Chapter 2: Classes, Old Rivals, and Other Things


Disclaimer: RWBY is owned by RoosterTeeth and Monty Oum. Any other franchises mentioned I do not own. I own nothing but the OC.


Hello everyone! TheTriforceofAwesomeness here with Chapter 2! I still feel like I'm a bit new at writing, but I appreciate all the follows and favorites for this story as well as The Hunter from Earth. It really means a whole lot to me.

So I was thinking about some fighting styles for both Lunatus in his normal form and his not fully transformed states and one for when Ryndur is fighting. The funny thing is I was on ScrewAttack's website because I was bored and they had a countdown about the top ten lycantropes in gaming; and two of the entries were Darkstalker's Jon Talbain and Killer Instinct's Sabrewulf. I looked at gameplay footage of both of these character's fighting styles, and I think it will fit. Lunatus gets Jon Talbain's fighting style (If you want specifics, Xbox 360's Xbox Live Arcade Darkstalkers: Resurrection) and Ryndur gets Sabrewulf's (Specifically the 2013 Xbox One reboot).

Also, I watched RTX's RWBY Panel. Watch it on YouTube if you haven't already (It is called RTX2015 Hilton Austin Grand)!

Let's begin the next Chapter!


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[#] Author's Comment which will be shown at the official end of the Chapter and before the ending Author's Note.


Lunatus made it to class and stopped when he entered the room; however, he crashed to the ground when Yang and team JNPR ran into him causing them to pile up on top of him. Ruby giggled, Weiss face-palmed, and Blake was reading. Lunatus tried to move, but couldn't and winced as some pain hit his tail.

"Could you guys please get off me? You're kinda crushing my tail." he asked as he blew some hair from his face.

"Sorry about that Wolfie."Yang said with a grin to which Lunatus sighed. She and JNPR got up and dusted themselves off. It was then the Professor spoke up.

"Miss. Xiao Long! You should do better to be on-time like the rest of your team. And JNPR, you need to be here as well! I can't have my students be late to miss one of my many exhilarating tales!" The voice who spoke was a middle-aged man, possibly in his mid-fifties, wearing a double-breasted burgundy suit with gold piping and buttons. His pants were tucked into olive boot which looked like cavalry boots. He looked slightly overweight and his hair and mustache were gray in color. Ryndur erupted into a fit of laughter to which Lunatus jumped again.

"Is that really him?! *laughs hysterically* I can't believe my eyes! He's gotten fat in his age! *Continues to laugh*"

"What's so funny about this guy? Do you two have a history or something?" Lunatus asked. Ryndur was still laughing. "Whatever, I'm sure you'll tell me later once you've calmed down."

"Sorry Professor, I'll try to better next time." Yang said but Lunatus could flat-out tell she was lying as her emotions had awkwardness around the Professor. She and team JNPR went to their seats while Lunatus just stood there awkwardly since he couldn't find any seats. Before he could move the man greeted him.

"Young man! You must be new! I am Professor Port, Grimm Studies expert and an even better Huntsman." He brought out his hand and Lunatus hesitantly shook it.

"Lunatus Lupus, Sir."

"You have a strong grip. It reminds me of my youth. If you believe yourself to be a true Huntsman, let's put that strength to the test!"

"Do I have to? I got into Beacon and passed initiation. Isn't that enough proof?"

"Not quite my boy! Although you may have gotten into Beacon, you remind me of an old rival of mine. I for one would like to see what someone like you is capable of! Please go and fetch your weapons." Lunatus smirked.

"I don't have a weapon, Sir." At this some of the class seemed interested as to why he had no weapon, especially Ruby.

"Then how do you propose to fight?" Professor Port inquired.

"With the two most lethal weapons I possess." Lunatus answered as he showed his fists. "Plus, these." He extended his claws and looked at Port with a fierce glare. Yang perked up at the mention that Lunatus uses his fists. Blake placed her book down to watch. Weiss crossed her arms.

Port laughed. "Such a bold claim! I like it! Now turn around and face your opponent." Lunatus turned around and was surprised to see a cage there.

"When did that get here? And how come I didn't sense it earlier? Whatever!" Lunatus shook his head and got into a battle stance. The cage opened to reveal a boar-like creature. Although small, it had four eyes, multiple bone plates along its back, and curved tusks.

"Boarbatusk. They mostly charge head-on, but can also spin on its spine. You can try to kill it from above, but its back is heavily armored. The underside is its weakness since there is no armor there. They are also intelligent."

"Thanks for the tips."

