Chapter 30: The Game Has Just Begin!

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Chapter 30: The Game Has Just Begin!

two days later*

Days?: To Help or Not To Help?

(Vale: Vale City: Unknown Park)

"Are you guys still mad about what happened at the dance? I mean, come on, get over it. There is still more chance in the future." Jaune said to both Shigure and me, as we continue to do our own things while Jaune and his team are hanging out with my group.

And Jaune is trying to get us to cheer up since he wanted to help Pyrrha's brother out because this is a good chance to get some brownie points for this.

"Jaune. I think you should stop." Pyrrha said to her partner in a gentle tone while sweating a little as she quickly stops Jaune before he digs his grave further with the way it's going.

Jaune look at his partner with a confuse look on his face and wonder why she trying to stop him from getting on her brother's good side.

"Anyway, don't you guys have a mission to go at the moment?" Momoyo asks team JNPR, with the way time is going. They're going to be late for their flight to reach their mission's location and end up failing it if they don't get a move on right now.

"We'll head out a few hours from now. For some reason, our mission ends up being misinformed and had to be rescheduled for our own Bullhead to take us." Ren explains their reason why they aren't in a hurry to leave at the moment.

"Besides~! What could possibly go wrong at a time like this?" Nora gave everybody a big, bright smile; however, this didn't brighten up our mood and if anything Nora just did. She made the whole thing worst with the words she just spoke out.

"Please tell me she didn't just say that." Izaya looks at everyone, with a twitchy eye and slowly look around for the incoming storm about to come.

"What I say?" Nora looks very confuse right now and look at Izaya, to see if he would explain his reason why he annoyed with what she said a few seconds ago.

Boom!*

Out of nowhere, we hear a loud explosion occur just a few blocks away from our current location. Where we begin to hear the scream of civilians along with the roars of grimm inside the City of Vale.

"Pretty sure that's what made Izaya annoyed. Also, what should we do?" Ren said dryly before he looks at Jaune for what to do since he is the leader of the team he in, with Pyrrha and Nora glance at Jaune as well.

Shigure, Momoyo, Izaya, and I shared a look before we rush over towards the place that should be where the battle is taking place.

(Vale: Vale City: Central)

"You know; I feel like this is going to be a thing in the Vale Kingdom. Sure, Mistral Kingdom got its ups and downs. But, I have never seen grimm managed to enter the place beside the ones that stayed in a selected few parts. After all, they've been there already since who knows how long." Momoyo said to everyone while she grabbed a Beowolf's head and freeze it the thing solid, then crush it with her bare hand.

Killing the Beowolf without much effort as Momoyo did the same once more to any grimm she could get her hands on.

Izaya weaves around a bunch of Boarbatusks with ease as he allows the grimm to pass him where Shigure is waiting for them and calmly wait for the moment to strike.

A silver blur appears, as Shigure strike with a powerful horizontal slash against the Boarbatusks and scatter to pieces, where those parts have already begun to evaporate.

Shigure didn't stop after her killing blow; and launches multiple [Shuriken] at once with her left hand alone, with her aim towards an Ursa that's about to attack an unarmed civilian.

Shigure's [Shuriken] stuck the Ursa's back legs, causing it to fall to the ground and giving Izaya the chance to finish it off with a quick slash to the neck after cutting both Ursa's eyes to blind it to decrease the chance of it manage to attack him while he kills it.

I pull out my [Combat Knife], which I used to block a Creep's claw, that tried to sneak attack me, then I grab a hold of said claw that is also the hind-limb that is inverted at the knee joints, heavily akin to an ostrich and give a good twist.

Forcing the Creep to fall to the ground on its side as I shove my [Combat Knife] under its mask and drag it off the ground before I slam it against the ground once more and pull out another [Combat Knife] to cut both the Creep's hind-limbs, crippling it. As I leave it alone to die while hunting down other grimm nearby.

Of course, this was to hide the plain sight of everyone when I use [Konttera] to create an [Earth Spike], which I used to pierce throughout the whole body of the Creep. Killing it instantly in hidden sight as I quickly use [Konttera] to remove the [Earth Spike].

[Konttera]:

Active Effect: A greater control/manipulation over [Earth]'s size, shape, density, and [Subelement] belong to [Earth].

