Leadership isn't always a party.

AN: Sorry about not being able to post last weekend. Family issues came up, and I was unable to get the time to write and upload the story. That being said, here is the next part.

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(Guest)Guest: The teams are not organized incorrectly, although I can understand why you made that assumption. Having rewatched the same episodes upwards of twenty times for reference points, it makes more sense. Ozpin states the first person you make eye contact with is you partner for the next four years. That person. Not the first four people you see. Later on, at the Team Assignment Ceremony, each group is assigned by the matching pieces they picked. JNPR all chose the White Rook, RWBY all chose the White Knight, and DVL chose the Black Knight. If we went by Cannon in the Series with your idea, Yang and Blake would have been teamed up with Ren and Nora, due to the pair riding in on an Ursa. Then it would be Weiss and Ruby with Jaune and Pyrrha. Hopefully that makes a bit more sense.

As always, help me make this story better for you to read, give opinions, criticism, etc.~

-DeViL-

After the Team Formation, each assembled group headed together towards the dorm rooms with the first year students all in one hallway, whether for ease of order or convenience is unknown. As Team DVL headed towards their room at end of the hall each member was stopped at one point or another by a member of team JNPR or RWBY.

Lady was stopped by Pyrrha, given a sincere, formal congratulations at her team placement. Dante was stopped by both Ren and Yang, the former thanking him for grabbing him off of the Deathstalker's tail. Yang however gave Dante a grin and gave some flirty small-talk, which was responded to in kind. Vergil was paused by both Jaune and Ruby, each of whom had actually asked for some assistance in developing their skills further, or in Jaune's case, at all. He responded that he would think about it.

When the teams base each other goodnights and congratulations taken care of, they each headed into their new rooms. Team RWBY ended up crashing straight to sleep. Team JNPR took the initiative and took care of their organization that evening, mostly thanks to Pyrrha's urging and Ren's agreement with the idea.

Team DVL however...

-DeViL-

Upon passing the threshold of the door, Lady stepped to the bed nearest the door and began to remove her various weapons, ammunition packs, and holsters, placing each of them within grabbing distance with the Kalina Ann resting against the headboard of the bed. After that was taken care of, she grabbed one of the towels placed folded on the bedsheets, provided by the school, and stalked into the bathroom, locking the door behind her. Soon enough, water began to run, signalling she had started to shower.

Dante had already started stripping himself down, taking off the scarlet longcoat, he tossed it with a flair, the coat opening against the bottom banister of the end of the bed. Without care, he then tossed Rebellion next to the headboard of the bed, with Ebony and Ivory following with a loose toss by the trigger guards onto the nightstand, knocking the provided lamp to the ground. Jumping onto the bed, he stretched himself out, propping his legs up onto the end of the bed.

By the time Dante had laid himself down, Vergil had already hung up his own royal blue longcoat on the provided coat rack by the door Dante had somehow missed in his rush to turn his bed into a disaster area. With a slow rolling of his shoulders, he stepped to the bed, checking over the provisions they were given. Slowly, his left hand released the ever present Yamato, letting it fade back to his own hammerspace. Seating himself on the bed, he took it upon himself to look over their schedule, focusing on the time of classes. After memorizing the schedule, he took it upon himself to look over the first of their new textbooks, the Creatures of Grimm. How else to better know to exterminate anything in your way then to familiarize yourself with them?

Lady came out of the shower sometime later, and Vergil himself headed in. Dante was already out of it, which she was thankful for. She laid herself down in the sheets of the bed, glancing over some of the textbooks they were given by the school. She wrinkled her nose a bit in disgust as Dante began to snore, looking over the area he had claimed as his own, its cleanliness somehow destroyed in the few minutes he had been in it. Lady glanced over the textbooks for a few moments, and felt her own eyelids begin to grow heavy. She marked her page with a fold at the corner and closed up the book, setting it onto her nightstand. She was out before her head hit the pillow.

When Vergil stepped out of the shower, he looked over the two with a blank stare, then a shake of his head. With silent steps, he took his coat from the rack, then exited the room without a sound. He made his way back into the gardens, withdrawing his golden half of the amulet, reaching his right arm up and over his shoulder as soon as he knew he was alone, a familiar feeling weight rested upon his back, the Force Edge. Drawing the blade before him, he slowly pressed the amulet into the pommel of the sword, where it seemed to melt inside. The blade took on its own luminescent blue hue, but still seemed to be hungry, more than likely for the other half of the amulet.

