Full Disclosure: I DO NOT own any of the RWBY characters from the canon show. They belong to Rooster Teeth and the late Monty Oum, may he rest in peace. Any characters you see here that aren't in the canon show are my OC's.
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Lastly, if you end up not being that into this fanfic, then let me point you to another one called "Team AMBR: Finding Redemption" by Mojo1586. In my opinion, it's really good and it's honestly my favorite RWBY fanfiction.
And with that out of the way, let's get started!!
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--Jin Tang Lung--
(A Decade Prior)
"...FREAK!""No way a human can be that strong without a Semblance!"
"I bet he's a Faunus in disguise!"
"He must get that disgusting viciousness from his parents.."
"And those revolting eyes of his.."
"You don't belong here!"
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(Present Day)
"..geez...those memories feel old but fresh at the same time..pain in the ass..." I complained to myself, rubbing the nape of my neck gingerly. I sighed exaggeratively as I walked while rubbing my eyes. It's been 10 years since those days and I've moved from my homeland, a small town outside of the Kingdoms, to the Kingdom of Vale, living specifically in the city of...Vale...I was confused by it at first, but I eventually learned to just not think about it too much. Anyways, I've been living in Vale for about a month now, but, unfortunately, I seem to be a magnet for trouble, with the amount of situations I've gotten involved in.
For example...
The time I got involved a bar fight alongside a blonde who was, quite literally, on fire.
The time I accidentally got involved on a train robbery in Forever Fall and nearly lost my head to a White Fang member.
The time I had to fight my way through a ton of suited goons after stumbling onto a robbery on accident.
And so, soo many more incidents that, for the most part, got me involved by pure accident or coincidence...okay, I got involved in the bar fight of my own accord, but everything else wasn't my fault!
This time, I had gotten mixed up in a...messy situation. Long story short, the authorities were now looking for a spiky black haired teenager with a blue scarf tied around his neck.
In order to avoiding getting caught by the police, I'd been running across rooftops and I eventually lost the police. As I ran though, I noticed something out of the corner of my eye and stopped, just so I could look at it more clearly. 'What now?'
"End of the line, Red!" A man shouted from inside an airship. Standing in front of said airship on a rooftop as was a girl with black hair the gradated to red at the ends of her hair, wielding a giant red scythe. Immediately, I had several questions. 'Am I seeing things? Is that an airship? Is that Roman Torchwick? Does that girl have a giant scythe?' The man, who I identified as Roman Torchwick, then threw what looked like a Dust crystal at the girl, setting off an alarm in my head.
With a sharp exhale, I lept onto the building and dashed towards the girl, preparing myself to fight, only for Roman to shoot the Dust crystal, causing it to explode. Roman began to laugh manically, but soon grimaced silently...the girl wasn't hurt, much to everyone's surprise.
In front of the girl, shielding her from the explosion, was a large light purple glyph, summoned by a woman with light blonde hair tied into a tight bun and light green eyes, wearing a long-sleeved, white, pleated top, a high waisted black skirt, black boots, and a black cape with a purple interior. 'Hold on, is that...Glynda Goodwitch?!' My eyes moderately widened in alarm as I recognized the Huntress. Goodwitch then fired off several purple lasers, all hitting the airship while it was in the air. Roman then went into the airship and it began to tilt away from the building.
Goodwitch then used her weapon, a riding crop, to create a glyph above the airship, creating a large dark cloud that rained ice shards stabbing the airship.
Then someone else came out and stood in the opening of the airship, a shadow covering their upper half, though I could tell it was a woman. What the shadow didn't cover revealed a red dress with a flower decoration on the side, black heels, a red insignia running up both arms and on woman's chest, and one eye burning like fire within the shadow's darkness.
The woman began to charge up some kind of flame attack before shooting fire from her hand towards Goodwitch, though she managed to block it with a glyph. Though, much to our surprise, she somehow heated the glass at Goodwitch's feet, leading to an explosion which Goodwitch dodged with a backflip. Thinking quickly, Goodwitch used the debris and made it into an spear with her Semblance, launching it towards the mystery woman.
The woman fired more flames towards the spear, causing it to break apart, but then it reconstructed because of Goodwitch's Semblance. Goodwitch tried to strike the airship again with the spear, but the ship tilted enough so that the spear only scraped the roof of the airship.
Goodwitch quickly split the spear into 3 separate ones, in another attempt to hit the airship. 'Jeez, sometimes I forget just how good the pros are...' I thought to myself with a nervous smile, laugh lightly. Though Goodwitch's attack failed again, as the woman on the airship created an immense heat pulse, annihilating the debris Goodwitch was controlling.
"Shit, this is intense!" I exclaimed, pausing for a bit before realizing I had just made my prescence known to everyone there. "Um...hi?" I waved nervously with a weak smile. Though, before anyone could say anything, I noticed the woman's eye seemingly widen before she, seemingly angrily, swiped her hand to the side.
