Some may notice a genre of this story was changed to 'Drama'- this chapter is why.
Natsu silently followed his blond haired professor as she led him to the headmaster's office once more, his eyes planted firmly on her ass. 'I've been going to his office a lot haven't I?' The wizard thought to himself absently, amused at just how accurate such a statement was, this was what? The third time he's had to go to see Ozpin since coming to Beacon? That's more than most students visited the headmaster in their whole time at the academy and he did it in his first semester.
"You are making quite the habit of causing trouble don't you Mr. Xiao Long?" Goodwitch asked her most troublesome student, her eye twitching slightly. 'Does he think I don't know what he's staring at?'
"Seriously, why do you keep calling me that? I told you to just call me Natsu or Salamander." The red eyed youth said in way of answering.
"It would be unprofessional for me to call you either of those things." Goodwitch told him, "And why on Remnant do want to be called a lizard anyway?"
"Salamander means fire lizard, its used to designate a dragon as being a fire type." Natsu explained to her, "I'm a fire user whose family is supposedly descended from dragons somehow, I think it fits."
"… Dragons can be something other than fire users?"
The teenager just looked at her like she just asked what two plus two was, "Duh."
Luckily for Glynda she was saved from responding by their arrival to the headmaster's office. "Enter." Ozpin's voice called out. "Ah, Glynda what can I- oh, Mr. Xiao Long, what happened."
"You make it sound like I go around causing problems."
"The last time you were in here you accused my staff of racism."
"They kinda are, I mean name one time they stopped an act of assault on a Faunus."
"Now is not the time for such a discussion." Goodwitch interrupted, "Ozpin, we came here because team CRDL released a swarm of Rapier Wasps to attack teams RWBY, JNPR, and Mr. Xiao Long, one managed to sting Ms. Rose causing a severe allergic reaction nearly resulting in her death."
Ozpin's eyes widened in shock and horror at the news, "If that is the case, where is team CRDL? They must be held accountable."
"This wouldn't have happened in the first place if you had expelled those assholes before. In fact, didn't I say you wouldn't take action until something like this happened?" Natsu asked rhetorically.
"They are currently in the hospital wing while their leader is being looked over." Goodwitch answered Ozpin, pointedly ignoring the teenager.
"I thought you said it was Ms. Rose was the one in need of medical attention, why is Mr. Winchester being looked over?" Ozpin questioned.
Goodwitch coughed into her hand, "It would seem that in the time between the release of the wasps and my learning of the event, Mr. Xiao Long-"
"Natsu."
"-Was able to use his Semblance to heal his sister and brought it upon himself to track down Mr. Winchester and… express his displeasure at his actions." The blond haired professor explained.
The headmaster frowned and turned to face his student, "What did you do?"
"Just scared him a little." Natsu shrugged, "Seriously, once he wakes up he'll be good as new. The school nurse will tell you the same thing later."
"You're telling me that after Mr. Winchester nearly caused the death of your sister all you did was scare him? And that somehow by doing so drove him into a state of unconsciousness?" The silver haired huntsman asked, the skepticism clear in his voice.
Again, the Dragon Slayer only shrugged, "If I beat him like he deserved he would just be healed up by the medical staff and be right back at it again. This way you have no choice but to expel him at the very least, possibly even his whole team and file a police report." Natsu said with a smirk.
Now it was Glynda's turn to frown, "We have yet to find any form of evidence that would suggest such a punishment is necessary-"
"Are you fucking kidding me? The guy let loose a bunch of dangerous creatures that are deadlier than some Grimm with the intent to hurt other students and one of them damn near died! In what possible world does not warrant at the very least him being expelled!" The wizard demanded slamming his hands on the headmaster's desk, his anger causing his magic to lash out and heat the room to near boiling temperatures.
The two senior huntsmen flinched at the sudden rise in temperature, nearly missing the black markings that flashed into existence on their student's arms before vanishing once more. 'Interesting.' Ozpin thought, 'Those marks appeared when his anger spiked, what are they?'
"Salamander," the professor cut in before his deputy could reply to the teenager's outburst, "She did not mean that Mr. Winchester would not be punished, just that as of now we see no reason to involve the Valian police department." He tried to placate the angry fire user.
