So before anything I just want to give Cryptek12 a shout out for the critique. So im trying to make it a tad be easier to read and im still cleaning it up as best as possible so as always if you find anything wrong or have any thing to say let me know. Also tell me what you guys think about how I did with Nyami like it? Hate it? I might try to put more unit interaction with the others and more units will be introduced into the story. If I was going to say something else i forgot so enough with the authors note and enjoy the story
Chapter 4: The First Day
To say the elevator ride down was awkward was an understatement, the nine members in the enclosed space forced everyone to get uncomfortably close to each other. No one worse off however than Ruby as she was being pressed into the corner by Weiss and Ciara. As soon as they all climbed into the elevator Ciara and Weiss practically rushed to get a spot next to Ruby as they rode down.
Ruby to say the very least was extremely confused by the looks Ciara continued to give her, as for Weiss she simply put it off as worry because ever since she had woken up Weiss had been fretting over her, Not that Ruby minded in the slightest as she always thought Weiss was very beautiful and did like her, so any excuse for Weiss to get close and act nicer than normal was a welcomed change of pace from the constant flicks on the forehead and icy personality she usually carried around herself.
Ruby looked up from her cramped corner to see Ciara and Weiss in a rather intense staring contest. Ciara's face was amused while Weiss was very irritated. Just as the awkward tension was about to reach a breaking point the elevator doors opened. It look all of Ruby's willpower not to use her semblance to get out of there as fast as possible. "You are dismissed" Tobias said as Ciara, Selena, Nyami and Rosetta burst into multicolored lights and disappeared. Team RWBY visibly relaxed as they left giving them a chance to process all the information they had just acquired tonight. Yawning Tobias spoke once again "Do you mind if we speed up i'm actually pretty tired and I can only imagine you guys are as well.
They all nodded in agreement as they quickened their pace to the dorm rooms "Hey Tobias." Yang said while beckoning him to join her in the back of the group. " I have to ask because it's been bugging me ever since we met you but what's with Ciara?"
"What do you mean?" he asked.
"Well i've noticed she stares at Ruby alot and I mean like A LOT it's kinda weird."
"Oh that." he gave a small chuckle and looked to make sure the red and white duo were out of earshot
"Yea she thinks Ruby is cute."
"She WHAT!" Yang nearly shouted she looked at Tobias and spoke in a harsh whisper. "What do you mean she thinks shes cute I thought you said she was dead. How can someone who is dead think someone is cute!"
"Well for one just because they died doesn't mean they still aren't people." Tobias began "They have emotions and can feel like you and I can the only difference is that they are bound to me. Besides Ciara is different."
"Different how?" Blake who had clearly been eavesdropping asked.
"Well she and Selena are in my world what we call omni-units or dream evolutions."
"Omni?"
"Yes we rank the strength of the units from one to seven stars, seven being the strongest. An omni evo however is what could have been that person's fate. Ciara originally was raised by a witch and taught to fight against her fears and kill the grim, however in her omni state it's what would have happened if the witch had never found her and she was caught by the grim. Making her far stronger and changed her personality a little. Each omni is completely different because they regained the ability to grow as a person and gain experience. So to answer your question that's why she thinks Ruby is cute she is still a
person."
Yang didn't know what to think about this constant stream of new information, it was all just so weird but it was late so she resolved to really try to understand this crap in the morning.
They finally reached to dorm room and as they walked in there was an unspoken conversation to deal with showering and cleaning up in the morning even from Weiss as they were all exhausted and overloaded. Tobias looked around and picked a corner to throw his pack in and they all wordlessly fell asleep each going over the night from their point of view.
Tobias woke up to a rather obnoxious humming noise grumbling to himself he turned over and tried to block it out by putting his pack over his head but it was very persistent. Finally forcing himself to get up he began to walk over to whatever that god forsaken noise was only to be roughly pushed back into the corner by Yang, she glared at him "We are taking showers i'll tell you when it's your turn, if me or any of the girls catch you not looking at this wall i'll rip your arms off and beat you to death with them." with a rather scary smile on her face.
"G-got it." Tobias said now fully awake. So for the better part of an hour Tobias stared into the corner not willing to test his luck until a hand landed on his shoulder and he jumped a mile, however his fears were dissipated as it was Ruby who had come to get him. "We got our first class in thirty so get ready quick and do your uhh zombie summon thing. You and your zombie friends get ready for your first day in school!"
