A month had passed since Bell had arrived on Remnant, and things really were great. He became friends with all of Ruby's friends from Signal, although he and she were still somewhat excluded because of their eccentricity. The albino also learned more about Remnant and its history, where Ruby even told some stories about local heroes and he shared them with the ones she knew, exchanging stories made them become even closer friends.
With Yang, the friendship was good, he no longer blushed at the blonde's provocations, most of the time at least, and he even fought back a little, much to Ruby and Tai's displeasure, but she taught him how to fight back. melee, since the albino knew he wouldn't always have his weapons with him. This even made Yang bother Ruby so she could learn how to fight, but she didn't want to know. In these trainings, Bell learned her Semblance, Burn, which consisted of absorbing blows to become stronger, in addition to leaving her hair in a white fire effect and her eyes turning amethyst purple. Yang and Ruby freaked out when Bell used Burn in training, which made him explain The Fool, in addition to saying that he had copied Petal Burst. Needless to say, they both found it very unfair, especially when he showed the damage he could do to the Argonaut.
Bell also finished his weapons. A pair of gunblades with the color pattern still intact, black and white with a red design that resembled his old magic, Firebolt, in addition to both having the Bell Emblem on the hilt. Each one was practically a long-barreled revolver with a blade below where the barrel would start and going a little beyond the end. The gunblades could be used as a pair of twin swords after 'aligning' the handle with the barrel, causing the classic trigger to lock and the blades to grow a little, the handle to extend a little and a button at the end of the handle to appear, allowing the albino can fire, in the case of using the reverse grip, thus boosting the cuts, like Ruby did with the Crescent Rose. The gunblades could be connected in two ways when they were twin blades: connecting hilt to hilt, making them transform into a double-bladed glaive the size of Bell, and the tip of the barrel to the hilt, where the blades of the two swords meet. joined and expanded, becoming a single-edged broadsword, which was also a sniper rifle when one of the triggers was unlocked, allowing it to fire, and with a certain movement, the broadsword could become a scythe, while still being a rifle. He named the white one Oath and the black one Oblivion. They had a rest mode that consisted of the blade retracting and the gun barrel shrinking until it was the size of a standard revolver, where they were at the base of your spine for quick draw, like Ruby's Crescent Rose.
(NOTE: Imagine EMIYA Alter's Kanshou and Bakuya as a base, the shape of twin swords has the same size of EMIYA's original Kanshou and Bakuya, the broadsword form is the same size as the Queenslayer from Code Vein and the shape of the glaive is like the glaive from God Eater 3.)
Bell also created his own combat gloves, which he nicknamed Firebolt, in honor of the magic he had, based on Yang's Ember Celica, they were basically Yang's armbands but with a red color with slight orange details.
Both girls freaked out about that and decided to help even more with the albino's training, where Tai helped with the parts that his daughters weren't involved in. But the adult in the house couldn't stop mentally praising Bell's talent, many focused on at most two forms of his weapons, in some cases it was just one, Bell had a weapon worth 4, in addition to a reserve, and it seemed that he was doing very well with everyone.
And Bell also started to wear a new set of clothes, consisting of a green shirt with a brown line in the corner underneath a two-part coat, the first was sleeveless, white with yellow details, where only half of it went past the waist. , and the tail of the coat was divided into three, with one being larger than the other, with a black under layer with white lines that only had one sleeve, and there was a black hood coming out of that part. Bell also wore an elbow protector that had buckles on the arm that did not have a shirt sleeve while on the one that did have, he wore a metal protector on his shoulder, which had the image of his Emblem, in addition to a pair of black gloves that left sample fingers. He also wore black pants and a pair of brown boots that went up to his calves and had metal plates from the knee down that didn't make it difficult to move around.
(NOTE: It's basically Bell Outlaw Rabbit's outfit from Memoria Fresse)
Another thing was that, despite starting at the very end of the school year, and having to do some tests and activities to 'replace' what he lost, since you start at 14 years old, Bell was at the top of the class in the theoretical and tied with Ruby as best in practical when the school year ended. The albino himself was surprised by his performance.
