Hello Everyone and welcome to chapter 8! Their might be some interesting things mentioned or revealed in this belongs to Rooster Teeth and Monty Oum. I own the OC's Zane Graves, Rogue Hayley, Eria Hayley, and Onxyia Blair. Though enjoy
Chapter 8:The Artifacts
Morning came and went as per usual as Zane got his team ready to head to professor Ports class. He talked about how some grimm aren't as dimwitted as they seem to be.
"Now then class would someone tell me what what type of grimm this is." he said as he shown a display of what seems to be a giant elephant type grimm with large tusks and trunk.
Pyrrha raised her hand to answer"A Goliath sir." she answered
"Correct miss. Nikos. Now while some may think these beast are large and slow they are actually one of the more smarter grimm outside of the ordinary ones we've glanced over."Mr Port said.
"By glancing over you mean talk for the majority of class. This old guys ego is so high it would reach the moon maybe."Zane said twirling his pencil
"Although these particular type of grimm prefer to avoid confrontation with any human beings."port stated
"But why?"they're bodies look durable enough to withstand most attacks."Eria said
"That may be true but they know that if they were to attack a huntsman or a huntress that only more of us wil appear and asist to take them down which is why they avoid confrontation with us." Port described
"Some grimm have been on this planet for many years children and in such a time that they've learned. Learn to avoid trouble from us and that violence will only spawn more violence from our kind." finished as the class bell finally rang.
"Remeber their will be a test on these creatures on Thursday so remember to study up." The professor explained as the student began to file out.
Zane was looking through possible ideas on his scroll on how to fix his weapon. The sickle actually had a chain mechaism detaching it making the user be able to spin the weapon around. But the mechanism for it was stuck along with some of the chains being rusted.
"Hello? Remnant to Zane you their"Rogue said waving a hand in front of him to get his attention
"Huh?oh Rogue did you say something"Zane said still looking at his scroll
"Yeah I'm asking you got plans for this weekend?"Rogue said
"Well...guess we can check Vale out. I've been to the cities sometimes but…i've never actually seen it."Zane said replying.
"Okay then it's settled this weekend the teams heading to Vale"Rogue declared
"Hmmm I do need more dust cartridges anyway"Eria commented
"Thats the spirit sis"Rogue said and then she went off to her class and so did the others.
=RWBY=
In Rogue and Zane weapon forging class it was going by pretty smoothly. Rogue actually managed to get her project done almost. As they all separated Rogue was thinking about what they'll be learning about today.
In the halls was Onxyia talking to Blake about their day. "I really don't wanna go to history with Cardin their…the guy is annoying"Onxyia said
"I agree everytime he talks it makes me wanna rip my ears off"Blake said
"Both of them"Onxyia said smirking and Blake knew what she meant while saying"Yes both of them"
Soon enough they entered the room and they took their seats as Profesor Oobleck began.
"Now then I understand yesterday we covered dust but for today i've decided to discuss something special with all of you. Have you ever heard of artifacts?" he asked which only gotten several confused looks.
"Artifacts are items that wre created in this world by unknown sources. However these items can ne rather rare or very dangerous if they were in the wrong hands. Now what do some of these artifacts do? Well some have various abilities depending on how you use them. Also one artifact isn't the same as the other. Each one is different in both shapes and sizes."Oobleck began.
However these artifacts were lost to time itself waiting to be discovered."Oobleck began but Weiss raised her hands
"Yes Mr. Schnee you have a question." he said
"You said these artifacts have various abilities. What kind of abilities extactly?" she asked
"Well as far to my knowledge. One artifact in particular has the power to grant the wearir increased aura."Oobleck said but then Jaune raised his hand
"You said weariar. Is it some kind of shield or armor?"Jaune asked
"Perhaps. It could also be from a piece of cloth to actual clothing. But its does leave one to speculate many things."Oobleck said
"Even though no one truly knows how many of these artifacts exists on Remenant. Their have been rumor of four accient relics to exist if their staring at us directly in the face."Oobleck said looking at the class
"Now then class open your textbooks and read the following on the war for Fort Cassle."Oobleck said as the class went on.
