Chapter 17: Rule Breaker


"Is there anyone that needs water!" Velvet yelled as she passed around water bottles, "Yatsu, help me out here!"

Listening to his partner Yatsuhashi went over and started helping her pass out water bottles.

"Thank you."

"You guys are real lifesavers."

"Are the other Huntsmen back yet?"

These past few days had been incredibly busy for Team CYMS, with Mori's nose they had been able to find more and more survivors.

Each day was filled with finding and rescuing more and more people.

For the most part, the survivors had been hidden underground like the Grey's, some were above it, running for their lives, thankfully outside of the first rescue, no other big Grimm attacks had happened.

They were not expecting so many survivors. Originally it was just the Grey family who just stuck around them, but as they found more and more people it became apparent that they needed to create a base camp to hold everyone.

That's when it was decided to split the group into two groups, the rescue group consisted of Mori, Coco, and Port. While he and Velvet were in charge of protecting the Refugees that were already found.

It was tough finding resources for everyone but thankfully they were able to scavenge the remains of Lower Cairns for supplies.

After finding the supplies they needed, they immediately set to build small defenses and organized the survivors in a way that would make them easier to watch out for and easy to distribute said supplies to.

All in all, they had built a pretty good camp that was well fortified with enough food and water for everyone that was in there already and that was coming in.

In total, they had rescued around 70 to 80 people may be more depending on if the rescue squad of Mori, Coco, and Professor Port were able to find more people."

"Incoming!" A voice yelled out, "We've got more survivors!"

Yatsuhashi turned towards the source of the yelling, speak of the devil, it was Coco and Mori, it looked like the rescue party had found more people.

"We need quick medical attention," Mori yelled out as he quickly carried in a wounded person.

"I got it," Velvet answered as she brought her first aid kit out, "How bad is it?"

"Head trauma fell and hit her head when she was running away from Grimm, we barely made it in time."

"Got it."

With that Velvet began to apply first aid to the victim.

Mori after giving the wounded girl to her then directed the other members of the rescued group to a place where they could be fed and clothed.

"Any news on those bullheads from Beacon?" Coco asked as she went over to Yatsuhashi.

Initially, they were only expected to save the village so they weren't expecting to need evacuation efforts, thankfully they were able to contact Beacon and get a message that they needed support.

"They should be arriving in the evening," Yatsuhashi reported, "Apparently the delay we got is because they weren't expecting so many refugees, so they're scrambling to find extra bullheads to bring."

"That's good, I am so done with this mission, once we get back, I'm going to take a long hot shower and take a nice long nap on my bed."

Yatsuhashi agreed, it would be nice to get back on his nice warm bed.

"I don't know about you guys but I'm looking forward to eating food that isn't dehydrated junk," Mori complained as he rubbed his stomach.

"You're the one who eats most of the food!" Coco barked as she whacked her temporary partner over the head, unfortunately for her, she forgot who she was hitting, with the end result grasping her hand in pain, "I've said this multiple times throughout the week, but what are you made of?"

"I was born from a rock."

"Yeah, it sure feels like it."

"So, how many people are left?" Yatsuhashi asked, as much as he enjoyed Coco's little comedy skits with Mori, it was important to know that they wouldn't be leaving anyone behind.

"That actually should be all of them," Coco replied with a smile, "Wonderboy says he can't really smell anything else."

"Yeah, I don't smell anyone else, though… actually never mind we should be fine to gather everyone and leave."

"That's good," Yatsuhashi replied with a sigh of relief.

If all went well, they would be back in Beacon by tonight. This mission had gone way faster than they had expected, they were told they would be gone for a couple of weeks at least, instead, it hadn't even been a week.

"Is Mr. Jin back!"

"I think he is!"

"Yay!"

A small object soon ran past Yatsuhashi, then another one and another one, and in an instant, the youngest member of Team CYMS was surrounded by many tiny people.

"Can you teach me more martial arts!"

"I want to learn how to disintegrate Grimm with a kick!"

"How many Grimm did you slay today?"

Yatsuhashi could only smile at the sight of all the children in the camp starting to dogpile the brown spiky-haired boy.

