Well, here the FH & RWBY cross, honestly did you ever even doubt that that this would be the first one? Well...you probably didn't actually...but in the aftermath of that i'll go ahead and inform you. As much as it pisses me off at times, i'm a huge fa of FH and particularly of the big hunk of flesh and metal that is the Lawbringer. Mans got some BEEFY muscles on him. (kek)
Anyway, I got my own unique way of acting for my LB. He's more of the assorted basket of memes instead of the big billy badass, even though he can be that too if he has to be. I mean, it's not hard to be intimidating when you're built like a brick shithouse and wear more armor that most tanks IRL, yeah, you're pretty damn scary. Especially while carrying the most VERSATILE WEAPON EVER INVENTED...*Ahem* sorry.
Is the name for this story bad?
Anywaaaays, let's get started!
Ezekiel Albast Vancour was a young, simple man, and as such he enjoyed simpler things. Seeing his friends and family, seeing happy people hidden away from the terror of war, to see everyone get along and be happy, along with the prospect of every possible encounter on the field, Why the last of those you might ask? Well, he saw every batch of would be opponents in a great light. They weren't his enemies, they were simply strangers, strangers with big, scary weapons yes, but strangers nonetheless.
Take today for example, he was standing around in a nice little place known as the 'Temple Garden' What temple it was? He never asked anyone, but as for the situation at hand, he was the only Knight in the place, and he was staring at a group of four Samurai warriors that were steadily approaching him.
The closest one to him was an Orochi, scary little bastards with their quick movement and strong blows, not the most welcome of sights, that's for sure. To the Orochi's left was a Kensei of the female variety. It's not that he would ever admit it when he's not drunk, but he very much respected Kensei, their straight forward way of combat made him happy to have them around. On the far left of the group of four was a Nobushi, now, when it came to just about any Nobushi, he always felt weak in the knees, whether it was because he was scared shitless because one was trying to kill him, or he was trying to casually talk to one of the mysterious warrior women of the Samurai, he was fairly certain he was good at being a gentleman though, most Nobushi's he talked too seemed to like him. Though the one time he asked one out he got rejected, though it was very politely. And behind all of these other was a less common thing, a Shinobi. He didn't dislike the shadow warriors per-say, but they kinda creeped him out, with all the stalking around and such, along with sneak attacks.
He wasn't used to dealing with Samurai in all honesty, he could be fine with fellow Knights of all kinds, Vikings were a little rougher around the edges, but he could make even the wild shamans calm down a bit, but the Samurai, they were not only the least common for him to encounter, but they were very reserved most of the time, he supposed he would have to wing it this time.
As for the Samurai, they were honestly confused, it wasn't often you ran across anyone in a deserted place like this temple, let alone a singular Lawbringer, it put the four warriors on edge more than it should, could it be that they Knights valued this location and believed that a lone Lawbringer could defend it? It was arrogant, even for the knights, unless this Lawbringer was supposed to be some kind of god amongst his piers. But all thoughts of this man being the warrior to defeat all others vanished and was replaced by subtle confusion when the massive armored man shyly waved at the armed warriors from the Myre.
"What is he trying to do? What does he think we are, stupid?" The Kensei asked through her mask. This place was reported to be deserted, so the sight of a Lawbringer was most unappealing to her, most all she had encountered were brutes that tried to intimidate their opponents to get the edge. But while she was talking she noticed the Nobushi of the group staring at the Lawbringer, but she couldn't sense the malice her companion normally felt when she saw one of the armor clad men.
"What's wrong Nushira?" The Nobushi, now know as Nushira turned to look at the Kensei with a slightly unsure look.
"That Lawbringer...he isn't here to fight."
Now this grabbed the Orochi and Shinobi's attention as they looked at the reserved warrior. "What do you mean?"
Nushira merely shook her head. "Just look at him, he doesn't even have a weapon, his standards bear no house's symbol, and he hasn't ran to arm himself, nor has he even tried to signal for some kind of help." When the others stared at her with disbelieving looks she sighed and shook her head before walking towards Ezekiel, who had a slight feeling of apprehension towards the slowly approaching Samurai warrior, waiting as she got within speaking distance. "Why are you here Knight?"
Ezekiel cocked his head at Nushira's words. "I'm here for more civil reasons than you would think Samurai, if you and your group want to pass by this temple, or stop to worship in some way, you are more than welcome to, I won't object to it in any way, hell, I could even see if I have a place you could all rest if you need it. And I even have a meal or two I can spare."
