ANGR

by epicvictory2025

RWBY AU. An adventure of Four teenagers attending Beacon Academy. They all have their reasons for being here, and they are gonna prove they can face the dangers and protect Remnant. But can they remain brave and face the unknown that's hiding in the shadows?

5. Where it all Started

RWBY belongs to Monty Oum and Rooster Teeth.

The OCs belong to me.

Team ANGR

Ch. 1; Where it all Started

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The first thing to appear... is a void. A void of infinite darkness that stretches on for eternity. Nothing that exists in to fill it's empty blackness.

Than... a voice is heard. A voice of a wise and elderly man who begins to narrate.

"Every story... has a beginning."

Suddenly, a bright light flashed within the void. It's brightness illuminated and expanded even further, until it eventually engulfed all of the blackness of the void into a bright light.

Than the light started to dim down until it was swallowed up by the black void. Leaving it in nothing but darkness again.

"But a story cannot exist without a living soul to tell the tale."

Within the void, a small but bright speck of light appears. Unlike the last flash of light, it remains small but still shines; It's a star that represents a story.

"In time, many more living souls also begin to share their stories.

Many more stars begin to illuminate and fill in the void of space, in the billions to trillions among the void.

"In no time, the stories begin to evolve and branch out into new kinds of stories."

Eventually, more stars also begin to take different sizes and colors, ranging from tiny red dwarfs to massive blue and red hypergiants.

"As more stories were created and shared, they eventually formed into a vast network of libraries with countless shelves that stored the stories for many readers to come and read them."

The stars multiplied nonstop, until they formed, along with the space dust and other cosmic matter that also exists, many nebulas and galaxies that filled out the void even more, until it no longer felt empty.

"However, nothing can last forever. A story that has been told for many generations eventually end up either forgotten, missing, destroyed, worn down that they're unable to be read again, or forever lost in the dusts of time. But that also means new and fresher stories are made that will replace the missing ones for new generations to read."

Like the laws of the universe, within the galaxies and nebulas, many stars have come and gone. Most have lived for billions upon billions of years and, yet, they never last forever. They eventually reach their end and die, either as flashy supernovas or matter sucking blackholes. But most deaths of the stars also brings the birth of new ones, restarting the cycle all over again and keeping the universe lit in the darkness.

"And, as they should, most stories have their chapters and setting that helps us know what and how the story will be."

We get a closer look at a random star that is surrounded by planets, moons, and asteroids. And the main focus is one planet that has water, land, an atmosphere,... and life. Orbiting the planet is a moon but it looks partially shattered.

"Let us begin with a story that's about… Remnant."

The scenery then changed from showing the depths of space to the open valleys of Remnant.

"Unfortunately, it apparently seems this story is missing many of it pages that are its previous chapters and especially its origins."

On Remnant, the landscape looks barren and empty, nothing exists on it, except for all the particles that look like ashes and dust that were drifting in the wind that expand for many miles.

"Regardless, we shall continue to read where the pages still exists."

In the piles of ashes, something was stirring within it.

"Long after the event that will forever be gone from the records of history, sentient life on Remnant begins to start anew once more."

The ash and dust covered ground stirred even more until something rose out of it… a silhouetted hand that was exposed to the outside world.

"Like a Phoenix that has risen from the ashes, a sentient being, known as Man, was born."

Eventually, the hand was followed by another hand that dragged itself out of the ground and revealed itself; It's a human being. But due to the lack of other features and being a silhouette, it looks more like a mannequin. But it's enough to be portrayed as a human in the story.

Shortly after, more human beings crawled out of the dust covered ground.

"Soon after, mankind started to multiply and spread across Remnant."

The human looked around and then looked at its hands, for a second, before starting to walk forward. Seconds later, many other humans crawl out of the ground and join the first human in pursuit of creating a society. Though, not far behind… there was one being that looked human… but had cat ears on it's head.

The scenery changes to show Remnant's entire map seen from space. Slowly spreading across the continents are beacons of light that represents humanity ... but what they are heading towards looks like some kind of cloud of blackness and red lightning that covers another part of Remnant that they're migrating towards ... and inside the cloud are many glowing red eyes.

"But mankind is not alone in this world and they are not the only ones that occupy it. In fact, there is something else that has been around long before humans even came into existence ... and it's a dark force of destruction that will test humanity's survival."

We now see a group of humans traveling the open plains, looking for new shelter and resources, only armed with a few stone clubs along with bows and arrows… but what they now see is a cloud of darkness and crimson lighting that is right in front of them.

"A force that's bent on the destruction of humanity and everything they have created…."

Inside that cloud of darkness… a pair of glowing red eyes appear and stare right at the humans who look frightened and on guard, despite lacking a face. But the pair of eyes weren't alone as several more pairs of eyes also appear within the cloud. Some even have as much as four eyes each. The creatures stepped out of the darkness and out into the open… revealing themselves as animalistic abominations of darkness that resemble monstrous animals with hellish red eyes.

"The Creatures of Grimm. The very monsters that only exist to destroy mankind until they are wiped off the face of Remnant."

The Grimm crawled out of the cloud and revealed themselves. They come in all different shapes and sizes as they snarled and growled at the unfortunate and frightened humans.

"Man was terrified and vulnerable…in which the Grimm took every moment of it to their twisted advantage."

The Grimm howeld, screeched, and roared, as they chased and hunted down the fleeing humans who had little defenses to fight off the Grimm. The ones that stayed behind and tried to fight off the Grimm stood little chance against the overwhelming ferocity of the creatures of darkness.

A beowulf was seen tackling a rather unfortunate human that tried to fight it… and it clamped its jaws around his throat. A Nevermore swooped down and snatched up a fleeing human and flew off into the distance. A Barboartusk steamrolled through several more humans like bowling pins. An Ursa knocks down several humans that tried to fight it with a swipe of its claws.

"Despite their numbers and determination… the humans stood little chance in a direct battle against the Grimm's superior might and feral nature.

Several more unfortunate humans got mauled and slaughtered. A random Beowulf leaps forward and clamps his jaws down towards the POV of another screaming human ... until the screen turns black but there are red splotches of blood smeared across the screen…..

"As time passed, the humans started losing ground and numbers."

The scenery shows the map once more…. With the beacons of light dwindling and fading, as the black cloud begins to surround and swallow up the remaining specks of light.

"It seems there is no sign of hope for humanity, as the Grimm will soon corner them and finish them off like sheep at a slaughterhouse… this may be the end for mankind, where they will be gone as soon as they have came into existence."

The scenery changed to now showing a random human who is out scouting for resources but they're barely finding any since the Grimm has taken up most of Remnant by now. Just as he was about to give up and head back to camp… he saw a dim, colorful, light in the corner of his eye

"That is… until they have found something that will give them an edge to turn the tides… and will forever change their world."

The scout saw what looked like a blue mineral partially buried in the ground. He reached over and grabbed it between his fingers. He gently pulled it out of the ground and rests it in his palm in which he scratches bits of dirt off of it and gets a better look at it.

It's a blue crystal that appears to be dimly glowing.

"Dust; The very tool and weapon that has benefited humanity's survival and advancement, even to this day."

Another scenery shows a random human starts glowing with a strange aura of energy flowing around himself… he looks confused and everyone else around him were confused too. But it didn't stop there as another human close by is now producing a little flicker of fire in his hand….

"They also discovered something else that will also give them the edge in battle; Aura and Semblance."

The scenery changes once more. Now showing the humans battling the Grimm, this time, more heavily armed and prepared. A battle is being waged, showing the humans and even a few faunus, in armor and are armed with more practical weapons; swords, axes, spears, even guns, in addition to their newly discovered Aura, Semblance, and Dust.

"With these upgrades, humanity began to turn the tides and evens out the battle with the Grimm."

Now we see a battle of humans fighting the Grimm. There are even a few faunus have joined the battle and are fighting the Grimm with the humans, after being in the shadows for too long and they too wanna help, despite their differences.

"However, despite the humans and faunus are able to fight evenly with the Grimm and even slay many of them in battle, it was still an uphill battle for them."

A group of armored warriors were standing over the corpses of smaller cannon fodder Grimm… only to be to see more Grimm in the distance… and a lot of them are gargantuan in size which include Goliaths, Nevermores, Death Stalkers ,Sea Feilong, and even a massive dragon Grimm and an even bigger kaiju Grimm that roar in the distance.

"But eventually, humanity has driven the Grimm back far enough to create their own civilization and settlements."

The map is shown again but now it shows several major beacons of light shining and driving the dark clouds back. Massive settlements are seen and located in certain spots that eventually become the major cities that are still around today.

"With the four major settlements that became what are now the Four Kingdoms of Remnant, humanity has won the battle… but not the war."

The four giant beacons of light, along with a few smaller ones that are scattered, remain standing but are surrounded by the dark clouds that make up the majority of Remnant.

"The Grimm still remain a threat to humanity… even when kept at bay, they still patiently wait, looking for a single sign of weakness and fear…. If the Four Kingdoms' fortitudes and defenses ever crumble and fall…. than all will be lost and humanity will forever be vanquished and darkness shall return once more."

The map slowly darkens and the beacons of lights flicker out, symbolizing what would happen if the kingdoms fell.

"But fear not. Remnant has trained for countless generations in building academies, training new young students to become full grown and fledged huntsmen, and mining large deposits of Dust to keep everyone secure. As long as there's even one small flicker of hope left… humanity will continue to persist and survive…. However….. can the new generation of Huntsmen even be enough to vanquish the darkness… once and for all?"

The screen goes black once more.

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Vale.

In the middle of downtown Vale, one of the cities in one of the four kingdoms, it's the middle of the night and the shattered moon is once again seen in the middle of the night sky. Human and faunus, as everyone is either asleep or out at local bars or clubs. Regardless, there are some signs of life that are walking down the streets or just hanging around with their friends, families, or lovers.

On one street in Vale lies a building that is a shot that has a sign on it called "From Dust Till Dawn" owned by a shopkeeper… named the Shopkeep. He's an elder man in his late 60's and he's bald, with the top of his head with his hair on the side, and has bushy eyebrows over his eyes that are shut.

The interior of the building wasn't anything to go by as fancy but it makes up for having all the practical items and goods it has on sale for any needy customer.

Due to the store's name, the selling point of the store is in fact Dust; the most common and profitable resource on the market. And if you look closer, you can notice the brands that are sold here and many other stores, you can notice the symbol looks almost like a snowflake which is in fact the logo and brand of the Schnee Dust Company; the most successful and dominant company to import and sell Dust on an international scale.

Here, Dust is sold in all different states; their natural crystallized states or their grounded up powered states which makes to contain and preserve in different containers of different shapes and sizes. Though, both states are naturally unstable and are highly explosive so a lot of authorized precaution and only those with a proper Dust license and owner of a weapon that they know how to wield can buy the elemental source of energy.

But Dust isn't just the only product sold here. There's also plenty of other stuff to buy; like magazines, souvenirs, knick knacks, and even snacks.

Though, the store is rather quiet and not busy, since it's night time and most people are either asleep or have other things to do. The Shopkeep is busy standing at his counter which showcases all the dust crystals under a glass case which are bullet proof so no one can easily break them to steal the valuable minerals. Near the walls are giant tubes which also contain powered Dust in larger quantities.

Even when there isn't a lot of customers tonight, there are at least two that are still here.

Standing near a shelf that has bags and jars of dust is a male figure but it turns out to be Rocky Rhode Runner himself. He appears to be having a good time since a whistling tune can be heard that sounds so cheerful.

Down here in Vale, he's quite enjoying it the view and the places to visit. The restaurants have very delectable cuisines of many kind, they got lots of book shops that include all kinds of classic novels, comics, and even manga which the latter are very common in Anima.

Rocky has everything jotted down that he had to do is complete so now Rocky is just chilling until his flight that will take him to Beacon Academy to take off around tomorrow. So for the heck of it, he decided to get some fresh air and visit many places of the city which is very nice and artistic.

It's been two weeks since Rocky has left Kuchinashi and only arrived the next day and a half after. Though, he couldn't help but feel confused about how he was able to get past all the airport security in the airport when he took part in some of the destruction in Kuchinashi but none of the security guards felt suspicious nor arrested him when they saw his face and passport… perhaps he was just lucky he was in that get up in the theater and also because Wily must have hacked the security cameras and erased any shots that have a close up of his and Wily's faces.

Speaking of Wily, Rocky wonders how the coyote faunus is doing in Haven. He doesn't have to guess he's likely already signed up and did the entrance exam in order to attend. He deeply hopes Wily is doing good in passing that entrance exam and getting ready to attend that academy. That will surely help him find teammates who will also be his friends who will actually acknowledge and care for him. But, for himself, Rocky needs to focus on his preparation to become a huntsman.

Besides the shopkeep, Rocky seems to be the only other guy here… except, there's one more person, nearby, who is at the magazine section and is reading a magazine that advertises weapons of all kinds.

The person turns out to be a young girl, likely around in her mid teens. Rocky could tell, despite not seeing her face because of her outfit that consists of a black long-sleeved dress with a high collar and red trim sleeves. A black clincher that's around her waist and a black skirt with red trim. She also wears black stockings and a pair of black combat boots with red lacing.

But what she has that stands out is her red cape that also has a red hood which she drapes over her head. He can't see her due to the hood and her face being buried in that weapons magazine… does this girl like weapons so much?

Rocky has already seen this girl several minutes ago but never started a conversation or even said hello to her...because he can hear the blaring music which likely means she's wearing a pair of headphones.

"Seriously. She could go deaf hearing music at that kind of volume… I could hear it all the way from over here." Rocky thought in concern but decides to mind his own business since that's her decision.

He was looking through the shelves to find the right container size that holds Dust which he uses as ammunition that fits in the slots of his double barreled revolvers. However, every time he's looking for the right Dust and vials he needs, it's the same symbol that he has seen many times; The Schnee Dust Company.

The problem is with Rocky and that symbol is because every time he looks at it keeps reminding him about Atlas and his first and only time he performed in Atlas… which was not an enjoyable experience…..

He can still remember the sounds of boos and insults directed at him that echoed in the building where he performed… he doesn't want to think about it any further and continues to find the Dust and vials he needs. Even if he had a rather bad experience with Atlas, he's still more than willing to buy the Dust that's branded by the same company that is from Atlas because he needs the ammo for his weapons.

However, before Rocky could think any further, he heard the tingle of a bell when the door opened, indicating customers have entered the shops…. only for Rocky to realize these guys don't look like your normal customers, once he turned his head and got a glimpse of them. Thankfully, he was further back so he didn't need to try to duck and cover. In fact, he stayed right where he was and just used his ears to listen.

The newcomers that entered the shop definitely don't look like your average customer. Heck, they look like a bunch of well dressed lead by another guy that looks like some kind of notorious criminal but Rocky instantly recognized who he was… the nefarious Roman Torchwick.

Standing at 6'3", Roman Torchwick is young man that appears to be in his early to mid 20's, with dark green eyes, and bright, long, orange hair with long bangs that cover his right eye. He has black eyeliner traced across his visible left eye.

He also carries a cane and is smoking a cigar.

He wears a red lined white suit with black pants and black shoes. He also wears a gray scarf, black gloves with buckled sleeves, and a black bowler hat with a red band with a small feather tucked in it.

The henchmen, on the other hand, are just wearing black suits with a matching pair of black hats and black shoes. They also wear red ties and red sunglasses, along with being armed with a red sword they carry with them.

"Isn't that… Roman Torchwick?" Rocky thought, a bit surprised. "The notorious criminal and fugitive that is infamous for robbing many Dust shops and banks?" Since he used to work for the Spiders, surely, he has heard a lot about Roman Torchwick and his infamous crimes he has committed. Seeing him in person is wasn't what he expected at a time like this.

