Episode 16, Season 2 - Promising Memories

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Writer's Note: Sup, guys? This is RWBYFan19_, here back at you guys with another ATF episode! I'm sure (I hope) you guys are ready for this one! Major story plots happening all at one time! Especially, we are gonna get a major fight in this episode with two close friends, and all over a crazed, mind-bending, manipulating yandere girl having one of the close friends in her clutches, in terms of darkness and despair. Things aren't looking too good with how it's turning out! Also, Seth and Katsuke is in a disastrous 3-on-2 situation with Cinder, Dean, and Roe. Who will walk out alive? Who will survive in these turn of events? Also, what is Wraith Belladonna doing following the aftermath of her fight with Tony? And...Who the hell was that in Menagerie from this episode's preview? We'll find all of that out, right now! Roll the episodes, peeps!!!
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Intro

The episode begins with multiple flashbacks with the Fall of Beacon from twenty years ago. 

A narrating voice sounds off in the background about it's past.

"Long ago..."

The flashback sees The White Fang and Adam Taurus, along with Roman Torchwick and Cinder Fall destroying Beacon Academy as Beacon had multiple students as well as from different schools trying to defend Beacon as well. Grimm was heavily involved as well.

"Remnant, mostly in Vale saw a new era...A era that was truly experienced with..."

The narrating voice paused as a red background appears where Adam Taurus severely injures Yang Xiao Long by slashing his sword at the arm of Yang, a front of Blake Belladonna.

"Bloodshed..."

A black background would fade in as a background and it shows a flashback with Pyrrha Nikos sending Jaune Arc into the weapon pod away from Beacon.

"Sad goodbyes..."

Then, the darkness would fade in once more. Timeline wise, would go back to see at the Beacon Tower in the end of the Cinder vs. Pyrrha fight where Cinder shoots one of her arrows at the heart of Pyrrha and Ruby Rose sees this. 

"The worst of all...Death and heartbreak..."

Ruby was in shock as Cinder places a hand on Pyrrha's forehead as Pyrrha fades away. Then, Ruby cries out and screams out as the Silver Eyes activated and the whole background changes into all white afterwards.

"But, after all of that. A certain team was broken, later brought back together to stop one villain ahead of them that's caused The Fall of Beacon and the wars to happen."

The background would be painted in with color and it's in Salem's castle. Salem is shown.

"This woman, this dangerous woman...The darkness flows within her, because of her selfish needs. This woman's name is Salem and she won't stop at nothing until...The world is burnt down to the ground a front of her...."

What's next is shown with pages like a history book would be flipped and sees a war breaking out. The pages flip once more as the paint is being placed in the page with Team RWBY standing side by side with Ryuuto Yoshida, Gintoki Sakata, Zaveid, Shinsuke Takasugi, Shinpachi Shimura, Mutsuko Crowe, Velvet Crowe, Qrow Branwen, Jaune Arc, Nora Valkyrie, Lie Ren, Oscar Pine, and Raven Branwen on their side along with tons and tons of allies by their side.

"A war would be engaged. One side was the legendary Team RWBY alongside with their allies, that came along for in their journey."

Next page is flipped as it's shown with The White Fang with leader, Adam Taurus and many more on his side and standing from a few minutes off of where they were was Salem shown standing inside from the castle, watching this from afar.

"As The White Fang and Adam Taurus was ready for war. Salem was watching from afar. Then, from there the war finally begun."

A brand new page had been created as it would be painted in as it shows Team RWBY defeating Salem, alongside with Jaune Arc, Nora Valkyrie. Oscar Pine, and Lie Ren.

"Then, Salem was defeated by our heroes of the past. Sure, the war with Salem ended. But, things took a dark turn with The White Fang and Team RWBY's allies."

Another page would be stained in paint as it shows Shinsuke Takasugi, Velvet Crowe, Shinpachi Shimura, Mutsuko Crowe, Qrow & Raven Branwen, and Zaveid being held down as Adam Taurus watched them grovel and is enjoying it. As Shoyo Yoshida is seen tied up at the end of the cliff.

After this, then a page is turned as Gintoki Sakata is seen slashing Shoyo's head off clean with his sword, forcibly.

"After Shoyo's sacrifice for his students. The war did indeed end but on a sad note as our heroes stared at the sun, looking into the future as The White Fang did die down after the war and later disband. This would be the end of the past generation."

Then, a new book would be picked up by someone as the person would open that book. As the book has pages that needs to be filled in. But, the background would be painted in as a new generation would be shown standing a front of Beacon Academy.

"After twenty years of chaos and war. A new generation has risen. The new generation will make sure the world is safe from any sort of danger..."

A page is flipped and the background gets painted in as it would show Dean Ambrose in his new demon form killing Roman Reigns a front of Tony Shimura, Tyler Black, Mutsuko Crowe, Seth Thurston, Asuka Reigns, Vanilla Frost, and Nashime "Kita" Yoshida.

"Then...even in the new generation, darkness exists within the new generation..."

A new page is shown, one of the new pages is there but the one to the right is not painted in yet. The page to the left shows Dean not turning his back to look at his former teammates, as he did side with Cinder Fall, Roe Ket, Zero Kishitani, Katsuke Shinoda, and Saiko Mayama. Tony is shown with an angered look on his face.

"This is where...Anger, darkness, and finally...Despair comes into play..."

The page to the right is now painted in as it shows Tony Shimura standing all alone, in the rain and is apparently seen at Atlas, raging in the rain by himself, continuing his search for Dean, following his interaction with Saiko Mayama using her Darkness Control on him. He is seen shouting out loud out of desperation and anger.

"The boy, Tony Shimura is now under his own darkness and fighting his own subconscious, with a desperate mind, that's close to breaking. Trying to prove he can save someone on his own and under his own power."

Finally, a new page is flipped and is seen with someone holding their hand out to Tony, as Dean walked away into the darkness. Saiko is shown holding her hand out and Vanilla holding hers on opposite sides as Tony was in the middle.

