-Last Time-
"Well that was a fun day, wasn't it squirt?" Coco asked, while looking up at the boy riding on her back.
"Uh huh, lots of fun Coco-neechan," Naruto said enthusiastically as he happily licked his vanilla and chocolate scoop. "This was the best day… …. …" *Splat*
Coco stopped when Naruto suddenly stopped talking and dropped his ice cream, his face rapidly changing from happy and joyous to complete shock. Following his gaze, her and Nora were greeted with the sight of Weiss and Winter standing before them.
-And Now-
The area was completely silent as the two parties stared at each-other. Winter and Naruto looked straight into the other's eyes without blinking, an unreadable expression on both their faces. Noticing the building tension, Nora set down the numerous shopping parcels in her arms and slowly started reaching for Magnhild.
"Uhhh, can someone please tell me what's going on right now?" Coco asked, "I could really use some context here." Instead of receiving an answer though, the leader of team CFVY felt a sudden shift of weight as Naruto hopped of her shoulders and ran…
…right into Winter's arms as he hugged her tightly. "Winter-chan! You're alright! Oh, I missed you!" He said happily, nuzzling his face into her chest as his tails wrapped themselves around her.
The look on Weiss's face was absolutely priceless. She could do nothing but stare with bugged-out eyes as Winter wiggled her arms free and wrapped them around the small boy, a soft smile crossing her lips. "I missed you too little one, how have you been?"
"Seriously, someone tell me what's going on. Right now!" Coco cut in with an annoyed, strict tone, tired of being ignored.
-Flashback-
"Nice to meet you Winter-chan. I'm…" The boy trailed off suddenly before his eyes widened. Before Winter could ask him what was wrong, his mouth snapped open and a blast of electricity shot at her.
"AAGH!" Winter screamed out in pain as the attack grazed her arm, shredding through her coat sleeve and glove, roasting the now exposed flesh beneath. She had been caught entirely off guard and didn't have enough time to raise her aura. Once the initial shock wore off, she slowly got back on her feet and was getting into a defensive stance while drawing her sword. She stopped halfway when she heard a low groaning behind her.
Following the sound, her eyes widened when they settled on a man dressed in black clothes, white armor, and faux Grimm mask obscuring his face. He was currently embedded in the train wall with a smoking scorch mark covering the majority of his chest.
"Damn it, I let my guard down!" Winter growled as she put together what was going on, her injured arm hanging limply by her side. Not even a second later, the door blew open and several more similarly dressed men and woman came charging with swords, guns, and other such weapons being trained on her. Some of them had visible animalistic traits such as horns, claws, and tails. They were prepared to charge her before they saw the man embedded in the wall.
"George!" A woman yelled before charging at Winter in a rage with a battle axe. "You Schnee bitch! I'll kill- OOF!" She was cut off mid charge as a stone encased tail smashed her into the floor. This made all the remaining White Fang members turn their attention towards the slightly cowering child as his now glowing tails thrashed around him, leaving trail of fire, ice, ect behind.
"What the hell?! Is that a kid!?" One guy yelled as he backed away from the terrifying sight.
"No way! It must be some abomination they cooked up as a weapon!" Another yelled back, getting the group to murmur in agreement.
"Then what are we waiting for? Let's kill that bitch and abomina-Gerk!" A different man started to say, only to get cut off, literally, by Winter as she sliced open his chest with her saber. Moving with grace only attained by years of practice, the white-haired soldier dashed from one opponent to another at blinding speeds, slicing through armor and flesh with frightening ease despite being unable to use one arm.
These goons were nothing more than cannon fodder, with most not even capable of shielding attacks with aura. In less than a minute, every single one of them were on the ground either unconscious, groaning in pain, or dead. Panting slightly, she double checked for any remaining hostiles before turning her attention back to the boy. "Come on, it's not safe here." She said, getting a meek nod from him before scurrying over to her side as she raised a hand to her earpiece.
"This is Officer Schnee, does anyone read?" *Ksssssshht* "I repeat, this is Officer Schnee, does anyone read me?" *Kssssssshht* Winter swore softly as all she got over the radio was static. "Stay behind me, and keep your eyes peeled." She told the boy (she really needed to get his name soon), before cautiously walking towards the door opposite from which she entered.
Finding the next car empty, she crossed all the way to the following car, making sure that she didn't go too fast for the boy following her. Peering through the door, her eyes narrowed as she saw the platform train car with at least two dozen more members of the White Fang already on board as more hopped on from large trucks that ran alongside the train. Several were already offloading the dust crates around them, tossing them to others still in the trucks.
