woo chapter two already, but as i explained last chapter this originally was part of the first but it was too long i thought so i cut it in two. Anyways please enjoy and make sure to read the comments at the bottom.
Chapter 2: Growing Pains and Important Decisions
Yeah going to kindergarten was even more of a pain than I thought it was going to be, and that is because I am apparently the only Faunus child at this grade level in this school. This makes me a target of most of the bullies in the school, but they mostly just shout out names at me and such because as it turns out my instincts from my previous life haven't dulled too bad in the last five years. So after one of them tried to pull on my tail he ended up with a well-placed kick to his temple. Apparently it was enough to have him out of school for about a week and even though I tried to explain myself to the teachers and principle I was suspended from school, didn't think that was possible for a kindergartner, for about two weeks. While my Dad was not happy about me being suspended he believed me about how the kid was trying to grab at my tail so I was let off with nothing more than extra studying so that I would not fall behind the rest of the class.
Then to prevent my tail being an easy target I started to have it wrap around my waist kind of like a belt. Which is kind of like a training exercise as it takes a certain amount of concentration to keep it in place. The year went by with the only strange thing is that it seems that the language of this world is almost the exact same as my last one. So it is actually pretty easy to learn the new written language. Also in the year that past my hair has grown longer and because of its natural spikiness my ears were hidden, unless you were really looking for them you would not be able to find them. This seemed to ease the tension at the school as most of the kids stopped trying to completely avoid me and most of the Faunus only bullies stopped trying to pick on me.
Then one day I was approached by some random guy in my class "Hey dog boy!" This is the common name that the few bullies like to call me and while it is annoying I try ignoring him. "Hey mutt I'm talking to you!" he steps in front of my desk and slams his hands down forcing me to look up.
"What do you want?" to be honest this is boring, but a bit surprising for first-graders some of these kids are already on some very high horses.
"How about you and me have a fight behind the school today?" huh that's a bit odd wasn't expecting this kind of behavior from these guys for at least another three years.
"Why would I do that? I have no reason to go and beat the snot out of a bunch of babies." With my replies sounding so bored the kid really started to get pissed off.
"Then how about I get you susdended again!" It was kind of funny to see him mess up a word like that but what could you expect from kids this young.
As I chuckled at his mistake I reason that it would probably be better if I just put these guys in their place now so that they won't be a nuisance later on "Ok fine, but I am gonna feel bad when you parents are gonna have to visit you in the hospital."
This makes the kid back off a bit "G-good so I will see you there and no chickening out!" He walks away and to be honest I think these kids could use a good spanking and I will be happy to oblige.
After that though all of the bullying stopped for the rest of the day and it was nice and peaceful, hopefully it will be like this every day from now on. So when school ends I go around to the back to find that no one is there and normally I probably would have thought that this meant an ambush was about to happen, but these where kids so I doubt that they are smart enough for such tactics.
I waited for a good ten minutes before I decided that he was gonna be a no show and was about to walk away when I heard a deep voice sound out "So is this the mutt son."
I turn to see a fucking full grown man with a couple of others next to the kid I was called out by this morning "Yeah Pa that was the dog that kicked me in the head!" Huh. To be honest I didn't even realize that it was the same kid as that time.
The man starts walking up to me "I heard that you have yet to apologize to my son for what you did to him."
'Wow it took this long before I was confronted about that.' Is what I think as I look up at the man now towering over me "I have never done anything to anyone if they didn't deserve it."
He reaches down and places his hand on my head roughly "Did I just hear you say that my son deserved what you did to him."
"You said it not me."
This pisses off the man even more as he grabs me by the head and lifts "You little brat."
There isn't much I can do in this kind of situation except maybe convince him to only come at me himself "I see the apple doesn't fall far from the tree. After all, like how he is too scared to face me himself you are so scared of a child like me that you had to bring along some of you buddies just to confront me."
Then the man throws me down hard and thanks to my words none of the other men he brought with him move forward to help with the beating I was about to get. "You should learn to respect your elders you mangy mutt." He growls as he proceeds to start kicking me.
I feel a few of my ribs break and one of my arms to and while I could have just laid there and took it, but the way this man was acting just didn't sit right with me. So I glared up at him as my eyes turn yellow and say "Respect is something you earn and beating up a child like you are doesn't exactly instill me with respect."
Clearly the man was not use to being talked back to in such a manner as he had a look of pure rage on his face. "You little shit!"
The beating then resumed until a voice was heard that sent chills down the spines of everyone present "Now gentlemen mind telling me what you are doing to my son." All the men turned to see my father with his usual small smile, but his presence was very menacing. Now let it be known that my father was a man of great patience and that it is usually my mother that showed anger. For even if racists drunks show up while we walk around town together, my father never once got mad and always prevented Mom from ripping them apart. Now though it looked like he was about to turn into some terrifying creature from hell as he spoke "You see I am taking a break from my current project and thought it would be nice to come pick up my son from school so that we could have more time together. When I didn't see him making his way home I decided to look for him and what do I find?" then his tone darkens "A sorry excuse for slug shit kicking my son like he was the whore of a wife I am sure you have." He then reaches in his casual dress coat and pulls out his pocket watch and opens it like he is checking the time "Now I will give you five seconds to pray to your God because you could very well see him today if I end up being a bit reckless."
