My favorite song has to be Wonderful Rush now. It's just so good! I listen to it like everyday... Anyways check out the Author's Notes again. I have updated it with information. Because I don't want to talk about it right here. AND GOD DAMN IT KK BELLE! STOP ACCURATELY PREDICTING WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IN THE FUTURE!? Are you like me from the future? How did you know ATX-0068 is going to become Soichi's travel buddy? And I was thinking about a sword/whip/gun as well...
Cinder opens the door to her dorm and looks up straightly. To her surprise, her eyes were met with violet colored, cold, and murderous ones. Cinder jumps back and summons a fireball throwing it at the person she has contacted.
Kira holds his hands up and the fireball disappears along with the Maiden powers Cinder possesses. Cinder calms down and softens her face. "Why are you here?" She asks the man.
"Because he wants to." Ford comes from down the hall. Baby blue eyes and dress like a butler.
"Is Salem not satisfied with my work?" Cinder asks.
"Nope! She didn't say anything. The King sent us to help you speed up the pace." Jayce walks up to Cinder and now she is surrounded.
"Then why now?"
"He is impatient. And Kira really wants to meet this Weiss girl." Jayce tells the antagonist.
"Then what do you want?" Cinder asks.
"Relax. The King hasn't sent us to replace you. In fact, we will be under your command for the time being." Ford tells her.
"Just kidding! We're just here to recover our strength." Jayce tells her.
"That's a relief. But shouldn't your combined strength be able to take down Beacon?" Cinder asks the trio. Kira shakes his head once.
"Ozzy, Ozzy, Oz. We just recently came back from the dead! So our powers are lost. It would be so fun to eat everything the humans created!" Jayce tells Cinders and with a blink of an eye his hand transforms into a sharp-teethed mouth. Cinder hops backward, after seeing the sudden transformation. Stuck in between the teeth was shredded pieces of a bloody Haven student uniform.
I sneeze twice. "Bless you," Blake says and hands me a box of tissues.
"Thanks," I said and I grab a tissue and blow into it. After that, I hand the dirty and crumble up tissue to the Faunus.
"What am I suppose to do with this?" She asks me.
"I don't know. Cherise it, love it, kiss it, eat it. I don't care."
"Throw it away!" She tells me and she continues reading her book. It is a boring morning, we have to stay indoors all the time. Ruby is on Blake's bed playing with a paddle ball, Weiss is studying on her desk. Yang and I were just on our scrolls trying to find something interesting to do.
"This is so boring!" Ruby shouts throwing her paddle ball away.
"What else can we do?" Weiss puts down her pen and asks the girl.
"Anything but being bored out of our minds."
"Well, let's play 'Total Annihilation'," Yang suggests, turning on our hologram.
"I'm going out," Blake tells us and then she jumps onto my back and out our open window.
"You can't do that!" Ruby yells at the Faunus who was already dashing towards the library.
"She just did." We hear Qrow. The old man had open the door without us noticing.
"Uncle Qrow!" Ruby yells and runs over to the old man trying to hug him. Qrow moves aside and Ruby crashes into team BENN's wall.
"Mind if I join?" Qrow asks, grabbing Ruby's scroll and turning on the scroll version of 'Total Annihilation'.
"I'm first!" Ruby shouts out and runs back into the room.
"What happened kid. I thought you were going to sleep all day." Qrow asks me and I smack the air in front of me.
"Not sleepy at all," I told him and that is true. Usually, Weiss would make enough coffee for the both of us to stay awake in Port's class. Although today I feel so refreshed, even without the coffee.
"Alright. Let's play." Qrow invited me to play the game he already mastered. I pulled out my scroll and join Qrow who was sitting on my bed.
"Choose your character first," Qrow tells me and I look through the list of ninjas and fighters.
"Ahem." I turn my head around to the door and I see Winter.
"What do you want Ice Queen?" Qrow asks in disgust when he sees Winter as well.
"That is none of your concern. Dusty old crow." Winter growls at him.
"I'm not old!"
"You're so old they wore your clothes eighty years ago." They went back and forth. "Weiss. May I speak with you for a moment?" Winter asks her younger sibling.
"Of course!" Weiss says excitedly. Winter exits the room follow by Weiss. Before my girlfriend closes the door she looks at me. I mouth her something and she gets the idea.
"No." She mouths me and I said it again. She then shakes her head and I mouth, her the same thing again. Then she gives up and agrees to my idea.
