So delays much? I wanted to write other stuff and improve my writing a lot more before writing this. Not saying the others were bad! They just aren't as good as they could have been. Ya know? Now I'm super confident in my abilities. So hopefully it is better, ya know? We'll see then, won't we?
Here we go for all you who have been waiting for the next chapter, or haven't been waiting in which case I say... Hiiiii! Now then. I'm liking the feed back I've been getting except for one guy. He asked why we didn't know about some of the characters and I said it was a cross over with backgrounds in different stories and that only seemed to confuse him more. Some people are just dumb. Whatever. I don't care.
I did get a bunch of songs from my favorite dubstep artist, Zomboy and can't stop listening to them. Especially Immunity and Pirate Hooker. Anyways, let's get started!
Grayson grabbed the last box and carried it to the forges where he saw Grahm. He set the box down and walked up to his friend.
"That's the last box. Are you excited?" Grahm turned and started to shake Grayson.
"Are you serious?! The head master of Beacon wants me to be the forgemaster here. Of course I'm excited! Thanks for telling him about me." Grayson just smiled to his friend and went to some boxes.
"Did you bring your tank? Or what's been built of it, I suppose would be more accurate."
"Yup. I just took some of it apart and put it in boxes. Now that I have a good forge I should be able to make it faster and better then I planned on. Oh, this is going to be awesome!" Grayson chuckled and started to help him unpack the things in the boxes. He looked out the window and started to wonder what Ruby was doing. Being her guardian meant he was almost always worried about her and her safety. He eventually decided she was fine as long as she stayed on campus.
They started to run across the roofs and take in everything at once. They were all trying to stay as close to Travis as possible but found it difficult to keep up with the Drakaryn at times.
"Take in all your surroundings and then act depending on what you see. When in a life or death situation the enemy with neither wait nor help you find what you need to find or allow you to do what you need to do. So just do it and move on. Unless you have to, I would recommend avoiding conflict." They heard him call back to them as they moved.
For some of them it was easy to move around either because they had already done so or because they were able to use their semblance to do so. For some of the others it was a lot harder. Eventually they came to a stop and waited. Some were barely fazed while others had a slight sweat. Then there were some who were barely able to stand.
"Alright, there's our target." Everyone turned to see a Faunus man walking down the sidewalk with his hands in his pockets.
"Why him?" Travis turned and pointed at the group.
"He works for the White Fang and is going to lead us to their hideout and we're going to sneak in and take them out silently. When we get there I will have some gifts for you all. No, it's not cake or cookies." Ruby visibly wilted down but quickly recovered.
"Our goal is to avoid being seen while keeping him in our line of sight." They all looked down and saw their target had almost rounded the corner.
"Let's move. I'm not going to tell you where to go. You just need to decide where you want to go and to do that. Copy?" They all nodded to their teacher and watched as he jumped off the building and practically disappeared in the crowd below.
"Sun, you're the best climber so you stay on the roof while we head to the ground and follow from different angles." Before they broke off Watcher raised her hand.
"I should stay on the roof to track him with my increased senses because they'll get jumbled up down there. I'll take left roof tops and Sun can take right." Ruby gave a thumbs up.
"Sounds like a plan... Where'd he go?" They all turned to see that there target was gone. Ren face palmed and hopped off the building.
"Split up and find him. He can't have gotten far. Keep in touch with your scrolls." Everyone split off while Travis watched from a far roof with a smile on his face.
"They have a ways to go but do show promise. This should be fun." He seemed to disappear from the rooftop and all existence. Ruby rounded a corner and almost walked right into her target who was at as shop talking to the owner. She kept walking but kept her head down. She noticed how when she got near them their voices dropped.
When she rounded another corner she looked back and saw him walking away from the shop owner. Ruby pulled out her scroll and dialed the others.
