The true evil
chapter 34
Hello Guys! it's been so long after my last update I know, I needed to gather some ideas for the story and also I wanted to way for RWBY volume 6 which will come out this 27th October. I appreciate the support you gave me even during my absence and I'm sorry again.
Mistral
Hideaki had his sword pointed at Kuro Kaito, who didn' t seem surprised by his actions.
"It's been so long, Hideaki right...?" Kuro Kaito said as he then looked at Seryu "Well, this is a sweet reunion don't you think?"
"Shut up! You'll pay for what you did" Seryu replied cursing under her breath for not bringing Koro with her
"For what I did? I was just a thief unlike you who served those demons you called emperor and minister" The hooded man replied with anger in his voice. Hideaki gritted his teeth at the comment, he couldn't reply to that, after all, he was right, both of him and Seryu were Imperial soldiers who did lots of horrible things "seems like you understood how hypocrite you sounded when you pointed your fingers at me"
"Why are you here?" Seryu asked trying to keep calm
Kuro Kaito shrugged "I don't know, one moment I was patching myself up after the last battle against the emperor, and the other I found myself in this city. I can't even imagine how hard it was to get used to this kind of situation, fortunately stealing is stealing and so I managed to survive"
"No, What I meant is Why you are here in this moment" Seryu replied with a cold tone
"Oh well, I was looking for the New Empire and seems like I have found it" Kaito replied smirking under his hood "No, I'm not going to steal from you if that's what you were about to ask. I want to join you, soon war will reach this place and The Council is trying to cover it putting many lives in danger, The New Empire knows what must be done, the old system needs to be replaced and it already has the support of the people of the remnant."
"What do you care? you're just a thief" Hideaki growled
"I didn't steal from those who needed money, only from those pigs who lived to the detriment of poor people" He replied
Suddenly Regalia, Pyrrha, Jaune appeared from an alley, the three looked at them with a confused look at first but then their gaze became sharp as a razor and stared at the hooded ready to deploy their weapons. Regalia activated her Eagle Vision but saw that the hooded man wasn't hostile. he was marked with a blue color with means he's an ally. "What's going on here?" Pyrrha asked with a severe tone
Kuro Kaito threw a glance at her and bit his lip recognizing the red haired girl, he sighed and slowly raised his hands "Seems like your reinforcements arrived. Well, there's no point in fighting anymore." he said
Hideaki was about to knock him out for good when suddenly Seryu stopped him with a mixture of irritation and resignation "Wait Hide...we can't harm someone who surrendered" she said shocking Hide to no end "we must bring him to the boss..." she said almost whispering
In the meantime, Oscar was watching the scene with a scared and also amazed expression "Those are..." he whispered
"yes, those are the members of the New Empire and also my students" Ozpin replied in his head "I must say, they grew up wonderfully" he added
"What we do now?" Oscar asked
"Just wait, I have the sensation that they're done with the hostilities" The headmaster replied calmly as Seryu calmly approached Kaito
"I don't like you" She hissed "But an ally is an ally, and you undoubtedly have some assets that would come handy to us"
"Of course I do, I'm the greatest thief of the empire" Kaito replied making Seryu's blood boil "Oh right, there's someone else who was looking for you" he added and as he gestured Oscar. Everybody focused their attention to the boy who stood behind a parked car, he slowly waved his hand "Hello...?"
NEF and MSF headquarters
Oscar was sitting on a red couch, he was all tensed up and was sweating bullets, in front of him there were Esdeath, Tatsumi, Najenda, Saturn amd Qrow.
"So, let me get this straight. you're saying that you have the Headmaster of Beacon Academy inside your head and he asked you to look for us" Tatsumi said as Oscar nodded "I've seen lots of weird things but I kinda find this hard to believe" The dragon Faunus added
"I believe him, back when I got my teigu I heard countless voices inside my head trying to make me go crazy" Esdeath said
"That isn't the same thing, you drank something while he says that Ozpin just...started talking..." Najenda replied as Saturn nodded in agreement.
'Oscar, let me talk to them' Ozpin asked as Oscar sighed and let Ozpin took over, his body glowed with a green light and his eyes turned gold, many of the presents were surprised except Qrow, who smirked.
"It so very good to see you again" Ozpin said with an ethereal voice
"Wow, I wasn't expecting that" Tatsumi said a little fazed "Is that really you professor Ozpin?"
"Correct. and though I may the one speaking, Oscar is still present, mentally. He's merely handed over the control, so to speak" Ozpin replied "I'm afraid this all must be very perplexing"
"not really, sure at first yes but after traveling between worlds and all the other things we've been through I think that I should have expected that" Tatsumi replied with a chuckle while Saturn threw him a confused look
Ozpin chuckled "It's good to see that you still have your sense of humor...I know you've been really busy recently"
"You can say so Professor" Esdeath replied smirking
"I'm sorry" Ozpin said with a pained expression
"For what?" Tatsumi asked raising an eyebrow
"It's all my fault...I told you once that I made more mistakes than any man, woman, and child on this planet, and I wasn't exaggerating." he began to say as Qrow sighed "I'm...cursed. For thousands of years, I've walked the surface of Remnant, living, dying, reincarnating in the body of a like-minded soul. The professor Ozpin you met was not my first form and clearly wasn't my last. It's...an extraordinarily strenuous process on everyone involved."
Now Tatsumi was dead serious "What are you?"
"I'm the combination of countless men who've spent their lives trying to protect the people of Remnant." Ozpin replied "With every rebirth, my soul is eventually merged with another and I am changed, but my memories stay with me. this curse was bestowed upon me by the gods because I failed to stop Salem in the past...but now an help arrived, a true gift if I must say. Heroes..." He looked at Tatsumi "And Devils from another world" he then looked at Esdeath "Came here under one banner to save this world, now we can stop Salem and I'm sure you already have something in mind"
Najenda smirked "You can bet on that, we're preparing the biggest and strongest army that this world ever saw, and we also have informations"
"Oz...Lionheart betrayed us" Qrow said shaking his head
Ozpin seemed surprised "How do you know ?"
"Cinder told me while I was...interrogating her" Esdeath replied
"I see...This is truly a bad news..." the headmaster replied
"it's not only that..." Tatsumi said sighing as he explained the situation with the white fang "...that's all"
Ozpin was thinking deeply "Can you beat them?"
"Of course we can" Esdeath replied immediately "And will"
"Good, now I have to ask you a favor" Ozpin began to say "Oscar has no experience with fighting and I would be best for him to start training"
Tatsumi nodded "Yeah, I think so too" He looked at Najenda "Can you do it?"
Najenda nodded "Yes, he will be my apprentice " she replied as she lit a cigar
Oscar gulped mentally "Well, I'm dead"