It's OK, Omega is here. So. . .I just watched Transformers: The Last Knight. I want my nearly three hours of my life back. Visually it was pretty good, the fight scenes looked cool. But, by the gods, the story made no god damn sense! They added characters in for the hell of it and did practically nothing to develop them. Then, they also did things that made no sense period, like Bumblebee's voice. He just gets it back, no explanation whatsoever, it's just there. By the end of it, I was confused, pissed, and just the littest bit stupider.
Anyway, terrible movies aside. I'm starting a new tradition with my story. I'm going to start putting a recommended story at the beginning of each chapter. I've seen a lot of people do this and it's helped me find a lot of cool stories, so I thought I should share the love, so to speak.
This chapter's recommended story: Her White, Pink, and Brown Knight by Friday Knight. Summary: A chance encounter. A sudden rescue. A mutual love of ice cream. When Neopolitan is saved by the strange blonde, known as Jaune Arc, she can't help but wonder, what will become of their relationship. Really cute, fluffy story that's one of my favorites.
Anyway, I hope you enjoy!
We managed to catch up to Ruby and Weiss as they were running towards the Winter's ship. Although, I almost broke down laughing when I could faintly hear a familiar, infuriated scream followed by an explosion. Alice shared my mirth.
"Weiss! What is the big deal!?" Ruby shouts, while still running after her girlfriend. "Who is it!? Who is she!?"
"Winter," Weiss spoke fondly, as a white-haired woman stepped out of the large ship.
Alice, stop drooling.
Don't want to.
Ignoring the oddness of my familiar/sister, I listen as Ruby had a mini-freakout.
"Your sister?" Ruby asks, while her eyes went wide with fear. "A-are you sure it's okay for me to be here? I-I mean, I d-don't want to intrude on anything between the two of you. I'm sure Yang needs my company after all, don't want her blowing something up again after all. Heh heh heh. . ."
Ruby slowly tries to walk away, but I grab the reaper by her hood and make her turn back around. Alice quickly slapped a calming talisman on the back of Ruby's neck making her go back to normal for the moment.
"Winter!" Weiss shouts at the specialist, making her finally notice the presence of her sister. The four of us run towards Winter. "Winter! Oh, I'm so happy to see you!" Weiss stops for a moment and calms herself. "Oh, your presence honors us."
"Beacon," Winter looks around while speaking. "It's been a long time. The air feels. . .different."
Those legs!
Jeezus, are you going into heat!?
I don't think I'd be able to tell even if I was.
Something tells me things are going to get very awkward very soon.
"So, what are you doing here?" Weiss asks, sadly my talisman removed the chance of any funny shennanigans from Ruby for the moment.
"Classified," Winter remarks cooly.
"Oh right," Weiss mutters awkwardly. "Well, how long are you staying?"
"Classified," Winter repeates herself.
"She's here to discuss the actions to be taken against Cinder Fall in order for her master plan to never succeed. She'll also probably stay till the festival ends," I tell the red and white duo, while Winter glared at me.
"By what authority do you possess to even know of that information, let alone tell it to others?" Winter looks down upon me, which was admittedly impressive given that I was nearly a foot taller than her.
Oh my god, she's so bitchy, I love it!
"I am Cyan F. Matu," I introduce myself while trying to ignore my sister's taste in women. "I happen to be the one who gave Ozpin that information he needed in the first place. I also happened to be the one who helped your sister with her combat prowess, as well as the rest of her team."
"What prowess?" Winter remarked coldly. "That was barely a victory that they had, there were many missed opportunities to finish the fight and they were never taken. Only a novice would consider that a victory."
"Cyan's been teaching us how to hold back in fights so that our enemies don't know our fully capabilities," Weiss explained calmly. Apparently, confronting her demon had reduced some of the hero worship Weiss had for her sister. "If our enemies believe that they know the full reach of our strength then they will underestimate us and that will give us a clear advantage."
Winter looked slightly shocked, but barely showed it, at her sister's statement. That shock turned into a look of respect for Alice and I.
"Leave us," Winter directed her robot drones. "How have you been?"
