Chapter 7: Test of Strength

My father's…..dead? And my mom's missing?!

I gripped Darrel's shoulders,

"You're lying! Tell me the truth!" I demand. Of course before I can ask more, I sense killer intent from Kuroka & Winter. . . as well Ozpin & Glynda, and the rest of my friends. Even Blake glared at Darrel! That made me feel happy; however, I backed away before I could be caught in the crossfire, because I feel like this'll get messy.

"Oh crud me and my big mouth. Well then, let's all take it easy now, folks. After all, you need me alive to save Tiger's kid. We don't want him to end up being reduced to a mindless beast that only cares about wanting the whole world to burn, right?" Darrel said nervously, his face sweating. He's doomed.

"We are going to have a very stern chat with you, 'love'."Winter spat at Darrel, her hand resting on her blade.

"Even though you may have given me kittens, and I refuse to have them grow up without their daddy, that still doesn't mean I can't teach you a lesson!" Kuroka shouted, glyphs forming around her.

"Alright then, I should be running now; ta-ta everyone!" Darrel was about to take off running only for a black glyph to form under his feet. I looked at Weiss and it wasn't her but Winter who had stopped him! Looks like they have the same semblance.

"Good thing you have a huge pool of Aura so you'll live through the beating!" Winter ran at him with her saber and was about to stab him with it. . . only for George to dodge to the side, spin about, and kick Winter in the back!

"Alright then," Darrel popped his neck, "Been awhile since we had a good old fashioned spar, my Ice Empress. Bring it on- AHH!" He shouted as Kuroka electrocuted him with a barrage of electric spheres launched from around her body.

"You may be stronger than General Ironwood but that's only because of your Aura & your Faunus heritage, you snake!" Kuroka shouts.

"Oh calling me a snake now?! Well then, time show these kids how snake-like I can be!" He then began to transform! I couldn't believe my eyes.

His green eyes became snake-like, a cobra hood flares up around his neck, and from his mouth a forked tongue and a pair of huge fangs jut out,

"Now I won't ussssue my venom on any of you, but I will-"In a blur, Ozpin rushed at Darrel and decked him hard enough in the face to bring him out of his transformation. All of our eyes widened.

"You promised to use that only on those you label as the enemy, not your allies!" Ozpin called him out.

"Well if you wouldn't attack me for a simple mistake, this wouldn't happen!" Darrel retorted. "Some welcome party this was!"

"You agreed to not bring that up near Imperious." Ozpin shouted.

"When was this?" Darrel asked, slightly confused.

"You forgot, I can tell." Kuroka kicked his shin. "He told you a little while ago when you called him to tell him you were close."

"Oops." He gulped. Glynda grabbed him by his ear and dragged him off, going to give him a lecture about this whole thing,

"Easy, Glynda, easy! Not the face!" Darrel shouts as he's dragged away.

"He's gonna get an earful." Kuroka laughed. Yang giggled,

"Good one!"

*Blake POV, Beacon Airfield*

Impy still looks shaken up. Maybe I should say something. I approached him and hugged him from behind,

"I'm so sorry for you, Impy." I hugged tightly, pressing his body against mine. I felt him tense up a bit.

"R-Really?" He stuttered. I nod, nuzzling him.

"Excuse me?! What do you think you are doing?!" Oh great. Here comes the Ice Witch.

"Back off, Princess! You had your chance!" I hold onto Imperious, keeping him close to me. I saw Weiss's eyes widened, knowing I was right.

"Imperious please! Can you find it in your heart to forgive me for what I said?" Weiss asked Imperious.

"I dunno Weiss." Impy looked at Weiss, "You seem tense when it comes to the Faunus." I secretly smirked. She gulped,

"I-I take it that means no, right?" Weiss said, admitting defeat.

"Unless you can change that attitude, I'm sorry Weiss." Weiss left, head hanging in shame.

"I take it my sister has acted out because of the Faunus? If so, I apologize for her behavior. Our father has been dealing with the White Fang and that made for a difficult childhood and she blames the Faunus for ruining her family." Winter explained. I internally froze, hoping that I wouldn't be found out.

"Really? That's why? Wow. I honestly feel sorry for her then." Imp spoke up. I would too but considering my past. . . I should probably change the conversation.

"Come on, Impy. Let's try and cheer you up before Darrel gets started on trying to pacify that Heartless." I left, holding hands with Impy. He seemed nervous but he soon relaxed and he even leaned up against me.

"Sure… whatcha got?"

"I was thinking we could head to the library and read the books we got." I suggested.

"Depends…. Kuroka, was it? How long do you think we got until he's ready?" He asked Kuroka

"Darrel's semblance allows him to enter one's mind and a few times, myself & Winter have joined. This works by holding hands in a circular formation most often and activating our Aura the same time he activates his. Though there's a tradeoff: the more people that do this, the more taxing it is on him. For example, on his own he usually takes at most less than a full day before he's completed. However, since there will be way more people most likely, we may only have limited time to do anything." She explained. Very complex.

"How long would you say?" Imp asked

"It should be enough time for Darrel to assess the Heartless's strength." She sated. "Additionally, we do have a solution for the multitude of people we'll be bringing: specialized shots made by Atlas that are used to boost one's aura." She added.

"Alright." Impy stated.

"You heard Kuroka. Go prepare or do whatever you need to do to lower your stress levels. Cause we won't be interfering unless it… as you say goes downhill."Winter added. We nod,

"Yes, Mrs. Octavia." I take Impy with me to the library.

*Rossweisse POV, Beacon courtyard*

I left our group to find Weiss who had seemed sad regarding something with my master. I find her in a courtyard and before I can approach her, she says something that shocked me,

"It's not fair! I saw Imperious first and he should be with me! I took him out on a date first and I thought it went well. . . but then Blake goes on a date with him and gets to kiss him a lot!" Weiss shouted, unaware someone heard her.

"Uh…. cousin, I'm behind you." I spoke up. She gasped and squeaks,

"Ross, don't scare me like that! Wait. . . you heard all that?!" She asked, startled and then scared.

"I did. And if I remember, your first meeting with him didn't go so well either according to what you told me." I pointed out. She hung her head in shame,

"Then I guess me and him aren't meant to be. . . ." She sniffled and began to cry. Oh no she's crying, how do I cheer her up?! She hugged me,

"I'm not like you or Winter! I don't have a big bust to draw men to me and I act like a bitch to just about everyone when they get on my nerves!" She cried and all I feel like I can do is just hug her back. However, what is this feeling in my heart? I feel. . . something off. I don't like the fact Blake and my cousin spent an entire day with Imp and yet my master hasn't spent an entire day with his team, especially me or Koneko. Weiss looks at me,

"You do tend to lose it…" She was so sad, she actually fell asleep. I sigh,

"Sorry cousin… hopefully Master will talk to you again." I picked her up and took her to her dorm. After that, I began to go and find my master but I ran into cousin Winter.

"Oh hello Ross." Winter greeted me. I jump slightly,

"Oh cousin Winter. How have you been? It's been so lo-" She stopped me,

"However I overheard over a phone call that Darrel had with you all and you called Mr. Darkhale's son Master. Care to explain that? Is it some sort of kink?" She asked me sternly. Oh shit….

"I-I uh…. It's… well it's just I-" I began to speak but then she got in my face,

"I'm not leaving this spot until you give me an answer." She stated.

"I-It's just he saved Weiss from death by falli-"

"So he saved my little sister, then? I commend him for it." She states. "But how does that relate to you calling him Master?" She asked me. I was sweating from nervousness,

"W-Well he and his partner also stayed behind to save us from the LindBloom!" I yelled out.

"Wait. . . a Lindbloom?! He defeated a Linbloom?! I hope he gets put in the Hall of Huntsmen for that. I understand now; because he saved you all, you are indebted to him, correct?" She speculated. I gulp,

"Y-Yes! I swore myself to him when he returned!" I wait for an answer. She sighed,

"I'll accept it." She said. I flinched,

"Wait… what?" She rolled her eyes,

"I said, I accept your answer. It is reasonable. For now, I should find Darrel and see if I can salvage what's left of his brain after that lecture from Ms. Goodwitch." She left. I fell to my knees exhausted. Cousin Winter was as scary as she's ever been.

