A/N: As a side note, I'm bending canon a little and making initiation the entrance exam. This is because the actual content of the entrance exam is unclear, and having Usopp take two tests in a row would be repetitive in my opinion. Initiation also works better if its the first time Ozpin and Glynda are seeing him in action.

Usopp tried his best to keep his legs from shaking as the airship took off. His efforts were more or less working, as the tremble could only be noticed up close. Still, he had no idea how the ship was flying. Enel's Arc at least had propellers. However, it seemed that world cared little for Usopp's lack of comprehension as the craft started to fly to its destination anyways.

To take his mind off of the fact that he was flying on a ship with an unknown propulsion system and power source, he decided to look away from the abundance of windows and pay attention to something else. Looking around, he saw a video screen that had accompanying audio. He looked around for any Den Den Mushi projectors, but none were found. Of course, this world didn't seem to use or have those snails, but it would still take some time to get used to that.

The screen seemed to be showing news. It was a different way to receive the news when compared to what Usopp was used to. He noted the various topics that were being talked about. All of the news seemed self contained, so there was nothing about what was happening in his own world. That is to be expected, but that didn't stop Usopp from hoping that he would find evidence that his own conclusion was wrong. The news shifted to several topics for some time, and eventually Usopp started to get bored. Right now, there seemed to be talk of some petty criminal named Roman Torchwick, who was stealing dust.

Dust of all things… some people will steal anything. And the police must be bored to put so much focus on this guy. This seems to be a peaceful place after all.

They continued to talk about him for some time, and they left it off asking the viewers to let the police department know if they received information on the man's whereabouts.

The next image shown however did catch Usopp's attention as it showed the half-mink people that he noticed earlier. They were apparently called Faunus, and they were protesting for civil rights. It seemed that racial discrimination was a problem that this world shared with his own.

The news didn't get much farther before it was announced that the airship would be arriving at Beacon soon. Usopp was glad to finally be able to get off of the airship and potential death trap.

Beacon itself seemed to be positioned on the top of a cliff. At the base of the cliff was the sea, and behind the castle like structure of Beacon were forests, rivers, and mountains. The airship soon positioned itself near a platform protruding from the cliffside. Usopp decided to not look down while exiting the craft, but he ended up hurrying towards the solid ground of Beacon anyways.

As the airship left, Usopp looked at it and saw thrusters on the back. It still didn't explain how it was staying up in the air, but it did explain how it moved around. There were plenty of students walking around as well as people getting off of different airships heading to Beacon.

Where am I supposed to go now? There aren't any guides or anything? Maybe I should use that ability to sense the greatest concentration of people.

Usopp focused for a bit before bringing out the same ability he used to snipe Sugar from such a long distance. He could see the auras of almost everyone in the main Beacon building, and for some reason they all shined with greater intensity than what he saw back home. Looking around, there was only one person on the campus who had a normal looking aura. Usopp had no idea what this meant, but he did see the large concentration he was looking for. Switching off his observation haki, he walked towards that grouping of people.

Everything was going fine until he heard an explosion not too far away from him. He dropped to the ground before looking around him. No one was panicking, and he couldn't see any signs of an attack either. Smoke from the explosion seemed to be coming from two girls a little while away, although he could have sworn that he saw snowflakes and bursts of electricity as well.

Are they alright? Well they look fine, and now one of them looks upset at the other. It must have not been that serious of an explosion.

Usopp simply walked away from the incident. Everyone was fine, and there was no reason for him to get involved.

Entering the building he guessed was correct, Usopp looked around to see a large crowd. It seemed that he was right. Everyone was waiting around, and after a little while a grey haired man with a cane and a blonde woman appeared on the stage.

"I'll keep this brief. You have traveled here today in search of knowledge, to hone your craft and acquire new skills, and when you have finished, you plan to dedicate your life to the protection of the people. But I look amongst you, and all I see is wasted energy, in need of purpose, direction. You assume knowledge will free you of this, but should you get in, your time at this school will prove that knowledge can only carry you so far. It is up to you to take the first step.

The man left the stage, and the blonde woman beside him took over. "You will gather in the ballroom tonight; tomorrow, your initiation begins. Be ready. You are dismissed."

It's tomorrow?

The next day, Usopp was gathered with some other people at the side of a cliff for initiation. Usopp hesitantly stepped on the stone plate on the ground. He wasn't sure why it was necessary, but he had a bad feeling about it.

"For years, you have trained to become warriors, and today, your abilities will be evaluated in the Emerald Forest," Ozpin said.

"Now, I'm sure many of you have heard rumors about the assignment of teams. Well, allow us to put an end to your confusion. Each of you will be given teammates... today," Glynda said.

"These teammates will be with you for the rest of your time here at Beacon. So it is in your best interest to be paired with someone with whom you can work well," Ozpin said.

"I don't know anyone here… How am I supposed to know who I would work well with?" Usopp asked. He was ignored.

"That being said, the first person you make eye contact with after landing will be your partner for the next four years."

"Eh?!"

