I Don't Own RWBY

"Why are we dong this again!" Sky was complaining while Meral and Terra were both looking quite displeased with me, but we had a free hour before our next class, and I figured that we were on a team. I'm still not sure exactly what that should mean but I've seen other teams around campus and I know how Team TGSG acted around one another and this wasn't it, at all.

"I believe the words to describe this are team building...Meral, you seem to hate me, why? Is it because I'm a faunus?" That seemed like the quick and easy answer, and to be honest, the only one I think would be libel in this situation. I mean, while it had yet to be that extreme before, he did just attack me one day without a properly good reason. Sky instantly zoned in on Meral and glared at him with a look I believe has now transitioned from annoyance to hate, I find it...uplifting, that my partner cares so much about something like this, but I do wish she wasn't so antagonist about it. Though it didn't help that Meral snarled a bit at that before saying.

"No! I don't care about your dumb ears. I don't like you because you're a god damn creep!" Creep? That, well, it didn't hurt per-say, I don't think words can really hurt me or my feelings, but it did make me feel something. I didn't know what it was, and I didn't have time to find out as Sky seemed to have her temper snap a bit as she yelled out.

"Oi! Take that back!" He just glared at her back and for one of the first times ever, I felt like sighing. It just seemed appropriate and I almost did, only reason why I didn't without noticing was because I had felt my face move to do the action and it had surprised me out of it. Still, I am unsure as to what I'm suppose to do in this situation.

"Could you explain more? I am aware that I can be a bit off putting, but that doesn't seem to be enough of a reason to dislike me so strongly" I really didn't have any idea as to what the problem was, if anything, in this type of situation, I should be the one that dislikes him for him attacking me. I feel like it would be best if Sky didn't have that string of events laid out before her. I don't want an actual fight to break out.

"Off putting?! I tried to cave your head in and you didn't even blink and tried to hold a conversation with me! That's not off putting that's insanity!" Insanity? No, I can't be insane, Gamer's Mind wouldn't allow that. Oh. Sky is currently glowing a faint light blue. I believe it to be her aura, I wonder why she is displaying it? Ah...She's about to fling herself at Meral isn't she? Oh, I got a point in WIS for that.

"Please calm yourself Sky, he thought I was robbing a place at the time. Though I still do not see why this is affecting you so clearly" Sky forced herself to only glare at Meral for that while she did something I refer to as pouting. While she was doing that Meral threw his hands towards me like what I had said had just made the point he was trying to get across to me. I was still quite confused.

"So?! Do you have any idea how weird and annoying it is to know that some freaky guy that you tried to beat up is both your leader and someone that you have to sleep next to all night while knowing he's wake and watching at all times!" I blinked, as I was unsure why any of that would be a problem, then again, I wasn't the one with the problem so maybe I'm lacking the experience in it to understand where he is coming from.

"I do not understand...Have I given you the impression that I would do something with either my position or lack of resting in a way that negatively effects you?" Sky had stopped glaring now and was more looking a bit confused at the subject matter, which I fully understood, while Terra just looked off to the side, seemingly determined that this wasn't her problem to deal with. Meral...Well he looked like he was about to start yelling for some unknown reason.

"You haven't given me any impression! You are always blank and polite and attentive, it's like I'm talking to a god damn robot! This is our third day of school and I have yet to see a single sign that you can feel literally anything at all! So sorry if I don't trust someone like you!"...I see. I thought about it for a moment before pulling up a skill I had both used and haven't used the most. Body Language, more accurately, the mimicking part.

With that I noted my body acting on the skills ideals, a faint smile crossed my face, my shoulders sagged a small bit, the corner of my eyes tighten and I felt my head tilted a little. It was quite the strange feeling, one that I wasn't use to nor did I find myself liking, it wasn't me, this wasn't the face I used, but if it resolved an issue for a while, then I suppose I can make some compromises. Still, I looked at Meral, and said in a still polite, but much more emotion filled tone.

"I see, if it fixes the problem then I suppose I ca-" I was interrupted as a fist was implanted into my cheek. I hadn't been expecting it, nor had I even noticed as I had been busy trying to try and justify making this face. The punch hurt, a lot. The pain flooded in as I was thrown backwards, landing hard on my back as I looked up at the skyline for a long moment while opening up a window to see how much damage the punch had done. Eighty? Meral was quite strong.