Not to mention, he managed to earn a living that was somewhat normal for someone his age, being able to buy his own things. He tried to pay for his stay at Ruby's house, but Tai said that he should pay for it by cooking, since they kind of got addicted to the albino's cooking when he cooked for them once.
Currently, Bell and Ruby were in a Dust store, both with headphones on listening to loud music, with their hoods on, while they read some magazines, so immersed that they didn't even hear or pay attention when the store was being robbed by a man with orange hair and green eyes, one of whom was covered by a fringe, with a white coat, black pants and black shoes, as well as a bowler hat, accompanied by people wearing black suits, black hat and red glasses.
The thugs started filling the compartments they had with Dust, but one noticed that the store didn't have any. just the shopkeeper, making him pull out a red sword like his glasses.
Henchman: All right kids, put your hands where I can see them. – He threatens, but has no response. – Hey! I told you to put your hands in the air. – He repeats, but without response.
The henchman gets angry and goes to the duo.
Henchman: Do you guys have a death wish or something? – He asks, removing Ruby's hood, who looks at him confused.
This also caught Bell's attention, who looks at the henchman while removing his own hood. The man points to his ears, and the pair understand the message and remove the headphones.
Ruby: Yes?
Henchman: I said, put your hands in the air, now!
Bell: Are you... mugging us?
Henchman: Yes!
Bell & Ruby: Oh~ – They say, before looking at each other from the corner of their eyes and smiling.
With a flick of his wrist, Bell activated one of the Firebolts and punched the henchman right in the middle of the stomach, sending him crashing into the wall. Soon after, another henchman appears with a revolver and points it at the two.
Henchman 2: Stop!
Ruby didn't waste any time and activated her Semblance a little and threw the man away, leaving the store together with him through the window. Outside, she whipped out Crescent Rose and brought it out of sleep mode, bringing her personal weapon out in all its glory as the goons gathered at the broken window to watch Ruby do some tricks with the scythe before stick it in the ground and pause the music.
While Bell, he quickly went to the shopkeeper and managed to make him sneak out with the Dust that they were going to steal, before deactivating the Firebolt and taking out Oath and Oblivion and advancing against the man in white who placed the cane he had in the path of the blade, although the barrel appeared to have bent a little.
Man: Okayyy... get Little Red... I'll take care of the Rabbit.
The henchmen did as they were told and went against Ruby, before the Man made an upward movement with the cane, returning it to normal, and tried to kick Bell, who used the momentum he received from the man to kick him. a somersault backwards while making his gunblades become a glaive, before landing while doing some tricks with said weapon, leaving the man wide-eyed.
But the albino didn't have time for that, he advanced towards the man in white. He made a stab with one of the ends, which was deflected, before starting to turn the glaive and again trying to hit him, but the man kept deflecting the blows with the cane, until Bell stuck one of the ends in the ground, where his opponent was, and used the momentum to spin, using his weapon as a center, kicking the man in the middle of the chest, sending him out through the other window of the store.
Bell jumped through the window he broke, only to see Ruby defeat the last henchman by hitting him in the air with the Crescent Rose and to make him crash to the ground, and the man get up from the kick, where the albino recognized him. some news.
Bell: 'Roman Torchwick, great, we're right up against someone in organized crime.' – He thinks, undoing the glaive form and returning to the pair of gunblades.
Roman saw that Ruby had defeated all the henchmen.
Roman: You guys really made every penny worth it. This encounter made the night worth it, Little Red, Rabbit. Although I would like to stay longer... – He says before pointing the handle of his cane at the pair. – I'm afraid we say goodbye here.
The tip opens and he fires two energy balls, which Bell and Ruby dodge when firing and take advantage of the momentum, avoiding the destruction and explosion of the street where they were.
Bell: 'No wonder there wasn't a serious fight in the store, one of those and we would explode.' – He thinks seeing how he did the man would back down so easily if he was the head of a part of organized crime.
