Disclaimer: RWBY and its characters are owned Rooster Teeth in Austin, Texas. The OCs are mine, however.

This was my Azure story, but I decided to put it on hold till I could figure out a new direction with it. There will be some small changes in these first few chapters, but my direction new direction will kick off in chapter 5.

Grimmbiote

Chapter 1

Vale was beautiful at night. From the quiet peace to the illuminated city skyline, there was nothing that Azure didn't love about this kingdom. Much different then the cold rundown city of Mantle. Azure disregarded his thoughts of home, and continued his way and admired the city he would be spending the next few years in.

Azure spent a lot of time alone, usually outcasted by everyone for what he is. See, Azure is a Faunus. Faunus are human-esque being, with the key difference being their animal traits. His particular trait is his blue wolf tail. When he was a small child, he was left homeless after his parents got into a fatal accident. After 2 years surviving in the slums of Mantle, he encountered the man who would become his mentor. A huntsman named Kerwyn found young Azure after Azure swiped all his lien. He chased Azure for a little while, Azure constantly getting away by shear luck. But Azure's luck eventually faded and Kerwyn finally caught him. At first, Kerwyn was just going to turn him into the authorities, but after the chase, he saw some potential in the young Faunus. So he instead decided to mentor him, after taking his money back. Sadly, things did not last long as after 2 months of training Azure, Kerwyn was called for an assignment. Kerwyn was never seen again.

When Azure turned 16, he decided to build his first weapons, using the old short-sword he found at Kerwyn's place a couple years ago, as the base blueprint. He crafted Luna and Sol, his twin pistols that transform into short-swords. The magazines are specially designed to hold Dust in them. The use of Dust would be to augment his bullets while in gun form while blades would become imbued with the power of the Dust. It took much testing but Azure was able to get his new weapons to work. These tools would be what he use to help him fulfill his dream of becoming a huntsman.

At 18, Azure entered the Beacon testing exam. He chose Beacon after hearing about all of the great huntsman that come from there, and to get away from Mantle. That was also the same academy his mentor was from. Despite his lack of proper training, he passed without issue. Azure was later was notified that he would get a flight to Vale free of charge. For that, Azure was grateful. He didn't want to continue his current lifestyle anymore

On his way to the apartment, he came across a Dust store that was oddly open this late. He figured he could check it out n see if the store-keep had any excess dust he was willing to give out. Just before he entered however, the window exploded, with two people coming out through it. One appeared to be just some random thug, but the other was a girl with black hair, with red highlights, and a red cape. She also deployed a huge scythe as she stood up. Azure was in awe of the weapon, as he had heard rumor of how dangerous they were, and Azure loved weapons. But before he could say anything he heard a voice cry out from the store, "Well? Get her," immediatly followed by two more goons rushing her just to get promptly knocked out by the scythe. As she finished the last one, a man in a white suit and an odd top hat with a cane stepped out of the store. He talked the girl, referring to her as Red, before shooting his cane at her. Of all weapons, that one was by far the oddest he'd seen yet. She dodged it by launching herself airborne, but the man disappeared. Azure was confused because he didn't remember taking his eyes off the guy. But he suddenly reappeared on the ladder of another building. Finally grasping what was going on, Azure cried out, "Go after him, I'll stay with the shop keep and make sure these goons are dealt with." The girl promptly chased him up the building as Azure rounded up the unconscious goons and alerted the authorities. There was commotion on the roof for a minute, and he could have sworn he heard an airship. But it all went away before the authorities arrived and he didn't see the badass girl again. The rest of the night had been pretty uneventful as he walked to his room. When he got there he went straight to bed for the next day.