Chapter 52: Close Yet So Far

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Chapter 52: Close Yet So Far

Days?: Good Or Bad Part 2

(Atlas: Borderland: Luna's Personal Airship)

"Okay, I think everyone should go grab their winter coats before we land. I rather not freeze my butt off just because some of us are not used to staying at a very cold place." Weiss said to everyone, where all of us begin to look through our luggage to grab our winter outfits.

Pretty much all team RWBY's winter outfits turn out to be their alternate outfits during the event of them going out on a night to find the whereabouts of the White Fang, where they faced Roman inside a [Paladin] in the progress of doing so.

As for team JNPR; Jaune just switched to dark blue snow pants and snow boots. Which caused me to wonder if Jaune doesn't feel the cold that much compared to others.

Ren put on an overcoat, with an extra layer of snow pants, where Nora wears the same as Ren, but in pink color where Ren's are green, with white hearts on them.

Pyrrha changed the same outfit as Weiss' SnowPea, but with the color red instead of white. As this was a gift from Weiss for this year birthday. A matching pair, with Weiss doing the same with the other girls in our group. Momoyo having it black and Shigure for purple. Making all the four girls in a matching outfit in different color.

For Izaya, I wasn't even surprised he got the same black coat as his canon part, but since it pretty much his regular outfits. He didn't need to change in the first place.

Same with me due to the [Rune] I place on my clothes, but I did wear a black overcoat over my regular clothes I'm wearing. Which I made some modified to the overcoat by placing a [Rune] on it as well. The usual increase in durability in the case of it getting shred at one point.

An extra layer of defense when my aura shield break on me or someone tries to use an [Anti-Aura Weapon] to bypass my aura shield. So, that covers most of my body, leaving my head as the only weak point to be shot at if I was in a battlefield.

If I didn't know about Neo's outfit was tailored to resistance against heat and cold; I would have offered her something to wear in the cold. But, Shigure told me about how Neo told her during the testing.

Too bad though, because I could have given her a winter coat implanted with a tracking chip. Along with a [Rune] that would attach to Neo's clothes, where it could send in signals for me to know whenever Neo use her aura besides supplying it for her aura shield.

After all, I still don't trust Neo one bit and she could betray us whenever. Only time will tell if she desires to do so.

20 minutes later*

(Atlas: Atlas City: Random Docking Area: Luna's Personal Airship)

"So Weiss; how long will you think your sister will follow us here, to Atlas?" Ruby asks her partner, who currently finishing off the last drop of her [Milk]. As the Airship beginning to land.

"If I know my sister well. She will only be able to come back to Atlas if the Councils agree to her request, then she will be able to take an Airship to fly here. Depending on what type of Airships she is using for the flight. I'll have to say around a few days a minimum and a month at best." Weiss said truthfully. From what she could understand from the small knowledge in the military. Not even her sister: Winter, could easily go wherever she desires so and requires the higher up to decide if her older sister is the one allowed to go.

Yang walks right next to Weiss' seat and leans on the back of the seat, with Weiss sitting on it, "I'll say, that on the second day of our flight. Your sister knows how to make her tone sound so scary without having to raise it like some people do or make it so deep, to make it intimidating. But, wow that Ice Queen's cold glare was enough to make think I was already at Atlas."

"Please refrain from placing a silly title as an Ice Queen at my older sister. Also, she learned how to do so by my own Mother. Which I'm still trying to learn before heading to Beacon Academy." Weiss said to Yang in a polite tone, where Yang just rolls her eyes at Weiss.

"For the first few months being on a team with you. I've to say you would have got that whole Ice Queen down until I overheard your older sister speaking. I would have to say your older sister is a better Ice Queen than you, but Shigure over there won that title easily. Narberal, I could have picked her instead if she wasn't so nice to almost everyone here and actually speak some emotions in her voice." Yang said to Weiss, then quickly speak in a whisper tone once she notices Shigure exit from the Pilot Room and didn't want to draw Shigure's attention towards her.

"You do realize, that Shigure has faunus' enhanced senses as well through the types of training she went in her childhood. So, you're whispering to me will still be heard by her." Weiss said in the same polite tone she continues to use this whole time, if anything, she would have to say the emotional controls training she asked for is doing well good so far.

And with that said, Yang's face went paler than it already is and went still for a whole minute before she took a deep breath, then sit behind Weiss' seat. "That's not a funny joke, Weiss." Yang growl at her teammate as she feels her heart beat going at a fast pace for a whole minute until it slows back down to a regular pace.

