Adjustment for Inflation Theory
"Adjusted for inflation" - a term used to refer to price level change, or the comparison of the value of old price and today's price.
This theory states that if a specific individual traveled from one world to another different world, his or her power will change drastically. It is hypothesized that the individual's power actually adjusts itself to maintain its ratio with the power of that world.
For example, if a person from a normal world would travel into a world of gods and demons, his power will increase ten or a hundred-fold, adjusting itself so that the individual is as strong as the gods and demons.
How strong the individual would be depends on how strong the person was in his current world. If a normal person traveled to another world, he would only be twice as powerful than before, but if a martial arts master were to travel to another world, his power could potentially be ten or fifty times higher.
There has been no proof for this theory, as no one has traveled in between worlds.
Yet.
An old man laid on his death bed, with many machines attached to him. His pulse is sounded by a steady beep every second. He looks around to see everyone gather around him as he breathes his last breath. He looks at his right where his daughter, Rose, resided, now a full-grown woman, with a son of her own. He looks to his left to see an African man in a suit, sitting closely to examine him. He coughs up before saying,
"I have raised you all so well…" he said as he looked up at the ceiling.
"No dad! You can't die yet! We still need you!" the daughter suddenly shouted.
He then looks at the man in the suit.
"Please give us a moment."
The man leaves the room for the old man.
The old man turned to his daughter, who was weeping and covering her eyes with the bedsheets. She had short black hair that barely reached down her shoulders, she had silver eyes, slightly lighter than that of her father.
"Please be strong Rose, I promised to stay strong for you, you must do the same…"
"I CAN'T! I can't! I can't live with the fact that you're going to be gone!" she suddenly snapped.
"Rose…" the old man said, as he addressed his beloved daughter.
Rose begins to ramble as she sobs. "I remember all those HORRIBLE things I said to you while I was young! I won't even have a chance to take it all back! How can I lose you when I have so many things to sa-"
She then gets interrupted with a hand on her hair. Her father strokes her short, black hair and smiles.
"I forgive you. I always have and I always will." he said firmly as he gave a reassuring smile.
He then looks up to the ceiling and suddenly says.
"Don't worry everyone, I'm on my way." he says as he closes his eyes and tears fall down his cheeks.
This is accompanied by a flatline from the pulse monitor as everyone begins to mourn for the loss of a great hero.
The old man suddenly wakes up in a dark place, where the only source of light seemed to be in front of him. He looks and asks.
"Where am I?"
The light laughs, then transforms into a stunning woman with silver eyes. She almost resembled his daughter in some way.
"That doesn't matter right now." the woman replied.
Chris was rather confused by her answer.
"Okay… Then why am I here?"
The woman laughs again.
"I brought you here because I need you to do something for me."
Chris seemed confused by this.
"Do what?"
"I have been watching you from the afterlife and I knew that you were the best candidate for taking care of my family."
"Yeah, but why me?" Chris asked in confusion. "Why not any other person?"
"You have strength. Both of mind and heart. You will be the perfect teacher for the ones you will meet."
A vortex opens and begins to suck Chris, who struggled to get away.
"Wait! I still have many questions!"
"Don't worry, whenever you dream, just call my name and I will come."
"What is your name!?" Chris asked while still holding on.
"You can call me…"
"Summer."
These words echoed in the mind of Chris as he lies in the forest, unconscious, he wakes up and surveys the surrounding area. He runs his hands through his hair as he tries to see where he is. He checks his clothes to see that he wore the clothes he usually wore when he was younger.
He wore a brown jacket, which seemed to contain his signature dual-wield pistols, he had a holster in his jacket which seemed to hold a strange metal rod. He wore a black shirt under his jacket, together with denim pants.
"Hell, it's even the same pistol model, Glock-17."
He sees a backpack right beside him, he checks it to see his laptop and cellphone inside.
He walks around to search his environment for any signs of life.
"HELLO!? HELLO!"
He keeps shouting for anyone to hear him but he is only met by silence. He gets more frustrated as he sees absolutely no signs of human activity.
