Okay this chapter should cover most of volume 5 given how my character is with Ruby and the others and not Blake, Yang or Weiss so they won't appear until they unite with the others in the show. I will say that this will mostly be character development for Zac, Lily and Nicole while also developing other characters but I will say that a lot of stuff Zac says in this chapter when he talks about his life before this is stuff that happened to me hence the battle with depression I mentioned last chapter.
To my reviewers (never did I expect that I would do this):
To Kellycoftw, I'm glad you like my character and my friend who Artemis is based on is very happy you like Artemis. Don't worry he will but that will appear in a chapter or two.
To Dom I can't thank you enough for the advice, hopefully you like your character.
Italics = thoughts
Between two * = actions
"character name:" =what a character is saying
*once we get to the house we'll be using as a home base as it were, we all call dibs on rooms with some people sharing rooms such as myself and Ruby, Jaune and Pyrrha along with Ren and Nora. I help Ruby unpack some stuff from her bag.*
"Me: You okay babe you seem down?" *Ruby looks at me with her eyes filled with worry* "Ruby: It's just Uncle Qrow got hurt because of me and you were worried about us while you were training." *I pull Ruby into a hug and she hugs back* "Me: Babe Qrow said his semblance is what caused his injury & me worrying about all you is just how I am with friends and well the woman I love."
*We kiss and we sit on the bed* "Ruby: so Lily and Nicole are friends from before you came here." "Me: Yeah some of the only friends I had before all this." "Ruby: What do you mean?" *
I look at her* "Me: before all this I was bullied very badly someone even tried to kill me and while now that isn't really something new but back then it was surprising and well the bullying at one point got so bad to the point of I was thinking of committing suicide. *Ruby hugs me and wraps her arms around me and I put my arms around her* Lily and Nicole were a few of the people that didn't bully me and even helped me. It's why I smile when I fight so that people don't think I'm afraid when I am but the smile gives people hope."
"Ruby: Well now you have me and the others to help you and be there for you." "Me: Thanks Rubes, thank you." (A.N. this is the first time I have written something like this and I have no real life experience with what I'm about to do so please don't be too harsh about it okay, thanks.)
*I kiss Ruby pulling her onto my lap and move my hands to her butt while she wraps her arms around my neck* "Me: Ruby we don't have to go all the way if you don't want to, I won't force you to do anything." *she kisses me and I kiss back while she puts her hands in my hair. As we kiss I remove her cape & put it on the bedside table while she takes my coat off. I lay down pulling her with me and we keep kissing slowly getting more heated. I move my hands to the back off her corset while she moves her hands to my shirt buttons; we stop and look each other in the eyes.*
"Me: If we go further I may not be able to stop myself from well taking you." *Ruby kisses me and undoes a few of my shirt buttons so I start undoing her corset and kiss her back deeply. Once my shirt is unbuttoned and her corset is off we roll over and I kiss her neck. As things get more heated between us we hear a knock on the door.*
"Nick: If you guys are done unpacking we need to explain everything we know." "Me: Umm, we'll be down shortly." "Nick: Okay" *I sit up with Ruby on my lap and look Ruby in her eyes* "Me: So umm that happened." *Ruby looks down* "Ruby: Yeah... so we should get going." *she gets off my lap and puts her corset and cape back on while I rebutton my shirt and leave my coat off but I hang it on the door.*
*As we head down to the others we see them in the lounge area.* "Lily: So what took you so long to sunpack given how little the both of you have." *I look at Ruby who is blushing then I look at the others* "Me: We talked that's all Greeny" "Lily: Then explain why both you're clothes are scruffy" "Me: Leave it greeny." "Lily: Fine."
*Myself and Ruby sit on one of the sofas.* "Me: So where should we start?" "Jaune: did you find anything about cinder or the maidens." "Nick: Sadly nothing but we do know that Cinder is still alive." "Ruby: Oh but I thought she died after my you know eye blast thing." "Me: So did I but she is alive, seriously injured but alive." *We explain everything we were told but I don't mention the letter.*
*after a few hours of talking actually relaxing for a bit Qrow comes back. And Ruby rushes over and hugs him.* "Ruby: You're okay." "Qrow: Yeah it would take more than a little poison to kill me. Anyway tomorrow we see a friend of mine who can help us find the maidens." "Me: Right everyone get some rest after what happened." *everyone nods then heads to their rooms and when me and Ruby reach our room we look at each other awkwardly.*
"Me: Listen about earlier I'm sorry if I made you uncomfortable." "Ruby: It's fine we both did things but I would prefer to wait till after all the stuff with Cinder is done before I umm well not that I didn't like it but I would still..." *I hold her hand* "Me: It's fine Rubes." *I kiss her on the forehead and we go to sleep.*
*When I wake up I notice that I'm holding Ruby close and she is doing the same with me.* "Me: Babe *I shake her* we need to get up." *she wakes up and rubs her eyes* "Ruby: Morning Kirito." *we let go of each other, get up and get dressed but facing away from each other.* "Me: Babe listen I love you and I *I turn around to see her in her underwear so I turn back around* Sorry if I had known I wouldn't have turned."
"Ruby: Kirito I love you too and after yesterday I think it's okay if we see each other in our umm underwear." *she turns me around and kisses Me.* "Me: Okay." "Ruby: What were you going to say?" "Me: Sorry if wasn't how you imagined this would go but I know that I want to spend the rest of my life with you so um here it is. *I get down on one knee and hold out a ring* Ruby Rose will you marry me?"
