Omarnosian10: Hey readers. Once again, I'm sorry for not letting the main characters talk, but it's MIDNIGHT! And one more thing; the Silver and Purple Rangers are my own OCs. ON WITH THE SHOW!
Chapter 2: The Shining Ranger
(Taxi)
"…And that's how I beat my first Psycho-Pawn." finished Josh. Currently, he and Ruby were riding in a taxi, headed toward an airship port to catch a ride to Beacon. To pass the time he decide to tell Ruby a few stories about his many adventures, a subject she was more than curious about. He thought it best to start from the beginning when he first became a Ranger and the first time he fought a Psycho-Pawn 2 years ago. Said story about the first few weeks of his new hero/Plumber career was enough to leave Ruby speechless.
"And you did that on your first day?" asked Ruby astounded as Josh shrugged.
"He wasn't so tough." scoffed Josh while looking out the window.
"That's… amazing! I mean, wow, using the first Blue Ranger and quipping 'This is for creating the Ice Age'! That's the kind of thing you hear about in comic books." giggled Ruby.
"I had to avenge the dinosaurs one way or another." responded Josh darkly.
"Still the things that you've done all sound so cool. That's exactly the kind of stuff that I've always wanted to." smiled Ruby as Josh gave a scowl.
"Hate to tell you, but some times hero work isn't as glamorous as it seems." warned Josh. Ruby gave a small nod and looked down at the floor of the taxi.
"I know, fighting monsters and bad guys is dangerous. And sometimes, bad things can happen when you least expect them. Believe me, I know." sighed Ruby, her usually cheerful attitude seemed to be replaced with a depressing one. Josh noticed her change in demeanor. She had a pained look in her silver eyes and a slightly sad expression on her face. Anyone could have guessed that something happened to her or her family in the past. Josh could sympathize with her since he lost his parents a year before going into Plumber Academy.
"So, you said your sister is going to the same school?" asked Josh neutrally. Ruby's mood reverted back to it's natural, cheerful self.
"Yeah, her name is Yang. She was two years ahead of me, but now we are in the same grade." answered Ruby.
"How did she take the news?" asked Josh.
"Oh I already called her last night, she's really happy for me. She is also eager to meet you." said Ruby.
"As expected from an older sibling." nodded Josh as Ruby looks at him curiously.
"You have a big brother or sister?" asked Ruby as Josh shook his head.
"I am a big brother. I have a little sister back in my universe." answered Josh a bit sadly as Ruby covered her mouth in shame, forgetting that Josh has family in his universe.
"So what's she like?" asked Ruby, trying to cheer Josh up.
"Her name is Jasmine, but most people call her Jazz. She's the friendliest person you'll ever meet. Her dream is to be an actress so she went to acting schools around the world. She likes to know people and she does great voice impersonations." informed Josh.
"Really?" asked Ruby curiously.
"Yeah, one time, when we were little, she voiced an actual monster during Halloween. (sighs) We couldn't trick-or-treat that night." smiled Josh while shaking his head as Ruby gulped before Josh looked out the window. He saw what looked to be a large, flying, airship. It looked like an ocean liner, with four wings attached to the stern end. Surrounding it were several smaller air-crafts, similar to the one he had tried to stop the night before.
"Is that our ride?" asked Josh.
"Yep." answered Ruby.
"Talk about going overboard." scowled Josh.
(Airship)
It didn't take long for the two of them to board. To Josh's surprise, the ship wasn't pact full of students, leading him to wonder why they need a ship this big. Currently they were in the viewing gallery, a twelve-foot wide room located in the bottom of the ship's hull. The gallery had four semicircular windows, mounted at a downward oblique angle, on each side. And apparently each window had a hologram projector which could be used like TV, as one of the other few people in the room had it set to a local news station.
"Don't see your sister yet?" asked Josh.
"She said she'd be here. Oh man, what if she got stuck in traffic and didn't get here before we took off?" asked Ruby anxiously.
"Don't worry I'm sure she's here." assured Josh before sitting down and taking out a book titled 'The Faunus War' from his vest before reading it.
"Why are you reading?" asked Ruby confused as Josh looked up.
"Situation." said Josh simply before returning to his book as Ruby raises her eyebrow. One minute, he's fun and social and now he's quiet and reading.
"RUBY!" yelled someone excitedly, cutting Ruby off as she turned towards the viewing gallery's door to see someone running up to her. This some one was a girl, about 17 years old. She had a tan vest with gold piping over a yellow, low-cut crop top with a black crest that resembles a burning heart. The vest had puffy cap sleeves with black cuffs. On the sides of the cuffs, there were two small, golden buttons. She wore a brown belt with a buckle, a pouch, and a small banner-like object. The same burning heart crest appears on this banner, except golden in color. She wore black shorts under her belt, which resembles a pleated skirt in the back. Over the short shorts but under the belt was a white, asymmetrical back skirt. On her wrists were two gold metal bracelets. Her most distinguishing feature however was her long, messy blond hair. Josh naturally assumed that this is Ruby's sister, so he continued reading, not wanting to spoil the moment.
