Chapter 3: Ozpin and answers
Beacon: Ozpin's office
the steady 'tik-tok' of Beacons clock tower was the only sound in Ozpin's office but this does not mean the room is empty, at his desk sat Ospin with Glynda standing by his side both looking at the man in front of them sitting in a white chair
Ozpin grabs two mugs from his desk and pours coffee into both "so may I ask why you were in the Emerald forest Mr..." he asks placing the mug in front of him
instead of answering straight away the man grab the mug and takes a small sip *blaw* the man makes sticking his tongue out, Ozpin raises an eyebrow and moves the sugar bowl forwards, the man takes a spoon full of sugar... and then puts it on the desk and pours the entire bowl into the mug
the man takes another sip and smiles from the sweet taste "well to answer your first question... it a long story and someone may not believe me" he says looking directly at Glynda who gives him a glare "but I do know something that will make you believe me Ozpin"
the headmaster gains a look of curiosity "and what would that be" he asks
the man with the blue scarf places his mug down and leans forwards resting his elbows on his legs and putting his hands together "Mt. Terra caves"
it may not be seen easily but Ozpin's eyes widen just slightly enough for Glynda to notice "really, and what happened there" Ozpin inquired
the man smiles under his hood "a large scale Dust reaction"
Ozpin inside is shocked but keeps a calm and cool persona 'if the dust in Terra caves went off at once the effect would be- it is theoretically possibly and Mt. Terra is not public knowledge'
"interesting but that does not explain how you are where in the Emerald forest" Ozpin says trying to understand the situation more
the man leans back in his chair and looks up to the ceiling "that... I am not sure of myself" he says in confusion "but there are some answers I do have, such as the Darkhorn"
Ozpin takes a final sip from his coffee "yes, Darkhorn's can only be found in the deserts near Vacuo" the man looks to Ozpin and he sees his eyes shine a brilliant blue "that's not exactly true Darkhorn's can be found at Mt. Terra because of its unique... power" the man replies
"power" Glynda who has been silently listening but her curiosity was piped by this Mt. Terra and its ability's
Ozpin turns in his chair to her "Mt. Terra has the power to attract Grimm which means the mountain is surrounded by Grimm on all sides, that is why the Dust has not been mined and also why it is not public knowledge"
"yes it would be a shame if some idiots died thinking they could get past the Grimm for that Dust" the man says leased with sarcasm "but anyway that Darkhorn was brought where by the same Dust reaction I was"
Glynda pushes up her glasses worried "but does that not mean other Grimm could be here as well"
the man nods his head "other Grimm... and my mission, Ozpin there is something I must ask of you"
"of course, I assume it has something to do with your mission" Ozpin inquired
"yes, you see among the Grimm that may be here there is one I was sent to Mt. Terra for, I've been hunting it for at lest over a month now, I know that you'll have to send hunters or students to take care of any Grimm that will appear in Vale" he tells them
he then leans forwards and Ozpin and Glynda are taken back by the determination burning in his eyes "I ask of you to leave the Emerald forest to me, I will handle any Grimm that appear there but leave the Grimm of my mission to me"
hearing this Glynda steps forwards aggravated "that's absurd we can easily send a team of Hunters with you or even keep you hear since we have no pro-"
"I CAN'T DO THAT" the man yells standing up "I can not put my faith in others, this Grimm must be taken care of by me, I cannot risk this to others... I will not risk this to others" he says with steel resolve and a look in his eyes that says he will fight the two in this room if he must
Glynda look ready to retort but is stopped by Ozpin "very well" is all he says on the matter "but you still have not answered my seconded question, what's your name"
the man sits back down and smiles "well..."
