~IN MEMORY OF MONYREAK 'MONTY' OUM (1981 - 2015)~
The first week at Beacon Academy was quite uneventful for Makoto Yuuki. As a student of the most prestigious learning institution for training future Huntsmen and Huntresses, he attended classes, where he came to learn more about the world he was reborn into. Besides that, he also became much closer to the members of his team.
Considering that four of them were sharing a dorm, it was kind of impossible for them to not get closer. As the leader of the team, it was his responsibility to learn more about his teammates so that their team could work efficiently. Back at his old world, he was more like a field leader than the actual leader of the team, as the official team leader was Mitsuru, but this time, as he was appointed the official leader of Team MNRV, he had to actually deal with being an actual leader. Despite the fact that he didn't mind it at all, he still had his own limits, no matter how talented he was.
Luckily for him, his teammates were there to give him a hand. More often than not, he deferred to his teammates whenever he had to make a decision, and while he might be the one who would call the final shots, he would ask for their opinions first. Among his teammates, Pyrrha Nikos was the most talented in actual leadership, being an ace and all, and became the de-facto second-in-command of Team MNRV. As for Lie Ren, due to him being Makoto's partner, as well as being the other boy of the team, Makoto figured out that he was more comfortable exchanging ideas with him. It helped that Ren was the most levelheaded among them.
And of course, let's not forget about Nora Valkyrie. Despite her eccentricity, Makoto noted that the cheerful girl was important in keeping their spirits up, as well as to help him to focus on whatever he needed to focus on. She was kind of who would become easily distracted and be a little bit of a ditz, but both Ren and Pyrrha were there to keep her in check.
Overall, Makoto thought that he had quite a well-balanced team, which was good because he would be working alongside them for the next four years. Team RWBY, on the other hand, seemed to have some kind of internal conflict, from what the blue-haired boy could see. It was clearly seen from the relationship between the team leader, Ruby Rose, and the heiress of Schnee family, Weiss Schnee. Being the observant person that he was, Makoto could tell that both of the girls had some tension between them, but it mostly died down after a week.
Makoto deduced that Weiss might have disagreed with Professor Ozpin's decision to make Ruby the team leader. Then, when the conflict between them seemed to have died down, Makoto figured that there might be some sort of agreement between both girls regarding the leadership.
Makoto shrugged. Whatever happened to Team RWBY, it wasn't really his business. He just wanted to fulfill his promise to Summer Rose, the one who had replaced him as the Great Seal, by watching over her daughters, Yang and Ruby. He had no interest in getting much closer with them, considering that he had a secret mission to accomplish, and he might as well continue watching over them until the day when he had to save the world from being supposedly destroyed.
He sighed. He knew that it was his fate to be the savior, a messiah that was destined to deliver salvation to those who needed saving. And considering that he had the power to bring forth said salvation, he accepted the role of being the savior of Remnant. When he thought about it again, he didn't have much choice in this matter. There was no one other than himself who could save this realm, so he was the only available choice of becoming the Messiah of Remnant.
Well, he could have just refused the proposal back then when Summer showed up, asking him to save her world. He could have just remained there at the collective unconscious of humanity, serving as the Great Seal to protect humanity from its own darkness. But, refusing her would have meant that he merely let a world, albeit one that was not his, be destroyed. His conscience didn't allow him to do so, however, so he accepted his role.
It's not like he resented the fact of becoming a future martyr once again. It's just that no matter what he did, his future had been predestined from the very beginning. Oh well, there's no use faltering, now that he had gone so far. Might as well finish what he started.
"Makoto… are you alright?"
Makoto could feel a hand touching his shoulder before he stopped walking. He glanced to his side and saw a concerned look on Pyrrha's face. Both of them were on their way back from the library, and both of them seemed to be carrying a few books that they had borrowed from the library.
Seeing the concerned look on the red-haired girl's face, Makoto just shook his head and spoke, "Ah, it's nothing. I was just thinking about a few things…"
"Ah, I see…" Pyrrha mused. "Well, I thought that you might be troubled about, well… what happened to Ren."