"Now, now kids I'm sure Mr. Jin is very tired from another day of rescuing people." One of the mothers stepped in before the children could overwhelm Mori.

Sounds of whining were greeted by the mother's attempt to get Mori some space as they reluctantly got off the boy.

"I will play with you guys later," Mori promised, "I just need to do huntsman stuff."

One by one the kids reluctantly said goodbye.

"Thank you," Mori said in relief to the Mother that helped him out.

"It's no problem, Mr. Jin, this is all I can really do for saving our lives." The woman responded as she ushered the last kid out.

"Man, those kids really love you," Coco commented as she watched the last of them leave.

"It's probably because I've been using my spare time to teach them some fighting techniques."

"Sure, that's the reason," Coco sarcastically replied back.

The other reason being the kids had seemed to have taken the boy to be some super huntsman.

Yatsuhashi had to admit that their admiration was hardly misplaced.

He had been apprehensive of the boy at first because he was unknown and that feeling only got worse when he heard from Velvet that she was uncomfortable around him.

Then he saw him in the field. It wasn't just his fighting experience that impressed Yatsuhashi, even though that one shot of the Goliath was very impressive.

He was not a freshman in terms of experience, everything that they had been taught in their second year, he performed either at or above.

From tracking down survivors with his nose to navigating the land to being able to handle rescue efforts with ease he knew what he was doing.

Honestly, at times it felt like there was a second Huntsman with them.

It wasn't just Team CYMS that he gave a calming feeling to either.

His presence was also comforting for the villagers as well, the feeling of worry the older survivors had was just not there when he was out playing with the children.

This mission had gone very well and it looked like they would make it through with the best results.

"I've finished patching the girl up," Velvet said as she got to the group, "She should be fine."

"Is there anything else that we need to focus on?" Yatsuhashi asked.

Coco nodded no.

"Where's Professor Port by the way?" Velvet asked, trying to find the veteran huntsman.

"He's checking something out," Coco replied with a flippant tone, "Probably just double-checking to make wonder boy didn't miss anyone."

"…I don't know about that," Mori said as he put his hand on his chin.

At that, the other members of Team CYMS looked at the boy trying to get an explanation from him.

"We haven't really seen many Grimm the past few days," The boy explained, "I think Professor Port noticed that and wanted to check it out."

"I mean we've pretty much wiped out all the Grimm around here," Coco pointed out, "So, of course, there would be less Grimm around."

"…I guess."

Yatsuhashi really hoped that Coco was right, because if she wasn't…No, they would be fine, the bullheads were almost here.

"We should probably inform everyone the bullheads will be arriving soon." Velvet said as she started to head to the main part of the camp.

Everyone nodded as they made their way to announce the good news.

Just as they reached the base of the camp Professor Port suddenly appeared with a serious face.

"My dear students," Professor Port said all the energy in his tone gone, "I have very grave news."


Mori took a deep breath as he stared at the wide expanse…how many more minutes did he have? 1? …2?

Oh well, It didn't really matter, he'd better use this time was to go through his forms,

As he mentally went through each of his forms, his thoughts wandered back to the events of the last hour.

One Hour Ago

"There's What!" Coco yelled as she slammed her hand on the table.

"A massive Grimm Horde coming our way," Mori said sullenly as he replied for Professor Port.

"I know what he said Freshie, I was being rhetorical."

"Do you have an exact number Professor?" Yatsuhashi asked.

"I dare say there's around one thousand of them."

A sharp breath can be heard being taken by the other members of Team CYMS.

"A…a thousand of them?" Velvet said trembling.

"…How did so many Grimm start to gather without us noticing?" Coco asked with a concerned face.

Mori's observations were right, the Grimm's behavior had started to become more and more abnormal the last couple of days, he wasn't seeing as many as when he got here, and it wasn't because Team CYMS was destroying more.

The question was how?

The Grimm were mostly mindless, so being able to gather in such a large amount on their own seemed to be highly improbably.

The only way they could have done this maneuver under their noses was…

"Something is gathering them, correct Professor?" Mori asked trying to confirm his hypothesis.

Professor Port nodded.

"You are correct Mr. Jin, the only way these Grimm could have moved this way is something else controlling them.

