A New Kind of Neopolitan
A/N: Hey everyone, sorry for being gone so long, just couldn't find any inspiration, but now with my recent obsession with RWBY, I finally found something to write about! So, this story takes place after the fall of Beacon, but Blake didn't run away, and Jaques has died a mysterious death, and so the Schnee Dust Company has been taken over by Whitley.
ATTENTION: Not all stories are connected! The status of characters (relationships, alive/dead, etc) might change to fit the story, I also do not own any characters in this story except the new character. Thank You
Chapter 1: The Bar
The air was stale in the bar, but no one ever minded, it was always bustling with laughter and new people to meet every day. To team RWBY, this was basically a whole kingdom itself.
The team was seated at the bar, sipping at their Ginger Ale(except for Yang, who preferred Strawberry Sunrise) when a tall figure walked in. He wore Atlassian armor, but couldn't be a guard, his armor was colored jet black with orange highlights, definitely not standard issue. He walked through the bar and sat at the bar two seats down from Yang.
He took off his helmet. He had orange eyes and orange hair, he had a scar that started from the left of his forehead and ending at the right of his chin. He was a fox faunus, shown by his fox ears. A quarter of the left one was missing.
"Vodka, straight," he told the bartender. Yang looked at the bartender, expecting to see some sort of opposition since the man was around her age, definitely too young, but the bartender just nodded and poured him a drink. At that moment, Cardin and his gang walked over to where the man was sitting.
"Hey, freak," Cardin said, tapping on the man's shoulder. "We don't appreciate your kind here."
Not looking at Cardin, the man spoke up. "No sign, so I'm allowed in."
Cardin, infuriated by the fact that he was not intimidating this guy, grabbed the man by his shoulder.
"You're going to leave before I beat the shit outta you!" He said in a voice so loud the whole bar stared. The man stood up slowly, causing Cardin to back away a bit. He took his Vodka shot and downed it. After that, he put his helmet on and looked down at his left forearm and opened up a panel. He pressed one of four buttons and closed the panel. His armor soon started to change, and at the end of the transition, he had at least three inches of solid titanium covering his body. He then looked up at Cardin and grabbed him by the neck. Cardin struggled, gasping for breath, but it was no use, the man's grip was just to strong. The man carried Cardin over to the center of the room.
"No, you get out." He said to the blue-faced Cardin before he opened the window and threw Cardin outside. He landed on his back with a pop and screamed in agony. His fellow teammates rushed out to aid their leader and the man closed the door. He opened up the panel on his arm again and pressed a button that disengaged his armor. He walked back to the bar and sat back down.
"I'll take another shot," he told the bartender.
Yang moved down next to him. "Make it two," she told the bartender.
The man looked at Yang and smiled. "Hi."
Yang smiled back, "Hey, I just want to congratulate you on what you did, plenty have been wanting to do that for a while."
The man smirked,"I've done worse."
Yang extended her hand. "The name's Yang."
The man looked at her hand, then shook it. "Fox."
Yang grinned, "The ladies must all think you're…...Foxy!"
Fox smirked, "I like you."
They both laughed and had a small conversation, and after that, Yang introduced him to the rest of the team.
"Fox, this is Weiss, Ruby, and Blake. Weiss, Ruby, Blake, this is Fox!" Fox kindly shook the girls' hands. Blake looked at him in confusion though.
"Have I seen you before?" She asked.
"Maybe, your last name wouldn't happen to be Belladonna now would it?" He asked. Blake looked wide-eyed at him. "How do you know who I am?"
Fox smirked, "Back when the White Fang was still a peaceful organization, your father paid me for crowd control. I did stay at the estate a few times."
Ruby also looked confused, "Wait, but that means that you were extremely young when you did that!"
Fox grinned, "Yes, yes I was. Mom always said to start early if you want something done."
Yang smiled, "Your mom must've been pretty smart!"
Fox stopped for a minute, looking at the ground with a depressed look. "Best of the best." He mumbled. Yang instantly understood why he was depressed. She put her hand on his shoulder, "I'm sorry, I didn't mean-"
"Nah, it's fine," Fox interrupted, standing up, "She died doin' what she loved."
"What was that?" Ruby asked curiously.
"Contracts," Fox said smiling. The group gasped.
"Your mother was a mercenary?" They all asked simultaneously.
"Yup, just like me. Cool right?"
"AWESOME!" Yang and Ruby yelled, "What did she do?"
"Well, mostly, she did protection contracts, but she did do some assassination contracts."