"That…" Makoto remembered about his partner, Ren. "Actually, I'm not particularly worried about him. After all," Makoto smiled, "he's with Nora."
"Yeah, I suppose you're right…" Pyrrha said. "Still, I'm sorry for him. It's probably hard for him to lose a family member…"
"Yes, it is hard…" Makoto nodded. He, who had lost so many things in his past life, knew how it felt to lose something or someone precious to him. Two days ago, Ren received a call from his village, telling him that a family member of his had passed away. While he didn't show it on his face, it was clear that he was saddened by the news. After asking for permission from the Headmaster himself, Ren was permitted to return to his village to attend the funeral. And because Nora was considered a family member, she was also allowed to go with Ren. "But I'm sure he'll make it. He's strong."
In order to make his point, he smiled. Pyrrha noticed it, and considering that Makoto only smiled on special occasions, she knew that Makoto really meant what he said. "Well, I suppose you're right, Makoto."
So, they continued walking down the corridor, going to their dorm. As they walked, Makoto felt like there's someone watching them. As a matter of fact, he had been feeling that he might have been followed by someone for the last three or four days. He stopped walking and glanced over his shoulder, and he saw it.
"Eep!"
There was someone, a girl, who immediately hid herself behind the corner as soon as Makoto glanced behind. The girl might have been well-hidden if not due to the fact that he could clearly see a pair of bunny ears sticking out from the corner. He could see the bunny ears twitching several times. Makoto thought that the girl might be unaware that he could clearly see those ears.
Judging from the ears, Makoto deduced that the girl who was currently hiding herself from his view (and failing miserably) might be a Faunus. 'Might' because those ears might be just accessories instead of real ears. But after seeing that those ears were twitching, those ears might be real.
"Pyrrha… do you realize that we have been followed?" Makoto asked the red-haired girl beside him. From the corner, the bunny-eared girl let out a gasp, as if realizing that her bunny ears were fully exposed.
"Huh? Oh, yes…" Pyrrha said. "I thought you noticed."
"I noticed." It really wasn't Pyrrha's fault for not bringing up this matter. "It's just that I've been followed for the last three days. Or was it four?"
"W-well…" Pyrrha averted her eyes. "You see, it's probably because of what happened back then at the cafeteria four days ago."
"Cafeteria?" Makoto blinked. "What happened at the cafeteria?" He remembered meeting his teammates and Team RWBY at the cafeteria, and he was known for his hyper-awareness. What did he actually miss?
"You honestly didn't remember?" Pyrrha frowned.
"I'm probably missing something here. What happened?" Makoto inquired.
"Well, for one thing, what you did at that time was almost legendary," Pyrrha said, sighing as she pinched the bridge of her nose, remembering the event that had happened four days ago. "You became an instant celebrity among the student body, especially among the Faunus, the moment you saved a Faunus girl from being bullied by some jerks by scaring them off with just a glare." Then, she added, her voice sounded a little gloomier than before, "Oh, and I thought she might have been infatuated with you, for whatever reason…"
And Makoto responded to what Pyrrha had just told him in typical Makoto's way.
"Oh."
Messianic Rebirth
Persona 3 and RWBY Crossover
Chapter 07: The Faunus
It all happened four days ago, back at the cafeteria…
"LIES! There's no way koala bears can be superior to sloths!" Nora Valkyrie bellowed, pointing an accusatory finger at the leader of her team, Makoto Yuuki, while the latter was lazily eating his lunch. "I demand proof if you want me to acknowledge that koala bears are indeed superior to sloths!" All of them were having their lunches at the cafeteria, and as expected, Nora was having pancakes.
Makoto looked up to look at the eyes of the pouting Nora, whose hands were on her waist. It was clear that both of them were in quite a disagreement, and the other members of Team MNRV, Lie Ren and Pyrrha Nikos, just let out a sigh. Their leader seemed to have made it his habit to bring the argumentative side out of Nora by telling her that koala bears are better than sloths. Both Ren and Pyrrha had no choice but see both Makoto and Nora having their heated debate about which animal that could be considered the better one among the two.
