The Revenant

Disclaimer: I do not own RWBY or The Punisher.

Chapter I

He had no idea how it happened. It was all so sudden. He, his dad and mum and his older sister along with his grandparents and great grandparents were just celebrating his parent's anniversary and next everyone was screaming in terror and the killing began on both sides. Soon everyone was dead and he was the last to go. However, he saw her face. The one who took everything away from him and enjoyed every bit of it before she herself finished him off.

Unfortunately, she failed to actually do that as he was still alive. Barely hanging between the boundary between life and death. Limbo. Whatever. As he hung on a voice spoke to him.

'Sad isn't it? Powerless as everything you loved and cherished was taken from you just like that by that bitch and her minions.'

'Do you want revenge? Do you want the power to make the bitch suffer like she did to you? End her miserable existence in the most gruesome way as possible?'

'You can get that. You can gain the power to do all that and more...however, the price is very high.'

'However for you it might not be as you have nothing to lose now right? So what's it gonna be?'

Hell yes! He has nothing to lose anyways since he's already lost everything. If he can get his chance to make the bitch suffer and then end her in the most brutal way imaginable then yes! A resounding fucking yes is the answer!

And like that the world turned black before it flashed brightly.

...

The rain poured down on the field of stone flowers, silent gatherers dressed in black stood by a particular flower, with three names carved into it:

Francis Frank Castle.

Maria ElizabethCastle.

Lisa Barbara Castle.

Frank David Castle Jr.

Those who had gathered on this gloomy day all had something to shelter them from the rain.

Three people in particular looked towards the graves silent while the priest continued the eulogy.

The first is a young woman who's the last known relative of his. She couldn't believe that this had happen to him, her cousin Frank of all people and his family. He was the nicest person she knew, always made time to be there for her when they were younger.

The next person is a man of authority who had been Frank's superior when he was a soldier in the army in Atlas and then the Special Forces Unit. Frank had done a lot for Atlas and him and was when he retired to marry the love of his life, he was more than happy to give him an honorable discharge after he'd already fulfilled his military obligations.

The third and final person is a man who had been indebted to Frank as he had saved many of his relatives from the terrorist group known as the White Fang. Thanks to him he was able to see his relatives again safe and sound instead of bury them. When he heard of the tragic incident involving this hero he was shocked and appalled that this happened.

As the funeral ended, Summer Rose, the last known relative of the deceased, along with her husband Taiyang Xiao Long walked towards the gravestone. When they reached it Summer immediately fell down in tears and wept for a long time while Tai tried to comfort her.

...

Some years later an individual had shown up in Remnant and went on a sadistic crusade. Hunting down and ruthlessly killing the Grim and criminals. It did not matter how strong they were or whatever. They were hunted and killed in the most brutal ways imaginable that made many sick whether huntsman or not and this individual enjoyed every bit of it. His logo was an intimidating white skull over his chest and a Grimm mask in the shape of that very same skull.

He especially enjoyed killing of that fucking lunatic scorpion faunus who was a follower of the bitch. The fucker had attacked and tried to kill a silver-eyed huntswoman. Too bad it didn't go the way the son of a bitch wanted and the executioner made sure to enjoy every bit of it. The lunatic never saw it coming as he cut through the fucker's aura and cut his tail off, while the lunatic was in a state of shock at the loss of his appendage his arms followed and then his legs and by the time he finally comprehended what was happening he was nothing but a limbless torso with a head. Then before he finished him he told him one last message.

"Your queen bitch signed her and your death warrant that day she decided to take everything from me. Now I'm here to fulfill it and lucky me I get to kill you one of her followers, especially you who killed my mother and sister. Oh don't worry, your compatriots and the bitch queen herself will join you soon...in hell."

The look on the fucker's face was priceless as he decapitated him and absorbed his life essence. Of course the gruesome act scared the fuck out of the silver-eyed woman which he was somehow ashamed of, but still it was a good thing that he saved her anyways. She has a family to return to especially her two daughters who were waiting for her back home.

After spending time hunting in Vacuo and Mistral he finally set his eyes on Vale which is to become his new hunting ground.

...

Night had descended over Vale as the shattered moon and stars lit up the sky. The atmosphere contrasting what was about to go down very soon.

"Tonight is indeed a good night." Said a deep voice belonging to an individual in an all-black attire consisted of a grey hooded sleeveless jacket with a black under armor shirt underneath, black pants with thigh holsters with pistols in them, an ammo belt on his waist with clips of ammo and black boots. On the shirt is a white skull symbol which is very intimidating to look at. The outfit is topped off by a white Grimm mask that looks exactly like the symbol on his chest. His left arm in particular is encased in a Deistic brace.

It was the notorious vigilante known as The Revenant who's among Remnant's Most Wanted criminals. A ruthless and sadistic individual who's taken the law into his own hands and has been on a one-man crusade against crime and even Grimm in Remnant with his kill count mainly consisting of numerous Grimm, White Fang members and other well-known criminals like Malcolm Black, the notorious assassin.

He's also an equal opportunity executioner as one's race didn't matter to him. Human. Faunus. If you were a criminal you were a dead man walking.

