Well I finally posted a new chapter after who knows how long, trust me guys I didn't try to take so long, things have just been getting out of hand here with work and everything, I just needed a break to relax. And that means I was playing Reaper of Souls for the last few days nonstop. Anyway I don't know if any of you have noticed or are aware but I have a Deviant Art page where I will be posting pictures relating to my OC's and scenes from my stories. The link to said page is on my profile but if you don't want to do that just go here: deceiverofthegods. deviantart. com right now I just have a picture of my very first OC from A Beast Am I (which will be updated soon enough relax) but there will be more posted soon enough. And before you ask no I am not the one who draws them, I can't draw hell I can barely write I have commissioned a friend to draw them for me she is mentioned and linked in the pictures. Anyway thank you all for being so patient R&R and see you in the next one.

A Figment of Days Gone By

"I don't like this..." The rest of Team RWBY nodded in agreement as they turned their gaze towards Rodric who was busy looking around the dorm room. "He looks a lot calmer I'll give him that, but that doesn't mean he won't snap in an instant..." There was a murmur of agreement amongst themselves as they watched him make his way over tot heir beds, examining them. "Anyway what are we suppose to do now? We can't just neglect our assignments because he's here right?" Blake nodded in agreement but both Yang and Ruby groaned in annoyance, "You two didn't think you were going to get a free pass did you? Just because we have...a guest doesn't mean you two can start slacking off."

"How do you sleep on these infernal contraptions?" He tugged on of the ropes holding the bed afloat as it groaned slightly.

"Classes don't matter at this point, how are we going to deal with him, I mean not only is he a danger but...you know?" The others looked at Ruby not exactly sure what she was trying to say, she stuttered slightly before thrusting her hand out in his direction. "H-He's a guy..." The others looked at him before turning back to their leader still just as confused as before.

"Yeah..."

"What about it?"

"And that means..."

Ruby huffed in frustration stomping her foot, "I mean what if...you know..." She lowered her voice so much that the other three had to lean in closer to hear her properly, "what if he...tries something?" The other three looked a her curiously before realization dawned on each of them, their faces all flushing various shades of red. Yang was the only one of out of them smirking as her face flushed as she turned towards him eying him up and down.

"Well he'd be very brave..."

"You brute! This is a serious problem how could we have not thought of this before, what were we thinking agreeing to have a guy stay with us.."

"You do know that there are co-ed teams all throughout Beacon...right?" They all looked to Blake who looked curiously at them, "You didn't forget did you?" Yang's smirk never left her face, while Weiss smacked her head clearly ashamed for getting worked up over nothing, Ruby rubbed her head chuckling nervously to herself.

"H-Heh...oops."

"Alright...where am I to rest for the night?" He turned towards the group of girls who had been conversing with themselves since he had arrived, he knew not of what they spoke of but it mattered little to him. After he asked they all turned towards him eying him curiously, clearly they must not have heard him, "Where am I to sleep to-"

"Yeah, yeah we heard you."

"On the floor where do you think?"

He raised his brow at this as he glared at the girl in white, "Excuse me?" He could feel his anger rising but his word to that old man kept him from acting on it. He instantly regretted his promise, he wasn't about to let some pompous girl speak to him like that, "Clearly you have forgotten girl, the old man clearly stated that I was now a member of this team so-"

"Are you stupid?" He jaw ticked as he clenched his fists, "There are five of us and four beds, where do you think you're going to sleep genius?" He slowed his breathing as he turned on his heel and walked over to the bed laying beneath the precariously hung bed and slid into the space turning his back towards them, "Just what do you think you're doing?!" He huffed slightly keeping his back towards them, the bed smelled like Weiss, he frowned slightly but ignored it. "I demand that you answer me this-"

"Clearly from your question you were allowing me to choose a bed and I chose this one, thank you for being so considerate Weiss." He sneered her name as he pulled the blanket over himself and settled in for the night, he could still hear the girl huffing and fuming behind him but he ignored her as he closed his eyes and waited for sleep to take him.

