BBPersona RWBY: Volume One

Chapter 9: Players and Pieces: Part 2-The Rise of the Fog

4/12 Emerald Forest Daytime

*Reach Out To The Truth -First Battle-

The Investigation Team immediately set their formation at once. Yu and the guys and Chie up front while Yukiko and Shirogane provide cover with Rise further back. "Those Shadows... they're Minotaur Shadows!" Rise stated. The shadows roar as it rampaged into the front. Kanji stepped forward and summoned his Persona. "Take him down Take-Mikazuchi!" He shouted as his Persona and the Shadow grappled together. Chie's Persona held its position with the other Shadow while Yu and Teddie worked together with another shadow. Just then, a huge number of Raven shadows appeared. Yukiko tossed several Maragis' and Konohana Sakuya flying around and shooting fire at the Raven shadows. Shirogane covered them with shooting the Ravens and summoning her Persona, Sukuna-Hikona, zipping everywhere and slicing through the shadow with its blade. "Nnn... We have to do something!" Ruby stated, her and Ragna both feeling helpless, "Easier said than done, we can't even use our semblance." Blake replied, her and Hibiki catching Ragna and Ruby before they took a step. "Besides, they know what they're doing." Hibiki pointed out, "But still..." Ragna clenched his fist. But then two Raven broke through the Persona Users and dived towards Ragna and Ruby. Yu turned around spotted the two Shadow making their attack on Ragna and Ruby. "! Ragna and Ruby!" The scythe and sword wielders notices the diving shadows and reaped them in half, followed by dissipation. Much to there surprise, Yu gave a confident smile. "Be as it may, they're just like Grimm. He state as Izanagi parried the Minotaur's hand and Kintoki-Douji produced and ice pillar from below punching the Minotaur shadow into the air followed through with a stab to the chest, defeating the shadow. More Raven Shadows appeared but they appeared right before Ragna and Ruby's group. Everyone went into their fighting stance and proceeded to push the Shadows back. Despite that, the Raven shadows continued only to attack Ragna and Ruby for an apparent reason. Moments after Golden Shurikens sliced several shadows and flew back to Jiraya, followed by round-house kicked another shadow. Tomoe grabbed its weapon and sliced through many Raven Shadows and sliced off the Minotaurs arms and Chie appeared before the Shadow and Dragon Shot it into the air and slammed it into the ground followed by God's Hand dealing a huge impact load of pain upon its death. As the Personas finished off the raven shadows, Kanji finally managed to pulverize the last Minotaur Shadow by himself, as he insisted. "... Yeah...! How do you like that... Huh?" Kanji questioned as he was breathing quite hard, finishing up the skirmish.

