Yo! Loric Kane here once again!
That was fast wasn't it? I think it was about week ago I uploaded a chapter for you guys. Why was I fast? Well Valentine's ofcourse! I'm always so giddy when a day like this comes along. So I channeled all my energy into this chapter like any normal writer would well the emotions were fresh. And it paid of in the form of an Omake! It's down below and you might or might not like it but its there people.
I hope you had a wonderful Valentines!
And if you didn't then know that down here in New Zealand Loric Kane loves you all!
And now, onwards with the adventures of Arashi and co.
P.s this chapter might suck. I wrote it in a week
Chapter 3:
My son, my friend, my tormentor
Years ago
"Look at him"
"How could they let one of those beasts in here?"
"Someone needs to put him in his place"
In the court yards of Beacon any eyes full of hatred and disgust were aimed at a young boy sitting on the edge of the central water fountain. The boy was short, so short that he looked ten where his actual age was thirteen. He had a peculiar hair shade of navy blue and a contrasting eye colour of blood red. And unusual it may seem, atop of his head was a set of equally blue wolf ears. And even more unusual was that a boy his age was reading a thick brown book he barely managed to hold up right.
Of to the side a group of fully grown teenage boys seethed as the boy continued reading, ignoring all the threats thrown at him since the day they arrived at Beacon. It was a privilege for the boy to come to Beacon in the first place. But he was still trash in their eyes. Even if he was an apprentice the boy would always remain trash. And that was why they felt they needed to do something. They wanted to remind the boy of his place. Like any decent man would, they wanted to take out the trash.
"Dog" A muscular man marched up to the boy with his face scrunched up into a smug look "I said dog!"
To boy continued to read uninterrupted. The man sneered as his friends started too crowded around himself and the boy.
"Come on man" A skinny brown haired man cheered "Teach the mutt his place"
The crowd cheered and soon started chanting 'beat the dog, beat the dog'. The smug look soon returned to the bully's' face. His boots thumped as he got closer and closer to the boy
"I said DOG!" He shouted, using his oversized hands to grab the boy by the head. He grinned as the boy dropped the book in pain and tried to remove the crushing force on around his head with his small hands
"A dog should always bow for his master" He grinned "Now bow!"
Like a baseball, he used minimum effort to throw the small boy's head into the concrete with shattering force. The small boy didn't even let out a whimper the man's disappointment but he grinned anyway when he saw thick crimson trickle down the boy's forehead. As dripped onto the cobble stone floor the crowd erupted into a strange mixture of cheers and insulting jeers. The small boy tried to pick himself up but was stopped short when a foot came crashing down on his back, this time forcing blood out of his mouth. And the crowded grew louder.
"Get back down dog!" The bully sneered "It's a privilege that your kind is even allowed here. And you were lucky that Ozpin even looked at you let alone take a dog like you as an apprentice! But you spit on our generosity by refusing to know your place!" He pressed his right foot down harder on the boy's back, almost making a popping sound "And I am going to punish you for that. But, if lick my boots and beg for mercy then maybe I might lessen your punishment"
The bully smiled and basked in his spot light as the crowd cheered his name over and over. In doing so he didn't notice the boy's hand slowly reach for his unguarded left leg
"Now what is your choice do-" Before he knew what happened, the bully felt his left leg begin pulled out from beneath him causing him to fall over backwards and land on his back with a heavy thud. Everyone watched with frozen shock as the boy jumped up and pinned their friend to the ground. The boy used his legs to hold the man's oversized arm down.
The only warning anyone got was a small blue crackle jumping from the boy's hands before his hands ignited into a blue electric aura. For the first time, the bully started to feel fear as he looked into the cold red eyes of the young wolf boy. Without emotion the boy brought down his lighting covered fists down onto his nose, shattering it and brought out blood. But he didn't stop. He did it again
And again
And again
And again
"Someone stop him!" A shout came. The man's friends activated their protective Aura immediately and tried to pry the boy of their friend. But the moment they touched, him the boy looked up with his red eyes, now a cold evil. In a blink of an eye, the enraged boy had sunk his fist into the gut of the nearest man he could get his hands on and sent him sailing over the rest of his friends. Suddenly two more men appeared at the boy's side, one with a sword, one with a spear, and both ready for the swing.
Then boy swiftly grabbed the spear as it came close to him and shoved it into the gut of the man with the sword. He screamed. The man with the spear froze in horror as he saw his spear stuck into his friends armour and was just barely stopped from hitting a vital organ by his defensive Aura. The boy took advantage of the moment and reached across the spear grabbed the sword that was still in the hands of its wielder and brought it down vertically on the shoulder of his friend who had just stabbed him. He screamed as well. Finally the boy tripped them over with a sweeping kick and they fell down together with but a whimper of pain.
The wolf eared boy looked down at his work with a small smile on his lips but was taken by surprise by a fist that came smashing into his left cheek. Stumbling back he looked to find a man nearly twice his size coming at him with his right arm drawn back. The boy growled and blocked his attack with his much weaker left arm. The attacker grinned as he prepared his right arm for an uppercut. But that grin soon turned into a face scrunched up in pain when the blue haired boy kicked his left leg, bringing him down to his knees and to eye level with the young boy. And what he saw in his eyes would frighten him for the rest of his years at Beacon. The red eyed boy then used his right hand to grip his fore head.
And then a light show began.
"Arashi! Stop this right now!"
Almost immediately the boy dropped the electrocuted man to the ground almost lifeless if not for small random spasms. Looking to his side and saw a grey haired man marching up to him
"Professor Ozpin" The boy, now named Arashi greeted
"What do you think you're doing?!" Ozpin scolded
"Self-defence" Was his answer
Ozpin looked around and spotted a man whose face looked like last night's pudding, two stabbing victims and a poor soul that would no doubt be scared by lightning storms in the future.
"Even if it is self-defence" Ozpin said "This is no way to treat your class mates"
"I didn't do anything wrong. I was just following the rule like you told me too"
Ozpin massaged his head in frustration. He was right and he couldn't say otherwise. The rules stated that self-defence was aloud but it didn't say how much force people can use. There for he can't legally punish the boy expectably with his believes about following the rules. This boy was too smart for his own good sometimes. Ozpin was starting to regret his decision to give up teaching at signal to teach Arashi how to control his powers here at Beacon. He could literally hear Crow back at Signal laughing his butt off.
"Ozpin" The grey haired professor felt a shiver of fear travel down his spine as he heard that voice. Turning around he saw the form of the very, very, very scary Glynda Goodwitch.
"Ah I can explain Glynda!" Ozpin squeaked
"No need. I saw everything" She narrowed her eyes at Ozpin as sweat travelled down his brow "But where were you?"
"Ah…you see I ran out of hot coco and had to leave Arashi here for a few minute. I was just coming back I swear!"
At that moment the large oak doors leading to the main school complex opened and a skinny old man dressed in a suit came walking out followed by a team of medics carrying stretchers and boxes of medicine.
"You're in for it now" Glydna said
"Crap! The Headmaster" Ozpin cursed "Glynda can you take care of Arashi well I talk to the Headmaster?"
"Wa-"
"Thanks!"
