RWBY is own by Monty Oum
Book 2: The one winged dragon
Summary: Now that the door of his past are beginning to open Drake along with his family and hunters must found the relationship between the mavericks with the white fang and roman Torchwick not knowing that he has yet to face stronger challenges.
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Chapter 2
Bartholomew Oobleck was waiting in the classroom where his class was going to be.
He has always being the kind of professor that arrived sometime before class to prepare it, then again the level of caffeine was too high to stay put without doing nothing.
So he was slightly surprised when he heard the door of the classroom to open and even more when he saw whom it was.
"Well, look who it is? It is good to see you are back and safe Drake… and I suppose that's Axl?" asked Bartholomew as Drake was dragging Axl who was being surrounded by various sets of black chains and tape on his mouth so he could not talk.
"It is good to see you as well professor, I just came by to say hello and leave him here since he is now an official student." Replied Drake with an small smile as he put Axl on the first row while Axl was trying to get free.
"It looks like he is not a fan of history?" asked Bartholomew while Drake walked to him.
"More like all classes in general, I am leaving him in your care professor, give him to Ren when the class is over I have to go and meet with Ozpin." Said Drake while he gave a handshake.
"Worry not, I will made sure your brother receives and get up date with the lessons from last semester." Those made Axl go pale while he tried to get free even more.
Drake just smirked as he began to exit the classroom but not before putting his hand on his brother`s shoulder, "Have fun keeping up with him" whispered Drake while Axl just glared at him.
Once Drake had exit the classroom Bartholomew walked to Axl and took out the tape from mouth.
"Ouch! Goddamn it that hurts!" shouted Axl and tried to get free but stopped as he saw Bartholomew`s glare.
"He is not fooling me nor he will fool anyone for long with that face, what happened?" asked the professor with such seriousness that it looked like if he did not was under the influence of the coffee.
Axl just leaned back and looked up as his eyes narrowed, "He is going through something, and neither me or my brother can do anything about it."
Bartholomew just looked at him as he recognized the voice of defeat, wondering what had happened for Drake to wear a smile trying hide something.
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"It is good to see you back, say where is lambert and Axl?" asked Ozpin as he served a mug of coffee.
"Thanks, I let lambert to sleep a little and I just give Axl to Bartholomew making sure he attended since according to X he has always hated class lessons." Replied Drake while he took a sip of the coffee.
"Let me ask you something?" asked Ozpin with a voice telling it was a serious conversation.
"Do you hate the life as it is now?" asked Ozpin referring to his choice of hiding him from x.
"how could I hate the only life I have lived. Have you choose another option I would not matter now. So if you feel any kind of guilt forget about it, you did the best you could with me."
Ozpin just smiled at that but grimaced as he changed of subject.
"Your brother told me about many things, from your family and legacy, but he barely mentioned of the injury that Zero`s blade did to you… and it`s repercussions."
Drake put the coffee mug on the table and pulled off his left sleeve to reveal the complete mechanical arm.
It was the same designs as X except instead of blue there was black and instead a red gem in it`s place was a dark green one.
"It all started 3 days after X started training me for a better control of my domain, my constructs began to be unstable then the sudden blackouts that didn't last much but still happened and lastly the sudden pain in all my body following by me coughing blood."
Drake drew purgatory from his back and showed it to Ozpin, 'just like I remember it.' Thought the professor remembering his time fighting with Zero.
"It turns out the blade cut a very good part of my soul and only because I am a celestial I am alive."
"I suppose there are more effect correct."
Drake nodded as he sheathed the blade and then raised his arm to create a small dark cloud.
"I can only create black construct right now, meaning I can only generate darkness, I can still feel the light… I just cant summon it."
Ozpin looked as Drake`s eyes shows something that he had not seeing in a long time, fear.
"Anything else?"
"I do no longer have the need to sleep unless I take those dumb pills that slow my aura circulation, besides the point I no longer suffer from hunger or have the desire to eat."
Drake just looked at the floor as he continued, "I do not know what else is happening to me, but I feel like something that has always been there is just gone… no, more like taken away, and that is what really worries me."
Ozpin stood up and pulled something from his drawer and put his hand on Drake`s good arm.