Type: Active

Target: Area

Rank: Tier 4: Control (Require using [Upgrade] to enter next Rank)

Cost: [E-]: 32%(160AP:Aura Point) Aura Unit Level per use and 1%(5AP:Aura Point) per second

I send out an axe kick to throw a Boarbatusk straight into the ground, then throw my [Combat Knife] to my left and implanted itself into a nearby King Taijitu's right eye that belongs to the white head one, causing it to shriek in pain as it wildly slam all over the place before it got killed by both Shigure and Momoyo.

I notice more Beowolves and Boarbatusks are the two common grimm among the army of grimm entering the kingdom. Activating [Moonlight Step] to help me out to take care of these small fry without having to use one of my massive destruction [Technique] I've created over the years.

[Moonlight Step]: Third Stance's [Technique]

Active Effect: Covering the user's body in a pale blue light, as a result, the fusion of three [Skill], where one gained incredible speed and strength.

Type: Active|Fusion: [Master Aura Manipulation Mastery], [Master Movement Mastery], and [Master Evasion Mastery]

Target: Self

Rank: N/A

Cost: Vary, lowest cost of [E+]: 5%(75AP:Aura Point) Aura Unit Level x the increase speed and strength of user's base form per second

'Pyrrha. Weiss. You two owe me so much for revealing myself to the people of Vale Kingdom.' I'm not really mad at the fact, that part of my hidden side that act as my alter ego in Mistral Kingdom's lower section is close to being revealed to the world. But still, just annoyed that I could have sex with Shigure and Cinder had to ruin it.

Not a single Beowolves and Boarbatusks was left after I finished them off within a minute. Everyone, but a selected few, couldn't believe their eyes at what just happen in front of them. A few seconds a blue light flash across the whole area and the grimm started to explode once a blue light figure pass by them.

30 minutes later*

A few minutes later during into the battle with the grimm. Reinforcement arrives just to see more than half the army of grimm already killed by my group, along with team RWBY and JNPR, whose just arrived much earlier than the reinforcement.

Afterward, team CFVY, the Beacon staffs, and the Ironwood's army wipe out the remaining grimm. Furthermore, this was my cue to stop using [Moonlight Step] and help the others out by using my old [Colt M1911A1 Pistol] to deal the finishing blow to nearby grimm, with [Ice Dust Round].

After wiping out the remaining grimm; Glynda seals the giant holes in the middle of the area, preventing more grimm from entering the city.

Before I could greet team RWBY and ask them if they found anything interesting during their mission, when a swirling red portal appears behind me; and an arm came out of it and grab the back of my vest, then pull me in the swirling red portal right in front of everyone's sight.

This would have surprised and cause panic among my group, but they didn't look like it fazes them one bit. If anything, they look around the area to find where Raven is at the moment. Since there are always a resistances placed on powerful semblance. Rather, it is a small one with the price in aura cost or something else to activate them.

(Vale: Vale City: Central: Unknown Building: Roof)

I send out a back kick towards Raven, who had to let go of me in order to dodge and she didn't want to block a kick that could easily break through a steel wall with ease. This means Raven had to give up on the chance of attacking my back and took a few steps back away from me as she stares at me with cold eyes.

"So is there a reason why you pull me away from my business without my permission?" I ask Raven in a casual tone and notice I'm just a few blocks away from where I was a few seconds ago.

Raven didn't say anything for a few minutes, which is pretty much a thing with her every time I meet up with her. Quiet for a few minutes, then speak like always.

"I require your help." Raven finally said something to me, and boy was that something I would never have heard from Raven own mouth and the way she said it. Sound like she rather stabs herself with her own [Odachi] than ask for my help when she knows what kind of thing I always ask as my fee for my service.

"And you couldn't have come to me to ask instead of dragging me over here?" I ask with disbelief, but the way Raven is glaring at me; pretty sure she would rather not get my help if she had done it in front of a crowd and did this instead by kidnapping me from my group.

"Look." Raven let out a sigh of annoyance, "This pain me more than it to you right now. But...I need your help; well, more like your girlfriend help with her medical skills. One of my tribe members caught some unknown diseases and your group is the only I could trust at least, compared to the other groups I know."

