(A/N)
And hello there! I bring one more chapter of Snake's Adventures in Remnant, nah, just joking. But I hope and still enjoy it as well as enjoy writing this chapter.
(Q&A)
Ronmr:
This chapter answers you question.
Guest:
Sorry about the typos :(
And don't worry, I don't want to make spoilers but they will find out about Snake's life in an interesting way. But of course, Snake will tell RWBY about his adventures as a soldier and mercenary.
Punisher:
Not Winter but maybe Raven though... sorry, I love MILFs
TheIncrenator:
He'll work for Ironwood as a Mercenary, but he'll stay in Beacon.
Czar Joseph:
He won't have the Patriot, as I said before, I prefer to think that it belonged to The Boss and not to Snake.
In fact the Stun Knife sounds pretty cool and I completely forget it :( If I had remembered it, I would have put that and not the Stun Rod. Oh well, I'll leave it that way.
And a shotgun under the barrel doesn't sound like a bad idea, it would be useful for close combat if Snake uses his M4, but I'll also give him a shotgun.
Gamerman22:
Sounds interesting, I'll keep it in mind.
Ando now, let's begin!
I don't own RWBY or Metal Gear.
Chapter 8
"So, how did my student do it?"
"I'm not going to deny it, Snake did an excellent job out there, he even managed to catch one of the White Fang's Lieutenant, not even Specialist Schnee could take him down."
Ozpin, hearing Ironwood's response couldn't help but smile a little. He was glad to know Big Boss managed to do the Operation easily, while Ironwood could probably do things worse if he sended soldiers just for those Paladins. How? He didn't wanted to know.
"But still, I don't trust that boy, I looked for information about him but I didn't find anything. Ozpin, are you hiding something?"
"It's okay if you don't trust him, but I assure you, Snake is on our side."
"You shouldn't be so blind Ozpin, he just works for money, and I don't doubt he would change sides if the Queen offers him what he wants. And then he'll just be another pawn."
"Maybe, but even so, you saw what he's capable of, he even did alone what a few Atlesian soldiers probably couldn't have, and without killing anyone, I'm sure you'll still need him, right James...?"
There was a brief moment of silence, and nobody said anything, but Ozpin could know his answer irritated the General.
"...The prisoners said the White Fang is working with Roman Torchwick, if they needed the Paladins and also they are working with a human, that means they are preparing something big." Ironwood explained, but Ozpin was waiting for him to say what he wanted to hear. "Tell him to be ready if we need him again."
"I'm sure he'll be glad to hear that."
— l — l — l —
After arriving at Beacon in the morning, Snake and RWBY started their day in the Academy, in Monday, and the best (or maybe worst) way to start the day was with Professor Port's class. During class, Snake was paying attention to the Professor's class and his stories when he was young, although at one point during the class, Ruby showed Snake a badly made drawing of the Professor she made. Snake chuckled a little when he saw the drawing, but Weiss saw it and she scolded them both for not paying attention, it wasn't that Snake was ignoring the class, but he hadn't planned to argue with the heiress about that anyway. Soon the class ended, and the students went to the next one.
The next class was with Professor Glynda Goodwitch, and as always, Snake sat with the rest and watched the fights of the students, some were interesting, others not so much, but maybe he could learn one thing or two. The last fight was between Pyrrha Nikos, the girl who dressed and armed like a Spartan, and Cardin Winchester, the typical racist idiot that nobody likes.
Pyrrha won the match quickly without problems. And the most incredible thing is that the Match finished in less than one minute, Pyrrha seemed to be a pretty skilled and strong fighter. As far as Snake has seen, Pyrrha and Yang have been the fastest fighters to end quickly a sparring match. Besides, Cardin didn't seem to be exactly a smart fighter, he just moved his Mace from side to side trying to hit Pyrrha.
"And with that, the Match is over." The Professor declared, as she turned to see her student. "Well done, Ms. Nikos."
"Thanks Professor." The redhead girl answered.
"Mr. Winchester, you must train better with your weapon and your movements." Said the Professor.
"Lucky shot..." Cardin answered between his teeth. Humiliated and angry, he returned to the stands with his team.
Goodwitch began to use her scroll, as she began to talk. "Well, it looks like we still have some time for one more sparring match. Any volunteers?" Goodwitch looked at the students, looking for someone who could fight in a match, maybe someone distracted.
When she was about to call for a student. Somebody raised his hand.
It was Snake.
Boss was already tired of just sitting and watch, and since apparently they have time for one more match, he could give it a shot. But it would be Goodwitch who decided to accept or not his participation in the class.
"I'll do it." Snake said. Some students were a little surprised, since until now, Snake hasn't fought against someone, and although they have already seen Snake fight against Yang and team CRDL, it wasn't a sparring match, just a fight with their fists.
"I'm sorry, Mr. Snake, but you can't participate because of your lack of Aura." When Goodwitch said that, everyone but RWBY were shocked to learn that Snake - That student who passed the Initiation alone and even faced and killed a Death Stalker. - didn't have Aura.
"So, how do I get it?" Snake asked. As far as he knows, the only way he could get the Aura was to discover it through some sort of training, life threatening moment or be unlocked by someone else.