"Geez, why did she have to put me so far away from civilization?"
He keeps walking in the field until he hears a rustle from a nearby thicket. He turns to see a pair of dark, lycanthropic creatures with bony spikes with strange red markings on their white mask-like faces. He readies his pistols and asks.
"Do you know the way to any city?"
Without warning, the two creatures attacked him. The first one tries to lunge for Chris but he dodges it slams it down on the ground.
"Okay… Not intelligent."
Then the second one tries to pounce at Chris but Chris dodges it and successfully gets past the creature. While they were recovering, Chris took the liberty of putting a bullet in their heads. The creatures' corpses began to fade into dust as they magically disappeared.
"Okay, so there are dangerous creatures out here. Probably the reason why people never go out here. I better get to the city before more of them show up."
His loud thought was interrupted by the sound of growling behind him. He sees ten more dark creatures behind him, ready to attack.
"Guess I spoke too soon."
In the city, thousands of Grimm begin to go back into the hole they came from, every Grimm of every size reenter the hole without giving any attention to the Hunters.
"They're retreating!" Ruby said out loud.
"Yeah! We did it!" Yang celebrated out loud as she raised her fist in joy.
Glynda Goodwitch seals the hole as the last of the Grimm exit the city without much hassle.
Oobleck had a worried expression on his face as he begins to ponder the events that just happened.
"What's wrong Professor Oobleck? We did it! We fought off the Grimm! We saved the city!" Weiss said cheerily.
"That's the problem, they just went away!" he said worriedly.
"Isn't that good?" Blake asked.
"In case you have forgotten, Grimm never retreat out of fear or surrender or something like that, something else has caught their attention and we have to know what it is."
"Are you suggesting we follow them?!" Glynda asked.
"We have to find out the cause of this anomaly, this isn't normal and you know it. We just have to follow the trail of Grimm from a safe distance, I suggest that we ride a Bullhead to follow them."
Glynda sighs as she pulls out her Scroll.
"We should tell the Headmaster about this."
Four people look overhead from a roof as one of the group looks completely confused.
"What. The. Hell. Just. Happened!?" Emerald swore, looking at the disappearing Grimm.
"Why are those Grimm just leaving?! We had this whole thing planned out to scare the city, and yet those stupid things just leave without leaving a scratch!" Mercury said, scratching his head at the sudden retreat.
"I don't know, but I plan on finding out."
"And where do you suggest we look?"
"We go back to the ruins, we'll take the tunnel when they're not looking."
They began to climb down the building, Mercury makes a comment.
"If there is really something that distracting those Grimm, it must be something big."
"Oh you have no idea."
The fight was getting more and more desperate and Chris felt more fearful than before. Chris successfully pins a headshot on all his targets as he jumps and dodges attacks from the beasts that were attacking him. He quickly notices new creatures entering the field, the creatures were larger and more bear-like than the normal creatures, but still had the strange white mask.
"They just keep on coming! I have to fight them all off!"
A creature gets close enough to attack Chris, but Chris slams it down with the butt of his pistol as he braves the other incoming creatures. As he gets ready to fight one again, he is interrupted by a rain of projectiles coming from the sky, he barely dodges them as some of them pierce his jacket and catch him off-guard. He looks up to see a giant bird-like creature circling him in the sky, he then hears a grunting noise in the crowd of monsters.
He looks to see a boar-like creature that had the same facial markings as the rest of the creatures. The boar creature charged at full speed, ignoring the creatures beside it, only aiming for Chris. Chris begins to prepare for his next move, he puts himself into stance and runs at the boar. He jumps at the boar, kicks in the head and uses it as leverage to get high enough
To kill the bird.
He closed in the bird and shot it in the head and landed safely on his feet.
The boar was still stunned after the concussion as it shook its head. As its vision returned, it could only see one thing.
A gun in his face.
Chris pulls the trigger and downs the boar. He wipes his forehead after he finishes taking down another impressive fore.
"Well, there goes the boar, now I have to finish the rest of these bastards."
He looks around him to see that the creatures have him surrounded at all sides.
"This is gonna hurt."