Weiss was beyond furious as she tried to quell her anger, snippets of curses slipped past her lips as she fumed about the room, "Weiss chill just sleep somewhere else, it's getting late anyway we should-"

"Oh what a brilliant idea Yang and where do you propose I sleep hmm?!" Yang merely rolled her eyes and disappeared into the bathroom to change into her pajamas, Weiss was still fuming as she eyed the boy in her bed, she couldn't believe this. Her eyes began to dart around the room searching for something, "Where's Myrtenaster I'm going to take care of this right-"

"Weiss..." Ruby placed her hand on her shoulder stopping the older girl as she sighed softly, "Just let it go, just for tonight alright? We'll see if we can get an extra bed or something from Ozpin tomorrow okay?" Weiss glared at Ruby but nodded nonetheless, "Now if you're not upset anymore, heh, which you still kind of are...y-you can sleep with me if that makes you feel better?"

"Why would that make me feel better?"

"Cause it's better than the floor?"

"..." Weiss didn't want to admit it, but it was a much better alternative than sleeping on the hard floor, without a blanket. She pinched the bridge of her nose frowning, she tried to make it seem like she was struggling to decided even though she had already decided what she was going to do, "Fine." Her frowned deepened when Ruby threw her arms around her hopping up and down excitedly, "Oh joy."

His eyes fluttered open roughly an hour or so after everything quieted down, he remained still for a few moments after waking up, just to be sure that everyone else was asleep. He tossed the blanket off of himself and quickly retreated from the bed, it was a bit...uncomfortable to sleep in such a thing, he was used to sleeping on harder surfaces so it was really strange. He looked around the room and without all the noise it seemed a decent environment to stay in, with the floor bathed in moonlight it reminded him of his old home. He made his way over towards the window when a low groan caught his attention, turning towards the bed he noticed the girl in white sleeping on the hanging bed although she pushed herself towards the very edge of it. He frowned slightly intending to ignore her, but he couldn't, he moved over to her and slipped his arms under her legs and back lifting her from her spot and laying her in the bed he had stole from her. Almost instantly she stretched out and seemed more comfortable, he shook his head, surely she would question him in the morning but he didn't care about that.

Slowly pushing the window open he gazed about the darkened landscape, the grounds of the school were covered in strange white stone that was caved in such strange shapes. There were pillars and arches strewn about with stone pathways leading in all different directions, and he could see part of a man made pond from the room he resided in, it must have been massive to be partially seen from here. A soft breeze blew through the room as he closed his eyes feeling the winds caressing his face, Everything feel's the same yet...he opened his eyes as they gazed towards the sky as they widened at the sight of the shattered moon, nothing is. He climbed up and threw his legs out of the window as he sat there looking about the darkness, it was the first time since awakening that he felt at peace, the darkness and pale light of the moon calmed his nerves and put him at ease. He closed his eyes again as another breeze blew against his face, as it slowly faded his eyes reaming closed for much longer, This place...

"Ngh...h-huh Weiss? Oh, Rodric what are you-" He held his hand up silencing her, even after he lowered it she remained silent as she watched him, What's he doing? She looked at him before climbing out of bed and making her way to him, "A-Are you alright?" He said nothing as she merely watched him, she looked out the window and didn't see anything worth looking at, sure it was a beautiful sight but nothing she hadn't seen before. "Rodric what are you-"

"There." He quickly stood up as heart heart clenched in her chest, he wasn't planning on jumping was he, nevertheless she grabbed the back of his shirt holding tight to it. He outstretched his arms as a strong gust of wind blew hard around him making a wide smile cross over his face, predicting the wind still came naturally to him, and feeling that cold gust of air rushing over his face felt like heaven.

"Whoa..." Ruby had used her hand to guard it from the strong gust that blew through the dorm room, she had felt strong gusts before but this one felt strange to her it was different than most. The wind felt like it was surrounding her, holding her, protecting her, as she closed her eyes she could feel the air moving along her skin so slowly and tenderly it could be compared to a gentle touch. As the feeling moved along her body and up towards her face she couldn't help but let a large smile spread over her lips, she never experienced the wind like this, something she felt on a daily basis never felt as amazing as this. As the wind rushed through her hair her eyes shot open as she heard something akin to a soft whisper, it was gentle but loud enough to be noticed, and in an instant it was gone as was the gentle breeze as it slowly faded away. She watched as Rodric sat back on the windowsill as she stared out into the night sky, "W-What was that..."