Goodwitch thought for a moment. She could unlock Big Boss' Aura, but, did she really wanted to do it? Although Naked Snake had been in Beacon since the first day of classes, she still didn't trust him fully, Goodwitch thought Snake could be dangerous, but if she didn't unlock his Aura, someone else would. Besides, he is a student and she is a teacher, so her duty was to help him, right?
"...I can unlock it, come to the arena." Glynda ordered. Snake got up from his seat and started walking, leaving his M4 rifle in Ruby's hands, which she was happily taking care of, and as soon as he left, some students began to mutter a couple of things about him. Pyrrha was still in the arena, and soon Snake arrived with Goodwitch.
"Close your eyes and relax your body." Glynda said to Snake, but by the time she realized what she just said, she was about to correct herself, but Snake did as she said, so she didn't say anything else.
Big Boss closed his eye and waited for what was going to happen, while he wondered if he could have Aura or not, since he was a human from another world or dimension, but he had a new body. Soon he felt Goodwitch's hand in his chest, and she began to chant. And while all that was happening, the students watched.
"For it is in passing that we achieve immortality. Through this, we become a paragon of virtue and glory to rise above all. Infinite in distance and unbound by death, I release your soul, and by my shoulder, protect thee."
Snake still kept his eye closed, but soon he began to feel something strange, different, but at the same time good. That's how it feels having Aura? It was a different feeling to something he had felt before. But he felt good, he felt like a new man once more.
"Open your eye." Glynda said correctly this time. When Snake open his eye, the first thing he did was look at himself, and he notice that he was glowing, the brightness was a combination of blue and green light. After a few seconds his body stopped glowing, and afterwards he didn't feel anything anymore, he felt normal once more, but at the same time, he felt different.
After unlocking his Aura, Professor Goodwitch felt a little tired and weak, but she managed to maintain her posture.
"How you feel?" Snake turned to see the who said that. It was Pyrrha, she was still there.
"It's a different feeling... But I feel like new." Snake answered. Pyrrha smiled when she heard that, reminded her of when she unlocked Jaune's Aura, but even so, she was surprised that Snake didn't have Aura until now.
"Well, now that you have Aura, you can participate in a sparring match. Now, your opponent for the sparring match will be-"
"In fact I would like to fight against Pyrrha." Said the soldier, then, Snake turned to see Pyrrha. "If that's Ok."
"Me?" Pyrrha asked, a little confused, but she was afraid that Snake wanted to fight with her because of her reputation.
"Miss Nikos has just finished the match. I'll choose another opponent for you." Said the Professor, But soon Pyrrha protested.
"No, it's fine! I'd be happy to do it." She said with a small smile.
Upon hearing her response, the Professor nodded, and told Snake to prepare his weapons, so he went to the lockers. For days he had prepared a non-lethal ammunition for his M1911, specially made for the sparring matches. Although the bullets were non-lethal and could not killing anyone, it could still cause harm. Snake was wearing his tiger stripe camouflage, while carrying the M1911 and the Mk. 22, but the latter would not be use. Soon he returned back to the arena.
Meanwhile in the stands, teams RWBY and JNPR minus P were talking.
"Now this is gonna be interesting." Said Yang. She, like Ruby, was excited to see this fight. The guy who completed the Initiation alone and the girl who won the Mistral Region Tournament four years in a row. If she had known that something like this would happen, she would have made a bet.
"Yeah, but Snake didn't take his rifle, what is he going to use?" Ruby asked. She remembered that he had two other pistols, maybe he would use that?
"He goes against the Invincible Girl... what was he thinking?" That was from the ice queen. Weiss didn't doubt that Snake was pretty good, but go against Pyrrha Nikos? Even if he was in her team, she felt that Snake would lose quickly.
Blake didn't say anything, but she wanted Snake to win.
"Go on Pyrrha! Brake his legs!" Nora cheered up her teammate. "Come on guys, cheer our teammate!"
"Yeah, go on Pyrrha!" Jaune shouted, although he didn't wanted to see how Pyrrha break Snake's legs, like Nora slik and wanted to see.
"C'mon Snake! Show her who's the Boss!" Yang shouted from her seat.
Back to the arena, Snake and Pyrrha heard what their teammates were saying. Pyrrha was happy to hear Jaune's words, while Snake thought it was a little funny what Yang had said to him, and a little ironic.
Both were already prepared for the fight, and the indicators of Aura appeared, Pyrrha's was still at 100%, even if she fought a few minutes ago. Pyrrha had her shield and her javelin; Miló and Akoúo, while Snake had his knife and his M1911 with non-lethal ammo. Goodwitch was about to indicate that they would fight, while both exchanged glances, this was Snake's first real match.
The Legendary Soldier vs The Invincible Girl.
Glynda stood in the middle, outside of the arena.
"Let the match begin!"
[Play: Metal Gear Solid - Boss Battle Theme.]
As soon as the Professor said that, Pyrrha went running against Snake, while he began to shoot her with the M1911, but Pyrrha managed to block the bullets easily with her shield. She jumped, and with her weapon in hand, Pyrrha was about to hit Snake, but he rolled to one side, causing the javelin to hit the ground.
Snake had to think fast about a strategy. Pyrrha has a spear/xiphos/rifle and a shield, while he only had his M1911 and a knife, so maybe he would have to use CQC. But it would be difficult as long as she had that shield.