"I would like to believe that all you are feeling right now it is only psychological considering all that has happened but I cannot be 100% sure, but you need to stop wearing that little smile pretending everything is fine, not to say it does not suit you." Replied Ozpin as he put something in front of Drake, Zero`s chain.
"Your brother gave it to me, he said that although it might no longer had power it was a good luck charm."
Drake just took it and eyes for a second before tying on his left arm.
Ozpin saw as the glint of fear disappeared as Drake said something else.
"Thanks, but now there is something else that you want to discuss isn't it."
Ozpin just nodded as he returned to his chair, "Your brother told me about the relation ship between the mavericks, the whitefang and Torchwick, he asked me for your full cooperation to help you and your brother taking care of things here, there is only one thing I ask?"
Drake raised an eyebrow at that, "As you know the festival ad the tournament are getting close and I am afraid that they would attack during those times, that is why I ask you to tell me the things you are allowed about what you are going to do, so I can do some damage control."
Drake nodded since he was already planning on doing that.
"Your car along with Axl`s had been put in the hangars as requested and you have permission to leave when needed."
"Thanks, if you excuse me I have to re-forge something." Said Drake as he stood up.
"X said you insisted to come in this mission even thought you might not be ok, may I ask why?"
Drake just entered the elevator and turned around this time giving an actual smile, "Because this is my home."
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Yang Xiao Long was laughing on the dinning hall while some of her friends were trying not to.
"Seriously Nora stopped it, Ren do something!" shouted Axl who was still with the chains not been able to move while Nora was painting his face.
When they got to their history class, they were surprised when they saw Axl sitting on the first row with black chains immobilizing him.
Professor Oobleck explained the situation and said that Axl was under his care until the end of the class and that Ren had to take him later.
"Ren!"
"Busy." Replied Ren eating his lunch.
"Where is Drake anyway?" asked Ruby wondering since only Yang had seen him the day before.
"Beats me, the only thing I know is that I will have my revenge!" shouted Axl as Nora had painted his whole face and made him look like a clown.
"I give up." Said Axl as he sat there in defeat as his stomach began growling, "Could some one at least feed me, I didn't have any breakfast."
No one did anything, Axl looked at Ren who just looked away.
"Anyone, please…" Axl was practically begging now.
"Here." Said Ruby as she raised her fork with food on it making Axl open his mouth just to be stopped by Yang.
"Oh no sis, let him suffer a little more." Said Yang making him twitch while everyone just nodded.
"You guys a are terrible." Replied Axl as his chains disappeared and reappeared on Nora.
"Hey what the hell!?" asked Nora as a familiar figure with a puppy on his hood sat next to Axl as he put one plate in front him and the other one next to Axl.
"greetings" said Drake looking at Nora who was narrowing her eyes at Drake trying to get free.
No one said anything as Drake and Nora were now in a staring battle while Axl began to eat the food Drake brought him while eyeing him.
"Drake."
"Nora, I understand you have a desire to break my legs am I right?" asked Drake as he began to put honey to their pancakes making Nora droll.
"Say, I am not feeling really hungry right now, and I just put honey on them, why don't we made a deal, you let me go and all this delicious pancakes could be yours."
Nora just nodded dumbly as the chains disappeared a not a second later Nora was already devouring the tower.
"How come I didn't think of that?" asked Axl as he finished his lunch.
Drake just shrugged while everyone else looked at him except for Yang and Ren.
"Hello?"
"Seriously that is the best you have to say after you disappeared after the docks? And why do you have that blade?" asked Blake.
Everyone just raised an eyebrow questioning why it was so important.
"Sorry if I worried you Blake, a lot of things happened… and for the blade, it is a memento of m brother." Said Drake while Axl grimaced giving Blake a glare to drop it.
"Guys please calm down, what it matters is that Drake is back and safe." Said Ruby while Yang tried to calm down Blake who accepted afterwards while Weiss tried to think in a way to do business.
"Weiss" said Axl getting her attention.
"Yes?" asked Weiss in hopes of an opening.
"It is not happening." Said Drake.