After that Onxyia and Rogue were just now heading to lunch period. Onxyia looked carefully at Rogue.
"Um…everything okay their big ears?"rogue said
"Sorry just wondering why you have that piece of fabric wrapped around your wrist. You never take it off…why is it special?"She asked curiously her tail wagging slowly
Rogue fiddled with the scarf before saying"yeah it is…part of my uncles favotire outfit. It was some stupid….little cloak he wore from time to time."As she said this she looked to be crying a little.
"Oh….i'm sorry…I didn't mean to bring up bad memories please forgive me"Onxyia said
"Your alright….it just….all I got left to remind me of him is this"Rogue said wiping a tear away.
Just then someone hand touched her shoulder behind her. Acting on instinct she grabbed the person's hand turning around ready to clock them. She turned to see Jaune on the ground groaning.
The person was revealed to be Jaune who was now saying"Ow! Why me?!''Jaune said as Rogue relzied who she flipped.
She thought to herself"Oh no Pyrrha going to kill me for hurting Jaune"
Jaune got up off the floor rubbing his neck with Rogue saying"Sorry Jaune my reflexes kicked in when you snuck up"
"Its ok…ughh I think you cracked my back though"Jaune said stretching his back
"What's up…by the way?"She asked
"I was wondering if you knew where Zane I wanted to ask him a question"he said
"No idea just ask him during combat training"Rogue stated
As Jaune walked away she then said"Wait Jaune!"
He turned to her asking"Let me and Eria come to it. I wanna see if I can study Pyrrha moves to beat her next time"
"Uh….sure Pyrrha wouldn't mind I think it'll be on the roof later"Jaune said before they all left for their next class.
=RWBY=
As classes continued as always leaving combat training for last. A few good fights came and went as Cardin vs Pyrrha. He tried to beat her but it was unsuccessful. She whipped the floor with him which might have knocked his ego down a peg.
Ren was up against Blake and both gave each other a good run for their money. Blake used several clones to dodge his attack and Ren kept hitting them. But eventually Blake was able to get the jump on him and take out the rest of his aura eliminating.
"Well done. Now we have time for one more match."glynda announced as she selected two others to compete
"Weiss Schnee and Eria Hayley please step forward." Glynda ordered as Weiss and Eria stepped up to the arena their auras displayed.
Weiss drew her gun blade holding it with one hand as Eria got out her bat putting the end on the ground while holding the grip.
"Now then if both fighters are ready you may begin."Gluynda said as both of them readied themselves
"Good luck Weiss."Ruby cheered
"Kick her butt Sis!"Rogue shouted
Thw two began cirlcing each other keeping an eye on each others movement.
"Okay Weiss you can do this just use fire dust to melt her attack. We both may be skilled with Ice but i'm better"
Eria observed weiss stance"Hm..she might use fire dust to attack me since I do rely on ice. No matter i'll just have to use them as distractions. Then rush in from the side attacking her".
She created a small ice stripe sliding around while trying to hit Weiss. But she clicked her shoes together to launch herself in the air avoiding her attack. Then she used a nearby wall to launch herself at Eria.
The girl made an ice shield by spraying dust in the air with her bat. She pressed a button at the grip of her bat to do this. Weiss hit the structure that Eria was she used her weapon to shot a small burst of flames at it melting it.
Back in the stand everyone was watching it play out. Yang made a joke about the two who were facing off."You know whats funny"yang said before Blake asked"What?".
Yang still laughed a little before saying"Both of them are fighting for the position of ruler of the ice queens"
A few laughs could be heard because she was kinda right. Both did seem to have a cold personality along with a small chipp on her shoulder.
"Yeah who do you think will win?"Nora said
"I don't know whichever one I guess"Yang said
"I think my sister will me and her have praticed with Pyrrha so….yeah"Rogue said
"Well…Weiss is apart of team Rwby one of the best teams around with teammates backing her up"Ruby exclaimed
Eria was already moving away changing her weapon into her lever action shotgun. She fired a few rounds trying to hit Weiss but she blocked them with an ice structure. But a few of the pellets hit her, moving her aura down to yellow.