Pyrrha ran one more time against him, to which Snake did the same thing, Pyrrha noticing this, stopped when she was close to Snake. Snake used his knife to try to attack Pyrrha, but she blocked the attack without problems, it was easy to predict. But while his knife was against her shield, Snake took this opportunity to shoot his pistol at Pyrrha in the stomach. Before she could return the attack, she felt the pain of the bullets against her stomach. Pyrrha quickly moved her shield, removing Snake's knife from that position, and soon using her shield again, she hit Snake in the face, causing him to fall to the ground for a brief moment.
Snake felt the pain of that hit by her shield, but slowly he felt as the pain was reduced, that probably was his the Aura doing its job.
Being on the ground, Pyrrha changed her weapon to an xiphos, Snake got up from the ground, and seeing that Pyrrha was about to attack him, he took this opportunity. Snake barely managed to avoid her attack, he used his knife to deflect the attack of her xiphos and what he did was take Pyrrha's wrist, Snake hit her in the stomach with his other fist, causing her to let out a slight scream of pain.
Holding her by the wrist, Snake used CQC to snatch her xiphos from the handle and throw it about two meters away. Quickly, Snake with both hands, passed Pyrrha's arm over his shoulder, and in a quick movement, he threw her hard against the floor. Snake was about to attack her with his knife, but something happened.
Snake felt that his knife was too heavy, and quickly fell to the ground. Falling to the ground, Snake released the knife, and it was enough time for Pyrrha to recover herself and with her shield, hit Snake one more time in the head, going back a few steps. Snake quickly took his M1911 and started shooting at Pyrrha. Once again, she managed to cover herself with her shield of gunfire. Quickly Snake went for his knife, which when he took it, it had its normal weight again.
Pyrrha take advantage of the moment when Snake went for his knife and returned for her weapon, this time turning her weapon into a rifle, while Snake inserted another magazine into his gun. They both aimed, and were about to pull the trigger and shoot the other.
[Music ends here.]
"Enough!" They both lowered their weapons and turned to see Goodwitch. "We don't have enough time anymore, so this is a draw. Both have the same amount of Aura."
Snake and Pyrrha turned to see the screens where the Aura was showed. Both had it at 85%.
"Both did well, but I recommend that you start training so you could know how to use your Aura, Mr. Snake."
Snake nodded, and soon the Professor finished the class, the students ended up leaving the Arena, but Pyrrha approached Snake. "You fought well, Snake." She said, offering her hand.
"Thanks Pyrrha, you are pretty good." Snake said with a small smile, and he took her hand, to which she smiled too.
They both walked together in the direction of the lockers, and as they walked, Pyrrha decided to talk a little more. "I never saw someone fight with a gun and a knife that way, why'd you do it?"
"It is easier to have a gun to fight at short distances along with a knife in close combat." Snake explained.
Pyrrha thought it was efficient and interesting, especially with the hand-to-hand combat abilities Snake had, he even got to throw her to the ground. And he didn't have a Semblance. Pyrrha left her weapon and shield in the lockers, while Snake left only the non-lethal ammunition, but he kept with him the lethal ammo. After finishing and leaving, both were being awaited by their respective teams.
Ruby approached Snake, to give him his M4. "That was awesome!" She shouted with a smile.
"Yeah, you two had an incredible fight." Jaune added.
"Who would say you would end in a tie with the Invincible Girl?" Said Yang, really impressed like the others for the short but awesome fight.
"Invincible Girl?" Snake asked, a little confused about the term. When he said that, there was a brief moment of silence, and everyone stared at Snake.
"...You got to be kidding." Said the heiress.
"What?"
"You don't know who you just fought against, right?" Weiss narrowed her eyes.
"Against her?" He turned to see the redhead, who only returned her gaze awaiting his response.
"This is Pyrrha." She said.
"Yeah, I know."
"Pyrrha graduated top of her class at Sanctum!"
"Never heard of Sanctum."
"She's won the Mistral Region Tourna- You know what? Nevermind, I feel like I'm having a Deja vu here." She was a little angry at the ignorance of her teammate, but she decided not to give importance about the topic.
"So, why you wanted to fight me, Snake?" Pyrrha asked, she wanted to know, if he didn't know about her reputation, why he wanted to fight her?
"You looked like a strong fighter, so I wanted to try and fight you." Snake answered.
"Just that?"
"Just that. I guess I like to fight against strong opponents."
Then Yang decided to ask something. "Then, you fought against me the other day because I looked strong?"
"Yep, you, like Pyrrha, finished off your opponents quickly, so I wanted to fight you." Pyrrha and Yang smiled when they heard Snake's answer, Pyrrha was glad to know that he didn't fight against her just because of her reputation as the "Invincible Girl."
JNPR and RWBY+S went to the cafeteria, and while they were walking, thanks to Yang, JNPR found out Snake's full name was 'Naked Snake', at first they didn't believe him but Ruby told them it was true, in the end Snake show them his student ID and they couldn't believe it, Nora was laughing for a long time like a crazy girl... more than usual. Pyrrha didn't understand how someone could be called 'Naked'. Jaune didn't laugh, as funny and absurd it sounded, because he respected Snake and saw him as a friend, or at least a friend of his friends, while Ren did not give much importance about his name.
