Thousands of people ready to fight for the future of Remnant had gathered, not all of them felt happy with what will happen. It was an unspoken truth that many of them would not be able to come back to their home and family. They all gathered under the one flag because it was no longer the time for hesitation. Young, old, male and female, Faunus and Human, all of them will fight alongside one another.
Y/n was getting ready behind the stage. It was the day the United Forces of Remnant will depart to the Realm of Darkness. Yang was combing his hair, Ruby was checking the equipment, Phyrra was helping with his suit and Blake was going other his speech once again.
Blake: "I told you should have prepared more than just a few keywords for your speech."
Y/n: "And I told you I am good in improvising." Y/n countered. "Look, if I just read what is on the cards I will not sounds genuine. Yang you done?"
Yang: "Oh I was done 10 minutes ago, I just love your hair. It is so fluffy." Ruby nodded and began patting Y/n hair who just smiled and let it happen.
Phyrra: "Ok I am done here."
Y/n: "Here I go. Wish me luck." One after the other he gave them a kiss before walking on stage. "The time has come. The Grimm will finally be the one whose home will be attacked! For centuries these beasts have caused us great pain, many of us have lost friends or family to them. Until recently we had no other choice but to be on the defense, we had to take it lying down, because we did not know who or what was leading them, where they came from or how to stop them. Now we know who is leading them, Salem, we know where they come from, the Realm of Darkness and we know how to stop them, by dealing with Salem!" The crowed cheered. "In an hour we will leave. Everyone that is scared and wants to go back to their family, know that you are free to go BUT know that for every fighter that leaves the death of another becomes more likely. So I ask you, not as your king, but as a fellow fighter in this war none of us ever wanted, please do not abandon us. I will fight. My friends will fight. SO PLEASE FIGHT WITH ME!"
Crowd: "YEAH!"
Y/n: "Long enough we just fought to defend, now we will fight to WIN! Long enough have the Grimm caused us grief. Today we will bring the fight to them! WE WILL NOT ALLOW OUR CHILDREN OR THEIR CHILDREN TO FIGHT OUR WARS! READY YOUR BLADES! LOAD YOUR GUNS! STEEL YOUR HEART AND LET ME HEAR YOUR SPIRIT!" The crowed roared. "Expect numbers of Grimm you only see in your worst nightmares, we will face a sheer endless sea of darkness, every single type of Grimm that is not bound to the ocean will be standing between us and their Queen. I will promise you this. At the end of this war this so called Queen will be wiped off of the face of Remnant. Only memories of her will remain untill even they will fade into the pages of history. Generations to come will read about your glories deeds in the fight. THAT I PROMISE! I know among you there are Humans, that dislike Faunus, and Faunus who dislike Humans, there are Huntsmen that think Atlas Soldiers are worse then them, and vise verca. Some among might even still not agree with me and the rank I have. For all of you, know that from this day on, till the day victory is ours, we are not different, we are not humans and Faunus fighting together. No. WE ARE SOLDIERS!" Suddenly the curtain behind Y/n opened revealing The Achive Men all dressed in camo colored clothes. Y/n opened his suit to reveal a camo patterned shirt below as Gavin threw The Sound of Silence to him, which he chaught.
Y/n: "It's time to strap our boots on
This is the perfect day to die
Wipe the blood out of our eyes
In this life there's no surrender
There's nothing left for us to do
Find the strength to see this through
We are the ones who will never be broken
With our final breath, we'll fight to the death
We are soldiers, we are soldiers!
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa."
Micheal/ Gavin: " We are soldiers!"
Micheal: "I stand here right beside you
Tonight we're fighting for our lives
Let me hear your battle cry
Your battle cry!We are the ones who will never be broken
With our final breath, we'll fight to the death
We are soldiers, we are soldiers!
We are the ones who will not go unspoken."
Gavin: "Not go unspoken."
Micheal: "We will not sleep, we are not sheep.
We are soldiers, we are soldiers!
Yeah!"
Y/n: "We stand shoulder to shoulder
We stand shoulder to shoulder
We stand shoulder to shoulder
You can't erase us
You'll just have to face us"
Y/n/ Micheal /Gavin: "We stand shoulder to shoulder!
