A/N: So I decided to do a more in depth story about team ALCE's experience in Shade Academy. This'll plug in what I couldn't add in the main story. This won't be too long and I do have a few ideas for it. There is the wayward spoiler alert. Not for what happens in Vol 3 because we all seen it by now but for what I added up to Vol 2 in A New Beginning. Again, you have been warned.

Disclaimer: I do not own Akame Ga Kill and/or RWBY. They belong to their original owners

A New Beginning: Life at Shade Academy

Shade One: Starting Over

Najenda blew out a puff of smoke from the cigarette she was smoking while looking over Akame and Leone's papers. All three were currently in Najenda's office. It was still weird for the two girls seeing their former boss. They should've been used to it at this point seeing people they knew before but last time Akame checked, Najenda was still alive in her world. "Akame Night and Leone Wild. Akame has high marks in her studies while Leone has…above average." The Faunus blonde groaned at that. "All in all, very impressive records from the both of you." The two girls were pleased to hear that. Najenda set down the papers. "So where does the part that you two are assassins come into play?"

And the two were surprised that she knew about that. "How did you-"

"Ozpin's secretary, Glynda gave me the rundown when she gave me your papers." Najenda interrupted Akame. "This Empire, the team you were previously on, these…Imperial Arms that you use Akame. At first, I was surprised that two young girls such as yourselves were assassins before given what you had to do. And from a different world no less. So why decide to become huntresses?"

Akame stared at the headmistress. "Because of what we went through before. Ozpin gave us a second chance at something we never thought of having. To us, being huntresses is the closest we'll have in leading normal lives. A purpose."

Najenda blew out another puff of smoke. "Sounds like him doing that for poor souls like you two. In all honesty, perhaps you two being assassins from before may benefit you."

Leone raised an eyebrow to that. "What do you mean?"

The headmistress smiled at the two girls. "One thing you should know about Vacuo is that here in Shade Academy, we are the only true source of law and order in the kingdom. Despite the people's disregard for the laws, all of them, including us follow one philosophy. Those who can survive in this harsh environment are more than welcome to live among us regardless who they are and where they came from." Already this sounded familiar to the Empire to both Akame and Leone. "I can tell you two can make it through but we'll see what your other two teammates can do. Speaking of them, I've received word they'll be arriving at the school tomorrow. Once they do, we'll begin your initiation."

Akame narrowed her eyes at that. "Initiation?"

Najenda chuckled a little. "Yes. You four are from the outside of this kingdom. We'll see what you four are capable of."

"Does this tie into this philosophy of yours?" Akame asked.

Najenda nodded at the question. "But of course. Since all of you are already a team, we'll be judging you as one. We'll also be seeing if you have what it takes to live among us."

"And if we don't?" Leone asked.

Najenda smiled at the Faunus blonde. "I don't think you'll have to worry about that. I have seen what all of you could do from the tournament. I just want to see it for myself."

There was one more question Akame needed to ask. "Since you know who we really are, can you be sure about this?"

Najenda set down the cigarette to the side. "Just as long you don't kill any of the other students. Like Ozpin, I'll let the rest of the staff know. Now then…Kurome!" The doors behind opened up as both girls looked back to see Kurome walk into the office. "You can take these two to their new room."

Kurome nodded at the older woman. "Yes, Headmistress." Both Akame and Leone stood up.

Najenda waved at the three girls. "Enjoy the rest of your day." All of them gave Najenda one last look before leaving the room.

B

The three girls were walking through the courtyard with Kurome leading the other two. Leone sighed now that the meeting was over. "Man. That was something huh. It was weird talking to her again."

Kurome was quite curious about that. "So you knew the Headmistress from before?"

"You can say something like that." Akame replied.

Leone looked around the courtyard where there other students who were wearing different clothing. Some of them were even staring at her and Akame. "So is there like a dress code here like there was at Beacon?"

Kurome shook her head at the question. "Not really. It's mostly wear what you want."

So far that was the best thing the Faunus blonde had heard. "Awesome. Finally, I don't have to wear any freaking skirts."

"Why don't you like wearing skirts?" Kurome asked.

