AN- No reviews from last chapter sadly but welcome to my new followers!
I have two questions for all my followers and anyone else who would like to answer:
-After this story is completed would you guys/girls like it if I wrote another story with Hector but setting him in Volume 1 instead of skipping to Volume 5 like I did here? Or would you like it better if I bought in a brand new OC that I have in mind into RWBY starting from volume 1(His name is Azuma)?
-What do you think about me writing one shots involving Hector going on crazy adventures, fighting people, pairings with different characters etc?
All of the questions above can be answered via reviews or vote in the polls that I will put up once this chapter goes live, whichever is easier for you go for it. So right about now as I just realized I should've put this at the end of the chapter.
I wanted to get this out of the way so I don't have to worry about being lost after I finish writing this story. I've finally decided on a pairing and If I want to do add one into the story or not, and the answer to that 2 week old question is yes, there will be a pairing in this story involving Hector. I haven't decided which character since Im stuck between Weiss and Ruby but whatever amount of people such as yourselves suggest between the two I shall do. Just don't expect it to happen soon, I'm not going to announce the pairing then have them get all Fucky next chapter, if anything expect it after the battle of Haven. For now just know that Ozpin is going to tease Hector a lot since he can't really hide anything from him.
Without further adieu onto the show.
Chapter 6 Little scythe wielding red riding hood. Volume 5 chapter 9 (Two weeks until the Battle of Haven)
I've been doing weight training thanks to Qrow letting me know about the obvious fact that Heaven the huntsman academy does indeed have a gym a week ago. Ruby came by to hang out a little bit after I started my training session and continued to pester me about getting a weapon.
"How about a sword?" Ruby asks the same question for the umpteenth time.
"For the last time Ruby no I don't need or want a weapon." I sigh as I continue my weight training, currently I'm just doing weighted sit ups to strengthen my core.
"But it'd be so cool seeing you with a weapon killing grimm left and right all like WASHA WOOSHA HYAH." Ruby continues making ninja noises waving her hands around while she sits on a pull up bar with her legs swinging over the bar. The sight and noises are hilarious to see.
"As funny as those sounds are I just like using my fists, it makes me feel like I'm a superhuman or something especially when I use my semblance." I say causing Ruby to jump down and adorably pout and give me puppy eyes.
"That won't work Ruby I used to have to deal with those eyes everyday from my younger cousins." I say looking away but I end up looking back one more time.
*Adorable pouty puppy eyes intensifies*
"Oh my god I've never experienced cuteness of this magnitude! The eyes and your face and the pouty lips just AWW!" I exclaim in a high pitched voice fawning over Ruby's puppy eyes, she blushes slightly over my fawning but does not relent.
"Okay okay fine how about this, I get special gloves on my fsts so when I punch something it does elemental damage or something of the sort. That way everyone is happy." I offer with a smile.
"Yeah! that works to." Ruby agrees finally releasing her pouty hold on me.
"We can go look for something like that after I'm done just lemme finish my workout here, I'm almost done." Ruby nods and sits on one of the benches away from me and twiddles her thumbs. After about ten minutes I can practically feel the giddiness out of finally convincing me to get something and impatience radiating off Ruby, her leg is bouncing up and down, she twiddles her thumbs more ferociously and she constantly sighs. I notice this because I'm not dumb and wonder if I can cut this short just for her sake.
"Oz can we end early today? Any longer and I feel like Ruby is going to explode." I ask out loud looking up a bit as if I'm looking up at him. Ruby perks up at my question.
'Very well, I suppose you two could use the day together.'
"Good news Rubes I have permission to end the workout early today." I say with a smile looking back toward her. Ruby hops up and jumps in excitement before running up to me.
"That is awesome! Thank you, while I was sitting I thought of a bunch of things, what do you think about fire punches? Or lightning punches? Or punches that can freeze your enemy- yeah Ice punches?" Ruby goes on to list off a bunch of ideas she has come up with in her mind. I can barely keep up with the endless amounts of ideas she as.
"Holy shit calm down, how about you take me to whatever weapon place and we can look for one there-"
"Why don't you make it." Ruby asks cutting me off.
"I was getting to that. We don't know when we're being attacked.'Well I do but you don't need to know that.' In the middle of us making it we could get attacked and I wouldn't be able to use any weapons anyway. So that's a no to making it. Also I have no idea how to even begin building anything like that so there's also that." I explain hoping for her to understand. I then think about what element would be best for me to use. In the Volume 5 finale I saw Raven and Cinder use mainly Ice and fire, but not lightning…
"As far as elemental gloves how about electric punches? I'd love to punch a guy then he would piss himsel- Oh fuck yes I've made a decision, we're going with lightning." I declare thinking of all the ways I could use a weapon like that.
