Rwby: The Dragon's Vanguard C1 Chapter 1: Enter the Wolf

"Red like roses fills my dreams and brings me to the place you rest"
"White is cold and always yearning burdened by a royal test"
"Black the beast descends from shadow"
"Yellow Beauty burns gold"
"Grey the dark one, knows what lies beyond the wall, clad in Grim fighting...on"

Prolouge: The Grim Wolf.
The field nearest to the small seaside village of Thorn was filled with the sound of combat. A lone figure brandishing a powerful looking single edged Greatsword against a hoard of massive slithering white serpents with the ease and grace of a master painter at the canvas.

One after another the monsters of Grim fell to his sword as wheat before the sickle. The white hooded coat he wore whipped around him showing the armor he wore under the coat. It had the appearance of plate armor and it like his coat was the same white color. However through all of this his hood stayed in place never showing his face. As the last of the Lesser Tajitu fell a giant black King Tajitu slithered across the field enraged at the deaths of its children.

The snake was far larger than he expected but the man in the white coat seemed unperturbed at this development. He put his hand up to the side of his hood "This is Wolf, the queen of the nest has appeared. It's an Emperor Tajitu. Double S class. Requesting use of black ammunition." The man had to quickly dodge the great serpent as it struck. Nimbly dodging to the right of the snake he tried to cleave its head from its body.

His sword bounced right off the scales of the snake "your going to be a great deal more trouble than I thought." He said while using the momentum to propel him back away from the Emperor Tajitu.

The Wolfs radio buzzed "Wolf approval granted." Wolf only 'hnned" in response. As the Grim coiled around preparing to strike again. Wolf flicked a catch on the handle of his sword and it bent and became a gun handle and the blade extended away from the core of the sword revealing a fore grip for stability while aiming.

Wolf worked the slide of the sword cannon picking a black clip from a pouch under his coat he loaded it into the breach and closed the action.

The great black serpent reared up to strike at the white wearing warrior in front of it. Wolf lunged at the Grim driving his weapons bladed barrel into the underbelly of the Emperor Tajitu " These rounds cost too much for just one use." He pulled the trigger of his weapon and a black beam of energy blew right through the Emperor Tajitu killing it instantly.

Wolf jumped off the dead snake and with one hand spun around the sword reforming it into a greatsword. He sheathed his sword on his back and put his hand up to the side of his hood again. "It's done tell the Boss that the Tajitu nest has been cleared out." He set to work skinning the Emperor Tajitu. After all the work he did skinning the Grim the villagers came out to see what had transpired in the field.

The mayor of Thorn stepped forward he was a balding man of advanced years with sideburns that would make even Jude Law's face weep and forfit. "You slayed them all? How could only one man do so much? Surely there were others to aid you." Wolf only shook his head "No one helped me here." The Mayor sputtered out " but the Mercenaries said they would dispatch a team to deal with our crisis!" Wolf growled "They did but my boss is trying to get me killed." The Mayor stared on with a look of horror on his face. "Why? What could make a person intentionally order such a young man to what he would hope is his death?"

Wolf looked to the side slightly he then moved his hands to his hood. The mayor took a step back. Pushing the hood back the villagers saw a dull white mask that covered his head too. He then pulled the mask off showing a young handsome face but what caught the villagers attention were the wolf ears on the top of his head. From under his coat a long thickly furred wolf tail swished around in the grass. This caused the mayor to step back in shock "You're a Faunas?!" Wolf only nodded. "I am a Wolf Faunas and, all I've been known as for the last two years is simply Wolf." Wolf merely walked over to the mayor "Sir is there any where I can use to work this hide properly?" The Mayor pointed to a small shop. "Thank you sir as payment for this I'll leave the skin of the white Lesser Tajitu and the meat from the carcasses."

The Mayor started to ask why when Wolf answered "The white skin is good for making white lingerie and other feminine garments. Given how many I slayed here that will give you quite a few sets of garments and exporting it to the larger cities and the four kingdoms would make your lives much easier here. Also the meat is considered a delicacie and sold to Vacuoo." With that Wolf went to work preparing the Emperor Tajitu skin to become a second side to his hooded trenchcoat.