"Agh! That Ozpin" Glynda growled as Ozpin ran straight to the Headmaster, no doubt going to beg for forgiveness. Looking down Glynda found the blue haired boy staring straight at her. Glynda felt slightly nerves under his blank stare. In all her years she has never met a boy who would make her feel so uncomfortable. It made her worry about his mental heath a little even if he does take regular therapy lessons. That might not be enough. But her worries were forgotten when she spotted the nearly dry trail of blood on his forehead.
"Here. Let me get that for you" Kneeling down to eye level, Glynda took out a napkin and lightly patted the blood stain "You really shouldn't go overboard like that Arashi"
"Why?" The blue haired boy asked, tilting his head slightly so Glynda can clean his wound
"Because it's not nice" She scolded like she was talking to a child "Those people might have to leave Beacon because of you. They might not even be able to summon up their Aura anymore"
"Then they should not have broken the rules"
"How could you say that? Don't you care what happens to them?"
"No"
"…I see" Glynda mumbled, placing her hands on his shoulders "Then, if something was to happen to me, would you care?"
"What?" Arashi tilted his head in confusion
"You heard me" Glynda placed a hand to his cheek and turned his head to face hers "Would you care if something were to happen to me?"
Arashi looked into Glynda eyes and for the first time in a long time his red eyes showed a more human emotion.
Shame
"Yes. I would"
"And why is that?"
"Because you were there for me when I was lonely"
Glynda smiled. Brushing Arashi's hair back she spotted his wound was nearly traceless. Only Faunus was known to heal as fast as Arashi had just did, and even then, only a few members of the race had such advance healing. Arashi was without a doubt a very special boy.
Standing up Glynda held her hand out for Arashi "Want to get some ice cream?"
"Ice cream?"
"Every time I get hurt my mum used to buy me some ice-cream" Glynda shrugged trying to forget her chubby past "So you want some or not?"
"…I would like that"
Arashi would never leave Glynda's side for the rest of the day
Present day
"Get up slacker!"
"Uh!" Ruby moaned, rolling around in her sleeping bag "Five more minutes' dad"
Arashi's eyes narrowed at the lazy girl at his feet. Swiftly placing the wooden tray of pancakes, butter and juice that he was carrying on the floor and picked up the butter knife that was with the food.
"Ruby. I'm going to count to three"
"One"
"Two" Arashi started to lift the butter knife into the air
"Three"
"Ok I'm u-AH!" Ruby screamed as she opened her eyes to a knife was impaled in between her fingers straight to the very handle and right in front of her eyes
"I told you to wake up. You didn't listen" Arashi said
"My pillow! You threw a knife into my pillow! And I could have…have…" Ruby trailed of as her vision cleared and took one long look at what Arashi was wearing.
The blue haired teen wasn't wearing his monk robe and hidden armour this morning. Oh no. Instead he was wearing a navy blue suit with thin vertical white stripes which matched his blue hair and a black shirt underneath. On the top of his head was not his straw hat that he took everywhere but a dark blue Fedora that Ruby knew was to keep his ears hidden. Without that straw hat, Ruby was finally able to see Arashi's mature face. It didn't matter how threating his red eyes were, Ruby found his face most defiantly handsome.
"You look so cool!" Ruby gasped "You should wear that more often. Those old robes of yours make you look like a-"
"Like what?" Arashi glared
"N-Nothing at all" Ruby corrected, sweeting slightly
"Ozpin got this for me" Arashi growled "He told me I needed to look more professional"
"I like it" She said "And I think Yang would like it too"
"What does your sister have to do with this?"
"…Nevermind" Ruby looked to the side of her sleeping bag and saw the tray of pancakes Arashi had brought "Is that for me?"
"Yes. Everyone else is supposed to go to the lunch hall to eat, but I managed to get you a tray" He said. It was then Ruby noticed that hardly anyone in the ball room with her and Arashi "Plus I wanted to talk to you"
"Falk fo fe?" Came Ruby's muffled voice as she shoved a pancake into her mouth
Arashi knocked Ruby on the head "Eat properly Ruby"
Ruby swallowed the food "Right, sorry. So want do you want to talk to me about?"
"The team selections"
"Oh. OH! That's right it's today! I got to get ready fo-" Before she could ever get up Arashi placed a hand onto her shoulder as he sat down right next to her
"Just eat. It's in an hour" He said laying down on Ruby's mutilated pillow "For now I want you to be prepared for anything the selections could throw at you"
"Prepared? You mean you're going to train me now?"
"No. All I just wanted to do was to give you some advice"
"Advice? That's all?"
"I'm not allowed to tell you anything about the team selections" Arashi shrugged "Not that I know anything about them. Since I left I heard that ever since Ozpin became the Headmaster of Beacon, the team selections have become extremely random and unreliable yet always work out somehow. So the only thing I can do is give you advice"
"Ok, shoot"
"Firstly, stay calm" He said counting one of his fingers "If you get into a fight then the worst thing you can do is panic. Every Huntsman or Huntress is knows this so it's better if you learn this now. So if you do get into a fight, take a deep breath and keep calm"
"Secondly, pay attention. Pay attention to your surroundings, to every word that is spoken and even you allies. Every speck of detail is important. Even if you were asked to bring your weapon, it does not mean you will have to fight. The team selections could be a written test for all we know so paying attention is the key"
"And thirdly, think creatively. If Ozpin says that you aren't allowed to use your weapon to hurt anyone then use it to cut a down branch and sharpen it into a spear. If you can't solve a question then use Ozpin's glasses as a mirror and cheat. If you are cornered with no weapon the take of your sock and shove it down their throat! The point is that as long as you can think up a solution to a problem then you still have a chance of winning"
"...You know" Ruby said, having long finished her breakfast "You sound a lot older then you look Arashi"
Arashi turned his head and looked at his apprentice "I have to be. That's something that comes with being a Huntsman. I've seen people die because they were to naive, to ignorant about how the world worked"
Ruby looked down at Arashi "…Does that mean I'll have to grow up too?"
Grow up? Arashi thought.
"…No" He said, raising a single eyebrow when Ruby looked at him in surprise "At least not yet. This world is a hard world. Even though people are living in big concrete cities, eating well aged meat and drinking fine wine on the river side, it does not change the fact that the Grim is still a major threat to our society. Each and everyday someone lose their lives because they forgot about the Grim and got to careless. Even though say the Huntsmen were formed to fight them off, our job is not always to fight Them. Most of the time, our job is to clean up the mess"
"I've seen people die Ruby. For one year I have been alone and always surrounded by death. I had a lot of time to think about this" Arashi let out a sigh of an aging veteran, something that shouldn't be heard from a boy so young "For now just live your life, Ruby. Once you become a Huntress, once you see what I have seen, then you can grow up"
Ruby looked down at her empty plate in thought. She knew what Arashi said was true; about how the world they lived in was harsher than it seems. Everyone knew that the Grim would murder thousands of woman and children without a single thought but people just choose to ignore it. She remembered what Ozpin said to her last night. About how Arashi was still growing up. She couldn't see what Ozpin was talking about when he said that Arashi was still growing up. Out of everyone she knew, Arashi was the only one who truly understood how the world works and accepted it.
But that does not mean she would. Ruby understood that the world could be cruel too. She knew how not everything was all fine in the world. That is why she wanted to become a Huntress.
