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Fae groaned as the alarm went off. She slammed the alarm clock with her fist and stood up. She didn't sleep well. It also didn't help that the twins snored in their sleep. She'd have to get them to stop somehow. Maybe she'd ask Rex for... wait a minute! She was the leader now! She could just tell the twins to fix themselves! She was so gonna rub this in Rex's face.

Fae looked over at his bed, and was immediately disappointed. Rex had disappeared. She shouldn't be surprised, it was a daily thing with him. He was off to ask the Headmaster something she guessed. Perhaps it was time to order him to stay put in the morning.

Fae was going to love her new power.

The alarm went off again, apparently she had hit snooze. With a mighty fist, she slammed the clock again. The impact created a crack down the alarms middle

...but no amount of power would make her like mornings.

-X-

"Imperator is gone? And this...Ruin...has taken his place? Are you ok with this?" Said Ozpin.

"Yes sir, I believe she is a better fit than him as she hasn't tried to replace my body parts with her own 'gifts'." Replied Rex.

"I'm right here." Ruin chimed in.

"I hope your able to use her powers to the best of your abilities."

"Yes sir, I'll try sir."

"Hello? Right here. Sitting next to Rex." Ruin was getting mad, but no one else realized.

"And see if you can make up with Fae."

"I...how...when?"

"DON'T IGNORE ME!" That shook the room. Ruin was more scary then she looked.

"I'm certainly not ignoring you, Ms.Ruin, I was only speaking to Rex. Now that I am done doing that, how are you? Are you adjusting to your new found sentience?" Ozpin seemed completely unfazed by Ruin's sudden outburst. Though, if Rex was to guess, he had probably expected something like this. He did know both Imperator and Cinis. Them together must be like a powder keg waiting to go off. But the thing about powder kegs is, if you can master them, you gotta lotta power you can use. Though Rex had to remind himself that Ruin wasn't a weapon to be used. She was now a part off him, and that meant he had to work together with her if he ever wanted to do anything.

"Oh, well..." Ruin was taken aback. She had clearly not expected such a well thought out reply, "I'm good so far, I guess."

Ozpin tilted his head to the left slightly, "You guess?"

"Why do you even care? It's not like I work for you." Ruin sat back in her chair and put a hand under her chin.

"Well, Rex works for me so, by extension, you do too. And I take care of my employees. What's wrong?"

"I...well...it feels weird, living inside someone's head."

Rex chuckled, "Surely my mind isn't in such a state of disrepair that you are pained to be a part of me."

"Shut it. No, your mind is fine. But the feeling of being apart of another being is strange. And being apart of it right after gaining consciousness is even worse."

Ozpin sat back in his chair and put a hand under his chin, "So you weren't a being before this event occurred?"

Ruin shrugged her shoulders, "Yeah. Them coming together created me."

"Wait, so the child of Imperator and Cinis is living in me?"

Ruin's face curled into a frown, "I'm not their child, just their byproduct. Their combining brought me into the world. I even share some of their traits."

"That's exactly what a child is." Rex deadpanned.

"Shush!" Ruin slapped a hand over his mouth, much to his protest.

Ozpin laughed and took a sip from his cup, "Well, you should both get moving. If I'm not mistaken, your first period is with Rex's mother in combat class. You wouldn't want to be late."

"Oh, thank you Ozpin." Rex lifted his sword from his hilt and waited. Ruin slowly started to turn into ash and fly towards the open blade. Pretty soon the black blade had turned a bone white. "We'll be off now."

Ruin's voice came from the blade, "You mean that you'll go and I'll just tag along." Both Ozpin and Rex were caught off guard. "Wait, can you hear me?"

Rex slowly brought the blade to his face, "Aye. Were you badmouthing me in there before this?"

"I-no. Absolutely not."

"Hmm, sure." With that Rex sheathed his blade and exited the room, leaving Ozpin to his thoughts.

-X-

Fae entered the combat class classroom just on time. It was funny how team RWBY and JNPR were still racing to the door when her team got to it. They entered the room just as the bell rang. They then sat and watched as RWBY and JNPR were chewed out by Ms. Goodwitch. Though Fae felt sorry for them, she couldn't help but laugh with the rest of the class. Goodwitch was quick to silence them.

