Foreign Exchange
chapter 5:Getting Familiar
"Okay, before you say absolutely anything at all, just let me say this:" Shavo said with his hands held out in a 'I surrender' gesture as he scrambled up from his place on the ground, "I was not paying attention to where I was going, this is all my fault, and I'm sorry."
Weiss stood there in the middle of the stone walkway, finger pointed in the air with her mouth open, about ready to scold him for knocking over her luggage, but didn't say anything. Resentfully, she lowered her hand down slowly, but still kept her piercing gaze trained on the traveller, bowing slightly to her.
"Matter of fact, here." He then crouched down, reaching for the scattered luggage and trying to arrange it back onto the cart. Two men in suits had come out of nowhere to assist, but he had already gotten all of them onto the cart. He stood there next to it, on hand resting on a rail and the other in front of his stomach, giving the white haired girl a polite bow.
Weiss stood there, arms crossed across her chest, before sighing and shaking her head as she walked over to the cart.
"I suppose it's fine." She relented as Shavo went from bowing to ramrod straight in a flash, her expression losing some of it's irk before she poked him in the chest, "Just don't let it happen again, you hear me?"
Shavo nodded before pulling out his scroll, as well as a small piece of paper with a pen. He quickly fiddled with his scroll before finding what he was looking for. He then set the Scroll on his elbow before writing something down on the paper and handing it to her.
"Here," He said as Weiss took the small slip of paper to see a series of numbers, "This is my contact information, in case you find anything is damaged. I'll pay for as soon as possible if need be."
Weiss looked at the number before nodding to herself.
"Very well, then." She nodded to him before turning to her two man servants and waving them on.
And with that, Weiss walked away.
"Oh thank Serj, that could have went horribly." Shavo sighed out a breath of relief as he ran his hand down his face.
"Wow, way to show who's boss, big guy."
Shavo jumped slightly in surprise from the unexpected voice and turned to see the two sisters standing there, Yang with one hand planted on her hip and a raised eyebrow, Ruby standing behind her and eyeing the White-haired girl as she walked away.
"Well, I'm sorry, excuse me if I don't feel like getting my butt chewed out by Weiss Freakin' Schnee." Shavo defended himself as they all turned and began to walk along the path. He also kept an eye out for a familiar mop of blond hair as he walked.
'Come on, Jaune. Where are you?' The Traveller thought to himself.
"Who?" Ruby asked innocently from her sister's right. Shavo faked surprise with a widening of his eyes.
"You… Don't know?" He asked with a tilt of his head. She shook her head, and he turned his gaze to the elder of the two.
"Can't say I have, either." Yang shrugged.
"Oooh, jeez, thank Serj it wasn't one of you two. She probably would have eaten your hearts out. I'd hate to imagine that."
Actually, he could. Seeing as how, technically it should have been Ruby who had crashed into Weiss' luggage.
Not even on his first two hours in a new universe, and he was already screwing up the major plot.
Way to go, Shavo.
"Jeez, she sounds mean." Ruby concluded to herself out loud.
"Yeah, plus she's the heiress to the Schnee Dust Company. I don't feel like having some dust lawyers sucking out my soul over a few broken dust vials."
"Well, still, you could have at least done something back." Yang nudged him lightly with her elbow. Shavo just shrugged in return.
"Eh, if you really want to look at it, it was technically my fault. I walked right into her luggage."
"But who just leaves a luggage cart sitting in the middle of a walkway, where multiple people are walking through?" Ruby tried to support her new friend.
"Well, in that case, blame the butlers." Shavo hiked a thumb at the receding figures of the two assistants of Weiss's. "Notice how they are the ones pushing the cart, not her."
"More like manservants, looks like." Yang commented from beside him.
"Well, that's their thing." Shavo shrugged again, then went back to looking around for Jaune, holding onto his hope of still finding the blond knight.
"So, where are we going now?" Ruby asked as she too looked around at the buildings of Beacon Academy. "Isn't there a, like, place that we're supposed to meet up at for an assembly?"
At that, Yang stopped before getting an uncertain smile as she chuckled nervously and began to step backwards.
