Ruby was engaged in mortal combat with Neo on top of an Atlesian airship. Ruby swung her Crescent Rose swiftly, but Neo as agile as she is, continued to dodge using a variety tumbles, ducks, and jumps. Just as Neo backflipped far enough, Ruby impaled her scythe on the ship and shot using her Crescent Rose's sniper function.

The bullet landed squarely on Neo, but she burst into fragments, an illusion, and behind her, Roman Torchwick shot at Ruby using his cane. The bullet collided with Ruby and burst, knocking her back a few meters away. If not for impaling her scythe on the ship on time, she would've fallen from the ship and into a Grimm infested sky. Roman leisurely paced towards her, cane in hand.

"Little red, little red," he said as he looked down on Ruby hanging on for dear life with a smug grin on his face. "You are just determined to be the hero of Vale, aren't ya?"

"What are you doing!?" Ruby questioned in exasperation. "Without these ships, the Grimm will destroy everything!"

"That's the plan!" Roman sneered as he pointed his gun-cane towards the head of Ruby. Using that as an opportunity, with her free hand, she knocked the cane aside and Roman lost his aim and shot at the ship's exterior instead. At this unexpected action, Roman staggered forward, giving Ruby the chance to stand up and fight once more, only for Neo to quickly join back, vault over her and land an axe kick on the back of her head.

Ruby stumbled down but quickly used the force of her fall to roll and quickly stand back on her feet, only to be met with two more kicks from Neo. She was able to block the first one with the long pole of her scythe, but the second kick landed squarely on her face. She staggered back for a moment and quickly got her head back together once she realized she was at the edge of the ship. A Grimm flew overhead her while she looked back on the two villains.

"But why!?" she questioned more aggressively. "What do you get out of it!?"

"You're asking the wrong questions, Red!" Roman answered back, irritated at the teen. "It's not what I have to gain. It's that I can't afford to lose."

Ruby charged forward after she heard his answer. Roman gave his back to Neo as she vaults over him with one hand on his back, and using her legs to kick Ruby in retaliation, knocking her back. Ruby quickly recovered and charged once more, as did Neo. The both of them clashed, with Neo using Ruby's scythe as a stepping stone, rising higher above her head. Ruby raised her scythe to block, only to have it pulled down by the handle of Neo's umbrella, and with that as the start, Neo pulled more forcefully, disarming Ruby and flinging her behind her back in the process. And in a heartbeat, Neo spun quickly and gave a direct kick towards the undefended back of Ruby, pushing her towards Roman.

Without letting this opportunity slide, Roman made a ferocious grin and brought his cane down while pressing on the trigger. The recoil it had made it bounce off the ship and towards Ruby at a frightening speed. It landed squarely on her face and ricocheted back towards Roman. He quickly grabbed a hold of the cane and with it on his hands, aimed towards Ruby and shot another round at her, knocking her back. Just as she was about to fall, she was able to hold on to a conveniently placed scythe that was lodged onto the ship. She looked down and saw Grimms, and an incredibly far ground. If she were to fall, she would no doubt, be killed by either the Grimms or the land.

Roman approached her and said, "I may be a gambling man, but I know that there are some bets you just don't take," with spite in his voice. Neo walked towards Ruby that was hanging on for dear life with the bladed tip of her umbrella being dragged on the ship's exterior.

"Like it or not, the people that hired me are going to change the world," Roman said while Neo pointed the blade towards Ruby. "You can't stop them, I can't stop them, but you know the old saying, 'If you can't beat them --'"

While Roman was monologuing, Ruby was trying to find a way to get out of her predicament, and for heaven's sake, she did. It came in the form of a button, a button that was located on the umbrella of Neo, and just as Roman was about to finish his monologue, Ruby reached out and clicked on it. Surprise apparent on her face, Neo gasped, held on and was sent flying away to God knows where.

"NEO!" Roman exclaimed in shock, and looked towards Ruby with rage and hatred.

"I don't care what you say," declared Ruby as she climbed back on top of the ship. "We will stop them, and I will stop you… BET ON THAT!!"

