Hello everyone. I must say, this has got to be my fastest update yet. Just about a week and my longest chapter for this story so far. Anyway, I'm finished with my exam's and am free for the rest of the week so i might just get another chapter of one of my stories done in that time, probably 'Kisuke's a Hunter?' as I've been meaning to update that story for a while now. But I will still try and focus on the rest of my stories.

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Seraph stared down from the Academy from the gardens of the school. It had been almost two weeks since his fight with Maria and from then on they had enjoyed friendly training spars with each other, getting to know the others fighting style and improve their semblances together, making them a very competent pair in battle. With all honesty, he could call the fox woman his one true friend at this place while the other teachers were acquaintances at best.

Still, he wasn't about to complain about that fact as it allowed him more free time for meditating and a study of the Holocrons. In the past two weeks, he had failed to open even one as he was wading through so much energy of the Dark Side that could've called an armada of Grimm down on the academy if he wasn't concentrating when dispelling the defenses on the crystal and removing the taint of darkness. Although, he just wished Ozpin had walked into his room while he was trying o do this one day. After a quick explanation of what he was doing, Ozpin only gave him a stern lecture and hit him over the head with his cane for not telling him about such dangerous objects on the Academy grounds. Thankfully the Headmaster said he would also keep them a secret from the world.

And through his hours of meditation, he could see the foundation of a Rebellion against the Empire, being led by the Togruta, Ahsoka Tano and Senator Bail Organa of Alderrann. While it was in its infancy they had managed to gain a lot of information due to many Rebel cells all across the galaxies. It was just too bad that they were slightly disorganized as no cell knew about the other but Seraph could understand the want to keep the main body a secret from everyone. Less chance of vital information leaking out. Although, the Force was showing him another player on the field. Galen Marek who was beginning to tie the Rebellion into a larger force with the help of Rahm Kota. He could only hope they succeeded in their endeavor.

"Thought I'd find you up here." A voice said which he recognized as Glynda Goodwitch's coming from behind him. Seraph turned his head slightly back to her, taking the mask off and clipping it to his waist so he could talk directly to the blonde professor. Seraph respected the blonde for her job and position. That and he was pretty sure the women would skin and flay him alive if he did anything to piss her off.

"Glynda." Seraph said as he nodded his head to the woman as she stepped up beside him. "What seems to be the problem?"
"As you know the Vytal Festival is approaching and so with it come all the students of the various schools." Seraph gave a nod as he had already met a few from Haven and Shade that had arrived early over the past few weeks for training. "The good general is arriving tomorrow. Along with his students that are participating. I'm hoping you'll be able to take the first year class tomorrow morning while I am in a meeting with him and Ozpin."
"Sounds okay. So despite his students, what else is he bringing from Atlas?" Seraph noticed that Glynda tensed up slightly in anger.

"He's bringing a whole fleet of the Atlesian Military with him." Glynda ground out in annoyance at the man's rash actions.

"No offence or anything but is the man an idiot?" Seraph questioned in shock. Not even the Empire sent a whole fleet out just on a whim. Only when something was seriously wrong or the got news of the Rebels did they do such actions. "It's like he's trying to broadcast his presence to frighten his enemies." When Glynda didn't answer he knew that was the man's aim. "Does he think something like that will work? That's an incentive for his opponents to act. If they can pull something off despite his fleet its going to cause a hell of a lot of problems for us. And that is something we don't need right now."

"I know that, but the Council is allowing Ironwood to bring his military as he is partly responsible for the security of the Vytal Festival. But the majority of it still resides with Ozpin." The 'For the moment' didn't need to be said between them.

"This is going to mess up spectacularly." Seraph said as he rubbed his face before hearing a loud crash coming from the cafeteria. Both professors looked to the building across from them and say food stained windows and what looked like flying turkeys and one Yang Xiao Long being blasted out through the roof. "Speaking of messes." He muttered as he slid the mask back on. Looking to Glynda, he found the blonde already at the door leading down with her riding crop in hand and her steps radiating anger. Seraph made the wise decision to back her up. In this way he could at least keep the children alive from her wrath.

Upon reaching the cafeteria, the first thing he heard was some guy saying 'I love these guys' before Glynda burst into the room, startling a blue haired boy covered in purple something and a blonde haired monkey faunas who was devoid of any food stuff and also revealing a food covered Team RWBY and JNPR who were laughing at the food fight they just had. Looking up to the roof, Seraph wondered how someone was able to be knocked through it just with the food in the cafeteria. He was pretty sure none of it could be used as a proper weapon. So he was questioning the logic of how a pillar was destroyed and also a hole in the roof.

"Children, please, do not play with your food." Glynda said, her voice cold as she silenced the students with her words alone. Until Yang crashed through the roof and destroyed one of the tables Glynda had so meticulously put together. And the laughter started again. Seraph was actually tempted to laugh but the grinding of Glynda's teeth reminded him how much he liked living that he controlled himself.

"Let it go." Ozpin said from behind Glynda, placing a hand on her shoulder to calm the irate woman.

"They're supposed to be the defenders of the world." Glynda said with a sigh as she looked to the two young teams.

"And they will be. But right now they're still children. So why not them play the part." Ozpin said as he turned around. "After all, it isn't a role they'll have forever." At those words, Seraph felt like he had been punched in the gut as he viewed the scene and realized what his life could've been like if everything was good. If he wasn't forced to grow up so fast to survive. He took one last look at the scene before turning around and swiftly walking out of the cafeteria, not noticing the pitying eyes of Glynda or Ozpin as he moved. Nor those of Ruby Rose.

Seraph walked into his room and quickly closed and locked the door behind him before he swiped the Holocron he had been working on for the past few days. It was close to having all the Dark Side removed and he would soon be able to open it without anyone or anything knowing. With a sigh, he sat on the ground cross-legged and set the red pyramid down ten centimetres in front of him before he sank deep into the Force, ready to combat the defenses set up by the Sith Lord.

In an instant, his mind was bombarded by the maliciousness of the Sith. The defenses whispering sweet words of revenge against the Empire and promising power. It was offering him the secrets of immortality and the secrets of Death itself. It was even offering him how to become the strongest Force wielder in existence. And Seraph pushed all these temptations aside as he forced his way through the petty words. They were hollow and wouldn't lead him to greatness. They would lead him into ruin. And so he concentrated even further and blocked out the honeyed words while pushing back the Dark Side with his blend of Light and Dark and he felt as the defenses slowly started crumbling before a river of the Force sped through him and ripped the defenses to nothing while containing the sudden burst of the Dark Side which tried to shriek out into the galaxies. Seraph wouldn't have any of that and crushed the parasite without any remorse as the Holocron was finally cleansed.