"Is this seat taken?" asked a feminine voice as Josh looks up from his book to see a girl. She wore a black buttoned vest with coattails, and a white, sleeveless undershirt that exposed part of her midriff with white shorts that were connected to her shirt, although it was partly obscured by the vest. Her shorts had a zipper on the front of each leg. She also wore a detached scarf-like collar around her neck. She had long black hair with a black bow on top of her head, and yellow eyes. Strapped to her back was a wide, single edged sword, with a black ribbon attached to the handle.
"Nope. Name's Joshua Martinez, but most people call me Josh." introduced Josh as he puts the book under his arm before extending his hand.
"Blake Belladonna." greeted Blake as she shook Josh's hand before he politely kissed it, causing Blake to blush pink before sitting down next to him and taking out her own book titled 'The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde', unaware of Josh's mental reaction.
'BLAKE?! Like Blake Bradley, the Navy Thunder Ranger? If these Blakes ever met, the reactions would be humorous.' thought Josh with a silent chuckle as he started reading his book.
(Meanwhile, with Ruby and Yang)
Yang ran up to Ruby and put her in a crushing bear hug.
"Oh, I can't believe my baby sister is going to Beacon with me! This is the best day ever!" squealed Yang happily. Ruby however did not look as happy, possibly as a result of having the life squeezed out of her.
"Please… stop…" croaked Ruby as Yang released her death hug and Ruby sighed in relief.
"But I'm just so proud of you." gushed Yang, hopping up and down like an older version of Ruby.
"Really sis, it was nothing. Besides, I had a little help." assured Ruby as she motioned her head towards Josh.
"Um, which one?" joked Yang as Ruby turned around and saw the reading duo, unknowingly gritting her teeth.
"The one in the black vest." answered Ruby.
"Ruby, they're both wearing black vests." deadpanned Yang as Ruby double-checked the reading duo's attire and realized her sister is right.
"The boy with the gray/green striped T-shirt." groaned Ruby as Yang squeezed her eyes to look at Josh, only to slightly drool at his eight-pack.
"Lucky girl." muttered Yang.
"What was that?" asked Ruby.
"Nothing!" replied Yang quickly.
(Back with Blake and Josh)
As Blake continued reading her book, she noticed Josh's reactions to the book he's reading; anger, sadness, sympathy and... conflicted? Blake looked at the title only to slightly pale.
'He's reading about The Faunus War?' thought Blake sadly before something caught their ears.
"The robbery was led by nefarious criminal Roman Torchwick, who continues to evade authorities." announced a voice. Josh and Blake stood up and saw several students crowded around a holoscreen in front of one of the large, semicircular windows. On the screen was a prison profile of the redhead (who didn't have it on), with his real name 'Roman Torchwick' printed on a sign he was holding in front of him.
"If you have any information on his whereabouts, please contact the Vale Police Department. Back to you Lisa." said the newscaster. The screen changed to display a newswomen with short silver hair that became purple by the ends. She wore a black dress coat, and purple dress shirt. Her name 'Lisa Lavender' was displayed on the bottom of the screen.
"That you Cyril. In other news, this Saturday's Faunus civil rights protests turned dark when members of the White Fang disrupted the ceremony." informed Lisa. A red emblem against a white backdrop appeared on the news wall. The emblem was of a stylized head of a big cat in front of what looked to be three claw marks.
"The once peaceful organization, has now disrupted…" paused Lisa as the holoscreen was suddenly cut off and disappeared. Josh looked down in sympathy and sadness. The racism between Humans and Faunus has now gotten worst and he had been made aware of another potentially dangerous organization. He would have to ask either Ruby or Ozpin later about them. After a few seconds a holographic image of Glynda appeared in front of every window and started playing a recorded message.
"Hello and welcome to Beacon." began the message.
"Who's that?" asked Yang.
"My name is Glynda Goodwitch." introduced the image.
"Oh." said Yang simply.
"You are among a privileged few who have received the honor of being selected to attend this prestigious academy! Our world is experiencing an incredible time of peace, and as future Huntsmen and Huntresses, it is your duty to uphold it. You have demonstrated the courage needed for such a task, and now it is our turn to provide you with the knowledge and the training to protect our world." informed the image. The image spoke in a kind and gentle way that was uncharacteristic towards the real Glynda, in Ruby's and Josh's opinion. And when it was finished the image faded away.
"She's nowhere near that nice in reality." warned Ruby. Josh and Blake moved alongside the sisters and looked out the window.
"Wow!" said Ruby breathlessly. The view from the ship was spectacular, it provided a great view of the entire city.
"You can see Signal from here. I guess home isn't too far after all." smiled Ruby. Yang put her hand on her sister's shoulder.
"Beacon is our home now." said Yang. Ruby smiled at the comforting thought. However the nice, worm moment was interrupted when a kid next to them began to lose his breakfast after admiring the city for too long. He stumbled past the quad of teens letting out obviously queasy groans and one hand clamped over his mouth.
