When Ozpin was informed that Ruby Rose and Yang Xiao Long of Team RWBY had asked to see him, the sight he was present with was not one he was expecting. Behind his two students was a group of four males, all in mysterious and slightly suspicious black, matching coats. He noticed there were two tall males and two short males. Something about the males rubbed him the wrong way for he could tell they had Aura, but still somehow felt similar to that of a Grimm. Despite his surprise at these four males, he kept his usual poker-face and took a sip from his mug of hot chocolate.
"Hello Miss Rose, Miss Xiao Long. Who might your friends be and why have you brought them here?" Ozpin greets.
"Well we found them on our school grounds looking lost and they said they were transfers from Shade Academy," Ruby says, pressing her pointer fingers together.
"I see. I was not aware of having transfers coming from Shade. Or any transfers for that matter..." Ozpin says, looking at the males. Before Roxas could accidentally blow their cover, Luxord spoke up.
"Ah, that's because we didn't inform our Headmistress that we were transferring. We wanted to make sure you would be alright with us transferring here before we officially transferred anywhere," Luxord says smoothly.
"Ah. Not the usual way to do it, but then again Shade is known for it's more lax approach to life. May I have your information then?" Ozpin says. Roxas stepped forward with his Scroll since he was the team leader. He hands the Scroll to Ozpin and the headmaster takes it. After a few minutes, he seems to be typing onto it before handing it back to Roxas. "Team RAZL then? Everything seems to be in order here.. Miss Rose, Mis Xiao Long, could you two bring them to the dorm next to yours?"
"Yessir!" Ruby and Yang said together.
"Wonderful. I will have all of your Scrolls properly registered to the door so you can all access the room without Mr.. Litchenberg being present," Ozpin says.
"Thank you," Zexion says, bowing his head to Ozpin. He then follows the two female students out of Ozpin's office with his team. Ozpin watches the group of six leave. He was suspicious of the group since of how similar they dressed, but at the same time, their story added up. He would have to make a call to Headmistress Blaze after informing his inner circle about the supposed transfer students. Ozpin waits for Glynda to arrive and for Ironwood and Qrow to answer. Glynda appeared first, Ironwood a few minutes later and then Qrow eventually.
"You're lucky I'm in a spot where I can take a call Oz. What's up?" Qrow says the moment he was connected.
"I have reason to believe some unknown force has appeared on Remnant. Just now, two of my students brought up a group of four males that said they were transfers from Shade Academy, coming to see if Beacon would be the place they actually wanted to transfer to before making an official transfer," Ozpin says.
"That doesn't seem to be very suspicious Ozpin. You know the Vacuans would do something like this if they wanted to," Ironwood says.
"I'd have to agree with General Ironwood on that one," Glynda adds, frowning lightly.
"While that is true, there's a reason I'm suspicious of the group. When these supposed transfers entered my office, I could tell that they had Aura but there's something wrong with them. They felt similar to that of Grimm," Oz stated.
"Wait... They felt like Grimm but had Auras? That's not possible..." Qrow frowned.
"Do you have images of these students?" Ironwood asks. Ozpin nods and he uploads the profiles of the four he had downloaded from Roxas's scroll. The other three look through them.
"I think you're onto something Ozpin. I'll have my men look into all of the databases for these four. See if they pop up. I'll let you know if we find anything," Ironwood says before disconnecting.
"I'll keep a sharp eye on them in combat class," Glynda says. Qrow takes a moment to think about his words.
"Those coats. I swear I've seen something like that before.. That's really weird how the four of them all have the exact same coat.. Now where did I see that coat before. If I remember, I'll let you know Oz. You're right. Those four are suspicious," Qrow comments before disconnecting. Glynda then takes her leave, allowing Ozpin to make his call to Headmistress of Shade. Ozpin calls Headmistress Blaze and only has to wait three rings before a coyote Faunus answers.
"Headmaster Ozpin! What a surprise! How can I help ya?" Blaze answered, surprise on her tanned face very obvious.
"I just received a team of prospective students claiming to be from your academy and wanted to confirm with you that this was the case," Ozpin says.
"Sure thing. What's the team name and their leader's name?" Blaze asks.
