Rwbby: The Man-Bear
Chapter 2: Welcome to Beacon part
Three giant airships slowly made their way to Beacon Academy, the first just dropping a ramp for the students to walk out onto. A small crowd of students walked along followed by Yang, Ruby, and Bernardo all of them in the middle of the crowd of students.
As they walked down a long pathway to the school Bernardo couldn't help but marvel at the gardens that surrounded Beacon. "This place is amazing!", he thought to himself. They kept walking until they were right in front of the gates to Beacon. Bernardo then started to feel small.
"This is a school?! It's so huge!", he said amazed. "Signal was maybe half as big as this. You make it sound like you've never been to a school before.", Yang said to Bernardo. Bernardo's pace slowed and he looked at the ground. "Well it's true..., I never went to school I was home schooled by my parents.", he said nervously. Ruby hit Yang with her elbow. "Ow! I'm sorry.", Yang said sadly. "It's alright you didn't know and besides my parents taught me a lot.", Bernardo said with a smile.
"Bernardo I never asked where are you from anyway?", Ruby asked curiously. "I'll tell you another time, besides I think we have something to do here right.", he said looking to Yang. Ruby's eyes started to get big and she was starting to stare at other students weapons as they walked by. Her face said everything she was a weapon nut. "Ohh! Ooh! Guys! That kid has a collapsible staff! And she's got a fire sword!", Ruby said very excited. Ruby started to somehow float away towards said weapons. "You want me to go get her?", Bernardo asked Yang. "Nah I got this.", she said as she grabbed Ruby by her red hood.
"Easy there little sister. They're just weapons.", Yang said trying to calm down Ruby. "Just weapons? They're an extension of ourselves! They're a part of us!", Ruby said arguing with her sister's point. "Oddly enough she's right Yang, if our weapon doesn't feel like it's apart of us then what's the point of having one in the first place.", he said agreeing with Ruby. Ruby nodded her hand in approval with a big smile on her face. She suddenly stopped and looked at Bernardo in slight confusion. "Speaking of which, Bernardo where's your weapon? I haven't seen it yet." Bernardo twiddled with his fingers nervously, "Well I could never find one that was durable enough to last against my strength, but Ozpin did tell me my parents were working on one for me. It should be here in a few days."
"Well at least I get to hang out with my sister and my new best friend!", Ruby happily as she jumped for joy. " Ruby you should keep trying to meet new people and make new friends, don't just focus on their weapons.", Yang said trying to help her sister. "Why would I need to make more friends when I have you two?", asked Ruby. Suddenly four people that neither Ruby or Bernardo have ever seen before suddenly zoomed in from out of nowhere right next to Yang.
"Well... Actually, my friends are here. Gotta go catch up. 'Kay, c'ya, bye.", Yang said as she zipped past Ruby and Bernardo at insane speeds. This caused the both of them to become dizzy and disoriented. "Wait. Where are you going? Are we supposed to go to our dorms? Where are our dorms? ...Do we even have dorms?", Ruby said as she spun around dizzily. "I'm here for you Ruby, but first help me stop the world from spinning!", Bernardo said as he kept spinning until he fell back onto several white luggage bags. "We don't know what we're doing...", Ruby said right before she tripped over Bernardo.
Bernardo then heard one of the angriest voices he'd heard in a very long time, it almost sounded familiar. "What are you doing!?", a girl asked furiously as she stood over the friends. Ruby and Bernardo started to get back up from their fall. At first Bernardo remained silent curious to find out who this familiar person was, but it was rude not to apologize to a lady. "I apologize for my friend and I. We're not having a good first day as you can see.", he said as he helped Ruby up. Bernardo was still down on one knee giving the angry girl the height advantage for the moment, he also had a weird feeling and decided to quickly put his hood over his head.
Bernardo looked at the girl for a second to take in the details of her attire. The girl is dressed primarily in light blue, white, and some red. She wears a pale blue bolero jacket over a similarly colored thigh-length dress with a piece of black lace making up the neckline of the dress. The inside of the bolero is red and the sleeves turn blue as they get closer to her wrists. The back of the bolero displays what appears to be a family crest, which bears a resemblance to a snowflake.
She also wears an apple-shaped necklace along with a pair of thin, rectangular earrings. She wears white, heeled wedge boots that go to mid-calf; the insides are also lined with red. Her long white hair is pulled back in an off-center ponytail, at the base of which is a small tiara that resembles icicles. She has a pale complexion and ice blue eyes. She also bears a crooked scar down her left eye.
She also wears a small bag on the back of her dress, wrapped around her waist with a ribbon. Her appearance gives off a sort of royalty vibe.
"Apologize?! Do you have any idea of the damage you could've caused?", the girl asked clearly upset. "Squashing your belonging miss?", Bernardo said as he picked up one of the luggage cases. "Gimme that!", the girl said as she yanked it from Bernardo's hands. She immediately opened it up to inspect its contents. "This is Dust mined and purified from the Schnee Quarry.", she said in her pompous tone. Bernardo then started to run his chin while he thought to himself. "Schee? Where have I heard that before?"
