So with a new year comes the first new chapter for Son of Qrow! and also the start of Volume 3! Enjoy!
Disclaimer: RWBY is owned by Monty Oum (RIP) along with Rooster Teeth.
Volume 3: Chapter 1: The Calm before the Storm.
It was a week until the Vytal festival and Professor Ozpin was going over Beacon's eight teams that were selected. "Are you sure you wish to put them in the front line like this?" He asked a hooded figure.
"Yes. I know they will be warry of something. But I must ask you Oz... Are you sure she is the right fit?" The hooded figure asked Ozpin.
"Ever since the day I met her, I had the feeling she would be the one. She's strong, intelligent, caring, but most importantly... I believe she's ready Aodh." Ozpin leaned forward as he spoke to the hooded Aodh.
"As much as I trust you Oz I'll be testing that myself... After all I was Amber's partner here at Beacon. If Pyrrha Nikos is going to finish her story. I wish to give her one final test myself." Aodh stated as he started to walk
"You know if you use Scath and Solas she'll know it is you. The same could be said for your face under that hood."
"I have that already taken care of. I will be taking a page from Raven's book in both her mask and choice of weapon. I'll be back later this evening. Have a good day Oz!" Aodh waved back at Ozpin as he left his office.
(Downtown Vale)
With the festival a week away the school term was taking somewhat of a mid term break. This allowed the teams taking part in the tournament a chance to relax or hone there skills before the tournament began.
Currently in a cafe in Vale was Team JNPR. They were one of the three lucky first year teams that were picked for the tournament and were in the middle of preparing for the events. "So Team RWBY's going off the Patch then. What do you think we could do to get ready?"
"Oh, oh, oh!" An excited Nora threw here hand into the air in order to get attention. "I have no idea!"
Ren and Jaune could help but face palm towards Nora antics while Pyrrha silently laughed into her hand. "Well what I do is simply relax. We should be looking forward to a fight with actual guidelines, and not, well... Murderers."
"If we're gonna relax I say we hit the arcade!" Nora shouted with excitement as she grabbed Ren and dashed off towards the nearest arcade.
"NOOOOORRrraaaaaaaaaaaaa!" Ren's screaming voice faded as they left Jaune and Pyrrha alone at the cafe.
"Well you don't see that everyday... So what do you wanna do Pyrrha?" Jaune asked his partner.
Pyrrha didn't know how to answer Jaune's question but when she finally noticed that it was just her and Jaune. "Actually, right now i'm perfectly fine here." Pyrrha answered as she smiled at Jaune.
The pair then continue'd to sit in the cafe and do nothing but talk and enjoy the other's company. But slowly Jaune was starting to see Pyrrha differently. He wasn't quite sure how but the thought process leading him was cut short as an explosion could be heard.
"What was that?" Jaune asked out loud.
"I have no idea but it was in the direction that Nora and Ren ran off towards." Pyrrha stated with a worried tone in her voice.
"Come on let's go!" Jaune stated as the pair ran towards the explosion.
When they arrived they seen that the explosion was at the arcade as they could see people lying facedown on the ground. Pyrrha then noticed Ren and Nora. "Jaune they are over here!"
Rushing over there there team mates Pyrrha checked to see if they were okay. "They're both fine just out cold. The force of the blast must've knocked them out."
"I checked everyone else nearby and they seem fine as well. I seems they got lucky with that explosion." Jaune reassured Pyrrha.
"You don't have to worry so much." A new much deeper voice spoke to both Jaune and Pyrrha. The two members of Team JNPR were stunned and froze in shock. "I made sure that they were all knocked out before causing the explosion."
Slowly Jaune and Pyrrha turned around to see the man standing behind them. Standing in the center of the road was a man wearing a black hoodie with simple blue jeans. But that wasn't what scared them. covering his face was a simple white mask. Not like the mask of a Grimm but his eyes glowed crimson red like one as he stared at them.
"Why? Why did you attack them? Are you part of the White Fang?" Jaune nervously asked.
"No... I'm not part of the White Fang... As for why, well... That should not be your most urgent concern, boy." The man coldly stated as he rushed towards Jaune.
"JAUNE!" Pyrrha shouted out as she reached forward and pulled Jaune back using her semblance.
"Oh so that's your semblance... This makes things more... Interesting." The man stated as he pulled out a sheathed Gladius. "Shall we?" The man asked.
Jaune and Pyrrha simply didn't know how to respond to his question. Slowly he pulled out his sword from it sheath and they seen his sword was not made of metal but from Fire Dust. The length of the blade was also longer than the sheath itself. "If you can not give me an answer then let me provide one for you!"
He once more charged at Jaune and Pyrrha as they each tried to pull out there scrolls but the hooded masked man cut Pyrrha's in half. Jaune watched knowing that Pyrrha couldn't call her weapon his body just seemed to act on it's own as he spear tackled the man to the ground.
Jaune tried desperately to keep the man down on the ground as he threw his own scroll to Pyrrha. "Use it quickly! Call your weapons!"
