Outcasts and Outlaws
Volume 2, Chapter 2
A Day With Jim
Alright, this chapter will show more of one of my favourite original characters: Jim! Looking back, I'm getting all nolstsgic over what he was like back then. Anyway, onto the chapter!
Music: http/youtu.be/W07UEQopVqw
[Naruto ED 32]
Music Starts
(Shows Connor in his white cloak) (Shows Kane in his black cloak)
(Shows Connor in front of a light)
(Shows Kane in front of dark clouds)
(Shows Kane and Connor in a training arena facing each other)
(They run at each other)
NANDO
(Kane dodges a punch from Connor)
TATAKITUKE
(Kane blocks hits from Connor easily)
RARETE
(Kane knocks down Connor with a punch)
MO
(Kane punches Connor in the face) (Connor falls down, Kane punches twice more and Connor falls down twice)
(Kane kicks Connor down to the ground)
AKIRAME
(Connor gets up quickly) rareru (Connor looks at Kane determinately)
WAKA NADO
(Connor readies to run at Kane again)
WANAKU GENTEN KAIKI
(Connor pulls out his katana) GENJITSU TO WA BAIBAI SHITE
(Shows Connor and Kane back to back, Connor facing forward) MUKASHI MITAI NI WAI WAI (Shows Kane's side)
SHITAIKERODO
(Shows Connor and Kane exchanging blows)
SO MO IKANAINARA
(Shows Connor and Kane punching and dodging)
KIRIHIRAITE MIRI YA I
(Shows Connor firing shotgun shells out of his gauntlets and Kane blocking with his scythes)
NOKORI
(Shows Connor flip over Kane using black clouds on his scythes)
RI WAKUZA
(Shows Connor and Kane exchanging blows with their scythes and katana)
NO SHOKI TORIMODISHITE
(Connor and Kane both block their weapons against each other and push)
ME NO MAE
(Kane pumps dark clouds into his scythes)
TOBIRA
(Connor pushes hard enough to break Kane's scythe)
KOJIAKETE MISERU
(Connor tackles Kane)
ITSU DEMO SONA NDA
(Connor slowly tries to get up) WASURA
(Connor and Kane start to get up) GACHINA
(Connor looks at Kane)
KOTO GA (
Connor grins at Kane)
NANIYORI MO
(Kane gets up)
TAISETUNA
(Connor gets up and stands next to Kane)
KOTO DATTE
(random people jump into the arena)
(Connor and Kane run towards them)
NANI GA (Connor pushes away lots of the people)
MACHIUKETE
(Connor jumps to the side)
IYOU TO
(Kane pushes people away and then jumps to the other side)
KAMAWANAI
(Connor and Kane stand back to back)
AMENIMOMAMAKEZU
(Connor takes out some people with his katana)
YAMI NO TERASU
(Kane takes out some people with his scythes)
KONO BASHO
(Connor and Kane stand back to back again)
NA KOKORO
(Jim jumps down swinging his boomerangs)
GA AREBA
(Jim lands and smiles)
KONO TOKI
(Jim fights off some people)
KONO BASHO
(Jim smashes two peoples heads against each other)
NI TSUDOI
(Ruby jumps into the arena smiling) NAKATMACHI
(Ruby hits the ground with her scythe and knocks some people away)
MAWARI
(Connor's hand glows with light) TSUDZUKERU
(Kane's hand is surrounded by dark clouds)
SEKAI
(Connor and Kane pull back their arms, running next to each other) NANBITOTAIRITOMO TOMERU KOTO WA DEKINAI YO!
"What?!" Connor shouted at Ozpin in disbelief, after being called into his office just before lunch. "He's moving into my room?! That asshole?!"
"I am right here you know." Jim butted in. He had already been present in Ozpin's office when Connor had arrived, much to his disappointment. "I really have no idea what I did to drive such anger."
"You flirted with my girlfriend!" Connor yelled back at him, turning around and waving a fist in the air.
