I have returned, my friends!
I apologize for such a long wait; I was in D.C for 5 days. That and this chapter is 16.5 pages.
Also, at the end, I have a request for you guys: how would you guys like to make fan-art for this? Simply, take your favorite scenes from this story: from chaps 1-9 and and create art of it. I'm asking because when it comes to drawing people, I suck!
Here is the Spinosaurus profile.
Spinosaurus- spined lizard
Dinosaur- spinosaur
Icthyophagus- fish-eater
57 feet long, 20 feet tall, 11 tons
Attacks- teeth, claws, and tail
Superpowers- While an extinct version lacks powers, a DNA- enhanced version can charge and emit a bolt of blue & red electricity from his mouth, as well as an orb of it as well.
Role in Darrel's army: slasher
Appearance: JP3
And now, onto the 10th chapter!
It was now Mid September at Beacon.
Darrel has recovered from his fight. However, things have changed.
Blake has become extremely close to him. Every time someone sees her, she's either has her arms wrappedaround her boyfriend or spending time with. Of course, Darrel is fine with this: He's glad that Blake is around him. It makes him happy.
In other news, Glynda now allowed the students to participate in Combat Class, much to the excitement of the students.
Currently, Jaune and Cardin were sparing. The two were near the end of their match, and while Cardin showed no signs of fatigue, the same couldn't be said for Jaune, who was bending over, breathing heavily. Cardin simply laughed like a jerk do at his opponent's condition.
Jaune pulled himself together and charged forward, sword raised. Cardin sidestepped and then made a back-hand hit with his mace, knocking Jaune's shield out of his hand and sending him flying. Now only armed with his sword, Jaune lunged again, but blocks it with the handle of his mace.
"This is the part where you lose." Cardin said in a bullying manner.
Just as Jaune was going to say something, Cardin kneed him in the gut, knocking him down on his side. Cardin raised his mace high, intending to finish him off.
A buzzer sounded and a light came on, ending the match. Cardin almost dropped the mace due to the buzzer startling him.
"That's enough." Glynda stated.
Two monitors were displayed. One with Cardin's image and Aura, which was nowhere near the bottom. The other was Jaune's image and Aura, which was in the red.
"Students, as you can see, Mr. Arc's Aura has dropped into the red. In a tournament style duel, this would indicate that Jaune is not fit for battle and the official may call the match."Glynda explained.
Pyrrha glances towards her partner in concern.
"Mr. Arc, its been a month now. Please try to refer to your Scroll during combat. Gauging your Aura will decide when it is appropriate to attack or when it is better to move to a more... defensive strategy. We wouldn't want you to be gobbled up by a Beowolf, would we?" Glynda explained and said a rhetorical question.
"Speak for yourself." Cardin says in a bully-esque tone before lifting his mace and then walking off the stage. Jaune also walked off.
"We have time for one more match. So, who would like to go up?" Glynda stated.
"I'll go up, Ms. Goodwitch." Darrel stated.
"Be careful, dear." Blake said with concern.
"So, Mr. Maximus, who'll be your sparing partner?" Glynda inquired.
"Her." Darrel stated, pointing at Amy Fall.
"Very well, then." Glynda stated. The two went to separate changing rooms and reemerged in their combat attire and weapon in hand.
'Amy has certainly changed quite a bit in 4 years.' Darrel thought.
Her short black hair was now long & blonde and her complexion was a little tanner.
She wore a white t-shirt that had a dinosaur holding two broken halves of a heart, tears streaming down its eyes while its jaws were open, teeth flaring out. Above it was the words You Broke My Heart and below it Time To Die! She also wore black jeans and white tennis shoes.
"Figures. You became too clingy, vowed revenge, and now you mock me." Darrel said dripping venom.
"Weren't ready for a relationship, my foot! Didn't you get all the looks I was giving you and the revealing clothes I wore to impress you?!" Amy said screeching.
"We were 13! I wasn't capable of handling a relationship!" Darrel retorted.
"Enough trash talk! Begin!" Glynda stated.
Both drew their weapons. Amy's was similar to Darrel's except the blade was blue.
The two lunged towards each other, blades crossing and glaring dagger of hate at each other.
Darrel swiped his foot under her's knocking her off her feet. Amy grabbed his free arm and kicked him in the gut, somersaulting him over her shoulder and allowing her to get up. Darrel converted the ESD to gun mode and fired round after round.
