It's been a few days and not a lot of things have happened so everything went by quickly. Some notable things that are worth mentioning are, that girl that tried to make me hallucinate broke in less than 48 hours. Ker must've done a great job, either that or she's just mentally weak.
And I started training Pyrrha recently. And so far she's gotten much much better than when she started. I would say that in her state right now, she could take on maybe 3 of herself prior to training.
(Flashback)
Me and Pyrrha are now in the school courtyard, and Pyrrha is wearing the special training clothes I got Ozpin to help make.
"Alright, I've put on the clothes you gave me professor. But I don't see what's so special about them, and they don't even fit me." Pyrrha says gesturing at the areas that are too big or long for her.
"You'll find out why, activate your aura and imagine it running through those clothes." I say.
She does so and the clothes instantly shrink to fit her size. But then she also falls to the ground and on impact causes a crack.
"Wh-what are th-these clothes? Wh-why is it s-so hard to g-get up?" She asks while struggling to get up on one knee.
"These are some special clothes I asked Ozpin to make. They increase the gravity around you based on how much aura you channel into the clothes. Now this is a test to see if you really have what it takes to survive my training. There's no turning back after this, but keep in mind that if you give up halfway, I will not consider training you again. If you still want to go on with this then you better give it your all, or you just might die." I say.
"Y-yes sir. I w-will do my b-best." She says.
"Good, now the first part of the test is for you to get the fuck up." I say.
She doesn't say anything and puts all her effort into trying to stand up. After lots of struggling she manages to finally stand up.
"Good, now I'll give you 10 minutes to get used to this as much as you can before we continue." I say before starting a 10-minute timer on my scroll.
She takes one step forward and almost falls again but she manages to stay up. She slowly takes more and more steps until she can walk albeit at an irregular pace. She gets used to doing different motions until the timer runs out and starts beeping.
"Alright time's up, now the next part of your test is to run or go as fast as you can and make a lap around the whole school in an hour." I say.
She nods and starts running as fast as she can. She's struggling and going at a pace that even a child would be able to catch up, but she keeps going nonetheless.
(Timeskip)
There's 2 minutes left, and I can see Pyrrha in the distance with sweat pouring down from her face but she still has that determined look and she's going at a much better pace compared to when she started. She makes the final few steps and finishes a few seconds before the timer runs out.
"Good job, that's going to be it for today. Now you may only take off those clothes when you shower. Your professors already know about this, and they won't bother you for wearing that and not the uniform. And yes, this does mean you have to keep it on during sparring matches in Glynda's classes. If you're worried that it will get destroyed in some way, don't. Ozpin already enhanced it so it won't rip and tear easily and so it doesn't smell or feel bad over time." I say.
"*pant* Ok professor, *pant* is that everything? *pant*" She asks panting.
"That is all, you may leave and continue your day now." I say.
"Alright *pant* I'll see you *pant* later professor." She says before giving me a strained wave and leaves.
(Flashback end)
I'd say that she would be able to win in a 1 on 1 with most of the professors in Beacon without her weights. I walk out to the courtyard and sit on a bench enjoying the nice and sunny day. And another thing just came up in my head. The relationship between Ruby and that Torhcwick person.
(Flashback again)
I'm walking down the shadier parts of Vale again to go to Junior's place after buying another tub of that neopolitan ice cream. I'm beginning to understand why that short multi hair colored lady likes it so much.
But anyways, I walk up to the club and just as I'm about to push it open the door opens by itself. And on the other side is a surprising sight.
It's Ruby hugging the hand of another person who's a little shorter than me and he has bright and long orange hair that's covering his right eye and leaving his other dark green eye exposed. He's also wearing a white long-sleeved suit with red linings, some black pants and shoes along with a grey scarf and a bowler hat.
"Ruby?" I ask.
It takes a moment for her to realize something before immediately letting go of the person's arm and stands in front of him with her arms spread out protectively.
"Please don't hurt him I can explain!" She says quickly.
"Huh? Why would I hurt him?" I ask.
This answers leaves them dumbfounded. They looked at each other having a wordless conversation before facing me again.
"So you don't know who I am?" He asks.
"No I don't. Why, should I?" I ask.
"No no no, it's fineeee. You can call him uhh..." Ruby looks over to him for help.
He leans down and whispers something in her ear. And from what I hear he says something along the lines of 'He doesn't sound like he's lying; you can tell him my name'. Ruby looks at him unsure but he just nods and so they face me again.
"You can call him Roman Torchwick or just Roman for short." She says.
"Well nice to meet you Roman, I wonder why that was so hard just to get your name." I say.
"I have my reasons, and I believe it's only fair that I know your name since now you know mine." He says.
"It's Dominus, now are you two dating? Because it sure does look like it." I say.
This statement makes Ruby blush madly. "Yes we are, why do you ask?" He asks.
"No reason, just wanted to know. And speaking of knowing, does your team know about this Ruby?" I ask.
"Uhh n-no... I haven't told them yet. So could you also pleeeeease not tell them?" She asks.
"I wouldn't have told them even if you didn't ask. It's your life, you make your own choices." I say.
"Thankyouthankyouthankyouthankyouthankyou!" Ruby speed talks.
"*chuckle* Once again on behalf of both of us, I thank you." Roman says bowing a little.
