Hi! The names Loric Kane, or Kane for short.
I'm a new writer on the block. I originally came from Fiction press before deciding I should try out writing some Fan fiction. I did some research involving what I should about. Then I stumbled on RWBY. It only just came out and so I figured that the market for RWBY Fan fiction is still fresh and there seems to me allot of room for development.
So here I am.
Before you start to read this let me just get one thing straight. This fanfiction emphasises STORY over romance and basically everything else. This is important because one of the main reasons for people to get into fanfiction is to see their most favorite couples get together. I am here to write a story about an OC and all the things that comes with him, not to make up a character that resembles my innerself to get together with the girls in RWBY.
So remember. STORY over romance.
Oh and just so you know, I'm not new to writing. By my standards I'm barely acceptable as a writer. Oh and expect me to make allot of minor mistakes. I'm only 14!
Anyway, the moment You've all been waiting for, I present to you my first fanfiction,
The prodigy child!
Chapter I:
The prodigy child
The darkness was annoying. It really didn't help that he was trapped in a tight space with slimy rubber walls. He felt like he was in a sleeping bag, while being slow roasted alive on a spit fire. Speaking of which, it did feet like it was getting hotter in here. He moved uncomfortably around his squishy tomb, trying very hard to keep the straw hat clutched to his chest from breaking. He had tried to get some sleep, to keep his energy from being wasted, but the bag he was in kept on moving, not to mention the awful stench of meat gone wrong infected the air.
How did he even get into this mess? Oh right. The people he worked for sent him here. But they could have at least told him what he was up against. One minute he was in a cave that was so dark that he could not see his own hand in front of him, then the next he found himself in…this place. He grumbled. Didn't they know anything about proper intelligence? Seriously? It was noon when he first entered the cave. He doubted that it was even day time anymore.
His head shot up as he felt his surroundings start to rumble like it was…moving towards the surface. He could just feel whatever he was in hulking towards the entrance. This is bad. The mission was to investigate a monster killing local farmers at dawn every day for the past month. He could only assume he was in said monster. This was his only chance. He had to escape and kill this thing before it could harm anyone else.
He searched inside of himself and started drawing his power. His body started glowing bright blue, illuminating the darkness that surrounded him, revealing the brown, maggot infested walls around him.
"Show time"
He closed his eyes in concentration as the blue aura grew brighter and brighter until he heard the bugs and maggots cry as they crackled in bright flashes. He was forced to ignore both the rotten smell and the smell of roasted flesh as his strange power started to reach its peak. He knew the inside was too thick to penetrate with his power alone. So he could only do one thing. And that was to break himself out from the outside.
Suddenly, rotten flesh flew in the air as unnatural lightning struck down from the sky. The monster howled as bolts of lightning dug its way through its stomach like a hot drill.
The trapped man blurred into vision in front of the monster. He had to let a small sigh of relief as he felt the cold grass beneath his fingers and the warm orange rays of the setting sun. When he looked up he had to flinch at the sight of the monster. In this world, a Grimm was a monster without a soul. They all took the form of a twisted animal. It was a given that they all looked sick or frightening in one way or another. This Grimm was no different, if anything this one was one of the most twisted of them all because it took the form of a human.
No, not a human. A corpse.
It was huge, almost like a titan. Half its body was out of the cave and it's hip was almost enough to fill up the entrance. The form of this demented female human was rotten and seared like badly cooked meat complete with colonies of maggots and bugs that made their home there. There was no skin to cover any of this, exposing the ghastly insides. Its jaw hung from only one joint as it flopped about and its eyes were unfocused. Because of his efforts, the monster smelt putrid. The smell of rotten flesh beforehand smelt like flowers compared to this smell now that it had been roasted. Despite the gaping hole in its core from when he dug himself out, it was somehow able to hold itself up.
A sick death rattle sounded from its throat as it lifted itself up from the ground. The man calmly picked up his straw hat from the ground and placed it on his head. With a flick of his wrist, a short sword merely two feet in length appeared in the hand. He looked back at the monster and stared impassively at the monstrosity. He almost felt sorry for the thing but he reminded himself that no matter what it looked like, it was not human to begin with. It had no emotion. It was a monster. And it must die.
The monster groaned, lifting its bulky arm into the air and brought it down with uncontrolled strength. With a boom, earth was shattered. Rocks and dirt were blown away like shrapnel. The man blurred into existence in front of the rotten Titan, sword drawn back ready to strike but before he could swing he was sent flying as the monster swatted him with its other arm.
Flipping himself up right in mid air, the man managed to land on the ground and skid to a stop.
"It's fast" He noted "Impossibly fast for its size"
The man sighed. Standing up he braced himself for another strike. Absentmindedly, he noted that the sun had finally set, leaving only a faint red lining in the horizon. What a beautiful time to die.
