We can see Ryan wearing his Beacon Uniform, laying down in the shade of a tree, in Beacon's Courtyard. He just finished his Grimm Anatomy class with Professor port, and had a while before his next class. So he decided to head to the courtyard to listen to his favorite song: Wings of Iron, by: Therewolf Media. While reading his Half-Family's thieving history: The Thievius Raccoonus, so he could keep up with his thieving techniques.
As he was reading, he stopped on his half parent's page, Sly and Carmelita's techniques: His Half-Father's Rewind technique to reverse time, and his Half Mother's Long Jump technique for jumping over long distances. Ryan thought for a moment about his awesome times that he had with them. "I Wonder what they're up to right now" he wondered, as Mercury Strength popped out from behind him, and placed it's hand on Ryan's shoulder.
"I'm sure they'll be fine" Strength said to him, as he retreated back to Ryan. As Ryan was just about to continue reading, he saw Blake walking over to him. Ryan paused his music, and took off his headphones.
"Hey Blake, What'cha Ups to?" he asked, as Blake sat down next to him.
"Well... Even though you won the bet against Weiss yesterday," Blake began, "I actually wanted to know how much you do know of Remnant, so... I decided to put together a little test for you." Blake pulled out her scroll, and opened it to begin Ryan's test.
"A test?" Ryan complained, "Come on, gimmie a Fuckin' Godamn break. I can pass those questions with flying colors, Hell, Even Nathan can do this. Piece of Chocolate Cake covered in Caramel."
"Well, alright then," Blake replied, "Let's begin. First Question: Which Grimm is the smartest, and largest in Mountain Glenn?"
"Uhhhhh..." Ryan thought for a moment, "The... Goliath?"
Blake nodded her head in response for 'yes', "Nice" she replied, "Next Question: Name the Kingdoms of Remnant?"
"Well..." Ryan began, "Seven Kingdoms, their names; Vale, Vacuo, Argus, Atlas, Mantle, Mistral, and your birthplace, The Faunus island, Menagerie."
"That's... Right!?" Blake replied, shocked to hear what Ryan had to say about her home, "But... How do you... I mean... how did you?"
"Listen, Blake. I know you're a Faunus," Ryan said to her, "And like I said to you when you found me; 'I know who you girls are.' And after a while since I'm here, you're all starting to know about me."
"Right... I forgot that your world has a Team RWBY, and a Beacon Academy." Blake replied, "Okay, Wow, that's still really hard to wrap my head around."
"Ahhh... You'll get it at some point," Ryan Responded, "Anyway, what's the next question?"
"Okay," Blake continued, "Where is this year's Vytal Festival Tournament, and ceremony being held?"
"The Kingdom of... Vale, right?" Ryan responded. Blake nodded yes in response, "Now I have a question for you? Who's gonna win that tournament?"
"Team... RRWBY?" Blake asked.
"Correct-A-Macho!" Ryan replied, giving Blake a High Five, "And another question, Blake... Why do you wear that Bow over your cat ears?"
Blake thought for a moment, and then she sighed in a small response, "Well..." She began, as she untied her bow from the top of her head, revealing a pair of cat ears. "The reason is... Humans and Faunus can't live together in peace. Whenever a Faunus civil rights activist group gets together, it's always stopped by The White Fang." As she continued to speak, tears began to form in her eyes, "I know this because, I was a former member of the White Fang. During my time with them, I learned that they're murdering both people and Faunus. And... they'll never stop... RYAN, I JUST WANT IT TO END!"
Ryan thought for a moment about everything that Blake had to say. That made him think about his Half Older Brother, Benjamin Henry Cooper, and how he was picked on throughout his entire life. "I... I had no Idea about that, Blake," He replied, "But since I'm From New-Earthopolis, and if Weiss sent you the message or not? My world co-exists with the different species of the many different worlds New-Earthopolis is made up of. Even my Half Older Brother, Benjamin, he was bullied his whole life, even beaten up by bullies since he was a Hybrid of a Silver banded Raccoon, and a golden tailed fox. Then, one day, he and a friend gathered a group of hybrids, and stood up for themselves, creating rights for every species and person, Back in New-Earthopolis."
