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  Near the back of Beacon Byzan is standing with his scroll in hand. He's got the front facing camera activated as he looks himself over.

  He grabs a few strands of his long bck hair that goes just past his ears.

  "Hmmm, maybe I should get a haircut..." Byzan mutters as he lets go of his hair. "And maybe put some highlights in... Mmmm." He bites his lip. "I'd look sexy."

  He then turns off his scroll and pockets it. Then he stretches before gncing out to the sun on its decline.

  "Byzan!" A cheerful voice calls out.

  "Hmmm?" Byzan tilts his head back and spots Velvet practically hopping towards him, Coco not far behind.

  "Ohhh!" Byzan smiles as he turns to them. "Bunny!" He gnces at Coco. "And Coffee Bean."

  Coco smirks. "Oh, I like that."

  Velvet tackles Byzan into a hug. "How are you?"

  Byzan returns the hug, before they separate, Coco also reaches them. "I'm fine." He gnces between Coco and Velvet. "I'm sorry you lost the duos, there's always next year though."

  "Thank you."

  Coco pushes up her shades. "It was strange though, I swear Yatsuhashi was right behind me. But he was on the other side of the arena at the time."

  "Hmm, strange." Byzan says as he closes his eyes and gives a smile, but in reality he's rather angry. 'Dammit Emerald, if you all win the singles, it'll draw a lot of attention to you.'

  "It was probably just the heat of battle." Velvet mentions as she sticks close to Byzan.

  Coco notices as smirks. "Oh, excited to see your boyfriend, Bunny?"

  Velvet blushes as she covers her face as she shouts. "He's not my boyfriend!"

  Byzan fakes being hurt. "Oh, Bunny, I thought we were close!" He falls back dramatically and Coco catches him.

  Steam comes out of Velvet's hears as her entire being turns red. Coco pushes Byzan back up as the two snicker to themselves.

  Velvet uncovers her face and pouts heavily. "It's not funny!"

  Coco wipes a tear away. "It kinda is." She flips back some of her hair. "But what are you doing all the way over her, Byzz?"

  Byzan winks at Coco. "People can't handle my sexiness, Coffee Bean, I must hide myself to protect the world."

  Coco looks Byzan up and down, before licking her lips. "I'd say the world needs more of you, how about you and me you know, go back to my dorm."

  Velvet pours as she thumps her foot on the ground. "Coco!"

  Coco ughs. "I kid, Vel."

  "But what are you doing over here, Byzz?" Velvet questions the cat.

  "There's a lot of higher ups from Ats here in Vale, so I kinda need to keep on the down low." Byzan shrugs. "I'd rather not have to deal with all that."

  Coco raises an eyebrow. "Why are you hiding from them?"

  "Byzan wasn't well like by the Atlesian Army, so I'd guess he's mainly hiding from Captain Winter and General Ironwood. They have bad blood."

  "Oohhh, right. Because of his whole Nightshade... thing." Coco then gets close to Byzan as she narrows her eyes. "You haven't been doing those kinds of things here, right?"

  Byzan leans back as he puts up his hands. "I swear on my mother's name, I haven't been doing that stuff here." He sticks his tongue out. "So I've been a good boy."

  Coco lets out a hum before getting out of Byzan's face. "Good, I don't want you getting in jail and braking bunbun's heart here."

  Velvet blushes again, and Byzan smiles.

  "Oh, trust me, Coco. They'd never catch me~" Byzan gives a Cheshire smile.

  Coco smirks. "Hehe, sure."

  "Well, dies, I should be off now." Byzan begins to walk off. "I must hide in the gardens from a certain Schnee." He walks off with a sway in his hips.

  Coco pulls down her gsses slightly as she watches. "Velvet, if you don't go for him, I will."

  "Coco!" Velvet shakes her friend as she blushes.

  A few hours pass by, and we see Ambré walking with Winter and Weiss, as they enter the gardens.

  "You certainly haven't been scking off, Ambré." Winter mentions as she looks at her.

  "I haven't come here to rex, Winter." Ambré looks at her cousin. "I'm here to prove that my training is working, and it is."

  "Ambré is an excellent fight." Weiss speaks up. "Hasn't lost a single battle in css yet!"

  Winter nods. "I see, that's good. I know the General will be happy to have you back once you graduate."

  Ambré slightly frowns. "Yeah... sure..."

  Winter looks around. "I..." She spots someone under a tree, causing her to frown and stop walking. Her eyes grow a look of hatred.

  Weiss and Ambré grow confused as they look over to her.

  "Winter, what's wrong?" Weiss calls out.

  "It's him..." Winter growls.

  Ambré gnces at where she's looking, and sees Byzan standing under a tree, reading a book. He's not to far away from them. "What, Byzan... Oh-" She remembers. "Shit, Winter wait-"

  Winter swiftly takes out her sword and lunges towards Bzyan.

  "Winter!" Weiss and Ambré shouts.

  "Nightshade!" Winter screams in pure rage.

  "Hmmm?"Byzan calmly looks over, only for his head to get cut off.

