I Do Not Own RWBY

Crisis Averted

I could feel my stomach lurching as I recalled her first fight against my leader. The explosiveness of her temper, and her semblance was something I had to watch out for. This wasn't going to be easy, but I at least have some training under my belt now thanks to Aiden. After Drew was forced into leader class Aiden pulled me and Iris into a training room to teach us a few things. One of the things I learned was that I was the weakest link. The one that needed the most teaching. Hopefully from the few things they went over with me yesterday I can at least hold my ground a bit.

"Begin!"

Shooting her gauntlets, Yang comes flying towards me. I gotta say, she's definitely moving a lot faster compared to yesterday. I ready my weapon and lie in wait. As she soars at me I twist to dodge. Seeing her fly over me I grapple my chains around her gauntlets and swing her around and down into the floor of the stage. Watching her get up out of the small crater I managed to create with the impact, only one thing flashed through my mind. I wonder if I could go back in time and just forfeit.

Rushing towards me she landed a right hook. I took the hit, using the knock back to give me some speed. I jammed one of my fangs into the floor and used the momentum from the punch to swing around to her left. She dodged the first attack, but not the follow up. On my way past her I pulled my fang lodged in the floor and wrapped it around her, dragging her down and subduing her for a few seconds. Releasing her I started to spin both of my blades, somewhat in an attempt to create a shield for myself. Moving fast she tries to get in close, but I keep dodging. I could sense something different about her, a sort of venom in her punches that felt they were aimed at me more personally.

I finally managed to catch her in one of my spins, although it did cost me to go into the yellow aura wise. Twisting the chain around her right arm, I dug my feet into the stage and pulled her over my head and slammed her into the wall. At least, that's what I tried to go for. What really ended up happening was with her strength, Yang grabbed the chain with her left hand and twirled me around like a yo-yo. Slamming me into the wall I thought I saw relief on her face for a second before I stood up. Realizing that we were pretty much equal in terms of aura I saw that I could actually pull out a win here. Thinking it was time for my trump card, I close my eyes and welcome the darkness.

The shadows from the curtains and from the audience swam up to meet my feet. Seeing the shock in her face as I moved was amazing to say the least. I had to make this quick since I still didn't have complete control over my new ability, but this should be enough to finish her. Melding my shadows into the wall I hid myself in them. Spreading them out I could tell Yang was racking her brain trying to figure out how to stop me before I attacked. Finally making out my outline in the shadows she jumps to attack, discharging the used shell in her gauntlets she gets ready to pound my face into the ground. At the same time I launch out of the shadows, using their force to propel me forward at the same speed. Twirling my right fang I yank it forward and wrap it around her shoulders, and with a final pull I drag her face first into the floor. In that split second of being dragged down, Yang threw her final punch, shooting me square in the face. As I slam into the wall, both of our auras dip into the red simultaneously.

Glynda takes the stage. "Since both of your auras are in the red, we will call this a tie. You may go back to your seats."

I get up to go help Yang, but she's already hoisted herself up and making her way back to her team. She looked upset. Probably because she's still not very fond of me? I follow her lead and make my way back up to our seats.

I make my way back and sit down next to Drew. "Gotta hand it to ya, that was pretty impressive." I look to him and he's got a dumb smile on his face. This guy just isn't right in the head sometimes. "Thanks. I have to find a way to catch up to you guys soon, or else I'm gonna be left in the dust."

Aiden leans over. "If you want I came up with a few more ways for you to fight. Want me to go over them with you so you can see later if they work?"

"Sure. At this point I'm down for anything."

The next two fights went by relatively quick. Nora ended hers by slamming Cardin's face into the floor with her hammer, and Ren kept cutting at Sky until he lost his Aura. Standing up beside me, Aiden starts to make his way down to his fight. "Good luck buddy. Don't go too easy on Jaune now."

He turns to look back as he proceeds down. "Don't worry. Unlike the last fight, this one I'm aiming to win." At that remark I suddenly felt sorry for the Arc. An Aiden that's not holding back is not an Aiden I would ever want to fight.

