Chapter 1
Hey guys! I originally was going to wait a little bit longer to write another chapter. I wanted to see if anyone would be interested in the plot idea, but I decided to write another one while the ideas were still fresh in my mind. Hope you like it.
Disclaimer: I do not own RWBY.
Alear awoke in an unfamiliar room. The bright lights stung his eyes. He started to sit up but was quickly forced to lay back down when a jolt of pain shot throughout his body. He lowered the blanket with a grunt. His entire torso was covered in bandages. A nearby nurse noticed he was awake and ran off without a word.
"Looks like someone took pity on me," Alear thought to himself. He waited several minutes in silence, pondering the events that took place the last time he was conscious.
His friend and leader, Adam Taurus, had taken him to the Emerald Forest to investigate a possible source of dust. The White Fang and a mysterious new benefactor had begun acquiring it in large quantities.
He should have suspected what was going to happen. Adam had asked for him personally to join him on a scout mission. It was just the two of them. That alone should have been enough to tip him off. What a fool he had been.
Adam and Alear had walked a short distance from the helicopter when Alear felt a sharp kick to his side. He fell to the ground with a grunt, landing on his side.
"What are you-"Alear started to say before getting interrupted by a kick to the jaw. He could taste blood as it trickled down his mouth. Adam ripped his weapon from his side and sliced the sword in half with his own weapon, Wilt and Blush.
He raised his hand to attack Adam with semblance but Adam was prepared for this. He plunged the severed blade from Alear's sword into his chest, missing his heart by a little less than an inch. The sudden impact threw off the concentration of aura before Alear could use it. Adam then dragged the blade diagonally across Alear's chest. His eyes went wide as the pain started to register. Blood poured from the wound like a waterfall as Adam threw the shattered weapon aside. Alear looked up to Adam with eyes full of hate.
"Looks like this is the last of the wolf Faunus," Adam smirked. "Their existence ends with you, mongrel." Adam then launched his blood red aura inside the chest wound. Alear cried out in pain as his insides seemed to be burning. "Pathetic." Adam ceased his assault after what seemed like forever to Alear.
Satisfied that he had sufficiently tortured him, Adam walked back to the airship. Alear watched him as boarded the vessel. Neo was next to him, looking at Alear with an unreadable expression on her face.
"Even you were in on this, Neo?" Alear muttered before blacking out from the shock of his chest being split open.
-Present Day-
He now waited in a hospital bed, presumably waiting for the nurse to return with whoever was in charge of this place. He wished he had not been saved. He had been betrayed by everyone that he ever cared about and no longer had a purpose in life. Alear sighed and ran his hand through his long, dark-brown hair. It was long and disheveled, falling a little lower than his jade-green eyes. The back of his hair came down to the end of his neck.
"Sleep well?"
Alear jumped from surprise.
"Sorry, didn't mean to frighten you," The owner of the voice was a man with pale white hair with a coffee mug in one hand. He walked casually toward Alear and stopped at the end of the bed, sipping from his mug. "You've been in a coma for several months. Whoever attacked you was serious about killing you. We almost couldn't help you."
"Why DID you help me? I would have preferred to have died," Alear muttered.
"Hmm? That's odd. Most people are thankful when someone saves their life." The man's eyebrow raised in curiosity. His glasses hung low on his face.
"Well I'm not most people." Alear carefully stood up and stretched. He was only wearing light blue sweatpants, probably supplied by the hospital. The man took another sip from his drink.
"I see. Then I think you will fit in perfectly at my school, if you accept my invitation."
"Your school? Why would I want to attend your school?" The disdain in his voice was obvious.
"Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Professor Ozpin. I'm the headmaster of Beacon Academy, a school dedicated to training the huntsman and huntresses of the future. I understand that you are quite the capable fighter, and I would like you to attend my school and become a huntsman; to dedicate your life to fighting Grimm and protecting people. Not a bad way to live your life is it?"
Alear scoffed. "What makes you think you know the first thing about me or what I want to do with my life?"
Ozpin cleared his throat. "You can come in now, Miss Belladonna."
"Blake?!" exclaimed Alear as the cat Faunus walked through the door. "What the hell are you doing here? I thought you were with the White Fang?"
"I left after I realized how ruthless they had become. They were murdering innocents, humans and Faunus. Even their own members weren't safe." Blake looked me in the eyes. "But I'm sure you are familiar with that much."
Alear crossed his arms. "So why are you here then?"
Blake sighed. "To become a huntress. I want to do some good with my life and if I become a huntress then it would be my job to do good, right? There's too much wrong in this world to just stand by and do nothing. Inequality, corruption... Someone has to stop it."
Alear cracked a small smile. "I knew there was a reason I liked working with you." He looked back and forth between Ozpin and Blake. "Can you vouch for this place?"
"I can. It trains its students well. You will not be disappointed." Blake was confident with her words.
Alear thought for a moment, and then looked Ozpin in the eye. "Well then you've got yourself a deal Ozpin. If Blake says your school is alright then I'm in, for now." Ozpin and I shook hands and nodded in agreement.
Ozpin smiled and sipped from his mug. "You'll be given a room next to Miss Belladonna and her team. You'll find that you have the same schedules. If you have any questions regarding Beacon, I'm sure they can help you. If not, I'm always willing to talk to students in my office."
Alear nodded.
"Good day students." Ozpin left the room as casually as he entered.
Alear turned to Blake. "He's a strange one isn't he?"