"What are you, brain dead?", the girl said seemingly dissing him off at the same time. "Dust! Fire, Water, Lightning, energy!", she continued. Bernardo's attention was somewhere else though. The girl kept shaking a glass bottle of red Dust around causing it to form into the air. It must have crept into Ruby's nose, because she was going to sneeze. "Are you even listening to me? Is any of this sinking in? What do you have to say for yourself!?", the girl said annoyingly loud. It was already too late to cover Ruby's nose up, so he went with the second best option.
He quickly raised his right arm in an odd manner. He held it up as if each was holding a shield, and then his body was outlined by a blue glow. "Bearskin Shield!", he shouted. As quickly as he said those words Ruby and the "princess" were quickly covered by the same glow that surrounded him. Right when the blue glow had fully covered them Ruby sneezed causing a large explosion right where all three of them stood. Within the explosion small icicles formed and quickly disappeared, as did lighting and sparks of energy. The glass bottle the princess held onto flew across the courtyard landing at the feet of another girl.
As the smoke cleared the princess started to yell once more until she noticed a blue glow about her. "Unbeliev...able.", she said as she looked at her hands. The glass bottle of Dust was then picked up by the girl and she then turned to find where at the commotion was coming from. She turned and saw a curious sight. The princess then looked up at Bernardo who was starting to stand up and pat himself down from all the soot. The princess started to stare very hard at him, because his hood had been blown back down to shoulders. "What? Is there something in my hair?", he asked nonchalantly.
Ruby's eyes were filled with stars she finally got to see Bernardo's semblance in action. "Are you alright miss?", he asked the princess as he reached out for her hand. She pulled back her hand and was shocked by the mere size of him, he stood over two feet taller than her. She was shocked at first, but then quickly regained her annoying attitude. "What kind of fanuas are you? I've never seen one like you before.", she said curiously. "You can't tell?... I'm a Bear fanuas and I'm now attending Beacon Academy. As well as my friend here Ruby Rose.", Bernardo said as he motioned to himself and Ruby.
"Why would Beacon allow a little girl and a giant brute to be students? This isn't your ordinary combat school. It's not just sparring and practice you know. We're here to fight monsters! So watch where you're going!", the princess said annoyingly. Ruby then couldn't take it anymore; she wasn't going to let this girl talk to her friend like that. She stepped in front of Bernardo and was about two feet away from the princess' face.
"Hey, he said he was sorry, Princess!", Ruby said emphasizing the word princess. Another voice then chimed in grabbing everyone's attention. "It's Heiress, actually.", a girl said as she walked up to the group.
Bernardo turned to face the new voice, it sounded almost like a Cheshire Cat that was making itself known. The voice belonged to a young girl she wears black low-heeled boots and stockings that start off black at her hips, but gradually fade to purple as they near her shoes. On the outside of her stockings, there are white emblems that are most likely belladonna flowers. She wears black ribbons on both of her arms, with a black detached sleeve and a silver band on her left arm.
She wears a black buttoned vest with coattails, and a white sleeveless undershirt that exposes part of her midriff with white shorts that may be connected to her shirt, although it is partly obscured by the vest. Her shorts have a zipper on the front of each leg, but it is unknown if these zippers serve a purpose or are simply decorative. Her zippers are emblazoned with an awkward symbol. She also wears a detached scarf-like collar around her neck. She also has a gray magnetic plate strapped to her back like a backpack, for holstering what Bernardo would assume is her weapon.
She is a young girl of light complexion, similar to Ruby and the princess. She has long, wavy black hair, and her eyes are amber, complemented by light-purple eye shadow flaring backwards. Her eyes are slightly tilted upwards at the ends, giving her a somewhat catlike appearance.
"Weiss Schnee, heiress to the Schnee Dust Company, one of the largest producers of energy propellant in the world.", the cat eyed girl said calmly. "Finally, some recognition!", the now known Weiss said with pride. "The same company infamous for controversial labor forces and questionable business partners.", cat eyes continued her tone growing slightly serious. "What- How dare-!", Weiss said clearly appalled by what car eyes just said. Bernardo and Ruby looked at each other and couldn't help but grin at Weiss' reaction.
All Weiss could say was "Ugh!", as she swiped the glass bottle of dust from the cat eyed girl. She then stormed off towards the school, her butlers in tow carting off her belongings. As she stormed off Ruby then yelled an apology. "I promise I'll make this up to you!", Ruby said clearly sorry for what she did. "I guess we're not the only ones having a rough first day, huh Ruby?", Bernardo said trying to cheer her up. She gave him a weak smile, then turned her head to start a conversation with the cat eyed girl.
The cat eyed girl was already about ten yards away from them walking in the opposite direction. Bernardo sniffed the air from where the girl just stood. "Smells like I'm not the only fanuas here, but I wonder why she's hiding her true identity?", he thought to himself. Ruby then slouched down and sat down in the middle of the walkway. "Welcome to Beacon.", Ruby said weakly. Bernardo didn't like seeing anyone like this, he was trying to think of a way to cheer her up. He squat down next to her and patted her shoulder in support.
That was until someone walked up to them and introduced themselves. "Hey, I'm Jaune.", he said in a slightly nervous manner. He offered his hand to Ruby to help pick her up, Bernardo would have done it himself but he seemed to be a cool guy. "Maybe he'll be a distraction to Ruby's bad day.", Bernardo thought to himself. "Ruby.", Ruby said in the same manner. The blonde headed young man then turned his head to look at Bernardo who was starting to stand back up. "Bernardo.", Bernardo said calmly. The young man's eyes widened slightly, amazed at how tall Bernardo was. He would have asked how tall he was, but Ruby got his attention.
