(A/N: I do not own RWBY that masterpiece belongs to Roosterteeth and Monty Oum, R.I.P)
Chapter 8: Jaundice
A few weeks have passed since Iskandar and Yang's incident at the club, Iskandar and Yang didn't talk much to Yinsen after their encounter.
Iskandar was now in the ring with the black haired leader of team PRSN Senji Galicia-Feldgrau as he wielded his hammer in one hand, the other opponent was Damien Crimson, A red haired human wearing a blue jacket, crimson shirt and white pants, the leader of team DRGN . He had two gauntlets on his arms the twin dragon fangs, along with Noriaki Hisui of team PRSN a warrior wearing grey and black armour all over their body and a boy who had blonde spiked hair, with a black Z-bolt symbol on each side of his blonde hair. He was a green-eyed boy, who was wearing a yellow vest with a small dark yellow scarf on his chest, with a black t-shirt underneath, though the sleeves were ripped off, measuring up to his shoulders and showing off his muscles. He also wore some black pants with multiple zipper pockets, some black and yellow sneakers, and some black fingerless gloves that claws extended out of the knuckles. He was Neos Xanthos of team DRGN.
The five were in their battle stance "Begin" Glynda said starting the match.
Neos ran towards Iskandar wanting to claim the first blow he slashed with his electrified claws but Iskandar dodged by jumping into the air, creating a huge stream of fire from his hands. Neos than retreated so he wouldn't get caught in the blaze, Senji jumped into the air ready to smash him with his hammer but Iskandar blocked it with his huge swords in a crossguard. With a burst of fire he propelled Senji back. Noriaki ran up and caught his teammate in mid air before firing a few plasma rounds from his drill sword. Iskandar dodged few of the blasts while one hit him in the torso and he doubled over from the impact. Iskandar shook it off and flew low for a quick strike. Damien saw what Iskandar was doing and fired a stream of fire from his gauntlets engulfing Iskandar in flames.
"You idiot! Dragon faunus are immune to fire!" Senji yelled as Iskandar burst from the flames Iskandar slashed at him with his swords but Damien jumped back trying his best not to get hit.
In the stands were the rest of team DRGN, a dark haired samurai wearing a black shirt and blue open long coat his name was Ryu Yahto and a white long haired girl wearing a white sweater and light blue shirt and miniskirt team DRGN's archer Gwen Charlotte. "Those two really going in head first are they?" Gwen observed.
"Agreed, but despite their recklessness, it does not mean they lack skill" Ryu said.
Sitting next to them were the remaining team PRSN members a black haired wolf faunus wearing a black shirt with a red vest over it accompanied with grey jeans, his tail wagging in anticipation his name is Richthofen Blutfur, the other green haired teammate wore a red visor as well as a green and black jacket and pants his name was Peter Devert
"It sure is going to be good seeing Senji and Noriaki in action" Richt said.
"That we can agree on" Peter agreed.
"Damn it" Damien lamented as Iskandar's tail then grabbed Damien's leg. Iskandar was still under fire from Noriaki and Senji so he decided to throw Damien at them, the flying body crashing into his fellow classmate.
Iskandar was about to unleash a stream of fire at them but he was then hit in the back by a bolt of lightning it's origin was from Neos hit him on the back with a blast of lightning taking a chunk out of his aura. "Hey! Thats mine!" Grey ranted.
"Calm yourself Grey, There are many cases of people with similar semblances" Yinsen said.
Iskandar then turned around swung his hand and created a giant claw made of flames. Neos dodged the fiery claw but when he looked back he saw Iskandar's flaming fist a few inches away from his face. Neos took the punch and flew back Iskandar tried to spread his wings but they trembled and were rigid. 'Hmmm interesting it seems that whenever Iskandar is hit in the wings it causes muscle spasms, that could paralyze him temporarily. Should at the very least keep him out of the air and on the ground. Note to self... something that sticks and is heavy, and hurts' Yinsen thought.
Senji slammed his hammer into Iskandar's side, continuing the assault Damien delivered a few well-placed punches to Iskandar's pectorals and solar plexus. "Damn it" Iskandar said as his wings twitched.
The dragon faunus saw Noriaki was about to strike Iskandar released a burst of flames knocking Damien, Noriaki and Senji on their backs. Iskandar continued the offensive as Neos ran to Noriaki side and helped him up, knowing Neos would be the bigger threat Iskandar opened up Raphael's Wrath, firing rounds from the triple barrel shotgun sword, the students scattered to dodge the assault Noriaki created a wall made of jade Iskandar launched himself towards the wall and pierced through the wall with his sword the tip of the sword came out of the other side as Iskandar fired another round breaking the armour on Noriaki's abdomen and launched to the floor Noriaki tried to get back up but ultimately collapsed from exhaustion.
"Noriaki!" Senji cried out for his teammate as he ran over to him, checking for any permanent damage
"I'm fine Senji, but my aura is in the red, I'm done" Noriaki said.
"You did well, don't worry I'll take him down" Senji responded
Iskandar was slashing his swords at Damien who was trying to keep the dragon at bay "You didn't seem to take that last blast too well. Let's see how you handle THIS!" Neos said to himself as he charged his claws with lightning and lunged at Iskandar's back, he extended his arm to strike but Iskandar shot fire from his feet boosting him up into the air into a backflip, as Neos looked up Iskandar brought down a flaming fist that slammed the lightning user to the ground, cracking the floor beneath him as well. Iskandar then flashed a toothy grin.
"NEOS" Damien yelled in concern for his lifelong friend, he saw Neos passed out and quickly sighed before giving a look to Iskandar who shook his head regaining his stoic demeanor.
Senji roared as he swung his hammer at Iskandar, the dragon faunus side stepped out of the way and swung Divine Star Slayer, the dark haired boy used his hammer to block. Being pushed back the red haired brawler ran up to Iskandar to deal a devastating punch, Iskandar responded by breathing a stream of fire that engulfed Damien. As everyone looked at the inferno, Damien burst through the flames and delivered a mighty punch to Iskandar's face sending him flying while in mid air Senji created a ethereal sea dragon that slammed into Iskandar driving him into the wall. Iskandar sat on the floor gasping for breath. Before he could get back up Senji and Damien were standing over him.
"Damn it" Iskandar said as a buzzer blared.
"That is enough, Students as you can see here Mr Drakon's aura has dropped into the red Iskandar wouldn't be able to fight but he is also in a position where his opponents are in complete control of the battle, meaning that in a tournament battle this would end the match" Glynda said. Five displays appeared with all the combatants above them with health bars underneath Iskandar, Neos and Noriaki's aura were in the red while Senji and Damien were in the low orange.
"Yes Miss Goodwitch, however if it wasn't a tournament battle, the true objective would be staying alive in a fight, protecting citizens and taking down the enemy combatant" Iskandar said.
"Correct, Mr Drakon" Glynda responded.
"Meaning in the field the only way to win is to survive" Iskandar said as his tail snuck up behind and was about to wrap around Neos' neck but he lowered his tail "but for now I will yield" Iskandar said as Neos took the claw away from his neck.
"Very good, you know your skills in battle but remember to account for your opponents skills and try to plan countermeasures against them, and next time don't be so macho and insist on a four vs one battle" Glynda said.
"My apologies miss Goodwitch, I was just trying to test the limits of myself and of my fellow students" Iskandar said
"very well then now please return with your fellow students
"Good hustle their Neos" Damien said.
"Thanks Damien" Neos thanked his leader.
"Iskandar you fought bravely but I have trained to take huge fighters like yourself," Senji said.
"Wasn't this a team effort" Noriaki said causing Senji to chuckle nervously.
"Yes it was Noriaki, but this now proves my might over the dragons, I don't mean that as a race thing it is just that mystic faunus are known for immense strength in combat" Senji replied.
