RWBY: Dark and Light
Episode 5: Purple and Red. A Reluctant Romance?
So for some reason I noticed a lot of chapters begin in the cafeteria, I don't know why but they do! I guess breakfast lunch and dinner is a great place for characters to talk and develop. This episode takes place a little before forever fall and during and just after unfortunately I haven't found a good place to start a development between the OC team and JNPR, like team Rwby they tried to help against Cardin but jaune told them to stay out of it the same way, I do have a plan to develop the the teams but in a later part. But anyway enjoy the episode and don't forget to Review!
-3rd P.O.V.- -Sunday night at dinner-
After a relaxing Sunday the three teams sit down for dinner before getting ready for the new week.
"So how was the movie?" Pyrrha asked.
"I'm never taking these two idiots to a movie ever again…" Kristian said with a chuckle.
"AHH he expressed emotion!" Nora said, as ruby laughed.
"Yeah Yeah, the vulcan finally smiles." He retorted.
"Great it's finally gonna snow." Weiss says with fake sarcasm.
"Alright so the movie." Nora interrupts.
"Owen?" Kristian says.
"So the movie is one of those B rated crappy horror movies. No Ill tell you, it didn't start that way. I thought it was finally a pretty ok Ghost story, like a poltergeist taking over a doll to mess with the Nanny. But at the last third of the movie, It's a freakin murderer! Totally not a ghost and you can tell the audience isn't having any of it. And Neither was this jerk off!" Owen explained as he turned to Riley.
"Oh both of you A holes laughed." He replied.
"So he decides the movie isn't funny enough for the audience and starts making small jokes when the movies going on! And at first you can tell that a few people were annoyed, but the movie wasn't getting any better but Rileys Jokes were and had some people cracking up! And what got me was this guy had the audacity to stand up and BOW when the movie was over!" Owen explained enthusiastically, causing even the stoic Blake and Ren to smile and chuckle.
"So why didn't Jacob go to the movie?" Yang asked.
"I don't know?" Riley asked.
They all turned to the Green clad boy, who wasn't paying attention. He hadn't touched his food, which was weird to begin with, but he also had a case on his scroll so you couldn't see what he was staring at. And whatever he was staring at had him in serious leader mode.
"Hey Jacob?" Ruby asked.
Ruby was about to say something else but Yang stopped her, "Shh, I got this… Hey Jacob I don't think you're supposed to be reading that kinda stuff in public you pervert!" She said sounding serious, but her face said otherwise.
"Huh? WHAT NO! No no no! I'm not reading anything like that!" He stammered looking up from his scroll. Needless to say everyone was laughing…
"Uh huh…" Riley said pushing him slightly.
"What are you looking at anyway? You've been staring at that more than the floor since Yesterday morning." Kristian asked.
"That is classified." He replies putting his scroll down with the screen locked and darkened.
"He was totally looking at porn." Owen Joked, prompting a laugh from mostly everyone… Weiss kinda scoffed.
"As your leader I'm gonna tell you to shut the fuck up. Anyway, It has something to do with my aunt and my Job back home… Which I can't tell you a lot about it or you would be tried with treason." He explained.
"Really? What job?" Weiss asked in disbelief.
"I study Grimm Biology and Behavior… among other things, that is about all I can tell you." He replies after taking a drink of his soda.
"Do your parents do the same thing?" Riley asked.
"Yup, my Dad figured out how Beowolves compensate for each other's attacks… older Beowolves of course. And My mom found the weakest joints on a Deathstalker." He explains.
"Hey, did your parents go to beacon?" Ruby asked.
"Yup. In fact my mom's team and my aunt and uncles team served together when they were in Beacon." He explained.
"Who was on their team?" Jaune asked. Speaking for the first time since they sat down.
"It was Glynda, Ozpin, Oobleck and Port. Ha they were team GOOP. I forget who led it, I think Ozpin did." He explained.
"No I meant your moms team… And that is funny… But yeah…" Jaune repeated.
"Well my dad was on her team. I can't remember the names of their partners… I should probably look it up." He explained.
"What were your parents weapons like?" Ruby asked starry eyed.