"Zombies… what, they are…" he trailed off as he saw the playful grin, smirking back at her "Yea just gotta make sure that they won't try to eat you."
"They'd have to catch me first." she responds with a grin
"Yea I suppose so." Tobias chuckled as he stood up. "Now then let me get ready so we can go."
Twenty minutes later Tobias team RWBY and team CNRS all stood outside the dorm room. "Today's first class is combat training so this should be a great way to get to know everyone and help you guys blend right in!" Ruby exclaimed. "We don't wanna be late so let's hurry!" They started off at a brisk pace making it to class right on time. Tobias not really knowing where else to sit followed Ruby as his units followed silently behind. Tobias could feel the questioning looks from the rest of the class but choose to stay silent in hopes of avoiding attention.
As professor Goodwitch walked into the classroom she glanced up and saw Tobias and company with him "Ah yes students I almost forgot today we will be introducing some new students, Please welcome team CNRS and Tobias who is training under team CNRS they will be representing Beacon as well in the tournament so please give them the warm welcome we are known for.
"So these guys don't even have to go through the preliminaries rounds like the rest of the school did huh?" an arrogant voice sounded out. Everyone looked up to the back corner of the classroom to see a boy with orange hair with blueish eyes as he looked down at the rest of a class with a smug smirk. "Seems to me like Ozpin is playing favoritism." His last comment had an effect on the class as whispers started spreading around the classroom however professor Goodwitch was quick to put a stop to it. "If you think they aren't up to par with the rest of the school please come down and give one of them a demonstration of what it will be like in the tournament Cardin."
"Heh gladly." he said as he walked into the arena swinging a huge mace nonchalantly. He gazed over team CNRS seemingly looking for something in particular until he finally pointed at Nyami and said "How about the midget with the backwards horns, a team is only as strong as its weakest link after all.
Nyami jumped at being called out and let out a small whimper as she looked at Tobias. "Give him hell Nyami." Tobias said with a comforting Nyami got to the arena she looked back up and realized there was a crowd staring back at her and instantly she began to shake and looked like she was trying to shrink into her scarf.
She looked to be on the verge of tears until suddenly "WOOO LETS GO NYAMI!" Yang shouted. Nyami jumped and looked at Yang for a few seconds until she nodded in their direction and unsheathed her cat claws and stood in a ready position looking rather ridiculous with her weapons of choice without her armor while Cardin simply twirled his mace around in a circle smirking at her.
Having a higher view it was easy to spot the size difference between Nyami and Cardin. Cardin's mace was the size of her head and she barely reached his stomach in terms of height. Ruby looked at the rest of team CNRS and saw a look of utter indifference and uncaring of what was going on around them aside from Selena who while not paying attention to Nyami was looking around with great interest. Ruby instead opted to lean over and whisper to Tobias "Are you sure she is going to be okay? Not that I have any doubts but the odds look a little stacked."
"Cardin that coward way to go for the weakest and try to make yourself look cool." Blake hiss disgustedly.
"She'll be fine." Tobias said calmly. "Besides he couldn't have picked someone worse to fight because once Nyami gets going she's the most destructive force out of any of them. Nyami is a little ball of energy and destruction and can dish out more damage then you could imagine."
"Oh really?" Ruby asked a little excitedly as she turned back to give her full attention to the mock battle.
"This will be a one on one match between Cardin Winchester and Nyami Marshall. It will go until either party's aura is depleted, surrender, or is rendered unable to fight in any fashion.
"You gave them your last name?" Weiss asked
"Ye-" Tobias started only to be interrupted
"YES our glorious summoner has blessed us by allowing us to carry on his last name and we shall defend it to our dying breaths oh what a wonderful gift indeed he truly is a god among gods." Rosetta blurted out sending Weiss, Yang, Blake, and Ruby into a stunned silence.
"Shes um… a bit much sometimes sorry about that she gets really into it kinda like a zealot almost."
"Right…" Yang said
Yang looked like she wanted to say more but professor Goodwitch had just called the match to start as everyone looked in interest at the fight that was about to take place.
