Hello everybody! I am The Burning Ruler and I am back with another chapter of RWBY: The Fire King. I am actually so happy to be writing this story. I have had it planned for a while and I already have a lot of moments planned out for this story. Anyways, no reviews, let's just get on with it!
Chapter 2: IED
Back in Atlas. Fourteen Years ago.
Marcus got dressed in his most comfortable clothes, grabbed his daggers and started to head into the forest behind his house.
"Excuse me sir. Your father has told me to inform you that you will need to be home before four this afternoon. The Schnee's are planning a visit, and I am sure you would like to see Weiss again." Said Dennis.
"Thank you. I do. I'm just going for some meditation. I will be back in time." Said Marcus, continuing towards the forest.
Marcus entered the forest and followed his path to the waterfall deep in the forest. He took his shirt and pants off, leaving himself in a pair of black swimming trunks. He walked over to the waterfall and sat underneath it, letting the water fall on him. He sat cross-legged under the waterfall for about an hour before getting up and getting dressed. He started walking back and heard a cry. It didn't sound human, nor did it sound animal in origin, but Marcus felt the need to check it out. He ran off in the direction of the sound and saw a pack of Ursai surrounding something. Marcus took out his daggers and killed one of the Ursai to see that they were surrounding a small Beowolf. The Beowolf seemed to be having trouble moving. Marcus wasn't sure why, but something compelled him to protect the Beowolf child.
"I don't know if you can understand me, but if you can, I need you to stay still. I can't keep track of you and fight at the same time." Said Marcus as he took a ready stance and started to fight off the Ursai.
After the fight
Marcus looked around and saw that he had defeated all of the Ursai. He looked over to see the Beowolf child unharmed.
"You're ok. Good. Are you hurt?" asked Marcus. He walked over to the Beowolf. The Beowolf stood up and was holding one of its paws up.
"Your leg hurts. Here. I know someone who should be able to help." Said Marcus, picking up the Beowolf child. He carried the Beowolf back to his house.
"Ok. I need you to stay quiet. We'll need to sneak in." said Marcus. Marcus walked in the door and immediately started towards the room where the doctor was. He almost got seen a couple of times, but managed to avoid it. He got to the room and walked in, closing the door behind him.
"Ah. Hello sir. What can I hel-" the doctor cut himself off when he saw the beowolf in his arms.
"I know. Can you help him?" asked Marcus.
"Um. Maybe, I've never worked on a creature of grim before, but, put him on the table. I'll take a look." Said the doctor, getting up.
"When I found him in the forest he was being attacked by a pack of Ursai, and my good nature forced me to help him and bring him back here. It looked like this leg was hurt." Said Marcus, pointing to one of the Beowolf's legs.
"I see." Said the doctor, checking out the leg. After a few minutes, he nodded. "It seems like a fracture. I just need to bandage it up and it should heal in time…" the doctor trailed off.
"But…" said Marcus.
"I can't tell how long it will take. As I said, I have never worked on a creature of grim before. It could take a little as two minutes, or as long as two months or longer. I really don't know." Said the doctor.
"Well, then what should we do?" asked Marcus.
"That's easy enough. We let him stay here until he's feeling better." Said a new voice behind Marcus.
Marcus turned to see his father behind him.
"Really?" asked Marcus.
"Of course. Based on your story we can't just let him back into the forest, injured and defenseless." Said his father.
"So, he's kind of like a pet for now?" asked Marcus.
"I suppose, in a way." Said his father.
"Can I name him?" asked Marcus.
"Of course. If you want to." Said his father.
Marcus thought for a little while before he thought of a name. "Dag." Said Marcus.
"Alright. Dag it is." Said his father.
Marcus smiled before he picked up Dag and carried him around the house before bringing him to his room.
"And this is my room. You can stay here until your leg is healed." Said Marcus, laying the beowolf down on his bed.
Dag curled up and fell asleep on his bed. Marcus stayed there and played video games for a few hours before there was a knock on his bedroom door.
"It's open. Don't be alarmed." Said Marcus.
"It's Weiss." said a voice form outside the door.
Marcus paused his game and went to open the door. "You know you don't have to wait for me to let you in right?"
"I know, I just don't feel right just walking in." said Weiss.
"Aright sweetheart." Said Marcus.
Weiss sighed as Marcus smiled. After Marcus moved out of the way, Weiss saw Dag.
"Um? Marcus?" asked Weiss, pointing at Dag.
"Right." Said Marcus as he recounted the story for Weiss.