As much as he wanted to face them, he wanted to know what Roman is up to so Rocky can formulate a plan.. and he's in a Dust shop which makes it too risky to use his weapons since the Dust here are highly explosive, even when properly contained.

Roman and the henchmen he hired from Junior's club are in front of the Shopkeep who looks very nervous as he instantly recognized Roman who's now in his store and likely

Roman gently taps his cigar which causes pieces of burnt pieces of it to sprinkle across the counter top which made the shopkeep feel a bit upset since he just cleaned that counter.

"Do you have any idea how hard it is to find a Dust shop open this late?" Roman smoothly asked, while one of the henchmen points a gun at the Shopkeep's face who raises his hands and looks scared but tries to remain calm.

"P-Please!" He pleaded. "Just take my Lien and leave!"

"Shh, shh, shh, shh! Calm down, we're not here for your lien." Roman said calmly to the shopkeep, despite that he's robbing him. "Grab the Dust." He ordered the other henchmen and they got to work.

One of them placed what looked like some kind of briefcase that they open up and they pull out what looked like cylinder containers which the men started pulling out and headed to the nearby large tubes that were against the walls and they were filled with Dust. Each of them went to a tube and inserts the container to the tube and starts filling them up.

One henchman opens another briefcase in front of the Shopkeep. "Crystals; Burn and uncut." He ordered.

With no choice, since a gun is still pointed at his head, the shopkeep had no choice but to cooperate, as he delicately grabs the Dust crystals and gently places them in the briefcase.

Seeing the whole thing, Rocky can deduce it's definitely a robbery.

"Yep… it's definitely a robbery. This ain't a drill, people!" Rocky thought and begins to try thinking of something to safely.

However… he suddenly hears a familiar tune he heard just minutes ago.

"Wait… don't tell me." Rocky muttered, quietly enough to not be heard by Roman and the goons, as he slowly turns his head towards the direction where the music is coming from.

Standing near the magazines is that red hooded girl who is still reading a magazine that shows off cool weapons.. and still wearing those headphones over her ears, apparently.

"... Seriously?" Rocky whispered out loud. "She's STILL standing there?! Being oblivious to the obvious dangers that this is a robbery and she's just- Ah who am I kidding." Rocky said plainly, as he noticed some rectangular shaped object that's red and black, strapped to her, which looks like some kind of weapon. "She's got a weapon and she looks like she can protect herself." He added as the girl looks like she stands out among most.

Now feeling assured the girl can handle herself and likely flatten that mook without even trying.

"I mean, she does look like a main character, with that hood that doubles as a cape." He thought before worrying about what he should do.

After several seconds of thinking, he suddenly had an idea. Though, as crazy as it is, it's better than nothing.

One of the henchmen was walking up one of the tubes to fill up one of his containers… until he saw someone in the corner of his eye which he turned his direction towards. He finds some roadrunner faunus teen busily looking at some small glass jars and glass vials with wooden cork stoppers that are used to contain the dust in the vials or jars that the store sells.

He was busily selecting a few corked vials filled with Dust on display, popping each cork off of the vial and sniffing them. After he's done with the smelling he puts the cork back in and looks for another vial.

He grabbed a random vial that had light Blue colored Ice Dust, popped the cork off the vial and smelled the cork for a second. He avoided smelling the dust directly as it could risk nasal irritation that's followed by a sneeze… that could lead to sneezing a crater.

"Hmm… very minty, with a dash of Arctic Berry. Quite refreshing" He deduced and softly signed in content of the pure scent from the cork. "Such a fine and elegant aroma. The Schnees should focus more on the production with Dust by their scents."

The henchman raised an eyebrow and wonders is this faunus being oblivious that this is a robbery or is he just being arrogant and trying to look like he isn't afraid. Either way, this faunus doesn't seem worried or concerned that this is a robbery which is annoying him.

He turns his attention towards the roadrunner faunus and points his gun at him.

"Hey, you." The henchman says, approaching the faunus boy who doesn't flinch or even turn his head towards the gun pointing at him. "Put your hands up where I can see them."

But Rocky doesn't answer and sniffs another vial which contains some white colored Earth Dust.

"Ahh.. now that's more like it." Rocky sighed. "Smells like I'm walking through a vast valley covered in dense forest, with freshly grounded earth and nutrient rich soil beneath my feet. A perfect spot for life to nourish and grow…."

A tick mark grows on the henchman's forehead. Feeling really annoyed that he's being ignored and especially that the faunus either doesn't sound indimited or he's being cocky.

He grits his teeth and starts marching over to Rocky. "Hey! I said put your hands in the air! Are you deaf or something?!"

Rocky still doesn't answer and, this time, picks up two vials of Dust which one is yellow colored Lightning Dust and the other is green colored Wind Dust.

"Ooo… now that scent gives you a tingly and jolting feeling with an added twist of lemon." Rocky sighed once again and smells the other one. "And this one; nothing like feeling your spirit being lifted from your body and drifting away in the calm breeze, like a dainty, little, dandelion seed.

The henchman was losing his patience and he marched even closer that his gun was aiming at Rocky's head at near point blank.

"Do you wanna die, punk?!" The henchman shouted, with impatience, but Rocky still didn't flinch.

Than Rocky reached for yet another vial…. A vial that contains red colored Fire Dust.

"Hey!" The henchman warned. "Don't you dare sniff that! You kept ignoring my orders so you better not do what I think you're gonna do."

Rocky slowly popped the cork off of the vial and slowly lifted it towards his nose.

"I'm warning you!" The henchman shouted, already wrapping his finger around the trigger, ready to shoot the moment Rocky takes a single whiff of that cork.

The cork was now mere inches away from Rocky's nostrils and he looked like he was about to sniff it…..

THUNK!

Before the henchman could even react, something happened very swiftly that it was like a mere blur to him.

He swore he felt something hit his gun that he took a step back and inspected his gun….. stuck inside the muzzle is a wooden cork.

What the henchman didn't see was that Rocky used his semblance, moved so fast, and plugged the muzzle of the gun with the cork he was holding in his hand, one with one movement of his arm and he was still standing in place.

Rocky goes back to the vial of red Dust and gently sniffs it, making sure not to inhale the dust into his nostrils and sneeze by accident.

"Ah… now this has a more spicy and passionate scent. I think I shall buy it." Rocky said and gently holds the vial in his hand.

The henchman gritted his teeth and finally had enough with this cocky and arrogant faunus who was making a fool out of him.

"Why you little-!" He growled as he pulled the trigger, not even believing a mere wooden cork will stop his bullet ... except that it somehow did.

The moment the trigger was pulled, the wooden cork somehow stopped the bullet from exiting the muzzle and caused it to backfire. Somehow, the bullet suddenly shot out of the other end of the gun and BARELY flew over the guy's head and shot through his hat, leaving a bullet sized hole.

The henchman was speechless at what just happened and that shouldn't be physically possible.

Apparently, Rocky also used his semblance for that to happen to just by using the cork to make that happen.

"Or just plain comedy. Let's call it that." He casually notes and turns his attention back to the henchman who was still shocked out of his wits at what just happened.

Before Rocky could say anything witty, there was a loud sound of an impact that was followed by a crashing sound.

Near the entrance, Roman was busily waiting for his hired henchmen to get the job done… but seeing one of them flying doesn't make him bat an eye. He just lazily gestures his head to another nearby henchman and orders him to deal with it. The henchman runs over to the threat, which turns out to be that hooded girl, and aims his own gun at her.

"Freeze!" He shouts but he has no idea who he's dealing with.. And it's too late to even pull the trigger for him.

But the scenery now shows outside of the store to one of the windows… and we see the young hooded girl and henchman crashing through the window… with the hooded girl coming out with a flying kick and sending the henchman crashing outside.

"And now comes the epic theme song!" Rocky spouted out loud as the music was blaring and Rocky can hear it, despite that there isn't suppose to be any music that is heard because it's coming from the girl's headphones.

Through the window, Roman and the henchmen watch the girl, who is now outside, stand up on her two feet and reveals her weapon that Rocky saw earlier. It transforms and unfolds itself into a new shape which now looks like a black and red, large mechanical scythe. But if one could look closer, the handle also looks to be the part of an advanced sniper rifle, as it has all the features of one. Basically, it's a hybrid of a sniper rifle and a scythe.

She turns her head around and smirks towards her opponents, now revealing her face. She's a young girl at the age of 15, standing at 5'2", with black, neck length, choppy hair that graduates to red at the tips. She also has a pair of silver eyes. Rocky can also see she's wearing a brooch with bullets and even her emblem which looks like a rose that's silver in color.

She twirls her weapon of choice with ease and slams the pointed tip of the blade into the road that she cratered it and sent tiny splintered pieces flying in the air., while her cape gently flaps in the wind. Seconds after the pose, she turns off the music from her headphones she was holding in her other hand.

"Oh come on! I was enjoying that part of the song!" Rocky complained but the henchman that was confronting him who also saw the girl outside turned his attention back to the faunus.

"Just what are you babbling about?!" The henchman yelled. Finally confused and unable to comprehend what is going on.

"This." Rocky answered and does an epic drop kick that sends the henchman flying through the other window, shattering it and sending him skidding across the ground which shortly stopped.

Roman, the other henchman, and even the girl took notice and stared at the window whom they see Rocky leaping out of the window, doing several epic flips in midair, and gracefully lands on his feet, about 10 feet away from the silver eyed girl.

The girl turned her attention to the mysterious figure and she instantly figured he's a faunus since she saw his tail feathers. She hasn't met too many faunus in her life but she knows what they are and he's no human for having a pair of tail feathers.

"Whoa." The girl said in surprise, especially awed by Rocky's epic acrobatics and landing with such grace. She was so busy reading the weapon magazines and drowning her ears in her music, she never even noticed him in the store for once until right now.

The henchman that Rocky drop kicked out of the window was shuffling away from Rocky and now looked to be in utter distress. First the cork in the bullet and now the drop kick, he's just not catching a break at this moment.

"J-Just… Wh… Who are you?!" The henchman stuttered, staring at the faunus who is now slowly standing up but still has his back turned. He quickly draws his double barreled revolvers from under his coat and twirls with delicate precision.

The silver eyed girl suddenly had stars in her eyes and made a loud gasp of awe as she eyed those awesome revolvers.

"Who am I, you say?" Rocky answered, sounding mysterious and even a bit dark. He turns around, gets into his signature stance, and gives the answer, in a deep and low pitched voice.

"I'm Batman."

There was an awkward silence that nobody.

Nobody knows what the word of that name even means and they all just stared at him in silence. Even the silver eyed girl didn't understand what the faunus was trying to say that makes sense.

Roman puffed his cigar and just stared at the guo in silence, but he was especially appalled by the roadrunner faunus sounding like an idiot.

"Okayyyy…." Roman droned at the sudden awkwardness, especially towards Rocky who wasn't making any sense to the situation. It's obvious that these two are gonna be a pain in the ass to his heist which is already being ruined.

He looks at the other henchmen that were still standing and gestures his head towards the two teens, giving them the signal to attack them. "Get em!"

Taking the commands of Roman, the remaining henchmen exit the building and charge toward duo who don't look indimitated in the slightest.

"Whelp. Seems like it's time to kick ass and chew bubblegum… and I'm all out of bubblegum." Rocky boasts in which, this time, made the silver eyed girl snicker at that one-liner but she quickly regained her focus and turned her attention to the henchman.

Both the silver eyed girl and roadrunner faunus spring into action.

For the girl, one henchman tried to slash her but she jumped up and balanced on her scythe that was still embedded to the ground. With impressive acrobatic skills, she spun around with enough momentum to smash her feet into his face and sends him flying back, even knocking his sunglasses off his face. Rocky noted that impressive move as he too is an acrobatic.

Next, she landed on the ground and gets into position by holding her scythe behind her back. She pulls the trigger of her weapon that causes it to shoot a powerful shot that causes it to recoil and uses the momentum to spin her around and smashes her scythe-gun against another henchman that sent him flying upwards. Rocky swore he saw rose petals upon impact.

Than she uses the rest to slam it down on another like a hammer which knocked him down and out. She dodged another henchman unloading his machine gun on her by shooting her gun which propelled her away which she zigzagged all over the place, with the help of her gun's recoil, until she blitzed the fourth henchman which resulted her ramming into him that sent him hurtling into the air. She stopped by raking the blade into the pavement which sent her swinging upwards smashing that henchman back into the ground near Roman.

At the same time, Rocky also got into action, while also glimpsing at the silver eyed girl and seeing what she can do which impressed him.

One henchman tried to slice him with a sword but Rocky casually sidestepped to the side and tripped him, causing him to trip forward but Rocky reached out and grabbed him but the back of his collar and easily tosses him into another henchman that sends them both tumbling away. Another henchman tried to shoot him but Rocky beat him by already shooting one of his revolvers and fires an explosive First Dust bullet that explodes on contact and sends him flying.

During her fight, the silver eyed girl also kept in eye on Rocky and she couldn't help fangirl on his weapons that she was grinning… they just look so cool!

Another henchman managed to get near Rocky and tried to hit him with an overhead chop but Rocky casually blocks it with one of his revolvers and presses his other revolver against the blade and pulls the trigger, shooting a regular bullet that shatters the sword to metal splinters. The goon steps back and looks at his now broken blade in shock until Rocky twirled his gun and was now holding it by the barrel. He swung his gun like a club which slammed the handle against the goon's cheek and sends him rolling dozens of feet away.

Rocky than mixed Water Dust with some Earth Dust and created some Mud Dust which was dark brown in color. He shot a mud ball that splattered into the face of yet another henchman but the mud also splashed all over the ground which made most of them slip and fall to the ground. Rocky than fired an Ice Dust bullet which froze the mud which the henchmen got stuck in.

He suddenly dashed forward and did a crazy roundhouse kick on another henchman and sent him flying towards the stuck henchmen which shattered the frozen mud and also sent them hurtling in the air like bowling pins.

Most of all, the henchman that tried to shoot Rocky back inside the store finally had it and charged at full speed, with his sword drawn.

"That's it! I had with you! I'm taking you down, even if it's the last thing I'll do!" He screamed, coming at Rocky from behind who doesn't even bother moving. Just as the henchman was about to swing down, Rocky suddenly perform a backhand and smacked the man right in the face, so hard that it broke his sunglasses which shattered and fell off his face.

The henchman stumbled back and turned around, dazed from the hit.

Than Rocky did something unexpectedly as he grabbed the back of the guy's pants.

"ATOMIC WEDGIE!" Rocky shouted and yanked the henchman's tighty whities out of his pants so high that he even folds them over his head. The henchman gave out a painful squeal before Rocky gave him a hard kick in the butt that sent him skidding towards Roman.

"There. That takes care of all of you." Rocky said out loud.

The silver eyed girl saw that part and couldn't help but laugh at the spectacle of the wedgie. Though, she got over that quickly and got a good look at Rocky's revolvers that she's more interested. She started to comically dart towards him with stars in her eyes once more.

"Are those double barreled revolvers?!" She frantically asked as she was darting around Rocky and inspecting those cool weapons. "So awesome! I've never seen these in person! They are so rare and they are also very hard to make! Did you even make them?!"

Rocky was caught by surprise and was a little astonished of this hyperactive young girl taking a liking to his weapons.

"Uhh… Yeah I-" Rocky tried to answer but the girl interrupted again, this time she suddenly turned into some chibi version of herself which didn't seem to shock or surprise Rocky.

