Hunter yawned as quietly as he could. Professor Goodwitch was busy explaining something about combat to one of the members of Team JNPR (obviously Jaune) and everyone else merely pretended to pay attention.
He had seen some of the sparring done in class, and, to be honest, he was quite disappointed.
Comparing anti-Grimm combat to anti-human combat was like comparing the Battle of the Somme to a game of fencing. Not that he actually knew what the Somme was, of course, but reading about it was enough for him.
Goodwitch could not help but notice Hunter's dissatisfied expression.
"Mr. Pak, do you have something to say?" she asked. Hunter looked up from his thoughts and shook his head.
"No, ma'am," he replied. "I do not."
Goodwitch nodded.
"Perhaps you would like to show Mr. Arc here how combat is supposed to work?" she asked.
Hunter narrowed his eyebrows.
"Is this some sort of test?" he asked, his silver eyes flashing a bit. Goodwitch nodded.
"Fine," Hunter said. "Who am I sparring with?"
Yang stared into the empty space in front of her, drowning out whatever was going on in class. Something about her surroundings did not feel right. Everything seemed a bit blurry around the edges, especially Pyrrha, and what was this negative emotion towards Blake?
Yang sighed and put such thoughts out of her head.
"Miss Xiao Long," Goodwitch suddenly said. "Would you like to help Mr. Pak here in demonstrating proper combat skills to Mr. Arc?"
Yang looked up in confusion.
"Uh… sure…"
She walked down to the stage, where Hunter was looking around at the rest of the room.
Yang cocked her two gauntlets, ready to pulverise her new roommate. Hunter hovered his hands over a pair of pistols still in their holsters.
"Ready?" Goodwitch asked. The two nodded.
"Begin."
"So, did anyone find out yet?" Sun asked Blake. Blake tilted her head in confusion.
"About what?" she asked. Sun responded by pointing to Blake's bow.
"Oh," she said. "No, not yet." It was around now that the two noticed the banging noise coming from one of the rooms.
"Sounds like Yang is mad," Blake commented. Sun nodded.
"You know, maybe…"
Before Sun could say anything, Hunter was suddenly blasted through the wall of the classroom he was in, his two Schnellfeuer machine pistols still firing in Yang's general direction. Yang ran in pursuit, her gauntlets blasting shotgun shells at Hunter.
Hunter ejected the magazines from both his guns and reloaded them in a rather dramatic fashion. He let fly another volley in Yang's direction. Yang managed to dodge most of the bullets, those which hit her glanced harmlessly off her gauntlets.
Hunter's playful smile did not go unnoticed by Yang.
She had to admit, she was having fun as well.
"Is that all you got!?" Yang taunted, throwing another punch in Hunter's direction. Hunter casually dodged Yang's fist.
"Oh trust me," he replied. "I got plenty more."
Yang suddenly felt a lot of pressure on her abdominal area. She looked down and briefly saw Hunter's knee digging into her stomach before sending her flying through the roof.
"Damn," Hunter commented. "That might have been not enough."
He jumped after Yang, using his Schnellfeuers to propel him up, and fired in Yang's direction.
"Don't think so!" Yang said. She fired a high explosive shell at Hunter, causing him to fly off the roof.
An orange tracer flew from Hunter's direction into where Yang stood, causing her to fly off the roof as well.
"Tsk," Hunter clicked his tongue as he landed. "Out of ammo."
Yang ejected the empty casings from her gauntlets.
"Old fashioned way?" she offered. Hunter shrugged.
"Try me," he replied.
The two dashed at each other, rapidly throwing punches. After a while, the two skid back a bit from the recoil of their punches (AN: Do punches have recoil? lol), their breathing cutting through the silence between them.
Their eyes flashed, Yang's red and Hunter's silver, as they dashed forward again. Hunter blocked Yang's left hook with his right arm. Yang smiled victoriously as she swung her other arm at Hunter's face.
"Stop!" a voice said suddenly.
Yang and Hunter paused, as commanded, and looked over towards the source of the voice.
"I believe sparring is not supposed to go on in the courtyard?" Ozpin sarcastically said, Goodwitch scowling in the background at the damage she was cleaning up.
