Chapter 6: Dragon-Mode

A/N Alright new chapter! This was supposed to go up last night but I fell asleep. First the shout outs. The first one goes to the now 22 followers and 20 favs! Thanks guys! It's great to see this story is actually enjoyed. Second one goes to the 1,200 views good to see its getting attention. Third goes to the reviews! It's encouraging. I was kinda hoping for more on the last chapter but what can you do.

Guest(1 I guess? Lots of guests this time around. Not sure if you're the same person most likely not): Thank you I didn't notice I spelled Pyrrha's name wrong this whole time I will go fix it when given the time. I'm trying to keep it canon and add a little something at the same time glad you enjoy that. I did go back and read the previous chapters and I did notice what could be considered "conveniences" but considering this is my first time writing a story I'm not surprised at all, but it is something I aim to fix so thank you for pointing it out.

Guest(2?): Sorry I didn't think that scene would translate to a "god-mode" I'm happy you like the story though. I'll check for the commas thanks for pointing it out. I will fix those when I have the time,

Wolfsrainrocks3: Great! I'm happy you enjoy the story. Also no one likes the bully. Thanks I was hoping people like the extra. I'm not sure about the following to the ends of earth(more like Remnant) though.

RFTWODGS: Thanks happy you liked seeing Monty in it. Sorry about the chicken nugget though.

GD: Thanks!

slayerinfinium: I was kinda just doing Dragon Knights as my own thing you know? I actually have never heard of Divinity but I am curious now. Maybe I can draw ideas from it? I don't know if I should though. I'll think about it.

So that's it for reviews I liked the criticism I also enjoyed the questions and look forward to more. Thanks for reviewing guys! Also I have a story cover! Whoo! I would also like to mention the reason this chapter is like two weeks late is because school is a thing (sighs) and is absorbing a lot of time and energy. Also most of my good ideas come late at night which isn't ideal because of school so expect updates mostly on the weekends. Anyways enough of my ramblings there is a story to be told!

EXTRA(2)

Week overpass

"Monty Oum?" Will repeated as he searched his memory for the familiar sounding name. Monty just smiled as Will struggled to remember where he heard the name from,

"As in Monty Oum the first Dragon Knight?" He asked. Monty chuckled

"Well you're right I am the first Dragon Knight but also I'm the first huntsman." He added.

"So how are you still here?"

"Well technically I'm not 'here'. What you see before you is a manifestation of what's left of my aura."

"Oh..." Will sighed.

"What?"

"Well… it's the fact that there was no one to teach me how to be a Dragon Knight, what it means, how to control my inner dragon, or what I'm supposed to do!" Will said frustratedly. Monty merely nodded.

"I understand where you're coming from. So how about this? I can help with three of those problems but the last one is something you have to figure out on your own." He said after a moment.

"Wait... You're willing to teach me?" Will asked. Monty nodded but said

"However, something tells me there's more problems than just the ones that were spoken." Will paled slightly then he explained about the sparring matches and what he almost did to Ruby.

"Well the key to forgiveness, in this situation, is to first forgive yourself and from what you tell me this girl sounds like she would forgive anyone given good reason." Monty advised. He then let Will think about his words. After five minutes Will sighs and says,

"I can try to do that." Monty smiled.

"That's all I ask for."

The Day of the Field Trip (A few hours before it takes place.)

"You've done well." Monty said to Will.
"Well I did learn from the best." He replied. To that Monty frowned.

"I'm not the best at anything except for the things I do. I'm the best me, but thats as far as it goes."

Will smiled he forgot how down-to-Remnant Monty could be. Over the past six days Monty had taught Will what it means to be a Dragon Knight, and how to be one. Monty also taught Will how to contact his inner dragon but that controlling it was something Will had to do himself. He told Will that if he ever lost his way he can come to this very spot to talk to him again. Will thanked Monty for everything and was about to leave before Monty said,

"Before you go, here's some advice to your fourth problem. I believe the human spirit is indomitable. If you endeavor to achieve, it will happen given enough resolve.. It may not be immediate, and often greater dreams is something you will not achieve within your lifetime. The effort you put forth to anything transcends yourself, for there is no futility even in death." Will took those words to heart before leaving. After Will had gone Monty smiled to himself,
" Just keep moving forward, Will, never forget that you will accomplish great things I can feel it." He said aloud, to no one in particular, before vanishing leaving a single rose petal fluttering down where he once stood. Will was standing behind a tree and listening to Monty's words. He smiled,

"I'll do my best to do so Monty." was all he said before setting off back to Beacon.