The Boarbatusk charged Lunatus, who went ahead and dodged out of the way and the Grimm skidded to a stop before turning to face him. It started to spin as Lunatus got into a stance. He extended his claws and tried to hit the Grimm from above, but at the last moment decided to jump in the air to not damage his hand with the tusks.

"Hang in there Lunatus! You can do this!" Ruby called out.

"Come on Wolfie, show it who's boss!" Yang added.

Lunatus had to think of something. He came up with it as the Boarbatusk began to start spinning again before charging. Lunatus stood his ground and put his hands out in front of him as if to stop the attack. When the Boarbatusk came in contact with him, Lunatus slid along the floor, but his feet didn't give way as he tried to stop the forward momentum of the Boarbatusk. At this the class was shocked that he could pull off something like that. Lunatus groaned as he stomped his foot down and was able to grab the Boarbatusk by its tusks. The Grimm was squealing in rage as it tried to break free from Lunatus's grip by thrashing to and fro. Lunatus then used one of his hands to grab the other side of the Boarbatusk and then flipped it over onto its back. He then lifted the Grimm over his head and brought its back down over his knee.

CRACK

There would later be stories from students and even some professors across Beacon talking about having an unknown reason to sit up straight in class while others who were relaxing would all of a sudden rub their spines as if they were worried about something. Some would even start looking behind themselves every so often as if they are afraid of something. In Professor Port's class, it would be how a student was able to break the back of a Boarbatusk while not wearing any armor, and how wary they would be of said student [1]. The classroom itself was dead silent. Many of them were in a state of shock. Some sat up straight in their seats while some were rubbing their backs. Both teams RWBY and JNPR were silent with their jaws hanging open. Lunatus pushed the dead Grimm off of his knee as he looked around the classroom. He sensed varying emotions from all of the students. Some were fear, shock, awe, and disbelief. All of these emotions made Lunatus blushed in embarrassment as he scratched the spikes in his hair thinking that he might have overdid it.

"You think you might have overdid it? I think you overdid it! You really have gotten strong to break a Boarbatusk's back."

"You're really not helping Ryndur!"

"You still did a great job. I honestly didn't think you had the strength to pull something like that off."

"I hope I didn't scare too many people." Lunatus looked at Professor Port to see his reaction, and the man began to have a hearty laugh, much to everyone's surprise since it doesn't seem like something so painfully brutal could be laughed about.

"My word! It has been quite a long time since I have seen such amazing strength! You truly have the strength to combat even the greatest of foes! Excellent work!" Port praised.

Lunatus had a small smile as he went ahead and found an open seat that was next to Blake. Lunatus sat in silence as Port began his lecture. It was a story about his youth and fighting some Grimm. Lunatus noticed that most of the students were either barely paying attention or were asleep. He could tell that a lot of the students were bored out of their minds. Lunatus leaned in his chair with his hands behind his head.

"Is this guy for real? I don't even think what he is saying is even true."

"Believe me, although mostly exaggerated, he is telling the truth. He and I used to be rivals in fact." Ryndur said.

"How can you and him be rivals?"

"I have been around for a long time. I was a part of the Great War between humanity and Grimm. It was in his youth that we had multiple encounters. I remember the first time I was going to face him. He had already slain at least 50 of my kin single-handily," Lunatus eyes widened at this. "I went to face him, and I nearly died because of it. His strength was unlike anything I have faced. I was able to escape because he was needed elsewhere, but he looked at me one last time and told me that he will come back and face me again. Even though he didn't think I would understand, I knew that he would be back. It was then I gave him the title Vunbaknir, Army of One. It would be many years after the Great War that we would have our rematches. I won some of them, but because I admired his strength and the thrill of battle, I would let him go so we could fight another day. He would do the same for the times he won our battles. If he were to see me when I am out and about, there is no doubt in my mind he will challenge me. He is a bit like me. He has honor. I do not know what his other feats were like, but do not underestimate this man."

"Noted." Lunatus replied. The bell rang later on and the students got up to head over to their next class. Lunatus got up from his seat and he could feel the stares from some of the students as they hastily tried to leave. Teams RWBY and JNPR began to leave when Lunatus noticed the Y of RWBY wasn't with them. Lunatus sighed and he turned around to see that Yang was still asleep, her golden mane covering her face. Lunatus shook his head and decided to wake her up by shaking her shoulder. He ignored RWB and JNPR's warning emotions as he shook the blond's shoulder. It was then a fist came flying at Lunatus, and it was only because of years of training he was able to react to it. He caught the punch in his hands and he could feel the impact behind it. Yang slowly got up and saw that her punch was blocked, much to her surprise. She saw that it was Lunatus who had caught her punch. RWB and JNPR were once again surprised at Lunatus's strength and reaction time.

