Topaz has been with the Xiao Long/Rose family for a few weeks now. It's been pretty uneventful so far. Tai has been training Yang and him while Ruby watches from the side. Tai says she's too young to be training, that it will have adverse effects on her development. Oh well, back to the matter at hand. Yang and him are sparring using only the hand to hand Tai taught them. Topaz doesn't know what it is, but he feels like he can see Yang's attacks almost before they happen. She's getting frustrated, and her attacks are getting wilder and more powerful. Hold up. Why are her eyes red? And why does it look like her hair is glowing?
BAM!
Tai: "Yang, that's enough!"
Tai walks over and helps Topaz up after being knocked onto his back by Yang.
Topaz: "Hey Tai, was it just me, or were Yang's eyes red and her hair glowing?"
Tai: "No, it wasn't just you. I saw it too. Yang, you may have unlocked your semblance. What it is specifically, I can't say for sure. We will just have to wait and see. As for you Topaz, you may have partially used yours as well during the fight. Your pupils became slits similar to a cat's eye, and your instincts look like they were enhanced from that."
Yand and Topaz: "Our Semblance? COOL!"
[Time Skip: 7 years]
Topaz: "Yang! Come on, we are going to be late for our first day!"
Yang: "Coming!"
Signal Academy, Topaz isn't sure what exactly goes on there, but Tai and Yang say it's the best place to help make oneself stronger. Walking into the school with Yang, Topaz can feel a lot of the other kids looking at him. Some with curiosity, but there are some who look at him with disgust. As long as they don't do anything dumb Topaz decides to ignore them.
Topaz: "Yang, no matter what happens here, please don't do anything that you'll regret."
Yang: "What do you mean Topaz?"
Topaz: "I have a feeling that some of these kids might try to do something since I'm a faunus. No matter what they say, don't respond. If they take it too far, I'll be the one to do something, so don't worry about it."
Yang: "If you say so..."
They continue to walk through the hallway going towards the classroom Tai told them he will be teaching in. Right before they walk into the room three kids walk up behind them, grab Topaz's shoulder and pulls him back.
Bully 1: "Hey furball, what is an animal like you doing in a place meant for humans?"
Bully 2: "Haha, yeah. Where's your collar kitty?"
Bully 3: "Yeah, what they said you dumb animal."
Yang tenses up at their remarks but continues into the room to get Tai. Topaz tries following after but the bullies drag him back once again. He is then shoved to the ground from behind.
Bully 2: "That's better, on all fours just like an animal should be."
Bully 1: "It's not nice to ignore your betters when they talk to you animal."
At this moment Tai walks out of his class and sees what is happening with Yang following close behind.
Tai: "You kids, knock it off. If you continue with this behavior, I'm going to have to send you to the office for disciplinary action."
The three bullies walk away mumbling something about Topaz getting lucky this time. Tai walks over to him and helps him up and asks if he is ok. When he sees that he is, he leads Topaz and Yang into the class and asks them what happened from the beginning.
Tai: *Sigh* "Okay, I'll talk with the principal to see if we can do anything. Thank you for not letting it escalate any further than that. I'm sorry that you had to go through that Topaz."
Topaz: "It's ok Tai, I saw the way some of the kids were looking at me when we walked in and kind of expected something like that to happen at some point."
Yang: "Don't worry Topaz, when it comes for sparring class we can have our fun."
The way she says it makes Topaz a little uncomfortable, but what she is right. He knows that they will want to fight with him thinking it will be an easy and one-sided fight. He might as well have a little fun with it.
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After a series of rather boring, but informative classes, it's time for the sparring. Topaz can see the bullies he encountered earlier glaring at him from the sides with sadistic smiles on their faces. Tai walks into the room, introduces himself and asks if there are any volunteers to start off the day. The three bullies all raise their hands and voice their eagerness. Tai sighs and then calls on Bully number one.
Bully 1: "I want to fight the pussy cat and show him where he belongs."
Tai: "Topaz, are you ok with that?"
Topaz stands up, nods his head and makes his way into the sparring circle. Bully 1 smirks and cracks his knuckles. The two of them face off and on Tai's signal, Bully 1 rushes Topaz with his right fist cocked back trying to win quickly. As he swings towards Topaz, Topaz calmly steps back and pushes his fist in the direction its going, sending him off balance. He then turns and tries kicking towards Topaz's head. Ducking below his kick, and pushing his outstretched foot upwards, Topaz watches as the bully falls onto his butt and roars in frustration.
Bully 1: "You damn animal, sit still and let me hit you already!"
Laughing at his frustration, Topaz calmly motions for him to come at him. As he charges towards Topaz, he notices his fist glowing a weak orange. He roars and throws said fist towards Topaz's stomach. Topaz sends his own fist into the bully's with a punch of his own, the bully is flung back and rolls out of the arena.
Tai: "And that's the fight. The winner is Topaz!"
Bully 1: "You cheated! There's no way an animal like you could stop my awesome semblance. It's just not possible."
Scoffing at his anger, Topaz turns and walks back to his seat. He notices some of the kids looking at him with a newfound respect. Yang smiles brightly and gives him two thumbs up showing her approval. The other two bullies choose to keep quiet, using their friend's humiliation as a lesson to avoid Topaz for the time being. The rest of the sparring class passes rather uneventfully. Yang uses her opponent as a punching bag, and the rest of the class shows very little talent in the hand to hand combat area. Gathering his things, Topaz meets with Yang and the two begin to make their way home.
Arriving back home Yang and Topaz run into Summer, who asks how their day went. When Yang went over the topic of bullies trying to get to Topaz, Summer was not happy, but when Yang told her how he embarrassed the one bully and that his friends chose to ignore him after, her mood changed and she smiled. Walking to the stairs Topaz is suddenly hit in the gut by a bullet of flower petals.
Ruby: "Topaz! Yang! You're back! How was school? Did you meet anyone interesting? What's Signal like? How's dad as a teacher?"
Chuckling at her antics, Topaz pats her head and answers however he can.
Topaz: "School was school. No-one particularly stood out. Signal is interesting. And Tai is interesting as a teacher."
Ruby pouts at his very open-ended answers, but doesn't try to pry any further. Instead she drags Topaz to her gaming console and challenges him, saying how today will be the day she finally beats him. Topaz smiles, enjoying these little moments with the people he views as family. He just hopes that moments like these will never end.