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Chapter 2: New friends and Beacon's Beast
Shyam, Ellen, Russet, and Qrow are on their way to the ferry heading to the island of Patch. It was getting close to around five or six o'clock by Shyam's phone. A rock was then launched by a passing car into Shyam's head, which only irritated him. So far, Shyam has been hit by flying rocks three times, almost had a flower pot land on him once, and was nearly hit by a vehicle five times. Shyam grows in frustration.
"What did I do to deserve this? I was nearly hit by five vehicles, hit by a flying rock three times, and almost had a flower pot hit me as it fell from a balcony." Said Shyam.
Qrow looks down in shame. He should tell him.
"It's because of me. My semblance is misfortune." Said Qrow.
"Well, can you turn it off." Said a annoyed Shyam.
Qrow gains a sorrowful look.
"I can't. Because of that, I can't stay around my family. I stay away to keep them safe." Said Qrow.
"I think I might have a way to help him, if I can that is." Thinks Shyam.
Another one of Shyam's powers from the Beast, was the ability to amplify or nullify a conduits powers. Semblances might be considered conduit powers, maybe that is. The four then get their ferry tickets, Qrow paid for all of them. They then get into a booth with a door for some privacy. The ferry was still loading.
"It's about a hour to a hour and a half trip to Patch. Tai should have some room in his house. Hope you don't mind being in a house with two teenage girls." Said Qrow.
Shyam gives Qrow a 'no sh*t' look. Shyam then decides to tell Qrow about his way of helping him.
"I may have a way to help you with your semblance." Said Shyam.
Qrow spits out his booze when Shyam told him. Qrow, for the first time in years, had hope.
"What!? How!? I'll do anything!" Said Qrow as he grabs Shyam's shoulders.
Shyam pulls off Qrow's hands.
"Look it's only a possibility right now. But here's what would happen if you were a conduit. I have the ability to ether amplify or nullify a conduits powers. I can amplify them to the most powerful abilities or make it so they can only do very little with their powers. Can you give me a run down on what a semblance is and by extension aura." Said Shyam
"Sure. If it means reducing me semblances output or giving me more control I'll do it. But, you have to explain to me what a conduit is. Deal." Said Qrow.
"Fine, but only tell Ozpin. I don't need to give the General reasons to lock me up." Said Shyam.
Shyam then goes into detail what a conduit is. From their common powers that all conduits get, to powers some conduits can get. Qrow takes in all the information. So far he knew conduits didn't need aura, including the rest of Shyam's world. Also, a conduit can ether be give powers or have their powers broken. Shyam explains what happened to Cole when he first tried to fight the first Beast.
"Ok, I get it. Conduits have a gene in them that allows them to do all the things you said. From enhanced strength and agility. To control over a certain element. But how does that help me?" Said Qrow.
"It helps you understand how a conduit works. If I used my power on you and nothing happened, then that would mean that a semblance and the conduit gene are two different things. Now then, tell me about aura and a semblance." Said Shyam.
Qrow then goes over the basics about aura and semblances. Aura was the manifestation of one's soul. A semblance represents one's soul. Aura was like a biological shield, said shield can break if enough damage is taken. A semblance is unique to each person. Qrow's nieces for example. His niece Yang Xiao long, can tank hits and apply the hits to her own strength. Ruby Rose can move at high speeds by becoming a storm of rose petals. Then some semblances can be pasted down from generation to generation, like the Schnee family's glyphs.
"Is it possible Ellen and I could have aura? How do we unlock it?" Asked Shyam.
"Ether by someone else unlocking it or by extreme stress. But first let's test out your theory about nullifying or amplifying my semblance." Said Qrow.
Shyam's eyes then glow a fiery dark blue. He then taps Qrow on the forehead. A small flash is seen from where Shyam tapped Qrow.
"Did it work?" Asked Qrow.
"Let's test it. Make that guy unlucky." Said Shyam as they look out of their booth.
Qrow focuses on the guy passing them, they notice that Qrow's hands we're glowing a bit. The guy's belt breaks and he trips over his pants. Ellen and Russet giggle at the man. Qrow was shocked. It worked, he can now control his semblance.
"Thanks kid. Things are finally looking up for me." Said Qrow as he leans back into his seat.
His seat then breaks.
"Looks like I could only amplify your semblance to the point you had some more control, but it is still on." Said Shyam.
"Well, it's a start. I'll have Tai unlock your aura tomorrow." Said Qrow.
They then get off the ferry. They then walk to Tai Xiao long's house.
Later at Tai's house
The Xiao long household was out in the forests of Patch Island. It was a two store log house. A porch could be seen on the left. A garage could be seen outside beside the house. A yellow bike could be seen just inside the garage door. Some pots with flowers could be seen as well. Small flower patches could also be seen outside on the front.
"This the place? I kinda like it. Quit, clean air, no people around for miles, and it's feels very homey." Said Shyam
"It reminds me of the forest's outside of the city I lived in with my parents. Some houses we're built there as well." Said Ellen.
"I only lived in the apartment all my life." Said Russet.
"Yeah, it's a good place to live. Come on, I think Tai's cooking dinner." Said Qrow, as he sees Tai cooking in the kitchen.
The four then head to the front door. Qrow knocks on the door. A muffled 'coming' was heard. The door then opens. A girl in pyjamas comes out. She had black hair with red tips. She had on a short sleeve shirt that had a grimm mask on it. She wore a pair of black with pink poke-it-dots sleeping pants. This was Ruby Rose, the daughter of Summer Rose and Qrow's heirloom niece. Ruby releases a high pitched squeal.
"UNCLE QROW!" Yelled Ruby.
"Hey kiddo." Said Qrow.
Ruby didn't notice Shyam and the kids, due to him standing outside of the house beside the flower patch. Qrow then heads in, but Shyam waits to be called in.
"Qrow? When did you get here?" Asked Tai.
Tai was a man with tanned skin. A soul patch is on his chin. He had sandpaper hair, which was blonde in his younger years, but had turned grey over time.
"Yang could you do this while I go talk with your uncle." Said Tai.
"Sure dad." Said Yang.
Tai comes into the living room. Qrow had his hands in his pockets.
"Did you get my message earlier, about a future student having nowhere to go till the exam." Said Qrow.
"Yes I did. I all ready set up the spare room for them. What's the kid's name." Said Tai.
"Shyam Phoenix." Said Qrow.
"Then where is she?" Said Ruby.
"First off, Shyam is a boy's name. Second off, I'm right here." Said Shyam.
Shyam then comes out from his spot. Tai blinks when he sees Ellen and Russet.
"What's with the other two?" Asked Tai.
"This is Ellen and Russet. Their my adoptive daughters." Said Shyam.
"Aren't you a little young to be adopting kids?" Said Tai.
"That's what the good witch of the north said, but their parents asked me to take care of them. For Ellen, to keep her safe. For Russet, it was her mother's dying wish. Got a problem with that." Said Shyam.
"No not at all. It just took me off guard. Names Tai Xiao long, call me Tai." Said Tai shaking Shyam's hand.
"So... Wheres your weapon?" Asked Ruby.
"Don't need one. I fight with my fists. Uh Qrow, how about you tell Tai and Ruby about your semblance." Said Shyam.
"What do you mean? Uncle Qrow's semblance is misfortune, which he can't turn off." Said Ruby.
"Well, Shyam here amplified my semblance, but just enough that I have more control over it." Said Qrow.
"Really! That's great!" Said Ruby.
"Hey kiddo, why don't you show Shyam and the kids to their rooms while I talk with your old man." Said Qrow.
"Sure! Fallow me!" Said Ruby.
