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Good job with that, makes it so you don't get bogged down trying to do too much before canon.Regarding the timeskip, there will be a few flashbacks, but the prologue arc was mostly to set the tone, this is the real start so to speak. I will cover some important past plot points later however as they become relevant.
He's the man they send to kill the fucking boogie man.
This was another good chapter. Thank you. I loved the interactions between Itachi and the headmaster (edited: not pyrrha we didn't even see that).... But there's absolutely no way Pyrrha could even come close to beating Itachi unless he holds back a lot
Just to point out, She didn't beat Itachi. She lost, handily, likely got really competitive and then forced a tie.
And she's nothing to scoff at either. She's arguably the strongest non-maiden, non-magic using, human on human combatant on Remnant, barring maybe one or two edge cases that hard counter her.
The thing about her powerset, is that the only thing that beats her is wide scale damage and overwhelming force, something that obviously wouldn't be used during a spar and she comes with a pretty potent counter to some of Itachi's kit. Itachi likely can't manipulate the senses her semblance gives her, which means she can feel the metal around her even under illusion, which means even if Itachi puts her under she'll likely feel a vaguely human shaped object(Metal eyelets in shoes, metal buckles, metal rings/jewelry, metal weapons, etc.) moving in her direction which doesn't match up to what she's seeing. And with illusion semblances around, she'd quickly learn to trust her semblance over her eyes. There's also the possibility (Read probability) that after losing to Itachi, she's stopped holding back her semblance in a fight, she stops hiding it, stops using it for covert manipulation and goes directly into overt, wide scale and wide range manipulation of metal. So now everything metal on Itachi is a liability, both weapons and clothing/accessories. So unless he went into that fight explicitly with no metal on him I can see him having a difficult time at first, which is probably why it ended up a tie.
Metal manipulators are kind of a big deal in a world where a lot of important shit is made of metal, Just look at Magneto and how he can make Wolverine his bitch, I can see a similar problem with anyone even remotely focused on weaponry.
A good chapter, bit surprised by the timeskip but getting into canon after 25K words was probably prudent, don't want to have an entire novel before the events of the canon storyline even begin, unless you were trying to tell such a story at least.
Those are good points, but I think it's more accurate to say that she has around the highest potential to be a world class fighter when her opponents are people . She hasn't even gone to beacon yet -- she not going to defeat the average hunter right now.
Does Itachi even have the sharingan does he use it in the fight against Pyrrha or is his control messing that up tooSo if you are interested in the context of the fight (I will probably get to a flashback of it in the second Arc) it happened when Pyrrha was 15 and Itachi was 18, when she was between tournament wins. Her father is a long term contact of Qrows and they get a little competititve with each other about their apprentices. Qrow obviously thinks a fight is a great way to make new friends and he wants Itachi to make some new friends around his own age.
Power level wise, Itachi is still fighting the way itachi does, minimum force bought to bear and is still searching for the answer to his aura control issues and the effect they have on his chakra stamina (Even now during canon). Pyrrha is still the once in a lifetime duelling genius but with a lot less emotional control due to her age.
First fight - Itachi does itachi things, a little disrespectful, leads her round by the nose with illusions. They clash physically a few times and are roughly evenly matched with her having the physicality and stamina advantage and him having the overwhelming skill advantage. He does the usual and uses illusions to let her beat herself. (Normal itachi would be more than a match physically, but this itachi has physical issues due to the dual energies. It's something we will explore during the first few arcs.)
Then Itachi makes big huge mistake. Through a breathtakingly dumb engagement with the old Uchiha arrogance, he disrespectfully lets Pyrrha know that he beat her with illusions. Up to that point she's fell for the illusion and thought she's lost to a simply superior opponent. Obviously girls a fighting genius and asks for a rematch.
Now armed with the knowledge that Itachi fights with illusion, she shuts off relying on her regular senses and follows the one sense she's sure he can't corrupt. The sense of metal granted by her semblance. She counter traps him using his own illusions as bait, and when he gets fully taken in she stabs him in the thigh with Milo in spear form, it bounces off his Aura and skims the family jewels with a critical effect on his aura level. Itachi gets a little spooked by it and she grabs him by his collar and headbutts him. If she had stabbed she would have won but the headbutt knocks both of their aura below 50 and it gets called as a draw.
She swears to beat him next time and Qrow removes Itachi before they can get involved in another fight.
