RWBY: The Unknown Sibling
(Harry is two years older than Ruby and three months older than Yang)
To the Anon who mentioned my timelines in ages. He is correct, Harry is the same age as Yang.
HAND, RWBY and JNPR split up and intermingled with each other. Harry kept within head bopping reach of his sister. He had his instructions to keep Ruby awake and paying attention during History with Dr. Oobleck.
Dr. Oobleck was an experience. He zipped around the classroom asking everyone a plethora of questions. Harry was surprised at just how much his peers knew. Aside from Jaune.
Jaune was an enigma, he didn't have his aura unlocked and he definitely didn't seem to possess any combat training. Harry was pretty sure that the staff knew and was not going to rock that boat. Instead he was going to help train Jaune.
The kid looked tough enough. He noticed Ruby begin to doodle and as if she was hit by a shock Harry's hand connected with the back of her head.
"Mr. Branwen." Called Oobleck.
"Doctor?" Harry replied snapping into attention and almost catapulting himself into Angel Breiner, the Tawny Owl Faunus from team SAKE. An entire Faunus team consisting of Shiro, Angel, Kuro and Elisa. Shiro and Kuro were identical cat Faunus and Elisa was a canine Faunus.
"What was the outcome of Fort Castle in the Third Year…"
"…Of the Faunus Revolution or Faunus Human War depending on the books you read? Yes I know the subject…The question?"
"What advantage did the Faunus have over General Lagune's forces?"
Harry smirked "Two advantages. First advantage is low light vision or night vision. All Faunus have a degree of this some more than others. However those of a more Avian nature I believe have poorer low light vision except for Owl Faunus and those that suffer low light can observe the Ultraviolet spectrum. So Faunus in this case have pro's and con's in vision and let us not forget the natural enhanced sense's that they possess. The second advantage was that they knew the terrain."
Doctor Oobleck grinned "Correct. Interesting bit about Faunus species distinction."
Harry snorted "Nothing to do with Faunus. I have experience of being a bird handler. I have a Snowy Owl so I naturally did my research. I also researched Faunus and made what seem to be obvious connections but I could be wrong."
"Do you have anything else to add? About Legune and his men?"
Harry smirked "Yeah. Arrogance. Didn't learn the terrain, disregarded the Intel and thus got their asses handed to them. Also he tried to attack in the night and got captured…Pity."
"Pity…That a famous general got captured by animals!" Growled Cardin.
Harry sighed "That the Faunus weren't a bit more vicious…Yes they took out the army congratulations but none of the higher ups were killed. I can understand that they were trying to be better people but being better people can only go so far. Besides in my opinion the war hasn't ended." With that Harry sat down.
"Mr. Potter, I must say that I'm intrigued by your stance. Where do you stand…"
"On my feet doctor." The remark got a few giggles even a snort from the teacher.
"Where do you stand about the politics about Faunus…Basically everything that has happened to the Faunus?"
Harry groaned "Most of its utter shit. The discrimination against Faunus; barring them from shops, over pricing simple necessities, not allowed to vote. Hardly allowed to protest. They're fucking people. People with unique gifts but it comes at a physical and noticeable price. My stance is this I'm not getting involved in politics because it's not worth the Life. But people will get a physical reminder from me that I have no tolerance to discrimination. My team are Faunus. Their fight is mine and mine is theirs."
"How easy was it for you to tame them?" Jeered Cardin.
Adam, Nanuuk and Damania remained in their seats. Nanuuk noticed it first and he jumped up ice gushing from his palms as Harry rushed Cardin. Harry slid on the ice as Doctor Oobleck went to grab him but Adam intervened. "Doctor, don't…" He was going to continue when Velvet joined them.
"Harry. Harry, look at me." She called softly. Adam meanwhile fixed Cardin with a look.
"You got lucky. HAND vs. CARDINAL. 4x4."
"Done."
Harry's rage filled eyes and body slowly subsided as he looked into Velvet's face. "Calm down…He's not worth it…I like your intentions, I love them but you need to work on your anger. You have Goodwitch later, settle it then."
Harry nodded, he turned to his stuff and made a subtle gesture and his stuff jumped into his hands as he sat next to Velvet. "Faunus lover." Jeered someone.
"Better a Faunus lover than someone who can't come out the closet." Harry replied calmly. Oobleck managed to restore order, his eyes kept flickering to Harry Branwen. Oobleck would have said Harry was actually Harry Rose or Ruby Rose was actually Ruby Branwen. He did pick up the similar hair and eye colour to suggest a blood relation.
The lesson ended "Mr. Branwen, Mr. Arc and Mr. Winchester a word quickly."
Harry waited and observed his two peers, the more he listened the more he saw Jaune really did not belong. Harry watched the two leave and Cardin shove Jaune to the ground "Remind me to remove Cardin's spine." He said to himself.
"What was that?"
"Remind me to send Cardin and crap valentine…You wanted to see me?"
"It was about your behaviour…I've noticed since week one that you possess a rather volatile temper."
Harry nodded "I know…"
"Have you considered counselling?" Questioned Oobleck. He was a historian not a psychiatrist, but he knew a couple of teachers who had raised concerns about Harry.
