Team TERA Chapter 1, a rwby fanfic

Roman slowly slid himself out of bed at the first sign of day. He walked to the bathroom, undressing himself as he entered. He turned on the shower to the highest heat.

10 minutes later Roman stepped out of the shower and dried himself off. He put on his underpants and black khakis, followed by a simple black long sleeve shirt. Lastly he placed his glasses over his dark brown eyes, and ran a hand through his short dirty blond hair.

He exited the bathroom and began heading downstairs towards the smell of bacon and eggs. He entered the kitchen and began an immediate course to the table. Sitting down he grabbed a couple pieces of bacon, placed them in his mouth, and spoke to the woman scrambling eggs, "Mornin' Mom!"

The woman replied without looking, "Roman Lee Balkin, mind your manners"

Roman smiled as he stood, grabbing one more piece of bacon. Placing it in his mouth he walked to the door. He grabbed his jacket, white with gold trimming, 狩人 in black on the back, and only a right sleeve. Putting it on, he grabbed his shoulder pauldron, set it on his left shoulder and tightened the strap.

He then grabbed his suitcase sitting by the door, "I'll see you soon, Mom!" He walked out and shut the door before he was able to hear his mother's reply.

"Oh, how I hope so…"

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E had a groggy wake up as he was pulled from sleep by a child's voice. "E…. E….. E!" E's eyes slowly slid open as he sat up. He shook his head as he took in his surroundings. He was in his room, and he had his little sister sitting on top of him, staring with giant emerald eyes. "About time you woke up!" She smiled brightly. E laughed. "Morning Monica." He said, petting her head. He looked to his clock, which stated the time six o' five AM. "Josh is gonna be here soon, so you should go get…." E stopped talking midway to see that his sister was already ready to go. "Never mind. Ready as always." He smiled sheepishly. "But you never are!" Monica stated. E rolled his eyes.

A knock on the front door echoed throughout the house. "That must be him. Go on down, I'll be there in a bit." Monica nodded and jumped off his bed, running downstairs. E slid out of bed and walked to his closet. He put on a pair of black boot-cut jeans, a white t-shirt, and black button up shirt. He grabbed his glasses and placed them right where they belonged. He slipped on his belt and grabbed his necessary weapons. He looked to the top shelf of the closet where he kept them. He made them all himself. Except for the first one he had. That one was special. That was the one he made with his grandfather. It has perks being a blacksmith's grandson. All the wiring and moving part to build them he had another friend help with. But tougher to learn from her, but he was a bit of a quick learner. He grabbed the weapons, which were all folded up nice and neat. His black and green trimmed katana, which he also made into a sniper rifle, strapped to the side of his belt. A pair of gloves, black with purple trimmings, which could pack a serious punch, was also made part shotgun. 'Cause why the hell not?' He thought to himself. He slipped them on and stretched his hands out a bit. Lastly, his personal favorite and first weapon. His scythe. Black with red trimmings, made into a fully automatic rifle. He strapped that one to his back, making sure it was secured. He then grabbed a black jacket with a ensignia on the back. A pair of wings, one white the other black with a white outline, in the shape of a shield. A personal emblem he made himself. He put that on and headed downstairs.

He was met by his friend Josh, who stood in the doorway. "Hey." Josh greeted with a smile. "Yo-ho matey." E grinned. E walked over to Monica and knelt down. "You're going to be good with Josh right?" Monica nodded. E sighed. "I'll visit as much as I can." He smiled. Monica nodded again, but pulled her older brother into a tight hug. E returned the hug and soon let go. Monica went to Josh and they walked off.

E closed the front door behind himself and locked it. "Time for a new life." He smiled.

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Roman looked around as he walked the streets, the same streets he had grown up on, thinking, 'Not much has changed, has it?'

Shrugging he continued at a faster pace. He soon reached the designated pickup point. Hearing a noise he looked for the source, finally spotting the ship slowly descending.

As the ship landed, fellow students began lining up. They sluggishly filed onto the ship and once aboard Roman began looking around at his fellow students.

Only three really stood out to him, one with black and red hair, though the most noticeable feature was her red hood. The girl with the red girl was talking to a tall blond girl with yellow clothes. The last person who stood out was a blond boy attempting to not vomit.

Roman smiled as Beacon Academy came into view.

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E's trip to Beacon Academy had not had been as nice as he had hoped. He walked along the pathway, smiling as he imagined his soon to be life at Beacon. What new adventures were in store for him? New friends? Of course. New family? If he got close enough to his new friends that was. New love? E blinked. Hadn't really considered that one, but the thought was nice. He shook his head free of thoughts and ran onward, the pickup point coming into view. He saw the large airship that was to take him to Beacon Academy. He smiled at that. That smile faded very quickly though as he saw something he did not like at at. The airship was leaving.