"I take no offence but know this in the future I will get stronger, the question is will you be able to keep up, anyway it has been an honour to spar with you all" Iskandar said
"Thank man" Neos said.
"Well next time you won't 'crash and burn" Damien said causing everyone around him to cringe
"Not your best work, Damien" Neos said.
"Yeah I mean when Yang does it, it's cute, but that one" Iskandar said doing the "so-so" hand gesture
"Yeah I appreciate a woman that can make a good pun" Damien said.
Noriaki then walked to the door.
"Hey Noriaki you okay" Senji asked.
"I'm fine just need to repair my armour" Noriaki said.
"Are you sure you don't want to" Senji asked
"I'M FINE" Noriaki shouted back, shocking those surrounding him. "I'm sorry I really got to fix this, I'll see you later" he said as he left the arena.
"Okay see ya" Senji said.
"That guy is an enigma" Richthofen said.
"Richt" Peter said annoyed.
"What he is" Richt replied
"Very well, we have one final match for today Jaune Arc versus Cardin Winchester" Glynda announced.
"Good luck Jaune" Pyrrha said as the two fighters entered the arena
"So Iskandar kinda surprised you lost this battle" Yang said
"I must have underestimated their abilities I'll take that into consideration next time" Iskandar said.
"Hey I've been meaning to ask do you want to study together sometime, we can start tonight" Yang offered
"That actually sounds like a good offer thank you," Iskandar said
"Yeah we can have a big ol' study party," Ruby said with glee.
"That actually sounds like a good idea, I mean Leonidas and I are the smartest in our class" Weiss said rubbing her chin.
"Thank you, Ice queen" Leonidas said.
"Excuse me" Weiss said.
"What, it's what Francesca and everyone else calls you" Leonidas said.
"I stand by it" Francesca said.
"I don't call you Ice queen tiny tits" Naomi said with a smile aggravating Weiss.
"Uh guys, the match" Blake said.
"Oh right" Ruby said as everyone saw Jaune's a few minutes of seeing Jaune struggling it started to become hard to watch the teams watched as Jaune faced against Cardin, Jaune was ragged and out of breath while Cardin was arrogant in his skills.
"Come on" Jaune said before he roared his battle cry as he charged and swung his sword with poor form, Cardin quickly side stepped to the right and dodged the attack as Jaune looked back Cardin swung his mace and made Jaune fall to the floor causing him to lose his shield in the process.
"What is Jaune doing he's being too predictable" Iskandar said.
"He's definitely lacking proper form," Leonidas said.
"Maybe it's to lure Cardin into a state of overconfidence" Francesca theorized.
"Let's just watch the fight," Yang said as Jaune's sword was blocked by Cardin's mace.
"This is the part where you lose" Cardin said.
"Over my dead" Jaune couldn't finish that sentence as Cardin kneed Jaune in the groin causing the blonde knight to drop on his side. As Cardin was about to deal the final blow an alarm blared signaling the match was over. Cardin moved to his side of the arena his display showing he hasn't taken any damage while Jaune's health bar was in the red. Glynda took centre stage to address the students "Students as you can see Mr Arc's aura has now dropped into the red in a tournament style duel it would indicate that Jaune is no longer fit for battle and that the official may call the match. Glynda explained Pyrrha looked at the result disappointed that Jaune lost. "Mister Arc It's been weeks now please try to refer to your scroll during combat, gauging your aura will help you decide when it is appropriate to attack or decide a more defensive strategy" Glynda said causing Jaune to sigh.
"We wouldn't want you to be gobbled up by a Beowolf, now would we?" Glynda said.
"Speak for yourself" Cardin said as he walked off, Iskandar growled at his comment.
"Remember everyone the vytal festival is only a few months away" Glynda said as Yang punched the air, while Iskandar smirked with anticipation, while Ruby couldn't contain her excitement "It won't be long before students from the other kingdoms start arriving in Vale so keep practicing, those who decide to compete in the combat tournament will be representing all of Vale." Glynda added before the bell rang. Pyrrha looked at Jaune who slumped his head down in defeat.
At lunch team RWBY, JNPR, DMON and CRST were sitting together Nora was telling tales while Jaune played with his food "there we were in the middle of the night" Nora said.
"It was day" Ren said.
"We were surrounded by Ursai" Nora continued
"they were beowolves" Ren corrected her again
"DOZENS OF THEM" Nora said.
"two of 'em" Ren fact checking.
"But they were no match and in the end Ren and I took them down and made a boatload of Lien selling Ursa skin rugs" Nora said sitting down triumphantly
Ren sighed "She's been having this reoccurring dream for nearly a month now" Ren said.
"Jaune are you okay?" Pyrrha asked with such worry.
"Oh yeah, Why?" Jaune responded
"You've barely eaten your mashed potatoes" Iskandar said drawing attention away from the mountain of food he had.
"How can you eat that much?" Weiss asked flabbergasted
"My metabolism burns fast, need 12000 calories to maintain muscle mass" Iskandar said.
"It's just that you seem you seem...not okay" Ruby said
"Yeah you just seemed down lately" Silver said.
"There is no shame in loss, you'll get him eventually" Yinsen said.
"Yeah Cardin isn't that skilled" Leonidas said.
"Yeah he's a arrogant, well there is a word for him but it's best not said around polite company" Francesca said.
"Yeah, team CRDL rub me the wrong way" Naomi said.
"So Jaune if you're ever having trouble with him you can always talk to us or a teacher" Iskandar said.
"Eh, guys I'm fine….look" Jaune said" laughing nervously putting his thumb up and smiling as a farce.
They then heard Cardin laughing as team CRDL was surrounding a long haired brunette girl with bunny ears, Silver was acquainted with her as Velvet Scarletina. Silver started to growl and was about to rise from his seat but Silva grabbed his arm. "Please don't." she said knowing he can become a literal volcano when he's angry.
"Jaune Cardin has been picking on you since the first week of school" Pyrrha said.
"Who? Cardin Winchester? Nah he just likes to mess around you know. Practical jokes" Jaune said.
"He's a bully" Ruby stated.
"Oh please tell me one time he 'bullied' me" Jaune said using air quotes.
"The time he knocked your scroll out of your hand" Leonidas said.
"The time he made your shield expand and jam you in the doorframe" Yang said.
"Or the time the stuffed you in a rocket propelled locker and launched it out of the school" Iskandar said.
"I didn't land far from the school" Jaune said.
"Jaune like Iskandar said you can always talk to us if you need help" Pyrrha said
"OH! WE'LL BREAK HIS LEGS" Nora said standing triumphantly.
Silver perked at that thought. "Let's do it." he said, sporting a grin.
"Nora, I'm loving your energy, but we'll put that idea in the 'maybes', although breaking Cardin's crotch with a hammer or battle axe on the other hand" Francesca said.
"Pft. Amateurs." Yinsen said from behind his cup.
"WHAT DID YOU SAY, PUNK?!" Francesca said.
"What did you mean by that" Leonidas said
Yinsen sighs and puts down his cup
"Amateurs always start with the eyes and the groin. When you want to hurt a person... TRULY hurt them... you always start with the knee and the elbows... they produce much more pain than the limbs and reduce the chances of spasms and flailings messing up your work. And as an added bonus, those broken joints?
Yinsen, caught in his own momentum began to smile sadistically.
"Every time they move, They'll feel like they're being crushed allllll over again... and with the plans I have for him... he WILL move... each fist i slam into him will have him flinch and his joints will scream in agony for each strike."
Everyone stares at him with mixed reactions of horror
'And he told us to keep quiet about the incident at Junior's club although I'm guessing that comment will raise questions' Yang thought
"Dude... what the fuck" Leonidas said as everyone looked at him questioning
Yinsen just looked at his friends for the longest time before his eyes widened his smile dropping to a look of worry and panic.
"ah!... oops... i did it again... sorry guys... it's hard to hold stuff like that in sometimes... especially when i want to hurt someone as despicable as Winchester" Yinsen said.
