The next day...
Scarlet, Sage, and Neptune got their morning start with them running because they heard the news that their leader, Sun, got injured from a fight which they did not know about the details, so they ought to ask him for it. At least they ate their breakfast before their run.
"Sun! Are you alright?" Neptune exclaimed as he opened the door to the room where his teammate is.
They happened to notice a nurse wiping his forehead with a wet cloth before their arrival.
"Hey, guys," Sun smiled as he got up from bed to greet his teammates. Knowing what this means, the nurse left the room as they approached him closely. "I'm glad you found me."
"Well, we heard the news," Scarlet commented while Neptune sat beside him. "But we don't know your attacker."
"It's a long story," Sun knows about the battle with Ilia and the Albain brothers, but not with Hazama as he got knocked down into unconsciousness when he arrived. "I know who gave me the injury near my shoulder, but I did not see the person who cut my chest to write something."
With his teammates noticing his injuries, they are more surprised with the large one on his chest than the one near his shoulder.
"I was fighting the person who injured me here," he points to his small wound before going over to his large wound. "Unfortunately, I did not know who cut my chest to write down something. However, I saw a snake-like weapon coming at me, which knocked me down unconscious."
"I see..." Sage commented with a small smile. "Anyway, how's Blake?"
"Well, here's the story."
Meanwhile...
"Okay, describe your attacker," Ragna has a pen and paper ready for questioning Blake. At least Yang is going to sit on her bed to comfort her. "I don't care if your former White Fang buddies are involved in this. They're just small fish to me. I just want their ringleader."
"Well, here goes," Blake started giving out descriptions while Ragna is drawing a sketch on her attacker. "This guy... he reminded me of Roman Torchwick, but he looked different. He was wearing a black suit and hat; has green hair, a smiley face, and eyes closed. Carrying two knives and a snake-like weapon."
"Like this?" the white-haired man showed her an accurate sketch of her attacker.
"Aah, that's him!" Blake screamed at the sight while pointing at the paper. "That's him! That's him!"
"It's okay, Blake, it's okay. I'm here now," Yang attempted to calm her down with a hug.
"I see..." Ragna said with disdain. No doubt about it. It's Hazama. Damn it. Why am I gonna end up encountering this guy, of all people?
"Ragna, you know this person?" the blonde asked him.
"Apart from the fact that he's an enemy, not much," he answered and it's the truth. In fact, he never got to know much of Hazama, apart from him being Terumi's former vessel and he's the captain of the NOL Intelligence Department. "I do know he's an artificial human who was a former vessel of my archenemy and he worked for the NOL. He even has the same weapons as him. Also, you should have seen a cracked hole on the left side of his chest."
"And who is your archenemy that he used him as a vessel for?" the cat Faunus asked next.
"That... doesn't matter anymore. He's dead," Ragna said grimly.
Just then, Ruby, Weiss, and Penny went to the room after they went out for a few minutes.
"Ragna, Yang, Blake, it's breakfast time!" the brunette called on them.
"Oh, right!" her sister realized as she left the room with Ragna and Blake following her.
After they have their breakfast, they went back to their room for a meeting with Qrow arriving, and he's not alone. He bought along a young boy with him.
"I see the team has been reunited," the black-haired man commented with a smile on his face. He turns to look at Ragna closely. "I never thought I got a copycat here."
"Copycat? Me?" the white-haired man asked.
"Oh, yeah. I forget," Ruby told him. "You seemed to remind me of Uncle Qrow."
"Well, I needed proof before I can believe that," her uncle commented.
"You want proof? I'll give you proof," Ragna stands up to show them his power. Opening his right hand, a big sword suddenly appeared for him to hold onto.
"Now I believe it," Qrow looks satisfied while his niece and her friends looked in awe of his power.
"That's... amazing," Ruby said first.
"I never seen anything like it," Weiss said next.
"Whoa," Blake said her opinion.
"That's... cool," Yang said last.
"So, how do you do that?" Qrow asked.
"I summon my weapon with my right arm, the Azure Flame Grimoire," Ragna explained. "Let's just say that my original arm got cut off by some crazy bastard, and so I got a replacement. Originally, I had a weapon known as a Blood-Scythe, but it's not with me anymore. Luckily, with my new arm, I can just summon any weapon I desire like the one you see before you."
"Then your power is just like Velvet," Weiss commented, recalling on the battle of Beacon how Coco sent her teammate against the mechs. She objected to this, but she reassured her she's going to be fine, and she got her answer. Velvet can copy anyone's weapons. At least Ragna's copies have a color scheme, opposing Velvet's copies having a light scheme.
"You seemed to amaze everyone, Ragna," Penny said with a smile on her face. "Even Ruby."
"Yeah, well, it seems my little copycat needs to work hard on how to be as amazing as me," the white-haired man joked.
"Are you suggesting a fight with me?" his copycat asked.