'Oh boy, here it comes.' Shavo thought to himself with a slight smirk.
"Yeah, we, eh he heh," Yang chuckled as she scratched the back of her head.
Just then, a group of people came out of seemingly nowhere right behind Yang.
"Actually,myfriendsareherenow,I'llseeyoulater,kbye!"
And like that, they all ran off fast enough to make Ruby spin around from the draft. She was about to fall, but Shavo managed to catch her under her armpits to stop that from happening.
"Yang! What the heck!?" Ruby yelled indignantly as she stood back up to her feet and stomped after her sister for a few seconds before stopping.
"Well, look's like somebody just got ditched." Shavo said aloud as he stroked his goatee, fighting back a large grin as he did so.
"Ohhh, she is so going to get it when I see her again." Ruby said angrily as she stomped one foot on the ground. She then turned back to Shavo and walked over to him, grumbling under her breath as she did so. Something about 'stupid jerk' and 'accident with a pair of scissors'.
"And then there were two." Shavo commented as he stood on the tips of his toes and then back down. He looked around the area again, more out of not knowing what to say or do than look for Jaune.
He was starting to doubt he was ever going to see the blond goof.
"Yeah, I guess." Ruby said as she rubbed her arm awkwardly, the two just standing there. As she did so, Shavo spotted something attached to the small of her back and suddenly got an idea.
"Hey, what's that you got there?" He asked, pointing to what he himself called 'Fuck Your Shit, I'm A Scythe.'
Ruby gasped, then quickly pulled out Crescent Rose for the world to see, the blade digging its tip into the ground and cracking the concrete. She then began to rub her hands up and down the shaft of it's handle.
Shavo had to stop himself from laughing at that thought.
"This, is a collapsible scythe with a built in sniper rifle that I love to call my baby, Crescent Rose." She cooed lovingly as she rubbed her cheek against it. Shavo just leaned his head back with a classic 'okay then' look on his face.
Ruby looked up from her affection to her blade and became embarrassed when she realised just how stupid she probably looked. With a quick movement, the blade was collapsed again and behind her back.
"So…. What's your weapon?" Ruby asked, red faced and head hung shamefully.
Instead of verbally answering, he reached over his shoulder and unsheathed the sword Penny had pointed out to him earlier. Both he and Ruby inspected the blade, reminding Shavo of a giant cleaver.
'No, not a cleaver.' Shavo thought to himself, 'But something else.'
"Oooooh, I like it." Ruby said approvingly as she ran a finger along the gray metal of the blade, then looked back up at it's owner, "So what's it do?"
Shavo took the blade back and raised a brow at her.
"You see this thing here?" he said blankly as he pointed to the blade. "This cuts things."
Ruby rolled her eyes with a small smile at his sarcasm.
"No, silly, what does it turn into. Like, a gun or something?" She asked.
Shavo didn't even know the answer himself, so instead he opted for looking at the button he had found at just the top of the handle. He held it out in front of him with his thumb resting on it.
"Okay… This hopefully won't cut off my hand." Shavo said before pressing down.
With a series of whirs and clicks, the blade part of the sword began to disassemble itself and fold in, re-shifting and moving in all different directions, until finally it settled down and rested in his hands.
"Holy hell, It's an AK." Shavo realized with a small smile as he studied the gray rifle he now held. He looked under the barrel and spotted an attachment and grinned to himself, "With a freaking grenade launcher."
In front of him, Ruby eyes began to sparkle as she fawned over the weapon and hands held in front of her gaping mouth.
"Oh my Oum, that looks amazing!" She practically screeched in joy as she held her hands out to the gun, but stopped herself and looked up at her friend with puppy dog eyes. "Uhhh, Shavo?"
"You want to check it out for yourself, don't you?" The Traveller grinned at the younger teen. She nodded vehemently in agreement.
"Pleeeease?"
Shavo adopted a thoughtful pose as he scratched his chin and 'hmmmmmm'd, the Kalashnikov held in his free hand as Ruby looked at him expectantly with those puppy dog eyes.
But, as far as he was concerned, she only had to ask.