"Team RAZL, led by Roxas Lichtenberg," the silver haired headmaster answered. A moment of silence passes as the coyote Faunus types the information in. She blinks.
"Huh, they're in my files but I don't remember them from Initiation... And I usually remember all of my teams," Blaze says. "Do you find that odd Ozpin?"
"Only a little Blaze. But thank you for the confirmation," Ozpin says. It would seem his suspicions were even more confirmed.
"No problem! I'll talk to you later," the headmistress says before disconnecting. Ozpin sighed heavily before taking a long sip of his hot chocolate. He just hoped these four were not working for Salem for some reason. He also had to wonder if these four had anything to do with the weird Grimm-like creatures that had been popping up lately. For now, he could only sit back and observe the mysterious Team RAZL.
~ The Next Day ~
Roxas woke to loud alarm and jolted awake. He heard a chuckle and saw both Zexion and Luxord already awake. He fortunately remembered that they were on a long term mission in a world called Remnant. He sighed and got out of his bed. The beds were bunkbeds, he was on the bottom, Axel on top and then the other set being Zexion on the bottom and Luxord on the top. Roxas noticed the spiky redhead was still asleep. Deciding to give his best friend a rude awakening, he casts a simple Thunder. Axel wakes with a yelp and almost smacks his forehead on the ceiling, causing Roxas to grin, Luxord to smirk, and Zexion to chuckle.
"Awe Roxas.. That was uncool man!" Axel whined, hopping down from the bunk.
"You didn't wake to the alarm so.. I improvised," Roxas says.
"Don't forget we have class in an hour, so I suggest getting ready fast," Zexion says. It was only then that Roxas and Axel noticed that Zexion and Luxord were looking rather sharp in their uniforms, having worn them properly.
"Right... We have to blend in.. No coats unless fighting I suppose.." Roxas sighed.
"Oh come on Roxas, it's not that bad! Besides, who said you have to wear it exactly like those two?" Axel smirks.
"You have a point..." Roxas says. Half an hour later, Axel and Roxas had showered and were now dressed for the day. Axel, being the most carefree of the group, wasn't wearing the jacket. He was wearing the pants, vest and shirt, the sleeves rolled up to his elbows. The tie was missing as well, allowing the collar to be unbuttoned at the top. Roxas was similarly dressed to Axel, except he had the tie and his sleeves were neatly rolled up whereas Axel's were more messy.
"Why am I not surprised..." Zexion sighs, pinching his nose. Axel just smirks at the Cloaked Schemer.
"Let's just get some breakfast before class starts..." Roxas says, leaving the room, the other three following behind. RAZL sat quietly with their food, minding their own business and ignoring the blatant stares they were getting. When the warning bell went off, the four head off in attempt to find their class, which fortunately they found just in time. In front of them was a rather tall individual with spiky green hair.
"Ah! Welcome Team RAZL! I am Doctor Oobleck and I will be your history teacher! Please introduce yourselves to your fellow first years!" the man now known as Oobleck says before zooming back over to his desk. Roxas sighed and headed to the front with his team.
"Uh... Hi.. I'm Roxas Lichenberg," he says.
"Axel Brändle, got it memorized~?" Axel smirks, tapping his temple. He noticed some girls swooning over him.
"Zexion Somnium," Zexion says pleasantly.
"Luxord Fortunae," the Gambler of Fate smirked. He too noticed he had some fangirls already. In fact, he noticed one particular girl with white hair seemed to fixated on him. He winked at the girl, who in turned blushed lightly and looked away. After introducing themselves, the four find empty seats and quickly take them. As expected, Axel didn't pay attention, Roxas falling asleep, Zexion diligently taking notes and Luxord just listening. After an hour passes, the bell rings for next class. RAZL makes their way out of the classroom, only to get stopped by Team RWBY.
"Hi guys! I want you to meet the rest of my team! This is Weiss Schnee and Blake Belladonna," Ruby says excitedly.
"It is a pleasure to meet you," Weiss says, an air of an heiress about her. Luxord takes her hand and kisses it respectfully.
"The pleasure is ours. I assume you must be an heiress?" Luxord says. Weiss had blushed but nodded.
"I am! I am the Heiress of the Schnee Dust Company," the white themed girl said proudly.
