More stories, you must be asking, even though you can't keep up with your other stories already out?

Yes, more stories, even though the previous thing.

I don't know, I'm weird. Anyway, new story, I own nothing used in the story except the OC, and there will probably be more new stories some time in the near future- MWAHAHA! I LIVE TO ANNOY YOU ALL!

Man, I have a problem...

Enlividated.

I feel like that word has already been used somewhere else before. Though that would be a good thing, because now I have an actual word that accurately describes my RAGE!

"Oh, please. That isn't a word, even in your diminutive, mind addled world." Oh joy. Just who I wanted to hear at this exact moment. "That was sarcasm if you couldn't understand, bitch." "Yes, and I don't care, if you couldn't understand, douche." Hn. Maybe talking back against a voice in my head that has access to all my quips and remarks isn't the best thing to do right now. "Oh, so NOW you think it's a bad time to bad mouth me." Ignoring the voice(Not for the first time-) I got off the floor and looked around the hall. "Well, guess all that's left to do is figure out what to do now." "You have to ask that? It's obvious what to do! Follow the bitch that started all this!" "I mean, I could do that, but, what's the point?" "What's the POINT? The point is to stop whatever the hell she is trying to do, and you can't do that if you don't figure out where she went, so follow her before she can get away!" "Why should I care what she's doing? For all I know, she won't ever come back here, and I could live out the rest of my life just sitting around doing nothing!" "Oh like HELL I'll let you do nothing for the rest of your life while I'm still in your head!" "But, I like doing nothing-" "And if you like having your penis still attached to your body, then you'll go through that GOD DAMN DOOR!" "Go through that door, huh?" "YES!"

Walking up to the door, I looked at the snow white doorknob and the grey door and rusted frame. "You want me to go through the door, huh?" "If I have to tell you to grab the damn knob and open the door one more time, Mu, you won't have enough fingers to grab YOUR knob once I'm through with you!" "Alright, alright. But, just to be sure-" I lifted my right hand and pointed. "Go through that door, right?" "YES! FOR THE LOVE OF CHRIST, YES! NOW GO!" "Uh huh… I'll go through the door, alright." Going up to the door, I grabbed the white, red, black, and yellow colored knob. "Wait, what are you doing?!" "What? I'm doing exactly what you told me to do! I'm going through this door. The one I pointed to." "You ASS, you know I can't see through anything but your eyes and can't feel whenever you lift an arm! Don't-" "Too late." Opening the door to the immediate right of the original door Oracion had gone through, I went through the frame even as the voice in my head was screaming it's lungs off telling me not to do it.


"Oh god, I should have went through the other door!" Quickly grabbing my mouth before the contents of my stomach could make themselves known to everyone, I found a wastebasket to my left and went to it, throwing up everything I could into it. "Ugh, I haven't felt this sick since that Round-Robin drinking tournament we had at the AA meeting when Warusaki made a guest appearance…" Hurling up more of my stomach's insides into the basket, I groaned and stumbled away from the scene of the crime(The crime was that my stomach was a betraying dick!).

As I heard an explosion sound somewhere in front of me, I figured something out."Woah!" Stopping to look around at my surroundings, I found them to be completely different from the building I had been in, or even Kyoto City for that matter. Massive ships were flying through the air, kids were running about everywhere, and there was even a giant building in up ahead of me, most likely a school of some kind if all the young teens milling about were of any indication. "Beacon Academy…" Wait, how did I know what this place was called? And, come to think of it, there were a lot of things that I suddenly knew that I didn't even know existed 5 minutes ago! "Beacon, Hunters, family, bullheads, airsickness- what the hell is going on?"

And why did I suddenly have the urge to go out and buy the newest X-Ray and Vav comic?!

Looking down to look at myself as well, I could see my old outfit was replaced with black high tops, a pair of blue jeans with a white patch at the left knee, held up by a brown belt, which criss-crossed with another belt of a different shade of brown, and a short-sleeved black hoodie with some sort of detached scarlet sleeves, covered by brown working gloves that were fingerless with metal plates over the knuckles. Over the hoodie, was a chest plate and elbow pads. Reaching up to my head, I pulled down my hair, revealing it to be a mix of both my long spiky style and a blonde color that I didn't have before(Starting to think I body snatched some poor sap-)."Okay, Mu, calm down, and FREAK THE HECK OOOOOOOOOUT!" I started screaming and ran in a random direction, waving my hands around in the air wildly as I did so.

The sad thing was I couldn't tell if that was the influence affecting me, or if it was just entirely me.

… I hate myself.

"Oomph!" Tripping on something, I almost fell to the ground, but managed to catch myself by flipping on my hand and landing back on my feet. "Man, that scraped my hand-" "OH-MY-GOSH!" Turning to look at what I had tripped on, I had to look down quite a bit to see a starry eyed, tiny teen girl in a red riding hood like outfit(Holy crap, I'm MASSIVE now! FINALLY!). "The way you were about to fall to the ground because you tripped on me- which I'm sorry for by the way- but saved yourself by landing on your hand and doing a flip was so AWESOME!" "Uuuuuuuuh, thanks." "Yeah! It totally makes up for back in the airship when you vomited everywhere!" "... Where I what?"