"That child was anáil na gaoithe, the wind's breath." He closed his eyes sighing softly as he listened to the gentle rustling of the leaves from the not so far off forest. Even now in this strange time he finds himself in, the wind's breath was still here and it hadn't seemed to change but it whispered of strange things to him, things he didn't understand.

"But...but what is it?"

"Honestly child..." He huffed slightly shaking his head as he looked up towards the shattered moon, "the wind's breath is the very essence that guides us along our paths, it's something I learned long ago to use. It's helped me on numerous occasions, leading me towards things I would have taken to long to find on my own..." He gazed out towards the forest staring into the darkness, "...I shouldn't have left." He blinked when his eyes began to ache a brief imagine of smoke filling his mind before he shook the memory away.

"What did you say?"

He turned slightly seeing the young girl sitting next to him as he frowned slightly, "Shouldn't you be asleep girl?" She huffed puffing out her cheeks as she crossed her arms, before glaring up at him with her bright silver eyes.

"Hmph, what about you? Shouldn't you be doing the same?" He looked at her before smirking as he turned back towards the dark forest, he could help but let out a low chuckle. She was brave he would give her that, where the rest of her team seemed to fear him she was either to naïve to know any better or was just as he saw her, a reckless child.

"I can't sleep, this place is to different than what I'm used to, I don't think I would be able to rest even if I was tired." He huffed and leaned forward slightly, "There's too many things to see and it gives me a feeling of restlessness, perhaps when and if I settle in I'll be able to rest easier." He chuckled softly, "That is a big if though..." He leaned his shoulder against the side of the window as he sighed heavily, he had doubts that he would ever get used to this place, it was too drastically different to even know what to start with.

"Rodric...can I...can I ask you something?" He gave a small hum as he leaned against the window, biting her lip Ruby looked towards her sleeping teammates before glancing back towards Rodric. Considering everything that happened not even a few hours ago she wasn't sure it was wise to bring up the events of the forest, but from the way he had yelled at them she wanted to know why. "Why...w-why can't you just call me by my name..." She wanted to know why but didn't have the courage to ask him so outright, and then what if she angered him and he attacked them, it wouldn't be pretty or very easy to explain.

He turned to look curiously at her, "Your name? I've called you by your name plenty of times."

Ruby huffed giving him a mocking glare, "No you haven't! All you've called me is girl and child, not to mention the only name you seem to remember is Weiss, but then you say it with such an attitude." She puffed her cheeks out, "The least you could do is remember our names since your going to be staying here..." She looked at him as he gave a heavy sigh before shaking his head.

"Fine..."

Her face lit up as a large smile came across it, "Great I'm Ruby!" She threw her legs over the windowsill as she turned around to face the dorm room. She pointed to the bed where he had placed the girl in white, "That's Weiss b-but I'm sure you knew that already h-heh..." She looked at him before clearing her throat and pointing towards the opposite side of the room and the bed that sat atop the pile of books, "That's my sister Yang and that's-guh..."

He followed her gaze towards the bottom bed where a pair of bright amber eyes glared at them from the darkness of the room, "I'm Blake...Ruby do you know what time it is?" He turned towards the younger girl whose face was red with embarrassment as she stuttered out a few words none of which made sense.

"U-um I uh...w-well what are you doing up B-Blake?" Ruby held her head up high a small smirk on her lips feeling that she had gotten the upper hand on Blake.

A frown marred her face as she seemed to glare at Ruby, "I'm up because you two are talking too loud..." Her glare shifted towards Rodric before going back to Ruby, "You should be in bed we have classes tomorrow, you know." Ruby's face fell as she muttered something to herself, "I don't think Yang would appreciate her sister speaking like that, hmm?" Ruby's entire body went stiff as Rodric looked over to Blake who's eyes seemed to be shining with amusement.

"F-Fine I-I was getting tired anyway..." She slid from her spot next to him and quickly climbed up to her precariously placed bed, she stopped for a moment and looked towards him, "Goodnight Rodric..." With that she quickly slid under her blankets but not before tossing one last glare in Blake's direction.

