(Well, I spent some time trying to get an A.I. photo of Byzan, and I kinda got one, but I don't really like it.

  It's kinda Like how he looks. But not how I imagine him. I would do a commission, but I really can't afford it right now. So maybe one day you'll an good picture of Byzan.)

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  Byzan flips through the air several times, his scarf fpping behind him along with the ribbon on his waist. He lets out several rge ughs as he nears the tree tops.

  A clone Byzan appears on the top of a tree and grabs onto Byzan and flings him off to the side. The cat flies past several tree branches and another clone appears on one, and grabs onto him. The clone throws Byzan further into the forest, before disappearing.

  Byzan's amber eyes gnce around as he nears the ground. Another clones appears on a branch, grabbing his hand and tosses him up into the air.

  Byzan does several flips and nds on the branch next to his clone. The two fist bump before the clone poofs away. The cat then hops off the branch and nds on the ground below.

  He closes his eyes as he takes in the scents and sounds of the Emerald Forest. His ears swivel around the sounds of students yelling echo all around the forest.

  "Birdy No!" Ruby's voice reaches his ears, then several gunshots.

  Yang's Laughter echoes as she flies nearby and several gunshot along with it.

  Jaune screams echo far off, before a loud thunk is heard. "Thank you!"

  "I'm sorry!" Pyrrha's voice echoes.

  "Fuck yeah!" Ambré's voice echoes as a loud boom is heard.

  Suddenly Rose flies overhead Byzan as she cries her lungs out. "Whyyyyy meeeeeee?!" A soft thud is heard a little ways away.

  Everything falls silent in the forest and Byzan opens his eyes as a cheshire smile forms on his face.

  "This will be fun~"

  Byzan stands up and takes his weapon, Hellish Shroud, off his back. He then takes off running towards where he heard Rose fall.

  'You know, I'd like to get onto a team with Bke, but I have a feeling she'd try to kill me. Yang, nice and really easy on the eyes, but she'd hold me down.'

  Byzan front flips over a fall tree easily nds on his feet and speeds off.

  'Ruby's nice, but very much cks what it takes to be a warrior. She holds no hostility behind those eyes of hers. Silver eyes... She'll have to become a warrior.'

  Byzan cuts through several bushes as he continues running.

  'Ambré, she's too suspicious of me. If she's from Ats and finds out I'm Nightshade, she could make a big deal about it. Getting me kicked out. Though her sister Rose, she'll be easy to manage if she becomes my teammate. And I can use her as a safety net if her sister comes after me... or a hostage.'

  Byzan's ears twitch as he hears some growls and screaming up ahead.

  "Ne me mange pas!" [Don't eat me!] Rose shouts just through some bushes.

  Byzan jumps through a bush and swings his sword, cutting through the neck of a Beowolf, and nding a few feet in front of Rose; who's aiming a pistol towards the Grimm.

  Rose's eyes shine as she looks at the back of Byzan, who spins his weapon around, before putting it onto his back. He gnces back at her. "You alright?" He asks.

  Rose's cheeks gain a dusting of red as she nods. "Y-yes! Thank y-you!"

  Rose stands up, her legs shaking a little, and looks at the disappearing Beowolf.

  "Oh, that was scary." Rose whispers to herself.

  Byzan looks Rose up and down.

  Rose has long wavy white hair, with several red and blue feathers tied into it. Her right eye is blue while her left is gold. She wears an ice blue dress with a feather pattern on the hem. She wears a short white coat with her Emblem over her left breast.

  Her emblem consists of a bell with a simple bird over the front. She wears sapphire blue heels.

  And she has a rather rge chest, one that rivals Yang. She's also pretty short standing at 5'2'' (157.48 cm.) And on her back is a rather rge looking machine gun.

  Rose walks over to Bzyan and brightly smiles at him. "I guess w-we're teammates now."

  "It seems so." Byzan agrees as he looks around. "We need to keep moving, more Grimm will be on their way because of you fear."

  "Eeep!" Rose tenses up and holds her pistol tightly.

  Byzan sighs. 'This may have been a bad idea.'

  Byzan starts walking and he motions Rose to follow. Which she eagerly does and follows right behind him, like a lost puppy. She nervously looks around and jumps at every small sound, whiling aiming her pistol at it.

  "You should use that big gun of yours, instead of that tiny pistol." Byzan calls out as he gnces back with a smirk.

  Rose shakes her head. "It's not for me."

  "Then who's it for?" Byzan tilts his head in confusion.

  "Uh... Eh..." Rose grows very nervous.

  Byzan sighs. "Fine, you don't have to answer, which makes Rose sighs in relief.

