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It was time for Beacon Initiation and Ruby was nervous and excited while waiting on Beacon Cliff which overlooked a lush green forest below. The students to stand on some sort of metal platforms. Ozpin, Glynda, and Ryu were there to spectate over the initiation and intervene if anything goes wrong.

"For years you have trained to become warriors. And today, your abilities will be evaluated in the Emerald Forest." Ozpin started.

"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." Glynda explained.

"What? Aw..." Ruby sounding scared.

"These teammates will be with you for the rest of your time here at Beacon." Ozpin continued.

"So it is in your best interest to be paired with someone with whom you can work well."

Ruby still had a nervous look.

"That being said, the first person you make eye contact with after landing will be your partner for the next four years."

"So they'll be partnered with the first person they see. Talk about random." thought Ryu, "Heh and my teammates were an heiress, a farmer, a high school student, and an obnoxious loner but I wouldn't trade them for the world."

"What?!" Ruby exclaimed in shock from the headmaster's words.

"See I told you." The orange hair girl telling the boy with the brunet hair with a streak of magenta.

"After you've partnered up, make your way to the northern end of the forest. You will meet opposition along with way. Do not hesitate to destroy everything in your path, or you will die." Ozpin continued.

Jaune was quite intimidated by that statement, his nervous laughter being the first clue.

"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. We will regard that item, as well as your standing, and grade you appropriately. Are there any questions?"

"Yeah," Jaune spoke whilst raising his right hand. "Um, sir-"

"Good! Now, take your positions."

Every first-year student in question got into a combat stance waiting to be launch.

"Uh, sir?" Jaune gathered enough courage to ask. "I've got, um, a question."

CLANK! Weiss gets to launch.

"So, this landing strategy thing, uh, w-what is it? You're like, dropping us off or something?" Jaune continued.

"No. You will be falling." Ozpin answered.

"Oh, I see. So, like, did you hand out parachutes for us?"

"No. You will be using your own landing strategy."

"Uhhuh... Yeah."

CLANK! As Yang put on sunglasses and launched.

Ruby was launched and the next one to learn to fly was Jaune.

"So, um what exactly is a landing strategyyyyyy," Jaune screamed as he got launched.

"Um, Professors would not intervene if they get into a situation?" asked the new Professor Ryu.

"No we will not this will show if they are ready to be Hunters," Ozpin said.

"Hmm if you say so," Ryu replied.

"There's a reason they were chosen to attend this school, Ryu. Now we have to see if we have chosen wrongly." Glynda said.

"Alright," Ryu complied.


As Ruby was catapulted into the air the feeling of the wind ripping part her face and the sight of the forest expanding out under her was thrilling. Until she crashed into a bird.

"Birdie! No!"

But she quickly got over it realizing the bird to be a Nevermore. A small flock was coming right at her. She took out Crescent Rose and opened it into its rifle configuration and started firing.

Once the Nevermores had been dealt with, she began to fall. Ruby saw a high tree branch on a direct course with her. She opened her scythe and used its blade to swing around dispensing of her excess fall energy before dropping to the forest floor.

She burst into a run and the only thing on her mind was finding Yang. Ozpin's proposal that she be partners with the first person she made eye contact with was highly unusual and didn't seem fair at all.

Weren't you supposed to make regular eye contact with people when you met them? So why force partners based on a social norm?

In case she didn't run into Yang, Ruby started ticking off all the people she knew. "Well, there's always Jaune. He's nice. He's funny. But I don't think he's very good in a fight," she said, imagining Jaune being eaten by Beowolves.

"Oh! What about Blake? So mysterious; so calm. Plus she reads books! Then again, I'm not sure I would be able to hold a conversation with her." Ruby could just imagine Blake trying to back away from her.

"Okay. Who else do I know in this school? There's Yang, Jaune, Blake, and…"

Ruby saw someone in the distance and skidded to a halt right behind them and much to Ruby's dismay, it was Weiss.

Once Weiss saw her, they made eye contact. Weiss quickly walked off in the other direction.

"Wait!" called Ruby. And then to the ground disheartened, "We're supposed to be teammates."

Weiss, however, wouldn't hear of it. She preferred to trip through the underbrush to find someone else.

After a few seconds though, she came to a large tree. She heard someone struggling and looked up. How had that idiot Jaune managed to land safely? He hadn't. Weiss quickly recognized Pyrrha Nikos' spear in the top of his hoodie securing him to the trunk of a tree.

Jaune looked down and pathetically waved at her hoping for some help.