Opening his eyes, he blinked a few times to get used to the change of lighting before he noticed the red Holocron floating a few inches before his face. Reaching out once more with the Force, he began to inspect the crystal and the mechanism which kept it locked. After a few experimental twists, he found the right combination and had opened the Holocron which projected a small red hologram of a red skinned female Iktotchi in a black cloak.

"I am Darth Cognus. Apprentice to Darth Zannah and her successor. This is my first and only Holocron and only the person who finds it is worthy enough to learn the abilities I have recorded. The technique I am most remembered for is my passive technique of smothering the Force of another Force Sensitive." Seraph's eyes widened in shock that such a technique even existed. Not in his years has he heard of someone being able to utterly suppress the Force like that. "It was an innate ability of mine but through many years of extensive research of the Force, I was able to break it down for other Sith to perform it. With this, the Jedi will not be able to use their precious light against the Sith Empire. We will rise and conquer the Republic." Seraph gave a sardonic smile at the hologram of the Sith Lord. Her technique was completely forgotten and was found on some backwater planet. But still, Seraph had to give this ability some thought. The ability to disrupt someone's presence in the Force was a great strategic advantage. And on this world, he wondered how it would cope with Aura.

Waving his hand, Seraph sealed the Holocron and allowed it to drop into his waiting palm before placing it in a box that only he could open with the use of the Force and it was where he kept the other two Holocrons he had found as he had saturated the box with his own Force presence to negate the effects it would have on the Academy and then he hid the box in an alcove he had created in the wall which held his lightsaber and was hidden by some subtle Force Manipulation. Seraph gave a sigh as the dizzying effects of unlocking the Holocron came as his room started spinning while his left eye was seeing white dots in its vision. With a calming breathing, he calmed on the Force once again to purge the effects from his body and soon everyone was back to normal.

Looking around the room, he gave a nod as everything was in place where it should be and so with that he walked out of his room and headed towards the library for some more research on the world and its lore. He needed to blend in better after all. If only he saw the B and Y of Team RWBY staring at his door with curiosity and the mischievous grin that covered Yang's face as he disappeared.

"Okay, so you clear on the plan?" Yang said as she stood outside their teacher's window. Yes, window. It would be much easier for them to investigate the room by going through the window as there was no electronic lock on the window and if someone tried to go through the door then it would send a message straight to the owner's scroll.

"Yes Yang. We've been over this many times already." Blake replied as she was trying to lift the latch of the window with a thin metal wire. After a few trial and errors, she finally flipped the latch over and moved out of the way as the windows slowly opened to allow them access to the room. The first thing they noticed was that the room was bare of any personal effects. There were no pictures, magazines or equipment in the room. The only thing they could see was a bed and a large book shelf with only five books on it, all about Remnant's past and fables on how Dust and Grimm came to be.

"Why's he reading stuff like this? Didn't exactly see him as being into made up fantasy stories." Yang said as she pulled out one of the books and flipped through its contents, noting that he marked some pages with weird symbols continuously. Yang couldn't make any sense of it as she didn't see a key and so she assumed it was a bookmark and placed the book back on the top shelf.

"He doesn't really have much possession wise, does he?" Blake said as she scanned the room, noting that the closet only contained three different versions of his fighting attire only one was in pure black, the other crimson red with blue trim and then one in pure white with a fur lined collar and hood and much thicker than the others. Then he had casual clothes like jeans and shirts of varying colours but none of this told them anything about the man.

"Yeah, he doesn't even have any posters or paintings of anything. With how he acts I actually thought there would be a painting of something." Yang said as she ran her hand over the plaster walls before she felt a groove in the wall that should not be there. Looking at the wall, there was no indication of anything there but she could feel the groove in the wall and was tracing it with her finger and feeling a rectangle carved into the wall.

"Found something?" Blake asked, looking at her partner who just seemed to be drawing a rectangle on the wall.

"Yeah. I found a hole here but there is nothing on the wall that looks like it." Blake raised an eyebrow and walked over to her partner and felt around the area she was touching until she also found the same groove. "Weird right?" Yang said as she levered her fingers beneath the groove and slowly withdrew a block of the plaster. Blake followed after her partner and reached into the wall and searched until she felt something metallic touch her hand. Withdrawing the object, she pulled out an unblemished black box that had no visible way to open. Placing the box on the bed, she reached in again and withdrew the metallic cylinder they had seen him use in the forest on the day they found him. Both girls eyes widened as they took in the weapon in Blake's hand. It was about twenty centimetres and mainly titanium but there were black lines that ran vertically up the hilt until it reached the top and there was some worn leather wrapped around it, acting as a grip. Aiming it away from each other, Blake thumbed a red button on the side of the hilt and was disappointed when no silver blade sprang out of the end.

"Let's take this back to the room. Then we can investigate the stuff we found." Blake said as she clipped the hilt to her belt while Yang slid the block back in the hole before picking up the black box before the pair snuck out the window with Blake being careful to close the latch on the window and then the two made the trip to their dorm.

"How are we meant to open these things?" Yang grunted as she tried to twist the top of the weapon to see how it operated. While she wasn't a weapon nut like Ruby, she was still interested in how weapons worked. And she was really interested in how this one worked. The only problem was that she had no idea how to open it. It was clamped down tight, just like the box that Blake was running a critical eye over to see if their was a locking mechanism. So focused on their tasks, they failed to notice as they door opened to reveal their teammates walking in, both fresh from the shower after the food fight.

"Hey guys. What you up to?" Ruby questioned as she hadn't yet seen the silver hilt in Yang's hand but she had seen the black box Blake was looking over.

"Oh, were just trying to open this box. Apparently it's a present from one of Blake's friends who owns a bookshop." Yang lied as she subtly placed the silver hilt behind Blake's pillows. "We just can't seem to get it open. It's sealed down harder than a bank."
"Let me try." Weiss said, holding her hand out. "My glyphs may be able to open it." Blake looked skeptical but she handed the object over to the heiress without any fuss and the three watched as Weiss summoned multiple tiny glyphs around the box. After a few minutes of waiting, a soft click was heard as something was activated before the lid began to slid off. The girls looked in amazement as the box opened, all wondering what the box held. So they were understandably disappointed by the reveal of three small red pyramids.

"You're friend sent you these?" Weiss asked, rather confused by the objects. They looked like decorations for a home. "They're crystals, not even Dust." She reached in and pulled out the cleansed pyramid and inspected it. She had to admit that it they very well crafted and the crystal did look like it was glowing in the light.
"We could use them as decorations, I guess." Ruby said, looking at the small pyramid.

"Or a valid reason for detention." A cold voice said from their doorway and all the girls froze up and turned as one to see the white and black clad form of Seraph Nox staring down at them, the mask looking even more terrifying right now.

"Sir?" Weiss questioned, obviously confused at the turn of events just as Ruby.

"Miss Schnee, do you mind telling me why you are in possession of my belongings?" Weiss froze up at hearing this as did the red reaper while Blake and Yang gave each other a look that wasn't missed by Seraph.