"Got him. I'll send out a ping." She tapped the locater on her scroll and started to follow her target. She made sure to stay far away and not looked right at him. She felt a tap next to her and saw Yris looking up at her with a smile. Ruby looked to the rooftops to the left and saw Watcher and guessed Sun was on the ones to her right. She looked across the street and saw Ren with his hands casually in his pockets as he walked down the sidewalk. She then looked at the man and saw Velvet walking towards him.
They collided and she fell. The man helped her up and started to speak to her quietly. Ruby smirked and knew what Velvet was doing. She stopped and started to talk to Yris about school while she just talked right back. After a few seconds Velvet nodded to the man and walked away. As she walked past them she whispered, "Got it." They rounded the corner and waited for the others.
Sun jumped down next to them while Ren walked over to them and Watcher jogged over. After a few seconds they heard a clicking noise and looked up to see Travis motioning them up. There was a ladder that they climbed up and sat around on the roof. Travis looked between them and smiled.
"Well done in saving it. Like I said, they won't wait for you. Velvet, well done using your Faunus traits to get close to him. Get anything good?" She nodded and held up her scroll.
"I learned how to hack into other devices a while ago from one of my friends so I just got close and struck up conversation and let my scroll do the rest. I have everything." Travis gave a smirk and a clap.
"Nice job. Now we wait until nightfall, when we have the advantage." Ren shook his head.
"They're Faunus though, they can see in the dark." Travis gave a toothy grin and pulled up his mask.
"If you move with the shadows and deliberately then they will not see you." He then pulled the mask down and motioned for them to follow him.
"I have some things for you guys. You'll need them for tonight." He led them back to Beacon and into his classroom where he locked the door and walked to the center of the stage.
"Assassins are people of the shadows, warriors of the night. So, you may as well look and fight the part, eh?" He pointed to some boxes and smiled.
"Had those special ordered. The weapons from Grayson's friend Grahm and the other things in there I had made at a nearby fabric place. I think you'll like them." They all went up to their boxes that had their names on them and opened them. On top of some folded clothes there sat two hidden blades, resting side by side. They all took them and looked them over before pulling back their sleeves and placing the devices on their arms. When they were locked in they all flicked their wrists back and started to cheer as the blades of death slid out silently.
They then turned their attention to the clothes. While it only consisted of a coat it was ones that were very different from what they were used to wearing. Watcher pulled out a dark blue one that had numerous black stripes running along it that had the back trailing down to her knees in the back. The hood was still blue but had the black lines waving up until they reached the beak of the hood.
Velvet's was a dark brown coat that was not very long and only went down to her mid thigh and split into two almost ribbons that went further down to her feet. It had golden markings that slowly rose up the coat until coming to the hood where they ended at the pointed beak of the hood.
Sun's was a large and heavy looking golden yellow coat that had the front cut down so the top of his chest was barely visible. Travis knew he liked to show off his abs so he decided to allow a little leniency with Sun's. He had gray swirls that ran up from the bottom of the coat that was at his mid calf. The shoulders had a leather strap that was tied over them and hung down his arms just above his elbow that swung slightly. The grey swirls met just before his hood and made a large grey swirl that ran up the center of his hood until it got smaller and faded into the beak.
Yris' orange coat was short much like Velvet's, but the collar, right below the hood had two white ribbons that crisscrossed down her back until they reached her hips where they split off and hung down to her mid calf. Her secondary color was both white and black that matched the design of fur on a fox's, working up her body in graceful curves and weaves that ended at the beak of her hood.
Ren's was a dark green that had pink markings that ran up the sides and his sleeve until they piled together at the base of the hood and traced along the outside of his hoot until meeting at the beak. His sleeves also got larger at the wrists to have more room for his guns and he had a black holster that crossed over his chest and wrapped around his back.
Finally Ruby looked at hers and admired the color and design. The dark crimson red coat looked almost like her cloak from a distance or if one was not paying attention, but she saw black markings that looked almost cybernetic that ran up the back and to the hood where they all converged at the beak. It almost looked like a mix between her cloak and a coat, being much longer than everyone else's coats, looking like it could drag on the ground behind her. She looked at the button on the top and saw it was a flaming rose that looked exactly like her symbol.