"No problem, if that's everything I'll be going in now." I say walking past them after saying goodbye
(Flashback end)
I wonder who that Torchwick person is, I could ask Glynda, but I think I'll just leave it be. Ruby wants to keep it a secret and she trusts me to keep my word. And I am a man of my word. I sigh and lean back into the seat enjoying the fresh air.
And I hear footsteps behind me, as the person is in front of me it turns out to be Glynda.
"Well hello there Glynda, what brings you here?" I ask.
"I don't have anything to do so I decided that I might as well get some fresh air" she says sitting beside me.
"Understandable, nothing beats relaxing outside with some nice air under the shade." I say.
"I can understand that, but sadly nothing lasts forever." She says.
"Which is unfortunate, because I would really like for this to not end." I say slouching a little
After that we stay in comfortable silence just enjoying the nice relaxing atmosphere. After a while I feel a weight on my side, I turn my head to see that Glynda has fallen asleep and is leaning on me.
I smile, I don't get to see her like this often, no stern attitude no nothing, just a relaxed and content face. Alright I've decided, I'm going to have to ask her out.
(Small Timeskip)
It's been about half an hour, and it seems that it's already lunch time for the first years so this is not going to be so quiet anymore. I'm about to wake Glynda up but a shadow looms over me. I quickly look around to find no one near me. But when I look up, I find multiple airships heading to Beacon. The students that are out at this time have confused looks on their faces. I gently shake Glynda awake.
"Hey Glynda, wake up." I say softly into her ear.
She grumbles a little before sitting straight and rubs her eyes and slowly opens them.
"What is it?" She asks groggily not aware that she was just leaning on me a moment before.
I point up and when she does look up she groans and rest her into her hands before sighing.
"What's wrong?" I ask.
"Those are Atlesian airships meaning he's coming." She says.
"Who's 'he'?" I ask.
"'He' is James Ironwood, the general of the Atlas military while also being the headmaster of Atlas' academy. I usually call him Irondick because he's a dick most of the time." She says.
"Hmm I see, I'll keep that in mind. Now shall we go to Ozpin's office to see if he knows why Irondick is here?" I ask.
"Yes, we shall." Glynda says with a smile at the use of the nickname before getting up.
We head up to Ozpin's office to see him looking out the window at the fleet and drinking from his mug that never seems to run out. He turns around with small smile on his face.
"I'm assuming you two would like to know why James' or likely in your words Irondick's fleet is at the front of my school?" Ozpin asks.
"We do, what reason does that dickhead have to come all the way here from Atlas for?" Glynda asks.
"I do not know myself either Glynda. This is a surprise visit for all of us." Ozpin answers.
"We'll find out when he gets here." I say.
"Indeed, and how's the custom training clothes I made for your training with Pyrrha, Kratos?" He asks.
"I couldn't ask for better. You did an amazing job at the enchantments and enhancements." I say.
"Thank you, I'm glad I haven't gotten rusty over the years. And Glynda, please refrain from doing anything extreme again." He says.
"Extreme hm? What did you do last time?" I ask Glynda.
"Oh nothing, just gave him a good kick to his balls because he pissed me off." Glynda says.
I laugh at what she says, "Well he had it coming if he pissed you off that bad." I say.
Ozpin facepalms at my reaction and sighs. Then the elevator pings alerting all of us that he has arrived. As the door opens, I see that he's wearing a white coat over a grey coat which is over a black sweater. A red necktie and glove on his right arm.
He has a smile on his face, "Ozpin, Glynda, how nice it is to see you again." He says.
"James." Ozpin says.
"Irondick." Glynda says.
"I see you haven't changed Glynda, now who might you be, the last time I was here I don't remember your face." He says to me.
"Well that's because I'm new. So you're James huh? *I turn to Glynda* You're right, he even looks like a dickhead." I say and Glynda nods.
"It seems Glynda has told you some not so nice about me. But I do hope we can get along." He says.
"Why did you come here?" Glynda asks with hostility.
"You know how much I love Vale this time of year, and I thought that this might be a good opportunity for us to catch up early before we're all busy with the Vytal festival." He says.
"I'll be outside." Glynda says walking away and I follow her.
"Come on Glynda don't be like that. I'm sure we can work something out between us." He says stopping her by holding her shoulder.
I can see her get irritated but as an answer to his comment I pull Glynda in for a kiss. This causes her to open her eyes in shock with a heavy blush on her face before returning the kiss. We separate and see Ironwood's shocked face, I see Glynda clench her fist, so I get ready to punch. As soon as she throws the punch I follow, and we both impact his face at the same time causing his head to slam into the ground knocking him out.
"*sigh* What happened to nothing extreme?" Ozpin asks.
"Hey, we never agreed to that yet." She says before we get on the elevator leaving the headmaster and knocked out general.
Once the elevator door closes Glynda turns to me with an unsure look on her face.
"Why did you do that?" She asks.
"Well for one, is to get that reaction out of him, and second, well, I'm not good with words so I wouldn't know how to ask you out. So I just opted to go for a kiss, and by the looks of it, you rather enjoyed yourself." I say ending it with a smirk.
She suddenly pulls me down to a kiss and when we separate, she has a happy smile on her face.
"Thanks, really. I was always worried that I would never have someone to grow old with. I'm glad your that person, Kratos." She says before pulling me in for another kiss.
"No problem at all Glynda, no problem at all." I say.
"Oh also, we're going to Junior's bar after this." She says.
"And why's that?" I ask.
"To collect money from a bet we made." She says.
"Alright then, to Junior's bar it is then." I say.