  But that Byzan turns into purple smoke. The real Byzan pops out from the tree canopy upside-down, behind Winter.

  "Missed me~" Byzan Snickers, and leans to the side as Winter's bde barely misses him. "Missed me again~"

  The tree branch Byzan's on shakes.

  "Oh..."

  Byzan, with the tree branch, falls to the ground. The cat faunus groans and rubs his head as he sits up. But a bde is put right into his face, his eyes going cross as he looks at it.

  "Byzantine Beldonna..." Winter spits out the name. "To think you'd run here, but I found you."

  Byzan's amber eyes gnce up at Winter, with a hint of mischief in them. "Well, well, well. If it isn't my favorite Schnee, Icy."

  Winter growls as she raises her bde. "You should be lucky I'll give you a quick death."

  Winter brings down her bde, but a hand, covered in sapphire aura, covers it.

  "Ambré!" Winter shouts at her, as she looks at the taller girl.

  Ambré, holding winter's bde with her aura covered hand, stares down at Winter. "Winter, I can't have you hurt him."

  Winter motions down to the very smug Byzan. "Do you know what he's done?!"

  "I know, but he's apart of my team." Ambré gnces down at Byzan, a small smile on her face. "And I protect my team."

  Weiss reaches them. "Winter, you could get into trouble!"

  Winter gres at Ambré. "Ambré... let go of my bde."

  Ambré returns Winter's gre with her own. "No, we're not in Ats, you have no authority here."

  "Ambré..."

  "Winter... drop it."

  "I've been chasing him for years, and now's my chance to avenge our friends!" Winter shouts. "And you protect him?"

  Ambré doesn't respond, Weiss then speaks up.

  "Winter, as much as Byzz deserves to be punished. I'd rather you not hurt my... friend."

  Winter looks between Weiss and Ambré, then looks over at Byzan, who pulls down the bottom of his right eye and sticks out his tongue at her.

  Winter then looks at Ambré, before the tall girl lets go of her Captain's bde. Winter twirls her sword, before putting it in her sheathe.

  "You're lucky this time, Nightshade!" Winter stomps off. "If you ever step foot in Ats again, you're head will be on the end of my sword."

  "Sorry, Byzan... Good luck on your match tomorrow!" Weiss gives him a forced smile, before running after Winter. "Winter!"

  Ambré stares at her cousin's retreating figures. Until she tenses up as Byzan his her thighs and rubs his face against them.

  "Awwww, I knew you loved me Sweet Cheeks!" Byzan purrs as he continues to run his head against Ambré's muscur thighs.

  Ambré slowly looks down at Byzan, he looks up at her with his cat eyes dited, giving a look of innocence and cuteness. Ambré sighs and looks away with annoyance, before slowly bringing her hand to the cat's head and giving him one singur pat.

  "Heh..." Byzan rubs the top of his head against Ambré's thigh one more time, before hopping up to his feet. "I didn't think you'd actually protect me."

  Ambré gnces down at Byzan. "I didn't think you'd let yourself get caught like that." Byzan tilts his head to the side and his smile grows rge. "You wanted too."

  "I just wanted to show Winter that she can't hurt me here." Byzan gains a rather, disturbing smile. "I'd like to see her try and take my head off."

  Ambré stares at Byzan for a few seconds. "You disturb me sometimes."

  Byzan's mood does a 180 as he gives her a cute smile. "Oh, why is that, Sweet Cheeks."

  Byzan's team leader stares at him in disgust. Before grabbing the back of his coat, he neko arc face.

  "For disturbing the peace, you're going to help me work out." Ambré lifts Byzan off the ground and carries him away.

  "burenyuu..." Byzan makes a... weird sound.

  "What the fuck?" Ambré mutters.

  A little while ter Ambré comes out of a changing room wearing a white top with sapphire blue on the straps, and her team name on the front in the same color with a number one. Then a pair of sapphire shorts.

  She stretches her arms, showing off her rge muscles as she looks around for Byzan. She then spots him at a weight rack.

  Byzan winks at Ambré, causing the girl to roll her eyes as she walks over.

  "You stretched out?" Ambré asks.

  Byzan nods as he tugs on his gloves, which cover his scarred pns. "Gave everyone a bit of a show~"

  Ambré raises an eyebrow as she looks around, spotting several students with tissues up to their noses, and blushes on their faces.

  Ambré sighs, before motioning Byzan to follow her. The two walk to a bench press and Ambré grabs the thickest bar off the side and repces the one already set.

  Then she puts 200 pounds on each side before ying down on the bench, positioning herself under the bar as Byzan stands as her spotter.

  "450 pounds..." Byzan mutters as he looks at all the weight. "You are a monster."

  "Just shut up and spot me." Ambré orders as he helps her get the bar off the rack.

  Byzan watches as Ambré, with a little struggle, bring the weight up and down, doing one set of ten, then another, then another, and another, before finally putting the bar back.

  Ambré sits up and wipes a little sweat forming off her brow. Then she gets off the bench and helps Byzan put on his own weight.