Then Weiss shot another fireball at Eria but it was ahead of her path this time. Eria tried to stop but couldnt and managed to get knocked off her trail. Her aura went orange which made her angry. She then loaded a few shells into her shotgun cokcing it by twirling it around.
Weiss smiled while going in for close range while she reloaded. She slashed from multiple directions and Eria dodged them. She then pressed a button on her shotgun changing it into her bat. Since Weiss was close she used it to hit her causing her to stumble back a little. Her life guage went to Orange just like Erias.
They continued to slash at each other for a while dodging and blocking each other attacks. This went on for a few good minutes before Weiss finally hit Eria making her aura go to red.
"Eria Hayley has entered the red area of her aura therefore Weiss Schnee is the winner."Glynda declared as she motioned for the two to leave the stage.
Eria was walking off annoyed and Weiss was proud of her win. But she knew not to be a show boat and went over to her. "Nice match Eria you had me on the run"Weiss offering a hand
Eria scoffed saying"your lucky I'm a lady I'm not one to hold grudges"Eria shook her hand
"Well guess i'm crowned the new ice queen of our little school"Weiss joked
"Oh you can do jokes funny thought all you knew was complaining and talking about how great your family is"Eria rebuted
"Not all the time"Weiss said smiling
They joined the others who were telling them that is was a close match between them. "Now then class I hope you can improve your skills. Your dismissed."Glynda said as the students filed out.
In the hall Zane had his hands behind his head before Jaune came up to him.
"Hey Zane you got a moment man"Jaune asked
"Anytime Jaune whats up?"Zane said looking at him with curiosity
"umm…I was wondering if you could…come with me while I spar with Pyrrha later"Jaune said smiling nervously
"Really why you don't wanna be left alone with her…afraid she'll eat you up"Zane joked
"No, no…I'm just nervous I feel like I don't deserve it"He said looking down.
"Fine if it makes you feel better…I'll be your little wingman tonight alright"Zane said wrapping his arm around his shoulder.
"Thanks I appreciate it"Jaune said
"No problem you'd do the same for me"Zane said walking ahead
=RWBY=
After the teams got dinner Team ZERO was discussing their homework.
"So how is everyone's classes going? Good I hope Onxyia asked
"If by good you mean fine. Botany and First Aid was a mess you know…since Nora blew up the lab again. We were making potions with the plants that we have. Though Nora thought it would be a fun idea to mix all the ingredients together. Sometimes I worry that girl will blow up the school someday"Eria said
"Really i've been trying to restore that weapon I was assigned for the last two days. The mechanism on it is soo busted I thought I have a weapon that I had was 500 years old"Zane said
Rogue laughed saying"well try to restore the mechanism by using some oil to lossen it up or better yet pull on it"
"Hey Eria you coming to that thing later with me?"Rogue asked her sister
She sighed saying"Sorry I can't, I have some assignments to work on for Ports class maybe next time".
"Really well you're lost then"She said walking in a different direction. Then Zane took a different direction as well saying"I'm heading for a walk for some air alright"
They waved him goodbye wondering what's going on but didn't investigate it.
Back with team JNPR Ren was walking with Nora going around skipping in circles around him. With Jaune and Pyrrha talking.
"So Jaune are you prepared for tonight?"Pyrrha asked
"Yeah…..um I invited Zane over to watch though he could help since he knows alot about swords. Is that okay?"
Pyrrha seemed to be a little disappointed but was alright with it saying"Yes thats fine Rogue apparently is coming too with Eria. Although it may be fun with more people I guess"
=RWBY
After they finished dinner the sun was about to set on the day but there was still some daylight as Pyrrha and Jaune sparred with Rogue and Zane watching.