A party about the same size as the one Winter had just dispatched of then arrived from the train car on the other side, led by a tall, muscular man with bulky armor that left his arms exposed, a full-face mask, and black tattoos running down one of his arms. He hefted a large chainsaw sword in his arms that was stained in large amounts of black oil and just a trace amount of blood.
"Forward sections are all clear," He stated in a gruff voice while sitting down on one of the dust crates. With a grunt, he pulled out a small rag to wipe the blood and oil off his weapon.
Silently closing the door again, Winter turned to the boy standing behind her with a serious expression. Grabbing his shoulder with her good arm, she gently pushed him into a corner behind a large crate and even made sure to tuck his tails behind him until he was completely hidden. "Stay here until I come back for you, okay?"
The boy only nodded his head, his entire body shivering slightly as he clung to the crate. Standing back up, she turned around and was about to head through the door when she felt something tug on her coat. Looking back, she saw the child holding her coat tails. Before she could say anything, one of his tails wrapped around her injured arm and started glowing a soft blue.
"Wha-a-a-a…" Winter started to ask before her teeth started to chatter as she felt a sudden wash of pure cold wash through her arm, completely numbing the pain running through it. When his tail retracted, her arm was slightly paler than normal and a faint blue aura could still be seen glowing around it.
"I'm sorry," He said quietly as he looked at the blistered skin with a large amount of regret. Winter's face softened as she saw this, a gentle smile crossing her lips as she ruffled his hair with her good arm.
"Apology accepted,"
"Where the hell is squad B? They shouldn't be taking this long." Chainsaw sword guy stated as he finished cleaning his weapon and looked towards the car that the squad had entered. His answer came when the door of said car was suddenly busted apart and a pack of glowing white Beowolves with blue markings came charging out.
Before any of the grunts had any time to react, the creatures were already upon them and swiftly began disposing of their numbers.
"What the-AAAHG!"
"Incomi-EEEEAA!"
"AAAAHH-" *Gurgle*
These were just a few of many cries as the Grimm duplicates tore through the men and women like rocks through wet paper. Only the muscular man and a handful of his party were capable of fending off the sudden assault, with the aforementioned guy slicing most of the assailants in half with a single slice of his sword.
As the last Beowolf fell, Winter came charging out of the train car herself, cutting down the remaining grunts before turning her attention to the apparent leader with her swords held at the ready. "Oh goodie, I get to kill a Schnee," He stated with a hint of excitement in his voice as he revved his blade.
"Oh really? And here I thought I was going to neuter a mutt." Winter said back, using the classic 'piss off your opponent to make them sloppy' strategy. It was super effective, the man growled angrily and charged her with his sword set to max.
The Schnee mentally groaned as she dodged her opponent's swings, already having his fighting style pegged after the first few moves. 'Berserker tank type, prefers to absorb damage until his opponent is tired out before finishing them off, shit!' Normally this wouldn't be a problem for her, but given that her arm was still injured and she had no idea how long she had till the numbing wore off, she couldn't afford a long drawn out fight.
Ducking under another wild swing, she delivered several slashes and stabs to his chest only for his aura to deflect each one. She was then forced to leap out of the way as another swing slashed through the area her head just was. Using her superior speed, she vanished from view and reappeared behind him while forming an ice dust enhanced glyph. Stabbing her swords through it, two giant sized ice copies popped out the other side and collided with the man's unguarded back.
This sent the man flying across the platform with a cry, smashing into a pile of crates… one of which flew off the train… and landed in front of one of the trucks beside the train. Winter was knocked off her feet as the entire vehicle exploded, violently shaking the platform while simultaneously taking out the other truck.
Groaning softly, Winter slowly sat up with a hiss as pain shot through her body. She expected her arm as feeling slowly returned to the limb, but now noticed a sharp pain coming from her head as blood flowed into her eyes. When her vision cleared though, she froze up as she saw her battered opponent towering over her, his sword poised to strike. "Just so you know… it's not gonna be an open casket funeral." She could practically hear the smirk on his face.
The world around her seemed to slow to a halt as the blade descended towards her neck. Winter knew that she wouldn't be able to get out of the way in time. On either side of her were stacks of dust crates and the edge of the platform was mere inches behind her. Her swords were by the giant man's feet, along with a familiar boy who had his now glowing teeth bared…
…
…
'Wait, WHAT?!'