In a split second, Ruby used her semblance to quickly dash towards Roman, leaving a trail of rose petals behind. As she dashed, Roman fired a stationary round (don't ask me how), grabbed the end of the cane, used the handle to pick up said round, and launch it towards Ruby in a horizontal crescent arc. Ruby got hit and was sent flying back, but was able to recover mid-air and landed safely, only for Roman to continue his assault and hit her square on the jaw with his cane. And if that wasn't enough, he stabbed the gunhole of the cane towards Ruby's stomach and fired a round at point-blank range, sending her flying a few meters away, and causing Ruby to crash on the ship on her back.

"You got spirit Red," praised Roman as he approached Ruby. "But this is the real world!" Roman whacked Ruby with his cane, making her fall on her back again. 

"The real world is cold!" Roman once again smacked the defenseless Ruby on the ground. "The real world doesn't care about spirit!" Roman spat out in full irritation and anger as he swung his cane once more but Ruby was able to kick him in the shin before he was able to bring down the cane. He jumped back in pain but continued glaring at Ruby otherwise.

"You wanna be a hero!?" Roman exclaimed with rage. "Then play the part and die like any of the Huntsmen in history!" And he quickly swung his cane towards the still groggy Ruby that was just able to get back up, knocking her down once more.

"And as for me," Roman begun, "I'll do what I do best. Lie. Steal. Cheat. And surviv –"

But just as Roman was about to finish his sentence, a Grimm landed on the ship and tried to eat him. Tried being the keyword.

"Yoo hoo!! Over here!" A voice interrupted.

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In the vast cosmos of space, a huge dragon juggling three fireballs could be seen. It looked bored, incredibly bored, as if all the emotions and feelings it was currently feeling was just boredom and nothing else. Although it was planning on how to escape from the clutches of those who tricked it, right now was a rest time. Just as it was about to juggle another fireball, a portal opened up before him, and a little girl appeared.

"Hey space dragon!" the little girl chided in a humerous tone. Her eyes held a mismatched color, with her right eye being purple, and her left eye being blue, her hair longer than her entire body, with colors blonde, pink and purple starting from her scalp to the tips of her strands. She was dressed in blue shorts and blue sleeveless top that exposes her navel and an amulet hanging from her neck with a goofy smile up on her face. "I found something interesting! Guess what it is!"

"Again?" the enormous dragon bigger than a planet sighed, "As much as I like the company, well, not really, what could possibly be interesting at this moment?"

"Come on! Guess! Please?" the girl pleaded with puppy eyes.

"Oh for crying out loud," the dragon sighed even deeper. "Fine, I'll follow along with your antics, but only this once."

"Yay!" the girl cheered.

"Is it a galaxy warring against another galaxy?" the dragon asked with a tired expression.

"Nope," the girl answered.

"Is it a galaxy being destroyed by a single planet?" the dragon asked once more.

"Nuh uh," the girl responded.

"Is it a giant ball of flame heading towards Runeterra?" the dragon asked with a little bit of expectancy in its voice, "Presumably Targon?"

"That's mean!" the girl exclaimed. "But still no!"

"Then what?" the dragon seemingly not amused and bored.

"A new planet!" the girl squealed in delight.

"Uh huh… So?" the dragon said in a voice of complete and utter lack of attention.

"That's just it, a new planet," the girl hummed a tune.

"Ugh, enough." The dragon said. "Look, why don't you crawl back into your little portal over there and bug another cosmic dragon that isn't me? I'm busy."

"Oh, but this time is different!" the girl answered with a star in her eyes. "I plan to merge it with my homeplanet."

"Oh, now you have my attention," the dragon answered with a grin forming on its face. "But how will you do that? As you know language between planets are different."

"Don't worry about that!" the girl said with a smile. "Their language is the same back in my homeplanet!"

"Oh, then I think you should go do it then," the dragon replied. "I don't care what happens as long as it doesn't affect my stars and gets rid of my boredom."

"Yes!" the girl shrieked into the air. "This will be fun!"

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On the ground, Hunters and Huntresses were busy fighting the Grimm as well as the rogue Atlesian robots. One of the Huntresses, Professor Goodwitch, and another Hunter, Qrow, were those on the stronger side, making their enemies seem like small fries. While they were fighting however, another figure appeared. With half of his upper body metal and a gun in hand, he shot through the robots with ease and pinpoint accuracy, culling them all down in just a few seconds. 

"This area's secure," said the figure known as General Ironwood, "We need to—"

But when Qrow's gaze landed on him, his weapon changed from its sword form to its scythe form, and took a fighting stance.