To change the world, or die trying
"Arashi" Ruby said
"Hmm?" He looked at his side and saw Ruby's hand over his own as she laid down right next to him
"I promise that one day, that this will all get better. Just you wait" She smiled up at the ceiling
"…Don't make promises you can't keep" He grumbled, closing his eyes as he savoured the feeling of Ruby's soft warm and strangely sticky hand
"HEY RUBY?!" With one loud boom the large doors swung open and a yellow haired Yang skipped in only to freeze when she spotted her sister and Arashi lying down in a single sleeping bag. She stared.
"Yang?" Ruby sat up, looking terrified and slightly embarrassed "This is not what it looks like"
"I…I-I…I'M SO PROUD OF YOU!" Yang cheered "My little sister is finally becoming a woman"
"W-What do you want Yang?" The red haired girl said nervously
"Oh I think it can wait. Besides I see you have something much more important to do" her cheeky sister grinned she started backing up towards the door
"Yang!" Ruby shouted, as Yang giggled uncontrollably "A little help here Arashi" She said poking him in the ribs
"Help with what?"
Ruby pouted as her sister's laughing started to die down
"Anyway" Yang coughed into her fist "Professor Goodwitch told me that there was a mix up with the weapons down in the locker room and we'll have to go collect them ourselves"
"Eh? What about Crescent rose?"
"Yea, your weapon got mixed up too. I was about to down to the locker rooms now after I get you"
"Oh!" Ruby gasped, jumping up onto her feet "I still haven't had a shower yet! I need to get read-"
"There are showers in the girls locker room Ruby" Arashi said, still laying down on his back "I think they should be open now"
"Ok! Got to go! See ya later Arashi!" Ruby waved as she ran off into the halls, taking the bag that had her combat gear with her
"Yea yea" The red eyed boy waved
"Hmm" Yang hummed, looking at the tray of dirty dishes on the floor "So…breakfast in bed huh?"
"Excuse me?" Arashi said as he sat up
"Well, only Ruby would eat pancakes without even touching the knife and fork"
Arashi looked at Yang for a moment before looking at his slightly sticky hand that Ruby touched…
"That girl" he grumbled
"Ya know Arashi" Yang smiled as she sat down next to him "You really seem like a nice guy"
"Wait. You're still here?"
"Ruby is lucky to have you" She continued "I mean you are the only person her age around here. You're funny to talk to. And you have a nice sense of fashion"
"...Thanks?"
"But you know, I never got to tell you yesterday but…"
"AGH!" Arashi looked down in horror and saw Yang squeezing something no man wants to be squeezed
"Ruby's my precious little sister. I know what it's like to be sixteen. All you think about is games, girls and…perverted things. You didn't think I don't know what you too were up to last night. Ruby did come to the ball room late and when I asked you she said she was 'talking' with you. Now that I think about it, I didn't see you at all last night. Still, if you do anything to my little sister" Yang tightened her grip "I'll break you. Understand?"
"Y-Yes ma'am!"
"No. From now on you can call me…sir" Yang grinned
"YES SIR!" Arashi squealed
"Good boy" Yang patted his crotch "And remember to keep the little guy in your pants ok?"
"Yang!" Came Ruby's voice "Aren't you coming?"
"Yea, I'm coming!" She yelled as she ran out of the ball room, but not before giving a wink to the docile Arashi
…
…
…
*Thunk*
And for the first time in years Arashi fainted
"I wonder where Arashi is" Ruby mussed "I thought he would be here"
"Oh, I'm sure he's alright" Yang said, whistling innocently
Ruby looked around excitedly. She and the rest of the new students were standing on the edge of a cliff, each on their own metal square beneath them. Yang was flanking her left side and Jaune stood to her right. Standing to the side was Ozpin and Glynda, waiting patiently for the chatter to die down. Below the cliff, a huge forest resided. She could guess that it was a few hundred acres because trees stretched as far as the eyes can see. But other than the endless amount of trees, Ruby spotted small glances of grey stone ruins scattered around the place. Above the sun shone brightly, with very few clouds. It was a perfect day for a fight.
"Ahem!" Ozpin coughed "You have all trained for years to become warriors, and to one day join the ranks of the Huntsmen in their quest to combat the Grim the plague this world. But first you will have to take the first step. And that first step is here at the Emerald forest. This is where your skills will be tested and to see if you truly deserve to become one of us"
"Here at Beacon, we heavily emphasise the importance of team work" Glynda said "As Ozpin just said, this is where your first step begins. It is today you shall be sorted into your teams. Those teams will be with you for all of your time here at Beacon. The moment you stepped on to those platforms that you now stand on your fate has been sealed"
"Because those teams will be with you for your time here, it is essential for you to pair up with someone you trust" Ozpin continued "But this is the real world. Nothing can ever go your way all the time. So I have decided to place this single rule in the team selections. The first person you make eye contact with will be your team mate for the next four years"
What! Ruby thought Eye contact with the first person you see? What kind of rule is that? Ok ok. Calm down. Remember what your master said Ruby, calm down. Breath in…and out, in…and out.
Yang looked down at her sister and sweet dropped as she started to hyperventilate
"After you meet up, continue to the northern end of the forest" Ozpin continued "The goal is for each pair to retrieve one of numerous relics and return here at the top of this cliff. I can guarantee that you will meet opposition along the way, not just the students that stand here with you. Our instructors were all informed to not interfere so there is no room for hesitation. If you don't fight you will die"
Jaune chuckled nervously "Hehe…You're joking right?...Right?"
"Oh I'm dead serious"
Simultaneous gulps can be heard
"We will be monitoring you throughout this exercise. We will be grading on how well you do as individuals and as a team. If you are to fail this exercise then you and your partner will go through this again and again until you get it right or until the day is over. Are there any questions?"
"Ye, uh sir?" Jaune raised his arm "About the whole kill or be killed thing-"
"Good. Now get into your positions"
"Ah sir? sir?!" Ruby ignored Jaune's attempts to get Ozpin's attention, something he failed horribly at, and the sounds of people being thrown into the air
Ok Ruby Ruby thought to herself Remember those things Arashi told you about. What were they again? Stay calm, pay attention and think creatively. Right. Creatively… creatively…I got it!
Ruby quickly dug through her pouches around her waist and pulled out her trusty eye black and red cover, something Ozpin and Glynda took notice in. Beside her Yang looked at her weirdly
"What are you doing?" Yang whispered "We're fighting, not taking a nap!"
"Ozpin said the first person we make eye contact will be our partner" Ruby said as she placed it over her eyes
"Ok, as long as you can still land with that on"
"I'll be fine"
*Fling*
"AHHHHHHHHHHH!" Ruby screamed as she was prematurely ejected into the sky
"That was not nice" Glynda and Yang glared at Opzin who held a remote control in his hand
"What? I always come prepared" he smiled as Yang and Jaune followed Ruby into the sky "Besides I know better than to trust someone you are teaching Arashi"
Said blue haired boy suddenly appeared out of the shadow of the surrounding trees, now back in his regular white robe, blue armour and straw hat.
"I thought you said instructors can't interrupt Ozpin" Arashi said
"I'm not an instructor. I'm the headmaster. There is a difference" Ozpin smirked "Still, I'm surprised how fast Ruby picked up your cunning"
"It's not cunning. It's called creativity" Arashi looked at Glynda "I really do hope you are right about Ruby. About how people are stronger together"
Glynda simply smiled lightly
"Are they now" Ozpin looked at Glynda "I wonder what else you told him?"
