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Raishun slowly opened the door to his home, shrugging his bag off of his shoulders. "Oof, talk about a long day" he muttered, kicking off his shoes as he closed the door behind him and began walking to his kitchen. He stopped outside the kitchen, looking at a picture of his family. He slowly ran his fingertips across the smooth glass, "It's been six months already huh." he sighed, moving to run a hand through his unkempt blue hair, only to hit himself in the face with his bracelet.
He flinched in pain and gave his bracelet a hateful look. It was red and silver in color, with a black line running through the center. Three holes formed the shape of a triangle in what he assumed was the top of the bracelet, which was a gift from his father after he had gotten into a fight and blacked out. He never got a chance to ask him why he had given him the bracelet.
Deciding that he didn't want to dwell on the past, he moved to continue his journey but stopped when he felt a splitting pain in his head. Stumbling, he fell to the ground clutching his head in discomfort.
"Sleep," A coarse voice in his head commanded.
"Who the hell are you!?" he looked around, trying to find the source of the voice, his eyelids beginning to feel heavy. "What do you want with me…" he trailed off, as his closed. The last thing he heard was heavy footsteps coming up behind him, and then the world went dark.
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Raishun slowly opened his eyes, a bright light blinding him as he sat up. Standing up, he was shocked to see that instead of being in his house, he was instead surrounded by a lush forest.
"Where the hell am I?" He whispered, his golden eyes scanning the forest for any people that may be with him, but all he found was the sound of the wind rustling the leaves overhead. "Guess I'm alone."
"Hands up." A feminine voice behind him ordered, "Turn around slowly, any sudden moves and you'll have another hole in your head to breathe out of."
"Nevermind then," he raised his hands in surrender and turned slowly, following the voice's orders. When he had turned all the way around, he was surprised to be met by a girl wearing a sleeveless single piece green and black dress pointing a rifle at his head. Her blues eyes were narrowed, as her pink hair swung idly in a messy ponytail. "Well, that escalated quickly."
"Shut up," the girl pushed the cool metal of the barrel into his forehead. "Now who are you?"
"I'm Raishun Alenko," he slowly lowered one of his hands, and slowly extended it in greeting. "Nice to meet you,"
The girl began to slowly circle him, looking him over for any weapons he may have hidden. After circling him twice and not finding anything, she decided he wasn't a threat. She slung her gun over her shoulder and shook his hand. "I'm Alisa Speeddraw."
Raishun nodded and took a step back, giving her a skeptical look. "So do you greet everyone like that, or…"
"O-oh no, sorry about that," Alisa played with the bottom of her dress nervously, "We've just had reports of the White Fang causing trouble in the forest recently, so when I saw you looking around like you were lost I thought you were one of them." She looked at his hair "Though now that I take a closer look, you don't look like a Faunus."
"It's fine," he replied, deciding to ignore his own questions as to what a Faunus was. "This is going to sound stupid, but where are we exactly?"
She seemed surprised by his question and gave him an odd look. "We're at Beacon Academy." Upon seeing that he was still confused she decided to elaborate. "You know, where hunters and huntresses go to train?"
An idea suddenly popped into his head at her last comment. Schools were a place of learning, so there was a chance that he could find out more about where in the world he was. "Uhhh, yeah I knew that!" He crossed his arms over his chest. "I just got lost, would you mind showing me the way back?"
She nodded, with a bright smile on her face. "Of course!" she chirped and began to walk into the forest, with Raishun trailing close behind her. "So are you here for the entrance exams too?"
"Yeah, though it shouldn't be too much of a challenge for me." He said with a cocky grin on his face, though on the inside he was trying to think of a way to bluff through the exam.
"Oh, so you're the competitive type huh," Alisa smiled, looking at him over her shoulder. "I hope your weapon and semblance are ready! And speaking of which, what's your semblance?"
"I'm sorry my what?" He asked with a confused look on his face.
Alisa stopped dead in her tracks and looked at him, her face filled with worry. "You sure you didn't hit your head back there? But since you asked, a semblance is an ability that you're born with." She stuck out her hand with her palm facing upwards. "Like this," Her eyes narrowed on her palm, and blue particles began to move from the trees and ground into her hand. Slowly but surely, the particles began to cluster in the shape of an oval, until a bullet was sitting in her palm"
"Woah, that's awesome!" He cheered, staring in amazement at the bullet in her hand.
"Yup," Alisa beamed with pride, handing him the bullet, "Here you can keep it."
