A/N: So hi guys, how's it going? You're doing well? That's good.
The reason this chapter is pretty late is because I spent a day reevaluating my life. It is okay, people have to do that from time to time.
So, I just found out that there's another story that is really, and I mean REALLY, similar to mine. The saddest part is that the other story was made first.
I'd just like to throw it out there that I didn't copy off the dude's story. I didn't even know it existed until a reviewer mentioned it. The other story is by Kagenobaka and it's called "Another Chance". Make sure you take a look at that.
So I talked to him, and was mildly irritated at how easy going he was about it. I kinda wanted him to at least be a little upset about it. I feel like I just got away with murder or something. Yah know how in Fairy Tail when Erza does something stupid and asks for somebody to hit her and they don't? That's a bit how I felt.
Here's a rundown of our conversation.
Me: I'M SORRY! I UNDERSTAND IF YOU HATE ME!
Kagenobaka: No worries! You can keep writing your story! In fact, here's some constructive criticism to make your story better!
It's wonderful that he's so easygoing but, *sigh* I don't know. I just punished myself by lying around in self loathing while listening to the most depressing songs in my arsenal.
But now, I'm going to childishly force my story to differ from his completely in the most ways possible without damaging my original plot.
Now for reviews (Oh mah gawd you guys multiply fast)
Jack Whitters: Thanks!
Server lock: I really enjoyed your constructive criticism. Well, I'll give my justifications and what was going through my mind when I wrote it. I mashed together all of your reviews btw.
For the lady's reaction I just figured that she'd wave it off due to him being a child. As for the Gaster Blaster, I figured everyone would know what it looked like. The reason I kept doing those skips is because what I would have wrote for them would have basically been the canon story line. Now that I think about it, it would probably be better to write it all out, for the people who haven't seen RWBY.
Thanks for the reviews!
SaphireDemonStar: Thanks! I like to make up the story details as I go. So, even I don't know what her reaction will be.
FalloutBoy2020: Well, you see, I used to hate RWBY, for a childish reason really. You see, I sorta blamed RWBY for the reason that RvB wasn't being updated. Then I realized it isn't fair to hate the show for that. Granted the show isn't one of my favorites, but I don't hate it anymore.
Guest(1): No, I think you misunderstood, well no, maybe I should have clarified. Ozpin won't just find out that Sans used to be a skeleton. But he does know that Sans wasn't always here. I was saying yeah to the semblance thing.
Cooleffects99: Here you go!
Robin Halloday: Yer name seems a little different there. Anyway, yeah even if he wasn't faster than Ruby, he'd still have his teleportation.
Guest(2): Or maybe in that space could be 'Peas'. Ha, get it? Because…Black Eyed Peas…I'll show myself out.
Guest(3): I wouldn't make him that strong, but yeah, Sans is ridiculous like that.
Tristan Elder: If by 'main girl' you mean like in a harem, then that's not happening at all. Apologies
The Flame of Judgement: Yeah, I kinda suck at puns. Yah know what? I think I'll go back and add a bunch anywhere I can, look out for 'em. Also, got it, increase character interaction!
yaoiprincess101: I'm glad you find it interesting. But now I'm torn between getting him more involved and keeping him the way he is now.
Fan: Eh, not quite sure how they would fit. That'd be a bit difficult.
Someone: Again, not quite sure how that would work.
River king: Thanks! I'm glad you found it too!
Hdzulfikar: I wouldn't call this story a 'gem', but thank you!
Depri Nemias: Oh yeah, I'm definitely going back and adding puns.
nil: Thanks! For some reason I find your name oddly adorable.
Gerard Hunting10: Hmm…sounds good! *note scribbling*
Guest(4): Here yah go!
Guest(5): Sans is pretty screwed up huh?
Kagenobaka: Stop being so nice, damn it! *sigh* but thank you for your support!
OfLifeDeathAndAllBetween: ^_^
King Joker: *groan* I know, I'm trying to keep it different here.
