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Aodh then noticed that two airships arrived. One was clearly from Atlas by the design the other was from Vale. "Then I guess this is where we part ways."
"Yeah say if you ever get the chance to come back to Vale message me if I'm in town. Don't forget you still want that rematch." Aodh suggested as he smiled at Winter.
Winter wasn't expecting this off Aodh and stumbled in her response. "Yeah... I'd like that."
"Sounds good. Catch ya later Ice Queen."
"STOP CALLING ME THAT!" Winter shouted as she boarded her ship causing Aodh to laugh at Winter's expense.
Aodh continue'd to laugh as he entered his airship and the ship soon took off towards the kingdom of Mistral.
Volume 1: Chapter 2: Meeting up with the Old man.
Having spent nearly a full day inside an airship a relieved Aodh finally arrived in Mistral. Having sat so long in a tight space Aodh couldn't help but stretch his body. In truth he wasn't expecting to find his father straight away but standing outside the port when Aodh exited was none other than Qrow Branwen himself.
"Took you long enough." Qrow winked as his told off Aodh for being late.
"Nice to see you too old timer." Aodh retorted back.
"Old timer... that cuts me deep son..." Qrow dramatically reacted to Aodh's retort.
"Ahh well who cares. You up for a drink?" Aodh asked as he pointed to the nearest bar.
"Thought you'd never ask." Aodh laughed from his father's answer as they both walked to the Mistral branch of the Crow Bar.
The two of them sat right by the bar top as the bar man walked over. "So what do you two gents what to drink? Oh and I'm gonna needs some ID for you kid."
"Kid? Do I seriously look underage?" Aodh asked Qrow before he looked at the bar man for a few moments. He didn't know either to be angry or upset at someone thinking he was underage. "Alright fine i guess... I might need to grow a beard to stop this happening again." Aodh then pulled out his Huntsman's licence and showed it to the bar man.
The bar man looked at the license for several moments but something stood out above his age. "Get out! We don't serve your kind here!" Noted on the license under race was Faunus.
The bar man was slowly creating a scene as he continue'd to yell at Aodh. Suddenly a large sword slammed on the bar top shocking the bar man. "I'd prefer if you didn't insult my son like that... He's suffered enough from both sides." Qrow growled to the bar man causing him to freeze in fear. "Sorry kiddo. We'll find someplace else."
Qrow put his arm around Aodh and tried to help him out to find another, better place to drink. "Even though I no longer have my tail I still get some of this shit. He would've been none the wiser if he just didn't think I was underage."
"Well you take your youthfull appearance after your mother. Your faunus side as well." Qrow tried to console his son.
"Yeah but I can't really call myself a faunus anymore can I?" A depressed Aodh spoke.
Qrow then seen several faunus' walk out of another bar. "We'll go there." The two walked into the next bar and once more sat by the bar top.
"I seen what happened in the Crow bar. What do ya what kid?" The dog faunus bar man asked Aodh.
"At this stage i'll take anything" Aodh lowly spoke.
The bar man looked at Qrow asking to same question with out speaking. "I'll take a whiskey."
"Two whiskies coming right up." The bar man quickly delivered the two small glasses of whiskies to the two Branwens.
As there drinks arrived Aodh decided to change the subject and get to the topic that brought him there in the first place. "So what's the story so far over your investigation?"
"Well as far as you know I've been trying to track down the group who caused Amber's current state. The tracks run cold but I'm trying to find where they are from. Maybe I might get some information as to who we're up against. But I did discover one thing. They've teamed up with the White Fang." Qrow explained to Aodh. He then noticed his son's fists tighten in anger.
"The White Fang..." Aodh growled in anger.
"If we find any trail towards them I'll allow you to go after it. I'd go after him myself but Ozpin needs to know this information." By the time Qrow finished speaking Driu then pulled out a cigarette and begin smoking as they both continue'd to drink.
"You know those things will kill you y'know." The bar man said to Aodh.
"So will drinking. Doesn't stop us though." Aodh joked with the bar man.
"Damn right." The bar man and Qrow both replied. although the bar man continue'd muttering about losing his job.