"Now...Darkness or Light, Give up or keep fighting is his two only options...Which will he choose?"
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Opening Theme Plays

Opening Theme Song Name: RESISTER by ASCA

The opening begins with seeing Vanilla Frost and Nashime "Kita" Yoshida standing together, side by side as the two staring at the dark clouds ahead and wind was blowing around them. 

Strong memories wither, brilliant pride

This would transitioning to seeing her with the determination in their faces, as they got close-ups

Fight against destiny

Another transition gets a close-up into Vanilla's eye as it would then show white particles forming the RWBY: After the Fall Season 2 title card in a dark background drop. 

In a place where your voice does not reach

Tony Shimura would be seen dropped into the water and had his eyes opened, but slowly closing. As someone's hand appears around his neck. Saiko Mayama appears to be the one having her hand around his neck and she whispers into his ear. His eyes does close.

Distorted rules that no one taught

What's next going down deeper into the water, would transition to seeing Cinder Fall with Zero Kishitani, Roe Ket, and Saiko Mayama. As Cinder was leading the way towards for Britannia Village. 

I strongly hoped for it when I was young.

Then, it's seen that Dean Ambrose in his demon form and him having the Demon-Dweller Sword in hand, awaiting for his former friend, Tony. He had an evil look on his face.

The journey to find the location of a dream has just begun

After that would then see Dean use his demon-dweller sword which was in dark flames. Make a huge slash, as the dark flames would burn out this scene.

As that scene transitions to show Gintoki Sakata and Jake Belladonna in the forest at Vacuo, about to head into town, as they get stopped by Tony Shimura. Tony makes a quick sword wind slash at Jake, but Jake does the same with a Lightning Sword Slash as well. Both moves are blocked, as the smoke appears. 

The smoke transitions to the next scene.

I do not need time to cry

Kaiku and Sagura Shimura walking with Zaveid, Velvet Crowe, Ray Rowe, Emilia Rose, and Himiko Ren as they were on the search for Tony and Jake, as Sagura and Kaiku is seen with a concerned, yet confident looks on their faces. Velvet and Zaveid is seen with serious looks on their faces.

Asuka Reigns is next shown at her home in Mistral as she is seen with her brother's gloves and looks up at the sky with a serious look on her face. She balls her fist as she walks off to the village.

Break down the limit wall right now

Then, it's seen with Ao Thurston, Kintoki Sakata, and Tyler Black at Britannia Village, defending for Vale. Asuka joins in as well as she does lead the charge.

As Cinder with the leading charge, she, Roe, and Zero along with their forces on their side and ready to go.

After this would then see both ends starting to fight and begin a war in the village. 

Strong memories wither, brilliant pride

Kintoki and Ao would take on Cinder and Roe, next is shown was Zero is seen in a back and forth fight with Tyler, as he punches him very hard, keeping him out of the fight and what's next, Asuka comes in with a huge punch attempt, but Zero put his fist up and did the same, as both of them hit and miss each other in the exchange, getting into a fist fight.

Memory that does not change even if any pain is touched

As Tony was in the water, still sinking in deeper into his own subconscious counterpart. It's seen Vanilla Frost running towards for Tony, as she reaches out for him. 

Embracing the oath that expanded visibility and found it

Then, this would see Vanilla Frost diving in deeper to reach for him. 

As she reaches for him...Saiko Mayama was there as she hugged Tony from behind and is seen staring at Vanilla with a evil smile, which was a sign of victory for her.

I will connect you with the road I chose with cloudless eyes

A new scene is shown with Seth Thurston face to face with Dean Ambrose and Cinder Fall, as Dean and Seth ran towards each other. Seth slides under Dean as Dean went for a huge sword slash. But misses, and Seth jumps in the air for a blade slash to Cinder as the fight scene transitions back to the previous scene.

Following the fight, the scene transitions back in with Vanilla grabbing Tony's hand. As he still wasn't awakened yet, and Saiko fades away as she did grab his hand. The scene fades out into the light as it transitions into the next scene.

Resound your voice to resist fate

Tony Shimura with Siegfried in it's sword form would soon be seen standing on opposing sides with Dean Ambrose, who still had his Demon-Dweller Sword in hand. This fades out with a memory of the two in Shoka Shinjuku in sword fencing practice. 

PROUD OF MYSELF

Tony had a serious look on his face. As Dean would have a evil smile on his face. The two would run towards each other as they would begin their fight. The two didn't even have their semblances showcased, yet. 

The opening would see with multiple background transitions can be seen as brief scenes such as Tyler Black being shown with a concerned look on his face at Beacon, everyone from the village in Vale, worried, and also Roman Reigns walking away into the light as the fight fades out. 

A brand new quick shot is shown in the slideshow of a man with a sword holster and a young girl, walking to a nearby ship, just about to leave Menagerie. 

The OP would end with two swords seen slammed into the ground, together, in which it was Siegfried in sword mode and the Demon-Dweller Sword.

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The episode begins off with Shinsuke Takasugi in the hospital as he was in the bed still with a sleeping Blake Belladonna sitting in the room with him, asleep on a chair near the hospital bed.

Shinsuke looked out to the window from his bed, by turning his head to the window and is seen with a serious look on his face, yet there was some sort of concern there on the look of his face.

"And so, the war begins...Damn that Cinder Fall...Involving our new generation for this...Her justice will come, and it will come with serious vengeance. Gintoki, you better give her all of the hell she truly deserves..." He thought in his mind. 

Blake slowly opens her eyes and looks up at Shinsuke. "Something wrong, Shinsuke?"

"No...It's fine..." Shinsuke said as he looked over back at Blake. "No need to worry, I'm fine."

Blake nodded her head slowly. "Alright. Just making sure."

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Wraith was standing face to face with Weiss and she crosses her arms.

"Miss Schnee...We need to stop him, we gotta stop Shimura before he causes anymore trouble! We cannot let him go around and attacking, even hurting people mindlessly!"

