Hello everyone! How are you all today? You know I wonder how many times I've written those two sentences now. Probably a lot. Anyways, I'm officially eighteen now. And you know how I celebrated? I lost $20 play the lottery. But in other news, I quit my job at Subway, because it sucked and I'm starting my senior year of high school in two days. I have nothing els new in my life, so I hope you all enjoy this chapter!
Vesh stood calmly against the target as another knife flew passed his head and stuck into the wall. "You see." Professor Burns said. "That knife stuck into the target."
"Why do I have to be in front of the target?" Vesh asked boredly.
"Quiet." The professor scolded. "Now, if I move only six inches closer…" The teacher then moved forward slightly and threw another knife, which came so close to Blue's head he could feel the wind off of it. The knife collided with the target and bounced off of it, clattering as it hit the ground. "The knife will simply bounce off instead of sticking in the target. When it comes to knife throwing, your positioning is just as important as the throw. You can have a flawless throw, but if you're standing in the wrong spot the knife will simply bounce off."
"You still haven't told me why I'm standing in front of the target." The teen said boredly once again.
"I will in a moment." Professor Burns said. "Now, are there any questions?"
"Why are we leaning this when there aren't any knife throwers in this hour?" Ruby asked.
"Because… I didn't want to change my lesson plan for this class. Also, knife throwing is fun, because you can do this." The teacher then threw three knives at once, surrounding the teen's head, but receiving no reaction from the teen.
"Can I sit down now?" Vesh asked.
"Ya." Burns said a bit dejected. "It's no fun when you don't flinch." The teacher then threw another knife passed the archer's head as he walked towards his seat, only to receive no reaction and having the knife stick into Vesh's desk. Vesh pulled the knife from the desk and sat down. He played with the knife for a few moments, until Burns walked in front of the target. Blue then quickly stood up and threw the knife just passed the teachers head, having it slam into the target behind the man, but not sticking into the target.
"Hmm, I guess you're right, the positioning does matter." The archer said.
Burns simply looked shocked as he stared at the teen, before anger filled the man's face. "Ozpin's office, NOW!" The man yelled.
"Ya ya, I'm leaving." Blue replied as he picked up his books and began walking out of the room. "See ya Rubes." He said, before walking out of the door and closing it behind him.
"Now then…" The professor said. "Let's find out where Mr. Mers would've had to stand to for the knife to stick.
-To Ozpin's Office-
Glynda Goodwitch picked up the intercom on her desk. "Mr. Mers, would you please…." She was cut off by Vesh opening the door.
"Already here." He said, as he walked up to the door to Ozpin's office.
"Oh." She then put down the intercom. "Why were you already here?"
"Threw a knife at Professor Burns." He replied calmly as he opened the door to Ozpin's office and stepped in. "He kicked me out." He said happily as he closed to the behind him.
"Ahh, Mr. Mers. You arrived rather quickly." Ozpin said as he read through files on his desk. Vesh then sat down in one of the two chairs across from the Headmaster.
"I was already on my way." Blue replied as he put his books on the desk.
"Yes, Mr. Burns already informed me." The Headmaster replied as he threw a file into the trashcan.
"What was that?" Vesh asked.
"Transcripts for next year's class."
"Ahh, makes sense. Now, do you want to chew me out for throwing knives at Professor Burns?"
"Maybe another time, we have more important matters to attend to. Also, you didn't hit him, so you'll only get a detention and possibly a stern lecture from Professor Goodwitch."
"Sounds fair enough. What are these more important matters?" The archer asked.
"We've received news that a certain someone you've been looking for has a new base of operations."
"And who might that be?" Vesh asked casually.
"You know him as Victor."
"Victor?" The teen said far more seriously, as he sprang to attention. Vesh's search for the man hadn't stopped since the day he took over Ike's body. The constant threat of someone attacking him during one of his plans was enough to spur him into wanting to rid himself of the man.
"Yes, that's the alias you know him as."
"What do you mean by alias, isn't that his name."
"No, it is not. It's the name he's gone by for the past 30 years though. His real name is, Vered Donovan." (Kudos to anyone who figures out the meaning behind this name. If you figure it out, pm me and I'll announce how smart you are in the next chapter.)
"Vered, huh. That's news to me. Anyways, what news do you have on him?"
"He's found an old warehouse in an abandon settlement, about 60 miles northeast of here, which is where we believe Vered is hiding." Ozpin said.
"Wouldn't the Grimm have ripped them to shreds if they're outside the protection of the city?"
"They might have been; however, if they've created another fortress and masked their footsteps well, the Grimm might not have even noticed them."
"Very well, so is the High Counsel sending Hunters in after them?"
"No." Ozpin replied.
"No?"
"No."
"Why not? It's obvious that they're not on the side of the law."