After some experimenting, Vergil had found out that he was able to access half of the power sealed within his father's blade via his half of the perfect amulet. What he was able to draw out seemed limitless on its own. For a moment, the temptation grew in his mind to steal the other amulet, a growling savage monster within demanding he take more power, claim it for himself. Closing his eyes, he fought the dark urges and forced them back down, withdrawing the amulet from the blade, he placed it back around his neck. Glancing up as he gripped his father's blade, the shattered moon that hung in Remnant's skies illuminated him. Taking the sword in hand, he began to work the motions for the evening, sliding through different swipes and stances for the remainder of the night.

-DeViL-

The next morning, after Vergil had returned to the room and had taken another shower to cleanse himself of the evening's exertions, he turned and gave his younger twin a swift whack to the head with the textbook that had been tossed off of the bed before Dante had bother to even glance at it. As Dante woke with a grunt, both of the half devils gave a slight wince as they heard a whistle blow down the hall. Vergil had already dressed in the uniform, and Lady had already headed down to the cafeteria for breakfast with her textbooks. Vergil took his longcoat over the two piece black suit and began to head out the door himself, walking down through the halls to class.

Dante eventually showed up in the classroom, being dragged by the ear by Lady of all people, and tossed into a chair. The grey eyebrow of the portly professor, Peter Port raised but nothing was said. Class would begin within a few minutes, at Nine o'clock sharp.

-DeViL-

Team RWBY, at the sound of the whistle blowing..

Weiss was quickly awoken by an extremely close Ruby Rose, blowing the shrill whistle right in her face. With her ears ringing, her drowsiness quickly extinguished, her temperament began to fill with a growing rage.

"Goooood morning Team RWBY!" Ruby happily exclaimed after pocketing the whistle, bouncing off of Weiss's bed with the exuberance of someone who had far too much caffeine.

Weiss was quick to respond, her face quickly becoming an outraged scowl. "What in the world is wrong with you?!"

Ruby folded her arms behind her back, her head raising in an official manner as her eyes closed, slowly marching towards the door at the head of the room. "Now that you are awake, we can officially begin our first order of business."

Weiss's face blanked in confusion as she dusted herself off, standing up from the floor she fell onto in her rude awakening. "Excuse me?"

Yang happily bounced next to Blake, her arms filled with posters, books, and other items. "Decorating!"

Weiss's expression turned from confusion to disbelief as she glanced to the other members. "What?!"

Blake smiled with a tilt of her head, slowly lifting up her own suitcase. "We still have to unpack" Then of course, said suitcase opened, with all of its contents falling out and onto the floor. With a sheepish glance downward, she held her smile. "...And clean."

Ruby quickly butted into Weiss's personal space once again, the shrill whistle blowing in her ears, knocking her back down to the floor in her surprise. "Alright! Weiss, Blake, Yang, and their fearless leader Ruby have begun their first mission. Bonzai!" She then struck a ridiculous pose, with Yang and Blake standing next to her repeating the word. Then they all went to work.

Yang had slapped up a posted of her favorite group, the 'Achieve Men'. Weiss neatly placed a painting on the wall near her bed. Blake was sorting through several of her books, setting them onto shelves, only to withdraw a darker looking novel with the label 'Ninjas of Love' with a nervous expression. Ruby was hanging a curtain, and then reparing said curtain after a careless turn with the Crescent Rose being used to hang it had sliced it in half.

After finishing the decoration, the room was in shambles, with the beds spread out and ramming into each other with very little room. Weiss gave the room a once over with a blank stare, noting the beds were piled halfhazardly onto each other. "This... isn't going to work."

Blake nodded, glancing from side to side for herself. "It is a bit... cramped."

Yang gave a slight frown, nodding as she looked over the mess. "Maybe we should ditch some of our stuff."

Ruby blinked for a moment, then grew a wide grin. "or maybe we could ditch the beds... and replace them with bunk beds!" she said with her arms raised, fists pumping in the air.

Weiss looked around disconcerted her frown easily noticeable. "That sounds incredibly dangerous."

Yang gave a large grin as well. "And super awesome!"

Blake gave a slow nod, her arms folding across her stomach. "It does seem efficient."

Weiss looked to the other two for support, exasperated. "Maybe we should put this to a vote?"

Ruby gave a small smirk, her tone slightly cocky. "I think we just did."

Each of them glanced to each other, only to rush at the beds. The end result was Ruby's bed hanging over Weiss's by ropes attached to the ceiling, and Yang's bed balanced on top of several of Blake's books, swaying slightly. Ruby rested her hands at her hips, nodding at their handiwork. "Objective complete! Our second order of business is... classes." Looking down at her schedule, she began to read through the listings. "It seems that we have a few of our classes here together, and our first one is at nine o'clock.."

