58 Training and the Immortal Werewolf

As soon as Neo returned with Kid, Blackstar and Arturia, she grabbed the ORC and began their training. Which mainly just consisted of her throwing lightning at them all. Rias used Koneko and Akeno, while Kiba used Gasper. Though all of them put up a fight, they were all pretty much faceplanted within thirty minutes. Arturia was a huge help when it came to combat. She seemed to know a lot more than Neo did, which would make sense if her theory about having some of the original Arturia's memories were true.

This lasted for two days until Maka and Soul joined them. Soul had recovered from his wound and while he seemed a bit off, this was expected, due to what Neo knew. He had the Black Blood inside of him and those dreams of tearing through Maka's stomach occuring every night. Everyone was already doing their training exercises when Maka came up to Neo, wielding Soul in Scythe form.

"Um.. Miss Neo? Sorry we missed the training exercises but.. what exactly are they doing? Blackstar is putting his hand in a jug of water.. Tsubaki is just switching between weapon modes.. Kid is.. going through a book called 'Where's Waldo' while screaming.. Liz and Patty are wielding each other and shooting at Rias and Kiba while they fight.. What is happening!?" Maka yelled while looking ready to rip her hair out.

Neo raised her hand and finished writing in her notebook before passing it off to Arturia.

"Okay. So you know the mission Blackstar went on? The whole enchanted sword stuff? Yeah, he can't use Tsubaki's new mode as is. So Stein brought out a special.. jar of soul wavelength sucking water so he can last longer in Enchanted sword mode. Tsubaki? Arturia and I here think she could make the switch between modes even quicker. I mean.. Blackstar's an assassin, right? Makes sense to have her switching be near instantaneous. Kid's, I came up with. Guy is strong as Hell but he's neurotic. Whenever I'm not with my other partner, he goes into fetal position. So I handed him an easy puzzle book with a TON of chaotic pictures happening. The goal is to have him solve it without him freaking out over the asymmetry and chaos. The Thompson sisters are guns.. They're pistols. I had the idea to modify them but that'd APPARENTLY be human experimentation so.. I'm having them practice their aim while the ORC practice sparring" Neo finished while adjusting her imaginary glasses.

"I.. guess that makes sense..?" Maka reluctantly accepted it, though it still looked weird to her.

"What about us then? Can I get a jar too?" Maka pleaded.

"Wouldn't be as effective for you. Though I think you should try to increase your emotional connection to Soul. It'll help your Soul Resonance. Aside from thaaaat.. Well, you're a one trick pony, Maka" Neo said with a shake of her head.

"Hey! That's uncalled for! I am NOT a one trick pony!" Maka denied vehemently.

"See, Kid and Blackstar both have long, medium and short range capabilities. Kid has his Reaper martial arts and his partners. Blackstar has Tsubaki, who can turn into NUMEROUS weapons and the ability to shoot his soul wavelength into you with his body. You? You have Soul, who you can wield decently and Witch Hunter. That's what you can do right now. I mean you have 'bravery' but in some cases? I'd call that recklessness" Neo finished with a sigh.

"I.. Well.. how do you think I should get better then!?" Maka asked, a bit more desperate this time.

In response, Neo just smirked.

"Good. Developing long ranged attacks or a melee fighting style now will take a lot of time. I'd say we should develop your 'one trick pony' move further. I'm gonna teach ya how to 'Getsuga Tensho' your Witch Hunter move. But you gotta deepen your bond with Soul more. So if anything is bothering you two.. Talk to me! I'll be your couples councilor" Neo said with an amicable smile growing on her face.

"Urgh.. Maka let's just work on Witch Hunter.." Soul tried to avoid all that emotional talk.

"No, Soul.. I can't stay this weak! If it helps me get stronger then-" Neo chopped her on the head and interrupted her.

"It's not just you who should get stronger. I realize you feel shitty right now but you two are a team. And a team decides together. As with a lot of shit involving teams, communication is key. You can't just assume for your partner. You don't have to talk in front of me if it makes you so uncomfortable but you should still talk. God.. how do you think I manage a relationship with four women, huh!? I talk to them. If something is bothering us, we talk it out. It's.. not a good idea to hide things from your partner, trust me on this. I've learned first hand" Neo finished the pep talk/lecture and watched as Soul and Maka started to talk amongst themselves.

~Good. Right on schedule for everything~ Neo thought to herself.

The information given to her by Pyrrha, Raven and Neopolitan was useful. It seems things have diverged a small bit. Kid and Blackstar already met Excalibur previously, for one. The reason they returned was because they met the holy sword in its 'human' form when they were investigating a Witch sighting. Apparently said Witch was trying to forcibly acquire Excalibur for herself but quickly ran off once they sensed Blackstar and Kid. Neo suspected it to be Arachne but didn't rule out Medusa either.

The training ended after a good thirty minutes and Neo returned to Blair's house with Arturia. Once inside, they noticed how oddly quiet it was. Though they didn't need to look inside very long. Raven was just putting away the dishes when they got in and eyed them both.

"Hey Rae. Where is everyone? Not back yet? Out partying?" Neo asked as Arturia looked in the fridge for food.

"Actually.. since you gushed about him, they wanted to go see Excalibur for themselves and left about fifteen minutes ago" Raven replied with a small smirk.

"Urgh.. Master.. I will go save them from the torture. I want to give that thing a piece of my mind.." Arturia said with a grimace and stormed right back out.