Weiss had a disgusted look on her face, "She killed people?"
Fox looked at her, still smiling. "Not all of us are born rich Ice Queen, we gotta do what we can to survive. Plus, it wasn't anybody who actually mattered. If they did though, they were mostly big-time criminals and crooked officials. How do think I got this armor?"
This made Weiss gasp, covering her mouth, "You killed an Atlas officer?!" She drew her weapon and pointed it at him.
"Yes, but what you didn't know is that along with his high 'military prestige,' he also stole money from the Schnee Dust Company and was a rapist. Honestly, I feel I did Atlas a favor, and if I remember correctly, Ice Queen, you're father paid me to do it." Fox countered. Weiss hesitated for a moment, then sheathed her weapon. "Touche," she said with a frown.
"Regardless, she must've been a total badass," Blake said.
"Fuck yeah she was," Fox commented
"What was your dad like?" Ruby asked?
"Dad died before I was born, he was also a fox faunus and mercenary. I guess you could say it's a family business." Fox said.
"Sorry to hear about your father," Ruby said staring at her feet.
"It's fine, he was a pretty cool guy, as mom always told me. She said I look exactly like him." Fox said with a smile.
"That's adorable," Weiss said, which Fox laughed at.
At that moment, a woman walked in through the doors. Her hair and attire were either brown, pink, or white. She sat down at a table and placed a black bowler hat in front of the chair beside her. She looked at the menu and pointed out what she wanted to the waitress. When the waitress walked away, the woman looked down and Fox saw a tear come down her eye.
"Who's that?" He asked, pointing at her.
Yang's eye's turned a crimson red, "That's Neo, partner to the now deceased Roman Torchwick, who aided in the destruction of Beacon. She isn't really much of a threat, so we just leave her alone."
Fox got up, "I'm gonna go talk to her." Fox didn't get 2 inches before Yang grabbed his arm. "She's bad news, you don't wanna mess with her."
Fox smiled, "I'll be fine, plus, you said that the ladies think I'm Foxy." This caused Yang to chuckle. "Go get 'em, tiger."
Fox walked over to the table with team RWBY watching.
"Hey."
Neo looked up at Fox, then where he came from. Seeing team RWBY, she pulled out a thin blade from her umbrella and pointed it at his throat.
"Not on the best terms with them I see?" Fox asked. Neo placed the blade back into her umbrella and sat back down. Fox sat across from her, looked at the bowler hat, then back at Neo.
"You two must've been close," Fox said. Neo looked at the hat and nodded. Another tear rolled down her cheek.
"I know what it's like to lose someone." He said, she looked up and he handed her a picture. The picture was of a woman in her late 20s with long, messy white hair. She wore a dark black cloak with a red and black hood. At her side, she had two butterfly swords, and in her hands, she was holding a child, no older than two months old, in her arms.
"That's my mom right there," he said pointing at the picture, "and that ugly sucker in her arms is me." This made Neo giggle a bit, which made Fox faintly grin, before going back to a depressed frown.
"She was the best mom I could ever ask for, she loved and cared for me, taught me how to survive, and she makes the BEST stir-fry," Fox said, Neo giggled more.
"She was a mercenary, like me, and I'm used to her going off on contracts. Being home alone made me feel like a man. One day, she went on a contract she never came back from. Her body was later found in a dark alleyway with a gunshot in the back of her head." Neo stopped smiling and covered her mouth, gasping.
"I beat myself up about it, 'I should've gone with her, it should've been me' I told myself, thinking to myself that it was my fault. I started searching for my mother's murderer, I wanted revenge, I wanted a way to redeem myself for what I thought I could've stopped. Eventually, though, a stranger made me realize that it wasn't my fault. It helps to have someone help you through times like that. I guess what I'm trying to say is," he held out his hand, "Let me help you."
Neo hesitated for a moment, studying Fox's hand. After 5 minutes, instead of taking his hand, she leaned over and hugged him, sobbing into his shoulder. He returned the embrace, comforting her. After the heartfelt moment was over, Neo sat back down in her seat and smiled, wiping the tears from her face. Fox smiled back. The waitress came with a 3 scoop bowl of ice cream, similar to the colors on Neo's attire.
"Neapolitan ice cream, my favorite," Fox said with a smirk. Neo smiled back.
A/N Hello again everyone! Sorry for the shortness of the story! Didn't think it could go any farther from this! Hope you all enjoyed and see you next time! This has been Foxtrot4504, over and out.