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LinkVrains: Stevie's weapon is not from an anime or anything, I tried to get a better description of it in this chapter, but I'm not sure how understandable it is. I'll try to get a friend of mine who is a good artist to help me draw it so I can set it up for the story picture. Stevie's semblance is indeed similar to Vixen's power, but it expands to more than just animals, also if he uses multiple animals at the same time, he gets a boost in the strengthening of an attribute. He can only increase one attribute per soul that he has access to.

I hope that answered your question

Enjoy the chapter

Chapter 3: Grimm

Velvet POV

I wake up ready for the day. Coco said we would be having a "team activity" today, so I dressed in clothes appropriate for shopping at the mall while the boys from team CFVY carry our luggage. I look in the mirror and psyche myself up, "C'mon Velvet. You can do this. You've taken down some of the scariest monsters known to man: beowolves, ursai, and nevermores. A little social interaction with your teammates isn't going to kill you." Feeling sufficiently psyched up I walked out of the bathroom ready to face the day… aaand immediately regretted it.

The first thing I heard when I opened the door is Coco yelling at Fox, "LIKE HELL I'D BELIEVIE YOU ACCIDENTALLY GROPED ME BECAUSE YOU'RE BLIND! I'VE SEEN YOU FIGHT BEFORE! HOW THE HELL AM I SUPPOSED TO BELIEVE YOU LACK SPATIAL AWARENESS WHEN I'VE SEEN YOU SHOOT A BEOWOLF THROUGH THE EYE FROM FIFTY YARDS AWAY?!"

I sigh and pray that Fox doesn't say something stupid that will end his lineage. My prayers went unanswered. "Because you love me?" He asked with a sheepish smile. Coco froze and started smiling. My heart stopped as I saw her lift her leg up and kick Fox so hard in the crotch with her heels, that if he didn't have aura he probably would have zero chance of having kids.

I sighed, Well at least everyone's okay. We stayed in the room for another hour while Coco decided what to wear and Fox lay on the ground, moaning in pain.

When we finally left the room, Fox was looking very tired even though we had only been up for a little more than an hour.

When we finally got to the mall, I went to the cafe next to Coco's favorite clothing shop and got my camera out in case I see any cool weapons passing by while Coco brought her slaves, the boy's along to shop while I just quietly sit at my cafe, waiting for something interesting to show up.

An hour later

I had been sitting for so long, so I decided to visit a dust shop I knew usually had some interesting hunters and hunters-in-training in it.

I sent Coco a text and started to walk out of the mall when I saw a boy going to the cafe I had just vacated. Now normally that wouldn't be so odd, if it wasn't for the fact that the cafe I was sitting at had been a regular cafe. The cafe I was sitting at was a Faunus friendly cafe that was almost exclusively attended by Faunus and the boy was a human boy who looked about a year younger than me with scimitar strapped to his waist. The scimitar has a spearhead on the pommel which suggested at least one other form.

Seeing the curved sword, I took a picture and looked at the blueprints that my camera had just downloaded after a scan. The blade was an interesting thing to behold. The scimitar was apparently only its resting form and could expand to become a scythe. It also had a spear form as I could tell by looking at the sword's pommel. The shaft of the scythe and spear forms was also a high impact sniper rifle that reminded me of a propulsion system. I realized that whoever this kid is he could probably hold his own in a fight.

When I realized he was probably dangerous walking into a Faunus cafe like this I knew that there was probably going to be trouble. I prepared myself to intervene as an intimidating Bear Faunus came out from behind a table, "What's a high and mighty human like you coming to a trashy little Faunus cafe like this? Come to laugh at us?" The Faunus man gestured to the sword at the boy's waist, "Come to threaten us?"

The man looked smug clearly assuming he had won this argument because of his questions that would probably make the kid guilty. The boy looked around the room allowing me to see his eyes, one gold and one black, with a look that betrayed no emotion. Then, he spoke, "This place looks quite nice. You should apologize to the manager for your insults. I just came to eat after my friend suggested it. Why would I laugh at or threaten you? Did you do something to deserve it?" Every answer to the question was answered so innocently that it seemed like he took them at face value.

