CH. 9
It's the day of Halloween here at Beacon but I can't help but feel like something is off this Halloween. I put it off in my mind and decided to help decorate our dorm hall. I was really excited because this is the first time I'm actually doing anything for Halloween. I never really got to celebrate as a kid and was too busy with doing anything for the White Fang.
"Why does it feel like I'm in some shitty horror movie right now" I say as I walk back into our room. "I've been getting that feeling to but I just assumed it's because it's Halloween" chimed in Ruby. "So what is everyone going as tonight?" I asked cause I decided to go as Red Hood.
"Umm we actually didn't really think about this" said Yang I facepalmed so hard at this. "We are still hosting a party tonight right?" "Yeah that's still happening we just need to get our costumes," I don't understand why they didn't do this sooner.
"Well while you guys are getting your costumes I'm gonna go get more supplies," I said "You sure you don't need our help?" asked Ruby. "Yeah I'll be fine I need to talk to a friend anyways," "Oh okay well just meet us back at the docks to leave or just catch up with us,"
"I got it I'll catch up when I get all the stuff I need" with that said we all got on the bullhead and headed into town. I decided to fall asleep with my head in Blake's lap. That was until Yang started taking pictures. Blake and I just sent her death glares the rest of the flight. And during all of that Weiss and Ruby were just chatting away.
We got off the flight and the others started to leave but I pulled Weiss off to the side. "What is it you dolt?" "Hey is that anyway to talk to your brother" "Yes, it is because you are a dolt" "Fine I was gotta talk to you about your crush but seems you have that under control"
Her face goes as red as Ruby's cloak. "W..w...what do you mean?" She asks worried. "We both know what I mean and it's that you have a crush on Ruby," "how did you know I haven't even been obvious with it" "Weiss i'm your twin brother you think I wouldn't catch on plus twin telepathy," I say with a chuckle "But seriously I could help you if you wanted I could talk to Ruby later and see if she likes you back"
"That would be really helpful but I need to catch up with them" she says as she waves goodbye. I text Neo and tell her to meet me in vale cause I need to get supplies as well as invite her to the party. She said "I'll be there in 10" that's faster then she normally is must be closer this time. While I wait I start listening to Real Friends while grabbing more drinks for tonight including some whiskey cause it's been a couple months since I had a drink. I think Yang will appreciate the alcohol at the party. I then go and grab our food for the party and that's when Neo tries to sneak up on me but u turn around and catch her.
"That doesn't work even if I have earbuds in Neo," that gets her to laugh "So why did you want to meet me" "Oh yeah I got these for you," I hand her the transcripts and she is shocked I got them "also my team is having a party tonight and u have a girl you might like there,
"Is it the blonde one!" She asks as she blushes "yes it is I'm glad I still know you have a thing for blondes, another thing is you might want a disguise until you actually join the school" "yeah I'm kinda already in the school disguised,"
"Wait, what, how?' Is all I can ask "My boss wants me to help with their latest plan" great so that's the presence I felt in the school earlier. "Is it someone strong in dust control" "yeah how did you know?" "I felt of a presence of someone stronger at that then my sister, their aura was way darker than anyone I've ever come in contact with before,"
"Yeah that would be who hired Torchwick," "Okay so can you tell me if they are planning anything here soon" "yes and no I know they are planning something but they don't tell me anything because I'm just the muscle," I nod understanding her situation "well if you hear anything tell me I've gotta go find my team thanks for the help Neo,"
I start heading to the bullhead to drop supplies off but I figured let's just have the party at my apartment. So I drop the supplies off there and clean up the place. I head out to find the girls. That's when I start singing Knuckle Puck
"I've been feeling stagnant and cracked underneath
I try to sleep it off but I can feel it in my dreams
I'll give them what they wanna see
A kid lost in his twenties
Oh, what a sight to see
Constant pressure weighing down on me
It gets better, they want me to believe
Constant pressure weighing down on me
It gets better, they want me to believe
Not much to show for this time spent alone
I swing but I miss every time
Not much to show for this time spent alone
I swing but I miss every time
There's so much fight inside, and I've fought the good fight
But I just can't let this one go
Feel the rush of blood beneath the skin
Can't keep myself from dwelling on this like you did
Cause it's so dark here, more than it ever is
Close the shades, clear my head, slump back to bed again
I've always wanted to believe that this meant something
We've always wanted to believe that this meant something
Not much to show for this time spent alone
I swing but I miss every time
There's so much fight inside, and I've fought the good fight
But I just can't let this one go
Not much to show for this time spent alone
I swing but I miss every time
There's so much fight inside, and I've fought the good fight
But I just can't let this one go
There's so much fight left inside"
Right as I finish singing I bump into someone. I look at who it was and notice it was Beacon's local racist Cardin Winchester. Oh this is gonna be fun I've hated this guy since I've met him. He turns around and notices it's me that ran into him
"Hey bird brain why don't you watch where you're going' "Yeah sure and how about you get the fuck over yourself cause anyone on my team could beat yours in a one on four,"
"Oh you really think so you filthy animal try us next combat class," "Pretty sure you guys face Pyrrha but I can go next time you're ready or when we get back today," "You got a deal freak later today my team vs you"
Oh how sweet it will be to kick their asses later and still be fine for the party. I continue my search for the girls when I eventually find them at a costume store cause I see Yang's motorcycle outside and what I can assume is Ruby's as well.I need to remember that I should race them one time.I enter the store and notice they are still looking for costumes. Well Yang and Weiss where Blake and Ruby were just sitting there waiting to leave.
