Author's Note: So this is my first fanfic that isn't Pokémon on this site. If any of you came from there, just know that I recently got caught in a writers block and I'm making this to freshen things up. Any new readers can go to those stories and get a better taste of my writing style. I only discovered about RWBY at the beginning of summer, but I kinda brushed it off. Recently, I began watching it again and I decided why not make a fanfic about it. I'm barely halfway through volume three because I'm not binge watching it. That said, I will most likely get some things wrong in the RWBY universe. If I do, feel free to correct me. Though, I don't expect to get much attention with my story. Which is fine, I'm merely doing it to freshen up my mind.The story itself will have a harem. I'm solid with Ruby, Yang, Weiss, Coco, and Velvet. I'm not too sure about Blake yet. The main character himself will probably, no he will look like a wimp in this chapter. It'll be like that for a while, but he'll warm up to the others eventually. His semblance will be revealed later on and he'll be in action with his weapon. With that unnecessarily long author's note out of the way, enjoy the chapter.
Disclaimer: I don't own RWBY. That is all.
The trip to Beacon Academy had finally ended. Dozens of bright, fresh new students exited the ships. Their faces filled with awe and excitement, except for one blonde boy who threw up in a nearby trash can.
Two particular girls boarded off the ship and were in front of the crowd of students. One was a seventeen year old girl with long wavy blonde hair and lilac color eyes. Her name was Yang Xiao Long.
The girl walking beside her was a younger female with short black and red hair and silver eyes. The most noticeable feature was her red hooded cloak that swayed with the wind.
"Wow…" Yang and Ruby were amazed by the sight of Beacon Academy in the distance. It was far grander up close than they imagined.
"The view from Vale's got nothing on this!" Yang said, folding her arms under her bust.
Ruby was shaking excitingly. Her eyes turned into sparkles as she took notice of everyone's weapons. "Oh my gosh! Sis! That kid's got a collapsible staff! And she's got a fire sword!"
Yang eyed her sister strangely while she fawned over the weapons. She jumped in when Ruby unconsciously trailed the girl with the fire sword. Yang grabbed hold of her crimson hoodie and dragged her back.
"Easy there, little sister." Yang ignored Ruby's cries of protest. "They're just weapons."
Ruby felt her left eye twitch. "Just weapons? They're an extension of ourselves! They're a part of us! Oh, they're so cool!" She couldn't help herself. Being the weapon crazy girl she is, Ruby was overjoyed that she was here at Beacon.
"Well, why can't you just swoon over your own weapon?" Yang suggested. "Aren't you happy with it?"
"Of course I'm happy with Crimson Rose!" Ruby transformed her weapon into its scythe form. Some of the students around her flinched when they saw the size of Crimson Rose. "I just really like seeing new ones! It's like meeting new people, but better…"
"Ruby…" Yang chuckled and pulled Ruby's hood down to her face. "Come on! Why don't you try making some friends of your own?" She scanned the area and found just the right person for the job. "Check that guy out for instance."
Ruby turned around to see the person she was pointing at. To her surprise, it was a guy wearing a uniform. If she had to guess, it would have to be the uniform required for all males attending Beacon Academy. Though, the buttons weren't buttoned in, giving her view of his blue vest. His red tie was messily done and was hanging slanted instead of straight.
The guy looked around three or four inches taller than Yang. He had short, messy black hair that went with his fair skin. His eyes were dull blue and there was a faint trace of bags under them.
He seemed to be looking at Beacon Academy. One of his hands was placed at the back of his head. He stared at the magnificent building with a frown on his face.
"I don't know. He's seems out of place from the rest of us," Ruby argued, trying to get out of having to meet him.
"Nonsense!" Yang slapped Ruby's back a bit too hard, almost sending her to the ground. "Yo! Woohoo!" She whistled at the unsuspecting guy. He either didn't hear her or didn't pay her to mind.
"See? He doesn't want to talk." Ruby awkwardly hugged one of her arms.
"Oh, he will." Yang picked up a small rock and flung it at the guy with precise aim.
"Sh-shit!" The guy turned around as soon as the rock hit him and took out his weapon. His face was filled with terror as he held the weapon close to him.
"Language!" Yang narrowed her eyes at the frightened guy while covering Ruby's innocent ears.
Ruby on the other hand, didn't mind his choice of words. Instead, she focused in on his weapon.
He was holding a silver Bo Staff with a white colored grip on the center. There was what appeared to be white molding design inches from the edge that resembled a trigger guard. It may have looked plain but Ruby wasn't the one to judge before seeing what it was fully capable of.
"Neato! Your weapons looks cool!" Ruby rushed towards the bewildered guy and inspected the weapon. "What does it do!? Is it a gun too!? Ooh! Does it have a name!?" She shot questions left and right.
Yang sighed after seeing the uncomfortable gaze on the mysterious person's eyes. She noted that he was clutching his Bo Staff tighter to his chest.
"Ruby! Don't be rude! Introduce yourself!" Yang lightly smacked Ruby's head, eliciting a whine from her. "The name's Yang Xiao Long. Just call me Yang." She winked at the guy. Her eyes taking in his well-tone body. His uniform did nothing to hide it.
"Erm…" The guy shrunk his staff and put it away. Ruby's eyes drooped at this. "Hey… I'm Ringo. Ringo Yin." The newly named Ringo fidgeted his fingers, finding interest in the ground.
"Well, I'm Ruby! Say, can you take out that weapon of yours again?!" Ruby asked eagerly. She was met with silence. This only made her more self conscious on her social skills.