She turned her attention to the bottom of the back where it had words in a strange language written. They were black and fairly obvious if one looked down. She took off her cloak and put the coat on and smiled as she felt it wrap around her like it had been with her since she was born. She looked to Travis who was wearing a proud grin and had his hands behind his back. Ruby pointed at the words that drug behind her.
"What does it mean?"
"Thus Kindly, I Scatter." Ruby looked back at the words and gave a weak grin.
"I hope I wasn't crossing any lines by doing that." Ruby looked to him and then hugged him.
"It's perfect." He returned the hug and chuckled.
"Good, cost me all my freaking money." Travis turned to them and then pointed to their hidden blades.
"Every single one of you has some special function that your blades can use that make them special. I didn't give everyone each ability because the blades would get too heavy... and expensive. Ruby's has a gun attached to each one. These are not silenced. Ren's allow him to channel his aura into them for more damage if he has to fight with them. He can stab someone and use his aura to cause lots of internal damage.
Yris' can send out sound waves that can fool people into thinking she's somewhere else. Give it a try." The fox Faunus turned and aimed her blades at a wall. She pressed the buttons of the side and watched as a brief orange flash came off the blades before they heard a whistle come from the far wall where she was aiming.
"Cool." Travis smiled and then turned to the others.
"Sun's can allow him to almost become like the shadows he makes, so he can actually do small explosions and turn ethereal and have all weapons and bullets pass through him harmlessly. However, you cannot fight back in this state and it will tire you out immensely. So, be careful with it." Sun looked at his before tapping the button, causing him to turn into an almost hologram that the others barely saw.
"Sweet!"
"Velvet's has a built in poison shooter and poison applicator. If she finds a deadly plant she can grind it up and put it in her gauntlets and it will instantly apply it to her darts. The poison she uses is dependent on her choosing. If she wants to put people to sleep then she can. If she wants to kill them then she also can. Her choice." Velvet looked at hers and saw it already had poison loaded.
"I put a deadly poison in there from some Nightshade berries. If you want to switch it out then push the button under the indicator to eject the cartridge and then load a new one. Your belt has several already waiting for you and labeled. Just, don't mix them up please. That could be bad." The rabbit Faunus let out an uneasy chuckle and then shot a dart into the wall. She only gave a grin as she did this.
"Finally, Watcher, yours has the ability to detect movement, heat, and aura in the surrounding area and will work in tandem with your semblance. Meaning you can hear and sense more then before. The odds of something sneaking up on you are near zero." Once they all finished practicing with their blades Travis looked at his scroll.
"Let's move. Time to knock some skulls, in a stealthy manner." They chuckled at him and made sure their coats were fine. When they stepped outside into the night Travis raised his mask while the others put their hoods on, making their faces seemingly disappear. Travis motioned forward and they disappeared into the night. But not unknowingly.
Blake rubbed her chin in thought as she watched the shadows head towards Vale.
"Where are they going?"
Wolf watched Blake as she sat in her window. He had seen the group of assassins leave and didn't interfere. Travis was there and he had found a sort of respect for the strange man. Then he saw Blake move. She hopped out of the window and into the forest. He started to formulate his plan. He didn't want to prematurely attack and risk being destroyed again. No, he would catch her when she was unawares and then he would kill her.
"Soon, your blood will rest on my blade, Belladonna. Very soon."
They jumped from roof to roof again, but they were too excited to be worried about being tired like they had the few hours ago. They were on a mission and things were going to be very intense. They had been trained in how to use a hidden blade in basic takedowns and had faith that they could take down their targets successfully, as long as nothing was distracting them from what they were doing. Velvet was in front, using her scroll with the hacked information to find the place.
They found it to be a seemingly abandoned warehouse. Sun groaned and shook his head.
