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"Excuse me sir?"
"Adam, what's your favorite fairy tale?" Oz asked again
Adam was stunned. He wasn't expecting this, of course. But he was also confused on how this had anything to do with the conversation they we're having
"Oh, um... well... I don't really have one." Adam answered
"A shame. Well, you must have at least heard of a few." Oz said to Adam
"Yes, I have." Adam confirmed
"Then, tell me Adam, have you heard about the story of the seasons?" Oz asked him
"... Yes, I have. But, where is this going?" Adam asked
"Well, you no doubt know that the story is almost as old as I am. But, do you know... that it's true?" Oz asked him again
"I-I'm sorry, sir. T-True?" Adam stuttered. "That can't be true." Adam said, as this conflicted with everything that he believed
"Oh, I'm afraid it's true kid." Qrow said condescendingly. Adam looked down at the ground
"But, why hide it then?" Adam asked as he looked up. "Why hid it from the world? Why hid it from your students? Why hid it from my team?!" Adam shouted
"Adam, we-" Ironwood was cut off
"No! Why now do you tell me and not when I first joined?! That makes me trust you less! Not more!" Adam shouted even louder
"Kid, calm down." Qrow said to Adam in hopes of getting him to take a second
He didn't
"No! I trusted people I shouldn't have! I would've died for them! Then, they betrayed me! They threw me to the SDC and left me to suffer simply because they were getting paid hundreds of lien! This, is almost as bad!" Adam shouted
"It's nowhere near as bad as you think." Ironwood tried to calm Adam down
"No! This is! Next your gonna tell me the two brothers were real and there are magical relics spread all around the world!" Adam said sarcastically
Adam turned to see that they were looking to each other before they looked back at him. Adam chuckled harshly
"Of course it's real." Adam said lowly
"Adam, we understand your anger. But, if word of this got out, we would have a worldwide panic. There would be another great war, and you would have to fight." Oz said in an effort to console Adam, who didn't calm down at all
"Maybe, but then they wouldn't be confused and they would have a chance at actually fending for themselves." Adam said back before facepalming
"Anything else you wanna tell me?" Adam asked them as he took the hand off of his face and looked at them. Oz, Qrow, and Ironwood looked to each other
Adam, picking up on this, threw an exasperated shrug. "Come on! You've told me this much. Might as well tell me the rest." Adam stated
"Well then. The Grimm have a leader, kid. Qrow said to Adam
"Her name is Salem." Oz added on to Qrow's sentence
"Her... she's the person Qrow was talking about." Adam stated
"Yes, she is... and she's ruthless. She only cares about killing everything. Human... or faunus. She will not stop and she isn't afraid of anything." Ironwood said grimly
"Which is where we come in. We work in the shadows, kid. We're trying as hard as we can to keep everyone safe. We're the reason your even here, kid." Qrow said to Adam
"And we want you, Mr. Taurus, to join this inner circle." Oz stated
"..." Adam stayed silent
"So, will you take the offer Mr. Taurus?" Oz asked
"... I need time to think and I have a tournament to attend. Good day." Adam said before turning around and walking in the elevator and press the bottom floor
"I hope you make a decision soon, Mr. Taurus. For everyone's sake."
The doors closed
[Line Break]Adam stood with Weiss on the arena. He was looking forward to this fight as it was a good distraction from what he was told earlier today
Adam couldn't believe it. Magic? Real? You'd be called insane for believing that. Yet, something about the way they spoke and carried themselves in that conversation made Adam believe them
'Why act like that if none of this was real?' Adam thought before turning to Weiss
"So, our next opponents are from Atlas, what can we expect?" Adam asked
"Well, considering Atlas' more enhanced technology and strict military discipline, I think we can expect strict, militant fighters with superior tech and-" Weiss was cut off as an assault of colours sped past his vision and reformed into a faunus woman that stood next to someone wearing a tie
"Heh, for once, you're wrong." Adam taunted at Weiss
"Oh, you wanna go, goat boy?" Weiss retorted
"Oh please, we all know I'm an asshole." Adam said in a joking manner
"Oh, har har." Weiss laughed in a condescending manner
Adam smiled
"Hey, aren't you supposed to be taunting us instead of each other?" A female voice asked them. It was then that Adam realized they were still in the arena
"Well, banter between teammates is bound to happen. Is it not?" Adam asked rhetorically. He saw her take a short breath in. "Don't answer that." Adam said to her
"Hey, you're Weiss Schnee, right? The heiress." The man finally asked
"I am." Weiss answered him as Adam stood by
"I take it you're pretty good with dust then." He subtly asked
"I do my best." Weiss said in response as Adam realized why he's asking these questions
'Oh no. The one person Weiss and I fight just so happened to be holding a grudge against her? Today was a good day too.' Adam thought
"Yeah, my dad was good too. Owned a little dust shop of his own... till your father's company ran him outta business." The man said to Weiss harshly. It was at about this time that Adam looked to the board since the names appeared up there
'Flynt Coal and Neon Katt huh?' Adam thought
"Listen-" Adam was cut off as Neon interrupted him
"Listen!" Neon exclaim in a high pitched voice. "That's what you sound like!" Neon insulted
Adam frowned
"Ok, if that's the path you prefer, I won't hold back." Adam said, crouching down into his stance and put his hand on Wilt
As professor Port counted down, Neon and Flynt got ready
"Begin!" Port shouted as Flynt blasted them with his trumpet
Adam braced and covered his face as he couldn't see and it hurt. Adam was hit by something sending him back a good 12 feet. Adam flipped and landed on his feet. Adam looked around and saw Neon circling around him
