The 'Lone' Hero of Vale - Chapter 8
"Ahhhhhhhh!' Sky shouted as he swung his Halberd at Link, who took out his sword and blocked the incoming attack
"Hmm..." Link grinned as he spun in place and delivered a quick roundhouse kick to knock Sky's weapon out of his hands "You are finished."
Link charged towards Sky, who picked up his halberd and charged right back him. But Link suddenly put his sword back in the sheath. And just like he did against Cardin, he was about to do right now.
Link chuckled as in a quick flash, he was past Sky, posing downwards with his sword, he had already swung, Sky's midsection was brutally cut, blood being held back by his aura, he did enough damage but held back, not wanting to shed blood in what was just a sparring match
"..." Blake's eyes widened, that attack, it was so quick and powerful, reminding her of someone else "A-adam..." She mumbled
"Excellent work." Glynda mumbled, standing in front of Sky as the fight ended
"Mhm." Link nodded, bowing to Glynda and ignoring Sky, to him, no respect should be shown towards a bully.
"Perfect timing too." Glynda announced as class was dismissed "Take notes students, observe your fellow peers and watch them, learn, you'll need it for the tournament."
"He was so awesome!" Ruby cheered
"So fast." Blake nodded but was still in shock
"Very skillful with his sword." Weiss mumbled
"I agree with ruby, he was awesome." Yang grinned
Team JNPR and RWBY walked side by side, Link pace increased as he got in front ahead of them
"Let's go to the library, I want revenge!" Yang pumped her fists together, wanting to beat Ruby in that board game
"Can I play?" Jaune asked
"Sorry Jaune, it's 4 players only." Ruby grinned, pointing at Weiss and Blake, who both looked a bit down
"O-oh." Jaune sighed
"Let's ask Link to join us." Pyrrha suggested "While we observe team RWBY play their...game? We can ask Link more questions about him and his fighting style."
"Great idea." Ruby instantly snapped
"Oh boy." Yang laughed as she had her eyes on Link
Ruby smiled and was about to call for Link when suddenly...
"Yo! Link!" Coco waived
"Oh, hey." Link waved back
"We're going for a walk around Beacon, you wanna tag along with us?" Coco asked
"Umm..." Link looked around, and saw Ruby behind him, now walking back to her team "Sure I guess, I got nowhere else to go."
"Come on then." Coco led the way, being followed by Fox and Yatsuhashi. Velvet slowed down so she could walk beside Link
Briefly back with team RWBY
"Aww it's ok, you got plenty of time." Yang chuckles
"Shut up!" Ruby snapped
Team CFVY & Link
"So um, how was class?" Velvet mumbled
"It was ok, I got to spar with Sky, and well, it didn't last very long." Link shrugs
"I wanna see that sword of yours in action one day." Coco pointed out "I saw your fight with Cardin, and that move of yours looked very interesting...and powerful. I assume you used it against the sky kid too"
"Maybe if some Grimm attack..." Link whispered
"What about the tournament?" Velvet asked
"I'm not participating." Link nodded "It's just not something I want to do. Fighting a team of 4, and then another team and then another, it's just a bit too much."
"Bummer. Maybe we could have been paired up in a fight." Coco grins
"Nah I feel like living." Link smiled and rolled his eyes
After a couple of minutes of walking around, team CFVY and Link just strolled around the courtyard, and suddenly all 5 split up out of nowhere.
"Velvet? Coco?" Link glanced around and sighed "Fox? Yatsuhashi? Damn that happened so quickly."
Link sighed again and walked down the path of the courtyard, not even realizing he was heading into ships...more specifically Atlas ships
"Hm?" Link looked up and saw 3 ships, or who knows it could have been more, the next thing noticed was a tall man with a white uniform on, he was dressed like an Atlas general, but this wasn't a mystery to Link, he knew exactly who this guy was, James Ironwood.
Soldiers were heading into the ships as well as they were headed out, James was at the back of the lines, making sure everything was secure and ready, but then, he noticed Link, and easily recognized him too.
"Coward..." Link growled
"Criminal..." Ironwood mumbled
Both stared each other down, and the soldiers around knew a fight was bound to break out.
Flashback: 1 Year ago
"This area is secure, make sure all members of the white fang who remain alive are brought into custody."
"Sir, take a look over here this one here isn't a faunus and he's alive..."
"Hm...?" Ironwood walked over to the boy who was on his knees "Do you realize what you've done...?"
"Yeah." Link looked up, straight into Ironwood's eyes "All for a job paid well." Link chuckled and was slow to catch his breath
"Oh, a mercenary?" Ironwood nodded
"Sort of..." Link mumbled, making sure the briefcase full of money was strapped to his back
"You will be a wanted criminal of Atlas if you don't surrender."
"And I'll be locked away forever if I do surrender, what's your point?" Link chuckled
"..." Ironwood didn't smile sarcastically this time, he was done playing games, he reached to grab Link by his arm, then all of a sudden, Link's eyes sparked with a bright blood red color.
"Sir!" The soldier beside Ironwood drew his weapon
"Back away!" Ironwood demanded
"Suckers..." Link laughed as instantly took off sprinting, looking back at Ironwood and the soldier beside him, more had arrived, backup, the soldiers began firing their guns, prompting Link to quickly hop on a tree and continue his escape, from tree to tree. Taking off the see through head strap, revealing the blood red that was his eyes to be only an illusion, simply just a flashing red light.