Qrow and Tai watch the four head upstairs. Qrow then gets a grimm expression on his face.
"Have you heard yet?" Asked Qrow.
"Heard what?" Asked Tai.
"That the winter maiden is dead and the new one is out there somewhere." Said Qrow.
"What!? What happened!?" Said Tai in shock.
Qrow then explains what he had learned. From Frai being attacked. Tai took the new information in. Frai was never a happy camper and James said she was getting close to her time. Tai rubs his head.
"So now you have to find the new winter maiden." Said Tai.
"She's already been found. But it wasn't Salem that found her." Said Qrow.
"Then who is the new winter maiden?" Asked Tai.
"Her name is Russet. The dragon faunus girl that Shyam is taking care of." Said Qrow.
"Then why didn't General Ironwood take the girl from Shyam. James is the head of the Atlas academy and military." Said Tai.
"Shyam threaten to whip Vale off of the map. When Goodwitch said that the Atlas military could stop pretty much anything. Shyam said, and I quote "They couldn't stop me from whipping Vale off of the map and believe me I can." End quote. The kid sure has some balls to threaten the Atlas General." Said Qrow.
Qrow then tells Tai what he learned form Shyam on the ferry. Tai was shocked. A world with no grimm, no faunus, no aura, and no dust. Then there's the conduits, treated like criminals for no reason. Conduits taken in for experimentation, locked up for the rest of their lives, and etc.
"And Shyam is the most powerful conduit there is?" Asked Tai.
"From what his powers are, I would think so. I feel sorry for the people that p**s him off." Said Qrow.
Yang then comes into the room, having not heard the two talking earlier. Yang's night clothing is a yellow short sleeve shirt and brown shorts. Yang had a pale skin, violet eyes that turn red when she's angered, and she had long golden blonde hair that reaches her waist.
"Hey dad, hey uncle Qrow. I put dinner in the oven, should be done in about thirty minutes." Said Yang.
"Please tell me you didn't add anything." Said Qrow.
"Nope. I just put it in the dish that dad had out and put it in the oven. Soooo, where's our guest at?" Asked Yang.
"Ruby took him and his adoptive kids to their rooms to clean up." Said Qrow.
They then hear a crash and a thump above them. The three run upstairs. Once they are up stairs, they see Shyam hit the wall and fall to the floor. Ruby was then thrown out of the room and lands on Shyam. Russet was warped above them and falls onto Ruby.
"Ow." Said Shyam.
"What happened!?" Said Tai.
Shyam ignores Tai and heads to the door, which was covered in shadows. He reaches for the handle, but a shadow spike nearly goes through Shyam's hand. Ruby then gets up.
"Why did Ellen freak out like that?" Asked Ruby.
"PTSD." Said Shyam.
Qrow tries to open the door by kicking it, but a shadow spike nearly skewers him.
"Again, what happened?" Asked Tai.
Flashback to a few minutes ago
Ruby brings Shyam, Ellen, and Russet to a room. It had one large bed, a dresser, and a closet.
"And this is your bedroom. Hope you don't mind sharing the bed." Said Ruby.
"Not a problem. These two mostly use me as a mattress anyways." Said Shyam.
"Hey!" Said Ellen and Russet both in sync.
Ruby leaves to give the three some time to change. After a few minutes, the three come out of bedroom, well Shyam used the bathroom across from them. Shyam wears a dark blue tank top with a black trimming and he wears red shorts. Ellen wears a pair of white and blue shorts with matching short sleeve shirt. Russet wears a grey pair of sleeping pants and a reddish brown short sleeve shirt, which had slits in the back for her wings. Ruby noticed the scars on Shyam's arms.
"What happened to your arms?" Asked Ruby.
"Struck by lightning. Nearly killed me, but I lived." Said Shyam.
"So what colours does your name relate too?" Asked Ruby.
"What?" Asked Shyam in confusion.
"Parents usually name their kids after a colour. My mother named me after a gem, a ruby, which is red. My sister's name relates to the sun, which is yellow." Explained Ruby.
"Oh. Well my first name means dark blue or black. While my last name means a dark crimson. Ellen's first name relates to light, while her old last name relates to shadows and darkness. Russet's means a reddish brown, like rust, while her last name relates to winter, which is white." Said Shyam.
The two then hear a small shriek and they run over to the bathroom. When they enter the bathroom, Ellen was shaking and Russet wasn't in sight. Shyam then gets hit by a solid shadow pillar. Ruby was grabbed by a shadow claw. The two go flying into the hallway. A few seconds later, Russet was warped above them.
Back to the present
After they explain what had happened, they then look at the door.
"What happened Russet?" Asked Shyam.
"I.. Uh.. Don't know? We we're talking about your powers. Then I suggested we should experiment with them. Then Ellen freezes and begins to tremble. Did I do something wrong?" Said Russet, who begins to tear up a bit, thinking she had done something wrong.
Shyam just rubs Russet's head.
"No you didn't. You didn't do anything wrong." Said Shyam.
Shyam then kneels in front of the door, while grabbing a shadow spike before it could skewer him.
"Ellen. I need you to listen to the sound of my voice. Your not in Curdun Cay anymore. Take some deep breaths like before. You know I would never let anyone do anything to you. You don't have to be afraid anymore, you are safe now." Said Shyam.
They all see the shadows shrink down to a tall shadow. Ellen then springs out from said shadow and hugs Shyam for comfort. All of them then see Ellen's arms we're covered in scars, but not like Shyam's scars. Ellen's scars looked like someone cut her open, stuck things into her arm, and etc. Some scars we're over other scars. Shyam then takes Ellen into their room and puts her into the bed.
"Take some time to calm down and if your up to it, you can have some dinner. Ok." Said Shyam.
Ellen nods her head and lays down. Shyam then leaves the room and they all head down stairs.
"What's Curdun Cay?" Asked Yang.
"At the beginning of last year, Ellen was taken from me. It's a off the books prison that takes in people they think are too dangerous or they take them in for hell of it. Ellen was experiment on for a whole year, till I broke into the place and freed everyone I could. Most of the people in there we're already dead. Ellen, by my knowledge, was the only kid in there that was still alive." Said Shyam using the cover story that him and Qrow made up.
Tai was furious. Yang and Ruby we're horrified, with Yang was also furious. Qrow knew the truth, but when he heard it, he was also beyond furious. People experimenting on kids, disgusting. They then hear the timer go off. They then head to the dining room. Yang then taps Shyam's shoulder.
"Names Yang Xiao Long. Sorry about what happened to your daughter." Said Yang.
"Shyam Phoenix. But you should be sorry for the people at the prison, some had a few broken bones when I left." Said Shyam.
They then sit down to eat. Ellen also came down to eat as well. Once that was down, Qrow heads to his room in the house and goes to sleep. Shyam and the kids also head to bed, with Yang and Ruby right behind them. Tai locks up.
"Night Zwei." Said Tai.
A small white and black corgi barks.
The next day
Shyam wakes up early for some morning exercise. He takes off his sleep wear and changes into his normal clothes, minus the shirt and vest. He hands out into the back yard. It was mostly bare, with a small shed in the back left corner. Shyam then does some push ups, sit ups, hand stand push ups, crunches, some arm stretches, and etc. Shyam does some target practice with some small rocks to some medium sized rocks, that he had found. He doesn't use his Beast powers, to not wake everyone up. First he uses his fire, then light, and finally gravity.
"Amazing." Said Tai.
"When did you wake up?" Asked Shyam.
"Just a few minutes ago, can't really sleep when someone is shooting at rocks. Qrow told me about you and where your from. Was it really as bad as you say it was?" Said Tai.