"We were told these were a gift from a friend of Blake's." Ruby said. Seraph narrowed his eyes as he realized the two were telling the truth about the situation so he moved past them, plucking the box and crystal from Weiss' hands without protest and sealed it tight and even added some of his Force presence to the mechanisms to further lock it. He stopped in front of Yang and Blake, both of whom looked more than terrified as he towered over the forms and his Force presence was giving out a wave of danger that put the two on edge, triggering their 'fight or flight' instincts.

"Do you two wish to tell me why you had my belongings?" Seraph said, his voice even colder than ice as the two girls flinched at the tone. When no answer was given, he simply raised his hand and used the Force to call his lightsaber towards him and it shot out from Blake's pillow, obviously surprising the two girls but now raising the tension in the air as Seraph was now armed with a very dangerous weapon. "I'm waiting for an answer." His voice was calm and quiet and that is what made it all the worse as the tension slowly built with each passing moment of silence until Yang couldn't take it anymore.

"I was curious, alright!" She shouted out before calming herself. "I wanted to now what made you tick. I couldn't find anything except for those and I wanted to know what they were. Is that okay?"
"It is not okay, Miss Xiao Long. You were all playing with a force you don't understand. One of those decorations could have called down every Grimm in a fifty mile radius to Beacon if activated." Yang and Blake both paled at the damage they could've caused the school. That could've been the end of Beacon. The end of Vale.
"We're sor-" Blake began before she was interrupted.

"I am not finished." Seraph snapped at the two, causing them to flinch back. "What you did was stupid and dangerous. You could've endangered everyone's lives on this campus just to sate some curiosity. You are training to be protectors and yet you didn't think what could've happened."
"Does the headmaster know you have something like that on campus, sir?" Ruby asked meekly and dropped her head to the ground as Seraph gazed at her.

"Ozpin knows I'm in possession of them and he knows I'm getting rid of the risk they pose. But that does not excuse your actions." Seraph's head whipped around to the blonde and black haired girls again. "I shall discuss with Miss Goodwitch if she is able to hold a detention for you two for the next week for stealing from a teacher." Blake noticed that he didn't mention about the crystals. "And don't even mention anything about the crystals. They are a top priority secret and a whisper of them will get you thrown into the highest maximum security prison." All the girls gave a gulp at that and once he felt he had scared Yang and Blake enough, he stalked out of the room and into the empty corridors.

"What were you thinking Yang!" Ruby cried, look at her sister with a glare that forced Yang to avert her eyes. "You can't just keep going around and doing things how you like! You could get killed doing stuff like that!" Weiss and Blake were staring at the small girl in shock, never believing the small girl had it in her to reprimand someone so harshly. "You're my sister and besides dad, you're all I have of family. I don't want to see you get killed doing something stupid."

"I'm sorry. It's just that something about that guy doesn't seem right." Yang said still not able to meet the eyes of her little sister. "I just needed to find something to prove he wasn't a threat."
"Well now you've both found it." Weiss said, crossing her arms."He's cleansing those three crystals to keep everyone safe and more than likely he'll do it with any others he finds. So you can forget about those worries."

"And have you forgotten how he acted when we found him?" Yang asked and got a glare from the white haired girl.

"Of course I haven't. But getting an explanation from him, I can see that we were in the wrong. From his perspective, he was defending himself from teens who wanted to cause him bodily harm. But you seem not to recognize that. You're holding a grudge that shouldn't be there, like I did with Blake." That stopped any argument that Yang may have been willing to formulate. It was rare for the heiress to claim she was wrong willingly. "Give him a chance now." Weiss said calmly before she and Ruby walked out of the room, leaving the room in silence.

"We messed up badly, didn't we?" Blake asked, looking to the blonde who could only nod sullenly. Blake gave a sigh as she gathered her yukata and moved to the bathroom to change. 'What a brilliant way to end the break.' She thought sarcastically.

The following morning found Seraph sitting on the edge of Glynda's desk and looking through the classroom scroll while his holopad was secure in the bottom of a leather bag he brought. It would not do well to advertise that to this world. Then again, the best hackers wouldn't be able to get past the firewalls or understand the language all the information was written in. As he was scrolling through the students of this class, he was mentally make plans for who would fight who as he was interested in seeing how some of the foreign students fought than just the Beacon ones.

When the bell rang Seraph looked up and seen that a few from the other academies were in the room as they all jumped upon seeing his mask while the Beacon students didn't even react. Seraph rolled his eyes before pulling the hood of his head and removed his mask to reveal his face o the students who calmed down quickly.

"Well, first off. Welcome to all the students who are here first of all for the tournament. For those who don't know me, I'm Seraph Nox and am just standing in for Miss Goodwitch this morning. So you'll find me walking around the Academy if you wish to speak with me. Now, what we shall be doing is some spars and if any students from Shade or Haven wish to participate then they may do so. In fact I encourage it. So, do we have any volunteers?" Hands rose from the students of Beacon, Shade and Haven and Seraph's eyes scanned them before settling on a female with violet hair wearing a long, light blue coat and a gray shirt with a shoulder pad on her right. He made a motion for her to rise which she did before his eyes settled onto the blonde monkey faunas from yesterday who was sitting near Blake.

"Well, we have our first two fighters." Seraph spoke as he brought their pictures up on the screen behind them. "Nebula Violette of Shade Academy and Sun Wukong of Haven Academy. Now, this shall be done as though you were both in the Colosseum. So that means one of you will be out when either your Aura drops to below ten percent or you are forced out of the ring. Those are the rules. Are the combatants ready?" Seraph said, as he raised his hand and was interrupted by a cough from the class entrance. Looking to the sound, everyone seen Miss Goodwitch walking down to the arena with a deadly grace.

"The Headmaster wishes to speak with you, Seraph." Glynda said calmly but Seraph was able to pick up the icy quality to her tone. Seraph just gave a nod of his head as he grabbed his mask and bag before leaving for the tower the headmaster resided in, hearing the faint sounds of combat as he left the room. He highly doubted it was Ozpin that wanted to meet him but more the General of Atlas that was requesting the meeting. He could feel a scowl coming on.

General James Ironwood was annoyed with his old friend. Ozpin knew there was a threat coming yet he wasn't doing anything to slow it down except to send Qrow out to investigate and gather information on how to counteract everything. By then everything could be destroyed. Ironwood was brought out of his thoughts as the elevator doors opened and he viewed a man standing before him in a white overcoat with a black mask that had red tear lines. This must have been the professor he heard about.

Seraph Nox.

"General." He spoke coolly but with respect for him which Ironwood could appreciate.

"Professor." Ironwood replied cordially as he stepped out of the elevator but Seraph made no move to enter and the doors shut with a slight ding.

"You wished to speak with me, General?" Seraph asked, not making any move to get out of Ironwood's way.

