"Knight A-CB1-U1-JTR report." It was said lazily but with command as it woke me from my light sleep. I snapped awake and turned to the voice. "Animus trained clone batch one unit one codename Jack the Ripper reporting Piece of Eden recovered from the transport to Cairo. Pursued by assassins after the same target, the piece malfunctioned somehow and brought me here to this bunker. I set up camp and established myself as a citizen of vale Sir." The man had on a dark suit, had a cane in one hand, had silver hair and dark eyeglasses "Your specialization knight?" he asked. "As my codename implies I am quite proficient in close range combat to the point of being a specialization but after further testing my true specialisation is sharpshooting, I am currently impaired as my M-700 is being retooled for dust rounds. Sir do you want the Piece of Eden?" "That is better discussed after an explanation on my part Knight."
We took seats in my lawn chairs and the man explained, he was Master Templar Ozpin and for ages people from our world were ending up here. Always with a Piece of Eden and always in a bunker like mine. Both Assassins and Templars ended up here and grudges from the old world were not erased in the new. He was leader of the Templar Order on this world and there was an Assassin's Council in this new world but they didn't do much. Their only notable action recently was the killing of the Templar Knight Summer Rose many years ago but I should still keep my eyes out for Assassins. I inquired whether I would be assuming my previous role of Assassin Hunter. Ozpin considered for a moment before saying he had another thing in mind.
This bunker and the Piece of Eden I had recovered were mine he had said. He had no use for them as he had a bunker and PoE of his own. He taught me how to recognise which walls of the bunker were doors before he had me open one. Within was a rare find Rings of Eden at least ten, I offered one to the Master Templar explaining its purpose, after a moment he declined stating he didn't have the necessary genes whereupon I put it on my index finger of my right hand. I felt a familiar sensation wash over me, I had gone through the memories of the Assassin Connor Kenway and had worn his Ring of Eden as him but he was limited he had enough First Civ DNA to activate artifacts but not enough to really resonate with them. I was engineered with Sage levels of First Civ DNA so Pieces of Eden responded to us with tremendous enthusiasm.
I threw my knife at the wall before stopping it with the power of the ring and drawing it back to my hand, Rings of Eden were made as personal shields but they provided control over magnetic fields to the wearer. The man, no Ozpin was impressed saying that in my hands it was a powerful tool before further explaining that he was going to enroll me in Beacon and attach me to a first year team to keep me close. He then explained and activated my Aura saying that Aura was a useful tool but I had to learn how my own Aura worked as everyone's works differently and mine was no exception.
He then got a call on his scroll, a daughter of the assassinated Templar Knight had gotten into a spot of trouble and had been bailed out by his assistant. Ozpin brought me with him to the police station where she was, Ruby Rose a beautiful young girl with brilliant silver eyes. They talked for a moment before she asked who I was. "Jack Shay miss Rose" I said, blatantly checking her out I added "We would make beautiful children together" it had the intended effect she turned into a blushing and stuttering mess it had a twofold effect for me though, it threw off her investigation of me and it was a blatant flirt and she wasn't a bad looking girl, daughter of a Templar I'd have to look into her more.
The assistant scowled at me. "Behave yourself mister Shay though I do say you would be correct especially if they inherited miss Rose's eyes" Ozpin said reprimanding me but proving he isn't above messing with his students he had added the last bit which sent young Ruby Rose into another blushing and stuttering fit. Utterly cute. Ozpin and I soon left "So miss Rose caught your eye knight?" "Good looking and skilled enough in battle to be accepted into a your school two years early what's not to like? Excess hormones from being a teen probably play a part too, I'll have to flush my nervous system when I get back to the bunker."
I was on the airship to Beacon for the start for the school year before I knew it, spotting little miss Rose talking with a busty blonde I saw her eyes catch sight of me. Somewhat fucking with her I blew a kiss at which she blushed red, cute. I walked off before the suddenly on alert blonde could spot me. I watched Ruby throughout the afternoon until we all went to the ballroom to sleep, looking back I suppose I had a bit of a crush but at the time I was rationalising it by telling myself that she was the daughter of a Templar and thus needed to be watched and perhaps guarded. Ozpin hadn't said as much but introducing telling me of her instead of giving me a new assignment was a bit of a dead giveaway in my mind and perhaps it was his intent. I never asked.
Ruby Rose was confused as she sat near her sister. The cross was something of a family symbol for her family her uncle crow wore a cross her mother wore a cross in an old photo she had seen her father and Yang's mom wearing crosses it was for that reason that she had decided to wear a cross, but that boy who flirted with her he wore a cross too and it wasn't just any cross it was the same cross her parents wore. Even more confusing was the ring he wore, in that old photo where she had seen her dad and Yang's mom wearing a cross her mom and uncle crow were in it too all wearing that exact same ring. A simple silver band with a distinct red cross on it, her father had once told her that those rings meant something and that she would learn when she was older. With a small blush and a deep breath she made the decision to keep an eye on him.