Pyrrha was showing some simple slashes and strikes and Jaune mimicked her."No your stance is all wrong like this"She showed a stance with her feet close and apart. Then she swung her sword horizontal then vertical.
Jaune tried his best to mimeck her but he almost had it. He fell backward on his butt with Pyrrha laughing a little with her hand over her mouth. Jaune smiled back, getting up to pratice more.
With the other two they either watched or where in their own little world. Rogue was sitting down kicking her legs watching with glee. While Zane stared at the sky with the mix of orange and blue since the sun was setting soon. He had headphones on listening to music which was some rock it seemed.
Jaune tried another slash and finally got a technique down. Pyrrha clapped saying"Extactly work Jaune do you wanna keep praticing?"
"Yeah…should we do it with a pratice dummy?"Jaune said
"Maybe but we don't have something like that up here"Pyrrha said putting her hand to her chin. But both then look over at Zane who was laying on his back. Rogue noticed this and smiled taking off Zane headphones to get her leader attention.
He had his eyes closed but felt someone take his headphones off. Then he looked at Rogue who was smiling and he had an annoyed expression. Zane Sighed saying"Whats up?"
"Hmm I was thinking maybe you can be a help with Jaune swordmanship"Pyrrha said
"Really…how so?"he asked turning his head toward her
"We were thinking Jaune could pratice his strike with you in your armor form. Is that alright with you?"Pyrrha asked
Zane rubbed his back neck for a bit before saying"Alright i'll do it…..but you owe me a coffee sometime you know how this makes me tired". Zane said putting his headphones in a bag he brought with him.
As he did something claked together which made Rogue wonder what it was. She didn't want to look in her leader bag but instead took his headphones listening to his music.
Zane went over taking a deep breath with his armor covering his skin. As it did he flinched a little trying not to think about it. Sometimes when he uses his armor it can cause some pain. Soon enough he was covered head to toe in his armor.
Then he waved his arm up at Jaune to come and strike him. Jaune obliged and conducted several slashes and strikes against him.
Zane thought it would be great for him to pratice against a moving target. So Zane threw a few punches in to keep Jaune on his feet. Jaune was surprised by this and luckily he blocked one with his shield.
"Zane what the heck…I thought you would let me pratice on you?"Jaune said surprised
"I did….but your enemy won't let you just hit him, so i'm throwing in some punches now and then alright"Zane said
"He is right Jaune it would be great for him to throw some punches in to keep you on your feet"Pyrrha added
Jaune groaned a little before smiling and motioning for Zane to keep coming at him. He did and they kept going at it for another ten minutes. While this happened something rolled out of Zane's bag near Rogue hitting her leg.
She picked it up exminaing it and it looked strange,she took the headphones off. It looked to be a vial of something and there was a button on it. The material around it was metallic looking and colored silver"What the heck is this stuff….why would Zane have this?"she said to herself
Pyrrha was close by watching with her back against the wall. As she watched she glanced over at Rogue who was holding the strange vial.
"Rogue….what are you holding?"Pyrrha said walking over
Rogue shrugged her shoulder looking at her saying"Don't know…it came out of Zane bag"
She then looked over at the two who were continuing to spar and Zane seemed to be slowing down she took the vial from rogues hands exmianing it. Her eyes narrowed before saying"Alright that's enough I have a question for Zane''
They both stopped looking at each other and back at Pyrrha. Jaune looked confused while Zane tilted his head in his armor form. "umm …..yeah whats up?"
"I was just watching then I noticed Rogue with this"she said, presenting the syringe.
Zane looked to be shocked even though he was in his armor form. He recoiled backwards a little when she showed it. Jaune looked at him shocked at what Pyrrha had.
Zane thought to himself"Oh great…..Ozpin going to kill me if they find out—"his train of thought stopped. Before he started to feel an immense pain in his head and he began clutching his head groaning in pain. As he was doing this he was moving around while Pyrrha tried to get an answer from him.
"Zane are you actually taking drugs….I thought you were someone who wouldn't take such…..evil vices"she said then looking at him.
