Chapter 10
New Love and Old Fire
Saxon woke up to Dez yelling at him and Ruby that they were 15 minutes out from Beacon, "Thanks Dez!"
Ruby yawned as she stretched in her seat and smiled at Saxon, "You make a good pillow."
Saxon playfully headbutted her shoulder, "You're a pretty good pillow too."
The couple laughed, Ruby looked at Saxon and frowned.
"What's up Rose," Saxon asked as he squeezed Ruby's hand.
"I think we should keep this a secret for a bit," Ruby said leaning against Saxon.
"Yang?"
"Yep...I don't want her to kill my boyfriend so I think we should keep it a secret for a little bit," Ruby said setting her head against Saxon's shoulder.
"Ok, my rose," Saxon said kissing her head.
The pair enjoyed each others company as they got closer to Beacon. As Dez landed he shouted back, "Thank you for flying Archer air! We hope you enjoyed your time with us!"
The pair started out but Dez quickly called to Saxon, "Hey. If you ever are going on another getway let me know and I'll gladly fly you, you two remind me of me and my wife."
"Thank you sir," Saxon said as he stepped out of the bullhead.
Saxon and Ruby watched Dez take off and stood there for a minute holding hands. The two unfortunately separated hands as they walked just in case but stayed close. "It's two o'clock, so where is everyone," Saxon asked as they headed towards the dorm.
"Dunno," Ruby said stopping.
"What's up," Saxon asked stopping in front of his girlfriend.
Ruby stood on her tip toes and kissed Saxon and Saxon responded in kind.
Ruby eventually pulled away and said, "I don't know the next time we can kiss so I decided to do it while I can."
Saxon smiled at her, "That's my girl."
"Come on, let's get back," Ruby said smiling happily.
The two walked through the dorm hallway and looked at each other before Ruby went into her dorm, "I love you," she said.
"I love you too," Saxon said kissing her quickly.
Ruby gave a small wave before walking into her room, she found her room the same way it was when she left it. Weiss on her bed doing her nails, Yang flipping through a magazine boredly and no Blake. Yang noticed Ruby had walked in and flying hug tackled her baby sister.
"YOU'RE BACK," Yang yelled as she squeezed her sister.
"Pleeeeeease stop," Ruby said struggling to escape her sister.
"I'm sooooooo happy you're safe," Yang continued yelling.
"Yeah sis, I'm fine," Ruby said finally escaping her sister.
"Did Saxon take advantage of you," Yang asked seriously.
"What? No," Ruby almost yelled, if anything I took advantage of him she thought staring her sister down.
"Older men can be-," Yang started.
"Yang! He's barely a year older than me and he's younger than you!"
"Ok ok ok ok. Sorry I just get worried about my little sister," Yang said looking at the ground.
"It's okay...have you heard anything from Blake?"
"No.."
Saxon walked into his room and found it the same way as he left it except that the window was broken, "Do I want to-"
"No," his teammates answered in unison.
"Okaaaaay...anything happen while I was gone," Saxon asked sitting on his bed.
Desmond looked up from arrowhead sharpening, "Besides the window, no. Sooooo did you make your move on Ruby?"
Saxon did something he considered himself to be pretty good at...harmlessly and shamelessly lying to his friends, "Nope."
Jace paused his PvP with Miles to turn to his best friend, "WHY NOT?!"
Saxon shrugged while evilly laughing on the inside.
"Uggh, your never gonna have your first kiss or first girlfriend at this rate," Jace said exhaustedly as he turned back to his match.
Saxon chuckled, smirked and settled onto his bed and read his new copy of Weapons Magazine.
Weiss yawned as she woke. She slow scooted out of her bed, Weiss yawned again as she heard mumbling and...giggling? Weiss climbed up onto her beds frame and looked at Ruby.
Ruby was mumbling, giggling, smiling and blushing while cuddling with a pillow, "Saxon stoooop," she moaned quietly.
Weiss smiled evilly, something tells me Saxon didn't do nothing on that trip, Weiss thought as she headed towards the shower.
Ruby woke up to see Weiss was already in full uniform sipping on coffee in her desk chair, "Morning Weiss."
"Morning indeed, so tell me Ruby, have any dreams?"
Ruby looked out the window to hide her blush, "N-no, what would make you say that?"
Weiss took a sip of her coffee looking very Ozpin she said, "Oh nothing. It's just, you were moaning the name of a certain black and white wearing, dual wielding swordsman from the team next door."
Ruby tried to remain calm, but failed miserably as she speed walked around the room getting her uniform and going into the bathroom. "Something definitely happened," Weiss said taking a sip of her coffee again.
Team SMCD had a mission, there was an arms deal and dust heist at the Vale Docks, tonight. So SMCD had all day to do recon, discretely.
"WHY DID YOU ASK THAT DOCK WORKER WHAT TIME THE SHIPMENT WAS COMING IN," Saxon yelled/asked Jace.
"Because I thought it would of been easier than sneaking around to get it! But no while I was talking to those guys, Desmond had to use his sneaky, hunter, mercenary, Batman skills to get the time," Jace yelled back.
