It only took a few more minutes but eventually, the ships landed and students started to emerge. This of course included vomit boy who then waddled over to a garbage and emptied his lunch into it.
" agh god I'm never flying again. Ruby, yang, and grim then got off with several other students and walked down the path examing the school and everything around it.
" Wow this is amazing. Grim and yang grinned at rubys enthusiasm and yang pumped her fist in the air in excitement.
" oh man the view from vales got nothing on this. Ruby was silent for a moment before her eyes became wide and starry eyed as she saw a students weapon.
" Wow sis look that kid has a collapse able staff! and shes got a fire sword. Ruby tried to get closer but yang pulled her back by her hood snapping it and her out of it and making grim chuckle as she whimpered.
" Owwww ow yang. Yang shook her head at her sisters excitement .
" Calm down sis they're just weapons! Ruby gasped in shock at this and shook her head as she disagreed with her sister.
" They are not just weapons, they're an extension of ourselves, a part of us, and they're just so cool! Grim chuckled as he agreed and pulled his scythe out of the shadows.
" Yes weapons truly do tell you alot about the user, their past, their emotions, their...pain...and loss. As grim stared at his scythe in sadness yang coughed and snapped him out of it.
" see why can't you be like grim and be obsessed with your own weapon aren't you happy with it. Ruby sighed at this and took out crescent rose looking at it with appreciation.
" of course I'm happy with crescent rose, i just really like seeing new weapons its like meeting new people but cooler. Grim smiled as he stood next to ruby and patted her shoulder and chuckled as yang pushed their hoods down.
" Aw come on ruby why don't you go try to make some new friends. Ruby sighed and took off her hood before turning to grim and yang.
" But why do i need friends if i have you guys. Yang opened her mouth to talk as students surrounded her.
" Well, actually my friends are here gotta go catch up kay cya bye. This of course left ruby spinning and dizzy as she questioned what happened as she looked at grim who was smiling a bit at her.
" Yang wait where are you going, are we supposed to go to our dorms, where are the dorms, do we even have dorms, i don't know what I'm doing. Ruby then fell into a luggage cart sending cases flying and causing another person to come over and stand over her.
" what are you doing. Grim chuckled as he helped ruby up and stood next to the two girls as he bowed to the white haired one.
" My apologies miss my friend ruby is just very excited to be at beacon that she almost fainted. Weiss rolled her eyes at this and glared at ruby.
" Apologies aren't needed she has no idea what kind of damage she could have caused. Ruby rubbed her arm sheepishly before holding out the case to Weiss.
" Uhh I'm sorry. Weiss snarled a bit as she snatched the luggage from ruby and opened it.
" give me this, this is dust, mined and purified from the schnee quarry. Ruby stuttered again at this making grim face palm as he watched the two.
" Uhhhh. Weiss snorted in annoyance and rolled her eyes as she took out a vial of red dust.
" what are you brain dead, dust , fire,water,lightning,and energy. Ruby coughed as she sucked up some dusts that were in the air making grim raise his eyebrow and he quickly took off his cloak and tossed it behind him.
" I know...(cough). Weiss arched her eye brow in annoyance as she thought ruby wasn't listening.
"Are you you even listening to me, is any of this sinking in, what do you have to say for yourself. Instead of saying anything, ruby arched back and sneezed causing an explosive explosion of dust in front of her but when the smoke from the blast cleared grim could be seen now shirtless and covered in soot.
" Hmm miss schnee ruby are you two alright. Silence met grim causing him to look up only to see quite a few girls staring at his face or his chest with blushes on their faces. Grim smiled a bit as he dusted himself off and turned to see his cape and the vial laying by a girl with a black bow and black hair who was known as Blake, looking up from her book and staring at him as well, and surprisingly to grim her bow moved making him smirk as he walked over to her and picked up the cloak and the vial and he smiled as he leaned a bit closer and whispered into blakes ear.
" I am the grim reaper or just grim, and judging by how your bow moves i know what you are, but worry not my adopted father was Andrew nevermore... and ever since his death I have had a greater respect for the faunus so should they find out and hurt you come to me ill help you, or should you need me to have some one understand you i can do that to. As he backed up, he was stopped as Blake grabbed his arm and stared into his eyes and he let her showing his buried emotions, much like her own, which made Blake smile with sadness and happiness.