"Funny since you asked me that, Valkyrie…" Makoto said as he put down his fork and knife. "Very well, if you demand proof, then I shall deliver…" He took out something from his blazer, which was some sort of paper. Then he unrolled the paper, revealing a rather elaborate chart regarding the comparison between koala bears and sloths.
"H-how did he keep that thing?" Pyrrha asked, eyes widened when she eyed the chart that Makoto took out from his jacket.
"I tried asking him once," Ren said after sighing before he took a bite of his sandwich. "It's probably for the best if you don't know about it." Judging from his tone, it looked like he knew how Makoto managed to do that, and he'd rather not tell Pyrrha about it because it somehow involved a long-winded explanation.
"Well, if you say so…" Pyrrha shrugged before both of them continued watching both their leader and Nora having their debate, with Makoto explaining to Nora about the reason behind koala bears' superiority to sloths with the help of his chart. A while later, Team RWBY showed up, and they saw the debate between Makoto and Nora.
"Wow… I never thought this kind of debate exists…" The buxom blond girl from the other team, Yang Xiao Long, looked at both Makoto and Nora. Then, she blinked. "Wait, is that a chart?"
Ren sighed. "Yes, it's a chart…"
The black-haired girl from the other team, Blake Belladonna, looked at the chart that Makoto was holding while adding more of his points regarding the superiority of the koala bears to the sloths. "Are they seriously debating about the superiority between koala bears and sloths?"
The way Makoto made his point seemed like he was talking about a really important matter. Nora looked like she was starting to waver as the blue-haired boy added more points.
"I can't believe this…" Weiss Schnee muttered. "How can a childish argument be turned into something that looks like this? It's as if they're discussing about the fate of the world!"
As for Ruby Rose, she threw a punch into the air after hearing Makoto's points regarding the superiority of the koala bears to the sloths. "Koala bears for the win!"
"…And that proves the superiority of these majestic animals to the mere sloths, Valkyrie," Makoto ended his reasoning as he rolled the chart before he put it back into his blazer. As for Nora, she stood up and took two or three steps away from the table before dramatically falling on her knees.
"I-impossible…" Nora wheezed. "H-how… how can sloths lose to mere koala bears? Th-this… w-why… n-no…"
Pyrrha gave Makoto a disapproving look. "Stop bullying Nora, Makoto."
Ren glanced at his childhood friend who looked like she was about to break down in tears. "Makoto, you probably need to do something. She's starting to have an existential crisis."
Makoto blinked a few times before he sighed. He got up from his seat and went to Nora's side. He brought his hand to Nora's shoulder and spoke, "Still, there's no rule saying that koala bears and sloths can't stand side by side as equals. No matter which one is superior, it's no longer relevant…" Makoto smiled. "No matter how superior a koala bear is to a sloth, in my eyes, they're always equal."
"M-Makoto… *sniff* yeah…" Nora rubbed her eyes and smiled at her leader. "You're right. I guess there's no point in debating about which one is better…" With Makoto's help, she got up on her feet.
"Okay, I honestly have no idea what they are talking about," Yang commented.
"Yang, hush! You're ruining a heartwarming moment!" Ruby said to her sister.
Weiss sighed. "No matter how much I hate to agree with Yang, I suppose I can make an exception this time. I don't have any idea about what these two are talking about…" Weiss shook her head.
"I wonder why we should even bother…" Blake deadpanned. "Aren't we here to have our lunches?"
"Ah! Lunch! Now that you mention it, I'm hungry!" Ruby exclaimed.
So, the members of Team RWBY took their seats at the same table as Team MNRV, having their meals.
When Makoto was about to finish his meal, he noticed that Blake was staring at him. She didn't even look at her own food as she did that.