*I look up at her and she has tears in her eyes.* "Ruby: I don't know what to say." *I stand up and wipe away her tears* "Me: If you need time to think about it just say." "Ruby: yeah I could use some time to think this over." "Me: Okay." *we hug*
*we rest for another hour then get dressed into casual clothes and Ruby puts the ring on a chain Necklace then we head downstairs to see the others sitting at the table while Jaune and Pyrrha make breakfast.* "Ruby: I'll help you guys make food for everyone." * She goes to help Jaune and Pyrrha while I sit at the table with the others.*
"Lily: why were you and ruby late up? After all I remember you saying in highschool that you were always up early." "Me: It's called spending time with the woman I love." "Lily and Nora: Awwww that's so ADORABLE!" "Me: Fuck sake." "Nora: What it's true. Ohhh *she turns to Lily* I need to tell about when Zac and Ruby got together." "Me: Save it for later when it's just the two of you." *They both pout.* "Lily and Nora: Fine."
"Me: Thank you." "Ruby: Food is ready." "Me: I'll help bring it over here." *I go over and help Jaune, Pyrrha and Rubes bring the food to everyone. Once everyone has their food we dig in* "Nick: *mouth full of food* This is really good, you guys did a great job." "Pyrrha: thank you Nick." "Me: wait you understood what he said." "Pyrrha: It wasn't that hard."
"Nick: *mouth still full of food* She's right you know." "Me: Chew, swallow then talk Nick." *He swallows his food* "Nick: happy now. *I nod* Okay so what happens after we meet with the guy who can help us." "Me: Research, resupply, in my case catch up with greeny and Nicole then I'm going to visit the sins." "Ruby: and I'm coming with you to visit the sins." "Jaune: Why?"
"Pyrrha: so she can meet Zac's family right Ruby." *look over to Pyrrha who is smiling at me and Ruby* "Ruby: Yeah I think it's about time to meet them." "Jaune: Oh right, fair enough." *Qrow comes down to us after we have all eaten then we head off.* "Qrow: Listen the person we are going to meet is someone we can trust." "All of us: Right" "Qrow: Now get into whatever you wear when you fight."
*We all head to our rooms and get changed. I change into a set of cargo trousers lined with holy and demon metal while I also put on a sleeveless shirt with a diamond cut out to show the marks of the sins also laced with holy and demon metal. I put Aincrad around my neck and Westeros (My RWBY weapon the great sword that splits into two short swords and can become twin self reloading shotguns) on my back. I look at Ruby in full battle garp.*
"Me: stunningly beautiful babe." *She turns to me blushing.* "Ruby: Thanks Kirito, you don't look so bad yourself. Have you named your sword yet" *she points at Westeros* "Me: Yeah, it's called Westeros." "Ruby: Ohh cool name." "Me: Thanks, let's go." *We head down stairs and see the others ready to go.* "Qrow: everyone here. Okay let's go." *we head out towards the hunter academy.*
*as we walk, I notice Lily is in an outfit similar to Naruto's in part 2. Nick is in a martial arts outfit. Scott is in a suit of armour with armour plating down the arms legs and body but with enough freedom to move quickly (like the suits used in the first MMPR film just no helmet and more traditional looking). Nicole is in an outfit similar to Asuna's from SAO while Artemis is wearing more casual clothes with a leather duster coat.*
"Jaune: Zac I thought you wanted to hide your umm" "Me: Marks of sin I decided to call them and I did when I was at beacon since I needed to keep my being a holy knight a secret but now, I'm not going to hide it as no reason to."
"Jaune: Oh *he makes his voice quieter* did something happen with you and Ruby?" *I look at him* "Me: What do you mean?" "Jaune: *his voice still quieter so only I can hear him* well when she came to help us she seemed happy well happier than usual and well she and Pyrrha whispered to each other then they hugged" *I chuckled* "Me: Either I'll tell you or Pyrrha will later." "Jaune: Okay."
*I head over to Pyrrha as we walk* "Me: *whisper to her* Thanks for what you said at breakfast." "Pyrrha: *Whispering back* No problem, I'm happy for the both of you." "Me: *whisper* Don't worry Jaune will do the same." "Pyrrha: *she smiles and whispers* I know one day it will happen." "Me: *whisper* I could give him a hint after all he might need it" "Pyrrha: *whisper* It's fine don't worry" "Me: *whisper* Okay"
*I head to the front next to Qrow.* "Me: When we meet your friend I will be seeing if is hiding anything." "Qrow: Don't you trust what I said" "Me: I trust you but given past experiences, forgive me if I don't trust someone who despite knowing we would be coming here didn't hasn't even come to meet us halfway to his office." "Qrow: Yeah that is odd."
*I look around and see a grey cat looking at us.* good to see Rias is keeping an eye on me. *once we reach the opening of the academy I look around but see no one around.* "Me: Where is everyone?" *Lily comes over to me and whispers in my ear "Lily:*whisper* Yeah *She activates her byakugan* even with my byakugan there are only two people in that in the area for a while but they are in separate rooms." "Me: *whisper* okay, thanks greeny." *She deactives her byakugan and goes back to where she was*
*We enter the building and see stairs going around a statue on both sides.* "Qrow: Leo you here!" *we hear footsteps coming towards and we see a lion faunus at the top of the stairs behind a statue.* "Leo: Oh Qrow it's you *he looks at all of us* Who are these people?" "Qrow we can trust them Leo, Ozpin would have trusted them." "Leo: Okay all of you follow me to my office."
