Chapter 22 Prepare For Battle
Bold - Flashback/Dream
Italics - Thoughts
Yuma slumped against the frozen tree in pain, he cringed as he slid down the bark and felt blood pour out of the wound in his side, his sword fell in the snow beside him. Yuma could feel his Aura slowly ebb away as he sat against the tree.
"Beowulves...who would've thought Grimm would he the death of me," Yuma said as he reached for his sword. Yuma held his Black Echo fondly as he felt himself drift away, away from this world.
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Yuma opened his eyes shakily, am I- am I alive, Yuma asked himself as he took in his surroundings. He appeared to be in a bedroom, if Yuma had to venture a guess, a guy's room. Yuma slowly sat up and gasped as his side felt like it was set on fire. Yuma realized then he was on a bed, Yuma looked at the black and gray bedspread and took the room in with more focus in mind. The walls were relatively bare and the hardwood floors were nice but not over expensive, there was a medium sized desk with a few pictures on it and there was a small bookcase that was packed with books. Yuma slowly climbed out of the bed and padded over to the bookshelf, crouched in front of it and thumbed through the books.
The Gambler, The Huntsman's Handbook, Black Parade, Dark Carnival, Light Circus, White Festival, In Depth Creation Of Weapons Volume III, wow whoever this guy is, he must have a good grasp on weapon making and hunting, Yuma thought as he grabbed The Gambler and sat back on the bed.
Yuma wasn't sitting long before a boy opened the door and came in with a tray of food in his hands. Yuma looked at the boy, he had black hair with white accents in it, storm gray eyes and a straight look on his face. He can't be the guy who saved me, he's like ten, Yuma thought as the boy approached, the tray of food disrupting Yuma's thoughts.
Yuma closed the book as the boy set the tray in front of him, Yuma bowed from his sitting position at the boy before devouring the beef stew, garlic bread, small bowl of salad and drank the milk.
Placing the dishes to the side he turned to the boy who brought him the food and to Yuma's surprise the boy spoke first, "I'm Saxon, I'm the one who found you in the forest...bleeding out."
Yuma had always been one to speak his mind, "But you're like ten."
The boy, now named Saxon, glared at him and spoke in a deadly tone, which was had to pull off when he barely reached 5 foot four, "I'm twelve."
Yuma smiled, "And you want to be a huntsman?"
Saxon's glare disappeared, "Yeah, I'm going to Strike Academy next year with my friend Jace. How'd you guess?"
Yuma held up The Gambler, "Hope you don't mind but I helped myself to a book and I saw you had The Huntsmen Handbook."
"Memorized it cover to cover."
"So did I," Yuma smiled at the boy, "Listen, I wouldn't feel right eating your food and taking up a bed without talking to your parents."
Saxon frowned, "Don't worry, Mom won't mind."
"What about your dad," Yuma asked confused.
The small boy stayed silent for half a minute before replying "He died...two years ago."
Yuma mind connected everything within a second, "He was a huntsman...right?"
The black and white haired boy nodded and Yuma continued, "And your mother is taking it hard."
The boy nodded again, his face completely devoid of emotion. Pour kid, Yuma thought as he looked at the boy.
Saxon walked to the foot of the bed, crouched and reached under and from what Yuma could hear, he was taking something out. Once the object came into view he felt his happiness spike. Black Echo, Yuma thought excitedly as the small boy handed Yuma his weapon.
"I hope you don't mind, but I cleaned and sharpened it," Saxon said as Yuma removed his uchigatana from its sheath.
Yuma gazed at the midnight black blade and smiled, the bevel is still the same and the sharpness is perfect, Yuma re sheathed the blade and hooked his finger into the ring on the sheath that made contact with the guard of his blade.
Yuma spun his weapon and felt it shift from a uchigatana blade to a bolt action rifle. Saxon's emotionless face was quickly filled with a smile as he watched the weapon function.
He also regreased the bolt and trigger, Yuma noted before shifting his weapon back into its sword form.
"Thank you Saxon," Yuma said to the boy.
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Yuma awoke in a start, breathing slightly heavier and slightly covered in sweat. Yuma quickly shook off the memory of the Beowulf who injured him and gave him his scar on his right side. Getting out of his bed he made his way to his shower and began getting undressed.
