Chapter 2
So last chapter Ash underwent some serious training from Winter. And I intentionally wrote the ending in a cliffhanger because I wanted his weapons to be a surprise this chapter and because I'm evil muahah :) I went back and edited the last chapter to make it more flowing and to clear up some questions that people may have. (I only made minor edits to the dialog and content)
Also to all that Reviewed, Favorited or Liked thank you It means a lot as a new writer. Also Happy Thanksgiving everyone!
Before I start I just want to shout out to my new buddy and editor FearTheGhostKing. Thanks a bunch for proof reading and editing :D
All right on with the show.
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1 year later
'I still can't believe Ironwood got me into beacon. I honestly was under the impression that once my training was over he was going to use me as weapon…' I thought while sitting in a Bullhead that was taking students to Beacon. 'Well, I guess the idea of having eyes in Beacon was too appealing for him to pass up. Ugh, this ride is taking forever, I guess I'll just take a nap.'
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Flashback
"Hey General, can I attend Beacon Academy?" I asked him hopefully.
'Hmmm, this boy is powerful no doubt, but I had wanted him to attend my academy and join the military so I could monitor him. No matter, him attending Beacon could prove useful to maintain relations with Ozpin and have eyes in the academy.' "Sure you can," Said Ironwood. "But under the stipulation of serving as a liaison between Atlas Academy and Beacon."
"Thank you, General," I said smiling.
Flashback end
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I awoke to the sounds of groaning and look over to see Jaune Arc hunched over in pain. 'Right motion sickness,' I thought before walking over towards him.
"Here dude," I said, pulling a paper bag out of my pocket and handing it to him.
"Thank-ks" Jaune stuttered out before depositing his lunch into the bag.
'This is going to be an awkward flight' I thought, sighing.
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"Hey, thanks for the bag. My name's Jaune Arc, what's your name?" The knight asked me curiously, while sticking his hand out for a handshake.
"My name is Ash Harkin. it's a pleasure to meet you," I responded happily while shaking his hand. While shaking my hand, he finally noticed my robotic limbs but didn't want to be rude so he didn't question them.
"So do you know where we're supposed t-" 'BOOOOOOOM'
"Let's go check out what happened, someone might be hurt," I said, looking up at a pillar of smoke across the campus.
"R-right," Jaune stuttered out, still alarmed by the sudden explosion.
After following the smoke, we found a red hooded girl laying on the concrete covered in soot. Jaune began to jog over to see if he could help her out while I just slowly walked over waiting for the scene to play out.
"Hey... I'm Jaune," Jaune says, holding out his hand to help her up.
"Ruby," Ruby replies, taking Jaune's hand and standing up. "Aren't you the guy that threw up on the ship?"
Wanting to spare Jaune some embarrassment, so I decided to make myself known. "Hey, are you alright?" I asked. "My names Ash, what's yours?"
"I'm Ruby and I bumped into a crabby girls luggage and she yelled at me," She stated sourly.
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"All I'm saying is that motion sickness is a much more common problem than people let on!" Jaune said defending himself.
"Look, I'm sorry! Vomit Boy was the first thing that came to mind." Ruby laughed.
"Oh, yeah? What if I called you Crater Face?" Jaune replied.
"Hey, that explosion was an accident!"
I just continued to listen and snickered at their conversation.
"So... I got this thing!" Ruby says proudly while spinning Crescent Rose around her body before slamming it into the ground.
"That's an interesting design," I remarked.
"Whoa! Is that a scythe?" Asked Jaune in awe.
"It's also a customizable high-impact sniper rifle!" Ruby continued.
"A-wha...?" Jaune says, confused.
'Come on, Jaune, she said it's a sniper rifle,' I facepalmed. What's so hard to grasp about that?
"It's also a gun." Said Ruby while smiling.
"Oh. That's cool!" Jaune remarked.
"So, what do you have Jaune?" Ruby asked.
"Oh! I, uh...I got this sword!" Jaune proclaimed while unsheathing his sword.
"Ooooohh!" Squealed Ruby while fawning over his weapon.
"Cool," I said while walking with my hands behind my head. 'I wonder how long it will take them to realize we're lost' I thought sweat dropping.
"Yeah, and I've got a shield, too!" Declared Jaune while expanding his kite shield.