"You son of a-!" That was Sky, it would appear that my best efforts are about to got to waste. I'm not even sure what I did wrong either. I must say all of this has only lead to more and more confusion, and talking hasn't seemed to help at all... I must say, I find this situation to becoming a bit annoying as well. Not to anyone's real fault here, but because I can't understand Meral's reasoning at all, I can't help but feel like all this is for no real reason. A waste of time and effort, something I'm not one to approve of.

"Stop" I had said it without thinking, and to my interesting surprise my words came out the same as always but I could feel the halted movement in the air. I believe I just stopped Sky and Meral from starting a fight though using Intimidate without noticing, more than likely it came from my minor annoyance acting on it's own. Still, I took the moment to stand up, and turn to look at Meral.

"I feel things a bit muted but fine all the same, I don't express them like others however, something you had a problem with and I tried to correct. I'm sorry to say but I'm not good with social cues or interacting with people at all really. So please inform me why you seemed to feel the need to punch me when I was trying to help your problem?" I dismissed the box in front of me, letting me know that Intimidate had leveled up.

"U-um. I..." He just trailed off and stared at me for a long moment before turning and walking away. Terra watched as he walked away before scoffing to herself and followed afterwards. I have a faint feeling she is going to have a talk to him about what just happened. The point of topic of said conversation though wasn't something I could make an accurate guess on however.

"I really don't like him" I thought about saying something to try and cool Sky down a bit before deciding that we should just get to class.

"Who's going to win this one?" Sky was hanging off my shoulder a bit as we watched as two more students walked up onto the platform to get ready for their fight. It had become a small running theme in this combat class, of course this was only the second time we've had this class and neither of us has even had a spar against another student in the ring yet, but after the first time I had been correct, Sky had pestered me to ell her the results. So far I had been pretty accurate on all accounts. Only being wrong twice out of the last fourteen or so matches. It's been increased my INT score by two from it all.

"The one of the right" Sky growled a bit at that, it was Cardin who I was referring to who would win. I didn't particularly like the man, he was the one that bumped into me on the first day here and it had become a habit of his to continue that by making my life slightly uncomfortable every time he catches me alone. I didn't like him basically, but he was just a small enough pest that I didn't see a reason to make a big deal from it all...Sky disagreed.

"What's the blondes name?" I blinked at her newest question before looking back at the teenager on the left of the stage. His name was Jaune Arc, and he was weak. Really weak all things considered. Cardin was weak as well in comparison to a number of other students here. He was only level nineteen, nothing special at all, still a bit strong than most of my team and probably myself but we could at least hold our own and more than possibly scrap out a win. Jaune though? Well, he was level eleven and his stats barely showed it.

"It's Jaune Arc" Sky nodded before instantly yelling for Jaune to kick Cardin's teeth in, along with a number of other things that I didn't feel the need to think about out of not wanting the mental images to be in my mind. A number of students and even Glynda looked at Sky for her very sudden outburst but she didn't bother to look abashed. Though I did note that Meral and Terra had pointedly not looked at us at all since yesterday.

Even I could feel the tension and I wasn't exactly the best in this sort of situation. I felt slightly discontent with how it all turned out but I don't think I actually did anything wrong, nor does Sky so I don't really get why our team has become like this. The only thing I can really do is to lay the blame onto some one else, in this case Meral is the only one that it would make sense to do so. And yet I still felt somewhat responsible all the same. It was strange.

"No! Damn it Juan!" Juan? Did she already forget the guy's name or is she annoyed at him for losing? It could be either. Still, back to the class, which for once I hadn't been paying any real attention to, Jaune had been defeated. Soundly. I am uncertain as to how he managed to get into this school at his level. I only got in with my low level because Ozpin was strange...Ok, that could also be the reason as to how he made it in as well now that I'm putting thought into it.

"Now then, I believe we have time for one more spar...Let's see, Nora Valkyrie and Ash Kay, come up here" I blinked at that while Sky gave a cheer and pushed me a bit roughly out of my seat. I had no qualms about getting up myself so I was unsure why she felt the need to do something like that. Still, I walked down to the stage while I noted a orange haired girl rush up with what looked like a grenade launcher on her back. I have a feeling this will be a dangerous fight... Observe.

Name: Nora Valkyrie
Level: 30
Title: Thunder Thighs
Semblance: High Voltage

HP:1850/1850
AP:850/850

STR:56
VIT:35
DEX:30
INT:20
WIS:13
CHR:15
LUK:16

Interesting. She is very strong and even faster than I am without my Aura Enchance, not to mention her Hp is quite high, but that isn't the main point here. I just have to drain her Ap bar... At least I think I do, from observing these fights in the past, Hp and Ap both seem to be lowered at around the same pace in a fight for some reason, it's only when the Ap runs out that a person is in danger since they can't use it to block major damage, like a broken bone.

