I really enjoy writing this story, honestly next to Dawn Over Remnant it's my favorite. Let's do this.
"I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give unto him that is athirst of the water of the fountain of life." Six read as he laid back against the boulder on the side of the road, several feet away from him was a small camp fire. Amber laid in her sleeping bag not totally asleep but instead happily staring at the flickering flames.
As she laid comfortably the maiden rolled onto her back and stared up at the stars. "Hey Six, can I ask something?" Amber asked in a gentle voice, far less assertive and confident than usual. She spoke without looking at the Courier, a smile remaining on her face as she enjoyed the peace of the night. "Something a little personal, you don't have to answer if you don't want to."
Six shrugged from his spot and closed his book. "Only if I get to ask one in return."
"Here on Remnant religion isn't widely practiced, those that do turn to it are seen by many as weak. Like they need it to give them the strength to continue you moving forward. You aren't weak and I've never seen you falter, why would someone like you turn to faith?" Amber asked finally turning to look at him.
Six nodded his head at the question. "People actually have a very similar view back home, they ask why a god who is merciful would allow the entire world to burn like it did. I turned to god because I was to weak." He smiled meeting her eyes with his. "I have only the memories of a few years in my head not counting knowledge like science and math skills of course. Having to relearn everything would've been a bitch." He chuckled before continuing. "In the few years I can remember was more bloodshed and death than ten men should see in a life time. Then there's the pain, I've been stabbed, shot, burned, shocked, irradiated, bitten and slashed. Every bone in my body has been broken at least once and not every part of me is the part I was born with. Every day I wake up with aches a pains across my body, and every night I have to rewatch the shit I've seen and done in my dreams." Six recognized the look of pity of Amber's face as she listened. Holding up his bible he gave it a thankful look. "Then I met a man who been through more and suffered more than even I had, he explained to me his beliefs and what keeps him going even now. As I listened I became enthralled and asked for a way to learn more, he gave me this book. I've read it cover to cover at least a dozen times now and every time I learn something new, to know god is to know forgiveness and peace. Two thing both our worlds seem to need quite a bit of."
Amber nodded with a smile. "The man you mentioned, was it the Joshua you talked about before?"
"Yeah, he is a good man who has committed many atrocities and now only wants to redeem himself is the eyes of the lord. Something I wish him strength in." Placing the book back into his coat Six looked back to the girl. "Now it's my turn to ask a question."
"Go ahead." She nodded in agreement, after what he'd just told her she knew the least she could was return the favor.
"Who are you Amber?" This earned a confused look to form on the maidens face. "You're special to Ozpin obviously based off his clear desire to protect you, then there's how you push people away to protect them. Finally there's your strength, you're stronger than me or anyone I've met since coming here to Remnant. You hide it well but I can tell you're hiding something." As he spoke he could see both nervousness and suspicion growing on her face. "Like you said before, you don't have to tell me anything. I just want you to know that I don't care about whatever it is you're hiding, if it's some special power that you're afraid I'm gonna try to abuse then don't. I don't want to change the world, or rule it or anything like that. I could care less about fame and power and money. Honestly I'm perfectly happy traveling around with someone I trust getting into trouble and having fun."
Amber was silent for several minutes, Six's words echoed in her head. Ever since she'd gained her powers she'd been told she must keep them secret, if someone didn't already know then they never needed to. Six was different however from everyone else, he was strange and unpredictable. Anytime she thought he'd turn left he'd turn right, she honestly didn't know whether or not it would be okay to tell him. Then she thought about the fact that they'd be traveling together for awhile and now that he'd thrown this onto the table it would remain there staring at them until she told him.
Amber took a deep breath in and held it for several second before letting it out. "Six, back in your world, do they tell fairy tales?"
The next day
"Long ass lines piss me off." Six grumbled as he stood leaning against his bike watching the line nearby move slowly. It had already been two hours since they'd made it to the city and were instructed to wait in line to have their ID's checked before entry, he stood in line with Amber for nearly half an hour before she told him to go wait with the bike after getting fed up with his complaining. "If she's not back in five minutes I'm busting through." He continued to grumble.
As he waited he held out his palm and decided to play around with his aura a bit. Focusing on his hand he tried to call the power forth, it took some effort to do but he managed to make his hand begin to glow a bit. It was a light gray with a small hint of green to it, he continued staring at it until he began feeling a little light head and let the energy fade. "I'll never get use to that." He opened and closed his hand several times.
"Six." He looked up at the sound of Amber's call, she walked over to him and held out his Culler's license which he accepted and stowed in his coat. "Practicing your aura control I see, made any progress in finding your semblance?"
Kicking the kickstand up Six began making his way towards the gate to get into the city along side the young maiden. "Nope, then again I'm not really looking for it." He shrugged as the entered.
Amber nodded. "Most children are extremely excited to find their semblance after having their aura unlocked, I'm surprised your not."
