Volume 1 {Chapter 5: The Burden}


"Uh... I'm not in trouble for disrupting classes, am I?"

Port stopped his stare before coughing into his fist. "N-No. Instead, you have my thanks. You reacted sooner than I did and saved your friends' life. Thank you, Y/N."

Nodding, he saw Weiss also stand up from her position looking quite shameful. "No problem, teach. No one could expect it to happen." A sudden bell alarmed everyone as they all stood up.

"Class is dismissed, be vigilant and be safe," Port said, walking to the door as well. Everyone pretty much agreed on what he said and took it in the heart.

JNPR was also about to leave and saw Weiss glaring at her team, especially at Ruby. "What's her problem?" Jaune asked, with an annoyed tone. Weiss then left the room without ever looking back.

Sighing, they looked at Y/N as he was preparing to leave. "I don't know Jaune, but I'll speak to her about it."

Ren nodded. "Agreed, if one of us were to try and speak to her then it would only complicate it further."

Ruby, a bit concerned for Weiss, ran after her partner. Exiting the room, she saw her about to round another corner but she caught up to her. "Weiss!"

Hearing the childish, annoying voice again Weiss turned around and scowled at Ruby. "What?" Even if her 'leader' was a brat, it would be rude to not properly answer a question but it never said about lacing the words with venom.

"What's wrong with you? Why are you being-?" Ruby wanted to get to the matter at hand. As the team leader, it will be her job to understand all of her teammates' gripes to work better as a team. Right now, all she wanted was to figure out what is going on.

Angered with her choice of words, Weiss snapped like ice. "What's wrong with me?! What's wrong with you?!" Thankfully, no one seems to be around to hear their conversation. "You're supposed to be a team leader and all you've ever done so is being a nuisance." The only reason Yang isn't intervening to save her sister is that she believed this is Ruby's first hurdle as a team leader.

Ruby's worry then turned to mild anger. "What did I do?"

"That's just it; you've done nothing to earn your position!" Completely forgetting the fact that Ruby acted as a leader to kill an Elder Nevermore. "Back in the forest, you acted like a child and you've only continued to do so!" Says the girl whining about everything not going her way.

Feeling a bit regretful, Ruby wanted to stop her. "Weiss, where is this coming from? What happened to all the talk about 'working together'? I thought you believed in acting as a team."

"Not a team led by you of all people. I've studied and trained since childhood, I've seen battles that only you dream of and I had to fight to be here!" Weiss countered. Her anger fuming her face. "Quite frankly, I deserve better. You do not." She turned her back on Ruby and continued to walk. Ruby tried to stop her but she ended it with a sentence. "Ozpin made a mistake."

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Even if he heard it all, even if he had seen it time and time again, Y/N can't help but feel sympathetic to the red reaper and her debacle with the snow princess. Breathing out of his nose, he stopped leaning on a wall and walked towards Ruby. "I see you've also heard it as well." Turning his head, he saw Ozpin there with his cane.

"Professor Ozpin." Y/N looked at Ruby, looking at the ground and feeling down. "... Can you, take care of her? I have a feeling she would rather hear words from you than me right now."

The Headmaster smiled at the man's heart and nodded. "Of Course, take care now."

Nodding, Y/N walked to where Weiss would definitely be. He just hopes she has a reason to listen to him.

Finding the specific rooftop wasn't easy since there are hundreds of them hear at Beacon but Y/N knew she can't have gone far. The next class doesn't start until 10 so he still has some time before then. When Y/N opened the door, he saw the Ice Queen leaning on the balcony. Her position indicates she is thinking about herself and her choice of words.

Weiss turned around to see who opened the door and saw Y/N there. "Oh, Y/N... It's you."

Closing the door, Y/N walked towards Weiss. "Hello, Weiss didn't expect you to be here of all places."

Looking back, Weiss sighed. "You're not the first..." Noticing her lack of voice, Y/N went to her side.

"Something you want to get out of your chest?"

Feeling down, Weiss looked at Y/N. "Well..." Her gaze doesn't meet him for a couple of seconds... "I should be the leader team RWBY." Her voice sounded firm and true.

Y/N looked at Weiss for a moment, registering the tone and gaze. "To be completely honest Weiss, your not leader material."

Weiss angrily looked at Y/N with a fierce gaze. "Excuse me?!"

