From Ashes and Cinder (A RWBY Fanfiction)

Chapter #2: "First Fight on Arrival"

One man with a large blue axe that seemed like it can convert into a sniper rifle got up and charged at Leon, swinging his axe multiple times before Leon caught it in his hand and disarmed the man of his weapon. He then converted it into a sniper rifle and fired a straight shot into the man's chest, sending him flying away. Leon then tore the weapon in half and tossed it aside.

The other two men, one armed with a longsword and the other armed with two wing-like blades charged forward at Leon, but Leon, thankfully, came prepared. He pulled out his greatsword from his back scabbard and then began to battle with the two armed men. He was easily able to block each strike that came from both attackers and was able to disarm them both with little effort. The two then ran away like cowards.

Just as Leon was about to store his sword back on his scabbard, he heard a roaring shout coming from above. It was Cardin, who was falling down to the ground ike a missile, with his mace in hand, ready to deliver a crushing blow. Leon dodges just in time to avoid the hit.

"Get back here, you little twerp!" Cardin yells as he gets up from his landing.

Leon preps his sword for Cardin's charge and blocks his first strike, taking advantage of the window he left open that allowed Leon to kick Cardin hard in the balls, causing Cardin to howl in pain and stagger back.

"W-Why... Y-You...!" Cardin shouted as he tried to charge forward amidst the pain.

Leon easily sidesteps to avoid Cardin, and, to Cardin's surprise, with one swift sword strike, Leon breaks Cardin's back armor plate and, in a swift move, pulls out his right pistol and fires an explosive round at Cardin's back, causing him to get knocked hard into a wall. Cardin's impact made a huge crater on the wall, and thus, he was left pinned to it.

After the short battle, Leon stored his weapons back in their proper containers and dusted off his hands, with the rabbit Faunus girl just sitting on the floor behind him, her expression in both amazement and wonder, with a little nervousness thrown in for good measure.

"Are you okay?" Leon asks as he turns to the girl, lending her a hand as he did so; a gesture that the girl kindly accepted.

"Y-Yeah. Thank you, and, you are..."

"Leon Night. Pleasure to meet you, miss..."

"Oh, I-I'm Velvet Scarlatina. T-Thank you for helping me, Leon." 

Leon simply nods at Velvet.

"Um, are you... New here?" Velvet asks.

"Yeah. I'm the new student. I'm from Atlas. By the way, how long have these guys been bothering you?" Leon asks.

"Well, that, I can't tell anymore." Velvet replies shyly.

"Nice to meet ya, Velvet. Oh, and by the way, take this," Leon says as he hands a bar of chocolate over to Velvet.

"Oh, um, thank you," Velvet says shyly.

"Thank you for the thank you. Anyhow, I gotta go. My mentor's probably looking for me right now. See ya around, Velvet," Leon said as he left.

"S-See ya.." Velvet whispers as she waves goodbye at Leon, who returns the gesture.

"So, how was the brawl, kid?" Qrow asks as he walks in, only to see the results of the fight.

Leon just raises a thumb up to Qrow as he walks past him, with Qrow following him.

"Well, your first fight on the first day. Way to go, Leon," Qrow sarcastically says with a chuckle.

"Ha, ha. Very funny, master," Leon said.

"Hey, what did I tell ya about that whole "master" thing? Just call me Qrow, kid," Qrow simply says.

Leon simply smirks at his mentor's remarks. 

"So, I believe ya met someone back their, right?" Qrow asks with a mischievous grin.

"Her name's Velvet, and please, for the love of the gods, just STOP," Leon states.

"Okay then," Qrow replies with a chuckle.

'Hell of a first day. Got to meet new faces, and make enemies from all places,' Leon said in his thoughts.

"So, ya ready to meet the headmaster?" Qrow asks.

"Ready as I'll ever be..." Leon says confidently, while trying to hide his shy interior.

"Okay then, let's go!" Qrow shouts as he takes another sip from his wine flask.

'Geez, Qrow, how many sips have ya even swigged today?!' Leon says in his thoughts.