Chapter 7- Orion

Blake and I had finally stopped rolling, and she'd ended on top of me with her arms around my neck. Before either of us could say anything I heard a loud crack and looked over her shoulder to see that Neo had tried to sneak attack the blond, just to be blocked by one of Blake's friends' weapons. A rapier. I turned back to Blake as the three girls started fighting.

"I'm sorry, Blake. I'm just as happy to see you, but we should break them up before Neo beats them too bad." Blake just laughed some more and climbed off me. "I don't know how she'd do that. Weiss and Yang are both pretty good-" she fell silent when she turned around. Neo had already disarmed Weiss and had the rapier in her hand. She was standing on Yang's arms, making her gauntlets useless. She held the rapier to Yang's throat and her own parasol blade to Wiess, who was complaining that Neo was holding Mrtynaster with improper technique. I couldn't help but chuckle at Blake's expression.

"Come on, Neo. Why've you gotta be like that? They're friends of a friend!" Neo looked at the other two suspiciously, but handed Myrtenaster back and leapt off Yang. Immediately, yang was on her feet and after Neo, but I stepped in before anything could happen. I deflected all her blows to the side with my eyes closed, using my semblance, and tripped her to end it. Yang got back up to attack again, but all three of her friends held her back.

"Argh! What're you doing, Ruby?! That ice cream bitch tried to kill you too!" -I turned and raised an eyebrow at Neo, who shrugged and looked at the ground- "Yes," the hooded girl yelled back, "but we don't stand a chance against either of them, let alone both of them! And besides, Blake seems to know that guy really well and I'm willing to listen to an explanation if they have one!"

"Well I'm not." The blond replied. She seemed to calm down, though she still glared at Neo. Her friends let go and Yang walked away toward the tall building behind us. I watched her go with my semblance and turned back to the others.

"It's really good to see you again, Orion, but what're you doing with her?" Blake questioned, pointing toward Neo "She's with Cinder and the others. She helped in both grimm attacks on this city."

"I'm sorry, I didn't know your team had run into her before. She used to work for the leaders of the grimm invasions, but after Torchwick died she was kicked out. Now the White Fang and worse things are after her. We've come in the hopes you could help us." Blake nodded slowly, but Weiss wasn't so sure. "How do you know we can trust him? She's a criminal! Maybe they're both working for Cinder!" Now Blake was shaking her head.

"We can trust him, I know it. He has a knack for helping people escape from past lives." She looked back to me and smiled. "He's the one who helped me after I left the White Fang. He provided for me for months and treated me like family before I decided to come here to Beacon. I haven't seen him since. As for Neo, I'm willing to give her a chance. After all, I was in her shoes once. Everyone has a past."

I'd always had a weakness for reformed criminals. I've helped countless Faunus escape the White Fang before, but Blake certainly stood out against the rest. The leader of the White Fang, Adam Taurus, had been searching for her himself. He'd tracked us down once, but he had a bad habit of underestimating the abilities of individuals. This was lucky for me, because otherwise I probably wouldn't have beat him. Only by Blake's request had I left him alive.

The feline faunus turned back to me, snapping me out of my thoughts. "Let's go talk to Professor Ozpin. I'm sure he'd be willing to enroll you two and give you the school's protection. As for Yang, though, I'm sure she won't be happy." I gave her another hug.

"Thank you, Blake. I knew you'd understand. As for you, Ruby, are you okay with this?" Ruby gave a shrug. "If Blake believes you, I'm sure not gonna disagree. Besides, I totally beat that girl and her boss! No hard feelings here! Welcome to Beacon!" I couldn't help but notice Neo glaring at Ruby. Her grip on her parasol tightened too. "Thank you. Let's go," I said before Neo could do anything rash.

Neo

Professor Ozpin's office was at the top of the large building where Yang had stormed off to. The silver haired man was sitting behind his desk, looking out his window. His legendary cane of unknown power was leaned up against his desk and he held a coffee mug.