When the duo posed, they looked around, and noticed that Roman was climbing the stairs to get to on top of a building.
Ruby: Is it okay if we go after him?
Bell: No risk, no snack. – He says looking at her, before the duo smiles.
They charge forward and dart to the top of the building, only to see the man stopping at the edge.
Ruby: Hey.
Romam: How persistent.
Before the young duo could do anything to bullhead, an aerial vehicle appeared, shining a light into the duo's eyes and opening a door for Roman to enter before turning around and facing their pursuers.
Roman: End of the line, kids! – He says, before taking a crystal, which Bell recognized right away, and throwing it.
The crystal fell at Ruby's feet, where the albino quickly used Petal Burst to get her out, as she was a little confused, at the moment Roman threw it, causing an explosion.
When Bell and Ruby saw the smoke from the explosion clear, they saw a blonde woman, with a white blouse, black skirt and a black cape with a purple interior, where she had what looked like a wand projecting an energy shield.
Ruby: A Huntress? – She whispers, with a tone of admiration in her voice, which the albino heard because he was hugging her waist.
The woman looks at the pair, showing green eyes behind a pair of glasses, before she adjusts them and waves her 'wand', sending out some Dust projectiles and guiding them to hit the ship. When the ship tried to leave, the woman sent a ball of Dust above the bullhead, creating something that reminded the albino of a magic circle, where a black cloud appeared, and then the woman made a movement with her weapon, making with ice spikes coming out of the cloud and piercing the ship's hull.
Bell: 'What is her Semblance?' – He thinks in a curious and impressed way.
The albino's attention went to the bullhead when he saw that a woman had appeared, he couldn't see much just a pair of legs and part of the red dress, but he couldn't see her face.
Parts of the woman in red's dress began to glow before she threw a fireball, which the Huntress parried. But the woman made a movement with her hands and the ground below the Huntress began to glow, where the blonde did a somersault, dodging a pillar of fire.
The Huntress landed near the pair, allowing the albino to see that she had some sort of whip, before making a move, picking up the debris from the last explosion to create a giant spear and sending it towards the ship. The woman in red manages to destroy the spear with a quick sequence, but the Huntress rebuilds the spear and sends it to where the pilot would be, before the ship moves in such a way that the spear hits the ceiling. The blonde then makes three lines of debris with the spear before the woman in red destroys them with a blast of heat.
Ruby felt useless and made Crescent Rose go into Rifle Mode and started shooting at the woman in red, but the shots were burned. The woman in red made a movement with her hands and several spots below the three glowed. Bell removed his arm from Rose's waist, quickly combined Oath and Oblivion in the form of a broadsword, used Aura to charge the Argonaut faster, making his entire fist shine and the sound of bells was very fast, and hit the ground, causing a shockwave, it cracked the ground and destroyed a part in front of him. But the wave was enough to send the pieces of Dust, which were the glowing spots, upward and they exploded into the air.
But that was enough of a distraction for the bullhead to escape.
Bell: 'The Semblance of the woman in red must be something related to an increase in temperature.' – He concludes by noting that she only made the floor explode in certain points, which were precisely the fragments of the crystal that Roman threw. – 'So the clothes could throw pieces of Dust...'
Ruby: You are a Huntress. – She says excitedly while looking at the blonde woman, catching Bell's attention, who couldn't help but notice that she was very pretty, but had a stoic look on her face. – Can I have an autograph? – She asks with a twinkle in her eye.
Bell: Can we call a lawyer? – He asked, since he knew that look meant trouble.
The next moment, Ruby and Bell were in an interrogation room, their weapons confiscated, even the Firebolt, while they were being lectured by the Huntress who helped them while she was fiddling with a Scroll.
Huntress: Know that your actions today will not be received kindly, young ones. You have put yourselves in danger as well as other people.
Ruby: They started!
Bell: And the street was empty.
But they were both ignored as she continued.