"What kind of things can do that?" Velvet asked in a concerned tone.

A moment of silence filled the room.

"…There are a couple of things I believe can do that," Professor Port said with a grim look, "I believe I have narrowed it down to an individual one…It is a Grimm called a Piper,"

"A Piper?" Yatsuhashi questioned, "What does it do."
"It's a very small Grimm with its physical strength being no more than a child, yet its size is deceiving in this case, it is one of the most dangerous Grimm alive."

"It's incredibly intelligent isn't it, Professor?" Coco said with a grimace on her face.

"Exceedingly intelligent, and combined with its power to control Grimm it's like facing a well-organized army."

"Great," Coco complained, "Not only are we facing one thousand Grimm but now these Grimm know tactics."

"And we also have to protect the survivors," Mori chipped in.

"Maybe we don't have to face them head-on," Velvet suggested, "The Bullheads are arriving soon so if we can evacuate everyone by then we should be fine."

"They won't be arriving for another hour or two, even if they did, we have so many people that it will be hard to evacuate them all in time," Coco said, shooting down Velvet's idea.

"Could we possibly move everyone to a different spot?" Yatsuhashi asked as he attempted to come up with a solution.

"That won't work either," Professor Port said, "It's hard enough to move this large amount of people but we still have wounded that can barely move without assistance."

"What can we do then?" Velvet asked.

"…We'll have to fight them," Mori spoke up.

Professor Port nodded.

"Correct Mr. Jin, we will have to fight them, or at least delay them for long enough for a bullhead to arrive."

"What's the plan then Coco?" Mori asked as he turned to his temporary partner.

"…I'm not sure," Coco said with a worried face.

"You are not sure?" Velvet said shocked.

"Coco, what do you mean?" Yatsuhashi asked.

"If we all go and fight them that will leave the refugees unattended," Coco explained, "By the sounds of what Professor Port is saying, the Piper will be smart and probably attack them while we confront the horde."

"But we would need all the manpower we can get for one thousand Grimm," Velvet protested.

"Can we not just fortify until the bullheads get here?" Yatsuhashi suggested.

"That won't work either, if we are besieged by Grimm the Bullheads won't be able to land properly and more people will be in danger," Coco said refuting Yatsuhashi's idea.

"This is the reason why the Piper is so dangerous," Professor Port said with a serious voice, "Its ability to control vast numbers of Grimm mean very few Huntsmen teams survive fighting against it."

"The best option would be to have a group fortify the base while others would fight against the Grimm. The problem is we don't have enough people to split them up like that," Coco said with a frustrated tone.

"…I'll fight them alone," Mori said speaking up for the first time in a while.

"…What?" Coco said as she turned to him.

"I'll fight them alone," Mori repeated himself, "Everyone else will protect the survivors while I will meet the Grimm in the field and take them on myself."

"Are you dumb?" Coco angrily replied, "I don't care how much of a super huntsman you are, there is no way you can take on that many Grimm by yourself."

"Mr. Jin, while your courage is admirable, teamwork is a key part of being a huntsman," Professor Port said in a serious tone, "There are many stories when huntsmen go on their own, only to fall."

"It's the best option," Mori explained, "The survivors are more important than getting rid of Grimm, so we should put most of our resources into protecting them."

"See that's a new idea freshie," Coco sarcastically replied, "Except, the resources spent on fighting the Grimm will just be you."

"I will be fine," Mori replied, "I don't get hurt that easily and I will just need to fight them long enough for you guys to evacuate everyone."

He then turned and looked into Coco's eyes with conviction.

"I will be fine; this is the best way for everyone to survive."

Coco seemed to hesitate before taking one more look into Mori's eyes.

"…Fine we will go with your way, but you won't be able to bottle the Grimm by yourself, so Velvet nd I will stay provide cover fire."

"Coco, he's going to die," Velvet protested.

"Let's see about that Velvet," Coco responded, "Hey freshie are you going to die?"

Mori nodded no.

"See, Vel he'll be fine,"

"That's not an-"

"Now's not the time to question my decisions," Coco barked, "Prepare the fortifications, and you!"

