RWBY: Fireborn

???: "Boo."

Logan: "Shit!"

???: "You kiss your mother-WOAH!"

Logan, who was crouching in the bush, did a handstand kick as hard as he could. The person who had grabbed Logan's shoulder just bȧrėly dodged Logan's kick, with it just grazing their chin. Logan rolled forward and the person stumbled back. As Logan and the person regained their bearings, the stared at each other, examining each other.

The person examined how Logan looked. A kid about 10 or 11 with vibrant red hair that faded to a brilliant gold at the tips. His face could be seen to be quite handsome in the future. A tight scarlet shirt, baggy jeans, and a pair of well worn boots; the shirt could be seen showing off his tightly packed muscles. To the person, the oddest sight was the kid's eyes, they were blue with specks of grey in them. All in all, the kid was quite handsome.

Logan examined the newly arrived person in front of him. As he had guessed, it was one of the Branwen twins, and as luck would have it, it was Qrow. His graying black, spiky hair, dull red eyes and slight stubble along his jawline couldn't be mistaken for anyone else. Along with a red, tattered cloak, he wears a gray dress shirt with a long tail, black dress pants and black dress shoes. His weapon, Harbinger, hung off his waist from his back.

Qrow: "Hey! Watch it kid! That would have hurt anyone else if it wasn't me."

Logan: "Sorry, I wasn't expecting someone to sneak up behind me." Logan began as he dropped his guard. 'Thank the heavens, its Qrow. If it was Raven, I'll be dead were I stand after that kick.' Logan thought as he started to brush himself off.

Qrow: "No problem. Names Qrow, by the way. But I gotta admit, you got damn good reflexes for someone your age. You training to be a Hunter?"

Logan: "Logan. And yea... Something like that."

Qrow: "You looking to do something bad, kid?"

Logan: "Due to 'certain reasons' I'll be late joining a academy for beginners."

Qrow didn't say anything, and just looked at Logan's face hard. His eyes were drilling into Logan. His eyes telling Logan to spill it.

Logan: "Tell you what. I'll tell you why, IF you tell me why your here, Human. Deal?"

Qrow looked surprised at my deal. From the look on his face, didn't realize that Logan wasn't a human. After thinking about it for a while, Qrow agreed to the deal.

Qrow: "Fine, but first, why did you call me a Human? Aren't you one as well?"

Logan: "I'm not. Though I don't look like it, I'm a Faunus. A hawk Faunus to be specific." Logan said as he took off his shirt to revel the sprawling scrawl-work that was his wings in tattoo form. He had learned how to change the pattern, size, and shape after practicing for a month.

Qrow: "Are those your 'WINGS'? Kid, I hate to break it to you but those are tattoos...Why do you have tattoos?"

Logan: 'Better be upfront with him, he's one of the few people I know I can trust.'

Logan sighed. With a very well acted struggle, Logan's wings slowly broke free from his back and formed in to their full size. Once they were fully out, their length stretched to a full 12' long. Logan continued to act as if it was tiring and painful for a bit, even going as far as to drop to a knee in pain. After panting a bit, Logan stood up.

Qrow: "... Never mind..."

Logan: "Sorry for that display. Having them cramped up for awhile hurts like hell."

Qrow: "I can see. *Takes a sip from his hip flask* I'm here to check up on what Ghira Belladonna from Kuo Kuana said that a few Hunters fought a unusual Grimm."

Logan: "Ah, you must be here about the Grimm Lord."

Qrow: "Kid, how did you know. *Qrow griped his weapon* Ghira was told not to revel that to anyone until I could get here."

Logan: "Calm down will ya, Birdbrain? I know because I was the one that found the horde it was leading."

Qrow: "You better start talking kid." Qrow said after he deduced that Logan was telling the truth.

Logan: "It'll take some time. Walk and talk with me. I'm on my way to Kuo Kuana myself. You'll get a first hand recount without the need to hear it secondhand."

Qrow: "That will make this so much easier. *Sips from flask* By the way, what were you doing in that valley?"

Logan: "Training my semblance. The boulders in that valley are extremely hard and make great practice targets."

Qrow: "Huh, what's your semblance?"

Logan: "I'm not completely sure. I can control ash and some fire, but I'm sure that that's all. If anything, I think that I have about a 35 maybe 40% of it usable. I'm not even sure what I'm fully capable of."

Qrow: "Why tell me all this? I could be a bandit for all you know."

Logan: "Qrow. I trust my gut. I can tell that underneath your exterior that you are a kind and generous soul."

Qrow: "Your gut, huh?" Qrow said as he took a sip from his flask. 'From the way he holds himself, he's like a miniature Ozpin.'

Logan: "I need to pick something up real quick though." Logan said as he walked to a random bush.

Qrow: "What?" Qrow asked as he watched Logan root through the bush he was in.

Logan: "Just something I found stuck in an Alpha Ursa. It should be around here... Found it!"

Logan shouted as he pulled the [Black Orchid] from the bush, he had placed it there as he started to search. Qrow raised his eyebrows as he was the blade and its unique design. Qrow walked closer as he inspected the long weapon in Logan's hands.

Qrow: "I've never seen a weapon like this. Its beautiful. Its more of a piece of art rather then a weapon. Is it even usable is the question."

