SLJR: Chapter 3
The second Jet woke up he shot out of bed ready for today's events. "Today is the day we get our teams, c'mon get up" Jet said while shaking Sapphires shoulder. "huh" Sapphire groans half asleep half awake. "We need to go we are gonna be late, GET UP!" Jet begged. "ugh, fine" Sapphire was reluctant to get up because unlike Jet who was jumping out of excitement, Sapphire was terrified. "What are they gonna say, I've never had to fight the grim, all I did was train in signal. I haven't fought one of those hellish demons in my life, every time I see one I get those damn flashbacks. How am I gonna fight for others when I cant fight for myself." Sapphire did not realize she was staring out the window until Jet asked "Something wrong?" "Uh, no sorry just... thinking" Sapphire replied. "Well lets go get suited up, I haven't seen your weapon yet and I'm a bit curious." Jet said "Yeah neither have I" Sapphire replied. Sapphire changed into her usual dark blue padded long sleeve shirt, black jeans, dark blue combat boots, black and blue gloves that left the fingers exposed, and put her gray beanie over her long dark blue hair. She then opens her locker and takes out her bow that shoots explosive arrows and converts into a double edged sword. After meeting up with Jet, they discuss their plan of action to find each other. "Okay, so when we get there I'm going to shoot 3 rounds into the air every 5 minutes. Try to make your way toward me as soon as you can okay." Jet says. "okay, when we meet up where do we go?" Sapphire asked curiously. "Well, I have no idea but-" Jet is interrupted by the P.A system "Would all first year students please report to Beacon Cliff for initiation, again, all first year students report to Beacon Cliff immediately." "Well its time to go, stay safe and remember 3 bullets every 5 minutes, don't attack anything alone." "Okay, lets go".
"For years you have trained to become warriors, and today your abilities will be evaluated in The Emerald Forest." Ozpin says at the top of the cliff. "Now, I'm sure many of you have heard rumors about the assignment of teams. Well allow us to put an end to your confusion. Each of you will be given teammates... Today". Glenda informs the students. "Great, that's just wonderful" Sapphire mumbles under her breath sarcastically. "These teammates will be with you for the rest of your time here at Beacon, so it is your best interest to be paired with someone whom you can work well with." Ozpin announces. "Well that's good because Jet is like, my only friend here." Sapphire tells herself. "That being said, the first person you make eye contact with after landing will be your partner for the next four years" Ozpin says completely shattering Sapphires hopes and dreams of avoiding awkward confrontations with random people. "After you've partnered up, make your way to the Northern end of the forest, you will need opposition along the way. Do not hesitate to destroy everything in your path, or you will die." Ozpin continues "You will be monitored and graded for the duration of your initiation, but our instructors will not intervene. You will find an abandoned temple at the end of the path containing several relics each pair must choose one and return to the top of the cliff, you will guard that item as well as your standing, and grade you appropriately. Are there any questions?" the vomiting blond young man at the end of the row raised his hand asking "yeah, um sir-" he is interrupted by Ozpin saying "Good, now take your positions." everyone on the launching pads get ready to be launched into the air. Jet tells sapphire. "I'm the first to go, when I'm thrown into the air keep your eyes on my and where I go, you will probably go shortly after so try to guide yourself near me. Okay" "alright, good luck" Sapphire replies. Jet crouches down slightly and makes sure his weapon is ready, then he is launched in the air. Firing his weapons in front of him he slows himself down slightly Jet screams with excitement while flying through the air and digs his swords into a nearby tree, due to his massive momentum he spirals down the tree and jumps off leaving the tree behind him to fall down. "That was fun" Jet lets out while he looks in the air for Sapphire. "There she is... oh god. That is gonna be a rough landing." but to Jets surprise Sapphire draws back her bow an shoots a nearby tree the arrow exploded and the shock wave slowed Sapphire enough to land safely. Jet fires 3 bullets into the air and walks to Sapphires location. Sapphire heard the 3 rounds and starts heading that direction. Sapphire was nearly there when Jet let off his third wave of rounds but quickly panicked when she ran into an Ursa, she ran in the other direction screaming. "Was that Sapph?" Jet wondered worriedly. He climbed the nearest tree trying to find his friend and heard a scream again, "Oh no, I told her not to fight anything alone" Jet sprinting at full speed toward his friend who obviously was in danger. Jet arrived a Sapphires location and finds Sapphire on the floor and an Ursa Approaching fast. Sapphire is sobbing on the floor. Jet running at full speed picks up Sapphire and slides under the Ursa who is mid swing, and slices its leg off, when it fell he jumped up on its body still holding Sapphire and sliced its head off. Jet made sure Sapphire wasn't too badly hurt but she had a gash on her arm but was healing because of her aura but for some reason sapphire is still sobbing, holding on to Jet. "What's wrong, I killed