Several hours had passed since Wolf had gone into the shop and when he came out he was wearing a black hooded trenchcoat. "I'm finished now. Thank you sir for the facilities." The Mayor stared at the now black wearing Faunas. "My unit should be here soon. My boss will collect the fee." Wolf put his mask back on and pulled his hood over his head.

A group of people dressed in armor of different types rode in on two trucks up to Wolf. An older man got out of the front truck he was nearly a foot shorter than Wolf with a sour looking face and somewhat portly. "WOLF! I told you no fewer than 5 times you are only to scout the area!" Wolf growled low "Sir I was scouting but I was attacked by the Tajitu. I was forced to defend myself sir." The Boss yelled back "I don't care! You broke orders again you damned Faunas!"

Wolf stood there still as a statue taking the verbal abuse. The Boss fumed; for once again this damned Faunas couldn't even die right. "You know what Wolf you only get half the usual cut of this job. On the grounds of dereliction of orders you are hereby on report."

The Mayor ran up to the Mercenaries "Now just a minute sir! This young man risked his life for my village! I won't stand here and watch him be berated for doing what was right!"

Wolf stood there amazed at the old man. He was willing to get up and defend him, a Faunas "Sir it's fine, I'm used to it." The Boss had a sick smile on his ugly face. "Oh look the dumb animal made friends. Well this stunt, you fucking freak, will cost them as well!" Wolf growled low "Sir this doesn't concern them. Leave them be."

The Boss yelled for the others to collect the fee and then to burn the carcasses. Wolf growled in a way he hadn't heard himself growl in a very long time "BOSS! I left those there for the villagers to use for goods to increase their income to build up a standing militia! They need the pelts. Now if you won't stop them I will."

The Boss chuckled "you and what army Wolf?" Wolf let his semblance out in the form of gale force winds bringing with them dark heavy storm clouds blocking out the sun.
The blue dust crystals that made the eye slots of his mask glowed giving the white wearing warrior an unearthly shine. From the abyss of his hood those glowing blue eyes felt like the glare of the adversary himself.

It was as if a monster had taken the place of the normally quiet warrior. "Now I will tell you one more time leave this place peacefully or I will force you all out! What will it be?!"

The Boss yelled for the others to instead teach the Faunas in front of him his place. Wolf swept back his coat and produced another weapon. It had the appearance of a combat shotgun with a muzzle length magazine tube and, on the right side was a straight length of metal. He gripped the steel and barely unsheathed an ice blue ninjato sword "Let us dance Calamity."

Using his semblance he vanished in a swirling storm of white only to reappear behind the group of Mercenaries with a thunderous boom coming up behind him his sword drawn out and the shotgun scabbard in his outstretched hand. "Judgment...Cut, Finallity." Wolf flicked his sword around and sheathed it.

Wolf put his sword away on his rig as his opponents fell over unconscious. He turned back to face his former boss. "This is over you useless pile of human waste. As of right now I quit!" Wolf with one hand removed his hood letting his ears stand up like they should. The mask still covered his face, its Alpha Beowulfesque markings glowed with the Dust crystals.

The said human waste could only cower in fear of the masked wolf Faunas in front of him "Y - you can't quit the unit I -I haven't given you permission!" Wolf growled again moving like lighting picks up the snivleing coward by the throat "You still think you have any control over my actions you ignorant, bigoted, piece of shit?!"

The shorter man struggled in his grasp as the claws on his fingers dug into the flesh of the humans neck. Wolf drug the human further from the village out into the killing field "Look at this." He said while pointing at the dead Grim "This is the fruit of your hatred of me and my kind. " Wolf made the human look upon the corpses that littered the field. "I've grown strong, fighting monsters of Grim that I have no business fighting, because of your personal hatred of the Faunas. The only reason why I have not killed you yet is because in a way I feel indebted to you for forcing me to become this strong. With that said I will take my leave." Wolf dropped him in an undignified fashion.