"Goodnight little one."

A scoff from the darkness caught his attention as he turned towards the glowing amber eyes as he frowned slightly, "And what, may I ask, is so funny?" He slid from his spot in the window and moved over towards the bed that Blake lay in as she sat up a glare slowly settling in her eyes.

"Where's all that anger that you held when we first met in the forest hmm?" Now that he was closer he was closer he could see the corner of her mouth twitch upwards into a small smirk as he frowned gripping the bed frame of the one above hers in his hand as he clenched it tightly.

"Oh believe me Blake it is still there..." The wood began to groan under his grip as his eyes stayed locked with Blake's, "It would just so happen I...am restricting myself from causing too much damage to this school, that is all." He pushed away from the bed leaving his mark on the wood as he turned back towards the window.

"Well if that's the case then why did you attack us back in the forest?"

He turned towards her to see her eyes staring right at him as frowned, "If I remember correctly, it was your little friend Weiss who attacked me first..."

"Yeah after you threatened us!"

"That may be but it was your little group who made the first move, was it not? And if I recall I never harmed your friends...to a lethal extent anyway." He smirked slightly seeing the frustration building in Blake's face, as she opened her mouth to retort he turned his head away from her, "Shouldn't you be taking your own advice and heading off to bed, don't you have classes tomorrow?" He watched as she squinted her eyes before huffing and turning away from him and drifted off to sleep. He smirked as he walked back towards the window looking up towards the shattered moon as he sighed softly, it might not have been as pure as it once was but it still had the pristine beauty he was used too.

Looking at the clock on the wall he saw, from what he was able to understand, that not even an hour had passed and he finished looking through all of their belongings. Suffice to say there was nothing that caught his interest, aside from a strange book that was hidden behind the others, Ninja's of Love, or something to that effect. But it was quiet obvious after his little bout of exploring, he was bored, he couldn't sleep because he wasn't tired for one and two he had spent who knew how many centuries asleep so the last thing he wanted was more sleep. Looking towards the door of the dorm he figured if he couldn't sleep, then he might as well explore the school he now found himself in. Moving towards the door, he cast a wary glance at the girls in their beds before slowly pulling the door open, as he slipped into the darkened hallways he softly closed the door behind him.

The halls had been exactly what he expected them to be, an endless maze of doors that all looked alike, the carpeted halls from the dorms gave way to tile floors of the main hall. It was here that ceiling high windows lined the walls giving him an, honestly, breath taking view of the courtyard of the school, it was bathed in the light of the shattered moon giving it an almost mystical look. The pure white stone structures seemed to glow in the light of the shining moon, even the trees that dotted the courtyard seemed to have an almost unearthly glow. As the large windows gave way to a large double glass door, he took the handle in hand and pulled it open letting the cool breeze rush through the halls as he stepped out into the night. His footsteps echoed off the stone pathway and into the silence of the night, it was eerie yet comforting at the same time, after dealing with so much shouting and loud noises for the entire day it was nice to have a little peace to himself.

He followed the stone pathway taking in as much of his surroundings as he was able to, off in the distance he could see a giant tower raising out of the ground, he didn't know what it was for or what it did but from it's size...it at least seemed important. The sound of flowing water caught his attention, he followed the sound to the source, which turned out to be part of a rather large statue depicting something he could only describe as a heroic victory. It appeared to be a large rock outcrop with two figures standing on it, one was an older looking male and the other a younger female, the male held a sword in his hand pointing it towards the sky in triumph. The female held a strange double side battle-ax looking off into the distance, focusing on something unseen, below the two figures were two creatures of Grimm facing the same direction as the man. While it clearly showed these two humans' victory over such terrible creatures, Rodric couldn't help but feel his anger slowly grow as he gazed at the statue.

He closed his eyes as his head began to throb painfully, as he opened them fire and smoke filled his vision, the statue of glory was replaced with a statue of arrogance. Where once the two figures stood on the outcrop it was but a single human covered in armor that was bloodied and torn, he had his sword raised to the sky with his foot on the neck of a giant beast that laid defeated before him. He forced his eyes close as the pain returned, when his eyes opened once again the two figures were back, and the fire and smoke were nowhere to be found though the smell of burning wood and ash filled his senses.