"How did you-"
"It is written all over your face." Said Ren as she saw everyone in the table just nodded.
'She really needs to learn to hide the greedy face.' Was the collective thought everyone had.
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It was now time for combat class and truth to be told Drake had never been so happy since Ozpin had told Glynda to avoid calling Drake to fight to avoid any kind of surprises.
His thoughts were interrupted as he heard Yang`s voice, he turned around to see an energy bar in the air that he catch it.
"What is this for?"
"I saw you didn't eat anything so I wondered you would need energy for the class."
Drake just looked at the bar for a second before he opened it and threw and gave it to lambert.
"Thanks, but I did in eat before reaching the dinning hall although lambert hasn't."
'Lie'
Lambert just barked a thanks to Yang who just waved her hand.
"Are you ok?" asked Yang as she sat next him while they saw their respective siblings fight, obviously Axl ended the fight already but Drake had asked Axl to push Ruby so she could have actual experience in fighting high caliber enemies.
"I am fine." Replied Drake as he saw Ruby using the recoil of the rifle to attack Axl's legs to which he just jumped and landed right on the edge of the weapon while Ruby didn't knew where he was.
"She really needs to stop being predictable." Said Drake while Yang just nodded.
"So… anything interesting about your brother relationship."
Drake sighed at that.
"If I had to summarize it, I would said we change of siblings."
Yang chuckled at that, "Funny, that is what all brothers said about each other."
Both looked as now Axl was shooting while walking at Ruby with only one gun while she deflected every shot as she steeped back not seeing that she was bing cornered against the wall.
"seeing that frontal attacks are not working with him she changed to defensive not seeing she is dooming herself."
"She usually has perfect plans, so I suppose that she is not used to one not really working." Yang looked at Drake whose only attention was on her sister.
"Say, you and I already had this conversation in the past, but I have to ask, why do you care about my sister so much."
Drake just looked at Yang and then back at the fight, "Jealous?"
Yang`s eyes opened for a second as she registered the joke Drake said and the snorted, "You wish."
"I would like to think of her as a little sister…"
now that made Yang look at him intensively, "Why?"
"After finding out and getting to know both of my brothers I saw what it was after a long time having someone to call family, Ozpin is ok but I found hard calling him dad, and since my motherly figure is death, the only thing I have yet to experience is having a little sister."
'Although I had considered her as one.'
"That is nice of you." Said Yang as she patted his shoulder, "Then what do you think of me?"
"A friend"
"Way to kill the mood."
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"No need to be mad at me Ruby." Replied Axl as both team walked out of the classroom.
"She is just being childish about not landing any hit on you." Said Weiss at what Ruby started to move her finger quickly saying she wasn't being a child.
"If anything blame Drake he was the one to ask me to push you." Said Axl while Ruby looked at him as if he had betrayed her.
"he did it for a good reason sis." Said Yang while Drake had smacked Axl.
"Really why?" asked Weiss actually intrigued.
"You wont always face an opponent you can beat with either just force, skill of strategy, in those cases people who are not used to this tend to broke down or in your case going in defense while your enemy takes full advantage of this." Replied Drake as he looked back as his brother who was rubbing his head.
"That is why I asked Axl to give you this particular experience so you have some idea in the future."
Ruby absorbed what he said and nodded.
"Now that this is done." Said Drake as set of black chains grabbed Axl and immobilized him.
"What the-" Axl words were cut short as Ren had put tape in his mouth.
"What is going on?" asked Ruby wondering why Drake would do that.
"While you and Axl were sparring I asked team JNPR for a little help so he can work hard in all the material for class we had since last semester." Said Drake as he watched his brother struggling with the chains.
"Thanks again Pyrrha, especially with you already tutoring Jaune." Said Drake while Nora and Jaune dragged Axl.
"It is no problem really everything for a friend." Said Pyrrha as lambert jumped from the hood and landed next to her.
"If he does not collaborate… bite him." Axl tried to get away after he heard that while Pyrrha just nodded and then left with lambert at her side.
"Well that was hilarious." Said Yang as he looked at Drake.
"What are you gonna do meanwhile he is studying?" asked Yang
"Sleep I suppose, have a good evening." Said Drake as he began to walk while Ren eyed with worry but then headed to where his team was.