"Aren't you the guy that threw up on the ship?", Ruby said as she did her best to hide her laughter.
A few minutes later
Ruby, Jaune, and Bernardo were all walking down a path through a lavish garden. "All I'm saying is that motion sickness is a much more common problem than people let on!", Jaune said slightly nervous.
Jaune is a tall teenage boy with dark-blue eyes that are emphasized by his messy blonde hair. He is quite toned, having strong muscles in his arms, shoulders and upper chest. He wears a white diamond-shaped chestplate and white spaulders with rerebrace. Under the armor, he wears a black hoodie with detached reddish-orange sleeves. He also wears blue pants with a white patch on the left knee, as well as black sneakers. Jaune has elbow guards with cords strung through them and he wears black high tops.
He has two belts crisscrossing his waist, both different shades of brown, with a pair of small pouches on them. Jaune wears brown wrist-length gloves with exposed fingertips and a small metal plate on the back. His sword is strapped to his left hip in a sheath.
"Look, I'm sorry Vomit-boy was the first thing that came to mind.", said Ruby. "Oh yeah, what if I called you Crater-face?", said Jaune trying to get Ruby back for calling him Vomit-Boy. "He he he he.", laughed Bernardo.
"Hey, that explosion was an accident.", Ruby said getting a little upset. "I don't know Ruby, it just depends on your perspective during that 'accident'.", Bernardo said trying to get them to stop their little argument.
"Well the name's Jaune Arc! Short, sweet, rolls off the tongue, ladies love it!", Jaune said confidently. "Do they?", Ruby said seriously. "Ooooh! I'm not even on the receiving end of that one and I still felt it hurt my manly pride!", Bernardo said dramatically. Jaune quickly responded to this. "They will. Well, I hope they will...", Jaune said quickly losing confidence. "I mean my mom always said that... never mind.", he said nervously.
"Hey Jaune your not the only one that's follows what their parents say, I'm going off of what my parents taught me. I've never actually been to a school before..., of any kind.", Bernardo said trying to cheer up Jaune. "Well I don't feel as alone in that department anymore. Thanks Bernardo.", Jaune said with a little confidence.
For a few moments they walked in silence until Ruby decided to talk about something else. "So I got this thing.", Ruby said as she opened up Crescent Rose. She wasn't looking where she was and almost hit Bernardo who jumped out of the way. Jaune tenses up and took a step back, "Whoa! Is that a scythe?!"
"It's also a customizable, high impact velocity sniper rifle.", Ruby said proudly. "A wha-?", Jaune asked before Ruby simplified it for him. "It's also a gun.", responded Ruby. "Whoa. That's cool.", Jaune said amazed. "High velocity? So that's how you were able to change direction so quickly!", Bernardo said as he remembered the fight from the night before.
"Actually it's a mixture of my weapon and my semblance. My uncle gave me the idea, helped me to build Crescent Rose, and even taught me how fight!", Ruby said her eyes aglow.
"What about you Jaune? What's your weapon?", Bernardo asked curiously. Jaune started to get quiet. "I have this...", he said sheepishly. He pulled a medieval sword out from a sheath on his left hip. "And the sheath also becomes my shield.", he continued to speak nervously. "Looks more like a family heirloom.", Ruby said honestly.
Bernardo's eyes stared to widen with astonishment.
Jaune hung his head in embarrassment and let out a sigh. Bernardo tapped his shoulder. Jaune looked up at him with curious eyes. "May I?", Bernardo asked pointing to Jaune's sword. Jaune was hesitant at first, but soon handed it to Bernardo. "This is a very durable sword and shield you have here Jaune. Watch this!", Bernardo said as he jumped back and started to swing the sword around.
As he swung, each swipe of the sword carried wind behind the swing. Jaune's eyes widened at what he saw. After a few swings Bernardo stopped and gave the sword back to Jaune. "That's one incredibly durable sword you have there Jaune.", Bernardo said with a smile. "H...h..how can you tell?", Jaune asked coming back from his stupor. "I say that, because if this were made from regular steel it would have shattered from my strength alone.", Bernardo said his voice growing slightly serious.
"Ok well I do believe we must be going.", Bernardo said with a smile. Ruby and Jaune began to follow the giant. As they began to walk Ruby started up another conversation. "So Jaune, why did you help us out back there, in the courtyard?",Ruby asked curiously.
"Eh, why not? My mom always says 'Strangers are just friends you haven't met yet.'", Jaune said with confidence. "She sounds like a very wise woman!", Bernardo said with a big grin. This made Bernardo extremely happy, not many people his age listened to their parents as much as he did. It was good to see that Jaune believed in what his mother had told him.
"Hmmm... Hey, where are we going?", Ruby asked curiously. "Oh, I dunno, I was following you.", Jaune said slightly confused. "I was following you two.", said Bernardo. "You think there might be a directory? Maybe a food court? Some sort of recognizable landmark?", asked Jaune. Ruby snickered in response. "Is uh... Is that a 'no'", asked Jaune. "That's a 'no'", Ruby responded.