With that, class started.

While Ms. Goodwitch was lecturing, Fae noticed something. Rex wasn't there. She looked left, and then right, and then left again, but Rex was nowhere to be seen. "I know he was mad, but being so childish as to not show up to class is strange." Fae whispered to herself.

Yossif looked over at her, "What?"

Luka copied her brother's movements, "Yeah, don't go insane on us here Fae."

Fae should've expected that they would hear her, she was sitting between them. "Oh, nothing. I was just wondering where Rex was."

Yossif laughed, "Yeah, you made him real mad. Didn't know he'd skip because of it though."

Luka leaned back in her chair, "Yeah, that's a bit of an overreaction."

Fae put a hand under her chin, "Yeah, that's what I thought." They all re-directed their attention towards Ms. Goodwitch and resumed listening. It went on like that for a minute as they kinda took in her lesson. That stopped when they realized that team RWBY was slowly scooting over to them. After a few seconds they made it over.

"Where's Rex?" Said a slightly concerned looking Ruby.

Fae shrugged, "Don't know. How about you guys? Have you seen him?"

Yang shook her head, "No, not recently. He might've been a kidnapping victim."

"What?" Said Fae, Luka, and Yossif in unison.

"Yeah," Continued Yang, "He might've fell over the kid napping in the hall!" A chorus of groans could be heard from both teams and anyone within earshot. Yang sat there with a proud look as everyone shook their heads.

Blake pinched the bridge of her nose, "In all seriousness, no, we haven't seen him. Sorry."

Fae held her head in her hands, still recovering from Yang's joke. "No, it's fine."

"Do you know where he could've gone?"

"Nope."

"Do you know why he left?"

Fae pulled her head out of her hands and stared at Blake with a unamused look on her face, "Yep. We had a bit of an argument."

"Ms. Norden! Ms. Belladonna!" Yelled Ms. Goodwitch. Fae shot straight up and stood at attention, earning a chuckle from a few students. Blake chose to just look at her. "Are you both done?"

Blake and Fae both said, "Yes Ma'am," in unity.

"Hmm, Ms. Norden, where is Mr...Goodwitch." She seemed concerned when she called Rex by his last name. You'd think you'd get used to it when your a mother, but apparently not.

Fae chose to ignore that though, "I don't know Ma'am." Just then, the door to the class opened. Two people stood in the doorway.

Cardin and Rex

-X-

Rex knew that Cardin would eventually go back to being a bully behind his back. What he didn't expect was that it would happen the day after he told him not to. So imagine Rex's surprise when he saw Cardin picking on a fanus on the way to class. Rex looked at Cardin's back and contemplated giving him a Stern talking to. If he did, he would be even more late than he already is. But Cardin is in his class, so his "mother" may be lenient in her punishment if Rex came back with him in tow.

Putting on a smile, Rex walked towards Cardin.

As he made his way over, he inspected Cardin's victim. A female bunny fanus. Thankfully it wasn't Velvet, as it would be hard to explain to her team why she was still being picked on. No, Cardin chose another poor girl. Rex had to give him props though, he had chosen someone he had never met. She was also smaller than him in every way. Rex could tell that Cardin had seeked her out on purpose. From his own personal experience, he knew that you wanted the person your fighting/bulling to be smaller than you in every reguard. That would cement you as the dominant force in the victim's mind, and make bending them however you'd like much easier. No one will fight if they know that it won't change anything. And as long as no unforeseen variables are thrown in, Cardin will remain in complete control of the conversation.

Good thing Rex liked being the unforeseen variable.

Rex threw his right arm around Cardin's shoulder, "Hey Cardin, good morning this good morning!" Rex said in an excited tone, devoid of anything but a carefully crafted false joy. Cardin froze half way through yanking the girl's bunny ear. He slowly released her and lowered his hand.

"Good...morning. How are you?" Cardin's voice was practically silent. Rex could feel the fear coming off him. He wondered how it looked from the girls point of view, Cardin's fear and Rex's false happiness.

"Good good." Rex turned his head to look at the girl, "So who is this? Did you make a new friend? A bit of advise, you usually keep friends longer when you don't pull on their ears.

"I'll...take your advise."

