RWBY: Ghost of Remnant Vol.1
Chapter 7: An Unknown Surprise?
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FLASHBACK (WEISS' POV)
After a couple of weeks since that day, I wanted to know who he was. All I knew at first was that he was called the one name that all of Atlas knew.
The Blue Devil.
What's strange was the rumors said that he appeared out of nowhere, stopping criminals in certain locations as if he knew what is going on. He even stopped White Fang Operations.
There was even mentions of him in Vacuo and Mistral but not Vale, strangely. It was as if he was an actual Devil able to walk on this realm. There were times the only thing left behind were bodies, some cut down, some shot. Most of them were left scarred as if whatever he has done brought fear into them. Who wouldn't blame them when I saw how he fought?
It made me wary, scared, and nervous about him.
People said he should be put behind bars despite what he has done. Those that went after him never had the chance to capture him. Even the White Fang, who officially were criminals said that he was a menace to society! They were all wrong! All wrong….
For some reason… when he saved me and I looked at him… I… Could see his eyes.. And… I felt pain… The same pain I ha-... Once had…
The pain he had… It was like he had no meaning to live, only fighting… It was like it could have been me.
But… now? I do feel a lot more alive than before.. I .. I just wish… I could meet him…. I want to know who he really is...
The sun rolled up as it beamed into the room. It hit Weiss's face as she slowly opened her eyes and smiled at the gorgeous sunrise. She yawned as she stretched. She looked around to see her teammates. Ruby was still above her, arms dangling from her bed. Yang was also just a mess, her clothes were parted in different ways, and it seems she didn't even put on a bra before bed! Blake though.. Was somehow curled up in a ball? Odd…
Weiss looked at the last area where their last teammate was. But he wasn't there. She frowned a bit before huffing and turning away from the spot. 'Like I now care about that jerk?' She thought to herself. But before she got out of bed, she felt something poking at her. She reached under the covers… and there was another white rose… But.. this one looked more fresh than hers.
'Could… he be really?' She thought to herself as she looked outside the window, slightly grasping the new rose in her hand, against her chest.
(Insert opening song - This Will Be The Day - RWBY Vol.1 Opening)
The start first starts off with a guitar strumming a bit before the lyrics start.
[They see you as small and helpless. They see you as just a child]
The screen shifts to Cody sitting upon a rooftop in the middle of the night. He sits their as he looks at the Ore Eyecon in his hand.
[Surprise when they find out that a warrior will soon run wild]
Something then goes amiss as Cody quickly looks up to see a fire outbreak near by. He then smirks as he jumps off of the roof.
[Prepare for your greatest moments. Prepare for your finest hour.]
The title card then appears as it shines a bit before shifting down after Cody.
[The dream that you've always dreamed is, Suddenly about to flower]
As Cody runs through the road, he passes by a single rose in a pot, a snowflake in a store, a cat in an alley way, and finally a single ember flicker from a window of an occupied house.
[We are lightning]
Once he reaches the area, four shadows appear above him. Cody stops to see the shadows land in front of him.
[Straying from the thunder, Miracles of ancient wonder]
In front of him were Team Rwby smiling at him. Cody then smiles back as he grabs the lever of the Ghost Driver on his waist and pushes it in to don on the Ghost Damashii.
[This will be the day we've waited for, This will be the day we open up the door]
Fight then breaks out as Cody and Team Rwby are fighting against the Grimm and the Ganma as they class h it out together.
[I don't wanna hear your absolution, Hope you're ready for a revolution]
As they fight them, Team JNPR drop down to assist them as they battle some more highly evolved Ganma.
[Welcome to a world of new solutions, Welcome to a world of bloody evolution]
As both teams fight their enemies, Roman is standing on a roof near by, watching them fight along with Alan and his benefactor as they grin from ear to ear about some special plan they have in-stored for them all.
[In time-your heart will open minds]
As the fight continues, the teams are surrounded by Ganma and Grimm as they approach them all. And out from the distance is Ozpin watching them all along with Sennin as he smiles and offers them some power.
[A story will be told , And victory is in a simple soul]
Energy flows into Cody, Team RWBY and JNPR. They all then nod at each other as Cody activates his OmegaDrive. They all then jump at the enemies, delivering their own special attack as Cody flies at the screen with a rider kick, smashing through and showing the title card one last time.