We stand shoulder to shoulder!
We stand shoulder to shoulder!
You can't erase us,
You'll just have to face us! Face us!"
Y/n: "We are the ones who will never be broken,"
Gavin: "Never be broken."
Y/n: "With our final breath, we'll fight to the death
We are soldiers, we are soldiers!We are the ones who will not go unspoken,"
Gavin: "Not go unspoken."
Y/n: "We will not sleep, we are not sheep
We are soldiers, we are soldiers!
Yeah!"
Crowd. "Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa
We are soldiers!
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa
We are soldiers!"
Y/n: "For whose wondering why the sudden concert? I felt like you all need some nice motivational music before the song of war starts playing. NOW LET ME HEAR YOU!"
Y/n: "A fleeting wish to end this nightmare
A hell on earth, it won't subside, there's
A thousand times we prayed for hope
How we wanted to believe
Apocalyptic sound of bangs and
Calamity upon our gates, and
The Reckoning of human fate comes so uninvitedly...
Harken to me, those forsaking history!
Now we must exterminate deserving enemies!
On that day, I wonder just what kind of eyes we see?
Wordless when they stare, what their expression speaks?
How much do we need to give to make it through the night?
The terror of the darkness to the morning lightI'd give my soul, I'd give my life!
SASAGEYO, SASAGEYO
Give your heart up for tomorrow!
A sacrifice we all must make
A choice, a moment that could win the day!
SASAGEYO, SASAGEYO
Give your heart up for tomorrow!
Should victory stand, it's in your hands -
A path to destiny, astray!
They will try to falsify our history
They have earned your hatred, the deserving enemies
I cannot imagine all the lies that we believed
'Til I learned that all of us had been deceived
How much do we need to learn to crucify the damned
With heart or skill or tactics? Everything we can!
I'd choke the devil with my own bare hands
SASAGEYO, SASAGEYO
Give your heart up for tomorrow!
A sacrifice we all must make
A choice, a moment that could win the day!
SASAGEYO, SASAGEYO
Give your heart up for tomorrow!
Should victory stand, it's in your hands -
We sing to glory with our blades!
Monsters so mysterious resembling a man
Foulest infestation, we are purging from the land
Keep our people safe for every boy and every girl
'Til not one monster left within the world!
I don't know who started this and I don't really care
Memory is gone, perhaps the dead alone were there
Left me with my anger so unquenchable inside
With each one dead, I will be satisfied
We walk a sorry road and where will it be leading?
Any other road it's connecting to
Lives we offer up, I hope they will bloom into long-awaited victory
The promised land awaits us at paradise's premature end
This is the day mankind has remembered
Fear in our hearts once planted there by them
We're living in disgrace, we're trapped inside a cage
Let's be free again!
Bloody the bow and arrow in crimson and fly!
You carry our wings tonight
Paving the trail, you're leading us all to our freedom!Freedom!
SASAGEYO, SASAGEYO
Give your heart up for tomorrow!
A sacrifice we all must make
A choice, a moment that could win the day!
SASAGEYO, SASAGEYO
Give your heart up for tomorrow!
Should victory stand, it's in your hands -
A path to destiny, astray!"
Y/n: "NOW GET READY! AND LETS BRING THEM HELL!"
Crowd: "YEAH!" The march to the airships and the Arena began. The last few crates of rescources were loaded onto the ship and soon Y/n gave the command for take-off. The Arena was buzzeling with life, the workshops were working full-throttle making sure that every Huntsmen has a perfectly working weapon. Weapons that quickly became needed as the alarms signalling the incoming swarm of Aerial Grimm.
Cordovin: "Sir, 173 Grimm incoming from 12 o'clock. There seems to be around 60 Nevermores, 50 Griffons, 40 Manticores, 10 Dragons and 13 Flying Beringels. Orders?"
Y/n: "Huntsmen deal with Nevermores and Griffons, Mantas with the Manticores. The Battleships shall deal with the Dragons and Beringels!" The orders were quickly send to the different troops. In less then a minute the sky was filled with the traces of bullets and the remaining clouds of killed Grimm. "Status?"
