"I'm ma...I'm ma...MA HAMBURGER!" Speaking
"Wook at my Wazer Wifle," Communications
'It go wap wap,' Thinking
Scarecrow and Gizmo, Welcome to the company.
VFT Smack-down!
"Seriously?! Who invited her?" Qrow asks.
Qrow, Ozpin, Ironwood, Glynda, and Winter all gathered in Ozpin's office while Natsu stayed back to talk to Dr. Eirwen about Maggie and Irene. She said they're doing just fine, they're both as healthy as a dragon should be, she thinks. If there was a problem she would know about it by now but since she doesn't they are super healthy as fully grown dragons. Usually there are complaints of loud roaring in The Emerald Forest but Glynda makes sure to drop the complaints with a quickness. One time even Ozpin had to make an announcement to ensure everyone that there are no Grimm hiding in The Emerald Forest.
The Headmaster himself saw Irene's and Maggie's grown form one day, during Natsu's dating month, and he was in awe. Such magnificent creatures to behold, he knew fairy tails were more than mere fiction but standing face-to-face with a creature of fiction amazes the headmaster. He allowed the two dragons to stay in their home in The Emerald Forest in their little cave, the cave Maggie and the late Melinda lived in.
Even though this brought up these questions: "Are there more types of dragons than one? Why wasn't Maggie found earlier? How many more dragons are out there?" Sadly Ozpin didn't have those answers but he let those questions leave his subconscious to be answered another time.
Currently, Natsu is listening in on Ozpin and the others while going up the elevator using his enhanced hearing in his 'vision'. He noticed that Ironwood's soul is a slightly dimmer light than the other souls in the room above, he doesn't know what this means but he guesses it means Ironwood is missing apart of him in some way it hinders his ability to fully use his aura capabilities.
"Sir?!" Schnee says.
"We'll discuss this on my ship Schnee," Ironwood says firmly.
After a moment he watches Winter's soul leave the room and head down an elevator down to the ground floor.
"Unbelievable..." Winter mumbles as she goes down the elevator.
This is when Natsu feels the elevator stop on the top floor of the tower and it opens. He looks into the office to find, Glynda, Ironwood, Ozpin, and Qrow looking at him.
"Mr. Dragneel, now is not the time to-" Ironwood tries to make Natsu leave but Qrow shakes his hand in front of him.
"No he's fine, starting from now, Natsu's is part of this little 'group'," He explains as Natsu waves at Glynda, making her smile.
"Natsu can't just join this 'group' Qrow, you can't just give out invitations to just anyone," Ironwood scolds as Ozpin takes a sip of his coffee to get Ironwood's attention.
"Mr. Dragneel has earned his place among us long ago General, long before I invite you to joining our little organization," Ozpin reminds him as Natsu begins to salute Ironwood but Qrow slaps his hand down.
"What did I do?" Natsu asks.
"Drop the formalities kid, that's not the Natsu I know," Qrow jokes then takes a skip of whiskey from his container.
"Maybe the Natsu you know isn't the one that stands before us today, and why wasn't I informed of this?" Ironwood asks.
"Actually this is why Natsu was allowed to join us today," Glynda explains.
"When did Natsu join exactly?"
"Back when Amber was attacked, he was there to help me get her back home. If it weren't for him, Amber wouldn't be alive today," Qrow explains, remember when Natsu had two eyes instead of one, he has to ask Natsu that about that later.
"Natsu may have joined us long ago, but he doesn't actually know what we do here exactly," Ozpin explains.
"AMBER!? Is she alright? Where is she? Why haven't I seen her around the academy?" Natsu asks.
"Wait? He doesn't know?" Ironwood asks.
"No not yet," Glynda answers.
"What don't I know? I know Amber is here I just know it! Is she alright?" Natsu asks, getting a little tense thinking about Amber, he never met Amber but he considers her as a friend and we all know how he feels about his friends, he cares about his friends deeply.
"Amber, she is not well Natsu," Glynda starts, trying to calm Natsu, through the stories Qrow told her about Natsu's special ability of pain, she will do her best to avoid a mad Natsu.
"Not well? How bad is it? Can I see her, maybe I can help," Natsu persists.
"Let's not get ahead of ourselves Natsu, first we must teach you what we do here, what we do behind closed doors from the rest of the world," Ozpin interrupts.
Natsu sighs and calms down, "What do you four do then? What's really going on?"
Ozpin nods his head, "Are you familiar with the fairy tale of The Four Maidens?"
"The Four Maidens? The one about the young girl and the four maidens?" Natsu asks, remember a story Mabel told him when he was younger, it was about a green-haired girl visited by four maidens. Long story short, the girl befriended the maidens and gave them powers of the four seasons, thus creating the four maidens that spread love and happiness where ever they go.
Glynda tilts her head cutely, "A young girl? Wasn't it a hermit?"
"No, the one my mother told me it had a young girl, the one living in the house on the hill," Natsu explains.
Ozpin wonders if he ever heard such a story but doesn't recall anything like that but he assumes their just as the same story, but before he can continue the story Ironwood taps his wrist to tell him time is running short," I'm sorry Natsu but we have to continue this for another time," Ozpin explain as Ironwood heads toward the elevator.
"Okay, when do we meet up tomorrow?" Natsu asks,
"We'll call you when the time comes," Glynda assures and smiles at him as Natsu waves goodbye and takes the office's second elevator down to the ground floor.
