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Fight Night
You know those times whenever you expect to have things go along fine and then it goes utterly awry? I'm having one of those days, me and my new wolf Faunus friend Silas along side a girl named Blake, a cat Grimm I named Cheshire, and an old childhood friend of mine named Yang: have ended up finding chess pieces. But since then we heard a scream and Blake's been looking up to the sky.
"So what are you..." I start to say looking up and see someone speeding towards us. Ruby. "HEADS UUUUUUUUUUUUP!" She screams out, but before she lands on the ground another body hits her and the two right into a near by tree. I look to the tree and see Ruby dazed and Jaune in the tree as well, nine on timing but two for the landing. "Did your sister just fall from the sky?" Blake asks a bit bewildered, Yang raises up a finger "I..."
The sounds of panting and running are something that cuts her off, we look to see one guy in a green hoodie and one in power armor running our way. I can recognize the guy in the hoodie as Uriah and the guy in power armor as a guy who I stood next to before getting launched into the forest.
Note to self: set off a bath bomb in Ozpin's office.
Back to reality now, the two of them keep running until the drop to the ground at the start of the temple. "OH THIS DAY HAS JUST BEEN WONDERFUL! NO REGRETTING MY DECISION AT THE SLIGHTEST!" Cheshire cackles like a mad-man. I shrug and head over to the two collapsed bodies, the two are wheezing and gasping for air like they've just ran a marathon "Uriah, guy in armor" I say nonchalantly looking down at them. Uriah waves unable to speak, and the guy in armor takes off his helmet and I finally get to see who it is.
Roy.
"Hi Axel!" He says happily but utterly exhausted "Mind grabbing a relic for me and Uriah? We'd do it but our muscles feel like they've been salted on." he says smiling. I sigh and shake my head, I walk back and grab to black pawn pieces, I head back to them and hand them their pieces. "Here you go," I say, Roy studies the piece "Chess pieces?...that's odd"
"Indeed it is" Cheshire says right next to me causing me to jump "A talking Grimm?" Roy asks looking at the floating feline Grimm "AMAZING!" He yells out with a sudden burst of energy "WHY DO YOU SPEAK? WHAT DO YOU EAT? WHY HAVEN'T YOU KILLED ANYONE YET? I HAVE SO MANY QUESTIONS AND JUST...THIS IS COOL!" He says smiling happily, Cheshire rubs against his face "All in do time dear boy" he chides
"Did those two just come running out of the forest?" Blake asks still a bit bewildered Yang looks at her still confused "I..."
"YEEEEE-HAAAAAW!" A cheerful voice from the forest is heard, and out of it comes a girl with a hammer riding an Ursa "What is...I don't even..." I sputter out, the girl rolls off the Ursa and then looks to it "Awwwww...it's broken" she says sadly, and right behind her comes a guy in green clothing. "Nora! Please...never do that again" he says breathlessly leaning on the side of the dead Ursa, he looks to see that his friend...or maybe more I don'r know, is gone.
"Ooooooohh" the girl Nora coos as she grabs one of the pieces, and starts to do a dance in celebration "I'm queen of the castle! I'm queen of the castle!-"
"NORA!" The guy shouts out causing Nora to stop dancing and singing. She salutes and knocks the rook off of her head and into her hand, "Coming Ren!" She calls out skipping towards her friend...what kind of relationship do they have? "Did that girl just ride on an Ursa?" Blake asks, might as well set up a count for how many times she's said it. Yang looks back exasperated "I..." more interruptions! This time involving a screech
Out if the forest comes Pyrhha, and behind her a massive scorpion Grimm with a golden stinger. She keeps running towards the temple (and there for us), while dodging the Grimm's claws snapping at her "Jaune!" She yells out spotting him in the tree "Pyrrha!" He calls back "Pyrrha!" I yell out at her waving "Axel!" She yells back waving her spear around. "Woah!" Ruby says in surprise, I look just in time to see her fall out of the tree and land in a roll. "Ruby!" Jaune whines still up in the tree, "Ruby." I hear Roy groan out, I look and see him and Uriah coming our way "Roy! Uriah!" She says waving at them still on the ground, she starts to stand back up
"Ruby!" Yang and I say as she's getting up, "Yang! Axel!" Ruby says excitedly about to hug us when Nora come in-between and causing us to go off-balance "Nora!" she cheers out. "Did she just run all the way here with a Deathstalker on her tail?" Blake asks, question counter: 4. "To answer all of them," Silas starts "Yes. Yes. Yes. Aaaaaand Yes" he says deadpan, I can hear Yang growling in anger...I look to her nervously: she has her teeth clenched, he hair is is glowing like a golden fire complete with flaking off embers.
