RWBY
The Sapphire Dragon
New Student Arc
Chapter 6
Date night
A/N: Hello, i bring you the much anticipated chapter six of the Sapphire Dragon. and i'm using much awaited loosely here. anywhoo, its finally out of the editing phase all chapter go through. i hope you all enjoy it. i have tons of views on my story and thats all thanks to you guys who are awesome enough to read it. and for those Anime fans out there, if you've heard about Sword Art Online, well, I've begun a little project of my own on the site and chapter one already has tons of views. again using tons lightly. but if you would like to check out, please do. its been fun writing it and a bit of a challenge, especially because Windows 8 sucks. not to insult the ones who made it or use it but its pretty shitty.
And without further adoo, here we go.
Also as you know, I don't own RWBY or Fairy tail, they belong to their repective owners.
After explaining his origins to three of the four members of team RWBY, Drake decided to head back to his dorm. He had a few hours to get ready for his date with Blake. Even though he had decided he didn't like her, he couldn't deny that cute face and she kissed him. They were going faster than him and Bella were at that time but he decided not to dwell on it. He figured that Bella would want him to move on and not be grieving so much over her. He smiled though.
"I wish you were here Shayvanna. I'm pretty sure you would want to see your little fox again. I know you were lying to me about you dying but I know you must have had a good reason too, me being the naïve boy I was..I would have most likely gone after you." he muttered.
He looked at the wall clock in the room. 3:09.
"Fuckin bored. Where the hell is Audrey? Most likely with Weiss. Blake is busy doing homework, wouldn't want to disturb her, especially after having to check on me, Weiss shouldn't have texted them about that. Ruby and Yang are busy with dress hunting. Who the hell can I hang out with?" He muttered scrolling through his contacts. He didn't have many that pertained to people in the school and the ones he did were from his line of work. He stopped on two that caught his eye.
"Wonder how the twins are doing? Eh their most likely working, wouldn't want Junior to yell at them. Lets see..ah maybe she's free." he said clicking on a contact. It rung briefly before the static screen was replaced with a familiar rabbit faunus. She smiled.
"Hello Drake, whats up?"
"Bored, wanna hang out? Get to know each other a bit?"
"Uh..sure, I'm kinda in the dust chem lab right now doing something but we can hang out in a bit, I just have to finish up."
"Perfect. I don't want you to rush whatever your doing, I'm just really bored and need to kill some time."
"Sure. I'll be there in fifteen."
"Thanks Velvet, your the best."
She smiled before the line went dead.
"Hmm, fifteen minutes, enough time to play a level of Left 4 Dead." He muttered popping said game into his game console which could not be mentioned in this story. Soon enough, violent laughter and gun shots rang through the room.
In the short time that he was playing the game, he was able to get to the fourth level of No Mercy. He was shooting down a Tank when he heard a knock on his door.
"Its open." he shouted. A second later, Velvet entered the room, it was weird seeing her in something other than her school uniform. She was wearing a red velvet shirt with matching tan pants and a pair of cream uggs.
"Hi, I hope you don't mind, I brought Coco with me." she said. He looked up pausing the game as he did so. He was a young woman about eighteen wearing a brown outfit which consisted of a brown turtle neck sweater with a brown vest over it. She wore brown jeans and brown leather boots. She wore a black pair of sun glasses and a brown beanie on her head. Her brown hair was tied back in a pony tail. He noticed her satchel was brown and white, the strap being lined with bullets as well as the rim of the flap. He noticed her belt also had several bullets on it as well.
"I can see why they call you Coco." he said with a grin. She smiled a bit.
"You see it too mate? Great, I thought I would have to explain it to ya." she said, he noticed she had a thick accent, most likely from Vacuo.
"Its nice to meet you Coco, I'm Drake Redfox."
"Its nice to meet you Drake. I hear you saved my little rabbit from trouble yesterday so I had to come and thank ya."
"It was no problem, I couldn't let that asshole mistreat her for being a faunus. Anyway come in, make yourselves at home." He said gesturing to the room. They both nodded and Coco closed the door.
"So, what are you playing?" Velvet asked.
"Left 4 Dead, its a really good zombie game." He said with a shrug. "You girls want anything? I got a lot of food in stock so just grab anything you like, except the muffins. I think Audrey would kill me." he said. Velvet giggled and nodded, heading to the kitchen.