Jaune was looking at him moving around in pain and soon his armor retracted off him falling off. He looked sickly from it while backing up, he looked pale like the blood from his body was caught himself on the railing leaning over sweating.
Jaune walked over to ask him about it as well."Zane…what is this stuff i'm also curious about this too. How'd you get your hands on this?"
Zane got some words out saying"look….its not…arghhh what you think…."breathing heavy"it is."
"Then what is it?!"Jaune said before Zane was about to say something but then he fell backwards over the railing. Pyrrha and Jaune rushed over grabbing him. Rogue also ran over to help them. Pyrrha used her semblance that was to control metal by pulling him up by his armor he wore with his clothes. While Rogue grabbed him by the shirt collar. Jaune also helped her bring him up.
As they did they managed to take off his bandana and Zane fell into Rogue and Jaunes arms. Pyrrha looked at Zane's neck shocked with horror."Pyrrha….why are you looking at us like that"Rogue said.
Jaune looked to where she was looking and saw a large circle like scar on Zanes neck. It looked to be something a giant needle would go in. Jaune looked in horror before he looked a little further down his neck to see a long line down leading to his back.
Jaune got up and started to remove Zane's shirt and gear , soon enough he finally got it off. On his back was a long straight scar a little bit down on his back. Pyrrha looked in horror at the sight and so did Rogue.
"Ok….what the…Remnant is this?"pyrha said, looking back at the vial in her hand. After a bit Zane breathed back to life and was breathing heavily. As he did soon his armor started to cover him again. But it was different compared to the thick armor from before.
There on his skin is what seemed like armor but instead it looked thinner compared to the other. It crawled up his arm and soon large talon-like claws emerged from his hand. The organic mesh crawled up his arm with him screaming in pain.
"What is going on?!"Jaune yelled
Zane then slowly said"Inje—ct….it..he-r-r-e"poitning at his neck. Pyrrha obliged and soon jabbed it into his neck pressing the button. As she did Zane gasped for air and soon the strange material on his arms disappeared. He sat up breathing taking the syringe out of his neck.
He looked at everyone before saying"You're probably guessing what that was?"
"Uhhh yeah….what just happened? What is this stuff? Also what's with that weird claw that was on your arm?"rogue said fast
"Were all wondering the same thing"Pyrrha added
Zane rubbed his neck explaining his situation"Ok i've said how my semblance makes me really tired and makes me…increased aggression,right?" All three shook their heads before he continued"well its not just that it makes me turn animalstic at times…I can't explain it but some doctor said it can cause my transformation to take on some animal-like form. Those vials are used to keep me calm and this at bay"
"If this is your semblance wouldn't this be really dangerous?"Jaune asked
Zane laugh before saying"yeah….everytime I have to use this…but sometimes I'm able to go without for long periods sometimes. Been trying to figure this out every since I lost my memories"
Rogue looked down before asking"how long ago did you lose them?"
"Bout six years I think….maybe I knew how to control it back then. But some of them are messed up. I remember bits of it."he said, grabbing his shirt and putting it on.
As they sat in silence Zane then asked"Please don't tell anyone….Ozpin will make me leave the academy. The only reason I went here is so I could try and control this thing"he said looking at the empty vial.
There was more silence until Jaune walked over saying"I'll keep it secret"he offered a fist bump. Zane looked down, giving him one and they looked at Pyrrha and Rogue.
"I know we shouldnt keep it from our friends but….if you aren't ready to tell them thats fine. I won't either"she said smiling
Rogue was the last one to go and then said"oh alright you did save my butt during the intiaition I owe you that much….plus I wouldn't be a good partner for not covering for you"
Zane breathed a sigh of relief before saying"Thanks I owe you one". They all soon gathered their stuff making their way down. But below them someone was smiling ear to ear with glee. It was Cardin who was listening in on the entire conversation.
Well that does it for chapter 8! Next chapter invovles a trip into the city for the first time. Although zane seems to have a monsterous side of his semblance and Cardin seems to have a devilish idea form in his mind. Find out what happens next time!