"Staying out of trouble I would hope." He looked over his shoulder as a deep frown formed across his face, behind him stood Ozpin who merely gazed past him to behold the statue. How did he sneak up on me... "It's a bit late to be going for a stroll, but considering all you went through I'm sure it is a nice reprieve." Rodric said nothing as he turned back towards the statue gazing at it, for a moment the form wavered to give way to the statue of human arrogance before fading back into what was before him. It seems not everything has been forgotten, he bared his teeth as he moved towards the statue running his hands along the cool chiseled stone. "It's a glorious statue hmm? It tells the tale of when-"

Rodric ran his nails over the stone cutting shallow groves into the once flawless stone, a low snarl rising from his throat, "Enough, what do you want Ozpin, it's clear you did not come here to regale me with tales of past glories."

Ozpin gazed at Rodric noticing that his eyes seemed to change with his outburst, the scarce light from the moon above was enough to give him a proper view of the change. Rodric's pupils went from being the typical round shape to thin slits as he glared at him, Interesting... "Quite right, I have come to inform you about your registration."

"My what?" Rodric's eyes narrowed as he watched Ozpin, as much as he was forced to obey him he still didn't like being near him, something about this man made him uneasy and it was only made worse from the fact that he didn't understand why.

"Your enrollment young man, as long as you stay here you will need to attend classes much like everyone else. After all, I can't have any one 'student' given special privileges." He ignored the scoff that Rodric cast his way, "However, seeing as you were a...late transfer it seems your papers have been...misplaced. You will have to remain in RWBY's dorm until all of this has been sorted out."

"And how long do you expect me to sit around while you forge these documents hmm? I don't appreciate being held in captivity like some wild animal."

"It shouldn't take longer than a week, after all if we want these documents to look genuine it will take some time. Also I would appreciate if you didn't give the girls a hard time, while I have asked them to watch over you, they still need to attend classes and do their respected assignments, so please don't make it difficult for them."

Rodric grit his teeth as a low growl rumbled in his chest, "A WEEK?! You can't seriously expect me to sit around and do absolutely nothing for an entire week while you fiddle around with your papers!"

"You could always use the training rooms, you just can't go to any classes until the week is up that's all." Rodric could feel his eye twitching at the calm answer Ozpin gave him, opening his mouth to argue he was cut off when the older man spoke again, "You should probably head off to bed now, it is pretty late now, we wouldn't want you to be exhausted now would we." Rodric couldn't choke out an answer at the condescending way Ozpin spoke to him, as if he were a mere child. Shouting in anger Rodric pushed past the man heading back towards the dorm room he had left not to long ago, Ozpin watching him go before he turned towards the statue once he was out of sight. His eyes easily found the shallow grooves left in the smooth stone, his eyes lingered at the imperfection before falling towards the stone pathway, where Rodric had stood thick vines covered in sharp thorns ripped through the hard stone. "...Hmm."

Rodric never fell asleep after his encounter with Ozpin, the rage that flooded his veins had seen to that, it just seemed that man knew how to get under his skin with so few words. By the time the sun rose, and the girls had awoke Rodric was in a foul mood, much more so than usual to say the least. It only seemed to grow worse when said girls forced him out of the dorm for a period of time to change or whatever it was they were doing. Not to mention when he was forced to knock on the door over and over until they eventually opened it to allow him entry, but the way Weiss looked at him, like he was interrupting something so important to allow him in frustrated him. Though nothing was done about it, not long after he was allowed back into the dorm the girls left for their classes, not without some parting words between him and Weiss none of which were kind. Without much to do he simply sat with his back against the wall, the light pouring in from the window above him as he watched the clock.