"Jaune!" Pyrrha weakly muttered before she drew from her own courage and called her weapons from her rocket locker.
By the time Milo and Akouo arrived Pyrrha watched the man grab Jaune by his head and slam him into the ground. "I'm afraid he could not dance for long... Shame, but necessary."
"Why are you doing this?" Pyrrha asked as she readied herself.
"As I said to the boy... It is not your concern. Now fight or else he dies." The man demanded towards Pyrrha as he pointed the tip of the blade at Jaune.
Pyrrha then lunged forward and manged to get between the man and an unconscious Jaune. " I won't let you touch him." Pyrrha growled out as she coldly stared back the hooded masked man.
The man couldn't help but lowly chuckle. "Interesting, I'm learning so much today... Now let's dance."
Pyrrha wasted no time as she charged shield first towards the man. Jumping over the red haired girl the man went to swipe at her but Pyrrha rolled forward to avoid the blade.
Shifting Milo to it's javelin from Pyrrha threw Milo at the man. But he simply took a step to the right and caught her weapon with ease. "I will not waste my time if you do not take me seriously. But I can tell fighting you will be a wasted effort. You are more concerned over something else at this time."
The man slowly walked towards Jaune's unconscious body. "Leave him alone!" Pyrrha screamed from the top of her lungs as she rushed towards Jaune in desperation. With out Milo by her side she threw Akouo but the man simply used her own weapon to swipe her airborne shield away.
"Move another step and i'll kill this boy where he lies." The man coldly stated back to Pyrrha.
"Please... Please don't hurt him..." Pyrrha begged with tears in her eyes.
The man in return picked Jaune up into the air by his hair and held Milo by his throat. " Make a choice... You or him?"
"Me... Just don't hurt Jaune." Pyrrha begged once more but when she stopped the man was no longer beside Jaune. Instead he was lying in front of her. She then heard the man voice but it was no longer as deep as it was before. Then she realized who was speaking to her.
"Relax... I'm not going to hurt you. This was just a test... Sometime in the future I will be asking you a similar question. Do not stress yourself over what happens today. I know you remember my voice... So this must remain quite for now and watch over your team as best you can... And I hope you tell him how you feel soon. I'd hate for young love to go to waste... So enjoy the festival." The man spoke behind Pyrrha before he knocked her out.
Before Pyrrha passed out and her vision turned to black she weakly asked the man. "Aodh?"
(Ozpin's office, later that evening)
During the dark of the night Aodh arrived late at Ozpin's office. Before he could speak Ozpin quickly told him what he thought of his actions. "You went overboard."
"No... No, this time I didn't. I done what I done for two reasons. One to keep them on there guard during the festival and second was of course to test Pyrrha. So I done what I had to do."
"I'd like to say otherwise but you destroyed one of the most popular arcades in the city getting her attention. Now I have a major council meeting to attend over the risk of security. I've already lost the security of the Festival to James."
"Hey, the ideal scenario in this case was impossible okay. Something had to happen for me to get her attention. She needed to be in the position. A choice between her life and someone else's." Ozpin sighed in acceptance after Aodh gave him his response.
"And, how did Miss Nikos perform." Ozpin's expression turned serious as he looked towards Aodh.
"If she stays true to herself. She passes."
And Cut!
I know this seems a short chapter but i would personally consider this chapter to be a sort of a one shot to set up Volume 3. But everything that happened in this story will be brought back during the events of Volume 3 (Including the Arkos). Any way we've got a shit tone of questions for the Q&A so let's get started!
1) Have you seen the Hellsing anime (either the first anime or ultimate) and if you have would you ever consider writing and OC story for and would you ship Seras Victoria with OC? Honestly I don't think I would be able to fully answer this question as for setting up the OC itself before writing the story i'd have to create the full personna of what i'm going for and at what stage does the OC character appear. But I would give it a shot in the near future... Possibly.
2) What anime series do you think would make the most sense for RWBY to crossover with and why? I would find Assassin's Creed would work well with RWBY but for an anime itself... I have no idea so fuck it Shingeki no Kyojin... Yeah... Have fun in that world.
3) What exactly do you think Salem is capable of? I guess the same as yourself that due to her name being linked with the Salem trails i would highly guess magic is involved. To add to that guess i'm gonna say she is the opposite to the Wizard from the tale of the Season story. Or maybe the the evil witch of the west to Ozpin's group.
4) Aodh uses dust right? What if he found a way to use the dust without harming himself? It's a possibility for it happening? I wouldn't be able to write this in i'm afraid the reason being in doing so i feel it would make Aodh far too OP when considering his semblance as well.
5) I think in volume 3 Pyrrha will find out about Aodh being alive right? As you read in this chapter she already knows. Now if she keeps the secret... Who knows.
6) What would happen if someone from team RWBY (other than Ruby and Yang) found out about Aodh being alive? I can't answer this question i'm afraid. Any answer would give it away what i have planned.
7) Will we be getting a little bit of more back story on Aodh's mother Lucy by any chance? There will be pieces seen here and there during the next few Volumes so it is possible but you'll have to wait i'm afraid.
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!