So I've decided to make the pair in this story OCxBlake, but worry not harem supporter, because I plan to eventually make an AU story of this going with the harem route with some changes in events so that it doesn't seem like just a copy-n-paste. I really like this Oc and his character abilities, so I'll probably make him my main OC if I make other stories. Anyways, onto the story! -MadGalvanizer
Disclaimer: I own nothing but my OC
It was an ordinary Sunday afternoon at Beacon academy, many of the students were either relaxing in their dorms or wandering the streets of Vale for supplies or other necessities.
Here we find Professor Ozpin sitting in his office drinking coffee, something he seems to do addictively. He is currently reading through some documents and files, but what makes them important is what the files are about. These files are on none other that our very own mercenary, Frank Chroma. Ozpin has looked over these files several times and he reaches the same conclusion each time, that these files hold almost no useful information to Ozpin. the professor had gotten these files from the mercenary contractors that govern many of Frank's jobs, but the only information on them is his codename, skills, field of expertise, weapon, and a list of completed assignments, or at least the declassified ones. There was no information whatsoever about his past, semblance, not even a photo.
This was most likely done purposely to protect their 'employee' in any case of a breach in security, but that doesn't help Ozpin at a sip of his coffee, he concludes that any information he need, he'll have to get it straight from Chroma himself, and hopefully he will if Frank decides to come to the appointment later today to join Beacon.
Later, Airship to Beacon
It is now 7:00 PM and we find our protagonist sitting in one of the seat in the empty airship, which would normally have a decent number of students on it, but since it was 7 o'clock on a Sunday, many, if not all of the students have already returned back to Beacon earlier.
Said mercenary was reading a book in silence waiting for the ship to reach it's destination at the air docks of Beacon. Frank's attention was focused on the book, but not enough to not keep his eyes on his surroundings, years of mercenary work tended to make one always stay alert. The book was about a man with two souls in his body, the very same book Blake was reading weeks ago in the auditorium of the school. Because of his condition, Frank never got too attached to any book and read them just past the time and have something to slightly distract himself with. His focus on the book was shaken when Freedom started speaking in his mind.
Freedom: "Two souls huh? Hehe Kinda sounds like us doesn't it?" He asked, chuckling a bit.
Wisdom: "In a sense, yes. It is slightly similar to us, but we are pieces of Frank, not different entities. You and I are just aspects of Frank with a focal point of specific traits, Mine being intelligence and skill, while yours are freedom and speed." Explained Wisdom to Freedom, though since they are technically the same entity, Freedom already knew it.
Choosing to block out the impending argument between the two aspects, Frank returned his focus onto his book. This continued on for a few minutes until the speaker blared to life, messaging to the merc that they were reaching their destination. A minute later they had reached their destination and docked. After getting of the ship, Frank could finally be seen in the light of sunset, wearing the same outfit as last time, but with one change, he was wearing a gray coat with a hood and two rows of 5 buttons down the chest, the back of the coat ran down to calf while the front only ran down to the waist (1). Picking up his suitcase he made his way towards the school and stop right in front of the statue of two hunstmen on a stone.
Looking at the card Ozpin had given him, he realized that even if he knew what room Ozpin's office would be, that didn't give him an idea of where it was since he has never been to the academy. He mentally sighed and was about to initiate an aura scan to find where Ozpin was but before he could he heard a tapping of heels on cement. Turning around he say the one and only Glynda Goodwitch of Beacon Academy.
Minutes prior Glynda Goodwitch was walking the halls of Beacon towards the air dock to guide the new student towards Ozpin's office. Though she was a bit reluctant about the 'special case' student, thinking that Ozpin had recruited another person like Ruby Rose. Contrary to her previous thought, she decide to give this new student the benefit of doubt considering she hasn't even met him yet. Walking out the front doors, she spots it him with his back to her, seemingly looking at the sun setting. Walking up to him, he turned around to face her, most likely hearing her foot steps. Seeing his face she saw that he was a handsome individual, but soon after that noticed the dull sheen of his eyes, confusing her greatly.
'What has this child seen to make him have eyes like that? His eyes are like young miss Rose, but something about them makes them seem so different.' Glynda thought, but kept her calm demeanor.
"Hello, you must be , I am Glynda Goodwitch, a teacher at this academy. Professor Ozpin sent me to guide you to his office." Glynda spoke calmly and regally.
"Yes, that is me, thank you for guiding me Ms. Goodwitch." he replied in a polite tone.
Glynda was surprised by his deep and mature voice, but mostly by his politeness, it was becoming increasingly rare for students to be polite in recent years. It was a good idea to give him the benefit of doubt, she thought as a small smile graced her face. She motioned for him to follow her as they made their way into the halls of Beacon.
