Foreign Exchange
Chapter 10:Finalized
Now that he wasn't in any immediate danger of getting his face ripped off, Shavo's mind eventually drifted back to thinking about just whether or not he was the most luckiest or unluckiest guy in the universe. Now without his jacket and hat, he was just in his black t-shirt and jeans as he puffed on his Vape Pen.
"What up Shavo?"
Looking up from his seat in the auditorium, Shavo was glad to see a familiar blue haired teen standing in front of him with his arms crossed over his chest and a grin on his face.
"'Sup, Big girl?" He grinned back as he stood up and patted his friend on the shoulder, pocketing the pen. They were currently the only two in the little corner, Ruby talking with her sister about something that looked like it was upsetting her for whatever reason. He'd probably have to go see what that is in a moment. "How was initiation? Didn't get to see you at all during it."
"Pretty good actually." Sky said with a nod of his head. "I got partnered up with a friend of mine back from Helgen, so I got pretty lucky there."
"Good to hear." Shavo said.
"How about you? Who did you partner up with?' Sky asked Shavo.
The goateed teen nodded over to the hooded huntress.
"I teamed up with Ruby." He informed him.
Sky's grin came back as he nudged Shavo in the ribs with his elbow.
"Partnered up with a girl, eh?" He chuckled. "Lucky bastard."
Shavo rolled his eyes, but couldn't help from snickering along with Sky as they stood there.
"Yeah, she's pretty cool, though." He told Sky as he stroked his goatee. "A little awkward, but hey, I'm not one to judge."
"I get it, don't worry." Sky assured him with a smile. "There won't be any problems between us."
"Okay, good." Shavo breathed out a sigh of relief. He really didn't like it when he had friends that didn't get along with each other.
They were going to continue talking, but by this point Ruby had shot over to them before they could keep the conversation going, looking especially worried.
"Shavo, we have got a serious problem here!" She squeaked out with wide eyes. "When I went to go grab the card, I-"
That was when Ruby noticed the other person standing next to her partner, the tall blue haired guy from earlier yesterday morning. She immediately squeaked into silence as she froze up.
"A little awkward, you say?" Sky chuckled before shaking his head and walking off. "You guys go ahead and talk about whatever you need. Catch you later, Shavo."
"See ya, Sky." Shavo waved off his friend before turning back to Ruby, who looked extremely embarrassed. "What do you need?"
"Aaaaahhhh… Uhhhhmmmm…" She stuttered out as she looked down at the ground and twiddled her thumbs. "So… You know how I picked the card at initiation, right?"
Shavo's eyes instantly went wide as he looked at her with worry.
"Dear Serj, you didn't lose it, did you?" He asked her sternly.
She shook her head before bringing out said card.
"No, No no no, it's right here." She assured him. "It's just that… I didn't pay too much attention to what the card was."
Shavo was handed the card and looked over it to see that it was in good condition, a black five of clubs.
"It looks just fine." he said as he turned it over, the only thing that could be considered wrong with it to him was the small hole where the string held it up.
"Yeah, the card is just fine. It's what's on it is the problem." She said before pointing to it. "Its a black five...Clover-leaf-looking-thingy."
"Club." Shavo corrected her. He remembered from constantly shuffling his personal deck of RWBY playing cards so often.
That wouldn't be fun to explain.
"Yeah, whatever." Ruby said irritably before pointing over to Weiss and Blake, who were standing by the wall and inspecting their card as well. "Look at their card."
Shavo squinted his eyes to make up for the distance and was just able to make out their card as Blake held it up for inspection.
It was also a black five of clubs.
"Okay, so they have the same card as us." Shavo commented, still not seeing what the problem was. " That just means they're gonna be on the same team as us…"
He then looked over to Ruby eyeing them worriedly.
Or, more specifically, Weiss.
"For the next four years…" Shavo said as understanding dawned upon him. "Oooooooh, you're worried because of Weiss. I see."
"Yeah, that's what I'm worried about." Ruby sighed.
"Aw come on, I'm sure if you just give her a chance, you two will get along just fine." Shavo offered. He remembered just how much the two had become like sisters in the show, and it was starting to irk him he may have had just ruined that.