"So, what do they do?" Inquired Ruby while touching the shield.
"The shield gets smaller, so when I get tired of carrying it, I can just... put it away..." Jaune said sounding increasingly self-conscious.
"But... Wouldn't it weigh the same?" Ruby questioned.
"Yeah, it does..." He admitted sheepishly.
"Soooo, what kind of weapon do you use Ash? Does it have something to do with your arms and legs?" Ruby questioned innocently.
I motioned both over to me until we were huddled up. " Ok guys, you have to promise me that you won't tell anyone what my weapons are," I whispered to them. "It is imperative that you do."
Ruby and Jaune looked at each other before nodding. "We promise," they simultaneously affirmed.
"Understand that this is a closely kept secret and speaking about it could kill me," I said gravely while internally I was bawling. 'wahhaha these guys are too fun to mess with!'
Sweat started to roll down their heads in waves. The sound of silence greeted my ears as the weight my words crashed upon them. Both looked at me wide eyed but nodding for me to continue.
"Ok the weapons I use are... Wait aren't we suppose to go to orientation?" I asked. 'And that's how you switch topics,' I mentally cheered.
Both Jaune's and Ruby's eyes lit up in realization that I was right. "Crud, we're going to be late…" Ruby cried out.
"Come on, I think I saw other students going this way," I said pointing at a door in the courtyard.
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"Ruby! Over here! I saved you a spot!" Shouted Yang upon noticing us enter the auditorium.
"Oh! Hey, I-I gotta go! I'll see you after the ceremony!" Ruby said to us before abruptly leaving.
"Hey, wait! Ah, great. Where am I supposed to find another nice, quirky girl to talk to?!" Jaune asked, seemingly to himself.
"I see our friendship was a lie," I enunciated dramatically before turning away from him.
"No no no we're friends Ash. its jus-"
"Dude I'm joking. You need to learn how to recognize sarcasm" I said patting him on the back and cutting off his rambling. We stood there in relative silence until we heard Weiss's voice directed at Jaune.
"Yeah! And we can paint our nails, and try on clothes, and talk about cute boys, like tall, blonde, and scraggly over there!"
"See, Jaune, there's a nice, quirky girl!" I said pointing to Weiss while laughing to myself. Jaune took what I said in stride and puffed out his chest feeling confident.
Suddenly Professor Ozpin and Glynda walk out onto the stage. "l'll... Keep this brief," Started Ozpin. "You have traveled here today in search of knowledge, to hone your craft, and acquire new skills, and when you have finished, you plan to dedicate your life to the protection of the people. But I look amongst you, and all I see is wasted energy, in need of purpose, direction. You assume knowledge will free you of this, but your time at this school will prove that knowledge can only carry you so far. It is up to you to take the first step."
"You will gather in the ballroom tonight; tomorrow, your initiation begins. Be ready. You are dismissed." Glynda informed abruptly before leaving.
I look over at Jaune only to find empty space. I turn and spot him talking to Weiss. 'Oh lord…' I thought in exasperation. Walking towards them I only manage to hear, "I'm a natural blonde you know."
"Lets go, Casanova," I said grabbing him by the hood and dragging him away.
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"What. The. Hell. Jaune." I stated in monotone. What I was staring at was to hideous for the mind to comprehend. "Why are you wearing a onesie" I all but growled out.
"Hey my sister made it. And it's pretty comfy," Jaune defended.
"Oh alright," I conceded. 'Still, though, that's pretty ballsy to wear.'
"Well, goodnight Jaune," I tiredly said while slipping into my sleeping bag.
"Nite Ash," Jaune replied and followed my example of hitting the sack.
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Not even twenty minutes later, I awoke to yelling. Sitting up, I immediately spotted the people who took my sleep from me huddled up next to a candle. "HEY SHUT THE HELL UP OR I'LL BREAK YOUR LEGS," I yelled threateningly. Immediately Blake put out the candle; while Yang, Ruby and Weiss stumbled over to their sleeping bags.
In a different part of the ballroom
Nora jolted forward, immediately woken up by the trigger phrase. "Whose breaking whose legs?!" Nora exclaimed, wanting to partake in the… leg breaking?