Nushira's eyes nearly bulged out of her skull at Ezekiel's words, he would be willing to do such kind things for her and her friends? No, this has to be some kind of ruse, right? "And you would let us do such things, with you expecting no payment in return?" She could see the him nod his head. "You would be correct, now, if you'd follow me, I can show you where your allies can rest, if you can get them to follow that is." She watched as Ezekiel turned and walked up the path and made way to the temple's entrance.
(Not sure if this is really a required linebreak but...)
Ezekiel watched from the main balcony in front of the doors to heart of the temple as Nushira walked to her group of fellow warriors before he heard one of his favorite things walking up behind him, making him smile under his helmet as he turned around to see the joy of his life before him, a reletively small girl that looked up at him with bright green eyes and beautiful blonde hair that ran down to just below her shoulders.
The girl spoke up with a quiet voice as she stared at him with the awe he always captivated from her when he had his armor. "Zeke? What were you doing down there." "Zeke" chuckled as he picked her up effortlessly and hugged her her tightly. "Just being kind to some weary Samurai Ezmerelda, you know I always attempt to be kind to everyone I meet after all."
Ezmerelda hugged Ezekiel back and pressed her head against his helmet and smiled. "I know brother, you don't need to tell me, honestly, I think you'd be the one taking candy from strange Samurai instead of me." He held her out at arms length and turned his head to the side with a fake scoff. "You would me sister, how could you think I would be so careless?"
He watched her turn her head to the left, the way he wasn't looking, and saw her eyes widen immensely, making him raise a brow under his helmet before her turned to look at the approaching forms of the Kensei, Orochi, Shinobi, and Nushira cresting the last set of steps and looking at the siblings, surprise evident in their eyes before they visibly relaxed, realizing that Ezekiel may truly mean them no harm, and that they would have a young and most likely curious child to talk to, and all of them would be more than happy to face some enthusiasm at this point.
said child was practically scrambling out of her older siblings arms as she jumped from his metal embrace and then walked up to the group of Samurai with a truly amazed look on her face. The Samurai looked down at the expectant girl who looked like she was about to squee because of their mere presence before she jumped about seven feet straight off of the ground as Ezekiel walked up behind her rather silently and stomped on the ground beside her.
She turned around to watch her massive guffawing brother, gaining an embarrassed look as she heard a few of the Samurai snicker and chuckle behind her before she walked up and decided to make a fool of Zeke, grabbing hold of one foot and yanking it with all she had, after a second of tense effort his foot flew out from underneath him and he lost balance from the other and came crashing down with the force of a small house.
At this point the Samurai had lost it completely after seeing the massive form of Ezekiel crash to the ground from his younger sisters mighty tug on his leg, the Orochi had a hand on one leg to support him as he got to the point where he had started to snort in his laughter, which only made it worse as it was what made the Shinobi lose composure to the fullest and chortle with the force of ten men as the Kensei and Nushira had to support eachother to make sure they didn't fall over as Emerelda and Ezekiel soon joined in.
After that bout of comedy had subsided, and all those gathered had recovered, aside from the Orochi, who was still snorting like a dumbass, and the Kensei stepped forward to look up into the visor of the Lawbringer before her. "May we know your names? So that it would be easier for us to discuss everything?" Ezekiel nodded to her as he did some over-the-top gesture akin to a bow which made his sister laugh, and spoke with a lavish and polite voice. "Ezekiel Vancour at your service." He turned to Ezmerelda and picked her up once again. "And this little ball of joy is my sister, Ezmerelda Vancour." Ez just waved shyly to the group of Samurai as she got put back onto the ground.
(Sorry if i'm shit at making Japanese names ._. )
The Kensei bowed her head politely while having a small smile under her mask. "Washira Kenashi, a pleasure to meet you. That Nobushi over there is my sister, Nushira." Nushira bowed her head like her sister had. "The Orochi's name is Zaisho, and the Shinobi's is Takamura." The two nodded to Zeke, which the Lawbringer politely returned before clapping his gauntlet covered hands together, catching everyone's attention.
"Glad to know all of you, but, now that the introductions are over, come inside, me and my sister had finished dinner before I had spoken with Miss Nushira, it should still be hot, what do you say." At the mention of food he could hear the fours stomach's collectively growl before they all nodded to him, causing him to smile before walking into the temple. "Come on then, let's eat!"