In an elegant twilit pavilion area of ivy-covered pillars, rounded archways, and lion-decorated fountains, Weiss Schnee and her elder sister Winter are sitting at a simple table with a plate full of croissants and strawberries.
"You're... Leaving?" Weiss repeats the news she hears in her own words. Winter sets her teacup down on the table.
"Yes. I was merely needed to oversee the transport of additional units to Vale. Our last shipment was lost to an ambush. I believe you had a run-in with its cargo, actually. It's fortunate, those Paladins were in the prototype stage; otherwise, your team may not have fared so well." Winter tells her sister and then Weiss sighs and looks down.
Winter grabs her sister's hands reassuringly. "Weiss, you've done... Well, out here, on your own. You should be proud." Winter finds it hard to say those words.
"Do you really think so?" Weiss asks her sister.
"Yes. I'm proud that you aided General Ironwood a week ago. That is a brave thing to do. No one in history has ever taken down a Colossal Grimm with a handful of people." Winter reassures her sister.
"Well. It's not really I who did the work." Weiss grabs her biceps.
"That doesn't change the fact you helped save Vale."
"Winter... I need to tell you something." Weiss says in a serious but soft tone.
"That can hold for a minute," Winter says growling at the person behind Weiss. Someone steps into the pavilion the sisters were having tea at. Weiss notice Winter has her attention to something behind her. Turning her head around Weiss sees Soichi.
"Hello." Soichi greets the sisters.
"Soichi Ryu Raijin," Winter announces his name as she slides her chair out. "I shall ask you this only once." Winter gets up from her chair and walks forward stopping when Soichi is close to her. "Get on your knees and apologize to the Schnee family."
"Winter!" Weiss gets out of her chair, but the elder Schnee stops the younger one.
"You have dishonored the Schnee family's name. A minor person like you dares to bear the crest of our family without permission!? Even yet you sully it with your barbarous actions. Even if my sister is willing to forgive you." Winter pulls her sword out. "I won't until you return my family's honor and you apologize to us."
Winter points her blade at Soichi's neck and he walks closer to her. Then he gets on his knee and bends over until his forehead touches the ground.
"Soichi!" Weiss exclaims. She couldn't believe he would sacrifice his pride in this.
"I am truly sorry. I should not have done such actions while wearing the Schnee family's emblem. If it pleases you then you can burn my family's emblem." Soichi apologizes to the elder Schnee.
Winter looks down at Soichi while still pointing her blade at the boy. "Tell me. Why should I not strike you down this instance?" Winter asks the ex-assassin.
"I have nothing to say. If it pleases you, then you can bear the honor of removing my life from this world."
Weiss stands up from her chair tipping it over. "Soichi! Stop spouting nonsense!" She yells at the boy who was on his knees.
"Silence!" Winter shouts at her sister. "Soichi Ryu Raijin. By my family's name, I, Winter Schnee shall end your life."
"NO!" Weiss shouts as she sees her sister raise her saber to strike Soichi down.
Winter stops her blade at Soichi's left shoulder. Weiss is surprised by her sister's actions. "Stand up," Winter orders him, but Soichi didn't.
"I do not have the greatness to do so in your presence," Soichi tells the elder Schnee and then she moves her saber to Soichi's right shoulder.
"Tell me your name," Winter commands him.
"I am Soichi Ryu Raijin, of the Raijin family."
"You may stand up now," Winter says and then after a few seconds, she lifts her saber up from Soichi's shoulders and clips it back to her hips. Winter then moves her hands behind her back as Soichi stands up. "You aren't as barbaric as I assume you are."
"Your words humble me." Soichi bows in front of her.
"Lift your head up. You have the honor to stand in my presence." Winter says slapping his shoulder.
"What is happening?" Weiss asks and she is confused.
"She won't kill me," Soichi tells Weiss as Winter sits in her chair again. Soichi gets a chair and pulls it next to Weiss.
"Now, what is that you wish to tell me?" Winter asks Weiss as she swirls her cup of tea. Weiss doesn't know how to put her words in the correct sentence. Soichi pours Weiss some more tea and then puts a sugar cube into her drink.
Weiss sighs and looks at Winter's smiling face. "I'm dating," Weiss tells Winter, surprising the elder Schnee.
"Is that it?" Winter asks and Weiss nods her head. "There's nothing wrong with that. You're at the right age to find a suitable husband." Winter says and then she sips her tea.
"Father doesn't know."
"It's alright. I understand he may be tough at times. But eventually, you will find a chance to tell him." Winter reassures her sister. But it is making it harder for Weiss to say who she is dating.