E panicked and ran full speed to the ship. Lucky for him the ship had a slow startup, so he was able to get there before it was too late. Unfortunately the craft had already left the ground, so maybe it already was too late. E ran up a hill that was alongside the now rising aircraft. He was able to keep up, but the hill was coming to an end. At the last second, E jumped from the hill and landed onto the aircraft. He unlatched his katana from his belt and activated the mechanism that sprung the blade out and stabbed it into the wing of the aircraft. Not a moment too soon, as the ship went full speed into the sky, causing E to hang onto the katana with dear life as he flew around like a piece of plastic in the wind. Soon enough the aircraft was high in the sky and slowed slightly. E grabbed onto the ship and took a deep breath, the high altitude making him dizzy. He shook the feeling off for a moment, and made his way across the ship.

He soon reached a set of large windows, which had a door next to them. He smiled as he tried to open it, but saw that it was locked from the outside. He cursed loudly, but it was drowned out by the rushing wind and engine. He moved to the window, using his katana as one would use an icepick to climb a frozen waterfall. He looked into the window and lucky for him, someone was there. A girl with dark red hair and a red hood, and a girl with bright yellow hair with a pair of mecha gloves on. He pounded on the window as best he could, going against the wind. Once again lucky, the two girls noticed him. He smiled. He pointed to the direction to the door, mouthing the words, 'OPEN THE DOOR'. The two at first didn't get it, which caused E to groan and his katana to slip slightly, which caused a slight panic. Much more franticly he pointed and shouted, "The door! The door!" Right then they got the idea and ran to the door. E moved to the door, and to his utter delight, it opened showing the two girls. E grabbed onto the edge of the doorframe as he sheathed his katana and latched it back onto his belt. The two girls stretched out their hands to him, which he graciously took. He was pulled inside and the door was closed behind him. He took in a deep breath and fell flat on his ass. He then began to laugh. "Man! That was something! Kinda wanna try it again." he giggled. He stood up and dusted himself off. "Thanks alot for the save. Guess that'll teach me to be on time next time and to leave the house earlier." he grinned. The girl with the red hood held out her hand. "I'm Ruby." she smiled. E could have sworn he felt his heart skip a beat. He took her hand. "I-I-I-I'm umm… I'm uh… umm… E! E! My name is E! J-just E." he stuttered out quite stupidly. Ruby gave him an odd look, but smiled and giggled a bit. 'She giggled. Giggling's good… sometimes.' E thought.

"And I'm Yang!" The blonde girl announced, pulling Ruby into a hug. "N-nice to meet you both." E smiled. "So what was with…" Yang pointed to the door. E smiled sheepishly and rubbed the back of his neck. "I was late to the meetup. Long story short I ran full speed, jumped off a hill onto the ship, and got in here thanks to you two."

"So you're a student?" Ruby asked.

"Y-yep! I am." E nodded. suddenly the overhead speakers turned on. "Now arriving to Beacon Academy." E, Ruby, and Yang looked to the front window of the ship to see the school come into view. "Welp… there it is." E said. "Time for some fun." Yang smiled. "Yep… " E looked down to his hand, clenching it into a fist. He smiled and looked forward again. "Time for fun."

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Roman had watched as the two girls he had noticed earlier helped the boy in. Walking over he notioned to the window, "Looked like fun, maybe I'll join you next time...oh yeah I'm a stranger, where are my manners? My name's Roman, nice to meet you."

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The first thought that came to E's mind was, 'He actually just said that… What a jackass. I like him already.' He grinned a bit. "E. Nice ta meet you Roman." The two shook hands as the ship landed.

They all exited the ship, and E began to walk across the landing platform, gawking at the academy. It looked like a new age castle, something out of a fairy tail. E walked along the path way, he was supposed to go to one of the halls for the grand entrance ceremony speech, or something like that, but where's the fun in that? Instead, E decided to check out more of the school instead. E ran up to one of the walls of the building and quickly scaled it with jumps and slick maneuvering. He reached the top and sighed. " Looks like gymnastics actually paid off." He said to himself, a bad habit he had formed years back. He ran along the top and jumped from ledge to ledge, making sure not keep balance. Unfortunately his foot slipped and he fell fast into a pile of rose bushes. He screamed loudly, though no one seemed to notice, in fact, they were all gone. 'At the meeting probably.' E thought gloomily. He stood up with some effort and made his way out of the flower bush, picking thorns out of his skin as he went to the hall that he should have gone to first.

