Chapter 3
*Beep Beep Beep*
The sound of the alarm clock woke me up
My hand reaches toward said clock and turns it off, and then closes my eye
‘Nemo, wake up, its morning and your class start’s today’ Hassan chastised me
‘I don’t wanna!’ I whine, I can hear Hassan gave a sigh
‘To think our host is this lazy, hmph! Pathetic’ Atalanta mock me but her word fell on deaf ear
‘Don’t be too hard on him, he’s just feeling down, just give him a few moment and he’ll be back to his old diligent self, trust me on this Atalanta’ Kiyohime defended me
‘Hmm… fine’ said Atalanta
‘Sis” I called
‘Yes?’ Hassan respond
‘She’s a keeper, you better take care of her’ I said with honesty
‘Thank you brother-in-law’ Kiyohime thank me while holding her red check
‘Screw you Nemo’ Hassan said
Having enough chat with the servant I got up from my bed and do my morning ritual which consists:
-shower
-clean bed
-10 push up, pull up and squat
-use 1/3 of my prana to make mana infused dust
-read one page of the throne of heroes’ gallery
You might have guessed it right now, I have my own room which I am more than thankful
I check the time through
7:00 a.m.
Still too early, class start at 9 a.m.
I think I should have enough time to make spell infused dust until 8:00 a.m. and then have breakfast
I was about to grab a used dust crystal when I suddenly feel like a box was push outside of my storage
I look at the box and opened it
A school uniform….
A girl school uniform…
I will have to report this to Glynda when school’s over and you will suffer Ozpin
Thou, I know that it was Zelrecth but it was impossible to get back at him, thus you will be my victim since it’s kind of your fault that I have to attend here
For now spell infusion
0-0-0
Just as I was finish placing my food of choice in my tray Atalanta spoke
‘can you pick three apple for me?’
‘huh? Ok, but why? It’s not like you can eat or taste it without [Materialize]’ I told her
‘well, Index told me that we can share our sense of taste if you [Equip] me’ she says as a matter of fact
I’m not in the mood to retort so I’ll just [equip] Atalanta
I can feel the change in me, a few student let out a gasp but I ignore them
I sit down on a table at the far corner
I brought a toaster to my mouth and took a bite
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DELICIOUS!
It’s like my taste bud has been amplify!
‘Fufufu, it looks like you appreciate the taste of food as well! That was just a bread, wait until you taste other food especially apple’ Atalanta said with a smirk
‘Truly!? What are we waiting for let us eat to our heart content! And thank you… for opening a new door for me’ I said in tear while chewing my food
I can feel the weird stare directed toward me
‘Enough talking, more eating!’Atalanta said
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‘Looks like they’re getting along’ Hassan said
‘Indeed’ Kiyohime replied
0-0-0
The first class is Grimm study
I waited in the class to start at the corner of my class
Yes I like-
No, I love seats and places that are at the corner of a room
Why?
Reason
I turn on my scroll to look at the time
8:40 a.m.
… they’re going to be late
Should I call them… nah, I think this should be my little revenge, plus it’s not my fault
It’s a victory wohoo!
‘Is he this petty?’ Atalanta asked
‘Sadly, yes, he is that petty toward everyone… even little Ruby, heck he burned a dogs food because it messed up his homework’ Hassan replied
While the servant we’re chatting with each other I took out my note on many ways to kill Grimm and enemy I made myself but most of this are research from fighting Grimm . I have to admit studying grimm is fun, especially when you get to experiment with them so you can kill them better
Of course I didn’t forget to study they’re attack pattern
“E-excuse me, is this seat taken?” someone asked me
I turn to face her, and shake my head before going back reading my note
Maybe I should make a spell that impale them with ice spear or sword from below, that would be a perfect counter for fighting multiple Grimm.
But not so much if it’s a Deathstalker, goliath, and nevermore
Yep I think I shou-
“Um… why are you wearing a mask?” the girl beside me asked
I turn to face her and tilt my head
“no reason really” I answer her while storing my note back into the storage
Haa, I’m guessing that she’s the type who isn’t comfortable with silence
Maybe I should make a small talk to ease her
Right let’s do that
“The professor sure is late isn’t he?” I asked
“I-I guess so” she replied
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“Name’s Nemo, what’s your’s?”
“um, Sapphire , Sapphire Teardrop”
“I see, that’s a beautiful name you have”
“T-thank you!”