I raise an eyebrow at Raven, "And you couldn't ask Shigure yourself?" Now, this doesn't surprise me one bit at all since Shigure is a hard person for talk to when you're not that well acquainted with her, which makes it much harder to those who tried to ask for Shigure's help or make a deal with Shigure herself instead of someone among my group in Shigure's place.

Raven gave me a "are you kidding with me?" look for asking something that I should already know the answer to, but nonetheless, I asked anyway just for the heck of it.

"Fine. But you remember my fee right? Or in Shigure's case, her fee." I didn't pull out my scroll to call Shigure and the others just yet because I wanted to know if Raven would be able to pay Shigure's fee for her service.

The way Raven look at me with annoyance and disdain; show me that she is able to pay the fee, but feel like she wasted so much time by going through countless problems to get it in the first place and then have to give it away as a payment.

However, before Raven could answer my question if she could pay the fee, when she went stiff for a moment before she spins around to parry away multiple [Shuriken], with the aim for her vital points.

"Hey, Shigure. Glad you could make it." I said to my fiancee, who nodded in my direction before she sends a cold glare at Raven for kidnapping me out of the blue.

"Tch." Raven click in frustration of being found much earlier than she thought and begin to see Shigure more of a threat as she continues to discover how well trained Shigure is, to find this exact location so fast.

"So Raven, since Shigure is here now. Do you want us to come with you now or later?" I ask Raven while tightening my grip on my [Combat Knife] in the case I have to face Raven with Shigure if she decided now is the time to go.

After all, who knows where Raven's tribe is currently at and what kind of trap waiting for us.

Raven narrowed her eyes at me while glancing at Shigure every few seconds now, then place her mask back on and draw out [Odachi] to create her swirling red portal. As she walks towards to, with her back turn to us, but neither Shigure or I moved a single step.

"I'll contact you in a week from now while the Vytal Festival takes place." Raven said to us before she enters her swirling red portal and disappears from the area after finishing her business here.

"You okay?" Shigure walks over to me while putting her [Nodachi] away, as she checks me for any injury and even pulls out her scroll to check my aura meter to see if I lost some aura during the time Raven kidnapped me.

"Yup. Did you hear what Raven said a few minutes ago or you just got here?" I ask Shigure since I mainly pay attention to Raven more instead of checking my surroundings like always. After all, once you lose sight of Raven; she could be anywhere.

Shigure shook her head, and give me a small smile once she finishes checking my well-being and didn't find injury at all.

"Well, let's head back before someone ask an unwanted question." I said to Shigure before we begin to rush back to the same spot before I was kidnapped by Raven.

next day*

Days?: Intel Gathering

(Vale: Vale City: Junior's Club)

The music is loud, the people shouting so loud just to let the person next to them, to hear them over the shouting from the others around them. Hidden criminals making shady deals from the background and the DJ wear a giant black bear mascot head for some reason while playing who know how many songs so far.

Now, what am I doing here when I could be with either my fiancee, sister, and friends; well, I had to get some information from Junior that's all.

"So what do you want?" Junior look at me with narrow eyes and tense a little while the cold sweat going down his forehead as he stared at me.

"I heard a little rumor about how someone is trying to find something, that's pretty rare. And I do mean really rare as in alive." I said the last word in a cold tone, causing anyone nearby to shiver from listening.

Junior straightens his back and put away the empty cup he was cleaning to calm down his nerve. "I have no clue what you're talking about. If there's anything else you need at the moment. Please ask now before I've to ask you to leave."

I could tell Junior really wish he was anywhere but here at the moment because he knew who he dealing with and know his chance of staying alive depend on me.

"I see..." I spoke softly, and this cause Junior to shake in [Fear] and slowly back away from me. Also, those that still kept on listening onto my conversation with Junior begin to shake in terror and couldn't even move if they wanted. As I've activated [Evil Voice] a few seconds ago before I spoke out.

[Evil Voice]:

Active Effect: Inflicts [Fear] to all targets that listen to the user's voice.