But as always, he didn't care about people knowing his code name, which he now used as his real name, thanks to Ozpin. So, at lunchtime, everything went normal as always, the nine of them were sitting together, eating.
"Now that I think about it, when we were fighting, my knife weighed too much." Asked Snake to Pyrrha.
"My Semblance is... Polarity." Pyrrha answered quietly.
"Polarity... So is it something like knowing how to use magnetism?"
"You could say it like that, yes."
"Sounds like it's a pretty useful Semblance..." Snake started thinking, now that he had Aura, he would have a Semblance? However, he did,'t need one, and the only reason he accepted to unlock his Aura was because he wanted to participate in combat class. Mind, body, technique, that's the only thing he needs.
"Are you thinking something, Snake?" Asked Ruby.
"Just about all that 'Semblance' thing, I thought if I would have one... but I don't need one I guess. The best weapon of a Hunter is between its ears."
"Totally agree." Weiss answered, without taking her eyes off her food.
At least of his battle with Pyrrha, Snake understood that, if he came to fight with other opponents in the future, they would have some trick up their sleeve, so he would have to be prepared for anything.
— l — l — l —
The day continued, and the next class was with Professor Oobleck. JNPR and RWBY+S were among the first teams to arrive in the classroom, so choosing the seats was quite simple, however, he walked behind the nine, so Yang made sure to leave a seat for Snake and she noticed that Snake saw the it, so her little plan would work, or so she thought.
"Hey Neky! What's up? I see you're still wearing those rags." A female voice said behind him, placing her hand on his shoulder. Snake turned immediately, noticing that it was Coco, and next to her was Velvet, Fox and Yatsuhashi. But they were wearing the uniform. Soon Fox and Yatsuhashi took a seat.
"Hey Coco, good to see you." Answered Snake, with his typical relaxed expression.
'Ugh! This girl again!' Yang shouted inside her mind. She was staring daggers at Coco, and Coco notice that, but she kept her smile.
Like Yang, Blake narrowed her eyes as she looked at the girl in sunglasses and beret. She definitely didn't like her presence, and much less if she was close to Snake.
"Yeah, for days we haven't seen each other or said hello, right Velvet?"
"Y-yeah..." The bunny-faunus said. Shy as always. Snake could be a little dense, but anyone would notice that Velvet was nervous because of Snake, so it only meant one thing, and Blake and Yang knew what it was about.
"Sorry, I guess I've been a little busy." Snake answered.
"Then you should sit with us and I'll forgive you!" Coco smiled, and she take Snake by the wrist, beginning to pull him. It wasn't what Snake planned to do, but he didn't put up any resistance, it wouldn't be a bad thing if he sat down with another team. Although four girls noticed that. Two were quite angry, one confused and the last one didn't like the idea of her teammate being with another team.
Soon the rest of the students arrived, and the Professor began with his lecture. Professor Oobleck's lecture was about the Faunus Rights Revolution, or the 'Faunus War', fought between humans and faunus. As soon as Snake heard the word 'War' he immediately paid attention, more than usual, even though the Professor spoke and moved too quickly while talking. Snake was no stranger to war, is the only thing he knew about his old life, and it was normal that he was interested in the conflicts that have occurred in this world. And although he had read about it before in the library, he liked to hear about it again.
Coco was sitting next to Velvet, and Velvet next to Snake, since Coco said they should sit like that. And while the Professor was still talking, Coco wrote a message to Velvet via scroll, which Velvet received and fortunately she had it in vibrating alert.
[Talk to him!] It was what Coco's message said.
[And what do I tell him!?] Was Velvet's answer. Coco turned to see her teammate's expression, which read 'Help me'.
[IDK, anythin, u are close to him just see him and think]
Velvet didn't answer that, but she could try saying anything. Velvet turned to see Snake, who was focused on the class. She felt it would be wrong if she spoke to him in the middle of the class. Seeing a little below, she notice Snake's rifle, laying against the desk.
"Y-you... always carry your weapon...?" She said in a quietly tone, a little nervous, and hoping that Snake didn't get mad. But Coco slammed her head down into the desk when she heard what her faunus teammate just asked.
Snake turned to see Velvet, noticing that she spoke to him. "Oh, yeah, I guess I don't like to go unarmed." He answered quietly, with a small smile. Velvet smiled a little, and both returned to pay attention to the class, but soon after she sent a message to Coco.
[How I did it?]
[It's a start] It wasn't what Coco thought, but worse was nothing.
"- Yes! Yes, prior to the Faunus Rights Revolution - more popularly known as the Faunus War - humankind was quite, quite adamant about centralizing faunus population in Menagerie." The Professor explained, as he pointed at the map of area with his stick. "Now! While this must feel like ancient history to many of you, it is imperative to remember that these are relatively recent events! Why, the repercussions of the uprising can still be seen to this day!"
"Now! Have any among you been subjugated or discriminated because of your Faunus heritage?"
Snake turned to see Velvet, who kept her look down, and Snake could see her expression reflected doubt and fear.
"It's fine." He said quietly, Velvet turned to see him, and she smiled and nodded, with a light blush in her face. Soon she raised her hand slowly. But she also noticed she wasn't the only one who raised her hand.
