Chapter 3: The Ceremony

A/N: Good evening guys and girls of the Internet. It is the one and only TheNegaAsian here with chapter 3. Thank you 141 people who have read my story so far and because of these good numbers, I will keep this story to the very end of the trilogy. SO…let's get on with the story. I do not own RWBY, Rooster Teeth and Monty Oum do. Enjoy!

I looked at the Hunter Watch on my wrist as I sat on one of the towers in Beacon. I remember hearing someone that the welcoming ceremony thing that the headmaster, whose name is Ozpin I think, gave to the new students was at 2:30. Telling from the hands on my clock, it was currently 2:20. I instantly stood up and ran to the edge of the tower. I jumped from the one I was currently on to the next one, which was about 8 feet below me. I hit the ground rolling, continuing my jumps down. This traversing kept on down several small and medium sized jumps until I reached a roof. I stopped the momentum I had with a simple roll, running as soon as I was on my feet.

While I was up on the roof, I spotted Yang and her friends, Dante not far behind them. I took a big jump off the roof, rolling and landing a foot behind the blonde. At the last second of the roll, I went against my greater instincts my Semblance gave and tripped myself. My momentum launched me into the air, flying right at Yang. To have a bit of fun, I stretched my arms out and screamed, "CATCH ME YANG!"

She turned around very alarmed. Then she looked up and saw me fly at her. She looked surprised at first, but then she stuck her arms out to try and catch me. It was too late though. I perfectly landed in her arms, but we both ended up falling down. I used my Semblance and did the most gentleman-like thing, and spun us around so where I was on the bottom, and her on top. She screamed as we toppled over and we soon landed on the ground. My back was a bit sore from the hard landing, but at least Yang was okay. She opened her lilac eyes and looked at me. "Hey." I cockily greeted.

"Hey." She responded in a surprised and scared voice. She looked down and noticed that she was on top of me instead of her on the ground and me on top. She looked back up into my eyes and smiled. "Did you take the fall for me?"

"Yeah. I didn't want you to get hurt." I smoothly told her. We had a moment of silence as we stared into each other's eyes. Silver meeting lilac eyes. I remembered that we had to go to the ceremony thing and lightly cleared my throat, breaking our eye contact and silence. I asked politely, "I know this feels comfortable, but you wouldn't mind if you got off me Yang, right?"

She snapped out of her trance from my silver eyes and shook her head. "Oh. Sorry." She got off me and held out a hand for me to grab. She pulled me up, our bodies touching and our faces four centimeters away from the other. I began to lean forward, feeling like it would fit the moment. Then she slapped me super hard. I groaned in pain and doubled over, holding my face. "That's for trying to jump on me." She stated. I was about to apologize to her when she took my face in her hands and kissed me. It was short and sweet, but it was absolutely amazing. "And that's for taking the fall for me." Then she slapped me again, this time slightly harder. Once again, I doubled over in pain. "And that's for leaving and breaking my heart." I was about to apologize again, but she grabbed me and kissed me again. "And that's for coming back."

I stared blankly at her, my face very red from the slaps and the kiss. I had my mouth open, gaping like a fish. I was completely speechless, dumbly blurting out, "I….I…Uhhh." Showing how confused I was.

Yang rolled her eyes and my stupidity and began to laugh cutely. She dragged her hand down my arm, entwining her fingers with mine. "Don't we have something to go Gray?" She teasingly asked.

"I don't really know. All I know is that your kisses are amazing." I told her as she chuckled at my comment. "Do you still love me?" I questioned, waiting for her response.

Yang tapped her chin as she thought. Then she jumped into me as she wrapped her arms around my neck and kissed me. "I always have, you big dumby." I smiled and held her hand again, walking to the assembly courtyard with her, hand in hand. I stood next to Yang as we waited for Ruby, obviously saving her a seat. Ten minutes after we came into the courtyard, Ruby appeared with Vomit Boy following close behind her. Yang instantly recognized her sister. She waved her hand, catching Ruby's attention. "Ruby! Over here! I saved you a spot!"