*We follow him to his office and introduce ourselves* "Leo: *he chuckles* A pleasure to meet you all. Leonardo Lionheart, at your service. I'm afraid most of my staff is currently away until classes resume, but..." *Qrow clenches his fists and leans closer to Leo
"Qrow: What? Leo, you can't be serious. Who's guarding the Relic?" "Leo: Qrow, the children." "Qrow: Already know. I filled them in. What do you mean your staff is away? "Leo: You... filled them in?" "Nora: So, is this not going at all like anyone thought it would?" "Me: No this is going a lot like how I thought it would."
"Leo: I have to say, Qrow, this all seems very reckless, even for you." "Qrow: No, reckless is leaving one of the Relics completely unguarded. It's not checking in with Oz for ages!"
"Leo: There was nothing to check in about before the fall of Beacon, but since that day, Mistral has been in chaos! *he stands from his chair with his fists clenched* Vale wasn't the only Kingdom to suffer that night. Everyone was watching. Every house in every Kingdom saw the battle between him *he points at me* and cinder, saw monsters crawling over the city, Atlesian Knights attacking citizens... *Jaune winces* and then nothing. You could feel the dread in the air. With all that negativity, you can imagine what it was like when the Grimm came for us. *he walks to a window and looks outside* Mistral's territory is the widest reaching in the world, you know, and that makes it infinitely harder to protect. We lost so many great Huntsmen, teachers from this very institution. And it's only gotten worse."
"Ruby: What do you mean?" "Leo: *he leans on the windowsill* we may have dealt with the Grimm, but the Mistral council's still at odds with representatives from Atlas. First, it was the Dust embargo, now it's the closing of borders. *he turns and looks at Qrow* I'm not sure what happened to James in Vale, but it seems to have only worsened some of his more unfortunate tendencies. *he sighs* and, on top of everything, we still don't know where the Spring Maiden is."
"Qrow: All the more reason we need the Huntsmen and Huntresses here!" "Me: Liones, hell even Camelot will send Knights to help with Grimm if asked!" *Ruby holds my arm and steps in front of me* "Ruby: Okay! Okay. Things are bad; they're bad. But we can figure this out. Why is the Spring Maiden so important?" "Leo: "still looking at Qrow *I thought you filled them in."
"Qrow: Mostly filled in. Look, there's a lot to cover, okay? I quit teaching for a reason." *He takes out his flask and takes a drink* "Leo: * he sits back down in his chair* The four Maidens each have the power to perform feats of magic, and they are the only ones capable of reaching the Relics." "Me: Give me a chance or one of my mentors a chance and we can get it easily" *Leo glares at me*
"Jaune: What?" "Qrow: The Relics are each locked inside a chamber that can only be opened by a specific Maiden. Winter for the gift of Creation, Summer for Destruction, Fall for Choice and Spring for Knowledge. * he takes another drink" Spring is the problem." "Ren: What happened to her?" the same thing that happens to most people who get a lot of power
"Leo: She was determined, at first, when she inherited her powers, but the weight of responsibility proved to be too much for the child. She... ran. Abandoned her training, everyone. That was over a decade ago. There's no telling where she could be now." "Qrow: I... know. At least... I have a pretty good idea." "Leo: *his eyes widen and he stands up* Are you serious?" "Qrow: It's not exactly good news."
"Leo: he walks out from behind his desk* What are you talking about? This is incredible news! *he grabs Qrow by the shoulders and shakes him* After all these years! Where?!" *Qrow shoves him away* "Qrow: I did some digging around. Looks like, after Spring ran away, she was picked up by bandits, specifically the Branwen tribe." "Leo: Raven." *Ruby lets out a small gasp of surprise.* "Jaune: Yang's mom?" "Qrow: That's right." "Me: We need to find her now!"
*Qrow pulls out his Scroll, walking over to and placing it on Lionheart's desk. The hologram monitor on the desk displays a map of Remnant as the map pulls up a zoomed-in section* "Qrow: That's about where they've set up their main camp. It's where they fall back to after raids and scouting missions. Raven's managed to gain a lot of followers since she returned to the tribe, and I'm sure when the Spring Maiden showed up, it only made things easier."
*he walks up to Qrow and pats him on the back* "Leo: Well, Qrow, I've got to hand it to you. With these coordinates, we can mount a retrieval force and head out in a few weeks." *Leo walks over to the computer, while Qrow clenches his fists.* "Qrow: A few weeks?" "Nick: We don't have that long you dumbass"
*Leo pulls up a hologram keyboard and taps a few keys, while Qrow's Scroll displays the text "COPYING FILES", followed by "DISCONNECTED". "Leo: That's right." *he walks back around behind the desk* "Qrow: Leo, maybe you didn't hear me. My sister has the Spring Maiden, and I know where she is. *he places his hands on the desk* We need to go, as soon as possible! *he knocks books off the desk*
"Leo: *angrily* And perhaps you didn't hear me. This Kingdom is in shambles. "As soon as possible" does not mean tomorrow. It means, as soon as I can convince the council that I need Huntsmen more than they do. Unfortunately, bandit tribes aren't very high on their list of priorities when the threat of war is just on the horizon."
