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Jaune Arc was the mild mannered (mostly) Beacon student by day... And sometimes by night.
But at night... Also sometimes the day... He was THE HUNTSMAN! Vale's number one superhero!
With his trusty sidekick, Wonder Zwei, the intrepid duo stealthily climbed through the window of the Old Vale Manse, now the Federal Records Building, and crept through the shadows.
Huntsman and Wonder Zwei made it to an intersection of halls. The Huntsman turned to Zwei.
"Well, Wonder Zwei? Which way?" He asked.
"Arf," Zwei said, pointing to the right. The Huntsman frowned.
"The server room? All right! Let's see what this cyber criminal has in store with the storage of sensitive secrets!"
They leaped into action, charging down the hallway, waving at the security cameras, before finding the server room door ajar. Dramatically, the Huntsman and Wonder Zwei burst through the door, capes waving thanks to their quick sprints.
(In the absence of dramatic wind or fans, it was necessary to convey momentum to your capes. It was just tradition.)
"Stop right there you felonious... Feline?" Huntsman trailed off in shock.
In the center of the main server room was a shapely female form in a tight black leather. A black whip hung from her belt, resembling a cat's tail. Cat-like ears poked out of the top of her black mask, which was also leather. Frankly it looked like it was suffocating to wear, especially given the weather.
Then again, the tempting trespasser didn't seem to be bothered as she turned a sultry smirk towards the Valean Vanguard.
"Why hello, Huntsman~. I was hoping to run into you," she purred.
Wait... This is... YES! MY FIRST SUPERVILLAINESS! Jaune thought happily. Well, second. Or third? Does Neo count? Also Red Huntress is out there. What on Remnant is driving young ladies to a life of crime? Oh right, focus.
"Surrender and come quietly, miss... Uh..."
"Eidolon," the woman smirked. The Huntsman blinked.
"Er... Are you sure?"
Eidolon scowled.
"What? What's wrong with my supervillainess name, hm?"
"Well, I mean," Jaune shrugged, and gestured with his hand, "You have a cat theme going on so I kind of assumed-"
"What, just because I'm a cat-themed villainess I need a cat name?" The young lady demanded. The tone of her moral outrage was somehow familiar, but Huntsman didn't let that distract him.
"Well... I mean, it would make things easier," Huntsman said with a shrug.
"That's so stereotypical! Are you also going to assume I'm a cat Faunus?"
"Are you?" Jaune asked. "I didn't assume that!"
"Oh... Well..." Eidolon calmed herself, and resumed her sultry smirk. She rested a hand on her hip and raised her eyebrows at him.
"So nice of you to drop by, but you're too late! Soon, I will erase all the browser histories from all the computers in Vale! No nosy government workers or judgemental friends will ever see embarrassing porn histories ever again!"
Ah. The villain explaining their diabolical plan. This was much more his speed. It was even morally ambiguous! This was so exciting!
"While I appreciate that you respect people's privacy," Huntsman said, "And share a love for people's freedom of choice, breaking and entering is still a crime. I'm afraid I'll have to take you in."
"Oh really?" Eidolon said, gripping her whip with a confident smirk.
"Don't make this any harder than it has to be, Eidolon," Huntsman stated, in his gruffest vigilante voice.
"Why Huntsman! How hard do you want it to get?" Eidolon purred, sauntering up to him with swaying hips. Jaune did his very best not to blush behind his mask.
Oh Breaker above... She's flirting! I mean, I think Neo does that sometimes and maybe Red Huntress too, but wow! She's really blatant about it! Jaune thought happily. He then shook his head furiously to clear his thoughts. NO! I am a superhero! I can't be tempted by worldly desires!
He reached out to grab her wrists and pulled her close.
"Sorry. Not going to work," the Huntsman growled.
Eidolon smirked and pressed herself up against him.
"Oh? How about this~?"
Ohhh Table Breaker ohhh this is bad! Jaune thought as his blush could no longer be denied. He cleared his throat.
"Ah... Wonder Zwei?"
The Pooch of Power was typing on a laptop nearby.
"Arf!"
Jaune scowled.
"What do you mean you're blackmailing members of the Council?"
"Arf!"
"No you can't do it just because you disagree with the zoning laws! Do it the proper way! Bad dog!"
"Arf!"
"No I'm not flirting with her," Jaune again growled. Eidolon grinned.
"Doesn't seem that way to me, hero~," she crooned. "Why don't you join me and become a more morally ambiguous crusader for justice~? Who needs Lawful Good anyway?"