*Darrel POV, Beacon airfield*

After getting chewed out by Glynda for a simple mistake, I head back to the airfield to unload the stuff I brought here. Kuroka & Winter came by as well. I sighed,

"I know saying sorry is the first step to apologizing. Step two is how I can fix the damage?" Darrel said, thinking out loud mostly.

"Depends, how would you help a boy who lost his memory, who's now more hurt since you blabbed about his dead father, not knowing or remembering he was dead?" Winter said, glaring at me.

"Simple: I deal with the cause of all of this: The Heartless. After all, besides being a Huntsman, I'm also an Exorcist. Which is why my Semblance will come in handy. Though this does mean I'll have to use those. . . shots again on myself." I shudder, "But I can call that my punishment for what I did." I add.

"Didn't you always say there's a chance a Heartless could turn back into being a Virtuous soul?" Kuroka asked. Oh yeah I did say that at one point, didn't I?

"Right I did. However, that is a rare case and the only one I recall who has one is you, Kuroka." I said, pointing her out.

"There's still a chance right?" She asked again, "After all they said it refused to hurt that one called Ruby. Maybe there's still good in it?" I shrugged my shoulders,

"50/50 chance. For now, we are just testing the waters and seeing what this thing can do." As we finished up unloading, Kuroka's ears twitched,

"Another airship approaches." We leave our airship and take a look. The person getting out is

. . .

"Qrow?!" Sure enough, it was him. Currently he was chatting with Ms. Rose who had starstruck eyes upon seeing him.

He turned his head our way and he narrowed his eyes at us,

"Well if it isn't the Octavia Trio. Tell me, how many people harass you all up in Atlas, especially you Ice Queen?" Qrow antagonized us. Winter glared at him,

"I'd hold your tongue if I were you, Qrow!" She spat him, hand resting on her saber. I put a hand on on her shoulder,

"Relax. Let me handle him. After what I got earlier today, I deserve to be on the winning side of a fight." I pop my knuckles. Qrow scoffed and brushed his gray hair past his forehead,

"Ready, snake man?" He taunted me. I pulled out my weapon, Soul Slayer, off my back before I converted it from Sniper Rifle mode into melee mode. The weapon shifts into a huge 10 foot pole with a 3 foot long short sword blade at the end

(AN: His weapon is essentially what happens when you take a Naginata, a Japanese spear with a samurai sword for a blade, and make it as big as the Sarissa, a huge 10-13 foot long spear used by Philip of Macedon.)

I rush at him and thrust out with the tip of the blade which he casually dodges in an almost 'gentlemanly' manner before he pulls out Harbinger and blocks the blade with his own. Holding S2 with one arm, I spin it about horizontally and jab at him again. This dance, as it were, of the two us blocking and parrying blows continued before a green blur had disarmed us of our weapons and we were restrained in place. Oh crud.

"So. . . who started the altercation this time?" Ozpin said sternally. I point at Qrow, Winter, & myself,

"Qrow first antagonized us which caused Winter to get mad and rather than have them fight, I elected to fight instead. We're both fine and neither of us are hurt." Darrel apologized.

"I think Uncle Qrow's been drinking again." Ruby groaned, facepalming. She then saw my weapon and gasped before running over,

"OHMYGOSH! That thing looks beautiful! A sniper rifle that can turn into the biggest spear I've ever seen!" She fangirled. Kid's a weapon nut. "What do you call it?" She asked me. I gave her a cocky smirk,

"The Soul Slayer. Only because of my main profession." I told her.

"Exactly my point. Which is why you came here: to help my godson with the Heartless." Ozpin reminded me.

"Oops." I said nervously.

"I'm only here cause you wanted me to teach the kid how to fight against scythe users." Qrow stated.

"Right. We'll need a large room to perform the operation in. Options?" I asked Oz.

"The amphitheatre will be empty. Will that do?" Glynda suggested.

"It's more than enough." I stated. "Now we need to get everyone and get ready for this. There's undoubtedly going to be a fight." I added.

"I'll have the required people meet by announcing it over the intercom." Glynda stated and then left.

"Good. In the meantime, me and wives will get everything set up in the amphitheatre." I left along with Kuroka & Winter.

"Darrel, my cousin Rossweisse told me something very interesting." Winter looked at me, "Apparently the son of Tiger defeated a LindBloom, which we thought was a myth." My eyes widened,

"Wow! I'm impressed. Kid's got a lot of courage then. Let's hope he can put it to good use in the coming battle. . . ." I said.

*Imp POV, Beacon Library*

Me and Blake were finished reading our books we bought and were right now just relaxing. I feel so happy and calm being around her.

"Attention would Imperious and his friends report to the amphitheatre?" Glynda said over the intercom. Sounds like we are needed.

"Well that's our cue. Ready to face your demons, Impy?" Blake asked me. I Gulped

"Only one way to find out." We left and I held her hand, more nervous about what will happen soon than holding her hand. Blake kissed my cheek,

"Relax. Your team, godparents, friends, and yours truly will be there to help you, no matter what." She smiled.

"T-Thanks Blake." She winks.

We arrived and I saw the rest of my team & Blake's team, Team JNPR, Coco & Velvet, Ozpin, Ms. Goodwitch, Darrel, Winter, Kuroka, and someone dressed in dark grey clothes with a tattered red cape and red eyes who smells of alcohol.

"Coco? Velvet? What are you two doing here?" I asked, wondering why they're here.

"Koneko filled us in on what's happening. We're your friends now so we're sticking with you." Coco explained. Velvet had a light blush,

"I'm glad we could help. It sounds really bizarre but I should repay you for our accident." She added, sounding nervous. Darrel cleared his throat,

"Now that everyone is here, we can get started. First I need you all to sit in a circle." He instructed and we all followed what he said. I found myself sitting next to Blake & Koneko. I had a question,

"Question: who's he?" I asked motioning to the grey colored guy.

"Name's Qrow. I'm Ruby & Yang's uncle. I knew your old man. I came here because Oz needs someone who's a good scythe wielder." He tapped his weapon, "And Harbinger's just as deadly as my niece's Crescent Rose." He added. "But what I would like to see is your skill with that gunlance."

"Step two: I need you all to join- Wait gunlance?!" Darrel shouted, as did Kuroka & Winter. "You mean you wield a weapon like mine?" Darrel said, motioning to his 'gunlance'

"Not exactly. His is the real deal!" Ruby shouted.

"Oh. I'd ask what it could do but for me, actions speak louder than words. I want to see that thing in a fight." Darrel added. "Now then if there's anymore interruptions. . . ." Darrel asked, glaring at everyone, daring someone to make an interruption. "Good. Now step two: I want you all to join hands. It is essential for getting into the spirit world." Blake and Koneko held my hands and I held onto their's.

"Step 3: I want you all to activate your Aura; after that I'll activate my semblance. Normally, I'm going in with just me and the victim. But since we have practically a veritable army here, this will require effort and a special injection." Wait injection?

"Needles?! What do needles have to do with it?!" Weiss asked.

"The injection is for myself only. Made by Atlas, the chemicals in the vial are made to boost one's aura but to do so you need to have a below average amount, like myself." Darrel explained.

"That's one thing we have in common. . . " I muttered.

"What was that, kiddo?" Darrel looked at me. I gulped,

"Nothing, it's nothing. Let's get started." I activated my meager amount of Aura as did we all.

Darrel closed his eyes and then he opened them and I felt the entire world go white.

*Spirit World, Imp POV*

I open my eyes again to see the grassy plains, clear blue skies and statues. We must have made it.

