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Chapter 2: The Shining Beacon, pt. 2
"I see it!" Ruby said, running ahead of us. We were finally in front of the dome-shaped auditorium, nearing its front entrance. The excited, red-cloaked girl stopped running and turned to face us, waving her hand over her head. "Come on, guys! You're too slow!"
"Then you should probably stop running!" Jaune replied, walking with me. "Jeez, it's like her blood's made of sugar all of a sudden." the blond boy beside me murmured.
"You can't really blame her. Once she gets in that hall, it'll be a showcase of weapons." I told him, pocketing my hands in the process.
"Well, if you put it that way, then I guess I can understand."
"Speaking of, she already went in." I informed him, walking a bit faster. He followed suit, and after a few seconds, we were beside an 'Oooooh'-ing Ruby, ogling at the various weapons the huntsmen and huntresses-in-training were carrying. I went ahead and hit her lightly on the back of her head, snapping her out of her trance.
"Couldn't you've waited for us?" the blond knight asked the red riding-hood, arms crossed over his white chest plate. "I mean, we were 10 steps away from the entrance."
"But I just had to see everybody's weapons!"
'Damn it, Qrow. Look at what you did to your apprentice.'
"Ruby! Over here!" I heard Yang call from the middle of the room. "I saved you a spot!"
"O-Oh!" the red-themed girl began, "Hey, that's my sister. I gotta go, guys! I'll see you after the ceremony!" she told us and began to walk towards her blond sister.
"Alright. Try not to explode this time." I nonchalantly said, waving at her slightly. Beside me, Jaune snickered. Ruby turned on her heels and stuck her tongue at us, and then continuing her walk towards the blond brawler.
After the young red-clad girl was finally gone, Jaune turned to me, "So, do you think we'll find another nice, quirky girl to talk to?"
Immediately after he said that, I saw a girl with red hair tied in a high pony-tail behind him glance at him, wide-eyed for a few seconds, and then reverting back afterwards. In that moment, what I saw in her eyes made me wanna pat the blond boy in front of me on the back to congratulate him. 'First day on campus and he already has an admirer. Apparently, he has more charm than you, Will.'
"Eh, who knows." I replied, taking my left hand out of my pocket, along with a push-pen. Aligning it with my index finger, I rapidly pressed it multiple times, like pulling the trigger of a gun. In about 2 seconds, I already broke the pen.
"Wow." I head Jaune murmur, looking a the now broken pen on my hand.
"Oh, this? I do this when I'm waiting for something to happen." I explained, raising the broken pen to show it to him better.
"Like what?"
"Wait for it.." I told him, "3," I began.
Jaune then looked at me in the eye, confused. I pointed at where Ruby and Yang were. The red-cloaked girl was telling her sister about how she exploded in front of the courtyard. And guess who's behind her?
"2," I continued, smirking a little. Jaune's teeth were now showing, grinning from ear-to-ear.
"1."
"YOU!" Weiss exclaimed, pointing at Ruby accusingly.
"Oh God, it's happening again!" I heard Ruby exclaim as well, jumping into her sister's arms.
"You're lucky we weren't blown off the side of the cliff!"
"Oh my God, you really exploded." Yang said in disbelief. At that point, Jaune had to hold his hurting stomach to keep him from laughing out loud. I held his shoulder to balance myself, hiding my entertainment better than him, and to keep him from collapsing to the floor to roll his laughter away.
"How-How did you know t-that was gonna happen?!" the blond swordsman gasped out in between laughs, still holding his stomach.
"You just gotta observe your surroundings at times. When you've mastered that, you can practically predict what'll happen next." I replied, taking my glasses off to wipe the tears that formed at the corner of my eye.
A few minutes of mild chatter later, and after pranking Weiss by giving her a little shock with lightning dust for describing Jaune as 'tall, blond, and scraggly' and me as 'tall, dark, and mysterious', we heard the static of the microphone on the stage. In front of it was Ozpin in some, 'Well, you've aged. A lot.' of his glory. He glanced at me, smirked, and winked unnoticeably. Of course, not for me. I smirked back, and he began his speech.
"I'll...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. It is up to you to take the first step." he said, and then walked off.