Weiss was between a rock and a hard place. Given those options, she went with the lesser of two evils and turned back to Ruby.

"You came back!" cheered Ruby.

"By no means does this make us friends," said Weiss as she grabbed Ruby by the shoulder and dragged her the other way.

Jaune shouted, "Hey! Come back! Who's going to get me down from here?"

"Jaune?" called a lilting, feminine voice. He looked down to see Pyrrha.

"Do have any spots left on your team?"

"Very funny," said Jaune, crossing his arms. After a moment though, he looked at her sideways and smiled and Pyrrha smiled back at him.

As Weiss continued to drag Ruby through the forest, Ruby was forced to ask, "What's the hurry?"

"I will not let my mission be delayed because you are too slow! I swear if I get a bad grade because of your…"

A red blur passed her by.

"What the?"

Ruby appeared out of nowhere with a stupid grin on her face. She looked like a silly puppy, standing on its hind legs, waiting to be praised.

"I'm not slow, see?" Ruby put her hands on her hips and looked at Weiss with a self-satisfied smile. "You don't have to worry about me."

"When did you…?"

Against her better judgment, Weiss was impressed. Ruby had good control over her semblance for someone her age, but her attitude needed work.

"Weiss, just because I don't exactly know how to deal with people, doesn't mean I don't know how to deal with monsters."

Weiss crossed her arms and eyed her skeptically. Being able to flitter around a battlefield was not enough to make her a good fighter, but, at least, she was honest about her abysmal social skills.

Ruby jumped to Weiss's side and put her arm around her shoulders. "You're about to see a whole different side of me today."

She couldn't believe the little brat's audacity. How dare she touch her so casually.

"After it's all over, you're going to be like, 'Wow! That Ruby girl is really, really, cool…'" she lowered her voice almost like she had noticed how much of a fool she was making of herself, "'and I wanna be her friend.'"

Weiss rolled her eyes. Friends? She had come to Beacon to prove herself as a huntress not to play schoolgirl and make friends. Before she could raise her objections, she was engulfed in a storm of rose petals.

Ruby was gone again.

Weiss sighed. It all was just one big game for her.

"You may be fast, but you still excel at wasting time!"

Weiss waited for Ruby to pop up in another red blur.

"Ruby?"

Nothing happened and worry was starting to creep in. She might not like the girl, but she was her partner. Losing her would, undoubtedly, ruin her grade. Leaves rustled behind her.

"Ruby…? This is not the time to play games!"

A faint grumble rose from the underbrush. Only to be revealed to be a Beowolf.

"Ruby!"


Somewhere in the forest Yang was trying to look for other students but hasn't found squat.

"Hello? Is anyone out there?" Yang shouted.

Receiving nothing but silence.

"Helloooo?" Yang waited for another answer but got nothing. "I'm getting bored here!"

Yang heard a rustling coming from the bushes.

"Is someone there?" As Yang check who was there. "Ruby?" Only to see it was not her sister, "nope."

The Ursa was less relaxed. It jumped through the opening, swinging a clawed paw at her in a wide arc. Yang dove out of the way, landing in a roll. The yellow bracelets on her wrists unfolded into heavy bracers covering her forearms. They had barely extended in full when the second Ursa broke through trying to take a piece out of her, but she nimbly flipped back and faced the Grimm with a smile on her face.

The first Ursa had recovered from its miss and jumped at her with both of its paws ready to tear her to shreds in-between them. Ursi wasn't smart enemies they usually attacked head-on by bringing their mass and brute strength to bear. Yang has had a fair warning, and enough time and room to dodge and counterattack during the Grimm's recovery. That was the sensible way to approach an enemy that size if ambushing it was not an option.

The second Ursa didn't waste any time. It was charging at her and tried the same angle of attack. Yang moved in low, stopped it dead in the water with a fiery uppercut, and sent it flying with a kick to the stomach.

Ursi might be simple-minded, but they were mountains of muscle and bone standing almost twice as tall as the blond. She shouldn't be able to throw them around like rag dolls.

"You guys wouldn't happen to have seen a girl in a red hood, would you?" Yang asked the two Ursi.

One of the Ursa got up on his hind legs and growled at her with more ferocity than before.

"You could have just said no." Yang put a fist on her hip and raised a threatening eyebrow. "Aha!Hahaha.

The Ursa didn't catch or care about the threat in her voice. It jumped forward and swiped at her again.

Yang took a small hop backward to evade the attack.