Logan didn't answer Qrow, but walked towards a tree. Once in front of it, he slowly unsheathed the 90cm blade with relative ease. A thin trail of smoke followed the tip of the blade as it moved. Without warning, Logan began to swing the sword with well balanced swing and slashes. To Qrow, it was as if Logan was made for the weapon. It was as if Logan was dancing and the weapon was his dance partner.

As Logan moved around swinging the [Black Orchid], he began to slash at random trees, bushes, shrubs, saplings, really anything in his range. With every cut, slash, or hack; everything that was targeted was cut down. With a leap, Logan preformed a downwards diagonal slash on the tree he started in front of. A thin trail of smoke followed with every move he made. Once Logan had landed, he walked to where the sheath was discarded, picked it up, and sheathed the sword as the tree falls with a loud crash behind him.

Qrow: "Uhh.....Kid? You sure that your still 'training'? Hell, I lost the tip of that sword several times. Most Hunters can't even move like that. That's not even mentioning that it's a completely unknown weapon to them. Give it to me and I'll guarantee that the most I can do is swing it around randomly! How in hell did you manage that?"

Logan: "I'm not sure actually, I just let my body move as it wanted. There are times I just know how to move. I can't really explain it. If I had to put it into words...'Instinct' maybe?"

Qrow: "Forget it., I'm not dunk enough for this. *Sips from his flask X2* Now, you know why I'm here. What 'something like that' mean? I can tell that it ain't anything legal. Spill it."

Logan: "The two who fought the horde, but died to the Grimm Lord had a child. The mother of the child told me with her dying breath. I just had vague details about her appearance. But I found a girl with a similar appearance. And what I found on her is..."

Logan just shuttered at the thought of Neo's past. Qrow was able to take the hint about what he found. Qrow just simply walked over to Logan and placed his hand on Logan's shoulder. Logan took a deep breath to calm his nerves and began again.

Logan: "Her names Neo. Her full name is Neopolitan. She has a pale complexion with a unique three color hair that's natural. Pink and brown with white strips in the pink part. Her childhood was... 'Rough'... to put it nicely."

Qrow: "Tell me."

Qrow still stood there with his hand on Logan's shoulder, waiting. Logan looked down at the ground, avoiding eye contact with Qrow. Logan began, but his voice cracked with disgust and hate.

Logan: "The ones that took her in were find with it at first. Then slowly they began to hate her because of her hair. As she grew, they began to abuse her. At 5 years old, she already had multiple fractures all over her body, but not her face. This continued till she was 10, then they tried to sell her for money as a s** slave to a group of 'less then undesirables'. That happened last year, Qrow. After that, the 'undesirables' and those that took her in were found dead."

Qrow was taken aback. His face showed shock then disgust and hatred. His grip on Logan's shoulder tightened before he spoke.

Qrow: "They 'SOLD' her as a s** slave? She's just a kid!"

Logan: " 'Tried', Qrow. I dug quite deep and found what happened. As they were ripping her clothes off, she unlocked her semblance. I'm not sure entirely what happened after that. All I could fine out is that the 'undesirables' were killed, later so were the ones who took her in."

Qrow: "Damn... *Drains his hip flask* All that happened and no one helped her... I see why you said that. I have a few connections, I'll see if I can't find her myself. No kid should live that life."

Logan grabbed Qrow hand that was on his shoulder and gave it a tight squeeze. Nether one of them were happy about that history with what happened to Neo. Countless words were exchanged between them with that simple gesture.

Logan quickly removed Qrow's hand and turned around and place the [Black Orchid] that was in his hand on his shoulder. The aura around his completely changed, trying to dispel the dark mood that had settled. After walking a few steps, Logan turned around and called out to Qrow.

Logan: "Enough with that. Let's keep it between ourselves for now. Others don't need to know. *Smirking* Now come on! Kuo Kuana has changed quite a bit! I doubt you'll recognize it from before!"

Qrow was surprised at Logan's quick mood change, but went along with it to get off the depressing and angering topic. Even he didn't want to dwell on it too much for now. After a quick jog to catch up to Logan, Qrow began to talk.

Qrow: "What happened?"

Logan: "A lot of things really. I don't want to ruin the surprise. But I can tell you that a big change happened."

Qrow: "Ha! I hope you ain't lying. I heard that a lot buildings been going on, but nothing really was announced. The most I heard was that the 'White Fang' changed drastically for some reason."

Logan: "I might have had something to do with that..."

Qrow: "I don't doubt it. From the way you hold yourself, I thought you were at least 50 or 60 when I first meet ya. How old are you anyway?"

Logan: "I'm about to be 11 soon. In a month and a half if I remember today correctly."

Qrow: "You just a bit older then my youngest niece!"

Logan: "You have a nieces and nephews?"

Qrow: "Just two nieces. The youngest one has just turned 10, her name's Ruby Rose. The eldest is 13, her name's Yang Xiao Long."

Logan: "Why do I have the feeling that Ruby is a sweet, innocent girl and Yang is a trouble-maker?"

Qrow just began to laugh at Logan. After calming down, Qrow explained that Logan was dead on with his feeling. Then he explained the antics that Yang got into constantly. Logan then told Qrow about his sisters. About their hijinx and all the trouble they got into. They continued to talked as they walked to Kuo Kuana.

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Qrow: "Kid? I'm sorry I ever doubted you."