Akashic

Chapter 41 - Spicy

"Oh, no you don't!" Weiss retorted "You don't just get to break your neck and just casually introduce someone!" her voice raised an octave higher "How can you even do that!? Just how dangerous is the Bravos chamber!?" she argued.

"Calm down, Weiss, it's actually not that bad…" he answered 'Well, there was that time my knee got dislocated…' he muttered, quite enough that only Velvet and Blake heard him, both giving him a 'seriously?' look.

"Yeah… not that bad… But if you're wondering about the whole contortionist thing that apparently has to do with the connective tissue between my bones being repeatedly torn then healed by my Aura making them more flexible while keeping them stable enough that there's no real risk of any permanent damage" he explained

"Though my bones do reorient themselves if I let go" to show this he let go off his head which let out another crack as his head automatically straightened itself out to a normal position.

"Don't do that!" Yang screamed, shivering at the sickening crack of his neck, the same sick expression on the others faces from the sound.

"Sorry" Arthur apologized with a wry smile "Anyways, team RWBY, JNPR, this is Velvet Scarlatina, second year and member of team CFVY, she helped me with my training a few days ago along with her team leader" he pulled Velvet in front of himself.

"H-hello…" Velvet shyly muttered, her head steaming from the amount of eyes on her as she wasn't someone who enjoyed attention. Her ear twitched every now and then, a slight lingering sting from where Cardin had been pulling on it.

"Is, your ear hurt?" Ruby questioned, noticing the slight droopiness of her ear as well as the twitching of it.

"N-no it's alright, just a little stiff…" Velvet answered with a light smile, not wanting to worry the anyone.

"Hmm…" Ruby hummed, walking up in front of Velvet before standing on toes to increase her short height enough that she could poke the base of Velvet's ear causing her to wince at the sudden jolt of pain.

"Let me see" Arthur said lightly putting his hand atop Velvet's head and tilting it forward slightly to get a better look at her ear.

"Eh?" was all Velvet could muster up as Arthur gently moved her hair out of the way to get see if there was any obvious signs of injury.

"I don't see any discolouration" Arthur said "And your Aura should begin to heal anything internal if you give it a bit" he said as he gently fixed Velvet's hair his hand accidentally brushing against her ear causing it to flinch away "Sorry" Arthur apologized as he pulled his hand off her head.

Velvet kept staring at the floor, not willing to lift her head to reveal the bright red flush that had taken hold of her face from Arthur's almost intimate contact with her ears.

"Arthur" Blake called out getting Arthur to turn to her "You do know what touching the ears of a Faunus means right?" she asked inquisitively, a slight hint of judgement in her tone.

"No, that's another reason I was being careful, I don't know much about the culture of the faunus. But I expect it's probably some kind of romantic gesture." He answered.

"You're… not far off, actually. The ears and tails of faunus are s.e.n.s.i.t.i.v.e, so touching them is generally only reserved for lovers, though the significance also depends on the various faunus species" she answered "Specifically cat, dog and rabbit faunus tend to have the most s.e.n.s.i.t.i.v.e ears and tails, so they end up being the ones with the most significance with touching their specific features." Everyone was silent as they stared at her mouths agape.

"What? Why are you looking at me like that?" she questioned, put off by the surprised expressions everyone had.

Yang was the first to answer "It's just, we never knew that you knew so much about faunus"

"Is it that surprising that I know about basic faunus anatomy?" she asked with a sigh.

"No, no, it's just you never seem to read anything except those smut books you try to hide under you bed." Yang answered with a smirk, which only got bigger seeing Blake recoil with her face turning red.

"Wha!? I do not!" she retorted, flinching at the judgemental gazes she was getting. "I read actual books! Where you learn stuff!"

"Sure…" Yang rolled her eyes, along with Ruby and Weiss, while the members of team JNPR looked at the with curiosity. Velvet was still staring at the ground and Arthur was awkwardly scratching his cheek.

{Will Arthur Fielder please come to the headmasters office, I repeat, Arthur Fielder, please head to the headmasters office, that is all.} came the voice of Glynda Goodwitch through the schools speaker system.

"Huh, wonder what he wants" Yang said

"I have a few ideas…" he said with a slight squint "I'll see you guys later" Arthur waved and began to back away from them before stopping and turning back to the group "Oh, Velvet" he called out "When were we supposed to go shopping again?" he asked causing a collective spit take from Ruby, Weiss, Blake and Yang as they took a double take at his words.

Lifting her head Velvet answered "T-this Saturday" she shakily said.

"Right, I'll see you then, later" he turned and left the dining hall, leaving the two teams in silence, except for the frequent crunching of Nora and her bag of popcorn, which Ren would grab from every now and then, much to Nora's annoyance as she swiped at his hands every time it came near her snack.