"Who said I was joking? You do realize, there are countless humans training their senses to match the faunus. And those aren't even Hunters, but require it to survive the harsh world we live in." Weiss stared at Yang direction in the eyes, with her dull eyes.

This lead to Yang's body to shiver at hoe lifeless Weiss' eyes are and what made it even creepier than it should. Is the way Weiss look at her like she could see all her secrets without giving a chance to hide a single secret, even the smallest ones.

"Could you please talk normally? The way you speak like Pyrrha is a bit disturbing to me." Ruby plead her partner to go back to speaking the way she usually does back at Beacon Academy.

Weiss snort at Ruby's remark, "I would have you know, that I learn this from Pyrrha herself, along with Shigure. You've no idea how much of an anger issue I had before meeting them. If I haven't, then by day one at Beacon Academy. I would have planned a way to get rid of you instead of accepting you as my partner or later on. I could have instead of accepting you as the leader of our team and be a better teammate, where I could be already starting my plan to find a way to strip you of your leadership before the first month is over."

Ruby gulp at Weiss' explanation and wonder she should buy [Cookies] as gifts to both Pyrrha and Shigure, as they are the one that helped Weiss with her anger management. Which she is very happy to not face anytime soon if the amount of anger Weiss showed in the past few months was her controlled anger. She doesn't want to see what an angry Weiss, without any control.

"Yikes." Yang whispers to herself while trying her best not to glance at Shigure, who may or may not be staring at her for the comment she made.

Of course, Shigure heard her clearly, but didn't let it bother her as her mood is pretty good. After all, she finally had sex with her fiance and it was wonderful, and planning to do it again soon. Even if she has to kill someone to do so.

So, Shigure just walks over to Pyrrha, to find Pyrrha sitting next to her team members. Then, glancing around to find her fiance, checking his weapons. Starting with the [Velvet Nightmare Arcane Custom]. A [Mana Gun], which she would use herself some time. As it's a pretty good [Gun] compare to the average firearms of this world.

Once I reload the last [Ice Dust Round] into my [Velvet Nightmare Arcane Custom], which is very useful [Dust Round] for trapping the target or creating a few ice spikes to block others' path. A great way to stall time while on the run.

I put my [Mana Gun] back in its holster, which is the moment Shigure took her seat next to mine. Furthermore, Shigure hugs my left arm while pressing her breasts into it, which, by the way, is a very good feeling.

I look at Shigure, who still has her blank expression, but with a small smile on her face, to show she happy to see my reaction to me feeling her breasts.

So to make Shigure happier, I give her a quick kiss on the lip, causing her to shiver on contact and had to force her not to go for a tongue kiss. As she begins to get addicted to tongue kissing, which is right under sex. But, have enough willpower to stop her from causing a scene.

Shigure tightens her hugs a bit and closes her eyes, to enjoy the feeling of contact with her fiance while waiting for the Airship to land in just around 10 minutes or so from now. So, she will take all the time she got before she has to go back to putting up her guard back to 100% once more upon leaving the Airship.

Making it a bit harder for her to hugs her fiance, since she needs to be ready whenever things get bad. Much to Shigure's disappointment, but she already decided to help Weiss and she will do the best of her ability.

Looking at how Shigure's acting next to me. I find it a bit funny, because she usually won't be this clingy in public, even if there are just a few people near us. She would usually just calmly sit next to me and read her books or sharpening her bladed weapons.

'Now, that I think about it. Pyrrha hasn't glare at Shigure for a while now. Huh, maybe that's when they made the whole plan together.' I thought to myself once I realize Pyrrha not glaring at Shigure in jealous like she did before coming to Beacon Academy.

Well, that thought appears and went by, as I begin to pick which plans to get Weiss back her inheritance. Among the many plans both Izaya and I came up over the week to Atlas.

One of them happens to assassinate Weiss' Father, but there could lead to multiple hidden problems later in the future, even if it does speed up the time for Weiss to become the heiress of the Schnee family again.

Ignoring the others, as I think about if I should go for lethal or nonlethal plans, maybe in-between instead. After all, Weiss doesn't wish for the death of countless people's lives just to regain her heiress status.

I grunt, when I feel something touching my dick out of nowhere and realize Shigure just got the touchy feeling urge she needs to release before she could do it again later, where it could be until tonight to days to maybe even weeks.