"How can I help you, Blake?" Makoto asked. "Something on my face?"
"Huh?" Blake blinked a few times, noticing that she was staring at Makoto while eating. "Oh… it's nothing…" She averted her eyes before she continued having her meal. Makoto couldn't help but notice that the ribbon-wearing girl had been doing that several times already.
Meanwhile, Nora was talking something about her dreams to the other girls. Apparently, she had been dreaming about the same thing for the last few days, with Ren exasperatedly correcting some of the details regarding her dreams.
And to think that he denied being together-together with Nora. Makoto couldn't help but smile when he remembered Ren's denial regarding that matter when he brought it up.
Ruby noticed that the blue-haired boy was smiling, but before she could say anything about it, they heard the sounds of people laughing. They looked over as the laughing grew louder, and they saw a group of bullies picking on a girl, who seemed to have a pair of rabbit ears on top of her head.
Both teams recognized the group that was picking on the bunny-eared girl, whom they recognized as a Faunus, as Team CRDL that was led by Cardin Winchester, the one who was pulling the poor Faunus girl's ear.
"S-stop!" The girl cried. "Ow!"
Cardin, whose hand was still tugging on the girl's rabbit ear, looked at his teammates, guffawing. "See? I told you it was real!"
Team MNRV, Team RWBY and other students just watched as the girl being bullied by the boys from Team CRDL. Apparently, they seemed to be making fun of her due to her being a Faunus.
"Atrocious…" Even Pyrrha couldn't stand what she had seen. She shook her head in disapproval. She was about to say something when Makoto got up from his seat. "Makoto?"
Slowly, with his hands stuffed into his pockets, Makoto walked over to the direction of the bullies, who continued their bullying on the rabbit girl. Both Team MNRV and Team RWBY could do nothing but just watch as the blue-haired boy approached those boys. Even the usually unflappable Ren was alarmed by this turn of events.
Then, Makoto stopped as he stood behind Cardin, whose treatment towards the rabbit girl was getting rougher before he brought his left hand on the tall boy's shoulder. Feeling that someone was tapping on his shoulder, Cardin glanced over his shoulder and saw Makoto. "What you think you're doi-"
Cardin froze when he saw Makoto, color drained from his face, as if he had seen something truly terrifying. And the blue-haired boy did nothing but threw a glare at him. The other members of the team tried to intervene, but they were stopped when he directed his glare at them instead, causing them to experience the same thing as their leader.
After a while, Makoto closed his eyes before he reopened them, looking at the Faunus girl. His expression seemed significantly softer as he directed his gaze at her before he gestured at her to get away from the table. The girl nodded before she frantically got up from her seat and walked away.
Sighing, Makoto turned on his heel and walked back to his seat. Now that the blue-haired boy had left them, Team CRDL looked like they had recovered from their frozen state, and Cardin immediately slumped on his seat, eyes widened.
As for Makoto, many eyes were on him as he sat back on his seat. He decided to ignore him, pretending as if nothing had happened. The members of his team as well as Team RWBY were staring at him.
"Wh-what… what did you do to them?" Yang said, breaking the silence.
"I glared at them," Makoto answered. "Can't stand what they did to her, so I scared them."
"You… scared them?" Blake asked uncertainly. "With a glare?"
"That's what I said," Makoto stated, acting as if nothing special had happened a while ago.
"And that's how you became famous…" Pyrrha concluded after she ended her explanation about what happened four days ago to Makoto. "Do you remember?"
"Ah…" It's not like Makoto had really forgotten about such an event happening. It's just that he deemed it to be not important enough to remember. When he thought about it again, using Evil Touch on people like Cardin and his lackeys was a tad excessive, considering how much it would affect them in the long run. Evil Touch was one of his darker Persona skills that could instill fear into other people, either by touching them or looking at them. It would definitely work on weak-willed people, and he didn't think Cardin and his team members were strong-willed enough to resist the dark influence of the spell. "Well, now I do."