"None of your business, Ozpin"
Arashi shook his head in amusement at his two former instructors. Walking beyond the two Arashi stood at the very edge of the cliff, his toes just slightly hanging off of it, and looked at the Emerald forest below in all its glory. Being as secluded from civilisation as Beacon was, the surrounding forests often suffered the odd Grim infestation every now and then. Back in his time here, the problem was much more severe than it is now. Students were regularly patrol their own section of forest for Grim and each section contained acres and acres of land. It was actually good training and not that hard if you had a team. But for Arashi it was much, much worse. But that did not stop him. In fact, The Emerald forest was his very own section. Even now he can remember where each and every single tree, rock and ruin were like the back of his hand…
"Ozpin?"
"Yes, Arashi?"
Arashi turned to face his former master"…Is there a reason why you chose the Emerald forest for the test?"
"Why Arashi" Ozpin said in a mock gasp "I'm offended you would even suggest I have an exterior motive"
"…"
"…"
"…
"Then again" Ozpin walked up to Arashi and placed a small ear piece in his hands "I might have wanted you to take advantage of this opportunity"
"...All instructors were informed that they aren't allowed to interfere" Arashi mumbled "I'm not an instructor. I'm a master"
"We did it! We actually did it!" Jaune cheered.
"Yes we did, Jaune" said Pyrrha "All because of your plan"
"Oh I didn't do that much" Jaune blushed
"Did you see me Ren?" Nora jumped "I was like bang and crunch and boom!"
"Nora? Can you get me out of here?" Ren's muffled voice came from under the rubble of rock and stone
"That was close" Blake commented "It took four of us to beat two Grim"
""Hmm. Was there any doubt?" Weiss said
"Yea Ruby! That's my sister people!" Yang cheered
Ruby grinned broadly to self. Up above the cliff they once came from. The exam was easy enough. When she landed, in the most awkward way possible via tree, Ruby instantly ran for the relics and find Yang to be her partner. But that was not to be as she ran into Weiss, a white haired crabby girl she met yesterday. It was not the best partner she could hope for but at least they managed to get a relic, which turned out to be pieces of a chest set. It is there they met up with Yang, a quiet raven haired girl named Blake, Jaune, Pyrrha who's clothes resembled a Spartan, a hyperactive girl named Nora and her partner Ren. It was going oh so perfectly until they attracted the attention of a Death stalker, which is basically a giant, heavily armoured scorpion and a Nevermore, which is just a very big bird.
It was because of her thinking and planning they managed to kill the oversized bird by sending it through a guillotine well Ren, Nora, Pyrrha and Jaune took care of the Death stalker by nailing it down with its own stinger. And that was just the dumbed down version on the story. She could go on all day about how she was riding on said oversized bird. Ruby really had to give credit to when it's due but Arashi's advice really helped. She might have already done so in the past, but hearing Arashi's voice constantly repeating those same lines made her push her mind to the limit.
Looking down from the cliff face really made things look small. Weiss, Yang and Blake stood atop of a massive stone tower that rose from the black depths of the cavern below. Ren, Nora, Pyrrha and Jaune stood at the very edge of the cavern further away. All of them were cheering at their recent win. It made her happy to see that they have finally reached the end of their test…How wrong she was.
"You did well Ruby"
"Wha-?" Ruby turned around and saw Arashi in his old monk combat gear "Arashi?! Are you here to congratulate us?"
Down below the cliff Blake looked up at Ruby saw that she was talking to someone dressed in a monk robe. She raised an eyebrow. She didn't see anyone wearing that kind of clothing on the transport here to Beacon. And how did he get here earlier than they did? Not importantly, why did he smell like a dog?
"Do any of you know who that is?" Blake said pointing to the man that was with Ruby
"Hmm?" Yang looked up "Oh that's Arashi"
"Arashi?" Weiss questioned
"Yea. Ruby made friends with him on the first day. And if you ask me, I think they have something going on" Yang grinned
"Arashi, Huh?" Weiss mused "He shares the same name with someone who once came here"
"He looks as young as Ruby" Blake commented "That means he's about fifteen…"
"…" Weiss's head shot up in realisation "It can't be…"
"Can't be what?" Yang asked
"AGH!"
Everyone looked up in horror as Ruby was kicked off the cliff with enough force to shatter rock, sending her into a free fall.
"Ruby!" Yang shouted. Acting quickly, Weiss created a magical snowflake like platform and caught Ruby before she could hit the ground. With a wave of her sword she brought Ruby's twitching body to the tower they were standing on
"Ruby!" Yang ran to her sister "Are you ok?!"
"Yea I'm alright" Ruby tried to move only to collapse into her sister's arms
Yang turned and looked at Arashi in anger "I'll break you"
"If this was the real world the you would all be dead!" He shouted to the students in the cavern below "You think you have the strength to survive in the real world? You don't know what the real world is! You thought getting that chess piece was hard?" Arashi's body started to flicker with sparks of blue lighting "Well this is where your true test begins! None of you may leave until you pass my test! Today you will face me! ARASHI NII, THE CHILD PRODIGY OF BEACON ACADEMY!"
Weiss's eyes widened "That really is Arashi Nii!"
"What is he doing here?" Blake said in an equally shocked voice "And why does he want to test us?"
"Ruby!" Jaune shouted as the rest of the aspiring huntsmen reached the top of the tower "Are you OK?"
"I'm alright"
"What happened?" Pyrrha asked
"He happened" Growled Yang who continue to glare at the blue haired teen
"Lets break his legs!" Nora cheered
"My thoughts exactly" Yang grinned
"Wait!" Ruby shouted from the ground "You can't face him. He's too strong"
"Watch me!" Yang shouted but her hand was grabbed by Ruby before she could move
"No, Yang" Ruby said remember the lightning storm that suddenly appeared a few days back? That was Arashi. He literally made a lighting storm even with his back badly burnt, I was there"
"Then what do we do?" Ren asked "His test is obviously for us to fight him and we are at a disadvantage. I'm too weak to fight and so is Ruby, not to mention how Blake, and Jaune need to be up close to fight him. He has the higher ground"
Ruby closed her eyes in thought
From the side lines, Ruby watched in awe as she saw Arashi climbing out of the hole, more angry than he was hurt. His aura was so bright she couldn't even see his face anymore. What was with this boy's power? She could literally feel the air around her being salted with his aura.
"Arashi has a special type of armor" Ruby said, surprising the people around her "He can cover himself in lightning and make an armour that can survive even the biggest explosion"
"Then we can't rely on guns or dust" Jaune said "Does he have any weaknesses?"
Ruby opened her eyes and gasped as droplets of crimson sprinkled over her face. Arashi grunted uncomfortably from his position on top of Ruby, positioned so they were looked straight at each other. His back was badly burnt and his skin seared
"Other than his lighting armour, he has no defence but the armour under his clothing"
His eyes widened as he narrowly dodged multiple high velocity bullets heading towards the henchmen at high speeds with him in between them.
"Mark of the hunter!"
"Take this! Laser circus!"
"Ferocious bite of the hunter!"
With a final roar the wolf head made out of lighting separated into three smaller, deadlier, full sized wolfs.
