Guys...It's here! I have fulfilled my promise to my friends (I took a break! even if it was only a few days) And decided to bring you guys the new story, hopefully it will be a good chapter. Now I know the canon characters might have a wardrobe change, but I will leave that for later chapters..maybe, more then likely just small changes. Anyways, this may be long, or short, I have no clue till it is done...so lets get on with it!
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Ozpin looked out of the campus from his office at the top of the tower. The Headmaster sipped from his coffee as he watched the incoming Airships, the large vessels always brought in a large group of students each your, most returning but also a new batch of fresh minds. He smiled a bit, thinking of what he could say to throw the first years off, but was pulled back to reality by another voice.
"Ozpin, what have you planned for the first years initiation?" Glynda Goodwitch stated from next to the man, the two still in a stable relationship with each other, so much so that she had fully moved into his home.
The white haired man chuckled "Same as Last year, launch them into the forest."
The blonde woman rolled her eyes "Very well, the cliff will be cleared for tomorrow."
"I will be testing the returning second years, I want to see how much they improved and if it was right for them to return." Ozpin stated, the airships getting closer.
"Oh, and what would you like to do on such short notice" The blonde huffed, a little annoyed that her lover liked to do certain things on a whim.
"A very simple test...a fun game of capture the flag" He smiled a bit.
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The large airships docked and the students began to disembark, the first years looking around in awe and rushed to see the sights of the academy the would be spending the next year at, for some thing was their first taste of freedom, and to even a smaller group...safety. Through the crowd walked three girls, to of which were holding hands.
One was the tall Guinevere, her long blonde hair flowed down her back. One deep blue eye looked ahead of her cheerfully, glad to be back at the academy. Her other eyes was covered by a leather band that circled her head, hiding the missing eye from the world. She was wearing a lot less armor then last year. Instead of full plate, the girl was wearing a form fitting chain mail shirt, a pair of armored leather pants, armored boots and greaves, light gauntlets, and a light breastplate to protect her upper torso, which allowed more freedom for her to move and bend. A large shield was attached to her back, the handle of a sword sticking out from the top. Stored on the back side of the shield was also Queen's Needle, the Lance having been rebuilt to fold down to a store able size.
Holding her hand was a much shorter Svetlana, but the girl did seem to grow an inch or two over the summer months. The brown haired bear faunas was looking around eagerly, glad to be out of her boring village and back to Beacon, more then likely wanting to get into trouble. Unlike the year before, Svetlana had chosen to wear more in her combat attire. The girl was wearing something akin to scale mail, but only some of it was visible. Over the mail she wore a robe like garment, it wrapped around her chest and draped down the back of her legs before almost touching the ground. It was adorned with black fur around the collar and have a belt made from water seemed to be the teeth of a fearsome beast. It seemed she also grew her hair out enough to braid some of it, a few beads weaved into it. Her trusty axes 'The Cubs' were hanging off her belt.
The third member to the party was the party girl herself, Nirvana. The Mute DJ was rocking out black this year with some splashes of neon. The girl was wearing something that would be the baby of a hoodie and a belly shirt. The hood was pulled up over her head, two tail like add on hanging off the back of the hood. He also seemed to go a little deeper into the Rave side of DJing as she was wearing a half face gas mask, it only covering her mouth and nose, while a pair of goggles rested on her forehead. Her lower half was covered by what could only be called 'Rave pants' (Seriously...look them up on google) She was still sporting the gloves, belt and boots of Banshee remix, with little changed for them.
The three girls were chatting as they walked, but they were also looking for someone...their Leader. Tai Blackthorne had vanished from the hospital over the summer without a trace, and even after speaking with the hospital, they only got the answer "He left" from the doctors. They weren't exactly worried for his safety, as they knew their leader could handle himself. What they were worried about..was if he had quit Beacon. After the events of the Tournament at the end of the year...it was not something they wanted to think about.
The Summer had been interesting for the three girls. Svetlana and Guinevere had bonded more as a couple, even getting the go ahead from their families for them to have a relationship. Nirvana on the other hand had spent a lot of time moving around, doing shows and even going to visit her boyfriend Neptune, the two making the long distance relationship work.