"Hey guys how's it going?" I ask and I get mixed replies of good and groans. "Well I'm need to tell you guys the party is moved to my apartment here in Vale but we have to set up after kick CDRL's asses," "Why do you have to do that" asked Blake. "Cardin may have called me bird brain and filthy animal and so I said anyone on our team could beat his one on four"
This caused Weiss to facepalm yet it was true their team had no coordination. "So can we hurry up and get costumes so I can have a ref for my fight" "Yeah yeah just let me buy our costumes" said Weiss. "Okay good cause I'd rather not have Cardin stab me,"
"Yeah that's probably smart considering you're a Faunus," said Ruby. I nod and head back outside with Blake to the bullhead. "I really don't want to kick their ass before Pyrrha fights them but they deserve it," Blake sighed "just don't get hurt please," "I won't trust me" I say as I kiss her forehead.
""Get a room you two," I heard Yang yell from behind us. "I swear we can never have a moment with Yang around," Blake nods and I just sigh as I board the bullhead back to Beacon. We get back to Beacon and apparently word of my fight got around seeing as how all of our year and a second year team was in the arena.
"Cardin must of wanted to put on a show to bad he's gonna lose," I say to my team as they go to leave and I give Blake a hug before I get ready. "Cardin are you really sure you wanna be embarrassed like this," "You know what bird brain put your money where your mouth is,'
"Well let's get this show on the road cause I have a party to go to," I say as I use my semblance to go invisible. "Good luck fighting what you can't see," his team charges where the think I am but the thing is I'm flying above them. I pull out phantoms edge in Assault Rifle form and fire pop shots at them to separate them. Since they separate I get an easier time to pick them off.
I start off slashing Phantoms edge at the back of Sky's leg then kicking him in the gut. After that he falls to his knees and so I just decide to end his fight by kicking him in his face with a roundhouse. The rest of their team gets shaken at how I just took out one of them without even being hit. I can't help but laugh at that which makes Cardin run at the sound to swing but I just trip him. I turn my focus to Dove who's just looking around wondering where I come from next but what he doesn't expect is a punch to his face.
I broke his nose next I switch to my two sword and start hacking at his arms and legs hoping he will stop fighting and concede good for him cause he ran away. So it's down to two one one and I'm at eighty percent are while Russell has one hundred and Cardin is at ninety five percent. Seeing as how it's still tournament rules I'm just gonna get a ring out on Russell. I run up and just drop kick him out of the ring that was easy enough.
I finally stop using my semblance and yell "Hey Cardin behind you," He charges and swings his mace down. He plays way too well into my hand. I block with my two swords and sweep his leg. "Your stance is horrible and you don't think now get up," he gets pissed at my criticism and swings at my legs I just jump over it and land in his arm.
"You've gotta have more fight then that Cardin," I sigh I wanted to at least break a sweat. "Maybe if you set your ego aside and got the fuck over it you'd be better off," As I said that he blew up the ground behind me and caught me off balance with a mace swing to my left knee. "There we go that's what I wanted to see,"
He now waits for me to attack but I still have the advantage because I have two weapons against his one. So I go for an overhead swing while slashing his side. He takes one hand off his mace to grab his side that's when I throw my one sword in the air and clock him in the face with a punch so he falls. I finish off the fight by punting his head. "Fucking racist scum," I mutter as I walk away.
