Fallen Flame
Disclaimer
I do not own RWBY or any of the characters in this story except for one.
Chapter 2 Test Run
It was somewhat early in the morning when Blake awakened and to her surprise she smelled something. She also noticed a presence, or that lack there of. When she checked her bed Scorch wasn't there. After she became surprised when a tray with a two plates and two glasses was placed over her blanket. The first plate had eggs while the second seemed to have salmon. The first glass had milk and the second had juice. She looked up and saw Scorch looking at her with a smile. To her surprise he was in uniform.
"Good morning." he spoke for the first time.
"Good morning." replied Blake before looking at the food. "Did you make this?"
"Yes. I wake up early and go to forest." said Scorch.
"You went to the Emerald Forest?" asked Blake surprised. Scorch nodded.
"Fresh fish." he said pointing to the salmon. "None in the kitchen." he added.
"When did you go?" asked Blake.
"Black sky." replied Scorch pointing out the window. "Eat."
"Thank you." said Blake before she began eating. "This is really good." Scorch smiled.
"Nee-san." said Scorch catching Blake's attention.
"What?"
"Nee-san." he repeated.
"Nee-san?" asked Blake. He nodded. "What does that mean?" Scorch pointed at Ruby's bed and then to Yang's. "Ruby and Yang? They're sisters." Scorch nodded and then pointed at Yang's bed again. "Yang's Ruby's older sister."
"Nee-san." said Scorch. And then it dawned on her which caused her another bit of confusion. Why was he saying older sister in another language. Then he hugged her.
"Do you think I'm your sister?" asked Blake.
"No." he replied. "Like sisters."
"I see." said Blake with a smile. It wasn't long after that Ruby awakened. When she got up a tray was placed on her legs. She looked and saw Scorch smiling.
"Oh hey. You're awake." He nodded. "How do you feel?" He shrugged. "Got your voice back yet?"
"Yes. Thank you, Nee-san." he said.
"Nee-san?" asked Ruby confused.
"It means big sister." replied Blake as she came into the room in uniform. "He thinks of us as his sisters." she added as he stepped out of the room and then returned shortly after with two more trays.
"Uh Yang and Weiss might not be up for a little while." said Ruby as she finished the milk and her eggs. After Scorch took the tray and placed it near the door before handing Ruby and Blake what appeared to be ear plugs. The two put them on and looked at him curiously as Ruby got off her hanging bunk. He handed Ruby and Blake the two Trays he had brought and then moved the two girls near the door before turning to the beds. Then he turned around again and pointed to Blake's bow before placing both hands on his head.
"The bow blocks my Faunus ears from hearing." said Blake getting an idea of what he was about to do. With a smile he turned, took a deep breath, and let out what sounded like the shriek of a bird which was loud enough to be heard across the campus causing Weiss to awaken in shock while Yang fell off her bunk. The two got up just before Scorch handed them the trays.
"Don't. Ever. Do That. Again." said Weiss seriously as Ruby and Blake took out the ear plugs.
"What happened?" asked Yang before eating some egg.
"Scorch got his voice back, he made breakfast, and decided to wake you to up." replied Ruby.
"How are you kid?" asked Yang.
"Okay." replied Scorch before turning to Weiss. "Eat."
"Is he really okay?" asked Yang.
"I think he's slowly remembering how to talk." replied Blake.
"Is this salmon?" asked Weiss. Scorch nodded. "Where did you get it? It tastes fresh." Scorch nodded again and pointed out the window. Weiss, Yang, and Ruby looked at the window and then realized he was pointing towards the Emerald Forest. "Wait. Did you go back to the Emerald Forest?" Scorch nodded again. "Are you crazy? Something could've killed you out there!"
"Bear." said Scorch.
"What?" asked Weiss.
"Bears." repeated Scorch before he made his arms all wide pretending to be something.
"Ursa?" asked Blake. Scorch nodded.
"You were attacked by an Ursa?" asked Weiss.
"No." replied Scorch before holding out eight fingers.
"Eight Ursi?" asked Ruby. Scorch nodded.
"And you took them down?" asked Weiss surprised.
"Is it really that surprising considering he took out a group of Beowolves by himself yesterday?" asked Blake.
"I suppose you're right." said Weiss.
"So what do we have scheduled for today?" asked Yang.
"Grimm studies." replied Ruby.