"Really? A pet Beowolf." Said Weiss, walking over to Dag who had woken up and petted his head. Dag started to lick her hand when she stopped.
"Aw, you may look scary, but you're just a big softy aren't you?" asked Weiss.
Weiss and Marcus continued to play video games together for a little while. Marcus heard a noise and turned around to see Dag jumped off the bed without any trouble.
"Hey! You seem to be feeling better!" said Marcus.
Dag ran over to him. Marcus took off the bandages. "Look like you're all healed already." Said Marcus.
"But wait Marcus. Doesn't that mean you have to bring him back to the forest?" asked Weiss.
"I guess. Well, I guess there isn't anything that can be done about that." Said Marcus as he picked up Dag. He and Weiss stood up and started walking towards the forest. When they got to the edge of the forest Marcus put Dag down and let him go. However, Dag didn't move. Marcus took a step away from the forest and Dag did as well. Marcus continued to take steps away, and Dag stayed with him. After a few steps, Marcus' father showed up and spoke.
"It seems he wants to stay with you permanently." Said his father.
Dag let out a bark of happiness.
Marcus nodded and spoke. "Come on Dag." said Marcus as he walked back to his house.
Back to the present
"And that's the story of how me and Dag met and he became my pet." Said Marcus.
"Wow. You must be a really good person to save a creature of grim." Said Blake.
"It isn't like I could just leave him." Said Marcus. He looked at his watch and saw that classes had already ended and it was lunch time.
"There a cafeteria around here somewhere?" asked Marcus.
"Oh yeah. We can introduce you to our friends." Said Yang.
"Awesome. Let get going." Said Marcus. Dag stood up and walked next to Marcus.
"I don't know if Dag should come with us." Said Ruby.
"Yeah. Probably not. You should just stay here Dag. I'll bring you back something." Said Marcus.
Dag just walked back into the room and layed on the doggy bed in the corner.
Marcus and team RWBY walked into the cafeteria and sat with another team.
"Hey guys! This is Marcus. He's a new member of our team." Said Ruby, introducing Marcus to everyone. Marcus walked over and shook everyone's hand.
"Nice to meet you Marcus. I'm Jaune, this is Pyrrha, Nora and Ren." Said the blonde gesturing to the three people sitting next to him.
"As in Pyrrha Nikos?" asked Marcus as he shook her hand.
"Precisely." Said Pyrrha.
"Pleasure to meet you. I'm Marcus Jordan." Said Marcus getting a gasp from Ren.
"As in Jordan enterprises?" asked Ren in shock.
"The very same." Said Marcus, shaking Nora's hand before moving on to Ren. Marcus then walked over to get food along with Yang.
"So, what do you think of them?" asked Yang.
"They are all pretty nice, and to be honest, Ren is pretty hot." said Marcus, shocking Yang.
Yang just froze and started staring at Marcus.
"Oh, right. I didn't tell you guys. I'm bisexual." Said Marcus as they started to walk back to the table.
"That would've been good to know." Said Yang as they sat down.
"What?" asked Pyrrha.
"Marcus is bisexual." Said Yang.
Everyone except Weiss stared at Marcus shocked.
"Is that really so surprising?" asked Marcus.
"No. Surprising is the wrong word. More unexpected than anything." Said Ruby.
"So, I imagine you said something about one of us to get Yang to ask about that." Said Weiss.
"Yeah I said Ren was pretty hot." Said Marcus.
The whole table was silent for a few seconds. "Well this has become awkward really quick." Said Marcus.
"It's mostly silent because we're waiting for Ren to respond." Said Jaune.
"Not gay or bi. Sorry Marcus." Said Ren.
"No problem. Wasn't expecting you to be." Said Marcus.
"We'll need to introduce you guys to Dag as well." Said Ruby.
"Who's Dag?" asked Jaune.
"My pet Beowolf." Said Marcus.
"Did you really just say the words 'Pet Beowolf'?" asked Jaune.
"Yes I did." Said Marcus.
"You are just full of unexpected statements aren't you?" asked Nora.
"You have no idea how many secrets he has." Said Weiss.
"You say any of mine, I'll spill some of yours." Said Marcus.
Weiss gulped and nodded. "Ok."
Marcus chuckled before finishing his food. He stood up and remembered something.
"I gotta go. I promised Dag I would get him a steak from town. I'll see you guys later." Said Marcus walking out of the cafeteria.
"Oh. Wait a sec!" said Weiss.
Marcus stopped and looked back. "Yeah?" asked Marcus.
