Chapter 3: Clash of the Red Hoods

Cinder Fall glanced away from Emerald and Mercury as she heard someone approaching. A confident smile crossed her features as she spied the redheaded Huntress, Pyrrha Nikos nearing, her sword and spear in hand.

"So, you wish to be defeated again, Little Girl?" Cinder asked as Pyrrha glared back with angry green eyes. "We'll get to it then…" the false Fall Maiden ignited her powers and started to levitate as waves of fire formed around her.

She sent wave after wave of fire at the girl. A sadistic, pleased smile crossed Cinder's face as Pyrrha fell, but she continued to send blasts of flames till nothing was left of the girl but a roaring fire. She lowered herself back to the ground to enjoy the flame she created.

"Do you believe in Destiny?" Pyrrha asked from Cinder's left. And she turned to see the Huntress staring at her emotionlessly. Cinder took a step back, her eyes traveling to the arrow sticking out of Pyrrha's chest, back to her impassive eyes.

She turned quickly to see something rising from the fire where Pyrrha had been originally. It stood tall and powerful, a blood red demon with black rings around its soulless white eyes. The Demon reached behind his back and drew two jet black swords and began to stalk toward the Fall Maiden.

Cinder activated her powers again and sent balls of fire that slammed into the Demon, but to no avail.

She kept firing her flames, but the Demon shrugged the flames off as if it were splashes of water. The demon finally reached her and plunged his blades into her heart.

Cinder awoke in her bed drenched in sweat.

She slid out of her bed in the ruins of Beacon and walked over to one of the four Crystal-like pods. It was the eve to final victory. With the help of her … associates, with her mistress, she had managed to conquer the Maidens, and now used them to power herself. The Kingdoms were blaming one another and on the verge of war. Nothing could stand in her way. Soon she would draw enough power from the Maidens to even overtake her Mistress, and the true victory will be at hand. The only hiccup in the plan was the silver eyed girl that defeated her dragon but she had no doubt the additional power would overcome her enemy. Yet, why did she have an odd feeling of dread?

Do you believe in destiny?

She growled at the memory of the redheaded girl's voice, before turning from the large crystal and stomped from her chamber.

-DP-

"Ice Angel…" Weiss groaned as she heard a vaguely familiar voice speak. "Nap time is over!"

Her eyes snapped open as she sat up quickly to see the masked man and Blake with her on the rooftop. She glanced between them, and started to jump at Blake. Her attack was caught by the masked man.

"I'm not a traitor!" Blake frowned and flinched back.

"Then why did you hit me?" She demanded.

"This impatient idiot blew the alarm, we didn't have time to bring it before the committee," Blake crossed her arms.

"I am NOT a committee…" Weiss said crossing her arms.

"Look, I'm helping him hunt the woman who destroyed Beacon and killed Pyrrha," Blake explained. "He's not with her or anyone else." Blake glanced at Deadpool, "He's really…"

Deadpool's shoulder blade then exploded as a sniper shell exploded through his shoulder. "Well, there's Little Red Riding Hood right on time and …" he glanced to the healing hole in his shoulder. "That hurt like a bitch."

Deadpool turned as the red-caped Huntress jumped into the sky over them, expanding her Sniper-Scythe into melee mode as she landed before them.

"Wow," Deadpool gasped, as he rolled his healing shoulder and studied the scowling, hooded huntress. "You've gone from Spidey to Batman. Death glares don't suit you, Ruby."

Without a response she lashed out with Crescent Rose, and sparks flew as it collided with Deadpool's twin black katanas. "Oh! It's time for the mandatory main character miss-conception fight!" Deadpool said excitedly as their blades pushed against one another's. "Only this won't end like Dawn of Justice. Our mothers weren't named Martha." Ruby growled between clinched teeth. "Oh shoot, you haven't seen it yet? Spoiler alert…"

"Ruby! What are you doing, you dolt!?" Weiss asked angrily.

"Saving you from being kidnapped by this killer!" Ruby shot back, "He's dangerous!"

"Yes, ma'am, I am, I'm also great in the kitchen and the bedroom," Deadpool agreed.

Blake gasped when she twisted her scythe upward, slicing his arm off at the shoulder. "Tis but a flesh scratch."

Ruby blinked as she, Blake and Weiss stared at the one armed assassin. "A scratch? Your arm's off!" Ruby yelled, pointing at the wound.

"No it isn't…" Deadpool said, glancing at his bleeding shoulder.

"Then what's that?" Ruby shook her head slowly.

"I've had worse." Deadpool shrugged. "C'mon you pansy!"

Deadpool rushed her with his good arm, and she slashed with her scythe again, taking his other arm off. Ruby smirked as Deadpool looked around in confusion, then turned to Blake and Weiss, "Are you both ok?" She asked, then fell forward when he kicked her in the back of the head.

She fell forward, and Deadpool started kicking and stomping toward her. "HAVE AT YOU!"

"You're brave, but the fight's over!" Ruby redrew her weapon.

"OH! You've had enough, eh?" Deadpool ask, kicking at her.

"Look, you stupid bastard, you have no arms left!" Ruby cried in awe.

"Yes I have!" Deadpool counted.

"LOOK!" Ruby pointed with Crescent Rose.

"It's just a flesh wound." Deadpool nodded.

"What are you going to do?" Ruby narrowed her silver eyes, "Bleed on me?"

"I'M INVINCIBLE!" Deadpool exclaimed.

"You're a loony…" Ruby breathed, watched as he struggled to mouth the handle of one of his swords through his mask.

He roared what she assumed was a battle cry as he rushed her again. She met him with a swipe of her scythe separating his head from his shoulders.

"RUBY NO!" Blake called out as his head flew.