Before the man could get up he felt the wind howl and then nothing. The other man turned around standing up glaring at the white wearing warrior in front of him. "WOLF YOU WILL PAY FOR THIS DISGRACE!" Wolf spun around and his eyes glowed again "My name isn't Wolf." The Faunas turned and walked back to the villagers "my name is Fenrir De Lobo."
After throwing his former associates out of the village he spent the next few days teaching the villagers to work the skin of the Lesser Tajitu into various types of garments. After that he loaded up a truck with his gear and the Emperor Tajitu skin and set off for the nearby kingdom of Vale. Fenrir had just reached the outskirts of the city as dusk lit up the sky. " I'm going to need a lead on some work in the city while I'm here."

As he drove through the streets of Vale Fenrir saw a nightclub with some goon looking guys out front. *Hmm I wonder if Junior might have a job lined up.* Fenrir had made the mobster a contact after the last time he was in Vale with the Remenant Global Legion company.

The Mercenary company that he was once a part of. The ones who for the past two years have been trying to get him killed. He drove to a nearby parking lot, and hoped out of the truck. Getting in line his hood was pulled over his head but he left his mask in the truck.

Fenrir Windwalked his way into the club avoiding the crowd appearing just behind Junior and the Malachite twins. Fenrir tapped him on the shoulder. The bearded man spun around quickly his tie almost slapped Fenrir in the face but he caught it. "You're on edge tonight Junior. What's got you spooked? " Junior glared at the taller man "god dammit De Lobo!" He shouted. Collecting himself he straightened his tie "Fenrir, what's it been, Two, three years?" Fenrir nodded. " My question Junior? " Fenrir asked. Junior sighed "I just sent some of my boys out with a business associate, and I wasn't privileged to know what the job was." He explained.

Fenrir nodded "speaking of jobs I'm in need of one. I was hoping you could hook me up. " Fenrir said as he sent a sideways smirk to the twins. " You know Junior, that is most definitely a three way I can get behind. " He said chuckling in a deep rich tone that made both girls blush and walk away.

Fenrir turned back to Junior. He knew what he was doing getting the twins to leave. " so back to the matter at hand." It was at that moment he saw her, and he was entranced by her beauty.

Her curtain of golden hair, the softness it promised, her tan skin, and those lilac colored eyes, he remembered the lyrics to a song he'd heard 'yellow beauty burns gold'. He didn't know her name or what she was doing here what he did know was that she now had Junior by the balls.

He turned to him *help me* written all over his face. Fenrir sat down at the bar. Looking at the assistant bartender "A Jack and Coke tall, sir" the barkeep hastily prepared his drink and gave it to him before taking cover behind the bar. Fenrir looked back at Junior "this isn't my arena Junior, this is one of the dangers of being an information broker."

He calmly imbibed his drink as the blonde Goddess sent him flying past him. "So Junior, about that job? " The other man groaned from the floor. The woman who sent him flying brought her hands up in a boxing stance and a pair of mecha-shift gauntlets extended from her bracelets. He looked back at Junior "Sorry my friend it looks like a job just found me."

Fenrir stood up and Windwalked to the other end of the club. seeing the guards from outside running to aid their friends inside. "Sorry, clubs closed for remodeling, but I'll take your reservations." He said while drawing two rectangular boxes with holes off center in them, off his hips from the magna rigs attached to his pants.

As he spun them around on his middle fingers the front of the box opened up revealing a gun barrel on both and the lower end moved back becoming handles and right there were two medium caliber pistols in his hands. "Heh heh heh, come on!"

The goons charged at him with swords and axes ready only to be shot with electric Dust Jacketed bullets. Fenrir spun around his pistols closing them up turning back around in time to avoid a low flying bartender.

Simply sidestepping to avoid the human missile *hi Junior, bye Junior" he was treated to a view of what he could only describe as a Fire Dragon Goddess. The blonde haired beauty got ready to fight him next. Her eyes burned red clearly a side effect of her semblance.

She reloaded her shotgun gauntlets in a rather showy manner. "So that just happened. Guess I better introduce myself then."
She kept her stance as Fenrir raised his hands in mock surrender to show her he was no threat.

That effort was ruined by a goon trying to get her from behind. Fenrir instantly drew Calamity in Dance, firing the Dance sword nailing the goon in the head knocking him down. Fenrir disappeared in swirl of visible air currents only to reappear behind the blonde catching Dance and holding down the goon putting the blade to his throat.