"I don't care what anyone says, motion sickness is a chronic disease that needs immediate research to find a cure." I don't know how we transitioned from the front of the building to one of the paths that definitely didn't lead to where we needed to go(Seriously, there was a pond over here for god's sake- or whatever the hell the people in this universe worship, I don't know, the knowledge was kind of fuzzy and blurred out by other ones of stupid comic books and video games.), but we were walking along it anyway, talking about vomit, dust(Whatever that was-), and, for some reason, annoying siblings(I apparently had 7- yeah, surprised me too.). "Um, I don't think motion sickness is a disease, and I already said I was sorry about calling you vomit boy! It was just the first thing that came to mind!" "Sure, sure, Crater Face." "The explosion was an accident!" "Yeah, and so was the vomit, but you don't see me complaining about projectile explosions." "Okay, okay! I'm sorry…" I sighed and shook my head.

You just couldn't stay mad at something that looked worse than a kicked puppy.

"Jaune." "Ja-wha?" "Jaune Arc; my name. Short, sweet, rolls off the tongue- ladies love it." She raised an eyebrow. "Do they?" I shrugged. "Haven't gotten a complaint from any yet." Neglected to mention she currently was the only one that I had given it too, but whatever. The walk had turned rather awkward in the 5 seconds that neither of us said anything, and I scratched the back of my head as the girl next to me started fidgeting. "So, I got this!" Stopping so that I wouldn't get cut as a scythe slammed into the ground in front of me, I examined it. "Hm. A tool that has been transformed into a belligerent weapon of mass eradication from an outdated agricultural farm utensil." She gave me a blank look. "A 'Sythe'- or scythe, in today's lingo." "Oh- it's also a customizable, high-impact, sniper rifle!" She locked the cartridge to get the point across. "Sniper, eh? Neat." "Yeah! So, what do you have?"

Good question-

"Oh, uh, I got, this… Thing…"

"I LEFT MY SWORD ON THE PLANE!" Ohhhhhhhh, this was gonna suck- especially considering that thing was a damn heirloom! An heirloom to a clan that I didn't even know existed until about 30 minutes ago, but still, it was the only weapon I had to take into this 'Hunter' school. "You- you left your weapon somewhere?! HOW?" "I don't know, I just, DID! I must have been in such a hurry to find a trash can, that I forgot all about it!" Which was weird, because if memory serves right, the sword was attached to my person by my belt and sheath(A sheath which was also gone now.)… "Well, guess I'm barebacking it for a while." "You, you mean you're gonna go into Beacon weaponless?!" The girl gasped as I sighed. "Looks like it; gotta thank all those hand-on-hand classes I took back in my early days." I shivered at the thought of it. "I still have the hand prints on my neck from the last one." "But, but, aren't you, like, scared about the thought of going up against Grimm without some form of protection? What if you get injured on a mission because of it, or, or, or, DIE?! I can't take that! You're my first friend here, and I don't want to see you die!"

Jesus, this chica made Speedy Gonzales look like his slow ass cousin with the amount she was running around and how fast she was fretting with herself.

"Easy there, Red." I grabbed her hood before she could run around me again(I was starting to get sick again with how fast she was doing that-) and lifted her off the ground. "I ain't dumb, nor weak; I think I can take a beating or two and still live to tell the tale." God knows I wouldn't be here if I couldn't… "But, but-" "Yes, I like butts as much as the next man, but now isn't the time for butts." Throwing her over my shoulder, I turned to her as she started blushing and pounding my chest to get me to put her down(Fat chance- she hits like a kitten!). "So, which way are we going?" "... I thought you knew." "Nnnnno, I was just following you… Even if I knew that we were obviously going the wrong way-" "Wait, WHAT?!" "Yeah, I mean, we were right at the entrance, but you decided to walk off in some random direction, and I just went along with it." "You, do know the way back though, right?"

Normally, I would- either by remembering the way we had come from, or just searching out presences with my Pesquisa to find where the vast majority of people were allocated at, but thanks to these damn thoughts and memories that weren't mine, I didn't remember the way we came from at all, and for some reason, which really disturbed me, I couldn't access my Reiatsu to do anything with, so we were SOL.

"Nnnnnnnope." "That- is not good." "Yeeeeeep."

"Think this place has a map, or a notorious landmark, or something I can use to get us to the first year orientation on time to not get kicked out?" "Nnnnnnope." "... Run for it?" "That sounds like a swell plan of action."


"So, before we walk in there, can you, you know- PUT ME DOWN?!" The girl continued to pound on my chest as my gait to the entrance ceremony halted. "Ah, and here I was hoping to flaunt around my new trophy to everyone." I teased as Ruby blushed redder than her namesake and used her hood to cover her face. "You're no fun." I pouted and lowered her to the ground, where she dusted off the anything that could have gotten on her outfit from our trip off her clothes. "Well, we're here! And now, I am off to find some POOOOOON!" "Poon?" I left the confused girl to get to her waving blonde haired friend(Waving blonde haired busty friend, huehuehue!) to find some poor girls to hit on.

"So, you come here often?" "I'm a first year, dumb ass- and this is a school that I am required by law to attend everyday!"

"Hey, baby. Did it hurt? Falling from heaven, I mean?" "Not nearly as much as the kick to your groin I am about to give you will be."

"Are you from Tennessee? Because you're the only Ten I see-" "What's a 'Tennessee'?"