"OOO good idea! I didn't know you could think of something like that." Ruby praises me for my idea.
"Alright let's go now before Oz changes his mind." I say with a wave of my hand and putting my jacket back on.
"You're not going to shower? No offense but you don't smell very good right now, like if I couldn't see you I'd think there was a Grimm around." Ruby says pinching her nose.
"Well I was until you said that. At least you were honest about it." I say frowning at her honesty.
"Sorry not sorry." Ruby says before speeding away leaving rose petals in her wake.
"Heh our talks are nice." I make my way back and head into the shower. A question ponders my mind as I wash my hair. Something involving Ozpin's last host so to speak.
"Hey Oz, what happened to the guy before me? The one with the white slash grey hair and the glasses. I never saw him in control." I ask hesitantly awaiting the answer almost wishing I didn't ask.
'...I was wondering when you were going to ask something like that. The man before you was named Oswald at birth, he gave me complete control over his mind and body to me because he thought himself not able to complete the tasks ahead of him. That process is irreversible, therefore he may as well had been considered dead.' Ozpin explains. I shiver slightly at the truth.
"Is that going to end up happening to me?." I worriedly ask looking at my hands.
'No do not worry, in order for a process such as that to occur you need to be completely consensual. I cannot force it upon you." Ozpin says. I breathe a sigh of relief.
"Whoof that is a relief, you're not going to be getting rid of me anytime soon bud." I say with a smile and turn off the water flow.
'I have no wish of ridding myself of such an amusing person.'
"Aww Oz you're gonna make me blush." I joke as I use a towel to dry my hair then using the same towel to dry the rest of my body. That's right I went top to bottom. I move to grab my pants.
"What do you think about the electric punching gloves I thought of?" I ask while putting my pants on.
'I agree that It is a good idea, it will definitely be of great use against the enemies we will ultimately face, although you wouldn't have thought of it if Miss Rose didn't keep pestering you about getting a weapon, you have her to thank.' Ozpin remarks.
"Of course I will, I'm thanking her by letting her drag me to a weapon shop and talk my ear off about weapons that are irrelevant to the weapon we're actually going to buy." I predict causing Ozpin to chuckle lightly.
'Yes I suppose that would be a good way to thank Miss Rose.' Ozpin agrees.
"This why you're my best friend Oz, you either agree with me or completely against it." I say winking at myself in the mirror so he could see it. I put the rest of my clothes on ending with putting on my leather jacket in an over dramatic way thinking of an intense anime song to go along with it.
'What was the purpose of that?' Ozpin asks perplexed at my actions.
"Something like that was some of the shows I watched from my world, now that I'm technically living in one of those shows I thought 'Why Not?' It was so worth it, I even got goosebumps after I was done with it." I explain with much enthusiasm.
'The hero of Remnant everyone.' Ozpin jokes.
"Holy shit...Ozpin! Did you just make a joke!?" I ask putting a hand against my chest in surprise and to add dramatic effect.
'Oh dear I did didn't I.' Ozpin says somewhat disappointed with himself.
"I'm proud of you." I say wiping an imaginary tear off my face.
*Knock Knock Knock*
"Whats taking so long!? Come on I found a place that has EXACTLY what you need on sale!" Ruby says through the door.
"Oh shit, I kinda forgot about that cartoon character." I say quietly enough so she doesn't hear me. "Coming!" I walk up to the door and open it only for Ruby to grab my arm and speed out the door pulling me with her, I'm practically a ragdoll until I finally manage to stop her once we reach the gates to Haven.
"Please never do that again. Geez how are you so small but so strong at the same time." I say while my heart beats hard at the sudden speed.
"Sorry I'm just excited! I finally convinced you to get a weapon. Even if it's just a gauntlet." Ruby says mumbling that last part.
"Huh what was that? If you don't like my choice I could always just go back inside and go back to my wor-" I start walking backwards but Ruby cuts me off and stops me from moving any closer to the doors
"NO NO IT'S A GREAT CHOICE" Ruby shouts waving her hands around and pushing me away from the doors.
"I was joking, I wouldn't do that to you anyway,I just wouldn't be able to stomach the thought of committing such an atrocious act to a young adorable girl such as yourself." I say in a british accent that causes Ruby to giggle.
"Is that the way some people speak in your world?" Ruby asks after recovering.