Akame decided to answer that. "Leone isn't a fan of them. She's more accustomed to…legwear."

Her younger sister just shrugged. "Okay. To each their own preference." All of them finally made it to where the dorm rooms were and stopped in front of a door. "And here's your room. It may not be the same as Beacon but at least we hope you can call it home." She smiled at the two girls. "I'll see you two tomorrow at the initiation. I'll know all of you will do fine. See ya." She walked away from her sister and Leone.

Both of them looked at the door for several seconds. "Shall we take a look?" Leone asked.

Akame nodded at the question. "Yes." She reached for the knob and turned it as she opened the door slowly. Once it was fully open, they saw what their new room looked like. Both girls walked into the room and looked around in it. It certainly had a more western feel to it. There was a large circular rug in the middle of the room with red, brown, and yellow. There were two doors on the sides probably leading to the closet and bathroom. Two desks were placed next to the door on each side with bookshelves above them and the third one in front of a window on the other side of the room. What stood out the most were beds that seemed to be integrated into the walls. Two on each side and one above the other.

Leone was a little impressed by it. "Huh. I can get used to this and we have bunk beds. Sorta. I can imagine Yang being a little jealous." She sat down on the bottom bunk and chuckled. "Comfy too."

Akame sat down next to her girlfriend. "So I guess this our new life after Beacon. I wonder how everyone else is doing."

The Faunus thought about that. "Far as we know, Weiss is back at Atlas, Blake is with Ruby and Yang. That's pretty much it. Don't know about the others. Guess we'll have to make the most of it."

That was the truth Akame had to acknowledge. "I suppose you're right. All we can do now is wait for Cora and Esdeath to arrive. So what'll we do now?" Leone smirked as she had a very good idea and pushed Akame down on the bed. The other girl was surprised by this. "Leone?"

She saw that same predatory look in Leone's eyes and knew all too well what they meant. "One week, Akame. I had to go one week without you. I think we should catch up on that. What do you think?" If Akame had one weakness, it would how alluring Leone could be to her. She took in a deep breath and closed her eyes waiting for what will happen next. That was all Leone needed to know and pressed her lips against Akame's.

B

It was the next day and Akame and Leone were waiting in front of the school entrance. Akame groaned a little as she rubbed her leg. The Faunus blonde couldn't help but laugh. "Still feeling a little sore down there?"

Akame failed to see the humor. "You're rough as usual."

Leone smirked at that. "You said the same thing about my tongue and you weren't complaining about that. In fact, you were screaming with such delight."

Akame blushed at the detail. She still wasn't comfortable discussing their sex life. "Let's just hope none of the others heard that."

The Faunus blonde scoffed at that. "I wouldn't be surprised if the whole school heard us." Akame had hoped not.

Soon the two girls saw two other silhouettes walking toward them. Both of them smiled and laughed as to who they were. "Cora! Esdeath!" Never had Akame thought she would be happy to see Esdeath again. She ran up to the two girls.

Cornelia laughed happily seeing her leader and ran up to her with Esdeath following close behind. "Akame!" The two of them gave each of a much-needed hug. "It's so great seeing you again! I was so worried about you."

"Akame!" Esdeath joined in on the hug too. "You're okay!" She was crying out of happiness.

Leone couldn't help but smile at the reunion while crossing her arms under her breasts. "What? I don't get a hug?"

Cornelia looked over at the Faunus blonde and smiled at her. "Didn't forget you." She let go of Akame and ran over to her other teammate to give her a hug as well. It lasted for a few seconds before Cornelia separated from the other girl. "So how are Ruby and Yang?"

Leone was glad to answer that question. "They're doing just fine. In fact, Yang is going to feel a lot better now that Blake is with her now."

The blonde was surprised to hear that. "Wait, Blake came back?"

Esdeath walked up to her Faunus teammate. "And what about Ruby?"

Leone's expression changed slightly. "She took Weiss' leaving a little harder than I thought." Esdeath thought as much. She caught a glimpse of Weiss' face before she boarded a plane back to Atlas. She looked so sad. "To top it off, Weiss left a letter for her saying how she felt about her. Kind of a crappy way to confess to someone after all of that happened huh?"