"Dreadful, simply dreadful! Remember, students, it is precisely this kind of ignorance that breeds violence!" He told the students, while he stopped for a brief moment to drink coffee. "I mean, I mean, I mean just look at what happened to the White Fang! Now, which one of you, young scholars can tell me what many theorize to be the turning point in the third year of the War?"
Snake was about to raise his hand and say the answer, but someone else did. "Yes?" The Professor asked.
"The battle at Fort Castle!" Snake turned to see the one who answer: Weiss.
"Precisely! And, who can tell me the advantage the faunus had over General Lagune's forces?" The Professor asked one more time to the students.
Snake raised his hand, but a sudden 'HEY' caught the Professor's attention. "Mr. Arc! Finally contributing to class! This is excellent! Excellent! What is the answer?"
"C'mon... he was sleeping..." Snake growled under his breath.
"Better luck next time..." Coco said quietly with a short giggle.
"Uhhhh... The answer... The advantage... that the Faunus... had over that guy's stuff... uhh... Binoculars!"
The class began to laugh, some students like Yang, Coco and above all Cardin laughed at the stupid answer Jaune had given. Others like Blake, Velvet and Pyrrha smacked their foreheads with the palm of the hand.
"Very funny, Mr. Arc! Cardin! Perhaps you would care to share your thoughts on the subject!"
"Well, I know it's a lot easier to train an animal than a soldier." The idiot racist answered. And the Professor shook his head at hearing such a bad answer.
"Yeah but even an animal won't be too stupid to end up covered in red sap and be chased by a Ursa while runnin' like a coward, right Cardin?" That one came from Snake, and when he said that, the class exploded in laughter. Since shortly after their trip to Forever Fall forest, in Beacon, the first-year students learned that Cardin was pursued by a Ursa, which was eliminated by Goodwitch. Even Blake and Weiss laughed as they remembered Cardin running for his life before the Professor arrived.
"DAAAMN!" Yang shouted as she continued laughing.
Cardin immediately got up from his seat, and with his fist hit the desk. "You son of a-!"
"Mr. Winchester! Please take your seat." The Professor interrupted. Cardin, too angry, sat down again, while the laughter soon ended. "Maybe you have the answer for this question, Mr. Snake?"
"Well, as far as I know, many faunus have better developed senses, for example, an almost perfect sight in the dark." Boss answered, to which the professor smiled when he saw the student answered correctly.
"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." Blake added to the answer. Snake thought it was a clear example of guerrilla warfare, where a small group of fighters can fight a large army, using tactics such as ambushes and sabotage. That was how America and the Soviet Union lost in Vietnam and Afghanistan respectively.
"Perhaps if he'd paid attention in class, he wouldn't have been remembered as such a failure." Said Blake as she look at Cardin. He growled at her in frustration.
"Mr. Winchester and Mr. Arc can both see me after class for additional readings." Said the Professor to the students.
"Now! Moving on!"
The class continued another 20 minutes until it was finally over, and the Professor indicated to the students to continue studying about the Faunus War if someone still had doubts about the topic. Soon Snake got up from his seat and grabbed his rifle, placing it on the left side of his waist.
All the students left the room except for Cardin and Jaune. Coco approached Snake after leaving the classroom. She wanted Snake to go to Vale with Velvet and her, but...
"Hey Snake!" He heard behind him and turned to see that it was Yang who spoke to him. "How 'bout if we return to our dorm and we put that TV you bought for us?" She said with a small grin in her face. With that answer, she wanted to leave a clear message to the girl in the beret.
Coco raised an eyebrow at what the bimbo had said to the one-eyed guy. Coco felt it was a declaration of war, and she would gladly accept it. "Well, it was quite fun even if it was an Oobleck's class, see you later Snake."
"G-goodbye Snake!" Velvet said to the soldier.
Snake waved to the girls in sign of goodbye, while they went down the hallway.
"So... what was that, 'Neky'?" Asked Yang, holding a forced fake smile on her face.
"What was what?" He asked.
"I ask you why you sat with them and not with your team." Yang demanded, with both arms crossed.
"Well, she insisted, why?" WBY could only think that Snake was someone quite dense and didn't realize what was happening. And that wasn't something good.
Yang let out a sigh and relaxed a little. While that happened, Pyrrha, who had seen what happened, was waiting for her teammate. Jaune was the first one to come out, but Cardin, who was behind him, pushed him to the ground. He began to laugh when he saw how pathetic the blond looked, as he walked down the hallway.
Pyrrha offered her hand to Jaune to get up, to which he accepted.
"You know, I really will break his-"
"Uhg!"
Everyone turned to see Cardin, who fell to the ground. Turning to see the other side, they saw Snake, RWBY and JP noticed he had taken out his gun and had fired. And they were shocked, with their eyes widened
"Snake!?" Ruby was scared to see what happened, she, like the rest, saw their teammate and friend shoot someone else in the back. But Snake started walking where Cardin was, and removed a small object from his neck.
"Tranquillizer ammo. I just send him to sleep." When they heard that, they approached the bully, and began to listen to Cardin, who was snoring. Soon they relaxed.
Snake let out a small laugh, noticing the reactions of the others. "You guys really thought he was dead?"
Pyrrha let out a small giggle. "Well, I think he definitely deserved it."
Soon the others let out a small laugh, but a certain girl with silver eyes snatched the Mk 22 from Snake's hands, she used her Semblance, so Snake from one moment to another no longer had it, and only rose petals remained on the ground when he notice what just happened.
