Welcome to my second story. This was a story originally made with a friend for fun, but when I posted my first story, he wanted me to post this one. I had to change so much because of the strange shift in ideas and certain characters being removed part way through. Hopefully this gets him off my damn back.
The Gray Wolf
Vale is always lively, no matter what happens, no matter what day it is. Something always happens. Just last night some girl blew up an entire club. 'I feel sorry for them.' A Faunus thought as he read a newspaper while sitting on a bench in the Vale park. 'Too bad that girl was technically disrupting a crime ring.
He looked up when he heard kids laughing. It was four of them, three humans and one faunus. The human children weren't laughing at him but laughing with him. It brought a smile to his face, his wolf ears flicking in excitement. 'This is what I hoped for. But Sienna needs to see it that way.' he thought.
He knew Sienna before she became high leader. They had gone on several infiltration missions before. They had a brother/sister bond. Sienna being an older sister who would tease him and reprimand him at the same time, but truly care about him. He would constantly annoy her, but also bring a different perspective into infiltration ideas.
When she was promoted to high leader, things got a lot harder to talk to each other. However, there was room for a personal bodyguard, and he fit the bill. He took some time off the Fang to join Beacon Academy to both prove to her that her way is to radical, and to hunt. Before that thought could continue, he noticed one of the kids walk up to him.
"Hey, mister. Are you a huntsman?" The kid asked, pointing to the sword on the Faunus's waist.
"I'm not sorry, but I'm trying to apply for Beacon Academy. I don't know if I was accepted or not." The Faunus replied to the kid. "If not Beacon, then I go to Haven." The boy nodded his head in understanding. "Does your sword become anything else?" The Faunus let out a small chuckle, "Unfortunately, no. It's just a sword. And before you ask." The Faunus reached around his right waist and showed his revolver, "I do have a ranged option."
The kid smiled and nodded, but then a look of confusion came across his face. "Do huntsmen wear that?" The kid asked, pointing at the three piece suit I was wearing. The jacket was a dark gray long dress coat with a lapel with a light gray outline of a wolf filled with blue and light blue for the eyes and nose on the upper left of his lapel, a blue vest with golden buttons, and a white button up shirt. The Faunus wore dark blue gloves and combat boots with dark gray pants that are slightly darker than his coat with a light blue belt. "Well, no. But it's what I'm comfortable in, so I wear it."
"Oh, okay! What's your name? In case you do become a very famous huntsman?" The Faunus smiled and leaned forward. "My name is Viribus Niki."
The kids said his thanks and ran off to his friends. All in awe about...whatever he said about the huntsman-to-be he just met. 'Beacon starts in a couple of hours. I should probably start heading towards the airbus.' Viribus thought.
As the doors to the airbus opened, Viribus witnessed a boy run out and make a beeline towards a trash can. 'Motion sickness. I feel sorry for him.' Viribus eventually found his way in front of a statue in front of a fountain. He stood in front of statue for a bit longer before he noticed the horns of a bull faunus.
He turned quickly to find a bull faunus wearing a white scarf with red lines that made squares. He wore a black button up jacket unbuttoned with a black shirt showing. The sleeves of the jacket were rolled up to show the bandages on his arms, at the top it showed burn marks as well as some form of tribal like tattoo. His horns were facing up from the side of his head.
On his hip were two katanas, each didn't have a guard but did have a ribbon attached to the handle. One had a black ribbon at the end of a white kashira while the other had a white ribbon at the end of a red kashira. The katana's were also straight.
The faunus tilted his head with a raised eyebrow. "Something wrong?" Viribus released the breath he was holding. "No, sorry. I thought you were someone else." The faunus shrugged and walked away. "Wait! What's your name?" The faunus looked at him from over his shoulder. "Alexander Shade." he said before walking into the building.
'Okay Mr. Edgy. Let's not hurt ourselves.' Viribus thought before he heard an explosion near the front of the airbus. He turned to see a girl in red in the middle of a crater standing next to the heiress of the Schnee company. 'Well, can't go there.' With that thought, he walked towards orientation.
He stood around for a bit, watching as many other hopeful huntsmen-to-be walked in and started to talk with one another. He noticed the same girl that was in the crater was now talking to some blonde girl. Now that he had a good look at her, she seemed a tad too young to enter Beacon. 'Wonder what she did to get in.'
He was then bumped from behind. He turned quickly to see a girl with white hair, not the heiress due to the tail behind her. 'Looks like a white tiger.' Viribus thought as she was looking afraid and shy. "I'm very sorry! I wasn't looking where I was going! I just tried to find an open spot to relax away from…" she stopped when she did a small glance behind her that didn't go unnoticed by Viribus. He looked behind her to see a group of guys sneering at them.
"Don't worry about them, they'll learn one day." Viribus said. The girl sighed before looking back towards him. "Oh! Right, introductions. My name is Aurora Mane. You are?"
She wore a blue tailcoat with a breastplate that only covered her chest with silver pauldrons and elbow guards. She also had long, brown leather gloves that stopped in the elbow guard. She wore blue spandex shorts with a white stripe going down the side, along with thigh high socks with criss-crossing designs that end in ribbons with knee guards and metal combat heels that stop at the ankles.