I watched as Ruby said goodbye to Vomit Boy and walked towards us. Yang let go off my hand and hugged Ruby when she was close enough to her. "How's your first day going, little sister?"

Ruby pouted and glared at her sister. "You mean since you ditched me and I exploded?"

Yang looked surprised, smiling broadly at Ruby. "Yikes; meltdown already?" She asked, trying not to laugh.

Ruby stomped her foot, irritated at her older sister and the girl in white she met earlier. "No, I literally exploded a hole in front of the school! And there was some fire, and I think some ice…?"

Yang smiled even more broadly at the younger girl. "Are you being sarcastic?" I opened my mouth to tell Yang that all this stuff actually happened, but Ruby cut in while I started to talk.

"I wish! I tripped over some crabby girl's luggage, and then she yelled at me, and then I sneezed, and then I exploded, and then she yelled at me again, and I felt really, really bad, and I just wanted her to stop yelling at me!" She told Yang and I at a fast pace. I looked behind the 15 year old and noticed the same girl in white from this morning with her arms crossed and her face in a sour look. I gulped and tapped Yang's shoulder, trying to get her attention.

Before Yang could notice my poking, the girl in white yelled at Ruby from behind. "YOU!" I flinched back when she yelled. Ruby, who hadn't noticed her, jumped up and into Yang's arms, almost getting scared out of her skin. I laughed as she landed in Yang's arms bridal style, hugging her older sister tightly. "Oh God, it's happening again!" Ruby screamed in the most worried tone ever. The girl, who I noticed had white hair, pointed at Ruby as she was being carried by Yang. "You're lucky we weren't blown off the side of the cliff!"

Yang's expression went blank when she heard that, looking at Ruby. "Oh my God, you really exploded."

Ruby looked back at her sister, her face still looking worried. "It was an accident." She told her sister. She got down from her arms and turned to the girl in white. "It was an accident." She repeated. She was instantly put face to face with a pamphlet that was titled Dust for Dummies. She titled her head to look at it better. "What's this?"

In one of the fastest voices I've ever heard, she told Ruby, "The Schnee Dust Company is not responsible for any injuries or damages sustained white operating a Schnee Dust Company product. Although not mandatory, the Schnee Family highly encourages customers to read and familiarize themselves with this easy to follow guide to Dust applications and practices in the field." Once she finished the last word, I was confused and blinked several times, trying to make sense of what she said.

Ruby took the pamphlet and dumbly blurted out, "Uuuuhhhh."

"You really wanna start making things up to me?" She spoke in a know-it-all tone.

"Absolutely." Ruby responded in happy voice.

She pointed at the pamphlet Ruby was holding. "Read this, and don't ever speak to me again." Here, I noticed highly at how fast Ruby's face saddened. Yang stepped in between the two girls, like she was worried the two were gonna start fighting.

"Look, uh, it sounds like you two just got off on the wrong foot. Why don't you start over and try to be friends, okay?" Yang said in a calming voice, trying to be a mediator in this conversation.

The girl in white rolled her eyes at the suggestion. Ruby happily nodded and put the pamphlet away. "Yeah! Great idea, sis!" She cleared her throat and held her hand out in front of the know-it-all, bitchy girl. "Hello, Weiss! I'm Ruby! Wanna hang out? We can go shopping for school supplies!"

My jaw dropped as she said the other girl's name. "The Weiss? As in Weiss Schnee, the heiress to the Schnee Dust Company? The billion lien making corporation?" I spoke out, amazed at being in the rich girl's presence. Explains why she's being such a bitch, huh? I thought to myself.

Weiss flipped her hair and batted her eyes proudly before she looked at Ruby and suddenly became sarcastically enthusiastic. "Yeah! And we can paint our nails and try on clothes and talk about cute boys, like," She started eyeing me up, "Grey, muscular, and handsome over here." She came up to me, placing a gentle hand on my abs. I gently took her hand off my hard muscles and scooted next to Yang. She instantly hugged my arm, as if she were afraid she was gonna lose me.

"He's with someone at the moment, Weiss. Try again in about, never." Yang joked, putting my arm around her shoulder and kissing my cheek. Weiss stared at Yang and scoffed.