To this day Itachi has no clue how a 15 year old physically bitchslapped him through multiple layers of illusion.
Does Itachi even have the sharingan does he use it in the fight against Pyrrha or is his control messing that up too
I wonder if he also went by Crow or maybe another Corvid. Like Magpie.
Him... Together together if the guy with the lucky semblance strolls in.
I'm just quietly celebrating Willow killing her stupid husband, and polite society can't do shit about that. She's the rightful head of the SDC. That's kind of a first for me in RWBY fanfiction.
This was another good chapter. Thank you. I loved the interactions between Itachi and the headmaster (edited: not pyrrha we didn't even see that).... But there's absolutely no way Pyrrha could even come close to beating Itachi unless he holds back a lot. She just doesn't have the experience with actual lethal fighting compared to tournaments. I doubt she went and did some mercenary work for a different perspective.
I hope future chapters won't get bogged down in people fan-girling and fan-boying over Itachi, or upstarts trying to beat him. I'd much rather see him interact with the people he truly cares about or others with depth, and progress the plot. Or unpack the past.
Now, how much thirst for Itachi can we expect from the female cast?
It very much depends on work as i work in supply chain and have a kid so theres a significant level of disruption that can occur which removes my writing time. During good times i try to update all my fics at least once a week, and in really good times i can crack out a chapter a day, but if work gets busy it can drop to as low as once in two months. Its basically at the whim of work.
Love it! A few perspective/tense issues and missing commas but overall for a first try really enjoyable! I've given you a spot in the extras tab!Omake: This will be my first write in on this platform EVER so, be nice. Not my first story but I'm a very new writer. This was based off of a bit I made in a comment on this very thread between Roman and Cinder and after reading what Salius wrote I thought, "Yeah, why wait?" So I made into reality. Again, I'm still a very nooby writer any and all critisism is welcome.
The Rook:
"It's not what you did Cinder that pisses me off. It's who you did it to." Roman said quite out of the blue.
They had gotten back from raiding a dust shop when a girl with a scythe came in and nearly captured Roman had it not been for me. When they returned to base, Roman started to be annoying, well more than usual, and started ignoring everything she ordered him to do. She demanded what got him in such a pissy mood and tried to narrow it down. Finally he talks and all I do is scoff. So she said back, "Who? That fucking girl?" Was she infamous or something?
They were currently in Torchwick's office with him sitting in his chair. He stood up from said chair and moved around his desk to face me standing up. Once we were face to face, Neo appeared to his side and offered him a glass. Whiskey from the smell and color. Taking the glass and sipping at the liquid, she roll my eyes at his dramatics. Finally he looks at me again and says, "That fucking girl, is the sister of Itachi Uchiha."
At the name drop, Neo visibly shudders making Cinder raise a brow. Neo wasn't the most powerful, that belonged to Cinder, but her skills and semblance are nothing to scoff at. Looking back at Torchwick, she see that he had taken another sip and had closed his visible eye.
Roman opens his eye to look at mine and explained, "He's a ghost, the supposed partner of Qrow Branwen. He's called The Rook."
Making her scoff, "Like the bird? What's that three now? Qrow, Raven and now 'The Rook'." She say mockingly even putting sarcastic emphasis on a 'feared' name. "So what is he? The bogeyman?" As she says with a faux fearful expression with false trembling hands.
Surprisingly neither one reacted. Then Roman smirked, "Not exactly." He takes the full shot this time and places it on his desk. "He's the one who kills the fucking bogeyman."
Though she'd never admit this, not even to herself, she got a bit scared. But, it had to be just words right? Nothing else.
...Right?
"One time, I was in Junior's Bar for a drink. These guys were getting rowdy when Itachi tried to get them to leave peacefully. They denied him and told him to piss off. I then saw him incapacitate all 10 guys. With a pencil." He then got very close into her personal space. "A fucking pencil." He then went back to his previous spot. "He did all this in barely the blink of an eye."
If the last statement made her scared, this one made her terrified. Seeing her expression, he nodded to himself. "One day Neo and I were robbing a bank, as you do." He then takes off his hat and checks it over, "Itachi came in, trying to play hero. So, I underestimated him." Neo suddenly gave Torchwick another shot of whiskey which he downs immediately. "The damage he'd done that day lay foundation of most of my scars. Hell, it's why my hat has some of it's brim missing." He chuckled completely devoid of humor.
