ATTENTION: I do not own RWBY or the characters involved, this story is set as a partial AU that takes place at the end of the 2nd season and goes after that. Reviews of all kinds welcome, if you think my work is trash, just say it, I'm a big kid, I can handle it.
Fate, a predetermined path that an individual or group of individuals follows. Through out history hero's are chosen almost by fate. The path we come to is fate, what we do on that path is our choice.
Fuschia looked between her team mates, a human girl that stood just a little taller than her with mid back length black hair with blue eyes and a muscled body sitting to her direct left, her partner and the most combative of the team, Teale. She was sitting back in her chair ando listening to the teacher speak with her arms held across her chest. To Fuschia's right she saw the other two, the first, a small fanus girl with sandy blonde hair and soft brown eyes. Ember, a fox fanus with tall tawny ears and a bushy tail. She sat quietly taking notes looking smaller than she really was. Beside her was the fourth and final member of the team, a human boy that stood almost a head taller than Fuschia with jet black hair and yellow eyes, he was built lightly, being just a little bit larger than Teale. Aeren sat in his seat with a relaxed, almost bored look about him, his elbows propped on the desk. Fuschia guessed him as more compassionate of the group due to him and his teammate Ember's already close relationship.
It wasn't hard to see that each of them worked well together, but when it came down to individual reactions between each other, some days were much better than others.
As the bell rang to send them off from their last class of the day, the four stood up with the rest of their classmates. Teale lead the charge to the cafeteria as the other three held a loose formation with each other, Fuschia standing in front with Ember slightly behind her to her right, and Aeren following at the back of the group. As the four got their food they all sat and ate.
Fuschia looked between Ember, Teale and Aeren then asked, "What strategy are you three wanting for the Vytal festival tournament that's coming up in a few weeks?"
Teale looked up from her plate and said, "Find who our competition is, learn about them and beat them"
Aeren spoke up, "It's a little more complex thanot that Teale, but yeah, she has the right idea, that and work on team based fights, because if we go up against a team with more time learning about how they all fight, then it doesn't matter, they can over take us just by their ability to work with each other"
Teale nodded but sighed, Fuschia looked between them before asking, "Okay, but who would be our doubles team?"
Teale looked at Ember who shook her head saying she wouldn't be a part of it. Teale said, "I am going to, I want a shot at Nikos, and I know that I'll face her in singles."
Aeren rolled his eyes, Teale was good, but she was power hungry. He looked at Fuschia and asked, "So how about it, partners go on through the tournament. Sound good to you Fusch?"
Fuschia nodded, "It's fine with me, Teale and I will work more on our abilities as a pair, and we'll all work on all work together on our team based fighting."
Ember nodded, "I think it's a good idea."
Teale smiled, "So there you have it, we start training for this tonight."
Several hours later, after their team training session and they all had a chance to clean up, Aeren sat back against the wall as his teammates started coming up with ideas for the festival. Fuschia sat back in her pajama pants and tank top taking notes and trying to come up with the best plan, Teale was walling back and forth in her panties and tank top, before stopping and picking up her black nylon shorts and put them on, her words of, 'I don't care, I'm going to be comfortable in my room' came to mind. She sat down cross leged and conversed with Fuschia.
Ember was being Ember, she laid quietly as a little ball of blanket and fur from her fanus ears and tail, they could tell she wasn't asleep but just not wanting to speak.
"Remnant to Aeren, hey, you know the deal right? You are going up in out next class to see how some of our opponents fight." Teale said
"So draw it out and test them?" Aeren asked, Fuschia nodded, then he said, "Alright, who are we trying to learn about?"
"Honestly, we're going to try pitting you against Ruby Rose, I've seen some of her powers, but I want to test skill, and since you're our go to guy on battle tactics, you're the natural choice." Fuschia said, as a sort of goad to get him sugar coated enough to go for it.
Aeren nodded, "I'll try it, but from what I've seen she has speed and range on her side, so I'm at a disadvantage when it comes to actually fighting her it might be pretty one sided." He stated simply, putting his hands behind his head to make a makeshift pillow.
"Well, with the Vytal festival coming up, I'd like to get a closer look on some of our opponents, and we haven't seen her besides once or twice." Teale replied as a matter of fact type tone, "or are you just saying it cause you're scared to lose to a little girl?"