"This two player?" Coco asked after setting her bag down. He nodded and tossed a controller at her. He had to exit and re start the level.
"Difficulty?" He asked.
"Expert. Why the hell not? I see my two dumb ass teammates play this whenever Velvet isn't around and their always swearing up a storm. Need to find out why." she replied. He nodded and set the difficulty and then chose his character. He always chose Francis. Coco decided on Lewis. Soon enough, they were on level one of No Mercy.
"So, Velvet tells me your other teammates don't like her."
"Its true mate, just cause she's a faunus. I was never like that. Where I come from, I was taught to show respect for everyone, whether they be faunus or human. We're all people who live together on this planet, why argue with each other? We need to save our strength and fight against our true enemies." She replied. She expressed her anger by blowing a Zombie's head clean off with a Shotgun.
"I think you and I will be great friends Coco. But seriously speaking, if your teammates don't accept Velvet and you don't feel like putting up with them, why stay? Can't you like..disband the team since your the leader?"
"Theoretically speaking, I can. Its just hard to be in a two person team, especially in a fight. What if we get sent out on a mission and I'm not fast enough to help Velvet out? She's a good mage I guarantee you that, but she can only do so much."
"Me and Audrey are a two man team well, shes a girl but nonetheless. We can't say the same though, we've actually had the experience of fighting in the streets and against actual people, you two haven't. I see you're point." He said. He looked at the screen, seeing their score for the first level. It had taken them more time since it was a harder difficulty but they had made it, somewhat, they had lost two members. He looked up at the ceiling in thought just as Velvet brought a few things from the kitchen and set it on the little table.
"Well, we do have one solution to your little situation, but if we do this.. you have to follow my lead." he said.
"What do you have in mind?" Velvet asked.
"You'll see, for now, lets see how far we get in this game." He said. The girls nodded in agreement, both wondering what the sneaky fox was thinking of doing.
After about an hour of playing and actually making it to the end of the level, Drake stood up and stretched. He looked at the clock and smirked.
"Its time." he said.
"Time for what?" Coco asked.
"You'll see, trust me." He said. He shut off the television and his game system and lead the confused girls out the door. They all remained quiet as they headed downstairs and outside.
"We're not gonna play in the snow are we? I don't have gloves." Velvet replied.
"No Vel, we're not playing in the snow, maybe some other time." Drake said. He looked to his left and saw Audrey walking towards them.
"Whats so important that you had to pull me away from my allotted Muffin time?" She asked.
"She has a muffin time?" Coco asked, Velvet shrugged.
"I needed everyone in Team Dragon to be here."
"Everyone is just me." She said with a deadpanned expression. He rolled his eyes.
"Just move along before I have the need to pull you with Ice chains and you know thats never fun." he said. She sighed and nodded, allowing him to take the lead again.
"What does he mean by ice chains?" Velvet asked.
"He can use a special kind of magic that allows him to make things out of ice. He was raised by a dragon."
"A dragon?" Coco asked.
"Yes a dragon. Audrey can fill you in." Drake said.
He remained quiet, other then answering a few questions from the curios girls. Not everyone believes you were raised by a dragon until you show them you're magic so he had to make them a few things too. After a few minutes they found themselves inside Beacon Spire, heading up to Opzin's office. Once there, he knocked on the door.
"So, why are we here?" Audrey asked.
"Jeez, I said it would be a surprise. Well, at least for some of us." He said.
"Come in." Ozpin replied, though it sounded muffled since the door was closed. They entered the room, surprising the man enough to set down his coffee. "Drake, Audrey, Coco and Velvet, how may I help you?"
"Well actually, I came to ask for a favor." Drake said.
"A favor? What kind of favor?"
"Well, I feel like we got into Beacon to easily, I want to take the initiation like everyone else. The same goes for Audrey."
"What?" Audrey asked.
"I guess that can be arranged."
"Also, I came to speak about the current situation of Coco's team. Its come to my attention that two of their members don't want to cooperate with Velvet for being a faunus and they don't listen to their leader either, choosing to spend their time playing video games rather then training as a team, so I came to warrant your approval on disbanding their current team and having them join ours on the condition that they retake the initiation with us."
"You're insane." Coco muttered. Ozpin cupped his hands together, fore fingers resting under his lips.
