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"Anything you say... Then how about this?" Before Winter could answer Aodh's question he pulled her in for a full on kiss on her lips.
The girls of Team RWBY squealed in shock as Winter who at first fought back but only to eventually submit to Aodh's sudden kiss. As the kiss ended Aodh gave a smug look towards Weiss who fainted in shock.
"WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT FOR?!" Winter shouted back at Aodh. Her face was as bright as a tomato.
"That was also a punishment for you as well. As they say two birds with one stone. This just means as far as i'm concerned it's three down and two to go." Aodh tired to defend his recent actions.
"WHAT THE HELL AM I BEING PUNISHED FOR?!" Winter now pulled out her sword and swung at Aodh. Ducking under her sword Aodh tried once more to calm Winter down.
"Hey, hey, hey! Calm down it was only a kiss nothing more!"
"THAT WAS MY FIRST KISS!" Seeing Winter's face Aodh had no other option but to run for it. "GET BACK HERE AND MAKE UP FOR IT!" Winter screamed as she gave chase leaving Team RWBY looking on wards still not fully processing what just happened.
Volume 2: Chapter 5: Extracurricular
It had been three weeks since the events involving Team RWBY's encounter with the stolen Paladins. Since that time Winter hasn't spoken to Aodh since he suddenly kissed her.
However he still had to look after his job at Beacon and was almost finished for today's classes. With the second semester well underway more or less all of the visiting schools had arrived and were taking part in classes while at Beacon. At the moment the match up was between Pyrrha Nikos and Team CRDL.
The match was brought up by Cardin himself and it wasn't long until Pyrrha easily defeated the group. With the match over with Aodh walked froward. "And that's the match."
"Lucky shot." Cardin groaned out as he held onto his ribs.
"Yeah keep telling yourself that." Aodh spoke under his breath having heard Cardin's comments. "Anyway we might have enough time for another match. Any one up for a match?" Aodh asked the group of students but found no response.
Aodh then noticed Blake looking away while she sat in the crowd.
"Belladonna." Blake's attention was put on Aodh as she was called out. "You haven't really been focusing in class. How about?"
"I'll go!" A hand was raised from with in the crowd.
Aodh then seen a silver haired boy stand up. "Mercury Black wasn't it? Okay let's see who you can go up against."
"Actually I'd look to fight you." Mercury stated as he pointed towards Aodh.
The whole class started to whisper amongst themselves inside the arena. "Okay then. I'll give you the same call as Cardin before. What type of match do you want to take part in? Weapon usage? Dust usage? Or just a simple hand to hand only match?."
"Oh I want a full on match. I don't want you holding back at all." A smug look formed on Mercury's face as he spoke to Aodh. The students from Beacon however looked on in shock and horror with the events of Team CRDL's match with Aodh still fresh from last semester.
"Fine... Get changed. I'll go message Professor Ozpin."
After a few moments of waiting Mercury made his way down to the arena floor. Aodh then pulled out a lien coin. "I'll flip it in the air. When it hits the ground the match begins."
With the coin floating in the air for several seconds before hitting the ground. Upon impact Mercury rushed towards Aodh who simply remained still. Mercury started off with a right roundhouse kick aimed towards Aodh head but it was avoided as Aodh simply ducked underneath Mercury's leg. Aodh then swept Mercury's standing foot causing the student to fall backwards onto his backside.
The class started to laugh at Mercury's expense as he lied on his back. But he quickly got back to his feet when he see Aodh about to stamp his foot onto his chest. Getting a bit of distance between them Mercury fired several dust rounds off towards Aodh.
As Aodh pulled out Scath and Solas he activated his semblance. Aodh then either ducked to avoid or sliced through the dust rounds fired by Mercury until he managed to get back within close range once more.
Seeing his opponent advance Mercury jumped towards Aodh and kicked him three times as he jumped through the air. It was the first time he had made contact with Aodh but when he looked at the projection of Aodh's aura levels see seen it was barely scratched. Mercury look on in shock and confusion. He was sure he hit Aodh several times at close range. He should've lost a larger amount of aura.
However Aodh noticed that something felt off about Mercury's kicks but he couldn't put his finger n what it was. "I'm impressed I have to say. Not many students have actually hit me."
