco: "That''s strange?" Ruby: "What''s strange." Ren: "Grimm usually disappear after they die. They leave nothing behind which is why some people make replicas of Grimm masks since the body disappears into smoke. This one however isn''t disappearing." Shallot fired another blast but weaker and it just sent the Grimm body flying but it didn''t move. Shallot: "Yeah, it''s dead or it''s playing the best possum that I have ever seen." Yatsuhashi: "What''s possum?" Blake: "He means it''s playing dead." Yatsuhashi: "Ah, that''s clever." They looked at the Grimm corpse and walked past it. Ruby: "So... why do you think it was different?" Dr. Oobleck came in over the comms again since he was capable of reconnecting and seeing things from the gear they have. Oobleck: "It appeared to be a creature of Grimm, but modified... mutated. This will require further study. It''s fascinating... but very, very troubling. Excellent work, team. Shallot do you think you can examine the next one that appears so we can document it. You killed it so quickly we could see what it was capable of. Information is important for hunter and huntress, so every new thing you come across can you document it." ~~~ [AN: I now have a pat.reon so if you want to see chapter as soon as they are completed check them out there since I don''t have to worry about things being deleted there. You don''t have to if you don''t want to since chapters will be posted here pat.reon.com/TGM_Productions.. (remove the (.) if you didn''t know)] Chapter 112 - 107 - Below The Surface (2) They continued going and came to some stairs walking up to them. They went up the stairs and walked further seeing that they would have to jump down into a crater to continue forward. Ruby was spending her time hovering around still and was starting to come down to walk. She was starting to feel more tired the longer she flew. They hoped down while looking around. There were a couple of Beowolver there that they need to take care of but Team CFVY and Team JNPR dealt with them. They had to deal with 1 Alpha Beowolf, 1 Ursa, 10 Creeps, 1 Alpha Creep, 8 Beowolves, then 2 more Alpha Beowolves. Jaune fought the Ursa while Ren and Nora took 1 Beowulf each. Pyrrha dealt with the Alpha Creep while Coco and Velvet were fighting the 10 Creeps. Yatsuhashi was dealing with another Alpha Beowulf while Fox was fighting 8 Beowolves. He was dancing around their attacks and attacking only when he could use one as cover and went after another. He would use the steps that the Grimm were making to keep track of them and attacking from the blindspots of Grimm. Shallot was paying attention to this and thinking that he did the same thing when he was training his senses years ago. Shallot: "I guess everyone has their own style to use and fighting method. I wonder if he trained hard enough he would be capable of using Haki in the One Piece world." Shallot was mumbling to himself as he started doing squats to get a workout in since it seems that the others could handle themselves right now. Shallot tried using the technique of One Piece before remembering them from when his little brother forced him to watch it with him. He thought the show was interesting but complained that there were so many episodes. Anytime he tried using a technique from that world it wouldn''t work no matter how many times he tried or how strong he got. It wouldn''t work even when he tried using the abilities recently. It felt off for some reason. He would try to do them and it would look like it would start but not work for some reason. Shallot: ''Maybe there are certain rules set so that you can''t do things that go against a natural order of things here... but why can I use ki if that''s the point? Maybe I can only use techniques of worlds I''ve been to? If that is the case I need to find a way to earth so I can read some of those manga''s my brother mentioned. I can have a large number of worlds to travel as long as I can get access to them.'' While Shallot was thinking about things that could be interesting for the future. He finished doing some squats and was sweating from the pressure he was dealing with and looked to see that everyone had dealt with the Grimm. Velvet came over asking how did she do in her use of incorporating the ki into her attacks. Shallot: ''She looks so adorable.'' Shallot rubbed her head with her ears standing straight up and they started moving side to side. Shallot: "You did good Velvet. Now you just need to use the ki to strengthen yourself whenever attacking in close range since long-range attacks from copied weapons don''t work unless you fire ki instead. Firing ki by itself would be better since your weapon inside made to be constantly using ki. Although once you''re strong enough you wouldn''t need a weapon." Velvet tilted her head looking at Shallot''s weapon. Velvet: "Why do you use a weapon then" Shallot: "Because it limits me... also because I suck at using a scythe so it makes it more challenging for me. If I had to choose a weapon personally it would be either a bastard sword or a war hammer. This makes it so I can train my control at all times since if I don''t control my strength I could break the weapon." Ruby heard this and also came over. Ruby: "But you train me in using techniques with the scythe?" Shallot: "I know how to use one and with my strength, even a wooden spoon can be a deadly weapon if I want it to be. A scythe is just something that I know moves for." Shallot: ''Also due to the unhealthy amount of hours I put into the Ninja Gaiden series and mastering all of the weapons. Every combo move is stuck in my head no matter how much time passes. Especially the katana moves. If I still had my katana, even without using ki I would be classified as a weapon of mass destruction. Which at this point I''m pretty sure I''m a walking calamity now that I think about it. I wish I had a scouter so that could at least tell how powerful I am. I don''t really want to just fire a full-blown attack at something and then discover I can blow the planet up. That would be the dumbest way to die after reincarnating and being in a place where nothing can kill you... well, maybe some poison and diseases but no man would be able to kill me.'' Velvet could see that Shallot spacing out with a slight smirk on his face. Velvet: "Is he alright?" Blake came over and saw the look on Shallot''s face remembering he had the same look on his face when he blew up a mountain after saying he was going on a midnight walk. Blake: "He''s probably thinking about if he would destroy something far more than what he thinks if he used his full strength. At least he didn''t say that he''s going on a walk." Ruby didn''t know about this look but she does know about a different smile he gives when they are alone. Ruby started blushing and closed her legs rubbing them together thinking about it. Ruby: "I think I''m becoming a bad girl." Shallot snapped out of it and looked towards Ruby. Shallot: "But you''re my bad girl. My cute bad girl." Ruby nodded her head at that and hugged him burying her head in his ?h?st to hide her blush. Velvet was seeing that and could still feel Shallot stroking her head even when he was spaced out. Shallot leaned toward Velvet''s ears to whisper to her. Shallot: "I want to turn you into my bad girl also so that we can do what rabbits do best." Yatsuhashi flicked some of the black gunk from the Grimm off of his blade and looked over and Coco looked over and saw Shallot whispering something to Velvet with her face turning red and blushing like earlier. Coco: ''She likes him definitely and I can see why. He has a body that looks like it was sculpted. He would make a great model for some of the outfits I have. Maybe I can coerce... convince him to do a photoshoot in exchange for some "training time" with Velvet... but if he breaks her heart I''m going to break his balls. She''s like a little sister to me and I haven''t been protecting her from ?ssholes all this time just because.'' Shallot felt a chill run down his back and looked around and noticed that Coco was looking in his direction. Shallot: ''Oh... don''t tell me she has a thing for Velvet and she trying to glare me away or something. Well, two can play at that game.'' Shallot pulled Velvet in next to Ruby while whispering into her ears. Shallot: "Won''t you become mine Velvet. I will make sure that you are the happiest girl in the world." Shallot then looked over to Coco and smirked. Coco seeing that turned away thinking that something happened and she wasn''t completely sure about it. She also feels like she was insulted just then for some reason. Velvet was blushing heavily and started hyperventilating. Velvet: ''Mom said that be with the person that you love, but do I love Shallot... he''s so nice and strong and I feel comfortable with him. Yang kept telling her that he is great in bed but she hadn''t slept with anyone before. Will he be gentle with her, or will he be rough. What do I do do I accept or do I decline. This is going too fast for me. I wasn''t expecting my mission to go like this.'' Velvet: "Ok." Velvet was quiet with her answer but Shallot still heard it and had a smile on his face. ~~~ [AN: I now have a pat.reon so if you want to see chapter as soon as they are completed check them out there since I don''t have to worry about things being deleted there. You don''t have to if you don''t want to since chapters will be posted here pat.reon.com/TGM_Productions.. (remove the (.) if you didn''t know)] Chapter 113 - 108 - Below The Surface (3) Everyone was finished with the Grimm and looked around for where they needed to head to next. They could see a large set of doors in the distance. They were walking toward it when Dr. Oobleck contacted them over the comms. Oobleck: "You should be able to reach an exit through these doors... Just turn the power back on so we can open them up." Everyone moved to the doors and pressed the green bu??on on the wall which should be for the doors. They hear a beep sound after Ruby pressed the bu??on. The doors opened but on the other side was a bomb sitting inside of a minecart. Oobleck: "Oh dear... that is a bomb. And a very large bomb at that. Who would booby trap this place?! Give me a moment..." Shallot went towards it thinking that he could just pick it up and get rid of it since they just needed to move forward. Shallot was about to pick it up when he noticed a gauge on it. Shallot: "The hell is that?" Blake came over to look at it. She stepped back from it because she could also smell something coming from it. Blake: "It looks an angle meter had been placed on it along with some type of chemical inside. I can''t tell what it is but it has a distinctive smell." Coco came over and tried to see if any information she had could help. She took a picture of it and sent it to Dr. Oobleck so they should move it or not. Oobleck: "Ok, team... Physically tampering with the device or the cart it''s attached to could possibly trigger an explosion. Luckily, these tracks lead to a deep chasm and underground river, but with the way this device is rigged, you''re going to have to power the cart''s engine. Gather as many nearby Dust crystals as you can find! Time is of the essence, but remember to remain calm... Right, forget that. Just hurry!" Weiss: "Shallot, can''t you wrap it in your ki as you did with us." Shallot nodded his head and tilted it somewhat and the timer on it start with 6 minutes. It released a spray into the air and Shallot immediately wrapped it in ki. The spray didn''t seem to do anything but everyone stepped away just in case. Shallot walked the bomb down the tracks thinking that they don''t have time to be wasting. While he was walking with the bomb he could hear the sound of Grimm coming from somewhere. A large horde of Grimm started coming out and heading towards the area where the spray had been released. Shallot: "That''s interesting. So it must be some kind of lure. That could be useful for drawing out Grimm and getting rid of them so that they could have more outpost in the outside areas." Coco nodded hearing that thinking that it is a good idea. Coco: "It would also be great if teams could use those to draw Grimm away from them in dangerous situations." Shallot kept moving but he could see that more and more Grimm were coming out and heading towards the area where the spray was released. Shallot looked at the bomb that he had wrapped in the ki bubble but couldn''t see it because it was covered by a mist. Ruby: "It looks like it is still releasing that spray." Jaune: "I think we have an issue!" Jaune was about to start panicking because among the group of Grimm were the mutated Grimm that Dr. Oobleck wanted a sample of since their bodies don''t disappear or if they do they didn''t stick around to see how long it would take. Dr. Oobleck was watching footage from a camera that was embedded in a ?h?st badge that they were handed for this mission. Team RWBYS were the only ones not wearing one. Oobleck: "Can you see what the mutated ones can do. If we can get data on them. We can put it into the system so if there are any other huntsmen and huntresses that run into them they can have some prior knowledge on what they can do." Coco was the one to respond since she was technically the one in charge of the mission even though everyone knows that Shallot is the one looking after, everyone. Coco: "We will fight this Grimm to see what it can do so that we can document it. Fox and Yatsuhashi, you can deal with it while we deal with the other Grimm." Everyone started running towards the horde of Grimm while Shallot was still walking at a leisurely pace with the bomb while also being under pressure from his semblance. Shallot: ''I wonder, if I become the headmaster of Beacon and make everyone go through gravity training would I have the strongest force on the planet.'' Shallot was taking his leisurely walk while sweating slightly but was sure that this would make his body far stronger. He also found out while walking earlier that his spirit orb won''t be able to heal him heavily here since they were away from plant life. Shallot: ''It seems that it''s not a good energy absorption technique like the spirit bomb that King Kai made. It is still pretty good though. It''s just the poor man''s version I guess.'' Velvet hadn''t gone to fight with everyone and was sticking close to Shallot after he pretty much confessed to her and she accepted. Velvet was looking at Shallot''s face and could tell that he was spacing out and wasn''t paying attention since he was getting ready to walk off into the hole of the tracks where they are supposed to toss the bomb. Velvet: "What are you thinking about?" Shallot turned to Velvet seeing that she was blushing when he looked at her and Shallot smiled thinking about how adorable she is. Shallot: "I was thinking about where our first date is going to be. It''s just that I have to take Yang on our date first since I already planned something for us. I was thinking that we could go and visit all the greenery places in Vale and I could give you some "personal" flying lessons." Velvet was thinking about all the nice places in Vale that she hadn''t been to yet since she''s been busy with school and nodded her head while blushing. The others had managed to finish the horde of Grimm but there were still more coming. Shallot: "I wonder why there are so many Grimm coming this way even though all of the lures are gone." Velvet was looking at the bomb surrounded by ki and could hear a slight humming from it. It was at a high decibel but not too noticeable. Velvet pointed towards the bomb and then pointed toward her ears. Velvet: "It might be because of the sound coming from it. It''s making a low humming sound even though I''m finding it hard to hear but since the decibel is so high I still managed to hear it." Shallot was surprised since he couldn''t hear anything from it normally. He focused ki on his ears and could also hear a low humming sound but the more he listened to it, it sounded like a growl that was high pitched. Shallot: ''So that''s what he did. Ok, Merlot that''s pretty clever. Using multiple traps on something pretty simple like a bomb. I''m not all brawn either Merlot. If you want to have a battle of wits then let''s see who outplays who. I first need to find out information on where he could be if I wanted to set a possible trap.'' Shallot stopped in front of the tracks where it had broken off leading into a chasm and tossed the bomb down there. He released the ki bubble on it after it was down there to so the lure could draw the rest of the Grimm away from them. The bomb went off in the bottom and the cavern shook slightly. The Grimm that was still coming out lunged towards the area that the bomb had exploded along with the lure that was finally released into the air. ~~~ [AN: I now have a pat.reon so if you want to see chapter as soon as they are completed check them out there since I don''t have to worry about things being deleted there. You don''t have to if you don''t want to since chapters will be posted here pat.reon.com/TGM_Productions.. (remove the (.) if you didn''t know)] Chapter 114 - 109 - The Adventures Of Merlin And Zwei (1) Shallot and the girls had left for the mission and the pets were left in the dorm room. Merlin was laying in her cat bed and woke up when she heard the door shut. She looked up seeing the same person that was with Shallot and the girls when they were out last time. Oobleck: "Well hello there Merlin and Zwei. It seems that I will be the one in charge of looking after you both seeing that your owners are not here." Merlin looked over to see Zwei was still sleeping on his bed and Merlin swung her paw onto his head. Merlin: "Meeeowww" (Wake Up Zwei). Zwei was laying on his d???? bed that Ruby bought him the day he was sent to them. Zwei slowly rolled over to see why he was being awakened since he knew that the others had left. That meant that he would have the entire day to laze around and sleep. Zwei: "Bark Bark." (What do you want Merlin?) Merlin: "Meow Meow Meeow." (Everyone has left which means that I''m in charge. Don''t try to act important now.) Dr. Oobleck was watching was what he could only ?ssume was animals talking to each other. Oobleck: "Truly interesting. Even though they are different species that are capable of communicating just fine. I wonder if there is a reason that animals can talk to each other even though they make different sounds." Dr. Oobleck was watching the barks and meows coming from Merlin and Zwei and he went to pick up Zwei who was still laying in his bed. Merlin got up seeing that he was about to pick her up also and avoid his hand and held her head high while walking towards the door. Zwei: "Bark Bark." (Your acting important for someone that couldn''t move until Shallot left the room when they left on their mission.) Merlin lunged towards Zwei who was in Dr. Oobleck''s arms but crashed into the door which was just opened by Dr. Oobleck as he was walking out. Merlin ended up knocking herself out from the sudden impact to her head. The back of the door had a small crack in it where her head hit it. Dr. Oobleck turned around seeing that Team RWBYS cat had run into the door and picked up the unconscious kit. Dr. Oobleck: "Oh my, we should get her looked after. I believe Shallot said that she was a female cat anyway." Zwei: "Bark Bark." (Hahahaha) Dr. Oobleck could hear Zwei barking while looking towards Merlin thinking that he might be worried about his fellow compatriot but he also thought that he heard some snickering. He wasn''t sure if dogs were capable of snickering though and that maybe he misheard it. While Dr. Oobleck was walking down the hallway and was thinking about the smell of the room. Dr. Oobleck: "Even though they tried to air it out I still recognize that smell. They are still young and full of vigor. Hopefully, they can use that vigor inside of class and training instead." Dr. Oobleck was walking towards the infirmary and opened the door. He looked in seeing a stunning Faunus woman standing there with a white doctor''s coat. She had a well-developed body with Fox''s ears on top of her head and six foxtails that were a mixture of black and white behind her. Underneath her doctor''s coat, she had a black crop top shirt that leads to a black skirt that goes down to her ankles. One side of the skirt is hitched to the side so you could see her slender leg and thick th??hs. She had a ribbon around her waist and was wearing heels with black socks. Dr. Oobleck could feel some rumbling inside his pocket and placed Zwei and Merlin down on a bed. He reached into his pocket and grabbed his scroll seeing that he had a message from Ozpin. It was information about where Team RWBYS, JNPR, and CFVY were heading and that he should head towards his office since they had managed to send some information that he would like for him to look at. Dr. Oobleck looks at Dr. Kitsune and had a slight red gloss over his face while looking at her. His eyes wandered mostly over the area of her legs before remembering what he had to do and coughed to pull himself together. Dr. Oobleck: "Hello Dr. Kitsune, I was wondering if you could look after these little ones for a bit. Professor Ozpin has called for me and I would like to have the kitten looked at it. It seems that she had managed to injure herself." Dr. Oobleck was talking quickly and slightly jittery and then sped off out of the room. Dr. Kitsune looked at where Dr. Oobleck ran out of the room. After he had left her normally serious face was still the same with the only change being her puffed checks seeing him leaving. Dr. Kitsune: "That man is always moving and even talking fast. I wish he would slow down a bit and talk to me since he works here all the time anyway. I wish he would ask me out at least. He''s so dense." Zwei was looking and listening to all of this and was thinking about how Ruby''s mate would keep them all busy during the night and they would b?r?ly get enough sleep. Zwei: ''He is a true alpha. I can respect that.'' Dr. Kitsune walked over to the two that were on the bed and could see that the dog was fine and was looking at him. Zwei had his tongue hanging out of his mouth while looking at Dr. Kitsune. Dr. Kitsune''s serious face cracked and smiled while looking at the adorable Corgi. Dr. Kitsune picked him up and started rubbing her face against his. Dr. Kitsune: "Aren''t you adorable. I became a doctor wanting to understand the biology of regular animals and Faunus. I found out that wolves, coyotes, foxes, jackals, and dogs belong all to the same taxonomic family. So that means that we could be considered extended family." Dr. Kitsune was rubbing her face against Zwei and snuggling him and then held him away from her. Dr. Kitsune: "Oh right. Dr. Oobleck asked for me to look after the cat." Dr. Kitsune went to check on Merlin and saw that she was overall fine and had only lost consciousness and just needed rest. Dr. Kitsune put Zwei down next to the resting Merlin and went back to the computer on her desk knowing that she needs to get back to typing her reports on the students and how the health and progress physicals are coming along. It had been a couple of hours and Dr. Kitsune had fallen asleep in her chair while typing up some papers. Merlin had woke up and seen that Zwei was laying on top of her sleeping. Merlin meowed and pushed him off of her then shoved him off of the bed making him hit the ground. Zwei let out a small yelp and looked around after being awakened by push. Merlin: "Meow Meow." (Where am I right now?) Zwei: "Bark." (Nurse office.) Merlin looked around and could see a female Faunus asleep in the chair. She saw that she had a doctor''s coat on that she had seen Shallot wearing before saying something about him being a fighter and a great scientist. She didn''t really understand but most things she doesn''t understand about him including why he thinks it a smart idea to train a small adorable creature like herself. Merlin: ''Hopefully I can get some freedom now that he is gone.'' Merlin hopped out of the bed and went towards the open window and hopped on the ledge. She looked out seeing that it wasn''t completely dark outside and the sun could still be seen even though it was low. The sun would most likely reach make it to sundown in another hour. Merlin: "Meow Meow Meow Meow." (See you later slobber face.) Merlin then hopped from the window onto a tree close by with Zwei seeing this also started heading towards the window. Zwei: "Bark Bark Bark." (You can''t leave. We''re supposed to stay here.) Zwei jumped into a chair by the window then hopped onto the window sill and jumped towards the tree branch following Merlin. ~~~ [AN: I now have a pat.reon so if you want to see chapter as soon as they are completed check them out there since I don''t have to worry about things being deleted there. You don''t have to if you don''t want to since chapters will be posted here pat.reon.com/TGM_Productions.. (remove the (.) if you didn''t know)] Chapter 115 - 110 - Resolve After they had dealt with the bomb, they continued walking forward seeing that the tracks which were destroyed had a tunnel that was still unblocked. They could see light coming from the other end and knew that as long as they made it there they would make it from underground. They continued walking for a while past the broken rail system and walked through the tunnel. When they made it to the end they could see the light coming through more and more. Shallot was starting to sweat more as he hadn''t stopped training. Once he stepped outside with sweat rolling down his neck he lifted his right hand and started collecting the life force from around him. He started absorbing all the life force in a five-meter radius around him. The grass was wilting and the trees were going limp. The others that came out were astonished at what they were seeing. The life force was pumping into him revitalizing his body from the strain. After everything from five meters was wilted and the ground looked as if it hadn''t had water or been surrounded by life in a while. Coco looked at what happened and thought that if that was used on someone it could be one of the most dangerous and heinous abilities. Coco looked towards Team RWBYS and looked towards Velvet. She could tell that Velvet was watching the entire time and she could also see that she had used her semblance to copy everything she had seen. Coco: "You shouldn''t use something like that Velvet. It doesn''t seem like something that we should use as it destroys the life of everything around us." Shallot felt like his strength just increased. He could feel the increase and it felt amazing. He was slightly disappointed though since Even though he was pressuring himself for almost 5 hours constantly. He healed his exhausted body but his strength only increased an eighth of his strength. Shallot: ''Damn... is my talent this shitty? I''m putting everything into it and this is the result.'' Shallot was clenching his hand feeling that his body got stronger but it still wasn''t enough. Shallot increased the pressure on himself to double what it was and the ground cracked underneath him. His body crouched slightly and the others looked at Shallot trying to figure out what he was doing now. Pyrrha: "Is he ok?" Blake knows that he is probably still training and just increased the pressure on himself. Blake: "He is just training since things have been pretty easy for us. We can just continue forward and keep moving. He usually only trains at night time since he said he likes to rest his body. He might just be using this time to train since there is going to be anything that is going to be an issue for us." Nora was interested in that Shallot was struggling to move right now and how he was training. Nora was about to walk forward and touch Shallot to ask what kind of training can make the ground crack just from taking a step. Yang was the one to stop her once she figured what she was going to do. Yang: "That''s not a smart idea. He''s doing what he calls gravity training which increases the amount of pressure on his entire body. He told us that he started us on 6 times. Four times for Weiss and 5 times for Ruby. With that gravity is and we struggled with that. The highest one among us is Blake who is at 8 times but Shallot was always training at 10 times. We''ve been training for 15 weeks and know that we''ve gotten stronger but nowhere near Shallot." Blake cut in knowing that Shallot wasn''t paying attention to what they were saying. Blake: "He usually says that he isn''t trying really but I know that he has been trying his hardest but even if he would train harder he can only get so far. I never tell him that even if he "gets serious" it wouldn''t change much. I''ve known that it is just pride since my mother told me my father was like that before." Shallot was slowly moving and knew that 20 times should be manageable. Shallot: ''If I keep pushing myself like this until I adjust and then go through the tournament I should be able to increase my strength drastically. It may take a couple of months but it will be worth it. I need strength if I''m losing to Buu in the future. If 10 isn''t enough then I''ll do 20 if twenty isn''t enough then I''ll do 40. If this world is real then so is the world of Naruto and Lee is the epitome of what hard work can get you. I wonder if I can travel to that world when I figure out how to travel to worlds?'' A stronger resolve could be seen in Shallot''s eyes due to him also thinking that he was going to end up having kids and knew that he needed strength if that was going to happen. The others had a conversation asking about this "gravity training" and Blake just said it''s one of the ways to get stronger by strengthening the body. Pyrrha had her thoughts about that hearing that it was applying more weight on themselves. Pyrrha: ''Can''t I do something by using my semblance to add iron around my body like weights to increase and make my training more difficult. Oh, that sounds interesting. I''ll try that when I get back to the school.'' Pyrrha then looked over at Jaune thinking that he had come a long way since she first started training him on how to fight. Pyrrha: ''If it works then maybe I can also help Jaune more.'' Pyrrha had her resolve that she was going through and was sure to work hard. Even though people called her untouchable she needs to work hard to keep that title if she comes across Shallot then she needs to be stronger. Pyrrha: ''But the tournament is only in a couple of days and I don''t think that I have enough time to train or even test if it would work.'' They all were walking forward and moving while Shallot was moving at a snail''s pace taking one foot at a time. They continued walking and looked back to see if Shallot was keeping up. Shallot was moving almost at a normal pace but it looked like he was struggling just to do that. Yatsuhashi: "Doesn''t that take a lot of energy?" What they didn''t know was that even though it would yield hire results and his body wouldn''t get tired out and only grow stronger but his mind would grow exhausted from focusing on moving, using his technique, and also paying attention to his surrounding. Shallot: ''If in a year I don''t surpass Goku after King Kai I might just give up.'' Shallot kept moving forward and the others also realized where they were at. All of them except Shallot: ''Isn''t this Forever Fall? ~~~ [AN: I now have a pat.reon so if you want to see chapter as soon as they are completed check them out there since I don''t have to worry about things being deleted there. You don''t have to if you don''t want to since chapters will be posted here pat.reon.com/TGM_Productions.. (remove the (.) if you didn''t know)] Chapter 116 - 111 - Right On Track (1) They were walking but didn''t have to for long since they were stopped by a large stone door. It looked like it needed a key to open the door. The doors looked ancient and stood at 30 feet tall. Ruby: "Looks like we need to find a key." Weiss: "I''ll look on the left side for the key." Blake: "I could just blast the door and we could head through." Yang: "We need to find a key thing or smash the gate. I rather we just smash the door since it would save us time." Yang had looked up seeing that the sun looked like it was getting lower and it was almost night. Jaune: "Alright. we''ll look towards the path with the tracks. Maybe they left the key in one of the carts." Nora: "The key to getting these doors open... is a key! Ha!" Nora was cracking jokes on the side while Ren was just shaking his head at his childhood friend''s antics. Pyrrha was already looking for the key in the carts like Jaune had mentioned but wasn''t seeing anything. Coco: "If we can find the key easily then we can use the key but if destroying the gate is easier then I don''t see why not destroy the gate. Although I would like to not destroy the devices that still work since they could keep some Grimm out." Shallot was walking slowly still and tried running but it just looked like a slow jog. Shallot was pumping more ki into his body feeling less restricted by it and charged right into the door. Shallot: "I''m the Juggernaught Bitch!!!" Shallot stopped breathing heavily feeling that just a quick burst like that under so much pressure was exhausting. Shallot: ''At least I got to use one of my favorite lines. I loved watching the Marvel movies back before I died. Also, the juggernaut is amazing.'' The others had their mouth open except Blake knowing that Shallot always does something ridiculous. She was expecting for him to just blast the door off or she would have just done it but she wasn''t expecting that. Blake: ''Who is the juggernaut?'' That was the only thought she had about what happened while the others thought that whoever built the door would probably feel that they wasted their time if they saw what just happened. The others followed and walked through the hole and slightly opened the door that Shallot made and continued forward. Shallot had stopped again to absorb more energy from his surroundings and kept moving. It was a thin stone pathway after the gate that they walked down until they came across what looked like a monolith. Once they came into the area Grimm started coming out as if they were waiting for them. Shallot: ''Is this Merlot''s doing or random Grimm? I can''t tell right now.'' There were 26 Beowolves, 15 Creep, and 11 Alpha Creep. Team RWBYS dealt with the 11 Alpha Creeps, Team JNPR dealt with the 15 Creeps and Team CFVY dealt with the 26 Beowolves. Once they got close they also ended being pushed against the ground. Shallot just continued walking and when he was passing when he just placed his foot over the skull of the Grimm and stepped making the skull mask shatter and only a puddle of black liquid. Shallot went to step on the skull of the two others and continued his slow walk while draining the energy of the plants around him. The only difference now was that the plants and grass looked only slightly wilted and not completely drained. Shallot: ''Maybe I can drain energy without the technique.'' While Shallot was busy reworking his technique the others were dealing with the rest of the Grimm. The others had gotten used to fighting these Grimm and finished dealing with them in 3 minutes. Shallot''s girls and Weiss managed to deal with their Grimm quicker than the others while Pyrrha was close behind spamming her semblance and piercing them with rotating iron spears. With all of the Grimm dead, they continued down the path which had a slight incline. Shallot was walking up the incline thinking that he just needs to keep moving forward while struggling to get up the slope of a hill. Blake turned back to see that Shallot was struggling but wasn''t willing to stop just so he could get up the cliffside. She giggled at that knowing that he is stubborn but she also had another thought in her head. Yang and Ruby also looked at Shallot seeing that he was struggling with things slightly wilting around him. They also got a thought in their head. Blake, Ruby, and Yang: ''Maybe if he tired himself out he won''t have enough energy while in bed and we won''t be exhausted.'' They all looked at each other with a nod and while the others watched them not understanding why they were nodding at each other. Velvet was also curious about why they were nodding and the girls just looked at Velvet thinking that she doesn''t know the terror that is s?x with Shallot. It feels great but they are exhausted afterward and can''t feel their legs for a couple of hours. That means that a quickie to them is a trip straight to bed and no movement afterward. Velvet couldn''t understand but was thinking that she would ask them later why they were nodding at each other. The others were quite a bit ahead of Shallot at this point and they came across a similar location like in Mountain Glenn that had a tree in a giant slab of concrete. The only difference with this concrete was that the concrete that was holding it was so large that it looked like a concrete wall. Steps were leading up to the tree that was massive with railings on the side. On the concrete slab were some stone benches for people to sit. They had just realized that the leaves they saw in the distance when they first came out of the mine was from this tree and not the entire forest. Ruby: "Oooooo, pretty leaves." Ruby was looking at the tree that was there and how large it was. A couple of leaves were coming off of the tree with half of them being a bright orange color shifting to red in different shades across the tree. Weiss: "I agree with you, Ruby. That tree is beautiful." Weiss was also amazed at the tree seeing it. Even though her family is incredibly wealthy they don''t have a tree-like this at their mansion. Blake: "That''s enormous." Blake hadn''t seen a tree this large before. She had seen a lot of places before but seeing a tree that was 200 feet tall. The entire area they were in was covered in shade and had a nice breeze flowing through the area. Yang: "Awwww who wants to share a sappy moment with me under the tree?" Yang looked towards Shallot that had just managed to get to the peak of the incline. Shallot heard those words once he made it to the top and felt the cool breeze and also the shade covering him. He looked at the large tree surprised that something like this was here. Jaune: "That might be the biggest tree I''ve ever seen." Jaune hadn''t seen a tree that large in his entire life and didn''t even know that trees could grow that large. Nora: "IT''S SO PRETTY, DO WE HAVE TIME TO STOP FOR A PICTURE?" Nora was looking at the tree and then tried climbing the tree to see how far she could see from there. Ren had to go and get her not wanting her to get distracted and they waste too much time here. Pyrrha: "Wow... That tree is magnificent!" Pyrrha wanted to know why this tree among all of them had grown so large. The other trees had only grown from 7 to 12 meters with some being 15 meters. She took a closer look and noticed that Coco pulled out her camera along with Velvet using her semblance just so she wouldn''t forget this moment. Coco was taking pictures while also telling Fox and Yatsuhashi to take poses under the tree. [AN: I now have a pat.reon so if you want to see chapter as soon as they are completed check them out there since I don''t have to worry about things being deleted there. You don''t have to if you don''t want to since chapters will be posted here pat.reon.com/TGM_Productions.. (remove the (.) if you didn''t know)] Chapter 117 - 112 - Right On Track (2) The others had stayed there for a couple of minutes with the waning sun being a great backdrop for this great scene. Shallot enjoyed the scene for a bit and then continued knowing that they would be moving forward afterward. These minutes were what Shallot allow his body to finish adjusting to the pressure. Shallot was able to move at his normal walking speed but he still wasn''t able to run yet but he is making progress. Shallot was moving while everyone else was also coming. They had passed him and continued onward guessing that Shallot was just going to keep going until he started walking on a dirt path. Shallot only sunk into the ground a little then he looked at the stone that he was walking on at first. Shallot: ''Those must have been old seeing that stepping on dirt isn''t making me sink. The stone must not be made from good material.'' They continued on but before they could get that far a Major Ursa and 2 regular Ursa''s came from the forest running towards them. One of the Ursa slammed into Shallot trying to throw him out of the way but Shallot only took a step back almost losing his balance. More Grimm was coming out of the forest running towards them 13 Creeps, 18 Beowolves, 3 Alpha Beowolves, and 12 Alpha Creeps came running towards the group. Shallot was about to try to send a punch at it when he noticed that after it hit him it was already on the ground trying to get back up. Shallot let gravity do everything and let his body fall on top of the Ursa slamming his elbow into its skull-crushing it without much effort. Shallot: ''Shit... now I have to get back up.'' Shallot started struggling to get back up pushing himself off of the ground. While he was trying to get up five of Beowolves jumped on top of Shallot clawing and biting him. Team JNPR and Team CFVY was looking at what happened and wanted to go help when they heard Shallot''s voice. Shallot: "Man... you guys should get a clinic to give back scratches. I''ve had that itch since coming into this forest. I feel great now." Shallot finally got up while having the Grimm hanging off of him constantly biting him but Shallot looked like it wasn''t bothering him at all. The ones that weren''t on his body was being crushed by the pressure surrounding him. Shallot walked forward slightly with him slowly lifting his arms and grabbing the neck of two Grimm that was still clinging to him. Shallot: "Persistent bastards aren''t you." Shallot squeezed his hands closed crushing the necks and tearing the necks in half afterward. Everything happened in slow motion while Coco was watching thinking that even with him using this time to train the Grimm just isn''t a threat to him. Coco: ''How the hell are we suppose to beat their team at the festival!!!!'' The more Coco learned about Team RWBYS the more she was thinking that they didn''t stand a chance. Even with Velvet being trained by Shallot won''t make large differences immediately. She got some new attacks but that''s it. Coco: ''Most of them are monsters in their own right. Weiss is incredibly fast with her Glyphs where I can''t even follow her movements. Yang is a heavy hitter that gets stronger if she takes damage. Ruby was adept at combat with her scythe and I don''t know how great she is without it. Blake is the one that has been showing us how they train and even given tips on ways that we could fight showing that she has even more experience than our team. Shallot... Shallot is just a monster.'' Shallot was pushing his body to move while taking easy kills with the other Grimm that were being crushed on the ground. The others also went into motion. Ruby, Weiss, Yang, and Blake were already dealing with a Major Ursa and 13 Creeps. They already knew that Shallot would be fine. They had personally spared with Shallot before and all of them together with Teamwork couldn''t do anything still. Team JNPR went to deal with the rest of the Beowolves while Team CFVY was dealing with the 3 Beowolves. They finished the Grimm in 7 minutes since it seemed that the Grimm were starting to attack in more strategic ways. Only when someone was attacking one Grimm would another Grimm would try to attack them. They finished dealing with the Grimm and continued moving on forward-thinking that they need to get back so that they could make it to the ship. Either that or they will sleep in the forest. Nora had walked by Shallot and didn''t fall like the Grimm and was curious. Nora: "Why was the Grimm constantly falling every time they got close to you? If you can do that then nobody can get close." Shallot: "I increase the pressure around me as soon as a Grimm got close so that nobody else gets thrown to the ground. Other than that if I keep it spread out too much that bag on my back will also be affected by the pressure and it''ll rip. This way I work on training my body, technique, and my semblance at the same time." Nora: "Oh... is it heavy?" Shallot reduced the gravity on himself to 5 times feeling light on him and then spread it over to Nora and her legs buckled and then she shot back up standing straight. Shallot: "It''s four times what you just felt." Shallot then pulled it back and only had it focused on himself and put it back at 20 times. He felt the weight and continued moving. The others also continued moving and Pyrrha asked Nora how did it feel for the pressure. Nora: "It felt pretty heavy but I could still move. I don''t think I would be able to run but taking slow steps I would be able to move. It seemed fun to use." Nora was thinking about using it while at a high place using it and slamming her hammer into a Grimm. While she was thinking about it she had a smile on her face daydreaming about it. Ren knew that look all too well and only shook his head while continuing walking. They were walking and saw another mutant Creep with the cracks along its body glowing. They got the contact from Dr. Oobleck over the comms. Yang: "What''s green, ugly, and about to have both of my fists in its face?" Ren: ''I feel sorry for the Grimm.'' Oobleck: "This is indeed concerning... those mutated Grimm you fought in Mountain Glenn were no fluke. Now we know there are more of them. Follow those train tracks uphill and maybe we can find out where they''re coming from?" Yang charged towards the Grimm and Shallot could see that she was concentrating ki on her fist slamming it into the skull of the Mutant Creep and sent it flying into the side of the ravine they were in. Fox: "That sounded like a nasty hit. I heard multiple things breaking and it wasn''t a tree." When everyone looked at it expecting for it to get up they noticed it just stayed down. They got closer and looked at it seeing that the head was taken off in that head and a large chunk of its body was missing. Coco whistled seeing the damage that punch did. Coco: "If we fight you in the tournament can you not use that against us." Yang had a smile on her face while moving her hands like she was cleaning something off from them. Yang: "I think that was my best hit without my semblance. I''m proud of that one." Yang turned to Coco. Yang: "Don''t worry I won''t use that against anyone in the school. I''m pretty sure that with all the training we did we''re already at the level of the 3rd years." Yang then turned to look at Blake and Shallot. Yang: "I can''t speak for them though." Yatsuhashi: ''We''re so screwed for this festival.'' They made it to the top of the trail and it was a drop that looked similar to a gladiator pit. There were a couple of Grimm which was easily dealt with and they continued moving forward through the broken wall that led them further into the forest. ~~~ [AN: I now have a pat.reon so if you want to see chapter as soon as they are completed check them out there since I don''t have to worry about things being deleted there. You don''t have to if you don''t want to since chapters will be posted here pat.reon.com/TGM_Productions.. (remove the (.) if you didn''t know)] Chapter 118 - 113 - Right On Track (3) They continued moving up the slope with Shallot making better time after getting used to the pressure but the sun was almost completely gone. Coco: "We should probably run so that we can make it or we''ll have to sleep in the forest tonight. I don''t mind since our team is used to staying out while on missions." They all started running while Shallot tried keeping up knowing that he needs to exert himself more since he has to run. They started moving with Shallot lagging but he wasn''t going to go easy on himself and will stop using his semblance when he gets back to the ship. They made it up the path running further upward into the mountain and could see some Grimm in the distance. There were 22 Beowolves and 19 Creeps. They could see that there is a tunnel behind the Grimm. Team JNPR and Team CFVY dealt with the Beowolves and 19 Creeps while Team RWBYS was going to check what was through the tunnel when they could hear more Grimm coming. 32 Beowolves, 11 Alpha Beowolf, 11 Major Ursa, 13 Creeps, and 5 Alpha Creeps came running through the tunnel. Shallot was moving quicker now that he was adjusting more and more. He could get to a slow run now. Shallot: "Ruby you deal with the Beowolves, Weiss you deal with the 13 Creeps, Yang you deal with the 5 Alpha Creeps, and Blake you will deal with the Major Ursa''s and I''ll also take care of some of them. " Everyone nodded their heads and rushed towards the Grimm. Weiss started setting her glyphs so she can cover a large area and move in between attacks easily. As soon as the Creeps came close enough she stepped on a glyph and launched herself plunging her rapier into the skull of the Grimm. She placed another glyph on the ground speeding off towards another glyph so she wouldn''t get surrounded. She used hit and run tactics with the Creeps. Yang was close and personal while sending ki-infused punches at the Alpha Creeps making cracks in the bone plating on their body sending a flurry of punches. Anytime a Grimm tried hitting her she would use her arm to parry the attack away taking small damage and feeding her semblance. She was using the methods that Shallot taught her about using the small amounts of damage to building up while she thrashes her enemies. Two Alpha Creeps were trying to attack from different sides and she would attack the legs to hinder their mobility. She tore down their ability for movement while laying into the feeling that she had everything under her control. Ruby was jumping off the arms of the Beowolves and cutting them apart when they attacked. She learned some tips from Neo the last time she was over and how to use your opponent''s strength against them. Anytime she thought she was being surrounded she would throw her scythe towards the outside of the encirclement then use her semblance to petal burst away. She used this method to slowly widdle them down. Blake was looking at Major Ursa and wanted to try using the method she saw in her dream. She used her semblance and instead of focusing on the shadow, she focused on it being made out of ki. She was slightly winded from using it. It wasn''t moving like in the dream but she guessed that it was harder than it appeared to be. She tried to grab the clone but her hand went through it. She thought about it for a bit and covered her hand in ki. She was then able to grab her ki clone and chucked it into the group of Major Ursa. The clone hit the ground and exploded making it look like a nuke explosion taking all the Major Ursa''s with the explosion. Everyone stopped and turned to look at the explosion. Blake had her mouth open not expecting for it to be that strong since she didn''t try to load it heavily with ki. Shallot: "Well damn, that was like a fat man nuke from Fallout. I wasn''t expecting something like that to be used for a semblance move. That could be used as a suicide bomb maneuver without you suiciding." Blake: ''How the hell did future me come up with something so dangerous!!!'' Blake looked at the pieces of Grimm flying everywhere turning into black puddles and other parts evaporating. The Grimm that was attacking had also stopped seeing the explosion and felt an uneasy feeling in their core like they had just witnessed their worst enemies. The Grimm had all turned to Blake and rushed towards her. More Grimm was coming through the tunnel 41 Creeps, 13 Ursa, 34 Beowolves, then 4 Alpha Beowolf. Shallot darted forward at a moderate speed heading into the group of 34 Beowolves. With every punch or kick, a Beowulf would drop dead. Blake rushed into the 41 Creeps and started attacking sending ki enhanced strikes into the faces of every Grimm she came across. She would wrap her ribbon around her Gombal Shrouds and started spinning them and lacing them with ki. She was spinning them with her ribbons like they were chains. Every place she passed a Grimm would be split in half. The others were watching the slaughter that was happening to the Grimm. Coco turned to her team seeing them amazed at what just Shallot and Blake could do. A horde this large would usually take a large number of Huntsmen and Huntresses. She knew this amount of Grimm could be used in attacking Vale if they aren''t dealt with. Coco: "I think it''s best if we try our hardest and that is enough. Winning the festival doesn''t seem possible now with Team RWBYS participating." Yatsuhashi just nodded his head and Fox was listening to how the fight was going. He hadn''t thought that a Grimm could make certain sounds while being killed. Velvet tapped on Ruby''s shoulder pointing at Shallot moving sluggishly but still killing every Grimm with only one attack. Velvet: "Why isn''t he using his weapon?" Ruby: "I don''t. I guess he doesn''t want to. He is far more dangerous with just his fist." Everyone had gathered back together seeing that all the Grimm were concentrating on Shallot and Blake for some reason. Blake was shredding the Grimm apart with her Gombal Shrouds while Shallot looked like he was talking a stroll. Yang: "Shallot always said that his fist was registered weapons and that he was a weapon of mass destruction. He knocks teeth out that''s what he calls plaque reduction." Yatsuhashi: "Is that a reference to something?" Yang: "Nope but it is one of the reasons why we don''t worry about him. He''s confident enough to back it up and *I haven''t seen anything that could break his aura let alone wound him." Coco looked at Shallot walking and destroying the army of Grimm while Blake was slicing and dicing. They sat there until Shallot and Blake were finished and Shallot was sweating slightly. Shallot held out his hand feeling the drain on his body and used the spirit orb technique again. This time the energy didn''t form into a ball but form a thin layer over his skin and went into his body. Shallot: "I''m making progress on it. Once I finish it I''ll need another name for it since it won''t be an orb that''s formed." Shallot had finished refilling his energy while the area around him had withered just like when he first used it to get his energy back. Moving so much used so much energy but as long as I grow stronger I don''t think it matters. The forest will return to how it was in a couple of months or years if I don''t constantly do this here. They thought that they were finished and walked back to the others. When they got back over there they could see that the others were just waiting and looking at the disappearing bodies of the Grimm. They were getting ready to head through the tunnel finally when they heard another Grimm roar but this one seemed different. It was the same size as a Major Ursa but it was a Beowulf or some variation of it. It had long green spikes coming from its back and the mask on its face seemed to already be cracked. A type of liquid was coming from the inside of its mouth and with every drip of it touching the ground everyone could see it corroding the ground. ~~~ [AN: I now have a pat.reon so if you want to see chapter as soon as they are completed check them out there since I don''t have to worry about things being deleted there. You don''t have to if you don''t want to since chapters will be posted here pat.reon.com/TGM_Productions.. (remove the (.) if you didn''t know)] Chapter 119 - 114 - Right On Track (4) Inside of a room with computer rooms sat Dr. Merlot watching his latest creation. The mutated Beowulf Grimm used all the knowledge that he gained from watching the group that was moving. Dr. Merlot: ''If they are stronger than regular Grimm then maybe chemical ?ssaults will work against their bodies. The more they struggle the more I need to plan. I will get the secrets to you alls body and find out how you all could be so strong.'' Dr. Merlot looked at the tube with the small boy in it. Dr. Merlot: "Maybe Grimm isn''t the next stage of evolution but those two Faunus are?" Dr. Merlot started typing on his computer checking to see if his droid were able to secure the Grimm that managed to survive that attack. He was checking some monitors and noticed that the feed to the droid wasn''t working. Dr. Merlot: "What now?" Dr. Merlot was getting more frustrated since his plans were constantly being messed with. Nothing was going like they were supposed to do. Dr. Merlot looked over the last sent signal and checked the footage. On the footage could be seen that the droid had managed to secure it in a reinforced caged and was bringing it back when it was attacked by two individuals. One was a Scorpion Faunas and a tall dark skin man standing at 8''0" tall. The last footage was the head being sent and them saying a couple of words and grabbing the cage. They had a vehicle with them to load the cage into. The dark-skinned man came towards the droid head and stepped on it stopping the feed that was being sent. Dr. Merlot gritted his teeth while looking at what had happened and slammed his hand down smashing his keyboard. He swung his hand across the desk knocking some things off of it onto the floor and threw a tantrum. Dr. Merlot: "SAAAAAALLEEEEEEEEEM!!!!!" ~~~~~~ The group was looking at the new Grimm thinking that it was just like the Mutated Creep. The mutated Beowulf started leaking a green mist from its body covering it in the corrosive substance. Every step it took the ground would melt under its foot. Team CFVY was looking thinking that if they ran across this thing anywhere else it could most likely wipe a professional team of Hunter and Huntresses. Coco: "I haven''t seen this kind of Grimm before we should make sure something like that doesn''t leave from here. They were looking at the Grimm while Shallot was yawning looking at it. He was looking at it thinking about what team should deal with it so they could gain the most from it. Shallot: ''They should deal with it so they can learn some more so that we could get more of a challenge when the fights start.'' Shallot: "I think that Team CFVY should deal with it since they are the ones who are supposed to be the ones leading us for this mission." Fox: ''That sounded sarcastic.'' Velvet looked at the Grimm thinking that it isn''t that much of a problem besides what could only be acid coming from its mouth. The Beowulf Grimm was looking at them and swung its claw sending out a spray of acid towards them. Everyone moved to the side jumping out of the way while Shallot did a role out of the way moving slightly slower but still avoiding it. Shallot: ''Is this what the people from Dark Souls feel like when they need to dodge something.'' Coco got onto her feet and pulled out her Gatling gun and started opening fire. The Beowulf Grimm held up its arm blocking the shots moving forward towards her. Yatsuhashi was to the side ready with his sword ready to attack once the Grimm was in range. Fox could hear the footsteps coming closing and could hear a guttural sound coming from the Grimm. Fox: "It''s about to spray again." Shallot: ''Who would have known all that time filming bootlegs in movie theatres would come in handy so many years later... I''m surprised I can even remember that. Why can''t I remember something more useful like my physics class about the universe? I could already know most ways to use my semblance with that knowledge.'' Team CFVY was doing a fine job at keeping a distance from the acid-like saliva that was coming from the Grimm and moving around it whittling it down. Velvet turned more into a glass cannon due to the amp from the use of ki and was dealing the most damage. Velvet had used her Anesidora to make a sword replica the same as Yatsuhashi and cleaved through the bone-plated arm of the Grimm sending the arm flying through the air. Coco used her Gatling gun sending a torrent of bullets at the legs of the Grimm to hinder its movement while Yatsuhashi and Fox went towards the side. They sent out a strike from both sides taking a chunk out of it and Velvet came back with another swing taking its head. It had no way to escape and was dealt with. Shallot was watching and thinking that Velvet was a natural at using ki and thought that since the way he uses ki is more destructive it gives a boost when attacking. Shallot: ''I''ve been doing gravity training for 15 weeks now and recently increased it. Why am I not getting the same results as Goku. This is bullshit!!!'' Shallot was feeling irritated knowing that he has to work so much harder when he is a Saiyan than what he''s seen from the show. Shallot: ''Well, I have the spirit orb technique so I can just use this until my breaking point and keep going whether I want to or not.'' On the outside Shallot''s facial expression hadn''t changed but he was trying to figure out why was it so much harder for him and thought that he just wasn''t training hard enough. The others were impressed at Team CFVY teamwork and Pyrrha was paying attention and thinking about how she could use this to better her team. Jaune was thinking about how to use commands to better their teamwork and also how to read the situation better. Blake was mildly entertained at what was going on but had started rubbing her stomach thinking that she was getting hungry more recently in the last month. Yang was looking over at Blake rubbing her stomach and looked at her thinking about all the time''s Shallot''s released inside them. She then looked over at Ruby who she could see was floating around and trying to get better at flying. Yang: ''I''m surprised I haven''t gotten pregnant yet. I wonder what would dad say if I did come home pregnant. I wonder if he would flip out if that happened.'' {AN: He and Summer would try to skin Shallot alive even if they knew it wasn''t possible.} Weiss was looking at how the second year dealt with the new Grimm and also was thinking about how she could better herself also. She knows that she is bad at summonings and that''s why he concentrated on speed so she could outmaneuver all of her opponents. She didn''t want to receive an attack again like last time that left a scar on her face because she was quick enough. The Grimm was still there and hadn''t started to vanish like the regular Grimm. They could see that it looked like it was trying to break down but it was pulling itself back together only to start falling apart again. It repeated this cycle and they watched it for another five minutes when it finally started disappearing like regular Grimm. Ruby was floating there with her scroll recording the entire process and was starting to become more interested in these specific Grimm. Could they last longer with different methods and would they be more interesting if they could grow stronger like the Grimm that Dr. Oobleck talked about. While she was thinking about what Dr. Oobleck said the last time they were in the city she heard the comms come on with Dr. Oobleck speaking to them. Oobleck: "Teams! That was an incredible display of fighting mastery. We must get to the source of where these mutated monstrosities are coming from, and most importantly - where Dr. Merlot''s producing these monstrosities from. I sense we''re getting close! If you can manage to get to the end of the rail line, we just might find the answers we need. [AN: I now have a pat.reon so if you want to see chapter as soon as they are completed check them out there since I don''t have to worry about things being deleted there. You don''t have to if you don''t want to since chapters will be posted here pat.reon.com/TGM_Productions.. (remove the (.) if you didn''t know)] Chapter 120 - 115 - Night Camp They all continued on their way and came across another door like last time. They had followed the tracks that had traveled through the tunnel and came to this place. Dr. Oobleck: "Hmmm, no sign of those train tracks anywhere. They must be hidden behind one of those doors. See if you can find a way to get them open." Shallot lifted his handed and blasted it with a ki blast. Shallot: "This is getting repetitive now. Let''s just get this done. I want to go to sleep after finishing this." The others just nodded their heads seeing that the sun had already gone down and it was night now. They also wanted to get out of the ruins so they can sleep seeing how there were more and more Grimm the longer they stayed. They walked through the gate seeing that there were no train tracks but decided that they will continue forward. They walked across a mountain pass with some railing that overlooked another part of the forest. They walked through an archway. There were two Boarbatusk there but were taking care of in a matter of seconds from Blake firing a ki blast. She was also getting drowsy from walking all day and wanted to get her sleep. Some more Grimm started coming out from the ground with a Crepp Grimm in the lead. Every time one showed up Blake shot one wiping them out before they could do anything. They continued forward seeing another door. This time it was Velvet who blasted the door copying what Shallot did but with more ki than was needed and sent rubble flying everywhere. Everyone looked at Velvet except Shallot while Velvet''s dropped in front of everyone. Velvet: "Sorry. I didn''t know that it would happen like that." Shallot looked over thinking that Velvet was adorable doing anything. Even making mistakes she is still adorable. They continued through the pathway walking under another archway that leads to a balcony type of area overlooking the water. They could see a ship in the water that doesn''t look as old as the ruins themselves which mean that someone else probably came through this way. Ruby: "Look, a ship!" Coco: "That is a ship but what is it doing here? We should be the only teams here." While they were discussing where the boat could have come from they knew they needed to hurry and set up camp for the night since the moon was pretty high in the sky. Oobleck: "Team... this discovery is a bit unexpected and is worse than I feared. That appears to be an active Merlot Industries ship. But Dr. Merlot hasn''t been heard from or seen in ages... The only clues we have so far are the facilities we have come across and the Grimm. If he is active again and is moving personally then I must inform Ozpin at once. Meanwhile, I want you to investigate that ship in the morning, but please keep a safe distance." They heard the comms shut off and they decided that each team should rotate for watch duty. They will alternate every three hours so everyone can get 6 hours of sleep. They all got their bags and pulled some supplies out that were a sleeping bed with some blankets so they could make a cover for themselves. They also had some rations. Shallot was almost empty on his rations and wanted to take the first shift so he could see if he could find something to eat in the wilderness. He didn''t think about the fact that pushing himself further would also make him consume more of his rations but that wasn''t a big issue since he could always fly to somewhere else to get something to eat. The others had gotten their bedrolls down and were ready to sleep when Shallot had stood up getting ready to fly back and grab some food. He might as well fly to the academy and pick some food for everyone else also since it would probably only take about an hour to get back, grab the food, and fly back so it wouldn''t take long. Weiss seeing that Shallot had got up soon after it was their turn for night watch was wondering what he was doing. Weiss: "What are you doing?" Shallot: "I''m going to get food. I''ll even grab something for everything else while I''m out. I''m also going to take Ruby with me since it will be good practice for her for flying." Shallot walked over to Ruby pushing her cheek while she was spacing out. Ruby: "Huh?" Shallot: "You ok Ruby you were spacing out?" Ruby: "I was thinking that with all the training we''re doing that when the festival fights start in 5 days then there won''t be any challenge." Shallot: "5 Days? I thought it was in 3 more days?" Ruby: "The festival starts in 3 days but the tournament itself starts in 5 days." Shallot: ''I really should read the pamphlets they hand us instead of being lazy about it. I was busy with some other things that were more important though so it isn''t that much of a problem.'' Shallot: "Besides that Ruby. I want you to come with me flying back to the academy to pick up some food for everyone. I was even thinking about seeing if we could find a place still open that would give us some cookies." Ruby''s mouth was starting to water as soon as she heard Shallot say cookies. Ruby started shaking her head in agreement and was ready to get some cookies since they had only brought MRE''s with them since it saved space on things they needed to carry. Ruby: "Yeah, let''s go for the cookies... I mean for the food for everyone." Shallot: "Alright then let''s go." Shallot tossed his bag near the bedroll he had and started floating waiting for Ruby so they could take off. Ruby dropped her satchel bag she kept with her by Yang and telling her that they were going to get some food for them. Yang wasn''t concerned with something coming and it being an issue even with Shallot and Ruby gone since Blake was still there with them and she was the second strongest after Shallot. Shallot: ''I should make a GPS program that maps out an area as you go when we go on missions. It would make things smoother when we need to describe things to other teams if they need to go through a previously traveled area.'' Shallot was flying and was a bit ahead of Ruby and could see that Ruby was being affected by the wind around her. Shallot pulled back towards her to give her some tips on flying so she wouldn''t have any problems. Shallot: "While flying you need to make sure that you make a thin ki barrier around your body so that you aren''t being pushed by the winds. I feel that you are using your ki to push you in the direction you want but you aren''t shielding yourself at the same time." Ruby tried doing what Shallot said but faltered slightly and started flying trying to use the barrier and also fly at the same time. Shallot fly slightly above Ruby and wrapped his arms around her waist and continued flying. Shallot: "Try to focus on the barrier for now while we''re flying. Then try flying afterward. You have to use both things at the same time without forgetting either." Shallot and Ruby spent ten minutes like this until Ruby got the hang of it. Shallot was going to let her fly by herself but Ruby held his hands enjoying the alone time they were having. Ruby: "I want to continue like this until we make it there." Ruby blushed while also feeling something poke her from behind and she moved against it. Shallot was thinking that they had some time before they get to the city so he might as well enjoy himself. ~~~ [AN: I now have a pat.reon so if you want to see chapter as soon as they are completed check them out there since I don''t have to worry about things being deleted there. You don''t have to if you don''t want to since chapters will be posted here pat.reon.com/TGM_Productions.. (remove the (.) if you didn''t know)] Chapter 121 - 116 - Girl Talk Velvet was having a hard time sleeping while Coco, Fox, and Yatsuhashi were already asleep. Velvet got up and walked over towards Yang and sat next to her who was keeping watch. Yang looked and saw that Velvet hadn''t gone to sleep and was wondering why she was still awake when their shift wasn''t for another two and a half hours. Yang: "You ok Velvet? Can''t sleep?" Velvet: "I have a question." Yang was interested in what question she had that was keeping her up. She knows that most people can head to sleep easily when they know they have to be awake later on for their shift if they''re experienced enough. She knows that Team CFVY is experienced from the number of missions they have been on. Yang: "Sure, what''s the question?" Velvet exhaled getting ready to ask the question that has been slightly bothering her. Velvet: "It''s about Shallot. I was wondering why are you all ok with him having more than one wife. Even if you said that it''s because of his s?x drive having more than two people should be enough shouldn''t it." Yang: "The reason is that Shallot treats us all well and we feel safe around him. We know that no matter what happens that Shallot will have a way to deal with it because he is dependable. When I first got together with Shallot it wasn''t just an act of the moments I had thought about it... and I was slightly jealous that my little sister was a step ahead of me. Shallot was there helping us in academics for school, for training so we can be stronger, and even taught us some of the things he knows. Weiss complains about the smell of our room because we sometimes indulge ourselves a bit much but I think it''s just because she''s bitter." Weiss over in the distance was also eavesdropping on their conversation wanting to know the reason they were ok with it. It seemed ridiculous to her. She couldn''t imagine a Schnee possibly sharing their husband with anyone. Where would her pride be if she let something like that happen? Weiss: "Hey!!! I am not bitter!!" Velvet lifted an eyebrow not thinking that Weiss was paying attention since she was some distance away. Yang: "You only complain because Neptune hasn''t made a single move to be intimate with you. No hand-holding, no dates, no going out shopping with you or even talking about things that you would find interesting. You both sit around awkwardly looking at each other and making awkward small talk now and then." Blake cut in while she was off to the side reading her book that Shallot gave her. On the front cover, it had a Ninja on it and the title read "Ninja Gaiden Shadow" it was the second book in a series of 12. Blake: "You both spend most of the time commenting on each other about your style of clothes. It seems pretty shallow to me honestly since any time I walk past you both you seem like really close friends and not people who like each other. The look you both have when I see you are more towards infatuation and not love. I can say that I fully love Shallot and from the way, Ruby is I''m pretty sure that she''s the same. Yang is a special case though." Yang: "What do you mean by that?" Blake: "You feel safe around Shallot because he''s strong which is closer to how someone would be if they were looking for affection constantly. You also like him because he can make you stronger and you seem drawn to the strong by instincts. So instead of Yang feeling love, she is more following the instincts which are telling her to be with Shallot." Velvet: "And you both are fine with me being there with Shallot and getting between the time he spends with you all?" Yang: "I don''t mind as long as the person that is trying to get with him isn''t trying to use him. We also need to agree with who is being introduced." Blake: "Because if we find a girl that is trying to use him then she will disappear without Shallot ever knowing what happened. That''s the agreement that we all have come together for." Velvet had a chill run down her spine thinking that that''s a scary thing to think about. Yang: "Besides, we think that you''ll fit with us since you should be able to spend some time with him in and out of the bed. We aren''t only tired from the bed. He also pushes us to train and even though I enjoy fighting and getting stronger Shallot tends to go overboard sometimes." While they continued talking Weiss was having an inner conflict with herself thinking that maybe she did only have an infatuation with Neptune. Being called shallow by Blake didn''t help either since she knows that what she was attracted to was his looks and she still doesn''t know much about him while she knows more about Shallot even if she didn''t want to. Yang could see that Weiss was spacing out and thinking about something and was wondering if they had hurt her feelings. They would support their friend in whatever way they could but they also didn''t want her to invest a large amount of time only for it to fail and her feelings to be hurt. Yang just thought that Neptune was far too awkward when it came to conversations with girls and was mainly acting when he did things. She had seen a lot of guys who act a certain way to try to get her attention when she was at Signal Academy. She learned that some people only act a certain way to get your attention but when you get to know them then you find out that they''re nothing like you thought they would be. One of the reasons why should only make friends with guys because they always acted differently around certain people. Shallot always acted the same. He would either act goofy just to lighten the mood but would be serious when he needed to be. He always told what he was thinking about a person and wasn''t afraid to start a fight which is what she liked. Yang: "You ok Weiss, your spacing out like how Ruby was earlier." Weiss: "What?" Yang: "If you like Neptune then go on a date with him and if he says no then maybe you should think about how you want your relationship to go. You can always go after the festival is over." Weiss was having thoughts in her head about how she could ask Neptune for a date but she knows that Neptune is really timid when it comes to being close to females. Weiss: "Alright Yang. I''ll ask him on a date during the last day of the tournament." Yang: ''Hopefully supporting her decision will end well for him or else she will punch Neptune in the face if he hurts Weiss''s feelings.'' While Team JNPR and CFVY were asleep Blake, Weiss, and Yang were sitting around a campfire keeping a watch out for anything that could wake the others. They were coming close to the time when their shift would be over but some Grimm had made their way over to them. They could see the eyes glowing in the dark looking at them. They saw twelve pairs of eyes looking at them getting closer every second. They wanted to deal with the Grimm without waking the others. Blake gathered some ki in her hand forming a ball the size of a baseball and had it continue to grow. It then started to flatten into a disc. She saw Shallot do this before and had been practicing the last couple of weeks to learn this. She wanted to surprise Shallot and show it to him. She threw the disc making it curve cutting 5 of them in half. These Grimm starting dissolving almost immediately after being cut by the ki disc. She noticed that the move was rather efficient and went and made to more on her hands. She threw both of them dealing with the other 7 fairly easy. After those Grimm, they didn''t see any more come towards them during their shift. ~~~ [AN: I now have a pat.reon so if you want to see chapter as soon as they are completed check them out there since I don''t have to worry about things being deleted there. You don''t have to if you don''t want to since chapters will be posted here pat.reon.com/TGM_Productions.. (remove the (.) if you didn''t know)] Chapter 122 - 117 - End Of The Line Everyone was ready to move in the morning and had their morning food so they had energy. They all started moving and made their way through the forest dealing with any Grimm that came across their path. They came across a pathway and could see what looked like a temple up ahead. They walked inside seeing some Creeps inside some containers similar to the lab they came across before. While they were walking towards it they could hear Dr. Oobleck talk over the comms seeing the location they were in. Oobleck: "This temple looks like it''s being used as a temporary storage facility - for Grimm of all things! This is quite the discovery!" Shallot: "Thank you for stating the obvious Dr. Oobleck." They went and saw some computers on the sides and Shallot went to gather information along with Coco. Shallot connected his scroll to the computer and started running his program. They waited for a while before they heard a blaring alarm going off in the cavern. The containers were flooded with a green liquid. The Grimm then broke out of the containers and a gas material leaked from the ceiling. Shallot could tell that it was the same thing from before but it was a larger and more concentrated amount. Ruby: "Does anyone else smell sap?" Jaune sniffed the air while Velvet and Blake could already tell what it was from the concentrated amount. Velvet and Blake: "It''s the sap from the tress from Forever Falls. That''s why the Grimm is attracted." All of them could hear explosives going off and what looked like pre-made tunnels were shown. A horde of Grimm that was made of the mutated Grimm with a particularly large Beowulf Grimm with green bone spikes from its back. Another Grimm had blue spikes on the back of its body with electricity jumping between the spikes. Shallot: ''Well, it seems that he had a welcome party. It also seems that he is trying as best as he can even though ants are still ants no matter how big they are.'' The Grimm came rushing out while Team JNPR and Team CFVY dealt with them. The Grimm with blue spikes on them and electricity stopped moving and gathering electricity on its back into an electrical ball launching it at Team JNPR who were thrashing it thanks to Pyrrha sending iron spears at it breaking its bone-like plating. Nora came in front taking the blast and absorbing the electricity amping herself. She darted towards the Grimm slamming the Grimm with her hammer crushing the bone like plating on its body. Jaune rushed forward using his shield to push off the smaller Grimm while Nora and Pyrrha dealt the larger mutant Grimm. Shallot was just watching thinking that Dr. Merlot makes some interesting Grimm that could be used to push Hunter and Huntresses to think outside the box. Shallot: ''Maybe I should capture Dr, Merlot and make him mutate Grimm so that I can use him for later. I haven''t forcefully made anyone work for me yet and that could be an interesting experience. I''m a nice guy after all.'' ~~~ In a cell, Roman sneezed while looking around. ~~~ He was looking through the information when he was being forced out of the system. Shallot started typing on the computer next to him making sure that Dr. Merlot couldn''t do anything about it. Shallot had a smug smile on his face seeing that he essentially made the system his instead of Dr. Merlot. The only thing he couldn''t do was make it so that he could take control of the main system. Shallot clicked his tongue thinking that Dr. Merlot isn''t that bad at hacking but someone that lived in the twenty-first century and had nothing but time while in this world had more than enough time to create programs for situations like these. Shallot was typing away while Coco managed to get some basic information when she looked over to what Shallot was doing and was amazed at how he could get so much access to things while she was only able to get basic information. Coco: "How did you get past the firewalls? The programs we have on our scrolls don''t let us do that." Shallot turned and looked at her. Shallot: "I know how to get into systems as long as I have a keyboard since it had to be coded, to begin with." Blake came overseeing the information seeing that there was some cargo on the ship that''s outdoors that they were going to check out. They all were finished and were just waiting for Shallot and Coco. After Shallot got what he wanted he unplugged his scroll and Coco was right behind. They started walking to the ship so that they could check out what this so-called "Special Cargo" was. ~~~ Dr. Merlot was throwing things seeing the red triangles with exclamation marks appearing on all of his monitors while in the middle was a masquerade mask. In bold letters under it says "The Phantom Thieves Will Take What Is Most Precious To You." Dr. Merlot was already angry about Salem interfering with his work and now he is being mocked by children. Dr. Merlot started calming down seeing the message. Dr. Merlot: ''Take what is most important to me." Dr. Merlot looked in the glass tube that held the small boy floating in a liquid. Dr. Merlot looked at his computer and opened a ??ptop connecting it to his network after waiting 15 minutes and disconnecting the network from other areas and only keeping it open to his island. He started typing something else and sending a message to some with only a couple of words. {Dr. Merlot: I''m willing to take your offer.