Man, girls in this world were harsh!... Or stupid, and neither of those things are attractive(In large bursts-)!

"Rubyyyyyyyyyyyyy, the girls at this school- other than you- are so meeeeeeeeean!" I whined as I dragged myself to where Ruby and her friend were standing and placed my head on her shoulder, seeking comfort. "Um, there, there?" She awkwardly patted my head as I sighed and stood back up fully. "You're not very good at comforting people, are you?" "Hey! I'm fifteen, I don't need to be good at that yet!" Fifteen? Wasn't the required age to come to this school like, 17? Eh, whatever, there were more pressing matters to attend to, anyway-

"So, Ruby, who's your friend right there, and are they single?" "Huh? Oh, that's Yang! And she's not my friend, she's my sister!" Aw god, dang it. I can't put the moves on the sister of someone as cute and innocent as Ruby- not without feeling like a total ass, anyway. "A terrible sister, at least." She glared(Read: Pouted.) at Yang, who looked sheepish and was rubbing the back of her head, and turned away from her. Aaaaaaand, strike one. "Hey, I'm Jaune. Jaune Arc, short, sweet, rolls off the tongue; ladies love it." "Do they now?" The sassier sister cocked an eyebrow and smirked at me. "Yeah- or at least, that's what my mommy and sisters said." She just looked at me blankly. "Not doin' it for ya, is it?" A shake of the head. "Ah well, so much for starting off this meeting with a Yang~" I snickered at my own pun, before looking back at the party and seeing Ruby's horrified expression and Yang's absolutely shit eating grin. "You and me- we're gonna get along juuuuuuuuuuust fine!" "Something tells me, you and me together, is gonna be Archaic." "DEAR OUM, THERE'S ANOTHER ONE!" Ruby shouted and started huddling in on herself as Yang was bent over from laughing so hard.

That was weird- most girls I knew absolutely loathed puns.

"So, that aside; what about the other chick over there- she your sister too? Cause she's seems colder than the Arctic winds, and that doesn't really equivalate to everything I know about your family, so far." "Make one more pun in my presence, Jaune, and I swear to Oum, I will- wait, other chick?" "YOU!" "OH OUM!" The tiny girl got scared of the other tiny girl behind her, and jumped into my arms as a result. "Wha-" "CHEESE IT! IT'S THE FUZZ!" "I DON'T LIKE CHEESE, ESPECIALLY TH FUZZY KIND!" Frantically jogging in place, I didn't know where to go, so I just chose to go back to the entrance, running with the girl in my arms as-

*BAM*

"Ow, my cartilage…" I groaned as I ran head-on into a pillar, and fell to the ground on my back, with the red riding hood going along for the ride. "Ow, now my back!" "Pffffft, don't worry, vomit boy, just, hehe, just, Arc it! HAHAHA-" "YANG! I JUST GOT THROUGH YELLING AT JAUNE FOR THAT!" "Yeah, hi. Guy with the broken nose, here?" "You imbecile! You're lucky we weren't blown off the side of this cliff!" "Oh my Oum, you really did explode." "It was an accident!" The tiny girl got off of me and made her way back to her sister and friend(Enemy? Frenemy?). "Accident or not, you almost killed us both!" The white haired girl then pulled a pamphlet out of her dress and shoved it into Ruby's face. "What's this?" I went up and grabbed it from the girl's hand and started reading it as she explained what it was. "The Schnee Dust Company is not responsible for any actions committed while using our products, and furthermore…"

Jesus, that girl could nag.

"Dang it, I already said it was an accident! It won't happen again!" "I don't care if it was an accident! If you cannot properly handle our products, then do not even think about touching them!" "You know, the leading cause of accidents are explosions." Everyone stopped what they were doing and looked over at me still reading the pamphlet. "Yep. Fickle things, explosions are." "... Right, anyway, do you want to make this up to me?" "Yes!" Than take this-" The white dressed girl took the pamphlet out of my hands and handed it to Ruby. "Oi!" "-Read it, and never talk to me again." "Okay, look." Yang placed herself between the two bickering girls and put a hand on both their shoulders. "I think you two just got off on the wrong foot. Why not forget this happened and try to become friends instead?" "I like that plan! A-hem! Okay, hi Weiss, I'm Ruby!" The red wearing girl held out her hand for the white one to shake it. "Wanna hang out? We could go shopping and… Stuff?" "Oh sure." The white one rolled her eyes. "We can also paint our nails, try on clothes,, and talk about cute boys, like tall, blonde, and lanky over there!" "Hmph. You're just jealous of my amazing hair and outstanding physique." I ran a hand through my hair and flexed an arm.

"Yeah. Jealous." The now named Weiss deadpanned as Yang walked over and poked the arm I was flexing. "Holy cow!" The girl's eyes widened as she tried to wrap her arm around the bicep. "You are ripped! How'd you get such bulging muscle?" "Working out, proper rest, and lots, and lots of juice."

What they didn't need to know was that my working out consisted of going around maiming Shinigami, my diet was mainly Hollows, and the juice I was talking about certainly wasn't protein shakes and apple juice… Definitely tasted like them, though- both tasted like shit.

"Man, Xiao Long have you been going to the gym, vomit boy?" "Yang!" Said girl grinned as Ruby groaned and Weiss shook her head exasperatedly. "Kids…"

"A-hem."