"How long did you have them?! How often do you use them in combat?! How many bullets and Dust cartridges do they hold?! How can your weapons mix Dust without causing unstable results?! Can you combine all the Dust into one awesome combination?! Did I also mention how awesome your outfit and mohawk are?!" Basically, the girl was just asking too many questions and she was zipping all around Rocky like some a pesky insect but Rocky wasn't that annoyed and couldn't help but chuckle in amusement.

"Too many questions! Too many questions!" He shouted but out of amusement rather than annoyance.

Suddenly, the chibi version of the girl stopped zipping around, along with giving off a look of shock and slight embarrassment. She suddenly shifted back into her default appearance and gave a sheepish grin.

"Eh he he he…" She nervously chuckled while still holding her weapon. "Sorry about that. Just got a little too excited on your weapon since… you know… me and my addictive love for weapons?"

Rocky smirked and chuckled, amused by this girl's obsession for weapons. It's like looking at a kid at a candy shop… or more like a kid at a weapons shop.

Before Rocky could say anything, they turned their attention back to Roman looked unamused.

"You were worth every cent." Roman sarcastically said to the pathetic display of the henchmen he hired not even landing a single hit on the two teens. "Truly, you were."

He turns his attention back to Ruby and Rocky, as he takes his cigar out of his mouth.

"Well, Red and Bird Brain-" Rocky grew a tick mark on his head, not liking that nickname given to him. "-I think we can all say it's been an eventful evening." Torchwick dropped the cigar to the ground and puts it out beneath his cane. Rocky notices the bottom of the cane has a cut out design that looks like the face of a jack-o-lantern, indicating that's his emblem.

Roman than raised his cane and aimed it towards the duo. "And as much as I'd love to stick around…."

Rocky notices the bottom of the cane has a hole in it….

"I'm afraid this…"

Much to Rocky's surprise, the bottom opens which reveals itself to be a reticle and the hole is the muzzle… basically, the cane is also a gun.

"... is where we part ways."

Roman pulls the trigger and fires a flaming projectile of Fire Dust that sounded like a firework going off. It hurtled towards the duo but the silver eyed girl shot her gun to the ground which sent her upwards and Rocky managed to react to the projectile and leapt out of the way. Once it hit the spot they were standing on, the projectile created a large and powerful explosion that tore up the pavement.

Rocky and his apparent new acquaintance safely landed back on the ground and look towards Roman but he's nowhere to be seen. Nothing but the downed henchmen whom were all incapacitated.

"What that?! Where did he go?!" Rocky said out loud and darted his head around

The girl turned her head around to find any sighs of Roman.

"Over there!" She alerted Rocky and pointed at Roman who was climbing up the ladder of a nearby building towards the roof.

"Huh. Either he has super speed that we didn't know about or I'm otherwise baffled how he got over there so fast…" Rocky said out loud.

Back near the shop, the Shopkeep comes out of the door and looks relieved he's saved and the targets are neutralized. He even noticed some lien are placed on his countertop. When Rocky was about to jump out that window earlier, he bought the Fire Dust he chose and paid for it with the right amount of lien.

"You okay if we should go after him?" The girl turned her head to the Shopkeep who was now at the exit of his shop and looking at the duo.

"Uh huh!" The shopkeep nodded.

"Yeah. I mean, his shop was getting robbed and he had a gun pointed at his head... so there's no need for a guess what his answer would be." Rocky added.

And with that, the two teens are in pursuit and chase after the nefarious criminal. Roman managed to reach the top and starts running again but the girl used her sniper-scythe to boost her up but she also grabbed Rocky by his arm and hoisted him up with her and both reached the top in a near instant.

"Hey!" The girl shouted at Roman who stopped in his tracks since he heard her.

"Yeah, you!" Rocky added. "Stop running like a coward and face us! I thought you were some nefarious crime boss known all over Vale, not some uptight pretty boy who is running with his tail between his legs!" He further mocked.

Hearing what that faunus just said to him…. made Roman tighten his fist that's wrapped around his cane and barely had enough self control to not snap.

"Persistent…" He sighed under his breath, obviously annoyed of these two teenagers ruining his heist and now one of them has the guts to insult him.

Before Rocky could step forward, he heard a loud sound that got even louder by the second. It was coming from the other side of the building. Seconds after, something huge appears from the other side and is flying above everyone.

It's a Bullhead; a Vertical Take off and Landing vehicle and it's havering right in front of Roman and the two teens.

"Is that a Bullhead?!" Rocky says out loud. He's seen them before and those are the kinds of aircraft that the Snake Eye ninjas and the Spiders have used to try looking for him back in Kuchinashi. Thankfully, Wily's disguise fooled them enough for Rocky to get away in time and here is now.

The Bullhead was so close by that it's propulsion system was creating a large gust of wind that the silver eyed girl's hair was blowing in the wind and Rocky's mohawk was also getting blown and falling apart.

"This is getting interesting, now!" Rocky shouted as loud as he could over the loud noise the Bullhead was making.

Inside the Bullhead, somebody is piloting it but nobody can see who it is but Rocky swore he got a mere glimpse that looks like a woman.

The side hull opens up and Roman jumps in. He turns around and glares at the two teens that are now being a thorn in his side.

"End of the line, both of you!" Roman shouts as he tosses a large crystal of red Fire Dust towards the duo but it suddenly exploded in halfway towards the duo. The explosion was also very massive that it even pushed the Bullhead back a bit which also caused the pilot to put in effort to steady the vehicle and Roman stumbled around and trying to keep balance.

"What the-?!"

Standing there was Rocky with steam billowing out of the barrel of his revolver.

"Sorry, pal. But it's gonna take more than tossing a piece of Dust like a bean bag and shooting it to make it explode to catch us off guard." Rocky explained and smirks. The girl was smirking too and she too would have thought of that.

Roman gritted his teeth and suddenly pulled out two Dust crystals in one hand each. It's another Fire Dust crystal but he also had a Lightning Dust crystal too.

"Oh yeah, Bird Brain?! Than how about this?!" He tossed the Lightning Dust crystal first and the Fire one shortly after.

But Rocky quickly figured what Roman was trying to do but the silver eyed girl wanted to follow Rocky's example and aims her rifle.

"Wait! Don't shoo-!" But it was too late. The silver eyed girl shot the Lighting Dust crystal which exploded. While it did create a massive explosion of electricity that was in midair, it didn't hit anyone and also sent bolts of lighting in nearly every direction, some even scorching parts of the roofs and nearby buildings. It nearly hitting the teenagers which distracted them long enough for the Fire Dust crystal. The Bullhead

Roman ainms his cane and fires at the crystal, this time, intending to cause a large explosion that will surely kill, or at least incapacitate, those brats.

"Oh Cra-!" Rocky shouted but he also saw something darted right in front of him and the girl, just before the projectile hits the crystal which caused a massive explosion.

"Whoa-ho-ho-ho!" Roman cheered, believing he's beaten those nuisances and feeling satisfied. However, the dust was clearing and Roman saw something that surprised him. "Huh?"

When the smoke cleared, Rocky and the silver eyed girl was fine and unscathed. What caused them to be alive, however, was revealed.

There was a large purple glyph with arcane runes. Each circle of runes that made up the glyph were spinning in different directions and it turned out to be the thing that shielded the teens from certain doom.

The person who summoned the glyph revealed herself to be a woman. A full fledged huntress, if you will.

The huntress stands at a staggering 6'5", is somewhere around her mid to late 30's, maybe even into her 40's, and has a pale skin complexion. Her eyes are bright green and her hair is light blonde tied in a bun and with a curl hanging down the right side of her face.

She wears a white long-sleeved , pleated top that has a wide keyhole neckline, which also shows off her cleavage of her rather impressive chest, and gauntlet cuffs that flare in pleats at her wrists. For her lower body, she wears a black high-waisted pencil skirt with bronze buttons that tightly wraps around her wide hips, blackish-brown stockings wrapped around her thick legs, and black boots with bronze heels.

For accessories, she has thin ovular glasses, teal earrings, and a black cape with stylized ends that resembles flames and arrows, along with a pair of beads on the back of her cape which also has her emblem which resembles a tiara.

For combat, she holds a riding crop which she uses as her wand… but Rocky, at first, mistook her using it for… something else.

Rocky snapped out of his thoughts and instantly recognized who she is.

"No way! That's Glynda Goodwitch! A high ranked professor of Beacon and personal assistant to Headmaster Ozpin!" Rocky thought, taking a good look at Glynda Goodwitch and seeing her in person for the first time, only hearing about her on paper and seeing images of that are about Beacon… and she is quite gorgeous looking, especially her glasses and impressive hourglass figure. "And… wow. Such beauty and grace…" He also thought but quickly snaps out of his stupor and takes the situation seriously again.

Gylnda was busily minding her own business, in downtown Vale, doing an errand for Ozpin in preparation for the opening of Beacon and opening exam to welcome students. That is, she heard the commotion and explosions, alerting her to investigate stat and now she finds these two teenagers fighting off against Roman and now she has to deal with this directly.

"Hmph." Glynda scoffs at Roman, easily recognizing him and knowing who he is, and adjusts her glasses, before getting into battle.

She swings her riding crop, which she uses as a wand, and launches a volley of purple energy that streak towards the Bullhead and bombards it many times over. Roman stumbled around, again, and heads to the cockpit where the pilot is trying her best to keep the aircraft steady. But since she's now seen, she doesn't look like an ordinary pilot but her face remains unseen.

"We got a huntress!" Roman informed the mysterious woman who gets out of her seat and deals with Glynda, letting Roman pilot the Bullhead.

Glynda, however, wasn't finished and shot another purple streak just above the Bullhead which created a storm cloud. She gestured and swung her riding crop downwards which caused the storm cloud to unleash a hail of large Ice shards that easily pierce through the Bullhead's thick metal hull. One shard went through the visor and almost impaled Roman who barely leaned out of the way which the shard impaled the seat he was sitting in.

During the whole thing, Rocky and the silver eyed girl were in awe by Glynda showing her power and she's able to stagger such a large aircraft with ease and using the Dust she wields to great effect. But it was short lived when Rocky heard what sounded like clinking glass.

The first thing he saw are a pair of slender legs that are wearing a pair of high heel shoes that are made of glass. He looked a bit upwards and sees the figure is a woman that has to be in her early 20's and stands at 5'11", with a fair skin complexion and ashen-black hair..

She appears to be wearing a dark red, v-neck, mini dress that exposes her shoulders and has yellow accents across the sleeves and the chest of the dress. The right part of the dress has an opening slit that slightly exposes her right thigh and it also has a blue feathery-like accessory adorning it. Just above the knees, the dress ends with an upside-down triangular tail.

Her sleeves end in a triangle shape that wraps around her middle fingers and her fingernails are painted dark red a dark choker around her neck. She wears a black choker around her neck, black shorts under her dress, her right ear has a gold loop earring with a black gem dangling from it, and a jeweled anklet wrapped around her right leg that's just above her foot.

On the back of her dress is a baseball diamond shaped keyhole that shows a black tattoo on her back. Unlike Nigel or Gale's tattoos, this one is smaller which resembles two high heel shoes placed sole to sole which forms a heart shape on the inside.

Though, her face is hidden in the shadows as only her glowing amber eyes which one is covered by a bang of her black hair.

The woman glared at Glynda who glared back at her, both knowing this was just a warm up.

The mysterious woman got into her stance, as the yellow designs of her dress suddenly light up and radiate a glow, like burning embers.

"Dust weaved into clothes?" Rocky thought, curious of the unique ingenuity of weaving dust into clothing.

Her hand also seemed to have caught fire and she waved her arms around, right before launching a fireball at Gylnda but the huntress makes a glyph which shields her from the fireball. Once it dissipated, the remains of the fireball scattered and splattered around Glynda in a liquid state.

The woman raised her hand which caused the liquid fire to heat up the ground, alerting Glynda to backflip just in time before a massive burst of fire erupted from below and tore up the roof, like a lava geyser. But Glynda wasn't finished and, with a few gestures of her crop, used her semblance called Telekinesis to gather the scattered and burnt pieces of the roof and formed them into a massive arrow. She spun it around until it was spinning like a drill and launched it ahead but the woman shot the arrow three times which scattered the arrow into fragments again but Glynda used her semblance again and reforms the arrow, albeit, a bit shorter and less material in use.

Roman saw this and did a daring manevar by forcing the Bullhead to lean to the side a bit that caused the launched material to harmlessly graze the top of the airship. But Glynda, yet again, isn't done and reforms the material but into three separate portions to make it harder for the woman to counter against.

"Man. This feels like some kind of high tense action that you can find in an anime!" Rocky thought.

The woman took notice of Glynda's attempt to throw her off and summons three glowing rings around her which then creates an omnidirectional burst of energy that disintegrates the arrows into tiny embers that disappear seconds after.

Rocky and the silver eyed girl opened fire with their respective weapons but the woman casually raised one of her hands and casually blocked them with her hand that's shielded by her aura but the constant bombardment of an advanced sniper rifle and two double barreled revolvers eventually forced her to use both of her hands but she still looked pretty casual doing it that she isn't breaking a sweat.

Rocky wanted to amp it up by adding some Dust to the mix….

Ba-Bump…

Rocky suddenly felt and heard a strange noise that momentarily stopped him in place. It sounded like a loud drumming tune… almost like a loud heartbeat.

To Rocky, it felt like it came from.. every direction and even felt like it came from inside him too. But that's not the only thing that Rocky is feeling… he also feels… a slight amount of dread for a momentary second. His breathing suddenly went faster and his pupils shrunk a little.

This made Glynda and the hooded girl take notice and wondered why Rocky suddenly stopped shooting but this gave the mysterious woman enough time to swipe her arm in a gesture and caused the ground beneath the two human girls and male faunus on the rooftop to glow right under their feet. Glynda had no choice but to use her semblance to shove both the girl and Rocky out of the way and she too jumped out of the way before the ground exploded in a large explosion of heat and flame.

That distraction was enough for the Bullhead to escape, while the mysterious woman watches on and the hull closes. The airship takes off and flies off into the distance.

Glynda stares at the Bullhead getting away with a rather serious frown which likely shows she's frustrated she could of caught and arrested Roman and possibly that Mysterious Woman to and find out who she is.

As for Rocky and the girl, they both got up on their feet but Rocky seems a bit dazed. The strange drumming sound and the sense of dread that affected Rocky has suddenly disappeared. He couldn't understand why or where that sudden noise and sense of dread has come from but it apparently stopped right

"You okay?" Asked the hooded girl who helped Rocky onto his feet. He rubbed his temples for a moment. Though, as much as she doesn't really like making friends, much to her annoyance from her sister who's constantly encouraging her to make some, she only helped him up because she's a nice girl… and also because Rocky has such badass weapons so that's another big reason.

"Yeah. I'm fine. Thanks for your concern, though." He answered with a genuine smile.

Than the two turned their attention to Glynda who stared back at them… who doesn't look very happy.

Rocky notices that and feels very nervous since that's one stern and serious she's giving off.

"You're a huntress…" She says calmly.

Rocky couldn't say a word because he notices the look in Glynda's eyes… the eyes that do not approve of what Rocky and the girl just did. In fact, another problem he is facing is that he's trying his best to stare at her face. For a split second, he looked down at her cleavage but instantly looked back at her face which was giving a stern glare.

He sweatdropped and nervously chuckled, silently hoping she didn't see what he was looking at for a split second, but the girl isn't getting the memo and is now up close to Glynda, with adorable eyes, and looking so happy.

"Can I have your autograph?!" She pleads excitedly, with glee in her eyes of meeting an awesome huntress.