By the time Winter's brain processed what she saw, the boy sank his jaws deep into the man's calf, bits of blood-coated ice bursting out all over his leg. "AAAAAAAGGGGHH! WHAT THE FUCK!?" The White Fang member howled out as he dropped his weapon from surprise and agony while falling onto his ass. Snapping his attention to the source of the pain, he only paused for a second before grabbing the boy's throat with both hands and pulling him off.
"Traitorous Schnee pet! I'll snap your little ne-GAAH!" His rage filled threat was cut off by a pained scream as he was greeted with a face full of flames, courtesy of the boy's mouth. Losing his grip, the faunus child dropped to the ground and swiftly ran to Winter's side and stood over her protectively.
"What are you doing out here? I told you to stay hidden." Winter said with a hiss as she slowly stood up, doing her best to ignore the nausea and pain. As the boy turned to answer her, the White Fang member finally managed to recover enough from the double surprise attack and started limping towards them in a blind rage…
…only to be knocked clean off the train when the child's purple and black glowing tail instinctually shot out and struck him across the chest.
Winter blinked in surprise at the sudden and unexpected end of the fight before she quickly shook it off and focused her attention back on the boy. He had climbed onto one of the secured dust crates and was spitting out small globs of blood with a disgusted expression. After taking a quick glance around to make sure there were no more threats, Winter was about to both thank and scold the boy for his recklessness when the sound of metal breaking reached her ears.
Before she could react, the safety straps holding the crate he was on snapped, allowing the cargo to slide free from the car due to the previous explosion knocking the platform askew. Rushing to the edge, the last she saw was him and the container of dust tumbling into a forest as the train rapidly left him behind.
The white-haired Schnee's head then snapped up as she heard the sound of cawing, just in time to see a crow flying off in the same direction.
-End Flashback-
Winter discreetly grit her teeth as she sat inside team JNPR's refurbished dorm with said team, team RWBY, Coco, and Naruto who just finishing telling his own version of how they met (which was about as accurate as you could expect from a seven-year-old). She knew exactly what, more accurately who, the crow really was, proven when she checked the safety straps and found they had been cut clean apart. 'I fucking hate you Qrow.' That man had a strong personal vendetta against Atlas.
She did feel a large amount of satisfaction though when she learned from Weiss that Naruto had a strong dislike for the drunkard as well.
"And Winter-chan was like sooo fast! I could barely even see her as she beat up all the bad guys! She was like Hiyah! And swish-swi-whoa!" *Thump* She was brought out of her thoughts as she watched the blonde try and imitate her fighting stances, only to lose his balance and fall over. The elder Schnee couldn't keep the smile off her face as Naruto got right back up and kept going like nothing happened.
While her and almost everyone else was focused on the foxy child, Nora was going around the room packing up her stuff. Since she would be taking care of Naruto, Ozpin decided to move the two into their own room since the team dorm was already crowded as it was. It was actually a pretty big moment for her since it was almost like she was moving out on her own, even though the room was only just down the hall from her teammates.
'Now that I think about it, I should do something to commemorate this moment.' Nora thought as she finished packing her clothes. 'A party? Nah, overdone. Amazing syrupy dinner? Maybe… no Ren wouldn't let me have that many pancakes anyway…' She pouted slightly at this.
'Hmm, needs to be something big… something awesome… a big blowout… wait a minute,' "Idea!" Nora cried out suddenly, making everyone jump in surprise. In the blink of an eye, she scooped a confused Naruto up in her arms and was at the door. "Got something to do! Be back later! Bye!" She said rapidly before darting off.
"…"
"…"
"…I don't know what she has planned, but I already have a headache from it." Ren said in exasperation as he rubbed his forehead.
"Should we not stop her then?" Pyrrha asked, only to get a headshake in response.
"With how hyped up she was, all you would be doing is wasting your time." The pink-stripe-haired teen said. "The only thing we can do at this point is hope she doesn't cause too much trouble."
"…"
"We're all going to get detention again, aren't we?" Yang asked with a dull expression.
-Three Hours Later, front of Beacon-
"Yep, definitely detention," Yang answered her own question as she and everyone else looked upon the prestigious huntsmen academy with stupefied faces. Somehow, Nora had managed to paint the entirety of Beacon orange with sloppy pink hearts.
"How in the hell did she even manage to pull this off without anyone noticing?" Blake asked in a monotone voice, looking to the other students and teachers that were meandering about while gawking at the colorful mess.
"Better question: where did she get this much paint?" Jaune asked. Walking up to one of the walls, Weiss narrowed her eyes as she dragged a finger through the still wet 'paint' and held it up to her face.
"It's not paint, it's mud." She stated with a grimace as she wiped it off on the scraggly blonde's sleeve.