"Oh yeah we have a couple million of those things." I answer placing my hands behind my head. Ruby nods and laughs again at the way I answered that.
"So I heard from Qrow that your speed would be me jealous." Ruby mentions with a competitive smirk on her face that just screams 'Let's have a race and find out.'
"Oh gosh did he actually tell you that? Well yeah when I push my Kaioken I can get pretty fast, but I can only do it for a short amount of time so I can reduce the risk of y'know, painful seizures that may or may not lead to death." I answer with a shrug.
"Upupup no getting out of this. There's no way you haven't trained your body to be able to withstand your Kaio whatever the past couple weeks so you better race me or else I… I will give you the look." Ruby says referring to the adorable put she gave me earlier with a devious look.
"There is just no room for discussion with you is there." I smile while shaking my head. "Don't get sad on me when you get left in the dust." I bluff, my body adopting the same bright red aura, but this time more controlled and less wild than before.
"That still looks so cool when you do that." Ruby says with a twinkle in her eyes before getting into a running position.
"I'm not using too much of its power for this since I don't feel like being exhausted at the end of this race." I say focusing my aura in my legs and taking on a similar position to Ruby's. I'm not worried about how being faster than Ruby, Im worried about how long I'll be able to be faster than her. The Kaioken still drains stamina fast, just not as fast now due to my training.
"So where's the finish line?"
"First one to touch that blue building there." She points to a building matching that description a couple miles from here. It would take about half an hour of walking for a normal person but for superpowered teenagers running at mach speed it should take about a minute or so maybe less maybe more I dont know I'm not good at math.
"Okay. On your mark…" I start
"Get set…" Ruby plays along
"GO!" We shout in unison.
We both explode forward leaving a dust cloud behind us. Everything around us seems to be going in slow motion but too each other we are sprinting full speed. Our hair whipping around and our brains thinking about what is in front of us at inhuman speeds. I crank Kaioken up just a bit and begin to overtake her slowly. I pass her by 3 steps until she kicks her own semblance up a notch as well catching back up to me. We are neck and neck and we are halfway there already in just under 35 seconds. We are headed uphill now so things begin to get difficult, we both slow down so we have more time to process what is in front of us and take moves to avoid it. The stamina difference shows itself as I begin to slow down by a good bit now having Ruby ahead of me by 10 feet. We are nearing the building and should be there in just a couple more seconds. In one last ditch effort I push my semblance up another notch just for speed and catch up to Ruby. We are neck and neck, with me breathing heavily and my legs burning in protest, while Ruby is just winded slightly still wearing that competitive smile on her face. As we get just a couple feet away from the building and we reach our hands out to tag the building. By inches Ruby tags the building first, when I reached the building I forgot to turn Kaioken off and I end up punching through the building scaring the people on the inside and startling Ruby.
"Oh gosh not again." I complain as I attempt to pull my arm out that is stuck just past the wrist..
"Are you okay?!" Ruby asks worried and at the same time trying to keep herself from cracking up at the familiar situation I got myself in.
"Oh Yeah I'm fine, just tired and got my arm stuck in yet another object- I swear to god if you take a picture Im going to destroy your scroll." I warn shooting a death glare at Ruby and she takes her hand out of her pocket and laughs nervously.. I start pulling my arm out slowly and Ruby comes to my aid, with our combined strength we get my arm out of the building with minimal damage.
"Okay you won congrats." I get back on topic stretching my arms and legs.
"You were faster than me for a good amount of time! That's awesome! I've never met anyone who was able to match me like that." Ruby exclaims bumping my shoulder with her fist, due to the stress of the Kaioken it hurts.
"Aaahhh don't touch me after I do the red thing it hurts." I say nursing the shoulder she bumped.
"Oh i'm sorry I didn't know it hurt after you use it." Ruby frowns sadly feeling guilty about hurting me accidentally.
"Its okay dont look sad that will make me sad." I say ruffling her hair cheering her up instantly. She pushed my hand away and laughs.
"Okay follow me the place I looked up should be around here. It's called 'Mistral Huntsman Weapons' so just keep an eye out for that." Ruby explains as we start walking together side by side. As we near the weapon shop I come to the sudden realization that I don't have any lien… Like actually zero.
"Uh Ruby?" I call her name nervously.
"Hmm?"
"I just realized that I have no Lien… Like the number 0 total, and I mean one 0." I reveal to her hanging my head.
"Oh that's no problem I have plenty of lien left over from when I was a student at Beacon." Ruby says with a cheery smile.
"I can't make you pay for my weapon, hold on a sec I gotta make a call." I say putting my thumb next to my right ear and my pinky to my mouth.
