RWBY The Champion and The Monster (RWBY x OC's)

No Safe Haven

Kuroyuri, Anima

The sounds of thunder and gunfire are heard against a black screen. A wide shot of Kuroyuri shows the empty, degraded town. A billowing cloud of dust and pieces of wood rise in the distance around the top of a tree that is barely visible above the town rooftops. Jaune Arc, Ruby Rose, Rody Azuris, Lie Ren and Nora Valkyrie all fall back by the dead cherry tree. Qrow Branwen is still unconscious and propped against it.

The Nuckelavee comes into view, twitching its various body parts. It sends out a shockwave roar that causes all four teenagers to flinch. The Grimm looks at the teenagers and turns its head to look at Qrow and begins running toward him.

Jaune sheaths his sword and makes a run for Qrow. The Nuckelavee lashes out with one of its arms, able to extend it at a far reach. Jaune avoids it and gets Qrow upright, but the Nuckelavee is heading right for them.

Ren uses his Semblance to hide Jaune and Qrow from the Grimm, which stops short and looks about in confusion. Jaune stands still, staring at the Grimm.

Ren: Just get him to safety!

Jaune walks away with Qrow while the battle resumes. He sets Qrow down behind a building and narrows his eyes at the wounded man before turning to leave. Qrow grabs him by the hand but falls unconscious before he can say anything. Jaune gives Qrow another look before rejoining the fight.

The Grimm is using its arms to grab hold of each of Jaune's teammates but is continually distracted by the fire of the next one.

Jaune: Guys, keep moving, go in a circle!

The team follows this plan, and Ruby gets distracted when Jaune sheaths his sword after landing a strike.

Ruby: What are you doing?

She smiles when she realizes that Jaune is using his upgraded Crocea Mors to land strikes on the beast.

Rody: Yes! That is awesome. 

Rody then launches an assault of magic bolts at the Nucklelavee which seems to annoy it as it swings its arms at him, which Rody dodges. Ruby fires as Jaune runs in, and he is able to land a successful slash on one of the hindlegs.

The horse portion of the beast roars while the torso uprights and its head cocks to look at Jaune a bit stunned. If extends both its arms and swings them round, creating a rotary attack that knocks aside Jaune, Ren, Nora and Ruby in that order. When it pulls back its arms, the torso curls in on itself and the spines on its back extend several inches further out. The Nuckelavee roars into the sky, causing Jaune and Ruby to cover their ears. Rody punches it in the face, but the Grimm just backhands Rody into a building, causing his Aura to flicker.

Ren runs up the cherry tree and fires from one of the heavier branches. He is immediately pushed against a building wall by one of the creature's hands and Ren ends up pinned to a building by a Nuckelavee extended arm.

Nora: Ruby!

Ruby nods, and she uses Crescent Rose to launch Nora in between Ren and the Nuckelavee's would-be fatal strike with its other hand. Magnhild is pinned to the building above Ren, with Nora dangling from it.

Ren looks up at Nora.

Nora: (pulling her skirt to hide herself) Stop looking!

Ren: (covering his eyes) Ah-ugh.

Nora grins to herself.

Rody: (off-screen) Now?! Really?!

The Nuckelavee flings Nora around until she is knocked to the ground with her Aura depleted. Ren uses StormFlower to give himself leverage to pull the Nuckelavee hand off of him. Ren slashes the blades of StormFlower at the wrist of the hand holding him to the wall. He follows by sinking them into the Grimm flesh and firing repeatedly at the arm. Jaune comes up from behind the creature and slashes at its hindleg again. It roars, but does not release Ren. Ren digs in with his blade again and uses the leverage to shove the hand off of him. He lands on his back but quickly bounces onto his feet and runs in slashing at the arms. It knocks him back, but Ren does not relent, running in yet again, displaying reckless behavior, his eyes wild.