"And there she goes." Weiss said, rolling her eyes.
"OhmygoshaguncapableofleavingpeopleasleepisthemostincrediblethingI'veeverseen!" She said happily as she inspected the weapon from top to bottom, and was also happy to finally see what the gun could do, since she met Snake and they were talking on the Bullhead, she never knew what kind of weapon was. Ruby thought it was a normal gun.
"Ruby, the gun." Snake said, extending his hand for her to give it to him.
"Don't worry Snake! I'm not so careless to shoot someone by accident!" She said quite confident with a smile, while raising her hands with the gun, but by mistake she pulled the trigger, shooting Jaune in the chest.
"Ugh!" He let out a slight shout, and quickly fell to the ground.
"Vomit boy is down!" Yang said, trying to not laugh.
"Jaune!" Pyrrha shouted his name, and immediately bent down to see her teammate.
Weiss comically hit with her fist the top of Ruby's head. "Be more careful! You almost shot me, you dolt!"
"Sorry..." Ruby responded, making a pout while rubbing her head, where Weiss hit her.
Snake took his gun from Ruby and kept it. Then, he went to where Jaune was, and together with Pyrrha, the two took him by the arm, passing his arm by their shoulders to carry him. But they left Cardin on the floor. In fact nobody remembered him, so no one said something about him
"Thanks Snake."
"No problem Pyrrha."
— l — l — l —
After taking Jaune and leaving him in his bed, in team JNPR's dorm room, Big Boss returned to RWBY+S' dorm, and when he opened the door, the first thing he saw was the big TV he bought. Yang and Ruby took it out of the box, and managed to put the TV in a corner.
"What'd you think? Pretty cool, huh?" Said Yang to Snake, while Ruby changed the channels until she left it in a cartoon. Blake was reading a book called 'Ninjas of love', and Weiss was looking at something close to Snake's bed.
"Now we need some videogames!" Said Ruby cheerfully.
"Snake." Weiss called him. But she was looking to something.
"What is it, Weiss?"
"What's this?" She turned around with a large object in her hands.
"Oh, that's my cardboard box, I left it before leaving in the morning."
"Yes, but it has the logo of the Schnee Dust Company." Weiss pointed her finger at the name of the company, and on top was the logo; a black snowflake. "What did you buy from my family's company?" It was a big cardboard box, so she thought Snake would have bought something big. Maybe too much Dust?
"I didn't buy anything. When I was in Vale I found the cardboard box and decided to keep it." He explained with a smile.
"Why? It's just a box."
"Just a box!?" Snake almost yelled at her when he heard what the heiress said. And at the same time, she was a little surprised to hear his response, she even took a step back. Soon Yang, Ruby and Blake turned to see Snake.
"W-what?" Weiss asked a little confused. Snake took the cardboard box from her hands. Now RWBY would learn something important.
"Weiss, a cardboard box is not just an object that is used and thrown away. It is a very important tool for infiltration missions."
"Infiltration missions? What are you-?"
"You can use your weapons, your Aura and your Semblance against your enemies, but I don't exaggerate when I say the success of a mission hinges on how someone use a cardboard box."
Weiss was confused, as the rest of RWBY. It seemed like a joke, but Snake was serious.
"Is really a cardboard box so important, Snake?" Asked Yang, while she kept her arms crossed and one eyebrow raised.
"That's right Yang, I couldn't count the number of times a cardboard box has saved my life, and not only mine, there are agents and soldiers who have also had to use cardboard boxes in life or death situations."
"Oh come on! You must be kidding!" Weiss yelled, when she heard that, she couldn't help but think of her older sister Winter using a cardboard box. It was too absurd!
"Woah... I can't believe a cardboard box can be so important, I want to have one!" Said the young leader, after hearing what Snake had said, she wanted a cardboard box. Yang giggled at her sister's enthusiasm.
"Ruby, having a cardboard box isn't something that simple, the cardboard boxes are made of paper, you have to handle it with care. Take care of the box, and it'll take care of you. Don't think of it as just another box like Weiss did."
"Hey!"
"Treat it with love. Think you can handle it?"
"Yes sir!" Ruby saluted when she gave her answer.
"You talk about the cardboard box in a very... sentimental way." Said the faunus girl to the mercenary.
"I won't lie to you Blake, the first time I saw a cardboard box, I had the irresistible urge to get inside."
"R-really...?" It was something curious to hear. As she is a cat faunus, and therefore has some cat traits, when she was little she liked to be inside cardboard boxes, like a cat. She hoped to have something in common with Snake, but she didn't expect something like that. Cats like to play as snakes, maybe.
"When I put it on, I suddenly got this feeling of inner peace, I felt... safe, like this is where I was meant to be. Like i'd found the key to true happiness."
"I think I understand..." Everyone turned to see Blake. "When I was a child, I liked being inside cardboard boxes. I felt the same way. I felt happy."
"Awww~." Both Ruby and Yang said at the same time, while they thought of a little Blake cuddling in a cardboard box.
"Even so, it doesn't make any sense!" Said the ice queen one more time. Blake was a kid so it was different.
"But I have to admit Weiss, your family's company seems to have made great developments in cardboard box technology, the one I have seems to be more resistant and better designed than a normal cardboard box. It's special, maybe it was my destiny to find it."
