Outcasts and Outlaws
Volume 2, Chapter 13
The Team Assembles
All right, the climactic fight of this volume is coming up, but for now, here's a sewer action scene with Kane and Connor, Connor using his new semblance for the first time.
Opening Music: http/youtu.be/iOsN2FP3-l4
[FMA Brotherhood OP 2]
(Shows Connor with his back to the camera)
Masshiro na keshiki
(He raises his arm into the air)
ni ima
(He clenches his metal hand into a fist)
saso
(Shows Kane)
warete!
(Shows Connor in front of beacon with his arm reaching up)
Boku wa yuku yo mada minu sekai e!
OUTCASTS AND OUTLAWS. (Shows the silver bear pendant around Connor's neck swinging) Maigo no mama
(Shows Connor's eyepatch in his hand)
tabi shiteta!
(Shows Connor and Kane sitting back to back in the ruins of Connor's hometown)
Nezumi iro no sora no shita! (Connor and Kane stand up as light hits the ruins)
Hikariwari ohizu ikutsumo no yume ga nijinde ita!
(Shows Ruby smiling with her hands held together)
Itsuka wa sa!
(Shows Jim stood on the Beacon Balcony)
Chippoke na boku no kono hohaba demo!
(Shows Yang)
Ano
(Shows Ren)
Kumo
(Shows Nora) no mukou
(Shows Pyrhaa)
made
(Shows Doctor Brian)
yukeru (Shows Ozpin)
ka na!
(Shows Connor)
Tsugyotte
(Shows Mars)
kizu tsu ita!
(Shows Connor and Mars outside Beacon)
Kokoro sukashita you ni!
(Shows Connor getting dragged away by Murlough's dark clouds) Furidashita
(Shows Ruby sitting next to Connor's hospital bed)
amastu
(Shows Murlough in front of the bodies of Connor's parents) butachi ga!
(Shows Brook and Damien holding the Kalos Crystal)
Ranh
(Shows Murlough covered in dark clouds)
ansha
(Shows Damien pull out his guns) kurikaesu!
(Shows Connor hit the ground with light on his hands and cause a tremor)
Massugu na
(Brook runs across the tremor) hikari
(Connor starts fighting Brook)
ga kousashite!
(Shows Kane fire off a barrage of dark clouds)
Yukusaki mo
(Shows Murlough run through the clouds)
tsugenu mama!
(Shows Jim fighting off Grimm with his boomerang)
Doko made mo tsukinukeru! (Shows Mars in a sword fight with Damien)
Awai zanzou ryoume ni yakitsukete! (Shows Murlough lunging forward with his blade covered in black clouds)
Kono sora no shita
(Shows Connor lunging forward with his metal hand glowing with light)
donna toko ni ite mo!
(Connor and Murlough hit each other, creating a flash of light) (Connor puts his eyepatch on) Toduku hazu nan
(Shows Connor and Ruby walking into Beacon)
da minu sekai e!
OUTCASTS AND OUTLAWS V2
Kane's scythe slashed through the metal exterior of the training bot easily, splitting it in half and knocking it out of commission. Kane came to a standstill and looked around the training room, which was littered with the wreckages of the training bots he'd fought against whilst honing his skills. He knew that he'd eventually he'd have to face his brother in battle, and he intended to be ready.
Preparing himself for the next wave of attacking bots, Kane looked to the side of the training room arena and saw Mars standing with Connor and Ruby. The three of them had been speaking about something for a while, Kane didn't know what, but they all had serious looks on their faces. Kane shrugged, deciding it wasn't his business, and rushed in to battle the oncoming wave of attack bots.
"So you met with a god?" Mars inquired, incredibly intrigued by the news.
"Well he called himself a god, but he was actually a bit of a prick." Connor answered, watching Kane train with one eye. "I did manage to unlock my semblance though, and thanks to the pompous prat, I've already got a pretty good understanding of it."
"Oh, really?!" Mars replied loudly. "Well then why don't you show us what you've got, you juvenile?!"
Connor stepped closer to Mars and looked him in the eyes fiercely, signalling the acceptance of his challenge, and snapped back, "Don't call me juvenile, old man! I'll easily pass your little challenge!"
"Show me then!" Mars yelled back, getting just as pumped as his former student. He hadn't seen battle in a long time, let alone seen Connor fight.
Connor quickly dashed over to the training arena after accepting his mentors challenge, and stood bridge Kane as the dismantled bots were cleared up, ready to be replaced by a new wave of enemies. Connor adjusted his cloak, sticking the collar up and flashing it behind him dramatically, then said to Kane, "Just like old times, isn't it?"
"Try not to get in my way." Kane teased as he tightened his grip on his two scythes, and Connor pulled his katana out of its sheath, it's metal shining brilliantly.