"Still that is some dark shit man, and I'm supposed to be the angry one of the group" Francesca said.
Yinsen simply looked at her briefly before shaking his head and turning to Jaune. "Now. With that much said... what do you want to do Jaune?"
"Definitely not torture him" Jaune said, still shaken by his talk.
Yinsen nodded. "Good... Very good... but you can't keep it like this forever"
"Look Jaune I know where you're coming from I too had problems with a bully, her name was Cleopatra Phareigh, I was a pretty standard student back at my combat school, my friends, other students and teachers were friendly to me, but when Cleo learnt that I was bisexual when I was checking out other girls in the changing room, that's when things started to change" Naomi said balling her fists.
Yinsen looked to her in sympathy. 'This could make things hard for the poor girl... no wonder she only stays in the early stages' he thought.
"After she found out the other students started treated me differently, they thought I was some sort of leper they even thrown food at me, talk behind me back or call me names or pull mean pranks on me and the teachers didn't do a thing to stop it but I had two friends that still had my back Felicia and Lana, fun fact they are actually dating now" Naomi said.
"Well it's good to hear some of this story has some light" Leonidas said.
"Anyway one day I saw Cleo trying to mess with Lana and Felicia for still being my friend, that was something I could not tolerate" Naomi said.
"What did you do?" Yang asked.
"I could have beaten her up but I knew that wouldn't be justice. Then I thought, she wanted to make me into a pervert then a pervert she got, I groped her gave her a bunch of dirty jokes that made her spine chill, I kept acting this way because well it's fun and this way I don't have to be a victim again" Naomi said.
"Naomi, I had no idea" Francesca said with a look of understanding.
"Even though you may be a degenerate, you're still our friend" Weiss said
"Yeah we'll always have your back, we know you'll be quite close to ours." Silva said.
"Yeah so don't worry bout a thing" Grey said.
Yinsen nodded silently voicing his agreement in this matter
Naomi smiled "thanks guys" Naomi said unaware a tan girl with black hair and blue eyes at the table adjacent to them wearing a golden tiara with a pink diamond on it she wears a golden silk armless top that shows her mid-riff that has a window in the middle to show her cleavage and a dress that splits showing the thigh and cuts off at the knees for mobility reasons listened to the entire story. A tan girl surrounded by the shadows of three boys gripped her fork tightly from hearing that story
"Naomi I appreciate the story I really do, but I'm fine, besides it's not like Cardin's a jerk to me, he's a jerk to everybody" Jaune said.
They then heard a yelp of pain as everyone turned their heads "Ow that hurts" Velvet yelled as Cardin was pulling on her ears.
"See I told you they were real" Cardin said as he and his friends laughed at the rabbit faunus pain.
"What a freak" Rush said causing teams DMON, RWBY, JNPR and CRST's anger to rise, Iskandar's claws gouging the table in rage.
"Excuse me for on second." Silver said as he stood up with lunch tray in his hand.
"Please tell me he's not going to do something stupid" Iskandar said.
"I want to say yes, but I would be lying. I hope nothing explodes this time." Silva said as Iskandar and the rest of the group got up Silver walked up over to Cardin and with a swift action slammed his lunch tray into the back of Cardin's head causing him to let go of Velvet's ears.
"KEEP YOUR HANDS OFF HER, JACKASS!" Silver shouted at Cardin in rage. Velvet just stared at the dragon faunus who saved her.
Cardin rubbed the back of his head "You rotten bastard" Cardin said as he stood up about he was about to punch Silver, Iskandar got between the two and pushed them apart.
"Break it up" Iskandar said before Cardin landed a punch on Iskandar's face. After he recovered from the hit he turned his head and looked at the two of them.
"Typical you faunus are so weak you have to rally together because you can't take us one-on-one, you filthy animals" Cardin said.
"Says the shit haired asshole who picks on a defenceless woman to make himself feel strong" Silver yelled.
"Silver." Yinsen said walking up to them "It is unwise to pick a fight at this time and place... please stand down."
Cardin looked to Yinsen "Next time keep your pets on a leash" he said referring to his teammates.
Yinsen replied by punching Cardin in the face. He then grabbed Cardin's face and made the arrogant boy look him into his cold pink eyes. "You are gravely mistaken in my motives. I do not care for you or whatever family name you hold." Yinsen's grip tightened. His hands beginning to crystallize Cardin's face. "If there was even the slightest reason to wash you clean from the face of this earth, i would gladly rip your guts out, yank your spine out of your mouth and use it to impale the hearts of you and your teammates. Furthermore...you had the gall to insult my teammate, you should know any insult directed at my team is an insult to me, and that is a mistake no one makes without fierce retaliation." Yinsen said.
"Alright, alright, look since tensions are high, how about you two settle it on the battlefield we have a free period before Dr. Oobleck's class" Iskandar recommended.
"Sounds good to me" Cardin said.
"Likewise" Silver replied.
"I look forward to hearing your pleas of mercy." Yinsen said he removed his powers from cardin's face and shoved him on his butt glaring at him all the while.
Silver then felt something tug the back of his shirt he growled as he turned around to see Velvet and his rage ceased "Oh sorry about that, miss."
"Oh don't worry, I just want to say thank you for saving me back there, normally Coco and Yatsuhashi helps me but they decided to eat outside and I was still hungry, I'm sorry for causing any trouble" Velvet said.
"they were hurting you, I couldn't just stand by and do nothing" Silver said.
"Still it was very brave of you" Velvet said.
"Thank you" Silver said as he stared into the bunny faunus brown eyes.
"Hey glad someone finally smacked that asshole, I couldn't stand him and his prejudiced bullying" they all turned to face Damien, Neos, Ryu and Gwen
"The way I see it, he is an asshole to everyone. He just gives faunus a harder time. Might I ask why would you, a human, care about a faunus being mistreated. Do you know the victim in question?" Yinsen asked.
"No, Velvet is an acquaintance at best, actually despite being human my mom was a komodo dragon faunus" Damien responded
"So you are one of those rare instances of a human born between a mixed couple" Iskandar said.
"Yeah, I always hated that my mom was discriminated as well as I for our heritage" Damien said with a tightly griped fist and an expression that was mixed between anger and sadness.
"Damien" Neos said concerned for his friend
"I don't remember how but one day I woke up all bloody and beaten up and saw my mother, dead" Iskandar eyes widened as Damien's story struck a chord with him. "I am at peace with it but please I ask you take him down, can't stand guys like that" Damien said
"Don't worry Damien I will make him pay" Silver said.
"Yes, I'll be honest even I've been wanting a crack at him" Ryu said.
"So please kick that jerk's butt for us" Gwen said.
"I look forward to using his small intestine as a jump rope." Yinsen said creating a pink crystal dagger with a sadistic grin.
"He means that figuratively right" Gwen whispered to Ryu, the latter shrugged not wanting to know the answer.
"Just please tell me you aren't going to kill him" Iskandar said.
"Relax, he doesn't need his kneecaps to live?" Yinsen said, his smile turning into a glare.
"Besides they deserve every broken bone they get coming to them, and you can't stop us from duking it out" Silver said.
"I realise that and stopping this fight was not my intent, I know you can beat them I just don't want you to cross a line, besides you can do more than break their bones" Iskandar said.
Yinsen sighed irritated at the man's "mentor" attitude "His big fat inflated ego"
"Anyway People like Cardin are too arrogant. I honestly would like to settle this peacefully, however some problems can only be solved by force, anyway think how he would react to a faunus and human defeating them with a handicap, it would make them rethink their standing in the school's social hierarchy" Iskandar reasoned 'Also helps prevent Silver from melting those idiots alive. And Yinsen... after what saying what he knows... i don't even want to know what he'll do' Iskandar thought. Yinsen however was less than impressed.
