The Cursed Heart and The Hopeful Light: Ruby Rose x Male Human(RWBY)

Meeting the Team

When Ruby and I arrived at Beacon we hesitantly went our separate ways, and I skipped the orientation, to keep away from everyone. However security was fairly tight keeping us all in the ballroom used as a mass dorm until our teams were decided. Everyone slept soundly in their cots and sleeping bags, but I didn't sleep at all. I sat against the wall, staring off through the darkened windows. I rolled my regular shotgun shell through my fingers, as I waited for any Grimm to show up. After hours of watching, I saw the sun begin to rise, and no Grimm has shown up. As everyone stirred awake, I stood up and quietly exited the room. After the rest of the teens finished getting ready and got their weapons back from processing, a man wearing white and black, a flask sticking out of his pocket, walked up to me and handed Old '87 back to me.

"Hey kid, what's the matter?" Asked the man.

His voice was a little on the raspy side, as though he drank a bottle of booze a day.

"Nothing, just not comfortable being around so many people," I lied, looking over my gun to make sure no one messed with it.

"I know the feeling, keep your chin up though, your gonna have to work with your team when the time comes, no more lone wolf shit," said the man.

He seemed to know a little more about me than he let on, but also like he was trying to keep his intentions hidden.

"Who are you?" I asked.

"Name's Qrow," said the man.

He turned around with his hands in his pockets and started walking away.

"See you 'round kid," said Qrow.

His attitude towards me made me a little suspicious of his desire to interact with me, but I pushed that out of my mind as we were escorted to the launch field over the Emerald Forest. Ozpin stood in front of us giving his speech as we all got ready to launch through the air. I opened the action on my gun, loading a wind dust round in the chamber and then loading fire shells in the tube. One by one the students started launching through the air. As my pad sent me sky high, I held on tight to my gun, as the wind rushed through my short hair. As I began to descend to the ground, I fired my wind dust round  slowing me down a lot, but not nearly enough to safely land. I rechambered my gun using the fire dust blast to start shattering a tree. I fired another blast, leaving just enough material that I won't break my leg when I planted my feet in it. As I crashed through the tree, I flicked my chain out, wrapping it around the tree and using it to slide down to the ground. As I landed on the ground I reset my chain back to its scabbard form and racked another round in my gun. I walked through the forest, watching all over the place for any Grimm. I heard a loud yelp and a small crash to my right, drawing my attention in that direction. I heard a barrage of concentrated gunfire, followed by more panicked and disoriented gunfire. I ran to the gunfire, somewhat hoping a stray bullet might take me out, but finding a girl sitting up against a tree with her weapon thrown away from her, and cornered by Ursa's. Without a thought I whipped my chain into my hand and snapping it to chop off an Ursa's paw, before blasting it with '87.

"Hey!" I shouted.

The Grimm turned their attention to me, walking my way.

"That's it," I mumbled.

The girl saw what my plan was, and ran for her gun as soon as she could. Once her rifle was back in her hands, she fired  several shots at one of the Ursa's, aggravating it enough to turn back towards her. I took this advantage and wrapped my chain around the other ones' neck, and firing another blast from my shotgun at its face. The girl flicked a switch on her HK416 looking rifle, and turned it into a Halberd battle axe. She jumped through the air with a loud battle cry, bringing the business end of her axe down on the Grimm's head, splitting it clean in half. I flicked my chain back to its scabbard, as I looked over the girl. She was about my height, blonde, and wearing tan military camouflage. The long sleeves on her shirt were rolled up and she had a ballistic plate carrier over the top of her, covering her chest and back. She also had a handgun holster strapped to her leg with a pistol similar to a P227.