"Qrow: Then damn the council. We'll do it ourselves. You and I are trained Huntsmen and these kids aren't exactly pushovers." "Me: plus a few people trained to fight demon, kishins and other creatures"
*Nora jumps up with Ruby and they fistpump* "Nora: Yeah!" "Ren: Perhaps there's a more peaceful way to approach this?" "Qrow: We need to get Spring as far away from here as possible. And Raven isn't going to give up her most prized possession without a fight." Especially when what we want is her
"Leo: Unfortunately, you and your sister are evenly matched. And I'm not the fighter I used to be. No offense, but these students and I can't take on an entire bandit tribe and a Maiden that's no doubt had years to hone her skills. We need to be positive we can apprehend Spring, because if we fail Raven and her tribe will scatter. And we'll be lost. We get one shot at this. And it needs to be perfect." "Me: I know people who could take down the entire camp without breaking a sweat along with their hands behind their backs"
"Qrow: *Qrow sighs* You know Oz wouldn't be happy with any of this if he were here." "Leo: Perhaps you're right. But he's not. I'm doing the very best I can." "Ruby: There has to be something we can do." "Nick: I know someone who can help." "Leo: No!"
"Jaune: What about Cinder? She came with Emerald and Mercury from Haven. Do you have anything on them?" "Leo: We pulled their files after the Fall of Beacon. Nothing but lies and forgeries."
*Jaune tightens his fists and glares at the floor in anger. Pyrrha holds his hand and holds him close" "Qrow: Well, I can't say this has been a warm reunion, Leo." "Leo: I'm sorry. I know you've all traveled a long way. But I will do everything I can to help."
"Qrow: Sure. We'll stay in the city for the time being. *he takes out his Scroll and waves it at Leo* Local comms are still up. Keep in touch. *he turn away* Come on, kids." *We all leave but just before me and Ruby get through the door she turns around to face Leo again.* "Ruby: It was nice meeting you, Professor." "Leo: *he takes a moment to respond* Likewise."
*As we leave I put a invisible listening symbol on his wall. I hear him talking to someone Leo* I knew he was a untrustworthy piece of crap *Once we exit the building Qrow turns to us*" Nora: So, what do we do now?" "Qrow: *he sighs and turns to us* You four head back to the house. I need a drink." *he walks away* "Me: I don't blame him. I need to talk to my team. You guys go back."
*I kiss Ruby then Ruby and team JNPR leave after that I turn to my team.* "Nick: Leo is cowardly piece of shit." "Me: he is also working with Salem." "Lily: He betrayed his own friends, you're wrong Nick. He's not a piece of shit, he is far worse than that and if I ever fight him. I won't hold back against a traitor." *Lily clenches her fist and punches a tree making a dent in it. "Artemis: Okay 1) remind me not to piss you off, 2) Why would he betray his friends."
"Nicole: I'm going to guess fear of Salem. Shouldn't we tell the others about what we know." "Me: No for the same reason we didn't tell them that yang's mother is the current spring maiden. They would find it hard to believe." "Nicole: That is true." *We start making our way back to the house*
*as we walk I go over to Nicole.* "Me: So how long have you been a apprentice holy night." *Nicole giggles* "Nicole: I came to this world same time as Lily just after you went to beacon, I developed my power and was trained by Princess Veronica in the way to use a sword and bow then I saw you in the battle if Beacon and asked the King if I could go and help you." *We hug* "Me: Thanks for that."
"Lily: Same for me really except found out I had the bykugan and trained to do all of naruto's and Hinata's moves, along the way they adopted me and well you know the rest." "Me: Yeah. Hopefully we can catch up more later." "Lily Yeah after you taken Ruby to meet your family, oh I wish I could see their faces." "Me: Whatever Greeny."
*When we get back to house, I go to Ruby who is a comic. I sneak up behind her and cover her eyes* "Me: Guess who?" "Ruby: *whisper* My fiancé." *I remove my hands from her face and kiss her* "Me: Correct. So *I sit down next to her* what comic you reading?" (A.N. the comics that she is reading is one I own and Like) "Ruby: Justice League and Power Rangers crossover." "Me: Good choice." "Ruby: Should be it's yours" "Me: Really, then I'll just be taking it back then."
*I go to grab it but she moves it away.* "Ruby: No I'm reading it." "Me: Okay then. When do you want to visit the sins." *once I finish talking she gulps* "Ruby: Maybe later" "Me: Babe *I pull her onto my lap* Might as well pull the bandage off quick and get it over with." "Ruby: Okay." *I kiss her* "Me: it's gonna be fine they'll like you."
*she gets off my lap and I stand up, we go to the others* "Lily: So you're going to see them now huh." "Ruby: yeah might as well get it over and done with." "Lily: Zac your rubbing off on her she sounded like you just without your voice." "Me: Very funny greeny." "Nora: what if Qrow comes back before you do." "Me: well he'll most likely be drunk so just leave him on the sofa." *Nora does a salute* "Nora: yes Sir!"
*I teleport me and Ruby outside the Boar hat after getting wishes of good luck* "Me: You ready Babe?" "Ruby: As ready as I'll ever be." "Me: Okay." *We head inside and see Elizabeth* "Elizabeth: Zac! *she comes over and we hug then she looks at Ruby* Is this Ruby?" "Me: Yep. Ruby Rose meet Princess Elizabeth of Liones." *Ruby does a quick bow and Elizabeth giggles* "Elizabeth: you don't have to bow you are Zac's girlfriend." *Ruby stands back up* "Ruby: It's just you're a princess."
"Elizabeth: that doesn't matter. *we takes seats at the counter* So how did you two get together." "Ruby: Well..." *The door by the counter bursts open and hawk comes out of it* "Hawk: I knew I heard Zac's voice. *he turns to Ruby* Oh you must be Ruby, I am Sir Hawk captian of the knights of leafovers." "Ruby: It's nice to meet you Sir Hawk."
"Me: just call him Hawk otherwise his ego will get bigger." "Hawk: Hey!" "Meliodas: He's not lying. *Capt'n comes out from the doorway.* Let me just get the others so you can meet all of us." *he does a really loud whistle and after a few minutes all the sins plus Elaine are at the bar.* "Ban: Who's the girl?"
