AN: Be me. Almost finished with the new chapter. Have an hour brake and play some Victoria 2. Think I should finish up the chapter. Press exit on the game. PC shits itself. Restart PC. Open up the chapter. Forgot to save. Lost 80% of the progress. Loose all will to live and write for 4 days… I don't wanna talk about it…
DISCLAIMER : I DO NOT OWN RWBY, IT IS OWNED BY ROOSTER TEETH!
"WHAT?" - normal speech
"WHO?" - a characters thoughts
"GIMMIE MUFFINS!" - Warwick/Tony trying to be scary… or gods talking… you never know
I wasn't able to sleep a lot this night. My thoughts were all over the place, but mainly as to WHY TEAM RWBY AND JNPR had to watch me train with Ozpin. I wasn't able to see them because the lights were only on the arena part of the amphitheatre, but when I turned I was able to smell them.
I was thinking why did Ozpin told me about it, and also why he wanted me to turn. Sure the idea that 'I wanna see how strong you are as a Werewolf' is a good one, considering I would most likely use more often than fighting with my bare hands… even though I was using my bare paws as a Werewolf… huh.
Never the less my thoughts went back and forth from why Ozpin told me to turn and let the Main cast watch me to how the fuck did my aura drain when I was in Werewolf form.
For the second part I would guess that in a battle it took my aura as some for of damage reduction on me… or my gamer brain is getting the wrong idea. Never the less this kept on bugging me until morning.
The sun was rising and I decided to get up as well. While in the shower a thought came to mind. I am not as tired as I should be. Sure I was a bit sleepy but other than that I was good. "Maybe the werewolf thing? *sigh* I give up figuring out what the fuck this ability does anymore… I need some tea".
Getting out of the shower I dressed up and went downstairs to make some tea and a sammich for breakfast… sammiches are good.
Unfortunately my scroll vibrated just as I was about to sit down and have my meal. "for the love of...", and not to my surprise it was Ozpin: 'come a bit early today, say around 9:30?'
Me: 'ok two questions, one do you ever sleep, two how do you know I am awake?'
Ozpin: 'Yes, and we have cameras in the cafeteria you are in'
I looked a round and lo and behold a few cameras were in the corners of the room, "son of a… how did I not notice those?".
I put away my scroll and finish my breakfast, then I went upstairs to my room and waited for 9:30 to roll by, so I could go to Ozpin.
Thankfully the weather was nice so it lifted my mood a bit. Not having a spar today also helped, but I was hoping I wasn't gonna have lectures by Oz.
Going up to his office I made myself comfortable in one the chairs in front of his desk.
"Ok Profoz, whatchya wanna do today?", I started.
"Well as I told you yesterday I want to talk strategy with you", he said.
"Ok"
"Now first I want to ask you, do you have any strategy when fighting?", he asked
"Not really no, I kinda do what my gut tells me to… but I have been getting ideas how to fight hand to hand, but nothing big", I answered.
"I thought as much. Now doing what your gut tells you too sometimes may save your life, other times it will be your downfall."
"Ok so how do I improve?"
"You have to study your enemy, if you know your enemy's weaknesses you can win by exploiting them."
"OK so how do I do that? Take a pen and paper and ask them about their past?"
"You see how they fight, for instance you are right handed, you tend to lead most your attacks with your right hand. So it makes it easier to predict where you are going to attack from. Whilst your left hand you mostly use for defense. Also you tend to lean towards brute force. But that leaves you open to attacks when you miss."
"How come?", I ask
"Well, when you go for a hook for example, you will give that attack too much force and because you miss, your balance goes askew and the momentum of your hand forces you with it, and in that moment I can strike you.", he explained.
"So change up my fighting style and put less force into my attack? Sound a lot easier than it should", I said.
Ozpin smiled, "That's because it is that easy, now lets not forget you are going up against me, I have a lot more experience than you. But you have been getting better over the past two week, a lot faster than I thought. Another thing, you seem to loose control of your anger when you turn"
"Really?", I asked surprised, "Honestly I think I control it more when I'm a Werewolf"
"Hmmm, if that is the case, then it is a good disguise", he said thoughtfully.
"What do you mean, a good disguise?"
"If someone thinks your anger is controlling you, they can exploit it. Example, if you get angry because you can't hit someone, they can just keep dodging until you make a big mistake in trying to strike them, but if you are actually in control of your anger but look angrier on the outside that can be a great advantage."