After the boy left the bear Faunus spluttering for a retort, he went to the counter to order something and sat down in a corner. I watched him from a distance until he left peacefully. He was telling the truth, he came to eat, with no ulterior motives.

I was curious about him, so I followed him out of the cafe in a hurry to see what he is up to. I followed him all the way to an apartment complex on the other side of Vale.

As I was about to go in, I saw a black haired girl wearing a black bow looking at me with narrowed eyes. She walked over to me and gave me a smile so fake that it made me want to curl into a ball and apologize to her for whatever I'd done to anger her. She asked, "Can I talk to you in private?"

I was so terrified of whatever kind of words she was going to say to me that I nodded and was dragged into an alley where she put a hand on the wall beside my head and leaned in close enough to my face that her bow was touching my ears making me realize she was a Faunus when the bow twitched slightly. The fact that she was a Faunus put me at ease until she spoke her next words, "Why were you following Stevie?"

I realized she must have been talking about the boy with the gold and black eyes. "I-I was c-curious. He went to a Faunus cafe to eat and I-i wanted to understand why."

The black-haired girl's expression softened slightly before hardening again as she asked another question. "How were you planning on understanding him?"

I was terrified by how she would react when I told her I was planning on stalking him for several days until I understood why he was so kind to Faunus when a gasp interrupted us. Me and the black-haired girl both looked at the boy who interrupted the interrogation. I felt sorry for him, until I realized that Stevie was looking at us with an expression that looked suspiciously like…disappointment? Then swapped to surprise as he said, "O-oh, h-hello Blake. I didn't know you swung that way. Sorry to interrupt you, I'm glad to see you found someone. Good luck, just continue when I'm gone maybe somewhere less easily visible." With that he turned away and continued walking.

I heard a strangled gasp from the girl, who I now knew as Blake as the arm pinning me to the wall reached towards the vanishing figure of Stevie as she said, "Wait," so quietly it sounded like a whisper. After he was gone, she fell down to her knees and broke down into sobs.

Not sure how to react to this new development, I just awkwardly put my hand on her shoulder to try and comfort her. As I was having a nice moment with my newfound friend, my scroll ring with Coco's ringtone and I quickly picked up in time to hear Coco yell at someone, "WHERE THE HELL IS THAT GIRL?! SHE SAID SHE WOULD BE HERE!"

I remembered the text I had sent Coco before I saw Stevie so I panickedly said, "Be right there Coco. Sorry for making you worry." I looked at thestill sobbing Blake and whispered, "Sorry," before running towards the dust shop I had been planning to go to in order to look for something out of boredom. I ran in the hopes that Coco would be somewhat gentle in her punishment, she wasn't.

Stevie's Flat

Stevie POV

I sat on the bed in my flat and looked around. I found storm sleeping on the only chair I own, a recliner that I sit in whenever I am reading. Looking at him reminds me of the family that I left when I came to Remnant. I haven't thought of them for the month I have been here. I really thought I would think about them more. I hadn't taken myself to be such a cold person before I went to bed and woke up in new world.

I thought about possible reasons for my apparent apathy and realized that I had changed so much when I entered Remnant that I felt that the only thing I had in common with Stevie Williams, an ordinary teenager who lived in a average house in Tennessee, is that I have the same name, memories, and cat as he does. I just cut myself off from pain after the night in the interrogation room where I let out all of my grief and pain. Then who am I? Am I just a helpless teen who is lost in an unknown world or am I Stevie, the kid who got caught up in some sort of super natural event because I have some sort of greater destiny?

Before I can try and find an answer to the question I asked myself, I heard knocking on my door. I open it to see the brown-haired rabbit Faunus, who I think is Blake's girlfriend, standing in a submissive pose with her hands clasped in front of her and her head bent down with her ears hanging down from her head as she asked in an Australian sounding accent, "Is this the home of Stevie?"

Confused l nodded, then realizing she wasn't looking at me said, "Yes, this is. Are you Blake's girlfriend?" The rabbit's ears perked up at my first reply then immediately fell back down with her face turning red at my question.