She barked as she turned to Mori one more time.

"You better buy us enough time."

Mori nodded as he went to get ready.

Present

Professor Port offered to help him as he went out, but Mori declined it.

It'd be too hard to keep track of the old man while fighting in a mass group that and it would be better for the old Huntsman to be a reassuring figure for the refugees.

He could see the wall of black slowly make its way above the horizon.

"You ready freshie?" Coco asked as she walked up to him loading her weapon.

Mori nodded as he finished his mental practice.

"I still think this is a terrible idea," Velvet said as she snapped a couple more photos of Coco's weapon.

"I've always wondered…how does your weapon work?" Mori asked as he looked at Velvet's camera.

It really was quite a neat weapon, and combined with her semblance made Velvet a formidable opponent.

"Don't worry about that right now freshie, all you need to worry about is that Grimm horde." Coco interrupted before Velvet could explain.

Right, right, he needed to focus on his job... annihilating Grimm.

Mori once again looked through the horde, this time trying to find the Grimm that was causing all of this trouble, if he could destroy it early that would make things a lot easier for him.

…No luck, oh well, he'd just have to do it the old fashion way…one by one.

"Alright, let's do this!" Coco yelled as she and Velvet started to fire their weapons.

Taking a deep breath Mori jumped straight into combat, ready to destroy as many Grimm as possible.

The first victim was just a Beowolf.

"Where was the weak point of the Beowolf again," Mori thought to himself, "ahh, right there"

With one quick kick, he hit the Beowolf in the midsection crumpling it in one hit.

After finishing that one Mori turned to his side as he then struck the next Grimm, an Ursa.

"I believe Professor Port said the weakest point on the Ursa was around here,"

Once again, he ended the Grimm with one hit.

It looks like Professor Port's lessons were actually helpful in fighting the Grimm.

Shaking off his idle thoughts he moved on to the next Grimm as he continued to destroy them with just one strike to their weak points.

"No useless movements."

"Only use just enough energy to destroy them in one hit."

He needed to be efficient as possible with his energy as he didn't know what he was facing, if he used to much power it'd be wasted, if he used too little it'd require more to energy end the beasts.

One after another he continued to fight the Grimm.

"Hmmm some of the Beowolves look bigger than average…are those alphas?"

"They should have the same biology as regular ones."

Noting the stronger Beowolves Mori made quick work of the tougher Grimm.

A loud roar was suddenly heard.

"Freshie! You've got a goliath!"

Another goliath huh?

"Where did that paper say the weak point of a goliath was…I think it was around here…?"

In an instant, Mori struck the knees of the monster as it crumpled to the ground with a loud thud.

The bigger they are the harder they fall.

He continued to make good work as he mowed through Grimm after Grimm.

Still, this was an interesting experience, he hadn't really fought numbers this large since he lost his powers, if he was at his peak, he could probably end them with a sneeze…actually he could probably end Remnant with a sneeze.

It really was unfair how much of his powers were taken from him.

No, no, now was not the time to think about what he had lost.

He quickly mowed through more and more Grimm.

Instead, he would think about what he had and focus on what he can do.

Continuously fighting through the monsters Mori could feel that the Grimm were no longer focused on reaching the camp but instead were focused solely on him.

…good it seemed like the Piper considered him more of a threat than anyone else. That meant he could go deeper into the horde.

The increased attention did nothing to stop Mori as he continued his rampage against the monsters.

As he finished another pack of Ursa his instincts had him quickly dodge boulders that fell on him.

"What was that?"

"Ahh, it's that rock type monster over there…were there any Rock-type Grimm?"

Mori immediately fired off a blue dragon's kick that destroyed everything in its way.

"That should do it…oh?"

Apparently, the Grimm wasn't a rock type at all, it really was just a bunch of rocks, the actual culprit was the Grimm that was possessing those rocks. What was it again... oh right, a Geist! He remembered hearing about those.

As it possessed another set of Rocks, before it could attack again Mori fired off a recoilless kick, destroying it before it had a chance to react.

"That should take care of that."

"I really need to do something about those flyers though," Mori thought to himself as he dodged Nevermores' firing their feathers at him.