"Not really…But I will think about it. Anything else?"
"Could you help Mr. Arc? He seems like he's struggling." Harry nodded, grabbed his stuff and found Jaune, Pyrrah, Nanuuk and Velvet strangely enough waiting for him.
"What did Oobleck want?" Nanuuk asked.
"Suggested I have counselling…More perceptive than he looks. Worked out I had a hair trigger temper that was all. Oh and to help you Jaune." Harry said not looking at the Polar Bear Faunus.
With that the four headed towards the arena where they were going to be fighting "Oh and Nanuuk…Thanks. For stopping me."
Nanuuk chuckled and draped his arm around his Leader's shoulder "No problem…Goodwitch's gonna kill us."
The four made it to the classroom "Get to your teams." Snapped Glynda.
Harry joined his squad and grabbed Absolution off Yang. Ruby knew his code combination but Yang was the one who was strong enough to carry the damn thing. The security measures only meant people related to Harry could wield it. But that meant nothing if they couldn't pick it up.
"Welcome to Combat Lessons. You know the rules…Do we have anyone willing to be first?"
Nanuuk Russet spoke "Professor, Team HAND has a situation to be dealt with…"
Glynda's eyes widened slightly. As tall as she was HAN of HAND towered above her as did Yatsuhashi of CFVY "That is?"
"Cardin of CRDL was out of line earlier on today. To the extent where Harry almost lost control. Due to slanderous remarks about Faunus."
Glynda nodded it was no hidden secret that Harry wore his heart on his sleeve and with the temperament and personality of his parents. She nodded "Hand vs CRDL 4x4. Five minutes to get changed."
HAND were back in three. Velvet's eyes widened when she saw the bandages around the lower elbow of Harry's hands. "This is a 4vs4 all in match. Aura in red and out of the ring is disqualification. I will intervene if I think it is getting to out of hand."
(Arena)
They nodded, Harry smirked and place his blade point first into the floor and he made sure not to activate the weapon select and he revved the mecha-shift. Instead of it howling like a Banshee it spun smoothly without a sound.
Goodwitch rang the bell and the match began. Harry swiftly analysed their opponents: Cardin; a two handed mace. Recommended someone fast to get face him. Russel; twin daggers. Another melee style. Recommended someone durable. Dove; a sword. Damania. Sky, Halberd. Remain near the back…Summary everyone up close and personal.
Harry groaned "Nanuuk you take Russel…Daggers and a Mohawk. Adam take Sky. Damania you deal with Dove and I'll take Cardin. Once one of them is dealt with gang up on the rest." This was said in a quiet undertone so the others hopefully wouldn't know their plan.
"Surely…" Began Damania.
"It's what they would do." Harry said to the Lioness Faunus as he walked forwards.
Cardin smirked and his eyes locked onto Damania "I'll get the pussy cat. Dove take the Polar Bear, Sky take the Faunus Lover and Russel scalp the Faunus Lover."
Team Cardinal nodded as the two teams headed towards each other they began organising themselves. Cardin rushed forwards heading straight towards the smallest combatant.
(Observing)
Glynda watched CRDL had a good tactic but she wasn't sure what HAND had up their sleeves but she wasn't underestimating them. She had seen Harry whisper instructions to his team and Damania had begun to protest but Harry had shut her down. Now all she had to do was wait.
Teams RWBY and JNPR were watching with interest "Anyone know what HAND is planning?" Asked Jaune curiously.
"Wouldn't surprise me if HAND are anticipating this have put Harry against Cardin. Russel and Adam, Sky and Damania with Dove and Adam with curb stomp one. Gang up another technique." Said Pyrrha using expertise as a champion fighter.
Ruby shook her head "Nanuuk against Russel. Sky and Adam and Damania and Dove." She replied.
"Damania has two machine pistol Japanese blades which transform into a bigger blade. She knows according to Harry, something known as Niten. Nanuuk is fast…Fast enough to prevent my brother being stupid…"
"We saw Adam at Breakfast. Makes more sense your formation." Said Weiss grudgingly.
"This is less who is against who. More like who is the first to be eliminated." Stated Ren.
"I just want legs to break." Piped up Nora.
(Arena; Cardin and Harry)
Cardin rushed forwards his arms swung back with his Mace above his head. Suddenly he lost his grip on his mace as he was unceremoniously jack-knifed.
Harry had vanished in raw speed, this wasn't through use of aura or semblance and it registered as such. This was genetics, determination and memories at their best. He dropped his shoulder and launched himself at Cardin.
Cardin went backwards folding from the strike. His breastplate should have protected him…It did. Harry hadn't hit him in the chest, he had hit the Mace wielding teen just below where the plate ended. It meant maximum impact and total control.
Cardin hit the ground as Harry rolled to his feet and with an idle flick of his boots flipped the Mace into his hands "Eeny, meeny, miny, moe, Catch a tiger by the toe. If he hollers, let him go, Eeny, meeny, miny, moe." Harry whispered.
