A/N: Welcome to "Pedal to the Metal", a story set in the Clannad world, but with my RWBY characters. This isn't part of the Crossover series I have planned. This was just an idea I had. Enjoy!
PEDAL TO THE METAL
Chapter 1 - Transfer
Hikarizaka High School
"Why must getting up on a Monday be so damn infuriating?" Tomoya said to himself, as he pulled himself out of bed. After getting dressed for the start of the school year, and stepping over the unconscious form of his father, he headed for his friend Sunohara's dorm, only to find him up and raring to go. "Seems unlike you, Youhei." Tomoya said in a monotone way, only causing Sunohara to reply with "Hardy har har. I just want to see if any girls are available." Rubbing the bridge of his nose in frustration, Tomoya led Youhei all the way to their school.
After greeting their group of friends, which consisted of Kyou and Ryou Fujibayashi, Kotomi Ichinose, Nagisa Furukawa, Tomoyo Sakagami, Fuko Ibuki and Yukine Miyazawa, the students headed for their respective classrooms, and after being greeted by their teacher, Tomoya and Sunohara immediately lost interest, until a shout from the front of the class drew their attention. "Thank you, Okazaki and Sunohara, for paying attention to me this time. Now, as I was saying, the class is receiving a new transfer student, from Scotland. He's actually standing right outside. You can come in now!" the teacher said, before the door opened, and a black-haired boy walked in. "Will you please introduce yourself?" the teacher asked, before the boy nodded, and said, "My name is Adam Robertson. I have transferred here from Scotland to complete my education. I look forward to getting to know you all.",before bowing.
Looking around, the teacher pointed out an empty seat at the back of the class, beside Tomoya. "You can sit there. Tomoya, you'll be helping him get accustomed to the school. That alright with you?" the teacher asked, as Adam sat down. Shrugging, Tomoya brushed off the question, before a hand shot up on the other side of the room. "I'll help him, sensei!" Ryou Fujibayashi said, before the teacher nodded. "Very well, Fujibayashi will help him instead, now, what was I talking about, before this? Ah, yes..."
And Tomoya zoned out again.
After another 40 minutes, the bell rang, and the students started to disperse for lunch. Tomoya and Sunohara left for the Drama Club room, but Ryou stayed behind to attempt to talk to Adam, who had decided to sit on a nearby table and gaze out a nearby window, after the teacher had left. "Excuse me, Adam?" she asked, drawing the boy's attention. "Oh, I'm sorry, I didn't know you were still here!" Adam said, before he extended a hand. "Adam Robertson. Pleasure to meet you." he said, before Ryou took his hand. "Ryou Fujibayashi." she said, before a smile appeared on Adam's face. "No offense to you, but I'll probably not be around long enough to remember your name." he said, before his gaze wandered back out the window. Suddenly, his eyes narrowed. "What the hell's going on down there?" he said, before he dashed out the room, leaving Ryou behind.
Down in the grounds, a trio of bikers were causing a ruckus on the school's running track. A crowd had formed, as a silver haired girl walked out to confront them. As she tried to convince them to leave, Adam had managed to fight his way to the front of the group. "Who's that?" he asked, nodding towards the silver haired girl. "That's Tomoyo Sakagami. She's a legend when it comes to self defence. Watch!" a trio of girls said next to him, before he turned his gaze back to the scene in front, before one of the bikers tried to attack Tomoyo, but she moved so quick, she was almost a blur, and took down all three bikers in a split second. While most people were shocked, Adam smiled.
"Finally, someone who could provide a challenge..." he thought to himself, before he went to approach the girl, but an arm stopped him. "Don't. She doesn't associate with riff-raff like you." a sneering voice said, before Adam smirked. "Get your hand off me, before I break it six different ways to Sunday." he said quietly, causing the boy who had spoken to laugh. "Don't say I didn't warn you..." Adam sighed, before he moved in a flash, and kept his word. A second later, the boy was crying in agony on the ground. "Asshole." Adam said, dusting himself off, before a shout from behind him caught his attention. "And why exactly is the Student Council President sitting on the ground with a broken hand?" Tomoyo asked, as Adam turned to face her. "He was in my face, and where I come from, we believe actions speak louder than words." he said, before Tomoyo's face darkened. "So you're a thug, then?" she said, her right hand clenching into a fist. Seeing this, the crowd gathered again. "Here it comes..." Adam heard one boy whisper to another, causing him to smirk.