"No professor."
"Good then could I ask you about the large power source beneath the school that is definitely not powering the school." Ironwood froze up on hearing this and Seraph smirked behind his mask. "Do you wish to speak with me now?"
"In the elevator now." Ironwood ground out the order as he punched the button to open the doors and dragged the white clad man inside.

The ride up the Tower was done in tense silence and the moment the doors were opened, Ironwood stalked out and into the middle of the room, much to the surprise of Ozpin who was working on some papers.

"What are you doing back here, James?" Ozpin asked, quirking an eyebrow at the General and his professor.

"How does he know of Autumn?" Ironwood asked, pointing a finger at Seraph. Ozpin's eyes widened in shock as he stood up and grabbed his cane, ready to defend the Maiden if necessary from the Jedi.

"How did you find out?" Ozpin questioned sternly, already wondering if Seraph had hacked the CCT and figured out the rest of the Maiden's of Remnant.

"Please Ozpin. If I can sense the little energy the Grimm give out what makes you think I can't sense the fractured power under the Academy. Now is this Autumn one of Remnant's Maidens?" Silence met his statement and Seraph gave a smirk behind his mask as he sat down on one of the chairs in Ozpin's office. "Every myth always has a grain of truth in them somewhere. So, what happened?" The tense in the room was still high bit it wasn't something the three couldn't get past.

"She was attacked. And part of her power was taken, putting her in a comatose type state. To keep her safe, we placed her beneath the school and have been trying to find a way to save her since the attack." Ozpin said as he sat in his seat while Ironwood stood beside him. While he couldn't agree with Ozpin's plans for the Vytal Festival, he agreed with what they were doing with the Maiden of Fall.

"How long ago was the attack?" Seraph asked, truly curios now and if his guess was true, he may just see a pattern in the attack.
"Just over five years ago. Is that significant in anyway?" Ironwood said and Seraph was quick in replying.

"It's very significant. Five years ago the Maiden of Fall is attacked and her powers are partially stolen. Now, five years ago the White Fang suddenly become violent in their methods. My theory is whoever attacked the Maiden took control of the Fang with this power and are shaping them for war. If the leader is a human, then it must have been done through a show of fear and strength than respect. And then we have the fact that Roman Torchwick is now helping the White Fang. It seems like the Fang are dropping from their Human hating because their leader is telling them to do so. And it's all for the Maiden while under the pretense of Equal Rights." Seraph said, smiling behind his mask as he noticed the two men accepting his theory.

"And how are we meant to stop this war from occurring?" Ironwood spoke up.

"You aren't. The White Fang are going to war with or without their leader because whoever attacked the Fall Maiden won't stop. All that's happened is they've sped up their program. But the White Fang are the sacrificial piece to this leader in the shadows. They're expecting the Fang to be broken. And when we're spent, the true puppet master will wake over us just to get to the Maiden. And after that they'll move to the other Maidens." Seraph's words were met with silence. "If you want to avoid a large scale war, you will have to stop them here. In the first attack."
"Seems he agrees with me bringing the Fleet, Ozpin."
"Don't put words in my mouth." Seraph spoke coldly, the mask focusing on the general. "All you know is that something is happening here and you then brought a whole Fleet rather than a few to scout the area. You just gave our enemies a good view of our forces while we know nothing of theirs. Which puts us in a very compromising position as we're going to have to come up with numerous plans and contingencies for multiple theoretical situations because you were rash. I can see the want to put fear into your foes but this is giving them a reason to act. A big Atlas fleet in the sky and they get away with causing havoc. How will that reflect on you?" Ironwood couldn't respond to the professor's statement as he knew the teacher had him trapped in a corner as much as he did Ozpin. "So, I guess that Autumn is a secret that only a few know of?"
"Yes, we don't know who attacked Autumn but we believe them to still be after her so they can get all the powers of the Fall Maiden as Qrow Branwen disrupted it last time. I'm currently in the process of choosing a new Maiden to take up the mantle if she does not awaken soon." Ozpin said, looking down to his desk. He didn't want to put any of his students through this process.
"May I see her and get an actual feel for what's wrong with her as the distance is disrupting her Aura signature."

"I don't see why not." Ozpin said, leading the two men to his elevator and pushing a inserting a keycard that took them down far below the Academy. The further they traveled the strong the presence felt but he could also feel how broken it was and the Force seemed to be weeping as he delved into its currents.

When the elevator doors opened, Seraph was greeted by a vast cavern held up by pillars and shrouded with green lights on either side before a long hallway extended further down and Seraph was immediately reminded of the Temple of the Jedi and how vast it was when entering. At least this place didn't have statues lining the entrance. Seraph from where he was standing felt the power of the Maiden and it was strong. But he could feel her energy much better than anyone else. Sliding his mask off, he clipped it to his belt and looked at the headmasters with a grim look.

"How bad is it?" Ozpin asked, seeing the look of Seraph's face. Seraph declined to answer but walked down the corridor in silence. Ozpin and Ironwood exchanged a cautious look before following after the young man.

Seraph kept the grim look on his face as he focused on dealing with the currents of the Force that saturated the air and Aura of the Maiden, giving him hazy flashbacks of what happened. All he could make out was two girls and a boy attacking the Maiden and then something started to sap away the power she had before abruptly stopping in its path. But what he could feel were two different energies intertwined with each other, each coming of the Maiden and from someone else, most likely her attacker. Seraph stopped as he finally reached the end of the hallway and took in the form of the girl laying in a container that was keeping her alive. She looked to be barely twenty years old.

"So, I'll ask again, how bad is it?"
"Not as bad as you'd think." Seraph said, surprising the two men. "Whatever was used to take her power left an imprint on Autumn."
"Amber." Ozpin interrupted. "Her name is Amber."
"Her attacker left an imprint on Amber. Thankfully you got her here quick and stabilised her, otherwise that imprint would have vanished. But that's not the most important fact. There's a link between Amber and whoever attacked her. It's not moving so I don't think anyone realises it exists. I guess you could say that was luck on your part. And now that I'm here, you could be luckier."
"What do you mean?" Ironwood asked.

"You're machine worked, General. It stabilised and captured the Aura of Amber. But also her assailant. A link had to be formed between the two to keep the Aura in check and because of this I doubt the thief can use Amber's power. But the link is special. Because I can forcefully extract all of Amber's power along the link and back into her." Ozpin and Ironwood's eye's widened at the proclamation Seraph just gave. "But there's a twist. Due to the rapid absorption of energy, someone's going to have to form a link with her to keep her Aura stabilised so she doesn't burn up. And no offence to either of you, but you won't cut it."
"What is that supposed to mean?"
"Have you ever heard of the Force?" Seraph asked and of course, silence met his question. "It's an energy field that binds every living creature general. Even the Grimm. I can feel the death of everyone on this planet. I can feel the despair of the Faunas and the hatred of the Grimm. But I can feel everyone's fear. And it's sickening me. I'm constantly forced to delve into that darkness. But I can also feel the light. The joy of the students, the rays of the sun. The hope of the world. The Force is the light of the world and also it darkness. And I can use it to form a link with Amber to make sure the energy doesn't kill her." With that said, Seraph reached out into the current of Force within the room and made it visible for the two men.