Their walk through the halls were short and along the way Glynda explained to Frank about some of the history of Beacon while Frank listened and replied when one was expected. Eventually they had reached Ozpin's office, Glynda knocked on the door and Ozpin called them to enter from inside the room. Opening the door Frank was greeted to the sight of cog wheels on the ceiling and Ozpin sitting at his desk drinking his coffee. Ozpin motioned to seat in front of his desk and asked the merc to take a seat.
" , I'm glad to see you here. I assume you're here to accept my offer of joining my academy?" Ozpin asked, though he felt he already knew the answer to the question.
Frank looked at Ozpin one last time, trying to detect any hint of deceit in his eyes, but seeing none, he responded with a yes and a nod of his head, indicating his acceptance.
Ozpin only smiled and pulled out his scroll. after a few moments of swiping on it and putting in some information, he put it down and looked back at the mercenary in front of him.
"There we go , you're now an official student of Beacon Academy. Unfortunately because of the fact that it's been a month after the semester started, I'm afraid that there aren't any teams in need of another member-" before the professor could finish, he was interrupted by Frank.
"It's quite alright Professor Ozpin, with my amount of skill and experience, I believe I would be alright as a team of one. I've been doing it for the past 5 years after all." He stated in his stoic tone.
Ozpin was reluctant to agree to the mercenary's statement, not that he doubted his skill, but more of the fact that making him a team of one would be completely against the reason why he felt Frank needed to go to Beacon. Putting him alone would be almost the same and him continuing his mercenary work.
"I don't doubt that at all , but I have some misgivings about throwing you to the beowolves alone, so I'll bend the rules a bit." Ozpin stated, much to Glynda's surprise. After another sip of his coffee, he continued. "How about this, you will be a team of one on paper, but you'll be partnered with two other teams, when they go on missions, you go with them. If you go on a mission, they come with you. How's that sound? I believe you and them can benefit greatly from this partnership." Ozpin stated, knowing that the mercenary in front of him needed people to be there for him, and not just in a sense of battle.
And he knew exactly what two teams would be perfect for the job.
Frank stayed silent, thinking about the offer, even his personas were staying silent to let him think. He's never worked along side anyone before, except for a few other mercenaries when he was younger, and those encounters were short and to the point, never even exchanging names. He didn't know what to do, until a stirring in his mind occurred.
It was a small feeling in his head, almost like a barely audible buzzing, tempting him to say yes to the offer. Thinking back, the feeling was similar to when Freedom was emerging. Taking this as a sign that another aspect was stirring from the offer, the decision became all the more easy. Frank looked back up to the man in front of him and agreed.
"That's great to hear." Ozpin stated smiling just a bit. "Since you've agreed, there are a few things we must go over, firstly is your initiation. This is only a formality since I've seen your skills in person, but since all students are required to take one, yours will be tomorrow afternoon, it will also be broadcasted in the school, so no one thinks you rolled right into school without proving yourself." Ozpin stated with a grin on his face.
Frank returned the grin, albeit less noticeably and replied "Of course not professor."
Glynda was very confused at this point, not only is this student a late acceptance, but Professor Ozpin thought he was strong enough to make him a team of one?! Not only that, but to be skilled enough for Ozpin to agree to the initiation being just a formality? This student was certainly more than meets the eye. She was soon snapped out of her thoughts when the headmaster continued talking.
"Lastly , I know it may be a bit personal, but your file was a bit lacking in information. Would you be so kind as to fill in some of the blank? I assume you, none of what you say leave this room without your permission." Ozpin then directed a serious gaze towards Glynda, who just nodded her head in affirmative even though she had no idea what this conversation was about .
Frank's only response was to close his eyes, seemingly to collect his thoughts before opening them and replying." I knew I would need to eventually, better now than later I guess. But I'll need to start from where it all began, how the Galvanizer came to be." He spoke, letting his mind replay the events.
5 years ago Chroma residence -Evening
It was a quiet night at the Chroma residence, Frank's mother was washing the dishes while his father, Dante Chroma was showing him his sword, it was a black sword with a blue gem at the cross guard, much like Frank's but black with only one gem. Dante was what some would call a hero for saving many lives during the Human/Faunus war, but many, mostly the White Fang, thought the man was a monster. Frank had always loved his father's sword and would always bicker his father into teaching him how to use a sword.
After a while,the family decided to turn in for the night since it was getting late. Unfortunately for them, there was a group of people outside wearing grimm masks, waiting for this exact moment. Once all the lights had gone out, they struck, throwing a molotovs through the windows. Frank woke up to the sound of his mother yelling and her shaking him. Frank looked around his room and saw fire everywhere around him but the pathway to the door.
His mother was telling him reassuring words and trying to calm him down, she was so focused on the task that she never noticed someone walk up behind her. Frank looked up and looked right the man's mask, white with red lines. Frank was about to ask who it was before the man hit his mom in the back of the head, knocking her out instantly.
"MOM!" Frank yelled, reaching towards his downed mother, but before he could reach her the man swung again, hitting the child this time. Knocking him out beside his mother.
Hours later Frank was starting to regain consciousness, not enough move or speak but enough to hear the voices speaking close to him.