"Great. So we're in for another story from long ago." said Yang imitating Professor Port on the last part before turning to Scorch. "Think you'll be able to pay attention?" Scorch shrugged. Some time after once they were finished getting ready they began heading to class walking along with Team JNPR.
In class they listened to another story about how Professor Port fought off a group of Ursi on his own and earned the respect of a village.
"Now then I heard from Professor Ozpin we have a new student." he said looking at Scorch. "Young man, could you step forth?" He got up and went up to Professor Port. "Now then I am curious as to your skill. I hear you took on a group of Beowolves so this should be an easy matter." he said turning to the cage behind him. "Now you may go and change into your battle gear."
"I'm okay like this." said Scorch.
"Very well." said Professor Port. "Take your position." Scorch walked a few steps away and then turned to face the cage. "Are you ready?" Scorch nodded. "Very well. Begin!" he said slashing the lock on the cage allowing a Boarbatusk to jump out as it looked around. Once it spotted Scorch it charged.
"You can do it!" called out Ruby as Scorch jumped and then used the Borbatusker as a platform to jump a few feet away from it. When he landed he turned with his hand held out causing a sword to appear. After he ran towards it just as it jumped up and began to spin rapidy. When he saw it moving towards him. He threw his sword up before raising his sleeves and holding out his forearms. Everyone watched as it's blades slashed at his forearms. To their surprise it slashed but Scorch didn't budge. Instead he pushed it back just enough to swing his arm and punched it back causing it to hit the wall. Once it hit the ground Scorch caught his sword and backflipped placing the tip of the blade on the ground causing several weapon to erupt out of the ground in direction of the Borbatusk impaling it from below. Team RWBY became especially surprised when they saw that among those weapon were Crescent Rose, Myrtenaster, and Gambol Shroud.
"When did he...?" began Blake before sighing. "Should have known." After he walked up to the Borbatusker leaving his blade stabbed into the ground. When he got near the Borbatusker he placed both hands on its head causing them to glow. Everyone was confused and wondered what he was doing. They got their answer when he returned to his weapon and pulled it out of the ground causing all the other weapons to vanished by a light red mist which caused the Borbatsuker to fall which, once again to everyone's surprise, caused it to suddenly fall to ashes.
"Quite impressive." said Professor Port as Scorch's sword vanished and he fixed his sleeves. Scorch smiled and then looked straight at Cardin with an 'I could do that to you' look. Afterwards they two teams walked out together with most of them wondering about what it was Scorch had done in class. Not just the turning the Borbatusk into ash but also the thing where he made weapons explode out of the ground. It didn't take long before Ruby's curiousity overtook her and she turned to ask only to see Scorch was no longer walking with them. In fact he was gone.
"Hey where'd he go?" asked Ruby. The others turned and saw he was no longer there.
"Great. We lost him." said Weiss. At that all their scrolls started beeping so they all pulled them out. When they opened them they a saw map of the school with a red blinking dot. "What in the world?"
"Should we check it out?" asked Yang.
"I don't think it's a coincidence that he disappears and then our Scrolls show us a map of the campus." said Ren.
"Then let's go!" ordered Nora before taking off. Ren let out a sigh before they followed. It wasn't long after that they found themselves on the roof of the dorms where Pyrrha had agreed to help Jaune become a better fight a few weeks earlier. There they saw Scorch floating in the air. When they moved in front of him they saw he had his legs with the soles of his shoes in contact and both hands forming rings with his thumb touching his middle finger but what really caught their attention was the fact that his eyes seemed to be glowing in their respective colors.
"Hey, are you okay?" asked Yang waving her hand in front of his eyes.
"What's up with him?" asked Ruby.
"I think he's meditating." said Ren.
"Really?" asked Nora as she looked closely at his face. Then she moved her hand to his head but when she touched it she instantly pulled it back and waved it in pain.
"What's wrong?" asked Pyrrha.
"His head's super hot." replied Nora.
"Really?" asked Yang as she touched his head causing her to do the same. "You weren't kidding. It's like putting my hand in a camp fire."
"It may be a way for him to protect himself." said Ren looking closely at the boy's eyes. "He seems to be in a trance. I suppose he developed that in case someone or something tried to attack him." he added as he stepped back.
"Please hold hands." he suddenly spoke surprising them. They looked at him and saw that his expression remained unchanged.
"Did he just...?" began Jaune.