"Wow..." Blake began to reply, "It's like... They took on their own White Fang."
"Yeah, Hybrids, and everyone else back home are just who they want to be," Ryan replied, "Never afraid to express themselves, no matter who they are. And neither should you, Blake. No reason to hide who you really are, even to your friends and Teammates."
When Blake herd this, she had a small smile on her face. "You know something, Ryan," she replied, as she held out her bow ribbon to The King Grimm Reaper, "You're right. I'll do that."
Ryan looked at the bow ribbon with concern, and then looked back at Blake, "But... Don't you need it for?" he asked.
"I'm not going to need it anymore." Blake Replied.
"'Kay then," Ryan replied, as he took Blake's bow ribbon, and placed it in his pocket, "So... do you like books?"
"Yeah," Blake began to reply, "mostly novels about Mysteries, Fiction, and Romance. The Story of... Well... Ozpin, the man with two souls, Remnant's History..."
"What about... 'Ninja's of Love'?" Ryan asked.
Blake began to blush when Ryan said that, "Uhh..." she began nervously, "I don't think that's a book for you?"
"Come on, I'm a fan of all books," Ryan replied, "even if I don't like it, I'll still give it back to you."
"Well... When you put it like that," Blake said to herself, "Sure... But only if you let me read one of your books?"
Ryan grabbed the Thievius Raccoonus from the side of his lap, and gave it to Blake, "Here's one that I think you might like," he said to Blake, "I'll send a digital copy to everyone else later today."
Blake opened the Thievius Raccoonus, and looked through the pages of Ryan's half family history, "They're... Thieves?" She asked.
"Who only steal, from other Thieves." Ryan replied, "and if we all study it long enough, We'll have an advantage in the Vytal Tournament."
"With this, and your training, Right?" Blake asked.
"Yep." Ryan replied, as his cell phone vibrated in his pocket, giving Ryan a reminder that Professor Oobleck's Remnant History class was about to begin soon, "We better get to class." As Ryan and Blake packed their stuff up, and headed back to class.
"And... I've been meaning to ask.." Blake asked, "Who's Nathan?"
"Oh... Nathan Drake," Ryan replied, "He's a friend of mine back in New-Earthopolis, He's also a globetrotter, me and him go on many adventures, finding legendary civilizations, getting treasure, and making names for ourselves."
"He sounds like a pretty cool guy." Blake replied with a chuckle.
"Yeah, he is," Ryan replied, "On our latest adventure, we went out to find Abraham Van Hellsing's fortune, and we managed to find it underground at his birthplace in Amsterdam."
"Where?" Blake asked.
"Amsterdam," Ryan replied, "It's a really nice place in the Netherlands back where I'm from."
"Cool. I'm gonna have to visit sometime." Blake said, as they continued to class.
. . .
About five minutes later, Ryan and Blake made it to Professor Oobleck's class. The professor was a man with messy green hair, brown eyes, and his attire is 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. Oobleck was zooming back and forth in the classroom, while giving the lesson about Remnant's history about the Great War. "THIS! Is prior to the Faunus Rights Revolution, More popularly known as: 'The Faunus War'." The Professor said. Ryan could barely keep up with Professor Oobleck's explination, probably due to Oobleck's Caffeine problem, "Now, While this must feel like Ancient History to many of you, it is imperative to remember that these are relatively recent events!"
"Geez, he's almost like Mr. Gallagher's twin motormouth." Ryan thought to himself, taking notes on what he could get from Oobleck's talking.
"WHY, the repercussions of the uprising can still be seen to this day!" Professor Oobleck Continued, "NOW! Have any among you either been subjected, or discriminated because of your Faunus heritage?" No one in class raised their hands, causing the Professor to tip his glasses, "No One?" he replied, "Amazing, truly amazing indeed!" as he took another sip of his coffee, "But Remember students: It is precisely this kind of ignorance that breeds violence! I mean, I Mean, I Mean, look at what's happen to the White Fang! NOW! Which one of you young scallions can tell me what many theorize to be the turning point in the third year of The War?"
