Chapter 1
AN: Chapters 1-11 are pre wrote chapters so anything you want me to add will have to come at a latter date, sorry!
As a safety precaution: I do not own RWBY or the characters!
'It didn't matter. I was going to wind up either here or as a merc anyway. May as well spend my years in huntsmen training.' Thought James. James was your average combat school student; he wanted to fight monsters, with or without a team. He stood just less than six foot at five-ten. Fair white skin with black hair; with an orange highlight on his one bang that fell over the right side of his forehead. He was wearing his usual plain black T-shirt and an Orange vest that was unzipped with faded jeans and black street shoes. 'How bad could beacon be? I'm sure I'll get a team but maybe I won't like them. Ah, what ever! Let the chips fall where they may, I'm usually lucky enough to tip the scales to my favor.' He thought. The airship carrying him and all the other first year students attending Beacon was due to arrive in seconds. He looked over to notice a blonde girl who was what looked like hugging but could also be strangling a girl in a red hood. 'The girl in red looks a little young… Well, combat school graduates are getting younger and younger. Maybe some kind of prodigy? What ever, I'll leave them be.' James looked to his left, a blonde guy looked extremely nervous like he was going to puke. "Hey, you alright?" James put his hand on the kid's shoulder. "No." The kid said swiftly looking for a place to puke, unfortunately he didn't make it all the way to the trash bin and got a small amount of puke on the blonde girl's shoes. 'Gross.' Was James' only thought. As both girls (the blonde and the one in red) were freaking out about the puke, James prepared for landing.
James was stunned when he arrived at the school; it was bigger than he thought it was. "Amazing isn't it?" A voice came from behind him and slightly to his left. It was a Faunus girl… With two traits: ears and a tail. She wore a dark purple vest and a long sleeve hoodie with dark blue jeans with white sneakers. She was just an inch shorter than James; she also was a small bit tanner than James. "Yeah. I'm sorry, I don't mean to be rude; but I haven't seen very many Faunus with both traits." "Yes, well I don't see many men with orange highlights." 'Touché.' Thought James. "I'm Noriko by the way." She said with a smile. "James. Nice to meet you." "Shall we? I mean, I'm a fan of the scenery and all but, we should find a spot before the opening ceremony starts." Noriko said with an extended open palm. "Agreed." The two set off to the main hall. KA-BOOM! An explosion made James and Noriko both flinch. "Dear god! What was that?!" James yelled in surprise. James looked back to see the girl with the red hood standing next to a crater talking to a girl that had an ice blue dress, and near transparent skin. The girl with the dress was holding what James could only describe as a vial of 'something'. "Well. That's certainly something you don't see often." Noriko spoke up. "Hey, uh, Noriko was it? You go on ahead, I want to go check out some more of the school." "Well, all right then. Shall I save you a spot?" "If you would, I will owe you." James replied with a smile. With a wave James wondered off. First he wanted to visit the gardens, he liked the peace and tranquility.
It was a short five-minuet walk to the gardens from the central plaza. James had quite a while until the ceremony started. He decided to just sit on a bench and listen to the sounds around him. He heard steps on cement, it was nearby. A girl in a grey hoodie and a black combat skirt was walking over to one of the fountains. She sat down and pulled out a book from her bag and began to read. 'I wont bother her, she's here to enjoy the silence and peace of this garden the same as me.' A metallic shuffling caused James to almost leap from his seat on the park bench. James looked across the Garden to see the blonde guy with the girl in the red hood who was holding a giant scythe. 'Seriously! What is with this girl? I'd hate to be on the wrong end of that thing.' James himself was quite proud of his weapon he had made in his time at his small combat school. His weapon was a katana, with a surprise; not only was this a katana, it was able to morph into a revolver that carried seven shots per magazine. The ammunition it fired was a custom built 44. Caliber round imbued with dust to make an almost ice like effect on impact, the bullet would splinter outwards making spikes to impale its target, a brutal weapon to have in an arsenal. James shifted his focus to the girl in the grey hoodie. She was gone. James checked his watch, just about time to start the ceremony.
James made his way back to the entrance where the ceremony was held. Noriko waved him over to where she was. "So, how were the gardens?" Noriko asked with a laugh. "Well, for starters I keep running into the girl with the red hood, she has a giant scythe for a weapon by the way. Then I saw someone else. Someone completely different. No introductions, just watching. I felt a… Vibe I guess you'd call it. I could tell she would look over to me when I closed my eyes." "You sure about that? It could just be your boyish imagination." Noriko joked. "No. This, this is different." James was completely hung up on it. James heard a girlish scream; it was the girl in the red hood… Standing next to the blonde girl and the ice queen (James had decided it was a fitting nickname). "That girl can never catch a break can she?" James thought out loud. "It seems not." Noriko answered back with a smile.
The head master came out and delivered his speech. Professor Ozpin was a strange man, James was fond of him, something about him just gave him the impression of peace; although the way he gave his speech was like he wasn't even there. Kind of lifeless.
Before he knew it, James looked out a window of the main hall to see nightfall. James scanned the room. Of course what he found was unsurprising, the girl in the red hood, the blonde, ice queen, were all standing around someone talking. A miniature fistfight broke out, more comical than anything. "Oh, hey James!" Noriko walked over to where James was standing by the window. "Hey." James said plainly. "You should really get some sleep. You'll need it tomorrow." 'Sleep is what is keeping me awake.' James thought to himself. "I'll get there eventually. Oh and tomorrow, don't wait up for me. I'll be done before you can blink." James said with a mischievous grin. "We will see. Have a good night." "You too Noriko." James laid down on his make shift bed consisting of a sleeping bag, one blanket and a pillow. Some where in the room James heard a book shut. James thought back to the girl he saw in the gardens. Before he knew it, James had drifted to sleep.