"Well I said I control it better, not that I have full control. When I slammed you in the ground I did so out of anger, but I see what you're saying."
"Good to know. Now onto other matters", he said
"Wait, that was it? This was about my strategy?"
"For now yes, I can't just pour knowledge into your head. You have to take it one step at a time. So for now every time we spar, try using your left hand more. Now as I was saying. I will assign a few students to help you.", he said.
"Wait, aren't you suppose to be teaching me?", I asked.
"And I still will, but on the weekend I would like for you to train with other students. I believe it will be good for you. Not only will they help you improve, but you can socialize.",he said, "ok didn't expect that"
"Ummm, sure, who is going to helping me out though?"
"I have asked Miss Pyrrha Nikos, Miss Weiss Schnee and Miss Yang Xiao Long, to come to my office so I can ask them if they are willing to help you", "…why though… shy Schnee...she hates my guts… they can tell".
"Okey? Why them?", I asked, he smirked.
"Simple, Miss Nikos and Miss Schnee are the two top students of the first year students, and Miss Xiao Long is on a road to being one of the best hand to hand combatants in the school", "… I hate that I makes sence..."
"Ok, so when are they coming?"
"In about 10 minutes. Until we wait would you like some tea?"
"Sure"
And so me starting to get ever more paranoid on the inside, though the tea helped, and Oz just sat there for a bit and waited.
Now for most people what is happening right now would be amazing, getting to train with Pyrrha, Weiss and Yang at the same time, though knowing the internet they are gonna interpret the wrong way, and there is gonna be a LOT more people wanting to be in my place. But this was not the internet, nor some fucked up fan fiction, this was real for me, and real training meant more bruises on me.
There was a DING, and the elevator doors opened revealing Pyrrha, Weiss and Yang in it. They stepped out and made their way towards us.
"Good morning ladies. Let me introduce you to Mister Tony Wolfson. Tony meet Miss Pyrrha Nikos, Miss Weiss Schnee and Miss Yang Xiao Long", said Ozpin.
"Nice to meet you", said Pyrrha, I stood up and shook her hand.
"The pleasure is mine", I said.
"We met before… hi again", said Yang.
"Alright, I don't want to hold everyone here for too long so I'll get to the point.", said Ozpin.
"Ladies, I wanted to ask you if you're willing to help Mister Wolfson here with his training.", he finished.
"Question professor", said Pyrrha, "but aren't you the one teaching him personally.", "I don't know if getting my ass handed to me 90% of the time is teaching me a lot… well maybe a bit, though kinda hard to write down the shit he says while were fighting."
"Yes I am. But I believe that him having exposure with other people and training them would be good", said Ozpin, "you mean going up against someone that I will maybe have a chance against? Well now that I think about it, these tree will be just as good at kicking my ass… I regret my life choices sometimes..."
"But for right now I just want an answer, yes or no. If you have any questions I will answer them later. And you will get credit for this, even if a little unorthodox.",said Oz, "I'm starting to think this is more of him trying to get me off his hands, rather than trying to help me improve…"
After a few moments of thinking Yang was the first to respond, "Sure, I'm up for it".
"Well if I can help someone improve I'd be glad to help.", said Pyrrha.
"I guess extra credit is a good enough for me to say yes as well, but I do have a few questions", said Weiss.
"… is extra credit that much of a big deal, cuz BOI did they agree quickly", I thought.
"I am happy that you agree to help a fellow student, now I can answer any questions you have. But before that Mister Wolfson, I would ask you to go to the school gym and do some exercises, I will answer any questions the girls have.", said Ozpin, "can I get a day off where I don't have to work myself for a few hours like a horse?"
"Sure thing Profoz, see ya ladies", and I went to the elevator.
Ozpins office
After Tony left, the girls were left standing in front of Ozpins desk. Yang was barely hiding her smile.
"Profoz?", she asked
"*sigh* Yes, that is the nickname he goes with.", said Ozpin
"Professor may I ask", said Weiss, "Why does he need so much help with training? He is technically a second year student"
"Good question, remember last night miss Schnee?", asked Ozpin.
"Yes, he turned into that creature, and at one point he got angry enough that he slammed you into the ground.", she said.
