Outcasts and Outlaws Volume 2

by Halogod97

After Kane's departure, Connor has been living a happy life with Ruby at Beacon, but he has no idea what's around the corner. He will make new friends and reencounter old ones, but the same can be said for his enemies. The mysteries about his past will be answered. Who killed his parents? Where did Mars disappear off to? And most importantly of all, what is his true semblance?

5. Chapter 5- Out on the Town

Outcasts and Outlaws

Volume 2, Chapter 5

Out on the Town

Apologies once again for only posting one chapter yesterday. Time got the better of me again. Anyway, this is a nice little bit of slice of life before an action packed chapter next time!

Opening 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!

Connor slowly opened his eyes after the best nights sleep of his life. When they were fully open, the first sight he saw was Ruby's face. The two of them were still in her bed together, having spent the entire night there. Ruby was laying on her side facing Connor and Connor was facing Ruby. Connor looked at Ruby for a while longer, admiring her features. He then shifted his head forward, touching Ruby's forehead with his own and staring at her lovingly.

Ruby soon stirred and awoke, blushing at seeing how close Connor's face was to hers. Connor gazed into her eyes for a couple of minutes, the two of them lying in silence until Connor spoke the first words of that morning, words which Ruby would remember for the rest of her life.

"You have beautiful eyes." He told Ruby, staring ever more at her silver orbs. Ruby blushed a little more and smiled, pressing back with her forehead affectionately as well.

Much to the surprise of Ruby and Connor, the bedroom door then swung open, and Zwei came bounding in. He jumped up onto the bed as Connor rolled over onto his back and received many licks to the face. Shortly after Zwei's licking assault had begun, Ruby's uncle crow stepped through the doorway, already fully dressed.

"You two have a visitor at the front door." He informed Ruby and Connor, who quickly got up and got dressed upon hearing that, having a pretty good idea who it was. Once they were dressed, they went downstairs to the front door, which had been left open, and saw Jim standing just outside it.

"G'day mates." Jim greeted cheerfully, many profane thoughts popping into his head upon seeing Connor and Ruby living under the same roof. "You don't seem surprised to see me here?"

"Not really." Connor replied, yawning into his hand despite his good night sleep. "You told us you live close to here so I expected you to come and visit."

"Well anyway, I was wondering if you two wanted to take a walk into town." Jim suggested.

Connor and Ruby both looked at each, as if both telepathically asking each other why the other thought, then Ruby said to Connor, "I do have somewhere I wanted to show you today."

Connor smiled back at Ruby, happy to go wherever she wanted, and replied, "All right then. Let's go."

The three then made their way into town. During the walk there, Ruby clung to Connors hand tightly and leant against his arm while Jim merrily observed them. After a long while of silence, because of Ruby and Connor being too absorbed in each other to talk, Jim asked them a question.

"So you two slept in the same bed last night, huh?"

Connor and Ruby both immediately stopped in their tracks and blushed profusely. Ruby hid behind Connor, too embarrassed to face Jim. "H-how d-do you know about t-that!?" Connor stuttered, keeping an eye on Ruby behind him so he didn't look Jim in the eye.

Jim walked in front of them a little before he realised they had stopped and stopped walking himself, turned around, and replied, "Oh! Ruby's uncle told me all about it when he answered the door! He seemed quite chuffed about it to be honest."

Ruby let go of Connor's arm and put her head in her hands, blushing even more. "I should known Uncle Crow wouldn't keep his mouth shut about it!"

Connor turned around hearing that, his suspicions of Crow being involved had been correct. "What's that about Crow, Rubes?" He asked, smiling at the hilarity of Ruby panicking over her revealed secret.

"Don't be mad! I just wanted to get closer to you!" Ruby exclaimed.

Connor was about to tell Ruby he could ever be mad at her, but then Jim butted in and made the situation a whole lot worse by saying, "I didn't know you were that kind of girl Ruby!" And then winking.

"No! I didn't mean it in that way!" Ruby exclaimed, panicking even more and burying her blushing face in her hands.

Connor looked at Ruby embarrassed beyond belief, and simply smiled. He stepped over to her and pulled her into a tight hug, holding her there. Ruby was confused at first, she had expected him to be at least a little upset about the whole thing with Crow, but he seemed happy about it. After a minute, Connor broke the hug and put his hand under Ruby's chin, holding her face up to his. He then drew his face closer to hers as both of them closer their eyes and prepared to...

"Get a room!" Jim moaned, snapping Ruby and Connor out of their moment of bliss. Ruby blushed vibrant red again and turned away from Jim. Connor however, didn't blush. He stared at Ruby lovingly, still entranced.

After a short moment, Ruby recovered and said, "We should keep going. There's still something I want to show Connor."

After that, the three continued on their into town. Ruby didn't hold Connor's hand that time, too embarrassed to do anything of the sort in front of Jim. Ruby stopped them when they reached a weapon shop, with many different blades and guns shown in the window.

"Is this what you wanted to show me?" Connor asked, glancing over the front of the shop. He knew Ruby was a big fan of all kinds of weapons, so he wouldn't be at all surprised if this was what she was excited about.

"Kinda." Ruby responded. "Look in the window. Connor did as she said, glancing over the blades and firearms on display. He saw many impressive weapons. A axe with a rotating blade, a pistol with a option to fire sharp metal knifes instead of bullets. His eyes finally rested on a beautifully gleaming katana. It's blade was perfect silver and the handle was made from the luxurious white metal. He took a closer look, intrigued by the blade, and found his name carved into the silver.

"My uncle knows the guy who makes the weapons here." Ruby explained. "We got a little discount on making the sword for you." She then fell silent, eagerly awaiting Connors reaction.

Connor sunk to his knees, inspecting the blade even further through the window and then asked, "Rubes...how much did this cost?"

Ruby then kneels down next to Connor, watching his face amazed by the weapon before him and answered, "That doesn't matter. I just wanted to make you feel better since you said you're not as good a fighter without Kane."

Connor still stared at the blade in awe until Ruby grabbed his hand and asked, "You wanna go get it then?" Connor simply nodded, still looking at the blade while they entered the shop. Even while Ruby was conversing with the shopkeeper, he was still admiring the katana.

As soon as they left the shop, Connor held his new weapon in both hands whilst walking ahead of Jim and Ruby. He practiced swinging in left, right and down, getting used to the feel of it.

All of a sudden Connor paused, making a concerned Jim and Ruby stop as well. Connor could feel something, some aura he recognised. It was dark, and unbelievably powerful, the kind of power only an enormous pack of Beowulfs could emit.

And when he turned around and looked behind Ruby and Jim, that was exactly what was behind them.