"Oh, so it was Tony Shimura that was the one behind the attack of many of my guards? And he fought you, then ran away?...This is something we cannot ignore, but..knowing his family. They will try and protect him...Wraith..." Weiss looks up at Wraith, as she sat down at her desk. "Tell me, did he have a reason of some sort or was it just mindless killing and without reason?"

"Well, to come of it. He did say he was looking for one of his teammates, or former teammate, now,  Dean Ambrose, which made him end up "missing" in the first place...Right now, at the moment. I don't know where he went. He just left when I tried talking him and calming him down from his own insanity...It's never like him to be that way, but...He just was...Maybe, it's frustration..." Wraith explained.

Weiss nods her head and thinks for a moment. "This is interesting...I hope that woman isn't involved...Cinder Fall...."

"Something wrong?" Wraith asked the headmistress, if something was bothering her.

Weiss shook her head as a response to the question. "No...For now, assemble a team and rest up. Because I'm sending you all for a search--"

"Stop right there...I cannot work with any teams of some sort. You know this...But, I'll begin my search for Shimura. You get your own team. I'll look for him, by myself." With a bold statement, Wraith had given Weiss that emotionless look on her face for a second as she turns her back on her. 

Weiss sighed and facepalms at this. "Very well, then..." 

Wraith leaves the office to head over to her dorm to gather her things for departure. 

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In Menagerie, it was a very much so a nice and moonlight outdoor night. Someone was sitting at the end of the docks, looking at the moon. The man had his weapon out and was cleaning it. 

He looks up at the moon...Thinking about something.

"Is it time for me to head back home to where I belong?...Hiding after all these years...Is it really that time again?"

The man asked himself, as he grabbed his sword and placed it back into his holster. 

He sat up and starts walking away without his face shown at all.

"Well...It's been forever, Vale..."

"It's time, Teacher?" A young-aged girl, apparently speaking like a 19 year-old, wearing a dark-hooded cloak got up and looks at the man with the sword.

"Yeah, Shizuka. It's time." The man said.

The man and the young girl walked away, going for a boat about to leave Menagerie.

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Meanwhile in Vacuo from inside the forest that leads to town. Tony looks over at Jake with a dead, yet so emotionless look on his face and having to point Siegfried at him, in sword mode.

Jake did pull his sword out as well and had a serious look on his face. "If words won't work, Tony. Fine...You forced me to beat the sense into you, then!" He shouted at him.

"Darling, wanna take care of him before getting to Dean?~...I mean, he is in the way of your brother..." Saiko whispered into Tony's ear with her softening words and manipulation. 

Tony looked down and nods his head slowly. "Yeah...He needs to die...He needs to get the HELL OUTTA MY WAY!!!" 

Gintoki picks up his Lake Toya Wooden Sword and points it at Saiko with one hand, as he was hurting a bit and stood back up. His shoulder was bleeding heavily, luckily was able to withstand the pain.

"Focus on me, crazy...Don't focus on him." 

The silver-haired samurai said, as he readied himself with using his good arm and hand.

"Oh?! You're gonna fight me with one hand? That's just as pathetic..." Saiko had a evil smirk on her face, as she takes both of her swords out. "Hopefully...You can keep up..."

"Jake...Take care of him, I got Saiko..." Gintoki said, as he ran towards Saiko with his sword and Saiko readied herself with both of her dual swords.

Jake and Tony started to charge at each other in full speed.

As the two does so, they clash off with their swords. As the two goes back and forth in quick movements, this is taking back to the old Shoka Shinjuku days with two always training with each other.

Tony attempts to slash at Jake to his neck, but Jake counters by ducking his under as Tony misses. Jake would attempt to strike at Tony with quick left and rights with his sword. Tony moves his head in the opposite directions to make Jake miss. 

Finally, Tony responds back with his sword hitting Jake's going upwards, this make Jake lose his sword for a moment while it's in the air.

Tony would attempt to slash him in the chest with the sword, going downwards but counters that with Jake counters this with a lifting backflip kick that makes Tony's sword go up in the air after the sword was kicked out of his hands.

This is how well these two knew each other. Tony and Jake at the same time went for a punch at each other, but Jake does something different instead of the punch. 

Jake rolled onto Tony's back as he catches his sword again and but attempts to stab the sword into the ground as his aura goes straight into sword where lightning starts to spark the sword.

"LIGHTNING BLADE: STRAY DOGS BARRAGE!" 

Lightning goes off from the sword into the ground, and two stray dogs made out of lightning comes after Tony. 

Tony noticed how he missed Jake for the punch to the face, and he catches Siegfried as it came back down to him and quickly activates his aura and makes the aura glow within the sword as he makes Wind Slashes at the stray dogs and it destroys them in the process with those slashes.

Out of quickness, both of them clashes one more time with their swords and this time their auras activated and being placed onto their swords.

Saiko makes multiple quick dual sword slashes at Gintoki, as Gintoki does either counter by backing away in good timing and ducking, as well. 

Gintoki finally uses his sword to block both swords and with only one hand and arm to block this. He tries to hold his own strength and stand his ground. Saiko gave him the dark and psychotic look of a true evil mind-manipulator. 

"Give up, Gintoki Sakata...GIVE UP! YOU CAN'T WIN! YOU WILL NEVER WIN! You are the true definition of being lost, of what despair truly is...Why? Shoyo Yoshida....I heard what you did! I BET IT HURT YOU SO! HUH?!"

Gintoki's eyes widened, shocked from the fact she even heard about the incident, a long time ago with him executing Shoyo...

"Oh, yeah? What in the hell makes you think you know about pain, HUH?!"

He shook this off as he kicks Saiko in the stomach and sends her back, as Saiko hits a tree, though not breaking through it.

Tony saw what had happened to Saiko, but Tony meets with Jake jumping and spinning in the air to deliver a slash to Tony's face and it was targeting towards his eye.

But, Tony counters this with a powerful kick to Jake, in mid-air and this kick was powerful enough that it sent Jake back hitting towards Gintoki. 