'You're such a softy, Oz.. That hasn't changed, I see.' I thought to myself. I remember the time when we were in combat school, together with Qrow and William. The instructors were so strict that if you show just a tint of weakness, expect to be punished in the harshest way possible. Thank God that was over 150 years ago. Maybe that's why he's more caring towards his students. Eh. I'll talk to him about it later.
"You will gather in the ballroom tonight. Tomorrow, your initiation begins. Be ready." Professor Goodwitch took over, glancing at every head in the auditorium and finally stopping to lock eyes with me. I immediately understood.
"Hey, you go ahead. Save me a spot at a corner, alright?" I turned to Jaune, placing my hand on his shoulder.
"Alright, I got you. See you later." he replied, walking away towards the ballroom.
I then made my way to Professor Goodwitch, as said teacher turned on her heels and walked out of a door opposite to the auditoriums entrance. She lead me to Ozpin's office.
"So, tell me. After 50 years, how've you been, K.?" Oz asked me, motioning me to take a seat in front of his table.
"Eh. So-so, I guess. I broke my kill-streak record, though."
"Oh? If I remember correctly, 10 Nevermores, 6 Ursa Majors, about 11 packs of Beowolves, and 8 King Taijitu, right?"
"Make that 15 Nevermores, 10 Ursa Majors, 20 Alpha Beowolves with their packs, 10 King Taijitu, and 6 Death Stalkers. In under 10 minutes." I bragged, crossing my arms over my chest.
"Keep bragging like that, and you'll look about the same as I am." Beacon's headmaster bit back, smirking slyly. I saw Professor Goodwitch walk to his side, placing a mug of coffee on his desk as I sat down.
"You wish. I keep using my aura, unlike you and Qrow. Hence, body of a 16 year-old boy."
"And mind of a 200 year-old man." the sarcastic headmaster continued.
"Can't argue with that." I replied. Suddenly, the playful side of me began to resurface, grinning lightly at my long-time friend. "Sooooo.. You never told me that you were into the strict, dominatrix-type."
At that, the blond huntress with us blushed a deep shade of red, coming close to the color of my eyes. Ozpin only chuckled, at my disappointment. "You could say that."
"S-Sir!" the blond woman squeaked, resulting in my and Ozpin laughing.
"Yes, yes. I'm sorry. I was only humoring him." the gray-haired headmaster chuckled, turning to me. "She's my protégé. I've taught her almost everything I know."
"Good for you, then. Having a protégé makes me feel old. I'd probably skip having one. I'll be content with teaching."
"Ah, yes. Speaking of which," Ozpin began, grabbing his Multi-action Dust Cavalier (MADC)-turned cane and the coffee mug on his desk, and standing up. "I'd like to ask you for a favor."
"Depends on what it is." I quickly replied. If I know Ozpin correctly, and believe me, in the 1000 years of being with him, I do, then this'll be beneficial and fun for me.
"You have to prove your skills as an instructor to the board. Therefore, I'm placing you in the Emerald Forest with the first years for their initiation test tomorrow."
"You got yourself a de- wait." I almost agreed, before cutting myself off. ".. What's the catch? Am I not allowed to fight?"
"No, quite the opposite, actually." Oz smiled at me, "We'll be releasing two special class Grimm into the wild. Your job is to instruct the teams that face them to defeat the opposition and safely make it back."
"... That'll be too easy." I reasoned. Suddenly coming up with an idea, I stood up. "You'll be using relics this year, right? What if I do this: I need to be the first to get to where the relics are placed, grab a single, special relic, do what I need to do, and safely make it back alive with said relic intact. How's that?"
"If you insist." Ozpin told me, walking closer to me. "Also, since you're not officially an instructor yet, you'll have to sleep with the freshmen tonight."
"Eh, I expected much. Good thing I asked Jaune to save me a spot just in case."
"Jaune? Jaune Arc?" Oz asked unbelievingly, looking me in the eyes.
"Yeah, Will's great-great grandson." I replied.
"Made contact that fast, huh?"
"Well, he's my partner/bestfriend's descendant, after all. I'd willingly do the same for your blood, if you'd been busy."