Yuma had been forced to run from Atlas that night, the headmaster at his previous combat school was a racist and enjoyed making the tiger faunus's life horrible,the man had went too far and attacked Yuma in the middle of a class and was forced to defend himself and during the trial, out of fear, no students aided him. Yuma Mò was convicted of assault and was going to be taken to prison. So out of necessity, he ran, he ran to Vale and became a ghost...but not before being saved by a certain twelve year old. Yuma smiled at the memory, meeting Saxon and Jace. They've become his two best friends and the only people who knew about his old life...almost.
Yuma had showered, dressed and was now sitting in his shop, hoping for a walk in so he could flex his artistic muscles. Yuma dug a book out from behind his counter and started reading. He only realized after five minutes of reading that he was reading The Gambler.
Yuma had gotten halfway through the book before he heard the bell ring signaling that he had a customer and looked up to greet his customer...and was instantly ready to kill him.
Yuma appeared in front of his opponent in a flash and grabbed his enemy's throat and lifted him off the ground, knocking their hat to the ground, and unsurprisingly to Yuma his opponent didn't move or flinch.
"Spade Heart," Yuma said with clenched teeth.
"Yuma Mò," the man responded.
Yuma clenched his hand tighter around Spade's throat, part of Yuma wanted to activate his semblance and send electric through his enemy's body.
"Yuma, I know we're not the best of friends but I need you," Spade said.
Yuma slowly sat down Spade and stepped back while opening his hands and letting electricity arc between his fingers, "If you try anything I will-"
"You don't have to threaten me Yuma, I know just how capable of killing me you really are," Spade interrupted while picking his fedora off the ground.
Spade Heart was a man just as tall as Yuma and wore his black hair slicked back and in a undercut, he had fiery red eyes with a scar on his right eye that was similar to Weiss Schnee's. The man wore black leather dress shoes, black slacks, a white collared shirt with the sleeves rolled up, a black vest, a red skinny tie, a black fedora with a red band wrapped around it and in his left hand, there was a three foot black cane with a silver handle.
"What do you want Spade? I imagined being a huntsman in training would take up a lot of your time," Yuma asked, his voice sounding deadly.
"ASZO does take up a lot of my time but I still have...other endeavors I need to take care of," Spade said as he leaned against Yuma's counter.
"Dude, you're nineteen. Stop talking like you're sixty," Yuma said from his tattoo chair, where he was now sitting but coiled to attack if necessary.
"There's nothing wrong with being a gentleman Yuma."
"Whatever...punk," Yuma said giving Spade a smirk.
"Jerk," Spade said smirking at Yuma as he adjusted his hat, "Come Mò, we need to go for a walk."
Yuma grimaced at Spade, "Let me get changed."
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"Yuma what do you see," Spade asked as they walked.
Yuma had changed out of his sleeveless shirt and changed into his normal combat gear including his sword hanging at his side and his tail tucked into his pants.
"Buildings and people working the nine to five, idiot. What's this got to do with anything," Yuma asked impatiently.
"Look below the surface Yuma," Spade said as he walked with his cane loosely held in his left hand at his side.
Yuma gazed out at all the small businesses, bars and dives, he gazed down the alleyways and saw people dumpster diving for things to sell or their next meal, "I see...suffering, struggling to get by, poverty."
"Exactly."
"What do you want Spade," Yuma asked letting himself growl slightly.
"Why do people normally come to you," Spade asked snarkly.
"Tattoos," Yuma said impatiently.
"Annnnnnnnd," Spade asked, drawing out the word.
"I'm not selling you information."
"I'll pay."
"What do you think I am? A petty little thief who's resolve will crumble at the mere mention of some mon-"
"I didn't say anything about money Yuma, I'll pay in something you find more valuable, information."
Spade then told Yuma something that he never thought would happen. Ever.
"How could you possibly know that," Yuma asked, his voice low and angry.
"I take an interest in my fellow students Yuma...don't you think you should tell him.
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Saxon walked down the halls towards the training room and stopped when Yuma's ringtone played from his scroll and Saxon dug in his pocket before pulling it out.