"Qrow, this isn't my doing!" pleaded Ironwoord, but this did not stop Qrow. At the drop of a hat, Qrow charged forward, scraping the blade tip of his scythe on the asphalt. Ironwood reluctantly took a stance to defend himself from the oncoming attack, but it never came.

Qrow leaped over Ironwood, and swung his scythe not towards Ironwood, but towards a Grimm drawing near behind him. The Grimm was split into two starting from the crown of its head to its crotch.

"Hm," Qrow smirked at Ironwood. "You idiot, I know you didn't do this."

Ironwood, relieved at not having made a friend to an enemy, clasped his free hand on his head. Professor Goodwitch walked towards him and put a hand on his shoulder to reassure him.

"So what now, General?" Qrow asked.

Ironwood took a moment before he began talking. "Someone's done the impossible and took over my machines," Ironwood paused for a moment before continuing, "And that enormous Grimm seems to be fixated on the school."

"Glynda," called Ironwood as he turned his head towards her direction. "Form all of the local Huntsmen and establish a safe zone here in Vale. We need to evacuate Beacon. Qrow, I'm leaving that to you and my men. I still need to get my ship."

But after he finished his sentence, he found his ship floating just above them, wrapped in a bubble no less.

"What the—" Ironwood, too shocked to believe his eyes. The same could be said about Qrow and Goodwitch.

"UNCLE QROOOOOWWW!!" and if things can't seem to be any worse, a familiar face showed up, falling towards them at a frightening pace.

"Kiddo!?" Qrow shockingly expressed. And just as he was about to try and catch her, Ruby landed safely on the ground thanks to her quick thinking. "What the hell were you doing in the General's ship?"

"No time to explain," said Ruby in a rushed manner. "We need to group up with the others at the school and evacuate them now!"

"I was about to," said Qrow. "But seeing you like this, it seems the situation is dire than we thought. Care to explain kiddo?"

"There's no time Uncle Qrow!" shouted Ruby in a rushed voice. "Something dangerous appeared and is heading to Beacon right now! We need to —"

But before Ruby could finish her sentence, a huge silhouette crashed down near Beacon from the sky. Although they were too far away to see it in person, its voice was another thing entirely.

"MORTALS!! AATROX IS HERE, AND I WILL ANNIHILATE YOU ALL!!"

"What the hell is that!?" Ironwood pressed Ruby for answers.

"Oh no, it's here," said Ruby in a horrified expression.

"Kiddo, what the heck is that thing that landed near Beacon?" Qrow asked with a desperate voice while Glynda just stared at Ruby waiting for her answer.

 "I don't know," Ruby said with a terrified voice. "But what I do know is that everyone will die if we don't get them out there right now!"

"Alright," Ironwood expressed. "Qrow, Glynda, prioritize the evacuation of Beacon. I'll have to form the other Hunters instead to create a safe zone. Of course, I'll have to disable all the robots first back at my shi-"

While Ironwood was about to finish, he glanced up, only to see that his ship was nowhere in sight. Furthermore, all of the robots around them were deactivated moments ago.

"… Nevermind," said Ironwood after a brief pause. "Evacuate Beacon, Qrow, Glynda, and Miss Rose. I trust you all can do this."

 "Roger that," nodded Qrow in agreement.

"Yes sir," Glynda added with anxiousness.

"Yes sir!" said Ruby just a little bit panicky.

And with that, the 4 of them split and headed towards their own destinations.

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"First Red, now this!?" Roman Torchwick exclaimed in annoyance at the little girl floating around making a goofy face. "Look kid, I appreciate you saving my butt from that Grimm, but-"

 "Yay! It's a success!" the little girl squealed in delight, interrupting Roman's words. "And what better way to celebrate a success without mooncakes!"

Saying this, the little girl grabbed some cakes by sticking in her hand from a portal that popped up in thin air. Seeing this, the two enemies, Roman and Ruby, had their jaws dropping in pure utter confusion and shock.

"Hmm? Do you mortals like mooncakes too?" asked the girl with an expectant smile. "Then here you go, catch!" said the girl as she tossed some mooncakes their way.