Ozpin chuckled, "It'll be a while before I decide to settle down." he said, stealing a glance over his protégé. I saw this unnoticeable little act, but ignored it. 'So Oz really likes these types, huh? What do the people from the east call it? Tsundere, or something?' "By the way, have you told him about your status?"
"Ah, speaking of, can you do me a favor too?" I asked, grinning playfully. I just had to see their reactions.
"Oh? If we'll be having fun, then sure."
"After you announce the teams, could you announce my appointment as a professor?"
My gray-haired, 1000-year-old friend seemed to think about it for a few seconds, purposefully irritating me. Noticing my frown, he chuckled lightly and nodded, "Sure. Anything for a friend."
"Thanks. I can assure you that we'll have fun." I thanked him before turning around. "It's getting pretty late. I should get back. It was nice seeing you again, Oz. Try to invite Qrow next time, it'll be fun." I said before walking out of the door. I heard Oz reply with, "That'll be great. I'll send him a message." before finally closing the door behind me. I then made my way to the ballroom.
"Kaiser! Over here!" I heard Jaune call out to me just as I entered the ballroom hall. It was fairly large, enough to fit all of the new students. I strode towards the corner of the room where Jaune was whilst looking around. He was wearing a white wife-beater and black jersey shorts. I saw Ruby and Yang about 20 feet away from where Jaune and I'll be sleeping. Ruby was wearing a brown tank-top and white long pants with rose decorations, while Yang was donning an orange tank-top with her emblem printed on it and brown short shorts. The former was writing something in a book, whilst the latter lay beside her, ... ogling at the half naked boys in the room. 'Show offs.. I'll give them 3 weeks to a month. If they survive that long without loosing even a limb, I'll personally apologize to them.'
I was still wearing my clothes from before. I stored most of my gear, not including my gun, in a locker Ozpin provided me. It was larger than most of the lockers, so I'm guessing it was made specially for me. Though, I brought my black body bag with me. It was decorated with red stitches, and is about twice as big as my head. Small, yes. But that's only because it's a storage for my real storage.
"Hey," I greeted Jaune, nodding at him. "Thanks for saving me a spot. And at the corner, too." I thanked him.
"It was nothing! I didn't want to be at the middle, anyway. Win-win situation." he replied, smiling at me. "Hey, are you gonna sleep in that?" he motioned at my clothes. I shook my head slightly.
I began to undress myself, much to Jaune and the other people who were looking's shock. I first peeled of my jacket, then my blood red long sleeve tee-shirt. My whole upper body became visible for everyone to see, and as much as I were proud of them, the various scars enveloping my whole body including my arms, were the center of attention. 'They're just scars, for crying out loud. It's not like I have some sort of disease or something.' I just sighed as I pulled out a black wife-beater from my bag, along with a pair of red loose pants, quickly putting it on. I then took off my boots, and then my pants, much to the girls' *Ehem* Yang *Ehem* joy. I had black boxers on. I quickly covered them by wearing the red loose pants.
"You know, I have a big one on my back.." I heard Jaune whisper. Turning to him, I saw him smile sadly. I smiled back.
"These? These are nothing. It's just from training." I explained. Clearly, he misunderstood how I got these scars. 'Probably thought it was from child abuse.' Well, a good few of them were from combat school years ago. I got punished a lot.
"Cool, mine too." he smiled his usual smile, "Alpha Beowolf." he added. "Hey, by the way, don't you have a sleeping bag?"
I only smirked at him, pulling out my real bag. A single, 2"x2"x2" box (1). A black box, decorated with red linings, and with a small, red button on one face. Jaune then looked at me, confused. "Watch this." I told him.
I then pressed the small button to the ground, and then it shined. After the suddenly flash, a black and red futon appeared. Amazed, Jaune turned to me, "How?!"
I raised the box in my hand, showing it to him. "This. I simply call it a box, like how we came to call dust by that. Boxes are the most simplest form of storage, hence the name I gave it. I designed it myself, and I'm gonna keep how I made it to the grave. I used the latest mecha-shifting technology, some dust, aura manipulation, and viola." I explained, taking a small notepad from my bag. I began to write a brief summary of what has happened today. Yes, it's my journal. Volume whatever-because-it-doesn't-matter-I-have-like-bazillions-of-it-filled-to-the-brim-with-my-1000-years-of-living-and-I-never-bothered-to-count-them.