Sighing as he was woken up by Nora, Ren responded calmly, "Nora, whoever said that probably didn't mean it. Just go back to bed."
"Aww… that's no fun," Nora said as she sunk back in her sleeping bed. 'Whoever said that, I'll find you, and we can break twice as many legs!' She thought excitedly.
As I slept, I felt a chill crawl down my spine, but ignored it in favor of counting sheep.
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Beacon Cliff
"For years, you have trained to become warriors, and today, your abilities will be evaluated in the Emerald Forest. " Began Professor Ozpin as he looked at each of us before turning to Glynda.
"Now, I'm sure many of you have heard rumors about the assignment of 'teams'. Well, allow us to put an end to your confusion. Each of you will be given teammates... today." She continued.
"These teammates will be with you for the rest of your time here at Beacon. So it is in your best interest to be paired with someone with whom you can work well," Ozpin said before stopping to take a sip from his mug. "That being said, the first person you make eye contact with after landing will be your partner for the next four years."
"Whaaat," Ruby screams out aghast with horror. I just smirked and looked around, wondering who I would be paired up with. 'Wait, with me being here it made the teams split up unevenly.'
"After you've partnered up, make your way to the northern end of the forest. You will meet opposition along the way. Do not hesitate to destroy everything in your path... or you will die. " Stated Ozpin gravely. "You will be monitored and graded through the duration of your initiation, but our instructors will not intervene. You will find an abandoned temple at the end of the path containing several relics. Each pair must choose one and return to the top of the cliff. You will guard that item, as well as your standing, and you will be graded appropriately. Are there any questions?"
"Professor," I said getting his attention "There's an uneven number of students, so one person will be without a partner."
"Yes, how could I forget. Ash Harkin, You are to be serving as a liaison between Beacon Academy and Atlas Academy, are you not?" At this I nodded. "You will be evaluated separately and your relic is a stone tablet with writing etched onto it. It can be found at the temple with the other relics." As Ozpin finished saying that several people had different thoughts about it.
'Him, a liaison from Atlas Academy? That's the same school Winter went to. He must be pretty strong, then,' Weiss thought, debating If she should look for Pyrrha or Ash during initiation.
'He's just like me!' Ruby happily realized that she wasn't the only one getting special treatment.
'I wonder what happened to him,' Blake mused while staring at Ash's arms and legs
"HEY, that's the guy who breaks people's legs!" Nora shouted out happily at finally finding the...leg breaker. Everyone looks at her with a confused expression,while Ren facepalms next to her.
"Okay, are there any more questions?" Ozpin asked.
"Yeah, um, sir?" Said Jaune trying to get his attention but his words fell on deaf ears.
"Good! Now, take your positions." Stated Ozpin completely ignoring Jaune. I felt the tile underneath me vibrate.
"Uh, sir? I've got, um... a que-"
"Wahooo!" I yelled as I was suddenly thrown into the air. 'Time to catch some serious air,' I thought, smirking as shutters on the back of my legs opened revealing hidden thrusters. Channeling my semblance into my legs purple lightning surged out of the shutters, launching me forward like a rocket. Deciding to have some fun I began front flipping in the air. With my thrusters increasing my speed after every rotation, I looked like a purple, glowing buzzsaw to all that were watching.
Not wanting to be outshone by my awesome flying strategy, several of the other initiates used their semblances and weapons in an attempt to catch up to me but it was for naught. They soon started to lose speed while I continued fly forward ( unknowingly passing the temple).
After a minute of spinning I noticed that terra firma ( AKA the ground) was getting closer and closer. As I descended into the forest any branch in front of me was sliced to pieces by my… Aerial spin dash.
'Welp, I'm getting closer to the ground... Badass landing is inevitable,' I internally stated while landing on the ground in a squat as the earth was cracked underneath me. The force of my landing caused all the lightning around my body to shoot out in a wave destroying all the trees within a 30m radius. "Oops" I muttered upon seeing the destruction I caused. I then began roaming through the forest In search of the temple. After 20 minutes of aimless wandering I decided I was getting nowhere. 'Okay if the sun rises in the east and it's in front of me then I need to walk left,' I thought, while internally chastising myself for being a idiot.