Rocky wanted to facepalm how naive she sounded and not getting the memo that Glynda's expression is saying signing an autograph is the last thing on her mind. In fact, her expression also tells them both him and the girl are in big trouble…..

"And cue the transition of what shall happen next." Rocky lampshaded.

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Half an hour later. Some random building.

As if on cue, Rocky and the red hooded girl are now seen in some dark room of a building, with a light over their heads, and sitting at a table next to each other. The girl looked down in shame while Rocky just sat in his seat with his arms crossed and his expression was how obvious it was he and the girl would get into trouble.

Glynda was walking around with an advanced tablet and scolding the two teens for what they have done tonight.

"I hope you two realize that your actions tonight will not be taken lightly." Glynda scolded, as she paced around the room and her high heels clicking across the floor. "You put yourselves and others in great danger."

"They started it!" The girl says, trying to give an excuse.

"Yeah!" Rocky agreed. "I mean, they were robbing a Dust shop and had the shop owner at gunpoint. We had to do something and we were the only ones around in hopes of stopping him!" He added further and trying to sound reasonable of doing the right thing of saving the Shopkeep.

Truthfully, Glynda heard Rocky's statements and sees his are more reasonable than the young girl's but she still remained stern since they still acted a bit recklessly.

"For what you have stated may be true, young man." Glynda responded to Rocky but still looked stoic. "That still doesn't excuse the fact you and the young lady's actions still put a lot of risk on everyone else and even yourselves. You should be thankful I managed to arrive on time and prevented something bad that could've happened to you."

She does have a point, Rocky admitted, thinking about that mysterious woman who seemed pretty powerful and had a whole pool of moves and abilities that he hasn't seen before. She casually blocked their bullets with her bare hands and could've likely countered Rocky's more powerful Dust combination… and not to mention that sense of dread and drumming noise he suddenly heard had stopped him in place. Even now, he still didn't know who or what caused it or any sign of the source came from that caused him to feel scared.

But that's for another time as Rocky now hears Glynda talking again.

"If it were up to me, you two be sent home…"

Rocky nervously gupled, waiting to hear what Glynda is gonna say for their predicament… hoping it doesn't involve his secret past… despite that Glynda doesn't know it.

"...With a pat on the back." She answered, sounding like it's not a big deal.

The girl smiled and Rocky sighed in relief. "Well that doesn't sound that bad." He said out loud but instantly regretted saying that when he saw Glynda turned her head towards them with her eyes narrowed even more, like she heard what Rocky said, and her expression that says 'You think it's that easy?'

"And a slap on the wrist." She sternly added. Without warning, she swung her crop down on the table which sent out a loud cracking sound like that of a whip. The girl barely moved her arms that barely avoided the crop with a loud "EEK!" while Rocky also avoided it and looked completely surprised out of his wits with a loud "YIPE!"

"Why do I suddenly feel like she may or may not be using that crop for…. Other things?" Rocky thought but tried not to think any further as his face felt slightly warmer.

"But…." Glynda drones as if she doesn't like what she's about to say. "...there is someone here who would like to meet you."

"Girl scout cookies?" Rocky blurted out which made the hooded girl snicker and Glynda wanting to facepalm but kept her posture and her face that remained unamused.

"Not quite… but your guess is close enough." Said a male voice, that sounded amused to Rocky's question. Entering from the doorway is tall, well dressed, middle aged man who stands at 6'6", has a pale skin complexion, silver tousled hair, black eyebrows, and sharp facial features that give him a wise and patient expression.

He wears a green shirt and a dark green, buttoned vest under an unzipped black coat. He also wears black trouser shoes and long, dark green pants. On the cowl around his neck, he has a small cross-shaped, purple pin on it. He wears a pair of shaded glass spectacles with the end pieces near the spectacles being in a zigzag pattern.

In his right hand, he holds a plate of chocolate chip cookies. In his left hand, he holds his personal white mug with the Beacon Academy emblem on it which also holds his hot cocoa.

It's none other than Professor Ozpin; the famous Headmaster of Beacon.

Rocky was actually surprised seeing Ozpin, of all people, to show up and meet him, along with the girl, at a time like this. He thought was back at the academy and in his office… but nope, here is, in the flesh, and with a plate of chocolate cookies. Apparently, based on the girl's expression, she seems to know him too.

"Ruby Rose…." Ozpin calmly says and approaches the two teens. He leans a bit closer to Ruby and examines her. Though, he does show interest about Rocky as well but he's mainly focused on Ruby.

"You….. have silver eyes." He calmly noted, as if he's deeply curious and interested about her eyes.

That made Rocky raised an eyebrow. In fact, he did take notice that she does in fact have silver eyes.

"Silver eyes… Silver eyes….. Why does that ring a bell to me….?" Rocky thought. Normally, he has seen a whole variety of eye colors but he has never seen silver eyes before… though, his trainer has once told him that he claims to have met people with silver eyes and they are said to have "mystical" powers that can easily kill any Grimm with a glare. Though, Rocky wasn't sure if the "mystical" part is even true. Rocky just shrugged his shoulders and continued to listen, but he'll keep that in mind if he feels like bringing it up again another time.

"U-Um…." Ruby tried to say something, while sounding confused. Rocky noticed that made him feel like she may not understand what Ozpin is saying about her eyes… interesting.

Than he turns his head towards Rocky.

"And you, young man, must be Rocky Rhode Runner. Are you, in fact, one of the assigned students that will be attending Beacon Academy this year?"

Right, he knew their names because Glynda asked Rocky and Ruby to show her their ID cards to confirm their identity and now everything's okay which she informed to Ozpin. Not to mention Ruby couldn't help but snicker how that name sounded like the animal of the faunus he is but Rocky ignored it and responded to Ozpin.

"Yes, sir." Rocky answered, showing his greatest amount of respect to the headmaster. When it comes to headmasters, Rocky does his best to show his greatest respect to them. "I'm actually honored and looking forward to attending your academy."

"That is quite an honor, indeed." He said in gratitude but now focuses on a new subject.

"So. Where did you two learn to do this?" Ozpin said, changing the subject and gesturing to the tablet that Glynda is holding which shows the footage of Ruby and Rocky in action, kicking henchman ass and looking so good doing it. Though, to Rocky, couldn't help but notice the footage looks too good and up close… like the angles you could only see in a movie or some kind of action anime.

"Huh… the angles and close up of the footage looks way too good to be convenient." He thought.

Though, Ruby seemed a bit hesitant until she answered in an awkward tone. "S-Signal Academy." She nervously grinned.

"I really don't like sharing much but let's just say I've been taking some personal lessons from several people I met and temporarily stayed with until I move on and eventually trained the rest by myself to perfect my skills." Rocky said, while keeping a straight face. He's right on being trained but he, in reality, was only trained by one person until an incident made left him on his own to train the rest by himself.

Ozpin nodded. He deeply respects people and their boundaries of not feeling comfortable wanting to share too much about themselves and let's that slide.

He turns his attention back to Ruby. "They taught you, Ruby, to use one of the most dangerous weapons ever designed?" Ozpin informed, referring to her scythe.

"Speaking of that… that is one big scythe and I admit she's able to wield that with some impressive skill and ease. Way better than any other scythe wielder that I've seen in my life… so far." Rocky thought again, feeling impressed with Ruby's skills with that scythe-sniper rifle hybrid of a weapon.

"Well, one teacher in particular." Ruby answered.

"I see…." Ozpin noted, as he puts down the plate of cookies he has in front of both Rocky and Ruby.

"Oooo! Chocolate Chip!" Rocky says as he reached out and grabbed one. He took a bite and savored the taste. The rich chocolate chips that cover the cookies that he can taste across his tongue. Such a fine art of baked delectables.

However, much to his shock, Rocky suddenly saw Ruby stuff a whole cookie in her mouth, followed by stuffing her face with several more in rapid succession.

"Holy cow!" Rocky thought in shock. "Just where is she putting all that?! And she's gonna be eating them all!" He reached out and snatched a few more for himself before the plate was completely empty.

Ozpin couldn't help but chuckle in amusement while Glynda was less than amused by remained silent.

"It's just that I've only seen one other scythe-wielder of that skill before." Ozpin says as he looks away and tries to remember something. "A dusty, old crow."

"Mmmm! Thash muh unkul!" Ruby mumbled with her mouth full which made Ozpin raises an eyebrow.

"Uh… might not wanna talk with your mouth full, before saying something." Rocky advised. As much as a goofball he is at times, even he has standards when it comes to manners… most of the time.

Ruby saw realized that and instantly swallowed her food, wiped her mouth. "Sorry. That's my Uncle Qrow! He's a teacher at Signal!" She says while Ozpin took a sip of his hot cocoa. "I was complete garbage before he took me under his wing. And now, I'm all like-"

She than did some martial arts poses and noises which were hilarious and amused Rocky even more.

Though, Rocky couldn't help but raise an eyebrow at hearing the word Qrow… he sworn he heard that name before from his trainer….

"So I've noticed." Ozpin pointed out, while putting his mug down. "And what is an adorable girl such as yourself doing at a school designed to train warriors?"

Despite that Rocky likely knows why, he's interested in hearing her reason, since he saw how she reacted to his weapons like some crazy fangirl so he would like to hear it.

"Well… I want to be a huntress." Ruby said, saying it clearly like she's being really honest.

"You want to slay monsters?" Ozpin also said, asking if that's what Ruby meant.

"Along with saving citizens, stopping the bad guys, and even doing some other kinds of important and secret missions. Just to name a few." Rocky added by counting his fingers.

"Yeah!" Ruby agreed, even to Rocky's added info about being a huntsman. "I only have two years of training left at Signal. And then I'm going to apply to Beacon."

However, she doesn't stop there and starts saying more about why she wanted to become a Huntress.

"You see, my sister's starting there this year, and she's trying to become a huntress, and I'm trying to become a Huntress 'cause I wanna help people."

"This is the part where she starts rambling on more than necessary.." Rocky whispered and pulls out a small bucket of popcorn and starts chowing down. Feeling a little entertained of Ruby suddenly speeding up her dialogue and getting worked up.

"My parents always taught us to help others, so I thought, 'Hey, I might as well make a career out of it!' I mean the police are alight but huntsman and huntresses are just so much more romantic and exciting, cool, and really, GOSH, YOU KNOW!" She blurted out in excitement and stared at everyone with a big crazy smile on her face.

"Boy, that escalated quickly." Rocky said out loud.

Glynda and Ozpin didn't bat an eye, as they stared at her for one more second until they turned towards Rocky.

"And for what reason do you wish to attend to my academy, Mr. Runner?" the headmaster asked the faunus.

Now this is where Rocky got slightly tense, trying to keep a poker face and quickly thinking of a reason that he already knows why.

"Well, let's just say I came all the way from Mistral and mostly lived on my own from there. After so many adventures and stuff I have been through, I decided to come to Vale and become a huntsman so I can find something new to my life. Though, I'm honestly not sure where to go from there but I'm just riding along and see what I may encounter in the academy and being a huntsman may do for me." Rocky said, reasonably. Though, he was only saying half of the truths and kept out the parts he doesn't want to really share and keep to himself. He's just not ready to reveal the complete story about himself.

"Fair enough." Ozpin said and nodded to Rocky, respecting his decisions. Besides, he's especially a man with open arms who's willing to invite every kind of individuals of different backgrounds, titles, origins, and especially purpose and dreams, to attend his academy.

"Anyways. Do you two know who I really am?" The headmaster of Beacon asked. Though, it sounded like he was testing them but he especially figures they know who he is.

Ruby calmed down and gave him the answer. "You're Professor Ozpin."

"AKA the Headmaster of Beacon and one of a kind of headmaster in Vale like no other." Rocky added, now feeling like part of the conversation.

"Hello." Ozpin greeted with a smile.

"Nice to meet you." Both Ruby and Rocky greeted back, at the same time.

"You both want to come to my school?"

This surprised everyone in the room of what he just said about inviting a 15 year old girl, who needs only two years in Signal Academy

"More than anything." Ruby said, sounding so eager and desperate of getting that chance to attend Beacon.

"Oh, so we got somebody who might be getting a special pass to attend one of the best academies in Remnant." Rocky chimed and looked interested. Despite just meeting Ruby not too long ago, he's starting to like her enthusiasm.

Ozpin turns his head towards Glynda and sees if she approves of this. She rolls her eyes and looks away with a rather dull "hmph."

"Well okay." Ozpin simply said. Finally giving Ruby the chance to attend his academy. Ruby's grin slowly widened even more. She cannot believe what she just heard… Ozpin has accepted her into Beacon, even if she's two years behind!

"Well, seems you get a free pass to skip Signal and attend Beacon." Rocky noted and raises his hand. "Welcome to the club."

Ruby smiles and gives Rocky a high five. "Yeah!"

Ozpin chuckles and watches the two teens, especially Ruby, having a good time.

"I believe our interview and interrogation here are done" Ozpin says as he stands back up and picks up his mug and the empty plate off the table. "You two are now dismissed. Since you are now officially part of Beacon, Miss Rose, Glynda will gladly fill in the papers for that and inform both Signal and the rest of Beacon of your attendance," Ozpin smirks and glances at Glynda who narrowed her eyes at Ozpin for putting emphasis on that certain word he said. She remains silent and walks off with the tablet and starts using it to sign Ruby Rose up for Beacon.

"Also, Miss Rose, I already contacted your father about what you were in. Your sister is on her way to pick you up so she should be here very soon." Ozpin also added. "But since I just sighed you up for Beacon, I'm afraid I didn't inform your father about you are coming to Beacon so I shall have to call him again and let him know."

"Huh. Wonder who Ruby's sister may be." Rocky thought as he watched Ozpin preparing to depart.

"I advise you two should head out and pack yourselves. Because, on the day after tomorrow, your training in Beacon will begin and the entrance exam will start from there" He said, as he turns around and walks towards the to the exit of the room but stops right before leaving and looks back at the two over his shoulder and smiles. "You should feel grateful I decided to add you to Beacon, Miss Rose. Use that opportunity wisely. It will not be a very easy path for you… but I have some personal beleif you can pull through and stand among your older peers as equals. Who knows… maybe you might even become a leader of your very own team."

Ruby smiles and looks very excited to be attending the academy she has dreamed of joining in. What's even more exciting is that she can now attend with her sister at the same school on the same year!

Ozpin than turns his head to Rocky. "Same goes to you, Mr. Runner. I do hope you figure out something for yourself when you become a huntsman."

"Yeah, thanks." Rocky said and smiles back.

"Well then. I'll see you tomorrow… and good luck attending my academy and hoping for the best you two. Have a good night." He said and leaves the room, leaving Ruby and Rocky who are now standing up and ready to leave.

A few minutes later, Rocky and Ruby exits the building and were about to go their separate ways to their respective places where they sleep. Ruby stands in place and waits for her sister while Rocky is gonna leave but decides to stay just a little longer to give Ruby some company.

"Well, congratulations on getting into Beacon, Ruby." Rocky said to Ruby who turned her head and cheerfully smiled back

"Thanks!" Ruby chimed and was barely trying to contain herself. "Oh this is gonna be so cool! I'm attending Beacon Academy that my older sister, Yang, is also attending, on the same year no less! Oh I can't wait to tell her when I get back home! She's gonna be so….. Oh." She calmly said in a dreaded tone of realization.

"What? Why you look so scared all of a sudden?" Rocky asked, taking notice of Ruby looking like she saw a ghost.

"It's my big sister…. She's gonna be a complete embarrassment in front of Beacon…." She says, now looking down and looking so deflated.

"What's wrong with that? You should be glad your sister would be proud of you. What does she do that makes her so embarrassing to you?" Rocky asked.