"We indeed strive for better team communication and after the first semester, we did notice that you're team was the one with the less cooperation in the entire school, given the fact that team RWBY had their differences and almost split up after finding Miss Belladonna's secret. I believe this is a good move. If Coco and Velvet agree to the initiation then we can set it up, same terms as before, the person you run into will be your partner for the rest of your time here."
"I accept these terms professor, and thanks a lot Drake for doing what I wouldn't have done. I'm sure we'll make a great team." Coco said. She pulled out her scroll and after a few minutes, disbanded her current team.
"As such, Coco and Velvet will have to move into Team Dragon's Dorm so I suggest you clean up a bit. The initiation test for your team will be on Saturday before the Winter Formal. It should make for good entertainment." Ozpin said.
"Alright then its settled. Coco and Velvet are now part of Team Dragon." Drake said with a smile.
"So wait..who's the leader?" Velvet asked. Coco and Drake shared a look.
"I say after initiation, perhaps on Monday we have a little match to decide." She said. He put out his hand with a smirk.
"We have an accord." he said. She nodded and took his hand.
"Perfect. The rules will be explained tomorrow. I would take this time to settle everything in. I hear its gonna snow some more." Ozpin said. They all nodded and Drake glanced at the clock, noticing it was Four Fifty Seven.
"Holy Shit, how the hell did we loose an hour? What the fuck, I only have an hour left before my date, sorry girls but I think you'll be on your own for the whole moving in stuff, I'm really sorry but I have to run." Drake said breaking out into a run and leaving the office. The three girls had on shocked expressions while Ozpin seemed a little amused.
"Do you know who he has a date with?" He asked, directing the question to Audrey.
"Blake I think." she replied. He smiled wider.
"Why are you smiling like that professor?" Velvet asked.
"I just won Fifty Lien." He simply said, making the girls much more confused then they already were.
Xxx
Drake sighed in relief. He had made it to his dorm after a few minutes of running. Once there he took a shower and got dressed in the best of his regular clothes. A cerulean blue shirt with matching cerulean jeans and black boots. He put on his clean Sapphire coat, making sure the collar was straightened up. He made sure his hair was at its maximum spikeyness. He sheathed his Katana in to his back, and Nue strapped to his leg, you never know. He shoved his scroll in his pocket with his wallet before leaving the room.
"Show Time." He muttered to himself as he headed to the room next door. He was about to knock on the door when he stopped to look at himself. "Alright, no time to worry. I have everything, I double checked. Why am I worried?" he muttered. He looked at the door again. "Fuck it, I'm not gonna do this if I stand here." he muttered. He knocked on the door and took a step back. The door flew open to reveal Yang who was in her underwear for some reason. She smiled.
"Hey, why you dressed like that?" She asked.
"I could ask the same question."
"Well, I live here. Whats your excuse?"
"I'm here to pick up my girlfriend."
"I'm flattered but I think you should have told me first, sexy." She said with a wink.
"Not you Yang, not that you don't have something going on there, I meant Blake."
"You and Blake huh? Thats probably why she's holed up in the bathroom, come in, she'll be out soon." She said allowing him to enter the room. He looked around, noticing the bunk beds that were a serious health hazard.
"You guys honestly sleep in those?" He asked.
"Yup." the blonde replied.
"Who sleeps there?" he asked pointing to the bed suspended with ropes.
"Ruby, Weiss is under hers and Blake and I share that bunk held with books." Yang replied falling on the couch and grabbing a comic book. She had at least put on a pair of shorts to look a little decent. He pinched the bridge of his nose before getting into his Ice Make stance. Ice begun swirling in his joined hands. Feeling the sudden cold, Yang looked up.
"What are you doing?" She asked.
"Making this death trap you call bunk beds more stable. Wouldn't want you to kill your teammates in the middle of the night. The fact that they have lasted more than a month amazes me. This should settle it though. Ice Make Bed Posts." He chanted flinging the ice energy at Yang and Blake's bunks. It swirled around the books, solidifying them on contact. He shook the bed a bit and nodded to himself. "Solid as a rock."
"How did you do that? Where's the ice dust at?" Yang asked.
"Did they not fill you in yet?"
"Who?"
"Ruby, Weiss and Blake."
"No, they haven't said anything."
