Chapter XV:
Teams PING, RWBY, and JNPR were in the middle of one of Professor Port's "fascinating" stories about him in his youth, Noctis had fallen asleep on Ruby's shoulder and Ruby was drawing on the young King's face. He woke up in the middle of her masterpiece and sat up to make it look as if he were awake. He blinked several times at an attempt to wake himself up and looked at Ruby who had been snickering at her boyfriend. Noctis just shook it off and took out a notebook to attempt to take some notes. He turned towards his brother and as soon as Prompto looked at his little brother he began to laugh which caught the attention of Professor. Port.
Port sighed as he looked at Noctis' marker covered face as the rest of the students began to laugh as well.
"Mr. Caelum, please go to the bathroom and wash your face."
Noctis gave Port a questioning look, not knowing why he wanted him to wash his face. Noctis began to think that Port had caught him sleeping and wanted him to wash his face to wake him up so Noctis shrugged and headed to the bathroom.
Noctis made it to the bathroom and headed towards one of the sinks in the bathroom, he looked at himself in the mirror and let out a deep sigh as he saw his face. Ruby had drew him a unibrow, mustache, and wrote I love Ruby on his forehead. It took several handcups of water to clear his face 100% of the marker and he headed back to class once his face was cleared. He took his seat and Ruby gave him a loving smile and Noctis couldn't stay mad at her no matter what, but that didn't mean that he was just going to let this go.
Later, Beacon cafeteria
"So, it's friday what are we going to do today, guys?" Yang asked the table surrounded by her friends
"Well, whatever we do Gladio can't join us. He's got a date, right Gladio?" Prompto said teasing Gladiolus.
"It's not a date, Prompto." Gladiolus said giving Prompto the stink eye "I'm just heading into town with Velvet and her team, they wanted to meet me because I've been nice to her."
"Oh, please, big guy. It's a date. You don't have to deny it, we know you like her as much as she likes you." Prompto said giving Gladiolus two thumbs up "She's nice and cute, go for it dude!"
Gladiolus gave Prompto a what was suppose to be a playful push, but Gladiolus had accidently pushed him a little too hard and sent Prompto flying out of the seat.
"My bad, Prompto. Are you okay?" Gladiolus said as he helped Prompto from the ground
"No problem, big guy. I barely felt that." Prompto said rubbing his back with a face of pain. "That's gonna hurt in the morning."
"Well, I think we should head into town and welcome the students that are due to arrive on boat from Vacuo today." Weiss said
"That sounds fun, we could hit up some shops while we're down there!" Yang said excited at the chance to do some shopping
"I'm up for it." Blake said briefly looking up from her book that she had been reading.
"Then it's settled, to Vale!" Ruby exclaimed with excitement.
"Not for me and Prompto." Ignis said "We still have to finish our papers for Professor. Port."
"Awwwh, come on Iggy. Can't we do that tomorrow? It's not due till Monday!"
"If you keep putting it off you'll never get it done, plus since Yang won't be here you won't have any distractions."
"Yang doesn't distract me!"
"Oh, really?" Ignis said giving Prompto a questioning look "You sure about that?"
Prompto looked at Yang who winked at him "Okay, I guess you're right." He replied as he sighed in defeat.
"Sorry, but you're gonna have to count me out too." Noctis said
Ruby looked at her boyfriend with a saddened expression as he said this "What, why?"
"Nyx offered to help me train a little in swordsmanship and I agreed, I'm gonna meet up with him in about an hour to do some training."
Ruby sat back down now saddened that she wouldn't be spending the day with Noctis. Noctis looked at Ruby and laid her head on his shoulder "Come on, Ruby. Tomorrow I promise I'm all yours."
"You promise?"
"Yup, whatever you want to do we'll do it!"
Ruby's smile returned and she hugged Noctis "Okay, Noctis. I was actually thinking on ways we'd be able to improve your sword."
"My Engine Blade?"
"Yup!"
"Why would I want to change it?"
"Well… It doesn't even have a gun mode on it. We could add one!"
"No thanks, Ruby. I like my blade how it is."
"Look at you two lovebirds. You guys are just adorable together!" Yang said teasingly as she scuffled her little sister's hair.