Forest of Forever Fall (With Ruby)

Ruby and the group were doing fairly well with the horde of Grimm that the sap attracted. Ruby beheaded at least 10 beowulves, Pyrrha had managed to take down the Drake, Jaune along with Cardin fought off the Ursas, Weiss dealt with the boarbatusks, and Jay killed all the small Nevermores. Then things immediately got better after Yang, Blake, Nora, Ren, Goodwitch, and the rest of team CRDL showed up to help killing off more of the Grimm. After some time had passed the horde of Grimm slowly started going down, the Hunters and Huntresses were winning the battle, and soon the Grimm turned around and fled the battlefield.

"Whoo! That's right run you cowards!" Yang cheered. Everyone else was cheering and relishing in their victory. When suddenly the earth below them began to shake causing everyone to tense, THUD THUD THUD THUD, were the sounds coming from deep within the forest and the worst part… it was heading in their direction.

"W-w-whats that noise?" Jaune asked nervously.

"I don't know but let's not stick around to find out!" Ruby said. With that they took off running to the exit of the forest, but as they ran the sounds seemed to speed up with them. When they exited the forest the sounds stopped.

"Well whatever it was it's gone now." Pyrrha said. Everyone nodded in agreement except Ruby. She was still looking at the forest. Suddenly the sounds restarted and the trees of Forever Fall started falling over to reveal fairly large Grimm. The Grimm easily resembled a dragon but it wasn't. First the Grimm was bipedal, dragons were quadrupedal, second it was smaller than a real dragon, not that anyone knew that but for the record dragons were much larger than a large Nevermore this Grimm was about the same height as a large Nevermore, and the fact it was covered in bones, and not scales.

"U-um… Professor what is that?" Ruby asked, but Glynda shook her head. That's not good not even Goodwitch knows what this Grimm is! How are we supposed to kill it?! Ruby thought to herself as she stared at the Grimm before her. Ruby was thinking about her options. Could they try to outrun it? Not really since they just tried to and it didn't work out that well. Could they try to fight it? Yes, but they aren't sure what this Grimm could do yet. Could they stall it and wait for reinforcements. Not likely for the same reasons as fighting it were still present and reinforcements were unlikely to show up in time. Then the Grimm moved, it rose its head up, and, before anyone could react, it brought its head back down and released a pillar of fire from its mouth. Everyone closed their eye's due to the immense heat, and light that the fire gave off, blinding them from the fact the fire was now spreading out around them. When they reopened their eyes they were greeted with the sight of Will who had deflected the flames. Upon closer inspection you could see the smoke rising out of his mouth. Phew! That was way too close! Will thought blowing the smoke out. He and the Grimm stared at each other waiting to see what the other would do. Well it's obvious this thing isn't a Drake, they don't breathe fire. So that must mean it's- Will didn't get to finish his thought as the Grimm charged him. Will stood his ground and waited for the Grimm to come closer and as the dragon-like Grimm went to take a bite out of him he used his semblance to dodge and counter by punching the Grimm in the head. With the Grimm dazed Will turned to Ruby and the group

"RUN!" He shouted before the Grimm smacked him sending him flying. Damn it! He thought as he landed. Then he saw that they were going to start fighting the Grimm. Growling he charged the Grimm again distracting it from the group. "Don't try fighting this thing!" Will yelled as he got on the Grimm's back and hung there by planting his sword in its shoulder, causing it to scream in pain. "It's too strong just run! I'll hold it off!"

"Are you insane?!" Weiss finally yelled at him. "If its too strong for us then what makes you qualified to fight this thing?!" This caused Will to scowl at her but he couldn't answer because the Grimm was still trying to shake him off. So instead he got on the Grimm's serpent-like neck, pumping aura into his arm, and slammed the Grimm's head down to the floor.

"THAT'S WHAT MAKES ME QUALIFIED!" He shouted at her before the Grimm managed to push its head back up. Will cursed as he almost lost his grip on his sword and completely lost his grip on the Grimm's neck. The group was unsure what to do they didn't want to leave Will here to fight this thing but at the same time they were distracting him from the battle, that he keeps telling them not to interfere in.
"We can't just leave you here!" Blake shouted at him. Will, again, cursed since he couldn't get them to leave already. Finally getting over his guilt about using the "Persuasion" technique, as he liked to call it,