*I get off the stall I was sitting on.* "me: Seven deadly Sin and Elaine this is Ruby Rose my *I take a deep breath* girlfriend." "Everyone: WHAT!" *me and Ruby cover our ears.* "Ban: How the hell did you get a girlfriend?" "Elaine: Ban be nice. *she heads over to Ruby and holds out her hand.* nice to meet you I'm Elaine." *Ruby shakes her hand* "Ruby: Nice to meet you all."
"Merlin: So you're Zac's girlfriend." *Ruby fumbles with her hands* "Ruby: Yes ma'am." "Me: Mum leave it." "Merlin: Fine but I have the right to be protective." "Me: I can take care of myself and I love Ruby." "Diane, Elizabeth and Elaine: Awww." *Ruby kneels down to pet Oslo* "Ruby: *to Oslo* Aww who is a good boy, you are you are."
"Capt'n: Okay everyone sit down, Zac and Ruby can answer any questions we have for them." *We all take seats and spend a few hours talking with Ruby telling the story of how we got together along with a few other stories.* "Elizabeth and Diane: Awww that's so ADORABLE." "Diane: You better treat her right or I will punch you into the dirt."
*I put my arm around Ruby* "Me: don't worry I won't." *We talk a bit more with ban making jokes and Gowther being well Gowther. "Capt'n: Well Zac if you need help don't be afraid to ask." "Me: cheers Capt'n" *Me and Ruby get and leave but not before she gets hugs from Diane, Elizabeth and Elaine. She also pets Oslo one last time.*
"Ruby: don't worry when I see you next I'll bring some treats for you." *Oslo licks her face and we head off. Once we get out of the boar hat I teleport us back.* "Me: See not that bad." "Ruby: Yeah I guess you were right about that and I've thought about what you asked." "Me: Really babe." "Ruby: Yeah and well I would like the ring." "Me: So I take that as a Yes" *she puts her arms around my neck* "Ruby: Yes *she kisses me and whispers to me* I will marry you." *I pull her close and kiss her.* "Me: I love you so much."
*As I go to kiss her again we hear a commotion coming from the front room. When we get to the front room we see Qrow on a sofa and a kid with ozpin's cane.* "Me: Professor Ozpin" "Oscar: he says it's good to see you Mr Tyler, Miss Rose." Give it time and it will be Mr and Mrs Tyler "Artemis: that explains why I can sense two souls in his body. What's your name kid?" "Oscar: My name is Oscar Pine"
"Me: Take a seat mate then you can explain everything." *Oscar sits on a red armchair and nervously looks at all of us.* "Nora: Did he age backwards?" "Jaune and Pyrrha: He's possessed!" "Ren: Or reincarnated!" "Ruby: Oh! Isn't it weird?" "Oscar: It is very weird, yes." "Qrow: Okay, okay. *he comes from the kitchen holding a cup in his hand* Let's all just take a second and remember that this is very overwhelming for everyone."
*Ruby & Team JNPR all step back together and nervously chuckle.* "Oscar: *to Qrow* Thanks." *Qrow then takes a seat on the couch next to Oscar. Me, Ruby and Nora have taken a seat on the couch perpendicular to Qrow's, while everyone else remain standing. Oscar then shares a brief look with Ruby, who giggles, causing Oscar to blush.*
"Oscar: Ah, sorry! *he briefly looks away* It's just I've never really met Huntsmen and Huntresses before." "Ruby: Well, uh... we've never met a person with two souls! So, first times all around." "Me: Well I have and yeah it takes time to get used to." *Oscar smiles and chuckles at Ruby and me before Qrow clear his throat.*
"Qrow: Not to break up the whole 'getting-to-know-you' game, but we need to have a talk. Mind showing us your little parlor trick, kid?" *Oscar groans* "Oscar: Yeah, okay. Just so you know, I'll still be here." *We all look at him in confusion. Oscar then lowers his head and closes his eyes. Suddenly, a green and white aura shines from his body for a moment, Oscar opens up his eyes, which are now glowing, and he smiles. When he speaks, they all hear a familiar voice overlapping with a bunch of other voices, including Oscar's.*
"Ozpin: It is so very good to see you again, students." *We share brief looks of confusion with each other.* "Me: Okay even after all I've seen, this is weird even by my standards" "Jaune: Wait, what just happened?" "Ren: Professor... Ozpin?"
"Ozpin: Correct. And though I may be the one speaking, Oscar is still present mentally. He's merely handed over the control, so to speak. *he goes silent for a second* I'm afraid this all must be very perplexing."
"Nora: And alarming, and bizarre, and just really kind of hard to believe overall!" "Me: trust me I think if gets any weirder Jojo may try to sue us." *Ozpin chuckles* "Ozpin: It's good to see you children still have your sense of humor. *he frowns* I know you've all been through tremendous hardship already. I'm sorry."
"Ruby: I mean, it's not your fault." "Me: Yeah we all tried our best and *I look at Pyrrha then the rest of us who were at beacon* at least stopped the attack before it caused to much damage."
"Ozpin: It's all my fault. *Qrow gets up and goes back to the kitchen to get something* I told you once that I made more mistakes than any man, woman, and child on this planet, and I wasn't exaggerating. I'm... cursed. For thousands of years, I've walked the surface of Remnant, living, dying, and reincarnating in the body of a like-minded soul. The Professor Ozpin you all met was not my first form and clearly wasn't my last. It's... an extraordinarily strenuous process on everyone involved."