Yang spoke. "I'm impressed Wolfie, you are the first person to block one of my waking up punches."

"Is this how you normally wake up from a nap?" Lunatus asked while raising an eyebrow.

"Normally no one wakes me up from my naps without getting punched. Plus you almost touched my hair, which isn't a good thing to do." Lunatus let go of her hand. Yang got really close to Lunatus and stared into his eyes. Lunatus was nervous from their sudden closeness. He noticed she smelled like a flower. Yang smirked. "You and I are going to have to spar sometime. I really want to know what kind of strength you have." She winked at him before walking away putting an extra sway in her hips. Lunatus was confused as to what just happened. Blake looked at her partner and rolled her eyes. Lunatus put his hands in his pockets and followed his team to their next class.

As Lunatus walked into his next class, he paused mid-step as he felt a presence he did not like. He looked around for the source and discovered it was coming from a tall boy wearing armor with a bird on the chest plate. The boy looked at him and grunted in disgust.

"I felt his emotions during initiation. He was one of the negative emotions I felt from the black bishop piece. He will be a problem." Lunatus thought.

Lunatus was about to find a spot, but he was interrupted once again by the Professor. He was a lot taller then him, most likely at 6'7 with messy green hair and brown eyes. His attire was disheveled: his white shirt partially tucked into his dark-green pants and its collar raised, showing a slack yellow tie, along with mismatched brown and black shoes. He also has round glasses that appear to be opaque. He was also carrying a thermos in his hand which smelled like coffee.

"Why hello there young man! I see you are new to my class! I will be your instructor on all things historical and ancient. I am Doctor Oobleck." The Professor seemed to be able to talk just as fast as Ruby or Nora.

"What is wrong with all of these Professors here?" Lunatus thought to himself.

"Now then, I would like to ask you a question." The Professor asked.

"What would that be Prof- I mean Dr. Oobleck?" Lunatus asked.

"What can you tell me of the Battle of Fort Castle?"

Lunatus had a puzzled expression on his face as he thought about it. "I can't really say I know much about it, Sir."

"I don't quite follow. You are a Faunus, correct?"

Lunatus hesitated for a split second before answering, "I am, Sir. But I grew up in isolation all of my life. I didn't bother myself with learning much about history." Lunatus sensed some of the Faunus in the class looked at him with shock as to how he doesn't know about the Human-Faunus War.

Oobleck shook his head. "That is alright. However! I will be doing my best to teach you what I can." He seemed to have glided across the room as if he was searching for something. Lunatus was impressed that this man could move like this. Oobleck glided back to Lunatus. "I do have one more question, if it is alright for me to ask you."

"Ask away."

"Would you mind telling me where you grew up exactly?"

Lunatus ears perked up. "I grew up in The Silver Highlands, where I trained with my Dad and kept the Grimm at bay." At this Oobleck was silent.

"You mean to tell me you grew up in one of the most dangerous Grimm infested areas as well as one of the coldest locations in all of Remnant?" Lunatus nodded while scratching his spikes. "For how long?"

"For all my life. 17 years."

"Simply marvelous! To think that humanity is able to live in such a harsh environment. Tell me, what kinds of things did you experience there? What were the Grimm like?"

"Not a whole lot. It was always cold, but my body has adapted to it. At least three times a week there was a snow-storm. There were times where food became scarce, so hunting became a hobby for me. As far as the Grimm are concerned. They are a bit different than what I have experienced here. Instead of the Grimm being black in color, they are white. They are also much more ferocious and are tougher to kill due to a lot of them having think hide. In comparison to what I have fought here, the ones that are in The Silver Highlands are Beowolves and Ursai, being Arctic and Polar respectively. The Silver Highlands also holds Mastodons, but I haven't encountered them as much, but I do see them pass by every-now-and-then. They seem to be docile in nature, but I am not too sure about that."

"Amazing! You are going to have to tell me more about this at a later time. For now, I must educate you! Please find yourself a seat, Mr?"

"Lupus." Lunatus replied as he looked around to see where he could find a seat. He was able to find one next to Jaune, who at the moment seemed to be preoccupied with his own thoughts. Lunatus could sense his emotions were failure, worthlessness, and self-doubt. "I'm going to have to have a talk with him. Something is clearly eating him." Lunatus noticed that Blake wasn't reading one of her books. "She must find this class to be of interest to her. Makes sense since this concerns Faunus."