"Awww, fine." he relented with a grin as he handed over the rifle. Ruby squealed in joy as she took the rifle in her hands and began to inspect it. He couldn't help but notice how funny the large rifle looked in the small girl's hands.
"I can't believe I'm saying this… But I don't recognize the model." Ruby gawked as she released the magazine and checked inside, inspecting one of the rounds as she leaned the rifle against her shoulder.
"Not surprising, it's very rare." Shavo commented, "It's official name is Kalashnikov, designed by a man with the same name, but is most commonly known as the AK-47. It's renown for how easy it's maintenance is, hardly requiring much and able to take a lot of damage. You could leave this baby in snow, mud, sand, water, whatever, and it'd still turn things into swiss cheese."
"That's amazing." Ruby looked like she was about done inspecting it. She then spotted the button again on the handle before pressing down on it and shifted the weapon back to it's regular form, a giant cleaver.
'Again, not a cleaver.' Shavo reminded himself. 'More along the lines of a...what?'
"So, what's it's name?" The Crimsonette asked with a tilt of her head. Shavo looked at her, then down to the sword, and back at her.
"Uhhh… What?" Shavo questioned.
"You know, what did you name your weapon?" Ruby asked again, re-wording the question in hopes of having him understand.
"I… Don't really have a name for it." He admitted as he took the blade and put it back in the sheath. Ruby gave a gasp of surprise.
"What!?" She cried indignantly, "How can you not give it a name!? Our weapons are an extension of ourselves, no, part of ourselves!"
"Okay, fine." Shavo said with his hands raised before giving his chin another scratch. "How about… Megachete?"
The Crimsonette just deadpanned in response.
"That's like naming your son "Son", waaaaay too basic."
"Heck, I don't know!" Shavo shrugged. "You can't expect me to just come up with some amazing name on the spot, that's something that takes time and thought."
"Alright, good point." She agreed.
The two stood there in silence again until Shavo remembered something and looked back at Ruby.
"Hey, didn't you say something about a meeting going on?"
Ruby's eyes widened as she went stock still.
"Shoot." She muttered out before shooting off in a random direction.
Shavo blinked in surprise before reaching out to where she had ran, but by then all that was left were red rose petals and a fleeting black and red figure in the distance.
"Wait, Ruby!" He yelled, but by then, she had disappeared completely from view. His hand dropped back down to his side as he sighed.
"Well, shit."
He looked around, seeing unfamiliar faces that he could tell weren't important due to their lack of detail. It was always very easy to tell who was and who wasn't going to be a constant in animes just from looking at their detail, or lack of it.
He then shook his head from side to side slightly to clear it before gaining a determined expression.
'I'll be fine on my own.' He reminded himself, 'Just have to find that damn lecturing hall.'
Shavo nodded to himself, his current objective clear as he began to lightly jog along the path.
'Okay, so let's try to remember the hall itself.' He began going over details in his mind as he passed by walking students. 'Seeing as how all of the students are going to be gathered there, this most likely is going to be a large place.'
He then stopped jogging suddenly, skidding to a halt before looking around.
'Maybe if I get a better vantage point…'
Looking around, Shavo spotted a few pillars and walls that would be easy enough to scale and get a better view of the surrounding area. Walking up to one of the walls, he stepped onto a bench before standing on top of it's back rest. Then, he jumped up and grabbed onto the ledge of one wall before pulling himself up and landing in a crouch. The way it was designed, it would have little platforms that go straight before stopping and going to another one a few feet above it, like he would have seen on those walls on the sides of highways going through the actual land. He climbed at least three of those before standing up from his position and looking around. He spotted a few kids looking up at him, but he ignored them as he scanned along.
'Well, my assumption earlier would be handy… if it weren't for the fact that every building is huge.' He sighed in annoyance as he crossed his arms over his chest in thought. 'Maybe it was open-roofed? I think it was.'
As he was continuing to ponder over more details, he began to turn around and get ready to climb back down the way he came, being to high up to jump down from there. Until, however, he noticed a tree right next to the wall he was perched on and opted to jump onto that instead. He didn't have much room to get in a good jump, but the tree wasn't too far away.