" Thank you grim I'm Blake.. Grim nodded and smiled as he walked up to Weiss and ruby who were still staring at him and gave Weiss the vial as he wrapped his cloak around himself snapping them and all the other girls around them out of their staring. This of course snapped weiss right back to ruby as she looked at her with anger.
" un believable, this is exactly what i was talking about. Rubys eyes widened and she looked at Weiss apologetically.
" I'm really really sorry. Weiss sighed angrily at this and folded her arms
" Ugh, you complete dolt! What are you even doing here, Aren't you a little young to be attending Beacon? Ruby looked a bit hurt and sad at this and she stuttered.
" well i uh.. Weiss didn't let her finish as she snapped at her.
"This isn't your ordinary combat school. It's not just sparring and practice, you know! We're here to fight monsters, so... watch where you're going. Grim looked at ruby who had fire in her eyes and nodded at her and shes smiled great fully before snapping at Weiss.
"Hey, I said I was sorry, princess! Before anything could be said, Blake interrupted.
"It's heiress, actually. Ruby and Weiss both looked at Blake as she approached.
"Weiss Schnee, heiress to the Schnee Dust Company. One of the largest producers of energy propellant in the world. Weiss smiled at this as some one recognized her.
" Finally some recognition. Blake then merely smirked as she continued.
" The same company infamous for its controversial labor forces and questionable business partners. Weiss then began to get angry as ruby and grim chuckled.
"Wha- How dare you- The nerve of... Ugh! Ruby then looked a bit sorry and called after Weiss "I promise I'll make this up to you!" Ruby then sighed as Weiss kept walking and muttered
"I guess I'm not the only one having a rough first day... So, what's... Ruby then turned around only to see grim pointing to a walking away Blake and this caused ruby to feel a bit ignored.
"Welcome to beacon. As ruby was feeling down, grim coughed and helped her up as the blond boy who threw up came over to them.
"Hey I'm jaune. Ruby smiled at jaune before waving a bit at him.
" hello, I'm ruby aren't you the guy that threw up on the ship . The three then go inside beacon walking past the scenic trees, a river, arching architecture, and the winding road the three were walking on.
" All I'm saying is that motion sickness is a much more common problem than people let on! Grim shook his head in disbelief.
" no no its really not,Another name vomit boy is the least you have to worry about. Ruby laughed with grim but patted him on the shoulder.
" Grim don't be mean, and vomit boy was the first thing i could think of. The boy scowled A bit at this and narrowed his eyes.
"Hey how would you like it if i called you crater face. Ruby stopped laughing at that and protested.
" Hey the explosion wasn't that big. Grim nodded as he coughed and said what he thought.
" i wouldn't call her that i was the one who exploded and as far as i can tell her skin is perfect no pimples or anything else so, i think angel face would be a better nickname for her. the boy huffed at this and rolled his eyes.
" Well I'm jaune arc short sweet and rolls off the tongue the ladies love it. Ruby and grim looked skeptical at this and grim chuckled as ruby asked first.
" Do they really. Jaune looked a bit excited at this and thrust his fist in the air.
"They will! Well, I-I hope they will. My mom always says that... Never mind. Ruby and grim laughed at this before, both brought out their scythes.
"So me and my friend here have these. Jaune looked at both rubys and grims scythes in amazement.
"Whoa are those scythes. Both grim and ruby nodded with a grin and ruby explained first.
"Mines also a high impact sniper rifle. Jaune looked at her weapon in wonder before turning to grim who explained.
" Mines a high power armor pericing mini gun. Jaune looked amazed and confused at this." What. Ruby and grim both sighed as they cocked their weapons.
" their also guns jaune. Jaunes eyes widened and he looked excited at this. " oh thats cool. Ruby looked at him with interest as grim put his scythe away and began to look around until he spotted ozpins office and walked towards it.
" so what do you got. Jaune looked a bit nervous at this but pulled out a sword. Ruby thinking it looked mire high tech then it was oohd in amazement.
" Yeah and i got this shield to. Jaune then raised his shield up to show ruby.
" So what do they do. Ruby came closer as she inspected his weapons.
" my shield it uh gets smaller so when i get tired of it i can put it away. Ruby looked confused at this and tilted her head." But wouldn't it weigh the same. Jaune looked a bit disappointed in himself as he nodded. Ruby giggled at this and waved crescent rose around.
"Well, I'm kind of a dork when it comes to weapons, so I guess I did go a little overboard when designing it. Jaune looked a bit surprised and shocked at the fact that ruby had made her weapon
"Wait - you made that?!" Ruby beamed with pride as she put crescent rose away.