Oh God, here we go
"I CAN'T TAKE IT ANYMORE!" She roars out with her eyes flashing red, with a small eruption of fire behind her "CAN EVERYBODY JUST CHILL OUT FOR TWO SECONDS BEFORE SOMETHING CRAZY HAPPENS AGAIN?!" She bursts out, I can smell a fire burning. I look to see a fire on my sleeve...I start to quickly pat it down and stop the fire from burning my coat into ash. Craziness happens again clock:
One
Two
"Alright!" I say with fake cheer "Two seconds are up! Let's see what we win!" I say looking up to see a massive bird Grimm, and on it's talon hangs a white speck "There's our prize now!" I say sarcastically
"Umm...Yang?" I hear Ruby say, "HOW COULD YOU LEAVE ME?!" I heard Weiss cry out from above, and just after the bird Grimm screeches. "I said jump!" Ruby yells out to her, "She's gonna fall." Blake drones, "She'll be fine." Ruby says casually, and just when she says that Weiss seems to lose her grip and is now falling "She's falling." Ren adds in simply.
Uriah's POV
"She's gonna die." Axel says in monotone, as much as I may not like Schnee...seeing her go splat wouldn't be good. "Not today." I say determined, I head over to the general area where she's falling...time for my semblance to get to work:
I snap my fingers at the ground in front of me, and in a loud CLANG a black portal with a green outline appears. I look at the tree and snap my fingers at it, and with another CLANG another portal with a red outline appears at the trunk of it. I look up and see Weiss still falling and- what the fuck is Jaune doing? Oh my God he's managed to catch her, "Just...dropping in?" He asks, I groan and shake my head...no pun could be that terrible. I can see Weiss look down, I wave at her "Hey Princess, hey Jaune" I say casually. Jaune looks down and waves before his face along with Weiss' turns into one of fear. "Oh God!" He says terrified holding onto Weiss, and with an 'Oh noooo' they start to fall.
Thankfully enough they land right into my portal, and they end up tumbling out the other one. Weiss ending up sitting causally on Jaune's back, "My hero." She says mockingly, "My back..." I hear Jaune groan. I snap my fingers and the portals disappear, I head on over to the two and extend a hand out. I clear my throat to catch their attention; Weiss looks at my hand and then back to me, "So do I get a reward for this?" I snark at her, she grins and takes my hand. I pull her up to her feet and she shakes her head "You get nothing," she says icily, what a bitch "But...thanks" she says a bit sheepishly. Well this is interesting "Don't mention it" I say
"Alright. Come on ladykiller," I say picking up Jaune "Let's get you back on your feet"
Axel's POV
Well that was something; Weiss getting rescued by Uriah, and Jaune apparently defying gravity for a moment. Isn't today just amazing? But enough on them, what's with Pyrrha right now? I look to see Pyrrha land right next to me for a perfect landing, "Hey there Pyrrha. Tired out?" I ask her. "Hello again, no. I'm not tired at all." she says with a usual smile on her face.
"Great! The gang's all here! Now we can die together!" Yang says sarcastically, I snicker a bit "I call dibs." I add in. "Not if I can help it!" Ruby says confidently, and with a battle cry she rushes off to the Deathstalker. Oh no. "Ruby, wait!" Yang yells out at her sister, Ruby doesn't hear her as she keeps screaming and firing her weapon at the giant scorpion Grimm as she charges. When the two meet, she gets smacked aside by one of it's claws.
