ASTR
小惑星
(Shōwakusei)
(ASTR: Asteroid)
Chapter 2:- Reputation
Theme song: Mirror Mirror - KY0UMI
Ending song: Mirror Mirror - Lollia
/NOTICE: This story is a work of fiction. Any resemblance to actual people, group, other fictions, etc. is entirely coincidental.
"A date, huh? I wonder...How long as it been since I've gone on a date? Two years? Or possibly more." -Arsene said to himself quietly as he was sitting on a bench in front of the academy's courtyard as he was in his usual casual clothes that he'd always wear. He was then hugged from behind by Yang as she had pressed her chest onto his back-
Yang: Oh? Has it been that long for you?
Arsene: It has been, since nobody has asked me out before.
Yang: We're just hanging out in the academy, it's not like we'll be going to town together, holding hands and stuff.
Arsene: Would you like to hold hands?
Yang: Wha-? I-It's um...I think it's a little bit too early to do that..
Arsene: That was a joke.
Yang: Eh? Ahem! Yeah! I knew it was! I was just uh...Testing you!
Arsene: Sure you were. -He would then get up from the bench as the two would then enter the academy as they walked together and as the two were seen walking together, they were called out by many of the other students as they were greeted by them-
Man: Go Yang!
Girl: Sir Arsene! -Both Yang and Arsene would smile at the students and waved at them as they continued to walk-
Arsene: It seems that you have quite a reputation here.
Yang: Ah well.. I have a lot of friends here.
Arsene: Is that really all?
Yang: Well yeah, I mean, the more friends, the more connections I have. What about you? You seem awfully popular for a guy who just came back from an expedition?
Arsene: I'm nothing, I'm just a normal student like everyone else here.
Yang: You look like a special sort of student though.
Arsene: I'd say the same for you and your team.
Yang: Huh? My team?
Arsene: Team RWBY. A rather unique team.
Yang: Th-Thanks..
Arsene: But once you girls get a taste of the Grimm's most powerful monsters, you'd come to realise that whatever the students are facing and training with right now are just fodders.
Yang: What do you mean?
Arsene: Two second year groups were killed during the expedition.
Yang: W-What?!
Arsene: One team were killed by the White Fang and the other were attacked by surprised by Cinder Fall.
Yang: Who's Cinder Fall?
Arsene: Someone you wouldn't want to meet. She has powers that I've never seen before in my entire life.
Yang: What can she do?
Arsene: I was told that she can absorb life and power from her foes, manipulate raw Dust and she's cruel and cunning.
Yang: Have you fought against her before?
Arsene: A few times, but she escaped many of the battles. -He pulled down the collar on his coat and showed Yang the scar on his neck as Yang gasped as her eyes widened at the sight of the large scratch scar on the side of his neck-
Yang: H-How did you get this?
Arsene: Day 38 of the Expedition event, my team was dispatched to hunt down the White Fang at some nearby facilities but we were ambushed by the Grimm and by Cinder. I was careless, I nearly lost my head because of her.
Yang: Heh, I bet that if you showed this scar to Weiss, she would pass out in an instant.
Arsene: She can't handle scars like this?
Yang: She's a little fragile when it comes to wounds and stuff but she has a scar of her own on her left eye.
Arsene: Ah yes, I saw that scar while I was battling her.
Yang: Apparently she got that scar when she was fighting some Knight monster or something, I don't know what it was.
Arsene: I see, but you're also not that close with her, why's that?
Yang: W-What do you mean? I am close with her!
Arsene: You're not, she's closer with that Ruby girl.
Yang: How can you tell?
Arsene: The way your group interacts is very obvious.
"Come on! Try it! I bet it'll look cute on you!"
"Why?! Now you're just being absolutely ridiculous!"
"Please?"
"F-Fine but just this once."
-The sound of two familiar voices were then heard from a distance as the voices were from both Ruby and Weiss. Weiss would put on a pair of glasses that Ruby gave to her as Weiss would then look over and saw Arsene and Yang as she would blush madly out of embarrassment-
Arsene: You see?
Yang: All right fine! I'm not really close with the rich girl but we're still teammates!
Arsene: Maybe you both just see each other as teammates, nothing more, but with Ruby, they're friends.
Yang: They weren't exactly close when they met you know?
Arsene: I assume they argue and fight a lot in the past?
Yang: Yes! How did you know?
Arsene: Just a guess.
"Heya! Whatcha doing with ma leader?" -Shouted from a distance was a redhead girl as it was Terra. She walked up to both Arsene and Yang as she stared into Yang's eyes-
Terra: A date?
Yang: We aren't on a date, we're just hanging out.
Arsene: Terra, please stop.
Terra: Hmm? What are you talking about?
Arsene: Now is not the time for you to be picking on the younger students.
Terra: Now you're just being a gentleman! If this girl managed to beat ya then I wanna taste of her strength!
Yang: You wanna "go"?
Terra: I can go, right here, right now, girl~ -She grin at Yang as her eyes glowed-
-Ruby and Weiss would then run up to the three as they got worried-
Ruby: W-What's going on?