He then charges back into the fray to deal with the rest.
A Bullhead soars through the sky as Professor Oobleck and Team RWBY look outside for any signs of activity.
"Could you tell us why we left Miss Goodwitch and Team JNPR again?!" Weiss complained as she struggled to hold on.
"We needed them to stay behind and help the injured civilians." Professor Oobleck said as he kept searching for any suspicious signs.
"Where do you think the Grimm would even go?" Yang asked.
"There's only one place I know where that hole leads. We're going back into the ruins."
"What would they even find there?" Weiss asked with some doubt in her tone.
"That's what we're here to find out."
The Bullhead reaches the ruins and the pilot radios the passengers.
"Uh, Sir Oobleck, we have a problem."
"What is it?"
"You said that we had to land in the ruins right?"
"Yes, what about it?"
"Well, landing zone seems a little too hot right now. See for yourself."
They all look out to see a huge sea of black, entirely composed of Grimm, with a few Nevermores circling the centre. It was a horrifying sight and the team wasn't afraid to show it.
"My god… There must be at least hundreds or thousands of them." Blake said while resisting the urge not to vomit.
"What could be the cause of a gathering at such a large scale?" Weiss asked with much shock nd fear in her voice.
Blake tries to look closer, but to her shock and horror she sees a single man, desperately fighting to stay alive.
"There's a man down there!" Blake shouted.
"What!?"
They see a man in torn and bloody clothes jumping his way throughout the crowd of Grimm.
"Someone is fighting all those Grimm down there!" Weiss said, confirming Blake's observation
"Then let's go help him!" Ruby said as she readied Crescent Rose
"No! Absolutely not!"
"But sir, he needs help!"
"Yes, but it is absolute suicide to go in there half-cocked!"
"Are you saying we should just sit here!?"
"No, we have to wait for backup, Team JNPR and Ms. Goodwitch should be here shortly. We just have to hope that he holds on."
Chris was getting more desperate and frightened. His efforts on fighting back the creatures seemed to become more futile as more and more piled against him. He barely avoids another projectile sent by the numerous birds above.
"Fuck! No more ammo!"
He tosses the pistols away and tries to reach for another weapon in his jacket. He gets interrupted by an attack from above, as projectiles rained upon him. He jumps back and recovers quickly. But before he could react, a snake comes out of the ground and constricts him.
"Dammit, the snake got me good! I can't move!"
He struggles to get free, he notices the snake has two heads on each end, squeezing him as they prepare to bite him.
"The King Taijitu's constricting him!"
"He'll be crushed to death!" Weiss said as she covered her mouth in horror and disgust.
"No! We've gotta help him!" Ruby said as she tried to go out but hesitated.
"God… I can't watch this…" Yang said as she looked away and closed her eyes.
"It's over…" Blake said, looking away.
And Blake was right to assume that.
Chris couldn't struggle anymore, he felt his strength leave him as the snake squeezed the life out of him.
"I can't get free! Come on, stay awake! Stay awake! Stay… Awake… Stay…"
The world became blurry as Chris' vision began to leave him. This was his limit. He couldn't fight, it was over. It was over.
Then something inside him snapped.
The snake immediately notices the lack of prey within its grasp, it sniffs the air, looking for its missing meal, but it hears a chilling voice right behind it.
"I'm right here you son of a bitch."
The snake's two ends look to see a completely different Chris stand behind them, with a fierce look on his eyes. Chris draws the metal rod from his jacket and activates it, revealing an expandable baton. The snake looks in utter confusion, smelling absolutely no fear from the man. The man kicks the snake and knocks it into the crowd, the snake leaves a huge opening, but the man makes no attempt of escape.
But the creatures only seemed to be more excited as they no longer smelled fear, but a strong sense of hatred and rage.
Chris walked towards the frenzy of creatures slowly.
"You pushed me this far."
A creature tries to leap at him and claw him, but Chris cracks the skull with his baton and kicks away the creature's body.
"So let's make the most of this shall we?" he said with a sadistic smile.
Yang uncovered her eyes. "Is it over?"