Guest(6): Thanks for the puns! I'll definitely try to add some of those!
Firehedgehog: Thaanks!
Rachel Lyons: Heh, I actually didn't even think of that until you mentioned it. So uh, let's just assume he has a lot more than 1 HP here.
Guest(7): Yes, he will.
Guest(8): Huh, thanks for the info!
BubbleTrouble: Maybe a teeny bit above. Maaayybe more, oooorrrrr a lot
EcoReibun: Thank you! You'll see him in action soon enough.
Ciaran Hughes: Thanks! Here's a chapter!
Guest(9): To be completely honest with you, I don't have a schedule at all. The longest you'll probably have to wait is a week though.
Callum Bal4: I will consider your suggestion when I'm less tired. Unfortunately I have misplaced my notebook at this time.
That's a joke yah see? Cuz my notebook is basically my head.
Tyrant211: Huh? Really? Okay yeah sure. *takes two minutes to write his own name in chicken scratch due to sleep deprivation* Here yah go!
Guest(10): Yep, whoever that is.
Guest(11): Thanks for being so polite about your small disagreement with guest number 10
Hellfire1996: Holy cow, from just a day? Maybe I shouldn't have uploaded so many in rapid successions. People are starting to get withdrawals.
Cooleffects99: Uhh…you know what? Yeah, let's go with that. I'll add that in now in fact.
fiz: Apologies, I try to do my best. The first few chapters was really just me going on adrenaline.
Guest(12): Sure.
Bgngrndgnrgngrbg: First of all, UGH! I screwed up on your name so much! But don't change yourself for me, because you are perfect.
Secondly, SOON ENOUGH FOR YAH?!
I rather enjoy talking with you guys, it's nice. It gets a bit tiring though, because I usually get reviews while in the middle of answering them though. Ugh, my eyes hurt.
Now, without further a doo-doo,
Enjoy!
Team RWBY was walking down the halls rather aimlessly. Something incredibly interesting happened the other day.
"Who'd have thought…?" Yang began.
"…that the comedian would have been so strong…" Weiss finished.
"Well, I knew he wasn't a pushover but…" Ruby trailed off.
"He'd always seemed like he was capable…" Blake spoke lowly.
At this point you may be wondering "What happened?" if not then you should be. You see, it all trails back to the day before yesterday.
FLASH BACK (A/N: Flashback won't be in italics for this chapter, cuz it's basically the whole chapter)
Sans was chosen to fight in Ms. Goodwitch's class. His opponent was Yang.
"Sans, please come down to the ring." Glynda asked through gritted teeth. She already knew his answer, everyone knew his answer.
"Nah, I forfeit." He spoke from his seat.
"You know that if you don't fight then you get a failing grade." She warned him.
"Sure." He replied back, nonchalantly. Glynda sighed and called another person to come to the ring.
LINE BREAK
RWBY sat at the lunch table with JNPR chatting idly with him. Ruby decided to bring up Sans' fight with Yang.
"I'm not quite sure what his deal is. He either forfeits, or loses a fight, even though all of us can tell that he isn't trying." Yang said.
"You couldn't tell." Blake interjected.
Mini flashback (Oh mah gerd! A flashback in a flashback?!)
Yang and Sans were in the ring about to fight. Sans took his hands of his pockets and entered a basic boxing stance. Yang jogged forward and sent a light jab to his cheek. The blow connected and sent Sans out of the ring and onto the ground, where he landed with a small "oof". A ring out victory was given to Yang.
She stood in puzzlement as she stared at her outstretched arm. "What? I didn't think I hit him that hard…" She muttered to herself. Then she smirked and let out a boisterous laugh. "Guess I don't know my own strength huh?"She rubbed her nose while her other hand lied on her hip.
Mini flashback end
"Hey, I figured it out eventually! Apparently he jumped back when I hit him." Yang defended herself.
"I'm not sure how that comedian even arrived a year early!" Weiss decided to speak. "At least Jaune possessed some fighting ability when he arrived." Jaune hung his head.