"I highly doubt that." Ruby said glumly. "You saw how I just was a few seconds ago. I can't even start talking with random strangers right there."
With that, Ruby put her back against the wall before sliding down and hanging her head sadly.
"I'm such a dork."
Shavo quickly sat down next to her and put a hand on her shoulder as he lightly shook her, trying to get her to look at him as he did so. The Crimsonette looked up to see him giving her a stern expression.
"Hey, you stop that right now." He told her. "Listen, I'll admit that she's kind of difficult to work with, and that's just from briefly talking to her twice."
Ruby started to look a bit more sad as she pouted out her lower lip, but was stopped as she saw Shavo give her a supportive smile.
"But hey, I'm still here, aren't I?" he then stood up as he gestured to himself. "Besides, you've also got your sister to talk to. And I highly doubt that Blake girl is gonna be much of a problem."
He held a hand out for her to hold onto as he helped the younger girl up onto her feet.
"I know we aren't exactly lifelong friends or anything Ruby…" He said a she scratched the back of his neck, a brief flash of awkwardness coming up, feeling like he was screwing up somehow or saying the wrong thing before pushing it back down. "But seeing as how we're going to be partners here for quite a while… I promise I'll do my best to help you out."
Ruby looked up at him with those large orbs of silver before lunging forward and hugging her partner. he stumbled back a bit, surprised before steadying himself. He looked around uncertainly before returning the hug and patting her on the back.
"Thanks Shavo." She said as she pulled back and wiped her eyes with her sleeve. "You're a good friend."
"I try." he grinned as he went to ruffle her hair.
Midway, she smacked his hand down and pointed a finger at him with a mock-irritated face.
"Do that again, and I bite your hand off." She threatened.
Shavo held his hands up in surrender, but wasn't able to fight down the grin.
"Hey, it's a hand, not a freakin' cookie!" He laughed.
"If it was, you'd be handless by now." Ruby said as she crossed her arms over her chest. Shavo got a sly grin as he leaned forward and whispered in her ear.
"Would you like some milk with that too?" he grinned before leaning back and laughing heartily as her face went from mock irritation to the real deal.
"Would you stop with that!?' She said as she smacked his arm. He continued to laugh, however, as he doubled over and began to get some looks.
"Awww, but it was so cute it was funny!" He choked out. As he went on laughing, Ruby blushed in embarrassment.
"Cute…?" She mumbled under her breath. Shavo didn't hear it, however, as he began to control his laughter and right himself.
"Alright… Jokes aside, we should probably get to our seats. It'll probably be time to get our teams announced in a little bit." He informed her as he began to walk over to Weiss and Blake. Ruby looked a little reluctant, but followed him regardless. Once they arrived, the two girls looked over at them before he nodded.
"Hey." he greeted before flipping up his card for them to see with two fingers. "Look's like we're on a team together for a bit."
"It would appear so." Weiss said in her regular manor, like she was talking to those below her. He noticed Blake give her partner and irritated look, but went unnoticed by Weiss as she looked to the stage where the teams would be announced.
"Hey, listen." Shavo said as he stepped in front of her. Weiss's eyebrows furrowed slightly, but he ignored it as he went on. "I know that we didn't exactly get off on the right foot, what with me running into your luggage and all."
"It would seem so." She commented. Shavo again ignored her remark.
"But, seeing as how we're more than likely going to be living together for the next four years, I don't think it would be healthy for us as a team to not get along. So, I'm just wanting to let you know that I will try my best to get along if you do the same."
He then stuck his hand out for her to shake. She looked at it for a second before taking it and giving it a curt shake.
"Shavarsh Odadjian." he introduced himself as he stepped back and took a slight bow. Weiss kept up her intense stare for a few more second before sighing as he took a bow herself.
"Weiss Schnee." she relented, beginning to lose the tone in her voice of superiority. "And I suppose I'll try to be as civil as I can."
"I'm glad to hear that." He said with a smile as he stepped over to their seats, marked with a hologram reading their names above the seats they were supposed to sit in. He sat down, one leg resting atop the other as he leaned back. "Looks like the intros about to start."