Qrow, Glynda, and Ozpin are left alone in the office when Natsu leaves the room, "So who's going to be our 'guardian' Ozpin? My money going to Natsu, I trust him with my life, not to mention the he seems to love this place and if he loves something he'll go leaps and bounds to protect it," Qrow adds his vote.
"I actually agree with you for once, Sir, Natsu will make an excellent guardian for Remnant. Not only is he a skilled hunter but also very respected amongst the other students here attending the festival. I have no doubt the people will choose Natsu as their guardian sir," Glynda agrees.
Ozpin nods his head but they both see in his eyes that he has someone else in mind, "I agree with you both but we need a guardian that can become the next fall maiden. Our guardian must be a huntress with compassion, intelligence, and the ability to withstand even the most dreadful situations. I have a few candidates in mind but I don't have our guardian just yet, grant me a day and I shall have our guardian," Ozpin explains.
Qrow sighs and takes another sip of his whiskey, "Alright Ozpin, think about it, I'll see you two tomorrow," He says and he heads out the room and into an elevator.
As he goes down Glynda turns to Ozpin, "What candidates do you have in mind sir?"
Ozpin takes a sip of his coffee and turns his chair to face the giant window behind him overlooking Beacon Academy below the tower, "Actually my main focus is on one currently but I need more time to decide if she's ready, she is exactly what we want in a guardian, she's intelligent, compassionate, kind, and a world-renowned fighter. Pyrrha Nikos, I thinking she is the one," Ozpin explains.
"Her? Yes I can see her being our guardian, but what happens to Natsu?" Glynda asks.
"All guardians have allies to fight alongside with, and Natsu is one of them, especially Natsu," He explains.
"How so?" She asks, she can tell that Ozpin has something more in mind once it comes to Natsu.
"Love is a powerful emotion Glynda, it rallies people together, and it is the core element of life itself if you want to go that far. When our guardian needs help, we must have a backup plan, and I think Natsu is the key."
"Love? Are you saying you want to force two powerful hunters in a relationship?" Glynda asks with a slightly bitter tone, she won't side with any idea that involves fake love, after experiencing it, no wonder she hates fake love.
"Of course not Glynda, we cannot stop something if it already started," He hints.
"Huh? Natsu is in love with her already?"
"No, but Pyrrha, I have a hunch that she has feelings for the hunter."
"How can you be so sure? In my knowledge she has shown no more affection toward Natsu than any other huntress on campus."
"That's my point exactly Glynda, I've noticed that Natsu treats his female companions in a way that obviously isn't for a friendly relationship. I recall a couple of weeks ago Natsu and Pyrrha spent a day in Vale, if I didn't know better, I think Natsu took Pyrrha on a romantic date."
Glynda would normally be excited to see Natsu's progress to becoming the best partner in Remnant, but this and Maiden business she isn't the one to joke around, "But how does a relationship help our guardian in the first place?"
"Think of this Glynda, Natsu and Pyrrha graduate from Beacon then they go on their adventures together to fight against the evils the world doesn't even know of. Their love, their happiness where ever they go is a symbol Glynda. A symbol of peace, a symbol of hope, a symbol that this cruel world is more than just death and destruction but many beautiful things exist within it," He explains.
Glynda ponders of his worlds as Ozpin stands up, "Let that dwell a bit before we continue further, we do have to attend a festival after all."
At The Amity
"And with that spectacular duel, we have a winner ladies and gentlemen!" Oobleck's voice echoes around the Amity as Mercury and Emerald leave a wounded Coco and Yatsuhashi behind on stage.
As for all the other matches, Natsu went down to the stage to help the medics get the fallen combatants to the medical beds. He has been doing this for all the matches now and he has met some interesting people, he met this really nice huntress named Arslan Altan, she was a dark skin girl with white blond hair and she wore a loose green kimono-like jacket tied to her stomach by a red cloth, black pants, and pointy black slippers. She was very formal and very kind to him once he helped her and her team to the medical carts.
He also met her teammate Reese Chloris, she was the complete opposite of her team leader. She was casually happy and filled with joy, he Reese, and Arslan clicked together when he arrived to help them.
Even though they lost, Arslan's team left the stadium with the same joy as RWBY did, well at least half were happy.
After JNPR's fight, he helped team the losers like before and he met their sniper May Zedong. She was a very shy one compared to Arslan and Reese but Natsu liked her all the same. He made sure to remember her weapon to tell Ruby about it later. Arslan fought hand-to-hand but Reese fought with a hover board that can change into two automatic pistols.
May reminded Natsu of Velvet, she was cute, shy, and absolutely adorable he was having a hard time not to give her a good bear hug to contain her cuteness. This didn't sit well with May's teammates but they were too fatigued to do anything about it. Fortunately May didn't mind but rather was embarrassed to be around Natsu.
May, Reese, and Arslan all felt very safe when Natsu helped them off the stage. The uniform and Natsu's looks gave him the knight-in-shining-armor presence when he arrived. This ultimately gave Natsu and Atlas some reputation amongst the spectators and combatants. Word spread of a charming, handsome Specialist acting as Atlas's poster boy. Everyone liked him, especially the ladies, they couldn't resist the looks of the pinked haired hunter. Natsu became the second most talked about thing during the Vytal Festivals, the first being the recent match.
