A/N:

Hey Guys, this is my first fanfic, called Of Titans and Gemstones. It will be about another team at Beacon called KRNS (Kronos). It will mostly follow the Canon story line but has a few deviations here and there.

So to kick things off, the first four chapters will play out somewhat like the original trailers for RWBY, each displaying the fighting styles and a bit of the personality of each character.

but enough of my chatter, let's get into the story of Team K.R.N.S.

Disclaimer:

I do not own RWBY, that is the property of Rooster Teeth

Tho OC's in this story are mine and anyone may use them if S/he asks me

Chapter 1: Shattered Time

Location: Beacon, Headmaster's office

Ozpin sat at his desk, reviewing this year's applications to Beacon. The folder currently in front of him was the application of a young man named Konor Cog. Mr. Cog had an impressive physique, standing five-eleven with a thin but well muscled body, his face was forever creased with a small smirk just below to piercing green eyes and a head of short, spiky black hair. The 17 year old had passed all of his courses at Signal with flying colors, excelling especially in weapons engineering and hand-to-hand combat. In the latter, he was second only to Yang Xiao-Long, who was, consequently, the next applicant in the stack. In the former, he was top of his class with no challengers to the title in sight. It was easy to see why by looking only at the weapon he used. his entire right arm was encased in a deep green steel exoskeleton that featured actuators powered by white dust to enhance to power of every swing. The sheer number of calculations required to make the weapon work without harming its user were absurd. With this marvel, and it truly was a marvel, Ozpin believed that the man could probably shatter the armor on a deathstalker with a well-aimed strike. Mr. Cog looked very good in his application, but that was paper, and Ozpin knew that paper can only tell so much. So, he pulled up a video of one of Konor's most recent bouts in Signal to see whether the man could really fight as well as the paper said…

Location: Signal, sparring grounds, two days ago

Well, this was it. Konor's final match at Signal before hopefully being admitted into Beacon. And what a match it would be. He was up against his close friend Yang, who had beaten him in almost every match he fought against her, before he had crafted Emerald Steel, of course. Since then they had traded the place of best hand-to-hand combatant in Signal almost every match. They both knew that they had to give it their all on this fight and really impress Ozpin if they were to get into Beacon. So, as they took their sides of the field, it was with the understanding that the other would hold nothing back. The combatants took their stances and the match began.

Yang, in her usual style, fired off Ember Celica to increase her speed as she charged Konor. Konor hunkered down in his defensive Hades stance, the knuckles of Emerald Steel glowing red from the burn dust he pumped into them. When Yang reached him though, he did not deflect her strike, instead meeting it with one of his own. The speed granted by his weapon allowed him to slip past Yangs nonexistent guard, hitting her in the gut. However, the blow didn't stop Yang, merely slowing her down. Her fist connected with him, and combined with a shot from Ember Celica, staggered him somewhat. Yang smirked until she saw the scoreboard, Konor's aura had only dropped a quarter from her blow, hers had dropped a third from his gutbuster. Konor, pleased with his tactical sacrifice, soon became serious again when the temperature in the room raised slightly, a sure sign of his opponent getting angry. He had to get on the offensive, and fast. His stance switched to the more attack oriented Poseidon stance, the knuckles of his weapon shimmering blue with water dust to combat the fire that was Yang Xiao-Long. He then channeled a small amount of his aura into his semblance, and time began to slow. Finally, he made his move.

Konor's sudden charge surprised Yang, but only for a second as she realised the newfound speed was his semblance activating. She put up her guard and prepared for the flurry of strikes she knew Konor would send her way. She blocked most of them, but Konor, would often get a strike in, slowly chipping away at her aura until she was in the yellow. Konor saw this and decided to try and finish the fight with style. He spun around behind Yang, grabbed her in a headlock with his left arm, and deployed a white dust charge from his right to send them both airborne. When they reached the top of their arc, Yang fired a shot from her weapon to ram an elbow into Konor's gut, hard. He let go of her and figured it was as good a time as any to end it. as the two began to trade blows, the blue shimmer on Emerald Steel's knuckles began to pulse white. after about 10 seconds, it was ready and Konor unleashed the pent up energy in his weapon firing off a blast of high pressure water to both cool Yang off and slam her back to remnant. He landed next to the crater made by Yang's impact and brushed off of his right shoulder, suddenly noticing to yellow objects. The first was Yang's aura bar, this disappointed him, as he wanted to finish on his spectacular hydro-cannon slam. The second was a small strand, maybe an inch in length, of golden hair, and he has black hair.