That's when Bernardo began to look around. "Well if I remember correctly, there were people walking the opposite direction as us.", Bernardo said looking behind him. He turned around completely and came to a conclusion from what he saw. "It seems everyone was headed to that big building, and where there's a big building there's an auditorium.", Bernardo said confidently.
"What are we waiting for; let's go we might already be late.", Ruby said in a hurried manner. Jaune and Bernardo followed without question.
As they made their way to the large building and walked into the main hall, they found everyone that had arrived on the airships. The entire crowd was split into two like a church with a lane right down the middle of the crowd. Many of the new students looked at Bernardo in awe, he was a giant among them. He stood over everyone and surprisingly he had a warm smile on his face. Still most people felt intimidated by his size alone.
As they made their way through the crowd someone grabbed Ruby and Bernardo's attention."Ruby! Bernardo! Over here! I saved you both some spots!", Yang said as she waved at them. "Hey we gotta go! We'll see you after the ceremony!", Ruby said as she rushed to her sister leaving Bernardo behind.
"Hey, wait! Great. Where am I suppose to find another nice, quirky girl to talk to?", Jaune said slightly worried. "It's ok Jaune remember, what you're looking for will always come from where you least expect it.", said Bernardo. He patted Jaune on the back for reassurance. "Good luck Jaune, remember you ever need help with anything or just wanna talk; I'm here for you brother.", Bernardo said with a smile.
"Thanks Bernardo.", Jaune said with his head held a little higher. Bernardo then began to walk to where Yang and Ruby were. As he was walking he quickly looked back and could see a red-headed girl with golden armor looking pretty hard at Jaune. He smiled and thought to himself, "Jaune doesn't even have to try, because I think someone already found him."
Bernardo was brought back to reality when he heard Ruby's voice grow louder. " You mean since you ditched us and we almost exploded!?", Ruby said clearly annoyed. "Yikes, Meltdown already?", Yang responded. "No we had an unfortunate accident, but everything turned out alright in the end.", Bernardo said as walked up to them.
"Wait, you had a meltdown too Bernardo?", Yang said as she gave him a friendly smile. Bernardo responded with a raised eyebrow. "No, I literally almost exploded a hole in front of the of the school. If Bernardo hadn't of shielded us then I wouldn't be here right now. There was fire... and I think some ice.", Ruby said still annoyed and tired. "I think there was some lightning and energy flying around as well.", Bernardo said raising a finger to grab their attention.
"Are you two being sarcastic?", Yang said with a grin. "Ugh, I wish!", Ruby said clearly upset. The moment Ruby spoke those words Bernardo could see a certain white haired princess, with a scowl on her point, and it was pointed directly at Ruby.
"We tripped over some crabby girl's luggage! And then she yelled at us! And then I sneezed!", Ruby said in a rushed manner. "Uh... Ruby.", Bernardo said trying to get her attention. "Hold on Bernardo let me finish!", Ruby said almost snapping at him.
"And then I exploded! And then she started to yell again, but stopped when she saw that Bernardo protected us from the blast. And I felt really, really bad! And I just wanted her to stop yelling at us!", Ruby said before she was interrupted. "You!", Weiss yelled causing Ruby to jump into Yang's arms.
"Oh God, it's happening again!", Ruby said in a fearful tone. "You're lucky we weren't blown off the side of the cliff!", Weiss yelled at Ruby. Yang's eyes went wide with realization that Ruby was right. "Oh my god, you really exploded.", Yang said in amazement.
"Enough!", Bernardo growled. "It was an accident and luckily I was able to shield everyone from the explosion, so in the end no one got hurt. Now can you stop yelling at my friend?", Bernardo said calmly.
Weiss' eyes grew wider at seeing Bernardo grow angry for a second. She took a second to calm down and resume what she wanted to say. She then immediately raised a pamphlet up to Bernardo's eye level, which was difficult because he was so tall. The pamphlet read "Dust: For Dummies".
Before Weiss could speak Bernardo stopped her by raising his hand. "Do you really think that we would come to Beacon without knowing what Dust is?", Bernardo asked with a small growl. Weiss was in a slight state of awe, but she kept her cool. Bernardo then offered her an open hand to shake. "Look, I apologize for what happened. I hope that we can keep this incident behind us and be friends. My name is Bernardo Oso Guardían, it's a pleasure to make your acquaintance Weiss Schnee.", he said warmly.
Weiss was slowly moving her hand to him until a certain red and black ball of sunshine butted in. "I'm really sorry Weiss! Is there anything I do to make things up to you?!", Ruby said frantically.
Weiss resumed her glare at Ruby. "You really want to start making things up to me?", asked Weiss. Ruby was quick to answer, "Absolutely!"
Weiss then shoved the pamphlet into Ruby's face and put it into Ruby's hands. "Read this and don't ever speak to me again.", Weiss said rudely. Bernardo looked at Yang for some help. "Look, it sounds like you three got off on the wrong foot. Why don't you just you all just start over and try to be friends, okay?", Yang said trying to help her sister and new friend.
"Yeah! Great idea, sis! Hello, Weiss! I'm Ruby! Wanna hang out? We can go shopping for school supplies!", Ruby said as she extended her hand to Weiss. Bernardo kept quiet and decided to see what Weiss would say.