"Why is it always the warehouses?" Travis pointed to the building and spoke quietly.
"There are very few ways in, and fewer still to escape out of. Easy to defend and nobody is going to question a warehouse. Would you?" Sun rolled his head in thought before shaking it.
"Guess not. So what's the plan?" Travis studied the area before pointing to the far side.
"There's a back door that's sure to have weak resistance. We can get in there easy. Just follow me, stay quiet and get ready for anything." They slowly crept through the darkness surrounding the premise and just watched. It seemed as if no one was present and that almost worried them. They reached the back door and Travis saw a small hole that was currently close.
"Watch this. Always do the annoying to get your enemy off guard, then you strike." Before they could question their master he walked up to the door and hid to the side with the hinges. He knocked and moved into the shadows. The small hole opened and they saw the mask of a White Fang member.
"Hello?" After a few seconds there was a grunt and the hole closed. Travis looked to his students and gave a thumbs up. He then knocked once more and did the same. The hole opened and the Fang member growled.
"What the hell!?" He closed the hole rather forcefully and Travis chuckled quietly to himself. He knocked once more and hid in the shadows. The door flung open and a White Fang member stepped out with his gun in his hands.
"Who's there!?" Travis crept out from behind the opened door and tapped the left shoulder of the guard. He moved to the right side quickly and the guard looked to see nothing. When he turned to the right Travis grabbed his gun and pulled it out of his hands while spinning and taking the relinquished gun and slamming it into the man's face.
Travis checked the man's pulse and silently slipped his blade into the man's neck. He dragged the body and gun away and motioned the others forward.
"That wasn't such a chore now was it?" They shook their heads, then Watcher shook her head.
"Did you really have to mess with him that much though?" Travis rubbed his chin before nodding.
"Yup." They moved into the warehouse, sticking to the roofs and the shadows. They were surprised that the White Fang members below hadn't seen them yet. Travis faced them and pointed to two snipers on the far side of the room. He then pointed at Velvet and Ren. They nodded, creeping forward to their targets. When they were above the snipers Velvet was to the right and Ren the left.
They looked at each other before Ren jumped down, crushing the man under him and inserting the blade to the man's neck. When the second looked over he was quickly silenced when Velvet landed on him as well. She inserted her blade, though she gave a small twist as well, the flesh being easily torn away. They looked back, seeing everyone creeping along the rafters, except Travis, who had jumped down behind some boxes, using his wings to slow his fall so he made no noise.
They saw him crouched behind waist height boxes, a guard leaning against the other side, his back to Travis and none the wiser. Travis reached over, stabbing both blades into the man's back and then pulling him over. Travis clicked a few seconds later, the group moving on.
Ruby saw a man approaching Travis' position and had a good chance of compromising him. She hooked her scythe around a beam, spinning so when she got low she flew off the beam, slamming into the man with her left blade out. The metal cut into his throat, small splatters of blood hitting the floor. Travis gave a appreciative nod to her before throwing his knife towards her. The blade went right past her head, hitting a man behind her who had just started to raise his weapon.
He walked past her, pushing her down gently. He grabbed his knife, returning it to the sheathe on his leg. He motioned her to follow, telling the others above him to stay ready to help. The main thing Travis hated about not having the high ground, he couldn't see enemies approaching. It was a very vulnerable feeling. One he never enjoyed.
He saw three men talking to each other, none noticing the Drakaryn as he stalked them from the shadows. He looked up, motioning to Sun. The Faunus nodded slowly. Travis gave a sign to Ruby, then pointed right. She nodded, moving around the right side of the shadows. When they were ready Travis walked forward, the White Fang not noticing him until he was right on them.
He stuck his right hidden blade into the left man, turning and kicking the man to his left back, right into Ruby, when she stabbed him in the back, twisting and pulling him into the shadows. Travis threw his head back, head butting the man backwards. As he recovered, Sun landed on him, the blades piercing the neck as they had done multiple times already.