Today was a new day for the school and for learning to commence. And today was another exhibition match. Once many students looked forward too. As Team RWBY walked in, Weiss noticed the familiar dirty blonde teammate… Sitting in her spot of all places?!
"What are you doing at my seat!?"
Cody looked up, somewhat with a bored expression. "Oh, hey Ice Queen." He said monotoned like.
"Don't 'hey' me! I'm asking you a question!"
He just blinked as he turned his attention forward, somewhat ignoring her on purpose as a faint smirk appears on his lips.
Weiss's face became red with anger, grabbing hold of her book, ready to hit him with it. Luckily enough Ruby stepped in to stop it. "L-Let's not do this here you two… You can use my seat Weiss. I have a special pillow on it for you!" Ruby smiled as she showed her the seat with said pillow. All it had was their team's faces on it.
Weiss looked at Cody for a moment before she huffed, "Fine." Both Ruby and Yang sighed with relief as they took their seats along with Blake who was reading something? But worst part was that Weiss was right next to Cody, who he slightly elbowed her as they wait for the class to start.
Weiss gritted her teeth into they saw Goodwitch enter the classroom. "Alright students, before we being class we have an announcement to make." She informed. This got the class quiet as they waited for her to tell them the news.
"We have a new student enrolling in Beacon." She continued, whispered going around until the sound of her crop silenced it. "I want you all on your best behavior and treat him like any other student." She looked at the door, gesturing for the new student to enter.
It was a young man who looks to be a year older than Cody with black hair that is somewhat messy yet sleek look to it. His face almost resembled Kirito from SAO 2 but from New ALO and having dark blue eyes. He was wearing a black jacket with his left forearm having pieces of armor on it. Under it was a dark blue shirt that had a symbol of a sword going over two wings, a moon behind it. He was also wearing black pants with a wave like design to it along with dark blue shoes.
His expression was stoic and calm but his eyes showed a very serious look behind the calm expression.
"I want you students to welcome our new student, Axel Saber of the Saber family."
While some of the students were already smiling, a few mumbles, mutters and whispers enter the room as well. Causing an odd ominous aura from it. Although, while that was happening, a few female students sighed happily as they looked at him.
"Well, he seems to be Mr. Cupid" Yang smirked slightly.
"Alright, that is enough. Sides from your 'talks' he does have one place to be at. Starting today he will be partnered with Team JNPR."
Upon hearing that the class started to talk louder before, unbelieving about this and how another student joined an already established team.
"YES! We got one too Ruby! We're coming for ya!" Nora shouted out with glee as she cracks her knuckles. As both Jaune and Ren sighed from her antics.
What they didn't know was that Axel's fist clenched tightly upon hearing this. And as soon as he took his seat next to Jaune, Goodwich brought out her scroll. "Alright, who wants to go first?
A few hours later….
Jaune was panting as he held onto his knees to stand in front of his opponent, the mace wielder known as Cardin Winchester. Cardin chuckled before Jaune made a last ditch effort and charged him head-on. Cardin slid to the left and let Jaune's momentum carry him past Cardin. Once Jaune was past him, he swung his mace and hit Jaune's shield, knocking him back a few feet to the ground. Jaune got up quickly and charged once again, colliding his sword against Cardin's mace. Cardin levered himself over Jaune.
"This is the part where you lose." He said as he grinned.
"Over my dead-!" Jaune winced out as Cardin kicked him in his gut, causing him to lower to the ground. Knocked to the ground, Jaune's arm curled around his torso, slowly struggling to roll back to his feet. As his head turned, he saw Cardin above him, his mace raised for a finishing blow to cave his head in, only to be stopped by the lights blaring back on and a buzzer sounding off behind him.
The sharp voice of Glynda Goodwitch then pierced the following silence as Cardin slowly backed away. "Cardin, that's enough." Glynda Goodwitch spoke as the lights flashed back on for the whole room and a buzzer sounded, signalling the match was over.
Professor Goodwitch turns back to the rest of us, she raised her scroll, showing the levels of Aura remaining in the two participating students. "Students, as you see, Mister Arc's Aura has dropped down into the red. If this were a tournament style duel, this would indicate that Jaune would no longer be fit to continue the battle and the official would call the match."
