Zane sighed and pulled off his shades, 'I should have stuck with my last set till these were tested...' He thought to himself. He'd already reached the meeting point and reached his pedestal. The meeting point itself was a small clearing that over looked a large Forrest from atop a cliff.
Zane being the only there and everyone else was still grabbing their gear leaving him being the only student who'd arrived. Ozpin and his assistant were also there staring down at a terminal. Zane sighed and was about to speak when he heard voices. Turning to the source he found the two twins Alice and Rex and instantly scowled. 'Of all people what the hell did they have to be the next ones to get here!?' He yelled within his head, The twins took one look at Zane. The brother's eyes instantly narrowed. He couldn't tell wether out of concern or if the guy thought of him as an idiot "Don't tell me your going down unarmed? You semblance may be strong but really doubt you can continuously use it."
Zane shrugged. "I do have weapons.. Their just... Well hidden" he mumbled.
Rex rolled his eyes and approached the pedestal beside Zane followed closely by his twin Alice who stood beside him on the third pedestal. They stood in silence, nothing to be said to each, well, more like Alice had been trying to decide what to say until a fourth student appeared. The wolf eared Faunus Umie closely followed by the hunk of metal Max. Zane's mood was only slightly lifted, if she'd been the second person to get there then he would have been in a bloody happy mood he could jump over the moon... Literally.
Zane smiled at the approaching Fauna who returned it with a friendly grin revealing her sharp canines. "Jeez, how do you get up so early?" She easily knew the answer but still, it was a good conversation starter, or at least it should be.
"Maybe he's a machine? It would explain why his arms are so hard" Alice spoke casually and Umie almost choked, Zane glared at the black-haired girl, "I'm not a bloody machine, so never call me one again" he spat like it was the most hated word in Remnant. Alice seemed shocked and Zane was glad, he sat down on His pedestal and closed his eyes, drifting off to sleep.
When his eyes next opened everyone had finally assembled, the pedestals had all been filled and before his eyes was a rainbow of colours. "It's about time you woke up sleepy head" Zane turned to the owner of the voice, Rex and rolled his eyes. "Yeah yeah, I didn't exactly get much sleep last" Rex shrugged ,and this was when Zane realised everyone had finally gathered, standing on the other side of Umie was Renton along with a couple other students, followed then by people Zane hoped he never had to work with and then it was Red, Blondie and vomit boy.
Director Ozpin stepped forward slightly and cleared his throat, drawing the attention of each and every student. "Right then" he began. "Today we will start your initiation, your goal is to reach the designated point and retrieve a relic."
Everyone nodded. "Now, everyone has been speaking of teams, I will tell you now that the first person you make eye contact with will be your partner for the remainder of your time here" he paused took a sip of his coffee and waited for it to sink in. It was also then that a slight clicking noise could be heard. "Quick question!" Zane yelled, he was first so if anyone was gonna be launched it was gonna be him. "Go on"
"Can't we go solo and not be assigned to a team?" Ozpin took another sip out of his mug and calmly relied "no"
Zane sighed and muttered one word "shit" before his pedestal clicked once more and released the built up pressure sending him flying into the air closely followed by Rex less than a second later, all the student were continuously launched over the cliff and into the Forrest, each with their own way of landing.
In the corner of his eye Zane noticed Rex, Alice and Umie pulling out their weapons. Rex was the fastest pulling out a massive and slick scythe the colour of midnight, when he fell close to a tree he hooked it round one of the branches and swung to the ground. Alice past him miles higher and pulled out her two swords and fell through some trees into obscurity.
Umie on the other hand pulled out a massive gauntlet easily three times the size of her own arms and grabbed onto a tree, Max was no where insight so he was probably allowed to slide down the edge of the cliff.
Not far away was Renton pulling out a broadsword, it's blade had unique inscribing decorating the blade's surface and also disappeared into the Forrest.
Finally it was his turn and Ai yawned, apparently only just waking. "Morning Zane wh- what the hell! Why are we falling!?"
"I jumped?"
"Ha ah very funny now ah! watch out for the tree!"
"Wait what tree!?" Zane shielded himself with his seems and went crashing through the trees, breaking multiple branches and even the occasional massive trunk, each time something hit him sparks flew off, eating away at the leafy green and brown woody bark. "Ah! This is gonna bloody hurt!" He yelled as he crashed into the ground with a heavy thump. "You know... Your lucky you have a REALLY hard head" Zane groaned, prying himself from his miniature crater and stretched, gears clicking and grinding before he set off. Walking away from the carnage that was burnt and destroyed trees.
He didn't get far before a monster's deep howl echoes throughout the Forrest and consequently his eardrums "That's not good" Zane dashed into action sprinting towards the roar's origin. Small blue sparks trailed behind him as he ran. "Zane! Your semblance is activating! I thought you had it under control!" His eyes widened.
"So did I!" He yelled jumping over a log. The spark continued to trail behind him. "Keep me posted on the power levels!"