But Amy flipped and dodged each shot. Suddenly, the blade of her ax began to glow blue.
"MY HEART IS ICE COLD!" Amy shrieked. She swung the ax and a blue crescent wave of energy discharged from it.
Darrel reconverted the ESD to ax form and launched his own energy wave.
The two collided and exploded, knocking both off their feet and sending them tumbling.
"This match... is a draw!" Glynda stated in a surprised manner.
"WHAT?!" Both combatants shouted.
"It appears that when both of you fired your blast waves, it drained you of your Aura." Glynda stated.
Afterwards, both combatants stepped down and put their weapon away.
"Remember, everyone, the Vytal Festival is at the end of the year and it won't be long until students from other kingdoms start arriving in Vale, so keep practicing." Glynda stated.
Yang, Weiss, and Ruby could barely contain their excitement. Blake on the other hand, showed concern for her boyfriend and distaste to Amy. Pyrrha as well, was sending worrying glances to her partner. The bell rang for lunch and they all departed, with Blake clinging to Darrel.
"Ever since I came back from the mission, I've noticed that you've become closer to me." Darrel said in a caring manner.
"I'm worried for you. Ever since the mission, I'm afraid of losing you." Blake said with sadness. Her arm was around Darrel's and she began to nuzzle him.
"Its okay. I'm not going away for a long, long, long time. I promise you that, my sweet little girl." Darrel said with a voice of care and love.
Blake simply smiled, wrapped her arms around him, and kissed him.
"Does two certainly can't keep their arms off each other, can they?"Yang acknowledged. Ruby & Weiss agreed with her statement and then they went to the dining hall.
When they arrived, Darrel selected 5 things as her always does: a pizza stick, an apple, a pudding cup, Mac&Cheese, and a carton of milk. Darrel also had stored with him a notebook. Darrel went to work carving into his, this time taking his time to eat it slowly. He sat down with the rest of his team, RWBY, & JNPR, with Blake sitting down next to him.
"On our first date, you ate fast, but here, you're taking your time. How come?" Blake asked.
"Simple: I take a pill during the school year that although it helps concentrate in class, it slows my appetite down. I don't take it on days I don't have school." Darrel explained.
"That explains that small medicine bag below your nightstand." Matthew noted.
After finishing his meal, he went to dispose of it.
After Darrel left, Nora went on about some dream that she and Ren 'shared'. Yang and IMD were the only ones paying attention, Weiss was filing her nails, and Pyrrha & Ruby were sending worrying glances to Jaune, who was aimless picking at his food.
Blake on the other hand, instead of reading, decided to go through Darrel's notebook. Inside, were mainly drawings of various prehistoric animals.
However, there was one that caught her eye: a picture of wedding that had everyone that was at the table in it.
Eventually, Darrel returned and sat down. "So gang, what I'd miss?" Darrel asked.
"Not much, just a dream I had that I told." Nora stated.
"So Darrel, how come you have picture of us at a wedding?" Blake asked.
10 heads shot up, stopped what they were doing, and looked at Darrel, who had a look of terror on his face.
"Uh, this was a dream I had a few nights back, and I thought that if I fleshed it out, it might go away." Darrel said.
"So if your the Groom, then is Blake the Bride?" Yang said in a sultry manner after looking at his picture. Both Blake & Darrel blushed so red, it rivaled Ruby's cape.
"Yes. Keep in mind, this was dream." Darrel stated.
"Well, I think its rather cute, dear. Do you really think we'll last that long?" Blake said in a loving manner and asked. "One can hope, Blake." Darrel said. Blake simply kissed him on the cheek.
"So moving on to other topic, I heard that the homecoming dance is coming up. Anyone going?" Darrel stated.
12 hands shot up. "Good, then I'm going to have go buy a tux to fit in. At least my stage outfit fits." Darrel stated.
"You're going to sing?" Ruby exclaimed.
"Yeah. As well as the rest of my team." Darrel said.
"Well, my team is singing as well." Weiss exclaimed. "We are?" the rest of team RWBY questioned.
"Yes. We are." Weiss stated.
"So, how do you know Amy?" Blake asked, her voice now more 'angry'.
"Well, Amy & I were friends since I arrived here. When were were 13, she decided to take things to the next level, but I wasn't ready, I overreacted, and may have told her our friendship is over." Darrel explained while also sounding unsure at the end.
"That would explain her T-shirt." Yang said.