"I wish, but you're nowhere near my level as far as I can tell."
"At least you don't have increased speed."
"Knock it off, both of you," Qrow stopped their argument. "Before I take you all to Haven Academy to meet Professor Lionheart, let me introduce you to this young boy."
With a gesture to a young farm boy standing nearby, he ordered him to approach them.
Don't be shy. A voice spoke inside him. Somehow, Ragna can hear it while no one else can. Introduce yourself and let them know about me.
"I'm... Oscar Pine," the boy said shyly.
"Hello..." Ruby waved her hand with a puzzled look on her face.
"I wonder if it did have anything to do with the voice inside you," Ragna casually commented on the voice.
"Wait, you can hear him?!" Oscar asked with surprise.
"Yup, I can," was the response.
Amazing... the voice spoke once again. I never thought someone else beside Oscar can hear me.
"Anyway, who is the voice inside you?"
"I'm just getting to that," the boy continued on. "The voice inside me, is Ozpin."
"Ozpin?!" Ruby, Weiss, Blake, and Yang look surprised on what he said.
"But, isn't he... dead now?" Weiss raised an eyebrow with skepticism.
"He died, but his soul is now fused with this kid," Qrow explained.
"Prove it," Weiss looks skeptic.
"Okay," Oscar turned to Ruby. "You have silver eyes."
"That's... That's exactly what Ozpin said to me when I first met him!" the latter said with surprise on her face. There is no doubt that Ozpin's soul is inside Oscar.
"What's with the silver eyes anyway?" Ragna asked. "Could they have special powers or something?"
You'll find out in due time. Ozpin spoke inside Oscar since he realizes he can hear him. Anyway, how can you hear me when no one else can?
"I don't know, but I think it must have something to do with the Azure Flame Grimoire," the white-haired man suggested to the voice inside the farm boy before changing the topic. "It's just a suggestion, that's all. Anything else you have to prove these girls on who you are?"
"Oh, right," Oscar added more, so he turned to Weiss next. "Weiss, you have turned down Jaune Arc a lot of times he asked you to go out with him."
"Wha-?! H-How did you...?!" the former heiress is surprised on what he said.
"Anything else I should say?" Oscar asked the girls, who shook their heads since they now believe Ozpin's soul is inside him.
"Well, that settles then," Qrow smiled. "Now let's go to Haven Academy."
As everyone took a walk to their destination, Hazama is seen watching them on the rooftops with binoculars he bought from a nearby store.
"Look at that," he grinned. "I never thought Ragna would be joining up with those misfits. Perhaps I can do a little bit of fun before they meet up with Professor Lionheart."
Right on cue, he jumped from the rooftop in front of them.
"Greetings, everyone," he politely introduces himself. "Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Hazama, and I am a captain."
"Not this guy again," Ragna groaned as he couldn't believe of meeting him again. At least he's not threatening like Terumi.
"That's him, Yang!" Blake said with anger, immediately recognizing her assailant last night. "That's the guy who attacked me last night!"
"I see..." Yang understood this, showing bits of anger towards Hazama for the deed. How dare he attacked her partner for no reason.
"That's right. It was me who attacked Blake last night," Hazama confirmed of the cat Faunus' claim about him with a smirk on his face while facing the group. "I can tell you all one thing. I'm allergic to cats, and your cat-eared friend here is an example."
He approaches near Blake.
"If I go near her... Eeee... Achoo!" he sneezed. "This happens. Achoo! Achoo!"
"Bravo," Qrow applauds sarcastically as Hazama walked away from Blake. "Thank you for sharing your problem with us, but we have problems of our own to take care immediately, so leave us alone."
With this, they walked away from him.
"That's right, you spineless scaredy cat," Hazama taunted Blake. "Listen to the bad luck guy."
"Hey, watch your tongue!" the Faunus pulls out Gambol Shroud, pointing it on his direction.
"Oh no! I didn't know your main weapon is a meat cleaver!" the green-haired man taunted her again.
"Meat cleaver?!" Blake had enough of his insults, so she attempted to attack him, but Yang restrains her. "I'm not gonna take this from some smug, grass-haired snake who has no idea how I've been through for eight months!"
"You wanna call me ugly? Have you looked at yourself in the mirror lately, circus freak?"
"Circus freak?!"
It was then that Ruby and Weiss joined in restraining their teammate from making an unnecessary attack on the green-haired man.
"You want a piece of me?" Hazama challenged.
"When I'm done, a piece of you is all that's gonna be left!" Blake yelled.
"Come on, Blake. That's enough," Ragna grabs her from behind and drags her away.
As they continued their walk...
"I never seen Blake like this before," Ruby whispered.
"Tell me about it," Yang whispered in return. "It's like our roles have been reversed."
Author's Note: I apologize for the long delay. I'm just too busy with my schedule to do other things.