Ozpin and Ironwood were stunned by what they were seeing around them. Raw energy danced around the room in swirls of black, green, yellow, red, blue. Every colour imaginable and more. They could feel life but also death. Hope but despair. Joy but sadness. Everything anyone ever felt, they could feel in that room.

"This is the power of the Force." Both men were surprised at the sudden power in Seraph's voice and also the double tone he spoke with. "And I am the Force. Listen to me well, Lucius Ozpin and James Ironwood. This child of mine is one of my last from beyond the stars. And he is now here. On a world overflowing with both the light and dark of the Force. He does not realize how strong this planet is in the Force, but he soon will. And you will be glad he did.

"The Maidens were granted power by me through my last follower on this planet. And they owe that man a debt of great weight. And they will fulfill that debt soon to Seraph Nox. Their Master from now on. I shall save the life of Autumn but you must keep her secret from everyone until the time is right as dark days are approaching. She and the other Maidens will form a link with my conduit. A fail safe for if they ever get attacked again. The link will prevent powers from being stolen while abiding to the old rules with one exception. Seraph will judge who they go to. These are my words and so shall they be." There was an almighty flash of white as power flooded through the chamber before Amber began to glow with a dark yellow-red Aura while Seraph's body grew two pale blue angel wings and his body glowed white. Ozpin and Ironwood watched stunned as the red slowly bled away to dark yellow and it slowly began to reach out towards Seraph's body before flaring in power as it touched him and soon faded from view. Along with the spider web like marks on her face.

Once the procedure was done, Seraph collapsed to the floor on all four, breathing raggedly while taking in deep lungfuls of air. But both men weren't focused on that. They were more interested in the fact that Amber's face had scrunched up around her eyes and her hands had clenched in pain.
"She's probably reacting to the last thoughts before she fell into a coma. The memories are going to be relived but by the fact she made a bond with my energy and I can constantly feed her with more, she's in no danger of dying. But she still be under until her energy is normal again." Seraph spoke from where he was sitting on the ground.

"And you know the Aura of her attacker. So maybe we can end this war before it even begins." Ironwood said and Ozpin silently agreed.

"Hopefully, but we're going to have to pretend we are in the dark to everything and be prepared to react to everything bad in the Academy. Let them think they have control and then pull it away from them." Seraph replied as he stood shakily. "We don't know how much damage they can do at the moment so its best to be cautious in approaching this. But if things do go south, then I'll be okay with whatever you do Ironwood." Ironwood just nodded his head as the three began a slow walk back to the elevator to take them to Ozpin's office.

"We'll have to constantly monitor her condition now until she wakes up. But the real problem will come in how we're going to deal with her after she is healed. We can't put her out onto the Academy grounds."Ozpin said as they reached the elevator.
"True and she'd be unable to stay on any of the ships I've brought with me."
"It may be wise to keep her down here." Seraph said from where he was leaning on the back of the elevator. "With the distance between the Academy and down here, it will be immensely harder to sense her energy and we can use this place to retrain her. Five years out of actions is going to cause some problems that she'll need to rectify when she wakes."
"That may be the best option for the time being. Until we know who are enemies are, Amber's security is top priority." Ozpin replied with Ironwood nodding with him in acceptance as they reached the ground floor.

"I'll be in the library if either of you need me for anything. Headmaster, General." Seraph said, bowing his head to the two men before moving past them.

"Well, this has certainly been interesting." Ironwood said as he stepped out of the elevator.

"Indeed it has." Ozpin replied just as the doors shut.

Ah the library. While it paled in comparison to the Archives of the Jedi Temple, it contained vital knowledge of the world he inhabited and it had come to be a valuable resource to the young Jedi. And with silence that accompanied it, he was never disturbed. Until today that is.

"Yang Xiao Long, prepare your Kingdom for battle." He easily heard the voice of Ruby Rose coming from upstairs and it was swiftly followed by Yang.

"Bring it on!" Seraph could practically see the blonde fist pumping.

"I deploy the Atleasian Air Fleet!" Seraph heaved a sigh as he placed the book he had been reading back on the shelf before moving towards the stairs up while listening to the conversation of the game. Apparently Ruby had been knocked out and Weiss had swiftly followed after Yang took them out with a trap card and Blake didn't have any clue what she was doing. Although, he may just have to have a talk with the heiress about her world domination plans. And maybe bring the issue up with Ozpin or Ironwood.

As he moved up the stairs, he could hear more people join in the conversation, specifically Team JNPR as Jaune almost dropped the bomb about Blake being a Faunas. Seraph really didn't want to think how long that it took them to figure it out. The big bow that wiggled was a dead giveaway she had animal ears on her head.

"Sup losers." Now that voice he didn't recognise.
"Hey Sun." Seraph guessed he was the same Sun who he made spar in class.

"Ruby, Yang, Blake. Ice Queen." Seraph struggled to stop himself snorting in laughter at the nickname.

"Why does everyone keep calling me that?" Weiss asked, indignant about the nickname.

"I never got a chance to formally introduce you to my old friend." Seraph guessed Sun was talking about the blue haired boy from yesterday in the cafeteria who was covered in food.

"Aren't libraries for reading?"
"Thank you!" Ren exclaimed, waking up Nora.

"Pancakes!" Seraph should probably get involved now.

"That's what they're supposed to be used for." He said, appearing from behind a book case and startling everyone there. Especially Blake and Yang who jerked upwards in their seats like they had been shocked.

"Hey professor." Ruby chirped, leaning her head on the backrest to look at the newest arrival. "Can I see your weapon?"
"You have really got to stop asking that." Seraph sighed but just to humour the girl, he unsheathed it for five seconds before sheathing it again.

"Hey. I didn't get to see it." Ruby pouted.

"You see with your eyes, not your hands." Seraph replied with a smirk.

"Hey. I've been meaning to say this but that was an awesome match two weeks ago!" Sun said with a smile in his face. "You should have seen it, Neptune. Oh by the way, this is Neptune."
"Hi." the boy said before Sun took over.

"You think you could ask Maria to give me some lessons on staff wielding. She did things I never knew you could do with a staff."
"That could be taken so far out of context." Yang muttered. Normally she would've gone and teased Seraph due to the amount of time the two teachers were spending together, but she was already one foot in the grave and didn't want to worsen anything.

"Ask her yourself. Just don't expect a yes. She is quite busy at the moment."
"I think I know who she's busy with!" Yang singsonged before she could stop herself. Her team looked at her with shock written on their faces while Seraph slowly turned to the look at the blonde who had paled dramatically and was sweating slightly.