"Jeez, they had one mission. Okay, this is gonna sound weird but I was trained in the art of Ice Magic by a Dragon named Shayvanna. I am whats known as a Dragon Slayer. My element is Ice which means I can make it from my own magic energy or add it in with my aura to make powerful combo attacks. What you just witnessed was my Ice Make Magic. Its a type of molder magic that allows me to create anything out of ice. I just have to imagine it. Are we good so far?" He asked.
"Ahuh, so..that was with magic and not dust? Isn't dust magic in a sense?" She asked.
"By this worlds standards..yes but where Shayvanna comes from, magic is different. It comes from the land, when a Wizard amplifies his soul..we'll call it Aura since you know it better by that, a connection must be made with the land and ones own magic, once the bond is made, we can use magic. Its all around us in a type of Energy called Etherano. I have a magic pot within my body that refills with Etherano when I use my magic, with enough practice, I can unlock something called Second Origin, basically its a reserve magic pot which allows me to use magic longer. Its a wonderful thing but training with it is hard, dangerous and sometimes...deadly." he said with a sad tone. He had heard of many Wizards who had fallen due to their lack of training with their magic. Thats why many wizards in Remnant relied more on Dust then their original magic.
"Hmm, I think I understand. Its like having a lot of Ice Dust in you're body that refills over time once its fully spent." Yang said.
"Exactly." Drake said. He looked at Ruby's bed. "Think you can hold those ropes long enough for me to make stable posts?"
"Mmhm." She replied. Once she had cut the ropes and held them for dear life, he made strong bed posts as well as twin ladders for the girls to use. He smiled.
"Just remember this..they wont melt or break but to make sure, channel some of you're aura into it every morning and every night and they should stay stable. They've never failed before." He said.
"Will do. This is pretty cool. Think you can make me something spiffy?"
"Like what?" He asked.
She picked up a discarded shirt and tossed it at him.
"The crest on this shirt, can you make it into a little figurine?" She asked. He nodded with a smile and tossed the shirt back.
"Easy. Ice Make..Flame Crest, Yang Xiao Long." he chanted. When the magic ceased, in his hand lied the perfect ice figurine of Yang's crest. He handed it to her.
"Cool."
"Channel you're aura into it. Makes a cool night light."
"Thanks..oh..I think you're lady is done." She said. He looked to the side and saw Blake, wearing a white blouse with little buttons and angled cuffs. She had black ribbons wrapped around her wrists. She wore black skinny jeans with matching black heeled boots that reached just below her knees. The boots had a lot of straps and zippers on them. She had her weapon sheathed to her back. Instead of a black bow, she wore a bright silver one. She also wore black eye shadow with purple eyeliner. She looked away sheepishly when she saw his blush.
"Damn, I got a ladyboner." Yang muttered to herself. She elbowed Drake, getting him out of his daze.
"Uh..Blake you look beautiful." he said.
"Thanks Drake." She said.
He nodded and quickly made a Zinnia flower out of ice and handed it to her.
"Zinnia's were her favorite flowers." he said. She nodded and smiled, channeling her aura and making it glow a bit.
"I'll cherish it forever." she said placing it in one of her books as a book mark. She took his hand. "Come on, before we miss the Six thirty shuttle." She said.
"Peace out Yang." Drake said. She waved him off and winked at him before the door closed behind them. Once it did, Blake pinned Drake to the wall and kissed him. He smiled a bit and pulled her close to him before they pulled apart.
"Damn, miss me?" He joked.
"I did. Lets hurry." She said running off.
"Hey, no fair." He said, following her after images.
Xxx
Drake and Blake sat at the restaurant in a booth. It seemed that the restaurant had a policy about Faunus, they were allowed but for their protection, it was best if they stayed to the back. That didn't keep them from having a good time, they now sat quietly, waiting for their meals to arrive. Blake was reading a book that she had brought a long while Drake sat there nervously, fiddling with the straw of his drink.
"Are you nervous?"
He looked up, meeting his date's amber eyes. He sighed and nodded.
"Don't be, this isn't a date between two people who haven't met. This is a date between boyfriend and girlfriend. If I didn't like you, I wouldn't be here would I?" She asked.
"I just don't want to make an ass out of myself in front of so many people." he said.
"You wont. So long as you don't say anything about them, you'll be fine." Blake said returning to her book. He breathed a sigh of relief and slapped his cheeks.