"Batman?! What is that?! What even is that?!"
"I don't know! It just slipped out!"
"Guys," Desmond and Miles yelled getting the boy's attention.
"We gotta get into our gear and come up with a plan," Miles said gesturing to the two duffel bags packed with their gear.
SMCD was changing into their Stealth gear on top of a rooftop across from the port where the heist was gonna go down, when Saxon's scroll rang. Seeing it was Ruby, Saxon answered it.
"Hey Ruby."
"Hey Saxon, none of you guys were in class today. Are you all okay?"
"Yeah we're fine, we're just doing something for Ozpin in the city and it's an all day thing."
"I'm in the city too. Me, Yang, Weiss and Penny are looking for Blake."
"Penny?"
"She's this friend we met on Friday."
"Oh okay," Saxon saw his teammates telling him to hurry up, "Sorry baby, I gotta go," Saxon made sure his team were focused on something else, "I love you."
"I love you too, good luck on your thing for Ozpin."
Saxon hung up and finished slipping into his Stealth gear and joined his teammates. It was a little past delivery time and a bullhead landed revealing many White Fang grunts and Roman Torchwick himself, who had his iconic white coat and bowler hat.
"Guess Warfstache skipped out on selling those guns. Jace. On the crane put those sniping skills to use," Saxon said.
Jace nodded and slipped on his mask as he disappeared.
"Miles. Desmond. Get down there, stay in the shadows and follow my lead."
"What are going to do," Desmond asked pulling on his mask.
"Live up to my nickname, and destroy everything in my path."
Blake laid on the rooftop watching Torchwick step out of the bullhead, "Hey! What's the holdup!?"
Torchwick continued, "We're not exactly the most inconspicuous bunch of thieves at the moment, so why don't you animals try to pick up the pace?"
Blake spoke to Sun the monkey faunus she had been spending time with over the past few days, "This isn't right. The White Fang would never work with a Human. Especially not one like that."
Blake stood on the roof and unsheathed Gambol Shroud and walked off only to hear Sun, "Hey, what are you doing?!"
Blake moved like a shadow through the docks towards Roman. She was within a food distance of him and snuck up on him while he was insulting some grunt. She pressed her sword against his throat and yelled, "Nobody move!"
Saxon was still crouched on the roof when Jace's voice crackled over the radio, "I found our lost kitty cat."
"I see her too," Saxon responded over the radio.
Saxon saw two more bullheads land in the dock and then a explosion knocking Blake back.
"SMCD...attack!"
Ruby heard a explosion and saw smoke rising from a few blocks away, "Oh no..."
Saxon jumped down to the docks. He could see Miles and Desmond taking down grunts along with a blonde monkey faunus who looked to be on our side and he saw Torchwick fighting Blake. Saxon headed to help his friend when he was stopped by a tall wall of fire.
Saxon whipped his head towards where the fire came from. He saw a boy and guessing by his body and height he was 16, the boy had black hair with red tips similar to Ruby's. He was wearing a White Fang mask but instead of the normal gray color, it was bone white and had red flame accents on it. He had a black bandana around his neck, a red V-neck, a black garrison jacket with red fur around the edge of the hood and the lining was red also, black leather gloves studded at the knuckles with basic black pants tucked into black and red combat boots.
The boy closed a black lighter as he got closer to Saxon, "Impressive reflexes."
Saxons mind raced his voice was so familiar, who was he?
Saxon drew Oblivio preparing for a fight. The boy smirked. He and Saxon ran at each other, Saxon swiped downward and the boy dodged and took a look at Saxon's sword and his smirk changed into a frown as he did a few jumps back he spoke, "Saxon Armonia, I never thought I'd see you again."
Saxon stood ready, how does he know me, Saxon asked himself.
"Don't even try lying to me, I know Oblivio when I see it," he said to Saxon.
Saxon reached up and pulled off his mask and threw in on the ground, "I've shown you mine now how about you show me yours!"
The boy smiled sadly and threw he mask to the ground next to Saxon's and he revealed blood red eyes and Saxon could also see he'd moved a black lion tail out into view. Blood red eyes, lion faunus, fire manipulation, knows me, Saxon thought and he realized it, "Leo?"
"Got it in one."
"But you're-" Saxon started.
"Dead? Yeah that's ultimate getaway. Convince you all I had died," Leo said sadly
"Why?! Me and Jace were your friends!"
"Yeah and almost everyone else in Snowfall wanted me to be burned at the stake," Leo said with hate in his voice.
Saxon didn't have a response, because he was right...Leo had been bullied and beaten even with all the fighting that Saxon and Jace had done to help him. More came, they always did.
"Saxon. It's good to see you again but if you get in my way...I will kill you."
"Bring it on!"
Saxon charged his old friend he was slashing with his single sword and all he attacks were being dodged by Leo, Saxon felt a boot to his stomach knocking him back. Saxon looked up at the flicking of a lighter, he watched as flames moved to Leo's right hand and he shut the lighter with his left hand and stuffed into his pocket.