Turning back to look at the downed teen, she looked over him with an unimpressed expression on her face. "Mister Arc, it has been weeks now, please try to refer to your scroll when in combat. Not to mention, you have been receiving training from Professor Ankh. Gauging your Aura will help you decide whether it is the right time to attack or if a more defensive strategy would be a wiser choice. We wouldn't want you to be gobbled up by a Beowolf now, would we?" She continued.
With a snicker, Cardin left the stage. "Speak for yourself…"
However, Goodwitch stopped him, having a small smirk of her own, "Since you are still in the clear for your aura, Mister Winchester, perhaps you wish to continue to fight?"
With a cocky expression on his face, Cardin gave a nod, tossing his mace over his shoulder once again. "I don't see why not. Bring on the next weakling."
Goodwitch looked at each student until her eyes were set on Axel who was leaning his back against the wall. "Mister Saber will be your next opponent."
Now this caused murmur amongst the students since they never seen him fight. Axel looked at her for a moment before he stood straight before entering the arena; no weapons in his grasp but with his hands in his pockets. "You already for this, weakling?" Cardin questioned him with his mace ready.
Axel narrowed his eyes, giving off a strong yet dangerous glare at Cardin but to the students, they could feel the intent Axel has and some with a cold chill. Once Professor Goodwitch signaled the match to begin, Cardin charged forward and swung his mace.
Axel, however, he easily dodged the swing with his hands in his pocket. Cardin looked back and saw Axel still remained focus and not hurt and so he decided to swung his mace once again but still Axel kept dodging them left and right that it made the students in awe how easily he is dodging Cardin's attacks without breaking a sweat.
"Look at him go." one of the students commented.
"Why is he doing that? He's just dodging… Not a very strategic maneuver" Another got out.
Cody however knew what Axel was doing; he was tiring Cardin out. And his theory was correct as they all saw that Cardin's swings are getting slower. Cardin panted as the timer showed that there was 50 seconds left. "Stop dodging like a coward would ya!?" he roared.
Oh how that word ticked Axel off but didn't show it. The atmosphere around the room became a bit colder.
"D-Did it got cold all of the sudden?" Ruby asked.
"Huh? What are you talking about sis? I feel smooth as ice…" Yang smirked at her bad joke.
Cardin roared once more as he swung his mace once more but to their shock, Axel raised his hand and caught the handle that was near the blunt, sharp part of the mace. This caused everyone except Goodwitch to be shocked.
"What the-"
Before Cardin could finish, Axel punched the mace weilder's chest then delivering a kick to his shin, causing Cardin to fall on one knee before Axel delivered a roundhouse kick, sending the teen flying but not out of the arena. The dark-haired teen wasn't finished there as he went after Cardin who was gonna swing his mace one last time but instead saw Axel behind him as he grabbed him and flipped him over as Cardin landed face down on the ground as the timer went off in time.
They looked at the Aura that was left and saw Axel's Aura was green while Cardin's was dangerously in the red. "Who said I was a coward… punk." he questioned before he knelt down at him. "Remind yourself that your attitude and your cockiness will lead to wasting your life." he continued.
He stood back up and walked away but Cardin was pissed. He got up as he growled, "You… BASTARD!" He charged towards Axel as Goodwitch was gonna stop him but instead Axel stopped him. Axel quickly delivered an elbow to Cardin's chest without looking, causing the latter to gasp for air. Axel turned around as he simply tapped the mace wielder's forehead who then fell on his back, knocked out.
He looked at Goodwitch. "I think he needs to be checked along with his temper." he said before joining with the students as they were all quiet that the only sound was the sound of a pencil dropped. Cody was left shocked on how quickly Axel reacted. No doubt that this person trained beyond his limit knowing that he used his own bare hands to beat the bully.
'Who are you exactly…?' Cody thought.
"Okay, I believe after those matches, we have time for one more…" Goodwitch said as she looked at her scroll. "Miss Schnee, you're up. Choose your opponent."
"I want to challenge Cody," she answered, glaring at him. As that challenge was spoken, several students started the murmurs again, wondering what happened between them?
Cody looked back at Weiss as he frowned. "Fine. I accept…" They both then stood up as they went to the changing room for their weapons and gear.
They returned wearing their combat attire as they stepped onto the arena. "Okay, you know the drill you two. Begin!" She proclaimed as the match bell rang, starting the match as they both rushed towards each other, weapons colliding as they stood there, trying to gain some ground.