The other three girls followed along, Weiss to his right, Blake to her right, and Ruby to his left, who was meekly pressing her fingers together nervously. As soon as they all got settled, the lights began to dim and leaving the one on the stage bright and drawing all of the attention to it as Ozpin walked on it, cane in one hand and scroll in the other as he looked at it.
"Welcome students." He greeted distractedly, not even looking up from his scroll as he did so.
"I'm glad to see that you all were able to successfully pass your initiation safely. today, we have a total of twenty-one teams to announce."
That was when he looked up blankly at them and scanned the crowd.
"I really hope you all brought some snacks, because this is going to take a while."
From the backstage, Shavo had to cover his mouth as he laughed into it from the unexpected comment. From beside him, Ruby snickered quietly while Weiss made and indignant scoff.
"How could he say something like that!?' She cried out quietly. "This is a sacred initiation, and he's just going to make a comment like that!?"
"I think it's because he doesn't really care." Shavo managed to get out between laughs.
'This is going to be fun.' He thought to himself as Ozpin began to call up teams
"Uggggh, he wasn't joking." Shavo groaned out as he slid in his seat. "I'm starving."
He went back to watching Ozpin introduce Team CRDL, Sky and Dove having still been partnered. He was cool with Sky, but he didn't really want to think about what would happen if it turned out the rest of CRDL were still jerks.
Munch munch.
Shavo's head came up as he heard a strange sound from nearby.
Nibble nibble.
It was the sound of food.
Looking over to his left, he saw Ruby sitting in her seat, legs drawn up and crossed on the cushion as she nibbled on a strawberry, a small box full of them sitting on her lap. She had a dreamy smile on her face. eyes closed as she nibbled away happily.
"Psst, Ruby." He whispered to her. She opened her eyes and looked over to him with a tilt of her head, strawberry still in her mouth.
'Fucking Christ, does she know she's this adorable!?' He mentally cursed before focusing back onto the subject.
"Can I have one?" He asked her as he held out a hand.
She brought the box back from his reach on instinct, giving him a tiny glare as she shook her head no.
"Awwww, pleeeease?" He begged before trying to give her puppy eyes. She shook her head 'no' again as she swallowed the strawberry.
"Only I can do puppy dog eyes." She said. Shavo leaned back into his seat and pouted, folding his arms over his chest as he 'humphed' out loud.
That was when Ruby held out a cookie for him.
He instantly brightened up, looking from the chocolate chip cookie to the one handing it to him, who was giving him a warm smile.
"You can have one of these, though."
He gratefully accepted the cookie before beginning to nibble on it with glee, matching Ruby's expression as he closed his eyes and smiled while Ruby did the same.
All the while Weiss watching them before rolling her eyes and turning back to the stage.
'...I'd like a cookie too, you know.' She grumbled to herself.
"Up next, can we please have Lie Ren, Nora Valkyrie, Yang Xiao-Long and Pyrrha Nikos?" Ozpin said over the microphone. Said students stood up, Both Yang and Pyrrha waving to Ruby and Shavo as they walked up stage. They were given a thumbs-up in return from Shavo while Ruby nodded to them.
They all stood in a line on stage, Ren and Nora side by side as well as Pyrrha and Yang.
'They were the only two that we didn't run into during initiation.' Shavo thought to himself. 'That's more than likely going to make it harder to get involved with them for our team, even with Pyrrha and Yang on it.'
"Pyrrha Nikos, Yang Xiao-Long, Lie Ren and Nora Valkyrie." Ozpin listed them off as their pictures showed up on the screen above them. "You four both retrieved the Black five of Diamonds from the ruins of Crestfall Mountains."
That was when their initials showed up under their pictures, P, Y, R, N.
"From this day forth, you shall be known as PYRN, or team Burn. Led by Pyrrha Nikos."
Everyone in the room clapped for them, Pyrrha getting a few whistles thanks to her celebrity status while Yang winked to the crowd. Shavo stood up and clapped enthusiastically for them, followed by Ruby , cookie still in her mouth as she did so. They all took a bow before walking off the stage, Yang and Shavo high-fiving as she passed by.
"Up next, can we please have Weiss Schnee, Blake Belladonna, Ruby Rose and Shavarsh Odadjian?"