"And then, the Shaman bounced off of the Kensei and into the Highlander and all three them fell off the cliff!" Zeke shouted out, ending another one of the insane storys he had from his times on the battlefield. Watching with a smile as he got the four Samurai to break out in laughter once more, especially Nushira, who seemed to giggle at every joke and he made. Making Zeke smile even more, he had of course taken off his helmet at this point, having revealed his sharp features and strong jaw along with emerald eyes identical to his sisters, and soft ash colored hair that stayed above the eyes and shoulders, looking young and free to do as it pleased.
"Oh you really do tell the best stories Ezekiel." Zaisho spoke up between chuckles while trying to recover from the massive and funny tale his newest friend had belted out. After everyone settled down from the humor of the moment they heard a small yawn, all eyes turning to see the form of a sleepy looking Ezmerelda who looked wholly contented for the night as she walked over to Zeke, tapping him on the shoulder before telling him that she was going to go to sleep, the biggest of big brothers nodded as he kissed her head and she went off to a little corner in the temple and curled up in a bedroll. Zeke stood up and looked to his sister before quietly getting up and walking out and onto the balcony.
Zaisho, Washira, and Takamura followed Ez's example and found some quiet and warm spot to rest for the night, only Nushira remained. Slowly she stood from her spot and walked out after Zeke, standing beside the Knight and looking out into the expansive view before the both of them, Zeke taking a few seconds to notice she was standing there as he looked to the Nobushi. "Nushira? Have you come to admire the view as well?" He raised a brow as he heard her giggle slyly behind her mask. "Well, I came here to admire a view." She smirked as she saw the confused look on his face mold into an embarrassed one. "O-oh, I see..." For the shortest span of time she thought she had said the wrong thing before she saw the adorable and shy look cross the Lawbringer's face.
She looked at him for a few moments longer before she reached up and removed her mask fully and reveal her face to the now dumbstruck Lawbringer. "Remember how you said you did this for us without expecting anything in return?" He nodded dumbly as he marveled at the beauty that had hidden behind the thick wooden mask, before he almost straightened out of pure shock as Nushira stood on the tips of her feet and kissed him before pulling away with a small blush, where as our dear LB's face greatly resembled a tomato. "Consider that the reward for your kindness."
But alas, the moment was horribly cut short as the two heard a blaring echo of a horn before two massive fireballs soared through the sky and struck the upper part of the temple, shearing off huge chunks of it as they made contact. In their moment together they had failed to notice that off in the distance a group of Vikings had set up two catapults that were raining fire on the symbol of Samurai culture.
Almost immediately everyone had rushed out onto the balcony and looked out to see the two catapults being loaded by Viking soldiers, Ezekiel being the first to act he shouted to get everyone's attention. "Hey! Everyone! We need to move now, come on, let's go!" He basically shoved the Samurai down the stairs before looking down into the terrified eyes of his little sister. "What's going on brother?!" He hurriedly motioned for her to go down the stairs and followed her as she made her descent. "Don't worry about it Ezzie, i'll keep you safe no matter what." A powerful and determined note taking hold of his voice as the fear in Ezmerelda's eyes dimmed at his words before she tripped, falling to the ground from the charge down the stairs.
Ezekiel looked up, the Samurai were down the next flight and heading away from the temple as they heard him shout and they looked to see their new and dear friend throw himself over his sister as a massive ball of flame hurdled toward them, striking with a loud and strong explosion as Nushira screamed out for both of them.
He saw there was no time to think, only act, he was running on pure instinct, he saw it coming, the inevitable ball of death streaming straight for the only true source of joy left in his life, and did the only thing he could, the one thing his mind screamed at him to do so loud he heard nothing else.
Protect her.
He threw himself over her, faintly hearing Nushira scream before a explosion engulfed all else, then he saw four things in unison.
A flash of red.
Followed by bright white light.
Then a deep and calm dark.
And golden light that shown bright as the sun.
And then, he opened his eyes to see a cloudless sky greet him.
Ba-ba-buuuum!
And there it is, a bit of a cliffhanger at the end of the first chapter of this crossover!
Honestly, did you expect anything less guys?
But i'll have the next chapter and the true beginning out very soon.
Till next time guys.