No one noticed it but Jacob's hand that had been clenching under the table had clenched a little harder to the point his aura temporarily broke and blood dripped down his hands. But quickly healed.
"O-Oh! 'Chuckle' well I come from a family of swordsmen. My father had a single edged saber with a dust container that predominantly held fire. And my mother had this huge 7 foot sword that was about 1.5 feet wide that also had a dust container that held all kinds of dust. They were similar to weiss's weapon but was a little slow in switching." He said with excitement. No one could tell he was faking.
"Wow your mom must have been really strong!" Nora exclaimed.
"Yup! Probably could one shot Yang!" He boasted.
"Well let's not talk crazy! If I can over power one Barnett. Then the others shouldn't be too hard!" Yang joked.
"Yang his mom is a full fledged huntress. You're not…" Ruby said.
"I'm joking. I am curious though you said your mom is strong enough to wield a 7 foot but how tall is she, I imagine it's hard if she's small it would hit the ground?" Yang asked.
"She was huge and hated heels, she was a couple inches taller than glynda when she wore heels so naturally my mom is 6 foot 8 and out of heels my aunt, though no with no relation to me, is 6 foot 3. And before you say 'hey you must be getting a huge growth spurt!' No. My dad is 5'9 I'm gonna be short, my sis was as tall as me last time I saw her." He explained.
"Wow! How strong was she?" Yang exclaimed.
"Well do you all know who Izhar is?" He asked.
Now it's Rens time to say something, but he did it when he took a drink. 'Spews water onto the floor' "YES! Your saying your parents fought the most dangerous Drake in existence!"
"Well one of them…" Jacob replied.
"One of them!?" Ren exclaimed.
"I've never heard him yell this much… Ren stop I'm scared." Nora said cutely getting glassy eyed.
"There are two a mother and a father." Jacob explains.
"What? Grimm don't have genders." Weiss scoffed.
"Not in the same way we do, but these two Grimm have been Classified as a mother and father due to their behavior, not their reproductive system." He retorts calmly.
"Explain." Kristian said.
"The Male Izhar, the Father, was the one my mom single handedly killed when she was a freshman here at Beacon. She was actually the youngest student until me." He started.
"Wait you, Kristian and I are the same age!" Ruby exclaimed.
"Technically he's 14, I turned 15 just before my graduation from signal." Kristian explained.
"And my birthday isn't until May." Jacob explained.
"Aww…" Ruby sighed.
"Ok great, Male. Izhar. Mom." Riley said impatiently.
"Right. So when my mom wrote a report on the Izhar family, she detailed 3 separate types. The Drakes, the most common, ranging from 10 to 25 square feet. They are the least intelligent and tend to breath fire, they're slow and tend to travel in packs and are very erratic. In other words they are the Children. The father Izhar, is bigger than an office building, it's faster, more intelligent and is better at fighting groups of people. However it has no defensive armor and can't breath anything. In other words it's the scout that goes off to find prey for the younger Drakes. It also will not defend its younger breatherine. The Female Izhar, the mother of all drakes at the size of a small mountain, is only seen defending its young despite having no birthing process. She is immensely strong and can get stronger, she is also sadistically intelligent, this is shown in how she chooses to use her acid breath to fight opponents." He recounted.
"Wow! And your mom killed one of those?" Ruby asked.
"She killed the Father. Both my parents tried to fight the mother years later and in the two encounters that occurred, both have been left in a stalemate this may have something to do with their semblances." He explained.
"What is their semblances?" Blake asked, speaking up again being genuinely curious.
"Well my Mother could increase all her physical ability by 20 times. But this caused Massive recoil when she was finished. And my father naturally could only control fire but in his semblance or an advanced version of his semblance, could control water, earth, fire and air naturally. Making a fight with an Aerial enemy easier." He replies.
"That seems pretty over powered." Pyrrha chimed in.
"Yeah you'd think-" Jacob tried to say as the bell rung.
Everyone started to get up before he continued, "OH RIGHT! I need to tell you to that I'm gonna be out next week… So during the Forever fall mission, Kristian you will take my place and stick near a teacher or student team to compensate for my absence… According to the 'rules'" He detailed.