"WOULD YOU JUST RUN ALREADY?!" he said, after subduing the dragon-like Grimm in the same manner, using his aura to cause the group to comply. Team CRDL were the first to start, then Goodwitch, after her JJNPR, the last to leave was WBY, but Ruby didn't budge. Internally she was fighting herself to not obey the command Will had given. Will, upon seeing this, tried again to get her to run and again she didn't move. Will subdued the Dragon again only for it to shake him off quickly and for him to lose his grip and fall to the floor. The Grimm charged Ruby, who had finally started running using her semblance to get away quickly, Will knew that Ruby could outrun the Grimm the only problem was the Grimm was attracted to the negative emotion that she and the rest of the group gave off, guilt. That would lead the Grimm to the city, and Beacon where it could really do some damage. Will teleported back onto the Grimm gripping his still implanted sword and planting the other one in the Grimm's side. It howled in pain as it started to shake Will off again. Will tried to drag his swords across to cut the Grimm open but this Grimm's hide was tough! His swords wouldn't budge! Finally, deciding that sticking to the Grimm was no longer a good idea Will pulled his swords out and teleported in front of the Grimm.

"You want them? You're gonna have to go through me!" He said to the Grimm. The Grimm charged him and he avoided the jaw of the beast as it tried to bite him again. Will countered with two swift slashes to its underside which only seemed to anger it. The Grimm then used its two wings to start up strong winds to blow Will away. Will planted his swords into the ground to stop himself. The Grimm then blew a pillar of fire, into the harsh winds it was creating, which was then amplified by said wind making it stronger, more destructive, and more powerful. Not good was the only thought Will had as the fire engulfed him. The Grimm then started to leave. Little did it know Will was still alive and it didn't realize it until it was too late as Will jumped out of the smoke, swords in hand, and landed on the head of the Grimm bringing the swords down on its neck in an X. Will grinned as he put aura into his muscles and decapitated the Grimm.

"Phew! That was fun!" Will said to no one in particular. Luckily no one was around to see the dragonic features he had. Slowly his eyes turned back from a gold color to their usual red and silver color and he made his way back to Beacon. Upon his return he was tackled by Ruby who constantly called him an idiot for making her worry. He was also met with Goodwitch who demanded an explanation for his disappearance. Which put a weird look on Will's face,

"Ozpin didn't tell you?" He asked. This took Goodwitch aback Ozpin usually told her most everything. She would have to ask him later about this but for now she let Will off the hook, but his teammates didn't.

"WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN?!" Ruby and Weiss asked furiously. Will sighed he expected this reaction from Weiss but from Ruby? Well there's a first for everything.

"Look after the... "incident" in the training room. I had to get away for a little. Clear my head ya know?" Will explained leaving out the whole Monty training montage. They didn't seemed satisfied with the answer but left it alone.

"You're going to make up all the work you missed this past week. Understood?" Weiss asked. Will sighed again and pulled out the papers, he was forced to do by Monty, out of a backpack he dropped off at the dorm earlier. Teleportation is so convenient especially when you have to prove something.

"Do you mean these?" Will asked. Weiss looked stunned.

"When did you get those?" She asked him. Will put the papers back into his pocket.

"Before I left."

"How'd you know the answers then?"

"Hey I'm much smarter than I look Ice Queen." He said in an offended tone. It was true Will is pretty smart, but he also is very lazy. In fact if it weren't for Monty none of that work would have been done when Will was gone. It made Will think back to the week he spent with his ghost of a teacher.

Flashback

"Hey Will?"

"Yes Monty?"

"Aren't you attending Beacon Academy?" Monty asked

"Yes but how did you know about the school?" Will answered confusedly. Monty chuckled,

"That school is much older than you think it is." Was all Monty said.

"Oh ok… So what was with your earlier question?"

"Don't you have school work to be doing?"

"Well yeah, but I'm too lazy to actually do it."

SMACK!

"Ow!" Will cried out as something smacked him over the head.

"If you have work you should do it you fool!" Monty yelled at him and for the next few hours he forced Will to catch up on schoolwork and if he slacked off Monty, somehow, was able to hit Will atop the head with a branch. When Will asked Monty how he did it he got smacked in the head again.

Flashback end

Will chuckled quietly as he reminisced his days training with Monty. Pretty soon his team dropped the topic all except for one, and she was very determined to get answers from him.

A few days later

Ruby was frustrated over the course of the last two days Ruby had tried confronting Will about the truth of his week absence but every single time she tried either she froze, in shyness, and Will was pulled away in her hesitation, or, when she finally got over it, Will was no where to be found that day. However, today was the day after today's sparring session she could finally ask him. She and her team sat down as the Goodwitch picked the first two fighters for the day,

"Will Sapphires and Jay Emeralds would you please step up to the arena please." Both boys stood up and retrieved their weapons. Will and Jay now stood on opposite sides of each other. Silence permeated the room before Will and Jay broke it in a fit of laughter. After 5 minutes they both calmed down.

"How long has it been since we've sparred with each other?" Will asked.