The rotten titan let out a groan of the undead, grabbing the man's attention. It dug its hands into the ground and tried to pull itself out of its shelter. The man narrowed his eyes at this. It was trying to get out. Determined to keep his advantage of mobility, the man took off into a sprint towards the monster. It lifted its head as it noticed him. The monster lifted its arm once again and brought it down on him. The man barely dashed to the side in time to avoid its arm and expertly took a few swipes at the wrist with his sword, cutting the tendons to slow its movements.
Instinctively the man jumped backwards to narrowly avoid the other arm from nailing him to the ground. He took this chance and with one heavy swing with his lightning hot sword, he sliced four fingers off, leaving only the thumb. The monster howled in pain causing the man to flinch slightly. The ghastly sound was enough to haunt children for a lifetime. The man steeled himself and jumped up, in front of the monsters' head once again and stabbed his sword into its skull. Hanging from the skull the man clenched his free fist as it was surrounded with a blinding electrical field.
"Die!" He yelled, shoving his whole arm into the skull of the monster. Then there was silence. For a moment the man thought he had killed the thing. Only to be proven wrong
"AAAAAGGGGGHHHHHH!"
The man squeezed his eyes shut as the sound rattled his ear drums with unbearable pain. With one powerful heave the man pulled himself from the monsters head, leaving his short sword behind. When he landed on the ground he continued to jump back until his back reached a tree. He rested against the tree as he found himself seeing his vision blur. As he recuperated he glanced at the monster who was thrashing about like a fish out of water.
He was able to injure it this time. That's good. But this time was a lot easier than the first time he tried. The first time he aimed for the head he was knocked back. But the second time he was able to punch a large hole in its head. Why was that? Was it because he injured it before he aimed for the head? Wait…no. It was getting slower. He was able to dodge the arms the second time because it was slower. If that was the case then what changed to cause it go slower? Was it because being outside the cave weakens it gradually? No can't be. The reports said that the previous men sent to kill it were killed so fast and so gruesomely that the lone survivor was driven into insanity. They attacked during the day. So what changed? His eyes widened in realisation as they drifted to the sky.
The sun went down. After the sun went down there was a noticeable change in speed. The sun was one of its sources of energy. It eats humans so that must be its main source of energy. The thing doesn't even know its own weakness. If he were to trap it and deprive it of sun light then it would eventually die. I mean lets face it. After an electrically charged fist to the head and it's still alive, mostly, then it can't be killed by brute force. He would have play smart and trap it before it kills him first.
Letting out one last sigh the man opened his eyes and glared at the monster
"This is your end"
He started out walking. His blue aura appeared, covering him like a second skin. Soon his walk increased into a light jog. And with it, his aura started to flicker like an old light. His jog soon increased to run. At this point his aura had disappeared, in its place were small wisps of electricity. The man then broke out into a sprint and simultaneously his aura ignited into a storm of blinding blue electrical energy, giving him the appearance of a human lightning rod and leaving a neon trail of electricity behind as he ran.
Moving at blinding speeds it took only a moment for him to reach the monster. It didn't have any time to react as the man jumped up and slammed his fist into the monster's left arm, causing it to slam back into the caves edge. The man blinked behind the monster, setting his feet on the rocky walls of cliff face behind it. He immediately pushed himself off the cliff face and appeared in front of the monster. A second later the hole in its chest exploded in a rain of gore, destroying the already weakened spine.
Pushing off the ground, the man appeared on top of the head of the monster. Grabbing hold of his blade, he yanked it out and jumped higher, and higher into the air. The lighting stored in his body seeped into his blade, making it crackle with the same blue electricity as his body.
For a moment, while he was in the air, he looked down at the rotten titan with curiosity. But that feeling was swiftly replaced with cold hatred.
In a flash of blue he disappeared into thin air only to appear at the edge of the clearing back facing the monster, and two long skid marks ending at his feet scaring the ground.
He smirked as he heard the thump of the monsters right arm behind him. His smirk grew larger as he heard the sound of a hose spraying and gory sound of body parts falling onto the snow. And he was not disturbed the slightest.
The monster could only groan as his right arm was diced into a thousand pieces and fell right in front of it. Having it's spine destroyed caused it to fall under its own weight. It looked at its former prisoner in slight fear before crawling back into its den.
Looking over his shoulder the man smiled freely as he pointed his sword above the cave. It glowed brighter and in an instant a bolt of lightning shot from it and struck the cliff face causing the cave to cave in on itself. Then there was silence. Reaching into his pocket and the man pulled out his small communicator. He pressed a button and spoke into it.