"Hey Oz you there?" I ask in a happy kiss as tone.
'Did you actually just do that? Out of all the ways to contact me you choose the most childish way. You continue to surprise me. I should have expected such from you.' Ruby puts her hands up to her mouth and utterly fails to keep all the giggles in.
"Im great Oz thanks for asking! I was just wondering if you could give me a loan of some sort so I could buy my very first weapon." I explain even though Ozpin already knows what I want from him very well.
'*Sigh* Very well, I suppose I can trust you with Information such as this. Username is Ozpin1567 Password is B3acon#.' Ozpin finally reveals to me for the first time.
"Oh my god it actually worked. Thanks Oz you're the best!" I exclaim hanging up the imaginary phone.
"You're such a goof." Ruby points out.
"Hey it worked so don't knock the finger phone strategy, it always works." I walk up to a nearby equivalent of an ATM from Earth.
"You mean you've used that strat before?" Ruby asks crossing her arms.
"Well, technically that was the first time. But it still worked so It has a hundred percent efficiency rate." I point out smiling confidently.
"Wow good save." Ruby rolls her eyes.
"Thank you, now let's go buy this thing." I walk in a random direction and into a random building.
"Thats the wrong building." Ruby calls out to me. I turn on my heel and walk back out.
"I knew that I just wanted to make sure you did." I confidently say hiding my embarrassment of just doing that.
"Nice save." Ruby giggles.
"Why thank you once again Miss Rose." I imitate Ozpin's voice to the best of my ability, but I end up failing horribly. Much to Ruby's amusement.
'That was a horrible impression.' Ozpin points out.
"But not inaccurate!" I counter finding yet another opportunity for a teamfourstar reference.
"Hector you did that thing again." Ruby points out me talking to myself.
"Oh sorry, Weiss did say that I do that a lot." I mention rubbing the back of my head.
"We're here! C'mon!" Ruby exclaims completely forgetting the topic we were just on and pulling me in excited.
"Okay okay we're here let me go please." I request.
"Oh sorry about that, I was excited and not a lot of people let me get all nerdy with weapons." Ruby explains embarrassed a bit looking down and away.
"Don't worry Little Red, I already knew what I was getting into anyway." I point out rustling her hair, cheering her up.
"What was your world like?" Ruby asks after pushing my hand away playfully as she looks around for my lighting gloves.
"A lot more boring than this world that's for sure. We have no Grimm but we have everything else that could kill us, so there's that." I explain laughing at the end of that sentence.
"Hm interesting, in your world, my world is just a tv show right?" Ruby asks while we browse around.
"Yup yup, I basically know what happened to everyone up to this point and what's up with the world." I explain as I inspect a random dagger I took off a shelf. Ruby contemplates in her head whether she should ask what I think about them, or specifically her but doesn't want to make things awkward, besides I like all of them already. She looks on a high shelf and finds the gauntlets that we need.
"I found it!" Ruby calls out to me. I come around the corner and she points up and looks at me. I receive the silent message but decide to have some fun.
"What's wrong? The great Crater Face herself can't reach the top shelf?" I tease bending down to her level.
"Shut uuuuup. Just help me please." Ruby groans out at the nickname given to her by Jaune she used to have after she blew up on her first day at Beacon.
"But you are a huntress! It is important to adapt to every unexpected situation." I recite taking a page out of Ozpin's book of sass. Ruby pouts.
"I will remember this. I will get you back." Ruby threatens with a cold glare.
"Okay Ice Queen I apologize for teasing you." I say reaching up and grabbing the gauntlets. I hold one in each hand. They are black and white respectively so I immediately think of a name for them. "I have the perfect name for them." I say with a bright smile on my face.
"Already? What is it?" Ruby asks forgetting her earlier anger.
"Ebony." I hold out the black one. "And Ivory." I hold out the white one. "Together they form Ebony and Ivory!" I exclaim happy with my choice. Thank you Devil May Cry for the idea. Ruby tilts her head in confusion since she doesn't know what Ebony and Ivory actually is.
"What's Ebony and Ivory?" Ruby asks perplexed.