"Good good," Rex slowly turned his back to Cardin and spoke in his coldest tone, "I only offer it for free once." Cardin stood up straighter then Rex had ever seen to avoid his gaze. The fear on his face was that of a man about to be tortured, which wasn't far from the truth. But that would have to wait. "Now," Rex transitioned back into his happy voice and face as he turned to the girl. "What's your name?"

The bunny girl(Who was still standing arms distance from Cardin, which amazed Rex)shifted slightly. She was clearly distressed. "...cy"

She was far to quiet to hear, "Hmm? What was that?"

"Lucy, Lucy Ken." Lucy Ken was a snow bunny fanus with white eyes, white hair and white skin. Even her school uniform was, for the most part, white. She had a very shy energy about her. Her head was looking down slightly, her knees were together, and her arms were crossed over her small chest.

"Lucy, Lucy. I apologize for my friend here," Rex placed his free hand on her head and ruffled her hair a bit, "He can be very forward when trying to make a new friend. Isn't that right bro?"

"I...yes." Cardin was defeated, and Rex was in total control of the situation.

"Well, it's been nice to meet you, Lucy. Perhaps we'll meet under better circumstances next time. For now, we should all get going, class is in after all."

Lucy turned a shade of red when she heard this, clearly embarrassed by her mistake of not getting to class. With a simple nod, she turned and bolted down the corridor. This left a quite distressed Cardin and a annoyed Rex.

Still masquerading as happy go lucky, Rex turned both of them towards the combat class and started walking. All without taking his hand from Cardin's shoulder.

Cardin looked at Rex with an expression of terror, "Rex I fucked up. I'm sorr-.

Rex waved his free hand in the air, "Don't worry about it. We're cool, he's cool, she's cool, they're cool, everyone's cool." Rex still hadn't dropped his happy tone. "But, know this my friend," Rex dropped everything, his tone was no longer happy, his face showed only cold rage, his eyes pierced Cardin's very soul. "I only give second chances, no more. And you are all out of chances." But just as fast as it went, his sunny disposition returned. "Ok Cardin? I would hate it if any painful accidents befell my friend, got it?" Cardin vigorously nodded. And with that they walked to class in silence. Rex smiling, and Cardin terrified.

When they reached the door, Rex stopped. Some people were being chewed out by his "Mom." Seeing those as a great opportunity to sneak in unnoticed, Rex turned to Cardin. "Go ahead and open that door Cardin. We're late." Cardin quickly did as asked. The door opened just as Ms. Goodwitch stopped chewing out two people. The entire room turned to face them, including the two unfortunate souls. Those souls were revealed to be.

Blake and Fae.

Glynda smiled and tapped her scroll, "You four will go first."

-X-

The four of them stood in the arena. Rex across from Fae, and Cardin across from Blake. Ms. Goodwitch tapped her scroll lightly. "Sometimes you will find yourself without your own team. In those scenarios, it would be a good idea to momentarily join with another team. This drill will give you a small amount of practice in working with other hunters." She looked up from her scroll. "The rules are simple, knock out the other team..." Rex smiled, this would be easy. He would get to show Cardin just who he was, and get back at Fae for last night. "But," Continued Glynda, "If your team mate is eliminated, you both lose." Rex looked at Cardin. Fae looked at Blake. That definitely made things more interesting. Rex would still get his chance at Fae though, so it didn't matter. "That being said, are you all ready?" Cardin nodded, Blake bent her knees a bit, but Fae and Rex just stared at each other and drew their respective weapons. Rex his gladius styled sword, and Fae her chainsaw. This would be a great fight.

-X-

"Alright. Go!" Rex and Fae clashed like titans of war, and Yossif immediately realized that this was basically just a one on one fight with four members. Fae and Rex were not happy with each other, so they would only target each other. There would be no help between team members here. It was just a battle of which team had the weaker link.

That being said, the fight wouldn't be boring. Well, Fae and Rex's fight wouldn't be. Blake and Cardin were barely even visible to anyone watch, as Rex and Fae sucked up all the attention. The clashing of Fae's chainsaw and Rex's blade produced enough sparks to light up the arena.

"Hey Yossif?" Asked Luka

"Yeah?"

"Who do you think is angrier?"