"I-I'm not Blake's girlfriend. Sh-she caught me following you out of my c-curiosity and asked me why I was following you. Her arm was a-against the wall to intimidate me. Not to do... wh-whatever you think she was doing." The Faunus girl blushed as she finished her talking, clearly uncomfortable about what it looked like she and black were doing, or about to do.

I nodded and rubbed the back of my head saying, "I-I see. So all of that was just a misunderstanding on my part. Now I feel embarrassed," I then switch my tone to a polite tone to try and ease the girl's obvious anxiety, "I sincerely apologize for my actions then miss… I'm sorry, I didn't quite catch your name."

Velvet clearly much more at ease now that I moved away from the subject before saying, "I'm Velvet. Velvet Scarlatina. Please call me Velvet, anything else will make me uncomfortable."

I nod and politely ask her, "Would you like some tea before I send you on your way? I'd feel awful if you'd came here just to apologize."

Velvet paused in thought before nodding and smiling, "I would like that."

I smiled and sit her down at the small table I have in the center of my flat. It is small enough that you have to kneel in order to eat off of it, so I usually just eat out cause I find it a pain to eat at the table.

After she has kneeled I ask a question that's been bothering me since I learned about the Faunus. "What do faunus think about their animal counterparts? Do they treat them any differently than animals that they don't share traits with? For example do you treat rabbits any differently? Does Blake treat cats any differently?"

Velvet was silent for a second before looking at me oddly, "Was this the reason you invited me for tea?"

I rubbed the back of my head awkwardly, "It was one of the reasons. I also wanted to talk to you about Beacon and just talk to you more in general."

Velvet's pinks turned slightly pink at this before saying, "No we don't treat our animal counterparts any differently, although we will take offense at people killing them just to kill them, but then again humans will do that too. There's one thing that has been bugging me, why do you have a strong scent of rabbit on you?"

I blushed and said, "It's my semblance. I can absorb the abilities of organisms I kill and I accidentally shot a rabbit in training one day when I was using my rifle as a propulsion mechanism."

Velvet was silent for a second before looking at my embarrasment before saying, "T-That is o-one messed up s-semblance."

In order to distract her from the subject, I asked, "What's Beacon like?"

Velvet replied after a few seconds, "I-it's really nice. Me and my team have so much stuff to do and their all really nice," she looked down as she quietly mumbled, almost too quiet for me to hear, "I hope I don't screw it up."

I saw the worry she had and felt a sudden urge to protect her from her own lack of confidence. "Velvet, look at me." She looked me in the eyes with noticeable tears in the corners of her eyes. "I may not have known you for long, but I know you are one of the most selfless people I have ever met. You think about others before yourself, going through whatever you have to in order to make sure no one gets hurt. The other day at the cafe, you were about to step in to make sure no one, neither me, the man who tried to provoke me, or the people around us would get hurt. If your team is messed up, it will only be because your teammates did something stupid. I know you will do your best to avoid in fighting. If your team did get screwed up, you would be the one to fix it, so NEVER think you will be the cause of everyone's problems, because I know you will do your best and try to shoulder everyone's burdens, because that's just who you are. So please don't ever doubt yourself like that again."

Velvet stared at me with wide-eyed shock at the speech I made before blurting our, clearly in a panic to change the subject, "I really like your eyes!"

Not sure how to respond to that I once again rubbed the back of my head as both of our faces turn crimson before I finally say, "Uh…thanks. I think I'll go clean up the dishes." I downed the last of my tea before taking Velvet's empty cup towards the sink.

When I got to the table was still sitting exactly how I left her, apparently frozen in place. "Th-thanks f-for th-the t-t-tea. I-I th-think I-I'll b-be g-g-going n-now." She spluttered out, then dashed out the door before I could stop her.

I stared into space at the door she just ran through, not sure what just happened, before deciding I'm going to forget the tea I just had with the pretty Faunus girl (another thought for the corner) I met yesterday and go to bed. Ready for bed, I got a text from Ozpin to report to Beacon tomorrow for a training excercise. Not sure what to expect, I acknowledged the text and went to bed.