"This is Huntsman Arashi Nii. Mission to eliminate the monster complete" he said, revealing the voice of a young teen
"Affirmative Arashi. We are dispatching a shuttle to pick you up now. ETA thirty minutes" A static filled voice replied
"Good. After what happened I need a good night's sleep" He shivered
A chuckle came from the communicator "Sometimes I forget you're just a kid Arashi"
"I'm not a kid" Arashi denied immediately in the coldest voice he could muster
"Yeah, yeah. By the way Ozpin told me to tell you to meet him at the police station when you get back" The lack of static indicated that the com was cut
"Ozpin?" Arashi muttered to himself "It's been a long time…Why would he want to see me now?"
His head shot up on instinct as he heard a small hiss. It was a snake. But not just a normal snake…A King Taijitu. And it seemed like he awoke a whole nest of them.
"That shuttle better get here fast or I'm going to hurt someone"
Later
"You took your sweet time" Arashi huffed childishly as he leaned to the side of the airjet's inner hull, glaring its crew
"S-Sorry but the weather was particularly bad tonight" A female crewman spoke, seeming proud of the excuse "Hey. What's that smell?"
"I don't want to talk about it" Arashi sighed, turning his head out the window "Why does the academy send me out on these missions? They're no fun at all"
"Sir?" A member of the crew asked
"Then they stick me with the worst crew ever"
"Sir" A tick mark formed on the side of the crewman's head
"And worst of all they don't know a thing about time management"
"Listen you little bra-" The man spoke no more as a found himself on the floor with a foot implanted behind his head
"Did you just call me…little?" Arashi glared, an ominous aura surrounding his form
"N-No sir" The man stuttered
"What was that? I didn't hear you"
"No sir!"
"Good" Arashi smiled as he lifted his foot of the man's head, completely oblivious to the whimpering of the crew
"Sorry sir. He's new" An older man saluted
"Yea yea" he shrugged off.
Arashi was a short boy, standing at one meter and a half, short for his age of sixteen. Arashi wore attire blue pants and blue chest armour under a white monk robe with silver lining going down the left sleeve that was longer than his arm and black boots with silver plates to protect his shins. The right sleeve of his robe was missing entirely, exposing the blue armour and shoulder guard underneath. His blue hair peaked out from his plain straw he almost always wore.
I bet you're wondering why such a young boy was fighting such a dangerous monster beforehand. Well this is a dangerous world. Named Remnant by the people of the past, this world is filled with black demented monsters which all resemble an average animal. These monsters are the natural predator of man, and so man created a group of warriors called the Huntsmen who harnessed the energy source called Dust, the embodiment of the world's energy. With the power of Dust and their own talents, they stood tall as the defenders of both man and Faunus kind. Arashi, though young was one such Huntsmen.
"Cocky brat" grumbled the injured man to a female crewman knelt to help him up
"Who, Arashi?" She frowned "He's not cocky. He's just different"
He snorted "I hate people like him. They believe that they are better than everyone else. I even heard that the brat was trained by the Headmaster at Beacon academy"
"That is true" the girl nodded "But you don't know him like we do. Yes he was trained by Ozpin and yes he is extremely strong for his age but he isn't arrogant about it. Annoying maybe, but not arrogant. When you've known him long enough, you will find that he is very kind and more of a child then you think. In fact, the reason why he is here, a part of the S&D division is to protect the people in his own special way. I can't tell you of course, you being the new guy and all"
"Hey! You two" Both crewman face faltered as they turned to see Arashi looking straight at them "Get to work"
"Yes sir!" they screamed in fear
Arashi's ears perked up as he heard a sound similar to that of a shotgun shell being fired. It was faint, very faint but he heard it. Curious he looked towards one of the crew man who was helping up the man he had just beaten up.
"Hey what's happening out there?" Arashi asked pointing outside to where he heard the noise
Dropping the man on the floor the crewman stuttered before moving to a monitor "Eh? Oh ah there seems to be a fight happening down there-"
"I gathered that much" Arashi growled "Are there any reports coming in? What do they say?"
"Right…Well according to the reports we're getting, it seems to be a battle between an unknown scythe wielding vigilante and the notorious criminal Roman Torchwick and his crew"
"Roman" Arashi mused "I heard he is ruthless and tough to catch. It's rare for us to get a report on his activates. I'm sure the Peace keeping division is going to send someone soon" He paused before he grumbled to himself "But the reinforcements won't get here in time…It looks like I have to wait for that warm shower"
"Sir?" The crew asked "Orders?"
