THIRD TIMES THE CHARM!
Disclaimer: I don't own Ruby or any of it's characters. I make no money off of this story, all credit goes to the respective owners.
"Take it back Taurus!" An irate man shouted as he pressed a large studded club down against the blade of the red haired bull faunus. The man was a tall yet slender man with jet black hair that reached just past his ears, his eyes were hidden behind a pair of darkly tented glasses. He wore a large red t-shirt over a large white long sleeved shirt, on the front of the red shirt was a black symbol that looked similar to the outline of a flame. He had long baggy black jeans and a pair of black skating shoes.
"Asura." Adam growled back at the boy in front of him, though the two were the same age.
"I'm warning you Taurus, TAKE IT BACK NOW!" The boy pressed down even harder causing an impression to form in the ground beneath them.
Off to the side of the two men were several dozen stunned and frankly speaking, terrified grunts watching the clash. Only two weren't showing any fear of the pair, one sat atop a boulder near the center of the White Fang encampment, he wore a dark blue leather trench coat and a full faced solid white mask, on his back was a massive gunbai war fan. The other was a teen who was slightly shorter leaning against the rock, he wore black sweatpants and a black jacket. A large pair of wings were extended out from his back. In between the wings on the boys back was a large bow and a quiver of arrows.
Pushing the livid boy away from him Adam sheathed his blade and readied himself for another attack. "She's a traitor Asura!" He screamed at the black haired boy.
"SHE'S MY SISTER!" He responded with his voice practically oozing hatred, slamming his kanabo down onto the ground as it lit ablaze. "Now you take the kill on sight order back right now, or I'm gonna tear you in half!" The red club with black studs scorching the ground near it was raised and pointed at the bull faunus.
"Asura, calm down, we don't need to do this." The masked man spoke from the boulder he sat on nearby.
"Shut it Fidelis, how would you react if he set that kind of order on Rideat?" Asura spat towards the masked man.
Fidelis raised his hands in surrender. "Good point, I'll stop talking."
"The only reason Taurus is treating Blake differently than Rideat is because he pissed she realized how worthless of a man he is and dumped his ass in the process!" This garnered a violent response from the man in question who lunged at Asura who blocked several lightning fast slashes with his club, countering with a powerful blow to the the redheads side which was blocked with his sheath.
Taking advantage of the opening made when he attacked Adam swung down on the black haired teen, his blade making contact with his shoulder but not cutting into it. As he began to feel the searing heat from the flames on the club he was holding back with his sheath he jumped back again and fired off several rounds the boy with the club didn't even try to block or dodge, instead allowing them to hit his aura and bounce off.
The two stared at one another with almost physical hatred and rage rising off their bodies. "Take, it, back." He spoke one more time as the redhead sheathed his blade and began charging his signature attack, Asura's aura raised to it's max as Adam's did the same
"Asura, Adam, guys come on. We can totally talk about this." The boy with wings stepped forward but wasn't dumb enough to try and get in between the two. Of the four officers present at the camp he was the youngest and likely the weakest but that's hardly and insult when you're being compared to monsters like Adam 'The Bloody Bull' Taurus, Fidelis 'The Dead Wind', and Asura 'The Unbreakable' Belladonna. He was far from weak, in fact he was likely the fastest and possibly the best aim in the Fang, but he lacked the experience the others had.
"Kyzal, stay out of this. I'm only gonna warn you once kid, anyone who tries getting in my way isn't gonna come out in one piece." Turning back to Adam he readied himself to block the attack he knew was coming. Taking a breath Asura tried to calm himself as much as possible. "If you ever loved her Taurus, prove it now. Leave her alone and take back the order, do that and I'll happily stay and take over all her duties in the Fang."
"And if I don't?" The bull asked never letting up on his stance.
"Then I'll leave here and become a nightmare for you and everyone in the Fang, after kicking your ass of course. Now choose." Asura spoke with now restrained hatred, he'd always hated the bull faunus. He saw the way he treated his baby sister and every time she had a new bruise or came to him in tears he was barely able to keep himself from crushing the boys head like a water melon. Though in reality a part of the reason he never took any action against the man was because even he wasn't sure how the fight would go.
The two were among the best fighters in the Fang, both on the level of a fully trained huntsmen and both ruthless enough to give their all against any opponent, even a comrade. "I'll take option three."
In the blink of an eye and before either Fidelis or Kyzal could even attempt to intervene, Adam lunged forward at Asura slashing his blade and all the stored energy up across his chest. Everything was still for nearly three seconds before and large amount of blood began spewing from a deep cut across Asura's chest. The black haired boy glared as the bull took several steps back, his blade had cracks all across it and small pieces were falling off. "Moonslice." Asura spoke as blood began falling from the corner of his mouth. "I'm leaving." He said while turning a walking towards the edge of camp all while dripping dangerous amounts of blood.
Fidelis and Kyzal watched as the man walked away with different thoughts going through their heads. Kyzal stood with his mouth hanging open after seeing someone survive Adam's Moonslice, the same attack he'd seen cut through an elder Deathstalker with ease. Fidelis on the other hand just frowned as he watched someone he considered a friend and an equal, walk away. Adam just sheathed his ruined blade and walked back to his tent, grunts practically jumping to get out of his way.