Hearing that saddened Esdeath more. This wasn't how she wanted to end things with Weiss. "It is. So now that we're here, what do we do?"

"Ahem." Everyone looked behind to see Kurome. "Now that all members of team ALCE are gathered, follow me to the site. It's there where the initiation will begin." She turned around and started walking.

Two of the members didn't know what she meant by that. "What does she mean by initiation?" Cornelia asked.

Both Akame and Leone started to walk following Kurome. "She means the first step to being accepted here." Already the other two members were feeling a little uneasy about this but followed them to where this site would be.

B

The team found themselves way back at the school and ended up part of the desert. They weren't alone, though. "This is…uh…" Esdeath couldn't find the right word since there were multiple eyes seeing them.

To Leone, she welcomed it. "Intimidating? I guess so. Looks like the whole school is out here just for us." She saw a few familiar faces within the crowd. "Check it out." She nudged over to part of the crowd.

Akame looked over and saw what Leone was getting at. "Team NDGO. They fought against Sun's team and lost."

Her girlfriend laughed. "Yep and looked over there." She nudged over to another part of the crowd.

Esdeath looked over at the direction. "That's team BRNZ."

Cornelia saw them as well. "They fought against JNPR."

"On top of them…" Akame looked over at another part of the crowd. "The rest of team KRCT."

All of them reached a cliff overlooking a large pit where Najenda was waiting for them standing on a platform. She smiled at the four of them. "So nice to have all four of you here. Come up here." All four climbed the stairs and stood atop next the headmistress. She looked over the crowd before her. "As all of you know, these four you see now, they were once students of Beacon Academy! A school that had suffered a terrible loss! Three teams of our own had seen it before their very eyes! Out of respect for Ozpin, I have accepted this team to join us here. Of course, they are nothing more than outsiders to most of us now! They will be put to the test of our philosophy here. If they survive, they'll be welcome among us! Now we will begin their initiation and will show us what they're capable of!" She turned to the team. "Are you ready?"

Her response was Leone cracking her knuckles. "Are we done yet?"

Najenda chuckled at the answer. "I believe so. Let the initiation…' She raised her arm. "Begin!" She snapped her fingers and the four girls were catapulted high into the air over the pit. Naturally, all four girls screamed.

"I should've expected something like this from her!" Leone yelled out.

All of them started to fall down into the pit. "Esdeath!"

Esdeath nodded at her leader's word. "Right!" She extended her hand out and large slide of ice was created out of the ground. All four members managed to land on the top and began sliding down. The team managed to land on the ground safely. "Is everyone alright?"

Cornelia just sighed in relief. "I'm good right here. I didn't expect to be launched like that all of a sudden."

Leone cracked her neck. "Same here. Guess the boss hasn't changed a bit in this world."

Akame scouted the area. "So what happens now?"

Leone looked around as well and saw a slight movement in the sand. "We got company." Not a second later after saying that, there were several eruptions coming out of the sand. They saw the Grimm coming out of the blasts. "Guess we're bound to see some familiar faces." The team saw several Death Stalkers and King Taijitus. There were several other Grimm they haven't seen before. Several large lizard like Grimm that flicked their forked tongue at them and other lizard Grimm that had horns coming out of their back, legs, and shoulders. "Guess we'll have to rip these guys a new one!" Leone flicked her wrists to activate Lionel and Cornelia drew out Twin Knight.

For Akame, she grabbed the handle for Murasame and drew out the sword carefully until it was fully out. Kurome was rather curious about the weapon her sister would be fighting with. "That's weird. I don't think I've seen Akame use that sword before." BRNZ and NDGO thought the same.

Akame pointed Murasame at the Grimm. "Esdeath, pave us a path!"

Esdeath smiled at the order. "Very well!" She slammed both hands onto the sand. "Kalten Königreich!" Ice quickly rushed over to where the Grimm were and froze over the sand. All of the Grimm screeched when they felt the ice.

The path was made for the team. "Leone, you're in charge of ridding the Death Stalkers. Cora, you and I will handle these lizard Grimm. Esdeath, provide backup to anyone who needs it."