Beacon arena (the next day)
'I know I agreed to this but do I really have to do this for Ozpin's co-operation' the man thought looking at the class in front of him
(flashback)
"you want me to what" the man asks confused
"I want you to take over Glynda's combat class, do to the situation at hand and a Dust projected that was handed out the professors will have less time for classes so having another teacher will help" Ozpin explains
the man places his hand on his chin 'it is a reasonable offer, but being a teacher means I'll see them... I'll just have to deal with it' "very well"
the man stands up to leave but turns back "tell me how long till the festival" he asks "at the end of the month" Ozpin answers "huh, so only a few week till I- never mind"
(present)
"*sigh* hello, for the next few days... or weeks I will be for combat instructor" he tells the class of first year in front of him "my name is Blade" 'kind of'
(flashback again)
"but you still have not answered my seconded question, what's your name"
"well... I can't really tell you, if you know what the Dust in Mt. Terra does then it would be bad if I used my real name so just call me... Blade"
(present)
"now before we start are there are any questions you have, ask away" Blade says looking through his scroll at the students but then someone raises their hand "yes" Blade check his scroll "Weiss Schnee"
"why are you hiding your face" Weiss asks, Blade moves his hand to his head and realises he still has his hood up "oh sorry about that" as he pulls his hood down the other see a head of silver hair in a long ponytail down to his waist and two bangs framing his face, but what was the most surprising are the silver wolf ears atop his head
Blake closes her book "your a Faunus" she asks her bow twitching
'curious little kitten aren't ya' but Blade smiles none the less "yes, more specificity a wolf Faunus" he says making his ears wiggle, Cardin grunt in anger at the new teacher he may have bullied people less after the incident with Jaune but that doesn't mean he has to likes it
"oh oh oh" Nora and Ruby say waving their hands franticly
Blade chuckles at their antics "yes" he looks through his scroll "Nora Valkyrie and Ruby Rose"
"how strong are you" Nora asks with excitement
"what your weapon" Ruby asks with just as much as excitement
again Blade chuckles "good questions, well... the first one you'll all find out now" he tells them and a wheel of the teams names appears in the large screen above the arena "we're all going to play a little game" he then points his thumb to the screen behind him "that wheel will spin and land on one team, if that team can land one hit on me in combat then they get a passing grade for the semester"
that got the students attention "a passing grade and all we have to do is hit him once" Yang says in shock
Ruby raises her hand to get the Professors attention "yes Rose"
"why" she asks simply scratching the back of her head
"simply really, I want to see how well a team will do agent a huntsmen and to show you all the strength of what your aiming for" he then presses a button on his scroll which make the wheel spin "that, and why should you be the only ones that get to fight" he adds with a small grin which courses the students to sweat-drop
as the wheel spins the student stare intensely at it, some hoping to be chosen, others afraid to fight a fully fledged huntsmen, the wheels spin slows and lands on a teams name
'RWBY'
the team had different reactions to this
Yang stands up excited 'sweet, passing grade here I come... maybe'
Blake places down her book and looks on with a small smile
Weiss looks down sadly "we ever have the best or worst luck ever"
Ruby looks excited like her sister but then realises something "you ever answered my question" she yells over to the teacher
Prof. Blade only chuckles "you'll find out when you fight me" Ruby looks excited once again "maybe" he adds and Ruby enthusiasm deflates
later on team RWBY and Prof. Blade stand at either side of the stage "now before we begin there are a few more rules I want you to know"
the girls nod in understanding and Blade continues "ok first off, when your aura hits the red it means your out, you have to move over to the side and can no longer communicate with your team-mates so no helping, other then that there's only one more rule"
"what's that" Weiss asks
Blade's eyes which were kind and gentle turn sharp with an evil smile crossing his face sending chills down the spines of team RWBY "don't hold back" and with that he start to walk to them
"freezerburn" Ruby shouts, Weiss uses Myrtenaster to create a layer of ice on the floor and Yang follows by jumping in the air and slamming down with a flaming punch making a smokescreen of stem
Blade stops walking and even though he can't see, he observes 'Ruby has used speed to get behind me and Blake is coming at me from the front but it seems Yang is at my right ready to attack if this fails and Weiss is staying back for a range attack, a solid move' at that Ruby and Blake appear in Blade's vision 'but not good enough'