"You're right. No need to be nervous. Sooo, what's it about?" He asked, gesturing to her book. She smiled.
"Its about man looking for his sister after she was taken by a horde of half human Grimm hybrids. He's like this super enhanced human with faunus attributes like night vision and super strength. He's out to destroy the people that made him because he was supposed to be a super soldier." she replied.
"Wow, sounds like a good read. I'll have to check it out later." he said.
"I'll let you borrow it once I'm done. I usually finish books two days after I get them." she replied.
"Explains all the shelves in your dorm." He said with a smile.
"Indeed it does. So, I heard from Weiss that you're into music?"
"Yeah. I have a lot of old records and whatnot. I haven't found space for them yet, especially now with my new teammates, I doubt I'll be able to." He said. The waiter showed up and placed their food on the table.
"You're meals sir and madam. If you need anything, do call." he said. Drake nodded and gave him a thumbs up before he left. He had ordered a seafood medley, he wasn't that much into seafood but he did like it from time to time. Blake had settled on a salmon cutlet with salad on the side which was topped with tuna, lots of it. He didn't question his girlfriend's food choices but he could tell tuna was a favorite. She set her book down and took a sip pf her tea.
"Whats this I hear about new teammates? I thought you and Audrey were a two man..one man one girl team?" she asked.
"We were, but I got Ozpin to agree on letting us do the initiation you guys took, on top of that..we get Coco and Velvet as new teammates. It seems that their teammates disliked Velvet because of her faunus traits so I invited them into our team. We take the test tomorrow and me and Coco fight for leadership on Monday." he said stabbing a shrimp with his fork and popping it in his mouth. He made a weird face when he felt the crunch of the shell. Blake giggled.
"You're supposed to pull the tail off." She said. He swallowed hard then took a sip of his soda.
"Right. Its been a while, don't blame my lack off cuisine finesse."
"Finesse? Right eating shrimp shells is finesse."
"You're such a dork." he said eating some octupus. She gave him hurt kicked puppy look.
"I'm a dork?"
"Yes, but you're my dork." he said.
"Should I be saying that?" She asked.
"Perhaps." he replied, leaning back in his seat and placing his hands together before himself. She rolled her eyes and continued eating her meal.
"So..other than revenge on the Fang, what made you become..well what you are now?" Blake asked.
"Hmm, I guess it all started when my village was attacked. As you know, Shayvanna left me in an orphanage and I was quickly adopted into a family of ex-hunters. I had a little sister named Ahri who was also adopted. What made it weird though was that our parents were human and we were both faunus. Ahri was an Arctic fox faunus. A rare one indeed. However, we were quickly taken into the family and assess on our training. Ahri had a fire semblance so she could control fire, I however was being trained in how to wield my Katana since they could tell from one look that I had the body of a fighter capable of taking out a lot of trained soldiers without batting an eye. However, I lacked the sword skill to defend myself at close range."
"I take it one of your foster parents taught you?"
"No. I was taught by a nice young huntress. She was beautiful, a little taller than you, most likely because of her heels. She had black hair with red highlights, she wore red and black clothing and fought with swords. She trained with many weapons but swords were her favorite. She used this one Katana that could turn into a Sniper Rifle. She was the one that taught me everything I know of sword wielding."
"Who was she?" Blake asked. He noticed she was finished her food while he was still working on his own.
"Her name was Summer. Summer Rose."
"You mean..Ruby's-"
"Yeah, I suspected it too. They share the same rose crest, same fighting style, even their eye color. Even their semblances were the same. No doubt Ruby would be an excellent swordswoman if she stepped out of her comfort zone and tried something other than that scythe of hers. Its in her blood, but I digress. I never saw her again. She said she was gonna quit being a huntress to take care of her little girl but I never heard from her again. Anyway, one day the Fang started attacking our local dust shop, my parents being the people they were, threw themselves into it. But what they didn't know was that two mercenaries were in the raid party. One of them you know very well."
"Adam." Blake muttered sadly.
"I tried to help, honest to God I did. I put all my training into work but I couldn't defeat Zeneath, the other merc. He killed my mom in front of me and stabbed Ahri through the chest. My dad in a fit of rage was able to kill him but Adam shot him. He was able to survive but his hunter career went to hell, he decided to invest in a Gun Smithing company."