"I'm being used as a measuring increment." He said lowly, with Pyrrha patting his back.
"I…don't think I've ever seen Sans fight, did any of you?" Ruby asked after a moment. All of her friends shook their heads in response. "He told me he was always able to get by, even without weapons…"
"He does seem to have an air of strength around him, even if he doesn't show it." Ren decided to add in his two cent.
"He's hiding it from us! WE SHOULD BREAK HIS LEGS!" Nora shouted jovially.
"I don't think we need to go that far…" Ren spoke, while everyone else sweat dropped.
"I never get to break anyone's legs though…" Nora whined.
"Speaking of that bone head," Yang began, getting a groan out of everyone. "Where is he?" She received shrugs in response.
"He didn't come to the lunchroom today," Ruby said.
"I'm sure he's fine. He's managed to 'get by' this long, right?" Pyrrha stated.
LINE BREAK
"I don't know what to do about him Ozpin. He never fights to his full potential, or uses any of this strength that you claim he has. He shows no fighting prowess like you led me to believe he has." She ranted. Ozpin sipped his coffee.
"Hmm, well that's not good is it?"
"NO, it's not! How can you be so calm about this? I've tried threatening him with bad grades and giving him easier opponents but he still refuses to fight. I'm not sure what to do at this point." Ms. Goodwitch sighed while massaging her forehead. She was truly puzzled.
"From what I know of him, Sans has always fought to save someone, or when it was entirely necessary." Ozpin spoke after a moment.
"So what, are you suggesting I put our students in a perilous situation, just to see what the boy can do?"
"No, that'd be stupid. I'm saying that you should make it to where he can't refuse."
LINE BREAK
Ms. Goodwitch was currently conducting her class and was about to call the names of the people who would fight.
"Sans vs. Ruby." She spoke, but before Sans could forfeit she continued. "Sans, if you forfeit this match you will be expelled from this school." She stated, drawing shocked looks from everyone. Even Sans himself was a bit surprised as his grin drooped a bit. It came back however as he strolled to the ring with a shrug.
"Okay," He spoke in his usual lazy tone. Glynda noticed that he became calm again, and she knew that he'd throw the match.
"Sans, you are to win this match, or you will be expelled." She addressed him. She then turned to Ruby. "Ms. Rose, if I find that you let Sans win, then I will be expelling you." She sternly ordered, earning a surprised gasp from the girl.
"Hey! That's not fair!" Yang yelled from her seat, words of agreement were expressed from her team.
"Silence!" Ms. Goodwitch hushed them; she made to say more but was interrupted by another voice.
"Yeah, okay," All eyes turned to Sans, and they were surprised by what they saw.
He wasn't grinning.
Knowing Sans for as long as they have, one thing they knew about him was that he was always either grinning or smiling, even in his sleep. To see him with such a placid and unhappy face as he stared off into space was rather unsettling. Even Glynda was surprised, but also anxious.
'Maybe now, he'll fight.' She thought to herself.
"I'll fight Ruby, but not by herself. Bring the rest of her team out here." He said, causing even more of a shock. Glynda was surprised, but complied.
"Very well, I hope you realize they will also be expelled should they go easy on you."
"They're gonna get real hurt if they go easy on me." He said without looking at her. Glynda said nothing and only ordered the rest of team RWBY to the ring. When they all were ready they took their battle stances.
"I'm really sorry about this Sans." Ruby decided to speak. Sans closed his eyes and sighed, before opening his eyes and showing a smaller-than-usual grin.
"Nah, I am. We wouldn't have to if I wasn't so lazy." He spoke with his hands stuffed in his pockets.
"Once Glynda assessed that they were ready, she gave them a signal to begin, but no one moved.
"Aren't you gonna get in a stance?" Yang asked.
"Nope," Sans shook his head. "Alright, this is how it's gonna go. You all get one turn collectively. You can use it as four turns individually or one big turn or however yah want, I ain't gonna fight back. After that it's my turn. You can dodge or do whatever you want when that happens."
