Chapter 2

They all stood on a cliff side facing the forest as the Headmaster gave another speech though Kaneki was only half listening as he looked at the line of students all of whom seemed to be very capable. Farther down the line he spotted someone who looked vaguely familiar. Before he could delve too much into it something the headmaster said caught his attention.

"You've all probably heard the rumors about partner's and I'm here to tell you that they are true. The first person you make eye contact with will be your partner for the next four years, now good luck" Ozpin said and took a sip from his coffee mug.

'well i guess i'll have to find Touka and Nishiki' Kaneki thought and got into a ready position.

Before they launched though Ozpin said one last thing. "Oh i should also tell you that this year there are three ghouls attending so don't be afraid if you encounter them" With that they were launched into the forest before they could process what was said.

Kaneki landed along with the aid of his Kagune and started a light jog towards the center of the forest. About five minutes into his trip he encountered some Grimm and took them out with surprising ease. When he was finished with the last one he heard rustling from the bushes and immediately pointed all four Kagune in that direction. To his complete surprise Hide emerged from the bush with a big smile on his face.

"Oh come on is that how you treat a friend?" Hide asked approaching Kaneki.

"H-Hide what are you doing here?"Kaneki asked more confused now then surprised.

"Same as you I guess, training to be a Hunter" His friend replied.

Kaneki retracted his Kagune and asked. "You don't care im a ghoul, well half ghoul"

"Naw why should I? You're still my best friend" Hide said as if it was obvious and picked up Kaneki's eyepatch that must have fallen off during his fight with the Grimm.

"Well i guess this makes us partners" Kaneki said taking the eyepatch and putting it on.

"Ya i guess, anyway we should head to the center of the forest now" Hide said walking on with Kaneki following close behind.

Once they made it to the Temple they saw that Touka and Nishiki were also just arriving.

"Hey guys look who i found" Kaneki gestured to Hide who gave a small wave.

"So you guys are partners" Touka said observing Hide's weapons which appeared to Kaneki to be dual MK14's.

"Ya, are you two partners" Kaneki asked.

"Yup" was Nishiki's only reply as he went into the temple and picked up a white chess that appeared to be a queen.

Hide Followed suit and got the one that looked exactly like it.

"Copy cat" Nishiki said. Hide's only reply was a smile. They were interrupted when two new people entered the clearing it appeared to be two girls one in almost all yellow and one in almost all black with a little bow atop her head.

"Aww we were beat here" The Blond one said.

"Calm down Yang it wasn't a race" the one dressed in black said.

"But Blake i wanted to be the first-" Yang's reply was cut off when they heard a scream. They all looked up and saw a figure clad in red falling towards them she appeared to have jumped from the Nevermore that was flying further up behind her. Her fall was interrupted when a boy Kaneki recognized as Jaune bumped into her and they landed in a tree. Moments later another figure this time dressed in white also jumped from the nevermore and Jaune jumped out of the tree to catch her before they landed less gracefully with the girl in white sitting on Jaune. they all regrouped but before they could do anything a girl came riding in on an Ursa which died seconds later.

"Aww it broke" She said looking slightly sad.

"Nora, please never do that again" a boy

asked appearing next to her looking out of breath.

"Ok Ren" Nora replied and ran up to the relics placing one on her head singing "I'm queen of the castle, I'm queen of the castle"

"Well that was a thing" Yang said to which they all agreed.

Before they could do anything else a girl came running into the clearing with a death stalker on her tail.

"Another person really?" Touka asked sounding annoyed.

They set to work immobilizing the Death stalker in a block of ice shot from the girl 'Weiss' Rapier.

"How about let's get a relic and leave" Yang said grabbing a relic.

"Run and live I like it" Jaune said following suit.

Before they could go anywhere they heard a loud Roar and an Ancient looking Beowulf emerged from the forest. It was also at that moment the Nevermore came back around and the Deathstalker broke free from the ice.

"We will handle the Beowulf you guys handle the others" Touka said leading Nishiki, Kaneki and Hide towards the Beowolf. They unleashed their Kagunes, well except for Hide and could feel the stares of the others as they attacked the Beowulf. Touka went first attacking it at range with Hide as Nishiki and Kaneki rushed in for close range. The Beowulf swiped at Nishiki and missed as he dodged it with little effort. Kaneki Struck the Beowulf's arm but the armour there protected it.

'damn we're gonna have to be smart about where we attack' Kaneki thought to himself and stood back to see if he could spot any gaps in the armour. He saw them, they were in the Beowulf's armpits.

"Touka" he shouted "You and Hide aim for the armpits while me and Nishiki hold up it's arms." Touka nodded and Kaneki looked over at Nishiki to make sure he was ready.

Together they rushed and used their Kagune to pry it's arms up while Hide and Touka shot its weak spots. After a minute it finally stopped struggling and died. They all looked over to the others and saw that they had defeated the Deathstalker and Nevermore as well. With their relics in hand they all headed back the Cliff side.