Many have seen him as a monster who's sold his soul to the darkness or a hero who's doing what's needed to be done. Either way the councils in all kingdoms didn't like that and a bounty has been put on his head. Too bad no one wants to tempt fate and go after the reward and law enforcement has also been unlucky too.

Only Atlas' military that have ever been close to getting him but that resulted in the strike team getting their asses handed to them by the vigilante and their androids destroyed.

The nighttime was his favorite time of the day as it was the only time he felt really alive, when he felt his semblance was truly at its best. Didn't mean it was any less effective at the daytime. Still it was cool, clear and he was feeling great.

Right now he's hiding in the shadows of one of the nearby alleys staking out the From Dust till Dawn store which he'd tagged as a potential place to be robbed thanks to underground information along with some investigation of his own. In his arms is an assault/sniper rifle with a scope on it and a suppressor on the muzzle. He checked the watch under his wrist and then heard movement from another alley ahead of him and saw a group of armed men come out of it. "Right on time." He said.

Eight of them were dressed in black suits with red shades. Most of them had either side arms or swords on their sides, but two had assault rifles slung across their backs. All of them being led by a man wearing a white suit, a bowler hat holding a cane and smoking a cigar.

"Roman Torchwick." The Revenant said with a sadistic grin. Roman's reputation was well known in the other kingdoms, a former huntsman and criminal mastermind that was as cunning as he was eccentric. Which made him all the more dangerous, given him his place in the top five most wanted with The Revenant just one place above him. "Indeed tonight it is a good night."

Best of all for the vigilante, he had a dark red outline around him. A perk from his semblance as this meant that the criminal was somewhat linked to the one he hated the most with his entire being. A pawn, direct follower or whatever it didn't matter to him. He was fair game tonight.

The Revenant watched the armed group continue down the street and enter the shop. Four of the thugs stood outside on guard while the others entered the store with Torchwick.

Looking through the scope to get a good look he saw the other half of the group pointing weapons at the elderly shop owner before going around and grabbing every piece of dust that was in sight.

Having seen enough. The vigilante set his sights on one of the men standing guard and said, "Let the slaughter begin."

He pulled the trigger and watched as the bullet silently left the barrel and into the target's skull, his blood gushing from his head before he dropped dead. The other three went on alert with their weapons out looking for the attacker. Didn't matter as soon all three were dead with holes in their skulls.

"All too easy." The Revenant muttered. Then almost immediately one of the front windows of the shop exploded outward. Looking down the scope he caught sight of a girl kneeling over the downed form of one of the gunmen that went in the store.

She looked to be a little younger than him. She's wearing an all red and black outfit that hugged her curves with a skirt and ended with a long flowing red cloak. Her black/red hair was cropped short framing a heart shaped face with alabaster skin.

Standing to her full height, she pulled a weapon from behind her back. The device unfolding to reveal a massive scythe with a sniper scope attached to the shaft. What caught attention is the pair of silver-grey eyes on her face peering at the remaining thugs in the shop, a smirk appearing on her face as she twirled the large weapon around and implanted the blade into to the asphalt. Her other hand clicking off a pair of headphones she had been holding.

'Well I'll be damned. It's little Ruby!'He thought in amusement. Summer's daughter was here and being a badass already.

He then saw Torchwick take a slow drag on the cigar in his mouth as he looked at the girl.

"Okay...Get her!" He ordered and the remaining thugs went on the attack. The Revenant watched as Ruby easily dispatched of the thugs gracefully and with ease.

"Impressive." He muttered as he walked out of his hiding spot towards the scene. "Either Summer or the drunken crow taught her. Either way I'd say they did a good job."

Torchwick shook his head as he looked at the men he had hired who had been taken out so easily, though he noticed half of them were dead with holes in their head which raised a few red flags before focusing back on Ruby. "Well...you were all worth every cent. Truly you were." He muttered taking out his cigar only for it to get shot out of his hand and hurting him slightly.

Both him and the girl looked to the direction of where the shot came from and saw a 6 feet tall teen in all black and packing heat casually walking towards them. Ruby looked on in confusion at the guy but Torchwick was sweating in fear as he instantly knew who it was. 'Shit! It's the freaking Revenant! He's now in Vale?! Not good! Not good!' He thought.

Not wasting time he raised the cane and a sight snapped open from the bottom.

The Revenant responded raising his rifle and firing a salvo of bullets at the criminal as he fired a flare from the cane. The girl aimed her scythe at the ground and fired herself into the air to avoid the following explosion while the vigilante dove aside and rolled out of the way.

Getting to his feet and aiming forward again he found Torchwick gone, but a spot of blood along with the blood trail led to a ladder that went to a nearby rooftop where the mastermind was busy climbing up painfully with a large red spot on his left torso.

'Not so fast.'Revenant thought as he slung his rifle behind him and focused his aura before vanishing in a blur and appearing on the rooftop. Rifle out and switching to full auto he saw Torchwick staggering to the other end of the roof holding his bleeding torso. 'Got you in my sights!'