"Hey Yuma."
"Hey Sax..."
"What's up man?"
"I don't exactly have good news."
Saxon felt his heart go into overdrive as he stopped walking, "What's up?"
Yuma told Saxon what Spade had told him and Saxon didn't say anything, all Yuma could hear was the sound of Saxon's scroll hitting the wall and shattering.
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Both teams RWBY and JNPR were in the library, both with very different objectives in mind. Jaune seemed to be reading a comic before Pyrrha swapped it out for a textbook and then proceeded to read Jaune's comic. Ren was reading a massive book and Nora had fallen asleep and was dreaming of breakfast foods.
But RWBY on the hand...
"Hmmmmm... All right... All right," Ruby shouted dramatically, "Yang Xiao Long prepare your kingdom of battle!"
Yang pumped her fist as Weiss and Blake looked over Remnant: The Game's board, confused. "Bring it on," Yang said excitedly.
"I deploy the Atlesian Air Fleet," Ruby shouted as she slapped her card onto the table and Yang had a look of shock on her face, "Looks like I get to fly right over your Ursai and attack your walls directly!"
"You fiend," Yang shouted.
"And since Atlas is part of Mantle, my repair time is only one turn," Ruby said smirking, but her smirk disappeared as Yang laughed arrogantly.
Yang raised a card and smiled, "Pretty sneaky sis, but you activated my trap card," Yang showed her card and Ruby looked disturbed, "Giant Nevermore," Yang shouted as she slammed the card down, "If I roll a seven or higher, fatal feathers will slice your fleet in two!"
Ruby pointed at her sister, "But, if you roll a six or lower, the Nevermore will turn on your own forces!"
"That's just a chance I'm willing to take," Yang said to her sister.
"Nooooo! My fearless soldiers," Ruby exclaimed when Yang rolled a ten.
"Eh, most of them were probably androids," Yang said dismissing the humanity of Ruby's units.
"Goodbye my friends, you will be avenged," Ruby vowed.
"Not until I draw my rewards! Which are double this round thanks to the Mistral Trade Route," Yang shouted.
"Bah!"
"Oh, and what's this? The Smugglers of Wind Path," Yang asked smugly.
"Bah! Bah, I say," Ruby shouted.
"I say, it looks like I'm taking two cards in my hand!"
"Have you no heart," Ruby asked as she collapsed onto the table.
"Well, Weiss, it's your turn," Yang said.
Weiss looked over her card uncertainly, "I have... absolutely no idea what's going on."
Yang slid over to Weiss and put an arm around her shoulders, "Look, it's easy! You're playing as Vacuo which means that all Vacuo-based cards come with a bonus."
"That sounds dumb," Weiss commented before Yang continued.
Yang began looking over her white haired teammates cards, "See, you've got Sandstorm, Desert Scavenge... Oh, oh," Yang exclaimed before pulling out a card to show to Weiss, "Resourceful Raider! See, now you can take Ruby's discarded Air Fleet-"
"Nooooo," Ruby protested.
"-and put it in your hand!"
"Okay," Weiss said a little more confidently.
"And since Vacuo warriors have an endurance against Natural-based hazards, you can use Sandstorm to disable my ground forces and simultaneously infiltrate my kingdom," Yang jabbed her finger at Weiss, "Just know I will not forget this declaration of war."
"And that means...," Weiss's voice tailed off.
"You're just three moves away from conquering Remnant," Ruby said excitedly.
Weiss stood and began laughing psychotically, "Y-yes! Fear the almighty power of my forces! Cower as they pillage your homes and weep as they take your children from your very arms!"
"Trap card."
"Huh," Weiss said.
"Your armies have been destroyed," Yang said as she swept Vaccuo's armies off the board.
"I hate this game of emotions we play," Weiss declared as she slumped in her chair.
Ruby hopped into her partners lap, "Stay strong, Weiss! We'll make it through this together!"
"Shut up! Don't touch me," Weiss protested as she hugged Ruby.
Yang took a quick picture with her scroll, "Saxon and Jace are so seeing this."
Ruby sped back into her chair as Yang looked at her partner,"Alright Blake you're up."
"Oh, um, sorry, what am I doing," Blake asked as she was broken out of her daze.