"Alright. Ruby you don't mind if we stick around you do you?" Kristian asked.
"No I don't mind." Ruby replied.
"I do." Weiss mumbled.
"Aww look at little Kristian and Ruby! They can't get enough of each other!" Riley teased.
"NO!" Both yelled as Ruby crushed her milk carton and Kristian made an energy ball.
Everyone laughed as they returned to their own conversation, Jacob returned to his work, meanwhile Kristian and Ruby exchanged embarrassed glances.
-During the Forever Fall mission- (A/N: Did they need a jar per partner or team? Well not anymore… now everyone gathers crates…)
"I wonder what this taste like?" Riley joked.
"Please don't pull a Nora…" Owen wined.
"See." Ren sighed to Nora.
"Aww but it was tasty!" Nora replied.
"Hey need some help?" Kristian asked as he walked up to Weiss and Ruby as they carried an arm full of jar filled sap.
"Oh what think we can't carry this ourselves?" Weiss scoffed.
"I didn't say that, I just finished stacking my pile so I thought I'd offer my assistance. Plus I imagine it's hard to balance Jars in heels." He said just before a Jar fell off the top of Weiss's stack and he caught it with his tail.
"Hmph." She said as she walked passed him to the cart where they load up all of the jars.
"What's her problem?" He asked.
"I'm not sure…"she replied.
"Anywho… Need a hand?" He asked once more.
"Yeah could you grab a couple?" Ruby said as they split the load.
"So h-how… How are you?" He said awkwardly.
"I'm good. School's kicking my butt though." She said as they both started stacking the Jars in the cart.
"Yeah me too." He agreed.
"Weren't you like a child genius?" Ruby joked.
"Nah. I just had no social life. I studied a lot and had a specific teacher in signal write a good word for me and accelerated grades." He explained.
"Which teacher?" Ruby asked.
"Uhh he left on a mission before Graduation. Umm Qrow I think his name was? I just called him sir." He replied.
"NO WAY!" Ruby exclaimed as they started moving crates into the cart.
"What? You knew him?" He asked.
"Yeah he's my uncle! He taught me to fight with a scythe!" Ruby explained.
"Wow… We were destined to meet." Kristian joked softly.
"Yeah…" She started to say as they stared at each other.
They stare in silence for a sec before they were interrupted by Jaunes Ursa incident. They run and get there just in time to see Jaune kill the Ursa with the assistance of Pyrrha, unknown to Jaune of course. But as Ruby was talking to Pyrrha and Weiss, Kristian noticed two bigger Ursa behind Jaune that he and a shocked Cardin didn't seem notice. Kristian unsheathed his sword and charged his energy into his blade like his leader.
"JAUNE GET DOWN!" He yelled as Jaune hit the deck.
Like his leader he swung two energy slices and severed the two big, yet weak, Ursa.
"Woah! Wait a minute I thought that was Jacob's semblance?" Pyrrha asked.
"Turns out we have an Identical semblance, It's rare but it isn't impossible. I learned what he could do and he learned what I could do." He explained.
"Cool." Ruby said
"You ok Jaune?" Kristian asked.
"I just killed an Ursa! I feel great!" He replied.
"Job well done Jaune." Pyrrha said.
"Yup. Victory for team JNPR." He replied acting triumphant.
"Well we better better get back." Weiss said.
The group of students that witnessed the incident started walking back and informed the headmistress of the engagement. They all started walking back to Beacon once every team returned. Kristian jogged up to the red clad leader, "Hey Ruby wait up a sec."
"Yeah?" She asked.
"Hey so… They're allowing free sparring in the gyms after school and I was wondering if you'd like to have a match with me later?" He asked awkwardly.
"Daww would you look at that someone's going on a date!" Riley teased.
"Owen slap him for me!" Kristian said.
"Ow! Owen!" Riley exclaimed.
"He's our leader till Jacob gets back." Owen replied.
"Sure!" She said smiling.
"I wouldn't consider a fight a date." Yang chimed in.
"Some say warriors will fall in love with each other on the battlefield." Blake contributed.
"IT'S NOT A DATE!" They both exclaim embarrassed.