"Yeah, I guess you could say that. And I'm proud of it." Adam said, before Tomoyo's eyes blazed in anger, and her left leg kicked out, almost at the speed of light, and the crowd gasped, as they were hoping to see Adam be sent flying, but they were shocked to see that he had simply raised his arm and blocked the leg. "Well, that was rude." Adam said, before he pushed Tomoyo's leg away. As she regained her balance, Tomoyo smirked. "You know martial arts. Impressive." she said, before Adam smirked and started to walk away. "I'd suggest you get him help." he said, nodding towards the President, before disappearing. A second passed, before Tomoyo actually regained control of her senses. "I'll need to keep an eye on that boy. He's...interesting, to say the least." she thought to herself, as she helped the President to the nurses office.
Principal's Office, not long after...
"Care to explain yourself, Robertson? You're here for only an hour, and you've already made a scene. Injuring the Student Council President, and picking a fight with his possible successor." the Principal asked, as Adam leaned back in his chair. After the incident in the grounds, someone had informed the Principal, and Adam had been summoned to the office.
"Well, as I'm sure you're aware by now, seeing as you've got my previous school record open there..." Adam started, nodding to the file on the Principal's desk, "...I have an unhealthy aggression problem when it comes to authority. And in Scotland, we have a more 'hands on' method to dealing with our problems. Ergo, I broke his hand. Serves him right, in my opinion, he shouldn't have been talking smack to me. As for Sakagami, I was explaining my reasoning for the incident with the President, when she snapped. Can't blame her, though. Something I said must have pushed her over the edge." he continued, stunning the Principal.
"Well, be that as it may be, I can tell you right now, that behavior will not stand in my school. So, to help make your chances of getting into confrontations lower, I am going to enrol you in one of the clubs at this school. Hopefully, this will help you become better acquainted with the student body." the Principal said, before Adam sighed. "Sounds fair. Which club?" he asked, before the Principal hesitated. "The Drama Club. They have been trying to revive it, but it needs one more member. Sound good?" the man asked, Adam nodding in response. "I'll head up there right now." he said, before he went to leave, before turning back. "I'll need directions." he said, before the Principal sighed. "I'll walk you. Follow me."
Drama Club Room...
The Drama Club members were scattered around the room, before the door slid open, and the Principal stepped in. "Hello, all. I understand you're in need of another member?" he asked, Tomoya nodding. "Well, I have to put this young man in somewhere, so he'll be participating as part of your club. Make him feel welcome." he said, before he pushed Adam into the room. "Good day." he said, before he shut the door.
"Wanker." Adam said under his breath, before he turned back to the members of the Drama Club. "What?" he asked, as all of them were staring at him. "Oh, right. Name's Adam Robertson." he explained, holding up his hand. After introducing himself, he threw his bag to the side. "So, what we doing?" he asked, propping himself up on a table. "Well, we're trying to get the Club revived, but we've run into a few problems. Mainly, we need an Advisor, and all the logical candidates are taken." Nagisa Furukawa said, as Adam sighed. "Great, so, how would we go about this?" he asked, all members of the club shrugging. "Ohhh, boy, this was a bad idea..." he said, before he slid off the table. "Anything at all noteworthy, or do you just fuck around up here?" he asked, to the shock of everyone else in the room.
"Language!" Kyou Fujibayashi said harshly, before Adam scoffed. "Really? You're getting on at me for bad language, when you lot haven't even managed to get a stupid club going? Don't give me that!" He spat back at Kyou, who growled, before she grabbed a nearby book and threw it at him, but Adam simply caught it. True, he was sent back a bit by the force of the book, but he still caught it. "Seriously?" he asked, placing the book on the table he had just vacated.
"I'm outta here. I'll come up here, because I have to, not to make friends. Got it?" he asked, receiving nods from everyone present, who were all shocked that he had caught the book. "Right..." he started, shouldering his bag, before he pulled a set of keys out of his pocket, "I get to go home early. Oh, before I forget..." he continued, before he grabbed a piece of chalk and wrote a series of numbers on the blackboard, "...if you need to contact me, phone this number. See you." he said, leaving the clubroom.
School car park...
"Fucking...stupid...school." Adam said, to himself, as he reached the car park, the last area before the school gates. "Thank Christ!" He said, before he noticed a group of students surrounding a nearby Dodge Charger. As he got closer, he heard what some of them were saying...
"Nice car. I wonder whose it is?"
"I bet it's one of the teachers. No student could afford this!"
"They really love American Muscle, if that's the case!"
Chuckling quietly, Adam pressed a button on his keys, and the car beeped, signalling it was unlocked, as the students jumped back. Turning to see Adam, they were shocked to see him walk over, and open the door, fling his bag onto the back seat, before sliding into the driver's seat. "Nice ride." one boy said through the window, before Adam turned on the ignition. "I'm aware." he said, before he drove away, leaving the students standing there in shock.