The professor spun his chair around to look at us when we entered. His eyes seemed to bore into me as I approached his desk with the others. Blake took the lead, walking right up to the desk. "Good morning, Professer."

"Good morning, Miss Belladonna. Miss Schnee. Ruby. Who are your friends? I've never seen them before, though I believe I've heard of you, Miss-" he looked at me inquisitively. I just looked down at my feet and started twisting my boot into the floor. After a moment of silence Orion spoke up for me. "Her name's Neopolitan. She doesn't talk much. In fact, I've yet to hear her voice myself. My name is Orion."

Ozpin nodded in understanding. "I see. It's a pleasure, but last I heard you were working with Cinder Fall and Roman Torchwick. Is that correct? And I see you both have luggage. May I ask why?" I nodded in response, still looking at the floor.

"She was kicked out of the group after Roman Torchwick's death. Now the White Fang and Cinder are after her. I was hoping you'd be willing to lend them the protection of the school, and maybe even enroll them, if it's not too much to ask," Blake informed the headmaster.

He raised an eyebrow at her, looking over his tiny glasses skeptically. "And what proof have you seen to support this?"

"As I'm sure you remember, I used to be a part of the White Fang. Orion is the one who helped me and kept me alive until I came here to Beacon. He's like the father I never knew. If he says it's true, then I personally have no doubt in my mind that Neo doesn't work for those people anymore." Ozpin nodded again, then looked back at Orion and me.

"So, Orion, why are you hiding behind those sunglasses of yours? It's not the most inviting look, I must say." Orion smiled back.

"I'm sorry sir, but I got tired of people staring." And with that he removed his aviators and revealed his mismatched eyes. Even Blake seemed surprised. 'Surely she's seen him without the glasses, right?' Ozpin, on the other hand, kept his cool.

"It's interesting that both of you would have heterochromia iridum," he continued as his gaze turned to me. I could feel him looking into my eyes, taking them in. To show off a bit I switched the eye color to match my hair, prompting a chuckle from the headmaster. "Now that's a neat parlor trick. I think you'll fit in here just fine, after everyone gets over the fact that you almost killed Yang and brought about two grimm invasions." I looked back at the ground

Blake jumped in before anything else could be said. "She will fit in? So you're accepting them into the school?" He replied with a slow, deliberate nod.

"In fact I have the perfect team in mind. Just the other day I was contacted by General Ironwood. He has in custody one Yellowjacket and one Xavior. Apparently they're brother and sister and were caught trying to rob a bank. Ironwood thought they could thrive if given the proper environment, and who better to provide that than me, right?" He let out a light chuckle and then took on a very serious tone, staring daggers right at me. "But don't think I'm doing this for free. As soon as your team is settled, you will be assisting teams RWBY and JNPR in their hunt for Cinder Fall, Mercury Black, Emerald Sustrai, and Adam Taurus. I'm sure they'd go on this hunt regardless of whether I allowed them or not, and if I've assigned it then at least they'll have your help. Neopolitan and Orion, meet me in the central commons at 5 o'clock. There I'll introduce you to your new teammates and the rest of the school. Until then, Blake, would you mind showing our new students around the school? They'll be staying in dorm E636."

Blake gave a short nod "I'd be happy to, sir." Ozpin nodded back and took a keychain with four keys on it out of his drawer. He held them out to me and I happily took them, glad to finally move after this nerve-racking discussion. Something about Ozpin set me on edge. 'Nobody's actually this kind, right? There's gotta be a catch,' I thought as Blake lead us all back to the elevator.

Weiss and Ruby had stuff to do downtown, so Orion and I were left alone with Blake. She started showing us around the school, but for the most part she was just catching up with Orion. I soon grew bored of walking in circles and listening to the two of them chat, so I slipped a room key into Orion's coat pocket and slipped away as silently as I could. I teleported before either of them could notice I had gone.

Hello again everyone! I'm still pretty far ahead in writing the chapters, so I'm going to keep up the two chapters a week.

SPOILER ALERT:

Neo's about to find herself face-to-face with Yang, but now they'll be alone! Check back next week to see what happens!