Looking at Shigure, she still has her eyes closed and no longer trying to feel me up after a few seconds. But, that still caught me off guard at Shigure's action. However, I'm should be glad it was Shigure and not Pyrrha, who wouldn't take a few seconds, but more about a few minutes and she even made me rub her pussy while she gives me a rub at the same time.

Luckily, Pyrrha kept her promise and not try to have sex with me, but just a few minutes of skin contact between each other, to satisfy her sexual urge. Barely though.

If I didn't know the outcome of the result of Pyrrha, Shigure, and I go straight to sex, even when everyone still awake and even near to hear us. I would haven't made that promise to the girls.

"Everyone. We're about to land. Please wear your seatbelts now. As I repeat, we're about to land." Luna announced to everyone, then everyone quickly puts on their seatbelts and in around 3 minutes. The Airship is landing near the edge of the outer layer of the circle of the Docking Area.

10 minutes later*

(Atlas: Atlas City: Random Docking Area)

Walking out of Luna's Airship and looking around the place. As I return back to the Atlas Kingdom after a few months, leaving it when both Pyrrha and Weiss left for Beacon Academy.

The only thing that could make me think of something similar to the Atlas Kingdom. I'll have to say it like The Empire from the Akame Ga Kill. A corrupted government, with the whole unfaired arrest and torture. But, much more sneaky in the opening public, with the other three kingdoms' careful watches over them. Making it a 3vs1 war, with Atlas Kingdom being on its own if the war started.

Nonetheless, even with Atlas being so careful. The Second Great War will begin in just a few years from now if we're lucky enough to prepare ourselves for it. Months if we're unlucky and something bad happens, that becomes the cause of the Second Great War to arise.

"Okay, I know for sure Winter wouldn't contact the Council, to request for people to capture Weiss. But, that doesn't mean others won't. Like Weiss' Father. So we're going to have to be very careful on our way to Weiss' place." Izaya said to everyone.

As Weiss already switched out her [Tiara] with a [White Beret], where the most females would usually wear one if they're living in Atlas. Along with wrapping a [White Winter Scarf] to hide the lower half of her face. Instead of hiding the upper half, where there a crooked scar runs vertically down her left eye.

But, the [White Winter Scarf] happens to be engraved with a [Rune] to place a small illusion over Weiss' face. Without the need to wear a [Sunglasses] or something to hide her eyes.

With all the technology Atlas created over the years. They would easily scan out people for face recognition. Even if they wear something to hide their faces, but not even Atlas' technology could detect the illusion placed on Weiss' face, to match anyone on their database.

Comparing Atlas to The Empire from Akame Ga Kill will actually be shameful for the Atlas as it's much crueler and more dangerous than The Empire. As Atlas actually covers all their corruption behind the background while making the surface public like the place is normal without a single corruption. Furthermore, unlike The Empire that openly kills people in public to make an example.

Instead, Atlas will do it the legal way by taking away all the other side of their precious [Item] or even force others to enter the Government's Military, which is the cover story and actually forcing them to become slaves instead. Giving the other three kingdoms a false image of what it wanted to be the appearance for others to see.

If I haven't visited this kingdom for Izaya's fiancee: Weiss Schnee at the time in the past. Along with some of the solo missions required to be in this heavy security kingdom. I wouldn't be able to discover that the Atlas Kingdom's Council is actually funding research to continue to develop new weapons and applications of [Dust] further than they already have.

Therefore, after the First Great War; the Atlas Kingdom, formerly known as Mantle, is using the treaty between the Four Kingdoms to take their time to prepare for the next Great War.

Yes, I found out it's for the next Great War and not for the grimm. In fact, they are just putting that as a secondary priority instead of putting that as a first priority to protect their kingdom from the invasion of grimm.

"Uh, quick question. Why would it be bad if Weiss' older sister was to contact the Council or Weiss own Father?" Ruby asks Izaya in a confused tone because she was taught to trust the government and almost all the higher up people.

"I won't explain to you why you shouldn't trust the government since I will leave it to your teammates to do it in my place. As for why it's bad for Weiss' Father to make a request for Weiss' capture from the Council. Well, let just say there something the Council would request something in return for their help, and I don't mean just Lien, and more of something illegal instead." Izaya carefully explains his reasons to Ruby, along with others that interested on why it's bad.

