Alright back once more for another chapter of Son Of Qrow! First chapter of cannon here now so with out delay let's get started! Enjoy!
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Ozpin calmly looked at Aodh for a few moments before breaking the silence after drinking a sip of his coffee. "If you believe this is the best course of action to take then I suppose so but I do not agree with your methods... But then again I did select you to teach at this school simply because you would think outside of the normal perimeters. I suppose for the time being I will let this pass. But if it happens again I wish to know before you take any action. Understood."
"Yes Headmaster."
"Good, then I suppose you wish to see Amber tonight?" Professor Ozpin asked Aodh.
"Actually Professor I was actually going to check out with Ruby and Yang. I haven't seen the two of them in a while and wanted to catch up with them."
"I understand. Glynda will assist you in the second year students tomorrow. But i must ask, please don't repeat the same events as today Mr. Branwen."
"I can't make any promises like that." Aodh chuckled in response as he left Ozpin's office.
Volume 1: Chapter 7: The Stray and her Teacher.
Aodh walked through the hallways of the student dorms. The clear sound of his shoe clicking as he walk echo'd through them. It was early in the evening so he was expecting more noise coming from the students dorms but he couldn't hear anything. When he arrived at Team RWBY's dorm he knocked on the door five times.
"Hello?" Ruby answered as she opened the door before jumping on top of Aodh. "AODH!"
"Hey Rubes just checking up how you and firecracker are getting on."
"Oh we're y'know, normal knees and stuff." Ruby nervously answered.
"I'm telling you stop calling him riff-raff." Aodh could hear Blake's voice as she shouted to one of her team mates.
"Normal huh?"
"Yeah I know... Please help me." Ruby begged Aodh with her signature puppy dog eyes. It was very super effective on her older cousin.
"I suppose so then." Aodh lazily groaned.
"Yeah! Hey Yang, guess who's here!" Ruby jumped for joy as she walked into her dorm room.
"Aodh!" Yang's quickly hugged her older cousin. "What are you doing here? Haven't you got classes to prepare for tomorrow or something?"
"Professor Goodwitch is gonna be helping me out with introductions for the first classes I have with each student year. Your first year classes just happened to be the first one today. Again sorry about going over the top." Aodh apologized once more as she sheepishly rubbed the back of his head.
"That's okay, Cardin is nothing more than a bully. In fact a lot of student were glad someone put him in his place. He's been known to bully faunus students in particular." Blake responded to Aodh. However Blake's last comment seemed to have been focused towards Weiss.
"Is that so... huh. Maybe I should've thrown him over the cliff then." Aodh looked annoyed by what Blake said as he softly spoke. However Blake's sensitive hearing picked up what he softly said. Although she knew she was the only one to hear what Aodh just said she didn't want to question him over it.
"I'm guessing you would've thrown him over the cliff is he would've said anything to you over you being a faunus and all." Ruby in her innocence flat out told Weiss and Blake of Aodh heritage.
"WHAT!" Both Weiss and Blake shouted at the top of their voices but for two different reasons.
"Oh yeah... Kind of forgot to mention that to them... He he, sorry." Ruby apologized.
"No sweat Rubes. So in case your wondering yes, I am still related to both Ruby and Yang and I am a faunus. If you wish to know my mother was a faunus while my father who just so happens to be Ruby and Yang's uncle is human. However due to a past issue that I do not wish to speak about I no longer have my faunus feature. But still a faunus." Aodh stated as he smiled at Weiss and Blake.
"You... lost your feature..." Blake seemed visibly stunned and some what scared by this new information. Aodh noticed a slight twitch on the bow in the top of her head.
"You wouldn't happen to know a certain monkey faunus rapscallion would you?"
"Excuse me?" Aodh asked Weiss with a slightly annoyed tone in his voice. He was about to snap back at Weiss but was cut off by Blake instead.
"Stop calling him that!" Blake shouted at Weiss.
"What the heck happened between those two?" Aodh asked Ruby and Yang while Blake and Weiss' argument continue'd in the background.
"They've been like this since we went to the docks this afternoon." Ruby told Aodh.
"Well what started it all." Aodh asked with a soft voice.