Blake and Weiss took a stand as well, Weiss standing high and proud while Blake looked like she could care less. Shavo was smiling as he looked up to the stage before noticing Ruby looking hesitant next to him, staring at the stage with uncertainty.
"Hey, you ready?" He asked with a smile that he hoped was calming. She looked at the stage while she bit her lower lip before nodding.
"Yeah." She sighed. "Let's do it."
And with that, they walked up onto the stage. Shavo walked tall and proud, using the best poses he learned from his parents and friends in the military taught him over the years, back straight and looking straight ahead. Once they stopped, they stood with Blake closest to the crowd, followed by Weiss, Shavo and Ruby.
"Shavarsh Odadjian, Weiss Schnee, Ruby Rose and Blake Belladonna." Ozpin announced, eyes lingering on Shavo for a second longer than anyone else before looking back to his scroll. Up on the screen, all of their portraits showed up, Shavo's being him looking at the camera with his head slightly upturned and eyes half closed in his normal relaxed look. "The four of you retrieved the Black Five of Clubs from the ruins of Crestfall Mountains."
Shavo's brows furrowed slightly at the order in which he said their names, confused.
'That's weird.' He thought. 'He normally lists the leader first. So then why didn't he list Weiss or Ruby?"
That was when their initials showed up under their portraits, except Shavo's had an O under it, going O, W, R, B.
"From this day forth, you shall be known as team OWRB, or Orb." Ozpin then looked up at Shavo with the slightest of grins on his face as he did so.
And that's when it hit him.
"Led by… Shavarsh Odadjian."
As the crowd erupted into applause, Shavo's eyes went wide and his jaw practically unhinged with disbelief as he stared at Ozpin, his arms dropping to his sides as he did so. Ozpin continued to grin at him as he gave the perplexed student a nod.
"I expect great things from you, young man." The silver-haired man told the dumb-struck traveler. "And when you get the chance, please come see me in my office, would you? Preferably after the ceremony is over."
Shavo couldn't say anything, only nod at him as the crowd continued to clap. Looking around, he saw that Ruby was whistling to him, her sister doing the same from backstage while Pyrrha clapped enthusiastically behind her. Turning more, he saw Blake clapping as well with a polite smile while Weiss gave him a glare.
'God damned mother fucking son of a dickweasl.' He mentally cursed to himself. 'This is going to suck massive loads of camel dick.'
AN: HOLY SHIT, ALL THE REVIEWS!
Wow, you guys really stepped up to the voting! Getting on to see that ONE chapter got over twenty reviews in the course of eight hours!? That is so fuckin' sick, I can't even begin to thank you guys enough for that!
And while we're on the topic of voting, that's what a lot of you guys did. Obviously, I'm not going to put down the vote count, because that is just unprofessional.
And while we're on that topic, quite a few of you guys have asked for a Harem option. So, I guess if you people really want it, than your more than welcome to chose that. It won't really be a problem to write the 'lovey-dovey' parts, I have loads of ideas for interactions between Shavo and the love interest, regardless of who it will be. Harem would just give me the choice of using them all! Some of you guys also suggested the idea of Shavo taking them out on separate dates to figure out who he wants. I may just actually use that, to be completely honest.
Don't quote me on that, though. If you quote me, make it something cool, like 'I'm gonna kick you in the gooch so hard that you grandchildren'll feel it.'
Or something like that.
Dont forget to Vote for the options, everybody!
-Triple T
Reviews:
TinoE: Well, I'm glad to say that you wouldn't be the only one. ^-^
Yeah, that bugs me how their are a lot of stories where teens who probably just sit on their ass and do nothing are apperently gods of everything once thier in the RWBY-verse. I don't mean that offensively to anyone with those stories, it's just annoying to see that every five seconds.
That's what i'm trying to avoid, is making it similar to the cannon. Different plot lines (While still including the main characters) get a lot of views, a good example being my My Own Hell story.
(Which I'm still working on, it's just been slow writing for it lately.)