"He somehow got free from the snake." Professor Oobleck observed.
"What, really!?" Blake asked still not believing the situation.
"Yes, and with the snake he threw, he left a huge opening for him to escape the Grimm!" Ruby declared proudly.
"Yes, we can help pick him up while he's running away!" Weiss added.
Blake looked at the man expectedly, hoping that he would use the opportunity to escape.
Blake wore a more grim expression. "I don't think that's happening, look." she said as she pointed her finger.
"Wait…" Ruby wondered as she looked what?"
The opening that was left by the incapacitated King Taijitu was refilled by more Grimm with the stranger making no attempt of escaping.
"Why isn't he escaping!?" Yang suddenly asked out loud.
"He's not planning on taking all these Grimm alone, is he?" Ruby asked Blake, hoping for good news.
"That's insane! He should know when he's losing!" Weiss tried to say logically.
"He's really going to fight!" Blake announced fearfully.
"No! He's gotta snap out of it! I'm going after him!" shouted the scythe-wielder as she jumped off the Bullhead.
"No Ruby don't!" Yang shouted as she tried to grab Ruby.
Ruby jumps off and attempts to slow down her fall.
"Okay Ruby, remember your initiation, just slow down your fall."
Ruby repeatedly shoots downwards with Crescent Rose, using the recoil to slow her fall. She still has a long way down before she reaches the forest.
"I just hope I make it in time."
Chris bashes the skull of another attacking monster while elbowing another one that was behind him.
"Come one, is that all you've got!?" he taunted with a smirk. "I've seen pups fight better than you!"
The creatures were getting more and more excited by Chris' outburst. They fought more furiously with each of them intent of claiming the guy as their kill.
But Chris fought back even harder, he fought without regard for his life. Instead of dodging the attacks against him, he shrugs off any wound or projectile that hits him, still operating at full capacity.
A creature catches him by surprise and tries to bite at him, he barely avoids the attack and traps the monster in headlock, before.
*SNAP*
He snaps the monster's neck.
"Ooh! That has got to hurt!" Yang commented on the fight that the stranger was putting up.
"You have to admit, for him to last this long, he must be an elite Huntsman or something like that." Blake added, admiring the skill and power of the stranger.
"But why hasn't he healed or defended himself, shouldn't his Aura be able to do that?" Weiss pointed out, knowing that a Huntsman should have some degree of Aura.
"I fear that that's not the case here." Oobleck commented.
"What do you mean Professor Oobleck?" Yang asked.
"I do not think this man possesses Aura." He said plainly.
"T-that's impossible! How could he have taken on all these Grimm alone?" Weiss said in an anxious tone.
"Well, I would hate to admit it but I believe that this man just has—"
Oobleck's reply was cut short by the arrival of the other team, JNPR and Glynda Goodwitch.
"Finally, they're here! Now we can go after Ruby!" Yang said with a relieved expression, before preparing to jump. "Speaking of which, I should go after her!"
Yang locks in her gauntlets and jumps off the Bullhead. Using the same tactic as Ruby, she shoots downwards, using the recoil to slow her fall.
Ruby finally makes it down to the forest, using her scythe to swing around the trees and to get to the stranger's position quickly. She finds herself speeding through more and more Grimm with none of them even sparing her a glance.
"This guy must really be something. These Grimm aren't even looking at me!"
She speeds past the crowd of Grimm with her Semblance as she attempts to reach the man in the middle.
Chris was badly injured, his face was full of scratches, his clothes were torn and bloody, revealing wounds in many parts of his body. Even with the massive amount of pain he is experiencing, he still fights at his best and with an insane smile on his face. He swats away another creature before preparing to clash with another larger, bear-like creature.
He wrestles with the bear creature before jumping and drop kicking it into the crowd of Grimm. He was insane and he wasn't retreating anytime soon. These creatures dare try and hurt him, he was going to break them. No, he was going to disintegrate them.
But he felt a hand on his shoulder.
"Oh thank goodness, Ruby should be able to bring that man to his senses." Weiss sighed in relief.