"Ky, you handle Adam. Try and calm him down." Fidelis jumped off the boulder, his voice more serious than usual.
"Got it, what about you, you going after him?" The avian faunus asked the older dingo faunus.
"I'm just gonna make sure he get's somewhere safe and alive." Fidelis answered before following after the black haired teen.
Two days later
"And you say he just left him with you?" Winter Schnee asked skeptically looking over the older couple standing in the door way, a pair of young children could be seen poking their heads out from around the corner of the house. It wasn't hard to tell that this was a rather poor faunus family, by the looks of their clothes alone it was rather obvious.
The old farmer nodded his head with his hat in his hands, he was rather nervous talking to the Atlas specialist and the several soldiers standing behind her. Living outside the kingdoms was a difficult way to live and usually left most with a paranoia when it came to military from any of the four kingdom, especially Atlas. "Yes ma'am, a fella with a mask an a big o'l wooden lookin slab on his back knocked on our door two days past and asked if we wanted sixty thousand lien. I thought he was tryin to pull somethin until he pointed to the bleedin youngster that was leanin against my house. He said that was the bounty on the boys head and said to make sure to turn him in alive to the next patrol that comes by."
"I see, can you tell me anything else about the man who handed him over to you?" Winter asked running through possible suspects.
"It was nearly midnight so it was pretty dark out but it did notice he was also a faunus, and his mask was strange. We've seen a few of them White Fang types pass through before, and their masks were white an red. This one was all white and covered his face, an his voice was somethin terrifying." The man explained.
Winter nodded as she recognized the description, The Dead Wind. "Very well, please show me to the man he left to you." The farmer nodded and lead Winter and her soldiers to a nearby barn.
"I had Sally patch the boy up a bit before we tied him up, though we've kept our distance since. I was gonna check up on him to see if he'd woken yet until y'all arrived." He told her as he unlocked the barn door.
"Thank you now please step back, if this man is truly worth the amount you were told then he may very well be dangerous." The older man nodded and backed away from the soldiers as they all raised their weapons before entering the barn.
After several seconds they heard one shout. "Clear!"
Winter entered and instantly saw the man not much younger than herself tied to a pillar, he raised his head to look up at her over his glasses. He look extremely weak the way he was, like he would be able to support his own weight if asked. Still though she recognized him. "Asura Belladonna, high ranking member of the White Fang. Suspected in the theft of millions worth of military and private property, the destruction of billions more, and the deaths of several dozen Atlas soldier. You are under arrest."
Weakly the boy raise his head to meet her gaze. "That's fine, but could you loosen these ropes? They've been chaffing me for a day now."
One week later
"And has he given you anything worth knowing so far?" Ozpin asked over the scroll call with Ironwood. Captured White Fang grunts were a dime a dozen, the officers and higher ranked member on the other hand were a much different case. It was incredibly rare that one was captured alive, instead they either went down fighting, or in the case of the more zealous, killed themselves to avoid capture. To capture one of the more infamous members alive and without issue was certainly something he hadn't expected.
"No, he hasn't really said much of anything really. He just eats and sleeps, and of course, there's the reason I called you." James sighed tiredly. "He stated during... enhanced interrogation."
"You mean torture." Ozpin interrupted.
"Enhanced interrogation." He reaffirmed. "He stated that he'd only speak to the headmaster of Beacon Academy, you. You wouldn't happen to know why this is would you?" James asked with legitimate curiosity in his voice.
Ozpin hummed to himself. "What did you say his name was?"
"Asura Belladonna."
"Belladonna... that does sound familiar." He thought out loud for several moment. "Ah now I remember, let me see here." The sound of papers shuffling could be heard over the call. "Alright now, I think I understand what's going on."
"What did you find?" James asked as he walked past several now saluting guards and towards the cells.
"I remembered the name from the transcripts for the first year applicants for this year. One Blake Belladonna was among them, the forms were obviously forged but we both know how I like to handle such situations." He said referring to the fact that he liked to meet and a person and judge their potential before passing judgement on whether they could attend. "Going off her records and the information you gave me I'd guess that she's his younger sister or some other type of relative, probably a run away from the White Fang. She would be the first I've taken in to the school. I'd bet my money that he wants to make a bargain, something along the lines of giving us the information he has and in exchange he likely wants amnesty for the girl. It would explain why he was hasn't made any attempt to resist."
Ironwood nodded his head. "I think you might be onto something there Oz. I'm about to talk to him now, I'll if I can use any of this against him."
"Actually James, I wouldn't mind talking to this boy." Ozpin stated earning a groan from Ironwood.
James was quiet for several minutes. "Will you at least keep me fully updated and keep him under constant security?" He asked knowing one way or another the headmaster was likely to get the boy. The spectacled man always seemed to be able to pull just the right strings to get things done his way.
"You have my word."
Giving what felt like the thousandth sigh that day Ironwood nodded his head. "Fine, I'll have him transported to Beacon within the week."
"Thank you James." With that the call ended.
And there we go. I'd like to thank both The Baz and Xera Stark for letting me use their OCs Fidelis and Kyzal. Leave me a review and tell me what you think. Until next time.