"Yaaaang stop that!"
"What about you guys? Are you guys going to join us?" Yang asked team JNPR
"We would" jaune started
"But we have to do some training as well, the tournament is coming up and we want to be at our best when it does." Pyrrha finished
"That's right! No one will be able to withstand the wrath of team JNPR!" Nora said as she stood on the table with a victory pose
"Please sit down, Nora." Ren said as he tried to get his childhood friend off the table
"Guess it's just team RWBY today." Yang said
Later, Beacon courtyard
Noctis was standing in the courtyard, holding a wooden training sword, and wearing a black t shirt, and black sports shorts. Nyx was standing across from him also holding a wooden training sword, and wore a gray Beacon Academy t shirt and black basketball shorts.
"You know, your highness. I was kind of surprised you took me up on my offer to help you train."
"Well, my father said the Kingsglaive were nothing but skilled warriors so I thought it couldn't hurt to get some training from one, and you don't have to call me "Your highness" it's just Noctis, or Noct."
"Alright then, Noct. Show me what you can do!"
Without warning Nyx rushed at Noctis with his training sword in hand and swung at Noctis, Noctis blocked the attack and smirked "Is that all you got?"
"Don't get too cocky!" Nyx said as he let go of his sword, Noctis was caught off guard as Nyx let his sword drop to the floor, before the sword hit the ground Nyx dropped to the ground following the sword grabbed the sword, and swept Noctis' feet, making him fall to the ground.
"You always have to keep your eyes on your opponent, never think you have the upper hand." Nyx said as he lend Noctis a hand to help him get off the grassy ground. Noctis took Nyx's hand and shook himself off of the grass that had stuck to his clothing.
"You ready for round 2?" Nyx asked with a smirk on his face.
Noctis returned the smirk and picked his training sword from the ground "I'm just getting started!" He yelled as he swung at Nyx
Beacon dormitory
Gladiolus had just finished taking a nice warm shower, he walked into the empty dorm room and got ready to hang out with Velvet and her team. He changed into a plain white t shirt, a plaid red and blue button up short sleeve shirt that he left open and light blue jeans. He sat on his bed to put on his shoes and someone began to knock on the door of his room. He got up from the bed and opened the door. He was greeted by the rabbit eared faunus girl.
"You ready, Gladiolus?" Velvet asked with a smile. She began to admire Gladiolus as the shirt he was wearing complimented the many muscles the teen had.
"Oh, yeah I am so ready to eat."
Gladiolus and Velvet walked towards the transits where Velvet's team were standing, waiting for the both of them.
"Guys, this is Gladiolus." Velvet said introducing Gladiolus "Gladio, this is Coco." Velvet said as she motioned towards an average height girl wearing sunglasses
Coco pushed her sunglasses down a bit to get a good look at Gladiolus and eyed him up and down "You're cute. I can see why Velvet likes you."
Velvet began to blush and Gladiolus just laughed it off as Velvet tried to continue with introductions as she did her best to hide her blush
"This is Fox" She continued as she motioned towards a teen with almost completely white eyes, and red hair that partially covered his left eye. Fox stood silently as he just nodded at Gladio who did the same.
"And this is Yatsuhashi, he's like my big brother." She said motioning towards a teen that was as tall as Gladiolus which he had never seen before and had short black hair that almost looked shaved.
Yatsuhashi offered Gladiolus a hand and Gladiolus took it. The two of them began to add pressure little by little but none of them would budge as they kept their eyes on each other. It continued for a few more seconds until Yatsuhashi winced in pain and loosened his grip
"That's one hell of a grip you've got there, Gladiolus." Yatsuhashi said as he rubbed his hand
"Yours ain't too bad either." Gladiolus replied as he too rubbed his hand.
After the introductions they headed into the transit and took their seats. Gladiolus sat in the far right seat, followed by Velvet, then Fox, Coco, and then Yatsuhashi. Gladiolus had taken out his scroll to show Velvet some music that she had never heard before, head had one headphone in his ear and Velvet had one in hers. The two of them sat quietly as they listened to the music and Velvet's team had their own conversations among themselves, leaving Velvet and Gladiolus to themselves. It wasn't long until Velvet began to doze off and fell asleep on Gladiolus' shoulder. Gladiolus looked at the sleeping faunus and smiled, he reached over her shoulder and brought her in closer to get her in a more comfortable position, she snuggled a little into the warmth of Gladiolus' shirt and he couldn't help but smile, and he too began to doze off.