"We ran into a faunus the police were chasing. And Weiss said a few... Words about him. That caused what you're hearing now." Yang informed Aodh of what occurred.
"I'm a victim!" Weiss shouted out grabbing the attention of everyone in the room. "You want to know why I despise the White Fang? Why I don't particularly trust the faunus? It's because they've been at war with my family for years. War, as in actual bloodshed. My grandfather's company has had a target painted across its back for as long as I can remember. And ever since I was a child, I've watched family friends disappear. Board members executed. An entire train car full of Dust, stolen. And every day, my father would come home, furious. And that made for a very difficult childhood."
"Weiss, I." Ruby tried to comfort her partner
"No!" But Weiss shoot her efforts down and stared directly at Blake. "You want to know why I despise the White Fang? It's because they're a bunch of liars, thieves and murderers!"
"Well maybe we were just tired of being pushed around!" Blake suddenly realized what she just said and looked around the room in shock. she quickly bolted out of the dorm.
"Blake, wait. Come back!" Ruby shouted out and was about to run after Blake but found Aodh's hand on her shoulder.
"I'll go talk to her Rubes. You and Yang stay here for now." Aodh softly spoke as he reassured his cousin. "And as for you." Aodh now however changed his line of sight towards Weiss.
Weiss was currently looking down at the floor and was expecting another shouting match. "I'm finding it hard to believe that you are actually Winter's little sister."
"Wait you know my sister Winter?" A stunned Weiss asked.
"Yes... And she also knows i'm a faunus and not once did she ever call me out for being one. You know why?" Aodh asked a silent Weiss.
"Because learnt one simple little thing about the Schnees and the White Fang. There are always and I mean always two sides to every coin. And they both weigh the same. You think that only one side can call themselves the only victims in this... That is simple short of impossible. Just remember that next time you speak to Blake."
"So are saying you and Winter are supporting the White Fang then!" Weiss shouted back at Aodh.
"It's not about who's right and who's wrong! There no backing in this argument!" Aodh snapped back his eyes turned crimson red in his anger as he directly stared into Weiss' shocked light blue eyes. He took a few moments before he calmed himself down. "And for your information I would never agree with the actions the White Fang are taking. But I simply acknowledge the arguments of both sides since I am a part of each race."
Aodh then started to walk out of the dorm. "I'll be seeing Team RWBY in class next week." Aodh stated before he left.
(Outside of Beacon Academy)
Blake with tears in her eyes ran as fast as she could out side of Beacon but stopped outside of the statue of an armored man with a sword and a hooded woman wielding an axe on an outcropping. But she mostly stared at the Beowolf below the stone heroes.
She wipes away the tears in her eyes as she unravels the bow at the top of her head revealing a pair of cat ears.
"Wait!" She heard a voice calling out to her. Blake turned to see Aodh running towards her. She turned to run away once more.
"Stop! I know who you are!" Aodh shouted out from the top of his lungs.
"What?" Blake stopped in her tracks and slowly turned around to face Aodh who had now caught up to her.
"I said... I know who you are. Or at least I recognize you at least."
"I... I don't understand."
"Your ears." Aodh's comment It was hard to tell under the bow but... You used to go to the White Fang rallies when they just done boycotts and protests."
"We're you there as well?" Blake asked Aodh. Aodh chuckled in response.
"I'll explain later. But right now I can tell both you and Weiss need some time apart. So come on." Aodh then started to walk towards where the shuttle was that dropped students off to Vale.
"Where are you going?"
"To my apartment I don't live on campus."
"Doesn't every teacher or professor live here?"
"Well yeah but only me, Ozpin and professor Goodwitch live in Vale. They chose to stay here while the rest of the staff live too far away to travel back and forth every day. Now come we're wasting time." Aodh then motioned for Blake to follow which she did.
(Aodh's Apartment)
Having not been home for several weeks Aodh was expecting some dust in his apartment but he was shocked to find it spotless. "Hold on why this place so clean?"
"Ruby and Yang would come down here once every two week to keep it clean for you. They asked if Weiss and I could come down and help but we never did."
"Huh... I'll have the thank the little squirts next time then." Aodh chuckled as he made his way towards the kitchen area. "Would you like tea or coffee?" Aodh asked Blake.