Both Weiss and Ryan raised their hands at the simultaneously. "Ms. Schnee?" The Professor asked.
"The Battle at Fort Castle?" The Schnee Dust Company Heiress replied.
"Precicely!" Oobleck replied, "And who can tell me the advantage the Faunus had over general Langue's forces?" Just as Ryan was about to raise his hand, his bloodlust went off, and he looked at Cardin, who flicked a paper football at a sleeping Jaune, causing him to wake up.
"Hey!" Jaune said, waiking up from his nap, which caught the attention of Professor Oobleck.
"MR. ARC! Finally! Contributing to this class!" Professor Oobleck said, rushing over to Jaune's desk, "Can you tell us the answer?"
"Godamit Cardin!" Ryan whispered to himself in anger.
"Uhhh..." Jaune began, trying to think of an answer, "The Answer..." Jaune looked at Ryan, as he was mouthing the word 'Night Vision'. "To the advantage of the Faunus..."
"Aw, Hell." Ryan shouted quietly, as a third eye opened on his forehead. The eye had a Violet Iris, and a Red Scalera. This was the Jagan, Literally Translated to 'Evil Eye' in Japanese. As he stared a Jaune, his normal eyes took the shape of a four-point pinwheel, with a small circle around the pupil (Shisui style Ry Sharingan. See chapter 9 for details).
"Is..." Jaune continued. Once he looked at Ryan and the Jagan, his eyes turned into the style of Ryan's Ry Shisui. "Night Vision. Faunus are known to have excellent sight in the dark. That's why General Langue's plan failed to kill them in their sleep."
"And as a bonus, here's your semblance." Ryan Whispered, as his eyes returned to normal, and the Jagan closed itself shut.
"Amazing, Mr. Arc, Truly amazing Indeed." Professor Oobleck replied, sipping on his coffee, and as luck would have it, the bell rang, signaling the end of class. "CLASS DISMISSED!" said Oobleck, as everyone got their stuff together, and headed out of Oobleck's classroom, and headed for their next class. "WINCHESTER! You stay here for extra paperwork and detention!" Oobleck said to the Leader of Team CRDL.
"WHAT!?" Cardin whined.
"I saw that paper Football flicked at Mr. Arc." The professor stated, sipping on his coffee.
"Tough Luck, Cardin," Ryan said in his cocky attitude, patting Cardin's shoulder, "Better luck next time." As he began to leave the classroom.
"That Ryan Punk... HE'S DEAD MEAT!" Cardin Shouted, as his scroll vibrated in his pocket. Cardin pulled it out, and opened it to see a message from his teammate, Dove Bronzewing. It read: 'Cardin, I got what you asked for, we'll read it to everyone in sparing class to whoever he's fighting.' Cardin smirked at Dove's message, knowing he was about to make a big mistake.
Outside of the classroom, everyone was relieved that Professor Oobleck's class was over, especially Jaune. "Jaune," Pyrrha said, walking beside him, "I'm impressed on how you knew the answer to Professor Oobleck's question, even when you were asleep."
"Thanks... Pyrrha," Jaune replied nervously, scratching the back of his head, "But... I had a strange feeling that someone was in my head, and... they just gave me the answer."
"You can thank me later, Jaune." Ryan said to him, walking past the two.
"Thank You?" Jaune wondered, "Why would I thank you for doing nothing."
"Well..." Ryan began to reply, as he looked a Jaune, "I'm not compensating for anything, but... I was the guy in your head." Ryan said, speaking inside Jaune's head.
"WHOA!" Jaune exclaimed, impressed at what Ryan just did, "You can read other people's minds? That's so cool, how did you learn it?"
"I was trained by Doctor Strange and Doctor Fate," Ryan replied, "Plus my eyes have the ability to massively enhance my perception down to the cellular level, allowing me to predict movements, see the flow of different life forces, summon giant beasts made of one of my manifestations called 'Chakra', and cast different illusions called 'Genjutsu' that'll trap anyone that looks at it in an illusion, and even break me out of those same illusions." Ryan closed his eyes, and when he opened them again, they both had three tomoe's circling the pupil.