Yang coughed awkwardly. "Yeah. You kinda look older than me. Are you really seventeen?" She was starting to get annoyed from him giving them the silent treatment.
After what seemed like an hour, he responded, "N-no. I'm eighteen. And I don't feel like taking out my weapon right now." His quiet tone made it hard to hear.
"O-oh," Ruby said, dejected.
"Hmm. Since you're wearing the uniform, I assume that you're a second year perhaps? It explains why you're older," Yang guessed. Their eyes widened when Ringo shook his head.
"No. I-I'm a first year… again," Ringo muttered that last part to himself. Ruby managed to hear it though.
"Again? Did you fail? Are the classes really that hard?"
Ringo was more on edge by her questions. His lowered his head. "Y-yes. It isn't what you think though."
Due to his quiet nature, Yang found herself bored. "Well…" A group of people suddenly showed up behind her. "My friends are here now! Gotta go catch up! 'Kay, see ya, bye!" She bolted past Ruby, unknowingly causing her to twirl around several times.
"Wait! Where are you going?! Are we supposed to go to our dorms? Where are our dorms? Do we even have dorms?" Luckily in her dazed state, Ringo kept her in place by balancing her straight with his staff.
"I don't know what I'm doing…" Ruby admitted defeat and held on to the weapon that was keeping her balanced. She regained her vision and looked at a worried Ringo. "Thanks. Oh wait! You must know your way around here!"
Ringo was saved by another one of Ruby's twenty questions when a voice yelled at one of them.
"What are you doing!?" A feminine voice snapped. The two turned to the direction of the voice and saw a white haired girl standing there with her hands on her hips.
"Huh?" Ruby had a question mark appear beside her. "I didn't do anything wrong."
"Not you!" Her eyes glared daggers at Ringo. "You! Do you have any idea where we are!? Look at you! You look like you just woke up and slapped on some clothes last minute. And are those Beacon Academy uniforms? You're disrespecting Beacon by not wearing it as it should be!"
Ruby listened to her rant, feeling sorry for Ringo.
"Just leave me alone." Ringo closed his eyes, wishing that she would go away. "I-I don't care if you're the heiress, Weiss Schnee."
Weiss was appalled by Ringo's lack of decency.
"Schnee?" Ruby was the odd one out. Her voice interrupted their small quarrel.
"You complete dolt! Have you never heard of the Schnee Dust Company?"
"W-well… I-I…" Ruby was in a pickle. Ringo got over his face and stepped in.
"I'm sure she h-has. Don't b-be rude to her. Your p-problem is with me." Ringo and Weiss' eyes locked into each other. Ruby flashed Ringo a small smile, glad that he stood up for her.
"I-I'm s-s-sorry. Can y-you r-r-repeat th-that?" Weiss mocked, imitating Ringo's stuttering. "Just so you know, this isn't your ordinary combat school. At least look like you care. We're here to fight monsters, so think twice before you mess with someone!" Weiss mentally registered Ringo into her list of people to never speak to again.
It was Ruby's turn to defend him. "Hey! We were minding our own business, princess! Why don't you go mind your own!"
"Like the guy said, it's heiress." A new voice made themselves known. It was another girl. This time with auburn eyes and long black hair. She had a ribbon tied with a large bow on top of her head. "Weiss Schnee, heiress of the Schnee Dust Company, one of the largest producers of energy propellant in the world."
Weiss smirked arrogantly. "Finally! Some recognition!"
"The same company infamous for its controversial labor forces and questionable business partners," The girl finished with no emotion on her face.
"What? How dare you!" Weiss realized that she was outnumbered now. "Ugh!" Ruby giggled as Weiss stormed off to the path of Beacon.
Ringo's eyes hovered on the unnamed girl's bow. "C-cat…" A longing expression replaced his upset features.
The girl's eyes shot open. "H-how did you…" She didn't give Ringo a chance to explain. She ran off in a blink of an eye.
"I promise I'll make it up to you!" Ruby hollered, not seeing the interaction. "I guess I'm not the only one having a rough first day. So what's your…" Ruby was disappointed that the girl wasn't behind her anymore.
"She left," Ringo informed her. His posture straightened. "I-I'm sorry you had to deal with her because of me. I just makes things worse. Sorry."
Ruby's eyes softened from his apology. "There's no need to be sorry. I couldn't let Weiss get away with making fun of you. You stood up for me so it's only fair if I did the same."
The two of them shared a smile. Ruby was pleased that Ringo broke out of his shell while he himself was surprised by Ruby's kindness.
"It wasn't fair that I ignored you when we first met. Leia taught me better." Ringo shook his head and offered Ruby his hand. "Let's start over. I'm Ringo Yin."
Ruby didn't bother to question who Leia was. She happily shook Ringo's hand. "Ruby Rose. And hey, you didn't stutter!"
Ringo's face flushed a little. "I was just nervous. I thought that I was under attack. You see, I try my best to avoid other people. I don't want to make a fool out of myself." He patted his thigh twice, which Ruby noted with curiosity. "But you're different. I don't know why, but I can feel it."
"That's sounds good. I think." Ruby wasn't sure if being different was a good or bad thing. "I can tell you were jumpy from the start. You whipped out your weapon faster than I could blink!" She chortled.
Ringo gripped the staff when she mentioned it. He took it out of its holster and got it out of its sheath mode. "You looked interested in my weapon. Here, you can hold it." He tossed the bo staff at Ruby.
She caught it and cooed at the feeling of his weapon. It was strangely comfortable in her hands. Her eyes wandered over to the grip in the middle.
"Vinny?" She read the letters with confusion written on her face. "Is that the name of your weapon? A bit strange if you ask me."