They all hopped down when they saw the area was clear of hostiles. Travis nodded to them, his arms over his chest but a smile showing through his mask. There was movement, the group drawing their weapons. When they saw who it was Travis could only let out a, "Oh shit." Blake.
"What are you doing!?" Travis signed to them, all of them whistling and keeping their heads down.
"Well, me and my posse were just killing White Fang." Then Sun had the bright idea to open his mouth.
"You don't know us." Travis slowly turned his head to gaze at his pupil.
"What?" Travis shook his head.
"Shut up." He turned his attention back to Blake, fury in her eyes.
"This isn't what you think." She stepped forward, her voice now raised.
"Then what is it!? You're turning them into killers! After everything you told me! You're tricking them." Travis lowered his head, his voice still not serious.
"Technically, they asked me. Didn't you ask-"
"Quiet!"
"Ok." Travis knew that when a women was angry, you shut your mouth and listened. He had learned from Emmeryn plenty well. Blake was certainly no different.
"I don't care what they said! You should have said no!"
"I did say no. But they showed me that they had the courage to become Assassins. So, now I'm tutoring them." Blake growled, turning away before spinning and pointing at him.
"You're psychotic! Teaching children how to kill without remorse! who does that!?" Travis held back a snicker.
"Isn't that what Beacon's doing?" Blake was not amused, thought the Assassins in training were slightly giggling. Blake shook her head, raising her hands up in surrender.
"I'll just go ask what Ozpin thinks of this. He needs to know everything you're doing." She left. The group looking between each other for a few seconds.
"I think I'm in trouble." Ren shook his head at Travis' choice of words.
"I think we're all in trouble." Travis nodded his head slowly.
"Yaaaaaaa." They started to leave when there was a scream.
"That was Blake. Did we miss any White Fang?" Travis was already running outside, his great sword drawn.
"Doesn't matter! Move it!"
Blake rushed out, tugging at her bow. She got it off, looking at it angrily, before throwing it.
"Liar." She started to leave when she stopped. She walked back to the bow, kneeling down and looking at it. She knew why he was doing what he did, but she couldn't just accept what he was doing.
"Greeting, Belladonna." She turned quickly, drawing her sword. She gasped at what she saw. It was the cyborg wolf that had come to the school those weeks ago and caused problems. But it looked just like the one from the train.
"Have we met?" The wolf had a screen appear in front of him, a video playing. It was a video of the train when Blake was fighting the wolf. Her suspicions were confirmed, and now it was back.
"You have been deemed dangerous, not just by me, but by many others who have seen what you've done. So now, I am here to kill you." The screen faded when Blake ended the fight by slicing the wolf in half, the feed cutting out as she walked away.
The tail went to the wolf's back, a large chainsaw coming out of it. Blake settled into her stance. She had beat this thing once, she could do it again. The wolf chuckled, it's mouth cracking and a red light starting to slowly flash.
"If you think I was going to fight you on the same accords as before, you are sorely mistaken. Allow me to show you why I am called Blade Wolf." The light stopped flashing, when an ear piercing sound whistled out, causing Blake's Faunus hearing to betray her. She only did what she could in the intense pain. she screamed.
When Travis exited the building he saw something that only caused him confusion. Wolf, sending out high frequency sounds and stalking towards Blake, his chainsaw cutting through the ground behind him in a taunting manner. Wolf raised the chainsaw, bringing it down when it was stopped by a great sword he had seen before. Before he could react he had a scaled fist slam into his head, knocking him away where he slid for a second and then flipped to his feet. He held his chainsaw above him, now ready.
"Get out of my way, Travis. I have to kill her. She's dangerous." Travis held his sword by his right leg, the blade cackling with electricity.
"I can't. She's not dangerous." Wolf played the video, hoping to have some sense put into Travis' head. Travis merely chuckled.