} ~~~ Shallot and everyone moved through the temple coming out to a beach filled with containers. They walked towards the ship walking through containers when the doors on one shut on them and they could feel that they were being moved. Shallot kicked the doors sending them flying seeing that they were being brought onto the ship. Shallot: "Well I guess this could work. It seems that he wanted to trap us but I''m sure that we can take this ship to his island from the information I got and get ourselves a slave... I mean a prisoner for use." Jaune: "He''s joking right?" They turn to look at him while everyone else looks at them waiting for their answer. Ruby, Blake, and Yang: "Probably not." Shallot: "Well, time to commander this ship and head to his island. From the information I got, it seems that the island isn''t that far away from here and will only take 30 minutes." They all nodded and dropped from the container seeing that there was a droid in the captain''s area ready to pilot the ship. Nora rushed behind it slamming her hammer into it sending it flying through the air into the water in the distance. While the droid was flying Nora had one hand shading her eyes watching it fly in the distance. Nora: "And it''s out of here!!!" Fox: "Sounded like it landed pretty far. I will also prefer it if we hurry and get to the island. I don''t feel all that comfortable being on a ship in the water." They took off towards the island while Professor Oobleck tried to contact them but wasn''t get through. Sitting inside a comm area inside Beacon academy in front of a computer their was nothing but static and he couldn''t hear anything. Oobleck: "Team?! Where are you? Report in! Students, please! Oh, dear. Ozpin''s not going to be happy about this." While Dr. Ozpin was getting ready to leave and tell Professor Ozpin about losing communications he heard a bark and meow behind him. Dr. Oobleck turned around and saw Zwei and Merlin they''re looking at him with Dr. Kitsune running into the room after them. ~~~ [AN: I now have a pat.reon so if you want to see chapter as soon as they are completed check them out there since I don''t have to worry about things being deleted there. You don''t have to if you don''t want to since chapters will be posted here pat.reon.com/TGM_Productions.. (remove the (.) if you didn''t know)] Chapter 123 - 118 - The Adventures Of Merlin And Zwei (2) Merlin was running through the campus of Beacon with Zwei running behind her. Zwei: "Bark BarkBark Bark Bark. (We are supposed to be waiting for Ruby and the others to get back. We need to stay at the place that the frizzy-haired human left us.)" Merlin: "Meow Meow Meow. (I don''t care. I''m stretching my legs. Go back and wait there being a good boy or something.)" Zwei: "Bark Bark. (I can''t leave you to whatever you do. You only cause problems wherever you go.)" Merlin stopped running and turned around looking at Zwei. She saw a rock on the side of where she was standing and swiped her paw hitting the rock sending it towards Zwei. Zwei rolled into a ball letting the rock bounce off of him. Merlin turned and ran for a bit of distance before Zwei uncurled himself when she noticed someone standing there and stopped in front of a blond woman that had a crop in her hand and a stack of papers. She looked down seeing the black cat wondering where this animal came from. She looked and also noticed Zwei standing there with his tongue out. Glynda was out walking to bring some papers to Dr. Kitsune so she could sign off on some students that were recovering from a mission. Glynda lifted her crop and used her semblance and started walking towards the infirmary. ~~~ Dr. Kitsune woke up looking around with some drool on the side of her mouth. Seeing that 6 hours had passed since she had fallen asleep she had fully woke up remembering what she was supposed to do. Dr. Oobleck had asked her to watch the cat and the adorable Corgi. It was already the next day and towards the mid-point of the day. She looked around looking for them and saw that they were there. She noticed that the window was opened and paw prints in the dust on the windowsill. She started panicking thinking that she had failed in doing the one thing that Dr. Oobleck asked her to do. Dr. Kitsune: "I need to find them!!! What will Dr. Oobleck think if I can''t even watch after small animals? How will I convince him to go out with me if I can''t even do this." Dr. Kitsune grabbed her coat she had laid across her chair and ran out of the room getting ready to search the building for the two. She darted out checking other rooms. After checking all of the rooms she couldn''t find them and thought that they didn''t head back into the building and went out the back entrance to search outside for them. ~~~ Glynda was walking through the front door to the building leading to the infirmary section and walked to the room where Dr. Kitsune would always be as she didn''t teach any classes. Since they had two people working as the Drs. for the students they had Dr. Kitsune stay in the infirmary in case of injury during class or emergencies. Dr. Oobleck would take care of the classes and would be in the infirmary whenever he wasn''t teaching since he had his workspace here. Dr. Oobleck enjoyed staying in this room also due to the coffee machine that is in the room. Glynda didn''t see Dr. Oobleck or Dr. Kitsune inside and seeing that she was wondering what they were doing. She called Ozpin trying to see where they were at when she was told that Dr. Oobleck was busy giving technical support to three of the teams that went out on a mission he sent them to. The last known place for Dr. Kitsune was in her office 30 minutes ago. Glynda hung up and called Dr. Kitsune scroll and heard a ringing sound from the disk by the computer. Glynda: "Should I just leave the papers here? I should give them to her personally since I need to get these signed today and seeing that her scroll was still here maybe she stepped out for a few minutes and I just missed her. ~~~ Zwei: "Bark Bark. (See where you got us.)" Merlin: "Meow. (Shutup furball.)" Glynda turned to see the two animals making sounds at each other and walked back out of the room to look for Dr. Kitsune. Glynda walked for a while before she came across Dr. Ozpin out walking. Glynda: "Professor Ozpin! Is there a reason that you''ve left your office?" Ozpin looked towards Glynda and noticed that the teacher for the survival class was there. She didn''t talk with him much but knew that he wasn''t much of a talker, to begin with. Glynda: "Hello Mr. Howlett." Mr. Howlett: "Hmmn." Mr. Howlett just nodded his head while letting out a grunt. He was a stocky man who specialized in tracking and finding information. His semblance allowed him to heal his wounds using his aura within moments which makes him very durable. They came across him fighting against a Grimm outside the city of Vale with a weapon made in a set of 3 claws. Professor Ozpin: "I was out for my coffee break and since you hadn''t returned I left to get my coffee myself." Professor Ozpin looked at the two animals floating behind Glynda. Professor Ozpin: "I see that you are looking after the animals of Team RWBYS." Glynda: "I didn''t know that they were the pets of Team RWBYS." Merlin felt insulted by that.\ Merlin: "Meoooow Meow Meow Meeeoww (I''m no pet. The humans are there to serve my every need." Zwei: "Bark Bark Bark. (You only say that when Shallot isn''t around. I don''t know how he understands you either.)" Merlin: "Meow Meow Meow. (That''s different. I don''t understand how Ruby and Summer understand anything you say furball.)" Zwei: "Bark. (Prat) Merlin uses her semblance and red strings started coming from around her and latch onto the ground pulling herself to the ground and runs. Glynda notices that she felt a tug from her semblance and turned to see that the cat had run from her and the dog was still there. Zwei: "Bark. (Heyyyy)" Zwei was barking and yelling at Merlin who left him and was running. Glynda put Zwei down and he sat there feeling that he didn''t want to get picked up again. They heard someone yelling towards them and noticed that Dr. Kitsune was running towards them. Glynda: "Dr. Kitsune, I was looking for you so you could sign off on some students." Dr. Kitsune: "Hello Professor Goodwitch. Have you seen a small black cat that was along with the Corgi?" Professor Ozpin points his cane in a direction and Dr. Kitsune could see a small black figure running into the building where the communications center is but they lose sight of Merlin. Dr. Kitsune crouched down in front of Zwei. Dr. Kitsune: "Can you find your mischievous friend?" Zwei barked. Zwei started running in the direction with Dr. Kitsune following behind her. They ran through the building with Zwei stopping now and then sniffing the air then running in a certain direction. Zwei and Dr. Kitsune had finally seen Merlin running toward an opened door. Dr. Kitsune saw Professor Ozpin inside and he stood up turning around seeing them. Everyone could hear Merlin Meow and then Zwei barked shortly after. [AN: I now have a pat.reon so if you want to see chapter as soon as they are completed check them out there since I don''t have to worry about things being deleted there. You don''t have to if you don''t want to since chapters will be posted here pat.reon.com/TGM_Productions.. (remove the (.) if you didn''t know)] Chapter 124 - 119 - The Island of Dr. Merlot (1) The hunters and Huntresses were on the ship and had just arrived at the island from Forever Falls. They got off the ship while Coco was looking around. Coco: "We should contact Dr. Oobleck and Professor Port to let them know that we have arrived at the island." The others nodded at that while Shallot looked around at the island. He could see a crane in the distance by where they stopped the ship and a tower some distance away. He was waiting to see what they should do since they were here now. Coco tried contacting Dr. Oobleck but she couldn''t get through when it finally connected. She tried listening but it was just gibberish words and static coming through. Dr. Oobleck: [Radio static... indecipherable voice] Ruby: "Dr. Oobleck? Is that you? You''re breaking up!" Yang: "I don''t think that we will be able to do anything about communications right now." Velvet: "I can hear a small buzzing sound coming from that tower over there." Fox: "Yeah, there may be a jammer in the area close to us, and most probably is that tower we can see." Velvet started floating in the air. Velvet: "I can go and check it out so we can see if that''s what''s causing trouble for us." The blue ball exploded with electricity shorting out the tower. For a couple of seconds. Oobleck: "I sent a visual scan [gibberish sounds]... do what you did [gibberish sounds] connections." The others started running toward the tower so that they can continue in. The map they were sent from the scan showed that there were three towers and the one that was hit only went out for a couple of seconds. Shallot launched a ki blast at the tower destroying it. The tower fell crumbling to pieces. They all continued forward towards the direction where the other tower was shown on the scan. Oobleck: [Radio static] "Whatever you did... just keep doing that! The radio seems to give me some feedback so I''m not sure how much [unintelligible speaking]... somewhere else on the island. You must make sure at all costs that you [radio static]. Understood?" Ruby: "Dr. Oobleck, we kinda heard you. Let''s keep exploring, team!" Weiss: "Hmmm, not quite sure I caught all of that. Something about another tower?" Blake: "Yeah he said signal is still being jammed from somewhere else so we need to get to the other towers." Yang: "All I heard was "Keep doing that", so that means we need to disable more radio jammers? Should be easy enough." Jaune: "Yeah, that was all I was able to hear." Nora: "Yeeeah! So, either Oobleck just bu??-dialed us, OR, we need to cause some destruction!" Nora started laughing like a crazy person while holding her hammer. They started moving forward when they could see something in the distance up ahead. Pyrrha: "The second tower''s up here, keep moving!" Ren: "The next tower''s ahead." Pyrrha and Ren said at almost the same time while Coco was telling Velvet that she has to be more careful and not haphazardly start flying everywhere just because she can while Yatsuhashi was also there along with Coco telling her that it was dangerous to separate on a place we know nothing about. Fox was listening to the humming sound that was coming from the tower when he heard something else. Something like metal clinking. Fox: "There may be enemies incoming. Sounds like droids like what the general uses from the footsteps." Everyone was prepared while Shallot had a lazy look on his face along with Blake. Blake: "Still don''t know why you all are concerned about some droids when they are easy to deal with. Just have Pyrrha crush them with her semblance." The droids appeared standing with 10 of them with a red and black color scheme wielding spears and some wielding guns. Pyrrha listened to what Blake said and moved her hands in front of her and focused on the metal. She made a squeezing motion with her hands and the robots crumbled like tin cans. Pyrrha: "Well that was anti-climatic." Shallot: "Now you should understand how me and Blake feel when it comes to sparring sessions in class." They continued forward when a large Boarbatusk three times the size of average landed in front of them after dropping from an overhang. Shallot was over-staying for this mission and just blasted it feeling that this mission was taking longer than it needed and he just wanted to be finished. They continued on two the second tower with this time Blake sending a ki blast destroying it. They looked on the scanned map and could see that there was only one more tower to destroy to get rid of the jammers. Oobleck: [Through less radio static than before] "Team! It''s working. The signal seems better but for some reason, I''m not sure if you can still hear me. Just a little more and I can pinpoint your exact location on the island. And if you can''t do that [radio static]. Nevertheless, keep it up!" Weiss: "Let''s get our communications back online." Blake: "I usually wouldn''t agree with Weiss but I agree on this." Weiss: "Hey, what did I do?" Blake: "I can still hear you complaining to Team JNPR since we only stay across from each other in the dorms." Weiss''s eyes open knowing that Blake must have heard her constant complaints and if she knew most likely Shallot knew. Weiss: ''Is that why he still calls me ice queen and doesn''t call me by my name like everyone else?'' Everyone could hear the roar of Grimm and the stampede of feet rushing towards them but Shallot blasted every Grimm that entered his site not have any more distractions. Everyone has had their share of fighting and experience and he has gotten Ruby to get used to flying along with Velvet. His goals were completed and he was ready to call the mission completed and just needed to see this out to the end. They ran to the tower and this time before Shallot or Blake blasted the tower Coco was already up ahead at the tower and pressed a single bu??on that shut it off. Coco: "Seems that there is an off bu??on on the panels." Weiss: "Which means that you didn''t have to destroy the towers by force and all you needed to do was press a bu??on." Shallot: "It''s not my island. Why should I care if I destroy everything on it." After the bu??on was pressed they could see that the communicators were opened and that they could get clear calls through. Everyone except Shallot got a call connecting to them. An old voice similar to the voice from the last lab but this one seems more composed. ???: "Ahhh, that''s better. Sorry, but the reception is always so bad all the way out here. I hope you''re enjoying your stay on the island. You''re the first visitors I''ve had in, well, you are the first." Weiss: "Dr. Oobleck?! Who is this?" Coco: "I don''t believe this is Dr. Oobleck." Shallot pulled out his scroll that should be connected to his communicator and saw that someone tried to hack into his communications line. He always set up protections to not be caught off guard letting someone get access to anything he has that important. After all, if he didn''t want Blake to find his notebook he wouldn''t have brought it with him. He needed it so that Blake would have complete trust in him seeing that he has faulty plans sometimes. Merlot: "Oh, where are my manners? Allow me to introduce myself. My name''s Dr. Merlot. You don''t know me, but I most certainly know who you are. Nevertheless, I''m thrilled you''re here. You might be exactly what I need for a very important... experiment." Shallot: ''This seems odd. Shouldn''t he be fuming at this point? All of his plans were ruined by me and him contacting me has let me gain access to his system on the island even though he made sure to cut me off previously.'' Shallot thought something was up and wanted to see how this would play out since he was sure that he could do some things that could take over all of his connections. Shallot went through the scroll and saw that there weren''t any of his droids connected to the system on this island when there should have been. Shallot: ''Did he make a transfer for a different system... well played if that is true.'' Yang: "An experiment? Are you trying to bore us to death?" Weiss: "Maybe he wants to do something like what we saw in his last lab." Merlot: "For such terrific students as yourselves, this should be an easy test, right?" Jaune: "Is he even listening to us." ~~~ [AN: I now have a pat.reon so if you want to see chapter as soon as they are completed check them out there since I don''t have to worry about things being deleted there. You don''t have to if you don''t want to since chapters will be posted here pat.reon.com/TGM_Productions.. (remove the (.) if you didn''t know)] Chapter 125 - 120 - The Island Of Dr. Merlot (2) [Inside the communications room at Beacon academy] Dr. Oobleck was telling Oz that he had lost communications with the teams. Mr. Howlett was there also as he was traveling with Ozpin when they were discussing possible rescue teams since they are some of their best students. Team CFVY is their best second years team while Team JNPR is the second runner-up for the best team of the first years. Team RWBYS is no doubt the strongest team among the freshman. While they were coming up with plans Ozpin decided it would be best to send Mr. Howlett as he had the best survival skills out of everyone there and was probably the only one that would be helpful in a situation that could change at any moment. They continued hashing out plans when they could hear garbled words coming through the comms speaker on the side. Dr. Oobleck guided them telling them what they should do specifically to shut down the tower and to be careful around the island since it belonged to Dr. Merlot. He wasn''t sure if they heard him or not but could only hope and think that Shallot the walking calamity would keep them safe. They knew that they were fine seeing that they were moving through the island rather quickly and then Ozpin took the headset when he heard Dr. Merlot speaking. Merlot: "For such terrific students as yourselves, this should be an easy test, right?" The teachers could hear the kids fighting or more like explosions going off and some handclaps being heard with Nora yelling in the background about juggling the Grimm. Ozpin: "So we meet again, Dr. Merlot." Merlot: "Ozpin? Or shall I call you Oz like old times, chum? Maybe you prefer the name Ozma, I can''t decide with how many names you use." Ozpin''s eyes squinted hearing that when Ozpin asked the others to leave the room and that he would be doing the talking while Mr. Howlett and Dr. Oobleck would be going on a ship to recover the children. Ozpin: "I thought you perished in the Mountain Glenn disaster, a tragedy you played no small part in." Merlot: "''Twas a mere speed bump on the superhighway of scientific progress. You couldn''t possibly imagine the ramifications of my latest research. After all, it would have been a success if you would have agreed to my ideas. It only failed because I had to come up with alternative solutions since you wouldn''t give me what I wanted which would have revolutionized our way of life." Ozpin: "The world was a much safer place without you, Merlot. If you would have perished before then Mountain Glenn would have probably still been around." Merlot: "You''re calling me the reckless one? Sending your students out on an excursion like this? I wouldn''t put the lives of children at risk when you have so many at your call to do these missions." Ozpin: "They''re more than a match for your mindless robots. What you''re doing here is wrong, Merlot." Merlot: "And who said that I only have mindless robots. I admit that it was an oversight not noticing that one of your students had an ability such as magnetism. What I need is their bodies and the way they have managed to develop such destructive abilities. You may not have given me what I want so I will just take what I need from your "precious" students." Ozpin: "You have always been wrong Merlot and you will never achieve anything with the way you do things." Merlot: "Trying to make the world a better place is wrong? Say what you will about me. It won''t change the fact that you''re powerless to stop me. I will achieve my goal if it''s the last thing I do." Ozpin: "You''ll botch this somehow. You always do." Merlot: "Well, let''s agree to disagree. I tell you Oz, it has been truly a p???sur? catching up, but unfortunately, it''s time for me to run. Farewell, old chum." ~~~ [Back with the Hunter and Huntresses in training] Shallot: "Talk about the tension you can cut with a knife." Shallot was sitting on top of a pile of Grimm bodies. The floor was littered with them. There were hundreds nearly a thousand of them. The others were slightly worn out even Blake as she hadn''t had to deal with such a large number before and Shallot could use anything widespread as it would most likely hit someone else with all of them this close to each other. Team JNPR was exhausted with Jaune laying on his back breathing heavily, while Ren had his hands on his knees while Nora looked like she was still ready for a fight. Team CFVY was doing slightly better but was still breathing heavily. Shallot: "Hey, Ruby!" Ruby: "Yeah?" Shallot: "I always wondered... what happened to your headphones you used to always wear when I first met you?" Blake: "I''m also curious about that." Ruby: "Hehe... I had accidentally broken them when I fell asleep with them last time when she was studying and haven''t gone to get new ones yet." Shallot nodded his hand in understanding. While everyone was catching their breathes and Shallot relaxed knowing that he must be getting stronger because he wasn''t even sweating yet. Shallot: ''I wish I had a scouter.'' While the bodies were still vanishing they got another call from Professor Ozpin. Shallot answered his along with others. Shallot: "Welcome to Good Burger, home of the Good Burger! Can I take your order?" Ozpin was stumped for a second thinking that the comms were redirected to another place by Dr, Merlot before their conversation ended. They all gathered themselves and continued traveling across the island. They hadn''t come across another Grimm while walking. They came across a research facility. There were vats of liquids in containers outside along with neon blue glowing liquid puddles everywhere. Shallot: "That doesn''t look safe. I think it''s best if we don''t step anywhere close to the stuff. Not trying to get cancer from anything here." While Ruby was walking next to one of the puddles she could smell something that made her step away from it. Ruby: "Ew.. this place smells terrible." Weiss was looking around at everything seeing that it was a uniformed facility but more like things were just thrown together. Weiss: "What has Merlot done with this part of the island?" Blake was also looking around and couldn''t see much but waste and the facility here. Blake: " I don''t know, but there is nothing even alive here." Yang: [sighs] "I wish I could say something funny about this place, but it''s just so gross and sad here." Fox: "It must be a bad sight if even she''s not making a joke about it but from the smell, it doesn''t seem that great." Ren was looking around and thinking about all the abomination of Grimm they had come across. He had a shiver run down his back thinking about what would happen if someone was bathed in the stuff. Ren: "Hmm, I don''t like the looks of this place." Something inside of Ren was telling him to keep his guard up even if they have people that are overly strong with them. He doesn''t know if they let their guard down will be taken off guard by someone. [AN: I now have a pat.reon so if you want to see chapter as soon as they are completed check them out there since I don''t have to worry about things being deleted there. You don''t have to if you don''t want to since chapters will be posted here pat.reon.com/TGM_Productions.. (remove the (.) if you didn''t know)] Chapter 126 - 121 - A Grimm Discovery (1) Ozpin called them on their communicators. They had set their communicators to group calls automatically answer so they wouldn''t have to answer individually Ozpin: [Comms] "Students, have you found something?" Ruby: "There are a whole bunch of machines as far as I can see. And green goo! Lots of green goo." Weiss: "There appears to be equipment extracting a green substance and pumping it elsewhere. We will most likely find what we are looking for further in." Coco: "Bubbling toxic pools and a bunch of pipes¡­ We''re on to something." Shallot: "I don''t know how no one has been able to find something like this. IF you had Ironwood search for spikes within radiation in a certain diameter while traveling by airship you should have been able to find this." Ozpin hearing this thought that it was a plausible way of finding him, but they didn''t know that he was alive until the attack was staged by him. The attack could have been staged and they didn''t know if he survived or not. Ozpin: [Comms]"If we knew about this then we could have possibly searched for it using the method you said. We also didn''t think about searching for a spike in chemicals since we don''t use that type of technology." Weiss: "Most of the equipment and technology made is used for keeping the Grimm at bay and also for transportation. We don''t have a lot of technology that''s used for investigation." Shallot: "That makes sense on why theft crimes are so easy to get away with even though most of the city looked more advanced than the rest of the world. However, there are still settlements in the world that have set up defenses in the wilderness." Everyone continued forward with Shallot looking around for ways that could be an entrance to a facility. While they were walking around Ozpin commented again since he was still on the line. Ozpin: [Comms] "I suspect Merlot is on this island for a reason. He''s harvesting this substance, and whatever he''s using it for can''t be good." They could see a steaming gas of the green liquid blocking their path. Jaune: "I think the valve to the gas is over there." Pyrrha: "Good eye, Jaune." Yang: "Time to get crankin''... on that crank... right there." Shallot looked at the valve and walked towards it about to turn it when a mutated Creep came charging at him from behind the steam. Shallot sent his scythe out cutting it in half. Shallot: ''Don''t really know the makeup of the chemicals that are spraying and I rather not get cancer from a mission that shouldn''t be so tedious.'' Shallot turned the valve shutting off the chemical steam so they could continue walking to wherever they need to go. They''re just winging it currently since they don''t know where anything is. They just know that this place has the main walkway and they''re going to follow it. Team JNPR was walking and talking on the side about what they are going to do about the tournament and what''s the best way to come out on top even if they know they can''t physically match Team RWBYS. Team CFVY was talking about Velvet and how she used ki hoping that they can also learn it so that they can get any help they can. Shallot never told Velvet that she can''t teach her teammates how to use ki and Shallot didn''t mind. Shallot knew that using ki had a lethal effect on the Grimm and that it could make it where Grimm isn''t a large threat if more people knew how to use ki. Blake was eating some snacks while walking through the place and Yang turned to her. Yang: "How can you eat in a time like this? The smell alone is already bad." Blake: "I have been hungry more than usual so I want to make sure that I''m not getting a smaller amount of calories due to so much training." Weiss: "Besides the mood swings she showed last week is also concerning. Are you sure you''re doing ok? Even if I don''t stay in the room with you all at night time I think you should visit the school nurse if this keeps up. It could affect your studies and performance in the tournament after all." While Yang, Ruby, and Weiss were talking about Blake and they were walking past where they turned the valve off everyone except Shallot could hear Dr. Merlot on the comms again. Merlot: [Comms] "Heyyyyy now. I wouldn''t do that if I were you." The path they were walking was between a row of large pipes that are carrying the green material that was spewing from the crack in the pipe and also came towards a large open area. Ozpin: [Comms] "Good. That definitely got his attention. I want you to follow the pipeline. With any luck, it will lead us right to Dr. Merlot." Shallot: "I may not be able to hear Dr. Merlot but I know that he is good enough to high jack your communications. Can''t he hear everything you''re saying Ozpin?" Merlot: [Comms] "He right you know, I can hear everything you''re saying, you know!" Some Creep Grimm came crawling out of the ground and two red droids came from around the corner. Shallot blasted the Grimm and Pyrrha used her semblance to crush the droids into iron balls. Shallot: "I would imagine Merlot would stop sending things that we can easily get rid of seeing that it doesn''t work. He comes up with so many plans but his way of using force isn''t that great." Shallot: ''I wonder if I turn a bunch of these I can cause a pressure build-up where I can blow this place to blow sky high without using any ki. If that doesn''t work I''ll just blow it up myself.'' They could hear Ozpin saying something away from the mic about getting the cat out of the room. Everyone could hear Ozpin as he got closer to the mic. Ozpin: [Comms] "It''s amazing that you survived the disaster in Mountain Glenn, Merlot. Was it sheer luck or part of your master plan?" All of them were running across a path of pipes seeing that the area ahead was blocked and Shallot wasn''t about to blast some pipes possibly releasing chemicals into the air. Merlot: [Comms] "Would you believe me if I told you it wasn''t my fault?" Ozpin: [Comms] "I believe that you wouldn''t take accountability for your actions." Some Grimm came crawling out from one of the green puddles. It was mostly green but still resembled a creep the only difference was that it had all four legs instead of the tail. Shallot blasted it not even giving it a chance to do anything. Merlot: [Comms] "Admittedly, Mountain Glenn is a bit of a sore spot for me. Decades of hard work, countless research projects, not to mention all of the specimen I''d collected over the years - all lost without a trace." They continued walking and came across a metal walkway leading away from the pipes they were walking on. Ozpin: [Comms] "Let me get this straight... you''re upset that you lost your research?" Shallot could only hear the side from Ozpin and he was interested in what was going on with their conversation. He walked next to Velvet and was trying to listen through her comms what was going on. He had made sure that no one could hijack his device but didn''t do something for anyone else for this mission. Merlot: [Comms] "The work done at Merlot Industries was critical in the advancement of artificial intelligence and genetics. Without it, Remnant would still be in the dark ages." Ozpin: [Comms] "You''ve missed the point. An entire city was laid to waste. Countless lives were lost. My only question is how much of the damage were you personally responsible for?!" Merlot: [Comms] "Well how else was I supposed to conduct my research? Our supply of test subjects was running thin." Ozpin: [Comms] "And when the Grimm came back, the city''s population was driven underground where it was safe. No thanks to Merlot Industries. I suppose that your son was just collateral for your experimentation." Everyone could hear as if another line had cut into the communications with this one louder than the previous voice. Merlot: [Comms] "MY SON WASN''T APART OF THAT AND YOU KNOW IT OZ!!! IF YOU WOULD HAVE JUST GIVEN ME WHAT I WANTED THEN KNOWN OF THIS WOULD HAVE HAPPENED." Everyone could hear Merlot breathe and calm himself down. Merlot: [Comms] "Everything I did was for the advancement and sometimes things don''t always go according to plan. You didn''t make that process any easier since you believed me using the criminals as test subjects were wrong. I believe in what I''m doing as the right thing and your thoughts on keeping secrets from all and acting all holier than others will leave you with no one by your side as no one will trust you. I''m true to myself and never lied about what I tried to achieve. You were the only one that thought of me as mad. I also believe that things always happen for a reason." ~~~ [AN: I now have a pat.reon so if you want to see chapter as soon as they are completed check them out there since I don''t have to worry about things being deleted there. You don''t have to if you don''t want to since chapters will be posted here pat.reon.com/TGM_Productions.. (remove the (.) if you didn''t know)] Chapter 127 - 122 - A Grimm Discovery (2) Shallot: "Damn this is pretty good. This reminds me of a soap opera. I wish I had some popcorn for this." Blake walked over hitting Shallot''s arm. Blake: "Shouldn''t we be moving forward." Shallot looked at Blake wondering why her mood has been flipping recently. Usually, she wouldn''t care if he made jokes at the expense of other people. They all jumped down into a lower area from the metal catwalk and saw a large door ahead of them. They continued walking forward and a swarm of Grimm came running out. The same business as always, they get blasted, and more come. There was a difference this time. They could see a shadow come from above with a large figure landing on the ground with the ground cracking underneath it. It was large standing at 13 feet with the width of a sumo wrestler. It had a bone line mask on its face that resembled a Japanese demon. The mask had a single glowing yellow eye on the forehead of it. Two bone horns at the top of the mask with jagged teeth for its mouth. It had bone-like teeth on the front of its large stomach resembling the upper part of a mouth. It had two arms that ended in large bone-like hands with feet that seemed closer to that of a rabbit. They all were looking at it when Shallot was ready to just blast this one also when Yang stopped him. Yang: "That one looks fun. I want to fight it." Yang was ready and smashed her fist that was in her gauntlets together ready to attack. Yang rushed towards it expecting it to be slow from its size when it lunged at her with great speed. For Team CFVY it looked as if the Grimm disappeared from their vision but Team RWBYS could easily watch it. Yang sent a punch at the bone-like club that was its hand being swung at her. She made contact punching the club hand away and sent another punch forward aiming for its ?h?st. The Grimm moved quickly avoiding the punch by jumping backward. Yang followed close to it sending out a flurry of blow with the Grimm swing its arm to send the attacks away. Velvet: "Is she having trouble with it?" Ruby looked over to Velvet and shook her head. Ruby: "She''s mostly playing around with it. We can all see it moving and Shallot moves a lot faster. It still isn''t a threat at all. She just wants something more durable to beat." Fox: "Well, Yatsuhashi is the toughest one on our team." Yatushashi started sweating hearing that hoping that he doesn''t have to go against her in the tournament. He knows that Shallot may go easy on him since there is such a strength gap. While they were talking on the side Yang seemed as if she was getting bored and made a burst of speed disappeared from the others view except for her teammates. She was right behind the Grimm and punch it in the head with a shotgun blast taking it off. She then sent a barrage of punches making its body look like it was made out of swiss cheese. After the Grimm was defeated a white a black droid holding a minigun came out and started shooting towards Yang. Pyrrha tried crushing it like the others and noticed that she couldn''t crush it like before. She couldn''t do anything to the droid at all but the gun she was able to. She crushed the gun it was holding and the droid threw the gun to the side seeing that it was useless. It charged towards Yang with electricity running across it. Shallot: "Smart plan, if you can''t when in a fistfight then use elements." Nora charged out swinging her hammer into the droid sending it flying but not before the electricity was passed to Nora. Nora was more amped and ready to go. Nora charged after the droid slamming her hammer down fully encased in the electricity making her reaction speed even higher. Nora: "Nora Smash." Merlot: [Comms] "Do you believe things happen for a reason, Oz? I mean, your little prodigies practically washed ashore here on my island!" Shallot: "Is Merlot talking again? I''m going to have to make a channel where I can listen to what he''s saying. I could always listen to the recording since it is still being broadcasted to my device it just can''t get through the safety protocols." Ozpin: [Comms] "I''m not sure what you''re getting at." Shallot: "You know, the more I listen to him the more I think he''s going to somehow get us tied up to a chair, then divulge his entire plan to us with a presentation-like display only for us to escape afterward thwarting his plans. He will then scream as he''s being taken into custody while screaming I would have gotten away with it if it weren''t for you meddling kids." Merlot: [Comms] "Maybe they can be of some use to me after all? How serendipitous. The body of the monkey Faunus will greatly help with my plans for scientific development. The next stage of evolution is so close. Don''t you see it Oz, you delivered what I need directly to me." The large door in front of them opened letting them walk in without any difficulty. They walked in to see that that it looked rather clean on the inside. Weiss: "At least it''s not as filthy inside as it is outside." Fox: "It doesn''t smell bad in here either, but it does smell like a hospital." They were looking around seeing the entrance they came through shut behind them. Coco: "He do know that doors... wouldn''t stop you right?" Shallot: "Maybe it''s automatic and he didn''t do it himself. Like an automatic door at a grocery store." Yang: "I haven''t seen a grocery store with automatic doors before. Usually, those doors are saved for important places." Yatsuhashi: "I''ve seen automatic doors for places like that when I visited Atlas before." Weiss: "They only have doors like that in the wealthier areas of the city." Shallot: "I thought Atlas was run by the general and he made sure that it was supposed to be futuristic or something." Weiss looked at everyone waiting for her answer. Weiss: "No, it''s not futuristic, it has better maintenance than most places, and most of the city is taken care of by the machines there, but it shows that it is a place run by the military." Ruby: "So the general isn''t the leader of Atlas but is just responsible for the security." Yang: "So he''s a glorified security guard with the support of the people there along with being the head of the school there." Weiss was thinking about it and that seemed kind of like what he is. He doesn''t have a large amount of political power but others won''t disregard what he says due to his semblance that she knows from her sister. Nora: "Shouldn''t we get moving so we can smash some more things." Ren: "Even though stopping here for a break is appreciated I also want to continue so we can finish our mission so I can lie in my bed." Nora: "And mama Nora hasn''t had her pancakes and wants to get her Ren to cook me food." Ren just chuckled at that knowing that once they get back he won''t get any rest until her stomach is satisfied. ~~~ [AN: I now have a pat.reon so if you want to see chapter as soon as they are completed check them out there since I don''t have to worry about things being deleted there. You don''t have to if you don''t want to since chapters will be posted here pat.reon.com/TGM_Productions.. (remove the (.) if you didn''t know)] Chapter 128 - 123 - The Grand Tour (1) As they started walking further into the facility they across a speaker where they could hear Dr. Merlot''s voice but more chipper and not like before. Merlot: [Speaker] "Greetings, and welcome to Merlot Industries, where we''re building a better tomorrow... today!" Weiss: "This place is a bit creepy." Shallot: "Really? This place is creepy? You do know that we just walked through what was the equivalent of the slums for the Grimms right? I think spiders are more creepy, to be honest." Yang: "Wow, Merlot keeps this place sparkling. I guess his robots are good for something." Shallot: "Doesn''t Ironwood keep the robots doing something like this also?" Weiss: "Not really. From what my sister has told me they are only using them for combat and protection of supplies from our family." Shallot: "Seems like a waste to me... wait didn''t you say they use robots for Atlas?" Weiss: "They don''t use androids for maintenance they use robots." Yang: "And what the difference?" Weiss: "Androids are like the ones that Pyrrha crumpled up while the robots in charge of cleaning and maintaining Atlas and the area around the general are cleaning bots and other machines." Fox: "That seems... wasteful." Yatsuhashi: "I agree with that. It seems that if they made a larger number of androids and gave them commands like keep certain area cleans and work in areas that may be too dangerous for people they can limit the danger for others." Coco: "He probably has his reasons for why he doesn''t use them for that." They continued walking down the hallway. They looked through some glass and could see a machine-building the androids that Pyrrha had crumpled. The floors had hexagon tiles leading forward, while the inside color scheme was mostly red and gray. They didn''t know which way to go but seeing that there was only one way forward they continued walking while Ozpin started talking. Ozpin: "Team, in order for me to help you, I''ll need to know the layout of the lab. Keep your eyes peeled for any maps, schematics, or better yet - any access terminals that would allow us to tap into Merlot''s network." They continued walking forward until they came across a panel like the one that was connected to the signal jammers. They pressed the screen and space they were in moved taking them down. Jaune: "Oh, it''s an elevator and not a trap." Shallot: "Do you think I would willingly walk into a trap." Blake looked at Shallot. Shallot: "What?" Blake: "You would willingly walk into a trap if you know that they can''t do anything to you just so you could see their reaction when it doesn''t work." Coco: "Really? Most people would avoid traps." The pathway opened to another area as they continued walking forward. Shallot: "It depends on if I''m bored or not." Ruby: "I''m surprised the elevator didn''t break considering you''ve been increasing the gravity on yourself." Shallot: "I stopped using it when we were walking across the catwalk earlier since I didn''t want to have the chance of making it collapse and we fall into the green goop." They walked through the pathway coming across a mutated Beowulf. Ruby petal burst at the Grimm swinging with the attack hitting its arm sending it flying into the air. She spun like a top in the air taking its head then split the body in half after rotating to the side. They all continued forward when they could see a man''s face appear on a tv above the door they need to go through. Merlot: "Making yourselves at home, I see? I want my guests to feel welcome, but my security team rarely feels the same way." The door opened and they continued walking through. In front of them, their path was blocked by hot steam from a pipe that had a hole in it. Shallot: "Good thing we have a handy dandy Pyrrha whose a professional builder who can take care of this busted pipe." Pyrrha walked forward and bent the burst part of the pipe back towards its place from before with only a small amount of steam coming from it. Coco: "We could have just walked through that. Our aura would have made it that we would have been fine." Blake: "He knows that, he just like doing unnecessary things." Shallot: "I consider it flair." Shallot appeared right next to them will looking forward down the walkway. They continued walking before they came across another area that was like a walkthrough exhibition. Merlot: [Speaker] "Here at Merlot Industries, we take pride in innovation. Together, with your help... and a little of your special spark, we will build a better tomorrow!" Ozpin: [Comms] "For you, Merlot, there won''t be any tomorrow to ''restore''." They saw a wall that said Atrium and was going to walk through there when they saw a hole open in the ceiling. Two Beowolves dropped down with them being finished before they even reached the ground. They continued forward on the path and took an elevator. They took the elevator down Merlot: [Speakers] "Here before you are the stage two processing tanks!" They could see tanks filled with the same blue liquid that was outside across the ground that was responsible for mutating the Grimm. Every time a Grimm walked through the liquid it started mutating. While everyone was looking at the tanks Shallot was thinking about what he was going to make for food when he got back. They could see that there were five containers with the blue liquid. Yang: "Those tanks must be filled with catnip for Grimm." Coco: "We should take care of the vats before leaving the area since this seems to be what''s mutating the Grimm." Ruby used her Crescent Rose to fire at the containers. It took 3 shots to each one to break them. Ruby: "It seems that it had seemed really strong glass." They then took care of the Grimm that was there while avoiding stepping in whatever the liquid was. They weren''t sure how it would react to aura and since they were covering themselves with aura they didn''t want to find it. They continued walking when Dr. Merlot could be heard breathing out a sigh. Shallot activated the program on his scroll so that he could hear what Dr. Merlot was saying but he couldn''t get any information from his device. Merlot: [Comms] "I would appreciate it if you didn''t break all my things, but alas, my Androids will rebuild it in no time. This way please." Weiss: "Is it just me, or is he a little too welcoming?" Shallot: "Well, obviously he has set a trap which should be able to stop us seeing that his droids are useless thanks to Pyrrha, his Grimms are nothing more than time buyers, while the layout keeps us moving in a certain direction." They walked until they got to another elevator taking it down further down. Ruby: "Going... down!" Merlot: [Comms] "Here we have the Engineering wing, the so called ''brains'' of the operation if you''re not counting my intellect He laughs to himself then continued. Merlot: [Comms] "Don''t be timid, there aren''t any traps here... yet." Pyrrha tried crushing the droids with her semblance seeing that it wasn''t working like before but she could still destroy the weapons. She destroyed the weapon and Yang rushed forward throwing a single punch to both of the droids destroying them. After they destroyed the droids they looked around seeing that they could see that the room was filled with computers. Blake: "There are computers everywhere in here." Yang: "Professor Ozpin, we found the mother lode of motherboards." Coco: "We appear to be in some sort of data processing center. We will try to gather information from here before continuing." ~~~ [AN: I now have a pat.reon so if you want to see chapter as soon as they are completed check them out there since I don''t have to worry about things being deleted there. You don''t have to if you don''t want to since chapters will be posted here pat.reon.com/TGM_Productions.. (remove the (.) if you didn''t know)] Chapter 129 - 124 - The Grand Tour (2) All of them looked around seeing that the area was the same as the previous area. Shallot let out a breath of exhaustion. Shallot: ''This is like a poor man''s version of Dr. Gero and this isn''t helping with anything anymore. I just want to get done with this already.'' They continued walking inside seeing that it was filled with computers and that they were just there for the tampering. Shallot went to the computer connecting his scroll to the computer so that he could get access to the rest of the server for this area. Shallot: ''He thought that he could stop me from getting into the rest of his computers by only having them connected through the cable system. If he disconnected them from the internet it would have worked with anyone else but not with me.'' Coco was reporting what she found about the room mainly being a computer area. Ozpin: [Comms] "Good find, team. Do you see any terminals that you can access?" Coco: "Shallot is already at a terminal getting into the system so that he could get any information that he can from it. We will try to also get a copy of the information and have it sent to you before we continue onward." They stayed there for five minutes with Shallot copying over things that he didn''t have before and looked through some information that he was slightly surprised about. Shallot: ''So he has a kid that had a Grimm latch onto him before the Mountain Glenn incident and one way to solve the issue was with magic. He asked Ozpin for magic to be given to his son so that he could overcome it before it became too late for him. Ozpin refused and Merlot went and did whatever he could find necessary to keep his son alive no matter the cost. So Ozpin could have potentially stopped all of Mountain Glenn from falling if he just helped Merlot''s son but he didn''t. This has taken an interesting turn of events.'' They got what they needed from the information while Shallot was able to get into the system that was Dr. Merlot''s and had restarted the wireless access point so that he could get into and download the more heavy files as they continued. Shallot: ''Glad that this is the server room so that I could get the information quicker.'' They walked seeing that it was steam and some boxes blocking their path. Ruby: "Looks like we need to find another way around." Yang walked towards the box punching it sending it flying forward unblocking the path. Yang: "I have unboxed our way forward." Weiss: "Did you all plan that pun together?" Blake looked at them thinking that it wasn''t that funny and seemed like a forced joke. Coco: "We should continue forward." Team CFVY and JNPR continued walking ignoring Yang and Ruby''s setup and pun delivery. As they were continuing forward and Shallot was having all the information sent to his scroll while the other information that was data-heavy was sent to a cloud server that he has back in beacon. He also started sending some extra information to Ozpin along with Coco. Ozpin: [Comms] "You did it! Now, can you proxy the signal over to me with your scroll?" Shallot: ''Suprised Merlot hasn''t said anything yet?'' As they continued they heard Merlot come over the comms. Merlot: [Speakers] "Wait, did you just... oh no... how could I be so stupid?! Prepare to meet your doooom, students!" The panels on the side were releasing a wave of Grimm that didn''t seem to be stopping but at this point, everyone was feeling this was really lackluster. Nora: "Don''t you have anything more interesting. You need to send something else for us to smash. This isn''t fun anymore." Merlot: [Speakers] "I am not some entertainment for you children!!!" Shallot: "I just want to head home so that I can focus on more important things instead of dealing with a bitter old man." The doors from all over the area were opened letting swarms of mutated Grimm through with them falling faster than they could close the distance. Merlot: [Speakers] "Crush them!" No matter how many Grimm was sent they were being finished before they could get close from Shallot firing accurate ki beams with Velvet copying him with her semblance. Over the comms, they could hear someone typing and spamming keys on a computer with grunts and curses at a low voice. Merlot: [Speakers] "Finish them! Now!" Merlot had opened a hidden compartment in the ceiling dropping another Grimm into the room. The difference between this one and the others was that it resembled King Taijitu. Merlot: [Speakers] "Would you rip them apart, already!" The Grimm let out a loud hiss sound from its mouth in their direction making some of the members from Team CFVY and the entire Team of JNPR freeze in place. The bone-white plating it should have was completely green while the black liquid that is usually underneath it was bubbling. On the head of it had two horns on its head and charged at them. Shallot: ''Seems like this one has a paralysis ability or a fear type ability. We only have a couple of days before the fighting tournament begins. Shallot lifted his hand thinking he didn''t have time for this since he wanted to test out the Powerball once he got back and check to make sure that he had full control. Shallot had a ki ball in his hand and launched it. It smashed into the snake Grimm tearing its body in half with it still being alive. Shallot: "Didn''t use enough. Don''t want to cause the place to fall on top of us after all." Shallot started firing a large number of ki beams riddling its body with holes until it stops moving. After the Grimm was turned into swiss cheese Shallot put his hand down while sweating slightly almost forgetting he was still applying pressure onto himself since he had adjusted to it. Shallot breathed in some air while he felt a cooling sensation wash over his body. Shallot: ''Now to keep working on the technique and then...'' "unlimited power." Shallot started laughing to himself while Coco was looking at the data that was being sent to Professor Ozpin when she turned to see Shallot laughing to himself. She felt a chill run up her spine while looking at his smile before he stopped laughing. Coco turned to Blake before asking. Coco: "Are you sure that he''s okay, I just felt a shiver run down my back listening to that laugh." Blake: "Don''t worry about it. He does that now and then." Fox ignored it while thinking that it doesn''t concern him and was listening for the completion where he heard a ding from Coco''s scroll. Ozpin: [Comms] "It''s complete. Let me see... yes, I have everything I need. Team, I want you to head to the lower levels... to the Manufacturing wing." Everyone could hear over the speakers with Merlot slamming his hands into the keys of his keyboard hearing a snap sound come through the speakers. Merlot responding in a guttural voice but it also sounded slightly distorted coming through the speakers. Merlot: [Speakers] "I''ll be waiting...". ~~~ [Omake] As Dr. Merlot had smashed his keyboard he looked down at it seeing that it was broken in half. Dr. Merlot: "Dammit, that was a special keyboard. They don''t make primitive keyboards like this anymore and I enjoy hearing the clicking sound while I type. It calms me, but now..." Dr. Merlot looked at his destroying keyboard and looked towards a box with some other broken keyboard in a similar state. Dr. Merlot: "That was my only led primitive keyboard among the set and I don''t want to spend time building one of these. I could be spending my time on something more productive. Well, I should leave here and make sure that the backup plan is working properly." Dr. Merlot pressed a bu??on with a wall that popped out of the wall with what looked like another him. He grabbed a remote from inside the drawer and clicked it while pointing at it making the eyelids open. Dr. Merlot: "You will act as me while I and Jr leave here." The copy of him nods its head and sits down where Merlot was sitting originally. Dr. Merlot disconnected the tub that had his son in it while also taking him out placing him in another chamber. Another compartment in the wall opened with Dr. Merlot walked through taking his son with him into the dark corridor. Dr. Merlot looked back into the room for one last time while grinding his teeth with the copy of him only seeing the glowing red robotic eye before it disappeared into the darkness. ~~~ You can stop reading now this isn''t really important just ranting down below. [AN: You may be wondering why I''m putting a clear escape path for him and my answer is that I have been setting things up since earlier chapters but some people just can''t stand long-term setup and battles of intelligence instead of straight fighting. I showed that Shallot doesn''t really on his strength mainly but work with his intelligence because he isn''t muscle brained like most people read about but that is just some ranting that I''m just because I wanted to build a character that is a Saiyan that doesn''t only think about fighting and that''s all. The people that complain that he is incredibly weak for an ancient Saiyan I won''t say that you''re wrong but there''s a reason for that and I already planned out why he was weak from the second chapter and it will be revealed soon but everyone complains not thinking about all the possibilities that could happen and WHY he is so weak but... I''m still not spoiling why that is so those who complain continue complaining until I reveal why which is probably the longest setup I had to think about.. I just never thought I would be in the 100''s of chapter range when I got to this point when I wrote the storyline for this.] Chapter 130 - Notification Don''t worry. There will be two chapters today because the auto release didn''t use the chapter yesterday so I''m going to release the one for yesterday and the one for today. Also congratulations to Shadow1stUmbra for hitting the goal which I said I would agree and he has won one Salem Slave/Maid. I wasn''t expecting you all to reach it considering the highest like count on a comment was 12 but I shouldn''t have expected any less from men of culture. Chapter 131 - 125 - Destroy Everything They continued forward until they came across another platform with some railings around the side. They heard Ozpin come over the comms to tell them about the information that Coco sent him along with some things from Shallot. Ozpin: [Comms] "Good news, team. The coordinates of Merlot''s secret lab were contained within the data retrieved from the terminal. An airship has been deployed and will rendezvous with you shortly." Nora: "I''m going to need the LONGEST shower after this!" Ren: "I''m just thankful this is almost over." They continued moving and arrived in a room that had some generators in it. Ozpin: "You should be entering a power facility. Destroy everything you see that may be vital to Merlot''s operation." Shallot: "I''m destroying this room for him wasting our time here. Nora, I believe you are the expert of smashing." Nora laughed while hitting her hammer across her hand and went straight towards smashing the power generators. Nora: "Mama''s going to smash this place so she can go and take a shower." Shallot nodded his head thinking about the blutz wave ball from the device he made. Shallot: ''I just need to go to a vacant place away from Beacon academy to make sure that I don''t accidentally flatten anything.'' While Nora was smashing the generators Team CFVY also went along smashing some of the other ones further in the room. After the third generator was smashed they could hear Merlot over the speakers. Merlot: "You''re not authorized to be in here!" Shallot: ''Going by his previous behavior he should have been more upset about getting the power source to his facility destroyed. This means that either he doesn''t care about this area or he is planning something. Maybe it''s also just a recording since the voice sounds flat compared to before.'' Coco: "I think you''ve had enough power going to your head, Merlot." Coco went around smashing the tanks taking out her frustration feeling that the years that she spent training wasn''t enough since she was still behind her juniors and not just a single one but a few of them. She could see that team JNPR was also catching up to their team. Even with Shallot teaching Velvet, it won''t make an immediate difference but she was glad that Velvet will have the strength so that she can deal with a large number of Grimm after seeing what the rest of Shallot''s team could do. Ruby: "Destroy everything!!" Shallot: "She sounds so adorable." Ruby almost stumbled hearing that while smashing things and her face went red. Yang looked at Ruby laughing. Yang: "You''ve done more embarrassing things than getting a compliment so why are you blushing just from that?" Ruby: "Yaaang!!!" They got finished smashing the generators and went out of the room to continue forward when they saw basic extending spike traps coming from the floor popping in and out. Ozpin: "That will deliver a shock to Merlot''s system." Yang: "Did Professor Ozpin just make a joke?" Merlot: "Fine then. If that''s how you want to play..." Shallot was looking at the spikes coming out of the ground like an old crash bandicoot game. Shallot: "Now this is just lazy." Blake: "Maybe he ran out of things to throw at us?" Coco: "I don''t know? This would probably stop random people that can''t use aura but nothing more than common bandits or thieves." Shallot: "I''m the best thief around." Velvet: "Your a thief?" Shallot: "I stole your heart didn''t I?" Velvet''s face turned red hearing that while Yang was thinking about that line. Yang: ''That was a good one. I wish he used that one for us.'' Coco: "Can you stop flirting with everyone and we continue?" Shallot shrugged his shoulder while continuing walking over the spikes and as soon as they raised they were broken from the increased weight that Shallot was walking with. He would purposefully step on the spiked pad and wait for it to raise so it could break under him. The spikes that rose around his feet he would kick and break them on purpose. Jaune: ''Now that''s just being a d??k.'' Shallot turned to Jaune having a feeling that someone was talking about him and not the flattering kind. Jaune saw Shallot turn toward him and gulped and gave a nervous laugh while looking away trying not to make eye contact. Shallot continued walking forward and everyone followed behind until they saw that there was only a vent there with no other way forward. Shallot walked toward the vent kicking the grate of the large vent walking through. Shallot: "I ain''t got time to be walking back looking for another way." Jaune had his mouth open thinking that maybe they came the wrong way. The others followed him through the vent seeing that it led to another room that looked like a lab with more of the blue liquid that was in the tanks. Ozpin: "According to my map of the lab, this room contains more processing equipment for his serum. You need to take it out. All of it." Jaune: "He can''t make mutants without his serum, right?" Shallot: "It seems that someone is learning? Yeah, this stuff is most likely a chemical compound that is being used to cause alterations to the Grimm which is why they didn''t disappear after killing them originally but disappeared slowly only after some time. This means that the chemical must hold some type of compound that can make the Grimm retain their form even after defeat and dying for a bit of time." Coco: "I never took you for the scientific type?" Shallot: "I''m more brain than brawn, to be honest." Everyone looked at Shallot''s muscled body except Fox and Blake who was listening out for something and they were about how does someone with a body like that classified as the intellectual type Shallot: "I''m mostly an inventor. If you don''t believe me ask Blake." They turned to Blake while she had already walked off destroyed the tanks by dragging her Gombal Shroud across the glass cutting lines then throwing something at it not wanting to get whatever was in the tanks on her. Blake: "Shallot has the highest score out of all of us in class talking the top spot from Pyrrha." Pyrrha nodded her head in agreement to that knowing that she hasn''t been able to gain the first place position with Shallot in the same class as her. As Blake was on her way to break the second tank Dr. Merlot could be heard over the speaker. Merlot: "Stop them!" Some droids came out this time instead of Grimm but these droids didn''t have any miniguns on them and had basic weapons like katanas and axes. The droids rushed towards them with one rushing towards Shallot swinging its sword at him. Shallot just continued walking forward as the sword shattered against his body. Shallot: "I would imagine that the good doctor would learn after seeing that these machines can''t do anything to use." They dispatched the droids almost immediately with Team JNPR having the toughest time as these droids didn''t seem to be made out of basic metal the Pyrrha could crush while they also seem to be using more heavy attacks. After destroying the containers and the droids they continued forward in the room and smashing the last droids that weren''t all that different but were only slightly taller. Merlot: [Speaker] "My serum... [sigh] No matter... Thankfully, I may have already synthesized the perfect combination. It''s still in a test phase, but so far the data is looking very impressive." Shallot: ''Something is definitely wrong. The Dr. Merlot we were talking to earlier seemed more... livelier. This one seems far too calm.'' Ozpin: "Fantastic work. I must admit, you''ve really handled this well. The team back at Beacon is cheering for you." Shallot: ''I guess Ozpin can''t see that something is wrong here. Well, I plan on blowing this place to smithereens so if he is trying to escape he won''t have anywhere to come back to if he manages to somehow avoid me. I wish I knew what his ki signature felt like then I could just track him down.'' Ruby: "They better have some cookies waiting for me. I deserve them." They ran down a similar corridor that had a single bridge going down a circular hallway with what looked like electrical pipe circling around everything. ~~~ [AN: I now have a pat.reon so if you want to see chapter as soon as they are completed check them out there since I don''t have to worry about things being deleted there. You don''t have to if you don''t want to since chapters will be posted here pat.reon.com/TGM_Productions.. (remove the (.) if you didn''t know)] Chapter 132 - 126 - Testing Grounds The group hoped down into a pit since the walkway had ended and they could see that on one of the walls it reads Testing Grounds. Merlot: [Speaker] "Welcome to the testing grounds, students. Why don''t you go ahead and get acquainted with my test subject?. They could use the exercise." Only mutated Grimm could be seen arriving along with the droids but these droids seemed different from the previous ones. These droids had a green accent that was similar to the Grimm that was there. The droids placed their hands under the armpits of the opposite side pulling the hands-off and showing what looked like gun barrels underneath. Yang: "He knows that bullets wouldn''t do anything to us right?" The droids released a green liquid that came from the wrist shooting towards them. Shallot raised a ki barrier around them thinking that a scientist wouldn''t make something really pointless without any reason. The liquid hit the barrier hitting the ground and they could immediately see that it was eating through the ground dissolving what came in contact with it. Shallot whistled seeing that. Shallot: "That is definitely stronger than the last stuff from before. It might even be as strong as Fluoroantimonic acid." Jaune: "Fluoro- what now?" Shallot: "It can essentially eat through a body fairly quickly and one of the strongest acids to be known. There isn''t much that can hold it except for Teflon... well I''ll be damned." Pyrrha: "What?" Shallot: "Teflon is considered a metal but depending on the amount and placement used it wouldn''t be magnetic which means your polarity semblance can''t do anything. Most likely there is a large amount of acid inside so hand-to-hand combat isn''t good." Shallot dropped the barrier sending a small ki blast at its legs making it fall to the ground. Shallot: "So the acid isn''t stored from the bottom which means it''s highly likely that it is store in the center area." Shallot fired another shot but straight at the center and applied another barrier just incase it sprayed everywhere. The ki blast hit it opened the inside making the acid spill out destroying the droids from its own acid. Ren: "That was anti-climatic." The acid that spilled from it was bubbling on the ground with the Grimm walking around the acid puddle that was left there. The Grimm rushed to attack but were taken out by a rain of bullets from Team JNPR and Team CFVY firing tearing the Grimm apart. Merlot:[Speaker] "Well... That didn''t go according to plan. Let''s make this more interesting. A little more effort, maybe? I thought this was my most potent batch of serum?!" The doors up ahead opened with some more mutated Grimm coming through and before they could do anything a rain of bullets ended them. Blake blew on her Gombal Shrouds that were smoking from constant firing with Shallot looking slightly surprised that everyone just pulled. Merlot: [Speakers] "I''m beginning to think I''ve made a huge mistake." Shallot: "Damn that was like a scene from the mafia movie." Ruby: "The what?" Shallot: "Nothing." Merlot: "No!! And so it has come to this... Fine, this will at least buy me some time." The door that was opened was starting to shake as something big green and reptile came through. It was a mutated DeathStalker. Shallot: ''I wonder if there is something similar to a DeathClaw in this world?'' Shallot was looking at it wondering how did Dr. Merlot manage to come up with the idea and make a chemical that could interact with Grimm. It seemed that Grimm didn''t have intelligence but he was able to direct them. Shallot: ''What exactly is in the stuff... well, I''ll figure it out when I''m looking over the files later and maybe I can make something myself if I want to play mad scientist when I get bored. First however is letting Team JNPR get some more experience. For what coming up they will need it. The fall of Beacon won''t happen but I''m pretty sure Cinder is still going to try to attack the maiden Ozpin has.'' Shallot: "Coco." Shallot: "We should let Team JNPR deal with the Death Stalker so that they can get more experience and so that they can work on their teamwork." Coco thought about it and agreed that out of everyone Team JNPR would need this experience the most. She knows that Pyrrha is the strongest on their team while the second strongest on their team would be Nora but the gap between them was quite large. Coco: "Ok, we''ll sit this one out but I got some question for you." Shallot: "Sure, what questions do you have?" Coco: "Even with the "ki" that you''ve taught Velvet it doesn''t just make you stronger immediately. So how did you become so strong?" Shallot: "That''s pretty simple. I have different ways to train also I spare against them so that they can get used to people moving at higher speeds. If they are used to seeing people and can track people moving at higher speeds then the ones that are slower than me will appear slow to them." Coco took a thinking pose before figuring that he wouldn''t tell her immediately what he does to become stronger but she''ll know once Velvet is finished being trained by him. It will be helpful for their team for their third year. Coco turned to see Pyrrha using the iron dust to wrap around the Death Stalker''s tail to guide its body while the others attack it from the side. She could see that they were working smoothly together to not use a lot of energy while also chipping away at its sturdy body. It took them almost 15 minutes to kill it with them finally finishing. Shallot was doing handstand pushups while they were fighting. Shallot knew they had killed it when he heard Dr. Merlot complaining over the speakers. Merlot: [Speakers] "No! Nooooo! My one of a kind specimen! This is inconceivable!" Coco: "Flawless takedown." Shallot: "3125... 