"You see, he was using that power, and that power only when in Haven. When you have the strength to practically punch a Grimm to death with sheer force, having a certain technique of fighting becomes a bit unnecessary, merely going for vital parts of the body will be enough. Not to mention his aura barely depletes when in that form unless he is changing in and out of it.", said Ozpin.
"And when you rely so much on you semblance like him, weapons and actual training are not needed. And he is used to living in the wild, so he is probably used to relying on his inner instinct. I have talk to him a bit about his semblance, he says that it's practically turning him into a wolf, and when he is out in the wild, he said that he relies more on his instincts rather than anything else.", finished Ozpin.
After a brief pause he continued. "You see girls, there is a reason why I let him stay in beacon. Even though he may be seen as a monster, he wants to help people. He said it to me personally. So who am I to deny someone the ability to improve so that they may be able to help others?"
They stood there and processed his words. For some time they and their teams, for the most part saw Tony's beowolf like form as some monster ready to tear up it's next victim. Even after that news article a week ago they still felt weary of him.
"Is that why he hasn't told anyone about what his semblance is, or why he isn't attending classes like the rest of us. He is scared what people would think of him?", asked Weiss.
There was a nod from Ozpin. "So if are still willing to help him, the amphitheatre is opened during the weekend, so you can talk to him and figure out a time. I just want you to inform me or Miss Goodwitch about what that time is."
He stood up from his chair, "Now I have a few things I need to take care of, I will leave you to discuss how you are going to proceed.", and he went towards the elevator.
Now that the girls were alone Weiss spoke up, "Alright, since we are going to be doing this together, I have an idea of how we are going to do things."
"Pyrrha you can do workouts with him, Yang you can spar with him after the workouts, and I will discuss strategies and the such after words."
"That's not a terrible idea, but maybe we could switch who is fighting him during spars?", said Pyrrha.
"Yeah and I can change up with Pyrrha for the workouts", said Yang.
"Well tomorrow is Friday, so we can go and talk to him now or tomorrow about it.", said Weiss.
"I got stuff to do with Ruby, so tomorrow after class?", asked Yang.
"Yeah, I have to help Jaune with studying, tomorrow would be preferable.", said Pyrrha.
"Alright then tomorrow after school", said Weiss, "Let's get going."
After stepping out of the elevator they were met with 5 pairs of eyes, and a red blur zoomed in front of them, "WHAT HAPPENED!", it was more of a demand than a question really.
"Well, we were ask by Professor Ozpin if we could help Tony out.", said Yang.
There were five audible "WHAT!", some louder than others.
"*sigh* Listen, we are going to tell you everything just not here, let's go to our rooms.", said Weiss, "We don't want everyone in a five mile radius to hear us".
Tony's POV
"98!...99!… 100!", I said as I put the wight back on the Olympic bench*. It might sound like a lot… and it kinda is, but I was just doing 35 kg total. And considering I was here for about an hour now doing upper body exercises, I wiped the sweat and went towards the most fun part of the end of my routine, the fucking treadmill, "The Devil created this, I'm sure of it!".
In all honesty the gym wasn't that bad, it was big so it could fit about 60-70 people at once, but really the only other people here were a couple of 3rd year students and the cleaning staff. Thankfully no one wanted to exchange workout tips, considering I was just following a random program from the interwebs, plus some stuff that Ozpin said and a few that my trainer from Earth told about. Even though I trained for a month there, some things I remembered, like how not to tear my muscles, so that was useful.
As I was running on the treadmill, sweating like a pig in summer, I could hear someone coming towards me, after a few seconds a familiar white haired, cocoa drinking principal came in front of me.
"Ah, Mister Wolfson, I see you are almost finished with your exercises", he said.
"yeah… gimmie… *huff*… a moment", I said as I started to power down the treadmill, slowing my running.
"Alright, I'm done", I say as I get off the treadmill, "What's up profoz?"
"I wanted to check up on you, and to tell you that we are only going to have evening spars.", Said Ozpin.
"Why?"
"Well because you will be having long workouts in the morning",he said "… I hate you Oz"
"Ugh, fine, if you think I'm gonna get better at fighting."
"That I do. Oh and here", he said giving me about 150 Lien. "I know you don't have a source of income, so from now on you will be getting this amount every two weeks", I looked at him dumbfounded.
"Damn… thanks professor, you really shouldn't though. I mean if students hear about his they may have issues with it."
"Do not worry about it Warwick", he said. I cringed a bit when he said my made-up on the spot name, "why did I even say that?"