"Jaune: So who... what... are you?" "Me: Yeah explain the hell is going on with you please."
"Ozpin: I am the combination of countless men who've spent their lives trying to protect the people of Remnant. *Qrow walks back into the room and hands him a cup of tea* With every rebirth, my soul is eventually merged with another and I am changed, but my memories stay with me. This curse was bestowed upon me by the gods because I failed to stop Salem in the past. But we must stop her now."
"Ruby: And how do we do that?" "Ozpin: We start... by ensuring the safety of the Relic of Knowledge." *Nora jumps up* "Nora: This is perfect! We were stuck at a dead end, but now, we can just take little cute boy Ozpin to Lionheart and have him set things straight!" "Ozpin: Please don't call me that."
"Qrow: We're not sure that's the best idea." "Me: Yeah trust me that's not a good idea" *Nora pouts and groans and goes to stand next to Ren.* "Ren: But I thought the headmasters all took their orders from you."
"Ozpin: That was the intention. Four lieutenants I can trust, especially during times of reincarnation. But Qrow told me about your meeting with Leonardo. *he gets up and walks towards a painting of Mistral* He isn't just behaving irrationally, he's disobeying specific instructions I had left him. Something's wrong. I don't want to jump to conclusions, but I don't want to rule out any possibilities, either. No one outside of this room knows that I've paired with Oscar, and I think it may be best to keep it that way."
"Me: Then your not gonna like what I know then." *I see Lily clench her fists and Ozpin/Oscar sighs* "Ozpin: Tell me later." "Qrow: Play things close to the chest until we get a better hand." "Ozpin: Precisely. Now, we have two steps ahead of us. *he turns around to face us* The first is enlisting the aid of more Huntsmen and any other allies we can get."
"Ren: But the Mistral council..." "Qrow: Doesn't own every Huntsman in the Kingdom, and I've been here enough times to know where we can find some more." "Me: Nicole, Scott send word to Gilthunder and explain everything we know. Greeny..." "Lily: already sent word to dad." "Me: Okay. Artemis, Nick you know what to by now right."
"Nick: Yeah I send word to Botan who will tell my family" "Artemis: Yep send word to DWMA asking for help." "Ozpin: So long as they're trustworthy." "Qrow: You can trust them to put up a good fight. I'll throw together a list tonight." "Me: I know all the people who are sent by the people my team contact can be trust."
*Qrow puts his foot on the table, but his Semblance causes one of the legs to break and spill his cup of tea.* "Nora: Good luck with that." *we all laugh at what happened Qrow groans as he cleans up his mess.* "Ozpin: After that, we can move on to step two." "Nora: What's step two?"
*Ozpin suddenly has his cane in hand.* "Ozpin: Getting you all into fighting shape." *he looks at all of us and we all exchange looks of confusion again.* "Ruby: But, uh, we already know how to fight." "Me: No doubt about that." *Ozpin points at Rubes* "Ozpin: You can only fight so long as you have Crescent Rose, but you're still lacking in hand-to-hand combat." "Ruby: Well, uh, yeah."
*Ozpin points at Jaune* Ozpin: Mr. Arc, I'm glad to hear you've improved, but sorry to say, you've yet to unlock your Semblance. All of you still have a-ways to go before you're ready to pose any real threat against Salem and her forces. And though Oscar can give me temporary control, he'll need to strengthen his body and his Aura."
"Ozpin: He'll inherit my muscle memory in time, but practice will expedite the process." "Ruby: But if Qrow's out looking for Huntsmen, then who's going to teach us?" *Ozpin then propels himself into the air with his cane, spinning counterclockwise into a barrel roll before landing onto the seat of the armchair, twirling his cane.*
"Ozpin: Well, I believe I was the headmaster of Beacon Academy and I also believe Mr Tyler and his team will be more than willing to help." *Ruby and Team JNPR have various looks on their faces.*
"Ozpin: We have approximately one month before classes resume at Haven. If Salem were to plan an attack, it would make sense that it would occur prior to students' return. It's not much time, but it's better than nothing. *he stops twirling his cane* Just don't expect me to go easy on you."
"Lily: Yeah and don't for once think that I'll go easy on you because you're his friends or even *Lily looks towards Ruby* his girlfriend." "Nick: Yeah I'm more than willing to teach you lot some good old fashion hand to hand brawling" "Me: Save it for tomorrow Nick."
*Suddenly, Ozpin glows green and white again, switching control back to Oscar. He has a hard time keeping his balance on the armchair before falling backwards off it and groans.* "Oscar: You've gotta be kidding me." *Artemis goes and helps Oscar up* "Artemis: You okay Oscar* "Oscar: Yeah but that may take some time to get used to."
*I stand up* "Me: Okay guys let's get some rest because as Nick and Lily has said my team won't be going easy on your training." *Everyone nods and heads to their rooms with Qrow taking Oscar to one of the empty rooms, once me and Ruby reach our room we sit on the bed.*
"Me: So I know you told Pyrrha about me proposing to you." *Ruby looks at her hand with the ring on it* "Ruby: Yeah she is like a second sister to me and she helped me decide. How did you know" *I put my arm around her* "Me: Jaune told me that you and Pyrrha whispered and hugged while making breakfast"
"Ruby: I need to thank Pyrrha for helping me decide; so on to a different subject, how bad do you think the training will be?" "Me: I don't know but I know Greeny wasn't kidding. *Ruby nervously chuckles* It's fine Rubes if anything she'll just try to embarrass me." *she giggles* "Ruby: So she is a lot like yang." *I look at Ruby shocked by that fact.* "Me: Great two Yang's, I'm fucked."