He shakes his head, puts his hat back on and turns to leave for his door before pausing at the doorway and tilts his head to look back at Cinder. "If he decided to go after you, I'm afraid there's nothing anyone can do. Save for the Brother Gods themselves. So you better start praying Cindy." With that he left her with only her thoughts.
A/N: First ever Omake. Hope it's somewhat okay. Like I said, any and all critisism is welcomed.
Thank you too. 'John Rook' Amazing! Also 690 words ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°). Completely on accident but will absolutely say it was on purpose!Love it! A few perspective/tense issues and missing commas but overall for a first try really enjoyable! I've given you a spot in the extras tab!
Thank you for posting!
Really hope this is canon.Omake: This will be my first write in on this platform EVER so, be nice. Not my first story but I'm a very new writer. This was based off of a bit I made in a comment on this very thread between Roman and Cinder and after reading what Salius wrote I thought, "Yeah, why wait?" So I made into reality. Again, I'm still a very nooby writer any and all critisism is welcome.
The Rook:
"It's not what you did Cinder that pisses me off. It's who you did it to." Roman said quite out of the blue.
They had gotten back from raiding a dust shop when a girl with a scythe came in and nearly captured Roman had it not been for me. When they returned to base, Roman started to be annoying, well more than usual, and started ignoring everything she ordered him to do. She demanded what got him in such a pissy mood and tried to narrow it down. Finally he talks and all I do is scoff. So she said back, "Who? That fucking girl?" Was she infamous or something?
They were currently in Torchwick's office with him sitting in his chair. He stood up from said chair and moved around his desk to face me standing up. Once we were face to face, Neo appeared to his side and offered him a glass. Whiskey from the smell and color. Taking the glass and sipping at the liquid, she roll my eyes at his dramatics. Finally he looks at me again and says, "That fucking girl, is the sister of Itachi Uchiha."
At the name drop, Neo visibly shudders making Cinder raise a brow. Neo wasn't the most powerful, that belonged to Cinder, but her skills and semblance are nothing to scoff at. Looking back at Torchwick, she see that he had taken another sip and had closed his visible eye.
Roman opens his eye to look at mine and explained, "He's a ghost, the supposed partner of Qrow Branwen. He's called The Rook."
Making her scoff, "Like the bird? What's that three now? Qrow, Raven and now 'The Rook'." She say mockingly even putting sarcastic emphasis on a 'feared' name. "So what is he? The bogeyman?" As she says with a faux fearful expression with false trembling hands.
Surprisingly neither one reacted. Then Roman smirked, "Not exactly." He takes the full shot this time and places it on his desk. "He's the one who kills the fucking bogeyman."
Though she'd never admit this, not even to herself, she got a bit scared. But, it had to be just words right? Nothing else.
...Right?
"One time, I was in Junior's Bar for a drink. These guys were getting rowdy when Itachi tried to get them to leave peacefully. They denied him and told him to piss off. I then saw him incapacitate all 10 guys. With a pencil." He then got very close into her personal space. "A fucking pencil." He then went back to his previous spot. "He did all this in barely the blink of an eye."
If the last statement made her scared, this one made her terrified. Seeing her expression, he nodded to himself. "One day Neo and I were robbing a bank, as you do." He then takes off his hat and checks it over, "Itachi came in, trying to play hero. So, I underestimated him." Neo suddenly gave Torchwick another shot of whiskey which he downs immediately. "The damage he'd done that day lay foundation of most of my scars. Hell, it's why my hat has some of it's brim missing." He chuckled completely devoid of humor.
He shakes his head, puts his hat back on and turns to leave for his door before pausing at the doorway and tilts his head to look back at Cinder. "If he decided to go after you, I'm afraid there's nothing anyone can do. Save for the Brother Gods themselves. So you better start praying Cindy." With that he left her with only her thoughts.
A/N: First ever Omake. Hope it's somewhat okay. Like I said, any and all critisism is welcomed.
So, each of the team changes is suppsoed to accomplish something, Oz kind of agreed with Itachi but didnt like leaving what was previously Juniper without a primary dust user given they would no longer have Pyrrha to pick up the slack so his mindset is kinda this.Weiss and Jaune? Jesus Christ that is a flaming dumpster fire. His ego will be cold and dead by the time he gets in any fighting shape. At least she's not on the same team as Blake. And Pyrrha did deserve better so I'm glad she got with Ruby. Itachi's arguments were quite convincing though.