Hence the rule that when it's to low to continue they lose...I find it confusing from my side of things but it doesn't really matter right now, I just have to fight until the match is called to an end. I've only had one of theses classes before this one, and I've been lost in thought for this full period so it makes sense if the rules of Hp and the like are hard for me to follow when I have my own way of measuring them. I'll learn how to compare the two over time I'm sure.

"And Mister Kay, are you ready?" I blinked out of my thoughts and noticed that Glynda was giving me a long look. It took me a second to figure out why she was looking at me in that way. I didn't have one of my weapons out at the moment while Nora, the girl in front of me, had a quite interesting smile on her face as she leveled a massive hammer at me. Was that the grenade launcher from a few minutes ago? It would make sense all things considered with how everything is a projectile weapon of some kind.

"Yes" She just gave me another long look while Sky cheered loudly in the background as I opened my inventory up and selected the item I would be using. Memento. I believe this is the first time I've used it in combat after the modification...Could it be considered modifications if I completely change almost the entire thing besides the base components, that might be more of a fully new thing. Thoughts for later, for right now I should draw it out of my inventory and-

"Begin" Ah. I was about to try and grab Memento from my inventory but before I could, I had to jump backwards as a hammer slammed into the ground where I had been standing. This Nora doesn't seem to be one to give her opponent a break. I was proven correct in my assumption as she shot towards me, spinning in a way that carried the momentum into her hammer in a way I was sure would be a very painful hit...I was right.

I felt the hammer slam into my chest before I cold react as at the last moment, when I was about to move, a pink explosion rang out from the hammer's head, propelling her forwards many times faster, giving me no hope to dodge in time, and I felt it as I was launched into the air and slammed into the ground. I just stayed there for a moment before sighing in relief before I could notice the action as the pain faded away. I hadn't had time to use Aura to numb, it, as well to the fact that I had not wanted to waste it on taking hits.

Of course, as I stood up, and noted that the one rocket powered strike had lowered my health down by about a fifth, I figured maybe that wouldn't be such a good idea. Still. All the same I walked up back to the stage and looked at Nora again, who was looking at me with a bit of confusion, I was going to question that when she seemed to get over her confusion and launched herself at me again. This time I was a bit more ready.

My inventory was still open an in the moment it had taken her to get to me, my body was enhanced and I had Memento out. It wouldn't work to try and parry her attack, she would just throw me around again, so instead I jumped out of the way in time for her to swing by as the blade shot out of Memento's handle as I swung it at her. I She tried to dodge but I still clipped her from my speed and her still being carried by her own momentum.

She slowed down a bit as I noted her health had taken a bit, about two hundred Hp worth from it looks of it...I really do like this upgrade. Still, we both looked at each other for a long moment before she shot forwards and I had to dodge out of the way again, and that's how it went, I couldn't parry and she was fast enough to keep up with me, I was only keeping up with Aura and my fast thinking. But all the same, she still managed to hit me a number more times.

After a particularly hard hit, I frowned to myself as I looked at her for a moment before realizing what I was doing. Frowning, it wasn't a habit of mine. Still, I ignored it as I rushed forwards, while pulling out Nova, and as I swung at her, I noticed she had gained a smile, and then I noticed her hammer's head was pointing at me, and yet she didn't realize until to late I had pulled out another weapon. The gun barrel was directly to her cheek...We both pulled out triggers as the same time I activated my Aura Shield for the first time.

"You might have won if you had a follow up after pulling out another weapon...Why didn't you just shot at her from the start?" Sky was being questioning, I think she was just glum about my loss. I didn't feel the same, it did all I wanted it to do for me. I had taken a number of very strong hits and had used only my sword until I had lost focus of my objective and tried to turn the tables to far into the match, something I wasn't sure why I did, more than likely I don't like losing, to bad that new thing kicked in a bit late for it to matter.

"I need to train my body, I'm already quite proficient in using my guns, but that might not always be viable, so I'm training my body to be stronger" She just pouted again while I looked at the boxes that held the words that I just spoke. Five points in VIT and three in STR. Of course the only reason why they leveled up so fast was because of how little I truly have tried to get them higher before now. The lower the number the faster the increase after all.