Just before he could do anything they were suddenly shot down by Coco and Velvet.

"Nevermind."

With the aerial threats gone, Mori continued his one-sided dominance.

As he continued to fight deeper and deeper into the horde Mori began to focus his attention on searching for the Grimm Commander.

After mowing through a couple more Ursa's he finally found what he was looking for.

It was small, about the size of a small child, with a mask that looked like a clown and a flute that was made of Grimm bone.

Currently, it was riding on top of a Goliath.

"Let's see if we can bring this Grimm down to size." Mori thought as he went to the Goliath's feet to knock it down.

With its ride destroyed the small Grimm tried fell on the ground with a thump, now in a panic realizing it had been found out it started to play its flute calling more Grimm to protect it.

They were barely bumps in the road as Mori destroyed them in one hit with quick strikes.

The Grimm continued its futile attempt to run away but it was no use as Mori was able to catch up and grab the Grimm by its face.

Before killing it he took look at the thing in curiosity as it struggled to get away from him, Grimm really did come in different shapes and sizes, what kind of being could create such a beast? Oh well, he'd figure that out later. The most important thing would be that it died like the rest.

"Now, you won't be causing problems for anyone else," Mori stated as he crushed its head with his grip.

The beast went limp starting to disintegrate.

He looked back at the horde throwing the Pipers body away, he had accomplished his first objective, the Grimm won't be able to act in unison anymore…

…Oh crap, since the Piper was focusing most of its efforts on him, it allowed him to go deep into the horde without fear of letting them past him.

Now that it was gone, there was nothing stopping the beasts from just rushing Coco, Velvet, and the village.

He'd better destroy them quickly.

"Damn, that was stupid of me," He mentally berated himself as he charged back into the fray.

Firing off Renewal technique after renewal technique Mori once again started to fight the horde.

"I think I'm understanding how these moves link."

"If I do this, I follow up with that," He thought to himself as he continued strike after strike.

"You knowthis is kind of fun,"

Mori could feel himself go deeper and deeper into combat.

It really was fun fighting, even though he wasn't as powerful as he was before, it was still a lot of fun trying to use his moves as effectively and efficiently as possible.

He was really starting to understand his Renewal Taekwondo, every move was connected.

He was close… he could feel it, he was close to reaching the level of where his grandfather was at.

Just a little bit further and soon he'd reach that pina—

"Freshie! Freshie!"

Mori's concentration was suddenly broken.

"Huh… Coco? …are the Bullheads here?"

"No, they aren't," She replied as she looked over him as she lowered glasses.

Velvet on the other hand looked for some reason looked frightened.

Did she have a close call with a Grimm?

"What's up then, I still need to fight the Grimm,"

"…Do you really not know?" Coco asked with a disbelieving voice.

"Know what?"

"Freshie…You've already destroyed all the Grimm."

Mori looked around the field he was in; she was right, he was just surrounded by disintegrating corpses with no alive Grimm in sight.

"Huh…I guess I did."


Coco didn't freak out; she always maintained her cool.

…However, she still wasn't quite sure how to process this afternoon's events…actually more the entire mission.

She had been trained her entire life to be a Huntress and with that training came certain rules.

You can't fight Grimm without Aura.

An Enemy with a weapon is more dangerous than one without.

You do not under any circumstance try to fight on your own, you always stay with your team.

EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THOSE RULES WERE BROKEN BY HER PARTNER.

He can destroy Grimm quite easily without his aura.

She'd rather face ten armed Huntsman than go against him with her team.

And then there was the giant shit he took on the Team concept.

Yeah, she and Velvet were providing him with bullet support.

But she was pretty sure he did not need their help, as evident by the fact that he seemed to be smiling while fighting off the horde of Grimm.

What kind of psycho smiles while they are completely surrounded by enemies?

Hell, in the bullhead right now he was just writing stuff down in his notebook muttering something stuff she couldn't really understand.

It was like this afternoon was just a picnic for him.

What kind of place did he come from where a monster like him was created?

"Coco, we are back," Yatsuhashi said interrupted her thoughts as they could once again see the sights of Vale.

It was a welcome sight to see the beautiful city, especially compared to the destroyed town they had spent their week in.