"Splitting us up, huh? That's a clever strategy. Too bad it won't work." Adam said lowly as he charged at Neon
She, of course, dodged him and continued on circling around him. Adam kept chasing her. Adam used Moonslice to try and hit her, but it missed by an inch. Adam turned Blush into a rifle and began to shoot at her. He missed all of them by a millimeter
"I thought you said you weren't gonna hold back? Was that all talk?" Neon taunted Adam. Adam growled in response and shot at her some more
He missed again and Neon came around and started to hit him from all over. Adam deflected the last strike before going to swing at Neon. However, she was moving to fast to hit
Adam looked over to where she went and saw her crack the nunchucks she had. They glowed a light blue, indicating that ice dust was in use
'Dust infused nunchucks that also happen to be glow sticks? An interesting weapon.' Adam thought as he watched Neon speed towards him
As she grew closer, Adam unsheathed Wilt to the point where the red on the blade was visible. Adam swung at her when she was in range only for her to duck under and hit his leg
Adam felt his leg get heavier and much more colder
"Look! Now you can be the big friendly giant!" Neon insulted Adam, who slammed his foot into the ground with no Aura to break the ice on it
Adam looked up to see Neon about to hit him again. Adam threw up his right arm and blocked the strike in turn of his arm becoming encased with ice. Neon came around and shoved Adam into the wall behind him
"You should cool off! Get it? Because you're angry." Neon joked, which Adam didn't like
Adam put his arm forward and turned off his Aura and hit the wall behind him as hard as he could. The wall shattered into a million pieces along with the ice
Adam looked down at his right hand to see the glove covering it was ripped and blood was running down it. Adam growled and sped off towards Neon
Adam swung at her, only for her to dodge all of his strikes. Adam growled more harshly and all of the red on his body started to glow and any other colour turned black
"Ooo! Flashy colours! You know, you actually look cool when you're angry." Neon said to Adam, who growled again
"Shut it!" Adam shouted at her
She continued to dodge his swings and bullets until he started to get tired and collapsed in the middle of the arena. Adam found himself disappointed at his performance and thought Neon must've found this amusing
Adam listened to her insult his weight and his looks and started to get even angrier
"THAT'S IT!" Adam shouted as loud as he could
"You're fat." Neon insulted Adam, again
Adam heard a buzzer and looked over to where Weiss and Flynt were to see that Weiss was knocked out. Flynt, however, arose from the smoke. Adam's eyes narrowed even more than they already were
Adam tuned whatever they said out as he took a magazine for Blush, fully loaded with lightning dust, and loaded into Blush. He sheathed Wilt and started to build up energy
"We'll give you one free shot. But only one. Don't waste it goat boy!" Neon taunted Adam
Adam growled as the red on his body started to glow and the rest became black. Adam activated the lighting dust in Blush's magazine
Huge arcs of lightning ripped across the arena and tore up everything in their path. One passed by Flynt and Neon
"Oh, that's much better! I can actually feel that!" Neon taunted Adam
"IN MERE MOMENTS, ALL YOU'LL BE FEELING, IS OBLIVION!" Adam shouted at them as more energy built up
"That, or disappointment. Go ahead, flip that coin." Flynt taunted Adam as well
"RRRRRRRAH!" Adam growled as loudly as he could
"Adam! You're pride isn't worth destroying the Colosseum! Come on!" Adam heard Aryl shout from the stands
"Way past the bargaining stage here!" Yang shouted soon after
"AAAAAAAAA!" Adam unsheathed Wilt and unleashed a massive red energy wave with arcs of red lighting shooting off of it
"Oh, how cute. He thinks that will actually beat- OH SHIT!" Flynt shouted before their area became shrouded in a red mist. A huge explosion happened and no one could see inside the arena
A few tense seconds passed before Adam became visible with Flynt and Neon laying on the ground, groaning
Adam walked past them to where Weiss was. He sat down and laid her head on his lap. Weiss coughed before speaking to Adam
"I may not be singing for a while." Weiss said. Adam laughed and smiled
"I don't believe that that's how fencing works, Weiss." Adam joked
"Oh, ha ha." Weiss said before coughing some more. The rest of team RWPY ran up to Adam and Weiss with Blake and Aryl
Adam smiled and looked to them with wide, sparkling blue eyes
"We lost?! Team FNKI lost?! That was... that was... amazing! Oh my gosh, you guys are super cool!" Neon said to Adam and Weiss as a genuine compliment
Flynt stood up and looked at Weiss. "That was a gutsy move, Schnee. I dig it." He said to her. Weiss put up a thumb
Adam chuckled
"You know, you guys weren't to bad yourselves. Taunting your opponents into making mistakes? Not a bad strategy." Adam complimented back
"Yeah. Hey, we should hang out sometime!" Neon suggested
"Yeah, sometime. Anyway, I must be going now. It was nice talking to you." Adam said to them
"Likewise." Flynt said to him. Adam shook their hands before returning to their dorm
He wouldn't admit that the only reason he did was so that he could sleep
Here y'all go. Not really delayed compared to how frequently I upload, but not early either. Still, this chapter should've came out sooner in my opinion
Either way, hope y'all had fun reading. Bonus points to whoever gets the reference
Guest/GNTR96: Thanks. That was my best fight scene in my opinion. The rest of your review I couldn't make sense of
Luine Mercury LWG: No, that wasn't where I wanted to take the story. Good guess though and you aren't wrong about him needing a bit to process the fact that Salem's real
Glover64: Yeah, Adam was very angry. Anyway, it's alright man. I can understand having other things to doThe mysterious Mr.E: Well, I hope you enjoyed his reaction in this chapter
Love y'all and see ya later
