"damn. This is one hell of a view." The criminal held his hat tight as his white trenchcoat billowed in the wind.
"it really is a beautiful view." The two were staring at beacon as Tier descended from the sky. Hans sat atop the wyverns head with neo sleeping on his lap. The man had a tight grip on the girl.
"I really hope that Glynda isn't awake." Summer just sighed. "What? It's valid that I don't wanna get slapped harder than a bodybuilder on steroids. For such an attractive woman, her strength is scary." Summer just stared at the man with a judging look.
"what?! Am I not allowed to state an honest opinion?" Summer shook her head as she sighed.
"no. You are. I just wonder what Glynda would think if I told her you said something like that." Romans skin went whiter than a sheet and his soul seemed to leave his body.
The mature rose giggled at his expression before turning to full-on laughter. Hans glanced back at the duo, his vision snapped back to neo who seemed to be waking up.
The girl's mouth opened wide as if attempting to yawn but no sound came out. The petite woman slowly blinked until she locked eyes with the man in whose lap she lay.
As if still half asleep, the girl placed both her small hands on the soldiers' cheeks before trying to pull him into another kiss. The man didn't know how to respond.
Stopping the kiss might irritate her, but going through with it may only disappoint her due to his lacking skills.
Quite a situation.
The large man blocked her kiss with his bare hand, neo seemed to fully awaken as this happened if he had to guess from her pout.
Hans only pointed to the two behind them and neo fully understood.
He was shy to show his affection! At least that's what neo thought. In reality, hans simply didn't want neo to be embarrassed from kissing him right in front of her father.
The wings of tier began to slow as the beast made its descent.
'seems we've arrived. The lovey Dovey things can wait. I take it you want to report to old oz?' Hans tapped on the pommel of the blade Once as confirmation.
'I see. You know, since I gained consciousness, I've been shuffling through your memories. I've yet to see all of them, there are 155 years worth after all. But I was looking at some more recent ones, the daughter and the white-haired girl. Wouldn't it be a good idea to check up on them?' Hans tried to crush the pommel of the blade.
'Touchy about your memories I see. I'm no casanova but a blind man could see that they hold feelings for you. Whether those feelings are romantic or not, I don't know. But it would be a good idea to check in on them.' The wolf realised that his efforts were pointless and released the blade.
A finger poked into his cheek and he looked back at neo.
"you seem... distracted. It's a bit weird when there's no one else to focus on. You were also gripping that blade really hard. Is something wrong?" A look of concern graced neo's face and hans briefly debated telling her.
"somethings always wrong." His signs were slow as if expressing his exhaustion from the recent events.
With a large thud, everyone on the wyvern was shaken from tier's landing. Hans gripped neo tight as to not drop her while dismounting. The girl was clearly uncomfortable from the strength of his grip.
Hans slid down the beast's neck before landing safely on the ground, quickly placing neo down, the captain began to walk towards beacon academy.
The young maiden quickly caught up with her... boyfriend? She honestly wasn't sure if his response could be considered accepting her love. But it didn't matter. She was determined.
She didn't care how many times he rejected her. She would stay by his side.
That was her conviction.
The woman walked by his side with a joyful smile on her face. Again. His grip held tightly on the blades pommel.
'you're not a great conversationalist. You can't keep refusing to talk. Someday, you'll need to tell someone. Otherwise... you're just going to be a sad, lonely man. No one to love, no one who loves him. A miserable existence. No joy at all.' With each point, his grip weakened.
Isolation
That played a big part in the life of hans günsche. Hans was by no means, a proactive person. If anything, he was quite the opposite. The captain only acted when told to.
Good soldiers follow orders after all.
In his time with millennium, hans had learnt that humans were both wretched and amazing. Wretched in the sense that the evil they can commit is terrible. But beautiful in their potential.
Father Alexander Anderson
The strongest man that hans had ever met. Even able to rival the true form of Alucard. But...
The Sturmbannführer
A short and conniving man who lives for war and only wants perpetual war. Utter filth. A stain on history. Well... that world's history.
This one... the Sturmbannführer doesn't exist.
That sole fact made hans happy.
The man who made him suffer for all those years, torture in the name of science, poison in the pursuit of biological knowledge even repeated murders in an attempt to numb the captain's emotions. He was nonexistent in this world.
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A little girl walked out of a cave. And onto the lush green forest land.
The crunching of leaves was audible but her face did not change, an ever-curious expression was present on her face.
Lina missed her mother and father, but the nice man promised she'd be able to see her big brother again.
The daughter of Erika continued to tread through the dark and dreary forest.