"Yeah, and we can paint our nails, and try on clothes, and talk about cute boys, like tall, blonde and scraggly over there!", Weiss said extremely sarcastically. The boy she pointed to was coincidently Jaune, and he was able to hear what Weiss said about him too. That immediately grabbed his attention and all he could say was, "hmmgh?"
"Wow, really?", Ruby asked. "No!", Weiss said bluntly. Bernardo couldn't even form words at the moment, he grabbed the bridge of his nose in response and sighed. Suddenly the ringing of a microphone grabbed his attention. He looked up to see Headmaster Ozpin and Vice Headmistress Goodwitch standing on the stage.
"Ahem... I'll keep this brief. You have traveled here today in search of knowledge. To hone your craft and acquire new skills. And when you have finished, you plan to dedicate your life to the protection of the people. But I look amongst you and all I see is wasted energy in need of purpose, direction. You assume knowledge will free you of this, but your time at this school will prove that knowledge can only carry you so far. It is up to you to take the first step.", Ozpin said his words sounding empty; like he wasn't fully there.
As he started to walk off Ms. Goodwitch took the stand and gave a final announcement. "You will gather in the ballroom tonight. Tomorrow your initiation begins, be ready. You are dismissed!", she said giving a final piece of advice.
Bernardo wasn't the only one to notice Ozpin didn't sound like himself. "He seemed kind of off.", Yang commented. "Almost like he wasn't even there.", Ruby said sounding slightly confused. The topic was soon interrupted by Jaune who came closer to Weiss and commented, "I'm a natural blond, you know!" Weiss put her head into her hand and Bernardo couldn't help but smile at her predicament.
Suddenly Bernardo felt the hood of his hoodie being pulled forcing him to follow. "Woah! What's going on!?", he said in a panic. "Come on big guy! You still owe me a fight!", Yang said happily. Bernardo didn't want to rip his new clothes, so he did his best to follow along with Yang. Weiss was confused at this amazing with Jaune who just as confused.
"Wait, are they going to have a duel? Right now?", Jaune asked confused. "I still have a few things to do before the day is done. Good day!", Weiss said as she stormed off. Jaune was about to stop her before Ruby grabbed his arm and pulled him along. "Come on Jaune! Let's go watch!", Ruby said in an excited voice.
They walked for about five minutes before they came across the same courtyard they arrived at. Yang let go of Bernardo's hood and took another ten paces before turning back around to face him. Ruby and Jaune stood further back away from them, so that they wouldn't get in the way. "Any ground rules you want to set señoríta.", Bernardo as he stretched. "No, I think we're good. But I do have a question before we start. Are you okay fighting without a weapon?", Yang asked with a smile. "No I'm good, it puts us on an even grounds.", Bernardo said with final stretch of his arms.
"I don't think so.", Yang said in a sing-song manner. Bernardo raised an eyebrow at this. "I wonder what she means?", he thought to himself. "Ruby can you be the referee!?", Yang said yelling across the courtyard. "You betcha sis!", Ruby said giving her sister a thumbs up. "You ready big guy?", asked Yang. Bernardo raised his hands up and spread his fingers out curving them, forming an open palm along with his fingers looking like elongated claws. To put it short his hands looked like big bear paws. He got into a stance and took a deep breath. "¡Vamos! ¡Muéstrame lo que tienes!", he shouted at Yang. (Come on! Show me what you got!)
Yang deployed her gauntlets and then quickly rushed Bernardo, bringing her right fist back and aiming for Bernardo's gut. He crossed his arms and braced himself. When Yang's fist met with Bernardo's arms, the ground beneath him started to slightly crack under his feet. Bernardo kept his strength up exactly equal to the amount of strength Yang was giving him.
She then gave him a big smirk and used her gauntlets to fire herself away from him and then immediately fired again changing her direction throwing another punch at him. He had to jump out of the way and keep on his toes. He wasn't one for hitting women, even if they tried to fight him like this girl.
Yang quickly changed her direction again and launched some dust charges at Bernardo causing him to jump back. "Ok, time to put a little more effort into this fight!", he thought to himself. As Yang charged him again and Bernardo started to throw a few attacks at her. He quickly launched an open palm at Yang, but because of her smaller size she ducked down and avoided the attack. She was in his face now and didn't show any mercy on him. She then fired in quick succession five shots into Bernardo's chest.
He went flying back almost hitting a wall. He dug his hands into the concrete beneath him, stopping his momentum. "So, you're a boxer! I can keep up with this!", he shouted at her. "Come on big guy give me your best!", she shouted giving him a big smile.
Bernardo picked himself up and then rushed Yang. Keeping his hands and arms open he threw his open palms at her in faster succession. This forced her to keep her arms up to block and forced her to step back. Bernardo saw this and then leg sweeped her knocking her down. He quickly jumped back and took his stance. He wasn't about to anyone while they were down, that not how anyone should fight.
Yang quickly jumped back up and looked Bernardo in the eye. "Ok big guy, hope you can keep up.", Yang said launching herself at him much faster than before.