"Hopefully." Blake corrected.
He turned to see a rather short girl with short black and red hair and silver eyes. She was holding a strange looking gun, and she spared him a mixed look of horror and curiosity.
"She looks just like…" Chris thought to himself as he tried to explain her familiar appearance. "My daughter, Rose…"
But the girl wasn't waiting around.
"What's wrong with you?!" she demanded.
Chris was taken aback by the girl's outburst.
"What do you mean?" Chris asked innocently.
"Why aren't you trying to escape!? You could die you know!" she lectured while
Chris tries to respond before seeing another giant bear creature go behind Ruby and prepare to swat her.
"Look out!" Chris shouted as he tried to reach the stranger.
But he was too late, the bear swat Ruby with an extremely strong paw swipe and knocked her unconscious. He saw only a little blood on her forehead but he still felt very angry. He was furious.
"Why am I so angry?" Chris thought with clenched fists. "She was just a stranger, I had no attachments to her."
"But… She looked a lot like Rose, she had the same hair length and those silver eyes; the resemblance is almost uncanny."
The image of his daughter being wounded and killed by these beasts suddenly entered his mind and only made him angrier. He couldn't even think properly as his emotions welled up inside him.
"They HURT her! They laid their filthy hands on her! They won't get away with this! I won't FORGIVE THEM!"
Chris begins to shout in anger, releasing all his anger. His eyes suddenly turn silver as he lets his emotions take control. This outburst released a large shockwave and as the shockwave mowed through the creatures, the creatures disintegrate and fade into ashes. The stranger remained untouched by the shockwave of anger.
"I'm not the only seeing this right? Did he just destroy all those Grimm with a shockwave?!"
"Maidens help us…"
"My goodness… How powerful is this guy?"
"I sure hope Ruby is okay…"
Chris finally calms down and breathes slowly. He finally feels the pain of his injuries and has trouble walking. He still sees the girl lay unconscious as he still feels emotional about her injury.
He gathers his strength and walks towards her. He bends down and carries her bridal-style as he tries to look for help, he sees the strange flying machines settle near the forest and runs to the forest.
He looks forward and then back to the girl's face as he sees her bloody forehead. He suddenly becomes emotional as he begins to see more of his daughter in her face. He suddenly tears up as he suddenly blurts out.
"Don't worry, we'll get you help, please just hang on." he said, very close to crying.
He finally reaches the forest, with his stamina giving out on him. He sees a blonde figure up ahead to ask her for help, but he trips over and accidentally falls with the unconscious girl. He begins to shout for help.
Yang sees the stranger and Ruby lying on the forest floor, she panics as she sees Ruby's bloody forehead. She gets mad and asks the injured stranger.
"What the hell happened to her!?"
But the stranger answers back.
"Don't mind me, save her! Save her!"
Yang hated to admit it but the stranger was right, she picks up Ruby but realizes that she also had to tend to the stranger.
"Wait, what about you!?"
"No, please just save her!" he replied back, before finally giving up and passing out.
Yang was taken aback by the man's willingness to sacrifice himself for the sake of her sister. She hears a Bullhead settle behind her, she carries Ruby over to the Bullhead and sets her down with the medics tending to Ruby, while the Bullhead of Team RWBY lands with Weiss and Blake coming out and looking in horror at the badly injured man and the unconscious Ruby.
"What happened?"
"I don't know, but we're going to find out soon."
At the hospital…
"Ugh, I can't believe Ozpin put us in charge of guarding this guy!"
"Well, to be fair, we were the ones who found him."
"Yes, but still why can't he ask his more elite Hunters to do it, you saw what he did to those Grimm."
"Let's just hope Ozpin gets here before that guy wakes up. I can't wait to leave this… What was his name again?"
"From the tag, his name is Chris Weschler."
"What, does he come from a family of bankers or something?"
(A/N: Weschler is a German surname meaning "banker" or money changer)
Their conversation was interrupted when Ruby walks through the door with an ice pack on her head. She walks in with Zwei, who quickly finds a nice corner to nap in.
"Oww…"
"Ruby! How are you feeling?"