"Well I suppose we should also leave… where is Blake anyway, hasn't seen her since combat class started"
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A certain Faunus could be found walking with no real destination in mind.
She was frustrated since the events of the docks, the reason the sense of a coming danger one might say, since finding out the White Fang is not only working with Torchwick but also the group that wanted Drake pretty much death she hasn't stopped thinking about it.
For one part she is happy that he is ok, but now that he was back she wanted to ask him what he knew with the insolvents of the white fang but none of the times were right for that.
She walked near to the training area and stopped for a second before going in thinking she might as well release some of her frustration.
Blake walked to the nearest training room and was a little surprised that one of the rooms was busy at this hour; she continued walking to the next room when her cat ears began to hear weird sounds on the first room.
Blake wondered if she could enter and see if whoever was there needed help but it all stopped until she was now hearing the sound of coughing.
Seeing it was more that enough reason to interrupt Blake tried to force the door open with no luck making her took gambol shroud in gun mode and began to shot the door with no luck.
'Come on!' thought Blake as she reloaded and pointed back at the door open with Drake in front of it.
"May, I ask what you are doing shooting at the door, better yet pointing at me Ms. Belladonna." Said Drake is his usual cold remembering Blake how was the first months with him on the academy whenever someone damage school property or broke any rule.
Blake tried to say something quick but Drake beat her by raising his arm telling her not to say anything.
"Whatever it was forget it, and if you are going to use a training room I suggest you to use another one this one is no state for use." Replied Drake as Blake noticed that his coldness was gone replaced by a voice of exhaustion while Drake closed the door and locked it with his scroll.
"Are you ok?" asked Blake all previous concern with the white fang gone.
"Yes." Lie and Blake could feel it as he noticed that even his eyes were been forced to stay open as he walked pass her.
"I just need to rest a little, I will see you tomorrow bl-" his sentence was cut as he noticed that his knees had no strength left making him began to fall to the floor just to be catch by Blake so he didn't hit the floor hard.
Drake could see her amber eyes looking at him as she began to mouth something that he could not hear as his vision went completely black.
"Drake!" shouted Blake repeatedly as he saw his eyes getting closer but then relaxed as she heard him breathing slowly.
Blake put him gently on the ground as she got her scroll out to call Axl or Ren but stopped at the moment she opened it.
She looked at Drake for a moment and then at the 5 blades he had with him, then she simply looked at purgatory taking her back to the moment they took separate ways and finally to the door she was shooting making her wonder what was had happened there.
The kneeled in front of Drake and searched for his scroll to only to find that but also a pot of pills.
Blake eyed him questionably; at the beginning she thought of the possibility of him being in drugs but discarded it quick since it didn't fit his personality.
She took both things and went to open the door only to see various robot practice destroyed in various ways and in more than one slash and that also the wall on the wall room had.
But her eyes stopped as she looked at an specific part of the room where there was a debris as if someone had punched several times with enough strength to break it figuring out that might be what she was hearing, but the most noticeable thing was an amount of blood on the floor.
Blake immediately thought of Drake pulling the pieces together.
"One of this days your curiosity will kill you Blake."
She turned around to see Drake leaning against the wall with the now familiar crimson eyes looking at her while he tried to stand up clearly not being ok.
"Sorry I just…"
"Save it." Replied Drake as he managed to stand up and walk to her in a slow pace while he raised his arm asking for his things while she just stepped back.
"No, not until you tell me what is going on with you?"
"Blake I am in no mood for this."
Blake just shook her head giving him a look he did not like, concern.
"You either talk or I tell everyone of this, I am really sure if I don't made you talk then either Ruby or Yang will." Said Blake knowing he had a soft spot for her and Yang might be able to made him talk by force.
Drake actually stopped at that but not in fear but in anger, "Is this how is going to be? The first day you came here I promised to keep your identity safe and I did until the very end, and now you are threating me to expose mine."
Blake`s eyes widened at that but recovered quickly, "This is different, you are not ok Drake, you can barely stand, does Axl know about this?"