The chattering around us quieted down as an oddly dressed man(Holy shit, it's the riddler!) stood at the podium and started speaking into the microphone. "I will try, to keep this brief." "Thank god, amirite?" "Shhhh!" I pouted as all three girls shushed me and started poking the ground with a stick.

No respect…

"You have traveled here today, in search of knowledge." Eh, debatable, but go on. "To hone your craft and acquire new skills-" Highly doubt I'll be learning anything I don't already know at this place, and my 'Craft' has been honed for as long as I've been undead(However long that was-), so currently he was just speaking gibberish at this point. "And when you are finished, you plan to dedicate you life to the protection of the people." Woah, hold up there! "What have the people done for me, lately, anyway?" "Jaune!" "I'm just saying!" I raised my hands in defeat as Ruby glared at me(Read: Still pouting.) and the man continued babbling on with his speech even as I whisper-talked to the people around me. "But I look amongst you, and all I see is wasted energy." Trust me, dude, I would much rather be wasting my energy on other things right now, but this stupid speech is impeding on said things, so hurry it the hell up so I can get some poon! "In need of direction; purpose." "Okay, so is this starting to sound a little too cult like for anyone else's comfort? No? Just me? Of course…" "You assume knowledge will free you of this, but your time at this school will prove that knowledge can only carry you so far." Eh, I know about at least a dozen or so people that would disagree with you on that.

And would promptly kick your ass for saying it, too…

"It is up to you, to take the first step…" "Is that first step to a bar, cause I could really go for some shots right now-" "Jaaaaune!" "Right, right. Sorry." "Tomorrow, your initiation begins, be ready. You're dismissed." Initiation? What initiation? "Huh. He seemed kind of… Off." "Almost like he wasn't even there…" "Well, that awful speech sure was, though. I mean, I got the total vibe of a cult leader from that guy, and personally, I am gonna stay at least a fifty foot radius from him at all times." "Uh, Jaune-" "Dude also has a weird fashion sense- all green? I mean, does he like money, or something, or is he some man with a green fetish? Or, god forbid, a tree hugging hippie- ugh." "Jaune." "And that cane- oh boy! Old man scrooge called, and he wants his walker back!" "Jaune!" "Don't even get me started on that voice and face, either, and- the blonde haired teacher from earlier on the stage is standing right behind me, isn't she?" "..." "I don't suppose I can convince you I was talking about another green enthusiast teacher with a cane, can I?" "My office, now."

"Didn't think so."


"Oh, what the hell is this?" What kind of self-respecting man would wear a fucking rabbit onesie- at the age of 17?! "I'm starting to wonder if whoever the fucks memories I took was sheltered for all his life." Come to think of it, the rest of the crap in this bag of his also only had these pajamas and more of the same outfit he had worn here- what, did he only wear this one damn outfit every day of the year?! "This is totally not helping out my hatred for the youth of today." I grumbled and took off the armor on my person, deciding to just go with what I was wearing under it to wear to sleep(Not that I planned on sleeping much, anyway-) as the others around me started getting ready for sleep as well(Though, only the girls really seemed to be doing that, as the guys were just taking off their shirts trying to impress the girls around them with their 'Fitness'- bah, they all have the physiques of a 12 year old boy!).

"Oh dear lord, those two are getting out the oil and are wrestling-" Okay, there was a fine line between hitting on the chicks, and getting really, really gay.

These morons didn't seem to be getting where that line was, though.

"Ugh, I need to get away from these idiots. I can't concentrate with all the naked flesh running around." Let it be said that I can never focus whenever I see the flesh of another- either because of the jiggle physics, horrific bodies of ugly men, or just the tantalizing deliciousness that is a hoomahn body(I especially enjoyed the white ones- they tasted like chicken!). Looking around for a spot that wasn't near any flashing men(Cue shudder.), I finally found a spot near a black haired, bow wearing girl with an actual Yukata styled shirt amongst an otherwise American fashioned crowd. "Hey!" I waved to the girl, causing her to look up from the book she was reading, seemingly not enjoying the distraction. "Yes?" "Sorry for interrupting your reading, but-" "Look." She sighed here and closed her book. "I don't care how 'Macho' you think you are, but I will not watch you model in front of me, nor will I give you my honest opinion about what I think of it, or let you touch my hair and bow. Now, will you please just leave me alone?" "Uh, all I wanted to know was if you'd allow me to sit near you to read this book-" I pulled out a book from my hoodie and showed it to the girl. "'The World of Remnant, and You'." The girl slowly blinked as she looked over the book, and then me. "Yeeeeeeeah. This is kind of the only spot that has peace and quiet in a room full of hormonal teenagers, and a light to be able to read, as well." "Oh." "But, if you're so against it, I can find another area to-" "Huh? Oh! No, no. You can stay here to read, if you want…" "Don't mind if I do." I groaned and fell against the wall, falling to the floor next to the girl and started reading the book as she herself silently went back to her own book.