The nerve this brat has... lecturing ME of all people in how to break people mentally... Look at him... so smug with how smart he thinks he is.
No, helping it... best to let him keep thinking that he's top dog. Easier to have an egotistical friend than a egomaniacal enemy. Easier to control. Much more variety of bait to feed him.
They always are... but i'm not gonna let him go thinking he's hot shit.
"That could work" Ryu added.
Yinsen scoffed. "A plan to break their pride? It won't do anything to darwinian scum like them. They'll just use this insult against them as motivation to get stronger and make such mockery a thing of the past. And worse, they'll have a vendetta against us and constantly find ways to get us out of their sight.
Silva was the first to speak. "So no matter what they'll keep a target on us."
"Bullies do have a reputation of being persistent" Naomi added.
"Hey, I wanted to report them to Glynda, let them be punished by authority. But with Silver looking for a fight, only conflict can occur" Iskandar said. "This is the next best thing."
"Even so, your plan will create more annoyances I don't want to waste time on. And Iskandar..." Yinsen walked to iskandar until he was right up into his face. "I don't recall ever asking for your opinion so go take your little plan and shove it up your... well you get it" With his piece said, Yinsen walked away down the hall.
"I only wanted to help" Iskandar said to himself
There was a long pause before Ruby of all people spoke up first. "What bit him in the butt?"
"He coulda just said 'No'" Blake commented. "There was no need to go that far."
"Agreed. Something seems off about that guy" Francesca said.
"What tipped you off, the torture talk or the rejection of iskandar's plan?" asked Leonidas with a clear bit of sarcasm in his tone.
Yinsen pulled his fist from the wall growling as he pulled it out.
That man never ceases to piss me off... thinking he can tell ME what to do...
Since we are on the subject of not using power, You have been relying on me a bit too much lately.
Right... ill brush up my skills... head down to the training room... hopefully they're replaceable.
As yinsen stormed down the hall he failed to notice a silver haired cat faunus following him from behind
"I wonder what could cause him to react so strongly" silva said.
Yinsen was practicing his close quarters combat on training dummies, repeating his fighting patterns and refining them
Block. Twist... armbar.
Block, rotate, slam, break elbow
Block, knee, heel drop kick
Duck, shove right, foot on thigh
Grab, overhand throw
Grab,hip throw, use shin to break arm at the elbow.
Grab, twist fall shatter shatter SHATTER SHATTER
*pant pant... pant*
Yinsen pulled away from the broken training dummies now on the floor with visible cracks in them. He grabbed his water bottle strapped to his waist and drank
"...um... yinsen?"
Yinsen looked out of the corner of his eye and saw his female team mate, Silva. 'Probably sent to check on me from one of the others' he thought.
"Silva... what are you doing here?" Yinsen asked
"I was wondering if you were okay" Silva said
"Look if it was because of what i said, I'll admit I went too far in completely rejecting Iskandar, but his plan would have made things worse not better." Yinsen said
"T-that isn't it" she said.
Yinsen raised his eyebrow. "Oh?... then what is it that you want?"
Silva sighed "well... you don't have to follow it if you don't want to... you are the leader of this team."
Yinsen looked to Silva. From her genuinely concerned face completely free of fear, Yinsen knew Iskandar didn't put her up to this.
"... its not the plan i have a problem with. It's a good plan. And it will work, in a way. ... what my problem is, is that He was trying to show off. "Ooooooh look at me! I know how to pop the ego balloon of a high school bully" he's Rubbing in our faces that he has more experience, and more combat skills ...no different than the rich fucks back home who Brag about business deals and money...it's asinine."
Silva, concerned, spoke up. "He wasn't trying to show off, he was trying to help."
"Help?... I don't need help... especially not from someone who thinks he knows everything. Knowing him if we go by his plan he'll take some narcissistic satisfaction at how HIS plan shattered those assholes' pride."
Silva was growing increasingly worried about his growing anger.
"Yinsen... even if he does... why dwell on it?... why bother being worried about how he acts?"
"Because i'm tired of men like him!" Yinsen spouted with a new found rage.
"The world doesn't get better from killing the bad guy's pride, and it sure as hell doesn't get better from breaking their bones! It gets better by reforming them. Iskandar wants them humiliated, not thinking of the consequences that will bring! Not thinking of the trouble that will bring to us! If we beat them to a pulp and just leave them, than they'll only come back for revenge. Then we'll beat them twice as hard and they'll come back for revenge again! WHEN DOES IT END?! WHY IS IT ALWAYS ABOUT EVIL BEING ERADICATED AND MOCKED?!"
As yinsen finished his rant he turned to silva expecting fear in her eyes from his sudden outburst... but instead he found only pity.
"Yinsen...I..."
Yinsen began to calm down. "Forget it... sorry for wasting your time." Yinsen stormed out of the room holding his fists massaging them to ease the pain.
"Look I may hate your guts, and you did try to kill Yang, but still Silver is still a good friend and I was just trying to look out for him" Iskandar said
"By turning him into another copy of you? A "Demonic Knight?" Go to hell."
"The last thing I want is for him to become like me, but still if he doesn't control his anger he would burn everything in his path you know that" Iskandar said. "And in some cases you know how they can affect our very semblances that is why I am concerned with him"
"I don't need your lectures! i know damn well what anger can do! And even if you genuinely gave two shits about him... I'm not going to let him learn from someone who just killed people who "deserved" it."
Iskandar looked down "You're right, I don't have the right to be a teacher in any form" Iskandar said head down in guilt.
..."if it makes you feel any better... i'm not one to talk... but unlike you, i realized my flawed sense of morality... I won't have them learn from someone who adamantly believe in absolutes."
"Yes, however there are people I simply cannot forgive, people that because of them I have no one left in my family, AND I WILL NOT STOP UNTIL I STAND OVER THEIR BURNING CORPSES"
"...and then what? you burn their bodies and get your 3 seconds of satisfaction. No one will blame you of course, but killing them without understanding them is a pitiful way to live... does killing like that make you a better person? does it make everyone happy? Are you gonna kill people like that for the rest of your life, and call yourself "an upstanding citizen of justice"?
"No I will simply be preventing those individuals from harming anyone else, as well as rip out the white fang
"Rip out?" Yinsen asked the choice of wording intriguing him.
"You know, like a dentist" Iskandar said
Yinsen snorted. "Pulling teeth will still make a child bitch about the pain, brat. Then they'll hate the dentist even more."
"Look you know what do whatever you damn well please, just stay away from me and my team" Iskandar said.
"You first scales" Yinsen said.
"Fine, crime lord" Iskandar said scoffing in anger as he walked away.
Yinsen walked down the hall, the encounter worsening his already irritated mood. HIs water bottle being used as a toy stress ball.
"Wow Iskandar must've REALLY pissed you off." Yinsen looked behind him to see his teammate silver.
Yinsen sighed. "Come to get me to play nice with him?"
"Nope." Silver said. "Everyone has their own way of running things. The only thing I can say that is negative about you is that you don't have the same level of trust."
Yinsen turned and looked silver in the eyes "Don't listen to that moron... he doesn't know what he's talking about. He somehow believes good and evil are opposites"
Silver just shrugged in apathy at the philosophical statement. "It's all in perspective."
Yinsen turned back "Perspectives like his are common... and they are the reason why we are so divided today."
Silver raised an eyebrow. "What do you mean?"
"This whole 'good and evil' bull crap"
Silver contemplated this. "I see what you mean. Like White Fang and Atlas. THey clearly have different perspectives of good and evil."
"Exactly... and since atlas doesn't have nearly as much faunus we can't even begin to understand them"
Silver raised an eyebrow. "Understand what?"
"Just... them in general... their culture their oppression, their resentment, its like... a white guy not understanding what it's like to be an Mistralian."
Silver nodded in understanding. "Ever get the feeling that you can change a lot by doing one small thing?"