Ringo frowned. "It's not strange to me. I actually didn't name it until about halfway through the year." He stopped talking and stared at Vinny.
"May I ask why you named it Vinny?"
"No." Ringo's blunt answer surprised Ruby.
'Geez. This guy really is strange.' Ruby thought in her head. One minute he goes from being nervous, than he was nice, and finally he was cold. She wondered if this was how everyone acted.
Ruby handed back Vinny. Ringo put it back in its holster and spoke, "It can change into dual wield pistols too, but it's not that impressive to show," He said sheepishly.
"Don't be silly! Any weapon is impressed depending on how you use it. Though, Crescent Rose is more impressive than any weapon in Remnant!" She held out Crescent Rose and raised it in all its glory.
"Woah!" Ringo stumbled back and fell on his butt. Normally, Ruby would laugh at this but something was off. His eyes were glued on Crescent Rose. "W-warn me when you do that!" He said angrily.
'Now he's angry again.' Ruby internally sighed and she put her scythe away. Ringo's body visibly relaxed when she did this.
Out of the corner of his eye, he saw a hand reach out for him. With a shrill gasp, Ringo grabbed the hand and flipped over the person.
"Ow…" The person that Ringo flipped was a tall boy with blonde hair. He had armor plates on his chest and shoulders.
"Hey! It's that guy who threw up on the ship! Vomit Boy!" Ruby recognized him from the ride to Beacon.
Vomit Boy was still laying on the ground. "Motion sickness is more common than you think. And what gives? I was just trying to lend you a hand." He picked himself up hastily.
"S-sorry. I don't like it when people sneak up on me," Ringo muttered an apology. He avoided eye contact with Vomit Boy.
"Duly noted," Vomit Boy groaned.
Ruby shuffled her feet at the awkward atmosphere around them. She and Ringo were bad with new people. That left Vomit Boy to carry out the conversation.
"Anyway, the name's Jaune Arc! Short, sweet, rolls off the tongue. The ladies love it!" Jaune bragged, smirking.
"Do they?" Ruby replied, skeptical by his claim.
Jaune faltered. "They will! Well, I-I hope they will. My mom always says…" He stopped himself, rethinking his choice of words. "Never mind."
Ruby giggled, "I'm Ruby. The guy that totally destroyed you is Ringo." Ringo awkwardly waved at Jaune.
"Destroyed me? I-I was just caught off guard! Yeah! That's it! It's not like I don't know how to fight properly or anything! Haha!" Jaune laughed boisterously. Ringo and Ruby exchanged glances with each other and shrugged.
Jaune stopped laughing and eyed Ringo's form. "Are you a second year? You look older than Ruby and I. That's great! You can show me... erm I mean us your ways!" Jaune was rejoicing on the inside. Ringo seemed familiar with Beacon. That meant that he could help him out with homework and keep him caught up on what training and combat exercises were like.
"I'm a first year." Jaune face faulted at that. "Y-you seem like a nice guy. And you don't look like a threat…"
"Gak!" Jaune felt an invisible force strike his pride.
"I-I'm sorry that I flipped you over. I thought I was being attacked."
'He said that last time too. He must really be on edge when he feels threatened.' Ruby observed carefully. 'Or it could just be a bad case of paranoia.'
Ringo held out his hand. "I-I'll be glad to teach you some things if you're up for it. They're bound to repeat what they taught us last year. Guess I'm ahead."
"Really? Cool!" Jaune shook his hand firmly. The three began to walk to the enormous academy. An awkward period of silence passed them as they walked. Ringo was okay with this. He looked all over the area, appearing to trying to look for something.
Since she was a fanatic of weapons, Ruby thought it'd be best to talk about that. "So… I got this thing!" She completely forgot about Ringo's feelings towards Crescent Rose and showed it to Jaune.
"Woah! Is that a scythe!?" Jaune was impressed by the weapon.
"It's also a customizable high-impact sniper rifle!"
"A… what?" Jaune's confusion amused Ruby greatly. What didn't amuse her was the fact that Ringo was glaring at her. Or so she thought. In reality, he was glaring at the scythe in her hands. Ruby quietly put her weapon away.
"So, what have you got?"
Ringo spared Jaune's sword a glance before continuing on his own. It wasn't like he hated Jaune, he was a good dude. The fact of the matter was that he wasn't up with interacting with the new students.
"Ozpin has to be around here. I got to see if the old dorm is still mine." Ringo didn't notice someone walking up to him. He was too immersed in his thoughts.
"Ringo! It's great to see you again! Honestly, I was worried that you wouldn't be back after what happened…" A girl faunas with bunny ears came with her team. She got a bit too excited and ran towards the teen.
This was Velvet Scarlatina, a rabbit faunas. Accompanying her was her teammates, Coco Adel, Fox Alistair, and Yatsuhashi Daichi. They were known as Team CFVY.
Velvet's ears flopped down because Ringo wasn't paying any attention to her. She let out a sad whimper. Coco saw this and marched up to Ringo.
"Yo, Ringo! Velvet was talking to you!" Coco smacked the back of his head. She regretted doing it as Ringo instantly snatched her hand and squeezed it forcefully. "Ouch! Let go!"
"Huh?" Ringo let go of the hand once he heard who's voice it belonged to. He tilted his head to the side and gazed at the fuming Coco.
"Oh so now you hear me? Here's one more for trying to hurt my delicate hand!" Coco smacked her handbag across Ringo's cheek. She crossed her arms and faced the other way with a huff.
"Coco!" Velvet checked to make sure that he was okay.
"Coco! Was that really necessary?" Yatsuhashi questioned after he made sure Ringo wasn't too hurt.