"I guess the view isn't for everyone." sighed Yang.
"It was a nice moment while it lasted." nodded Ruby.
"If he knew he had motion sickness why didn't he bring medicine for that?" asked Josh to Blake, who put away her book alongside her vest-wearing companion and shrugged.
"So who do you guys think we are going to meet?" asked Yang.
"Well who ever they are I hope they are just better than Vomit boy." hoped Ruby.
"I'm fine with anyone as long as they don't try to kill me." shrugged Josh. Sad part was, not as many people went without breaking that rule, as Josh was used to. Blake was about to ask about that exact topic until Ruby noticed something.
"Oh! Yang, gross, you have puke on your shoe!" grimaced Ruby in disgust.
"Gross, gross, gross, gross, gross, gross, gross, gross." repeated Yang as she tried to shake the disgusting substance off.
"Get away from me! Get away from me! Get away from me! Get away from me!" repeated Ruby.
"There's a bathroom on the far side of the left." directed Blake as she pointed at a hall.
"Thanks, black girl!" thanked Yang as she headed to the direction Blake pointed.
"Hey Josh, who's the girl?" asked Ruby, trying to change the subject.
"Oh yeah. Blake Belladonna, this is Ruby Rose. Ruby Rose, this is Blake Belladonna." introduced Josh.
"Hi!" waved Ruby.
"Hey." nodded Blake.
(One hour later, Outside Beacon Academy)
The ship docked next to a cliff side and the four teens disembarked before the kid that barfed earlier when to a trashcan and vomited into it.
"Let it out, let it out." advised Josh as he patted the poor kid's back for a few moments before continuing with his friends. What greeted them was a glorious sight. At the end of a long, gray stone brick road lined with stylized street lamps that had red banners with the academy's symbol embalmed on the flag, was a huge castle like structure, that had a very medieval times feel to it.
"The view from Vale has got nothing on this." compared Yang, crossing her arms. Josh and Blake just shrugged, the former being used to surprises and the latter containing her surprise easily. Ruby just stared wide-eyed at the castle in front of her, she was finally here, and it was everything she had hoped it would be. Several other students who were disembarking walked past them, which gave Ruby the chance to marvel at their weapons.
"Oh sis, that kid has a collapsible staff!" said Ruby excitedly, grabbing her sisters' arm and pointing to said weapon.
"Whoa, and she's got a fire sword!" noted Ruby as another student passed them, following her to get a better look at her weapon. Yang sighed as reached out and grabbed her sister by the hood, pulling her back which got a few admittedly cute 'owes' from Ruby.
"Easy there little sister, they're just weapons." said Yang, trying to calm Ruby down.
"Just weapons? (gasps) There are extensions of ourselves, they're a part of us. Oh they are so cool." swooned Ruby.
"You have a scythe that folds into a rifle, why would you go fan-girl over someone else's weapon? Don't you like it?" asked Yang. Ruby pulled out her scythe and cuddled with it as if it were a teddy bear.
"Of course I'm happy with Crescent Rose. I just like seeing new ones. It's like meeting new people…but better." compared Ruby as Josh slightly paled, imagining her reactions to his Ranger weapons. Yang tugged Ruby's hood over her head.
"Ruby, come on. Why not try to make some more friends?" asked Yang. Ruby pulled her hood back.
"Why, I already have you three?" asked Ruby.
'Three? But there is only-oooohhh.' mentally realized Blake, touched to be considered a friend.
"Well… (looks away with a guilty smile) I was actually planning to meet with my friends, soooooo… see ya!" waved Yang as she took off running so fast that it made Ruby's head spin.
"Wait, where are you going? Aren't we supposed to go to our dorms? Where are our dorms? Do we have dorms?" called Ruby after Yang, stumbling around dizzily.
"I don't know what I'm doing." mumbled Ruby, as she allowed her self to fall backwards… into another student's luggage.
"What are you doing?" practically yelled a voice. Ruby, who was surrounded by a cluster of white briefcases, turned to the presumed owner of said cases. The owner was a young girl with pale skin, wearing a white bolero jacket over a similarly colored thigh-length dress with a piece of black lace making up the neckline of the dress. The inside of the bolero was red and the sleeves turned blue as they get closer to her wrists. She had white hair that could be rendered invisible in a blizzard, light blue eyes, and a peculiar looking rapier that had what looked to be a magnum revolver chamber just above the hilt.
"Do you have any idea of the damage you could have caused?!" demanded the snow princess from the still dazed Ruby.
'Uh, she reminds me of Manny when we first met.' thought Josh, recalling Manny the Tetramand half-breed and their unlucky encounter, which ended up making them friends after a spar. Josh picked up some of the brief cases on the ground and offered them to the snow princess.
"I'm pretty sure your bags are fine, miss." assured Josh, hoping it ends like Manny's encounter. The snow princess angrily snatched a case out of Josh's hand and opened it. Inside there were small glass bottles with a snowflake emblem imprinted on the front containing various colored powders held in place by foam slots for each bottle.
"See, not a single crack." waved Josh while Blake helps Ruby up.
