(A/N: Hey, I have finally decided to get this chapter updated and revised for any new viewers who may come across this story won't be turned away by my… current writing skills at the time XD. Only Chapters one and two will be touched on for now and I'll reread the other chapters to see if I have made any mistakes along the way. Now that's enough out of me, I'll let you read now.)
RWBY is the property of RoosterTeeth not me… please don't shut me down (TT_TT).
I only own my OC and this laptop… and Strom is now two years old since his concept idea.
Updated on 3/7/18
Chapter 1: Someone Missed Initiation?
Glynda Goodwitch, who was ever so happy, happened to be going through the student transcripts again. Why, some of you may ask. Ozpin was thinking about someone with a barely finished transcript and wondered why it wasn't complete. Of course he couldn't just let in anyone into the prestigious academy, so they did miss initiation. Unfortunately for the Blonde Professor, she knew that he wouldn't let up about it as if this student were the key to the teacher's 'non-existent to the students knowledge' betting pool of shippings here.
"Ozpin is being really adamant about this right now. If he is correct about this one student, they could potentially ruin my hopes of getting the headmaster away from his 'beloved imported from Ministral' coffee from our small bet. And there could be a chance of causing the students to go into a riot from this student's… luck of getting in. Although I highly doubt that they would care as much." She said as she looked through every single application that counted into the thousands.
She imagined what might happen with the teachers. Fires engulfed the school, teachers having to work multiple jobs to pay off the debt and support themselves. While Beacon was broken down to near shambles, with Ozpin sitting at the top laughing maniacally with the entire pool of lien that he made from the betting pot to put into coffee budget before realizing that Ozpin was smarter than that.
"Wait." She spoke to herself and continues going through all of the students whose last names began with F "Ozpin only allow a maximum of 100 Lien from everyone so that there wouldn't be much of an issue to the teachers and faculty?"
"Indeed I did miss Goodwitch. And how is the search of the transcripts coming along?" Ozpin asked as he entered the door to her office.
"Going through every single one of these transcripts will not be done anytime soon." She stated looking at the headmaster and put away the file she was working on and began on the G file. "Do you happen to know what this applicant's name is?"
"I understand that it won't be an easy task and that it is a long one." He simply stated and took a sip of his mug of coffee. "And I do not remember the name of applicant, or what their name started with. I'll look through my desk and see if the transcript is there."
"Alright, I will continue to go alphabetically." She said before returning her attention to the file in front of her. "I hope that it is in your desk so that I can get back to my teachings."
"Okay, I hope that I find it too. Those young students will need every teaching that they can get from one of our finest teachers here." Ozpin said before leaving to head back to his office.
Glynda Goodwitch managed to get through the G and H files for approximately twenty five minutes in complete silence before her scroll began to ring showing the Headmaster's name lighting up on the screen.
She tapped on the green button on the screen. "Hello headmaster, how is your search going?"
"Yes I wanted to let you know that I found the transcript." He stated and placed the file down on the table.
She stretched, finally relieved of all the work," Well that's good. Where did you find it?"
"It was in my desk the entire time. I apologize for sending you on a wild goose chase." Ozpin apologized to the hard working professor.
"It's alright. I just hope that this applicant is good enough to cause you to think about letting them in." Professor Goodwitch said since she did go over all of the applications. "What was on his application?"
"Well, the interesting thing was that it was almost entirely blank, but there was a mention of many years of on field experience, yet there wasn't anything for recommendations for him. I'm glad that you brought this one to my attention at the time." Ozpin said before thinking about how to go and find the applicant. "I may have to think about sending out one of our teams out to go retrieve them."
"And I suppose that they may be missing some classes while they are getting all the information they can?" Professor Goodwitch asked to make sure of how everything was going to work out.
"That may be a possibility, but it should be fine this early in the school semester." Ozpin stated since Initiation was not too long ago. "I'll need to take some time to gather information beforehand, but I believe that I have the team in mind."
Team RWBY was getting done with Doctor Ooblecks class and currently making their way into their dorm to rest a little before Sparring class. Each member had their own little things to do before getting ready for the upcoming class as they entered the dorm room. Blake checked her blade to make sure that it was sharpened and ready for any upcoming fights that she may have to partake in. Weiss was making sure that her weapon was full of dust that she normally uses during sparring matches. Ruby tuned up her sweetheart and refilled every clip with ammo. Yang was relaxing and reading a magazine while tuning out Weiss's nagging about preparing for the unexpected.