"Aren't you a bit too confident?" Weiss asked him. He shook his head.
"Nope." This drew a glare out of the girl as she readied her weapon. Ruby furrowed her brow a bit.
"He is a bit too confident. Even though he said he wouldn't fight back, it wouldn't hurt to be cautious as we attack him. Let's go in groups of two, with our partners, Yang and Blake up first." She said. Her team heeded her words as they nodded.
Yang and Blake stepped forward as they readied themselves for battle.
"Usual strategy?" Yang asked her partner. After receiving a nod in return Yang bumped her gauntlets together as she charged forward first with a flurry of punches aimed at Sans. He dodged around her strike with a practiced grace as she couldn't seem to land a hit on him.
"What? You thought I was just gonna stand there and take it?" Sans asked after seeing her frustrated frown.
Blake then decided to appear behind him and take a horizontal slash at him with her katana, but it was ducked under. He then jumped out of the way of Yang as she tried to punch at him while he was occupied. After he landed, Blake fired a few bullets at him, but he swiftly dodged all of them. Yang appeared soon after with another round of punches to give him, but to no avail. Blake then joined in and attacked in unison with Yang, which caused Sans to double his efforts, not that he was trying much anyway.
Yang let out a growl as her eyes turned red. She launched her right fist at him with a particularly strong punch, overextending a bit. Sans dodged and took a hand out of his pocket to push her elbow, which redirected her fist.
Right into Blake's face
Blake let out a yelp as she clutched her face with both hands in pain, her aura level dropped to the yellow. Yang gasped as she saw what happened to her partner.
"Blake! I'm so sorry!" She apologized, checking her friend's face for the damage. She saw the red mark on her face disappear.
"I'm fine." She assured.
"Your turn's over." Sans told them, both his hands in his pockets. They stepped back as Ruby and Weiss stepped towards him.
"From what we saw he's incredibly nimble, I'd suggest you use that speed of yours to your advantage." Weiss told Ruby as she readied her rapier and Ruby her scythe.
"Got it." And without waiting for Sans to say anything, they charged. Ruby took to the front lines in attacking Sans while Weiss figured it would be best to only strike when she felt an opening was within sight.
Ruby dashed around the ring with Sans as she desperately tried to slash at him with an intervention from Weiss every so often.
"You sure do know how to fancily swing that thing around huh?" Sans spoke while dodging. "You're pretty fast." Duck "The way you use that rifle to speed up your attacks is interesting too." Weave "But, yah know, you're pretty sloppy looking from my point of view." Duck, dodge, jump "I mean, it's probably because you haven't fought anyone as fast as you before." Ruby furrowed her brow as she doubled her efforts. Sans sent her a grin.
"I got a question, did'ja notice Weiss?" He asked as he disappeared from her view. She then noticed that she and Weiss were about to attack each other, the problem was, she couldn't stop.
'AH! I'm about to hit her!' Ruby screamed in her mind as she tried to stop. Weiss was saved however as Sans leaned his back on Weiss's, which brought her to her hands and knees, getting her and himself low enough to dodge the high horizontal slash.
"See? That's what I'm talking about, you need to learn how to control all that speed." Sans lectured her a bit. Weiss squirmed under Sans' weight.
"Get off of me!" She yelled. Sans grinned as he rubbed his back against hers before putting his hands behind his head.
"Nah, I think I like it here. A nice place to go to sleep." He closed his eyes. Weiss growled and awkwardly stabbed at him with her rapier, but he disappeared off of her and reappeared a couple yards away with his hands stuffed back into his pockets.
"Jeez, chill out Weiss, it's all in good fun." Sans laughed. He stopped though as his grin degraded into a smile. "Your turn's over too. That means it's my turn." Team RWBY all stood together as they readied themselves defensively.
"Would you at least take your hands out of your pockets?!" Weiss barked after she had stood back up.
"Sure," He took out his right hand. "Hey Yang, you might want to check your elbow." He pointed.