"Geez, you two couldn't hit the broadside of a ba—" taunt died in her throat. Something had gone wrong. A single strand of hair floated down towards the ground.

"You…" Anger had replaced the playful tone of Yang's voice. Her eyes were closed, her facial expression had become hard, and her entire body had gone rigid. Even the Ursai seemed caught by surprise at the sudden shift in tone and missed a perfect chance to strike. "You monster!"

She exploded in a plume of flame as her arms came down in force. A burning-hot shockwave spread out, singing grass and leaves.

She started leaning forward like a runner at a standing start with her arms held backward. Flames sprung from the soles of her shoes and the tips of her fists as she launched herself at the airborne Ursa. A brutal flurry of blows, each punctuated by another explosion, was unleashed and the already defenseless Grimm thrown even farther.

The second Ursa came barreling towards Yang.

"What? You want some too?"

The fun was over and she was ready to bring the fight to a close by caving its skull in, unceremoniously.

Yang watched with her head cocked to the side as the massive, black-and-white frame revealed a much smaller, similarly-colored figure. She pushed the anger out of her mind to see Blake.

Blake stood over the fallen bear with a stern expression. A flick of her wrist dislodged the sickle at the end of one of her ribbons from the dissolving remains and launched it back into her hand. She looked up at blonde girl and smirked.

"I could've taken him," Yang said only to receive an eye roll from the other girl.


Back with Weiss as she was facing a pack of Beowolves, she drew her rapier, Myrtenaster.

She that this the moment of truth. She had trained hard using the best combat instructors and training facilities money could buy. She had studied the use of dust extensively in theory and in practice. Countless hours of her life over the past years had been spent honing her skills for this moment, and she had every confidence that she would live up to the challenge. After all, she had aced Beacon's entrance exams, proving that she had what it took to become a huntress.

Weiss held Myrtenaster out in front of her in a defensive stance. evolving cylinder above its hilt locked into place, allowing glowing red dust to spread throughout the blade in an intricate pattern.

Weiss dashed forward sliding over the ground like an ice skater. She had aimed at the alpha, trying to cut off the monster's head in hopes of dispersing the pack. He was not ready for her assault. She had him dead to rights until a whirl of rose petals appeared in her path. It revealed Ruby swinging a massive scythe at the beast and shouting

"Gotcha!"

Weiss was caught by surprise to see her new partner killing the Grimm in from her. She was about to run her own partner through from behind. She barely managed to come to a halt in time. She'd stumble forward only to lose control over the charge of Myrtenaster and accidentally sent a large bolt of fire into the forest. A burning trail was left behind in its path before it hit a tree, which exploded and littered the area with burning pieces of wood and foliage.

Ruby, surprised by the sudden inferno, almost missed the alpha taking a swing at her. She managed to bring up her scythe to save herself from getting disemboweled but was thrown into Weiss who barely managed to keep on her feet.

"Hey, watch it!" Ruby complained.

"Excuse me! You attacked out of turn. I could have killed you!"

"You'll have to try a lot harder than that…" Ruby mumbled under her breath as she got back on her feet.

Weiss almost wished she had run her through or gone with the scraggly blond boy instead, but it was not the time to quarrel among themselves. They were still surrounded by a pack of beowolves ready to tear them apart.

She positioning herself back-to-back with her partner and brought Myrtenaster back up in a defensive position.

Ruby ejected a large red magazine from her scythe. It landed with a heavy thud, burying itself into the soft ground. The unwieldy weapon must use a massive caliber, not that it or the equally massive double blade at its head had done them any good, so far.

She loaded a new magazine, swung her scythe around, and cocked the bolt-action mechanism to load around. The bladed head was standing out behind her ready to leave anything that dared to approach them.

Weiss considered their options. They were surrounded, outnumbered, and on the defensive. Even worse, the fire was spreading fast, threatening to cut off their escape route.

She grabbed Ruby's arm and dragged her away. "We have to go!"

She didn't like running away, but it was the sound decision given the circumstances. Getting caught by a pack of beowolves on one side and a rapidly approaching wall of fire on the other would not end well.

Ruby looked like she was going to protest, but Weiss didn't give her the chance. She dragged the younger girl past the fire before it could trap them.

A couple of beowolves tried to chase them down but were caught in the fire. Pained whimpers were overshadowed by another bone-chilling howl from the alpha that signaled the pack's retreat from the growing inferno.

For the time being, they were safe, but the beowolves were unlikely to give up the chase that easily. They were bound to see them again soon unless some other unfortunate students crossed their path and provided enough of a distraction.