"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."

Usopp gulped. "D-Die?"

"You will be monitored and graded through the duration of your initiation, but our instructors will not intervene. You will find an abandoned temple at the end of the path containing several relics. Each pair must choose one and return to the top of the cliff. We will regard that item, as well as your standing, and grade you appropriately. Are there any questions?"

Jaune and Usopp raised their hands.

"Good. Now, take your positions."

Usopp gasped when the person next to him was sent flying into the air. "H-H-Hey, were you serious when you said we could-ahhh!"

Before he could process the situation, Usopp was sent flying into the air from the stone launchpad he was standing on.

"Dammit!"

Usopp was flying for several seconds before he thought of a possible solution. He loaded a seed into his slingshot and fired at the area he thought he was going to land at. "Green Star: Trampolia!"

It's normally used to send enemies flying into the air, but it will have to be good enough for now.

The plant grew in an instant and formed a bouncy bubble on the ground. When Usopp fell on it, he was sent straight back into the air. He was still flying, but he lost enough speed. As Usopp was falling back to the ground, he put Black Kabuto into his mouth and grabbed onto a tree branch. His arms hurt from the sudden stop, but now he could climb down the rest of the way with no problem.

"Now, I was supposed to get some relic? No, first I need to find a teammate. That should be easy… but what if my teammate is a complete jerk? And that old man said we had to destroy anything in our path… What kind of dangerous things am I going to have to destroy? What did I get myself into?"

Focusing, Usopp brought out his observation haki. It seemed that everyone had landed in the forest, and now he should be able to walk to the closest person without an issue. Usopp was also relieved that he did not sense anything in the forest for a while except for the other applicants and some small animals. He also noticed that the one person who had a normal looking aura was also in this forest. No dangerous monsters were to be found.

"Did he just say that to make us scared? What a jerk."

Just as Usopp started to walk to an applicant, he heard a twig snap behind him. He didn't sense anything behind him, but he still nervously turned his head towards the sound.

He almost wished he didn't.

Behind him as a bipedal wolf-like creature of darkness. It had bones protruding from its arms and back, and it had a bone mask. Its eyes had a demonic glow, and its fur was pitch black.

In other words, it was the spitting image of a nightmarish demon.

"AHHHH!"

The monster lunged forward, but Usopp was already gone.

"Screw finding a partner! I need to make it out of this forest alive! That thing is going to eat my soul!"

The nightmarish creature did not give up it's chase. Looking back, Usopp saw that the monster seemed to be trying even harder. More emerged from the forest and started pursuing him.

"WHY ARE MORE SHOWING UP!"

While Usopp could certainly outrun these creatures, they didn't seem to be giving up soon. Even if he tried to lose them by going around trees and getting out of sight, they always knew where he was. Usopp was starting to get annoyed, but he could run for hours if he needed to. If he got out of the forest, then he might be fine.

"What the hell are these things?! Why are there so many?!"

On the cliff that the applicants were launched from, Ozpin and Glynda were using scrolls to monitor all of the applicants.

"There is no way that long nosed man is ready for this school," Glynda said, "he even ran away from a Beowolf."

"Hmm..."

"He's already lost his chance to find a partner. Everyone else has paired up, meaning that he has no one to pair with. The only impressive thing he's shown so far is evading so many Grimm for such a long time. He doesn't have a transcript, and unlike in Blake's case, that lack of experience is showing. I wouldn't be surprised if he had never seen a Grimm before."

"He hasn't fought yet."

"It doesn't look like he wants to fight."

"He'll have to fight soon. Or else he will die."

"Don't you things have someone else to pick on? Go away!"

Undeterred, a swarm of at least thirty of these monsters tried to pursue him. It seemed that besides the wolf-like demon, there were bear-like demons as well. He could also see a huge bird demon that was simply circling overhead. It almost looked like it was waiting for something, but at least it wasn't attacking him.

Usopp was doing well until his foot caught on a root. Taking advantage of this misstep, a bear-like monster loomed over him, ready to deal a finishing blow.

"Dammit! Special Attack - Green Star: Devil!"

A huge carnivorous plant grew behind the demon and it bit down, bringing the creature into its mouth. Only the legs were still visible. After a few seconds of pressure, the monster was killed and it faded to dust. The plant almost seemed disappointed, and it continued to try and reach for any monsters that weren't wise enough to stay away from it.

"Huh? It was that easy? And they can die?"

Some of the monsters hesitated, but it didn't take long for them to start going after Usopp again. The devil plant took a charging wolf monster into its mouth, and its leafy appendages grabbed two more. The rest were able to easily make it past the plant monster.

"Take this! Special Attack - Green Star: Plantanus Shuriken!"

Two large shuriken grew from a seed as it was in the air, and they each bisected any monsters they came across. They even cut down several trees that subsequently crushed some of the monsters before the shuriken lost all of their momentum. Usopp didn't stop there. While advancing in the opposite direction to keep his distance, he shot out several more seeds.