"Oh yeah, forgot about that part. Basically Ebony and Ivory are fancy words for black and white. What their actual names are used for I have no idea." I explain putting on my new gauntlets, Ebony on my right and Ivory on my left. My dominant hand is on my right so luckily Ebony is a right hand gauntlet, it just makes sense for me that the darker color is on my dominant hand. The gauntlets have some kind of metal on the outside that Ruby mentioned is supposed to be really strong, adn on the inside it consists of a special kind of fabric that should protect my hands from the element the gauntlet is currently using. There are extra plates on every knuckle for extra pain inducing punches and there's a small loading compartment for any kind of dust, but in this case this particular gauntlet specializes in lighting dust since the entire outside of the gauntlet is made of metal, but if I want I can use other elements as well. The gauntlet surprisingly doesn't feel that heavy, It adds some weight for sure but all in all it just feels natural.
"Wow these gauntlets are amazing." I say in awe at my new weapons as I walk up to the female faunus cashier but not before I grab some dust of all kinds as well. "So how much are these beautiful things?"
"Those are about 10,000 Lien all together but since you saved that little girl from the fire I'll lower it to 7,500 Lien and give you the dust for free." The cashier says with a wink.
"Oh gee thanks! look at that Ruby, I'm famous!" I exclaim with pride looking back at her.
"Everyone who's a faunus knows about what you did for her. It's rare to find a human who doesn't discriminate faunus around here." The cashier points out for me.
"Of course, I don't care if you have some animal trait. I anything I think it just makes you look cooler. On the inside we're all people" I say with a happy smile. Ruby is happy with my choice of words.
"You have a very kind soul sir. But I have to warn you, you've caught the attention of some bad people who don't like that a human is sympathizing with faunus." The cashier whispers to me that last part in a almost scared way. I arch my eyebrow at this but nod in understanding. Adam should've been the new supreme leader for a good amount of time now.
"I understand what you mean mam, I'm a huntsman so it's better if they come after me instead." I say with a much more serious demeanor, I hand her the money Ozpin allowed me access to. Ruby is impressed with my selflessness.
"I suppose you are correct. Good luck in your future huntsman, If you need anything regarding weapons you are always welcome here. I'll give you a special discount. Just ask for Mel if I'm not in the front." Mel says winking at me again.
"I sure will, thanks for the stuff." I say waving goodbye and walking out the door with Ruby.
The cashier waves goodbye at me with a bright smile. After I walk out the door the smile disappears and is replaced with a scowl. She takes her scroll out of her pocket and dials a number. "Adam the mystery huntsman has bought a gauntlet to enhance his punches at my store. Be careful they can be very deadly if he uses them correctly."
"Good work Mel, I'll relay this message to Cinder and her tools since they will be the ones who have to deal with them. Keep an eye out for him and report any more activity from him." Adam hangs up the phone after the order is given. He looks around and sees his army breaking down camp.
"We begin the march to Haven now! We will be there earlier than expected due to this mystery huntsmans sudden appearance. The plan remains the same, although expect the battle to commence in the coming weeks!" Adam shouts out to his army and they all roar and prepare for marching a large distance.
"The rest is up to you Cinder. Don't disappoint me." Adam says to the contact on his scroll.
Transition
Raven sits in her tent sharpening her blade in silence. She wonders what the future holds for her tribe and how she will protect them from the coming storm. Vernal enters the tent with a worried look on her face.
"Raven, we have a problem."
"What is it?" Raven asks looking back at her through the corner of her eye.
"Salem's found us." Vernal answers right away shocking Raven, her mouth gaping slightly and her eyes widening.
"Salem… Okay." Raven says after a couple of moments.
"Four of her followers are waiting to speak with you." Vernal mentions as Raven stands up.
"Right. We planned for this. Bring me my helmet." Raven orders looking back at Vernal.
Raven exits her tent with her helmet on and places her hands on her hips. She sees four people in front of her. Two teenagers, One with silvery gray hair and pale skin and the other with mint green hair and dark skin, both standing on the right. On the left is a tall lean man with a silly mustache wearing a dark grey suit with yellow trims, and greying hair on his head. Finally in the middle is a woman dawning a blood red cloak that completely covers her right arm, also exposing one of her legs that is wearing a brown stocking, no sleeve on the other arm but with a black stocking instead. On her right side she wears blue feathers of sort connecting to a black gem that acts as holding the robe in place, her hair covers one side of her face, covering the deformity caused by Ruby. Her one amber colored eye looking into Ravens mask.
"I don't recall inviting so many guests into our home. Either I'm losing my memory, or you've all lost your spines!" Raven shouts at her tribe members who shrink in place.
"Don't be too upset with them, Raven. Your men simply recognize the power of a maiden when they see it." Cinder says as her one good eye glows with an orange fire. "Which is why we wish to have a word with you." Cinder finishes, her fire dissipating from her eye.
"Leave use, pack our things, then break down camp. We're moving." Raven orders her tribe members and they immediately turn on their heel and get to work, not wanting t be around if a fight breaks out.