"Well, that's where you may be wrong. After hearing this news, only about half of the members of the High Counsel agree on if they should attack the group at all. Half see them as criminals, as you do, because they kill without the authority to do so. However, the other half see the group as doing more good than harm and that they should let the vigilantly justice continue."
"So they can't attack, because they can't make a decision?"
"Precisely."
"What does any of this have to do with me though?" Vesh asked.
"You see, if a group of students, whom are all unaffiliated with the government, were to attack the compound the counsel wouldn't have to vote on if they should attack or not."
"Couldn't I get a murder charge for this though, if I kill Vered?"
"Not exactly. You have orders to attack this group by a member of the High Counsel." Ozpin said as he slide a file over to Vesh. "This means that the member who has given this order would be taking the fall for an actions that the other members don't appreciate. You'll be fine. Of course, you can always decline the offer and not go on the mission."
"I accept." Vesh said instantly.
"Excellent. I must warn you though, you won't be allowed to have any Hunters alongside you this time. Also, I've only been given permission to let you be accompanied by one other team from the school, seeing as the member who has given me this mission doesn't want too much blood on his hands should this mission fail. You should pick wisely, and perhaps find a team that has more combat experience than team RWBY."
"Understood, though I'm certain team RWBY is more than qualified to fight alongside me during this mission." The teen then stood up and began to leave the office, before he was stopped by Ozpin's voice.
"I'm sorry Mr. Mers, but I think you misunderstood me. I'm not permitting team RWBY to accompany you on this mission. They're too inexperienced."
"Then why am I allowed to go on this mission."
"Because, this is a fight that is personal to you. Also, I know that you much stronger than you let on."
"Very well. I'll trust you can pick a team that is strong enough to accompany me."
"Then I'll begin looking through team files immediately and let you know my decision by 9:00 tonight. The bullhead will leave at 10:00 in the morning two days from now. Be there, or the bullhead will leave without you."
"Understood. I look forward to seeing which team you've chosen for me." The teen then walked out of the room and closed the door behind him.
"I seriously doubt that." Ozpin said as he began to flip through team files on his desk. "Hopefully you'll be forced to use all your strength on Vered and Ike can gain some ground inside his head easily." The Headmaster said to himself. "Glynda." He said into a phone on his desk.
"Yes, Headmaster?"
"Please call team NEON into my office."
"Certainly." The Headmistress said, before making the announcement.
-To Team RWBY/JNPR/Ike's Room-
Vesh opened the door to nothing quite unusual from the teens he roomed with. Yang wasn't doing anything particularly interesting, Ruby was studying, Weiss was helping Ruby study, and Blake was reading. Jaune was doing homework with Pyrrha's help, Nora was listening to music, and Ren just looked happy that Nora wasn't bouncing off the walls. "…recipe for cookies." Red said, ending a sentence.
"Did someone say cookies?!" Nora asked as she quickly became alert.
"Nobody said cookies, Nora." The stoic teen lied, hoping to keep Nora relaxed.
"And you should be studying, instead of talking about cookie recipes." White scolded from next to Ruby
"So there was talk of cookies!" Nora said excitedly. "YOU LIED!" She yelled at Ren, as she pointed at him.
"Yes, I lied. Now can you just go back to listening to music?" The boy with the magenta in his hair asked.
"Anyways, what'd I miss in Professor Burns's class?" Vesh asked.
"Nothing really, just a short rant about safety and respect." The Grimm Reaper replied.
"How much trouble did you get in for throwing a knife at Burns?" Yang asked.
"Just a detention, he had a more important matter to discuss." Blue replied.
"And that was?" Red asked.
"He had more information about Victor."
"Anything to act upon?" Blake asked.
"Well, I'm heading out in two days." Vesh said as he flopped down onto his bed.
"To where?" Ruby asked from her desk.
"Some abandoned warehouse outside of Vale. Victor, aka Vered Donovan, is there. I'm attacking the warehouse with some fourth year team."
"Wait, did you say you were going with a fourth year team?" Yang asked.
"Yep."
"Why not us?" Jaune asked.
"Ozpin thinks it would be too dangerous. I completely disagree however." Blue said, seeing a chance to either cause a small amount of havoc or allow teams RWBY and JNPR to join him on the mission.
"If they come with, I can hopefully kill them and claim they died in combat. Then I'd have eight thorns removed from my side and finally have some peace and quiet." The evil teen thought.
"We did just fine last time." Nora said from her bed. "Why can't we just go and fight again?"
"Ya, nobody died last time, we should be able to attack the warehouse too." Jaune added.
"No Hunter backup this time, but maybe if we went along with a fourth year team, then you could all accompany me." The archer said with a sly smile on his face.
"I don't think it's a good idea." Ren said.
"I agree with Ren. It seems far too dangerous for us to go." Pyrrha added.