"Nine o'clock? its Eight fifty-five you dunce!" Weiss exclaimed, rushing out the door in her black suit top and checkered red skirt. The girls glanced at each other, rushing out after her. Team JNPR poked their heads out their door, only to fall comically on top of each other, quickly rushing after the other first year students. As they rushed across the campus, Ozpin was walking with his ever-present mug of coffee in one hand, and Glynda Goodwitch glanced down at her watch with a disapproving shake of her head as she watched the teams race by.

-DeViL-

Having had the time, Vergil was finishing up with the class's textbook, closing it shut as the other first year students raced in. Professor Port raised an eyebrow to the group of students quickly dropping into their seats, giving a small smile before he began his lecture with the bell ringing its nine o'clock tone. "Monsters! Demons. Prowlers of the night! The creatures of Grimm have many names. I merely refer to them as prey." He let out a hearty chuckle. Glancing over the class, it could be seen that several of them were either taking notes, alert and paying attention, or in Dante's case, sleeping.

Unperturbed by nobody laughing with him, Port continued on with his speech. "... and you shall too upon graduating from this prestigious academy. Now as I was saying: Vale, as well as the other three kingdoms, are the only safe havens in an otherwise treacherous world. Our planet is absolutely teeming with monsters of all shapes and sizes that would love nothing more than to tear you from little bits and pieces. That is where we come in! Hunters! Huntresses! Individuals who have sworn to protect those that cannot protect themselves. From what you may ask? The very world! That is what you are training to become... but first, a tale of a young, brave, and handsome young hunter.. Me!"

As Port began his self absorbed story-time, Ruby began to draw silly pictures, showing them to Weiss, much to her growing irritation with the younger girl for this morning. Between trying to pay attention in class and Ruby's shenanigans Weiss became ready to snap. Finally, Port turned back to the class. "The moral of the story is that a Huntsman needs to be educated, alert, well rounded, and wise. So, who among you believes yourself to embody these things?"

Weiss's hand shot up first, followed shortly by Vergil's own, if only to get the man to stop talking. He barely put up with Dante's incessant banter. He was nearly ready to put Yamato down this rather plump man's throat if it meant silencing him of 'old war stories' Weiss's voice rang out, whereas Vergil remained silent. "I do sir!"

Glancing over to two cages kept at the end of the room, Port raised an eyebrow as Weiss and Vergil moved from their seats. "Well then, let us find out. Step forward, and face your opponents. Go and gather your combat gear then return here immediately."

As soon as the two exited the room, Weiss glanced over at the spiky, silvery haired male. Her tone was one of irritation but some slight nervousness remembering the skill and power which he displayed the last few times she had seen him in action. "You needed to get out too?"

Vergil gave a curt nod, his words short and plain. "A few more seconds and we may have needed to take the professor to the infirmary to have my Yamato's sheathe removed from somehow finding its way into his throat."

Weiss blanched slightly at that, heading to her locker she quickly grabbed her gear, then changed in one of the nearby stalls. Vergil himself was able to blur back to the room, then strip the suit clothes away, revealing his own regular clothing beneath it. With a snap of his left hand, Yamato was gripped tightly once again, its cool familiar weight resting soundly. With another trick, he was back in the hallway, headed to the classroom as Weiss came out in her white combat skirt, her Rapier Myrtenaster at her side in her right hand. Opening the door, Vergil stood, allowing Weiss to head inside first. Glancing away with a slight flush at the chivalry, she stood in her combat ready stance as Port nodded to them each.

Yang, Blake, and Ruby each began to cheer, somehow holding fanfare for Team RWBY and waving it around.

"Go Weiss!"

"Fight well!"

"Yeah! Represent Team RWBY!"

Weiss glared over at Ruby for the moment, snapping. "Ruby, I'm trying to focus!"

Ruby glanced down, abashed, staring at her desk. "Oh... sorry."

Port looked over Weiss and Vergil, nodding before looking back over the class. "Alright. Let the match... begin!" With a quick chop, he brought down his weapon over the padlocks to the cages, holding two mature Boarbatusks. Gleaming red eyes made their way out of the shadows in the cage, and two Grimm warthog creatures came out snorting, digging in their feet in preparation to charge.