"Good luck, 'Ice Queen'. "Cody smirked.
Weiss gritted her teeth before using her Semblance to form a glyph under the Rider.
He looked down as she shifted her hands to make sure he was sent flying into the ceiling. It worked as he rose up quickly to it. But once up there he shifts his weapon into gun mode as he open fires down onto her.
She brought up another glyph to shield herself from the shots, each one landing on the glyph before she stabbed her weapon to the ground, casting ice towards Cody.
He quickly reacts as he takes apart the weapon as he turns it into a naginata as he twirls it around, cutting the ice to shreds that comes up to him.
Weiss, having enough of this, decided to charge forward as she lunged her blade at Cody. The latter was blocking the attacks before she managed to through some of his defenses. He didn't react in time as she was able to pierce him, sending him falling to the ground and his aura levels slowly depleting.
"Cheap shot…." He grunted.
"I'm not through just yet!" She responded, her rapier switching from Ice Dust to Fire Dust. The blade glowed red before she lunged it at him.
He smirked as he struck the ground, creating a small cloud from the rocks below his feet. "You think that will stop me?" She called out as she stopped her lunge and tossed a ball of fire near the dust cloud, setting it ablaze.
She panted slightly as she wondered when he'll come out. "Behind you 'Princess'.." Called out a whisper from behind her. She turned around to see Cody now covered in fire as he strikes her, sending her skidding across the area, far enough for some room.
"Liked it?" He asked her with a smirk, seeing her mixed yet confused reaction.
"I'm not giving up!" She declared, summoning a couple of glyphs around the two.
'Oh boy..' He thought to himself as he then finally strapped on the driver. He then brought out his new one as he clicked and placed it in.
EYE!
BATCHIRIMINA! BATCHIRIMINA! BATCHIRIMINA!
The Robin Hood Damashii then flew out of the driver, doing its pose as it started to fly around him.
"Henshin!" He yelled out as he pushed in the lever.
KAIGAN! ROBIN HOOD!
HELLO! ARROW! MORI DE AOU!
Cody donned on his new Damashii form, surprising the students, including one other person in the room. 'Let's see if she notices this?' Cody thought to himself as Condor attached to his weapon, getting ready for Weiss's attack.
She got into a stance, her rapier now up before she swings it, the glyphs casting shards of ice towards the now armored Rider.
As ice rained down and struck him, he grunted as he pulle dout the lever before pushing it back in. "If attacking you with one arrow won't work, then how about 6 of them?!" He shouted out.
DAI-KAIGAN!
ROBIN HOOD! OMEGA-DRIVE!
Just then five clones of Cody appeared as they all in sync pulled back on the bow before unleashing several arrows, each one quickly stopping the ice before the real Cody places the weapon against his belt
DAI-KAIGAN!
GAN GAN MINNA! GAN GAN MINNA!
He then quickly turned around as he pointed it straight as the now defenseless Weiss. "Say cheese!"
OMEGA-STRIKE!
Her eyes widen as Cody released the arrow, the blast hitting her as she was sent across the arena. The timer went off, showing that the match ended in a draw, causing a majority of the students to "Aw" in defeat, wanting to see a winner.
Cody panted as he quickly changed back to normal before walking up to Weiss, holding out her hand with a sadden frown. "I'm… sorry…" He apologized. "I… shouldn't have insulted someone you believed in..."
She looked at him for a moment before accepting it. Cody pulled her up as she wiped off the dust on her clothes. "Don't insult his name next time," she warned.
"I'll… keep that in mind…" He smiled softly. "Also, you would've beaten me if I didn't use my Semblance to get behind ya." He chuckled.
She huffed before turning her head away before a slight smile appeared on her face, as she faced away from him.
After class ended with Cardin being sent to the infirmary with Axel not in trouble, they all left but some students were left curious knowing that the new student knows how to fight and thinking if he should join them. Hell, even some of the female students were 'curious' about him.
"I gotta say, that Axel guy sure taught Cardin a lesson." Blake commented.
"He is kinda scary…" Ruby muttered.
"Gives off a cold feeling like you do. Isn't that right Ice Queen." Yang grinned at Weiss.
"Why does everyone call me that?" She questioned.