"A little late to run and hide again isn't it? You've been on our masters list for some time, you must understand that we cannot simply allow you to slip away." Watts speaks up for the first time opening with a threat.
"I know all about your master, but I don't believe we've met." Raven points out walking down the stairs with her hands on her hips.
"We're the guys you should be afraid of." Mercury says cockily.
"I doubt anyone should be afraid of you." Raven counters.
"Oh yeah? Tell that to-"
"Quiet." Cinder orders shutting him up before he says or does anything stupid.
"That's what I thought." Raven says triumphantly.
"I'm Cinder Fall. This is my associate, Arthur Watts. And my disciples, Emerald and Mercury." Cinder informs getting to the people around her.
"Two children you've tricked into following you, a disgraced atlesian scientist and a Fall Maiden with a surname so appropriate, she probably picked it herself. Something tells me you've got more then a slight case of Egomania. Is that about right?" Raven says unimpressed with the people in front of her.
"Ahem. Uh, technically I was also a doctor, but I must say the rest was spot on." Watts speaks up unaffected by the insults.
"Aren't you perceptive?" Cinder says to Raven sarcastically.
"Its what's kept me alive."
"I'm afraid the only reason you're still alive is because you have something our master wants. Of course, if I'm wrong..." She lets the statement hang as she holds up a ball of fire in her hand and looks at Raven sadistically with a glowing eye.
"Vernal!" Raven calls out, Vernal steps out of the tent and walks up next to Raven.
"So this is the long-lost spring maiden. Prove it." Cinder demand with a smirk.
Raven looks to Vernal and nods giving her the okay. Vernal sighs closing her eyes, and steps forward before holding her hands out and concentrates. Raven unbeknownst to her four visitors uses her power to cause the area around them to shake and the wind to blow harder. Finally a thunder cloud appears above them causing the winds to blow harder, catching leaves and sticks. Everyone besides Cinder uses their arms to protect themselves. Cinder looks at Vernal and smiles evilly at the power she thinks she is displaying for her. Vernal puts her hands down and everything slowly gets back to normal.
"Vernal has done well under my guidance. I'd take that under consideration before you try anything." Raven warns everyone in front of her. Most of which are still dusting themselves off.
"Raven, I won't underestimate you. So please don't insult my intelligence. There is a slim chance you and your maiden could escape here today. But if you know out master as well as you claim you do, then you know you could never truly escape her. But we come bearing an olive branch." Cinder explains.
"The Maidens are merely a means to an end. Salem's true desires are the relics locked within the huntsman academies. Come with us. Allow Vernal here to the Relic of Knowledge and all previous acts of defiance against Salem will be forgiven. Its the best deal either of you are going to get." Watts informs them in a malicious tone leaning down a bit to meet their level.
"You talk as if walking straight into Haven will be easy." Raven points out.
"That's because it will be. Headmaster Lionheart is loyal to Salem now. The only problem we will face are 6 children playing hero who aren't even fully trained and two Huntsman. All we need is the key to the relic." Cinder mentions. Ravens face is full of surprise under the mask.
"You're not the only one to turn your back on Oz, Raven." Cinder points out.
"I'm NOT helping Salem. I'm NOT helping Ozpin. I don't want a part in any of this." Raven shouts placing a hand on the hilt of her red katana.
"That ships sailed when you decided to harbor a Maiden, but if you come with us to Haven, we'll leave you, your tribe, and your little secret to live out the rest of your days squabbling in in the wilderness. We just need the relic." Cinder says that last part slowly, her patience wearing thin.
"I need time to think this over."
"You don't have time. In just two weeks Haven academy will be destroyed by the white fang. You're going to choose now." Watts says emphasizing that last word.
"Backed me into a corner huh?" Raven says backing up slightly.
"So, are you with us, or against us?" Cinder says almost wishing for Raven to say no so she could just take the power for herself right there. Raven ponders with her choices laid out in front of her for a couple of moments before taking off her helmet.
"Agreements like these are built on trust, and forgive me for saying, but I don't trust a single one of you, I'd sooner trust this mystery huntsman you cant seem to get rid of. You're going to need to give me more." Raven says putting her hands on her hips again and leaning to one side.
"You are in a poor position to negotiate." Watts points out as if it is obvious.
"I want my brother dead." Raven states suddenly surprising everyone in front of her.
"Qrow?" Cinder clarifies.
"That's right. He knows I have spring, and if I help you get your relic, he's going to become a problem. I have enough problems to deal with." Raven finishes with a smirk.