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Play Boku no Hero Academia OST You Say Run
30 Minute run later
"Thank god…" I yelled out upon finally reaching the temple and seeing the stone tower above the ravine behind it. Apparently I overshot the temple and landed deeper into the forest.
As I walked closer I noticed that all of the relics were gone.' Great I missed all the action' I thought a little sad at not being able to prove myself to my future classmates. While I looked around I spotted a small palm sized stone tablet embedded in the middle of stone floor. Internally rationalizing that this was the stone tablet Ozpin told me to get I pried It out. "A leader guides his team and only physically steps in when necessary," I read aloud. "Hmm… interesting".
Suddenly I feel the ground shake beneath my feet. At first I thought It was an earthquake but looking off into the distance I could make out the fighting forms of the future team JNPR fighting a horde of Grimm on my side of the ravine. With the bridge destroyed they're only way out was to fight through a horde of about 100 Beowolves and 50 Ursai.
"Alright! show time," I said in anticipation of a fight. Channeling lightning into my thrusters I launched myself over the sea of Grimm and landed in front of Jaune, Pyrrha, Ren and Nora.
Surprised by my sudden appearance everyone was left speechless. "Hey Jaune and I'm not sure what your names are-" I said looking at NPR. "But you guys are probably almost out of aura and ammo so let me handle this." Leaving no room for debate I immediately turned around and walked towards the tidal wave of Grimm.
"Wait, stop! You don't even have a weapon!" Pyrrha exclaimed seeing me unarmed.
I looked back, "Yes, I do. You could say It's a part of me!" I replied, internally laughing at my joke.
"Alright, let's do this!" I shouted out pointing my left arm forward. My left forearm and hand suddenly split open and folded backwards, revealing a quad barreled machine gun that was inside of my forearm (Imagine Black Ops 3 Reaper's Scythe). Ironically enough, I named my machine gun the Death Machine. The guns barrels began to extend going from a foot to reaching their full length of four feet. Almost hypnotically they began to spin, revving up in preparation of the oncoming slaughter. I unloaded a storm of bullets in retaliation of the Grimm's advance on our position. The loud clicking of my gun drowned out the sound of the stampede. Some were slightly smarter than their fallen brethren and trip to flank me from the left. But As soon as I noticed them getting closer to my flank, I riddled them with bullets, making them look like Swiss cheese. My onslaught managed to cut down the monsters numbers by a third but they were still coming from the forest.
'I have to cut them off…' I recognized that the only way to do that would be to push them back to the tree line. Running towards the surviving Grimm, I pointed my right hand forward and it went through the same folding sequence as the left but the weapon was drastically different. My right weapon had a single two foot long rectangular barrel with a medium dust drum magazine attached underneath it. There is a thick black hose connecting the dust drum to the barrel of the gun (Ash uses his semblance to fire his weapons so no trigger is needed). Blue flames roared out of my now identified flamethrower in a wide swath. Sweeping my arm I bathed the grim and the border of the forest in a cloud of flames. I just kept firing the flamethrower making a quite literal wall of flames in front of me. After a minute of sustained fire I finally relented and waited for the smoke to clear. When the smoke dissipated I was greeting to the sight of a graveyard of dissolving Grimm. The burning trees finally fell down preventing anymore Grimm from attacking us.
Upon realizing that all the Grimm were dealt with, I transformed my arms back to normal. "Mission accomplished," I said before turning around to run back to the initiates. I managed to clear half the distance before a larger, stronger Grimm burst out of the forest. 'A death stalker, you gotta be kidding me…' I moaned out to myself. I immediately began to sprint towards it. 'Just to spice things up, I'll take it on hand to hand and with my melee weapon,' I thought cockily in anticipation of beating it down.
As I neared it, the Death Stalker instantly launched it's tail forward hoping to skewer me. I rolled to the left avoiding its golden stinger. Seemingly predicting my movement It tried to bat me away with its pincer. Upon seeing the impending danger I used my semblance to supercharge my left arm's motors and retaliated with a punch. With lightning sparking around my arm, I couldn't help but yell "Smash!" as I lashed out at its pincer. The Death Stalker skidded backwards several meters slightly surprised by my resilience. Its surprise turned to anger as it realized the strength behind my blow was greater than its own. "Time to finish this!" I yelled out. After I finished speaking, a hidden compartment on the sides of my calves opened up, launching my two weapons up into the air and into my hands.