"He's fast as well" Ruby said "He uses a small short sword, but he makes up for that with his lighting powers. So we have to keep on our feet"
"Right" Blake said "Do we have a plan?"
"…I might have one" Jaune said
Arashi as he looked down at the eight potential Huntsmen scramble around Ruby. Honestly, if he wanted to make this test more realistic he would have attacked right away. But Ozin laid down specific rules to give them a fighting chance. Like staying on the top of the cliff for example. That made sense, but not using his lightning storm technique? Please. There is nothing good about limiting his abilities. They needed to see how weak they are compared to him in order to improve. Ozpin thought otherwise.
Still, he could tell this was going to be fun.
Arashi raised an eyebrow as the white haired girl, Weiss if he remembered the files correctly, created floating platforms for Yang, the hammer girl and the Spartan girl and carried them up into the sky.
They are trying to level the playing field He thought
As Nora and Pyrrha simultaneously switched their weapons to their weapon form, Weiss started to feel sweet rolling down her forehead in waves.
I hope this plan works She thought I don't think I can last long
"Fire!" They heard Jaune shout
"Death storm" Arashi lazily pointed his arm at the trio in the sky as the bullets and bombs started to hail down towards him. At the tips of his fingers, lighting sparkled before arcing bolts of pure electricity were sent hurling at the flying girls. The lightning was so intense when they came into contact with Nora's grenades they disintegrated so fast they couldn't even explode before turning into dust.
Weiss widened her eyes as she saw the lightning pass through their attacks and continued heading straight for them
"Hang on!" Weiss shouted, before she manoeuvred all three platforms to the sides, narrowly dodging the arcs of lightning by the width of a strand of hair.
She's skilled Arashi thought. He brought his hands together and collected his Aura in a blue hue into his hands But long can she last
Thrusting his hands to the air he shouted "Wrath of the pack!"
"Behind us!" Pyrrha shouted. Weiss looked behind her and felt mild fear as the lighting they just narrowly dodged just stop in mid-air. They watched as the lighting slowly morphed into the form of an electric blue wolf. This what Ruby was talking about. All the articles and all the rumours were true about Arashi. About how his control over lightning was unmatchable and how he had the strength to take on dozens of Huntsmen on his own. She didn't believe it before. No one had that much strength let alone someone so young. But this is the real deal. And she is on the receiving end of it!
"Keep shooting!" Weiss yelled "I'll make sure we don't get hit"
Arashi watched the three girls weaving across the sky with interest. Pyrrha and Nora sill tried to shot him but each time they did, his lighting wolves would incept their barrages. Looking down at the tower, his eyes narrowed
They are planning something he thought Some of them are missing…
"Now!" He heard from below. Arashi's eyes widened as a raven haired girl appeared right in front of him, with her sword drawn. Flicking his wrist he just barely managed to summon his short sword to block the sword from slicing his face in two. But then he heard footsteps behind him. Acting on pure instinct Arashi caught the fiery blonds' fist before it could hit him. Arashi could hear his muscles groan under the pressure the two girls were giving. Faster than Yang could react Arashi caught he by the neck almost choking her. With a heave Arashi threw Yang over his head and into the raven haired girl, causing them to fall of the side of the cliff.
When Nora saw this she bursted into action and leapt of Weiss's platform and joined Blake and Yang in their free fall.
That was basic Arashi thought Basic, but an effective strategy. They drawled my attention away from the bigger threat but in doing so they allowed me the opportunity for a strategy of my own. Divide and conquer.
*Cling*
Arashi looked down at his side and saw his hand catching a huge blade. His eyes followed the blade to its wielder and came face to face with his apprentice, Ruby.
"You're still standing?" Arashi mumbled
"I can still fight" Ruby said. Bringing up her scythe she took another swing at him. Arashi caught that one as well
"You can't fight me. You know that"
"Yes I can!" She tore her scythe away from Arashi's grasp and pointed its barrel at his face. Arashi knocked it away before Ruby could shoot
"How can you be so sure?"
"Because!" When Ruby smiled, Arashi felt a slight feeling of dread "As long as I can see a solution, there is still a chance of winning"
Arashi twirled back to the face the cliff and saw Yang, Blake and Nora using the force of their fall to swinging from back up to the top of the cliff, with their weapons drawn. Arashi paled as he realised their trajectory
They're not aiming for me, they aiming for the cliff face! He realised. Turning back Arashi spotted Ruby in the distance waving at him cheekily That girl!
Arashi tried to move out of the way but jerked as he found that he couldn't move at all. It felt like his armour was holding himself back. Looking up he spotted the Spartan woman holding an outstretched arm towards him with a slight dark glow around her hand
Magnetism!
Arashi looked down at his hidden armour with slight sadness. Steeling himself he used his lighting charged hands he grabbed hold of his armour and started to pull it apart. The metal moaned and groaned under the pressure of his hands and started to bend like hot cheese. Finally it gave way and Arashi tore the armour of but was too late as Yang and Nora slammed their weapons into the cliff face.
*Boom*
The stumbled as the earth under him cracked like glass. Arashi started to run towards Ruby who looked on in confusion. Then the earth gave way under Arashi and he fell with the rocks down into the cavern, disappearing soon after.
"…Oh no!" Ruby cried "That wasn't supposed to happen!"
"Ruby" Jaune appeared next to her, face mirroring Ruby's face of horror "I thought you said he could jump out of that!"
"He can! I saw him jump a whole building!" She defended as everyone started to appear one by one, each and every one realising what just happened
"Maybe he survived?" Pyrrha said "Maybe he did jump to safety
"Is that even possible?!" Weiss shouted at her "No one can survive a fall like that. Plus I saw him fall down there with my own eyes!"
"Oh crap!" Yang screamed "We just killed a celebrity! What if someone finds out?!"
"Find out what?"
"AHHHHHHH!"
They all turned around and saw Ozpin and Glynda walking towards them
"N-Nothing at all professor" Weiss stuttered
"Hmmm" Ozpin frowned as he scanned the faces of the eight students
"Whatever it is, it doesn't matter" Glynda said "What does matter is that you pass"
"We do?" Ren questioned "No more surprise tests at the end?"
"Uh, no" Glynda said "You are to all go back to the amphitheatre were all the other students are with your relics and get some rest. You deserve it"
"Hehe, right we'll do that" Ruby laughed nervously as they all backed away from the scene of the crime
"Hmmm" Ozpin mused, as the students disappeared
"What is it?" Glynda asked
"I swear there was a cliff right here"
"Ok Ruby" Weiss growled in a hushed voice "How did you know Arashi Nii?"
"Are you sure we should be talking about this here" Ruby whispered
It was extremely awkward when they had all returned to Beacon. How could it not. They just killed a guy. They all had to stop Jaune from blurting out what they did dozens of times. He wasn't built for the pressure. But they weren't doing any better. So when they were called to the introduction ceremony, they were all reluctant to face Ozpin, especially in front of a crowd.
"Jaune Arc, Nora Valkyrie, Pyrrha Nikos, Lie Ren"
"Wish us luck" Pyrrha said to which they Ruby and the gang nodded
"So?" Weiss whispered
"A few nights ago he helped me stop a robbery"
"He helped you?" She scoffed "I find that hard to believe"
"Wait" Yang joined in "You knew him before coming to Beacon?"