Gintoki catches Jake, as he fell back having to catch him after the powerful kick.

"Jake?! Are you okay?" Gintoki asked, as he checks on him, looking at the male faunus.

Jake nodded slowly, as he coughed out blood to the side. "Y-Yeah...I guess he wants to do this hand-to-hand now..." He slowly gets back up to his feet and runs towards Tony as the two began to trade punches and kicks, back and forth.

Tony attempts to go for a jumping swift kick to the head of Jake but Jake ducks as he punches him in the face, but this keeps Tony standing but in his stance was a bit stumbling. 

Tony headbutts Jake to the forehead, as Jake was going for the same thing.

In result, both of them are bleeding from their foreheads. Tony punches Jake in the stomach with all of his full weight in the punch. Jake spat out more blood to the ground.

Jake hits Tony with a elbow to the jaw, as he does multiple quick punches and kicks to Tony. The combo ends with Tony taking Jake down and punches him more and more.

"Leave me alone! Leave me alone! Just stop getting my wayyyyy!!!"

Gintoki was shocked at the way the two were fighting each other. Kinda like how he and Takasugi once was, long and long time ago.

"Kick his ass, Tony!" Saiko cheered him on, as she was watching with a evil smile on her face.

"I won't stop until---" Jake shoves Tony off of him with a kick to the stomach. 

"I get this through your head! She is MANIPULATING YOU!"

This gives Jake some space away from Tony, as he slowly got up and grabbed his sword.

"Why can't you leave me alone?! Why can't you leave her alone? She did nothing to you that was wrong! Tell me...WHY?! WHY?! Why must you stay involved with me and my problems when... THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH YOU!" Tony asked shouting out to Jake, as he slowly grabs his sword.

"Because...We're not fake, we are your friends. You have a family and you have friends, even someone has been hiding herself for years and has a serious liking to you!...You can't deny us, we won't let you deny us, you can't cut us off...Our memories means more than that crazy bitch, right there....Saiko Mayama...She is nothing but a fake-ass, decieving, insane, manipulating, two-faced little bitch! Tony...Our memories together, it's all precious memories. As you once said before...As what you quoted from your mother...Always earn anything you desire for. Make your actions known to people, if you have to...Reach out to them with those actions. If you ever create bonds with anyone in this world. Even obtaining those bonds and keeping those bonds. You have to make all of that happen. Do it with your own power and strength. That's the honor code of what being a huntsmen or huntress is all about. Do what you think is right. Not just for the people but yourself as well...You gotta do right, Tony...Wake up! Please!" Jake explained out to him. 

Tony's eyes widened as he remembered the quote...He even remembered saying that, numerous of his co-students and even Dean. He looked down at the ground as a shadow forms over his face once he looks down. His eyes were still clouded in a dull color.

"Don't listen to him! It's all lies! I would never lie to you...I would never hurt you...Like he did, he hurt you. His intentions was to only hurt you and further worse than that. False memories, physical and mental pain, and more...You know what's right...Do you?" Saiko asked as she slowly got up after the kick by Gintoki.

At this point, Tony's not sure on what's right and what's wrong...He held his head and yelled out in total frustration and shook his head, as he started to go in tears. He points his sword still at Jake and then gives him an emotionless look once more.

"Damn....I never thought we'd still be outmatching each other, even to this day...He's never missed a beat. Not at all...But, I'm sorry man...You forced me with no other choice..." 

Jake would charge up every last bit of his aura into this last attack as he slides his two fingers down his sword, as lightning goes off the sword coming from Jake's aura...

Tony charges his aura up to his sword into glowing in green aura and within the sword, the wind is strong within the sword.

"Kill the bastard, Tony!" 

Saiko smiled as she whispered into his ear, as Gintoki throws his Lake Toya Wooden Sword at Saiko as she blocks it with her long sword.

"Shut up, you crazy bitch!" Gintoki shouted at the yandere girl.

"What did you call me?!" Saiko growled in an angry tone set of voice, as she would slowly walk up to Gintoki with her long sword in hand. 

"Gintoki!" Jake looks over at Gintoki, concerned as Saiko was walking up to him

"You heard me!!!" Gintoki still shouted out at her, as he tries his hardest to get away from her, even with an injured shoulder.

As soon as Vanilla Frost, Nashime "Kita" Yoshida, and alongside with them was Sayaka Ishiyama, made it to Vacuo..It was in the forest, as well as the two would see Lightning and strong feel of Wind power up ahead.

"Lightning?!...That definitely has to be Jake!" Kita guessed as she looked ahead.

Sayaka was up on the trees as she looks down at Kita and Vanilla, when she sees Tony, Jake, Gintoki, and Saiko. "I can see...That's actually Tony with Jake as well! And Gintoki...But...Who is the girl?" She mumbled.

"A girl?! Oh, that's the bitch you told me about...Isn't it?!" Vanilla asked Sayaka.

Sayaka from a far distance with her eyes, she can this who was far away from there. Her eyes widens and nods her head, confirming it was actually Saiko. 

"Yep. That's her! Saiko Mayama...The daughter of the person who once dated the former leader of The White Fang, long ago." 

Vanilla gritted her teeth in anger, as she balled her fists. "Ohhh...I'm assuming she is the cause of Tony disappearing on the night after of our mission...That bitch....She will pay..." She ran towards straight in and coming towards for Saiko as she was walking up to Gintoki.

"Vanilla...Before you---" Kita's warning was cut off by Vanilla's shouting.  

"Wait!!!"

"YOU BITCH!!! YOU WILL PAY FOR WHAT YOU'VE DONE TO HIM!" Vanilla shouted at the girl as she was truly in anger

"What the?!" Saiko looked to her left side, as she stopped walking and quit paying attention to Gintoki.

Vanilla shouted out yelling, as she comes in from the side direction to stop Saiko at her tracks and she went for a flying kick to the face and she does so.

Jake blinked as he saw Vanilla just come in full speed, kicking Saiko in the face. 

Gintoki was just as surprised as Jake was.