As for Cody, he head his head slightly lowered, somewhat in a daze.
"Hey Cody what's wrong?" Yang asked.
"I don't know but I have the feeling someone is watching me…" he answered quietly.
They looked around and saw no one is watching them. "You're imagining things." Weiss said.
Unknowingly, a mechanical cobra hissed a bit before returning to its master to report its update.
With the new student, he was eating alone at a table. He wanted to be alone after that class. He heard hissing, prompting him to lower his hand as the mechanical cobra slithered onto his hand. It relayed him the update before folding into its phone mode.
He gritted his teeth before going back to eating his food. He knew that the 'weakling' obtained a new Eyecon and he wasn't even aware of it! "Weak fool… How did he get another one? He's not strong.." He muttered to himself. 'Just how many does he even have?' He thought to himself, thinking it would just be best to beat it out of him… Maybe even next Class Match?
However he would be showing the whole class who he really is. He wanted no one to know his reputation as the Blue Devil.
No one.
However his lone eating was interrupted when the sound of trays being placed on the table. He looked up to see Team JNPR and RWBY sitting with him. "Hey, no need to eat alone new buddy!" Nora beamed as she grabbed some of his fries without him noticing.
The young man was quiet upon seeing them. "So… your name's Axel, right?" Jaune asked. "Sounds like a cool name."
The young man still remained quiet. "Come on… You don't need to be shy. Especially around us now. We're your teammates." Pyrrha said with a smile.
The young man's hand clenched. He simply got up and walked away, not willing to sit with them. They watched him find a new table that was empty in which he took before sitting alone once again.
Cody took notice of that as his brow raised up a bit. 'Why does that look… feel so familiar?' He thought to himself as both Nora and Jaune both sigh slightly. "It'll be fine you two. It'll just take time for him to lighten up to you all." Cody reassured.
"It doesn't look like he wants to be near anyone," Blake commented.
"Eh, his loss. Sides, since he's your teammate now, he'll be sleeping and waking up with you all! He'll get used to us in no time." Yang smiled as she patted Cody too hard, causing him to cough up some food.
"Gross!" Weiss scowled in disgust.
Cody, Team RWBY and Team JNPR continued their lunch as Nora, in an ominous voice, was telling her most recent tale… again. "So there we were, in the middle of the night…"
Ren's monotone voice then cut in. 'It was day."
"We were surrounded by Ursa…"
"They were Beowolves."
"Dozens of them!"
"Only two of them."
"But they were no match, and in the end Ren and I took them down and made a boatload of Liens selling Ursa skin rugs." Nora crossed her arms grinning proudly.
Ren gave a shake of his head and sighed. "She has been having this dream for nearly a month now…"
"Sounds like some sort of fever dream if you ask me.." Cody stated, yet curious on how she can dream like that?
Pyrrha glanced over at Jaune, who was picking at his food with an off look on his face. "Jaune, are you okay?"
Jumping back into awareness, he glanced around, nodding with a false smile. "Yeah, I'm totally fine. Why do you ask?"
Ruby glanced up at him, frowning slightly. "It's just that you are acting kind of… not okay."
"Ah! Guh… I'm so fine! Just not um… Very hungry right now…"
The gang then heard some hard laughing as they turned to see Cardin pulling the ears on another student's head. She was a faunus, and most likely based on a rabbit. She was also a Sophomore, yet things like this still happen to her daily.
Pyrrha placed her hand on Jaune's shoulder her face wearing an expression of concern. "Jaune, Cardin has been picking on you since the first week of school."
"Who, Cardin Winchester? He just likes to mess around, you know? Practical jokes."
"Jokes? Dude, that's straight up torture if you ask me… He's been bullying you ever since the teams were made…" Cody frowned.
"Oh please, name one time he has 'bullied' me." Jaune stated in his unconvincing defiance.
"Well, there was the time he pushed you into your locker and sent you into a cave of Ursa's." Cody mentioned one.
"I didn't land far from the school." Jaune wasn't even trying to defend anymore.
"Jaune." Pyrrha spoke up. "You know, if you ever need help you can just ask." She pointed up in a helpful tone.
"Ow that really hurt!" Cried out the girl. They all turned to see Cardin pulling on the girl's rabbit ears a lot harder than before.
