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Blood Red Shadows II: The Crimson Shade

by The Destoyer

Chapter 4: Chapter 4: New Arrivals!

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*Atlas, Remnant; August 7, 2018; 10:23 AM*

Kat had recently arrived on Atlas via the Public Dimensional Gateway roughly two hours ago, and having arrived to the fairgrounds another 45 minutes ago, she was almost to the agreed meeting place for Twilight, Ruby, Vanoss, and others to discuss who might be Cinder's mole.

She had traded her business attire to a more relaxed combat suit she kept from her days in the Coalition, and with her old sniper in the case tied to her back, she almost looked like a competitor herself.

Kat finally decided to get something to eat when she heard two people talking just near her.

"Okay, the landing was a bit rough, I'll admit, but hey, we're still alive." A man, about 17 or 18 said.

"Yes, but we don't have any money, spare clothes, or our disguises!" A young woman rebuked her partner's comment.

Kat seemed to know something suspicious was going on, she snuck into a nearby crowd and followed it to the source of the two voices.

"Calm down, okay! We'll find someone who can help us, I'm sure!" The man defended.

Upon closer inspection, the man seemed to be wearing a really dusty tunic, a tattered red cape, and gleaming, ominous-looking yellow eyes, and he had a scar that swept from his left eye to his right cheek. His hair, brown and just barely blonde, spiked almost upwards before falling back down.

The girl wasn't human, but an alicorn. Complete with a pure white coat with a purple and blue mane. The tiara she wore looked like it had seen better days, dusty and covered with signs of damage.

Come to think of it, the alicorn looked... familiar...

Kat blinked, the epiphany setting in.

The alicorn looked exactly like an older Flurry Heart, the naturally born Alicorn who had been born 7 months ago!

"Who's going to help us?! We can't exactly go to Ruby Rose or Aunt Twilight! Pony feathers, not even Agent Kat knows who we are!" Flurry whisper-yelled.

Agent Kat?!

"What the hell is going on here?" She asked, coming around the corner she was hiding.

"See! I told you somebody was going to- holy shit! Agent Kat?!" The man looked shocked at seeing her.

"You dumb-flank! She doesn't know who we are yet!" Adult Flurry used her magic to smack the man with a CIA dossier she pulled out of his tunic.

"Actually, I know who you are, Princess Flurry." Kat glared.

"How do you- oh... You went went to my Crystalling, didn't you?" Flurry asked.

"Yeah, you almost killed me with your sneeze." Kat huffed.

"He he... Sorry about that... You're probably wondering what's going on here, right?" The man asked.

"Well, I'm a little curious." Kat replied.

"Well, it's a long story.. But if it's not too much to ask, could we follow you to speak with the rest of Unity?" Flurry inquired.

"How do you know where I was going? Are you the mole?" Kat accused, reaching towards the case behind her back.

"Hey, hey! No need for that! We're here to stop Cinder!" The man whispered.

Kat looked at them both.

"Fine. But first, you're telling me who you are!" Kat pointed at the man.

"Okay, okay..! My name is Cade.. And, well, this isn't easy to say, but.." Cade stammered.

"Might as well spill it, you're the one who gave us away!" Flurry stared daggers at Cade.

"Well... We came here from 22 years in the future.." Cade sighed.

*Meanwhile, at Amity Colosseum*

"And Team JNPR are the victors!" The Announcer yelled.

Team RWBY cheered for their friends, but they had to be brief, their meeting was coming up in 10 minutes.

"Ladies and Gentleman, it's that time of the day again, the 'Daily Duel!' One lucky competitor gets to volunteer him or herself to challenge a rival and duel! No penalties, no boundaries, and no time limit! Huntsmen and Huntresses! Raise your hands!" the announcer yelled.

Yang's hand shot up in the air.

"Yang, what are you doing! The meeting is in 9 minutes!!" Ruby whispered.

"Come on, Ruby. It's me we're talking about! This fight will be over in about 2 minutes, 4 tops." Yang shrugged.

"And we have our volunteer! Tyrian Alastor, select your opponent!" the announcer hollered. Yang looked down in disappointment, she wanted to be selected so badly.

Yang looked across the arena at the spiky-haired huntsman himself, pointing right at her with a look of familiarity.

"And Tyrian has chosen his rival! YANG XIAO LONG!!"

Yang blinked in surprise, but shrugged it off and went out to the arena with a leap. Tyrian had already arrived himself, pulling out two lever-action rifles from his back.

"Yo, T! Why'd you pick me?" Yang asked with a confident grin.

"Because, it looked like you were bored out of your mind with someone as weak as Nogla on your back!" Tyrian replied.

"You bitch!" Nogla yelled as Vanoss and his friends laughed like crazy.

The starting bell rang loudly as both huntsman and huntress launched themselves at each other.

Tyrian flipped above Yang's punch, spinning the rifle by it's lever and using it's momentum to hit Yang in the side.

Yang punched thin air again as Tyrian leaped above her fist. Tyrian put both guns in an X-shape, grabbing Yang's arm and throwing her up about 10 feet. Tyrian shot round after round at Yang, who either shot at his bullets or narrowly avoided them. The rounds exploded on impact, leaving the arena covered with smoke.

Tyrian charged at Yang again, using the lever-guns like tonfas and hitting Yang hard.

Yang smiled, running right at Tyrian and punching him as hard as she could.