My weapons of choice, you ask? Two customized gun Katar's. They have a gold H-shaped grip and an 18.5 Inch blade that is perpendicular to the handle (I'm going to put a picture on my profile). Additionally there is a built in SMG affixed on the vertical portion of the grip. A trigger and button are also on both handles with the trigger next to my index fingers and the button next to my thumbs.
Feeling the familiar weight of my punch knives, I began to fire at its eyes hoping to blind it. Unfortunately all that did was rile it up and cause it to charge at me. 'Shit,' I thought, as it came at me like a train trying to me run me over. As it entered melee range, I leapt up and landed on its head. The Death Stalker was confused for a second but that was all I needed. With another mighty leap I latched onto its tall and quickly sliced it's stinger off. Roaring in pain and it quickly swung its tail forward. In doing so, it not only launched me from its tail, it also avoided getting impaled by its own stinger.
Swiftly getting off the ground, I looked at the Death Stalker and saw that my plan failed. 'Okay, time to improvise a bit,' I thought, getting into a running position. My adversary upon seeing me did the same. For what seemed like hours we stared at each other trying to goad the other into attacking first. Realizing that it was getting nowhere the Death Stalker charged at me again. I mirrored it and sprinted forward while channeling lighting into my leg motors. As we met, the Grimm tried to ram me, but I slid under it. My leg shot upward, nailing the monstrosity in its unprotected underbelly. The force of my kick launched it high into the air. Standing up, I quickly aimed my Katar's at its stomach. Hitting the button on both Katars the blades launched forward attached to the handle by a thick silver chain. The blades deeply embedded themselves into the Deathstalker, but I wasn't done yet. The Grimm began to fall out of the air, not wanting to waste any precious time, I initiated the second phase of my plan. I channeled lightning onto the chain which quickly traveled up it's length and onto the blade's which were still inside of the Grimm. It's eye's widened in pain as it was instantly fried from the inside out. The Death Stalker crashed into the ground dead. I yanked my blades out of the Grimm and put the Katars back into my leg compartments. I took a moment to survey the destruction I caused. 'Hey the fires out' I thought happy that I didn't burn down the whole forest. Content that the inferno died down I immediately made my way over to the destroyed bridge.
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I noticed that the future team RWBY was also at the bridge now. "Hey guys is everything-" I tried to ask, but was tackled to the ground by a red blur.
"OH MY GOSH! OH MY GOSH! THAT WAS SO COOOL!" Ruby screamed out in awe after seeing my weapons. While the others just nodded in agreement.
"Thank-ks but can you get off of me," I said awkwardly as she straddled my waist.
"Nice catch Sis" Yang winked In my direction "He's pretty hot."
Everybody just groaned at the pun and Ruby quickly got off me with her face as red as her cloak. "Hot?" I asked confused. "I would say that I'm pretty shocking," I smirked.
'Not another one…' Ruby facepalmed.
Yang's face lit up and she pulled me into a bear hug, happy to find a fellow punster. " Your crushing my spleen!" I gasped out, feeling my body being mangled.
"Oops," Yang said, upon noticing that she was squeezing the life out of my body.
As I got up, I was immediately surrounded and assaulted by questions from my new friends. "Alright, alright. Everybody gets to ask one question and when you ask say your name so I can place a name with a face," I said ending the chaos of people talking over each other.
Weiss immediately stepped forward, "My name is Weiss Schnee. Did you perchance happen to meet my sister, Winter Schnee?" She greeted with a curtsy then asked.
"It's a pleasure to meet you," I said, bowing. "Yes, I do know Winter. She actually trained me and we are good friends. Oh and also she told me to tell you good luck on this initiation and that she'll miss you."
Weiss looking visibly happy stepped back in the circle. "What happened to your arms and legs?" Blake asked me bluntly but sounding sympathetic.
"I got into an accident," I said, sounding depressed and not wanting to talk about it.
"I see, I'm sorry for asking," Blake said, feeling bad about bringing it up.
This time It was Ruby's turn. "Do you have any other weapons?" She asked, internally fantasizing about all the weapons I could have in my body.