  "Only 170?" Ambré asks as Byzan ys on the bench.

  "Unlike you, I'm not that strong." Byzan positions himself under the bar.

  "I thought you'd be able to do at least 210." Ambré positions herself as spotter.

  "You'd be wrong, remember, I don't fight straight forward." Byzan does four sets of ten before stopping.

  Byzan, wiping sweat for his brow, jumps up. "Let's do some squats now!"

  Ambré looks slightly hesitant. "I don't know..."

  Byzan raises an eyebrow. "Why not?"

  Ambré tilts and looks at Byzan's rear. "You'll bring us to much attention."

  Byzan grows a smug look. "Oh, have you been checking me out?"

  The team leader dead pans. "I've been living with you for nearly half a year now. It's hard not to look at you when you wear skimpy outfits, only wear your towel when you exit the shower, love pointing out you have a firm and round ass. So yes, I have been checking you out, because you force me to!"

  Byzan still has his smug smile, causing Ambré to flick his forehead.

  "Get those dirty thoughts out of your head!" Ambré walks over to smith machine.

  "...I wasn't... who am I kidding, I was." Byzan follows after her.

  The two do their squats, and Byzan does bring attention to himself, cause there are a lot of perverts around. And a lot of jealous females.

  Hours go by and night soon arrives as Byzan and Ambré are taking a stroll in the courtyard, drinking from water bottles. Byzan finishes his bottle in one go, before pulling his fsk out and taking a few sips from it.

  "What's in your fsk?" Ambré asks as she downs a two liter bottle of water in several seconds.

  "Just some juice." Byzan states, as he slips his fsk back into his coat.

  "Alcohol?"

  "Heh, I wish sometimes." Byzan's ears flicker, and he gnces to the side. "You know, Sweet Cheeks, I think I'm gonna do some star gazing before returning to the dorm. You go on ahead without me."

  Ambré raises an eyebrow. "...Okay? Don't stay out too te, we're one of the first fights tomorrow." She walks off.

  "I won't." Byzan flips some hair behind his ear.

  Byzan watches Ambré's retreating figures with a smirk, before it turns into a smirk.

  "You know, you birds sure love to hide in the shadows." Byzan calls out.

  A crows caw is heard from behind Byzan, as he turns around he sees Qrow Branwen.

  "You must be the famous, Qrow Branwen." Byzan gives a mock bow. "A pleasure meeting you."

  Qrow's red eyes gre down at Byzan. "And you must've the infamous Nightshade."

  "At your service." Byzan straightens up. "Now, why would someone like you come looking for me?"

  "I think you know why?"

  "Ah, Rubes and Goldie, eh?" Byzan gives a Cheshire smile. "Am I right?"

  Qrow frowns. "I want you to stay away from them."

  Byzan tilts forward as he puts his hands behind his back. "Nope." He pops the p.

  "Don't test me kid." Qrow puts a hand on the handle of his weapon.

  Byzan smirks. "You may be one of the best Huntsmen on Remnant, but do you really think you could keep up with me in your old age?"

  "You want to try?"

  "Ray was right about you, you can be hot headed when it comes to family."

  "Ray?" Qrow questions as he racks his mind. "Raven?"

  "The one and only."

  Qrow swiftly brings out his sword and points it at the cat faunus.

  "Are you one of her people?!" Qrow narrows his eyes at Byzan.

  The cat faunus shakes his head. "No, I just... help her out once and a while. We share secrets and information."

  A clone Byzan appears beside Qrow. "And she's told me a lot about you." He disappears.

  The real Byzan walks towards Qrow. "But Birdy, I would never work for her. I don't like the way she operates. But I do want to know, why would someone join a Huntsmen/Huntress school to learn about how to kill Huntsmen and Huntresses, only to turn his back on that?"

  Byzan reaches the end of Qrow's sword and pokes the tip of it.

  "Was it because you learn there's more out there, then just Grimm?" Byzan calmly looks into Qrow's eyes. "And now you're hunting down the pawns for a queen in the shadows."

  Qrow's eyes widen. "How do you-?"

  Byzan leans forward and puts a finger on his chin. "How does little ol' me know about that? I have connections~ And from one pawn to another, you should just give up trying to go for the queen piece, she's just too far away on the board. You'll only be stopped by more pawns."

  Byzan turns tail and struts away.

  "Stop me if you want, but just so you know, this pawn has nearly been to the other side of the board, and I'm ready to promote." He stops and looks back at Qrow. "Also, Ruby and Yang are my friends, you can try to keep me away, but good luck. I'm pretty much attached to those two now."

  Qrow watches as Byzan struts away, before gritting his teeth in anger and putting his weapon onto his back. "That kid is way too dangerous." He disappears into the shadows as a crow's caw echoes.

  Suddenly an orange haired fox faunus appears out of thin air, leaning onto a mp post. His green eyes look between where Byzan and Qrow went.

  "Qué interesante giro de los acontecimientos." He lights up a cigarette. "El gato sabe más de lo que deja ver." He smirks. "This only makes the game more fun."

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  11-06-2024

  2800 words