As the crowd takes a 20 minute break, Natsu runs up to Coco lying on the stage with Yatsuhashi being carried to a medical cart nearby.
"I'll take of her," Natsu assures everyone around him and picks her up, letting her rest on his arm.
"Uhh..." Coco mumbles as she regain her focus.
"Wakey Wakey beautiful," Natsu teases and smiles as her chocolate eyes meet his.
"Another round already? Baby a girl needs to get her rest before she can take on the monster," Coco moans as rubs her eyes, coming out of a wet dream it seems.
"Well if you put it that way, I guess next time we have to go nice and slow..." Natsu teases and lifts Coco up bridal style with Coco snuggling to his chest with a satisfying smile on her lips.
"You can do whatever you want to do to me big boy," Coco mumbles and sighs in satisfaction as Natsu takes her to the medical cart and takes a seat on it.
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While Natsu tends to his girlfriend's wounds, Winter spends time with her little sister in their own little private cafe, they sit around a little metal round table with a croissant on a plate.
"B-Boys?" Weiss stutters, blushing madly from the change of subject from semblance to relationships.
"Yes Weiss, boys, has anyone caught you eye yet? You said you wanted to run the Schnee Company, soon you will need an heir to continue the family company after you retire," Winter explains hinting of family and children.
Weiss breaks eye-contact and she looks away to hide her brightening blush, "Well...there is one..." She mumbles.
A smirk forms on Winter's lips, "Oh really, do tell," She teases.
Weiss reluctantly faces her and rubs her arm shyly, "I don't think you'll like him though," She mumbles.
"I assure you if he isn't a delinquent I will not harm him," Winter 'assures'.
"He..he is a strong fighter, top of my combat class and he's..." Weiss explains but Winter shakes her head.
"No Weiss is he cute? What does he like? More importantly, what is his name?" Winter suggests.
"He is very handsome I think all the girls here at Beacon want him, he likes to fight, eat...I mean he can eat a lot. You know him well Winter...its Natsu...Natsu Dragneel," Weiss confesses.
"Natsu? How interesting, when did you fall for the hunter?" Winter asks with an intrigued smile on her lips.
"When we first met, for our first night in Beacon we had to sleep in the Ball Room for a night and that's where I first met Natsu, we may have met on bad terms but something about Natsu made me like him. Not to mention that he and I went on a date down in Vale's mall where we had a splendid time together," She explains with a smile.
"Well you better act on your feeling with haste Weiss, I've notice that you are not the only one who has their eyes on him," Winter warns and unknowingly licks her lips just thinking about that stud, goofy but what a man he is. She might visit him before she leaves to report to Ironwood about his progress. The general wasn't so happy for her engagement with the 'informer' but she thinks he'll get over it.
Weiss's eyes widen to find Winter in such a lustful state, "WINTER! Don't even think about taking Natsu for yourself, I met him first so you keep away from him!" Weiss points her finger at her older sister accusingly.
"We met a year before you enlisted to Beacon Academy, and I must say Natsu is quite the specimen," Winter smiles to herself as she remembers her memories with the hunter.
Weiss pouts of her current predicament, "Well he is too young for you Winter, he'll never be with you,"
"You don't know that Weiss remember, love is love," Winter teases.
The heir of the family company then thinks of Natsu and reacting to Winter confessor her love to him, actually she thinks Natsu will return her love surprisingly, but this doesn't deter her and she vows to capture Natsu's heart before Winter, or any one of her love rivals...the Ice Princess has her eyes set on the Dread Hunter.
"Then let the best woman win Winter, I won't let my own sister take my true love!" Weiss declares and crosses her arms.
Winter chuckles, "Agreed, I won't let my little sister outplay me, let the best woman win,"
The two hunters get up and Winter hugs Weiss, "This is farewell little sister, you have done well on your own here in Beacon, you should be proud," Winter says her goodbyes and releases their hug.
"It was good to see you again Winter," Weiss says with a smile.
"Agreed, till next time Weiss, remember to practice your summoning little sister," Winter suggests then the two leave their cafe and go their separate ways.
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"Salutations! For it is your humble companion Penny!" An android introduces herself to a pink haired specialist with her time manager and partner Ciel standing next to her.
They just finished their doubles match with another team a few hours ago and ended up with another victory that'll put another notch in their belts. They walk down the large exit of the stage with patrolling knights everywhere. The only one that seems out of place is the Specialist walking toward them.
"Specialist Dragneel, we meet again, how may we serve you," Ciel nods her head respectfully to Natsu and salutes to him, she knows that Natsu is a hunter of Vale but due to a recent report from General Ironwood: Natsu is a friend of Atlas so he must be treated with the up most respect from all Atlas Personal, any soldiers that fail to meet this requirement will be punished thoroughly.
Natsu smiles as he walks up to the two and he greets them with one big bear hug, showing foreign affection to the android and the Atlas soldier. The two show very different reactions to his hug as he puts him down, Ciel shows a slight blush on her cheeks but she uses her Atlas training to keep a straight face while Penny chuckles and smiles brightly.
"Call me Natsu, Specialist is too formal for me," Natsu suggests.
"As you wish," Ciel nods to her reassuringly while Penny watches her partner's abnormal behavior.
"Some battle am I right, you two are an unstoppable force," Natsu gives the two his acclaim as he walks the two down the corridor.
"It was certainly a difficult battle but my companion and I fought with all of our skills combined then achieve victory!" Penny cheers with her fist pumping into the air with the sounds of something robotic extending at the same time.