"So when do we start?" Aodh asked Qrow.
"In a few hours. We have to head out west of the city towards the swamp area. It could get rough." Qrow nudged his son as he finished his sentence.
"Bring it on old man. I'm a lot tougher than I used to be."
"We'll see. Expect the unexpected son." Qrow informed his son.
The next day Aodh and Qrow were making there way towards the west of Mistral. "So I heard from Oz this morning over Ruby and Yang. It seems they are both in the same team and little Ruby's the leader." Qrow told Aodh.
"She's still not the youngest leader though haha. But i'm glad Yang's on the same team as her. Did Ozpin say who else was in there team?"
"Blake Belladonna and one little Weiss Schnee."
"Winter's sister!?" Driu was shocked for a moment but suddenly burst into laughing. After a fit of laughter Aodh wiped away a tear from his eye. "Aww I'd love to see Winter's face when she finds out her sister is in a team with my two cousins."
"So you ran into Winter then? Did she try or fight you or something else?" Qrow nudged his son and his quickly and repeatedly raised his eyebrows.
"Oh, I totally dominated her." Aodh quickly commented. he knew his father was trying to embarrass him.
"I knew you'd wipe the floor with her. Did she use her glyphs much?" Qrow laughed and patted Aodh's back.
"Oh we didn't fight... But I still dominated her." Aodh's reply left his father speechless.
"Y... You mean... you and W... Winter actually...?" Qrow suddenly stopped as he stuttered in response.
This time it was Aodh's turn to embarrass his father. "Nothing happened old man but you should see your face. Hahahaha."
"You little fucking bastard... Giving your dear and handsome father a heart attack." Qrow breathed a sigh of relief.
"Relax. As much as much as I'd want it to I couldn't see it happening. I mean a Schnee and a Faunus... I know the old saying opposites attract but I don't think so in this case."
"You like her though. Maybe more than Amber."
"Yeah but her being a Schnee tells me it ain't gonna work. Even more when she continually threatens to cut off my head each time we run into each other." Aodh smiled as he answered Qrow's question.
Qrow smiled back in response. "I don't know kid. Time changes people and there thoughts about things."
After walking several more miles the pair could feel vibrations from the earth as well as the sound of the earth crashing behind them. "That isn't a good sound." Aodh was slightly confused but when he turned he found a large stone giant rushing towards both of the Branwens.
"What the heck is that thing!?" Aodh shouted out loud in confusion.
"It's called a Geist and it's a possession type Grimm. It'll control any object it possesses and use them as an extension of its own body. It's using those rocks as it's external body to attack us." Qrow informed his son as the pair tried to avoid the large Grimm's swings.
"Why the hell haven't I seen a Grimm like this before!?" Aosh shouted towards Qrow.
"Possession Grimm are rare in Vale but mainly common in the kingdom of Mistral." Qrow informed Aodh.
"Okay but how do we deal with it!?" Aodh asked but instead of his father shouting the answer back to him he fired several dust rounds off as he started to battle the large stone Grimm.
Aodh then noticed the Grimm vigorously defending it's face mask. "Never mind... Your hints helped me." Aodh dryly responded.
Qrow cockily smiled back at his son. "It's what I do."
"Well distract that thing until I can get a clear shot." Aodh shouted as he grabbed both of his pistol knifes Scath + Solas and waited with in the cover of the trees nearby.
Qrow meanwhile continue'd to run around the Grimm until he spotted Aodh waiting. Transforming his sword into his trademark scythe Qrow jumped up towards the Geist. The large stone Grimm then tried to swat downwards as it attempted to crush Qrow like a bug.
However before the Geist's stone arm made contact with Qrow the huntsman activated his semblance and flew above the Grimm's attack. This left the front of the Geist's body exposed and open for a counter.
Waiting with the cover of the tree line and with a perfect line of sight Aodh activated his semblance. With time almost seemingly coming to a still Aodh took aim towards the yellow eye on the Geist mask. "Boom." Aodh softly spoke as he pulled the trigger on Solas.