"Like someone just slapped my head with a mace, what happened?"
"Well, when you decided to help this guy out, you kinda got hit really hard in the head by an approaching Ursa Major."
Ruby felt embarrassed with that little sneak attack.
"Ugh, don't tell anyone about this, okay?"
"Of course, sis!"
They all stood idly before Ruby notices a backpack in the corner.
"What is a backpack doing over there?"
"We found it next to him when he passed out, it contained rather standard stuff, phone, laptop and ammunition."
"What kind? Dust?"
"That's the thing, they're not Dust, they're weird metal thingies that are stored in a clip."
"What kind of weapons does this guy use?" Ruby's eyes suddenly lit up "Do you think he has really cool weapons!?"
"We can only find out when he wakes up, he'll give us the answers we need." Blake said while crossing her arms.
"How about we check something else for answers?" Ruby said mischievously.
"What do you mean?" Yang asked before looking at the laptop. "Ohhhhh…."
"Are you serious? Are you really planning to invade his privacy?" Weiss scoffed, obviously appealed by the girl's disregard for privacy.
"Oh please Weiss, it's not like he has anything bad here."
"I'll be the first to predict that his computer has something bad."
They open his laptop to find a lock screen with a password needed.
"Oh well, it needs a password, to bad, we can't use it."
"Now don't be discouraged yet Weiss."
Yang types in four characters which spell out 'Rose'.
"How did you know that?"
"He kept muttering that in his sleep. He couldn't shut up about her."
"Did it have anything to do with Ruby?"
"Uh, I don't think so, but anyway, let's check out his stuff!"
They search the computer for anything interesting, they come upon the folders titled, "Family Pics" and "Other Stuff"
They click on the Family Pics and see folders named "Rose" and "Hikaru".
"Uh so which one?"
"I'd go with the Rose, just so that we know what she is to him."
They click on the icon and see photos of a girl with short, black hair, the most common photos were that of her hugging a man that looked like Chris. The gang was shocked by the resemblance of this 'Rose' with Ruby.
"Wow, she's pretty, I wonder what relation she has with Chris!"
"She looks just like Ruby!"
"I know, right!?"
They scroll to see a picture of young Rose giving a cake to Chris, the cake was decorated with the words 'Happy Father's Day!'.
"…."
"What?" Ruby said with a poker face.
"WHAT!?" They all shouted in unison.
'H-how could this be!? This man looks too young to even have a child!"
"That's clearly just a coincidence! Let's check the others!"
They come upon a video named 'First Day in Elementary!".
"Let's check this one!"
The video showed Chris holding the camera to his face, before pointing the camera to his daughter. They appeared to be walking to a school which can be seen in the far distance.
"See!? Even as a child she looked like Ruby!"
"Sssh!"
Yang grumbled to herself while starting the video.
...
"Rose, are you excited for school?"
"Yes papa! I'm so excited!" she said, jumping up and down.
The girls couldn't help but 'aww' at the adorable video
"Did you remember your bag!"
"Yes papa! I brought all the pencils and notebooks and stuff!"
"Okay good, we're near, so is there anything you want to say before you go?"
"I love you papa, and you're the best papa anyone could have!"
"Goodbye Rose! Have a great day!"
"Bye papa! I love you!"
Rose begins to walk away happily and as she walks away, Chris says quietly.
"I love you too Rose."
The video cuts there, as Team RWBY tries to comprehend the video.
"That was so cute!"
"This guy was a really sweet dad, I wonder how his daughter is doing."
"But we still haven't found out why he's so young!"
"Well, let's check out one more video before closing his computer."
They scrolled through the gallery before coming up on one that was labeled 'Graduation'.
The video starts the same as the previous one, with an older Chris looking at the camera, before pointing at Rose, who was wearing formal attire of a graduation gown.
"Woah, she looks so pretty!" Ruby commented, amazed that the woman looked like her.
"I guess that's what Ruby would look like if she grew older. God, can't wait for something like that." Yang thought as she saw the beautiful woman.