"Qrow doesn't trust me, but he does trust Ozpin's other lieutenants. If Leo really is loyal to you, then you can order him to invite Qrow and his buddy right into an ambush. They arrive, we take them down, you get your relic, and we all leave happy." Raven offers.
"Now this is a proposition I can get behind." Cinder says happy with the offer Raven had made.
"Alright, ladies, let's pause for a moment. We have one objective: Retrieving the relic of knowledge. Now, Qrow Branwen may be on our list of individuals we would very much like dead, but he is not going to go down without a fight, especially with the our mystery huntsman with him and his very dangerous semblance and they are not going to fight quietly. Our advantage here is just as you said. We walk straight into Haven. No resistance, retrieve the relic than leave, no one the wiser. A battle with your brother and a huntsman we know next to nothing about throws all that out the window." Watts explains.
"Qrow is good, but he's not that good. As for this other mystery man I don't know how good he is but I'll deal with him myself if I have to. But all of us against them... It'll be over before anyone even knows what's going on." Raven counters.
"But it's not just them we have to worry about." Emerald finally speaks up catching the attention of everyone. "They have the students with them. They have Ruby."
"They certainly do. All the more reason to take them all out at once." Cinder says on board with that idea.
"If we leave that school a bloody mess, It will draw the attention of the authorities, it will draw the attention of the authorities. The kingdom will be on high alert and the white fangs attack will be ruined." Watts pleads.
"Then we wait. We wait until the full moon. Leo invites Qrow, his friend, and all their little fighters to Haven the same night Hazel and Adam arrive with the white fang. As soon as the battle is won, the white fang demolishes Haven and any evidence we may have left behind is lost along with the school." Cinder explains and Watts listens carefully to this thought out plan on short notices.
"Then Salem leaves my people for good." Raven puts emphasis on the last part of her sentence.
"You have yourself a deal." Cinder says walking up to Raven and extending her hand. Watts eyes widen as Cinder makes a decision for everyone changing the plans on the spot.
"Wait." Watts says and grabs on to Cinders arm. Cinder looks at him with hate in her fiery eye. "Don't think I don't see what you're after. If this all falls to pieces over your little grudge over the silver eyed child, I will not be taking the blame."
"Then what are you worried about?" Cinder asks burning his hand off her wrist. "Fly back home and tinker with your machines, and tell Salem she'll get what she wants. And more" Cinder says as she closes the distance between herself and Raven extending her hand out once again. Raven looks at her hand cautiously before histatingly takes it and shakes hands with Cinder.
Raven sits on her bed back in her tent contemplating what she just got herself and Vernal into. Vernal enters the tent and looks at her.
"Yes Vernal?"
"I followed them as you asked." Vernal states.
"Did they spot you?"
"Of course not. The have a ship two clicks west of here. Looks like they're staying there for the night." Vernal informs wearing a smirk on her face.
"Thank you. Vernal. Anything else?" Raven asks with her head still down.
"Do you actually believe they'll let us go after they get the relic?" Vernal asks with concern laced in her voice.
"Of course not, Salem only uses people until they are no longer useful. They'll never leave us alone. If we want to have any chance of defending ourselves against her, then we need this relic." Raven explains. "I find it odd that they haven't figure out that their mystery huntsman is just some poor soul who Ozpin forced himself into. If Qrow and those brats want to follow Ozpin, then let them. When the chaos reaches its peak, we'll grab the relic and make our escape." Raven explains her plan to Vernal.
"And the fact that your daughter will be a part of all that chaos?"
"Doesn't matter, I warned her. she made her choice." Raven says walking toward the exit of her tent. "This won't be easy for us either, but we must do what is right for our tribe."
"...I know, I'll do whatever it takes."
"Good." And with Raven leaves her tent.
Qrow sits in his room drinking. He hears my voice from outside his door and instead of opening it he listens in on the conversation I'm having with Ozpin.
"Why do you want to talk to Qrow now all of the sudden? I just got these new weapons and I want to try them out. What do you mean they are easy to use? I just got them! Oz enough with your sass just tell me what you want me to tell him. Why would I give you control if all you're gonna do is tell him something that i'm just going to find out myself. ALRIGHT ALRIGHT FINE Fuck." Qrow chuckles at our interaction.
*Knock Knock*
"Yo Qrow Oz wants to talk to you. Some shit that's so important apparently I can't practice with my new weapons yet." I say irritated as I enter his room.
"Yeah I figured that while I was listening to you from outside the door." Qrow says with a smirk.
