All right upon reading the comments (I can't seem to reply to the guest one's so sorry) I will be making the chapters shorter. This may or may not mean more chapters being made who knows, but I do read the comments. And again if I missed any mistakes in grammar please message me so I can fix them, I do reread the chapters before I upload them but I'm only one person. As always RWBY is owned by Rooster Teeth and its associates, my characters are my own.
As Jaune and Cardin fought Delilah leaned over to Pyrrha, "it doesn't seem like Jaune knows how to fight, I mean all he's doing is swinging his sword around without any form or technique." Pyrrha made a small groan as she tried to defend Jaune, "perhaps he's simply letting Cardin think he has the upper hand, he could be leading him into a trap." Jaune was knocked across the arena as Delilah noted, "suuurrre he is, and any moment now Jaune will make a miraculous comeback displaying an uncanny skill with the sword that would rival the second year Yatsuhashi." Pyrrha looked at the match with a worried look as Cardin clashed with Jaune again, Cardin kneed Jaune sending him crumpling to the ground. Just as he was about to deal a finishing blow Glynda stopped him, "Cardin that's enough," Jaune looked to Pyrrha, she looked with downcast eyes as she sighed.
At the lunch table Nora was relaying a recurring dream she had to the rest of the group, Ren was correcting some of the details as she was exaggerating a little. Jaune was sitting at the end of the table stirring his food around, his looked like his mind was elsewhere as Pyrrha tried to get his attention. "Jaune are you ok?" broken from his trance replied, "Yeah I'm fine why do you ask?" Ruby looking equally concerned stated, "Well, it's just that you don't look ok." Giving a fake smile Jaune assured, "I'm totally ok, see." Laughing from behind caught their attention, Cardin and his gang were crowding a rabbit Faunus antagonizing her.
Pyrrha put a hand on Jaune's shoulder, "you know you can tell us if anything is wrong," Omar chimed in, "Jaune just say the word and I can make sure anyone bothering you is dealt with." Delilah gave him a playful slap on the arm, "Ignore him, but Pyrrha is right. You can come to us if there is something bothering you, we're your friends we'll be happy to listen." Another outburst of laughter made Jaune cringe, Ruby looked away in disgust, "he's a bully picking on her like that." Pyrrha glanced between Jaune and Cardin, "Jaune if Cardin is bullying you, you can tell us we won't think less of you." Delilah sat gritting her teeth as she gripped her plastic fork nearly snapping it. Jaune faking a laugh stated, "Cardin just likes to mess around, besides name one time he's 'bullied' me." Everyone gave Jaune a serious look, behind them the rabbit Faunus cried out, "OWW that hurt's, please let go."
Cardin had the poor girl by the ear giving it a vicious tug, "see guy's told you they were real," one of his other buddies laughed, "what a freak." Delilah shot up snarling loudly as she turned and stomped toward Cardin, her tail was floofed out as her hair was standing up. Still snarling she seethed, "Cardin that's enough, let her go." Cardin laughed, "Oh come on we're just having fun, and if we were really bothering her she could tell us." Delilah took another step forward which prompted Cardin to let go of the ear, "Fine, fine killjoy." Delilah turned around putting a hand on the girl's shoulders angling her body to shield her from Cardin and his friends as she checked the girl.
Cardin had an evil smile stretch across his face as he saw Delilah's tail swish in front of him. Reaching out he grabbed hold giving it a hard tug, Delilah's ear's stood straight up as her face scrunched into sheer pain as she gave a silent scream. When Cardin tugged again Delilah collapsed into the rabbit Faunus's arms as he started laughing again. "See that guy's these freaks think they're better than us, but look just one tug and they fall." As Cardin was about to tug Delilah's tail again his head was slammed into the table causing him to lose his grip. The rabbit Faunus held onto Delilah as she slowly got up curling her tail closer, turning around she saw Omar holding Cardin's head against the lunch table as Cardin's friends surrounded him.
Cardin struggling against the grip lashed out, "what the hell man!" pressing his head further into the table Omar gritted, "what I'm just having fun, like you were." One of Cardin's friends put a hand on Omar's shoulder, "let him go man or else." Leaning down Omar gritted, "Cardin you better control your girlfriend before something bad happens." Cardin's friend backed off slightly from the threat, everyone nearby began whispering at what possibly could happen and who would win if a fight broke out. Delilah placed a hand on Omar's shoulder getting his attention, "that's enough, let him go." Sighing heavily Omar released his grip on Cardin stepping back, "a Faunus saved you this time Cardin remember that." Walking back to the table with Delilah and the rabbit Faunus Omar kept himself ready in case Cardin's friends wanted to take a cheap shot.
At the table everyone looked at Omar, Carmine asked, "what was that about?" "What?" "You practically broke his neck." Looking back Omar snapped his fingers, "damn you're right, I should have gone for the legs." Delilah sat the rabbit Faunus next to her, "I hope you're doing ok." The Faunus nodded, "I am thank you." Levina took the over turned milk carton and switched it with hers, "what your name?" "Velvet, I'm a second year student." "You're a second year student and you let him pick on you like that?" "Please don't tell Coco or Fox about this, if they found out it would cause a huge mess." "How bad could it be?" Velvet had the thousand yard stare in her eyes as she stared blankly into the distance, her ear drooped slightly as her face froze. Levina putting a hand on her shoulder snapped her out of her trance, "just please promise not to tell them." Levina nodded as they continued lunch.
