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After having gotten back to the room, and having convinced the others to let him shower before they buried him in questions, Wayle now sat on top of his bed with three curious girls in front of him.
"So, was that your semblance earlier?" Ruby asked, her eyes shining with unbridled curiosity.
"Yes, Ruby. That was my semblance."
"So you can lift stuff up and throw them?"
"Yes, I can lift objects and throw them."
"I don't think that's the limit to it though." Yang chipped her opinion in. "I'm not entirely sure that just telekinesis is enough to stop my punch."
"Maybe that was just my Aura." Wayle shrugged. He had no intention of telling them about his full capabilities. Not yet at least, he wasn't ready.
"If so you have the most ridiculous defence I have ever seen." Yang wasn't convinced.
"I have to agree with Yang on this. You have displayed capabilities beyond what one would expect from someone your age. Taking down a Deathstalker single handed is an impressive feat, even for more experienced fighters." Weiss put in her opinion on the matter as well.
"Why thank you Weiss. I am honoured that you think so highly of me. Still, it was just luck. I simply managed to find a weak spot in the chitin." Not that it was a lie, but it was hardly the truth either.
"Now I'm even more curious to see you fight Wayle!" Ruby almost seemed to be bouncing. Scratch that, she was bouncing, her face lit up with curious impatience. Wayle wondered briefly if there was any limit to this girl's adorableness. He had his doubts.
"Some other time Ruby. We don't quite have the time for that I think." Wayle tried to dodge the issue for now.
"I'm sure we could come up with something if we asked Glynda." Weiss stated a fact that trampled all over Wayle's attempt. "It's not like we can be sure until we ask."
"Well, not today. It's late and we have another day of training to be Huntsmen and Huntresses before us." Wayle responded with his best card.
"You're right. We should sleep for now." Yang actually agreed with him. "We can ask tomorrow."
"Yeah, let's do that." Ruby said, stifling a yawn.
"Good night then." Wayle laid down under his covers.
"Night." Four voices responded and the lights went out.
-Break—
This was probably the first time ever Wayle had needed to focus just to keep up with someone since he came here. Zipping around the room in such a way that you barely even saw him move his legs, you just saw his body move from point A to point B, was a man with somewhat spiky green hair and large round glasses that somehow obstructed view of the eyes. His clothing was dishevelled, his white shirt had its collar popped up, showing a slack yellow tie. His shirt was only partially tucked into his dark green pants. And to top it all of his shoes were mismatched, one black and one brown.
If it wasn't for the speed with which the man moved one could have mistaken him for a disorganised and absentminded researcher. But he moved quickly, precisely and he barely ever changed his posture. Wayle mused that the man might be able to force him to show a lot more than he was comfortable with if they ever fought.
It didn't help that he spoke so quickly that it sometimes was impossible to properly hear what he said.
He had just asked if any Faunus had been discriminated for their heritage recently. Velvet and another raised their hands, Velvet a bit ahead and a bit more surely.
Then Cardin managed to time waking Jaune up perfectly with a question, forcing the youth to answer it.
"The answer… the advantage… the Faunus had over that guys stuff…" Jaune obviously didn't know the answer. He was looking over the teacher's shoulder at Pyrrha who was trying to give him a hint. Wayle decided to help as well, reaching out to Jaune he subtly pushed the word "night vision" into his subconscious.
"Night vision!" Jaune answered.
"Excellent answer Mr. Arc! Excellent indeed that you contribute to class!" The teacher excitedly exclaimed.
An angry grunt could be heard from behind Jaune.
"Do you have another answer Mr. Winchester?" The teacher turned to the source and asked.
"Well, it's easier to train animals than soldiers." Not a small bit of venom dripped from the bully's mouth. He drew angry glares from several places in the room.
"Actually, you might find that the reverse is truer." Wayle decided to give his opinion on that matter. "Animals need a lot of training before they can be effectively deployed on a battlefield. Besides, it sounded to me like you think that Faunus are animals. I beg to differ. They are close enough to humans that I have yet to find a reason to call them anything other than people." Wayle turned a cold gaze at Cardin. "If there are any animals in here it would be you, Cardin." Wayle draped equal amounts of venom on his voice as Cardin had used earlier.
"You…!" Before Cardin could continue he was cut off.
"Now, now, students! Keep it civil please!" The teacher decided to stop them.