"Aeterna Guns and Steel right?" She asked.
"Yup. My mother died on sight, my sister died on the way there. I was devastated. The White Fang didn't stop there, once they stole all of the dust in town, they set the place on fire, not giving a rats ass about anyone. I met Audrey when I ran out of town. We were the only other survivors. Out of two thousand four hundred people, three survived, two being kids. It made it seem like bad thing. That was the day the White Fang sighed their death warrant. Even though I could never find Summer Rose, I put her skills to the test and trained Audrey the best I could. Dad helped us with our weapons. I made Nue and my gauntlets the Wolverine while Audrey made her Death Slicer, a Lance that could turn into a Hecate III Sniper Rifle and a pair of nun-chucks. We also have our custom Pistols. We decided to take out the nearest White Fang recruiting center but that ended up in a bust. The place was loaded with Schnee Dust Containers. When it exploded, we were caught in the blast and landed behind a few that somehow survived. When Mr. Schnee came by to survey the damage, he found us. He thought we were thieves until he recognized us as the survivors of the village invasion. He took us in and we explained everything."
"I take it thats when you met Weiss?"
"Yeah, Mr. Schnee gave me an offer, he told me I could get a job with him, escorting his Daughter to a ball and be her body guard, the catch, hide my ears. You already know about that."
He looked down at his plate, finding it empty. He didn't realize he was done. He finished his drink and set the glass down.
"We had it hard, me and Audrey even though we were paid well for protecting Schnee Cargo trains and Ships. Our training was more self taught then anything. There were a few times Mr. Schnee would come home pissed at the Faunus who would always steal his dust. It made it hard for Audrey, knowing what she was, but Mrs. Schnee, bless her soul was always there, cheering her up while I would stare out the window into Atlas, vowing every day of my life to end that sorry excuse for a criminal organization. Weiss could feel it too, thats when she was starting to realize everything of the real world, though her mother did her best. She even convinced me into teaching her how to wield a sword. Though basic sword wielding and stances came from me, she learned everything from a tutor. Her cold demeanor was set when her mother passed on. She was fourteen, it happened after a concert. She had a sudden heart attack. Mrs. Schnee had a weak heart. By the time rescue got to her, it was too late. It was also the last time I took a mission from Mr. Schnee in two years. The last one I did was last year, Weiss had grown into a beautiful young woman who shouldn't be messed with, she had her weapon and had completed her entrance exam into Beacon. We didn't talk much, the whole doll thing still lingering between us. Me and Audrey moved to Vale by that point and had taken out lots of White Fang and Crimson warehouses on the way, financially though, we were doing shitty, working part time as bouncers in a night club down in the shady part of town. The money we made from guarding that train, was enough to get us off the streets for the last couple of years. He told us he would pay us double for our work, something about two members destroying an entire fleet of droid soldiers and a Spider Mech Droid. The entire cargo was gone by the time they located the train." he said.
"I assume the train was found somewhere in the Forever Fall forest?" Blake asked.
"Yeah how did you..oh."
"Yeah. That was me and Adam." Blake said sadly. He took her hand.
"I don't judge you for it sweetie. You realized it was wrong and left before you were killed, not that you were going to anyway. You were on my hit list you know. But it doesn't matter, I judge you for who you are today not what you were yesterday." He said with a smile. She smiled, a single tear escaping her eye. He snapped his fingers, asking for the check. He payed for everything even though she insisted on paying half. He gave the waiter a nice tip for his work and escorted Blake out of the restaurant.
"You should have let me pay for half." She said.
"No Blake. You're my date, you'll never have to pay for anything when you're with me. I had my dad invest some of my money into his stocks so I have a lot of it."
"So why live in shitty conditions if you have money?" she asked. He stopped and looked at her. A few snowflakes were falling from the gray white sky above them.
"Because Blake, money can buy you a nice house, money can buy you nice furniture, nice clothes, everything you may need. What money doesn't buy however is happiness. So in turn, I may not be able to buy happiness for others with my money, but at least I can share it with those who need it. I would rather live in a shitty house with no furniture and with decent clothing then to see a group of kids, starving in the cold of winter with no shelter, especially when I can do something about it." he said, breaking into a walk again. Blake had to smile at that. She quickly caught up to him before he disappeared from her sight, not that he ever would.