"Well… let's just say she's… a bit overprotective and especially has a huge sisterly affection towards me that it sometimes gets annoying." She pouted.

Rocky may have no siblings in his life so he can't relate with her to that but he can still somewhat understand this Yang is probably just looking out for Ruby as an older sister and deeply cares for her.

"Well, to try and make you feel a little better. While I haven't had any siblings in my experience so I can't relate with you on a personal level… but all I can say is that your sister is probably just looking out for you and that's just her way of expressing how much she loves you as your big sister."

Ruby couldn't help but genuinely smile at that point of advice that Rocky just shared her. For such a badass faunus with such awesome weapons and a rather humorous attitude, he sure knows how to be more genuine and honest in pointing out advice on a more emotional and personal level.

"Hehe… Thanks." She says rather awkwardly. Normally, she doesn't have a lot of other people, besides her sister, her dad, and especially her uncle, as her friend but Rocky seems like a good acquaintance… but she's way more interested in his weapons.

"No prob. Just giving out some advice and that's all I was doing." Rocky said.

The two stood in silence… rather awkwardly as Ruby doesn't know how to properly converse with other people that doesn't involve weapons or family….

Seconds later, a loud rumbling sound was heard in the distance which caught their attention but Ruby already knew what that sound means. In the distance, they see a bright light that was getting closer and the noise was getting louder.

Soon, it came into view and it was a motorcycle which looks more like a sports bike with a very aerodynamic design that gives it great speed. It's color scheme is yellow mixed with bits of orange that blend and mix well with the yellow color scheme.

But the one who is driving it reveals to be a blonde teen girl who is wearing yellow goggles and a yellow helmet with a black symbol on it that looks like a burning heart.

The girl on her bike screeches to a halt, parks her motorcycle in place, and dismounts, while removing her helmet which made the rest of her blonde hair flow out like a wave of golden silk. As she dismounts her bike, Rocky got a good look at her while Ruby was smiling.

The blonde girl, at the age of 17, stood around 5'8", and looked pretty tough for a girl of such beauty. She has lilac colored eyes and long, wavy, and golden blonde hair that reached all the way to her back and a cowlick on the top of her head.

She wears a tan jacket that exposes her midriff, with golden brown piping and short, puffy sleeves with black cuffs that also feature two gold buttons. Underneath the jacket, she wears a yellow tube top that wraps around and covers her rather large and well endowed chest which shows a lot of cleavage, along with her emblem on the left side which is visible. She wears a brown belt that's covered by a pleated brown piece of material that reaches from hip to hip at the back of the waist. Her emblem is located on the right pleat and colored in gold. Underneath that is a pair of black mini shorts and an asymmetrical piece of white material that reaches to her knee.

For footwear, she wears a pair, knee high boots, orange over-the-knee socks, and a gray bandana that's wrapped around her left knee. She also wears an orange infinity scarf around her neck and a pair of fingerless gloves.

Lastly, she appears to be wearing something on her wrists which look like some kind of yellow bracelets but they look very advanced.

The blonde steps off her bike and looks at Ruby. She gives off a worried and relieved expression and runs over to her.

"Ruby!" She called out to her sister.

"Yang!" Ruby also called back, obviously happy to see her sister, now revealed to be Yang. Both sisters run up to each other… and Yang gives Ruby a bearhug that Ruby instantly dreaded that her sister would do and is now struggling to breath.

"Oh, I was so worried for you, Sis!" Yang said in a worried tone. "You have no idea how me and Dad were like when we heard about what happened tonight and you were involved in it! But I'm so glad you're okay!" She said as she squeezed even harder.

"Yang… can't…. breath…." Ruby groaned and felt like she was gonna snap like a twig.

Rocky couldn't help but chuckle how sweet and amusing that was.

Yang eventually stopped and looked at Ruby.. than grabbed and inspected her face to see if she was hurt or anything. Though, she was just teasing her sister and was just being a little playful… and sometimes went a little too far.

"Are you hurt, Ruby? Did you suffer a bruise? Did you bump your head? Did you trip and fall while scraping your knee? Should I get you a bandaid or kiss it for you? Should I call dad and-?" She until Ruby had enough.

"YANG! KNOCK IT OFF!" Ruby shouted and felt so embarrassed, especially in front of Rocky who barely held himself back from bursting into laughter. He was also holding yet another bucket of popcorn and see how this will go.

Yang lets go and Ruby pouts at her sister with puffy cheeks and a serious glare.

"And for the record, Yang, I am able to take care of myself! I'm not a baby anymore so at least treat me like an actual sister at my age! How many times do I have to tell you that?!" She said in an annoyed tone. Yang couldn't help but chuckle nervously as she may have gone overboard and got her sister riled up…. again.

"All right! All right!" Yang says and chuckles, with her hands up as if she's feeling guilty. "You got a point there, Sis, but old habits do die hard, though." She also said which made Ruby pouted even more.

"Besides. I managed to hold my own against those thugs!" Ruby said seriously but doesn't take it personal and knows Yang's just worries for her.

Yang stopped joking and looked sincerely at Ruby, as if she's taking her seriously now.

"Okay, Ruby. Look… I'm sorry for teasing you. You know how much I love you and, as your sister, I am just worried for you…." Yang calmly said.

Ruby calmed down and looked into her sister's eyes and sees that Yang is serious. Though, Ruby knows Yang has teased her lots of times before and it hasn't really gotten old so Ruby can't stay mad at Yang for long.

"Yeah… no worries Yang. I'm also glad to see you too." Ruby replied.

"Good. Dad is also really worried about you. You know how much he loves you and always hopes you are okay… if something bad happened to you…." Yang stopped there and stayed silent which made Ruby frown in slight sadness.

Rocky was hearing the whole thing… he couldn't help but frown as well. Sounds like to him these two sisters really mean a lot to each other and especially to their dad… but no mention about their mother though….. he wonders why... unless….

"I know, Yang… I know how much dad worries for you and me. But I'm okay now and that's all that matters. I can take care of myself and I know how to defend myself." Ruby added.

Yang smiles and the two sisters hug again.

Rocky couldn't help but admire how heartwarming this is between two siblings… it makes Rocky wonder what it's like to have a brother or a sister for once…. He even tried holding back a tear.. comically even.

The two stopped hugging as Yang was about to turn around and head to her bike. That is, she stopped and noticed Rocky in the background who caught her attention. Oh yeah, now she remembered. She him in the corner of her eye when she focused on Ruby when she arrived and now this guy catches her attention but she's unsure what to say about him

"Ruby. Who is this guy? Do you know him?" Yang asked Ruby as she narrowed her eyes at him, feeling suspicious.

Ruby instantly knew that Yang is going into big sister protective mode so she quickly spoke to calm her down. She knows Yang gets very protective of her when they are around other people they don't know…especially young teens that take an interest in Ruby in some ways.

"Yang, hold on. Before you get the wrong idea, he has in fact helped me and fought alongside me against the robbers." Ruby reasoned with Yang who actually looked at Ruby and listened to her.

"Is it true?" Yang asked towards Rocky. Clearly asking him the question. Rocky easily understood Yang was just being cautious and protective of Ruby, especially that she doesn't know Rocky and they just met at this instant already.

Yang looked at his face but his face didn't show deceit or anything of the sort. All she saw was face that was being sincere and truthful.

Rocky stepped forward but slowly, not to make Yang mistake him as some threat.

"What she's saying is true." Rocky said in honesty, walking forward but still giving a presence he means no harm and he just wants to greet Yang. "I have in fact fought alongside your sister against the criminal and his goons. Heck, she even admired my weapons like a kid in a candy store."

That's when Yang couldn't help but suddenly laugh when he mentioned the last part and Ruby couldn't help but blush in embarrassment.

"Yep! That's definitely sis alright!" She laughed.

"Yang!" Ruby pouted yet again but Yang calmed down and took this seriously.

"Alright. I believe you… uh…. what's your name?" She asked sheepishly.

"Oh where are my manners." Rocky blurted out and cleared his throat "Name's Rocky… Rocky Rhode Runner." He said but he quickly said something else before Yang got any funny ideas since she was grinning and wanting to say something funny. "Yes yes. My name makes it sound like "Roadrunner" and also because I'm a roadrunner faunus."

Yang still chuckled, starting to like this guy as he seems very friendly. She grabbed his hand with her right hand and shakes back.

"Well I'm Yang… Yang Xiao Long. Older sister of Ruby Rose and huntress in training of Beacon that I will attend tomorrow… and I also like to start things off with a Yang." She grinned at her favorite pun but Ruby groaned in annoyance of her sister making yet another pun in her hearing distance. Rocky actually laughed along since he considered that funny.

"Well, nice to meet you too." Rocky said. Since he is much closer to her, he notices she's quite good looking but that's not on his mind right now and focuses on the real situation.

"So… I heard you're in fact attending Beacon." Rocky says.

"That I am." Yang smirked. "And it's gonna be awesome! Though, too bad I have to go there myself and leave Ruby behind as she has two more years in Signal Academy. Man do I wish she could just skip the two years and just have her be in the same academy with me so we can right the Grimm on the same battlefield!"

Ruby wanted to actually tell Yang now… but she decided not to as it's already late at night and Yang was worried for Ruby's safety… Ruby decides it's best if her father tells Yang tomorrow morning, since Ozpin has likely already called and informed her father.

Rocky takes notice that and plays along with Ruby, pretending he doesn't know about Ruby is in fact joining Beacon and she will tell the news to her sister and father herself.

"Oh really" Rocky said and understanding what she means. "Bet that feels hard going alone to an academy… man, must be hard that there are times people have to move ahead and leave the ones you care about behind or the other way around." he says. However, he didn't realize he said it in a way that made Yang slowly frown and looked slightly depressed. Ruby took notice and looked a bit down too.

Rocky deeply realized he must of unintentionally said something to Yang that must've made her remember something she does not enjoy experiencing….

"I mean…. It's hard to deal with it, in fact, but that doesn't mean the people you care about are actually gone forever. They will still be by your side, even if you are on the other side of Remnant."

"Yeah… you're right on that." Yang says and looks a little better that she smiles a little. Rocky still slightly regrets saying what he thinks he didn't mean to say

"To make you feel better, whatever I must've said that may have made you remember something you didn't like… I apologize for how I said it." Rocky apologized but Yang smirks.

"It's no big deal." Yang replied. "Besides, it's not like you knew so you're good."

"Alright." Rocky said, now feeling a little better as Yang now says they're cool.

"Well, I think we should get going." Yang says as she begins to walk with Ruby towards Bumblebee.

"Yeah. It's getting late and I need some shut eye." Ruby agreed and follows her sister to the motorcycle.

Rocky nods and understands. "Oh I can understand that. It's best that we all catch some Zs and get ready for a big day tomorrow." Rocky says and does a secret wink towards Ruby as she knows what he means by that.

Ruby and Yang hop onto Bumblebee, as Yang revs it up to life, ready to drive off home.

Rocky begins to head in a different direction but stops and looks back at Ruby and Yang

"Hey, Ruby!" Rocky shouted, catching Ruby's attention who turns around and looks back at Rocky.

"Yeah? What is it, Rocky?" She asked curiously, sitting on the motorcycle with Yang but the blonde stays put and lets Rocky have his word with Ruby.

"In case we don't see each other on the same airship by tomorrow, I just wanted to say something; I know we just met and don't really know each other and all… but it's an honor to coexist with you in the same Academy… and I especially hope we do get along well…." He added, though, he wasn't making a promise on the last part and it was up to faith to decide how.

As for Ruby, she had a similar thought. She wasn't really interested in being his friend, only interested in his weapons but she does deeply respect him. She didn't mind if he was her teammate or not either… as long as she got Yang as her teammat … and her precious weapon, Crescent Rose, by her side than that's good enough for her. Even if she isn't much of a social person who likes making new friends outside of her family, she still took Rocky's words deeply and smiled back.

"Okay." She simply answered. "And good luck to you too. So…. goodnight!"

"Goodnight!" Rocky answered.

"Also!" Yang wanted to butt in. "Since you fought alongside my sister, thanks for that!"

"No prob!" Rocky answered and gave a thumbs up.

The two sisters smiled at Rocky as Yang revved up her motorcycle, Bumblebee, and drives off into the distance.

Rocky smirks and starts walking back to his hotel that he's temporarily staying but he ain't gonna be there much longer since he's going to Beacon tomorrow.

---

25 minutes later

Rocky continues his pace to the motel which is further downtown Vale.

Despite that, so many thoughts and questions are swirling through Rocky's head, especially after on a night like this.

First is the encounter with Roman Torchwick and that mysterious woman that looked like Roman is co-working with. Sure, Roman has been the infamous and negarous criminal, known for stealing all kinds of Dust at the drop of a hat and being as elusive as he shows up at a shop with no warning makes him hard to catch… but that mysterious woman with the glowing clothes… something was different and strange about her.

He never saw her face because it was shrouded in the shadows in the Bullhead… but the way she easily blocked his and Ruby's bullets along with how she manipulated those strange powers of hers… was that her semblance? She even fought evenly with Glynda Goodwitch, a well known and seasoned huntress with a pretty powerful and formidable semblance to boot.

This may be a bit of a concern cause that woman looked like no ordinary woman and she especially looked pretty powerful and very dangerous…. Rocky is now concerned just what kind of ties does this woman have with Roman and what are their plans.

For now, they have escaped and no one knows where they are hiding. But Rocky can't help but feel this may not be the last time he may see them.

But that's not the only thing that's going on in his head. He's already curious about Ruby Rose.

While she does look like some kind of innocent 15 year old girl who apparently has an obsession with weapons, Rocky also noticed she has those silver eyes. In a world of many different individuals with different types of eyes in the color spectrum, silver seems to be very rare and she's the first person for Rocky to see that. Again, he was told by his mentor that Silver Eyes were said to be a myth. A race of warriors who used their special powers within their eyes to slay Grimm with a mere glare.

Now Rocky isn't sure if the myth is real or not but seeing Silver Eyes does interest him a little but Ruby doesn't seem to know about that since Ozpin mentioned her eyes and she looked confused. Best to just keep that in mind and not bring it up at the wrong time.

Though, the next thing that came to mind when Ozpin and Ruby talked about her uncle…. Rocky was curious when she said Qrow... He couldn't help but think he heard that word somewhere before. All he could remember was that his trainer once said to him, during his training, he claims he met this man named Qrow and he was a fierce and skilled huntsman who carried a sword that could also become a scythe… and there are even exaggerated rumors that he has some mysterious ability to turn into a bird… though, there are semblances that involve shapeshifting but only into humanoid versions of animals, never has there been a recorded semblance that fully turns you into an actual animal.

But that's another time to think about... because now he's thinking about what happened not too long ago; It's that one moment back in Kuchinashi

Despite two weeks have already passed… Rocky still can't forget his encounter with the Spiders and the Snake Eyes. He can understand the Spiders wanting his head for double crossing them for the money which is one thing… but the Snake Eyes demanding that necklace that he carries around his neck and keeps it well hidden without the ninja even seeing it was what caught him off guard and left him in such a state of shock.

But what shocked him even more was that the ninja somehow knowing and mentioning his former past…..

"What are you even talking about?" Rocky asked, trying to sound like he doesn't have a necklace and is questioning what the ninja is trying to say to him.

"Don't play coy with me, child." The ninja sneered. "You know what I'm talking about. You have a necklace with a green colored orb that isn't Dust that was given to you…. by the very man who used to trained you until you became a famous stunt performer that you no longer are… which you have retired since that very day in Atlas which was also your last performance.