"Okay… where did she get this much colored mud?" Jaune corrected.
"Naruto helped me make it, duh!" Everyone but Winter jumped in surprise as Nora suddenly popped up next to them with Naruto on her shoulders. Both had small splotches of pink and orange mud on them with big smiles on their faces as they admired their handy work.
"That explanation could be a lot more specific." Winter said blankly.
"I'll do better than explain! Watch and be amazed!" Nora said with a grin while holding up a bottle of pink food coloring for them all to see. She then proceeded to hand it to Naruto who quickly jugged the whole thing down.
Nora then turned to a random, uncovered wall just as two of Naruto's tails glowed yellowish brown and dark blue before his cheeks puffed out. Unfortunately, a certain white-haired heiress seemed to have forgotten about the incident that morning as she decided to cut in at that moment and got right in front of the duo. "Are you crazy! You can't just let a child drink food coloring, he'll get si-" *SPLOOOSH*
Weiss was in turn cut off by a sudden onslaught of bright pink mud blasting her into the wall at high velocity. She squealed loudly, wildly flailing her arms as she was continuously sprayed for several more seconds until the stream finally died down. In the meantime, Yang and Coco had fallen over laughing, Ruby and Pyrrha looked concerned but small snickers and giggles were slipping passed their lips, Winter simply had a small smirk on her face, Blake was pretending to read a book but you could just see the Cheshire grin on her face, Jaune was only concerned for Weiss's health, and Ren was palming his face.
"Oops, sorry Weiss-chan," Naruto said, scratching the back of his head with a sheepish smile as Weiss slowly stood up. Instead of speaking, the once snow-themed girl just leveled an annoyed glared at Nora and her teammates as she spat out a mouthful of mud.
"It's fine, now if you excuse me I'm going to shower," She said while starting to march off, only to pause as Yang managed to get control of her laughing and said:
"Hehe… I would hurry if I were you, given that you're basically covered in puke! HAHAHA!"
This caused everyone else to freeze up before they glanced at either Naruto, who was still atop Nora's shoulders wiping his mouth, or Weiss, who kept looking between herself and Naruto as a look of dawning horror crossed her pink face.
-Other side of beacon-
"What a masterfully done piece of work. Wouldn't you agree Profe-" "Doctor!" "…Dr. Oobleck?" Professor Port asked as he and the coffee-addicted doctor/professor admired the graffitied school.
"Why yes! Whomever has done this must have been very inspired!" 'Doctor' Oobleck said while rapidly sipping from a cup of coffee. "I only wish I could talk to the gen-"
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!" *Crackle* *Crack* *SHATTER!*
Both teachers fell silent as an ear-piercing scream rang out, causes both of their glasses, Ooobleck's cup, and several windows to shatter to tiny pieces.
"…"
"…"
"Don't you think today would be a lovely day to walk around Vale?" Port asked as the two quickly retreated to the bullhead dock.
"Oh, I know this spectacular Cafe, sells some of the best lattes I've ever drank!"
-End Chapter-
-Omake-
-Glynda finally breaks-
"And done," Glynda said with a sigh as she finished placing the last camera with a wave of her riding crop. "Now all that needs to be done is to activate them." She told herself, pulling out her scroll as she walked outside.
Pressing a few commands, a loading bar appeared that slowly started to fill. 'Might as well get something to eat while I'm waiting.' The tall, blonde teacher thought as she closed her scroll and looked up only to freeze. The buildings surrounding her were covered in dripping orange and pink 'paint'. Dozens of windows were shattered to pieces, the broken glass scattered on the ground.
As she took this all in, Glynda's eyebrow started to twitch rapidly and a vein bulged on her forehead. A violent violet aura formed around her as she shakily grabbed her riding crop with both hands.
*Creeeeeeaaaaak*
The odd weapon groaned loudly under the strain as it was bent nearly in half from the pressure of the woman's grip. A drop of orange mud dripped onto the blonde's shoulder as she started to visibly shake in rage. The aura around her suddenly tripled in size and ferocity, flaring around her in fury.
*Creeeeeeeeaaaaak* *Kcht!*
It finally could take no more, the riding crop finally gave with a muffled snap that echoed ominously.
-Headmaster's office-
*kcht* *Kcht* *KCHT!*
Ozpin was mid-sip of his coffee while sorting through several holographic files when the sound reached his ears, making him stop with a shocked look. "…she broke…" He muttered.
"…TO THE ESCAPE POD!" The headmaster screamed as he vanished in a blur of speed.
-Omake end-