"Wow, so this is your spirit world. From what you told me about it, I expected fire and brimstone and all that." Darrel spoke up. "Now listen, everyone. I need you to be careful. The damage you attain here won't affect your real body, but should you die here… you die in the real world. So be cautious." He added. We all gulped,

"So no pressure, then!" Jaune shouted.

"The most you'll get is a small headache." Darrel said. "First we must find the Heart-"

"Oh you're here." A voice came from nowhere. The others looked around for the voice. I gulped realizing what that was. "And you brought back up. Boring." We looked and saw. . . the thing.

"So you are the Heartless. Allow me to introduce myself. Name's Darrel Maxmus. I slay Heartless. As for you, I give you about less than a month before you are purified." Darrel boasted. The Heartless laughed,

"I know who you are. I hear what he hears." He used his scythe to point at me, "And honestly, I don't care for you. So you kill Heartless big deal."

"Ooh one with a smart mouth; that's a first." Darrel transformed into his half-snake form, "You aren't the only with a mouth." He flicked his tongue out and hissed, baring his fangs.

"Darrel, no we agreed on the way here the students gauge its strength with no outside help."

"Then why are we even here if we aren't going to help?!" Darrel shouted.

"So you want to fight something, Mr. Slayer? I'll give you something to fight." The Heartless snapped his fingers and two types of Grimm appeared.

The first was absolutely huge: 12 meters long & 4 meters tall. It very much resembles a T-Rex from Earth's prehistoric past. The body is mostly pitch black aside from some large spikes on the upper half of the body, including a pair of very large ones just behind the head. The tail ended in a pair of spikes shaped like an ax while the head had a classic Grimm bone plate with glowing orange and yellow eyes.

The second was twice the size of an Alpha Beowolf. It had two heads; one head was a wolf's and the other was dog-like but more slender. The body was covered in a mix of a black mane with body armor that had red gems on it. The large paws had black flames wisping from it.

"A Chaos Rex and Cerberus?!" Qrow shouted. I've never heard of them but yet they feel familiar to me. . .

"These two I considered to be something like pets to me. It will be an honor if you adults fight them while I handle the children." The Heartless boasted.

"You bastard!"Ozpin swore. Wow, never thought that would happen.

"I don't care what you do. But know this, we will stop you, and save our friend." Ruby said, determined.

"You're the only one I won't fight." He raised his hand and Ruby was in a cage of wind! "I won't hurt Summer's daughter." Darrel snickered,

"A Heartless with a Heart. Now that's funny!" He laughed. Ruby shook,

"I WANNA KNOW HOW YOU KNOW MY MOMMY!" She shouted.

"I can't tell you right now. But know this: she was the reason I lived after my father's death." It stated.

"You knew about Tiger's death?!" Yang shouted.

"Yes. That's why I trained. That's why I killed all these people." He motioned to the statues, "But later I learned I was tricked. And it was Summer who calmed me down enough to see it."

"Enough talk! I came here to eat pancakes and break legs! And I'm all out of pancakes!" Nora shouted. With a yell, she leaped into the air, ready to swing Magnhild down onto him.

"I hear you like to break legs. Let's see how you like it." He used wind to slam her down to the ground in a heartbeat, her Aura gone. He walked to her. She got up and was about to fire a grenade at him point-blank, which he somehow dodged! "I've seen that trick plenty of times, junior." He then twisted her arm around and then pinned her down, disarming her of Magnild. He grabbed one of her legs and raised it slightly. "This'll do." He raised his foot and slammed it down on her kneecap, followed by a sickening CRACK! Nora screamed in pain,

"MY KNEE!" She gripped her kneecap, tears of pain in her eyes.

"Our strongest fighter. . . taken out in one go."Jaune lamented.

"We shouldn't give up!" Rossweisse shouted. She pulls out her weapons ready for combat and everyone else does as well . . except for Velvet. I looked at her,

"Where's your's?" I asked. She blushed, embarrassed.

"I haven't exactly made it yet. Still in the blueprint phase. . . sorry I won't be much help." She apologized.

"Don't worry kid, even without it she can handle herself!" Coco defended Velvet. The thing approached us.

"You're annoying so I'm just gonna knock you out here and now." It slammed the back of the scythe into Jaune's gut, damaging his Aura but not by much,

"Ooh you got a lot of Aura, unlike my host body." It smirked,

"This will be fun." It kicked Jaune right between his legs. He squealed in a high pitch before he collapsed, groaning.

"Who's next?" Weiss sent out a volley of ice Dust blasts at it, freezing it in place. But then the wind picked up and carved the ice,

"Nice try, missy." It manipulated the ice to form large chunks and launched them at Weiss. She created a shield glyph to block most of them. . . but Ross ran in front and took the brunt of the barrage before she collapsed, Aura depleted and losing consciousness,

"R-Ross?! Rossweisse?!" Weiss tapped her, but she was out cold.

"Sorry that I couldn't be of any help…" She groaned before slipping back into unconsciousness. I gulped,

"We're getting wiped out left and right!" With a yell, both Koneko & Yang did a pincer move: Yang punched him in the face hard enough to leave a bruise and Koneko punched him between the legs.

"I'll admit that stung but not enough kitty!" He grabbed Koneko by her ears and threw her hard at my direction! I gulped, knowing I wouldn't be able to withstand the blow. . . but it never came. I looked and saw that Irina had taken the hit for me! Her aura shattered! Did he throw Koneko that hard?!

"Not going. . . to let. . .you get. . .hurt." Irina said before she collapsed onto her side next to Koneko. Yang scoffed,

"You hit hard, I'll just hit back even harder!" With a roar, Yang grabbed his arm and tossed his weapon away from him so hard that it was gone! "What are you going to do without your precious weapon, huh?!" Yang taunted. I had a bad feeling that it wouldn't work.

"You seem to forget one thing. I have a semblance." It snapped its fingers and the scythe came back to it. It smacked Yang with the backbone of the blade over and over again, not giving her any openings to fight back until she was defeated.

"YANG NO!" Ruby shouted. Pyrrha leaped at it and delivered a swift kick to its chest before sending her shield at him and it decked him in the face hard enough to make his nosebleed before it returned back to her.

"I'll give you credit for one thing. You're a fun one to fight." He smirked, wiping the blood off its face. It tried to swing the scythe at her but every time it tried, it failed. As if it was being repulsed away from her. Each time it occured, she managed to get some cuts on it's arms and legs.

"WHY CAN'T I HIT YOU!?" He shouted. Pyrrha smirked,

"That's for me to know and you to never find out!" She shouted. I smiled. We could actually turn the tide against him! He groaned,

"Fine. Guess I need something to keep you busy, too!" He snapped his fingers and some Beowolves and Ursai appeared that surrounded Pyrrha. She narrowed her eyes. The Heartless approached our group,

"I WON'T LET YOU HURT MY FRIEND!" Velvet shouted, running at him.

"Velvet, no!" Coco shouted, trying to stop her. I gulped. This won't end well... The Heartless tried to hit her with the scythe but she was too agile for him and parried any hits with her powerful legs. She did a bounding jump before she slammed both legs down onto his back, knocking him down. I had no idea Velvet was so badass! But as Velvet went for a dropkick, it all went downhill,

"You had your fun." He grabbed her legs and slammed her down! "But now it's my turn!" It then held onto her and I saw a little bit of her Aura go into him! How did it do that?! He slowly picked her up by her ankle! "Have a fun trip!" He threw her hard into a statue, her head slamming against the base, instantly knocking her out! With a yell, Coco rushed at him and smacked him upside the head with her purse hard enough that a huge bump was on his forehead. Next thing I saw blew my mind.

Coco's purse had converted into a huge minigun! She jammed the barrel into his chest and fired a hailfire of bullets into him yelling loudly! He was pushed back by the sheer kinetic force of the barrage and he tumbled away. When he got up, his chest was actually bleeding!

"Huh. Not bad. Last time, I felt this much pain was when I fought Summer." The Heartless said, surprised.