Ruby, too shocked to notice, had the mooncake splat on her face, making the little girl giggle in laughter. Roman on the other hand was able to react, but he thought that the object hurdling towards him was a weapon, so using his cane, he smacked it aside. This did nothing but anger the little girl.

"Hey! Why did you do that!?" the girl screamed. "That was a perfectly good mooncake too!"

"Shut it little girl," Roman spat out. "I have my business to attend to, and that is making little Red here, miserable. So if you would excuse m –"

Before Roman could adopt a stance to combat Ruby, a bubble headed his way, hitting him square in the face. The next thing that happened was that he fell asleep, falling on his back. Ruby, witnessing this firsthand had her mouth wide agape.

"Serves him right, bleh!" mocked the little girl while blowing a raspberry.

"U-um… Excuse me," Ruby mustered up her courage to attempt conversation with this otherworldly person.

"Yes, mortal?" the little girl had her attention towards Ruby, still shocked. "But before that, let's exchange names!"

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"Names…?" asked Ruby with anxiousness.

"Yes names!" said the girl. "All mortals do that, right?"

"… Yes," Ruby said after a pause of trying to understand her words. "My name is Ruby Rose, how about you?"

"Zoe!" said the girl with a giggle. "Oh, and by the way, you should prepare for what's to come next," said Zoe while trying to suppress her laughter.

"What's about to come?" Ruby asked with more anxiousness than earlier.

"Yes!" said Zoe with an ecstatic giggle. "By the way, have fun with the new world!"

After having said that, she jumped into a portal right after putting a huge bubble around the ship. She also did some little mischief before she left, and that was dragging the unconscious Roman into a portal and sending him to who knows where. While all this happened, Ruby noticed a black dot slowly increasing in size. Although she did not have a good vision of this black dot, she knew, that this was what the girl, Zoe said about before she left, and this said dot, was ringing alarm bells in her mind.

With that as an impetus, she leaped down from the ship along with her weapon, Crescent Rose, and saw some familiar faces.

"UNCLE QROOOOOWWW!!"

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Back at Beacon Academy, the students were fighting against the rogue robots and Grimm. All of them exhausted from the fights, but to add salt to injury, another huge robot was advancing towards the exhausted students. The students braced themselves for what could possibly be their last day on Remnant, only for the robot to tumble down and let inertia take its place.

"Hmm, that went better than expected," said Sun as he looked over the exhausted Weiss.

"Weiss!" shouted a worried figure. The group looked on towards the approaching figure known as Yang. "You're okay! Have you heard from Ruby?"

As Weiss was too exhausted to even talk, all she could muster was a weak turn of the head informing Yang, 'No.'

"What about Blake?" Yang asked.

"She went after an Alpha," said Weiss after getting breath back into her lungs while pointing towards the direction where Blake headed, "and some members of the White Fang."

"You meet with Ruby," said Yang in a resolved manner. "I'll meet up with Blake."

Yang headed off towards where Weiss pointed to and all Weiss could do was give a thumbs up as an agreement. But all of that relief, rest, and joy from surviving and protecting one another, went into smoke the next moment.

A huge figure dropped from above. It towered more than 5 meters. It had huge red and black wings, and on its hand a giant sword that seemed to pulsate like a heart. It was black all over, with pitch black shoulderpads, gauntlets, and shinguards. On its head, two horns shooting upwards occupied the sides, and in its eyes, only carnage, destruction, and destruction is apparent.

"MORTALS!! AATROX IS HERE, AND I WILL ANNIHILATE YOU ALL!!" an incredibly loud voice reverberated throughout the whole area and even beyond that.

"What the hell…" said Sun in a murmur. It was also shared among the students that were awestruck towards the giant figure.

"CARNAGE! DESTRUCTION! AND ANNIHILATION!!" shouted Aatrox as he swung the giant sword towards the students. The students quickly dodged with all their might, knowing that if they were hit with that swing, they would surely be cut into two.

"ALL MORTALS WILL BOW BEFORE ME! AND DIE!" Aatrox swung his sword once more towards the fleeing students. Luckily, none were hit, but the same cannot be said about the tower. The sword slashed through the middle part of the tower, cleaving it in two. Near the tower flew an enormous Grimm, but as it was along the path of the sword, it too, was bisected along with the tower.

It ushered a cry before falling down onto the ground in two parts, smoke rising from its body.