"Yeah well, I'm already pretty stuck in my way of fighting. Changing it up in order to use some unknowable ability can't end well." He responded. "So what's the plan?"
"Well I'm gonna go to the CCT and report in to Ozpin and let him know what happened back in town, I also gotta tell him you know my secret. Not looking forward to that earful." Amber slumped slightly at the thought of a lecture from the older man.
Six laughed at that. "Don't worry about it to much Princess, I ain't gonna tell anyone and I still plan on being your bodyguard regardless. I've got yur back, want me to come with?" Six asked giving the maiden a light pat on the back.
"No I'll handle it, you go enjoy yourself and I'll send you the address for our hotel later." Amber sighed tiredly.
"Gotcha, be safe Princess." Six gave the girl a wave as he walked away.
Later
Six had been walking for nearly an hour simply taking in the sights, Mistral city was a beautiful place. Waterfalls here and there, everything built into and around a mountain, it was like a work of art really. However even with all the beauty around him Six could see the ever present corruption that big cities held. Homeless sleeping in alleyways, faunus discrimination, criminals prowling in the shadows, it never changed.
"Hey mister, lookin for a good time?" A young woman called out to him as he passed earning his attention.
Six looked her over and gave a whistle, she had long blue hair and purple eyes. She wore a short single strapped dress with a cut at the bottom showing off her long legs and also revealed a significant amount of cleavage. Six looked her over only pausing for a moment at her feet before grinning. "Normally I'd be all for it, but I doubt I can afford you sweet heart." He chuckled as she sauntered over.
She gave a light pout. "I'm sure a man like you has enough for little old me."
Six chuckle again. "I'm flattered but-" Six shot his hand backwards and grabbed a small dark skinned hand reaching for his wallet. "You're a bit to young for me." He continued to smile under his helmet as he turned to look at the shocked girl he held onto. She had short mint green hair and dark skin, her eyes were red and filled with fear and she futilely tries to struggle free. Six looked her over for a moment and noticed how skinny and dirty she was. "A street rat huh? What's yur name kid?"
"Let go of me!" The girl shouted as she continued to struggle in vain, she simply lacked anywhere near the strength to wrench herself out of the couriers grip.
"How about this, tell me your name or I'll drag you to the nearest police officer and turn you in for trying to steal from me." Six spoke again causing the girl to calm down slightly.
"Emerald, now let me go." She growled.
Six nodded and released her. "Well Emerald, I gotta say that was a convincing illusion you made a minute ago. In fact there was only one thing wrong with it." Six crossed his arms.
Emerald rubbed her wrist lightly where he'd been holding onto. "It was perfect." She shot back.
"You forgot to give her a shadow." Six responded earning a dumbfounded look from the girl before she slapped herself in the forehead. "Come on, let me bye you lunch and give you some pointers on better ways to make money." Six began walking while the surprised girl stood still only to start following him shortly after.
With Amber
"And after that I told him what I am." Amber finished explaining to the older man who simply nodded and took a sip from his mug.
"I see, and how did he handle this information?" Ozpin asked neutrally.
Amber smiled slightly. "He didn't really care, he just said it didn't actually change anything." She left out the part when he asked her if he needed to start calling her 'Fairy Princess' rather than just Princess, she really hated that nickname.
Ozpin smiled at that. "That's good to hear, I didn't think he was the kind of man who'd be tempted by power, or intimidated by it." Ozpin nodded to his own words.
Amber shifted in her seat slightly. "You're not angry sir?"
Ozpin laughed at the question. "Amber, you're a grown woman who is smart and responsible enough to make decision for herself. While I praise you for keeping your condition under wraps it is your secret. If you trust someone enough to tell them then you may, besides, you and Six will be together for quite awhile he was bound to find out sooner or later." Ozpin smiled softly at the young woman.
Amber couldn't stop herself from smiling in return. "He's still an idiot." She giggled earning a laugh from the headmaster.
"But he's someone you can trust and depend on, those are rare traits Amber. Hold onto him." Ozpin told her gently.
Amber blushed lightly. "Yes sir."
With Six
Six threw several playing cards onto the already large pile on the table of the diner, next to the pile were a pair of empty plates from the meal the two just finished. Six held up the remaining five cards in his hand. "Alright, what cards are left in the deck?"
Emerald thought for a few seconds. "Ace of hearts, six of spades, three of hearts, jack of clubs, and the four of diamonds."
Six smiled and turned them around. "So close, it was the four of hearts."
Emerald slouched back with a groan. "I hate math." She scratched her head in frustration.
"To be fair you're already doing better than I did when I was learning to count cards, actually you're doing better than I could probably do now. I can't count cards for shit, I know how it works in theory but just suck at math to much." Six chuckled at the memory of the time he tried counting cards at the Tops, it was the first time he'd ever walked out of a casino broke. Turns out he could only win by playing fairly, he never understood that.