Shyam puts on his shirt and vest.
"Yes it was, more so for me. I had a bounty on my head for one million dollars. I couldn't rest till I got to New Marais. New Marais was the only place the Dups didn't dare go. Sure there was some conduits living there, but they helped out the city. The government tried to convince the town to hand over the conduits, but they refused. From the rumours I heard, the government was still trying to negotiate with them." Said Shyam.
"Qrow also told me your world doesn't have aura. Well, any living thing on Remnant has a soul. So by our logic, you should have aura. Want me to unlock it?" Said Tai.
"It's worth a shot. If not, I can always say my powers are my semblance." Said Shyam.
Tai then places one hand on Shyam's right shoulder.
"What are you doing?" Asked Shyam.
"This is the way to unlock aura. Now hold still." Said Tai.
Tai then takes in a deep breath.
"For it is in passing that we achieve immortality. Through this we become a paragon of virtue and glory to rise above all, infinite in distance and unbound by death. I release your soul and by my shoulder protect thee." Said Tai.
Tai's aura glows as a pulse goes form him to Shyam. Shyam then glows a dark blue. Shyam takes a step back in shock. He then gets a vision. In the vision, he sees himself place his hand on a chunk of rock and sends a aura pulse into the rock. The rock then moulds into a Ravager corrupted. The same thing happens to some water and the water shapes into a DUP rook. Shyam thens gasps as he looks at his hands, which we're glowing a dark blue.
"Shyam? You good? You've been standing there for about three minutes. You okay?" Said Tai in concern.
"I'm good, this usually happens when I unlock a new power. I get something akin to a vision that shows me how my powers work." Said Shyam.
Shyam then places his left hand on the ground. He then sends a pulse into the ground. From the ground, comes a DUP knight, holding a rock gun. The knight salutes Shyam. Shyam then points to a tree.
"Attack." Ordered Shyam.
The knight aims it's gun at the tree and fires off one bullet. The tree gets a chunk taken out of it. The knight then forms a rock like grenade and throws it at the tree. The tree then falls over with a crash.
"WHAT IS GOING ON HERE!?" Yelled Yang, who was leaning out of the kitchen window.
"Just testing out one of my semblances." Said Shyam.
After they had all woke up, they had breakfast. Yang wore a tan jacket that shows off her midriff. The jacket had golden brown piping and short, puffy sleeves with a black cuffs that feature two golden buttons. Underneath the jacket, Yang wears a low cut yellow crop top with her burning heart emblem on her left breast in black. She wears a brown belt covered by a pleated brown piece of material reaching from hip to hip around the back of her waist, it to has her emblem on the right-most side pleat in gold. Underneath this, is a long, white, asymmetrical piece of material reaching her knee on the right side, as well as a pair of black mini-shorts. She has brown knee high boots for foot wear and orange over-the-knee socks, with the right knee sock pushed down just below the knee. A grey bandana is tied around her left knee. A orange infinity scarf and black fingerless gloves complete her outfit.
"So Shyam? Where you from?" Asked Yang.
"From a town out in the wild areas of Vale. The towns name was New Marais. It was a nice place." Said Shyam.
"Was there any grimm in the area?" Asked Ruby.
Ruby had a black long-sleeved dress with a high collar and has red trim on the sleeves. Over which is a black cincher with red lacing up on the front. Her dress skirt has red trimming and a red lining. She wears a pair of thick black stockings and black combat boots with red laces, with a red trim on the top, and red soles. On her shoulders is a red hooded cloak, which is fastens by some cross-shaped pins. Her scattered rose emblem is a large silver buckle on her wide black belt, which is slung around her hips on an angle. Attached to the belt are pouches and a row of bullets.
"Yes there was, some new breads as well. The town mostly called them swamp monsters." Said Shyam.
"What did the townspeople call them that?" Asked Tai.
"They always came from the swamp areas of the town. One guy that I fought there, he had the ability to control them." Said Shyam.
Ruby and Yang spat out their drinks when they heard Shyam tell them about Bertrand, well not directly that is.
"WHAT!?" Yelled Yang and Ruby.
"Yep. He played it off really good too, so no one suspected it was him as well. If someone did find out, his militia would kill them or use them as bait to lure in more grimm." Said Shyam.
"But why!?" Said Ruby.
"I don't know. Power, money, anything in between, and etc. Me and my stepfather took him down after we had exposed him for what he had done." Said Shyam.
Tai then heads out to do some shopping. Qrow leaves to head on a assignment from Ozpin. So it was just Yang, Ruby, Ellen, Russet, and Shyam. They mostly mill around the house and property. Ellen and Shyam head out into the back for some training. Russet joins them after awhile. Yang heads outback to see what the three are doing. She sees Shyam flouting in the air. Russet was flipping over and under as she tried to right herself.
"Calm down Russet. Your not going to hurt yourself. Try using your wings to help right yourself." Said Shyam.
Yang sees Russet unfold her wings and right herself. She sees Russet smile.
"Good. Now try to move forward." Said Shyam.
Russet leans forwards. She does move forward a little bit, but she begins to fall over. Yang would have rushed to catch her, but Shyam had teleported over to Russet and he caught her. The two flout down back down to the ground.
"I think that's enough for today. It took me awhile to control where I go when I'm levitating off the ground." Said Shyam.
"That was cool. So what did you mean by one of your semblances?" Asked Yang.
"Well I have nineteen semblances." Said Shyam.
Yang crosses her arms over her chest.
"Prove it." Said Yang.
"Is that a challenge I hear? Are you challenging me to a spar Xiao long?" Said Shyam.
Yang cracks her knuckles.
"You bet Shy guy." Said Yang.
Th two then head out into the backyard, a little further from the house. Ruby had also came out to see what was happening.
"What's going on?" Asked Ruby.
"Dad and Yang are going to spar." Said Ellen.
Ruby was both shocked and worried. Shock due to her sister challenging Shyam to a spar. Worried because Shyam doesn't really look like a fighter, granted he grew up in the wild lands outside of the walls of Vale and he was going to Beacon in a couple weeks. But Yang's semblance would be a problem for Shyam. So she just had to sit on the sidelines and hope for the best.
"So first one to say uncle wins?" Said Shyam.
"Your the one who will be saying uncle." Said Yang, who brings out ember celiac.
Yang's gauntlets unfolded. They now cover her hands and forearms. They are golden yellow colour and the shells inside are red and orange. Shyam thought they we're just some large bracelets.
"That's new. Is ever weapon a gun or something?" Thinks Shyam.
Shyam sees Yang punch forwards and a shotgun shell is ejected from the gauntlets. Shyam is left dumbfound, shotgun gauntlets, that was surprisingly amazing.
"That's cool. As a gentlemen, I shall let the lady have the first blow." Said Shyam.
"Big mistake!" Said Yang with a grin.
Yang fires off a shot behind her and launches forwards. She pulls back her fist and throws a wicked haymaker to Shyam's left cheek.
'SMACK!'
A loud smack was heard. Ruby had a absolute shocked expression on her face, the same could be said for Yang. Shyam had taken the punch at full force and he didn't move an inch. Once more, Shyam's head was only tilted to the right just a tiny bit. Shyam opens one eye. Yang flinched at the glowing crimson eye with a bit of dark blue in them staring at her.
"Is that the best you got?" Asked a taunting Shyam.
Yang jumps back and gets into a defensive position. She didn't think Shyam was that strong. No one, and she means no one that she had ever sparred with, had ever taken the full force of one her punches. Shyam rolls his neck and they hear the cracks and pops.
"Damn that feels good…. My turn." Said Shyam.