Cardin instantly blitz Nyami as he leaped into the air and slammed into the ground where she was hard enough to send debri flying across the arena. As the dust cleared Nyami was standing a few feet away from Cardin crouched over. She leaped towards him with incredible speed but Cardin was able to predict where she was going and swung his mace up in front of him. Putting one hand out in front of her Nyami caught onto the head of the weapon and flipped over him landing and instantly darting for Cardin again this time her claws made contact with his back. As the match progressed Nyami seemed to begin to play around as the fight lasted longer as giggles were heard after every dodged or missed strike Cardin threw and was met with a swift punishing blow. It was an embarrassing fight to say the least as Nyami's unparalleled speed and acrobatics punished Cardin for being slow he couldn't land a finger on her until finally Cardin gave a loud shout and slammed his mace into the ground producing a huge shockwave. The force of the shockwave sent Nyami flying into a wall dazing her for a second. As Nyami stood up Cardin grabbed her by the scarf and started to get some cheap shots in.
"Hey thats playing dirty! Yang exclaimed.
Cardin who was apparently done with getting in soft blows tossed her up and hit her like a baseball sending her flying into the other side of the arena and hit the wall. She staggered to her feet and shook her head and looked to see Cardin coming down from the sky to deal a blow that would surely finish her. The moment before Cardin landed it was dead silent save the sound of a bell ringing and then the arena went up in dust. As the dust settled it revealed the scene, Nyami was underneath Cardin with one clawed hand gripping his arm and the other pressing into his stomach. Then with a surprising strength she tossed Cardin into the air and leapt after him as he was chained into multiple dash strikes until finally she appeared above him and slammed him into the ground.
A buzzer sounded off as professor Goodwitch called out "Cardin is out by aura level the winner is Nyami of team CNRS!" The room was dead silent for a moment then suddenly burst into cheers and praise. Nyami blushed heavily and once again raised her scarf over the majority of her face as she practically ran to Tobias as she got there he patted her on the head and congratulated her. Professor Goodwitch quickly hushed the class by asking "Now then would anyone else like to test team CNRS mettle?" No one dared respond.
Nyami turned to Yang and lowered her scarf putting her arms out infront of her she spoke for the first time since they saw met in a very squeaky voice that fit her frame perfectly "N-Nyang. Hug."
Yang's eyes widened and she swore she was going to die from cuteness overload as she quickly grabbed the small girl and practically smothered her in a bear hug. She squealed "Oh my goodness you did amazing I don't think i've ever seen someone that agile who wasn't Ruby you are absolutely precious!"
Blake gazed at the pair slackjawed. When she first saw Nyami she felt annoyed because of her weapon which is absolutely ridiculous she felt like every time she looked at them it was like a slap in the face. The way her bow made it look like she had cat ears as well and then she talks like a goddamn cosplaying cat person. Blake could over look these however she had endured the racist talk people like to partake in when they think there are no faunus around. But now that she was looking at her embracing Yang, Blake couldn't help but lose control of her emotions a little she finally decided that she really didn't like Nyami.
Separating Nyami from Yang's bosom nearly made Blake lose it as she felt her eye begin to twitch. Blake took a second to make sure there was no emotion in her voice that would make anyone suspicions "Yea that was pretty good Nyami, great fight you know now that I think about it let's go introduce everyone to team JNPR i'm sure the more friends you can make her the better you can blend in right?"
Nyami wilted under Blake's gaze as she began to drag her off to a group of four people one of which was practically bouncing out of her seat. As they approached she loudly cried out "THAT. WAS. AWSOME! You totally styled on that dirt bag Cardin even though it looked like you were in trouble but that catch in the end was totally amazing!" as the girl continued to go on and on like an endless fountain the rest of the group showed up.
"Hey Nora, let us introduce everyone before you talk their ears off." Yang cut her off walking up clearing her throat "This is team JNPR with Jaune, Nora who you have just met Pyrrha and Ren.
"Hey nice to meet you all." Jaune said with a friendly smile
"Hello." Pyrrha sang
"That was some very impressive fighting it is nice to meet you." Ren said.
Selena instantly greeted everyone with a smile and shook everyone's hands while everyone else gave a more sedated greetings. Tobias finally got to the front and shook their hands with a smile "Nice to meet you all friends of Ruby I suppose?"
Pyrrha gave a chuckle. "Yes we have been through a lot together."
"Well it's a pleasure to meet you all." Tobias said smiling
The rest of the class went by smoothly as there were some more mock fights and some simply note takings about strategies. When class was finally let out Team RWBY, JNPR, CNRS, and Tobias all met up just outside of the classroom.
"So how about we all go to lunch and get to know each other better!" Nora practically shouted
"That sounds great actually but when is our next class?" Tobias asked
"It's not till later in the afternoon so we have plenty of time let's go!" Ruby said.
With everyone in agreement they began their trek to the lunchroom.