Blade uses his left hand and lifted up on Blake's head and spins 360 to deliver a kick to Ruby who blocks with her scythe but is sent back by the force, Blake creates a clone to move forwards, the clone disappears under Blade's weight
Blake turns around and goes for an X slash, Blade stops the slash before she can preform it and hits her arms out to her sides, he then strikes with his right hand to Blake's stomach making her skid back on her feet
Yang runs in and tries to hit him with a right jab but he knocks it forwards with his left hand, Yang goes with the spin and goes for a roundhouse kick to Blade's head who moves back but from his aura sensing an attack from behind where Weiss is and Yang smile he knows what's happening
Yang's smile turns to shock when Prof. Blade vanishes from her sights and the fire balls meant for him hit her at the last second sending her straight to Ruby and Blake
"nice try" a voice says from the left of Weiss, she slashes with her sword but is stopped by a hand grabbing her wrist, lifting her up in a spin and throws her to her teammates where she lands on her feet and the stem that blocked their vision dissipates
Ruby looks to her scroll to see there auras
hers only had a little missing
Weiss's was the same
Blake's was in the Yellow
and Yang's the same as Blake
"we didn't land a hit on him" Yang says frustrated
Ruby looks at her team "its alright we just need to-" but her word are cut off by Prof. Blade clearing his throat "sorry but this is less fun then I thought it be so I'm gonna end this now" he tells them
Blade dashes forwards to Yang who tries to punch him but he places his right hand on top of Yang's head, spins and then moves back
Yang stumbles from the weight that was on her head but regains her balance but when she look up she sees something that makes the entire arena silent
three strands of blonde hair in Prof. Blade's right hand, the students in the stands know what's to come when something like this happens to Yang, her teammates move back knowing the explosion that going to come but Blade just has a smug smirk
Yang's hand tighten into fists and shake in anger "y..you..." she shakes out her eyes turning red but Blade only smile more, Ruby sees this 'he wants Yang to charge in blindly' she turns to her sister tries to stop her "Yang don't, this just what he-"
"MONSTER!" but Ruby's words are stop by Yang's burst of aura and charges at Prof. Blade who just stands his ground and smiles
Yang goes in for a left hook but its knocked back she tries to hit with a right straight but is stopped by Blade burying his left elbow into her stomach but it doesn't stop there as he hit with a right palm strike to her chin, Yang move back and goes for a kick but Blade steps back and pushes the kick to make her face away from him, Blade delivers a right elbow to her spine and to finishes it off left punch to her neck dropping her aura into the red
her teammates are shocked that in four hits he took down Yang but they don't see Blade look to them until he call out "you let your guard down" and he rushes past Ruby and Blake straight to Weiss, seeing this Weiss creates and ice wave to stop him "did I get him"
"nope" a cherry voice says from behind her as a hand grabs the back of her head, Blade throws Weiss into the ground and ice with such force that she hits and flips into the air and onto her back her aura in the red
he then moves to Blake and hit with a left handed palm strike to her chin and then grabs her arm and slam her into the arena wall which make her aura go to red
then once again he vanishes from sight from Ruby who look around for him
"now Rose" Blade says from behind her, his fist pointed to the back of her head "as a leader you know what dissension to make" he says happily
even though her team was beat Ruby can't help but pout childishly, folding her scythe into its carrying form "we serenader" she says simply as her teammates pick themselves up with groans of pain
Prof. Blade smile at them "very good girls, it may not have shown but you all have great skill" he then wave his hands like shuing an animal away "now go go, back to your seats" 'Ozpin I may not know your reasons but I think I'm going to have fun teaching... well until I can finish my mission... and get home'
Beacon: Ozpin's office
in Beacon tower Ozpin is starring out the window to the arena
"why do you believe his story" Glynda asks from the other side of the desk, Ozpin takes a sip from his coffee and contemplates how to explain it
"tell me, what do you know of the Dust in Mt. Terra" Glynda's looks annoyed and some what reluctant to answer but she eventually sighs "nothing, I haven't even heard of Mt. Terra before yesterday"
Ozpin nods his head in understanding "the Dust that can only be found in Mt. Terra is unstable in its natural form so its not impossible there could be a large scale Dust reaction"
"but why would it send someone to Vale" Glynda asks
Ozpin turns in his chair and smiles "its not 'where' he was sent but 'when'" he says looking at his friends confused face "the Dust in Mt. Terra, is Time Dust"