"Then why is Ike going?" Ruby asked.
"He said I can go, because I have a vendetta against Vered." Vesh replied.
"That seems like bad reasoning." Weiss said.
"It is. If Ike is strong enough, then we all are." Yang said.
"Maybe if you talked to Ozpin…" Vesh added.
"Great idea, Ike!" Nora yelled as she sprang up. "Let's go talk to Ozpin!"
Before the pink haired girl could run out the door, however, Ren grabbed her and stopped her. "Do you all really think that'll change Ozpin's mind?" The stoic teen asked.
"Why wouldn't it?" Ruby asked.
"Because Ozpin's a stubborn man. He's probably already weighed the risks of the mission and made his decision carefully." White said.
"That does make sense." Jaune said.
"Don't flip sides Jaune." Yang scolded. "The worst that can happen is that he'll say no."
"And think that we've become irresponsible and stop us from going on dangerous missions, because he's afraid we're reckless." The Heiress retorted.
"So you're saying we should just let Ike go out and try something dangerous by himself?" Ruby asked.
"No, I'm saying we shouldn't go charging into Ozpin's office and start making demands. I'm sure Ike can handle these degenerates with the help of a fourth year team." White replied.
"I don't know. I could get hurt." Blue said.
"You will with that attitude." Yellow said.
"Thank Yang." Vesh replied bluntly. Seeing that his idea of getting RWBY and JNPR to join him on the mission was getting no support, the teen then stood up and said, "Well, I'm going to go do some research on the area."
"You're just going to go out and research an area after dropping a bomb shell like that?" Yang asked.
"Might as well, what else am I going to do?" Vesh replied.
"Homework?" Weiss suggested.
"Make cookies?" Nora added.
"Spend time with your friends?" Yang said.
"I think this is a better use of my time." The archer replied as he walked out the door and close it behind him.
"Fine, who needs you anyways!?" The blonde yelled back, before laying down in her bed.
"All you two do is fight anymore." Ruby said, sadly.
"Well blame him for that, not me!" Yang replied. "Ever since we came back from that Victor mission, he's been different. He's hostile to everyone and doesn't even make an attempt to care about us."
Red sighed and said, "I'm going to go talk to him."
"I wouldn't waste your breath." Yang replied as her sister walked out of the room.
After a small period of silence, Nora asked, "So are we going to make cookies or not?"
-And to the Library-
Vesh silently read the books the librarian had given him over the area he'd be fighting in. "Hey." Ruby whispered to him as she sat down next to him.
"Ruby, I'm kinda busy." He replied, without lifting his eyes up from the book.
"Ike." She said. "You've become distant this past few weeks."
"I know, but I'm just been busy." He replied.
"To busy to spend a few minutes with everyone?" She asked.
Blue looked up from the book and said, "I'm sorry that I have to do research to make sure I don't get killed, I'm sorry that I've been too preoccupied with trying to find the person that's been hunting me to be involved in one of Yang's stupid ideas, I'm sorry that I lost every member of my family and I'm trying to make a future where my past isn't in the way." The archer then looked back down at the book.
"I know you've been busy, we all know that, but your starting to become obsessive. It's like what happened to Blake all over again. And not only that, you've become hostile to everyone." The Grimm Reaper pointed out.
"I haven't exactly lived a stress free life this past year." He replied.
"I'm not blaming you for being stressed and for some of that stress to come out in a negative way, I'm saying that maybe you should take a break. Relieve some of the stress in your life."
"Last time I tried that I ended up shielding you from a bullet and falling into a coma."
"But that's not going to happen again."
"You don't know that."
"Ike." Ruby said as she closed the book for the archer.
"Well there goes my spot." He said, before looking up at her.
"I'm starting to worry about you. You're pushing everyone away from you, you're pushing me away from you."
"I'll focus more time on you and on everyone else, as soon as I come back from this mission. For now, though, I need to focus on researching and making sure I can end everything with Vered. As soon as I kill him, we can go back to our happy little lives, but until then I have to focus on this. Okay?"
"Alright. Just… promise that you'll go back to the way you were when we first met after this is all done."
"I promise." Vesh lied.
"Thank you." She then stood up and kissed the person she thought was her boyfriend. "Don't work too hard, you have to save some strength for the mission."
"Don't worry, I won't." He replied. The girl then walked out of the library, leaving Vesh to himself.
"Now that that nuisance is gone, I can get back to reading." He thought. His scroll then rang out, signaling he had a message. The teen checked it to see to see it was from Ozpin.
The message read, "I've chosen team FRST, pronounced frost. The members of the team are in the training room if you wish to meet them and train with them before the mission. The team is led by Fira Seraphina, with its members being: Yuki Roka, Snow North, and Neve Timber. I wish you the best of luck."
"Or maybe I can't. Well, I should probably go meet them." Vesh thought. He then stood up, returned the books and headed to the training room.