"That was the day she left the White Fang, Wolf. She's not one of them anymore. I promise, she's not dangerous... Except to the Grimm." Wolf growled to the Drakaryn, the ancient warrior tensing up.
"My mission is to kill her! If you will not get out of my way, I will move you by force." Travis felt his students behind him, turning his head slightly so he could still see Wolf, but would be able to speak to them.
"Get her out of here. All of you." Ruby was going to argue when Travis swiped his left arm.
"No, Ruby. He could kill all of you very easily, and I can't risk that. Now go! Before I make you!" Sun and Velvet helped Blake to her feet and started to drag her away, the others defensively watching in case the wolf rushed them. After a few minutes, Travis planted his sword in the ground, placing his left hand in his pocket.
"I don't want to fight you, Wolf." Wolf was silent, before revving up his chainsaw.
"Unfortunately, I really want to fight you. You let my target get away. That makes you the enemy." Travis pulled his sword out of the ground, the blade once more letting out electric shocks.
"Don't make me kill you." Wolf stabbed the chainsaw into the ground in front of him to the left, cutting an arc in front of him, his red glowing eyes watching Travis with a sort of primal vengeance. Wolf pulled the chainsaw out, when a call came.
"Wolf! Be careful! He's incredibly powerful and fast! You were designed to fight people who were human, not whatever he is.
"Sunny, I have to fight him, and get to Blake. I will try to beat him into submission and move on. I cannot waste time here. The tracker I placed on Blake when Travis blocked my attack shows they will be to Beacon in a few minutes. I have to time to spare here." Sunny frowned, then nodded solemnly.
"Alright, but you be careful, you hear?" Wolf chuckled.
"As you wish." He prepared himself for the fight, one that could very well kill him if he wasn't careful.
(Song: I'm My Own Master Now)
Wolf let out a deafening howl, not fazing the Drakaryn who let out a roar as he slightly reverted. Wolf rushed him, deciding speed would be his best advantage. He swung up in a spinning backflip, Travis blocking it with Sweet Sickness. He immediately struck out with a punch, hitting Wolf's back mid flip. Wolf slid along the ground on his feet, looking up to see Travis rushing him, sword above his head.
Wolf jumped back, the force blasting into the ground and sending out a shockwave that sent him towards a building. Wolf planted his feet on the wall, shooting blades from his tail. Travis blocked the first with his left arm, hardening his head and using that to slam the second away. When the third, fourth and fifth came he used his sword as a shield by turning the massive weapons sideways and spinning it.
Wolf leapt on him, bringing him to the ground. He tried to stab Travis in the head, missing by a few inches and then being pushed to his back. Travis jumped onto him, pinning him with the flat edge of the sword on Wolf's neck.
"Yield!" Wolf rolled back, flipping Travis over him, then kicking him with his powerful hind legs to he flew into the warehouse, smashing through the wall. Wolf was about to leave when a chain flew and wrapped around his back left leg.
"Get over here!" Wolf was flung towards the warehouse, slamming into another wall. He was spun around, smashing through crates, shelves and other walls. He was taking almost not damage, but was having a hard time freeing himself. He couldn't cut through the chain, it was too hard. So he had to resort to twisting out of it. When he was loose he flew through the air, using his agility to maneuver off multiple boxes and shelves before lowering himself to the ground.
He growled at Travis, throwing multiple blades. The Assassin dodged them, even catching the last one out of the air and throwing it back.
"Give up already, dammit!" Wolf shot a flashbang out of his back, the light blinding Travis long enough for Wolf to hit his saw into Travis' left shoulder. The Drakaryn let out a roar of pain, grabbing the tail and pulling it and the saw away. He then swung Wolf over his shoulder, slamming him into the ground. Wolf felt slight damage to his internal systems from that blow. Then Travis did it again, but faster and harder.
The Drakaryn dropped his sword, using both hands to slam Wolf into the ground a third time. Wolf was loosing connection to his allies, meaning the blows were damaging his relatively weak comms system. But he saw his tail was being pulled to where it was damaging his rear body systems. Wolf waited until the fourth swing, lengthening his tail and landing on his feet.
