THANKS FOR THE REVIEWS!
SO to answer a few questions, no he won't be restricted to four moves at all.
He didn't tell Ozpin jack shit since I technically only saw VOL 1,2,3 and 4 while everything else is things I know by ear or fanfiction.
NEXT CHAPTER NOW, ENJOY!
It has been a week since that day and I could have hoped to god that I asked for no more bullshit... and here we are "I completely get where you are coming from, but I still don't care" I bluntly told the tan man in front of me wearing a Hawaiian shirt of all things completely unbuttoned to show his surprising musculature, shorts and sandals.
He has deep blue eyes and greyed out hair and to be honest he creeped the shit out of me, this man is Layman Wunders yes with a U, owner of Wonder's and Luxuries, a company that mainly operates in Vale and dominates the domestic market, such as fridges, beds, microwaves and so much more... he was also a shady man that was the rival of Junior of some sorts, of what? I don't know.
He gave me a beaming smile "But ma' Boh I know for a fact you like ta let lose once in a while and being a simpla bouncer won't let you truly enjoy life" his accent was the most over the top thing I have heard but he was somewhat right, dealing with drunkards could get boring from time to time.
Rolling my eyes I gave him a bland stare "Wunders, we had this conversation once already and I distinctly remember telling you to shove it up your ass" being crude wasn't my thing but this man could be overbearing at times.
Wunders simply gave me a wider smile and threw an arm over my shoulder "MAGNIFICENT! this is what I lika about yah boh, always speaking out yah mind no matter the person, honest people are hard ta come this day and age!" his voice was grandiose and carried a certain amount of bravado that would have made some people to consider his offer.
I wasn't most people.
Removing his arm off my shoulder I gave him a bored look "So if it didn't work the first time, what makes you think the next would have been different?" my honest question was met with a malicious grin that made my eyes narrow.
He rose his right index finger to emphasize his point "Junio' is pecking at owned grounds... made enemies that wuld' love to see something like that punished" that's when the doors of the Club snapped open making me look behind me and see an angry Junior staring at Wunders with murder in his eyes.
"When?" a simple question that seemingly carried the weight of the world behind it.
Wunders in response gave a toothy smile "Junio', yah finally slipped... let's hope you can get up from it" and with those ominous words, he put some sunglasses on and went to the Limo that he arrived here in.
Junior growled and I threw him a look, the only reason something like that happened... "Junior, think this mysterious guy that tamed Torchwick caught on with your actions?" I was worried, Cinder beat Ozpin... not sure how she pulled that out but that was worrisome and no matter how confident I was on my power that woman wasn't alone.
Not sure WHO she works for but someone like her bending to someone else can't be good news "Probably... but there is no way they could have done so in such a short amount of time, there is all sorts of things to consider when dealing with info, the ones that give it to you, their validity, time... whoever they are it's impossible to work around all of that" Junior was troubled but there was one point he was ignoring.
I sighed "There is a reason Roman fears them... better keep security tighter Junior, seems like things will get hectic" he nodded at me while throwing me a serious expression, I knew what question was coming.
He grabbed me by the shoulder and stared at me right in the eye "Kid- no Bruno, whatever this is... it's serious and dangerous, Listen the last year with you has been interesting all around and I can say I owe you a lot, even if you only stayed as a Bouncer I can tell you went beyond even that, can I count on you if it gets ugly?" he asked with conviction.
...
My smile was telling "Junior, you may be an ass and the twins can be a pain, but I got your back anyways" I replied making him smile and give me a couple of pats on the shoulder.
He let go and started to walk back to the door "Great, I'll have to keep an eye on all my contacts and check out my boys in case there are any moles, good luck kid" and he entered the Club again, getting a confidence boost from my words.
And everything is right in the... oh for fuck's sake.
Rising a brow I wondered why RUBY ROSE of all people was staring at me like I kick puppies and choke old people "So... what's with the animosity?" I questioned the red riding hood, wearing what could be described in few words as a gothic lolita outfit with a big red hood along with a cape and a belt with the symbol of a rose plastered and behind her cloak, I could see her weapon folded thanks to the mecha-shift bullshit everyone likes.
Ruby stared harder.
I rose my brown higher.
Her stare narrowed.