"Thanks!" He moved to place it in his pocket and stopped, his outfit had changed. Before he had fallen asleep, he had been wearing a simple t-shirt and jeans. But now he was decked out in a red hoodie and black cargo pants, with a green poncho sitting on his shoulders.
"So what's your semblance?" Alisa asked, snapping him out of his trance.
"Oh mine, it's um-" he stopped as he saw the edge of the forest behind her. He placed the bullet in his pocket and pointed behind her. "Hey, I think we're here!"
Together, the two walked the small distance and arrived on campus. Large buildings dotted the campus, with a large tower in the center of the campus. The sound of students buzzing about filled the air, as airships dropped students off.
"Woah," Raishun whispered under his breath "I'm not in Kansas anymore"
Alisa looked at the dumbfounded look on Raishun's face and giggled. "Well this is where we part ways" She tapped him on the shoulder. "I'll see you at the entrance exams tomorrow!" she said before running off into the campus, and into the crowd.
Not knowing where to go and with daylight fading, Raishun decided to follow the crowd into a large ballroom. One look at the inside told him that this was where they would be sleeping. He looked around for a bit and eventually decided that an empty space on the wall would do for the night. He sat down with his back against the wall and heard his stomach rumble. "Damn, I haven't eaten since yesterday." As if his prayers had been answered, a small loaf of bread fell into his lap. He looked up and saw a short girl wearing a buttoned-up white trench coat with black straight pants. She had smooth white hair that went down to her back and her purple eyes stared down at him.
"Well, what are you waiting for, an invitation? Dig in!" She huffed.
"Oh right, thank you!" He smiled and began to devour the bread. It tasted bland and was a little hard, but it filled him up all the same. He stopped eating for a second and looked back up at the girl. "I'm Raishun, what's your name?"
"I'm Laura Izuna," She said in a dignified manner. "And don't mention it, I just felt bad for you is all." She looked him over. "Where's all your stuff?"
"My stuff?" He looked at the other students and saw that they all had bags with them, filled with their belongings. "I only came here with the clothes on my back," he answered truthfully.
"Is that so…" she took a quick look around her and saw that people were beginning to turn in for the night. "Looks like people are going to go to bed."
"Yeah, looks like it." He replied, scarfing down the rest of the bread. "I'm guessing we should probably get some rest too."
She nodded, "It was nice meeting you Raishun, good luck in the entrance exams" And with that she turned and walked over to the other side of the gym, where all the girls seemed to be sleeping.
"You too!" he yelled back, earning him more than a few dirty looks from the students around him. Opting to ignore them, he laid down on the cold floor, pulling his hood over his head. "Entrance exams huh, I'll probably fail those," he sighed, drifting off to sleep with his thoughts focused on what was to come.
"Hey, hey wake up!"
Raishun slowly opened his eyes and saw Alisa looking down at him. "G'morning Alisa," he slurred, rubbing the sleep from his eyes, "What do you want?"
"It's almost time for the entrance exam, hurry up or you're gonna miss it!" Alisa said urgently.
"Oh shit, your right!" He was fully awake now and jumped to his feet, quickly running a hand through his hair to make it look semi-presentable. "Lead the way!"
Nodding, she began to run through the halls and out the building, eventually, the two arrived at a cliffside overlooking the forest he had woken up in. Students were lined up, each one of them standing on a circular pad. They both quickly jumped onto a pad and began to listen to their instructions, seemingly arriving at the end of the long speech.
"Your goal is to find the artifact with your partner, and return it to the extraction point on your scrolls." Said a white-haired man. He was dressed in a green suit and used a cane to walk along the line of students while he sipped from his mug. "I wish you all the best of luck, and I sincerely hope you have a landing strategy."
Landing strategy? Raishun wondered, as a student from the far right side of the cliff was launched off their pad and was sent flying into the forest. He nervously looked at the person beside him, a tall student with wavy brown hair and eyes the color of chocolate. He was clad in a purple and brown jacket, with white fur at the neck and wrists. "I don't think he had a parachute," He said nervously.
"He didn't need one," The student said, "He'll stick the landing… probably." He turned to face Raishun, "What's the matter, you scared?"
"Of course not," Raishun huffed. "I bet your the one who's worried."
The student chuckled and shook his head "I'll see you in the forest if you don't die from the fall of course" He turned to face the forest and was launched into the air.
Raishun gulped, it would be his turn next and without a parachute, he was pretty sure the fall would kill him. He took a step backward to try and get off but heard a small click underneath his feet. "What did I do to deserve this," He cried, as he was launched into the forest below.
