An idea I had while sitting through class today, I give you my next fanfic. Which is totally opposite of the other RWBY fanfic I wrote (And if you care for RWBY at all, you won't read it. Please don't).

The Fifth Kingdom, hidden from the world of Remnant. Hammond, sheltered from Grimm and human affairs. Since it was on the Island to the north, and a bit east of Atlas, it lacked Grimm. The Kingdom, like Atlas, prospered thanks to this. However, it didn't busy itself on trying to destroy the Grimm, nor did it step in to deal with Remnant's ever changing political field. It simply just didn't do anything. The Kingdom was never mentioned in the Great War or any of the legends of the past. Forgotten to time, and to all minds in Remnant save a few, the Hammond Kingdom progressed to a level of technology that would surpass Atlas. However, the government decided to make a surprise appearance to the world. In light of new info, they sent their best warrior in training to the prestigious academy of Beacon. What happens next in anyone's guess.

At least to those who aren't in Hammond's borders.

Ozpin's office

Professor Ozpin sat in his office, reading an email on his screen. He read it over and over again, in disbelief. A student was being sent to his school from an unknown source. Apparently, his 'Eyes' had found a promising student during his travels. The person in question was found fighting off multiple Grimm Alphas in a field, and had killed off others from what he had read. Ozpin rubbed his chin, unsure of what to do. He knew his enemy, the Queen, was already prepping her next move. A person who had killed many Alphas was his next best thing for a defense. Ozpin had some great students already, like the "Invincible" Pyrrha Nikos and the prodigy Ruby Rose, one more couldn't hurt. He responded to the email, saying to his 'Eyes' to bring the person to him.

Sometime after the First episode of Volume 2, Arena

"Students, today I would like to introduce you to our newest student. Due to some special circumstances, he will have his initiation here in the arena." Glynda Goodwitch announced to the class of First years in the room. The individual teams started talking amongst each other. A new student? They all wondered what he was like. Was he strong? What was his weapon? His semblance? Questions arose, but they were all silenced by Glynda in an instant.

"Now, why don't you come on out?" She asked out loud, then turning to her left. Boots were heard hitting the arena.

(Que Kamikaze by Eminem)

The student was wearing black boots, grey pants with metal pauldrons, a black long-sleeve with a grey chest piece, which had an double headed eagle on it holding a Hammond symbol, and had a scoped Spitfire on his back and a Wingman on his left side. He had some kind of device on both wrists, not giving anything away. He was pale, one eye was brown while the other was green, he had slightly messy brown hair, and stood at 6'5". He stopped at the center, looked around the arena, and stopped at Pyrrha Nikos.

(You can stop the song)

The new student wasn't sure how to proceed. The Headmaster had told him to challenge the most challenging person in the room, and right now he knew it was two people. One was Pyrrha Nikos, the other was the blonde male who was sitting next to her. He had heard he had large Aura reserves, but lacked skill. A tank if he learned to fight, a minor threat for now.

"This is Gio Heldrake, but he prefers Gio. He was picked up by Hunters who were passing through the area and found him surrounded by Alpha Grimm, and beating them badly. He has been cleared for a late and modified Initiation. So...who wants to fight him?" Glynda asked, everyone was unsure if they wanted to fight him. Gio, however, looked up at the stands, eyeing up the students. He saw threats, and absolute jokes compared to him. He needed a good fight, and he had a good choice in mind.

"I want him." Gio announced, pointing a one Mercury Black. Mercury looked slightly surprised, and looked towards his partner, Emerald, who gave the go. He stood up, staring down his opponent. Gio stared back, unfazed. Mercury reached the arena, and raised his fist into a combat stance. Gio did the same, and his wrist device started clicking. Glynda raised her riding crop, and quickly started the fight.

Gio ran at his opponent, and Mercury quickly fired off some shots at him. Gio smirked, and started to shimmer, and suddenly disappeared in a small flash. Mercury tilted his head, but he heard something behind him. He turned around, and was met with a fist to the face. Gio shook his hand slightly.