Omar, Levina, Ruby and Yang went off to their class as Carmine and Delilah walked with Velvet to history class. Delilah asked, "Velvet can I ask why you're in a first year history class?" Velvet feeling a bit comfortable with the two gave a sheepish smile, "sorry it's just that I'm bad at history, I'm doing great in all of my other classes but history is one that I need extra help in." "We wouldn't mind helping you when you need it." Giving a small smile Velvet nodded, "thanks."
Professor Oobleck was zipping around the classroom at speeds that would rival Ruby on a sugar high, every time he stopped he would take a sip from his mug. Delilah jokingly leaned over to Blake commenting, "I bet he has some kind of liquor in there." As she leaned back Professor Oobleck was leaning downing directly next to her nearly giving her a heart attack, "there is no added substances within my coffee Miss Dirus, and I would appreciate it if you would please pay more attention in class. Now then I would like you to write a five page essay front to back about the major battle that became the turning point in the Human-Faunus war, it is due on Friday." Delilah sat with her mouth open in utter shock before lowering her head in defeat.
The board was a complex maze of string and pictures spread around a world map, with a yard stick in one hand and his mug in another the professor gave the fastest crash course in the first part of the war. Delilah having already read the text book as well as several others covering the war had started her assignment for the professor as he continued to teach. She heard him question Jaune then Cardin about a decisive battle when Cardin made a remark, "Well, I know it's a lot easier to train an animal than a soldier." Speaking up Delilah spat, "at least an animal has the intelligence to listen and apply that knowledge unlike some people." The class started laughing as Pyrrha gave the correct answer, Blake even added to that answer ending on a slight insult to Cardin. Furiously Cardin got up with a clenched fist, Carmine even with the mended leg stood up squaring his shoulders as electricity discharged from his eyes. Professor Oobleck stood in-between them, "now, now there is no need to escalate the situation. Both of you, please, sit."
Class ended as Delilah helped Carmine out of the classroom, because he stood up in defense of Blake he did not get in any trouble. Walking down the hall to the dorms they met up with Omar and Levina, Yang and Ruby were right next to them. Delilah told them what happened in class which cause Omar to sigh, "You know had you just let me break an arm or leg he would not be causing all these problems." Levina gave him a soft jab to the side, "yeah and you'd have been jumped by his goons." Raising an eyebrow he smirked, "you know while I may use it mostly to heal myself I do have a semblance." Yang wrapped her arm around his walking closer, "you're not in any condition to do any kind of fighting, leave that to me." Leaning over and giving her a small kiss on the cheek he smiled, "I feel some much safer now." Yang gave him a playful slap on the arm she was holding, "I mean it." Still smiling Omar nodded, "I know."
Parting ways at the dorm Carmine and team went to their dorm room, turning into the hall they saw a large crate sitting in front of their door. The crate was just small enough to slide into the room if the door was taken off. Levina shimmied into the room with Delilah as Omar tried to push the crate inside, it kept getting caught on the door and the carpet. Carmine leaned against the hallway as Omar and Delilah argued, "I'll fix the wall and door after I get this inside the room." "And what if you can't? I'm not getting in trouble because of you." "You won't get in trouble if you just help me get this in quick before the dorm super shows up." Levina sat in her chair facing the door, "Omar are you sure you can get the crate inside, I mean your arm is still in a sling and all." After one last attempt Omar huffed leaning against the crate, "yeah I made sliders underneath, moving it is fine it's just getting it in the room that's the hard part."
For ten minutes Omar and Delilah argued about how to get the crate inside until the door made a sound before falling back and shifting to the side. Levina propped the door against her bed as Omar push the crate inside toward the center of the room. Delilah ripped off the item slip as Omar deconstructed the lid. The inside was filled with straw as a letter was placed on top that read, 'To the Team'. As Delilah was about to dig in Omar stopped her, "hold on I think there might be some people who want to see our new weapons." Delilah leaned back with a questioning expression as Omar pulled out his scroll and wrote a text.
His scroll beeped, a second later the room was filled rose petals as a small red hood bounced repeatedly around the crate. Ruby was more than excited, "lemmeseelemmeseelemmeseelemmesee!" Carmine laughed putting a hand on her shoulder, "you'd think she was the one that ordered the weapons." Her eyes sparkled brightly, "I read that Hanami steel is the strongest metal in the known world, forging weapons from that steel is extremely complicated and delicate work. I've never seen a weapon made from that material before." Omar smirked walking over to his bunk grabbing his sword, tossing it to Ruby he smiled, "well this one isn't as elaborate as Carmine or Delilah's but it's made from Hanami steel."
Ruby caught the weapon noting its weight, "why's it so heavy?" "It's the trade off, being nearly indestructible comes at a price." Weiss, Yang, and Blake walked into the room as Ruby handed him back his sword. Making chairs for the girls Omar dug his hand in the crate pulling out a medium sized box handing it to Delilah, the weight shocked her for a second. Digging his hand in again he pulled out a large box that he walked over to the table, placing it down next to Carmine. Omar pulled out two more boxes for Carmine and Delilah before fishing out a box with Levina's name on it, surprised that she received something despite turning down the offer to have her weapons upgraded. The final two boxes had Omar's name on them, handing the small one to Yang he placed the other one next to Carmine's box as he deconstructed the crate and pallet.
Removing the sling Omar rotated his shoulder taking care not to stress it too much. With everything set and boxes with their respective owners they opened their gifts.