"This is not good!" cried Sun. "Scatter! Get away from this monster!"

All the students could do was run. If that enormous monster was able to bisect the tower and the enormous dragon Grimm in two with ease, then what could they do? Would they risk it and plan an all-out attack, knowing that there is an incredibly low probability to defeat it?

The same could be said for Nora and Ren. With Nora's inhuman strength, it could probably damage the monster, but who's to say that it would completely stop the monster? The innocents were already being evacuated, so the area around the tower… The area around the monster was already devoid of innocent life. Only the students stood in this place.

Of course, while they ran though, they kept on shooting it with their ranged weapons, although doing so just irritated Aatrox.

"INSECTS! THOSE PETTY WEAPONS CANNOT HURT ME!!" Aatrox leapt into the air and flew downwards faster than a jet plane, swinging his sword overhead towards a student.

"Weiss!" screamed Neptune. The giant blade neared its target, only to be stopped by a glowing sword.

"INSOLENT MORTAL! YOU DARE STOP MY ATTACK! YOU SHALL PAY WITH YOUR LIFE!" Aatrox yelled and put more force into his arms. Weiss wasn't able to hold out any longer and the glowing sword shattered, leaving Weiss undefended. Fortunately, stopping that attack for a second was enough to save Weiss from utter destruction.

A figure dashed towards Weiss, leaving a trail of rose petals in its wake, knocking Weiss out of the way. The sword slammed down on the ground, creating a huge crater where the blade landed.

"Weiss! Are you okay?" shouted the figure in worry.

"R-Ruby?" Weiss said, dazed after almost losing consciousness from the expended energy.

"Don't worry Weiss, I'll get you all out of this," Ruby reassured Weiss as she saw Weiss lose consciousness from exhaustion.

"YOU MORTALS DARE TO DEFY ME!? I AM AATROX, THE DARKIN THAT WILL ANNAHILATE ALL OF YOU MORTALS!" Aatrox once again swung his blade, this time, in a horizontal arc. The students rushed to escape from the blade's path, only to be met with more attacks from Aatrox himself.

An infernal chain escaped Aatrox's hand and binded an unlucky Neptune. Neptune screamed his lungs out, using every means possible to break out of its grasp, only to be pulled back from where he was hit. When he looked up however, he saw the huge monster about to slam into him from above.

Neptune braced himself for death, life flashing before his eyes. His friends, teammates, and fellow students shrieked in horror as he saw the blade within inches before him. He closed his eyes, yet the blow never came. When he opened his eyes, he saw the blade just centimeters away from his nose.

"A- Ahaha…" laughed Neptune in relief and fell on his butt with cold sweat pouring down his back.

"Neptune!" called out one of his friends, Sun. "Are you alright?"

"B- Barely," stuttered Neptune. "I could've died…"

Neptune heaved a sigh of relief as he looked upon the golden blade, as well as its golden wielder.

"What the hell happened?" asked Neptune in confusion as he wasn't able to take a good look at what happened since he had his eyes closed.

"Dunno," said Sun anxiously. "Something bright just fell out of the sky and landed on him. Next thing we know, he turned into that," declared Sun as he pointed towards the towering golden statue that was once known as Aatrox.

"Don't be relieved just yet," said another figure that just arrived behind the two of them. "We don't know what that is, or what happened, but if that thing breaks free, then we're in for a beating."

"Uncle Qrow!" Ruby dashed towards Qrow as she let her voice heard. "You're late!"

"Well what can I do?" said Qrow in a sheepishly manner. "I'm not the one with a speed altering semblance, kiddo."

"Well that's enough dilly dallying," another figure replied towards the antics of the family. "We need to evacuate the premises immediately."

"Wait, Professor Goodwitch!" shouted Ren. "Professor Ozpin, Jaune, and Pyrrha are still missing!"

"It can't be…" Goodwitch murmured. "All of you evacuate the premises immediately. Qrow, come with me."

"So they're gonna do it huh?" Qrow replied in a serious manner. "Kiddo, I'll let you handle things up here. Do not follow us, you hear me?"

"But!" Ruby answered back.

"No buts," Qrow said in a rushed tone. "Don't worry, we'll get your friends back, just stay up here, evacuate, and help the others."

"… All right," Ruby hesitantly nodded.