"D-Do-Don't worry! I'm totally-" she's cut off by the sound of a hissing roar, and from the forrest comes a new Grimm: a reptile running on it's back legs, it's black with white scales across it's body, it has a lizard-like head with serrated and long teeth, around it's neck is a blood red frill that has black eye like patterns on it. "That's probably not good..." I mutter
"BASILISK!" Roy calls out, seems the thing is coming straight for Ruby. She folds up her weapon and starts to run away from both the scorpion and the lizard. Yang runs forward to her sister "RUBY!" She calls out, as her little sister rushes to her...the caw of the bird Grimm, the Nevermore is heard from above. It flaps it's wings and feathers are launched pinning to the ground, one of them pinning Ruby by her cloak. "Ruby get out of there!" Yang calls out as her sister struggles to get her cloak out from the feather. The Deathstalker and Basilisk however aren't playing fair and heading towards Ruby, they'll catch up to her in no time.
"I'm trying!" Ruby yells back, we have little time left before the two things kill her. I pull out Cerberus and start running "Hang on Ruby I'm coming!" I call out going full steam ahead. "Axel don't!" I hear Yang yell out "Sorry Yang! But you know me!" I call back. I reach Ruby, but it seems the two Grimm are here:
The Deathstalker raises it's golden stinger while the Basilisk is ready to pounce. "RUBY! AXEL!" Yang calls out in vain, but before the Basilisk snaps either of us up or the Deathstalker impales us there's a blinding white flash. Before I can even make sense of what happen, I hear a familiar voice snap at us
"You are both, so childish!"
Weiss.
When my vision clears up I can see the heiress with her rapier lodged into a block of ice, one that has the Deathstalker's stinger in it, the ice connecting to a block with the Basilisk's head frozen with it's mouth wide open. "Aren't you one for the dramatic." I mutter, "Weiss?..." I hear Ruby say quietly, she merely pulls the rapier out of the ice and points to Ruby with the point of her blade "And dim-witted, and hyperactive." She then points the blade to me "While you are reckless, fool-hardy, and ignorant." I narrow my eyebrows at her and frown, she turns her attention back to Ruby again "and don't even get me started on your fighting style. And, I suppose I can be a bit..." She pauses for a moment, like she's trying to find the right word "difficult... but if we're going to do this, we're going to have to do this together." Her face lightens up for a moment before snapping back to an annoyed look as She points the blade back at me again
"So if you quit being a smart-aleck," she then points it at Ruby "and you quit trying to show off, I'll be..." She pauses again to try and find the right word "nicer". "Axel is not a smart-aleck," Ruby sternly tells her "and I'm not trying to show off. I want you to know I can do this." she says a bit quiet
"You're fine," Weiss says in a motherly tone "And he is too somewhat" she puts her weapon back to her hip and walks away. Not sure how to feel about her exactly, she's a pain in the ass but she did save my life...I hate you conflicted feelings. I sigh and pop my neck and look down to see Ruby with her eyes closed and hands held together, I hear her whisper something but I couldn't understand it. "Come on Ruby, we should get back to Yang." I tell her, before swinging Cerberus and cutting off three fourths of the feather pinning her down and help get the part still lodged into the ground out of her cloak.
Once she got up the two of us exchanged a smile before getting spooked by the sound of a hiss, "Whoa!" Ruby turned around and saw that the Deathstalker and Basilisk were trying to get free. "They're not getting out quite yet, so let's get going while they're still sill on WEISS." I tell her, Ruby looms back at me with a lopsided grin and gives a sound between a groan and a chuckle. I shrug before the both of us start to head back to the others.
Once there Ruby ends up getting rushed and hugged by her sister citing a grunt from her, "So happy you're ok!" Yang says relieved hugging her sister, I smile happily at the scene. Yang had to step up when Summer died, and she's managed to do a great job from the looks of it. They stop hugging and stare at each other for a moment before Yang turns her attention towards me, I tilt my head when I see Yang whisper something to her sister before the younger of the two heads back to talk with the rest.
Yang comes towards me with a warm, soft smile on her face. "Thanks," she says empathically "for trying to save Ruby. Even though Weiss ended up stealing your thunder" I shrug "No big deal. Just so long as she's safe" I say smiling a bit.
She then gives me a not-to-playful punch to the shoulder causing a jolt in pain and getting me to clench my teeth and hiss in pain, "What was that for?" I ask through my teeth. "That was for risking your life like that dummy." She says sternly, I sigh a bit sadly...no doubt about that. But after I sigh Yang plants a peck on my cheek causing my face to feel aflame and probably look a bit dumbfounded. "And that's," she starts saying with a bit of pink creeping onto her face "that's for trying to save my sister." She says sheepishly, I swallow hard to get rid of my nerves and nod "Y-yeah...sure." I say nervously
I look to see Silas and Cheshire giving smiles, Silas gives a thumbs up. I smile and nod to them...thanks.
