Hello! I am back with chapter two! I just want to address some things that have been brought up to my attention before we start.
Ruby's clone. Ruby does not have Blake's semblance or a version of it, she used a dust that she created by fusing healing dust, earth dust, ice dust, and fire dust. (She won't be telling people how its made, so that's why I'm mentioning it here.)
Ruby's name, Shadow Hunter. She got this name because she has only been seen once, and at that time she was wearing a black, hooded cloak, like her main red one except black, and people automatically assumed she was a hunter. So hence the name, Shadow Hunter
Now with the disclaimer. I do not own RWBY or any of these characters or mechanics from the show. That privilege goes to Rooster Teeth.
"Hi": Grimm speech
"Hi : person/faunus speech
"Hi" : Someone's thought's
Chapter 2
Ruby was nervous. No, scratch that, she was scared beyond belief. Sure she was a world class huntress, but no one ever knew that. She wasn't treated differently, like a freak, or a prodigy. She was just treated like a huntress in training, young and inexperienced. Like a child.
"But now both my teammates and headmaster know about this and want an explanation, and I doubt that my status as a huntress will stay secret for long after, so I might as well tell them everything." Ruby thought with a grimace.
"Well now Ruby Rose," Ozpin spoke, "We're waiting. How long have you been a huntress? Why would you keep the fact that you are one of the most renowned huntresses of our time a secret?"
I've been a huntress since I was fourteen, a year before I came here." Ruby stated, " I didn't want anyone to know because I just wanted to be treated like a normal girl. I didn't want to be seen like a prodigy or freak, I just wanted to be treated like a normal 15 year old girl, and I knew that wouldn't happen if I revealed my status."
"How did you do it though." Blake suddenly spoke up. Then seeing everyone's confused faces she added, "Keep your status a secret I mean."
Ruby sighed, she knew this question would be asked of her, and she didn't really want to give an answer, "I used a type of dust I made. It allows me to create a clone of a person in every way. Personality, goals, fighting style, habits, an exact replica. I even gain the memories of the clone."
"That's quite interesting." Ozpin said, "How do you make this particular type of dust?"
Ruby shook her head, "I won't give that away. The combination is too volatile for conventional use. It doesn't even always work. The mixture of dust requires finite amounts of each type of dust I use, and it takes a lot of dust to make a small amount, so it isn't really practical."
Ozpin frowned at this, but seeing the reasons to be justified, he sighed and said "Okay, I understand. But if you manage to create a more useful version, or another useful type of dust, please inform me so we can run some tests. Okay, Ruby?"
Ruby, seeing this as a perfectly reasonable request, agreed immediately, stating, "I have a few types of dust in the experimental stages, but it's been slow going. If I had access to some better equipment and supplies, I might be able to get them done sooner.
As soon as Ozpin heard this, he smiled, and said, "I'm sure we can work something out later. But for now we need to figure out what to do with your status as a hunter. It would be a waste to keep Ruby's talents restricted to the missions that team RWBY are allowed to take.
At this, Weiss, Yang, and Blake, all nodded in agreement to Ozpin's statement, but Yang then realized something and decided to bring it to attention.
"Headmaster Ozpin, what about our team? Ruby's our team leader, and a lot of our team moves require her in some form. You aren't going to remove her from the team are you?" Yang asked, afraid of the answer, sure that Ruby would indeed be removed.
Suddenly, Ruby piped up saying, "I think I have a solution to that."
Ozpin, curious as to where this would go, motioned for her to continue. "Why don't I become a teacher here at Beacon? I already know all the information in all of my classes, and it would be unfair for me to fight against the other students in combat class. And if I ever have to leave on a mission with my team, I can leave a clone with some of the extra dust I have, and we can practice in our spare time if we have to work on team dynamics.
Ozpin saw that as a good idea, but found one little flaw in that plan. "What would you teach? You would be a good teacher for almost any spot, but we have no open positions for teaching jobs." Ozpin asked, figuring that Ruby had seen that flaw in this plan before see proposed the idea, and was going to correct him.
True to his assumption, she had, and she knew she would have to show another of her secrets. "I thought of this, and I figured I could teach a class on offensive aura manipulation. I discovered you can manipulate your aura to create different attacks, such as beams and spears, as well as using it for more defensive purposes such as barriers."
Ozpin was shocked, although the only indication of this was a raised eyebrow, and was quite skeptical, so he asked for a demonstration. Ruby, not wanting to break something, decided to create a barrier in the middle of the office and have Yang punch it, without Ember Celica active.
To do this, she asked everyone to stand off to the side, because she hadn't mastered this move yet. She went to the middle of the room, spread her hands out, and started to move her aura towards them, causing her palms to give off a faint red glow.
She kept feeding aura through her palms, shaping it into a red ten by ten feet square that was two inches thick. She then backed away, and had Yang punch the barrier. The punch connected, but instead of stopping the blow, the barrier caused Yang to be pushed back.
"It's a reflective barrier." Ruby explained, "It's designed to reflect ranged attacks and push back anyone trying to hit it with a melee attack."
Ozpin, now over his shock, decided that Ruby's plan of becoming a teacher was the best course of action. "Ruby, I believe that this aura manipulation would be a great asset against Grimm. I will call an assembly to introduce the new class tomorrow. But, do you have a name for it besides offensive aura manipulation?"
"Not really. I never needed one until now." Ruby spoke, slightly embarrassed that she never even thought to come up with a name for it
"How about Combat Aura Manipulation?" Yang asked. Ruby thought it over, and decided that she liked the name. "Yeah, that would work." She mused,
Suddenly Blake realized something, "What time would the class take place? We would need to have a time available for each year of students, first, second, third, and fourth years each.
Ozpin quickly saw a solution to that problem. "The Tactics and Strategy classes for all four years are twice as long because we didn't have anything better to do with those periods. Now though, we have a class to fill that two hour time frame."
"Sounds good." Ruby agreed, "But when do you want me to actually start teaching?"
'Would you be able to get set up in one of the extra classrooms within two days?" Ozpin asked, "Tomorrow wouldn't work well, because the students will need to be told a day in advance to get any needed supplies, and to get ready for the change in their schedule."
"Sure I could." Ruby replied, "I have all the supplies now. I'll get set after the assembly. "
"Good." Ozpin said. "Now, I would suggest you all head back to your dorms and get some sleep. The next few days will be quite busy, especially for you Ruby."
The team, who were all tired at this point in time, agreed immediately with Ozpin, and left for their dorms.
On the way, they all wondered how the next few days would pan out. Ruby being the most nervous of them all, decided to think more on what she was going to teach first, while the rest of the team discarded the idea and just made some small talk.
When they finally got back to their dorm. They all changed to their sleepwear and went to bed.
And that is Chapter 2 done! If you have any feedback, it would be appreciated, and I hope you're liking the story so far.
I don't really like how I ended this chapter, so if you think the ending was a bit weak I'm sorry, but that's all I could come up with.
One little thing that I would like to note is that in my story, every day in Remnant is 48 hours instead of 24. So that is why the class periods are so long.
Also, first year students have classes on different days then all of the other year students,(second, third, and fourth.) and vise versa.
Finally, I got inspiration for the combat aura manipulation from both Naruto and Dragon Ball Z, but I plan to make it less overpowered.