"Thank you. (looks at Ruby while taking out a container) This is Dust - mined and purified from the Schnee Quarry!" scowled the snow princess.
"Uuuhhh…" trailed off Ruby with swirly eyes as Blake narrowed her eyes at the snow princess.
"What are you, brain-dead? (brings up a vial of red dust) Dust! Fire, water, lightning, energy!" informed the snow princess as she shakes the vial in front of Ruby.
"Hey! It's not her fault! If anything, it's her sister for spinning her dizzy!" informed Josh as he points to the direction where Yang took off.
"Uh, (inhales) uh... " trailed off Ruby as Blake ran behind a bush for cover. Josh raised an eyebrow until he noticed the gaseous Dust entering Ruby's nose.
"LOOK OUT!" warned Josh as he ran in front of the snow princess and hugged her to his chest.
BOOM!
A multi-colored explosion occurred between them as the bottle was sent flying off until Blake caught it in mid-air. Weiss blushed upon contact and slightly drooled at Josh's eight-pack until Josh let go while Weiss noticed the soot on Josh's back.
"Unbelievable, this is exactly the kind of thing I was talking about!" shouted the snow princess, waving at Josh's back soot.
"Don't worry about it. (takes off vest and brushes off the soot) I'm used to explosions." said Josh neutrally as Weiss glares at Ruby for an additional reason.
"I'm really, really sorry Josh." apologized Ruby, looking down in a guilty fashion.
"Ugh, you complete dolt! What are you even doing here? Aren't you a little too young to be attending Beacon?" scolded the snow princess.
"Well, I-I…" stuttered Ruby.
"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!" exclaimed the snow princess.
"Hey, I said I was sorry, princess!" defended Ruby, finally fed up with what Weiss said.
"It's heiress, actually." corrected Blake as she came out of the bush and examined the logo.
"Weiss Schnee, heiress to the Schnee Dust Company. One of the largest producers of energy propellant in the world." informed Blake.
"Finally! Some recognition!" smiled Weiss.
"The same company infamous for its controversial labor forces and questionable business partners." added Blake.
"Don't most companies already do that?" asked Josh, recalling Billy Billion's ego problems and Will Harangue's campaign to turn the world against Ben 10. However, his words fell on deaf ears.
"What? How dare!... The nerve of... Ugh!" stuttered Weiss as she took the jar from Blake and stomped away angrily with her luggage.
"I promises to make this up to you." called Ruby after Weiss, trying desperately to not have someone hate her not even five minuets after getting of the airship here.
"See you at the ceremony." waved Blake as she walked away, but not without winking at Josh, who didn't notice thanks to his obliviousness in romance. Why he has it is another story which will be explained later.
Josh: Dude, you're breaking the fourth wall!
Omarnosian10: This interruption is not always going to occur and will only happen for comedy!
Ruby let out a groan and collapsed on the ground in sadness.
"Welcome to Beacon. (sighs sadly) Things cannot get any-" paused Ruby.
"DON'T SAY IT!" cried Josh while covering his ears and running around like a headless chicken, earning a giggle from Ruby before she noticed someone else standing over her. That someone was a boy wearing a black hoodie with white plate armor attached to it, and blue jeans. He had short blond hair and blue eyes. Attached to his left hip was a broadsword in a sheath.
"Hey… I'm Jaune." introduced Jaune while offering Ruby a hand up.
"Ruby." introduced Ruby simply.
"Nice to meet you Jaune, I'm Josh." introduced Josh politely. After Jaune helped Ruby up, a thought occurred to her.
"Aren't you the guy who threw up on the ship?" asked Ruby.
(Academy Courtyard)
"All I'm saying is motion sickness is a much more common problem than people let on." informed Jaune. Currently, he, Josh, and Ruby were walking around the campus trying to get a feel of the place, and getting to know each other.
"Look, I'm sorry, 'Vomit boy' was the first thing that came to mind." apologized Ruby for what she said on the ship. But she still couldn't quite say that with a straight face.
"Oh yeah, well what if I started calling you 'Crater face'?" quipped Jaune.
"Hey, that explosion was an accident." defended Ruby.
"Well the name's Jaune Arc, short, sweet, rolls off the tongue, ladies love it." bragged Jaune.
"Do they?" asked Ruby with a raised eyebrow.
"They will… well I hope they will. I mean my mom always says… never-mind." sighed Jaune.
"Yeah Jaune, word to the wise, never mention embarrassing things about your mother to a lady." advised Josh.
"Thanks for the heads-up." thanked Jaune.
"Sooo… I've got this thing." said Ruby, pulling out Crescent Rose, which unfolded into its scythe mode.
"Whoa, is that a scythe?" asked Jaune in bewilderment.
"It's also a customizable high impact sniper rifle." explained Ruby.
"What?" asked Jaune.
"It's also a gun." simplified Josh.
"Oh, that cool." said Jaune.
"So what do you got?" asked Ruby.
"Oh, well I've got this sword." answered Jaune pulling it and it's sheath from his waist.