"Good," Qrow nodded back. "Glynda, I take it they both down there?"

"Yes, they are," Goodwitch replied in a serious tone.

"Then we're off kiddo," said Qrow with a grin towards Ruby. "And remember, do not follow us."

Ruby watched the two of them leave towards the tower. She wanted to go, painfully so if it means she could save her friends.  But her uncle was right. The people up here also needs saving, much more so for her exhausted friends.

"By the way, where are Blake and Yang?"

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  "This could've been our day!" spat out Adam towards the downed Blake. "Can't you see that!?"

"I never wanted this!" Blake answered back with frustration as she tried to stand up. "I wanted equality! I wanted peace!" 

Her signature weapon, Gambol Shroud changed into its range counterpart as she knelt before Adam and shot at him. Adam quickly blocked it by partially unsheathing his blade to block the incoming bullets.

"What you want," Adam sheathed his sword back into its scabbard and, "Is impossible!" slapped Blake across her cheek using the back of his hand knocking her back down on the floor. She let out a groan as she slammed back down on the ground.

"But I understand," begun Adam. "Because all I want, is you, Blake."

Blake gripped her weapon in hand, planning for an attack, only to be met with a kick from Adam, knocking it aside as well as hitting Blake again.

"And as I set out upon this world and deliver the justice mankind so greatly deserves," Adam spat out in anger as he knelt before the lying Blake. "I will make it my mission, to destroy everything, you love."

"Blaaaake!" a voice in the distance caught the two's attention. And then a blonde haired girl appeared right outside the broken window, attacking an approaching member of the White Fang with her weapon. "Blake! Where are you!?"

Adam looked back to see Blake staring at the girl in horror, terrified of what might happen next. Adam did not miss this as an opportunity to start off with his newfound mission.

"Starting with her," Adam said, a devilish grin creeping up his face. With that, he unsheathed his blade, and stabbed Blake. Well, that was supposed to happen, if not for meeting another man's blade. Adam realizing this leapt back and stared at the man who blocked his attack. "Who are you?"

The man had brownish-black hair tied in a high ponytail, constantly windswept and a little stiff, had a silver shoulder guard on his left shoulder, and two wrist guards. He wore a blue, tattered, poncho and was topless with just a strap on for his sword's sheath. He wore blue, baggy pants all tucked in shinguards that also served as footwear. A long brown rope tied on his waist, his left hand holding something like a bamboo cup, and on his right, a long single-edged sword much like Adam's save for the color.

"Hey, mind if you tell me where I am?" the man asked in a curt manner. Adam enraged at this sight, leapt forward while brandishing his sword. The man readied his stance as Adam charged towards him.

They crossed swords. The sound of metal grating against metal alerted Yang outside. When she saw the scene however, she was stunned regardless.

Adam swung his blade in a horizontal arc, but the mystery man parried the attack with ease. The blade struck the ground, and the mystery man did not miss this opportunity.

"Hasagi!" the man let out a strange shout not heard in Remnant. While he did this though, he did a quick, swift stab towards the defenseless Adam.

Adam dodged it by a hair's breath, and using the centrifugal force from his quick spin, delivered another swing towards the man. The man parried it again with ease by quickly bringing his blade back and letting the blades clash while he stepped forward and did an elbow strike towards Adam's flank.

Adam grunted in pain, but nonetheless, recovered immediately, only to bet met with another swift strike.

"Aseryo!" The blade stabbed Adam and sent him a few meters back. If it wasn't for his Aura, he would've been stabbed with a lethal injury. The mystery man, not letting it het to him quickly sheathed his blade and took an Iai stance.

And then wind blew, roaring, clashing, leaving destruction in its path. The man swung his blade faster than the eye could see. And with it came the wind. Adam was sent flying, his clothes getting torn and cuts appearing around his body because of depletion of Aura as well as the razor sharp wind. And the mystery man made another move. He moved swift like the wind, towards the airborne Adam, and delivered countless of strikes towards his body. And with one final blow, he brought his blade overhead, and swung it down with incredible speed.

"SERYOIGEI TON!"

"Gah!?" Adam groaned in pain far worse than any other pain he had received until now and smashed into the ground. He lied down on his back, blood gushing out from his cuts. If not for his Aura, he would've been sliced to pieces.