I only got about 5 minutes into the book(Which, for me, was the equivalent of getting through a twentieth of the entire, rather thick, book.) before my nose started twitching. Huh, it would seem that my senses had only been dampened a tiny bit, as I could still smell the faint smell of everything around us, even the people who didn't want to be smelled(Like the one guy standing in the corner who smelled worse than a dirty gym sock with rotten eggs stuffed inside it-), which definitely allowed me to smell the girl next to me. Unlike the others around us, she had a distinct smell of a cat- which was weird, because I could also smell the scent of other animals on the different people in the room(Like Ruby, who had the faint scent of a dog; maybe some kind of Corgi?), but her scent was abnormal; it wasn't almost imperceptible like the others, it was more distinct, like she spent every waking hour of every day surrounded by cats.

Curious…

Now let's just hope that she wasn't some crazy cat lady who couldn't live without her cats-

"So, what's your book about?" I asked as I resumed my own reading, causing another pause in the cat ladies reading. "Huh?" "Your book- it got a premise, or is it just some mindless smut you picked up at the nearest adult literature store before you came to school?" "It's not smut!" Even without looking up from my book, I could tell the girl had blushed and looked in another direction. "It's- it's about a man, with two souls… Each fighting for control of his body." Okay, that hit too close to home for my comfort. "Two souls in one body, fighting for control… Crazy, right?" "I don't know, I'd like to think that this story has some merit to it; I mean, it can't be all fiction, right?" "Well, you never know. But I'm sure the 'Soul' thing is just a metaphor for something else, maybe a disease and how the man is fighting it to regain his life back, and to not die from it." "I never really thought about it like that, before…" "Or maybe he's just leading a double life, and the created persona of his is eating away at his original life, and he has to choose between the two lives he wants to live." "What?!" She must be really jumpy, because at the mention of the last reasoning, she stiffened up and started looking around the room frantically, probably for an escape route of some kind.

Man, she must really love cats, cause she's even acting like one now…

"Or something like that, I don't know, literature isn't as much my foray as other subjects." I went back to my book after that, though. Really should learn as much as I could about this world before I go off into combat against… Whatever the hell it was I was going up against soon- "So, you think this book could be about someone's fight against themselves over the decision of what life they want to lead?" Or maybe I wouldn't read my book as soon as I would wish- oh well.

I interrupted her reading before, so a tisket for a tasket, I suppose.

"It could be about anything, but yeah, that seems like that option is higher than most of the other ones." "... Hypothetically speaking, if you had to choose between your original life, or the second one you created yourself, which would you choose?" Kids these days need to learn not to put 'Hypothetical' into their sentences when they are giving examples- really gives away that you're using yourself as an example. "Well, most people would want the life they created for themselves, because that's the life they want to carry out for the rest of their days, and then the other people in that situation would be the stupid Christians that want the life God created for them- but that's besides the point. I, personally, would want whichever life is best for me." "What- what do you mean?" "I don't care if the life I created for myself is the thing I wanted for all my existence, I don't care if I wasted away the other life for myself making the other a reality either; the life I want, is the life where I am in charge. Where no one can tell me what to do, where I am living my days to their fullest, doing what I want to do. So what if the life I created for myself is 'Perfect' by other people's standards- I'll choose whichever is best for my own lifestyle." "Your own…? But, that just makes it sound like-" "Like I am choosing the life that is the most convenient for me, yeah. Because what can I say- laziness is a virtue… Not a good one, but it's still one nonetheless." I grinned at the sweat dropping girl and went back to reading my book.

"... But-" Oh come on! I chose to come over here in the first place so that I could read in peace damn it! "-What if the life you want to choose for yourself, is the wrong one…?" "Bzzzt. Incorrect answer." "Excuse me?" "Whatever lifestyle you choose can't be the wrong one, because it's the one you chose to live. So what if it isn't as glamourous as you first thought it to be? You chose it, so stick by your decision and MAKE it as glamourous as you thought it would be! What I'm trying to say here, is that there is never a wrong choice when thinking on how to live your life- just a better choice, and a not so better choice; but if you really do choose to pick the not so good one, you still stick to your guns, and just make the best of what you chose." "That, is a lot more insightful than I was expecting from someone like you... Oh! No offense!" "None taken- truth be told, that was too intelligent a response even for me… Gonna need some hard liquor soon, otherwise, I might turn philosophical forever." I shook my head as the black haired girl looked down, contemplating the things told to her.

"He-llooooooooooooo~" We both turned at the welcoming word as we watched Yang pull her struggling sister(Who was making sounds as if she was being dragged to the morgue instead of just two teenagers.) towards our position. "I think they're coming towards us-" "Yeah. I noticed." "I believe you two may know each other-" Yang started off before pulling her sister in front of her. "Wait; aren't you that girl who exploded?" "Crater face? Yeah, that's her." "JAUNE!" "Oh relax, little red, I'm teasin' ya. Anywho, Ruby, this is-"

"-Crazy cat lady, and crazy cat lady, this is crater face." "I AM NOT A CRAZY CAT LADY/CRATER FACE!" "Sure, that's what they all say." "THAT'S BECAUSE IT'S TRUE!" "Riiiiiiiiight." "Ugh, anyway, my, uh, my name's Ruby!" She held out a hand to the girl to shake, but was just left hanging as the crazy cat lady stared at the opposing hand. "Nice to, meet you…" "Heh, heh, excuse us for one second!" Yang grabbed the girl's arm and pulled her aside to talk. "What are you doing?!" "I don't know, help me!" Me and the girl sweatdropped as we could both easily hear the not-so-whispered conversation going on a few feet away from us, even without super hearing. "So, uh, what's your name?" Okay, now that was a decent question- especially when even I didn't know the answer to it, and I had held a deep ass conversation with her about life choices! "Blake." Man, what was with this crazy cat lady- she was all for asking the weird looking guy still in his casual clothes who wanted to fucking read next to her about life, but when two innocent looking teenage girls just looking for a conversation come up to her, she's more withdrawn than Yertle the Turtle.

