Hey guys. Striker777 here with the next chapter of my story The Rose Assassin. Be sure to stay tuned for the next chapter to come out.

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The boys had been freaking out for quite a while now, screaming and carrying on about how they failed the girls. Connor was getting to the max amount of bull shit in a day that he could handle.

"SHUT UP!" The boys made quick work listening to him and shutting their traps. "Okay here's the situation. Hector has taken your friends back to his bandit camp to be sold into slavery, and I can only assume that entitles sex slaves. We need to get them out of there now."
"And how do you suppose we do that?" asked the blue jacket guy.
"Well blueberry, listen up and I'll explain the plan."
"Nolan."
"Alright then Nolan, I'm Connor. Okay, here's how it's gonna go down."

Connor drew a floor plan of the bandit camp into the sand. "These guys hide out in an old Mantle military outpost that has been abandoned for centuries. Floor plan is simple. This is where they're holding them-" Connor stabbed his finger into the sand, on a room just off centre. "Easy storage and moving when they're being sold. Their equipment will be in a seperate room three doors down the hall, in the armoury. At the end of this hall and this hall, we have our escape route, a garage holding several jeeps and bikes.

The mission is simple. Nolan and Saw here will go collect the weapons and place them in a jeep for us, whilst me and Pretty Purple over here get the girls and take out Hector. We escape on a jeep and ride due north to Shade Academy.

Now the tricky part, getting in. There's an number of entrances, all of which are guarded. I'll be climbing up the side of the building and taking care of the two or so guards stationed outside the garage. Once that's settled, we enter in through there. The number of guards in the garage is still unclear. We could have 0 or 20 waiting for us when we get there."

"First off, my name is Brawnz, and that's Roy. Secondly, you know a lot about this place. Why is that?"
"Who do you think causes them all that damage he was talking about? That was me. Put an end to a little weapon dealership they had going on, but was rushed due to shenanigans happening and didn't kill Hector or set off the hidden explosives I hid in the base. Once we're clear, that place goes sky high. Any questions?"

All three boys put their hand up.

"Alrighty then. Nolan, was it? What's up?"
"Do you know how to drive the jeep?"
"Course I do. I've driven a lot of vehicles before and haven't crashed once. How about you Saw? Oh wait... Roy."
"Thanks. What happens if the girls are already sold when we get there?"
"There in lies the beauty of this plan. They're taken back to the storage room until the auction is over. That way, people don't have to pay for a slave before going back to buy a new one. And Brawnz, how about you?"
"How can we trust you to be true to your word? No offence but my folks drilled into me that no one does anything for free, and if they try to, don't trust them."
"None taken. And don't worry. If anything happens, Dorothy will come try to kill me herself."
"The headmistress?"
"She may as well be my aunt. I've known her for so long."
"That's why you're the bonus objective!" exclaimed Nolan.
"I'm the what now?"
"Professor Anne gave us a bonus objective before the initiation. Find and return with you, unharmed. Winning team gets a private training session with her." explained Brawnz.
"Now I know about that whole debacle a few years ago." Connor thought back to the incident 3 years ago.

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"There he is! Get him!"
'What are these guy's problems?' Thought Connor as he ran from 4 students of Shade.
"We can't let him escape!" screamed one of the members as they tried to grab Connor again. Connor had fired several warning shots and was contemplating actually fighting these guys. He was just eating his dinner one minute, and the next he's running on the rooftops of the village.

Connor jumped across a roof, and landed through a window on a mother putting her young daughter to bed. "Look mummy, it's the Wanderer!"
"Shhhhh!" Connor looked out the window and saw the students running in a different direction. "Sorry for the intrusion. Some Shade students just attacked me out of nowhere."
"Why?" asked the daughter.
"Dunno. That's what I intend to find out." Sorry again." Connor jumped out of the window and rushed off in the other direction than the Shade students.

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"Dorothy told me that she had no idea either, now that's obviously a lie. She sent people to find me every initiation?"
"For the past 5 years. Any specific idea why she would only start then?"
"That's when I started doing this gig."
"And why did you start this gig?" asked Roy.
"That's on a need to know basis, and you do not need to know. I don't want to talk about it." and with that, Connor walked off in the direction of the bandit camp, followed closely by Brawnz, Nolan and Roy.

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"I count 2 guards in front of the door, close together. Easy pickings." Connor handed the binoculars to Brawnz to take a look. He did a quick survey of the area using Washi, strapping a scroll to her chest and using his scroll to see the feed. Connor looked to see a group of cars and jeeps out the front of the base, on the opposite side of the garage.

"Looks like they started the party without us. Take a look at this boys." Connor passed his scroll to Roy, and Nolan looked over his shoulder.
"I count at least 15 cars."
"And from experience, we can expect 3 people per car, a boss and two bodyguards. That's an extra 45 people to deal with."
"Things don't look good."
"No they don't Nolan, no they don't. I'm gonna go on ahead and see what I can do about these two in front of the garage. You guys need to be ready with a breach. On my signal, get into the garage as quietly as you can and don't be seen."