So, he then leaped over to the tree and into it's leaves, reaching both his hands out and grabbing onto a branch thick enough to support his weight. Looking down, he saw another thick one just below him and dropped down, landing there in a crouch with both his arms out to his sides to keep himself balanced. Once he was stable again, he began looking around for another branch to leap don on. then, he'd probably be close enough to the ground to just fall.
Key word being began: He stopped once he noticed another person on the branch with him.
A familiar girl with a little black bow, curled up near the tree and reading a book.
Amber eyes met green as the two looked at each other in silence for a few moments, Shavo resting his arms on his legs before nodding slightly to her.
"'Sup?"
She stared at him blankly before slowly nodding back to him.
"Uhhhh… Hi." Blake said uncertainly.
"Welp, gotta get back to looking for the lecture hall. Gonna be starting soon." Shavo gave her a two finger salute and was about to jump off before stopping himself and looking back over to the cat-like girl. "Hey, wait, you wouldn't happen to know where that is, do you?"
Blake still looked uncertain, but pointed off to her left.
"Yeah, just head that way until a big, open roofed building shows up. You can't miss it."
Shavo gave her a bright grin and nodded to her.
"Cool, thanks! Stay chilly!"
And with that, he jumped down to the ground and landed in a roll before coming up without breaking stride and ran off to the direction he had been pointed to. Meanwhile, Blake still sat in the tree, watching him go with a bemused expression before slowly looking back to her book.
"Stay chilly?" She whispered to herself before going back to the book. Just as she was getting back into it, she Shavo ran into the lecture hall and skidded to a halt, glad to see a very large crowd of people around him. At least know he knew that he was in the right place.
The Traveller looked around for a good place to stand (as well as any familiar faces), but didn't see anyone he was looking for. With a sigh, he walked over to a nearby wall and leaned back against it with his arms crossed over his chest and one foot propped against the wall in the standard 'cool guy' pose.
He sure as shit felt like a cool guy, right now.
'So, In the course of three hours, I've arrived in remnant, enrolled into Beacon Academy, and met all four of the members from team RWBY.' He grinned to himself with pride. 'Not a bad day, if I do say so myself.'
But things weren't exactly great, either.
No, not by a long shot.
His primary problem was how much his mere existence was throwing off the plot line of the show. Little things, like how he had ran into Sky Lark in the ship, and apparently he wasn't as bad as the show had made him out to be.
But there were also much bigger problems.
One, He had just basically kept Half of team RWBY from meeting each other. thought more of what the goateed kid had said and stood up in alarm.
"Crap, that's starting now!?" She yelled before jumping down and running the same way that stranger had ran.
Once he had gotten through the large doors and into the building itself, Shavo skidded himself to a stop before looking around.
'Open roofed, large as hell, everyone else is here,' The Traveller thought to himself before nodding, 'Looks like this is the place.'
He then started to scan over the crowd, hoping to spot someone familiar, but had no such luck as all he saw were background characters. He let out a sigh through his nose before walking over to a nearby wall and leaning against it, arms folded and one foot resting against the wall itself in the classic 'cool guy' pose.
He sure as shit felt cool, though.
'Okay, so in the course of three hours, I've came to Remnant, gotten enrolled in Beacon Academy, met all of Team RWBY, and got a kick-ass weapon.' He grinned to himself. 'Needless to say, this has been a good day.'
At least, he was trying to make himself feel like it was a good day. Despite this new, amazing adventure he had been put into, he still couldn't help that nagging voice in the back of his head.
Telling him that something was wrong.
'Okay, so yes, some things have been screwed up.' He lost the smile as his face grew more serious without even knowing it, beginning to become lost in thought, 'It looks like just my mere existence here has screwed with the plot majorly. One, Weiss, Blake, Ruby and Yang haven't met each other. Ruby n' Yang just saw her about to yell at me, and neither of them even got a look at Blake.'
'Then there's the biggest problem right now.' He thought to himself as he stuffed his hands into his pant's pockets. 'A missing main character.'