Once the Bullhead landed the team was greeted by the chaotic sight of Vale officials yelling directions at refugees from their mission.

In total they had saved around 80 people, that number was unheard of for saving a destroyed village, you'd be lucky to save around 10 people.

No wonder the Vale officials seemed to be overwhelmed.

"I assume you guys are the Team who saved these people?" One of the officials asked as they got off.

Coco nodded yes.

"We've been trying to direct these refugees to another spot to get vetted and help to find a new place, but they have been insisting that they personally thank the Huntsman team who saved them."

"Look they're finally here!"

"Yay, we can see them one more time!"

"Where's Mr. Jin?"

As if on cue Team CYMS were surrounded by the crowd of people giving their thanks by hugs and handshakes.

The one who seemed to get the most attention was of course wonder boy himself.

Everyone seemed to want to have a piece of him.

After the Vale officials were finally able to get everyone to clear out all that remained was one family…the Grey Family.

"Thank you so much for saving our lives," Mr. Grey said with a smile, "I don't know what we could have done without you guys."

"It's no problem," Coco said with a smile, "We are Huntsmen that's what we do."

"True, but not many Huntsmen can save this many people and keep everyone safe," Mrs. Grey pointed out, "So for that we thank you."

Coco nodded accepting their thanks.

The children on the other hand seemed to go to Mori as each of them gave him a hug and thanks.

As he finished hugging all of them the oldest seemed to linger wanting to say something.

"Is there something wrong?" Mori asked as he kneeled down.

"I just wanted to tell you, Mr. Jin," The oldest said twiddling his thumbs, "That…I want to become a strong huntsman just like you!"

"Hey, I wanted to say that." Another one of the children shouted out.

"Mr. Jin, I want to say that I want to become even more amazing than you!" The youngest bragged.

Mori chuckled as the kids started to argue.

"I'm sure you guys will," he replied with a smile, "Especially if you guys follow my lessons, which were?"

"If you don't have to take a hit don't, Attack first, and always practice the basics!" The kids shouted in unison.

"And the most important!?"

"Never be afraid of your opponent!" They yelled back.

"Good!" Mori said with a smile, "Now go back to your parents I think they're waiting for you guys to find a new home."

And with that, the kids were off.

"That was rare," Yatsuhashi commented.

"What, them wanting to be a huntsman?" Mori questioned.

"No, them wanting to become a Huntsmen because of you."

Mori tilted his head waiting for an explanation.

"Most people that become Huntsmen who survived Grimm attacks like this do so out of revenge, not out of being inspired by someone."

"Oh… huh," Mori replied scratching the side of his face, "Well, I think they will do well."

"I'm excited to see what kind of future they will have," Velvet said with a smile.

"I'm sure they'll grow up to be excellent Huntsmen," Yatsuhashi chipped in, "Especially since they have quite a strong image of one."

"Yeah you guys really showed how strong you were," Mori commented.

"Mori, we are talking about you," Velvet said in exasperation.

"Me?" Mori said as he pointed at himself, "I really didn't do much, all I did was fight and locate, you guys did more rescuing."

"Yeah fight," Coco snarked, "It totally was normal fighting off a thousand Grimm."

"Indeed!" Professor Port jovially said, "I have never quite seen a feat like yours, Mr. Jin, it was absolutely astonishing, so astonishing that I in fact will tell your story in my classes so that it will be remembered for the ages!"

"Please don't make me one of your stories Professor Port," Mori begged.

"Well, Team CYMS seems to be back earlier than expected," A voice said interrupting their conversation

It was Professor Ozpin dressed in a nice suit.

"I heard word that you were close to finishing your mission, but I wasn't expecting it to be so soon." He said in a calm voice.

"Yes Professor," Coco replied as she turned to attention, "We were able to reach Lower Cairn's and rescue the remaining survivors successfully."

"While it is usually common practice to have a debriefing, I believe you and your team have earned some rest."

"Thank you, Sir,"

"As for you Mr. Jin," Professor Ozpin said as he turned towards the boy, "I do believe you have quite impeccable timing."

Mori tilted his head trying to figure out what the professor meant.