-To the Training Room… Away!-
Vesh walked into the room to see team FRST sparing against one another. Fira Seraphina, the only girl of the group and the leader, was sparing against a man of eastern origin. Vesh recognized the girl as the girl with the flame sword that Ruby was swooning over the first day they arrived at Beacon. Fira then switched her sword into its secondary form of a flame thrower and spewed fire across the training area. She was a shorter girl with bright red hair and leather combat gear that complimented her hair. Vesh assumed that her weapon was powered by fire dust.
Her sparring partner, whom the archer assumed was Yuki, had silver hair and icy blue clothing that gave him the appearance of ice, which matched his icicle shaped earrings. He wielded a katana with a steel blade and a black handle, which had white leather wrapped over it. As the flames engulfed the area in front of him, the man in white switched his weapon into a ranged form. His katana changed into a crossbow with bladed limbs. He then fired an arrow through the flames, which Fira dodged with an aerial.
Vesh looked over at the other sparring duo to see one dressed in white and the other in gray. The one in white had snow colored hair and wore a hoodie lined with gray fur. In both hands he gripped ice picks, which he used as small axes. The white haired man then spun the ice pick in his right hand around his wrist by the leather strap and fired a projectile, which looked like a small harpoon, at his sparring partner. The man in gray simply side stepped the projectile. The man in white then fired a harpoon from the other ice pick and reloaded both within a second.
The fourth year student in gray then charged at his partner. This man had a wolf-like appearance, which was only amplified by his gray and messy hair and wolf ears on his head, signaling he was a Faunus. He then slashed at his teammate, who dodged with a backwards handspring, with razor sharp claws on his metal gloves. Before the man in white had recovered, the wolf Faunus then shot the claws, which were attached to steel wires, out of the gloves and at his teammate. The man in white dodged once again and charged at his teammate. The wolf then pulled his hand back, retracing the claws and twisted his hand to the side. The wires then contorted and moved over towards the man in white, who jumped over the wires and claws attached to them and continued his charge. As the man in white brought down one of his picks on his teammate, the wolf backhanded the pick with one hand and attempted to attack with the retracing wires once again.
Vesh watched as the pairs dueled, until Fira noticed him watching. "Stop!" She called out. "And who might you be?" She asked.
"I could ask you the same thing." Blue replied from the bleachers.
"I asked first though."
"True. I'm Ike Mers. You'll be accompanying me on my mission in a few days."
"Fira Seraphina and I believe you mean you'll be accompanying us on our mission in a few days." She replied.
"That's cute, you think you're in charge on this mission, but let me tell you something." Vesh said, as he stood up and began descending the bleachers. "Vered has been hunting me down for months now and I intend to pay back the favor by hunting him down." He then began walking up to the girl. "He can run through the woods, he can swim through a river, he can even dig a cave through a damn mountain for all I care! But I will kill him. He's been a thorn in my side for too long now and I have plans that don't involve me being distracted by him trying to kill me." He was now only inches away from the girl. "Got it?"
"It's funny that a first year thinks he's tough. Let me tell you something, kid. You aren't. You're just a little teenager who thinks he's tough because he got into a fighting academy."
"You want to try to prove that?" Vesh asked with a sinister smile.
"Sure." Fira then tried to hit Vesh with a right hook, but her fist was caught by Vesh's hand.
"Going for the cheap shot, huh? That wasn't a very honorable thing to do, but let me tell you something, GIRLY!" The evil teen said with a crazed look in his eye as he added emphasis on the last word. He then twisted Fira's hand, bringing her down on one knee. His eyes began turning pure black as Vesh let his strength recede from the battle against Ike and into the rest of his body. "I'm stronger than you are, so you're going to listen to me, you're going to stay out of my way when we fight, we're going to kill Vered, and then we'll never have to see each other again. Understood?"
"Yes." Fira said weakly through the pain.
"You gotta speak up, I'm a bit hard of hearing."
"Yes!" She yelled.
"Good!" He then released the leader's hand and kicked her in the chest, sending her flying across the room and into a wall. The evil teen then began walking away.
"I'm Snow by the way." The man in white said softly.
"Timber." The wolf Faunus said, matching his teammate's tone.
"Nice to meet you." Vesh said calmly as he continued to walk away.
Ahh, I love when I get to make my characters a little bit insane. So, next chapter should be one of those chapters where I'll be switching in between Ike and Vesh. I also think it might be a longer chapter, but I'm not entirely sure yet. We'll just have to see what happens. I don't think I have anything else to say, but be sure to check out my story over on FictionPress, because I really love the idea of the world I've created with it. Also, don't forget to send me a pm or leave a review so i can read your feedback and know what you think of the story. I hope you enjoy the rest of your day, and I'll see you next chapter. Bye!