The air got cold the moment his little brothers name was mentioned followed by Blake shaking at the look of crimson eyes now becoming slit followed by black energy flowing around Drake.
Soon after black giant limbs began to materialize a little behind him, to Blake it looked like two black dragon arms standing above Drake while she noticed that the left one looked distorted and both arms looked like they were trying to construct a compete body.
Blake was now pale and shaking not being able to grab her weapon, the only she thing she could was fall on her knees waiting for something to happen.
But instead she saw as he closed his eyes and began to breath profoundly several times until the arms were gone.
He then opened his eyes to reveal the emerald ones with an apologetic look, "Sorry you had to see that, do whatever you want."
Drake then turned back and began to walk out of the room.
To her everything looked in slow motion, she had already seen something similar when her with her team minus Ruby confronted him, but this was now different.
She had to apologize; she pushed him to this extent and knew him well enough to be sure I did not want to do this.
She got up and ran after him while calling only to trip over with one of the mechanical object laying around.
Drake seeing this got closer catching her before she could hit the floor.
Drake helped her stand up and tried to get away but couldn't as she had got hold of his arm, his left arm.
Drake`s arm widened as she raised her head and had an astonished look as she squeezed the arm more.
Blake pulled up the sleeve and examined the gauntlet followed by the device on the wrist and finally the black fabric.
"All of it…" was everything Blake said as Drake pulled back.
"Please, I have to know, did this happened on the docks?"
Drake just nodded and both of them looked at each other.
"How?" asked Blake while Drake noted her eyes were now watering.
"Lets talk somewhere else?"
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"I am sorry." Replied Blake who was sitting in the first row of a classroom while Drake sat next to her.
"Why?" asked Drake after he told her about everything except hunter and family related although he did told her about the history and abilities of purgatory.
"Maybe if Sun and me weren't so concentrated on the fight, maybe that might not happen."
"It does not matter right now, I just can accept it."
Blake just nodded as she returned his things.
Drake eyes her for a second and took them, "I suppose this stays between us."
Blake just nodded as they both began exit the classroom.
"I am sorry for what I did and I know that I have no right to ask more but can I ask one last thing." Said Blake as they began to walk to their dorm while Drake just nodded.
"something is going to happened isn't there, that is why you came back?"
Drake nodded knowing full well what she meant and it would not help if he hide her this but knew it would bring problems.
"I do not know about the Torchwick or the white fang but we know that now that the mavericks tat were on vale were eliminated by us (Ren and Adam included) there is a high chance more would come to take their place, especially with all the events happening on the next months."
"And you came back to take care of them in that condition?"
Drake stopped walking and looked at her making her stop.
"I might have my family and I am really happy about it, but this is also my home a place where many people took care of me and raised me, I will be damn if I let someone harm the academy and the city that those people swore to protect."
Surprise, that was the kind of look Blake had since it was the first time Drake had said something without coldness but still with more determination.
"I want to help."
Drake eyed her and started walking again.
"No."
"What do you mean no!? what about Ren." Shouted Blake going after him as they got close to their dorm.
"Ren was forcefully involved and X scolded him for involving someone outside the hunters twice." Drake stopped again and face palmed at what he said.
"twice? So he was on the docks." Replied Blake as he resumed their walking.
"Drop it Blake, Axl didn't have anyone else to call to get there sooner especially since the one other person he could talk was already injured."
"Then why cant I help?"
"Because my brother ordered us not to involve more people on maverick affairs, so please drop it since we are not going to ask another person it is not a hunter for help." Replied Drake as they entered their dorm.
"Fine but can you at least promise me you will tell me if you find anything about the white fang."
"I don't see any harm on that." Replied Drake as they reached their floor.
"One last question? How are you going to fight with 5 blades?" asked Blake as she had seen the other 2 blades besides heaven hell and purgatory.
"I was actually working on that before I had my episode, I am trying to work first manipulating 4 creating a solid style before going with 5, not really sure if I could have the 5th one really."
"I am sure your brother made the right choice about giving it to you, just be careful with it." Replied Blake as she opened the door to her room.
"Good night… and sorry for everything." Said Blake as she closed the door while Drake just nodded.
