Chapter 21 - 21 - Stow-Away

Team RWBYS had finished showering but it took everyone 3 hours to get completely ready before leaving out. Shallot had an outfit similar to his previous outfit. He had his blue baggy pants and a green-furred coat warped around his waist.

He had a long black sleeved compression shirt to outline his muscles. His tail was wrapped around his waist above his green-furred coat keeping it from slipping it from his waist.

Shallot: 'I like this outfit. Maybe I can go shopping. I still have 430,000 Lien left on my card. After going through whatever that was when I went to sleep I feel like I can use my semblance far my efficiently than I could previously.

I shouldn't get to worked up about possibly being thrown into different timelines considering I'm not from this universe, to begin with so all in all the experience was pretty tame.'

Shallot had managed to calm down and wanted to think about some other things to take his mind off of what he saw and witnessed. He wants to come up with some contingency plans just in case Ozpin doesn't come up with a way to stop whatever is happening.

Shallot had waited for the girls to come out and after they had all gathered they had left Beacon and headed for the city of Vale. After they had all made it there Blake was sticking close to Shallot talking to him about what exactly had happened.

She knows that just seeing something wouldn't make him lose his temper and she didn't know what the silver eyes were about.

Shallot: "It wasn't just seeing things but I lived through those events. I could interact and talk and even hit the Grimm that was there. I had arrived in one place where Adam was there but you weren't as strong as you are now. Your counterpart was weaker than Yang.

I had watched you be decapitated and after that, I had blacked out for a while and when I came to I was in a different place altogether. I felt far stronger than I ever was before and I plan on getting everyone at least close to your strength within the amount of time that the tournament fights happen."

Shallot and Blake talked about what he went through and Blake couldn't imagine how she would react if she saw everything around her burn down and if Shallot were to be killed in front of her.

Blake: 'Knowing that another me was killed by Adam made me think that maybe I should have just killed Adam before I left the White Fang.'

Shallot was also talking to Ruby and walking backward while showing her the best way to attack with hand to hand and telling her about the joints and how to attack them.

Shallot: "The easiest way to understand fighting others is by understanding and analyzing their movements. The joints between limbs are the weakest points you can target. Whether you are fighting Grimm, humans, or Faunus, all of them have joints connecting their ligaments.

The hip will show you the movement and motion of the swing. The movement of the arm when punching out can be countered in multiple ways."

Shallot throws a punch in front of Ruby while twisting his waist and his back foot stepping forward as his punch goes in front of her ċhėst causing her to feel a slight breeze.

Shallot: "You can put more strength into your punch by adding rotation into your attacks. Alright, now punch towards me."

Ruby punched out with her right fist towards him at his ċhėst copying Shallot's movement but not as smooth.

Shallot used his left hand sliding up Ruby's arm sending a chill to run up her spine and Shallot grips Ruby's arm then stepping into close range to Ruby and wrapping his right hand around Ruby's waist placing his hand on her stomach.

Shallot: "With enough skill and technique you can redirect attacks so that your aura doesn't take as much damage while also using their strength against them."

Ruby blushed at being so close to Shallot and could feel her heart beating faster. While Shallot was showing Ruby about ways to redirect and using certain stepping methods to attack without a weapon.

While they were walking around the could see some people setting up a banner that said: "Welcome to Vale".

Weiss: The Vytal Festival this is absolutely wonderful."

Ruby stopped praçticing the movements Shallot was teaching her and turned looking towards Weiss.

Ruby: "I don't think I've never seen you smile this much? It's kind of weirding me out."

Shallot started looking around everywhere looking paranoid. Everyone noticed this before Yang spoke up.

Yang: "What's wrong Shallot?"

Shallot continued looking for a bit of time before turning back to them.

Shallot: "I'm just making sure that I'm not in an alternate timeline again. Someone must have replaced Weiss then.

Weiss: "Hey! How can anyone not smile? A festival dedicated to the cultures of the world! There will be dances, parades, a tournament! Oh, the amount of planning and organization that goes into an event like this is simply breathtaking.

Shallot started shaking his head back and forth.

Shallot: "Nevermind this is our Weiss and I'm still in the right timeline."

Shallot started smiling and feeling more relaxed with the conversation.

Yang chimed in.

Yang: "You really know how to make something fun seem so boring.

Blake wasn't saying anything thinking about something.

Blake: 'I'm glad that Shallot has calmed down now. I also want to rub his tail so that he can relax... and it also feels really soft. He takes such good care of it.'

Weiss: "Oh, shush you."

Yang: "So, we decided to come outside so we can cheer Shallot up but why are we by the docks?"

Ruby: "Ugh, they smell like fish."

Ruby was pinching her nose with her fingers.

Shallot: "Maybe we'll come across a fishy situation."

Shallot joked with a forced smile while Yang started laughing.

We all appeared near the edge by some railing and could see a large ship in the distance.

Weiss: "I've heard that students visiting from Vacuo will be arriving by ship today and as a representative of Beacon I feel as though it is my solemn duty to welcome them to this fine kingdom."

Shallot: (mumbles) "Or scare them away."

Weiss snapped her head towards Shallot.

Weiss: "Hey, I heard that!"

Blake: "I think she means she wants to spy on them to have the upper hand in the tournament."

Weiss: "You can't prove that."

Shallot continued looking at the docks as if waiting for something.

Shallot: "Not yet. You haven't gotten close enough to them yet."

Ruby: "Whoa."

We could see a shop with a broken window in the distance with the police all over the place and yellow "do not cross" tape wrapped around the area.

Shallot: 'It should be time soon to see if Sun has any reaction to me and if not I can always ask him.'

The group walked over to the area filled with police to see up close.

