Standart Disclaimer: Own neither RWBY nor Bloodborne.
AN: So, this is my first Published Story, so... reviews are appreciated, other than that... enjoy? I never wrote an authors note before so... go.
The Arc Family is well known.
A Family of Great Heroes. Of legends in whose wake Peace one Prosperity followed.
Scions of the house of Arc have in the Past lead entire army's into battle, their White Banners of hope Gleaming behind them.
But… did you ever wonder who they fought? It was not always the Grimm, the Name "Arc" Is much older than the Grimm threat.
In times of Old, the "Arc" line, was still named that, but in the old Languages, "Arc" basically meant "Radiance" an idea that is to this day not entirely forgotten, as the Banner of the Arc Famil still pays homage to these Old Times. In times Past, there were many more Kingdoms… there were of course always the ones that we know. Atlas, Vale, and the like. But there were others. Rodania, known for their Works of art, and Culture. Mitriiel, were the Dragons lived, and of course… Cainhurst… the Home of Bloodministration.
What do these names and Storys in common? Exactly. They are all lost now.
Even the Names of the "Forsaken" are mostly unknown to the People of Remnant. Of course… there are those that still know about what happened. Those that are not satisfied with just calling thes lands the "Grimlands".
People like Grandmaser Ozip. He had read about what his Ancestors had done, and why.
And when he saw this particular students application, claiming he was a Bloodmage… he was about to dismiss him outright… until he saw his Picture.
He would have recognized these Features anywere. "This will be an interesting Year, don´t you think miss Goodwich?" "Like every Year." She said, already afraid of what the headmaster had planned.
Beacon, the great School of huntsmen.
And he was there too! He would have been so excited… if it was not for the fact that he was struggling to keep his Breakfast. Yea, Motion Sickness is a common Problem. But it is not all bad. He had seen a few VERY nice looking women on the Airship, and who knows as soon as he was on Solid land… oh sweet sweet solid Land… he could even talk to one of them. Suddenly a gust of wind hit the Airship from the side, and that was enough. He made a strange sound that was a mix of cursing and Puking.
When he finally, FINALLY got to leave the Ship, and managed to calm down his stomach, he was ready to take the da… when a Detonation scared the living hell out of him, he first jumped back, and then decided to investigate, what had just caused that detonation. Curious, and finally able to stand, Jaune Arc Decided to investigate.
Adrian Curze, was slightly nervous. How could I not, this would be the first time that I visit an actual School. I was, after all home-schooled for most of my live. That being said, I never had a problem with being alone. First because I am an introvert, and second, because there are always plenty of people around, were I grew up. Still I can only profit from meeting a few people.
Growing up as Part of the Covenant, means a lot of things, but most importantly that you have to keep up with a rigid training program, you have to suck up information like a sponge for the better part of your young live. History, Technology, but also Arcane and other things. you also get a nice training in etiquette, as member of the Covenant, you have to know your way around in the higher echelons of society.
But that is not why I am here. I have always dreamed of becoming a hunter! Slaying Grimm under the Cover of dark and Magic, striking down the things that threaten our existence? Sure. And Rakyryu gets to taste Blood again.
It is a present from my Mother. Rakyryu is always given to our Familys Second Born. My sister, Maria, Received Chikage, a very powerful Bloodblade. But she is not here.
I had read up on the Laws, here in Vale, Blood Alchemy is not against the law. It is in atlas.
I woke up with a start, when the Airship docked in Beacon. "Wow… I must have drifted off." I got up, took my stuff, and left the Airship.
"Well… that is some nice architecture allright, almost as nice as Ca…" Suddendly a detonation shook the Platform. "What was that?" I looked around and saw… a girl that was inside a crater, with smoke all around her. Oh man. I walked up to her, and wanted to offer her my hand, but some blonde guy was faster. Well… ok. I am not here to impress anyone. I stayed for a moment… and then regretted staying. "Hi, I am Ruby." She introduced herself to the Blonde… and me too. Because her eyes snapped around between me and him.
"Jaune Arc, Short, sweet, rolls of the Tounge." OF COURSE. I tense but resist the reflex to draw my weapon. "Adrian Curze, a Pleasure my lady." I say, and pull down my hat, slightly bowing like I learned it. She Blushes furiously. But catches herself. "Are you Hurt? The Explosion sounded very.. strong." "Nothing my Aura can´t knock off." She chirped, and smiled like the sun. Arc answered. "Thank god, I was worried there for a moment."