"Well then.. Don't get too cocky!" Mercury stated as he rushed towards Aodh once more. However Aodh was finding it more easy to find several weak points in Mercury's attacks but thought it would be better to let Mercury run out of stamina.
After missing nearly thirty kicks Mercury was nearing the end of his patience. As he continue'd with his attacks Mercury thought feint attack. His plan was to use a high side kick aimed at Aodh's face. Aodh would block with his hands and push Mercury back. Mercury hoped this would leave enough space for him to attempt an uppercut style axe kick to Aodh's exposed jaw.
However as Mercury thrusted forward Aodh ducked underneath his exposed high leg. As Mercury moved forwards unbalanced he turned to find Aodh hit him with his own high side kick on his jaw.
"That was far too easy to read. Once your footwork is messed up with it becomes so much easier to counter." Aodh popped at Mercury.
"I WILL NOT LET YOU MAKE A FOOL OUT OF ME!" Mercury this time snapped and charged once more at Aodh. He went for another high side kick towards Aodh but this time his foot was caught.
"I'm not making a fool out of you. With my semblance you never stood a chance kid. So quit your bitching. However... I did notice something that caught my attention." Aodh grinned as he activated the fire dust in with the glove of his free hand.
But just as his fiery hand was about to grab hold of Mercury's leg he shout out. "I quit!"
Instantly Aodh's hand stopped moving as he pushed back Mercury. But before the silvery grey hair student could get up to his feet but has pulled out by his collar by Aodh. "There is no quitting in the wilds kid."
At this moment Winter just happened to be walking by and noticed something was off with Aodh. "Wouldn't it be best if you let go of your student Mr. Branwen?"
Aodh noticed Winter speaking to him and with annoyance showing deeply on his face he let go of Mercury. "Just know in the field a normal opponent won't give you the luxury of allowing you to give up so easily. Count yourself lucky that you done this in a classroom environment."
"But learning so much fun." Mercury stated back to Aodh sarcastically.
"Do you think life and death is a game? Just know one thing you little shit. If this fight was out in the wilds or a mission you'd be dead. Cause the Grimm won't stop and Bandits don't stop when you say I quit!" Aodh snapped back catching Mercury and the whole class off guard by his out burst. But before he could continue the bell rang out to end class. "That's it for today. And as a reminder there is a dance this weekend. But also remember you'll each have your first mission on monday. No excuses!"
Aodh then allowed the class to leave as he made his way towards Winter but found the elder Schnee had already left. "This is gonna be a pain."
(Mercury and Emerald)
"That was a risky move. You're lucky Cinder wasn't in that class with us otherwise she would've ended you. You were supposed to challenge Pyrrha." Emerald snapped at Mercury who honestly couldn't care less.
"Bite me. I wanted to see what the fuss about this guy was. Now understand a bit why Roman fears the guy."
"How good is he?"
"I know he was toying with me. Fucking bastard making a fool out of me." Mercury gritted his teeth with annoyance as he started to walk away. "And to make it worse he knows about my legs. That's why I had to quit before being exposed."
"Wait... How the hell would be know something like that?"
"No idea. His dad is supposed to be Qrow isn't he. Then maybe... We have to tell Cinder."
"What!?" Emerald asked Mercury but he didn't answer back. "What the hell is it?"
"I think he might know who we are!"
(Aodh)
Aodh walked around Beacon for a while hoping to run into Winter. due to her intervention in class he knew she was in the area but it really did seem like she was all out avoiding him. As he walked around Beacon he ran into someone who walking towards the arena.
"Hey Professor how are you?"
"I'm doing fine Mr. Branwen. I was on my way over to your class but i seem to have missed the end of your lesson. I suppose now you might be out looking for Miss Schnee."
"What? Pfft no... Why? What make you say that?" Aodh nervously tried to laugh off what he hoped was Ozpin's guess.
"Just a guess it seems." Ozpin stated as he showed a slight smile on his face. "However something more important had been drawn to my attention that I wished to speak to you about. As you know this year we are allowing first year students to shadow fully trained huntsmen and huntresses. I've noticed however you haven't put you name down on one of the missions. Would you be able to explain why that is Mr. Branwen?"