Cardin gulped as he saw Harry momentary transform into a character he remembered from TV. The guy wore black boots, tan pants, red neckerchief, and black leather jacket and had a baseball bat wrapped in barbed wire. Harry twirled the mace one handed and brought it down hard…It buried into the floor causing wide eyes all around.
Cardin had just wheeled away in time. "I missed…Damn…Oh well."
(Arena; Russel and Nanuuk)
Polar Bear Faunus with rending metal claws with overtop planted customised mini assault rifles, completely interchangeable with machine guns all with ice dust rounds clashed with a human with two daggers.
It was a game of Cat and Mouse and a game that Nanuuk was slowly dominating. The Polar Bear casually backhanded Russel with his fists sending the kid to the floor only to vanish in a plume of aura. "You can Kage Bunshin no Jutsu?"
Russel smirked powered up his semblance and he created four identical clones "'Fraid so, carpet."
Nanuuk's eyes hardened "Adam, Harry, Damania. STD here is a Naruto Uzumaki but minus all the cool factor of the character."
(Arena; Adam and Sky)
Adam grabbed the halberd and promptly head-butted its wielder breaking the grapple. 'STD here is a Naruto Uzumaki but minus all the cool factor of the character.' He heard Nanuuk call.
He sighed. Adam himself preferred Bleach to Naruto. But if pressed for a character, he liked Jiraiya and Kakashi. The former because he was unrepentant in his ways and knew what his failures were and the latter for his laid back approach to life. "At least he can't copy semblances."
Sky grinned and his halberd coursed with electricity. Adam swore as his aura decreased as he converted the electricity into his own energy. It decreased as his aura protected him from the initial attack "Larks got an electric halberd."
Adam drew his sword and fell into a relaxed centre stance. "When the rose wilts…" He said as he tapped into his reserves.
(Arena; Damania and Dove)
Dove grunted as he took a heavy hilt bash from his opponent. The lioness Faunus was grudgingly in his eyes a good opponent. He would have preferred fighting the only human on the team but he had to make do.
He was pretty sure he could scalp his opponent but he actually needed to use his semblance which was annoying. His eyes crackled and chucked a wild slash at his opponent and a line pure force launched off it.
Damania's eyes widened as the attack closed the distance between them at speed she hadn't anticipated. Her aura decreased as the blow was absorbed by her aura. "The lovebird's got some space wizard skills."
She couldn't place the films but Harry had them and they had watched the first two so far.
(Harry and Cardin)
"A Ninja, a Jedi and two unknowns…Please tell me you don't turn green and have anger problems."
Cardin groaned as he staggered to his feet. He checked his scroll, Harry hadn't used his aura or semblance yet. Cardin was down to half capacity just trying to endure his opponents brutal, ill-used but effective swings with his own weapon.
Cardin groaned he thought he'd have to use his semblance. He delved deep and suddenly he disappeared. Harry's eyes widened, he spun sending the mace flying and Cardin reappeared. Harry managed to track it with his red eye. Cardin's outline appeared in fragments of something, then it quickly became a skeleton, muscled skeleton, then Cardin himself. "What do you think of my Blink?"
"Rip that from a game? Looks more like 'bamf' to me." Harry shrugged and his sword began to reassemble itself. "A Teleporter, a Ninja and a Jedi…Wonderful."
(Arena; Adam and Sky)
"The petals SCATTER!" Shouted Adam, sheathing and unsheathing his blade at blistering speeds. Then the Moonslicer took effect.
(Stands)
Ruby's eyes widened as Adam's hands twitched and then something happened. What upset her was that she couldn't see what had happened.
(Arena; Adam and Sky)
Sky's eyes widened as his Halberd broke. He jumped backwards and raised his left hand and a spectral hook appeared. He looked up to see his aura end up in the red as it made a physical appearance and shattered.
He quelled his hook and quickly departed the fight.
(Stands)
"SKY LARK IS OUT! AURA IN THE RED!" Announced Glynda.
RWBY, JNPR and SAKE smirked. Cardinal were doomed.
(Arena Harry and Adam vs Cardin)
Cardin jumped backwards as a burning scythe blade image gouged a hole in the mat. "What is it with you and burning good decent people you freak?"
Harry snarled spun the dust dial as it landed on wind "People like you…You hypocritical ass hole. You thought fire was bad? Clearly you've not read about the Elemental Cycle of Japan; fire burns, lightning pierces, earth blocks/traps, water's flexible and guess what wind does? IT SHREDS!"
With that Cardin's aura took a colossal hit and he sank to his knees as Harry's attack reduced his aura to near red as Adam, in essence dropkicked him. Adam somehow missed Cardin's chest and connected with the boys head and knocked him out.
Harry grinned as he unceremoniously hoisted Cardin up and threw him out of the arena and chucked the weapon afterwards.
(Arena; Dove and Russel vs HAND)
The rest of the fight was anti-climactic. Nanuuk froze Dove's legs allowing for Damania to effectively shatter Dove's aura and leave him with a black eye.
As for Russel. Harry and Adam grabbed him by the throat and effectively slammed him into the ground.
(Stands)
Glynda nodded "Team CRDL beaten…Team HAND win…Anyone else?"