"Ah, nice to meet you, Blake! I'm Yang, Ruby's older sister!" Silence. "So, uh, how are you liking Beacon so far?" More silence. "Heh heh heh. Um, anything you see around you that you like so far?" Oh dear god, what is that- just kidding, it was still silence. "Nice bow?... It goes well with your, uh, pajamas!" I feel like you could grab a butter knife and cut through the tension in the air like in that one Scooby Doo episode. "Lovely evening, isn't it?!" Okay, now she was just grasping at straws, here. "Yes- it is. Almost as lovely as this book." She stared at the two awkward looking girls for a while. "Which I will continue to read- as soon as you leave." Ouch. "Yeah, this girl's a lost cause, Ruby." "Ah, come now! I'm sure you three will hit it off perfectly eventually! Isn't that right, crazy cat lady?" "My name is Blake." "See? Even crazy cat lady over here thinks so." "Why do I even bother…" "Beats me. Anywho, I'm sure we'll all be great friends, come time for school to start. Though, speaking of, why'd you all decide to come to Beacon, anyway? Couldn't be to just learn to kick ass better; there has to be classes outside of schools for that kind of crap."

"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuh-"

"Okay, everyone except Yang, then?"

"Well, truth be told, I wanted to join Beacon because, when I was a kid, the stories of rampaging monsters, and heros stopping them, and other such things… And I wanted to, you know, make those stories a reality!" "Heh. Why is that? Hoping for a happy ending?" "I'm kind of hoping for everyone to have a happy ending. As a girl, I always heard the stories of people fighting evil, and protecting the people who couldn't really defend themselves, and I want to be just like them!" "That's rather ambitious. But, the real world isn't some fairy tale. It's full of strife, war, and malevolency. All because of the indolences and ignorance of so many people…" "Yeah, but that's just the norm for the world; as long as the people in charge are, just that, in charge, there will be people who oppose them, and as they do so, the circle of hatred will continue on and on and on… It will never end." Everyone looked over to where I was now reading my book in surprise at that. "But, it has to end eventually, right?" "It will never end, that is a sad fact of life. Conquest, war, famine, and even death will always be around in this world of ours, no matter how much we try to prevent it." "Yeesh, getting rather grim here, aren't ya?" "As long as you embrace that those things will always be just another part of life, then it doesn't exactly have to be that way, Yang." "Uh, Death kind of seems more than a little grim, don't you think?" "Ah. But that is where you are wrong; only when you really, truly, embrace the things that everyone else loathes and fears, like war and death, then, and only then, is when you can start making a difference in the world." "I'm- not following." "He's saying you have to be willing to go through all of those things in order to even begin affecting the world around yourself… Right?" "Eh, something like that. I really need a drink right now though, before I go crazy from lack of insanity…"

"Wait; are you saying you've actually KILLED before?!" "Ruby, quiet down!" Yang shushed her sister as she jumped and screamed at the sudden realization of what I was talking about. "Yep; I've also taken what wasn't meant to be mine, made others tear at each others throats in the hopes of standing at the top, and even starved whole nations before." "Nations?!" "Did I say nations? I meant, uuuuuuh, families of ducks."

Damn annoying ducks, too- wouldn't stop complaining about the lack of food, or how I was making them kill each other just for a loaf of bread, either…

"Anyway, that's not the point I'm trying to get across, here. In the end, if you really want to start shaping the world in the way you want it to be, then you have to be willing to partake in some, rather crude, methods. If a tyrant takes over the country? You have to be willing to go against them and take that country for yourself. If another region wants to take the country you had just gotten control of? You must be willing to wage a fight with them for what you believe in. If the people of the country you now own want the war you now wage with another country to end faster? Then they must be willing to persevere the famine of food and other utensils that you will cause by giving them to your forces in order to win the fight faster. If the country doesn't like the way you are doing things and plan to revolt? Then you must be willing to let the heads roll." "Wait, doesn't that just mean-" "That the entire cycle which you started in order to shape your land the way you wanted it was just repeating itself against you? Yes. But such is the way of the world. You have to break some eggs in order to rule the world." "DOn't you mean 'Make an omelet'?" "Not at all. Now, if you'll excuse me, I need to go jump out a window." "... Why do you need to-"

"I NEED MY BOOOOOOOOZE!" I ran through the startled crowd of students and flung myself into a window, breaking it and sending me falling to the ground. "JAUNE! WE'RE THREE STORIES UP!" "FOR THE LOVE OF ALCOHOL GOD DAMN IT!"


"Stupid blonde teachers with theurgic levitation. Lifting me back into the damn dormitories and chaining me to the wall so I couldn't get some much needed alcoholic drinks." I grumbled as I went through another combination for this stupid locker that still wouldn't open. "And to top it off, this stupid thing won't even give me my shit! I'm almost positive this was the locker I stuffed my armor into, though…" I kicked the stupid thing in frustration and stuffed my hands in my pocket before walking off. "Well, I'm already without a sword, might as well go for the full package and lose the armor, as well! Let's just hope whatever deities out there don't go for a three out of three, and let me keep all my limbs while they're at it…"

Somehow, I wasn't too convinced on the last one.