"Wonderful, I'm part of one of the best teams in my year at Beacon. I've made multiple friends with a myriad of amazing people, one more important than others," Winter raised an eyebrow at Weiss' last statement, causing the heiress to take a deep breath before gesturing to Ruby and speaking again. "Winter, I'd like you to meet Ruby Rose, my team leader and girlfriend."
"Hi," Ruby waved shyly at the older woman.
"Oh," Winter looked surprised for a second, then quickly turned to judgemental. "And how long has this been going on."
"A few months now," Weiss answered with a slightly nervous tone. With that, Winter stepped closer to her sister. Weiss flinched in anitcipation, but was shocked when Winter wrapped her arms around the girl.
"I'm so happy for you!" Winter exclaimed softly.
"Y-you're okay with me dating another girl?" Weiss asks warily.
"Of course not!" She exclaims in response. "You're my sister, and the only member of our family that isn't a complete bastard. I will always love you, no matter your choices. Besides, I had a few experiences while I was a teenager."
Jackpot!
"I have buisness with your general and headmaster," Winter informed the four of us, dropping the warm tone she had previously used. "But seeing as I'm early, why don't you take me to your quarters?"
"That'd be nice," Weiss smiled widely. "I just Thayna hasn't filled our dorm room with her fair winnings."
"Thayna?" Winter asked in a confused voice.
"Thayna is the name of my weapon when she became sentient," Ruby explained as if it was the most normal thing in the world. "She can go back and forth between her human and weapon form at will. She also has a split personality that we call that original name of my weapon, Cresent Rose."
"Is she being serious?" Winter asks her sister increduously.
"Yes, and trust me, that is one of the least odd things that has happened since we've met Cyan," Weiss told her sister.
"My semblance brings a lot of chaos where ever I go," I say with a grin.
"We can tell you a lot of stories about the adventures we've been on!" Ruby exclaims with a grin, seemingly getting used to the presence of the older woman.
"I'd enjoy that," Winter smiled slightly. "I very much want to learn more about the girl who stole my little sister's heart."
Both Ruby and Weiss blushed at that statement. While Alice and I were both chuckling. I also pulled out my scroll from my inventory.
"I happen to have a video of their confession to each other on my scroll if you'd like," I offered the specialist.
"You WHAT!?" The red and white duo screeched at me.
"Alice had been tailing you with a camera waiting for the two of you to finally confess," I answered cooly. "I joined after I helped Blake come into the realization that Yang loved her and after I nearly killed Jaune trying to get him to realize Pyrrha was in love with him. It had been a good couple of days."
"Wait," Weiss' mind seemed to halt as she processed the new information. "You're saying that you two are the reason any of us are in our current relationships."
"Pretty much, yeah," Alice and I answered simultaneously, then I spoke by myself. "I won a lot of bets by getting you guys together when you did."
"I don't even want to know," Weiss responds in a monotone.
We continued walking and talking about past adventures for a couple minutes. That is, until the dismantling of robots behind us stopped the conversation. I quickly sent both Ruby and Weiss a PM through the party system.
'Don't do anything, Alice and I want to have some fun!'
Both girls nodded slightly to show they understood. I had permanently kept my friends in a party with me, it made it easier to make sure they were all alright at times. Plus, it got annoying having to re-do the party everytime we needed to go on an adventure or training mission.
"Hey!" A gravely voice shouts from behind us. We turn around to see the scruffy and drunk form of one Qrow Branwen. Winter looked particularly peeved at the huntsman. "Yeah, I'm talking to you Ice Queen."
Thankfully, both Ruby and Weiss obeyed my instruction and said nothing. Although, I could tell that Ruby was really excited and happy to see her uncle, while Weiss wasn't as angry at the Ice Queen comment as she originally would have. Facing her demon kinda made her numb to the nickname entirely.
"Halt!" Winter commanded her other drones as they had started to move in on Qrow.
"Saw that guady ship of yours in town," Qrow told her. "I guess you're here too."
"I'm standing right before you," Winter informs him haughtily.