"Of course! All students at Signal forge their own weapons! Didn't you make yours. Jaune sighed and shook his head in shame "It's a hand-me-down. My great-great-grandfather used it to fight in The war" ruby nodded at this and chuckled"Sounds more like a family heirloom to me!
"Well, I like it! Not many people have an appreciation for the classics these days." Jaune sheathed his sword nervously and nodded.
"Yeah, the classics... Ruby and jaune then proceeded down the hallway chatting to each other."So why'd you help me out back there? In the courtyard?" Jaune Shrugged and smiled at ruby.
"Eh, why not? My mom always says, 'strangers are just friends you haven't met yet'. Ruby nodded at this and hummed Jaune on the other hand looked around and noticed they were walking randomly.
"Hey, where are we going?" Ruby shrugged as she looked around.
"Oh, I don't know! I was following you. Jaune looked a bit frightened at this and panicked.
"-You think there might be a directory? Maybe a food court? Some kind of recognizable landmark? Ruby laughed at that as she looked around making jaune sigh.
"Is, uh... Is that a 'no'? ruby nodded as she finally saw that they were lost.
" That's a no and hey wheres grim. Suddenly, the room darkened a bit as grim came out of the shadows in front of them making jaune yelp and jump behind ruby who right away giggled at this.
" I found where we need to go so if you follow me. Ruby smiled as she walked next grim and hugged his side.
" Thanks grim your the best. Jaune sighed as he followed after them and whispered.
" How the heck did he do that. After finding their bearings ruby and jaune followed grim and finally found Beacon Academy's main hall where all of the other new students are waiting. Yang was already in the crowd so naturally, when she spotted them, called grim and Ruby over.
" hey guys over here i saved spots for you. grim and ruby nodded before apologizing to jaune.
"Oh! Hey, jaune me and grim gotta go! See you after the ceremony! grim chuckled and patted jaune on the shoulder as they watched ruby go quickly to her sister.
" don't worry my friend we shall see each other soon be careful jaune there are dark people here make no mistake of that. grim then followed ruby leaving jaune to look surprised at what grim said and tried to follow grim but couldn't get through.
"Hey, wait! Ah, great. Where am I supposed to find another cool friend and a nice, quirky girl to talk to?! uknown to him however was the fact that a red headed girl was behind him with a look of curiosity in her eyes. as grim joined up with ruby and yang he noticed they were talking.
"How's your first day going, little sister? ruby rolled her eyes at this and spoke with a bit of anger.
" You mean since you ditched me and I made grim explode?yang looked surprised at this and looked closely at ruby.
"Yikes! you made a friend have a Meltdown already? ruby shook her head at this making grim chuckle as he listened to them from behind.
" No, I literally made him explode a hole in front of the school! And there was some fire, and I think some ice... yang smiled broadly as she thought her sister was being a smartass.
" Are you being sarcastic? ruby scoffed at this and threw her arms up in the air not noticing that Weiss was there as well as grim.
" I wish! I tripped over some crabby girl's luggage, and then she yelled at me, and then I sneezed, and then grim exploded, and then she yelled at me again, and I felt really, really bad, and I just wanted her to stop yelling at me! Weiss hearing what ruby was saying quickly spoke up.
" you! ruby eeped at this and unknowingly jumped backwards into grims arms revealing his shirtless chest to the three.
" Oh, God, it's happening again! Weiss stopped a bit as she examined grim again before looking at ruby and yelling at her.
" You're lucky we weren't blown off the side of the cliff! yangs face turned to an expression of shock as she stared at grim.
"Oh, my God, you really exploded... as yang got over her shock she then noticed he was shirtless and stared at his chest
." oh wow your ripped. grim chuckled and said nothing as ruby spoke up as she got down from him a bit reluctantly. ruby growled as she looked at Weiss and protested.
"It was an accident, i swear It was an accident! Weiss shook her head at this and handed ruby a pamphlet about dust which made ruby look at it curiously.
" What's this?Weiss then began listing off policies to a clueless and horrified Ruby, going faster and higher pitched with each word.
"the schnee Dust Company is not responsible for any injuries or damages sustained while operating a Schnee Dust Company product. Although not mandatory, the Schnee Family highly encourages customers to read and familiarize themselves with this easy to follow guide to Dust applications and practices in the looked a bit confused at this and Weiss sighed.