Yinsen nodded. "Mmhm...it's always the small things that matter the most. Speaking of little things... What's the plan for Cardin? Weapon or no?"
Silver thought for a moment. "I couldn't care less about what you decide to do, but I plan to use my fists. Name something more satisfying than a punch to the face or kicking a prick in the balls. I know of a special way to REALLY make it hurt."
"I believe I already established alternatives that work much better than a kick to the balls during lunch time"
Silver snorted. "Killjoy. Plan on toying with them for a few minutes?"
Yinsen shrugged. "Something like that... i plan on giving them the typical "you're evil" talk and blah blah blah...at least convince them that what they're doing is more trouble than it's worth. Much more lucrative."
Silver just blankly stared. "If that works. I'll go right up to the girl I have a crush on, and kiss her full on the lips."
Yinsen nodded. "Just make sure your hands don't trail down to Velvet's ass."
The manner in which he said it was so deadpan Silver stared at Yinsen in shock, not telling if he was joking or not. "Dude, It was a joke. I don't plan on feeling her up. I'm not a pervert."
"Of course not, I'm just saying things happen in the heat of the moment... especially when they're done in an explosion of happiness and positive emotions" Yinsen said doing a wavy gesture at "explosions"
Silver just stared at his leader "Is this really the same guy who was talking about how best to torture a guy minutes before?" "What the hell is wrong with you?"
YInsen just stared at him with a look of innocence. "What do you mean?"
Silver thought for a minute for the right words to say. "... Welp, good to know crazy runs in the team at least."
Yinsen flushed red at that "I AM NOT CRAZY!"
Silver stared blankly before cracking up and laughing, mortifying Yinsen further.
"What?... whats funny?... stop laughing!"
"It's just so hilarious that despite the hard surface you create with your crystals, you at least have a real heart in there."
"...do i really?" The sudden shift from embarrassment to sorrow caught Silver off guard, when he looked up to see Yinsen giving him a look that he couldn't describe.
Silver took a few moments to think of what to say. "Well given how you're nice to the team, I'd say so."
Yinsen turned away from him and just walked on "Good enough i guess... come on... we'll be late for class."
Silver followed soon after. "Alright. I guess we'll talk later, boss..."
As they walked to class Yinsen contemplated the conversation he had with Silver. Boss... i like that.
You get enough of that back at the bar...
Still a nice feeling to have... I'm glad i came here.
So am I kid... so am I...
Cardin and his team were loitering in the hallway, they were chuckling to themselves but were interrupted when they heard footsteps approaching them, Cardin looked around to see Iskandar approaching them. "We need to talk" Iskandar said.
Cardin smirked a smug grin.
"Are trying to get me to back out of this fight? Well if you are so scared about me hurting your friends than they shouldn't have gotten in my way" Cardin said.
"Well technically you started it when you pulled on Velvet's ears however, you are mistaken, I'm not scared of them being injured, it's you idiots i'm scared for." Iskandar said.
Cardin laughed. "Your concern is duly noted! But we'll be fine, now get lost."
"You pick on them because you think they are weak. Jaune, velvet, all the faunus you knew you could prey on but I'm here to tell you that Silver's NOTHING like them. Silver is not passive like Jaune and Velvet, he is clear on what you are, and he won't hesitate to put you all in the hospital. I am just trying to give you an out" Iskandar said. "I originally wanted to settle this so that Glynda yells at you for bullying but I think we are beyond that" Iskandar said.
"I told you, we'll be fine! Now get out of my face before I deck yours." Cardin said throwing a punch which Iskandar blocked effortlessly with his tail.
Iskandar stares at him for the longest time before sighing.
"Don't say I didn't warn you. You'll fight them without those two relying on their semblance or weapons so that gives you a fighting chance, but know this... I gave you a chance" Iskandar said as he batted his arm away from him and turned to walk away.
Later that day, a cold chill went through the arena as Silver and Yinsen stood unarmed while team CRDL squared off weapons in hand, Cardin having a cocky grin on his face. "You're going down Yinsen, you and your little pets" Silver growled from being called a pet.
"Spare us the taunts, you're wasting time." Yinsen said widening his stance crystallizing a training bo staff in his hand, which did not go unnoticed by Iskandar or CRDL.
He said they wouldn't use weapons... oh well... they'll be beaten just the same.
"Damn, him and his pride" Iskandar said under his breath in the stands.
"Beatdown time." Silver said, cracking his knuckles.
"Let's finish this quick" Cardin said to his teammates.
"The match between Silver Redfox and Yinsen Carnation, who will be using neither their weapons nor their semblances against team CRDL is now underway... Begin the match" Silva said causing the two opposing teams to run at each other. Silver started by rushing Cardin the latter swung his mace in an attempt to bash the dragon faunus face in but, Silver grabbed the mace with barely concealed rage and shoved it aside to hit the ground beside him, Silver then followed this with a headbutt to the face, stunning the bully. Russell tried to take advantage on Silver's focus on Cardin and strike Silver from behind, but felt someone grabbed his wrist as Yinsen threw the mohawked teenager into Sky.
"Thanks" Silver said.
"Don't get hasty, morons or not they have the advantage in numbers." Yinsen responded. As Russell and Sky got back up Dove rushed Silver intending to slash at the silver haired dragon faunus' shoulder but the latter quickly sidestepped then kicked his shin with as much strength as he could muster causing Dove to scream in pain. The sudden change of balance from such a kick caused him to be knocked off from under his feet that caused him to land flat on his chest
Before he could clutch his poor shin to his chest., Yinsen turned the poor boy face up and sat on him cross legged. Dove shuddered fearing the worst. But when he looked into Yinsen's eyes he could only see pity. "You see now?... You see how far picking on the weak gets you?" Yinsen looked straight into his eyes. "Our world is ruthless, and unforgiving. If you keep beating up people weaker than you then you won't grow stronger, and you won't last so much as a minute in the real world...Because one day... You'll be dying all alone at the hands of someone stronger than you." Yinsen than looked up to his opponents "That goes for you 3 as well. Contrary to your actions, I know you're not idiots. If we didn't bring up this ultimatum, someone else would have. And they would have beaten you just as handedly as we are at this moment." Yinsen then got up and slammed his foot into Dove's face knocking him out and dug his foot in like he was a used cigarette butt. "You'll be looked at as the scum of the earth, and eventually you'll run into someone nowhere near as merciful as we're being. Like the White Fang." At the mention of the White Fang, Iskandar and Blake clenched their fists in anger.
Yinsen than reconstructed his sword pointing it at them. "I'm serious... nobody would blink twice if you suddenly happened to disappear... Is that the kind of people you want to be... someone no one will think twice about carving into two? IS THAT THE RECOGNITION YOU WANT AS A HUNTSMAN!?"
"YEAH! YOU TELL THOSE PUNKS!" Grey cheered estatically.
"So this is what he had in mind?" Silva asked herself, unsure how this would end.
Velvet sat nearby, tapping her fingers against the seat, her eyes never leaving the Dragon Faunus who was kind enough to help her.
Silva irritated with the noise turned to see what was making it. She was about to politely tell the person to stop that annoying sound but looking at Velvet's face of worry instead raised questions.
"Why are you staring at my brother?" Silva asked eyebrows raised.
"Ah-aaa I-I'm just... Wondering how he'll handle himself without a weapon... wait your brother?" Velvet said caught, off guard at that little revelation.
"Yeah. Don't ask about the faunus part, not important at the moment. Anyway, why are you so concerned? He's been through much worse at the neighborhood bar." Silva said, confusing Velvet more.
"Umm.. why would he at a bar? Velvet pondered, since Silver should have been too young to drink judging from his age.
"Well, a local bar is a good place to get information, and sometimes I even went with him, and he pummeled anyone who looked at me the wrong way, which was a lot of people. Even when he didn't come I had to be called so he didn't destroy the place."