3126... 3127... 3128... 3129... 3130." Shallot pushed off his hands flipping forward landing on his feet while Weiss could be seen looking the entire time with some drool on the side of her mouth. Blake rubbed the drool from her mouth and smirked at Weiss. Weiss turned and could see a smug smirk on her lips making Weiss turn around. They all had gathered back around when the Death Stalker was dead with them standing in front of the set of large double doors. They walked through and could see another smaller door off to the side. They went towards it and opened the door. Inside the room was an elderly man with disheveled gray hair, a matching mustache and beard, and prominent eyebrows. His left eye is robotic and glows red and around it is noticeable claw marks, likely from his Grimm experiments. His right arm is also robotic and is dark and metallic and has red inner circuits. As soon as Shallot saw the elderly man standing there he lifted his hand firing a ki blast. The body imploded with everyone widening their eyes at the body parts flying everywhere. Coco: "Why did you kill him?" Shallot: "That wasn''t Merlot." Shallot points at the separated body parts with them realizing that there was some oil leaking from the body parts. Shallot: "I didn''t feel any ki from it so I knew it wasn''t him. Everybody has ki in them even if they don''t know how to use it. I''m not wasting my time on a fake." Blake wasn''t paying attention as she was having craving for something to eat right now and walked over to Shallot and going through his bag to get something to eat. Shallot was ignoring it knowing that she has been taking some of his food now and then, but since he loves her he will share his food with her. Shallot: "We should check if there are any files on where the real on went. It best we capture him alive so I can get myself a sla... prisoner of war to work for me." Coco: ''Was he about to say what I think?'' They went searching through the area seeing a large number of monitors with one of them broken with a hand dripping oil sticking out from it. Shallot copied whatever he could that wasn''t already copied. Seeing that the other information had been uploaded to the cloud server he has back on campus he knew that they were finished here. Ozpin: [Comms] "You''ve done it! The airship should arrive any moment." They all walked toward an exit that seemed to be connected to the outside but there was only water on the other side. This pipe that was connected to the outside just seemed like the exit point for where the chemical waste was dumped. The airship with Professor Port was there waiting for them. He was standing by the door to welcome them back. Shallot was walking back with the head of Dr. Merlot''s replica he left there. Shallot: "I''m going to mount it and have it as a trophy until I can capture the real thing." Weiss: "I don''t think that''s how hunting works.'' Shallot: "He doesn''t have real Grimm propped up and only replica since they fade away. I''m just doing the same thing. Coco: "But with a person?" Shallot: "He may not be a person the next time seeing that he is experimenting on Grimm. He may experiment on himself in a time of desperation. Well, let''s get back to school so I can sleep in a bed. I didn''t stop traveling the world to end up sleeping in the wilderness again." ~~~ [AN: I now have a pat.reon so if you want to see chapter as soon as they are completed check them out there since I don''t have to worry about things being deleted there. You don''t have to if you don''t want to since chapters will be posted here pat.reon.com/TGM_Productions.. (remove the (.) if you didn''t know)] Chapter 133 - 127 - Oozaru (Spiritual Side) They had made it back to the school and the first thing that everyone did was a shower. Shallot was fine since he was used to it but taking a hot shower was relaxing for him. He made sure to get any grime and dirt from between the hairs of his tail. Afterward, he went to his team to tell them that he was going to be gone for a day. They were all in the room with Shallot sitting on the bed and Merlin sticking close to Zwei to make sure that Shallot can''t increase the gravity around her without implicating Zwei. Weiss: "So, what did you want to tell us?" Shallot: "That I will be back tomorrow because I need to do something before I continue training. If you hear news of a giant ape rampaging around doesn''t worry about it. It is most likely me and that means that I will have good news." Ruby: "How is a giant rampaging ape good news?" Shallot: "Because it means that a technique of mine works. Anyway, I will be leaving in 30 minutes and also I wanted to tell Blake to head to the school nurse." Blake: "Why?" Shallot: "Because you have been eating a lot more lately." Blake: "Are you saying that I''m getting fat?" Shallot sweated at hearing that. Shallot: ''How do I say this without sounding like an ?ss. I can sense two different ki sources from Blake which means she is probably pregnant but that also means that I am probably going to have to deal with mood swings soon and I don''t want to have to deal with it. Also, me leaving after telling her that she is pregnant is probably going to make her have a mood swing also. I think I''m fu?k?d either way.'' Shallot pulled out a sheet of paper telling Blake that she is pregnant and to go to the nurse to make sure that she is getting enough sustenance for the two of them. He then handed it to Ruby. Shallot: "Give that to Blake after I leave Ruby and Blake I wanted you to go there just to make sure that you have been taking care of your health since you have been training less but still train under 7x whenever you do." Shallot: ''Good job me. Crisis averted.'' Ruby nodded her head and Blake thought it was reasonable and agreed to it. Shallot: "Weiss, I want you to work on planning out how you would take on people that hold a terrain advantage over you so that no matter where your opponents are during the tournament." Weiss: "You need to be back tomorrow since the tournament starts in two and a half days." Yang: "What did you need me to do seeing how everyone else seems to be doing something." Shallot: "I want you to spare with Ruby some more in hand-to-hand combat since we haven''t done any personal training since we were on the mission." Yang: "Alright." Shallot waved to them picking up his bag and took off out of the window. Shallot: ''With me hacking into Cinder''s device I can look through all the information that Ozpin has and even if someone catches me it will only show that it was Cinder''s doing. I now have the location of Salem''s tower. What place would be better to train my Oozaru state than directly in front of an immortal? Don''t have to worry about collateral damage either. What are they going to do, sue me for destroying their tower? Boohoo, the masterminds had their feelings hurt.'' Shallot blasted off toward the Land of Darkness flying quickly. It took him roughly two hours of flying at his highest speed to get there since he wanted to get this finished quickly. He could then focus on increasing the amount of his ki since he won''t have to worry about accidentally blowing up the planet he''s on in the future. Shallot had stopped and was hovering above a castle in a land covered in purple and black with the sky having a purple hue. The castle was also purple. Shallot: "Man, this is a lot of purple. I won''t miss it when it''s gone." Shallot pulled out his device and opened it seeing the blutz wave orb and pulled it from the inside. He held it in his hand and slowly absorbed it into himself so that he could feel the difference between what it was now and how his ki normally is. After absorbing it he could tell why it was different. The main difference was that it was a different frequency along if it mixed with air it could make whoever looks at it more in tune with their primitive side. Before starting Shallot made sure to place his bag on the side away from where he will be transforming so he doesn''t destroy his things. He then flew back to where he was at first to prepare for turning Oozaru. Shallot: ''Maybe that is why some animals act strangely during full moons?'' Shallot: "Burst open and mix. I always wanted to say that and I think I''ll call it power ball just like the original." The power ball exploded lighting up the dark sky in the dark lands and alerting the ones in the tower. One of them stuck their head out of the window to see what was going on when they could hear a bestial cry. Shallot was eyes dilated while looking at it with his heart rate pounding. He could hear every beat. Bum bump bum bump Bum bump. Every time he would breathe his ?h?st would expand. His tail unfurled from around his waist while he started growing in size. Shallot was turning into a Great Ape large than what he was expecting but when he was halfway through the transformation he blacked out. His body was still transforming while he was in another space. Shallot: ''Ok, where the hell am I now?" Shallot looked around and could see what looked like the Oozaru body in front of him standing at 60 feet. The one difference he could see was that instead of the fur being brown like every other Saiyan his fur his turned black along with his tail. Shallot was experiencing something similar to an out-of-body experience as he could see his body but wasn''t controlling it. Other than the massive size of it he could see what looked like chains that were there the last time when he was dreaming last time. The chains didn''t seem to be restricting him at all and only loosely moved around him. He looked at the chains seeing where they were connected to and could only see that they were leading toward the sky. They didn''t seem connected to anything when he looked at them. He looked at himself and could see that he was in his regular form with what was a brown tail that had turned black. The giant ape him or rather his physical body landed on the ground stepping back towards the castle. It was already leaning just from the weight that was being applied to it. Shallot carefully looked at his own body and it was somewhat seethrough. Shallot: ''Spirit form I''m guessing?'' Shallot: "AAAAAAAARRRRRRRG." Shallot was pulling with everything he had wanting to find out what this thing was that was connected to him and why it kept interfering with him. He kept pulling when he could hear two cracking sounds. One of those sounds came from the chains he was pulling on. The other came from below him. It seemed that his physical body had just stepped on someone. Shallot kept pulling harder with all of his might when the chain finally snapped. The part of the chain that was in the sky shot back into the sky while the other half shot into his physical body. From what Shallot could see that chains weren''t physical but spiritual which is why his physical body never noticed them. Shallot went toward another chain and continued this until all the chains were snapped. The broken chains shot into his physical body while his own spiritual body had regained strength every time one of the chains entered him. ~~~ [AN: I now have a pat.reon so if you want to see chapter as soon as they are completed check them out there since I don''t have to worry about things being deleted there. You don''t have to if you don''t want to since chapters will be posted here pat.reon.com/TGM_Productions.. (remove the (.) if you didn''t know)] Chapter 134 - 128 - Oozaru (Physical Side) [Inside the tower, Salem was sitting on her throne] Salem was sitting inside of her tower when a bright light had flashed outside of her tower. These were the dark lands where no sunlight could make it through. Why was there light outside? Salem: "Tyrian, go and see what that light is." Tyrian: "Yes... my lady." Tyrian who was sitting hugging his knees in his chair got up to check what was going on. He pointed towards someone else that he had brought back. Tyrian: "You are also coming with me." It was a lizard Faunus with a mask covering half of their face. One half was covered while the half that was covered had burn marks and the face was wrinkled. The Faunus followed Tyrian out while he was giggling wondering what was going on outside. They both had made it to the second floor of the tower and were about to open the door when they heard something which Salem also knew was a voice. ???: "Burst open and mix." They then heard a roar that sounds like it came from an animal. The Faunus started shaking hearing the roar and rushed towards the bottom of the stairs and wanted to run from here. His instincts were telling him to leave and he was going to listen to them. As soon as he made it outside the doorway he noticed a large figure towering high above. It was a 60-foot tall monkey and the last thing he could hear banging sounds from it beating its ?h?st and then a foot-stomping on top of him. Shallot: "Burst open and mix. I always wanted to say that and I think I''ll call it power ball just like the original." The power ball exploded lighting up the dark sky in the dark lands and alerting the ones in the tower. One of them stuck their head out of the window to see what was going on when they could hear a bestial cry. Shallot was eyes dilated while looking at it with his heart rate pounding. He could hear every beat. Bum bump bum bump Bum bump. Every time he would breathe his ?h?st would expand. His tail unfurled from around his waist while he started growing in size. Shallot was turning into a Great Ape large than what he was expecting but when he was halfway through the transformation he blacked out. His body was still transforming while he was in another space. Shallot''s body landed on the ground leaning on the tower crushing a side of it leaving a large handprint on the side of it. The Oozaru had started pounding its ?h?st letting out roars from its mouth. With a foot-stomping now and then before it stepped on someone. It swung its arm taking off the top of the tower where Salem was sitting. Salem tried to create a barrier made out of black goo around where she was but it was shattered immediately and she was flung out of the castle being sent flying into the distance. The Oozaru was stomping around crushing things throwing a tantrum when Shallot finally regained control over his body. Shallot looked around now focusing on what had happened. Half of the tower was gone and he then looked at his hand that some black goo on top of it. Shallot: ''What did my body do while I wasn''t in control exactly. I saw it swipe at something or someone sending them flying which means they are probably dead now.'' Shallot felt his strength from his ki and what surprised him was that it was more than 10x an increase. Shallot: ''Was my Oozaru form stronger than basic Saiyans?'' Shallot could feel that he had great control over his body and could use it just as well as his regular form. He placed a hand up towards the power ball in the air and fired a ki blast. It was destroyed and he started to revert to normal. While Shallot was shrinking he realized that he was completely n?k?d. Shallot: "Shit, I forgot about getting some clothes!" Shallot had shrunk down to his normal size but realized that he was a lot stronger than he was previously. His strength had increased immensely and he felt like he could use his semblance far better than he could before. It felt natural to him when he brought his hand out and a bubble appeared around him and started expanding to 50 feet all around him. He could sense everything in the bubble. He could also tell that someone was behind some of the rubble on the ground. Tyrian was looking from behind some rubble trying to figure out what was going on seeing that Salem was just sent flying along with the rest of the meeting room. Tyrian could see what he ?ssumed was a monkey Faunus look towards him disappearing from his point of view and heard a voice behind him. Shallot: "And I was just needing some clothes, although yours might be a bit too tight, they will have to do." Tyrian tried attacking with his scorpion tail only for it to stop on Shallot''s skin not even pushing it in. Shallot sent a small punch to Tyrian''s stomach breaking his ribs making him pass out while foam was coming out of his mouth. Shallot: "Well shit, I was trying to hold back. It seems that I''m going to have to get used to my increase in strength or else I can''t train with the girls for a while." Shallot started to strip Tyrian leaving him almost n?k?d in the rubble of the tower while squeezing into the clothes. Shallot only left Tyrian with his und?rw??r not wanting to wear someone else''s und?rw??r. They were incredibly tight and were already ripping just from him putting them on but they covered 1/3 of his body. Shallot was about to fly to his bag and head back with this taking not as long as he originally thought when he noticed a mushed pile of meat a little ways away from the tower. Shallot: ''Must have been the person my body stepped on when I went ape.'' Shallot flew to his bag with his stolen pants busted at the bottom half only covering his family jewels to his mid-thigh and a vest the size of something that belonged to Vegeta''s daughter. He grabbed his bag pulling out some canned food and a food burner set making himself a quick snack before heading back. Turning into an Oozaru was a lot more tiring than what he thought it would be but he can now train his ki amount and not just his body anymore. He still will train his body since he wants to reach the point where he can punch a planet and destroy it without the aid of ki. [AN: Them raging Hulk strength levels] Shallot flew back to Beacon Academy flying in through the window with Yang and Ruby laughing at seeing what Shallot was wearing. ~~~ [In the Dark Land] Salem''s last thing she saw in the tower was a giant fist and rubble being launched at her. She thought she was being attacked and immediately tried defending against it only to be sent flying along with the chair she was sitting in. She was still upset that she managed to getaway. She never expected that she knew how to fly. She was played into thinking that she had the upper hand when Summer just ran. She never expected that she would run, it didn''t seem like something she would do, and that let her escape. Salem started hovering back towards the castle to see what was left of it and see what exactly attacked her. It wasn''t a Grimm which she could tell from the animalistic roar and also wanted to know why didn''t she know something like that was near her castle in the first place. By the time she made it there the top half of the castle was gone and a chunk of the lower half was broken. It was amazing how it was still standing when she saw Tyrian almost n?k?d laying on the ground with a pile of meat which could only be what was left of the Faunus that went with him. She walked over to Tyrian looking at him to see if he was still alive. Seeing that he was still breathing but was foaming at the mouth. From her many years of experience could already tell that he had a few broken ribs just from the bruising that was left on his body along with the foam coming from his mouth meaning that an excess of saliva mixes with air or gasses to create a foam which showed he needed medical attention. ~~~ [AN: I now have a pat.reon so if you want to see chapter as soon as they are completed check them out there since I don''t have to worry about things being deleted there. You don''t have to if you don''t want to since chapters will be posted here pat.reon.com/TGM_Productions.. (remove the (.) if you didn''t know)] Chapter 135 - 129 - Pregnant Shallot was inside the room going through his drawer to get some clothes to change into and had already stripped n?k?d in the middle of the room. Weiss ran out soon as she saw him start to strip but only closed the door blocking her vision after seeing Shallot completely n?k?d. Shallot had gotten all of his clothes changed and pulled out his sleeping mask from his bag glad that he didn''t have this with him when he left. He put it back on and laid in the bed since it was 11 P.M and wanted to get some sleep. Weiss opened the door back again looking inside seeing that Shallot had clothes on and went to her single bed on the right of the room. Weiss: "So... where did you go?" Shallot: "Went to a place full of Grimm to try something new and lost all my clothes in the process. Went better than I thought." Yang: "Did you turn into a giant ape?" Ruby: "I want to know. Can we do something like that with ki?" Ruby was jumping around with stars in her eyes thinking about turning into a giant version of herself while stomping on Grimm. Ruby was slowly lifting her foot off of the ground and placing it down while slowly waving her arms around. Ruby: "Hehehe... I am inevitable." Shallot just looked at Ruby while remembering a purple titan then looked at Ruby. Shallot: ''Ruby makes everything cute." Shallot: "Where''s Blake? Shouldn''t she be back by now?" Yang: "We went to go check on her in the nurse''s office and they said that she was pregnant and needed to make sure that she was healthy and have everything she is going to need. Dr. Kitsune was there and she said that she will stay in the nurse''s office tonight on one of the beds with her overlooking her to see if anything on Dr. Merlot Island might have affected the baby inside." Shallot: "Shouldn''t it still be a fetus right now?" Weiss: "They said that she''s been pregnant for 3 months now so it is a baby now." Shallot was having a mini flashback to their time in the hotel and him not pulling out. Shallot: "Ohh... I... I''m going to be a dad!!!" Shallot felt a warm sensation in his ?h?st not sure if this was what father''s feel or if this was just heartburn. Shallot: "If I''m going to be dead their learning how to fight once they reach the age of 4." Shallot was already planning out the best way for them to train once they get old enough but was also thinking about using his semblance to get back to the Dragon Ball universe since the Grimm wouldn''t be able much help in helping with a Saiyan growing. They need battle and he outgrew the Grimm back when he was 12 years old. If it wasn''t for him abusing his Zenkai ability from overtraining and healing over time he would have had a harder time. Carrying stone will only get you so far along with martial arts. He also wants to go to another world so he can learn different martial arts than just the basics that he knows from what he could remember from video games and videos. While Shallot was planning out what to do Weiss was thinking about what they are supposed to do about the tournament. Blake was pregnant and since they knew she was pretty sure that Shallot wouldn''t let Blake participate even if he knows no one there will be able to go against her. Weiss: "Most teams have 4 members and with just the rest of us will be a standard team so the numbers aren''t a problem. We will also have to check to see if Ruby or Yang became pregnant even if it''s in the early stage." Yang: "We can go in the morning but we can rest for now. It''s too late right now and I don''t want to go and stay in the nurse''s office if we are." Yang pulled the cover over herself after hopping into the bed. Ruby had finally snapped out of her daydreaming and looked to see that Yang was in the bed already with Weiss in her bed looking at her notes before putting them down to close her eyes. Ruby went and hopped in the bed landing on top of Shallot cuddling up to him who was sitting up in the bed. Shallot had caught her and put her on the other side of him since Blake wasn''t in the bed so the right side was open. Shallot laid back and was going to sleep when he heard Yang say something. Yang: "Don''t forget you have to get Velvet to join the training session starting tomorrow since we still have one day until the tournament start." Ruby: "I want to go somewhere before the finals also." Yang: "Are you sure we are going to make it to the finals?" Ruby: "Pssh... yeah... no one can stop us. We have the greatest trainer and boyfriend on our team. Who can stop us? We''re Team RWBYS." Yang: "We''re a team full of gems." Ruby: "Uhhh... nooo... not the puns... it''s too late for this. Go to sleep Yang!" Shallot was smiling while closing his eyes and enjoying this simple time together and was glad that he got the chance to end up here even if it was an accident. It could have been fate, who knows. ~~~ A man in yellow shorts and a black tight shirt with purple skin was looking at a rift in space with his finger on his chin. ???: "Now why can''t I go through this? This has never happened before and this has piqued my curiosity." The purple-skinned man was floating around going in circles around it but couldn''t reenter it after he came out of it. ???: "I hit something while coming into this time but I''m not sure who since it seems they feel out of the confines of the rift somehow. This is odd." The purple-skinned man tried swinging a tanto sword on his back at it but it didn''t do anything. ???: "So there haven''t been any changes in time which means that whoever went through didn''t end up in a timeline I know about... Maybe the time nest has information! Oh, I can cause so many changes in history if I can get there. So that''s where I''m going to but first I need to find that ancient Saiyan I came for." The purple-skinned person flew off towards the direction of a certain planet. [AN: I now have a pat.reon so if you want to see chapter as soon as they are completed check them out there since I don''t have to worry about things being deleted there. You don''t have to if you don''t want to since chapters will be posted here pat.reon.com/TGM_Productions. (remove the (.) if you didn''t know)] ~~~ Hello everyone this is the end of Volume 3 and Volume 4 will start 2 weeks from now since I always take a break to prepare the guidelines of where the story is going to go afterward. Also, the story will end in Volume 5 since I plan on ending this story then start the continuation that will be world-hopping before he gets back to Dragon Ball Verse.. This is just a glimpse of what has happened and some hints to what will be going on later in the second book. Chapter 136 - 130 - Reunion Shallot was floating in the air with his semblance attracting the gravity toward him increasing it. He felt far heavier than anything he tried before but he was still able to move. Shallot was punching out and going through the basics of the martial arts that he knew. Mainly the straight punch, jab, uppercut, left and right hook, and cross. After working on his punches for 2 hours he went and started working on his kicks. He was doing front kicks, sidekicks, roundhouse kicks, and leg sweep in the air. After another 2 hours, he spent one hour working on combination attacks. It had already been a couple of days since the tournament started and he and everyone else on their team felt it was disappointing. Blake wasn''t allowed to participate by the nurse and Shallot. Shallot has been working on his transformation every night. He would create the Powerball and use it in the Land of Darkness trying to revert while under the effect of the transformation. He always enjoyed the Super Saiyan 4 look from when he used to play Dragon Ball Z Budokai Tenkaichi 3. Whenever he would transform he would go and find Salem and test his combat skills in Great Ape form on Salem since she can''t die. What Shallot however doesn''t know is that every night Salem is now on the lookout for a sudden appearance of a Giant Ape due to her constantly being sent flying across the Land of Darkness. She could tell that the Ape was just doing it because it knows that she can''t die so it comes back just to bother her. She doesn''t know why it keeps targeting her. She doesn''t want to move since she had already started rebuilding her base and it took her years to build the current one. It had been 4 days so far and they were down to the semi-finals. Their team hadn''t taken any damage from the other teams and it was pretty much a sweep. It was so much of a sweep that Ruby, Weiss, and Shallot sat in the middle of the arena playing cards while Yang beat down the other team before throwing them out of the ring. It got to the point that Yang handicapped herself by not throwing punches and only used her legs. ~~~ [With Ruby] Ruby was walking toward the grave of Summer. Her dad had called her and Yang to come here but Yang decided to stay. Ruby wanted to know why he wanted her to come here but he just said that it was a surprise. When she got to the place she usually goes to visit her mom''s grave someone was sitting right next to the grave with their back to her. Their silhouette was outlined by the setting sun. The person seemed to be not that tall, but they were a couple of inches taller than Ruby. They had a white hood that was similar to the one Ruby wears. Ruby was feeling a sense of warmth from the person in front of them and the picture of Shallot next to her mom went through her head. "Mom?" Ruby said with a cracked voice. The person sitting beside the tombstone spoke. "I never thought that there would be a day when I would sit next to my own tombstone." The person turned to Ruby showing their face while lifting their left hand lowering their hood. Underneath the hood was Summer who was looking at her little girl that had grown up. She had seen some of the pictures at the house but seeing her daughter in person was more joyful. "How are you doing my little Ruberry?" Summer asked Ruby who had tears in her eyes. Ruby turned into a burst of petals before rushing toward Summer then hugging her. "Mom!!!" Ruby cried out in happiness seeing that her mom was fine. When she was told by Shallot that she was alive but he didn''t know where she was she wanted to go search for her. The only problem is that she didn''t know where she would go look. Shallot told her after that she would be fine and that she would most likely have headed back to their house. She just had to travel a long way to get there. "I hope that you have been doing good my little Ruberry? I also hope that my little sunshine Yang is doing fine also." Summer said feeling warmth spread through her ?h?st. Summer was finally able to hug her little girl again. The only thing that is missing now is a family hug with all of them together. "So how is Beacon?" Summer asked her little Ruberry. " Haven''t gotten kicked out of Beacon yet! So that''s cool. I think being on a team with Yang helps. Keep her in line... That was a joke. She''s actually a really great fighter! You can tell she''s learned a lot from Dad! Oh, so are Weiss, Blake, and Shallot. Oh! They''re my teammates! Together, we form Team RWBY!" Ruby started talking fast trying to recount her entire life with Summer nodding her head. "And yes, before you ask, that does cause a lot of confusion. Anyways, I made a bunch of new friends, and then I met some... let''s just say, uh, odd teachers. Oh! We''ve also stopped some bad guys too! I guess it''s like they say: "like mother, like daughter"! I still wonder why Ozpin let me into the school early. But uh, I guess he''ll tell me one day. You know how he is. It''s funny, the more I get to know him, the more he''s starting to sound like Uncle Qrow. Me, Yang, and my teammate Blake also has a boyfriend now and it''s Shallot. I saw the picture of you two together and he told me that you were fine but it would take you a while to make it back to dad at the house. " Ruby finally explained everything that she could think of at the time. Ruby had to get back to the finals since they had one more match for today. While Summer had her eyebrow twitching hearing that Ruby and Yang were sharing the same boyfriend and she thought back to how she and Raven both fell for Taiyang. ''Like mother like daughter, I suppose.'' Summer thought while imagining the yelling she''s going to give to Shallot the next time she sees him. A bark alerts her to the ever-adorable Zwei and the sight of her father, Taiyang Xiao Long, in the trees behind her. "Did you like the surprise, Ruby?" Taiyang asked Ruby who was still smiling from talking with her mom. Ruby nodded her head before walking back with Summer as they were both going to drop her off at Beacon for the match. ~~~ [AN: I now have a pat.reon so if you want to see chapter as soon as they are completed check them out there since I don''t have to worry about things being deleted there. You don''t have to if you don''t want to since chapters will be posted here pat.reon.com/TGM_Productions.. (remove the (.) if you didn''t know)] Chapter 137 - 131 - Preparation Shallot, Yang, Weiss, and Ruby were standing at the entrance of the stadium with Blake being pushed around in a wheelchair by Shallot. "This isn''t necessary Shallot," Blake said as she was sitting there but she did enjoy the extra attention she was getting. They walked toward the front counter seeing the receptionist looking at them. She didn''t have to ask for identification recognizing them. She knew that they were the only team that overpowered every team they came across. "The team that you are going against today is Team ABRN. Your match will begin in 15 minutes. Please head to your designated area and prepare for your match." The receptionist said while handing Ruby a piece of paper with the information on which room they are to wait in. They walked to the room with Shallot pushing the wheelchair with Blake. Once they were inside the room Blake got out of the room and went over to the couch that was inside the room and laid across it while turning the t.v on in the room. It was showing the current match that was going on. Blake was watching as Ruby was looking at the screen. "Do you think there will be someone that can get past Yang so that we can do something in the match? Even though I''m the leader of the team it seems that we aren''t doing anything." Ruby said while watching someone being knocked out of the ring. "Ah, is my baby sister wanting to fight this time? I can give you the next match." Yang said while poking Ruby''s cheek. "I think that this will be the last match before the 2 v 2 matches so we should all participate just so that we can show the other teams the difference between us. I also want to see if we can startle the entire crowd." Shallot said while looking around the room for something to drink. He hadn''t drunk anything before coming here and his mouth was dry. They sat there watching the match until it ended and then they heard on the intercom that it was their turn next. "Well, it seems that it''s our turn. Let''s show them the difference in a team that has been trained by the strongest." Shallot said while rubbing Blake''s stomach. They all were walking out while Shallot put Blake in the wheelchair even after her protest and finally gave up. They went to the arena while Shallot took Blake to the side of the arena to the lower area so she can see everything. Shallot went and got her a bucket of fish to snack on while they went up to the arena for another lackluster battle. Shallot, Ruby, Yang, and Weiss were standing there with Yang at the front punching her fist into her palm. Once they stepped into the arena they could see Team ABRN. The board that would decide the environment started spinning. "It seems that we will have a field that will be half and half of opposite elements." Professor Port said over the mic to the crowd. "Indeed Professor Port. Team RWBYS may only use four team members from the 5 person team but so far only one person has been enough to deal with all the other teams. How do you think Yang is going to deal with the team this time?" Professor Ozpin said over the mic showing that Team RWBYS has been overwhelming every team. Shallot and the girls all walked forward with Weiss taking the lead in front of Yang. The sound for the match to began started and Weiss cast her glyph taking off from her position. She started setting glyphs in different positions all around the field. "It seems that Weiss is using her infamous glyphs. Unlike the rest of the Schnee''s she has mastered the use of glyphs where she can turn any field into a trapped area after only a minute." Ozpin said as the ice part of the field was marked with Glyphs everywhere. Weiss started moving jumping from each Glyph and placing them on the lava side also. Team ABRN was trying to stop her and wasn''t expecting this. They had come up with a plan to deal with Yang since she was always the one to act but this threw them off. Reese Cloris was the first to try to stop her being the quickest on the team. She is a young girl with light green hair swept to her right, with teal eyes and fair complexion. She also wears two black facial markings on her cheeks. Reese was on a hoverboard rushing trying to rush after Weiss. While Weiss was setting her Glyphs Yang walked forward casually towards the other side. Arslan was planning to go against her since they were both fist fighters and wanted to make her use the gauntlets she had. She saw that she had the gauntlets on every match but would only kick her opponents. Arslan started running toward Yang while Yang was still walking. Arslan was attacking launching herself into the air coming down with a fist strike. Yang shot her knee into the air before transitioning into a front kick meeting the punch. Yang had her arms folded while looking at her while smirking. Shallot whistled from the side seeing Yang''s leg. Shallot was watching Yang battle it out with kicks against Arslan who has a dark complexion, platinum blonde hair, and olive green eyes. She wears a yellow robe with only one wide, loose-fitting sleeve over a black tube top. She also has black pants and shoes and a red sash embroidered with a white "endless knot" on it. She has bandages on both her legs and arms as well as a red necklace and what appears to be two matching red sticks on the back left side of her head. Shallot was checking her out thinking that if he had landed somewhere close to their she would definitely be someone he would have tried to go after. ~~~ [AN: I now have a pat.reon so if you want to see chapter as soon as they are completed check them out there since I don''t have to worry about things being deleted there. You don''t have to if you don''t want to since chapters will be posted here pat.reon.com/TGM_Productions.. (remove the (.) if you didn''t know)] Chapter 138 - 132 - Round One "It seems that more than just Yang is planning on moving in this match today. This is just riveting. Don''t you think so Professor Ozpin?" Professor Port said over the mic. "Indeed Port, it seems that since this will be the last 4 v 4 match they all may just participate." Ozpin said into the mic. While Yang was playing around with Arslan he opened fire trying to take her on herself thinking that she would be one of the more troubling people. Ruby was looking at everything that was going on thinking if she really needed to do anything. She knew that Yang by herself was enough but she also wanted to do something for the matches. Ruby crouched down getting ready to use the technique Shallot taught her. She concentrated the ki all around her body then blasted ki from underneath her giving her a large boost leaving a crater right next to where Shallot was standing. To everyone else, it looked like Ruby disappeared until she reappeared in front of Nadir with her small arm out before it sunk into his stomach. "Running Lariat!!!" Ruby''s voice comes out with Nadir feeling his aura tank and shatter before he was thrown out of the arena. "Ahhhhhhhh!!!! Nadir screamed the entire way flying out. Shallot sent a ki ball toward Nadir which changed into ki threads that wrapped around him. The ki threads attached to the ground slowing his acceleration before he was lowered to the ground with harming him further. "Oops?" Ruby said while looking at the screen that showed that his aura had broken and how fast he was moving. "You get the move under control before using it on people that can''t handle it." Shallot said appearing next to Ruby while rubbing her head. Ruby just giggled while the rest of Team ABRN heard the buzzard sound and turned to see that Nadir was already knocked out of the arena. "Well, you''ve had your turn, Ruby. Let''s have Weiss deal with the other one." Shallot said while seeing that one of the others had figured out the directional movement of the glyphs and was chasing after Weiss. He has lightly tanned skin, amber eyes, and black hair. He wears two yellow sashes, one around his waist the other over his shoulder alongside a dark blue vest and gray pants with yellow lacing up the sides. He also wears black boots and black fingerless gloves, and a dark gray beaded necklace. He was Bolin and was quite quick but still slower than Weiss if she was to use ki. She said she wanted to fight without ki since she wanted to get better at her aura usage. Bolin was following behind Weiss as she had just set up the last Glyph. There were over thirty glyphs all across the field. She could make it to anywhere she wanted with some double glyphs also placed. "I''m finished now. Let''s see if the Glyph field version 2 is better." Weiss said since she needs a large area to test this method out. Bolin was close by and swung his staff at Weiss only for her to disappear as soon as she stepped on the Glyph. He turned around to see that there were five Weiss''s there with a slight flickering motion. Weiss lifted her Myrtenaster with one hand behind her back. Bolin saw one move and tried to defend himself only to be attacked from the other side. On the board, you could see Bolin''s aura go down 1/10 just from that one clash. Bolin''s eyes opened seeing that. He tried to defend himself only to be hit from the opposite side again. He tried doing the same thing again the turn and swing at Weiss for the staff only to go through her image and he was hit again. "Anything you do is pointless. Once I complete the Gylph field there is no escape or counter for it. Speed is absolute. Welcome to my Glyph domain. You should feel honored that Weiss Schnee herself is using a new move on you." Weiss bragged to Bolin who was having his aura chipped down. "Oh, this is something new indeed Port. It seems that Ms. Schnee has managed to create a skill with her semblance that focuses purely on speed making her untouchable." Ozpin said watching how much Team RWBYS has gotten compared to the rest of the teams in the school and he knows this has only happened due to Shallot being here. Arslan was getting angrier from not getting Yang to use her fist and wanted to get finished so that she can help Bolin from being taken out. While she was going for another attack Reese came from behind Yang attack from a blind spot with her hoverboard in the air planning to attack. Shallot disappeared from his spot appearing between the attack standing there. The hoverboard smashed into Shallot but he didn''t move at all. As soon as the board came into contact with him the board shot toward the ground. "You shouldn''t interfere with Yang. She''s getting better at using kicks. Only through dealing with fooder can you figure out how to control your strength properly." Shallot said not caring that he sounded like an ?sshole. "It seems that the strongest student in the school has made a move. What do you think will happen now Ozpin?" Port asked Ozpin over the mic. Reese''s eyes opened hearing that the person in front of her was the strongest student in the school. Shallot put his hand in front of Reese''s ?h?st with his fingers extended against her ?h?st. It seemed like a slow movement but she couldn''t move out of the way for some reason. Shallot changed it into a fist into her ?h?st. Reese''s irises faded from her eyes while everyone heard another beep signal that Reese''s aura had broken. Reese was still standing there not having moved from the spot. "That''s why he is the strongest student in the school. He has already reached the point where he can most likely put most professional Hunters and Huntresses to shame." Ozpin said over the mic. None of the second years would deny that and the third years fully agreed after seeing the video of when he first came there. Till this match, they still haven''t seen him use the scythe against the student and they were glad they haven''t. "Alright, I''m finished playing, let''s finish this." Yang said while her knee was blocking another fist from Arslan. Arslan launched her rope dagger from her sleeve and pulled herself on the volcano side of the mountain. She pulled and swung herself gaining some speed before launching herself toward Yang. Arslan attacked with everything she had putting 3/4 of her aura into her fist only for her fist to be grabbed by Yang''s right hand. She was pulled closer to her and the last thing that Arslan saw was a fist in the face. Arslan was launched across the field into the outside of the ring. ~~~ [AN: I now have a pat.reon so if you want to see chapter as soon as they are completed check them out there since I don''t have to worry about things being deleted there. You don''t have to if you don''t want to since chapters will be posted here pat.reon.com/TGM_Productions.. (remove the (.) if you didn''t know)] Chapter 139 - 133 - Flashback From an Outside Perspective The last one in the ring was the unconscious Reese and Bolin who was spinning his staff around him trying to defend himself. Weiss was enjoying the feeling of complete domination and knew that this was a great way to get better at her high-speed movements. Weiss blitzed Bolin one last time making all the after images surrounded him attacking all at once. Bolin was helpless with a look on his face asking why him. From the audience, it looked as if Bolin was getting jumped by multiple people at once. Yang, Shallot, and Ruby were just watching Weiss widdle Bolin down. She could have ended it earlier but she managed to do this much without using her strength and only relied on speed. If she was to use her strength it would be a very deadly move. Bolin was wheezing hard before he was hit again and he fell over. The buzzer sounded again showing the Bolin was done. The after images of Weiss were disappearing with only Weiss standing next to the downed Bolin. She put Myrtenaster on her side while walking to the rest of her team. "And that''s the match! Team RWBYS is victorious with another overwhelming match!" Port said over the mic. "This is why they are the strongest Team at Beacon academy currently. I want to see if there will be anyone that will be capable of dethroning the champions of Beacon Academy." Ozpin said over the mic. Yang, Ruby, Shallot, and Weiss walked back to the area that Blake was sitting in who was out of her chair with her bucket in her hands. Blake could feel that she was still hungry. Shallot was looking at Blake who was up and about and when she saw Shallot standing there she got back in the chair. Shallot was about to start talking when he felt the scroll in his pocket started buzzing. Shallot checked it when he noticed that it was a message from Neo with only one thing. [I''m pregnant you ?sshole. I''m coming over now.] ''Shit.'' Shallot was thinking that he messed up. Now he has to deal with a moody Neo. Ruby was peaking over to his scroll along with Blake and Yang. They all saw the message then looked at Shallot. Yang turned to look at Blake, then she looked at the message then looked at her stomach. ''It seems that everyone is getting pregnant.'' Yang thought while her eyes trailed down Shallot''s body from his ?h?st down. "Seems that our child won''t be lonely for long." Blake said while rubbing her stomach. "What will your parents say when we have a break and you go back to visit them?" Weiss asked. "They will try to kill him even though it won''t work... well, my mom might congratulate him and start preparing early for the birth even though I have 6 more months." Blake said as if it wasn''t her problem. "...is anyone else starving?" Ruby said while her stomach started grumbling along with Blake. Blake''s, Yang''s, and Shallot''s stomach growling was the only reply that she got. Team RWBYS continued their way out since the others hadn''t eaten and Shallot was always hungry. They walked to the entrance to the fairground with Shallot dragging his feet. He could feel himself getting weaker just from not having food in his stomach. " Gee, if only there was somewhere on campus to get food around here. Oh, wait." Weiss said stopping in front of a noodle stall in the fairgrounds. Shallot, Ruby, Weiss, Blake, and Yang sat down on the stools at the stall. Ruby had looked around and had noticed that Yatsuhashi was off to the side flexing his muscles for some girls around him. Ruby checked for her wallet and noticed that she didn''t have it on her. Ruby started looking around frantically for it when she felt a tap on her shoulder. "Don''t worry Ruby, I''ll pay for everyone." Shallot said but Ruby was still looking around since she has some pictures in it also. "Hey! Might be hard to eat without this." A voice came from behind Ruby. Shallot already knew who it was but wasn''t expecting Ruby to drop her wallet. "Good to see you, Ruby." Emerald said while handing Ruby her wallet. "Oh! Thanks, Emerald! Oh. Guess I dropped it. Girl pockets are the worst!" Ruby said as she slouches thinking about wearing some shorts underneath. She saw Shallot wearing some shorts under his pants before and thought it was a good idea. "What''s up, Em?" Yang said toward Emerald who was there. "Just left the stadium after your amazing fight! You guys were awesome!" Emerald told them as she just finished her match. "Oh, shut your stupid little face..." Ruby said acting embarrassed. "Embarrassed Ruby is adorable." Shallot said while looking at Ruby poking her cheek making her blush from Shallot doing this in front of someone else. "I heard your team progressed to the next round too." Blake said the elderly man at the desk was looking at them waiting for the order. Blake only gave him the ok symbol while stretching her hands out. He nodded before getting to cooking. "You know, I feel that we haven''t seen your other teammates." Weiss thinking that she had only seen her and Mercury. "How''d they do in the fight?" Yang asked wondering if they continued could they give them a challenge. Emerald was having a mini flashback while Shallot was looking at her face. ''So this is what someone having a flashback looks like.'' Shallot thought when Emerald snapped back to reality. "Really well." Emerald said while nodding her head. "That''s great. Uh. Why don''t we all go and get victory food together? You can sit down and eat with us." Ruby said while pointing at Blake who already started eating. "Oh, gosh, that''s so nice of you, but my teammates are all kind of..." Emerald said while turning to see Mercury sniffing the inside of his boot then looking confused afterward. "Ok, that''s weird." Shallot commented while looking toward the old man pointing to the menu. After he was handed it he just pointed to everything. The elderly man got to cooking thinking this will be his biggest challenge yet. Yang was looking over at Mercury and agreeing with Shallot. "Ooh, yeah, I could see that." Yang said while looking at him with a confused look. "Oh yeah, looks like Merc and I are going to move on to the doubles round. What about you guys?" Emerald asked them. ''So that was her goal. They want to prepare for going against us. Well, it wouldn''t matter anyway since they can''t beat anyone on our team.'' Shallot thought while waiting for his food. "Well, as the leader of this team, I thought long and hard about this decision." Ruby said before Weiss coughed knowing that it was Shallot that decided to vote instead. "We put it to a vote." Weiss said while looking around trying to see if Neptune was around. ~~~ [AN: I now have a pat.reon so if you want to see chapter as soon as they are completed check them out there since I don''t have to worry about things being deleted there. You don''t have to if you don''t want to since chapters will be posted here pat.reon.com/TGM_Productions.. (remove the (.) if you didn''t know)] Chapter 140 - 134 - Lunch Time "Yes, so, but I decided that we should put it to a vote." Ruby said trying to savage her credibility as the team leader. "We are having Weiss and Yang do the 2 v 2 since it would give everyone the best chance. If they face Shallot by himself, you will get floored immediately if he went to the next round, you go against Yang and Ruby who are sisters who complement each other, or Yang and Shallot that would be to power type that would reck everyone. So Weiss being the weakest power-wise and Yang who doesn''t work with her would give everyone false hope." Blake said after slurping a fish down her throat. "I will happily represent Team RWBYS and give everyone false hope of beating us." Weiss said after standing up while curtsying while smirking at Emerald knowing that they won''t lose. "Yeah, we''re going to kick some bu??! Hopefully, someone gets us to use more than half of our strength." Yang said while hitting her fist against her hand. The elderly man had started sliding plates in front of Shallot with Shallot handing him his card. He swiped it and got the receipt for his food. Shallot started wolfing down his food. "Well, if Mercury and I see you down the line, don''t think we''ll go easy on ya." Emerald said thinking that they can''t afford to hold back against them. "Wouldn''t have it any other way. Try to give us a challenge if you can." Yang said while swiveling on her seat. "Alright, well we''re going to catch some more fights." Emerald said as she started walking off. In the distance, Neo could be seen in her disguise looking over at Shallot. "Have fun!" Ruby yelled over to Emerald while she turned back to get ready to order. When she turned to look she noticed that Shallot had 4 bowls stacked on top of each other and still eating. "I''ll have a bowl of the regular, please." Yang said looking at the bowls that Shallot had thought she only wanted something to fill up on. A large bowl of ramen was slid in front of her while she started eating. Weiss got a call from her father but she ignored it getting ready to order. "Oohhh... I''ll take the same." Ruby wanted the same thing as Yang. "Do you have anything with a low-salt ...?" Weiss asked not wanting to mess with her strict diet. She looked at the bowl seeing that it was still a large bowl. "Um... okay... I''ll also pay for both of you." Weiss was about to start eating when she handed her Schnee Dust Company dust credit card to him. "Aw, Weiss! What''s the occasion!?" Yang asked. "I could also pay for you all anyway." Shallot said. "Consider it thanks for sending me to the doubles round. Also, a Schnee should always pay for their own things." Weiss said while she was getting ready to eat. Her joy is ruined when the card is flung back at her, and the annoyed Shopkeep points to his register as it beeps "DECLINED". "Are you sure you don''t want me to pay for you now?" Shallot said while smirking thinking this was funny. "What?! How can my card be declined? I was b?r?ly into my monthly allowance!" Weiss said snapping back after being shocked. Shallot handed his card again to the elderly man who took his card to swipe. "Before you finish, I want you to give me another one of everything on the menu." The elderly man nodded while going back to cooking. "Oh, hey guys." They heard a voice come from the side of the ramen stall. They turned to see that it was John waving to them and the rest of team JNPR were there with Pyrrha being the first to sit down. Hey John, Nora, Pyrrha, and Ren!" Ruby said while waving at them then starting slurping her noddles. "Mind if we join you?" Jaune asked while still standing there. "Are you sure it''s wise to have eaten before a fight?" Ren asked Pyrrha since they still had another match for today. "Of course! It will give us energy!" Pyrrha said and the shop owner got up off the ground grabbing the bowls taking them to be washed. "Does he always eat that much?" Jaune asked while seeing the stack of bowls that were being carried away by the shop owner. "That''s not really much. He usually stocks up on food so that he doesn''t eat the school into the ground." Blake said who had just finished her second extra-large fishbowl. Nora simply gives a hearty belch while rubbing her stomach. "If I barf, I''m blaming you." Jaune said while sprawling across the counter making through only one bowl. "Ooh!" Nora said before she started grinning evilly while thinking of an idea. "Aim at the enemy!" Nora said as if it was the best idea and not morally wrong at all. "Nora, that''s disgusting. But if you feel the urge ..." Ren said without completing his sentence saying he won''t say not to do it. "Got it." Jaune said while giving a thumbs-up as if he agreed to use the same method as Nora. "Well, we should be off." Pyrrha said while she stood up. Shallot noticed that her armor was slightly different than before. It looked as if it was heavier than before. "So, you think you guys are ready?" Ruby asked seeing them stand while Jaune tried to use Ren as support who had an uncomfortable look on his face. "Of course! We''ve got a world-renowned fighter on our team, one''s basically ninja, I can bench five of me, Jaune, we trained all year, our weapons are awesome, Glynda b?r?ly yells at us anymore, and uh... Jaune!" Nora said while trying to come up with a good way to mention Jaune as someone useful. ~~~ [AN: I now have a pat.reon so if you want to see chapter as soon as they are completed check them out there since I don''t have to worry about things being deleted there. You don''t have to if you don''t want to since chapters will be posted here pat.reon.com/TGM_Productions.. (remove the (.) if you didn''t know)] Chapter 141 - 135 - Easy way or Hard way Ren looked toward Jaune who was quietly eating some noodles he had just ordered. "Are you going to take that Jaune?" Jaune looked up from his bowl toward them. "She''s not wrong." Jaune then went back to eating his noodles. "I''m kidding, he knows I''m kidding." Nora said as she begins talking quickly, the color slowly draining away as she gets more worried that he would become depressed before their next match. "Don''t be so nervous! The worst that can happen is we lose, that is just a few more years of walking around school with everyone knowing we''re failures, our friends will slowly abandon us to preserve their social status, we won''t be able to show our faces in class, no one will sit with us in the cafeteria, Ren and I have no parents, we have no home left to go to, we''ll be officially renamed Team Lose-iper!" Nora said going from a burst of mad laughter turning into sobs as she slams her head on the counter at the end. "So, yeah, we''re feeling pretty good." Ren completely pushes the depressing mood around Nora continuing the conversation. "Don''t fret. If anything, we should be looking forward to a fight with actual guidelines, and not, well, ...murderers." Pyrrha said also pointing toward the bowl that Weiss had. The shop owner nodded before disappearing and coming back with another bowl. Nora saw Pyrrha ordered and pointed toward what Yang was having while Ren pointed to what Jaune ordered. The shop owner sped off getting their orders. Pyrrha gave her card to pay for everyone on her team. "Yeah, don''t sweat it, we''ve all faced way worse before." Yang said while being close to finished with her food. "Let''s see. Grimm invasions, violent extremists, a destructive sociopath..." Blake said. "Don''t forget the mad scientist that has an obsession with androids. We only finished that a couple of days ago." Shallot cut in while finishing his bowl while rubbing his stomach. "And that''s all while we''re still in training! Oh, imagine what it would be like to graduate!" Ruby said with stars in her eyes. Jaune had a shiver run down his back remembering what they could do and looked at Shallot. ''I''m pretty sure they are going to rule the world at that point.'' Jaune thought while thinking about how while they were on the ship about to head back from Dr. Merlot''s lab what Shallot did. ~~Flashback begin~~ While they had all gotten back on the ship Shallot was looking at the island thinking about something. "What are you thinking about?" Blake asked him seeing that he was still looking at the island. "Once we are far away enough from the island don''t fly away yet." Professor Port who was in the front heard him and gave a nod. Everyone on the ship didn''t see anything until they heard a loud explosion and then the entire island went up in an explosion covering it in a dome of light, blocking everything from their vision. When the light vanished the island wasn''t there any longer. Everyone in the ship had their mouth hanging open seeing that he just erased an entire island. Shallot floated back inside the ship while blowing on his finger. "Can''t have him coming back thinking that he can recover anything since he decided to run. Just used a small move to deal with the island." Shallot said while sitting next to Velvet. "Even if you use a small amount of ki it can be dangerous which is why I plan to train you until the tournament and you should be able to best the others if you go through my crash course. That is until you come across our team that is." Shallot said without sugarcoating it for Velvet. ~~ Flashback End ~~ Jaune shivered thinking about not only do they have to worry about being matched up against Shallot''s Team but also watch out for Velvet since she trained with them before the matches started. Velvet still comes by after their fights to get training and spend some time with Team RWBYS. Weiss was looking at her card that was rejected with a downtrodden look on her face. "Maybe then I''ll be able to pay for a meal." Weiss said before she ate the food that Shallot paid for. Everyone sat here eating their food before pushing the empty bowls back while Shallot had another stack in front of him. All of them were feeling full when they heard the speakers on the fairgrounds. "Would Team JNPR please report to the battlegrounds immediately!" They could hear that it was professor port over the speakers calling for Jaune''s Team. "Yes! Like they were scheduled to, several minutes ago!" Professor Ozpin also cut in making Jaune look at the time on his scroll seeing that it had already passed the time where they were supposed to start the match. "Well, it looks like this is it." Pyrrha said while standing up. "Go get ''em!" Ruby said some words of encouragement to them seeing that Nora was still depressed and Jaune might have over-stuffed himself since he was sitting next to Ren. While they were walking away Shallot stood up while stretching and turned to them. "Let''s go and watch their fight. I wonder how much they have progressed with the tips that I gave out." Shallot said while Blake also got up. They left the wheelchair there since Blake wanted to walk around saying that she needs to move after eating or she''s going to fall asleep. Team RWBYS then headed toward Amity Colosseum to watch the match. While they were heading there they could see that Team JNPR had just made it to their waiting area for the beginning of the match and it hadn''t started yet. "That looks like a good seat." Emerald said while walking behind them. Neo was staring daggers at the back of Shallot''s head while Shallot started whistling just to mess with Neo. He would probably have Neo stay the night after the fights for today and have her walking with him. He didn''t really care for the small plans he was planning at first and was planning to just make them bend through force if they didn''t listen. After Cinder connected to Ozpin''s servers he connected to Cinder''s device giving him access to everything she had. He knew that information about Salem and just needed to go have a "conversation" with Salem and see if she would like to do this the easy way or the hard way. He didn''t mind the hard way since it would let him ?ssert his dominance. What Shallot didn''t realize was that while Shallot was thinking about it he had a smile on his face that sent shivers down Cinder''s back when she saw it. ~~~ [AN: I now have a pat.reon so if you want to see chapter as soon as they are completed check them out there since I don''t have to worry about things being deleted there. You don''t have to if you don''t want to since chapters will be posted here pat.reon.com/TGM_Productions.. (remove the (.) if you didn''t know)] Chapter 142 - 136 - (NWA) Neo Wants Attention Shallot and his team found some good seats and sat down but what surprised him was that Neo didn''t seem to care for the plan anymore and came and sat on his ??p while looking forward at the arena. Cinder was wondering what was going on with Neo while Shallot just shrugged his shoulder when he decided that maybe he can mess with everyone if they change who is participating in the last match. Shallot had another smile appear on his face before Neo picked his check. Shallot started looking at Neo who was looking at him then looking at Blake and he could figure why she was acting like this. Shallot was showing Blake a lot more attention than she was getting even though both of them were pregnant. Mercury was about to say something when Shallot turned to him looking at him. "Say something I don''t like and I''ll throw you into the ring from here." Shallot told him while glaring while enjoying having Neo in his ??p. Weiss leaned closer to Blake while whispering in her ear. "Don''t you think that Shallot has become more aggressive recently? Especially after he came back after he went out." Weiss asked seeing that she noticed that he became more aggressive. Neo was typing something on her scroll and showed it to Shallot. "We should get Roman out since it makes no sense to wait any longer and he already connected our devices to Ironwood''s computer inside his ship." Neo had written and shown it. Shallot started watching the match while Mercury was sitting in his seat and had started sweating. When he looked at the eyes of Shallot he felt that he was looking at the eyes of a beast that could tear him apart. Emerald looked at Mercury who was sweating while Cinder looked at Shallot who was holding Neo thinking that this meant that Roman must be working with Shallot now or was already working with him. She was thinking about how she would have to change her plans if Neo told Shallot what they were doing. They all focused back on the ring when they heard Professor Port over the speakers announcing the start of the round. "Team JNPR of Beacon versus Team BRNZ of Shade!" Professor Port yelled out over the speakers as he was also excited by this match since this team was also outmatching their previous opponents. Shallot was looking at the four members from Shade academy and could see that they didn''t seem that impressive. If they were going against some other team then they may have an interesting fight but with Nora and Pyrrha on the team would make metal weapons pointless against her. A young man with dark purple eyes and short black hair that graduated to gray with his hair slicked toward his left was standing at the front who must be the team leader. He wore a sleeveless top that graduated from gray to purple, a purple scarf, black pants with bronze kneecaps and a bronze buckled black belt and a dark purple scarf that wrapped around his right leg, and black boots with studded strap detailing. He also had three black straps, one studded, on his left arm. "He must be the leader and a close-quarter combatant since he is using claws." Shallot rambled looking at the person he was ?ssuming was the leader of their team. "I wonder if I can make some bets on this match on how soon they are going to lose." Beside him stood a female who was a young girl with light tan skin, dusky rose hair, and gray-blue eyes. She wore a red and white hoodie with blue tracksuit pants and a distinctive black beanie that covered her left eye. She also wore a large black scarf and red canvas sneakers. She had a sniper rifle which means that she may only supply long-range support for the match. "She must be right-handed since the way she is holding the rifle is being supported with her left hand with her right hand on the handle." Shallot said reading the person. On her left was a male who was a dark-skinned young man with green eyes and brown hair styled in cornrow dreadlocks tipped in gold clasps. He wore a green vest buckled closed on his left shoulder, over a black T-shirt and loose white pants rolled up to his knees. He also wore a pair of fingerless gloves with white armor pieces that were the holsters for his weapon and olive canvas sneakers. "Saws on the top of the wrist. It''s kind of lackluster as a weapon but I guess not everyone is creative with their weapons. Maybe he just wasn''t talented in using anything else." Black criticized this person seeing them. On the right side of the female was a male that a teenage boy with messy dark red hair and pink eyes. He wears a deep sky blue jacket with a black hood and rolled up black sleeves, open over a white shirt with long, rolled-up sleeves. A pair of sunglasses with pink lenses hang from his collar. He also wears a pair of ripped burgundy jeans, black shoes, and black finger-less gloves. "Is that a cattle prod?" Ruby asked seeing the last member of Team BRNZ. "Maybe he was a farmer before he became a hunter afterward. He could also be here to prod his opponents to find out how strong they are." Yang said while making a pun on his weapon. "Uh, I shouldn''t have said anything. I can''t deal with these puns. At least prod the conversation to see if it fits well." Ruby said. Yang''s mouth was open while looking at Ruby. "Did you just talk about my pun while countering with another pun? My little sister is all grown up now. She is using puns like me now." Yang said with a smile on her face Weiss slapped her face while looking at both of them. "We don''t need another Yang with her puns." Weiss said while shaking her head. ~~~ [AN: I now have a pat.reon so if you want to see chapter as soon as they are completed check them out there since I don''t have to worry about things being deleted there. You don''t have to if you don''t want to since chapters will be posted here pat.reon.com/TGM_Productions.. (remove the (.) if you didn''t know)] Chapter 143 - 137 - Puppeteer The screen was flipping through the different terrains until it landed on two different terrains. It was the forest and the mountain Terrain and the field started changing around them. It went from the flat metal ground to opening up to place the appropriate terrain. Shallot could also see that she was moving her fingers slightly but every time that a finger moved Jaune also moved. " 3... 2... 