"But at the the time, mate," Jim started to explain, holding up a finger to illustrate his point, then continuing, "I didn't know she was your girlfriend."
Just as Connor was about to pop and go full force on Jim, Ozpin politely interrupted to lower the tension in the air. "How are you and Miss Rose doing, Connor?"
Connor instantly calmed down and turned back to facing Ozpin. "Oh, we're doing very well, thank you sir." He responded cheerfully. "Couldn't be better." He then turned his attention back to Jim and continued, "Where was I? Oh yeah. You flirted with my girlfriend!"
"This is getting tiresome." Jim lazily responded, tired of Connor's stubborn attitude. Why couldn't he just let it go? "I apologised didn't I?"
Unable to think of a clever retort in a short enough time, Connor turned back to Ozpin again and continued yelling. "Why the hell do I have to share a room with him then? He's already messed up my love life!"
"I wouldn't really say I messed it up, it was just a little flirt." Jim joked, starting to find Connor's anger comical.
"Quiet, you!" Connor snapped at Jim, who jokingly pulled an imaginary zipper across his mouth, which only annoyed Connor more.
Taking advantage of the break in Connor's yelling, Ozpin told him, "Jim here is a new student on campus and as you know, you're the only person here with spare room space. Every other room is full."
Connor groaned at Ozpin and moaned, "Yeah, but..."
"No buts." Ozpin interrupted. "I've let you have your own room for long enough. Jim knows all about you and Kane and you should be used to life here by now, and ready to embrace a life with roommates.
"I like my privacy." Connor muttered under his breath. Ozpin didn't hear him however and motioned for the two of them to leave.
The two then stood outside Ozpin's office, Connor grumpily sulking and Jim staring at him intensely, trying to figure him out.
"I've got to go meet up with Ruby." Connor grunted and then took off sharply, intent on leaving Jim behind. Much to his disappointment, Jim followed him all the way to the lunch hall.
When they arrived there, Ruby was sitting at a table with Pyrhaa, the two eagerly chatting about something. Ruby saw Connor waking in and ran over to greet him. When she reached him she hugged him affectionately and then looked up at his face and noticed he look a little miffed off. "What's up?" She asked with concern, knowing from experience that Connor could be a terror when he was angry.
Connor put an arm around Ruby and hugged her back, then put a hand on her head, not looking at her and responded, "I don't wanna-"
"I'm his new roommate!" Jim butted in, and Ruby parted from Connor upon realising he was there. Jim made the announcement with a grin on his face, trying to buddy up to Connor, but he was having none of it and simply continued to sulk childishly.
"Oh, that's nice." Ruby replied, knowing that Connor couldn't be to happy about it. She then grabbed Connor's hand, drawing his attention, and said, "Come on, let's go sit down."
The three then went and sat at the table at which Pyrhaa had been patiently waiting for them to come over. Connor and Ruby sat on one side of the table whilst Jim sat next to Pyrhaa and instantly began to say, "Well, hey there hot stuff."
Pyrhaa quickly held up a hand, not even looking at Jim, and told him that he was taken. After a short spell of disappointment, Jim then turned to Blake as she walked behind him headed out of the hall and said, "Hey kitty-" before being interrupted by Blake waving him away and saying, "No thanks."
Connor stared at Jim in minor disgust. He hated how he was flirting with every girl he saw, like he thought himself to be some sort of stud. He decided to draw his attention away from Jim, who was now looking over his shoulder at a table full of girls, and talk to the others to lighten his mood.
"So what were you two talking about?" He asked Pyrhaa politely, as Jim stood up on his seat to get a good view of another group of girls, making him very hard to ignore.
"Oh, nothing really!" Ruby frantically exclaimed whilst blushing, seemly trying to hide whatever it was they had been saying, but this only peaked Connor's interest.
"I was just saying that you two make a really good couple." Pyrhaa answered, and Ruby sighed in relief whilst Connor blushed slightly. He asked himself if this had been what Ruby hadn't wanted him to hear. It couldn't have been, she seemed relieved to hear it.