"STOP ATTACKING HER!!!!" Tony shouted out to the vengeful girl in a voice where it was completely lost, compared to his normal voice. 

"WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH YOU, PEOPLE?!?!?! Why?! Stop hurting her! She didn't do anything wrong! I know she didn't...It's just you people all getting in my way! What do you want with me? What in the hell do you want from me?! I don't understand!" 

He snapped at everyone, as his voice was broken at this point from too much of yelling and he stopped his power, as he goes to check on Saiko.

"Vanilla...You came here at a better time..." Jake said, as he sat down and drops his sword.

Gintoki nodded his head at Vanilla. "Yeah. Great to see you."

Kita sighed and shook her head as she ran into the area as well, as Sayaka followed pursuit. 

Vanilla kept her eyes set on Saiko...As she didn't have time to talk at all...

"Hmph...I recognize you..." Saiko smiled evilly as she spat blood to the side, following the big kick to the face. "You are Tony's lover girl...Vanilla Frost, is it?"

Tony's eyes widens as he hears that Vanilla was his "lover girl"...This shocked him even more, he shook his head at this...He didn't want to believe this. 

Vanilla wasn't surprised that she knew who she was, especially from the last meet was in the fight in the middle in the town of Vacuo..."What of it? You lying, decieving little bitch...I'm here to take him back! From your clutches..."

Saiko gets up as she picks up both of her swords and points one of them at her, as Vanilla has shown no fear, whatsoever. "Oh, yeah? You wanna take my man away from me? My Tony-senpai?! Whore...Bitch! He's mine and will always be mine!" 

Vanilla takes her fan with a bow, Cheshire out and points it back at Saiko.

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Kintoki Sakata was standing outside of the office with Tyler Black and Asuka Reigns, in Beacon, outside of Ruby Rose's office. 

Kin looked back at Tyler and Asuka and blinked, as he scratches his head.  "Are you sure you wanna talk with Professor? I mean...After what happened, I heard that she was beyond livid when she got word back how the mission, you two were involved in went..."

"Yes, we need to talk with her." Asuka nodded her head at Kin.

Tyler rubbed his arm and takes a deep breath in and out. "We are aware of what's coming when we step through that door. She may end up being angry at us for failing and letting these betrayals happen, like the way it did. We are ready for that. But, we also are having some assumptions that Vale may get attacked soon, as well."

"Oh? So, you two thought the same. Figures word is getting around about that...Huh?" Kintoki asked, raising an eyebrow. 

Tyler and Asuka nodded at his question. Kintoki knocks on the door.

"Hold off, whoever's out there!" Ruby shouted through the door, as she looked at Ryuuto, her uncle, Qrow, and Benjamin.

"So, yeah...Cinder's trying to go for another war, I think she even have someone on her side to manipulate one of our former students and current for your school to come and do for her bidding..." Ryuuto explained.

"Oh?! That traitor Dean Ambrose? I know about it...Because your two daughters, Ryuuto told me about the whole--"

"It's not him, we're talking about...Shimura, Tony Shimura, Ruby...I oversaw to how Tony disappeared in the first place. Ryuuto is right, Tony is being manipulated by one of Cinder's cronies...Last I seen him was in Atlas...He was fighting one of your friend's daughter, Wraith Belladonna. And I would assume she is after him now after what he did." Qrow explained to Ruby.

Ruby was surprised about this with the part about Tony going to Atlas and fighting Wraith, of all people... "But, why? What is Tony's reason for fighting Wraith?"

"Well...We kinda figured that answer out on our own. Tony is looking for Dean. And wants to save him from Cinder, but...With this person that manipulated him and making him do the most questionable things in the way. He's far from it...I don't think Tony did it out of his own will...I don't think like that of him..." Benjamin said, out of true feeling and he looked at Ruby, then at Qrow and Ryuuto.

"I see...But, what other parts does Tony have in this?" Ruby asked.

Ryuuto nodded in agreement to what Ben said. "Ben is right, that's not who Tony is at all...He would never do such a thing to fight his friends and especially, willing to do what anyone tells of him...I know he must've been manipulated and decieved."

Ruby nodded her head at Ryuuto. "Alright. I see your points. If a war commences here, I'll keep students in their dorm rooms until things have officially settled down. In the meantime, you three may wanna evacuate the people of Britannia and bring them over to Beacon for safety. And, who will defend the village? Well..."

Asuka would soon kick the door down with a hard kick and she walked up towards Ruby, after overhearing this conversation. 

"HEY! Try waiting next--"

"Let me in for this war, Rose...I need this redemption for my fallen brother..." She said in a darker tone of voice, as she got up close to Ruby, face-to-face.

Kintoki shook his head and crosses his arms, as he enters the room. "Asuka....Mr. Yoshida, Mr. Shimura...And...Mr. Branwen?!"

"What are you guys doing here?! And...Asuka! It would've been better if you tried waiting it out first..." Tyler says as he facepalms and walks up to Asuka, as he notices that she is face to face with Ruby. He tries to keep her away from Ruby. "What do you think you're doing?!"

"Kintoki, Asuka, Tyler...What are you three doing here?" Benjamin asked.

Ryuuto nodded as he saw Asuka get up close and face to face with Ruby. He didn't know on what he should do..."Asuka..."

"Rose! Let me into this war! The asshole, Dean Ambrose took MY BROTHER away from this world, from his brotherhood, and his lost sister...You gotta let me join this..." Asuka shouted out, as Tyler and Kintoki tries to pull her back from Ruby.

Ruby wasn't intimidated by this. "For one, I'm not intimidated by that. Two, I'm sorry...I cannot let you go out there and sacrifice yourself for bloodshed, manipulation, and more...Not after what happened long ago! I won't allow for anyone to die and die in vain, not anymore..."