"But," Hunter began, but stopped as Ozpin raised a hand to silence him.
"It would have been a tie, if that is what you wished to know," he said. The two Huntsmen-in-training blinked in confusion.
"Mr. Pak," Ozpin began. "If Miss Xiao Long's right hook had managed to hit you, I would be talking to a pile of ashes." Yang giggled a bit.
"And Miss Xiao Long," Ozpin continued. "Perhaps you should try looking down at the ground for a bit." Yang blinked in confusion before looking downwards.
She saw the barrel of some sort of artillery piece poking her in the stomach, with Hunter's hand on the trigger.
"Point being," Ozpin concluded. "It would have been a tie." He clapped his hands. "Alright everyone, back to class."
Yang stood next to the door which led to the infirmary. Hunter was in there for some time.
"Hope I didn't break his legs or something," she said to herself. It was around this moment when Hunter walked out of the infirmary, thanking the nurse for her help. He jumped when he saw Yang standing by the door.
"Um…" he stuttered as he hurriedly put his gloves on, but not fast enough. Yang managed to notice what was under the gloves.
"Your arms…" she said. Hunter clicked his tongue.
"Don't worry about them," he said. He started walking back to their dorm room, with Yang right behind him.
When the two got back to their room, Hunter threw off his gloves and jacket onto his bed, revealing what Yang thought she had seen.
His entire right arm and his left forearm were machines. And not the robotic arms made by Atlas or any commonly found on the market. They operated like cockwork. Literally.
"Looks like one of the gears broke," Hunter said as he moved his arm a bit. Yang was about to say something, but decided to say something else.
"My sister could look at it," she said. "She's a bit of a tech nerd."
Hunter looked up at the generous offer.
"Thanks," he said. "I'll think about." He collapsed down on his bed and sighed.
"I haven't fought that hard in a long time," Hunter chuckled. Yang laughed as well.
"I guess you could say that we ended that class…" Yang began.
"...with a Yang?" Hunter finished. Yang playfully punched him in the shoulder.
"Hey," she said. "That's my line."
The two continued to laugh before settling down.
As Yang went to turn off the lights, she looked over to Hunter.
"Hey," she began. "Are you ever going to tell me about…" She motioned in the direction of Hunter's arms. Both Hunter and Yang's expressions gloomed a bit.
"Maybe tomorrow," he said.
Satisfied, Yang turned off the lights and headed to her bed.
Yang woke up to someone sobbing. Out of curiosity, she cautiously rolled over to face Hunter's direction. She heard the sound of someone blowing their nose replacing the sobbing. Hunter lay in his bed, a tissue lying next to him. His breathing was heavy and his eyes were bloodshot.
"Hey."
Hunter shook in surprise and looked up at the source of the voice. Yang bent over his huddled figure, her worry showing on her face.
"Need some fresh air?" she asked. Hunter nodded. Yang helped Hunter up as they walked over to the nearest balcony.
"Thanks," Hunter said. Yang nodded.
"Any time," she replied. She sat down across from Hunter and took some time to calm down.
The way Hunter acted reminded Yang of how her sister acted every time she had a dream of her mother.
"Does it have to do with your arms?" Yang thought, not realizing she actually said her thoughts out loud.
"What?" Hunter asked. Yang was about to take back what she said when Hunter stopped her.
"Yes," he answered. "It does."
Yang realized what Hunter was attempting to do.
"You don't have to…"
"Actually," Hunter cut her off. "I should. Telling someone might actually help with the pain." He shrugged. "Or so I have heard."
Hunter blew his nose.
"Make yourself comfy," he told Yang. "This is going to be a long one."
Author's notes: I wrote this chapter while listening to music, so I managed to find some good songs for my OCs by accident (Because the RWBY characters seem to always have their own theme songs)
Hunter Pak:
Character Theme: Hysteria by Nano
Battle Theme: Bokura no Senjou by Walküre
Rapira Feniks
Character Theme: GALLOWS BELL by Nano
Battle Theme: Magenta by Nano
That's all I could think of so far XD Take a listen to each song and tell my what you think.
See you in the next chapter :)