This causes the man that was kicking me to laugh "Take a look around you dumb fuck! You are outnumbered! There is no way you can beat us all!" the men then start advancing to attack the older wolf Faunus.
Dad unclips the watch from his coat and holds it in front of him as it starts to glow green "Oh my you are right there certainly are quite a few of you. However," the watch then breaks apart into its different components then comes back together into a chakram like object that begins to float above his hand "what I lack in numbers I can certainly make up with raw destructive power." Then the chakram suddenly flies forward and starts slicing up the men one by one and stops right in front of the man that has been beating down on me as the rest of the men collapse from their injuries. The blade slowly starts moving around the man as he actually pisses his pants and if I wasn't in immense pain I would probably be laughing my ass off "Now would you like to explain why you were beating my son or should I just put an end to this." Dad says as he starts making his way toward the man.
Shakily "I-it was the b-brats fault he put my son in the hospital."
This stops my father's advance as he contemplates the answer "I can understand your anger that someone had injured your child. However, my son has already been punished and as far as I know there has not been any similar interactions between the two since. So you "punishing" my child," the blade slowly starts to sink into the man's throat "was not something that was called for."
Then as it looked like the blade was going to cut his head off it stops just short and the man then faints dropping to the floor like a sack of rocks to the floor and the chakram returned to my father and changed back to his pocket watch. As he puts it away he rushes to my side "Ash everything is going to be ok now." he then starts checking various parts of my body and a look of worry comes over him. As he reaches for me and picks me up gingerly he speaks "I got to get you to the hospital right away!" He starts running leaving the rest behind as the kid cowers in the corner not believing what just happened.
After we get there and I am treated my Mom arrives to see me with various casts around my body holding me together. She is four months pregnant now, but it hardly impedes her movements as she takes my hand with a worried look on her face. However, after the doctor tells her I am going to be fine a look of relief comes over her that is quickly replaced by rage as her eyes turn yellow and her voice almost sounds monstrous "I am going to kill the people who dared to hurt my baby!"
To be honest I actually thought she was going to until Dad places a hand on her shoulder "There is no need for that I have already taught them a lesson they won't soon forget."
She looks a bit disappointed, but her eyes go back to their usual blue "What are we going to do now though? I don't think we should stay here anymore."
Dad takes a seat right next to her "You're right we should move away from here."
"But what about your job?" she was right we could open a bakery anywhere, but I haven't heard of anywhere else that would be in need of scientists Dad's.
"It's ok I am at my wits end there anyways and I have always been wanting to spend more time with my family." He smiles reassuringly at her as he pulls her in to a hug.
She raps her tail around him as she asks "But where will we go?"
"You still have that place in Vacuo right? How about there?"
"But what about Ash the only school there is a combat school."
"Umm." I usually don't like to cut into such important conversation, but perhaps I should let what I have decided a while ago be known. "Actually I was hoping that I could start training because I want to be a Huntsman."
This throws them for a loop because I have never expressed the desire to learn to be one before. "Honey do you know what it is you are asking to become?" Mom had a look on her face that I could easily tell that she didn't want me to as she knew the dangers of that kind of job.
I nod before speaking "After what happened today I don't want to be weak. I want to become strong so that I can defend myself against such dumb people and protect those that I will find dear to me."
Once again they were not expecting such a well thought out answer, but then my father just smiled bigger than usual. "Well if you feel that strongly about it then it looks like moving to Vacuo is the right thing to do."
Mom quickly turns to Dad with a look of horror on her face "How can you agree to it so easily? Aren't you worried about his health at all?"
He calmly put his hands on his shoulders as he explains himself "Of course and that is why I am letting him do this. For if he gives up part way and decides that he wants to do something else then at least he will be able to defend himself against most people. Though if he doesn't then that means that he is serious about this and thus as his parents we need to be as supportive as possible." Mom was left stammering as she was trying to come up with a counter argument, but wasn't finding any. Dad then moved toward me and place his hands on both sides of my face "If you are serious then first things first." His body then starts to glow a neon green color like his watch did before it broke apart and reformed. Then a bright blue fills the out edges of my vision as a warmth seems to cover my body. Then as both glows fade he pulls his hands away "There now with your Aura unlocked you begin recuperating faster and when you are all better and we are in Vacuo we can start getting you ready to enter the combat school there."
Mom looks reluctant as she heaves a big sigh of defeat "I just hope it will be better for both of my little pups there."
Boom two down and it hasn't even been 24 hours
I don't think this is clear in the story so let me explain, you see the watch that Myst, the dad, carries around does not mech shift like some of the weapons in RWBY do. You see it is his semblance that has the ability to take apart any piece of technology and put it back together in anyway he wants so long as the design is clear in his head. Him being a scientist it is perfect for him and he can do this with more than just the watch, but it is just something that he almost always has on him.
Also wanted to mention that Holo's, the mom, semblance is like a half shapeshifting one that would make her more wolf like giving her a major boost in all stats and that is also why her voice changes in the chapter because it activates a little warping her voice.
Anyways i think that is all i have to say this time so later and make sure to PM me for questions and review to help me improve.