Connor stood up and ran down the sand dune he was on towards the old military outpost. He reached the side of the building and began to climb up the water drain. He got up to the roof, and went to go to the garage before he noticed a pair of snipers on the roof. He rushed behind one and drove his hidden blade into his throat. He moved the body out of the other sniper's line of sight.

He looked over to the other sniper, blissfully unaware of the situation. He drew his hidden blade and slammed it into his neck. The sniper let out a faint gasp before falling over limp.

Connor made his way over to the garage entrance and looked down, waiting for the two men to move closer together. He didn't have to wait long before one pulled out a canteen of water and offered it to the other man, who accepted the offer. Connor leapt down, and using both hidden blades, killed the two men by puncturing their necks.

Connor moved the bodies over a sand dune to keep them out of the way, and signalled for the boys to move from their position and follow him into the garage. The boys made their way into the old military base and hid behind one of the jeeps.

"The keys are still in the ignition. This one is ours. Now, you two make your way to the armoury. It should be in that door just down the two halls, first on the right.Brawnz and I will go and rescue the girls."

"Connor. Up ahead." Connor looked at Roy as he pointed towards the hallway, seeing a collection of around 8 bandits surrounding the area.
"Never easy when I'm around. I'll take the three at the back, you guys take the other 5." The three at the back were the only ones with aura, and would raise the alarms if not dealt with quickly. "I'm going to sneak my way over there and catch them by surprise. You guys stay here and have at the others on my mark."

With a nod of affirmation from the others, Connor ran over to the side of the building, where he climbed up the ladder that connected to the walkways on the ceiling. Connor used his eagle vision to look over the area for snipers, and after finding none, he walked stealthily over to the back of the garage, where the three men were talking amongst themselves.

"Man. It sucks that Hector didn't give us a shot at those Shade students. Did you see the one in the green? I'd tap that ass all day."
"Beanie girl was cute too. But she'd look better with my dick in her mouth."
"In the words of a wise man, why not both? I could go for a threesome with the purple and red haired ones."
"And the other one can watch all of it!" The three erupted into laughter.

Connor felt ready to send these guys into the domain of the god of darkness. He saw the other boys with their weapons drawn, ready to attack. Connor smiled and threw down a pair of high-duty smoke bombs. The whole area was covered in a thick, white fog, and everyone scrambled at the introduction of this new obstacle.

"NOW!!"

Connor leapt down into action and brought two of his hidden blades into the napes of two of the bandit's necks, before slashing the other guy in half. Connor looked over towards his allies and saw them making quick work of the other bandits.

When the smoke cleared, the four looked over at their work. 8 bandits laid dead on the floor in front of them. "Check the bodies. Grab anything that could be useful." The five nodded and went to work examining the bodies.

Connor reached down to the first body, and after grabbing a few lien, moved onto the next. This time was better, as he grabbed more lien and a belt of hand bombs. These were new Atlas tech, triggered by a detonator, these things were more powerful than hand grenades and smaller. Connor stashed them, and the detonator. The third body held a packet of condoms, which Connor rightly threw to the other side of the room.

"Find anything useful?"
"Roy found a keycard."
"Perfect. That'll get us into the doors. You two head on ahead and get the equipment into the jeep. Brawnz and I will go get the girls. Let's go get 'em." With that, the four boys made their way down the halls, careful not to raise any alarm. Roy and Nolan stopped outside of the armoury, and opened the door with the keycard. The two made their way in, grabbing the girls weapons and clothes. The four were a little apprehensive about what the girls were wearing if their clothes, garments included, were being stored here.

The two passed the key card to Connor and Brawnz as they rushed down the hall again to the jeep. Connor and Brawnz nodded to each other before activating the keycard on the door, unlocking it. Connor holds up three fingers and puts one them down one at a time. When he reaches zero fingers, the two rush in to see the greatest horror that could have befallen them in this situation.

An empty room. Devoid of life.

"I don't understand. You said they'd be here."
"They should be... unless... they're getting sold right now! Go back to the jeep and tell the boys to be ready to rocket it out of here. I'm going for the girls." Connor rushed down the hallway, making his way towards the auction hall. He stood outside the door, before climbing up an air vent and through to the ceiling hangers. 'I'm in ceiling hangers a lot.' he thought as he made his way to the stage, where they were finishing auctioning off a weapon.

"Gentlemen, this blade is of huntsman material with a grenade launcher, and its going away for only twenty-thousand lien? Do I hear 25?" A man in the back raised his hand. "Good choice sir, this blade is indestructible, second only to the famous Arc blade Crocea Mors."
"I'll give 35!"
"35!" Do I hear 40?" No one raised their hands. "Sold to the gentleman at the back for 35,000 lien." The crowd applauded in congratulations as the man smiled at his new purchase.