"Yes I did." interupted Scorch as he held his hands to his sides. The eight became curious and then took hold of each other's hands before Jaune took Scorch's left hand while Ruby took his right. Instantly all eight of them felt like they were sucked in. The eight remained standing with their eyes now glowing in their respective colors.
Inside Scorch's mind
The eight of them began to awaken to see they were in what looked to be a massive library.
"What is this place?" asked Jaune.
"Well, this is a surprise." said a voice. The group turned and saw a man with short blond hair in a red karate gi.
"Who are you and what is this place?" asked Weiss.
"Easy there missy." said the man. "Name's Ken and I'm just a construct."
"A construct?" asked Pyrrha. "You're not real?"
"Something like that." said Ken. "Have any of you heard of the Method of Loci?" The whole group looked confused. "Okay then. Basically it's a way to store and organize information inside one's mind. This place is his Mind Palace."
"So then all these book are things he knows?" asked Pyrrha.
"That's right." replied Ken. "I'm one of the constructs in his mind he created to help him."
"So the real you is someone Scorch knows?" asked Ruby
"I should say so. He trained with me for a few months and picked up the Shotokan Arts pretty quickly." replied Ken with a light laugh. "Unfortunately he had a habit of training overboard and there were a few times Eliza and I had to take him to his bed."
"Eliza?" asked Yang.
"The real me is married." replied Ken.
"So then what is he doing here?" asked Weiss.
"Well I think you've all noticed the kid seems to have no memory but has a pretty wicked battle instinct." said Ken. They nodded. "Well he came in here to try to find out some things about himself."
"Has he been reading all these books?" asked Jaune.
"No." replied Ken. "His subconcious locked away a good portion of information so even though the books are here almost all of them are locked."
"So does this place only have books?" asked Ruby.
"Nah." replied Ken. "This place has just about every bit of information he's ever learned." he added as he signalled them to follow him to a set of stairs which led them to a hallway. From there he led them to the third door on the left and opened it. Inside they saw several types of melee weapons which seemed to be on display. As they looked around Ruby spotted Crescent Rose which was between Myrtenaster and Gambol Shroud with Magnhild next to it.
"So what's the deal with this place?" asked Yang.
"Do you want the quick explanation or the total breakdown?" asked Ken.
"I for one would like the full explanation." said Weiss.
"Alright. Remember how he was able to transmute his weapon into your weapons after touching them?" asked Ken. The group nodded. "Well the kid has a computer inside the part of his spine that connects to his skull. That's part of the reason why his eyes are they way they are. He can send a small electric pulse from his brain to his hand and into something he touches. It's a little like the way a bat sees in the dark." explained Ken.
"So you're saying that the small pulse of electricity runs through something he touches, hits the end of it, and then goes back to him?" asked Blake. Ken nodded. "I see."
"I don't think I get it." said Ruby.
"He sends a small pulse of electricity that goes back to him after it hits the end of the weapon but as it moves it breaks down the entire design of a weapon so that when it goes back to him he knows every detail of the weapon he touched." explained Blake.
"Wow." said Ruby. "Hold on. Does that mean he has the plans for my sweetie in his mind?"
"Well the duplicate is right in front of you, so what do you think?" asked Ken. "Anyway this is only the hall of blades. Basically any kind of melee combat weapon he's ever scanned. Downstairs is where we have the fire arms."
"Why did you bring us here?" asked Ren.
"No idea. The kid's got the attention span of a fruit fly." replied Ken. "One minute he'll be explaining some high tech thing and then he'll start talking about something that he may have read somewhere."
"Are you the only one here?" asked Blake.
"If you mean in the palace then no." replied Ken. "There's about ten of us here. Each one based off of someone he's met and respects a lot whether it's because of their skill, knowledge, or because of the way the are." he explained. "Like this guy." he added signalling behind them. The eight turned and saw a man with short black hair who wore brown pants with a blue shirt and a brown jacket.
"Who's that?" asked Jaune.
"My name is Sherlock Holmes and I am actually here to take you to his current location." replied the man with an accent before turning his back to them. "If you will just follow me." he said as he began to walk shortly followed by the others.
"So if that Ken person was his Martial Arts Master what were you?" asked Weiss.
"I was his instructor in the science of deduction." replied Sherlock. "He was also, in fact, the first and only child I ever instructed. I also represent the detective side of him."
"Hold on." said Yang feeling a little confused. "Science of deduction? He's a detective?"