"Oh shit," he says in a gruff voice as his eyes widen, "this is how I die."...

"YOU ASSHOLE!" comes Yang's cry as she rockets out of the hole, eyes crimson and hair ablaze. This where he loses, unless he does something completely insane, something he has never managed to do before. He gathers his aura drawing it deep within himself to gain the strength necessary for what he has to do.

"NO ONE, AND I MEAN NO ONE, TOUCHES. MY. HAIR!" Yang screams as she blasts him with Ember Celica. He knows that if Yang hits him with a single punch in this state, he won't wake up till next week. he dodges her blows to the best of his abilities, trying to slow her with blasts from the knuckles of Emerald Steel, which now crackle with yellow lightning dust. His eyes widen as one of Yang's fists nearly hits him, and he knows it's either now or never. With a whisper of "Sorry, Yang..." he releases his aura.

Time itself grinds to a halt, with Konor the only one moving. He fires blast after blast of electrified steam into the air, all of them stopping in place after they leave his fist. He then sprints over to Yang, hoping his calculations were correct and primes a white dust charge. He slams it into Yang with an uppercut just as time resumes, the thunderous blast sending both of them flying. Konor is only thrown back a few feet and lands with a grunt. Yang, on the other hand goes flying into Konor's superheated lightning cloud, which then, with the added heat from the inferno of Yang, condenses into plasma and slams into the ground. Konor looks at the scoreboard and a tired smile comes over his face. the board shows his aura as a red sliver, while Yang's bar is empty. He won. it was the hardest fight of his life, but damn he won. He gets up on shaky legs and walks over to the second crater of his creation to help Yang up. He reaches his hand down to help her out of the hole, and she grabs it with a fierce grin on her face.

"Damn Cog, that was a good fight, the best we've had, no doubt." Yang says, grin refusing to leave her face.

"It sure was Yang, it sure was."

"What was that move called, anyways? It was pretty badass."

"What makes you think it has a name?"

"Konor, all of you moves have names, and you know it."

"Well, I guess with all the lightning and thunder it caused, Zeus seems fitting."

"Alright, that's cool. I mean, Thor sounds like a better name but…"

…

"Well alright then keep your silly name, let's go find Ellie and Sam." She says gripping his shoulder with the strength of an Ursa and dragging him over to the sidelines...

Location: Beacon, Headmaster's office, present time

Ozpin watched the entire bout with interest, his eyebrows rising with surprise with Ms. Xiao-Long going Super Saiyan over a single strand of hair and rising even further with Mr. Cog's stoppage of time and subsequent destruction of his opponent. The young man had a mind sharper than Qrow's scythe, to be able to predict Ms. Xiao-Long's trajectory into the cloud and the heat necessary to turn it to plasma. He had just witnessed a fight between two titans, one of the mind and another of the body. The destruction caused was immense and yet the victory was so slim. Ozpin took a quick glance at Ms. Xiao-Long's application to ensure her academics were good enough, and upon seeing that they were immediately stamped his approval on both applications and put them into the accepted file. if these were only the first two applications he reviewed, then the next four years were sure to be interesting...

A/N:

Well, That was a thing...

I hope you guys enjoyed reading the first chapter as much as I enjoyed writing it. Please be sure to leave a review as I am new to this and any help would be greatly appreciated in making this story more enjoyable for everyone.

Sadly, it may be a while until the next chapter as I have finals coming up but I'll try to get it out as soon as I think it's ready.

Thanks to everyone for reading,

Darkmatt3r signing off.

P.S.: Konor's weapon data

Name: Emerald Steel

Class: D.O.C.E.(Dust-Operated Cybernetic Exoskeleton)

Description: A Gleaming exo-skeletal arm featuring thick green armor plating and White Dust Actuators to increase the speed and power of every strike

Extra functionality: Crystalline Dust emitters are attached to the knuckles of Emerald Steel, and can be used to release whatever Dust is stored in the arm. Currently, Konor uses Burn, Water, Electric, and Movement Dust in this manner, but that may change depending on the situation

Interesting notes: In order to prevent breaking his own arm, Konor has integrated Emerald Steel into his nervous system so that it moves perfectly in sync with the arm inside it. Now it is not merely an extension of himself, but a part of him.

Semblance: Sands of Time: Gives the user control of time itself allowing slowing of time with minimal training and advanced users are even known to be able to stop time itself for short periods. It is not known if reversal is possible, as no user has ever attempted it due to the potential consequences to the time stream.