Hey guys, M4 here and I hope all you readers enjoyed my 1st chapter to my RWBY fanfic. I promise to bring more later on, especially in summer vacation. Anyways, enough dilly-dally, I hope you enjoy this chapter and I will talk to you guys later.
It was 2 O'clock in the afternoon in the kingdom of Vale. The sun was shining brightly, the birds were chirping very soundly. Now, the question is: Where is our favorite team in all of Beacon spending their day at? The Library. Team RWBY was in the library studying for an upcoming exam, which was tomorrow. Well... "Studying" should be an understatement. Ruby was eating a whole pack of Chocolate chip cookies, while playing a game on her scroll. Weiss was reading a fashion magazine for some new skirts and clothes. Yang was off somewhere, most likely flirting with someone or beating the ever living shit out of said person. Blake was trying to study, but she quickly grabbed a book that she was trying to finish and began to read it instead.
"Hey rubes, how's the new game?" Yang asked as she came over to her little sister. Yang was notorious in the school to be the best at one thing: fighting. Her main weapons are her Shotgun gauntlets, Ember Celica, which are very powerful in her fighting style. She is also known to be quite flirtatious with many men here, as well as beating the living shit out of them if they get the wrong idea.
"Its going great yang. I finally beat the boss on level 55!" Ruby exclaimed as she jumped in the air with her fist pointed to the sky. Yang chuckled at her sisters enthusiasm. She was about to go "talk" to Cardin and his name but she heard an announcement go on the speakers of the library.
"Would team RWBY please go to Professor ozpins office for a meeting regarding teammates. Thank you." Goodwhitch said as the announcement ended. Team Rwby looked at each other in fright. Regarding teammates? Was she planning on switching one of them to another team? Everyone in team RWBY was scared because they did not want any one of them to leave or be re-assigned. But, they all began to walk towards professor Ozpins office regardless.
"I hope ozpin doesn't put one of us on another team. We need each other." Ruby said as the girls agreed. Once they reached the elevator, the feeling of being seperated was growing even bigger.
"Look, lets keep a leveled head here. He might not even think about separating us." Weiss said as they entered the elevator and pressed on top botton for ozpins office.
"Agreed. We have to have some hope that he won't separate us." Blake said as they reached the top and the door opened. They were met with a very foul stench that made weiss almost puke from it. Ozpin had all his windows open, yet the stench never left. The girls all covered their noses, while ozpin kept drinking his coffee. They also noticed another person in the room as well. He wore an all brown leather jacket with black pants, black fingerless gloves, and shoes. His leather jacket also came with a gray hood, which he wore to cover some of his face.
"Ah, hello girls. Please, come sit." Ozpin said, gesturing the 4 chairs next to the young boy. The girls nodded, sat down, but moved their chairs far away from the boy. Said boy only sat back, and slouched a little against the chair.
"Now, I am sure you 4 are curious is to why I brought you here and no, I am not separating you." He chuckled when all the girls sighed in relief.
"So, why did you bring us here sir?" Ruby asked politely.
"Well, the reason I brought you here is because you are going to have an additional member to your team." Ozpin motioned at the boy. The boy merely waved at the girls. They could have swore when the boy raised his arm, the stentch worsened.
"Wait, but sir. We already have 4 people and our room doesn't have enough space for another." Blake said, her face growing a light shade of green from the smell.
"That is understandable but he has proven himself worthy of coming here, and goodwitch already chosen your team to put him in." Ozpin said. The girls looked over at the boy, who shrugged and took off his hood. They were surprised at his beard. (I forgot to put facial features last chapter so bear with me on this one) It was long and covered some parts of his cheeks, which also matched the style of his hair. His hair was very long, and the color is pure silver. His eyes were light blue, almost aquamarine like. His face was pale, almost bone like.
"Can you girls just stop staring, its quite rude." The boy said quietly. His voice was deep, a bit scratchy but deep.
"Sorry, but we don't know you. Period." Weiss snapped at him.