"And what about that?"
"Jaune, you ask too many questions." I playfully scolded him, smiling a bit. He replied with a grin and repeated his question. "It's my journal. I got used to writing so much that I won't be able to sleep without logging in something."
"Oh." the blond boy replied, followed be questioning me as to what I was writing. "Short summary of what happened today," I said. "Just the highlights."
We talked more while I was writing, and when I finally finished, we agreed to go to Ruby for her to introduce us to her sister.
"Hey, Ruby!" Jaune greeted, waving at the sisters. I just walked beside him, nonchalant as I always am.
"Hey, Jaune! Kaiser! Come here, quick!" Ruby replied rather energetically.
"Oho~ So these are the cute guys you were talking about?" the blond girl whistled, teasing her sister. As a result, she got a pillow thrown at her face by a blushing Ruby exclaiming, "Shut up!"
"Huh. So you think we're cute?" the blond boy beside me hummed, also teasing the already blushing red riding-hood.
"That's a surprise," I began, "I was sure you'd think I was handsome, instead." I ended, taking my glasses off to clean the lenses.
"Well, I think you're handsome, hot stuff." Yang practically purred at me. She practically purred at me. She purred at me.
"I'll be honest here," putting on my glasses, I trailed off. "I feel violated."
Jaune and Ruby laughed hysterically, earning most of the near-by students' attention. Yang also chuckled a bit.
"Nice to meet you two! I'm Yang, Ruby's older sister!"
"The name's Jaune Arc! Short, sweet, rolls of the tongue, ladies love it." Jaune introduced, earning a giggle from Ruby and a smirk from me after Yang expectedly replied, "Do they?"
Yang expectantly turned to me, cuing me to introduce myself. "Kaiser," I said. "Nice to meet you."
"Right. See, Ruby? Plus 2 friends!" the blond brawler turned to her sister, grinning.
Grumbling, red riding-hood replied. "Ugh. I'm pretty sure Weiss counts as a negative friend.."
"No, you just made an enemy." I told her, causing her to throw a black pillow to my face, which I caught easily. "Hey, how'd you know I didn't have a pillow with me? Thanks a lot, I'll give this back to you in the morning." I teased innocently, causing the two blonds to laugh at a pouting Ruby. I happened to glance behind her and saw that black-themed secret faunus girl that burned Weiss earlier this morning. I pointed at her.
"Hey, isn't that the girl who kinda helped you earlier?"
Instantly, Jaune, Ruby, and Yang turned to her. "Oh, yeah," Ruby began, turning to Yang. "She saw what happened this morning, but left before I could say anything."
"Well, now's your chance!" Yang said, dragging Ruby before the girl even said anything. Jaune and I looked at each other, shrugged, stood up, and followed them to the wall where the young secret faunus was leaning on, reading a book.
'Hey.. Is that..?'
"I believe you two may know each other?" I heard Yang say and saw her gesturing at her shy sister. But I really didn't care much about that. What I did care about was the book in the golden-eyed girl's hands.
'Someone actually reads that? Seriously, someone reads that?' I was cut off from my internal muttering as I heard Ruby ask what the book's name was.
"It's about a man with two souls, each fighting for control over his body." the black-clad girl replied.
"Of Light and Darkness." I said, earning the attention of the four near me.
"You.. Know this book?" the golden-eyed girl asked, directing her attention on me.
'I should, I wrote it. But that'll be kind of weird of me, so let's lie for now. And it'll be the perfect time to tell her that.' "Yeah. What chapter are you on?" I asked back, walking closer and crouching down in front of her.
"U-Uhm.. Chapter 34."
"Oh. What's your favorite scene so far? Mine was in chapter 22, when the guy had to leave his village to prevent the dark soul from destroying it."
"Th-That scene was excellent! It was well written, as if you were there! That's my favorite scene too." she replied excitedly, her face finally looking happy. Time to make it look shocked.