"I'm glad that we get to burn off what we eat with a good fight in sparring class" Yang said with a bright smile.
"Just make sure you don't go too far this time like you did yesterday." Weiss remarked and remembered the incident.
"What? He took out a strand of my hair. You all know how I feel about that." Yang said getting defensive of what happened.
"You did hit him pretty hard, even for a sparring match." Blake stated knowing that Yang could have held back.
"He was fine." Yang said and closed the magazine. "His aura kept him from too much harm."
"He said something about chibi RWBY and JNPR" Blake deadpanned and Yang remembered that and looked down.
"I don't remember what he said afterwards, since I was trying to get Yang off of him." Ruby said and Yang's head lowered.
"The point is that to try and not act like such a brute in combat, Yang." Weiss said as Yang was getting frustrated.
"Fine, I will try to not go all out when I lose a single strand of hair. Now, if I lose all of my hair I will have all of you to blame." Yang said throwing her hands in the air in defeat as everyone else nodded and went back to what they were doing at the time.
"Who's ready to kick butt in sparring today?" Ruby asked her team and was excited to look at the weapons while they were in use.
"I don't believe I have any more preparations to make." Weiss said as everyone grabbed their weapons and got ready to leave for class.
"I'm ready and hope that I don't really have to fight." Blake said and grabbed a book to help keep her busy.
"I'm ready to get into a good fight." Yang said eager for someone to fight and win against.
"Then let's- check the scroll." Ruby started only to be interrupted by her scroll. Weiss rolled her eyes as her leader checked her inbox. Ruby's eyes widened and started to shine as she read her message. Ruby then rushed out the door with her semblance leaving rose petals leaving a trail. "To the headmaster's office for a mission, we go!"
"Wait, slow down Ruby, do you even know where you are going? Dolt!" Weiss nagged. Leaving Blake and Yang to just shrug off what happened as they tried to catch up to the duo.
Ozpin was at his desk and looked over the transcript again and thought about how team would go about handling this mission for recruiting a person who seemed to be in a questionable area. He was heavily considering sending one of the teachers to go with them for their own safety. The elevator rang and the door was knocked, letting him know that he had visitors coming. He already knew who would be at the doors as they opened.
"Ahh, Team RWBY. I do hope that I'm not being too much of an inconvenience right now." The Headmaster said with a warm smile and set down his mug on the desk. "Would you all care for a seat to be briefed of the mission or have you all come here to decline?"
"We are here for the mission you have for us" Ruby said with stars in her eyes. "So what is it? Grimm invasion on a small village? Taking down criminals that robbed a bank? Stopping illegal activities at a warehouse?"
"I must admit that the last one is pretty close." Ozpin admitted and set down a file onto the desk in front of them as they all took a seat and looked at the file. "You are free to look at the contents of the file."
"Ohhh, so it is taking down criminals in a warehouse." Ruby said excitedly as Weiss opened up the file and looked at the contents.
"Actually it's a transcript Ruby." Weiss stated and began to read out loud some of the information on the file. "Strom Teitsia, attended no schools, and wants to attend the most prestigious school in Vale. Why did he even try if he doesn't have a good transcript?"
"A very good question to ask indeed." Ozpin said and adjusted the glasses on his face. "I have learned that he is helping out the police with some illegal fighting rings that have been happening around Vale."
"So, what is he doing to help out and why are we talking about him?" Blake asked out of curiosity and also wanted to get to the point quicker.
"Well Ms. Belladonna, the reason why we are talking about him is that I was considering about letting him join the school. And of course he will have to have his own initiation to pass as well before we can officially accept him into the school system." Ozpin said and stood up and walked around. "That's where you four come in. I'm asking you all if you would like to help convince and then escort Mr. Teitsia to Beacon so that he can have a chance for his dreams to become a reality."
"So where do we go and when?" Yang asked out impatience and boredom. "And what happens if he refuses the invitation?"
"Where, is an old warehouse outside the main city and when, will be at eight tonight, seeing that is what I have been told by my sources." Ozpin stated and looked out the window to look at the school. "And while I don't expect him to refuse, should he do so… say thank you and then leave. We're not going to force him to come over if he does not see it as his path, just as I offer you this mission that could have easily been done by our staff members or Professor Goodwitch."
"Alright, just a search and then find and ask him to come over." Ruby said while counting the tasks on her fingers to make sure that she remembered each task. "Is that everything Professor Ozpin?"