"Well yea" She said
"…I'm sorry I killed your boyfriend"
"He's no-He's wasn't my boyfriend!" She growled
"Then how do you explain you coming to the ball room late?"
"I said I was talking with Arashi"
"See! You even admitted it. I'm sad that you would try to hide your boyfriend away from me"
"He's not my boyfriend!" she shouted
"Ahem" Ruby turned to Ozpin who was standing on stage, arm folded in a serious mood
"Hehe, sorry"
"As I was saying before I was rudely interrupted, could the following students step up. Ruby Rose, Weiss Schnee, Blake Belladonna and Yang Xiao Long"
"That's us" Blake said. The three other girls nodded and started to walk up to the stage, passing the now dubbed team JNPR along the way. Lining up, the four girls stood straight and tall in front of Ozpin
"You four chose the white knight pieces" Ozpin said "That knight symbolises honour and valour. Where the bishop and rook protects the king and where the quean fights with brute strength, the knight strikes decisively with swift vengeance. From here on out you shall work together under the name Team RWBY" The four girls looked up to the screen that showed the first letters of their names arranged to form the word RWBY. Ozpin paused confusing the audience "You know normally I would name the team leader right about now. But in this case I have no right to do so"
"Then who does?" Weiss asked
The spectacle wearing man only smiled "You can come up now"
The sound of thumping boots could be heard behind the team. They turned and saw someone they thought they would never see again
"ZOMBIE!" Ruby shouted in fear. Raising his fist Arashi knocked Ruby in the head "Owch!"
"You were idiots to think you can kill me" Arashi said, as he straightened his suit. Arashi then eyed the four girls before his eyes landed on Yang
"Hehehe…hi?" Yand chuckled nervously
That's it I'm dead Yang thought as she remembered what she did to him in the morning
"Mrs. Xiao Long" Arashi glared. Stepping back Arashi looked at his team. He could have done worse that's for sure. They did pass his test after all. Granted they had another team to help them but still. Weiss had amazing potential with her powers of Glyph magic. Blake was agile and had such a strong talent for sneaking that she even snuck up to him. And Yang, she was strong. Amazingly so. And he would never forget it for as long as he lived…or at least junior won't.
And then there was Ruby. He was right to give her an apprenticeship. As he thought, Ruby had already peaked in her combat strength. She was still able to fight even after he kicked her of a cliff with the force that can knock out a small elephant. He doubted she would grow any stronger. But what made her so great was not her combat potential but her potential as a leader. She was a born leader, a leader who would be on the same level as Ozpin, he could see it. It didn't take long for her to learn his three rules of combat and she executed those rules like she had already known them for years. She would defiantly be a great Huntress one day
"You know who I am" Arashi said "But for the sake of the audience I'll introduce myself properly. My name is Arashi Nii. One year ago I became known as the prodigy child of Beacon. It took me one year for me to complete my training here. I am currently the youngest Huntsman of this era" Arashi paused as he listened to the undisguised murmuring of the audience "And as of two days ago, I am the master of Ruby Rose"
"WHAT?!" Everyone, including the people off stage and the crewmen working on the background stared at Ruby who whimpered under their gaze
"And because I am the master of Ruby Rose, my duties now extend to all four of you, Team RWBY"
"I call favouritism!" Someone shouted from the crowd
Arashi looked at Ozpin as the crowd started shouting and protesting
"Go ahead" Ozpin sighed
Arashi nodded and stepped up to the edge of the stage. Raising his hand, he clicked his fingers. In an instant the lights all around the amphitheatre started to explode in a firework of sparks. Screeches sounded and the audience panicked. People tried to reach for their weapons only to find out that their metal weapons were charged with electricity.
"Listen up!" Arashi shouted, his body exploding into a lightshow of electricity "These girls will get extra training. They will get extra work. They will have to work extra hard. And they will get stronger. But this is not favouritism! It rules state that it is the duty of the instructors to teach their students no matter who is asking, no matter what time it is. You all have the same opportunities as the girls who stand on this stage!"
Arashi straightened his suit once more as silence started to settle in "That is all" He looked at the four girls "If you need anything then you can find me at my room. For now Team RWBY is dismissed"
Then he walked off the stage, not even sparing a single glace to Team JNPR, and leaving team RWBY blinking away the confusion.
"Well…that happened" Blake said
It was now night time at Beacon. The night sky shone bright and small fireflies hovered above the brush around the magical school giving it an unearthly appearance. The students found it to be a wonderful contrast to the forest full of monsters. And after this exhausting day, all the new students just wanted to do is to sleep the night away. Some however found it hard to sleep. Some because of the horrors they faced and some because of the plastic cases around their legs, arms and necks. And some because of…other reasons.
"GET BACK HERE RUBY!"
"AH!" Ruby cried as ran through the court yard only to collapse breathless near the water fountain. She felt dread as a shadow grew over her
"We got you now" Ruby turned to lie on her back and came face to face with the rest of team RWBY and team JNPR
"Ah…It slipped my mind?" Ruby chuckled sheepishly
"Tell. Us. Everything" Yang said as she picked up her sister and placed her on the stone edge water fountain
"Well, what is there to talk about?"
"Everything" Weiss said
"Anything" Nora cheered
"Just start at the beginning" Pyrrha said
"Fine" As Ruby recounted her story about the failed dust store heist, Roman Torchwick and his henchmen and how Arashi literally dropped from the sky, both teams felt different emotions. Admiration for his actions in defending Ruby, fear for the many deadly techniques Ruby described and even a touch of jealousy from a certain blond team leader.
"…Wow!" Yang giggled perversely "I knew there was something going on between you too. A forbidden love between master and student!"
"Yang!"
"That was inappropriate" Blake said, a faint blush on her face
"You must be very special for him to take interest in you" The Spartan woman said
"And very lucky" Jaune added
"Hmm" Weiss huffed "I can't say I agree with his choice, but at least he's going to teach us as well"
"We should find ourselves an instructor too" Ren said "If we want to keep head of the class"
"Oh!" Nora moaned "I don't want to do more homework!"
"Of course you don't"
"Anyway, we should go back to the ballroom" Ruby said "We get to see our dorm rooms tomorrow!"
"Yea. I think we're all pretty tired" Jaune said.
Everyone nodded in agreement and picked themselves up from the concrete floor. But before they could move, a and found it's way onto Ruby's shoulder. When they turned around they saw two people dressed in heavy pure black cloaks, each having the chess symbol for the white king piece tattered onto the spot over the heart. The wind bellowed their cloaks slightly and the darkness of the night hid their faces. One was shorter than the other but both were tall, taller than even her sister. Ruby heard a slight hiss and saw Blake hide behind Yang, trembling like a leaf to the wind
"Hello little girl" Came a voice of a grown woman from the shorter one "Red cloak? You must be Ruby"
"Y-yea" Ruby nodded
"You're the girl Arashi took on?" A deep throaty voice came from the other. He, for it must be a man, tried to raise his hand to her cheek only to find a tip of a spear at his throat
"Stay back Ruby" Pyrrha growled "Don't touch her" The figure stared at the autumn coloured woman before lowering his hand. She still kept the spear at his throat.
"Aren't you hostile" The woman commented turning to Ruby "We just wanted to see Arashi's apprentice for our own eyes"
"Who are you?" Yang asserted, letting Blake cling on to her back
"You don't know us?" Chuckled the man as he turned around and started to walk away with his accomplice "You will soon"
The moment they were gone Ruby turned to face Pyrrha "Who were they? And what did they what with me?"