"You are already on thin ice with me. Do you want to break that ice?" Seraph asked coldly and Yang shook her head in a negative. "Good. Now then, are you feeling alright, Miss Belladonna? You look pale." Everyone stared at their teacher weirdly while Blake was looking passive.

"I'm fine, sir." She replied, bowing her head slightly. Seraph didn't believe that for a second as he could feel her Aura fluctuating with her conflicting emotions of guilt, annoyance and pain but he was willing to let the girl have some privacy. Until the time came when he was forced to step in.

"Okay then. I just actually came up here to ask if you could keep your voices down or move to your dormitory. Despite popular belief, people are indeed trying to study here." Seraph said before he turned around, the edge of his coat catching Ruby as he turned and after a swift apology, he left the students alone.

"Okay, he's scary." He heard Neptune utter out before he went downstairs and left the library to begin learning the techniques on the Holocron by Darth Cognus. They may be useful very soon. Especially due to the fact he could feel Amber's attacker had just arrived on campus.

"Seraph hasn't been seen in our classes for two days, Ozpin." Glynda said as she and Maria interrupted Ozpin's afternoon meeting with Ironwood just as classes were let out. "While it is normal for him to disappear for large amounts of time, never has he been gone on Academy grounds for more than a day."

"He has holed himself up in his room for two days now. I've tried to get him out but he seems to be in a deep meditative trance. Surely you've felt the energy from his dorm."
"And you didn't bother to tell us. We have a field trip to the island of Patch to plan out for the end of the week. And with some students from the other Academies coming, we have to plan effectively." Glynda said while Maria just stewed in silence. Multiple times the Faunas had tried to enter the room only to get knocked back by some energy from the room.

"All the plans have been completed, Glynda. Seraph sent me copies of it yesterday morning and everything is already prepared." Ozpin said, holding up said file which Maria snatched from his hands and skimmed over before handing it to Glynda.

"It says here we are meeting with Tai Xiao Long before heading into the forests surrounding Patch as a mission for all the Academies to clear out some Grimm and also a high concentration of negative energy."
"Yes, and I couldn't fault any of Seraph's plans as he has made sure that every student will have two experienced Hunters with them while also getting some experience in before the Vytal Festival."
"I'm going to kill him." Maria uttered as she turned to the elevator and was about to press the button when the doors opened and revealed the source of her ire standing there, looking haggard but pleased with himself.

"Hello Maria. How are you?" He sounded exhausted but that didn't stop her from slapping him across the face.

"What the hell were you doing for two days?" The slap seemed to have woken him up as he adopted a look of confusion before his eyes lit up in understanding.
"Sorry, I was trying a new technique in my room. I have to say it was a success."
"And what was this technique?" Glynda questioned, raising an eyebrow before she noticed his aura washed over her for a few seconds.

"Try summon your Aura, Glynda." He said and the occupants of the room looked on shocked as the purple glow of Glynda's Aura refused to appear around her body. "That's the technique. Aura Suppression." The headmasters and teachers stared in shock that he was able to do something like that. "Took a while but I can finally do it." Maria just glared at him for a few seconds before she grabbed the Jedi and dragged him to the elevator.

"I'm taking you to a restaurant. Your treat."Maria said.

"What?" Seraph exclaimed and that was the last thing they heard from the pair as the doors slid shut.

"Young love." Ozpin muttered, taking a sip from his coffee even as Glynda glared at him and Ironwood chuckled.

"So how did you learn how to suppress someone's Aura?" Maria questioned quietly from where she stood in the Bullhead to Vale thirty minutes later. She had made sure to get Seraph washed and changed into casual clothes before both grabbed their weapons. Seraph was quiet for a while before he moved in closer to Maria as he leaned into her ear.

"When we get back, come with me to my dorm. I'll explain then." Maria looked at him suspiciously but she didn't raise any questions for the time being. "So, where is this restaurant were going to?"
"It's a Hunters only restaurant near the seedier parts of Vale. People there are good fun and the food is to die for. Glynda took me there last year for some celebration and I go there when I have time." Maria said as the Bullhead touched down and the two got off to explore the city, bypassing the town centre where a hologram of Ironwood was showing off his knew robots and mecha-suit. Maria and Seraph took great interest in the suit and committed its design to memory before they reached the shadier parts of the town.

"It's just over here." Maria said, leading him around a corner which at the very end of the street had a restaurant at the end with a red door and two bottle green windows framing it. But even from here, he could see the people inside as well as hear some faint laughter. Above the door was the name, Hunter's Rest. Seraph thought it was a rather good name, if a little morbid in the wrong context.

"Seems nice enough." Seraph said before Maria literally dragged him down the street and he could see her subtly licking her lips more the closer they got to the restaurant. Maria all but ripped the door of its hinges as she entered and was greeted by enthusiastic cheering by the other hunters inside. Heaving a sigh, Seraph walked in and in seconds, the establishment fell quiet as they all took in the new entry.

Looking around, Seraph noticed the place was painted a deep red with low lights scattered around the room, creating a dark atmosphere in the room. Then he went to observing the people. He could see multiple humans and faunas in armour or casual clothing, all scattered around the ground floor and leaning over the railing upstairs. All had their weapons either on their bodies or they were resting on the tables beside them, ready for use in a moment.

"Everyone, this is Seraph Nox. He's a new teacher up at Beacon." Maria said. None of the looks he was getting turned any friendlier. No one moved or made a sound until a man in the corner of the room stood up which attracted everyone's attention. The man stood at six feet tall despite the hunch in his back and had a long grey beard that reached down to his waist. He was bald but his head was marked by an 'X' shaped scar. In his hands he held a wooden cane which had a large bulbous head on top. And Seraph could feel the fiery energy radiating from it and the old man. Obviously not someone to mess with if everyone reacted this way.

"Who are you, boy?" The man questioned before everyone turned to face him for his answer.

"The new and improved version of you." There was a harsh intake of air as he said this and the man smiled at Seraph before suddenly lunging forward with his cane, ready to strike him in the gut. Seraph responded by grabbing the sheathe of his sword and hilt and used it to reflect the strike by pushing it to his left and off course of the original attack. Unfortunately, the old man used this momentum to spin round and use his cane as a bludgeon which Seraph caught by bracing his left arm against the flat side of his blade, but Seraph felt the power behind the blow. He just refused to give in to the pressure. The old man actually looked impressed with Seraph as he retracted his cane and placed it on the ground.

"Let's get our newest addition some food." The old man said and instantly the place was filled with life once more and the air turned friendly as the hunters put the tables together to have a large feast.

"I should have told you. Every time someone new comes they test them with something. I had to fight off Glynda and Carolina who tried to put me in a Maid's costume. You got Yamamoto. He's probably the oldest Hunter here." Maria said before pointed out that Carolina who was a woman with short red hair and green eyes and was wearing a black undersuit with cyan blue armour and a similarly coloured helmet resting on the table.