"So this cuz I'm calling you Profoz?", I ask.
"Well judging from your reaction… yes", he smiles.
"Damn… still though, the money thing...", before I could finish he cut me off.
"As I said, please don't worry about it. We can't have you living off of what we have stored in the fridge of the dorm you're in. And going into town without money could be… awkward.", he winked at me, "… universe explain yourself..."
"Well I suppose… but I won't look at a gift horse in the mouth… HM dejavu", I say.
"Well I will let you go and clean yourself, If you need anything just call me, and don't forget about the spar tonight", he said and walked off.
"This is turning weirder and weirder by the day…", I chuckle to myself quietly.
Team RWBY's dorm
"AAAAWWWWW", and sad Nora could be heard from the room, "but I want extra credit too!"
"Well there is a reason why the professor chose Pyrrha, Weiss and Yang. Pyrrha and Weiss are the best students from the 1st year students and Yang is the best to teach someone hand to hand combat, considering most don't use our fists.", said Ren.
"I know but still!", said Nora laying on the ground.
"Still that sounds awesome!", said Ruby, "OHOHOHOHOHOH! CAN WE COME AND WATCH YOU FIGHT?"
"Well I'd be up for it but you gotta ask the others too Rubes.", said Yang.
Ruby instantly went in front of Pyrrha, "CAN WE?"
"Sure, why not, it could be a learning experience for all of us", she said. Then Ruby zoomed in front of Weiss. "CAN WE?"
"No Ruby, I don't think so, this won't be just standard sparring it will be...", Ruby did her most sad puppy eyes that she could muster, "… oh fine", Weiss gave in, "but considering Tony will be also a part of this you will have to ask him. So I guess you can come with us tomorrow when we talk to him after school"
"YAAAY!", Ruby jumped in the air.
"It's still a bit weird to me though that he needs help training", said Jaune.
"Yeah and why would he ask you guys to help him, like I know you guys are good but hes like second year right, why didn't he ask second years to help him?", asked Nora.
"Honestly I don't really care why, extra credit is good enough of a reason for me.", said Yang.
"Well there must be reason for it. I doubt professor Ozpin would take a decision without thinking about it first. Though it is still strange non the less", said Blake.
"Jeez guys, does everything has to have a deeper meaning?", asked Yang annoyed.
"… I suppose not.", said Blake.
"OH YANG! We have to get going were gonna be late!", exclaimed Ruby.
"Oh yeah, I almost forgot", said Yang jumping down from her bed.
"Where are you two going exactly?", asked Weiss.
"There's a new cake shop opening in town! And I wanna go tryout the food!", said Ruby, and she was out the door like a bullet.
"Anyone else wanna come?", asked Yang.
"Come on Ren! Let's go have cake!", said Nora dragging Ren by the hand.
Tony's POV/ the next day
Exercise is good, you loose fat, gain muscles, increase your stamina, and so on. But it ain't fun, when you have to do it 3 hours straight. With Ozpin canceling the morning spars, he made me workout from 9:00 to 12:00, "… why dafuq am I following his instructions anyway?", I thought as I dropped the weights.
"Being in better shape will help you, he said, if you don't think about it, it can be fun, he said.", I was at werewolf turning point. Thankfully, my body didn't respond, considering it was too busy creating more and more sweat coming from every bloody part of my body.
"At least I'm finished… and smell like underwear used for 3 weeks.", I say as I get up from the ground. I wasn't pushing myself too hard, just enough to feel a burn in my muscles. I was the only one there seeing as every other person was either a student in class, a teacher leading said class, or other school staff.
After a 10 minute rest, I decided to head to my room to clean up. Today I had a plan you see. I may be a lazy bastard, but I decided that changes today. I was gonna go into town, and try and find a certain person. A certain bar owning person. I was thinking, I find the bar, go there when it's opened and wait for Torchwick to show his pumpkin head. Unfortunately anything past that point I did not think through. Would I follow him, and find his hideout, would I just attack him? I did not know. Not the best idea, not by a long shot. But I figured if I wanted to make a change, doing something would be a nice start, even if it is a bad idea.
But right now I was hoping to get a shower so I don't feel like I'm in a sauna in Finland, wearing winter clothes. That was an amazing idea in my book, until 4 ladies blocked the doorway out of the gym.