"I know, but. You might be the hardest to swallow this information down."
"No, I'm not. You're not the tiny sister, I used to know. You have grown up finely so tell me what is troubling you." Winter says and she puts down her cup of tea.
"The person I'm dating..." Weiss's voice trails off so instead of telling her sister; the Heiress decides to show her sister by locking hands with Soichi. The successor to the 'Diamond Dust' organization awkwardly smiles at the elder Schnee.
"I see." Winter doesn't need to know anymore. "Raijin," Winter says Soichi's last name surprising the ex-assassin.
"Yes!" Soichi replies to the Atlas soldier.
"What do you find attractive about my sister?" Soichi smiles at that question.
"Everything. From her scar to her personality. But of course, you won't believe me. That scar of hers is the number one most attractive appearance of hers. Each time I look at it, I can't help but stare at it. Then I find myself being melted by those light blue eyes of hers. Then that lip, to innocent to be tainted, and when she smiles it's as equally beautiful as an angel."
Soichi takes a moment to look at the smiling Weiss. "Then that asymmetrical hair. You cannot say how beautiful that white hair is. Soft and delicate like snow. She may not be the cutest girl or the hottest. But in my eyes, she is the greatest girl in this cruel, dark world. This world." Soichi points at his heart, causing Weiss to blush.
"But it has to be her pseudo-tsundere actions. It's very cute to see her high and mighty persona crashing down when she tries to fix it. Then that confident and formal portion of her captures this heart and soothes the unsteadiness in my mind. If it was not for her, I would have lost my way and died a long time ago." Soichi says as he lays his hands on his heart.
"Soichi..." Weiss is moved by his words.
"BUT THOSE GOD DAMN MADAPHAKING THIGHS! GOD DAMN!" Soichi shouts out losing his noble pose. Winter's eyes grow wider after the ex- assassin's sentence.
"You dunce!" Weiss punches Soichi's face, causing him to fall over his chair.
"Ow! You didn't need to punch me that hard!" Soichi yells at Weiss as he gets up from the ground. The two of them went back and forth having a healthy couple's argument. Winter starts to giggle and it turns into a large laugh.
"Sorry. You remind me of Father and Mother in the younger days." Winter then wipes a tear from her eyes. Weiss and Soichi then start laughing, joining the elder Schnee. Soichi then enters their conversation and talks with the girls.
"I'll be honest, it was quite amusing seeing Father's face the day you left for Beacon!" Winter admits.
Weiss straightens up and smiles. "I can't wait to show him what I learned!" She says highly.
"Oh? Then what do you think you've learned?" Winter asks her younger sibling.
"Weiss learned a lot of things," Soichi tells Winter.
"That's right! I'm getting better and better with my glyphs! I've even started Time Dilation!" Weiss tells Winter her accomplishments.
Winter gazes at Weiss with some hidden intentions. "And what of your Summoning?" She asks the girl.
"I..." Weiss turns away from Winter. "You know I can't."
"Don't be ridiculous. Every Schnee has the ability to summon. We have for generations." Winter informs her sister.
"I've tried! It's just... It's the one thing I've been having trouble with!" Weiss cries out.
"We Schnees are unique. Unlike many, our Semblance is hereditary. But that doesn't mean it will come easily." Winter summons a glyph in her hand. "Your Semblance is like a muscle. The more you practice with it, the stronger it will become. But if you only focus on one aspect of it..." The glyph expands and in a flash of light Soichi and Weiss turn their heads away.
When they look up again, they see a white Beowolf standing behind Winter. "If you fail to test the limits of what you think is possible, then you'll never truly grow," Winter says some deep words.
"Well. I think I have to go now." Soichi says as he stands up.
"Farewells to you Soichi. Is there anything else you wish to know?" Winter asks him and he thinks up an interesting question.
"How many gallons of milk do you chug down per day?" Soichi asks earning a flying kick from Weiss aimed at his kidney. Soichi falls onto the ground, laying there with a floating sign saying "K.O." and then the Total Annihilation announcer speaks.
"Special move. Weiss Kick! Discounted Tsundere wins! Total Annihilation!" The announcer speaks.
"Weiss's kicks always hurt," I said as I walk up to my room holding my kidney in pain.
"You are the worst!" I hear Yang shout and then Qrow along with Ruby's voice laughing.
"Best two out of three?" Qrow asks and then I did a running slide-aiming my feet out on Yang's butt. When my foot collides with the girl she flies into the air dropping her scroll and I caught it.