I quickly noticed a light building beneath my feet, though I was quickly thrown out of the way by Goodwitch before an explosion occurred where I previously stood.
While we were distracted, the ship flew away, leaving the three of us in a somewhat...awkward situation.
"You're a Huntress!" The girl exclaimed cheerfully, Goodwitch replying with silence, "Can I have your autograph?" While they were talking with one another, I began to slowly tip toe away, being careful not to make any noise.
"...and where exactly are you going?" Goodwitch asked firmly. I knew it was for me, since I could practically feel her glaring through the back of my skull.
"...To buy some Dust?"
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"I hope you realize that your actions tonight will not be taken lightly, young lady." Goodwitch stated firmly as she paced back and forth. The girl, who's name I learned was Ruby Rose on the way here, and I were seated behind a metal table in an otherwise empty room, with one only light hanging from the ceiling. "You put yourself and others in great danger."
"They started it!" Ruby exclaimed.
"Yeah!" I joined in, though I quickly backed off as Goodwitch gave me a stern glare, "sorry."
"And you. Why were you just standing there while a battle was occurring?" Goodwitch asked with a glare. 'Is she physically capable of smiling? Or at least not glaring?'
"Oh, well, I guess I just sorta froze up..haha..." I laughed nervously as I scratched my cheek with a finger.
"If it were up to me, you two would be sent home..." Goodwitch walked around to the front of the table while holding her Scroll and her riding crop, "with a pat on the back..." Both Ruby and I perked up, a smile on her face, though I had a different reason. 'Wait for it...' "...and a slap on the wrist!" Goodwitch said firmly before slapping the table with her riding crop. 'And there it is.'
"Eeek!" Ruby backed awayin her chair in fear.
"But...there is someone here who'd like to meet you two." Goodwitch said calmly, surprising the both of us. 'I get why someone should wanna see Ruby, but why me?...wait, is it the police?!' I thought in alarm. Goodwitch then moved to the side and a man stepped through the door, a plate full of cookies in his right hand and a coffee mug in his left, to my relief. He had silver hair, brown eyes, and wore shaded glass spectacles and a small, purple, cross-shaped pin on the green cowl around his neck. 'I think I've heard of him too..I think his name was...Ozpin?
"Ruby Rose..." The man, who's name I just assumed was Ozpin for lack of any other guess, moved closer to Ruby, "You...have silver eyes."
"Um.." Ruby began, but Ozpin then moved to me.
"And you, Jin Tang Lung...have golden eyes." I only replied by tilting my head in confusion. "So!" Ozpin pulled back, with Goodwitch holding her Scroll, showing footage of Ruby fighting a bunch of suited men. Although, rather than "fighting", I'd prefer to call it her "dishing a beatdown", considering the suited men didn't stand a chance. 'She's surprisingly good, though I could definitely beat her..' "Where did you learn to do this?"
"S-Signal Academy." Ruby answered nervously.
"They taught you to use one of the deadliest weapons ever designed?" Ozpin asked.
"Well, one teacher in particular."
"I see." Ozpin placed the cookies onto the table, prompting Ruby to eat one...and then just proceed to devour all of them one by one, each one disappearing as soon as they entered her mouth. "It's just that I've only seen one other scythe-wielder of that skill before." Ozpin then looked off to the side for a moment, "A dusty, old crow."
"Mmmm!" Ruby exclaimed with her mouth full, "Thash muh unkul!" Ozpin gave her a look, prompting Ruby to quickly swallow and brush her mouth with her sleeve, "Sorry, that's my Uncle Qrow!" I sighed on the inside. 'Great-first I meet Glynda Goodwitch, now I find someone related to Qrow Branwen? What's next, I see a Schnee?!' "He's a teacher at Signal! I was complete garbage before he took me under his wing. And now I'm all like-- Hooowaaah! Witchaaa!"
So I've noticed." Ozpin said before sipping some of his coffee, "and then, there's you, Mr. Tang Lung."
"What about me?" I asked with one eyebrow raised.
"Would you care to explain how you learned to do this?" To my surprise, Goodwitch had pulled up a video of me fighting several armed suited goons members barehanded, quickly disarming and defeating some, and just flat out beating others without disarming them, all without taking a single hit. "I don't know many who can fight with such skill without the use of a single weapon in this day and age."
"Oh...well, I've never been good with any kind of weapon aside from myself, so, I figured, 'Why bother'?" I shrugged my shoulders as I said the last two words, "if I've got something I'm terrible at and something I'm already really good at, I might as well focus on the latter."
"I see..." Ozpin placed his coffee mug onto the table, turning his attention to Ruby again, "And what is an adorable girl such as yourself doing at a school designed to train warriors?"
"Well...I want to be a Huntress." Ruby said in a more determined voice.