All of them eyed on their targets. "On it!"

"Then let's go!" All four members charged at the horde of Grimm.

Leone jumped over to her targets and reached to them first. "Come here you little shits!" She clasped her hands together and slammed them on top of one of the Death Stalkers heads as it shrieked in pain. The second approached the Faunus girl and had its stinger ready. It launched its stinger at Leone. The Faunus blonde suddenly turned around and caught it with her claws. She grinned at the Grimm. "How convenient." Leone jumped off the Grimm she was standing on bringing the Death Stalker she currently held with her. She turned around while lifting the Grimm over her. As they came down, Leone slammed the second Death Stalker on top of the first one and landed in front of them. She landed in front of both of them and turned to her teammate. "Hey, Esdeath! How about a Grimm shish kabob!?

Esdeath smiled at the suggestion and raised two fingers at the Death Stalkers. "Eis Speer!" An ice javelin emerged out of the ground and ran through the Grimm's bodies.

Leone chortled at the sight. "Awesome." She heard some hissing behind her and turned around to face the King Taijitus. "Bring it on. I need new boots anyway."

One of the lizard Grimm Akame was facing opened its mouth and spit out violet saliva at her. Akame jumped out the attacks way and it hit the ice instead. As it hit the ice, a purple cloud rose up and the saliva made a hissing sound. Akame already knew what that meant. "They spit out deadly poison." With that in mind, she rushed over to the first lizard Grimm and stabbed it in the head from underneath. Akame saw the second one jumping at her with its mouth open. She removed Murasame and jumped back to avoid the attack.

Najenda chuckled at the Grimm Akame was fighting. "Careful. The last thing you need to experience is the bite from a Gilamodo. I heard the pain is beyond hell and the poison they spit out can eat through your skin. Then there are the Horned Devils. Their method of attacking is shooting projectiles from out of their bodies. These are desert Grimm you're fighting now and others out there. Different than the Beowolves and Ursas you're used to fighting."

Akame saw three of the Gilamodos charged at her. She readied Murasame and rushed toward the Grimm. As they met in the middle, Akame delivered several swift slashes at them while passing them by. In the next second, all three were roaring in pain and dropped dead. Nebula, the leader of NDGO, raised an eyebrow. "How strange." The rest of her team looked over at her. "She only cut those Grimm a few times without finishing them off and yet they were killed effectively. I've never seen a weapon do that before."

They looked back at the battle before them. Octavia, another member of NDGO had a thought. "If a sword like hers can do that, what can it do if she fought against others with that same sword?"

It was a haunting thought indeed. "Maybe that's why we never saw her use that sword before during the Vytal Festival. It was that dangerous." Gwen pointed out.

Dew took a closer look at Akame's sword. "One thing is for sure. That girl looks more deadly wielding that sword then she did with the other."

The horned Grimm screeched at Cornelia as it sent multiple spikes from its body at her. The blonde jump over the attack and combined her two axes into one. She twirled it around while yelling and cleaved the Grimm's head in two. Cornelia turned around to see the other two Horned Devils send a barrage of spikes in her direction. Cornelia pulled back her arm and gathered her power around her fist. "PULVERIZATION KING!" She threw her arm out and sent a powerful air pressure attack that blew away the attack along with the two Grimm. The Horned Devils instantly crashed into the wall.

All that was left was the King Taijitus. Which so happened to be tossed on the ground before giving out its last roar and dissipated. Leone dusted off her claws. "I say that's all of them." All of team ALCE looked up at Najenda. "So we're done here or what?!"

Najenda's response was putting in a cigarette in her mouth and lighting it up. She blew out a puff of smoke. "I knew these four would have what it takes. Especially their leader. That's one special sword she has" Najenda blew out a puff of smoke.

All of them noticed stairs made of ice connect to the cliff. The team walked back to the top in front the headmistress and the rest of the students of the school. Akame looked up at her former boss. "Are we done with your initiation now?"

Najenda blew out another puff of smoke and smiled at the four girls. "Yes, you are. Welcome to Shade Academy, team ALCE."