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.
Last Time
Velvet looked at her date and nodded, he received the nod. "I'm not in the Black and Blue trade. I'm in the coffin trade." Harry's hands erupted into flames and it formed a fiery incarnation of White Absolution.
Velvet mimicked his stance and her hands began to glow blue.
The thugs stepped backwards, Harry looked at his date "How are you doing that?" He asked incredulously.
Velvet grinned impishly at him. She had definitely picked that up from him "I'm a Mimic…Specifically a weapon mimic and I utilise Hard Light Copies which I store in the form of a camera…Furthermore, I can use the fighting styles associated with those Weapons."
The thugs hadn't expected a Hunter and Huntress in training. They had also seriously not taken into account the Hunters apparent short fuse and all too willing to get bloody.
"Can we talk about this?" Asked one of the thugs, his hand shaking in which held a rather nice looking knife.
"Screw that. GET THEM!" With that the six thugs charged. It was like taking candy from a baby, the group had no aura unlocked so Harry's hits were super effective. His blade was a construct of fire, meaning that instead of the removal of limbs, the thugs collapsed screaming in agony.
Three fell in about four breaths for Harry and three fell to Velvet. One rolled over and placed a burnt hand on Velvet's ankle, too which Harry punted square in the chest "Now fuckwaffles, tell your little fuckwaffle associates back the fuck off Faunus or the next time, I bring metal and start making these wounds permanent."
Harry dispelled the blade and pulled Velvet close to him. Velvet roped her arm around Harry's waist and they headed into Vale. The pair struck up an easy conversation, the little scuffle completely ignored.
Velvet took Harry into the local bookstore. Harry found out that underneath her shy exterior that she was a diehard sci-fi, fantasy and romance fan. Anything that had a decent romance sub-plot had her interest.
"Balls…" Harry looked at her, he had not heard her swear that often or ever.
"What?" Harry asked, placing a still warm hand on hers.
Velvet sighed "Due to my family's problems, I am allowed certain funds that do not counteract the money that we are given from Beacon nor from missions done. However, it has not come in." Velvet's eyes began to glisten.
"Hey, hey, hey. Velvet, look at me. Look at me." Harry said drying her eyes.
"They also do Faunus prices…" Harry's heterochromia eyes flickered from silver and red to that of a pure tempest.
"I'll get them for you." Harry said.
Velvet shied away "You…"
Harry caught her wrist and kissed her on the lips "I want to."
Velvet nodded "Thanks…I don't see what you see in me."
Harry sighed "We'll go to dinner and I'll tell you why I have a massive crush on you." Velvet nodded, grabbed five books and placed them in the basket.
Harry added his own and headed towards the checkout "You getting them for you or for her?" Asked the shop teller.
"Does it fucking matter?" Harry growled.
"Yes it does. I'm part of the…"
"Political Group that has an axe to grind about humans interacting with Faunus. You are trying to garner power to remove Faunus from combat academies…I am opposed to that both on principle, ethically and morally."
"Get…"
"What is going on here?" A rumbling bass voice called. The manager was on the floor and he heard the argument.
"This customer was being difficult."
"Your employee was being a dick…He was trying to discriminate against me because I entered with a Faunus."
The manager looked at the two "Kid you're hiding something."
"We both students at Beacon."
The shop teller paled "I'm…"
"Save it…I do not like your attitude. Either change your attitude or find a new job away from people." Harry growled. The manager racked up the till and gave Harry a 75% discount and enough vouchers to be equivalent to 500Lien.
Velvet grinned and more comfortably grabbed Harry's hand. As they left the shop. Harry groaned, waiting for them was a Police Car. "Ah bollocks."
"VALE PD! PUT YOUR HANDS ON YOUR HEAD! YOU ARE UNDER ARREST!" Harry and Velvet put their hands up as eight Faunus wearing the uniform of the White Fang. Harry sighed "I unfortunately am not too good with harmless take downs."
The Officer looked at them "Take them down. We want them alive." Velvet winced and Harry grinned.
Harry concentrated and the earth split forming a very crude looking version of White Absolution in Rifle Form. Harry pulsed his aura through the constructed and the weapon began to fall apart as the bullets hurtled after the fleeing White Fang.