'Jaune.'
By now, Shavo had realized he wasn't going to be seeing the Blond knight anytime soon, and that was a problem. Despite his lack of skill, Jaune was the main key to bringing a lot of things together in the show, such as the interaction between Teams RWBY and JNPR.
So if Jaune wasn't here, then where the hell was he?
Was… Was he replacing Jaune?
As Shavo pulled out his flash drive and began twirling it absently, he felt like that was ridiculous.
Wasn't it?
"Excuse me?"
Brought back to the land of the living, Shavo looked to the source of the voice to spot a red-headed girl with jade green eyes and dressed in body armor that reminded him a lot of ancient spartan warriors.
Pyrrha Nikos.
"Do you mind if I stand here?" She asked, pointing to a spot next to him. "Everywhere else is pretty cramped at the moment."
He found it odd that she was asking to stand somewhere, but shrugged it off and gestured to the spot.
"It's a free country, ain't it?" Shavo stuffed the flash drive back into his pocket. Pyrrha nodded before standing against the wall next to him.
"Thank you." She gave him a polite smile before looking back to the center stage.
"Noooo Problem." Shavo said absently as he started to look among the crowd. As he did this, however, he noticed a weight in his right breast pocket he hadn't noticed before and reached for it, unzipping it open and reaching in to pull out the weight. Once he saw what it was, a grin came onto his face as he held it out to see.
'My vape pen!' He thought happily to himself as he ran his finger over the mouthpiece, a golden grinning skull wearing a tophat. 'Nearly forgot about this thing.'
Shavo gripped the gray-metaled cylinder base and was about to take in a hit, but looked around and thought better of it before slipping the pen back where he had found it. Now most likely wasn't the best of times to smoke, even with the scented water vapor.
But you could be damn sure he would get some afterwords.
"I believe the lecture is about to start." Pyrrha pointed out. Shavo looked to the stage to see the big man himself, Ozpin, walking on stage with Glynda Goodwitch not far behind.
"It would seem so." He agreed. As the gray-haired man made his way to the microphone, a hush began to fall over the crowd, the only sounds now being his footsteps until he arrived at his destination and tapped on the mic, a ringing noise coming from the speakers all around. He then cleared his throat before stepping up, all eyes now trained on him.
"Good evening, students." He greeted with a small wave, though his face suggested it wasn't quite as good of an evening as he said, a rather bored expression doned on his face, "I would like to welcome you all to your first day of Beacon Academy."
"It makes me glad to see so many of you gathered here with me today, young warriors ready to fight for a cause you all believe in, one we all share and keep clear in our vision at all times: Eliminating the Grimm."
A few murmurs of agreement from people in the crowd, but they were hushed quickly so the man could go on.
"Now, while that is true, do not have any doubts in your minds. The life of a Hunter is not a long one, and most certainly not an easy one, either. Every day here, you will be tested, both physically and mentally, to your limits to prepare you for the real world. The Grimm will not hesitate to kill you, so we cannot allow a moment of precious time wasted that could have been used appropriately. It is a harsh and cruel world out there, students."
Shavo didn't dare break his eyes from the Headmaster, paying as much attention as possible to this new speech from the man.
"I look amongst you all, and I see potential." He went on, "Potential to one day change the world and bring our goal into reach. But while I can see it, it is buried deep inside within all of you. Our task as your mentors for the next four years is to help you unlock this potential, and hone it into a deadly weapon at you disposal for whenever you find yourself in battle, to use at the best of your abilities. This will be a strenuous and hard-found task, but not impossible."
Ozpin looked around at the crowd, scanning over the whole crowd for any sign of doubt in the student's faces. he continued doing this, until he had spotted Shavo and lingered on him for a second longer than he did anyone else.
Then, without a word, he turned and walked off the stage. That was when Glynda Goodwitch walked up to the mike, scroll cradled to her breast, as she pushed up her glasses with one finger and spoke.
"You will gather in the ballroom tonight. Tomorrow, you will begin your initiation. Be ready." She informed the students. "You are dismissed."