"Can I bring team JNPR to the room and introduce them to Dag?" asked Weiss.
"Yeah, sure. Go ahead." Said Marcus before someone walked into him. He turned around to see a girl with rabbit ears on the ground in front of him. He reached down and helped the girl up before walking past her. As he was walking away, someone grabbed his shoulder and turned him around.
He turned around to see a girl with sunglasses. "Aren't you going to apologize?" said the girl.
"Why should I? She bumped into me." Said Marcus, pointing at the girl.
"Then you shouldn't have stood still in the middle of the hallway. Apologize." Said the girl.
"No. I was talking to my friend. She should have been paying attention to where she was walking." Said Marcus.
Back in the cafeteria
"Oh no." said Weiss.
"What?" asked Ruby.
Weiss pointed outside to see Marcus arguing with the two girls outside. "Velvet bumped into him and then this started." Said Weiss.
After a few more seconds Velvet pulled his shoulder and slapped him.
"Well, nothing we can do now." Said Weiss.
Back with Marcus
Marcus froze after being slapped. He started to tremble and he balled up his fist. He turned around and punched Velvet in the face with as much force as he could. The other girl tried to grab him, but Marcus grabbed her arm and flipped her over him, slamming her on the ground.
After the other girl hit the ground, Marcus' eyes widened, he took a few steps back, and he held his head in his hands in shock. "No. No, not again." Said Marcus. He turned to see his teammates staring at him in shock. Marcus then ran back to the dorm.
Once he got back to the room, he sat on his bed, pulled his legs up and wrapped his arms around them and started repeating "I didn't mean to."
After a few minutes Weiss walked in with the others, shocking Marcus.
Marcus began rocking back and forth while still repeating "I didn't mean to."
"I know Marcus. I know you didn't mean to." Said Weiss, putting a hand on his shoulder.
Marcus continued shaking for a little while before he calmed down.
"You ok?" asked Weiss.
"No. I thought I had it under control, but today proved me wrong. I need to apologize to them." Said Marcus.
"Before that can you tell us what the hell happened?" asked Blake.
"No. I need to apologize to those two as soon as I can. I need to make amends." Said Marcus.
"I'll come with you. They probably won't listen if it's just you." Said Weiss.
"Good point. I know I wouldn't." said Marcus as they left the room.
They walked through the school until they got to their dorm room. Weiss knocked and Marcus stayed out of sight.
"Hello Weiss. What is it?" asked the girl with the sunglasses.
"Hi Coco. Is Velvet here as well?" asked Weiss.
"Yeah. Velvet!" yelled Coco.
Velvet came to the door. "Hello Weiss. Why are you here?" asked Velvet.
"There's someone who needs to talk to you." Said Weiss waving Marcus over.
Marcus stepped into view. Upon seeing him Coco and Velvet took an angry look on their faces.
"Just let him talk." Said Weiss.
"Before I say anything, if you're going to hit me, go ahead. I deserve it." Said Marcus opening his arms in acceptance.
Coco and Velvet looked at each other and shook their heads.
"We're not going to hit you. It looks like you have something that explains what happened." Said Velvet.
"I do. First off, have either of you two ever heard of IED?" asked Marcus.
"I assume you don't mean improvised explosive device." Said Coco.
"No. He probably means intermittent explosive disorder." Said Velvet.
"So you've heard of it then?" asked Marcus.
"A friend of mine from back home has it." Said Velvet.
"Well, that makes my explanation much shorter." Said Marcus.
"No. It makes your explanation unneeded. You can't control IED. It happens whether you want it to or not." Said Velvet.
"So… we're all good then?" asked Marcus.
"Yeah. Of course. It wasn't your fault what happened." Said Velvet.
"Thanks Velvet. How about you Coco?" asked Marcus.
"I don't know much about IED, but I think I can more or less figure it out from what was said. Violent reactions disproportionate to whatever happened. " Said Coco.
"That's basically the long and short of it." Said Marcus.
"Alright. Yeah. We're good." Said Coco.
"Thanks for understanding. By the way, if you guys ever want to meet a Beowolf that doesn't want to kill you, swing by the dorm." Said Marcus as he and Weiss walked away.
'At least they understood.' Thought Marcus, as he arrived back at the dorm.
There we go guys. Chapter 2 down, and a bit more info on what kind of person Marcus is. Hope you enjoyed this chapter. If you did, remember to leave a review of what you thought and I hope to see you all in the next chapter. Goodbye!