Leo tossed a bolt of fire. Saxon evaded it and many others as they seemed to have no end. Saxon charged Leo slashing through bolts of fire and slashing at Leo once he got close. Leo ducked his first slash and tried to uppercut Saxon who dodged it and landed a vicious left hook on Leo.
This stunned Leo long enough for Saxon to get in 5 good slashes with Oblivio before Leo recovered enough to start dodge slashes. Leo dodged one of Saxon's slashes and received a knee to the face. As he recovered he started using fire from previous fire bolts to attack Saxon from all sides. Saxon was jumping and slashing and dodging but he was getting nicked by the flames.
Saxon was done. He was going to get his old friend back even if he had to beat him back into existence. He put away Oblivio and charged Leo.
Leo swung with his right which Saxon ducked and countered with a left jab to the face followed by a right jab. Leo responded with a vicious, fast kick to Saxon's head and another that put Saxon on the ground. Saxon quickly got up with his hands up ready to fight.
"Hey!"
Saxon quickly saw that Ruby was on the rooftop he had been on a few minutes ago. "Well, hello, Red! Isn't it past your bedtime," Roman asked.
A girl with orange hair was standing behind Ruby, "Ruby, are these people your friends?"
"Penny, get back!"
Torchwick took advantage of her distraction and fired his cane at her, sending her back with a "AHHHH!"
Saxon was ready to kill, "We're not finished Leo, I just want to make Torchwick suffer!"
"By all means, I hate him more than you," Leo said relaxed.
Saxon was charging Torchwick as he morphed Oblivio into battle mode. Saxon jumped and slashed Torchwick sending him stumbling back, "Oh, look, another one," Torchwick commented.
Blake saw that Saxon was fighting Torchwick, so she decided to take his opponent. As she ran towards him she realized who it was, "Leo?"
"Oh, if it isn't the traitor, or do prefer coward," Leo asked putting his Grimm mask back on.
"Leo..."
"Save it Blake, I guess I should thank you, I got your job after all," Leo said dusting off his coat.
"You're Adam's partner," Blake asked.
"His words were improvement," Leo said smirking, "So are we fighting like the good old days or what?"
Saxon side threw Oblivio so that it and the cable wrapped around Torchwick. He increased Torchwick's gravity and his own too. Saxon activated the motor it was trying to pull them together but couldn't until Saxon decreased his gravity beyond normal and was flying at Torchwick and just before his foot met Torchwick's face he put his opponents gravity back to normal.
Saxon watched as he flew then used the cable that still attached them to slam him into the ground. He quickly detached his sword from his enemy to turn around and see the girl, Penny was destroying everything with some floating swords, bullheads, grunts everything.
Blake looked up at Leo, he's gotten so much stronger, she thought as she fell to one knee.
"I'm sorry, Blake."
And then Leo ran towards the same bullhead, Torchwick had run into. Blake got up and walked towards her friends in a lot of pain. Time to face the music she thought as she saw her friends waving at her.
Everyone. SMCD, Ruby, Blake, Penny and the monkey faunus named Sun were all recovering from their miniature war. Until Weiss and Yang showed up. Ruby spoke quickly to get everything explained, "Look Weiss, it's not what you think, she explained the whole thing. See, she doesn't actually have a bow, she has kitty ears and they're actually kind of cute..."
Weiss ignored her partner and stood in front of Blake who started with, "Weiss, I want you to know that I'm no longer associated with the White Fang. Back when I was with the-"
But she was cut off by Weiss, "Stop! Do you have any idea of how long we've been searching for you," she asked and paused, "12 hours. That means I've had 12 hours to think about this. And in that 12 hours, I've decided..."
Everyone leaned forward worried.
"I don't care."
"You don't care," Blake asked clearly surprised.
"You said you're not one of them anymore, right," Weiss asked.
"No, I-I haven't been since I was younger-"
Weiss silenced the cat faunus, "Ah-bah-bah-bah-bah! I don't want to hear it. All I want to know is that the next time something this big comes up... you'll come to your teammates. And not some...someone else."
Blake wiped away a tear, "Of course."
Saxon was happy for the black and white pair but everything was just noise to him, he was shaken out of his dark thoughts by Ruby. Everyone else had left it was just him, Ruby and many, many cops. Saxon couldn't hold it back anymore and broke down crying and felt Ruby wrap her arms around him, "He's alive..."
Jace and Weiss had stopped in a alley on the way back to the airship, Jace was currently crying and breaking down was being comforted by Weiss, who had her arms around her boyfriend, "Leo's alive..." Jace muttered. "My brother is alive..."
AN: Hey Guys and Girls! Look at that another OC! And he has a past with Saxon and Jace but we'll go into that soon. Big shout out to Ace Wolfblade for helping he with this chapter. You're awesome buddy. Dark Skies and Stormclouds has reached 1,312 views! Woo-hoo! So tell me what you think of Leo in a review and just review in general...pretty please.