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‘well, this is awkward’ Atalanta mused
‘you should’ve seen him when he first talk to someone other than us and Zelrecth’ Kiyohime said tilting her head while cupping her cheek with her right hand
‘Ignore her Nemo, this is an improvement, now go on’ Hassan cheered for me
With new found determination I continue my pursuit toward socialising
‘Does he always monologue? Now that I noticed it’ Atalanta asked
‘You’ll get used to it, trust me’ Hassan informed her
“What weapon do you use?”
“Ah, well I use a halberd infuse-dust, how about you?”
“well I use any weapon I have on hand depends on the enemy and situation, but I do start off with a gunblade before switching a more suitable weapon”
“You… use more than one weapon? That’s interesting, but wouldn’t that make it hard to improve your skill in your weapon if you have to?”
“well I have my way”
“Stingy! Well I won’t pry, that wou-“
*crash*
I looked toward where the sound came from, only to witness team RWBY and JPNR crashing which each other at the door
I quickly take off my mask and [Equip Atalanta then let release my pony tail
With this done neither Ruby nor Yang will notice me hehehehe
“H-how? How did you do that?” I mentally scold myself for forgetting my surrounding
“Well, let’s just say it’s my semblance and before you ask I won’t answer any question oh, also, can you please keep this a secret?” I ask her tilting my head to the side and let out a bit of a tear at the corner of my eye while blushing
‘You sure do like to abuse that girly face of your’s’ Hassan said
I ignore her
“A-ah, o-of course! D-don’t worry your secret is safe with me!” she says with a smile while blushing
0-0-0
… I watched as Weiss retrieve her weapon and Ruby give an advice to Weiss
“Weiss go for its belly! There’s no armour underneath!”
Only to receive a glare while Weiss says “Don’t tell me what to do”
The boarbatusk…
If I don’t know any better I think that name is a pun,
… spin its body and charge toward Weiss
Weiss create two glyph, the first one was used to block the Boarbatusk, she then backflip and used the second glyph that was in mid-air as platform and gives her own charge at the Grimm successfully killing it
“Bravo! Bravo! It appear that we are indeed in the presence of a true Huntress in training. I’m afraid that’s all the time we have for today. Be sure to-“ I tune out prof. Port and start cleaning my stuff
Not that there’s much
I turn to face Sapphire and say my goodbye to her “It was nice meeting you Sapphire”
At the corner of my eye I saw Ruby chasing after Weiss,
“But I think my friend needs me now, so see you again” I said and she return the gesture
Now then…
0-0-0
“… I deserve better, Ozpin made a mistake by choosing you as the leader” Weiss said and walk away leaving a depressed Ruby
I was listening to the whole conversation and I got to say, the nickname Yang gave her suits her more than one way
‘*ahem* focus’ Hassan
Oh, right sorry
I go out of my hiding spot and walk toward Ruby
“You look sad and hurt so I’m going to skip the part where I ask “are you ok?” anyway, tough day for you” I said from behind her
She turns around and face me with wide eye, red nose sniffling, and tear spilled from her eye
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‘HASSAN WHAT DO I DO? HELP!’ I yelled mentally
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‘KIYOHIME?!’
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‘Atalanta?’
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T-they abandon me, shit I have to this myself
Ok calm down you can do this
“Hey-hey don’t cry it will be alright” I said as I pull her to a hug and tracing a circle on her back
I can feel her calm down a bit
“Better?” I ask. She nods
I gently push her away and wait
After she wipes away her tears she look at me and said “Nemo? Is… that you?”