I look up to see that the Nevermore is making a turn, and with it the bird Grimm roars. "Guys?" I hear Jaune say nervously "That thing's circling back! What are we gonna do?" Die? Hide? Fight? Shit our pants? Piss our pants? Two of which you may or may not be doing right now Jaune, let's take a guess. But in all seriousness big bird still posed a problem.
"Look, there's no sense in dilly-dallying." Weiss points out and making me question if she reads a dictionary every night so she can find a new word to use to 'enlighten' us 'peasants'. "Our objective is right in front of us."
"She's right." Ruby adds in "Our mission is to grab an artifact and make it back to the cliffs." She nods to Weiss in agreement "There's no point in fighting these things." I would've said the point in fighting them was to stay alive, but they're not so much a danger now. "Run and live- that's an idea I can get behind!" Jaune says earning a chuckle from Uriah "Amen." Cheshire also chuckles "This is getting to be the rising action of the story now children! And so we make our escape after grabbing said artifacts."
Some of the others who haven't gotten relics; Ren, Ruby, Weiss, Jaune and Pyrrha head into the grounds and each grab an artifact. Just in time as Weiss' ice seems to be starting to crack from the combined struggle of the Deathstalker and Basilisk. "Let's go!" Ruby calls out, I take a look to Silas Roy and Uriah and grin. "You guys ready for this?"
"You know it!" Roy says excitedly putting his dragon-looking helmet back on.
"Ready as I'll ever be." Uriah says with a smirk on his face.
Silas merely gives a cocky grin, "Hell. About time"
"Then let's go." With that we all starting to run past the scorpion and the lizard. I look back and see Yang and Blake just standing by one another, I wave them on before continuing to run with everyone else. We end up running upon another ruin with columns and bridges, we hide ourselves behind some of the bits of ruin and stones as the Nevermore perches on one of the columns and caws. "Well, that's just great." An annoyed Yang says, looking behind the Deathstalker and Basilisk come on to the scene. "This is even better!" I say as annoyed as Yang
"Ah, man, run!" Jaune says, we all come out from our hiding spots which causes the Nevermore to take flight again. "Nora," Ren yells out "distract it!" I turn and see her gladly oblige by running by the view of the Nevermore and dodge it's feathers. She reaches behind her and pulls out her weapon, a grenade launcher...oh my God that's amazing.
She fires a few shells at the Grimm causing pink explosions to hit it. But seems the Basilisk found me since it roars and knocks my aside with it's claws smacking me right into a column. In my daze I can see the thing rushing at me before being blocked by Silas, I snap out of it after that and try and rush at the lizard. I leap up and try to go for a quick head slice, but it ends up being deflected and I get nearly munched for my trouble. Thank shit Roy tackled me out of there before I got eaten, Silas and Uriah act as the distraction for the Basilisk for the time being. I look at Roy for a moment, there may be an idea that'll work or else it's a total wipeout for all of us.
"Roy," he snaps his attention toward me "What is it?" He quickly asks me with his voice sounding like a drive-through speaker. "The thing's scales bounced off Cerberus. So slashes won't be working...how strong is your armor?" Roy holds up a fist "It enhances my strength enough to lift ten tons, you think that I could break the Grimm's scales?" Smart kid. I nod at him and grin, "You know it." I scan the area and see what's happening.
Ren, Nora, Jaune and Pyrrha are dealing with the Deathstalker. Mean while Ruby, Weiss, Blake and Yang are fighting the Nevermore. And of course Silas is fighting like a berserker against the Basilisk as Uriah is firing rounds at various points to find a weak point in it's armor. "Guys!" I yell out, "Let's hurry up and throw this sack of garbage into it's bin!" I say getting back up with Cerberus in hand.
I rush toward the fight and block a tail strike by the Basilisk, my feet planted into the ground bur being slowly pushed aside "Uriah!" I call out to him "Go for the eyes!"