"I'm next!" I shout and then Yang falls behind me. Qrow and I then start playing the game.
"So, Uncle Qrow, did you get in trouble with Ozpin?" Ruby asks as she sets herself on Weiss's bed. Krystal runs up to the girl and jumps onto her lap.
"Nah, I and Oz go way back. We're cool." Qrow says, waving the question off.
"Cool for an old guy." Yang scoffs and Qrow turns angry.
"Not funny." He says as Yang and I start laughing.
"SOARING NINJA WINS! TOTAL ANNIHILATION! FLAWLESS VICTORY!" I stare at the hologram in shock. Qrow's health bar is still at one hundred and I just died...
"You suck!" Ruby laughs at me, causing Krystal to jump down and licks my hand trying to bite it as well. I growl at my leader and I grab Krystal, hugging the female wolf.
"So, what are you doing here anyway? I thought Dad said that you would be on a mission, for like... Ever." Ruby asks Qrow. Then he plays the game again.
"Well, a professional Huntsman like myself is expected to get results, as soon as possible," Qrow says and Ruby scoffs.
"Yeeeeaaaah, I get that." She laughs. "We're pretty much pros, too."
"Oh really?" Qrow asks not believing her.
"Psh, yeah! Read the news sometime. We totally saved Vale while you were gone." Yang tells Qrow and the man laughs.
"Funny, because I heard Vale suffered a large scale Grimm attack after you almost managed to stop a train," Qrow says and then he destroyed me again. "But they don't give out medals for almost."
"They do and it's called silver!" Ruby yells out.
"I like diamond medal better," I comment.
"Well, we helped take down Roman Torchwick! He's locked up in Ironwood's ship and crime's been down ever since! That's basically a bounty mission!" Yang says and I am surprised she thinks that was a bounty mission. I hope in the future, she doesn't become that criminal huntress.
"Sure, you may be acting like Huntresses, but you're not thinking like one. You really think four girls, a guy with a crazy weapon and their friends could end all crime in a Kingdom?" Qrow asks us and I rub the back of my neck. He has a point.
"I mean, I did until you said that..." Ruby says while tapping her fingers.
"Violence hasn't dropped since Roman got nabbed; it's stopped, completely. No White Fang activity around the city. You cut off the head of the King Taijitu, but now the second head 's calling the shots. That's what Ironwood can't get through that thick metal head of his." Qrow says sounding more serious.
"You... Know the General?" Yang asks after exchanging a look with Ruby and me.
"Hey, I know everybody to some extent. Remember, you're talking to a member of the coolest team that graduated Beacon!" Qrow says as he pulls out a picture. "Hah, Team STRQ... That's where I met your parents. We were pretty well known back in the day."
"Well known for crummy fashion sense!" Ruby jokes.
"Hey, we looked good! And I have a number of inappropriate stories to back that up!" Qrow puts his photo back into his pocket as he sees Yang staring at her mother. "But, I'll save those for when you're older."
"Oh, gross!" Ruby cringe in disgust.
"Anyway, I'm too old to be hanging out with a bunch of kids. You're gonna cramp my style. " Qrow says and he stands up. "Also! Here" Qrow pulls out another photo and holds it in front of me. "I figure you may want this. It's probably the only photo left of your parents."
It was a picture of team JHSE. I stare at my dad with a cocky smile and then I stare at my mom making an embarrassing idol-like pose. "No. Keep it. It might be more important to you." I tell him and he smiles. After putting the picture back into his pocket the old man pats my head.
"Look, just remember that you've still got a long way to go..." Qrow starts sharing some words of wisdom. "And don't think for a second that graduating means you're done. Every day out there is worth a week in this place. You two, you're gonna go far. But only if you keep learning; if you never stop moving forward." With these immortal words of wisdom, Qrow exits down the hall.
I walk back towards the pavilion hoping to find Weiss. "Excellent form! Now think to your fallen foes! The ones who forced you to push, past where you were, and become who you are now." I hear Winter and I look from afar at Weiss and Winter. "Think of them, and watch as they come to your side."
I see Weiss trying her hardest to make her glyph do what she wants. Eventually, the glyph dismisses itself causing the Schnee to stomp her foot angrily. "I can't!" Weiss shouts angrily.
Winter brings her hand down quickly upon Weiss's head. "Stop doubting yourself!" She scolds her sister.
"I'm trying!" Weiss turns around to face Winter.