"Weiss, come on. He just got here and already you are gunning at him? Blake said as she sent a small smile at the boy. The boy smiled at her back, nodded, and looked back at ozpin.
"Well, I'll let you girls get acquainted with your new teammate. Mike, I already gave you your scroll as well as your class schedule. Girls, please keep an eye out for your new teammate. You all are dismissed." Ozpin said. They all got up, went to the elevator, and left. Ozpin immediately got out 7 bottles of air refreshers and began to spray it all over the place.
I do hope that boy takes a shower before classes start. He thought as he threw the 1st can away.
As they got off the elevator, Team Rwby went straight to their room. Once inside, the boy looked around and took note that their bunk beds look somewhat unstable.
"Anyways, this is our room. We have only 4 beds so, I don't know how your gonna sleep unless we share." Yang said, while smirking at her own comment. The boy seemed unfazed at her comment, while only nodding at what she said, and setting down his bag. (I also forgot to mention that he has a one shoulder backpack. That type of backpacks that you sling over your body, and over one shoulder instead of the 2 sling backpacks.)
"I can sleep on the floor. I really don't mind and besides, it helps my back." He said as he layed his bag against the bookcase.
"All right, but before you do anything, please take a shower." Weiss said, pointing to the bathroom.
"Well, that was what I was going to do. But, I don't have any spare clothes." He said as he sat down, and leaned against the bookcase.
"Why don't you call your parents about it?" She snapped at him. He gently sighed, and looked at her. Weiss stepped back, and grabbed the handle of Myrtenaster.
"Well, I can't exactly to talk to them because it is rather difficult to talk to your parents when they are 7 feet underground in a coffin." He said quietly. Weiss let go of her weapon, and backed up. Now, she felt guilty for going at this person, whom she didn't even know, and came at him for no particular reason. She gently looked down, and left the room.
"Sorry about weiss, she can be moody sometimes." Yang said. The boy shrugged, and sighed.
"I believe I haven't introduced myself yet. The names Mike Travian." The boy said as he held out his hand out to them. They all smiled, and shook his hand.
"Well, since we're doing introductions, my name is Ruby Rose, team leader of Team RWBY!" She shouted out the last part, and jumped at the same time. The boy smiled at the young girl enthusiasm.
"My name is Blake Belladonna. Its a pleasure to meet you Mike." She said with a smile. Mike nodded in her direction, and looked to the last girl in the trio.
"The names Yang Xiao Long, but people just call me Yang for short." She said, doing a fist pump as well.
"Well, let me just say off the bat I am so deeply sorry for my awful stench. Being homeless for 90% of your life tends to do that to you." The boy said with a small smile
Please, no more questions about me. You four girls can't know the real me.
"Well, we might as go shopping real quick, considering that you might need some bathroom stuff, especially a haircut." Yang said with a chuckle. The boy nodded, and got up but was stopped by ruby.
"We'll go right after you shower. I don't mind you using my shampoo this on time." She said, tossing him bottle of shampoo. He smiled, nodded, and made his way to the bathroom. Once he locked the door, the girls immediately opened their window, and began to fan out their room. Once the boy was done, he came out all fresh. His clothes were still dirty but he smelled like roses. He still wore his hood over his face but there was still a major improvement with the smell.
"Nope, you are definitely not going out n your raggedy clothes, no offence." Ruby said.
"Ok, but let me remind you. This is my only outfit, and I was homeless." He said.
"Ooooh, I got an idea. Wait here." Yang said as she exited out the room. The boy soon felt something rubbing against his leg, and looked down. At his leg, was a cute dog rubbing against his leg. The dog looked up, and barked.
"Thats Zwei, my pet dog." Ruby said as zwei jumped into her arms. He could have swore he heard a hissing sound from Blake, but he ignored it. Just then Yang came back, accompanied with 4 other people.
"Mike, let me introduced you to our best friends Jaune Arc, Pyrrha Nikos, Lie Ren, and Nora Valkyrie." She said, pointing at each and every one of them.
"It is wonderful to meet you mike." Pyrrha said with a smile. He nodded in her direction but was cut off by a very enthusiastic Nora.