" You really wanna start making things up to me? ruby looked at grim who nodded and gave her a thumbs up and she smiled before answering slowly
" i um Absolutely? Weiss had a serious expression as she handed a booklet to ruby.
" Read this, and don't ever speak to me. Yang sighed at this and looked at them both.
"Look, uh, it sounds like you two just got off on the wrong foot. Why don't you start over and try to be friends, okay?ruby then put the booklet away and smiled at yang before holding her hand out to Weiss.
" Yeah! Great idea, sis! Hello, Weiss! I'm Ruby! Wanna hang out? We can go shopping for school supplies!Weiss faked sarcasm at this and faked smile.
" Yeah! And we can paint our nails and try on clothes and talk about cute boys, like tall, blond, and scraggly over there! jaune however thought this was serious and smiled as he heard what she said and looked hopefully at this as a chance to make a new friend.
"really you mean it?Weiss looked angrily at this and shook her head. girls and the boys attention is then drawn to the stage, where Professor Ozpin is readying the microphone, with Glynda beside him.
" 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 your time at this school will prove that knowledge can only carry you so far. It is up to you to take the first approach. Glynda then approaches as Ozpin leaves,so she steps up to talk.
" You will gather in the ballroom tonight; tomorrow, your initiation begins Be ready. also before You are dismissed we have a special student going here now who we would like to come to the stage so he can demonstrate his power, everyone say hello to the grim reaper. grim grinned as he suddenly channeled his shadows through the room and cut of the power making dozens of people including jaune to scream which, made his evil laugh echo as he used his shadows to appear on the stage in the form of a giant skull making a few girls , and jaune to scream even louder.
" greetings students of beacon, you know me as the vigilante the grim reaper i bring death and destruction as my name implies but only to those that deserve it as for those of you at this school i shall protect you all as long as i can however i can even if it means i die in the process death means nothing to me anymore for i am death and it is what i want to spread now all of you have a good day ill be going to set up my bed And clean my scythe if anyone needs me. The crowd nodded and everyone seemed stunned at that as they all split up to do things.
" wow hes a pretty strong semblance user did you see how he morphed those shadows. Jaune nodded and shuddered." it was almost like he was made of shadows with how he controlled them. jaune after talking looked around and, seeing that Weiss was open to talk to now stepped up to her.
" I'm a natural blond, you know!Weiss sighed at this and face palmed along with grim who growled out idiot under his first night at Beacon, students are splayed out in sleeping bags. Ruby, in her pajamas and with a sleeping mask around her head, is writing in a journal when Yang crashes next to her, similarly dressed while grim is sitting not far from them cleaning his scythe with his cloak off revealing his chest as he worked..yang smiled as she looked around and then at her sister.
" isn't this great It's like a big slumber party! ruby didn't look up from her writing but giggled as she thought of how their dad would act.
" I don't think Dad would approve of all the boys, yang smirked at this and shook her head.
" I know I do! yang then began to purr at the sight of all the guys before sighing when she saw jaune in pajamas but, she quickly switched to grim who was scanning the crowd which allowed her to stare at his chest before she looked at ruby who was writing.
"watcha got there. Ruby looked up from her writing as yang spoke and anwsered her.
"Oh, just a letter to the gang back at Signal. I promised to tell them all about Beacon and how things are. Yang smiled behind her sister and messed with her hair.
" Aw, that's so cuuuute! as yang finished what she was saying, ruby grew embarrassed and threw a pillow in yangs face.
" Shut up! I didn't get to take my friends with me to school! It's weird not knowing anyone here!yang sighed and shook her head before smiling again.
" What about Jaune and grim their.. nice and grim sure is handsome hes perfect boyfriend material to! There you go! Plus two friends! That's a hundred percent increase! ruby smiled before thinking of Weiss which ruined the moment and caused ruby to scoff at this and shook her head.
"Pretty sure Weiss counts as a negative friend. Back to one...yang sighed at this and protested.
" There's no such things as negative friends! You just made two friends and one enemy! Look, it's only been one day. Trust me; you've got friends all around you! You just haven't met them yet!The two sisters then look up and notice a candle being lighted nearby, and Blake Belladonna is seen leaning against a wall, reading her book.
ruby put her hand to her chin in thought as she looked at Blake.
" hmm that girl..yang looked curiously at rubys reaction and then looked at girl.
" you know her. Ruby shrugged a bit and shook her head no at yang.