E reached there in little time and saw a blonde haired boy near the doorway. "Oi! This where the meeting is?" He asked the boy as he walked to him. The boy faced him and nodded. "Yep, this is where it is." He replied. "I'm Jaune." He said. E smiled nodded. "E, pleasure to meet ya." Jaune nodded also. "So umm…" He began. "What kind of weapon do you have?" E blinked. "Oh! I actually have three." Jaune nearly toppled over when he heard this. "T-three?!" E nodded. "Yepperonni! Got my katana / sniper rifle," he patted his side. "Gloves / shotguns," he held up his wrists. "And my scythe / automatic rifle." He stuck out his rear, which had his scythe. Jaune paled considerably when hearing this. "What kind of weapon do you have?" E asked. "Oh! Uh nothing much really…. Just this old family sword and shield." He said as he unsheathed a sword and a shield formed onto his arm. E's eyes widened and scanned the sword intently. "Woah! That's your sword?" Jaune nodded, a little confused. "You're sword is made of a really rare metal! A type I've only seen a few times before thanks to my grandpa. Nearly indestructible." Jaune blinked and looked at his sword. "Really?" E nodded. "Yep. Keep it, it'll do ya good." Jaune smiled and nodded. "Thanks." E looked towards the crowd ahead and saw a familiar girl with a red hood. He smiled brightly as he made his way over to her.

When he got there he saw that she was with Yang and being scolded by a girl in complete white dress. "You're lucky we weren't blown off the side of the cliff!" The girl in white yelled. "Oh my god you actually exploded." Yang deadpanned. E tensed up slightly when he heard that Ruby had exploded, though he knew that there was more to it than her literally exploding, as she was right in front of him. E decided to introduce himself though he knew that he had to be careful, the girl in white seem to be in a 'take-no-shit-from-noone' attitude. E tapped the girl in white on the shoulder as she was showing Ruby a pamphlet of sorts. She looked to him with annoyance in her eyes. E gave her a bright smile and bowed slightly. He knew what to do with certain people. Odd trait for a normally antisocial person. "Hello. My name is E, E Bach. Pleasure to meet you." The girl eyed him for a moment before smiling slightly. "About time i met someone with manners." She then did a small courtsy. "Weiss Schnee, nice to meet you… E?" E smiled sheepishly. "Yep! Just E." He then leaned over to look at Ruby. "Hi Ruby! Hi Yang!" The two girls smiled and waved to him. Weiss' face suddenly went blank for a split second, then annoyed once again as she turned to Ruby. "Back to you!" She once again showed a pamphlet. "The Schnee Dust Company is not responsible for any injuries or damages sustained while operating a Schnee Dust Company Product. While not mandatory the Schnee family highly encourages our customers to read and familiarize themselves with this easy to follow guide…" Weiss' voice, to E at least, started to become quicker and squeakier as she continued to talk, making E's head spin a bit. Ruby stared with Weiss with a dumbfounded look. "Uhh…"

"Do you really want to start making it up to me?" Weiss asked Ruby. "Absolutely?" Ruby said, not quite sure herself. Weiss handed her the pamphlet. "Read this and never speak to me again." Weiss said coldly. E thought that was a bit harsh, but it wasn't his place to judge. "Look uhh…. sounds like you two just got off on the wrong foot." Yang said while rubbing the back of her head. "Why don't you just start over and try to be friends okay?" she suggested. "Yeah! Great idea sis." Ruby said. 'Sis?' E thought. 'So Yang and Ruby are sisters. Mentally noted.' "Hello Weiss! I'm Ruby. Wanna hangout? We could go shopping for school supplies." Ruby said while extending her hand. "Yeah!" Weiss began with a tone that bled sarcasm. "Then we can paint our nails, and try on clothes, and talk about cute boys like tall, blonde, and scraggly over there." Weiss, after completing her over exaggerating gestures, pointed to Jaune. "Wow really?" Ruby asked with hope. After a long silence Weiss spoke, "No." Again, harsh. The overhead speakers sparked to life as a man with white hair, black outfit, and small black glasses, stood in front of the crowd. E knew this man as Professor Ozpin, headmaster of Beacon. A ring from the microphone and his voice was heard. "I'll… keep this brief. You have traveled here today in search of knowledge. To hone your craft and acquire new skills." Ozpin continued on with his speech, E listened intently as he went on, but he couldn't help but drone out at some parts. "You assume knowledge will free you of this, but your time at this school that knowledge can only carry you so far. It is up to you to take the first step." Ozpin stepped away and a blonde haired woman stepped up to the microphone. "You will gather at the ballroom tonight. Tomorrow your initiation begins. Be ready. You are dismissed." The blonde woman stepped away. E sighed. Be ready for what tomorrow? He never really did enjoy surprises. "He seemed a bit off." Yang noted. "It's almost like he wasn't even there." Ruby added. Jaune came over next to E and leaned over to Weiss. "I'm a natural blonde you know." he smiled. Weiss simply facepalmed. E couldn't help but grin at that.

