The Emerald Forest (Team AVNR Ch2)

Needless to say, Eli was not having a pleasent experience. The entire group of students had been flung into a massive forest and tasked with finding relics. Eli had been unfortunate enough to not have come up with a plan in time and landed on his face. "Good thing this nice soft ground broke my fall.", the purple haired teen groaned to himself as he sat up and rubbed his jaw. Luckily his Aura ensured no damage remained. "Not that it heals everything.", the archer growled under his breath as he shook the dirt off and readied his bow. He crouched down and stealthily ran forwards, that is if his target were to be colorblind. Keeping low to avoid detection he glanced behind him as he heard a massive roar and seen three Beowulfs, an Ursa, and a silver haired swordsman who was holding all of them back. "Why didn't I get an invite to this party?", Eli shouted as he leapt forwards and the blade weilding teen from yesterday, Wolfe, who was successfully keeping the Grimm back. Wolfe sank his blade into a Beowulf's throat and ripped it out, spinning around with his blade extended to keep its companions back.

Eli readied his bow and let three arrows fly at the Grimm. "Burn baby burn.", the violet archer remarked as his arrows caught the other Beowulf's on fire, the third rocketed past the treetops. He dashed forwards and jumped above the Ursa as it swiped at him with razor sharp claws. Eli thrusted downwards with his bow, which had blades on both sides. Wolf slashed open its chest while Eli's blade lodged itself in the Ursa's right eye socket. "Anybody up for some killer kebabs?", he inquired with an evil smirk on his face as he cut a backflip off the Grimm, unlodging his blade, "You my partner?" The sword wielder growled at the Ursa as he dashed forwards screaming at the top of his lungs as he lopped off the beast's head. The white haired youth panted as he returned his blade into a gun and holstered it. "Let's go partner.", Eli said to Wolfe who shook his head and took off after him.

Meanwhile Scotch was frowning to himself as the red hood wearing teen from yesterday let out a loud roar as he sliced a tree trunk with massive black armblades, causing the massive tree to crush a group of Grimm. The boy's hood had fallen revealing light brown hair as he readied his weapons, two large curved blades attatched to his dark colored armbands. The teen screamed in rage as he dashed towards an Ursa, blades shining as he tore through its entire body like wet paper. Scotch's frown deepened as the red clad teen began to slice and dice the few Beowulfs that were dumb enough to fight him. The tall brown haired berserker took several deep breaths as his breathing returned to normal and he retracted his blades. The redhead walked forwards and said calmly, "This makes up partners." The duo made eye contact, the blade user had a scar that ran vertically down his jaw from the right corner of his mouth, and the redhead continued, "I am Scotch." "Joseph.", the berserker growled as he threw up his hood, concealing his face from the world. Scotch frowned to himself as he walked off with his new partner.

Wolfe groaned to himself as he said, "This is gonna take a while." The vibrant teen turned around and told his partner, "Wanna speed this thing up?" The blue and white clad teen pulled something out of his bag, a pair of metal pieces that partially resembled a gauntlet except sleek and small with a small piece that stuck out in front of the rest on the top. Wolfe slipped them on excitedly as he said, "Race you." Eli smirked as he pulled out an arrow with a barbed tip and several arrowheads at increments down the shaft. "On three.", the archer told his partner as he drew back his bow. "Three.", he grinned as he fired his arrow into a tree. Only the first arrowhead had been fired and a metal wire connected it to the rest of his arrow. Eli pressed a button on his arrow and he was immediately reeled up to the tip. He swung forwards and pressed another button, severing the cord. The archer cut several flips as he fired off another segment of his arrow into a tree to keep going. He looked behing him and expected to see his white haired partner. "Cheap trick.", a voice said in front of him. Eli smiled as he seen Wolfe was swing through the trees as well. "Game on.", the purple haired teen said as his pulse quickened, "This is gonna be a blast."