Yang blinked owlishly as she lifted at her right arm's elbow horizontally to see a small blue flame on it. Sans snapped his fingers and her arm propelled itself forward, ramming Yang's fist into Blake's face again, making the poor girl see stars as she fell to the floor. Her aura level went into the red zone, ending the match for her.
"Why do you keep hitting me…?" Blake asked from her position on the floor. Yang gasped in surprise as she looked at her arm.
"I'm sorry Blake!" Yang wailed as she cried anime tears.
"Yang, why did you do that?!" Ruby yelled in surprise as she and Weiss stared at Yang.
"I DIDN'T DO IT ON PURPOSE!" Yang yelled in her defense.
Before any of them could say anything else a wisp of blue, flame-like energy rammed itself into Weiss's stomach, sending her flying into the wall outside of the ring. As she slid down the wall she recognized the feeling it gave her.
'It feels familiar, like that time in class; it must have been him…' She mused to herself as her aura also went into the red.
"Whoa! Sans what's wrong with your eyes!?" Ruby yelled as she stared at his black eyes with a blue iris in his left one.
"Oh this? This is what happens when I use my 'semblance', but don't worry about me." He answered with a shrug. His iris turned yellow as he summoned a few dozen bones around him as they stared in awe. "You two should be worried more about yourselves."
"Yah know, his last name seems really fitting now." Yang commented, getting a nod from her sister. They were then hard pressed to dodge the multitude of bones he sent their way. After a while Yang soon got tired of it as she began to charge at him, using the bones hitting her as fuel due to her own semblance. Even so, her aura still went down just from the sheer number of bones that pelted her.
Sans saw that the bones wouldn't take her down, so he then stopped firing bones and used them to protect himself as a shield. It didn't stop Yang though as her eyes glowed red. She gathered up as must dust as she could to use in a single strike that she put all of her power behind, in order to break through his shield and strike him directly.
She had succeeded in breaking his shield but he was nowhere to be found. She heard a strange sound, and when she turned her body she saw that Sans sat cross legged on top of what seemed to be the skull of a canine-like monster that seemed to grin at her. It was was at least twice as tall as her and three times as wide. It's jaw seemed to unhinge as it opened and a small blue ball of light began to form, it quickly turned into a large beam of discharged energy. Yang was in too much shock for her to be able to properly move out of the way, so she took a direct hit. It burned her as it carried her out of the ring, and into the wall. Her aura went into the red as she twitched in slight pain.
Ruby just stared up at Sans as he sat atop his Gaster Blaster with his legs crossed. He put one of his hands on his thigh while the other held his face up by the cheek.
"So uh…you didn't tell me you had a cool weapon like this Sans." Ruby awkwardly stated as she shifted her weight to her other foot. Sans looked surprised for a moment before he grinned and chuckled.
"I guess it kinda is a weapon. I just never thought of it that way."
"It kinda looks like a Grimm now that I look at it more closely. What's it called?"
"A Gaster Blaster. Do you really think it looks cool?"
"Yeah, it's pretty awesome looking." She said.
"Heh, well since you like 'em so much…" Sans summoned enough to block her every escape. "I'll give you a little 'special' treatment."
Ruby gained a wild look in her eye as she frantically searched for an escape as the blasters powered up their…blasters. She couldn't find any so opted to close her eyes and protect her body as best as she could. A soft thud caused her to open her eyes, to an empty space in front of her. She looked behind her to see Sans outside of the ring with his hands in his pockets and his eyes back to normal.
"I forfeit. I can't fight someone who looks scared like that." Ruby blushed at his words but then her eyes widened.
"Wait Sans, you have to win! You'll be expelled if you don't!" She yelled.
"Ms. Goodwitch isn't gonna expel me. She just wanted to see me fight." He chuckled with a grin as he walked away. All eyes turned to Ms. Goodwitch as she could only think of one thing to say.
"Class is dismissed." The students all left and chattered amongst themselves about the fight as Team RWBY picked themselves up. Glynda stood by herself as she replayed the fight in her head over and over.