A few more devils showed up in the crowd to eat the monsters, and an advancing swarm soon found itself impaled by bamboo spikes. The thirty or so monsters on the ground were reduced to nothing by the barrage of Pop Green plants.

As Usopp destroyed the last one, he took a moment to catch his breath. Those things look scary, but they sure are weak! I suppose if normal looking people like Luffy can be such potent monsters, it also works the other way around.

Usopp looked towards the sky just in time to see a large feather on course to impale him. He managed to jump out of the way, and he ran to dodge another barrage of feathers. It clearly came from the bird demon that had now ascended to a higher altitude.

"Now you try to attack me?! Special Attack - Green Star: Plantanus Shuriken!"

The two shuriken shot forward, but the bird-like creature was too high up. The large distance gave the creature enough time to dodge, and it was wary of the projectile's strength after the display earlier.

"It dodged? Well it-ah!"

Another barrage of feathers were heading straight towards Usopp. While the bird's height meant it was hard for Usopp to get any hits, the same was true for the bird. Now that Usopp was focused on the fight, he had no trouble avoiding the monster's projectiles.

This is going nowhere… It only decided to attack after I finished a huge fight. Did it try to wait until I was weakened? In that case…

Another barrage of feathers threatened to impale Usopp. He jumped out of the way for most of them, but it looked like his side was partially hit. He screamed and fell to the ground with the red fluid making a pool under his body.

The bird looked at its successful strike and it dove down to eat the remains of the man.

Usopp smirked. He waited for a few seconds before standing up and loading his slingshot. "That was ketchup you stupid bird! Did you really think you could hit me?!"

This may be his only opportunity to strike, so he wasn't going to risk it with a weaker technique. The bird tried to cancel its momentum to fly back to a safe height, but it was too late.

"Special Attack - Green Star..."

A red bulb shot out, and from it's back the rest of the plant grew. After only a few seconds, the fearsome image of a large plant wolf was the last thing to enter the demon's vision.

"Impact Wolf!"

The shockwave tore off the bird-like monster's head and torso completely. The two halves quickly evaporated like all of the other monsters. Usopp looked around to confirm that there weren't any additional creatures before letting out a sigh.

There could still be more that are hiding, but at least I'll be able to deal with them. Their bodies disappear, but even after a few minutes, there is no sign that they are going to reform. These monsters are beatable, but are these what Huntsmen and Huntresses protect the people from? If anything could put the people in danger, it's definitely these things.

Usopp was still wary, but he activated his observation haki once again. Everyone that was within range of his haki was already paired up with another person. Also, for whatever reason, the one man that had a normal looking aura now had an aura just as bright as the others. It seemed that something about it changed since the time Usopp last checked.

I still can't sense any monsters, which means the ability I'm using can't sense their auras for some reason. I'll have to be careful.

Usopp decided to make is way to another group of people. On his way, the monsters simply wouldn't leave him alone. Luckily, Usopp never encountered any as difficult as the flying monster he fought earlier, but the attacks made him be constantly wary.

Every now and then, he checked outward with his haki. The pair he was heading towards has seemed to have met up with three other pairs for a group of eight. The group of eight then started fighting something he couldn't sense, and then they started moving somewhere together. This seemed to be more proof that those monsters could somehow stay hidden from his ability.

That group of eight was heading in the opposite direction of Usopp, so it would take some time to catch up. Usopp wasn't in a hurry as he still needed to be vigilant for monsters while keeping track of where the other people were.

Eventually he reached a clear area. There was some ruin with many pedestals in a circle. Some of the pedestals had chess pieces on them, but it looked like many of them had been taken already.

"Are these the relics? This was where that group of eight were at before. I don't have a teammate yet, but I may as well take a relic while I can."

Usopp examined them before choosing a golden pawn. He put the relic into his satchel and headed off for the group of eight. He managed to catch up to the others just in time to see another huge bird monster get decapitated at the top of a cliff. At the top stood a girl in red with a large scythe.

"Wow..."

"It seems that initiation is finished," Glynda said, "It is strange however that this 'Usopp' lacked confidence despite being a capable fighter. It is a shame that he didn't find a partner."

"I may be able to bend some rules."

"Ozpin, while I do believe he is plenty capable enough considering how he dealt with a Nevermore by himself and retrieved a relic, teams have always been composed of 4 people."

"I know. I intend to keep that system, but I have an idea."

A/N: I thought about having Usopp mistaken for a Faunus, but I don't think his nose is animal like enough for that mistake to realistically happen. Besides that, I don't have much to say besides a reply to a guest review.

Guest : Usopp will get his aura unlocked, as that is necessary for sparing and tournament matches. At this point, I don't know what his semblance would be, or if he even would have one. His ability set is pretty diverse with all of the plants he can grow, and his observation haki helps with sniping things. I don't know what other ability would help with his fighting style, but I might be able to think of something. If not, then people could just assume that his haki is his semblance. As for a pairing with Velvet... I'm going to be honest. If I tried to write something romantic, it would be complete trash. So I don't have any plans for something like that.