"Pop the hatch"
Ruby Rose was in trouble. Not the hand in the cookie jar kind of trouble but the big trouble in little china kind of trouble. You know, the overwhelming kind. What is china anyway? In her defence she was just defending herself when a pretty boy and a couple of nameless idiots tried to rob her and the Dust store she was in when she was reading her favourite magazine. Now she was panting slightly as she was surrounded by even more of those black and red suited idiots as well as the pretty boy who was smirking at her. Normally she could have beaten all of them ten times over but they had guns, Dust and steel on their side. And a lot of it. She was not a super hero. She couldn't handle this many people alone.
The pretty boy stepped over one of the few idiots she had beaten up. Looking down he casually kicked the man
"You were worth the money, truly" He said uncaringly. Ruby hated people like him. And that was saying something, coming from a kind girl like Ruby. She dreamed of becoming strong, to protect the little guy just like the hero in books. Guys like him were the reason people like her were needed. He was a villain. She gripped her scythe angrily. Only people like him would think of using his people as cannon fodder to take her down. But it was efficient she admitted. Even now her impressive stamina was warring thin.
"Now" He said as he pointed his cane at her only for a scope of pop out from the bottom "How about you lay down that little toy and come with us. It would be a shame for someone so delicate like yourself to get hurt"
"Tell me that when I kick your face in" She panted, trying to make her face as threatening as possible by mimicking her angry sister. She failed miserably.
"Charming" He said, the edges of his mouth curling into a frown "If you refuse to end this peacefully I'm afraid I will have to end it for you"
Ruby tensed as she saw him squeeze the trigger on his cane
*Boom*
Everyone had to shield their eyes as an explosion of dust suddenly occurred between the two conflicting forces.
"What the-?" Torchwick growled as he saw a new complication arise on his simple robbery. It was like everything was out to get him
As the cloud of dust began to clear, Torchwick raised his cane again as he saw a dark, cloaked figure emerge from the cloud. Ruby saw the figure too. Because of the circumstance she decided that whoever it was might be an enemy, so she took a battles stance and waited. Both of them were unprepared to see a young boy dressed as a monk casually picking his ears before flicking out god knows what. His hat obscured his eyes from everyone sending everyone on edge.
He glanced at the criminal and the many unconscious bodies that littered the ground for a moment before facing Ruby
"Nice job girl. I can take it from here" He said in a professional monotone he perfected
"Excuse me?" Ruby tilted her head in innocence
"You can go now" Arashi repeated, eyeing the men around him "I can take them alone"
"But you're like what? Fourteen?" She said in concern, not noticing the tick mark on the blue haired boy's head. How was he supposed to do that with his hat on?
"I'm sixteen!"
"Oh! I'm sorry!" She gasped "It's just that you're so short-"
"I'm as tall as you!"
"Sorry!"
"Ahem" Roman coughed, gaining the attention of the two of them. Arashi felt barely restrained anger as he saw the criminal up on top of a building "I thank you for the comedy act. It was most amusing. But I think I will take my leave now. Bye bye now"
"Get back here!" Arashi roared. He charged forwards only to lean back as a blade barely missed his neck. Stepping back he glared at the nameless henchman
"Not so fast boy" He said as he and his companions swung their blades threateningly
"Step aside. I don't have time for you idiots" Arashi growled
"Enough talk!" the man yelled as he and two others charged at Arashi, blades raised. Arashi smirked as he unsheathed his blade and blocked all three strikes. He kicked the middle man away before side stepping to the right, allowing the blades to slide of his and making them lose their balance. He capitalised on the moment by slamming the hilt of his sword into one of their heads, before moving to slash at the other's arms. A war cry alerted him to another man ready to bring down his blade. Arashi merely blocked it, setting the man off balance before slashing wildly at his body, bringing him down.
"AHHHHH!" Cried a dozen more men with guns as they seemed to grow a brain and decided to attack as one
"Move!" Arashi was the only warning he got from the girl, followed by a clicking sound. His eyes widened as he narrowly dodged multiple high speed bullets heading towards the henchmen at high speeds with him in between them. Who was she aiming for?! Him or the guys with guns?! He growled in annoyance as he was forced to let go of his blade. Arashi grunted in discomfort as he flipped up right and quickly dashed from one man after another, disabling them with quick blows to the neck and pressure points with a healthy dose of lightning charged into his fingertips.
"Wow" the girl cheered as he finished the last of the men "You're fast!"
Arashi merely picked up his blade before he looked towards roof "He couldn't have gone far. If I could pick up his trail then…"
Ruby widened her eyes as Arashi, with one large leap, jumped on to the building Roman escaped from.
"Hey! Wait for me!" She yelled, using the recoil of her scythe keep up with the boy
Arashi absentmindedly noted that the girl was still following him as he glared at the back of the criminal. He seemed to have stopped at the edge of the roof but Arashi had a feeling he had another trick up his sleeves. A criminal of Roman's calibre did not simply get caught.