"So it would seem," Qrow retorts smugly, sarcastically squinting his eyes as he did.
"You realize you just destoryed Atlas military property?" Winter asks him.
"Oohhhhh, I'm sorry," Qrow apologized sarcastically. "See, I mistook this for some sort of. . .sentient garbage."
Alice and I snickered at the man's overly sarcastic tone. I got to thinking while we let Qrow and Winter do a little more banter.
Who do you think is more badass Qrow or Edward?
Hmmm, Edward's definetly the cooler character, but if we're going pure badassery, Qrow's got it won.
My thoughts exactly.
We have the same thoughts so, duh.
Fair enough, dear sister, fair enough.
"If you won't hold your tongue," Winter brought out her weapon and pointed it at Qrow. "Then I will gladly remove it for you!"
"All right then," Qrow replied, while moving his hair out of his eyes. "Come take it."
Showtime!
Just as Winter dashed forward, Alice and I 'Flash Teleport'ed in between the two combatants. The 'Flash Teleport' was like my 'Shadow Step' except it used lightning instead of shadows to move, thus making the transition faster and more showy. 'Shadow Step' was for stealth and 'Flash Teleport' was for grabbing attention.
The loud bang of lightning followed by our appearance between them shocked the two warriors, if only slightly.
"Now, now," I tell them with a calm voice. "Don't fight each other."
"And you would be?" Qrow asks me, looking annoyed that his fight had been stopped.
"Cyan F. Matu, at your service," I tell him with a bow. I then gesture to my sister. "And this is Alice Matu, my sister."
"So, you're the kid Ozpin told me about," Qrow mumbled, while taking a sip from his flask. "I'm surprised you're stopping a fight. From what I heard, you live for this kind of stuff."
"I didn't say I was stopping a fight," I told him. "I said I didn't want you to fight each other, fight me instead!"
With a feral grin, I launched myself at Qrow. My fist was sparking with electricity as I aimed for the huntsman's head. A testament to his skill, Qrow dodged the punch with extreme ease. I tried to strike again, but this time it was blocked by Qrow's sword.
"You sure you want to do this, kid?" Qrow asks, but I could tell he wanted this fight just as much as I did.
"I'm never one to turn down a fight with a strong opponent!" I grin ferally. "I'm not afraid of a little bad luck."
[Playing 'Bad Luck Charm' by Jeff Williams]
Qrow looked shocked for a second, then his eyes hardened and he pushed me away with his blade. Going on the offensive Qrow slashed at me with the great sword, I parried the attack with the palm of my hand.
I aimed a kick at Qrow's side, but he blocked it with the flat of his blade. He flicked his blade downward, in what I thought was a slash, but the truth was a tad more painful.
BANG!
Qrow used his weapon's gun to knock me back a few feet. My high VIT stat negated most of the damage, but the knockback was still a bitch. Looking at my drunk opponent with a feral grin, I crack my knuckles.
"Let's have some fun!"
[Alice POV, 1st Person]
I watched with a smile as my brother fought Qrow, with his manical laughter filling the air. I enjoyed fighting as much as he did, but at least I was subtle about it. Seriously, he comes off as a Joker parody.
"Do you intend to fight me?" Winter's voice broke me away from my musings. The specialist was still holding out her weapon with a slightly confused, and weary, expression on her face.
"Well, there is something I want to do," I tell her, making Winter go into a battle stance.
Before Winter could do anything, I grabbed her by the collar and pulled her into a searing kiss. Winter struggled against me for a few seconds, but slowly melted into the kiss. After about a minute or so, I let go of the specialist relishing in what was technically my first kiss.
Cyan had kissed Velvet before, and a lot, doing that created a 'Kissing' skill. Suffice to say, that skill got improved a lot. It may have been my first kiss, but it most definetly made her toes curl.
I was also enjoying the expressions of everyone around us. Ruby looked mildly surprised. Weiss' jaw had dropped and she seemed to be frozen, pun intended. As for Winter, she was incredibly red-faced, something that was enhanced by her pale skin. Her mouth was still hanging open and her eyes were clouded over.