"Today's the Beacon Dance," Professor Ozpin explained, "I do believe your friends will be quite excited to see that you have reminded."

"Oh! I better head over then."

"Wait!" Coco said stopping the boy from leaving.

He turned towards her and looked at her with a questioning look.

"Don't tell me you are going in that?" She asked with a grimace.

"…What's wrong with this?" He asked with a dumb look on his face.

Oh my god, he may be an unstoppable juggernaut in the field, but his fashion sense was still a disaster.

"…Look," Coco said with a sigh, "You can't just go to a dance looking like that, let me go to town real quick and get you something."

"Well… I guess thanks, Coco,"

"No problem freshie."

"Oh before you do that," Professor Ozpin said right as Coco started to go get her partner something suitable, "I'd like to talk to you alone, Miss. Adel. It shouldn't take too long would that be ok?"

Her Team nodded as they went off.

"What would you like to talk about Professor?" Coco asked.

"I'd like your opinion on your thoughts about your temporary partner."

"Mori?"

"Yes, Mr. Jin."

"Well he has a good head on him," Coco started, "He kept up with my decisions and the team cohesion was as good as if it was with Fox."

"Mmhmm," Ozpin nodded, "Now tell me Miss Adel…what are your real thoughts on him?"

Coco was caught off guard by Professor Ozpin's incredibly direct question.

"Well…if I'm going to be honest Professor…he's an absolute monster." She said as she admitted her real thoughts on him

"A monster you say?" Ozpin said with an intrigued voice.

"Not like in a bad way, but more like…the stuff he does…it shouldn't be possible."

Ozpin nodded as he waited for her to explain more.

"It's just…every rule I've been taught from my training he breaks and he treats what most veteran huntsman are wary of like a plaything…I was going to mention this during the debriefing but, he fought off a horde Grimm easily! Who does that?"

"A horde?"

"Yes, a Horde, It was…I can't describe it it was, it was."

"Awe-inspiring?" Ozpin suggested,

"Yes, awe-inspiring," Coco said as she finally got the words to describe this afternoon, "It was like I was watching, like watching—"

"It was like watching an unstoppable force, with the only thing the opposition could do was fall before him…is that correct Miss Adel?"

Coco nodded, as Professor Ozpin was able to finish her words.

"And the only thing you could do is stand and watch, wondering if that sort of strength was even humanely possible." Ozpin finished with a small smile.

Coco nodded again as Ozpin seemed to put the words in her mouth.

A couple of moments of silence seemed to fill the air as she the memory of the way he tore through the Grimm replayed in her mind.

"That is all I have to ask of you Miss Adel," Ozpin said finally breaking the silence, "I do believe we've kept Mr. Jin waiting long enough, I'm sure his friends will be very excited to see him soon."

Coco nodded as she left to go help Mori find something that was somewhat presentable

Conversations with Professor Ozpin were usually inspiring, and she could always learn something from him.

Something seemed to bug her about this conversation though…from the way Ozpin talked… it felt like he was there…watching with her.


TMT here I hope you guys liked the recent chapter hope to hear your guy's thoughts.


Blitzneutral 69: That guess was pretty close.

Divine Whiskey: That could be a way to nerf him.

Lechain: I'd say their relationship is close right now, it could grow into more and it may not.

808Joker808: Thank you I'm glad you liked the chapter.

kakkarotto22: Thank you!

David Alejandro Gmez Fernandez: Yeah they are used to his antics.

Nox Deus: Thank you! That means a lot to me since you've been following Journey since the start.

Victorsan12345: I think he'd be curious about it and wonder how it works, I'm not sure if he'd particularly mind especially since he can copy stuff quite easily as well.

Thelost01: Yeah Mori Dan Easily had the best swag.

Lashamore: Don't worry you'll get your dance chapter. Hopefully, Fox ends up better.

Random Thought; Yeah next chapter will have more perspective from Ruby.

KhonkyawzaL THank you, this my first fic so it means a lot to hear that I'm improving, I'm quite happy with the readers I've got and the interactions I get from you guys so popularity doesn't matter as much. As for the second review yes I have read the recent chapter and it really is quite adorable

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