RWBY: Team CRML
Chapter 18
A couple hours after the fight between Winter and Qrow, Weiss and her sister decided to have a chat. Weiss also wanted to take this time to introduce Liam, formally, to her sister.
Before the three of them sat down, Liam pulled the chairs out for the Schnee sisters, trying to make a good impression. As Winter sat down, she couldn't help but smile, seeing that Liam wasn't exactly like his father.
"I'm happy to see that you're more of a gentleman than Qrow." Winter said.
"I try to be." Liam replied.
Pouring a cup of tea for the three of them, Winter took a sip. "So, I'm curious, who are you to my sister? I see the way she looks at you. She doesn't look at you the way a friend would."
Liam was silent as he looked to Weiss. "We're...dating." Weiss told her sister.
"I suspected as much." Winter took a sip of her tea.
"You're not...mad?" Weiss asked.
"You're old enough to make your own decisions, Weiss." Winter told her. "I'm also glad that you didn't hide this from me." she then turned to Liam. "I trust you treat her well?"
"Of course." Liam nodded.
Winter smiled as she took another sip of tea. "Could you leave us for a bit?" Winter asked him. "I'd like to speak with my sister in private for a moment."
"Oh, uh, yeah." Liam got up from his seat. Walking by Weiss, he looked at her. "I'll see you in a bit."
Turning to Winter as Liam left the pavilion, she took a sip of tea. "So, what'd you want to talk about?"
A few minutes later
Right outside of the pavilion, Chrome was heading for the arena. "Don't be ridiculous. Every Schnee has the ability to summon. We have for generations." Chrome's cat ears perked up at the voice.
"I've tried! It's just... it's the one thing I've been having trouble with!"
"We Schnees are unique. Unlike many, our Semblance is hereditary. But that doesn't mean it will come easily." Chrome pressed his back against the wall as he peeked out to see the Schnee sisters talking. "Your Semblance is like a muscle. The more you practice with it, the stronger it will become. But if you only focus on one aspect of it..." the glyph in Winter's hand expands suddenly in a bright flash, causing Weiss to turn away before looking back up in awe at the white-and-blue Beowolf now at her sister's side. "If you fail to test the limits of what you think is possible, then you'll never truly grow."
Once she said this, the Beowolf vanished in blue and white dust. "Weiss, may I ask you something?"
"Yes?"
"That cat Faunus on Liam's team, what do you know about him?" Winter asked.
"Chrome?" Weiss said. "Well, not much. He's dating one of my teammates and is the leader of his team. That's about all I know."
"Do you know he's also a Schnee?" Winter asked.
It took a second for what she said to process in Chrome's mind. "That's ridiculous." Weiss replied.
"Think about it, Weiss." Winter told her sister. "He has all of the traits that we do."
"But...that doesn't make sense."
"It does." Winter replied. "When I was a kid, and you just a baby, our father and mother got into a nasty fight."
"Over what?" Weiss asked.
"Our father admitted to only marrying her for the Schnee name." Winter replied. "Our mother fell into depression and disappeared for a few days. When she came back, she acted a bit off." Winter paused. "I believe she had an affair and got pregnant."
Chrome doubted every word he was hearing.
"After a few weeks, she had to go on a sudden 'business trip' that lasted almost a whole year." Winter continued. "I believe that, in that time, she had the child and found the biological father to take care of him."
"But..." Weiss trailed off. "I can't... Chrome is our brother?"
"Yes." Winter said. "But don't tell anyone else this. If word got to father, he'd-"
"Kill him..." Weiss said softly. "Or get someone else to."
"Exactly."
Having heard enough, Chrome pushed himself off the wall and began heading back to Beacon. Walking inside his room, he sat on his bed. He was doubting everything he heard, but the more he thought about it, the more it made sense. Why he was the only member of his family to have white hair. Why his semblance is so similar to the Schnee family's.
The only question: is Ghira really his father?
Hearing the door open, Chrome sat up. "Hey, man, where've you been?" Liam asked. "We're up to fight. C'mon!"
Shaking his head, Chrome got to his feet. This would have to wait until later. Right now, he had to concentrate.
"Let's go." Chrome said as he passed his teammate.
Minutes later, Amity Arena
Standing in the center of the stage, their opponents stood across from them. Both of them are girls, one a wolf Faunus, the other a human.
The Faunus had a double sided sword while the human held a spear of some kind.
"Onto the next match of the double rounds!" Port said. "Team CRML of Beacon against team TRQS (turquoise) of Haven!"
The arena began the randomizing process. Behind team TRQS was a ruined building and behind team CRML was a geyser field. To the right of team CRML was a mountain with a storm and to their left was a shipwreck.
"3...2...1... Begin!"
Chrome immediately was charged by the Faunus while Liam engaged the human. Blocking her spear strike, she immediately attacked again, hitting Liam with enough force to knock him onto the geyser field.
Quickly getting back up as she attacked again, Liam used a shot from his weapon to speed up his slash, hitting the girl in the side and knocking her directly into one of the geysers as it was going off. Her aura was drained quite a bit but she wasn't out quite yet.
Throwing her spear through the geyser while it was still going off, Liam managed to knock it away just as the girl rushed him.
Catching her spear, she tried to strike him, only for Liam to deflect her weapon and fire off a shot, hitting her in the chest. As she stumbled, Liam didn't give any time to recover as he attacked again.
Backflipping to dodge Liam's blade, the girl found herself standing in water next to the shipwreck. As Liam brought his sword downwards on her, the girl jumped onto the mast of the ship. Seeing her grinning at him, Liam smirked back as he brought his sword back and fired off a shot as he swung at the mast, cutting right through it.
The mast toppled into the water, creating a rather large splash. Dashing towards his opponent, Liam swung at her but she jumped back. Spinning, Liam fired off another shot as he got close to her, hitting her in the chest and sending her back towards the center of the arena.
Draining her aura this time, two notification shots rang out. "Ooh, and that is it for team TRQS!" Port said. "Team CRML moves into the finals!"
Sheathing their weapons, Chrome walked passed Liam, his head tilted down. Noticing this, Liam rushed over. "Hey, man." he placed his hand on Chrome's shoulder. "You good?"
"Yeah. Just got something on my mind." he replied. "I'm heading back to the dorm to see if it's true."
"If what's true?" Liam asked.
"I'll tell you later." with that, he headed for the exit. "You can go ahead and move onto the finals." Chrome said. "I'm not really in a good state of mind to participate in that."
"You sure?"
"Yeah." with that, he left.
End of chapter 18