Tyrian blocked the attack with his arms, bright purple force-fields surrounded each arm, leaving his limbs unaffected.

"Wait a minute... The magic signatures don't look like any Semblance I've seen..." Rarity murmured.

"You're right..! It seems... Equestrian in origin.. And it's really powerful..." Twilight turned to her friend.

"Force-fields? That's your Semblance?" Yang asked.

"Yours is getting extra power from each hit. Way I see it, why get hit at all?" Tyrian smirked.

Yang punched again, Tyrian's force-field blocking her attack again. Yang hit Tyrian's arms repeatedly, and it seemed like the force-fields protecting them would shatter.

Tyrian suddenly ducked, shooting Yang directly in the chest. Yang skidded backwards, smoke trailing from her stomach as the shots left two scorch marks behind.

"It looks like we have an even match here, folks! Tyrian and Yang are proving to be neck-and-neck! Thank Dust this doesn't affect the Tournament, or one of these brilliant fighters would be walking home!" the announcer yelled.

"Y' hear that? Looks like we're even if we're not trying! Let's go all-out!" Yang grinned.

"Agreed." Tyrian shot his rifles, using the raw power of both shots for propulsion and leaped 20 feet in the air, kicking Yang in the chest. He flipped onto the ground and continued attacking her. Each hit seemed like it would shatter the arena. Yang attack just as quickly and fiercely as Tyrian did.

"Damn, look at this! I didn't know he had it in him..!" Lime appeared somewhat calculating.

"It feels weird seeing him do this much damage, to Yang Xiao Long, no less! I thought he was the weakest on the team!" Robin blinked.

Tyrian loaded another round and formed a force-field at the end of the barrel, the field surrounded the bullet, speeding it up significantly and producing an explosion once it connected with Yang.

Yang flipped backwards, almost ringing-out.

"There you go. Full power! Now, hit me as hard as you can!" Tyrian smirked.

Yang stood up, rearing up for a powerful hit. Her fist and gauntlet glowed a bright yellow color as though it were in flames, and it produced a slight flicker of red.

"Woah..! Yang looks like she's going to kill him with that punch!" Blake stared.

"What's up with Tyrian..? Is he insane?!" Ruby blinked in fright.

Yang launched towards Tyrian, screaming as she sped up to him.

Tyrian dodged, narrowly avoiding the punch, and sliced off some of her hair with the sharp, protruded edge of the barrel.

Yang slid back, noticing a lock of her hair in Tyrian's hand.

"I don't think you understood! You. Me. Hard as you can. Not half as hard, not some arbitrary amount. I want you.."

Yang's eyes flickered red for a little bit.

"He really is trying to kill himself!" Ruby moaned.

"...To hit me..." Tyrian continued.

Yang seethed, her eyes turning completely red as yellow and red flame circled around her.

"...As hard as you can. You buying what I'm selling?" Tyrian smirked, tossing the lock of Yang's hair aside.

"Oh, yes." Yang glared, hair now standing on-end.

Yang practically threw herself at Tyrian, who stood crossing his arms in confidence as she came ever-closer towards the huntsman.

Yang screamed loudly about halfway to her opponent, speeding her pace as she got closer and closer to him.

Tyrian dodged the hit again at the last possible second, only for Yang to turn around and hit him in the back. The force-field that apparently closely surrounded his body completely shattered, and his aura had dropped down to 10%.

Tyrian skidded mostly on his face to the end of the arena, a single hair protruding out of the ring as he picked himself up.

"Wow... I gotta hand it to you, that was one hell of a punch! If I didn't have that force-field, I'd have probably blown through the shield into the audience!." Tyrian stretched his back, a loud crack resonating through the arena.

"Tyrian tanked Yang's attack like a pro, but he's at a daunting 10% compared to Yang's 86%!"

"Damn! That kid is a beast!" Vanoss stared.

"He's a Super Saiyan!" Delirious screamed.

"HOW?!" Ruby looked wide-eyed at the arena.

Tyrian looked towards the screen with their names and Aura levels on them.

"Not like I'll recover from this..Besides, I forfeit anyway. I'll admit, it wasn't a long fight, but it was good to measure out our power gap." Tyrian surrendered.

"W-Wha..?" Yang blinked, disappointed.

"Don't be like that. We'll probably end up as finalists, anyways. Here's your hair back." Tyrian tossed the lock back to Yang, who looked at it confused.

"Sweet dust.. Tyrian is an absolute monster.." Robin stared wide-eyed.

"If he took that hit, he could probably take out a Nevermore with his bare hands!" Lime grabbed his hair.

"Probably not, Limer. But hey, that's just my opinion." Tyrian smirked as he sat down with the two remaining members of his team.

Yang returned to her team, smiling brightly.

"Well, I technically won! How much time do we have?" Yang asked.

"We have a couple minutes! Let's go!" Ruby grabbed her team and ran.

Twilight nodded, and the Elements walked towards the exit, with Vanoss and his crew not far behind.

Author's Notes:

I'm probably going to get so much crap for adding a Flurry Heart into this story.

Just a bit of a heads up; most of the events of Season 6 happened between BRS and Crimson Shade. I say most of the events because since it's a whole other timeline, I could use what I liked and retcon what I didn't. We're all looking at you, Zephyr Breeze.

Next Chapter: Chapter 5: Group Huddle! Estimated time remaining: 12 Hours, 57 Minutes
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