"Fine." Cardin slumped back angrily.
"Understood." Wayle simply agreed.
"General Lagoon was inexperienced and tried to ambush the Faunus in their sleep." Blake suddenly spoke up, unsurprisingly giving the full and correct answer. "His massive army was outmatched and the general captured." She turned her head towards Cardin. "Perhaps if he had paid attention in class he wouldn't have been remembered as such a failure."
Wayle liked that, rub salt in his wounds. Just what he deserved. Cardin started to rise angrily.
"Mr. Winchester, please take your seat." The teacher immediately scolded him. Wayle could hear Jaune laughing.
"And you mister Arc might want to try and be a bit more perceptive in class, you are currently dangling precariously on the edge of failure!" The teacher had suddenly appeared in front of Jaune, scolding him as well.
"Mr. Winchester! See me after class for additional readings. Well then! Moving along!" He disappeared again, off to another part of the classroom.
-Break—
"Nice going putting that bully in his place Wayle!" Nora excitedly said as they sat in the dining hall.
"I must say I was a bit surprised at how certain you were on the point of training animals for use on the battlefield." Weiss chipped in from her spot next to him. "It almost sounded like you had experience with the subject."
"Well, not really, but I know a bit about training animals." Wayle lied, he did have experience with using animals on a battlefield. Blake seemed slightly lost in thought and Wayle's abilities indicated that she was thinking about the previous conversation. She suspected the truth.
Before anyone could further pursue that line of questioning angry footsteps could be heard before a hand shot forward to grab Wayle by the shoulder. But before it could reach Wayle's hand intercepted it, gripping it tightly.
"What do you want Cardin?" Wayle didn't even need to turn around to know who it was. The others had a slight look of shock on their faces.
"Let go you…" Cardin struggled to get loose. Wayle let go just as he pulled, sending him flying into the bench behind him.
Standing up from his seat and turning to look at the staggered boy, Wayle had an expression that was reminiscent of the one back when he helped Velvet, as he had later found out her name was when she thanked him afterwards.
Regaining his composure Cardin stared at Wayle hatefully. "I challenge you! I'll show you to call me an animal!" So that was what he wanted. Revenge for the slight towards his honour, or something like that. He might have fit in quite nicely with the less pleasant people he had known in the academy.
"Is that allowed?" Wayle asked the others, mainly because he couldn't quite remember the details.
"A supervisor and permission from a teacher will be needed." Weiss clarified the rules.
"Fantastic. I have no problem accepting if that is the case." 'Might even keep me from killing him.' He refrained from speaking the last part out loud. He doubted the others would agree, they seemed quite opposed to killing people, even if they might deserve it. He didn't intend to find out right now at the very least.
-Break—
After having found a teacher, incidentally being Miss Goodwitch, and obtaining permission, they now found themselves in the combat arena where Wayle and Yang had fought earlier.
Ruby was really excited, she hadn't seen Wayle and Yang's fight and was therefore very curious as to what kind of combat skills he possessed.
They were standing a decent distance from each other, Ruby might be able to close the gap in a matter of seconds but she had no idea how fast Wayle was. She was on the other hand quite certain Cardin couldn't hope to even get close to closing the distance that quickly.
"The match will be decided when one of the combatant's Aura reaches red or he yields. Begin" At Glynda's final word she stepped back out of the arena.
Cardin charged immediately. Rushing towards his opponent. Wayle just stood there, looking at his opponent.
"Why isn't he moving?" She asked herself.
"He's probably observing his opponent, judging his speed." Weiss responded to her question.
Then, when only a few meters remained, Wayle disappeared. Cardin's eyes widened as he screeched to a halt, only for a blow to his side to send him staggering. Wayle pushed the offensive, closing the gap almost immediately, giving his opponent no time to react or analyse the situation.
Battering away Cardin's clumsy attempt at a counterattack with his sword, Wayle launched a palm strike at his chest. He flew away, hit with the equivalent of a speeding truck. He hit the wall painfully, most of his Aura gone, forming a small indenture.
"Well, do you surrender?" Wayle said mockingly.
"You bastard!" Cardin charged again, raising his mace to strike his opponent.
"Are you sure you don't mean dastard? I'm quite certain I wasn't born outside of wedlock." Wayle simply uttered something completely incomprehensible with the kind of calm someone has when holding a nice conversation.