"I'd like some tea please." Blake softly responded as she sat down in one of Aodh's sofas. Next to the sofa however was an old photo.
When she looked at the photo she could see four people. The first person she seen was a young Aodh without his beard. He had a wide smile on his face and she noticed a tail behind Aodh. Next to Aodh was a smaller woman older than what he was. she had a light brown complexion, with short straight brown hair. Blake then noticed a beauty mark below her left eye. She too was brightly smiling in the photograph. She was seemed to be very close to Aodh as she seen how close both were psychically in the photo. Before she could look at the other members Aodh arrived back.
"Here you go." Aodh handed Blake her cup as he sat in the sofa opposite to the one Blake was sitting on. "You don't mind if i have a smoke do you? I haven't had one all day."
"I don't mind." Blake answered Aodh before there was an awkward silence after Aodh lit his cigarette. Blake then broke the silence. "I'm guessing since you recolonized me you used to be part of the White Fang then?" Blake asked Aodh .
"No... I never was. My mother was though. Although she died just as they started to turn dark." Aodh answered Blake as he took another drag. "Y'know... I never thought the former member of the White Fang Ozpin told me about would have been you."
Blake looked slightly scared when Aodh spoke. "What do you mean?"
"A simple Bow on the top of your head isn't gonna hide you from the past Blake. You have four years as a student at Beacon. Some one would've found out eventually. Running away won't help you or others."
"If you know running away won't solve anything then why bring me here."
"Two reasons, one of which I already said. And you both needed space away from each other so you're not running away. And the second is as your teacher at Beacon I cannot let any student sleep in the streets. Even if it was for one night."
Blake stared at Aodh for a moment trying to find something to say back but couldn't think of anything.
"If you're worried about me knowing you were in the White Fang you don't have to worry. I'm not gonna judge you."
"But the stuff i've done won't." Blake softly responded but was cut off by Aodh asking a question.
"Did you enjoy what you did?" Blake didn't respond to Aodh question the first time. He then asked again this time more softly. "Did you enjoy doing what you did in the White Fang, Blake?"
Blake looked down at her cup before she responded. "At first I though we were making a difference but over time I began to hate myself for what I was doing."
"Then that Blake makes the difference. I'm glad Adam never twisted you mind like he has to so many young faunus." Upon mention of Adam's name from Aodh's mouth Blake utterly froze in fear.
"Wait you said Adam. You know him!?" A shaken Blake asked Aodh. Aodh never responded with words. He simply pointed towards the photo She was looking at earlier. She was shocked to see Adam beside Aodh.
"Adam was once in my team at Beacon. The other one is Roman Torchwick. I keep that photo here to remind me of my failure as a team leader." Aodh responded before Blake could ask what he felt she was going to ask.
"Then if you know him you'll know why I have to hide."
"Hiding from Adam won't help you Blake... And it won't help others... We'll talk more in the morning before we both go back to Beacon. There's a spare room over there. You'll be free to use it for tonight. The bathroom is over there is you feel you might need to go during the night."
"Thank you." Blake then stood up and walked into the spare bedroom. When she left Aodh deeply sighed.
Several hours later while still in the night there was movement coming from the spare room. Aodh by this stage was fast asleep and did not wake. Once Blake had left his apartment she made her way outside the building only to hear a voice speak out to her.
"I knew you'd look better with out the bow."
And Cut!
So what's everyone thinking of Volume 4 so far? Honestly I'm loving it so far as we are seeing so much character development! Plus MORE DRAGON GRIMM!
But anyway i hope you all enjoyed this chapter so we'll get going with this chapter's Q&A!
1) Which anti-hero (Not Deadpool) from any show, comic/manga, or movie do you think could work as a arch-rival for Aodh and why ? I honestly love a good Anti-Hero so this has been hard for me the choose. You could go Batman, Wolverine, The Punisher, Angel, Spike, Spike Spiegel (Not a writing error the first Spike is from Buffy), Vegeta, Alucard, Scar, Light Yagami. But i'd go for Han Solo from Star Wars. I feel he would be a perfect fit for Aodh as a rival.
2) Will this story feature any Lemons? A flat out no. The reason behind this is simply I don't feel I have the writing ability to put my thought into words on this subject.
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!