"What was that? That should have been easy!" Ruby screamed.

"Well, perhaps if you had exercised even the slightest amount of caution with the placement of your strikes, I would not have set the forest on fire!"

Ruby scoffed. "What's that supposed to mean?"

"I am just surprised that someone who talks so much, would communicate so little during an encounter."

Ruby crossed her arms. "I'm sorry you need my help to win a fight. I'm just fine on my own!"

"Well, congratulations on being the strongest child to sneak its way into Beacon. Bravo!" Weiss turned around and walked away, leaving her partner behind.

Ruby couldn't take it anymore. She grabbed Crescent Rose from her back and, with an agitated shriek, sliced a tree clean through. She put Crescent Rose away and followed.


Jaune and Pyrrha had barely merged into the underbrush when a couple of explosions echoed through the forest.

"Did you hear that?" Jaune asked.

Pyrrha looked over her shoulder. "Gunfire. It seems some of our comrades have encountered the enemy."

He wasn't sure what worried him more: that he had completely forgotten about being in Grimm territory.

Jaune tried to follow Pyrrha's example, but with every gunshot, in the distance, it became more difficult to ignore them. He kept peeking back, wondering if something was headed their way. Not that it would make any difference. The thick underbrush limited his visibility to a couple of yards at best. If anything came that close, it would take a bite out of him before he could draw his sword.

As they kept walking Jaune barely spotted a brown flash before a sharp pain ran through his cheek, and he found himself sitting on his butt seeing stars.

Pyrrha turned around alarmed.

Jaune groaned and shook his head to clear his vision. Between him and Pyrrha stood a willowy branch exactly at the right height to hit his face. Pyrrha must have pushed it out of the way and he had walked right into it like a dunce.

He tried to rub his cheek to ease the pain, but, the moment he touched it, he felt another sting of pain. His fingertips were covered in blood. Must have broken the skin.

"I'm sorry." Pyrrha sounded genuine, but Jaune noticed a hint of confusion.

"It's okay. Just a scratch, see?"

Pyrrha's frown deepened as she stepped closer to him. "Why didn't you activate your aura?"

"My what?"

"Your aura."

"Gesundheit?"

"Jaune," Pyrrha asked with deep wrinkles in her brows, "do you know what aura is?"

"Of course, I do!" He pointed at Pyrrha. "Do you know what aura is?"

Pyrrha's frown gave way to a gentle smile. "Aura is the manifestation of our soul. It bears our burdens and shields our hearts."

Pyrrha continued,"have you ever felt you were being watched without knowing that someone was there?"

"Uh, yeah."

"Intuition can be a manifestation of our aura, and, with practice, it can do much more. It can become our shield or our sword. It is a hunter's most important tool, but we aren't the only ones who can use it. Everybody has it, even animals."

"What about monsters?" Jaune asked.

"No. The monsters we fight lack a soul. They are creatures of Grimm, the manifestation of anonymity. They are the darkness, we are the light."

Jaune nodded, hoping that his ignorance wasn't too obvious.

"By baring our soul outward as a force, we can deflect harm or cause damage. All of our tools and equipment are conduits for aura allowing us to use it to greater effect or with greater efficiency. Its most important aspect, however, is that it allows us to protect ourselves when fighting."

"It's like a force field!"

Pyrrha chuckled. "Yes, if you want to look at it that way."

She walked up to him until they came face to face. "Now," Pyrrha said as she raised her hand to cup his unharmed cheek, "close your eyes and concentrate."

"Uh, okay," Jaune complied.

"For it is in passing, that we achieve immortality. Through this, we become a paragon of virtue and glory to rise above all, infinite in distance and unbound by death."

There was feeling at the center of his chest changed, ever so slightly, before it started to grow rapidly, flooding every cell of his body.

"I release your soul, and by my shoulder protect thee."

Pyrrha's hands left his body, but the warm feeling remained. Jaune bathed in it. His surroundings and the danger they were in all but forgotten. Heavy breathing finally brought him back to reality. He opened his eyes to find Pyrrha standing hunched over, exhausted.

"Pyrrha?" Jaune looked worryingly.

She straightened herself, but the exhaustion was still clearly visible on her face.

"It's all right. I used my aura to unlock yours. The energy that protects you now is your own."

Jaune looked down at his hands, noticing the faint white glow that seemed to surround his entire body. His cheek was tingling. The pain was almost gone. He carefully touched the spot where he had been cut but found only pristine skin.