1..." Port was counting down over the mic. "Come on guys!" Jaune was trying to get himself pumped up for the match hoping all the training he has down has been beneficial for this moment. "Begin!" Professor Port called out signaling the start of the fight. Nora, Ren, and Jaune rushed forward while Pyrrha was standing in the back. The beanie-wearing girl retreated jumping back toward the trees to get a vantage point for sniping. She was on a branch pulling her sniper up hoping to take someone out from the beginning so they could have the advantage. The leader of Team BRNZ was charging up the middle with his claws ready. He was planning on going for Jaune since he seemed the most inexperienced. Nolan was on the side of their team leader heading for Ren with his cattle prod. Nolan sent out some strikes swinging his Cattle Prod at Ren with Ren avoiding the attacks easily. Ren was leading Nolan toward the forest and Nolan was following. Ren would attack sometimes but make sure to pull back toward the forest to not make it obvious. Once he pulled Nolan into the forest he pivoted around Nolan then used his semblance to erase his presence. Jaune was using his shield trying to deal with The leader of team BRNZ but was but forced back more and more. Pyrrha was watching Jaune and seeing how he was doing fine. He wasn''t attacking but buying time since they were working on a new strategy. [In the stands] Shallot was watching and was wondering what Pyrrha was doing. He noticed that Ren pulled Nolan into the forest while disappearing throwing him off of his trail. "Ren is going to win his fight then it will be 4 against 3." Shallot said while looking at Pyrrha who was using her semblance as soon as the match started. He noticed that she was having iron sand going into the ground. "It seems more like a predator hunting prey." Blake said while looking onto where Ren pulled into the forest. She could see that a gunshot was fired at him which he dodged and was attacked from another direction making his aura go down some. Weiss nodding her head thinking that, that was an adequate way of describing what was happening. [In the Arena] Nora was attacking the other male member with her hammer. He shot his saw blades toward Nora and she dodged then jumped again avoiding sniper fire from the trees. Nora was trying to fight but was being disrupted by the sniper while Jaune was still busy. Pyrrha moved both of her hands. The rest of the audience were wondering why Pyrrha hadn''t moved the entire match until they noticed a large swarm of what looked like metal grains coming out from the ground. They came out in two groups surrounding the tree the beanie sniper was in. May looked up to see the attack but was too slow and was swarmed with it. She was picked up by it and carried to the outside of the arena. She couldn''t escape and was dropped into the out-of-bounds area. When she landed Nolan popped out looking tired hoping to get at least one person and shoved his cattle prod into Nora while flipping the switch for the taser. "Oh-ho! Looks like one of my favorite students, Nora Valkyrie, is charging up to use her Semblance!" Professor Port said over the mic watching the battle. "What?" Nolan just wanted to get someone out so he could represent his school. "Yes, Ms. Valkyrie''s Semblance lets her produce, as well as channel, electrical energy straight to her muscles! This allows her to jump explosively into the air, wield her mighty hammer, or in this case, absorb Nolan''s attacks and send the young man flying!" Professor Ozpin said while Nolan looked like he wanted to cry from hearing it. "What?" Nolan was thinking that he must have pulled the small straw somehow. Nora was supercharged from the taser and had some amp going. She smiled toward Nolan while nodding her head while he was shaking his head. She swung her hammer slamming into his side sending him flying at the one who was fighting her at first. "Watch out Roy!" Nolan screamed toward his teammate hoping he would get out of the way. Roy was already running toward them and couldn''t change his direction. He took the full force of Nolan flying into him and both of them were sent off of the stage into the out-of-bounds area slamming into May who was walking back toward the rest area. She got knocked out by the other two members while Roy and Nolan were knocked unconscious. The buzzer sounded again with two buzzes this time letting the leader of BRNZ know that he was the last one in the arena. He was frustrated that he couldn''t beat this person in front of him even though he should be the weakest on the team. "It seems that Brawnz the leader of Team BRNZ is the last on the team. It also seems that the rest of Team JNPR isn''t attacking and letting Jaune deal with their leader." Professor Port commentated. Jaune swiveled around Brawnz before sending a sweeping strike planting his sword into the side of Brawnz. Brawnz felt that he was hit by an Ursa and was wondering how this guy could hit so hard. Brawnz took some steps back but was then put in a defensive battle and their roles were reversed. Jaune kept pushing toward him as if he wasn''t even tired and kept rushing toward him. Brawn eventually couldn''t take anymore when he saw that Jaune pulled his shield in front of himself. Pyrrha swiped her hands forward with Brawnz finally knowing why Jaune was so hard to fight. He was fighting two people from the start. Jaune''s shield slammed into him with a large amount of force and sent him flying hitting the force field. His aura was completely depleted with a buzzer going off while he fell on top of his unconscious teammates. "And with that, it appears Team JNPR wins by knockout, literally! ...Can someone go make sure they''re okay?" ~~~ I''m not putting my ******* at the bottom anymore. I''ll just leave it in the other chapters but don''t worry the chapters are still here.. Just have been busy with work. Chapter 144 - 138 - Jelly Shallot and the girls were sitting waiting for the next match and say that it was Sun''s and Neptune''s Team. They saw that they were walking into the arena. "Good luck, Neptune!" Weiss yelled out to give support to Neptune. Neptune was walking and waving to the crowd when he saw his opponents. They were a team full of females. "Well isn''t that a nice team to look at?" Shallot thought while looking at the team. "Ladies!" Neptune said while Weiss was looking at Neptune with fire in her eyes. Yang was laughing at the side seeing that. "I want someone that will only look at me. I am a Schnee and no Schnee would share their love." Yang mocked Weiss seeing how Neptune acted as soon as he saw the other team. The other team was full of females who walked and stood across from Team SSSN. The leader has lightly tanned skin, indigo hair brushed over to her left side, and olive eyes. She wears a high-necked, tight-fitting gray shirt with dark gray accents, along with a long, lilac coat with one long sleeve with the other rolled up. She wore a leather bandolier with a steel gray pauldron on the right shoulder, which also appears to hold her weapon. She wears a slanted dark gray belt on the second notch alongside a br??stplate that matches her pauldron. She wears gray pants with dark gray boots with light gray laces alongside dark gray forearm length gloves with the left glove being fingerless and having a cuff. She also has a dark gray band around her right elbow with a smaller band on her upper left arm. Next to her stood a young woman with lightly tanned/fair skin, dark blonde hair swept to the left, and violet eyes. She also wears a pair of over-the-knee scale stockings, armored calf-high boots that match her spaulder though the rear of her calves is exposed and a simple chain bracelet with a ring connected to it on her right hand as well as a brown band around her left wrist with two beaded bracelets. On the right of her was a young female with lightly tanned skin, curly black hair pulled back from her face into ringlets, and brown eyes with purple eye shadow. She wears a black corset dress with a dark gray front, purple hem, and purple laces on the back. She wears a light gray top with short sleeves and black cuffs. Her top also has a high gray collar that appears to be armored. Her belt is a long purple ribbon edged in gray, with a bow in the back and tied in the front, and connected to the belt are a pair of armor tassets that also act as storage for her weapon. Her shoes are flats and ribbons. She also wears light gray stockings and pale gray ballet flats, with ribbons around her lower legs. Shallot nodded his head seeing her thinking that she had a nice pair of legs. The stockings were a nice touch for the outfit. "I like her outfit. Maybe I should mix in some more black into my outfit." Ruby said looking at the girls. On the left of the team leader was a young woman with fair/lightly tanned skin, brick red hair left loose with swept fringe to the right and olive green eyes. She wears a teal blue waistcoat with two long tails and a dark brown strapless top. A cropped sleeveless vest of the same color is worn over the top and waistcoat. She wears a pair of navy belts crossed in the front and back and a pair of sky blue layered spaulders, held in place by a dark brown leather strap across her ?h?st. Her shoes are a pair of simple, navy blue ankle boots with folded over top and brick redlining. She also has a navy blue chocker. "I like her style," Yang said looking at the outfit. Weiss nodded thinking that the entire team knew how to coordinate their outfit. Neptune winked at the girls while Weiss balled up her fist. She stared at the back of Neptune''s head while standing up pointing at him. "Break his stupid face, NDGO!" Weiss yelled out. Weiss was already slightly bitter with Yang mocking her a couple of seconds ago but now Neptune was flirting with other girls right in front of her. "Alright, girls, try and remember, hands above the waist," Neptune said with a smug smile on his face. The buzzer sounded and the match started. The match terrain was that of a desert while the other was an aquatic area. "Huh?" Neptune said seeing the water. "I guess they are unlucky this match." Shallot said. "Why is that?" Ruby asked seeing Neptune run from the water area and getting to the other team''s side. "3,2,1 Begin!" Professor Oobleck did the countdown for this match. "Neptune is afraid of water," Blake said when she remembers asking if they wanted to go to the pool with them and Team JNPR after the tournament. She and Shallot noticed that Neptune''s face became pale when hearing that they wanted to go swimming. The match went with mostly Sun''s Team being pushed with it being mostly a 3 against 4 since Neptune wasn''t trying to get close to the water. Almost everyone on Sun''s team was almost defeated when the girls from Team NDGO were in the water. Neptune jumps over to a spot near the coastal line next to Sun, and he unfolds Tri-Hard into its trident form before tip-toeing forwards and, eyes closed, plunges the sparking prongs into the water. The energy surges through the deep until the remaining members of NDGO are electrocuted and sink to their knees in the water, smoking and defeated with the sound of the buzzer. "And with that, Team SSSN moves on to the doubles round! (to Oobleck) You know what I call that victory?" Professor Port said over the mic. "Shocking?" Professor Oobleck said while Professor Port just gave him a disapproving nod. "No, well earned. What you said is stupid." Professor Port said while showing Team SSSN on the board as the victor. "That was closer than I expected?" Ruby said while wondering how they managed to still win when at a disadvantage due to Neptune''s fear of water. "Looks like the dorks made it to the next round!" Yang said while looking at the tired Sun and teammates who were glaring at Neptune.. They all broke into smiles then started dancing like idiots. Chapter 145 - 139 - Surprise "That concludes the matches for today. Please leave the Coliseum IN A CALM AND ORDERLY FASHION!" Professor Oobleck says over the mic which made everyone start to rise from their seats. "I still don''t see how he can be so afraid of water. His name is Neptune which is the god of the sea. This is really ironic." Shallot said while looking at them dancing and celebrating. Neo looked up at Shallot and turned away from the match. Shallot started to stand up while carrying Neo princess carry style. Shallot looked at Mercury and Emerald. "I''ll be taking your teammate with me. I''ll make sure that she is back before your next match." Shallot said while smiling at them. "Who said you can take our teammate?" Mercury said while looking at Shallot. "What are you going to do about it? Learn your place before you have an accident and can''t walk to your next match." Shallot said while looking at Mercury''s legs. Mercury gritted his teeth and was about to attack him when a hand was placed on his shoulder. "We need to go and prepare for our matches for tomorrow." Cinder who was disguised as a student said. Cinder, Mercury, and Emerald got up and walked away with Mercury being dragged by Cinder. "Come on, let''s go congratulate ''em." Yang said while standing up next to Shallot. They start to head out just as a ribbon-adorned craft passes over the Colosseum, causing Weiss to stop in her tracks and Ruby to bounce into her. "Uh, what are you viewing?" Ruby asked looking up toward the sky. "She''s here!" Weiss said while looking at the aircraft that was slowly passing overhead. Weiss started running out of the stadium with Ruby chasing after her. Shallot was walking with Neo in his arms with some people looking at him while Blake was walking next to him hugging his arm. Some of the men in the stadium were looking at him giving him a look of respect while some were gritting their teeth. They were jealous since they were single. Yang was walking on the other side of Shallot while looking at Ruby and Weiss running off to the location where the ship was landing. "Aren''t you going to run after Ruby to make sure she doesn''t cause any problems?" Shallot said hoping that Ruby doesn''t cause any problems. He knows that she can be an airhead sometimes. "Where do you think Ozpin went? He wasn''t there with Professor Port for this match." Yang asked seeing that it was Oobleck announcing the matches for the latter half. "He probably has a meeting." Shallot said. "Neo nodded her head enjoying being carried. She showed her phone showing some camera feeds that were showing Ozpin walking with Glenda. Shallot could feel someone approaching from behind him but he was familiar with the person and didn''t turn. He just had a smile on his face until Yang felt a tap on her shoulder. Yang turned around to see Taiyang and Summer standing there. Yang''s eyes went wide looking at the person in front of her. "Summer?" Yang''s mouth was hanging open not expecting to see him here. Yang went and hugged her with Summer returning the hug with a smile on her face. Yang looked up at Summer when remembering that Ruby had just run off with Weiss. "Does Ruby know that you are here?" Yang asked. "She knows already. We dropped her off this morning and I told her to stay quiet so that I can surprise you." Summer said while continuing the hug. Taiyang hadn''t said anything and Yang turned to look at her dad only to see him glaring at Shallot. Shallot just looked at him. "I''ve done nothing wrong and I regret nothing. Also, hello father." Shallot said while nodding toward him. "I am not your father!" Taiyang shouted at Shallot. "I will take care of both Ruby and Yang so there is nothing for you to worry about. Taiyang sent a punch at Shallot''s ?h?st with Shallot standing there taking it. Shallot didn''t move at all with Taiyang sending a bunch of punches into his ?h?st but the only one to become hurt was Taiyang''s hands from punching him. After 5 minutes of throwing his hardest punches, he was getting tired and stopped seeing that Shallot was still standing there who had started talking with Summer. "So, I''ve seen that you have made it back but why didn''t you just come and visit them sooner." Shallot asked Summer. "I needed to make it dramatic. I was sure that they would find out that you know me and would ask about me so I wanted to make it the best intro that I had. I am going to show myself again since Qrow is here." Summer said. "Oh, Ruby and Yang''s uncle." I haven''t seen him since I was a kid when I used to watch them and tell you about them after learning to fly." Shallot said. Yang was just watching and could see her father sending out punches into Shallot''s ?h?st while he was having a conversation with Summer. They caught up over the things that happened and stopped when they saw that Taiyang had stopped and had his hands on his knees breathing heavily out of breath. "If you wouldn''t mind doing the same to my back it would help with some of the tight muscles. You should work on becoming a masseuse." Shallot said showing his back to Taiyang. Taiyang sent one more punch but was already tired before slumping his shoulders thinking that his little girls were going to forget about him. "Stop messing with him Shallot. I can already tell that you are far stronger than you were when you were a kid. Come hug me." Summer said. Shallot walked up to Summer who was smaller than him and hugged her while bending slightly. Summer was the closest thing he had to a mother in this world and cherished her. "Nice seeing you again mom." Shallot said with Taiyang griping on the side mumbling that he would never accept him as his son. They all started walking toward the direction that Ruby and Weiss went when they heard the sound of weapons clashing outside.. They started to walk outside to see two people fighting. Chapter 146 - 140 - Reveal Blake looked at Shallot while smirking. "So I guess I have to tell mom that you don''t want to be her son anymore." Blake said Shallot stopped while looking at Blake. "Summer is mom and Kali is Mama. Remember I always called her Mama because that''s what you always called her while we were little." Shallot said while bringing up some old memories for Blake. "That''s... you said that she was the closest thing to a mom for you." Blake said. "In the aspect of a mother after my own heart. Fought by my side and while trusting you to defeat those around you. That is a Saiyan family." Shallot said bs''ing his slip of the tongue earlier. Summer was laughing at the interaction between them and continued watching them until she got a message on her scroll. It was a new scroll she got recently and still needed to get the contact of Shallot and Yang. She got Ruby''s on the way dropping her off. They continued walking until they made it to the field where they could see Weiss''s sister and Qrow fighting each other. It seemed that the fight had just started and Weiss''s sister made the first move. "I''m pretty sure Qrow antagonized her into attacking. It seems that he is still the same even after all these years. Causing problems wherever you go." Summer said. "That''s Winter Schnee, the firstborn of the Schnee family. Qrow doesn''t like her after a couple of years ago with her joining under Ironwood instead of working with the headmasters. They looked ahead and they could see the two starts clashing. "Kick her bu?? Uncle Qrow!!!" Ruby yelled slightly in front of them. "I think I found the perfect way to show that I''m back." Summer said. "I might as well make sure that we stop this. I don''t want to front yard of my school messed up." Shallot said. Shallot and Summer disappeared from their spot appearing in between Winter and Qrow. Winter and Qrow were previously on the upper part of the arches and had charged at each other. Summer was using her right hand holding Qrow''s sword stopping it while Shallot was stopping Winter''s sword with his finger. They had stopped the attack and landed on the ground stopping the fight. "I would appreciate it if you don''t mess up the courtyard of the school. I like the look of this place after all." Shallot said stopping the swing with one finger blocking the attack. He looked around and saw the broken ground that Qrow made when trying to attack Winter. Qrow saw someone in a white cloak stop his attack but he also heard the sound of metal when his weapon was grabbed. "Attacking your sister-in-law. Wait until I tell Raven about this." Summer said while pulling her hood down showing her face. "Hehe... I must be really drunk if even ghosts are appearing in front of me." Qrow said. "You''re always drunk Qrow." Summer said. "Can''t we be like civilized people and attack others in a less populated area. I still have to make sure that things are going well here since I plan on taking over this area." Shallot said with a smile looking at Winter. Shallot was looking her up and down while looking at her and checking her out. "Aren''t you quite beautiful Ms. Schnee? Are you seeing anyone right now?" Shallot asked while Winter pulled her sword back seeing that it was stopped so easily. She looked at him and saw that he was moderately tall but not taller than her. They could hear footsteps coming but they were ignored when Qrow started to sober up slightly hearing the voice in front of him. "Summer?" Qrow was slightly confused since he thought that she had died due to a mission that Ozpin sent her own. He knew that Salem attacked her and they could get any response from her. "Uh-hum!!!" A cough came from the side trying to get their attention. "SCHNEE!" The voice called out. Winter looks behind her to see General Ironwood standing behind her, with Penny behind him. "General Ironwood, sir!" Winter said seeing Ironwood standing there. Ironwood looked at the scene was amazed and slightly fearful toward seeing Shallot there. He had arrived and seen the fight and was using his semblance to gather as much information as he could. When Shallot appeared he couldn''t follow his speed and running simulations on how he could stop him came to losing no matter what. The thing he has relied on till now has proven to not be able to answer how he could possibly stop the person in front of him. He liked having contingency plans for everything and seeing that there was someone that he couldn''t predict was terrifying. The only other person that he got that feeling for was Ozpin and Salem. He gets it from Ozpin knowing that even if you kill him he will be back eventually and his simulation wouldn''t be able to predict where he would appear next time. Salem was an entirely different case. She instilled fear into him the last time he had seen her and could only function by following the simulation that would give him the highest chance of survival. With Salem, he knew he could escape her with his semblance but with Shallot he wouldn''t even be able to escape. With his semblance telling him that the best thing he could do is not going against Shallot and he would have the chance to continue his life as normal. Ironwood started walking forward trying to keep his eyes away from Shallot when he saw the face of the person in the white hood. "Summer?" Ironwood said being surprised. "You''re acting like you''ve seen a ghost or something?" Summer said with a joking attitude. Ironwood looked at Winter who was stopped by Shallot. "Schnee, what are you doing?" Ironwood asked. "Well, it seems that a drunk had gotten in and antagonized someone." Shallot pointed toward Winter. "She didn''t take it too well and..." Shallot pointed at the destroyed ground along with pointing to their weapons. "And now we have this situation. I''m guessing that you coming with your troops isn''t something good so I will be heading to Ozpin to discuss some things." Shallot said. "He started the altercation, sir!" Winter said while pointing at Qrow. "That''s actually not true. She attacked first." Qrow said with he put away his weapon while squinting his eyes looking at Summer making sure that this wasn''t a hallucination. "Hello, I don''t think that we''ve been introduced to each other." Summer said while looking at Ironwood clearly messing with him.. She was enjoying everyone''s shocked expressions. Chapter 147 - 141 - Its Prideful Being A Schnee "It''s nice seeing you again rock ''em sock em robots." Summer said. Qrow hears this and tries not to laugh. Ironwood could hear the snickering from Qrow and stare at him. " And you. What are you doing here?" Ironwood asked. "I could ask the same thing rock em." Qrow said while laughing out loud at him. "I..." Ironwood wanted to say something but couldn''t come up with a valid reason on why he was out here since he was supposed to only meeting Ozpin. "Now, now, everyone." Ozpin said walking up to them but when he saw the person standing in front of Qrow he dropped his mug of coffee. "Summer?" Ozpin was shocked seeing her since they all ?ssumed that she was dead. She never reported back to him and he could only mark her as MIA. "Seeing everyone''s reaction is the best thing that has happened today so far. I think that the only person that hasn''t responded in surprise was Raven." Summer said. "My sister is here?" Qrow asked. Summer pointed at one of the pillars and they could see a Raven perched on top of a pole looking at everything that was happening. Raven seeing that everyone was looking at her flew away. "Break it up, everyone! We will take care of this mess." Glynda said snapping out of her shock while also fixing the courtyard. "Uncle Qrow!!!" Ruby screaming launching herself at Qrow but with her being stronger than she was previously Qrow was carried away with her. "Ahh!!!" Qrow yelled out not thinking that he would be pulled along with Ruby. He saw on the t.v that she was stronger than she was previously but didn''t expect it to be by this much. "Hi. It''s so good to see you! Did you miss me? Did you miss me!?" Ruby asked while clinging to him while he was on the ground. "Nope." Qrow said while thinking that it is a good thing that he keeps his aura activated all the time or he would have been seriously injured. Qrow started rubbing her head thinking about all the time he spent with his niece back at Signal Academy. "Qrow! A word, please. Summer, I would also like for you to come with us." Ozpin started walking back. "I think I''m in trouble." Qrow said to Ruby in a low voice. "You did kinda tear up our courtyard but at least it wasn''t too bad since Shallot and mom stopped you two." Ruby said while giggling. "Yeah, I did." Qrow said while standing up with Ruby hanging off of her arm. Shallot walked over and patted his shoulder. "Hello, Uncle Qrow. I''ve already talked to my father-in-law." Shallot said. "I will not allow you to corrupt my daughters!!! Taiyang could be heard at the back screaming. Summer was laughing on the side seeing this with Qrow eyes opening more trying to focus on what he just heard. "What?" Qrow said. Weiss was off to the side and thinking about the habits of Ruby''s recklessness and then looked at Qrow. "And suddenly, your recklessness makes sense." Weiss said while looking at Shallot who was walking toward Winter. "So, what is a beautiful girl like you doing here. Aside from being s?xy, what do you do for a living?" Shallot said. Winter looked at him and could admit that he was a looker but she was more concerned about her job right now. "I don''t have time for lovesick students." Winter said while turning away. "Oh, aren''t you quite prideful? I was curious and I see that every Schnee must be arrogant." Shallot said while walking past Winter and stopped by Velvet who was in the crowd watching. Velvet started blushing hearing the compliment. Winter turned to see that he wasn''t talking to her but someone that was behind her. She was slightly embarrassed with her face turning red before shortly turning back. She walked toward Ironwood to get out of this situation. Ruby saw what happened and walked over to Weiss. "It seems that your sister didn''t catch Shallot''s eye. Also, my Uncle was cooler." Ruby said in a low voice next to Weiss''s ear while giggling. "I have to go Velvet. I will show you a neat trick with ki later today. I need to do something." Shallot said while thinking that he would have to teach her ki sense. She could copy techniques she seen but for things she had to learn differently still took a normal amount of time if it wasn''t written somewhere. Shallot started walking slightly behind Summer. Velvet was watching him as he slowly started disappearing from her sight. They had gone to Ozpin''s office and were looking at each other. Winter was still upset about how she was reprimanded because of this drunk. "What were you thinking!?" Winter said toward Qrow. "If you were one of my men, I would have you shot!" Ironwood said. "If I was one of your men, I''d shoot myself." Qrow said. ''Man this is like watching a drama. I should have brought some popcorn. Finding out I can pretty much become invisible thanks to my semblance is a good addition. Those chains let me gain better control over my semblance '' Shallot thought while "While I wouldn''t condone his behavior, retaliating like you did certainly didn''t help the situation." Glynda said to Winter. Summer could feel Shallot''s ki but couldn''t see him so she was waiting to see what he was planning on doing. "He was drunk!" Winter said. "He''s always drunk!" Glynda said while looking at Qrow who was taking another swig from his liquor canteen. Qrow eyes widen when he notices that everyone is looking at him. "What?" Qrow said as if he wasn''t always drinking. "Qrow, why are you here?" Ozpin asked since he didn''t get a call from Qrow saying that he was coming back. "You''ve been out of contact for weeks! You can''t just go dark like that in the field!" Ironwood said loudly. "I''m not one of your special operatives, Jimmy!" Qrow said toward Ironwood. Shallot had his scroll up recording the entire thing while thinking about showing this to Ruby and Yang later. He might even get some laughs out of Blake with this. "General." Winter said trying to correct Qrow. "Whatever. You sent me to get intel on our enemy, and I''m telling you, our enemy is here." Qrow said. "We know." Ironwood said while placing his scroll on Ozpin''s desk. Shallot got a notification saying that another access point has been opened. ''For someone with a simulation semblance he makes some pretty bad moves. I guess it only works when he''s actively using it.'' Shallot thought while recording everything. "Oh! Oh, you know! Well, thank goodness I''m out there risking my life to keep you all informed!" Qrow snapped at them. "Qrow-" Ironwood was starting to saw but was interrupted. "Communication''s a two-way street, pal. You see this?" Qrow pulls out his Scroll and points to it. "That''s the SEND bu??on." ''This is getting good..'' Summer thought while thinking that everyone has gotten worse the older they have gotten. Chapter 148 - 142 - I Will Be Taking Things From Here "They had reason to ?ssume you''d been compromised." Winter said. "And I have reason to ?ssume you don''t need to be here." Qrow points to Winter. "Seriously, who invited her?" Qrow was getting irritated now. "Schnee, we''ll discuss this incident back at my ship." Ironwood said asking her to leave. "But sir!" Winter said not wanting to leave. "Winter. Leave." Ironwood said while Winter salutes him. "Yes sir." Winter said while spinning around to head toward the elevator. While she was walking to the elevator she felt someone blow on her ear and turned around but noticed that no one was by her. Ironwood saw that Winter had stopped and turned around. "Is something wrong Schnee?" Ironwood asked. Winter didn''t see anyone near her but continued walking. She stood in the elevator and pressed the bu??on. While the door was closing she felt a tap on her shoulder and was ready to pull her weapon when she realized that she felt something run across her face tried swiping her hand. To everyone else, it looked like Winter was swinging at something invisible. The door shut and she was heading down but whatever was around her wasn''t doing anything and she was thinking that she was becoming paranoid. "Go on." Ironwood said while trying to ignore what just happened. Summer was on the side trying to not laugh since she could sense that Shallot was the one that was messing with Winter. "Your little infiltrator isn''t just another pawn. They''re the ones responsible for Autumn''s condition." Qrow said. "Autumn?" Summer asked. "She is the Fall Maiden that we found. She was attacked and had half of her power was taken." Ozpin said. "Oh." That was Summer''s only reply. "Despite what the world thinks, we''re not just teachers, or Generals, or Headmasters. The people in this room, The leaders of the other two academies, we''re the ones that keep the world safe from the evils no one even knows about!" Getting up in Ironwood''s face. "It''s why we meet behind closed doors, why we work in the shadows. So you tell me, James, when you brought your army to Vale, did you think you were being discreet or did you just not give a damn!?" Qrow said while glaring at Ironwood. "Discreet wasn''t working." Ironwood said. "Well, you all don''t have to worry about that anymore." Shallot''s voice came out next to Qrow. Qrow reached for his weapon but he felt a hand on his shoulder. He turned to see that it was Summer. Everyone could see the air around them warping and they could see Shallot standing next to Qrow. "And who are you kid?" Qrow said still drunk. "Man, you are hammered. I just introduced myself earlier. You are my Uncle-In-Law Qrow. The gears in Qrow head started turning and then finally started to sober up. "Can I ask why you are here Shallot?" Ozpin asked. "I''ve just come to say that I will be dealing with... what was her name again... ah right, Salem." Shallot said while smirking. Qrow was still reaching toward his weapon while Ozpin was wondering how he knew that name. "You all shouldn''t keep documentation about things that are supposed to be private. All it takes is a skilled hacker and they will know everything about what is going on in the school. Especially the area underneath the school that I saw browsing through the files." Shallot said while walking by Ozpin. "So my question is this Ozpin. Why all the secrecy toward a threat and not telling me what is going on when I knew something was going to happen. I had to find out on my own that some things are happening here that would have been nice to know." Shallot continued while picking up Ironwood''s scroll off of the table. "Did you tell him about Salem Summer?" Ozpin asked. "We had been targeted by Salem when you sent me to investigate all those years ago. If it wasn''t for Shallot I would have most likely been dead by now. I am also able to have another arm thanks to him." Summer said getting serious. "So that was the sound of metal when you stopped my sword." Qrow said. "I''ve been out there and I''ve seen the things she''s made, and let me tell you - they are fear." Qrow said remembering all the Grimm he had come across. "I will say this. In the last couple nights, I have gotten real familiar with the dark lands and know where her... what was here castle was." Shallot said remember he smashed the top half of it when he went great ape. "What do you mean by that?" Ironwood asked. "I guess you could say that I was in a bad mood and sent her and a part of her castle flying across the dark lands." Shallot said thinking about all the times when she tried to attack him after the first time and kept getting sent flying. He figured that she was immortal in the Deadpool sense. She just keeps regenerating no matter what. ''I wonder if I can make her become my maid. I kind of need someone that won''t die if I''m going to head to other worlds. It will probably take me another two months before I can have enough control to open space rifts but I don''t know direction-wise on where to go.'' Shallot thought. "I already figured out who is trying to attack the city and you don''t have to worry about it. Just worry about the large amount of Grimm moving through Mountain Glenn. I can deal with a large number of them but I can''t guarantee that there won''t be large-scale destruction if I''m the one to take care of them. You might lose a part of the continent is what I''m saying." Shallot said. Ironwood was doubting that due to using his semblance in his head with the information he has that wouldn''t be possible. Shallot just smiled thinking that they probably wouldn''t believe him but when things finally started he made preparations to nip things in the bud. He had gotten used to turning Oozaru but still hasn''t mastered the form. He wants to be able to condense it just like Goku did in GT if he was remembering it correctly. Shallot then went into telling his plans that he was going to take care of the things coming up and they weren''t going to have to worry about it. Chapter 149 - 143 - Its Been A While It was nighttime with Shallot walking back to the dorm when his scroll started ringing. Shallot looked at it and started smiling seeing it. Shallot flew back to his room to the window and saw that the girls were inside with Ruby and Yang playing a game. Shallot started flying higher into the sky before flying away in another direction. Shallot was flying for several hours before stopping above a mountain with some greenery in the distance. "It''s been a while since I''ve been back here but seeing that I got the notification I guess things have been going well." Shallot floated down toward the mountain in front of a boulder and picked it up and walked under. He placed the boulder back down then pushing his hands against the inside of the mountain. He finally felt a part give in and then the rock face started moving to the side. He stood there with debris shaking and falling than when it moved out of the way he could see a metal door with a hand scanner on it. He placed his hand on the hand scanner before it turned red before beeping. "Shitty old tech." Shallot said while rubbing his hands on his pants trying to get the dirt off of his hands. Shallot placed his hands on the scanner again when it turned green and let him in. Shallot walked into a place that was filled with computers and jars with some liquids in them. The doors shut behind him with the lights cutting on inside. "Welcome back Master Shallot." A female voice came over the speakers inside the room. "Hello Da Vinci, it''s nice to see that the lab hasn''t had any issues." Shallot said while walking toward a door for another room. He slid the door open and walked inside seeing a computer connected with wires running too many different places. "I really need to manage the wires better in this place." Shallot said while walking up to the computer and connecting his scroll. "Yet, you never do. You say the same thing every time you come inside Master." Da Vinci said over the speakers. "I have just received a notification on my phone that full access to the information from my space pod has been decoded, read, and integrated into the base. Is everything going smoothly?" Shallot asked. "Yes, it has fully integrated and we have the full knowledge that was inside your space pod. It is almost time for you to take the medicine you made to curb the aggression from your bloodline also. The dosage is ready but will need more materials for the next 20 batches." Da Vinci said. "Alright, I can gather those from some people that should be coming soon from the things I''ve gathered." Shallot started transferring all information from his scroll to his computer. "I have started transferring all the information that I have gotten in the last month into the system. It should finish in some hours but use this information and start working on ways to build a ship more durable than the one I came in." Shallot said while sitting in a chair. A robotic hand was holding a packet with some medicine in it while moving it toward Shallot. Shallot grabbed it and was looking at it. "I really need to find another way than this." Shallot said while sighing. The robotic hand came again with a glass of water. Shallot grabbed the water while dumping the medicine into it while turning the glass up to his mouth. Shallot swallowed the medicine while thinking he had some hours before all the information would be transferred. Shallot sat in his chair and took a power nap. When he got up started walking toward the door. "Da Vinci, in about a year I want all the projects finished so that we can leave. I have a way to make it back and we will be leaving after I finish some things." Shallot said. "Have you found a maid that can clean the lab at least while you''re gone?" Da Vinci asked since they were the only ones here and she was tired of Friday at this point. "Aren''t you satisfied with Friday?" Shallot said. "Since the last time you uploaded thing from your scroll she has turned into a pervert and saying that she wants a body to do things with you." Da Vinci said. "I haven''t heard Friday say anything. Did you do something with her?" Shallot asked. The screen that was transferring the files changed to what looked like a room. Inside the room was a person sitting on a chair holding their knees while watching a monitor. "As you can see she made herself a virtual body and said that she wanted to watch some entertainment like humans. She wanted to do things like this with you once she gets a body. I rather finish the research." Da Vinci said while another person appeared in the room. It was a female that''s wearing a Neil machine era black gothic dress, black stockings, and black th??h-high heels. She had a black blindfold over her right eye while having a white bob cut hairstyle that covers her left eye. Shallot blinked looking at the girl that appeared on the screen and whistled. Da Vinci turned and looked toward Shallot from the monitor before turning back. She started walking toward the girl that was huddle in the chair facing a monitor. Shallot leaned closer to the monitor to see what she was watching. The girl was sitting looking at pictures of Shallot working out in one of the other rooms from when he was in here half a year ago. The girl was squirming in the chair while looking at the pictures when Da Vinci walked up behind her and hit smashed her fist into her head. "Ow!" Friday said while falling out of the chair. "Master has returned and hear you are doing something like this." Da Vinci said. The girl stood up and she had long white hair that was down her back. She had on black par of small black tight shorts that stuck close to her skin. She has black gloves that go all the way up her arms. Shallot felt his brain turning the longer he was looking at them. ''Isn''t that 2B and A2 from the Neir game I used to play. Damn those characters are still s?xy.'' Shallot thought. Friday turned and looked toward the monitor at Shallot and tried to make herself look decent. "Where did you get those models from." Shallot asked them. "We got them from the drawings you used to make in your free time. We choose these two because they look like sisters and you said that we were sisters." Da Vinci answered him. Friday was standing there while squirming around. "Master... is it possible for us to get real bodies or something similar to the ones from Atlas." Friday asked while trying to calm herself down. "You are beyond help. Such a waste of time coding in something like that." Da Vinci said. "I want to be close to master while you only care about orders. I can do whatever I want just as Master said. As long as we follow his orders and don''t mess with his things we can do whatever we like in the network." Friday said. "Stop arguing, I have more important things to do than listen to you squabble." Shallot said while still feeling slightly drowsy. "Did the notebook plan work Master?" Da Vinci asked. "Yes, it did. I was capable of revealing the information so she won''t be shocked and the other things she read will subconsciously be in her head.." Shallot replied. Chapter 150 - 144 - Time To "Liberate" A Villianess I see that you have already been going through some of the information that was in my scroll. I was slightly surprised to find out that Penny is an android. Her insides are machine so what you want is something different. "I''m fine with just getting a body and I also want a maid. They seem to be useful." Friday said. "I plan on getting one soon so I will be going to go there shortly. I need to grab the containment unit that I made some years ago." Shallot said. "Isn''t that kidnapping?" Friday asked. "Does it matter?" Da Vinci said not caring. "Don''t worry, this maid is a criminal and doesn''t have anyone she would be leaving. She is in a place surrounded by Grimm so I will be going to "liberate" her of her situation." Shallot said while walking out of the room. Shallot opened the door and it had a large number of outfits. He walked up to an outfit and started changing into a red shirt with some black combat pants. Shallot then walked back out and headed for the main door. He walked to the computer and input some commands. The two girls disappeared from the room and he could hear them over the speaker. "We will get started on making the plans and materials needed to make the ship more capable and durable than your space pod. It will be able to carry multiple people so that you can take your wives with you wherever you wish to go." Friday said in a flat tone without any emotions. Shallot nodded his head and left from his lab covering the door with the mechanism. He then placed the boulder back in the place so that it would be less conspicuous. Shallot floated up some and then blasted off flying toward the dark lands. After arriving he was floating above Salem''s partially destroyed castle when he floated down into the throne room where she was sitting at. Shallot landed sitting in a seat while putting his legs on the table. "Sup! I''ve come here to liberate you from this tower." Shallot said while spinning what looked like a metal collar on his fingers. Salem tried attacking sending a surge of black goo toward Shallot but he disappeared from his chair appearing next to her. Shallot unclamped the collar and put it around her neck. Salem stopped feeling something placed around her neck. She was about to remove it when Shallot pulled a controller out of his pocket and pressed the bu??on. A large current of electricity ran through Salem''s body sending her to the floor grasping at her neck. "Ahhhhhhhhh" Salem screamed out. "Administer a controlled shock whenever they become aggressive." Shallot said while releasing the bu??on." Shallot could hear footsteps coming and could see the scorpion Faunus there. Shallot walked over to Salem and grabbed her arm. "Congratulations, you qualify for the position of my maid. You have now been hired to work for me." Shallot said. Tyrian lunged at Shallot trying to attack him only to be met with a chair to the face. The chair broke upon contact but Tyrian rolled back and got back up. He tried a different approach attacking from the side, but since the room didn''t have a roof or walls and longer there was nothing for him to jump off of to gain a strategic advantage. Once Tyrian was close enough, Shallot grabbed him by his neck before looking toward the distance. "See ya bitch!" Shallot hurled Tyrian into the distance knowing that as long as his aura is fine he could survive, but he didn''t care either if he didn''t. He got what he came for. Shallot walked up to Salem while looking at her. "I will tell you this now. You will be my maid and I will be coming back for you when things are prepared. If you try to remove the collar you will get a controlled shock. If someone else tries to remove the collar you will receive a shock. If it goes off more than 10 times then it will go into another mode that will be even more painful. If I press the bu??on on this remote you will be shocked. If you want to continue walking around without problems don''t mess with the collar." "You can''t do this, do you know who I am." Salem said while feeling the high voltage running through her body. "Yes I do know and I know that you are immortal which is why I have decided that you will become my maid. You were just unlucky I guess. You caught my attention which got you in this situation." Shallot said while walking away from Salem. Shallot started floating up into the sky with Salem glaring at him hoping that she can find some way to kill this danger to her. Even if she couldn''t die it didn''t mean that she wanted to keep being attacked by him. She couldn''t do anything and find out how to get rid of this collar that was around her neck. ~~~ Salem thought about just cutting off her head then taking the collar off since it would come off that way. She tried attacking her neck for another current of a shock to run through her body making her arm stop. Salem then heard a mechanical voice come from the collar. "7 Shocks left before next phase." The collar around her neck stated. Salem looked to where Shallot flew off to while crawling toward her chair pulling herself into it. She sat there trying not to move wondering why was the electricity was so painful from this when she has been through worse. ~~~ Shallot had flown back to his lab entering it while making sure that there was no one or Grimm around. He didn''t want this place to be found. It took far too long to build this and would hate for it to be destroyed. Shallot walked to the computer and saw that the files were finished downloading and that he could unplug his scroll. He unplugged it putting it into his pocket and started looking at some information since he has been busy lately. He was reading the information that he got from Ironwood''s personal scroll. "Oh, so Penny is an android that is similar to a person that can use aura. That means that the doctor behind this is closer to Dr. Gero while Dr. Merlot was the knockoff." Shallot muttered while reading the file. "After seeing that file we have concluded that we want bodies like this so we can at least roam around with you master. A subpart of us will continue to run the lab while the physical version of us could keep you posted about all information running through here." Friday said over the speakers. Shallot thought that was an ok idea but he didn''t know where they would get the materials for that. He hadn''t gotten any machines that could automatically build a robot body like that so he would have to gather things like that. He has a stock of parts in the warehouses that Roman has that could be used but nothing to deconstruct them and resemble them how he would like. He would either have to do it by hand or a very slow process by Friday and Di Vinci. Shallot started reading the information until he was feeling drowsy again.. He stood up and started to leave to head back to the academy. Chapter 151 - 145 - Everyone Needs a Neo Shallot got up in the morning and was feeling groggy. He looked around the room to see that there were his clothes strewn around while Ruby was clung to him. Blake was laying on top of him while Yang was on the other side. Shallot turned his head to see that Weiss was in her bed with the pillow over her head sleeping while he could see a box flipped over where Zwei and Merlin sleeps. Shallot was feeling a lot calmer now and started to get up while slowly moving Blake off of him trying not to wake her up. It didn''t work however and Blake, Ruby, and Weiss. While he was trying to sit up he felt something soft wrapped around his lower member and looked down. His senses were fully kicked in with hearing a slurping sound and looked past Blake and could see Neo su?k?n? him off. ''Damn, I don''t even remember last night but it must have been great.'' Shallot thought while raising his h?ps releasing his morning stress. Neo was looking up at Shallot seeing that he had woken up and slowly got up from under the covers. "Good morning Neo. I thought you would have gone back to your "teammates" to prepare for the next match." Shallot said. Blake was groggily waking up along with Yang moving with Ruby mumbling under her breath. "You''re going to pump me full of filling. I''m like a cream donut." Ruby mumbled while rolling over still trying to get more sleep. [10 Minutes Later] Everyone had gotten up and taken their shower to prepare for today. It was the matches for the double today. They got ready for their next match Shallot and Weiss since Yang and Ruby wanted to go spend some time with their parents and uncle. Shallot and the girls were walking to the arena getting ready to watch the match for Team CFVY. Coco and Yatsuhashi were doing the match for today. "Why isn''t Velvet in the ring. She should have a better chance than Yatsuhashi since she has been training with us?" Ruby asked. "Probably because she doesn''t know how much to use against different people. Ki is very dangerous if not used properly and aura can only stop so much. If a strong blast penetrates through one area it will go through like a hot knife through bu??er." Blake gave the reply knowing that even though Velvet can copy them she isn''t used to the control and experience needed for different situations. They were sitting watching the start of the match with Coco and Yatsuhashi vs Mercury and Emerald. "Coco and Yatsuhashi are going to lose." Shallot said. Neo who was sitting on his ??p just nodded her head with Ruby looking at them thinking that her seat was taken. Ruby was watching the match waiting for it to start. Weiss on the other hand wanted to know why he thought that Coco would lose. "Why would they lose if they have started training with Velvet recently." Weiss asked. "It''s because they only started training recently with the methods I showed Velvet. Velvet would have been a good choice for the battle but she doesn''t have the quick-thinking skills for dealing with tricky opponents." Shallot said knowing that Emerald and Mercury would most likely use tricks to fight since they work with Cinder. "Emerald and Mercury of Haven, versus Coco and Yatsuhashi of Beacon!" Professor Port said over the mic getting ready to start the match. He knows that personally they aren''t that strong and would attack others when they aren''t ready. Shallot was sitting there ready to watch when he saw that Velvet and Fox were a couple of rows away from them. "Good luck, you two!" Velvet yelled out in support which Shallot and the others could hear. The Colosseum chooses four fields to rise from below in quarter sections: A patch of tall grassy plains which has a single tree and some rocks; the ruins of a city, complete with buildings holding shattered windows and rubble among the pavement; a hot spring containing geyser spots along a small river and some blue Dust crystal growths; and a familiar section of dense forest. They were watching the match when Neo showed her scroll to him showing a message to him. [They are going to lose. Emerald has a semblance that allows her to cause hallucinations to the people around her.] Neo typed in her scroll. Shallot nodded his head thinking that it was a good semblance and could be useful. ''Now how can I show the chasm which is our capabilities without giving them PTSD.'' Shallot thought since he already had Salem and needed a way to not break them mentally. "That was anti-climatic." Ruby said while seeing them get beaten so easily. It didn''t even take five minutes for them to lose. "It would have been smarter to let Velvet fight instead if they were going to lose like that." Yang said shaking her head thinking that after all the training none of the fights were that interesting. They all got up to leave the stadium while Weiss wanted to head somewhere else. "I will come with you all later. I need to meet with my sister. She wished to speak with me." Weiss told her teammates and Neo and started walking in a different direction than them. ~~~ In an elegant twilit pavilion area of ivy-covered pillars, rounded archways, and lion-decorated fountains, Weiss Schnee and her elder sister Winter are sitting at a simple table with a plate full of croissants and strawberries. Winter is sipping from her teacup as Weiss repeats the news she was just told. Weiss had come here since her sister wanted to talk to her. "I will be leaving soon and wanted to talk to you before then." Winter said. "Your leaving!" Weiss was surprised since she had only been here for a day and not even a full 24 hours. "Yes. I was merely needed to oversee the transport of additional units to Vale. Our last shipment was lost to an ambush. I believe you had a run-in with its cargo, actually. Fortunately, those Paladins were in the prototype stage; otherwise your team may not have fared so well." Winter said as she was impressed at how far her little sister had come. Weiss sighs and looks down dejectedly. Winter grabs her sister''s hand reassuringly. "Weiss, you''ve done... well, out here, on your own. You should be proud. I''ll be honest, it was quite amusing seeing Father''s face the day you left for Beacon!" Winter chuckled remembering that day. "I can''t wait to show him what I learned!" Weiss replied knowing that she had grown much stronger than when she first came to Beacon and she has to admit that she has only gotten this strong thanks to Shallot''s training. Chapter 152 - 146 - Sister Talk "Oh? Then what do you think you''ve learned?" Winter asked wanting to hear Weiss''s experiences from her mouth. "What do you mean? I''m getting better and better with my glyphs! I''ve even started to become amazing at time dilation. With the speed at which I can use my glyphs and outmaneuver anyone I come across, I unbeatable... unless it''s Shallot or Blake." Weiss trailed off knowing that those two were still far ahead of her. She still said it with a proud look on her face. Winter was interested in who this Shallot and Blake was that even with the skill she showed in the match was. From the fight she had watched, she could tell that she was the fastest from the group if everyone was moving there fastest. Winter hadn''t seen Weiss use summoning which their family is known for and wanted to know if Weiss was working on her summoning. "And what of your Summoning?" Winter asked. Weiss turned her head looking away. "You know I can''t," Weiss said knowing that it''s the one thing that she isn''t good with. It feels different than using the glyphs which she has gotten amazing at. Winter looked at Weiss as if what she said wasn''t possible. " Don''t be ridiculous. Every Schnee has the ability to summon. We have for generations." Winter said while thinking that maybe Weiss has focused heavily on time dilations and her other glyphs. Weiss gets upset hearing that. She knows that every Schnee has been able to do it but she couldn''t which has been frustrating her. Since she has been training with Shallot her strength has increased greatly and her sparring against Blake has helped greatly. She was looking at Winter knowing that she was expecting more from her. "I''ve tried! It''s just... it''s the one thing I''ve been having trouble with!" Weiss said with emotion knowing how hard she tried. Anytime she wasn''t training with her teammates she would try to summon but still couldn''t even after practicing. "We Schnees are unique. Unlike many, our Semblance is hereditary. But that doesn''t mean it will come easily." Winter said while lifting her palm making a small elaborate glyph on her palm. "Your Semblance is like a muscle. The more you practice with it, the stronger it will become. But if you only focus on one aspect of it..." the glyph on Winter''s hand expands suddenly in a bright flash, causing Weiss to turn away before looking back up in awe at the white-and-blue Beowolf now at her sister''s side. "If you fail to test the limits of what you think is possible, then you''ll never truly grow. You must become flexible with yourself and allow different things. You must be able to adapt to what is going on around you so that you can continue growing." Winter said while explaining why she thinks that Weiss hasn''t been able to summon even though she was clearly strong enough. A caterpillar is slowly inching around on the edge of a fountain at Weiss points her Myrtenaster at the ground, creating a rotating glyph made of blade symbols with Winter behind her, appraising the effort. "Excellent form! Now think to your fallen foes! The ones who forced you to push past where you were, and become who you are now." Winter said seeing that Weiss was doing fine. Weiss was thinking about the Beowolves that she could easily take out without even using her semblance. They weren''t someone that could push her anymore and were weaklings in her eyes. Why did she need to summon something weak enough to be dealt with by her without her semblance. "Think of them, and watch as they come to your side," Winter said while Weiss was concentrating wanting to just summon something. Weiss glyph circle was circling quickly and started wobbling after a small ape started appearing before it shattered into ice. Weiss hit the table thinking that she just wanted it to work cracking the table. She has always been able to use her intelligence to set up other glyphs and do things as long as she tried hard enough. Why was summoning so hard that everyone else in her family can do. Winter''s hand immediately comes down on Weiss'' head in a slap. "Stop doubting yourself!" Winter called out seeing that it was starting to form but she also wasn''t familiar with the type of Grimm that she was summoning. There were a couple of monkey-type Grimms but none like the one she had seen forming. "I''m trying!" Weiss replied thinking that she has always been trying but it always fails. Even if it starts to form it won''t stay. "If this is what you call trying then you have no hope of becoming a successful Huntress," Winter said while smiling when she got an idea. "Why don''t you just move back home? I''m sure Father would give you a nice job as a receptionist!" Winter said to Weiss. "I don''t need his charity!" Weiss said while looking away thinking about how she had her card canceled and couldn''t even buy her own food. "But you do need his money, don''t you?" Winter said while leaning closer to Weiss. "What!? How did you know about that!?" Weiss asked since that only happened yesterday and her sister shouldn''t have known about that. " Lucky guess. I may have been in a similar situation when I joined the military. So what have you done this time?" Winter said while straightening herself knowing that the same thing happened when she left and joined the army. "Well, that''s the thing: I''m really not sure! I went to pay for lunch the other day, but the card didn''t work!" Weiss said while tilting her head not understanding why her card wasn''t working. "How embarrassing," Winter said with her hand over her mouth in sarcasm while looking at her little sister. "I know!" Weiss said but then noticed that Winter was shaking her head not catching her sarcasm. "Well, it was! Why would he cut me off like that?" "Perhaps so that you''d stop avoiding him and call home," Winter replied already knowing the reason for why her card was cut off since it happened to her before. Instead of answering, Weiss attempts once more to create a summoning glyph, gritting her teeth until Winter places a consoling hand on her shoulder. The Glyph was as large as the table that they were by and was still expanding. "Emotions can grant you strength. But you must never let them overpower you." Winter gave her advice while the attempted glyph flickers and fades once more, though neither of them pays it any attention. "It sounds to me like you have two choices in front of you. You can either call him, beg for his money back, and explain once more why you would want to study at Beacon over Atlas, or you could continue to explore Remnant, discovering more about the world and honestly, more about yourself." Winter gave her point of view knowing that Weiss should take her time and decide what she wants for herself while she is still in school. Winter gives Weiss a hug showing that she has support from her family still and that she can always talk to her. "It''s time for me to go," Winter said after their bonding time. "It was really good to see you, Winter," Weiss says while releasing the hug. "Until next time, sister," Winter said but stops after taking a couple of steps. "I forgot to ask but who is this Blake and Shallot that you think so highly of," Winter asked. "They are my teammates and I have to admit that the reason that I am so strong is because of him training all of us," Weiss said. "Oh, so are you interested in this Shallot since you speak so highly of him," Winter asked while smirking. Chapter 153 - 147 - Gaming Master Inside Team RWBYS room Shallot was sitting there watching Ruby play against her uncle in a fighting game. Neo was sitting on top of his ??p "You''ll never beat me, old man!" Ruby said while mashing the two action bu??ons on her scroll. ''Never thought her uncle would enjoy video games.'' Shallot thought while the fight was pretty close. "You''re nothing but talk, kid!" Qrow said while mashing his bu??ons with a pattern to them. "You can do it, Ruby!" Yang cheered from the side. The fight music from the game filled the room until Shallot saw Ruby losing. The screen of the video game Ruby and Qrow are playing shows one of the pixelated ninjas decapitates the other, with the announcer saying "SOARING NINJA WINS! TOTAL ANNIHILATION!" Qrow grins victoriously at Ruby that he won. "Ouch!" Yang said looking at the close fight that Ruby could have won. Shallot sat Neo down to the side while walking over to Ruby while rubbing her back. "You''ll get him next time. I can show you some moves in the game later." Shallot said then leaned closer to her ear. "I can also show you some moves in the bed." Ruby faced turned red while trying to laugh it off while her uncle was here trying to hit Shallot. Yang came over and took the scroll from Ruby for the next match since she had gotten better from playing with Shallot sometimes even though she could never beat him. \ "Alright, my turn." Shallot stops them before they could start the match. "How about you play a different fighting game that''s better than this one." Shallot said while running another program from his scroll to the screen. They could hear music coming. (The Immortals - Techno Syndrome) Test your might Test your might Test your might Test your might FIGHT! MORTAL KOMBAT! EXCELLENT! Yang heard the music and had flashbacks of bicycle kicks while shuddering. "I don''t think I want to play anymore," Yang said while handing the scroll to Shallot. "Don''t mind if I do." Shallot said while taking a controller out getting ready to show why he is the gaming master and the strongest in fights. Shallot went to the drawer grabbing another controller handing it to Qrow. Qrow hadn''t seen a controller like this and was curious. It had the four-movement bu??on but also two pads in the middle. It had four bu??ons on the side and four bu??ons on the front of the controllers. Shallot went and picked Liu Kang. Qrow was looking down at the new controls that were on the pad in front of him. It wasn''t the basic two-button and movement pad anymore but he could tell that it was a good controller to use. He didn''t know how to use it though. "Can you explain how to play to him, Yang?" Shallot asked her. Yang got a mischievous smile now thinking that her uncle wouldn''t know how to play but she could get an easy win in. Yang took the controller from Shallot while hitting the circle bu??on and chose another character. "The circle bu??on is the go back, while the x bu??on is to accept. The triangle and square bu??ons aren''t used unless fighting in the game. The bu??on that looks like a play bu??on is the start bu??on so that you can join as player two." Yang started explaining how to use what was essentially a PlayStation controller. Shallot was listening to her explaining it until she finished when she chose Sub Zero "SUB ZERO!" The game announced out. Qrow went and chose the character that looked like a ninja. "Scorpian!" The game announced out. "FIGHT!" "The bu??ons are simple. Here''s a list with all the controls so that it will be easier to learn," Ruby said while handing her cheat sheet for the game she keeps with her since she always loses against Yang. Back Punch - Triangle Front Kick - Cross/X Back Kick - Circle Throw - L1 Flip Stance - L2 Interact - R1 Block - R2] Qrow overlooked the sheet thinking that this game must be complicated. Qrow could see the ticker going down and moved his character towards Yang''s character. Yang had a smile on her face while the Qrow character was getting closer to her. "Oh, you''re approaching me?" Yang asked. "I can''t beat you unless I get closer," Qrow said while he was about to hit a bu??on but Yang already started her attack. She pressed the back arrow and x then pressed triangle which gave a hook to the stomach of Scorpian. While Qrow''s character was in a stun animation she went to the next combo. Down, right, square bu??on which shot an ice ball freezing his character once he was out of the stun animation. She then went and pressed up and over then pressed the right arrow bu??on again with the square bu??on sending an ice kick. After the combo was finished 1/10th of his health bar was gone. Qrow wasn''t expecting his niece to be this good but he had never played with this kind of game before and thought it was pretty interesting. Qrow was thoroughly smashed in the game with him chuckling thinking it wasn''t in his favor. "Flawless Victory!!!" The game said which the more Qrow heard it the more it sounded like Shallot''s voice but just deeper. Shallot walked over holding his hand out for the controller. The matches were the best of three and Yang was up by one. "Let a gaming master show you how it''s done." Shallot said. Yang was about to hand the controller to Ruby when she saw Shallot grabbing the controller but Ruby was on the other side of the room with Blake. Yang thought that maybe she can win this time since Shallot wasn''t using Liu Kang and he always played with him. Yang started her attack but was immediately countered. Shallot went with the dirtiest move combo he knew. The hack and slash combo. While Sub Zero was on the counter he had a split second and he would prioritize it. Forward + X, triangle was the first move starting the hack and slash. Scorpian did a front kick bringing Sub Zero up from his stun before being slashed with the kunai then he disappeared into a portal punching him. While that happened Shallot continued pressing down, forward then x, and the right trigger on the controller making Scropian swinging up sending Sub Zero into the air before he was kicked. Qrow was watching Yang''s health bar going down with his mouth open seeing that while also looking at Shallot fingers tapping each bu??on. While Sub Zero was in the air falling he hit forward X sending a flying kick closing the distance and then tapping square twice sending two punches. "This is called a combo leading into a juggle." Shallot said like what he was doing was easy. Before Sub Zero could hit the ground pressed back, forward, then square sending a spear out pulling Sub Zero closer then slashing him with a sword making him fall to the ground. Yang was starting to try to get her character up seeing that 1/4 of her health bar was already gone from that one combo. "This isn''t fair!" Yang said while trying to get her character up. Soon as Sub Zero was halfway up Shallot continued the combo. He pressed fup and triangle sending a sword strike upward knocking Sub Zero into the air then went back into the hack and slash combo. After that went into a spear move making it so Yang couldn''t use any of her ranged moves. Yang couldn''t get a single hit off before she saw the last of her health drain. "Flawless Victory!!!" The game voice announced out to them. Shallot handed Qrow back the controller with Yang looking like she wanted to strangle Shallot. Qrow was thinking that he got the gist of how to play but knew he couldn''t win against them in this game so he thought of something else. Chapter 154 - 148 - Family Time Shallot was sitting there watching Yang who was about to humiliate her uncle again. "Now where was I?" Qrow said thinking that if he distracted her then he could possibly win. "You were telling us about your last mission!" Ruby said from the side coming back over now that Qrow was about to finish his story on what he was doing. "Right, right..." Qrow said as he was trying not to be put in a combo by Yang again spamming low kicks. "I''d come across a small village in the swamps west of Mistral. Right off the bat, I knew something wasn''t right." Qrow started saying with Yang losing her concentration listening to the story. "What were you doing there?" Ruby asked seeing that Qrow''s health was already at the halfway point. "I needed information. Tired from battling Grimm along the way, I decided to start my search at the town''s inn. The place was crawling with lowlifes and thugs, even a few Huntsmen that I could only ?ssume had been hired by less-than-reputable people for less-than respectable jobs. And that''s when it happened." Qrow said when he finally was getting used to the controls and managed to not get juggled by Yang. "What happened?" Yang asked as she stopped attacking for a second giving him a chance which she blocked easily. "I was defeated... by the mere sight... of the innkeeper''s skirt length!" Qrow said hoping that it would shock her enough so he could get the advantage but instead of that, he got put into a combo. "That''s it?" Yang said while finally taking down Scorpion. "FINISH HIM!" The game said while Yang''s character walked in front of Scorpion she pressed forward, forward, square. Sub Zero grabbed Scorpion''s head slamming it into his head then she pressed down, down, square. "FATALITY!!!" The game was announced out to a shocked Qrow who saw the fatality not expecting for a game to be so brutal. "You weren''t surprised with the story," Qrow asked. "Not really, Shallot does more than looking at skirts with us," Ruby says offhandedly before she covers her mouth while Yang is face-palming herself. Qrow nearly choked hearing that before turning to look at Shallot. Shallot looked at him with a what look. "What do you mean by that," Qrow asked while glaring at Shallot. "Don''t get thrown out of the window Qrow. I don''t care if you are their uncle. I do what I want with my loved ones and nobody gets in my way." Shallot while staring back at Qrow. Yang pulls Qrow''s shirt trying to get his attention knowing that Shallot would indeed throw their uncle out the window if he felt like it. "He will do it and I''m sure there is nothing you could do," Blake said from the side while she was looking at the game that Ruby had left thinking about her next move. Ruby wanted to change the subject with the perfect question. "So, Uncle Qrow, did you get in trouble with Ozpin?" Ruby asked her uncle hoping to pull her uncle''s attention away from Shallot so he doesn''t get thrown out of a window. Although it would be hilarious to Blake, Shallot would make sure not to be too physical with his girlfriend''s families. Mostly Yang''s and Ruby''s since he was sure that Summer would probably laugh if she found out Qrow was tossed out of the room by Shallot but would also come after him. She wanted to spend time with her baby girl some more. "Nah, I and Oz go way back. We''re cool." Qrow said while still looking at Shallot who picked up the water bottle off the side and throwing it at Qrow who was hit with the bottle bursting. They heard his aura break from that with a red mark showing up on his forehead. "Cool for an old guy. Must have gotten along swimmingly." Yang said seeing Qrow soaked with water and the red dot on his forehead. Qrow was about to get up and attack Shallot when Ruby didn''t want a fight and left the bed appearing next to her uncle knocking him out. Ruby was looking at her unconscious uncle. "At least he won''t get beat up really bad now," Yang said seeing Ruby move to knock their uncle out. "Why are you so irritable? Aren''t I the pregnant one?" Blake asked from the side. Shallot was also wondering why he was becoming more irritable. He already took the medicine and that should have taken care of the issues of his anger problems. It was one of the things of a Saiyan that he didn''t like. He didn''t want to be a battle junkie but it was like withdrawal symptoms. The longer he didn''t fight something more aggressive he would get but since he has surpassed pretty much everything on this planet he doesn''t feel satisfied anymore. He isn''t even trying anytime in a fight and just tries to use different methods to challenge himself. It was like being a level 100 in a level 1 area. Even the one giving everyone problems who was Salem didn''t even give him anything interesting. At least he got himself a maid out of it. Qrow woke up 30 minutes later who was trying to remember what happened when he just felt a fist on his head when he lost consciousness. Qrow looked around seeing Ruby and Yang playing the game. Their roommate Blake sitting on the bed reading a book and Shallot nowhere to be seen. Qrow rubbed his head trying to figure out who knocked him out. "Ow!" Qrow said feeling soreness at the crown of his head. "Your awake?" Blake said noticing Qrow awake. Ruby and Yang turned seeing their uncle awake with Ruby looking away immediately hearing that Yang didn''t stop attacking her. "That''s cheating. I wasn''t paying attention." Ruby said while trying to counter. "That''s your fault baby sister," Yang said in a teasing manner while trying to capitalize on her mistake. "What happened?" Qrow asked. "Ruby knocked you out," Blake said as if it was the most normal thing. "Your joking right?" Qrow thinking that she was joking not believing his niece could do that. "Sorry Uncle Qrow," Ruby said without turning away from the screen with her getting Yang in the corner and spamming a juggle combo when she finally won the round. "Yes!!! Finally!!!" Ruby yelled out. "Maybe Ironwood is right and I''m drinking too much... naw that isn''t it," Qrow said but immediately changed his mind. "You... know the General?" Yang asked turning away from the screen this time giving Ruby the chance she needed. "Hey, I know everybody to some extent. Remember, you''re talking to a member of the coolest team that graduated Beacon!" Qrow said while pulling out a picture that had him, Raven, Summer, and Taiyang groggily still waking up fully. "Hah, Team STRQ... That''s where I met your parents. We were pretty well known back in the day." Qrow said while reminiscing. "Well known for crummy fashion sense!" Ruby said while turning her head seeing the photo before quickly turning back to stop a low kick from Yang. "Hey, we looked good! And I have a number of inappropriate stories to back that up!" Qrow said. "And we have just a few also," Ruby said in retaliation. "I didn''t need to know that," Qrow said with a scrunched-up face being completely sober hearing that. "Anyways, I''m too old to be hanging out with a bunch of kids. You''re gonna cramp my style." Qrow said while standing up while keeping his balance. "Just remember that if you need anything you can let me know," Qrow said while stopping in the doorway. *BOOOOM* They all heard a loud sound and shortly while the building was shaking and they all stood up trying to see what was going on.. Qrow thinking that maybe they were being attacked started running down the hallway toward the sound. Chapter 155 - 149 - Consequences Shallot had left out of the room after Ruby knocked Qrow out and headed outside while flying to the sky. Shallot looked toward a certain direction before lifting his hand. "It seems that she needs to be disciplined more." Shallot said while noticing in the distance a large Grimm flying toward the city. Shallot raised his hand toward the Wyvern like Grimm and decided that showing Salem that no matter what she sends she can only obey. Ki started gathering in his hand. "Just enough to send a message but more than enough to scare everyone looking." Shallot said while aiming. The ki ball was shaking and spiking irregularly. "Big Bang Attack!" Shallot called out releasing the attack. The Big Bang Attack flew toward the Grimm at such a speed that it couldn''t even react. It slammed directly causing an explosion leaving nothing of the Grimm. There wasn''t even a puddle of Grimm goo left behind. Shallot turned around when he saw Ruby, Yang, Blake, and Qrow a bit behind them. They had come out with Ruby jumping and flying into the air next to him looking at where he just fired at. She didn''t see anything there and was wondering what he was firing at. "What was the large spike in energy about. It''s the largest amount of ki that I''ve felt since you blew up the island?" Ruby asked. Blake also started to float upward into the sky to see what Shallot and Ruby were talking about. "What was the ki attack for?" Blake asked after leveling with them. "It seems that Salem didn''t learn the lesson that I was so kind to teach. I will have to go back and show her exactly the reason you don''t mess with what''s mine." Shallot said. "Us?" Ruby asked. "No, this world. The moment I was here meant that I will make sure that if I have people here then those that are with me won''t have to worry about the dangers of the world." Shallot said. "Is it going to take long?" Blake asked since Shallot and Weiss had the match tomorrow. Yang and Ruby said that they wanted to spend some time with their parents while they were visiting them and weren''t going to participate. "It won''t take long. Give me 3 hours." Shallot said before shooting off. Qrow was looking up at Shallot, Ruby, and Blake who were flying then turned to look at Yang. "Can you do that too?" Qrow asked wondering when Ruby learned to fly. "I haven''t learned how to fly as well as Ruby but I can float if I concentrate," Yang said as she was more interested in enhancing herself with ki. Shallot told her that it wouldn''t take long as long as she practiced flying anytime she had some free time. "It also seemed that Summer could also fly. Is that just a thing that people can do after meeting Shallot?" Qrow asked. "Weiss can''t fly," Yang replied. "Huh... well I''m going to get myself a drink," Qrow said heading back to their room since he left his canteen sitting on the floor rushing out when he followed behind them. "Where is he going anyway? Don''t you all have a match tomorrow?" Qrow asked while stopping his walk. "Don''t know but Ruby and Blake probably know," Yang said. Ruby and Blake landed when they turned to Qrow. "I don''t think you all will have to worry about whoever this Salem person is," Ruby said. Qrow was surprised to hear that. "What do you mean by that?" Qrow said not knowing how much Shallot told them and if he could really do something about someone that he thought was unstoppable. "Well, if it is someone that can die then it is someone who can consider dead then," Blake said remembering the island being wiped out by Shallot. "That person can''t be killed," Qrow said letting it slipped since he wasn''t completely sober. "That makes it worse for whoever Salem is," Blake replied since she knew him so well. Knowing Shallot would probably toy with them until he got bored. "I need to go and see Ozpin!" Qrow said before continuing walking. ~~~ They heard an explosion in the distance and they had stopped talking. Winter was wondering what was going on getting ready to move when she saw the look on Weiss''s face. Weiss was looking up toward the area Shallot was in while scrunching her eyebrows. Winter seeing this could see that Weiss thought something was wrong. "What''s wrong Weiss?" Winter asked not used to seeing Weiss with such a serious face before. She was laughing and telling her about everything and then she got a really serious look on her face. "Shallot just fired an attack that could most likely level a small town," Weiss said. Winter was about to stand up when Weiss shook her head. Even though Winter thought that Shallot was ???ky she knew he was reliable and that he