"Ooooooooooh." awed Ruby.
"Nothing beats the classics." noted Josh.
"I've got a shield too." added Jaune, hitting a button on the inside of the sheath, which unfolded into a white shield with two gold arches painted on the front.
"So what do they do?" asked Ruby, reaching out to touch the shield, which went haywire for some reason rapidly expanding and collapsing which caused it to jump out of Jaune's hands.
"Well, the shield gets smaller, so when I get tired of carrying it, I can just put it away." said Jaune in a somewhat embarrassed tone.
"But, wouldn't it weigh the same?" asked Ruby.
"Yeah, it does." groaned Jaune disappointingly. Josh guessed Jaune felt a little overshadowed by Ruby's amazing gun scythe.
"Well, I'm kind of a dork when it comes to weapons, I might have gone a little overboard in designing it." admitted Ruby.
"Wait, you made that!?" asked Jaune astounded. Josh wasn't surprised since Blukic and Driba made many other inventions, most of them backfiring.
"Of course, all students at signal forge their own weapons. Didn't you make yours?" asked Ruby.
"It's a hand-me-down, My great-great-grandfather used it to fight in the war." Said Jaune.
"Sound more like a family heirloom to me." commented Ruby.
"Jaune I speak from experience when I say, it's not the weapon, it's how you use it." advised Josh, trying to cheer him up. Jaune considered Josh's words for a moment.
"Yeah, I guess. So what do you have?" asked Jaune as Ruby looks at Josh with a gleam in her eyes, wanting to see another Ranger weapon.
"This." answered Josh as he reached into his jacket and took out a green axe with brown highlights.
"WOW!" gawked Jaune and Ruby.
"Thanks, I call it the Legend Axe. It's a hand-me-down too, from my predecessor, William 'Liam' Gregory." informed Josh of the Green Legend Ranger and boyfriend of the Purple Legend Ranger. Unnoticed by the others, Josh is wearing a blue/silver Morpher with a red S in it.
"So, why did you help us out back there?" asked Ruby.
"Why not, my mom always said 'stranger are just friends you haven't met yet'." said Jaune.
"So, do either of you two know where we are going?" asked Ruby, realizing they had been walking aimlessly for the past few minuets.
"Me? I was just following you two." admitted Jaune. Ruby looked around, trying to find some thing that look familiar.
"You think there might be a directory, maybe a food court? Some sort of recognizable land mark?" asked Jaune as Ruby snorted.
"Is that a no?" asked Jaune.
"That's a no." confirmed Ruby.
"Too bad." sighed Josh before dispersing into light and fading away.
"What the?!" gawked Jaune as Ruby picked up a note on the ground before she picked it up.
"If you're reading this, that means my Clone Jutsu has worn off. Don't worry, when it wears off, it's memories transfer to me. Unfortunately, I can't prove it now because this note was attached to the clone when Blake left." read Ruby as her eyes widened.
FLASHBACK
As Jaune, Ruby and 'Josh' wander off, Blake continued walking until someone jumped from a tree in front of her. Blake prepared to grab Gambol Shroud until the person stood up, revealing himself as Josh.
"Josh? (Josh nods) But if you're here, then who's... " trailed off Blake as she look at the wandering trio until she face-palmed.
'Clone, duh.' thought Blake annoyed that she couldn't recognize a clone since hers are made of shadows and are easily different.
"Sorry I didn't come with you sooner. I didn't want to ditch Ruby so I made a clone to keep her company, although I wasn't expecting anyone else to help her." informed Josh before taking out his unfinished book and reading ahead of Blake, unaware of the pink blush.
FLASHBACK END
(With Blake and Josh)
As Josh and Blake continued walking and reading their books, Blake noticed the same reactions Josh had in the ship resurfacing.
"Josh, are you okay?" asked Blake concerned.
"Don't worry, I'm fine. (grumbles) Will be if racism never existed." gritted Josh as he walks ahead, unaware of Blake's bow twitching. Suddenly, Jaune and Ruby appear beside them, all heading to the ceremony.
"Why did you do that?!" asked Ruby angrily.
"Situation." answered Josh like last time.
(Beacon Amphitheater)
After wondering around aimlessly for over half an hour, Ruby, Jaune, Josh and Blake finally found their way to Beacon's amphitheater, a large glass dome structure with raised bleachers arranged in a circle around a circular stage with wooden a tall backdrop with blue lights. The theater was packed with, presumably, freshman students, all of them talking to each other.
"Hey Ruby! I save you a spot!" called out Yang.
"Oh hey, there's my sister! I'll see you guys later." waved Ruby as she rush to Yang's side.
"Great, now where am I going to find a nice quirky girl to talk to? No offence." asked Jaune as he looks at Blake.
"None taken." responded Blake.