"I'LL GET OUT OF HERE AND BEAT YOU SO MUCH THAT YOU'LL HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO TELL ME WHAT YOU KNOW ABOUT MY MOMMY!" Ruby screamed. He looked at her with sad eyes but then looked back at Coco.

Coco smirked, "You want more pain?! There's more where that came from!" Coco fired another barrage along with Ren with his dual automatic pistols. He activated something on his Scythe before the bullet storm combusted into flames! He smirked,

"Memento Mori, my scythe, has Dust of each type. Observe." He swung the blade at them and a blade of electricity struck them, knocking them out.

"That's the name of your weapon?!" Ruby shouted.

"Your mother was the one who named it for me." Ruby's eyes widened,

"Why do you know her? How?!" Ruby demanded.

"You're not ready to know yet." Weiss rushed at the Heartless and actually managed to impale the Heartless through the left shoulder with Myrtenastar,

"I'm getting real tired of you pushing us around like we are toddlers! Take a look at how much damage we've done to you! Be thankful I didn't stab you in the eye or throat!" Weiss shouted. "Remember this: No one, not even some tortured soul like you is going to make my IMPY's life a literal hell!" She pulled her rapier out, and the Heartless actually screamed in pain before she stomped her foot on his ankle, breaking it! "HE MAY NOT WANT TO TALK TO ME ANYMORE BUT I'LL PROTECT HIM!" My eyes widen. Weiss. . . . she still cares about me. . I should apologize to her after this is over. Suddenly, he stood on his broken ankle! It's clear it hurts him but he's still going at it!

"You're right. You children are actually making me bleed a lot and breaking me. I may actually have to start taking you all seriously!" He grabbed Weiss by her throat and strangled her, she clawed desperately to get his hand off but his grip got tighter! Right as she began to lose consciousness,

"GET AWAY FROM WEISS!" Wait. . . that voice! I looked and saw. . . Blake! She dashed by him so fast with Gambol Shroud, it was like a blur. He let go of Weiss and screamed as she had made a large gash on his back with her weapon. Blake caught Weiss, who luckily was only unconscious. Thank Remnant Weiss didn't die. We heard groaning and looked..

The Heartless was still standing and he looks at Blake with a demonic smirk,

"So you are Blake turn!" He rushed at Blake and I tried to get between her and him. . but he vaulted over and tackled Blake, pinning her to the floor. He cupped her chin, "I can see why you are so attractive; perhaps before I break your body, perhaps I should break something else. . .something more personal and sacred." He said in a lustful tone.

I felt something inside me snap. "GET! AWAY! FROM! BLAKY!" I yelled, tackling him and pinned him to the floor. I ripped his weapon away from his hands and then I used his own weapon against him to slit his wrists! After that, I tossed it away and it got embedded into a statue. I then start punching away at his face hard enough to give him a black eye, bloody nose, and bleeding gums. I slammed Longinus's tip into the ground and yelled, and felt an incredible surge of power!

*3rd POV*

The adults & Pyrrha had finished dealing with Grimm and were about to go and assist the children when a bright silver light filled the landscape.

"What the?!" Darrel shouted, shielding his eyes.

"I don't believe it. . . he has Silver Eyes." Qrow said, taken by surprise.

"Big brother?" Ruby was shocked beyond belief.

". . Impy?" Blake looked his way, taking by surprise and wonder. She felt happy that he had come to her rescue. Imperious charged at the Heartless after grabbing Longinus, and suddenly, he was doing a flurry of stabs and slashes without mercy!

"YOU WON'T HARM MY FRIENDS ANYMORE!" He yelled, practically tearing his throat as he did! Then he twirled his gunlance over and over again and as he did, he launched the Heartless into the air then Imperious used his semblance to fly towards the target and he kept doing overhead slashes, jumps using the Heartless's body as a foothold, then sets up for a divebomb and as he did, Imperious did something unthinkable. He activated all the dust crystals at the same time, and when he impaled the Heartless to the ground a massive explosion enveloped the both of them! Surprisingly when the smoke cleared Imp was still standing but the heartless was still alive even after that barrage!

"We need to leave!" Darrel quickly undid his semblance, bringing everyone back to the real world!

*Beacon Amphitheater, Imp POV*

There was another white flash and we were suddenly back in the Beacon Amphitheater. I looked around and saw that everyone was ok.

"Imperious/Impy/Big brother/Master!" The next thing I knew I couldn't breathe! I was hugged by Ruby, Weiss, Blake, Koneko, Rossweisse, Irina, & Velvet. I blushed from the close contact, especially how Blake was hugging me. I swore I thought I heard her purring but that could just be Koneko.

"This is bad. That one was stronger than what I've encountered by far. Whoever trained him while he was the host was strong." Darrel said, shocked by the news. "And what's worse is how it'll take over except once it's time…. Imperious… you're gonna have to fight him solo." Darrel said to him. I gulped, nervous,

"NO!" The small squad of women that were currently hugging me hugged me tighter and I could feel several pairs of breasts pressing up against me.

"That kid has to fight that crazy thing alone?!" Coco yelled out, "He practically destroyed us and that was when we fought him as a group! Imagine fighting him alone!"

"I know it's crazy but I saw the kid's hidden potential." Qrow spoke up, "It might be what he needs to win this." What is he talking about?

"Indeed. For now, I suggest we all get some rest. Tomorrow is the weekend. I suggest you all use it to recover." Ozpin suggested.

"But first I'd like to address something." Glynda pushed her glasses up, "Imperious. What you did back there could have gone very wrongly. Activating every single dust crystal at the same time could have disastrous consequences. It'd be wise to keep that in mind."

Weiss gripped my hand, "Imperious, allow me to help you out with that. I'm the most qualified when it comes to using Dust." She said to me with a sweet smile. "Also that was a gutsy move but I commend you for it." She gave me a light peck on the cheek. Blake ripped her off of me,

"Wait why would that be bad?" I asked, not remembering what happened.

"The results could be. . . catastrophic." Weiss said. "Recall the dust explosion that occurred when Ruby sneezed?" She pointed out.

"I know I saw the aftermath of a crater." Ruby laughed nervously,

"That was my fault." Both Weiss & Ruby explained what happened.

"Huh. All I remember was the Heartless threatening to violate Blake then I blacked out." I explained all I could remember.

"You must have repressed that memory unintentionally or something." Darrel suggested.

"Either that or when his potential began to awaken he lost consciousness and something else took over." Qrow suggested then he took a swig of what I'm going to assume is alcohol. I yawned,

"Whatever it was, I'm beat." I began to head back to my dorm room. My team followed me. The rest of us all left the amphitheater.

We entered our dorm room and I collapsed onto my bed and fell asleep, exhausted.

*Koneko POV, IRKS Dorm*

I waited to make sure everyone else was asleep. Once I confirmed that they were, I made my way to Imperious bed. I know I don't show much emotion but I can only imagine what he's going through. Learning his father is dead and his mother has gone missing?

I feel like he needs some comfort right now. I quietly and silently make my way to his bed to cuddle him. He isn't a pervert but he does have a huge crush on Blake but nothing too brazen. I enter his bed and get comfortable, pressed up against his back. I smiled softly before I fell asleep.

*Rossweisse POV, IRKS Dorm*

Saturday morning, I awoke to the sun shining in my face and rubbed my eyes. I yawned, stretching. I looked around and saw Koneko. . . was. . . cuddling. . . master!

I screamed loudly in a high-pitched manner that would have awoken the dead!

"ROSSWEISSE WHAT THE HELL YOU COULD HAVE SHATTERED MY EARDRUMS!" I heard my partner, Irina, clearly upset yelling right from behind me! I stammered and pointed a finger at master and Koneko in the same bed who were waking up.

"Pretty sure my ears are bleeding from that scream!" Imperious yelled his hands over his ears,

"Why are you cuddling master, Koneko?!" I yelled at her.

"Koneko's in my bed? That's silly she's right th… KONEKO?!" Imperious shouted, shocked by this. Koneko rubbed a finger in her cat ears to try and get them working again,

"Once we are all done yelling, perhaps you can allow me to explain; if not you all are getting sent into the moon." She said in a monotone voice.