She was playfully pushing the camera away as Chris tried to get a look at her. They are both walking to a building with Chris asking.
"So, my baby girl's graduating huh? I'm so proud of you!"
"Yes dad, I know. I just hope that everything turns out alright."
"And it will, don't worry about it."
Their conversation is interrupted by the sound of Rose's friends calling.
"Hey Rose, come on!" one of her friends shouted.
"I gotta go dad." she said waving good-bye.
"It's okay, I'll see you later, okay?"
Rose waves as she walks away. She walks over to her friends before suddenly shouting out.
"Just wait guys, I forgot something!"
She runs back to Chris and hugs him tightly saying.
"I love you dad."
Chris still shocked while holding the camera, returns the embrace saying.
"I love you too sweetie."
She exits his arms as she runs back to her friends while waving back.
"Bye dad!"
The camera shifts to Chris' face as he looks onward to Rose's direction. A tear streams down his cheek as he says.
"Bye Rose…"
Now Weiss wasn't an emotional person, at best, she would often try to express her emotions privately, but even she couldn't resist expressing herself after such a heartwarming scene.
"My god… That was so touching…*sniff* I think I need a tissue." Ruby said while sniffing.
"That was so heartwarming. God, I really feel like crying… *sniff*"
"*sob* Way ahead of you Blake… *sniff*"
"It was so… so…" Weiss struggled before finally letting loose "Gah!"
She breaks down on the floor and begins to sob.
"Weiss, are you okay!?"
"*sniff* I'm fine, it's just that…" she said as she dusted herself. "I'm jealous."
"What do you mean?"
"This video showed me what it truly means to be a father and daughter and yet I'm stuck with someone as bad MY father."
"It's okay Weiss. It's okay…"
Yang quickly regains her composure, and quickly changes the topic.
"Anyway, this isn't what we're looking for, we still have to check more information about him."
Meanwhile in Chris' head...
"Chris..." whispered a strange voice.
"Huh?" Chris thought while looking around.
"Chris..."
Chris ignores the sound but then receives a slap at the back of his head.
"Ow!"
"That'll teach you to ignore me!" reprimanded the woman.
"What the hell do you want from me!?" Chris asked while clutching his head in pain.
"Oh nothing, I just wanted to check on the sitter." the woman nonchalantly replied.
"So what do you want from me Miss...?"
"Summer, I told you that name already." Summer replied. "I said if you needed me, call my name!"
"Yes, okay Summer." Chris dismissed. "What do you need me for anyway.?"
"Easy, I want you to mentor and protect my daughters."
"And if I don't agree?" Chris asked with a raised eyebrow.
"Even if you don't, you're kind of in their custody." Summer answered rather smugly.
"What!?" Chris asked in shock. "I have to wake up!"
"No! Wai-" Summer tried to stop before she was cut off by Chris' awakening.
Chris wakes up and tries to sneak past them while they were looking at his laptop.
"If I just tip-toe, I should be able to get out easily."
Team RWBY fixation with Chris' computer is interrupted by Zwei barking at someone, they turn to see Chris, their target, trying to sneak out.
They all stare awkwardly at each other, with Yang sneaking a peek at Chris' shirtless body.
"Uhhh, I gotta go!"
He then slams the door and makes a break for it.
"Did he just try to sneak out while we were using his stuff?'
They all nodded slowly.
"Okay, don't let him escape!"
"Let's split up to cover more ground!"
Ruby and Yang jumped out the window to cover the entrance while Weiss and Blake gave chase to the prisoner.
"Crap. Crap. Crap. Crap." Chris thought as he kept running.
"I can't believe I let myself get captured like this, and now they have my cellphone and my laptop. I was able to get a look at them before leaving. So, Yang, Ruby, Blake and Weiss, gotta remember those names."
Chris enters the stairs and surveys the area.
'Okay, this is the 5th floor, so I should be able to jump directly to the 1st floor."
Chris makes the leap of faith and directly reaches the 1st floor. He safely lands on his feet and runs out to the lobby.