-A/N: Later that day in the aforementioned sparring area that I made up-
"Go Kristian!" Yelled Riley and Owen.
"Go Ruby!" Cheered Blake and Yang, Weiss was studying in the dorm room.
"Who invited you guys!" Both Kristian and Ruby yelled.
"Just fight!" Both cheering squad yelled.
"So do we go until Aura reaches red?" Ruby asked.
"Sure." He replied.
"Ok I got the Aura sensor reading correctly. Begin… NOW!" Blake said with her screen reading the aura stats of both people.
Aura levels-
Ruby Rose- 100%
Kristian Lofgren- 100%
Kristian unsheathed his sword and dashed forward, Ruby dodged to the left and activated her scythe. She jumped back and aimed her weapon to fire a shot; reacting quickly kristian fired an energy ball just as she fired a dust shot, the two projectiles collided and exploded. Kristian flipped backward and charged energy into his sword, he fired three slices of energy at his opponent. Two of the slices cut two dust shots in half and the third was dodged by his opponent. This time Ruby dashed as fast as she could and started a combo that Kristian could dodge or break out of. She slashed him several times before tripping him. Just before he collided into the floor he caught himself on two hands and flipped back up, kicking Ruby in the face, knocking her away a number of feet.
Aura levels-
Ruby Rose- 89%
Kristian Lofgren- 85%
Ruby managed to reorient herself in time to dodge a larger energy ball, she activated her semblance once more and dashed forward. This time Kristian managed to block and catch the scythe between his sword and his arm, damaging himself but this also rendered his speed superior opponent immobile. Kristian gave a toothy smile, looking genuinely happy, Ruby too smiled happily.
"Gotta admit. I'm losing but I'm having a lot fun." Kristian said.
"Yeah this is awesome!" Ruby replied.
They both stared into each other's eyes for a few moments until Ruby noticed an energy ball forming in his hands. A powerful one too, it had strings of yellow energy swirling inward to make the condensed energy ball. Ruby retaliated before he even had time to strike, she pulled the trigger and fired several shots into his head. All of which he took like a champ.
Aura levels-
Ruby Rose- 89%
Kristian Lofgren- 75%
Kristian had enough of the onslaught that he was to close to dodge. So he used the strength he could muster and flipped the scythe out of Ruby's hands, he tossed behind him as he planted the already formed energy ball into Ruby's stomach. The resulting detonation caused her to fly to the other side of the arena.
Aura levels-
Ruby Rose- 69%
Kristian Lofgren- 65%
"Wow dude! You hit like a Yang!" Ruby said standing back up and recovering quickly.
"Not that strong yet but I am equal to Jacob. You're pretty fast both in the body and mind. I completely forgot about my head placement. But now you're disarmed, so now all you can do is dodge." He explained as he started charging up two energy balls in his hands.
He was right, he was in between her and her scythe, and a flurry of energy balls would hit her by law of averages. So she decided to pull off all the stops and activated her semblance to the max, she jumped and spun like a drill with a tornado of rose petals forming around her. Kristian knew she was up to something and mashed the two energy balls together and gathered more energy with both hands. Both charged for what felt like slow minutes but in actuality was only less than one. Ruby shot off just as Kristian brought his hand back with an energy ball the size of 4 soccer balls, he threw it and in a matter of seconds his energy collided with a spinning Ruby. First a bright flash of light occurred and the next thing Kristian felt was the ground crack beneath his feet and a Ruby hitting him in the chest. He was smashed into the wall and stuck their with a large crater of cracks.
Aura levels-
Ruby Rose- 45%
Kristian Lofgren- 0%
Winner is … Ruby Rose of Team RWBY!
Kristian fell of his spot on the wall and landed face down into the ground, but in a matter of seconds he was back up cracking his neck.
"Wow you can keep it up even without your aura!" Ruby exclaimed, breathing a little heavy.
"I doubt it would have mattered much. But to avoid a hospital trip I admit defeat." He replied also breathing a little heavy.
"Good fight! I had a lot of fun!" Ruby said with a smile.
"Me too." He said returning a small smile.
"Wanna go out and get dinner guys?" Owen asked.
"We lost the bet so we pay for it!" Riley exclaimed.