"O-Okay!" After a few minutes of running he found himself on the ledge of an old drainage system, the walls were made of stone and it extended below well over 100 meters. In the centre stood a massive monster, it had a massive body covered in bone and standing across the area was a certain girl wielding a pair of blades.
"Shit.. Of all people,it had to be her" he jumped and slid down the massive stone wall. "Run!" He yelled, Alice looked towards him but quickly turned her attention back to the monster.
By then Zane had reached the ground and as the creature began to swipe at Alice. "Crap!" His eyes began to glow a bright blue and small yellow sparks flickered in his eyes as his hair began to crackle and spark. "Energy at 30%!" He kicked off the ground leaving a small crater in his wake sending him flying at the massive bear like creature. His feet skid across the ground as he tried to slow down and the creatures massive paw came hurtling toward him as he pushed Alice out of the way.
Zane roared and threw a punch that collided with the bone of the bear. The same light blue sparks that had followed him flickered and glowed, dancing across his peachy skin. "25% and quickly ticking down, make sure to end this quick!"
Zane finally gave up on keeping it a secret. A symbol appeared beneath his feet. A massive spark and similar to the Railer industry's logo. "Here we go, Ai! Release system lock one through three!"
"I'm on it...
...
...
Done! Try not to push yourself to hard!" Loud grinding and clicking noises could be heard before a terrifying Clang echoed through out the Forrest, it's origin? Was Zane himself.
The silver haired boy roared and so did the monster, the monster jumped back and so did Zane, growling and bearing his teeth, which had now two sharp fang like canines, his hair had swept back and parts of the hair darkened making it look like he had animal ears. Alice backed away, Two things were speeding though her mind, first was Zane's Aura, it was thick like blood yet spiky like a pike, raring to not only defend him but rip onto his foe. The other thing was that noise, what the hell was it?
Zane roared again and the sparks raced to the sound of it, focusing at his feet as he kicked off the ground and raced toward the armoured bear. He readied his fist as the sound of gears grinding was heard once more only this time much quieter and Zane smashed his fist into the monsters bony hide like a hammer.
The pale white bone shattered leaving its stomach wide open. "20% left! hurry!" More and more sparks danced along the ground racing towards the savage silver haired boy as he growled as if his voice was a light and the sparks a moth.
The ground beneath Zane's body cackled and cracked before pillars of hot searing blue lighting burst form the ground engulfing the boy before being redirected to the bear. Turning the monster into an Azure dust.
Alice watched in awe as the bear dissolved into an azure ash. "These things... Really should have been calibrated first" he muttered . Alice couldn't find her voice nor could she understand what she meant and when Zane looked at her she could only manage a couple lines.
"I could haven taken him... But thanks for the help..." The last part was muttered and she hoped Zane hadn't heard. He rolled his eyes. "It's not exactly like I wanted to to help you, it's just I couldn't let my partner die" she blinked.
"But..."
" look You were the first person I found and Ozpin said the first person we find will be our partner... Right?"
"Close.. He said the first person we make eye-contact with would be our partner... And-"
Zane blinked and moaned, cutting her off before she could speak. "Your kidding!?"
She nodded causing Zane to smack hims palm against his unbelieving face, Alice caught a slight wince and a curse coming from his lips after doing so.
"Yeah well whatever, so your now my new partner for the next four years?" she began to curl her hair around her fingers. Looking away awkwardly she spoke. "Yeah... That what I've been trying to tell you... I've already got a partner..." Zane stared at her, a blank expression spread across his face. "Oh... Fuck! Who?" Alice muttered and looked at him "your friend Umie"
"Wait.. Where the hell Is she then?"
"... We got separated.."
On the other side of the Forrest Renton and Umie had encountered a similar situation. "This is ridiculous... You know that?"
Umie was a laying with her back against small oak tree, an irritated Renton looking down at her and Max standing guard. "Yeah yeah I'm sorry for tricking you but hey! I'm alive now aren't I?"
"You would have loved even without my help, I doubt that lug would let you die" the young Wolf Faunas' eyes widened and she couldn't resist the urge to laugh. "Wow.. You and Zane.. Are so alike" Renton cocked his head to the side in question and narrowed his eyes, crossing his arms as he did so. "What are you talking about?" Umie stood up; Albeit a little shake but stood all the same and started walking in a direction towards a distant temple. "You'll know what I mean soon enough, now come on, we may not be partners but we can atleast get to the relics together" the Abyss haired boy shrugged and followed after her.
A/N: I finally got this thing out.. after having it sit on my Ipad for weeks...
Anyway, for those who are ACTUALLY reading this I thank you for taking your time to read my fic, it really means a lot to me and so I'll leave yup people with a question, why does Zane make mechanical like noises? You've probably already guessed the reason by now but still I can't help but ask, I'd love to see your thoughts on the subject along with any criticism as it's always welcome but please, no flaming Q.Q