Oobleck began speaking. "Now then, since Mr. Lupus was unfortunately unable to provide an answer, can someone tell me the significance the Faunus had over General Lagune at the Battle of Fort Castle?"

The boy with the bird emblem spoke, "Well I know it's easier to train an animal than a solider." The Faunus in the room glared at him.

"So you're saying that the Faunus make better fighters? I never knew you had a heart." Lunatus said with a smirk.

The boy began to get up from his seat. "You want to start something mutt?"

"Wow, such an original insult." Lunatus rolled his eyes.

"Mr. Winchester, return to your seat!" Oobleck said with a surprising amount of authority. The boy sat down back into his seat. "You are not the most open-minded of individuals are you Mr. Winchester?" Oobleck said with disappointment.

Lunatus decided to wake Jaune.

Jaune was woken with a startle. Oobleck saw this and went up in Jaune's face.

"Ah Mr. Arc! Finally contributing something for once. Now then, what is the correct answer?"

Jaune had a look of confusion on his face. Lunatus crossed his arms and leaned back while eyeing Jaune to see what his answer was. Pyrrha was making a motion with her eyes to which Lunatus guessed was night-vision and he hoped Jaune would get her intended meaning, but he had his doubts of the blond knight.

Jaune answered with, "Binoculars!" The Winchester kid was laughing, while Pyrrha sighed. Weiss had a look of disapproval. Lunatus face-palmed.

"I'm sorry, but that isn't correct. Will someone else answer?"

Pyrrha answered, "Night-vision."

"Correct, Miss. Nikos! Would anyone else like to elaborate on this?"

Blake answered. "General Lagune thought he would be able to launch a surprise attack on the Faunus at night, not realizing that they had excellent sight at night, and was captured after his army was swiftly defeated."

"Excellent work, Miss. Belladonna!" Oobleck said with pride. He looked to the rest of the class. "You all would do best to remember the past so we can learn from it and not have a crisis like this happen again." The bell rang. "Mr. Arc, Winchester, and Lupus, the three of you will see me for additional readings; the rest of you may leave."

Lunatus slightly groaned in annoyance. 'I suppose I deserve that for disrupting.'

The rest of team JNPR and RWBY told Jaune and Lunatus that they will see them at lunch. Lunatus nodded as they began to leave.

Lunatus was told he would have to finish the books Oobleck assigned him by the end of the week. It wasn't too hard since he enjoyed reading, so at least it would give him something to do in his spar time. He and Jaune walked together in silence toward the lunch room. Lunatus didn't really know Jaune all that much, but since he had a purpose according to Ryndur, he obviously has a reason to be here. "I got to figure out what's eating him." He then felt his spine shiver as he just remembered something. "I made the promises to Ruby and Nora, crap."

As the two got their food and took their seats, with Lunatus sitting next to Ruby, Nora was telling some kind of story she had in a dream and Ren was correcting her at every point. Yang was listening intently, and Blake was reading as usual. Ruby noticed that Lunatus was sitting next to her and her eyes lit up.

"You're here! Now you have to hold your promise!" The rest of the group looked at Ruby and then at Lunatus. Yang remembered what the promise was and looked at Lunatus with a hint of curiosity as to how he would react. Nora remembered it as well and was waiting for her turn.

Lunatus sighed and leaned down so his ears were near Ruby. She went ahead and began to scratch his ears. Lunatus tail began to wag as the sensation he felt really good. The rest of the group began to giggle as Lunatus's foot started to twitch as well. When Ruby stopped it took Lunatus a couple of seconds to register that she has stopped and he blushed in embarrassment at his reaction to the scratching. "So, how did they feel?"

"They felt really soft." Ruby said. Lunatus slightly blushed. "Can I feel your tail too?"

"Sorry Rubes, Nora asked me first." Ruby pouted as Lunatus went over to JNPR's side of the table and had Nora scratch his ears. It had the same effect as it did with Ruby, which got a few laughs out of everybody. Lunatus brought his tail to his waist. "Now, please be careful. It's sensitive." Nora nodded as she slowly brought her hand out and began to stroke his tail.

"Your tail is really soft as well. How do you keep it that way?" Yang was curious as well.

"It honestly doesn't take a whole lot of care, I just brush it." Lunatus said sheepishly as if to hide some emotions. When Nora was done, Lunatus let out a breath he was holding and went back to his spot to continue eating his meal. "Note to self. No one can touch my tail." he thought as Ryndur was howling with laughter.