"But I'm broke and didn't agree to anything." Kristian replied.
"We know now let's go!" Riley said.
Both Ruby and Kristian shrugged and looked at each other and followed their team's other members.
As they walked they looked to each other, Silver eyes met brown eyes in an attempt to find something to says but neither of them found a single word in the vast sea of nothingness. Kristian felt with his purple shield gone Ruby, whom had found a way to break through without trying, was about to stumble into something darker… Something monstrous… He didn't want her to fall to the same fate he's seen before. This was shown in how his face became expressionless and stared forward, instead of towards her. She attempted to assure him of whatever sadness he was feeling. But with one glance he said 'Please, don't bother.' A complete 180 of what he felt mere moments ago. He decided to spare her the worry and leave via excuse.
"Hey guys so Ruby hit me pretty hard. I think I'm gonna go rest up in the dorm room." He said.
"Sure, sure." Owen said.
"Say hi to Jacob if he's up there." Riley responded as well.
"Get well fast… Please." She said the first part like her normal enthusiastic self, but her tone took a dip to a mumble that even his sensitive hearing barely heard.
-Team JKRO (or JRKO would also make better sense now that I think about it.) Dorm room- Kristians P.O.V-
For whatever reason the second I hit my bed most of the energy in my body drained out of my body. I don't quite understand why, Ruby only hit me hard enough to drain the rest of my aura, which is still pretty hard but still… I can normally last longer than this. Of course it may be my mental state, it's like i have two voices in my head! On one hand I hear Her telling me to move on and be happy, but on the other hand I look at Ruby and I'm afraid of dragging her into something that might hurt her… I don't know what it is but whenever people close to me is involved… things happen. And. People. Get. Hurt. Plus I'm not even sure I have a crush on Ruby in the first place!
"God. Mura… What do I do?" I said in a hoarse voice.
"Mura? I've heard the name a number of times but never got clarification." I heard a voice say. I shot up and looked at the window and saw my leader hanging out the window by his tail, I must not have noticed.
"What are you doing?" I asked.
"I'm training my tail. When I was younger it would cause massive problems if someone grabbed it, but like any other muscle I trained it." He explained.
"But hanging precariously out a window?" I asked again.
"I've fallen from Higher heights before. I'll be ok." He said.
I sat on the window sill and watched him pull himself up and lower himself back down in a cross legged position with his arms also crossed. His tail was wrapped around a bar that was just beneath the window, how it got there… I don't know.
"So how do you know Her name?" I asked.
"Mura's? Well I'm a natural nocturnal person, sorta, and you sir… Talk in your sleep. A lot." He replied.
"How much do you know?" I questioned.
"I know enough that Mura had such an impact on your life that it gives you night terrors. Good or bad has yet to be determined." He responded.
"You are very analytical." I commented.
"I am technically a scientist." He retorted.
We both sat in silence for a minute. His presence is another one I can't understand, like it feels like we've known each other for years! But that's a mystery for another day…
"So you gonna tell me about her?" He asked.
"Not really no." I replied.
"Come on, We're partners for the next 4 years! I'm going to find out by law of averages!" He said.
"I'll compromise." I started.
"Ok?" He said
"You'll ask a question, I'll answer. I'll ask a question and you answer… Truthfully." I said, trying to find a way I can bite the bullet.
"And you'll answer truthfully?" He questioned.
"Of course." I assured.
"Who is Mura?" He asked bluntly, I don't know how he knows but I think ill get an answer soon enough.
"She was my Girl friend back in signal…" I replied.
"Your turn." He said.
"Do you have a crush on Yang?" I asked, trying to get under his skin so he'll be subtler next time.
"A small one yes." He answered seriously, meaning it's going to be one of those conversation.
"How old was she?" He asked.
"17." I answered, not taking in the fact he said… Was…
"Did you ever find out who your parents partners were?" I asked, maybe flustered will do the trick to make his questions… More sensitive…
"I did, but i'll tell you later. It's important, but one thing at a time." He stated.
"What was she like?" He asked.
"She was… different. It's very hard to describe it in words." I said with a sad smile.
"What was it like living by yourself for 4 years?" I asked after a minute or so, thankfully he was patient.