" Not really. She saw what happened this morning, but left before I could say anything. yang grinned evilly as she approached her sister.
"Well, now's your chance! yang then lifted ruby up and pulled her towards Blake.
" yang what are you doing. the two coming near, Blake looked up from her book and watched them yang then grinned at Blake as she dragged ruby in front of her.
" Hel-looooo! I believe you two may know each other?Blake looked at them a bit and her lips twitched into a small smile.
" Aren't you... that girl that made grim explode. grim looked over his shoulder and smiled as he heard ruby trying to make a friend.
" Uh, yeah! My name's Ruby! Blake acknowledged this and nodded as she kept reading her book. yang looked confused at her sister and nunged her as the moment began to become awkward." what are you shrugged as she looked confused and awkward.
" I don't know - help me! ruby then smiled again as yang began to speak up," so uh what your name. blake sighed at this as she was distracted from reading but as she opened her mouth to speak she was interrupted by grim.
" my friend here is Blake, ruby i had the pleasure of introducing myself to her this morning after every girl got personal pictures in their minds of my chest. after grim said this, both Blake and ruby blushed while yang raised her eyebrow and introduced herself and ruby.
"Well, Blake, I'm Yang, Ruby's older sister! I like your bow! Blake looked a bit irritated at all the attention as she just wanted to read.
" Thanks! yang coughed and strained to think of something else to say before speaking up.
" It goes great with your... pajamas!Blake looked annoyed at this and nodded
" right...yang then brought up something about how nice the night was and ruby chuckled.
"eh nice night isn't It blake nodded and spoke with allot of sarcasm and annoyance.
" Yes - it's lovely! Almost as lovely as this book! That I will continue to read. As soon as you leave! yang looked a bit put down at this and turned to her sister.
" Yeah, this girl's a lost cause. Ruby shook her head and stepped closer looking at the book.
"What's it about? Blake looked surprised at rubys enthusiasm cocked her head.
"Huh? Ruby smiled nicely and asked again.
" Your book. Does it have a name? Blake nodded still a bit surprised.
" Well... i-it's about a man with two souls, each fighting for control over his rolled her eyes at this and waved a hand in dramatization.
" Oh, yeah... That's real lovely! Ruby ignored her sister and looked at Blake and her book.
" I love books. Yang used to read to me every night before bed. Stories of heroes and monsters... They're one of the reasons I want to be a Huntress! Blake thinking that ruby was young still began laughing a little.
" And why is that? Hoping you'll live happily ever after?Ruby put her hands behind her back and smiled.
" Well, I'm hoping we all will. As a little girl, I wanted to be just like those heroes in the books... Someone who fought for what was right, and protected people who couldn't protect themselves!Blake continued to smile at this as she thought before frowning a second later.
" That's... very ambitious for a child. Unfortunately, the real world isn't the same as a fairy tale. grim grinned a bit at this and shook his head at this.
" i think ruby begs to differ. Ruby nodded and smiled at grim gratefully.
" Well, that's why we're here! To make it eyes filled with pride and love as she picked ruby up in a hug.
" Oh, I am so proud of my baby sister! Ruby frowns then begins to get out by kicking her legs.
"Cut it out! the forced sisterly bonding evolves into a dust cloud of fighting limbs and flying and grim began laughing slightly with blake as the siblings fought.
" Well, Ruby, Yang,grim it's a pleasure to ha-before Blake could finish, Weiss came storming onto the scene in her own pajamas as Ruby traps Yang's leg.
" What in the world is going on over here?! Don't you realize some of us are trying to sleep? yang and Weiss both looked at each other quickly and groaned at the sight of each other while saying the same thing.
" Oh, not you again! rubys eyes widened as she looked around and shushed them.
" guys shh shes right people are trying to sleep. weiss rolled her eyes at this and put her hands on her hips.
" oh so now your on my side. Ruby got a bit angry at this and protested.
" I was always on your side!Yang agreed with ruby and tilted her head.
" Yeah, what's your problem with my sister? She's only trying to be nice! Weiss scoffed and shook her head.
" She's a hazard to my health. in response, grim came up behind the girls making three out of the four blush as he wrapped his arms around them.
" so girls as much as i love spending time with you ladies i would like it if you'd all stop fighting so we can sleep now. all the other girls nodded at him and he sighed happily as he sank to the floor and fell asleep, Causing the others to all chuckle at him.