"Ugh, they keep making Neutral or Lawful Evil characters and it's become so boring," the Huntsman groaned, "I don't mind grittiness but when it's the only thing around? It all becomes the same. Like Ninjas of Love the graphic novel."
Eidolon's eyes widened and she grinned.
"Oh! Personally I thought some of the characters were a little too strait-laced and needed more ambiguity!"
"Maybe some of them, but they turned Satoshi into a creep, where before he was just deeply repressed," Huntsman argued back, "That changes the whole tone of his relationship with Maki and Sakura. Now it's like he was gaslighting them when he was just dealing with his childhood issues."
"I didn't see it that way," Eidolon huffed, "Though I will admit it made the scenes with his sensei, Yurika, a bit awkward."
A pause.
"The foursome was an unexpected but pleasant surprise."
"Really? I thought it was unnecessary fanservice," Huntsman said.
"Arf," Zwei said succinctly.
"We are not nerds!" Huntsman protested. The other door to the server room burst open, and a redheaded Huntress in Hellenic armor with red goggles and red cape appeared. Eidolon snarled.
"Red Huntress!"
"HAHA! I'm here to steal your crime, kitty kat!" Red Huntress cackled in a less than convincing evil laugh. One she cut abruptly as she saw the position the two were in. She narrowed her eyes behind her goggles.
"Red Huntress!" Huntsman gasped. "Here to steal another crime?"
"Yes! Because I am your part-Er, nemesis!" Red Huntress growled. "How DARE you dally with a new villainess!"
"What?! No, we-we just met!" Huntsman protested, trying to pull away from Eidolon. The wily cat-themed burglar held on more tightly and smirked at Red Huntress.
"Don't think of it as dallying. He's trading up! There's a NEW supervillainess in town, Red Huntress! One with moral ambiguity and complexity which makes for far more interesting adventures! Isn't that right, Huntsman~?"
"Errr," Huntsman tried, but Red Huntress scoffed.
"PLEASE! You're a Janey-Come-Lately! You'll NEVER have what we have! Now go run along to your litter box!"
"That's racist!"
"Oh! I'm sorry, are you an actual feline faunus under that mask?" Red Huntress asked, looking very apologetic. Eidolon blushed brightly.
"N-No! Of course not! But it could still be offensive to Feline Faunus!"
"Well GOOD! I'm trying to BE offensive to you, you-you...!" Red Huntress's face turned red and she forced herself to say the next word.
"Skank!"
Eidolon gasped.
"WHORE!"
"BITCH!"
"SLUT!"
The two supervillainesses lunged at eachother, engaging in what could be a very literal catfight (if one of them was a feline Faunus, of course). Huntsman just gaped in astonishment at the leather clad violence. Wonder Zwei trotted up and watched this conflict.
"Arf."
"Oil? Chocolate sauce?!" Huntsman demanded. "No Wonder Zwei, come now! That's demeaning to women everywhere!"
"Arf."
"Well no, I didn't ask if it would be demeaning-" Huntsman sighed as he heard police sirens. "Hey hey! Break it up you two!"
Both supervillainesses stood up and glared at each other.
"You can't keep him to yourself, Red Huntress," Eidolon growled, "I'm gonna steal him and do things you'll have to clear out a hundred browser histories to remove!"
"Like hell you will, you WHORE!" Red Huntress snarled. Eidolon threw down a smoke bomb, filling the room. Huntsman and Wonder Zwei donned their trusty air filter masks and scanned down as the smoke died away. Huntsman sighed-Eidolon was long gone.
"Well, guess we'll have to pick up her trail again, Wonder Zwei," Huntsman stated, his mood grim but determined. He turned around. "We'll start with-BWAH!"
Red Huntress stood in the doorway, glaring at him. Huntsman scowled.
"Why didn't you run off?!"
"Because... I mean..." She hesitated. "Am... Am I still your number one nemesis?"
She sounded so concerned over that. Huntsman did feel a pang of compassion. Perhaps Red Huntress was just... Lost. In need of guidance to return to the path of righteousness.
"Bringing you to justice and turning you to a better path than crime is my number one priority, Red Huntress," he growled, "You're always important to me."
Red Huntress... Squealed, before she threw down a smoke bomb and ran off with a happy smile. Huntsman and Wonder Zwei coughed-They had pulled off their gas masks too soon.
"Geez... What's with her?" Huntsman gagged.
"Arf."
"You said it, Wonder Zwei. Women are indeed crazy."
"Arf."
"Well no, it's not offensive when you call them that, but it is when I do!"
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Because this silly idea wouldn't leave me alone until I'd shared it. Hope you enjoyed. And what are other adversaries the Huntsman might encounter with Wonder Zwei at his side?