"Oh thats so funny I'm so glad you are amused." I say sarcastically as I leave the room with Qrow following.
We make our way to the living room where we usually have all our important talks. Ozpin takes control and awaits Qrow to bring their coffee, sitting with his cane held out. He returns and hands Ozpin a cup before taking his own seat to his left.
"Things aren't looking good Oz. Leo can't be trusted." Qrow finally begins a conversation.
"Ever the optimist, yes Hector has informed me of his actions. He will be handled accordingly. I would not say our current predicament is ideal." 'You don't say? Wow I never would've guessed.'
"I think we can both agree that the situation could be much worse. Humanity is a resilient force." Ozpin says ignoring my little thought.
"Oz… Pro huntsman like that don't just bite the dust all at once like that. Leo gave them their locations or sent them on mission he knew they wouldn't have come back from. We need to deal with him." Qrow says angrily.
"There are indeed a misguided few who have filled their hearts with malice and fear. It doesn't take a great number of people to cause harm. 'But I still believe there are far more people who are willing to prevent it. In due time I will deal with Lionhearts betrayal personally." Ozpin says cooly. 'Not after I kick him around a little huh? It'll be fun.'
"Um excuse me?" Ruby makes her presence known as she walks up from behind Qrow.
"Ah Miss Rose. Join us, we were just about to gather everyone to discuss our next steps." Ozpin greets warmly. 'Dude seriously? You're not going to ask her if she heard ANYTHING we just said? No wonder you died at Beacon.' 'Shut Up.'
"Oh uh thats great, its so weird hearing you speak out of Hectors mouth still." Ruby points out as she shifts uncomfortably in place.
"Something wrong kiddo?" Qrow asks noticing her discomfort.
"Uh yeah… If it's okay to ask." Ruby says hesitantly.
"Of course." Qrow smiles warmly at her.
"Well we've been talking about the relic at Haven… And the Spring Maiden, but what about the Fall Maiden? Does that mean Salem has the Beacon relic?" Ruby asks worried.
"Very astute Miss Rose." 'No It would've been astute if she asked like a month ago but okay.' I point out causing Ozpin's eye to twitch slightly. "I was wondering who was going to be the first to ask. No thankfully she does not. It's true the relic a Haven is very much at risk and should remain our primary focus, as for the Beacon relic… Lets just say I put a little more thought into hiding it. I made it a bit more challenging then at the other schools." Ozpin explains.
"Oh that's good to hear." Ruby says as her demeanor changes back to her usual happiness.
"It is. But let's not forget the challenge that still lie before us." Ozpin brings up. Ruby nods in understanding. "Now is there anything else we can help you with?"
"Well… I do have one more question." Ruby states holding out one finger.
"No my cane is not a relic,"
"I have no further questions." Ruby says as everyone laughs once more. 'Oh that's adorable.'
"Yes, while this cane is indeed very precious to me, it is only that, precious to me. While I admit is still has a couple more tricks up its sleeve, I can firmly say that being a relic isn't one of them. Now why don't you run and get the other students." Ozpin finishes gesturing toward the door. Qrows scroll vibrates and he goes to pick it up letting know everyone thats it's lionheart.
"He shouldn't know we're onto him just yet. Let hear what he has to say." Ozpin says giving Qrow the okay to accept the call.
"*sigh* Yeah? Okay… Yeah we'll be there."
"What did he say?" Ruby asks.
"He said he's made a breakthrough with the Council, thinks he might be able to give us a small raiding party for the bandits. He wants us to meet up at the school Friday night." Qrow explains. Ruby gasps.
"Really? Maybe he is trustworthy after all then."
"Not all people are worthy of trust Ruby. Just in case we'll be ready for a fight." Qrow says.
"I'll go get the others then." Ruby says before running off with newfound determination.
"Hmm… That sounds drastically different from your original conversation doesn't it?" Ozpin says moving a strand of my hair out of his face.
"It does."
I take back control from Ozpin and stand up.
"Be ready for a fight. All this is happening sooner than expected. We have like 5 days left until the fight of our lives." I say with determination 'I don't plan on letting the same things happen again. I got a plan…'
AN- And that is a wrap. HOLY SHIT this took a lot of thinking. Yes the Battle for Haven is happening sooner than expected for this story but the battle itself will last about 4 chapters. I'm not going to just rewrite the entire fight scene just so all you guys know. I will have a similar beginning to the scene but after that It will all be coming straight from my head so be ready for it! In these 5 days I have left out in the open suddenly I plan to have a chapter for every day. So after that The battle will commence on chapter 12!
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