"Weiss, look at it this way. Ruby is two years younger than you. While she may have moved up two years, her mentality didn't. Ozpin putting her as a team leader would help her boost her confidence," Ozpin may be old and putting up a fight against Salem, he will always see the best potential in people and thoroughly thinks his actions through.

"And if everything goes well, she might even be a better leader than you expected."

"You don't know that!" Weiss angrily snared at him. "Ruby is a child and will always be a child."

"Give it time Weiss, you only knew each other for less than a week. You can't determine a person's personality in that short time," Weiss stopped her raging comment. Y/N is right, she only knew Ruby for a day at best so she really can't say for certain that Ruby will be a child forever.

"Ruby is still a child, yes. But a child grows with friends and family supporting her so instead of being a leader, become the best member you can be." With that, Y/N stood up straight and walked to the door. "By the way..."

Weiss turned to Y/N, expecting him to say something else. "Your face was really cute back then." However, she didn't expect that. Her face now feels like its on fire.

Before Weiss could retort, Y/N left the heiress to contemplate her choices with her team.

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The rest of the day went by in a flash. Y/N went to the workshop to manufacture new weapons and Peach was there to help along the way. When they were making the weapon, Y/N has decided to make a mecha-shift one. Giving Peach the idea she proposed to instead of it shifting into a firearm perhaps into other weapons so that's what they did.

Y/N used the {Blueprint} to {Upgrade} Creed to act as an emergency weapon. Changing it from a gauntlet into a small sword. When the finished product was finished, Peach had to check on a few projects and left Y/N alone there. With no one else at the forge, Y/N used his {Skill Points} and {Upgrade} to the weapon.

The {System} announced to him that the weapons have a better durability and attack power than his last set. This one used inspiration from Jaune's new weapon from Anima, using his shield to create a long sword.

Y/N has decided to name this piece, {Joker} with the power of the wildcard, meaning it can mecha-shift it into a spear.

 And using the shield, into an ax.

When Peach returned, once again she was flabbergasted at the design on the weapons and praised Y/N on the creativeness he managed while she was gone.

Peach wanted him to give each form a name and so he did. The spear will be {Odin} and the ax will be {Crete}. As usual, the shield will be magnetically locked onto Creed. With only a few points left, Y/N used {Upgrade} on it and saw the results. It had an upgraded Dust container which allowed Y/N to hold 4 Dust crystals and switch to one of them manually.

With his work done, he left the workshop, put Joker in his weapon locker, and went to classes after that.

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Night had alreadymade its presence upon Beacon as everyone went to their dorms. Y/N decided to make use of Joker in his dungeon so he went and grabbed them and walked to the yard. Making sure no one was there, by walking around and calling anyone out, it was now time to train.

"{ID Create!}" A large black square formed around him and expanded to the yard. It kept going until it hit the walls of nearby buildings.

When it was done, the Grimm appeared. Alpha Beowulves and Ursa by the dozen with Boarbatusks as well. Grinning, he took out Joker and eyed everyone enemy in here. "Now, are we gonna stand here all day or are we gonna fight?"

The first move came from an Ursa, roaring in intimidation. It ran to Y/N with murderous intent as it stood on its legs from behind him and attempted to slash his back. When it swiped nothing, it felt its chest felt light and saw why. Y/N had just stabbed it cleanly and it fell dead behind him.

A roar from an Alpha made every Grimm run towards him. Seeing so many coming towards him, Y/N mecha-shifted Joker into a long sword and waited for the next target. It came as an airborne Boarbatusk came whizzing towards him. Y/N swung the sword towards it and sliced through the thick hide with ease. The separated parts came running to a pair of Ursa's face and stunned them a bit. Using his momentum, Y/N fired a shot to the stunned Ursa and sped towards them.

When he was close, he twisted his body and decapitated both of them at the same time. Seeing other nearby Grimm, he readied Creed up high as it glowed bright blue. "{Mabufula!}" A series of iced stalagmites protruded from the ground and impaled many Ursa and Boarbatusk, even the Alphas. When they were stuck from the ice, Y/N raised Creed from the ground to the sky and glowed yellow. "{Maziodyne!}" Thunderous lighting stuck down on the stuck foes, killing them immediately from shock.