"OOOOOHHH. Your name is MIKE! I LOVVVE that name. Anyways, do you like pancakes, because I sure do." She said very quickly. The boy gave her a nervous smile before she was pried off by Ren, who only nodded in the boys direction.
"The names Jaune Arc, and here. Yang told me you need some clothes, considering that they are your only set." He said, handing him some clothes. He went wide eyed at Jaunes generosity.
"I'm sorry, I can't accept this." The boy said, handing Jaune back the clothes. But, Jaune merely waved it off.
"Na, you can keep it. Besides, I need to shop for some new stuff anyway." He said with a smile. The boy just starred at him for a full 5 seconds before nodding and thanking him.
"We was wondering if we can accompany you all for a little shopping as well." Pyrrah said.
"Sure, but let mike change 1st before we go, ok?" Yang said. They nodded, and everyone left the room, leaving the boy inside it. The boy gently set the clothes on the bookshelf, and began to undress. Once he took off his jacket, and white tank top, he looked at his reflection in the window. The scars from his previous battles were still there, reminding him of what he did. Just for a split second, he saw his old self in the mirror. His old self, staring at him with a devilish smile. His eyes burning holes into the boys head, forcing the boy to remember. The boy shook his head, and his old self was gone. The boy was quite muscular, with an 8 pack of abs with muscle along his arms as well. He shrugged, and put on one of Jaunes clothes, a white, long sleeve button-up shirt. He folded his old jacket, took off his old pants, and placed them on top of his tank top. He put on the new pair of gray pants that jaune gave him. He still kept his black boots, and gloves, but he still looked pretty damn good. He decided to leave his jacket there as well, hoping no one would steal it. He quickly put the $20 bill in his pocket as well. Once done, he gently walked outside, receiving wide eyed faces from team JNPR.
"Sorry, haven't shaved or got a haircut in a while." The boy said. They nodded, and all 9 of them began to walk towards the docs. The boy began to think.
"Ok, so I haven't revealed much, which is good. Considering that I really don't want them to know my past or my previous "Occupation". I should keep an eye out though, but its just shopping. What could possible go wrong?
(Oh, perish the thought, mate;))
Once they all exited the airship, they all had to help Jaune with his puking predicament. Once done, they all began to look around for a bit. The first thing they bought was a bottle of ginger ale for pool ol' jaune. Then, after that, came the real shopping. The girls all dragged the boys into a shop that had both men and women attire. The boy felt as if he was a rope and the boys and girls were playing tug and war with him. Considering he had clothes literally thrown on him and his arms. After shopping, the boys carried at least 5 bags in each hand, with the girls clothes as well. Next, came the boys haircut. Once they walked in, they were all greeted by a man the boy could have swore was gay. (Keep in mind, I have nothing against gay people. Just saying)
"Oh, hello Yang, what can I do for you?" The man asked. He was skinny with a black t-shirt, blue skinny jeans, and red jordans.
"This is not for me this time, Arnaldo. For him." Yang said, pointing to the boy. Arnoldo gasped at the sight of the boy.
"Oh my god, who is this chunk of handsome." Arnaldo said, walking over to the boy. The boy backed up a bit, completely on alert from this man.
"Darling please, I don't bite." Arnaldo said with a wink, making the boy back up even more.
"Arnaldo, stop, you going to scare him away. Just give him a hair cut and put the bill on my tab." Yang said. Arnaldo smiled, nodded, and went over to his chair. He patted the chair a bit, before signaling the boy to sit. The boy was about to turn around and leave until yang walked over.
"Dont worry, he is one really good barber. Just do this for me, ok." Yang said, locking eyes with the boy for a moment. He sighed, and walked over to arnaldo.
"Ok, honey. What could I do for you?" Arnaldo asked while grabbing a pair of scissors.