As they walked along campus they picked up a few people along the way.
Team RWBY and JNPR seemed to intermingle before the three girls even got there, more then likely on the reason that Yang wanted her Lotus as soon as they landed. When the three found the bulk of their friends, they saw Yang scoop up the lean boy and hug him tightly.
Ruby turned and was about to call out to the three girls, just as the PA system came to life.
"All Second Year students, report to the South entrance to the Emerald Forest."
Ruby frowned since she was interrupted by the announcement.
"We just got here and they are already getting us to march around" Weiss sighed, a certain Gem hanging around her neck, clearly the gem that held the King. "Well, lets get going" The heiress grabbed a protesting Ruby by her hood and began to drag her away, causing Yang to run after them, half carrying, half dragging Ren with her, which caused Blake and the rest of JNPR to follow quickly.
Guinevere looked to Svetlana, who was smiling broadly, and knew the girl was glad they were back. The three girls just chuckled and headed off to the area they were told to go.
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Ozpin stood before the group of Second Years, the always present Glynda tapping on her tablet sized scroll. Ozpin was glad so many of his students had come back, but he raised a brow at a certain blond raising his hand.
"Yes, Mr. Arc?"
"I brought a parachute."
"You will not need it as you will be walking."
"Dammit!"
The group chuckled a bit, remember last year when the poor boy nearly fell to his death.
"Anyways, Professor Goodwitch, if you would." he gestured to the students.
The tall blonde woman walked forward, sporting her heeled boots even in the grass. "Students, this is not a test, but we expect the most out off all of you. Each of you will be sent a map of a part of the forest, in this area are flags with your symbols and or color on them." She paused to let the students check their scrolls. "These flags are either hidden, put in a difficult to reach location, or are being carried by a Staff member or Griim in the forest. You will stay in the forest until either you get all the flags, or the sun sets." She then noticed a hand go up. "Yes Miss Lancer?"
Guinevere looked to her teammates. "Well...our leader is not here..."
Glynda nods "we have put this into consideration, and you will still be able to do this, you only have three flags to find." She then turned to Ozpin, who now spoke.
"Be safe, you have made it to your second year, so do not waste it by being reckless on this test of growth...now go." He waved his hand, watching his students either run full tilt into the forest, or casually take their time...all of them missing the small smile on his lips.
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1 hour 47 minutes and 23 seconds into the Test to capture the flags...
"Fuck!" Svetlana cried out and stomped her foot, the three girls had been wandering their sector in search for their flags, and it seems the bear faunas was getting impatient. They had not met a single Staff member, a Grimm nor had they seen the flags pinned to anything.
Guinevere sighed and patted her smaller girlfriend on the head, trying to calm her down, which actually seemed to work a little bit. "Just be patient, we have hours to find these flags." She looks up to see Nirvana running at them, something in her hand. "Seems our friendly DJ found something."
Nirvana looked at the two girls and handed them the item she found, it seemed to be a note addressed to them.
The flags are in the clearing with me, come and fight me for your flags.
"it seems..." Guinevere started before Svetlana was gone in a cloud of dust.
"I'm getting my fucking flag!" She cried out, an ax in each hand as she charged through the brush.
"...Why am I dating her again?" Guinevere sighed and shook her head, sliding her shield off her back and attacking it to her arm, drawing the sword from the top. She began to follow the path Svetlana was making, a cheerful Nirvana walking behind her.
It did not take long for the charging form of Svetlana to fly out from the brush into the clearing, only for her to gaze at the tall and dark figure in the middle.
The figure might of been male, but all forms of identity were cover. The figure was dressed in all black, the only form of color being a white plague doctor mask of its face...and the three colored flags on his belt. He was dressed in a closed black long coat, black boots, and black pants. The coats hood was pulled up to hid the figures hair. The most interesting thing was its hands. The masked stranger was wearing black gloves with claws fixed onto the finger tips. He just seemed to stare at Svetlana, the unnerving black eyes of the mask staring at her.
"Fight me!" Svetlana cried out as she charged the figure, just as the other two came out of the forest.
Guinevere just sighed and shook her head "Lets just...let her try."