Ruby smiled brightly. "Wow, really?!" She remarked, believing the heiress was telling the truth, eliciting another scoff from Weiss.

She looked at the younger girl with an are-you-serious look. "No."

My attention soon changed form the conversation to the stage as a man cleared his throat over the microphone. I looked to see a man with graying hair, glasses, and a green suit standing near the microphone, his blonde assistant behind him. Telling from his position at the stage, he was most likely Professor Ozpin, the headmaster of Beacon Academy. "I'll…keep this brief." He began. "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." I looked around as people began to whisper, soon returning my attention to the headmaster. "You assume knowledge will free you of this, but your time at this school will prove that knowledge can only carry you do far. It is up to you to take the first step." He then walked away from the stage.

The headmaster's assistant came up next, taking his place on stage. "You will gather in he ballroom tonight; tomorrow, your initiation begins. Be ready. You are dismissed." She walked off the stage and follow the headmaster. As she did, students around me began to walk around and talk.

Dante came in out of nowhere, breathing hard. "What'd I miss?" He asked the four of us, panting.

"The entire ceremony. Where were you?" Ruby told my friend as she walked closer to him.

"I got lost. My leg was hurt, thanks to Yang, but my Aura healed it earlier." He stated. I looked at Dante with a very confused look.

"What the hell happened? I mean you were right behind Yang? How can you get lost?" I interrogated my friend, still giving him the confused look. He stared down at the ground in shame, kicking the floor. "I don't want to talk about." Dante nervously admitted.

I shook my head at him, laughing at his stupidity. Dante looked back up, seeing the headmaster's assistant walk away in the distance. "Who's that?" Obviously interested.

"I don't know." I told him, telling the complete truth. I had never seen her before in my life, except for during the welcoming ceremony.

"That's Glynda Goodwitch. Weren't you two paying attention on the airship flight here? She introduced us to Beacon!" Weiss berated us, obviously thinking we were complete idiots.

"Nope." Dante and I answered simultaneously.

She huffed in irritation at our noticeable stupidity. Several hours later, all the new students were crowded in the ballroom of Beacon Academy, sleeping bags strewn across the floor and luggage lining the wall. I had just finished my last set of 350 push ups. I usually wore nothing except for boxers and workout shorts. I sat on my knees, staring at Ruby and Yang from across the rom. "Why do you always work out at night?" Dante asked, catching my attention.

"Because my body works better at night." I explained to him. He simply answer with an "OOOhhhhhh." I got and started walking over to Yang and her sister. Dante noticed where I was walking, and follow close behind.

Once they noticed us, Ruby's face went red. I cocked an eyebrow and looked at Ruby. "Is there anything wrong, Ruby?" I asked as she stared at my body.

"Huh? Oh, it's just….You wouldn't mind if you out a shirt on, right Gray?" She asked in an embarrassed voice.

I looked down at my abs, then looked back at Ruby. "Oh. Yeah, I woudn't mind." I began to walk back to my bag, but Yang grabbed my arm. "But I mind Rubes. Don't you like the muscles Gray has?" She questioned her sister, who never met our eyes.

She just pretended that she didn't hear us and went back to writing whatever she was writing. Dante plopped down next to the brunette and looked down at the piece of paper. "What's that?" He asked her curiously.

"Oh, just a letter to the gang back at Signal. I promised to tell them all about Beacon and how things are going." She explained to Dante.

He nodded in approval. "That's cool." He commented.

After a while of talking, Dante began to yawn and stretch. "Well, I'm gonna hit the sack, so peace out Rubes." He told the girl as he walked away.

"Me too. I'll see you tomorrow Yang." I told my girlfriend, kissing her goodnight.

The A/N Strikes Again: What's up people? How was that chapter? I hope you think it was good. The next few chapters will actually include some action and fighting, but that's enough before I start spoiling it for you. Same as always, if you enjoyed this, please review, favorite, or follow. If you didn't, go ahead and burn me or give me advice in the reviews. This was TheNegaAsian and I'm heading out. PEACE (-_-)