He then looked at the direction where his room was and then began to walk where he came from, he stopped on the corner and leaned back.
"For how long have you been following us?" asked Drake at the figure standing on the other side of the hallway.
"Since you left the training room, Axl was worried you might have a problem with your medicine." Replied Ren who was leaning back on the wall.
"You just noticed you when we left the classroom, really good may I add."
"Thanks, have been working on every aspect after the docks incident, including trying to be undetected even to a Faunus."
Drake raised an eyebrow as he walked to where Ren was.
"Weiss talks a lot."
"Go figure, for a sec though Axl told you, how is he by the way?"
"They are still on the library with my team, he is giving problems with history making lambert bite him several times, what are you going to do now?" asked Ren as he stood up and began to walk with Drake out of the dorm.
"Since my little interaction with blade made me lose the feeling of sleep that the pill gives, I am pretty much free right now, I might as well resume to what I was doing."
"I will go with you, might as well do something more than laughing of Axl every time lambert bites him, plus I might help you a little."
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On a warehouse in the city there were many members of the white fang were downloading a big shipment from who according to their benefactor was from someone who believed in their cause.
The benefactor saw as 3 giant metallic boxes stood in front of him while the Faunus tried to opened them.
"So, these are what they promised?" asked a feminine voice.
Roman Torchwick turned around to see her associate Cinder Fall.
"Yes, they also said that we better not forget out part of the deal and don't get our noses where we are not being called."
"That is going to be hard after all you know the say, it is hard to stay away from something for two long specially when it is forbidden." Said the woman in an flirty tone.
"They also said to stay away from them whenever we infiltrated the academy, if they need anything from it then they will tell."
"I promise I will try, but if he is something else then I might as well put him on my list."
"Put who in what list?" said a voice that made both fell chills on their backs, both turned away to see members of the White Fang making way for a tall man with blue electric spiky long hair in white and yellow armor with a black mask covering only one eye.
"Do I have to remind you your place?" asked the man as he took a handle with nothing on it.
"No- we were-" Torchwick tried to do say something while cinder just stood back and the man got closer and stood 5 feet away from them.
The man just looked at both of them and made a quick slash with the handle and then turn back.
"The only thing you buffoons have to do is do your part of the work." Said the man as he put the handle back on the back pack behind his wait while everyone wondered what did he just do.
They answer appeared a second later as all 3 boxes began to disintegrate while leavening traces of blue lighting revealing the contents of the boxes making everyone awe at the side.
"We might as well do our far part." Said Torchwick as he examined what he was seeing while cinder did the same and nodded at what roman said, but still she just couldn't help herself with the temptation.
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X sat on his office seeing the report that was given by him.
The moves of the mavericks on the other kingdoms seemed to a seized and more operations began to take care more closer to vale.
X opened the screen in front of him, "Call me Spider."
said X as the screen disappeared remembering the events that happened 3 days ago.
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"Are you sure what you 2 are asking for?" asked X to both brothers standing in front of them.
"I am he just ones to tag alone." Replied Drake while Axl just threw him an offended look.
"As if I was going to leave you do something stupid… alone." Said Axl while lambetr got out of Drake`s hood and barked in affirmation.
X just sighed at that, "I know I cant stop you, so I will let you go under certain conditions."
Drake just nodded as X stood up, "One of them is to take this with you, he would have like you to have it."
Both brothers and dog`s eyes widened as X handed purgatory to Drake.
"Don't say anything, just take it." Said X as he sat back.
"I am going to get some hunters to do recognition and tell me of the moves of the mavericks near the city, do not do anything until then."
All of them nodded.
"Also the last thing and must important of all. Do Not Use Them unless necessary." said X all of them knowing full well what he meant.
End of flashback.
He just sighed at the memory hoping Zero`s to be watching over both of tham and asking for a miracle for Drake`s condition.
X thoughts were interrupted as the door of the elevator opened.
"Sorry to call you this late, I have a very important assignment for you although you will be happy since it takes location in your favorite kind of place." Said X with an smile while the man in front of him fixed his hat with an smirk on his face.
"You don't say."
AN: Next time I starts with the events of chapter 2 of V2 now to work on MTHTD.