A/N: When I promise you guys an update, I give it to you…about 5 months later! And that's a MrNoobishDude seal of approval! But in all seriousness though,I want to thank everyone, and I mean EVERYONE for being patient enough to wait for this update… even you . The only excuses I have this time is that in early January, the second week in particular, my family was moving, and we didn't get settled in until that Friday. And then, by some miracle, my Xbox 360 started working again, so that was a major distraction. And in December, some shit went down, meaning I finally got Mass Effect, and you know what? I fucking loved it. Sure, the frame rate sometimes dropped, and side missions were a bit repetitive, but a great game nonetheless. Since I got ME 2 on Sunday, you may not get frequent updates. I will drag myself to the computer and force myself to write another chapter if I have too. But in all honesty, this is a hobby, not a job. I don't exactly have to write when you guys want, I write when I have enough creative juices rushing through my mind.
As for all the crazy crap in V3, WTF RT Yang framed?! PENNY TURNED INTO QUARTERS! YANG LOSING HER ARM?! PYRRHA DEAD?! AGHHHHHH!
Anyways, thanks to all of you, and enjoy this chapter!
P.S: The internet at the new place sucks. Can't even watch videos in HD for a minute without it buffering, the online gameplay is even worse when the PC is on or Netflix is playing on the TV.
The Creed of a Huntsman
Marcus, Professor Port's Classroom
Marcus was interested to say the least. Weiss's bubbling anger caused her hand to shoot up and volunteer the capabilities of a true huntsman. Or in this case, huntress.
So there she was, standing in battle stance, Myrtenaster at the ready, the growling creature eying her with the bright red eyes of it. Marcus and the rest of the team began to cheer her on from the front row.
"Goooo, Weiss!" Yang contributed.
"Fight well!" Blake waved a small flag that had Team RWBY on it. Marcus had to get one of those.
"You can do ihhh!" Marcus mimicked, Gabriel Iglesias turning and muttering something in his sleep.(Kudos if you get it)
"Yeah, represent teeeeeam RWBY!" Ruby exclaimed. Weiss turned around to address her leader.
"Ruby! I'm trying to focus!"
Ruby sheepishly lowered her arms," Oh, um… sorry…"
"Allright!" Port interrupted, pulling out his ax next to the cage," Let the match… begin!" He swung down his ax, the cage door following suit and out came the Boarbatusk, which immediately charged at Weiss. She used her weapon to deflect the attack and roll to the side, readying for its next move. The Grimm was a ways away from its enemy. It was analyzing her.
"Ha-ha! Wasn't expecting that, were you?" He boasted.
"Hang in there, Weiss!" Ruby encouraged. Weiss charged at the creature, aiming for the skull, until the boar turned its head and captured Myrtenaster in it's tusks. Weiss hangs from the hilt, tossing in the air, and struggles to pull the weapon from the creature, but to no avail.
"Bold, new approach. I like it!" Port said.
"Come on Weiss, show it who's boss!"
Weiss turned to glare at Ruby, which allowed the Boarbatusk, to rip her rapier from her grip and toss it far from its master, who got knocked back by its tusks.
"Oh-ho! Now what will you do without your weapon?"
Weiss barely managed to roll out of the way of the Grimm, the latter crashing into the desk, Weiss rushes to her sword and slides towards it, grabbing it.
"Weiss! Go for its belly! There's no armor underneath-"
Weiss had enough. She would not be educated by some child.
"Stop telling me what to do!" Weiss yelled. Marcus turned to Ruby to see her looking down at the floor, hurt by Weiss's words. The hell was wrong with Weiss? Marcus heard a loud squeal and whipped his head to the source to find the now dead Boarbatusk's with Weiss's rapier in it's belly.
"Bravo! Bravo!" It appears we are indeed in the presence of a true Huntress-in-training!" Weiss stood up at the attention from Port and Ruby was still frowning," I'm afraid that's all the time we have for today. Be sure to cover the assigned readings, and… stay vigilant! Class dismissed!" Weiss glared and quickly walked to the exit, past the team.
"Sheesh, what's with her?" Jaune inquired. Marcus had some notion as to why she was so upset.
Marcus, hallway
"What do you think Marcus?" Yang asked, the both donned in their normal attire.
"She has a fuckin' stick up her ass" he responded to Yang's question coolly. Yang winced at his wording. After dinner, the duo began to walk to their dorm to complete their assignments. She figured she could get his perspective on the situation.
"That is… a bit harsh Marc" he turned to address her.
"Maybe she will soften up to us in time, but for now, I'm calling it like I see it"
She sighed as she opened the door to their dorm and climbed up the bed," Oh well!" she quickly switched back to her usual chipper mood," might as well get our homework done now."
"More like school work!" Marcus quipped. And after that, all he heard was crickets and silence. "Eh? Get it? Because we are at an acad-"
"Yeah, I got it," Yang coolly replied.
