Chapter 163 - 157 - You Can and You Will

Inside the Team RWBYS dorm room stood Ozpin and Ironwood who looked like he wanted to say something but was standing behind Ozpin as if he was a shield.

"I'm sorry Shallot but on the video and what the people have seen will make it so that even you are right the people here may cause some problems," Ozpin said.

"Why should I care about what they want. They are the ones that need to be protected but if they have a problem with me then we can just have Yang replace me for the next fight." Shallot said.

"We can't do that," Ironwood said.

"Yes you can and you will." Shallot said while looking at Ironwood while placing his hand on Ironwood's shoulder while squeezing slightly.

Ironwood flinched and Ozpin seeing it thought that he can agree to that. They had checked the legs were there and saw that they were mechanical. This means that Mercury wouldn't have felt it and acted like that intentionally.

Ironwood and Ozpin walked out of the room leaving Shallot with the rest of his team.

"Why are you being so aggressive toward them," Weiss asked Shallot since her sister is working for Ironwood.

"I'm not being aggressive but I won't let those that are wrong say otherwise. They can act like they can do something but in front of absolute power then you can do anything you like." Shallot said while sitting on the joined bed.

"I wasn't wrong since what I cut off weren't his actual legs but just metal anyway. They wanted him to be taken to a hospital so once he gets there they will know that he was faking, to begin with." Shallot explained which they couldn't refute and Blake sat right next to him laying on his shoulder before drifting off to sleep.

Ruby didn't understand most of the things but she could tell that Shallot always did things for a certain reason and she didn't see anything wrong with what Shallot did.

Yang had already known that Mercury had metal legs since she had found out from Pyrrha. During one of the classes, Pyrrha went against Mercury and with her semblance, she could tell that his entire leg was metal. It was the reason that she wasn't really surprised that Shallot destroyed them.

He did tell him that he would be sending him to a mechanic after their fight but everyone overreacted.

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Ironwood was walking down the hall next to Ozpin with a disgruntled and bitter face that wasn't that different from his regular face.

"You are too lenient and how can he speak to us like that Ozpin. You should teach your students to more respectful to those around them.

Ozpin thought that Ironwood was just complaining because his semblance can't help him with dealing with Shallot.

"Shallot wasn't wrong in his analysis and that he didn't heavily injure him either. He didn't have to agree at all with us and did whatever he liked since he knows that no one can stop him." Ozpin said while continuing to walk.

Ironwood stayed quiet after that and just stayed silent until he was ready to head back to his ship. They continued walking for a bit when he got a call on his scroll.

Ozpin watched Ironwood's face go from the upset facial expression to a mad look while slamming his hand into the wall.

"WHAT DO YOU MEAN THAT HE ESCAPED!? YOUR ONLY TELLING ME NOW AFTER IT'S BEEN A FULL DAY OF NO ONE KNOWING WHERE HE WENT!!!" Ironwood yelled into the scroll venting at the person on the other end.

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"This is a mess," Weiss said walking outside the door with the rest of her team.

"I still don't see anything that wrong with what happened?" Yang said while walking slightly behind.

"Yeah, it isn't like Shallot killed him anyway," Blake said.

"Blake! They are still friends!" Ruby said."

"Friends is a strong word. I see them more like acquaintances. You all are my friends. Along with Team JNPR and Team CFVL." Blake said while walking next to Shallot who didn't seem to be paying attention.

Shallot was looking at his scroll while scrunching his eyebrows.

'What the hell is this?' Shallot thought while looking at an app that he doesn't remember putting on here.

"He doing ok?" Jaune said following the sound of an opening door as he peeks out of Team JNPR's room, with his team peering around the edge in concern.

"He's doing fine," Blake said seeing Shallot trying to delete an app on his phone that kept reappearing every time he would delete it.

" I heard Mercury and his team rushed back to Haven to be with his family. So, until they land, no one can really question him about what happened." Ruby said while not believing it but even she knows that he's faking it.

Shallot just stared at his scroll squinting his eye before clicking on the app.

"Is something wrong with his scroll?" Ren asked seeing Shallot heavily staring at it before clicking on something.

"Are they making Shallot not participate after what happened even though Mercury's legs were metal," Pyrrha asked since she didn't think that Mercury would react the way he did?

At most, she thought he would have complained since Shallot hit him pretty hard and she was sure that he broke a couple of ribs.

"Shallot isn't participating but Yang will be taking his place," Ruby said.

"They agreed to that?" Ren said surprised since Shallot made Ironwood and his army look useless.

"They didn't have a choice. Either they let Yang continue instead or Shallot would have still gone." Weiss said knowing who actually runs this place at this point. She came to accept that Shallot was the big dog here and the teachers were just making sure to placate Shallot so he doesn't cause too much damage.

"Weiss!!!" Nora yelled coming out of the room sticking her head out leaning on Ren.

"Yeah?" Weiss said not sure what Nora wanted.

"I saw you talking with someone that looked like a cooler you. What were you talking about?" Nora asked.

Weiss felt proud that Nora thought her sister was cool but also slightly hurt hearing that the way she described her.

'I'm pretty cool.' Weiss thought to herself.

"You must be talking about her sister Winter," Ruby said remembering that Weiss had left to talk with her sister.

Nora hit her hand when she remembered something.

"Right, she said that she wanted to know what your teammate Shallot was like after talking with you," Nora said knowing that this could be some good gossip.

"What... no... no... you must have heard wrong since my sister wouldn't be interested in someone with other girlfriends," Weiss said while her face turned red slightly.

Shallot lifted his head hearing this before putting his scroll away thinking that he would figure out the app later.

"She said she was interested?" Shallot said looking toward Weiss.

"No! You stay away from my sister!" Weiss said pointed her finger at him.

"Jealous much," Blake said from the side while covering her mouth trying not to laugh.

"No that isn't... humph," Weiss said while puffing her cheeks thinking that are messing with her now.

Nora looked at Ren then looked at Shallot and Weiss along with the others.

"Ren, I want some pancakes!" Nora said before heading back into the room.