The Creed of Remnant (RWBY X Assassin's Creed)

Chapter 42: The Better Days

Somewhere in Mistral, 9:00 am

Team ENJR continued their travel. With Ezio's help (and the Assassin training), the team was able to acquire a new map, and were now heading to the next village with a working airship.

Ren: I still can't believe you drew an entire map from memory. And by simply climbing on a tall tree as well.

Ezio: Trust me, it's easy when you do it about 73 times. Besides, we still don't know the name of the towns.

Jaune: I do. The next town is Shion. My family used to visit there all the time.

Nora: Oh yeah. Don't you have, like, four sisters?

Jaune: Uh, seven.

Everyone giggled a little.

Nora: You know, that actually explains a lot.

Jaune: Wait, what do you mean?

Ezio: So, what did you guys do there?

Jaune: Oh, all sorts of stuff!

He ran up to Ezio and started pointing out spots on the map.

Jaune: Over here is a great hiking trail, and over here is where we went camping all the time. I got my own tent because I was special. Also, so my sisters would stop braiding my hair.

Ezio: Didn't like the look?

Jaune: Yeah, they just kept doing pigtails, but personally, I think I'm more of a "warrior's wolftail" kind of guy.

Ezio: ... That's just a ponytail.

Jaune: I stand by what I said.

Nora: Uh, guys?

Ezio & Jaune: Yeah?

Nora was pointing forward. Ezio and Jaune turned their heads back around to a desolated village, accompanied by a grey sky and two columns of smoke.

Jaune: What... happened?

Ezio: We'll figure it out later. There might be survivors.

The four rushed to the village and started to look around. It didn't take them long to find someone. A huntsman, was lying on the ground with scratches and bruises all over him. Ren ran up to him and checked his pulse. He was alive.

Ren: He's still breathing!

Jaune: What happened here?

Huntsman: Bandits... An entire tribe. They raided the village, and when people panicked...

Ren: Grimm.

The huntsman's eyes started to look at everyone who gathered, and stopped on Ezio's belt.

Huntsman: That symbol... you're from the Huntsman Guild?

Ezio: ... Yes. Is there one nearby?

The Huntsman didn't answer, only pointed to the direction of one of the smoke columns. Ezio froze for a second, before running to that direction.

Nora: Ezio? Ezio?!

Jaune: We'll catch up to him. First, we have find some medical supplies for the huntsman.

Ren: Guys.

Nora and Jaune turned around to see the huntsman's arm dropped, and his eyes had a blank stare to the ground. The huntsman was dead. Meanwhile, Ezio made it to source of the smoke. It was a two story building, with the second floor almost completely torn off. But that was the scariest part, as the source of the fire was actually a pile of bodies of Assassins, and banners with the Brotherhood's insignia, all sloppily placed on one another. Any insignia that was painted on the building, was covered by unburned bodies, impaled by their own swords. Ezio just kept looking at all this, wondering why would somebody do this. He wasn't expecting his brothers and sisters to be alive, but this was an act of direct hatred, maybe even a vendetta. Suddenly, Ezio felt a hand gently grab his shoulder. It was Jaune, with Ren and Nora following him close behind. Their expressions resembled Ezio's when he saw this display.