My face became a wall of bland and I decided that whatever she wanted wasn't worth whatever this was "Are you going to say anything or do I have to call the authorities and let them handle the missing child?" my question finally got something aside from a stare.
She fidgeted in place "Ummm... why did you beat up my sister?" it was something that was genuinely not expecting, Yang would have brushed this off and come back to TRY and fight her way in.
So how did she find out me and her fought?, she didn't see the fight aside from her sister flying through a wall "the only female I remember beating around this week is a blondie that looks nothing like you, so either I'm colorblind or you got the wrong person" Ruby stared at me and blinked tilting her head to the side.
"Nope, Yang told me after much blackmail- persuasion! yeah, that's what I meant... that she came here to talk with someone and that was it" She knew it was a lie and came here to get the truth?... that's oddly mature of her, anyone else would have been rising up a fuzz over their family member getting beat up and ask no questions.
Special Rose indeed... "So it was Blondie... well I don't know what kind of image you have of her, but she came here assaulted one of our customers and then manhandled the owner by grabbing his private area, and as my job describes as a Bouncer I beat the living sh- crap out of her" I explained myself with my eyes close and opened them to see Ruby frowning while looking at the floor.
After kicking the ground for a few seconds she looked back at me "She never tells me why she leaves, it seems a little bit weird every time she goes and gets in trouble and I get always the same answer 'Don't worry Ruby, your big sis has it under control' or something similar... did Yang ever say why she came here?" her eyes had this shine on them that made it hard to refuse her request.
I sighed "Not to me, but my Boss apparently talked with her for a few moments before she went ballistic, I'll put in a good word for you and you can come tomorrow if he is in a good mood he will talk with you, that's the best you can get from me" my words made her perk up and smile not brightly but she was obviously in a better mood.
"Thank you, mister?..." and she only realized that she doesn't know my name, figures.
Shaking my head in amusement I gave her what she wanted "Bruno Ursaring, and drop the formalities I hate them" Ruby smiled and pointed at herself while jumping slightly with the balls of her heels.
"I'm Ruby Rose, I have to leave Bruno... dad would have a fit if he found out I was here" she said the last part with a shaky grin that spoke of experience, not good ones at that.
She took off running while waving at me while I gave her a wry grin, that kid is a riot...
Well time to wait for my shift to finish.
... I wonder how Neo and Roman are doing.
Time passed and the sun came out, Junior's club is more focused on night entertainment so I usually I'm out by 2 PM and after that, I go to my favorite Coffee shop... Valean Morning, a nice Black blend and sugar donuts, it isn't to keep me awake by the way.
Aura helps with just about anything that's bad for your body, even with fatigue so I usually sleep for about 6 or 5 hours, oh well the Coffee shop is run by a Faunus cow, the guys is nice enough even if the weirder people and the assholes ask if he makes the milk himself which is absolute bullshit considering that his trait are horns not utters.
But it's a good place to kick back and relax and since it's run by a faunus of all things the number of clients instantly is less than the average, so the place is silent like I want it to be spending too much time on the club makes for a life of sound and annoyances that I can't just punch away.
I took a sip of my hot Coffee and smiled, ah the good life.
My eyes landed on the owner that was smiling at a group of four... interestingly dressed people, to put it in few words there is a Faunus bunny girl with a suit that confuses me on a personal level, it seems like latex but there are golden pieces of armor on her shoulders and at the tips and the back of her shoes, it seems like she didn't know if going for 'cute bunny suit' or 'weirdly designed armor' said fuck it and went for both... although when looking a little closer her clothes are actually normal but mixed in a way that seemed like a bunny suit which is also confusing as fuck I could see the zippers too her brown hair and bunny ears made it look like she wanted everyone to know she was a Faunus which in this day and age is something to respect.
The girl next to her was making a fashion statement and was aware of it, she either wanted the attention or just really likes clothes... the sunglasses spoke about either being self-assured or just being a dick, a brown long-sleeved shirt or could be a sweater too by it's look and design, she is either wearing double scarfs or her shirt collar is just that puffy along with the black clothing over it that is actually too short to be called a scarf, I don't know why her black tight pants have zippers at the knees they look fine though, and then there are the bullets on her belt... so huntsmen or trainees, her hat is one of those weird ones that annoy me since they serve no purpose other than looking good a beret I think, she also has brown hair that seems to change color the lower it goes to caramel, either painted or natural considering how weird the world can be.