"You're playing as Vale, trying to conquer the Kingdoms of Remnant," Yang said.
"Right," Blake said as Jaune approached the girls.
"Hey! Can I play?"
"Sorry Jaune, we already have four people," Ruby said to her fellow leader.
"Besides, this game requires a certain level of tactical cunning that I seriously doubt that you possess," Weiss said.
"Uhh, you attacked your own naval fleet two turns ago," Yang said to her teammate.
"Bring it on, Ice Queen! I'll have you know that I have been told that I am a natural born leader," Jaune said confidently.
"By who? Your mother," Weiss asked sarcastically.
"A-and Pyrrha."
"Hello again," Pyrrha said as she waved from her table.
"Come on, let me play your hand for a turn," Jaune begged.
"I'm not trusting you with the good citizens of Vacuo," Weiss protested.
"Why not? You've trusted me with way more important stuff before. I mean, you told us all that Blake is secretly a fa-"
Pyrrha darted over and clapped a hand over Jaune's mouth before saying, "Fun-loving person, whom we all admire and respect."
Jaune laughed nervously as everyone looked at Blake who had an annoyed look on her face.
"Right. That. Ladies, enjoy your battle," Jaune bowed before walking away with Pyrrha.
Sun and Neptune walked over to team RWBY and Sun, being Sun. Greeted them like a complete gentleman.
"Sup losers," Sun greeted while throwing up a peace sign.
"Hey Sun," Ruby greeted.
"Ruby, Yang, Blake... Ice Queen."
"Why does everyone keep calling me that," Weiss questioned.
"I never got a chance to formally introduce you to my old friend," Sun said gesturing to his partner.
"Uhh, aren't libraries for reading," Neptune asked as he looked at the game board.
"Thank you," Ren shouted from his table where Nora's head shot up and she awoke from her dream.
"Pancakes!"
"Shut up. Don't be a nerd," Sun said turning to Neptune.
"Geh, geh, geh, geh! "Intellectual," okay? Thank you, " Neptune said before waving, "I'm Neptune."
"So Neptune, where are you from," Weiss asked.
"Haven," Neptune said as he stood next to Weiss, "And I don't believe I've caught your name Snow Angel."
Weiss glared at Neptune, "It's Weiss and drop the Snow Angel."
Neptune back up a step, "Okay that's cool."
Yang smiled at the blue haired boy, "She's taken man, she's actually protecting you. You wouldn't believe what he did to the last guy who hit on Weiss."
"I still can't sleep on my left side," Jaune complained from his team's table.
Sun walked over to Blake and looked at her hand of cards, "I never took you as the board game playing type."
Blake stood up and moved Sun out of the way as she walked out, "Right, well, I think I'm done playing actually. I'll see you guys later."
"Women," Nora said as she shrugged.
"Yeah, no kidding," Sun said.
Neptune sat in Blake's now forgotten chair, "So where's Sax? I was pumped to meet his team and talk to him some more."
"They're sparring," Ruby said, "Hi I'm Ruby, Saxon's girlfriend."
Neptune laughed but stopped when everyone stared at him, "Wait, you're serious?"
"Yeah," Ruby said.
Neptune rubbed the back of his head and smiled nervously, "Wow, I thought he would never get a girlfriend. We haven't talked in awhile."
"Why does everyone who knows Saxon before Beacon think he would never ask a girl out," Yang asked.
Neptune crossed his arms and leaned back into his chair, "Because he showed no interest, when we were little he never got a crush, when he was thirteen he never even checked out girls according to him."
"Huh," Ruby said.
"Yeah it was weird," Neptune said as he set himself back down and picked up Blake's forgotten cards, "Let's see what she had."
The group continued their game with Neptune playing as Vale and were interrupted when Miles and Desmond stumbled into the library and sat on the floor next to their table.
Everyone noticed how their clothes were dirty and disheveled as Sun asked, "What happened to you two?"
"Saxon...Saxon Ar-freaking-monia happened," Desmond said as he laid on the floor.
"Saxon," Ruby asked.
"He was so...angry," Miles said as he slumped against the table's leg.
"About what," Neptune asked.