35 Minutes Later
After the haircut, the boy had to admit. Arnaldo did a pretty damn good job with his hair. His long beard was gone, and he looked like he had no beard in the first place. His long hair was cut and was jelled a bit on top. (If you want to see the actual haircut, look for the person called Sam Tsui. He has the exact haircut I'm talking about.) After the haircut, they were walking back to catch the last airship back to beacon before the boy stopped infront of a weapons shop. On display, was 2 Japanese Katanas that were in a crossing position. There sleek, yet deadly blades were being illuminated by the sun, making it shine very brightly.
"You like those swords?" A voice asked. The boy turned his head to his right and standing next to him was pyrrha.
"Yeah, I do. I was taught in all types of sword fighting but my favorite was the Japanese style of sword fighting." The boy said before running off to catch up with everyone. Pyrrha looked at the swords again before walking into the store and walking out 5 minutes later with a silver box in her hand.
After they got off the airship and helping Jaune yet again with his regurgitating problem, Team JNPR and Team RWBY went to their respective rooms. As team RWBY opened their door, weiss was on her bed reading a book. The boy looked at his clothes, and went wide eyed. They were all cleaned, and smelled like pine fruits. The boy looked at weiss, who gave him an apologetic face to him. The boy just smiled at her and nodded, signaling that he forgives her.
Seems as though she isn't good with apologizing but I guess this is her way of saying sorry. The boy thought as he helped the girls fit all their clothes into the closet that was already full. Once they all was able to fit their clothes in the closet, the boy checked the time. 8:02. Hmm, not that late. He thought but he noticed the girls getting out their PJs.
"Why are you guys getting into your Pjs? Its only 8:02." The boy said, pointing a thumb to the clock.
"Yeah, but this school has a strict curfew. Everyone has to be in their rooms by 8:30 and should be in bed by 10." Yang said as she lifted up a T-shirt she was going to wear to sleep.
"Yeah, so go outside while we change, ok?" Weiss said. The boy only nodded, stepped outside, and gently shut the door. He leaned against the wall, brought his left foot up and against the wall, and folded his arms. Suddenly, he heard the door across from him open, and out came pyrrha holding a white box. She had on Red shorts with a red tank top as well as a Black Bra.
"Hey Mike, I got this for you as a welcoming gift. Please, take it and I really don't mind about about the price. You don't have to pay me back either." She said, handing him the box. The boy took it, set down on the floor, and began to open it. He eyes went wide when he saw the twin Katanas with a red ribbon wrapped in the middle of them. The katanas also came with a twin- black back sheaths. (The twin back sheaths are the sheaths Deadpool uses, just in case you guys are confused.) The boy looked up at pyrrha, and just starred at her.
"Do you like it?" She asked with a very worried tone and expression. The boy got up, and hugged her. Pyrrha was surprised by this but return the embrace none-the-less.
"Thank you. Its an amazing gift." He said, letting her go. Pyrrha smiled at him, and walked back to her room. Once she closed her door, the boy began to practice a bit with the 2 swords. After putting on the twin sheaths and sheathing the 2 swords, the door to team RWBY finally opened and out came Ruby in her night clothes.
"Sorry for the long wait, you can come in now." Ruby said as she opened the door wider. When he went inside, he saw his new teammates in their PJs.
"So, your sure you don't want to share in one of our beds?" Yang asked with a smirk, and a wink. The boy, still unfazed, nodded, and went to to take out his PJs, a pair of black sweatpants with white strips on the sides. He also had black socks and that was it. He didn't care if he was shirtless or not. He took of his shirt, showing off his bareness to the girls. He could have sword he heard a growling sound coming from Yang and Blake, but he ignored it as he folded his shirt. He took off his pants, folded it, and placed it on the bookshelf.
"You know, you could have changed in the bathroom." Weiss said quietly. The boy smirked at her.
"I would but then again, you wouldn't want to miss the show." The boy smirked as he flexed and stretched, showing off more of his muscles. Weiss's face was deep red, as well as the other girls faces. The boy chuckled, and put on his pants. Soon, after he put on his socks, he laid down on the floor, folded his arms, and closed his eyes.
And for the first time, in a long time, he slept in peace.