"Hey.", said Yang, "… why universe… just why"
"Oh, hello girls", I said, keeping my hands down, so the poison air from my armpits doesn't kill them "can I help you?"
"Fortunately you can. Were here to ask you, about the times you are free during the weekends for our training", said Weiss, "… ok, BUT WHY NOW?"
"Oh, well I'm free whenever really.", I said.
"Good, here", Weiss handed me a piece of paper, "We start tomorrow at 7:00", "we do what when now?", I looked at the paper:
7:00 – 8:00 Physical training.
8:15 – 9:30 Sparing matches.
9:45 – 10:30 Analyzing and improving
"I'M BEING TREATED LIKE A TEST RAT"
Time stopped to move as a small cartoonish werewolf-devil mix appeared on my left shoulder, "Bro, this is getting ridiculous, lets just ditch everything and go and kick bad guy ass, I mean we are a werewolf after all".
A little angel version of myself appeared on my right shoulder, "Don't listen to him, if you stick with Ozpin he can teach you how to actually fight. That way we can stop Salem and her band with ease and not rely on dumb luck and that we are a werewolf to help us".
"The fuck is this? A crossover? Since when am In ultimate spider-man?"
I shrug off the random daydream, and look back at the girls, "Well I see you have it figured out, so sure, this can work"
"Awesome, but we have another question", said Yang, and looked at Ruby.
"Can the rest of the teams come and watch you spar?", said Ruby shyly after a few moments.
"Is it because of the spar or because you want me to see me turn?", I decided to ask bluntly. And it got the exact reaction I would have guessed. Shock, pure shock all across their faces. "I know that you know, what I am, and I have a feeling this is why Ozpin asked you to help me. Listen if you still want to help I'll be at 7 here tomorrow.", and I went passed them.
As I was walking, one could say I was the most relaxed looking person, but on the inside I was loosing control of what the fuck I was doing, "HOLY SHIT, THAT WAS SO EDGY… SOMEONE GIVE ME A GUN… WHY DO I FUCK UP EVERY TIME I TALK TO THEM". Those were basically all my thoughts until I got to my room.
"What the fuck am I doing…", I was laying in the middle of the room staring at the ceiling, "How the fuck is this real… I get transported into a different dimension, talk to gods, and become a werewolf lacking most of the drawbacks of being one. And instead of using this for good, to help people and so on, I start following the instructions of the oldest man on this world..."
"All I do is, 'train' and then be a lazy twat, when I could be doing more… but why am I not doing more? Oh yeah… my brain can only think of a certain blonde most of the time..."
"*sigh*, and I'm piling lie after lie. If fucking Ironwood was here, he would get me thrown in prison. Not having any ID, being a monster in the eyes of civilians, and possibly being a spy for Salem… oh yeah that last part is totally how he is gonna phrase it. 'You have no Id, no fingerprints, no trace from where you come from. You pop up out of no where and say you want to fight Salem'."
"What am I suppose to do then? Tell him, 'oh yeah, well I'm from another dimension, and I got transported here, and your gods gave me powers, trust me I am totally not crazy or suspicious in the slightest.'. Just book it and run for the woods? Give in and try and convince them I am not a threat? Some sort of combination of all three?"
Then a sudden idea hit me, "This is why Ozpin wants the girls to help me. He thinks that by them interacting with me, he can prove that I am not a threat. God I hope I'm right."
And being a little less worried, I went in for a shower. But giving in to video games, I decided that right now is not the best time to worry about Torchwick.
There were two main reasons, one if I don't change too much in the timeline, maybe things will play out the way they did in the show, thus I retain the knowledge for the future, so I can intervene at the right moment.
The second one was tied to the first, if I change too many things and everything goes off the rails I could potentially fuck things up so much that everyone dies. Though the butterfly effect was already in the game, making it bigger would only worsen the situation.
AN: ok important note here. This chapter is about 500 words shorter, but considering I have HUGE things coming up I don't think it's a problem. I have made a plan on releasing chapter for this fanfic every Tuesday, because I am gonna be releasing a new fanfic this friday and keep it on friday for new chapters (hopefully I can keep up), but I want to mention that the new fanfic will have ties to this one. You will get the details in the first chapter of it, so go and read it when it's out (shameless plug is shameless), so yeah, sorry for being an incompetent twat and making you guys wait. Gonna try and save after every fucking word from now on. Anywho, see ya!