Yang spoke up. "Sooo, how about your fight with that Boarbatusk? That was something."

"Yeah! That was so cool the you broke its back. Although I think it was a little bit overkill, you got the job done." Ruby added.

"You must have some strength to break a Boarbatusk's back." Ren said. "I'm curious; what is your fighting style?"

"It's a variation of Jeet Kun Do [2]. It took me awhile to get good at it."

Weiss mumbled to herself. "You just seem like a brute to me to me."

"Weiss, you shouldn't be so quick to judge others." Lunatus said while not looking a Weiss. She was surprised that he heard her since she thought she said it so quietly that not even a Faunus could hear it. "Everyone has their own fighting style; although most can be considered superior to others, they all have their own strengths and weaknesses. I may have used a lot of strength but I can assure you when I seriously fight, I am a force to be reckoned with. There's a reason why I was able to survive in The Silver Highlands all my life."

"That remains to be seen." Weiss replied with a tone that meant to end the conversation. Lunatus chuckled. He noticed Jaune was playing with his food and not really eating.

"Alright dude, what's wrong?"

"Huh?" Jaune said.

"What's wrong?"

"Nothing! Why do you ask?" Jaune asked as he was suddenly on the defensive.

Ruby answered with a bit of concern, "You just seem, not okay."

"It's Cardin isn't it?" Pyrrha said with a grimace.

"So that's his name." Lunatus thought.

"Aw Cardin? psh. He doesn't bother me."

"He bothers everyone." Blake said.

"He's a bully." Pyrrha said.

"He's an asshole." Lunatus added.

"Guys, he doesn't bully me that much." Jaune said. Lunatus saw through his lie. Everyone gave some examples as to how Jaune has been bullied by Cardin, with the most bizarre one for Lunatus was when Cardin shoved Jaune into a locker and have it fly off somewhere.

"I didn't land that far from the school. Guys relax, I'm fine really." Jaune said with a sheepish grin.

Pyrrha placed a hand on Jaune's shoulder. "If you need help with anything you can tell us. We're your friends." At this everyone with the exception of Weiss nodded in agreement.

"I don't need any help, I'm fine." Jaune said as he got up to leave. Pyrrha had a concerned expression while Lunatus crossed his arms as he watched the blond leave. His ears twitched as he heard someone yelp with pain. Lunatus began to growl as he felt Cardin's presence. He turned around and saw the Cardin and the rest of his team was bullying a rabbit Faunus by pulling on her ears. RWBY and NPR looked at Cardin with disgust at what Cardin was doing. Blake especially was aggravated by this. Lunatus got up from his seat and went over to Cardin with clenched fists.

"HEY!" Lunatus shouted.

Cardin looked at Lunatus and sneered. "Looks like the mutt has come to help his animal freak friend. They stick together that's for sure."

"Let her go." Lunatus said as he got in Cardin's face. Cardin didn't budge.

"What's a freak like you going to do?" Cardin's team got up behind him. What happened next was a blur. There were some impacts and what the rest of Cardin's team crashed into various parts of the room. Cardin then felt his hand being crushed and he yelled in pain, but he didn't get to yell for long as he was kicked into a nearby table. Lunatus had a look of pure fury in his eyes. Their once green color was now replaced with a dark red.

"Leave. Her. Alone." Lunatus said with a hint of malice. Cardin got up and was about to strike Lunatus, but a voice called out.

"Mr. Winchester! Mr. Lupus! Stop this at once!" The voice belonged to Miss. Goodwitch. Lunatus calmed down while Cardin crossed his arms. "If the two of you wish to fight, you can settle it in class." She went ahead and walked away with Cardin following her.

Lunatus sighed and went over to the girl. She could tell from her scent that she was in Oobleck's class. She was whimpering and holding her ears. Lunatus knelt down to her level.

"Are you alright? You are not too hurt?"

She looked up at him. "I-I'm fine. Thanks." Lunatus had a small smile.

"You were in Oobleck's class. I'm Lunatus Lupus." He brought his hand out.

"Velvet Scarlatina, I'm a second-year student."

"Does this happen often? Where's your team?"

Velvet's ears drooped. "They have different classes than me, so I'm usually by myself."

"If you are looking for a place to sit, you can hang out with my teammates.

Velvet looked up at Lunatus, and he noticed that she had pretty eyes. She said, "I would like that, thanks."

"No problem." There was an awkward silence between the two. "I should probably get to class." Lunatus said. He waved to Velvet and he left.