As soon as the wave of attack bots entered the training room, Connor and Kane both charged in sync. The robots were humanoid in shape and most carried blunt training swords, whilst some carried guns loaded with rubber bullets designed to not hurt the target. Once Kane reached the front line, he jumped and spun in the air, chopping off bot heads with his scythe as he went. When he landed, he parried a hit from a bot with a sword and then used his black clouds to intercept a shot from another's gun, and fire it back with ten times the force.
Connor ran forward after Kane, slashing at a bot as he sped, cutting it into pieces. He then blocked a swing from a second bot with his katana and concentrated his aura, trying to call upon his semblance and see what kind of power it held. Once his hand was once again bathed in the sheet of golden light, he brought it up and smacked it into the bots head, which fell to pieces in a brilliant light. Connor used his momentum to keep moving forward and moved his hand from left to right, directing the light across the training field, and slicing enemy bots into pieces with it.
As a bot aimed it's gun at the back of Connor's head, Kane threw his scythe, which spun in the air and knocked the bots head clean off. Kane then rushed towards Connor and went back to back with him, both of them covering each other's blind spots.
"Ah, the nostalgia!" Mars commented upon seeing Connor and Kane fighting in sync, making Ruby wonder about what he meant by it. "I often miss the old days when Connor and Kane were together, they were always a great team."
As the last wave of bots surrounded Connor and Kane, still back to back, Connor said, "You know what I'm thinking?"
To that, Kane smiled slightly and replied, "I know exactly what you're thinking, and I like it!" Without any kind of signal, Kane then put his hand on the ground and created a large black cloud which impaired the vision of the bots. Connor then came out of the cloud with his katana in both hands, glowing. He slashed it from right to left and pumped his aura into it. Just like before, it created an enormous cleaver of light which cut through all the bots on his side. Meanwhile, Kane emerged from the other side of the cloud and combined his scythes into a great bow. He then made an enormous arrow out of his dark clouds and fired it into the crowd of robots ahead, mowing all of them down at once. Ruby and Mars both watched in awe as the combination of light and dark destroyed the entire wave of bots on an instant, amazed by the power of their unified semblances.
When the light and dark of their attacks died down, the bots bodies were in pieces all over the arena floor, scrambled by the intensity of the assault. Connor and Kane both turned to look at each other and smiled, proud of their work. A moment after the two of them noticed Ozpin standing in the doorway holding his trademark cup of coffee. They didn't know how long he'd been there, but he looked as if he needed to talk about something important.
A few moments later Connor, Mars, Jim, Kane and Ruby found themselves in Ozpin's office, having been summoned there to speak of something confidential. Ozpin sipped the last of his coffee, then addressed them. "There's a few things I'd like to talk to you all about." He announced. "First of all Connor, good work on the training field today, I was very impressed be your skills. That semblance of yours is particularly interesting. It reminds me of the old light child semblance described in the ancient tomes of Remnant."
"The ancient tomes of Remnant?" Connor replied, intrigued. "What do they have to do with my semblance?"
"Well it could just be a coincidence..." Ozpin began to explain, "But your power seems similar to the Light Child Semblance described in one of tomes. It is stated that only one hunter or huntress in a generation possesses the power, yet no one has ever been seen to have it. The most intriguing point is that owners of the semblance are said to be able to revive the recently dead by sacrificing one of their limbs. For example, cutting off an arm to save someone's life."
"That's possible?" Connor responded in disbelief. "And you think my semblance sounds similar to it?"
Ozpin didn't answer straight away, he instead went to take another sip of coffee and then upon realising he had finished it, pressed a button on his desk and ordered a refill. He then looked back at Connor and sighed then said, "Let's drop the subject for now, we've got other things to talk about." This made Connor uneasy, prompting thoughts that Ozpin was deliberately avoiding the subject, as if he didn't feel comfortable talking about it.
"Before I begin, this is classified information." Ozpin sternly stated, immediately getting the seriousness of the situation across to everyone in the room. "You are not permitted to tell anyone outside this room what you're about to hear, understood?"
Ozpin then waited while everyone took in the order, and then watched as they all nodded their understanding. He then leaned back in his chair and began tapping his desk with one hand and looked down at his feet, hiding his face. "I knew Kane's brother Murlough would come here eventually, we've been tracking his movements." Ozpin admitted.
Upon hearing that, everyone else in the room except Kane filled their faces with looks of shock. Connor started shaking a little, disturbed by the news and Ruby stood behind him, holding his arm. As for Jim and Mars, the two of them looked troubled by the information, but weren't as shocked as Connor.
"Murlough has been on the wanted list for a long time, even before he attacked your parents, Connor." Ozpin continued, now summoning enough courage to look up and face Connor. "So naturally he's been under our watch and we've tried to apprehend him on multiple occasions, but without success."
Connor concentrated hard to stop the shaking, and then stepped forward out of Ruby's grip, towards Ozpin's desk. Everyone watched as he slowly walked there, wondering what his reaction might be. When he reached the desk, he slammed his hands down on the surface, knocking over Ozpin's mug and causing a pen to roll off the table onto the office floor.