"He is a detective in his own right but he uses his skills in a different manner." replied Sherlock. "For example noticing the her scent." he said looking at Blake.
"My scent?" asked Blake.
"The boy has acute senses and is able to distinguish people and things by scent among other things."
"So that's how he knew I was a Faunus?" asked Blake.
"He doesn't know what a Faunus is."
"Uh guys. Where's Nora?" asked Yang the eight looked around and saw Nora was no longer with them.
"Should've figured since she hasn't said anything for the last few minutes." sighed Ren.
"Where do you think she'd go?" Pyrrha asked Ren. Suddenly Sherlock's eyes widened.
"Is something wrong?" asked Ruby. At that Sherlock just took off running. The others became confused but followed shortly after. They went to a set of stairs that spiralled down from their current location. Once they arrived at the bottom they became surprised. The were in a hall but the were white with a number of red stains. Some of which almost resembled hand prints which would drag on a few inches.
"What is this place?" asked Ruby.
"This palace is somewhat similar to a thermometer." said Sherlock. "Highest temperature representing the most positive and thus the lower representing the negative."
"So we're in a dark part of his mind?" asked Ruby sounding worried.
"It's worse than that." replied Sherlock. "Although I'm certain he will not be happy with my telling you this the boy has a very...unique past to say the least."
"Unique how?" asked Weiss.
"As a newborn he was kidnapped and experimented on." replied Sherlock.
"That's horrible." said Ruby.
"Well you didn't think he installed a computer into his own mind, did you?" he asked.
"So then what is this place, exactly?" asked Ruby.
"There are others like him." responded Sherlock. "Some of them were awakened by him and he assured them he had deleted the parts of them that would impulse them to kill when in fact he merely transfered them here."
"How would he be able to transfer a part of someone else's mind into his own?" asked Weiss.
"Have you not been listening to a word I said?" asked Sherlock irriated before sighing. "Look for now we should just find your friend before she let's one of these creatures loose or worse."
"What would be worse than one of them being set loose?" asked Yang.
"One of them possessing her." replied Sherlock.
"They can do that?" asked Ruby.
"These creatures have a human appearance because they originate from the combination of information and the human psyche they could go into someone else's if they came here."
"So how bad are we talking?" asked Yang.
"The majority of the children were to be programed to be soldiers. Mindless drones who would attack anything upon command. If one of them were to go into one of you it would make you a danger to everyone." he said as they approached the end of the hall where they saw Nora standing in front of a steel door.
"Nora what are you doing?" asked Ren.
"Don't you hear it?" asked Nora. The group listened and heard silent weeping.
"What is that?" asked Jaune.
"Do you care about the boy?" asked Sherlock.
"What?" asked Ruby surprised.
"Do you lot care about the boy?" he asked again.
"Of course we do." said Weiss.
"We haven't known him that long but he's a part of our group." said Blake.
"Then on his behalf I ask that you wait for him to regain his memories. The boy has been through very personal things. Things which have jaded him."
"What do you mean?" asked Jaune.
"As I said I ask that you let him tell you. For now let us go to his current location." said Sherlock leading them up to the stairs. After three sets of stairs and five hallways they arrived at a blue door.
"Why is this place so big?" asked Yang irritated.
"You saw the books in the main room, yes?" They nodded. "The books that were in there are mere fragments. The majority of the information he has is stored within these walls."
"Really?" asked Ruby as she walked up to one of the walls which had strange marks.
"Indeed but do not touch them as the quantity information contained may be too much for one to handle." he added.
"Ruby?" asked Yang before turning to see Ruby with her hand near a wall which had what looked an arc. "Ruby!" she called out right when Ruby's hand touched the wall which caused a surge of electricity to go through her body. Yang ran up to her sister to try to pull her away from the wall but right before she had the chance to Ruby was shot into her.
"Ruby, are you okay?" asked Jaune as they approached the two fallen sisters.
"That is a lot of weapons." said Ruby a little dazed.
"What do you mean?" asked Yang as she helped her sister stand.
"The wall your sister just touched is where he stored the designs of every weapon he's mentally broken down." explained Sherlock.
"I think I found an awesome upgrade for Crescent Rose." said Ruby with a smile.
"Just be careful. If you intend to use the design of a Jericho missile to your weapon it will make it much more dangerous as every small rocket has the same destructive power as a full sized missile. In any case he is behind this door." he said before disappearing. The eight opened the door and inside they saw Scorch who stood on a blue mat.