The possibilities of this fight kept running through my head. Fortunately most if not all of them ended in my favor, so this fight was going to be more of a warm up than anything.

As I stepped on stage, I could see Jaune preparing himself. Going through small motions of attack and defense that might help him. No matter what though, I will win this.

"Begin!"

Jaune rushes forward. I transform my gun into light assault rifle mode and run towards him. I jump over him at the last second and start spraying him with gun fire. He turns to block with his shield, but only after I hit him a few times. I flip my weapon into shotgun mode and barrel towards him.

I could see him running a few strategies through his head on how to beat me, but at this point none of them will change the outcome. I dodge a swing at my chest and jam the barrel of my gun past his shield. I pry it so the end is angled at his chest and pull the trigger. Jaune gets blasted a few feet away. Out of the corner of my eye I notice his aura gauge on the screen hit the yellow. Looks like my job here is almost done.

I use my glasses to quickly see the range of the different transformations of my weapon before deciding on the finishing blow. I slide under another swing and take a shot at Jaune's back. Luckily for him he managed to dodge most of the damage I sent his way. Transforming my weapon back into pistol form I rush the knight one last time. Taking shots at him I manage to get behind. As he turns to try and fight me I swing the bunt of my gun down onto his forehead causing him to crumple to the floor. His aura dropping into the red I started to somewhat feel bad for how outmatched he was at this school.

"Jaune Arc's aura has been sent to the red. Aiden Patriarch is the victor!"

Slinging Jaune over my shoulders I started to make my way up to his seat to dump him with his teammates. It was the least I could do for breaking the poor guy.

As I watched Aiden drag Jaune up to his team I couldn't help but feel proud. My team was finally coming together on their own. I watch as Ruby pat Jaune on the head on her way down to the stage. Aiden dumped Jaune off with his team, apologizing for the inconvenience, and made his way back to us.

As I waited for my long awaited fight, I couldn't help but wonder a few things. One of which was still the question of what to call my weapon. I came up with a few names, but none of them really fit me. The other was what should I do about Ozpin? He is one of, if not the most observant characters in this world. Getting one over him is going to be a challenge. Maybe I could make him fear me? But then I run the risk of him sending Qrow or someone to cut me out of the way.

As I thought these through in my head, the next two fights took place alarmingly fast. Ruby's was barely a fair fight. Dove managed to dodge a few of her strokes, but still went down pretty hard. Russel at least put up a bit of an offense against Blake, but it still ended the same. The two members of team RWBY were victorious.

As I pass by Blake on my way down to my fight she leans a bit closer. "Good luck against the spartan." I slow up a bit to reply. "Thanks, but luck won't have anything to do with my victory."

I take the stage and face off against my strongest opponent yet. She readies herself, as do I. On second thought, maybe I could use a bit of luck for this fight.

"Begin!"

As Glynda shouted for us to start, I try my best option for defeating Pyrrha. As fast as I can I dismantle my bots and release my control cuffs. I disarm myself.

Pyrrha looks to be taken back by my move. I on the other hand felt it only natural. What use was a weapon made of metal against her? Using the few seconds of her being shocked at my move I rush her, she tries to dodge but I manage to sweep her legs out from under her quick enough. Then just so she has less defenses to help her I kick her shield away. I know she's just going to pull it back to her using her polarity, but a few seconds of being defenseless is better than nothing.

I try to attack using rapid punches to throw her off balance, but she just manages to guard using Milo in spear form and her left bracers. In one swift motion she regains her composition and moves back to gain distance, transforming Milo into rifle mode in the process. She attempts to take shots at me while I counter her maneuver. I rush towards her, dodging the shots she sends my way. Getting up close I stop in front of her and use my momentum to try and axe kick her down, but all my foot hit was her shield. She'd managed to pull it back to her and block me. Transforming Milo back into a sword she slashes at me and proceeds to kick me across the stage.