The next one was probably the least... clothing monstrosity of their group and is most likely blind by the lacking color on his eyes, Aura sensing? hear that's a thing a while ago kinda like eco location but with aura, a very murky orange sleeves shirt along with black pants and pouches attached to it, and to end it all long black gloves... he does have protagonist hair though of the same color of his shirt.
Then we have the absolute unit of the group, a giant that is taller than me by a decent amount probably about a head or so, there is a black muscle shirt under the long-short sleeved green robe that actually only has one sleeve the left one while on his other un-sleeved arm there is a long sectioned shoulder plate, armored fingerless gauntlets, brown pants and armored boots, his shaved head because that is too little hair to be natural went along with his very small eyes.
What an odd group... definitely Huntsmen that are most likely trainees.
Meh, I took another sip of my coffee and a bite from my donut... and then Glasses looked in my direction in a way that I just knew would be annoying, fuck my life I guess.
I took another sip of my coffee and saw Glasses walking towards me that made me think of Miltia trying to appear confident to get me to do something from her "Hey there big guy, why so lonely?" we are actually doing this...
Kay I can play ball "Like the silence, makes for a great companion... well it made for one at least" that was one of the most passive-aggressive things I have said in quite a while, she used her fingers to move her glasses down and look at me with a small smile and a raised eyebrow.
"So you are one of those loners that like to look cool?" she questioned, and I for one realized that I found a Miltia that was less of a bitch.
I put my coffee cup down and gave her a flat stare "No, I'm one of those loners that hate looking cool, also known as socially awkward" she put her glasses back on their place and gave me a look from up and down.
"You don't seem to be doing that bad, better than my teammate over there" she jabbed her thumb to bunny girl who squeaked and hid behind the big guy trying to disappear, something tells me she gets bullied a lot...
I shrugged "I came to realize that trying to care about the opinion of others will always reach horrible concussions" she gave me a raised brow, barely perceptible through her sunglasses.
"Don't you mean conclusions?" she honestly sounded confused there.
But I know what I said "No" my fast response got her to stare at me nod and sit while looking at her teammates.
Oh fuck...
"He's cool guys!" they all looked at each other then back at me with apologetic looks, at least they are aware they ruined my free time...
And there goes my alone time, which makes me wonder why I even try to have some in the first place... I saw her team walk up to our table which is in my opinion the best spot in the shop, close to the window and no sun trying to ruin my eyes, close to the owner to get quick service.
The bunny girl gave me a awkward smile "Sorry about Coco, we usually sit here and... she isn't the type to take a no for an answer" I can see that bunny girl, I took a bite of my donut while nodding at her once.
We stood there for a moment in silence until Coco decided that she hates it "So what is a big guy like you doing here alone?" silence is no longer an option I see.
"Was alone, silence is a great companion... not that you would know" my words had no bite to them but she still frowned even when I didn't mean it as an insult, Bunny girl's smile became even more awkward.
Coco sighed "How about an introduction then? I'm Coco Adel leader of team CFVY" the introduction was said with pride, a nice trait to have when being a leader.
Bunny girl's smile reached supreme levels of awkward "Velvet Scarlatina... again sorry" stop apologizing...
"Fox Alistair" short and simple, that was from the blind one that I had a feeling was weary of me... probably how stiff he seemed to be.
Then the big guy "Yatsuhashi Daichi, a pleasure" he nodded at me and I smiled, no use being a dick since they aren't leaving any time soon.
I put down my coffee cup "Bruno Ursaring, met a couple of your kind from time to time at my job... usually to get drunk and either to start a fight which they lost or to go on a trip without bags" Coco rose a brow at that.
"You work on a bar? kinda weird seeing such a downer on party animal's ground" Velvet glanced at her leader with wide eyes, I smiled a little bit wider, maybe this won't be so bad after all.
Coco seemingly caught on when she saw my ears and looked a little awkward causing me to chuckle "Please girl, I'm a bouncer on a place where people get drunk all the time, I grew thick skin on that kind of stuff a long time ago" At my good-natured reply she smiled.
Yatsuhashi pipped "Do you meet many Huntsmen on your line of work? why would so many go there?" well that's a loaded question.
