Outcasts and Outlaws

Volume 3, Chapter 12

Building Bridges

This one is being posted a little later than planned because I was busy writing a brand new chapter, but it's still within 24 hours of the last one!

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

A little later that day, Connor was sat on the edge on an infirmary bed with Ruby sat on the chair by the side of it. After being carried in by two doctors, Doctor Brian had set to work had set to work examining and patching up the wounds. Thanks to Connor's aura, most of the minor injuries healed themselves over the next couple of hours. His broken rose reformed perfectly, and new teeth grew where they had been knocked out. His ribs were still slightly damaged, but were on the road to recovery. He thanked his lucky stars he had such a powerful aura, or it would've taken much longer to recover.

As for his broken right arm, Doctor Brian had put it in a bandaged sling until it healed. While Connor sat and waited for the test results to come through regarding his recovery, he tried to move his arm, to no avail. Ruby giggled as she watched his trying desperately to move his broken limb, getting annoyed when it wouldn't obey his commands.

"Well, it seems as though you're all good to go." Doctor Brian informed them, stepping towards them whilst looking at the results on his tablet. "Your arm is the only thing that hasn't started healing yet, because your body is prioritising other areas, but it should come along within a couple of days."

"All right! Thanks doc!" Connor replied, jumping up as Ruby also rose from her seat. He had no intention of spending more time in the infirmary, he'd done enough of that already throughout his time at Beacon.

"Hold on!" Doctor Brian exclaimed, stopping Connor in his tracks. "It's important that you don't get into to any more fights while your arm is still healing, or it'll just get worse! I know what you're like, don't start any fights!"

"Yeah, yeah, I got it." Connor responded dryly, already walking out of the door with Ruby, waving over his shoulder. Doctor Brian sighed as he watched the two of them stroll out of the infirmary, getting a horrible feeling that Connor wouldn't listen to his advice.

Connor and Ruby then made their way down the large Beacon corridors, headed for the hall, where they would meet up with Jim and Yang. For once they didn't walk hand in hand, as Connor's right arm was in a sling and Ruby was walking on that side of him. As they went, Connor noticed Ruby blushing and smiling and wondered what was on her mind. "What are you blushing about?" He asked sincerely.

Ruby blushed a little harder when she looked at Connor, then responded, "Oh, I was just thinking...I'm really happy, because we're getting married."

Connor smiled back at Ruby, just as happy as she was, and told her, "One day, when we get out of Beacon, we'll have a place together. We could even start a family. What do you think of that Rubes?"

Connor then stopped in his tracks as he bumped into Ruby, who was now standing right in front of him and looking right at his face. "What's the matter?" He asked her, wondering why she's stopped so suddenly. For a moment he was worried he'd scared her by talking too much about their future, but he knew she wasn't like that.

"Kiss me." She responded simply, sporting a cute smile and somehow managing not to blush.

Connor however, blushed profusely. The corridor they were in was buzzing with other students, all of which would see Connor and Ruby doing anything as they walked past. Sure he'd kissed Ruby before, that wasn't what he was afraid of. He was afraid of kissing her in front of all those people, and wondered why she wanted him to do so. He thought perhaps it was a test of his faith to her, to be able to kiss her in front of strangers.

"What are you waiting for?" Ruby complained sincerely. Connor wondered what had gotten into her, she wasn't normally so chipper about those sort of things. She'd usually be shy and blush a lot, but she wasn't.

"Ok...sure..." Connor replied nervously, scared of what the people who saw them might think. Regardless, he leaned in for the kiss as Ruby poked her head forward a little in preparation. As they were just about to touch lips, Connor feeling the eyes of many students on him, they were interrupted by a cheery blonde.

"Well, look at you two lovebirds!" Yang exclaimed, wrapping a hand around Connor's neck from behind and chummily rubbing her fist in his hair. "You look so cute together!"

Connor squirmed as Yang continued to ruffle up his hair, surprised by the sudden act of affection, if you could call it that. He had hoped she'd be a little better around after the fight between them, but she'd jumped over a massive hurdle being this friendly to him. She was treating him like she did everyone else, roughly, but with good intentions. "Yang, let go!" He moaned, his hair now a bushy mess.

"Oh, you're no fun." Yang complained, letting go of Connor and pushing him from behind, then laughing as he fell into Ruby's arms. "Still recovering from the beating I gave you?"

Connor steadied himself back on his feet, then glared at Yang sternly and replied, "One of these days, when I'm a lot stronger, we'll have a rematch. When we do, I won't lose again."

Yang laughed out loud at that remark, not taking Connor seriously at all, which peeved him off. "Why so serious? You should be happy! I'm letting you marry Ruby after all!"

Connor didn't know what to say to that at first, he was lost for words. He got what Yang was getting at, which was if he had her ever had a falling out, she might change her mind. "Sorry...I am grateful." He muttered, looking away from her.

"Jim!" Yang was then calling down the hall, completely ignoring Connor's apology, much to his annoyance. He looked down the way however, and saw that Jim was in fact walking his way up the corridor towards them. He raised his metal arm in the air and gave a friendly wave.

"Hey there, nice to see you two getting along." He said when he reached them, referring to Yang and Connor. "Yang, I was just wondering if-" He started to say, but was interrupted.

"Hey Jim, wanna fight me?!" Yang fiercely challenged. "I'm pumped up from fighting Connor, so you're next!"

"No, I'm fine thanks!" Jim quickly replied, no part of him wanting to get beaten by Yang any time soon. He got hurt by her enough on a regular basis and could only imagine how much getting hit by her in a fight would hurt.