Ruby: "What happened here?"

Detective 1: "Robbery. Second Dust shop to be hit this week. This place is turning into a jungle."

Yang: "That's terrible."

Shallot: "That's how the world works. Those that are strong take from those that are weaker and grows stronger while the weak can only either parish or flourish."

Yang: "Seems pretty "Grimm" don't you think."

Detective 2: "They left all the money again."

Ruby: "Huh?"

Detective 1: "Yeah, just doesn't make a lick o' sense. Who needs that much dust?"

Detective 2: "I donna, ya know what I mean?"

Detective 1: "Ya thinkin' the uh, White Fang?

Detective 2: "Ya I'm thinking we don't get paid enough."

Shallot: "I donna less jus' forget about it. Les' jus' grab a donut or somethin' we got all day."

Blake started giggling at Shallot imitating the detectives.

Yang gave a thumbs up at the imitation and also laughed.

Weiss: "Hmph ... at least your feeling better now Shallot"

Ruby: "I'm glad your feeling better but it's a shame about what happened at this store."

Weiss: "Hmph. The White Fang. What an awful bunch of degenerates."

Blake hearing that still holding some fondness for some of the people in the White Fang like Ilia Amitola.

Blake: "What is your problem?

Blake asked without getting angry but asking out of curiosity since she did remember that Shallot's notebook says that she will get into an argument. She wanted to try to prevent what may happen.

Blake: 'I still need to talk to Shallot about the notebook but I was distracted by what happened earlier.'

Weiss: "My problem? I simply don't care for the criminally insane."

Shallot: 'If Ghira could see how the White Fang was seen now I wonder if he would have chosen to step down in the first place and let Sienna lead.'

Blake: "The White Fang is hardly a bunch of psychopaths. They're a collection of misguided Faunus.

Weiss: "Misguided? They want to wipe humanity off the face of the planet!

Shallot: "The White Fang is only acting in the same manner as the rest of humanity discriminating against those who discriminate against them. From what I know the White Fang wasn't aggressive originally until the rest of humanity kept poking and prodding until something happened."

Blake: 'I hope Shallot doesn't make something happen instead of me.'

Blake: "Either way, it doesn't explain why they would rob a dust shop in the middle of downtown Vale."

Ruby: "Hmm. Blake's got a point. Besides the police never caught that Torchwick guy I ran into a few months ago... Maybe it was him."

Shallot: "Considering it was a dust shop I'm pretty sure it was Roman."

Yang: "You seem pretty familiar with that Torchwick guy."

Shallot: "Well, I did travel with him when I was younger so I kind of knows his habits. I'm also the one who has probably messed with him the most out of everyone alive on the planet."

Everyone looked surprised that Shallot knew the guy.

Ruby: "Is that why you called him by his name when you saw him in the store when we first met?

Shallot just turned away and started whistling.

Weiss: "That still doesn't change the fact that the White Fang are a bunch of scum. Those Faunus only know how to lie, cheat, and steal"

Yang: "That's not necessarily true."

Shallot: "To be generalizing like that Weiss makes you a racist."

Sailor 1: "Hey stop that Faunus"

Shallot: 'Great he's going to give everybody with a tail a bad reputation.'

Everyone turned to see a monkey Faunus with yellow hair running away from some of the sailors on the boat and jumping off the boat from the side towards the docks.

The Faunus was running in Team RWBYS direction, as he was running by he winked at Blake with the detectives running behind him and Shallot had his mouth open shocking him having forgotten after what all seemed to have happened to him and was still adjusting some things in his head.

Yang: "Well Weiss, you wanted to see the competition and there it goes."

Weiss: "Quick! We have to observe him!"

Shallot: "Imma kill em'!"

Shallot was the first one to start running not thinking about using his ki and everyone else running after him. As Shallot was rounding the corner there was someone there and he used his tail to shift them to his side and re-wrapping his tail around his waist and continued chasing Sun.

Shallot continued running and the detective seemed to have lost Sun but Shallot still knew which direction he went. Shallot jumped off the ground and flew above the buildings looking down and scanning the area.

Shallot: 'I'm glad that the hunters and huntresses in training are easier to find while sensing for power levels since their auras are stronger. Oh, he's over there I think.'

Shallot shot off in a direction above some buildings before seeing Sun duck behind some crates in an alleyway.

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[Yang Xiao Long]

Tier: At least High 8-C, 8-B with her Semblance

PL:165|300+ with her semblance

Attack Potency: Building level+

Speed: Hypersonic | Hypersonic+

Lifting Strength: Class K (Stronger than Ruby and comparable to Nora), higher with her Semblance | At least Class K, higher with her Semblance | At least Class K, higher with her Semblance

Striking Strength: Building Class+, Large Building Class with her Semblance | Large Building Class, Large Building Class+ to City Block Class with her Semblance | At least Large Building Class, City Block Class with her Semblance

Durability: Building level+ | Large Building level (Comparable to Ruby Rose), higher with Aura

Stamina: High. Capable of fighting Grimm for an entire day straight before getting tired

Range: Standard melee range to hundreds of meters with gauntlets

Standard Equipment: Ember Celica (Ranged Shot Gauntlet) | Ember Celica, Her prosthetic arm, her motorcycle

Intelligence: Gifted

Weaknesses: Hot-headed. According to the writer, Yang has slight difficulty against those who kick more often than not (However, this is only a minor inconvenience that hasn't resulted in any significant issues in combat). Continual damage to her Aura will cause it to decay to the point where she can be left open to more significant damage. Aura's durability is ċumulative; it will deplete with each attack she takes and can be brought down by characters of similar strength. Semblances drain aura by a small amount and without aura they cannot be used until the user's aura is recharged.

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