"What part of 'almost died' did you not get?" Natsu asked him, his anger rising along with the temperature. "I may not be the smartest guy around but even I know when someone is almost murdered it's supposed to be reported."
"Man slaughtered." Ozpin told him.
"What?"
"When the death of another is accidental it is called man slaughter, not murder."
"I know that, I meant how is purposely releasing dangerous creatures and setting them up to attack others considered 'accidental'?"
Ozpin sighed, "The part where one of those attacked has a history of assaulting the offender and no neutral parties being present at the time of the incident." He explained, "Neither we nor the police can take your word at face value Salamander. The Winchesters are a highly respected family and they have numerous connections in every level of government in the kingdom, that in tandem with the history you two share will result in the case being dropped at best and you being charged with assault of the child of a high standing family at worst."
"We had the heiress of the Schnee Dust company, the only son of the Arc family, and a world famous celebrity witness the event headmaster. I'd like to see what connections the Winchester's have that can top all three of their words along with my own." The slayer snarled.
"You also have your twin who has an outstanding criminal record for assault and property damage." Goodwitch told him.
"Those charges were dropped when they found out those injured had connections to smuggling rings." Natsu shot back, "If anything Yang being there just gives more credit to Cardin being guilty."
"Salamander." Ozpin said seriously, "It does not matter what witnesses or evidence you have, anything short of a confession or a video of the event will hold. The Winchesters as a whole are good people, but Cardin and his father both are some of the biggest believers of human supremacy in the kingdom and have both synthesizers that will vouch for them being upstanding citizens that can do no wrong, and enough money to blackmail more to give false testimony that will paint both you and your family in a bad light, which in turn will set up Mr. Winchester to be the victim." He explained.
"My father is a high ranking huntsman and one of the best teachers at Signal, my uncle is recognized as one of the best huntsmen alive second only to you on top of stopping over a dozen Grimm invasions of settlements outside the walls single handedly, and Ruby's only public marking is when she stopped a robbery and engaged a wanted criminal." Natsu pointed out, the temperature still rising and his eyes darkening several shades, "How exactly do you paint people like that in a bad light?"
"By pointing out that your father has lost two wives and the damage it most of had on his psyche, that your uncle despite all he has done for Remnant as a whole is also a chronic drinker who has damaged Atlas military property multiple times and openly insults their top general, and by telling the court just how much property damage your sister caused when she engaged those robbers." Ozpin told him tiredly, "I understand that you are upset about this Salamander, but bringing this to the police or even expelling Mr. Winchester will only cause more trouble for everyone. You, your sisters, teams RWBY and JNPR, and Beacon as a whole." The headmaster continued.
By this point the only thing keeping the teachers from getting burned was their Auras, as it was their cloths were starting to smoke from the intense heat that the Dragon Slayer was giving off in his anger. "So you're just going to let him get away with it?" Natsu demanded, "What's stopping him from pulling this kind of crap again? The guy is racist, sexist, and is only passing his classes by forcing others to do his work. How the hell did that jackass even get into this school?" He ranted.
Again Ozpin sighed, "While it is true that Mr. Winchester's scores on the entry exam were not quite at the level we normally would accept, his family has ins on the school board that allowed him to gain entry and guarantee him the role of team leader." Ozpin told him, "Even as the headmaster there isn't much I can do when the board gives a majority order like they did."
The dragon growled lowly, "This isn't over Ozpin, if you won't do anything about Cardin I will." He told the older man, the markings of E.N.D. flashing once more into existence briefly before fading away again.
With his piece said the reborn wizard stormed out of the office and with his departure the unbearable heat finally began to subside.
"You know he's right Ozpin." Glynda told her boss, "If we don't do anything to reign Mr. Winchester in his actions will only continue to escalate. Next time his victims might not be as lucky as Ms. Rose was and could very well suffer permanent injuries or die."
"I know that Glynda." The man told her, "But what I told Salamander was true, the Winchesters may not hold the same international sway as the Schnee or Arcs but they have more than enough power in the kingdom of Vale that any action we take against one of their members will not end well for us or anyone else involved." He explained his actions tiredly.
"Ozpin you are one of the most powerful and influential people in all of Remnant, surly there is something you can do." The blond pleaded.
"I'm afraid not." He admitted, "I may hold the ear of many members of the huntsmen organizations but outside security and military matters my word does not hold as much weight on the council as many would like to believe."