Yang: Why don't you ask her?
Terra: Hey hey! Don't bring in the kid into your problem, I was talking to you, milk-machine. -She said as she pointed at Yang-
Weiss: S-She's a member of your team, yes? -She asked as she got close to Arsene and whispered to him-
Arsene: Terra Vera. Just like Yang, she a close combat fighter but she's the most violent person here in the academy. She'll pick on people to fight her if they show too much power in their training and battles, she'll feel challenged once she sees their power and then takes them down, proving to them that they're not as strong as she is..
Weiss: Now that is just unacceptable!
Arsene: I agree but as her leader and teammate, she's the most reliable fighter in the team. She protects everyone from harm while risking her own self for others. She's a very kind girl but she just loves to fight...A lot..
Yang: -She revved up one of her gauntlets and turned her hands into fists as she got irritated- You sure know how to open your damn mouth, I bet the guys are all turned off by it.
Terra: At least I don't expose my chest like a whore you are.
Yang: AHHHH! -She screamed and raised her fist as she would then punch Terra but before the punch could hit Terra, Arsene had drawn out one his sword and protected Terra from the punch and as Yang had landed the punch on Arsene's blade, it would then cause an explosion, thus hitting Arsene's face. Yang backed up as she was caught by surprised, as the smoke cleared the sight of Arsene's mouth bleeding could be seen as he would then look at Yang- I-I'm sorry! I-I didn't mean to do that to you!
Terra: Ha! You punched Arsene! You're so screwe- -Before she could finish her sentence, she would then get interrupted-
Arsene: THAT IS ENOUGH! -He shouted loudly as the four girls froze in surprised as they were completely shocked to hear him shout like that-
Terra: Eh? A-Arsene?
Arsene: Why must you always bother me when I try to make friends? Why must you taunt them and look down on them? What do you hope to gain from this?! What is your plan, Terra?! To strike fear into them or to be hated by everyone?!
Terra: Th-That's not what I-
Arsene: I've had enough of your excuses! You should be lucky that you were speaking to Yang instead of Cinder or you'll be dead right now.
Terra: I know but..
Arsene: Just stop it and leave us.
Terra: Y-Yes sir.. -She looked down as she nodded and teared up slightly as she walked away-
-After Terra had left, Arsene withdrew his blade as he fell down onto his knees-
Ruby: Arsene! Are you alright?
Arsene: That was...A really strong punch..
Yang: I-I'm sorry! I just got really frustrated! I'm really really sorry!
Arsene: No, it's all right, it's not your fault. It was my fault for not properly controlling Terra's way of doing things..
Weiss: Let's just bring him to see a doctor.
Ruby: Why not just ask Jaune?
Weiss: Do you think he'll really do it?
Ruby: Maybe if you ask him, he will.
Weiss: Ugh...Fine, but I'm only doing it because he's hurt, not because it was your idea.
Ruby: But...It is my idea..
Weiss: Shut up and let's go.
-In team JNPR's room, Arsene, Weiss, Ruby and Yang were in the room together with Jaune's group-
Pyrrha: So what happened?
Ruby: Let's just say that Yang nearly got into a fight and Arsene got caught in the middle of it..
Pyrrha: Oh my, are you alright?
Arsene: Couldn't be better. Thank you, Jaune. -He thanked Jaune as the blonde male nodded and smile while he was concentrating in healing Arsene-
Nora: Was there explosions?! Monsters!
Ren: I'm pretty sure that if there was an explosion, we would all heard about the explosion by now.
Arsene: As thank you, I'd like to tell you all something about my teammates.
Weiss: Your teammates?
Arsene: Terra Vera, Saber Moon and Ray Assault.
Nora: "Ray Assault" is a funny but cool name!
Ruby: I agree!
Weiss: Ahem! He was in a middle of a conversation! Please continue, Arsene.
Arsene: Thank you. As you three girls know, Terra Vera loves to intimidate others and loves to fight, you guys may be students here like she is but she will still attack everyone, regardless. Although I don't get attacked by her, my other teammates would sometimes get attacked by Terra because she wants to fight.
Yang: Is she insane?
Arsene: She was brought up by a family of villains who once worked for the White Fang, her parents were killed by the White Fang as it was then Professor Ozpin took her in and raised her.
Ruby: What's her weapon?
Arsene: Radiation gauntlets, just like Yang's but more destructive. Upon contact with skin or any living orgasm, it'll slowly melt the opponent's skin off with formic acid created by the gauntlets and her gauntlets can be transformed into rocket launcher that helps her spread the acidic radiation,
Jaune: What about the other two members?
Arsene: Saber Moon is a tactical fighter. She may be small but don't be fooled, she is just as ruthless as Terra. She is like an assassin in the night.
Ruby: Is she really that tough?
Arsene: She's the second strongest in the team after me.
Jaune: Phew, she must be really tough then.
Ruby: Her weapons?
Weiss: Is that all you care about? Their weapons?