*she hugs me* "Ruby: Don't worry it's fine." "Me: yeah but I think I could use some sleep after that realisation." "Ruby: Okay" *We get changed into our nightgear and fall asleep*
*We wake up from loud knocking on the door* "Nora: *singing* It's morning! It's morning! It's morning! It's morning!" "Me: Nora would you kindly shut up as some of us would like some more sleep." "Nora: But it's morning so wake up lazy butts!" *We hear Nora skip away still singing*
*Me and Ruby sit up. I look at my arm which went dead since Ruby was using it as a pillow.* "Me: Well this is gonna hurt later." "Ruby: What? *she looks at my dead arm* Oh sorry about that." *I kiss the top of her head* "Me: not your fault babe but I might need your help getting it through my shirt sleve."
*we stand up and Ruby helps me put my shirt on by putting my dead arm through the sleeve after that we finished getting changed. As we go downstairs my starts to wake up as I feel pins and needles rush through.* "Me: *In pain* Ow ow ow. Stupid pins and bloody needles" "Lily: and Why do you have pins and needles huh Zaccy." *I look over at Lily* "Me: Call me that again and I will throw you off balcony."
"Lily: You're still no fun Zac you know that." "Me: I know Greeny and you're still a massive pain in the ass." *she grins as I sit at the table and Ruby goes to help make breakfast.* "Lily: so Nora told me how you and Ruby got together." "Me: And I should care because?" "Lily: From the way it sounded when she told me, you seem to have become a Zac of all trades but also carry that same nervousness that was there in high school."
"Me: Technically as I was at beacon at the time, I was at high school still." *Lily glares at me* "Lily: Semantics, now what allowed to ask Ruby about when I am training with her." "Me: Nothing embarrassing Greeny." "Lily: Fine I will keep it to normal questions." "Me: thank you."
*After a few minutes everyone is around the table eating breakfast with Qrow just having a slice of toast before heading out.* "Me: Okay now that everybody is here we can make a training schedule." "Ruby: So who is gonna start the training off?" "Lily & Nick: DIBS! Hey I said it first! Stop copying me!" "Me: Both of you shut it! you two and decide who starts with a good old game of Rock, Paper, Scissors."
"Lily & Nick: Fine" *they do 3 games with Lily winning 2 of them.* "Lily: Ha I win. Rock, Paper, Scissors champ right here." *I sigh* "Me: Okay first Greeny then Nick then whoever you choose." "Oscar, Ruby & Team JNPR: Right." "Me: I'll be joining you later." "Ruby: How come Kirito?" "Me: I was gonna do some research on old fairy tales of remnant given the fact that all fairy tales must have some facts to them after all the maidens are proof of that."
*After we finish breakfast, I kiss Ruby then the other go to train while I head to the library. When I get to the library I go to the fairy tales section.* "Librarian: Excuse me but aren't you a bit old to be reading fairy tales?" "Familiar voice: Actually he is here helping me research my book" "Librarian: Oh of course Mr Carson."
*The librarian goes to another section at the other side of the Library. Me and Flynn bro hug* "Me: what the bloody hell are you doing here Fin?" "Flynn: Well I was sent by your brother to and I quote " help my brother out in whatever way you can"." *I sigh* "Me: Ever since Arthur found out that I was Merlin's son he has acted like we've known each other all our lives."
"Flynn: Well Merlin is basically a mother to him so to be fair it makes sense." "Me: I know but it's still bloody weird to say "hey meet my brother by the way he is the king of freaking Camelot." But that doesn't asking the question why are you here in Mistral." "Flynn: Oh right, Merlin sent me a few days ago because she knew you were here." "Me: so since you've been here a few days have you found anything." "Flynn: Sadly no"
*I sigh* "Unknown female voice: Excuse me but what kind of fairy tales are you looking for?" *Flynn and myself turn around to see a girl (A.N. Pretty much she is dressed very similar to what trevor Belmont wears in the Castlevania show.) "Me: Ones made around the same time as the story of the maidens." "Unknown Female: Ahh okay you're in the wrong section, you want legends."
"Flynn: Ahh thank you Miss?" "Amber: Connors, Amber Lee Connors." "Me: Thanks Amber." "Amber: No problem." *she walks away and we head over to legends section.* "Flynn: She was helpful and nice." "Me: Oh so she caught your eye then." "Flynn: I'll have you know that I actually have a girlfriend who is also a holy knight." "Me: Really who is it?" "Flynn: that can wait till later, right now we need to research." "Me: Fine"
*We do some research for a few hours* "Me: Well this has been annoying I can't find anything about the relics Oz mentioned or anymore info about the maidens." "Flynn: All I found were mentions of relics but that could just mean any old item." "Me: let's head back to my team so not only can you meet them but also I can check on their training." "Flynn: Right."
*We leave the library and head for the house. Once we get to the balcony we see team JNPR watching Oscar Pine and Ruby Rose training in hand to hand combat* "Jaune: Man, Oz wasn't kidding. Oscar's picking up on this stuff fast." "Me: Damn your right about that. *Oscar hits Ruby straight in her face. Ruby recoils from the blow and looks visibly angry.* Oh crap"
"Oscar: Oh my gosh. I'm so sorry!" *Ruby hits Oscar back and he lands a few feet away on ground as we all wince.*
"Ruby: Ha! Yes! I did it! *she cheers for a moment then looks at Oscar* Oscar?" *Oscars stays silent for a second then mumbles* "Oscar: Why didn't you tell me?" *he goes silent then groans and gets to his feet. Oscar stiffens briefly while his eyes glow in a yellow light.* "Ozpin: Not bad, Miss Rose. But Oscar doesn't have the years of training that you do. Or I do." "Flynn: Is that *he points at Ozpin* normal?" "Me: nope as we only found out about yesterday."