Cordovin: "5 Dragons remaining."
Y/n: "All units aim at the Dragons." A few more seconds pass until even those last stragglers died. The next few hours were looking much similiar. A few minutes of quiet flight interrupted by a swarm of Grimm, but one thing Y/n noticed. "The swarms are getting smaller." He said. "Get me the records of the encountered swarms from the last 3 hours." Y/n told one of the soldiers who saluted and went to get the documents.
James: "Why would the swarms get smaller yet not less frequent?"
Y/n: "Salem is running out of Grimm. She is controlling them NOT creating them." The Soldier came back with a folder. "Thank you soldier." With a small hum Y/n began to go through the records and they to proved the decrease in numbers. "Have we ever got any idea on how smart Salem actually is?"
James: "We considered her on par with Ozpin."
Y/n: "Let's try and think about the things she did so far. We know she waited at least around 2 thousand years till she really attacked the Kingdoms, that could be because she still had controll at that time tho. Instead of sending all her Grimm to one Kingdom, making sure that one will be destroyed without anything we could do to stop her, she just lets her army roam around getting killed by smaller groups of Huntsmen. She has proven that she has gigantic versions of Grimm and alternative, improved versions, yet she only waited until recently to send them. Next from what we know she is immortal AND can use magic yet instead of attacking herself she sends Grimm which she seems to only have a limited supply of. I believe that the Grimm she has come from the Grimmpools that litter the ground in the Realm of Darkness and that those pools only produce so many Grimm at a time, meaning that we have a chance to outlast her army. All in all I would say that Salem might be wise but not smart."
James: "We mistook her wisdom with intelligence. But she is still powerful, what if she decides to attack?" The general asked.
Y/n: "She will most likely wield the Sword of Destruction. Grém? What would happen if I were to choose to face Salem?" Once that question was asked Y/n felt his body go slack and he came face to face with his resting body, his soul having been pulled out.
Grèmamior: "Sorry man, I can't show you the things like Jinn can."
Y/n: "No problem Grém. Now what can you show me?"
Grémamior: "Only this." Y/n blinked and he was suddenly in what he could only guess was the Realm of Darkness, the sounds of countless Grimm and numerous gunshots echoed around him and right in front of him stood Salem, the Sword of Destruction raised high. He was on his knees, but, while he did feel exhausted, he did not feel injured, so Y/n knew that he had planned this situation, but not why. A second later he felt an all to familiar kind of pain, the pain of being run through by something sharp. He gasped for air as his hands wandered to the sword that was now sticking through his chest.
Jinn: "No vital organs were hit." He heard the Jinn of that time say and he felt a smile come to his face.
Salem: "Smiling into the face of death? Foolish, just like Ozma." The witch spat out.
Y/n: "Guess that is something else you two have in common." Y/n said before he found himself back in his original body, still sitting in his chair, on the bridge of the Arena.
James: "What did you see?"
Y/n: "A way to win. How long till we reach our destination?"
Cordovin: "30 minutes Sir."
Y/n: "Inform the troops. The moment we land it will be one hell of a welcoming party waiting for us." Y/n ordered. "Once we are withing range for out canons have them bombard our LZ. I will go and join the first wave. James you are in command."
James: "Yes Sir!" The general saluted as Y/n walked off to join his team. His team and RWBY sat in the room they were designated to. He entered and saw them all doing their own things to relax. He clapped twice to get their attention.
Y/n: "We are getting close. This is the endgame and while I wish that everyone else does so too, I must ask you to make extra sure you come back alive."
Yang: "Let's kick some Grimm butt!" The blonde brawler said cracking her knuckles.
Ruby: "We will make sure to stay together."
Y/n: "And remember-"
NPR / RWBY : "Have the others backs." They finished his sentence.