With that. the hold on the crowd was broken, students beginning to talk to each other and walk around carelessly, chatting with each other.
Shavo, however, was not in a chatting mood at the moment.
He had a troubled look on his face as he stood against the wall, eyes staring at nothing as he thought over the past five minutes.
'That wasn't at all like the speech in the show.' He thought to himself as he began to scratch his chin. 'Now he seemed much more present. Wasn't quite as harsh as the first time, more focused. More blunt than anything.'
'And didn't he look at me longer than everyone else?' He contemplated this in his mind. 'I could have sworn he did. But why? Does he know?'
Shavo just shook his head before pushing off the wall and walking past Pyrrha, not even noticing her as he continued to think more over the situation. He may not be a hundred percent certain at the moment, but one thing was clear in his mind.
Things had began to change.
For better, or for worse.
Three hours later, and he was still thinking to himself.
Sitting on the ledge of a balcony of the ballroom with one leg on the rail and the other on the ground, the night sky and the broken moon giving him light, Shavo now wore a black beanie to go along with the rest of his wardrobe and his vape pen in his hand, rubbing the mouthpiece with his thumb. Lifting it up to his mouth, he then took a hit of his vape pen before blowing out the vapor through his nostrils, scenting the air with .
' .' he thought to himself. 'Not gonna be seeing that anymore.'
He looked up to the broken moon, fragments floating in space from long-ago explosion, and took another hit of his pen before looking down at it, sitting in his open hand.
Here, in Remnant.
How long until he got used to that? To all of this?
And this wasn't even the fun part. He hadn't even began to fight the Grimm, let alone see one. Yet to form a team.
Him.
A kid with little to no combat experience, getting paired up with three other people who had been training for almost there whole lives.
'Maybe I should have given this some more thought.' He remarked mentally as he blew out some more vapor into the air in the form of rings. He watched them dissipate into the air before leaning his head back against a stone pillar on the ledge.
"More thought's just needed in general." He said to himself, his words breaking the silence around him.
"Hello, Shavodan!"
Shavo jumped a little in surprise before turning to see a familiar ginger-headed girl standing by the opening to the balcony, dressed now in a green t-shirt and black pajama shorts instead of her usual attire. The marionette walked up to him merrily before giving him a little wave.
"Hey Penny." Shavo gave the girl a two finger salute as well as a small smile, glad to have something to take his mind off things. "How you been?"
"I have been just swell!" She exclaimed happily as she held up her hand and began listing things off her fingers. "First, I my uncle himself picked me up on the Bullhead to take me here. Then, on the way here, we were able to talk and catch up after not getting to see each other for around two weeks."
"Sounds like a busy guy." Shavo commented. Penny nodded happily in agreement.
"Very much so. He is, after all, one of the leading generals of Atlas."
So that confirmed his suspicions of Ironwood being the girl's 'uncle'.
"Anyhow," Penny continued, "I also met someone else as well, a girl by the name of Ciel."
She then leaned forward, hand cupped over her mouth, as she whispered to him.
"She's supposed to be 'watching over me', but I was able to slip away for a bit and see if I could find you."
Shavo held a hand against his chest and went from grinning to a full-blown smile.
"Awww, Penny, I'm touched."
"What are friends for, as they say." She shrugged before looking back to him, "So how was your day?"
"All in all, pretty decent." Shavo gave a one-shoulder shrug as he nodded and took another hit of his vape pen. "Got to meet some new people, see some things, nothing too special."
Penny nodded, but seemed sort of transfixed on the pen in Shavo's hand. She then pointed at it and slightly tilted her head.
"What's that you got there?" She asked. Shavo held the vape pen up in his hand and flipped it around to show her a name etched into it's side, Black cursive showing the world it's name:
'Kraftstoff'.
Penny leaned forward to study the vape pen a bit more, eyes squinted and all, before leaning back and giving him a curious look.
"It's called a vape pen." Shavo explained as he let the water vapor float from his mouth. "It's like a cigarette, except it doesn't have any harmful chemicals in it, only scented water vapor. Good for stress relief."
"Oh, okay then." She nodded before pointed back at the cursive writing. "And what does that word mean? I don't recognize the language."
