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
The four left when they heard a voice with an accent that Harry would associate with Australia but in this case from Vacuo "Which one of you people is Neville Longbottom?"
Neville spun around "That's me."
"Kobi, Kobi Pow…Didn't make the school the first time due to odd numbers. Now you're here I've been accepted. There are two more coming."
Neville nodded, he and Kobi waited for the next two to arrive. The next was genuine Atlas Upper Class, she was dressed in a pure white cloth that screamed 'My family is money' "Isabella." She said primly before dropping her bags.
"Neville." Neville said not taking his eyes off the newcomer who set his teeth on edge.
"Kobi." The Vacuan said with a grin.
"Nevile…and Kobi…" The woman responded coldly.
"Should have introduced yourself first."
"A lady…"
She was cut off as she heard a derisive snort come from the shadows "Wouldn't happen to know one Weiss Pee…sorry Sneeze…or was it Schnee do you?"
"Its Weiss Schnee, one would do better…"
"To remember la de da. Seen it, Heard it, Memorised it and got the T-shirt." Harry said as he appeared in the Corridor, covered in bandages and using his sword as a very lethal looking crutch.
"You are?" Snapped Isabella, her hand going for her gun.
"Hadrian Branwen…resident snark, huntsman in training and resident semi-indestructible crash test dummy."
"You don't look old enough to be immortal…Isn't immortality a child's imagination?"
"We attend a school where a Handbag can become a Gatling Gun and we fight monsters made out of our own fears…Yeah, I thought so."
"I'm Isabella Arctis of the Arctis family from Atlas."
"Neville Longbottom, Noble and Ancient House of Longbottom, not from Remnant."
"Kobi Pow, not sure who my birth parents are, Vacuo."
Just then one last person arrived, she had the look of someone who had been born and raised in Mystral in appearance. Sun caught skin and eyes that seemed to glow "Hi, I'm Lava. Lava Furnace."
The new team introduced themselves and Harry left them to it. "Who are you?"
It was Lava "Hadrian Branwen, old friend to Neville…Team HAND."
"HAND? How did you get that name?"
"Hadrian, Adam, Nanuuk, Damania. My teams initials. Yours I'm guessing is NIKL."
Lava nodded and Harry hobbled up the stairs, as he did so he ran into Velvet "Hey baby."
Velvet had stopped and stiffened, the light wielding mimic had heard the laboured breathing tapping coming up the stairs. She spun around as Harry spoke 'Hey baby'.
She wrapped her arms around him "I was scared when I heard Neville put you into the wall."
"More like through two and into the third. We got…carried…away. Game of Thrones."
Velvet shook her head "The Trident? You were Rhaegar and He was Robert…You know how it ends."
"Was half hoping he would pull his swings…Didn't help that I went Squad Levi on him."
Aura or not, Velvet could hit very hard when she needed to. Considering Harry was already slightly tender the punches were amplified "Ow."
"Serves you right." Harry grinned crookedly at her and kissed her on the forehead.
"Where is your team?"
"Frantically preparing homework…I was the smart one, I was going to spend time with you only to find you had been hospitalised." Harry sighed.
"Look, I'm sorry. Right now I need rest and be with you."
Velvet grinned "The Cinema room should be free about now. It is Saturday, most people are going to be in town…Who are they?"
NIKL and climbed the stairs "Team NIKL, Velv. Neville, Isabella something or other, Kobi Pow and Lava Furnace."
"Behave."
"I am…" Harry protested as he propped himself up against the wall.
"You." Screamed the girl.
"Sweet Ohm, you're bloody loud." Harry growled.
Velvet looked at Harry but didn't disagree. The girl stormed over, she put her hand on her gun but as she did so, Harry had his blade in a reverse grip and at her throat. Velvet looked as she could see a faint trace of aura coating the blade "Feeling lucky?"
"Isabella stand down." Growled Neville.
"He insulted me that cannot go unpunished."
"He's my best friend and a borderline psychopath, on top of that he is one of the most powerful students in the school. His team is no different. Their team is built for fighting."
Isabella slowly took her hand off her gun "Scoundrel…I…"
Neville sighed "Harry, hello…Neville here. I'd appreciate it if I didn't have to go to Ozpin for a new team mate because you can't play well with others."
Harry stopped and removed the blade away from her, it was still out and the tem could tell he was still ready for a brawl "Harry calm down…or no snuggling with me." Said Velvet.
Harry stopped himself from trying to kill the newcomer "Told you Isabella, the name is Hadrian. Use it." With that he turned around and with Velvet supporting him they hobbled away.
Isabella turned and she almost sighed, she opened her scroll and answered it 'Yes. Everything is fine father. Yes. Yes, I will. I will see you over the Holidays'. She collapsed the scroll.
"I am really sorry about that. I have my own expectations of myself but unfortunately my parents do not."
Neville sighed "Oh boy…Let me guess. Your parents want you to 'demonstrate you're better than everyone'." Isabelle nodded.
"Harry won't hold it against you. He's a forgiving guy. He just puts on a scary face." Neville said with a grin.
"Won't the teachers discipline him for threatening me?"