"There's one behind you." informed Josh as the trio turns around. The girl wears her red hair in a waist-length ponytail, curled slightly into a loose ringlet, and has vivid green eyes. She also wears light-green eye-shadow around the far upper corners of her eyes. She is tall and quite muscular compared to most of the other girls at Beacon. Her top consists of two layers. The top layer is a light-brown, strapless top split divided vertically with some bronze patterns. This may be a piece of leather or metal armor as it appears to be quite stiff, maintaining its shape without support; this layer also seems to have some kind of riveting or small, round embroidery on the sides, which may also be heavy stitching. The bottom layer is a low bronze V-neck. She also wears an elastic, red, A-line miniskirt and brown cut-off sleeves on both arms. She wears a red ankle-length drapery that appears to be wrapped around her skirt. There is a small circular bronze plate by her right hip opposite a pouch with both connected to a belt. The plate bears her "shield and spear" symbol. She wears a bronze circlet headpiece that can be seen above her ear and under her bangs. A pair of small, green, teardrop-shaped emeralds hang from her circlet on thin chains. She also sports a large bronze gorge around her neck, and a bronze bracelet on the upper half of her left arm. Even when dressed in her school uniform, she continues to wear her headpiece. Unlike the rest of the female students, she wears armor. She has elaborate bronze greaves that start below her mid-thigh, continuing downwards into her boots and a pair of cuisses that begin mid-thigh and end slightly above her knees. She also dons a bronze bracer on top of the sleeve on her left arm, which appears to be able to connect and disconnect from her shield easily. Her boots are brown with bronze trim, matching her skirt and sleeves, and reach up to mid-calf. Josh smirks while looking at Jaune and the redhead knowing that those two are going like each other-
Josh: HOLD IT! I thought you said that I'm oblivious to romance!
Omarnosian10: Involving yourself, you moron!
-so like the good guy Josh is, he decided to give him a little push.
'Operation Knight/Amazon Interaction is a go!' thought Josh while re-materializing his Legend Morpher before a small pillar rose under Jaune's feet.
"Whoa." yelped Jaune as he falls on the red head.
"Um hi I'm Jaune." introduced Jaune, as he gets up.
"My name is Pyrrha Nikos." introduced the now named Pyrrha. Josh nodded as he walks away along with Blake near the sisters.
"YOU!" exclaimed Weiss who had walked up behind Ruby and Yang. Her out burst caused Ruby to actually jump into Josh's arms, who was now holding the hooded girl bridal style.
"Oh god, it's happening again." cried Ruby while unintentionally blushing and gaining a glare from Blake.
"You're lucky we weren't blown off the side of the cliff and this guy didn't break his spine protecting me. Thanks for protecting me by the way." thanked Weiss as Josh shrugs off the apology.
"Oh my god, you really exploded." said Yang dumbfounded as Ruby hesitantly hopped off Josh's arms.
"It was an accident, it was an accident." repeated Ruby. Weiss then held up a small pamphlet with the words 'Dust for Dummies' written at the top.
"What's this?" asked Ruby.
"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 their customers to read and familiarize themselves with this easy-to-follow guide to Dust application and practice in the field." explained Weiss in a commercial disclaimer voice.
"Uh." responded Ruby.
"You really want to make things up to me?" asked Weiss.
"Absolutely." nodded Ruby.
"Read this, and don't ever speak to me again." demanded Weiss shoving the pamphlet into Ruby's hands.
"Look, maybe you guys just got off on the wrong foot. Why don't you start over and try to be friends?" suggested Yang, trying to play peacekeeper.
"Hello, Weiss! I'm Ruby! Wanna hang out? We can go shopping for school supplies!" greeted Ruby.
"Yeah! And we can paint our nails and try on clothes and talk about cute boys, like tall, dark, and sexy over there!" said Weiss sarcastically as she points at Josh, who had a stone-cold expression.
'Stone-Cold and Ice-Cold. Don't know whether to get them to know each other or feel jealou- wait what?!' thought Blake with a pink blush.
"Wow, really?!" smiled Ruby.
"No." glared Weiss. The gang's attention was eventually drawn to the stage, where Professor Ozpin stood their readying the mike, with Glynda beside him.
"I'll (adjusts his glasses) 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. Its up to you to take the first step." explained Ozpin before Glynda takes the mike.
"You will gather in the ballroom tonight; tomorrow, your initiation begins. Be Ready. You are dismissed." informed Glynda.
"He's right, you know." agreed Josh, recalling the memory of Noah Carver's doubt in himself due to only possessing knowledge until Jake Holling advised him to believe in himself the day Virox attacked.
(Nighttime, Beacon Academy Ballroom)
The first night at Beacon and already, students are splayed about in sleeping bags while Ruby is writing a journal. Ruby wore a sleeveless black shirt with a heart-shaped wolf head on the front with white pajama pants decorated with hearts and a blindfold, Yang wore an orange one-piece shirt with her emblem in a darker shade on her chest and black short shorts and Josh just took off his shirt and vest, revealing his eight-pack to the open.
"It's like a big slumber party!" shouted Yang eagerly while crashing next to her sister.
"I don't think Dad would approve of all the boys, though." sighed Ruby, not looking up.
'Good thing Helen wasn't like that at Plumber Academy.' thought Josh while doing his nightly sit-ups.