He laughed, "I think they're tied for rage." He observed every move the fighters made. Where Blake and Cardin had a rather mellow go at each other, he could tell Blake was winning. With Fae and Rex though? He wasn't even sure if a omnipotent being could figure out who's winning. When Rex jabbed at her with his gladius, she'd block it with her saw. And when she slashed at him, he'd parry the strike and push her back for breathing room. Saying that they were evenly matched was a bit of an understatement. No, they were unstoppable forces, and he didn't see any immovable objects getting in their way. How he saw it, there was only two ways this fight would go. One would be a miracle stopping them, or two, Beacon would be the site of the only true "man made" nuclear detonation.

-X-

Ozpin sat in his office and debated his choices for tackling this situation. He could send a team of teachers to retrieve it, but that would leave him understaffed. Perhaps he should send fourth years, no, too dangerous. Maybe he should call upon James, but that would indebt him to Atlas and potentially deliver a super weapon to them.

"There's a clear answer that you're missing Ozma." A black haze floated from the elevator to his desk. A black robed figure with bright red eyes manifested in front of him. It was completely devoid of any features and emitted a cold black haze.

"My name is Ozpin."

"It matters little what name you pin on, my statement still stands."

Ozpin put down the papers he'd been staring at and leaned back in his chair. "Oh really? Enlighten me Remus, who have I not considered?"

Remus chuckled, "The Soldier of One Thousand Campains. The Great Destroyer. The Avatar of Chaos. The Man of Blood."

Ozpin mumbled to himself, "The Soldier of...?" He mulled over the words in his head. What was he on about?

Remus sat down across from Ozpin, "What do you know of the Romans Ozma?"

Though Remus messed up his name again, Ozpin paid it no mind. "They were an ancient civilization that lived where present day Vale is. Why does that matter?"

"There were three periods for the Romans, the Empire, the Republic, and the Monarchy. Do you know the word for a Roman King?" Ozpin shook his head. Remus let out an off putting laugh. "They called kings, Rex. And you have a King in your employ. The King of the Dead."

Ozpin recoiled in annoyance, "You'd have me send a child to do something a fully trained team of hunters couldn't?"

"You and I both know he's not a child."

"Nonsense! He is a student at beacon, and I will not put him at risk."

Remus chuckled, "Student? You hired him. He is your employee, nay, your own mercenary. You acquired him to take care of problems, and a problem has occurred. Why are you so opposed to utilizing him?"

Ozpin narrowed his eyes suspiciously at the phantom, "Why are you so insistent that I use him?"

Remus held his hand over Ozpin's desk and let black mist fall down onto its surface. Slowly, the mist enveloped all of Ozpin's papers and books. Eventually the mist ran out of desk space, and so it started piling on top of itself. After about an inch and a half of upward progress, the mist stopped pouring from Remus's hand. The spectre waved it's robed hand, and the black mist started to change. Where it used to be a sea of black, it was now a battlefield of shadow. Trenches and razor wire lay about. Holes were carved into the earth by explosions. Bodies lay everywhere, and were even gathered into mounds in some places. And, as if it were the cherry on top, a single flaming tank sat in the middle of it all.

Ozpin sat confused. It was a cool party trick to be sure, but he had no idea what Remus was getting at. "I hope you can clean that up."

"I surely can, but I did not mean for this to be an elaborate way to dirty your dusty volumes of lore. What do you know of Rex?"

"He is part of team FLYR, and a student of Beacon Academy."

Remus once again waved his hand. The mist started to move. It almost looked like the wind was blowing on the small battleground. "No. I was wondering what you knew of his origins. Tell me you at least realize he's not from Remnant."

Ozpin stared at the mist on his desk, "Yes, I have. Though I can't say all my knowledge about him is from me working it out. He told me about a considerable portion of his childhood." Soldiers appeared on one side of the misty war zone and walked forward. Ozpin watched as they marched towards him, and then watched as they disappeared on his side of the table.

"Rex is no mere child, as I've previously stated. He is as well trained as every elite warrior this planet has ever conceived. He's as cunning and resourceful as a this entire academy. And to top it all off, he has killed more people than every war in our entire history has." Ozpin watched as a man slid out of a pile of bodies. The lone soldier grabbed a rifle from the clutches of a body and crawled his way into a trench.