"Yes! Don't you go taking his side now! I'm team leader, remember?" Coco glowered at her tall teammate. Yatsuhashi bit back a retort, not wanting to stir an argument.
Fox chuckled, "I see you're still as jumpy as the last time we met up."
Ringo brushed Velvet's hand away. He slouched his shoulders. "Do you blame me?" Team CFVY knew the true meaning behind his words and pitied the teen. Even Coco felt guilty for her actions.
Velvet consoled him by giving him a hug. "School is just starting. Don't make it a bad start. We're still here for you." She let go and eyed him cautiously.
Ringo sighed, "I know. I know. It's just hard, you know? I almost thought about not coming last second. But it doesn't matter. I came anyway." He quickly changed the topic. "Sorry about that Coco. Didn't think you turned soft."
Coco socked him on the shoulder hard. "Shut it. The day I turn soft is the day Velvet actually musters up the courage to ask you-"
"Shh!" Velvet covered her leader's mouth with her hand. A furious blush danced on her cheeks.
"Ask me what?" Ringo asked curiously.
"Ah!" Velvet squeaked. Her blushed deepened when Ringo stared her down.
"That doesn't matter right now." Coco saved Velvet from what could've been disaster. "You missed classes for about a month. You better have gotten stronger. It isn't much fun when I beat you down and you just stand there letting me do it." She expressed her irrational clearly.
Ever since the incident, Ringo never fought seriously during matches. It made Coco want to pull on her hair whenever she watched him lose every single battle. Even Velvet beat him. He went from being one of the top students to the lowest.
"I did. But I won't really be in any of your classes anymore so I doubt that we'll get to fight in front of the class anymore." Ringo had to take a few steps back when Coco clenched her fists angrily.
'Oh flip! I forgot to tell them!'
"What do you mean you won't be in our classes anymore?" Velvet was the one to speak. The sadness in her voice made Ringo feel more awful for not telling them sooner. Fox and Yatsuhashi were also upset by what he was implying.
Coco lowered her sunglasses so that Ringo could see the anger in her eyes. "Yes Ringo, what do you mean by that?"
Ringo sweatdropped at the predicament in hand. "W-well, what had happened was… I-I kinda got… held back." Immediately after he was done, Coco whacked him on the forehead with her handbag and proceeded to tackle him down and continue using her handbag as a punching tool.
"You damn idiot! What on earth gave you guys the idea that you should hold out on the information until the day you came back for the new school year!? I can't believe you! Ugh!" Coco gave him one final kick. She stood up and readjusted her beret.
"Velvet, Fox, Yatsuhashi, as team leader I hereby ban all of you from seeing Ringo until I'm satisfied with his apology," Coco ordered.
"You can't-" Velvet went to protest but stopped when Coco put her hand out forward.
"I can and I will. We won't see much of him anyway with the new arrangements. He knows how to properly make it up to me. I'm dating the idiot after all." Coco straightened her clothes and walked off without another word. Fox and Yatsuhashi hesitantly followed.
"Coco…" Ringo mumbled. "Ugh." His head hit the ground and he rested there for a minute.
"Goodbye Ringo." Velvet wasn't sure if he even heard her in his state. Regardless, she quickly went after her teammates, leaving the teen by himself.
'Same old Coco.' Ringo's senses were on high alert when a hand reached out for him. He grabbed it and flipped the threat over.
"Not again!" Jaune cried out.
"Ringo! It's just us!" Ruby snapped him back to his senses. "You ditched us! We have no idea where to go! You're our only hope!"
"What she said." Jaune got back up and stood by Ruby.
Ringo rubbed the back of his neck shyly. "Do you really not know? All the other newbies are going to the right direction."
Ruby and Jaune looked at each other and then at the group of new students from afar.
"W-we know that! We just needed clarification is all." Ruby smiled nervously.
"You really are different. Most of the other people in my year have been avoiding me. But you, you actually want to be around me," Ringo finished with a small smile. Ruby's face heated up by the compliment.
"Avoiding you? You're like the only person that's willing to help us out! You're good in my book," Jaune added in with a thumbs up.
"Hehe. Thanks." Ringo grinned bashfully. "Maybe now Coco will get off my back about making new friends."
The three continued their walk to the academy while talking.
"Who's Coco?" Ruby asked innocently.
Ringo winced and put a hand over the spot that Coco hit him with. "She's a second year student now. My old te… we've known each other since initiation last year. She's leader of Team CFVY. I'm positive you'll meet them later on."
"So you already passed the initiation? Mind giving me… us! Us any hints?" Jaune pleaded.
"Sorry. Ozpin doesn't want me spoiling anything. I have to redo the initiation. Something about proving that I should still be here. I'm lucky that Ozpin gave me another chance. I'll be sure to not waste it!" Ringo said with a fiery passion in his eyes.
"I'll be sure that you'll understand the work," Ruby teased.
"That wasn't why I didn't get promoted," Ringo muttered quietly under his breath. "The work itself isn't that hard if you actually pay attention in class."
"Yang is going to have a rough year then," Ruby snickered.
"What about the fighting?" Jaune piped in anxiously.
"Everyone got into Beacon because they're strong and highly resourceful. I imagine the fighting will be intense. Who knows, maybe you newbies will surprise me." Ruby offered him a challenging stare, to which he returned.
"Yeah… we'll surprise you alright," Jaune said sadly. He looked at his shield and sword. Then his eyes went to Ringo. "How good were you?"
"I was undefeated for a whole semester," He boasted. His arms and head dropped. "Then I lost every battle afterwards."
