The two girls still had their hold on me, dragging me along the empty hallways. Blake had not long before had reapplied her bow upon her head, hiding her ears. I was led to the main hall where there was quite A congregation of arrivals mingling.
"Oh right! I forgot that we, me and Blake were to come here and wait for the headmaster's opening speech. We can fight after." Weiss had let go, and as Blake had already let go before to readjust her ribbon into her 'trademark' bow look, she'd had already released me. I am free. The two girls walked into the crowd, finding A good spot. I lost sight of them and decided to wait for now.
"Might as well humor them, then I'd better continue my training… what's the time… 1:30. p.m. ok, I'd better meet up with Weiss's father first. Then Ozpin and his band of misfit's." fuck it, I'll train again tomorrow, whether I'm labeled A criminal by Ironwood or not. The fact is he can't hold me, I'll show him just what I'm capable of if he decides to try and arrest me or something. Seeing Ozpin enter not five minutes later with Glynda, they headed through the crowd and stood on stage. I met Ozpin's eyes, who looked curiously at me, I noticed those around the crowd who were elder and had their weapons on their person. So that's his goal huh? Try and strong-arm me with his 'huntsmen and huntresses'.
"So, you're the oddball riling up Ozzie and Woody huh, that armor of yours, where did you get it, those shoulder pads look ridiculous." A deep voice, which scraped my ears had come from near beside me, looking over, I met the red eyes of Qrow Branwen.
"Who are you, and why are you talking with me" I was surprised this guy was talking to me and asking who he was all I came up with short notice, I knew of him of course, he didn't know that though.
"Names Qrow, I've heard of you from Oz. Kron right."
"Yeah… Qrow, so you've heard of me then." I said, before walking off, his footsteps could be heard and looking to my left, Qrow was keeping in step with me. He reached and retrieved A flask from his person, take A sip, you could smell the alcohol wafting from the flask.
"Yeah, heard your 'babysitting' some brat. Also, I heard there's going to be A meeting sometime today, and you're the topic. Man, I'm not feeling those tights you're wearing." Qrow was smirking, an easy-going stance as he held his flask.
"If you're trying to goad me-" I was interrupted when Ozpin began speaking through A microphone.
"-keep this brief. You have travelled here today in search of knowledge-" Qrow started whispering to me. I looked towards him with A glare, he looked pleased with himself.
"So, what say you and I go and have some drinks until Ozpin and Jimmy are ready for us, with more piss and less vinegar, you might just be A capable drinking buddy" or more like, he wanted to get me drunk and try and get answers out of me. If I was A girl, I would have been concerned.
"I have… two prior engagements before Ozpin, beat it old man" I dismissed him, listening to the last words Of Ozpin.
"-Up to you to take the first step." Ozpin began walking off and Glynda took to the Mic and begun addressing the crowd.
"You will gather in the ballroom tonight, tomorrow your initiation begins. Be Ready your dismissed" she finished, people began murmuring with their neighbors and Qrow, ever insistent, was still following me and drinking. I caught sight of A familiar blonde and decided to use 'them' to ditch the guy. Walking up to the unsuspecting targets, Qrow still hadn't saw 'them'. I got behind the girl and tapped on her shoulder.
"Hey blonde brawler, you disappeared after that brawl. Qrow, now here's someone who takes no prisoners, she trampled the lot of them" I began, Yang had turned and recognized me, we didn't introduce ourselves to each other the last time we had seen each other, Qrow had turned and saw his niece, he looked somewhat surprised he hadn't seen her yet until now. The girl with Yang had turned and gasped, spotting her uncle.
"Ehh! Uncle Qrow, what are you doing here, have you come to see me kick butt!" the girl I knew to be Ruby had gotten into Qrow's space, engulfing him in A hug which he returned somewhat awkwardly. Yang on the other hand had replied to me.