"W-Why are you in my bed?!" Imperious asked.

"You seemed sad about what you learned yesterday so I wanted to comfort you." Koneko explained.

"But crawling into my master's bed?!" I yelled with slight jealousy in my voice, "What were you thinking?!"

"How else was I supposed to comfort him?" She asked, her voice going up.

"I dunno maybe with something called a conversation!"

There was a knock at the door,

"Who is it?" Imperious asked.

"Impy, what was that scream?" It was Blake!

"W-we're ok, Blake. You can come in." Imp said. Blake came in and saw the situation. She immediately stormed in and threw Koneko off my master's bed,

"WHAT WERE YOU DOING!?" She yelled at Koneko. Koneko rolled her eyes,

"I was cuddling Imperious to get him to sleep easy because of what happened yesterday." She explained for the second time.

"What happened?" Blake asked, and I'm pretty sure I saw a twitchy eye, "What are you talking about?" She sounds like a ticking time bomb.

"You know the news about his parents and the trip to the spirit world." Koneko added. I blink a few times,

"That's why you were cuddling with MY master?!" I stated, surprised by the reason why but it made some sense.

"Well what else was I supposed to do? We don't need the Heartless to take over him for good." Koneko pointed out.

"Hey what's going on over here?" Yang barged in. "As it turns out, Koneko decided to cuddle with our team leader after the news of his unfortunate heritage and the battle with the Heartless." Irina explained. Yang whistled,

"Sounds like you kuddled with a kitten then, huh?" Yang joked. I blankly stare at her. That was the worst joke I have ever heard in my entire life. We all groaned. "What? It was good."

"No. No it was not." Koneko pointed out.

"Speaking of that Heartless, I had a small idea." Imperious spoke up. He had our attention.

*Imp POV, IRKS Dorm*

It's a long shot but it might work.

"Well?" Irina spoke up, "Spill it. We're waiting."

"To get everyone's mind off of the whole situation, and since we have the weekend off, I was thinking we could all go and see my adopted family that live in Mistral." I suggested. Blake looked at me,

"Don't you have any idea how far Mistral is from here? And why do you need to go there?" She asked me. Yea I was aware of the distance but if I'm to gain an upper hand for the final fight I need to go there NOW. I clenched my fists and everyone noticed,

"I need to get stronger in order to win against the Heartless." I said, making myself clear

"I understand master, but how would we get there so fast?" Ross asked me. She was right; how would we?

"Hey Imperious, I decided to pop by and see how you were doing and. . .oh boy." We looked and saw Darrel enter the room and he noticed the slight tension in the room, "Did I come in at a bad time?" He asked.

"I would say so cause he's probably still hurting because of YOUR big mouth." Kuroka said from behind him. He flinched

"Ok BESIDES that! However, I did come to apologize and wonder if there was a way I could make up for my mistake." Darrel asked.

"Actually Imperious had an idea." Koneko spoke up and explained what I had in mind. Darrel thought about it for a moment before he smiled,

"I have an idea: my airship is large enough and fast enough to get us there. It took us only 3 hours to get from Atlas to Vale yesterday. Very efficient and she's not much of a gas guzzler." Darrel explained.

"How long to get to Mistral?" I asked. He thought about it,

"Mistral? That would take about. . . 2 hours." Darrel said. "Have anyone in mind to tag along kid?"

"Pretty much the ones that were with me, except for the majority of the adults." I explained.

"Odd but ok?" Darrel said, his tone suggesting that my idea was a little unorthodox.

"I'm afraid he'll have to turn down that request unless Glynda and I can tag along." We looked and saw Ozpin and Glynda approached us.

"Why would you want to come, Oz?" Darrel asked. "And why are you here?" He gave a stern look at Darrel.

"Well first off I was sure Imperious was slightly mentally unstable due to you not being able to keep a secret." This statement kinda struck home on Darrel, " And second, as his godfather I feel as if it's my responsibility to see the ones who saved him and thank them properly." He explained. "And since it is the weekend, I guess we can head over. Though someone will have to watch the Academy while we are away, especially since the Headmaster and his assistant will be out of the Kingdom." He added.

"Don't we have a security force?" Darrel said. We have a security force?

"Oh right." Goodwitch stated.

"So, we leaving or?" I asked.

"We are. Just gather everyone you want to invite and have them be at my ship by 3-4 pm." Darrel stated.

"I'll get the gang." Blake said as she began to walk out the door. I smile, happy Blake was willing to help me.

"Thanks, Blake." She smiled and kissed my cheek,

"Anything for someone as special as you." She said with a sweet tone.

*Darrel's airship, Pyrrha POV*

After Blake told us about what was going on and said that since we're friends with Imperious, we should go. However, Jaune was very adamant about not going, due to his heartbreak over Weiss (I'm so much better than her!), and his 'rivalry' with Imperious.

Since he was so stubborn, I had to drag him and his suitcase using my semblance all the while he pouted, the same way I made him come to the Heartless fight. I sighed internally,

'Oh Jaune, if only you could see that there's a far better option for you. One that is closer than you think. . .' I saw everyone at the port, earlier than I expected.

"Ok is this everyone that is going?" Darrel asked us.

"Seems like it." Ozpin said. "Let's get going. We may only have the weekend but we have limited time."

We all boarded the ship and Darrel took Imperious to the front of the ship. Wonder why. . .

*Imp POV*

Darrel took me to the front of the airship where the cockpit was. While it looked like a regular control deck for a pilot, there was a large GPS.

"Ok Imp, in order for us to get to where your family lives, I need you to input the exact location where your adopted parents live so we can have a quick flight there." Darrel explained.

"Aaaand how does that work? This looks complicated." I asked, sweatdropping.

"Simple: type in where you want to go, plan the best route there, and we will be on our way." Darrel instructed.

"Sounds easy enough." I typed for a moment then heard a loud beep.

"You have selected Mistral Park airspace for your destination. It will take 2.5 hours to make it there." An automated robotic female voice stated.

"And off we go!" Darrel got in the pilot seat, powered it up and we took off flying. "You may want to secure yourself before I activate the boosters." He instructed. We all sat down and buckled in.

The ship shook and vibrated as we flew at high speed and we were all stuck in our seats. I felt a hand on my lap, so I looked to my right to see Weiss. She smiled at me. "Weiss?"

"What are you doing!?" Blake, who was sitting to the left of me, yelled out to her. She put a hand on my right shoulder.

"Trying to apologize with Imperious." She explained.

"Apologize?" I asked.

"I made a mistake when I said I had a problem with Faunus and I want to try and fix it." Weiss explained.

"Alright let's hear it then." I said, genuinely curious as to how she'll fix that. Before Weiss can say anything, Darrel's face comes over the intercom,

"Attention passengers, we are now arriving at Mistral. Once landed, please make for the huge van with your luggage and we'll be on our way." Darrel announced. I saw Weiss grit her teeth.

"Darn it, just when I was finally gonna talk." She looked at me, "I'll think of an apology during this trip, I promise!" She vowed. I smile,

"Sure thing, Weiss."

*Mistral Park, Imp POV*

We all left the airship and boarded a large van, loading up our luggage in the back. Darrel wanted me to sit up front so I could guide him where to go. It took us a good 30 minutes to get to the house.

The house is a large log cabin and there's a separate building with a chimney with smoke that is the forge. "Ok just to warn you the husband is loud." I warned them as I walked up to the door.

"Scale of 1-10, how loud is he? 1 being average, 10 being screaming so hard he coughs up blood." Weiss asked.

"What's 7-9?" I asked.

"9: Throat is so sore that his Aura has to heal his throat and he has to drink medicinal tea. 8: his throat has sustained damage but not extremely. 7: He constantly speaks like an opera singer but takes a break." She added.

"Hmm…. 7.5-8." I stated. Blake & Koneko gulped,

"Got any earplugs for us?" Blake asked.