The next day

I woke up earlier than usual in order to get ready for my trip to Beacon. Once I was dressed, I wuickly wrote a note for Blake and put it on the front of my apartment door. I learned my lesson about leaving without telling her anything after I got back from Patch.

Flashback

I had been back in the apartment for about an hour now, when I heard frantic knocking at the door. Then a sound as if the door had been unlocked. I frowned and looked around just in time to see a hand approaching my face and before I could react, a hard slap was delivered along with the words, "That's for leaving for several days without telling me."

"Whu-?" My still drowsy voice asked.

Then I felt a hug and I finally registered Blake in front of me saying, "That's for coming back safe," followed. By a red-faced Blake rushing out of the door.

End flashback

After she left I realized how lucky I was to have such a good friend. I looked up and waved at the recently installed security camera that was always pointed at my door that appeared while I was at Patch. Then I smiled to myself as I went on towards Beacon.

An hour later

Headmaster's office at Beacon

I walked into Ozpin's office to see him operating his scroll with one hand and holding his favorite coffee mug in the other.

I sat patiently waiting for Ozpin to tell me why he called me for ten minutes, then I went into my mind and started playing chess with the soul of the hawk I killed when I was sparing with Amber. We sat there for an hour before Ozpin finally spoke, "I see you have a lot of patience."

I looked up and saw he was sweating, "What?" I asked because I wasn't paying attention, "Oh, no, I was playing chess with one of the animal spirits in my head from my semblance. I think they recieved human-level intelligence as an effect of my semblance."

Ozpin was visibly sweating buckets at the realization that I had been playing chess for the greater part of an hour, "I-I see. That was meant to be a test of patience, but I guess you passed." He sighed looking defeated, "Anyway, Amber suggested you get experience in the field, so I will be sending you out with a first year team to clear some Grimm in the Emerald forest. Any preferences?"

I thought about it and said, "How about the team that Velvet Scarlatina is on?" I remembered she looked about a year older than me, so she should be a first year right now.

If Ozpin was surprised by the fact that I knew Velvet, he didn't show it. "Very well, you will be working with team CFVY. I'll call them up now." He reached over to what I can only assume is the PA system and says into the microphone, "Can team CFVY please come to my office? Don't delay or I'll have Goodwitch come get you." Six minutes later all of team CFVY came out of the elevator gasping for breath.

I stared at each of Velvet's remaining teammates. There was the dark skinned boy with red hair and what appeared to be blind eyes, then there was the tall boy with black hair and black eyes and a medium skin tone, and the last one was the a gorgeous (bad Stevie) girl with brown hair with a orange and yellow dyed strand of her hair hanging on one side of her face who was wearing a beret and a pair of aviator sunglasses.

When everyone got up and dusted themselves off, Velvet saw me and asked in surprise, "Stevie?! What are you doing here?!" Her teammates looked at her then looked at me with varying emotions upon their faces. The blind boy looked like he was disappointed about not being able to see who I am, tall boy looked at me with a slight expression of anger before he schooled his expression to an emotionless one, and the fashionable girl looked at me with a… predatory is the best I can describe the look she gave me.

Before I could reply, however, Ozpin said, "He is the reason you were taken out of class early and will miss classes for the rest of the day and possibly tomorrow." Ozpin paused to sip on his coffee before continuing, "You four and Mr Williams here will be clearing Grimm in the Emerald Forest in preparation for the initiation test for this year."

Velvet looked at me worriedly and asked Ozpin, "Will Stevie be able to attend Beacon if he helps prepare for the initiation test?"

Ozpin chuckles and says, "Stevie is already a student at Beacon. He just needs to move in next semester to be accepted as an official student."

Velvet looked at me in relief and sighed, unaware that the fashionable girl was glaring daggers at Velvet's back. Seriously worried for Velvet's life, I drew attention to me, "Okay I think it's time for introductions. I still don't know anyone but Velvet. I'm Stevie Williams, 16, and I'm from Vale."

The tall boy spoke first, "I'm Yatsuhashi Daichi, 17, and I'm from Mistral." Every word was spoken with an unnecessary amount of force.