Makoto glanced at the corner where the Faunus girl was still hiding. He knew that she was still there because despite her best attempt to stay hidden, he still could see her bunny ears.
So, Makoto decided to do the most logical thing: approach her. He walked over to her direction, and the Faunus girl let out a squeak before Makoto heard the sound of her scrambling on the floor, followed by the sound of her falling on the floor. "Ow!" Makoto stopped walking when he heard that. Then, he shrugged before he continued and got closer to her.
When he managed to take a good look on her, he noticed that she had some kind of doe-eyed look on her, and she was slumped on the floor, probably because of her falling in her attempt to scramble away earlier. She seemed agitated, like a deer caught in headlights, or in the girl's case, like a rabbit caught in headlights. She was attired in a school uniform, like most other students at the Beacon Academy.
"Hey…" Makoto said to the Faunus girl.
"Umm…" The girl was unsure what to say and was surprised when Makoto held out his hand, offering to help her get back on her feet.
"Stand up," Makoto said.
"Y-yes!" The girl squeaked and took Makoto's hand before she got up on her feet.
After she stood up, Makoto studied the girl. He recognized the girl as one of the fellow new students of Beacon, but her name escaped him. She was also one of a few Faunus students. It's not like he could remember everything.
"W-why?" The girl suddenly asked. "Why did you help me?"
"Hmm?" Makoto frowned.
"At that time, back at the cafeteria…" The girl said. From her tone alone, it was clear that the girl was painfully shy. "Why did you stand up for me?"
She was probably referring to that time, when she was bullied by Cardin and his team members. Makoto studied the girl's face before he answered in his usual bored, nonchalant tone, "I can't stand bullies."
"B-but I'm a Faunus…" The girl said sadly. Makoto recalled the time when he first studied about this new realm he was reborn into. The Faunus were often treated like animals or second-class citizens by the humans, and there were some points in history where bloody conflicts occurred in their attempt to gain equality. Even in the present time, the conflicts still occurred, thanks to the existence of the White Fang, a previously nonviolent political organization that had become more violent in recent years. From what Makoto had learned, White Fang is a Faunus organization that was founded after the Faunus Rights Revolution, as an attempt to create peace and unity between Faunus and humans. But thanks to the discrimination and harsh treatment from humans to Faunus, they grew disillusioned, and the organization became what it is recently.
And the Faunus girl before him might have suffered discrimination thanks to her heritage. The bullying might just be one of the things that she had to endure.
"And since when does that matter?" Makoto asked. "Faunus or humans, they're still people." For someone who had literally died for humanity's sins, something this trivial meant nothing to him. He isn't the one to judge people based on their races, beliefs, creeds, or anything that set people apart. If anything, he only accepted.
The girl looked at Makoto, eyes widened. Then, after a while, she smiled. "…Still, thanks. I… I really appreciate it. Your help, I mean."
"It's only natural…" Makoto said, shrugging.
"Velvet…" The girl said.
"Hmm?" Makoto blinked a few times.
"Velvet. That's my name," the girl told Makoto. "Velvet Scarlatina."
"Ah." Makoto nodded. "It's nice to meet you, Velvet." He held out his hand, offering a handshake.
Hesitantly, Velvet shook his hand. Makoto pretended to not notice the light shade of red on the Faunus' cheeks. "S-so… umm… n-nice to meet you too."
Then, they noticed that Pyrrha was approaching them. Velvet looked alarmed when the red-haired girl approached them.
"Don't worry, she won't bite," Makoto said nonchalantly. "She's Pyrrha Nikos, my teammate." He looked at Pyrrha. "Pyrrha, meet Velvet." Then, he looked back at Velvet. "Velvet, meet Pyrrha."
"Hello." Pyrrha gave the bunny girl a friendly smile.
"Umm… h-hello," Velvet said. "I-it's nice to meet you."
"Likewise," Pyrrha replied.