"That symbol belonged to JOLT" Blake hissed "They are nothing but murderers"
"Jolt?" Nora repeated
"Do you know the criminal group called the White fang?" Pyrrha said "Well they weren't always a criminal group. Years ago they were a group of Faunus who used peaceful protest in order to get equal rights. But the government believed that the two races should remain separate. And they didn't like the fact that Faunus were taking a stand agenised them so when it seemed the protests were going to be successful they turned to team JOLT who were well known Faunus haters. They contracted them to kill the main leaders of the protest"
"They kill thousands" Blake whispered "They kill children, wives and the sick. It didn't matter to them. They killed them all. Just the four of them managed to kill a third of the Faunus population with nothing but their weapons and Aura. But some of them escaped. And it was those people who became the first members of the Faunus criminal group White Fang"
"I heard that when the plot was discovered, team JOLT was expelled from the ranks of the Huntsmen" Ren said "They would have been executed if not for the government. When they were expelled they were taken in by the government and are now officially tasked with 'peace keeping' missions"
"They are dangerous" Pyrrha concluded, looking at everyone "We have to be careful around them. Expectably you Ruby"
"Me?"
"They said they wanted to see Arashi's apprentice, which you is. Your team mates won't count because they aren't officially his apprentice" Phrrha looked down the direction the two figures disappeared to "Whatever they want, we know two things. One is that they know Arashi somehow. And two is that we will be seeing them very soon"
They know Arashi? Ruby thought But…they hate Faunus…
"She looked weak"
"I know she did"
"Then why did he take her on? I though he valued strength"
"You can't understand the mind of an animal"
"…Yes. I guess you're right"
The woman stopped dead in her tracks for a moment and looked up at the roofs of the academy. Her partner looked back at her
"What are you doing?"
"…Nothing. Nothing at all. Lets go" The woman started walking again, but this time with a smile hidden under the hood she wore
Up above the tallest tower of Beacon Academy, Arashi stared down at the two dark figures. His eyes were dilated and crazed, like they lost all traces of sanity in them. In his hands a gripless knife was held. The knife pierced his skin and blood dripped down his hand, dying his clothes with dark red. His body was relaxed, like Arashi didn't know or didn't care about his loss of blood. Arashi growled, revealing two enlarged canine teeth, like an animal eyeing its future meal with longing.
After all these years you still came back for me
I will make you regret that decision
Omake: Sweet sweet Valentines
It was morning at Beacon academy. I could say that when the students wake up they will brush their teeth, finish off homework at the last minute and the like but that would be like saying the ocean was a little big. Beacon was simply not a normal school. One would think that being a school populated by hormonal teenagers, the morning wouldn't be any different from a normal boarding school. Well that would be correct if those teenagers were learning to fight monsters for a living. So it goes to say that no morning is normal for these boys and girls. That is except for three days.
That being Christmas, Thanksgiving and finally Valentine's Day.
The 14th of February was one of those days were people can just let their worries go, even in a school designed to teach teens to kill monsters. Commonly referred to as Easter for grownups, Valentine's day was a time were love and affections in a variety of levels were displayed through chocolate, flowers and sometimes something more extreme. It does not matter whether you get something from a friend or a complete stranger, by the end of the day you will be wearing a combination of a broad grin and a face of constipation from all the sweets you will be getting.
That is exactly what you will see if you'd walk into the court yard of Beacon. If there were a place to give that special someone a gift then the main court yard was the place to do it. The fountain and the flowers made it the perfect scene in miles for such an occasion. So it is understand able that the court yard would be full today. But as the day drew to a close, when the sun started to descend from the sky, and people started to leave to their dorms, one grumpy face could be seen. One belonging to a certain red head.
Ruby Rose loved Valentines. Back a signal, back with all her friends, she received hundreds of chocolate boxes and roses. Most of them were just obligatory but they were still something. No, she didn't even care about the flowers. Most of them were red roses anyway since her favourite colour theme was red and they thought the colours matched. Any idiot can tell if colours matched. What really she cared about was the chocolate. She remembered one year she received so many that she made a fort out of the boxes with Yang. Almost every year she would look forward for Valentines for the chocolates.
That is except for this one
"Why isn't any giving me chocolate?!" Ruby shouted to the sky, before collapsing down on the wooden bench she was sitting on
"Hey Ruby" The red haired girl looked up and almost burst into tears when she saw Jaune walking up to her with a box in his hands
"Jaune!" she cheered, diving for the box "You shouldn't have!"
"Ruby!" Jaune jumped in fright, causing Ruby to fall flat on her face
"Owch. Jaune!" Ruby cried on the floor "What are you doing?"
"Me? What are you doing?" He retorted
"No one is giving me chocolate. Please tell me that's for me!" She begged, clinging to his pants
"Ah…sorry no" He sweet dropped "Pyrrha gave this to me after I my valentine rejected me"
"Pyrrha gave you chocolate? And you got rejected? By who?"
"Ah you see…I kinda tried to give white roses t Weiss and she uh…"
"Oh that explains that" Ruby said as she climbed back onto the wooden bench
"Yea it does doesn't it? And about Pyrrha giving me chocolate…Let's just say she had plenty more to spare"
"Jaune!"
The two looked off to the side and spotted Pyrrha pulling along a wheelbarrow full of boxed chocolate and flowers
Ruby's jaw dropped
Jaune sighed "I'm coming! Sorry Ruby. I have to help her carry them to the incinerator. You know how Pyrrha doesn't like to eat unhealthy"
"Wait" Ruby said as Jaune left "INCINERATOR!"
When Weiss and Blake stumbled along Ruby they found her moping and crying about a 'great loss'.
"What are you crying about, dolt" Weiss said, getting a small bump from Blake
"A great tragedy has occurred" Ruby cried dramatically, before straighten up "Ahem. Sorry about that"
Blake and Weiss just stared
"So…what's got you down Ruby?" Blake said
"Nothing. It's just that I haven't got anything this valentine"
"Hmm" Weiss huffed "Valentine is over rated. It's just a bunch of guys sucking up to girls"
"But the chocolate!" Ruby defended "You gotta love the chocolate"
"I don't like chocolate"
"At least I'm not the only one without a valentine's gift"
"Actually" Weiss drawled out "Even if I don't like the chocolate I do like the flowers. I have dozens of whole bouquets at the dorm"
"Eh?" Ruby stepped back "What about you Blake? Please tell me you got nothing!"
The normally stoic Blake blushed"…Actually"
"What?! What did you get?!"
"She got a love note telling her to meet up in town tonight" Weiss said "I'm following her just in case it's just a creep"
"…AM I THE ONLY ONE WITH OUT A VALENTINES!" Ruby shouted to the sky. After a few moments of ranting Ruby, failed to notice Blake and Weiss leave-probably a wise choice-, and just continued to sit on the bench as the sun started to glow red
"Sniff sniff sniffsniffsniff"
Ruby looked to her feet and saw Nora literally sniffing her boots
"Hey Ruby" She shouted enthusiastically "Can you help me with something?"
"Yea sure. What is it Nora?"