"I can see you two getting married someday." Pyrhaa continued, smiling slightly at the thought of it. Ruby put her head down on the table to hide her red face, this had been what she was seemingly so embarrassed about. Connor blushed an incredible scarlet red upon hearing it, and froze in place, unbelievably shocked and embarrassed. He stared off into the distance while Jim waved to the group of girls who had now spotted him eyeing them. He hadn't thought about marrying Ruby before now. He loved her sure, but there was still a doubt in his mind that...
He was snapped out of his daydream by Jim calling his name. He turned his head, wondering what he wanted.
"Do you play chess, mate?" Jim asked him, now completely oblivious to the girls many tables away.
"I used to, but I haven't for a while." He responded, remembering how Mars had once taught him how to play. Mars always carried a folding chessboard around so they could play no matter where they were. He said that a good bit of logic exercise never hurt.
"Do you want to play a game now?" Jim asked, knowing there was a chessboard in the library they could use, but Connor shrugged him off.
"No, I think I'll go get some rest." Connor replied, getting up and walking out of the lunch hall as Ruby watched him in concern, her blushing fading.
Jim rose shortly after Connor left and began to go after him, having a good guess at what was wrong, but was stopped by Ruby saying, "Maybe I should go talk to him."
Jim shook his head at Ruby and told her, "It'd be better if I talked to him. It's a boy thing."
"A boy thing?" Ruby repeated, blushing at the thought of what she assumed boy things meant.
"Ah!" Jim gasped, knowing what Ruby was thinking. "Not that!" He said, before rushing off after Connor, leaving Ruby and Pyrhaa to discuss what had happened.
Connor entered his room and immediately noticed differences. There were now two beds, an extra for Jim, and an extra dresser on that side of the room. He walked in a little further, still brooding over Pyrhaa's words, and then Jim came in after him and shut the door. As Connor turned, he saw Jim looking at him with a serious but concerned look on his face.
"So..." Jim started to say, "What about marriage got you so worked up?" Connor looked at him, surprised. Jim knew what was troubling him, but how?
After a moment of somber silence, Connor replied, "I guess I'm just not the marrying type."
"I know that's not the case." Jim instantly retorted, shocking Connor. "From what I've seen you're very fond of Ruby, so it must be something else."
Connor his head in shame, reluctant to tell Jim the truth, but then he thought back to how Jim had been told all about Kane by Ozpin. There wasn't any point in keeping it a secret, he'd work it out eventually.
"Since Kane left, I've been feeling useless." Connor explained. "My performance in sparring matches has dropped, my grades have gone down, I've noticed I can't do as much as I could when I had Kane. I'm weaker than I was. Why would Ruby want to marry me?"
There was a short silence, in which Jim reviewed all of the information in his head, and then he said, "Why would Ruby want to marry you? Maybe because she loves you?"
Connor rose his head up in surprise, he couldn't believe that Jim was really trying to make him feel better. What reason did he have to do so after how Connor had treated him?
"From what Ozpin's told me about you and Ruby and that's not much, I know that Ruby likes you for who you are now, not for who you were before Kane left." He continued. "You are the person she fell in love with, not Kane. So stop brooding over stupid thoughts about her not loving enough to marry you."
Connor was silent for another moment and then smiled slightly, knowing Jim was right. "That's the spirit!" Jim praised, sticking out his fist and yelling, "Now come on fist bump like a man!"
Connor looked at Jim's outstretched fist, and grinned boyishly. Even after Connor had initially hated Jim, he still helped in Connor's time of need. He supposed Jim so bad after all.
He then his own fist and pointed it at Jim's. They both looked at each other for a brief moment, both aware of a growing bond, and hit their fists against each other.
So there's Jim. Only a little bit so far, but you probably get the general idea of what kind of person he is. Next chapter will be posted tonight as well.