"Viribus Niki, a pleasure to meet you." Viribus greeted with a smile. Ozpin then arrived on the stage. After a very realistic introduction that Viribus was glad of, he realized that it would soon be night. He found his locker and started to put away his equipment. A sword, revolver, and a modified flintlock pistol to accept entire dust crystals.
'Need to tinker with this later.' The flintlock fit perfectly in a holster that the locker provided. He made sure that when he put his clothes away, that no one could see the mask in the pocket. His pajamas consisted of a gray t-shirt with blue basketball shorts with the wolf insignia on the back left.
The locker next to him opened. He turned and saw the same bull faunus with the marks on his arm. "Did you think this is what we'd be treated to at our first day of Beacon?" Alexander asked. "Can't say I did." Viribus replied as he looked at the guys who opted to sleep without a shirt on in hopes of attracting a female. Or male, he wouldn't judge. Alexander followed his subtle gaze and looked back with an intrigued look.
"Are you gay?" He asked. Viribus glared at him jokingly for a bit before he realized he wasn't joking. "No. Those kind of guys I try to ignore." He answered with a slight scowl, "Sure, you're probably going to get someone, but you're probably going to find them later on, not douring your first day of school." Viribus said as he closed his locker. "I'm going to go and try to find a quiet spot before they're all taken. See you at initiation." Viribus said with a smile.
Alexander just nodded before putting away his katanas. The ballroom was nearly full, however there was one corner left that was left untouched. Making his way to the corner, he was stopped when he saw a familiar bow on top of familiar amber eyes. Their eyes met for a second before Viribus looked towards the balcony. He placed his sleeping bag in the corner before walking towards it, hoping she would get the message.
He waited for three minutes before she tried to sneak up behind him. "You know I can hear you, right?" Viribus said without looking, enjoying the sounds of her tripping and catching herself. "What are you doing here?" She asked with some venom. Viribus looked over his shoulder to see Blake Belladonna still in her yukata.
"I didn't think you would actually see me." Viribus faced forward, staring into the Valean nightlife.
"Well, here I am. Are you going to answer my question?"
"I'm here to become a huntsman, same as you."
There was a slight pause before she spoke again. "Are you still-"
"Yes." Viribus interrupted, before tilting his head side to side. "Kind of. She and I don't see eye to eye as of right now, I am here to open her eyes."
"And you expect me to belie-"
"I also wanted to check in on the Vale branch while I'm here. How's Adam?"
Blake shuddered slightly. "Insane the last time I checked."
Viribus nodded. "How long ago was that?"
"A year or two ago."
"You defected, then." Viribus said almost immediately
Blake tensed up. "I had to."
Viribus took a deep breath. "I don't blame you. Our...organization...has become too radical. I wish to put it back on its peaceful stride."
Viribus turned completely, facing her. "You and I don't have to treat each other as friends. Unless we are on a team, we can ignore each other and be merely acquaintances." Viribus extended a hand. "Whatever you want."
Blake took the hand and shook it firmly, "We can be acquaintances, but I would like to be in contact a bit more."
"Of course." Viribus nodded with a smile. He looked up to the shattered moon and took another deep breath through his nose, reveling in the scent of the night air. "We should get to bed. Don't want to start initiation half-asleep." Viribus walked past Blake and laid down in the corner where he put his stuff.
When morning came, he woke up to a girl singing about it being morning. 'She's gonna get her ass kicked for that.' He stretched and looked around. There were some kids that stirred, some that woke up, and others that still slept. He walked into the locker rooms to change and get his gear.
The sword that he used fit snugly on his left hip, his two holsters sporting his two pistols on his right waist. He closed his locker and found the blonde boy who threw up on the airbus trying to sweet talk the heiress and the "Invincible Girl". 'Good luck with that.'
When he closed his locker, instead of seeing Alexander, he instead saw a girl with dark blue hair that turned light blue near the tips and near black at the roots. "Hey there boyfriend!" Viribus looked behind him, wondering if she meant someone else, until he saw a boy with orange hair with a bird insignia on his chest piece sneering at him. He immediately understood.
"Hey! Good morning. How are you?" He wrapped her in a close hug, with that she reciprocated with a over the top giggle, unintentionally pressing her breasts to his chest. He heard the kid's footsteps fade away and released her. She sighed heavily, "Thank you so much. I would've been screwed if you didn't pick that up!" She said looking behind him with an irritated look. "I swear, some boys don't understand the word 'no'."
She wore a lavender cropped jacket with white trims with the sleeves rolled up, a dark purple crop top with black trims that showed off her midriff, black spandex pants with white sneakers. She had two daggers criss-crossed over the small of her back, the belts in front doing the same. "I don't really know how to respond to that."
She shrugged before extending her hand. "Bianca Delores, thank you again for catching on." She said with a bright smile. "Viribus Niki, and no problem."
"So, let's try not to be late for initiation huh?" Bianca said before rushing off in the direction of the cliff. Viribus could only shake his head. 'This is going to be an interesting year, huh?'