The man approached Adam, only to be hindered by a few of his subordinates. Adam's subordinates held guns and what better way to use it, than to shoot. Their aim steady and true, fired towards the man that beat their boss.

"Hmph! Face the wind!" but the man did not falter. Swinging his blade once more, wind was generated moving upward at an incredible speed. All of the bullets weren't able to pierce through the wind and was sent flying high into the air.

Once the barrage stopped, the man dashed towards the White Fang members, cutting them down with utmost ease. Then he returned just to see Adam missing, a trail of blood leading to where he might be. But just as he was about to pursue, a voice pleaded him.

"Stop," Blake pleaded.

The man, unsure what to do, just stopped, and played his flute, wind gathering beside him. Yang, who witnessed all of this, just had her mouth agape. This man would probably be faster than her sister Ruby if he tried.

"Can I have my answer now?" the man asked towards Blake after playing his tune.

"… Yes," replied Blake with nervousness. "You are in the Kingdom of Vale."

"Vale? Never heard of it," the man answered back.

"Umm…" Blake hesitated, before continuing with her question. "Who are you?"

"Yasuo," the man replied.

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Beneath the tower, inside the Vault, Professor Ozpin, Jaune, and Pyrrha rushed towards the end of the hall.

"What is this place," asked Jaune while running through the corridor.

"It's, a type of vault," Pyrrha replied with an anxious look in her face.

"You've been here before," questioned Jaune as they continue to run. Pyrrha just stayed silent and looked down as they moved through the corridor in haste. "What would this school need to… hide…"

As Jaune was about to finish his sentence, they reached the end of the hall and he saw for himself the secret of Beacon. A huge machine, with huge cables connected. Two pods, one empty, and one occupied sat at the floor, connected to the machine with the huge cables. Inside one of the pods, a girl with a brown, short, bob cut hair that was dressed in her undergarments lied unconscious. She had a terrible scar run up her cheek, signifying a horrifying act happened long ago.

"What?" said Jaune in confusion and surprise, "Who?"

"Jaune," Pyrrha was about to talk, only foe her to be interrupted by Ozpin.

"Pyrrha, get to the pods," said Ozpin as he gestured her to hurry. Pyrrha glanced at Jaune for a moment before running towards one of the pods.

"Mr. Arc," said Ozpin in a stern voice. "If you'd like to help, you can stand guard here."

Right after Ozpin said that, he began punching away at the holographic keyboard near one of the pods. Jaune, with nothing to do, but follow instructions and protect Pyrrha, readied his fighting stance and looked over yonder from where they came from.

"What do we do now?" asked Pyrrha towards Ozpin.

"Hah," sighed Ozpin, "We, do nothing," as he continued on typing away. Pyrrha looked over him with a gaze that radiated anxiousness. Moments later, the pod opened up in front of Pyrrha, and seemed to be saying 'get in.'

"You, Miss Nikos," said Ozpin as he looked towards Pyrrha. "Have a choice to make."

Pyrrha glanced to the pod, and once towards Jaune, before setting her sights back on the pod. A tear escaped her eye, and she wiped it off using her right hand. The next that happened was her getting inside of the pod and the pod closing its door.

A few seconds later with Pyrrha getting comfortable in the pod and Ozpin typing away, "Are you ready?" Ozpin broke the silence. Pyrrha nodded back.

"I-" Ozpin trailed off for a moment. "I need to hear you say it."

"… Yes," resigned to her fate, Pyrrha accepted what was to come.

"Thank you Miss Nikos," Ozpin thanked and typed a few commands on the keyboard.

The other pod that was lying down was brought up to stand at a 160 degree angle. The girl inside woke up, blinking her eyes a few times in order to grasp the situation, and an orange glow encompassed the girl, as well as the cables behind her. It flowed through the cables, flowing to the machine, and into the pod where Pyrrha was at. Pyrrha let out a pained scream as the power flow inside her body.

"Pyrrha!?" Jaune shouted in surprise as he moved towards the girl experiencing pain.

"I'm…" Ozpin began, "So sorry…"

The girl in the other pod however, was feeling her power flow out of her entire body. It was working. The Fall Maiden, Amber's, power was being transferred to the successor, Pyrrha. It was all going well, until an arrow pierced the chest of Amber. Gasping in pain and surprise, Amber let out a breath, as she breathed out her last.