"Oh yeah! What about your two friends, from back then?! They died in respect of knowing what they signed up for! They knew what they signed up for and they died for the most noblest of ways, imaginable! Guess what?! They are remembered as heroes of Remnant because of those actions and you too...Professor Rose, I looked up to you and Pyrrha Nikos. You should know this by now! How in the hell do you expect me to sit back while that traitor is on the loose with Cinder?! The person you heavily despise... I wanna know! How do you expect me to sit back and do nothing when being a huntress and knowing what I signed up for?! Let me answer that...

...I don't sit and do nothing. I take action, and it won't be in the most calming way either....I'd be damned if I sat back and did nothing. What does that say to my brother and his death?! Huh?! It would mean nothing, if I did nothing about! So...Like it or not, I will join this war and find that man, expose him for who he truly is!" Asuka shouted at Ruby, as she calms down and walks off.

"Mark my words...A true huntsmen or huntress always never goes back on their word." She added.

Tyler, Ryuuto, Kintoki, and Qrow were floored to hear every word come out of Asuka's mouth.

"I'm going with her..." Tyler said, as he ran out of the room to catch up with Asuka.

"Sorry, Auntie...I'm with Asuka and Tyler on this one!" Kintoki does the same thing. As Yang was standing outside of the room, leaning on the wall as she watched Kintoki go off with Tyler and Asuka.

"Wait! You two!" Benjamin ran out of the room, after them.

Ryuuto and Qrow watched everyone storm out of the room, as Ruby was thinking hard on what Asuka said and she sighed.

"Okay...Get ready to start evacuating...I'll personally deal with Shimura, myself. If he shows up here, alright? I'll even prepare security for the school when your people shows up, Yoshida..." 

Ruby said, as she sat up and grabs her Crescent Rose and looked at it. Smiling, as she looked up at Ryuuto and Qrow.

"We got some work to do." 

"Yeah. Let's go Ryuuto, Ruby..." Qrow said, as he Ryuuto and Ruby walks out of the office.

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As Ao Thurston has actually came into Vacuo, he looked down and then notices a group of people down in the forest, where it's a open field. Also, a old-abandoned base can be seen down there as well. 

"What's going on, down there?!" He asked, as he takes out his binoculars and sees up close that Katsuke, Dean, Cinder, Roe, and Seth is seen down there. 

Ao even sees Seth held down with Gambol Shroud to his head by Roe. His eyes widens and sighed heavily.

"Oh, Seth...What did you do?!" He went down there for a closer look and lowers down onto one of the tree branches with his ref board.

From Ao's perspective, he can see Cinder holding a long arrow and it's pointed directed at Katsuke, whereas Dean is holding Katsuke down by his arms being pulled back, almost breaking and Roe having Gambol Shround to Seth's head.

"Roe?! Dean???...Damn, so the rumors were true! Those backstabbing son of a bitches!" He quietly shouted out, as he tries to figure out a plan to intervene this. 

"Any last words, Shinoda?!" Cinder asked Katsuke, as she held up the arrow.

Shinoda spat to the ground, actually in front of Cinder's feet. "Go fuck yourself!" 

Dean would be even more so close to breaking his arms.

"Don't do it, Fall...Don't fucking do it!" Seth's eyes widened as he can't seem to make a move, while Roe had the gun to his head. 

"Oh, and why not? Would you want to die, before him?! Would you want your friend, Roe there to slice your head, clean off? Or be pierced by a deadly arrow that killed a certain someone, long ago. You heard of him, right?"

"YOU DIDN'T?!" Seth shouted out, as his eyes widened. This was the first team he has ever shown any type of emotion.

Cinder smiled evilly at Seth as she points the arrow at him. "Have you figured it out? Yes, I killed your father as well...Renton Thurston."

"Wow...You're just as sick I knew you were..." Katsuke shouted at Cinder, as Dean kick shoves him to the back of his head.

"Shut up.." Dean breaks Katsuke's arms.

Katsuke yelled out in pain, as Dean kept tight of his now broken arms. Dean was laughing at Shinoda's pain to his arms and was having fun seeing him suffer...

"Pathetic...Now, you say something..." Cinder would throw the arrow at Katsuke and it was targeting for his chest.

"Shinoda! No!" Seth shouted out, as Roe kept him on his knees with the sword of Gambol Shroud pointed at his head.

"Don't move..." Roe whispered, as she went and cut his cheek with the sword and smiled. 

Ao would get onto his ref board and gets off of it, as the board would save Katsuke by blocking the arrow. Although, the arrow did go through the board. Just only half way.

"What the hell?! Ao???" Seth looked over at Ao, as his eyes widened that he showed up.

"Who the hell are you and what is your business here?!" Cinder asked, as she had more an angry look on her face, now. Which a second ago, she was smiling evilly at the 2-on-3 predicament with Shinoda and Seth...

Ao had a serious look on his face, as he slowly walks up to Cinder and from a distance away. "Well...I am that man's brother and the person you said you KILLED's youngest son...Now, I'm gonna be your biggest nightmare...I'm gonna be your big problem..."

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"Ooo! What's that gonna--?!" Saiko smirked evilly at Vanilla, about to mock her and Tony stands a front of her, defending for her and with his back turned. 

"If you hurt her, you're gonna have to go through me to do so..." Tony said, as he gave Vanilla an emotionless look on his face as his eyes are clearly seen as dull.

Vanilla's eyes widens as she was surprised that Tony standing a front of her. "Tony...You can't be seriously standing up for her...You do realize what she is doing to you...Right? Right?!" She exclaimed.

"I don't know what you're talking about...I am defending her because it's right. In my mind, it's the right thing to do..." Tony said.

"Vanilla! Are you--" Kita stopped running to see what was a front of her and she gasped. As she saw Saiko having a close eye-to-eye as Vanilla was pointing Cheshire at him and Saiko, mostly wanting to target Saiko.

"That sick bitch..." Sayaka says as she uses her aura to make a Dark Lightning version of the bow and arrow, similar to Shinsuke Takasugi's semblance. She had the bow targeted at Tony, which he is defending for Saiko and she was standing face to face with Tony.

Gintoki looked over towards to the tree branch and sees Sayaka as his eyes widens. "Sayaka..."