The little girl could clearly see the end of the tree line, rushing forward, the girl was uncaring of the small cuts from various fauna that she was receiving.
Upon breaching the treeline, the night sky was visible and the girl could only say one thing.
"beautiful..." two more sets of footsteps could be heard nearby but the girl was oblivious and could only focus on the broken moon.
"oh my! What's a young girl such as you doing out at this hour?" A feminine voice called out. Lina finally snapped out of her daze and turned to the voice.
A woman with black cat ears wearing a strange attire. Her yellow eyes glistened in the dark.
"I woke up in the cave. A nice man took me there." The mother of Blake moved closer and saw the injuries on her.
"you poor thing. Would you like to come with me to my house?" Lina nodded speedily with an excited look on her face.
"cat mom!" Kali giggled but held her hand out. Lina took her hand with excitement.
'I wonder what brother is doing right now.'
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Hans, neo, summer and roman had just arrived in ozpins office. The grey-haired wizard was unfortunately out cold with his head against his desk due to a lack of sleep.
"guess we'll have to wait for him to wake up." Hans stepped forward, much to summer's confusion. "Shouldn't we let him sleep." Roman clicked his tongue.
"if we let him sleep, there's a chance that I'll be spotted and they'll attempt to arrest me. You three would be suspicious by association and would be arrested. So it's not an option. Seems that he understands that." Hans created an ice cube in his hands and pressed the cube against ozpins cheek.
The old hero jolted awake from the sudden cold and looked around his office in a panic.
His eyes immediately locked onto torchwick with confusion.
"hey... teach." The room descended into a tense silence until summer clapped her hands together.
"right. Well, as much as I'd love to stay up all night, I wouldn't. So torchwick, explain already. I'm gonna go to sleep." Summer walked over to the elevator and pushed the button.
The door closed and roman stepped forward.
"right. Well, I'll explain why I'm here. Then you can decide what to do with me." Hans stepped away from ozpins table as Roman began to explain.
"right. So neo and I were approached by a woman called cinder. She basically told us 'work for me or die'. Now, we're not stupid. We knew we couldn't take her on. So we worked with her. But recently, we killed one of her two subordinates. After that, we were headed to mistral on the pretence of meeting some clients who would supply henchmen." He glanced at hans.
"I noticed neo was bored during the flight and saw a wrecked forest below. I figured it might be interesting." Ozpin cut him off after that.
"and there you found hans. Judging by the fact he has dried blood around his mouth, I'd say he wasn't in good shape. I have a few questions. One, what does she look like? Two, what are her abilities? And three, what are her plans?" Roman nodded his head, as if aware of the question he would ask.
"she usually wears a dust-infused red dress, she's got black hair that covers one of her eyes. In terms of semblance, I only know it has something to do with heat. She uses a pair of dual swords that can connect to create a bow. As for plans, I've no clue. We were always kept in the dark."
Ozpin let out a sigh.
"as if these humanoid Grimm weren't bad enough. Speaking of which, did you manage to kill the humanoid Grimm that beat you and qrow?" Hans slowly nodded his head.
'I feel left out.' Neo glanced at the pistol in her right hand and the umbrella in her left.
"... I'll trust you for now, roman. But you are to be under Hans's supervision until further notice." Roman nodded his head, it's only fair that a wanted criminal is under supervision.
"but who is the young lady behind you?" He pointed to neo who stood awkwardly next to the elevator.
"oh, that's my daughter, Neopolitan or just neo." Ozpin seemed to be connecting a few dots before taking a sip of his mug.
Hans grabbed a piece of paper on ozpins' desk and started writing on the back.
"do you know where my weapons are?" Ozpin assumed a thinking pose.
"we retrieved one pistol and a halberd. That's all." Hans went silent at the news.
'the halberd wouldn't have been worrying news because Grimm are incapable of using aura so they wouldn't have been able to store it. Though, human associates of Salem might have been able to. But the pistol is worrying. Especially depending on which pistol. Khamsins axe is only a minor concern.' Ozpin leaned back in his chair.
"the three of you will need somewhere to stay... summer is staying in the spare room across from team RWBY's dorm. There should be 3 more beds in there." Roman started heading to the elevator and hans followed after with neo already in the elevator.
"thanks teach. For listening and giving us somewhere to stay." Ozpin gave a kind smile before the elevator door closed with the trio inside.
'I need to get some sleep. With many of salems humanoid Grimm dead, I feel as though she'll do something drastic. Relying on hans so heavily is a bad idea. As powerful as he is, overreliance on a single person cannot end well. A single man cannot solve everything alone.' The old hero slumped back into his chair.
"what a world we live in."
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