"So there really isn't anything that can be done then?" She asked him.
"We will file this incident into the boy's record for now, if he continues the way he has it will get to the point that he will have enough black spots on record and people willing to speak against him that not even his families influence will be able to make him seem the victim."
"Stupid assholes," Natsu grumbled under his breath as he made his way to the hospital wing to check on his little sister. "How is she?" He asked the moment he opened the door to the medical wing of the school.
Yang was the one who answered him from her place by their sister's bed, their friends taking up various positions around the young reaper as well, "Not as bad as she could be. The nurse said whatever you did to her got rid of most of the venom but it will take a while for her body to flush the rest of it out, until then she's going to be tired, won't be able to keep much food down and may experience some vertigo but she'll wake up soon." She told her twin.
The Salamander sighed in relief "Good, last time this happened she was stuck in bed for a week."
"Actually the nurse wanted us to ask you something when you got here." Pyrrha spoke up.
"Hm? What?"
"What the hell did you do to Cardin?" She asked bluntly. "He's been knocked out since he came in, the nurse said he's completely out of Aura."
"Oh him? I set him on fire with a new kind of flame." He told them.
Yang was shocked, "What? The nurse didn't say anything about him being burned."
"That's the new thing about the flame." He explained, "It makes whoever touches it feel like their being burnt but no physical damage is done. Though from the looks of it the pain makes someone's Aura try to heal the non-existent burns, hence why Cardin's over there unconscious from Aura exhaustion." He told them, all but Blake believing the bull that he gave them.
'There is no way that's true, whatever that monster was must have something to do with it.' Blake thought to herself, 'He has a lot of explaining to do.' She continued her train of thought, giving the pink haired martial artist a glare telling him just that. Judging by his flinch he saw it.
"What did Ozpin say was going to happen to Cardin?" Weiss asked.
Natsu scowled angrily, "Nothing." He told them, "He said that because of his family's money and connections there was nothing any of the staff could do." He growled.
"WHAT!?" Yang screeched, "The bastard almost killed Ruby, and they're just going to let him get away with it!?"
"Trust me I said the same thing." Natsu told his blond haired twin, "Ozpin said that because Cardin and I have a history of violence with each other my word won't hold up in court, take that and your own counts of assault and it makes him look like some hapless victim instead of the racist ass he really is."
Here Weiss cut in with a question of her own, "What about my word? Or Pyrrha's or Jaune's or everyone else's?"
"He said that because of the Winchesters' standing in Vale Blake's, Nora's, and Ren's would mean jack. As for you three, it wouldn't matter. Apparently other than Cardin and his father the rest of the Winchesters are upstanding citizens with close ties to people on every level of Vale's government. The Schnee may hold weight in Vale, Vacuo, and Minstrel but they are a primarily Atlas family, and the Arcs and Pyrrha's fame really only reach into huntsmen circles not political ones… Well the Arcs might but not on the justice system, maybe military."
"Politics is both one of mankind's best creations and most irritating." Ren said calmly, "However this can work for us."
"How?" Yang demanded, her hair burning from her rage.
"The Winchesters may have connections that will protect Cardin, but they must also have an image to defend as well if they want to be able to keep those connections. If we can get Cardin to snap in front of a large group of people and pile on all we have against him at once, whoever is in charge of his house may just decide to cut his losses and throw Cardin to the wolves." Ren told them, "And as long as we don't touch him outside of combat classes we can do whatever we want to him until such a time comes."
Weiss slowly turned to face Nora, "I now understand what you see in him." The heiress told her.
"W-we're not like that!"
Okay here it is, Natsu's conversation with Ozpin. For those who are waiting for actual conflict- chapter after next.
Also it may seem like its been a long time since I updated, but I have posted two new stories in the time between this post and the last one, please check them out they are : 'The Return of the Sinner' (A Chrono Crusade and Highschool DxD crossover) and the fan construct story 'Vanguard of the Dream Dragon' (A Fairy Tail and Highschool DxD crossover). On that note a new poll is up for the fan construct on the subject of bashing, be sure to vote.
Next: The first half of this has been betad already, but since I have things that need to be done over the next few days I'm posting this now and will repost it with the corrections to part 2 after I get word from my beta. I know I do this a lot, but that's what happens when someone with ADD and no patience what so ever writes a story.
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