"Wait! Sayaka!!! Stop!" Vanilla exclaimed, yelling at her.

Saiko would make Tony look into her eyes, with his back turned against Vanilla. She smiled evilly at Vanilla. Her eyes starts to glow and kisses him, a front of Vanilla.

Jake, Vanilla, and Kita were shocked at what they just seen.

Sayaka would shoot a Dark Lightning arrow from her bow at Tony, going past the standing trio.

Tony would turn around and block the arrow with a wind slash from his sword, in which deflects the arrow and Saiko let's go of the kiss.

"Next, go and destroy Ruby Rose..." Saiko whispered to Tony, as Tony grabbed her and carries her. He jumps onto a tree branch and fleets away from the area.

Vanilla goes down to her knees as she had saw Saiko kiss Tony a front of her. She blinked as she drops her weapon.

"Man...That idiot didn't listen!" Jake sat back against the tree and facepalms at this.

Kita ran over and hugs Vanilla. "Sister..."

"....That bitch....She just had to take it so far...." 

Gintoki shortly said, as Sayaka came down from the branch and attends to him first with his injuries.

"Well...If it isn't the Ishiyama Clan's future, Sayaka Ishiyama..." He added.

Sayaka nodded her head slowly, as the female white fox faunus uses her white aura to heal Gintoki's shoulder and sighed. "Yeah...How's the old man doing?"

"Out of action, permanently...He is in the Atlas Hospital. He even wanted me to pass this message down to you. "Don't worry about me, I'll be fine...". This is what he said." Gintoki said.

"Idiots...Old idiots, by the way...Getting hurt all the time..." Sayaka sighed heavily as she looked over at Vanilla.

Vanilla tries her best not to tear up...But, she doesn't...."I cannot believe we were so close...I was close to wanting to telling him how I felt...Dammit...." She was really getting frustrated at this. 

"I did see her whisper something to him. Something sounding like to...Destroying Professor Rose...or...Something like that..." Jake said.

Kita sighed and shook her head. "This is seriously getting out of hand....I knew something was up with this world still...I just knew it wasn't even close from good either...."

"Yeah...We need to go back to Vale! We gotta get there before they do! We need to save him...I need to save him! Tony is the reason why I get to be myself for once, a front of people!" 

Vanilla stood up, as she shook her head and grabs Cheshire, makes it go back into inactive mode. She looks at Jake, Gintoki, Sayaka, and Kita. 

"I'm going after this bitch...Whether if I go alone or not! I will save him!" She ran off

"Wait, Vanilla! I'm coming!!!" Kita got up as well, as she ran after her.

Jake would look over at Sayaka and Gintoki,

"Go...Me and Saya will catch up with you, later!" Gintoki said to the boy.

Jake nods as he jump onto a tree branch and goes tree to tree, following the sisters. "I'm coming as well...You need extra help!"

"Good! We need all the help we can get!" Vanilla shouted out, as she looked up at Jake.

As the three were about to quickly and rush to leave Vacuo to head over for Vale, once again to prevent for what's about to happen, next. 

"Hang in there, Tony...We're coming...Please..." Vanilla thought to herself.

Episode ends

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Ending Credits

Second ED Theme (Specifically for this arc) 

Ending Theme Song: Memosepia by Sajou no Hana

The opening starts off with a dark background and someone is standing in it all alone, as a close up would show of Tony Shimura in the dark, alone. His eyes were dull and is seen with a look of serious despair on his face. It was a face that was disgusted.

It appears he's in his own subconscious as well.

The seeds disappeared as they were spilled

Then, he would sigh and starts to walk on as he would pass by a visuals of his own past memories. 

I follow the stained colors, and watch over

The first memory would see him with his mother, Velvet Crowe, his auntie, Mutsuko Crowe, his cousin, Benjamin Shimura, and his father, Shinpachi Shimura along with his two sisters, Kaiku and Sagura doing a family photo together. This marks the last time he saw his mother and father before the wars.

Oh oh, Immediately, again 

After that, his expression changed to a more of a happy look on his face as he walked past the memory. He walked past a memory of him, Sagura, and Kaiku saving Vanilla Frost on her return day at Britannia Village. Marking their first time meeting each other. 

It returns to my palm

The next memory shows is Tony with Kaiku and Sagura on their first day of school at Shoka Shinjuku, as they were met with Roe Ket, Jake and Wraith Belladonna. He kept his smile at the memory, but once Roe appeared...He had an unsure look on his face. 

Too light to climb up like this, so helpless

It would next show, the day when Tony and Dean having their altercation. But, making up and becoming officially friends with each other and also adding Tyler Black and Roman Reigns, into their friendship.

Years later, would show a memory of the four graduating and ending up at Beacon, together alongside with Vanilla Frost, Roe Ket, Nashime "Kita" Yoshida, and Asuka Reigns. 

The world is cold, it robs you of warmth

And outside of Tony's mind for a brief second. It shows him with Dean Ambrose slowly walking away, also fading away from him while Tony tries to reach out to him as Vanilla Frost is walking towards Tony.

Blinding sunlight is not enough

That would then fade out with a transition back to Tony's subconscious and it's showing the full-blown memory of him seeing Dean killing Roman a front of him and Tyler, then him finding out Cinder was the one behind his father's death, and Saiko lastly using her Darkness Control on him...

The memories I felt block the way ahead

Tony would stop walking as he is seen with a transition of three expression changes of sadness, anger, and despair after having to what had happened from seeing Roman's death and Dean's betrayal and his mind would break apart with a glass effect and he slowly pulls Siegfried in gun form as we're back outside of his now broken mind. He is seen with an psychotic look on his face.

I brush away that body heat and go far away

Multiple transitions of visuals would see of him holding Siegfried up towards a front of Jake Belladonna and Gintoki Sakata in Vacuo, Wraith Belladonna in Atlas, and finally, at Ruby Rose in Beacon.