Type: Active

Target: Multiple

Rank: Tier 3: Target (Require using [Upgrade] to enter next Rank)

Cost: Vary, lowest cost of [D-]: 8%(160AP:Aura Point) Aura Unit Level per second

"I guess we've to find a different method to agree on, so I could get the information I want from you, Junior." I continue to use [Evil Voice] while I speak to Junior, who looks like he about to collapse any moment now.

I turn off [Evil Voice] before some get a heart attack, even if the chance is really low or the person has a weak heart, to begin with. Now, that [Evil Voice] is deactivated and I stop speaking; Junior took a deep breath to calm down but failed to do so when he falls to his knees.

I lean over the counter to get a good look at Junior, who is trying to stand up, but fail every time because of his hands and legs are shaking too much for him to get back up.

"So, are you going to give me what I want? Or should I ask my friend here to get it out of ya?" I ask Junior as I point to my right with my thumb and let Junior see Shigure cleaning one of her [Katana].

Of course, no one knows it is Shigure but me since both of us are in our alter ego disguise; well, more like our new uniform I created a few years back to hide our real appearance by just wearing it.

[Item Type]: [Magical Cloths/Uniform]

[Name]: Arcana Uniform

Durability: 100%/100% (Cloths)|100%/100% (Aura storage)

Quality: Epic

Grade: B

Value: 75000 System Point

Description: An [Item] that [Edea Florence] invented herself, this set of clothing is given to all ordinary members of the organization. The uniform runs on aura and won't function if it runs out of it. The functions the uniform possesses area:

[Memory-lapse Fibers]: Most people won't notice the wearer unless they purposely attract the individual's attention. This won't work on high tier beings or fellow members, who wear the same uniform.

[Class Selection]: The uniform grades the wearer based on their strengths and assigns them to their class. The class is shown by the color of the uniform. (D-Class: Gray, C-Class: Green, B-Class: Blue, A-Class: Black, S-Class: White)

[Protection]: The clothing offers low tier protection against attacks that are both physical and aura based.

[Repair Feature]: It will repair itself using aura stored within it. 1 = 1% (Cloths)

[Emblem]: Every A/S-Class member is attributed with a unique insignia which is on their emblem. The emblem allows others to guess certain facts about the wearer's life or abilities.

Thanks to these [Arcana Uniform] I had [Edea Florence]'s help with creating them; being the creator themselves pretty much a big plus in my book and a bit pricey to create too. So, even then, a selected few in my group could wear these. Being strong or not wouldn't allow just anyone we could trust with these [Arcana Uniform].

After tweaking it a little and allowing one to check one's aura reserve level, along with how fast one's aura regenerates and other stuff to determine the [Class Selection].

Not going overboard with a brand new appearance with these [Arcana Uniform]. Well, more like I was too lazy at the time and didn't want to keep on making new uniform every time someone wanted to update their whole outfits. So I just made them into a haori like the one from Bleach that Captains wear over their usual black Shinigami clothes, with the number of their division on the back inside the Gotei 13 symbol, but I replace the number with [Emblem].

What can I say; I like it. Also, Pyrrha, Shigure and Momoyo like them too, but for some reason, Izaya doesn't like them at all but still wear them since he was outvoted by the rest and it became our group's uniform to wear every time we go on a mission or require for us to wear them.

So when Junior look over to Shigure, who is wearing a white color version of the [Arcana Uniform] have made him pale in fright once he realizes there is one of our core members here.

The reason why Junior not paling further from seeing me with Shigure. Is because my [Arcana Uniform] isn't the color white, but black instead. And this isn't because my aura reserve isn't in the [A: Aura Unit Level] range like some people I know. Just a few factors are included into the [Arcana Uniform] that allow mine to be black instead of being the color blue for [B-Class].

Of course, the [Arcana Uniform] will instantly change to [S-Class: White] the moment I equip [Edea Florence]. Which is why Junior is caution with me since my [Arcana Uniform] just shows me just close to the top by a rank behind. However, after seeing Shigure, Junior knew he would be killed right away if he doesn't answer in the next few seconds.

After all, almost everyone heard about my group and are easily recognized thanks to these [Arcana Uniform] that only we could make; well, I can make thanks to [Edea Florence]'s knowledge to make one.