"On it!" He yells back, he zooms on over and mounts onto the face of the Grimm. "I should warn you!" He says to the beast aiming his twin revolvers with femur-sized barrels at it's eyes. "This may sting a little." With that line he blows out the Basilisk's eyes causing it to shriek in pain, Uriah jumps off it and starts firing off more shots.
"Silas! Help me get it pinned!"
"Alright!" I flip over the Basilisk's tail and rush towards the tree on the left with Silas taking the tree on the right, "On one! We chop them down!" I yell out and get a nod from Silas, "Alright...ONE!" I roar out and swing my blade and cut down the tree as Silas' axes slice the other tree down. The two trees groan as they fall and pin the howling Grimm to the forest floor, "ROY! SMASH IT!" I order
And Roy delivers by running up to the Grimm, "I AM A DENTIST! TIME FOR YOUR CHECK UP!" He smashes his fist right through the Basilisk and crush it's skull like a nut. And with that it gives a weak moan and starts to blow away like dust in the wind.
Teamwork-one, Grimm- none
"That's one down. Two to go." Uriah quips, I look to see that the Deathstalker is still being a bit of a hastle and the Nevermore is still being a shit with flying. Time for a little split for the time being, "We need to help out the others with the Grimm. Silas: you and Uriah go stab the Deathstalker and make sure it's not stinging for a long while. Roy: you and me are going to deal with Big Bird." I get a nod from everyone before Silas and Uriah head to the site of the Deathstalker fight
And what exactly is your plan for dealing with the Nevermore your comrades are facing?
And so you finally speak up. No worries C, I need only two things to deal with it
And those two things being?
Luck. And insanity
Death or glory?...I wish you luck
Thanks.
"Ax, what's the plan?" Roy's kiddish voice snaps me back into reality, "Throw me." I tell him simply. He tilts his head in confusion from the looks of it, "You...y-you really sure about this?" He asks a bit nervously, I grin and grab his armor's cold shoulders "You better belive it." He chuckles happily and picks me up like a javelin
"Ready?" I ask, "Ready." He says back to me
"THROW!" And on saying it Roy throws me, speeding right towards the Nevermore. "COMING IN FOR THE ASSIST!" I yell out grabbing onto the back feathers of the Nevermore, it caws out trying to shake me off. I grit my teeth and keep holding on to it
And to my surprise I can hear a familiar voice screaming as blasts are being pelted into the Nevermore's mouth, goddamn it Yang! You stole my strategy! And with each blast she punctuates it syllable for syllable in a fine sentence, "I! Hope! You're! Hung-! ...-gry!" She jumps onto a nearby ruin and the Nevermore starts flying up. "WHOAAAAAA MY GOD!" I scream out holding on for dear life as the Grimm ascends to the sky, I need to bring this thing down before I end up going splat.
I grab onto one of it's wings in one hand with my grip being tighter than a vice, and wrap my other hand on the spare wing. "ALRIGHT YOU FEATHERY FUCK," I snarl at it "TIME FOR YOUR WINGS TO GET CLIPPED!" I pull back as hard as I can on it's wings, causing the bird to start falling towards the ground along with me near the cliff. Getting closer by the second, gotta teleport out of here...no focus means that I'll be wiped out after this.
No time to lose.
I see the edge of the cliff, and in a hum and a flash of orange light I'm there. And I immediately collapse to the ground panting, still alive...but damn if it wasn't close. A few seconds later I can hear Ruby and the Nevermore crying out with the sounds of shots being fired, and a moment later I see the Nevermore's head come clean off in a shower of rose petals. Atta girl Ruby, I whistle out tiredly to get her attention and give a lazy thumbs up.
My arm flops back to the ground, once it happens Ruby looks down at me with a warm smile on her face. "Think we killed it?" I ask groggily, she nods with a smile still on her face, "It's pretty dead." She says. I chuckle a bit and sigh in exhaustion "Right on...right on..." I say closing my eyes "Mind helping me up?" I mutter. She lifts me right up onto my feet and pats my cheek a bit. "Come on Axel, let's get going."