"What is he doing?" asked Weiss.
"He is trying to look through his memories." replied a voice. The group turned and saw a woman with brown hair and green eyes in a pink sundress.
"Are you another construct?" asked Pyrrha.
"Yes but as opposed to Ken and Sherlock I'm not someone who trained him. I'm what you might consider like his foster mom." she replied. "My name is Aerith."
"So what is this place?" asked Ruby.
"Well every other room in this place is nothing but knowledge. This room holds his memories."
"So he's trying to remember?" asked Yang.
"Basically." replied Aerith. "I hope it wasn't too much trouble for you to come here."
"Of course not." said Yang. "I don't get why the kid called us though."
"He didn't call you. I did."
"Wait, what?" asked Jaune.
"As he is now he is desperate to uncover his memories because he feels there's something very important he must do. If he chooses to remain like this here his body will stay in its current state so I called you here to take him back." she explained. "His memories will return within the next few days. I must ask something of you."
"What is it?" asked Yang.
"Most of his memories are...unpleasant and they will be returning to him in his dreams so I ask that you be mindful of him."
"How bad are we talking?" asked Ruby concerned.
"Worse than any child should have to live." replied Aerith looking down. "Remember these words. When faced with a choice between hope and dispair it is always best to choose hope." she said as she walked up to Scorch and picked him up in her arms revealing he was unconcious. After she handed him to Blake who took him.
"So how do we leave?" asked Weiss.
"Just follow me." said Aerith as she opened the door. They followed her through two sets of stairs and three hallways until they were at a place with six doors. "Five of these doors lead to hidden places within this palace while the sixth is the exit."
"So how do we know which is the exit?" asked Yang. Aerith took Scorch's hand and held it out causing the fourth door to glow. "Oh. Well that was easy."
"Please watch over him."
"We will." said Blake before they went to the door and Ruby touched it causing them to be blinded by a bright light.
Shortly after the eight awakened back on the roof. They also saw Scorch who was now on the ground and beginning to stir before he got up.
"Team RWBYS please report to Professor Ozpin's office." said a voice through the intercom which they recognized as Professor Goodwitch.
"Great. Now what?" asked Weiss.
"Let's find out." said Ruby with a smile. They parted ways with Team JNPR and arrived at Professor Ozpin's office. Once inside they saw Professor Goodwitch standing next to Professor Ozpin.
"You wanted to see us?" asked Blake.
"Yes. I asked you here for two reasons." said Professor Ozpin. "The first was that Professor Goodwitch wanted to meet our new young recruit." he said before sipping his coffee. "So what do you think?"
"He seems far too young and he doesn't seem to have any of the skills you told me of."
"That's because you haven't seen him in battle." said Yang confidentely.
"And that was the second reason." said Professor Ozpin. "There is a small village who is having trouble with a pack of Ursi. You are to dispose of them and Professor Goodwitch shall accompany you to analyze young Scorch's abilities."
"Okay." said Scorch with a smile before bowing at Professor Goodwitch who sneered at him. About an hour later they were nearing the village when they spotted and Ursa near them. It hadn't noticed them so they began to sneak until Scorch jumped on it and punched both sides of its head with burning knuckles burning the inside of its head which killed it instantly. After he dragged it and threw it into a bush.
"Impressive." said Goodwitch.
"Can't let them know we're coming." said Scorch before they continued on. It wasn't long after that they arrived at the village which was being attacked by several Ursi. The five immediately ran in and began fighting against the Ursi but Professor Goodwitch kept an eye on Scorch. The first Ursa he ran up to was chasing after a woman. She became surprised when a wind seemed to surround him which formed a tornado around the Ursa as he moved within it.
"Fuujin no Mai Kai (風神の舞改 {Dance of the Wind God Remastered})!" he called out as the tornado sucked up the Ursa and spat it out from the top. Once in the air he grabbed it leg and spun it rapidly in the air before throwing it down and then landing on its neck hard enough to break it. Upon seeing this she noticed something. There was a light glow around his body. For a moment she wondered if that was from his aura but then noticed that the more he fought the brighter the light became. It wasn't until an Ursa was about to hit Ruby from behind that it engulfed him as he caught the Ursa's claws. Ruby turned and watched as his clothes became all red and changed to pants, a t-shirt, and a vest with fingerless gloves. They also noticed his hair had become red and was now spiked.