"You have a lot of it," Pyrrha said.

A simple wow was all Juane could muster from what he just heard.


Professor Ozpin stares at his tablet lost in thought. He hadn't moved from his spot at the edge of the cliffs ever since the students had been sent off into the forest.

Glynda took a peek at the tablet. As expected, it was focused on the same feed it had been from the start. He always picked a small number of outstanding students to watch during events like these, and his instincts were usually correct.

This year, he had focused almost entirely on one student, which wasn't surprising given her circumstances, but, as headmaster, he had a responsibility to all of his students. A responsibility, he occasionally needed reminding of.

"The last pair has been formed, sir."

The feed on Glynda's tablet showed Lie Ren and Nora Valkyrie meeting up over the remains of some Grimm. There wasn't a scratch on either of them, and they seemed to be in good spirits.

"Poor boy. I can't possibly imagine those two getting along."

The headmaster's attention remained focused on the live feed of his choice.

Glynda sighed. She understood him well enough to know when there was no point in discussing a topic. Besides, there were some more concerning matters at hand, which had caught his attention as well if the smaller feeds he was monitoring at the side were anything to go by.

"Still, he's probably better off than Miss Nikos," Glynda said as she tapped her screen to switch feeds.

The headmaster hummed.

"Or she could teach the boy a thing a two," Ryu said

Headmaster Ozpin hummed again.

On screen, Miss Nikos and Mister Arc were traversing the underbrush. The boy got hit in the face by a branch, which was enough to draw blood. It was only a minor scratch, nothing to be worried about on the face of things, but the implications were problematic. Even the weakest of aura shields should have prevented an injury of that level.

"I don't care what his transcripts say. That Jaune fellow is not ready for this level of combat." Glynda sighed. "I guess we'll find out soon enough."

"They should reach the temple within a few minutes. Speaking of which, what did you use as relics this year? Professor Ozpin?

He gave no answer till a voice spoke through one of the screens of the tablet.

THE HENGE

"What was that?" Ryu asked as he took a peek at the headmaster tablet. Glynda followed suit.

"I don't know." Ozpin tried to look for the source of that voice.

NIN NIN NIN, NIN NI NIN NIN, NIN NIN NIN

AKA JA NINJA!

"Ninja?" Ryu asked confused.

"The one who trains in the martial arts and stealth?" Glynda question as well. "Should we stop the initiation?"

"No, we shall see if the ninja is a threat," Ozpin said while looking back at his tablet.


Ruby sat cross-legged on the soft forest floor. She was trying hard to forget where she was and who she was with.

"It's definitely this way," Weiss said, pacing in one direction.

Ruby was only playing with the leaves on the floor and pick one up.

"I mean… this way! It's definitely this way," Weiss said, pacing in the opposite direction.

Ruby sighed and let the leaf drift to the ground.

Weiss stopped in front of Ruby. "Alright, it's official: we passed it."

Ruby couldn't take it anymore. She got up and faced Weiss. "Why can't you just admit that you have no idea where we're going?"

"Because I know exactly where we're going! We're going to… the forest temple!"

Ruby groaned.

"Oh, stop it! You don't know where we are, either!" Weiss said.

"Well, at least I'm not pretending to know everything!"

"What is that supposed to mean?"

"It means You're a big, stupid jerk," Ruby stamped her foot, "and I hate you!"

Weiss groaned. She spun around and started walking off, again. "Just keep moving!"

Ruby, fed up with her partner's attitude, resorted to the next best thing to slugging her: a mocking imitation. "Oh, just keep moving! Hurry up! Waaaah!" She rubbed her eyes as if she was crying. "Watch where you are going!"

When Weiss didn't respond to Ruby's taunts, she took a more direct approach. "Why are you so bossy?"

"I'm not bossy!" Weiss continued in a much less confrontational tone, "Don't say things like that."

Ruby, unfortunately, hadn't caught the hint of self-consciousness. "Stop treating me like a kid!"

"Stop acting like a kid!"

"Well, stop acting like you're perfect!"

"I'm. Not. Perfect!"

The fight came to a crashing halt. Ruby and Weiss were staring at each other. Neither of them seemed to have expected Weiss's admission.

Weiss was the first to recover. "Not yet." She took a couple of steps backward. "But I'm still leagued better than you."

"You don't even know me…" she mumbled to herself dejectedly as she watched Weiss walk away.


I wanted to add more but I got and this had 4,000 words so it was ok for me and put more into chapter 5 with another red sentai.