"TOP-HEAVY?!" They hear as they walk into a new room at the end of the corridor filled with spectators, guards, vendors, and many display screens showing the highlights of the last doubles match consisting of Yang Xiao Long, Weiss Schnee, Neon Katt, and Flynt Coal.
"Top-heavy? I've never heard that phrase before, Ciel have you heard of the phrase before?" Penny asks with her head tilting to the side.
"Affirmative Penny, if I recall correctly, 'Top-Heavy' refers to the size of a woman's bust size in comparison to her hip size. In this case, Neon Katt is assuming that Yang Xiao Long is 'Top-Heavy' due to her large bust. Xiao Long however doesn't take this name calling kindly, she begins to feel irate and that creates a domino effect that affectedly activates Xiao Long's semblance of a kind of berserker mode that she uses to overwhelm Katt and ultimately win the match," Ceil explains and connects the name to RWBY's second victory in the Vytal Tournaments.
"Ahh...how strange, thank you Ciel," Penny thanks and rubs her chin trying to think of way how such a name would enrage her friend of a friend.
This information doesn't get to Natsu for he is engrossed in his thoughts of Yang's overuse of her semblance, 'She uses her semblance when a fight gets tough, if she keep this up, then someone is bound to have a counter for it. I'll think of something to fix that before something bad happens,' He plans as he watches the highlights playing on the largest display screen in the room.
Natsu and Penny watch the highlights of the previous round while Ciel looks at her watch and frowns, "I apologize Specialist, but we have to report to General Ironwood in exactly 5 minutes from now, I ask if we may take our leave," Ciel asks hesitantly for she is starting to like having Natsu around, but orders are orders.
The Specialist waves his hand, "Oh don't let me hold you back, you two get going, I'll catch you two later?" Natsu assures.
"Of course, thank you Specialist, till we meet again," Ciel thanks and walks into the large crowd of people in front of the group of three.
"So long my friend Natsu, for we have a mission to complete!" Penny exclaims in glee while she chases after her time managing companion.
"WE WILL MEET AGAIN!" Natsu hears as he watches the orange-haired robot disappear into the crowd.
The Specialist puts his hands at the back of his hands and looks around the large room with a smile on his face.
"N-Natsu?! What are surprise to find you here," He hears a familiar voice behind him.
Natsu turns around to find Weiss fidgeting in place with her eyes staring at the floor to try and hide her blush.
"Weiss?! I just saw the highlights of your fight with Yang, nice work out there, I can see you cleaned yourself up," Natsu teases and notices that Weiss smells like she just got out of the shower instead of fire.
"O-oh that, yes our victory was inevitable, I'm glad you enjoyed our match," Weiss stutters, after her talk with Winter, Natsu has been on her mind since her departure.
"Are you looking for the others? I think they're back in their room again," Natsu explains as he rubs his chin.
Weiss clears her throat and sheepishly smirks, "I'm actually looking for you Natsu, a-and here you are!" She corrects.
"Me? What can I do for you?" He tilts his head cutely.
Weiss feels her heart rush as she gathers the courage to tell Natsu what she truly desires, "So I've been thinking recently and...and I...I," Weiss begins to choke up the more Natsu stares at her.
"Yes?"
"Wouldyouliketogooutsometime!?" Weiss blurts out and slightly bows while staring at her feet.
Natsu smiles brightly and gets what Weiss is trying to say, after all the love his mates have shown him, he is finally getting the big picture, "Really? I'd love to go out with you again, I'll think we're going to have an awesome time just you wait!" Natsu plans and notices Weiss snap her head up with her eyes widen to their fullest ability.
"Oh thank you thank you thank you! We'll have a splendid time together Natsu!" She assures and holds Natsu tightly.
"Aww aren't they just so cute together,"
"What?! I wanted to ask him out..."
"Well there goes our chance with any cute girls at this school. That guy has been asking all the girls out at this school,"
"You're just mad he got more game than you Brian,"
Weiss blushes madly upon hearing these things about her and Natsu so she lets got of him and takes a step back, "So...I'll call you?"
Natsu smirks and gives her a thumbs up, "Sounds like a plan," He explains and feels his scroll vibrate in his pocket.
The huntress inwardly pumps her first into the air as she nods her head,'This is it, now I've just have to tel-' Weiss stops as she watches Natsu walk up to her and grabs her hand.
"Sorry but Headmaster Ozpin is calling me, I'll see you later?" Natsu asks.
Weiss slightly frowns that Natsu has to go but nods her head, "Of course,"
He cups her cheek and unexpectedly pecks her on the lips before running off to do whatever Ozpin told him to do.
Schnee's heart skips a beat and almost shuts down from all her emotions clumping up together inside of her, 'D-did he just..'
The room echoes with many 'awws' and 'Ooos' as Weiss cups her own cheek and watches her boyfriend run into the crowd in front of her.
Minutes Later In Vale
"Headmaster Ozpin asks for us?" Pyrrha tilts her head while she and Natsu walk down a hallway.
"That's what he told me a few minutes earlier, but he didn't tell me why he need us, I guess we'll just have to find out when we get there," Natsu explains as the two stop in front of an elevator.
"I guess so," Pyrrha mumbles as the elevator doors open automatically and they step inside.
"Must...resist...the temptation!" Natsu mutters as he looks at the many button on the elevator.
