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Chapter 7: Life
The two Masters and the Servant of the Sword stared in shock as Yang and Ruby grinned mischievously at them.
"So," Yang said, her eyes filled with mirth as she eyed Saber, "Who's your boyfriend?"
Saber raised an eyebrow at the blonde beauty as Weiss and Blake realized they were still each holding one of his hands and quickly let go, both of them turning red at Yang's implication.
"I don't know what you're talking about," Weiss stated, looking away from Saber and Yang.
Blake couldn't form words for embarrassment, deciding to stay silent as she glared at Yang, a slight blush on her cheeks.
Saber eyed Yang and Ruby before grinning back at them. "As much as I would love to lay claim to these two, I can't. Ice Queen over there has someone else to protect her, while I'm solely sworn to Blake."
If it was possible, Yang's grin grew larger at the open-ended statement, while Ruby looked at him with interest.
"Are you some kind of knight?" the black and red headed girl asked, "Because knights are so cool! They do all the super heroic things in the stories and-"
"Ruby," Weiss said, cutting the younger girl off.
"Yes, Weiss?"
"Please don't go rambling like that. It's way too early."
Ruby sighed in disappointment. "Okay."
Saber, however, looked thoughtful. "You could say I am a knight, but at the same time, I'm not. Not really." Realizing he had forgotten to introduce himself, he quickly said, "Where are my semi-existent manners? I'm Saber. You two must be my Master's teammates."
"Nice to meet you," Ruby said.
Yang popped an eyebrow. "'Master'?" She shot looks at Weiss and Blake.
Blake glared at Saber. "What did I tell you about calling me that?"
Saber grinned as he took a seat at one of the desks, facing the room. "Would you believe me if I told you that I forgot again?" Blake continued to glare at her Servant. "No? Oh well."
Weiss pinched the bridge of her nose, sighing in exasperation. "This is going to be a long night."
Three Hours Later…
Ruby and Yang were now staring blankly at the exhausted forms of Weiss and Blake in a mixture of awe and shock, while Saber had propped his feet up on the nearby desk and fallen asleep, deciding they didn't particularly need him at the moment.
Yang was the first to come out of her shock, saying, "So you two were pulled into a huge battle-royale with five other people, each person having someone similar to Saber over there?"
"Yes, Yang, we've been over this," Blake replied, looking exhausted from the long night as she watched the sun rise through the window.
Yang shrugged. "Just checking."
Ruby opened her mouth to say something when another voice came from the doorway.
"If I may be so bold, I think it would be best if Weiss and Blake went to bed and slept the night off before answering any more questions you may have."
The four girls, and the recently awoken Saber, turned to the door to see Rider leaning against the closed door.
"How did you get in here?" Ruby asked.
"I just came out of my ethereal form," Rider replied. "I've been here the whole time."
Weiss nodded, having apparently gained some knowledge from her Servant telepathically, and cut off her teammates from asking any more questions.
"This is Rider, my Servant," she explained before yawning behind her hand, "And I agree with him. Blake and I really need to get some sleep, the sun's already coming up for Dust's sake!"
The two sisters looked behind them out the window to see that the sun was already above the horizon and looked back at the SDC heiress smiling sheepishly.
"Sorry, Weiss," Ruby apologized, "Yang and I will leave you two to sleep."
Yang looked like she might object, but looks from both the two Servants and their respective Masters made her think twice.
"Fine, let's go get breakfast Rubes," she finally conceded.
And with that, the two sisters left the room, allowing their teammates to sleep under the protection of their respective Servants.
Beacon Academy Rooftops
As Weiss and Blake slept the night off in their dorm, Rider sat on the roof of their dorm building, watching as the sun steadily climbed higher into the sky, a look of depression on his face.
"You doing alright?" a voice asked from behind him.
Turning around, he watched as Saber finished rematerializing behind him, a slight look of concern on his face. Turning back to his original position, Rider replied, "I'm fine."
"Whatever you say," Saber said, taking a seat at the edge of the roof next to him.
They sat in silence for a few minutes, continuing to watch as the sun continued up into the sky, and watching as the school woke up below them, students enjoying their weekend around the grounds.
"I finally tracked down Caster's workshop, by the way," Saber said nonchalantly, getting a look from Rider.
"Where?" Rider asked.