Velvet looked at Makoto in a rather expectant way before the blue-haired boy realized that he hadn't told her his name yet. Well, at least he still had the decency to appear sheepish for forgetting to tell her his name before he said, "My name is Makoto Yuuki." He gave the rabbit-eared girl a small smile. "You can call me Makoto."
"Y-yes! Umm… w-well, s-so, I shall be on my way, then! G-good day!" And so, Velvet immediately left the pair, walking down the corridor in a rather hasty way.
"Huh…" Makoto looked on as Velvet went away. "Well, that's about it, I suppose. Let's go, Pyrrha."
"Ah, yes…" Pyrrha said. So, both of them walked down the corridor that led them to their dorm.
Velvet was delighted! She finally managed to thank her savior for what he had done for her. While it might be rather insignificant to him, but to Velvet, there's no way she could forget the day when someone finally stood up for her.
Life was rarely kind for her. More often than not, she was treated by humans with prejudice and disdain due to her heritage as a Faunus. And it was made even worse by the fact that her rabbit ears made her stand out among the crowd like a sore thumb. A friend of hers once suggested to her to put on some hat to cover those ears, but she countered by telling her that a hat made her feel uncomfortable. And those ears of hers were quite sensitive.
And having those ears tugged was a lot painful than it actually looked due to her sensitivity. But she got used to it because she was always bullied when she was little by human children. And let's not mention about all those unflattering nicknames that she got just because she had a pair of extra ears on top of her head.
She was lucky enough to have teammates who were quite understanding about her predicament, but like the event back at the cafeteria a few days ago, she was still having some problems with the human students, who saw her as a freak or an animal instead of a person. She knew that there were some human students who didn't see her as any of those, but they didn't have enough courage to stand up for her. She couldn't exactly blame them for it, though.
Makoto Yuuki, on the other hand, was different. He defended her as if it was the most natural thing to do, and when he was asked about why he did so, he reasoned that it didn't matter whether she was a human or a Faunus because she was still a person above all else. He accepted her for who she was, and he didn't judge her for being a Faunus. For Velvet, being treated like this sure was refreshing.
"Makoto Yuuki…" Velvet muttered. There were times when she believed that no human would ever accept her due to her being a Faunus, and each time when she believed such a thing, she would force herself to give humans a chance.
And from her meeting with the blue-haired teen a while ago, she felt assured that it's all worth it.
He shouldn't be there.
A being such as him shouldn't be existing. There's no way a being like him could exist. It should be impossible.
And yet, here he was, alive and breathing. He could feel his heart beating. He could feel the heat of his own body. He could feel the fabric of his clothes touching his skin.
He was alive, and being alive was against everything he stood for.
"I'm… alive?" He muttered before he immediately brought his hand to his mouth. He didn't know how long it had been since he was 'alive', and he was surprised that he could actually talk by using that mouth of his. He couldn't even remember the moment when he started becoming 'alive'. "I can talk…"
He tried to familiarize himself with his new state of existence. He knew that he always existed, but not like this. He looked down to his palms before he clenched his hands into fists. He noticed that he was wearing a black-buttoned and white dress shirt with folded black sleeves, as well as black suspenders and a pair of black pants. Wrapped around his neck was a long, yellow scarf.
Having no direction to go, he continued walking down the land. His surroundings were devoid of life, and he could tell that he was the only one alive in the area. He snorted, noticing the irony about him being the only one alive, considering his own nature.
As he walked, he started to recall some other details about himself. He remembered a name, a name that he could use to refer himself as, but he knew that the name wasn't actually his. But considering that he was alive at the moment, he needed that name.
He didn't know how long had passed since he gained awareness of his surroundings and of himself. He might have been walking for a few hours. Or probably a few days. Or maybe a few weeks. Probably months. Years, perhaps.
Or probably he had been walking forever, he couldn't tell. Even so, he didn't stop walking.
But a sound prompted him to stop. It was the sound of a twig being stepped on. When he stopped, he glanced over his shoulder to see where the sound came from, and he saw a person.