"Huh, a thick skull." He said, nonchalantly. Mercury shook of the punch, and fired off more shots. Gio quickly dodged them, then ran at Mercury. Behind him was a light blue trail following him. Gio had doubled his speed, landed a solid jump kick on Mercury. Mercury was surprised at the power, and he was having a hard time figuring out this dude's semblance. He needed a breather, but Gio wouldn't let him. Gio landed a right straight to Mercury's face, and did a spin kick to knock him away. Mercury landed on his side, hard. His aura was three fourths gone, he need to turn this around. Mercury jumped into the air, and fired off asm any shots as he could. When he landed, he turned ran to another position. Gio simply smiled, then pulled out the Spitfire, holding it in his right hand. His left hand grabbed the Wingman on his side, and aimed at Mercury. In an instant, he fired both guns at the same time. The Spitfire shot down Mercury's bullets while the Wingman shot down Mercury. The bullet hit Mercury right in the face, clotheslining him. He rolled a little, and stopped. His aura was past the threshold, and he was done.

The crowd was stunned, and had been the entire battle. JNPR stared at the new student, while WBY was the same. Ruby, however, was interested in his weapon combo. Where was his CQC weapon?

"Mr. Heldrake, I think you will do great things here. You have passed your initiation with flying colors." Glynda remarked. Gio nodded, and went to help Mercury up.

Mercury was trying to lift himself up, but he was having some trouble. He didn't notice Gio's hand stretched out, offering help, till he looked up. He grunted, but grabbed the hand nonetheless.

Later

"So, he's proficient in fighting?" Ozpin asked. Glynda nodded, and handed him a tablet with a video of the fight loaded on the screen. Ozpin watched with interest. Few students could fight so gracefully, and with such power. Gio was a force to be reckoned with, if only they knew where he came from.

"My recommendation is we just keep him between Teams RWBY and JNPR. They seem proficient enough to stand with him." Glynda mentioned, Ozpin agreeing. He was interested in the armor the student was wearing. It was...familiar.

"What are you, Gio Heldrake?" He asked himself.

Dormitories

Team RWBY and Team JNPR were standing outside their dorms, confused. Gio was with them, though he himself was not confused. The teams just had been briefed on how they would proceed with Gio. The teams weren't shocked, but found it odd. They didn't know what to do with Gio, but they were discussing it.

"I say we put him with JNPR. It would be weird if it was one boy with four girls." Weiss stated, with Ruby agreeing with her. However Yang wasn't as onboard.

"We can't let JNPR have him, then they would have a leg up on us in power!" She exclaimed.

"Yang, you just want to tease him!" Ruby shouted.

"Guys, keep it down! We can probably deal with this like civil people. I mean, the way we're doing this, we'll be up all night!" Jaune said, trying to calm the group down. Gio nodded, but this caught Yang's attention.

"I can go all night, if you want." Yang said seductively.

Gio's mouth formed half smile. "You have my attention." This caused Yang to raise an eyebrow.

"Okay, they cannot be in the same room together. EVER." Weiss ordered, the others agreed. It was then settled that Gio would stay in JNPR's room. Thankfully, Gio only had one suitcase and a backpack. He brought it into the room, and opened it. Inside it was sets of clothes and his Beacon uniform. In his backpack was a sleeping roll and a blanket. He set up the bed roll and blanket in a corner of the room, near Jaune's bed.

"All done, can I sleep now?" He asked the group. They all nodded, got ready for bed, and fell asleep.

Airbase Guardian, Kingdom of Hammond

Airbase Guardian was stationed in the eastern part of the island. The base, as with the other three air bases, were built with the same layout as the first airbase, Airbase Sierra. That Airbase was in the main city, housing the main fleet. Airbase Guardian, however, housed the dispatch fleet. This fleet was smaller than the other fleets. It was made up of three Mega Carriers, six Battleships of the Malta class, eight Andromeda carriers, and eleven Draconis transports. However, these ships were preparing to defend against an evil the world had seen many times before. The world just didn't know it was coming. Hammond knew, and they were waiting. They had the details to derail them at every step. But the fleet was bored. How bored? Well…

"I'm just saying, Ronins should know martial arts! It would be wicked awesome!" A Hammond grunt said to his partner, who was pondering it.

"It would be cool, but could a Ronin handle it? Their chassis is pretty weak. That kind of movement might damage it while in battle. We don't have a way around it." The partner countered.

"True...but what if Scorch could make, like, huge BBQs? Like, base-wide huge! Just a couple flame cores in controlled directions and we all get well cooked meat!"

"Scorch uses thermite and caesium, dude. We can't eat stuff cooked in that. We'd die."

"Okay…"

"But what if Ion could charge the our electronics with one triple shot?"