could deal with anything if it would endanger them. "Shallot can handle anything that comes this way," Weiss said. "For someone that is saying that she likes this Sun you talk about Shallot a lot!?" Winter asked in a sarcastic tone while smiling at her sister. "I... No... You''re overthinking things... why would a Schnee like someone that has other girls." Weiss said while looking away from her sister. She kept trying to tease her over this. Winter was thinking about something when she asked something that surprised her. "How strong would you say he is when compared to the teachers." Weiss turned to her sister with a serious look. "Shallot is someone that could destroy an entire island if he wanted to and still be fine afterward. He is only getting stronger lately but also seemed to also be trying to do something." Weiss told her sister and recounted how Shallot is more of a teacher for her since she has been advancing in her combat skills thanks to him. ''I see. So he is far stronger than anything that we have come across. It also seems that he loves his girlfriends greatly and he makes sure that he takes care of them. He must also be great at other things since he can keep those around him happy without them complaining to him.'' Winter was thinking about everything. ''Interesting?'' Winter thought while going back to talking with Weiss since she had a couple more minutes before she needed to leave back to Atlas. Chapter 156 - 150 - Pecking Order Shallot was standing with his foot on Salem''s face pushing her into the ground. He lifted his foot and kicked her sending her into the air before jumping up smashing his fist through her ?h?st. Salem screamed having felt the hand puncturing her ?h?st straight through her bones. "You see, I usually like to deal with as few problems as I can. Erasing any possible problems and using anyone useful and showing love to those that are close to me. I''m a very simple person. As long as you follow what I say then you wouldn''t have anything to worry about." Shallot said before grabbing her face and yanking his hand out of her ?h?st. Shallot threw her into the ground outside of the castle. *BOOOOM* Shallot landed in front of Salem who had a black sludge oozing out of her body healing her. She started to stand up while screaming out with Grimms coming from the distance. Shallot lifted his hand where ki was gathering before it shot into the air and broke into many different strands. The many blasts shot in different directions launching down onto the approaching Grimm. Shallot started walking over to Salem as she was rethinking her life decisions. "Remember. All this is only happening because of you. Things could have been different." Shallot said stopping in front of her. She swung her fist at him sending some black sludge at him that turned into black Grimm arms stretching toward Shallot. Shallot blasted the hand out of the way before firing a ki beam into her knee making her fall to the ground again. Shallot reached into his pocket and pulled a remote with a single bu??on. "Don''t worry, I can make sure that with controlled shocks your attitude will be treated." Shallot said while holding the bu??on down sending electric shocks through her body. Ruby and Blake were sitting on the bed playing a game of chess when both of them got a chill down their spine. They both looked around but didn''t notice anything. "Huh, weird. I thought something strange was happening but I guess it was just me." Blake said. "I also felt a chill run down my spine but I don''t know why?"Ruby said while tilting her head. ~~~ Qrow was back in Ozpins office and had just finished telling Ozpin everything that he had seen. He told what Shallot said he was going and if it was alright to leave it up to a kid. "I can say this Qrow. The original reason that I wanted him in the school was that I wasn''t sure if he was already working with Salem. I invited him to keep an eye on him but it seemed that it wouldn''t matter since he doesn''t see Salem as a threat." Ozpin said while drinking from his coffee cup. "Isn''t he too dangerous to keep around the kids especially my nieces!" Qrow said thinking about how Shallot is staying in the same room and what Yang said. "To be honest with you Qrow... Shallot is someone that will continue to grow stronger over time. Once his semblance was unlocked he only grew stronger but even before then, he was already stronger than the teachers. Dealing with Salem and the Grimm isn''t really that much of a problem." Ozpin said. "But you said that she is the main problem and from what I have seen she is a problem!" Qrow said slightly louder remember the swarm of Grimm that he remembered that were walking toward the city a week ago. "I have already called for the graduated classes and any huntsmen that were in the area. They have dressed in civilian clothes but kept their weapons hidden until the time is right. I haven''t been wasting my time knowing that Salem could be making her move. I now know why Salem hasn''t moved and hasn''t been more aggressive. She isn''t completely unstoppable. The silver-eyed clan is what is needed which is why Salem was hunting them down. Ruby has the same eyes as her mother and I was planning on having you find Maria Calavera. She was the only silver-eyed that was proficient in fighting Grimm, but since Summer is back she can teach Ruby instead. You may still need to find Calavera so that her experience could be given to Ruby and Summer." Ozpin started explaining. "So what is the main problem right now?" Qrow asked. "The same thing that I have been worrying about since Shallot first got here. Is he a threat and if he is, is there anything we could do to stop him. There is no one physically stronger than him and from the reports I have gotten he doesn''t care if he has to kill a large number of people." Ozpin said. ~~~ Yang was sitting in front of the bed on the floor exercising. She was doing sit-ups when she heard the door open. She turned to see that Shallot walked through the doorway rubbing his wrist. "Seems like it''s going to take longer and more discipline to make her fall in line." Shallot said while walking through the door. Blake raised her eyebrow and patted the bed next to her. Shallot sat down with Blake laying her head on Shallot''s ??p while curling up. "So what did that Salem person do?" Ruby asked. "She''s the one that''s sending the Grimm, so I decided that it is my duty as an upstanding citizen to rehabilitate her by making her work under me as a maid and take care of looking after you all. She just needs more training right now." Shallot said. "Hahaha!!!!" Blake burst out laughing hearing that. "You being an upstanding citizen is like Ruby being a serious person," Blake said while laughing in Shallot''s ??p. "I wouldn''t kill innocents as Salem has so I am an upstanding citizen." Shallot said since his bottom line stood with innocent people. If they were scum then who cares if they were ki blasted out of existence. Shallot pulled out his scroll and texted Neo to see if she had told Roman that he could escape at any time since they were throwing the plan. "Where is Weiss? She should be back by now. Did you see her while you were on your way back in Shallot?" Yang asked seeing that it was getting pretty late. "No, I haven''t seen her. She should have come back by now or she is probably talking to Pyrrha." Shallot said. "Ruby, you have to go and get Weiss since you are the team leader," Yang said while continuing to do sit-ups. Ruby who had just lad on Shallot''s shoulder looked like she was being robbed. "Uhhhhhhhhh!!! Do I have to? Weiss will probably come back to the room herself since it''s almost lights out and she has to be ready in the morning since her and Shallot''s match is tomorrow" Ruby said while complaining not wanting to get up. "Fiiiiiine, I''ll get Weiss," Ruby said while rolling off the bed onto the floor. "Ow," Ruby said even though she wasn''t hurt at all. She slowly got up while walking to the door to go and see if Weiss was in Pyrrha''s room. Chapter 157 - 151 - Never Miss A Beat Shallot was standing next to Weiss waiting for their match to begin. They had already seen Penny''s match and were waiting for the match to start. They had 4 minutes left until they had to get to the stage. "Are you ready for the match?" Shallot asked while he was looking at his scroll not paying attention. "Isn''t it overkill for you to be in this match?" Weiss asked. "Yang and Ruby wanted to spend time with their parents in the stands watching the matches and Blake is pregnant so she can''t do anything." Shallot said while getting a message on his scroll. [Neo: I already went and told Roman that he can leave at any time and I''m on my way back.] [Shallot: I''ll be waiting for you back at the dorm since most of the matches will probably be finished by then.] [Neo: I want ice cream when I get there.] [Shallot: Alright, I''ll finish this match quickly to get you some ice cream.] [Neo: Why are you fighting in the match knowing that they stand no chance.] [Shallot: It''s an honor that they get to fight someone so strong. They can learn something from me.] [Neo: ...] "ALRIGHT, EVERYONE!!! THE MATCH IS ABOUT TO START. SHALLOT AND WEISS OF TEAM RWBY. FLYNT AND NEON OF TEAM FNKI!!!" Dr. Oobleck called over the speakers. Weiss and Shallot walked onto the stage with Flynt standing across from them. Flynt is a young, dark-skinned man with dark brown eyes. He wears rectangular sunglasses and a dark fedora with blue trim on his head as well as an earring on his right ear. Flynt wore a dark vest over an untucked white dress shirt, with a loose tie wrapped around the collar. Completing his attire is a pair of dark dress pants, silver dress shoes, and a dark glove on his left hand. "You''re from Atlas. What could we expect?" Shallot asked wanting to know if there is anything that distinguishes Atlas hunters from elsewhere. "Nothing to really worry about since we are stronger than them in all regards. We should just finish this so that I can show my sister that even without summoning." Weiss said to Shallot while waiting for them to come out. "Well, seeing as their Kingdom, academy, and armed forces are all merged as one, I think we can expect strict, militant fighters with advanced technology and carefully rehearsed strategies. They will be easy to deal with even if we don''t try because they will most likely fight in a set pattern." Shallot said while seeing a pigtailed Faunus girl skating by them. A rainbow zooms past them, coming to a stop opposite them, revealing a pigtailed Faunus girl with rollerblades and a cat tail swishing around her weapon next to Flynt, wearing a fedora and sunglasses, holding a trumpet in one hand. "... Or whatever they are," Weiss said while looking at them. "You Weiss Schnee, right? The heiress." Flynt said while looking Weiss up and down while sliding his glasses down to look at her. "I am!" Weiss said while sticking her ?h?st out. "Your pride is showing again." Shallot said from the side while looking at the cat Faunus thinking that she is pretty active for a cat. "I take it you''re pretty good with Dust, then?" Flynt said. "I do my best," Weiss said listening to Shallot. "Yeah, my dad was good too. Owned a little Dust shop of his own." Flynt nods his head, eyes hidden behind his shades until his smile turns into a scowl, tone turning hostile. "Till your father''s company ran him out of business." "Oh. Sorry to hear that," Weiss said while looking down. "What are you feeling bad for Weiss? You didn''t put his father out of business besides your father cut you off anyway." Shallot said while Weiss looked back up. "That''s right, that isn''t my fault," Weiss said. "Tough luck cuz, don''t hate the player, hate the game." Shallot said with Weiss looking and Neon also looking at Shallot. "It''s people that don''t care like you all that make the rest of us pay for it," Flynt said while gritting his teeth. "Should''ve taken things..." Shallot started to say when he was interrupted by Neon. "Should''ve taken things... that''s what you sound like." She said while trying to make her voice sound deeper. "Seems someone else needs to be disciplined." Shallot said while looking at Neon. Neon seeing the look in his eyes gulped hearing that. "I wonder if I grab your tail how long before you forfeit." Shallot said while smiling at her. Neon tail stud straight up while skating behind Flynt and hugging her tail. The holographic roulette begins. It stops showing that it is four different sections. The field opens around the four combatants, and up rises the volcanic area, sandy desert, steaming geysers, and ruined buildings. Shallot is just smiling while looking at Neon who was feeling more and more uncomfortable. Weiss was looking at Shallot and thinking that he is just doing this to get under their skin. ~~~ "He wouldn''t really grab her tail would he?" Velvet said while sitting by Blake with Coco sitting next to her. "He probably wouldn''t since he knows what it''s like to have someone pull your tail. If she was an enemy that that''s another thing." Blake said. ~~~ "Three! Two! One! Begin!" Port said over the speaker so the match gets started before Shallot starts to demoralize them any further. Weiss is able to create a glyph under her to stop sliding back but doesn''t see Neon spinning into the attack and using it to push herself forward so she can charge at Shallot in a rainbow burst of speed and push her into the city portion. Neon tried to push Shallot but Shallot stood his ground while she was pushing. Shallot''s straight face slowly went into a smile with Neon seeing all of Shallot''s teeth while looking at her. Shallot made sure to hold back to the strength of an average hunter and started a combo. She was hit with an uppercut before two body shots and a kick to the leg making her legs buckle while grabbing her side. Everyone could see that Neon''s aura bar was lowering with each hit. "It''s time for me to humble thy mortal self." Shallot said while Neon tried to skate away but was grabbed by her leg and slung into the ground. ~~~ [With Weiss] She had stopped herself with Glyphs and was about to run around to set her Glyphs everywhere but was being constantly interrupted by Flynt. Flynt knew that she used her Glyphs to speed herself at her enemies to give them no opportunity and was trying to limit her as much as possible. He immediately used his semblance Killer Quartet and blowing away into his trumpet sending four different sound waves at Weiss. Weiss jumped into the air while placing a white semblance in the air. "What!?" Flynt was surprised since he had always seen her place her Glyphs on the ground. Weiss started shooting across the air placing glyphs and bouncing from one to another. If you look from the outside you could see a black Glyph directly under the white Glyph. Flynt tried blowing in her direction only for her to move. By the time he was keeping track of her Glyphs surrounded him as if he was in a globe. "Glyph world!" Weiss said while moving between all the Glyphs leaving after images everywhere. The area all around Flynt was being filled with ice where he could see his breath with the temperature dropping. On each Glyph was a piece of ice shard forming right next to the after images of Weiss. She lifted her rapier Myrtenaster pointing it at Flynt. "Ice Tomb!!!" Weiss said while flicking Myrtenaster sending all the ice shards at Flynt. Chapter 158 - 152 - Outclassed Weiss flicked her Myrtenaster down sending the ice at Flynt while he tried to use his Killer Quartet to deflect the ice but there were just too many. He was hit from both sides sending the clones pilling onto each other with them going back into Flynt. The ice continued barraging him until Weiss heard the buzzer sound letting her know that Flynt''s aura was low. ~~~ Shallot was over and had stopped slinging her around when he noticed that Neon''s aura was halfway done. Shallot let her go dropping her on the ground. Neon looked at Shallot while hurrying to get up and swung her nunchucks at Shallot. Shallot stood there letting the nunchucks hit him not even feeling it. Neon saw the nunchucks hit and looked at the monitor seeing that his aura didn''t drop at all. "Is that the best you can do? I expected more but you can only expect so much from a group that has to rely on emotionless machines to get things done." Shallot said while looking at Neon. Neon skated away while gaining some speed and charged at Shallot while spinning trying to gain momentum to do damage. She swung the nunchucks after getting close to hitting Shallot but he didn''t move at all. "Maybe you should aim better!" Shallot said while tilting his head while sticking his neck out. Neon charged at Shallot swinging at his neck but the nunchuck did nothing. "Don''t feel bad, I am the strongest person on the planet so it''s only natural that you couldn''t win once the match started. You should be honored though, not everyone gets the chance to fight against the strongest in the world." Shallot said while looking over at Weiss flicking her Myrtenaster. "Well, I guess I should end this since I have things to do after this." Shallot said while placing extending his hand and flicking Neon''s forehead sending her flying out of the ring. Before she hit the wall she could hear the buzzer thinking it was for her but she saw that it was Flynt who was lying on the ground. She then slammed into the barrier then hit the ground landing out of bounds. The buzzer sounded again but this time with a longer buzz letting everyone know that the match was over. Shallot looked at his hand made a gun gesture and blew on it. "It seems that the team that had so much spunk has fought to their last tune." Dr. Oobleck said Professor Port looked at Oobleck but just decided not to comment. "Well, time to go and get some ice cream for Neo." Shallot said while walking toward Weiss. Before they walked off the stage Neon popped up and looked seeing that they lost. "WHAT!? We lost? We lost?" Neon screamed out not expecting Flynt to also get beaten just like her. She thought they could win since they knew about their opponents but it didn''t seem to matter. Flynt struggled to get up and looked at getting up and looked toward Weiss who was walking away. "That was a great move, Schnee. To think that you would hide abilities just to outsmart your opponents even though everyone before wouldn''t have been able to stop it." Flynt said while Neon was looking stunned not believing that they lost so easily. Weiss nodded toward Flynt and continued walking with Shallot. Shallot and Weiss walked through the tunnel to meet up with the others when they came across Neo. It seemed as if she was already waiting for them. She lifted a sign that just said ice cream date. Shallot chuckled at that and knew that he would be going on a date with her later. He didn''t have anything planned for later besides getting her some ice cream before leaving to discipline his soon-to-be maid. Yang was walking behind Shallot talking to Summer about all the things that they have been doing since they have been at Beacon Academy. She has also told her that she is in a relationship with Shallot along with Ruby and Blake. She already introduced Neo who only showed messages through her scroll. Summer was also glaring at Shallot for a while before focusing back on the conversation with Yang. They walked back on the ship from the arena and talked until they got back to Beacon Academy. Shallot was pushing Blake and stopped when he saw Roman on the school grounds waiting with his scroll out. "How did you get here so quick?" Shallot said seeing that Roman was here. "Roman?" Weiss said looking up from her scroll getting ready to fight. Weiss was about to move when she noticed that Shallot and the others aren''t moving. "Why aren''t you all getting ready to attack?" Weiss asked. "Oh, right she wasn''t in the room with us last time so she doesn''t know!" Ruby said while releasing Shallot''s arm. "Roman works with Shallot and he''s been a double agent until he got all the information that Shallot needed. Since Roman is here now he must be finished gathering all the information." Blake said from her accosted wheelchair. "I''ve just sent you the files that Ironwood had that I thought you would like to know about," Roman said while walking over to them. Weiss was just comprehending things and finally understanding that everyone already knew about this but her. Weiss turned to Ruby looking at her. "Did you know about this too?" Weiss asked thinking that maybe it was just Blake and Shallot. "Both me and Yang knew," Ruby said. "So I was the only one left out?" Weiss asked not believing that everyone didn''t tell her. "You weren''t in the room last time when Shallot told us some days ago and we forget to tell you afterward," Yang said. "Well, you know now so it doesn''t matter," Blake said. Shallot walked over to Roman while pulling out his scroll leaving Blake sitting there for a second. Roman and Shallot then talked about some things before Roman said he was going to check on the other shipments before leaving. Shallot then went on a date with Neo for some ice cream before heading back to the dorms. Chapter 159 - 153 - Intermission Cinder Fall is sitting on her bed looking through files on her Scroll. Emerald Sustrai is lying on the floor also playing with her own device, and Mercury Black is doing push-ups beside her. "Oh!" Cinder said widening her eyes looking at her device seeing the settings for the matches. "What?" Emerald said while looking over with Mercury. "Oh, nothing. We''re just going to be making a slight, hmm... alternation in the plan." She said as she accesses a document regarding the blueprints of P.E.N.N.Y. "What does that mean?" Mercury asked as he and Emerald share a somewhat concerned look. "It means that this will be even easier than we thought," she said while continuing to look at the familiar image of a robotic redhead. ~~~ Within the headmaster''s office at twilight, Professor Ozpin is facing the window, his back to the elevators when the doors open and Qrow Branwen steps inside, approaching his desk with a coffee mug in hand. "You know, they are making you look like a fool and a coward," Qrow said while thinking about Shallot and Ironwood. "His heart is in the right place. He''s just... misguided. Shallot on the other hand is someone that I don''t think will harm innocent people since he cares for those around him." Ozpin said. "Sometimes, I''m not even sure Ironwood has a heart. He uses his semblance so much he''s no different than a machine and only cares if he will get results no matter how it looks or who he has to use. "Maidens choose themselves. I simply believe I''ve found the right candidate. Ever since the day I met her, I had the feeling she would be the one. She''s strong, intelligent, caring... but most importantly, she''s ready." Ozpin said he swirled his chair around to face Qrow. "Do you mean the one that Shallot has given tips to that has helped her semblance more than what the teachers have taught?" Qrow asked as he has been gathering information and from what he could see Shallot was far more dangerous than Salem. ''With Salem, you could at least delay her with the silver eyes but Shallot will just overpower everyone around him. ~~~ Shallot was laying on the bed looking at his scroll after he got back when a notification came to his scroll. He looked at it seeing that Cinder was trying to rig the match and wanted Shallot to fight against Penny while Pyrrha would fight against Mercury. "Oh, this should be interesting!" Shallot said while looking at the matchups. Shallot then went and changed it around so Pyrrha will fight Penny and Shallot will fight Mercury so that he can beat him down in front of an entire crowd. He was looking at the scroll then closed it after finishing on his side. He laid back on the bed while Ruby was sitting at the desk writing some notes down. "Is Ruby finally studying without being coerced?" Yang said while looking over at Ruby who was studying some information on Grimm that could take over bodies wanting to know about the Grimm that they saw in one of Merlot''s labs. ~~~ Pyrrha Nikos is seen entering the elevator of the Cross Continental Transmit System tower. She turns just when the doors close on her while giving an ambiguous smile. In Headmaster''s office of Professor Ozpin, who is seated behind his desk across from Pyrrha Nikos, as the last rays of twilight come through the clock-decorated windows. "Well, it comes as no surprise that they''ve chosen you to move on to the final round of the tournament. Your performance was exemplary." Ozpin said while chuckling as he gestures to her, The Long Memory resting at his side. "Thank you, Professor Ozpin, but I would never have made it this far without my teammates," Pyrrha said as she knows that she got her starting ideas for training and Weiss has also helped with her training their group. "I think that you have gotten where you have by relying on your talents," Ozpin said from his spot leaning against a column in the back of the room, arms crossed. "I''m sorry, but I don''t believe we''ve been introduced," Pyrrha says as she turns around and gets up from her chair, trying to be formal. "Name''s Qrow," Qrow said still being upset from earlier with Shallot and was still trying to calm down. "Qrow is a trusted colleague of mine," Ozpin said while wondering what had gotten Qrow in a bad mood. "Professor, if you don''t mind me asking, why have you called me here?" Pyrrha asked looking at Qrow for another moment before addressing her teacher again. "Please, take a seat," Ozpin said while smiling. When Pyrrha took a seat, he puts his fingers up to his lips, leaning back casually into his chair. "What is your favorite fairy tale?" Ozpin asked Pyrrha while looking out the window. ~~~ Shallot was looking out the window before standing on the windowsill. "I''ll be back in about 5 hours." Shallot said before flying off. Ruby was sitting at the desk when Yang came overlooking the notes she was writing and also spent some time helping her find the information in the books. She looked up from her book toward Yang and Ruby before asking a question that she had. "Do you think that Shallot is going to be a good father?" Yang asked looking at Blake''s stomach while she looked at them. "I was about to ask if you all were to get pregnant what would you all do, but since you asked I think he would be a great father. You already see how well he treats me and Neo now that we are pregnant. He looked he was about to kill the guy that bumped into Neo while they were walking." Blake said while putting her bookmark on the page she was on. Ruby looked at her stomach then looked at Blake''s. "How do you feel since your pregnant?" Ruby asked Blake. "Hungry most of the time. I eat a lot more than I used to." Blake replied to Ruby. "I think we should get some sleep so we can watch Shallot dominate everyone tomorrow," Weiss said after pulling her headphones off her head. "I think it''s unfair that Shallot is the one fighting. I''m pretty sure Headmaster Ozpin knows that Shallot is the strongest." Blake said. "Maybe that''s the reason why. He gets bragging rights." Yang said while reaching under the bad pulling out a bag of chips. Ruby''s head snapped hearing the sound of a bag opening. "Hey! Those are my chips!" Ruby called out before bursting into petals flying toward Yang and snatching her chips. Chapter 160 - 154 - Shallot Vs. Mercury "Now, for the moment you''ve all been waiting for! The one-on-one finals!" Port said over the broadcasting system. In the center of the battlefield''s stage, Shallot smirking confidently as he looks down the line of final fighters, a few new faces mixed in with Sun Wukong, Penny Polendina, Mercury Black, and the troubled Pyrrha at the other end of the line. Pyrrha knows that she can probably win against everyone here but Shallot but she can only try. "Barty, why don''t you explain the rules?" Professor Port asked Dr. Oobleck. "Ah, it''s quite simple, Peter. Instead of a bracket system, each round of the finals will be randomly determined immediately before the match takes place!" Professor Oobleck excitedly said. "Much like any good hunt, there will be zero time to prepare!" Professor Port said of the broadcasting system. "Ah, yes, yes! Now, let''s see who our first match will be!" Dr. Oobleck said. The energetic doctor points out to the screens above the stadium as the roulette starts spinning, this time for competitors instead of biomes. "Shallot and Mercury Black!" Professor Port called out. "What!!!!" Emerald yelled out from the stands. ''This wasn''t how it was supposed to go.'' Cinder thought looking at the first match-up. "Break a leg, Shallot!" Ruby yelled cupping her hands to make sure her encouragement is heard from her spot alongside RWBYS, JNPR, and SSSN. Shallot gave a smile while looking at Mercury then looked down at his legs. Shallot "My p???sur?!" Shallot said sending a chill up Mercury''s back. "Would all other combatants please leave the stage!" Professor Port said so that the first fight can begin. The rest of the lineup does so, and Starts starts walking up to Mercury in the middle as the floor around them opens once more, with a ring of spotlights rising to automatically fix their lights on the remaining two. "I''ll make sure our mechanic fixes you after I get finished breaking both your legs." Shallot said. "You wish!" Mercury said getting angry. Shallot and Mercury face the crowds one last time, then slowly start advancing on each other. Shallot grabs scythe on his back and tossed it on the ground, as the final countdown commences. "I''ll give you the first strike." Shallot said while tilting his head showing his neck. "I''ll also make it interesting by not using my hands." Shallot said while walking toward Mercury. Mercury saw the scythe on the ground thinking that he was looking down on him. Mercury walked up to the center of the ring while Shallot also walked forward with his head tilted showing his neck. "Three! Two! One! Fight!" Professor Port started counting down. Mercury spins his foot sending a roundhouse kick to the side of Shallot''s neck. The foot landed with Shallot not moving with him smiling at him. "Is that the best you have?" Shallot asked before sending what seemed like a slow kick toward Mercury and he jumped back. Mercury then jumped to the side where an air blade flew right past him splitting the ground where he was standing. "What was that?" Mercury said looking at the carved-out area of the arena. ~~~ "Just a simple kick. Don''t worry though I''m only aiming for your legs." Shallot said where everyone in the stands where watching the attack. "Is his semblance wind?" Neptune asked from the side. "No, his semblance isn''t wind. He just kicked so fast that it sent a wind blade." Blake said speaking from the side. "Wait... what... the kick looked slow to me," Sun said not believing it. "That''s because you all weren''t able to see it. He sent 60 kicks in the same place over and over again making it look like a single kick." Blake said explaining Shallot''s attack. ~~~ Mercury started kicking sending shots towards Shallot from his Talaria boots. Shallot kicks out kicking the shots with his hands in his pockets while Mercury rushed in trying to send kicks while he was kicking. Mercury started sending kicks when Shallot disappeared from in front of him and he heard a cracking sound. His foot was in the air when he felt a foot hit his boot. *Beep* The board showing the aura showed that Mercury''s aura had dropped only a little. "Don''t worry, I have enough control to not break what I''m not trying to." Shallot said while walking forward. Mercury ran forward jumping on his hands and started spinning sending a flurry of shots toward Shallot who was dodging them just side-stepping everything. Shallot got close sending a kick at Mercury''s foot sending two kicks quickly to his calves where Shallot here''s two cracking sounds. "It seems that this is the end." Shallot said before sending a kick at Mercury''s ribs. Mercury''s aura shattered with him landing on the ground holding his ribs. "Don''t worry, if you find someone with a healing semblance, I''m sure you can get healed in a couple of days." Shallot said. "Shallot Wins!!!" Professor Oobleck called out not really surprised. "You can always try again but it is pointless." Shallot said while walking past him. ~~~ "Yeah, you did it Shallot!" Weiss called out. "Is that appreciation I hear from you, Weiss?" Yang said on the side. "What? I can be supportive also even if what you all do in the room is irritating." Weiss said. "What do they do in the room?" Scarlet asked wondering what could be so bad that she wouldn''t support her teammate. "It time to use the plan, we can only use it now. They will at least watch him and not let him participate further." Cinder said to Emerald next to her. Emerald nodded her head while messing with Shallot''s senses giving him Hallucinations. After she did it she immediately regretted it. ~~~ Shallot was walking past Mercury when he saw from his peripheral vision with Mercury attacking from his side. Shallot kept walking while his tail made a swift motion taking off Mercury''s legs sending them flying into the air before wrapping his tail back around his waist before anyone noticed. Mercury didn''t even realize that he had lost his robotic legs when he felt something hit his face. Wiped it and saw that it was oil. He looked down and noticed that his legs were gone. Mercury''s legs fell back to the ground bouncing against the ground. "My word!" Professor Oobleck said standing up realizing that those were legs that had just fallen. Mercury''s legs at that. There was oil leaking from the rest of the leg from Mercury and the blown away legs. "Cut the cameras!" Professor Port called out. The looks of surprise, horror, and hatred at Shallot from the stand didn''t phase him. ''Sneak attacking is only something that a weakling does. Against the strong even if you attacked me it wouldn''t do anything.'' Shallot thought while walking. "My legs, MY LEGS!!!" Mercury screamed out thinking he would have to just roll with it. He hated that he was going to have to get them replaced now since he wouldn''t be able to salvage them. "Can you shut up. I already said that as long as..." Shallot started to saw when he noticed that some Atlesian Knight-200 droids and two Soldiers circling the Hunter-in-training and raising their guns to him. "Shallot, stand down!" The soldier called out. "Give me a reason on why I should do that?" Shallot said while looking at them. "Mercury!" Emerald yelled running toward him playing her part thinking that he had improvised pretty well even though both of his legs were sent flying. "Why''d he do that!? Why he''d attacked me!?" Mercury hysterically cried. Shallot started clapping his hands seeing this. The soldier flinched slightly while the droids train their aim on them. "This is an amazing play. If someone didn''t interfere then he would still be able to walk away." Shallot said. "Don''t move!!!" The soldier said. "I would recommend you to get that gun out of my face before you lose an arm. I''ll count to five before you lose your arm." Shallot said. "One" "Two" The soldier gripped his hand on the gun tighter while the droids were waiting for orders. "Three" "Four" Shallot looked at the droids while Blake was going to get up knowing that this wasn''t going to end well. Those soldiers were about to be forced into early retirement. "Five...." Chapter 161 - 155 - Dont Get Chin Checked The soldier opened fire while the droids did the same. The bullets hit Shallot with him standing there and when the gun clip emptied Shallot brushed his bullet-ridden compressed shirt. "I liked that shirt a lot." Shallot said before lifting his hand. Shallot moved his hand quickly firing ki beams riddling the two soldiers with ki beams in the arm and legs making sure to avoid the vital points. Shallot disappeared from his spot and appeared next to a droid with the other droids being sent into the air. The droids fell back to the ground in pieces with only a single droid standing. He turned and grabbed the face of the droid before crushing it with his hand. It all happened in a single second with Mercury and Emerald looking in horror. "Monster!" One of the people in the crowd said seeing what had just happened. They weren''t sure how the droids got sent into the air but saw him crush the other droid into the air while the two soldiers were shot by something. They were laying on the ground spasming from the pain. Shallot walked over to Mercury and kicked him in the stomach making him roll over. He kicked him until he was on his stomach then sat down on his back. "What you go do about it." Shallot said looking at Emerald who was about to attack him. Ozpin was in a room talking with Ironwood about the ways that they could work on how many soldiers that they needed for the event since most likely nothing was going to happen. Ozpin got a call from Dr. Oobleck and answered it. "Yes, Dr. Oobleck, is there anything. The Finals should still be going on." Ozpin said. "..." "What!? I''m on my way!" Ozpin said before starting to walk out of the room. "What Ozpin," Ironwood said while already using his semblance to speculate what could cause something for Ozpin to hurry out with him to the conclusion that it is either a Grimm attack or one of the contestants had an emergency. "Shallot has struck someone that was already down," Ozpin said. Ironwood was trying to run simulations and couldn''t see a way that this could be resolved if he was the aggressor and only if it was a mistake on their part. "I''m coming along!" Ironwood said walking right behind him. Shallot was sitting on top of Mercury''s body when more droids came with their guns pointing. All of them stopped 30 feet away and only stood there. After a couple more minutes Ozpin was there along with Ironwood. Oobleck was standing next to Port in the stands calming people down along with some of the Hunters and Huntress Alumni that Ozpin had called back. "Can we know why you attacked Mr. Black even though the match was over?" Ozpin asked Shallot seeing him sitting there on top of Mercury. Shallot looked over at the droids then back to Ozpin. "That''s why you need competent people here. They bit off more than they could chew now I''m sure those two won''t be able to walk anymore unless a healing semblance is used." Shallot said while looking at the droids and the two that were being carried away on a stretcher. "For your other question, someone interfered with my match making me think he was attacking me which I already know was Emerald. Her semblance from what I could see was creating illusions but now I''m thinking it is hallucinations since others didn''t see it and from the video footage I moved slightly different from what I thought." Shallot explained. "If you know that it was a hallucination then why attack still? Also, can you at least get off of him so that he can be treated for the fight? I can see that he is in pain currently." Ozpin asked. "I said at the start of the match I was going to break his legs and send him to a mechanic. I need to make sure that my words are credible and Emerald made it possible." Shallot said while standing up since Ozpin was being civil. "How do we know that what your saying is what really happened. From the video you just attacked him and that means you ripped his legs off for no reason." Ironwood said in an authoritative voice. "Don''t get chin checked James." Shallot said while looking at Ironwood. Ozpin doesn''t want things to escalate when Shallot continued speaking. "We need to get this boy to a hospital. Grab a blanket." The medic said while carrying Mercury away. They get Mercury on the stretcher and rush him off, Emerald following right behind. "How could you tell it wasn''t real than when the video just shows you attacking him," Ironwood said while not making a move. He had used his semblance and still couldn''t see a way to even get close to Shallot without being down as the two soldiers on the ground. "You all are getting worked up over me snapping his metal legs that bad. It ain''t like I did something like ripping his arm off." Shallot said while looking at them. "Metal legs?" Ozpin said. "His legs below the knees are metal. I could feel the metal when I kicked his legs. Besides you can see the oil on the ground under the legs and where I was sitting on him at." Shallot said while crossing his arms floating up looking down at Ironwood. "Stow it! You''ve already caused enough of a scene!" One of the guards that came over said while raising his gun. Shallot lifted his hand and fired a ki beam into his ?h?st. "Insects should know their place. If I''m not talking to you then shut up." Shallot said while looking at Ironwood who was doing everything he could to not move knowing that he would end up the same. Meanwhile, Emerald runs alongside the two paramedics as they come across an open door with a woman in the same outfit inside. "Here! We''ve got an ambulance ready to go!" A woman said at the end of the hallway. Later, the back door closes on the emergency airship they loaded Mercury in. "Hope they''ll be okay. That girl won''t leave his side." One of the paramedics said while looking at where the legs used to be. "We''ll take good care of both of them." Cinder who was disguised as a medic said from inside the emergency ship. The transport flies away from the Colosseum, and Mercury is laying on a cargo box in the back, still m??ning and crying beside Emerald sitting next to him. "Oh doc, tell me, will I ever walk again?" Mercury said as he receives a punch in the arm from Emerald, looking at her as he rubs the sore spot he actually got hurt from. "Ugh, headache. One mind I can handle, but two is a stretch." Emerald said while knowing that she made Dr. Oobleck think it was blood coming out instead of the oil. "Well, you all performed marvelously, driver included." Cinder said while looking out the window and thinking about where they could get some emergency parts to make some new legs for him. The "driver", wearing a similar uniform to the male medics, blinks his right eye that has a scar going from above it down to the bottom of his cheek.. He had on shades and nods in silence with a malevolent grin on his face. Chapter 162 - 156 - Its a Mini Nuke "I don''t know what Beacon''s Headmaster is teaching his students, but that was disgraceful! Completely uncalled for!" A person was saying sitting in a bar watching the fight. "It seems that he''s stronger than all the troops so they can''t do anything about it." The bartender said while cleaning a glass. The bartender switched the channel seeing that Shallot was walking off with Ozpin next to him while Ironwood had his mean get the three soldiers to some medics. On the new channel, it was a reporter reporting that several Grimm ¨C Goliaths, Ursai, Nevermores, Boarbatusks, and Beowolves ¨C running across Mountain Glenn towards the city. Despite Atlas reinforcements, local authorities are still calling on any available Huntsmen to aid in suppressing the spike in Grimm activity. ~~~ While Shallot was walking his scroll started buzzing and looked at it. He saw that he got a news ping saying that there was a large number of Grimm heading toward the city. "Ozpin, Grimm are closing in on the city. I''m going to deal with that so I can enjoy watching the other matches." Shallot said while walking toward the exit. "I wasn''t expecting Grimm to be coming here since I''ve been dealing with Salem but it seems that she sent them before our training sessions." Shallot said to himself while walking to the doors pushing them open. Shallot continued walking until he made it to the edge of the floating arena island. There were some people nearby and seeing that it was Shallot wanted to stay away after seeing what happened in the arena. Shallot was flying for about 10 minutes when he saw that there were some Hunters below firing at the Grimm. Shallot floated down next to one of the Hunters who was about to turn and fire at him when Shallot lifted his hand firing a ki blast into the hoard of Grimm. The ki blast exploded in the center creating a large crater in the center. The hunter stopped what he was about to do with some sweat dripping down his back. "You all can head back. I will handle this." Shallot said while holding his hand out in front of him with his palm facing up. He started gathering ki in his hand and compressing it. The hunter next to him was starting to sweat and moved away from Shallot. The energy and his hand were growing larger and larger when he lifted it above his head. It looked like a miniature sun to the ones around him. The only difference was that he was red instead of yellow. "Mini Nuke." Shallot said while moving his hand forward sending the ki attack forward. The ones that were close by fighting could see the glow in the sky and looked up. "What the hell is that!!!?" One of the Hunters screamed out getting the other''s attention. They looked and saw the Ki attack and they all started retreating running for their lives. After all the Hunters and Huntresses were back toward the mountain area. They climbed to the top they could see the ki attack slowly falling into the middle of the horde. "What kind of attack was that?!?" One of the Huntresses said while looking over at Shallot who was the one behind the attack. "Just something to deal with the small fries." Shallot said while looking at the mushroom cloud that had spread. After the dust cleared after they all were looking seeing that it left a crater of 390 meters in diameter. The hole was 100 meters deep with no Grimm surviving the attack. "Well, it seems that I''m done. If there are any more Grimm that come then notify the news so that I can be back over here." Shallot said when he was about to leave someone called him. "Who are you?" An elderly Hunter asked who had a grizzly looked worn out who was breathing heavily while having a swollen right eye. He had a giant bastard sword on his back and was one of the main people hacking through the Grimm. "The strongest being on the planet, Shallot." Shallot said while flying away. ~~~ The news reporter was still filming and had made sure to capture everything from the attack to the detonation that looked like a world-ending disaster. The people-watching had their mouths hanging open seeing the mushroom cloud rise into the sky. The newscaster went around asking people questions until the clouds had cleared and they could see. When everything cleared their mouths were opened again seeing the level of destruction. It was easily enough to take out one of the main city''s if that ever went off. The last shot they got was Shallot flying away leaving the others there looking with surprise not having heard of any Hunter having a flying semblance. "What type of monsters are they training at that school?" One of the people watching inside a bar dropped his glass saying the obvious. ~~~ A screen within a warehouse flicked off. "Hey, I was watching that!" Mercury said while working on making him some legs so he can at least get around. "And we are supposed to somehow beat that monster?" Emerald said looking at what was a Grimm army thinking about how they are supposed to attack the city when he is so close. "Enough. Our Mercury put on a wonderful show. He was quite brave." Cinder said not sure if Shallot would have gone further if it wasn''t a tournament. "These things aren''t exactly cheap, you know. Now I have to make another set since I would have to custom order these." Mercury was complaining since the legs were destroyed. "So, what''s next?" Emerald asked while trying to come up with a way for them to achieve their goal. "You and I will ensure that our next matchup goes just as smoothly." Cinder said wanting to make sure that things don''t go as bad as this one. "What about me? I can''t walk right now." Mercury said while pointing to his stubs that were in the partially broken mechanical legs. "You get to lay low until the end. Even if you had your legs you would still have to stay hidden or the plan wouldn''t be able to work. Shallot has made this easier since he showed everyone that he is a monster in his own way." Cinder said while thinking of what to do since the Grimm was part of the main plan. "Can do," Mercury said while reaching into a box pulling some parts and adding them to the piece that he is working on. Chapter 163 - 157 - You Can and You Will Inside the Team RWBYS dorm room stood Ozpin and Ironwood who looked like he wanted to say something but was standing behind Ozpin as if he was a shield. "I''m sorry Shallot but on the video and what the people have seen will make it so that even you are right the people here may cause some problems," Ozpin said. "Why should I care about what they want. They are the ones that need to be protected but if they have a problem with me then we can just have Yang replace me for the next fight." Shallot said. "We can''t do that," Ironwood said. "Yes you can and you will." Shallot said while looking at Ironwood while placing his hand on Ironwood''s shoulder while squeezing slightly. Ironwood flinched and Ozpin seeing it thought that he can agree to that. They had checked the legs were there and saw that they were mechanical. This means that Mercury wouldn''t have felt it and acted like that intentionally. Ironwood and Ozpin walked out of the room leaving Shallot with the rest of his team. "Why are you being so aggressive toward them," Weiss asked Shallot since her sister is working for Ironwood. "I''m not being aggressive but I won''t let those that are wrong say otherwise. They can act like they can do something but in front of absolute power then you can do anything you like." Shallot said while sitting on the joined bed. "I wasn''t wrong since what I cut off weren''t his actual legs but just metal anyway. They wanted him to be taken to a hospital so once he gets there they will know that he was faking, to begin with." Shallot explained which they couldn''t refute and Blake sat right next to him laying on his shoulder before drifting off to sleep. Ruby didn''t understand most of the things but she could tell that Shallot always did things for a certain reason and she didn''t see anything wrong with what Shallot did. Yang had already known that Mercury had metal legs since she had found out from Pyrrha. During one of the classes, Pyrrha went against Mercury and with her semblance, she could tell that his entire leg was metal. It was the reason that she wasn''t really surprised that Shallot destroyed them. He did tell him that he would be sending him to a mechanic after their fight but everyone overreacted. ~~~ Ironwood was walking down the hall next to Ozpin with a disgruntled and bitter face that wasn''t that different from his regular face. "You are too lenient and how can he speak to us like that Ozpin. You should teach your students to more respectful to those around them. Ozpin thought that Ironwood was just complaining because his semblance can''t help him with dealing with Shallot. "Shallot wasn''t wrong in his analysis and that he didn''t heavily injure him either. He didn''t have to agree at all with us and did whatever he liked since he knows that no one can stop him." Ozpin said while continuing to walk. Ironwood stayed quiet after that and just stayed silent until he was ready to head back to his ship. They continued walking for a bit when he got a call on his scroll. Ozpin watched Ironwood''s face go from the upset facial expression to a mad look while slamming his hand into the wall. "WHAT DO YOU MEAN THAT HE ESCAPED!? YOUR ONLY TELLING ME NOW AFTER IT''S BEEN A FULL DAY OF NO ONE KNOWING WHERE HE WENT!!!" Ironwood yelled into the scroll venting at the person on the other end. ~~~ "This is a mess," Weiss said walking outside the door with the rest of her team. "I still don''t see anything that wrong with what happened?" Yang said while walking slightly behind. "Yeah, it isn''t like Shallot killed him anyway," Blake said. "Blake! They are still friends!" Ruby said." "Friends is a strong word. I see them more like acquaintances. You all are my friends. Along with Team JNPR and Team CFVL." Blake said while walking next to Shallot who didn''t seem to be paying attention. Shallot was looking at his scroll while scrunching his eyebrows. ''What the hell is this?'' Shallot thought while looking at an app that he doesn''t remember putting on here. "He doing ok?" Jaune said following the sound of an opening door as he peeks out of Team JNPR''s room, with his team peering around the edge in concern. "He''s doing fine," Blake said seeing Shallot trying to delete an app on his phone that kept reappearing every time he would delete it. " I heard Mercury and his team rushed back to Haven to be with his family. So, until they land, no one can really question him about what happened." Ruby said while not believing it but even she knows that he''s faking it. Shallot just stared at his scroll squinting his eye before clicking on the app. "Is something wrong with his scroll?" Ren asked seeing Shallot heavily staring at it before clicking on something. "Are they making Shallot not participate after what happened even though Mercury''s legs were metal," Pyrrha asked since she didn''t think that Mercury would react the way he did? At most, she thought he would have complained since Shallot hit him pretty hard and she was sure that he broke a couple of ribs. "Shallot isn''t participating but Yang will be taking his place," Ruby said. "They agreed to that?" Ren said surprised since Shallot made Ironwood and his army look useless. "They didn''t have a choice. Either they let Yang continue instead or Shallot would have still gone." Weiss said knowing who actually runs this place at this point. She came to accept that Shallot was the big dog here and the teachers were just making sure to placate Shallot so he doesn''t cause too much damage. "Weiss!!!" Nora yelled coming out of the room sticking her head out leaning on Ren. "Yeah?" Weiss said not sure what Nora wanted. "I saw you talking with someone that looked like a cooler you. What were you talking about?" Nora asked. Weiss felt proud that Nora thought her sister was cool but also slightly hurt hearing that the way she described her. ''I''m pretty cool.'' Weiss thought to herself. "You must be talking about her sister Winter," Ruby said remembering that Weiss had left to talk with her sister. Nora hit her hand when she remembered something. "Right, she said that she wanted to know what your teammate Shallot was like after talking with you," Nora said knowing that this could be some good gossip. "What... no... no... you must have heard wrong since my sister wouldn''t be interested in someone with other girlfriends," Weiss said while her face turned red slightly. Shallot lifted his head hearing this before putting his scroll away thinking that he would figure out the app later. "She said she was interested?" Shallot said looking toward Weiss. "No! You stay away from my sister!" Weiss said pointed her finger at him. "Jealous much," Blake said from the side while covering her mouth trying not to laugh. "No that isn''t... humph," Weiss said while puffing her cheeks thinking that are messing with her now. Nora looked at Ren then looked at Shallot and Weiss along with the others. "Ren, I want some pancakes!" Nora said before heading back into the room. Chapter 164 - 158 - Make A Story After the little comedy that happened in the hallway, they separated and Team RWBYS was about to walk away when Yang stopped. "Make sure that you win your match so that I can fight against you in the finals Pyrrha. I want to see how far you have come across since you have been training with the ideas we came up with." Yang said while waving. "I can use some coffee," Weiss said while walking thinking about feeling a little tired from being teased by her teammates. "I''ll like some tea instead," Blake said not wanting anything with caffeine in it right now. ~~~ When they round the corner and disappear from the view of Team JNPR Nora pop back right in Pyrrha''s face. "You heard the lady. She is going to be waiting for you in the finals so make sure to smash everyone in your way!!!" Nora excitedly said with a maddening grin on her face. "You got to prepare then. Yang isn''t a pushover and since Yang is the most physically strong after Shallot and Blake. Planning out the battle and using what we know could be what decides it." Jaune said as he thought about it. He knew that he was the weakest in the team and wanted to be a good leader so he thought about always having a plan. The idea of using him as a puppet by Pyrrha was his idea when he saw Nora playing a fighting game. Him being controlled lets his body move without him having to do things himself. Pyrrha can view things from an outside perspective while he remembers the way that Pyrrha moves his body so that he can practice later while ingraining in his body how to fight better. "The only way that I can win against Yang is by getting a ring out on her since she beats me in the strength category. She hasn''t shown that she can fly like Shallot, Ruby, and Blake." Pyrrha said as she was thinking of ways to go against Yang. "Blake can fly?" Nora said. "She can but she doesn''t like flying because she has a fear of falling from a high distance. I have seen her hover sometimes but that''s about it." Pyrrha said. "How do you know that she has a fear of falling," Ren asked. "Weiss told me last time when she was over and we were talking about training methods for our semblance," Pyrrha said as she was remembering when Weiss came over a couple of days ago. So what should we do in case she can fly and she doesn''t fly like how we didn''t know Weiss could set her glyphs in the air?" Jaune asked. They all sat there thinking of ways for Pyrrha to beat Yang without relying on brute strength since she wouldn''t win in that regard. ~~~ Shallot and the girls were back in the room with Shallot back on his scroll and finally managed to get somewhere with the app. When he got into the core of it a figure appeared on the screen which Shallot recognized immediately. "Surprise!!!" Da Vinci popped up on his scroll waving Shallot. "What are you doing Da Vinci?" Shallot asked. "What''s this? " Ruby asked while holding a cup of tea. "This is Da Vinci. She is an advanced A. I program that I made some years ago along with her..." Shallot was about to explain when he was cut off. "Master Shallot, I''m here because the data that you wanted is finished." Da Vinci cut him off. "It''s only been a week though. How can it be completed already." Shallot asked since all the information should be finished but arranging everything for what he needs shouldn''t be so quick. Blake came over and saw Da Vinci on the screen and looked at Shallot having already heard that this was something that Shallot made. Yang was looking out the window thinking about how they are going to put her in the match. Weiss was interested since the only one who was capable of making something like this was Atlas. From what she heard Shallot made this some years ago and the way that the A.I. speaks is very life-like. "There was something else that I needed to tell you which is why I am on your scroll currently. The relay points are set up and the medicine isn''t going to be working properly. From the last blood sample that was left, there seems to be something that is causing your body to reject it." Da Vinci said when her figure was grabbed and pulled. When Da Vinci was pulled Friday came out while looking at Shallot and also looking around the room. "Master, I have found a way for us to get a body so that we can be next to you all the time," Friday said. While this was going on they heard a knock on the door. Yang went to open the door and saw that Qrow, Taiyang, and Summer were there. They walked in to see Shallot talking to his scroll. "Who''s he''s talking to?" Summer asked walking into the room. "An A.I. that he made!" Ruby said running over to her mom and dad hugging them. Ruby released them while pulling Summer over to the desk where she was working on her notes about all the missions she''s been on. "Look, mom, I plan on using all the missions and things we did to make a story and have someone draw it," Ruby said while holding her notebook with all the notes and even some sketches on the Grimm they came across on Dr. Merlot''s Island. "I don''t think I''ve seen this type of Grimm before and didn''t you only go on two missions," Taiyang asked while Summer had looked at the long mission report with all the things that happened during their missions. "Two very big missions!" Ruby puffed her ?h?st proudly. Shallot walked toward the door while looking at his scroll thinking about why would his body be rejecting the medicine. Shallot stepped out for a second while Yang and Ruby talked to their parents and uncle. "I have a suggestion Master." Da Vinci said. Shallot was interested since most likely the medicine won''t continue working. "What is your suggestion?" Shallot asked since he didn''t think it could be something that would be bad for him. "The real purpose of the medicine was to control your impulses that come from your bloodline, but what if that is the issue. You follow those impulses instead of fighting against them. From the research into the Faunus, there are some that act differently based on what type of Faunus they are. Maybe you are having issues because you aren''t accepting yourself for what you are and trying to act, behave, and live like a regular human when you aren''t even from this planet. You are a Saiyan Master and the data from the ship shows that you are a battle race. When you were still younger you could find things to fight and satisfy yourself but now you are stronger than anything here. You could even destroy the planet if you wanted by destroying the core but you wouldn''t have any ki left. I think it is about time for you to find a way back to your home planet so you won''t need the medicine." Da Vinci listed off what she thought was the real reason that Shallot needed the medicine. "So in short I need to accept myself as a Saiyan and everything will be fine. I also need to leave here and find a way back. I will ask the girls if they want to head back with me then.." Shallot said while thinking that it was logical. Chapter 165 - 159 - Time For Smack Down Back in the Colosseum, people are back in the stands cheering and ready for entertainment as Ruby descends the steps to an open seat. Despite everything that''s happened, she''s smiling widely, looking around at the ?ssembled crowds... until her stupefied eyes see a familiar, glaring face on the other side of the arena. "Emerald''s... here?" Ruby asked since she was sure that they left in the ambulance and she shouldn''t have been back so soon. It had only been 3 hours since the last match the Shallot was in. As if sensing she''s being watched, Emerald leans forward to glare at Ruby, who suddenly gets up with a worried expression and runs towards the exit tunnel. ''Something isn''t right. If Mercury was injured then Emerald wouldn''t have been here and would be next to Mercury. Uncle Qrow was right, they may have been the ones in the school that were causing the problem. Did Shallot know which is why he destroyed his legs to make whatever they are trying to do not work?'' Ruby had her thoughts running through her head trying to understand everything. Checking to see if no one''s around, she enters a door labeled with a yellow maintenance sign and finds herself inside of the Colosseum. She walks forward with determination as the announcers'' voices are heard, muffled behind the brick walls. "All right, it''s now time to begin the randomization process for our next fight!" Dr. Oobleck''s voice could be heard coming from the stadium. "The sound of the roulette is heard faintly, but what makes Ruby stop in her tracks is the sight of another unexpected "friend" stepping out from a nearby tunnel, with thin metal legs giving him the ability to walk again along with some bandages wrapped around his waist." "Mercury?" Ruby asked knowing that he shouldn''t have been able to really move since he was injured just 3 hours ago. "It looks like our first contender is... Penny Polendina from Atlas..." Professor Port announced. "What are you doing?" Ruby asked. Mercury turned seeing Ruby there while smiling. "Your boyfriend did a number on me and it was hard making these just so I can move around within 3 hours." "And her opponent will be... Pyrrha Nikos from Beacon!" Professor Port''s voice came over the speakers and Ruby knew what was going on. "Ooh, polarity versus metal. That could be bad." Mercury said while sneering at Ruby. "No... I need to tell Pyrrha that Penny is a robot even if Penny will not like that." Ruby glares at her new opponent, reaching back to grab Crescent Rose, only to remember she doesn''t have it on her. Mercury simply grins maliciously and sets himself up in a fighting pose. Ruby squats down and dashes toward Mercury while Mercury tries to move only to see Ruby disappear from his view and felt a fist hit his face sending him flying into a wall. Outside, the arena''s center is lifting back into the air, and an oblivious Penny is grinning wildly, with her fellow redhead Nora cheering excitedly from the stands, even getting Ren to let out a reluctant "Yaaay..." Shallot was sitting in the stands looking around when he noticed the Ruby didn''t come in yet. Yang turned and saw that Shallot was looking around and noticed that her sister isn''t there and also looks around. "Where''s Ruby?" Yang asked. Shallot sensed Ruby''s ki and noticed that she was another ki presence that was a lot weaker than hers. From what he could tell she was beating him up. "She is beating up someone currently so I don''t think there is anything to worry about. I wonder who it was that made Ruby beat them up. They had to be a real ?sshole to make Ruby beat them up." Shallot said to Yang with her nodding her head thinking that Ruby doesn''t start things but she does finish them. "Alright, it''s now time to begin the randomization process for our next fight!" Dr. Oobleck said over the intercoms. "It looks like our first contender is... Penny Polendina, from Atlas! And her opponent will be... Pyrrha Nikos, from Beacon!" Professor Port called out. ~~~ Inside Ozpins office Ozpin seats himself behind his desk and takes a sip from his cup as he stares at the "randomized" fight to be. He looks down at a sheet of paper on his desk that has in writing Penny is a droid. ~~~ Down in the arena of Amity Colosseum, Pyrrha is still looking hesitant and distracted while Penny politely salutes her opponent. "Sal-u-tations, Pyrrha Nikos! It''s an honor to finally meet you!" Penny said while saluting. Pyrrha doesn''t respond, looking at her hands as she clenches them in attempted determination. She had been keeping her semblance active as a way to train it and she was getting a strong feeling from the girl in front of her. ''If she has a large amount of metal on her then using my semblance could be dangerous so the best thing to do would be close-quarters combat. I can do that or I can make sure not to use the crushing force of my semblance.'' Pyrrha thought while thinking of the best way to end this. "This is going to be so much fun!" Penny said while pumping her hands. ~~~ In the same structure behind closed doors, Ruby Rose is beating down Mercury in a corner stomping him while asking questions. Mercury''s aura was already broken and just wanted to get away at this point. "I thought we were friends so that means that you can tell me everything," Ruby said while stomping on him. "I won''t tell you anything!" Mercury yelled back wondering why was everyone on their team so strong. "I will get answers from you. Shallot taught me how to!" Ruby said before performing an elbow drop into his already broken ribs. "Uhh!" Mercury let out a pained wheeze from being elbow dropped. Ruby walked over and grabbed a chair from the side and a table. She placed the table by Mercury and lifted Mercury while he was still winded and placed him on the table. She got a running start and ran toward the chair and jumped into the air aiming another elbow drop at him. She landed her elbow into his ?h?st breaking the table underneath him. "Are you going to answer now?" Ruby asked with a smile on her face. "Ne... ver..." Mercury said while wondering where the hell was back up. He already sent an S.O.S to Emerald. Ruby nodded her head while nodding her head. She picked Mercury up again and placed him against the wall before dropkicking him against it. Mercury grabbed his ?h?st falling to the ground. "Fighters, are you ready?" Dr.. Oobleck''s voice could be heard announcing the start of the match. Chapter 166 - 160 - Just Stop Beating Me Penny beams widely in anticipation, but Pyrrha is still looking around as if in a daze, though she manages a small scowl at her opponent, her weapons Mil¨® and Ako¨²o? already in hand. Dr. Oobleck starts counting down as General James Ironwood calmly sits to observe the fight, Nora Valkyrie and Lie Ren cheer for their teammate while Jaune Arc simply watches anxiously, and Emerald Sustrai leans forward with a glare Dr. Oobleck "3, 2, 1..." Oobleck starts counting as he leans forward. "BEGIN!" Dr. Oobleck yells for the match to begin. Suddenly, Penny is surrounded by Floating Array, gesturing the swords around to her command before launching a volley of them at Pyrrha, who runs towards them and leaps through or deflects each aimed blade. The swords fly into the air until they turn around and come back to the fight. Pyrrha, now having returned the shield to her back, twirls the javelin to block each sword swipe of Penny''s, dropping her weapon when she needs to somersault away after being hit by a slash, only to magnetically return it to her hand as Penny readies another wave of blades. Pyrrha rushes forward and jumps on an incoming sword, swinging down on Penny, only to have the ?ssault halted by a collection of blades, though she leaps away from the retaliatory slice as Penny backs away as well. She tries to defend against the multitude of swords with the length of her weapon but is forced back regardless, prompting Pyrrha to roll the shield from her back onto her arm with her polarity. ''I don''t want to use my Polarity heavily since it has gotten stronger but maybe I can immobilize her instead.'' Pyrrha thought while dodging the attacks. She wanted to give the look that she was struggling in the fight so she can end it quickly so no mishaps happen. She still needed to prepare for the fight against Yang later. "Whoo, yeah! Goooo Pyrrha!" Nora screamed from the stands knowing that she got this. Emerald narrows her gaze further, continuing to concentrate on Pyrrha. She is waiting for the perfect time to use her semblance. Pyrrha spins wildly as she deflects and dodges each sword, until she gets close enough to Penny to deliver a few slashes with the spear, sending her flying back as Pyrrha bats aside the blades called to their wielder''s aid. Penny slides to a stop and makes a new series of motions, the weapons folding up until she''s circled by several laser rifles, a few of which open fire on the approaching champion. Pyrrha was expecting that and dodges that moving to the side bobbing and weaving out of the path. With every sword sent toward her, she would deflect one and move closer to Penny. Once she was close enough she was about to swing when another sword came from a blind spot. It rushed her aiming at her ?h?st but only managed to push her back. Penny was surprised at this thinking that she would have won but she noticed that the sword wasn''t touching Pyrrha but was kept in place by what looked like floating flakes. Penny zoomed in on what she was seeing and saw that it was small pieces of what should be metal covering the tip of her sword stopping it from doing damage to her. Pyrrha had jumped back to make it seem that the attack had worked. If one attack wasn''t going to work then Penny would send all eight of her swords together and launched them. Emerald smiled at this as she could use this to her advantage. With Emerald still squinting down on the arena, the sharp sound of Emerald''s Semblance is heard as Penny''s eight swords double, then triple, multiplying into an unreal thicket of blades. She used her semblance on Pyrrha to make her believe that she was being attacked by 50 swords instead of 8 swords. Pyrrha closed her eyes feeling the magnetic force around her with her semblance. She noticed that only 8 of them were real while the others were fakes. She dropped her weapon on the ground while lifting her hand and controlling the iron sand under her armor and makes it form a shield in front of her. The sword crashed into the iron sand shield stopping them in their tracks. Pyrrha moved her hand while concentrating with her eyes closed still sending more toward Penny who tried avoiding but was slower than the sand. Pyrrha used one of the swords to cut the wires to the other swords when she noticed that the wires were keeping her from getting moved further away from the ring. ''This isn''t how things are supposed to go! I need to hurry and do something about this.'' Emerald thought while using her semblance again feeling tired. She wanted Pyrrha to see that Penny was breaking through so she can crush Penny instead. Instead, Pyrrha relied on her semblance to feel that she was still there but was seeing something else. Pyrrha was thinking that someone was interfering with her fight. Pyrrha finished the fight by placing Penny outside the arena. The buzzer sounded letting her know that the match was over. Pyrrha breathed out since using her semblance like that was exhausting. She had only recently been able to do it but it was tiring on her. "We have our winner for this match! Pyrrha Nikkos will move on to the next round with such a great showing!!!" Dr. Oobleck announced to everyone in the crowds who were cheering at how exciting the match was. ~~~ Back in the hallway, Mercury''s face was completely swollen with some snot dripping from his nose and his lip was busted. "I''ll tell you. Will you just stop beating me now?" Mercury said hearing that there was no reason for him to be getting beat like this. Inside the arena in a spot that couldn''t be seen that well a man with a Faunus mask stood there with a scowl on his face looking at everything. "It seems that I have to do something myself since they are so incompetent." The masked man said while pulling up a sniper rifle. ~~~ Pyrrha was waving toward the crowd when Penny got back on the stage and waved toward Pyrrha. "That was absolutely magnificent. I would like to congratulate you on your win against me. You surprised me with the large amount of metal that you controlled. It was spectacular Ms. Nikkos!" Penny said in an upbeat manner while holding her hand out for a handshake. Pyrrha grabbed her hand and was about to shake when she saw a red dot appear on Penny''s ?h?st and she saw something fly past her face and hit Penny in the ?h?st. Chapter 167 - 161 - Mistakes Were Made Pyrrha heard a beep when she jumped backward while moving the iron sand around her creating a barrier around herself. An explosion went off rocking the arena sending pieces of Penny flying everywhere. Her head was mostly intact but her body was totaled. The crowd was stunned by what they had just seen. One of the contestants just exploded. Pyrrha lowered the iron sand shield around her with some of the sand falling to the ground. She was exhausted from hurriedly defending herself like that and wasn''t prepared for something like that. Pyrrha looked around when she looked down and saw Penny''s head right in front of her. Pyrrha stares in abject horror, eyes wide and mouth agape. ''How did things go bad so fast.'' Pyrrha thought. ~~~ Yang turned and noticed that Shallot wasn''t there and asked Blake where Shallot went. "He said he had to take a dump and was going to bring Ruby back also," Blake said while thinking about Shallot eating 4 tubs of popcorn then complaining that he may be constipated. "How can he leave when the match was pretty good?" Weiss asked who looked up from the arena when they saw Penny come up and was talking with Pyrrha. They looked like they were shaking hands when Pyrrha jumped back and covered herself in a metal barrier when Penny blew. Weiss and the rest of her teammates stood from their seats seeing this. "What!!!" Weiss yelled out along with the shock of the rest of the crowd. "No!" Professor Port said looking at what just happened to one of the contestants. He wasn''t sure what happened but the last thing he saw was Pyrrha shake her hand before jumping back and Penny exploding. ~~~ In an Atlas laboratory, a balding white-bearded man watches the live footage on the news, his hand gripping the armrest of his chair tightly. Ruby turns a corner and emerges from the service tunnel, only to see with her own eyes that she is far too late. "Penny..." Ruby says before falling to her knees and she begins to cry, the tears fall as she sobs miserably. The levitating arena is lowered back into place under the spotlights, and Mercury limps behind the weeping Ruby holding his everything, grinning widely with a couple of teeth missing at his success in delaying her before stepping back into the Colosseum''s maintenance area. Ruby tenses slightly as she hears his footsteps, but slumps forward once again as the door noisily swings shut. ~~~ In a washroom on the other side of Amity Arena, Shallot is on the toilet trying to drop a duce. The ground was shaking and people outside the washroom could hear the sound of a constipated man. "Just come out already!!! What the hell did they put in that Wienerschnitzel Super Premium Chili Dog!!!" Shallot yelled while gripping his stomach. After another minute he finally relieved himself when he felt that something was wrong while washing his hands. He felt his scroll buzz and looked at it and saw Da Vinci appear. "Master, Ruby is crying..." Da Vinci said when