Svetlana charged up, swinging one of her axes in a wide arc, but it was only a false attack to get a good punch in. The figure did duck under the ax, only to get a hard punch to the guy, making the figure double over and back up...but it seems like it was not the only thing hurt.
"Fucking hell!" She shook her hand as she backed up. "I though I punched a person, not a freaking brick wall!" She looked up in time to take a solid hit to the face, knocking her over. "Nirvana, Switch!" she called out as she stumbled back.
The Mute DJ was there in moments, vaulting over the downed Viking to attack the masked figure, only to see a small device fly out of the figures hand and latch to her.
*ZAP*
Nirvana crashed into the ground, having just been shocked to the point of her weapons shorting out. the most she could do is start the rebooting process. She turned to Guinevere and held up three fingers, signaling it would take three minutes to reboot.
The Blonde Knight nods and readied her shield, held her sword out at and angle, and began to charge. She began to get close and moved her shield to the side, giving her room to swing. The masked figure ducked under her slash, and the back swing, using his clawed glove to slap the blade away and jab with the other. His hand slammed against her shield, causing him to rebound before she could bash him. Moving quickly away, the figure mt on of Guinevere's new toys.
Tired of being a purely melee fighter, the Knight had invested in a small SMG. unlatching it from the inside of her shield, she leveled it and opened fire, making the figure run and dodge. She continued to fire, trying to pin the person down, but it was so fast and nimble. She frowned as a clicking showed her current magazine was spent.
As she went to put her SMG back, she noticed Svetlana was giving her weapon a run too. The Bear girl snapped her axes together and the handle grew longer, the blades growing larger to make a greataxe.
"Screw you!" Svetlana cried out and swung, only to miss again...and again...and again. "Hold still you twig!" She snarled and swung down hard, the ax getting stuck in the ground. "You have to be kidding me..." She huffed nad looked up...to see the figure doing something strange.
The figure tugged at his coat and let it fall down and hang around his waist. Under the coat the figure wore a skin tight black garb, as if it was the top half of a body suit. The gloves went all the way to mid bicep, the entire length lined with buckles. The figure seemed to we wearing something to conceal it's hair, but it was more then likely male.
Svetlana took a pause in her work to get her ax free when something began to happen "The hell is that?!" The other girls watched as well.
Something akin to the sound of splattering liquid came from the male, only for a large tendril of a blackish red material burst from his upper back, only to be joined by a second. The tendril looked to be a suspended fluid, only to have them move back and harden into a curved blade. Finally the male figure would attack, the bladed tendrils whipping out and striking the ground around Svetlana.
Svetlana jumped back and whirled to the side, "Guinevere! Help!"
The Knight jumped into action, recoiling as one of the tendrils smacked against her shield. Guinevere figured this was the males semblance, and it was something, but Svetlana had one tendril busy, and she had the other... "Nirvana, attack from behind!" The knight called out, just as the girl sprang into the air, having rebooted her weapon systems.
Yet...it seemed two tendrils was not the males limit. Nirvana was grabbed and wrapped into a third one, coming from under the lower part of his coat, acting as a tail.
Nirvana shrieked in surprise, only to be turned into a human club. The tail swung her around, slamming her into Guinevere and Svetlana, sending the girls a few feet away in a tangled mess.
"Ow...fuck." Svetlana groaned.
"I...didn't see that coming" Guinevere huffed as she looked up to see the man standing over them, the tendril gone. He reached into his belt and tugged out the three flags to them.
"We...didn't beat you though..." Guinevere frowned, looking at her colored flag.
"You did fine, you improved a lot." The figure finally spoke, muffled by his mask. He reached up and pulled the head covering away, letting his long, waist length hair tumble free, the purple streaks visible in the light. He then tugged the mask off and looked down at them, smirking at their wide eyed looks as they realized...They had been fighting their missing leader.
"Hey Guys, welcome back to Beacon." Tai smirked down at them.
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And BOOM! Chapter done! So how do you guys like the start to the second year? The new outfits and such? I hope you all enjoyed this chapter as it was fun and refreshing to write, and I hope that you will all enjoy the plot for this year as it comes to life.
Without much else to say other then thanks for coming to read this..Arrix out.
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