"Come on, you've gotta give me something to work with here." Thinking on my feet, I dash towards her again. Raising her shield Pyrrha prepares for another attack. I jump and drop kick her shield, sending her staggering backwards towards the edge of the stage. Recovering from my kick, I get back up and put all of my weight into my right shoulder. Unprepared for my assault I bash her right off of the stage.

"As a result of a ring out, Drew Azzurum is the winner!" The words rang out over the shocked crowd. Nobody had managed to best the spartan prodigy in combat yet, and somehow this student did. Without his weapon no less. I look out over the faces as I run down the stage to Pyrrha.

"I apologize for the cruelness of that fight. I just couldn't think of any other way to win." I say as I try to help her up. As she stands she looks at me. "No, it was smart. Tossing your gauntlets away was a good distraction, plus I really would have thrown you around like a rag doll if you hadn't. It was a good move."

"Thanks." We walk back up to our seats. I apologize one last time before heading to my teammates.

Pouting Lucas stares away from me. "Why do you get to be the strongest?"

I sit down next to him. I get where he's coming from. Before we were brought here I was the weak link. The workaholic. Before this I had never worked out a day in my life, and now I'm the strongest in a class filled with warriors. "Well, this is my calling. I've dreamt of this for the longest time. That if I had the chance to fight, to do what is right, then maybe I could become someone strong. Someone reliant."

He looks over to me with a face that asked are you being serious right now? "I was joking. Why do you always turn everything into either a philosophical explanation or a pun? I'm glad your not the old you. You seem to be doing a lot better. A lot less depressing." He finishes with a slight smirk on his face.

I bump his shoulder. "Thanks." I attempt to settle into my chair when Iris pushes past us.

"Well boys, if your done with your little bromance moment I have an heiress to pummel." She continues past us and skips down to the stage. Lucas leans a bit my way. "Does she always have to be so condescending?"

So what if my leader and close friend just defeated the best fighter in the class? It isn't anything that special. I'm sure I can knock out that Achilles knock off same as him, if not faster. No offense to this ice queen, but I think I'll practice my take down time on her.

Coming face to face with the heiress, I could feel the loathing radiating off of her. Did she hate faunus? I would have to ask Drew later if she did or not. Maybe she just really wants to win. If that's the case, then I should try to end this as quick as possible.

"Good luck ice queen." I say with a smug face. She just looks at me, her eyes burning into my skull. Rage was a good ally to have when your opponent is blinded by it.

"Begin!"

In a heartbeat the Schnee summoned a glyph to propel herself towards me. Thinking fast I unsheathe Dualtity's Edge and combined them into their bow form. Grabbing an arrow I release it at the girl as she's racing towards me. Hitting Myrtenaster the arrow splits into five, twirling around the rapier and hitting the target holding the weapon.

"Cheap shot" The heiress retorted after getting up from the hit. She back flips in the air, then launches off of another glyph. I brace myself and reflect her attack with my bow. Notching another arrow I let it loose, freezing the heiress' feet to the floor for a few seconds. I jump back to gain some distance before she melts the ice. Using her time dilation glyph, she rushes me hoping to have the advantage of speed. Using my semblance to see ahead of her, I race forwards. Just as we're about to hit, I jump over and behind her. Thinking this is just how I won my last match against Blake she forms a protective glyph above her to stop anything from hitting her from up high. Good thing I didn't copy myself. I touch down on her other side and pull my blades apart, rushing towards her I cut her down from the side as she's still worried about what's above her.

Glancing up I notice that her aura's dipped into the yellow. Finally. I smile to myself as I get ready for the end. Regaining her composure from that last hit, Weiss switched over to fire dust and charges at me. I cross my swords and lie in wait for her. As her rapier enters my cross I move my right blade over, sliding Myrtenaster along the other blade and pushing Weiss to my right side. As she skids past me I side step behind her and knock her in the back of the head with the hilt of my blade. As she stumbles forward I sweep her legs out from under her. Jumping back I transform Duality's Edge into bow form and fire a single arrow to end the match. The blunt arrow hit the heiress' forehead, knocking her aura down into the red and ending the fight.