it your safe now." Sapphire is still sobbing. "What's happened, can you at least tell me that, you aren't badly hurt, it's just a scratch." "C'mon Sapphire, you're okay, don't worry, your safe now" Sapphire was calming down a little still trembling but not crying as much as she was before. "I-I-I'm sorry... I don't ev-even know why I applied at this s-stupid school" Sapphire managed to get out gasping in between her words. "How can I become a huntress if I can't even see one of those demons without these DAMN flashbacks." A now extremely concerned Jet wonders "what flashbacks. What has this poor girl lived through." Jet sat down under a tree trying to calm Sapphire who seems to be trembling with fear and not pain. "Sapph, what's wrong you aren't hurt, what's wrong, please talk to me" Sapphire who is still trembling starts talking "When I was 11 years old, my entire family... w-was murdered by these monsters... I've n-n-ne-never been able to l-l-look at one since. At s-s-ignal we just sparred and fought dummies. And now every time I see one of these things alone I remember that t-terrible day. When my whole family was killed!" Sapphire is sobbing uncontrollably while Jet holds on to her wondering "oh my god, after all of that she still wants to be a huntress, how can she even think about that" "let me ask you something Sapph, why would you even want to become a huntress after all of these things that happened to you?" Jet asked cautiously "I want to become a huntress, because I don't want that to happen to anyone else" Sapphire manages to get out with repeated sobs. "Thats a great thing for you to do. But you need to train yourself to not be afraid of these things. We need to head out okay, C'mon lets go, stay close to me, I'll do all the fighting just be on the lookout. "o-okay" Jet gets up and puts Sapphire down as they walk to the temple to get their piece. After walking interrupted for 15 minutes 4 beowolf came out of the bushes, "Sapphire, climb that tree," Sapphire not protesting does what Jet told her and climbed up to a branch. Jet waits for the beowolf to get as close to him as possible waiting for the right time to strike. "okay...NOW" Jet puts his swords in an x shape in front of him and extends his arms to his side, slicing the four beowolf in half. Sapphire was about to make her way down the tree when Jet announced. "Wait... there are still more, don't you feel that?" "Yeah, I sense it... there are more." Sapphire replied. "I have higher ground I'll see if I can spot one" Sapphire said. "Okay, when you find it tell me where." Sapphire regretted ever looking because she saw 5 Ursa, coming... quickly. "Jet, there are 5 Ursa heading this way" she said worriedly. "Do we run or fight, if we fight I'll have to take on 5 Ursa on my own because Sapphire can't get near one without falling to the ground trembling with fear. If we run then they will just follow us and we'll have to fight eventually." Jet let out a long sigh. "Sapph, fire arrows behind them make them run toward me. I have a plan" "okay, I'll try" she replied with her voice cracking. "This... is gonna be interesting..." Boom! Sapphire fired arrows toward the 5 Ursa making them run toward them. Jet who was hiding in the leaves of a tree is waiting for an Ursa to get right under him. Waiting for the perfect time. Falling from the branch Jet goes for the largest Ursa of the group putting his black blades in front of him, spinning toward the ground and sticks his swords in the head of the Ursa, while it was falling Jet does a back flip and fires at the next largest Ursa, when he lands he sprints at the Ursa with his swords at his side but the Ursa slashed at the perfect moment sending Jet flies through the tree behind him. Jet lets out a groan and said "Called it" "woooo hooooo" a voice was screaming in the distance. "What was that?" Jet asked himself. A girl landed next to Jet and asked "Need a hand" Jet looked at the girl with light purple hair that just fell from the sky wearing a black combat skirt laced in purple, purple boots and dark purple leggings with a small silver shield and white short sword with black and purple hilt. "Please" Jet let out with a groan. The Jet stood up and said "Sapphire, shoot at the two on the right me and... Sorry whats your name?" "Lavender" "hi Lavender, I'm Jet and the girl hiding in the tree is Sapphire, as I was saying Sapph take on the two on the right and me and Lavender will take the two on the left and then help you out with the other two, NOW." Sapphire readies three arrows and fires at the 2 Ursa killing the smallest one, injuring the other and the explosion of her arrows makes Sapphire lose balance and she falls off the tree. Jet catches her midair puts her down safely and goes back to battle. Jet slams his two swords in the ground and trusts himself forward shooting behind himself to boost him momentum and spins with his two arms out looking like helicopter blades landing repeated hits on the large Ursa. "Not bad Jet" Lavender announces. "But, watch this." Lavenders short sword turned into a Smg and her shield turned into a bayonet that attaches to her gun. She gets a running start slams her gun into the ground with one arm and vaults herself into the air with a back flip and fires at the Ursa and landed on its back. Then she slammed the bayonet into the Ursa's neck and fires her weapon into the Ursa. When the Ursa fell down Lavender dismounted with a graceful back flip. Jet and Lavender high-five and Jet says "Great job out there."