"Hold up! No need to be so hasty! I'll answer the best I can!" Junior is already sweating at the very beginning and now he pretty much drenched in his own cold sweat. As he quickly comes up with other excuses to escape this situation alive.

"Enough stalling. I want answers. Talk." I glare at Junior, but he couldn't see it due to my [Arcana Uniform]'s [Memory-lapse Fiber]'s effect of forcing Junior not being able to remember my face at all. But, he could feel the glare at least.

'Honestly, I already know Cinder is at Beacon Academy, but I don't have evidence that she after the half power of the Fall Maiden.' I thought dryly since even both Izaya and Momoyo wouldn't believe me if I was to tell them that Cinder Fall is trying to get a fairy tales' power that pretty much magical.

Well, more like they won't believe me that someone managed to steal away the current Maiden of their power, even if it's just half the power of the Maiden. Sure, they won't completely dismiss it since some fairy tales contain truths within them.

After all, with the stuff, we discover in the lower section of the Mistral Kingdom. Pretty much open both Izaya and Momoyo's eyes to the hidden side of Remnant.

Only Shigure, and maybe Pyrrha, would completely believe me since they know I can use [Magic], which the Four Maidens are known for in their fairy tales; well, in elemental [Magic] belong to their seasons.

"ALL I KNOW IS THAT ROMAN IS THE ONE WORKING FOR THE PERSON YOU LOOKING FOR! PLEASE DON'T KILL ME!" Junior scream out his response in a very high pitch tone before he falls to the ground, out cold and a nasty smell begins to fill the air.

"Okay, then. Let's get out of here." I said to Shigure, who just finished cleaning her [Katana] and nodded in my direction before she put away her [Cleaning Kit] before she ready to leave with me.

(Vale: Vale City)

"How...are we...going to get...to Roman, with Ironwood...being the one...holding him?" Shigure asks me in a dull tone, as she walks next to me in plain sight where everyone could see us, but was dismissed instantly thanks to our [Arcana Uniform].

"I have a four-step plan. One: Find which Airship he is staying on. Two: Get a detailed map of that Airship for us to study for the best routes to get to him and out of the Airship without trouble. Three: Find the right time for us to begin or else we end up failing and get caught. Four: We've to pick which one among us is the best one to go while the rest stay behind as backup. Five: Get the information from Roman through force or not, depending on him. Six: We escape with Roman if needed or not." I answer Shigure by letting her know the simple steps of the plan while doing those steps are more complex than it sounds.

Shigure slowly nods at me, "Out of the...six steps...of your plan...the second one...will be...the hardest...to do." I agree with Shigure's comment on my plan since step two is likely the one that requires us to go a great deal to get compared to the other five steps of the plan. With the fifth and sixth steps being tied as the second hardest to do with the plan.

"Let's get back and see if Izaya has a way to get the map." I said to Shigure, then leap up to a 5 story building and begin roof jumping back to the hotel, with Shigure right next to me. Of course, we could rush back right away, but it's a good night and we wanted to enjoy the cool night air a bit more.

few minutes later*

(Vale: Vale City: Unknown Hotel: Unknown Rented Room)

"Well, this is going to be a big problem." Izaya said to everyone as he looks through something on his scroll.

The rest of us glance at one of another before looking back at Izaya and Momoyo is the one who's going to ask Izaya, "And what's the big problem? We can't find which Airship is holding Roman? Or we can't find a way to get a detailed map of the Airship?"

Izaya shook his head at Momoyo's questions, "Neither. I just got an inside report that Weiss' Father cut her access to the Schnee family's money and is pretty much limited to Lien she has own her person, along with rejected requests for restocking more [Dust] for her usage as well. This pretty much cripples Weiss' fund and fighting ability. As she has to be limited to [Dust] usage more than ever and require to limit herself in the case her weapon need to be repaired."

'Well, I already know this would happen thanks to my knowledge of the RWBY canonverse, but didn't think it would happen in this version of RWBY.' I was a little surprise, but wonder if the same reason from canon is what caused Weiss' Father to cut her off.

"Okay, so Izaya is out since he is going to need to help Weiss out, which should take a few days to do so. How about you, Momoyo, got anything?" I look over to Momoyo once everyone knows that Izaya won't be fully into this little operation of ours to get the information we needed from Roman; and by information, I really meant getting proof that Cinder is after the half of the Fall Maiden's power.