"It's true." Weiss said to everyone, then pull Ruby over to carefully explain clearly enough to make Ruby see reason. Even Blake help out as well, and she knows the hidden side of the Atlas Kingdom due to her former status of being a member of the White Fang.

As we begin to walk towards the Gate Entrance, to gain access for us to enter the kingdom. Which may or may not be a good idea, with there are 3 criminals among us and a former heiress, that still have a high status in the Atlas Kingdom.

And with Luna leaving the place, where she already gave her goodbyes to Pyrrha and just Pyrrha. Then, left right away while she promises to deliver everyone's luggage to Weiss' place after she is messaged once we secure our location. As it's better to wait to take our luggage while having the chance of losing them today.

20 minutes later*

(Atlas: Atlas City: Random Docking Area: Front Entrance)

So far, everything went correctly, even the passports everyone had to get verified. This made me feel a bit confusing because Weiss forgot to switch out her real passport with a fake one we made for her usage. But, nothing out of the ordinary happens to us for the past 20 minutes and we're currently outside of the Docking Area's Building, and at the Front Entrance.

"Well, everything looks pretty good." Yang said to everyone, as we casually walk towards Weiss' place instead of taking a [Vehicles] there. Well, some of us wanted to, but the rest of us explain that we could end up being kidnapped by people driving the said [Vehicles] and most of us would be at a disadvantage due to lack of space.

"Think we'll be recognized if we continue walking out in the open, though?" Nora asked in a cheerful tone, causing some of us to let out a sigh upon Nora's question. Since this happened before back in Vale.

No sooner after Nora's was asking her question. Siren sounds appear around us and multiple Cars, and even Airships arriving from the sky, where [Paladins] are dropped from the sky via Airships and land around us.

"Everyone gets on the ground or else we'll shoot!" One of the people among them outside their Cars, with their firearms aiming right at us, and took out a [Megaphone] to shouting at us with threats.

"You just had to say something." Izaya said in a false calm voice, but kept his anger in check and focus it on the enemies before them.

Nora didn't know what to do with Izaya blaming her, which made her depress a little, then back to a happy smile when she notices Ren placing a hand on her shoulder to show his support, that it wasn't her fault.

Lucky for me, [Accelerator] finally reached [Persona's Rank: 8] 2 days ago and gained the teleportation version from his world, but not the level 5 version sadly. So I can't just use a remote view of a target to teleport them away without moving from my spot.

However, I did get level 4 teleportation of Shirai Kuroko instead. Giving me the ability to teleport myself and anything in my possession a certain distance in the blink of an eye. Sadly, compared to the original Shirai Kuroko's teleport of a one-second lag when consecutively using her power in fights.

Mine is a 10 seconds lag if I try to teleport myself or something else consecutively and that outside of the fights. Since I couldn't use my [Pocket Dimensional Training Room] at the time, with team RWBY and JNPR, along with Yukiko, Narberal, and Neo nearby for me to use it. To practice my newly gained teleportation ability.

It's just too bad I would always to have [Accelerator] equipped to access the teleportation ability since I require the [Vector Transformation] to even make the teleportation work.

Then again, [Accelerator] explained to me he could reduce the lag by 4 seconds if I give him control over the teleportation during the fights. 1 second to calculate the vectors around me, 2 seconds to calculate the vectors of everything from a long distance, and 3 seconds to apply the new variables.

Well, that's what [Accelerator] told me, but we haven't tested it out in a real-life fight yet. So, seeing the enemies before us just gave [Accelerator] and me the practice we need.

Which is pretty stupid on my part if I trying out something that hasn't been tested out for trial and error in the [Pocket Dimensional Training Room] yet, but since [Accelerator] could easily redirect pretty much almost everything around me for me.

Yup, upon reaching [Persona's Rank: 8], I could finally give [Accelerator] control over his [Vector Transformation] without the need to summon him outside of my Sea of Souls.

One of the purchases I got from the [Extra Feature], where all [Persona] upon reaching [Persona's Rank: 8] can take over one of their [Skill] for me without the need for me to summon them. The downside is that they won't be able to access the full effect of that [Skill] and I will lose the ability to use that [Skill] temporary for giving up the control over it.

Usually, it would be only [Joukyuu Kunitoshi] among the rest of my [Persona] could gain control over my body to perform his [Specialize Aikido Mixed Styles] without the need to be at [Persona's Rank: 8] at the time. But, thanks to [Persona's Control] I gained from the [Extra Feature]. This gives a similar effect of [The Fool's Curse], but a bit better version. Both sides have pros and cons.