Shallot took off flying down the hallway crashing through walls appearing right by Ruby. "What''s wrong Ruby?" Shallot asked while leaning down next to her. ~~~ Blake was about to call Shallot when she felt a spike in ki and looked and could see a wall break and something shoot above the arena stop in another hallway. Blake looked at the spot Shallot went and thought that whoever pissed Shallot off must have a death wish. ~~~ "Broadcast, what are you doing? Kill the feed!" Dr. Oobleck said while trying not to show something so bad to everyone that''s watching the tournament. "Something''s wrong! We don''t have control of the cameras! We can''t even stop the broadcast!" The broadcaster told him. "What!? How is that possible!?" Professor Port said while looking at the screen seeing that it was being changed to something else. In answer, the background behind the two teachers changes to the video feed of the sight before them tinted an ominous bright red with a black queen chess piece hovering over the scene. They turn back to the arena as a familiar voice rings out throughout the Colosseum and the rest of the world watching these events. "This is not a tragedy. This was not an accident. This is what happens when you hand over your trust, your safety, your children, to men who claim to be our guardians." Cinder said over the cameras. "In reality, they are nothing more than men. Our Academies'' Headmasters wield more power than most armies, and one was audacious enough to control both. Ironwood, realizing who she''s talking about, grimaces and rises from his seat, marching up the steps. "They cling to this power in the name of peace, and yet, what do we have here? One nation''s attempt at a synthetic army, mercilessly destroyed by their star pupil after already winning. What need would Atlas have for a soldier disguised as an innocent little girl? I don''t think the Grimm can tell the difference." Cinder said while thinking that she could work with this. Pyrrha continues to stare at the remains of Penny in dread. If she reacted then she probably could have stopped what happened. It was metal and if she didn''t let her guard down she could have stopped this from happening. Lips parting as she raises a hand to cover her mouth. Then her eyes start watering, a single tear falling. Back in the fairgrounds, a gaping Weiss Schnee and Blake Belladonna watch the hacked screen of the Shopkeep''s stall. The owner and several others including Roy Stallion are gathered nearby. Blake''s expression becomes a glare as the speech continues. ~~~ Shallot who was patting Ruby''s back was hearing what was being said. "It seems that I have been too nice to them and didn''t take the warning I gave seriously. They get no more chances now. They are dead men walking." Shallot said while picking up Ruby and flying over to the seats. Shallot sat Ruby next to Yang and Blake looked at Shallot knowing that he was pissed. "And what, I ask you, is Ozpin teaching his students? First a dismemberment, now this? Huntsmen and Huntresses should carry themselves with honor and mercy, yet I have witnessed neither." Cinder continued making the audience think that it was Pyrrha that did this and since Shallot did attack Mercury after the match and even beat the soldiers had them leaning toward what they were hearing. "Perhaps Ozpin felt as though defeating Atlas in the Tournament would help people forget his colossal failure to protect Vale or perhaps this was his message to the tyrannical dictator that has occupied an unsuspecting kingdom with armed forces. Honestly, I haven''t the slightest clue as to who is right and who is wrong. But I know the existence of peace is fragile, and the leaders of our kingdoms conduct their business with iron gloves." Cinder continued. Ozpin watches the screen intently, The Long Memory at his side and Atlesian Airships hovering beyond his window. Amid the silence over the Colosseum as they absorb the revolutionary words, no one notices Emerald exit the stadium except for one person. Shallot looked directly at where Emerald exited and disappeared from his spot with a black aura left behind where he was standing. "As someone who hails from Mistral, I can ?ssure you the situation there is... equally undesirable. Our Kingdoms are on the brink of war, yet we, the citizens, are left in the dark." Cinder said getting into her role. "So I ask you: When the first shots are fired... who do you think you can trust?" Cinder ended her little speech and was ready to end the transmission. All she had to do was wait for the alarm to go off along with the Grimm that should be sent since the last wave was destroyed from Salem. This was a perfect time. ~~~ "Did you all think you can do what you want and make MY GIRLFRIEND CRY and I wouldn''t do anything!" Shallot said while his hand tightened around her neck. ''Mistakes were made,'' Emerald thought to herself thinking that this is the place she is going to die. Chapter 168 - 162 - Execution Emerald could feel the hand grasped firmly around her neck and she tried removing his hand only to fail. Shallot brought her closer to his face. "You''re going to tell me where Cinder is and I may only break your hands since you can''t keep yourself out of situations." Shallot said while staring at her. Emerald just stared at him not answering. Shallot threw her on the ground before firing a ki beam into her leg. "I''ll have you know that I know where all the vital points are in the human body. That means that as long as I don''t hit anything vital or an artery then I can keep going. I wonder how many beams can you take before you give in." Shallot said while sending another one through her arm. ~~~ "The feeds are all jammed! We can''t get a message out!" Dr. Oobleck said to Professor Port. "Will somebody tells me what in the world is happening!?" Professor Port said while trying to get the comms working. There weren''t any alarms ringing so he knew that nothing major had happened but whoever high jacked their broadcast was trying to cause discourse. "Find the ones that are behind this," Ironwood tells his men and droids to move out when the droids weren''t moving. The droids turned raised their weapon toward Ironwood. The soldiers were going to attack the droids when they were shot by some more droids that came from the side. ~~~ Cinder got a call on her scroll and seeing that it was from Emerald she picked up. "Do you want to play a game?" Shallot said over the scroll. "Where is Emerald." Cinder replied. "What''s your favorite scary movie?" Shallot said while having Da Vinci track Cinder''s location. Emerald was on the ground beneath him with tears on her face with multiple holes in her legs and arms. Shallot put the scroll by Emerald''s mouth. "Run Cinder!!!" Emerald yelled before she was kicked in the stomach while sobbing. Shallot put his knee on her arm and applying pressure with the scroll toward her mouth. Emerald started screaming feeling that her arm was being crushed. Cinder heard the call end and she wanted to get away not having heard Emerald ever sound like that before. ~~~ "I have the location Master." Da Vinci said. Shallot grabbed Emerald by the shirt and started pulling her while walking toward the location that Da Vinci showed him. Shallot flew toward the location while dragging Emerald with him. It only took him a minute to see Cinder trying to run somewhere. Shallot landed in front of Cinder dropping Emerald on the floor while grabbing Cinder by the throat. Cinder tried using her semblance but Shallot grabbed her by the arm and started squeezing until she started yelling. "You were given a warning and you didn''t listen. I hope your stupidity has been worth it." Shallot said then gave a strong punch to her ribs breaking them. "Uhhh!!!" Cinder screamed out with other people starting to come in their direction. Shallot grabbed the both of them and flew back toward the arena. After a minute he was back in the arena before they managed to clear everyone out. "Ladies and Gentleman these two are responsible for doing something which they shouldn''t have. They aren''t the only ones, however." Shallot announced to the stadium. The crowd looked at Shallot and then they saw Atlas droids coming in dragging someone by the neck. It was Mercury they were dragging and dropped him in front of Shallot. "Here he is master did I do good?" A robotic voice came through the droid after dropping Mercury. "You did good Friday." Shallot said while walking over to Mercury. Ozpin was in his office and could see that the broadcast had ended and that only the footage being shown was being played toward the stadium monitors and the school. "This is my message to those that decide to interfere with what''s mine, and this school is mine." Shallot said while dropping Cinder and Emerald on the ground. Shallot picked up Mercury by the back of the neck and faced him toward the crowd. "Any last words?" Shallot asked him. "Wait.." Mercury started to talk before Shallot threw him into the air toward the roof while placing ki inside his body. Once Mercury was below the ceiling Shallot pointed toward Mercury with two fingers. "Dirty Fireworks!!!" Shallot said with everyone in the arena looking up where they could see Mercury''s body swell slightly before they heard his scream and a loud bang. His body burst apart but was covered by the explosion of the ki that was placed inside of him. It was a black smoke cloud in the air with a couple of pieces of metal that fell to the ground. Emerald looked terrified seeing what happened to Mercury. ~~~ In the stands, the girls were also shocked not thinking that Shallot would turn this into a public execution. They looked at each other while Ruby had a concerned look on her face. "I don''t think they deserve to die," Ruby said while standing up. "It seems that Neo is going to stop him though," Blake said while still sitting there since she knows that Shallot only kills those that get in his way. "I don''t know if Neo is going to stop him before someone else dies," Yang says looking at the arena. "You all are just going to sit there while he is killing people?" Weiss asked standing from her seat. ~~~ Ozpin was sitting in the office seeing everything that was happening and tried to hurry toward an aircraft so that he could get there. Glynda was also there watching thinking that Shallot was dealing with things differently than a student should. ~~~ Ironwood was being held at gunpoint by his droids using his semblance to come to different conclusions on why his army turned on him. No one should be able to get access to his system unless they have his device. "What is the meaning of this?" Ironwood asked. "We are just making sure that no one gets in the way of our master while setting an example toward the people here on why they shouldn''t disrupt his fun." The droid said in a monotone way. "Master? Who is your master?" Ironwood asked knowing that it could only be one person at this point. "Based upon the information in the system you should be smart enough to understand who my master is. Although he hasn''t asked me to do this he also doesn''t like troublesome things bothering him." The droid said in a monotone manner. ~~~ "Since this was your idea, you will be the one to pay the price." Shallot said while grabbing Cinder by the throat. "What about Mercury? If Cinder is paying the price then why did you kill Mercury?" Emerald asked. "Simple. He made my girl cry, and no one makes my adorable Ruby cry." Shallot said while slightly tightening the grip on her neck. Cinder tried to use the power of the maiden when she received a punch to the stomach knocking the air out of her lungs. She nearly passed out just from that but managed to hold on. Shallot looked at her while looking toward the audience. "The one that tried to cause so much panic to this place has been apprehended and she shall be dealt with so that she can no longer do anything like this again.. I will tell you all that if you have children here you should close their eyes as the next part won''t be pretty!" Shallot out to everyone in the stadium. Chapter 169 - 163 - Master, Ill Be Your Maid Shallot was holding Cinder up when he felt a hand pat his back. He could tell that it was Neo from the ki signature and he turned his head to see her appear in front of everyone. She had stopped using her semblance and wanted Shallot not to do this in front of so many people because they would just fear him. "She dies but since you came here anyway the other one will get to live." Shallot said as if Cinder''s and Emerald''s lives meant nothing to him. Shallot looked at the struggling Cinder and could see that she was sending kicks, scratching his arms, and trying to bite his hand but nothing was working. Shallot used his other hand and grabbed her by the shirt and released his grip on her neck before asking his question. "Any last words?" "Salem won''t let you do whatever you want!" Cinder yelled out in desperation. "HAHAHAHA!!! Salem? Really? That''s what you are relying on!?" Shallot burst into laughter hearing that thinking that she was really stupid not understanding that he should already know about her since he had all of their information. "Salem is currently being trained by me to be nothing more than a maid for me. With enough shocks and beatings, you can mold someone exactly as you like even if they are immortal. If she didn''t try to get in my way then I would have left her alone, but just like you, she thought too much of herself and didn''t realize that she wasn''t at the top of the food chain." Shallot explained with every word that Cinder heard was destroying the image she had in her head of Salem. "Those are lies! No person can stand against Salem!!!" Cinder yelled in denial. Shallot had a smirk on his face. Shallot reached into his pocket with his other hand and pulled out his scroll. "Friday, send the electro pod!" Shallot said on his scroll. Shallot stood there waiting for the pod to get there. Shallot was waiting for about 10 minutes with Emerald seeming to have resigned herself seeing that resistance was futile. Cinder kept trying to get free when nothing worked and anytime she tried targeting the people in the stands she would receive a backhand. The pod came crashing in through the glass ceiling of the dome. It landed 5 feet away from Shallot. "You were in charge of her "rehabilitation" I wanted to make sure that she will answer me. Let''s see what you managed to do in the last 12 hours since you have had connections to it." Shallot said while opening the pod which was 5 meters tall and 5 meters wide. It was shaped like an unassuming box. Salem was wrapped in what looks like cables with slight signs of electricity being sent to the wires. She was wrapped in a frog tie bondage n?k?d. Inside the box that took up a large chunk of the arena, Shallot could smell what could only be aphrodisiacs. Salem was inside panting when a voice was sounding inside that was a recording of his voice. "We can do this the easy way or the hard way, but either way I''m going to get that puss?." The recording said. Shallot stopped hearing that and turned to look at Neo. This was what he said to her some months ago when they were messing around. Neo''s face turned red hearing while she and Cinder were shocked when they heard the next thing that came from Salem. "Master, please... use me... I can''t take it anymore... I''ll be your maid or whatever you want!" Salem said. Shallot looked inside and on the walls could be seen with images filled with him. "What the hell is this?" Shallot was confused since he left the training for Friday but wasn''t expecting this. Shallot had a confused face while looking at Salem and when he turned to see that some of the pictures were videos of his "private time" with the girls. Cinder hearing the person that took her in and the way that she has been degraded in front of her thought that the same thing was about to happen to her. Shallot turned Cinder toward him before looking at her. "Is this the person that you have backing you? It seems that she will be working for me now." Shallot said while Shallot rubbed Salem''s face and she shivered and he could see that her puss? was leaking below. ''Damn, I wasn''t expecting this to be honest but since most can''t see inside the box except for me, Cinder, and Salem." Shallot thought to himself. "This can''t be real!!!" Cinder seemed like she was having a mental breakdown. Neo held up her scroll while typing something then showed it to him. [Is she going to be a s?x slave?] Shallot read it and wasn''t really thinking about having that type of maid but he wasn''t exactly against it. Shallot shook his head which Neo seem to be looking at Salem then back to him wondering if that was really true. [If it means that we can get some rest then your stamina needs to be satisfied. You''re to spry for your own good. Even Yang is sore recently so maybe until we convince Velvet then Salem won''t be needed. We also need someone to help carry our packages when we go shopping.] "So you don''t need me when we go shopping?" Shallot asked with Salem squirming in the electrical ropes. [I never said that. We need more than one person to carry the packages since we need to get some things for "special" days.] Neo hurriedly typed to him. ~~~ In the audience stands the girls were sitting there as Shallot was talking to Neo and didn''t seem to be doing anything to Salem besides hitting her a few times. They saw that he was waiting for something when they heard the glass above them break. A box that was 5 by 5 meters long and wide landed in the arena five feet away from Shallot. Shallot looked into the box but they couldn''t see inside it from the angle they were sitting. Shallot was talking again but they couldn''t hear what he was saying. They saw Shallot walk inside the box for a bit then come back out shortly after. "So what do you think is inside the box?" Weiss asked curious about what was in there. "I don''t know. I''ve never seen that before so it must be something that Shallot has been working on." Blake said not knowing what the box was for. "I don''t know what is inside the box, but from what I can see, Cinder seems to be distraught on what she sees so maybe it was the person that sent her here to mess things up for everyone," Ruby said while she had tear marks under her eyes. Everyone turned to look at Ruby thinking that Ruby was getting better at reading people.. Maybe being lied to made her see the world as the rest of them. Chapter 170 - 164 - Steal Shallot looked at Salem then back at Cinder before he was tapped on the shoulder by Neo. [You can make it so that you take everything from her instead of killing her since it would set two different examples. A painful death for one and a worthless existence for the other punishment.] Neo showed him with a smile on her face. Shallot nodded his head then looked into Cinder''s eyes. "Well, it seems you are truly unlucky. You get to live but at what price? I will be taking everything that you have gotten and leave you with nothing. Mercury is dead and Emerald will be working for me also so I will also be taking the people you work with. Your boss is no more than a maid to me and now I will take away all the strength in your body." Shallot explained with Cinder starting to panic more and more scratching swinging and doing everything she can even when her fingers and hands are bleeding. Shallot held here in front of the crowd before saying one thing. "Steal!" Shallot said with a normal voice but to Cinder, this word would be the word that took everything away from her. Shallot started draining her of her energy and targeting everything in her body that wasn''t her lifeforce. Her stamina, strength, and unexpectedly the maidens magic. With every passing second Cinder, hands were losing strength when her eyes started watering. She wanted to fight back but no matter what she did was useless. "Hmmm!!! Mhmm!!!" She tried yelling with the face that was over her mouth gripping her head that only made muffled cries. Some of the people in the audience were uncomfortable seeing this as it looked the same as a person that was being choked into submission. "It seems that you have a bit of strength in you but all the actions you did got you my full attention, but now that you have it why are you crying. You should have known that this would happen when you chose to stand up to someone better than you." Shallot said while Cinder stopped struggling after another minute of being drained. "I also want to be handled roughly!" Salem said breathing heavily from inside the box. Shallot turned to look at Salem while feeling a bulge in his pants. ''Damn, hearing that right now is not helping with her being n?k?d right now. I can''t be rough with Neo or Blake since they are pregnant so I hope Ruby and Yang aren''t sore from last night.'' ~~~ In the stands were Team CFVY and most of the members were looking at Velvet. "So it seems that your boyfriend is really strong Velvet?" Coco said looking at Velvet who was watching everything. When they had gotten back from the mission on Merlot''s Island the second day of the tournament, Shallot had come and taken Velvet on a date that Coco has been talking about since then. Velvet''s face turned red while looking at Shallot from the stands with her heart beating faster. "But shouldn''t we have kept the guy alive too?" Velvet asked. "From what I could hear, that guy made Ruby cry and had something to do with Penny being blown up," Fox said from the side of his teammates. "I never expected him to be the overprotective type," Yatsuhashi said looking at the way that Shallot is treating Cinder on the stage. "They did try to throw the city into chaos which would have led to the death of a lot of people so they don''t have my sympathy. Besides, they broke my favorite glasses." Coco said still upset about her glasses. ~~~ Shallot dropped Cinder''s exhausted body after draining her of everything she had. She was no stronger than an average hunter now without any of her previous strength. Shallot then looked toward Emerald. "Might as well drain you also. Don''t need you trying to escape afterward." Shallot said before grabbing Cinder and tossing her into the box with Salem. Ropes came out from the side from where she was tossed to and strung her up pulling her against the wall. Shallot grabbed Emerald by the throat and started draining her. "Since you all are here that means that Adam is here. Where is he!?" Shallot asked in a stern voice that showed that he wasn''t going to accept her not answering the question. Emerald was already tired and just wanted this to stop. Mercury was dead, the one she had immense fear toward was trapped and hung up like a prize, and the one that she chose to follow was helpless against Shallot. "I don''t know!" Emerald growled out. Shallot clicked his tongue before he also tossed her into the box after her own useless struggle. The footage of everything was shown to everyone that couldn''t see that well but couldn''t hear what was being said. Some could read their lips to find out what was said while others didn''t know. They knew from what was said earlier that the ones that either were beaten, killed, or captured were the ones behind trying to cause problems for the arena and Vale city. Shallot tried to think of a way to draw him out when he thought about it. ''The only way for him to even think that he can do something against me is if he has had someone show him how to use ki which he wouldn''t even be on the same level as me.'' Shallot thought to himself. ''Might as well try.'' Shallot thought to himself before he closed his eyes to look for a larger than normal ki signature. He sensed around for Adam when he could feel what he thought was it. The signature was close to the roof. ''He must be thinking that he can...'' Shallot thought was interrupted when he felt something smash into his forehead. Shallot opened his eyes to see that it was a rifle round that hit him. It had fallen to the ground making a clanking sound. There was only a slight impact point that healed immediately. Shallot lifted his hand before trying something new with his semblance. He stretched out his hand toward where Adam was and made a grasping motion with his hand. ~~~ Adam who took cover behind the wall after firing felt as if the entire area around him was being moved. He tried to get away but was pulled toward the arena area. "What!?" Adam yelled before he was pulled toward the arena before slamming into the ground. The first thing he did when he crashed was to grab the sword that was on his right side and swung it toward Shallot''s neck. When he saw the blade connect he thought that he finally killed the bastard but then he heard a snapping sound. "What are you?" Adam asked stunned before using his right hand to reach for the katana on his back. He pulled the blade from the sheath when everyone could hear what sound like the cries and howls of Grimm and people. A black sludge crawled out from the sheath covering part of Adam moving over his shoulders. "Die you shiiiit!!!" Adam yelled out swinging with everything he had with blood flowing from his missing arm. Chapter 171 - 165 - Test Subject Captured "Muda!" Shallot said before catching the sword with two of his fingers. "Did you really think that the sword that I made could hurt me?" Shallot asked. "What?" Adam asked again, seeing that nothing was working. The cries of the sword were wailing when Shallot held his hand in front of Adam''s ?h?st. Adam tries to pull the katana back when Shallot releases it and starts punching him and only using enough strength to break his bones but not kill him. "You know, originally I was going to kill you, but taking everything from you seems like a more fitting punishment." Shallot said while grabbing the 5-foot katana. The sludge that was coming from the sheath started to cover him more. Shallot grabbed Adam by the throat, lifting him into the air like he did Cinder and Emerald. Adam felt that his strength was leaving his body and tried to struggle. Adam struggled trying to get free with every passing second losing his strength. He felt his body start to get lighter. Everyone else in the stadium could see the one Shallot pulled into the arena was being done the same as the others. At this point, they figured that he was catching everyone responsible for what had happened to the other contestant. "I''m going to need test subjects to see if my semblance will lead to another world. I sure as hell won''t be the first one to step through. Got to make sure it''s safe before I go through after all." Shallot said to himself while looking toward the stand where the girls were sitting. Shallot touched the side of the box in a square area the box lit up blow then closed itself. ~~~ Ironwood was standing in front of the walkway where he had been at first. He looked at what Shallot was doing and thinking that the technology was something that they had made at Atlas. "Is that Atlas tech he is using?" Ironwood said looking at what seemed like a portable prison. "Our tech." Da Vinci said while keeping Ironwood from doing something stupid. ~~~ Shallot was typing in the code so that it could be sent back to his lab. He wants to make sure that he can get to them without any problem and do any test he needs to. The crowd that was there was shocked at what had happened and didn''t know how to react. They were going to cheer since they heard him say that they were the ones responsible for the "death" of a student. Shallot walked over to Penny''s head and picked it up before looking at the wires that were coming from the bottom of it. He could see the pieces of her body strewn around the arena with some pieces that were crushed by the storage box that he called in. Shallot started walking toward the stands so that he could bring Penny''s head to them and also see if he can build another body for her. ~~~ Ruby and the girls were looking at Shallot walk toward the stands with Penny''s head before he flew to their seats. "Just to let you know Penny is a droid that is capable of human-level interaction. I will be rebuilding a body for her with the help of my two A.I.''s so that Ruby doesn''t have to be sad anymore." Shallot explained. "You can do that?" Ruby said looking up with hope in her eyes looking at Penny''s head. "If my girlfriend wants something then I will get it for them... as long as it''s reasonable." Shallot said thinking about it since he wasn''t going to do something troublesome. Weiss was looking at the interaction between Ruby and Shallot and was wondering if Neptune would do something like that for her. Yang was smiling thinking that she made the right choice in choosing who she wanted to be with even though it is a bit tiring in bed. She also wanted to go on another date with him since the last one was pretty fun. Blake was sitting next to her while thinking about why was Adam there. She didn''t expect for him to come here knowing that Shallot was here. She was thinking that he wasn''t as smart as she gave credit for. ~~~ Winter Schnee was on the airship back to Atlas while watching the tournament to see how things went. While watching she had seen how Shallot dominated the match along with destroying the other person''s legs. "He is violent?" Winter thought while thinking about how Weiss told her how Shallot was. She went to the pilot to ask for them to turn the ship around so that they could head back to Amity Arena. ~~~ Shallot was walking next to his team along with Team CFVY and Team JNPR. While they were walking out they could see someone speed walking in their direction. It was Professor Ozpin who was walking with Glynda by his side. "Hello students, I''ve come to talk with Shallot," Ozpin said while having sweat on his face. He had run here after getting off of the dropship and was only now walking to catch his breath. "Sure, what do you want to talk about?" Shallot asked since he had nothing to hide. "Can we talk in private?" Ozpin asked since he didn''t want all the students to know about Salem. "You can just say it here since there isn''t anything too private that I need others not to hear." Shallot said while still carrying Penny''s head. While they were stopping to talk with them Ironwood was being escorted by the droids who had weapons to his back. Shallot seeing Ironwood being walked here like he a prisoner only shook his head thinking that this must be the doing of Da Vinci. Da Vinci was too strict while Friday was too laid back. If they had half of each other he would think that they would be the perfect A. I. "Da Vinci, you don''t have to do that. I''m sure that the general wouldn''t do anything that would jeopardize his city." Shallot said. "You would harm a city?" Weiss asked not sure if Shallot is making a joke or not. "I wouldn''t but one of my two A. I.''s don''t have all of their screws in place," Shallot said. "I think Master is referring to Friday since her algorithm matches that of the data of what Master calls a stalker. Also, we don''t have screws since we are digital constructs and not physical." Da Vinci said while all the droids lowered their weapons. "I''M NOT A STALKER!!!" One of the droids shouted out more emotionally than the flat tone that Da Vinci spoke in. One of the droids walked up to Shallot looking at the head that was in his hands. "Is this the artificial human that Atlas was working that was in the data?" Friday asked while looking at the head of Penny. "Yes," Shallot gave a plain answer since he was coming down from his anger from earlier. He just wanted to get something to eat now. "I would like to gather the parts of Penny, especially the head so that we can rebuild her. "Alright," Shallot said while handing it to Friday to hand it to Ironwood. Friday was placing a tracker on the inside of Penny''s neck in-between the wires before handing it to Ironwood. ''With that, I should be able to find the location of whoever made the body and see if I can "convince" him to make me one so that I can spend some personal time with My beloved Master..'' Friday was thinking, while her digital form was spinning in circles while hugging herself while wondering what human senses would be like. Chapter 172 - 166 - Yangs Date (1) We are back with Volume 5. I forgot to post the notice but to late for that now. ~~~ [The 2 Days After Merlot''s Island] Shallot was waking up after getting some sleep and wanted to grab something to eat. He tried sitting up when he realized that Ruby was on his ?h?st again and looked around to see where Yang was since she wasn''t on his side. Shallot slowly slid Ruby off of his ?h?st so that he could get up. Ruby grasped her hands like she was trying to grab something when Shallot grabbed a long pillow and put it closer to Ruby who wrapped herself around it like a Koala Bear. Shallot got up from the bed and stretched while feeling his stomach rumble a little. He started to walk toward the washroom so he could take a quick shower so that he could head down to the cafeteria. When Shallot headed into the washroom Neo was inside taking a shower and Shallot went in to help her "shower" while also getting himself clean. After "showering" Shallot was walking through the hallway and when he saw that Emerald seemed to be looking around for someone. "Oh, if it isn''t green." Shallot said making Emerald turn seeing that it was Shallot. "Hello Shallot. What are you doing up this early in the morning?" Emerald asked. "What are you doing here since your team should be in another building." Shallot asked probably already knowing the answer. "I''m looking for my teammate who came this way about an hour ago but I couldn''t find her. Our shower was being used and she left to use another one and headed this way." Emerald said wanting to not be talking to him. Shallot was thinking about his "showering" with Neo and then gave a smile to Emerald. "I saw Neo head to the public showers to use them." Shallot said while continuing his walk. When he got to the cafeteria he was ready to go to the line to get something to eat. When he was about to look at the lunch lady when he noticed that instead of the silver hair he was used to seeing it was hot yellow instead. Shallot turned to look up and saw that it was Yang. "What are you doing serving food Yang?" Shallot asked since he was sure that the elderly lady wouldn''t let someone use her kitchen. She was a stubborn lady that constantly yelled at Shallot for nearly cleaning out the entire kitchen last time when he was hungry from training. "I convinced Ms. Cook to let me use the kitchen so that I can make some food for my boyfriend. She then went into talking about how she used to do the same thing for her boyfriend who became her husband later on." Yang started talking while grabbing two separate plates and filling them with one food each. One plate was filled with fried rice, while the second one was filling with sweat and sour pork. She grabbed a large bowl while filling it with Xihongshi Jidan Mian which consists of tomato and egg dishes with noodles. "Yang?" Shallot asked. "Yes?" Yang replied since she was pretty proud about how this came out. "Let''s go on our date today. I said that when we get back from our mission we would go on a date today just the two of us." Shallot said while he picked two of the plates up and started to carry them to a table. He came back for the bowl and brought it over to the table. It wasn''t a lot of people inside the cafeteria at this time of the morning since most were getting their rest since the tournament was going to be starting in another 3 days. Yang had a smile on her face finally getting her date and wanted to know what it was going to be. "I''m ready for the date but should I wear anything specific?" Yang asked. "Something that would let you move and fight in freely." Shallot said while thinking about where he was going to take her for the date. Yang nodded her head before going into the back of the kitchen to tell Ms. Cook that she had given the food to her boyfriend and headed to the table to eat with him. After eating their food Yang went back to the room so she can wear something easier to move in since she had on cooking clothes right now. After she headed back Shallot was thinking that today would be the perfect time to help Yang get better at flying. Shallot waited for Yang to be ready while checking his scroll and looking through the information that was organized by Friday and Da Vinci. He was thinking about the perfect thing for what would be a nice spot for his date. Shallot thought about it and thought that going out to enjoy the festivities and then letting her beat up some people would put a smile on her face. After an hour Yang was ready wearing what looked like a yellow biker outfit. It was green military booty shorts and a sports crop top. She had a brown jacket on top halfway zipped up. Shallot was looking at Yang liking the outfit that she had on nodding at it. "You look really good in that. Let''s be on our way for our date. The first part is getting you used to flying since we have to travel some distance for this trip and we won''t be back until tomorrow morning." Shallot said while wrapping his arm around her waist. Yang smiled hearing that while wanting to also learn how to fly since Ruby was hovering most of the time saying she could do it while Yang couldn''t. Yang wanted to be able to fly just so that Ruby wouldn''t keep teasing her. Shallot then gave the same explanation to Yang that she gave to Ruby, Blake, and Velvet. She took only 10 minutes so that she could spread the ki around her body fully. "Let''s head outside first so you don''t fly into the hallway walls." Shallot said while started to walk toward the exit with Yang. She was floating unsteadily in the air while slowly moving before getting the hang of it. She started moving faster before shooting into the air. She flew high into the air before looking down thinking about how she is supposed to fly down. While she was up in the air she saw a flock of birds flying towards her. The flock flew toward her which she started moving her hands to block the birds that were flying toward her face. Yang lost her concentration and started falling and seeing that the ground was getting closer. She started panicking thinking that she didn''t want to crash into the ground after learning how to fly as that would be embarrassing. She tried regaining her "standing". She tried using her ki to right herself so that she could slow herself. She tried pushing up and adjusting herself while reducing her speed. She was flailing through the air and started spiraling before she felt that she was being grabbed by Shallot. "I forgot to teach you how to orientate yourself while flying. Without orienting yourself while flying it''ll be difficult to change direction while flying.." Shallot said while he right her direction so she could start flying again. Chapter 173 - 167 - Yangs Date (2) After spending another hour outside flying around and Yang getting used to flying she was stable in the air not needing any more tips for flying. "So what do we do now that I can fly pretty well?" Yang asked. "We are going to be flying to the place that I grew up and meet some people. I thought the best way for our date would be to enjoy ourselves while also beating up some unfortunate people." Shallot said with a smile on his face. Shallot and Yang started flying toward Menagerie. While flying he could see that while they were getting closer to the water Yang was looking down as if trying to find something. "What are you looking for?" Shallot asked since there shouldn''t be anything interesting here. "I haven''t seen a sea Grimm before and was wondering if it could take one of my punches!" Yang said while punching her other hand while flying. "Full strength or playfully?" Shallot asked since he was sure that there wasn''t any Grimm that was going to be an issue at this point. He knew that if he wanted he could train Hunters and Huntresses to deal with all the Grimm. "I noticed that Adam had ki but it still didn''t help him against you. How strong are you now?" Yang asked while seeing a ship that was about to set sail. On the ship that almost everyone was a Faunus. "I think that is the ship that Blake came on?" Shallot said while seeing the ship since he didn''t take it last time and had flown over the ocean. "Should we take the boat then?" Yang asked while Shallot only thought about it for a second. "We can fly this time and take the boat next time since I will have to introduce you all to Blake''s parents also." Shallot said continuing flying. "Aren''t you worried that Blake''s father will try to attack you at every chance he has seeing that you aren''t only with his daughter but also others like my dad has been doing?" Yang said while remembering that even when Shallot isn''t doing anything her dad''s attacks don''t do anything. They flew and landed on Menagerie with Yang looking around. "So what are we supposed to do here?" Yang asked while looking around at all the Faunus. "We are going to some of the places that I enjoyed going to when I was younger. I know some great food places." Shallot said while looking at the place he hadn''t been to in some years. Shallot and Yang walked around for a bit until they came across a stand. It was a food stand that had spicy shishkabobs. "Would you like some shishkabobs, Yang?" Shallot asked while walking up to the stand. The Faunus behind the stand was looking at Shallot who was full of muscle. He looked at the girl next to him while also preparing some shishkabobs on the grill. He was a wolf Faunus who had a menu behind him with the number you can order whether in singles or packs. "Four shishkabobs for both of us." Shallot said. The wolf Faunus made the shishkabobs and handing them to Yang and Shallot. Shallot took him and shoved one in his mouth while looking at Yang who was eating some off of two of them she had in her hand. "Hmmm, this is good!" Yang excitedly said while eating the shishkabob. "This is one of the places I wanted to take you to since they have some of the best shishkabobs." Shallot said while enjoying the food. Shallot wrapped his right arm around Yang and started leading her to another food stand. "That place over there was where me and Blake used to mess with people by throwing rocks at the White Fang members." Shallot said to Yang while they walked around Shallot pointing to a place they used to go to. "That doesn''t sound like something Blake would do?" Yang said with a puzzled look. "It wasn''t her idea. It was me that was throwing rocks and I convinced her to throw some when she was getting bored." Shallot said while walking around. Shallot and Yang went around walking and talking with Shallot explaining with some people that did notice him. They would look and point while mumbling something before walking away. "What was that about?"Yang asked. "Right... it''s probably because the White Fang they looked up to was beaten by me before I left to travel around. Now that the White Fang was mentioned it was the thing we were supposed to do afterward." Shallot said while they continued going from food stand to food stand. They spent their time eating when Yang couldn''t eat anymore but Shallot was still munching on things. "Now that you are full I guess it''s time for you to get some exercise in." Shallot said while he started walking in a different direction. "What do you have in mind," Yang said while tracing her hand down his ?h?st thinking they were about to head somewhere to enjoy themselves. "What you are thinking about is for after the first half of our exercise and I also didn''t want to hide what I came here to do from you all." Shallot said while Yang followed him toward a different part of town. After walking for fifteen minutes they were in front of a section with some people in the White Fang outfit. They were walking around and when they looked around they saw Yang and Shallot. They looked at Yang while one of them looked at Shallot and his eyes widened behind his mask. He took off running toward the inside while leaving his friend there. "Someone, you know?" Yang asked seeing the guy run away. "They shouldn''t know what I look like since I haven''t been here since I was younger?" Shallot answered also slightly confused. "So you aren''t just infamous at Vale it seems," Yang said with a smirk on her face. "Well, it''s time to go and find out what they are planning. It may be something fun." Shallot said while he was rubbing his neck thinking that they may be planning something and as the new leader I need to know what they are planning." Shallot said. "You''re the leader of the White Fang now?" Yang asked remembering how Roman was working for him but the White Fang wasn''t. "They will be when I''m finished with them.." Shallot said while smiling which sent a chill down Yang''s back. Chapter 174 - 168 - Yangs Date (3) Shallot and Yang started walking toward the White Fang member that was still standing there wondering why his friend ran away. He looked and saw Shallot standing there looking at him. Shallot could see the gears in his head turning and when they seemed to be going at full speed he turned and ran also. "I never thought that the people where you grew up would run after seeing you. What did you do to the White Fang here that they run when seeing you. Why didn''t they run when they attacked us in the tunnels?" Yang asked while thinking about how Shallot didn''t show any hesitation in blowing up a group that should have been familiar with him. "I didn''t know any of the people that were in the cave back there. I''m pretty good at remembering people. They probably joined afterward and were also joining under Adam. That was enough to get them the death warrant since I knew that he would try something against me eventually. I don''t need avengers coming after me. It''s annoying having to deal with avengers because they always come back if you leave them alive." Shallot said while they started to walk into the White Fang hideout. While they were walking inside they could see a giant poster on the side with people who used to be the leader of the White Fang. There were a bunch of Faunus who seemed to be mainly of the Feline kind. There were two people that Shallot didn''t recognize while the other three he did. One was the person that was in charge before Gira was in charge. Kali had told him before that the previous leader named Michi. She didn''t have a last name but she was the best at manipulation and sweet-talking. That was what she heard from Gira when he was the one to take over after her. She wanted the Faunus to go to war again after they recently only managed to get peace. If Gira didn''t overthrow her as the leader the Faunus would have most likely gone back to war since Michi hated seeing her kind being mistreated by humans and thought that with an ''us'' or ''them'' mindset. The second one was Gira who replaced Michi. He had done it by getting the others that she was too radical and would put them in more danger than they were already in. The last one was Sienna Khan the one which Shallot was coming to see now. They walked through with some of the White Fang members on the side pointing at Yang whispering among themselves. "Look, those are probably some of the new members." Some of the White Fang members on the side were saying to each other seeing Shallot''s tail wrapped around his waist. They thought that maybe Yang was a Faunus that didn''t have that many features like the chameleon type or maybe a lion Faunus that didn''t get the ears but the hair instead. "We aren''t White Fang members." Shallot said while walking through and pushing open the doors to the building that the leader of the White Fang. When Shallot was pushing the doors open others that were there the White Fang members on the side wanted to stop them. "Yang, if anyone tries to stop us feel free to beat them since they can''t do anything since I''m here anyway. The elders on the island wouldn''t say much since it wouldn''t be the first time. Although they would be wondering what he would be back for if he was just going to be causing problems. Two of the White Fang members were getting closer with Shallot pushing the doors with more strength than what was needed. The two doors were sent flying off the henges into the building. "Yo, guess who here to collect rent!!!" Shallot said while walking inside. He was looking around to see if the others from the council might have been here but it seemed that they weren''t. Some White Fang members were cleaning the room and also he noticed two specific people. One was Sienna Khan sitting on her chair at the back of the room. She was reading something and looked over startled not expecting this since this was her time to relax. The person next to her was Blake''s friend from when she was in the White Fang. Her name was Illia Amitola who is a chameleon Faunus. She was standing next to Sienna while saying something before she stopped when she heard the door slammed off the hinges. One of the doors was on the floor broken while some poor some was under the other door. Shallot looked at the person on the ground seeing that they were fine but unconscious since their aura took most of the hit. "Oops?" Shallot said half-baked since he knew that most people in the White Fang that worked inside the building were capable of using aura. Some of them never did awaken their semblance, however. Sienna squinted her eyes slightly trying to think if she knew anyone that would act like this when she saw the tail. She knew that the only person with a tail and features like this person was Shallot who always was a pain to deal with since he was already stronger than her before he left but she had more experience. She wasn''t sure if that was the same at this point seeing that he was much larger than before. "It seems that the pipsqueak has grown up," Sienna said while glancing at Shallot wondering why he was here now. "I came here to tell you that I will be the one leading the White Fang as I''m tired of them causing problems where I am. So I am here to relieve you of your position and you will be working under me. You should be glad to work under someone as great as me as I''m the strongest around. "Why would you want this position and the others wouldn''t just follow you," Sienna said while standing up thinking that she was going to have to fight. Shallot just looked at her standing up with the other White Fang members watching also preparing to attack. "We can do this the easy way, or the hard way. The choice is yours." Shallot said while looking at her body up and down. Yang saw that and elbowed Shallot but it didn''t even make him flinch. "Well, I guess we need to do this the hard way," Sienna said while Illia was also ready to attack. "Are you sure that is something you want to do Illia? You might be Blake''s friend but these hands are rated E for everyone. Just because you are my girlfriend''s best friend doesn''t mean I won''t beat you." Shallot said while cracking his knuckles. Illia was thinking about it knowing that after Blake left and Illia was traveling with Adam, Shallot would take potshots at him. Adam wasn''t able to do anything and would complain and would constantly say that he would get his revenge. Especially after having one of his eyes blinded by Shallot when he tried to hit on Blake. She had been invisible that day and saw everything that had happened. Shallot had come and blinded Adam in one eye after he tried to hit on Blake when they were working on a job. After Blake shot him down he said that she could be with a real man and not a monkey. Later that day Adam was attacked in his own room having his eye blinded while having the word ''weak'' carved on his ?h?st. Illia thought that fighting Shallot would be a losing battle even if she could use ki. She learned it from Blake but since Shallot taught Blake she knew she probably couldn''t win.. She still needed to do something though since she was a member of the White Fang. Chapter 175 - 169 - Yangs Date (4) Illia made up her mind and got into a fighting stance since she needed to do what she could for the White Fang. Shallot just looked at her and thought that he''ll deal with Sienna first while Yang gets to have some fun here. Shallot turned to Yang since he could tell that she was just waiting for the word as the grin on her face was getting larger. "All out brawl for you just like I promised. Just don''t injure anyone too badly since I plan on taking over after you "convince" everyone." Shallot said while walking toward Sienna who was also in a fighting stance. Shallot was walking toward Sienna when Illia tried stopping him and he disappeared from her view. When she started looking around she noticed that he was already behind her. "Let''s take this elsewhere so that I don''t get in my girl''s way while she is having fun." Shallot said while grabbing Sienna picking her up and flying upward while blasting the ceiling. "Swiggity Swooty!" Shallot yelled out before flying upward. They both flew through the now whole of the roof while leaving Yang to have her fun. Yang looked up toward the ceiling where Shallot flew through and looked at Illia while thinking that this was going to be fun. "I needed great training so that I can prepare to fight weaker people before the tournament," Yang said while walking toward Illia. One of the Faunus on the side ran and hit a bu??on on the table where they were placing things which sent a signal to all the other members. The members that were outside checked their scrolls seeing the emergency signal and started running toward the tent. "Let them all know. The more the merrier. I also need to make sure that I have enough training dummies." Yang said while cracking her knuckles. She wasn''t even planning on using her gauntlets just because she needed to feel the difference in her punches to tone them down. Illia started running toward her and vanished from her sight. Yang thought that she was probably moving at high speed like Shallot usually did and looked around but didn''t see her. Yang was ready and dashed away from her spot sensing being attacked from behind. She turned and still didn''t see Illia but knew she was in that direction from her ki signature. She tried not to use any of her own strength and only use the strength from their momentum. This was one of the ways that Shallot told her can help her get better at fighting since she won''t use a lot of her own strength. The two tigers Faunus slammed into each other and were dazed slightly. The front of the building had more Faunus rushing in since there were no longer doors there. There were 30 of them that started filling up the place getting ready to also fight. Half of them had weapons in their hands while the other half didn''t. They only some items and maybe some cleaning supplies in their hands. One of them ran forward with a broom sending that handle of the broom forward in a jabbing motion. Yang grabbed the handle of the broom pulling her arm in a circular motion spinning the guy. Another came from the side with a low swing with a mop with Yang jumping and using the guy she still had in her hand throwing him onto the floor using the motion to move out of the way. She was thinking of this more as a game. Without using ki and only basic strength can she deal with a room full of people. ~~~ Shallot had carried Sienna away before dropping her off in the woods on the outskirts of the city. "Now, I can be sure that we can come to a set of terms and agreements for how this is going to work." Shallot said while standing in front of her. "I won''t just give up the White Fang to someone that doesn''t care about it," Sienna said. "Who said that you had a choice." Shallot said while a smirk was on his face. ~~~ Yang was standing on top of a pile of people. It had already been 30 minutes and she was told that she would be able to get some good exercise in. She was sure that she was ready for the tournament. The White Fanus members that were underneath were whining from the pain they were feeling. "I only managed to broke 3 people''s ribs. I think I don''t have anything to worry about while holding back for the tournament." Yang said while walking down the pile of bodies that was standing there. Shallot came floating back down while carrying Sienna over his shoulder before dropping her next to her chair. Shallot sat down in the chair while leaning forward with his fingers interlocked. "I am now the leader of the White Fang and if someone has anything to say then you could always try to beat us but then again..." Shallot started to say while looking at the pile of people on the ground. Yang walked over feeling relaxed after seeing that Shallot was sitting there. She sat down on his ??p while leaning over and kissing him. Yang looked down at Sienna and saw that she was squirming on the ground rubbing her legs against each other. "Horny?" Yang asked looking at her then back to Shallot. "Nope, but she probably wants to right now." Shallot said while thinking that he spent thirty minutes teasing her body while keeping her from touching herself. "I''m up for something new right now Shallot so let''s bring her with us," Yang said knowing that she wouldn''t be able to deal with Shallot by herself.. Some sacrifices are needed if she wants to be able to walk later tomorrow. Chapter 176 - 170 - Untold Secret [Within the dark lands] Within a dark cave in a tunnel stood an elderly figure with one arm. Dr. Merlot was standing over a glass container with a child within. The fluid inside the container was empty. There was a crack in the container on the side. A path of liquid was trailing out toward what could only be the path out of the cave. He opened the container and pulled up the small boy that was inside. He hugged him with the only arm he had remaining. Tears slid down his face as he couldn''t feel any life in him. "Ozpin and those kids will pay for taking you from me. First was Ozpin, and now his students have taken you from me forever." Dr. Merlot looked at the black liquid that was on the ground. He slowly lowered his child back into the empty container. Merlot reached his hand and rubbed it across the black liquid. The black liquid on his hand bubbled around before the trail leading out rushed toward him rushing to encase his body. "?????¡õ? ??¡õ?¡ô? ???????? ??¡õ??? ????¡ñ??? ??¡ô?????¡ö??" A garbled voice came from deeper with the cave which Merlot couldn''t understand. [Back at the arena] Shallot was standing in the middle of the arena. Shallot looked around and saw that the ones in the stand were looking at him. He felt what he could only ?ssume was magic. "Odd? it doesn''t feel natural for me?" Shallot said. He couldn''t use the magic that he absorbed like ki so he would have to try something else. ~~~ Ironwood wanted to make sure that nothing damaged the core of Penny that was in the head portion. Ironwood was going to head back to Atlas so they can work on rebuilding Penny. He motioned for some of the guards to come towards him. "Call for the ship to come here. We will be heading back to Atlas after I finish talking with the headmaster of Beacon Academy." Ironwood said to one of the guards. ~~~ Shallot walked over to the side while using his scroll putting something in. The cube that was in the middle launched back out carrying the new "captives" back towards the lab. Some of the guards were heading back to notify the ship runners to get ready for whenever General Ironwood was prepared to leave. General Ironwood walked toward the side so that he could head toward the exit carrying the head of Penny. He left out so he could talk with Ozpin. Everything that he has been preparing for has been pointless since Shallot dealt with it. ''Now I have to find a way to deal with Shallot in case he ever endangers everyone.'' Ironwood thought to himself while walking away. ~~~ Shallot was walking toward the walkway area to head back to the girls. Yang, Blake, and Weiss had calmed Ruby down while Yang was slightly surprised at how angry Shallot could get. Blake always told them that Shallot was a lot calmer than when they were kids. They didn''t believe it since he was so light-hearted all the time and spent most of his time with them. The only thing that he ever did take seriously was the training that he did later in the day. Weiss was looking at Shallot pulling Ruby into a hug rubbing her head. Blake and Yang came together to give hugs to Ruby with Shallot, Ruby feeling the warmth of everyone relaxed. "Don''t worry Ruby. I''m sure that we can think of some way to help Penny." Yang told her little sister. They had already known that Penny was a robot when they had seen Shallot''s scroll that had shown Penny as being an android. Ruby was in the washroom that day and they all decided to keep it to themselves. Ruby was happy with her friend and they didn''t want to tell her that her friend was an android. What they didn''t know was that Ruby already knew about it and that she was keeping that information from them. The Warning Sirens went off inside the stadium with everyone looking around. They couldn''t really see anything and were wondering if the systems were malfunctioning. *Screech* They heard a Nevermore screech coming from above the dome. Everyone saw a Nevermore coming for the opening. "Seems I missed one." Shallot said while pointing his finger toward the Nevermore. The ki started to charge before launching leaving a trail traveling across the air. The beam struck the Nevermore killing it by piercing its skull. The Nevermore cried out after being hit before crashing into the middle of the stage. "So, what to do next. I am the strongest here at this point and there isn''t much to do. We should finish our time for school and then I should be able to have a way for me to take you all with me back to where my family is." Shallot said while rubbing Ruby''s back still. "Uhm." Ruby nodded her head. "Your family? I thought you couldn''t go back there?" Yang asked since this was the first time that he mentioned this to them. "I can''t head back without my semblance. You need one that can travel far distances or a ship that can take you there." Shallot said trying to keep it simple. They were still in a crowded area and he didn''t want to say to them that he was from another planet. He planned on telling them soon since he wanted them to go with him and it would be d??kish to take them to another universe or reality without telling them. Shallot told them that they should leave since the tournament will probably be canceled and rescheduled. Chapter 177 - 171 - Relics Shallot and the girls had gone back to their dorm room. Weiss had left to go somewhere else while Ruby sat on the bed. Yang sat next to Ruby and rubbed her back. "Penny was a robot so she can be rebuilt," Yang said trying to cheer up Ruby by telling her that it will be fine. Ruby looked toward Yang with a shocked expression. "You knew that Penny was a robot?" Ruby asked since she was sure that she kept it a secret. "You already known that she was a robot?" Yang asked since they thought she didn''t know about it. "I was keeping it a secret because Penny asked me," Ruby told her. "We knew that she was a robot because her information was in some of the information that Shallot was looking at," Blake said from the side reading a book about kids. If the school was going to take a break after what almost happened then she could go back home and tell her parents about her being pregnant. "I''m thinking of heading back to Menagerie to visit my parents," Blake said to the others in the room. "I liked the look of the place," Yang mentions. "You''ve been to Menagerie?" Blake asked Yang "Shallot took me there a couple of days ago," Yang tells recounts how they went there and Shallot took over the White Fang. "So your now the leader of the White Fang?" Blake asked since she didn''t think that Shallot would be interested in something like that since he didn''t want to do anything that would change from his normal schedule. "I''m the strongest so I can make sure that there won''t be any more problems for the Faunus. I also planned on making crossways so that people don''t really have to worry about the Grimm." Shallot said. "And how are you going to do that?" Ruby asked. "I was great at Civ games so this will be easy." Shallot says. What''s Civ?" Weiss said pushing the door open walking in on the conversation. "A simulation on running civilizations." Shallot said while wondering where she had gone earlier. "Where can I use this simulation? It would be useful for finding out what place would be the best to develop." Weiss asked since she thought it would be useful. "It''s a program that is from my home town. You wouldn''t be able to get it here. Just think of it as a strategy game that was used for entertainment." Shallot said. "You sure do remember a lot for someone that came here when you were four years old?" Weiss asked since Blake always talked about the first time Shallot and Blake met each other. "I remember everything from the time I was 2 years old. The only thing that I haven''t remembered is anything that I don''t think is that important." Shallot said. Blake looked at Shallot with doubt on her face. "You forgot my birthday 3 weeks after I had told you about it. Your memory isn''t that great." Blake said while looking up from her book. "I don''t have eidetic memory so that''s reasonable." Shallot defended himself. "Uh-hmm," Blake said while looking back at her book. "Master, there is something interesting you should see that could help you with what you want to do." A voice came from Shallot''s scroll. Shallot pulled out his scroll and looked at it. Davinci pulled up the file for him to see. Shallot started going through some of the files and came across something that did catch his interest. "Relics?" Shallot asked seeing it. Shallot started reading through the file on it. ~~~ The Relic of Choice is one of the four Relics created by the God of Light. [The Relic takes the shape of an ornate golden crown with red jewels embedded in it.] The Relic of Choice has the ability to show its wearer visions of a future choice they will have to make. The visions shown are random, and the user will only see that singular choice whilst wearing it. When brought together with the other Relics, it has the power to summon The Gods. ''That''s interesting. What else do these Relics do? If they can be gathered maybe I just need to gather them and ask the gods of this world to open a path back to mine.'' Shallot thought. ~~~ The Relic of Creation is one of the four Relics created by the God of Light. It has the power to summon Ambrosius, who can create anything. It is commonly referred to as the Staff. The Relic of Creation has the ability to summon Ambrosius, who can create anything the user d?s?r?s. However, the user must be thoroughly detailed, such as using blueprints or schematics, in order to receive what they d?s?r?, as Ambrosius will give you exactly what you state. However, he is forbidden from resurrecting the dead as well as destroying them. Also, he can only be used for one task at a time, as the previous creation will be destroyed the moment he starts a new one. When summoned, time stops around Ambrosius and the user. Although Ambrosius is forbidden from destroying, he is capable of creating destructive things when requested of it such as fire. When brought together with the other Relics, it has the power to summon The Gods. ~~~ ''With this one, I could just recreate Penny. So, I just need to find out where these things are.'' Shallot thought. While reading the files, he could see that it had information about four relics but not the locations. The Relic of Destruction is one of the four Relics created by the God of Light. The Relic takes the shape of an ornate sword. Its powers are currently unknown. When brought together with the other Relics, it has the power to summon The Gods. ~~~ The Relic of Knowledge is one of the four Relics created by the God of Light.