"I know I do!" purred Yang as she stares at Josh's sweating upper-body along with the other girls that were ogling at the Power Ranger though the other boys seem to be getting rather irritated and jealous at Josh. Yang notices Jaune walking by wearing feetie pajamas and waving at her, which makes her groan before she returns her attention to Ruby.
"What's that?" asked Yang.
"Oh, just a letter to the gang back at Signal. I promised to tell them all about Beacon and how things are going." answered Ruby.
"Aw, that's so cuuuute!" squealed Yang before a pillow hit her in the face, courtesy of Ruby.
"Shut up! I didn't get to take my friends with me to school! It's weird not knowing anyone here!" yelled Ruby angrily.
"What about Jaune? He's…nice! There you go! Plus one friend! That's a hundred percent increase!" cheered Yang.
"I'm literally doing one-handed push-ups behind you, you know!" shouted Josh while doing what he said.
"Sorry, I forgot about you." apologized Yang before Ruby turns on her back.
"Pretty sure Weiss counts as a negative friend. Back to zero…" sighed Ruby.
"There's no such thing as negative friends! You just made two friends and one enemy! (another pillow hits her in the face) Look, it's only been one day. Trust me; you've got friends all around you! You just haven't met them yet!" cheered Yang.
"She's right, Ruby. And that's coming from a guy who made tons of enemies during his time in a military." informed Josh while continuing his exercises. The trio notices a candle being lighted nearby, and they notice Blake is leaning against a wall, reading a book.
"Blake…" started Ruby.
"You know her? Isn't she the girl who pointed the direction to the bathroom after Vomit Boy puked on my shoes?" asked Yang.
"HEY!" complained Jaune.
"Not really. Josh introduced us after you went to the bathroom. She saw what happened this morning, but left with Josh before I could say anything." explained Ruby.
"Well, now's your chance!" stated Yang while grabbing Ruby's arm and lifting her up.
"Wait! What are you doing?!"complained Ruby. Josh just rolled his eyes and went out to do his nightly jogging, unaware of a certain ice princess watching him.
(Outside)
Josh is currently jogging around the Academy while familiarizing himself with the surroundings. As Josh stopped to take a breather, something caught his eyes as he turned to see a group of white humanoids with bronze armor and mechanical body parts marching off somewhere.
"Grinders? The Psycho Society is making their move already?" asked Josh curious before he followed them unaware that he was being followed by four certain girls.
(Outside the Weapons Room)
The Grinders are marching towards the Weapons Room following a robot with large tools on his back and as arms. His tripled red-eyed silver face is on a bronze gear on the opposite side of the tools and the lower gear appears to have gun barrels.
"Let's see how these humans will fare without their weapons." laughed the leading robot before a few Grinders pointed at a direction.
"What is it? (looks at the direction) Aw butter-biscuits!" scowled the leader robot as Josh walked toward them casually with a scowl.
"Professor Cog. I see you have been revived again after the Pirate Legacy Rangers destroyed you." scowled Josh, recalling the memory of Rhydian the Red Pirate Ranger, Evan the Blue Pirate Ranger, Teresa the Yellow Pirate Ranger, Miles the Green Pirate Ranger, Lena the Pink Pirate Ranger, Freddy (Spencer Boldman) the Silver Pirate Ranger and Connie (Paris Berelc) the Purple Pirate Ranger defeating Cog with their RPM Ranger Keys.
"Correct, Power Ranger, but this time, I'll defeat you since you're outnumbered. Grinders attack!" ordered Professor Cog as the Grinders march toward Josh.
"I don't think so." scowled Josh as he took out a black/silver phone-like device with red buttons along with a computer chip-like device with a silver logo in a blue space. Josh opened the Cell Shift Morpher before inserting the Engine Cell and closing it. Josh thrust it forward before moving it to his side.
"RPM, (presses the gold button) Get in Gear!" cried Josh as he thrusts the Morpher forward.
~RPM: Red Ranger Morphing Sequence~
The RPM logo zooms into the audience as the background changes to a road in a red tunnel. Josh slides through 3 white holo-screens before spinning as the Ranger suit formed below his neck. Josh pumps his arms away as 2 silver seat-belts went over Josh's shoulders and attached to his belt. His Zord rode over him before turning into a helmet and getting on Josh. Josh struck a pose as an explosion occurred behind him and the logo appeared behind him.
~End Morphing Sequence~
"RPM Red Ranger!" cried out Josh in his new suit. His Ranger suit is primarily red, including his boots. His boots and white gloves have one black tire each from the entrance point. His helmet is eagle/vehicle-themed and has a downward triangle for a visor. His personal logo on his chest is a eagle-stylized 1.
"An RPM Ranger?!" yelled Professor Cog as the Grinders charge. Red RPM Ranger gave out a battle cry as he ran. A Grinder swung it's sword at Red RPM Ranger before his glove wheels began spinning and he blocked with them, creating sparks before he punched the Grinder in the head and kneeing another's on his side. Red RPM Ranger gave a roundhouse kick to another Grinder, knocking it down. Red RPM Ranger rubbed his forearm as the wheel began spinning faster and emitting red energy.