"Far too long Will far too long." Jay replied. The two smiled at each other. Then the atmosphere grew serious.

"Ready?" Will asked his eyes turning red and pulling out his two long swords

"Always." Jay replied pulling out two short swords. Will paused.

"New weapons?"

"Yup. They're based off yours except no dragon scales and it actually has a long range mode."

"Interesting let's see what they can do!" Will said as he dashed forward. Jay got ready to guard, but Will used his semblance to teleport behind him and swung but Jay ducked under it. Will smirked I see his mind-reading semblance hasn't dulled over the years. he thought as he dodged the counter blows from Jay. So how to beat someone who can read your mind? Well one way would be to stop thinking. Another is to somehow go mentally retarded. Ummm how do you get around it? I got nothing. Then Will pushed Jay away to gain some distance so he could think about how he could go about fighting Jay. Jay took this opportunity to reveal his distance mode on his weapons. His short swords transformed into boomerangs. Will saw this and got ready as Jay threw one of them which Will dodged with ease, but Will heard the sound of a gun being loaded and had to dodge again as a bullet hit the air that he was standing in. Then when he got to the his new spot the other boomerang was already heading for him but instead of dodging it he deflected it with his swords. Upon closer inspection the boomerang was also a gun with two barrels on both ends. Well that's interesting and what better way to compliment his semblance. Will smirked. This is going to be fun… Will let his eyes change to a golden color and his aura took on the same color, this surprised Jay and worried everyone else. Those golden eyes meant Will was out of control, but he wasn't. Not that he told anyone but Monty did teach him how to control his "Dragon-Mode" as he liked called it. However, he didn't fully control it so his time-limit was about a minute and Will was dying to test it. The battle against the Grimm two days ago was a good field test but now he wanted to see what he could actually do. Dragon-Mode essentially boosted his strength, fire manipulation, aura, and basically anything that he knew how to do. The downside of it all was that if he passes his time limit while he and his inner Dragons don't see eye-to-eye he could die. Monty hinted that there was more to it than that but didn't say what it was and Will didn't pester him for answers. Anyway back to the battle. Will teleported behind Jay and swung. Jay barely had enough time to dodge. Jay could still read his mind but when he did he found nothing. Will was solely going off instinct at this point making it hard for Jay to predict his movements. Eventually Will had to shut off Dragon-Mode lest he wanted to kill himself his time limit was up and Jay managed to stall him out. Then Jay moved the battle to a strictly range fight using his boomerangs to space Will out. When Will would teleport behind him Jay used the returning boomerang to force him to dodge. Will sighed so far he had the advantage, both of their AP bars were in the yellow but his was smidge higher, but at the rate this was going he was going to have to find a way around these blasted boomerangs. Suddenly an idea occurred to him. When the next boomerang came along he jumped over it and used one of his swords to plant the boomerang into the floor by stabbing it into the floor. He repeated the action with the other boomerang. With both combatants disarmed it became a fist fight. The two traded blows back and forth their AP bars slowly going from yellow to orange. Finally, both AP bars were on the border line of red with Will's still being that smidge higher. Both of them were panting.
"S-so it comes down to one hit h-hunh?" Will said.

"S-seems like it." Jay replied. The two smiled as they got into position. Not even a second later the two were running at each other. Will went for a punch as did Jay and both swung at the same time. The blows connected and both were sent sprawling to the floor. The room was silent again until Will stood back up and the whole room erupted into cheers. Jay merely rolled over and layed on his back until Will walked over and offered to help him up which he accepted.

"That was fun!" Will said with a smile. Jay shook his head, and chuckled,

"Sometimes you scare me you know that?" Was all he said. Will smirked,

"Yup."

A/N Aaaaaaaaaaand done holy crap! Again I apologize for the delay on this chapter. School just sucks. So my plan for this week is to have chapter 7 and 8 out this week to make up for this ones two week absence. Hopefully that's something I can do. If not you'll get 8 and 9 next week. Anyways enough of that. So how did you think I did? Reviews much appreciated as always if you want me to change something I will. Criticisms are always appreciated. Thank you to those who did review the last chapter. Also I should ask what do you think the downsides to dragon-mode should be? I've thought of a ton but those won't be introduced until later chapters. Did I make it overpowered? What do you think about the new Grimm? Any suggestions on names for it? Let me know in the reviews! On another note I'm still am not confident in my skills in writing fight scenes and currently it's like 3 o'clock in the morning where I live. So with that I'll see you all next time!

P.S. Because I forgot to do this on the previous chapters.

Disclaimer: I do not own RWBY it will forever belong to Monty Oum and Roosterteeth Productions.