"Just remember that he is not the only one there. There will be lots of spectators and quite a handful of others who will be participating in the illegal activity. So I warn you to exercise caution, stealth and to come back safe." Ozpin warned and looked at the four. "We don't need some of our brightest students getting hurt and we don't want to blow his cover too soon either."
"Okay then… so what do you guys think?" Ruby asked her team and looked at them for their reactions. Yang shrugged and nodded without hesitation. Blake simply nodded as well after giving the mission some thought. Weiss wasn't looking too happy about losing some classes.
"Well I for one am opposed to missing classes." Weiss said as Ozpin smiled.
"Of course you all will be excused for those classes and any work that you would have missed will also be excused." The man said and Yang instantly grinned widely alongside Ruby. "So you won't have to worry about any missing work. And there will be a small reward for successfully bringing him over here."
"Alright, I guess that we could take one day to prepare and take care of this mission." Weiss said as all of the eyes of her team were on her. Weiss then continued looking through the file. "Oh he's what he looks like."
The picture was simple. A slightly tan male in his late teens with short, spiky, gray hair, a red shirt, gray sweatpants, blue sneakers, a gray scarf, and a most noticeable red band covering his eyes.
"He seems… odd." Blake stated as she looked at the picture. "Is he blind?"
"It would look like it." Ruby said frowning a little. "How can he fight if he can't see?"
"Maybe it is his semblance that allows him to see of maybe he's not blind at all" Weiss said trying to think of logical reasons as to why Strom would wear the band.
"Perhaps this is even more reason that the four of you should go." Ozpin stated and added to their curiosity. "Who knows what semblance he has or how well he fights. Who could beat all of you or he could just be beaten by all four of you."
"Now I kind of want to test and see how hard he hits if at all." Yang stated imagining how he would fight.
"So are you all interested, because I do require the team leader to officially accept the mission." Ozpin stated and Ruby nodded with a smile. "Alright, I will send you all information onto your scrolls later. In the meantime you all can be getting ready for the upcoming mission."
"Do you guys know how excited I am?" Ruby asked vibrantly as they stood up and began to walk to the elevator.
"We know, Ruby, we know." The rest of the team said in unison and followed their excited leader.
When the time came around, Team RWBY had studied the mission and its contents from the information that was sent to them. Even the warehouse blueprints were added to make plans of where to go in case of certain situations rise up. They walked over to the bullhead and got on to go to Vale. They were in the proper clothing to blend in with the crowd. The only downside is that none of them had anything to eat.
"So we head in, ask him if he wants to join, and come back to Beacon with or without him." Blake said and tested to see that she remembered all of the details from the scroll message that was sent to them
"Basically that's what it says. Does anyone want to add anything to exercise caution in?" Ruby asked making sure that she knew anything about this had her team concerned.
"Well we should be careful about infiltrating this place. I do not want my face to be recognized at all if possible." Weiss said in a careful tone. After all she did want to protect her name.
"I can understand why. Lemme guess to protect your name?" Yang asked even though she knew that she got it on the mark.
"Well yes actually, I am surprised that you of all people would take that into consideration." Weiss said a little bit happy.
"I am glad that we had clothes at the ready for use to use." Ruby stated and her stomach growled loudly. "Sorry, I got too excited and made us all forget dinner."
"It's fine. We can just find a place to find food afterwards and chow down." Yang said and ran her hand through Ruby's hair and messed it all up.
"Yang!" Ruby pouted and fixed her hair up again as Yang laughed while Blake and Weiss smiled at the sisterly antics.
They landed outside of the city and looked at their scrolls to look at the warehouse to figure out the best method of getting to the rendezvous point. They all went together to ensure that they would all be safe. Eventually they found their way to the warehouse and were met with a bulky bouncer.
"Aren't you kids a little young to be here?" He asked them and narrowed his gaze on them. "I think that you all should be heading back home now."
"Awww, that's a shame. Here we are trying to get a little entertainment for the night and yet there's a big strong man in front of us that won't let us bet our Lien." Yang sweetly responded, before showing some gold Lien cards and bent over a little to show off more of her cleavage. "And I heard that you all have a new guy here fighting and we just wanted to see if we could help cheer him on his first day."
"Well… I probably shouldn't, but… fine. Head in and… watch how short his career will be." The bouncer said trying to avoid looking at Yang's breasts.
They entered into the building and Yang's eyes became red for a moment. Ruby saw her and felt sad and worried for her sister.