"I don't know, but he's managed to hold off the four of us for awhile before beating us," Desmond said.
"I gotta see this," Yang said standing up.
"Definitely," Sun said.
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Saxon gritted his teeth as he dodged carbine rifle fire from Jace and morphed his swords back into standby mode. Saxon, now free of his blades that were in their holsters, began dodging with more precision before pulling out a throwing knife with icy blue engravings on the blade and throwing it at the ground in front of him. The ice dust in the blade reacted on impact and created a three foot tall shield of ice protecting him from bullets and fire as he developed a strategy.
Leo grimaced as he realized his fire was doing nothing to Saxon's ice shield, "I guess he managed to perfect those freezing throwing knives," Leo yelled over Jace's gunfire.
"You don't say?!"
"Come on, this is me," Leo said as he drew fire next to him from a previous fire bolt into his hand, "I got this."
The fire began to grow and turn into a dark red color like his eyes.
"This is going to hurt," Leo said as he aimed the bolt at Saxon's shield.
As the bolt of fire flew through the air, Saxon didn't have to look to know it was coming. Even from twenty feet away, he could feel the heat from the small bolt of fire. He quickly abandoned his shield and watched as the crimson flames engulfed and destroyed his shield, and he drew his swords as he charged his friends. He met Jace first and was surprised when they locked weapons. Swords and pistols.
"What's wrong Sax," Jace asked through gritted teeth.
"Nothing," Saxon said as his muscles strained.
"Liar," Jace shouted as he kicked Saxon away.
Saxon recovered and was surprised by Leo who had closed the distance between them and was now in striking distance. Saxon saw that instead of his entire hands engulfed in orange flames, it was just a ring of fire that floated around his palm that was primed for a open handed jab. Saxon realized what Leo was doing too late and as Leo struck Saxon's right hand, that was holding Oblivio, he should have felt pain from his strike but instead only felt the handle of his blade get hot.
Saxon tried to hold Oblivio but didn't last for even three second before tossing Oblivio, that Leo caught easily. Saxon switched Ecficio to his right hand and rushed Leo. Their weapons locked. Saxon and Leo, fighting for control. Leo pushed Saxon back and jumped away from his opponent as Jace aimed with his pistols and held off Saxon.
Saxon ran forward and felt his arms quiver as he and Leo crossed blades. The pair traded slashes and strikes and to anyone it would've looked like two dancers doing a routine. But to Saxon and Leo it was the deciding factor of the fight. They had all been fighting for more than thirty minutes and the three of them were dead tired.
Saxon felt his arms shake and saw Leo's arms stay steady and instead of wild anger like Saxon was feeling all he could see his friend's eyes was cold determination, then and there Saxon knew it...he was done.
Saxon's arms caved and Leo completed his slash and dropped Saxon's Aura into the red automatically ending the match. Saxon lay on his back and he then realized they had guests.
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Everyone had walked into the training room when they saw Saxon, wielding Ecficio, and Leo, wielding Oblivio, cross weapons and stay locked. And they watched as Leo won the showdown. Ruby's eyes widened as Saxon fell to the ground and as she prepared to rush out to him she felt a hand on her shoulder, Ruby saw Weiss's manicured hands and glared at the heiress to which Weiss just shook her head.
Ruby watched as Saxon began to sit up, but was stopped when his own sword was pressed against his throat. Saxons eyes walked up the black and white blade and saw Leo who was glaring at Saxon.
"Talk Armonia."
"Cut the tough guy act Leo, we both know you won't do sh-"
Ruby gasped and tried to rush forward as Leo's boot collided with Saxon's face. Ruby struggled against both Weiss and Yang, she felt anger bubble inside her and want nothing more than to cut Leo in two with Crescent Rose.
"Talk Saxon!"
"Let me deal with my own pro-!"
Leo brought his boot down on Saxon's stomach and everyone watched as blood and spittle flew out as he gasped. Ruby was furious as Sun began helping Weiss and Yang. Neptune grimaced and turned his head away slightly.
"Just tell me what's wrong Saxon!"
"It doesn't concern you!"
Fury built up in Leo's eyes as he dropped Oblivio and kneeled over Saxon and punched him in the face.