"Now for tonight's final bid, the moment you've all been waiting for!" The curtains draped down to reveal the five missing girls, in nothing more what may as well have been string. "We have 5 incredibly gorgeous girls from Shade Academy! These beauties are still virgins and fetch such a high price as sex slaves for the most noble of gentlemen."
"150,000!"
"200,000!"
"400,000!" The bids kept rolling in as the girls struggled to hold back their tears. Nebula looked amongst the crowd before squinting at a blinding light coming from the roof. She looked up to see the Wanderer, looking down at her.
'I'm gonna cause a distraction, take the girls and run down the hall. Meet the boys in the garage.' he mouthed to her. Nebula seemed to understand and nodded her head, grabbing Gwen and May by the hand.

"1.5 million!"
"3 million!"
"100 million lien!" The crowd turned around to see an ugly, fat man, covered in jewels and fancy clothes, eyeing the girls up and down.
"Anyone able to do better?" asked the auctioneer. The crowd shook their heads. Hector decided to make an appearance.
"Enrique! You spoil me, my friend. The girls are yours!"

This is when Connor made his move.

He threw his collection of hand bombs down at the floor, enticing multiple bangs as the audience turned in multiple directions to see what made the noise. Connor activated the detonator, killing most of the audience, Enrique included. He threw the remainder of his smoke bombs into the floor, and used his eagle vision to slay his targets. He saw the girls make a break for the exit, rushing with Brawnz to the garage.

Connor stabbed the auctioneer through the chest, before firing on the remainder of the crowd, leaving no survivors. And just like that, in less than a minute, 50 people laid dead at his feet. He looked around, noticing that Hector was not amongst the corpses. He sighed, furious that a target escaped for a second time. He made a quick decision and ran for the garage.

The eight teens were waiting for Connor, worried that he was injured.
"We need to leave, now!" screamed Octavia, getting her dress on.
"We can't leave yet, we owe it to him to take him with us!" responded Nolan, who was helping May with her weapon.
"The linger we stay here, the more risk there is for us. We have to go." repeated Octavia. It was at this time that Connor rushed through the door.
"Let's get out of here." Connor hopped in the front seat and started the car.
"Can you drive?" asked Nebula.
"Oh ye have little faith. Of course I can drive." With everyone in the jeep, Connor floored the pedal and the nine of them rushed out of the garage.

Connor waited until they were a safe distance, before activating another detonator. "If you want to see something awesome, look behind us." The other eight looked backwards, catching the base blowing up in a massive explosion.
"Whoa! That's fucking epic!" exclaimed Nolan.
"Dude, I'm right next to you, and driving. Please don't shout in my ear."
"Sorry."

"Uh, guys... we have incoming!" Dew seemed a little on edge. Connor looked out of the mirror to see a motorcycle following them, ridden by none other than Hector himself.
"YOU MOTHER FUCKER! I'LL KILL YOU FOR WHAT YOU DID, AGAIN!"
"What does he mean by again?" asked May.
"I may or may not have blown up half his base the last time I was there. Nolan, take the wheel. I need to step outside for a minute." Nolan took the wheel, flooring the pedal.
"What are you gonna do then?"
"My good man..." Connor opened his door and looked outside at the approaching motorcycle.

"-I'm gonna finish my job."

Connor jumped out of the car and ran over the scorching hot desert sand. Hector laughed maniacally as he readied a spear to run Connor through. Connor grabbed the spear, and drove his hidden blade into his chest, causing both parties into the gate.

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Hector gasped into the blade that entered his chest, despite his aura being at 62%. "H-how? How could my aura fail me?"
"My semblance allows me to pierce aura. No amount of aura can protect you from me."
"I only wanted a good life. W-was that so wrong?"
"You seek a life through the exploitation of others and their bodies. That is not the way to a good life."
"Oh well. It seems you did get the best of me in the end, so I suppose that congratulations are in order."
"I need no prize nor reward for doing what needs to be done. I need only the satisfaction of knowing that the world is a better place now."
"I see you have a strong sense of purpose. You would... have made a... great... bandit." With his last breath, his body sunk to the floor, devoid of life.

"The god of darkness welcomes you into his domain of death. Find peace." Connor reaches down and takes the bandit's necklace, a ruby contained in the most pure of silver. Connor places the necklace over his neck, and walks away from the body.

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Connor came to as the body brought up a cloud of dust. The assassin looked back to see the students going back for him. He contemplated for a little but before coming to a conclusion.

'Fuck it.'

He ran at them, grabbing Nolan's hand and jumping back into the driver's seat. "Shade is 30 minutes North of here. You girls get descent and we'll be there before you know it." Connor turned his head due North towards the school, as he was sure Dorothy would want him to cash in on the wager.