"We can't do this Drake, he's just a child! He's done nothing to us!" A female voiced yelled.
"The hell we can't! This kid's the son of that asshole Dante Chroma! That gives me all the right to do what I want! Besides, I haven't had a new toy in a long time!" A male voice exclaimed, ending with a maniacal glee. after a moment of silents the woman spoke up.
"I will have no part in this you sick freak." The woman stated coldly. The clicking of heels and a pressurized hiss indicated she left through an automated door.
"Fucking bitch, more fun for me then. Gotta start setting up my toys." The man grumbled as he walked over to a table.
At this point Frank could finally crack open his eyes a bit, but he did not like what he saw. He observed that he was strapped down to an upright metal rig, arms to the side and legs spread a bit he could also feel a cloth in his mouth. The man was looking away from him, setting up some tools for a purpose lost to Frank. The man was quite tall and was wearing a lab coat, but the most noticeable detail was his orange tail with black stripes, which matched the ears on top of his head. Almost like sensing he was being watched, the faunus turned around and saw the child looking at him.
"Ahhhh, so the kid's awake. Good, that means I get to enjoy myself soon." The faunus spoke, grin increasing in size with each word. Frank didn't know why that grin scared him so much, but he would soon find out why. "So the higher ups wanted information and data on how the mind deals with a lot of stress, and all the shit. But since they gave me some liberties, I'm gonna show them data and crap on how I'll break your mind." said a faunus as he reached for and cattle prod. After a few hours of shocking and laughing from the faunus while Frank screamed his throat raw, unconsciousness allowed the child a moment of rest, but little did he know, this was only the beginning.
One month, one month Frank has spent in the room, getting tortured day after day. The faunus had attached scanners to Frank's head every day and start the torture, be it with knives, hammers, burns, or just his fist. At first the thoughts of his mother and father coming to rescue him from this hell kept him going, but after two weeks, that hope started dying, being replaced with the hope of a quick death from his torturer. Lifeless silver eyes stared at the door across from him, waiting for the inevitable arrival of the gleeful faunus intent on destroying the child's mind. Eventually the the man came in, but this time he came with a television on a cart, not only that, but he had spots of blood sprinkled on his clothes.
The 'scientist' set up the television in front of Frank before speaking to him in his condescending manner.
"Hey kid, how's it hanging? I got some good news for ya', todays the last day! Today's the day you break for me! And I have just the way to do it. So tell me, ya' miss your daddy and mommy?" At his words, the child's eyes gained a small light that hadn't been present for the past weeks. "Well then, I've got a surprise for you!"
The man pulled out a disc case from his lab coat and placed the disc into the side of the television, prompting it to load a video. Lifeless silver eyes looked forward onto the screen and saw his parents, both gagged and chained to a wall in some kind of dungeon. They were both bloodied and barely conscious. The tiger faunus soon walked into view, revolver in hand. He walked over to Dante and grabbed his face, making him look into the camera.
'Smile for the camera, Dante, your brat's gonna love seeing this.'
Hearing this, Dante's eyes gained an intensity and started yelling into his gag.
'Thats right. just like that.' Drake said as he pointed the gun to Dante temple, looking over to the camera and smiling before pulling the trigger. Dante's body slumped lifelessly down, being held up by the chains and Aqua sobs into her gag. Frank's face gave no change while watching this, but tears were streaming down his face, the cracks on his sanity growing larger than ever before. Frank couldn't take much more, but the video continued.
'Now for mommy!' the faunus said in the video and he walked over to the newly made widow. "But first, how about one last message for the kid ehh?' He asked as he took the gag off of Aqua, who proceeded to yell out to Frank.
'FRANK! DON'T GIVE UP! I LOVE YO-' She never got to finish her sentence before the tiger faunus shot her through the temple. Moments later the video ends with a blue screen.
Frank hangs his head down as tears stream down his face, eyes more lifeless than ever before. As he cried the faunus started laughing, stating low and quickly becoming a loud cackle. In his mind, Frank could the ring of the gunshot, becoming louder and louder until it was replaced by the sound of glass shattering. At that moment everything went dark for Frank, he was floating in darkness, not a sound could be heard, until he heard a voice from behind him, calling him. Turning around he saw four human outlines, each a specific color. One red, one blue, one green, and one black. The voice spoke again, showing it came from the black one.
?: "I guess we'll give you a hand this time as a freebie, but don't expect another one. If you want our help, you will be the one to find us. Now let's avenge our family." The black outline said before all the outlines started glowing, when the glowing reached it's peak, there was an explosion of life, giving light back to the black landscape that was Frank's mind.
(1)= The jacket Frank wears is designed after Vergil's DMC jacket, this will also be his default look when he's out of Beacon's uniform.
And there chapter 3! longest one so far. I hope you enjoy it, because my finals are coming up, so I'll be busy studying. see you guys next chapter! -MadGalvanizer