Shyam then surges forwards, with a dark blue outline forming around him. Yang only had time to block one of Shyam's gravity hammer strikes. She got the left hammer in the ribs, which felt like a train hit her. Next she feels a knee ram into her stomach, knocking the wind out of her. She then has her head rammed into Shyam's left knee, discombobulating Yang even more. Shyam then does a palm strike to her stomach, knocking more wind out of her lungs. Yang then stumbles back and drops to the kneeling position. Yang was shocked, Shyam had forced her to the kneeling position. Yang then looks at Shyam and sees his hands glow a bright dark blue. She also saw that the area had brighten up a bit as well. A bright dark blue light forms in Shyam's hand and Yang rolls to the side, just in time to dodge a beam of dark blue light.
"WHAO!" Yelled Yang and Ruby, both in surprise.
"I thought I would brighten up your day goldilocks." Said Shyam, while also doing a pun.
"No! Not another one!" Said Ruby in sorrow due to her new friend being a pun maker.
Yang let out a pained laugh, due to her still feeling sore from Shyam's attacks. Yang slowly gets up. The pain had dulled a little bit, but it was still there. She thinks of a way to fight back against Shyam. So she fires off some shotgun shots at Shyam, some of which he took full force or incased his hand in dark blue light and backhanded them away. They all see the light in Shyam's left hand shifts. It shifts to form a sword with a slight curve to it. Shyam grips the handle with both hands and makes a stance. His feet we're positioned just below the shoulders, with a slight bend to them. He had the sword's blunt end just above his eyes. His arms positions had the sword just beside his head to the left of his face and the sword was just above his eyes, giving him a clear view of the things around him. Shyam takes in a deep breath to steady himself.
"You better not blink. Cause this would be over in a flash." Said Shyam.
"Here it comes!" Said Ellen in a low excited voice.
"What is coming?" Asked Ruby and Russet.
"A move I have yet to get." Said Ellen.
They all see Shyam tense up and he leans forwards to rush Yang, but he then appears behind Yang.
"Light Speed Accuracy: blunt strike!" Announced Shyam.
Yang feels multiple strikes hit her. Like Shyam had said, Yang had blinked and she was attacked from multiple strikes form different directions. Yang then slumps down to both her knees and places her hands on the ground to balance herself. She then sees something on the ground, a long piece of golden hair.
'FOOSH!'
Fire had erupted from Yang's hair. Her eyes had turned red with anger. Yang slowly gets up and turns to see a panting Shyam. Shyam had the "oh sh*t" look on his face when he saw Yang glaring at him. Ruby was covering Ellen's and Russet's eyes to shield them from the sight that was about to happen. Shyam slowly has the sword go away.
"Uh? Yang? You okay?" Asked Shyam.
"YOU JERK!" Screamed Yang, as she charges Shyam.
Shyam back flips, rolls, runs, and etc related to dodging. Yang was in some kind of trance, to that of a berserker. Yang fires off a shotgun shot that was incased in flames. Shyam just barely dodges the shot.
"Hey! Cut it out! It's just a piece of hair for crying out loud!" Said Shyam as he dodges another punch from Yang.
"Don't touch my hair!" Replied Yang.
Shyam then stands his ground. Yang throws a punch at Shyam, but she gasped at the sight after she had punched Shyam.
'SMACK!'
Shyam had grabbed Yang's fist and was holding it in a vice-like grip. Yang tries to pull away, but Shyam pulls her in and headbutts her. This got Yang to grab her forehead in pain and roll around on the ground in pain. How strong is Shyam?!
"OW OW OW OW OW OW… OW! THAT HURT! WHAT WAS THAT FOR!?" Yelled Yang in pain.
"To get you to listen and focus. Sure I accidentally cut your hair, but you didn't need to try and cave in my head. I would have tried to not get your hair, if I was told not to hit your hair." Said Shyam as he directed the last part a curtain red reaper.
"Sorry. I thought uncle Qrow said something about Yang's temper." Said Ruby.
"He only said her semblance takes the hits she received and apply it to her own strength." Said Shyam as he helps Yang up, while also thinking about how cool Yang'a semblance is.
But as he touches Yang's hand, both get a small shock. Shyam gets a small head ache, but he plays it off that he's okay.
"Do you have the ability to control electricity?" Asked Yang as she felt the shock.
"No I don't." Said Shyam.
Shyam the gets a fist in his gut from Yang, but he wasn't that affected by the punch.
"What the hell!? Do you not feel pain or something!?" Said Yang in shock.
"No, its due to my enhanced durability semblance that I didn't react to your gut punch." Said Shyam as he looks at his hand.
"That feeling? It felt like I was leaching some of Yang's aura and making it my own, like when I touched another conduit. Could semblances be more closer to the conduit gene than I thought? Could I gain another semblance just by touching someone or do I have to consciously allow myself to leach off someones aura to get their semblance. I would guess the latter, due to me shaking hands with some other conduits at Curdun Cay when I saved them." Thinks Shyam.
Shyam thinks about how Ruby's semblance would be a good addition to his arsenal. Ruby then grabs Shyam's hand, ignoring the shock she got from touching Shyam's hand.
"Can you make that sword again! Please!" Said Ruby.
"Uh, sure." Said Shyam, as he makes the light katana again.
"Guess that answers my question. I'll test this later, when I know I'm alone." Thinks Shyam.
Tai then comes back. The days and weeks soon pass. Ruby was accepted into Beacon two years ahead of her class at Signal. Shyam hadn't told anyone about his ability to leach off others auras to get their semblances. So far, he had only Ruby's semblance and Yang's semblance. Much like his conduit powers, he could only use one semblances at a time, two at the same time with more practise. He also did some research on semblances. So far no recorded semblance had been able to fully copy another person's semblance and keep the semblance, some have only been able to use the copied semblance for about ten to five minutes, then they need to recopy the same semblance to use it again.
Day of the exam
On the air ship heading to Beacon academy, three future students already knew each other.
"Oh I can't believe my baby sister is coming to Beacon with me! This is the best day ever!" Said Yang, as she bear hugs Ruby.
"Please stop." Begged Ruby.
Shyam then tunes out their conversation. Ozpin had called him and told Shyam about the exam. The examines would be dropped into the Emerald Forest and they would then make their way to the ruins on the northeast side of the forest. Additionally, they would be having their partners decided the same day. Partners we're decided by the first person they made eye contact with.
"I wonder who my partner will be? Do they have enough people for the four man teams?" Thinks Shyam.
He then hears the news woman cut out and Glynda Goodwitch takes her place.
"Hello, and welcome to Beacon." Said Mis Goodwitch.
"Who's that?" Asked Yang.
"My name is Glynda Goodwitch." Said Mis Goodwitch as she introduced herself to the new students.
"Oh." Said Yang.
"You are among a privileged few who have received the honour of being selected to attend this prestigious academy! Our world is experiencing an incredible time of peace, and as future Huntsmen and Huntresses, it is your duty to uphold it. You have demonstrated the courage needed for such a task, and now it is our turn to provide you with the knowledge and the training to protect our world." Said Mis Goodwitch.
Mis Goodwitch's hologram then goes away. The other students then head over to the windows to get a good look at Beacon. A blonde boy with mostly white knight armour with a golden trim stumbles past them holding him mouth. Shyam knew the guy had motion sickness and would hurl any moment. So Shyam moved away from the guy. Ellen and Russet we're at their new school as well. They both went to a elementary school that was a few blocks from the landing pads. One of the beacon staff would go and pick up Ellen and Russet to bring them back to Beacon, where they would be living for the next three years.
"I can see Signal from here! Guess home isn't that far after all." Said Ruby.