He pulled Travis to him, the Drakaryn stunned. When he got close, Wolf used both hind legs to kick him outside the warehouse again. Wolf saw that Blake was almost back to Beacon now. He was almost out of time and his systems were damaged. They would repair themselves with time, but he knew too many big hits like that and he was done. He grabbed his saw, making to move out when he turned, seeing Travis back in the warehouse, his sword back in his hands.
The middle of the blade split, then a beam of energy shot forward, turning Sweet Sickness into it's true form. Wolf knew the power from both Travis and the energy in that blade could sever him in half very easily. Wolf changed to be more defensive in his fighting now. He knew one mess up and it would be a reenactment of him and Blake on the train. he knew he couldn't just run either, or Travis would capitalize on him showing his weaker flank, finishing him even faster.
Wolf waited, not in any rush, seeing as Blake had made it back to Beacon. He had missed his chance, and would have to suffer for it. Travis let his draconic tongue roll lazily over his teeth, a demonic hiss leaving his teeth. Wolf knew he shouldn't be able to feel fear, but he felt a small amount of it.
Travis ran forward, sword held backwards as he jumped high into the air. Wolf jumped after him. Travis swung up, Wolf narrowly dancing away. He kicked Travis higher, the force enough to separate the Drakaryn from his sword. Wolf rolled when he hit the ground, jumping back up and slowing time with Blade Mode. He started to slash into Travis, sho had placed his arms in front of him defensively, his legs tucked in to protect his lower body.
Wolf finished by kicking him away after what felt like a hundred slices. He was surprised when mid back flip Travis opened up, his wings stretching out and catching the wind to stop him. With one flap he was back to Wolf, using his right hand to grab the Wolf's throat, the other to grab the tail and stop any attacks from the chainsaw.
Travis spun them both, flying down quickly, slamming Wolf into the ground. The cyborg let out a pained howl, sensing multiple system failures and breaches in his armor. He struggled to stand, his right hind leg was bent incorrectly. He fell to his chest, raising his head to see Travis over him, through his cracked visor. Travis had his energy sword pointed at Wolf's head.
Travis spun it above his head, ending with the Blade held pointed down and ready to stab Wolf. Wolf sent out one last line.
"I love you Sunny." Travis lowered the blade, striking what he was aiming for. The ground to the right of Wolf. Wolf was surprised at this, unsure what to do. The beam on the sword faded and it returned to normal, then was sheathed on Travis' back. The Drakaryn knelt next to the wolf, checking him over.
"Sorry, didn't mean to break you that much. Just enough to stop you." Travis was silent for a few seconds before sighing.
"You may not see that Blake has changed right now, but she has. Sure she can be... Blake-y, but she's a good girl. So I will let you go if you promise not to attack her, or any of my students." Travis stood, hand resting on the handle of his sword.
"Deal?" Wolf growled in anger, but nodded. Travis returned the nod, starting to leave. Wolf called out to him, the Assassin turning.
"Were you trying?" Travis lowered his head.
"Do you want the truth?" Wolf nodded, needing to know if he even had a chance. Travis reverted even more than he had in the battle.
"No. Keep this lesson close. It will only serve to help you." Then he left, leaving Wolf to his thoughts as his nanites started to repair his body.
"What if I was wrong? If I had killed her and she is truly innocent?" He looked up where Travis had been.
"I suppose I should thank you the next time I see you, then."
Blake was feeling better, the assault on her ears had caused her tremendous pain and gave her temporary deafness as a side effect. But she was better now, thanks to Travis. She went to his classroom, her hearing still slightly out of tune. She knocked, hearing a murmuring. She peeked her head in, seeing Travis grading papers. He motioned her forward. She sat, watching as he read the papers, then gave them their grade. She smiled at the large stack of papers that belonged to Yris.