"There's the entrance! I'm…"
He walks out the entrance to see the blonde named Yang and the stranger named Ruby hold him at gunpoint. He tries to go back inside but is blocked by the black haired girl, Blake and Weiss, the white haired girl also draw their weapon against him. Yang spoke up to me.
"Okay mister, you're going back inside and you're going to wait with us for the Headmaster. Do you have anything to say right now?" Ruby said while pointing her sniper at him.
Chris tried to pull a fast one as he brings out a pebble and looked at Blake's ribbon. He chucks the pebble extremely fast and knocks the ribbon off of Blake's head. What he didn't expect, was to see cat ears on the girl's head.
"Okay, I do have something to say. Does that girl really have cat ears, or am I just hallucinating?"
"You bastard!" Blake screamed as she angrily threw her pistol blade at Chris.
Chris deflects the pistol towards Yang who had tried to lunge at him but stopped midway due to the counter by Chris. Ruby tries to shoot at Chris, but Chris quickly draws his baton and blocks all her shots.
"Ho-how did you do that?" she asked in shock, showing the whites of her eyes.
"I'm going to be completely honest, this is my first time to actually try that move."
"What?"
"You know what? I'm not even going to fight." Chris said with an exasperated tone.
"Don't underestimate us." Weiss growled as she drew Myrtenaster.
"I didn't say you were weak, I just said I won't fight."
"Okay, that's it. Get him!"
All the girls attacked at the same time, Ruby swung her scythe, Yang was ready to throw a punch, Weiss swung at him with Fire Dust infused Myrtenaster, and Blake switched her gun into blade and tried an overhead strike. Chris just stood there with his baton before…
*CLANK*
The girls looked wide-eyed to see that Chris had managed to block all their attacks, without even hurting one of them. He blocked Ruby's scythe with his baton, he caught Yang's punch with his other hand and he had trapped both Weiss' and Blake's under his foot.
Chris jumps back and allows the girls to have their breathing space. Chris sighed before asking the shocked girls.
"Don't you think that you've all had quite enough?"
"Oh I do agree with that actually!" said a mysterious voice.
Chris looked to see a mysterious old man standing by the gate, wearing shaded spectacles and an unzipped black suit over a buttoned vest and green shirt. He also wore black trouser shoes and long, dark-green pants. Accompanying him was a light blonde woman wearing white long-sleeved, pleated top and an exposed area in the center.
"Who are you?"
"I could ask you the same thing Mr. Weschler. I am Headmaster Ozpin and this is my assistant, Ms. Glynda Goodwitch."
"How do you know my— Nah just kidding, you obviously looked through my belongings."
"How could you suspect such a thing?" Glynda asked with an offended tone.
"Because I know when someone touches my things."
He shared an awkward glance with Team RWBY
"Okay, when some people touch my things."
"Speaking of that, you're equipment is nothing like that of Remnant, would you care to explain your origins."
"I'll do it, just bring me back inside the hospital room, so that I can prepare my presentation."
Team RWBY didn't seem to happy with Chris simply complying with Ozpin.
"Seriously!? You just agreed to that!?"
"I mean, you could have told me that you were going to question me, I would have been more cooperative."
"But I did tell you that were going to wait for the Headmaster."
"You said that while reloading your shotgun gauntlets, so I didn't really have faith in you."
"Now, now children, Mister Weschler and I have a lot to talk about, and I prefer that we all do it inside." Ozpin said calmly while gesturing towards the entrance.
The rest of team just groaned as they dejectedly entered the building.
"How old are they?" Chris asked with much
"I would say seventeen, but Ruby is two years younger than them so she would be fifteen years old."
"No wonder they act like a bunch of kids." Chris commented.
"Those are quite the words coming from someone your age." Glynda reminded.
"She has a point, you look no older than seventeen and yet you ask as if these children are well below your age." Ozpin observed.
"You're very observant Mr. Ozpin and I suggest we should start this explanation by saying my first statement." Chris said formally.
"And what would that be?" Ozpin asked curiously.
"I'm WAY older than seventeen years old."
This is basically a rewrite of my previous series, but with more interesting plot! Leave a review!