"Yeah...let's..." This was the funnest test ever
Beacon Academy, hours later
Team assignment is something that I've been thinking about...leader or follower? Which would I get to be? "You know child, you're not exactly one for plans involving...planning." I hear Cheshire chid, I look and see grinning teeth floating next to my face. "At least I'm able to do something besides turn mostly invisible." I shoot back, he snickers "You have me there. I best be going before someone finds you mad. Ta-ta~" he then floats away chuckling.
I sigh, why does the cat even want to do this. "Heyo!" I hear someone say, I smile and look back at some dear friends. "Who were you talking to?" Ruby asks me curiously, I shrug "Cheshire. Still finding it weird that the Grimm is actually...friendly" I say a bit disturbed, "I know how you feel." Silas adds in
The students of Beacon have gathered in the auditorium to see who is on which team with everyone now currently chatting about various things from the sounds of it: what the school year's gonna be like, friends, family, add infinitum. "Well hey there buddy!" I hear a familiar slimy voice say, you have to be shitting me. I look to see Cardin with a grin on his face and three cronies with him:
A punky looking kid with a mohawk and sleeveless hoodie like Uriah's, with a long-sleeved shirt and braces on along with dark gray pants and brown boots, another is a guy with slicked back dark blue hair and gray armor, underneath the armor is a v-neck shirt, he's also wearing black pants. And the other is...kind of odd; combed light brown hair, his eyes squinting like there's sunlight blinding him, wearing tan armor with a belt that has a dove on it.
"What's happening in this neck of the woods?" He asks still in a slimy tone, he scans and smirks more when he spots Silas. "Awwww, you have a dog for a pet? Can it play dead?" He asks mockingly, I hear Silas growl "There's a difference between you and him you know: one of you is a disgusting waste of time, energy, and space. And the other is a Faunus." I grin at him
His smirk twists into a sneer, he reaches for his mace but a cold click paralyzes him. I look to see Uriah being stared at while pointing one of his revolver at Cardin with a mix of calm and cold anger on his face, "Try it big guy. Go on now." He says politely. Cardin growls and stomps off along with the others with him, "Sorry about that guys...not wanting to deal with a shithead today." Uriah calmly says putting his weapon back in it's holster.
The chatter stops as heels click, we looking in attention to see professor Goodwitch standing in front of the microphone. "Everyone may I have your attention please. It is time for us present the teams of first year students! Professor Ozpin will now introduce the first team." And with that the audience erupts into clapping as Ozpin takes Goodwitch's place, his cane in his hand.
I see Cardin and his lackeys make their way back, this time not even looking at any of us. That's right asshole, play nice. Ozpin clears his throat and the monitor comes alive, time for the moment of truth. The four assholes walk up on stage with hands behind their backs and chins held high.
"Russel Thrush." the moment Ozpin says his name the punk kid's profile comes up on the monitor. "Cardin Winchester. Dove Bronzewing. Sky Lark." My god...Dove BronzeWING? Sky LARK? No wonder they're assholes! They have some pretty stupid names...but I'm acting like them right now aren't I? I'll stop.
"The four of you retrieved the black bishop pieces." Ozpin continues, "From this day forward, you will work together as Team CRDL (Cardinal. Watch out Grimm! Here comes the bird team! Ready to shit on your heads.), led by... Cardin Winchester!" The audience gives another ovation for them as they leave the stage, "I really want to kill him." Silas mutters "There is a 75% chance that Winchester will be eaten by an Ursa." Roy adds in with a matter-of-fact tone, "I'll wait then." Silas says. Once team pissmop is off the stage; Jaune, Pyrrha, Ren and Nora head up and take the same spot.
"Jaune Arc. Lie Ren. Pyrrha Nikos. Nora Valkyrie." Valkyrie? That's...an ok last name, not like I'm jealous or anything. "The four of you retrieved the white rook pieces. From this day forward, you will work together as Team JNPR (Juniper. Isn't that a plant of somekind?)." Clapping starts up again and Nora gives her...friend a hug.