"Wait wait wait. You're telling us that you were on a hot streak and suddenly just lost it?" Ruby was stupefied. How someone went from winning every match to losing every match was beyond her.
"Don't remind me." Ringo hid his face in shame. His quiet side coming out fiercely.
Jaune's eyes sparkled. "So does that mean I have a chance to beat you!?" Ruby elbowed him in the gut.
"Rude!"
"I-I guess you can with vigorous training. I'm focused on getting serious and making the most out of my second chance." During his month off, Ringo found something that completely flipped his world upside down. It was what led him back to Beacon.
"Vigorous training? Shoot," Jaune grumbled.
The three made it to the entrance of Beacon's auditorium. There were several students already in there. The place was packed. Jaune couldn't see an open area from where he was at.
"Ruby!" Yang called to her sister. She waved her hand high. "I saved you a spot!"
"O-oh!" Ruby turned to Jaune and Ringo. "Hey, I got to go. I'll see you two after the ceremony!"
"Hey! Wait!" Jaune reached out for her, but she was already too far. "Ah great. Where am I supposed to find another nice, quirky girl to talk to!? Well, at least you're still…" He slapped a hand over his forehead when he realized that Ringo was gone too. "There goes the quiet, jumpy guy. Now I'm really lost." He trudged forward, not aware that a redhead girl was keeping an eye on him.
Ringo had his back pressed against the wall. He was at the very back of the auditoriums. That way, he'd have a view of everyone.
"Beacon's a very secured place. No one will ambush you, Ringo. Ozpin won't let it happen." Ringo kept on reassuring himself. They tightened the security this year. It relieved Ringo that Ozpin was listening to his worries.
"You!" Ringo jumped a bit when he heard Weiss shout. It seemed that she managed to find Ruby in the crowd and was now scolding her harshly. "Best not to involve myself. She has her yellow haired friend with her."
It was in his best interest to avoid conflict. Especially during the first day. He still couldn't believe that he talked down the heiress of the Schnee Dust Company. Ringo half expected to be taken down by guards of the Schnee family. It was quite shocking that she didn't have any. She only had helpers who moved her many suitcases and wardrobe.
'Perhaps Weiss Schnee isn't as spoiled as I thought of her to be.' An exclamation mark appeared above his head when Weiss' head snapped to his direction. She glared at him dead in the eye.
"Shit!" Ringo made a run for it when she started to stomp closer to him. His body crashed into another, knocking them both down.
"Dude! Seriously! That's the third time!" Jaune growled in irritation.
"S-sorry…" Ringo helped the blonde hair teen up. It proved to be a mistake because Weiss finally caught up to him.
"Found you!"
"Ah!" Ringo jumped into Jaune's arms. Jaune let out a pained groan and fell with Ringo in his arms.
"Up!" Weiss commanded. For some reason, Ringo got up immediately. "Honestly. I don't understand why you run when I'm trying to help you."
"Help me?" Ringo froze stiff as a statue. Weiss had leaned in close to fix his tie. He could practically smell the expensive perfume that was radiating off her body. Her hands then went to button up his suit.
'Don't think naughty thoughts. Don't think naughty thoughts. Don't think naughty thoughts or else Coco will let you have it! Remember what happened with Velvet!' He reminded himself, clenching his fists. After Weiss was done, he opened his eyes.
"Is that all you wanted to do? J-just to fix up my uniform?"
"Obviously! I thought you would've fixed it after I pegged you about it! Don't you have any battle clothing to wear? Or anything causal?" Weiss demanded, poking her finger on Ringo's chest hard.
"Erm… well I sorta burned my battle clothes. I-I lost my suitcase on the way here. I'm stuck with my uniform," He said in a low voice. Jaune looked on at the two conversing with a hint of jealousy in his eyes.
Headmaster Ozpin's voice broke their conversation. "I'll keep this brief. You have traveled here today in search of knowledge. To hone your craft and acquire new skills. And when you have finished, you plan to dedicate your life to the protection of people. But I look amongst you and all I see is wasted energy, in need of purpose, direction." Ringo could've sworn that Ozpin's eyes were looking over at his direction.
"You assume that knowledge will free you from of this, but your time at this school will prove knowledge can only carry you so far. It is up to you to take the first step," Ozpin finished his speech. He plodded off the stage with his cane as support.
The woman beside him took over. "You will gather in this ballroom tonight. Tomorrow, your initiation begins. Be ready. You are dismissed." The assembly ended. Students began to wander around the ballroom to get set for the night.
"He seemed kind of… off." Yang came over and voiced her opinion.
"It's almost like he wasn't even there." Ruby joined her half sister.
"I'm a natural blonde, you know!" Jaune chipped in, mainly for Weiss. Weiss sighed and put her hand over her face. She inched closer to Ringo in an attempt to get away from Jaune.
"I might as well see how the old dorm is doing." Ringo excused himself from the group. Of course, they weren't going to let him go away just yet.
"What? You got your own dorm while we have to sleep on the ballroom floor?" Ruby pouted cutely.
"You got your own dorm?" Yang inquired, saying what was on Jaune and Weiss' mind. "You so have to let us crash with you! Then we can stay up and no one would complain!"
"Absolutely not!" Weiss argued. "All of us first years must follow the rules as instructed by Professor Goodwitch."
"Party pooper." Weiss scowled at the grinning Yang.
"Okay. I'll just be going…" Ringo's retreat was halted when Yang grabbed his arm. His instincts kicked in and he pulled her in, pinning her arm behind her back.
