Chapter 4: Jewellery Store Brawl
"Alright let's see what happens next after we were left with that cliff-hanger" said Ruby while sitting down with her teammates and teachers, as well as her uncle. "Very well, enough time has passed and I've regained enough power to continue the viewing" answered their host.
As everyone settled in, the screen came to life to exactly where it stopped, with Ren throwing a savage punch to the bag.
After Ren landed the blow to the bag the scene quickly changed to a man was flying back and landing painfully on the ground groaning, the reason for this became clear as it was another collection and Ren's collar was off. The man in who owed money quickly brought out a roll of cash not wanting to be on the receiving end of the man turned dog. Afterwards Roman and his gang visited various businesses to collect their payments, those that refused received the beating of a lifetime from Ren.
Eventually the crew met with the owner of a jewellery shop who was questioning Roman on how he controlled Ren.
"You know what I've always found interesting about this situation Roman?" asked the owner Junior while smoking a cigarette.
"Junior!? He's involved too!?"exclaimed Yang with surprise. "And how exactly do you know Junior huh firecracker?" asked Qrow with a suspicious tone.
Hearing the question from her uncle and seeing everyone looking at her with surprise and suspiciousness Yang could only grin sheepishly and explain how she might have destroyed his club after asking for information on her biological mother Raven Branwen.
"Your dad's gonna have a heart attack after he hears this, then he's going to ground you for life" said Qrow with a tired sigh, but you could pick up amusement and pride in his voice.
"Well that will only happen if he finds out" replied the blonde brawler.
"Oh he'll most certainly be made aware of this miss Xiao Long" came the stern voice of professor Goodwitch. Yang could only gulp in fear at the thought of the lecture her father was going to give her, not to mention the punishment. Silently she continued watching.
"You've basically turned a man, into a dog" continued Junior. Roman then answered "well it's like my mum used to say 'you get them young enough, and the possibilities are endless'. Junior then stood up and walked up to Roman while still talking, "so just so I understand if I don't pay you, you'll take his collar off."
"Correctimundo" said Roman
"You take his collar off and he beats as all to death"
"Now who's the bright penny?" answered Roman with a smile.
"So Its within my best interest to keep that collar on?" asked Junior with a cold tone.
Immediately noticing his intent Roman tried to reach Ren's collar but was grabbed from behind by men in black suits wearing red shades. "Ren!" "Kill them!" "Ren!" was desperate cries of the crime boss but with his collar still on Ren was no attack dog, just a curious and shy puppy who couldn't fight.
"Break their legs for what they did to Renny!" shouted Nora who was feeling some vindication at watching the man who turned her Ren into something he's not.
"Nora whatever they do to them they'll probably do the same to Ren" replied her (in her mind) fearless leader Jaune. His point was proven correct when the on screen Junior told his men that once they finished with the master to kill the dog.
"They better not or they'll be in for a world of hurt!" said Yang with her eyes turning red. "You can't do anything Yang, so please calm down" said Blake while putting a calming hand on her partner's shoulder.
Back in the office where Roman and Lefty were being beaten Roman managed to trip and pull one of the guards down and take his baton. After overpowering one guard and breaking the knee of another he managed to get to Ren and remove the collar.
"Get e'm" commanded Roman to his dog who turned to the rest of the guards and charged.
Meanwhile in the display area of the store Junior was speaking to a man in a business suit with white hair and a moustache. "See anything you like Mr Schnee?"
"Not yet" was the uninterested reply.
"FATHER!" screamed Weiss in shock. Her teammates shared her shocked look at seeing the head of the Schnee Dust Company being present while the professors and Qrow narrowed their eyes in suspicion. They knew Weiss's father was not the honest business man he portrayed himself to be and could only wonder what his involvement would be in the story.
"I cannot believe he's there, what is he doing? He can't be involved with those criminals can he? This has to be a mistake." Weiss was talking a mile a minute as he tried to comprehend seeing her father on screen. Feeling a hand on her shoulder she saw her partner and (not that she would admit it) best friend Ruby give her a supportive nod and told that no matter what her father's involvement was it wouldn't change how she felt about her and the bond she formed with the rest of the team.
Rapidly blinking back tears that threatened to spill the ice queen calmed herself and resumed watching with her team which felt more like a family.
Junior's attention was then drawn to a scream coming from hallway leading towards his office. The body one of his men was thrown violently through the door and crashed into several display cases sending broken glass everywhere. Ren emerged from the hallway but he was no longer the helpless puppy, he was truly an attack dog.
"Stop him!" ordered Junior to his security and the quickly obeyed.
Two guards tried to grab Ren but he knocked both their arms down fast as lightning struck both their throats sending them down gasping for air. Knocking another man to the ground Ren pounced on the downed man and ruthlessly struck at his face all while screaming in anger as if he were a savage animal.
The other guards tried to pry Ren from the man but were all beaten away by a heavy punch from the ferocious fighter. Getting to his feet Ren quickly defeated the remaining guards with ease with last one he pinned the head of the guard to a counter a with yell brought his fist down, cracking the counter underneath with no doubt giving the guard a massive concussion.