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Dorothy had hoped beyond hope that at least one student would be able to bring Connor back to her. She waited alongside her deputy headmaster and chef, Professor Toto, a 5-star dog faunus cook. "The students should be back by now. I do hope they're alright."
"As do I Toto, as do I." The two old friends were broken out of their conversation at the sound of heavy panting and footsteps.

A group of 12 students, lead by a confident boy, waltzed on into the school, completely exhausted. When they made it inside the school, they all collapsed onto the floor. A group of awaiting seniors helped them to their feet and to the resting are, catered with rejuvenating foods and water.

"Congratulations to all of you. You have passed the initiation."
"It was all thanks to Troy here. He really stepped up as a leader and helped organise the chaos. He helped us get through the Grimm and still cared about our safety." voiced one of the students. The rest of them patted him on the back and thanked him.

"This was us. Not me. This is what we accomplished, as a team. Have the others arrived yet?"
"Sadly no. I do hope they're okay."
"If they're not back in an hour, I'm going back out there to find them. They're our classmates and our companions. I'm not leaving them out there."
"Most noble of you, Mr Vert. However, these students must find their own way to Shade." replied Toto.
"But if they're in trouble, who'll know?"

The conversation was interrupted by the roar of an engine. The first years, seniors, and the two professors, looked over the hill to see a car of some sort make their way to them. One of the seniors' eyes widen. "Professor! That's a bandit vehicle from the South!"
"All able students, prepare to defend the school from this assault! Defend the school!" screamed Toto as the senior students drew their weapons. Troy also stood up and grabbed his long sword, shifting it to its sniper mode. But something that left everyone confused left Dorothy speechless.

Black smoke.

"Hold your fire! They're friendly!" Dorothy rushes out of the school and onto the sand, on a direct path for the car.
"Headmistress! Wait up!" Toto, Troy and the seniors rushed after her.

The car came to a screeching halt. Dorothy rushes up, only to be weighed down by a certain eagle. Washi snuggled into her neck as she inspected the car. The driver's door opened and the students aimed their weapons. But the person who stepped out gave them a heart attack.

The man they had been searching for over the last 5 years.

The Wanderer.

"Dorothy! I do believe that these ones are yours if I'm not mistaken." The remaining first years jumped out of the car and approached Dorothy with wide smiles. "And I believe you owe them a private session. And you never go back on your word."
"No I do not. Congratulations on not only passing the initiation, but also returning with the man I have been looking for. So Connor, about the wager?"
"Oh yes. You were right. By the ancient rules I am damned to go to this school from now on."
"Well then. Let me be the first to formally welcome you to Shade Academy. Now, I do believe it's time for the award ceremony."

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"Dorian Gray, Basil Hallward, Henry Wotton, and Sybil Vane. The four of you will henceforth be known as team DWHS (Dowse), lead by Dorian Gray." Dorian perked up at that statement as Sybil gave him a celebratory hug, and Basil patted his back. Henry snickered and just gave Dorian a thumbs up.

"Troy Vert, Alex Huron, Juliet Iam and Lycaon Wolfe. The four of you make up team TAIL, lead by Troy Vert." Troy smiled at this as his teammates clapped and applauded him.

"Nebula Violetta, Gwen Darcy, Dew Gayl and Octavia Ember. The four of you will furthermore be referred to as team NDGO. Lead by, Nebula Violetta." The four girls hugged each other on stage, and began laughing at each other.

"Brawnz Ni, Roy Stallion, May Zedong and Nolan Porfirio. The four of you will be known as team BRNZ. Lead by, Brawnz Ni." The four smiled at each other before a round of high five and low fives were exchanged.

"And finally, a very special case this year. I am sure many of you remember your initiation, and I am glad to announce that the bonus objective for the past 5 years, The Wanderer, Connor Rose, will be attending this academy. Be sure to treat Connor with respect." Connor stood in front of them all, and lowered his hood to reveal his face. The school stared in shock as Connor was revealed to be a 17 year old boy with black hair, red highlights, silver eyes, and tan skin.

NDGO and BRNZ applauded Connor as he made his way down to them. "Congratulations on your leadership Nebula, Brawnz. You both showed great skill in the face of adversity and still came out on top. You show great potential." 'More than you could possibly fathom.' Connor thought that last part.

"One more thing. Professor Calwick has asked to be given a bit more leniency this year in terms of combat class. I know he has been working very hard in recent years and deserves a bit of a breather. So I will be teaching first year combat class." The first years were left speechless at what they were hearing. The headmistress was going to train them herself in combat. There was a long silence before Connor spoke his mind.

"We're so fucked."

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So that's it for another chapter of The Rose Assassin. Be sure to stay prepared for more random updates and chapters. But for now, Striker777, over and out.