"Spicy" Nora muttered wih a smile watching the intense gazes Velvet was getting from RWBY and the inquisitive gaze from Pyrrha.

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"Come in" Ozpin called out, hearing a knock coming from the door to his office.

"You called for me sir?" Arthur said as he pushed open the door, taking in the sight of the large and empty room with the only form of furniture being the glass desk Ozpin was sitting behind, under said glass numerous gears and cogs could be seen, the same motif that the entire room seemed to follow as numerous parts of the office had gears rotating like the inside of a watch.

Looking around he also noticed a glass display case which surrounded a black and white ovoid object resembling an egg, 'Right, the grimm egg' he thought remembering that he had heard that an egg appeared next to him when he was saved by the grimm during initiation.

"Yes, I wanted to speak with you, I had been meaning to call for you earlier but you have been… busy, to say the least" Ozpin said his fingers intertwined in front of his mouth his elbows resting on his desk.

"I expect we shall be speaking for a while, as such I have informed professor Oobleck that you will not be attending his lecture" he explained

"So long as he knows. So, what do you want to start with?"

"Hmm, for one I would like to know more about that book of yours, but that will have to wait for a little, I am expecting others to arrive here shortly" as he said that the door to the office were flung open as a middle aged man entered into the room, his black, spiky hair highlighted with grey streaks , he wore a grey dress shirt with a tail coat, and a red cloak hanging from his shoulders. On his legs he wore long black dress pants and an equally as dark set of black dress shoes. His dull red eyes not hiding his annoyance as he spoke out.

"Oz! you better have a bloody good reason for calling me back here! I nearly had them! I was this close!" he said holding up his hand and putting his index finger and thumb just millimetres away from each other to accentuate his claim.

"I was so clo-… whose the kid?" he questioned, stopping his ranting mid speech.

"Qrow, meet Arthur Fielder, he's the boy that Summer has taken under her wing" Ozpin explained "Arthur, meet Qrow Branwen, a good associate of mine, and member of team STRQ" he introduced the two

Qrow's eyes widened upon hearing that the boy in front of him was the boy he had been informed was being trained by his team leader from his Beacon days "So you're the kid I've been hearing about" he said, walking up to Arthur and placing his hand atop his shoulder while looking him in the eyes with pity "I feel ya kid, I feel ya, I know exactly what you're going through, Summer can be quite the demanding bitch when it comes to training" His voice sympathetic as his body shivered, not from remembering his past encounters with the 'Sergeant' but from the sudden, ominous bloodl.u.s.t being directed his way.

"She's behind me, ain't she?" he asked Arthur, who replied with a short nod. Taking a large gulp Qrow removed his hand from Arthur's shoulder, and mechanically turned around to see the menacingly grinning face of Summer glaring at him "Summer! I didn't see you there!" he innocently greeted "It's been to long" he tried to make a peaceful conversation, hoping to avoid the wrath of the 'Sergeant'.

"Qrow, it seems you've lost respect in the time we haven't seen each other, the team may be disbanded but that doesn't mean you get to go around disrespecting your leader" She said with a menacing grin causing Qrow to flinch

"Yes ma'am!" he quickly saluted, knowing that any argument would result in his demise.

"And Arthur, what's this I hear about you being in another fight with the Winc.h.e.s.ter boy? And now being forced to skip my training to play around with the other students?" she questioned.

"He was pulling on Velvet's ears, so I stopped him, let him get a few punches in then ms. Goodwitch came in, and now he and his team have detention while I have a combat test tomorrow, what I'm doing? I have no idea, but I have a sneaking suspicion I may be seeing Kardia in the future again." He casually explained getting an approving nod from Summer.

'I'm not sure if the kid is stupid or just brave' Qrow muttered under his breath, flinching as another death glare was sent his way from Summer.

"Well, now that everyone is here, we can begin our talk." Ozpin said

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Alternate Chapter names: [Dusty Old Qrow] [The Sergeant and the Maggot] [I'm not good with chapter names, bite me]

Short chapter, but it's late and I have been getting distracted the entire day (Sorry about that) and I expect Arthur's talk to go on for two maybe three chapters if I push it.

Also, you guys want a Q/A aux chapter?

Oh, and I'll be adding another Aux chapter where you guys can suggest possible story plot points, (Either following RWBY's canon or things apart from the canon). If you want to include things from other worlds I need an actual reason for why that would happen and what lead up to it, So no 'Hey! Atlas is working on a giant robot called a GUNDAM. I read a story that did that, and it really put me off, especially after they just gave the main character lightsabers.

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