"Hmm. I was sure they would have stopped a boy like you" Roman mused
Arashi tightened the grip on his short sword as he felt the wind picked up around him. He growled in annoyance as an airjet emerged from over the side of the building, Roman managing to get on it. Flipping a red crystal in his hand Roman smirked down at the two of them. Sending lightning to his leg he prepared himself to dash out of the way and attack while Romans vision was clouded with the Dust.
"So long!" He sneered tossing the crystal at them
"Don't tell me he's gonna-" Ruby tensed
Arashi felt his heart drop at the sound of Ruby's voice as Roman took aim with his cane "Shit!"
'The girl!'
*Boom*
"AHHHHH!"
Ruby opened her eyes and gasped as droplets of crimson sprinkled over her face. Arashi grunted uncomfortably from his place on top of Ruby, positioned so they were looked straight at each other. Arashi clenched his teeth, refusing to spill more blood. His back was badly burnt and his skin seared but Arashi was forced by his pride to fight through the pain. Summoning more power from his body, Arashi's eyes glowed deep red and radiated with power and blood lust that was aimed at all directions letting Ruby get her first taste of a real battle.
"Stay…put" Arashi panted, using every ounce of will power to stand up "You think that was enough to put me down! Think again Roman Torchwick!"
Cracking his fingers, Arashi's body started to glow a weary blue and red aura creating whisks of purple.
Roman widened his eyes before he wisely retreated into the cockpit
"We got a Huntsman" He said urgently to the pilot.
"Take this!" thrusting his hands out, Arashi shouted the name of his technique as a dozen blue light beams flew in an arc, pelting the ship with pure energy condensed into physical form. The amount of force he applied to the attack was enough for it to send the ship wobbling around the skies. Arashi growled again as realised he didn't even put a dent in the ship's hull.
'Impossible!' Arashi thought 'to take that and come out unscathed takes something. Damn. My wounds are taking away my strength. I have to end this quickly before I pass out or they'll get away'
Flicking his wrist once again, a yellow Dust crystal appeared in his hands. Charging up his aura, Arashi's purple Aura started to suck the crystal dry of energy. His Aura now glowed with a multitude of different energies making the lighting crackling around his body turn an eerie black. The strange coloured lightning travelled down his right arm before it formed into ball into his right hand. Arashi used his left hand to hold his right in place as he pointed the ball of lightning at the ship.
He smirked "This is your end!"
And like a cannon, the ball shot out with a defining sound of electrifying bugs. The ball, instead of exploding, latched onto the side of ship like hot plasma.
Arashi was about to charge his last attack before he saw an ominous, famine figure stepped onto the deck of the ship. Raising his fingers he unleashed a storm of lightning at the woman to which she countered with a burst of her own red energy. His eyes narrowed as he countered a fire ball thrown from the figure with his own bolt of lightning, causing hot embers to scatter across the ground. Before he knew it the embers themselves started glowing.
*Boom*
Arashi didn't have time to move away as an explosion consumed him in a fiery ball of flame and ash.
"Ha take that!" Cheered Roman in the pilot seat. The mysterious figure smirked in agreement at the remark but stopped dead in her tracks when a hand, covered in viscous red lightning in the shape of a triple fanged claw, dug to the edge of the hole in the roof she just blew.
From the side lines, Ruby watched in awe as she saw Arashi climbing out of the hole, more angry than he was hurt. His aura was so bright she couldn't even see his face anymore. What was with this boy's power? She could literally feel the air around her being salted with his aura. It was unreal. It completely outmatched her abilities with Crescent rose. Wait? A super strong Aura, power stronger than then some of the best teachers of Signal Academy, and at the age of sixteen? That's him! That's-!
"That tickled!" Arashi growled. The crackling lightning around his form started to lash wildly as it became more powerful and more stronger. He clenched his teeth
"Now lets end this!"
A deafening roar echoed throughout the city as natural lightning lightened the night sky like fireworks. Arashi's lightning basked in the light show as all the blue and white energy he stored up started to form the shape of a large wolf's head. With a final roar the creature of lightning separated into three smaller, deadlier wolves. As they all charged at the ship mysterious figure tried to blast them out of the sky with her strange fire abilities. It did not work. In fact it only made them angrier.
The three wolfs danced briefly around the ship in a spectacular show of lights before they all started dashing around the hull, taking random swipes and bites at the hard metal, leaving hot claw marks. The ship started buckle as it took more and more damage but it stubbornly held together. Then with one last roar, all the wolves converged into a singularity only for it to explode and form the original lightning beast. Natural lightning from the skies where pulled down from the sky and struck at the manmade lighting beast, making it grow brighter and complete. With the combined might of the weather and Arashi's power it charged towards the ship.