"Like Weiss said, nice to meet you. Now, we should probably get to Professor Goodwitch's class," Blake says.
"Goodwitch? What is her name Glynda or something?" Axel jokes.
"Actually yeah," Blake says. This causes Axel to snort but he smirks. The two teams then head to Glynda's class, Team RWBY curious as to who they would get witness from Team RAZL fight. After just making it in time, once more, seats were quickly found and taken. Glynda walks out onto the stage to address the class.
"As I'm sure you're aware, we have new students from Shade joining us. As such, today and tomorrow will have them tested against you randomly," Glynda announced. After making certain adjustments, the randomizer eventually showed Axel VS Yang. "Mr. Brändle, Miss Xiao Long, please go get ready. You have five minutes."
Axel and Yang grin at each other, both ready for a fight. The two head off towards the locker rooms. When the two return, Axel was in his usual Organization attire, his Eternal Flames in his hands. Yang had her rather showy attire and her Ember Celica transformed into gauntlet form. Both persons take to one side of the stage. On the screen above them, their pictures and Aura level was displayed.
"We will go by tournament rules as usual, meaning that anyone out of the ring or with an Aura in the red levels loses. Also, anyone unconscious or who yields, also loses. No intentional head-shots as we are not here to kill one another," Glynda says. She steps out of the fighting zone. "Proceed when ready!"
Yang immediately shoots off with a bang, quite literally as she fires two shotgun rounds behind her, launching herself at the spiky redhead. Axel stood where he was, twirling his chakrams, watching as Yang launched towards him. Yang pulls back a fist and then aims a punch right at Axel's pretty face, only to hit the center of the chakram. Axel bends his arm back a bit and then shoves Yang backwards before sending the chakram after her. He quickly followed as to not show off the summoning powers that he and the others had. He retrieved the chakram after it struck Yang's midriff and bounced back towards him.
The blonde brawler grunted when she got hit with the chakram, having not expected to first be pushed and then have the damn thing thrown at her. She smirked a bit since it was just making her more powerful. She runs again at Axel, throwing punches and kicks, only for the redhead to evade or block her hits. Yang had ducked when Axel sliced at her, which resulted in some of her hair getting cut. Her team noticed and had a feeling Axel was done for when Yang's Semblance was activated. Axel noted how Yang's eyes turned red and she seemed to shimmer in fire and he just smirked. He leapt back.
"Fire eh? Two can play at that blondie!" Axel says, allowing his chakrams to have some fire, casting a silent Fire, as if he was using fire Dust.
"You'll regret messing up my hair pretty boy!" Yang says, launching herself with more vigor and this time more damage to deal.
"Awe, you think I'm pretty. I'll keep that memorized," Axel smirked more, taunting Yang a tad. He launched himself at Yang. When the two collided, chakrams clashing against fist, both were blasted backwards, barely staying within the ring. Axel quickly glanced at his Aura and was surprised that he still had a good amount of Aura left. Deciding to test his Semblance, he grinned seeing it was his lovely Explosion Limit Break. His chakrams were now engulfed in flames and he mercilessly unleashes them upon Yang, who had recovered and was heading her way towards him. The chakrams hit Yang, a mini explosion each time. Each chakram was thrown four times before Axel combined the two into one large fiery chakram of doom and threw it at Yang. And well, Yang flew out of the ring with a bang, her Aura also in the red.
"Winner is Axel Brändle! Well done Mr. Brändle. That was a very powerful Semblance you displayed. While you are in fine shape fighting wise, perhaps work on making it sharper. As for you Miss Xiao Long, you let your temper get the better of you and your moves were predictable. Mr. Brändle, please help Miss Xiao Long to the infirmary," Glynda says.
"Sure thing. Hey Rox! Catch!" Axel says, tosses his chakrams to the Keyblade wielder, knowing that he couldn't just dispel them. Roxas caught them and set them on the desk. Axel goes over to Yang and helps her up, putting one of her arms around his shoulders, and one of his arms around her waist. "Let's go Blondie."
"Yeah yeah Pretty Boy. You got lucky," Yang huffed as she headed out with Axel who just smirked.
"Prove me wrong next time then," he challenged. Yang gave a tired grin in acceptance. The two didn't notice that the next fight was Zexion VS Cardin.
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