"Everything alright Yang?" Ruby asked her sister and was met with lilac eyes.
"Yeah… I'm fine, let's just find him, ask the question we need to and then get out of here and get some food." Yang responded as they walked through the crowd.
"I am disgusted by these revolting, pigs. Watching others break bones because they're too scared to do it. This is not legal." Weiss stated quietly when they got to a point where no one was around.
"I agree with you Weiss. Fights should be controlled and safe for everyone, not savage and crude." Yang stated with a frown.
"I would hate to see what happens to Faunus here in this unforgiving hellhole." Blake said quiet enough that no one else could hear her.
Ruby was about to say how she feels when the speakers boomed. "This is the last call for placing bets for our first fight of the night. We have the newcomer-" The MC was pausing to let the audience have their reaction at the name and then waited for them to finish up before continuing. "Against the one the only, the man who leaves faces covered in their blood, it's Blood Lust! The odds are 50-1 in Blood Lust's favor."
At the mention of the odds Yang grew a wide smirk and thought about the cash opportunity. "I think I am going to make a bet for us."
"Wasn't the mission for us to go in and talk to him?" Ruby said and Blake nodded
"Yes Ruby thanks for remembering, and Xiao-Long we are not taking part of any activities here." Weiss stated and wanted to scold the blonde teammate longer.
"Yes Weiss I know that I was trying to make the atmosphere lighter and to help us blend in, if you know someone were to come around the corner and hear us talk about what we're doing." Yang said getting serious and stared her down.
If life were so cruel there would have been anyone there to catch them in the middle of their conversation. Luckily, life was somewhat cruel towards them because at that point someone had tapped on Yang's shoulder after she said that. Freezing in place Yang turned around slowly with fear that they had just blown their cover. What Team RWBY found was the one person that they needed to see.
"Well, what do we have here? A team of well meaning people in this establishment? I wonder if I should tell anyone else about what I have discovered?" He said and watched their reactions of shock. "Or, I could let this slide, and follow through with my original plan."
"What was your original plan?" Ruby asked out of innocent curiosity.
"Nothing much just to go in, fight, make money for my family, and then let the police handle this as we talked about. Why do you have a better idea?" He asked trying to see if anyone of them had a better idea.
"How about all of that, and treat us to dinner?" Yang said in her most flirtatious voice possible.
"Oh. Uh yeah, I can accommodate for you all. I was going out to my favorite place anyway." He said as Yang was taken by surprise how quick and calm he was to answer.
"Well I guess dinner is on him then?" Yang said before remembering the mission. "Could we leave here and ask you a question while we're at dinner?"
"Well we can leave right after my fight with Blood Lust. Although 'fight' would not be the right word for it." He said sounding a little disappointed. "More of a disable their biggest threat before the police storm in and arrest everyone."
"By the way, could we get your name? Just to be certain you say who you are." Weiss asked as she didn't want to mistake him for someone else.
"Well I suppose that I could, but who are you four? How do I know that you are who you say who you are?" He said with a grin. "Bye, maybe I'll see you all later."
"Wait, where do we go to watch?" Ruby asked in vain as he was already gone."
"Drat." Weiss exclaimed. "We were so close to asking him to join us."
"Can't really call it getting him to join us if we haven't even begun talking yet." Blake stated as she noticed people going to the seats. "Well it looks like that they're about to start."
When the team got situated with seats the fight was about to begin, Yang managed to place a small bet down before taking her seat. Weiss scowled when Yang went on about how she placed money down on Strom to win. She was about to go on with her story until the two fighters came out. There was a huge, burly man coming out wearing a blood red shirt which barely contained his muscles and black pants with black shoes. And after he came out his opponent came out and silence followed.
"Just what in the world is he wearing?" Weiss asked trying to comprehend what she was looking at.
"I don't know Weiss. I don't even know what he is wearing around his waist." Blake added trying to look away from the horrible sense of fashion.
"Is… is he trying to look cool?" Ruby asked as Yang whistled. "Yang, why?"
"Look at those toned muscles. He has worked hard to get that." Yang said and hoped that she could get just a little bit of a show.
The teen that RWBY had talked to earlier was standing 6 feet 3 inches tall, wearing his red band over his eyes, a gray scarf still around his neck, and a white sarong around his waist. Otherwise he was completely bare. His muscles were lean and toned well for many years.
"Let's just get this fight over with." The teen said without enthusiasm.
"Who wears a towel to fight in?" Blood Lust asked as some people laughed. "I guess I know what I'll use to clean up the blood with."