"Oh that well you see Professor my type of missions are either a long haul village protection go in kill all the Grimm and get the hell out of dodge. It's not really a mission a couple of first year students should be taking part in as well y'know. Beside i'd rather not let students get involved in a mission like Obsidian."
"I suppose you are right but there is only one of those missions that was recently posted. I suppose I could put you name down with another Huntsman to make it safer. Wouldn't you agree?"
"I don't know Professor but... I'll think about it over the weekend."
"Then I understand Mr. Branwen. I'll keep the offer open for the moment. Just let me know if you decide to change your mind." Ozpin then turned to leave Aodh with his thoughts.
Aodh was in heavy thought for several minutes. A voice spoke out to him breaking his trail of thought. "Standing out in the open looking like that isn't something you should be doing."
Aodh then seen Winter standing behind him. "Oh, Hey Winter. How's it going?"
"Fine... I heard what Professor Ozpin said to you a few moments ago."
"Ohh."
"Listen Aodh it's your choice to make. I can't nor will I stop you. Just make sure you think it's the right choice." Winter then turned to leave Aodh to his thoughts once more.
"Hey Winter before you go umm." Aodh spoke out to Winter to get her attention but suddenly got nervous. "I... I want to apologize for what happened. I'd like to make it up to you by taking you the school's Vytal Festival dance on Sunday. Could be a bit of fun. What do ya think?"
"8pm sharp. And don't be late or else." Winter instantly stated as she turned to leave.
Aodh stood silent as he watched Winter leave. 'Hold on for a second! I thought she was mad at me!?' Aodh thought to himself. "Women are too confusing."
(Cinder's group)
"I'll give you a chance to explain your actions." cinder demanded an answer as she sat on her bed sewing a dress.
"I wanted to see what he could do." A nervous Mercury responded.
"And?"
"He's good. I wouldn't stand a chance if he took me seriously. Emerald might be able to beat him but Roman has told us what his powers are and he never used them against us. I think he might contact his old man and bring him to Vale."
"I doubt he knows who you are. Not even Qrow does so it shouldn't be too much for us to handle so far. We just need someone to bargain with him. Do you think using his family could work?" Cinder asked.
"Actually one person spoke towards Driu and he stopped right away. The older Schnee Winter." Emerald informed Cinder.
"What do you mean?" Cinder asked Emerald.
"He found out about my robotic legs and was gonna fry them with his lightning dust. Winter told him to stop and so he did. And after hearing what he done in his first day he's not afraid of going to far to get his point across."
"She could be useful them... Interesting. Add her to the list. Now get some rest. We have a fun weekend ahead of us." A smile grew in Cinder's face as her ever changing plans was slowly starting to fall together.
And cut!
So that wraps up another re-mastered chapter of Son of Qrow. I hoped you've all enjoyed it but let's get on with this chapter's Q&A!
1) If you could make a new RWBY character for the show that was a hero but you could only base them off of a comic book super villain who would it be and why that villain in particular? Tough one... There would be two in my eyes that you could use. The first being Dark Phoenix but the other one is the who'd i go with and that is Thanos. (both Marvel Villains yes, but i'mma Marvel guy) Why Thanos well one reason is the Infinity Gauntlet simply replace the Infinity stones with Dust crystal. Not to mention he is the Villain with the highest death count going into the millions or even possibly billions. So if he's a hero let's just say he knows how to kill so that's the Grimm dealt with. This guy would be so OP in the RWBYverse it wouldn't even be fair.
2) Is Winter being OOC? Well i don't really know much about Winter to say if it truly is an OOC. From one or two episodes i myself find it hard to tell and i'm writing what i think she would act like in this case.
3) What is Aodh and Winters ship name? never really thought of a shipping name but I did think of something and I came up with White Flame. White cause of winter and Flame because Aodh in Irish mean fire.
4) What do you think would happen if a Drunk Qrow met with Drunk Burnie? I would see it as a drunk Qrow and Taiyang. Why I see both Taiyang and Church as extensions of Burnie. One being the gamer the other being a parent. So my guess is fucking chaos and lots of catbugs.
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!