"There you go! That's some thinking! But, it might overload our stuff."

"See, now you're thinking like me."

The two stopped, an Atlas was walking by. It was followed by a group of Spectres in formation, 3 rows of 15 robots. They were armed with either Volts, DMRs, or L-Stars. They passed, and the two continued to walk. They discussed other things, like what weapon was best used to counter Titans or how Ronin's would be destroyed when they phased into Titans but others would be killed when someone phased into them. They walked into a garage, where they found a mechanic working on a Paladin battle tank.

"Steve! How's that tank treating ya?" The idea grunt asked the mechanic.

"I tell ya Ryan, this thing is a bitch to me. I think the driver took it on a joyride on a path of jagged rocks and then tried to fight a Legion." Steve, the mechanic, responded. "How's life treating you two ground-pounders?"

"So-so. No combat yet, but we're still in the waiting phase of the plan. Apparently, the higher ups of our fleet are waiting on confirmation from the HQ to go to the next step of our plans. Though, it is still slow going-" Ryan started, but was interrupted by a scream and something shouting "Flame Core!" and a wall of thermite flowing from the left side of the garage.

"Oh boy, the Scorch is acting up again." The mechanic sighed.

The next day, Beacon Academy

"So in conclusion, the Third Faunus War left us with the emotions and problems we face today. This war's outcome is the prime reason the White Fang…." Oobleck was dragging on and on about the Third Faunus War. Gio, who was trying to pay attention, sat bored in the back. Not only did he already know about the war, he had read sources on how human tactics had failed against the Faunus and how they had worked in other battles. Gio also knew how a Faunus group tried to invade Hammond, was coerced into surrendering without a casualty, and given a new life in Hammond. Gio sighed, he wished he could just be somewhere else. Instead, started to daydream.

He found himself in a forest, full of towering redwoods. While others would find this a predicament and would be lost, Gio was familiar with this forest. It was his girlfriend's favorite place to go when they snuck away from training. They had found a green patch of grass to lay on and cuddle, wasting the hours away until they needed to head back. Of course, Gio remembered exactly where it was. He walked to where it would be, and found her. She was sitting in the center, staring into the sky. Gio walked up behind her, and sat down. He tapped her shoulder, signalling that it was him, and wrapped his arms around. His girlfriend softly chuckled.

"It's good to see you again." She said to him. Gio smiled.

"It's good to see you again as well. How's the view?" Gio asked her, and at that she turned around to him.

"The view is nice, but looking at you is better." She said, softly kissing him. Of course, Gio wished it was real, but it wasn't. These dreams of her hadn't been real in two years. His girlfriend has disappeared two years ago. One minute, she was out on patrol, the next minute her squad went missing and she hadn't been seen since. Gio was torn up about it for months, but replaced his distraught feelings with urgency to find her. So when the opportunity to go search in Anima came up, he took it. Of course, he hadn't found her and was subsequently brought to Beacon in the process. He had searched everywhere and was on his way to Vale when he was ambushed. At least he got to Vale faster.

"Mr. Heldrake?"

Gio was shaken out of his daydream and thoughts by Oobleck. The professor did NOT look happy.

"Mr. Heldrake, while I am astounded by your high score on the History pre-test you took to get into this class, which only is only slightly lower than mine, I would still appreciate it if you would pay attention in my class." Oobleck stated, to which Gio nodded, as he apologized for his disrespect to his teacher and the interruption he caused. Oobleck took careful notice that Gio had apologized for those things without being told to and sounded sincere in his voice. His body language reflected it as well. Oobleck nodded, and went right back to the lesson. Gio was with him the entire time.

Lunch

"Well, looks like someone was dreaming about something back there." Yang said playfully, causing Gio's attention to turn to her. "You were mumbling something back there. You dreaming about a girl or something?"

Gio smirked, "Wouldn't you like to know? Perhaps I was dreaming about you, what would you say to that?"

"I'd say good choice."

"Maybe I should tell you how I wished to-"

Weiss took that moment to slam her hands on the table, "Do not continue that thought!"

Gio and Yang turned to Weiss, and started laughing at her. Weiss realized that she had just implied that they were going to say dirty and lewd things, thus making her think about that stuff. She shrunk in defeat. Gio and Yang high-fived each other.