"Unfortunatelyl, I don't have anymore space for hidden weapons," I said, unknowingly shooting down her dreams.
"Oh," she responded sadly.
"How was life in Atlas?" Ren asked curiously.
"It was cold as hell up there but the people there were alright," I joked.
"Ooh Ooh me!" Nora Said, "Can you electrocute me?"
Everybody besides Ren looked at her as if she grew a second head. Sighing Ren explained that her semblance allowed her to absorb and channel lightning, sort of like how I do.
"Okay," I said as I grabbed her hand. I began to channel lightning into her hand but then something weird happened.
"Ooooooooooh Ahhh mmmmnnnnnnnhhhh…" Nora moaned out eroticly. I quickly stopped channeling lightning and we all looked at her with blushes on our faces. "What?" Nora asked as she noticed our staring. " It felt really good."
Still feeling awkward about the situation, I replied, "Let's get to the cliff and finish initiation. Pyrrha, Jaune and Yang can ask their questions when we get back to Beacon." Everybody nodded in response and we made are way back to the school.
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"Russel Thrush. Cardin Winchester. Dove Bronzewing. Sky Lark." Ozpin announced "The four of you retrieved the black bishop pieces. From this day forward, you will work together as Team CRDL, led by... Cardin Winchester!" The boys walked off the stage as the audience applauded them.
"Jaune Arc. Lie Ren. Pyrrha Nikos. Nora Valkyrie. The four of you retrieved the white rook pieces. From this day forward, you will work together as Team JNPR."
"Led by... Jaune Arc!" Ozpin announced
"Huh? L-Led by?" Jaune stammered out.
'Congrats Jaune,' I thought as I watched Pyrrha knock him over.
"Ruby Rose. Weiss Schnee. Blake Belladonna. Yang Xiao Long. The four of you retrieved the white knight pieces. From this day forward, you will work together as Team RWBY. Led by... Ruby Rose!" Ozpin said. Ruby looked surprised but Yang pulled her into a hug saying that she was proud of her.
As they left the stage Ozpin had one more final announcement. Ash Harkin, please come up here." I did as he asked and stood next to him. "Ash is a transfer student from atlas who is to be serving as a liaison to build student relations between our academies. His teammate will be arriving from atlas during the second semester, so in the meantime he will temporarily be a member of another team." At this the students looked on intently, wondering whose team ash would be assigned to. "If this were to happen under normal circumstances, you would just be put on a three man team," Ozpin told me.
"But seeing as your job is to build relations in the student body, I have a wonderful idea," He paused dramatically. "You will be a member of team RWBY." At this all of team RWBY applauded, even Weiss, surprisingly. 'Huh, I guess knowing her sister has put us on friendly terms,' I mused.
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Ozpin raised his hand silencing the audience, "He will also be a member of teams JNPR, CRDL, and sophmore team CFVY".
Suddenly cricket's chirping was heard… "WHATTTTTTT?!" The auditorium yelled out ruining the silence.
Glynda walked forward and spoke up, "Students, please be quiet. With Ash serving as a liaison between academies the best way to do so would be to have him live and work with multiple teams."
"Umm, so how does that work?" I asked, confused at the concept.
Ozpin replied, "Well, every week you will rotate living with a different team and will train with that team on weekends. The rotation will be team RWBY, JNPR, CFVY, then CRDL." 'Okay, that's pretty straight forward,' I thought, nodding in response.
"Alright students, you are dismissed," Ozpin said as the crowd cheered. " It looks like things are shaping up to be an... interesting year." He continued.
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I've seen stories where the OC lives with both teams RWBY and JNPR but never all four teams. Let the insanity commence lol. But yeah the pairing is going to be Ash x Nora x Penny x Velvet but I would be willing to add one maybe two more girls if you drop a review or send me a PM saying who you want in the harem and why. Also for all that think Ash is Op he has some blaring weaknesses like the fact that his arms and legs are metal( Pyrrha could literally throw him around) and when his aura reaches low levels he's rendered immobile. Also during tournament style fights he will be restricted from using any hidden weapons (besides his Katars). I'll try and update weekly on either Tuesday/Wednesday or Friday/Saturday.
Girls I would be willing to add to the harem:
Weiss
Winter
Yang
Ruby
Coco