“Of course it’s me, who else?” I asked back with eyebrow raising
“Well… you have lion ear and green-blond hair, you also have a tail” Ruby said getting her excitement and curiosity over my new appearance to replace her sadness
That’s good
“Well, this is a new form I got, anyway back on topic, what Weiss say may be true, but it can also be false so don’t listen to what she says to heart ok?” I said tilting my head while brushing her hair that’s a bit messy for my taste
“B-but what if she’s true? What if Ozpin made the wrong choice in choosing me as the leader? What if I me being a leader will-“ I stop her before she can finish what she says
“Ruby” I said her name softly “All of that is a big ‘IF’, if you look at it from my perspective, I think that among all four of you you’re the the most suitable leader”
“How?” she asked staring right at me with her piercing silver eye
I’m going to be honest, something about those eye makes me scared,
Anyway back on topic
“Let’s see Yang’s a bit too hot headed and overconfident, which won’t last in the long run. Her partner Blake, is a bit too passive and has a trust issue. Weiss… her glaring weakness is that she’s too arrogant, not only that but she is not what you called an open-minded person. As for you well, your naïve, childish, inexperience and young” I said my piece
“Wha! I thought you we’re going to cheer me up? Why are you telling me my weakness as well!?” Ruby asked me with a pout
I look at her straight at the eye and raise an eyebrow “Do you honestly think I’m going to list all of your teammates weakness without including yourself”
Her response is to look away
I snicker and pinch her cheek
“Like I said your still inexperience and young” I paused to get her attention “yet you we’re able to lead and come up with a plan to defeat the nevermore even thou it was your first time fighting together, with the exeption of Yang. And your young, you still have a lot of time to improve, so I think Ozpin made the right choice in choosing you as the leader”
I let her digest what just said to her and continue after a few second
“Beside it’s only the first day, you still have four more years to improve! Tell you what if your still worried about it than just improve yourself, work hard, start now to become a leader” I said with a small smile
Ruby just stand there for a while and smile back
“Thanks Nemo, I- I needed that… I’m going to improve myself and work hard” Ruby said with resolve and fire in her eye
She gave me a quick hug and ran… no, more like, she zoomed away… is that even a word? Oh well~
‘aww~’ the traitorous assassin and berserker cooed
‘that was… nice of you… and surprising’ Atalanta mused
Oi! I take offence on that!
0-0-0
Fuu~ there
20 dust infused with ice wall and ice barrier spell, 5 dust infused with a blizzard explosion spells, 30 dust infused hail storm spells and 1 dust infused with freezing tornado that act as a drill projectile spells
I store them all in my storage and went toward my bed
I opened my scroll and read the report that Index gather from the media
-serial killer targeting female at a foggy night
-an armoured ghost sighted at the abandoned facility
-Grimm, human and Faunus corpse found at forever fall forest, all victim appear to have a stab wound
And many more
Just what am I doing here? There’s nothing holding me back to go there…
‘you yourself know that you can’t leave Ruby. Beside, you can’t do this yourself’ Hassan said
I know she’s right but I can’t just bring them to my fight they have their own lives
‘sooner or later they will confront the tainted servant’ Hassan said and went silent
I let out a breath and allow myself to fall asleep
0-0-0
“Bwahahahaha I thought Rubes was just kidding! But Io and behold hahahaha”
I forgot to talk to Glynda yesterday and currently still wearing the girl’s uniform
I was just minding my own business, eating my breakfast while equipping Atalanta and this jerk come and laugh at me
I ignore her and continue eating, nothing can stop me from enjoying the blessing in the form of food from me
‘Agree’ Atalanta said and nod sagely
“Yang who is that? And why are you laughing at her?” Weiss I’m guessing from her voice, asked Yang
Black was also curios if the glint from her eye has anything to say about it
“Eh? It’s Nemo, didn’t you introduce each other before the initiation?” Ruby answer for her sister who is still laughing.
My lion ear twitch
Weiss and Blake had a confusesion on their face
“Not to be rude or anything but… wasn’t Nemo a human? I get that you can change your hair colour but..” Blake traile off
“Oh! That’s Nemo’s semblance, Nemo has different ability, each ability will change Nemo’s appearance, but this is a new one” Ruby explain
“I see, that’s a very versatile semblance, it’s kind of fitting for him to be a reserve member. But why is Yang laughing? She’s just eating I can’t see anything remotely funny” Weiss said to Ruby
Huh? The air around them is better than yesterday
Ruby sure work fast
“Well that’s because Nemo is crossdressing” Ruby answer as a matter of fact
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Oh why you look at that, black and white froze
“You mean all this time she was a he?!” Weiss and Blake said at the same time
I ignore and continue to eat
“bwahahahahahaha!”
‘Nemo… a-are you crying?’ Kiyohime asked in concerned
‘no’ I repy chewing my food
‘then why is there tea-‘ I tune out what Hassan was about to say
I abruptly stand up punch yang on the face using reinforcement and run away while also applying reinforcement on my leg
“WAIT NEMO!”
I just continue to run never looking back
*sniff*