"Weiss Schnee's aura has been sent into the red. Iris Korzac is the victor." Glynda announces as she steps on stage for the final time today. I watch as Iris and Weiss both start to walk back up to their seats, thinking to myself different strategies that could help my teammate's form and technique.

"Drew, hello. Are you in there?" Lucas asks waving his hand in front of my face. I quickly grab it and look at him with a straight face. "Yes?"

I release his hand as he sits back down. "Can you believe that she actually won? I mean seriously, that Schnee is pretty talented." I look over at him questioning his reasoning. "What, did you think Iris wasn't that strong? Just wait until I tell her that once she makes it back up here." I relish in his anguish as his face contorts. "No, sorry. It's not that. It's just that if we're this strong now, how can we improve to help fight in this world?"

I smirk evilly as we stand up to leave for our next class. "Oh trust me, I have a few ideas."

On our way out of class Iris was non stop. She wouldn't stop going on about her fight. It almost scared the other teams away from us as we headed towards our next class, weapon crafting and upkeep. We enter and sit at tables. Each table sat two teams and held equipment and tools to help upgrade and repair our weapons. Team RWBY sat with us as team JNPR sat with team CFVY. Team CRDL sat a bit further away with another team that I didn't quite recognize. I forgot who taught this class. Maybe it was in a book or something, or maybe on of the other teachers like Port teach multiple subjects. My question was answered as a teacher I didn't recognize walked into the room.

"Welcome class to your first day of weapon crafting and upkeep. I am Professor Harold Mulberry. Here you will learn new and better ways to keep your choice of weapon up to date and usable. Whether you wish to create new weapons, how to repair your gear out in the field, and among other things just overall processes to help maintain your gear."

Now I remember. I think it was only mentioned offhandedly in one of the books. Maybe in After the Fall? After that introduction I started to get a feel for what this class is. Maybe I could tinker with my anchor bands a bit to help with control/performance.

"Today will be an introduction to the main tools you will need to work on your gear, as well as what parts you will have to order to keep your gear up to snuff." As he's talking, Mulberry starts to meander around the room. "As you can see before you, I've laid some tools out for you to familiarize yourselves with. Get used to them, they will be your lifeblood. You may have a few minutes to get acquainted with them, as well as tinker a bit with your weapons. If you already know what you're doing then feel free to move ahead and start taking apart the modular additions to your weapons so we can look into upgrading those in the future."

He returns to the front desk as we all dig into the tools. As I take off my gauntlets to fiddle with them I notice my team as well as team RWBY have all already started to dissect their gear. Iris has removed the twine in her bow to check to see if it's developed any weak points. Aiden and Weiss have started to compare their weapons since they both have Atlas tech integrated into them. Lucas of course is trying to show off to Yang by trying to do tricks with his chained fangs, while Yang is obviously having none of it. Blake has moved over to talk with JNPR and CFVY about their weapons, and Ruby. Well.

"So, how exactly does your weapon work? Do you have to use your semblance to help use it? What happens when some of your nanobots get destroyed in battle? How many nanobots can you control? What exactly are your limits when it comes to creating weapons?" Ruby has entered my space of work and started listing off question after question about my weapon. I smile and push her away slightly so she's out of my personal space. Yang notices how nosy Ruby is being towards me. "I apologize for my sister. She's a bit of a freak when it comes to weapons."

"It's no problem." I say to Yang as I turn back to Ruby. "To answer your questions in order, my weapon works as follows." I pick up one of my gauntlets as I begin to explain it. "On each arm I wear a bracer of sorts that acts as sort of an anchor point. At this anchor point is where I form my gauntlets out of the bots that I have." I pull up my belt with the canisters attached to it. "To construct both of my gauntlets it takes four canisters of bots. Two canisters per gauntlet. Then I have two extra canisters in reserve on my belt in case of an emergency, and two more in my case back in my dorm room. Whatever weapon, shield or armor piece I can think of I can make as long as I have enough bots to create the said item. To address your second question, yes my semblance does play a part in the use of my weapon. I can use just my mind to wield my weapon, but if I use my semblance to control the bots more fluidly I can add a bit more finesse to my creations. As for what happens if my bots get destroyed, well if I have the right tools and parts I can create more. It just takes a steady hand the knowledge of nano tech in order to do so."