Ozpin shook his head, "To kill more than every war has, how far are you going to exaggerate his feats? Regardless of how good they are, no human can possibly live long enough to amass those types of numbers."

Remus stared at the trench the lone soldier had entered, "No human could, for sure, but a super human? That definitely seems like something they could do. And Rex is nothing short of super human."

"And how can you back up these claims?"

"I can't, but he can." Remus pointes at the trench with the lone soldier in it. A few seconds later, four heavily armed and armored juggernauts appeared at the edge of the scene and walked towards the trench. Something was thrown into the air from the trench. Before the men could react, the lone soldier popped up from his hiding spot and opened fire.

The bullets did nothing to the walking tanks, but they did step back. The thrown item landed just a foot away from the middle of the four. Before they knew what hit them, they were incinerated by a rather high yield explosive.

The lone man nodded at his handywork, got out of the trench, and slinked off towards the way the juggernauts came from.

-X-

Rex and Fae once again clashed. Rex outclassed her in speed, but his weapons had short blades that were meant for close and personal combat. Fae had a god damn chainsaw. Glazing over how it was a weapon made of spinning knifes, her saw held and advantage over him. Anytime he got close, she could just swing, and he had to either jump back or risk loosing his head. Naturally, this made the fight a bit long. Any hit would only be glancing, so they had barely even touched their aura reserves. But even with this strike and reteat strategy, they were a treat to watch. Everyone was on the edge of their seats as the sparks leapt from their blades. If this was all they could do, the fight would surely end in a stalemate...

But Rex wouldn't submit himself to that kind of humiliation. No, he'd show this upstart just who she was attacking. He would show her what happens when she questions her superiors...

-X-

Fae concentrated on Rex's gladius. She knew that he had the advantage of speed, and he would use that advantage until it was exhausted. But she realized something as the sparks flew...

He was getting faster.

-X-

...How DARE she even step to him. He was the finest soldier that had ever existed! He was the weapon that could pierce any bulwark! He was the army that could conquer any planet! He was death incarnate. And he was unstoppable!

Rex was working himself into a bloody rage. With every clash of metal and flash of sparks Rex got angrier. And as he got angrier, he lost Sense of himself. The cold gaze and empty face he stepped into the arena with was gone, and what replaced it was nothing but insanity. His eyes no longer tracked Fae, they instead darted to her, then to the crowd, then to a single tooth of her saw, and then repeat. His head twitched now and again. And his lips curled into a sadistic smile.

Rex closed in and stabbed at Fae. She easily countered this attack and shoved him back a few feet. This proved to be the past push needed to destroy any restraint he still had. As soon as Rex regained his footing, he did something that shocked the entire audience.

He threw his sword at Fae.

Now, this wouldn't usually be a cause for concern, but Rex hadn't really thrown it...cleanly. A great way to describe what he did was to say that he "Chucked it" at her. The audience watched as the thrown weapon sailed right past Fae's chainsaw and collided, hilt first, with her chest.

-X-

Fae coughed and stumbled back. He threw his sword? Why did he throw his sword? Before she could think up any answer, the universe delivered her one in the form of a berserking Rex lunging at her with his wristblades extended. She tried, and failed, to dodge the sharp blades. And she failed to dodge every other attack he threw at her.

Sure, he was in perfect range for her chainsaw, but whatever he didn't block he didn't react to. No hit she landed on him seemed to hurt him. But she felt everything he landed on her, and with Rex showing no sign of tiring or weakening, she was toast. She shoved Rex away from her and braced for a loss. Rex once again leaped at her.

"The match is over, Blake and Fae win." Called Ms. Goodwitch. She then encased Rex in a solid bubble of air, stopping him mid jump. She...won? What?

Ruby shouted from her spot in the audience, "Good job Guys!" Oh yeah, she was on a team with Blake. To be honest, she had kinda forgotten.

