Outcasts and Outlaws

Volume 3, Chapter 9

Challenged

Unfortunately Xmas and the months around it have really strapped me for time, but I'm going to try and get back into posting at least one chapter a day. This one has a new anime opening and ending and in the next one we'll finally get into the action of this volume. Enjoy!

Opening Music: http/youtu.be/qBB-R7lBspc

[Fairy Tail OP 4]

(Shows the runic symbols of the Ancient Remnant Tomes)

(Shows Kane)

(Shows Mars)

(Shows Jim)

(Shows Ruby)

(Shows Connor)

(Shows Team KALOS)

(OUTCASTS AND OUTLAWS) (Shows Beacon)

YO HO kaji o kire tori kaji ippai de! YO HO uosao

(Shows Team JNPR inside the Beacon sparring arena cheering) ikina jinsei!

(Shows Team RWBY and Ozpin cheering)

(Shows Team KALOS cheering) (Shows Team KALOS standing on the cliff of Beacon)

Hi ga ochiru

(Zooms in Connor's eye) koro ni wa (Pans over Team KALOS)

shukko no utage!

(Shows Damien on top of a tree, wearing a cloth make over his face) Sabishiku nanka nai iki

(An apparition of Daryl appears behind Damien)

terya mata

(Damien jumps down from the tree and runs towards Beacon)

dokka de aeru!

(Shows Kane pull out his scythes and summon up dark clouds) Mukaikaze buchi nuki

(Shows Jim next to Yang, Yang blushes and looks away)

tabidate!

(Shows Connor and Kane go back to back as Mars' shield surrounds them)

Namida namida kareru made (Shows Mars standing on a telekinetic platform above them) otokonara tsuyogatte!

(Shows Irileth flip in the air and summon up her purple crows) Tomo yo tomo yo

(Stephane takes out all the purple crows with his blade)

itsu no hi ka

(Shows Connor punch at Mars) warette!

(Mars blocks the punch and hits back, sending Connor flying)

Katai katai

(Kane fires a dark cloud arrow at Mars)

kizuna

(Mars dodges back then jumps up) o sa tashikame

(Mars fires balls of green energy at them)

aeru

(Kane fires black clouds from his hands)

yo ni

(Connor jumps over Kane's head and fires light from his hands)

Ima

(Shows Yang)

kagayaki dasu

(Yang activates her semblance and fire appears)

mirai no chizu o sa tsukami tore!

(Shows Ozpin signalling the start of a sparring match)

(Shows Irileth attacking with her whips)

(Shows Jim running with his boomerangs in his hands)

(Shows Damien walking into the Beacon entrance hall)

(Shows Mars go into Mystic State)

(Connor and Kane throw punches at him)

END

The morning after in Team KALOS' room, Jim was sat looking out the window, unexplainably bored. Yang, who had come to visit him to check on his arm, was sitting cross legged on the bed staring at him. She continued to stare at the back of his head in complete silence for a while, then suddenly exclaimed, "Are you just gonna sit there and stare out the window all day?! You let me in and you haven't said a word to me!"

Hearing her cry for attention, Jim looked over his shoulder at Yang, who was pouting in his direction. He then looked back out the window and responded, "Sorry, I'm just bored. Haven't had a good fight in a while."

"You had that little encounter with Stephane." Yang reminded him, stopping her pouting now that she was being spoken to.

"I wouldn't really call that a fight..." Jim countered, sighing at the memory of it. He then swivelled around sharply as he heard Yang laugh out loud. He hadn't heard her laugh like that before, like she'd heard something truly funny. It suited her well.

Once Yang calmed down, Jim turned back around and continued to gaze out of the window onto the courtyard of Beacon. Yang pouted behind him once again, as she was ignored for a second time. Looking at Jim's back, she felt a pang in her chest and an urge to do something she would never have thought of doing before. Standing up, she strolled over to where Jim was sitting as hugged him from behind. Jim sat up straight out of shock and Yang clung to him, pressing her face into his shoulder. He didn't know what had gotten into Yang. First the incident in the workshop, and now this? "Yang?" Jim called out. "Do you want me to move?"

Yang made a unintelligible noise and shook her head, still rubbing her face into his shoulder. Jim gulped, started blushing, and next tried to change the subject. "Umm...how are you dealing with Ruby being with Connor?"

Yang lifted her face from his shoulder and loosened her grip on him, sighing, but kept her arms loosely wrapped around his front. "I...guess I don't have a problem with it." Yang reluctantly answered, "I'm glad Ruby found someone to get really close to I guess..."

Smiling at Yang's attitude, Jim added, "Yeah, and the marriage will only make them closer." He then felt Yangs grip on him tighten slightly and felt the heat of hard breathing on his neck. It took a moment, but he soon realised what he'd said wrong. Yang didn't know about the marriage yet, neither Connor or Ruby had gotten around to telling her, and now he'd spilled the beans.

In a split second timeframe the power of Yang's grip increased tenfold, trapping Jim in a headlock as he struggled to break free. The more he struggled, the more pressure Yang used, and soon he found it hard to breathe. "MARRIAGE?!" Yang bellowed right into poor Jim's ear, her eyes turning red as her semblance kicked in. "WHY WASN'T I TOLD ABOUT THIS?!"