"Oh their poor souls.." Neo prayed for their sanity, though she suspected Neopolitan would likely just have fun.

Before she could sit down however, she was hugged from behind by Raven. Her breath tickling her ear as she moved her face in the crook of Neo's neck.

"Finally.. I have you to myself for once" Raven sighed in contentment.

"You know you could just ask, right? I'm sure I could find a private area if you wanted some alone time with me" Neo leaned back into Raven's embrace comfortably.

"Not with us being so busy.." Raven responded with a sigh.

"Haha..Yeah, sorry about that. I haven't been able to really be at ease with so many unknowns at play here" Neo responded back apologetically.

Though that earned her a squeeze on the butt by the mature woman behind her.

"Don't apologize.. I'd rather hear something nicer coming out of that pretty mouth of yours" Raven said playfully as her hands wandered the confines of Neo's outfit.

"All right then, 'Mommy' what do you wanna hea-" She was quickly interrupted by Raven's lips sealing hers as she picked the smaller woman up and held her in her embrace.

"Ooooh! Grab her boobs next!" Came a voice nearby, shocking them both.

Slowly turning their heads, they saw Blair peeking in from the hallway. She was cheering them on with little flags that had their names written on.

"We didn't know you were home.." Raven grumbled and set Neo down, who looked incredibly amused.

"Aww.. no boobie grab?" Blair sulked with her ears flattening against her head.

Neo didn't miss a beat though and grabbed Raven's breasts, earning a cheer from Blair and a look from Raven.

"What? I'm not passing that up. How could you say no to that..?" Neo defended.

"Later.. I'm not letting you sleep when we do too.." Raven 'threatened'.

-The next day, Russia-

Seeing that Neo was serious about training the three teams, Stein sent Neo to tail Maka, Soul, Blackstar and Tsubaki for their Demonic human hunt. Pyrrha had won the rock, paper, scissors tournament in order to determine who went with Neo. They were following behind them when they arrived on a snowy bridge. Blackstar and Maka were both talking about the cold when Maka sensed someone with her soul perception.

"Neo.. who is that guy? Why is he in a prisoner jumpsuit? He has his ball and chain too.. Is he cosplaying?" Pyrrha asked, calling out the style of the man who appeared before the two teams.

"Him? Yeah now that I think about it.. Why didn't he change or something?" Neo quietly questioned.

"Neo?" Pyrrha nudged the smaller girl.

"Oh! Sorry. His name is Freed. Chose it himself. Dude's an immortal magic werewolf with a magic eye. Kinda cool if.. well.." Neo half laughed when she remembered his personality.

Though that thought was interrupted when Blackstar charged at him, yelling. He used his enchanted sword mode and immediately faceplanted the snow near Freed before he could land a hit. Neo quietly lamented to herself. Despite her adding onto his training, he still charged in, yelling..

"For fuck sakes.." Neo groaned as Pyrrha smiled and tried to reassure her.

"Uh.. Well at least Soul and Maka are doing okay!" She optimistically said before Maka dropped Soul due to their wavelengths diverging.

"WHY THE FUCK DID I EVEN GIVE YOU THAT PEP TALK HUUUUH!!!?" Neo yelled at them in sheer annoyance as Pyrrha held her back from storming over there to beat them.

"Wait! Neo we should help, right!? They're your students!" Pyrrha managed to calm her down eventually.

It was a bit too late though. Freed was looking over at their direction and awkwardly scratching his wolf head. Shaking her head, Neo snapped and assumed her own weapon form. It looked different than Neopolitan's. Likely due to their souls being different. Neo was a versatile weapon. She took the form of a mechashift sword that turned into a spear with her usual color scheme. Pyrrha happily smiled and took her in her hands before calmly walking over to the werewolf and two teams as lightning flickered off the spear.

"These are students of the DWMA.. I'm not going to let you kill them!" Pyrrha passionately declared.

"Wait.. What? Aren't you.. from RWBY?" Freed asked while stars shone in his eyes.

"Um... what..?" Pyrrha lost her momentum and asked as Neo fell out of weapon form and looked at the werewolf strangely.

"OH!! It's Neo too!? How are you here!?" He excitedly ran over to them and asked while Maka looked at them with a dry expression.

"You're.. a reincarnator then huh..? Weird.. no radar or reaction from the system.." Neo muttered.

"Oh! Ohh..... you too?" He whispered.

"Neo..? Is he a target or..?" Pyrrha asked her in a whisper.

"I don't see anything stating he is.." Neo whispered back.

"Oh! Sorry for attacking them.. I wanted to follow the plot but that's sorta useless now, innit?" Freed admitted with a small chuckle.

"You can say that, yes!" Neo retorted while rubbing the bridge of her nose.

"Uh.. wanna hit up a cafe and talk then..? It's kinda cold out here" Freed offered while gesturing to the cold Maka and Blackstar.

"Let me get my students then.." Neo sighed and trudged through the snow, grabbing Blackstar and slinging him over her shoulder like a wet towel.

"Professor Neo..?" Tsubaki quietly called in confusion.

"We're gonna go talk to Mister Immortal Werewolf.. Come on!" Neo said while gesturing over to Maka and Soul.

~I guess THIS is the point where we tell canon to go fuck itself..~

[Author note!! READ THIS! Schedule is changing. OCRS will be uploaded 3 times a week, Branwen 1 per week and a new FATE Fic 1 biweekly. Though those chaps will be longer than 2k words]