Huntress: If it were up to me, you would be sent home... with a pat on the back... - She says, making the duo feel hopeful, before hope dies when they see her pick up the whip she used in the fight. – And an ear tug! – She says, before facing them and slamming the whip on the table, scaring Ruby who hugged one of Bell's arms. – But... there is someone who wants to meet you.
She leaves the door and a man with gray hair, yellow eyes, green clothes and sunglasses enters. A man the pair recognized.
Bell & Ruby: 'Profº Ozpin...' – They think in sync.
The director had a cup and a plate full of cookies.
Ozpin: Ruby Rose... Bell LeBlanc... – He says, before approaching and looking at Ruby's face. – I see... you have silver eyes... Ms. Rose. – He says, leaving Ruby and Bell a little confused due to his interest in the color of his eyes. – So... where did you learn to do that? – He speaks, indicating the images of the two fighting that were being shown in the Huntress' Scroll.
Ruby: Signal Academy?
Ozpin: They taught you how to use one of the most lethal weapons ever made? In addition to a clear attempt at multiple forms of combat that are much broader than usual?
Ruby: Well... one teacher in particular.
Bell: And I made Oath and Oblivion into weapons that I've already used.
Ozpin: I see.
Ozpin placed the plate of cookies in front of the pair, where Ruby finally noticed that she was still holding Bell's arm, letting go quickly as she blushed, before starting to eat the cookies.
Ozpin: I've only seen one scythe user with that ability. A dusty old crow...
Rose: That's my uncle! – She speaks with her mouth full, before receiving a confused look from the director, who made her swallow everything that was in her mouth. - Sorry. That's my uncle Qrow! He is... or was... a teacher at Signal. I was trash before he took me in.
Ozpin: And in what condition a young man like you... – He begins, looking at Bell. – Did you have to practically specialize in 5 different weapons?
Bell: One who had to fight with what he had to get his daily bread without having to become a thief. – He responds with a neutral look, where Ozpin looks calmly, but missing the Huntress's look of shock. – I used a couple more knives because of their mobility and price, but as I practically had to use rubbish, they broke easily, and I had to use what was around.
Ozpin: And I assume it already involved a spear, a broadsword, your fists... and a scythe? – He speaks the last half in doubt.
Bell: A broadsword had a bit of a twist on the tip near the hilt, and in my rush to fix it I ended up making an improvised scythe... it was the only time I used one before I met Ruby and she taught me some tricks.
Ozpin: I see... and what do they do in an Institute made to train warriors?
Ruby: Well... we want to be Hunters.
Ozpin: Want to kill monsters?
Bell: Define monsters. – He says, earning an impressed look from the director.
Ozpin: Do you want to kill those who hurt those who are not able to defend themselves?
Bell noticed that it gave a lot of space for a lot of things, after all, life in Orario was often a jungle, it wasn't just the Dungeon monsters you had to worry about, as Bell knew, but Ruby didn't noticed or didn't care because he responded.
Ruby: Yes. I want to be a Huntress to help people. My parents taught me to help others, so why not make it a job?
Bell: I wanted to help people by creating things to improve their lives... but now I want to help people by stopping as much danger as possible from reaching them.
Ozpin just stares at the duo with a smile until he speaks again.
Ozpin: Do you know who I am?
Ruby: You are Professor Ozpin.
Bell: The headmaster of Beacon Academy.
Ozpin: Hello.
Bell & Ruby: It's a pleasure.
Ozpin: Do you want to go to my school?
Ruby: More than anything. – She says, with Bell nodding.
Ozpin looks at the Huntress, who just rolls her eyes as she huffs, clearly not liking the way things are going.
Ozpin: Very well then. – He says, with Bell looking shocked and Ruby with a look of pure happiness. – Rest up, you have a big day tomorrow. – He says, before leaving the room.
Huntress: You can pick up your weapons on the way out. – She says before leaving the room, leaving the duo alone.
They both pinch each other, and when they notice the pain, they scream with happiness as they hug each other and go to grab their things so they can go home and go to sleep.
The next day would be a great start.