"Oh wow." Velvet looked at Silver again in a different light, knowing full well that he could probably hold his own if he got in bar fights on a regular basis.
Iskandar sighed "This is more embarrassing that Yinsen is even bothering using his semblance to deal with them"
Leonidas looked to Iskandar confused. "I thought it would be embarrassing if he didn't even bother to use it."
"Look we can all agree that despite Cardin trying to act all big and strong he is hardly the best fighter in class, hell I can see Jaune kick his ass if he applied himself, but Cardin is too prideful to think about improving himself and that is his downfall" Iskandar said. "The odds are far in Cardin's favor. Normally against such odds Cardin should be able to win. But skilled hunters overcome any odds so long as they trained hard enough. Yet here they are already one man down"
Damien scooched closer to Yang and Iskandar "So Yang this is a awesome fight"
"Indeed although I see Yinsen wishes to fight all out even though he doesn't, Oh man I can already hear Cardin bitch and moan about that 'no semblance thing" Iskandar said.
"Yeah but it is good to see that jerk Cardin gets what was coming to him" Yang said. As the fight continued with Silver slamming his fist into Russell's gut taking him out of the match
"Anyway I was wondering you busy tonight, I know this trendy new club to go to" Damien asked.
"No, ah wait me and Iskandar are going to study tonight, unless is it okay if we reschedule Izzy" Yang said.
"Oh yeah that's fine we can always study on the weekend if needed," Iskandar said, Yang then proceeded to hug his arm
"You're the best" The blonde brawler said.
"Alright I'll pick you up at 7" Damien said
'It's for the best... I could never hold someone with blood covered hands' Iskandar thought to himself
Back in the arena Russell and Dove have fallen after many blows to their ribs, Sky was struggling to breathe from all the abuse he has taken. Cardin ran up to Yinsen but before he could give an overhead swing of his mace Yinsen jabbed him in the face causing him to step back in pain.
Sky swung his daggers at Silver, the silver haired swiftly jumped back then responded with a Side kick, knocking him down the the floor unconscious the piled on damage finally taking its toll. Silver then turned his attention Cardin and growled as he charged, Yinsen delivered a few compact blows to Cardin's lower ribs before jumping back to avoid a swing "Hey Hey, weren't we going down? Mr... uuuummmm... who are you again?" Yinsen said sarcastically.
Cardin was enraged "Don't you dare mock me!" Cardin said.
"But you make it so easy" Silver said from behind him, surprising Cardin
When did he get behind me? Cardin asked as he turned his head to see Silver's fist drive into his face.
"Son of a bitch, typical faunus ganging up on one guy" Cardin said.
"Says the brute who had no problem taking us 4 to 2." Yinsen responded forming two long crystal daggers from the crystalized ground " Silver... shall we end this?"
"But of course" Silver said cracking his knuckles as Cardin started to sweat. Silver then delivered a right cross to the bully's jaw disorienting him greatly. Yinsen continued with with a jab to the ribs. Though Cardin's aura blocked most of it, it was likely a crack was left from the sheer impact. Cardin held his gut in pain struggling to use his other arm to lift his mace. Silver used this opportunity to finish it. Silver pulled back his left arm they followed by punching the pompadoured bigot clean in the face. The resulting blow slammed Cardin onto the floor and struggled to get up.
"And that's the match, the Winner is Silver Redfox and Yinsen Carnation" Blake announced.
"No" Yinsen stated. "It's not over" he walked to the fallen bully and stared him in the eyes. Speaking in a voice barely a whisper. "... Such anger and hate is beneath you. You have nothing to prove to anyone. Your mother will never forgive you and reject the wretched man you've become, your father will continue to spit on you for your "weakness". He cares more about his alcohol intake than you. If you keep this up you will die in obscurity and as a mockery, an example of what not to be."
Cardin shoved him away and struggled to get on his feet. He raised his fists desperate to punch Yinsen.
"What the hell you know about my family! You are just some punk who cheats whenever it suit you" Cardin growled.
"How does he know" Cardin couldn't help but wonder. No one should have known that. He never said a word of what happened at home to anyone else... yet this furry lover spouts out his family relationship as easy as reading a newspaper.
Yinsen snorted.
"Dumbass, I never agreed to abide by that idiot's rules, he brought that up himself." Yinsen said, grabbing Cardin by the collar and pulling his face up to his. "You clearly don't care about rules, judging by your treatment of my team mate's friend... so why bring them up now when they suit you most?"
Cardin glared at the boy, gritting his teeth but remaining silent.
"You're right... i didn't play by the "rules"... but considering that im going against someone who would mindlessly disregard Beacon Academy's rules, why should I worry about playing "fair"?"
With that he dropped him and walked toward Silver
"Come on Silver we're done. As for you four, I hope you consider what we discussed." he said as they turned and walked away
"Don't walk away from me, YOU THINK YOUR BETTER THAN ME WELL YOUR NOT" Cardin roared. "I'm better than you filthy animals, You dragon faunus, cat faunus even that little bunny bitch" that last part made Silver stop in his tracks as the silver haired dragon faunus growled in anger as his arms and legs soon became a shimmering silver.
"No, don't do it" Silva said concerned for her brother
Silver looked at Yinsen as if waiting for his judgement "You'll get your chance" Yinsen stated patting his shoulder reassuringly.
Silver for his part continued to glare down the broken bully. The silver scales on his body becoming a dark grey and looking very deadly and ominous by the minute.
Yinsen continued.
"Even if you turn their bodies into baby food, then what?... you'll have a bodycount, mass property damage, expulsion, jail time, and a terrified bunny faunus. In that order."
At the mention of the "bunny faunus" silver began to calm down significantly.
"One battle at a time lover boy... you have brownie points to receive from a cute faunus. We'll get them next time."
Silver's rage finally receded the adrenaline starting to wear off.
Yinsen continued to hold his grip on silver's shoulders.
"Ugh... thanks, for all that."
"Don't thank me, its only to make you look presentable..." After helping Silver to his shoulders he saw Teams RWBY DMON and DRGN along with the student that they protected to start this whole mess to begin with.
No one said anything for a good while... Iskandar was the first to break the silence "Uh hey, good job controlling your anger back there, Silver."
Silver sighed. "Don't congratulate me, if it weren't for Yinsen, there's be four lumps of mush that used to be fucktards." He then looked to the two team leaders glaring at each other. "Look, I don't care what you two did to each other, and I frankly couldn't care less. We're on the same side. Get used to it, or have someone who actually cares about your issues to deal with each other. Iskandar, I don't care what you have to say to Yinsen, but he knows how to handle a team like this. Yinsen, learn to take advice! He wasn't telling us what to do! Both of you, right now, find SOMETHING NICE TO SAY!" He then stares the two down, his eyes turning into slits, waiting for both to say something.
Yinsen starred into Iskandar eyes... and he thought very very hard about what he was about to say.
"This is my team, I decide how its run, and i would like to politely ask you to NEVER speak on our behalf without our consent again."
"I apologise Yinsen, I only made those terms so that Silver's semblance hopefully would not come into play, 'cause I believed in his anger he could have accidentally kill Cardin" Iskandar said.
"Hm... dumbass. Even if his semblance didn't kill him his strength would have. You of all people should know what a dragon faunus' strength can do to a human."
"I know that, that is why I tried to teach him the value of restraint, I've seen his temper if he's in that mind set while he's using his semblance it'll be a volcanic eruption" Iskandar said. "At least this way there's a less likely chance of people getting hurt"
"Iskandar surely what he says must have pissed you off too. How can you treat this so casually?" Silver asked, still not entirely cooled down.
"I would be lying if I said I didn't want to punch his teeth in, but the gravity of that transaction would have a negative impact to what people think of faunus, besides I already know what I am" Iskandar said.