Bernardo was ready, he increased his own speed keeping up with her. For some odd reason they were able to block or parry each other's attack, almost as if they were synchronized with each other. This went on for a few minutes and Bernardo's mind began to wonder. "It almost feels like we're dancing with each other, but if we keep fighting like this than no one will win.", he thought to himself. He thought too soon, for Yang already had another strategy in mind. She used her gauntlets to push herself back and cocked her right arm back, ready to launch herself at him. Bernardo saw this and did the same, but with an open palm. They both waited for a few seconds then kicked their legs, launching them forward at each other.
Yang's punch made contact forcing Bernardo to slightly fall sideways, but because of the impact it forced Bernardo's attack to go a little off course. Bernardo aimed his fist for shoulder so the impact wouldn't harm her much, but Yang was the first to hit. The blow from her attack forced his arm to go much higher than intended. His open palm went straight for her hair!
They still had their momentum carry them about twenty yards away from each other until they both stopped. Bernardo felt something around his hand though. He looked down at his hand and saw a few strands of golden hair curled tightly around his fingers. He then quickly turned around and looked at Yang. "I'm so sorry Yang I didn't mean to.", Bernardo said very sorry for what he had done.
Yang just stood there in the same position, but had golden energy begin to slowly swarm around her. "Bernardo get out of there!", Ruby screamed at the top of her lungs. "It's ok Ruby I'm just trying to apologize.", said Bernardo. As he turned his head back to Yang he was greeted by an extremely angry Yang.
Her punch sent him flying through the air and hitting a wall at high speeds. For a few seconds Bernardo lay within the wall unconscious, until something within his mind yelled at him. "Wake up cub!", a mysterious voice yelled. Bernardo's eyes shot open and at lighting speeds pulled himself out of the wall while simultaneously dodging Yang's second attack. He rolled and then entered back into his stance. He was finally able to get a good look at her now. Her golden hair flowed upwards and it was surrounded by what he assumed was her own golden aura. What really stuck out to Bernardo was that her eyes were not purple anymore, but they were a crimson red.
She slowly walked to Bernardo's position, anger was practically burning within her eyes, and her intentions grim. Bernardo did his best to reason with her. "Yang let's just calm down and talk abo...", he Bernardo said before he was punched again by Yang. The punch sent him flying up into the air and he quickly hit the ground with a loud thud.
Bernardo's POV
I hit the ground extremely hard, I haven't felt this kind of pain since I began training with my parents. I started to pick myself up and shook my head to help fix my sight. When I stopped all I could see was Yang running at me, and suddenly I felt my own anger start to rise. I felt my body start to convulse with my aura being the cause of it. "Yang don't do this! Trust me!", I said pleading to her.
She then quickly closed the distance throwing another punch at me. I was able to quickly reach out and grab ahold of her fist. She threw her other fist, but luckily I was able to grab that as well. "Yang stop this, before my semblance starts to take effect on me!", I shouted begging for her to stop for the last time. Her response was very simple. She cocked her head back and head butted me. My head fell back in pain, and I felt my semblance take over. My strength began to rise and my anger wouldn't stop growing.
End Bernardo POV
Bernardo's body began to shake almost uncontrollably and a bright blue glow came from him. It then formed into a kind of shadow and it only grew until it formed into a giant figure that stood behind Bernardo. It copied his movements exactly, but it never became clear. The figure looked fuzzy and had no defined shape. He slowly raised his head and looked Yang in the eye. "So be it!", he said in a deep dark tone. For a brief moment Yang could feel a chill go down her spine, and she flinched because of it.
Bernardo then pushed her back with great force, throwing her into the same wall he was punched into. She quickly recovered and ran at him, ready to punch him again. Only this time she roared in anger. Bernardo took a deep breath, which took good few seconds. Right until the moment Yang was about to punch him. At the last second he let out a thundering roar that was so loud; Yang had to try and hold onto the ground just to stop herself from flying back into the same wall again. His roar sounded oddly just like that of a great giant bear.
After the roar subsided Yang quickly got to her feet, but couldn't find Bernardo. He had somehow vanished into thin air; that was until Yang looked behind her to see him come rushing at her. He aimed his palm at her torso, hitting her before she could even react. He watched as she flew back about thirty yards. He stood there and waited for her to stand back up. He stood there in his stance, but oddly enough he kept growling like a great beast.
Soon enough Yang jumped to her feet, gave Bernardo a death glare, and released a new burst of golden aura. Bernardo returned the glare with one of his own. "I need to end this now!", he thought to himself. He then pushed off of his right leg with more strength than before, causing the ground to crack beneath his feet. He was so fast not even the newly reenergized Yang could react to the sudden movement.
He appeared suddenly behind Yang wrapping his arm underneath her arms and then behind her head, locking her into place and only leaving her legs free. Yang struggled to free herself but to no avail. "You calm down, then I let go!", he said growling at her. She did everything she could the free herself. She threw her head back at him to disorient him, but he still held strong. She tried to kick him free leg feet, but still he held. After about three minutes of her thrashing around, she finally submitted to him.
Yang finally stopped thrashing and her semblance died down. "Okay you can let go now! I've calmed down!", Yang said in annoyed tone. Bernardo slowly let her go just to be sure she wouldn't sucker punch him. Yang then quickly turned to face Bernardo but found a weird sight. Her eyes grew wider when she saw what had happened to Bernardo. He was shaggier then before, he had sharper teeth, and his hands started to transform into giant paws.