Suddendly someone tucked on my Greatcoat. I turn and… want to be very far away. Because right there stands Weiß Schnee. "By the Will of odeon, why her?" That woman… girl is the bane of my existence. I met her once, during a Ball, I asked her to dance, after that we talked a bit and that was it.
I never flirted with her! But She believes I love her… or at least she did when I met her last time. Lets give her some Credit, maybe she got over… "Ah, Adrian, thank god, at least one sane person! You can not imagine insane the People here are!" I decide not to play nice. "Madness is subjective. And the way I see it, she just blundered. Happens to the best of us." "I am sure it would never happen to you." "The trick is to make it look like you meant to do that all along, so shall we move on into the School?" I know that Weiss will decent into rambling if we don´t.
"Sure, why not."
During the March, Ruby was very silent, until she said: "And what do you got?... for a Weapon I mean. I got this!" She Said, and unfolded a massive scythe. "It´s also a high impact Sniper Rifle." I nodded suitably impressed.
"You build that yourself? Impressive." "Thanks, it was hard work… what about you?" "Well… I only have this." Arc says, and pulls out his weapon. Of course, Croeca Mors. "I´t basically just a sword, and a Shield that folds into a sheath." "Well… only few people appreciate the classics nowadays." "Agreed." I said. "And you?" "Oh jea." I pulled out my Weapon, and split into two. "My Mothers Weapon. Rakyryu. A two Pieced Combat sword, or…" I reattached the Parts. "A Bloodblade." Rubys eyes sparked. "You mean an actual Bloodblade! I always wanted to see one! Can I take a look at it?" "Not now, but when we have time later, I can disassemble it for you and you can take a look." "Oh thankyouthankyouthankyou." When we made it into the School, we came just in time for Ozips great big Speech. Politely, I listened, and kind of found that I had to agree.
In the Room I met Yang. She is… very straightforward. And almost always sais what she thinks. That is why she complemented me on my appearance in a rather… obscene way. But Ruby says she is her Sister, so she can´t be that much of a tease all the Time…
When the evening began, I planned to go to bed early, but… that didn´t happen.
Because there were so many people in that room, the Boys all "Working out" to show off to the Girls that could not give less of a…. and so on. I had slipped into my Sleeping clothes, and was now on my way to search a good place to rest. I felt a few Eyes on me, but ignored them. I am aware that the Hereditary traits of my Family (we are rather tall, with fine Features, pale Skin) are my some regarded as attractive. But I don´t think too much on it. I keep a respectful distance from Arc, and lay down, to relax a bit, maybe continue my studies.
"Erm… do you have a Second?" I lowered my book, and saw the Blonde in front of me. "Listen, I know you are a Vileblood, and you know I am an Arc, but… can we agree on you know… at least a cease-fire?" "I did not intend to open Hostilities. We are here to grow and learn after all." "Thank God, nice to see that we agree." "Jup, I would even go so far as to say that we should work together, I know nothing about these People here." "And I am better, how?" "I know an Arc will never go back on his word." "And I know that a VIlebloods loyalty is ethernal." He said, grinning. "Alright, we work together?" "We do." I say, and we shake hands. "So…" I asked him, not knowing any better: "Did you graduate from Signal?" He looked away.
"Yea, exactly… a and you?" "I was Trained by my Parents, you know what you learn as a Covenant, Combat, History, Algebra, the 5 Primary Languages, Etiquette, Alchemy, Arcane knowledge and Bloodministration." He sat down ne t to me. "Bloodministration, you are telling me that is a thing?" "Of course… I admit, since Dust was invented it is rather redundant, but… some effects are rather useful." "And you… can do it?" "Bloodministration? Yea, no problem, I practice it regularly." "On yourself?" "Mostly, but… if someone asks me for help, I am the last man to refuse… and what about you, did you find your Semblance already?" "No, not jet… I didn´t even have my aura unlocked yet." "You want me to do it? You will need it." "Can you?" "It is not that hard but… give me a second, I only know our Seal…" He opened a Scroll and searched for a few seconds. "Ah, here we go." He read it a few times.