"Hey pull me up." He said lifting his hands to me, in one swift motion I lifted him onto the other side of the window sill, it's a good thing we're both smallish. We both sat with one leg hanging off of the window, we could be mistaken for being related.
"Any way, it was… quiet. I ended up talking to myself like a mad man every now and again so I could hear another voice, until my aunt called." He replied.
"Ok and whats your question?" I asked.
"How did she die?" He questioned bluntly.
I was visibly shocked, I never told anyone other than Ruby that she had died. "H-How-" I started to say.
"Kristian I'm practically nocturnal some nights, and you sir talk in your sleep. I can hear you faintly cry her name out most of those nights. I know a pained cry when I hear one, a cry of someone you love dead in your arms." He explained before pausing.
"So who killed her?" He asked again breaking the silence.
"T-The white Fang…" I choaked out.
Now it was his turn to look visibly shocked, his eyes widened for a second before he sighed with a bitter chuckle.
"My turn. Your family isn't on a 4 year long mission are they?" I asked, both of us tried not to get glassy eyed.
"Nope, my dad, my sister and my… M-My Mom were all murdered, and I'm 90% sure the white fang killed them too." He replied.
"You're not all the way sure?" I questioned.
"It's hard to explain… I'd rather not lose my composure just yet." He said.
"You're right, lets get our mind of the gut wrenching stuff for now." I said sighing and closing my eyes, leaning my head back.
"So do you like Ruby?" He asked.
"I do I guess…" I replied.
"But you're afraid of forgetting Mura, or disrespecting her memory?" He asked.
"I think so…" I said.
"Well I once read something my mom wrote about her partners death; and it said something along the lines of, 'I shall take their deaths as fuel and add it to my own strength. And use the power to become the best Anyone has ever seen.' Speaking of which…" Jacob recited before being cut off.
"Stop!" I exclaimed as my eyes started to tear up again.
"What?" He asked worriedly.
"Mura said something similar before she died. It was her favorite piece of poetry… She never would tell me who it was by or who it was for, I've never even read it." I replied.
"I know why…" He spoke.
"What?" I said confused.
"My mom wrote that for her and my dads partners when she found out they died… You wanna know their names?" He asked sadly.
"Yeah…" I hesitated.
"We weren't the first team called JKRO/JRKO. Team JRCO" (both pronounced Jericho) "Jessica, Royal , Carl and Onyx. During a time where naming kids after symbols and meanings wasn't as common." He spoke.
"That isn't enough of a reason to keep the author from me! Wait what were their last names?" He said frantically.
"Do you really want to know? I'll say this, one way or another you and I were gonna meet." He replied.
"Tell me!" I said getting louder.
"After they got married they were, Royal and Onyx … Lofgren…" He sighed.
"What?" I said, not being able to put two and two together.
"She hid it from you because she figured out, after some research most likely, that my parents partners were, in fact your biological parents." He explained.
"How do you know?" I said bluntly.
"It's public accessible, go read about them. They talk about you being orphaned." He said standing up and walking to the door.
"Oh and Kristian…" He continued.
"Yeah?" I said hoarsely.
"Don't be afraid to let Ruby into your life. The poem is about taking lessons from the path and moving on. Who knows you might fall in love with Ruby." He said before walking out with his scroll.
It never bothered me before, I never knew them so I never cared. But the fact that my … Life! … Was so strangely intertwined with both Ruby and Jacob is… Almost absurd.
I'm not sure of anything any more….
End of episode.
Fun fact: Izhar and the Drakes are a reference to a time travel rwby fanfic i love called remnants reclaimer, go check it out. Btw these dragons are a different speices from the big one from volume 3… so keep that in mind.
So if any of you DragonBall:Rwby fans are suspecting I'm giving up on that doc then NO! You're dead wrong. I want it to be perfect so I'm taking my sweet time. But I don't wanna be completely devoid of content so… I have a couple ideas for this fic here and now and I can write it side by side… One quicker than the other… But I hope you guys enjoyed and will REVIEW and I'll see you guys next time for ….
Rwby: dark and light
Episode 6: Teams studying abroad!