The mace was swung downward. Wayle simply took a small step to the side and kicked it out of Cardin's hand. Cardin just stared at him incredulously as his mace impacted the wall.
"How about now?" Wayle said without changing his expression.
Cardin's response consisted of simply throwing a punch. It was caught in Wayle's hand with contemptuous ease.
"Dear me, but you are quite the brute Mr. Winchester." Wayle still showed no noticeable emotion.
"You…!" Cardin tried to kick him.
Then he was up in the air, held aloft by Wayle's telekinesis.
"Now Mr. Winchester. I think you have no more ways out." Wayle smiled now. It was subtle, but it was there. It reminded her of when he last had intervened in Cardin's bullying.
"Let me down and fight fair and square!" Cardin screamed, his face red with anger.
"Why would I fight you, who picks on those who won't fight back, fairly?" Wayle's smile reversed, turning into a look of annoyance and displeasure.
A subtle squeeze of his fingers, not much, just a little bit. Too little for most to notice. Cardin's Aura started dropping and he started squirming.
Wayle muttered something that sounded almost like, "So Aura can protect against it."
Glynda rushed up, for a few seconds dropping her normally stern expression for one of terror.
"Wayle! That's enough! Let him go!" She nearly screamed. Her voice quivered slightly, a subtle hint of terror sneaking into it.
Wayle complied, dropping Cardin from his position a few meters into the air. He collided heavily with the ground, his Aura too low to absorb the impact. He didn't move.
Glynda looked at him in shock before realising that she was slipping and quickly resumed her normal look.
"Quick! Get someone to check on Winchester!" She shouted an order and a member of the medical staff came running.
Quickly checking for any serious damage he reported: "No serious damage, possibly some broken bones from the fall, the rest is just exhaustion. He'll be fine."
Ruby and the others just stared at the scene before them. Questions like, "Why did Miss Goodwitch panic like that?" or "I know we said to break his legs but…" buzzed in their heads.
"Good. Take him to the infirmary just in case." Glynda considered the situation before giving her order. "And you Mr. Tyran. We need to talk. NOW."
"Yes, Miss Goodwitch." Wayle answered and followed her.
-Break—
Wayke found himself standing before a desk at the far side of a circular room. Above cogs could be seen and the wall behind the desk was a large window looking out over Beacon. The top half of the window was a giant clock.
Behind the desk sat Ozpin, and next to it stood Glynda. They both looked serious.
"So, Wayle. Mind telling me why you almost crushed one of your fellow students?" Ozpin asked with a serious tone in his voice.
"There was no danger to his life. He angered me and I decided to test something on him while teaching him a lesson." Wayle's response was emotionless, betraying no hints of what he felt.
"No danger? How can you be so sure? I saw you crush an Ursa with that and you expect me to believe that there was no danger?" Glynda responded, a slight quiver in her voice betraying her unease.
"Do you really believe I have so little control over my power? Had I wanted to kill him you wouldn't even have had time to react." Wayle's answer carried a hint of anger with it. Glynda almost recoiled from the boy.
"Now, now you two. I'm certain we can resolve this without trouble. Cardin Winchester suffered no lasting damage, although he might be exempt from the field trip to Forever Fall. With no way to prove any intent to cause severe harm there is little we can do except for some scolding." Ozpin tried to calm things with reason.
"Yes headmaster." Both replied in unison, to Ozpin's apparent amusement.
"Good. I would prefer that you refrain from using that skill on your fellow students Wayle." Ozpin looked at Wayle warningly.
"Of course. I have no intention of using it unless someone gives me a reason. Just do know that if I have a reason to do it, I will not hesitate to use it. Even going further than this time." Wayle complied with a warning of his own. He would not be stopped.
"I see. I will trust your judgement for now. That is all, you may go now Wayle."
Wayle bowed slightly and left.
"Are you sure it is wise? He might prove dangerous if this continues." Glynda questioned Ozpin after Wayle had left.
"He might also prove a staunch ally and defender of the people. We know just as little in that regard as with many of the students. Only time will tell, and sometimes you can only cast the die and see the result."
Author's notes: What do you think? I would still love to hear feedback. And I wouldn't mind some suggestions, provided they are kept within reason. I understand if you feel Glynda is a bit OOC here, but she is terrified, I hope you get the point. If you think I should have any pairings do tell so I can consider them. Other than that I hope you enjoy and have a nice day.