"I found this note on my bed when I woke up and it says that I will find my Valentines if I do what it says"
Ruby sighed "Let me see it"
When Nora gave Ruby the note, her eye twitched when all it said was 'Your gift is somewhere in the school. Go find it'. Ruby gave it back
"I don't know Nora. Maybe you should go retrace your steps"
"Ok! Thanks!" Then she left
Ruby sighed. Is she the only one without a valentine?
"Psst. Is she gone?"
Ruby jumped as looked around and saw Ren peeping over the bench
"Who's gone?"
"Nora" He said
"Yea why?"
"Because I'm avoiding her that's why" Ren said ignoring Ruby's look "What? Even I need a break and only on valentines I get to have a break"
"…You're the one you gave her that note weren't you"
"Yip, every year. It's a bit mean so at the end of every day I put some of my old action figures on her bed"
"…I want to be alone now"
"Excuse me?"
"You heard me"
Soon after Ren left the sun had gone down and the lamp posts lit up the empty streets.
"I got nothing" Ruby grumbled
"Hello Ruby" Ozpin greeted as he approached with a cup of steaming hot coco in his hand
"Hi professor"
"You seem sad. What's wrong?"
"I'm the only one who got nothing for Valentines. I used to get so many things on Valentines but now…"
"Well if it helps, I didn't get anything for Valentine either"
"You didn't?
"Nope"
"…Then what's that?" Ozpin and Ruby looked into the cup of coco Ozpin held and saw a pink heart shaped marshmallow and cream around it
"…Hmm. Now that I think about it Glynda did give me this in a hurry…Ruby? Where are you going?"
Ruby's mood went darker as she got closer to her dorm room she shared with her team mates. Just wanting a good night's sleep she didn't think twice when she opened the door.
"Sup sis!" Yang lifted a hand in greeting
Ruby looked up at the castle made of chocolate boxes that her sister was currently inside of
*Slam*
"…Was it something I said?"
"This is no fair" Ruby ranted to herself as she stormed through the hallway "I used to get all the chocolate. I was the cute one of the family. I wish I had my friends here. They used to get me tons of chocolate"
Ruby didn't think twice when she charged through the door leading to the roof. She just need some time to cool down. But when she got to the roof, she wasn't expecting Arashi to be sitting on the edge.
"Arashi?"
"Hmm?" he turned around and saw her "Oh, hi Ruby"
"What are you doing out here?" She asked
"Just sitting and watching" he shrugged "what are you doing here?"
"…I just wanted a place to calm down" She said
"Oh? Then why don't you sit down?" Arashi patted the spot beside him
"Ok"
When Ruby sat down, she immediately felt the weight of today fall on her. Never before did Ruby didn't receive chocolate. She didn't get it. She was still cute right? Of course she was but why didn't she get anything?! Is this what withdrawal feels like? Is this what it feels like when something you love dearly suddenly disappears from your life? She runs on sugar. She needed her annual dose of sweets! Without it she would cease to function! Why her?! Why! It's not fair damn it!
"What's Valentines like?" Ruby looked to Arashi in surprise at his sudden question
"What's Valentines like?" she repeated
"Yes" He said "Every year I see people so worked up over it and I don't understand why it's like that"
"…You've never had a Valentines?" She realised
"No. No one ever gave me anything"
"…Well" Ruby thought "Valentine's Day is about showing your love to people you know and even sometimes people you don't know. It's a day about being happy and gifts make everyone feel happy"
"A day about being happy huh?" Arashi mused "That sounds nice"
"It is" Ruby smiled at Arashi but that dropped when she saw a small splash of red in her vision
"AGH!"
"What?!" Arashi shouted only to get sucker punched in a face "AH! What was that for?!"
"You liar" Ruby screamed as she stood up, with her arms crossed "You did have a valentines"
"No I didn't!" Arashi jumped up to his feet "I've been up here for most of the day!"
"Then how do you explain that!" Ruby pointed the red thing sticking out of Arashi's pocket. Arashi looked at it and picked it out, revealing it to be a ruby red rose.
"Oh this" Arashi grumbled "Yang dropped it. I was about to give it back to her before I saw her throw it over the cliff at the Emerald forest and I decided to keep it"
"…Oh sorry about that"
Arashi looked down at the rose then back at Ruby
"…Do you want it?" He asked
"Eh?"
"Do you want it? The rose?"
"Oh you don't have to" She said. Actually he really did. After this whole day Ruby was willing to accept anything, even flowers.
"You can if you want. I think it'd suit you"
And there is the cliché line again She thought
"Oh stop. Just because my hair is red"
"What? No. Not like that" Arashi said. Ruby looked at Arashi in surprise
"It's not?"
"No" Arashi held up the rose "Look at it. This rose looks so delicate and soft. Like it wouldn't harm a fly. It looks like it couldn't even survive in the cold harsh world" Arashi traced a single large thorn on the stem of the flower "But that would be wrong. This rose can become deadly to whomever dears to handle it without care. To me, this rose is the perfect combination of deadliness and beauty" Arashi looked Ruby straight in the eye "Fits you perfectly no?"
It took a moment for Ruby to finally comprehend what Arashi just said before she turned into a stuttering mess
"I-I-I…U-Uh," Ruby blushed as Arashi gently lowered the rose into her hands "t-thank you, Arashi"
"No problem" Arashi yawned as he stared to walk away "Well, I'm going to sleep now. Good night and make sure you keep that rose fed!"
Ruby could only stare at Arashi's back as he closed the door behind him. Looking down at the rose, Ruby smiled lightly.
When Ruby returned back to her dorm room, she got placed the red rose into a cup of water which she kept on her night stand. Even with the hoard of chocolate in the room and the other thousand flowers that decorated the room and dozens of laminated photos of Blake and a cute blond monkey boy, that lone rose held more meaning than any other gift her team mates could have received. It didn't even matter that she didn't like flowers that much.
Because even though she got no chocolate, this Valentine had been the sweetest yet.
So yea that happened.
I came up with the idea for the Omake when this sweet girl in my class gave me a cute little teddy and told me how I was cute and cuddly just like that bear. Ah young love. To bad I know I'm not going to be cute any longer with puberty and all...
This will probably one of the last chapters that follows the canon because I used the canon to introduce my character Arashi. Now that I have successfully integrated him into the RWBY universe, he will begin to effect things in there. Of Course references to the canon plot will be added, but other then that, the main events will be like a side plot. Oh and well I'm talking about the plot, let me just say now that I am basing my story on the first season of RWBY, just so when new season comes along I can choose whether or not I'll follow it.
I also have another thing to address. That is my writing style. You see when I write I actually pay attention to what I write. And when I write I often change point of views because there are certain things I want you to know and things I want to hide from you. Take Arashi's past for example. This fic would be boring if I just listed his past in chronological order. That would be boring. I like my stories to be smart and interesting.
Also decided I'm just going to make a list every chapter to tell you lazy people what I wanted you to find out in this chapter
Here it goes in no particular order:
-Where Ruby's true potential lies in
-Two potential antagonists
-My version of the history of the White Fang
-More about Glynda's relationship with Arashi
-Who is the tormentor and who is the tormented?
Well thats that. I'm exhausted. This is what I get when I try to get this chapter out on Valentines. Well atleast it's Sunday
Oh and shout out to Ironeye2106. He/or she is officially my first reviewer. Cheers bro
And until next time
Ja Ne