"You may not be in Corinth anymore, (elbows a Grinder in the chest) but the power of Corinth (kicks another Grinder's head) is going to come back and get rid of you!" cried Red RPM Ranger before double-punching 2 Grinders' chests, knocking them down. Suddenly, 2 black ropes wrapped around Red RPM Ranger's legs before he looked to see a group of Grinders holding the ropes and the Grinders pulled the ropes, tripping Red RPM Ranger backwards as the Grinders drag him away. The Grinders' ropes suddenly felt lighter before they turn to see Red RPM Ranger standing with his arms crossed and the ropes around his legs were burnt from the tires.
"Never let your guard down. (takes out his weapon from his holster) Nitro Blaster!" called out Red Ranger as he blasts some Grinders, knocking them down. Another group of Grinders began shooting lasers at Red RPM Ranger, but he avoided them while running, creating a series of explosions behind him.
"Street Saber!" called out Red RPM Ranger as he pressed the belt buckle, emitting his logo before it turned into a sword with a street on it. Red RPM Ranger grabbed it and held it in a backhand grip before his entire body emitted red energy.
"Bursting Slash Attack!" called out Red RPM Ranger as he zoomed toward the Grinders and slashed his sword, destroying the Grinders in an explosion.
"Urgh! That really grinds my gears!" roared Professor Cog as Red RPM Ranger pats the Street Saber on his hand.
"You're the last nuisance here, so can we make this quick?" asked Red RPM Ranger darkly.
"My mission is a failure, so I have no need to remain here." scoffed Professor Cog before running away. Red RPM Ranger de-morphed and heavily inhaled.
"I really need my rest right now." yawned Josh before tiredly walking away, unaware that people were watching him.
(Ballroom, After the Battle)
After Josh's battle with Professor Cog, the four future members of Team RWBY had mixed expressions on their faces after what they just witnessed. Ruby had both awe and amazement after witnessing Josh destroying those robots in a speed similar to hers. Weiss had a mixture of both shock and disbelief since she just witnessed one spandex-wearing teen take down a squad of robots in less than a minute.. Blake didn't show it, but she showed interest and suspicion with the reason being that Josh was hiding something and she believed that his suit, 'Corinth' and those robots seemed to be playing a role of some kind. Yang had just plain confusion on her face considering she just witnessed one of her friends transform into an eagle-themed red warrior.
"I'll be the first to say, that is so cool!" exclaimed Ruby in awe.
"How is this possible? Where did those armored individuals come from? How did that boy change into some kind of red cyborg?" asked Weiss.
"It does seem to be a bit strange, yet interesting at the same time." muttered Blake.
"I am completely confused right now." said Yang. The four girls notice Josh coming back into the academy.
"I think we should wait until morning to get answers." suggested Blake.
"On that, we can agree on." admitted Weiss before returning to her sleeping area with Ruby and Yang doing the same thing while Blake continues to stare at Josh.
'That guy seems really…interesting, to say the least.' thought Blake before making her way back to her own sleeping area. Unbeknownst to the girls, a figure with a slit yellow eye watched the interaction.
"Humans and a Faunus wanting to know about the Power Ranger? Perhaps my Masters can provide such information for potential allies." laughed the figure before vanishing.
Captain's Log 02
Barely a day in this new universe and the Psycho Society already made their move and revived Professor Cog while providing him with some Grinders. Cog escaped like Torchwick yesterday because of my fatigue. I'm really starting to doubt my arresting skills right now.
Forget about that. Now onto my social progress. I made 3 more friends here and a potential ally. The first one I met is Blake Belladonna. We met on the airship while reading books. She appears to be the fictional-knowledge type of reader. Everyone knows that I'm the history-type. And is it just me or did she remind anyone of Belle from the Fairy Tale, Beauty and the Beast.
The next one I met is Ruby's sister, Yang Xiao Long. I can tell they're half-sisters since they look nothing alike. That, and their names have 4 letters each. She looks like Goldilocks from the fairy tale Goldilocks and the Three Bears.
Wait, how did I know that?
My first male friend here is another blonde named Jaune Arc. He's like the male version of Jeanne d'Arc (Joan of Arc), a medieval French war heroine and martyr.
Phew, good thing I remembered my French history classes back at middle school.
The potential ally I made is a heiress named Weiss Schnee. She has a scar on her left eye and it's possible that whatever caused it made her ice-cold. Kind of like Snow White.
Wait...
DARN YOU JAZZ! WHY DID YOU MAKE ME GO TO YOUR SCHOOL PLAYS?! BECAUSE OF THAT, I'M NOW COMPARING PEOPLE I MEET TO FAIRY TALE PEOPLE!
I would write more, but after my exercises and the battle, I am exhausted.
Power Ranger Villain Database (origin, gender, theme, weapon, element)
Professor Cog: Revived by Psycho Silver and Yellow. Male. Robot Scientist. Tools. Metal