I can see why you have these worries. But like I stated above, a lot of people have been asking for it, and seeing as how i officially asked for the public opinion on it…. Yeah. Sorry if that upsets you in any way. And do you mean it's been done often for SI's? Cause if so, I sure as hell haven't been looking hard enough then. But, I'm still trying to aim towards a maximum of two girls, which would be Pyrrha and Yang, CAUSE I FUCKING LOVE THOSE TWO, SO KUWAIII, AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!
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*clears throat*
Uh, yeah. Sports. Monster Trucks. Huntin'.
frozenflames720 : Ask and you shall receive, dear reader.
ek: Dude-bro. Dude-bro-dude. Dude-bro-bruh-dude-bruh.
BRUH.
NecrorexSparda Juubi-No-Kishin: WHERE THE HELL DO YOU PEOPLE FIND THESE STORIES!?
And as for his semblance, you must remain patient. Jaune had his aura unlocked in the beginning of the show, and he still hasn't found out what his is yet… But who say's I'm gonna wait that long?
Dorito-Fingers:As I have stated again and again, I am specifically trying my best to stray away from Cannon, due to how many fics there are out there where people just follow along the story and basically react to it.
And out of all of those, the only thing I have to say is Ruby: She is fifteen going on sixteen, and Shavo is seventeen going on eighteen. While yes, there is a two year age difference, keep in mind that there can often be people separated by twenty years of age or more that can and will truly love each other. Let people love who they wanna love, man. World peace and all that shit.
And not gonna lie, I'd really like to see Weiss get selected. Tsundere Weiss is best Weiss.
As for Blake, hopefully with character development I'll be able to convey just how different and similar they can be.
Castor115 :Thank you for the support, dear reader.
Maronmario : Did I really make Blake come off as being weary of him?
*Shrugs*
Eh, whatever. and tell you what, I'll just count your vote to all three.
Caesar the Son of War : Ahhh, Caesar, I'll be sure to dance on your grave.
And that's great to hear! I'm really trying to bring off 'Freak Show' as you have dubbed him (THE NAME WILL BE REVEALED NEXT CHAPTER, CALM YOUR TITS EVERYONE), as a seriously disturbing creature.
And while so far, they do indeed have the best chemistry, I'll try to have them all get instances where they can interact with each other, such as FE8 with Yang and this one with Ruby.
Guest: Yeah, it was kind of short. Sorry about that.
Guest: I agree, that's why i'm greatly considering it. Also because of that dream I had a few nights ago…
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Psykotic101: Glad to see that you enjoy the story. And thank you for the vote, that right there is a pretty decent formula indeed. And even if only one (or two, I guess, seeing as how everyone wants a harem) girl is picked, that doesn't mean there won't be interaction between them.
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*starts to slowly clap before it picks up in noise and pace until clapping frantically, tears of joy streaming down my face*
potato man: Just use your Potato Man powers.
*You stand there in a classic hero pose, chest puffed out and staring defiantly at "Freak Show" as it looms over you, it leaning closer slowly as it's mouths open up and slowly begin to growl, rising in pitch and tone until it's a LARGE, UNGODLY WAIL OF DEATH AND DESTRUCTION-
And you just lob a potato at it.
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*NAILED IT*
kenegi : To be completely honest, dude's more worried about himself than Ruby. He knows that Ruby can handle herself, but he isn't too sure about himself.
kenegi :I thank you for your kind words of encouragment.
*Reaches for the cookie, but Ruby comes out of nowhere and takes it before I can grab it, then proceeds to nibble on it happily.*
Serj Damnit Ruby, give that-
*Ruby looks up at me with wide, watery eyes and the cookie hanging out of her mouth.*
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*Whimpering noises*
GOD DAMMIT, FINE.
TheHorsemanOfDeath247: Okay then.
NakaruSoul : The Moe factor…
It's…
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At a fairly large amount.
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IT'S OVER NINE THOUSAAAAAAAAND!
LionheartO'brien : *happy robot noises*
WarriorOD3: I've never played that game, so I wouldn't know.
king of the lion: Okay then, Ruby it is.
DMC 1 Dante :...
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ENGLISH, MOTHERFUCKER, DO YOU SPEAK IT.
Justus80:Awwwww, no lemons?
*Throws out lemon pies*
You're no fun.