Twirling out his left hand pistol Vengeance he then shot the goon in the chest knocking him out. Turning his hood covered head to the blonde "You missed one." He said flatly.

Holstering his pistol and sheathing his sword back into the shotgun scabbard, he turned back around. The blonde woman still had her hands raised in a boxing stance. "You're still looking for a fight? I just saved your ass back there and you still think I'm a threat?" Fenrir huffed, "Look I think I should just introduce myself." Fenrir was about to continue when a small voice interrupted him.

"Yang is that you? What are you doing here?" Fenrir turned to see a little girl in a red cloak standing outside of the nightclub. The blonde now known as Yang grinned hesitantly "Oh hey...sis. It's a long story." Red noticed the white wearing warrior near her sister "Who's your friend Yang?" She asked looking absolutely adorable.

"I don't know yet. Though he was just about to introduce himself." She said rather pointedly. Fenrir knowing that she was waiting for him to speak. He pulled his hood off his head and let his ears stand up.

Before he could speak both girls squealed "So cute!" Fenrir stood there stunned 'not the reaction I was expecting.' He thought. Both girls ran up to him begging to touch his ears.

Fenrir made a great mistake when he looked at the small girl in red. Her silver eyes were so big and pleading that there was no possible way to say no. "(Sigh) Alright I suppose you can touch them." Fenrir knelt down so the shorter girl could have access to his furry ears. 'What did I just do?' He thought with a shiver running down his spine.

The Blonde haired beauty knelt down so she could look him in the eyes. "I just wanted to ask you why? Why would a Faunas, a member of the White Fang help a human?"

Fenrir jumped up scaring both of them. " I'm no White Fang member blondie!" Fenrir stood there but looked at Yang and then her obviously little sister. The little red head looked up at him with what looked like discomfort and the beginning of tears in her eyes.

Fenrir looked down and swore, "Look I just reacted badly. I'm not used to people okay? Especially those who think my ears are 'cute'. I'm not with the White Fang girls I'm a former mercenary Grim Hunter. That's why I can fight as well as I can. Let me tell you my name, I am Fenrir De Lobo I'm here hopefully to find a new purpose for my talents and maybe even a little happiness for myself." He said while using all of his restraint not to let his grief show.

Yang could see the restraint he exercised in not letting his grief show it was the same look she had when she thought of her birth mother. "I'm sorry there Fen." She held out her hand "I'm Yang, Yang Xiao Long and this" she motioned to her sister "is Ruby Rose."

Ruby bowed "Oh um hi there." The girl was honestly too cute for her own good. So there was no possible way for Fenrir to stay mad at either of these girls. His Faunas hearing alerted him to sirens in the distance. "well ladies unless we want to talk to the police I suggest that we make ourselves scarce."

He said while making his coat spin up to reveal how heavily armed and armored he was.
They left quickly and quietly avoiding the 5-0. Yang and Ruby rode on her motorcycle which Fenrir learned was named Bumblebee while Fenrir drove the truck behind them. They dropped off Ruby at the Dust shop, and he followed Yang to the hotel she was staying at. "Hey Fenrir instead of mercenary work maybe you could go legit and become a real Huntsman at Beacon. I'm attending there this year and it'd be great to know I'm not the only seasoned Hunter there." Yang grinned hesitantly as she asked him.

Fenrir looked deep in thought; it was an attractive offer to be sure but we're his mercenary credentials enough to get him into the school? He had also never formally attended a combat school anyway.

He looked up at Yang and the look on her face all but begged him to say yes. "Why not its not like I have any sort of work lined up anyway." Fenrir said, before shooting her a smirk that could erase a woman's panties.
Noticing her light blush he turned back around to the truck. "I'll be at the airship yards tomorrow morning for the next flight to Beacon. I'll see you there then?" He asked waving goodnight to the woman. "Definitely I'll just look for the giant in a white trenchcoat. " She said with her usual exuberance.
Fenrir got in the truck and sped off unaware of another battle taking place across town.

(This is the start of something good I can feel it. Disclaimer: yeah? You said that about your current job how's that goin' for ya dumbass? Me: Fuck off!
Disclaimer: That bad huh?
Me: just leave me alone...I'm injured Waiver: oh goodness. Um Grim doesn't own RWBY. )