3,597...3,598...3,599...3,600, letting out a long sigh Rodric turned his head to the side, it took exactly 3,600 seconds for the large hand on the clock to move to the next number. It also showed that another damned hour had passed since the girls left him to his own devices, "I have to deal with a week of this..." Though he wasn't sure what was worse, being stuck in here for a week or attending the school he found himself trapped in, to him either option seemed like hell still...He turned back towards the clock watching the smaller hand slowly move by each black line, "It would be better than watching the time pass." He pushed himself to his feet as he turned and pulled the window open leaning on the windowsill as he looked down watching the other students meandering around, he shook his head slowly, he still found it hard to believe that all these children willingly volunteered to be hunters.

His eyes strayed from one child to the next never stopping on any one in particular, "Such wasted life..." His mind strayed back to those strange creature in the forest from the previous day, the Grimm as they were called, "You all volunteer to fight such horrendous abominations of nature..." His eyes caught sight of two children walking closely side by side, the female nudging the male with her shoulder as he smirked, "Enjoy it while it lasts, you never know when it'll be torn from your hands." He face fell at his own words as he watched them disappear around the corner and out of his sight, pushing himself away from the window he sighed heavily, glancing at the clock he saw he needed to find something to occupy his time for the next few hours. As he thought about, something Ozpin had mentioned to him last night crossed his mind, and as much as he hated to admit it, it truly was a lot better than watching the clock make its rounds. Scoffing slightly he walked through the door of the dorm and out into the hall looking around hearing a soft mumble of people conversing nearby but otherwise the hall was practically empty.

He kept his eyes forward, moving with confident strides through the halls passing by others who were dressed in the school uniform, it seemed. They all eyed him curiously as he passed them, perhaps because he wasn't dressed as they were, or perhaps it was because of the way he walked it seemed most other students didn't walk with such an air of confidence as he did so perhaps they were wary of him. Though it could have been because he had walked down the same hallway for the third time though he didn't understand how that was possible with all the turns he had taken. He kept up a calm facade but on the inside he was a raging mess, his apparent poor sense of direction frustrated him, it shouldn't be this hard to be able to find the training room in a school built for hunters.

"Rodric?" He turned at the mention of his name and the first thing he saw was a pair of brown rabbit ears, looking down slightly he saw the girl from the previous day.

"Oh, um...Velvet correct?" She gave a small nod, "Ah, pleasure." He turned back around intending to continue his search for the infamous training room.

"Rodric?" He gave a small hum but did not look towards her, "Um...are-are you looking for something?" He turned towards her before looking away again frowning slightly, she watched as he clenched and unclenched his jaw, it seemed he wanted to say something but couldn't find the words. She had noticed him pass by multiple times with a look of concentration on his face, her face lit up with realization as she tried to fight back a small chuckle, "Rodric...are you lost?"

"What?!" He turned to glare at her but when he noticed the amused look in her eye he frowned and looked away, "I-I don't know where you would come up with such a-a ridiculous claim such as that. Me, lost how preposterous, honestly that's such a ludicrous-"

"I saw you pass by the same window three times, I know you're lost trust me." He opened his mouth for a rebuttal but sadly he couldn't deny that she was right. As much as it pained him to acknowledge his own shortcomings he knew when he was caught and lying to save his own dignity wasn't going to help, she gave a small lighthearted laugh when she saw the look of defeat on his face, "Well, what are you looking for maybe I can help?"

She watched as he grumbled to himself obviously frustrated at having to be helped, she couldn't help but smile he reminded her a little of her own teammate, Fox. Fox was almost the same personality wise, never liking to ask for someone's help or advice always preferring to do things himself until he absolutely needed the help. Despite that he was a good partner, always working hard and always quick to help others despite his aversion to assistance, "Well...I was looking for the damned training room, seeing as I have...plenty of extra time I figured I could occupy myself but..." He sighed heavily as he shrugged slightly looking away from her.

"Oh, well I can show you to it if you want, I was supposed to meet the rest of my team there but I, heh I kind of got distracted." He pinched the bridge of his nose before sighing and giving a firm nod, she flashed him a smile before turning on her heel and walked in the direction of the training room. He followed her saying nothing, as he felt there wasn't much to say after being made to look like a fool because of his poor sense of direction, though she did try to strike up a conversation with him asking him questions about himself. Where are you from, what school did he attend, simple questions trying to get to know him, though seeing as he didn't know how to answer most of these questions he deflected them and asked questions about her. It seemed to distract her for the most part, enough to where she would go on long-winded explanations about certain things, it proved useful as they made it to the training room rather quickly.