"Feeling better?" Blake snapped up to him, nodding quickly.
"Y-Yes. Thank you." Travis smirked, putting a grade on the paper.
"Good. Anything you need?" She blinked a few times before bluntly saying what she had to.
"I'm not telling Ozpin about you training the others as Assassins." Travis started to laugh, the doubled over so he was on the desk laughing. Blake leaned back in surprise, unsure what to do.
"Sir?" He straightened up, wiping away a tear.
"You really did think I would have told Ozpin what I was going to do with his students huh? that's why I never was worried when you said you were going to go to him. He knew the whole time. This is his school, his students. If I want to do something, I am asking him first. He said as long as the students wanted to, they could do whatever they wanted. He just couldn't be held responsible. In other words, we're just random vigilantes."
Blake was speechless at first, then it settled in. Figures Ozpin would so something like that. She just sighed, then gave a him a dark glare.
"You just make sure nothing happens to them." Travis nodded to her, playful smile still on his face.
"You can bet your life on it. Speaking of your life, you don't have to worry about Wolf anymore." Blake recoiled in surprise.
"You killed him that easily?" Travis shook his head.
"I just subdued him. Unlike most enemies I have fought over the years, I knew he could be convinced you weren't dangerous. In fact, he's watching you from the window right now. Wave to him." She turned, seeing the Wolf watching her. She gave a weak wave, which the wolf growled to and looked away. He then disappeared.
"What's he doing on campus?" Travis chuckled.
"He needed a safe place to recuperate after the ass kicking I gave him. I asked Ozpin, he said yes, so now he's here. As long as he doesn't get seen or cause problems. He just stays in this auditorium. He'll be 'joining' class with you guys. I think he's just butt hurt I beat him without trying." Blake couldn't help but laugh at her teacher/peer.
"Now then, I'm sure the others want to see you. Besides, grading tests in pretty boring. I'm sure you could get a lot more done." Blake nodded, standing and thanking him once more. Travis on smiled and said, "You'd do the same for me." She smiled at him and left.
"So, you two have seen the shadows here, and know it's going to get worse?"
"I have seen them, but they are unfamiliar to me. But yes, they seem like they will only get worse."
"Trust me, if we don't start preparing these kids, for real, not playful little dance sessions you call sparring, they will be consumed. Simple as that. I can't sugar coat it."
"... Hmm... I want him to be admitted as your assistant teacher."
"What!?"
"With all due respect, Sir, the only interaction the students have had with me was when I tried to kill Ms. Belladonna. I hardly think they'll be trusting me anytime soon."
"Which is why we must get you to meet them now, and not later when you will be needed to work with them most. Will you do it?"
"As long as you promise I will not be anyone's puppet. You must not tell Ironwood about me, or Mr. Schnee. Are we clear?"
"Perfectly. Welcome to Beacon, Mister Wolf." The cybernetic wolf bowed his head in acknowledgement.
After Blake left Travis frowned. Wolf landed next to him, looking to the door as well. Travis sighed sadly.
"I feel bad about lying to her, but I have to." Wolf nodded slowly. He then stretched, jumping onto the desk and reading the paper Travis had given an A on.
"This paper is horribly written! Whoever this Sun Wukong is, he's a dunce." Travis glared at the wolf.
"I grade on effort and the thought, not how well they write." Wolf stared at him blankly for a few seconds, then shook his head.
"Stupid." Travis growled, slightly reverting.
"Want to go to round two? Argue against how I teach again. If you get your own class you can be an ass to them. Remember what the Wizard of Oz said? You are my Assistant! I own you!" Wolf howled, reaching for his chainsaw.
"I'm my own master now!" Travis reached for Sickness, shaking his head.
"Did you really just say that, dude?"
And there we go, ladies and gentlemen! Hope you guys enjoyed it, I did. Who knew I could write so much in so little time? I didn't. Anywho, keep calm and may the Aura be with you all!