Joseph huffed to himself as he looked around, he was itching for a fight. A pang of fear overtook him as he shuddered while quietly whispering feverantly, 'I've just got to power through this.' While he was doing that he bumped into somebody who let out an audible groan. On instinct Joseph's arm shot out and grabbed the person he knocked over by their right shoulder and he tugged them back into a standing posistion. The berserker relinquished his grip as he cast his gaze over to the new arrival... Arrivals... Plural. It turns out that he had ran into two of the girls from yesterday, Ruby and... whatever the hell the white haired girl's name had been. "Sorry.", Joseph said under his breath as he looked away from the black and read clad girl, readjusting his ever present hood. The girl who was clad in white began shouting at Ruby who began to try and talk, but was constantly interrupted. 'She's pretty damn annoying.', the tall teen groaned to himself as he shook his head in dissaproval. Scotch seemed to be tuning out the duo as he began to walk away. Joseph clenched his jaw as he growled angrilly, "Will you shut the fuck up?" The white haired girl seemed to hear him as she turned towards him and exclaimed, "Excuse me!" She began to growl as she shouted, "Do you know who you're talking to! I am Weiss Schnee..." "I don't care.", he huffed as he stood at his full height and gave her an angry glare. "I think we have something else to worry about.", Ruby said timidly as she stood between the duo. A loud crashing noise was heard and everyone looked over. The ruins stood before them with the relics stood up atop pedistals. A blonde guy was holding onto the stinger of a Deathstalker's tail while an armor clad girl with long red hair was firing a rifle at it.

Joseph's eyes glimmered with malice as he gazed at the Grimm. Letting out a shout of rage he flicked his wrists and his signature blades slid to their full size as he dashed towards the Deathstalker at high speeds. "Wait!", Scotch shouted as he dashed after him cracking his knuckles. The guy who was clutching the Deathstalker's tail was sent flying towards Joseph who leapt over him as he closed in on the Grimm. A loud laugh burst forth from the teen as he slashed at the massive creature, which swatted him out of the sky like a bug. The hooded youth jumped back to his feet and prepared to charge the large scorpion again, but stiffened up. He heard Ruby shouting something to him, but it faded out as his vision began to swim. Joseph fell to his knees and clutched his head as massive bouts of pain began to rip through his mind. He gritted his teeth as he spasmed from sheer agony. Joseph looked up to see that the white haired girl and the redheaded girl were both engaging the creature from the sides, with a rapier and a spear respectively. meanwhile Blake and a blonde using gauntlets had appeared from nowhere. They all were using their firearms to try and harm the giant Grimm, but were getting nowhere fast. joseph's vision blacked out as he collapsed into the ground, sounds of violence filling his head. A loud screech echoed through the air and he heard a voice shout, "Ruby!"

Ruby was frozen in fear as the Grimm's stinger descended and she closed her eyes and braced herself for the worst. But instead another loud shout of rage and pain pierced her eardrums. The Rose was shocked to see that the guy from yesterday had caught the Deathstalker's tail with black armblades and his hood had fallen off his face, revealing a scar etched into his jaw and blue eyes glittering with malice. He gritted his teeth as he shuddered before slumping to the ground. He held his head in his hands while Weiss darted in front of them and used her rapier to freeze the Deathstalker's tail. The group all looked around and Jaune, asked, "What do we do now?" The groups dashed forwards and one person from each group all grabbed a relic. The redheaded martial artist smirked as he said, "Let's go." A loud screech sounded through the forest and Scotch looked up to see the Nevermore had came back. Ruby swallowed nervously and she seen that Scotch was trying to talk to the person who had stopped the Grimm's attack. The brown haired teen shoved him away and curled up into a ball. Scotch ran forwards and told the group, "Let's go. He'll follow us." Ruby began to protest but was dragged away by Yang.

Wolfe webswinged up to the ruins and landed shouting, "I win." Eli landed beside him and laughed as he said, "I am defeated.", performing a dramatic fall. The white haired teen seen that several relics were missing and shot a web at one of the remaining ones, before yanking it into his hand. The archer said, "Found your buddy." The blue clad teen seen that Joseph was hunched over on the ground, sweat streaming down his face. He clawed the ground as he gasped in pain shouting, "GO!" Wolfe swallowed nervously as he motioned for Eli to follow who gave him a confused look, but trailed after his partner. The duo caught up to see the a pair of redheads, two blondes, a girl with orange hair carrying a pink grenade launcher, a guy with black hair that had a pink streak in it, a white toned girl, Blake, and Ruby were all firing their weapons at the Nevermore. A single arrow caught the massive bird on the back and an explosion of fire consumed the Grimm. Eli chuckled to himself as he said proudly, "Tick tick boom." Another bigger blast fired off. The smoke cleared to reveal that the archer's epic trickshot ahd done nothing but piss it off. Wolfe prepared to webswing at it, but he heard a loud roar from the ruins. His skin crawled as he shouted, "EVERYONE GET BACK!" The gathering gave him all weird looks before a blue and red streak slammed into the Nevermore.