"You want to slay monsters?" Ozpin asked
"Yeah!" Ruby exclaimed, "I only have two more years of training left at Signal! And then I'm going to apply to Beacon! You see, my sister's starting there this year, and she's trying to become a Huntress, and I'm trying to become a Huntress 'cause I wanna help people. My parents always taught us to help others, so I thought 'Hey, I might as well make a career out of it!'. I mean, the police are alright, but Huntsmen and Huntresses are just so much more romantic, and exciting, and--JAAAH, you know!" Ruby's ecstatic nature already had me interested, but Goodwitch just frowned.
"She's not exactly wrong, y'know." I said with a smile and a shrug, giving Ruby a high five immediately after I spoke.
"And do you strive to become a Hunstman as well, Mr. Tang Lung?" Ozpin directed his attention towards me.
"..well, yeah, but not entirely for the same reasons as her." I nodded my head towards Ruby, "sure, I wanna protect people and keep the world safe from Grimm. And I'd also rather be a Huntsman than a member of the police...but, I also want to prove a point."
"And that is?"
"That even people as..powerless, as me can grow to be strong enough to stand tall as a Huntsman, or Huntress." I said with a smile, though I seemed to confuse Ruby and Glynda with my statement. 'They don't get why I called myself powerless..' To my surprise though, Ozpin actually chuckled.
"...Do you know who I am?"
"You're Professor Ozpin." Ruby replied. 'So I was right! He is Ozpin.' "You're the Headmaster of Beacon." Ozpin remained silent for a bit, smiling.
"Hello." Said Ozpin.
"Nice to meet you." Said Ruby.
"Nice to meetcha, Professor." I said.
"You want to come to my school?" Ozpin asked, leaning forward slightly.
"More than anything." Ruby replied.
"...um--"
"As for you, Mr. Tang Lung," I began to say something, though Ozpin quickly cut me off, "if you do truly wish to come to my school, I'll have the police drop the charges against you. After seeing footage of the incident, I'm certain you meant no harm when you spilled several gallons of juice onto those officers." I was left with my mouth open, almost preparing to ask how he knew before, I shook my head and gained a grin on my face.
"...in that case, I guess I'd like to go too!"
Ozpin looked at Goodwitch for a moment, though she simply rolled her eyes with a "hmmph".
"Well, okay." Ozpin replied, Ruby and I both gaining happy expressions on our faces.
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"Geez, what a day.." I commented with an exhale as I looked out the window of the airship, "I went from getting involved in a messy situation with the police, to sitting on an airship headed for Beacon Academy."
"Sounds like you've had a pretty rough day." A new voice spoke up to my left, causing me to look up. It was a boy with pale amber eyes and hair, wearing a blue short sleeved jacket, black pants, brown boots, black fingerless gloves, and a blue scarf lined with yellow around his neck. "On the bright side though, you're still alive and kicking, so that's good." He said with a grin.
"..fair enough." I said with a smile as I pushed on my knees, getting up off the floor, "the name's Jin by the way. Nice to meetcha."
"Nilo, Nilo Brenin. And right back at you!" Nilo lazily extended a fist towards me, offering a fist bump. After pausing for a second, I smiled and bumped his fist with mine.
"Hello, and welcome to Beacon." I heard Goodwitch's voice on the airship. Looking to the direction where the voice came from, I saw a hologram of Goodwitch, standing with her hands behind her back, "My name is Glynda Goodwitch. You are among the privileged few who have received the honor of being selected to attend this prestigious academy. Our world is experiencing an incredible time of peace, and as future Huntsman and Huntresses, it is your duty to uphold it. You have demonstrated the courage needed for such a task, and now, it is our turn to provide you with the knowledge and the training to protect our world." After she finished speaking, the hologram of Goodwitch disappeared, with several students moving towards the windows of the airship.
Nilo and I both turned around and looked out the window and saw the same sight as everyone else--Beacon Academy.
"Guess this place is my home now..." Nilo commented lightly as he looked to Beacon with somewhat sad eyes. Just from the look in his eyes, I could tell he was leaving something behind, and that it hurt him at least a little bit to do so. 'Yeah man..I know the feeling...'
I stood there for a little bit before shaking my head. 'No, stop thinking negatively. This is a new start for me...so let's show them what I can do!'
The End
A/N: My first fanfiction! Woo! Not gonna lie--this chapter, in my opinion, is not going to be my favorite among the rest I'll publish. I'm not very good with beginnings. But, rest assured! I do have a lot planned for the future! I'm not sure about an update schedule but I'll try my best to pump out chapters as fast as possible.
But that may be a little difficult considering that I'm not too confident in my knowledge of how this whole thing works (publishing chapters, title names, all that jazz)
Either way, hopefully you guys enjoyed the chapter and I'll see you all (by all I mean those who are still interested, obviously) in the next chapter!!
(Also, plz don't leave reviews that basically just trash it, but plz kindly point out flaws so I can try to avoid them in the future)