The next day we all got ready and we stood on the cliff waiting as Ozpin told us our objective. "Mister Shay as you were a last second applicant we could not find three others to be on your team" Bullshit I was accepted before Ruby was and she had a full team waiting for her, but this must be his plan "So you shall be teamed with whichever pair you run into first" I was launched pretty far by the launch pads before with a mental flex I utilized the Ring of Eden to pull me forward and down via the metal on my Templar outfit to a soft landing. I turned up the collar on my outfit to protect my neck and moved on. I came upon the blonde that Ruby was with yesterday and a black haired girl they had killed two Ursa but a third was sneaking up on them. Just as it roared its presence to the two girls I drew and fired my Forty four blowing a good sized hole in the Ursa's head from behind.
"Suppose this means I'm with you two" I said casually. "Huh what do you mean" the blonde asked. "Didn't you hear he is teamed with whichever pair he runs into first since he was a last minute student" the black haired girl said."Makes sense, by the way I'm Yang" The blonde said introducing herself. "Blake" The black haired girl said introducing herself. "Jack Shay, pleasure to meet you two" I said introducing myself. After that we walked in silence for a bit till we came to a clearing with a ruined structure in it. "Think this is it?" Yang asked Blake merely raised an eyebrow but I responded with "More than likely" as we made our way down to it.
As we walked into the ruin and looked around we saw pedestals some empty but others holding "Chess pieces?" Blake said questioningly. "Some of them are missing, looks like we weren't the first ones here." commented Yang "Well I guess we should pick one" Blake said Yang hmm'd looking at the pieces before she picking up the white knight saying "How about a cute little pony!" Blake smiled despite herself saying "Sure" "A knight, how apt" I commented with a smirk. We walked to the center of the ruins as Yang said "That wasn't too hard." "Well it's not like this place is very difficult to find." Suddenly a scream rent the air from far away "Some girl is in trouble! Blake, Jack did you hear that? What should we do?" Yang said before "Heads up!" Was screamed from above us. "Hey did you guys hear that? What should we do?" Yang asked as Blake directed our attention upwards where Ruby was falling at us. Running over and catching Ruby as she fell I cheekily said "Weather forecast didn't say it'd be raining cute girls today." Ruby blushed before jumping out of my arms.
Kaboom Kaboom "Yeee Haww!" Cried an orange haired girl as she rode an ursa into the clearing. The beast collapsed dead before disappointed the girl said "Aww it's broken." A boy followed her out before she ran off and grabbed the golden rook and started singing. "NORA!" "Did that girl just ride in on an Ursa?" With a screech a Deathstalker burst through the treeline running after a redheaded girl. Me and Ruby made our way back to the group whereupon she greeted her sister but just before they hugged the orange haired Nora burst in between shouting her own name. "Urraah I can't take it anymore can we all just chill out for 2 seconds before something crazy happens" two seconds barely passed when Ruby said "Um Yang?"
"RUBY why did you leave me?" Weiss called out dangling from a nevermore claw. "I said jump." A comedic routine then followed before Jaune jumped out to catch Weiss before falling himself while the red head was flung over to the group. "Great we're all here We can die together!" The Nevermore had turned around and was closing in even as the Deathstalker closed in on the ground. A second passed "Im going to borrow this" I said as I grabbed Ruby's sniper scythe and deployed it in rifle mode. "Hey what?"
I ejected the clip pulled back the bolt ejecting the last loaded bullet before handloading a bullet I pulled from one of my pouches. It was bright silver with a glowing orange tip. In one smooth movement I brought the rifle up on and intake of breath and aimed and shot on the exhale. The Nevermore screeched in pain as the bullet pierced its face but only for a second before half its head exploded. The world was crawling Ruby still hadn't yet fully reacted to my stealing of her weapon before the Nevermore's head exploded and in that same time I had already handloaded another one of the silver rounds my Gift my Eagle Vision was all across my vision mapping trajectories and predicting movement some of what I saw was probably my cybernetic optical implants but most of what I saw was in the strange incomprehensible yet understandable language that I always saw while using my Gift. Again inhale, raise, exhale, aim fire, kill. The part of the Deathstalker that could be called a head exploded.
I ejected the brass before picking up the two casings I used and packed them away in a pouch. I handed Ruby her rifle back wordlessly before turning and saying to the group "Now that that's taken care of let grab the relics and get back to the school".
They then made their way through the ruins and up the cliff where Ozpin and were waiting. They were then ferried into the assembly hall where they were given teams. Jaune, Pyrrha, Ren, and Nora made team JNPR (Juniper) when " And finally Ruby Rose, Blake Belladonna, Yang Xiao Long, Weiss Schnee and, Jack Shay the five of you got the white knight pieces making you team RWBYS (Rubies) led by Ruby Rose." "I'm so proud of you!" Yang squealed as she hugged Ruby.
Author's Note: Sorry for how long this took to put out. And anonymous person who reviewed I am mildly annoyed you didn't log in to review so I could respond in a pm. As for Ozpin being a Templar he is one of the few characters that wear a cross and my mind jumped off from there. Is him being a Templar kinda OOC yes, but the real question is can a Templar have Assassin like views while still being a loyal Templar especially after all the time Ozpin has been alive.