"Well, I guess, but I mean you might have been able to win if you just shot her over and over again" If I did that then I have little doubt Nora would have rained grenades down on to me as well, and I feel like those would have done more damage than my shots, and with her higher Hp and Aura, she would have out lasted me anyway. The only reason why it was as close as it was, and even then it wasn't all that close, I only manged to get her bar to about half, was because we both stuck to melee until the last moment.

"Perhaps, but I didn't so I see no use in worrying about it" I've learned that just agreeing with her on unimportant points like this was the best way to not have any more unnecessary arguments in the team, I felt there was already more than enough as it is.

"You're to calm and collected! Shouldn't you be sore or something? You did get launched across the stage without aura protecting you. In fact, are you sure you're semblance isn't some minor indestructibility? Because you got hit around a lot but it didn't seem to actually be hurting your aura any, which means they were hitting you dead on" Is that why it had gone quiet while I was fighting? Because I wasn't using Aura Shield? I don't understand why I should when I have quite the many more Health Points available for such things.

"I believe I explained that I was training my body, using aura to protect me from damage wouldn't have accomplished anything" She just looked at me for a long moment before rolling her eyes and said in a strange tone.

"So you figured taking a massive war hammer to the abs would be the most effective way to do that? Have you heard of a dumbbell or a gym? I hear those are a good way to get stronger without massive bruising and possible internal damage" I feel as if she was being a bit more dramatic, I couldn't get hurt nearly that bad and if I did then I could quite literally sleep it off.

"I have, though I am not yet sure where they are located" Sky just rolled her eyes as we continued to walk to our next class. I didn't really get it, but followed around her all the same.

"Mister Kay, I hope things haven't been that bad?" I turned to look up at Ozpin, unsure as to why he was here. I was standing on the edge of the roof at the moment, not really sure how I had gotten up here. I had just been walking around, exploring over the place, and ended up here some how, but here I stayed all the same. If only for the view of the sun setting off in the distance. It was quite the sight.

"I do not understand the secondary meaning in your words but I can say things haven't been as easy as I had hoped" Ozpin seemed sigh a bit at that but I was unable to deprive meaning from it. He uneases me a small bit, Body Language as a skill is so high leveled that I can read basically everyone and know what their stance or face means. Of course, just because I know someone is tense or angry doesn't mean I know why or how to fix it, which has made it all the more confusing for me but I almost always know something from a person's stance. Not Ozpin.

"Yes, I do believe I've heard tale that you haven't been...getting along well with your other team members" I nodded to that, though I wasn't sure why, he already knew and I knew better than he did so I had no reason to reaffirm it to him or myself. I hadn't noticed it the first time around, but he makes me feel out of my depth in a way that I can't seem to describe. I found it...irritating. Yes, that's the word I'm looking for, I believe I find my skills not working on him irritating. After all, they are one of the few things I can count on being fully truthful and logical at all times.

"Meral doesn't seem to like me and I am unsure how to fix that problem. Terra is to stand offish to try and work something out with us so she isn't helping either and Sky is trying to hard to defend me for some reason which is only causing tension" I knew exactly what the general problems were but I had no answers, it always seems to be that way with me. Never an easy answer to any of my questions. Though I just suppose life seems to just be that way, even if it is a bit inconvenient.

"I see, you seem to know what's wrong but have to way to figure out how to fix it" He just summed up my thoughts so I just nodded again, seeing no reason as to waste words on saying my thoughts and his own words out loud again. Ozpin seemed to understand that and continued on.

"Have you thought to ask Mister Denfer what is wrong?" I'm emotionally unavailable and have a hard time with understanding peoples motives, of course I asked, it would be the only way for me to find out without training up a new skill or getting something like maybe WIS to a much higher number. I didn't say any of that, as it was much more snappish than I would like to be as I don't appreciate rudeness in most forms.

"Yes. He said it was me. I'm to creepy for him with how I don't express myself, I tried to fix the problem by emoting, but that just lead to him punching me and a fight almost breaking out" I still didn't understand it, he gave me a problem and I tried for an answer, and it was rejected violently...Ozpin didn't say anything for a moment before walking over to a table that was on the roof as well. I wasn't sure why, but I figured this was a place that people visit for the same reason why I've taken to staying around.

"Would you care for a game?" I turned away from the setting sun with a hint of apprehension to look at what Ozpin was referring to. It was a chess set that was on the table, I hadn't noticed at the time. I was to lost in thought it would appear. Still, i looked at the set up of pieces for a moment before walking over and said.