Pyrrha's anxiety completed disappears from Natsu's antics, making her chuckle silently as she presses the top floor button and holds Natsu's arm comfortingly.
"I'm sorry I can't help it," Natsu warns as he pushes all the buttons on the elevator all at once, Ruby rubbed off him a bit.
Pyrrha doesn't mind one bit and tightens her grip on his arm, "Oh Natsu..."
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"Hello hello hello?" Natsu calls into the office as he and Pyrrha step out of the elevator.
Pyrrha lets go of Natsu and notices a man leaning against a pillar by the second elevator of the office, as she goes on to meet Ozpin Natsu smiles and heads over to him.
"Qrow, what's happening?" He calls as he fists bumps his friend and stands by his side.
"So that's the new guardian?" Qrow asks.
"Guardian? What are you talking about?"
"Remember Amber, she was a guardian, Oz wants to make that one the next guardian basically," He explains.
Natsu rubs his chin, "You still haven't told me where is Amber, you said she's here but I don't see her,"
"Relax kid, we'll explain everything a few minutes," Qrow suggests and looks to Ozpin then nods his head.
Natsu hears the elevator behind him open, he looks to find Glynda and Ironwood, "Sorry we're late," Ironwood says as he fixes his tie.
"What is this? Who are you really?" Pyrrha asks, still shocked of this information of the existence of Maidens and powers.
Natsu only watches as the adults explain what they want from Pyrrha but Natsu can tell that she is scared out of her mind, "Does Natsu know about this?" Pyrrha asks.
"Mr. Dragneel has been a part of his group for a long time without even knowing about it. He's take on the situation can be considered to be the same as yours Ms. Nikos," Ozpin explains as he gets up and walks toward the elevator.
"Where are we going?" Pyrrha asks as the group all clumps up inside the elevator with her and Natsu in the middle.
"Amber, we're going to meet Amber," Qrow explains just to get Natsu excited for the trip.
"Amber?! Finally," Natsu cheers as the elevator doors close and heads down.
"Who is Amber?" Pyrrha asks but before Natsu could answer, Qrow nudges him to keep that information for later.
For the new few minutes the elevator is filled with silence and Pyrrha is trying her best to keep her composure together by staying close to Natsu.
"Kinda cramped in here am I right?" Natsu tries to break the tension in the air as the elevator goes down.
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"So here we are," Qrow mumbles as the group clears the elevator.
The room is dark and creepy with a very tall ceiling and a glowing light at the end of the room.
Natsu notices that Pyrrha is holding his hand as they follow the group, he doesn't hear the explanation from Glynda of Maidens and their power transfer story as the approach the light.
"There she is Natsu, under your nose this whole time," Qrow breaks Natsu's trance as they stop in front of two capsules, one filled and the other empty.
Pyrrha tenses up to see Natsu's expression widens to shock as he lets go of Pyrrha and runs up to the filled capsule to reveal a sleeping girl his 'age' with a nasty scar scattered all over her face.
"Amber?! Is she alright? Why is she in this thing?" Natsu asks and puts his hand on the capsule.
Glynda can see that Pyrrha is confused over Natsu's reaction and this Amber girl," Amber is the current Fall Maiden, as you can see she isn't in the most...conscious state,"
"But why does Natsu know her?" Pyrrha asks.
"Amber is one of the reasons why I met Natsu, kid has one fine eye," Qrow explains.
"When Amber was attack I was nearby and was heading over to assist, when I arrived I found three bad guys that all ganged up on her. If Natsu wasn't there I wouldn't have made it out with Amber. Natsu provided long range fire support with that revolver of his, like I said, he has a fine eye," Qrow explains.
"How is she still alive?" She mumbles.
"Using the latest of Atlas..." Ironwood begins.
While Ironwood explains the situation, Natsu stares at Amber in fear, "Who would have done this to her..." He mumbles.
He examines Amber's face and he feels a slight boost in power within him, like a striking of a match Natsu feels rage for the enemy who did this to Amber, but he calms down as he feels a hand on his shoulder.
Dragneel gives her a crooked smirk, Nikos nods her head at him and looks at the adults, "Isn't that what you want me to be...the next Fall Maiden?" Pyrrha asks.
"Yes, but that won't be easy, but we'll continue this later for this matter is quite sensitive, It is preferred that you take some time before reaching a final decision, I must warn you that this decision should be decided by the end of the Festival," Ozpin explains.
Pyrrha looks to Natsu with worry but he only gives her a reassuring smile.
"Hey it's going to be alright, let's just walk it off," Natsu assures and holds out his hand to her.
Amity Security Room
In a dark room several Atlas soldiers sit and regulate the footage of the Vytal Tournament, one soldier watches the others soldiers so he must be the leading officer.
"What's the status on the cameras?" He asks.
"All is green Gizmo," A soldier reports.
"How about the live broadcast?"
"Signal is strong and holding,"
"Good, keep that way, we wouldn't want the people at home miss this fight," The officer nicknamed Gizmo explains as he watches a Blond huntress fight a silver haired hunter.
Gizmo gets a little worried as the screen in front of him begins to glitch, "Someone give me a report for the Amity," He orders and the soldiers work quickly to form a report.
"Gizmo we got a breach in the firewall interfering with the live footage of the tournament, sending in anti-virus unit to engage," A soldier reports as he types quickly on a keyboard to type in orders on his red computer screen.