"Beacon is our home now." Said Yang.
"Yang you got some puke on your boot." Said Shyam.
"EW! GET IT OFF!" Squealed Yang in disgusted.
"AH! KEEP IT AWAY FROM ME!" Yelled Ruby.
Up in Ozpin's office
"So you found the winter maiden and some kid threaten you guys. Man, I wish I was here to see that and to give the kid props for threatening old Ironwood." Said a man with a gravely voice.
The had a shaved head. He had sky blue eyes, with a scar just below his left eye. He had on a light grey trench coat, the coat also had a hood on it. He had a grey T-shirt on with a with a white eagle spreading it's wings out, the eagles lower neck area and top part of it's wings we're blue (the true hero rank). He has metal armour on his shoulders that hold three lightning dust crystals each for his powers. A dual-pronged baton that appears very similar to a cattle prod is slung over his back. The baton can extend and retract when the man ether holsters or unholsters it. Some tattoos can be seen under the coats sleeves. This was Cole MacGrath, another one part of Ozpin's group and professional Huntsmen.
"Tell me Cole. Have you ever met anyone that could wipe a city off the map?" Asked Ozpin.
"Only two people. John and Shyam. Why do you ask?" Asked Cole as he takes a drink form a pop bottle.
Ozpin shows the picture of Shyam in his office from a few weeks ago. Cole then spits out his drink when he sees Shyam. Shyam looked older, but Cole knew it was him. The other two kids he didn't know.
"The girl with black hair is Ellen Phoenix, Shyam's adoptive daughter. The dragon faunus is Russet Holly, Shyam's other adoptive daughter and the new winter maiden." Said Ozpin.
"But that shouldn't be possible. Shyam would have been teleported with me and the others when the RFI went off. Does James know about Shyam?" Asked Cole.
"No. Like you and the others have asked, I didn't reveal this information to Ironwood. I shall do the same for Shyam and Ellen. Tell me Cole, how did you react to Shyam being alive after you thought he was vaporized by John?" Asked Ozpin.
Flashback to seven years ago
Cole was sitting on the edge of the building they used for a HQ. He was having a beer again, due to this being the first week and a half since Shyam died. Zeke had told him what had happened when he had woken up. Zeke said Shyam was near the Beast when it first appeared. The Beast went after Shyam first, since he was closer. Shyam had tried to slow it down, against their orders. In the end, Shyam was in the Beast's hands when he sent a massive power surge into the Beast. A explosion of dark blue fire, light and gravity was all that was left of Shyam. Cole and Zeke made Shyam's parents a promise to look after their son. Shyam became a little brother figure to the two adults. Trish was like a big sister to Shyam till she past away. Kuo only knew Shyam for a couple mouths before the Beast showed up, even she was devastated to lose the ten year old conduit.
"Thinking about Shyam again brother?" Asked Zeke.
Zeke had his hair sweated backwards, and he wears sunglasses with a black frame. He still wears his bowling shirt he had used in Empire City, with a shoulder holster strapped to his right shoulder, and a white undershirt with a flaming pair of red dice as its design paired with a black meshed shirt on top of it. He wears considerably lengthier shorts now since coming to New Marais, and sneakers. He has several bandages all over his body, and a tattoo of a woman wearing only her underwear on his right forearm. He also has a small scar on his left cheek.
"How can I not. He was like a little brother to me." Said Cole.
'THWAK!'
"OW! SON OF B***H! WHO THREW THAT!?" Yelled Zeke in pain.
A rock was thrown up and it had hit him in the back of his head.
"Zeke? What is it?" Said Cole in confusion.
"Some whack job threw that rock at me! That's what!" Said Zeke, who was still rubbing his head.
Zeke picks up the rock and sees a piece of paper was tied to it. He takes it off and sees a message on it. On the piece of paper was one word and one location. Help was all the person had wrote down on one side and the other side had the location. Zeke shows Cole and the two head out.
At a building with a dock (The place where you land the boat after arriving in New Marais)
The two look around the area. They had seen a homeless man running away from the place. The man had a frighten look on his face as he passed the two.
"So who do you think needs help?" Asked Zeke.
"I don't know. Could be a person with a swamp monster problem." Said Cole.
Zeke would have said something, but the two heard a familiar voice call out to them.
"Cole? Zeke?" Came the weak voice of Shyam.
The two adults whirled around to see who had spoken. But when they saw Shyam, the two we're utterly shocked. Shyam had scars on his torso and arms, his cheek scar had disappeared. His eye colours had inverted, making them crimson red with dark blue around his pupil, Shyam's eyes seem to glow too now by just a bit. Shyam looked at the two, before he fainted. Shyam falls forwards, but Cole catches him.
"Jesus Christ. How the hell is Shyam alive?" Said Zeke taking a step back.
"We can ask him when he wakes up." Said Cole.
The two then head back to their HQ.
Back to the present
"After Shyam woke up, he was different, but still the same. He was more reclusive. He would still go out scavenging with Zeke and all, but he would be distracted. He seemed more afraid to use his powers, unlike in Empire City, where he didn't mind his powers and he used them for anything he could. When he accidentally turned into his Beast form, he scared the c**p out of all of us, I think Zeke fainted. But after we took back flood town, he became the same old Shyam we all knew." Said Cole.
"Well then, I wonder how he will react to you being the new combat instructor." Said Ozpin.
"Wait what?" Said Cole in confusion and shock.
Back with Shyam
"What do you think you are doing!?" Came a bratty female voice.
A girl with a pale skin is standing over Ruby. She wears a thigh-length strapless dress, with a faint colour gradation from white to pale blue at the hem. A small piece of black lace sits in front of her neckline and the hem of dress is scalloped and stitched to resemble snowflakes, with layers of white tulle under the skirt. Over this, she wears a bell-sleeved bolero with the same colour gradation as her dress from shoulder to waist, lined in red and with a ruffled collar. On the back of the bolero is the Schnee crest. The reason why the girl in white was yelling at Ruby, was due to Ruby accidental knocking over the girl's suitcases.
"Look snow white, she said she was sorry." Said Shyam.
"How dare you! Do not know who I am!" Said the girl in white.
"No I don't know who you are and frankly I don't care." Said Shyam.
"Do you even know how much this could cost!" Said the girl.
"Uh?" Said Ruby.
"This is dust! Water, earth, fire, energy! Mined in and refined in the Schnee dust company!" Said the girl.
The girl in white then shakes a bottle of dust in front of Ruby's face. Ruby begins to take in some breaths of air.
"Are you brain dead! Are you even listening!" Said the girl.
"ACHOO!" Sneezed Ruby
'BOOM!'
A bottle of dust then goes flying towards a girl reading a book. Said girl then picks up the bottle and looks at the girl in white.
"This is exactly what I was talking about! And what are you even doing here!? This isn't like your average combat school. We're here to fight monsters." Said the girl in white.
"Look she said she's very sorry! No beat it snow white!" Said Shyam as he raise his voice
"Its heiress actually. Weiss Schnee is the heir to largest dust company on Remnant." Came another female voice.
The voice's owner is a fair-skinned young woman with wavy black hair and amber eyes. She wears unblock buttoned vest with coattails and a single silver button on the front. Underneath this is a white sleeveless, high necked, crop undershirt. She wears a pair of white shorts with a zipper on the front of each leg. She wears black low-heeled boots and full stockings with a colour gradation of black to purple at her ankles. Her emblem is visible on the outside of both thighs just below her shorts in white. Her left arm has a black detached sleeve with a silver cuff around her bicep, and black ribbons are wrapped around both her forearms. A small, loose, black scarf is wrapped around her neck. Her weapon is hanging off her back, by some kind of magnetic backpack. A black ribbon is tied up in a large bow on the top of her head. Shyam sees she is wearing purple eye shadow in a catseye style.