The figure looked at the wolf in slight fear before she was surrounded by magic seals. Releasing her power, the magic seals expanded, creating a shield around the ship. Arashi clenched his fist as he watched his attack tear through the shield and taking a large bite out of the hull before it evaporated. It was to Arashi's surprise that the ship only let out a groan of bending metal but still managed to keep flight. Arashi could feel the Roman's smirk from his place in the cockpit.
"Darn…"Arashi frown before he was forced to his knees by his exhaustion and wounds. Before his red energy could grow out of control he forcibly retracted it back into his body.
Seeing his weakness Ruby decided to interfere by transforming her scythe into its gun form and taking a few shots at the figure. The figure only deflected her shots with a wave of her hand like she was a mare annoyance. And with another swish of her hand red marking appeared at Ruby's and the unmoving Arashi's feet. Out of sheer instinct, Ruby used her natural speed to tackle Arashi over, narrowly avoiding an eruption of fire.
She glared at the damaged ship as it barely manage to fly off into the now clear night sky
"Get off me"
Ruby let out a squeal as she found herself straddling Arashi's crotch area, sending any spectators the wrong idea. Her eye widened in surprise. Arashi had lost his hat in the fight some time ago but it took her up to now to notice a glaring feature on top of Arashi's head. Two blue wolf like ears atop his blue hair.
Arashi was too tired to move his body to cover his ears and let his arms fall to his sides, the only thing he could do was to glare upwards at Ruby, not noticing the warmth of a slight blush on his cheeks. Arashi sighed from his place on the ground. How did it end up like this? He was certain he could have taken the criminal in. Oh right, the girl. She was a liability. But it was not her fault though. It was his fault. The main goal changed when she stepped on the battle field. It was to prevent any injuries to innocents. The girl would classify as an innocent. He should have realised that at the beginning. Then again, he was always bad a protecting people.
Both he and Ruby heard an approaching sound of high heels. Ruby looked to find a middle-aged woman with very light blonde hair tied back in a bun with a curl hanging down the right side of her face. Her eyes are emerald green and she wore thin rectangular glasses. She has teal, hanging earrings with a small bead identical to wears a white long-sleeved suit that exposes part of her chest, and puffy sleeves that tighten near the wrist before spreading back out near her hands. Her lower body has a black business skirt with buttons up the front of it and lighter black-brown stockings. She wears black boots with brown heels, and wears a torn cape that is purple inside and black on the outside, decorated by a row of diamond-shaped brown beads going horizontally across her cape.
"My my, what do we have here" Though her choice of words would say otherwise, she frowned at the sight of the two teens
Arashi sighed "Not word Glynda. Not a single word"
"Ah my back is killing me" Arashi moaned as he adjusted the bandages under his clean and fixed his clothes as he stepped out of the emergency medical bay before seemingly walking off in a seeming random direction, ignoring the painful moans of 'We're so sorry' from the injured and crippled security stacked up into a pile. Spectators sweat dropped at the teens' casual brutality.
Arashi hated hospitals with a passion. It wasn't enough that the atmosphere was that of old and sick people but they make you stay in the same spot for long periods of time whether you were a patent or not. Arashi, being a man of action, had trouble staying still. He was so used to the adrenalin rush of battle that just the thought of relaxation sent shivers down his spine. And yet the hospital insisted that he should stay in bed for the next day. Absolutely not! He was a huntsman. If he couldn't take a beating or two then he wouldn't have survived this long.
"I should find Glynda" He said to himself "She would want to know what happened"
"No need. She already knows" Arashi didn't even flinch when a man snuck up behind him
"Good afternoon Professor Ozpin" Arashi nodded
Ozpin was a middle-aged man with tousled grey hair and thin brown eyes. He wore shaded glass spectacles and a dark green scarf with a small purple cross-shaped emblem on it. As always he wears an unzipped black suit over a black buttoned vest, with a green undershirt underneath. After years of knowing the man, Arashi knew most, if not all his little quirks. Such his tenancy to talk like one of them wise old men you'd find in fantasy stories.
"And you too Arashi" Now named Ozpin nodded in return "I was worried when you didn't come to report your latest mission"
"I was engaging a high priority target" Arashi looked up at Ozpin "And what do you mean you were worried? Were you checking up on me?"
"What? I'm not allowed to be worried about my former student?"
"You know what I mean Professor" Arashi frowned
"…Yes. I was checking up on you. It has been a year since I last talked with you" Ozpin said as someone came up to him and gave him a mug filled with his usual drink
Arashi rolled his eyes at presence of the famous 'Ozpin cup'. It's like he never leaves home without that cup. Not that he could talk. He never goes anywhere without his favourite straw hat on top of his head. But at least he had a proper reason.