"Whoa." said Ruby as she saw him jump over the Ursa and flip it over before breathing out a stream of fire reducing it to ash. Afterwards he jumped back and looked around as he scanned the number of remaining Ursi. Once he got the number he went up to Weiss and whispered something in her ear.
"Are you sure?" she asked. He nodded. "Alright." she said before jumping back and holding out her fingers causing several Glyphs to appear at the feet of the remaining Urse which the shot them upwards. It was then he jumped and waved his hands apart causing several guns to materialize, including the gun forms of Crescent Rose, Gambol Shroud, and Magnhild, before two pistols appear in his hands. Once he saw they were in front of him he held out both guns.
"Artillery Buster V3!" he called out as he fired his two weapons causing all the weapons to fire a massive barrage which ripped apart the remaining Ursi. He remained in the air before all the weapons disappeared and he landed on the ground panting heavily.
"That was awesome!" said Yang before noticing the state he was in.
"I suppose he does have the skill to be at our school." said Goodwitch.
"That's uh not good, is it?" asked a panting Scorch as he pointed up. They looked and saw a Nevermore circling.
"Oh man." complained Yang. "We barely beat one of those last time."
"GaburiChomp! Volcanis!" they heard a voice call out. They turned to see Scorch holding a somewhat large red gun which resembled some kind of lizard. After they heard a strange melody play to which he began dancing to in a Break Dance style. After doing a flip he aimed the gun up.
"Fire!" he called out causing three energies to be shot out. The first armored his pants, the second his chest, and the last formed a helmet on his head. "The Blazing Brave!" he called out before jumping straight up. They became surprised that not only was he able to jump high. He went high enough to grab the Nevermore's foot. After he moved onto its head and began hitting it angering the massive bird like creature. As soon as it let out a shriek she jumped off it and flew off.
"What is he doing?" asked Yang.
"Leading it away from the village." replied Ruby before they ran in the direction the two had left in. Not long after they found a clearing where Scorch had landed with the Nevermore not far behind. Scorch turned with his hand held out causing a massive red and gold sword with saw like features to appear in his hand.
"Roar!" he called out as his body became engulfed in an aura that felt primal. After he slashed the Nevermore three times before following up with a fourth upwards. Then held his weapon with one hand on the blade as the aura became brighter until it almost seemed to explode. "I know no limits!" he called out as he began slashing it from several directions at increasingly rapid speeds before the aura formed a massive lizard like creature. "Zyuden Brave Finish!" he called out as he charged slashing the Nevermore one last time as the aura seemingly bit the creature causing it to compress around it causing an explosion which engulfed the creature. Afterwards he landed as he returned to his first state completely out of breath.
"Hey are you okay?" asked Ruby concerned.
"Thank you King." he said with a smile before passing out.
"It would seem he does not know to limit the use of his energy when he battles." said Goodwitch as Blake picked him up and noticed a smile on his face which made her a bit curious. Particularly about the 'King' he mentioned.
"Well then let us return." said Goodwitch. It wasn't too long before they arrived back at Beacon. Once there Professor Goodwitch went to Professor Ozpin's office while Team RWBYS returned to their dorm room where they were greeted by Team JNPR.
"Did something happen?" asked Pyrrha noticing Scorch was unconcious.
"Come into our room and we'll tell you." said Ruby. Once inside the four began to tell what had transpired as Blake put him in bed but when she was about to she noticed a dark red stain at the untucked part of his shirt. She placed him on the bed and noticed the stain became a bit bigger but was still very fresh. She lifted his shirt and that one of the scars that went up to his waist seemed to be slowly opening.
"Yang get me some bandages." ordered Blake.
"What? Why?" asked Yang confused.
"One of Scorch's scars is opening." replied Blake seriously.
"WHAT?" they asked surprised as they checked on the boy and saw Blake was right. At that Jaune left the room and returned with a first aid kit.
"Here." he said handing the kit to Blake. She opened it and looked through what was there. "I need someone to bring me something wet to clean the blood." It was then Ren left and returned with a bucket of water and some hand towels before he began to cleans the blood allowing them to see the original. At that Ruby also noticed a small bit of blood at the edge of Scorch's mouth so she opened to see if he was bleeding. She noticed a little blood on his teeth. She started wiping one of his teeth when she felt something sting her finger causing her to pull her hand back.
"Ruby, are you okay?" asked Yang.