Upon entering the large double doors Rodric scrunched his nose as the heavy smell of sweat and a bit of blood reached his nose as he looked around the room. The room was rather large, much larger than deemed necessary in his mind, it was filled with various tools and equipment he figured was used for said training. Scattered around the room were students busy with various activities, off in the corner was a large pile of strangely shaped metal weights that a couple of boys were picking up and lifting, with some difficulty. Beyond that there was a rather large student slamming his fists into a large bag suspended off the ground, he could be heard grunting with each blow he threw, a group of girls and boys rushed past them it seemed that they were running a large track in the center of the room. He didn't exactly expect the training room to look as vast as it did, he didn't really know what to expect honestly but it definitely wasn't this, he shook his head and opened his mouth to ask Velvet about it when a sudden shout cut him off. "Hey Vel, over here!"

He looked in the direction of the shout and saw a dark-skinned boy with deep copper hair waving from across the room, Velvet waved back as she motioned for him to follow. He shrugged and followed behind her as they made their way over. The boy was wearing a tight black shirt that was missing its sleeves, he wore strange white wrappings around his hands that went up to his forearms with baggy shorts with the same white wrappings around his legs and feet. "Hey Fox, sorry for taking so long I was just-"

"Whose this?" He jerked his head motioning to Rodric causing him to frown, it didn't seem he meant it in any ill way he just didn't like being addressed in such a way.

"O-Oh this is Rodric, he's one of the new transfer students I was just helping him out since he got lost on-"

"I didn't get lost I was...merely turned around was all..."

"Of course." She gave him a very amused expression that caused him to roll his eyes, she looked around the room before turning back to Fox, "Say...where's Coco?"

Her jerked his thumb over his shoulder pointing towards the wall, "She's out on the range, she figured if we were all going to train she might as well put some effort in and practice her shooting." Fox shrugged but stopped when something caught his attention, "Hey, what happened to your hand?"

Velvet looked confused for a moment before she realized what he had meant, "Oh, that." She raised her arm up and pulled the sleeve to her uniform up showing a large white bandage wrapped around her hand and wrist, "It's what Coco sent me to the nurses office for yesterday, turns out I really did sprain it h-heh..." Fox continued to stare at Velvet a look of slight anger crossing over his face before looking away.

"Right." He glanced over to his teammate, Yatsuhashi, they shared a look before he went back to working over the punching back. "So...what's your deal?" Rodric looked over to see who he was talking to only to meet his eye causing his own to harden slightly.

"Excuse me?"

"Well, Velvet says she was helping you find your way here, so obviously your were looking to train. Did you have something in mind?" Rodric took a look around the room noticing all the different activities everyone was performing, he didn't even know what he wanted to do he just wanted to get out of the dorm room and felt that this would be the easiest way.

"Not exactly...I merely needed something to occupy my time. I have some free time it seems and I needed to keep myself...entertained." Velvet and Fox looked to each other where the former merely shrugged.

"Well if that's the case then let's go I was looking for a partner." He cast a questioning glance towards him who motioned to a taped off section of the room, "You know sparring, training...what you came here for?" Rodric nodded slightly as he followed Fox towards the box, "Alright so this is what we'll do, first one to pin the other to the ground, get them to tap out, or knock them out wins, whaddya say?" Rodric had no idea what he was talking about but gave a slow nod as Fox cracked a large grin, "Great, Vel you think you can referee for us?"

"U-Um sure."

"Alright, listen up new guy I don't plan on going easy on you just cause you made friends with my teammate okay? So don't expect me to pull any of my punches, if we do this we go all the way." Fox raised his fists and started to bounce on his feet his eyes focused on Rodric, "You ready?"

Rodric's mouth turned into a large grin as he gave a dark chuckle as he pulled his boots off and tossed them off to the side, "You think highly of yourself it seems, but do not underestimate my abilities child, for that will be your most costly mistake." He raised his fists standing opposite of Fox who stared at him with a focused look, his eyes rapidly moving over him, "But to answer your question...I'm more than ready."