Please tell me you didn't just do what I thought you did.
She tastes like vanilla!
Goddamit, Alice. . .Just try not get yourself killed after she comes out of it
Roger that, Onii-chan!
I could feel the eyeroll Cyan gave at that statement. I saw that Winter was slowly coming out of her kiss-altered state. Slowly, the red of embarassment on her face was replaced with the red of rage.
"Now, I just want to say this before you do anything," Winter actually paused for a second, letting me speak. "I REGRET NOTHING!"
It was at that point that two things happened. One was that Winter tried to stab me in my throat. The second was me being eternally grateful for my scales.
I parried away Winter's blade with my scaled forearm, while using my other arm to blast a pillar of fire at the specialist. In a true testament to her skill, Winter blocked the flames with a snow white glyph. As soon as my flames stopped, Winter slashed at me with her weapon. I blocked it with my forearms again, as I got kinda confused.
What is that thing? It looks like something you'd see in a pirate movie.
It's a saber.
What does Fate/Stay Night have to do with this?
The weapon, not the character, dumbass!
Oh, right.
Just pay attention before you get skewered.
Wait, wha-
"Oh shit!" I just barely ducked out of the way as Winter's weapon occupied the space my had just been in. I rolled away from the woman and then made my wings sprout from my back. With a few powerful flaps of my wings, I soared into the open air. High above the ground, the rest of the world started to seem so tiny. But, I could still the woman who was currently trying to kill me, or severly maim, one of the two.
Winter was not fazed by my sudden flight and instead stabbed her blade into the ground. A large glyph emerged around her and started producing small Nevermores made of ice. One by one they all flew about and tried attacking me. They really didn't do more than peck me, but that was getting annoying so. . .
"Emperor BLAZE!" I release an explosion of flame, completly disintegrating all of the ice birds. With a grin, I look down on Winter's form. "Come on, hot stuff. Give me a challenge!"
[Cyan POV, 1st Person]
Qrow and I had been exchanging blows for a while. The area around us was heavy with damage, and the spectators had learned not to stray to close to the battle. Despite that Qrow and I were just getting started. He hadn't used his scythe mode yet and I also had a trick up my sleeve.
"Oi, Qrow!" The drunk huntsman looked right at me. "What say we kick it up a notch?"
Qrow raised an eyebrow before shrugging, then he pulled the lever on his sword. The gears on the weapon were turning, causing it's transformation. As for me, I was gathering energy. Tapping into a secondary source of power to add to my own. My electricity turned black and the shadows around us started to dance and move towards my form.
"Dark Lightning Dragon Mode!" My voice was both demon-like and robot-like, odd combination and yet it somehow works. All of a sudden, right when I was about to attack, Qrow looks over my shoulder and deactivates his weapon. "Oh shit. . ."
"MR. MATU! MS. MATU!"
"SCHNEE!"
The three of us cringed at the loud voices. I deactivated my powers, Alice dropped out of the sky, and Winter sheathed her weapon. We all did this right as General Ironwood, with Penny following him, and Glynda showed up.
General Ironwood looked displeased at the sight of his specialist fighting in public like she had. Penny was pretty chill, smiling like she always did. Glynda was. . .I honestly don't think pissed covers what she was.
"General Ironwood, sir!" Winter instantly stood at attention. Ironwood was about to reprimand his soldier, but Glynda beat him to it.
"Would you all like to explain why you decided to engage in a battle in the middle of the courtyard!" Glynda shrieked at us. I got somewhat worried when I saw a bunch of purple hands start coming into being around her.
Turns out that Glynda's semblance was actually a form of Psionic power. I noticed it after a couple times of seeing the professor use her semblance. After that, I told her about it and helped her power it up some. I also taught her how to use the Enhance and the Trace aspects of PSI. At this moment, I regret doing those things.
"They started the altercation!" Winter protested.
"That's actually not true, she attacked first," Qrow pointed out, then he looked at Alice and I. "These two just showed up out of nowhere."
"We were all at fault," I glared lightly at Qrow and Winter. "Qrow antagonized Winter, and Winter snapped. As for Alice and I, we were just looking for some fun."
