AN: there are no words to describe how sad I am right now, the world just lost a great person recently. Someone that to many was not just a kind person, but also a great friend, to others a mentor, teacher, inspiration, role model, a perfectionist, the best example for a working man that really loved what he did.

Hope your soul finds peace Monty; you are not going to be forgotten.

Tribute

Axl sighed, not of annoyment but because he felt a little tired.

Why?

Because it was around 3:30 in the morning and he saw against a wall waiting for a certain person to arrive, even thought said person said he would be there 3:30 sharp and yet he was not there yet.

"Ren must really have a good reason for being late." Muttered Axl to himself, "I mean, I think the first time he has been late for something." Replied the hunter as he recalled all the session trainings and meeting they have set to date until he recalled the night it all began.

The guy had stood in front of him and asked to train him to become strong.

Axl accepted after he had put both blades of his guns in Ren`s neck to see the determination in the eyes showing he wanted to become better no matter the cost, so Axl accepted not expecting for the lotus kid to become a person he would call a friend and brother in arms and more important, someone he could trust outside his family.

With time Axl not only learned the Ren was not only a determined person, but also a perfectionist, always wanting to perfects his katas, surpass his own times and learning from his mistakes to make it better and even try to create and innovate moves until he was more than satisfied, that was something else he had, an incredible amount of patience, not because he had to in order to succeed, but because he enjoyed all the effort he had to do until he reached his perfect goal.

And if that is not enough prove, look at him and Nora.

Axl smiled at the scene, and then gave a Grimm as he remembered again the all the spars to date making Axl see that Lie Ren was ironically fulfilling the namesake of his weapon Storm Flower.

Calm and gentle as a Flower around friends and dear people, and strong as a Storm quickly adapting to the situation when needed.

"I hope you are not falling sleep."

Axl looked at the entrance of the practice room to see the person of the moment walking with two coffees, one which he was drinking from.

"Seriously? Coffee?"

"No, Espresso." Said Ren as he threw the second one, "Seeing that this is going to be our fist official training session without you using that mask of yours and decided to return to beacon, I decided it was like starting again."

"Only this time without us putting each others gun in the others throat?" asked Axl as he snickered and caught the Espresso.

"Exactly… and because I did not have my usual time of sleep since Nora wanted pancakes before going to bed." Replied Ren with a smile.

"For the start of a renewed friendship then," said Axl as both took a sip from their Espresso, "By the way, thanks for looking after Drake yesterday."

"No problem, I expect you do the same for Nora when I can`t."

"Promise, lets get this started then." Replied Axl as he saw Ren finishing his Espresso while Axl hurried to the same.

"Let me put this away." Said Ren referring to the empty carton as he turned around while Axl finished his and gave a step forward only to stop as he saw that in front of him stood someone wearing all black with the same height as Ren, but the most noticeable thing was the fact that there was a set of white wings coming out of his back while a white aura surrounded his body.

"What?" asked Axl to himself as he brushed his eyes and looked again to see Ren raising an eyebrow, "You ok?"

Axl stared at him for a few seconds, "Yeah I am find, just saw something out of the ordinary for a second." Replied Axl as he threw the empty carton above Ren and landed in the near trashcan.

"Out of the ordinary, never thought I would hear you say that in an affirmation."

Axl grinned at the statement.

"Or is perhaps you are getting nervous I am going to beat you? I mean I have been practicing a lot." asked Ren now giving him a grin of his own.

"Excuse me, this is not a DDR match buddy." Replied Axl returning the grin.

"Yes unlike there, here you have some opportunity."

Axl laughed, "I am so happy right now that we are the only ones here," replied the Dragon as he pulled Sky and Earth from his sleeves and aimed at Ren while he did the same with StormFlower not dropping his grin, "Because I am sure someone would have shouted 'Burn!'."

"The fact I said it is more than enough for me, now lets see how this goes."

"The loser has to do buy the coffee for the next month."

"Deal, and it is Espresso."

Both looked at each other aiming their respective guns at the other, none of them losing their grins while Axl mentally admitted, waking up early in the morning for once could bring a lot of fun.

*BANG*

AN: I wanted to put this tribute with the next chapter, but unfortunately today I could only type 1647 words and I did not want to wait any more to post this.

I know I said this at the first author note but, rest in peace Monty Oum, you and your whole work are never going to be forgotten.