"Emmy, we've been looking for you." A loud voice echoed through the restaurant as a trio of men entered and began walking towards their table. The man leading the group wore a dirty long white t-shirt and a pair of ripped up jeans, all in all he looked like just another street thug. The two behind him didn't looking any better. "I was starting to think you ran off on us. How was today's hall?" The man leaned down into the younger girls personal space making her lean back in response.
The girl looked uncomfortable for a few seconds before reaching into her pockets and pulling out three different looking wallets. "This is everything."
The man picked up the three wallets and quickly pulled out all the money in each and began counting through. "The fuck is this, there's barely anything here." He tossed the money on the table and leaned back into the girl, all the while Six sat watching the man like a hawk.
"What do you want me to do, today was a slow day." Emerald argued back.
"Well then I guess you're gonna be working tonight as well." He smiled at the angry glare she gave. "The red light district will be teeming with men carrying lots of cash, come on."
"No, I'm not gonna step foot in the place." Emerald looked disgusted at the thought of the place.
The man was silent for a moment. "I'm sorry, I think I misheard you, did you just tell me no?"
"I think she did." Six finally spoke up gaining the mans attention. "Now I think it'd be best if you left kid." Six glared at the man who looked a year or two younger than himself.
"And who the fuck are you? You find a pedo Emmy?" The man looked back to Emerald who only glared at him, turning back to Six the thug reached into pocket and withdrew a switch blade. "You're the who'd better leave creep before I sh- AAAAHHH!" The man was interrupted as Six grabbed him by the wrist and gave it a twist earning a loud and painful pop.
The two who'd been following the man reached for weapons of their only for the one on the right to have a boot planted in his knee earning another pop followed by a painful knee to the face shattering his nose. By then the last one had drawn his knife and lunged at Six only to have an elbow slammed into his face, grabbing the mans knife hand he brought it down onto the table and quickly used his stolen switch blade to impale the hand pinning it to the table causing the man to scream in pain.
Six turned to the original man who was on the floor cradling his broken wrist, grabbing his massive anti-material rifle from where it had been leaning against the back of his seat Six flipped off the safety and cocked it. Placing his boot on the downed mans shoulder he put a large amount of force on the joint causing his right arm to leave it's proper place earning another scream only this one was cut short as Six jammed the barrel of his rifle in the mans mouth. "SHUT UP!" Six screamed causing a heavy silence to fill the diner, all the diners who hadn't run out when the fight started stared at the violent scene. "Are you ready to die today punk? Cuz I got no problem painting this diner with yur brain matter. How dare you pull a fuckin knife on me, I've killed men ten times better than yur sorry ass for less. If I had it my way then I'd do that shit right here and now then I'd do it to yur two buddies over there before dragging yur worthless headless corpse and feed it to a pack of grimm, but I'm not gonna make that choice." Six looked to the young girl still sitting at the table looking almost in shock. "Emerald, what do you want me to do with this trash?"
Emerald stared wide eyed at the scene before her, she looked down at the terrified eyes of the man on the ground, his name was Trent and he'd been making her life hell for nearly a year. He would always threaten her, some time smack her around if she didn't do what he said, he scared her. Now he just looked pathetic, she could see a small yellow puddle forming on the ground under him as he stared beggingly at her. "Let him go." She whispered.
Six didn't move for several seconds before looking back down at the punk under him. "You hear that kid, Emerald just saved yur worthless ass. Now yur gonna get up and take yur two friends and get the fuck out of my sight, and if I ever see yur ass again then I'm gonna show you what happens when you piss off a courier."
Pulling his gun from Trent's mouth he stepped away while also grabbing the knife and yanking it out of the other mans hand. In a rush the three took off running out of the diner. Reaching into his pocket he pulled out his wallet and set a couple hundred lien on the table before turning to the waitress ducking behind the counter. "My apologies for that, this should cover the cleaning an repairing the table. Emerald, we should go." Nodding the girl got out of the seat she'd been in and began following him out of the diner. After they'd been walking for about a minute Six spoke again. "Sorry about that kid, I hate it when kids gotta see shit like that."
Emerald surprised the courier by giggling lightly. "It's okay, he's a jerk but he didn't need to die. Thank's for not killing him."
"Don't worry about it." Six heard a ding from his pipboy, checking it he saw a new message from Amber. "Hey Emerald, wanna meet my partner. She just sent me the address for our hotel."
Emerald thought about it for a few moments. "Sure, the homeless shelter doesn't open up for a few more hours anyway."
"Also try not to mention what just went down to her, she'll kill me if she hears about it." Six added with a nervous look on his face.
"I promise nothing." She laughed at his fear. "By the way, is she a Mailman like you." She asked referring to his comment about being a courier.
"I'M NOT A FUCKIN MAILMAN!"
I think that's a good place to end this chapter, Six picked up a stray in the form of Emerald. Before anyone even suggests anything, he will view her and a kind of little sister and nothing else. Leave me a review and tell me what you all think. Until next time.