"In more ways then one," Alice spoke with a perverted grin towards Winter.
I had the decency to smack her upside the head. Alice had the decency to look sheepish, but I could tell she in no way regretted her actions.
"Look, can we just ignore the whole 'I hate you, you hate me' shtcik?" I ask Ironwood and Qrow, who were both glaring at each other. "You're both assholes, congratulations. We have more important shit to be talking about and it can't be spoken of in the middle of courtyard surround by people."
The two looked like they were about to argue with me, or at least Ironwood did, but a familiar voice stopped that little attempt.
"I have to agree with Mr. Matu," Ozpin says, looking rather dapper as always. "There is a sanctioned fight happening just around the corner at the colosseum that I can assure you had better seats. And popcorn."
Bullshit, I found NO popcorn!
Not now, Alice.
"Break it up, everyone!" Glynda shouts, having gotten over her mini-meltdown. "We will take care of this mess."
"Let's go," Ironwood told Winter coldly. The specialist spared one last glare at Alice, who in turn made a 'call me' sign with her hands, making the glare intensify. I curse my 'empathy' skill, cause I could sense a bit of intrigue and desire in that glare.
She totally wants me.
Whatever.
We have the same skill set, Cy. I know you saw the same thing I just did.
I didn't have to answer because Penny stopped following Ironwood. The general looked confused for a second, before Penny responded.
"I'm gonna hang back for a sec," the android called out. The general nodded in response and continued walking. I could hear Ruby interacting with Qrow in the background, so I decided to chat with Penny in the meantime.
"'Sup, Cy," Penny greeted with a large grin.
"Hey, Pen," I greet right back. "How are the upgrades working?"
"As perfect as Perfect Cell!" She responds with a thumbs-up and a nerdy grin.
Before the tournament had started, Penny had met up with me about the 'upgrades' I said I could give her. Originally, I had just wanted to teach her how to use PSI, so that she wouldn't need the wires for her swords. But, I had ended given her a full-on Ritsu treatment. Installing a ton of conversational programs that would help her speak like a normal person, while also adding in a bunch of pop culture references for the hell of it.
"Sweet!" I grin at the android, before my tone turned slightly serious. "So, you gonna go do it?"
"Yeah," Penny told me with a small smile. "I think I'm emotionally prepared for whatever reaction I get."
"Well, go for it," I tell her encouragingly. At that moment, Qrow was called by Ozpin making the drunk huntsman leave his niece for the time being. "There's your shot, go take it."
With that Alice and I follow Ozpin with Qrow tagging along. The bad luck charm notices are grins and inqures about them.
"What's got you two so happy?" Qrow asks with slight confusion in his voice. "You got caught by Glynda, even I wouldn't be smiling after that."
"I'm her apprentice, she's really stopped caring what stupid things I do," I tell Qrow nonchalantly. "No, what we're smiling at would be-"
"EEP!"
"That right over there," I tell him while pointing over my shoulder.
All three of use turn around and see a rather interesting sight, to say the least. A slightly blushing Penny was frenching a completly red-faced Ruby, while Weiss was just completly frozen nearby. And that is not an exaggeration, Weiss had actual frost creeping along her skin. She probably would have frozen Penny solid, if it weren't for Penny's next course of action.
Penny released the red reaper, then reached over, grabbed Weiss and started kissing her as well. Weiss also turned as bright red as her girlfriend. I could have sworn I saw steam rising from Weiss as Penny kissed her. Ruby, once she shook off the kiss-induced coma, jaw-dropped as she saw her girlfriend get kissed.
Qrow looked at the scene with a raised eyebrow.
"Well, that's not something you see every day," he notes dryly.
"Welcome to my world, my friend," I tell him with a knowing smile. "Come on, let's go see the Wonderful Wizard of Oz."
Now, I know this is basically just filler, but sometimes it's necessary. I can promise that by the chapter after next, chapter 38 if you have trouble with that type of wording like I do, that's when we get to the good stuff.
I hope you enjoyed and I will see you next chapter, OK is out!