(November 4 year unknown) a month after Damian's first appearance)
" my king is this the best course of action you could take for the people of Camelot?" The butler asked from his standing position on one side of the bullhead.
" and I will say it again Reginald I'm fulfilling my fath-the kings dying wishes he wanted me to learn from a normal perspective before I retake his position as king so don't refer to me as king until then." The young man said wringing his hand through his blonde hair that has a slight tint of gold in the front before he turned his gaze to the wrapped weapon in his hand
" yes my ki- sorry master Arthur, but might I inquire why you took up headmaster ozpin's offer?"
The butler said unfolding a note from the inside of his coat.
" well Reginald my dear friend I was interested in this team ABAD (abbadon) he spoke of one of the members particularly. A Damian moon if I remember correctly." Arthur responded looking up and out the window.
(Beacon academy professor Rox survival training)
"Brendan dodge to the right then flank this thing!"
Damian yelled while blocking a large rocky fist with his two swords crossed in front of him and a crater forming under his own feet. Brendan shot to the right from behind Damian on his skateboard popping rounds from his DMR into the large grimms back causing it to stagger forward allowing Damian to run up its arm and stab it in its mask with his two swords as it slowly started to fade away Damian dismissed his blades when Rox appeared in front of the two
"Congrats you guys that's a better score then some of the 3rd year teams that have taken this test even when there are only two of you."
Rox stated as Brendan rolled up on his skateboard collapsing it and returning it to its sheath form before turning his dmr back into his sword sheathing it in his back.
" really just the two of us? Damian were you even using your guns this time?"
"Nah. I left them back in the room so I could tinker with them later ."
Rox walked up and patted both of them on the shoulder. " by the way ozpin called you down to his office about something important you two should get going I am going to discuss somethings with team RWBY and JNPR."
" come on Brendan we better hurry ." Damian said quickly before disappearing in a cloud of feathers prompting Brendan to sprint out of the room.
" you idiot your unconsciously relying on his power to boost your own power." Rox stated to no one in particular while he stared at the cloud of feathers that were incinerating on contact with anything.
" your just going to burn yourself out like a fuse" Rox sighed before opening a portal to the cafeteria.
( elevator to ozpins office)
" I hate you right now." Damian said while rubbing his sore face
"You cheated so it was perfectly fine for me to bypass the elevator controls."
"That doesn't mean you can close the door on my face !" Damian yelled while punching Brendan's robotic arm with his bandaged arm which Brendan took notice too.
" didn't that hurt at all ?"
"Heh no It didn't actually that's kinda weird." Damian responded rubbing the back of his neck.
Not even a minute later the elevator reached its destination and the doors lurched open showing the interior of ozpins office
" no matter how many times I come here it always amazes me ."
"Ya"
" indeed this office is very amazing."
A blonde haired man called out from next to ozpin's desk with a tall man in a butler uniform.
" and you are ?" Damian and Brendan said in perfect sync.
" This is Arthur Pindragon your team leader." Ozpin answered looking up from his scroll before taking a sip from his coffee
" Cool."
"Ugh"
Damian grumbled as Brendan went forward to greet Arthur
" It's nice to finally meet by any chance are you Damian moon?" Arthur asked shaking Brendan's hand
" eh no sorry I'm your other teammate Brendan Ryker." Brendan responded while scratch under the strap of his goggles.
" oh I am so sorry about that Brendan."
" What do you want with me ?" Damian called out walking up and crossing his arms.
" Mr. Moon I believe it's would be beneficial to get to know your teammates."
" this is going to be a long afternoon." Damian sighed before taking a seat.
(Cafeteria)
" you guys mind if I sit here." Rox asked appearing behind team rwby scaring them half to death.
"Sure I guess." Ruby answered over the complaints of her teammates.
"So where's Damian and Brendan since there is no sight of those morons?" Weiss asked with a sigh of defeat as Rox sat to the left of ruby.
"They got called up to Ozpin to meet their team leader someone I'm sure you may know ms. Sneeze."Rox responded pulling a pack of graham crackers out of his coat popping one into his mouth hidden in his hood.
" so what did they score on the survival course this time Rox." Yang asked after taking a bite of her burger.
"Well how should I put this Damian and Brendan's teamwork is far beyond anyone at this school when one attacked the other instantly knew what to do next to maximize damage, Damian especially he fought with only his swords but was able to capitalize on almost all of Brendan's attacks. I kinda lied to them though when I gave them their score ." Rox said waving his free hand in the air making random movements every once in a while.
" No way I can't believe it's almost been a month and Damian is achieving so much in so little time. I mean who knew he could cook it's almost like he can do anything." Jaune stated.
(Flashback) goodwitch combat class)
" Mr. Moon I believe you are the only one in the class that hasn't participated in a spar since initiation despite your injuries I'm going to have to ask you to take part in a spar or you will fail the class."glynda called out to the stands looking up from her scroll at Damian who because of ruby had his right
Arm in a sling.