Saber tilted his head toward the tallest tower of Beacon, containing its symbolic Beacon, and Headmaster Ozpin's office.
"All the way up there?" Rider asked incredulously. "Why there of all places? I would have set up in the middle of the Emerald Forest if I were him!"
Saber shrugged. "I have no idea why he'd set up there, but if I found it, I'm willing to bet others did as well."
"You're expecting an attack tonight?" Rider clarified.
"I'd be lying if I said it wasn't likely," Saber admitted.
Rider considered the information for a few moments. "What are we going to do about it?"
Saber grinned. "We're going to use him as bait, and let the other Servants come to us."
"Does Caster know?"
"Nope," Saber replied cheekily.
Rider sighed before grinning. "Let's get to work. We'll tell him later."
Team RWBY's Dorm
Blake's Dreamscape
Blake Belladonna had seen many things in her life. She had seen mass discrimination against the Faunus, Humans sometimes beating or killing many of the so-called freaks. She had been involved with several robberies and infiltrations before leaving the White Fang. But nothing could ever prepare her for what she saw before her now, as she dreamed.
She was looking in awe and fear at a Grimm she had only ever read about, and no one had seen in half of a millennia. It's bone-like mask with its red tribal markings had a sword-like horn jutting from the front, it's black scales were almost darker than the average Grimm she had fought, and bone-like protrusions and leathery black wings on its back. The scariest part were the glowing green eyes that were filled with intelligence.
It was a Drakon.
"How am I seeing this?" Blake thought. "I've never seen this thing before!"
It was then that she looked around and saw three figures standing behind her, seeming to prepare a large attack. One, dressed in red, threw a ball of fire that expanded and consumed the enormous Grimm while the other two, one in white, and one in dark blue, seemed to be preparing a combo attack as the one in white had a small sphere of light in his hand while the other in blue had a sphere of shadows in his. Holding their hands out, the two spheres began to fuse together to gain a gray and gold appearance. The two threw their attack forward, and it tore across the space to make contact with the Drakon.
Blake then noticed that with that attack, others had arrived, and although she couldn't make out most of them through the haze, she could see a familiar figure walking forward as the enraged Grimm recovered from the last attack.
"Is that Saber?" she thought in shock.
She realized that he had taken his cloak along with his holsters and sheathes off, and was now walking toward the Grimm with a determined expression on his face as he glowed with the blue lightning flickering across his body.
When the light almost became unbearable, the glow disappeared, and so did Saber.
"Where'd he go?" Blake wondered, looking around.
The beast suddenly roared in rage, and Blake saw the reason why. Saber was on its back using lightning enhanced punches to break through its armor. When the Drakon tried to hit him with its razor-sharp tail, he vanished again and reappeared in front of it, prompting the monster to breathe green and red flames at him.
Saber did something Blake didn't realize he could do at that point. He opened his mouth and bisected the flames with a torrent of lightning from his mouth.
Blake's eyes were wide as she continued to watch the spectacle of her Servant in life, killing a gigantic Grimm with a technique no one she knew could replicate.
"This… is Saber?"
Blake stared at the person who became her Servant, as he stood triumphantly on top of the Drakon's back, and the dream faded.
RWBY's Dorm
Blake snapped awake after her dream faded. Looking across the room, she could see that Weiss was still fast asleep. Blake looked at the time distractedly, seeing that it was around three in the afternoon. Blake went to the bathroom and stood in front of the mirror, splashing water across her face as she looked at herself.
"What does this all mean?"
That's the chapter! I'm sorry if it seems a bit short, but I decided to get this out to have it out and work on the next part, since otherwise, I would just be going from place to place more randomly than I would like in one chapter. Now, as promised, here are Rider's stats.
Author: Oathkeeper0317
Servant Class: Rider
True Name: Ryan Jenkins
Alignment: Lawful Good
Master: Weiss Schnee
Stats-
Strength: D
Endurance: C
Agility: B+
Mana: E+
Luck: B
Noble Phantasm: A
Skills-
Class Skills-
Riding: A
Magic Resistance: D
Personal Skills-
Eye of the Mind (True): B+
Item Construction: B
Noble Phantasms:
Blizzard: A large mecha that Rider can call to assist him in battle, whether he is piloting it or not. Rank: A (Anti-Army)