"It doesn't...concern me," Leo said in a low voice.
"It doesn't concern me?"
"It doesn't concern me?!"
"IT DOESN'T CONCERN ME?!"
Leo grabbed Saxon's collar and lifted Saxon up to him, "YOU'RE MY FRIEND AND PRACTICALLY MY SECOND BROTHER! OF COURSE IT CONCERNS ME! JACE IS YOUR BEST FRIEND! RUBY IS THE GIRL WHO LOVES YOU! WE'RE ALL YOUR FRIENDS IT CONCERNS ALL OF US!"
Saxon looked up at his friend and felt something hit his face, Saxon looked at Leo's eyes and realized something...Leo was crying.
Leo hung his head, "Don't make me do anymore man...please...please just tell us what's wrong." Another tear slid down Leo's face and landed on Saxon's, "Please."
"I messed up man...I didn't cover my tracks enough."
Jace crouched next to Saxon, "What do you mean man."
"She knows I'm in Vale..."
Leo and Jace stared at their old friend before frowning. Leo stood up and grabbed Saxon's hand and helped him up. Jace began dusting off Saxon and healing his wounds that Leo had inflicted and everyone else stood there confused.
"Who's she," Yang asked.
"I was about to ask the same thing," Weiss said.
Neptune stood there with a frown on his face and was covering most of his face with a gloved hand and Sun was just straight up having a hard time following what was happening.
Ruby slowly walked out to her boyfriend and hugged him.
"I'm sorry, I didn't want you to see me like that," Saxon whispered.
"I love you Saxon, the good and the bad," Ruby whispered back.
"I love you too Rose, for what it's worth."
"Everything, it's worth everything to me," Ruby said as she looked up at Saxon, "We'll deal with your mother somehow Saxon."
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Blake sat in RWBY's room. She wasn't in the mood to deal with people's attempts at talking with her so instead she sat alone in her room with only her thoughts until she heard the window open and a certain lion faunus slip inside.
"You missed quite the showdown kitty cat," Leo said from the window ledge, where he was crouched.
Blake smiled at Leo, "Did I now?"
"Yeah," Leo hopped onto the floor and sat next to Blake on her bed, "You have your knees pulled up to your chest...you're either really stressed or really hor-"
Blake clapped a hand over Leo's mouth and gave her signature "Blake glare", "Leo. Not in the mood for your jokes."
Leo smiled and slowly removed Blake's hand from his mouth before kissing the back of it, "I'm guessing it's the first one then.
Blake nodded before leaning against Leo, "Torchwick is still out there Leo."
"And we'll stop him Blake."
Just at that moment both teams RWBY and SMCD walked into the room. "Ugh, we should have never let you play," Yang shouted at Saxon.
"I wasn't playing, I was a military advisor for my Queen," Saxon said wrapping an arm around Ruby.
"Just like Jace wasn't playing for Weiss," Yang complained.
"I was helping," Jace defended.
"You practically played the last half of the game for her," Yang shouted.
"She needed a lot of help."
Blake pushed herself off the bed and Leo was too slow as he reached to stop her and as Blake reached for the door an unexpected voice stopped her.
"Stop," Weiss commanded.
Blake's hand retraced from the door knob as Weiss continued talking, "Lately you've been quiet, antisocial and moody!"
"Um, have you met Blake," Desmond asked sarcastically.
"Which I get is kind of your thing, but you've been doing it more than usual! Which quite frankly, is unacceptable! You made a promise to me, to all of us, that you would let us know if something was wrong," Weiss flipped through the air dramatically and pointed at Blake from above, "So, Blake Belladonna, what is wrong!?"
"How did that chair get there," Miles asked.
"I've just stopped asking where she gets half the stuff she gets," Jace said as Weiss balanced on the back legs of a chair perfectly for a while before putting it away.
"I just, I don't understand how everyone can be so calm," Blake said.
Leo pushed himself off Blake's bed, "Blake, Torchwick is nothing to lose sleep over."
"Torchwick, the White Fang, all of it! Something big is happening and no one is doing anything about it," Blake shouted.
"Ozpin told us not to worry. Between the police and the Huntsmen, I'm sure they can handle it," Yang said, trying to comfort her partner.