" ms.goo-" ruby called out before getting cut off.
" fine I'll do it ." Damian said before popping up out of his seat and teleporting down next to glynda.
"Very well, who would you like to spar?" She asked.
" hmm, I'll go ahead and pick a third year." Damian said looking over at goodwitch who sighed defeated before selecting a third year on her scroll
" mr. shade please come down." She called out as a fox Faunus with medium length red orange hair pulled back into a ponytail also wearing a orange and black short jacket that stopped at the end of his ribs with the left sleeve ripped of showing a skin tight long sleeve black shirt underneath making his way down completely unarmed.
" Damian moon" Damian said loud enough for kurama to hear prompting him to respond in kind
"Kurama shade" he said understanding the meaning behind Damian's tone 'talk with your fist not your mouth'
"You may begin."goodwitch called out as kurama and Damian smirked at each other standing casually before kurama slipped a Kunai out of his sleeve chucking it at Damian only for it to hit air. Instinctively kurama pulled the tiny aura enhanced cord attached to his kunai pulling causing the kunai to reverse its momentum launching behind him as steel met enhanced wire .
" nice call on that especially hiding the wire with your aura, I can't say much cause my aura control is terrible." Damian called out as he disappeared in another cloud of feathers sliding to a stop across from kurama before standing straight reaching into his holster behind his sling to draw one of his pistols cracking off a burst of shots at kurama who flipped backwards spinning his kunai in front of him deflecting any close rounds. After Damian emptied a clip he teleported above kurama spinning and bringing his leg down in a axe kick unfortunately kurama managed to block it with his kunai/ropedart before twisting it and swinging Damian away causing a cloud of dust to kick up.
" ya I can see some need for improvement in your style granted your probably not fighting at your best cause of your arm." Kurama said as he retracted his kunai grasping it in his hand. Suddenly Damian came darting out of the cloud of dust throwing his sling in kurama's line of vision before the rattling of chains reached kurama's Faunus ears swiftly he cut the sling in half to see Damian throwing a second sword at him parrying he failed to notice Damian's sudden increase of speed as soon as kurama had parried Damian was already swinging his other sword horizontally shredding a part of kurama's jacket and knocking out some of his aura sending him skidding to the edge of the ring.
" yeah about that the only reason I was wearing the sling is cause my friend believed I needed it when in reality I stopped needing it a week after I left the hospital. Sucks though that my muscle memory is shot in this arm now ,that sword throw earlier was aimed your leg." Damian said from his slightly crouched position rubbing his chin slightly before dismissing shadows revenge and lights prevail standing up fully stretching his right arm which gave a sickening popping sound.
"So what do you say we go hand to hand from here I need a refreasher." Damian asked before entering a stance reminiscent of the navy seals s.c.a.r martial arts. While kurama crouched down letting his aura shroud him in the form of a fox releasing a large amount of killing intent disappearing in a burst of speed kurama appeared above Damian bringing his claw like arm into the ground only to realize he was gone and there was a sudden pressure gripping the tail of his fox shroud as well as a decrease in his own aura levels. Kurama released a last ditch burst of aura into the ground knocking Damian into the air before swiping one of his remains aura tails into Damian's abdomen only to hit air.
" got to admit that hurt." Damian called as he held a hand to his side rubbing it gently as a timer went of signaling the end of the match.
"The winner of the match by aura deterioration goes to Damian." Glynda called as kurama looked up at the aura display board seeing that his aura indeed dropped down to 14% "when did he-" he mumbled to himself before glynda answered the question on everyone's mind
"Aura siphoning few people have a complete understanding of what it does apart from the theory professor obbleck has come up with that it has something to do with harnessing aura reserves beyond what they are meant to go in order to balance out a corruption effect from a unknown source." She finished stating as the bell rang and everyone started to file out of the stadium.
(flashback end) Ozpin's office.)
" I see from what you have just told me your more accustomed to hit and run support fighting style as well as full frontal combat. You really do hold a interesting mindset with how you fight who taught you?" Arthur asked removing his hand from his chin as Damian shrugged before answering
"Self taught the way I lived I had to learn a lot of things to support my orphanage financially ." Meanwhile Brendan had just finished taking apart and reassembling his arm for what looks like the eighty-ninth time and Ozpin finished his fifty-third cup of coffee.
" well it looks like it's time for you three to head to your dorms early I've taken the privilege to excuse Mr. moon and Mr.Ryker from their remaining classes so they could help you get settled." Ozpin said tapping the side of his cane as the three made their way over to the elevator
"And Damian please refrain from another of your early morning excursion." He calmly stated causing Damian to flinch as the elevator doors closed.
So we finally meet the leader of team ABAD what is the final member like what has Damian been up to in the morning is his Grimm causing the aura siphoning effect ? Well sucks to be you won't find out for awhile.
—— next chapter: clash of royalty ——