Velvet noticed this and said, "Yatsuhaishi! Don't be mean to Stevie!" Yatsuhashi looked depressed, like a beaten puppy, as he gave one last glare in my direction before sitting in the corner of the office. I realized he must have a crush on Velvet from these actions.

I turned to the blind boy who started speaking, "I'm Fox Alistair, 17, I'm from Vacuo, and I'm Coco's partner." His last statement earned him a kick from the girl in a beret, said resumably Coco.

Coco turned to me and with another predatory smile said, "I'm Coco Adel, 17, I'm from Vale, and I'm single." She ended her introduction by pulling down her glasses and pulling a cherry out of nowhere putting it between her teeth and squeezing, popping it.

Velvet yelled, "COCO!" Clearly angry at Coco's earlier display.

Fox and a Yatsuhashi both just glared at me making me sigh, before speaking, "Velvet," I said, "Why did you yell? I don't see what the problem is."

Ozpin did a spit take with his coffee at the pile of papers on his desk before staring at me in disbelief. Yatsuhashi's and Fox's eyes grew wide with shock, you could even see the whites of his eyes. Coco smirked, thinking she had one, but Velvet knew better. Velvet sighed before saying aloud, "Stevie, you are the most oblivious person alive."

I spluttered ready to defend myself, but she interrupted me, "But that's part of what makes you, you."

Not sure what I should respond with, I went with a neutral response, "Uh… Thanks? I guess."

This made Ozpin chuckle and Coco make a completely blank expression as she realized I genuinely didn't recognize the meaning of her actions. She sighed and said in defeat, "Alright, let's go kill some Grimm!"

And just like that, I departed on my first mission.

That night

In the Emerald forest

3rd POV

The group of five had been in the Emerald Forest for several hours now, with no sign of Grimm. Coco groaned aloud, "Where the fuck are all the Grimm hiding? I don't think I've ever seen the Emerald Forest so empty."

"It's sort of creepy isn't it?" Velvet asked nervously.

"Let's set up camp here for the night. You four set up your tents, I'll keep watch with my semblance," Stevie said calmly, "Remember, because I am using my semblance, I will have hearing that is around the same strength as Velvet's hearing so if you don't want me to hear your conversation, keep it quiet."

Yatsuhashi and Fox grunted, but complies with my orders and set up their tent several yards from Stevie's tent while the girls set up theirs tent A close to Stevie's as possible without it being a trip hazard.

When the girls were alone in their tent, Coco whispered to Velvet, "Hey Vel."

"Wut?" Asked the drowsy Velvet.

"How long have you known Stevie?" (Coco)

"Since we went to the mall, why?" (Velvet)

"Why didn't you tell me about him?" Coco complained.

"Because I was terrified of the girl who caught me watching him." Velvet said shivering.

"Wait, What?" Coco now sounded confused.

"I was interested in his weapon so I followed him to his apartment," Velvet elaborated.

"Bold," Velvet could hear the smirk in Coco's voice.

Velvet blushed in the darkness before stuttering out, "A-Anyway, when I got there I got dragged into a dark alley by Blake, a cat Faunus girl who had been friends with him for a while now. She interrogated me with her arm against the wall pushing me in to the wall. She might have even started to injure me if Stevie hadn't come and saved the day with a perfectly timed remark."

"What was the remark," Coco asked.

This time, Velvet smirked at the recollection, "I think it went something like 'congratulations on finding a girlfriend Blake. I'm sorry if I'm interrupting anything.' After that she sort of collapsed onto her knees and tried to clear the misunderstanding, haha, it was great." She laughed as she finished talking about the memory. Velvet was enjoying this talk more than she thought she would.

"What happened then?" Coco was utterly enraptured by the story now.

"Then Blake asked me to clear the misunderstanding before it worsened and she would remain friend zoned forever because of some random Faunus chick he saw pinned to a wall by her when she was trying to protect his purity, until the day she could take it herself," Velvet looked frustrated at the ending of her memory, offended by the fact that she was considered as someone who might assault a kid she just met that day who caught her interest.

Coco looked at Velvet silently for a second, "What happened next?"