In awe of the information that I am telling her, Ruby is infatuated by the workings of my weapon. "So, what about how many can you control? And your limits?"

"Well, when it comes to control I've become pretty adept in controlling a large number of bots on a whim. Although after using say eight canisters of bots for a few minutes I do tend to get a slight headache, and if I spread a bit too thin I might lose control a bit." Taking in this information, Ruby seems to fiddle with my other gauntlet a bit. I wonder for a second if I should have told her all of this. What if I couldn't get her on my side in the future? Knowing my weakness could be a bad thing for me if we ever have to fight each other.

Ruby hands me my other gauntlet as she stands up. "You know, if you could somehow create some default weapon designs and upload them to your anchor bracers, you won't have to spread yourself too thin sometimes." Even though I had already thought about doing something like that, I never thought about it too hard. But when she puts it like that I get how much energy it could save me in the long run.

I accept the gauntlet out of her hand. "Thanks for the tip. I was actually thinking of doing something along those lines. At least a default mode for a shield, sword and possibly my double impact fists. It might take a while to write the code for it all, but I might do just that."

She smiles as she starts back towards her team. "Glad I could help."

I start to get back into tinkering with my gauntlets as she sits beside Weiss. Thinking I could get started on the programming for the default modes I pulled out my scroll and opened up the source code.

"Hey freak, maybe you should leave this academy while you still can!"

Hearing this I look behind me and see the situation unfolding. Cardin is holding one of Velvet's ears as he's threatening her. I notice that the rest of his team are between him and the rest of team CFVY. I look to the front desk and see that Professor Mulberry is absent. Great, just the perfect time for him to be taking a bathroom break. I rise from my seat as the rest of our table starts to notice the commotion.

As I start to get closer to him I hear him more clearly. "You faunus scum are the reason the world is like this. Split apart and unable to repair itself. You all make me sick."

My blood starts to boil upon hearing his words. I like to think I don't have any anger issues, but those that push me on a particularly bad day know that to be a lie. I can feel my eye twitching as I approach Cardin. Pulling myself together I place my hand on his shoulder. Letting go of Velvet he turns to face me. I put on a facade and with a smile I say one word.

"Hey"

I didn't particularly think I would be in Ozpin's office so early on in the timeline, but it does make sense due to the situation. After dragging me up here, Glynda took her leave. Hoping to make it to the bottom floor before the rage of the headmaster brought the tower down. Hearing the elevator start its descent I began to wonder what Ozpin would do to me now. If looks could kill, and if somehow I was a timelord, then I would already be out of regenerations. After all of this time I didn't think anything could unsettle me, but his eyes. They chilled me to the bone.

"Mr. Azzurum. Would you mind telling me what you did. And why."

I thought for a second that I could try lying again, but there would be no point. Best to just roll with it. "I simply took the natural approach when it comes to dealing with assholes."

"By snapping his wrist, breaking his arm and shoving his head through a window?!" He snaps, slamming his desk with enough force that I felt the vibration from where I was sitting.

"It was the only way I could think to get the point through that thick skull of the racist brute. Several teachers have already caught him while harassing faunus students, but none of them took action. At least not the right action if he kept on hurting his fellow students."

"My colleagues have all been very keen on stopping on campus bullying. I know personally that none of them would tolerate our students hurting others due to bad blood in the past. We all care very much for every student's future."

At this I chuckle. "Like you care for your students in the slightest.

He grits his teeth. For a moment I caught a glimpse of his mug before he turns it away from me, a slight crack starting to form at the handle. "I care extensively for my students. Every last one of them. Faunus or human."