"Do you have any pictures of that?" Seraph asked and was given a slap to the arm as she glared at me.

"They didn't get it on me."
"Shame." She just huffed and turned away but Seraph was able to make out the beginnings of a smile.

"So, you're the new blood." A gruff voice behind him said and he turned around to see a relatively old man, not as old as the one who swung a cane at him but still old. He had long black hair and an impressive mustache. He wore a black cloak over a white military uniform and the cloak was held by a clasp that had a five point star. "Pleasure to meet your acquaintance. I'm Juha Bach. Or Yhwach." He said holding out his hand to shake which Seraph took.

"Seraph Nox."He replied, quite liking the man.

"So, you're working up at Beacon. How are you and Maria coping so far?" Ywhach said as he sat down with Seraph and Maria on his left.

"Nothing a little drink can't solve. Maria unfortunately is a lightweight so I can't really enjoy a drink with her." Ywhach laughed at this while Maria gave a light blush.

"What is it you do? Also Carolina and this guy's York." Carolina said opposite the group from where she was sitting beside a man with brown hair and wearing the same form of armour only in a sandy yellow.

"At the moment I'm an assistant teacher. So, I take Maria's or Miss Goodwitch classes when they're unable to. And apparently I'm the person to come to regarding a spar."
"Well, you did freeze Arena seventeen completely during our duel." Maria commented, drawing a surprised look from everyone in hearing range.

"You froze over two thousand litres of water in a fight?" York questioned stunned and eyes wide. Even Ywhach looked impressed.

"Yeah. Maria decided to hide at the to of a tree when waves began and it was the only way to catch her." Seraph replied as a steak and vegetables covered in gravy was placed in front of him by Yamamoto. Seraph nodded his thanks before cutting into the steak. He almost moaned at the taste of it but his vigorous eating must have showed he liked it. "This is the best food I've had in a while." He muttered out as he reached for some potatoes when Blake ran past the windows of the restaurant followed closely by Sun and a large mecha suit of Ironwood's that had a White Fang symbol on it. The restaurant was silent for a few moments before Ywhach spoke up.

"Do you want to show up Ironwood, Yamamoto?" He questioned, a smirk on his face that Yamamoto mirrored before the two rose out of their chairs.

"We're going to have to come with you." Maria said as she and Seraph also got up. "Those are our students getting chased."

"Betcha the rest of Team RWBY are around somewhere." Seraph muttered as he took one last bite of the steak and walked out following the men and woman.

"Hold up, York and I will help out too." Carolina said as the two in question pulled on their helmets and grabbed their rifles before the team of six walked out the door calmly before all broke into a sprint after the robot.

Seraph was actually surprised at the speed the four others were showing. Ywhach and Yamamoto he guessed would've been slow but no. They were leading the charge with a weird technique that constantly kept them ahead of the group while Carolina was abreast with himself and Maria while York took up the back of the group.

"So, how would the White Fang get their hands on unveiled Atlas tech?" York questioned the group.
"More than likely a few moles on the inside. That or a very good thief." Seraph replied as he listened to the sounds of the suit rampaging around Vale.

"It seems your students are leading it towards the motorway." Yamamoto said, his eyes following the black haired girl in the lead.

"That's going to put a lot of people in danger." Carolina said, her voice wary.
"But below the motorway is a large expanse of unused land. Perfect for Team RWBY to fight something like that." Maria said as she vaulted over a car hood that honked at her.

"Still, unnecessary danger. I'll phone the guards to start raising the barriers to stop more cars entering. Best we minimize the damage now" York said, pressing a button on his helmet.

"Anyone here that?" Serarph questioned, looking up into the sky at the rumbling of engines. "We've got a Bullhead of the White Fang following the mech. Either for the mech or whoever's piloting it but it's a high priority target now."
"Agreed. Ywhach and I shall deal with the Bullhead and its occupants. The rest of you make sure the children are not harmed." Yamamoto said before the two jumped slightly and disappeared from view completely.

"Let's get going." Carolina said before slowly increasing her speed until she was the one in front of the group.

It took them ten minutes of following the group but they eventually arrived to where the battle was taking place below the motorway. There had thankfully been very little damage done to the cars due to York phoning ahead and stopping the majority of traffic. But there was a large ice patch on the road that would have to be cleared and also the ground from where the Paladin's missiles struck.

"You've got some very skilled kids." Carolina said as she watched Team RWBY use various team attacks to slowly cripple the metal suit.

"Yeah, hopefully it doesn't get to their heads." Seraph said, watching Yang jumped onto the mech and began to send shot after shot into it.

"I don't think they'll need our help." York said, and was promptly forced to forget what he had said once the mech had drove through three pillars holding the motorway before slamming Yang into the fourth and then promptly punching her through it.

"Yang!" He heard Blake shout and while he was tempted to help out, he was rather curious about the girl's hair which seemed to have turned brighter after the hit. The four hunters watched as she grabbed the next punch aimed at her before breaking it into many tiny pieces with one punch.

"I think its under control." Carolina said, watching as the girls set up into a new technique with a long ribbon and sniper rounds with a glyph. Each shot froze the joints of the mech and when Yang came round for another pass, her fist hit the metal hull of the pilot's seat, breaking the Paladin apart and revealing Roman Torchwick.

"Now we jump in." Seraph said and wasted no time in jumping down from the motorway to land beside the girls who were obviously surprised by his appearance and he was soon followed closely by York, Maria and Carolina.

"Roman Torchwick." York said, pointing his rifle at the orange haired man along with Carolina. "You are under arrest for multiple charges of thefts, arson and destruction of property."
"You going to take me in soldier man." Roman taunted, waiting for Neo to show up. The taunt caused York to fire a three round burst from his rifle and Yang fired a shot from Ember Cecilia both of which were blocked by a woman with pink and brown hair in a similar state of attire. "Ah, Neo." The smirk fell of Roman's face as he took in the battered form of the woman. Light burns covered her arms, her clothes were torn and she was breathing heavily with blood flowing freely down from above her left eye. She would've stayed in front of Torchwick if it weren't for the wave of fire that almost incinerated her where she once stood and then she was forced to dodge again as five blue arrows destroyed the ground she was once on.

"You sure know how to run little one." Yamamoto spoke out as he appeared at Neo's left with a flaming sword while Ywhach appeared at her right with a glowing blue bow in his hands.

"Just give up. You have no way out of this." Ywhach said as he took in the white suited thief. "Same for you, Roman."
"Oh my Oum." Weiss said, her gaze flicking between Yamamoto and Ywhach. "That's the Demon of Fire, Yamamoto Genryūsai Shigekuni. And Ywhach, the Holy Archer. Legendary Hunters. Both fought in the Great War on opposite sides and then fought together for the Faunas in the Faunas Rights Revolution." Seraph filed this information away and was hoping to make a plan against them just incase he had to.