"Led by... Jaune Arc!" Holy shit! I whistle and clap for him on hearing that "WAY TO GO JAUNE!" I cheer out at him as I clap. "You're awfully happy for him." Yang says, "Hey. Gotta give some encouragement else he cracks under pressure like an egg." I reply. And not a moment later Pyrrha gives her leader a little bump and knocks him onto his butt, and the audience laughs. "IIIII see what you mean." Yang says, I look at her and nod. Jaune buddy you're going to do STELLAR
As team JNPR comes back stage I look to Silas, Roy and Uriah. "Let's go." I say simply as the four of us come up on stage and stand proud, while I may look confident at the moment I feel about ready to snap like a dry twig...help me out here God. "Axel Lind. Silas Silver. Uriah Greene. Roy Indigo." Ozpin says in the same tone as all the rest, "The four of you retrieved the black pawn pieces. From this day forward, you will work together as team ASUR (Azure, but...we have no one here with blue! Wait, yellow and blue make green, red and blue make purple. Nevermind). Led by, Axel Lind!" My jaw drops in shock and my eyes start to dart around. "W-wait...what?" I stammer, Ozpin merely smiles "Congratulations."
I feel two pats on my back on either side, I look on my right and see Silas and on my left to see Uriah and Roy. All three of them smiling, "Good luck keeping us in line...boss." Uriah says giving a mischievous grin. Oh boy, I'm either going to hate or love my team... We all head back and get applause from the girls and Jaune's team. "Nice going Ax!" Ruby says happily, "Yeah...thanks." I say with a nervous smile on my face. Is this what Jaune usually feels like?
"Well! Time for you to head on up!" I say quickly, "Adieu" I add in giving a little bow. The four head up onto the stage like the last of the other teams did, "And finally: Blake Belladona. Ruby Rose. Weiss Schnee. Yang Xiao Long. The four of you retrieved the white knight pieces, from this day forward you will work together as Team RWBY (Ruby. Well there's that). Led by...Ruby Rose!" Ozpin you rascal, or lazy bastard.
Regardless I still clap for Ruby as she's hugged by her sister. So cute.
This is going to be a pretty good year.
Warehouse, Third Person POV
Roman Torchwick: criminal mastermind, suave bastard, and sharp-dressed man was standing at a desk. The warehouse he was in was filled with shelves, and the lone desk in the back where he was with maps laid out of Vale. His phone rings and the man answers
"How did it go?" He asks the person on the other end in his usual polite tone, "Sorry boss," the other more gruff voice replied, "Job got botched. Got no Dust from this..." Roman gritted his teeth and sighed "Meet me back at the warehouse at eleven sharp. No more." He said in an annoyed tone before ending the call, he slams the phone onto the desk in anger. Maybe Tangerine was right...dime thugs would be more competent, he sighs and lights his cigar just as a man in a gray mask and black hood comes in with a trolley.
Roman had to admit, the mutts of the White Fang are useful...for Faunus anyway. Roman sticks his hand into his jacket pocket and pulls out a collection of Lien and sets it on the table. The White Fang mook takes the Lien.
Roman blows smoke from his cigar before speaking again. "Open it." He tells, the masked figure takes a crowbar and opens up the box to revel the contents; Dust crystals in color of the rainbow; orange, blue, white, red, green, cyan, gold, yellow, and more. Roman turns to look at the contents and picks up a blue Dust crystal and examines the loot. "We're going to need more men." Roman mutters
"Yes. You certainly will." A new voice spoke; low, affable and smooth. Roman's blood ran cold as he saw a man dressed in a black and violet coat, with gray pants and brown shoes appear from the shadows. The man's face was soft and young, like he never aged past 18. His hair was a sandy blonde and tied into a ponytail with the bangs covering his forehead. Cold, calculating, predatory red eyes piercing right into his soul.
Roman's associate always called him 'The Shadowman' never referring to his real name. "H-hey! You know I'm on this, no worries!" Roman said with false bravado, "It is best that you do so Roman Torchwick," the Shadowman spoke again "She may be more forgiving. I am not so." He said dangerously. His smile widened before he craned his head downward
"Let the earth come aflame with a holocaust of ecstasy and freedom"
"Let da earth come aflame wit a holocaust of ecstazy 'N freedom" a cockney voice said in unison
"Let the earth come aflame with a holocaust of ecstasy and freedom." An emotionless, dull, and unfeeling voice said in unison
"Let the earth come aflame with a holocaust of ecstasy and freedom." A raspy, smug voice said in unison
(And so comes chapter 7. Cockney guy and polite guy make another cameo, but what does it mean? Keep on reading, and again: thanks for reading it. Means a lot)