"If this is what you call trying, then you have no hope of winning the tournament, let alone succeeding as a Huntress!" Winter yells at her sister and then smirks. "Why don't you just move back home? I'm sure Father would give you a nice job as a receptionist!"
"I don't need his charity!" Weiss turns away.
"But you do need his money, don't you?" Winter leans in to tell her sister causing me to grin.
"What!? How did you know about that!?" Weiss asks surprised.
"Lucky guess. I may have been in a similar situation when I joined the military. So what have you done this time?" Winter tells her sister while straightening her back.
Winter circles around Weiss. "Well, that's the thing: I'm really not sure! I went to pay for lunch the other day, but the card didn't work!"
"How embarrassing."
"I know! Well, it was! Why would he cut me off like that?"
"Perhaps so that you'd stop avoiding him and call home," Winter suggests and Weiss turns away angrily and summons a glyph. Winter consoles her sister by putting a hand on Weiss's shoulder. "Emotions can grant you strength. But you must never let them overpower you."
The glyph disappears once more. "It sounds to me like you have two choices in front of you. You can either call him, beg for his money back, and explain once more why you would want to study at Beacon over Atlas, or you could continue to explore Remnant, discovering more about the world and honestly, more about yourself." Winter gives Weiss sisterly advice.
"It's ultimately your choice," I tell Weiss as I walk towards her. I grab her hands and I press my forehead against her, causing her to heat up. "Try once more," I tell her.
Weiss feels the fire in her heart ignite stronger and she summons a giant glyph. The glyph rises slowly creating an armor, but soon Weiss starts feeling dizzy. I let go of her hands and the fire in her heart dies out and the glyph disappears again.
"You're slowly getting there. Just as Soichi says, you have a choice." Winter walks up to her sister and shares a hug. "It's time for me to go." Winter smiles sadly.
"It was really good to see you, Winter." Weiss breaks the embrace.
"Until next time, sister." Winter then turns to face me. "Soichi Ryu Raijin!"
"Yes, sir!" I salute her.
"Take good care of my sister. If you were to hurt her in any way. You will face my wrath." Winter threatens me.
"Yes, sir!" I shout and then I follow her along with Weiss, who is holding onto my left arm grinning at me.
Weiss waves goodbye at Winter's airship and I was on my scroll.
"Boobs or Butts?" Sun asks me.
"Thighs," I reply to him. And then I see Weiss's face in front of me. I put down my scroll and she smiles at me. I place my index finger on her forehead and push. The Heiress rubs her forehead while grinning at me wider than ever.
"Seriously, how many gallons of milk do your sister chug down?" I ask her. My Snowflake's smile turns into a dirty look and she kicks my shin. "Ow! Weiss! I just want to know!" I shout at my girlfriend who is stomping back to our dorm.
Ruby slams down five jugs of whole milk in front of us. "What is this for?" Blake asks our leader.
"I found this great new challenge online." Ruby states...
"Oh, here we go." Weiss states. I look around the eating area and I see that Glynda had repaired the damages caused by Weiss.
"So what's this challenge?" Yang asks her sister.
"So we have to chug this entire jug of milk as fast as we can. And we cannot take a break." Ruby says and then I let out a burp.
"I'm sorry, what was that?" Blake asks after finishing her jug of milk. Yang, Blake, and I have already finished the entire jug of milk. Yang held the jug upside down, showing that she drank to the last drop.
"Yeah can you repeat the challenge?" I ask her. Weiss stands up and stomps back into our room.
"Good thing I didn't drink my three gallons of milk today. Thanks, Ruby." Yang states and she gets up also walking back to our dorm.
"So this challenge. Are we going to do it?" Blake asks while holding her empty jug.
"Um... Nevermind! I realize I have to do something else." Ruby then zooms off using her semblance. I look at Blake and she shrugs at me, I turn my head around and then I turn back.
I look outside the window and there was nothing there. I thought I saw a pair of dark violet eyes staring at me. But it's probably my brain telling me it needs to recharge. "Well, let's go. You need some rest for tomorrow's Battle Royal." Blake tells me.
"Yup! Let's go ninja girl." I wrap my arms around her shoulders trying to touch her cat ears.
"You touch my ears, I'm making sure you won't wake up tomorrow," Blake tells me and I left my hands on her shoulders.
It might take longer than usual for chapter 36 to be uploaded. But when it is uploaded I will have chapter 37 finish... Maybe... Anyways don't taze me, bro... CHILL!