"No." They glared at me and I felt scared.

"If we end up deaf because of your adopted old man, you are going to pay." Koneko said, her voice in a slightly higher than normal tone that had undertones of anger.

"The same goes for me!" Kuroka shouted. Velvet noded, agreeing with them. Oh shit…. Please don't let today be the day I die. I gulped,

"Here goes nothing." I knock on the door.

"Yes, who is it?" Oh it's the wife. Phew.

"It's me, Amelia!" I yelled out. Blake whispered into my ear,

"You call your mother by her name and not you know, mom?" She asked me.

"She actually prefers it if I call her by her name." I explained.

"Ah." She said, understanding. The door opened to reveal Ameila, a woman in her 30's with shoulder-length brown hair, pink eyes, and wore a white apron over her long red & white plaid dress and closed-toe shoes.

"Imperious, how have you been?" She asked as she gave me a hug. I hugged her back,

"Been fine. . though I could be better. Long story short, learned that my past isn't exactly pleasant." I said.

"Aye, you finally learned something?" She asked, raising an eyebrow. She noticed the large gathering of people I had brought over. "Who are these people? I'm happy to make treats for them but who are they?" She asked.

"Mrs. ." Glynda asked.

"Peat." Amelia said.

"Mrs. Peat, I'm Glynda Goodwitch, Imperious' Godmother, along with his Godfather, Prof. Ozpin from Beacon Academy." Glynda began introductions. Ozpin extended a hand to shake with,

"A pleasure to meet you, Mrs. Peat." Ozpin introduced himself. Amelia took his hand,

"So you're his godparents? What took you so long to find him?" She asked.

"A long story. However, I believe the rest of my students, both current and graduated, should introduce themselves to you." Ozpin said.

"Oh of course but please come on in. It's going to rain soon." We entered and I think she saw how close I was standing to Blake. I'm pretty sure I saw her giving me a thumbs up and motions me to hold her hand. I blushed and I tried to but something bumped into me. I look to see it was Weiss. She held my hand and smirked at Blake. Blake glared at her before she held my other hand. "Please sit down, I'll make some tea."

We sat in the living room and I sat between Blake & Weiss who glared at each other, and I swore I saw lightning between their eyes. I had a gut feeling to keep my mouth shut.

"Deja vu." Darrel commented.

"Huh?" I looked at him,

"You'll get it one day." He said, while both Winter & Kuroka clung to his arms.

"DID I HEAR IMPERIOUS IS HERE?!" We heard a male shout. Oh boy, here we go.

"Yes, I'm back, you old fart!" I shout. "I see you're as loud as ever!"

Entering the living room was a fat man with a balding head and five'oclock shadow and green eyes. He wore a pale blue shirt under brown leather suspenders, wide dark brown pants, and large black boots.

"Ladies & Gentlemen, meet my loudmouth of an adoptive father, Angus Peat." I introduced him.

"COME HERE, YOU STRING BEAN!" He pulled me into a bearhug that nearly broke my back, which is normal for him.

"Nice to see you too, you old coot." I deadpanned.

"Now come on, Impy. Why don't you introduce me to your friends?" He said, gesturing to everyone. I did so and he and he noticed how I was looking at Blake. He wriggled his eyebrows,

"Well, well, well. I see you already have your eye on someone." He whispered into my ear, "She's a keeper." I blushed fiercely.

"Excuse me sir but you could please tone your voice down? Some of us have very sensitive hearing." Velvet asked politely, wiggling her rabbit ears for emphasis. The others that were

Faunus did the same, though Blake looked away for some reason. Wonder why. . .

"Oh sorry."

"Excuse my husband's loudness. If I may ask Mr. Ozpin has Imperious caused any trouble over at Beacon?" Amelia stepped up and asked, sounding slightly worried as if she thinks this visit means I did something stupid. Ozpin thinks,

"Does taking out a Lindbloom and only receiving a hole in his leg count as trouble?" He said bluntly. They both look at me,

"YOU DID WHAT?!" Angus shouted, hoisting me up, "BOY YOU ARE CRAZY! LITERALLY AND CRAZY STRONG!"

"I helped him since he's my partner." Koneko spoke up.

"You did?" Angus laughed, "You're so small! Is funny to me!" Oh no, now he's done it. . . I backed up.

Koneko twitched before she rushed up to him and did a hard punch to his gut, knocking him back!

"Whoa! Nevermind then! I actually felt that, even with my Semblance!" Angus said, impressed with the show of strength

"Wait. Mr. Ozpin did you say Imperious received a hole in his leg?!" Amelia's eyes widened as she asked.

"That I did ." She looked at me, eyes wide in shock & fear. She hugged me tightly,

"Don't ever scare me like that again, young man!" She said in a motherly tone.

"Sorry Amelia." I gulped.

"So why are you back home, son?" Angus asked me.

"Well, we need to use the forge. We need upgrades and such." I said.

"I can help. After all, I did make my own weapon!" Ruby said, brandishing the case of Crescent Rose.

"You built your weapon missy?" Angus asked. She nods,

"And proud of it." I don't like where this will probably go. He tried to reach for it but Ruby shoves CR into my hands! "No! Only my family, including my brother can touch her!" She said with a cute pout.

"Wow never thought I'd see the day when Ruby let someone else touch Crescent Rose." Yang acknowledged.

I smiled,

"Tell you what Ruby, I'll make upgrades to your everyone's weapon and in return you can look at Longinus." I told Ruby. Everyone smiled at me while Ruby. . . squealed like a banshee.

"GIMMEGIMMEGIMME!" She went chibi and tackled me, drooling for it. I gave it to her and she cradled it like a baby.

"Two words: Weapon enthusiast." Yang stated.

"Oh he's so beautiful!" Ruby cheered.

"Wait brother?" Amelia asked. Glynda pushed her glasses up,

"Both Ruby's parents and Imperious's birth parents attended Beacon at the same time. Her mother and his father were like brother and sister to each other. It would seem history is repeating itself." She explained.

"Let's hope it doesn't in some ways. . . ." Darrel said ominously. Angus's eyes widened,

"Your Darrel Octavia! The Killer Huntsman! You have us folk out in the country terrorized with how you deal with criminals!" He pointed out to Darrel.

"Relax, old man. I got better things to do than make a bank robber soil his pants. I'm teaching your adopted son how to fight in his mind. Details aren't necessary; you'd lose your mind trying to understand it. Trust me, I nearly did."Darrel explained before laughing. Winter pinched and pulled his ear,

"Darrel behave yourself. NOW." She said sternly.

"Yes ma'am! Sorry ma'am!" She released him and he rubbed his ear.

"I'll get started on making us supper & tea." Ameila said before she left for the kitchen.

Ruby sat at a table and inspected Longinus for the rest of the afternoon before she fell asleep, using the gunlance as a pillow. I laughed slightly,

"Only my sister could ever sleep with a weapon for a pillow." Yang laughs, I chuckle as I get ready and go to the forge in the back of the house. With loudmouth following me immediately.

"Leave me alone, old fart." I said. "I can do forging on my own."

"My forge, my house, my rules! You know that by now, boy!" He said, jabbing me with a fat finger.

*Coco POV*

Me and the others sat and enjoyed watching the two bicker at each other like an old married couple. It was almost entertaining. Almost.

Then his step-mom came in and she looked livid,

"I've had enough of you two arguing! This is supposed to be a family gathering! Either you two get along for once, or I'll close the forge down for good!" She shouted.

"YES MA'AM! SORRY MA'AM!" They apologized. Wow. That was impressive. I smiled internally. Imperious invited us all to the forge so he could modify our weapons however Velvet approached him,

"Can you not do mine? It's sort of in the blueprint phase and not quite ready for testing." She apologized. Ah yes, Velvet's weapon. Very complex but fitting for her Semblance.

"Sure thing, Velvet." He said nicely.

"Thanks." She thanked him.

*Imp POV*

By 7pm, I managed to finish all the upgrades I was thinking of. Well all but one. I need to get Longinus back from Rosebud.