Night soon came. E hung out outside looking off into the moon while sitting on a wall. "Hey." A voice called out. E looked to the source to see the boy from the aircraft. "Hey, Roman right?" the boy nodded. "Yep." He leaned against the wall right beneath E. The two looked at the moon for a moment of silence. "So what do you think we should be 'ready for' tomorrow?" E asked. "I haven't got a clue." Roman responded. "Hmmm…" E thought for a moment, but couldn't come up with any ideas. "So why did you come to Beacon?" Roman asked. "Hm? Oh. I came because… I wanna learn to protect people. I'm not looking to join any guard or anything, I just… wanna be able to fight for the people I care about." E answered. "What about you?" E asked Roman. "Hmm...I don't know, even though I used to think about it to an obsessed degree. I've always just felt compelled to become a huntsman,... so I guess you could say my purpose is to answer my questions."

"Ah." E smiled. He slid off the wall and stretched his limbs. "We should get to bed. I think we're in the ballroom." E said. Roman nodded. "Race ya to it!" E shouted as he ran off. "Wha- wait hey!" Roman yelled as he ran after him.

The ballroom doors flew open as E slid in on his side cheering softly. Roman came after him. "Cheap moves." He said. "Tactical moves." E corrected. Roman shook his head. "Whatever, I'll see you tomorrow." he said as he walked off. "See you tomorrow dude." E said as he went to a corner of the room. He spotted Ruby and Yang as he walked by. Once again he felt his heart stop for a second. He pounded a fist against his chest and shook the feeling off. "Odd." he mumbled to himself. He found a secluded spot and sat down cross legged. He sighed as he leaned back against the corner, slowly slipping off into sleep.

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Roman walked around looking for a place. ''Man there are a lot of people who signed up, huh? Well I guess being a huntsman is a popular career choice after all.'

Lost in his thoughts, Roman had become unaware of his surroundings and accidentally bumped into a girl with white hair in a white and red outfit.

"EXCUSE ME!" The said girl called out to Roman as he continued walking.

"You're excused" Roman replied over his shoulder.

The girl visibly reddened with anger and began walking quickly up to him, grabbed his shoulder and spun him around, "Do you know who I am?"

Roman pondered the question, "No."

She grew a tick mark and hissed, "I am Weiss Schnee."

Roman nodded, "It's ni…"

Weiss cut him off, "And do you know what that means?"

Roman shrugged and sighed, "Nope", and began turning away. But stopped at her response…"It means that I am entitled to a certain amount of respect." Roman snapped around to face her, irritation shaping into rage, and sibilated, "No one is entitled to respect, you earn it, and you have yet to earn mine!"

He turned and began searching for a place to rest,but again failed, so instead opted for standing next to the entrance doors. While there he noticed Professor Ozpin walking toward the ballroom. "Hello, Professor Ozpin." Roman said to him as he entered.

"Oh, good evening Mr. Balkin" Professor Ozpin said holding out his hand.

Roman grasped the hand and shook it firmly. "It's Roman sir, as there's no need for the formality. I am one of your students after all."

Professor Ozpin smiled, "Then I'll hope you'll treat me with the same informality."

"Yes s…" Roman began but stopped as Ozpin raised an eyebrow. "Whatever you say, Ozpin"

Ozpin smiled once more and touched his ever present coffee mug to his chin, "Let me guess… trouble sleeping?"

Roman grinned. "Well that and the lack of places to do so."

Ozpin nodded and handed him the coffee mug. "Well maybe this'll help you at least stay energized for tomorrow, I daresay you'll be in a dire situation if you're not." Noticing the odd look Roman was giving him Ozpin added, "I haven't drank out of it yet you know."

Roman shrugged and began slowly sipping the often bitter drink, which had been sweetened by a substantial quantity of creamer, as Ozpin left.

On the other side of the ballroom Weiss watched the occurrence with interest before letting sleep take her mind.