"I can beat you can't I?" Aeren retorted before noticing Ember sit up with her ears giving away her mood, the tan triangles pointed forward showing she was annoyed at the turn of the conversation.
"Stop, both of you. It's getting late and we don't need to stay up because you two can't decide who has the thicker skull." She said getting up to a kneeling position while her tail flicked back and forth. She sat back as she finished her rant and scowled at the two, crossing her arms to show further annoyance.
Fuschia sighed, "You two fight like brother and sister." She said shaking her head. "Are you three good? Ember?" Ember gave a nodd and went from her kneeling pose to sitting by moving her weight off her legs to her rear and putting her hands back. "Alright, Aeren?" Aeren nodded and Fuschia turned to her partner, "Teale?"
Teale huffed then laid back, "Yeah, yeah, I'm done, Aeren, just get it to work."
"Of course." Aeren replied then skunk down slightly on his mattress to lay his head on the actual pillow.. Ember turned towards him and gave a look of slight concern, she didn't speak much but displayed her emotions more through expressions and her body language.
"Everything alright? You seem a little more agitated than you normally do." Ember stated her observation quietly.
"Don't worry Ember, I'm not going to go crazy" He laid back and sighed, "Just hoping I'm not going to get into it with our cocky teammate."
Ember sighed and Aeren looked over as her expression gave a begrudged agreement. Knowing how poorly the two got along. She brushed her hair from her face and gave a knowing grimace as a sign to say, 'I know'.
"Get some sleep Em, tomorrow's a new day with its own challenges." Aeren stated after a moment.
Ember gave a slight smile before curling back up for the night, and tucking her tail to her nose. Aeren stared up at the ceiling and waited for his mind to slow, running what he knew on Ruby, which wasn't much, she almost embodied the traits of hyperactivity and childishness. Her scythe was modular, but from what he could see, had a minimum range to it when it came to how she could use it, though she was amazingly skilled, she seemed to show that her danger point for using the weapon was close up, so that was the key, get under her defences and see from there.
He closed his eyes and listened to the two that were still up, just chatting away. Talking about classes, what they could do to work better together, and if the four of them had a chance at being a good team. As he listened he began to drift, their quiet murmer distracting enough to let his head wrap around the concept of sleep.
In professor Goodwitch's class, team FATE sat in wait for the fights to have a chance to start. She was making her voice known, stating that the students were the next generation of huntsmen and huntresses, the next protectors and heros. As she went about her speech, it hit more effectively for some than for others. She closed it saying she wanted to see volunteers and challenges this class period.
Aeren raised his hand as she finished speaking so he could volunteer, and lucky for him, he didn't even have to call out the caped girl, Aeren stood and made his way down, clipping the rectangular quiver to his belt, the top hanging just inches above his natural hand placement. With the mid section clipped and held to his leg by a leg harness sitting over his faded jeans. Under his black and red jacket his harness continued so that the weight was distributed over his shoulders and back instead of just his right side. As he watched the young girl clad in a black skirt, blouse and boots with a red cloak advance towards the arena, he tried taking in what he could to guess how she'd move in reaction to his fighting. She moved with a happy go lucky, and girly stride which to him at least shown him that she was at least energetic, and possibly some bit clumsy.
Aeren held his bow at the ready and watched as Ruby readied herself with her weapon, flipping it from its carry mode to its full scythe mode, pegging the tip into the ground. She looked at him with an excited and confident grin. The lights dimmed, and Professor Goodwitch looked between the fighters, and then gave the signal, "you may begin. There was a pause for a moment, both fighters watching each other to see who would make the first move. Aeren's fingers flexed around his bow as he saw her start to lean into a carry to lift her massive weapon. As the weapon lifted Aeren took off in an effort to close the distance and get out of her immediate aim.
And so ends chapter one, feel free to review, favorite, subscribe or follow, keep an eye open for my next chapter, coming soon... IWontGiveIn aka AA ending
Attn: edited to be more understandable, and less looking like I'm talking it while it's being read off the page, as always, hope you enjoyed the read, til next time ladies, and gents, children of all ages, AA signing out.