"Bernardo? Are you okay?", Yang asked in a worried voice. "Yeah, just give me a minute.", he said with a growl. He slowed down his breathing then began to shudder as his body transformed back into his normal form. "You tore out some of my hair!", Yang said yelling at him and crossing her arms. He took a deep breath and got down onto a bended knee. "I'm very sorry for damaging your beautiful hair Yang. Please forgive. I'll do anything to make it up to you.", he said bowing his head.
Suddenly Yang's demeanor changed. "You have a girlfriend?", Yang asked in a happy tone. This caught Bernardo off guard and it baffled him. "Umm... no?", he said slightly confused. "Give me some time to think on what you'll do to repay me.", Yang said as she walked up to him. She leaned down to his level and quickly kissed him on the cheek. As she stood back up, Ruby and Jaune ran up to her.
"Bernardo, Yang! Are you two ok?", Ruby asked worriedly. "Yeah we're fine, Bernardo just owes me one for my hair though. Besides that I'm just curious about your semblance big guy.", Yang said looking back at a now composed Bernardo. He began to pat himself down if any dirt that clung to his clothes.
"I call it Berserker Rage. It's my other semblance and like you I get extremely angry. Though it has its drawbacks, the longer I use it the more I transform into a giant bear.", Bernardo said calmly. Everyone's eyes except for Yang's grew wide. "Well I like it, at least I'm not the only one here that has a temper, and I finally have someone who can take a punch.", Yang said as she winked at him. Bernardo couldn't say anything but blush. "Well let's go we still have to put our things away. Before it gets dark.", Yang said as she pulled Bernardo by his hood. Jaune and Ruby just looked at each other, Jaune shrugged his shoulders.
Few Hours Later
Bernardo was changing into an worn pair of black basketball shorts and a black t-shirt. He was one of the last people to change into their sleeping attire before lights out. Besides him the only other guy changing was Jaune. He stood up and began to make his way to the ballroom but had to take a double take when he saw Jaune.
"Jaune are you serious right now amigo?", Bernardo asked surprised at Jaune sleeping attire. "Why? What's wrong? My mom packed these for me.", Jaune said confused. Jaune's pajamas were a light blue pajama onesie, with added bunny slippers. Bernardo face palmed himself. "Brother if you want girls to like you need to look the part.", Bernardo said as he reached into his bags. "But I don't have anything else to sleep in!", Jaune said in a frantic manner.
"Here I brought this just in case. It may be big but it's a compression shirt, so it should fit you a little baggy.", Bernardo said giving Jaune a smile.
In a few minutes Jaune had changed and they both walked into the ballroom to find their sleeping spots. As Bernardo walked into the ballroom he could hear Yang. He found out that he had some amazing senses when he was a kid.
He heard Yang walking over to Ruby. As he walked over to them he could feel the stares of almost everyone in the ballroom. Everyone seemed to either be curious of him or jealous of his stature.
He was brought out of his thoughts as he got closer to his new friends. He could see Ruby writing a letter and Yang throwing herself onto her sleeping bag right next to Ruby. "It's like a big slumber party!", Yang said happily. "I don't think dad would approve of all the boys, though.", Ruby said not looking up from her writing. "I know I do.", Yang said with a smirk. She then looked across the ballroom to get another look at all the boys as they were doing things to attract the attention of the girls.
Some of the boys lightly wrestled and some even flexed, but they stopped as Bernardo walked in front of them, took his shirt off, took a front double bicep pose, and flexed his muscles to their limit. (If you want to know what the pose looks like, just look it up. I didn't want anyone not knowing what the pose looked like.)
Yang's eyes grew wider and her mouth hung agape for a few seconds before she did a loud Wolf Whistle. The other girls in the room gasped at seeing this and only a few did their best not to respond to Bernardo's action. He only wanted to show off to Yang, there was something different about her and he liked it.
He walked up to them and put his shirt back on. He decided to play a little more with Yang. "You enjoy the gun show ma'am?", Bernardo said in a western accent. Yang was then brought back from her train of perverted thoughts. "It was nice, especially when you have a front row seat. I was just wondering if any of the "guns" are for sail?", Yang said very flirtatious. "You just say the word and I give them to you free of charge.", Bernardo said with a big smirk and a wink.
"So Ruby, what you writing there?", Bernardo asked curiously. "A letter to the gang back at signal. I promised to them all about Beacon and how things are going.", Ruby said with a small smile. "Aww, that's so cuuuuute!", Yang said making fun of her sister. "Shut up! I didn't get to take my friends with me to school. It's weird not knowing anyone here.", Ruby said clearly upset at here predicament. Bernardo couldn't help but to try and cheer her up.
"I understand your pain Ruby. This is my first time coming to a school of any kind and most of my friends live in the slums down in town. I worry that they're doing alright.", Bernardo said with concern in his voice. Yang tried to help lighten the mood a little. "Well think about it Ruby, what about Jaune and Bernardo here? They're your friends now. There you go plus two friends! That's a two-hundred percent increase!", Yang said trying to cheer up her sister.