"Cool!" Jaune said, impressed at Ryan's eyes, "What do you call those?"
"These are my Ry Sharingan," Ryan replied, "And they can take different forms called 'Mangekyō' and 'Eternal Mangekyō', each with it's own ability."
Ryan blinked his eyes, as the Ry Sharingan returned to Ryan's original eye form, "Plus I have one of many these third eyes in my forehead that can move objects and energy with telekinesis, see from six miles away, and protect my mind and others minds from being read." Ryan continued, as the Jagan appeared again on his forehead.
When Pyrrha saw this, she got the chills. "That's... a little freaky." she said, as the Jagan closed itself again.
"You'll get used to it," Ryan replied, turning around to walk to his next class, waving back at Jaune and Pyrrha, "See you both in Sparing Class." As he slipped on his headphones, and played 'One Step Forward' By: School of Thought. Singing the lyrics, and dancing to the beat, on the way to sparing class.
After 6 and a half minutes later, every team at Beacon was in the sparing room, watching Yang fight Sky Lark of Team CRDL, and she was pummeling away at him.
"And that's time," Miss Goodwitch said, "Sky, you need to remember to look at your Aura Level at all times, and you also need to remember you can ask another member to fight for you so you can rest, and let your aura replenish."
"Could've asked Cardin!" Sky replied, "But he's stuck in Detention with Oobleck!"
"Too bad for you Lark. 'Cause I took this fight, to the 'Sky!'" Yang Joked with her pun. Ryan chuckled at Yang's pun, as she waved to him, and Ryan replied with a good looking wink back at her.
"Would anyone else like to go?" Glynda asked.
"I'll go, Miss Goodwitch." Ryan replied, raising his hand.
"Ah, Mr. Connell," Glynda said to him, "Alright then, choose your opponent?"
Ryan looked around the room for a moment, and he looked at his opponent that he thought of, "Hey Ren, Me v.s. You?" he asked.
Ren smiled back at The King Grimm Reaper, "Of course," he replied, "I'd be happy to spar with you, Ryan, as Ren got up from his spot, and headed to the arena circle.
"Ha-Ha, Alright," Ryan Replied, snapping his fingers, as his Beacon uniform turned into a blue t-shirt with the American Flag on it in paint splat style, Navy Blue Jeans, a brown Leather Belt to hold them up, his signature VANS, his signature leather jacket. To top it off, he puled out his Sir Francis Drake Ring necklace from his Jean's, put it on around his neck, and kissed it for good luck. He also pulled out The Number One Headband from his Jacket's pocket, and tied it around his forehead, as he headed to the arena to face Ren.
"And your weapon of choice?" Glynda asked.
"Huh? Oh, right!" Ryan replied, as he held his left arm out, waiting for his sword to come to him, which it did, at high speeds, and into his hand, "I'll use my sword, My stand, and this." Ryan snapped his fingers again, and it summoned a three-handled set of nunchaku with the chains connected together via a central ring. The handles of nunchaku are rather different, however: rather than just having spikes at the very tip, the upper halves of the handles are covered in serrated ice structures, giving them an appearance like the head of a mace. "My King Cerberus."
"How did you pull that out of thin air?" Ren asked.
"Oh, it's nothing much," Ryan replied, "Just requip magic. A type of Magic that allows me to store items in a pocket dimension so I can easily summon it at any time, even during battle, which gives me a high level of flexibility in combat."
"Oooookay" Ren replied in confusion.
"Think of it this way:" Ryan explained, "It's like a door to an extradimensional hammerspace. A subspace that's a series of pocket dimensions available to me through extradimensional doorways. Like a doorway, and the dimension it leads to that exists around me."
"Alternate pocket dimension, got it." Ren replied, as he pulled out his Stormflower, and Ryan placing King Cerberus behind him.