"I don't know how to play" Or I didn't remember, either way you word it the effect is the same. I remember the names of the pieces and I know the king holds importance but besides that it's all blank. He just smiled, that empty smile, the one that I couldn't understand, and said.

"It's quite simple, I believe you'll pick it up quickly. Here I'll give you a run down then we can play a game" I nodded and walked forwards to look at the board. It was standard but I wasn't really paying attention to it, instead I was listening to Ozpin talk about what piece did what. It was in fact not hard to remember, there was only six movements to remember. I even unlocked a new skill from it, appropriately called Chess.

"I'm on the white side so I go first" I nodded and watched as Ozpin moved a pawn forwards. Looking over the board for a moment, I thought about what to do before trusting my skill and moved a knight out. It continued on from there, of course that implies it went on for a while. I was checkmated after eleven more moves. I did get another level thought and the board was quickly reset by Ozpin. It would seem we are doing more than one game then, I can't say I minded.

I could feel a faint frown form on my face as I was checkmated again after thirteen moves. Then again at fifteen, the at twenty, and then at twenty again. It on like this for a long while, just the two of us playing, it wasn't hard and in fact it got a lot easier over time. My new skill getting over ten levels, almost always one after each game, then two games around the fifth level mark. Still, it was a long number of games later, and this one was the longest by far. Sixty-some moves.

"Check" Ozpin smiled before moving his own piece and said.

"Checkmate" I had been wearing a frown for a while now, almost an hour, it had even turned dark. I didn't like losing, today has taught me that in clear contrast. It was not enjoyable in the slightest. In fact I believe I hate it. Maybe not that strongly but it was the most I've felt about something like this before so I'll call it hate until I have a better thing to use the word for.

"Do you know why I allowed you in this school?" It was probably the first words out of the two of us that hadn't had the word 'Check' in it in over an hour. I had become so use to fixing my side of the board up that I hadn't notice for a long moment. But I still did as I looked up at the man for a moment before shaking my head slightly, not seeing a need to use words.

"It's for that right there" As he spoke he pointed down to the board in front of the two of us. I had already set my pieces back up but he hadn't, showing the mass of scattered pieces on the board. I just looked at him for a long moment, not understanding what he meant, as I was quite sure he was talking about something else other than my lack of skill in chess.

"You didn't even know the rules of the game, and in the last hour your skill has increased more than any I believe I've ever seen. You jumped from first time player to someone that could win against most. Of course I was playing it down a bit but the speed at which you improve is frankly beyond what you or anyone should be able to manage. Even before this, when I only had a hunch, you still were beyond the level of skill that most would be at for your age without extreme training and muscle memory, something you have lost the ability to use even if you could have fought before you lost your memories. And yet you still are able to hold your own in a school like this after only less than about a month of effort. Frankly, I find that goes beyond incredible and a massive waste in potential if I had just let you go on your way"

His words made sense and I couldn't really fault them, I knew he must have had his own reason for inviting me, beyond just doing it out of niceness. I had just used it as a chance to learn more about myself and to interact with others. So I didn't really put much thought into it. Still, I was unsure as to why he was telling me this, the reasoning was nice to know I guess, but it doesn't really do anything for me. I was going to ask about it, but Ozpin beat me to it.

"The reason why I've shown you this board game and told you that story is to show you that when you want, your ability to improve and adapt is simply groundbreaking. Given time, I'm certain your lacking in people skills will to fade into the background, and I hope you will prove me right by finding a way to fix your team" I see. He told this to let me know that I can do it, it's just I have to learn from doing rather than just giving up on it after my first attempt. Like how I kept losing to Ozpin until I got competent at this Chess thing. Though clearly while I'm still not good enough to beat him, I might be good enough to find a way to fix my team. At least I hope so.

"Thank y-" He was gone. I blinked to myself as I looked around the night air from my position on the roof for a moment before closing my eyes for a moment then turned to leave. Dismissing the three points in INT and in WIS that I had gotten from playing so many games with the headmaster.

A long chapter, most of it revolving around the fact that Ash's team is pretty much nonexistent at the moment in terms of cooperation and Ozpin coming in and giving some advice in a weird round about way. Though I will admit, the reason he did so was to make sure he was in fact right about Ash's ability to learn anything and be able to improve upon it very quickly. I mean, who wouldn't want a person like that to be on their side, especially someone like Oz who's kind of a manipulator at heart and needs strong people to work along side him. Anyway, plot and character development aside, See ya.