"Yeah, and that scene where the guy turned to his companion, who turns out to be a faunus, and said, "You should ditch the bow. Your ears are too obvious. Try a cap or a hood next time. Or a thicker bow."" I quoted. Well.. Not really. It wasn't on the book. I was just telling her the fault of her disguise. The shocked look on her face, which I was covering from the others' view, was proof that she got my message. I winked at her and nodded unnoticeably for untrained eyes, but faunus eyes are better than human's, so I know that the girl will notice. Her shocked face became a nervous one, hinting that she understood.
"Ah. Sorry, I spoiled you. It was just rare to see someone read that book." I smiled innocently, standing up.
"Y-Yeah.." the girl murmured, "I'm Blake."
"Kaiser. Nice to meet you, Blake." I stretched out my hand and she gladly shook it.
"You guys know so much about that book, I'm beginning to get curious!" Ruby spoke, leaning forward with excitement. "I love books! Yang used to read to me every night before bed. Stories of heroes, and monsters. They're one of the reasons why I wanted to be a huntress."
"And why's that?" I asked red riding-hood myself, knowing the answer already but wanting to hear it directly from her. "Hoping you'll live happily-ever-after?"
"I'm hoping we all will." she replied, smiling at me that familiar smile. 'She has your smile, Summer.' "As a girl, I wanted to be just like those heroes in the books... Someone who fought for what was right, and protected people who couldn't protect themselves!"
"That's.. Very ambitious for a child." from behind me, Blake commented, putting her book down for a second. She then glanced at me and looked down. I saw what was in those eyes... longing. "Unfortunately, the real world isn't the same as a fairy tale.." she trailed off.
"Well.. That's why we're here." I was sure that in those moments, exactly when she said those words, Ruby Rose would be a fine huntress one day. "To make it better!" she finished. Blake, Jaune, and I smiled at her warmly. For the first time since that, I smiled warmly at someone again. Beacon will do me good.
"Aww! I'm so proud of my baby sister!" Yang exclaimed, then proceeded to glomp said baby sister. In which said baby sister replied by saying, "Cut it out!" and then punching her sister in the face, which in turn turned into an all-out playful brawl between the two. I watched as I noticed that Weiss was coming our way.
'Aaaaand it just got more fun.'
"What in the world is going on over here?!" the white-themed girl began, looking at us individually, stopping at me for a second. "Don't you realize some of us are trying to sleep?" she then glanced at the sisters and exclaimed.
"OH, NOT YOU AGAIN!" Weiss and Yang shouted in unison. I had to force my laughter back as they began to bicker at each other. I then saw Blake take the candle stand beside her, and prepared to blow it. I cut her off just in time before she did so.
"Let us just get back to our spot. It'll be a pain to maneuver our way back there in the dark." I reasoned, earning myself an understanding nod and a smile from the bow-headed girl. "Come on, Jaune! G'night, Ruby! Weiss! Yang! Blake!" I said as Jaune and I strolled our way to our sleeping bags. When we got there, I gave Blake a thumbs up and mouthed a 'thank you' before she finally blew on the candles, darkness entirely engulfing the ballroom. In no time, I heard Jaune snore lightly, and I followed suit.
"It'll be a long day tomorrow.." I murmured to myself as sleep embraced me.
-Chapter 2 End-
(1) - 2" x 2" x 2" box - Reference to Katekyo Hitman Reborn!'s box weapon system. I'm a very big fan of the series, which lead to the birth of my OC, Kaiser. Props to those who got it instantly! Also, speaking of, I also have a story on KHR. Come check it out if you're interested!
So yeah, that's pretty much it. Long chapter is long. It's unusual of me to type in 4k+ words, but who cares? I enjoyed. Here are my replies to your reviews!
guisniperman - Calling him shorty probably doesn't suit him that much. He's only about an inch shorter than Jaune, anyway xD
uub - Props to you for guessing the weapons! Thanks for reviewing again!
ColeFlames - I haven't really seen any OC!Professor-type stories here in RWBY. I just really had this idea whilst taking a shower before going to school. Thanks for reading and reviewing! Expect to see more!
Alright. That's it. I'm going to bed. Thanks a lot for reading. Don't forget to review. I welcome all constructive criticism. Till next time!
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