"Ok, sit straight." I put my hand in his Shoulder. "By your Name, you carry your Burden, by your legacy, you lead the Field, by your Origin you walk with pride, by your Father, you strive to give your best. By your Children, you Pledge to never give up." Then he began to glow, and his Aura snapped active. BOY that is a lot of aura. "Holy fuck, you have a lot of Aura, that will work in your favour... just… how did your Family let you go to beacon without your Aura Active?.. not that I want to stick my nose into things that are not my business." He didn´t say anything, but then: "Well, I had to depart Earlier, than I wanted, to, my aura was supposed to be unlocked on m birthday, but.. I had to leave beforehand, and kind of forgot about that." "Sorry… it must have been a really important thing for you…" "Yea, it is but living to see another day is too." "Truer words were never spoken." "Well I'll be going back to by bed." "Sleep well." I said, raising my book. "Just one question… what kind of Book is that?" "Enhanced Blood Alchemy, part VII." He gulped. "What did you think? "How to pick up Fair maidens?"" he laughed. Partly at my joke, partly at my outdated choice of words. "No but… something that is Fun to read." "Well, it is interesting to me." "Well, if you say so, I leave you to your Book." "Have a nice night." "You too." I looked back into my Book beginning the Paragraph anew.
In order to keep Odeon off your trail, and Lady Yharnam in the dark, it is recommended to always put up a shroud. It negates all chances of any… unwanted intervention. While not absolutely necessary, and even expendable in crisis situation… "No I don´t want to!" "Why did you ask him about his Weapon? So go, and ask him again." "Ugh…" … it is always recommended to set up. It is unanimously known that it takes quite the amount of focuse to set up a Shroud while keeping enough energy in the "Backpocket" to still cast your spell. My recommendation is t… "erm… sorry?" …o cast the Shroud over a Parchment. Because it is a low energy Spell, these Parchments can be reused several times. Alternatively, the necessary runes can be etched into a metal plate, this, of course has the disad… "Adrian… are you awake?" …vantage that these plates can run hot over time, and even be manipulated by Magnetic forces. I also recommend against etching the Sigil into your Skin. This is not only Painfull, but also prone to feedback, so the Parchment is one of the better Op…
Suddenly someone Kicked me. "My Sister is talking to you!" I shot up. "Don´t you see that I am trying to learn here? But all right, what is it?" "Well… you Promised me.. your Weapon…" "OOOOh, ok I almost forgot about that, sorry." I sat back and took my weapon.
"So, the two sides may look a bit differently, but they are technically the same, and the Sword itself is not that intricate… but there is a trick to it´s ejection system…"
When the sword was rebuild, and I tested the Mechanism, to make sure it works properly, Ruby is already planning. "Maybe, if I use that mechanism, I can eject my casings automatically… that would be great! That would increase my rate of fire a lot!"
"I wish you a good luck but remember, the Copper is prone to bending when heated." "I´ll make something up." "No doubt you will, you are very brilliant when it comes to arms… tell me… back home, I was told that there were a lot more Faunus in Vale than in Cainhurst… they are like… 5%? But… well at the moment I see …4 That is like… 0.5%." "Now that you say it…" "But then again, spending your live training… that requires a solid financial foundation. And seeing as the Faunus here have a significand ecological disadvantage, most can just not afford to go to Combat School. Such a shame, I would have LOVED to experiment with Faunus Blood." "Is it any different?" "Oh yea, it is much better. You need one third of what human blood would need. That stuff is worth it´s own weight in Gold back home… It transports much more Energy, can save up much more Arcane Signatures, and is much more efficient, and… it does not stock so fast..." "You… are strange." "I am about the things that I love, just like you." "Point taken."
During the Night:
I usually sleep well, but… I would not be the first Covenant to be assassinated in his Sleep. So when someone stepped over me, my eyes opened immediately… but she was quicker, and a Blade was on my throat. "You should speak more silently, if you plan on draining one of my Faunus-Brothers." The… person Said. "I would never take anyone's Blood without consent." "And I am supposed to believe that?" "I can only ask you to. And give me the Chance to prove myself." She sighs. "I am keeping an eye out for you." "Curze." "Hm?" "My name, Adrian Curze." "Blake Belladonna." She said, and turned to leave. "Boy, her eyes freak me out."