"Wilco get this virus eliminated and secure the breached firewall, initiate the Titan program in T minus 5 seconds," Gizmo orders.
"5...4...3...2...1 Titan deployed,"
Gizmo watches as a red screen dies down to blue and everything calms down after a few moments, "Titan eliminated threat, securing breach...breach secured,"
"Solid Copy, nice work so-what the hell?" Gizmo mumbles as he looks at the screen showing live footage of the current tournament to show the sliver haired hunter lying on the ground...with his leg broken?
Down At The Amity Stage
"Stand down!" An Atlas soldier screams at Yang while a group of Knights and soldiers aim their rifles at Yang.
"What I didn't do that!" She explains.
"Stop playing around hunter, drop your weapons and put your hands behind your head!"
"I didn't do-"
"NOW!"
Yang is filled with fear as the soldiers put their fingers on the triggers but the stadium holds their breath as a Specialist walks onto the stage.
"All units stand down, I'll take care of this," They hear behind them.
The soldiers refuse to lower their rifles and keep them aimed at Yang, "Specialist Dragneel?!"
"Natsu?" Yang mumbles as Natsu walks up to her.
"This fight is over, stand down," Natsu repeats himself.
"Sir we can't just-" A soldier insists but notices the hunter put his hand on his revolver.
"Do I need to repeat myself once more?" He asks.
The commanding soldier grits his teeth but complies and lifts his hand to make all the soldiers stand down, "Sir," He mumbles.
"I don't care what anyone thinks but I know what I saw, Mercury Black engaged in an unfair manner in which caused his own demise, Yang Xiao Long simply defended herself," Dragneel raises his voice to grab everyone attention.
"If anyone here wishes to say otherwise, they'll have to go through me," He declares.
The whole crowd is shocked by his words, some hate him for siding with her, others feel conflicted for they trust Natsu but they know what they saw, hell it is even shown on the display screens. Yang just walked up to Mercury and broke his leg, completely uncalled for and unethical.
Natsu looks at the crowd and soldiers then looks at Yang.
"Natsu I didn't do that, I swear he s-" Yang tries to explain but Natsu look at her.
"I know, let's just get out of here then we'll talk," He explains and holds Yang's hand.
"I'll take care of her, the rest of you get the other one off stage," Natsu orders and glares at Mercury, which the assassin wants to fight him but doesn't want to compromise his position.
"Yes sir," The soldiers comply and signal the medics to take care of Mercury.
As Natsu brings Yang off stage, he swears he smells Neo's scent as he passes a group of medics...strange.
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"What a shame..." Ironwood steps out of team RWBY's room after telling them that they're disqualified from the tournaments.
He notices that Natsu and an Atlas soldier are waiting for him, they salute to him. The soldier is wearing the Atlas uniform but he isn't wearing a helmet, he is a tall blacked haired man with one streak of hair a blood red, he has a goatee, brown eyes and a scar on his left cheek.
"General, I have some information that would shed some light on this problem of ours," The soldier explains.
"What is your name and rank soldier?" Ironwood asks.
"Sgt. Jason Jackson Tech Specialist of The AAS Indigo sir," He explains.
"Sgt. Jackson, what is your intel report?" Ironwood asks.
"Sir right before the incident with the hunters the broadcast was manipulated by a front and caused the broadcast to glitch once the attack was made. So the viewers only saw before and after the glitch, not what happened into between," He explains.
"Are you suggesting that this was a set up?" Ironwood asks.
"I assume so sir, Specialist Dragneel said he also has information to support this claim," He agrees.
Ironwood looks as Natsu with keen eyes, "What is your take on this situation Specialist?"
"Mercury was Yang's opponent during that fight, even with a broken leg he can just replace it," Natsu explains.
"Dragneel this is a serious matter, this is no time for jokes," Ironwood is baffled by his comment, replacing a leg never crossed Ironwood's head for Natsu's opinion.
"Mercury has metal legs, so even if Yang attacked him, he is breaking the Tournament's 48th rule: If any combatant should fake their own medical report or provide inaccurate information about own health and/or well-being the said combatant will be punished by disqualification, he is breaking the rules because breaking a metal leg shouldn't hurt him...he was faking it," Natsu explains.
Ironwood thinks about his claim for a moment, "How can you be so sure that he has metal legs, if he does have prosthetic legs then the paramedics would have caught that," Ironwood explains.
"How else would he fire from his feet, when was it the last time someone made gun boots?" He asks, recalling his fight with Mercury back at Beacon, Mercury did something fire some dust shells.
Ironwood is not convinced and he crosses his arms, "There is the possibility that he has customized boots," He counters.
"Well check this out," Natsu nudges Jason and the soldier pulls out a scroll then shows it to Ironwood.
"This is Mercury's application, as you can see is weaponry is only Hand-to-Hand combat, he has no records of any dust weaponry on his equipment," Sgt. Jason explains.
"Soo, Mercury is also breaking the 2nd rule: Any information about a combatant's application sheet that is inaccurate or out-of-date the combatant is punished by disqualification of the tournament," Natsu continues.
"Sgt. Jackson, thank you for your time you are dismissed," Ironwood orders, after absorbing the new information.
"Sir," Jason, aka Gizmo, salutes Ironwood and walks down the hallway then turns the corner.
"And Mercury is also related to 'us'," Natsu pops his trump card if Ironwood isn't convinced yet.