Weiss' jaw dropped to the ground. Her family's company even worked with the Atlas military to create better technologies, and he just praised a box!? "What you say DOESN'T make any sense!"
"Maybe if you had a cardboard box, you'll understand what I mean." As soon as Snake finished saying that, he put on the box, staying in the middle of the room.
"I don't want to know what you mean!" Weiss shouted at her teammate in the box. She wanted to kick, burn and reduce that stupid cardboard box to ashes.
"I want to try it!" Ruby said happily.
"Come in, Ruby!" Snake invited her. And as soon as Snake said that, she lifted the box a little to get inside.
"Huh... it really feels good to be here, it's pretty... relaxed." The young leader said, while the rest heard them from outside. She was hugging her legs and resting her head on her knees.
"I know, right?"
"Hey! Make room for one more!" Said the blonde brawler, who was approaching, and like Ruby she lift the box a little and went inside.
"Welcome aboard Yang." Said Ruby.
"Hey... it really feels good to be in the box. It's like I want to spend the rest of my life here." Yang stated.
"Oh you gotta be kidding..." Weiss exclaimed, frustrated
"I told you." Said Boss. "Blake, you wanna come in?"
"Uh... I guess it won't hurt." Blake got up from her bed, and soon entered the box. "It's pretty calm... it brings back memories of when I was a child." She said with a small smile.
"Hey Weiss, you must get in the box!" Ruby shouted at the heiress.
"What!? I'm not going to get in that stupid box!" Weiss shouted back. She thought it was stupid, but... did it really feel good? She had a little curiosity.
"C'mon ice queen! In fact it feels good!" That was from Yang.
"Weiss! Weiss! Weiss! Weiss!" Both sisters shouted her name, to encourage her to enter.
Weiss' left eye twitched in irritation. "Agh! All right! Just shut up you dolts!" She answered quite angrily, and soon, like the others, she lifted the box and entered. Now the five (As unrealistic as it seemed) were inside the cardboard box. Weiss was between Ruby and Yang. And she felt a little tight.
"Welcome to the box, Weiss." Said Boss.
"Oh, shut up!" She said. "We can barely fit the five here!"
"So, how you feel, Weiss?" Boss asked.
"Huh!?"
"Just calm down a little, and tell me how you feel."
Weiss took a deep breath, closed her eyes and ignored the fact she was between the R and the Y. She tried to relax, as Snake had told her. And in fact... it worked, Weiss didn't understand what was special about a cardboard box, but it worked.
"I feel... at peace." Weiss admitted. To which Snake laughed a little. "What is so funny?"
"Oh, I just thought you look cute when you're honest." The soldier said with a smile.
That caused a slight blush on the heiress's face. "Oh s-shut up you dolt!"
The rest let show a small giggle when they saw Weiss' reaction. In the end it was a fairly calm moment for team RWBY+S, where the five shared a relaxed moment. Although the girls also discovered Snake has a strange obsession for cardboard boxes. It could compared with Ruby and weapons. But Boss also liked weapons.
Anyway, it was just another day in Beacon.
— l — l — l —
Meanwhile, in an abandoned warehouse outside the city...
Roman Torchwick was angry. No, he was very pissed off. The Atlesian Paladins that he had stolen from the Atlas military were going to be guarded by the White Fang, and when he sent Neo to check the place, since he didn't trust what he considered 'stupid animals', not only the guards of the White Fang were arrested by the military, three of the Paladins were taken back by Atlas.
Neo managed to take a photo with her scroll of the person who apparently did everything, but because there were too many Atlas soldiers, she couldn't get close, so as soon as she took the picture, Neo escaped from there.
But now Roman would have to face another problem with his employer. But for his not-so-pleasant surprise, two teenagers came in, a girl with green hair and a boy with gray-silver hair.
"Oh, look! She sent the kids again! This is turning out just like the divorce!" Said the criminal, while approaching them from behind and wraps his arms around them.
"Spare us the thought of you procreating." Said the green-haired girl. Both pulled Roman away.
"That was a joke. And this... just might tell me where you two have been all day." He said holding a piece of paper.
"What!? Agh..." The girl with green hair groaned
"I'm a professional, sweetheart. Pay attention, maybe you'll learn something. Why do you have this address?"
"Wouldn't you like to know?" The girl asked.
"Yeah, I would. Now where have you been all day?" Roman demanded.
"Cleaning up your problems. One of them, at least." Said the other one; a male.
"I had that under control."
"Two packed bags and a ticket out of Vale said otherwise." Said the gray-haired boy.
"Listen, you little punk. If it were up to me, then I would take you and your little street rat friend here and..."
"Do what, Roman?" Said a female voice that entered the room, and as soon as Roman heard it, he froze.
That woman had black hair and bright amber eyes. She was wearing a dark-red dress with yellow designs and dark, glass high-heeled shoes. Every time she took a step, the sound of her heels could be heard.
Roman let out a nervous laugh. "I'd, uh... not kill them?" He said.
"Cinder!" Said the green-haired girl excitedly.
"I thought I made it clear that you would eliminate the would-be runaway." Said the woman named Cinder.
"I was going to..."
"He was going to escape to Vacuo! Mercury and I decided to take it upon ourselves to kill the rat." The girl explained.