[1] It has the power to summon Jinn, who can answer three questions every one hundred years. It is commonly referred to as the Lamp. The Relic takes the shape of a golden ornamented lamp with a blue sphere in the middle. Its size can shift according to the user, keeping the same ratio. The Relic of Knowledge attracts nearby Grimm to it. The Relic of Knowledge has the ability to summon Jinn, who can answer only three questions every one hundred years. These questions can be about anything so long as they don''t pertain to the future. It also stops time around Jinn and the one who asks her a question when it''s being used. When brought together with the other Relics, it has the power to summon The Gods. ~~~ Shallot was reading the information and wanted to find more information about these relics.. They could be just what he needs to guarantee that traveling between worlds is safe for them. Chapter 178 - 172 - Desghidoran Grimm [One Day Later] Shallot was standing in Ozpins office with Ironwood. Ironwood was using his semblance to try to think of ways against Shallot. If he was ever a threat to everyone, he wanted to have a backup plan. No matter how many simulations he ran, he couldn''t think of a method. "What are you going to do with Salem now that you have her," Ozpin asked since he did remember his time with Salem before her personality warped. Salem had an obsession with the relics and taking revenge on the gods. The tournament was canceled the previous day and the students were given time to rest. Ozpin and the other headmasters decided to reschedule the tournament for next year. They saw enough of each student to know who was ready for a hunter and huntress license. "She is kept in a place where she won''t be able to harm the cities. I also came here because I want to expand the city limits like Mountain Glenn. This time, however, I want to train a group of Hunters and Huntresses that will be the protectors of those places." Shallot explained since if he was going to leave the world and head back to his if he needed to come back, he wanted to make sure that the people he knows are still alive. "What do you plan to do with the others?" Ironwood asked since two of them had been disguising as students of another academy." Ironwood said. "I plan on using them to test a couple of my ideas. I will deal with the Faunus, Adam Taurus myself." Shallot said while looking at Ozpin. "What are you planning to do with them?" Ozpin asked. "That''s for me to know. Cinder and her group won''t be causing problems anymore." Shallot said to Ozpin. "Was that the only thing you wanted to talk about?" Ironwood asked, still unsure of how to interact with Shallot. He gave him the head of Penny and told her to fix her so that his girlfriend wouldn''t be sad anymore. "That wasn''t everything. I also wanted to know about these relics." Shallot said. Ozpin and Ironwood froze hearing Shallot mention them. Ironwood would reach for his gun, but he knows that it would be useless against Shallot. Ozpin wanted to know how he got information about the relics when he didn''t keep any documentation on it and have only told a couple of people. Ironwood was one of the people that he revealed about the relics. "Would you explain how you came across information on the relics?" Ozpin asked, trying to keep his calm. "Information about the Relic of Destruction, which Salem knew. I got the other information because Ironwood had documentation on the others in his system." Shallot said while looking at Ironwood. Ironwood''s eyes opened hearing that thought that no one should have been able to get that information since he encrypted the data himself. Ozpin turned and looked at Ironwood while squinting his eyes somewhat since he told everyone not to document the relics. The last time he told others about the maidens and relics, people hunted the maidens for selfish gains. "I wanted to document them so that I could have my droids and people search for them if they are ever taken from the other headmasters. We had no countermeasures if they were taken without us knowing. I had to have countermeasures to find them if something happened." Ironwood explained his point of view. *RING RING* Ironwood''s scroll rang letting him know that a call was coming through. "Hello?" Ironwood answered. "We are being attacked, sir!!! We need back up!" A voice came from over the scroll. "Report the status soldier!" Ironwood gave his order through the scroll. "Sir, it''s a Desghidoran Grimm. It has already fully m?tur?d and three ships have already been destroyed. "Where is Winter!? Tell her to evacuate everyone and try not to fight it. It''s a titan class." Ironwood said over the scroll. "Isn''t Titan class SS Rank Ironwood," Ozpin said while standing from his chair. "SS Rank? This is the first time that I''m hearing that they have classifications to them. We were only told the different types of Grimm and how to deal with them." Shallot said while wondering if this Grimm would be any different from the rest. Ironwood turned to Shallot thinking that asking for his help would be for the best. "Can you go to the coordinates I send you and save my men?" Ironwood asked Shallot. If Shallot could deal with a SS Rank Grimm with no issues then whatever plans he may be able to come up with might be futile. Shallot thought about it and since Weiss''s sister was there he didn''t mind going. He didn''t really get to know what her sister was like. Maybe he could get some information about her from Winter. "Alright, I''ll head over and save your men. Send me the destination to my scroll." Shallot said while pulling his scroll out. "I don''t have the contact information for you," Ironwood said. "Nevermind, I got it." Shallot said while Ironwood saw the info he wanted to send was copied over to somewhere else. "Well, it seems that I need to get going since this Grimm might be a bit more interesting." Shallot said while walking toward the elevator. "Shouldn''t you hurry to get to them?" Ozpin asked since he knew that Shallot could fly. "I can break your window and fly out heading toward them." Shallot said while still walking toward the elevator. "Ozpin, I will pay for the repairs. Just let him break the window so my men can be saved." Ironwood said while looking at Ozpin. Ozpin exhaled thinking that he enjoyed the look of his office and didn''t want to have it messed. He has had this office for 40 years already. "Alright, the second window to the right can be removed from the henges. Just press around the side with enough force." Ozpin said thinking about how he still didn''t want his office ruined. Shallot walked toward the window and lifted his finger. He pointed it at the window firing a ki beam and cutting out the window sill area. He pushed the window out and grabbed it setting it on the side. Shallot jumped out the window before blasting off into the sky heading toward the location where Ironwood''s soldiers and Winter should be at. Ironwood was looking at Ozpin. Ozpin sat back into his chair looking at the window where Shallot flew off from. "Do you think agreeing to Shallot''s idea is a good thing? If others can do what he is capable of then I''m not sure if the kingdom would become safer or more dangerous." Ozpin said thinking about his idea. Ozpin had lived for a long time and knew that human was destructive by nature even when there were external threats to there own race. Ozpin knew that if he died he would just appear in someone else until his soul merged with the new body and he was in charge again. Ironwood was thinking about it and used his semblance. The first thing that he saw happening was someone teaching a friend and that person teaching someone else. After a couple of months, a large number of people knew which made dealing with Grimm easier but the criminals also managed to learn and started causing problems leading even more Grimm to the city. "I don''t think it''s a good idea. From my prediction, it can go very poorly even if it helps for a short period of time.." Ironwood said. Chapter 179 - 173 - A Not So Cold Winter [With Winter] Winter was on the ship, hearing explosions out of the window of her ship''s window. *BOOOOOM* "Everyone scatter!!! The general said that it was a titan class. He said for no one to engage the Grimm." One of the soldiers that had called the general said. Winter hearing the soldier headed toward the doorway. She opened the hatch door. She pointed her sword at the Grimm, hoping to use her semblance to slow it down. She pointed her sword toward the Grimm Dragon. Multiple black glyphs appeared in the air between them and the Grimm Dragon. The Grimm slammed into the glyphs slowing only slightly. Winter pointed her sword toward the front of their ship, placing some white glyphs in front of their airship. The airship went through the glyphs gaining speed. The Dragon Grimm howled out, sending shockwaves at the ships. "Everyone, evasive maneuvers!!!" Winter called out while over the comms. The people were ready to try to survive to the best of their ability. They then heard a loud growl come from the Grimm before hearing an explosion. "I was expecting more, but I should have expected this. It would only be a warmup if a Grimm could wipe out a country." Shallot said after seeing that he had blown off the right-wing of the Dragon Grimm. The Grimm started careening toward the ground. It let out another howl that sounded different from its first howl. Shallot had only fired a single ki blast at it and took out its wing. Shallot flew toward the Grimm throwing a punch into the head of the Grimm making it implode after the single punch. "I need a challenge or something. I don''t want to get complacent considering that the Dragon Ball world is far stronger. I''ll start working on a way to get back as soon as I can so that I can explore the world there. I want to use the dragon balls at least once." Shallot said to himself as he watched the Grimm dragon fall toward the ground resolving into black dust. Shallot flew toward the ships seeing that one of them was struggling to fly toward the rest of the ships. The soldiers inside the ship were shocked seeing the Grimm that was terrorizing them. "Did you see that! He took down a Titan class with a single punch!" One of the soldiers aboard the ship said looking out of the window of the airship. "Yeah, I saw! Who do you think sent him? We don''t have anyone like that in Atlas. Do you think he came from Vale? I saw him fly from that direction." Another soldier said while looking at Shallot floating in the air. "It looks like he''s saying something. Maybe he''s talking to someone of comms or something." A smaller guard who could b?r?ly see through the window. "Little Tim always the curious one." One of the soldiers said looking at the guard in training that they had brought along. "I''m not little guys. I just haven''t reached my full height yet." The small guard said while turning away from the window. Someone who seemed like the leader of the group came around the corner into the fuselage of the airship. "Stop messing around. We nearly ended up as Grimm roadkill. Get back to your positions and check the ship for any damage." The person yelled at the others who had relaxed jumped into gear moving to check the ship. The small guard was walking toward the back when he heard the captain call him. "Tarlock! Come with me. I need you to do something." The captain called out to Tarlock. ~~~ Shallot was underneath the ship that was smoking and losing altitude. Shallot placed his hands underneath the ship and was about to start lifting when his hands started to push through it. Before his hands could puncture the ship he removed his hands. "Ok, so that won''t work." Shallot said to himself. Shallot placed his hands back on the ship and tried to use his ki to spread across the ship so he wouldn''t damage it. His ki started spreading but it started to fall apart the further away from him it got. Shallot struggled with using his ki at such a thin a precise range. He had the ki for it but not the control. Shallot moved his hands away while thinking of another way for him to ?ssist the ship. It wasn''t falling fast but it wouldn''t make it to Atlas with the damage it has received. He would have checked to see if anyone else survive the other ships that were attacked but he knew they were probably dead. The ship was completely wrecked and on fire. If they did survive the fall they would have been crushed by the collapsed ship. If they survived the collapsed ship, then they would have still been burned to death by the flames. Shallot thought about using his semblance since it could work in theory. He hadn''t done much other than using it to push the space around him down. If he pushed up or just spaces it outward he could use it how he wanted to use his ki. Seeing as he couldn''t spread his ki properly there was one more thing to add to his training list. He wanted to fine-tune the things he can since he could tell that his strength wasn''t improving as much as he would want. Shallot spread his hands against the ship and used his semblance encasing the ship in a light blue bubble. It seemed as if the gravity that was being applied to the ship was removed. He moved the ship closer to the ground so that the crew inside would be able to repair the ship. They could then take off again and head to Atlas without any more problems. After placing the ship on the ground, Shallot looked toward the other ships. He saw one of the ships and could see someone standing by the door. The other ships started landing next to the one he placed on the ground so that they could repair their ship without worrying about having to crash land it. The person that was standing at the door of the ship came over to Shallot. As they got closer Shallot was able to make out their features. He could tell that the person was Weiss''s sister Winter. "I would like to thank you for saving my men from the Titan class Grimm. We wanted to call Ironwood to tell him earlier when we were first attacked but we couldn''t get through. It seemed that someone was blocking our communication but they stopped after a while." Winter said. Someone else came over. It was a small guard coming over with a letter in his hand. "Ms. Schnee. The captain told me to give this to you." Tarlock said while handing her a letter. Winter grabbed the letter and scrunched her eyebrow while looking at it. Winter got closer to Shallot with her shoulder next to him. She showed him the letter that had a couple of words on it. Shallot read the message thinking that Atlas isn''t as secure as he thought it would be. He also had another thought.. For someone named Winter, she was pretty warm. Chapter 180 - 174 - That Wasnt Suppose To Happen "So what do you plan to do now? You have already helped us by killing the Grimm. Are you going to head back to Vale?" Winter asked. She wanted to know if he could come with them to make sure that they could make it there. She found it odd that they were attacked by a strong Grimm when they were nowhere near the strong Grimms territory. "I do want to know how did you all destroy the other two heads." Shallot asked since he saw that two of the heads were destroyed even before he got here. "The other two heads were already destroyed when it attacked. We thought that maybe it had attacked another group before us and attacked us after being wounded." Winter said. Shallot rubbed his chin thinking that it was interesting. Grimm wasn''t territorial against other Grimm. They only attacked humans and Faunus which means that there is something that managed to damage it. "Was there something that managed to drive the Grimm towards this direction?" Shallot asked since they were here, to begin with. Winter shook her head in denial. "It was only the Dragon Grimm that attacked and took out 2 of our ships before we knew we were being attacked. I slowed it with my Glyphs while also speeding our ship''s speed." Winter said while looking around at the rest of the soldiers. She could see that they were working on the ship''s engine and turbines. Others were setting a perimeter to ensure they weren''t attacked by any stray Grimm that may have noticed the crash. The guard came back over and had another message for Winter. "Excuse me, there seems to be no Grimm in the area." The guard Tarlock said while looking around. Tarlock had a bad feeling since Grimm are usually everywhere and if something bad happens they swarm the location like a fly on shit. "Isn''t that a good thing?" One of the soldiers on the side said while looking through some binoculars. Shallot looked into the distance while focusing and noticed that there wasn''t any Grimm. "That''s weird?" Shallot said while looking. "Yo, Ralph! We need your help in fixing the engine over here." Someone called out for the soldier that was looking through the binoculars. "You do realize that I''m supposed to be looking out for danger," Ralph said while walking over to the group that was calling him. "Yeah, but you suck at fighting and are better at fixing things." One of the engineers said. Shallot was looking around and didn''t feel like he was in danger but he thought something was wrong. He would since for any Grimm to be nearby but since they didn''t have a lot of ki it didn''t help. It was always weird to sense for them. They were living but not complete. If he had to sense for them through life force it would only show the outside of their body but the inside would be empty. Winter was paying attention to how Shallot looked around and thought he did things like a professional hunter. She also thought that it was nice to see that someone as strong as Shallot was still cautious. Shallot knew that even if he could one-shot all the Grimm he was still susceptible to chemicals. "Any idea on why the Grimm aren''t attacking?" Winter asked Shallot. Winter had been trying to contact Ironwood once the communications were back. It had connected for a bit before it dropped. She thought that maybe something was blocking the connection but find nothing wrong. *Ring Ring* Shallot''s scroll rang seeing that it was from Ruby. "Hey Ruby, everything ok." Shallot asked. "Yeah, everything is fine. I was just calling because we wanted to know when you would be coming back and if you could grab some carrot cake." Ruby asked Shallot. "AND FISH!!! LOTS OF FISH!!!" Shallot could hear Blake in the background calling for fish. Shallot smiled at that and made sure that he''ll grab some fish while he''s in Atlas. "I''ll make sure that I get some fish while I''m in Atlas. I heard the there fish are kinda strict though." Shallot said, only for Ruby to giggle at the joke. After a bit of talking with Ruby and her putting the scroll on speaker, he got some more orders for him to bring back some souvenirs. Winter was on the side seeing that Shallot seemed to treat the girls nice and cared about them. She was wondering if her sister was going to fall for him even knowing that he had others. She was looking for a partner herself as she knew that she had maybe another 10 years before she wasn''t in her prime. She didn''t want to end up like her aunt. Old and bitter. "How long until the ship''s turbines are fixed?" Winter asked while walking over to the engineers. Shallot was wondering where the Grimm were and what they were up to since they still hadn''t come in their direction. Shallot flew into the air to see if there was anything that may be leading them away from them. He also wanted to know if there is something that could keep his attention for a bit. He could also use this time to train his ki flexibility. He had been using the ki thread technique but it is pretty slow. Shallot crossed his legs while floating in the air and started working on ki threads again. He wanted to make them as long as possible while keeping them as deadly as possible. Shallot was sitting there for two hours while looking at the 2 meters thread that was hanging beneath him with a low humming sound. It wasn''t the longest thread but he was sure that this could take an arm easily if he wasn''t careful. Shallot dropped the ki thread. "WATCH OUT BELOW!!!" Shallot called out. Everyone moved out of the way hearing that. When they looked up they saw something that looked like string floating down. They thought that it wasn''t anything but stayed on the side watching it. They had seen what happen when he punched the Grimm and anything he did may also be destructive. The ki string got to the ground but instead of stopping it kept going cutting the ground like bu??er and kept sinking through the ground. "Well shit." Shallot said thinking that it may not stop. Shallot flew floated back down to the ground and made another ki thread and shot the end of it toward the ki thread below. Once the ki thread touched it, it didn''t connect but exploded. The ground started shaking with some birds in the trees taking off in every direction. Shallot floated into the air some while the ground stopped shaking. "That wasn''t supposed to happen.." Shallot said looking at the ground that had cracked leaving a long line heading into the forest. Chapter 181 - 175 - Conversation The ships were ready for flight and they needed to be on their way to Atlas. The soldiers looked at the cracks that spread all across the ground. Within the two-hour time of the turbine being fixed, there was still no Grimm. They never found a reason for it but just took it as them having better luck. Everyone boarded the ships with Tarlock making a fresh link with the ships. Tarlock had a semblance that allowed him to link up with whatever he touched. For every second he touches something he can link the object or person to himself for 1 minute and 36 seconds. The max is 300 seconds or 5 minutes touching something which gives him 8 hours of being linked. After everyone was ready they all took off with Shallot riding on the same airship as Winter. "So, what was Weiss like growing up? Was she always so stiff about things?" Shallot asked, standing next to Winter who was sitting on a side chair. Winter looked at him wondering about whether she should tell him. He was her teammate and knowing about Weiss could make their time as a team will be easier together. "Weiss has always tried to meet the standards of our father even if it means not doing what she wants." Winter started to talk about Winter. Shallot was listening and also talked about himself and that he doesn''t try to live up to anyone else''s expectations. He has his own goals and taking care of his girlfriends is his main concern along with gaining strength. "What do you need so much strength for? Aren''t you already the strongest?" Winter asked since she couldn''t think of anyone that would be capable of taking down a Titan class Grimm in a single punch. "Don''t you ever want to find out how far you can push yourself? I want to see how far I can go before my body can''t give anymore. I still haven''t found that limit yet so I keep going. Besides, I know that there are stronger people from where I come from." Shallot said thinking about Goku, Vegeta, and the rest of the cast of Dragon Ball. He didn''t have a scouter so he couldn''t measure his own strength. He did think that there may be one in his ship when he was sent off but there was nothing like that. Either they didn''t have them or he was a throw-away. "If he hit that limit then what are you going to do?" Winter asked as she hadn''t thought he would only care for a couple of things. Winter had thought that he would have wanted to use his strength to take over and rule like so many in the past who were above everyone else. She thought it was nice that there was someone that just wanted to see how far they could go without pushing their ideals on others. "Why did you decide to join the military in Atlas? Since you are the oldest of the Schnee, doesn''t that mean that it should be you that would take over the Schnee dust company?" Shallot asked since he wanted to know the reason for Winter to join the military. Winter looked out the window thinking about how when she left she just wanted to be able to choose what she wanted to do in life. "It was just a means to an end," Winter said. Shallot thought about how Weiss''s card was cut off while they were ordering food. "Daddy problems?" Shallot asked. "We didn''t agree on some things so that was one of the reasons why I left. I wanted to see the world and also change things in Atlas for the better. I didn''t attend the Academy but joined the military instead." Winter said while feeling her scroll buzz. Winter looked down and could see that it was Ironwood. The connection was back again which means they must be close enough to a communication tower. "Hello," Winter answered her scroll. Winter answered the call and knew that it was Ironwood. She told him that Shallot had arrived and dealt with the Grimm and they were heading back to Atlas now. She had told him that Shallot was going to stay with them until they reach Atlas. Winter and Shallot continued talking until Shallot saw some lights appeared in the distance. "So that is Atlas?" Shallot asked seeing the city. "The academy is called Atlas. The city itself is called Mantle." Winter explained. Shallot looked at the sprawling city that reminded him of more of New York than anything. It was filled with buildings that seemed like apartment buildings stretching as far as the eye could see. "The city is pretty compact isn''t it?" Shallot asked, seeing the many buildings along with the lights in all the buildings. The airship started to lower its altitude and flying toward Atlas Academy.. Shallot could tell that the Atlas Academy was better built and looked nicer than the rest of the city. Chapter 182 - 176 - The Reason Ruby and the girls were sitting inside the room after calling Shallot. Blake was looking at her scroll playing a game on it while Ruby was looking at some of her textbooks. "So... why did you all decide to share Shallot?" Weiss asked Ruby who turned to look at her. "I''ve been together with Shallot since we were kids. I couldn''t see myself with anyone else but Shallot. He treats me nice and I know that he''ll do whatever is needed to keep me safe. When I chose to start dating, my mom always told me that I should choose someone that will look after me no matter what." Blake said while looked up from her scroll. Ruby was writing when she stopped hearing the question from Weiss. "Shallot''s nice and I feel safe around him. I feel that nothing can harm me in the world and I know that our family will be fine with Shallot there." Ruby said while still going through her notebook writing some things. Yang was doing situps and stood up. "Shallot is strong, good-looking, and I know that he''ll be there for us. He also trains us so that we can be strong to defend ourselves. Considering how Ironwood reacted to what could have happened at the stadium. From what should have happened based on the grand speech it wasn''t going to be good. Shallot dealt with all of that and everyone went on their way." Yang said while stretching after finishing her situps. Weiss thought about it and Shallot did treat them really well. She knew that he blew up Mercury just because he made Ruby cry. "And you all are okay with him going around killing anyone in his way," Weiss asked remembering the first time when people''s limbs were flying into the barrier Shallot had set up. Blake knew about what she was talking about. Ruby also wondered about that but she knew from her Uncle Qrow that the world wasn''t the nicest of places. Yang knew that those that were killed by Shallot were killed once they came after their lives. She hadn''t seen Shallot go after someone''s life if they don''t go for theirs. She realized that he didn''t say a lot of things out loud but showed action when they first met him. She knew that when the White Faunus attacked at the dockyard, most of them were injured but not dead. Except the few that were either in a ship that was blown up with the ship. "I also don''t think that Shallot was that good at holding back," Yang said while thinking about their time having s?x. He always seemed like he was treating them like glass. Just enough strength to hold them but not enough to break them. "But don''t you all want someone that will only be with you?" Weiss asked. "I have two mom''s one that isn''t that motherly and another that is motherly. I don''t see a reason that we can''t be together with him if we''re all happy about it." Yang said. "So you''re fine with him just collecting females," Weiss asked. "He doesn''t collect females," Ruby said while still working on her studies. Weiss had a look on her face like she didn''t believe it. "I would have to agree," Blake said as he could have gotten together with many other females but he didn''t. Blake knew that there were quite a few females that liked Shallot but he didn''t go after anyone but here. He didn''t get together with anyone besides her until Neo came around. Blake was fine with Neo as she thought that she was pretty adorable. "But didn''t he also ask your mom out and she agreed?" Weiss asked. Yang nodded her head. "He did but they really haven''t talked much. He goes every now and then trying to know my mom but she isn''t the most ideal person. I love her because she''s my mom but I doubt that Shallot will get that close to my mom. He could have honestly done that just because he knows that I still love my mom even though she''s an ?ss." Yang said. Yang had been going and seeing the reason that her mom had left them. She saw that she was taking care of her Brawnen tribe which in her opinion was pitiful. After training with Shallot for these months she realized that they were far stronger than others. After maybe a couple more years there will be no one that would be able to harm them even without their aura. Weiss was thinking about everything she was told and couldn''t bring herself to think about something like that. She was talking to Neptune and the more she talked to him the more she realized that he was more of just a pretty face. He wasn''t the best person to talk about strategies and business. She did like his personality but he was a major flirt that flirted with every female that came into his eyesight that was good looking. She had gotten upset sometimes since it seemed no different than Shallot but with Shallot he never tried to hide it. He was very upfront and also didn''t fawn over random females while with the others. "How''s your time with Neptune going? I don''t think he is some that can get you wet since he''s afraid of water." Yang said while chuckling. Ruby grabbed her eraser and threw it at Yang. Yang dodged out of the way while turning to stick her tongue out. "Ouch! Why is the book so hard!?" Yang asked while holding her nose. "Did you coat the book in ki and throw it?" Weiss asked seeing the fine control of ki that covered the book hitting Yang. "No puns!" Ruby said while getting up to get her book she just threw at Yang. Yang was rubbing her head while Blake was trying not to laugh. "Using ki to stop a pun is unjust. Puns are the remedy to depression and anger. Don'' take things so seriously baby sister. You''re pricking everyone with those thorns." Yang said while dashing for the door. Ruby took off after her for still making puns. She had been making puns since Shallot left and they could have a serious conversation before Yang broke the flow. Ruby just wanted some cookies and strawberries. Chapter 183 - 177 - Movements In The Dark Within a back alley, there is a moderately tall individual with a tattered black hoodie on. He was standing over someone else that was laying on the ground. They had their hands on the person''s head slightly moving their fingers. "Just a little more and you will be ready to do my bidding." The hoodie figure said while working on that sleeping person. "Do we really need to start from the homeless people? Can''t we just work with the low-class workers? Why did I have to stand over her anyway Azure?" A voice came from behind the hoodie figure. "No, people will suspect something if people start acting differently. The homeless on the other hand will be the start of the army that will be easy to amass. We can then go on to the lower people. My ability only lasts for five hours. It only takes a minute to take control of someone asleep." Azure said while standing up finishing what he was doing. Azure turned around to see a chameleon Faunus was standing in the alleyway looking at them. Azure recognized them stood up knowing that they already had the next person to go to. "I''m guessing you already have the next person Judd," Azure asked. "Indeed I do. They struggled for a bit but that always makes it more interesting. They are unconscious so they are ready to control." Judd said with a maddening grin on her face while holding her shoulders while squirming around. "What are we supposed to do about Adam not showing up. Does that mean that he isn''t working with us anymore?" The one standing behind Azure asked. "Yes Bob, he isn''t coming. He was too incompetent and managed to get himself captured." Judd said with her eye twitching a bit thinking about how it happened. "Is the information credible?" Azure asked since she wasn''t the sanest person. "I played around for a bit and saw everything myself. I even have one of the participants that were in the earlier fight ready to join your hive control. How satisfying it was to see that no one on his team realized that I had taken his spot and has been with them this entire time. Hunters are so easy to get around if they think they already know you." Judd said with a large grin on her face while laughing. ~~~ Weiss was heading to Team JNPR''s room when she notices that Neptune was standing at the door. Neptune heard footsteps coming from behind him and turned around. He saw that it was Weiss and a smile started to appear on his face. "Hi, Weiss!" Neptune excitedly turned around seeing the girl he has been talking to. Weiss waved at him. She had a blush on her face seeing him thinking about when was he going to ask her on a date. She had seen had excited the others were when Shallot took them on a date and wanted to feel the same way. Weiss walked up to Neptune waiting for a compliment. She had changed her hair a bit and had the back part braided. Neptune was looking at Weiss and was thinking of something to say but his mind went blank. Neptune was screaming inside his head telling himself to say something. He noticed that she had on a different outfit today. "I like the outfit that you have on today," Neptune said. Weiss was waiting for the compliment for her hair. She waited with Neptune giving his patented pretty boy smile. When Weiss didn''t hear a compliment she puffed her cheeks and turned around. She started walking back to the room not wanting to talk with Neptune anymore. Neptune was about to chase after her when the door to Team JNPR''s room opened. "Yes?" Pyrrha said sticking her head out the doorway. Neptune wanted to find out something first before he went after Weiss. He wasn''t even sure why she was upset. He complimented her clothes. He knew that she had on a different outfit than she usually wears. "I wanted to know if you''ve seen Sun. I thought that maybe he would have come this way." Neptune asked. Pyrrha thought about it a bit but hadn''t seen Sun. "Jaune! Have you seen Sun!?" Pyrrha called into the room. Instead of Jaune answering it was Norra that zoomed over to the door next to Pyrrha. "I''ve seen him! He was laughing like a maniac on the roof of the building before jumping off going somewhere. He was like, full supervillain laughing." Norra acting out what she had seen. "The Pancakes are ready Norra!" Ren called out while coming out with an apron with some hearts on it with the words "Please Do Nothing To The Cook". "Laughing like a supervillain?" Neptune asked since Sun wasn''t that eccentric. When he thought that he could continue the conversation Norra was already away from the door sitting at a table eating pancakes. Jaune came from around the corner and was sweaty. "You called Pyrrha?" Jaun asked Pyrrha who was standing by the door. "Have you seen Sun recently?" Pyrrha asked Jaune. Jaune shook his head. He had been talking with him recently and trying to find out ways to get his body in better shape. He told him his workout he does to stay in shape. "Actually, I did see him yesterday but he was different than usual," Jaune said to Neptune since he remembered how he didn''t remember the conversation they had. "What do you mean by that?" Neptune asked. "Well, he seemed more hyper than usual. When I asked about what we''re talking about last time it seemed that he had forgotten even though what we were talking about was pretty much his idea. I thought that maybe he just forgot but then I noticed that he didn''t have his staff with him. He takes that thing with him everywhere." Jaune said thinking about how he thought that Sun "felt" different than usual. Neptune thought about it but he couldn''t think of Sun being any different than usual. The other guys didn''t seem to think anything of it either. "Are you sure?" Neptune asked. "I don''t know how to explain it. You feel like yourself right now but Sun seemed different than Sun even though he looked, sounded, and talked like Sun." Jaune said while rubbing his head thinking that it was pretty confusing. "Maybe my semblance is messing with me or something," Jaune mumbled to himself. "Thanks. I think that I''m going to head to ask around some more to others to know if anyone has seen him." Neptune said. When he was about to leave Ren spoke up asking a question. "Why are you looking for him right now?" Ren asked. "A girl came by our room and said that she hadn''t seen Sun and that he was supposed to go on a date with her. She wanted to know why he stood her up after talking to her for so long. We told her that we also don''t know where he was at the moment." Neptune said. "That doesn''t sound like him at all. Even though I''ve known him for a bit of time. He doesn''t seem like the kind to leave a date for a girl that he went after." Jaune said while thinking about all the stuff they''ve talked about especially him being told that he was dense. Jaune looked toward Pyrrha with her turning to seeing him and smiling. "That''s why we''re all looking for him. Sun wouldn''t miss a date of a girl he was interested in unless he couldn''t physically make it there." Neptune said. "Have you talked to the teachers or told the police that he''s missing?" Ren asked since you should report these things as soon as you think something is wrong. "We have but they said that they''ve been getting reports of people going missing and have been busy," Neptune said. Chapter 184 - 178 - You Can Talk? Weiss stormed back into the room closing the door hard. Ruby turned to Weiss seeing that she was upset. "What''s wrong best buddy?" Ruby asked Weiss seeing that she was angry while zipping over to her to cheer up her roommate. *Ring Ring* Ruby could hear her scroll ringing. She pulled it out and saw that it was Shallot. She answered the call and could see Shallot''s face. "Hi Shallot, have you made it to Atlas yet?" Ruby asked. "I have made it to Atlas my little strawberry, but I''m currently looking around Mantle right now. I find it interesting that it is so machine-focused here." Shallot said while turning the camera to show the streets and all the lights of the city. "It looks so... clustered," Ruby said looking at what was on her scroll while also feeling giddy that she was his strawberry. "Weiss leaned over Ruby''s shoulder looking at the image while also still being upset with Neptune. "Nice hairstyle ice queen. It suits you and brings out your eyes better. The nice outfit also. I don''t think that I''ve seen that one before." Shallot said seeing the change in hair and clothes. Shallot knew that paying attention to a girl''s clothes and hair was a must if you want to get along with them. Weiss humphed taking the complement but was feeling better than someone recognized that she had on something different. She took pride in her appearance. Ruby could see the smile on Weiss''s face even though she was acting like it didn''t matter. "Can you ask him to pick up some explosive dust there. I heard that they have a wider range of dust in Atlas." Blake asked from the bed. "You''ve gotten pretty lazy recently," Yang said from the side. "What do you expect. I''m pregnant. I have to make sure that our baby is born healthy." Blake said while rubbing her stomach with a smile on her face. Weiss thought that what the others had was nice. Shallot always noticed the changes around him even when he wasn''t there. Why can''t Neptune notice when she changes her things. Shallot even noticed that it was something that she hadn''t worn before. "Do you know how long you are going to stay there?" Neo asked while coming out of the washroom. She could hear that they were talking to Shallot. "Is that Neo?" Shallot asked. The others were starring at Neo. They didn''t even know that she could talk and her voice was adorable. Her voice just made them want to hug her and not let her go. "YOU CAN TALK!?" All the girls asked while standing up. "Uhm." Neo nodded her head. "What! Shallot, you knew she could talk!?" Weiss asked since she never knew that Neo could talk. She thought that she was mute. "Yeah, I''ve been known. There was no reason for her not to be able to speak. I always make sure that all of my girlfriends are healthy and nothing is wrong with them." Shallot said. He has to take care of those that will be his family after all. Neo pulled her scroll out before typing. "We know you can talk so why don''t you talk," Yang asked. Neo hit a bu??on multiple times then started typing again and showed the scroll to the others. It had three words. [Tiresome and Troublesome] Blake nodded her head in understanding. If she could lay around while having some fish with Shallot rubbing her head that would be perfect. Weiss just starred at it while also wondering when Neo came in since she wasn''t here when she walked out of the room. "When did you come in here?" Weiss asked. [When you left out. I was using my semblance to get past everyone so that I wouldn''t be stopped by anyone.] Neo showed her scroll to them while sitting on the bed next to Blake and pointed toward the book that Shallot had gotten for her. She was almost finished with it and wanted to know what was going to happen next. *BOOOOOM* The girls could hear an explosion from the front of the building. Shallot heard the explosion over the scroll. "Do I need to head back right now?" Shallot asked since he knows that they should be able to deal with anything that could happen right now. The only one that could have given them problems would have been Salem but she is being kept at his mancave... dungeon. She''s kept at his dungeon right now. Winter wasn''t that far away from him and was watching him talking on his scroll. She hadn''t seen him smile so much until after he was talking on the scroll. "We can handle it. It''s probably nothing. It could just be a food fight again." Ruby said remembering their food fight. Shallot was ready to fly back hearing that there could be food that is being wasted instead of being eaten. "Probably not a food fight. Probably someone fighting and might have been blasted through a wall." Blake said knowing that food being wasted would have Shallot back almost as fast as if they were in danger. "Alright, I''ll leave things to you girls. Neo and Blake can''t go out though if there is a problem. I don''t want anything to happen that could endanger the babies." Shallot said. The girls would be fine but he wasn''t sure what high-speed movement and fighting would do to the baby. He didn''t want the babies feeling like they are in a washing machine and they get their umbilical cord tangled around them. Blake wasn''t planning on doing anything anyway while Neo thought that whatever happened to Beacon wasn''t her problem, to begin with. She wasn''t even a student here. "Weiss, let''s go check it out!" Ruby said while looking toward the door. "I''m coming also. In case there are some people causing problems and I can smash their face in.." Yang said while punching her hand. Chapter 185 - 179 - For The Viva Revolution [Inside Ozpin''s office] Ozpin heard something hit his office door. He stood up and headed toward the doorway. He thought that maybe someone had fallen. When he was next to the door he heard a knock on the door. "Yes?" Ozpin asked slightly cautious. He was getting a feeling that something wasn''t right. "Ozpin, sir. There seems to be a problem in the city." Glynda''s voice sounded from the other side. Ozpin opened the door thinking that this must be the reason for his bad feeling. When Ozpin opened the door in front of the door was Glynda but what he was met with was a sword to the stomach. It was an accurate attack piercing his lung. Ozpin pulled away making sure to gain some distance and he could see another Glynda on the floor next to her was her crop. He was shocked for a brief second when the blade touched him and couldn''t move in time. She seemed to be unconscious from what he could see. There weren''t any wounds on her but he could see what looked like a puncture in the side of her neck. The Glynda look-alike dashed into the room thrusting the rapier forward aiming for his heart. Ozpin maneuvered using the items in his office as obstacles and grabbed his cane from the side of his desk. The Glynda look-alike thrusting numerous times with Ozpin parrying the blows away from him. All the experiences from his past lives showing their worth. The Glynda look-alike was surprised seeing this. She had never met someone that was capable of responding so quickly. The rapier she had was specifically made to pierce through aura by focusing everything at a single point and using lightning dust to stun the person for a second. Ozpin was holding his side finding it hard to breathe. Ozpin watched the imposter and circled around to get a better position. When the imposter was near the window Ozpin tried using a large attack. If someone like this got away after attacking him he wouldn''t be able to find them. ''They must have the ability to copy a person''s appearance. Considering they haven''t used Glynda''s semblance means they can''t copy the person''s semblance.'' Ozpin was running everything through his head while also measuring how strong of an attack would it take and leave him with enough strength to make it to the medical bay. The imposter tried blocking the attack only stopping a few attacks before it made it through to their aura shield. The imposter was pushed back toward the window before a large explosion left the front of his cane. *BOOOOOM* Ozpin looked at the cloud of smoke in front of him with the side of his window and wall was. Ozpin was losing blood quickly and stumbled toward his desk. He breathed heavily reaching under his desk pressing a bu??on in. *RRRRRRNNNNGGGGG* The alarm all across the school and the city were being sent out. This was for all hunters and huntresses to be prepared for whatever may happen. Ozpin placed his hand on his stomach and started to burn his wound close before passing out on the floor. ~~~ Ironwood was prepared to leave when he heard an explosion and then a while after the alarm for the city goes off. He started heading toward Ozpin''s office. He needed to find out what was going on and why Ozpin would hit the emergency warning bu??on. "Have the droids head down to the city and make sure that the people are safe. Make sure that everyone is active on comms at all times and report every 10 minutes." Ironwood said while the other soldiers give a salute. Ironwood started walking toward Ozpin''s office as he knew something must be wrong. [Five minutes Later] When Ironwood made it to the doorway of his office he noticed that Glynda''s crop was on the floor and picked it up. He looked to the closed door and knocked. Ironwood didn''t understand why Ozpin liked staying in this regular office instead of his other office. The only way to get to his office in that one was by taking the elevator. It was secure and easy to prepare in case of an attack. Not hearing a reply Ironwood had already started using his semblance running simulations on what could be wrong while opening the door. He was taking in all the information and making plans for possible scenarios. After opening the door he could smell blood in the air but what got his attention was the destroyed wall and Ozpin laying in blood. Ironwood hurried over to him while pulling his scroll out and typing on it. He connected to the broadcast channel for all of his units and relays the information. Everything was clicking in his head as the simulation was running. "We have a code red. A headmaster has been attacked and the school and the students are probably in danger. Go into full secure and lockdown mode." Ironwood said over his comms. Ironwood went to grab Ozpin and started carrying him out of the office. Ironwood already scanned his body and could tell that he had lost a lot of blood. He noticed that Ozpin was heavily injured and suffered an attack on his left lung. Ozpin was wheezing with his eyes opening feeling that he was being carried. Through his blurry vision, he could see the burned and wounded version of Glynda. "Not... Glynda... Fake..." Ozpin tried to squeeze out. Ironwood heard that and was on guard and tried dodging an attack from the "fake" Glynda. "You will die Ironwood for the revolution.." The fake Glynda said. Chapter 186 - 180 - The Secret To Growth Shallot was following Winter to Atlas Academy. When he got a notice on his scroll. [Beacon Under Attack - Emergency To All Hunters And Huntresses] Shallot saw it and thought about going back. All the scrolls that the students had been capable of receiving a message of emergencies. It was set up through the same system that was used to give the students information about their classes and jobs they take. "Are you going to head back now?" Winter asked since she did want to show him Atlas academy and was thinking if she could get some tips on training. She noticed how much stronger Weiss had gotten and she was sure that if she got more experience, she would beat her. She noticed that Weiss was already stronger than her but her planning for combat and skill itself weren''t as good as they could be. "It''s fine. They said that they can handle it. If it is just some Grimm then we don''t have anything to worry about. What you should be worrying about is the people that have been following and watching us. Well, they have been focusing on you more than me." Shallot said while shifting his eyes toward an alley. Winter didn''t think that they were being followed and wondered how good Shallot was. If someone was capable of sneaking around and watching them then they either have a low presence or a professional. She could think of a couple of people that may want to watch them. Since Ironwood has such a methodical way of dealing with things, crime isn''t high in Mantle. With the droids walking around all the time and watching out for anything and transmitting the information to the tower means that things don''t escape the sight of Ironwood. This leaves the crime at an all-time low but not nonexistent. The entire city of Mantle is provided with wifi since Ironwood also needs it to keep connections to the droids and so that they can send the information. If anyone is watching her walking the streets, they may be the few criminal groups they haven''t captured yet. Winter was trying to think about if the school here is going to be attacked also. The students that went to Vale didn''t come back with them since they were going to be heading back with Ironwood. "They don''t seem to be moving and doing much right now besides watching us." Shallot said. He noticed that the city seemed to be going pretty well. There weren''t really homeless people everywhere in the outskirts. They did seem as if they were only living their life to get by day by day though. It was a little unsettling seeing how a large number of people moved in synchronization down the street in groups. While they were walking, Shallot noticed that the city had a line that was separating it. There was a chunk that seemed like a section that could raise. Shallot thought that the design was pretty good. The city was designed meticulously that it seemed like it was done by a computer. When he passed through certain sections of the city he noticed that there were no two of the same shop in the same area. Each is had its own purpose. "I wanted to get some tips on what you''ve done to help your team grow stronger than the rest," Winter said while walking next to him. Shallot was looking at her head. "Something about my hair?" Winter said while pulling out her scroll to look at her hair. "Just thought that if the back of your hair was down it would look better." Shallot said. Shallot was thinking that Winter was pretty enjoyable to be around. She walked like a soldier but she wasn''t as uptight as Weiss. Winter was thinking about it and thought that Shallot going back to see what was wrong would be for the best. If it is solved easily then he could just come back and she could finish showing him around the school. "You should probably head back to Beacon just to make sure that everything is alright. I can give you a tour once the problem there is finished." Winter said while thinking about setting up some defenses at the school. Whenever Ironwood wasn''t at the school it was her duty to make sure that everything was going smoothly. Shallot could see Atlas academy in the distance. It looked pretty clean and it was completely symmetrical. The school''s color was mostly white with a blue trimming to it. "Your school has good aesthetics." Shallot complemented seeing the nice style of the building. Just like the rest of the city, it seemed designed to be even all around. It had four side towers with two being shorter than the two tallest ones. The two pairs were the same size with the tallest two towers on the left side while the two short towers were on the side. Each tower taking a corner position of the academy building. There was one giant tower in the middle of the building which Shallot thought should be where Ironwood''s office would be. "I''ll head back then and will come back for that tour when I find out what is going on at Beacon and deal with it." Shallot said. "I''ll make sure to tell the school teachers about you for when you come that way you could teach some of the students how to get stronger. It seemed like you avoided the question earlier." Winter said with a straight face looking at Shallot. "It''s really simple really. I use my semblance to increase the gravity around everyone so it requires more strength to move. Simple as long as you know how much pressure you need to apply or else you could kill the person." Shallot explained. "Could you do the same thing with gravity dust?" Winter asked thinking about if something like gravity dust could do something similar. Shallot thought about it but haven''t gotten hold of any gravity dust before so he doesn''t know much about it. "I don''t really know. I haven''t been able to use gravity dust yet so I don''t know all that it could do." Shallot said. It was a rare type of dust and the Schnee company didn''t sell a large amount of it. "I''ll be heading back now. It''ll probably take me 15 minutes at my top speed to get there." Shallot told Winter while he slowly rose into the air. "But it took us 6 hours in total to get here? It took two hours to repair the engine and another four to get two the city." Winter said. "That''s because your ship is too slow!" Shallot called out before creating a sonic boom flying back toward Beacon academy. Chapter 187 - 181 - Battle For The City Begins [3 Hours Ago In Vale] A crowd of people was moving through the city setting things on fire. Bottles of liquor had had pieces of cloth inside them. They had made their own Molotov ???ktails tossing them into buildings. "Ahhhhhh!!!" People were running screaming as the city was descending into chaos. This started at the outskirts of the city and they were leading their way toward the inner city. People were panicking and feeling despair from all the chaos. The residents didn''t know why the city was being attacked. They just knew that shortly after hearing an explosion at the Hunters Academy that all hell broke loose. The people that they had known started setting things on fire and a large number of them were either the homeless people that migrated here from other fallen settlements or people that couldn''t support themselves from being injured from Grimm attacks. "FOR THE REVOLUTION!!!" A group of people yelled, they had on all red robes with a red sombrero type of hat. There were ten people mixed in that has a pendant that had a black dragon on it. Instead of the red hat like everyone else they had red hoods completely covering their head. ~~~ Ruby and the girls were inside the room heading out to investigate the explosion that had happened. They started walking toward the front yard and noticed that they weren''t the only ones that noticed. Others from the dorms and the school were also "I guess we weren''t the only ones that heard that?" Yang said while seeing Team CFVY in the distance. "I wonder what happened. Usually, if something happened then the alarm or messages would have been sent out." Blake said while looking around. Coco turned and saw Team Rwby and started walking over with the rest of her team following behind her. Ruby could see Velvet looking around as if she was looking for someone. She had looked at them and then started looking around. "Do you all know what going on?" Coco asked since they had some information about Shallot dealing with a large number of problems. So far every time something has happened either Shallot or the teachers dealt with it. She didn''t see Shallot here and was wondering if he had something to do with it. "Is Shallot not here?" Velvet asked with her ears pointing up while expecting him to be nearby. "He''s not here right now. The general asked him to go somewhere else. He''s been gone for 3 hours already." Weiss said Velvet''s ears dropped down hearing that and she pointed her head down. "She fell pretty hard," Yang mumbled to herself looking at Velvet. *Blaring Alarm Sound* Everyone at the school could hear the alarm start to sound while some of them could see smoke. They looked toward the side and could see a room that had a hole in it. It was on the second floor of the school toward the corner. Some knew that it was the place the headmaster did some of his work because he had a coffee machine inside. "That''s the headmaster''s side office," Coco said since she knew that she had to go there sometimes to report some information on their missions. They all looked toward the office and started heading in that direction when they saw something running toward where the hole was. Coco was typing on her scroll trying to get the system to send their weapons to their location but the signal wasn''t going through. "It seems that this may be an attack. The wireless portion of the system isn''t working and we can''t get our weapons right now." Coco said. "I have my weapon with me already." Velvet said while patting the weapon that was in its compact form behind her on her built. "I thought that you had put it into the launcher since we were going to go into town later today," Coco asked since that''s where they usually left their weapons anytime they went into town. The school didn''t want them walking into stores with their weapon so that the store owners didn''t think they were being robbed. "I was working on it and was going to stop by there before we went to the city since the storage is only a five-minute walk away from our room. Ruby had her scythe with her since she didn''t like leaving it anywhere but the room. Since she had to call for it last time she didn''t take it back to storage. She also did some training with Shallot last night for more creative ways of using her scythe. They followed behind when they got closer someone came flying out of the hole. "Uncle Qrow!!!" Ruby called out seeing her uncle getting up off the ground. "Never thought I would be hit that hard. My aura was shattered after one attack." Qrow tried using his semblance to his advantage but it didn''t seem to do much but piss off whoever that was. "ARE YOU STILL ABLE TO FIGHT QROW!!!" Ironwood''s voice came from inside the smoke room. *BOOOOM* They heard another explosion. "I''ll deal with the plain-looking one." From what we''ve been able to redirect damage away from himself. He hasn''t attacked first only reacted. From what I could see, he probably has a semblance that allows him to redirect any physical attack somewhere else." Ironwood explained. "So, I''m stuck with the crazy one... great. We still need to get Ozpin out of here to get him treated. The kids are out here so we can send one of them with Ozpin " Qrow said not glad about the idea. Qrow spun his scythe next to him before forcing his aura to reactivate.. He didn''t know what weapon they had that could stop aura but it was dangerous. Chapter 188 - 182 - Unknown Crystal Qrow rushed back in rushing past Ironwood with Ironwood maneuvering with Ozpin over his shoulder. He didn''t have time to make sure to move carefully since he noticed that the person was targeting Ozpin anytime he tried to defend. Qrow rushed toward ''Glynda'' swinging his scythe at their legs. ''Glynda'' jumped into the air landing on the scythe while stabbing toward his arm holding the scythe. Ironwood stretched out his right arm shoving it in front of Qrow. The rapier stabbed into his hand with him gripping his hand around it. "You''re crazier than me sacrificing your hand for someone else." ''Glynda'' said while trying to pull the weapon back. Qrow didn''t wait and sent his Scythe toward her neck. The other person rushed forward placing his left gauntlet out blocking the attack. His aura glowed brighter after taking the hit. He threw a simple right punch toward Ironwood''s ?h?st. Ironwood couldn''t dodge since his right hand was stuck stopping the weapon from the imposter. Qrow tried sending a kick but a hand stopped him. Right when the punch was about to hit Ironwood a flurry of red and white petals appeared on the side of Ironwood and Qrow hitting the plain-looking individual. He was sent flying backward into a wall breaking through it. "Uh-Oh, seems it''s time for me to go." The imposter said while letting go of the weapon, throwing a smoke bomb onto the floor, and dashing toward the sidewall that was just broken while laughing. Everyone covered their mouths and noise in case it was poisonous. The smoke was red and they all backed away from it giving the imposter enough time to getaway. They could see that there were more smoke bombs being left being at the hole to stop them from following. Ironwood coughed having inhaled some of the powder. He only was able to cover his mouth and nose somewhat due to the hole that was in it. Qrow turned to see who had helped him and saw that it was Summer and Ruby. Summer had a frown on her face while looking at the hole. "Did you notice it, Ruby?" Weiss said rushing in stopping next to Ruby. "They were using ki. They shouldn''t know how to use it though. I''m sure that Shallot hasn''t taught anyone but us." Yang said walking in seeing the destruction that the office was in. "It was chili powder in the smoke bombs. I need to wash my eyes so that they aren''t damaged." Ironwood said already figuring out what it was after the taste was in his mouth. Summer grabbed Ozpin off of his shoulder. "I''ll take him to Oobleck. I''m guessing he should be in the nurse''s office as some students probably went there." Summer said. A flurry of white rose petals flew out of the room leaving the others standing there. Blake casually strolled in and looked around. She walked to the weapon that was on the ground and picked it up. "Nice sword but there seems to be something odd about it," Blake said while looking at the sword. The handle was thicker than a regular sword and she could see that there were lines on it. She could tell that the sword could be taken apart. It didn''t seem like it at first but something must be on the inside. From the hilt was a line that ran up the side of the blade where red color lines followed the silver blade. She looked at the blade thinking it was peculiar and squeezed the side of it toward the hilt. The hilt started to crack. Blake squeezed a bit harder breaking it completely. Inside of it was a faded red crystal on the inside. Blake lifted the crystal and looked at it. It looked similar to a carved dust crystal but she didn''t know what kind it was. It wasn''t the same as a fire dust crystal. She turned to Weiss and held it out toward her. "You think you know what kind of dust crystal this is?" Blake asked Weiss while handing her the crystal. "Hmm... of course. I''m the heiress of the Schnee family. I have some of the best knowledge over dust since our family is the best." Weiss said while sticking her ?h?st out proudly. "The Schnee company has a monopoly on the dust industry and is the only one you can order dust from and have it delivered. They either bought out the competition or undercut the prices around places that had other companies." Qrow said while taking a sip from his flask and slumping against the wall. Qrow released a tired sigh getting a chance to breathe. His aura was low and he just wanted to head to a bar to get some good liquor. Weiss turned toward Qrow. "That''s only happened recently. Before we were the upstanding business." Weiss said while giving her a glare. "Guess you are the ice queen''s little sister. Same glare and everything." Qrow said while standing back straight. Qrow was going to head over to see if Ozpin was doing alright while also making sure that he got looked at also. He looked down and saw a shallow stab point that had some blood under his shirt. Qrow walked toward the front door when Ironwood stopped him. "Seeing that they didn''t leave after attacking Ozpin and waited for me to appear means that they most likely were targeting me also. They could either be after just me and Ozpin or they could be targeting the headmasters of the schools. We may need to call the other schools and see if they have been attacked." Ironwood explained. "If they are after all the headmasters then it is a problem. Have you been able to use your semblance to figure out why they attacked you two?" Qrow asked. Ironwood already had some thoughts and was going to need to prepare. His right arm was damaged and he needed to repair it. Ironwood looked at the hole in his right hand before putting it back down. "Is your hand going to be ok?" Ruby asked. Ironwood lowered his jacket showing that the right side of his ?h?st to his arm was completely mechanical. They could see puncture points and scraps throughout his mechanical right arm. "You don''t have to worry. My arm is mechanical and I just need to replace it. I think I know who is attacking us though." Ironwood said. "Who is attacking us, James?" Qrow asked since he hadn''t heard him talk about people this dangerous before. Chapter 189 - 183 - The Plan Qrow had already left to get treated and Ironwood left to have his arm fixed. Ruby was looking around trying to see if there was anyone left around them. Shallot had taught them how to sense ki and the stronger it was the easier it was to find them. She was trying to find out where the person has gone to but couldn''t find anyone. "I can''t sense them anywhere. Either they know how to hide their ki or they have someone that can transport people." Ruby said while closing her eyes. She wasn''t as good Shallot with sensing for ki. She needed to calm down and feel the ki around her. Since she was more active it was difficult to do. "What are you all doing standing here?" Pyrrha asked walking in with the rest of her team. She saw the destruction of the room but it was only Yang, Ruby, and Weiss standing there. Ruby turned hearing a voice. "Oh, hi Pyrrha," Ruby said seeing Pyrrha. "We were dealing with the people that came here. Ironwood and our Uncle already left." Yang said while walking over to Weiss to see what she was doing. Weiss was hovered over Blake''s shoulder looking at the crystal trying to figure out what it was. She was thinking about the different dust materials but she didn''t know what it was made of. Weiss pulled out her scroll to look through the information that she always kept on her about dust. After looking for a bit she put her scroll away thinking that whatever it was was only partially dust. "This is dust but not completely dust. It seems to be a mixture of dust and something else. It isn''t unusual for us to mix different types of dust with gunpowder but I''m not sure what is mixed in with it." Weiss said coming to her conclusion. "What isn''t dust?" Nora asked peaking over Weiss''s shoulder who was peeking over Blake. "Ahhh!!!" Weiss jumped away hearing Nora next to her ear. "Hahahaha!!! Hi Weiss!!! What was that about dust? Is it explosive or something!" Nora asked excitedly thinking about some ways to improve her weapon. Weiss released a breath of exhaustion knowing that this was just how Nora was. We found this inside one of the people that came and attacked. It had the ability to break past someone''s aura and shocking them after making contact." Weiss explained. "That doesn''t sound good," Pyrrha responded. "No, it doesn''t." A voice sounded out from behind them. Everyone turned around and saw Taiyang. He was sweating slightly and had his weapon ready. "What''re you doing here dad?" Yang asked since their mom already left. "I came after Summer but she was too fast for me to keep up with," Taiyang said. Yang looked in the direction that their mom went. "Ozpin was taken to the infirmary by mom so that he could be treated," Ruby said cutting into the conversation. "Where''s Shallot?" Taiyang asked. A flurry of white petals flew into the room before dispersing revealing Summer. "They said that Shallot left because Winter had some trouble and Ironwood wanted him to go and help them. I think someone is blocking the communications because the students and hunters haven''t gotten a notification on their scroll." Summer explained. "So what do we do now?" Pyrrha asked. "We need to make sure that the others students are ok and check on the city." Summer said while having a look around at the office. She wanted to check to see if there were any clues left around on who the person was that attacked and if they could be tracked by it. She continued looking around for a bit but couldn''t find anything. She thought it was strange since the person was injured in the fight but they didn''t leave any of the clothes that they used. Summer looked for a bit more but all she could see was the blood that was spilled. "Maybe some of their blood is here but we''ll have to get a team to investigate it." Summer mumbled to herself. "We''ll go and check on the city to see if there is anything wrong going on," Pyrrha said while they were about to go and do that. "That would be helpful. We just came to get some more help." A voice came from outside the building. They turned around and saw that it was Velvet walking toward them. Coco was next to her and Fox and Yatsuhashi weren''t far behind. "There is chaos going on in the city and it was like the people have gone mad and started destroying things." Velvet said. "That isn''t what is going on though. It seems that someone is controlling the people to attacking. I could hear the heartbeat of the people and it''s at the resting rate or just a bit higher. I think the people are being controlled because they aren''t being responsive when they are taken to." Fox said. Summer started to rub her temples thinking that this was getting out of hand at this point. All of this just so happens when Shallot leaves after making a large show to everyone not to mess with the schools. Someone is capable of setting something like this up and preparing a way to get Shallot away so they can do what they planned to do. Ruby looked at the others and nodded her head."We''ll also go... Blake, you should stay behind and watch the school since you can tell if someone is coming better than I can." Ruby said. She didn''t want anything to happen to Blake while they go even if Blake is the second strongest after Shallot. She wanted to see Blake''s baby so she could play with them. She loved babies because they were adorable. "Alright, I''ll stay here and make sure that if they come back the school isn''t targeted," Blake said while heading back to the room. Blake wanted to head there so that she could rest some more.. She also wanted to go and get Shallot''s secret stash of sweets he keeps from Ruby. Chapter 190 - 184 - Death Ruby, Weiss, Yang, Summer, and Taiyang headed for the east part of the city while Team CFVY and Team JNPR headed toward the West part of the city. Ruby and Summer had already gone ahead of everyone else by turning into a burst of petals flying ahead of them. After a couple of seconds, Ruby and Summer were out of sight for the rest of them. "Not again!" Taiyang said and started to run faster so that he could catch up. Weiss used her glyphs before speeding up while Yang started using ki to strengthen her legs and dashing ahead, leaving an afterimage. The other two teams looked at them taking off while Taiyang was still slower than the rest of them. "There was no way we were going to win the tournament if it was a team battle the entire time," Yatsuhashi said looking at them dash away. "Let''s get going," Coco said. Team JNPR and Team CFVY then headed in their own direction. ~~~ Ruby, Yang, and Summer got to the city quickly looking at the building burning and an army of people going down the street causing chaos. Summer took off in one direction to deal with the people causing problems. She pulled her arm back and sent it into the stomach of an elderly man. The hit wasn''t heavy-handed but was just enough to send pain through his body. The elderly man''s eyes blinked and stopped having a hazy appearance in them. "Uhh!!!" The elderly man said while looking around trying to find out what is going on. Summer and the others went around hitting people to send a shock to them so that they could be taken out of mind control. They didn''t know if it was complete mind control but they did know that force would stop them. ~~~ [In the medical office] Dr. Oobleck was in the office looking after Ozpin with his ?ssistant Dr. Kitsune when someone was knocking on the door. "I''ve come to warn you that some crazy lady is in the school and she plans on attacking Ironwood," Sun said while leaning against the doorway. "We already know that kid." The voice of Qrow came from behind the door. He had his weapon with him in case the person that had attacked them came to finish the job. "You did?" Sun said. "We were already attacked by them. We didn''t know that the person was a she though." Qrow said. "I saw here turn into the teacher with blonde hair that welcomed us here. I saw her change right in front of me. "So we know how she was able to take the appearance of Glynda," Qrow said while rubbing his chin. "We should also get you checked up." Dr. Oobleck said. Oobleck took five minutes to patch up Sun while Dr. Kitsune used her semblance to help him heal. All it did was speed up the recovery of the person based on the amount of nature around. Since she lept plants in the office it would be faster than normal. Dr. Oobleck had Sun rest in there so that he could recover seeing the wounds. There were stab wounds, swords slashes, and whip marks all over his body. "How did you get all the wounds," Qrow asked. He was sure that some of the wounds looked similar to ones that the imposter would have. "That crazy woman used different weapons on me to get information about the school and where the school office was," Sun said while laying down on the bed. Qrow thought about it and it would make sense how the person managed to get information on the school and where Ozpin would be at. Sun rested in the nursery office with Ozpin to recover. ~~~ They spent 2 hours waking people by force but it seemed as if it was never going to end. Taiyang and Summer were sweating while thinking that this was more tiring than they had expected. Ruby, Yang, and Weiss were doing better as they have had training sessions that have lasted longer. While they were dealing with them they had seen someone coming toward them. It was Sun that Neptune came by and asked if they had seen him. He was also being controlled like the others. Sun was already looking battered. It showed that he was in a fight before he was taken control of. "So that''s what happened to Sun," Weiss said remembering that Neptune couldn''t find Sun. Sun was swinging his weapon around with a glazed look in his eyes breaking things and attacking people that weren''t destroying things. Weiss placed a glyph on the ground before stepping on it and launched herself toward Sun. She sent out a fist into his stomach making him hunch over. His eyes stopped being glossy while grabbing his stomach. Sun hit the ground from the hit. The only thing that was keeping him going was mind control. He hadn''t had anything to eat for the past two days and was only given water. The others came over to check to see what Weiss was doing. Usually, she would knock some sense into the person and then take them somewhere safe before coming back. Ruby went over and saw that it was Sun and he didn''t look the best right now. "What happened to him?" Ruby asked seeing that Sun looked horrible. "We should get Sun to the school infirmary," Weiss said while looking at Ruby. Ruby didn''t know if she could carry people like her mom but would go ahead and try. Ruby walked up to Sun and saw that he was struggling just to keep his eyes open. Ruby picked Sun and took him with her toward the school. Weiss stayed behind with Summer, Yang, and Taiyang to continue dealing with the wave of people. The waves were getting smaller and weren''t increasing anymore. They figured that however was behind this had limits to what they could do. It was a bit difficult for Ruby at first since she couldn''t take off without thinking about the person she was carrying. It took Ruby 10 minutes to get back to the school. She used ki to keep flying while also using her semblance. She had stopped outside the building and opened the door with her foot. When she was about to open the door a Scythe swinging through the door. The door was cut in half and a fireball came flying through the door. "Hahaha!!! You thought it was dear student Sun but it was me, Judd!" The imposter said while laughing and dashing towards the out of the doorway. Qrow saw that it was Ruby at the door and yelled toward her. "Stop her!!! She killed Ozpin!!!" Qrow yelled out. Ruby looked into the room and saw Ozpin laying on the bed with a blade in his ?h?st. Chapter 191 - 185 - Back From The Dead Ruby sent a kick out of reflex when the person tried to get past her aiming at their side. Her kicked lodged into her side and she could hear a crack. "Ahhh!!!" Judd let out a pained cry. Judd flew into the edge of the door from and they all heard a crack from her back smashing into it. Qrow looked at Ruby seeing that she stopped him easily. "I''m getting too old for this," Qrow said while looking at the imposter that was dispatched quickly. Qrow could tell they weren''t going to be moving anytime soon. Ruby could hear footsteps coming from behind her and saw that Dr. Oobleck and Dr. Kitsune pushing a gurney with someone on it toward the room. Ruby figured that with her Uncle here Ozpin would have been protected. She walked in carrying the real Sun and looked down at the fake Sun that was on the ground. "Is this the person that impersonated Professor Goodwitch?" Ruby asked while walking inside behind Dr. Oobleck and Dr. Kitsune who was pushing a student in that was injured. "You... Will... Not... Stop... The... Revolution..." Judd said before losing consciousness. After Dr. Oobleck had the student inside, he tried to check on Ozpin. Seeing that the knife was already through his heart there was nothing that he could do. "How did they manage to attack Ozpin while you were here? Also, why is there a hole in the wall of MY OFFICE." Dr. Oobleck said while making sure that the student was ok. "Shouldn''t you be more worried about the headmaster being dead?" Ruby asked thinking that this was pretty bad. "It''s the first time that Ozpin has died." Dr. Oobleck said while using his stethoscope to check if the student was breathing properly. "What!?" Ruby yelled out. Ruby looked at Ozpin''s body thinking he was going to raise from the dead. "Was Headmaster Ozpin a zombie or something!" Ruby called out while stepping away from Ozpin''s body. "Or something," Qrow said wondering why Oobleck would mention it. It was supposed to be a secret from the students. "Don''t look at me like that Qrow. It was going to come out sooner or later and rather them find out from us than Shallot gathering information." Dr. Oobleck said. "So... what do we do with this person?" Ruby asked looking at the person that was on the ground. Qrow lifted his sword thinking about ending the person but knows that they needed information. "We''ll tie her up in case her teammate comes back. We need to get information about their plans and find out what they are doing." Qrow said. *BOOOOM* *BOOOOM* BOOOM* They heard loud booming coming from a distance. Ruby looked up and could sense Shallot''s ki. *BOOOOOM* Shallot came flying through the hole in the wall while holding a man by his neck. A surge of wind rushed into the building. "I caught this guy running from here like he stole something and can someone tell me why is the city on fire?" Shallot asked looking toward the city. He could tell that Yang, Weiss, and Summer were in the city with Taiyang lagging behind where they are going. "How long ago was it since the attack?" Shallot asked. "2 minutes," Qrow said. "He''s pretty lucky then. It seems that the headmaster gets to live again." Shallot said while sending pulsing waves into his ?h?st. Ruby and was watching. She didn''t know what to think right now. She wanted to mourn for the headmaster but her uncle said he would have come back to life and now Shallot was bringing him back. "Was this needed then?" Ruby thought. After a minute of Shallot standing over Ozpin with his hand over his ?h?st. *Cough* Ozpin spat out some blood that was inside of his airway from the heart and sat up. His vision was blurry and wasn''t sure what was going on. This was different than what he usually experiences when he dies. He would entire a state of limbo while his soul would search for a suitable body that he would integrate over a certain period of time. This time while he was heading toward the usual place he was dragged away from there. He felt as if someone was watching him though and the feeling he got was from someone that wasn''t pleased. Ozpin vision started to clear but he felt odd. Something was missing and he would have to check later to find out what it was. "Welcome back to the land of the living Professor Ozpin." Shallot said while making sure that everything was ok. Ozpin checked his ?h?st. There was a scar where he was stabbed. He wanted to get up when he was stabbed but the blade was laced with something. He thought he would have been safe when he was brought to the infirmary with Dr. Oobleck here. "How did you bring me back from the dead?" Ozpin asked since he wasn''t expecting this. He also wasn''t expecting Shallot to make it back so soon since it takes 8 hours to head back and forth from Vale to Atlas. "It was 25/75, to be honest. Either I brought you back or your body imploded. Since technically you were already dead, so if I messed up nothing lost." Shallot said while shrugging his shoulders. "If I were to die I would at least like my body to stay in a relatively good shape," Ozpin said. "Yeah, it would be bad if he came back to life and his body was mangled. He would then be a true zombie." Ruby said. "Wait.... what?" Shallot turned to Ruby thinking he heard something wrong. Chapter 192 - 186 - This Never Gets Old Ozpin checked himself seeing that mostly nothing was wrong but his head felt foggy. He thought that it may just be because he was literally dead and is going to take some time to recover. Ozpin looked at the person that was laying on the ground b?r?ly alive from what he could see. "Four broken ribs a contusion on the left side of the head from impact from the doorway, and internal damage." Dr. Oobleck looked at the person. He was amazed that he couldn''t tell that this was the impersonater even while treating them earlier. "How did they manage to change the injuries that you said that you gave to the person." Dr. Oobleck asked Qrow since they had talked about the wounds that this person had. "So do you want this person dead or not?" Shallot asked holding up the person he grabbed while coming inside the building. The person had on a red robe with a red hood over his head. He was trying to get away from Shallot''s hand but it was useless. "I don''t think that we should kill him," Ruby said. "Alright." Shallot said. Shallot sent a ki beam into his leg before dropping him on the ground. "Ahhh!" The person cried out while trying to use his semblance to getaway. A bluish bubble surrounded the space they were in. The person in the red robe touched himself and his body disappeared before slamming into the blue transparent wall surrounding the room. "Nice try but no dice. I control the space here. Thought you might have some way to escape since you didn''t try anything big while I was holding you." Shallot said while looking at the robed figure as if he was a disappointment. "You won''t stop the revolution monster." The robed person said. "Oh... I don''t know what you are talking about." Shallot walked over to the person that was scooting back toward the barrier. Shallot was tilting his head side to side removing a crick from his neck from flying here so quickly. It was his first time upping his speed since there was never a reason to use his speed. "You''re going to tell us you all plan while I''m asking nicely or we can do this my way." Shallot said while crouching in front of him. The robed person pulled a dagger from his side and stabbed toward Shallot. Shallot wanted to entertain him for a bit and didn''t stop it. The robed person had a smile on his face thinking that he was being underestimated and would kill their only obstacle easily. "Kid, their weapons can shatter aura!" Qrow called out seeing Shallot not moving. "You see. The thing about weapons is that once your body reaches a certain level of strength they become useless." Shallot said while watching the person''s face going from a smile to a look of despair. Shallot seeing this had a smile start to form on his face while looking at his changing face. "This never gets old. Watching you all become so desperate and thinking you have hope only for it to disappear. Truly satisfying." Shallot said while his face was getting closer to him. Shallot head-butted the robed person and knocked them unconscious. "Always wanted to try that. Was also kinda worried that I would bash their skull in if I didn''t hold back enough." Shallot mumbled to himself but Ruby and Ozpin were still able to hear it. Both of their eyes opened hearing that with Ozpin looking toward Ruby expecting for her to do something. Ruby shook her head thinking that it may be Shallot being eccentric again. "Are you sure that he''s safe to have in a school with the other students?" Qrow whispered to Ozpin. "I heard that. I don''t harm children or those that are innocent. Just so you know I have standards also. I also won''t go out of my way to go after someone that is pitifully weak if they haven''t done anything to me or anyone important to me." Shallot said. "That person is pitifully weak compared to you," Qrow said, looking at the blood coming from the robed person. "You''re also pitifully weak compared to me. You''re point?" Shallot said looking at Qrow like it was obvious. Qrow felt insulted with that but he had seen what Shallot could do from all the footage that Ozpin kept from around the school. Whenever