Junior could only shake in fear a seeing all his men defeated in such a brutal manner and helplessly whimpered "nice puppy" before Ren grabbed him by the tie and flipped him onto his back which knocked the air from his lungs. The man didn't get the chance to catch his breath a Ren furiously stomped his foot onto Junior's chest while grunting with aggression each time.
"Thatta boy!" shouted Roman who finally emerged from the office bloodied and beaten. His command stopped Ren and Junior was left gasping for air. "I don't know what it is with people, it's as if I have speech deficiency" spoke Roman with anger and frustration.
"Take what you want" gasped Junior from the floor in obvious pain and fear. "No, my mother didn't raise me to be a pig, unlike some people I know, I take what I'm owed…but this time, with a little interest because you are such and fucking arshole!" said Roman while taking various pieces of jewellery and stepping on Junior's junior. Putting Ren's collar back on the crime boss left the groaning man on the floor and was about to leave when he caught Jacques Schnee staring at him and Ren.
"What are you looking at?" asked Roman with some agitation.
"I'm just enjoying the show" was the calm reply.
"Good" answered Roman back.
"Ok that's a good place to end for today" said the mysterious Ethan as he flashed in and the screen went dark once again.
Everyone immediately started discussing the scene they just viewed.
"Wow! that was an awesome fight scene, but you know ignoring the collar thing and criminals controlling him, Ren really showed those guys who's boss." Said Ruby in an exciting tone.
Blake replied "It was certainly impressive, even with his ferocity".
"Oh come on those guys had it coming, they were all bark and no bite but Ren certainly had… all the bite" said Yang with a grin.
Everyone groaned at Yang's attempt at comedic puns.
"Dammit Yang your puns are worse torture than Prof. Port's stories" exclaimed Weiss.
"You guys just don't share my taste in comedy" replied Yang while still grinning widely.
"Miss Xiao Long's jokes aside, I must agree that Mr Lie's combat prowers are most impressive if not brutal and ferocious." commented their headmaster while drinking his coffee that never seemed to end.
"I agree and don't let his aggressive fighting convince you to play nice and clean, sometime ferocity and brutality are needed to win the fight and discourage others from trying to fight you, not everyone you meet will play fair and follow the rules, remember that." The fact that Qrow said all this without slurring surprised everyone especially Glynda who thought the man would be drunk 24/7.
"I'm still wondering what my father's involvement with the criminals are going to be, I mean he looked as he won the lottery after he watched Ren beat those guards. I'm worried he might be up to something and it could involve Ren somehow, and whatever it is could be bad news." Was Weiss's troubled reply.
She glanced at the ninja boy in question "my father is a conniving man no matter what world he's from, and if he's got an interest in your on screen counterpart it can't be good. I-I don't… I don't know what his plans are but they're never good." Weiss was starting to stutter as the thought of what her father had planned for her comrade overwhelmed her emotions, sure her and Ren never interacted much but he was still a friend. "A-an-and if he hurt you." Her emotional reply was cut off when Ren stood up and calmly took her hand activated his semblance 'Tranquillity. Weiss felt all her negative emotions leave her and took a calming breath.
"I would never blame one of my friends for something that's not their fault, so don't blame yourself for what might happen to the other me" said Ren with a smile.
"Th-thank you, f-for calming me down." Thanked Weiss with a small blush on her cheeks. Nodding in acceptance the shinobi returned to his seat next to Nora who latched on to him immediately. "You're a good friend" Nora told Ren as they sat together. Even though they weren't 'together-together' Nora was still very attached to Ren but knew that him helping Weiss had was no romantic gesture. But it didn't matter to her who he liked right? Right?
"Sooo does our ice queen have a thing for silent ninja boys who like green?" asked Yang with grin that could split a continent.
"Don't be foolish, he was just helping me calm myself that's all."
"Whatever you say ice queen, whatever you say."
"Don't call me that!"
Everyone else were either chuckling or smiling at Weiss losing her temper after hearing her hated nickname. As they settled back down the screen came back to life and the people of remnant watched on.
End.
Author's note: WOW My longest chapter yet and I hope it came out alright. Few things to say, firstly thank you all for actually reading and liking my story, it really means a lot to me. Secondly if any of the characters seem to be a bit oc well it's because even though I'll try to keep them as close to character as possible I'm still going to put my spin on the characters. Thirdly, the pairings, I'm not sure if I'm going to write pairings as I am not confident I can at the moment but in the future, maybe.
Before anyone asks about the Ren and Weiss scene I'm going to clear things up say it was not a 'White Lotus' tease. Ren was simply helping her to calm down from an emotional breakdown. How would you feel if your thought our father was supposedly going to cause harm to your friend's, anyone would be an emotional wreck, I know I would be. If Ren seemed oc for doing so, you're probably right but I said earlier I'm putting my own spin on the characters and I feel he would help any of his friends even if he didn't interact with them a lot.
Sorry for the long 'AN' but I felt the need to clear a few things up. Anyway hope you enjoyed the new chapter and will see you next time. Ja Ne!