His body fell over before them while his head fell at Ruby's feet. They all stared for several moments before the silence was broken… by Deadpool's severed head. "IN THE END THERE CAN BE ONLY ONE!"

"What?" all three stared down at the still living head.

"Oh my goodness!" Deadpool's head exclaimed, "It isn't a shocker that you wear Hello Kitty, but really, Ruby?" Deadpool wiggled his eyebrows through his mask, "Does Yang know baby sister has graduated to thongs?"

Ruby blinked down at the decapitated head before she screamed and punted him toward the edge of the rooftop.

"YAHOOOOHOOOAHOOOY!" Deadpool's head screamed as it soared in a high arch.

"Ruby!" Blake called, running and jumping to catch the spinning head like a football. She managed to catch it before it went over the edge of the building and hugged it to her chest.

"Oh… they ARE as soft as they look…" Deadpool murmured against Blake's bust.

Blake squeaked and dropped the severed head back to the rooftop. "Ouch! That was incredibly rude…" The head sighed before speaking again. "Would one of you ladies be a dear and put my head back on my shoulders? And fetch my arms too? Thank you!"

"Blake!" Ruby yelled as the Faunas did as told. All three gawked as flesh began to nit itself back together.

"Oh that tickles!" he giggled as he healed.

"He's not our enemy, Ruby, if you would calm down long enough for us to explain." She said, placing his left arm against his injured torso, which also began to patch itself back together. She explained everything, except his true identity, as she grabbed his other arm, and put it into place.

"Oh…" Ruby said, as the now whole Deadpool sat up.

"So, do we want to continue the dance or we cool?" He asked, looking up at the hooded huntress.

"Sorry about … the whole… decapitation thing…" Ruby said awkwardly, offering a hand to the masked man.

"Oh, don't even mention it," He said taking her hand, and pulling himself up. "I got to see your panties and motorboat Blake, the wins were awesome."

"Hey!" Ruby and Blake snapped, while Weiss rolled her eyes.

"Anyway, everything is going perfectly according to plan!" Deadpool rubbed his hands together.

"What plan?" Blake crossed her arms as the three girls studied the red and black clad warrior curiously.

He produced a piece of ragged, blood stained notebook paper and presented it to them. "Step one, reassemble Team RWBY, it's part of the crossover so it's a must do. Plus I could use some backup for Step 3. But I'm getting ahead of myself. Step 2 is convince the Winter Maiden to help us by being bait for Cinder Fall, woman in red who caused the fall of Beacon, or kidnap her. Whichever. Then step 3: draw out Cinder and kill her dead. Good plan?"

"The Winter Maiden?" Weiss asked, stepping up, "Really?"

"Yup, Winter Maiden," Deadpool nodded, "Winter shouldn't be hard to find."

"But we don't even know who she really is, the identity of each of the four Maidens is one of the best kept secrets in all of Remnant!" Weiss exclaimed, "Especially what happened to the previous Fall Maiden!"

"It's Winter," Deadpool replied.

"I know, the Winter Maiden," Weiss replied heatedly, "But we don't know who or where."

"It's Winter," Deadpool said again, but slower as if speaking to a child.

"Yes, you already said that, we get that it's…" Weiss snapped but suddenly got silent as it hit. "Oh."

"Yes, oh." Deadpool nodded.

"I don't get it…" Ruby scratched her hair and tilted her head.

"Her sister is actually the Winter Maiden," Blake stated, smiling in understanding. "It makes sense…that's why she is always surrounded by Atlas' finest defenders including General Ironwood himself…"

"So, what you want me to call her or something?" Weiss asked.

Deadpool shook his head and looked at a wrist watch under his glove. "Nope, she should be here right… about…" a set of spot lights shinned down on Deadpool and the three huntress. "Right on time!"

"What… did you do?" Blake asked carefully.

"Nothing particular…" Deadpool scratched his head through his masked and turned away, "Just photoshopped Winter and Qrow's heads on a couple of porn stills and sent them to Winter's scroll with the message come for a good time here as a message…"

"I NEVER WANT TO SEE THOSE!" Ruby hid her eyes just in case.

"Oh boy…" Blake breathed, before glancing up to see Weiss' elder sister diving from an air ship toward Deadpool with her sword drawn and a look of raw rage upon her pretty face.

-DP-

Professor Ozpin sighed as he worked on the device his capture had forced him to assemble. "Get the feeling you distrust your young friend," Ozpin glanced back the observing Grimm Queen Salem.

"Do you think I am unaware of the two Project Paladin Hunters already produced, Ozpin?" Salem asked with a faint smile.

"I fear I do not know what you're talking about…" Ozpin said, pushing his broken glasses up on his nose.

"Don't play coy, Ozpin," Salem smiled before snapping her finger. A moment later a Ursa came into the chamber, carrying a badly damaged seemingly human body. "You may claim to not know the first two Paladins, but you will help me create a third to deal with them and your precious Hunters and Huntresses."

"This is more than you understand…" Ozpin bit his lip as the Ursa placed the body in the pod and closed the hatch.

"I understand completely," Salem's red eyes glowed, "Do not test me…"

Ozpin bowed his head, and hit the switch, causing a bright light to shine from the pod's window. Minutes later the process was complete and the steam filled pod. At first it seemed like the mutilated body was still dead, till a sharpened katana cut through the steam, and a Grimm-masked faunus with elongated horns and long red hair on his head, climbed from the chamber.

"Do you understand me? Do you know who you are? Where you are?" Salem asked the faunus.

"Deadpool…" Adam growled in barely constrained rage. "I… Want… Deadpool…"

To Be Continued…

Next chapter: Return of Team RWBY, get ready to rumble! I admit this was a shorter chapter, but I felt that was a good stopping point. More to come!