"So Ex-friend, then?" Blake asked. "Pretty much, yeah." Darrel bluntly stated.
Pyrrha went back to Jaune, still picking at his food.
"Jaune, are you okay?" Pyrrha asked.
"Huh? Oh yeah! Why?" Jaune said, a little down.
"Its just that you seem a little... not okay." Ruby said. Everyone looked his direction.
"Guys, I'm fine. Seriously, look." Jaune said, creating a false smile.
"Not buying it at all, bud." Darrel stated, a little annoyed.
Jaune & Darrel heard obnoxious laughter and see Team CRDL picking on Velvet, a rabbit Faunus. This sight made Darrel furious, and he began to subtly growl, teeth flaring outward occasionally. Blake saw this and was worried what he was going to do.
"Jaune, Cardin's been picking on you since the first week of school." Pyrrha said.
"Who, Cardin Winchester? He's just messing around, ya know, practical jokes." Jaune said, nervously.
"He's a bully." Ruby said, eyes narrowing to emphasize her point.
"Oh please, name one time he's 'bullied' me." Jaune said.
"He knocked your books out of your hands in the hallway." Yang stated.
"He activated your shield on your way in a classroom." Pyrrha stated.
"Oh, how about the time he stuffed you in a locker, and then launched it?!" Darrel said, practically screaming.
"I didn't land far from the school!" Jaune said jokingly.
"Lies! You landed in the Emerald Forest and I had to go in save you before you became Grimm food!" Darrel shouted.
"Jaune, you know if you need help, you can just ask." Pyrrha stated.
"Oh! We'll break his legs!" Nora proclaimed.
"Nora," Darrel said in a demonic tone, causing everyone to stare at him. "way ahead of you." he said before walking off to Cardin's position.
Cardin was about to pull on Velvet's bunny ears. "You know, I always wondered if Faunus ears were real. Time to find out." Cardin said in a bullying tone.
Just as he was about to grab her ear's, he felt his shoulder being tapped on by a sharp object.
"Alright, what do you want?" Cardin said in an annoyed manner.
What he saw made him scared out of his wits.
It was 22 feet long and 6 feet tall. Its head was long and thin, and there was a notch in its upper jaw. In its jaws, were rows of small yet sharp teeth. On top of its head, above the eyes, were a pair of circular crests. Its neck was long and had an S-shape. Its arms were thin, yet muscular and were tipped with 4 razor sharp claws. Its legs had the same musculature as its arms. One toe was a hallux, and the other three bore sharp claws. Emerging from its posterior, was a long tail that came to a tapering end.
The colors of its head were dark brown and swamp green. Its neck was bright red. Its body was a mixture of dark brown, swamp green and sandpaper brown. To top things off, its eyes were orange with black slits.
In front of him was Darrel in his Dilophosaurus form.
"Hello, Cardin." Darrel said in a hissing voice.
"Easy now, Darrel. Let's not repeat history." Cardin said with fear in his voice and slowly backing away.
"Oh, we're are repeating history. Let's see here: you pick on a Faunus, I become this form, and then your punishment." Darrel stated, his voice becoming more demonic.
Suddenly, Darrel flexed his tail and swung it at Cardin, knocking him off his feet and on his back. Darrel placed a foot on Cardin's chest. He the craned his neck down and stared at Cardin.
"Know this, douche-bag. Leave my friends alone, Man & Faunus alike. Am. I. CLEAR?!" Darrel shrieked.
"Yeah, freak." Cardin practically shouted and then tried to get up, only for Darrel to stomp on his chest.
"I thought you would say that." Darrel hissed.
Suddenly, a skin frill erected around his neck. Its colors were red & swamp green. The frill began rattling and Darrel emitted a low hissing. Darrel opened his mouth and fired a black glob of venom at Cardin's eyes, causing him to thrash about and try to wipe it away.
"Now listen closely, boy. Leave my friends and all Faunus here alone." Darrel hissed.
Darrel turned his head towards the rest of Cardin's team. "I suggest that if you don't want to end up like your leader...SCRAM!" Darrel shrieked, extending his neck frill and roaring loudly. (Think WDRA Dilophosaurus roar.) This was enough to send them running, with Dove and Sky grabbing Cardin.
Darrel's friends were slightly appalled at his behavior.
Darrel convulsed in pain and was back to his old self... except his crests and skin frill remained.