Blake flashed one of her rare smiles and nodded. "Come on, I'll show you to your room. Ozpin already had it prepared."
"Already?"
"I guess he figured you would be attending Beacon one way or another," Blake said with a shrug. She led the way through the hallways of the academy. It was a pretty nice place, especially when you compare it to the kind of place Alear grew up in. It did seem a little empty though; Alear figured it had to be the weekend. That was probably a good thing considering he only had the sweatpants to wear at the moment. He didn't want his first impression at the school to be the kid with no clothes on. It would be hard enough to fit in just being a Faunus.
"So do people know you're a Faunus, Blake?" Alear asked as they made their way to the dorms. "Or are you still hiding behind your little black bow?"
Blake was slightly amused. "A few of my close friends know, but no it's not public knowledge and I would prefer if it stayed that way."
Alear nodded. "I would prefer that as well, if possible. I'm able to hide my wolf ears in my hair, so I should be fine."
Blake chuckled. "I won't tell if you won't."
He smiled. He had missed her unique personality.
"We're almost there," stated Blake. "I suggest you hurry into your room to change before meeting my team."
Alear yawned. "Yea, yea. I'll get right on it, mom."
Blake narrowed her eyes at his joke. "You know, you've been out of action for months. Add to that the fact that you don't have a weapon, and I could easily strike you down."
"Heh, I must admit I don't relish the idea of taking you on." He rubbed the back of his neck. "So do you know what happened to my weapon then?"
"It was delivered to your room in the condition they found it," Blake explained. "They didn't want to risk damaging it any further, seeing as they weren't sure how it worked."
Alear made an audible groan. "It's going to take forever to repair the damage that bastard did to my baby."
"What happened anyway?"
"He sliced right through it, and then used it rip me open," Alear said, gesturing toward his now maimed torso. "I plan to pay him back in full for that insult." His voice was laced with malice. Blake was a little more than concerned, but decided not to say anything.
Blake suddenly stopped. "We're here. This is my room." She pointed to one of the many doors in the hallway. "Yours is the next door down." He nodded and took his leave. "Don't forget, my team wants to meet you. We'll be over shortly."
"Gotcha," he replied. "Just come on in whenever, I'm going to check out my new living arrangements."
-Team RWBY's Room-
"BLAKE!" yelled the cat Faunus's excited teammates. They all rushed her as she shut the door to their cramped dorm room. They were all excited to hear about Blake's friend from her past. She hadn't told her team much about herself, thus they always try to learn as much as possible about their mysterious teammate.
Ruby, their leader, was the most eager and immediately bombarded her with questions. "Blake! Where's your friend, who are they, what are they like, are they a Faunus too-"
"Ruby! One at a time, please." Blake was already overwhelmed, and it had only just begun. "He's in the next room; you'll meet him soon. Just give him a few minutes to get dressed and check out his new room."
Yang's eyes twinkled at that remark. "Get dressed, huh? What were you two doing before we got here?" Yang's face had grown a mischievous smile. "Were you making kittens?" She said with a wink.
Blake's face grew almost as red as Ruby's cloak. "Of course not! We don't think of each other that way!" Yang's smug look was really starting it irritate her.
Yang was could really get used to teasing Blake. "C'mon! Let's go!"
"I would like to meet him as well," Weiss chimed in. "As long as he's not a ruffian."
"I just hope he has a cool weapon," Ruby said with starry vision.
Weiss rolled her eyes. "You and your weapon obsession."
Ruby swooned and caressed her scythe. "Do you think he'll want to compare with Crescent Rose?"
Yang smiled sweetly at her little sister, and then ruffled her hair affectionately. "Maybe if you're nice."
Blake looked at the clock. "He should be done by now. Let's head over."
Team RWBY opened their door to find the members of Team JNPR all piled against Alear's door, their ears firmly planted against the wood.
Weiss look appalled. "What are you-"
"Shhhhh!" replied Nora.
"Why are you eavesdropping?" said the heiress, her brow furrowing.
Nora giggled. "We saw Blake walking next to a guy only wearing sweatpants and thought we would investigate her passionate love affair." She said the last part with delight.
Yang pointed her finger at Blake. "I knew it!"
Blake's face flushed again. "Oh shut it!" She stomped past everyone and opened the door. Everyone peered in from behind her.
Alear stood with his back to them. He now wore midnight blue pants and had removed the bandages from his chest. His back was covered with what looked like an intricate glyph, tattooed in black ink. Weiss was astounded by the detail. Ruby blushed, while Yang admired his toned body. Blake was uninterested, as she had seen him like this many times during their work with the White Fang. Team JNPR stared with wide eyes. They hadn't been able to see the glyph earlier due to the bandages.
He slid on a jacket over his bare chest.
"Alear?" Blake said, uncertain of whether he had noticed them. He turned.
"Yea, sorry. I was just inspecting the damage." He opened the jacket, exposing his scarred chest. "Look what that prick did to me." There was a long, white scar running across his torso. The others cringed at the sight.
"Damn dude, that's a wicked scar," said Yang. "You had to of seriously pissed somebody off for them to do that."
Alear smiled grimly. "Not exactly."
"Yang!" exclaimed a little, red-hooded girl. "You're being rude!"
Alear chuckled. "It's fine, don't worry about it Ms…?"
"Rose, Ruby Rose." Her face blushed lightly.
Alear smiled to himself. Maybe this place won't be so bad.