"See? I told you it was real. What a fre-" Suddenly a large piece of watermelon hits him in the face. It drips down as he sees Cody already off his seat, tossing up another piece.
"Whoops! My bad…" Cody smirked. "Sticky fingers…"
Cardin growled as he and his cronies stood up. However one thing they didn't notice was that the debris of the watermelon landed on the new student's tray.
He just stared at it before standing up. "ENOUGH! YOU GUYS BETTER SIT OR I WILL GIVE YOU A DAMN REASON! I ALREADY AM SICK OF YOUR STUPID NONSENSE!"
This made the whole cafeteria silent as a bat as what appears to be a tumbleweed blowing through the floors. Yang and Ruby looked around, surprised this stopped everyone as she leaned in and whispered. "Sounds like, someone has anger management issues…"
The young man threw his food away before leaving, before turning to look at them. "Nothing but idiots."
Once gone, everything starts to pick back up as Cardin and his cronies stored out as well. Cody frowned at this, almost hoping to have a match to smack them down. He then turned to the Faunus as he walked up to her and helped her. "You alright?" He asked her.
She slowly nodded. "T-thank you…" He smiled as he offered her his hand. "Cody Aldrich."
"V-Velvet… Velvet Scarlatina." She replied nervously as Cody helped her up.
"Velvet huh? It's a cute name for a sweet girl. How about you come sit with me and my friends? I'm sure they would like to talk with you." Cody offered as he smiled to her.
She blushed upon the comment. "S-Sure…" He smiled as he helped her towards the group as they began to chat away.
As the classes ended Cody started to walk around the campus,deep in thought. Mostly wondering what the deal with Axel was? And… Why it felt so familiar to him? But as he did, he started to get a odd feeling.. One with anger yet annoyance. "Cardin? What do you want?" He asked, turning his head.
The bully of Beacon smirked as his cronies held Cody in a vice grip. "I have a bone to pick with you," he cracked his knuckles.
Cody just chuckled lightly. "Is this supposed to be intimidating? Cause… I've seen scarier chickens then you four pigeons of a team." He taunted.
Cardin frowned before punching Cody in the gut causing the latter to almost cough up his lunch. "You were saying?"
He groaned and coughed a bit as he looked back up and chuckled again. "Was that a punch? Or a light breeze? I can never tell the difference between them."
Now this made Cardin mad. He reared his arm back, only for it to stop. They looked and saw Axel. "Enough, punk." He warned.
"Relax, you'll get your turn newbie.. This punk needs to know the top of the food chain.." Cardin said as he threw his punch, only for it to stop right in front of Cody's face. "W-What the?"
He looked at his wrist, seeing Axel's hand gripping it. He suddenly felt pain as the grip became tighter, making Cardin go to his knees. "I only give one chance…." He warned. "Leave or I will show you what a beating really means."
Cardin started to groan in pain as his arms kept being twisted. The cronies wanted to jump in but something compelled them not to. But after a few seconds Cardin just simply nods to Axel, submitting defeat.
Axel shoves Cardin away, the bullies running away from him. He looks back at Cody with a look as if he was reading him, gauging his skills.
"Ugh…. Gonna feel that in the morning…" He groaned as he stood up, rubbing his stomach. "Thanks man… And while I do appreciate the save, I was ready to dodge that next punch." He smiled softly.
Axel scoffed before turning away, leaving Cody where he was. As Cody watched him, more and more answers wanted to be questioned at the time. But he just sighed and shrugged it for now as he returned to his dorm. Not realizing what worries he's about to start.
Axel knew that the 'Ghost' was weak. The boy should have done it sooner than later. He looked at the Scroll before looking at the door. "I hate this." He muttered. "They are only weak fools.." He sighed as he slowly opens the door. Inside was his "team", each one doing something. Nora was trying to balance on some books upside down, while Jaune was helping her. Ren thought seemed to be meditating as Pyrrha was polishing her spear.
They all stopped as they looked at the door, before smiling at Axel. "Welcome Bunk Buddy! You're just in time for Extreme Bookstacks! "Nora said in a man like tone.
"It's a lot more interesting than it sounds." Jaune added on.
Axel was quiet before walking to his new bed. He removed his jacket and threw it by the foot of the bed. They saw the symbol on his shirt more clearly now yet with a trained eye from Ren and Pyrrha, the two saw a glimpse of scars under the sleeves.