"I'm pretty sure Weiss counts as a negative friend. Back to only one.", Ruby said negatively. "Remember Ruby there's no such thing as negative friends. Besides I think you and Weiss will slowly become friends, just speaking from personal experience but I think she's been through some tough times. She protects herself with that "princess" attitude of her's. I know this sounds like a fortune cookie, but remember just keep being nice to her. Maybe then she'll know that you have good intentions.", Bernardo said giving her a warm smile.
"Look, it's only been one day. Trust me; you've got friends all around you. You just haven't met them yet.", Yang said trying to comfort her sister. At that moment a match was lit and brought to a candle. Ruby got up from her sleeping bag and Bernardo looked up, curious to find out who needed light at this hour. As soon as the candle began to illuminate they were able to tell who it was. It was the girl who revealed to them that Weiss was an heiress. Yang became curious at this.
"That girl...", said Ruby. Bernardo decided to stay silent, he wanted to see what Ruby was planning on doing next. "You know her?", asked Yang. "Not really. She saw what happened this morning, but left before we could say anything.", Ruby answered. "Well now's your chance!", Yang said excitedly. She then stood up and began to pull Ruby along with her. "Hey wait! What are you doing!", Ruby said alarmed at what her sister was doing. Bernardo decided to stay where he was at and watch how Yang and Ruby would do.
At first Ruby seemed shy and didn't really show her true self, Bernardo couldn't help but feel a little sorry for her. At least they were able to find out that the girl's name was Blake. After a few more comments, Blake was able to change to a subject that Ruby held very dear to herself. The subject was books, and once Ruby heard that she seemed to have relax. At that moment she seemed to have control over herself.
Bernardo began to really listen to their conversation now. "As a girl, I wanted to be just like those heroes in the books. Someone who fought for what was right, and who protected people who couldn't protect themselves.", Ruby said drive and emotion. "That's very ambitious for a child. Unfortunately, the real world isn't the same as a fairy tail.", Blake said telling the grim truth. Bernardo even felt a little down at this comment, because when you think about it Blake was right.
"Well that's why we're here... to make it better.", Ruby said giving Blake a warm smile. Bernardo raised his head and was amazed at Ruby's response to Blake's. Ruby was something else and hopefully she can stay this way even when dark times came. His thoughts were interrupted when he heard the sounds of fighting. He looked a up and saw Yang and Ruby having a sibling kind of fight. Not the one where fists are thrown and blood is drawn, but one where it's like just a friendly kind of fight, and there's no intention of harm.
Though the little fight was causing many to wake and stir from their slumber. Even Weiss got up and walked towards the sisters. Bernardo rolled his eyes as he got up so he could help out. He grabbed a book and walked towards the sisters. When Weiss came in and began to complain, things got out of hand, and Blake was about to blow out her candle but was stopped when Bernardo came up to them.
"I see some of us are having some trouble sleeping, I can help you with that, and maybe we can all use a distraction.", Bernardo said loud enough for everyone to hear. Many were confused at offer, and many more were curious to what he wanted to do. He walked over to Blake and gestured for her to hand over her candle, because he would need the light to read the book he brought. He then walked over to his sleeping bag and placed the candle down. "For those who want to listen gather round, and for those who don't go to sleep. I promise that this won't take long.", he continued to speak in a fatherly manner.
Surprisingly no one questioned him, until Weiss walked up to him. She had that same look in her eye as she did when she yelled at Ruby for the explosion. Before she could even open her mouth Bernardo gave her such a glare that she sat down before him and mumbled some words under her breath. Many other new students surrounded Bernardo and gathered to hear the story he would tell. Ruby had sat right next to him and had a front row seat. Yang however leaned on his head; she wasn't heavy but it made Bernardo feel a bit uncomfortable. Especially when Yang has such a big soft chest. Blake sat next to him on his left and kept some space between them.
Nevertheless he continued, opened the book, and took a deep breath. "The Legend of The Four Maidens.", he read in a warm voice. (If you want to hear the story just go to YouTube and search RWBY Volume 3, The World of Remnant: The Four Maidens) As he began to read, at once everyone began to relax and some even fell asleep as he read. The story only kept a few students awake, but the rest were asleep and at peace. As Bernardo read the last line he himself felt at peace.
"They promised to return each and every year, to visit their dear friend.", he read warmly. Bernardo then closed the book and looked around to see who was still awake. He found that all of the students save for Ruby, Weiss, Blake, and Yang were just barely awake. "Goodnight everyone and good luck to you tomorrow.", he said with a small smile. The girls then went back to their sleeping back and quickly fell asleep.
Luckily the other students fell asleep on their sleeping bags. Bernardo then lied down and thought to himself, "This is going to be a great year." He then slowly closed his eyes and drifted off into sleep. At that moment he felt something stir within him, something old and powerful. It felt like something was stirring from its slumber.
Within Bernardo a giant shadow breathed slowly and deeply. "It's almost time to reveal myself to the cub.", the shadow said in a voice so deep everything shook around it.
This is my longest I've ever written. I got the idea of Bernardo's power from Beorn the Skin Changer. He's from "The Hobbit The Desolation of Smaug and The Hobbit The Battle of The Five Armies. I was always intrigued by his abilities. I promise that many things will happen and surprise you, hopefully. I also promise that I will continue to write and post chapters for Ben 10 Omniwatch. Everyone have a great day.