Darrel walked towards Velvet and simply said, "Are you okay, Ms. Scarletina?" in a concerned manner.
"I'm fine. Thank you." Velvet said timidly. "Relax, little bunny. Me & my friends have zero hatred towards the Faunus race." Darrel reassured her.
"Is it okay if I sit with you guys?"Velvet asked. "Sure." Darrel said casually.
Velvet followed Darrel back to his table and sat down next to him on his right.
"So Velvet, where is the rest of your team?" Ruby asked. "They have a different lunch period." Velvet said a little saddened.
Darrel had a pensive look on his and then he grabbed his notebook, a few colored pencils, and a pen, and started drawing. "Velvet, my bunny and friend, consider this a gift." Darrel said with confidence.
Darrel presented Velvet with a drawing of a prehistoric rabbit.
"It looks rather cute. Thank you!" Velvet thanked Darrel. "You're welcome." Darrel said.
After finishing up the rest of their lunch, the students returned to their dorm to change into their uniforms and then headed for History Class with Prof. Oobleck.
Oobleck was a young man with messy green hair and blue eyes. His attire is disleveled: his white shirt only partially tucked into his dark-green pants and its collar raised, showing a slack yellow tie, along with mismatched brown and black shoes. He also has round glasses that appear to be opaque.
Teams RWBY & DIMD sat together, while JNPR separated for some reason. Cardin and his team were absent, of course.
For some reason, Jaune was having trouble staying awake. Oobleck was zooming about his classroom at almost blinding speeds.
"This is prior to the Faunus Rights Revolution, more popularly known as the Faunus War!" Oobleck continued on a lesson of his.
"Human kind was quite adamant about centralizing Faunus population in Menagerie. Now! While this must feel like ancient history to many of you, it is imperative to remember that these are relatively recent events! Why, the repercussions of the uprising can still be seen to this day!" Oobleck explained about the Faunus Rights Revolution.
"Now then, have any of you been subjugated and/or discriminated because of your Faunus heritage?" Oobleck asked.
A few students raised their hands, including Velvet.
"Dreadful, simply dreadful! Remember students, it is precisely this kind of ignorance that breeds violence! I mean, look at what happened to White Fang!" Oobleck stated.
"Now, which one of you young scallions can tell me what many theorize to be the turning point in the third year of the war?" Oobleck asked. Weiss raised her hand. "Yes!" "The Battle at Fort Castle." Weiss answered.
"Precisely! And who can tell me the advantage the Faunus had over General Lagune's forces?" Oobleck asked.
Unfortunately, a stray paper football from where Matthew and Dalton sat, flicked Jaune in the back of the head, waking him up. Oobleck zoomed towards Jaune.
"Mr. Arc! Finally contributing to class! What is the answer?" Oobleck asked.
Jaune stuttered before looking to his friends, with Pyrrha mouthing something and Darrel's response is being more bluntly stated: the word NIGHT VISION in bold print on a notebook.
"Night vision! Night vision is the answer." Jaune stated, a little on edge.
"Correct answer, Mr. Arc!" Oobleck stated.
Oobleck noticed that Darrel was being rather silent instead of asking questions like usual. "Mr. Maximus, you've been rather quiet." Oobleck said.
"I deeply apologize, sir. I was deep in thought." Darrel bluntly stated.
"About what, Mr. Maximus?" Oobleck inquired.
"My views on the Faunus Race." Darrel said calmly. "And what are you're views on them, Mr. Maximus?" Oobleck asked. All Faunus turn to look at him.
"Freaks, they are not, People they are. Faunus to me, are human mainly because they behave like us in many ways. They just happen to do certain things a little better. In short, any Faunus is human as we are." Darrel stated. Every Faunus clapped together in awe at his Point-of-view on them.
"Very well put! Couldn't have put it better myself. Now moving on!" Oobleck stated.
Blake was stunned at what Darrel said. 'I know he told me his thoughts about us before, but never that in depth.' Blake thought.
She watched Darrel as he made a sketch of some unusual weapon.
Eventually, class was dismissed.
Darrel walks out first, followed by his team, RWBY, then JNPR.
"That was amazing on the way you talked about the Faunus!" Ruby stated.
"Thanks. I always thought the Faunus were interesting, both scientifically and socially." Darrel stated while examining his blueprint.
"What do you mean by that?" Blake asked.
(Warning: Following dialogue contains disturbing content.)