*Oscar's body shimmers green as Ozpin engages their Aura. We all realize what Ruby is in for. Oscar determinedly approaches Ruby.* "Ruby: *nervously* Oh, ha, well, maybe we should uh... take a break."
*Ozpin attacks Ruby with a few punches aimed at her head, forcing her onto the defensive until he lands a blow to her face which knocks her back several feet. Ozpin closes the gap with a leap and kicks her in the face. Ruby leaps at Ozpin to throw a left cross which Ozpin evades by ducking and retaliates with a headbutt from below.*
"Nora: Ouch." "Me: That's enough!" "Ozpin: The next time you want to throw a left cross, remember to push off with the appropriate foot. And as always, do be aware of any openings." *I head over to Ruby and help her up* "Ruby: Gooooot it." *Ozpin relinquishes his control and Oscar falls to the ground, panting.*
"Ruby: Oh! Hey. Are you okay?" "Oscar: How is this so exhausting?" "Ren: Your body isn't used to this kind of training, not to mention generating a defensive Aura on your own. It takes intense concentration at first, but in time it will become second nature, allowing you to deflect attacks and gradually heal your wounds. After that, you can begin focusing on your Semblance, whatever that may be."
"Oscar: Semblance?" "Nora: You know! Like your very own superpower! Everybody's got one. It's just a matter of finding it and mastering it. Ruby moves super fast, Electricity makes me stronger, Ren can mask emotions, and Jaune... can, uh, um. Hmm." "Jaune: I can't do anyth..." "Ruby: Jaune's like you!" *Ruby takes Oscar by the hand and leads him over to Jaune.*
"Ruby: He hasn't found his Semblance yet, but we all know he will. And you will, too. We all just have to try and help each other get stronger." "Me: Yeah it takes time to find out your ability" "Oscar: Cool." "Ren: A common philosophy is that a warrior's Semblance is a part of who they are. Some say your personality and character can define your Semblance while some claim that it is the other way around. Of course, there are still many who don't see a connection at all."
"Nora: It's hard to know when you know sometimes. Ren's Semblance was unlocked from intense stress." "Ruby: And mine kicked in during training one day." "Oscar: *to Me and Nora* And what about you two?"
"Nora: Oh. Struck by lightning. Didn't die. Craaaazy Thursday." "Me: got stabbed through the heart by crazed devil activated power on dying breath, a minute later woke up with sword in chest pulled it out and killed the bugger that stabbed me." "Jaune: I just don't understand what's wrong with me. I train. I meditate." *Pyrrha holds his hand and kisses his cheek* "Pyrrha: Don't worry Honey it will manifest" *Oscar's eyes glow momentarily as Ozpin takes control of his body again.*
"Ozpin: Don't worry, Mr. Arc. Your journey is far from over. And the same might be said for all of you. Unlocking your Semblance isn't the end. It can still grow and evolve. Providing you're willing to put in the work, who knows what could happen." *Me and Ruby smile* "Me and Ruby: Then tomorrow we'll get back to it."
*We all head inside and once Flynn steps into through the door Nicole rushes over and hugs him* "Nicole: Oh is so good to see you sweetie" "Me: Wait Nicole is your GF" "Flynn: Yeah." "Nora: Oh right wait *she points at Flynn*who's this guy?" *We all go to sit at the table* "Me: Everyone, this is Flynn Carson a friend and trust worthy ally in this fight yet to come."
"Flynn: Hello everyone, nice to meet you all." *Ruby and team JNPR go start making dinner while my team talk* "Me: So Nicole how did you and Flynn meet." "Nicole: Well I went to Camelot to do some research on my powers and met Flynn." "Flynn: I asked her out and after a few dates we became a couple."
*We hear the door open and we see Qrow, Yang and Weiss enter.* "Me: BABE!" "Ruby: *from the kitchen.* I'm coming" *after a few minutes she comes carrying a tea tray which she drops when she sees Yang and Weiss*
"Ruby: *her voice cracking* Yang, I... I'm so sorry! I- I should've stayed, and I should've talked to you more! I'd... I just... *she starts to cry* I wasn't sure if you wanted me around and..." *Yang pulls Ruby into a strong hug.* "Yang: I love you." *Yang starts crying and Ruby sobs as she leans into her sister's hug.* "Ruby: I love you too."
*Jaune, Ren and Nora enter the room, smiling at the sight of the two sisters embracing each other. Qrow smiles as well. Oscar Pine enters the room.* "Oscar: Uh..." *He looks up, seeing Ruby and Yang hugging, and smiles. Weiss smiles as she wipes a tear from her eye, before frowning while looking down.* "Ruby: Weiss."
*Me and Weiss see the two sisters open their arms up for us. We smiles and eagerly joins them in the hug.*
*scenes from the next chapter play* "Nick: Now for the preview. What's here of team RWBYZ catch up while we also prepare for the big battle and Zacs team finally meet this Cinder bitch and her henchmen . I'm ready to fight the big guy. Next Time, The Battle Begins!"
I think this is a good ending point as this is a really long chapter and I mean really long. Now if you know where Flynn's name comes from that's amazing. The next chapter should cover the rest of volume 5 and Dom sorry for not doing the character based off you in this chapter like I said I would but I couldn't see a good point to put them in also since I don't know your gender that affects how I write the character.