"Well, I never thought I'd attract so much attention. First the brats, then the teachers and some soldiers and now the legends." Roman joked out, his only defense at the moment. He knew even if he had Adam Taurus and Cinder Fall with him, he would still lose. Badly. "I must be getting popular."
"Silence." Yamamoto said and just like Roman was quiet. "I shall expect nothing but your full surrender."
"Yeah, that's going to be difficult. See, I don't really like the inside of a jail cell." Roman joked out but stopped once a wave of flame from Yamamoto passed by not even an inch from his head.

"Surrender." Yamamoto said slowly, his voice cold even as his eyes never left the form of Neo.

"I can't really do- Hey!" Everyone was surprised by Torchwick being shoved to the ground as his hands rose up behind him before being locked in Aura suppressing cuffs. "What the hell! Neo, you doing this?" The diminutive girl looked just as surprised at the actions before everything became clear when Seraph became visible, kneeling on Torchwood's spine.

"You talk way too much." Seraph said pulling Roman up into a sitting position, ignoring his protests on damaging the suit. "So, you going to come quietly?" He asked the girl who was looking around the clearing and scowled as she realised how severely out numbered she was, even with her teleporting. The other two always caught up with her in a matter of moments and her illusions were shattered with ease. Scowling deeper, she threw her umbrella to the ground and raised her hands in surrender.

"Wise choice." Ywhach said, dispelling his bow as Yamamoto wrapped gold glowing chains around Torchwick and Neo.

"Yes. Bad Guy catching record now two to two." Ruby whispered to herself and her team who smiled before all felt an unnerving chill sweep down their backs. The slowly turned around to their two teachers who were staring at them with folded arms and Aura coming off their bodies in a poisonous green for Maria and a mixture of blue and white for Seraph.

"And what do you four think you were doing?" Maria questioned, her yellow eyes, half hidden by her bangs, were glowing with power and the blue and green specks in Seraph's were twinkling.

"Sun and Neptune helped out as well!" Yang blurted out, more than willing to throw the monkey faunus and Weiss's crush under the bus if it meant saving her skin.

"It's okay. We won't be reprimanding you and Ruby." The blonde and reaper let out quiet sighs at this while their partners let out indignant squawks at Seraph's words. "I'll leave the punishment up to your father when we see him in two days." Those words quickly froze Ruby and Yang in their spots. They had completely forgotten that they were going to Patch on a field trip and had to stay in their hometown while there. Their dad was not going to be happy with what they did so brazenly. Qrow would to an extent but he would chew them out as well. They were, for all intents and purpose, screwed.

"Hey, I've called Beacon to send a Bullhead to our location. And said how we have some priority cargo." York said, walking up to the two teachers who nodded their confirmation. "Ozpin said he and Ironwood would be waiting for you there while Carolina and I have to secure this area so Atlas can investigate the mech and maybe draw some info from it. By the way, here's my scroll number and Carolina's, just incase you need us." Seraph just nodded at this and took the slip of paper York held out as the Bullhead began to rumble into view, dropping with it ten Atlas soldiers who York and Carolina went over to talk with while Yamamoto grabbed Roman and Ywhach took Neo and began to drag them to the Bullhead.

"I'll assign detention for Miss Schnee and Belladonna. And if you see Mr. Vasilias or Wukong, please send them my way." Maria said to Seraph and got a nod. "Also, sorry dinner didn't work out so well." She said as they stepped into the Bullhead. Team RWBY's eyes widened on hearing the news, with Yang ready to spread the rumor around Beacon as soon as she got back that the two were on a date.
"It's fine. It's not like the restaurant's going anywhere. Beside, I'm pretty sure I'm going to have to buy York and Carolina a drink after tonight."
"More than likely." Ywhach agreed. "I would also like a drink next time we met each other."
"As would I." Yamamoto spoke up. "Sake is quite good."
"And I'll get Maria a strawberry milkshake seeing as she can't drink."
"Thanks." The Faunas chirped, delighted at the drink she'd be getting. Until she realized Seraph had just called her a lightweight. "Hey, I can drink!"
"The whiskey says otherwise." Seraph responded dryly as they touched down on Beacon's landing pads where Ozpin, Glynda and Ironwood were waiting with fifteen armed men. Seeing Ironwood, Seraph fished out a slip of paper and pen before swiftly writing a message for the two headmasters. He was meant to tell them early but didn't get the chance to do so.

"Gentlemen. Ma'am." Ywhach said as he and Yamamoto stepped off the Bullhead and the teachers and students watched in shock as the soldiers and teachers stood straighter for the two men. "We've come to help drop off the two prisoners and also your students."
"Also to talk with you three about somethings." Yamamoto said, handing Roman over to a group of five soldiers while another five took Neo and the last five had their weapons trained on them constantly as they moved away. "Maria, it has been a pleasure seeing you again. Seraph, it's been an honour to meet you. And I hope to see you two in the near future. And Team RWBY, I wish to commend you on your actions tonight"
"As do I." Seraph said, smiling at the men and giving a slight bow.

"Until next time." Maria said, also bowing and Team RWBY followed their teacher's examples.

"Ah, Ozpin, before I forget." Seraph said, getting the grey haired headmaster's attention. "I was meant to give this to you earlier but didn't have the time. Sorry for it being so late." Reaching into his clothing, he pulled out a small diary that held within it the note he had hastily written. "It's just some information I'd thought you and General Ironwood would like." Both men mentioned instantly caught onto what he was mentioning and made no outward reaction.

"Thank you, Mr. Nox. If you ever require what is written in here, please do not hesitate to ask for it." Ozpin said, taking the small diary and leafing through it, actually noticing their was information written in the book, just not in any language he understood. But he put up the front that he did know as he slid it away into his jacket. "Well, this way gentlemen. The General and I shall hear what you want to discuss. And Team RWBY, very well done tonight." Ozpin smiled at the girls and they sagged in relief that the Headmaster wasn't angry at them as he walked off.

"You're still getting a detention from me." Maria said, stopping their good mood as the Fox Faunus walked to the entrance with Seraph following shortly afterwards. He smirked inwardly at the girl's despair.

Hey, so hope you all enjoyed that. You probably would've have noticed the Bleach reference and the Red vs Blue references in there and I may just make them regulars in the story if I feel like it. I'm a Bleach fan and I thought Yamamoto and Ywhach would be brilliant Hunters and probably friendly rivals if they weren't trying kill each other. And my cousin has shown me parts of Red vs Blue that I know about the Freelancers but I've never watched it, so please don't call me out if I've got there personalities wrong because I don't know how they act and so just made an assumption.

Anyway, remember to leave a review of PM me about anything you want regarding the story and constructive criticism is always appreciated. And sorry again if some characters seem OOC.

Mad Man in the Flesh out!