"Holy shit Luke that was awesome," I hear Yang yell as she runs up to me. "Ehh it was no big deal they deserved it for being a bunch of racists," "Yeah they hate the Faunus just because of the white fang when not all Faunus are members," Blake chimes in with.
"That was a nice fight and glad you did it cause my team really hates those guys" I hear someone say I turn around and see it's the second year team. "Thanks but didn't catch your guys names," "Oh I'm Coco this is Fox and Yatsuhashi,"
"Nice to meet you guys but where is your fourth teammate?" "Velvet is back in the room studying," So this is that Rabbit Faunus' team seem like nice people. "Well if Velvet had anymore problems with them in the lunchroom just tell her to sit with us and I'll stop them,"
"Thanks you for the help and you said something about a party," "yeah me and my team are hosting a Halloween party at my Apartment in Vale" "Well consider us coming after that fight," "Okay sounds good my apartment isn't that hard to find it's right next to the dust shop," with that my team left to go set up and I had to open the door to the roof.
"Hey Ruby can I talk to you real quick?" "Umm sure what is it Luke?" She seems really confused. "Just wondering if you have anyone you like cause I know someone who likes you" "Is it you or someone else?" "It's not me but it's someone else on the team" "So it's Weiss thank you for telling me this cause I was scared to tell her" "That went easier then I thought, well you can go talk to her now"
She went back downstairs while I got the DJ area set up. Next thing I hear is Weiss shriek for joy well that's one couple down one to go. Blake came up can hugged me from behind
"You had something to do with the whole Weiss and Ruby thing didn't you," "Yep I just love playing matchmaker," I say as I turn around and kiss her. "I may even have someone for Yang coming to the party," Blake let's out a chuckle at that "You planned this all didn't you," Maybe, but shouldn't you get into costume because people are showing up soon,"
"Oh shit you're right let me go do that," I laugh as she goes running to change while I'm already I'm my costume except the mask. I head back downstairs and notice Ruby as Red Robin, Yang as Batgirl, Weiss as and Blake comes out as catwoman and we all start laughing.
"Okay seriously why are we Batman Characters?" I ask "it seemed like a good idea" is what they reply "I'm not even gonna question it," I hear a knock at the door so I go check who it is and I see Team JNPR. Jayne dressed up as Vav and Ren as X-ray. Pyrrha and Nora were dressed as their respective spartan armor colors.
"I didn't take you two as fans of the Halo series" "Really what did you expect?" Asked Pyrrha. "To be honest I expected Borderlands from Nora and you to be a mainly handheld gamer cause of your tournaments," "that's actually highly reasonable to think that," I let them in and more people rush into the apartment so i jump out of the way. The party is going great we have a gaming section set up where they are playing Until Dawn. Then we have our food set up and on the roof is where you can dance to the music we set up. i feel someone tap my shoulder as im sitting on the roof edge thinking.
"Oh hey Neo you actually showed up," Yeah was kinda hard not to mis the place with you sitting on the roof," "touche, well should i introduce you to Yang or you wanna do that yourself," i'll get it myself i saw her down their playing Until dawn," "Alright well good luck," I tell her with a wink. As she leaves I pull out my bottle of Whiskey and start drinking it. im throwing this party just to take my mind off what happened to my parents on this day. This has been my best year in a while yet i still get overwhelming grief on this day.
"Luke, are you okay?' Blake asks as she come sits beside me "Yeah i'm fine don't worry," i say as i wipe away some tears. 'Please don't lie to me you can tell me what's wrong," she's persistent that's why i love her "I'm kinda shocked you don't remember" "Oh.. ohh I'm really sorry i forgot about your parents death" She pulls me into a hug and I start crying on her shoulder. "it's gonna be fine Luke you have me and our team now," "i know it just still bothers me so much,"
"Lets just go back in please and enjoy the rest of the party," "Okay and Blake please try to sleep tonight instead of stay ways all night or run on one hour of sleep," We go back in and enjoy the rest of the party and i just see on the couch Yang kissing Neo and get a laugh from that. Maybe this will be a great relationship and they can get along after Neo leaves Roman's organization