Damien, and the rest of team DRGN and DMON, RWBY and JNPR made it down from the stands "He's right stereotyping is harmful but you must not succumb" Damien said.
"Yes we know you guys aren't animals" Ruby said.
"I agree stereotyping is a awful thing I guess that means all faunus aren't extremely well endowed" Naomi said.
"Thank you... everyone" Silver said.
"Actually that last part is true" Silver said causing all male faunus and Damien in the room to blush, Iskandar then smacked him on the back of the head.
"DON'T TELL HER THAT" Iskandar yelled.
"Oh crap did I just doom us all to puns and innuendos for eternity?" Silver asked as Naomi's grin grew.
"Yes, yes you did" Silva said.
Yinsen turned his glare to silver. "Every time she says one... its a foot up your ass and hers."
"Well at least I have one part of my faunus heritage" Damien said to himself.
"Wait your porn collection, you already knew that didn't you" Francesca accused Naomi the latter having a cheeky smirk
"Sort of I have done research but didn't want to assume" Naomi said.
"How vulgar" Weiss said.
"Tell me about it" Blake said.
"Anyway we should head, to DR Oobleck's class, the bell should ring soon" Leonidas said.
"Agreed" Neos said
"Yeah hopefully we'll get there in time" Ryu added.
"Stop talking let's go" Gwen added.
"Oi Yang, so 7" Damien said.
"7, hope you can keep up" Yang said.
"Oh I will goldie" Damien said before team DRGN left to get changed.
"Hope you have fun tonight" Iskandar said with confliction in his voice.
"Thanks I will, I hope you have a good night too" Yang said before she had to hurry to class along with the rest of the classmates leaving only Yinsen and him
"Wow must be hard seeing your girlfriend in the arms of another man" Yinsen said Iskandar simply growled while giving an icy stare flames coming out of his arm. Yinsen's instincts were screaming at him to kill him before he got killed..
"I want to make this perfectly clear, you hate me, I HATE YOU MORE, partly for what you were going to do to Yang but mostly..." Iskandar hesitated before exhaling and choosing to leave his sentence unfinished extinguishing the flames on his arm before walking away, leaving Yinsen to regain his bearings.
Yinsen rolled his eyes as the adrenaline started to wear off. " he really is a moron... thinking i give two shits about his baggage." He walks out of the arena with a scowl
During the chaos, Velvet walked up to silver looking very nervous.
"Hey Silver," Velvet called out for the silver haired dragon faunus with a red hue on her cheeks
"Yeah?" Silver replied
"Would you like to go with me to that new bakery this afternoon" Velvet asked nervously
Silver blushed "Uh Sure. Why?" he said nervously
"Oh, Just wanted to thank you for helping." Velvet said.
Silver nodded. "I'd love to join."
Velvet blushed a bit more. "G-Great! See ya later!" She then turned to run to class.
Well.. this could go well for silver.
Mmhm. Yinsen thought
Now... when shall we discuss-
Never. Yinsen interrupted
Party pooper.
It's always been crapped on dumbass Yinsen thought as he walked away unknownst to everyone four people were left in the arena, The girl with the golden tiara, A large caucasian brown haired male wearing white greek robes with bronze boots and belt, A man with a more slender build sporting a black goatee brown fur and dark navy blue coat and a brown fur hat and lastly a gruff looking young man with black hair standing 3ft tall wearing a navy blue coat and white dress shirt and pants.
"Is that the girl you were talking about Cleo" The large caucasian man said.
"Yes Olivdipus, she is the blue haired bitch" Cleopatra responded.
"You need me to have her 'sleeping with the fishes" the man in the short man said.
"Or skewer her" the man in the fur outfit said.
"Mapleon, Ivyan, that won't be necessary, I have incentive," Cleopatra said pulling out her scroll with a sinister smirk.
"Yes prior to the faunus rights revolution, more popularly known as the Faunus War" a green haired man wearing circular glasses, yellow tie and improperly tucked in white shirt into his brown pants sipping from his coffee mug. "Humankind was quite quite adamant centralizing Faunus population in Menagerie" Dr OObleck gave his students a brief second for them to write down their notes
Silver mumbled under his breath sarcastically. "There's something I didn't know." her sister immediately shushed him.
"Now why this must feel like ancient history to you it is imperative to remember these are relatively recent events. Why the repercussions of the uprising can still be seen to this day" Dr Oobleck said as he took another swing of coffee
"Jeez, Port puts us to sleep while I'm jumping through hoops trying to write everything down" Francesca said.
"I'm glad I have trained to have a quick hand" Leonidas said
"We can compare notes after class," Iskandar said.
"That sounds good" Naomi said.
"Now have any of you have have any of you been subjugated or discriminated because of your faunus heritage?" Dr Oobleck asked.
'I have scars to prove it' Iskandar thought to himself as he raised his hand along with Velvet, Damien, Richtofen, Grey Silva and Silver.
"Dreadful simply dreadful remember students it is this sort of ignorance that breeds violence" He took another sip "I mean, I mean, look at the white fang" Iskandar scratched the desk a bit from hearing those words "Now which one of you one scholars can tell what many theorists have believed to be the turning point in the third year of the war?" Oobleck asked. Weiss raised her hand to answer the question "Yes?"
"The battle of Fort Castle" the heiress answered.
"Precisely now who can tell me what advantage the faunus had over General Lagune's forces?" Dr OObleck said as Cardin flicked a paper triangle at Jaune waking him up
"Hey" he said from his abrupt interruption from slumber.
"Mr Arc" the green haired professor appeared in front of him "Finally contributing to class. This is excellent! Excellent! What is the answer" he asked the blonde haired boy.
'Oh that's easy faunus night vision' Iskandar thought but saw Jaune struggling 'Then again'
"The advantage….of the faunus had…. over that over guys stuff" Jaune looked over to see Pyrrha trying to give him a hint by pointing at her eyes mouthing 'their eyes' then made a binocular hand gesture. "Um binoculars" Jaune said causing the class to uproar in a laugh, Iskandar slapped his face with his tail in a facepalm like fashion. Cardin was laughing banging his fist on the desk.
"Very funny Mr. Arc, Cardin perhaps you would like to share your thoughts on the subject," Oobleck asked.
"Well I know it is easier to train an animal than a soldier" Cardin said OObleck shook his head.
"AND YOU GOT YOUR ASS WHOOPED BY AN ANIMAL" Silver got up from his desk and roared at him.
Yinsen grabbed his soldier please "You already proved yourself, it's not worth it, let him throw his temper tantrum" Yinsen said
"You're not the most open minded individuals are you Cardin" Pyrrha said.
"What you got a problem" Cardin said angered.
"No but I do have the answer, It's night vision many faunus are known to have near perfect sight in the dark" Pyrrha said causing Cardin to growl.
"General Lagune was inexperienced and made the mistake of trying to ambush the faunus in their sleep. His massive army was outmatched and the general was captured. Perhaps if the general paid attention in class he wouldn't have been remembered as such a failure" Blake said. That enraged Cardin to rise from his seat.
"Yes, Blake, and to quote the great faunus general, Pecan Chu, 'Knowledge is the ultimate weapon, for it would decide victory before the battle starts' I may not be best in class but I know good advice when I hear it," Iskandar said.
"Mr Winchester please take your seat" Oobleck ordered. "And yes Iskandar, truer words have never been said by such a wise mystic faunus like Pecan Chu" Dr Oobleck said.
"Mystic faunus?" Jaune asked.
"Really mister Arc, you a friends with two of them in this very class" Oobleck sighed. "Very well I guess I can squeeze this in, Mystic faunus are a subspecies of faunus, but they unlike regular faunus hold only one animalistic trait some mystic faunus are known to have multiple traits from beasts of legends, Dragons, griffins, unicorns, mermaids, manticores they were excellent warriors during the great war, although this made them targets of interest human forces believe should have been…. eradicated. It was during the great war where the Mythic faunus were brought to the brink of extinction, but as you can see, they survived, and now hopefully those kind of atrocities can never be repeated. "Obleeck said. "Now Mr Arc I will see you and Mr Winchester after class" Oobleck said as the bell rang and everyone swarmed out.