"Finally some recognition!" Said Weiss Schnee, who was already on Shyam's dislike list.
"The same company infamous for its controversial labor forces and questionable business partners." Said the girl in black.
"Don't forget about sending people to kill a journalist that was faunus." Said Shyam.
"What?" Asked the girl in black.
"Six men ordered by the current owner of the Schnee dust company sent them to kill a woman that was a journalist. And they we're going to sell her daughter into slavery in Vacuo." Said Shyam.
"How dare you! My father would never do that! The case isn't even out to the public yet, so how do you know of it!?" Said Weiss.
Shyam then grows in size, while having his eyes glow. This caused Weiss to shrink in fear. The girl in black was surprised. A random guy was defending the faunus. Granted this was extremely rare these days.
"The reason I know it, was because I tried to save Rouge Holly. What are you going to do about, call daddy and have him send men to kill me too? Now, you have five seconds to leave before I throw you back in the airship. One… three." Said Shyam.
This got Weiss to quickly walk away, while taking the dust bottle from the girl in black. Shyam takes some deep breaths to calm down and he returns to his normal size.
"Sorry about that. Names Shyam Phoenix and that's Ruby Rose." Said Shyam extending a hand to the girl in black.
"Blake Belladonna. Do you know what happened to Rouge Holly?" Asked Blake.
"She died and she asked me to take care of her daughter. Her husband passed away a couple years ago in a Schnee mine. If I had my way, I would beat the ever loving hell out of Jacques and possible in a inch of his life for what he has done to the faunus. Their living beings too, they deserve better then what they got." Said Shyam.
Blake just smirks and walks away.
"I promise to make it up to you!" Calls out Ruby to Weiss.
"Don't even try it Ruby. She'll likely throw it back in your face." Said Shyam.
Ruby then falls down to her knees and then her back.
"Welcome to Beacon." Said Ruby.
"Hi, I'm Jaune." Said Vomit boy, who's name is Jaune.
Jaune is a tall young man with fair skin, blonde hair, and dark blue eyes. He's quite toned, having strong muscles in his arms, shoulders, and upper chest. He wears a short sleeve black hoodie, with some detached reddish-orange sleeves. Covering the hoodie is a white diamond-shaped crest plate cut off above his abdomen. Placed over his shoulders are a pair of white spaulders with a rerebraces set underneath them. He wears a pair of blue jeans with a white patch placed on the left knead black sneakers with the words left and right on the respective soles in black. He has two belts that are two different shades of brown, on both of them are pouches. Jaune wears brown wrist-length gloves that expose his finger-tips and a small metal plates. A sword is on his left hip in its sheath.
"What a day to start school." Thinks Shyam.
Later in the Ballroom
Shyam makes his way towards Yang and Ruby. After a somewhat good speech from Ozpin, they we're told to sleep in the ballroom tonight. Ellen and Russet had a temporary room, once Shyam is on a team, they would be moved closer to him. Shyam had on dark blue shorts with a dark crimson trim. He had no shirt on, due to it being warm enough to not need one.
"Look at that guy. Do you see those scars." Said one student.
"What do you think happened to him?" Asked another.
"Look at his eyes. Are they glowing? Asked a female student.
"The guy's ripped, look at those muscles." Said another female student that is faunus.
Shyam finally makes his way to Yang and Ruby.
"Hey Shyam." Said Yang, who was looking Shyam over.
"Sup." Said Shyam.
"Wheres Ellen and Russet?" Asked Ruby.
"They got their own temporary room tonight. Once I'm on a team, they will be moved closer to my team so I can keep an eye on them." Said Shyam.
Not far from them, Blake is reading a book. Ruby and Yang head over to her to talk. While Shyam lays down to go to sleep. The last thing he sees, is Yang and Weiss having a small argument.
The next morning in the locker room
Shyam gets his clothes on. The locker room was a unisex one, so male and female students changed in there at the same time. Shyam has added a small sash under his vest, that holds different dust crystals to use as grenades if he hits it with one of his elemental attacks. He also has two knives with him, both had a sheath in his vest. One he bot here on Remnant and one he had bot on his world. The one from his world was the M48 cyclone fixed blade knife, with custom vortex sheath. He had bot it when he stumbled upon a black market area. It was a cheap piece to buy too. The other knife he has, is a karambit from Remnant. The karambit was a little bigger then your normal karambit. It had a small port on the handle to insert a dust vile to empower the blade with that dust type. Since Shyam was a ranged weapon, he only needed close range weapons. His gravity powers gave him some close range weapons, but some of them are to big or they drain him to quickly to fully use them. His light katana is very powerful, but, it's high damage moves take a lot out of him. So when he uses it, he only does simple slashes and jabs with it.
"Why not you be on my team Yang?" Said Ruby.
"Well how about you be on someone else's team." Said Yang.
"My dear sister, are you saying you don't want tot be on my team." Said Ruby with a glare levelled on Yang.
Yang backs up a bit to defend herself. She looks at Shyam for help.
"Don't drag me into this. But if it makes you feel any better, I would be on your team." Said Shyam.
"Thank you Shyam. At least someone wants to be on my team." Said Ruby as she gives Yang a sideways glare.
He then gets up and leaves the locker room. He passes Weiss and he glares at her. Weiss, noticing the glare, flinches a bit and looks away from Shyam. He then walks down the hallway.
"Psst. Dad." Came the voice of Ellen coming out of the shadows with Russet.
The two kids had the day off, so they could see their stepfather do the exam. Ozpin got them into a elementary school that is pre-combat school, so if the two want to fallow in their stepfather's foot steps in becoming huntsmen. Ellen was a bit resistant to going back to school, but she gave in after awhile. Russet didn't mind going back to school. Shyam was worried about Ironwood sending a person disgusted as a Beacon staff member to take Russet away, but Ozpin assured him that would not happen. As he walks, he feels like he is being watched again, he looks around and sees no one is near him. So he shrugs his shoulders and continues on to the cliff. But above Shyam on one of the rafters, is Cole sitting on a rafter. Cole sees Shyam walk away.
"This is going to one hell of a party." Thinks Cole.
At the cliff face
"For years you have trained to become warriors, and today your abilities will be evaluated in the Emerald Forest." Said Ozpin.
The examines we're standing on grey square plates. Shyam is not far from Yang and Ruby. Jaune is on his left. Shyam sees Russet and Ellen by Glynda watching him. Glynda then comes forwards.
"Now, I'm sure many of you have heard rumours about the assignment of the teams. Well, allow us to put an end to your confusion. Each of you will be given teammates… Today. Once you have gotten a partner, you will make your way to the ruins located in the northern areas of the forest." Said Mis Goodwitch.
"WHAT!?" Yelled Ruby is shock.
"Your partner will be decided by the first person you make eye contact with." Said Mis Goodwitch.
Shyam hears Ruby and Jaune yell. He sees there is a odd number of students, so there would be ether a team of five or Shyam would be running solo. He then hears Jaune ask some questions.
"So… Uh. Are you dropping us off in the forest?" Asked Jaune.
"No. You will be falling." Said Ozpin.
"So are you handing out parachutes or something of the like?" Asked Jaune.
"No. You will be using your own landing strategy." Said Ozpin.
One by one, the other students get launched. Shyam gets a smile on his face. He's been thrown into the air multiple times in the past, so he doesn't mind it. He sees Yang wink at Ruby and at him, before she puts on her sunglasses and gets launched.