"What does Mercury have to do with 'us' Natsu, this is a very large claim you're making on him," Ironwood asks.
"Mercury was one of the hitmen that attacked Amber," Natsu says.
Ironwood's eyes widen for a moment but he hides it and clears his throat, "How can you be so sure?"
"Jimmy just trust the kid for once," Qrow interrupts then takes a sip of his canteen.
"Qrow this isn't the time for your games," Ironwood scolds.
"Hey he found out using the same power that makes the Grimm run away in fear," Qrow explains.
After a few moments of thinking Ironwood sighs, "Fine, I'll have my men look into Mercury's so called 'legs' and I'll have Ms. Xiao Long excused from her disqualification," He gives in.
Dragneel's eyes widen in excitement, "But that doesn't mean she is completely free, she will still have my suspicions during Mercury's checkup," Ironwood continues.
"But if Mercury is guilty then Yang will be off the hook right?" Natsu asks.
"Yes, but only IF Mercury is guilty understand?" Ironwood warns.
"Yes sir," Natsu salutes Ironwood but Qrow again slaps his hand down, "You really need to stop doing that, you're not one of his lab dogs like Big Sis Schnee,"
"I have matters to attend to," Ironwood mumbles then leaves the two alone.
"Nice work kid, it's not much but Yang's name will be cleared in no time once this gets out," Qrow praises.
"I hope so, I have a bad feeling that something worse is bound to happen soon," Natsu warns.
"Yeah me too, something about the air is a little off from all this hate, but I think you should do the honor of telling Yang of her set up," Qrow insists.
"But what about you?"
"I got things to do, plus I know when to give my nieces some space if you catch my drift," He teases and heads down the hallway with his canteen in hand.
Natsu only watches him as he turns the corner, "Specialist Dragneel?" A woman calls for him.
He finds Arslan Altan looking at him with a scroll in her hands, "Arslan? What brings you here?"
"After your display of power after the recent singles match, many people like me agree with you even though we didn't see what you saw. We believe you and more and more people trust you more than themselves," She slightly jokes and hands him the scroll.
"It seems that the audience at the Amity have a different opinion on the recent incident where a combatant named Yang Xiao Long attacked her opponent Mercury Black in an unethical manner that cost, Mercury Black, his leg. Footage being shown shows an Atlas Specialist named Natsu Dragneel, a Specialist in training, whom supported Ms. Xiao Long and tells a story that resembles Ms. Xiao Long's own defense. We go to our reporter live at the Amity with further details on this matter,"
"That Specialist guy is not that bad, I believe him, if he says she's innocent then she's innocent,"
"N-Natsu is a nice person, he helped me get back to my mama, he would never lie about his friends," Natsu sees Mia stand up for Yang with Ashley and Rey at her side.
"I've only met him after our match in the first round but I have a feeling I can trust him, I believe him," May sides with Natsu and Yang.
Natsu smiles at this and looks to Arslan, "The people trust you Natsu, and we will stand by your side, I just hope Ms. Xiao Long's name to be cleared in time," She explains.
"Thank you Arslan thank you, I'm sure everything will work out, I was just talking to General Ironwood and we made out an agreement," Natsu explains.
"That's wonderful Specialist, thank you for all you've done," She says.
"I'll see you later Arslan," Natsu says and hugs her tightly.
After breaking the hug Arslan clears her throat," Y-yes of course farewell Specialist,"
He smiles at her then watches her leave before he turns to team RWBY's door and knocks on the door, "Who's there?"
"It's Natsu," He introduces himself as he opens the door.
It doesn't take long before Yang to get up and hug Natsu tightly with her head resting on his chest, "N-Natsu..." She whispers trying her hardest not to tear up but some tears trail down her cheeks.
"Hey it's going to be fine Yang, you know I'm always here for you," Natsu assures but Yang only tightens her grip around him.
"Y-you stood up for me...thank you...thank you so much," Yang sobs on his chest and holds him tightly.
He sighs and rubs her back, "I got some good news for you,"
Yang lifts her head up and rubs her violet eyes, "Hmm?"
"Well I just talked to General Ironwood and he said..." Natsu stops and walks Yang over to her bed and they take a sit on the bed next to each other.
"What?"
"You can say that I cleared your name," Natsu explains and gives her a smile, which only brightens when he see Yang snap her head to him with wide eyes.
"What?! Really?" Yang cheers.
"Yeah, we just need to talk to Mercury soon and confirm something about his legs, after that this whole set up will be cleared,"
This news is too much for Yang, Natsu stood up against the whole world and even convinced General Ironwood to help clear her name, if she didn't love Natsu with all her heart, she does now. Yang lets her feeling get the better of her and she pushes Natsu down on the bed as she straddles him while she cups his cheeks.
"Yang?" Natsu mumbles and notices the pure love in Yang's violet eyes.
She doesn't answer him but kisses him passionately with tears of joy falling off her cheeks.
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'I love you Natsu, I love you,'
Remnant: Q&A
(Shout out to TheGizmoDragon for the 'Zwei Joke' and for showing me the YouTube channel FluffyWolfe)
Natsu sits at a table wearing his usual outfit with Ruby Rose, Weiss Schnee, Blake Belladonna and Yang Xiao Long sitting with him at the table. The table is located on a stage overlooking a lot of filled chairs of many people. A projector is above Natsu and the gang of their faces so the people in the back can see them clearly.