"Well I'm not! They don't know the White Fang like I do," Blake shouted.
"So do I Blake, but you can't let that get to you," Leo shouted back.
"Okay, between blowing up nightclubs, stopping thieves, blowing up White Fang hideouts, blowing up motorcycles, fighting for freedom, and whatever Saxon does in his spare time, I'm sure the eight of you think that you're all ready to go out and apprehend these ne'er-do-wells!
"Uh, who," Ruby and Saxon asked in unison.
"But let me once again be the voice of reason. We're students! We're not ready to handle this sort of situation," Weiss continued.
"Well yeah, but-"
"We're not ready," Weiss said interrupting Ruby.
"And we may never be ready! Our enemies aren't just going to sit around and wait for graduation day," Blake pointed towards the door, "They're out there, somewhere, planning their next move, and none of us know what it is, but it's coming! Whether we're ready or not!"
Ruby raised her arms and was slowly starting to look like a maniac as she moved her arms around as she talked, " Okay, all in favor of becoming the youngest Huntsmen to single-handedly taking down a corrupt organization conspiring against the Kingdom of Vale... say aye."
"Aye," Saxon said while raising his hand.
Yang pumped her fist excitedly and pointed at her sister, "Yes! I love it when you're feisty."
Saxon smirked, "Well so do I, but it's a different kinda love."
Desmond smirked, "Let's go!"
"Sounds like fun, let's get crackin," Jace said he then stared at Weiss.
"Well, I suppose it could be fun," Weiss reasoned.
"I was born in on this," Leo said.
Miles smiled, "I'm in."
"Only Saxon said aye," Ruby complained.
"He's your boyfriend, he has to listen to you," Desmond said.
"Alright then, we're in this together," Blake said looking at her friends and boyfriend.
Ruby made a gesture that made her uppermost like a W, "Let's hatch a plan!"
Yang did double finger guns at her sister, "Yeah!"
Ruby's face suddenly looked worried, "I left my board game in the library."
Miles rubbed the bridge of his nose, "We're so screwed."
Ruby grabbed the back of Saxon's hood and ran out into the hallway, "We'll be right back!"
"Wait whaaaa," Saxon said as Ruby pulled him out of the room at semblance speed.
The pair sped down the hallway for all of about three seconds before crashing. "You okay Ruby," Saxon asked as he stood up and offered his hand to her.
Ruby took his hand and nodded, "Are you okay?"
"I'm good," Saxon turned to want they ran into, "You three okay?"
A girl with dark skin, green hair and red eye stood in front of them along with a guy with silver hair and dark eyes and finally a girl with long black hair and amber eyes.
"I'm fine," the girl with green hair responded, "Just watch where you're going."
Ruby laughed nervously, "Oh right sorry, I'm Ruby and this is Saxon. Are you new?"
"Visiting from Haven actually," the girl with amber eyes said.
"Ooh! You're here for the festival! But exchange students have their own dormitory," Ruby said.
"I guess we just got turned around," the guy said.
"Don't worry about it, your building is east of here," Saxon said.
The three teens walked past Saxon and Ruby and the amber eyed girl spoke, "Thanks, maybe we'll see you around."
"Yeah, maybe," Saxon said as the group continued to walk away.
"Oh, uh, welcome to Beacon," Ruby shouted.
The couple watched the group walk away. "Anything seem off about them," Saxon asked as they now walked to the library.
"They're probably just nervous about their first day here," Ruby said.
"Yeah maybe," Saxon said as he laced his finger behind his as he walked.
"You're worrying over nothing Saxon," Ruby said as they entered the library.
"I hope so," Saxon said as Ruby rushed to go get her board game, "I have enough to deal with already."
AN: Get on the hype train ladies and gentlemen because Volume Three drops on the 24th (25th for non sponsors...including me) as you can see I've introduced Spade who is part of Absolute Zero and please forgive me for the fact that ASZO is still a working name I've been busy and it honestly is a lot of work trying to create a whole new team with ideas I haven't used so bear with me if it changes. Anyways please leave a review, it supports the story a lot, make sure you follow and favorite so you can stay up to date on the story and as always, stay cool everyone.