"Oh, you're the guy who was at…uh" she awkwardly looked towards her uncle, who was gazing at the two of us, Yang for getting up in my 'personal space' and I for, uh, acting suspicious.
"Yeah, I remember, anyway, names Yang, and that's my sister, Ruby." I nodded, and reached out and took her hand. From the corner of my eye, I could see Qrow tense although it was for A split second. I shook Yang's hand, which she enthusiastically accepted.
"Hey Yang, names Kron. Hello Ruby, nice to see you again." Ruby turned my way, there was confusion on her face until, like A lightbulb, an look of understanding had shown on her face.
"Oh!! you were that guy, floating in the air!! You uh, took an explosion for me and the uh, the lady who was up on stage, the huntress!" she was smiling, Qrow stopped looking at me like he'd skewer me, and I nodded at the girl and smiled A little, her innocence was heartfelt.
"Well, anyway I've got A fight to get too, I might see you girls again. Qrow, I'll be seeing you, got to go!!" I immediately jumped upwards, startling onlookers and the three I was with and then I headed whilst flying. I went towards the outside and waited for the two girls who wanted to fight me and 'defeat' me. They showed seven minutes later, armed and… with an escort?
"Guess I'll be fighting, and entertaining today huh?" Spotting the two girls who were chatting with each other, Qrow followed along with his two nieces in tow. There also was A redhead which brought to me, thoughts of sadness. The one who I wanted to 'save'. My favorite character from the show, pushing those thoughts down and burying them deeply. I HAVE to remember, this is my reality, it's not A damn show anymore. She's not A character of A story, she's A stranger at the moment. Real people. I felt nervous, more nervous than I have ever been since being 'brought' to this world, to this new reality. Sighing, I waited for them to get closer. Calming down my inner thoughts, on the outside I was calmer than what I was thinking about. I spoke up when Blake and Weiss were in hearing range enough for me to speak without yelling.
"So, where do you two want to fight, Emerald Forest? Or should we see if none of the higher year students aren't already using that training room of Glynda's." I asked, considering what they would like to fight. Before either of them could answer, Yang had spoken up, heh, her intent was obvious by the way she begun grinning at the word 'fight'.
"How about you versus me, I've got this cramp in my leg from flying over here on the Airship. So, how about it, want to throw down with me-"
"Excuse me, but we were about to, how did you put it crassly, throw down… with each other so butt out-
The two girls were subtly sizing one another up, or in Weiss's case, scoffing at the blonde who'd smirked at the heiress in challenge. Qrow stepped in though, looking interested.
"Enough Yang, I want to watch you fight Kron. So… how'd you plan to go about it?" Qrow asked, curious enough to take another swig from his trusty canteen. I looked at the blonde and had gotten an idea. Pyrrha had stepped forward closer to the group but hadn't yet uttered A word, Weiss saw her from the corner of her eye, The scowl on her face was off in an instant. Before she could speak up though, I spoke up.
"Blake, Weiss, I met Yang the other night, she's A capable fighter. So, you three against me." I glanced around at their reactions, Yang looked like I wasn't taking her seriously and rightly so as she hasn't seen me fight, the other two had looked towards the blonde then nodded in my direction.
"Sure, then it's settled. Us three… excuse me 'redhead' are you content watching? Or did you want in on the action" I asked bluntly, the girl I knew to be Pyrrha had been, intent in watching spoke up in return.
"Red- umm I wasn't planning on fighting, I wanted to conserve my strength for tomorrow. Sorry" smart girl, and looking back at Blake and Weiss, they both had looked like they had forgotten about tomorrow although hard to imagine, the slight red hue covering their faces shown through, their embarrassment didn't last long though. Yang however, looked more determined. In what I would have thought was what 'reckless abandon' meant in the dictionary, she raised her arms and knocked them down and then together as if psyching herself up, her gauntlet's had gone from their dormant state into combat ready mode, and she charged me. Her face held A smirk as she looked at me.