Ruby: Why not? They're cool!
Arsene: Too many to count.
Ruby: Huh? What do you mean by that?
Arsene: Her main arsenal are only guns. Shotguns, rifles, pistols, snipers, miniguns, rocket launchers, grenade launchers, Sub-Machineguns and many more. I've been with her for a year and I've only seen her taken out 30 types of guns and I know for sure that she has more than 30.
Pyrrha: And your other member? Ray Assault?
Arsene: Ray would be the one thing that Ruby and your dark haired friend would not like to meet.
Ruby: Huh? Me and Blake? Why not?
Arsene: Ray Assault comes from a family of powerful mages that manipulates the abilities of Dust, the same way Weiss controls her but he can swiftly change the atmosphere of the battlefield by creating illusions. Manipulating with your head by giving you your worst nightmares in a fight. Although that's not all he can do, like Saber, he also has a lot of guns on him but he only uses them when he's cornered by an enemy although that rarely happens. Whether or not we're in school or outside of the school, please be careful because those three do not support the term of "alliance" with anyone outside the team.
Weiss: So we're their enemies, huh?
Arsene: If anything goes bad, do not hesitate to contact me. I'll come running.
Yang: Now that's just sweet~
Arsene: I'm just trying to do my best to protect this academy and the students here. -He said as he patted Yang's shoulder lightly and got up from the chair and went out of the room as Ruby followed him out and Weiss saw that Ruby headed out of the room-
Weiss: Ruby?
-Outside of the room-
Ruby: Uh hey!
Arsene: Yes?
Ruby: I know that we don't know each other but during our next mission, I'm sure everyone will be dispatched out and when we do, I'll be sure to find you and your team first and help you guys out! -She said with a confident smile on her face as Arsene smiled back and patted the girl on the head-
Arsene: Thank you. -He then saw the door behind Ruby opening as Weiss walked out of the room and was looking straight at Arsene-
Weiss: I um...Would like to speak to you in private, would that be alright with you?
Arsene: Not at all. -He said as Weiss smiled lightly and the two would then walk away together as Ruby watched the two walk away from a distance-
Ruby: Both of them have white hair and both have ice powers.. Gender swap doppelgangers or something? -She said to herself as she would then enter the room to speak with the others once more-
-Weiss and Arsene were together as they were heading straight to the academy library together-
Weiss: I've been wondering but your sword..It is...
Arsene: Made by my very own hands since I was a child.
Weiss: The name... "Hisame"? Is that Japanese?
Arsene: It means "Ice Storm". It's a blade that I had designed and thought of when I was a child.
Weiss: What about your family? Did you visit them?
Arsene: Ah, I'm an orphan so I don't visit anyone, that includes everyone else in my team, we're all orphans.
Weiss: I-I'm sorry, I had to ask such an insensitive question.
Arsene: Don't worry about it, you didn't know anyway.
-Once the two had reach the library, they were chatting as Blake was together with a blonde male that had a monkey tail as that male was known as "Sun". Blake and Sun saw Weiss and Arsene together and were wondering why were the two together-
Blake: Weiss and Arsene Tale..?
Sun: They're dating?
Blake: I doubt it but at the same time I also believe that they are dating..
Sun: Which is it?
Blake: They just met so I don't think they're together.
Sun: Is Weiss an aggressive girl?
Blake: I don't think so, she rarely makes any moves on guys and when guys hit on her, she would ignore them instead, like Jaune for example.
Sun: But that Jaune guy is pretty nice!
Blake: Maybe she has eyes on him instead.
Sun: I now feel bad for Neptune.
Blake: That's what your friend gets for acting slow.
Sun: Good point.
-In the other section of the library, Arsene was showing Weiss a book about the Grimm-
Weiss: But I've already studied this before.
Arsene: Look closer. -He got closer to Weiss as he was pointing at one of the pages, the two would bump shoulders lightly as Arsene paid no attention to that but Weiss would blush madly as she focused all of her attention on the book and her eyes widened at the sight of an unread text-
"Grimm Phantoms"
Weiss: Wh-What are those?
Arsene: Like the usual beasts that you'd fight today but twice the size, comes in many different forms and is much more intelligent and powerful than any other Grimm you'd face. Stronger than the Dark Knights and Ravens, but tell no one about this.
Weiss: Why can't I tell Ruby and the others?
Arsene: Professor Ozpin does not know about these Grimm yet, if he does, there's a chance that we may not be able to hunt down the White Fang and save the world.
Weiss: I-I guess you're right..
"He's mysterious but kind and gentle. I understand him but at the same time, I also don't understand him. He speaks normally to others but to me he speaks in words that I cannot describe. Who are you? What are you? I want to know." -Weiss narrated to herself as she thought to herself-
-TO BE CONTINUED-
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Did you know that Weiss and Arsene have similar powers? Both control abilities of ice as that is their main element and did you know that Weiss is much more faster than Arsene in close quarters combat but Arsene is more decisive and swift with his decisions in battle in comparison to Weiss?