With a single thought, [Accelerator] is equipped and activate [Persona's Control], to give [Accelerator] control over his [Vector Transformation]. Leaving me without access to the [Skill] beside the other [Accelerator]'s [Skill] I could still use. As only one [Skill] is inaccessible to me at the moment [Persona's Control] is activated.

"Was the whole thing a trap?" Ruby ask everyone near her, as she deploys out her [Crescent Rose: Gun Mode] and looks ready to fire off the first shot. Along with the rest of her team taking out their weapons, with team JNPR following their example.

"We know team RWBY and JNPR from Vale: Beacon Academy's First Year students among you! We're only asking you to lower your weapons and follow us back to base!" The same person from the army before us shouted once more, and this time, they announced how they knew two teams from Beacon Academy is among us.

"How they found out?!" Yang shouts to the others, as she preparing herself for a fight of her life. As some of the soldiers and [Paladins] are getting closer to us.

"Uh, maybe it because out of all of us, Shigure, Izaya, and I are the only one not carrying a weapon on their persons." I answered in a dull tone, "Hell, even you, Yang, could have hide your identity if you haven't deployed your weapon activated your weapon. And these guys will have some doubts."

Yang couldn't argue with that statement, since out of her whole team. She's the one who could easily hide her weapons without any trouble, but now that she activated them and in plain sight. Her cover is blown along with the rest of her team.

Blake didn't know if she should be ashamed that she could have hide her weapons in plain sight like she usually does back in the White Fang. At least she could walk in plain sight without having to resort to attacking others for knowing her identity as a White Fang member. Maybe being at Beacon Academy had softened her to the point of lowering her guards.

Weiss feels like smacking her forehead in her stupid action, where she could have let Shigure hold onto her weapon when she put so much effort to hide from the higher up of the Atlas Kingdom. Now, that her identity is revealed, she will have to deal with the army in front of her.

Ruby would have made an argument that it would be hard for her to hide [Crescent Rose] in plain sight, even when it's in the inactive mode. Then remember that Shigure offers everyone to hold onto their weapons to hide them thanks to her semblance. Sadly, it looks like almost everyone didn't trust Shigure enough to hold their weapons.

Then again, Izaya's weapon is literally a [Pocket Knife] that could be hide without having to go all the trouble of finding a good spot to hide on their person. But, Ruby doesn't know if that's just the only weapon Izaya has or maybe have others one and Shigure are holding onto them.

Pyrrha's older brother is the same, but Ruby honestly don't know if he gave all the dangerous weapons that hard to hide out in the open, to Shigure to hide with her semblance.

Ruby would think Pyrrha not giving her weapons to Shigure could be used as an argument that not even Pyrrha is giving her weapons to Shigure to hold.

But, what Ruby doesn't know that Pyrrha's weapons have [Rune] placed on them, where Pyrrha could use her aura to hide them from views along with other scanning machines to look for weapons. So this is the reason why Pyrrha didn't hand over her weapons to Shigure for safe keeping. Since she could hide them herself.

Jaune and Ren honestly felt that they should have rethought about what they're doing and wonder if this was a great idea. Facing the army of the Atlas Kingdom with just a few people on their side.

Nora feels excited for a grand rumble against the army, but worry for her friends' safety and thinking about running away instead of fighting. She all up for it, but not even she alone could take the army by herself, even with the help of three powerful criminals next to her.

Neo, who still hiding under her semblance, was wondering if this would have happened to any of the members belong to the Arcana, that went on a mission and things went south.

Pyrrha feels like she should have persuaded the others to hand their weapons over to Shigure before leaving the Airship. After all, if everyone's weapons are the causes of ourselves to be detected by the Atlas Kingdom's [Detection System]. Then, Pyrrha will blame it on everyone lack of trust on Shigure. But, she couldn't force others to do it and decided to just focus her frustration on the army.

Shigure and Izaya look like they're watching a show going on before them when neither of them took out their weapons. Making it seem like they didn't put the army around us in their eyes. This isn't being arrogant, but because they know that one person among us could take down the army instantly without giving them a chance to fight back.

I let a small smile appear on my face, and casual stare all the enemies around us and wonder how long they were preparing for our arrival. But, I was a bit pleased to be caught by the army of Atlas. After all, I still need to test out [Accelerator]'s teleportation under his control during the fights. What better way to test it out, then against an army around us.