Everyone stormed out the classroom "So today has been a doozie" Yang said.
"Yeah tell me about it" Iskandar said.
"Anyway, I'm going to go plan what I'm going to wear for my date with Damien, you sure you don't mind blowing off our study session Izzy" Yang said.
"Nah like I said we can always meet up on the weekend, you go have fun enjoy yourself" Iskandar said with a little croak in his voice.
"Okay you're the best" Yang said as she brought the red haired dragon faunus into a hug. The blonde brawler then walked away dropping her smile feeling uncertain about tonight.
"Hey Izzy why are you letting your girlfriend go out with another man" Naomi said.
"She's not my girlfriend, yes I'm willing to agree that the situation a few weeks ago would be considered a date, but Yang can make her own decisions and who she loves is her own choice" Iskandar said.
"Being the nice guy earns you brownie points... however " Yinsen approached them from behind "If you get too complacent you'll keep making excuses on not to pursue her. You'll keep telling yourself that it's 'for her happiness'... and you'll lose your chance before you know it."
"I'm not in love with her, we're just good friends, besides she only kissed me on my cheek" Iskandar said.
"Wait WHAT?" She said surprised along with her teammates. "DUDE THAT MEANS SHE LIKES YOU, I mean you didn't get some tongue action but yeah she like you" Naomi said.
"Yeah dude don't be like Jaune" Francesca said.
"You deserve to happy, sensei" Leonidas said.
'I don't deserve to be happy, not when my brother's soul remains unavenged, knowing the White Fang could easily do what they did to me onto another' Iskandar thought.
"Seriously, Izzy, you go to a movie, dinner a little vino and then you end the night making sweet passionate-" It was at this moment Iskandar lost his cool.
"I DO NOT NEED DATING ADVICE FROM A FUCKING PERVERT" Iskandar roared causing his teammates to look at him with fear.
"Eccentrics aside," Yinsen spoke up unaffected by the outburst. "They are right, you deserve a chance at happiness."
Grey followed up for him "Do you WANT to go through life without knowing a woman's touch and warmth?... That's just... wrong man."
Silva looked to Iskandar. "Izzy, we're just trying to help. Just…. Do what the heart says."
Silver thought of things for a moment… "I got nothing... sorry"
"I-I'm sorry, I honestly don't know what my feelings are towards Yang, when she's around I feel calmer, at peace, whenever I feel down her smile gives me warmth" Iskandar said. "Anyway there is nothing I can do about it now" Iskandar said as he walked off.
"Well that was awkward, so Leo, Naomi want to go play some video games" Francesca offered.
"I was going to work on a special project but I could use a break" Leonidas said.
"I'll meet you later I think I left my textbook in the classroom" Naomi said.
"Okay see you later" Leonidas said.
"Yeah we better go as well, later blue minx" Yinsen said as he and his team left.
'That idiot's falling faster and faster in love... He might as well scream it to the world at this point. At this rate the it'll be too fast and iskandar will pull ahead of her, creating a love so large it will intimidate the poor blonde and make her feel unworthy of it. I need to get yang to keep up with him... But how?' Yinsen thought
After retrieving her textbook Naomi was walking down the hallway "I hope Izzy and Yang get together, I mean I can understand the two reasons why he would want to date her" Naomi said to herself.
She then heard laughter "Still a disgusting perv as ever aren't you Naomi" she turned her head to see the tan girl in the fancy silk dress and golden tiara, the large caucasian man in greecian garbs, the skinny young man in fur and the incredibly short man in the blue overcoat. Naomi was frozen in shock,
"Cleo" Naomi said scared "How are you here?" she said.
"You and I went to combat school together, stupid slut I honestly didn't know you would be here in Beacon" Cleopatra said. "Anyway this is my team, Olivdipus Lithius,"She said referring to the huge teammate "Ivyan Terribane" referring to the fur wearing teenager "and Mapleon Bonapout" she referred to her short companion.
"What do you want Cleo" Naomi said bitterly.
"Well I feel like I was too harsh with you and I want to be friends again" Cleo said.
"By 'Friends' you mean 'Punching bag right'. No dice I'm not going back to that" Naomi said.
"Please reconsider before I take, drastic measures" Cleo said.
"What are you going to do make the little guy chew on my ankles" Naomi said.
"I'LL SLICE OFF YOUR FACE SLUT" Mapleon said as he pulled out his Saber and was about to strike Naomi but was stopped by Olivdipus picking him up from the back of his coat
"Yeah he's real sensitive on his height, really got to tread lightly" Cleopatra said
"I'LL KILL YOU" Mapleon flailed
"Easy you psycho, geez your temper is the second most annoying problem in our team, the first being Olivdipus 'mother issues'" Ivyan said.
"HEY, NO OTHER WOMAN IS BETTER THAN MY MOMMA" Olivdipus said as he pulled out a locket with the picture of a brunette haired woman "I love you momma" he said as he kissed the locket.
Cleopatra eyes turned purple and turned to her teammates "Boys sit" she commanded. Cleo's teammates eyes glowed purple and they obeyed their leader.
"So that hypnotising semblance theory going around school was true" Naomi said.
"Yeah, I had to use it on a few teachers who threatened to fail me, so I had to coerce them, although when you fought back that day I already used it a couple of times on all the teachers and it got weaker with each use, anyway will you be a pal" Cleopatra said.
"I'd say go fuck yourself but I see you have a couple of boy toys to do that for you" Naomi said.
"Oh don't be like that, How is Felicia and Lana, I heard Felicia got into fashion designing school while Lana is at the police academy" Cleopatra said.
"Why the hell do you know that" Naomi said.
"I overheard a few things here and there... Now... back to the topic at hand, I believe this will change your mind" Cleopatra said as she pulled out her scroll pressed a button letting Naomi watch, what the bluenette saw caused her expression to change from anger to shock
"How did you get that?" Naomi said shaking
"I was walking by Felicia's house when I took this, man this would be devastating for both Felicia and Lana if this were to get out" Cleopatra said.
Naomi swallowed her pride "What do you want" she said.
"I need you to do all our homework from now on for a start," Cleopatra said as Naomi looked down in shame "Oh come on Naomi think of this as a business deal, You do what I want and I don't ruin Felicia and Lana's reputation as well as any chance of them getting a job" Cleopatra said as she turned around and as she and her team were about to leave "Later slut" she said in a mean tone.
Naomi was stand their alone she tried to walk back to her dorm but was losing strength and pressed herself against the wall and tears began to swell in her eyes. 'Gods damn it, I thought I was done feeling this powerless' she thought.
And done I hope you guys enjoyed chapter 8 I know you fans have been waiting for a while, anyway I hope you enjoyed the cameos from thetorpedoing's team DRGN and a little bit of Damien's backstory and a little competition for Iskandar and LordChibiHalo's team PRSN their OCs gave Iskandar a bit of a challenge. Anyway hope you guys liked the CRDL vs Silver and Yinsen fight, and I'd like to thank my Co-editors Pokespecshipper and gigacanno for helping me. Also I hope you enjoyed the new characters of Team PLTM
Cleopatra Phareigh-voiced by Lauren Landa
Olividipus Lithius-voiced by Josh Tomar
Mapleon Bonapout-voiced by Jerry Jewell
Ivyan Terribane-voiced by Max Mittelman
Damien Crimson- voiced by Jonathan Silver
Ryu Yahto-voiced by Michael Berman
Gwen Charlotteton voiced by Stephanie Sheh
Neos Xanthos voiced by Gideon Emery
Anyway this is by far the largest chapter made by Blazing Saint Productions any remember to fave and review if you enjoyed it