"H-Hi everyone! The Q&A will now being um...how is everyone doing today?" Ruby takes control and smile as the crowd of people cheer and whistle in excitement.
"That's awesome I'm glad everyone is enjoying themselves, um I'll introduce everyone, we have myself Ruby Rose Hello!" Ruby cheers and the crowd goes wild.
She points to the farthest one from the right side of table is Weiss, "Here we have Weiss Schnee," She calls and people cheer for her introduction.
"Greetings everyone!" She greets with a smile, extremely excited to be at this Q&A.
"Next is Blake Belladonna!" Ruby call Blake in a sing-song tone.
Blake waves and smiles but doesn't say anything as the cheers from the people increase. She is sitting next to Natsu on his left side.
"And lastly from team RWBY my big sister Yang Xiao Long!" Ruby waves her hand to her big sister who is sitting next to Natsu on the right side of the table.
"What up?" Yang asks the crowd and whistles with a loud applaud fills the large room.
As the claps die down Ruby finally looks at Natsu, "Let's not forget Natsu Dragneel!" She introduces and she swears at the moment she opened the flood gates for all the fangirls that Natsu has.
"I LOVE YOU NATSU!"
"I LOVE YOU YANG!"
The group hears from the crowd and several members of the audience stands up with signs saying "I heart Yang' or 'I heart Natsu'.
Natsu and Yang chuckle as more fans of Weiss, Blake, and Ruby all join them with their own signs and wearing colors that represents their Waifu or Husbando.
"I see a lot of amazing people right now, how is EVERYONE DOING!?" Natsu yells and the crowd roars in excitement.
"Okay this session now in order so...questions?" Natsu asks and waits for anyone to raise their hand but the majority of the room raises their hands.
Natsu scoffs and looks at Ruby as she takes a seat next to Blake, "W-well, let's get started! You there!" Natsu starts and points at someone in the crowd.
"So Natsu, Dr. Eirwen said you're other eye is actually functional, but you don't use it, why?" The fan asks.
The hunter nods his head," Oh this stupid thing? Dr. Eirwen did say I can see out of my right eye, but no one really got all the hints why I can't use it. I can only see black and red out of my right eye...think about those two colors. Black and Red while my left eye can see all colors, my brain just can't have both eyes open. Dr. Eirwen said that would only make me blind," Natsu explains.
"Oh okay, thank you Natsu," He says and watches as Ruby picks another fan.
"Natsu you always fight with your flame, but now you use guns, what changed your mind to use firearms?"
"I use my guns because my flames are my strongest weapons in my arsenal, it makes no since to use my thump card at the beginning of every fight. If someone wants to fight me at my best, you have to go through my three...'stages'," Natsu says.
"What are these stages then?"
"I'm like a boss with three stages, the first stage is my easiest stage of course where I use my weakest weapons, Sally and Pheo. If my opponent can best me in a firefight then I use my elemental powers that my mother taught me. My final stage is obviously my crimson flames that my father taught me how to use," Natsu explains.
The crowd mumbles till Yang points at another person at the far back at the room,"So Natsu...you been quite active recently yes?"
"Active? What do you mean?" Natsu asks.
"Sexually active..." The person corrects with a straight face.
The crowd is shocked of this question but some do whistle in approval but the one on stage have a different expression. All, but one, of them have the largest blushes on their faces. Natsu keeps a straight face and he nods his head,"Yes that's true," He answers casually.
"Natsu!?" Ruby mumbles as she hides in her cloak's hoodie with her blush burning her cheeks.
"Okay thank you, that's all I needed to know,"
"Y-yeah, next question," Weiss asks and points at a person in the middle of the crowd.
"Hello, my name is Gizmo and I heard a rumor I just want to clear up," Gizmo explains.
"Okay, what is it?" Blake asks.
"I heard when Natsu's bumblebees get together, Blake and Yang like it Zwei styled, is that true?" Gizmo asks.
The room is filled with silence from the dirty joke and people on stage and in the crowd try their hardest to hold in their laughter while others are having the opposite reaction.
"WHAT?! T-That is none of your business!" Blake stutters as she blushes and looks at Natsu for help but he only rubs his chin.
"What does...Zwei styled mean.." Natsu mumbles to himself.
RWBY are blushing worst than the last question as Natsu looks as Yang whispers what Gizmo means, "He means when you go from behind..." Yang whispers in his ear and this makes Natus's eye widen.
"I don't think we did that before did we?" Natsu asks and looks at Yang, making the crowd gasp in shock as one lone guy in the back of the room laughs up a storm.
"No-I mean yes but...I," Blake breaks down in the pit she dug herself in as her blush.
"Th-this Q&A will take a 10 min break...maybe a 40 min break for now," Weiss explains as the lights of the room turn on.
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"Did I say something wrong?" Gizmo mumbles to himself.
Guest Review: Yes Fear Is A Choice, a saying the soldiers must follow when The Great Plan is initiated on Vale.
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This is exciting, our AC130 Fire mission Officer, Jay, is beta reading TPHH from here on out so I think that will cut down the mistakes if that makes anyone happy, shout out to JBallinR12 for doing us this service!
The whole shout out to FluffyWolfe will be referenced again once a certain video is uploaded to Youtube (One documenting about the real 'Zwei Style' joke reaction to members of the RWBY Cast)
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