"So why have you called me?" Connor sternly asked, looking straight at Ozpin, who daren't look anywhere but right back at him. Connor's eyes were like daggers. The subject of Murlough had lit a fire in his belly, and he wanted in on whatever plans Ozpin had.
"I think the reason we have so far failed to apprehend Murlough is because of General Ironwoods reluctance to let me assign hunters from this academy to the job." Ozpin answered, his eyes not wavering from Connor's glare for a single second. "But I've had enough. Murlough needs to be stopped, he is a danger to Beacon and to all the cities of Remnant. A rampageous killer like him will never stop murdering, which is why I've called you all here."
Ozpin then broke Connor's gaze and stood up. Connor stood up straight as well, no longer with his hands on Ozpin's desk. "Under my orders, the five of you will form a team and your mission will be to apprehend or if the situation is dire, kill Murlough."
Everyone was silent for a moment whilst taking in the information. Just when Jim was about to speak up, Mars grabbed his shoulder to stop him and gestured towards Connor, who had his fist clenched tightly and was intensely glaring at Ozpin. "Five of us?" Connor said, his voice shaking. "You don't mean...?"
Ozpin sighed and calmly replied, knowing exactly what Connor was thinking. "Yes Connor, Miss Rose will be accompanying for this-"
Ozpin was very suddenly interrupted by Connor smashing his fists down on the desk, enraged, hard enough to leave a crack in the woodwork. He glared at Ozpin even more intensely and asked him, "Are you bloody insane, Ozpin?!" Connor gritted his jaws against one another as he furiously stared at the headmaster of Beacon, his anger reaching a dangerous peak. "You think it's ok for Ruby to go on such a dangerous mission?! She could die!"
Ozpin ignored Connor's fuming, breathed calmly and simply replied, "The same could be said for you, Connor. Do not doubt Miss Rose's skills."
"That is not the issue!" Connor retorted. "If Ruby dies out there then what will I have left to live for?!"
"And what if you die out there?!" Ruby interjected, shocking Connor with her input. "How do you think I'd feel if you died because I wasn't there to help? I want to come to protect you, to ensure you live because if you die I'd never get over it."
After hearing Ruby's short speech Connor immediately calmed down.
He exhaled heavily and then turned back to Ozpin and warned, "If she gets hurt, you better watch out, Ozpin."
Without waiting for any response, Connor then turned back around and started towards the office door, walking past Ruby with only one thing to say to her.
"I'll be the one to protect you."
Ending Music: http/youtu.be/XHy8bnVVpo4
[Beyond The Boundary ED]
(Shows a cherry blossom tree)
(Flickers between Ruby raising her arm, and cherry blossom leaves falling)
Seijaku wa
(Shows Ruby with her hand held out in front of herself)
kirisaku you!
(Zooms in on Ruby's face) Otuzuretta no wa!
(Shows Yang walking across) Hitsuzen to shite no kaikou!
(Shows Jim walking behind her) Bokura no tame ni!
(Zooms in on a tear falling from Ruby's eye)
Koukai wa nagaku me
(Shows Connor walking from behind)
ni utsuru kimi no soul!
(Shows Ruby's skirt flapping in the wind)
Rainbow
(Shows Ruby clenching her hand) wo tootte!
(Back to Ruby standing with her arm out in front of her)
Utsukushika saita!
(Shows Connor's silhouette walking across)
Dareka no seimei ni tokeru hana. (Shows Ruby holding a branch of the cherry blossom tree)
Nee
(Zooms in on Ruby's face again) kimi ni mo mieru darou!
(Shows Ruby shed another tear) Kitto!
(Ruby lets go of the branch)
(Back to Ruby with her arm held out)
Kasaneta
(Zooms in on Ruby's face again) ayamachi
(Shows Ruby from behind) nurikaeyou!
(Shows everyone's silhouette walking across)
Nando
(Shows someone's feet in the crowd)
demo ii sa
(Shows Kane in the crowd)
Kurikae
(Shows Mars in the crowd)
shiteku
(Shows Ruby from behind as cherry blossom leaves fly past her on the wind)
sa try!
(Shows Ruby from side view as the leaves fly past her)
Kako to wa chigau asu wo!
(Shows one side of Connor's body as he walks)
Fubari
(Shows Ruby's hand reaching out) dake no
(Shows the cherry blossom branch flinging back)
kibou
(Shows Ruby looking up at the tree) egaku sa try!
(Ruby looks back down and sees someone, then smiles)
I never say goodbye!
(Shows Ruby standing with Connor opposite her, both looking at each other)
Itsudatte sou sa!
(Shows Connor looking at Ruby as the sunlight shines on him)
(Shows Ruby looking at Connor as the sunlight shines on her)
(Connor smiles and raises his hand, then holds Ruby's hand)
END