Rocky gasped and instinctively gripped the necklace that was wrapped around his neck and tried to look serious but he clinched the stinging pain of the wound."

"H-H-How do you know about this?!" Rocky demanded frantically.

"That remains to be classified… now hand it over." The ninja reached out his hand and demanded the necklace but Rocky still refuses.

He can still hear it clearly, like he heard it from yesterday…. Rocky is still

"Still… just how the heck did he know who I was and what I used to be….?" Rocky thought to himself, still a bit paranoid but he remains composed and kept walking back to the motel.

Even after two weeks that day, the roadrunner faunus is still shaken by those words of that Snake Eyes ninja who, and likely a leader he follows and entire gang he works for, somehow knows about Rocky's past that he doesn't want anybody else to know….

It makes him feel paranoid and wonders who else might know about him and his past… No. He can't worry about that right now. Surely, during his moment of being cornered, he noticed how that ninja was willing to keep it all classified and secretive that not even Quickdraw apparently seems to know as he only wanted Rocky and was willing to leave the necklace for the ninja…. Guess the necklace is so important that the ninja never shared info about it. If Quickdraw knew, than he would've likely informed Malachite and she too would want that necklace as well.

That was a bit of relief for Rocky, since the Snake Eye are only in Anima and aren't willing to go to any other continent. So, for now, Rocky feels a bit safe.

But still, he's on alert as he was keeping his eyes and ears open. Vale may be a bit more peaceful and has far less poverty than Kuchinashi and parts of Haven…. he still has to keep his guard up, especially with recent reports of uprising White Fang activity.

Regardless, Rocky was having a fun night and was planning to head back to his rented hotel that he will check out by tomorrow, pack up his belongings, and head straight to Beacon to fulfill becoming a Huntsman…. Now, while Rocky still ain't sure what he's gonna do when he finishes in four years, he shouldn't worry because he'll think of something along the way… and he won't be doing it alone.

After walking for a few more minutes, Rocky started to notice something that was making him feel a little off in this part of Vale… very off.

The roadrunner faunus couldn't help but look around again… even looking over his shoulder and up into the sky… seeing the shattered moon still orbiting high above the night sky. The street lamps here were somewhat dimmer and not as bright as the other street lamps in other parts of Vale he was in. But most of all, there was not

Despite that it was a little windy earlier… the wind seemed to have stopped and now it's very quiet out here. When Rocky looked around, there's nobody else around, not even a stray cat or dog out here… not even a scurrying rat or the chirping of a cricket.

In fact, the area is so quiet… Rocky's heavy breathing was the only sound that was heard…. and it's deafening to him.

Rocky now tried to calm down by taking deep breaths

Ba-Bump… Ba-Bump...

There was that sound again…. the same sound that sounded like a heartbeat.

Rocky stopped in his tracks and is now wondering if that's just his imagination running wild… or there is in fact something… or someone that's the source of this and it's not funny. He can't tell since he's sweating and it almost feels like he's hallucinating. This can't be right, he was feeling fine as rain minutes ago and now

Ba-Bump… Ba-Bump… Ba-Bump...

Rocky continued to keep his breathing at a calm rate but now he's feeling some kind of dread in the air that felt thick and even felt like it was slightly weighing him down.

He looked back over his shoulder once again and doesn't see anything or anyone there so he turns his head back forward….

Ba-Bump… Ba-Bump… Ba-Bump… Ba-Bump...

Rocky frantically looked around even more, now he was starting to sweat and his breathing rate was increasing, he was feeling a little scared… no, why is he feeling this scared all of a sudden? He's been through a lot lately but even feeling so full of dread shouldn't be that bad.

Ba-Bump… Ba-bump… Ba-Bump… BA-BUMP…. BA-BUMP...

He can't help but sense what feels like a presence is right behind him and he hesitates for a second of looking over his shoulder but he slowly does anyways. Once he looked over his shoulder… and there's nothing there.

Now it's even louder that he can even feel the sound vibrating around him. Now he deduces the presence is in front of him. He instantly turned his head around in an instant… but, again, there's nothing there.

And what surprised Rocky even more is that the beating sound has finally stopped and he can now hear the wind blowing again. Rocky's breathing has now slowed down and he stopped sweating. He even heard the barking of a nearby stray dog not too far away.

The roadrunner faunus raised an eyebrow to this sudden confusion but remains skeptical like he doesn't believe he's going crazy and that feeling of the presence felt too real.

Rocky stood in silence and ponders to himself.

"Huh. I was told it's common in horror genres that, wherever and whenever you thought something was behind you, only to end up in front of you and right in your face, once you turn around." Rocky was honestly expecting to see something or someone in front of him… but there's nothing there.

Rocky than resorted to using some of his aura to try and sense something... still nothing.

Rocky just shrugged his shoulders and walked forward. Though, he hasn't dropped his guard and stayed alert.

Once he started walking forward... him now there's someone… or something that's standing… no, floating mere centimeters off the ground, right behind him, about 50 feet away from him… silently and still as a statue… and staring at Rocky.

It looks humanoid in appearance but it isn't standing under the spotlights so it's hard to distinguish what it looks like but Rocky doesn't see it. If Rocky could see it by now, he would notice the humanoid being appears to be wearing a black cloak like suit and has wide, broad shoulders. It's inhumanly tall, around 8 to 9 feet in height. It also appears to have spiky hair on the sides of its head, is wearing a top hat that looks old and worn down… and unnaturally long fingers with unnaturally long fingernails that look like razor sharp claws poking out of it's long sleeves. But what's most unsettling are two tiny, glowing, balls of light that are it's pupils that were staring right at Rocky as he walked further away.

It didn't move or make a sound… it just eerily floated in place and watched Rocky move on whom is unaware the presence is now right behind him…. for real….

---

10 minutes later.

Rocky continued his trek towards the motel, now feeling much better and that sense of dread is now gone. Though, he wonders what the heck happened back there.

In fact, what is happening to him lately? First he nearly got chased all over Kuchinashi by ninjas, bandits, and his ex-rival now current friend, in which he nearly got killed more than once. Second, he encountered Roman Torchwick and some mysterious woman with such powerful and deadly abilities, he met a 15 year old girl who's now skipping 2 years just to attend Beacon Academy... and NOW he felt some dreadful feeling in the air that made him sweat and breath rapidly.

Just what is going on?

Is it just some coincidence that is just naturally happening?... Or maybe there's some cosmic force or being that's spinning the threads of fate and just messing with him? Well, if the latter one is true, whoever it is… it's not funny and Rocky would like to have a word with him/her if he ever finds that being.

"Yeesh. What have I ever done to my creator that puts me through so much?" He asked out loud.

As he kept walking, he turned a corner of a city block... but he notices something up ahead and in the middle of the street…. The silence didn't last long.

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"

Rocky just heard a very loud sound that almost sounded like a scream of terror that startled him a bit.

"What the heck was that?" He said out loud. "Was that some kind of scream of terror… or a Banshee Grimm that just stepped on a rusted nail?" He wondered.

It came from the corner of the city block… and that is where he's about to turn towards since that is where the motel is at.

But whatever it is, Rocky can't stand there so he starts sprinting as fast as he could and quickly turns a corner to another city block.

He doesn't see anything at first… but he shortly notices something in the middle of the road.

Or… someone.

Rocky's expression slowly turned from caution to shock and surprise.

He quickly sprinted over to the person and got a good look at the person that was sprawled on the ground.. and didn't look good.

It's a man that's somewhere in his late 40's to early 50's. He has pale skin and snow white hair but he's mostly bald, having most of his hair on the sides of his head. He also has facial hair in the form of a fancy mustache and a pointy beard.

He wears a very fancy business styled suit that's snow white in color with light blue accents, a pair of dress pants with the same color as the suit, and a pair of black dress shoes. He also has a monocle he wears on his left eye but it has apparently fell off his face and lying next to him on a small chain.

Lying next to him is a briefcase which is open but also empty, implying the Dust filled vials he was selling were likely stolen. The briefcase has Schnee Dust emblem on it too.

The man was lying in a fetal position and was shivering like he was very cold… and Rocky also noticed the expression on his face…. looked absolutely terrified… like as if he saw a ghost and was scared out of his wits.

Turns out, this man is a salesman… a Schnee Dust Salesman who's out selling Dust for many potential customers around the more active parts of Vale at night. Though, Rocky wonders why he's out here, doing it alone, when there are many potential thieves, White Fang members, and even Roman still lurking about?

That is, Rocky looked to his right and saw two more figures not too far away. They look heavily armored and lying next to them were assault rifles. They must be the salesman's bodyguards

Rocky checked on the Salesman one more time and heads over to the bodyguards. One was laying on his back and the other was laying on her stomach. Both apparently didn't seem to be moving but Rocky got much closer and checked their pulses… he felt a heartbeat from each of them. Thank goodness.

He rolled the woman bodyguard onto her back but he noticed something.. there was blood and nasty claw marks raked across her armor that it's partially torn and whatever attacked her has managed to draw blood and left some bloody wounds. The male bodyguard too has nasty clawmarks raked across his armor and also drawn blood.

Rocky thought their injury has knocked them out but the wounds don't look fatal enough... what caused this?

That's when Rocky noticed and looked at their faces... their eyes were rolled back into their sockets and their mouths were hanging agape as if they are stuck in a permanent expression of screaming at the top of their lungs.

Just looking at their expressions disturbed them. They almost looked like they are dead but Rocky assures himself they're alive because they're breathing and has already checked their pulses are beating.

Rocky decided to help them a little but getting out some spare bandages that he carried around, in case he got injured

He turned his attention back to the salesman who was conscious but still shivering like a leaf. He even looked pale and sweating like crazy.

Rocky quickly heads back towards the salesman. He easily takes his hand out and touches his shoulder, making the salesman slightly jerk in fright but calmed down when he saw Rocky, yet, still shaking in slight fright.

"You okay, Mr..." Rocky asked the salesman, unsure how to take this but remained calmed. He looked and saw the name tag that says "Henry Abeln" which is his first and last name.

"Abeln. Mr. Albeln?" Rocky finally said, saying the salesman's name which seems to have calmed him down even more.

"Just.. what happened to you and your bodyguards? And what was that loud sound that sounded like a scream? Was that you?" Rocky asked, as he wanted to know what exactly happened.

Though, once Rocky asked the question, Henry started to shake yet again... his pupils shrank and looked even more scared than before.

"Y-Y-You're... in.. D-D-Danger..." Henry stuttered, barely trying to form words in his quivering mouth.

"Danger?" Rocky asked. Though, he isn't suspicious or considering the salesman's is crazy. Something must of happened here and based on the terrified looks on the body guards and those claw marks... could've it been some kind of Grimm that somehow snuck into Vale, ambushed them, and did something that scared them out of their wits... or something far worse?

"Y-Y-You must go... before it gets you too..." He warned.

"It?" Rocky asked in confusion. "What? Some kind of Grimm?"

"No... Not a Grimm" Henry barely answered, as if he dreaded saying that answer and wished it wasn't a fact. "Something far worse than a Grimm..." He whispered in fear.

"I don't understand what you're trying to tell me." Rocky said, feeling a little confused. "Can you be more specific than that?"

Henry was about to open his mouth and say something... until the sound of the wind went silent again.

Ba-Bump...

There it was again... that sound like the rhythm of a beating heart.

Henry started to quiver as he was dreadfully familiar with it. However, Rocky looked more concerned towards him instead of the sound...

That's because Rocky doesn't hear it... but Henry can sure hear it, loud and clearly.

"Hey. Mr. Albeln? Are you okay?" Rocky asked, though, he can't but feel something must be very wrong but he doesn't know what it is... even if he takes a guess it could be that feeling he felt not too long ago, yet, he still doesn't sense it.

Ba-Bump... Ba-Bump...

The Salesman couldn't answer... because he can now see that... thing... standing right behind Rocky who doesn't even notice it.

The being was now floating about 20 feet away, and since it's much closer, despite much of it's face hidden by the darkness surronding it and partially covered by it's tattered top hat, Albeln can still now see it's deeply sunken eyes where he can also see it's pupils which are two, small, bright dots that are located in the center of it's eyes each.

It's overall appearance was giving it a very eerie and scary look... which was terrifying Albeln to his very core.

Paralyzed with fear, the salesman's skin begin to pale and his pupils shrank even more. He was trying to form a word out of his mouth... but he couldn't. He even tried to lift his finger and point at it to alert Rocky... but barely managed to point his index finger which Rocky noticed.

Rocky instantly turned his head... but he doesn't see anything there.

"What are you pointing at? I don't see anything." Rocky said. Though, Rocky may not see anything there, but he's no idiot and something must be up. It's also that there's nothing he can do to deal with this situation; How can you face something if you cannot see or even sense it?

Henry was flabbergasted of hearing what Rocky said, regardless that the salesman himself can see the being but not Rocky.

As if it's aware of Henry's failed attempt to alert Rocky, the being slowly started to grin.. which contorted and stretched out from ear to ear, which also revealed his sharp, needle-like teeth... and he slowly raised his arms which showed it's razor sharp claws poking out of it's long and tattered sleeves

Ba-Bump... Ba-Bump... Ba-Bump...

"Mr. Albeln!" Rocky shouted, trying to help the salesman calm down from looking like he could suffer a heart attack or something worse than that. "Whatever you're seeing or that's scaring you, it probably isn't real! It could just be a hallucination!" He shouted.

"Though, for what I've felt not too long ago... and based on his statement and horrifying expression...I don't think it's a hallucination and something is definitely wrong." Rocky worried in thought but there's nothing he has or know to deal with this kind of situation. He's thinking about carrying Henry away from the spot but that means he's leaving behind his body guards and the elderly salesman doesn't look to be in good condition to be carried by Rocky.

Henry tried to listen but seeing the humanoid thing floating there in place wasn't helping his case...

Henry instintively blinked for a split second... once he opened his eyes back up...

BA-BUMP! BA-BUMP! BA-BUMP!

Much to poor Henry's absolute horror and surprise, the being is now mere inches behind Rocky and towers over him, as if it teleported in a split second. In fact, it was so tall that it was looking straight down at the two.. giving off that abominable grin and those bright pupils that are staring into Henry's soul.. while the beating sound was still heard at a deafening volume and the pressure was weighing him down. Rocky doesn't have a clue it's right behind him, even if he turned around.

The sudden surprise and up close horrifying detail of the being was too much for the poor Salesman to handle... as his eyes rolled into the back of his head.

Rocky saw the whole thing and his expression slowly changed to horror as he watched the salesman laid still and ceased breathing.

"Mr. Aldeln...?" Rocky slowly said and placed his fingers on the side of Henry's neck to check any pulse.

No pulse...

"Oh no..." Rocky whispered in growing sorrow, as he remained silent in the middle of the street and stares at the now apparently deceased Henry Aldeln... but Rocky suddenly felt something in him

No... there still may be a chance, as Rocky felt his heart scream out to him.

Do Not Let Him Die!

Rocky scrunched his face in determination and quickly had an idea. One that just might save Albeln's life.

He grabs the salesman's shirt and rips it open, not even wasting time of undoing the buttons, and exposes his bare chest. He reaches for his double barreled revolver and opens the cylinder. He pulls out one of the vials of Dust which is Electric Dust. He quickly opens the vial and pours the Dust all over his hands in which he starts focusing some of his aura into it and rubs his hands together.

As for the nightmarish being, who is watching the whole thing, it decided to now seize it's chance... ready to also terrify the bird faunus to an absolute paralyzed and horror struck mess.. but it's eyes suddenly flashed a purple hue for a split second which made it stop in place... it's creepy smile faded to a frown.