"Hey, vomit boy!" Turning to see who had called me that(Didn't take a genius to figure out who it actually was, though.), I saw the blonde hair sister of Ruby waving me over to her and her sister's lockers. "Yo." "Good, you're here- tell Ruby that it's for her own good to meet new people and make friends with people she didn't already know coming to this school." "Sure. Ruby: What she said. Wait, aren't you the only person she knew coming here?" "Exactly." "Riiiiiiiiight. Anywho, the initiation is today. What do you think it's gonna entail?" "Dunno. Kind of hoping we get to fight something, though, and that it won't be something stupid like an exam or something." The girl who liked to have fun shivered at the thought of a written test being administered over a combat orientated one. Which was funny, considering I was hoping for the exact opposite, as I neither had a weapon or armor to protect myself with at this point in time. Yeah, give me a written test on a world I only just found out existed 24 hours ago, going over subjects I have never heard of before, with a language that might be completely different written than it is spoken over a simple fist fight…

You know what, I think I'll take the fisticuffs option if I even get that choice.

"Yeah, I guess that would be better than a written one." "Though, speaking of combat; where's your gear, I don't see it on you." "Ah, that. Well, my weapon is probably somewhere near Atlas by now, and my armor is stuck in a stubborn locker that won't open up!" "Hm. That sucks for you, then." "Indeed." "Jaune, how can you be so nonchalant about this- first your sword, and now your armor?! You're gonna get KILLED!" "Gee, thanks for the moral support, Ruby. I feel oh so much better now." "Sorry. But it's true! Do you know how many people here are super awesome?! I mean, that's not to say you aren't super awesome- cause you are! But they have armor and weapons. Weapons, Jaune. WEAPONS!" "Don't worry so much, Ruby. He's got weapons of his own right HERE~" Yang grinned and brought up my right arm, rubbing the bicep like one would a cat. "As much as I am startled by Yang's actions, she has a point." Taking my arm from her grip, I gripped where she had been rubbing. "Just because I don't have my weapon on me, doesn't mean I am powerless. ANYTHING can be used to fight with the right mindset, remember that." "Yeah, but-" "No buts here, Ruby. Just the sweet ass walking away from this conversation." "JAUNE!" "Bwahahahaha!" I walked away laughing my butt off(It's a good thing Ruby can't see the words not in quotation marks- don't want to figure out what she'd do if she could…), waiting to see where we would be needing to go for this initiation.

"Oomph!" Really needed to watch where I was walking whenever I was maniacally laughing. "Sorry about that, I can't control where I walk whenever I laugh like a lunatic." "That's okay- wait, aren't you that boy who jumped out the dorm window screeching about 'Booze'?" "Handsome, textbook definition of an alpha male, actually. But yes, that is he." I stood up straighter and rubbed under my nose with a singular finger. "I know, I know. You must be a fan of mine, but let me tell you now, that praise isn't needed for going against what the 'Man' has told us to do- but it is recommended." "I don't think that is something to be proud of." The redhead I had bumped into sweatdropped. "I beg to differ." "YOU!" "FUZZ! CHEESE, I DON'T KNOW!"

Damn it, now Ruby had me doing it too!

"Oh thank Christ, it's just the ice queen." "Ice queen?! Good sir, do you know who I am?" "... I feel like it starts with an 'L'-" "SCHNEE! Weiss SCHNEE!" "Oooooooh."

"..."

"..."

"... You have no idea what that name implies, do you?" "Not even the slightest clue, whatsoever." "Ugh- the SDC?" "Nnnnnnope." "Largest Dust manufacturer in all of Remnant?" "Sounds impressive, but still no." "We have store all across the continent?!" "What kind of stores- are they candy stores?! Oh my god, I want to go to a candy store now!" "I give up." "Heheh, it's rather hard to find people who don't know of celebrities such as the Schnee's, I must admit." The redhead giggled, and the white haired girl just drew further into herself than before. "Wait-" Racking my brains, I stared hard at an uncomfortable looking redhead as I studied her to find out why she looked familiar. "... Aren't you that girl from the Pumpkin Pete's Marshmallow Flakes cereal boxes?" "You know about something as obscure as that but not about the company that supplies over 70% of the world's Dust reserve?!" The white haired girl fumed and waved her arms frantically as the redhead just sweatdropped more. "A-hem. That is I." "You know that cereal has more sugar than what wil most likely end up as your future wedding cake, right?" "I'm well aware, yes." "Okay, hold up; you recognize Pyrrha Nikos, from a CEREAL BOX, and not from something like, oh, graduating in the top of her class in Sanctum?" "Soooooo- she's a nerd?" "Or from being the Mystral Regional Champion four years in a row?!" "... She's a strong nerd?" "Strong nerd- she could kick your sorry excuse for a huntsmen-in-training body form here back to wherever you came from!" "You might not know this, queeny, but I'm into stuff like that." "You- into- WHAT?!"

"I think I broke her." I whispered into Pyrrha's ear as the white heiress stood in place, gaping like a fish on land, trying to comprehend what she was just told. "I noticed." The redhead beauty giggled again.