"Yeah but Scorch's teeth have some blood in them." replied Ruby not noticing the small bit of her blood that had gone into his mouth.
"Let's see." said Weiss as she checked the boy's teeth.
"What exactly happened in your mission?" asked Ren.
"Well we fought some Ursi. Weiss launched them into the air and Scorch blew them apart with a bunch a guns that appeared out of nowhere and then we almost got attacked by a Nevermore but the kid pulled out some weird gun and when he fired the blasts armored him."
"Afterwards he got on the Nevermore and lured it away from the village we were helping so we chased after them. When we arrived his aura became much more savage and he destroyed the Nevermore but when he got back on the ground he was breathing heavily. Then he said something strange and lost conciousness." finished Blake as Ren finished cleaning the blood allowing Blake to patch him up.
"I think I may understand what happened." said Ren catching everyone's attention. "His aura. I think it allows him to regenerate at a rapid rate similar to Jaune's so he might've used a lot of his aura to destroy the Nevermore and because of this he was exhausted and his aura was unable to keep that wound closed."
"It makes sense." said Blake. "If the boy hold this many mysteries it stands to reason his aura would as well."
"So what should we do?" asked Ruby looking at the boy.
"We'll have to let him sleep." said Blake.
"So what was it?" asked Jaune.
"What was what?" asked Ruby.
"Blake said he said something before passing out. What was it?" asked Jaune.
"He said Thank You King." replied Blake.
"King?" asked Pyrrha confused. Blake nodded.
"You think he's friends with a King or something?" asked Nora. "Ooo. Maybe he's like a prince or something. What if we asked him to introduce us?"
"Calm down Nora." said Ren.
"There's one thing I'm still confused about." said Weiss causing them to turn to her. "I remember before that gun armored him there was a voice that said something weird."
"What did it say?" asked Pyrrha.
"I think it was something like Gaburichomp! And then it said Volcanis." replied Ruby. "Does that sound familiar to anyone?" Everyone shook their heads. It was then they heard a light humming and turned to Scorch who seemed to be the source.
"We're are unbeatable superstars. With our burning spirits fully charged, our hearts begin to pound. It's wonderful to make legends come true. Don't let anyone silence your bravery, always rise to the challenge. Does anyone really know where true strength lies? Instead of searching the whole world, just look inside your heart. Gaburichomp, Meccha Mucho. Today we're still going wild. Ikuze Kyoryuger. Kick some butt.. Go nuts. Take a bite out of your world. No one could ever stop you. Behold and tremble as we roar Zyuden Sentai. Vamola Kyoryuger." they heard him sing in his sleep as they watched him. "With unbending courage as tough as diamond. Time to knock the dinorsaurs awake and make friends with them. Like a slowly melting piece of ice. The time has now come. For the warriors of the great lizards. Everyone hesitates sometimes as they travel along. But wanting to be stronger everyday is the signpost to show the way. Gaburichomp. Meccha mucho. With the jaws that don't know how to hold back dash on now, Kyoryugers. Hard as nails. Getting charged up. Here's where you have to hang tough. Time to work together. You shake with excitement every time you hear them call. Zyuden Sentai. Vamola, Kyoryuger. Brave in. If you really care about something you'll want to protect it yourself. Let your brave heart burn so bright that it sends fear itself running. Gaburichomp. Meccha Mucho. Today we're still going wild. No one could ever stop you. You shake with excitement every time you hear them call. Zyuden Sentai, Vamola, Kyoryuger." he finished with a smile.
"Has anyone ever heard that song before?" asked Ruby. Once again everyone shook their heads.
"Melody of the earth." said Scorch before turning his back to them to get more comforable.
"It's like he gives us a riddle and then two more before we figure out the answer to the first one." said Yang.
In Professor Ozpin's office Professor Goodwitch had given her report on Scorch to Professor Ozpin.
"And? What did you think?" asked Ozpin.
"The boy displayed an understanding of combat strategy as well as an impressive degree of skill and power from someone so young." replied Goodwitch. "Have you found anything on the boy or his situation?"
"I'm afraid not. The boy appears to be a phantom." replied Ozpin.
"So what shall we do?" asked Goodwitch.
"I believe there is more to the boy's arrival than we can see so for now we will have to keep an eye on the boy." replied Goodwitch. "It is possible that the reason for his arrival was because he was in danger." he said looking out the window.