"I'm disappointed in you four. The point of this exercise was to practice teamwork between hunters outside of your teams, and yet I saw no teamwork. If we had more time I would have you all do it again. But the period is about to-." She was cut off by a rather loud crack. Everyone looked to the source of the sound. Rex had started attacking his impromptu prison in an attempt to get at Fae. His strikes created spiderweb cracks throughout Ms. Goodwitch's semblance. His face held a look of desperation, like a starving wolf trying to take down a deer. Fae was a bit disturbed by this, hell, she was disturbed by the entire fight. She had never seen this side of him before. He was always at least somewhat composed. But now he was nothing but a maniac nearly frothing at the mouth. But before Fae could really wrap her head around his Rex's erratic behavior, Ms. Goodwitch repaired the bubble and caused it to go from translucent to black. "Class dismissed." Fae quickly exited the room, hoping to wrap her head around what just happened.

But as she left, all she heard was Rex pounding away at his prison.

-X-

Ozpin stared intently at the prison Glynda had manufactured for Rex. Every few second a loud crack would emanate from it, accompanied by the exterior nearly shattering.

"It's been thirty minutes and he still hasn't calmed down." Glynda said tiredly, "If anything, he's getting stronger." She gave a flick of her riding crop and the bubble was repaired. "Do you have any suggestions Headmaster?"

Ozpin shrugged, "Perhaps you should aquire better parenting skills, he is your son after all."

Glynda pinched the bridge of her nose in annoyance. "Now isn't the time for jokes."

"Yes Ozma, this isn't a time for recklessness. You have a caged demon in the room."

Glynda turned towards the room's door, "Ozma? How do you-." She couldn't finish her sentence before her jaw dropped to the floor. "Y-you! Where did you come from?" Glynda backed away in terror at the spectre floating at her.

"Oh don't be silly Glynda, I know much more than just his real name. I am the third oldest thing alive. Well...alive might be a stretch."

Ozpin chuckled a bit, "I was going to say that."

While this little exchange happened, Rex had continued to assault his prison. Now that Glynda wasn't paying attention, that beating had consequences. With one monumental strike, the prison shattered. And from that prison scrambled out a very quiet Rex

Glynda turned around to look at her "Son". He wasn't twitching or smiling like he was earlier. He just stood very still and looked in her direction. The room was eerily silent. They could probably hear an ant crawl along the floor. It went on like that for minutes. Ozpin looked on with interest, Glynda put on an authoritative scowl, and Remus just floated behind her.

Glynda had enough of waiting. She went to point her crop at Rex so she could address him, but the movement must've set him off, because as soon as she moved he bolted towards her.

Glynda felt that she could take him down, but she wasn't prepared for the speed at which he rushed her. Rex was almost in striking distance before she could even bring her crop up in defence. Fortunately, Rex stopped short of her. And while she was thankful for that, she was confused as to why. She didn't have to guess for long though.

"Rex, Rex, Rex, I knew you where special, but I would've never guessed that you were this special." Remus floated from behind Glynda and towards Rex. She watched as Remus circled Rex. "Tell me Ozma-"

"Ozpin."

"Yes yes, tell me 'Ozpin', will you send Rex on that mission?" Remus stopped right behind Rex. It's red eyes were focused on Ozpin, but Glynda still felt a chill while looking at them.

"I'll ask you again, why are you so insistent that he go?"

Remus chuckled a bit, "Well, I wish to truly meet my own blood."

Glynda stepped back in shock, Ozpin very calmly asked, "What?"

Remus placed a hand on Rex's hood, "Rex is my son." Remus pulled the hood off of Rex's face. Rex's expression was blank, but his eyes were the strange thing. They weren't blue anymore...

They were Red, just like Remus's.

Remus placed his hands on Rex's shoulders, "So what do you say Ozma, may I see my boy?"

Glynda looked between Ozpin and Remus rapidly. Ozpin adjusted his glasses and walked to the door. Just before he exited the room he stopped, "I'll sign him up." With that, Ozpin left for his office.

Remus clapped his hands together, "Excellent." With that he disappeared. Rex collapsed as soon as Remus was gone. That just left Glynda, standing in the middle of the room, very confused.

"Son?"

-X-

Oh yeah baby, we back! Did I die? Yes! Have I come back to write this? Exactly! Will I have a better schedule? I'm not going to jinx myself, so, we'll come back to that. Will I make an attempt? Yes! Schools out, and summer is in! And that means I have more to to write(Procrastinate). Hey! Who changed that! In all seriousness, I'm back with a fire under my ass. And I'm here to do nothing but write, and write good. As always have a good day! Don't die!!