"Woah there, Ring boy! If you wanted to get close then you could've just asked." Yang slipped out of his grasp. "Except you almost touch my hair there for a sec. I'm warning you now, don't even try it." Her eyes flickered red for a brief second before reverting back to lilac.
Ringo didn't reply to that and kept walking. Jaune went the opposite direction where the dining hall was at.
Yang whispered something in Ruby's ear. The younger girl's face blushed as red as her cloak.
"N-no! Gross, Yang!" Weiss quirked an eyebrow, wondering what exactly Yang said to get Ruby so flustered.
"Come on, Ruby! It'd be foolish if we don't take this opportunity to spy on him when he's changing! I mean, did you look at those muscles?" Ruby swatted Yang's hands away from her and stomped her foot childishly.
"No!"
Yang was quite disappointed in her. "Fine. I'll go on my own." She quietly tiptoed a good distance from Ringo and followed him.
"Yang!"
"You dolt!" Ruby and Weiss hissed. Yang caught up to the black haired teen and slung an arm around his shoulder.
"Your friend has to be the most immature person I've ever met!" Weiss barked at the poor girl.
"She's my sister," Ruby told her.
"Whatever she is to you, we have to go and stop her from doing anything crazy." Weiss was already ahead of her.
"First day… no one told me it would be this stressful."
A few minutes passed and Yang was happily talking to the uncomfortable Ringo.
"I'm just saying, my sister Ruby would totally want to hang out with you sometime in the future. Alone. Hehe." Yang was proud of her masterplan to play matchmaker for her little sister. Although he was a bit on the anxious side, Ringo seemed like a good dude. Plus, they'd have her blessing. It was an offer too good to pass up.
"Isn't she like three years younger than me?" Ringo wanted to desperately go hide in a bush. Anything would beat having to listen to Yang try to hook him up with Ruby.
"So? She got accepted into Beacon two years early! Already mature enough … it makes me cry because she's growing up so fast!" Yang gained a teary face and used Ringo's shoulder as a handkerchief.
Ringo began to sweat when he noticed people staring at the two. "That's great and all but… I already have a girlfriend."
"What?" Yang's eyes turned into dots.
"At least, I hope I still do. Coco and I haven't gone on a date in two months. Oh man! Maybe she did break up with me without telling me! That sounds just like Coco!" Ringo was in a state of panic. Yang didn't care, even if she might've gave him the hard truth of his relationship unintentionally.
"Cool! So you're single now." Yang patted Ringo on the head. "And so is my sis-"
"Yang! Ringo! Wait up!" Ruby raced over to the two, leaving a trail of rose petals behind her. She took notice of Ringo's sadness. "Yang! What did you do?"
"Me?! What makes you think I did anything?" Yang placed a hand over her chest, offended.
"Ringo! What did she do?" Ruby ignored her sister's questions.
"Your sister is cruel. Reminds me of Yatsuhashi. He actually tried to make me go out and find… friends." Ruby and Ringo shuddered at the thought
"You two dorks would dread something like that." Yang gripped Ruby's shoulders and pushed her closer to Ringo. "That makes you two perfect for each other."
"Yang!" Ruby shoved the giggling blonde and adored a red face.
'Man. These new first years are weird.' Ringo thought back to the people he had met so far. That being Ruby, Yang, Weiss, Blake, and Jaune. He wondered if he'd meet anyone that wasn't so unruly.
"Hello? I'm talking to you!" Weiss snapped her fingers repeatedly. "Ugh! It's like talking to a brick wall."
"I know what to do!" Yang grabbed a small rock from the ground. Ruby quickly slapped the rock out of her hand.
"Don't! Remember what happened last time?" Ruby pulled out a megaphone out of nowhere. "RINGO!" She yelled through the megaphone.
Yang and Weiss had time to cover their ears. Ringo was the odd one out and was forced to suffer through the loud sound.
"Gah!" Ringo's ears were temporarily unable to hear. He flipped around and saw Weiss scolding Ruby, while the latter poked her index fingers together.
'These people are going to be the end of me!' Ringo escaped from the three arguing girls and bolted inside the dormitory building.
There were four floors in the dormitory building. The first floor were for first years, the second floor for second years, and so on. Seeing how he was a first year again, Ringo assumed that his dorm wouldn't be messed with.
Sure enough, the plaque on the door was still there. Ringo stared at it for a minute, memories of last year flooding in his mind. He pushed those thoughts away and entered the dorm.
Ringo would call his dorm quite boring. There wasn't much to it. His bed was dead smack in the center. Three other beds were smushed next to each other in the corner. There wasn't any bookcases or posters.
The only piece of furniture in the room was a dresser. On top of that lay a cage that was inhabited by a Campbell's dwarf hamster. He was running in his hamster wheel, getting his daily dose of exercise.
"I'm back... Silver Jr. Did Velvet treat you alright?" Silver Jr. squeaked happily, earning a chuckle from Ringo. "Good. I can always count on that sweet girl."
Ringo collapsed on his bed and stared at the ceiling. "I hope the initiation is identical to the one from last year. Hell, it'll be a good way to freshen up my skills."
Meanwhile, Ruby, Yang, and Weiss entered the building and were immediately lost. There were many doors in the first floor. The area was quiet, most likely because the first years weren't even supposed to be here yet.
"Which room is his?" Yang didn't wait for a response and proceeded to open one of the doors.
"Yang! Cut it out! We aren't even supposed to be here!" Weiss badgered her to stop.
"Let's just head back to the ballroom," Ruby agreed. She didn't want to be in trouble on the first day.
"You two go on ahead. Ring boy interests me. Hey, since you don't want him Ruby then maybe I'll take him for myself~" Yang laughed strangely.