It also felt a droning and powerful force buzzing in it's skull... the being then reached it's clawed hand into one of its pockets of its tattered cloak and is now holding at least a dozen vials in it's large hand and claws. At first, they look like ordinary Dust inside the vials. But if one looked closer, they would notice the Dust inside the vials are glowing that it even gives off bits of luminescence in the dark... and the being's skin was getting irritated by the glow so it quickly puts the vials back in it's pocket.

It has what it needs and it needs to leave, regardless of wanting to amuse itself of scaring Rocky... but it has no other choice now as something triggered it to make it go.

It than disappeared like as if it blinked out of existence... but not before staring at Rocky with a creepy smirk one last time, as if it's not satisfied with it's fun.

Seconds later, Rocky's hands are now covered in tiny bolts of electricity which spark and snake across his palms.

"I hope this works…." Rocky muttered and places his hands on the Henry's chest and deeply focuses.

"Cear!" Rocky shouted and used the Electric Dust and his hands as a defibrillator. He sent jolts of electricity though his body, especially to his heart to jump start it. His body jolted and stiffened for a second but remains still and his heart isn't beating.

"Clear!" Rocky shouts again and shocks the man's body yet again but still no signs of life.

"Clear!" Rocky repeats but still no heartbeat. He scrunches his face and tries yet again.

"Clear!" Again but the salesman doesn't draw a single breath. Rocky is now starting to feel

Despite that it still doesn't seem to work, Rocky isn't giving up. "Come on you! Live! LIVE! DAMMIT!" Rocky shouted at the lifeless body of the Schnee Dust salesman. Despite his rather rough history in Atlas his rather minor disdain to the Schnee Dust Company being on that doesn't mean he will stand by and let some elderly man who's

He puts a little more charge into his hands and presses his hands a little harder to the salesman's chest.

"Clear!" He shouts and shocks the body yet again….Still nothing.

Rocky starts getting worried but isn't giving up.

"Don't you die on me!" Rocky shouted to the Schnee Dust Salesman, hoping he could hear him. "I may not be the biggest fan of the Schnee Dust Company but I'm not sure gonna sit around and watch someone die of a heart attack like that!"

Honestly, Rocky has had a rather rocky history with Atlas and his bad experience there. Seeing the Schnee Dust Company's symbol badly reminds him of Atlas… and yet, this man is just doing his job and he's suffered a heart attack. Rocky will not stand idly by for seeing a man die like that, even if he's working for a company he does not really like. Heck, he's even willing to buy Dust from the same company because it's a necessity and it's one of the only common brands around and easy to buy.

He rubs his hands even more and uses every last ounce of the Dust into one final shock.

"CLEAR!" He shouted one last time and sends one last shock which even made the salesman's legs kick out.

That's it. That's all the Dust he used from that vial and he spent a decent small portion of his aura….

And the Salesman still isn't moving or breathing.

Rocky tried so hard… and it seems he couldn't save the salesman…. he looks down in shame and had his eyes shut tight... Rocky felt so down and felt so helpless of unable to save this man… but what caused this in the first place was possibly another thing he couldn't prevent because he couldn't see or sense it...

"GASP!"

Rocky was caught off guard as Henry suddenly jolted awake and let out a loud gasp for fresh air to fill his lungs. After breathing it all in, Henry than somehow shuts his eyes closed but he's alive and his breathing is heard again.

"I... It worked!" Rocky shouted in relief and checks his pulse... It's there... faint... but definitely a pulse and beating at a steady pace.

Rocky signed in relief and he managed to save a life. Though, as much as he was happy to save Henry's, Rocky still felt helpless of unable to prevent what just happened here,... and he still doesn't know who or what attacked the salesman and his bodyguards... heck, even if it connected all this to the presence he felt earlier, he still doesn't know who or what the presence looks like because he never saw it, which makes it harder to connect those dots.

But either way, Rocky needs to get Henry and his bodyguards to a hospital so he quickly gets out his scroll and calls the police.

While he's doing that, he stays on guard and keeps an eye out if the attacker, Grimm or whatever it is, is still around.

"Hello. Vale Police Department." Said a voice on the other side of the line.

"Uh, yeah, hi. We have a serious emergency here." Rocky said as he got to the point.

---

20 minutes later

The area is now surrounded with tons of police cars and even a firetruck and a few ambulances. Police officers have secured the area with yellow tape that prevents anyone from crossing in, while the detectives and other police officers investigate the area for any clues and evidence to what happened here.

Rocky was talking to one of the policemen who's a detective and was writing down on his notes that Rocky has informed him of everything he knows... which isn't a lot and that ends up making the investigation a lot longer and harder to figure out.

"That's all I know about this and it's the best I can give out." Rocky informed to the detective who nodded and wrote down as much as he could in his notes.

"Understood, kid." Said the detective as he wrapped it up with his notes and places it in his coat pocket. "Thanks for your cooperation and calling us in time of securing Henry and his bodyguards."

"Yeah. No problem." Rocky said as he watched they were gently put on their respective stretchers and carefully placed in the ambulances that will take them to the nearest hospital.

"You think they are gonna be okay?" Rocky asked. Hoping he has done enough to save Henry and also hoping he will be alright. Even being "dead" for a short amount of time and being brought back could still do damage to their health.

"Leave that to the doctors." The officer said, reassuringly. "I ain't no doctor myself so I shouldn't tell you that, even if I wanted to make my own assumptions and guesses."

"Alright." Rocky says and finally sees Henry and his two bodyguards are finally placed into the ambulances and start driving off to the nearest hospital.

"Hope you get better..." Rocky thought. Though, Rocky has a thing on his mind. Despite that this guy works for the Shcnee Dust Company, which is from Atlas and Rocky has a rather bad history with that kingdom... Rocky still did the right thing of saving that man's life. Besides... not all people from Atlas are bad and are against the faunus. Surely, there may be a few students coming to Beacon may also be from Atlas...

With the ambulances gone, the detective looks at Rocky and nods to him. "With that taken care of and giving me whatever you know, you're off the hook, kid. I suggest you get some sleep since you're gonna be attending the Academy tomorrow. With huntsman and huntresses like you, you'll give Vale and all of Remnant a better chance to handle these kinds of things."

"Sure thing." Rocky said and begins to walk away from the crime scene and heads to the motel, ready to go to sleep and get ready for tomorrow. Though, he keeps his guard up and especially keeps in mind of the presence that scared him... he bets it's still lurking around somewhere so he keeps his still stays alert.

But as he was walking away, on top of a nearby clock tower, which nobody sees... are two figures watch Rocky walk away. One is the nightmarish being that slowly tilts it's head to the side which momentarily twitches and spasms for a split second. Next to it is a shorter but more human like figure who who appears to be male due to the body structure being wide and broad. The being appears to be wearing what looks like normal clothing which consists of partially torn jeans, a pair of converse sneakers, and a hooded jacket which has the hood hanging and covering their head. Underneath the hood reveals to be a pair of dark purple eyes which glow faintly.

As much as they are curious about Rocky and his daring move to save that salesman, they came what they got and had enough for tonight. The two beings disappeared seconds after, the same way as if they blinked out of existence.

As Rocky kept walking, he couldn't help but grin a little.

"Man... will this life be an interesting one." Rocky thought in his head, kinda getting use to so many thing happening that he doesn't even bother thinking about how more crazy it will get in the future.

---

The next morning. On a transport airship heading to Beacon

"Oh, I can't believe my baby sister is going to Beacon with me!" Cheered Yang who was now hugging Ruby, feeling so excited and happy when she just heard the news from her sister that she's attending Beacon with her. "This is the best day ever!"

Nearby, Rocky Roadrunner was watching the two sisters and looking amused of Ruby suffering another spine crushing bearhug from Yang yet again.

Taking place in a transport airship that is heading towards Beacon to drop off its passengers, Rocky and the two sisters are one of the passengers who will be heading to Beacon.

It was a coincidence Rocky ended up here and hopped aboard with the two sisters on the same airship. La

"Please… stop…" Ruby groaned in pain and embarrassment, through her gritted teeth, of Yang once again giving her too much sisterly love. Nearby, Rocky was snickering which caught Ruby's attention.

The red hooded girl turned towards Rocky and desperately tried to reach out to him.

"Rocky… please… save me….before I get my spine snapped in two….." She strained and felt like she was gonna pass out.

"No can do, Rubes." Rocky said, no giving Ruby a nickname. "It's best to let you handle it yourself with your sister."

Yang lets go of Ruby and backs up… but she's still showing her sisterly side and feeling so happy right now. "But I'm so proud of you!" She chimed.

"Really, Sis, it was nothing." Ruby said, trying to sound like it's not a big deal… except it is to Yang.

"What do you mean?" Yang said to Ruby like she wonders why Ruby ain't being proud of herself. "It was incredible! Everyone at Beacon is gonna think you're the bee's knees!"

"Isn't the term "Bee's Knees" supposed to be some kind of alcoholic beverage?" Rocky pointed out but nobody responded to him.

Though, hearing that didn't help Ruby's case either way and sounded more embarrassed. "I don't want to be the "Bee's Knees", okay? I don't want to be any kind of knees!"

"Than by that logic, you wouldn't have any kind knees." Rocky said out loud, trying to sound funny. "That means you're gonna be llacking knees and you'll be having some stiff legs when trying to get around, especially up against the Grimm."

"You're not helping, Rocky!" Ruby scolded. "I just want to be a normal girl with normal knees."

"What's with you?" Yang questioned her sister who sounded a bit doubtful. "Aren't you excited?"

"Of course I'm excited." Ruby answered but sounded serious. "I just... I got moved ahead two years. I don't want people to think I'm special or anything." She sounded like her way of getting in wasn't well earned and feels like something special about her made her way in.. she wonders why Ozpin took great interest in her... was it her skills, her weapon... her silver eyes? She ignores that thought as Yang came up to her and wraps an arm around her Ruby's shoulder to comfort her.

"But you are special." Yang said gently said. Trying to show how much she cares for Ruby, no m

"She's got a point, Rubes." Rocky said to Ruby who caught her attention which made it easier to talk to her. "Like Ozpin said, take that oppurtunity and use wisely. Also, you shouldn't take yourself being special too seriously. It's not really healthy to think about it too much when you should just believe in yourself and especially be special in your very own way."

Ruby and even Yang were a bit surprised of Rocky sounding pretty wise, despite him being a bit of a goofball, based on Ruby's recent experience with him.

"And before you ask." Rocky said to the sisters. "I too had a similar experience where I was considered special to someone and I was treated with such praise and approval whom I used to be with." Rocky sighed as he remembered his trainer training him in acrobatics and extreme stunt moves because of his natural acrobatic talents and also a little bit of his semblance to boot...

Ruby and Yang stared at Rocky and wondered what his past must've been like but they can tell he's not into it... yet at least.

But Rocky's thoughts were interrupted when he heard the voice of a News Reporter that was coming from a holographic TV screen which was showing the news that is VNN or Vales News Network.

"The robbery was led by the nefarious criminal, Roman Torchwick, who continues to evade authorities.

The screen now shows Roman in a mugshot photo that shows him holding his criminal identification and number that goes with it. He isn't wearing his hat and appears to be covered in a few bruises and band aids. He also gives off a smug sneer in his photo as if he's confident in himself. Rocky assumes Roman has been in jail before but has somehow escaped.

But nothing mentioned about the mysterious woman... odd. Guess there isn't enough visual evidence to identify her so she's left out.. at least until further investigation.

"If you have any information on his whereabouts, please contact the Vale Police Department."

"I think the cops may have a hard time trying to arrest him..." Rocky thought, considering he seems to have a powerful ally with him. "Though, chances of arresting him are higher if a huntsman or huntress is helping the police."

"Back to you, Lisa." Said the newscaster which shows the Anchorwoman whom is Lisa Lavender whom is a woman in her early 20's. She has yellow eyes and and whiteish-lavender hair that was cut into a bob.

"Thank you, Cyril." Lisa says but than got serious with some breaking news. "We have some breaking news that needs to be informed." Lisa says that catches everyone's attention.

"It seems it has happened again, as last night's event was tragic and shocking as they have been for the past several months." Lisa says that the news shows an image... of Henry Albeln and his body guards. The image shows Henry looking fine and dandy, including wearing his monocle and looking chipper... quite the opposite of Rocky seeing him in quite an emotional wreck and nearly died of a heart attack that Rocky barely saved him from certain death with quick thinking.

"The Salesman of Vale's branch of the Schnee Dust Company, Henry Albeln, and his two bodyguards, Jackson and Jillian, were attacked last night, in the Commercial District of downtown Vale on 5202 Se 9th Avenue." Lisa says which shocked everyone, especially Ruby and Yang... but Rocky didn't react too much as he knew this would come up on the news.

This isn't the first time something like this happened. This is basically the 4th time, in the past 6 months, it happened. And now this seems really serious that some passengers

Now the news footage shows last night showing Henry and his bodyguards being put on stretches and into the ambulances to take them to the hospital.

"The salesman and his guards were found by a young witness, approximately around 10:27 P.M."

Thankfully, Rocky managed to convince the news and the police to not mention him since he doesn't want the attention, especially after his major experience back in Kuchinashi.

"According to his daily and nightly schedule, Henry was out in downtown Vale, doing his job at selling Dust to many potential customers, while his bodyguards were by his side and guarding him from any threat that lurks in Vale... and it seems they were ambushed and attacked."

"Jackson and Jillian were non-fatally wounded but also left mentally traumatized to the point they were paralyzed out of fear and shock." "Lisa said in a tone that even made her sound like she was shocked but everyone instantly

That pretty much shocked everyone on board, and likely everyone else who is watching the news.

"Henry suffered no physical injuries... but he is left in a coma, after suffering a near fatal heart attack. Thankfully, he's still alive and in serious medical care, thanks to a clever and daring rescue from the witness. Nobody knows how long Henry will be left in a coma until he wakes up but we should all be grateful he's alive and we all should hope he wakes up very soon."

Hearing that made Rocky interally feel happy. He managed to save that man's life.

"As for Jackson and Jillian, they are alive and well. Only suffering moderate wounds but also left with some serious psychological trauma that will likely need them to attend some serious mental therapy, when they physically recover."

"At least those two are okay... but wonder what will they provide based on what they saw...?" Rocky wondered.

The image now shows Jackson and Jillian who are in fact twin siblings, who were attending the same duty in protecting Henry... But it seems something has attacked them, wounded them, and left them mentally traumatized

"Oh man..." Yang said and looked a bit down, feeling sorry for the salesman and his bodyguards. Ruby too was frowning... feeling this kind of injustice running rampant and now partly feeling becoming a huntress could make a difference.

Footage now shows the location where Rocky found Henry but the place is now under investigation with detectives trying to solve what has happened. Yellow tape and police cars surround the spot and preventing anyone else to come in while the detectives study any possible pieces of evidence

"While Henry and his bodyguards are safe and under great care, the attacker that assaulted them is still left unclear; whenever if it was a thug, a White Fang member, of possibly even a Grimm. There are even questions if it's also connected to the previous incidents of similar traumatized victims of salesman and businessmen across Vale." Lisa says that now shows an image of the several Grimm are on screen, including a Beowulf and some strange humanoid Grimm with a feminine body shape, bone armor that includes most of them being ribs that cover it's chest, and black tendrils that snake around it's head like hair... and it also has a very big and wide mouth with human like teeth but it seems to lack eyes.

"Many reports and theories, such as the claw marks on Jackson and Jillian's armor, suggest it may have been a Beowulf, while the mental trauma of the victims may have been responsible from a Banshee. But further investigation and evidence is needed to find proof that if the Grimm really are responsible."