"Well, glad we get along great. I was kinda worried. You showed up all serious and kicked the hell outta Mercury, you looked like trouble." Yang said, everyone groaning at the pun. "But you get along just fine with us. Except Ice Queen, you upset her really well."

"Hey!"

Gio turned back to Weiss, "My sincere apologies to you Weiss. I didn't mean to upset you."

Weiss saw his sincerity, and wondered how he could go from something akin to Yang's attitude to somewhere along the lines of being a gentleman. She sighed, and accepted his apology. Ruby and Nora missed the whole conversation, the two were (somehow) having a civilized conversation on the best way to destroy a Grimm Beowulf. Blake and Pyrrha were discussing something, and turned to Jaune, asking him something. He nodded, and the three turned to Gio.

"Gio, what is your goal here?" Pyrrha asked. New students were a huge rarity in Hunter Academies. They had to be skilled and usually had a goal in life. Gio turned to her, his eyes searching her for anything that could hurt him later on with what he was about to tell her.

"I'm searching for my girlfriend. She disappeared from my life two years ago, and I have been searching since. Either for answers and closure or for her current position. My negativity appears to attract Grimm easily, so I was ambushed by Alpha Grimm of all varieties on my way here." Gio explained, causing everyone's jaw drop at this. "I defeated them, but I was found and brought here. It was stroke of good luck, I guess. I was coming here next to search anyway."

Pyrrha was shocked, this boy lost his girlfriend to unknown causes, searched for two years, and had probably defeated multitudes of Grimm while doing it. He was beyond skilled, he was Hunter level pro. He probably surpassed her in skill. Blake was worried his girlfriend was killed by the White Fang, two years ago they had killed a patrol in southern Anima. Jaune was saddened by the story. If Gio attracted Grimm, he probably had a hard two years searching and fighting. Yet, he was empty-handed with his results. The others had similar reactions as Jaune.

Gio realized he had been staring at the table, so he looked up at the others. He quickly realized he had killed the mood. "Hey now, it's alright. Y'all seem to have alleviated to negativity, so it's not bad, right?"

This perked everyone up, and they realized he was right. Gio hadn't been negative while they were all together, so they started laughing and joking again. Gio smiled, this was almost as good as his time during training.

Later

Gio was walking back to JNPR's room when he almost ran into a trio walking along the halls. He stopped, and went to apologize.

"I'm sorry, I-" He stopped. Right in front of him.

"You!" Mercury shouted, Gio paid no attention to him. Right in front of him. It was…

"You are quite alright, I'm sure it was an accident." The girl in front of him said, smiling at him. Gio was flustered, but quickly regaining his composure.

"Perhaps it was, either way it was mistake of mine. I should've been more aware of my surroundings." Gio apologized. "Though, you do look familiar. Have we met?"

"Funny, I could say the same about you. Perhaps we should meet up later, talk about this more?" the girl asked.

"I would like that, perhaps we could meet at a coffee shop in Vale. If I could get your Scroll number, I would gladly text you a date and time."

The girl nodded, giving the number. Gio gave his to her.

"And may I ask who this, for the contact number, of course." the girl asked.

"My name is Gio Heldrake." Gio said, this caused the girl to raise an eyebrow.

Could it be...no, Salem said he died. "Very well, I am Cinder Fall, in case you were wondering."

Gio nodded, and thanked her for understanding his accident for running into her. The two bid farewell, and departed to their rooms.

With Cinder

"Ma'am, who was that?" Emerald asked. Before Cinder could answer, Mercury, however, scoffed.

"He's the asshole who beat the shit outta me for an 'initiation' fight."

"Well, Mercury, it looks like you were probably very lucky he didn't kill you." Cinder said, "For your information Emerald, he is someone we could use. He's...very powerful." Cinder walked on, leaving a bewildered Emerald and Mercury. Cinder, however, was deep in thought.

So, who are you?

With Gio

Gio walked among the halls, his heart beating fast. He didn't show it, but he was happy. He had found her. His girlfriend, she was okay! While this would make him overjoyed, he was still slightly sad. He had sensed something inside her mind. A large amount of malice, and hatred. Gio knew two things. Cinder had fallen to Darkness, which was highly unlikely, or…

Gio opened his eyes in realization. He smiled darkly. He turned in the direction of where Cinder had walked.

So, what will you do?

Short, and with Hammond still being plastered all over it. But I like this idea, and what will happen next? Stay tuned, next time: A Minor Hiccup Turned Major Ache!