"Aw come on! You got to admit that was a good one!"
"Ehhhhh, it could have been better" she criticized. Marcus had a mock look of horror on his face.
"Oh my, you fiend!" he exclaimed. Yang giggled and joined in.
"Please, my dear sir! Forgive me!" she fake pleaded.
"Its too late! The damage is done… I'll never love again…" he turned to the window and gazed into the distance, before breaking the facecade and breaking into a fit of laughter, with Yang following.
"Alright,' he finally composed himself," let's get to work."
The both of them began to work, the assignment on Grimm weaknesses.
"What is the weakness of the creep again?" Marcus asked.
"Aim for the legs."
"Ah, thanks."
"Hey, Marc, I've got a question." She suddenly said. It was moss=t likely about the homework.
"What is it?"
"Do you have, y'know, any family nearby?" She noticed the surprise in his face before he composed himself.
"Unfortunately, no" he answered.
"What about your parents? Don't they visit you?" she inquired. Surely he had family.
"I never really knew my parents," he answered with a sad smile," But my sister lives in Mistral with her fiancé Samuel," he lied.
"Really? Wow, I had no idea… I didn't mean to pry." She looked at the floor, not wanting to face him.
"Eh, it's all good. No use on dwelling on that now," he waved her off. He then scooted off the bed and placed the paper in his backpack. "We are just about done with the homework," he said.
"Where are you going?" Yang asked.
"Going to the armory to make some modifications to my weapons, you can come if you like" he offered. He wanted to see if he could finally do that thing…
"Yup! Let's go!" she suddenly pulled a Scooby-Doo and rushed out of the room, leaving a small cloud of dust. Marcus sighed. This was too much like a cartoon or an anime.
Marcus, armory
It was an hour or two before they were finally finished. Yang stood in front of him, anxious.
"Well, lets see it!" She exclaimed, she didn't have the master knowledge Ruby had when it came to weapons, but she considered herself to be an adept when it came to it. Although, Marcus's weapons were odd. They didn't use dust, first of all. How the hell could it not?! He only said, 'He was pretty smart when it came to ammunition crafting', but they were able to compensate for that, now it could use bullets made of dust and 'gunpowder'.
"Alright, here goes nothing…' he nervously pressed a button on his pistols, they then began to fold into a different weapon. In his right hand was a tomahawk with his insignia as the blade,(The Assassin's logo, so it's Connor's tomahawk, just with a RWBYish metallic texture to it, red and black being the color scheme.) and on his left was a kukri.(Same color scheme)
"Awesome! It works!" he exclaimed," Now for the grand finale!" he pulled his sword from his sheathe and clicked a button, the sword began to fold into his M4 with the Asiimov camo, just instead of orange, it was red. He made the suppressor removable since it interfered with the transformation process." Yes! Thank you Yang!" He unexpectedly pulled her into a hug, which she generously returned.
"No prob!" she really liked seeing him happy." But," she yawned," all this work really tuckered me out. Let's head back to the dorm" Marcus agreed and began to walk to the room. Yang threw herself onto her bed and Marcus laid on the carpet.
"You aren't coming up?" she sultry asked.
"Not today," he turned to her and Yang only shrugged and laid down. Marcus rolled to the side," I'm pretty sure the writer is gonna have you sprawled out on the bed for this part," He muttered. The writer behind the computer sneezed.
"Someone is talking shit."
Marcus finally achieved sleep after a while. He heard Blake enter the room, and Ruby soon after. Only question was, where was Weiss?
Marcus, dorm
Marcus was woken from his dream in the middle of the night by a bright light and a silent conversation, which thanks to his keen senses he heard.
"How do you take your coffee?" was that Weiss?
"I… I don't…" Ruby began.
"Answer the question!" Weiss demanded, irritated.
"Uhh, cream and five sugars!" she answered a bit louder than she anticipated.
Weiss sighed." Don't move," she ducked under to her own bed and pulled out a fresh cup of coffee, because… science… bitch." Here."
Ruby took the cup," Um… thanks, Weiss." Weiss smiled.
"Ruby, I think you have what it takes to be a good leader. Just know that I am going to be the best teammate you'll ever have!" they both shared a smile." Good luck studying!" she ducked, only to come back up," That's wrong, by the way." She began walking to the door, on the way she turned to the floor.
"Goodnight Marcus." She smiled at the confusion on his face.
"Wha? How'd you know?"
"I'm good like that." She informed. She began to turn the knob on the door when she turned." Hey, Ruby?"
"Uh-huh?"
She stood there with her hand on the knob," I always wanted bunk beds as a kid"
And there you have it! After a long ass hiatus, I'm back from the dead, fools! Again, thank you so much for having patience for the update to come out. I will probably re-write the first chapter though. Thank you, and as always…
*Puts on shades*
… have a nice day.