Hearing what Lisa said has caused many of the passengers to whisper to each other and some looked a bit afraid. Even Ruby and Yang looked worried. While it's very rare for Grimm to ever come near the kingdom, especially that the kingdom is filled with positive emotions and high security. Though, enough negative emotions can still attract a few... and some Grimm can even end up lucky being able to sneak past security.

"This is bad..." Rocky thought in his head. "If this keeps up, Grimm or not, it's only a matter of time stuff like this would only cause paranoia and especially panic across Vale... and that would only attract more Grimm outside of the kingdom."

"Thankfully, the available huntsman and huntresses that are hired are now intending the investigation and are doing their best to track down the attacker, whenever it's a person or a Grimm. Further investigations will be notified."

This has caused some bits of comfort and some of the passengers started to calm down a little.. but were still a little on edge. Even Ruby and Yang were a bit on their toes but Rocky spoke to them.

"Hey. Don't worry, guys." He assured them. "Their doing their part and we shall do ours."

With that out of the way, Lisa decides to show something else on the news. "In other news, this Saturday's Faunus civil rights protest turned dark when members of the White Fang disrupted the ceremony."

Now it shows an entire crowd of faunus in a civil rights protest... but it seems the White Fang ruined it all and yet again, as the now see the symbol of the White Fang which is basically a white background that has a red colored head of some kind of cat-like beast with three red claw marks as part of the symbol. Rocky frowned at the sight of that, as he instantly recognized that symbol. No doubt that is the White Fang since he's encountered them plenty in Anima when other gangs compete with them for resources and territory.

"Is there no end to this divide between human and faunus... when the White Fang are crossing that line between them?" Rocky thought. Much like Adam and Nigel, he too disproves of the White Fang and their actions that only makes things worse when the two races are in fact already trying to bring peace together which is mostly stable but if the White Fang keeps this up... who knows what will happen to that peace.

"The once peaceful organization has now disrupted-" But the TV screen was shut off and now replaced by a hologram that is Glynda Goodwitch.

"Hello, and welcome to Beacon." Said the hologram.

Everyone now focused on the hologram.

"Who's that?" Yang asked. Right, she wasn't there and only Ruby and Rocky knows her.

"The Good Witch of the South." Rocky blurted out.

"My name is Glynda Goodwitch." Said the hologram.

"Oh." Yang said, now knowing the name.

"The many of you are among the privileged few who have received the honor being selected to attend this prestigious academy." The hologram informed to the future students. "Our world is experiencing an incredible time of peace, and as future huntsmen and huntresses, it's your duty to uphold it.

Rocky couldn't help but chuckle at that statement. "Boy, that's quite a way to make us feel confident on this kind of responsibility... no pressure." He said that sounded confident but also had a very slight hint of sarcasm which made Ruby and Yang giggle there.

"You've demonstrated the courage and dedication needed for such a task, and now it's our turn to provide you with the knowledge and the training to protect our world."

With her speech done, the hologram of Glynda disappears which now gave the attention of everyone towards the window of the airship.

"Wow!" Ruby said in awe as she and the other two teens that are with her look out the window.. and view the absolute beauty of the wide open view from a higher view on the airship.

From what Rocky can see, he's see a higher view of the entire city of Vale. Though, he couldn't help but also notice the vast mountains and fields further out.. which remind him of the mountains and valleys in certain parts of Anima Seems the only difference here is the architecture design in the cities.

"Look! You can see Signal from up here!" Ruby pointed out towards a certain part of Vale that shows Signal Academy where she used to train at.

"Guess home isn't too far after all." Ruby softly says, now remembering of Patch which is her home that's in fact an island not too far from Vale.

"Beacon is our home, now." Yang assures Ruby and lays her hand on her younger sister's shoulder.

"A home that would last 4 years, at the very least." Rocky pointed out.

However, their moment was interupted when they heard groaning and moaning. They turned their attention towards the souce... and sees some boy that's hunched over and looks like he's about to blow chunks.

The boy in question is a tall young man with fair skin complexion, dark-blue eyes, and a well toned body, along with blond hair that's short and messily layered across his head. He wears black hoodie that's short sleeved with detached sleeves that are reddish-orange in color. Over his hoodie, he wears a white chest plate that's diamond-shaped that's cut just above his lower abdomen, along with a pair of white spaulders set under them. He wears brown gloves that expose his fingertips which are covered in small metal plates. He has elbow guards on his elbows.

He wears a pair of blue jeans and black sneakers (with "Left" and "Right" written under his left and right soles respectively), along with two belts that crisscrossing across his waist which also holds a pair of small pouches. Lastly, strapped to his hip is what looks like a long sword that's already sheathed.

The boy looked like he was gonna throw up and moves past them, looking for the nearest trash can.

"Well.. I guess the view isn't for everyone." Yang said, referring to the blonde boy who doesn't feel so good.

"Better out than in, I always say." Rocky states, as he watches the motion sickness boy stumble by and trying to hold back whatever else he was about to puke back up.

"It was a nice moment when it lasted." Ruby said.

"I wonder who we're gonna meet." Yang said in a chipper tone, wondering who she herself will meet to be her teammate and friend.

"I just hope they're better than "Vomit Boy". Ruby said.

"Oh, so now you gave that guy a nickname before knowing his real name?" Rocky said with a raised eyebrow at Ruby. Before he could say anything any further...

"Oh, Yang, gross! You have puke on your shoe!" Ruby yelled as she noticed there was in fact pieces of vomit all over her shoe.

"And I don't need to take a guess where that came from." Rocky said as he turned his gaze at "Vomit Boy" for a split second.

"Gross, gross, gross, gross, gross, gross, gross, gross!" Yang said in panic, as she was grossed out and tried to get the puke off her shoe by shaking and kicking her leg... which caused smaller chunks of vomit to fly everywhere.

"Hey watch it, Yang!" Rocky scolded at Yang. "You're getting the puke everywhere and some of it is getting in my hair!"

"Get away from me! Get away from me! Get away from me!" Ruby yelled frantically, also trying to avoid the flying puke from Yang's shoe.

"JANITOR!" Rocky yelled at the top of his lungs. "SOMEBODY GET THE JANITOR AND CLEAN UP ON AISLE 4!" He continued as the airship continues on it's way to Beacon.

Rocky Roadrunner, Ruby Rose, and Yang Xiao Long. They're almost there.

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On another part of the airship.

Meanwhile, on another part of the airship, taking place on the top deck where other passengers are out and enjoying the view outside, there stands two familiar people... faunus, who are near the edge and can see they are nearly to Beacon.

Right now, the airship is flying over the wide and vast river which ends at a massive cliffside where Beacon is at. There are docking bays where the ships will land and drop off the students. Though, one would also notice a port at the base of the cliffside where ships that travel on water are also dropping off students that traveled by boat.

Watching the view is none other than Adam Taurus and his close friend and teammate Blake Belladonna

"This is it... we have made it." Said Adam Taurus, as he stares out in the distance at the Academy, even with his mask on. He turned his attention back to Blake who was also staring out into the distance, still wearing how bow on her head to hide her cat ears.

"Yes." Blake agreed, also staring out to the Academy, feeling greatly determined that she and Adam can do this which will help them become better fighters and so they can find a way to make the world a better place. "Four years it will take for us to become full fledged huntsman which will help us do the right thing."

Adam Taurus and Blake Belladonna continue to stare out to the Academy as the airship continues it's course.

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Near the Port at Beacon Academy.

Meanwhile, near the port, a nearby boat filled with passengers that are also becoming students of Beacon is almost there. On board, one of the passengers appears to be some kangaroo faunus... who was busily eating yet another dark chocolate bar.

It's none other than Nigel Arvo who is patiently waiting to arrive to the Port. He has been around Vale for a few weeks and he has already passed the exam with ease which makes him qualified and worthy to attend Beacon. Now he seeks his chance to become a Huntsman so he can earn rewards in money to pay for his family... and to also have higher chances to find those rare dark chocolate bars that are no longer made.

Nigel momentarily activates his semblance... and can detect a whole variety of emotions and aura around him; on the boat he's on, at the port, in the airships above him, and in the academy itself.

"Heh... something tells me this Academy ain't gonna be so mundane." Nigel slightly grinned and takes another bite of his dark chocolate bar.

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On a different airship

Ahead of the larger airship that Rocky and Adam are on, but far behind the boat that Nigel is boarding, there is a much smaller ship, called the Air Bus, that's also heading to Beacon. While it's far smaller than the larger airship and only holding far less passengers, it's smaller size and lighter frame helps it move much faster and it's more maneuverable. It has a maximum capacity of about 40 passengers but it's still a large number.

One of the passengers appears to be a familiar orange haired, slightly tanned, boy who is also apparently wearing a a familiar pair of slightly tattered hakama pants with brightly colored patterns and a pair of turquoise colored bracelets that resemble miniature jet engines on his arms.

It's Gale Hathi and he, like the other three, is also arriving to Beacon. However, it appears he's wearing another piece of attire which is a sleeveless gray tanktop. Since he spent most of his time int eh jungles of Sanus, he decided to fit in a little better by wearing a shirt. Though, he has the decision to take it off if he wants but since he's now in a more densely populated area, he doesn't really want to attract too much attention... especially towards the girls so it's best to try to fit in like everyone else. Besides, he can be shirtless when he's in training and doing missions with his future teammates that he will make with very soon.

"This is it... I have finally made it to Beacon." Gale whispered, finally happy he has finally made it to Beacon, ready to take on Academy and become a strong huntsman and maybe even find true companions that will accept him for who and what he is.. "Just you watch Grandpa... I'll find my true purpose and I will make you proud."

It seems this year for Beacon Academy will be very interesting.

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Hardcore music was heard as the scenery started off as a black screen but started to slowly pan over with red leaves from the Forever Fall were falling into view which than pans up to the shattered moon. The screen suddenly brightens and the screen turns white.

Four letters appear on screen which appear on screen in a flash of colorful lights.

ANGR

The scenery now changes to showing an open valley of Forever Fall, where the trees have their crimson red leaves. Standing on a cliffside and on the left side of the screen is Adam Taurus who is staring at the valley in silence with his back in view. The sun is rising over the horizon, signifying the crack of dawn. Standing nearby is Blake Belladonna who is busy reading a book. Though, if one would notice, there is something that slightly transparent in the background... that resembles Vlad Tradat's mask and his eyes which were angry looking.

The scenery flashes and now standing in place of Adam is Nigel Arvo, who is standing the middle left of the screen and standing on top of a massive rock spire that shows the vast and open rocky desert and even a canyon in the distance. Now the sun is high in the sky, whcih is now the middle of noon. Out in the far distance, Bardus can be seen. In Nigel's hand is a photo of his family and he's mostly starring at it than the vast desert exists in.

The scenery changes yet again, now showing Gale Hathi in the first right side of the screen, standing on top of a mountain that shows the vast valley and forest of the jungles of Sanus. The sun appears to be setting over the horizon which indicates it's dusk. Somewhere in the clouds, there is a transparent figure that resembles Gale's grandfather who is smiling and has his arms crossed.

The scenery changes one last time with Rocky Road Runner who is now standing on top of a mountain of his own and he can see Kuchinashi in the distance. However, it's night time with the moon in the sky and the city has many of it's lights on which Rocky can easily see in the distance. Another transparent figure is Gale's trainer who has his back turned and partially covered by the dark of the night so his face isn't seen. Yet, he turns over his shoulder and gives a dashing grin while also giving a thumbs up.

Now the scenery changes again with four panels and each panel shows Adam, Nigel, Gale, and Rocky from the front and their faces are seen. Adam and Nigel were giving off rather somber expressions but Nigel looks very stoic and Adam's mask covers his eyes which makes it hard what he's expressing besides his frown. Gale and Rocky were slightly smirking as if they are feeling more chipper and upbeat.

The scenery changes once more which now shows Beacon Academy. Standing among the crowd are many future students. There stands Blake who appears to be with Ruby, Yang, and a White haired girl with a pony tail and a scar across her left eye. Than there's "Vomit Boy" who appears to be standing with three other people that hint they may be his future teammates.

Up on the tower of Beacon is Ozpin and Glynda who stare out into the distance but right behind them are several adults whom are likely the staff but they are in silhouette forms. One of them appears to have spikey hair, wears a cape, and also appears to wield a large sword that momentarily shifted into a scythe before going back into sword form.

The four young men that's Adam, Nigel, Gale, and Rocky stand in the forefront of the crowd and stare at Beacon with curious expressions on their faces.

But the scenery scene shows an area that's dark and and covered in shadows with dark purple fire in the background. Standing among a crowd includes Roman Torchwick, but the rest of the crowd are covered in shadows but the mysterious woman has her yellow eyes and yellow patterns of her clothes glowing in the dark. However, out of the darkness comes a shadow that rises and enlarges itself. It takes it's form and resembles the nightmarish being in shadow form, with only it's mouth and teeth that are visible. It grins and bares it's claws. But hovering near the being are several more monstrous shadows that bear their nightmarish eyes, teeth, claws, and other monstrous appendages.

Standing in front of the being and the other nightmarish creatures is the more human like being that still has it's head hidden under the hooded cloak but it slowly raises it's head and reveals it's glowing purple eyes... as the camera zooms into the hood, past the eyes, and into the darkness which shows blackness again.

But it doesn't stop there as now dozens upon dozens of red eyes glow in the dark and many kinds of Grimm leap out of the darkness and charge towards their chosen prey... which happens to be ANGR.

All four boys are charge towards the mass of Grimm.

Adam draws his sword, Nigel draws his bladerangs, Gale activates his cyclone gauntlets, and Rocky draws and twirls his double barreled revolvers.

Adam starts slicing and cutting down several Grimm. Nigel throws his bladerangs which become flying buzz saws that also skewer they're way through the Grimm while Nigel starts punching and kicking several more Grimm. Gale enters his partial transformation while blasting projectiles of air at the Grimm while also throwing his enhanced punches and kicks that send the Grimm flying overhead or crashing into other Grimm nearby. Rocky was bouncing and moving like crazy, giving off a rather goofy expression, and shooting all kinds of Dust bullets in a variety of Dust which explode in a multitude of colors and elements.

However, bursting out of the ground in front of them was a massive Grimm that was humanoid in appearance but was bulging with muscle and covered in thick bone armor. It has a single large eye in the middle of it's fourhead and held a massive club made of stone. It lets out a bellowing roar at the four boys but they are not deterred and takes this as a challenge.

All four activate their semblance as Adam's hair glowed even brighter and got into his stance to draw his sword, Nigel's eyes glow even brighter in a violet shade, Gale goes full transformation and turns into his humanoid elephant form which lets out a trumpeting roar, and the cylinders of Rocky's revolvers were twirling like crazy because they are mixing every Dust they have into one crazy combination.

All four crouch and prepare to jump. But in Rocky's case, his legs contort and compress in a cartoony spring fashion. All four make a massive leap which leave behind a crater behind them and fly towards the giant Grimm which lets out another roar and sends it's giant club towards them in a downwards swing. The four boys and the Grimm clash which creates a giant explosion...

The scenery now shows the four boys out in an open field, their arms crossed, standing side by side with each other, and smiling towards the sky which shows some peaceful clouds which were slowly drifting in the sky.

Four letters appear which form together...

ANGR

The screen goes dark...

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And that's my first chapter of my fic.

Well, I've been doing a lot in trying to keep up and since Vol 7 is coming on Nov 2nd, I'm excited to see it soon. In the meantime, I shall continue the adventure of this fic.

Be ready for Chapter 2 where we settle to Beacon Academy.