Jim's face then turned dead serious however, when he saw Stephane walking down the corridor towards them. The two hadn't spoken since they had first bumped into each other, but Jim knew that if they did it would probably turn into a fight pretty quick.

Stephane had intended to just walk past Jim and the rest of them, he was on his way to get a bite to eat from the cafeteria. He stopped however when saw the way Jim was glaring at him, as the rest of them waited awkwardly, all worried they would kick off. For a moment he thought about starting something, but then saw Yang and remembered her talk with him. He'd though about what she'd said a lot and was starting to believe that it was true, to the point where he was thinking of apologising, although he sure Jim would accept an apology.

Rather than start a fight in the corridor, Stephane said to Jim sternly, "I heard about your friend's match with Yang, the sparring arena seems like a good place to solve disputes. How about we give it a go?"

"Why should I?" Jim snapped back, treating Stephane all the same, despite his efforts. He supposed he needed to make his intentions clearer.

"Let's make a little bet shall we?" Stephane replied, as Yang glared at him, daring him to cause trouble. "You've always insisted that what happened to my family wasn't your fault, and your girly friend here thinks so too."

Jim looked over at Yang in surprise at hearing that, his eyes asking her why she had told him. Yang simply shrugged in response, hiding a small smile.

"So here's the deal." Stephane continued. "If you can beat me...maybe I'll be inclined to believe your girlfriend."

Jim blushed slightly at that, hiding it by looking down at the ground. "She's not my girlfriend," He corrected, looking back up once he'd stopped blushing. "But I'll play along, you just say when."

Stephane would've given Jim a time for the fight right there, if it had not been for Kane, who carelessly shoved past him. Stephane was knocked back a little as Kane walked on, but Stephane was having none of it. "Hey, asshole!"

Kane stopped in his tracks upon hearing the insult. Irileth, who had tagging along with him, bumped into his back as he came to a halt. Both of them turned and looked at Stephane, Kane not in the mood for trouble, but willing to punish for it. "Who you calling asshole, french fry?"

"You pushed past me." Stephane bluntly stated, evidently very annoyed. He then stepped closer to Kane and looked menacingly into his eyes, purposefully treading on his toes. "Apologise." He commanded.

"How about I apologise with my fist?" Kane casually suggested, before throwing a much less casual punch towards Stephane.

Much to everyone's surprise, Stephane caught the punch in his hand, then sneered at Kane egotistically. When Kane looked, there was a thin blue aura around his opponents hand, powering his grip. Yang recognised it immediately, as he had used it to block her punch a few days previous.

"You wanna go, freak?" Stephane taunted, looking directly at Kane's face and shooting him a cocky grin.

"I'll break your legs, you bastard." Kane snarled back fiercely. Connor knew better than anyone how dangerous Kane could be when he was mad, and he was fuming at that moment.

Before a fight could ensue however, Irileth pushed Stephane away from Kane with a surprisingly amount of force, then stood in between the two. "Think hard before your next move, or I'll be the one to break your legs." Stephane still felt cocky however, not convinced that she had what it took to beat him, and so shot her a bold but boastful smile.

"Irileth, stay out of-"

"Shut up Kane!" Irileth shouted back at her childhood friend, shocking him and everyone else with her sudden aggression. She then addressed Stephane again, "Unless you want me personally snap your spine in two, you best never speak to Kane like that again."

Stephane brushed a hand through the longer side of his hair, not worried about the consequences of provoking Irileth, because he saw right through her behaviour. Just like Yang had been protective of Jim, Irileth was now acting to protect Kane. He found that funny, the girls defending the boys. "Just so you know, I have no problem with hitting a girl, if I'm provoked." He warned, flicking the longer side of his blonde hair away from his face.

"I'd like to see you try and hit me." Irileth retorted, pumping herself up for what she believed would be an easy fight. "I'm not just a girl, I'm a huntress. If you insult Kane, I will end you."

"Irileth, really just-"

"I told you to shut up Kane!" She shouted behind herself again, scaring Kane into silence. Connor had no idea that she could turn so aggressive. In that way, she was just like Kane.

"I won't be able to hit you huh?" Stephane repeated, putting his hand on his chin and pretending to be deep in thought. "Why don't we test that theory?"

Irileth took a fierce step forward, signalling she was accepting his challenge. "You're on!" She exclaimed. "I'll beat you to a pulp right here!"

Stephane let out a posh sounding giggle at that remark, brushing his hair out of his face again. "Here? In the corridor?" He mocked. "I wouldn't be caught dead fighting you in such a place."

"Then meet me at the sparring arena tomorrow at twelve noon!" Irileth suggested, or rather shouted, in response. "That's when I'll show everyone just how overrated your pompous little skull is!"

"Oh my, that hurt." Stephane mocked, putting his hand on his chest and feigning injury. He then turned to leave, but stopped as his eyes met with Jim's again. "Looks like our match will have to wait, Faunus." He said, a little less venomous than when he had been speaking to Irileth. "But I assure you, the matter will be settled."

Stephane then walked away, leaving the rest of the group to recover from the tense atmosphere that was finally lifting. Irileth calmed down and walked away with Kane, dragging by the arm as he stumbled behind her, too shocked to walk on his own. The others stared at them as they left, feeling surprised at seeing the new side of Irileth.

"Damn, she's a feisty one isn't she?" Jim commented.

"Yeah." Connor quickly agreed, "She and Kane might actually do alright together."

"Heh." Jim chuckled, as if he had heard a good joke. "I don't think it'll be that easy with Kane."

Ending 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