Combat class

Lunatus walked in and saw that Cardin had just finished a match with Jaune, the latter losing and on the ground.

"Mr. Arc's aura has reached the red zone, Mr. Winchester is the winner." Cardin smirked while Jaune looked defeated. "Mr. Arc, you would do best to check your aura meter and not be on the offensive so much." Jaune slowly walked back to his seat and Lunatus sat down next to him. "Now then, I see that Mr. Lupus has decided to join us, so you will be having two fights. Your first match would be against Mr. Winchester after a few more matches, then you will fight Mr. Lie." Lunatus simply nodded. "Now, next match..."

Lunatus wasn't really paying any attention, he kept focusing on Jaune and his distraught emotions. Lunatus will do what he can to go ahead and fix whatever was wrong with the blond knight. It wasn't long before his match with Cardin was called. He got up from his spot and walked over to the stage with a relaxed position. Cardin walked onto the stage with a swagger in his step. He hefted his mace over his shoulder with a smug grin on his face.

"If you think a freak like you can beat me then you're sadly mistaken. You are outclassed. How someone like you got into Beacon is beyond me." Cardin said.

Lunatus was unfazed by this. He smirked. "Funny. I could say the same thing about you." Cardin frowned. Lunatus continued, "How can a smug, inconsiderate, racist prick such as yourself be accepted? I'm even more amazed that an asshole like you even became leader. Just goes to show that it doesn't take much effort to become a leader." Cardin was starting to get angry. "If people like you are supposed to be the Huntsmen who are supposed to protect everyone, then there is no reason for me to trust them."

"Mr. Lupus that is enough." Professor Goodwitch told him to stop. Lunatus eyed her, and he noticed that she wasn't entirely upset with the verbal banter Cardin received. "If you two are done arguing, then you can proceed when ready. Remember, when one's aura reaches the red zone, then the match is over." Lunatus got into a battle stance while Cardin got into his own stance. "You may begin!"

Cardin rushed forward with his mace held high. He brought it down towards Lunatus's head, but he stepped back and the impact from the attack caused the arena to crack. Cardin then tried to make a horizontal swing, but Lunatus dodged it again. Cardin kept trying to hit him, but Lunatus kept dodging.

"He has a complete disregard for defense. That's going to be the death of him." Lunatus thought as he kept dodging Cardin's attacks.

Cardin was starting to get irritated. "Hold still you freak!"

"What's wrong? Can't hit a moving target?" Lunatus taunted.

Cardin's face was red with anger. "You'll going to regret that!" He charged once again and tried to hit Lunatus, but he once again dodged. Cardin was breathing slightly heavy while Lunatus just stood there.

"Are you done now? You're really not that interesting of a fighter. You're also really boring to fight." Cardin was furious and charged again. He tried to go for an overhead swing, but Lunatus decided to play on the offensive. He caught Cardin's mace with his open hand and held onto it, refusing to let go.

"Get your filthy hands off my mace you-" Cardin didn't get to finish his insult as he was kicked in the gut and he had to let go of his mace. Lunatus then proceeded to launch three quick slashes with his claws. He then followed up with a spinning high kick and then grabbed Cardin to perform a spinning back-flip that slammed him into the ground and did it a second time. It was the impact from the second impact that caused the arena to crack even more. Cardin cried out in pain as his aura reached the red zone while Lunatus lost barely any.

Goodwitch spoke up, "Mr. Winchester's aura has reached the red zone; therefore he is unable to continue. The winner is Mr. Lupus." Lunatus stood over Cardin and he turned him over to face him.

Lunatus stared at Cardin's pained form. "You most likely have a few broken ribs, so you should be fine. If I wanted to seriously hurt you, we wouldn't be having this conversation." Cardin eyed Lunatus with hatred, but Lunatus wasn't fazed by it. "You have a complete disregard for any kind of defense and your attacks are easy to read. Out in the real world, I can guarantee that you will be killed trying to fight like that. I doubt my words will mean anything to you since you think the world revolves around you and that everything should go your way. The truth is, life will kick your ass; so you better be able to not only dish out the pain, but be able to take it as well. You lack both of those." Lunatus walked away and went back to his seat.

As Cardin was being carried away to the infirmary, Lunatus heard him say "This isn't over! You've made a big mistake, runt!" Lunatus sighed to himself as he sat down.