"Sorry!" Jim desperately begged, hoping Yang would let him go before he passed out. Luckily for him, Yang let go of his neck after he apologised. Unfortunately however, she then put her hand on the back of his head and slammed it down onto the surface of the table. He rubbed his bruised face as Yang stormed towards the door. He'd never seen her so angry before, and he's seen her angry plenty of times. Although, it was her sister, so he supposed maybe he shouldn't have been so surprised.

He still jumped out of his seat though, when Yang kicked the door off its hinges and into the door of Team JNPR's room.

The sound woke Connor. He had slept in the position he had been the night before, with Ruby in his arms, all night long and was almost blinded by the sun shining in on his open eyes. Looking around, he saw that Ruby and Team JNPR were already up and eating pancakes, but were also staring at the door in confusion.

Their questions were answered when Yang smashed the door of the room of its hinges, the wooden remains hitting the wall beside Connor, who cowered nervously as he saw Yang fuming in the door frame. At first he wondered what had made her so angry, then he figured it out.

As he did, Yang bellowed at him, "WHEN THE HELL WERE YOU PLANNING TO TELL ME YOU'RE ENGAGED TO MY SISTER?!"

Connor nervously lifted himself to his feet as Yang stomped into the room, her fists clenched at her sides. "Well...y-you s-see Yang..." Connor stuttered as Yang reached him and he put his back against the wall. "W-we, m-me and R-Ruby, knew how you'd react s-so we were t-trying to figure out how t-to t-tell you and-"

Connor then let out an embarrassingly girlish scream as Yang grabbed him by the collar and lifted him up against the wall, glaring at him furiously. Before she could punch Connor in the stomach, Ruby spoke up and defended him. "Yang please let him go!" She pleaded with her sister. "I'm happy, I want to marry him!"

"YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU WANT RUBY!" Yang argued fiercely. "I AM NOT LETTING YOU MARRY HIM!"

"Why not, Yang?!" Ruby countered. "Why don't you like him?!"

"BECAUSE HE'S...he's..." Yang protested, trying to find an adequate reason other than that she was being overly protective.

"You could always fight him for Ruby's hand." Suggested a voice from behind Yang, who turned around with her hand still gripping Connor's collar to see Mars standing in the open doorway, leaning against the frame casually. "If he wins a sparring match against you, he can marry Ruby, if not you can keep her to yourself."

Yang thought about that proposal for a minute before turning and looking back at Connor, who flinched, expecting her to hit him. Instead to told him, "Tomorrow, in the sparring arena. If you lose you'll never have my sisters hand in marriage." Connor then relaxes slightly, the tension leaving his body. Before Yang let go of him however, she head butted his nose full on. He fell to the ground, landing on his arse and rubbing his bleeding nose as Yang marched out of the room.

"Thanks a lot Mars." Connor sarcastically said to his mentor as Ruby squatted down and wiped the blood from his nostrils. "Now I have to fight the strongest female fighter in Beacon."

"I'd say it's preferable to getting beaten half to death right now." Mars responded coolly. "Besides, you can beat her easily right?"

"What?! No!" Connor exclaimed, "Have you seen her when she's mad?! Her semblance makes her crazy strong!"

"Oh, come on." Mars huffed. "She can't be that strong."

As Connor rubbed the bridge of his nose and stood back up, feeling where it had harshly been broken, he groaned, "After fighting her, a broken nose will be the least of my worries."

End Music: https/youtu.be/QIG4_FLvRb0 [Naruto S ED 33]

Hitori janai yo! Osoreru mono nante nai kara!

(Shows Damien at night)

Ikou

(Damien smiles)

saa aa

(Damien raises his hand) me o akete!

(Rocks float in the air behind him) Butsukatte ita hontou wa

(Shows Damien and Daryl reaching out for each other)

oitsukitakute!

(Damien and Daryl clash swords then Murlough stabs Damien in the back)

Kizu

(Shows Damien's sword in the ground)

tsukeatte

(Shows Damien on many battlefields standing over dead bodies)

tsunagitomeru kizuna hoshikute! (Shows the Outlaws fighting people)

Gomen wasure

(Shows Damien meeting Brook and then meeting Murlough)

naide

(Shows members of the Outlaws dying in front of Damien)

Shinjite

(Shows Damien getting the Kalos Crystal)

mattete

(Shows Kane and then Connor as kids)

Mukae ni

(Shows Damien taking off his jacket and then dropping it)

ikunda!

(Damien goes into a battle pose and is surrounded by soldiers) Yuuki no tomoshibi terashidase yowasa o! Kizu datte itami

(Damien pulls out his flintlock pistols swords and starts fighting the soldiers)

datte wakeaeba

(Damien runs along a cliff edge) heiki da!

(He jumps off the cliff)

Kimi no senaka osu

(Shows Brook sharpening his hooks against each other) musunda yakusoku!

(Shows Murlough and zooms in on his eye)

Itsudatte

(Damien activated the Kalos Crystal)

haretatte!

(Kalos appears behind him sitting on the massive rune wall) Shinjiirareru

(Shows Damien as a kid)

kizuna

(Shows Daryl as a kid)

wa muni ni

(Shows Damien grown up sucking in the purple Kalos Crystal energy) nemutteru!

(Shows his eye go purple)

END