"I'm glad she found someone as nice as him." Yatsuhashi said as he watched the scene with a smile on his face, Coco and Fox nodded in agreement and went back to what they had been talking about.
Beacon Academy, courtyard
Noctis and Nyx stood across from each other covered in sweat as the sun beamed down on their backs
"I think that's enough for today, Noctis." Nyx said as he dropped his sword and took a seat in the grass "I'm beat."
Noctis dropped his sword as well and walked towards the bench where two cold water bottles sat, he then walked towards Nyx and handed him one and joined him on the grassy ground
"Thanks for helping me, Nyx."
"It's no problem, Noct. It's been a while since I was able to train this hard." Nyx replied in between chugs of water.
Noctis sat there quietly and looked up to the sky as clouds began to cover the light "Did my dad die fighting?"
Nyx looked at Noctis who was still looking up at the sky "Your father died how he lived, bravely, he fought till the end."
"I don't think I'd be able to do that."
"Do what?"
"Take charge of an entire kingdom like he did, I just don't think I have what it takes."
"Trust me, Noct. You do."
"Why do you say that? How would you know?"
"Because I see a lot of your father in you."
Noctis looked to the ground as Nyx said that and took a drink of water
"You fight like him and you care about people like him, you have exactly what it takes to be a King. You just have to believe in yourself as much as your friends and family do. I believe when the time comes, you'll know what exactly it is you have to do."
"Right." Noctis said as he continued to look at the grass.
"Listen Noct. I've got some people who want to meet you."
"Who?"
"Some people who want to help you take on Niflheim."
"How?"
"I have no idea." Nyx said as he took out a piece of paper "A friend of mine asked me to give this to you and for you to give this number a call."
"Do you think they would be able to help?"
"Who knows. But as it stands, we could use all the help we can get."
Noctis nodded and put the piece of paper into his pocket and got up from the ground. "Well I'm gonna head in and take a shower, I'll see you later, Nyx."
"See ya, kid." Nyx said as he waved Noctis off.
Just then Nyx had received a message from Ozpin for him to head to his office right away. Nyx got up and headed straight to Ozpin's office.
Beacon Dormitory
Noctis took a quick shower and changed into his regular attire, minus the button up shirt. He laid on his bed and took the piece of paper with the number on it. He examined the piece of paper and decided to call it. He dialed the number and called
"King Noctis." The voice said as soon as they answered
"Uh… Yeah." Noctis hesitantly replied
"We would like to meet with you in person, king Noctis. Tomorrow night, just outside of Beacon Academy. There is a small hill that overlooks the school, we shall meet there"
"And how do I know I can trust you?"
"Because all of Remnant depends on you."
Before Noctis could say anything else the person on the other line had hung up. Noctis tried to call again but was reconnected to an operating system, informing him that the number was no longer available. Noctis sighed and put down his scroll on the small table at the side of his bed. And shut his eyes to take a nap.
Ozpin's Office
Nyx arrived at Ozpin's office and walked over to his desk where his was sitting with a cup of coffee on his desk.
"What did you want to see me for?"
"We have reasons to believe that Qrow has been captured by the White Fang."
"What? Are you sure?"
"Qrow was looking into a tip he had received about a tomb in Vacuo and once he arrived at the location he had gone radio silent."
"That doesn't mean he was captured."
"No, but we would like for you-" Ozpin started but was interrupted by Nyx
"Say no more Ozpin, I'll head towards his last known location."
"I knew you'd agree, there is an airship waiting for you on the runway, be careful, Nyx."
Nyx nodded and headed out of Ozpin's office and headed towards his room where he got changed into an outfit, similar to his KIngsglaive outfit, he grabbed his kukris and sheathed them at his side and headed towards the airships. He got into the airship and took a seat as it began to take off
"You better not be doing anything stupid without me, Qrow."
To be continued...