There were a few more matches that took place and Lunatus didn't really mind watching. His teammates mostly versed random students and they all won. As he sat in his seat, he thought about how the other students are doing. He saw that they were pretty skilled and they all had weapons that would seem interesting to other people. He didn't really use a weapon other than his claws because he didn't use one while fighting. He had the same amount of an easier time using his claws as someone would have using a weapon. He heard his match with Ren being called out as well as it being the last match of the day. Lunatus glanced at Ren and he saw that he had a small smile on his face. "Looks like he is actually looking forward to our match. He must be really interested in my fighting style." Lunatus smiled as well as the two teens headed over to the arena. Lunatus could hear Nora as well as the rest of team JNPR cheer for Ren while team RWBY, being just Ruby and Yang, cheer for Lunatus. The two young men stared each other down and they bowed to each other in respect before they each got into their stances. Goodwitch walked between them.

"Remember this is the last match for today, once someone's aura reaches the red zone, the match will be over. Good luck to you both." She took a few steps back. "You may begin!"

Ren pulled out his weapon Stormflower and began firing at Lunatus. Lunatus began to dodge the incoming fire and continued to do so until Ren ran out of bullets. Ren eventually did and decided that instead of wasting ammo, he stored Stormflower back into his sleeves and rushed towards Lunatus. Ren went for a flurry of punches to which Lunatus dodged most of them, but the last two connected with his stomach and he was sent flying into a wall. Lunatus got himself out and he noticed that his aura was in the low green while Ren's was in mid-green.

"Those last couple of attacks hurt. He must use his aura to amplify them, he must have a lot of control of his aura. Impressive." Lunatus smirked as he got up and dashed towards Ren. He went for a low sweep to which Ren dodged and Lunatus followed with a crouching high kick to Ren's ribs. Ren was able to vault over the kick and tried to do a diving kick from behind. Lunatus turned around just in time to cross his arms over his chest and block the attack, but he was pushed back slightly. Ren used this as a foothold to flip off of it and went for a high kick. Lunatus went low to the ground and used a bit of his aura to deliver an extra high back-flipping kick. It made contact with Ren's jaw as he was thrown into the air. Lunatus encased himself in aura and dashed towards the falling green fighter. Lunatus made impact with Ren and dashed past him only to turn around on the fly and hit him from above in a horizontal direction. He hit Ren again from the opposite way, and ended it with a diagonal strike which brought Lunatus to the ground. Ren hit the ground behind him with an oof. Nora had a worried look on her face as her best friend looked to be hurt, but she still thought that Ren would win. Yang was cheering Lunatus on and Weiss had paid a bit more attention to the fight. Blake was really interested in watching since both Lunatus and Ren used martial arts as she herself uses it sometimes, with being a ninja and all. Lunatus checked his aura and saw that his last attack brought him in mid-yellow while Ren was in low-yellow. Ren got up and he was breathing heavy as he took a battle stance, but Lunatus saw the look in his eyes and saw determination as well as an emotion that he sensed that Ren was at his last stretch. Lunatus nodded in understanding and crouched slightly low to the ground. He brought his hands together as if he was going to fire something, and charged towards Ren. No one else could really see what was happening, but from Ren's perspective, Lunatus seemed to be switching between himself and a large white wolf. Ren was unable to tell which one was going to attack so he crossed his arms over his body to protect himself while applying a bit of aura. When Lunatus was upon Ren he unleashed a flurry of claw-like attacks. Ren was knocked to and fro as almost all of the attacks hit. Lunatus finished it off by bringing his hands together the same way when he charged Ren and brought them forward towards Ren's chest. As his hands made contact Lunatus shouted, "Wolf Fang Fist!" and Ren was sent flying and it seemed like that the sound of a wolf howling could be heard as the attack's name was shouted, but no on really knew for sure. Ren was sent into the wall on his side and he made it crack from the impact [3].

It was at this moment that Goodwitch stepped in. "Mr. Lie's aura has reached the red zone; therefore he is unable to continue. Mr. Lupus is the winner." Lunatus was breathing heavy as he walked over to Ren. His ears twitched though as he turned around and saw that Nora had Magnhild out and her emotions showed protection, slight anger, and slight malice. It was at this time that Ren groggily got up. He saw what Nora was doing and immediately got between her and Lunatus.

With his arms spread out, he said, "Nora it's okay. I'm fine. See?" Nora looked at her best friend and then looked over at Lunatus who didn't look to be really intimidated by her.

Nora was silent for a bit before she spoke. "If you say so." Ren sighed in relief as his best friend put her weapon away. Nora then quickly turned towards Lunatus and said with a surprising amount of ice "If you seriously injure him in any way, I will break your legs." Lunatus simply nodded out of understanding even though he wasn't scared.