Y/n: "Yep. Ok let's go and board our bird." His friends got up and they went to the hangar where all the Bullheads for the troops waited. Many other teams of Huntsmen were there getting ready. Y/n saw SSSN, SAND, MOON, FNKI, BRNZ, ABRN, CRSP, The Ace-Ops joined by Roman and Neo, Raven, Qrow, Tai and Vernal, and a lot more teams who had yet to learn the team names of. A small podium had been prepared for him to give one last motivational speech to the troops. Y/n got up to the podium, his friends joining the rows of fellow Huntsmen. "We will soon touch down on the Realm of Darkness, so I want to say a few warnings before we will start the assault. Huntsmen stay with your teams, do not split up. Stay within your designated area and do not leave it without telling your leading officer. The whole area is one big shooting range for the battleships and they will not be able to make sure no friendly is too close to their target. Additionally we have no idea what the terrain might be other than there will be a lot of lakes filled with a tar like liquid, whatever you do do not touch it and keep an eye out, these tar pits are the source of Grimm and they will be able to get the Jump on you if you become distracted. For that purpose you will call in HQ once you secured a perimeter around such a lake. Once one of these calls comes in they will send AKs to stand watch around the lake and to kill the Grimm that will come out. Any Questions?" One soldier rose his hand. "Yes?"
Soldier: "What's for Dinner?" He asked with a smile, one Y/n returned.
Y/n: "Oh we will prepare a nice feast so make sure you come back to get it." The comms went online and the Generals voice could be heard.
James: "Canons are about to fire, ETA 5 minutes, board your Bullheads."
Y/n: "You heard the man, get on your birds, I hope you have your presents ready, because this party is about to begin!"
Crowd: "YES SIR!" The Bullheads were boarded and the sound of explosion could be heard. Nothing was said on the short flight down but there was nothing that needed to be said, for the last few days everyone was informed about everything that was important to know and even more then that.
Weiss: "So, did you decide on your weddings color theme?"
Blake: "Not yet, Raven, Hera and my Mom have not stopped talking about it." Her scroll went off. "My mom sent another suggestion, how does white dresses, light blue table clothes, yellow napkins and red and black flowers sound like?"
Yang: "I don't really care to be honest." The blonde said with a shrugg.
Phyrra: "Where do we even hold the ceremony?"
Y/n: "How about Beacon near the cliff towards Emerald Forest?"
Weiss: "It IS the first place you all met so it does sound like a decent idea? Have you already decided on your best man/woman? Or your Bachlor and Bachlorett parties?"
Y/n: "Ren will be my best man and for the party... I always wanted to go to an amusement park, what do you think Ren?"
Ren: "Sounds fun, sure." The calm boy answered.
Phyrra: "Nora is my best woman."
Nora: "Aww, thanks Phyr!"
Ruby: "I was thinking Weiss."
Weiss: "I would be honored Ruby." The white haired girl said trying to hide her happiness.
Blake: "I will go with Ilia."
Yang: "I have not decided yet, but I think I will go with that Neo chick, we shared some nice fights and yesterday a few drinks and I have to admit she is quite a lot of fun to be around."
Ren: "And your party or parties?"
Nora: "I will figure something out!" The four brides to be paled.
Y/n: "I think we should let the mothers plan the surprise don't you think Nora."
Nora: "But Cap! I wanted to plan the party!"
Phyrra: "Y/n is right Nora, it would be rude to give you so many tasks." The red haired girl tried to cheer her ginger friend up.
Nora: "Ok... But I get to decide some of the music."
Yang: "I have no problem with that." The Bullhead rocketed to a halt signalling their arrival. "See you later Babe." Yang, Ruby and Blake kissed Y/n before the door opened and the 8 joined the war that had already begun.
That is it for this chapter I hope you liked it, only two more left to go.
On a differen note, I have decided what the next book, after this one is finished, will be.
My Hero Academia x Male Reader.
Now it is your time to vote on the details, there are two things to vote on.
First: The Quirk of the Reader
A) Phantom (The same as the reader from this book)
B) Sacrifice (A strong healing Quirk that allows the recovery from all kinds of injury, including the loss of limbs. The user however will feel the pain the one being healed felt upon recieving the injury multiplied by 10, additionally the user is in constant pain, but can heal himself.)
Second: The roll of Izuku Midoriya
A) He is All Mights successor
B) He is not All Mights successor (This one would make the reader the successor)
Like previous votes I want you to comment on the options you want, the vote ends once this book comes to an end.
Stay healthy and have a nice week.
Wolfy out.