"I don't like him! See if I care!" Ruby turned around and gave her sister the cold shoulder. Yang didn't mind one bit and continued her search for Ringo.
"Come on Ruby, or are you as imposing as your sister? Weiss was making her way to the exit.
Ruby's eyes sharpened. "Don't talk about Yang like that. And maybe I am as imposing as her." She only said that to get into the heiress' skin. It worked.
Weiss gritted her teeth. "Fine! Don't blame me when you two get in trouble." The heiress slammed the door shut, making Ruby flinch a little.
"Here we are! This one is the only one with a plaque!" Yang exclaimed gleefully. Ruby was at her side in the matter of seconds. Both were eyeing the plaque that read:
Team SLVR
"Drats. We do get assigned teams. The rumors were true. We don't even get Ring boy with us." Yang and Ruby were upset for different reasons. The former being upset that Ringo was taken while the latter being upset that she had to be in a team with other people.
Suddenly, footsteps were heard coming down the stairs from the second floor.
"Crud! We got to go Ruby!" Yang grabbed Ruby by the cloak and dragged her to the exit.
They waited outside for over ten minutes. Then, Ringo came bursting out the door with an upset expression on his face. In his hands was a cage with a cute hamster in it and a plague resting on the cage.
"Ringo! What happened?" Ruby asked after gushing over the hamster.
"I got kicked out by Ozpin himself," Ringo answered gruffly. "He told me I have to be with all of the other first years."
"Makes sense. Where are your other teammates anyway? Did they get promoted and leave you behind?" Yang pondered.
Ringo forced back a scowled. "Something like that." For a moment, a spark flickered in his eyes. Luckily, it was caught by no one.
"Looks like you're stuck with us~" Yang joked. Her and Ruby laughed, but Ringo stayed silent.
"Who's this little fella?" Ruby put her finger through the hamster cage to touch the little creature. The hamster scratched her finger, eliciting a cry of pain from the younger teen.
"Ow!" Ruby sucked on her finger, hoping to stop the pain.
'That little demon attacked me!' Ruby glared at the hamster. What sent chills down her spine was when the hamster glared right back.
"Sorry. Silver Jr. doesn't like strangers."
"Like owner, like pet," Yang said mischievously.
Ringo shook his head. "He's not mine. I'm watching him for… for a friend of mine. I guess he technically is under my care now. I've been watching him for over six months now."
"What!? Does his owner not care about him? What a meanie!" Ruby showed sympathy for the hamster despite it scratching her.
"Yep. He sure was a meanie." Ringo didn't speak for the rest of the trip. Ruby and Yang didn't mind and talked amongst themselves.
The three made it to the ballroom. It was around dinner time and most of the students left for the dining hall and left their sleeping bags on the ground. Ringo found a nice spot near the staircase and sat down, backed pressed against the wall. He put the hamster cage on his lap and stared at Silver Jr. drinking water from his bottle.
He heard two bodies slump down right in front of him. Ringo peered up and observed Yang and Ruby.
"What are you doing?"
"We're bunking next to you. Duh," Yang said it as if it was the most obvious thing in the world.
"Why?" Ringo was getting suspicious. "You two have been following me all day. What do you want?" His shoulders tensed. His weapon was slowly slipping out of its holster.
"You~" Yang purred. Ringo had more of a reason to fish out his weapon at any second. "And because Ruby needs a friend that isn't her strong, awesome sister." He put Vinny back after her reasoning.
"Yang!"
"Don't pout, little sister. We can talk over it during dinner. You coming, Ring boy?" Yang and Ruby were ready to head in the dining hall. They lingered around to see if Ringo would be joining them.
"No thanks. I had a big lunch before you newbies came. I'll just sit tight here and make sure no one steals our spot," He replied, focusing back on Silver Jr.
Yang shrugged, "If you say so."
The two sisters were in the dining hall for about forty minutes. They ate and then got changed for bed with all the other students. They came back and saw that Ringo remained seated on the floor, gazing into the hamster cage.
"What's so interesting about that darn hamster? You got two cute girls in front of you and you still choose that rodent over us?" Yang shoved the blushing Ruby to her sleeping bag, opting not to let Ruby speak.
"To be fair, I don't even know a hair about you two." Ringo put the cage to the side and tucked his knees close to his chest. "I guess now is a good time as any. Tell me about yourself, Ruby."
Ruby was taken aback that Ringo was more interested in her than Yang. Yang herself nudged Ruby's shoulder and wiggled her eyebrows. Ruby did what was natural in her own right.
She hid behind her sister.
"Nice chat." Ringo went back to fiddling with the toys in Silver Junior's cage.
Yang pulled Ruby a good distance away and berated her actions. "Ruby! There goes your chance at making a new friend and potential boyfriend!" Ruby chucked one of her pillows at Yang's face.
"It's not my fault! You made me nervous with your shoulder nudging and eyebrow wigging! And for the last time, I have no interest in Ringo!" Ruby dramatically fell to the side. Funny enough, Yang mimicked her actions.
"It's like a big slumber party." Yang caught the sight of Jaune wearing light blue footie pajamas. He waved at her, causing some of the shirtless guys to laugh at both of them. "Though I'm sure no one would invite him." She buried her face in her pillow, utterly humiliated in front of 'hot guys.'
"I don't know. Maybe you should try and be his friend." She imitated her sister's own words against her. "It's not fair. I didn't get to take my friends with me to school. It's weird not knowing anyone here."
Seeing her distraught, Yang placed a hand on Ruby's shoulder. "What about Jaune? He's… nice. There you go! Plus one friend! That's a hundred percent increase!" Yang playfully tussled Ruby's hair.