"Well, I finally got all the basic information on all the students that are attending the Vytal Festival. If I had more time; I could have gotten more than just the basic version, but some of the students' files require some higher level access and would take some time to crack. Also, Ziarre manages to find another supplier to provide us more materials." Momoyo replies with a tired tone, as she explains everyone on what she got so far.

"Hmm. I guess it will be just Shigure and me again. Not like I'm complaining though." I pull Shigure closer to me with one arm and she didn't resist at all but move closer to me on her own.

"Uh huh." Momoyo looks at both Shigure and me with a smirk on her face, "Make sure you don't plan on having sex even if you found a nice empty room in the Airship."

Izaya cough in his hand while putting more focus onto his scroll in his hands and trying not to laugh out loud, even when he wants to badly, but knowing his friends. He will end up getting hurt either physically or mentally. So he is going to hold in his laugh as best as possible.

Shigure glare at Momoyo, but didn't look scary when Shigure's cheek is a little pink and Momoyo didn't look scared one bit, if anything, she looks more amused instead.

I wasn't embarrassed about what Momoyo just said, but it still annoys me when Momoyo is reminding me the fact that ever since Shigure got interested into the opposite sex and wanted to have sex with me. I keep getting cockblocked every time and was close to snapping someone's neck to relieve me of my annoyance. It's only thanks to Shigure and I continue to kiss each other and a few times with touching each other.

"Wait, didn't you promise Pyrrha that you would spend some time with her during the festival?" Izaya ask me and finally raise his head away from his scroll as he looks at me with a raised eyebrow.

"Oh yeah...well, I guess we could put this plan of mine on hold for now." I answer with a hint of surprise in my voice, 'I'm going to have to find Neo or one of Cinder's team members: Emerald or Mercury. If I can't use this plan of mine.' I sweat a little at the thought of almost forgetting about Pyrrha asked me two days ago, right after the Breach incident.

"Anyway, I got to go help Weiss out now. See ya guys later. Good luck on your mission, Enma." Izaya said to everyone, then got up from his seat and walk out of the room to meet up with Weiss to inform her about her access to the Schnee family's money is cut off.

"Well, I'm going to go to eat. You guys want anything?" Momoyo stands up to stretch her muscles, then look at us as she waits for our answers.

"I'm good; and why are you heading out to eat, when I could just make something for you to eat?" I ask Momoyo, with curiosity and Shigure begin to daydream about the food I could make for us to eat.

"I could, but I got a few people I need to meet up with and I know for sure these guys won't pay attention to what I'm saying if they're too busy shoving their faces into the foods you made. So, I got to make some sacrifice. Just save me something when I get back to snack on, okay?" Momoyo replied with irritation about losing the chance to eat my food and look like she going to make some problems for those people she's going to meet up within a few minutes.

"No problem. I'll make the usual." I said to Momoyo, who gave me a happy smile before she heads out. Leaving Shigure and me alone in the room.

Shigure pulls out her copy of the Ninjas of Love book and shows me the cover of the book, to give me the hint of what she wanted to do at the moment before we eat.

I blink at Shigure and look at the book in Shigure's hand, then back at Shigure with a blank stare. Shigure blink in return once she noticed my confused look and glance down at the book in her hands and found out what's wrong.

Shigure blush and quickly put the book away, as she pulls out a different book and this time it shows a few foods that look pretty good to eat.

"So...do you want me to ignore the misunderstanding about what you were trying to tell me, or did plan on for us to do something later after we finish eating?" I ask Shigure, with amusement and Shigure simply raise her book that listed with lots of different types of dishes up to her nose to hide her red cheeks and slowly nod at me.

"Yes." Shigure answer, then quickly get off the couch and pull me off as well, as she drags me to the kitchen before I could say anything else. And the way Shigure's stomach growl. I've to guess her mind switched over to food right away.

'I guess I'll leave Roman alone for now.' I thought to myself, 'And hope this time Shigure and I could have our first time without interruption.' As I roll my eyes at Shigure when she begins to point out which food she wanted me to make for us to eat.