When it was finished, Y/N saw a few Ursa's joining with the remaining Alpha Beowulves. So, Y/N mecha-shifted Joker back into its original form and put the shield away as it mecha-shifted into Odin and held in in one hand.

With a stance, Y/N cast {Heat Riser} on himself and {Marakunda}, defense lowered, one the remaining enemies. With that done, Y/N ran at the enemies with Odin behind him, the blade screaming for blood. Feeling brave and smart, one Alpha foolishly ran towards him with its claws ready. They both jumped towards each other with weapons ready to kill towards one another.

The Alpha tried to use both of its claws at Y/N but twisted his body to dodge the strike. Then with a mighty stroke, stabbed through its head and threw it to the ground. With the Grimm dead, Y/N landed without a scratch on himself as he grabbed Odin from the ground. The Alphas roared to the remaining Grimm and charged to the defenseless human. An Ursa rammed ahead and expected a hit, as Y/N dodged to the side and stabbed it on the neck. The Ursa fell to the ground, feeling pain on its neck and tried to stand up. Only for Y/N to stab it on the head. Seeing a Boarbatusk going airborne, Y/N bent the handle and waited for its shot.

When it attacked, Y/N let go as the metal struck on the Grimm and shot it away from him. Y/N picked up his spear and did a sweep around himself when another Boarbatusk tried to attack from behind. The Grimm stepped back from its AOE attack but saw the weapon come flying at it. It dodged mid-air but Y/N ran towards it and uppercut it with Creed, which glowed red. "{Agi!}" The explosion killed the Grimm as it rocketed towards the sky. Grabbing Odin, he looked at the remaining Grimm with a smirk.

Grabbing the shield, Y/N once again mecha-shifted Odin into Crete and hefted the heavy weapon on his shoulders. "Come on you fugly bastards. Bring it on!" The taunting was never a good idea but it does well in a controlled situation.

The two Alphas looked at each and nodded. The Grimm walked around the lonely but deadly human, trying to find a weakness to him. Y/N eyed both Grimm seriously, tensing each step they make. When they were at the good distance, Y/N swung Crete around himself and shot a wire to the nearest Grimm. The Alpha dodged away as the wire embedded itself on a wall, thinking it missed the Grimm didn't see Y/N coming towards him with a swung ax. It cleaved the Grimm into two parts. Stopping himself, Y/N shot another wire to the last Grimm.

The Grimm reacted enough to stomp on the wire but that also worked with Y/N. He shot towards the Grimm and swung Crete upward with enough strength to send it airborne. While it was up there, Y/N went into a batting pose and cast {Charge} and awaited for the demise. The Grimm fell down to the earth as Y/N intercepted it. "{Sledgehammer!}" The power output made the Grimm fly out of his reach and made contact on the wall of the dungeon. Its carcass splattered all over the wall with the blood sprayed all over.

Grinning at the display Y/N checked his watch. "I still have time." With that, more Grimm appeared all looking so feisty. "Now now, boys. There's plenty to go around." Going into a stance, Y/N grinned madly. "And Death make's sure he gets everyone."

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A carrier ship in the middle of the ocean with the emblem of the Atlas kingdom was on its way to Vale harbour.

Its contents were shipping containers, each filled with Dust or some of the newest androids Atlas has produced while also containing an android of an older model than the Atlesian Knights.

This particular model was a late design of a particular doctor who wanted to design the androids into making them people-friendly. If what they saw was a lifeless machine that only knows how to kill, then no doubt people will get paranoid if it suddenly turned on them.

The General of Atlas agreed with the idea and provided the doctor with the latest of Atlas weaponry but he disagreed with how many weapons to put in here so they resorted with a concealed arm cannon and propulsion jets around her body for power and maneuverability against the Grimm. They also manufactured an AI to help with the body and power. The personality would be that of a cheery girl who would gladly give her life to protect everyone.

However, the Council voted against the idea and shut the project down. Apparently, one of the members was paranoid enough about her open joints to be prone to hacking that everyone decided to scrap her. The doctor defended as best as he can with the General at his side but the Council's power proved greater than the General.

The best they got from all of that is to manufacture another AI robot that looked more human than machine. The AI they gave to the previous android was a dull and simple one, follow orders to the letter.

They shipped her off to Vale to be scrapped for parts or thrown away, whatever happens to her is not their problem now.


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