One thing he noticed about the person was that it was a girl with shoulder-length white hair. She was short and clad in white, furred jacket. She was also wearing a short black skirt as well as a pair of thigh-high stockings, which were black in color. She seemed to be dressed in order to cover herself from coldness, and he just realized that it was indeed very cold. She also wore a white ushanka on top of her head, and the fur cap seemed to have an emblem which was shaped like a bear's head.
And one thing that caught his attention was the huge thing she was holding. She was holding some kind of weapon which was too huge for her size. Strapped on her back were a few harpoons that could be launched by the huge weapon she was holding, and she was aiming the harpoon launcher at him, with her finger on the trigger.
He instinctively brought up his hands, trying to tell her that he didn't pose any harm. While he knew that the harpoon wouldn't bring real harm to him, considering his nature, the living part of him decided that he didn't want to be skewered by a harpoon anytime soon.
"I'm unarmed, see?" He said to the girl.
The girl studied him, her harpoon still primed at him before she lowered her weapon.
"Not a Grimm…" The girl said. "This place is dangerous. Why are you here?"
"Well… I'm somehow lost, I guess?" He said. "Uh, if you don't mind, will you show me the way where I can have everything sorted out? I'm actually kinda confused here." He smiled blandly. "I don't know why I'm here, actually."
The girl blinked several times before she turned around. "Follow me," she said in a rather dispassionate tone. "Hut is over there. My hut."
"Oh, thank you…" He said as he followed the girl.
"Olga…" The girl said.
"Olga?"
"Yes, Olga." The girl nodded as she led him down the woods. "Olga Savinovskaya…" She pointed at herself. "My name."
"Ah, nice to meet you, Miss Olga…" He said. Then he realized that Olga was glancing over her shoulder, looking at him expectantly. It seemed that she wanted him to tell her his name.
Well, the name he knew wasn't actually his name, but since it was the only name he could remember, might as well use it to introduce himself.
"Ryoji…" He said. "My name is Ryoji Mochizuki…"
TO BE CONTINUED
Author's Note: So, Prince Arjuna has returned. I'm sorry for two-month hiatus, because I was somehow having a writer's block at that time. But don't worry, now that I'm back into the game, yeah! And while it's quite late, I was and still am saddened by the passing of the creator of RWBY, our friend Monty Oum. A tragic loss, I might say. He was so young, so talented, yet he was taken away too early for us. Still, I'm sure this won't stop us, right? Let's take a look at his rather inspirational quote that somehow received a great deal of attention after his death:
"Can you match my resolve? If so then you will succeed. I believe that the human spirit is indomitable. If you endeavor to achieve, it will happen given enough resolve. It may not be immediate, and often your greater dreams is something you will not achieve within your own lifetime. The effort you put forth to anything transcends yourself, for there is no futility even in death."
I'm not sure whether I can match his resolve, but I'm sure that one day, I can answer that question. Perhaps, one day. Rest in peace, Monty.
So, let's move on to the story, shall we? About Olga Savinovskaya, she's actually an OC that I somehow thought of a while ago. Don't worry. She won't take the spotlight anytime soon, because this story is a story of Makoto Yuuki, not some OCs that I made. Also, I have to clarify that I characterize Makoto by taking his characterizations from the Movie, Persona Q, the manga and what most fans assumed about his personality. So, don't sue me if you think that Makoto isn't acting like how you think he acts.
Also, I don't think I want to make another Review Corner anymore, because I don't feel like doing it. So, sorry for Jaune's fans, then. Well, I may think of some ways to introduce him into this story in one way or another, but... that will be a thing to see in the future, and the future is uncertain.
And I'm also aware of the fact that due to Volume 2, Velvet isn't actually a first-year student, but then... I decided to say 'screw that' to that fact and made her a first-year. Well, it's easier this way.
Let's not forget Sorata Shioya for beta-reading this chapter. It is so nice to work alongside you. Please look forward for the next chapter, Chapter 08: The Fall. Stay tuned!
Prince Arjuna (2015)