"No. Harry is known to the staff to pick up challenges. Someone offers a challenge, Harry will know and probably pick it up and follow the rules unless you any of the following five things occur: Threatening Velvet, Racist comments about Faunus or to Faunus, Bullying his sister, Disrespecting his sister, Taking his treacle tart."
Isabelle nodded "I take it the Rabbit Faunus is Velvet?" She got a nod from the Tank of her team leader.
"The faunus stuff and sister stuff makes sense but the treacle tart?"
Neville grinned "One of the few treats he allows himself in life. He's genuinely stabbed twenty people, punched thirty to grab his slice or six."
Isabelle and the rest nodded "Yet the teachers let him get away with it?"
"To an extent. He is quite literally a force of nature when he gets going, should there be a Grimm Invasion, he'll be with you no matter what. He possesses a moral code that even scares me. People say they might put their life on the line to save others but run when it gets too hard, Harry puts his life on the line to the very end…preferably the opponents. It would not surprise me if we find Harry with survivors on a rooftop waving down bulkheads and putting them on first before having to literally be dragged off the roof himself."
Isabelle nodded "You would call him a true huntsman."
Neville shook his head "Huntsmen will WANT to be him."
Isabelle nodded "Where are the rooms?"
"Follow me…Question do you have more ammo than sense and is any of it extremely explosive?"
"Why?" This was Kobi.
"We'll be settled in for five minutes before Oz comes down to inspect our ammo supplies…"
Kobi nodded however it was Lava who made the connection "Harry?"
Neville nodded "Partially. Me as well. Harry had over thirty thousand rounds of various weapons of all types and properties. I came into a shoulder mounted grenade/mortar/rocket turret and my hammer has explosive charge dispensing properties."
(Harry and Velvet)
Harry was lying sprawled on the couch with his head in Velvets lap "I'm sorry we've not done this more often." They were watching some unimportant rom-com that Velvet had seen more times than she could count.
Velvet grinned at him kissed him tenderly, Harry sat up and pulled her next to him "I like you Harry, I really do. I know we've been together for a short while mainly nearly a full time."
Harry nodded, he really liked Velvet. There was something about her that made him calm, although his heart began to race as he thought about her. "Let's see how things progress. Just let me know when its time."
Velvet cocked her head "When it's time?"
Harry smiled at her "You will know…What I mean." He couldn't say it, but he knew it was coming soon.
Velvet stopped, she thought and her eyes widened. She knew what he meant, she honestly felt the same but didn't say anything mainly because she thought he needed to calm down a bit.
By now the film ended. The room was beginning to fill up with other students. Cardin and his team and that of SNTL (Sentinel) saw them and meandered over.
"Oi, Potter, Scarletina move."
Harry stirred and grabbed his blade "Why?"
"Because, we said so and if not then we'll kick you off the sofa. Besides its our turn to watch the Tv. There is a game on and we have money riding on it."
Harry groaned "You could have been polite about it cum stains. Velvet help me up."
As Velvet did so, Cardin used the opportunity to get into Harrys face "Not so tough now are you? Using your sword for a cane."
Harry chuckled "Oh Cardin…" Cardin was not wearing his armour, Harry lashed out, he caught Cardin in the Solar Plexus with a jab and then slammed his head into the flat of the blade knocking him out.
"…I don't need a blade to make a mess out of you."
Dove, Sky and Russel fell backwards, this was not the first time they hated the fact that their team leader kept fighting the leader of HAND.
SNTL went to intervene but were prevented as Adam, Nanuuk, Damania and Yatsuhashi turned up. "I really wouldn't."
SNTL quickly backed down, as competent as they were, they all knew they probably couldn't take on AND even with an injured Harry. Harry, winced and he hobbled out the room "I still have my homework to do."
It turned out it was only Oobleck's essay, considering his grades for Oobleck were really high, Harry didn't feel too bad in churning out a 1500 word article on the Faunus Rights Movements in an hour and a half "I've done the essay before in a much longer word count, I only needed to rejig and connect it more."
Velvet shook her head "Are you okay? I mean really? You've heard that people from where you've run from are coming to take you away."
Harry grinned at her "It makes me furious, no point in me raging about it but what I do know is that, they will have a massive throw down in order to remove me from you."
Velvet nodded firmly "Our earlier discussion it's almost time."
Harry beamed at her and then his scroll dinged.
(Hogwarts)
Dumbledore assembled his team of minions "I tracked Mister Longbottom as far as Magical Japan…I predict if we go there, we will be able to find our missing charges and bring them home."
Ginny grinned, she couldn't wait. Soon Harry would be hers and oh the wonderful happy family they would have.
(Somewhere in Remnant)
Roman Torchwick grinned, he loved it when a plan came together "Be careful with that! Do you want us to go up in a ball of whatever Dust happens when so many elements mix together? No, of course not. Just…be careful. Not all of us have your resiliency."
The Faunus nodded, he was a bull faunus. More specifically a white bull, nothing too special but still he was built like an ox and had the strength of both creatures. His semblance, it was passive and it amped his strength considerably.
The train was almost ready. However other pieces were not yet in position.