Following at a distance of the two lovebirds were Teams CFY; AND; Team RWBY. So far was so good, they keeping in contact via a private communication board, they were monitoring Harry especially.
They met up for coffee and were chatting away when there scrolls activated; or rather CFY's did. "Robbery…" They got up and were about to head to the crime scene when several distinct to Ruby and Yang's ears a familiar sound was heard.
"That's Harry…" Said Ruby.
The second years looked at the youngest student in Beacon "How can you be so sure?"
"She's a weapon expert, if she says that's Harry's weapon then its Harry's." Yang said finally.
"They didn't take their weapons." Coco said.
AND began to snort, "You'll quickly realise that Harry IS a weapon. His semblance, couple with his considerable aura and fickle temper…Well, you saw how he manhandled Cardin…Chances are you're going to find property damage and the criminals."
That is pretty much what they found. Harry clicked his fingers and the street repaired itself.
(Neville)
Neville, left Magical Japan. He channelled his magic into his feet, he was looking for his friend's signature. The more powerful the wizard the easier it was to track to them. Unfortunately for Harry, his was like a fucking bushfire out of control.
The path was long and winding and eventually it led him into the hills and between two sets of runic inscriptions, long since forgotten flickered to life. Suddenly the path in front of Neville, rippled.
Neville reached out and pushed the gap in front of him. It shimmered like throwing a stone into the pond. He had removed himself of all trackers, he took a deep breath and he pictured Harry as he last saw him in his mind. "Okay Portal, take me to Harry." The runes glowed, the portal glowed white and revealed a city. Neville closed his eyes and boldly stepped through.
It was like jumping into a lake, and had to swim through a horde of Dementors. In other words it was stone cold. The sheer cold momentarily stunned him, but Neville kept going. Harry needed to know, Harry deserved to know and Neville then and there made up his mind to stand fight by Harry's side against all foes.
(Vale)
The Cops were not in the best mood. They hated the trainee Hunters and Huntresses, who they saw as meddling brats. Whenever and wherever they could the Police would try and get them expelled from Beacon and then put in jail.
"YOU! Punk." Harry looked up, as did Velvet to find Armed Police.
"Yes?" Harry asked as he took a bite of his food, he found it being thrown all over the floor and he was slammed onto the floor, Velvet was thrown into a similar position.
"You have the right to remain silent, anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law. O you understand your rights?"
Harry looked at the smirking captain and merely blinked. Harry didn't do a thing as they forced him into the car, shortly followed by Velvet. Harry's eyes flickered with the promise of pain as one of the coppers, ran his hand over her ass.
"Record everything they say."
Ruby rounded the corner to find the Police escort take off with Harry and Velvet inside it. Using her speed, she managed to write down the numbers of the Police Cars. "Adam, Nanuuk, Damania, Coco, Fox, Yatsuhashi you go the Police Station to prevent Harry doing something stupid. Yang, contact Mom, Uncle Taiyang, Dad and tell them Vale Police are being dicks…Weiss, Blake both of you get Ozpin or Goodwitch…Harry respects them."
Then something happened in an alleyway. Adam pulled his sword "Get out here."
To his surprise, another teen who definitely did not look like a native of Vale or even anywhere else "You're here for Harry."
The stranger's eyes widened, narrowed and went for something probably his wand. Suddenly ice appeared around the boy's hands feet "Freeze!"
"Seriously Nanuuk…Now let him go, if this guy is a friend of Harry's what will Harry do if he finds out he requires hospital attention." Nanuuk nodded, and broke the ice with a tap.
"Thanks…Who and What are you?"
"Adam Taurus, these are Nanuuk Russet Damania Darkshroud…We're Fauni, basically humans with animal attributes and we all have low light or dark vision."
Neville "I'm Neville Longbottom…I'm in a lost continent, with humans and Fauni a race of part animal humans okay. Do you know where Harry is?"
"He's in the custody of the Police."
Neville heard the distaste of the word "Why would he be in the custody of the Auror's?"
When he received blank looks "Law enforcement…Where we are from, they are called aurors."
Neville and Team AND rallied and they explained to each other the differences and similarities that he Wizard and Hunters found in their respective worlds and lines of work.
