A/N: Surprise~!
As ever, the Embers rule remains.
If folks don't like this story, poof, gone! Deleted!
I don't have time to write something people don't like. Sorry.
Yes, this is a fragment. Something to get the gears going as I dive back into the madness of this story. Why, you ask? Spite, mostly. Had a few trolls spam me in the past few days...and well, lets just say it got me fired up.
So. Here we are.
Rest assured, the RWBY updates will continue. The last four days were simply to prove point. I used to have a team. It was a good team. I liked my team. We've since gone our separate ways and I am TEARING MY HAIR OUT doing all these updates, daily, by myself.
So. There you. Cheerio, tally ho, and have a splendid day. Back to work for me.
As ever, I own no references, quotes, themes or memes.
Sorry about that.
"I have an army!"
"We have a demigod. Tough luck, chap."
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Not a Request (Fragment)
There were time when Bruz questioned his life choices.
Now, he was a right powerful bloke, make no mistake, but sometimes he wondered if his new Boss was...well...sane. Leading them into a cavern full of spiders was one thing, but to come out with child -right creepy little thing she was!- and declare her as their traveling companion; that was a bit too much even for a proper Olog like him.
There she was now, tagging along behind the two of them like some silent shadow.
Well, she would be silent if she wasn't badgering the boss with questions. Credit where it was due, he took them in stride, but Bruz could see the muscle jumping in his jaw. Apparently it had something to do with leaving most of her "knowledge" behind in her main body. She claimed to be quite strong, for what it was worth.
.
..
...somehow, he didn't doubt that.
'This is my life now, ain't it?' he thumbed his chin while they walked and considered it for a moment. 'Suppose it isn't so bad. Boss ain't the sort to put the screws to me for talking back. At least I'm getting a fort out of this. Hmm. Overlord Bruz. Yeah, I like the sound of that...
The Boss was going places. Best to be on the winning side, you know?
Outwardly, he said otherwise. "So she's traveling with us for keeps then, is she?"
"You're only asking that now?" Naruto quirked a blond brow at his less-than-subtle protest. "Is there a problem?"
"No, no," the mighty Olog waved a massive hand as they trekked through the forest. "I wouldn't say its a problem so much as...what's the word?" he peeled back a tree branch for them both to duck under. Behind them, Shelobi's fragment all but ignored it, not inconvenienced in the least due to her small size. She saw him looking and smiled. Bruz shivered a little. "Its just...
Naruto tilted his head. "Just...?"
"Creepy." Bruz popped his lips with an audible smack. "That's the word! Fragment or not, this is no place for a runt. She'll be gobbled right up, and that's before
An awful crack echoed behind them.
The unlikely duo looked back just in time to see the little child ride a dead caragor into the ground and sink her teeth into its neck. Neither had heard nor seen the beast creeping up on them. She pulled back, revealing a blood-spattered face. Not a drop of it was her own. As they looked on, she took another bit out of her meal.
"What?" she asked, wiping her face. "It was stalking us. I took issue to that. Also, hungry."
Both man and Olog exchanged a bland look between themselves.
Naruto quirked a brow. "Does that answer your question?"
"Fair enough."
Say what you would about Bruz, but at the end of the day, he respected strength. Get past that and he could be a right charitable chap. If this little "girl" could kill one of those cats with ease...why, it didn't take much to imagine what she might do to an orc that irked her. Baz and Daz might like her, to say nothing of Gaz.
"Naruto. Mine legs hurt." Still speaking in that arch tone of hers, Little Shelob raised her arms, commanding their attention once more. "I wish to be held."
Naruto looked left.
Naruto looked right, now.
Naruto blinked a total of three times. "Come again?"
"My. Feet. Hurt." Shelob said archly, the child enunciating each word as if he were no more than a simpleton. "That was not a request! Carry me!"
Naruto did his best not to laugh again. He really did. Bruz had no such reservations. It started as a snort, then a snigger; before long his shoulders shook with repressed mirth. That set the boss right off and he toppled to the ground, legs kicking at the air.
Shelob absolutely scowled at him. "And what pray tell, is so funny?"
"Nothing at all." Naruto wiped a mirthful tear from his eye. He swept her up into his arms and onto his shoulders, drawing a startled shriek from the girl. "There you go."
"Fool!" A tiny fist thumped the back of his head. "Not so quickly! You nearly stopped mine heart!"
"I take it back." Bruz chortled. "She's a keeper."
Yup, she'd fit in just find around here.
A/N: I wish I could've made this longer, I really do, but I have so little TIME these days...
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(Previews!)
Az-Laar banged a fist against his chest. "No more talk! WE! BRING! WAR!"
"Sorry, you heard the big lug. And that means...!
"TAKE THE FORT!"
A shadow fell over them.
The boss looked up.
"Oh for the lov eof-
"No, no, no! Bad drake!" He snapped. "Bad! You let go of that Orc right now!"
Much to Bruz's disbelief, the beast whined like a petulant puppy. Its long neck craned away, pretending it hadn't heard.
"Don't you give me that tone, mister!" the shinobi stabbed an accusing finger at the winged behemoth. "You stop that right now, or you'll get no treats! DROP HIM!"
"Oi, what's this now?!" Daz scowled. "Who do you think you are?! Scram brat, or we'll have you for supper!"
"You think I'm weak?" Shelob's fragment smiled. "How...
It was not a pleasant smile.
...adorable."
Talion blinked.
Once. Twice. Thrice, now.
"What manner of waking nightmare is this?"
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