Checkmate. "If you care about them so much, then why don't you tell them what they're really out there fighting against? How this fight against the Grimm is a lost cause. How the controller of the Grimm is immortal and they're all killing themselves for naught."

Seeing his face freeze up was a sight to behold.

"Who are you?"

Smirking I decide to work with him for the time being. "In a sense, I'm like you. I died and then came back to life in this body. Although unlike you this is my first reincarnation."

Slumping down, Ozpin starts to put the pieces together in his head. How his personality changed after initiation. The first time he found him in the holochamber, talking with him after class, and now breaking a students arm to teach a lesson. It reminded him of his first reincarnation. How brash he was in the past.

Looking up at me, he finally realized just who he was dealing with.

"Does your team know?

Thinking I should at least keep them off his radar, I decide to keep their reincarnation a secret.

"No, you're the first I've told."

Leaning back, Ozpin let out a sigh. I lean towards him as I see the fury I saw moments before leave his face. "So, let,s have a chat. A dead man to a dead man."

"It's been two hours since Glynda took him to Ozpin's office. What the hell is he doing to Drew up there?!"

"Relax Iris, I'm sure Drew will find a way to weasel himself out of this situation. He's like a real life Loki in that aspect." Laying on my bed, I watch as Iris paces the front of our dorm room. I look over and see that Aiden is still fiddling with the specs of his weapon over on his bed. It was weird being the only sane member of our team.

"I swear if he's not back in the next five minutes, I will personally storm that fucking clock tower, smash that rotten mug of his over his face, and…"

"Iris! Chill the fuck out! Drew did break Cardin's wrist, arm and possibly his face when he went all psycho on his ass. Not to mention pulling a Miles Morales doing the hand on the shoulder and saying hey to the asshole who was messing with that bunny faunus chick. We should be lucky if he's let go with just a warning this time."

Stopping in her tracks she stands next to door, pouting with her arms crossed. "Well, he should still be back soon."

Almost as if on cue, the door creaks open. Drew walking in as if he didn't just try to kill one of our fellow classmates. "Hey guys, thought you'd all be asleep by know."

Finally relaxing, Iris sits on her bed. "We would have, but you did kind of almost kill another student. Who could blame us if we were a bit worried you wouldn't return this time."

Rubbing the back of his neck, Drew sheepishly looks down. "Ya, sorry about that. I just couldn't stand Cardin anymore. Something just snapped and I couldn't stop myself."

"Well hopefully you got it all out of your system. After what you did to him, Cardin won't be back in class for a few days. Your lucky you got out of the headmaster's office alive." I retort.

"Ha, ya. About that. To do so I had to reveal that I was reincarnated. But don't worry, it worked. I didn't tell him that you three were also reincarnated along with me. He sympathized with the situation and let me go with a warning."

Upon hearing this we all looked at him. Even Aiden sat up and stared at him, questioning if he was psychotic or not.

"Look, it will all work out in the end. I wouldn't do anything to jeopardize our plan. Now if you excuse me, I have a busy day tomorrow. You all might have a free day, but I still have leadership class tomorrow." Heading into the bathroom to get ready for bed he ended the conversation.

Falling back onto my bed, I just stared at the ceiling. Wondering how the hell we were going to get through this with how we've already screwed some things up.

"Don't worry Lucas. I'm sure it will all work out fine in the end." Aiden says to me as he turns off his desk lamp, heading to bed. Laying there, I still couldn't help but wonder. Drifting off all I could do was worry about what was to come.

Can't believe it took a sprained ankle to finally get me to finish this chapter. I also can't believe it's been almost 2 whole months since I last uploaded a chapter (sorry about that). I just wanted to get this part over with so I can get to the good stuff which is coming up in the last few chapters. I figured I have at least 4 more chapters left of Volume 1. Good news though, I now have a storyboard that's up to date with Volume 6, so now that I have that finished until Volume 7 comes out I can focus on this more. Also I just have to say this, Endgame was so good I saw it four times on opening weekend. So look forward to Avengers references popping up in the future.

Again, thanks for reading.