"You're heavily injured. You shouldn't be walking around everywhere" Ozpin said as he sipped from his cup
"I have work to do professor. Important work" Arashi answered immediately "With the appearance of Roman's new associate, I need to give a thorough report"
"Your health should come first you know"
"But this is importa-" Arashi started
"What's important is your health. I don't want you to inflict permanent damage to yourself"
Arashi looked down at his chest, rubbing his hidden bandages underneath "I'm fine Professor. By tomorrow I'll be able to use my Aura again"
"You were always stubborn Arashi" Ozpin chuckled "You know, from the reports I'm getting about you, you almost exclusively take solo extermination missions"
"You receive reports about me?"
"I have my ways" Ozpin smiled "From the reports I get about you, I see you complete them with high efficiency and speed. The people you work for praise you for what they see. But what I see makes me think taking you on as my apprentice was a bad idea"
"P-Professor!" Arashi stuttered as if he was stabbed in the heart "I'm sorry if I did something wrong but-"
"Don't get me wrong Arashi" Ozpin smiled "I understand why you are doing this, for which I am proud of you for. It takes strength to do what you do. Strength that you had from the very beginning and is the thing I focused on when I was training you. But I can't shake the feeling that I trained you wrong. I worked with you almost exclusively and never organised a team for you. Because of that you lack a vital asset all huntsmen and huntresses need. A team"
"…You're saying that I got injured because of my lack of a team?" Arashi frowned
"Not at all…Well maybe. But having a team is more than developing teamwork. They are meant to be bonds for you to have during your stay in Beacon away from family. You were thirteen when you arrived at Beacon and you had nothing. I thought what you needed was to become symbol, an idol, so I kept you way from a team. But now that I've grown older and wiser I understand that doing what I did was the worst possible thing for you. This path you're walking does not have to be walked alone, Arashi"
"Professor" Arashi whispered "I lost my childhood even before you found me. I hurt everyone that comes close to me. Even if you gave me a team I still would have been the black sheep. Face it, I was never meant to be in a team. I accepted that. Now my only purpose is to serve our nation to the best of my abilities"
"By condemning yourself to a life of killing?" Ozpin concluded. Arashi had nothing to say after that. Before he knew it they were already stopping at a door. Arashi took a step back in surprise. He didn't notice entering a building "Well here we are"
"And where is here?" Arashi asked as Ozpin picked up a try of cookies from the guard's desk right next to the door
Ozpin mealy smiled before the door opened
"It's you!" Ruby shrieked before letting out a small 'eep' of embarrassment
Arashi looked at the girl with an unamused face "You're that girl who tried to fight Torchwick"
"I could have taken him on if he didn't cheat" she defended
"Criminals like Torchwick never play fair" Arashi said annoyed. He looked to his side and saw the ever silent Glynda "Afternoon"
"And to you too" Glynda glared slightly at the straw hat Arashi wore. She and many others gave up trying to get Arashi to take off his hat when indoors long ago. That didn't mean she liked it.
Before he could even think of walking way Ozpin spoke "I think you should stay for this Arashi. I mean you are involved in this"
Arashi looked at Ozpin with a blank stare before walking back to lean against the wall closest to the door
"Now young lady" Ozpin said "You seemed to have caused Arashi a lot of trouble"
"It's not my fault! They started it!"
"Oh I know that" Ozpin shrugged "I'm sure Arashi doesn't mind, don't you Arashi"
"It's my job" Was his answer
Ozpin chuckled awkwardly before leaning in close to the girl "You…have silver eyes"
"Wha…?"
Arashi face palmed
"Don't worry. He did that to me too. He's blunt like that" He pointed to his own red eyes. He yelped when Glynda knocked his head with her riding crop
"So, Ruby Rose" Ozpin started, taking out a display pad playing a surveillance tape of Ruby's fight before Arashi arrived "Where did you learn how to do this?"
"Uh…Signal Academy" She smiled nervously
"Signal…" Arashi mused "I didn't go there but I'm sure they won't teach their students to wield extremely weapons such as your scythe. Especially since you somehow attached a high calibre gun into it."
"He's right you know" Ozpin nodded, putting down the plate of cookies on the interrogation table
"W-Well-"
"It's just that I only know one other with that amount of skill with a scythe before" Ozpin admitted "Dusty old Crow"
"That's my uncle" Ruby chirped. Arashi had to double take as he found the plate of cookies reduced to just fine china. Again, what the hell is china? "He's a teacher a Signal. I was complete garbage until he took me under his wing. Now I'm like ha cha, hi ya" She made childish martial arts sounds and made wild movements in the air. Arashi couldn't help but smile at this. She reminded of him so much of an old friend of his. That train of thought was crushed instantly.
