The Wolf of Beacon

Chapter 4: Winter

Author's Note: Yo! I don't know how Emerald is characterized (she's mostly just snarky to Mercury or fawning over Cinder when she shows up), so I gave her my own take on her character, and as such she's basically like an OC. Sorry if that bothers you!

Disclaimer: I own nothing but the OC's. Rwby goes to the proper owners, all rights reserved.

"Speaking"

'Thoughts'

*Story Start*

'I'm running out of money. I need something to do and somewhere to go. Ugh, I should just be a Hunter.' Jay walked out of the restaurant slowly, tucking his wallet back into his pocket. He looked up to see an old man with a red, tattered cloak walk out of a bar right next to him, holding a silver flask in his hands. He caught him as he stumbled, righting him before he hit the floor, before walking away from him slowly. Being polite to somebody was different from being friendly, and being a Faunus made him nervous about even so much as talking to a human without proper motive. However, the man with a cape started to walk next to him, leaning on him slightly every time he stumbled.

"I'm sorry, fuck off?" Jay asked annoyed. He slightly pushed the man off of him, only for him to swing with the push, rolling around to wrap his arms around his shoulder. The man grinned, blowing his alcoholic breath into his face.

"I'm sorry, am I bothering you?" The man asked. Jay righted the man once again, turning towards him and growling impatiently.

"Why yes, yes you are. If I were you, I'd move along before I did something about it." Jay's nails elongated into claws slightly as he spoke, and the man looked down unimpressed, before staring back up to his face.

"Yeah, like you could do something to a trained Huntsmen." The man took a swig from his flask, watching in satisfaction at the look of shock that came over the Jay's face.

"You're a Huntsmen?" Jay asked.

"Yeah. Name's Qrow. And me and you, Jay Bayangan, need to talk."

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He sat down in his booth, watching Qrow across from him. Qrow, in turn, watched the waitresses walk back and forth around the restaurant, smiling at the few whose eyes he caught.

"What is it that you want Qrow?" Jay asked impatiently. He drummed his fingers along the table, staring Qrow down dangerously. 'And how is everybody getting my last name? I thought only 3 people knew it before today.' Qrow shook his head at the wolf Faunus, electing a long sigh from him.

"My friends should be here shortly Wolfy. Why don't you calm down and have some bread. It's free." Qrow went back to googling the hostess, completely ignoring Jay once again.

"Why don't you just tell me what's going on instead of just wasting my damn time!" He slammed his hands onto the table, causing several people in the place to look at him. Jay glared right back at them, a low growl emitting from his throat which caused them to all look away. Qrow chuckled at his actions before responding.

"I can tell you some things, but others you'll just have to wait for. And since the things I could tell you would just lead to more questions, I advise you to wait for them to get here." Qrow took another bite of the bread he was working on, once again ignoring Jay in favor of watching a woman. Jay bit into his bread bitterly, before drumming his fingers onto the table again and growling at anything or anyone that came too close.

This is the scene that Winter Schnee and James Ironwood walked into. Winter scoffed at Qrow, slapping the back of his head, but James glared at the Faunus, sitting across from him heavily. The Faunus glared back at him also and the brief staring match ended after Ironwood blinked. The Faunus grinned triumphantly, wiping his eyes lightly.