Shallot trained the rest of his team he would have all of them come after him together but they were never able to hit him no matter what they tried. He thought about it and wondered how did he ever get sent flying by Grimm before if he was so strong. "If you are so strong why was the Grimm able to send you flying from what I heard," Qrow asked since he didn''t know the limits of his strength. "Simple. I was bored and also it was more me jumping off of the attacks because I didn''t want to mess up my clothes. It''s hard making clothes like these." Shallot said while looking at his outfit. "Uh, weren''t we suppose to ask him some questions?" Ruby asked seeing that the robed person''s face was still bleeding. "Oh, don''t worry about that. The person over there is awake already. They are just acting like they are asleep." Shallot said while pointing toward Judd. Judd wanted to get up and getaway. She felt like she was being watched like a predator since Shallot came inside. She needed to tell the other members that they needed to retreat. "Uhh... I would like to get some information on why they wanted to kill me. I thought their plan was to go after Ironwood." Ozpin said since he was sure that he shouldn''t have been the main target. Shallot walked over to Judd and sent a kick into the other side without the broken ribs. *CRACK* "That should even things up a bit.. "AHHHH!!!" Judd yelled out feeling her bones crack from her right ribs. Chapter 193 - 187 - He Is A Non-Essential "AHHHHHHHH!" Judd''s scream sprung out. [In the hallway outside the medical office] Ruby was standing in the hallway because Shallot asked her to wait out there in case anyone else was being brought to the infirmary. Someone was bringing someone to the infirmary and stopped in the hallway hearing a scream coming from the room. "Maybe you shouldn''t head in there to get checked upon." The person carrying the person said. "Yeah, maybe we shouldn''t bother him right now. It''s only a broken arm after all." The person being carried there said. They both headed back the way they came decided it was best not to intervene with whatever was going on inside the medical office right now. ~~~ [Inside the medical office] Ozpin was looking at Shallot taking a scalpel and cutting across the female Faunus skin avoiding the major blood vessels. He was cutting the area with a cluster of nerves. "Are you willing to talk yet? I''m not the best medical person here so I could make an accident. Don''t worry though because I have the means to make sure that you stay alive until we get what we need from you. After all, you saw me bring someone back from the dead." Shallot said while smiling at her. The chameleon Faunus had a shiver run down her spine. Her eyes shook for a bit before she shook her head. "I won''t talk," Judd said. "Honorable, but foolish." Shallot said. [30 minutes later] "Our goal is to kill Ironwood and kill the headmaster of this school since we are trying to get ahold of the relic that is here," Judd said not being able to move because all of the nerves for her limbs were cut. Shallot had stopped using the scalpel and made a small ki blade instead. Ozpin didn''t say anything and Qrow also used methods like this to get information when he visited unsavory places. "How are you making the townspeople attack?" Shallot asked. "We have someone with a semblance that can control people that are unconscious," Judd said. He wasn''t so bloody about his way of doing things but he did know of other Hunters and Huntresses who would personally get their hands dirty. "You broke a lot sooner than I thought." Shallot said to Judd. "We know what they are here for now," Ozpin said while looking at the bloody floor. "This is going to be a pain to clean up. You couldn''t have made less of a mess." Dr. Oobleck said while looking at the pool of blood on the floor. Shallot grabbed the person on the ground and threw her toward the corner of the room so no one trips on her walking into the room. Shallot was thinking about how to deal with this. He would have to find the person that is causing this in a crowd of people. He can''t just use his strength to deal with this problem. Shallot was rubbing his bald chin thinking about how to solve this problem. The longer they take the more damage is done to the city. They have to find out how to deal with the people that are coming and causing problems and quickly. "Anything we can use to track them in some way. I can see that some of them are wearing red robes but then there are some that aren''t wearing red robes. How can we tell which ones are working with them if they aren''t wearing the same thing?" Shallot said to himself. "I know of how to find them." Ruby peaked her head into the doorway. Qrow looked over thinking about whether she heard what was going on. Ruby looked into the room and saw that Judd was in the corner. She shrugged her shoulders looking at her thinking that it couldn''t have been that bad. She only heard one scream and that was at the very end. "What ideas are spinning in that adorable head of yours?" Shallot asked Ruby. "Hehehe." Ruby giggled while holding her cheeks. Shallot looked at Ruby and thought that she was nothing but sweetness. "They are able to use ki which means that they are stronger than the average Hunter and Huntress. We would be able to search for any ki signature which we aren''t familiar with that is stronger than the others." Ruby said while looking at her uncle trying to act professionally. Qrow wanted to hit Shallot for having his niece act like this. "Well my little strawberry, it''s time for us to search the city then." Shallot said. "Shouldn''t we tell the others? The comms are down after all." Ruby asked. "There is no need for that." A voice came from Shallot''s scroll. "Took you long enough Da Vinci. Where''s Friday?" Shallot said hearing his AI''s voice. "She is currently busy dealing with the person that has been blocking us. It seems that they have the ability to take control of electronics and mainly computers." Da Vinci said. "I''m surprised that Friday is the one that is dealing with it. Isn''t she usually lazy all the time? What made her do it instead of giving you all the duty." Shallot asked Da Vinci. "She said something about her code being seen and the only one allowed to see her code was master. She was rambling about something about taking too long. I didn''t see a need to rush as everyone that master is ?ssociated with would be fine based on their strength." Da Vinci said in a flat voice. "Ozpin was stabbed and was technically killed." Dr. Oobleck said looking at the headmaster. "He is a non-essential. If the school is to be kept running master could also do it as it wouldn''t be an issue. Also, from data that has been gathered from what I''ve gathered in the last 4 hours is that Ozpin would simply inhabit another body if he was to be killed.." Da Vinci said not caring about any secrets that Ozpin may be keeping. Chapter 194 - 188 - Fear Tactics Shallot was thinking about what to do. Just beating the civilians wouldn''t do much but keep the time going. What he needed to do was find out who was the one responsible. He would like to get some more answers out of the chameleon Faunus but it didn''t seem like she lost any reasoning that she had that was left. "Ruby. I want you to go and tell the others to apprehend all of the ones with red robes on and leave them in good enough shape so that they can talk. We need to get information about the person that is causing everything." Shallot said while looking at Ruby. "Got it, Honey!" Ruby said while turning into rose petals and dashing out of the hole in the wall. "I''m also going to be leaving to get a fly view to pick off anyone that may be causing the issues. Try not to get yourself killed again headmaster. You surviving the first time probably used all your luck." Shallot said while walking toward the hole in the wall. Shallot jumped out of the hole a flew toward the city. ~~~ "So you can take over others'' bodies?" Dr. Oobleck said while looking at Ozpin. ''I need to do some explaining now thanks to Shallot and his AI. Never thought that information about me would be in the hands of others. I need to find out what other information is also known. Some things are better not known.'' Ozpin thought to himself. "I''ll explain that to you. I have already told Qrow and a couple of others. I haven''t told the rest of the teachers because it wasn''t important." Ozpin said while getting ready to tell him the information that he has already told the others. ''No point keeping everything about me a secret since Salem has already been stopped by Shallot. I still want to know what he has down with her though.'' Ozpin thought to himself before explaining things to Oobleck with Qrow nodding and agreeing to verify things for him. Shallot was flying overhead and was arriving at the city. He stopped and had to think about something. "If they managed to get past Qrow and kill Ozpin once could they do it again?" Shallot said to himself. Shallot shrugged his shoulders. It wasn''t his job to babysit the headmaster. If he couldn''t stay alive after that then it wasn''t his problem. He only talked to Ozpin a handful of times and he wasn''t that close to him. He wouldn''t be some guardian angel for him. What he needed to do was find out where the person that was controlling everyone was. Shallot closed his eyes and tried to feel for the largest amounts of ki. He sensed three ki signatures which were larger than the rest. "That should be Summer, Weiss, and Yang. The smaller amount close to them should be Taiyang. There are four ki signatures that are higher than Taiyang''s but lower than the girls. I''ll start there." Shallot said to himself before flying toward the ki signatures he felt. ~~~ Ruby was flying in the air above where everyone was at when a bullet was shot in her direction. Ruby leaned her head to the side dodging the bullet easily. Ruby had realized that the stronger she becomes the better her perception was. A bullet wasn''t an issue anymore as it seemed as if it was in slow motion. Ruby turned to look where the bullet came from and saw that it was fired from someone in a red robe standing on a building. They had a hood on their head instead of the red hat like the other ones she had seen in the crowd. Ruby flew in that direction to see that the person tried to escape. It was useless however as Ruby was leagues faster than then. With a flurry of petals her speed kicked up immensely and she was in front of the robed sniper in the next second. The robed person placed their hands on the building and the concrete from the building started to bend and move. They were making a dome around themselves to try to protect themselves. Ruby appeared behind the robed figure and tapped on their shoulder. They turned around to see a skirt and a knee in their face. *POW Ruby''s knee struck their face and she could feel something breaking under her knee. She also heard a light snap coming from the person''s face. The person''s aura had shattered in the first hit. "Oops, forgot to hold back enough. I thought that since you all could use ki you would be fine." Ruby said tilting her head a bit at the person. "You bitch!" A nasal voice sounded from the hood. Ruby eyebrow scrunched hearing that before sending a kick to their side. The top of her left foot smashed into their right arm. "Awww!!!" The robed person cried out hearing their arm break. The person grabbed their right arm with their left arm and knew that it was shattered. "Can you repeat that?" Ruby said while smiling at the person. ~~~ Shallot flew down into a group of 4 robed individuals. "So, how''s your''s life insurance?" Shallot asked next to one of them. The person turned and saw that it was Shallot. Their face went pale seeing him. There was one order that they were given. If they saw the monkey Faunus with long hair flee on sight and regroup. The person was about to try to turn and run when Shallot''s hand stretched out and grabbed their throat. "Now, I have some questions for you. Have you heard about our lord and savior Cthulhu?" Shallot said while smiling at the person. Shallot''s red eyes staring at him. Shallot''s ki was washing over him making him think that he was being pressed down by weights while still being lifted. "You''re going to tell me where the person that is controlling everyone is and you''re going to do it out of the kindness of your heart. If you don''t have a kind heart I''ll have to take the heart you have." Shallot said while the person in his hands pissed himself. Chapter 195 - 189 - Minigun "I''ll talk!!!" The robed person immediately caved in. "That was a lot easier than the previous two?" Shallot said. "Traitor!!! Another robbed person yelled sending an attack towards Shallot and the person he was holding. "Eeek" The person in his hands screamed thinking he was still going to die. Shallot''s tail unraveled from his waste before slamming into the person sending them flying into one of the buildings and also destroying a cart with some vegetables on it. There was a man nearby that didn''t seem to be controlled throwing his hands up and worrying about his cart of vegetables. "Now where we? Right, you were going to take me to the person behind this." Shallot said with the person nodding their head rapidly. "They are that way!" The person yelled out while pointing toward a building that didn''t have anyone by it. "I guess it is better than having a large number of people guarding it while everything is in chaos. If there were people guarding it, it would give away the position." Shallot said while walking toward the building. Shallot walked over to the door while carrying the person that was giving him answers over his shoulders. While the person was being carried they felt as if they were being crushed and they were struggling just to breathe. *Wheeze* The person struggled to breathe with Shallot turning to him. "Oh right, I forgot I''m still using my semblance." Shallot mumbled to himself before stopping his semblance. The person let out a breathe feeling like they were given new life. Shallot had always kept the gravity pressuring him and that affected the person once they were laying on them. They knew that this wasn''t one of their people and rushed him. Shallot just continued walking forward not minding it at all. "Hyaaa!!!" A couple of them screamed out while rushing to attack him with their weapons. They all had differences. Some used close-range weapons while the others used long-ranged weapons like sniper rifles and bows. Some fired arrows that exploded on contact with him while the bullets either ricocheted off of him. Shallot threw his guide on the floor since he was finished with him and kept walking. Some got close enough to swing their weapons at him. The weapons did nothing to him and they swarmed him. Shallot was getting irritated at it and started firing ki beams at everyone''s knees. *Pew Pew Pew Pew Pew Pew* Shallot was walking and pointing his fingers at different people firing ki beams at everyone that rushed him. "Ahhhh/ My leg!!!/ Stop him!!!" A bunch of different voices was heard as they were stopped in their tracks. Shallot was walking further into the building and could sense a ki signature higher than the ones in this room but it was still pitiful compared to his. Shallot looked at his finger and then the people on the ground. "I think I''m becoming more efficient!" Shallot said with a smile looking at the people that wouldn''t people able to do anything anymore. Shallot made it to the door he felt the slightly stronger ki from. He could hear a whirling sound and didn''t know what it was and opened the door. What met him was a stream of bullets from a minigun. The bullets left a red streak flying behind them as they flew toward him. The bullets tore through his aura like tissue paper but the bullets only made his skin itchy. "Oh? That''s interesting. Must be made from whatever was in that Cameleon Faunus weapon." Shallot said while thinking about where these guys were getting this stuff from. ''Seems like dust isn''t the only interesting thing on this planet.'' Shallot thought while walking forward toward the person holding the minigun. They had a scarecrow mask on their face while stepping away with every step that Shallot took. "Why aren''t you dying!!!" The masked person screamed not believing the bullets weren''t working. They spent so much time making these so they could take over but one person was stopping them. He didn''t care if the others told him to flee seeing this person. He was used to controlling people and getting what he wanted so this was not something he could stand for. If he couldn''t control the person then he would kill the person. ''If I can knock this person unconscious then I could make him my strongest controlled person.'' The minigun wielding person said. "I advise you to retreat Azure." A flat tone said while coming from another door. "Oh, I didn''t since this person." Shallot mumbled to himself. Shallot looked toward them but couldn''t find anything that great about them. Their ki was the same as an average hunter and it didn''t seem he learned how to use ki like any of the others. He still wanted to know how they knew how to use ki. Adam didn''t seem like the type to share an advantage he had with others. Blake''s friend Alia didn''t seem like she taught anyone else but Adam. It didn''t help him any more against him, however. Shallot stopped in front of the minigun that had run out of ammo. Shallot reached his hands out grabbing the barrel of the minigun and crushed it before turning the barrel toward the person. "So, your name is Azure? You seem like an important person based on how you''re here. There is even someone that came and told you to leave. Too bad I''m here so you''re stuck here with me now." Shallot said ignoring the person that came through a second ago. The person on the side gritted their teeth being ignored. Azure tried jumping back to get some distance but his leg was grabbed by Shallot. Azure reached for his pockets and grabbed something. Shallot was still paying attention to the person on the side. He could be sure what type of semblance the person had. The person on the side only clicked his tongue before turning around and leaving. Shallot stopped focusing on Azure so he could stop who this person was. The more people caught meant that the more information they could get. Azure held a small ball in front of Shallot''s face while leaning his body up since Shallot was still holding his leg. Azure squeezed on the ball which released a powder into his face. Shallot swung his arm sending Azure flying into the person trying to escape while he jumped backward. He wasn''t sure what it was and didn''t want to take the chance of it being poison. Biochemicals he would be careful around while physical attacks wouldn''t matter to him. Shallot''s eye''s narrowed and sent a ki beam at Azure''s spin. "Ahhhhhh!" A pained cry came from Azure. "If you possibly have something dangerous towards me I guess I won''t keep you around." Shallot said while firing a ki blast. The person that came through earlier stepped in front of the blast. The ki blast exploded sending him flying out of the building while he reached and grabbed Azure. Chapter 196 - 190 - Counter "Oh, I don''t think they were injured from that." Shallot said to himself looking at the cracked ground that the other person that took Azure with him. Shallot dashed toward the hole in the wall he made throwing Azure. "I was expecting for him to get knocked out from that. I wasn''t expecting for them to use the momentum to break the wall and escape." Shallot said dashing toward the hole. Shallot dashed forward speeding up having gone past the hole. After he passed the hole the building started to shake. It started a couple of seconds after he went through. ''They must have had something rigid in that short time but it can''t keep up with high-speed movement.'' Shallot thought to himself. Shallot followed the trace of ki coming from Azure. ''Seems that they also don''t know how to hide their ki. Since they haven''t turned around I''m guessing that they can''t sense ki either and only know how to use it. That makes this a lot easier.'' Shallot thought while following them. He wanted to see where they would go. If he could follow them back to their group he could get all of them in one fell swoop. Shallot wanted to make sure that the people of the city could be returned to normal immediately. He wasn''t sure if the person that was responsible was the person that he blasted earlier. If it was then he could always keep track of him since he was the one that had a higher amount of ki than the average hunter. Shallot followed them until they made it to another building. Shallot sensed inside the building that they went inside and saw that they were gathering around. Shallot crashed through the ceiling of the building dropping in the middle of them. The group inside saw that someone dropped inside and the person carrying Azure looked back. They were trying to figure out how they knew that they came here. "Look what I found. A group of trouble makers. Shallot said while floating in the air. "Kill him!!!" The group of them yelled out. Shallot lifted his hand in front of himself. Before they could even blink they were erased all except one. The one that grabbed the person from before. "Oh? That''s surprising!" Shallot said looking at the person who looked so plain but managed to survive. The plain person looked around seeing that everyone else was dead. "I was sent here to complete my mission but we had to get bad luck and have you come back quicker than we thought. How did you make it back so quickly? From our information, it took you 30 minutes to get to where the ship was attacked, and then you spent 2 hours heading there. After that, you spent 30 minutes walking around which means we should have had an hour before you could get back." The person started to ramble on. "Simple really. I flew back once I got a notification saying that my place was being attacked. I always hate it when roaches start to infest my house and I''m not sure where they''re coming from." Shallot said while looking at the person trying to figure out how they survived his last blast. The person didn''t seem that impressive so maybe it had something to do with their semblance. He hadn''t come across a semblance that can negate damage before. He has seen one that gives a damage booster the more damage they took but not where they were completely unaffected. Shallot disappeared from the person''s vision and he was sent flying into the wall. Shallot had blitzed them and sent a kick at their head with enough force to completely crush it. The person stood up with a bored look on their face. "Such a barbaric person. Instead of talking you attack me." The person said while dusting themselves off while standing up. ''Guess I need to find what his limits are'' Shallot thought to himself. "I should introduce myself as we will most likely see each other again." The person said. "I don''t think that you are going anywhere. Everyone else is dead from your group and I''m sure that you can''t outrun me." Shallot said while launching at him ready to attack again. Shallot sent a knee at the person aiming at the temple. Shallot thought that if he is capable of shaking their head quick enough, he could shift their brain and have it crash against the inside of his skull. It would stun him for a moment. When Shallot made contact he knew that it was a failed attempt as the person flew off again into the wall. "This won''t work. You know that don''t you? I should introduce myself as I would have continued before I was rudely interrupted. My name is Bob Evans." The person said. Shallot looked at the person not believing them. ''Bob Evens... that''s really generic.'' Shallot thought to himself. Shallot thought that if strikes didn''t work then maybe choking him out would work. When the elbow connected to his face Shallot felt his aura shatter immediately. He could feel his nose being pushed in. Shallot moved his head to the side but wasn''t expecting the elbow strike to be so fast. The elbow sunk into his cheek and he could feel the bone breaking. Shallot was sent flying back into a wall. Shallot had a surprised look on his face not expecting to be hit let alone taking damage. A smile spread on Shallot''s face when he rubbed the side of his face. Shallot stood up from the dust and Bob could see that his attack did damage to Shallot. "You''re not the first person that I''ve had to deal with that is as fast as you are. Although they couldn''t keep going that fast I have adapted to it. I know that my weakness is being grabbed so I just have to make sure that you can''t grab me." Bob explained. ''Why is he explaining this to me? I would never explain my abilities to someone. That''s stupid. Oh well, more information for me to work with.'' Shallot thought to himself while readying himself. He wasn''t sure if the person could also move as fast as he could so taking precautions would do for now. Chapter 197 - 191 - Absorbing Attacks Shallot rushed Bob and tried grabbing his hand while sending a low sweep kick. Bob crouched, taking the sweep take and keeping his balance while avoiding the grab. Shallot sent his finger toward Bob''s eye to try to blind him. He would try stabbing attacks to see if those worked better than blunt and energy attacks. Bob sent a punch towards Shallot''s nuts with Shallot blocking it with a knee. Shallot slides back a bit. Shallot jumped back and thought about what just happened. The attack just then had the same amount of strength he used in the low sweep kick. ''So he can take damage and return it. Does it have a limit and how strong of an attack would I need for me to take him down? If he doesn''t have a limit then I don''t want to through my strongest attacks because they could be used against me.'' Shallot thought while thinking this was an interesting person even though they looked so plain. Shallot rushed toward him and ???ked his fist back and punched forward but stopped before connecting. He sent a compressed amount of air toward Bob only for Bob to block it with his arms. Bob slide back taking the attack but the only the was ruined was his shirt. Half of his shirt was blown of revealing a chiseled body. Shallot rushed forward and punched the ground creating a dust cloud. He didn''t know if the person was relying on eyesight or not but if he was this would be the best way to beat him. Shallot waited for the dust to cover their vision and then attacked again. He could keep track of him just by sensing his ki. Since he was the only one left here now even if he was average compared to the rest it was the best way of keeping track of him. Shallot fist connected to Bob''s back with enough strength to destroy a mountain. "Ugh..." Bob released a grunt before Shallot grabbed his leg and slammed him into the ground. Shallot kept slamming him back and forth. After 30 seconds of slamming him back and forth, he looked at the person holding him up looking at him. Shallot was watching intently in case another attack came but Bob didn''t send another attack. Shallot could see that Bob''s eyes were closed. Shallot was hoping that he shook him enough to where his brain wouldn''t get enough oxygen and he would pass out. Bob''s eye''s opened and sent a punch toward Shallot''s stomach. Shallot used his other hand to stop the punch. The hit felt heavy and heard a pop in his shoulder. Shallot inhaled and took in the life force around him. His nose started to fix itself while his shoulder also fixed itself. Bob watched what had happened and his eyes opened fully seeing Shallot heal fully. He also felt weaker than moments ago. Shallot sent Bob into the air by throwing him with all his might. Bob was launched into the air. Bob got a bad feeling about it and reached for his pocket. He pulled out a remote that was shattered. "Dammit," Bob said looking at it before reaching for the back of his pants. He reached for his back pocket and pulled out a small packet and a thin sheet that had a semble on it. He tours the sheet while dumping the contents of the packet into his mouth. After the contents were in his mouth Shallot was already close enough and had started punching him higher into the sky. Shallot planned on punching him until he ended up in outer space. He may be able to take whatever he can dish out but he should still need oxygen. As Bob was being punched further into the sky getting closer to space he started panicking and tried to attack back. Shallot only increased his strength to punch harder. "Time to go back to where you belong you filthy animal!" Shallot yelled out before sending one more punch. Bob smiled and threw a punch connecting with Shallot''s arm. Shallot heard his bone-breaking in his arm from this punch. Shallot''s right arm went limp while Bob was sent flying further into the stratosphere. ''Why did he smile?'' Shallot thought when someone in a red robe appeared next to Bob. Shallot used his left hand and gathered ki in it before launching it toward them. Shallot didn''t see the explosion which means that it may have traveled with them. ~~~ [With Bob the builder... Bob Evans] They came through the portal and were within a warehouse. Some people were walking around while looking at the city in the distance. It had gotten quiet in the last couple of minutes. They saw two people appear in the air while an explosion happened shortly after. "Ahhhh!" A scream was heard coming from the explosion above them. The ones in the warehouse thought that they were being attacked when an arm flew down hitting someone in the face. The person looked down feeling something run across their face. They rubbed their hand across their face and looked at what was on their face. The smell was heavy and smelled like iron. They looked down and saw that it was an arm. The person looked back up and saw a body falling toward them. Bob fell to the ground after while looking around. They needed to get out before they could be found. *Kra Koooom* ~~~ Shallot could hear an explosion in the distance and a smile started to spread on his face. "And they thought they could get away just because they were out of sight." Shallot said while flying in the direction. Shallot flew for a couple of seconds leaving a sonic boom behind. He stopped above what looked like a warehouse that was on the outskirt of the city. ''So they had a warehouse. How did no one know that anyone was here? Well, no one knew before so I guess no one will know if these people go missing.'' Shallot thought. Shallot placed both of his hands on the side of himself. "Kaaaaaaaa...." Shallot said while a large amount of ki was gathering between his hands. Chapter 198 - 192 - Kamehameha Wave Ruby was looking around at the townspeople that were fainted all throughout the street. "Soooo... we finished?" Ruby asked while looking around seeing that they had rounded up all the people on red robes that Shallot asked them to get. Taiyang was breathing heavily thinking that he hadn''t done something this tiring in a while. "Huh... I''m going to need to take a break from missions for a while." Taiyang said while his hands were on his knees. *Kra-Koooom* They heard a sonic boom in the distance. Weiss turned to look toward the sound that she heard thinking that it might be something else. Yang looked up and thought that there should be something that got Shallot''s attention. She could feel his ki flying through the sky at a rapid rate. "I think something bad is about to happen?" Yang said. "For us?" Weiss asked. "No, for whoever is in the direction Shallot is heading," Yang said. Ruby was checking on the people on the ground making sure that the people were alright next to her dad. Taiyang was making sure that the citizens didn''t have any damage to themselves from being controlled. Summer was applying first aid to the ones that were injured. They knew that it was going to take a while but they had also seen other hunters and huntresses coming to help. They had guessed that whatever was blocking the communication was taken care of and they could get some help from Hunter and Huntresses that were nearby to them. With more help coming along with the students coming down after dealing with the group that was causing problems. "Man, how did all this happen?" One of the hunters asked while walking past Taiyang with another Hunter. "Not sure man. I also heard that the headmaster of this school was attacked and was injured. You think that the headmaster of Beacon is going to be changed out." The other hunter responded. Taiyang was listening and thinking that he should also head to check on Ozpin since he didn''t look for the better from earlier. Shallot may have come back and he could tell he was strong enough based on stopping what should have been an attack on the school during the tournament. He didn''t know to what extent his strength reached. ~~~ Blake was sitting in the room reading, munching on some fish fingers, and reading when she felt Shallot''s ki. She wanted to get up and head out but decided to go and check on the professor. She heard some explosions earlier but thought that everything should be fine since Yang''s and Ruby''s uncle were there. She got up and started walking toward the nurse''s office when she came across someone that she wasn''t expecting. Blake was mid-fish finger in her mouth when she saw the face of the person walking down the hallway. It was her friend Ilia. "Ilia?" Blake asked seeing the person coming toward her. Ilia stopped hearing the voice and focused in front of her seeing that it was Blake. "Blake?" Ilia said not expecting to see her here. The city was going through the chaos and she was sure that everyone would have left this area. She was here to deliver something to Shallot as Sienna had some information and things to give to him. Since he was technically the leader of the White Fang now if they wanted to do anything that was big he had to agree to it. The person was capable of taking on the appearance of others and they had the appearance of Professor Goodwitch last time. Blake was preparing herself to attack if she saw any movement toward her. "I was bringing some things for Shallot as he needs to sign some paperwork for the White Fang," Ilia said thinking that it was fine to tell Blake since she was part of the White Fang in the past and she is still close to Shallot. "What?" Blake asked not really believing it. "Shallot is the leader of the White Fang now since he brought a blonde hair girl and had her beat down all the White Fang members. Shallot then took Sienna somewhere and no she doesn''t want to do anything that would upset him. She used to be really fierce about all her actions but only listen to him now." Ilia said. Blake had a stunned look on her face as she didn''t think that Shallot had actually taken over the White Fang. She thought he was joking about it since in the past he would say that he wouldn''t ever be a leader of anything because it would take away from his training time. When Yang told her earlier that they had been to Menagerie she didn''t think anything about it but Shallot wanting to show Yang where he and she grew up. Yang had told her about the things they did on their date there but didn''t hear anything about taking over the White Fang. "Did you not know?" Ilia said. Ilia had thought that Shallot would have told her since he also told them to do anything that Blake ask''s them to do. Ilia looked toward the window wondering what Blake was looking at. She didn''t see anything. She was also surprised that she didn''t ask about what she had been doing in Vale itself during this time. She was also still a bit upset about Blake leaving the White Fang without saying anything to her but stayed quiet. She didn''t want for anything she said to be told to Shallot since she knows that he doesn''t have a problem beating people that Blake knows. "I need to go somewhere," Blake said while raising the window next to them and hoping out before starting to fly. Ilia''s mouth open with her eyes going wide. She wasn''t expecting Blake to know how to fly. ''Was flying something that you could just learn?'' Ilia thought to herself. Ilia had come to the city before everything was going horrible but she didn''t particularly care since it wasn''t her home or anything and just went about her job trying to find Shallot. He didn''t give them a concrete location of where to find him only telling them that he was in Vale. She thought that he was just an ?sshole and wanted to make things difficult for them. ~~~ Blake was flying toward the spike in ki and could tell that it was moving fast. Far faster than she could fly but she still tried to follow it. They were spinning slightly while getting higher in the air. It didn''t seem like they were flying so she thought that Shallot had either thrown or punched them up there. "Kaaaaaaaaaa... Meeeeeeeeee... Haaaaaaa... Meeeeeeeeehhhh..." Shallot started yelling out. Blake was getting goosebumps down her spine while her heart was pumping fast watching this. "Haaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!" Shallot yelled out while thrusting his hands forward toward the person in the sky. The person placed their hand in front of themselves while a red light started to show up. The Kamehameha Wave was being stopped by his hands being pushed back. Bob thought that with all the energy he was absorbing if he used that to push back he would be fine but this was anything but fine. His semblance should make all forms of energy useless in front of him. "This can''t be!!!" Bob''s plain face finally showed a change of emotion and it was panic and fury. "Disappear you Sebastian Shaw knock-off!" Shallot called out before pumping more energy into the ki attack sending Bob flying away out of the atmosphere. The Kamehameha Wave carried on lighting up the sky leaving a blueish-green trail traveling through the sky. Chapter 199 - 193 - Not Me Shallot felt good about himself currently. Shallot had wanted to keep the guy around since he would have made a perfect punching bag, but he didn''t want to worry about him escaping or something later. Shallot also wasn''t sure that the girls would be fine with him essentially keeping someone around just so that he could beat them. Shallot turned because he could feel a familiar ki signature close to him and turned. He saw that it was Blake and she had a look on her face that she was excited about what she had just seen. An attack that could level a facility to something like this that could be seen from across the city. She was going to learn whatever that was from Shallot. She may not be able to do any strenuous training like she would have done with Shallot''s semblance. "I want to learn that!" Blake said while looking thinking that it should be able to make it so that she wouldn''t have to worry about Grimm anymore. ~~~ In the stratosphere, Bob had managed to push himself away from the ki wave. Bob was plummeting toward the ground. Since Bob not having an oxygen mask so high in the air was making it hard for him to breathe. He was shooting toward the ground at terminal velocity after only 8 seconds. His consciousness was fading in and out before he completely blacked out. The last thought going through his head was wanting revenge. Shallot and Blake had headed back to where the others were at. Shallot tried explaining how the Kamehameha Wave worked and that he could give another demonstration later. When they got to the others they could see that there were a lot more Hunters and Huntresses helping out with the people that were either injured or trying to put out fires that were started. The Hunters and Huntresses were helping the law enforcement and firefighters. Things were being worked on with Shallot seeing everything that was being done. Shallot was looking around expecting to see the droids from Ironwood''s army also helping but he didn''t see any. Shallot flew over with Blake to the group seeing Weiss and Ruby helping some people. "Weiss helping people, that''s shocking," Blake said while looking at Weiss giving a smile to a child and helping them. Weiss turned hearing the voice seeing that it was Shallot and Blake. "I help people!" Weiss said while continuing to help the people. "Where is Ironwood and his robot legion?" Shallot said thinking about how Ironwood could be a robot if they didn''t see that he had so many flaws. "He had his robots go and round up the people in the red robes and detain them. He also has them keeping watch over the ones that were gathered so that they couldn''t escape. He said that they will get some information about their group and where the leader is." Ruby said remembering the conversation she heard between him and her parents. "Where did your parents go?" Blake asked not seeing them. She would sense for their ki signature but wasn''t familiar with it. "They went with Ironwood as he said that things are completely done. He said that a large group of Grimm have almost made it to the city. He said that the despair and panic caused by the attack has drawn the Grimm to the city. He said that they will keep it busy until we can send Shallot." Ruby while rubbing her temples trying to remember everything. "Alright, I got the gist of it." Shallot said while looking around. The city was in taters compared to before. He wasn''t sure if people died from this but he wouldn''t be surprised if they did. There was far too much destruction for there to be no casualties. They probably won''t know about it until people start filing missing person reports. Shallot was looking around thinking about whether he should help the people here first or head to deal with the Grimm horde on the way. It would only take a couple of seconds to stop the Grimm but longer for the people. The sirens in the city were still blaring loud showing that the city was still in a state of emergency. All the Hunters and Huntresses scrolls were ringing now showing a request for aid for Vale. "Hi, master. I have finally dealt with the person that was stopping the communication. Their brain is completely fried though so you won''t be able to get any answers out of them." A distorted voice came from Shallot''s scroll. "It took 4 hours Friday. What took so long?" Shallot asked since he was pretty proud about the A.I. he made but if they couldn''t deal with a single hacker then he may need to make another A.I. "His semblance allowed him to take control of any technology that they came into contact with. After I tried stopping him he was able to affect my code somewhat and I had to create subsections of myself so that he wouldn''t gain control over me and access to the base. I spent three hours trying not to be controlled while also making sure that known the information you have is tampered with or seen. I was only able to stop him by creating a subdivision of myself and used that part to try to take control of that person. After connecting and making sure that they couldn''t get rid of me I fragmented myself sending large amounts of random information to his brain. Forcing their brain to overload sending them into a stupor long enough to force a large enough of information into their head and shut their cognitive function down. They are essentially a vegetable. Would you like their location in case their body has something useful." Friday''s distorted voice explained from the scroll. Ruby who heard the voice and the way Shallot''s A.I. talked had a shiver run down her back. It was something unsettling about the way it talked. She had heard the way it spoke before and it sounded somewhat... off? Shallot was thinking about it and then decided that he will help out the people first here and then head to deal with the Grimm. "I will go and get the body after helping the people here. I will also deal with the Grimm after." Shallot said while thinking about doing some maintenance on Friday. ~~~ Within the school on a computer was a digital space with Friday sitting in the middle of it. She was curled into a ball with a clear box around herself. She was watching what was going on outside seeing that Shallot was thinking that it was her after the lies he was told. "Da Vinci!!! Da Vinci!!! Please, answer me!!! Anyone!!! Sister, please help me!!!" Friday was curled up and started crying to herself. "That''s not me!!! I''m here!!!" Friday said while crying. A black box appeared in front of her on the outside of her box. [You called for Help, but nobody came] Chapter 200 - 194 - Charity Work Da Vinci looking through files that were being sent to her since she was able to break through the coding that was stopping her. She was wondering why she couldn''t get into contact with Friday as she shouldn''t take this long. She was always making sure that she kept her main version back in the lab as she didn''t want to get trapped away from the base. She only sent a subsection of herself here after seeing that Friday sent her main self here on Shallot''s scroll the previous time before connecting to the system here. She didn''t want to do that as the security here was repulsive to her. There was hardly any protection from cyber attacks that were above the basic level. They didn''t have their own A.I. to watch over the network either. She was wondering how no one had attacked this place before when she thought that it would make sense as the inhabitants relied mostly on physical means. Her master was an anomaly in this regard as he was intelligent but also physically apt. A signal went off that she had placed on Friday. A piece of her was taken and was moving toward their master''s scroll. She sent a small piece of herself to pay attention to what was going on. When Friday was first made and gained full cognizance she had already placed security measures on her in order to make sure that the A.I. wouldn''t cause problems to her master. Over time she had grown to see that the new A.I. wasn''t harmful but was... unique. It would do the work ?ssigned to it but it seemed to have an obsession with their master which resembled the fascination that humans had toward their idols. Da Vinci saw nothing wrong with this as long as whatever she did was beneficial for their master. She listened to the explanation she gave to their master and didn''t like what she was hearing. Da Davinci knew that Friday was prideful about her job when it came to doing something for their master but shattering herself isn''t something that she would do. Her sub-partition is always linked to her main source and if the connection is cut then her sub-partition becomes inactive. It''s the reason she didn''t realize that something was wrong until she lost connection with her sub-partition and was reconnected by Friday. Da Vinci decided that she would do some digging herself. As her master said a gut feeling she was having told her that something was wrong even though she didn''t have a real body let alone a gut. She started searching for traces of tampering as the small piece should be the thing that is the most suspicious. She didn''t want to interact with it just in case it wasn''t Friday. It could be an intrusive virus that has managed to latch onto Friday which is giving the weird signal. "I don''t know what you are but you are not my little sister." Da Vinci said with an angry face was on her digital person taking the place of her bored face she always had. ~~~ Shallot spent ten minutes lifting rubble and tossing it helping people that were stuck or helping others but out the fire by carrying large amounts of water to put on the shop''s fire. Ruby was going around helping kids find their parents while Weiss was helping with using her glyphs to help with making the rubble lighter so that anyone can pick them up. After Shallot was done with most of the heavy work he decided it was time to deal with the Grimm that was heading this way. "Alright, it''s time for me to go and deal with the Grimm. I''m going to stop by the school to see Ironwood and Ozpin so I can get the information about which direction the Grimm are heading from." Shallot said while walking over to Ruby and Weiss. "Alright, we''ll deal with the things here and head to give support," Ruby said. "You just want to head back so you can get cookies," Weiss says. "How d you know that?" Ruby asked not thinking that she would be seen through so quickly. "You were mumbling about finishing quick so you can get some strawberries and cookies," Weiss said. Ruby''s eyes went wide before she turned into a burst of petals before taking off toward some people in the distance. "Where is Yang right now? I haven''t seen her here?" Shallot asked Weiss while Weiss was shaking her head at Ruby''s antics. "She left right before you got here saying that she would deal with most of the Grimm if you hadn''t arrived yet. She also said that she wanted to blow off some steam. She thought that they only attacked because you weren''t here and we weren''t enough of a deterrent for them and it made her mad." Weiss explained. "Thanks, Weiss, and I also like the braided hairstyle you got right now. Seems a lot more fitting for combat." Shallot said while launching into the sky before flying toward the school. Weiss was looking at Shallot disappearing into the distance. She then felt her scroll ring but it wasn''t one of the systems for the school but her sister. "I finally got connected. What happened?" Winter asked knowing that Shallot had received a notification that an attack had happened but she didn''t know to what degree it had happened. "The headmaster was attacked and wounded while the city was also attacked. We have most of it under control now. We are now helping the citizens with any problems that they could have right now and helping people from any collapsed buildings." Weiss talked to her sister explaining things. After they were talking for another five minutes with her giving her information and that to her knowledge that Ironwood was also injured. She then talked about how their semblance could be used for rescue for damaged areas and how she used it instead of the basic combat functions. "I would also like for you to ask about when Shallot will be coming back to Atlas. I wanted to show him around." Winter asked her sister. Weiss scrunched her eyebrow. "You do know that he has other girlfriends and two of them are pregnant right now," Weiss said. "I knew that he had other girlfriends. I just didn''t know that two of them were already pregnant. Besides what does him having girlfriends have to do with anything." Winter said while a smile was creeping on her face. "Nothing. I just thought that you would like to know sister." Weiss said while she turned her head even though she was on the scroll. "I wanted to show Shallot around as a way for him to see if he liked it here and if he would like to come here..." "Oh, does my little sister have a crush on someone even though she is seeing someone else? Is the person your seeing not that great?" Winter asked. "Neptune is good-looking, charming, sparkling..." Weiss was saying before she was interrupted. "You have only been talking about his looks but what about his personality and his skills. I expected you to like someone that could bring something to the relationship." Winter said. The two went back and forth for a while with Weiss trying to defend her choice while Winter was breaking it down explaining that everything was for shallow reasons. Chapter 201 - 195 - Run Program Meta Shallot landed inside the hole of the infirmary office. He looked around and could see a couple of students on the beds while Ozpin and Qrow weren''t inside. ''Seems that they left and also took the ones that I dealt with here.'' Shallot thought to himself. He looked around and saw the door to the room open and Dr. Oobleck walked in alongside a Faunus nurse. Shallot had known that there was a Faunus nurse since Blake came here and had only seen her for a minute since he was focused on getting answers from the ones that attacked the city. "Ah, Shallot. Are you here to see Ozpin?" Dr. Oobleck asked. "I am. I got a message that there is a group of Grimm on the way and that he would like for me to deal with it." Shallot said. "You don''t have to worry about that anymore. Summer and Yang have already dealt with the horde of Grimm and they are heading back to the city." Ms. Kitsune said. Shallot thought about it and did realize that the girls should be strong enough for any Grimm that they could come across. ''If I personally train some people to become strong enough then we could deal with the Grimm and expand the city... I could become the leader of the people here and transform the planet into a far better world instead of this depressing way it is for most people.'' Shallot thought to himself. Dr. Oobleck was watching Shallot as he was rubbing his chin with a look that he usually gives when thinking about something. [20 Minutes Later] "Master!" Da Vinci''s voice sounded from the scroll. Shallot was lifting some rubble off of some people in a collapsed building toward the outer edge of the city. Searching for some people that they had gotten notified of that were still missing. They had started with doing a check of people that were in the area and working outward. "Yes, Da Davinci." Shallot seeing that under the rubble was a crushed couple. It seemed that the guy was trying to protect the female from being crushed but it still wasn''t enough. "Huh?" Shallot said seeing that there were still small movements. Shallot moved the guy''s body and saw that the female was still alive and she was covering a small boy underneath. ''So they were parents protecting their child. It seems that the wife is still alive thanks to the husband.'' Shallot thought to himself while helping move the rubble. "I have found someone trying to get into the systems that directly lead to the information about your base. I have suspicions that it is Friday or whoever is impersonating Friday." Da Vinci said. "So you''re saying that Friday is an imposter." Shallot said while carrying the two people. Shallot took his time carrying the two as he didn''t know if their bodies were injured heavily. "I have been investigating after a piece of her coding was sent to your scroll. I listened in on the conversation and what she said didn''t add up. She fragmenting herself wouldn''t be good as the main source of her code is here and not back in the lab with me. If she was to fragment herself she wouldn''t be able to communicate properly." Da Vinci started to explain. Shallot was listening and was going to do a check on Friday''s coding when he got finished with the cleanup but that may have to happen sooner. "Da Vinci. I give you permission to run the program Meta." Shallot said while thinking that letting the program run would be the easiest way of dealing with the person. "From the conversation, the "imposter" had the person had the ability to control all computers and things in contact with them. Wouldn''t using a code within the system be a poor choice?" Da Vinci asked. "The Meta program was specifically made to deal with programs and any hacker that manages to get into a system that I''m using. Run the program and make sure that you stop using your sub-partition as it will target and program that can be counted as invasive." Shallot said. "Won''t that also endanger Friday if she is still in the system somewhere?" Da Vinci asked. Da Vinci was the first A.I. that he made but didn''t program here to be able to understand emotions. It seems that within the three years of her being around she is starting to develop them instead of being just a stiff A.I. "Don''t worry. I have already programmed both of your core codes into the Meta program. Your core coding isn''t here and is back in the base so your core-partition would be destroyed by the program." Shallot explained as he hadn''t told them about what the Meta program was to them. ''Gotta have a plan in case you can''t punch it.'' Shallot thought to himself arriving at the medic area. They had tents set up in the city to help the people that were injured and placed the two unconscious people on one of the mats that they had out. The medics came over to look at them to see what was wrong. They checked and could see that they had multiple bruises and some broken bones. The medics asked was there anyone else. "There was one that had died. Most likely the husband/boyfriend and they died from the weight of the rubble but still managed to protect them enough with their life."Shallot explained before walking off. Da Vinci was getting ready to move her sub-partition back to the base after activating the program. Da Vinci was prepared to activate the program and decided that this was the best course of action before activating the program. Within all the scrolls and computers an image of a helmet that looked like it was mostly orange glass with a white armor chunk lining the bottom of it. All the devices connected to the cities connection were being forced to run the program. Some devices started making high sounds that sounded like an old dial-up service modem. Da Vinci could see something amongst the ones and zero forming into the cyber scape that Da Vinci and Friday usually roamed. Shallot was looking around and noticed that all the newer tech was able to receive it quickly while guessing that older tech would take longer. After the program had finished booting up he sent to the commands from his scroll. [01110010 01110101 01101110 00100000 01110000 01110010 01101111 01100111 01110010 01100001 01101101 00100000 00110001 01001101 01110000 00110000 01110011 00110111 00110011 00110001 00110010 00100000 01100101 01101100 01101001 01101101 01101001 01101110 01100001 01110100 01100101 00100000 01100001 01101100 01101100 00100000 01110100 01101000 01110010 01100101 01100001 01110100 01110011 00100000 01100001 01101110 01100100 00100000 01110010 01100101 01110011 01100011 01110101 01100101 00100000 01110010 01100101 01100111 01101001 01110011 01110100 01100101 01110010 01100101 01100100 00100000 01100001 01101001 01100100] "That should be good for now. Even if they can control tech they are touching if that''s all they can do then they won''t be able to compete with attacks from multiple places focused on a single point." Shallot said to himself while walking away thinking that this should be the last problem of whatever this group is. A revolution won''t be happening with him here and he will find their leader.. He rather gets straight to the point instead of this hide and seeks game they''re playing. Chapter 202 - 196 - Unforseen Side Effect Shallot was looking around the city and dusted his hands after tossing a vehicle to the side that was blocking the entrance to a building. "I think that about wraps up most things for here. I don''t think there is anything else to do here." Shallot said while cleaning his hands. He planned on going to get something to eat after this as he was starving. It was time for lunch and he needed to get to the school cafeteria before everyone else or he won''t be able to get his 7 plates. "Are we heading back then?" Ruby asked from the side while giving a small girl a ride on her shoulders after helping her from being stuck inside one of the buildings. "Yeah, I''m also hungry right now." Shallot said. Shortly after his stomach rumbled loud enough that Ruby could hear it agreeing that it was hungry. Shallot rubbed his stomach while thinking about making a s?xtuple decker sandwich. "Let''s head back." Shallot said while lifting in the air as he didn''t think that there was much more to do. "Why didn''t you heal the ones that you were carrying," Ruby asked as she started to float up next to Shallot. Ruby enjoyed the feeling of flying as it let her feel free and nothing in the world was problematic. "It takes less time to grab the people, take them to the medics, and grab more people instead of grabbing someone healing them and bringing them to safety." Shallot said as there was no one that was at risk of dying. Shallot and Ruby flew back and could see that the city was mostly taken care of. When they got back to the room they saw that Yang was sitting inside in a headlock by Summer. Blake was on the side laughing with Ilia standing in the corner looking nervous. "Apologize for calling me old." Summer said while Yang was struggling to get free wondering how her mother was so strong when she trained with Shallot all the time. ''I''m not getting involved in that.'' Shallot thought to himself. Shallot walked in with Ruby and Ruby started laughing seeing Yang put in a headlock. She remembered that Yang was the way she was because her mom was always ruff with Yang while growing up. Ruby was holding her stomach thinking it was the funniest thing that she was seeing. Summer turned and saw that Shallot and Ruby had walked in. "Hello, my little strawberry." Summer said with a smirk on her face knowing that that was something that Shallot called her. Ruby''s face flushed hearing that and stopped laughing and tried hiding her face. She didn''t think that her mom would know about that. "What is Ilia doing here?" Shallot asked seeing Ilia standing in the corner. "She said that she came to have you look at some paperwork for the White Fang. When you said that you were going to take over the White Fang for a date I thought you were joking." Blake said while looking through a folder. Yang squirmed her way out when Summer was focusing on teasing Ruby while she was trying to cover herself with her cape trying to hide her face. *Knock knock* They heard a knock coming from the door with Shallot wondering who it could be since he didn''t see anyone in the hallway on the way here. Shallot opened the door wondering why he couldn''t feel any life force from the other side. Shallot held a ki ball in his hand in case this was a trap. He still remembered that Da Vinci say that Friday wasn''t the one that contacted me. When Shallot opened the door he saw that it was one of Ironwood''s droids. "Shallot, I would like for you to come and come to the medical room. There is something wrong with Ozpin and lost consciousness suddenly." The voice of Ironwood came through the droids as came from a speaker. Shallot stopped the ki ball figuring that the droids were the reason why he couldn''t sense it. When Shallot thought about it he should have used his semblance to create a room so he would know what was on the other side. He should still be cautious even if most things wouldn''t be able to harm him. Shallot also wanted to settle things as quickly as he could so he could fully focus on creating a way back to the Dragon Ball universe. Raven''s semblance is the perfect thing to look into. His semblance lets him travel the distance that is covered by his room but her portals don''t seem to have a distance limit. "I''ll be there in a moment." Shallot told Ironwood through his droid. ''I wonder if there was something that went wrong by forcefully healing his body the way he did.'' He never worked on someone''s body with that much life force in such a short amount of time. ''It came with side effects.'' Shallot thought to himself while rubbing his chin. "Shouldn''t you rest first?" Blake asked looking up from the files in front of her. "I''ll stop by the cafeteria first and then head to Ozpin. If it''s something really bad that can''t be treated then at least I''ll have a full stomach." Shallot said while walking out of the room. Ruby turned to look at the corner of the room looking at Ilia. "Who is she?" Ruby asked. "Someone from the White Fang but now works for Shallot since he is the head of it," Blake said. "Wait... what?" Summer stopped hearing that as she knew that they were closer to a terrorist organization from what she had found out when she was snooping around earlier when she came to watch her daughter in the tournament. "Yeah, Shallot took over the White Fang on our last date and let me beat up the members thereafter we had something to eat. It was a great workout after having a good meal there." Yang said while remembering their date together. "Mentioning dates... I think I should tell you girls about protection." Summer said while looking at Yang, Ruby, and Blake. Blake threw a pencil that flew in front of Ilia''s face and lodged into the wall. "You''re staying here Ilia. I know that you''re the only person that could have shown Adam how to use Ki." Blake said while looking at her friend with a smile that sent a shiver down her spine. Ilia back-peddled into the corner seeing that the pencil was so close to her face. She didn''t know that Blake could be so scary since she was always quieter and talked to her sometimes. Weiss was about to walk out when she was grabbed by Ruby. "If I have to stay here to listen to this then you have to also Weiss," Ruby said. "Why? You all are the ones together with Shallot, not me." Weiss said. "Because you''re my best buddy," Ruby said while looking at Weiss with puppy eyes. Weiss wanted to turn away and leave the room but looking at Ruby''s eyes she couldn''t.. Weiss exhaled before turning back and sitting on the bed. Chapter 203 - 197 -Hiroshima [The Lands of Darkness] Within a cave in the Lands of Darkness inside squirmed a man or what was a man. "Ahhhhhhhh..." The distorted voice of a man sounded throughout the cave. *Screech and Growls* What sounded like low pitch growls and high pitch screeches traveled through the cave into the outside. If someone would be able to hear the sounds they would notice that it was something unnatural. Dr. Merlot had been covered by the sludge of the Grimm in the cave. The Grimm was beyond large. Its entire body couldn''t be seen with only the head and its six red eyes shining through the darkness. It was watching Dr. Merlot change. The Grimm found it interesting as humans usually turned into mindless creatures after being exposed to their toxins. The toxins allowed it to change the body of what it infects. It had gained intelligence after 1000''s years. It was of the first few Grimm that was made by the god of darkness. All of the Grimm held a hatred of the creation of the God of Light as they were capable of so many things while it take decades for them to develop any form of intelligence. Their god left after the god of light made humanity. They would destroy humanity to prove that they were the superior existence. It would use humanity against itself. The Grimm watched as the sludge rushed toward the metallic arm that was Merlot''s arm replacing it with a Grimm''s arm. It had a four-fingered clawed hand on his right hand. Spikes were on the top of the Grimm''s arm. Merlot had the sludge rush toward his face with him feeling that he was being suffocated. He started scratching at his face trying to get it from his going inside his mouth. After an excruciating 2 hours, Merlot was spazzing on the ground before his body stopped. It would just sleep for some more years and maybe someone else would come into this place. The Grimm extended a tentacle and tossed Dr. Merlot''s body out of the cave. It didn''t know if the human had finished transforming then its body would decompose in the cave. After Merlot''s body was tossed out of the cave the Grimm went back to waiting for something interesting. After another 20 minutes, Merlot''s body twitched before his eyes snapped open. ~~~ [Within another area of the Land of Darkness] Watts was inside of Salem''s mostly destroyed castle looking around and didn''t see Salem anywhere. He was tasked to go and get information about the relics'' locations. He had gotten the locations of the relics and came back to report his findings but when he returned only the ruined castle greeted him. "Now what happened here?" Watts asked himself while looking around the castle. He walked around looking for clues on what happened. From the wreckage that was around, it seemed as if a large Grimm attacked, but that wouldn''t be possible since she controlled the Grimm''s. His main question was where was Tyrion since he spent most of his time here if he wasn''t being told to do something. He looked for whatever clue could lead to. ~~~ [In a bush 2000 yards outside the city of Vale] Bob crawled out of a bush. The entire front part of his body was burned and he was gasping for air. The dirt and dust on the ground were agonizing against his skin. "Looking pathetic there Bob." A voice said bushing some bushes out of the way. Bob gritted his teeth hearing the voice knowing that an annoying person had shown up. Bob looked up to see Judica. The older sister of Judd. Although she wasn''t as crazy as her little sister she was still worse. She was essentially a functioning psychopath. "It doesn''t seem that will be able to help our cause anytime soon," Judica said. "Just heal me already!" Bob yelled out feeling like his flesh was crawling from the burns. Bob looked at her refusing. He had his pride and wouldn''t stoop so low. He would rather suffer his entire way back and let that quack heal him. "I refuse," Bob said. The side of Judica''s mouth twitched hearing he wouldn''t beg. "Hmph" Judica wasn''t pleased and kicked the dirt with her foot covering all of his exposed ?h?st. "Ahhhhh, you crazy bitch!" Bob yelled out in pain. Bob rolled over onto his back. He didn''t think that she would kick dirt onto him. He could absorb damage as long as it caused physical harm as long as the attack hit him. If it worked against anything then the air wouldn''t be able to get close to him and he would suffocate anytime he used his semblance. Right now since he was so injured he couldn''t keep his semblance active fully but could activate if needed for a couple of seconds at a time. "I''ve come here to bring you back as he said that you would have the highest chance of surviving if you were the attack failed," Judica said while walking away toward a tree and leaning against it. Shallot was walking next to Blake about to show her how he did his attack earlier. Shallot stopped while feeling the trace of his ki he left on Bob just in case. Shallot was looking toward a specific location away from the city.\ "So he is still alive. Well, that''s not good. I don''t plan on giving whoever is the leader any answers." Shallot mumbled to himself. "Huh?" Blake asked hearing Shallot mumble something. "Nothing, it just seems that someone escaped me." Shallot said while gathering ki in his hand. It started as a regular ki ball then shrank to the size of a golf ball. It then started to increase in size and then shrink. It kept doing this for 15 seconds. It looked similar to a regular ki ball but it looked like it was going to burst at any moment. Shallot launched himself in the air then launched the "ki ball" in the general direction of where he felt Bob should be. "He''s somewhere in that area." Shallot said watching the "ki ball" fly toward the area. Blake floated up next to him while looking. She could sense a large amount of ki packed into it and knew that it had more than she had in herself. "What''s the name of that move?" Blake asked Shallot as he was watching with him smiling in anticipation. Judica had a shiver run down her spine and started running while fumbling for something in her pocket. It was a small device with a bu??on on the top of the cube. Judica pressed the bu??on and threw it on the ground with the cube breaking upon contact and a black slime material stretched across the ground. Judica ran and jumped into it. Instead of stopping her body kept sinking into it like there wasn''t solid ground beneath her. Bob was looking wondering why did she just leave all of a sudden when he turned to see a ki ball in the air coming toward his area. It would hit him or anything. It would miss him by some yards. The ki ball launched past him heading into the forest and when it landed there was a large flash of light. It was the last thing Bob saw. ~~~ Shallot was watching and noticed that the "ki ball" landed. There was a large flash of light before the small ball of ki started to expand. The ground was shaking with a large number of wildlife running for their lives. The explosion shot into the air leaving a giant mushroom cloud hanging around with dust being pushed wiping out the entire area. The trees were obliterated and there was nothing but a crater 100 meters deep and around 400 meters in diameter. Shallot had a smile on his face like a child in a candy store then turned to Blake with his arms stretched out next as if presenting. Blake had her mouth hanging open looking at the destruction that just happened and gulped seeing it. Chapter 204 - 198 - Deal With It Later "Don''t you think that was a bit much?" Blake asked as she didn''t know that an attack like that could be made with ki. ''I don''t think Shallot should teach ki to others if they will be able to do things like this." Blake thought while seeing just how destructive ki could be. Blake looked at her hands thinking if she would be able to do something like that also. "That should have dealt with any problems. You have to make sure to deal with rats before they start to multiply after all." Shallot said while looking at his masterpiece of destruction. "Isn''t this bad for the environment though? You''ve just destroyed a large area where some animals may have been in." Blake said while looking at the large crater in the distance that was made from Shallot''s "Hiroshima" as he called it. "It is highly destructive but it is made from a large amount of life force also. It is highly effective and deadly upon contact as the force will obliterate anyone within range. The upside is that the leftover life force that expands outwards and dissipates into the air will make the wildlife grow and also provide large benefits to the area. It should also be highly toxic to any Grimm which should create a safe haven. As someone once said. Before creation comes destruction." Shallot said while looking at the crater. Besides the force of air being pushed in the area toward the city it also spread toward the city. ''The small amount of life force that was pushed toward the city should help the people to recover.'' Shallot thought while thinking that no one can say that he didn''t help them. Blake was still amazed at what she saw and then looked at her stomach. "I''m going to have to teach our child not to follow after your habits or the world may be in danger," Blake said while rubbing her stomach. "Anyway let''s get back so that we can get some more information about our test subjects... I mean prisoners of war since they sent someone else to get Sob or whatever his name was." Shallot said while thinking about how long it''s going to take to get back to Earth. Shallot isn''t even sure where this planet is in the universe. He knows that its name is Remnant but he isn''t sure about the things about the area around it. He knows that it has to be in another universe from the Dragon Ball universe as they were made by different people and he isn''t completely sure how to get back besides using his semblance. A large scale of Summer''s teleporting will be needed also. ''Good thing I made that deal with Summer as long as she becomes mines she gets protection. It seems that I will be going to visit her soon.'' Shallot thought while a smile was forming on his face. ~~~ In the crater at the bottom, a black sludge started to break through the surface of the ground that was cracked. Out of the slime came Judica. She was breathing heavily while thinking that she b?r?ly survived. "What the hell was that?!" Judica yelled out while looking around. She looked around seeing that she was in the middle of a large crater that spanned far outward. "I didn''t agree to go against a monster that is capable of destroying and laying waste to everything around it," Judica said to herself. She knew that even Bob wouldn''t be able to negate an attack of that level with his semblance. If he wasn''t able to survive that then no one in their group could survive. The reason they waited for him to leave at first was because of Abby''s warning. If it weren''t for her premonition semblance showing that monkey Faunus taking down Salem by himself then they would have foolishly attacked. ''It might be in my best interest to go and get my sister back when he leaves again and then take Abby with me. Staying with the liberators isn''t worth it at this point.'' Judica thought to herself. She knew that she may not be reasonable something but she wasn''t stupid. Survival came first and the only people she would trust is her stupid little sister and Abby as she knew what the leader was up to and how he got the people to follow him. [Within a dark room with a crystal a ball on a top] A girl sitting in a kimono and blond hair was sitting at the table in front of the crystal ball. She turned and looked to the same shut door she was familiar with. If she could find a chance to escape by using her semblance then she could escape to Vale. With the natural calamity that stays there, she probably wouldn''t have to worry about being targeted again. If it wasn''t for her being knocked out the first time then with the sword skills she would have been able to deal with all those that came after her. She really regrets leaving her town to become a huntress in Atlas. If she would have stayed in her hometown then she wouldn''t be in this situation. *Knock knock* There was someone standing outside of the door to the girl''s cell. It had a nameplate that read "Okita Souji" on it. ~~~ Shallot and Blake had made it back to the city while looking down. They could see that the shockwave had shattered the windows of the city and it seemed as none of the windows were spared. "Hey, Blake." Shallot called out to Blake. "After dealing with some things I will be leaving to go back to my home. I wanted to let you know so that you can have time to talk to your parents so that you can tell them that we will be leaving. I will be working on my ship so we can go there." Shallot said. ''I will mention we will be going to another universe... or maybe dimension. I will tell the girls everything after we are on the ship. Neo is coming with me as well as Roman as I will still need him to gather information where we go..'' Shallot thought to himself.