"Come on! let's just get started." I couldn't help but smile briefly, as she got into range, she lunged at me and begun pelting me with punches, the berserk blonde must have thought I had an aura and although I didn't but what amounted to be A superior version if you could compare the two fairly, she used her Ember Cecilia in full combat, utilizing the round's at each punch, the shotgun sounds ringing my ears slightly. Her next hit, I met it with my own punch which had ended her's in its tracks.
"Hoh Hoh, so you're fighting back now." Yang had taken my attack as provocation and imminently bombarded me with more punches, continuing a barrage of its rounds as well as well as reloading at the appropriate times when out of my range. The fight was one sided by the looks of it, it looked like Yang was overwhelming me as I took hit after hit in stride, but inwardly, my Saiyan blood demanded I face strong opponents and this… wasn't it, sorry Yang but if I took this more seriously, u'd be reduced to A red smear on the pavement. Getting an urge to Sigh but held back encase I hurt her feeling's somehow after the latest attempt by Yang to uppercutting me, I used to momentum of her hit and spun around, using my tail as A battering ram to her stomach. The hit had sent her skidding back, halting in her assault as she suddenly had an urge to retch from the blow.
An afterimage was all she saw of me, when she heard an voice behind her, my voice would be clearly heard in her ear as I spoke.
"As much as I want to smack you around, how about you try coming at me, in A team." Blake and Weiss had their weapons ready and begun to plan an attack using their teamwork they've cultivated over the months being here together already, I looked at the rest. Qrow was sighing, looking at his niece and talking to his other one I knew to be Ruby who, was watching the fight also, her 'Crescent Rose' held closely to her chest. Pyrrha looked calm, an intense gaze as she examined the battlefield, watching with narrowed eyes as the fight that was about too abrupt in front of her unfolds.
Blake went in, speed being her intent and Yang used the distraction to quickly turn around and attempt to smack my face in, when my Hand had taken her blow into my palm, the force she was able to wield would have damaged any other in my position, but her attack only made my hair move backwards. My left hand, holding Yang's fist and her weapon in, had twisted and bent my elbow which smacked her in the face. I knew that holding back was essential in this fight or I would hurt their chance's tomorrow so the blow was as light as I could muster. Her head had taken the blow, but she just smirked. The blades from Blake were in my face, I dodged A few times while she attacked, A blast of ice was blown into my backside. Weiss had used the time and attacked with her glyphs and Ice dust from her sword.
I took her attack, seeing as I was preoccupied by the other two girls, Blake had got close up and used her weapons in melee form, which I used my forearms to block. I used my hands and quickly parroted her blows, my superior Saiyan skin weren't damaged by parrying her weapons. I flicked my tail at her, Yang had punched at my head as I had bent down while using my tail to bash Blake away. Blake's weapons had been thrown at me when I hit her with my tail, the ribbon connected them and the blades wrapped around my right leg which she used to counter from, another attempt at attacking me.
(Qrow Branwen-POV)
"Well, I'll be… the kids fast, but the girls are… uh, minus Yang, coordinating their attacks. Those two girls must have A modicum of trust or know each other huh…" he spoke out loud to none in particular, Ruby was awestruck, watching the battle unfold, even adding her own commentary in certain parts which cracked him up.
-But Yang retaliates by... swoosh-" he grabbed the overeager girl and hugged her awkwardly then ruffled her hair.
"Calm down Ruby, your sister's an hothead starting this fight here… I don't think Glynda would appreciate them fighting out here." sighing, from what he was seeing, the guy was certainly skilled. Yang took his blows and was slowly building up her power with her semblance from every hit she took but it was the other two girls who he had focused on the most. Their combination attacks were well thought out and he believed that if he was on the receiving end, he would be in a pinch... if he was an amateur like these kids are, his bad luck be damned. The quiet girl, Blake was skilled with her twin weapons and used Kron as A pillar to somersault off of him and try to hit him from behind. Weiss was using her inherited semblance and assisting Blake with their combination attacks, while Yang heh… she kept on coming back for more, soaking the most hits of the girls.