Eli looked up and seen that the red and blue figure from yesterday was digging its claws into the Nevermore's back. It was hissing and roaring as it rended the Grimm's flesh. The bird took off skywards and rolled in air, struggling to shake off its unauthorized passenger. The figure roared as it let go and plummeted towards the ground. The creature shot a string of webbing from its wrist that soared over the group's heads. The archer turned around to see that it had landed in front of the Deathstalker, which hissed at him. "He's kinda like you.", Eli whispered as he nudged his partner, "But a little bit more... violent." His eyes glimmered as he said, "Imma call him Toxin." Wolfe gave the violet marksman an evil glare before looking on as Toxin crashed feet first onto the Grimm's back with a loud crack. The scorpion tried to use its tail on its opponent, but it caught the stinger with a clawed hand. Eli shuddered as he knew what was about to happen and sure enough a loud ripping noise signaled that he was correct. Several shouts of suprise, and some of disgust, were heard from his companions as Toxin planted the Deathstalker's appendage through its mask, killing it.

Wolfe glanced over his shoulder and seen the blonde girl had fired a Dust shot from her gauntlet into the Nevermore's eye, making it land. She ran towards a pillar and caught one of Blake's blades, jamming it into the stone to create a slingshot. Next Ruby fired her rifle and posistioned herself onto the cord which was drawn back. The white haired girl was using a set of what appeared to be glyphs to hold the cable in place. The scythe wielder was flung across the area and caught the Nevermore's neck with her weapon. Ruby began to fire her sniper off repeatedly as she ran up the wall being aided by more of those glyphs. She let out a loud shout as she leapt up the cliff, decapitating the massive Grimm. "An excellent idea.", the vigilantee mused as he watched the group of people who were bickering work together, "They've got potential." The white haired youth readjusted his beanie as he turned towards Toxin. The creature bared its fangs and growled at him, making him crack his knuckles. "Don't make me do this.", Wolfe growled under his breath. The figure rushed towards him but an arrow appeared in front of its face. "Eat this.", Eli growled in anger as the arrowhead exploded in Toxin's face. "Concussive blast.", he told his partner as he readied another, but Toxin was gone. Wolfe sighed to himself as he walked away. Joseph stumbled shakily from behind the ruins holding his head as he groaned in pain.

-Several-Hours-Later-

Ozpin he stood on stage in front of all the students and said, "Led by Cardin Winchester." Ozpin cleared his throat as he continued, "Jaune Arc. Lie Ren. Pyrrha Nikos. Nora Valkyrie. The four of you recieved the white rook pieces." The foursome walked onto the stage and stood there proudly as the professor said, "From this day forwards you will work together as Team JNPR." Nora let out an excited whoo as she hugged Ren, who flinched backwards. "Led by Jaune Arc." Jaune looked suprised as he pointed at himself and Ozpin nodded to him. "Blake Belladonna. Ruby Rose. Weiss Schnee. Yang Xiao Long.", he called and the group walked up to him and stood there nervously. "The four of you recieved the white knight pieces. From this day forwards you will work together as Team RWBY. Led by Ruby Rose." The rosette looked suprised at this announcement and Yang patted her on the back. Weiss looked upset that the younger one had been called team leader. "And finally.", Ozpin declared as he stood before the crowd. "Wolfe Valerious. Joseph Nigel Richardson. Scotch Allen Benjamin. Eli Ruinswift." The motley crew walked forwards and stood before Ozpin. The archer had a confident smile on his face while the martial artist was deep in concentration. The pale haired swordfighter had a serious look on his face, while the red hooded teen's face remained hidden from view. "The four of you recieved the white bishop pieces. From this day forwards you will be known as Team AVNR." There was a deathly silence as the gray haired man adjusted his glasses and told them, "Led by Wolfe Valerious." Wolfe smiled to himself as his teammates congragulated him and patted his back. The new team walked off the stage and took their place in the crowd. "Looks like things are shaping up to be an... interesting year.", Ozpin told the student body.