When Jaune and Ozpin noticed this, they looked back, only to see Cinder holding a bow. Cinder mocked Ozpin with a smile. The lights within the halls went dark, basking the place where they stood in darkness. Pyrrha was struggling to break free so she can help.

The power flew out of Amber's body, breaking through the pod's glass and into Cinder's body. With her new powers, Cinder was stronger than ever before, eyes glowing in orange while she levitated off the ground. Jaune resolved himself and charged towards Cinder.

"Stay back!" Ozpin warned.

Cinder, noticing the charging blonde teen, threw an attack at him with her newfound powers. Thanks to the shield Jaune had, he was just knocked back without a serious injury.

 "Jaune!!" Pyrrha cried her lungs out. With all of her strength, she pushed the pod's door, and sent it flying towards Cinder, only for the door to be obliterated out of existence. Using her semblance, Pyrrha retrieved her weapons and charged towards Cinder, only to be held back by Ozpin.

"Take Jaune and get out of here!" Ozpin chided. "Find Glynda, Ironwood, Qrow, bring them here right away! The tower cannot fall."

But then, an enormous rumble, the pillars cracked and crumbled, the ceiling broke and shattered, and debris littered the way. Ozpin was baffled at the situation, along as Cinder.

"What the hell is happening up there?" Cinder murmured. "But anyway, now that I have the Fall Maiden's power, you won't be able to stop me, Ozpin."

But then one thing after another, another thing happened that was completely out of their grasp. A giant portal appeared beneath their feet, and within it stood a lone man, with purple skin, runic letters engraved on his body, a long beard under his chin and a bald head. He wore nothing above his waist save for a strap that served as the holder of a giant scroll behind his back, wore tattered pants and leather boots, and a giant book hanging from his waist.

When he arrived, Ozpin, Ciner, Jaune, and Pyrrha could not help but be surprised at the amount of energy he was emitting. It was no less, but on par with the power of the Fall Maidens. He looked behind him, and saw Ozpin, Jaune, and Pyrrha, and in front of him floated Cinder with a surprised expression.

"Who are you?" asked Ozpin, but quickly changed the question. "No, I suppose what you are doing here is the more appropriate question."

"None of your business," said the purple man in annoyance. "So there was no rune, damn it."

The purple man cursed in frustration. He journeyed through the lands of Runeterra, searching for the World Runes, but when a new land emerged, he sensed a disturbance. He either thought it was a World Rune, or something else, but knowing that power has a hand in destruction, he couldn't just leave it be.

And it brought him here. While he was traversing through the road of Vale while battling with the Grimms and helping some Hunters, he felt a huge source of power coming from underneath the tower. Gathering his energy into the runes engraved on his, he teleported in only to see that there was not rune, but in fact, the power was coming from the woman in front of him.

But while he was on guard against the four of them, the woman in front of him launched an attack towards him. With this as an impetus, the man set his sights on the woman and marked her as a target for elimination.

"Power used for the wrong purposes," the man started, "Looks like I'll have to obliterate you."

With that, the man gathered his energy and threw a Runic Bolt towards Cinder. Ozpin took this as a great chance to team up with this purple man.

"Excuse me," said Ozpin as he gestured Jaune and Pyrrha to run for the exit. "I would like to lend my assistance in dealing with that woman. We can't let her loose above."

"You think the same, huh?" The man agreed. "Alright."

This signaled the battle between the purple man, Ryze, and Ozpin against Cinder.

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Mercury and Emerald were busy broadcasting everything that was happening, only to be slacked jawed when that huge monster came crashing nearby the tower, and if that wasn't enough, the damned monster cleaved the tower and the Grimm Dragon in half. Furthermore, it was turned to gold right after something from the landed on it at incredible timing, saving one of the students' lives. But the power it held was no joke. With just one swing of its sword, buildings were destroyed. If it impacted the ground, it created a massive crater. But worse of all, it was sentient. It was capable of thought, like any other person.

"If it was mindless, then there would be a chance," said Mercury in an anxious voice. "But if it can think…"

"Then it is incredibly dangerous," finished Emerald, with terror in her eyes. "We need to report this to Her."

Mercury nodded in agreement. Now, all they had to do was wait for Cinder to arrive with the Fall Maiden's power in hand, and they could leave.