(Cues: Mega Mania - Brandon Yates featuring Sithu Aye)
Miss Goodwitch raised her hand above her head, ready to begin the match. Ryan got battle stance ready, hovering his right hand above the Ichimonji's handle. Ren was also battle stance ready, waiting for the start of the match, as Ryan smirked back at him with a cocky attitude.
"Ready?" Glynda Asked them. Ren nodded Yes, while Ryan put on his headphones, and pressed the play button. "GO!" Miss Goodwitch shouted, lowering her arm, signaling the start of the battle.
Ren fired of Stormflower's bullets right at Ryan, who unsheathed the Ichimonji, and spun it around by the handle in a circular motion, catching the bullets in mid air. Ren stopped firing his guns to see what Ryan was up to, as Ryan stopped spinning his sword, lined up the fired bullets in a straight line, and held his sword in a reverse grip style, as it charged up with green energy around the blade. "TURBO!" Ryan began, as the sword's energy began to glow brighter while it charged. "DEAD SPIKE" As he swung his sword upward along the ground, it released a energy from his sword in the shape of a strange shark like creature, heading toward's Ren, who dodged both the bullets, and the creature, as he continued to open fire at Ryan.
Ryan sheathed his sword, and ran fast to avoid Ren's Bullets. As he did, some wind energy was being formed into the Palm of Ryan's Right hand, taking the form of a ball. He stopped Running to look over at Ren. "Take This!" He shouted, "RASENGAN!" as he threw the ball of wind at Ren, blowing him backwards, almost close to the edge of the ring.
Ren back-flipped when he was almost at the edge of the arena ring, causing him to stop, as he jumped high to ready his next attack. "Oh No You Don't!" Ryan said, as he placed his sheath hard into the ground, and prepared for his next attack by pulling out King Cerberus, and using it to create a huge wall of ice, circling around Ren, then Ryan did Ninjutsu hand signs: (Tiger, Bird, Monkey, Horse, Serpent, Dog). "ICE STYLE: White Whale Jutsu!" Ryan shouted, as a humongous whale with a long narwhal horn appeared from the created Ice, and headed straight for Ren.
Ren responded by diving straight for the whale, and sliced it up with Stormflowers blades, breaking it apart. "Impressive..." Ryan said to him, "But, I still have a few tricks up my sleeve." As he placed King Cerberus away, and summoned Mercury Strength.
"Using your Stand for this fight?" Ren said, "Impressive, since I can't hurt your stand unless I have one of my own."
"Well... That's besides the point on why I summoned my Stand." Ryan replied in his cocky attitude.
"BADA BOOM!" Mercury Strength shouted, as it punched the ground with enough force to create an Earthquake, causing Ren to lose his balance. As Strength retreated, Ryan unsheathed his sword, and threw it at Ren. As it came to ren, Ryan disappeared from where he was standing, and reappeared behind his sword, grabbed the handle, and began slashing away at Ren, as the blade began to glow with the same green energy.
"TURBO OCTASLASH!" Ryan shouted, as he did multiple swift strikes with the Ichimonji, causing some of Ren's Aura to drop into the yellow.
"REN!" Jaune shouted, "ARE YOU ALRIGHT!?"
"Yeah!" Ren replied, "Just a little damage, Nothing major."
"We'll see about that," Ryan said to him, as he did a power stance, and screamed at the top of his lungs, creating a yellow aura shield around himself, as his hair began to turn from Strawberry Blonde, to a golden yellow, and his eyes turned from Lapiz Blue, to Emerald Green. "SUPER SAIYAN! FORM 2!" he shouted, as he entered his Super Saiyan form 2 drive. "Let's do this!"
With Blinding speeds, Super Saiyan 2 Ryan brought on a barrage of martial art attacks, causing Ren to get tired out for a bit. "Tired?" Ryan asked, checking on Ren, "Don't give up now, we still have a lot to go. Bakudō #99: BANKIN!" As Super Saiyan 2 Ryan slammed his hands into the ground a strange white energy began coming out of nowhere, which coalesces into a white fabric. As the fabric wraps around Ren, it covered him from head to toe, trapping him like a mummy. "Gotcha'" Ryan said, but it wasn't before long that Ren used his Stormflower's blades to rip himself out of the trap, and landed on the ground feet first.