"When I was 12, I asked my Dad if I could see an autopsy... of a Faunus." Darrel said, nervously.
"Why would you want to see that?" Blake asked.
"My science teacher assigned the class I was in to do a report on the anatomy of a certain being. I decided to do the Faunus." Darrel said.
"Oh, yeah! I remember that class in middle school! I did my report on Sharks." Ruby said.
"So, what did you learn?" Blake asked.
"What I'd learn was that the insides of a Faunus are the same as the insides of an ordinary human. The only difference is the expansion of the optic center of their brain, which explains how they have exceptionally great night vision." Darrel said.
Eventually, Jaune stepped out out after getting some assistance from Oobleck.
"Excuse me for a moment, dear." Darrel said. Darrel walked towards Jaune.
"Jaune, I need to talk to you my friend." Darrel said, his arm going across Jaune's shoulder.
"What for?" Jaune asked.
"Follow me, will ya?" Darrel said. The two headed down to where the forge was and then promptly entered it.
While Jaune took an available seat, Darrel strapped on a suit used for forging, a pair of gloves to prevent burns, and goggles to prevent debris getting into his eyes. Darrel began forging his weapons.
"So what am I doing here?" Jaune asked.
"I'm here to work on a tool." Darrel said. "Remember that Prof. Peach has us going on a field trip Friday to Forever Fall to get some sap?" Darrel said.
"Yeah." Jaune said. "Well, I've devised a way to get the sap out of the tree." Darrel said. "Hand me those grips, please." Jaune hands him the grips and attaches them to the weapons.
"And done." Darrel says taking off the goggles and gloves.
What are they?" Jaune inquired. Darrel holds up two enormous black daggers that have serrations at the base. "These are Daggerwrists." Darrel said proudly.
"You mean the alien?" Jaune said, surprised. "You've seen Alien Planet?" Darrel said surprised as well.
"Yeah. Its pretty interesting." Jaune said. "I know, right?" Darrel said in a cool manner. "So, I created these weapons based on said alien to extract the sap from the tree." Darrel said.
"That is great and all, but why am I here?" Jaune asked.
"Too be blunt, what are you're feelings towards Pyrrha?" Darrel said bluntly.
Jaune almost bowled over. "What?!" Jaune said startled.
"I'm serious, dude." Darrel said, not losing his cool.
"To be honest, I have mixed feelings for her." Jaune said a little nervous. "Oh really?" Darrel said interestingly.
"I do admit, I'm in love with her. I mean, she's nice to me, my partner, and she looks out for me. Not to mention she is rather pretty." Jaune stated in a lovesick manner. "That's good." Darrel said pleased.
"But, I'm afraid that it won't work. I mean she is THE Pyrrha Nikos, and I'm just an ordinary guy." Jaune said a little dejectedly.
"Relax. Just take me & Blake for example." Darrel said calmly. Then he had fearful look in his eyes. "On second thought, just do what you think is right and all will be right as rain." Darrel said.
Jaune thought about what Darrel said. "You know what, Darrel?" You're right!" Jaune said with certainty.
"Good. Now, let's head back." Darrel said, putting the Dagger up to cool and then removing the suit and then they both left.
Unknown to both, Blake and Pyrrha heard what they said.
After they left, Blake & Pyrrha decided to follow them. When Pyrrha heard what her partner said, about her, she was thrilled that Jaune shared the same feelings she also harbored for the 'klutzy' knight. She was also stunned that Jaune was afraid about he thought about their social backgrounds.
When Blake heard what Darrel said, she was ecstatic that her boyfriend went out of his way to help a friend out.
Jaune arrived back to the door of his dorm, only to feel a hand on his shoulder.
"Hey, Pyrrha." Jaune greeted.
"Jaune, I just want to let you know, I feel the same way." Pyrrha said in a happy tone.
"What do you-" is what Jaune could get out, before he felt Pyrrha's lips press against his. He was shocked, but happy about his current situation.
They broke away and looked in each other's eyes lovingly.
"I love you, Jaune."
"I love you too, Pyrrha."
Didn't expect an ending like that, now did ya?!
Honestly, I ship those two.
Also, I need a name for Darrel's ESD. Should it be Ol'Painless 2.0 or what?
Also, during the Forever Fall chap, should Darrel fight an Ursa Major as:
Short-Face Bear
Megatherium
Or Pachycephalosaurus?
You guys decide
Until then, R&R, my friends!