  Byzan smiles as he looks around and spots a pnt with some purple flowers and a few bck berries. He smiles and walks over to it and kneels down.

  "Ahhh, here we go." Byzan grabs a few of the berries and looks at them. "These will do nicely."

  "Oh, these look weird." Rose grabs a berry and brings it up to the sky and looks at it with eh sun shining down on it.

  Byzan puts a few of the berries into his pouch, while a keeps one out. "I do wonder."

  Byzan tosses the berry into his mouth and chews a few times before swallowing.

  "Are they edible?" Rose asks as she blinks a few times with a questioning look.

  Byzan shakes his head. "Not for you."

  "What do you mean-?"

  Byzan brings up his hand and coughs a few times into it. Rose then screams in fear as she sees some blood on Byzan's hand as he lowers it.

  "Eh, still not immune..." Byzan sighs as he wipes his hand with a handkerchief from his pouch.

  "WHAT WAS THAT?!" Rose asks with tears in her eyes.

  Byzan stands up and pats Rose on the head, making her blush a little. "Don't worry about it." He begins to walk off as he wipes some blood from his mouth.

  "Y-YOU COUGHED UP BLOOD!" Rose shouts as she huffs and puffs. "I SHOULD WORRY ABOUT IT!" She watches Byzan walk off as he waves to her.

  Rose pouts and crosses her arms, before she hears a growl near by, making her shout in fear and run after Byzan with tears in her eyes.

  "AAAHHH! Wait for me!!!!"

  Up on the cliff overlooking the forest Opzin looks out to everything, as Glynda watches several students from her tablet. Ozpin then looks down to the tablet in his hands.

  "Why have you let in a criminal like Mr. Beldonna?" Glynda asks as she gnces at the Headmaster. "You know he's wanted for multiple murders and stealing of Ats Property. He should be turned into the General."

  Ozpin taps on his tablet and watches Ambré and Maize trek through the forest. Maize looking around at everything in wonder, while Ambré looks around in caution.

  "Mr. Beldonna is a very skilled warrior, it'd be a shame to not reform such a capable candidate to be a Huntsmen." Ozpin informs. "Besides, there's more then meets the eye with him."

  "But what if he tries to attack a student, or even kill one?"

  Suddenly a pair of arms wrap around Glynda from behind. "Why do you think I'm here, Glynda?" Ash hugs the witch from behind.

  "Ash?" Glynda questions. "What are you doing?"

  "Am I not allowed to hug you my sweet?"

  "Not at work!" Glynda grows irritated.

  Ash ughs as he stops hugging Glynda and walks up beside Ozpin and looks out to the forest. "I will be keeping a close eye on Nightshade. I've been watching him ever since he stepped a foot in Vale. My sister wasn't able to take him down in Ats, but if he tries something here, I'm confident I can deal with him."

  Ash starts to ugh, and it slowly gets louder and louder until it turns maniacal. "Maybe he could be a a good experiment to test my new weapon on?!"

  "Ash." Ozpin calls out as he gives him a side gnce.

  Ash clears his throat. "Sorry."

  Down in the forest Ambré looks around as she clutches onto her weapon.

  Ambré looks back at the Maize, who's looking around like a child in a candy store. "You should be on your guard."

  Maize's pink eyes look at the tall girl. "I am."

  "You hardly look like it. Can you even fight?"

  Maize brings out a hand fan and opens it, hiding her face and left eye behind it. Her right lightly shines as she looks at Ambré.

  "I'm combat ready." Maize sms her fan shut.

  Ambré looks Maize up and down. "Right...."

  "For someone who was in the Ats military, you don't really act like one. And someone who trained under Winter Schnee."

  Ambré stops and looks at her with suspicion as her grip tightens around her weapon. "How did you know that."

  Maize winks. "Cssified."

  Ambré narrows her eyes at Maize, and the pinkette just smiles. The taller girl rolls her eyes and turns around and continues on.

  The two continue on through the forest and they stop as they hear loud stomps coming towards them.

  "Do you hear that?" Ambré asks as she aims her weapon towards the source.

  Maize nods. "That footsteps are common among a rge type of Grimm."

  "Which one?"

  "The Goliath."

  "Wait... what?" Suddenly a rge Goliath smashes through a group of trees and roars.

  "It would seem this one is in a hostile state." Maize informs. "Which is rather odd for it to be alone like this."

  "We're gonna need bigger weapons." Ambré grabs Maize's hand and starts to drag her off.

  "It is recommended that we lose this Grimm and get the relic we are tasked with."

  "NO SHIT!" Ambré shouts.

  The Goliath roars and runs after the two, breaking trees as it goes.

  "SHIIIIIIIIIT!" Ambré shouts.

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  04-06-2024

  1780 words