"Okay. Plan B." Ryan said to himself, as he clenched his fist tight, and ran up to Ren's face, "FLASHBANG!" Ryan opened his clenched hand, and out came a bright flash of light, causing Ren to lose his sight for a while.
"What the-" he shouted in confusement, "I can't see." as Ren tried to regain his sight, Super Saiyan 2 Ryan stood a couple of feet behind him, as a Demonic Spearhook chain dart appeared out of his Left hand's palm. As Ryan thrust the chain dart forward, it wrapped itself around the confused Ren.
"CHIDORI" Ryan shouted, as his right hand got encased in the Chidori. "Hadō #11: Tsuzuri Raiden!" As Ryan brought down his right hand Chidori, an electric current ran straight through the chain dart's chain, which headed for Ren, damaging himself, and rapidly draining his Aura into the Red.
"REN!" Nora shouted, as Super Saiyan 2 Ryan retreated his Chain dart, releasing Ren, who got on his knees, and regained his sight.
"C'MON REN, GET UP!" Jaune shouted, as Ren struggled to get up.
Ryan returned to his normal base form, and cracked his neck a little, letting it stretch.
"HEY, RYAN!" Ruby shouted from the sidelines, "YOU THINK YOU CAN TEACH US THAT COOL THING YOU JUST DID WITH YOUR HAND?"
"SURE!" Ryan Replied, "But Here's something more cool." As Ryan crossed his arms in front of his body, a dark energy began to manifest around Ryan's Body. As it did, Ryan's eyes begun to have Black Scalera, a Blood Red Iris, and Cat Like slits for pupils. He also began to gain long, forward-pointing horns on on the sides of his head, in a Red, Navy Blue, and Light Blue color scheme.
"DEVIL!!! TRIGGER!!!!!" Ryan shouted, as he transformed into a Ultramarine Blue-skinned reptilian humanoid creature with long white hair, blue veins covering its arms and abdomen. Ryan's hands became claws with a Navy Blue and Light blue skin, and blood red claw like fingers. the same can be said about his feet and toes, which had the same scheme, but with a red scale plating, just covering his ankles. His arms have three blade like scales on them, two small ones, which are Light Blue and Navy Blue, and one on his elbow, which was the same color as his claw like fingers and toes. As for the body, it had a very strong muscular build, with a six pack with the first two were the color red, the second two were navy blue, and the third two were light blue. For the pectorals, they were a nice dark teal, with a small red crystal between the top row of abs and the bottom of the pectorals. He also has a thick reptilian tail with a barbed tip that extends from between its shoulders. He also had six demonic wings, four dark blue wings, and two crimson red wings, all blazing with fire of the same color. The body also showed off some of the scars Ryan had on his body. This was Ryan's (My) King Devil Trigger DX form.
"What the-" Ren said with astonishment, Looking at Ryan.
"Whoa." Jaune said with no words.
"THAT LOOKS SO AMAZING!" Ruby said, excited at the top of her lungs.
"How Did He do that!?" Weiss exclaimed.
"Oh Yeah, I'm also Half Demon." Devil Ryan replied, as he charged straight at Ren, ready for the final blow to the match. But out of nowhere, something hit Devil Ryan right in the side of the face, sending him flying into the side of the arena, knocking him out, and returning to normal.
A/N: WOW... This was a long one. I was gonna put my fight with Ren in a separate chapter, but then I thought: 'Eh... The chapter is called: 'Testing and Sparing.'' So, I decided to put them both into this chapter. I also used a small reference to one of my DeviantArt Friends, EmilieSushie (Formerly Known as Jennissy Cooper.). her OC Character Benjamin Cooper. I'll Leave a Link for her DeviantArt Page Here. Next Time... Team CRDL makes one of the biggest Mistakes in Beacon Academy history.
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