Good chapters -- felt iffy about Weiss but I do think she's not the type to like, much less "fall for" people who save her. She has a lot of pride and doesn't really like that princess persona in the context of hunters.
I'll try reviewing grammar sometime this week.
So, each of the team changes is suppsoed to accomplish something, Oz kind of agreed with Itachi but didnt like leaving what was previously Juniper without a primary dust user given they would no longer have Pyrrha to pick up the slack so his mindset is kinda this.
Jaune/Weiss - Jaune has a lot of potential and talent but no drive to train properly due to how sheltered he was. Without Pyrrha to push him he needs a more balanced education so Itachi will get him up to speed physically with the new class but doesnt use dust at all so who better to teach him dust. Weiss is a lot more solitary by choice than in canon due to the amplified abuse by her father, and the two people likely to be able to bring her out of her shell are Ruby, or Jaune. Her and Jaune will find common ground in being sheltered by an overbearing family and being broken by the same.
Pyrrha/Ruby - This is Oz's attempt to grow Rubys independence from Itachi, due to Summer surviving and Itachi existing and being ultra protective in that Uchiha way, Ruby is a lot less 'hardened' and 'brittle' than her Canon counterpart, but she pays for this by being more naive and a little too cocooned. On the flip side, he hopes that Ruby will pass some of her own views on heroism to Pyrrha. Pyrrha believes being a hero is dying for your beliefs but Itachi has drilled into Ruby that being a hero is having the resiliance to live for your beliefs as he doesnt want his sisters falling down the same hole that he did. Two prodigies with opposing viewpoints on heroism partnered up to help balance each other.
And also he wants to troll Itachi of course, In both cases. But he definitely has justification for the two partnerships.
He didnt agree with putting Blake with Jaune, as he couldnt find a connection between them, he did however agree to keep Blake and Weiss separated and this was the best configuration to do so. Weiss hates faunus a lot more than canon at least early on here, and Blake's disdain of humans is similarly amplified (Funnily enough for the exact same reason as Weiss being worse, even if the opposite side of the situation.)
Great reasoning! And interesting changes. Did Qrow's .. romantic relations with Willow start way earlier and result in Jacques treating his daughters worse? And maybe Itachi went on some anti-white fang missions that made Blake's life harder?
Little more widespread and i have it on my list to outline a flashback that includes the info later but essentially it's like that meme with the small domino that leads to a massive domino. Chain of events *roughly* goes like this.
Summer lives, so Qrow is not bound to Patch helping Taiyang deal with the kids. Qrow gets out around the world backed up by Itachi a lot of the time.
Qrow and Itachi deal with a lot of bandit problems across the city states while Qrow teaches Itachi. The city states don't have to deploy hunters on those jobs so there are more hunters at home.
Due to more hunters surviving/being uninjured or available, and Qrow actively hunting down problems, the White Fang is significantly less effective in Vale and Mistral particularly as these are the two places Qrow focuses on most of all.
This starts a snowball effect where failure in certain areas causes the white fang to focus on the areas they *can* be more succesful in. They don't really work in Vacuo as it's basically egalitarian anyway so that means Atlas and Mantle end up taking much more of the fangs focus, and especially the SDC.
Due to this, Jacques descends into hellish levels of near permanent rage, as he starts losing massive amounts of money from basically being the primary target of the white fang. He starts investing in anti menagerie efforts which causes the situation there to decline.
His behavour at home worsens, and he starts taking his mood out on Weiss and Whitley, Jacques massively ramps up the armor fight from the 'White Trailer' to a ludicrous level as he actively doesnt want Weiss going to Beacon and decides to use it less as a test and more as a punishment for attemptign to leave. He forces Willow to observe the test too.
Armor maims Weiss and Willow loses. her. shit. She demolishes the armour and disintegrates the gheist inside it then uses the shards of the armour to turn Jacques into a pincushion. Qrow and Itachi were already on site elsewhere as they were being hired by Jacques to run a bodyguard job on a massive dust shipment. Qrow talks down WIllow while Itachi rushes Weiss to hospital. (this bit is still in conception but this is the broad strokes of it)
On the flip side of this, due to Jacques rage causing him to aggressively hunt the white fang and go after the innocents in menagerie, Blakes outlook also ended up significantly worse than in Canon, though thats also a story for later. Long and short of it is that Ilia is dead, and Trifa joins Adam as her primary hatefear target.