"Quiet. Did I not specifically instruct you two to keep your hands clean while you were in Vale?" Cinder said, while Roman was laughing about it.
"I just thought..."
"Don't think, Emerald... Obey." Cinder said in a serious tone.
"Yes ma'am. It won't happen again." Emerald said, apologizing.
"And you. What happened to the Atlesian Paladins?" Cinder demanded to Roman.
As he speaks, he points to his right, then to his left, then behind him. "Uh..? Eh..? Eh..? EHHHHH! It's not my fault those stupid animals can't do anything right!" He answered.
"Roman. Explain." Cinder demanded in a serious tone. Meanwhile, Mercury and Emerald enjoyed seeing how pathetic Roman was at that moment.
"...The Atlas military arrived at the warehouse and took everyone away. I don't know how they discovered that the Paladins were there."
Roman explained, but Cinder showed an expression indicating that she was not happy with the answer.
"B-but! My partner managed to take a picture of them. And one of them didn't seem to be part of Atlas." Cinder, keeping her expression, raised an eyebrow. Roman showed her with his scroll a photo where it was at night, soldiers appeared in the picture, but there was also a woman who she knew; Winter Schnee, but it seemed like she was talking to someone. He didn't look like a soldier, and he was wearing a rather tight blue-gray suit and a long bandana.
"Who is he?" Cinder asked as she continued to examine the photo and the man, unfortunately she could not see his face, but she could see his brown hair and a yellow and black badge on his right shoulder, which said "FOX", under the figure of said animal.
" I don't know, but from what my associate could hear, he isn't a soldier, he acted more like an 'Agent' who had been hired by General Ironwood." Roman explained.
Cinder seemed interested in what she was listening to. That man sneak in the warehouse and no one was aware of him? "A mercenary, huh...?"
"That's right, it seems that he was the one who handle all those White Fang idiots."
Soon Cinder let show a evil smile. "Interesting... if he is a mercenary, and one with great combat ability, I want him with me."
"Probably he's a dog working for Atlas." Torchwick stated.
"Everyone has a price." Cinder took the scroll and showed the photo to Mercury and Emerald, mainly on the 'FOX' patch. "Remember this symbol if you see it one day, surely he will be very useful for me." Both Emerald and Mercury nodded, then she returned the scroll to Roman.
"You failed me this time Roman, we lost the Paladins, but in the end those are just copies of the real thing, and maybe thanks to that we found someone quite important, an ally or an enemy, but I warn you, if you fail again, you will be reduced to ashes." She said in the form of a threat, but it could be interpreted as a promise. Roman gulped when he heard that.
"O-okay, then what now?"
"We're moving. Have the White Fang clear out this building. Act according to the plan." Said Cinder while she began to walk away, followed behind by Mercury and Emerald.
"That means...?"
Cinder turned back to see Roman one last time. "We're proceeding to phase two."
End of Chapter 8.
(A/N)
And there goes Chapter 8. Finally Snake has Aura, but now Roman and Cinder are aware of Snake's existence, and she sees him as a possible ally. Also, RWBY knows about Snake's obsession with cardboard boxes, and Velvet tries to approach to Snake without success. I guess we had a lot of fun with this chapter.
And now, I'll answer a few doubts or questions.
1 - I KNOW. THERE IS NO ORDER IN THIS EPISODE.
When it's Oobleck's class in the series, it happens BEFORE the trip to Forever Fall Forest, not AFTER just like I said in Chapter 7, besides, Coco and the rest of CVFY don't appear, only Velvet. And all that happens BEFORE Roman is at the White Fang meeting with the Paladins, not after.
So, why did I write it like that?
Maybe you do not like the idea but I want to modify the time of some events and moments. For example, since Snake fought Cardin and his team, he held a grudge against him, he didn't focus on Jaune and never learned that he lied to enter Beacon. And to be honest, I didn't think about those events when I wrote the first episodes. So there goes an error of mine.
2 - Probably you are angry because I gave Aura to Snake, there were people who liked the idea, and others who didn't, so I'm sorry if some didn't like the idea. But even so, the one that has Aura does not mean that it makes him stronger and more powerful, I want him to continue fighting like the Snake we all love, fighting everything and everyone with just a rifle, gun and knife, that's why I will try to give him a not so overpowered Semblance.
3 - If you think I exaggerate with the box then you have NEVER played MGS, and by the way, the box described in the previous and this episode is the size of a 'Love Box' in which minimum 2 or 3 people could fit in, don't look for the logic by the fact there were five people in the box.
4 - It's probably too late to say it but my first language is not english, so I'm sorry if I make a spelling mistake.
Now I'll add a new section, to see what the readers say, since I want people to be a little more active and leave a Review, so the question is.
- What shotgun should Snake have? -
Remington 870.
SPAS-12.
Saiga-12.
M1014.
HK CAWS
You can vote for one, leave a Review or send a PM. Also, Users Gamerman22 and Czar Joseph recommended the M4 should have a shotgun under the barrel, I did not like the idea so much but I could try it, so Snake will have two shotguns, the second will be the one under the M4, and I'll let you vote for one.
M26 MASS.
Masterkey.
Oh well, I think that's all for this chapter. Remember to leave a Review, I really love reading your opinions, recommendations, or other things :)
See you in the next chapter!