I came back with multiple large crates carrying their weapons,

"Ok everyone, here they are!" I said presenting their weapons. I saw Ruby still sleeping, well time to get my weapon. Tickling her sides, I managed to get her to let go of my weapon.

"I'm awake, I'm awake!" She said, snorting awake. "What's going on?" She asked, yawning & stretching her arms.

"I finished with weapon modifications." I told her. She immediately jumped on top of me, almost knocking me down to the floor.

"I WANT TO SEE!" She yelled, repeating it.

"Calm down Rosebud, calm down they're in the crates over there." I told her. She looked at the crates as did the others. I go over and pull out the first one,

"First one up we have is Crescent Rose! The modification I made gives Ruby a secondary weapon. Observe." I converted into scythe mode, activated a trigger near the back half, and the blade at the end came off, revealing it to be the same color as the rest of it and it was a short dagger/pistol.

"GIMME MY BABY!" I handed it over to her. She inspected the short weapon. "I'll call you Quarter Petal!" She dubbed the new weapon.

"Quick question though Rosebud." She looked at me, "It's about what Yang said. Why did you trust me with Crescent Rose?" I asked her.

"Well you are like the big brother I never had." She said, smiling at me.

"Can we get on with it?" Weiss asked, impatient.

"Alright alright." I said. "Here's yours Weiss. Also it was slightly chipped, I fixed it." I said, handing Weiss Myrtenastar. She looked and saw that the barrel was enlarged, allowing her to store more Dust in it.

She blushed, "T-Thank you, Impy. I appreciate it: simple but elegant. I don't even notice the chip." She said, smiling.

"You can thank the old coot for teaching me everything he knows." Now for Blake's weapon. Oh boy. . . I handed Gambol Shroud to her, shaking slightly. She gently took it and inspected it carefully. I can feel my heart beating against my chest.

The blade for the katana was longer and the pistol form has a scope for longer distance shots. She looked at me and after sheathing her weapon, she hugged me. I blushed intently but I hug her back.

"Thank you for the upgrades, Impy. I love it." She said, complimenting me.

"Y-You're welcome B-Blake." I stuttered out. I heard some snickering I'm pretty sure is from Angus.

*Blake POV*

I got more modifications for my weapon than Weiss's did! I looked at Weiss, who was fuming. I smirked and nuzzled Imp, holding back a purr.

*Imp POV*

After Blake let go of me, I gave Yang Ember Celica back. "Here you go Yang."

Yang put them on and activated a switch that revealed a wrist blade and another flick of the switch made them vibrate and she then deactivated them.

"What I gave you is simple since the way you fight is up close and personal, vibrating wrist blades." She smirked,

"Nice job Imp. I like it!" Alright Jaune's is next.

"No."

"Excuse me? I made it, and you'll take it." I said, adamant.

"Come on, Jaune. Without it, your chances of being a Huntsman are low." Pyrrha said. He sighed,

"Fine." He grabbed his weapon.

The sword looked mostly the same but the shield now has a gun barrel.

"You lacked range so I put a gun barrel on it and it uses electric dust but you can always use other types if you want." I explained.

"Huh. Not bad. You are forgiven." He said. Still don't know what he means but ok.

"Hey Pyrrha catch." Her javelin/xiphos sword/rifle was the same but her shield has retractable blades on it.

"Now your shield is like a buzzsaw." I told her. "Just watch where you throw it."

"Got it. Thanks." She smiled,

"Alright Ren your turn." While StormFlower got no changes, he did get Dust Knives for throwing. "You took good care of your weapon I could tell. I figured the knives could be a surprise." He nods,

"Thanks, Imperious." Next is Nora's weapon. I handed her Magnild which was harder due to the upgrades. She helped me. It was much larger to the point where it rivaled Crescent Rose in height there was a spike at the back, and there's an electric generator in the back, giving the grenades an extra kick. She examined it and her eyes went wide,

"Can I break legs with this?!" She said with malicious glee.

"Any baddy you want." I told her.

"YES!" She cheered I hand Coco Gianduja

"Hope you enjoy armor piercing rounds. I also modified it to use dust if you want to." I explained to her.

"Not bad. You sure know your stuff kid." I smiled. I looked at my partner who of course was eating chocolate.

I gave her a pair of gauntlets. Unlike Yang's these were stark white with pink insides. She slipped them on like a pair of gloves and a set of five cat-shaped claws popped out.

"Not bad. These do need a name: Sugar Rook." She named them.

"You haven't named your weapon?" I asked.

"She never saw a reason to." Kuroka spoke up. "Mom always got on her for that for some weird reason." Strange. Something tells me I shouldn't ask.

"Anyways it's Irina's turn." I said, hoping to avoid an awkward talk. I gave her bow/dual katanas to her.

"I incorporated a special type of Dust called Light Dust. Supposedly, it does more damage against Grimm." I explained. She inspected her weapon.

"Not bad; I like the Light Dust. I'll call it Holy Piercer." She named her weapon.

"You didn't name it either?" I asked. She blushed,

"I forgot." She giggles, "My bad." Now for Ross. I hope she doesn't call me master in front of Angus and Amelia. They wouldn't let me live it down. I gave her longsword to her as well as her circular shield.

"I incorporated two kinds of Dust for your weapons: Ice Dust for the shield to create a wall of ice to absorb blows and Electric Dust for the sword." I explained.

She smiled, "Thank you, Sir Imperious. I shall call them Frig & Odin." She thanked me and named her weapons.

"Wow no one on my team named their weapons?" I said, shocked. They whistle innocently.

"Wait, Imperious." Amelia put a hand on my shoulder, "You mean to tell me you're the only male on your team?" I gulp,

"Y-Yes?"

"Please tell me you are being. .. safe in bed son, if you know what I mean." Angus jokes. They all laughed hard, with Yang collapsing to the floor. I was blushing hard.

"I assure you that all of us are still virgins, sir." Koneko said bluntly. She's saying that like it's nothing! I almost fainted from embarrassment before I ran to my room. Blake and Irina followed me.

"Why did you two follow me?" I asked, feeling slightly embarrassed about them entering my room.

"I wanted to make sure you were ok, Impy." Blake asked me before she & Irina looked around my room. It wasn't really special or anything. I don't have any posters up or anything for that matter. Just a decent-sized bed, desk, dresser, & closet.

"So this is your room?" Irina asked.

"Yea. This was a spare room they were gonna make it into a lounge or something." I said.

"Not much but then again, you don't exactly have much of anything." Blake stated.

"Well I didn't have much other than that ruined plushie." I stated. I yawned tired,

"I should probably get some sleep. I'm tired and I need to wake up early to upgrade Longinus." I said, tired.

"Aren't we leaving tomorrow morning?" Irina asked. Oh yeah I forgot. I stretched and tried to prevent me from falling asleep,

"I'll see if I can get one more upgrade done. If I fall asleep in the forge, I'd like it if someone could bring me back." I said, leaving for the forge and taking Longinus with me.

"Considering the way Angus acted about that forge I'm sure it's gonna be him." Irina said.

*3rd POV*

After everyone else had finished dinner, with Amelia delivering Imp his meal so he could eat in peace, everyone now had a problem: where were they all going to sleep?

"I'm sure we can find space for all of you. You're our guests after all." Amelia said

"Before that might I ask how you found Imperious?" Ozpin asked.

"Oh sure. Angus was out in the forest gathering firewood and he saw a trail of blood. Naturally like many people he followed that blood and found a boy who almost seemed dead. Actually if Angus never found him, I'm sure he'd have died." Amelia explained, all of them listening to the story.

"Wow." Rossweisse stated. "But wait, how did that get him to live with you? Wouldn't most people report or something?"

"That's just the thing: everyone we talked to had no idea who he was." Amelia said.

"But what about the police?" Jaune asked, "Don't they have files or records of people in Remnant?"