Axel turned to the two, "Something you want?"
"No, not really." Pyrrha said as she went back to her polishing. Nora then jumped off of the bookstack as she landed next to him,
"SO! Where did you come from? How old are you? Are you scared of heights?" More and more questions popped up as Nora asked him, to the point where she was talking too fast.
"Nora, calm down. No need to get riled up again.." Ren said to her as she finally stopped talking and rushed back over to the bookstack.
Axel was relieved that she was away from him. He already has enough problems as it is.
As the night progressed, the others were fast asleep, as the mysterious new student was leaving the room. Going to the rooftops, he looked around to make sure no one sees what he is about to do. He reached in his pocket and got out a certain item; an Eyecon.
Weiss was sleeping peacefully throughout the night. But suddenly, her scar started to act up as her eyes opened quickly. She leaned forward as she slightly touched it, wondering for a moment why it was doing this now? But, the realization stated to come to her. 'Could...could it be?' She quickly put on a robe as she peeked out the window, hoping to see or even hear any odd noise tonight?
She saw something moving at the edge of the window, and saw a certain Cobra. It slithered until it landed in front of her, it's yellow eyes staring at her. She blinked a bit, surprised by this thing dropping in on her. 'Wait this Cobra..' Memories of the snake by the Blue Devil's shoulder comes back, making her realize it is his pet. "Do you know where he is…?" She whispered.
It looked up and down at her, as if it was trying to remember. But after a few seconds, it nodded at her as it crawled out of the window and dropped onto the roofs below it.
Weiss watched it but nervous since it's on the rooftops. She didn't know what to do until she remembers her Semblance. Before she did anything, she grabbed the new white rose before walking to the window ledge. Ever so quietly, she summons a series of Glyphs before stepping on each one, until landing on the rooftop.
She quickly followed the Cobra as it led her to one of the many other rooftops of Beacon, this one looking out past Vale. And standing there was none other than the Blue Devil, standing proudly before slightly turning to her. Her cheeks slightly flushed as a bright smile appears on her face. 'It is him…'
The Cobra landed on his master's shoulder before folding into a phone, landing on his hand. He placed it in his pocket and turned around to face her. "You received it… did you?" He asked calmly.
She nodded as she brought out not only the fresh white rose, but also the one he first gave her. This though surprised him that she would keep it after so long. "You… Kept the other one…" He muttered.
Weiss nodded as she slowly walked to him. "Yeah.. It was a reminder for me.. For not only, the one who saved my life… But finally showed me hope… And where my destiny lays…." She said softly. Slowly approaching him, inch by inch.
"Even though I have done many things… Some things I'm not… proud of." He admitted, his tone remaining the same. "No one believes what's the meaning to be strong…."
She then got as close as they were when they first met. "To be strong… Is to put everything on the line. No matter the cost or sacrifice…" She said softly to him.
The Blue Devil looked at her. Behind his helmet, he never thought to receive an answer like that. It's true that he killed before but only to stop the evil that was being spread across the cities. He wasn't proud of it. He sacrificed everything since that dreadful day that made him who he is now. "Specter…" He said.
Weiss looked at him confused on the word he said as she tilted her head in confusion.
"It's… my title… Specter."
Hearing this made her blush grew a bit more as she smiled brightly. "Then… Specter?" She asked him as she got close enough to see even the gem on his horns. "Will you protect me… Forever?"
The one named Specter was quiet from hearing that. He couldn't protect his own sibling… How can he keep a promise? He was weak back then… Suddenly, he felt someone snaking around his neck as he looked to see Weiss having her arms wrapped around him. She then leans in as she kisses his mask, while closing her eyes.
This mentally took him by what he realize was surprise and shock. He couldn't feel it but he knew that it was happening. Yet for some reason… a small dot of warmth overcame him as he slowly wrapped his arms around her as well. And from one of his pockets as a small pink light that looked like it was giggling at this scene.
The next few days came and went as the students were in another class, this one though was that of history. But as Oobleck was talking too fast again, some of the students started to goof off quietly. As for RWBY, Weiss for once was daydreaming about that night. And so far, only Cody seemed to notice it.