Shavo wondered if Penny had any sort of data banks in her head to sort through, full of languages and many other things at her disposal, but focus on the situation before him and chuckled.
"It's an ancient language a few friends and I used to study a lot. I had this before I transcribed it, and always was using it." Shavo said with a small smile on his face as he twirled the vape pen in his hand. "They made a joke that I couldn't run without it, so we had the German word for 'Fuel' put on it. Little chuckle among friends."
He flipped the bottle upside down before unscrewing a cap and lifting out a small bottle, half full of liquid before he nodded to himself. He then put it back in, screwed the cap back on, and zipped it back into his breast pocket.
"So, are you looking forward to tomorrow?" Shavo inquired as he looked back up from his pocket to the Marionette before him. She nodded.
"Of course I am! Tomorrow is the official start of our lives and careers as hunters!" she threw her arms out in joy. "Isn't that spectacular?"
"Indeed it is, indeed it is." Shavo nodded again. "Were you there to catch the Headmaster's speech?"
"Yes. I think he did a very good job of describing what our time is going to be like here in Beacon." Penny walked over to the rail and rested her hands on the rail. "It most likely won't be every second of every day being spent training. Though it will be hard."
"Yeah." Shavo said absently as he looked out to the grounds around him. "Real hard."
Penny looked over at her new friend to see him with a troubled expression. Thinking it may have been something said, she ran over the dialogue and thought maybe he was concerned about the difficulty of the coming years ahead of him. Then, she began to think of certain ways she could try to help him, and was able to find a file instructing her on comfort.
She walked over to Shavo and laid a hand on his shoulder to get his attention. He looked back at her to see Penny giving him a warm smile.
"I'm sure it won't be too difficult, Shavo." She assured him with a slight squeeze.
Said traveller just snorted, but smiled despite himself and patted the girl's hand.
"Maybe it won't."
"And, if you need any help, I would be more than happy to assist you!" Penny offered kindly. Shavo just nodded his head in response.
"I would like that Penny. I appreciate it."
"It's of no concern, friend." She stated before seeming to get an idea and smiling widely. "Oh, what if we were able to be partnered together! Wouldn't that be astounding?"
"That would be pretty nice, actually." Shavo agreed with a grin. "I guess we'll just have to wait and see."
Penny then yawned and stretched her arms into the air. Shavo looked away to be polite, but got his face stuffed into her chest when she came up and hugged him.
"I believe I'm going to be heading off to bed, Shavodan." She released her hold on him and stepped back. "Good night. See you in the morning!"
"Yeah." Shavo said as he tried not to blush from having had his face pressed between the girl's breasts. "See you then, Penny."
With that, The Marionette turned around and walked back into the ballroom. Shavo watched her go, but didn't realise his eyes had wandered to her short-clad bottom until she had turned a corner and disappeared. He shook his head and rubbed his eyes, deciding he should probably call it a night as well.
He stood up and walked over to the exit and back into the building. He came out into a staircase overlooking the ground floor, giving him a great view of all the teenagers below getting ready for bed, sleeping back scattered about everywhere. He then realized he didn't have one, but shrugged it off. He could just take off his jacket and use that as a pillow.
Shavo began walking down the stairs until he spotted a familiar blue-haired teen and grinned as he changed course, making his way over to Sky as he changed out of a blue undershirt into a white Wife beater with some black basketball shorts. Sky looked up from his scroll to see him making his way over and grinned before waving. Shavo waved back and arrived next to him.
"'Sup?" Shavo grinned as he held out his fist to Sky. They bumped fists as Sky shrugged and stuck his hands into his pockets.
"Not much. How 'bout you?"
"Killing monsters and gettin' bitches." Shavo chuckled.
" Oh really?" Sky laughed a bit, "And how's that going for ya?"
"First one's off to a rough start, but the second one is just awesome."
That caused Sky before breaking into a silent fit of laughter, biting down on his hand to keep himself from disturbing others.
"Good to know." Sky responded once he recovered. "Maybe we can swap notes sometime, pool our efforts together."