A few weeks after...
After Adam's undeniably eventful first day, things seemed to calm down. He kept his word to the Principal, avoiding confrontations with people, especially Tomoyo, and heading to the Drama Club whenever Tomoya and company did, but not doing much other than any work he was given in class, engaging in only slight conversation with the other members. Meanwhile, the rest of the Drama Club had tried to share an Advisor with the Choir Club, but there had been no word on it for a couple of days now. One day, however, things would change...
It was a Thursday. Adam had just parked his car at the school, when his phone went off. "Hello?" he asked, putting the phone to his ear. "Get your ass up here. Now!" the voice of Kyou snapped at him, before hanging up. Groaning, Adam grabbed his bag, locked his car and headed up to the clubroom.
"What's up?" he asked, after shutting the door. "The Choir Club replied, just not the way we expected." Tomoya explained, before Adam saw that Nagisa was holding a scrap of paper. "Give it here." he said quietly, holding out his hand. As she gave him the note, Adam saw her face was pale, and her eyes were watering. Looking down at the note, his eyes blazed in anger as he read...
"Stop trying to revive the Drama Club, OR ELSE!"
Crushing the note in his hand, Adam turned to the rest of the Club. "Room number of the Choir Clubroom. Now." he snarled, before Kotomi spoke up. "Down a floor, turn left, last door." she said, before Adam went to the door. "What are you going to do, Robertson?" Sunohara asked, causing Adam to stop. "Nothing sensible." he said quickly, before opening the door and disappearing. Quickly, Ryou and Kotomi raced after him.
After racing down a flight of stairs, the two girls caught up with Adam, who was outside the Choir Clubroom. "This the one, Kotomi?" he asked, the girl in question nodding. "Alright, you two, wait here, give me five minutes. If I'm not back out by then, head back upstairs." he said, before he knocked on the door. "It's open!" a voice from inside said, before Adam entered the room.
"Ah, Mister Robertson! How nice to see you again!" the head of the Choir Club said, as Adam walked over to her. "Save the pleasantries for somebody who gives a damn." he spat, before he put the threatening note down on the table between them. "How about you explain to me how this ended up in my friend's locker? You see, you lot are the only ones, besides from the school staff, who know about the Drama Club, and I can't see the staff doing something like this. So spill." he said, a venomous edge to his voice. The head of the Club picked up the note and read it, before her eyes narrowed, and she looked to her friend. "Did you write this?" she asked, before her friend nodded after a second's hesitation. "She needed to drop it, otherwise you could have lost the chance to live your dream!" she said, before the head of the club turned back to Adam. "I swear, I had no part in this!" she said, causing Adam to scrutinize her for a second, before he nodded.
"Alright then, I'll believe you. If, you're willing to share an Advisor with the Drama Club. If not, I can have your entire Club shut down." he said, before the members of the Club gasped. "You're bluffing." the girl who wrote the note said, before Adam smirked. "You wanna chance it? You gave the most dangerous person on campus ammunition that could be used against you. Not a very smart move. Now, I'll keep this whole incident quiet, if you A, back off Nagisa, and B, share your Advisor with the Drama Club. So, with that being said, do we have a deal?" he said, holding his hand out to the head of the Club. "Yes, we do." she said immediately, shaking his hand. "Very well. Good day." he said, taking his leave.
After reuniting with Ryou and Kotomi, Adam lead them back up to the Drama Room, where they saw Tomoya trying to comfort Nagisa. Walking up, Adam slapped the table, said, "Sorted.", then headed for his usual spot at the window. "You're kidding. Seriously?" Sunohara asked in disbelief, before Adam nodded. "Yeah, the Choir Club will leave Nagisa alone, and they're willing to share an Advisor with us. And all it took was a little tough love." he said, before the members looked at him in confusion. "I basically intimidated them. An underhand method, sure, but it worked. They won't try anything like this again, or I'll get their Club shut down." he explained, before Nagisa walked up to him, and hugged him. "Thank you." she said, quietly, before Adam awkwardly patted her on the shoulder. "Anytime." he said, before Nagisa let him go. "So, we just need to wait for the Advisor to agree to split their time between two clubs, am I right?" he asked, receiving a nod from Kotomi.
"Alright, let's hope it works..."
A/N: Just to reiterate, this isn't part of that Crossover series I have planned. This is just a Clannad story that has my OC characters from my RWBY fanfics. Madman out!