"Hey it's a sarong!" The younger fighter shouted and relaxed and breathed. "Shall we begin?"
"Yeah whatever, I'll tear that towel in front of you when you lose." Blood boasted and cracked his knuckles.
The bell rang to start the match, and Blood rushes his opponent, grabs a hold of the white cloth, undoing the questionable battle garment and strips him. Weiss was in shock and was slow to avert her eyes. Blake simply looked up to avoid the sight. Yang was covering Ruby's eyes to protect her innocence while curious to see what the teen had packing. He was prepared however, underneath the white cloth he was wearing black compression shorts that went halfway down his thighs. Blood was caught off guard about his opponent's calmness, and looked at him with a dumbfounded look on his face.
"You made a grave mistake." He said and spun to gain momentum before jumping and kicking the giant man in the right temple of the head with the ball of his right foot. The giant fell to the ground and was already knocked out from contact of the kick. The teen just grabbed his sarong and tied it again before leaving the ring muttering to himself.
"Well that was fast." Blake mentioned before standing up and got ready to follow their target
"Let's just get him and get out of here." Weiss said trying to get the image out of her head.
"Don't assume that he'll just come with us just like that." Yang said as they all followed out of the crowd
"That was so cool, he was just 'You done wrong' and BAM just knocked him out like nothing." Ruby was awestruck with the sight she saw. "OH there he is! Let's follow him and catch him by surprise."
The team followed their target past the guards and the other fighters into his room, staying absolutely silent the entire time while they hid behind some cardboard boxes. After they got into his room he decided that it was enough playing around.
"So how long is this game of 'Try to hide from the blind man' going for?" He asked and turned at the four of them with a bright smile.
"How did you know?" Ruby asked in shock while the rest of the team was in disbelief that Ruby gave away their position.
"I was able to see you guys from the time you all entered the building." He remarked and pointed to his band on his head. "After all I don't rely on my eyes to see."
"Okay, how about a real answer this time?" Weiss asked impatiently and tapped her foot.
"Like I said, I was able to see you guys by using my aura as a sense to see everything everywhere I go." He said a little irritated and wanted the tapping the stop. "So, could you please stop tapping your foot."
"That is a unique way to adapt to blindness." Blake said a little impressed.
"I appreciate the compliment, but I liked it better when I could see with my eyes." He said sadness with his tone, but he was quick to recover. "Well I am ready to go eat, and I believe that I offered to take you all out to eat?"
Before anyone could answer, Ruby's stomach made a loud growl. Yang was laughing about what had just happened. Blake was trying her hardest not to laugh out loud, barely succeeding. Weiss just looked astonished to what she just heard.
"Sorry, I am really hungry so if we can leave now that would be great." Ruby said with a red face that would give her cloak good competition.
"RUBY ROSE! Where are your man-" Weiss started to go off when her own stomach decided to growl with hunger. Yang completely lost it from what happened and Ruby joined her, laughing so hard that she was on the floor. Blake had lost her composure and was laughing, not as hard as Yang and Ruby though. She was just chuckling about it.
"Might I be able to get names from everyone?" He asked as it was polite to exchange names.
"I am Weiss Schnee, heiress to the Schnee Dust Company." Weiss said and curtsied as she practiced a little.
"Blake Belledonna." Blake stated with a small smile.
"I'm Ruby Rose and this is my sister-" Ruby said and paused to let her sister introduce herself.
"-Yang Xiao-Long at your service." Yang finished her sister's sentence with a salute.
"It's nice to meet all of you. Now shall we go get some food before the restaurant closes?" He asked them and got all of his belongings ready to leave.
"Aren't you going to tell us your name as well?" Weiss asked in a slightly agitated tone. "After all we do need to make sure that you are who you say you are."
"Oh dear, how rude of me, I am Strom Teitsia pleased to meet you all." Strom said with a smile and pulled out his scroll. "Now shall we leave and get food?"
A/N: Well I finally rewrote the first chapter. The Second chapter is now being worked on. I still have to thank the following lovely people.
Rooster Teeth- Thank you very much for being awesome and continuing RWBY.
Monty Oum- You started all of this. You gave RWBY to the community and created a work of art. Thank you. May you rest in peace. You will never be forgotten.
And of course You, the readers.
Well that's about it that I have to state in this Author's note. I hope you all have enjoyed and Do what you love to do, and continue doing so.
This is SirArondight riding off.