"Pretty sure Weiss counts as a negative friend. Back to zero…" Ruby sighed, dejected.
"Not true! Ring boy's your friend whether you like it or not. Even if he's on the paranoid side. Plus one friend again!"
"I don't know…" The two glanced back at Ringo, who pressed his head against the cage and tried to go to sleep. "Poor Ringo. He got kicked out of his dorm. He doesn't even have a sleeping bag to sleep in."
Yang developed an evil smile. "Just share yours~" Ruby threw a dog face pillow at her, but with greater force than the last.
The crimson haired girl brought her sleeping bag closer to Ringo's spot. The male teen opened an eye to see her smiling bashfully.
"Yes? Silver Jr. and I are trying to sleep." Silver Jr. had a mini night cap on his head. Ruby thought that this was cute.
"You can't sleep like that. Your back will be all sore during initiation. Don't you have anything more suited to sleep with?"
Ringo chuckled dryly and set the cage to the side for good. He laid down on his side and rested his chin on his hand.
"Not really. I lost my suitcase on the way here so all I really have is the uniform." He unbuttoned his suit and took off his tie. They were gently placed near the hamster cage, neatly folded. He then proceeded to remove his blue vest and grouped it with his other clothing. "You don't mind me taking off my shirt, do you?" The only reason he said this was because he took her age into consideration.
"N-no…" Ruby responded quietly. She watched anxiously as Ringo unbuttoned his dress shirt. His now exposed chest visible for her to see.
Yang wolf whistled as she laid back down on her sleeping bag. Ruby's eyes were glued to his well toned body. Her youthful innocence shyly emerging.
"Much better. That tie was getting annoying." Yang tossed him one of Ruby's pillows just before his head landed on the ground. "Thanks. Goodnight," Ringo yawned, his fatigue setting its course.
'I can rest safely today. Too much witnesses here. With the initiation tomorrow, I do need my energy.'
The two sisters were surprised that Ringo fell asleep so quick. Just when they were about to turn in, a familiar heiress' voice could be heard yelling at someone to blow out their candle as it was a distraction.
"Fine, heiress." Ruby recognized the voice to be the girl who she met earlier. She didn't have time to get a glimpse of her. The light from the candle went out. The ballroom was now dark. Too dark for anyone to see.
"Finally." Weiss was about to head back to her own sleeping bag until another ruckus got her attention.
Apparently, Silver Jr. thought it'd be a good idea to get some last minute exercise by running on his wheel. The squeaks and creeks irritated Weiss so much that it led her to go and find the source of the sound.
"Whoever is making that noise, some people are trying to sleep! Don't let me see it's you when I get over there!" The noise didn't stop. Weiss was getting closer and closer to the noise. She probably would've kicked Silver Junior's cage out the window if it wasn't for her tripping on one of the pillows that Ruby bopped Yang's face with. It was too dark for her to see where exactly she was.
"Eep!" Weiss tumbled to the ground, unknowingly falling right beside Ringo. "What the heck was-" Her voice cut off suddenly. Ruby and Yang were curious to find out what was going on.
"Coco… you're still as feisty as ever. That's what I like about you~"
"Nng! Let go of me, you idiot! I'm not Coco!"
As it turned out, Ringo unconsciously went for Weiss' form, believing it to be Coco. The heiress tried desperately to escape his hold but failed.
"Ruby! Yang!" Weiss could make out the two due to how close they were. Her eyes begged them to help her.
Ruby shrugged, not knowing what to do during the situation. Yang had Cheshire cat grin on her face. She turned around and fell asleep. Silver Jr. stopped running and soon hit the hay too.
"Sorry," Ruby whispered. She honestly had no clue on how to get Weiss free. She closed her eyes, wanting her first day of Beacon to be over. There were some ups and downs. Nonetheless, it was stressful and she wanted the day to be over.
"You dolts! You'll pay for th… nng!" Ringo squeezed her tighter. Weiss sported a full blown blush when her face was pressed into his chest. She felt his hand caress the long white hair that she let all the way down.
"You finally grew out your hair? Don't worry, I love you as much as you love your accessories~" Ringo placed a small kiss on Weiss' forehead and stopped talking in his sleep.
'I can't believe it has really come down to this. Who even is this guy? He went from a stuttering mess to a charmer in his sleep. I just want out!' Weiss screamed in her head. Her eyes softened at the kiss placed on her forehead. His hand kept petting her soft white hair, strangely giving her a sense of comfort.
All her life, she was isolated in her house. She had to know everything there was about dust. There was no playtime or making friends. The only touch she felt was with her father, and even then that was only when she was a toddler. Even if Ringo was basically forcing her to be close to him, she knew deep down that he wasn't the type to do this sort of thing when conscious.
'Well, unless if it's with this Coco character.'
Her cheek connected with his chest. Her eyes started to get sleepy.
'Either way, he's so going to get it in the morning. But for now…' Weiss relaxed in Ringo's embrace. Before she knew it, she had fallen asleep.
And thus marked the end of the first day of Beacon Academy.
Second Author's Note: Yeah, I do second notes just to recap on the chapter. I hope I got their personalities at least decent. Ringo pretty much is a wimp in this chapter, but that'll go away soon, maybe. As for his Team, they have already all been mentioned. If you squint hard enough, you'll get all three first names. It took me at least two hours to get names that follow the color rule. Anyway, the next chapter will be initiation and all that. Ringo's skills will come into play. And maybe the reason as to why he's still a first year. I don't have a specific date for the next chapter but there'll definitely be one next month. Stay tuned.