"And she's about to blow her top off" He smirked at Yang, who had begun becoming more stronger, almost reaching her limit when her hair had begun glowing with her aura and if those eyes of Her's were looking at him instead, they'd definitely would have gone red… like his and 'Her's'. Yang, done building up her power with her semblance, had unleashed one more assault against Kron who, was still in the fight against three opponents, while usually would be impressive, however in the end they were just young girls with little combat experience. Kron however held himself as having more experience than them, minus himself of course being A veteran huntsmen.
"Haaaargh!" Yang's bestial scream as she went in for what she'd thought would be the last finisher was instead blocked again, though Kron was pushed into the ground from the impact, he didn't look damaged, let alone effected by it. The surface underneath him formed A small circular impact creator from Yang. He basically blocked what amounted to Yang's strongest surge of strength and…
"Well, that was something… OK guy, girls you've had your fun. Ruby, it's time to run" he said loudly to the girls and Kron and joked With Ruby, because he swore, he could feel A familiar presence coming from behind him. Ruby who, was fast had looked to her uncle and had prepared to run, although from the look on her face, she wasn't sure why she would be running, the red head that followed them there had, kept silent throughout the fight and blinked out of her focus when Glynda had spoken up from behind them.
"Now, what is happening here, Qrow! you're an adult, why didn't you stop this… uh huh" she mumbled the last part when he went and took another sip from his canteen full of his favorite alcohol.
"I was… uh, supervising?" he muttered innocently, Ruby looked at him then and understood why she should of run.
Yang calmed down had laughed awkwardly and held her neck with her left hand raised nervously and walked over.
"Umm, miss-
"-Professor Goodwitch." Glynda corrected his niece.
"Professor Goodwitch, hey uh, ma'am, we were uh, just training together, showcasing our skills and the like." Glynda sternly glared at the other blonde, who laughed awkwardly and walked off, Yang gave A flutter-like wave with her fingers to Kron as she went back to the school. Glynda raised her weapon and used her semblance, repairing the damage to the area before heading towards Kron, who stood watching the older blonde approach him.
"Hey, you two, go on back as well, go shower and rest. You've got more trouble tomorrow to get through. Ruby, I'll see you again and Yang before I leave. See you kid." ruffling Ruby's hair, he walked closer to where Glynda and Kron were talking. That redhead girl had followed after the three girls who fought in front of her whereas Ruby trailed off after her sister.
"- what's the time anyway, huh… Glynda, I'll see you in an hour and A half, in Ozpin's office." Kron, who noticed him coming closer, jumped upward before he was engulfed in his on aura and blasted off towards the city of Vale.
"So, he's why Oz had called upon most of us 'off duty' hunters for the day, sure he's A tough brat but why all the security? Plus, I'm not exactly 'off duty' as in, I was in the field-" he questioned but was interrupted when he began talking about his mission was on out in the field.
"You can get into Ozpin about that if you'd like, not me. Humph, the hunters plus yourself weren't just called for his sake mind you, but to assert some control into today's proceedings suffice to say, James is already mad about Kron and his background.'"
"Ah, so Atlas and the main prick is stirring things up-"
"-Kron is someone I have never experienced before and that, coupled with his untruthfulness had James kicking up A fuss, his ability to manipulate his 'energy' is so destructive, he's on par with… the seasons." she muttered the last part softly, but he heard, he knew what she had meant. He was about to ask for more information when she continued.
"Besides, I think we will be all thanking him in these proceedings. You will too. Until then Qrow, and try and be sober, at least for the meeting, yes" she walked off, waving her weapon an little more to repair the surrounding areas she missed. Qrow turned around and noticed the somewhat large crowd that had slowly gathered to watch had already headed back to the amphitheater.