(Patch)
Taiyang and was pulling on a set of knee, shin and foot guards. Each one contained what looked like claws and small cannons on each guard. These gun barrels were much similar to that of those of a little psychopath named Mercury Black.
Summer grabbed her weapon as did Qrow, soon enough the three of them were at the airfield commandeering an airship to head straight to Vale. Qrow and Summer were hoping that Harry would not blow his fuse.
(Beacon)
Ozpin and Glynda were heading to Vale. Glynda was red with fury and things and people levitated as her emotions enhanced her semblance. Ozpin did not look it but inside he was furious and slightly concerned.
Harry and teams HAND and RWBY, were secretly his favourite teams from this new bunch. He always had favourite teams; it is hard not to after becoming quasi-immortal soul merging wizard whose desire was to make the world a better place.
Yes, his actions came across at least in the views of the Vale Council; indifferent, stoic and willing to put his students in life threatening situations. However the latter two would only happen if the reasons were right or good enough to him or to accomplish an objective. Hence why he launched people into the Emerald Forest. The objective behind that was to get people to talk to each other and work together, in his experience with teamwork…Teamwork was invaluable. As a result he structured Beacon's studying to revolve heavily around it.
(Vale Police Station)
Harry and Velvet sat in the interrorgation room, water and food or rather a nice ham sandwich in front of Harry and a slightly curled carrot in front of Velvet.
"Not hungry?" Asked the Officer.
'I'm going to rip your skull out of your head, shit down your neck and strap explosive dust to your still warm corpse and detonate you in the middle of this department.' Harry thought.
They had been locked up for at least three hours and he had run out of ways to cripple and mutilate the officers who tried to intimidate them. Velvet was cracking, but she was trying to be strong. She didn't want Harry to see her as weak. The officer left leaving the plates and water. "Take the sandwich Velvet…You're doing fine." Harry rasped.
Velvet looked at him "Really?"
"I've gone days without food…I'll be fine." He shut his mouth, he was about to state his mind, but due to how they were being treated, he would be leaving himself open to recorded and therefore prosecutable behaviour.
"They can do this Harry. They can only hold us for twenty four hours. We complied with their instructions, so they can't legally do anything to us." Velvet said.
"Unless of course the Council get involved and then it gets…complicated." Harry groused.
(Outside)
Summer, Qrow, Taiyang, Ozpin, Glynda, RWBY, AND, CFY appeared at the exact same time with a confused Neville in tow. "Whose this guy?" Qrow asked looking at Neville with a sceptical eye.
"A meddling silver bee with some red headed weasels and a know-it-all are going to try and take a friend who wears the mark of being kissed by lightning back to a shithole…This friend has come to warn a friend of what is to come." Neville replied in a plan and cryptic speech that utterly confused CFY, RWBY but AND paled.
"You're referring to the old bastard of a Headmaster of Harry's old school and his two friends or minders." Qrow said. The colours on Adam's clothes began to increase in their brightness.
"I'm prepped…Do we have a plan? We have a plan right?" Asked Adam. He was all for getting his partner back but, he had been part of Harry's plans and had to his friends face told him of his distaste of them.
Nanuuk and Damania looked at each other "Not really…Except for ask nicely to get them released?"
Neville sighed "What actually happened?"
"Harry and Miss Scarlatina gave their services to apprehend some White Fang thugs and then they were bundled into a car." Coco said.
"How did…"
"I asked around." The fashionista said.
"That sounds so wrong…" Neville stated absentmindedly.
That got them laughing "Now let's get our people back."
With that Neville walked into the station, little did he know the events that would occur would waltz him straight into Beacon Academy with a Team called NICL.
"Can I help you?" Asked the Police Officer. He spied the Hunters waiting behind him.
"Put your assumptions in the bin or up your arse…I just moved into Vale not three hours ago and decided to have a look around. I coincidentally bumped into some class mates of an old friend of mine who you've got locked up in here like some common thug. From what I've heard you just nicked him and his girlfriend without even telling them their charges. From where I'm from that's an abuse of power."
The Officer looked at Neville, he didn't like the look of him. He went for his gun. Neville saw it, he felt something crack, his body flooded with magic and something else. Then he heard it 'Do not worry my friends. I AM YOUR SHIELD!'
A shield bloomed, gunshots rang out and silence fell.