Once the Investigation Team got a breather, they checked on Ragna and Ruby's group. "Is everyone alright?" Yu asked them. They all nodded as they say that they're okay. Weiss came up to Yu with an annoyed expression. "Now are you going to tell us? What is the meaning of this!?" She asked, "Geez. There's no need for you to shout about." Jin reply annoyed, "Uhh... You mean those Shadows?" Yu guessed, "Not just those 'Shadows,' all of this!" Weiss stated angrily. "What the hell is this fog doing here? It's supposed to be clear and sunny! And the Grimm, too, why were they attacking Ragna and Ruby only and WHY isn't our Semblance working!? You guys know something and I want Answers!" She demanded, "Hey now Weiss, take it easy!", "Weiss! Calm down!" Ragna and Ruby tried to soothe her, looking into her eyes as they sighed. "Are there more Shadows like those?" Ruby asked calmly, the Persona Users expressions were well dejected as this phenomenon doesn't come naturally. "Suffice to say, it will only be a long explanation and we don't have a lot of time." Shirogane told them. "To be brief, this fog, and the appearance of Shadows is unnatural. What's worse, the Shadow's influence within this fog allows them to control Grimm's natural behaviors and can use them against us." She explained, "What the- Wait how is that even possible? Shadows controlling the Grimm?" Blake asked, "It's just as Nao-chan said. Shadows appearing in this world. This shouldn't even be happening." Teddie followed. "The only thing we know that both Shadows and Grimm have is the Negativity that everyone has." He added. As much to Ruby's Group and to their confusing, Rise picked up something on her scans. "Um... We can have this talk later, that Nevermore and Death Stalker are nearby!" She warned them, "Uh! Then we have to move, right?" Ragna and Ruby answered. Everyone agreed and continued to proceed the the Investigation Team leading. As they continued, Yang wanted to ask the Investigation Team something. "Hey, quick question. Those Grimm and Shadows back there had their sights on Ragna and Ruby, but not us. Any idea was that about?" She asked, "Yeah, we all like to know. They weren't attacking us but Ragna and Ruby." Weiss added, "It's probably because Young Sensei and Sensei#2 are both Bear-sona User." Teddie answered, "A... What now?" Jaune reply confuse, "A Persona User. Teddie said that Shadow don't normally attack normal people and I think those with Semblance, too." Yosuke explained. "Although... What's happening now, doesn't exactly apply to our case, last time." He told them, "So then, Raggy and Ruby can use a Persona? But we didn't see them use their Persona yet." Hazama had mention to them, "Ohh, sounds like summoning these Personas looks cool!" Nora stated with her eyes gleaming, despite the Investigation Team's low spirits to what Nora said. Ragna and Ruby thought about it, they can use a Persona like them, which made Ruby do something random. "PERSONA!" She had shouted out, and much to everyone's surprise, "Whoa, Ruby-chan!" Yosuke stuttered, but the silence occurred, which came off weird, "Come on now G, don't scare us like that! What were you trying to do?" Nu asked, "Um... Summoning my Persona... Err... How does that work?", "Yeah, how do you guys do it?" Ragna and Ruby wondered, the Investigation Team sweat dropped. "The hell? You two have a Persona and you guys dunno how to use it?" Kanji asked. Ragna and Ruby stuttered as they complaint about it as the others wondered about it. "Ragna-Senpai and Ruby-Chan... What is y'all Persona's Name?" Shirogane prompt the question, We... Hold on, they have a name?" Ruby replied innocently while the Persona Users truly worried for her sake, "Well, yeah. When we got our Personas the name sorta popped into our heads." Yosuke mentioned. "Didn't you guys get y'all's, last night?" He asked them. Ragna and Ruby recalls the event from last night, regarding their acquired Persona. Both of the Lady and the gentleman Jesters that appeared before Ragna and Ruby protected them and their friends, but never gotten the name of their Persona. Which made Ragna and Ruby give a poker face. "So... The name instantly comes to your mind?" Ragna stuttered, "I guess you guys an exception?" Chie suggested to Ragna and Ruby. Could it be that both Ragna's and Ruby's case is different than Yu and his friends? The group arrived at the ruins that Rise mentioned, but the Nevermore appeared from the sky, intercepting the hunters-in-training in their path. The Hunters hid behind debris and others ruins nearby. "Well, that's great!" Kurogane remarked sarcastically as the Nevermore cawed loudly. Next thing to note, Jaune, and the others soon after, notices the Death Stalker rampaging through the trees as it approaches. "Aw man! Run!" He shouted. Once the Hunters ran out of their cover the Nevermore made its assault on them. "Noel and Nora, let's distract it!" Tsubaki said to the two, "Right!", "You got it!" Noel and Nora followed as the three pull through, dodging the Nevermore's pinions that were shot at her. Nora returned fire with her weapon, that of a Grenade Launcher. Firing a grenade-like canister with a heart shape on it, Tsubaki doing the same with her shield as it shot out feather like bullets, and Noel doing the same with her two guns, all three in an attempted to send it out of the sky. Soon as the Nevermore retreats away, the Death Stalker came up from behind as Hibiki, Ren and Blake intercepted. Followed by Shirogane firing her weapon, in shotgun form. Blasting its dust particles in its face, as Jin, Ragna, and Weiss grabbed the three staggered Noel, Nora, and Tsubaki, and continued running. The Death Stalker continued to move on and marched forth towards its prey that started to cross the stone bridge. "Go! Keep moving!" Pyrrha told them as she kneeled back and draw her weapon into a rifle form trying to stall the Death Stalker while as the last people made it to the bridge. Kanji stood back and tried to push the Death Stalker with his Shield-like weapon. The charging Grimm connected with Kanji, blocking the Grimm's path by its face. However, the Death Stalker reeled back and shove Kanji back towards the others on the bridge. While everyone were crossing the stone bridge, the Nevermore return to dive upon them, "Oh shit!" Hazama shouted as the Grimm shattered the bridge in half, splitting the entire group in half. As they recovered, Jaune got back up and turned to his trapped friends on the other side who were fending against the Death Stalker, struggling between the Grimm and the ravine below. "Nao-Chan! Rise-Chan! Ladies!" Teddie called out, deliberately cutting out the guys on the other side, "Man, we gotta get over there! They need help!" Jaune stated, "Let's do this!" Hazama, Makoto, and Nora replied, as the three readied themselves, "Yeah, but... how are we gonna aid them, they're beary far." Teddie mentioned, "I... Don't think we can make that jump!" Jaune stuttered as he looked below, from the broken bridge. That is until Hazama, Makoto, and Nora smirked, as they thought of an idea. Nora pushed Jaune and Teddie back and changed her Grenade Launcher into its Hammer form as both Hazama and Makoto prepared themselves. Upon realizing what Nora intended to do, Jaune and Teddie stuttered even more. "No wait!" They shouted, Nora slammed her weapon on the cracking bridge and use it as a catapult, sending Hazama, Jaune, Makoto, and Teddie into the air, with both of Jaune and Teddie screaming like little girls. Soon as she launched them to the spot, Nora propelled herself on the weapon and sent herself flying following the other four to the others against the Death Stalker, followed by Hazama, Nora, and Makoto pounding the Grimm on its head. The Death Stalker countered back by an attempt to stab them with its stinger. As Nora notices the attack she blasted the Grimm and propelled backwards as the Death Stalker struck its stinger into the bridge, forcing the Huntress back, followed by pushing Blake, Hibiki, Jin, and Yosuke off the bridge, falling, "Gah! Seriously!? What the hellll!?" Yosuke yelled as he and Jin glance upwards. As Blake, who's also falling, lobbed her weapon into a pillar nearby and grabbed Hibiki by the hand, allowing them to swing back up. Yosuke grabbed Jin's hand and changed his weapon into its Hoverboard and followed Blake and Hibiki who they attacked the Nevermore in midair and slashed it several times while running on its back. Afterwards they both jumped off, and Jin used his glyphs for them to go towards Ragna, Ruby and Yu's group. "It's tougher than it looks!" Jin mentioned as he hopped off from Yosuke's Hoverboard, "Yeah, that some thick skin!" Yosuke added as he landed next to his partner, "Well then, shall we hit it with everything we got?" Nu suggested, readying to attack, "Alright then. Let's go all out, everyone!" Yu commanded as he drew Raijin.