"Would all first-year students please report to Beacon Cliff for initiation? Again, all first-year students report to Beacon Cliff, immediately."

"And that's our cue." I stretched my arm and rotated my shoulder, walking to the exit as the champion of four tournaments stood back to try and get the broken Schnee working again. "It's a good thing I didn't go into explicit detail of what I exactly liked about getting my ass kicked… Don't think her heart could take it."


"This is one impressive cliff- what I find most impressive though, is the fact that they are apparently planning on hurling us dozens of feet above the ground with these stupid launch pad things." I studied the panel under my feet as the staff of the school had us stand next to the cliff's edge, waiting for the initiation to begin. "Wait, they're gonna what?!" Ruby, who stood right next to me, started to panic as I made that declaration. "Yeah. This panel was made to fling people several feet into the air, and considering the where we are standing right now, and the direction these things are gonna fling us, they are gonna send us flying over the cliff edge." I rubbed my chin as I pondered this new information. "That's gonna be at least a one-hundred foot drop. I don't know how they expect us to survive without giving us a safety precaution first. Or maybe they expect us to grab onto a tree before we fall and climb our way down...?" "Well, they probably expect us to use our Aura's and the landing sequence we were taught at our previous combat schools." "Right- and those sequences, arrrrrrrrre…?" "Jaune. Are you trying to tell me you don't have a landing strategy?" "Don't have whatever the hell this 'Aura' crud is, either, but I suspect I am going to learn the hard way what they are anyway." "You don't even have AURA-"

"For years, you have trained to become warriors." The headmaster(Or what I suspected was the headmaster- that scary blonde one was giving him a run for his money, though…) interrupted our conversation, starting to begin with the initiation. "And today, your abilities will be evaluated in the Emerald Forest." Or lack of abilities- but please, go on with your cute little speech. "Now, I am sure many of you have heard the rumours about assignment of teams. Well, allow us to put an end to your confusion." Oh, please do. "Each of you will be given teammates… Today." Even without looking, I could tell Ruby was nervously biting her nails and looking between me and Yang- probably hoping that one of us would be on her team. "These teammates will be with you for the rest of your time here at Beacon. So it would be in your best interest, to be with someone whom you work well." "Ooooh…." "It's okay, Ruby." I patted her shoulder comfortingly. "It's not like you'll be paired up with Weiss or something."

I feel like I just lied about something-

"That being said, the first person you make eye contact with after landing, will be your partner for the next hour years." Welp, that did it. Ruby was officially broken now. Muttering about 'Stupid blondes tempting fate' or something of another. Though, that just begged the question of who I myself would be paired with- truth be told, I didn't really want someone I didn't know straight off the bat, and would have liked to be paired up with someone I knew from personal experience(Yes, even Weiss would do.) over one I didn't have a clue about at all."See?! I told you!" That said, I couldn't help but like the cut of the jib of the orange haired female over there- reminded me of a young Mu Setsumei Uxukie.

And that's never a good thing- for others who weren't Mu Setsumei Uxukie.

If you were, than it was gonna be a good time.

"After you've partnered up, make your way to the northern end of the forest. You will meet opposition along the way. Do not hesitate to destroy everything in your path, or you will die." "Destroy everything? Now you're talkin' my language! And your head will be the first on my mantle, pretty boy!" I cracked my knuckles and glared menacingly at the now sweat dropping pink eyed boy with the ponytail, which caused the orange haired girl from earlier to gasp. "Oh no, Renny! He's coming after your virginity- don't worry, I'LL SAVE IT!" "Nora, I don't think he's talking about that head." Yeah.

Of course I wasn't…

So much for this paring knife I pilfered at breakfast-

"I feel the need to remind you students, that acts of violence against other fellow students, is strictly prohibited." "Damn you, blonde haired witch! Constantly ruining my fun!" "Getting back on track, you will be monitored and graded for the duration of your initiation. But our instructors will not intervene." "So I can have my fun!" "They will not intervene unless you violate one of the rules placed on you for this test." "Make up your mind, old man!" "Anyway, at the northern part of the forest, you will find a temple, containing several relics. Each pair must pick one, and return to the top of the cliff. You will guard that item, as well as your standing, and we will evaluate you appropriately. Are there any questions?" "If we can't attack each other, than what the hell are we protecting the items from-" "None? Good. Take your positions." Oi! He just pulled a me- on ME!

"No respect, these days- well, if you won't answer my previous question, I got another one for you to take a crack at." There went Weiss. "Shoot." "Will we be getting anything to help us with our landings, like, saaaaay, a parachute?" "Nope." Mohawk guy was off. "Jetpack, then?" "Can't say you will." Crazy orange haired female screaming at the top of her lungs. "Hoverboots?" "Intriguing, but still no." Pretty boy flew through the sky now. "How about a rope to climb down with?" "Practical sounding, but negative." Average looking bully was next to fall(Er, go up.). "I'd even take a pair of wax wings, at this point." "And I'd like to wonder where you would find one of those." Explosive busty blonde whooping as she soared in the air. "Last meal, perhaps?" "I have a stick of gum, if you would like it." "Good luck, Jaune! Try to live as long as possible until I can find you!" And then there was one. "Can I at least get a drink, first?!" "Let me think about it."

*WHOOSH*

"YOU MOTHER FUCKERRRRRRRRR!"