"And other thing. Do not hesitate to destroy everything in your path... or you will die." Said Ozpin.
"Hey Jaune. What do you think your standing on." Said Shyam.
"What are you talking about- AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!" Screamed Jaune as he was launched.
Shyam laughs his a** off and then he gets launched. He does some flips in the air as he heads for the forest.
"I love my job." Thinks Ozpin as he takes a sip of coffee.
With Shyam
Shyam slams into the ground with tremendous force due to his gravity powers. He then absorbs some light and runs towards the ruins. He passes some grimm, which he cuts their throats as he passes them with his knives. He puts in a lightning dust vile in his karambit and stabs a Ursa grimm in the nape of the neck. The bear like grimm roars in pain, but it then falls down dead. Shyam puts his knife back in its holster.
"All this hype for the exam. I was wondering if there was going to be more of a challenge. Like something big." Said Shyam.
A Large Nevermore flies over him. Shyam sees two people on it, one red and the other white. A loud hissing sound is then heard behind Shyam. Shyam turns around to see a two headed snake grimm, with it having one white head and one black head.
"Snakes, why did have to be snakes. Or is it just snake?" Said Shyam.
The snake grimm bares it's fangs and lunges at Shyam. Shyam throws down a flash bang grenade. The grimm roars in pain from being blinded. Shyam makes his light katana and does his light speed accuracy attack. The black head of the snake grimm was cut apart into fine pieces. The last head roars in pain from the connection. The last head tries to bite Shyam, but hw throws a lighting dust crystal down the mouth instead and shoots it. A explosion of lightning happens and the last head is no more.
"That was close. I though I would have to use my Beast form. I hope no one was near me. Uh?" Said Shyam as he looks to his left.
A large pack of Beowolves and Ursa grimm we're just a few meters form him. Shyam sweats bullets. The grimm all roar and charge him.
'SON OF A B***H! HOW THE HELL DID THEY SNEAK UP ON ME! GOD F***KING DAMN IT! WHO THE HELL LETS THIS HAPPEN!?" Yells Shyam as he dashes away.
Later
Shyam had out ran the pack of grimm. He then comes to the ruins. All the relics are gone, except for news ones to raise up out of the pedestals. Each relic was a chess piece. There was equal white and black pieces, but each piece had a golden trim to it. Shyam looks at the white knight piece and takes it.
"I was knight back home. Protecting the ones that couldn't protect themselves." Said Shyam.
'CRASH!'
A large elephant looking grimm comes crashing through the trees. It screeches at Shyam, who immediately bolts towards the cliff face.
"F**K YOU UNIVERSE AND EVERYTHING YOU STAND FOR!" Yells Shyam in a panic, not caring if he had made any sense.
At the cliff face
Ruby, Yang, Weiss, Blake, Pyrrha, Nora, Ren, and Jaune make their way towards the professors. They had just defeated two large grimm, wit Ruby's group dealing with a large Nevermore and Jaune's group dealing with a large Death Stalkers. Pyrrha wore a brown overbust corset with a vertical strip of lighter brown in the centre as a top. Additionally, Pyrrha wore an elastic, black, A-line mini skirt and brown opera-length gloves on both arms. She wore a red ankle-length sash that wrapped around her skirt. As for accessories, there was a small circular bronze plate on her right hip opposite two pouches with both connected to a belt. The plate bore her emblem. Underneath her hair, she always wore a brown circlet adorned with a pair of small, green, teardrop-shaped emeralds on thin chains. She also sported a large bronze gorget around her neck and a bronze bracelet on the upper half of her left arm. Pyrrha also wore armour. She had elaborate bronze greaves that started below her mid-thigh before continuing downwards into her boots as well as a pair of cuisse that began mid-thigh and ended slightly above her knees. She was also equipped with a bronze bracer capable of connecting with Akoúo̱ atop the sleeve on her left arm. Her high-heeled boots were brown with bronze trim, matching her skirt and sleeves and reaching up to mid-calf.
"So Shyam has nineteen semblances? That's rather hard to believe." Said Pyrrha.
"Well I think his semblance is size manipulation. He was able to grow in size." Said Weiss.
"Well when I sparred with him, he was able to control gravity. Then half way through the spar, he was able to control light." Said Yang.
Lei Ren, he has everyone call him Ren, is a young man with long black hair that ends midway down his back. There is a magenta streak on the left side of his hair. His eyes match the streak in his hair. He wears a dark green, diagonally-buttoned, long-sleeved tailcoat that is red on the inside, with black and gold trimming and pink cuffs. The trimming goes down the right side of his torso and forms a black collar. Along with this, he wears a black, long-sleeved shirt beneath the suit and light-tan pants with black shoes. He ties his hair back in a low ponytail. This colour scheme seems to be influenced to some degree by the lotus flower, which is his emblem.
"We'll have to ask Shyam when he turns up again." Said Ren
Beside Ren is a fair-skinned young woman with orange hair and turquoise eyes. This was Nora Valkyrie, a childhood friend of Ren and best friend. She wears a collared black vest that ends at her waist. Her signature emblem, a hammer with a lightning bolt, can be found on its back. Under the vest are two layers of clothing, coloured red and light-blue respectively, and under this is a white sleeveless top that forms a tiny heart shape cut out over her chest, with a white detached sleeve on each arm. She wears matching fingerless gloves on each hand. She sports a short pink skirt that starts at the waist and ends mid-thigh. Her shoes were a mix of pink and white with pink laces, displaying her emblem on their soles. She also wears armour that begins in the middle of the shoulder and neck and ends by the waist. Nora has a turquoise bow at the back of her skirt.
"What else can Shyam do? Can he shoot lasers from his eyes!? Can he turn into a sloth!? Can he turn other people into sloths!?" Said a hyperactive Nora.
"Uh? No." Said Yang.
"RUN YOU FOOLS!" Came the sound of Shyam.
The group of eight see him running along one of the other bridges with a small Goliath grimm on his tail. They see Shyam turn into light and dash across another bridge. The Goliath roars in protest as it loss it's prey.
"What in the world did you do!?" Said Weiss when Shyam comes over to them out of breath.
"God damn nothing snow white! The thing came out of nowhere!" Said Shyam.
"Scatter!" Said Jaune as the large grimm charges them.
Up with Glynda and Ozpin
"A Goliath grimm!? How did it get here, more so how did we not notice it!?" Said Glynda in shock.
"Come Glynda. We most get the children to safety." Said Ozpin.
But Ozpin gets a hand on his shoulder. It was Cole.
"You don't have to worry Oz. Shyam's got this in the bag. Now that he has more room to move around." Said Cole.
"Cole!? Are you insane!? They could be killed!?" Said Glynda.
"Just watch and see Sweet heart, you'll be surprised what Shyam can do." Said Cole.
Back with the group
Things had not gone well. Yang, Blake, Nora, Pyrrha, and Weiss's aura had dropped a lot, well near the red. Jaune had just been put into the upper level of yellow zone. Ren's aura was broken, with Ruby close behind him. The only one not to drop in aura levels was Shyam, who had tanked getting slapped into the cliff face. They also see Shyam glow a bit as well.
"That… Does it! I an't letting my new allies get killed by Dumbo here! Time to use my ace in the hole." Thinks Shyam.
"HEY! OVER HERE DUMBO!" Yelled Shyam.
(Perfect Time: Seven deadly sins main theme)
"Shyam!? What are you thinking!? Run!" Said Ruby, who was using Crescent Rose to support her weight.