Shavo widened his eyes as wide as possible before looking at Sky with as serious a expression as he could manage.
"And become Beacon's resident pimps." Shavo nodded resolutely before patting Sky on the shoulder. "I like the way you think, kid."
At that, they both broke into laughter. They got a few looks from nearby people, but neither of them cared, too caught up in their own joy to notice.
"Ahhh, holy shit." Shy said as he wiped a tear from his eye and let out a loud breath. "Glad to see this place ain't full of a bunch of stiffs."
"Yeah, no kidding." Shavo agreed before looking around. "So, what you been up to?"
"Not much, honestly." Sky shrugged. "Just kinda walked around after that lecture for a bit before coming here. Big ass place, that's for sure."
"Straight up." Shavo agreed as he looked around before something caught his eye. He then patted Sky on the chest and nodded towards something, a grin present on his face. "And not just a big ass place, either."
Sky followed his line of sight to see a few girls talking over across the room, or more specifically, one in short shorts bending over to get something. Sky nodded sagely as he stroked a fake beard that wasn't there.
"Indeed." He spoke in a wise voice. 'I give it a nine."
"Ehhh, Eight point six." Shavo waved his hand from side to side in a 'kinda-sorta' gesture before going back to scanning the crowd. "Man, is this place a school for Hunters of Supermodels? Cause I havn't seen, like, one average person so far."
"I was thinking just the same thing." Sky agreed.
"Looks like we've picked a good place to set up business, muchacho." Shavo nodded with a small grin. Sky held up his fist again, and Shavo returned the bump.
"Muchacho?" Sky inquired.
"Means 'boy'." Shavo informed him as he stuffed his hands into his pants pockets. Sky nodded in understanding before stretching out his arms.
"Well, I don't know about you, but I'm freakin' exhausted." Sky said before yawning. He then gestured to a spot open next to him. "More than welcome to chill out in my little neck of the woods, if you don't already have a spot for yourself."
"Doesn't sound like a bad idea to me, my man." Shavo said before zipping off his jacket, removing the sheath with the sword still in it off, and setting it down on the ground. He then folded his jacket and put it down before laying down and resting his head on it with his hands clasped behind his head. Sky followed soon after as he crawled into his yellow sleeping bag and laid down on his stomach.
"Night." Sky mumbled out before closing his eyes and turning around, his back facing Shavo now.
"Night, Sky.' he said back as he looked up at the ceiling for a bit. Then, he began to feel the day wear down on him, and closed his eyes for the night.
AN:
Man, I can get this much work done it a day and a half, but it takes me two freaking weeks to get a paragraph done on MOH.
So this is the longest chapter so far, showing more of the characters and the story as well. Got to see the weapon, too. Sides from that, not much else to really say.
Reviews (Forgot I was going to be doing these for a bit, TBH)
ShadowFreddyRaven: I have only watched one of those, and i hardly remember anything from Naruto. Like the show implies, I guess?
Red challenges you: Glad to have your support.
Posidon29: Well, seeing as how this story hasn;t been around all that long, and SI isn't exactly a rare topic, it just isn't as likely to get clicked on unless it is centered a round a main character. That's why my My Own Hell story gets a lot a views, as apposed to my OC story, where it hasn't even got a hundred views. And thanks.
titansFire: NO, , THOSE ARE MY CHEESY POOFS!
NecrorexSparda Juubi-No-Kishin: One, YOU HAVE A LONG-ASS NAME TOO, DON'T MAKE FUN OF ME, MR NECROPHELIAC KYUBI-NO-HENTAI!
Two, It's just because I'm a major System of a Down fan, and the name called to me.
eugenio4079: *laughs at your sorrow*
eugenio4079: In soviet Russia, story loved you.
jonathan11197: Well then, looks like we're gonna be here awhile.
Guest: *Bumps chest twice before flashing peace sign*
Word up, man.
KingArthur3: Did this chapter answer your question?
To be completetly honest, while Weiss was being a major pain about it, it sort of was Ruby's fault.
*Quickly locks all doors and windows from all the angry fans who are now coming to beat my ass*