"So I've seen" Ozpin placed his cup of coffee down, leaning into Ruby's face once more "And what does an adorable girl such as yourself doing at a school designed to train warriors"
"Well…I want to be a Huntress" She spoke with so much conviction in her voice, Arashi had to give her credit for that.
"You want to slay monsters" Ozpin clarified
"You see when I finish Signal, I'm going to apply to Beacon. My sister is trying to become a huntress and so am I because I want to help people. I mean our parents told us to help people and I thought might as well make a career out of it" Everyone blinked owlishly as she trailed off, giggling like a high school girl muttering something along the lines of 'cool' and 'romantic'.
"Do you know who I am?" Ozpin asked, breaking the silence
"You're professor Ozpin, you're the Headmaster at Beacon" she calmed down
Arashi raised eyebrow. That was a quick turnaround. It seems that she can be serious at times
"You want to join my academy?"
"More than anything" Ruby said with much conviction. She was so close. So very close to becoming a huntress like she wanted to be. Her dream was so very close.
Ozpin's next words both shocked her and tore her heart "I'm sorry but I can't allow that"
Ruby took a moment to let Ozpin's words sink in
"What?" Ruby crocked, holding back tears
"You're simply too young to join my school" He said as if he wasn't breaking a young girl's dream. Arashi's eyes narrowed. He was sure he would accept her into the academy. Why wouldn't he? She was extremely strong for her age and definitely qualifies for the school in terms of strength. She was also trained by Crow, a god among Huntsmen in terms of skill and she had yet to peak in strength. Her potential needed to be taken advantage off and Ozpin was willing to let that go? Because she was too young?
"What are you doing?" Arashi spoke, gaining everyone's attention "Professor. Ruby is strong. Can't you see that? I've seen her in action. I can vouch of her skill. She may be rough around the edges but with enough training and fine tuning, which Beacon can offer, she will become a force to be reckoned with. Her age is irrelevant"
"It's not that simple Arashi" Although his voice may seem solemn, Ruby was confused to see a faint smirk on Ozpin's face
"Yes it is" Arashi said "I was accepted into the academy at the age of thirteen. She is fifteen. There shouldn't be a problem"
"Your situations are completely different"
"How are they diff-" Arashi started before he realised "I was an apprentice"
"That's right" Ozpin finally turned to face Arashi with a huge grin on his face. It was only then Arashi figured what Ozpin truly intended
'hook line and sinker'
"Then why don't you or Glynda take her on?"
"The rules states that only someone outside the school curriculum can take on an apprentice" Glynda spoke after some silence "In other words neither I nor Ozpin can take on that responsibility"
"Then we find someone who will take Ruby under their wing"
"School starts tomorrow" Somehow Ozpin's grin grew wider "Besides I don't think we can find another huntsman willing enough to take on a teenage girl, especially after a certain Dust incident at Beacon you caused when you were there"
"I told you, that was an accident!" Arashi cried "How was I supposed to know they were there!"
Ruby looked frantically between Arashi and Ozpin, trying to keep track in the conversation. What was going on? Was she going or was she not? Don't play with a girls feeling like that!
"Well" Ozpin sighed almost mockingly "It seems young Ruby can't join afte-"
Arashi's eye twitched
"Wait" Arashi sighed heavily facing Ruby "I have an obligation to do this. Don't think anything of this"
Ozpin felt a feeling of accomplishment as Arashi walked over to the dumbstruck Ruby. He just thought of this plan on the spot and there were so much room for failure. But he had faith that this would work out for the better. Of course, Ozpin neglected to mention to Arashi that he could have accepted Ruby without all this crap about age and apprentices, he just didn't want too.
He was, after all the headmaster.
He made the rules.
"Ruby Rose" Arashi coughed "Do you know who I am?"
"You're Arashi Nii. The child prodigy of Beacon"
"Well I would like to officially offer you an apprenticeship, Ruby. The apprenticeship includes yadayadayda and this and that, bla bla bla and all that crap. Do you accept?"
Every other than Ruby sweat dropped at Arashi's speech
"Yes!"
So I decided to make an OC because I'm more comfortable with making my own characters. The reason I moved to Fanfiction was because I'm just too lazy to make my own world again. In fanfiction I could just make my own character and throw him into a world that I already know allot about. And I got to tell you, it takes a allot of my chest.
So following the traditions of RWBY, I have decided to base my character around a folk lore. As you can tell by the name it is Japanese. I thought that RWBY lacked that little something that make anime, anime. That being a badass Asian prodigy! Anyway I thought about telling you what folk lore I based Arashi on. But then I thought I'd make it a game! So who can tell me what Japanese folk lore Arashi is based on?
The clues are in his actions and character design.
If you guess right then you get a cyber cookie from RWBY's cute mascot, Ruby Rose!
Anyway until next time
Ja Ne