A round of lighting dust fired directly into the Grimm's mask destroying it completely. With the Grimm destroyed the stone that it possessed fell back to the ground with thunders thuds.
"Well you certainly made that look easy. Good work kid you still have that killer shot."
"It helps when you have the time to take good aim. Anyway I'm starving now. What'd you say about getting food first thing when we arrive in the next the next town." Driu asked as his stomach growled. Soon Qrow stomach also done the same and growled back.
"Sounds good to me... Hopefully we're almost at the nearest village." The two then continue'd to walk down the road towards the west of Mistral.
Less than an hour later both Branwens arrived in a small village. They decided to call it a night and went to a local Inn to rest.
When they walked into the Inn, they quickly booked a room for a night and made there way down to get food and drink. When they took there seats Qrow suddenly froze. "It can't be!"
"What's up old man?"
"That skirt length!" Qrow quietly stated as he stared at the young waitresses skirt.
"Aww, come on she's not much younger than me you old perv!" Aodh felt ashamed at his father's perverted side.
"Hey! It's free to look isn't it?" Qrow stated as he raised his eyebrow. "Come on your a guy like your old man... You telling me you're not interested in this young woman over there."
Soon the young waitress walked over to both Qrow and Aodh. "Hello my name is Mia. Can I take your order."
"Thank you Mia. I'll have a steak with a whiskey please."
Mia then turned and looked at Aodh but his face suddenly felt warm. He couldn't help but blush as he stared at the waitress. Mia was also getting slightly rosey cheeked as well. "Ahmm... I'll have what's he's having." Aodh nervously and quickly ordered.
"Thanks, I'll be back with your orders soon." The now heavily blushing Mia then turned and walked towards the Inn's kitchen.
"Smooth going there, Casanova." Qrow softly stated to Aodh.
"Bite me!" Aodh growled back. Aodh felt he would never be able to live this day down.
And Cut!
few things to talk about in this chapter. first off i have changed Aodh's weapon as you can notice. it's no longer going to be a simple sword. Now Aodh's weapons are called Scath and Solas which means shadow and light. Scath will fire gravity dust rounds while Solas will fire lightning dust rounds. the gun part of the weapon will look like a Ruger Revolver while a Tanto blade will. be fitted at the top of the barrel acting sort of as a sight for the gun. The handle will then fold
As before as well i will be keeping Aodh as a faunus. I originally planned having him a faunus from the start when first written. I'll also be doing the same and going into depth over the loss of his tail in another chapter as well. he'll still be a cat faunus as well that part won't be changing.
Hopefully that'll have cleared a few things up. Now i've also posted a poll on my page and it will concern Volume 0. Now for those who haven't read the first part Volume 0 will cover Driu's time in Beacon as a student and will be posted between Volume 2 and 3. Now the poll is to let you vote on wither Volume 0 should happen or should i just go straight into Volume 3 instead.
Anyway i think that more than enough for A/N so let's roll with the Q&A!
1) Is Aodh's mother from the show or an OC? Yes she is an OC but won't be making a flashback appearance ina later chapter.
2) Who would you choose to be Aodh's voice actor? For voice actor i'd go for either Nolan North or Roger Craig Smith's voice.
3) What is going to be Aodh's Semblance? (This question was asked in the original post so updating the answer) Aodh's Semblance I have decided to call it Drift. It allows Aodh perception of time to slow down and increase his reaction time. While his semblance Aodh can react to anything extremely fast as long as his eyes can see it. It it sort of like Quicksilver Style from DMC.
4) If you were to make a RWBY character who's a good guy but based on a villain from DC or Marvel who would it be and why and which RWBY girl would ship them with? I'd be going with Marvel as i'm a Marvel before DC guy and i'll pick Sabretooth and pairing him with Neon. You would think I would say Blake but no. I fully support Bumble Bee!
So that's all for this chapter folks. If you have a question do feel free to post a review or PM myself. If I don't answer your question on next chapter's Q&A I will try to reply via PM. Thank you for reading this chapter. I hope you've all enjoyed it. Till next time!