"I went to his apartment, I cleared the misunderstanding, he invited me in for tea, we talked, he called me the most selfless person he had ever met, I complimented his eyes, and then I got so embarrassed I ran out the door back to Beacon." Velvet hurriedly explained.

Coco smirked and said, "Why'd you compliment his eyes?"

Velvet blushed a little before saying, "Honestly, I don't know. I guess I just felt the need to give him a complement back after he went on a rant to help my self-confidence." Velvet covered her rabbit ears, "Oum, I must've sounded like a weirdo."

Coco softly chuckled, "You probably did. Although it's good to know he's single. He looks like he'd be fun to tease with his obliviousness." She licked her lips at the thought of having some fun with him before she remembered he was Velvet's only friend outside of the team and Coco should do her best to avoid screwing up their relationship. Coco sighed and closed her eyes. She heard Velvet's even breathing beside her, reminding her that she needed to get some rest in case something happened.

Outside, on watch

Stevie was on watch, listening for any signs of enemies when he heard a rustling from the forest to the right.

Deciding that firing a gun this late at night would be pointless, Stevie drew his dagger that he hadn't used since he made it. He slashed towards the source of the rustling. As the blade swung down, a long chain made of special bladed links came out revealing the chain whip with a kama blade on the end. The blade landed in the body of the possible enemy perfectly with a soft thud.

Stevie turned the blade back into its knife form to see what he just killed. He pulled the blade in to reveal that an owl was on the edge of the blade. After a few seconds, a golden soul floated up out of the owl and into my left eye. An golden owl appeared flying around my along with the floating rabbit and hawk that were already there. Suddenly he could see in the dark. He could also hear better than before allowing him to hear the sound of a spring nearby. It had been a while since he took a bath, so he woke Yatsuhashi to stand guard and explained what he was doing. Yatsuhashi nodded as Stevie went off towards the spring alone.

As he walked closer, he saw someone bathing in the moonlight, after a few seconds he registered it was a girl with pale white skin and half brown hair and half pink hair.

Entranced by the strange and beautiful sight of the woman bathing in the moonlight he quickly ran when he realized what he was doing and quickly forcefully forgot the sight (into the corner with you thought). As he ran, he ran into a beowolf. Not thinking much about it he slashed the Grimm with his scythe rather easily and continued running.

When he got back to the camp, he slowed his pace down to a walk and leisurely walked to Yatsuhashi. As he was about to speak, Yatsuhashi drew his sword at the black shadow of a beowolf following Stevie. He tried to slash it, but the attack went through it like something trying to cut smoke. The Grimm rushed straight into Stevie's right eye causing him to black out.

Yatsuhashi looked at Stevie fearfully before raising his sword in preparation to slay the boy he now sees as a threat for humanity, but pauses when he remembers that Velvet will hate him for it. He sighs and puts his sword up and carries Stevie to his tent to rest.

Back at the spring

Neo finishes putting her clothes on and looks at her scroll, it read: from Cindy- remember to keep your eyes on the one with two differently colored eyes. He could be dangerous. Be careful. Kill him if necessary.

Neo slouched her shoulders at this text. She liked the kid, he was good looking, outgoing, and strong. All things she liked to see, but if she had to kill someone, especially someone with eyes like hers, she would feel like she had failed somewhere along the way. Neo shook her head, then looked at the sky. Maybe it's time to start looking for a new job, this old one is getting dull.

White Fang hideout

Mistral

Sienna Khan was very upset with the information she just heard. First Blake left a couple months back, now this?

Ozpin has found some sort of weapons prodigy and was currently raising him under the tutelage of two strong huntsman. The report said that the boy used 3.3 million lien to buy weapons magazines and read them all within two weeks time and showed marvelous mastery over the information in the periodicals. His future achievements would be limitless.

Sienna smiled as a plan was being formed. She would have to go personally if this mission was to succeed. It had been so long since she acted, maybe I'll organize a distraction to be able to make this easier. Sienna's plans and schemes were finally starting to come to fruition. There was no way in hell she was going to fail all the Faunus who counted on her. She must succeed.

A/N Well, more introductions. Still not at the beginning at Volume 1. I'm planning to get there after this little Sienna arc that will happen next chapter. Review please.