"There's a story in the news that happened not long after the incident: someone broke into the local police department, found his file, and burnt it. They couldn't get a good look at their face but the culprit was female with black hair based on surveillance footage." Angus said.

"Could there be a connection? Maybe this lady was trying to get rid of any evidence of him. . ." Ross speculated.

"Who knows." Amelia spoke up, "Anyways we decided to let him stay here and he helped around the house cause he didn't want to freeload."

"We should probably go get him. He's probably already asleep." Angus said, going to leave.

"Actually I just finished and apparently I was slightly more awake than I thought because I actually had enough parts to add 3 more modes to Longinus." They looked and saw Imperious holding Longinus.

"IWANNASEE IWANNASEE IWANNASEE!" Ruby zoomed up to him. He ruffled her hair.

"I'll show you the other 2 later Rosebud but there is one you might like." He flicked a switch and the staff increased in length before the blade began to curve around and form a curved shape. Ruby drooled a waterfall and went chibi mode,

"It has a scythe mode now?! It's beautiful!" She reached for it and Imperious gave it to her to let her examine

"Why would you give it a scythe mode and two more? What are you trying to prove?" Glynda asked him, in dismay. He gulped.

"I don't know it's like when I was crafting Longinus, everything was a blur and suddenly it was done." He said, unsure why.

Later everyone had figured out where to sleep: Ozpin & Glynda took a pull-out bed from the couch in the living room, and everyone else had brought sleeping bags which carpeted the majority of the house. However, at least two people decided to sleep. . . somewhere else.

*Rossweisse POV*

I peek inside to see my master sleeping peacefully. I smirked but just before I could enter and join him, Blake stopped me,

"Excuse me but I'm the one that shall cuddle Impy." Blake said, trying to shove me aside. I shoved her back

"It's my turn to sleep with my master!" I said. Blake smirked,

"I have an advantage over you: my Semblance." Just like that, Blake faded and the door closed. She left a shadow clone and had duped me! I tried to open the door but it was locked. I quietly growled before going back to my sleeping bag.

*Blake POV*

Sorry Ross but he's mine. I looked at Impy and smiled upon seeing how cute he was asleep. I quietly managed to get under the covers and sleep next to him, with me nuzzling him. He unconsciously shifted in bed and he was on top of me! I smiled upon realizing how similar this was to the night before Initiation and cuddled him, purring. I froze and hoped he didn't hear it but he made no move. I smiled,

"Goodnight, Impy~" I kissed his cheek and he smiled in his sleep. Soon enough I fell asleep cuddling him.

*Morning, Imp POV*

I slowly woke up, yawning until I realized something didn't feel right about my bed. Since when did my bed have two soft, round pillows. I looked down and I felt my face burn up instantly. WHEN DID BLAKE GET IN MY ROOM?! I also noticed that my head was on her breasts! She yawned, meaning she's waking up! Oh no, oh no what do I do?! She rubbed her eyes and saw me. I gulped,

"B-Blake I-I-I-I'm so so-sorry about t-t-t-this! I-" Blake cut me off with a finger to my lips. I froze upon feeling that. She then smiled sweetly,

"It's ok, Impy. I don't mind cuddling with you." She pets my head and kissed my cheek. II blushed,

"Just one thing…. How and when did you get into my room?"I asked, nervous.

"The door was open just a crack last night and I waltzed in after I had used the bathroom." She told me. I look into her eyes,

"Why waltz into my room?"

"I wanted to cuddle with you." She said with a sweet smile, hugging me. I swear she's too cute for her own good. I hugged her back, smiling happily.

"I guess I'll leave then." I froze hearing that old fart's voice. I turned my head slowly and scarily to the door and saw Angus staring at me with a cheeky grin, "I was going to say that breakfast was ready but it appears you are already having something else to eat then." He said like a dirty old man. I felt my face heating up from embarrassment. That is until a frying pan smacked Angus on the back of the head,

"How many times have I told you to knock before opening the door, Angus!?" Oh crap! Not Amelia too! She dragged Angus off.

*Weiss POV*

Time to go wake up my beloved Impy. I can't wait to see his peaceful sleeping fa...ce.

I can't believe what I'm seeing! He's cuddling with Blake AND he's on top of her! Why does Blake love doing this to me?!

"What is the meaning of this?!" I shouted. Blake smirked at me,

"Oh hello Weiss, Impy and I were just sleeping together all night. No. Biggie. Right?" Blake said, petting Imperious and hugging him. ALL NIGHT?! I growled before I stomped off,

"THIS ISN'T OVER, BLAKE! NOT BY A LONGSHOT!" I shouted."IMPERIOUS WILL BE MINE!"

*3rd POV*

After breakfast was over, everyone began to pack up to return to Beacon. Once loaded up on the ship, Impy said goodbye to his adopted parents, with Angus teasing him about Blake and Amelia said to send baby pictures when they're born. This made Imperious blush intensely before Blake dragged him away.

Once onboard and flying back, Blake & Weiss sit next Imperious and glare daggers at each other as they clung to his arms. Imperious played smart and kept his mouth shut.

*Irina POV*

As I see Weiss & Blake argue over my teammate, I can't help but feel something. . .strange in my heart. 'Could it be because I. . .want to be like them? Pining for Imperious?' I looked at him again and felt my heart beat. I blushed upon seeing him. What should I do. . .

*Beacon Airfield, Imp POV*

By late afternoon, we made it back to Beacon. The ship landed,

"Ladies & Gentlemen, we have returned to Beacon. You are now free to grab your gear and leave the cabin of the ship." Darrel's voice came out through an intercom. Everyone got up and grabbed their belongings but as I exited out the cabin, I felt a hand on my shoulder. I looked behind me to see it was Ozpin.

"What is it, Ozpin?" I asked my godfather. He gave me a smile,

"I believe to stand a chance against that Heartless you'll need special training. Glynda and I will be happy to train you." He said, eager to help me. All the adults froze up in terror, and it was scary how EVEN Darrel was scared!

"What's wrong with having training from Ozpin?" I asked, slightly afraid. Darrel sighed,

"There's a reason why: He wants to see if you are like your old man and able to fight Ozpin on equal ground. After all, he was your age when they were sparing." He explained.

"This will also help him get stronger for when he has to fight the Heartless alone." Glynda spoke up, pushing her glasses up.

"That makes sense." Yang said. Blake put a hand on my shoulder and smiled, "We're with you, Imp."

"So when do we start?" I asked Ozpin. He smirked,

"Tomorrow. So be prepared." With that, he & Glynda left.

"Well then we got all day to relax so what should we do?" Velvet asked.

"I'm beat from the trip so I'll be napping." Jaune said and left with his team. Soon only ones left were me, my team, RWBY, Velvet & Coco.

"Perhaps we could get you prepped for training?" Coco suggested.

"Lemme guess… you're gonna test out the upgrades on me?" I deadpanned. They smirked and I gulped,

"Don't be too aggressive with me." I begged. Yang snickered,

"Yea, no promises." Weiss said with an evil smirk on her face.

*Monday, Beacon Imp POV*

Let's just say yesterday's training didn't go well for me… After classes were done for the day, me and the others headed to the arena where Ozpin called me for training. My friends came along with me and we saw Ozpin in the middle of Glynda's classroom along with Darrel and his wives.

I gulped, afraid for my life.

"Ah Imperious. Are you ready to start your training?" Ozpin asked me, eager to start.

"As ready as I'll ever be." The others take their seats in the stands.

"Good." Ozpin lunged.

54Godamora: *walks out before collapsing. His brain is fried from writing this chapter**

Hareta Kuso: *Completely fine*

54Godamora: Finally the nightmare that was completing this chapter is over!

Hareta Kuso: I enjoyed it.

54Godamora: I swear to Oum, never make another chapter this long!

Hareta Kuso: No promises.

54Godamora: A lot happened in this chapter and I'll only say that this was the second to last appearance of the thing. We don't own RWBY or DXD.

Hareta Kuso: I still make no promises about the length of chapters.

Both: PEACE!