"I have no doubt she would do that, but it's still an empty threat for me at least." He smiled to himself. As he and Ren made it back to their respective teams, they were congratulated on their performances. Ruby and Yang were ecstatic and kept talking about Lunatus's cool attacks. Blake kept her praise to a minimum by saying she was impressed with his performance and Pyrrha nodded in agreement. Even Weiss had showed a small amount of respect for Lunatus, much to his surprise. Jaune congratulated both his teammate and Lunatus on their match. Nora wasn't really upset that Ren lost, but she was happy that the match was fun to watch. Ren turned towards Lunatus.

"That was a really great match. You are one of the most skilled opponents I have ever faced." Ren said with a smile.

"You were great as well. I haven't used that last attack in quite some time. You gave me a run for my money. I hope I didn't hurt you too bad." Lunatus said as he rubbed the back of his head.

"You didn't." Ren said. The two teens fistbumbed as they left class to go eat dinner. After eating the teams went to their respective dorms. Lunatus said that he would wait outside while RWBY got changed. He leaned against the wall with his arms crossed over his chest.

"That was one hell of a day." he said to Ryndur.

"Indeed, it was a day that was interesting. I'm going to need to talk to you." he said.

"What do you need to talk to me about?" Lunatus asked with a bit of curiosity.

Before Ryndur could answer Lunatus heard Yang call out, "You can come in now Wolfie."

Lunatus deadpanned, "I'm not going in there Yang. I can tell you're lying." Yang was silent. "I can sense the glares Ruby, Blake, and especially Ice Queen are giving you as well as their emotions that show fear and some embarrassment. I can also sense that your emotions show deceit and humor." Lunatus also felt a bit of hope for some odd reason, but he decided not to tell Yang that.

The room was silent before Yang quietly said, "You're no fun." Lunatus could tell she was pouting as well and he chuckled.

"Now then, I would appreciate it if someone else tells me when you all are done." After another ten minutes or so, it was Weiss who called out that they were done. Lunatus walked in and saw that they were all in their beds, fast asleep. He noticed that there was a bag on the floor with a note from his dad. He picked ti up and read it.

{Hey son. I went ahead and went to Vale and bought you some clothes. I hope you like them. I'll be in Vale if you need anything. I have the address written in here. Good luck at Beacon and do try to talk to others.}

Lunatus smiled to himself as he opened the bag to see that there were multiple sets of clothing that were red and white in various patterns. He pulled out a simple white t-shirt with red sweatpants and went into the bathroom. He took a quick shower and he put his sleepwear on. He then went back into the room and found a comfortable spot on the ground where he rested his head against a dresser and drifted off to sleep.

Lunatus suddenly opened his eyes and he noticed that he was at his inner sanctum. Lunatus looked at Ryndur with mild irritation. "Is there any reason you decided to wake me up?"

"I wanted to speak with you about that important thing I mentioned earlier." Ryndur said completely serious. Lunatus saw this and looked more relaxed.

"What is it that is so important that you wanted to talk about?"

Ryndur raised his head and looked down at Lunatus. "I want to tell you my past as well as the true history of the Grimm."


[Author's Comments]

[1] If you want a representation on just how painful it was, find that picture of Bane breaking Batman's back in the comics.

[2] I tried to do some research on Jon Talbain, and it said his fighting style is based off of that (which is also a fighting style Bruce Lee uses). I couldn't really find an exact fighting style for what Sabrewulf's is though.

[3] I had to include it in here. I know that it's one of Yamcha's signature attacks, but it looks so cool in Dragon Ball that I couldn't help myself.


And with that, Chapter 2 is done! I should probably mention that this takes place in an AU where it is Remnant but has a lot of things from Earth. I finished this in my parent's car since it has WiFi (it's super useful). I hope that I didn't take too long with this one. I was on vacation and had to be away from my laptop most of the time. At the time of me writing this sentence I am on my way home. However, I will be busy with driving practice as well as school starting for me after Labor Day. It will be difficult for me to upload more Chapters so it may be a bit longer before the next one of this story as well as The Hunter from Earth. Speaking of which, thanks to all of the people who are following that one. I think I'll give my Poll a few more days before I make a decision (although it seems to be fairly obvious as to what you guys want me to do with that one).

I feel like action sequences are a weak point for me. I do my best, but I think I can do better. Oh well.

This has been TTOA, and I will see you in Chapter 3.

Peace!