It would be over in an instant if I let it wilt

Kaiku, Sagura, and Velvet would stand in front of Tony, trying to getting him to stop with his mental madness. Tony realizes that he's pointing Siegfried at them. He tries to back away from them. 

But expectation won’t leave me

Vanilla was standing behind him, as she started to hug him from behind and whispers to him saying something very meaningful to him.

Tony fell limp as he didn't know how to react to that at all, but to show a look of guilt and despair on his face to end the sequence.

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"Sup, After the Fall readers? This is Benjamin Shimura, speaking." Benjamin waved at the audience watching at home. He looks over towards his guest which hasn't been introduced into the fanfic yet, and his wife, Rin Shimura.

Rin waves as well and smiles. "Hi, guys! My name is Rin and I'm Benjamin's wife. Back off, ladies. He's mine...Anyways, we hope you guys enjoyed this episode."

"So much drama and sadness involved." Ben said.

"Vanilla...I feel crushed for the girl that she saw Tony's first kiss taken from and by the woman that's been manipulating him, Saiko.... I see why people hate her..." Rin says, crossing her arms.

Ben nodded his head. "Gotta say...I was really looking forward to seeing Vanilla and Saiko fight for the first time. But, we didn't get that here. Oh well...Hopefully, we'll get it soon..."

"Me too.. And please! Give me more of what happens with The Thurston's, Dean, and Cinder! I cannot believe their part had to end in another cliffhanger for this episode."

"Don't worry, Rin. That's what these previews are for! Anyways, next episode's title is..."

"Episode 17, Final Intervention! Better not miss it!" Ben and Rin said at the same time.

"Now, here's the preview!" Rin said with a smile and waves. "Hopefully, see ya next time ATF readers!"

"Yes, we'll see you in the next one!" Ben waves also.

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Preview: Episode 17, Season 2 - Final Intervention

"A big problem, huh Ao Thurston? Ooooo...I'm so scared...What are you gonna do?! Call your dead father and paralyzed mother?! Let me tell you what you're gonna do...You won't do nothing about it. Because why? You're just a shadow.. You follow me...You're just nothing more than an obedient puppet of mine that not even Seth knows about..Or...Really, your so-called friends knows about..." 

Cinder said as she walked around him in a circle and stops to look at him in the eyes.

Seth was confused on what Cinder was talking about, so he looked at Ao. "Ao...What is she talking about?!"

Ao takes his pistol gun out and points it at Cinder. "What in the hell are you going at, Cinder Fall?!"

"Do you want to shoot me, Ao? Or is it just doubt? Are you scared that you may end up dead like your father is?! Are you gonna follow in his footsteps? Or your brother's? I'm sure he hasn't given you the full story of how he was once an apprentice of mine before reuniting with you."

Ao's eyes widened in total shock and he kept his gun pointed at her, as he has his fingers on the trigger. 

"That's not true! I know it's not!"

Seth looked down at the ground with a formed shadow over his eyes. "Ao! Don't listen to her! She's trying to split us up!" 

Dean would put Katsuke down after breaking both of his arms. He would walk over to Seth, going past Ao. "I wouldn't even try and interrupt if I was you. You're just speeding your death up like that street rat punkass, Shinoda!" He points his Demon-Dweller Sword at him.

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Meanwhile, it's shown to see Velvet, Kaiku, Sagura, Zaveid, Ray, Himiko, and Emilia on a huge boat that carries many people on at one time. They were headed towards for Atlas.

"I hope we're not too late, guys...I'm seriously worried..." Kaiku said, as she looks at everyone. 

Sagura places a hand on Kaiku's shoulder. "Don't worry, sis. We'll find him soon. We just need the information to actually know where he is."

"How close are we towards Atlas, Zaveid?" Velvet asked, as she looked around if anything was out in the waves, as they were.

"Not far..." Zaveid answered Velvet's question, steering the boat towards there to Atlas.

Ray was laying back with his hands to the back of his head, looking up at the sky.

"What's wrong, Ray?" Emilia asked, as she looks at him

"Nothing...I'm fine, just thinking is all..." Ray answered, as he closed his eyes for a moment.

"So, Mrs. Crowe...What's the plan?" Himiko looks over at Velvet to see what the plan should be when they hit Atlas.

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As Tyler Black, Kintoki Sakata, and Asuka Reigns went to Britannia Village to await for war to happen. Benjamin had caught up with Reigns, Black, and Sakata. Ryuuto Yoshida and Qrow Branwen did return later to start evacuating people from the village.

Ruby Rose was in her brand new huntress gear and is waiting for Tony's arrival, with Crescent Rose in hand as well. She was standing outside of Beacon with security inside guarding back the students. She would then see Tony arriving in Beacon, in quick timing. He brought Saiko Mayama with her.

"Well, well, well...If it isn't Shimura's oldest kid, Tony Shimura...What happened to you?! What's wrong with you?" Ruby asked as she goes into scythe mode with Crescent Rose and held it up to her shoulder. She looked over at the girl with Tony.  "I would have to assume you're the girl that caused for Tony's disappearance....Did Cinder order you to it?! I know she has to be behind this, somehow...Did she tell you to manipulate this young man?"

"Where's your proof, you old hag? You got no evidence to prove if that either she did have a hand in me manipulating him or it was probably out of my own intention. Hmph...Innocent until proven guilty, did you read the law?! or...Is it your old mind too forgetful?!" Saiko asked with a psychotic, yet so evil smile on her face.

"Ruby...Rose...I know you, I remember you!" Tony had this straight look on his face with a psychotic smile, which was straight in this point. He laughed out loud in a psychotic way. "You're the p-person I've been looking forward to....kill....Because why? You are the one behind my...friend is gone and is with that BITCH, CINDER FALL!!!! RUBYYYYYY!!!! RUBYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!" He laughed out loud as he goes down to his knees and spreads his fingers down his face.

"I see now...You did manipulate him and then, he's in darkness...I know he's under your mother's old semblance influence. He's in Darkness Control...Isn't he?!" Ruby asked as she makes Crescent Rose go into gun mode.

Preview ends