'Ozpin wasn't lying about him being an excellent tactician. He played all of them into his hands. From the moment he let them go first to assess their fighting style to when he made a bone shield as a decoy. Still, I never expected for him to be one of the legendary Black Eyed Warriors. Does Ozpin already know this…?' She looked up to see that the entire class had left, so she went to relay what she saw to Ozpin.
FLASH BACK END
"I'm sorry Blake…" Yang apologized again. Blake sighed as she rubbed her face in frustration.
"I've told you the other 99 times you apologized to me that it's fine."
"Does it still hurt?"
"No,"
"Do you want ice?"
"No,"
As Yang pestered Blake, Weiss decided to address Ruby.
"Do you have any idea where he could be now?"
"He's probably in his dorm room…but why hasn't come out yet?"
"He probably hates all of the unwanted attention he's getting." Blake said, directing the statement at Yang, who wailed as she clutched onto her. "The students won't stop talking about him."
"Well, we should probably give him a bit of space, and let him get out of there on his own." Weiss suggested as the rest agreed with her.
LINE BREAK
It was night time as Sans sat on the edge of the roof of the school looking at the ground below. He seemed to be in deep thought.
'I'm not one to complain, but why am I here? Why didn't I just die…? Was this some God giving me a second chance because of my crappy life? Or some purgatory that forces me to look at people that remind me of my family?' He grinned bitterly at the thought.
"…Sans…?" A small voice called. He turned around to see Ruby in her pajamas, looking at him with a strange look.
"Heya Ruby? What'cha doing up here?" He grinned at her.
"I should be asking you that. Are you okay?" She asked while taking cautious steps towards him. He squinted at her behavior confusedly, but then soon caught on.
"Oh," He chuckled. "Even if I fell from this height it most likely wouldn't kill me." He then shifted his position. "Maybe if I were to go head first…"
"Hey!"
"I'm just jokin' Ruby." He chuckled. Ruby crossed her arms.
"That's not funny Sans."
"I believe it is referred to as 'dark humor'." Ruby sighed as Sans chuckled some more.
"Why are you up here, Sans. I came because I heard you." She stood next to him as he stayed seated.
"…Well, I had a bad dream." He decided there would be no harm in telling her that.
"What was it about?" She inquired.
"I came up here because I didn't want to remember." He stated as he gained a faraway look. Ruby scrutinized him for a moment before she nodded in realization.
"You lost someone." Sans turned to look at her in surprise, his smile was gone. "I recognize that look in your eyes." She answered his unasked question. Sans grinned and closed his eyes.
"That obvious, huh?" Ruby nodded her head again.
"Yeah, I lost someone too, my mother." She said.
"I'm sorry to hear that."
"Don't be, I didn't really know her anyway. I also have Yang; she tells me stories of her sometimes. Do you mind if I ask who you lost?" She softly asked, looking at him. Sans stared back at her, before sighing.
"…my brother. You actually remind me a lot of him." He chuckled, before falling silent. Ruby stared at him a moment before walking to him and wrapping him up in a hug from behind. "…what…?" He left his question in the air.
"You looked like you needed one. You don't get over these things on your own yah know?" She let him go. "If you ever need a shoulder to lean on, you can count on me. My team too, even Team JNPR." She then began to walk away as she yawned. "I'm going back to bed. You should get some sleep too; your eyes look a little droopier than they normally do." As she walked away, Sans softly uttered a word to her that she could just barely hear.
"Thanks…Ruby." She smiled, and without turning around, she replied.
"No problem."
A/N: FINALLY DONE HOLY CRAP NUGGETS ON BARNEY'S BUTT WOW!
I would say something about this chapter but I'm so tired, and my eyes are acting a bit screwy. I can't focus on anything anymore. MY GAS TANK IS ON E!
Not that I'm getting out of here as fast as possible but I'm getting out of here as fast as possible.
GOOD N-I mean,
Buh-bye!