But then they all see it. Shyam was glowing more. The elephant grimm closes in on Shyam, but a large flash dark blue light happens. The next thing they see, is that the sky had changed to a dark blue colour. There was more white clouds and it had begun to rain dark blue embers. A shadow passes over the group and they all are shocked. It was the Goliath grimm!? But how!? It must weight over hundreds of pounds! They then see a large foot step over them. They then see Shyam in his beast form. They see Shyam is now a being made of rocks, with dark blue energy coming out of the cracks all over his arms and torso, giving . Shyam looks down at them and smiles at them. They had notice Shyam's eyes had a fiery glow to them. The Goliath then roars and Shyam also releases his own roar.
"What in Ohm's name did Shyam do!?" Said a shocked Weiss, who was also shaking in fear.
"He never said he could do that! Just how powerful is Shyam!?" Said Yang.
Jaune falls on his a** and pales. He had a friend that could turn into this form and was possible more powerful then fully trained huntsmen. Nora was holding Ren up to watch the fight that was about to ensue.
"Come and get it!" Thinks Shyam.
Shyam charges the Goliath. He then grabs a pillar and has it get covered by a dark blue energy. The pillar then moulds into a large knife, but the people watching Shyam. Shyam then has his fire wither around the blade.
"Blue Flare!" Proclaims Shyam.
Shyam slashes one of the Goliath's tucks off. He then throws the knife and the knife just takes out more of the grimm's armour. The elephant grimm roars and tackles Shyam. Shyam wasn't pushed back by much, but it did help him get close. Everyone then feels the wind pick up. Shyam had lifted the elephant grimm up onto his shoulders, with one hand on the belly. The sickly sound of bone breaking was heard and they see why. A black sphere had formed in Shyam's hand that was on the belly. The grimm was roaring absolute agony, from being torn apart. Weiss had used the last of her aura to make a black gravity glyph to hold everyone down. Soon the grimm was pulled into the black sphere and there was nothing left, not even the ash left behind by the grimm when it had died. Shyam then walks over to the group and kneels down.
"Is everyone all right?" Came the voice of Shyam in their heads.
Jaune had finally fainted.
Later
After the Goliath battle that Shyam had single handily done by himself, the teams we're being put together. Unfortunately, Shyam's relic was destroyed in the battle. Ozpin then calls out some future students names.
"Cardin Winchester, Russel Thrush, Dove Bronzewing, and Sky Lark. You four have collected the black bishop relics. From this day forward, you will be known as team CRDL, led by Cardin Winchester." Said Ozpin.
The crowd claps and the four boys walk off stage. Ozpin then calls the next team up.
"Jaune Arc, Nora Valkyrie, Pyrrha Nikos, and Lei Ren. You four collected the white rook relic. From this day forward, you will be known as team JNPR. Led by Jaune Arc." Said Ozpin
"Led by?" Said a shocked Jaune.
Pyrrha playfully punches his arm. But Jaune still falls over and the crowd laughs. They then leave the stage.
"Ruby Rose, Weiss Schnee, Blake Belladonna, Yang Xiao Long, and Shyam Phoenix. You four ladies collected the white knight relic. However, Shyam's relic was destroyed in the battle with the Goliath. This would mean that Shyam would have to try again next year." Said Ozpin.
This caused an outcry in the crowd. But Ozpin had paused for dramatic effect.
"However, turning into a Beast made of rocks and making a black sphere that sucks in anything, that is exception in my books." Said Ozpin as he turns on different screens.
Everyone sees Shyam transform into his beast form. They then see the battle ensue. Then the killing blow with the black sphere. Some cringe at the sight.
"From this day forth, you will be known as team RWBYS. Led by Ruby Rose." Said Ozpin.
Yang gives her sister a huge bear hug. Ruby was shocked at first, it then turns into excitement. Just like her mother, she was going to be a leader of her own team. Shyam smiles for his friend, but he sees Weiss give a small glare at Ruby.
"This can't be good." Thinks Shyam.
Ozpin then clears his throat.
"Now then. I will like to introduce the new combat teacher for the first and second year students. You can come down now." Said Ozpin.
Cole then thunder drops down onto the stage. A thunderous boom happens. Shyam was shocked to the core.
"Everyone, this is Cole MacGrath. He will be teaching the you first and second years hand-to-hand combat, survival skills, parkour for mobility, and more if he deems it necessary." Said Ozpin.
"Sup." Said Cole.
The students clap. Ozpin takes a sip of his coffee.
"This is turning out to be a very interesting year." Thinks Ozpin.
Later
"Dad!" Came the voices of Russet and Ellen.
"Theres my girls! So did you like the show?" Said Shyam as he scoops them up in his arms.
"Uh? Shyam?" Said Jaune.
"What?" Said Shyam.
"Your married!? And you have kids!?" Said Nora.
"Oh, no. These two are my adoptive daughters. This one here on my left is Ellen. The dragon faunus is Russet. I'm still single if your asking." Said Shyam with a wink.
This got Pyrrha, Weiss, Blake, Nora, and Yang to blush a bit, more so from Yang. Pyrrha then notice something.
"Wait? Did you say dragon faunus?" Asked Pyrrha.
"Yes he did. My parents had a great respect to any dragon faunus they met. They are extremely rare, if not myths. There isn't that many left, only in the lower double digits. It's rare to run into one." Said Ren.
"Aw! Aren't you two just the cutest things!" Said Nora as she hugs the two kids.
Blake then noticed Shyam's eyes.
"Are your eyes glowing?" Asked Blake.
"Yes they are. They we're once dark blue with dark crimson around the pupils. But after a incident, the colours swapped." Said Shyam.
"Yo Shyam." Said Cole.
"Mr MacGrath!? What are you doing here!?" Said a shocked Weiss.
"Cole you son of a gun." Said Shyam.
'SMACK!'
Cole and Shyam bro hug.
"How you liven brother." Said Cole.
"brother!?" Said everyone in shock, except Ellen and Russet.
"Just fine man. I though we're dead after the explosion in New Marais." Said Shyam.
"Hold on a minute! You two are brothers!? You look nothing a like!?" Said Jaune.
"No. He's my step father. We just call each other brother out of respect for each other." Said Shyam.
"And you kids call me Cole. None of this Mr stuff, makes me feel old." Said Cole.
"Which you are." Said Shyam.
'ZAP!'
"OW! MOTHER TRUCKER! THAT HURT!" Yelled Shyam in pain.
"Then don't call me old. Head to bed kids. Classes are tomorrow." Said Cole, as he walks away to head to bed.
"Your step father is pretty chill Shyam." Said Yang.
"Yes he is. Night." Shyam.
"Hold it! Aren't you forgetting we all share the same room!" Said Weiss, who didn't want Shyam being a peeping tom.
"C**p." Said Shyam.
"Language!" Said Ruby, who covered Ellen's ears, while Blake covered Russet's ears.
Till next time.
Done! Sorry for the long wait, been caught up with work, finding a new place to live and my new job soon. The first appearance of Shyam's Beast form on Remnant, how will Ironwood react? The first appearance of Cole. The new teams, the first problem Shyam faces with his new team. Also I will be taking a suggestion from the comments. Shyam will be able to get others semblances, under three conditions. Condition one, he has to make skin contact, by ether shaking the person's hand or grabbing their neck for example. Condition two, he has to willingly want the persons semblance to get it. Condition three, he can't get a person's semblance if said person hasn't gotten their semblance yet. The set up for the aura powers in sets of four, just like the teams. A random persons semblance will be added randomly to the sets, if Shyam gets another semblance or when he gets three more semblances, they will make a set. He can switch to the different sets at will, he just has to think of one of the semblances in the set. The semblance colours will be dark blue to differentiate from others semblances. I will try and get the next chapter done as soon as possible. Till next time people. Peace.