"Weiss? You alright?" He whispered. Cody waved his hand in front of her, trying to get her attention. But so far, she was still in a daze. It surprised him as he poked Ruby's side, getting her attention as he pointed her to the dreaming Weiss. "Doesn't she seem odd to you?"
"She's been like this for the past few days," the scythe wielder answered.
"I know, but sides from school work, food and the matches, she's always seems to be in this daze… It's just odd for her to be like this is all.." He replied.
"It's creeping me out," Ruby agreed.
"Should… Should we do something to snap her out of it?" He turned to her.
"Any ideas?" Ruby asked. "I've tried the whistle but it didn't work."
"I rather not do another 'You know who' insult and get her hating me again… We could try messing up her clothes?" He asked, trying to find something. But suddenly a sharp pain reaches his foot as he rubs it quickly, he then looks down to where his foot was, only to see Weiss's highheel there.
"I don't think that'll work…" Ruby said with a slight giggle. "You know I remember her staring at a new white rose."
"Wait.. another one? Isn't that like the 6th one she received? Could… she be?" Cody questioned. The two looked at Weiss in total surprise upon realizing what it meant. He then sneakily lowered his hand to Ruby to which she quietly slapped it.
The Ice Queen's heart was finally melted. But the bigger question to them now was, who was the one who did it? They did know Jaune liked her… But they knew that wouldn't be it.
The bell rang, prompting the students to get up from their seat. Weiss quickly closed her notebook before being the first one of the team to leave the classroom.
"What's wrong with Weiss?" Pyrrha asked.
"Oh.. thats a secret.." Ruby said giggling. The Amazon looked at her for a moment before she realized why it is a secret. "Oh…" They all then turned to Jaune who was being oblivious to the discussion before nodding, understanding on NOT telling him about it.
As they walked, Yang looked at Team JNPR. "So how's the new guy?" She asked, curious.
"Well… Still distant… But making some progress. He sometimes answers us… Here… or there…. But it's better than nothing!" Jaune said with a smile, trying to be positive.
Pyrrha sighed, "He hasn't talked much. Rather he stays on his bed, not looking at us." She answered. "But something about him bothers not just me but Ren too…"
Cody looked at her a bit confused. "Bothers you? How so?" He asked.
"When he was sleeping, I saw something under his sleeves… Ren and I swore we saw scars under it. As if he is hiding it."
Cody flinched at this as he rubbed shoulder causing Yang and place her hand on him, nodding to calm him down. "It's… probably something that… Runs deeper than you can imagine…. I say just let it go, and maybe he might share it with you all.. Someday?" Cody said softly, as he left the room as well.
Yang looked at Pyrrha and Ren. "You guys know something else?"
"Is not simple scar… It's more like scars." Ren said. "Like something you seen from a war vet.." He pointed at certain spots going from the shoulders to the chest, even close to the neck.
"Any…. odd coloration with the scars?" Ruby asked them. They shook their heads, as Ruby and Yang sighed with some relief.
"The only thing we can tell that even with the Aura, they aren't healed." Pyrrha noted. This made them look at each other, just wondering what made him like that?
Meanwhile, in another point of Vale. Two figures are looking over the new required data of Ghost and the one now known as Specter. As one showing off their Eyecon's and skills so far. The taller one scoffed at Ghost first. "Pitiful… He seems so weak… How could he oppose us for so long?" He said. While looking over Specter. "Hmm.. Seems he's still in top shape.." He commented.
"Seems to me, if they ever fought again, Specter would kill him, Master Alan…" The short one said as the footage disappeared. "Are you sure letting him do that is fine? You do have… involvements with him before."
"Specter was only a child back the along with myself." He smirked. "Sides, as long as they find the rest of them, then there will be no worry. If we should lose one of them, it won't hinder our plans after all." He said as he took out two Eyecons with the Numbers "14" and "15" on them. "After all, we still have plenty of time…."
A/N: Hello minna! Hope you enjoyed this new chapter here? As usual, thank you Shadow for the co-writing! I also forgot to tell you all of him lending me another OC he has. Which is Axel Saber of course. ^^
And yeah I know this feels a bit early to have something of a ship. But personally, I think it played out well. Of course she won't know for a few or several more chapters like the rest. So, don't worry about early shippings again. But I will say this much, next chapter is gonna involve.. A "Special" person to the list. Not for a permanante character, but for the story.
Welp, until then, later minna!