Present Time
"Good times." Link mumbled then all of a sudden he felt a lot of power being put on his shoulder
"You are under arrest." A soldier spoke
"Yeah I don't think so..." Link quickly shoved the soldier away, he used just as much brute force as the soldier did on his arm
"Sir he's not complying."
"Then take him by force." Ironwood demanded once more
"Alright kid, hand's up." The soldier turned back around to point his gun at Link but all of a sudden, Link was gone, he didn't flee back to Beacon but was right in front of Ironwood.
"You want to die, don't you?" Ironwood asked, clearly not scared
"Yeah, I do." Link spat on the ground "But not right now, I got a life to live."
"I don't care if you are a student here, you committed many crimes back then, and now, no matter how much you run away, you'll pay the price and do the time."
"Make me, Jimmy." Link grinned
"You ignorant little-!"
Link reached for his sword, which caused Ironwood to swing with his right hand, Link smiled again and used both of his hands to block the incoming strike, and knew about Ironwood's robotic side.
"You can do better than that!" Link shouted, his left eye was glowing with gold again, all of a sudden, a thunderstorm brew.
"Look's like I'm going to have to take another life." Ironwood mumbled, barely noticing one of his men sneaking up on Link "No! Don't-!"
"Too late." Link frowned, his smile disappeared and simply put his left hand on his sword handle
Before the soldier knew it, he was on the floor, bleeding, his protective gear was shredded, his suffered the same faith as Sky, except this soldier got more power put into his. Other soldiers nearby tended to their wounded ally.
"Hehehe..." Link rose to his feet.
"Hmph!" Ironwood pulled out his revolver from his jacket, pointing it at Link's head
Link grabbed his bow, which morphed into a crossbow
(Thank you Ruby...) Link mumbled, while struggling as well, he was trying to hold back and control the demon within him
Link smiled as the crossbow turned into a semi-automatic rifle
"Take the shot." Link demanded
"Hmm..." Ironwood had his finger on the trigger, and fired a bullet
"James!" Glynda frowned, she suddenly appeared right in front of Link, and deflected the bullet with her weapon
"I can explain." Ironwood began
"Yeah, you do that. See ya later general!" Link laughed and ran off
"Wait!" Glynda shouted but Link didn't stop running
Link ran so fast and didn't bother looking ahead of him, before he knew it, he was right back at Beacon, near the entrance, where team CFVY was waiting for him, Link ended up crashing right into Velvet.
"Owww! Damn it that hurt." Link shook his head and opened his eyes, noticing Velver right on top of him "Oh, my bad Velvet."
"U-u-um..." Velvet's face lit up, her cheeks turned red,
"Hey Velvet." Link smiled "My bad, are you ok?"
"Mhm." Velvet nodded, barely realizing she and Link were very close together, their eyes were centimeters apart, she closed her eyes, and basically passed out from the embarrassment
"Great. You killed our teammate." Coco chuckled "Go on then pick her up, we'll lead you back to our dorm." Coco said as she led the way once more
10 minutes later
"Geez that awkward." Link chuckled, casually walking around, he happened to pass by team RWBY's dorm, the door was open, Blake, Weiss and Yang were talking
Then when looking forward, Link noticed Ruby on the ground in front of 3 other people
"Are you ok?" Ruby asked, even though she was the one on the floor
"I'm fine, just watch where you're going." Spoke a girl with dark toned skin, bright emerald green hair and red eyes, she offered ruby a hand
"Haha right, sorry." Ruby used her hand to stand back up "I'm ruby. Are you new?"
"Visiting from Haven actually." Spoke another woman, she had dark black hair, golden eyes and was a bit pasty, but not as pasty as Ruby.
However, Ruby and that woman had a quick stare down
(Oooooh, your old friends...)
(Shut it.) Link shrugged (What are they doing here?)
"Ooooooooh, your here for the festival. Oh! But exchange students have their dorms."
"I guess we just got turned around." This time it was the 3rd member of that group, nothing much about him, he's tall, gray hair, pasty white skin, deep voice.
"Oh um, hehe, don't worry, happens all the time, your building is juuuuuuuust, east of here." Ruby said as the 3 walked past her then past Link
Link got looks from all of them, they recognized each other, but no fight was going to break out, however, Link did want to know what they were doing here at beacon.
"Thanks, maybe we'll see you around."
"Yeah, maybe." Ruby smiled "Oh and Welcome To Beacon!" She waived
"Mhm." Link nodded and got away from the immediately, getting closer to Ruby
"Hi Link!" Ruby cheered and extended her fist out
"Hi." Link quickly fist bumped with Ruby
"So how was your day...?" She asked
"It was..." Link thought back, easily defeating Sky and an Atlesian soldier, made Velvet pass out and nearly went to war with a general of an army "It was lame, how about you?"
"Oooh it was awesome, we went to the library and-!" Ruby continued, taking Link into the team RWBY dorm
Link only smiled and listened, but he knew he had other priorities at hand, but for now, he relaxed and had a nice conversation with his friend.
(9/23/17) Edited: Fixed minor errors along with Link's flashback on his first encounter with James Ironwood.