A moment away from pulling the trigger to stop him, a gunshot was heard in the street below and a familiar red cloaked girl appeared with her scythe at the ready, sending a brief look at the one that got there before her before addressing the criminal. "Hey!"

Torchwick stopped, gripping the left side of his torso a bit tighter, "Persistent." He hissed through his teeth as a loud hum of a bullhead's engines was heard powering up. The air craft rose into the air sending wind billowing around them, a spotlight shining down on the rooftop as the cargo door opened to allow the criminal entry.

Squinting through the brightness, Revenant raised his weapon and fired at the ship. Torchwick barely ducking out of the way as the rounds peppered around the metal walls until the clip ran out.

Wasting no time Revenant reloaded his weapon. Just in time as Torchwick came back out in the open shouting, "End of the line kids!" while holding up a red dust crystal making the vigilante narrow his eyes.

Just as the criminal threw it out a Revenant wasted no time aiming at the volatile crystal and fired another salvo at it resulting in it going up in a blast of fire, the shockwave that followed jarred the bullhead forcing Torchwick to grab the handhold inside the compartment, glaring down at the two below but was forced into cover as another barrage of bullets came at him from them.

Torchwick grunted as he kept low and making his way to the cockpit where a woman with raven colored hair and a dark-red dress was piloting. "Oy! A little help here with these brats?" He growled while using his aura to heal as much of the gunshot wound as he could.

The woman stood up abruptly and headed past him and into the compartment, leaving her partner to pilot the ship as she looked down at the two teens as the girl reloaded her weapon while the male just slung his rifle behind him and drew out his side arms. Glowing ember eyes leered down at them as she held out her hand, fire traveling along the arm of her dress before a fireball launched from her palm.

Both of them saw the attack and leapt out of the way when it struck the roof, splashes of energy spreading around on impact. The woman waved her hand through the air and a glowing red circle appeared below them.

Revenant growled and grabbed the girl around the waist and leapt back as the ground exploded sending chunks of debris flying in all directions. Glaring at the woman when he landed away from the blast zone, the vigilante raised one of his side arms to shoot when he saw another fireball heading straight for them.

Before he had a chance to move again, a shield of purple energy suddenly erected and took the hit instead. Confused at the turn of events, he heard the sound of high heeled shoes on the ground behind him.

Turning around, he was greeted with the sight of an older woman making her way across the roof. Dressed in a white blouse and black skirt, her blonde hair tied up in a tight bun with green eye behind a pair of glasses. Her posture was stiff, yet controlled as she held a riding crop in her hand that was pointed forward.

Revenant instantly recognized her Glynda Goodwitch, assistant to the Ozpin, the headmaster of Beacon.

Waving the crop, the debris that was scattered around from the fireball started hovering in the air before forming together to create a large, spear-shaped projectile that launched at the bullhead.

A handful of fireballs shot out of the ship from the attacking woman, taking out half the projectile. But the blonde waved her crop again causing the remaining stone pieces to split off in several directions and attack from various angles.

This only lasted a few seconds before a wave of orange energy blasted from within the bullhead destroying the projectiles completely.

The two teens raised their weapons and started shooting again, the mystery woman in the air held out her hand and deflected the salvo of rounds effortlessly before waving her hand through the air again. Causing the ground below the three of them to glow brightly forcing them to jump out of the way as a large hole was blasted through the roof.

By the time they had righted themselves, the bullhead was already flying away. Its engines tilting upward as it gained speed and getting away.

Revenant growled, holstering his pistols as he watched the craft fade away. "Fuck! He got away!" He muttered in anger.

"You're a huntress." He turned to the girl that fought alongside him with a raised eyebrow as she saw her looking at the woman that helped them with stars in her eyes.

'Duh. Duh. Duh. DUH! Of course she's a huntress!'Revenant deadpanned. 'Though considering whose daughter she is, it shouldn't be a surprise why she acts like that.'He smirked behind his mask. 'Anyway time to leave before Glynda tries something.'

"Can I have your autograph?!" Ruby added with a higher pitch.

The woman gave her a pointed look, "No. And I must ask that you come with me immediately." She turned to the vigilante walking back to the ladder. "That goes for you as well Revenant." The vigilante stopped by the ladder.

"Sorry but I'll pass on that Miss Goodwitch." Revenant responded without looking at her as aura surrounded him again. Before Glynda could attempt to stop him he vanished in a blur again leaving both females shocked.

Ruby Rose could only stare, mouth agape at how the vigilante had just vanished like that.

Of course she'd heard of the notorious Revenant and his exploits especially his skills with a gun that rivaled other huntsmen. However she'd never expected him to have a semblance like her own. Her thoughts were interrupted when Glynda gave her another look and motioned for her to follow. Her frustration at letting the notorious vigilante escape very clear on her face as they headed into the city.

Chapter I End.

Crossover involving The Punisher and RWBY. I'm honestly surprised there isn't a crossover story involving these two. In this case there's The Revenant instead of The Punisher but he's still more or less the character but a bit OOC, and he's already body bagged some fools already. His semblance is a secret for now but you're free to figure it out. As for who is The Revenant/Punisher? That will be revealed later.

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