I one hand I could tell them that at least half of the Huntsmen that go to a bar are there out of grief, a dead teammate, destroyed village, witnessing what the Grimm can actually do, finding out that their job is a lot more cruel than expected... like Qrow Branwen guy appears at least twice a month.
And surprisingly enough Professor Petter Port I heard... some fucked up shit from his drunken ramblings, safe to say that most of his apparent boring stories are boring because he leaves out most of the gruesome details.
Or just tell them they go for a drink to stay, sadly I'm not known for lying a lot "Well... yeah, before answering that what do you think about your career choice? just to know what I'm getting into" to my surprise they looked somewhat annoyed.
Coco sighed "Yes, yes being a Huntsman is dangerous, we get it alright" she huffed and smiled, well your funeral.
"To mourn, mortality rate is higher than you might think, and when someone you knew for about four years or more is gone... well you need something to drown those feelings" I took another sip from my coffee and watched how all their expressions changed slightly.
Velvet was the first to speak "Does that mean... you hear what they say?" curious are you? the air did grew a little colder.
The owner came with their orders which I paid no attention to, I simply took a bit from my donut and swallowed it "Drunken rambling are common, along with fights, what exactly would you like to know?" Coco glanced at Velvet with a small smile and leaned forward.
"Well our final assignment as first years is a job out of the Kingdom, a Professional Huntsman will be watching over us but will not intrude unless necessary, getting a good idea of what is out there would help " she said and I thought about it, I guess it's more than what RWBY did which was meant to be small stuff like helping a sheriff on a nearby village.
But protagonists always get more than they need, pretty sure they only deal with Grimm assignments on their first year or at least normal teams do, guess this will be their first taste of 'real' Huntsmen stuff "Well there was this old teacher, came with the interesting story about missing children on a village... looking up and high hoping it wasn't late for them even if the Grimm usually just kill on sight, but if they just didn't end at the moment who would be the culprit?" I asked knowing full well what I was implying and their faces told me they knew too.
I continued "He grew weary and started questioning the small village, finding inconsistent information and started to put together an ugly picture when he visited the morgue... a very empty morgue, lo and behold it was a tribe of cannibals instead of a village" that was probably too heavy for them, and I'm pretty sure Port would have changed the history to have Grimm be at fault and make it sound like a grand adventure.
"What happened then?" demanded Fox, and I stopped wondering if I should lie.
But I kinda already dug this hole too deep "He had to put them down, what else would one do when you connect the dots between missing children and where they went missing" there was a big moment of silence.
"Oh" that was the smartest thing that came from Coco's mouth.
I sighed and was about to explain why he did what he did, then my ears perked up and I rose my right hand and caught a glass bottle that came flying from the window, I saw a kid glaring at me he was most likely homeless and he noticed I saw him and scrambled through an alley.
Putting the bottle down I saw everyone staring at me "Most people love the Huntsmen, they are heroes of mankind... so when they hear someone talking about them like they're butchers It get's hectic" the rest of the time was spent in silence.
A debate of what Huntsmen do is always the same, are they Soldiers or Heros? my usual thought about that is... if there is a difference between them to begin with.
Coco suddenly spoke again "Where do you work at anyway?" what a sudden question... that is going to be a pain in the future.
Oh whatever "Jr Leagues, a pretty popular night club, my shifts are usually at nighttime" I answered and took one final sip from my coffee and took the rest of my Donut with me, I had already paid the owner anyway.
I glanced at them "Good luck on your mission kids" and I left, I just gave teenagers a reason to wonder the morality of their work they spend about a year working towards.
I'm a fucking DICK.
Suddenly my scroll bussed I took it out and found the caller to be 'Little Big mac' Junior... yes that's what I put it as my contact "Junior? I'm kind of in my free time" I opened the door of the shop and left outside.
Junior DID not sound pleased "Kid get the fuck over here, shit just got real and all the gangs are up in arms asking for a new big man on the lead" he said with barely restrained anger, so they want him out of the throne.
"Wow, calm down and explain" I was a little surprised of seeing him this agitated.
He took a deep breath "I'll explain back at the club, just come here fast" he hanged up and I looked at my scroll with a frown.
What the hell?.
Was tHaT GoOd!?.
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Maybe I don't know, hope you liked it though.