The first Grimm charged Weiss, who took a spinning sidestep and a counter slash with her rapier, not seeming to affect the beast as it skidded across the floor, turning to regain its bearings. Port gave a slight chuckle as he watched, nodding to the girl. "Wasn't expecting that, were you?"

Ruby, once again hyped up, began to cheer. "Hang in there Weiss!"

The second Grimm charged Vergil, who to all disbelief, gripped the creature by its tusks, lifting it over his head as it charged, lettings its momentum carry it through the air, where it impacted the wall, stunning it. Vergil's eyes scanned over the Boarbatusk for a few seconds, already noting several critical spots to wound, maim, or cripple the beast. Port raised an eyebrow, clapping slowly. "Most impressive! Not how I would have done it, but impressive!"

Weiss began to slide towards her target, her rapier ready to stab the creature through the head, only for the Grimm to twist its head slightly, catching the weapon in its tusks, resulting in a struggle for power and balance while Weiss attempted to free her weapon. Port was nodding to himself, looking over the two. "A bold new approach, I like it!"

Ruby had her hands gripped on the desk, cheering once again. "Come on Weiss, show it who's boss!"

Weiss turned with a glare at her team leader, and that was all that the Grimm hog needed. With a twist of its head, Weiss's rapier was sent to the other side of the room, laying uselessly on the floor. "oh, ho! Now what will you do without your weapon?" was Port's question. Weiss glanced over at the Boarbatusk, already charging her, only to feel a strong arm wrap around her form, then a tug. Vergil had grabbed and tricked her to the side, letting the Grimm charge back into its cage with a bang. Weiss was quickly released by Vergil, whose own hog began to rush him once again, only to be knocked senselessly into the air by the sheathe of Yamato, spiraling overhead.

Weiss took her chance, quickly sliding over to her rapier, gripping it and quickly swapping the Dust chambers as her target came charging back out of its cage. Once again Ruby had to speak up. "Weiss, go for its belly! It has no armor on its belly!"

Weiss snapped at this as the Grimm charged her. "Stop telling me what to do!" Ruby glanced back down, her facial expression falling into a small depression. The Grimm dove into the air, beginning to rapidly spin like a buzz-saw only to impact one of Weiss's glyphs. Having knocked the hog onto its back, Weiss back flipped into another glyph overhead, sending her shooting down, rapier first into the Grimm's chest, killing it. At the same time, the sound of Yamato sliding back into the sheathe was heard, following with a click. There was a rather pathetic squeak as the Warthog Grimm was dead before it hit the ground.

Port began to slowly clap as Weiss panted near her kill, lifted to her feet by Vergil. "Bravo, bravo indeed. Surely we are in the midst of two true Hunters in training! Class for today is dismissed. Be sure to cover the assigned readings, and remember: stay vigilant!"

Weiss glared over at Ruby, who glanced back to her, only to look back down once again. She then stalked out of the room, sparing only a glance at Vergil with a slight nod of thanks. Jaune looked over at her in confusion, muttering quietly. "Sheesh, what's with her?"

-DeViL-

Ruby raced out of the room, trying to follow Weiss. When she finally rounded the corner, she found her partner, calling out to her. "Weiss!"

"What?!" Weiss turned around with a glare, her arms crossed.

"What is wrong with you?"

"What's wrong with me? What's wrong with you? You're supposed to be a leader, and so far, you have only been a nuisance!"

"What did I do?"

This was Weiss's breaking point. "That's just it! you've done nothing to earn your position. Back in the forest, you acted like a child and you've only continued to do so!"

"Where is this coming from?" Ruby finally responded, her face drooping, any cheer or anger entirely gone. "What happened to all the talk about working together? I thought you believed in acting as a team?"

"Not a team led by you. I've studied, and trained. Quite honestly? I deserve better. Ozpin made a mistake." Weiss turned and then stalked off.

Ruby then glanced down at the ground, her arms hanging limply at her sides. Soft footsteps were heard, and she turned around to find Ozpin looking over curiously. "Well that didn't seem to go very well."

"Is she right? Did you make a mistake?" She looked back up to Ozpin, her face still dressed in its frown.

"That remains to be seen." He replied with a small smile.

-DeViL-

As Weiss stalked off, she ended up on one of the balconies. Glancing up, she noticed Professor Port, and slowly approached him, her voice already taking a lighter tone. "Professor Port!"

"Ah Miss Schnee! To what do I owe this fine pleasure?"

"I-I really enjoyed your lecture today.." Weiss began, her tone taking on a sweeter sound.

"Of course you did child, of course you did. You have the blood of a true huntress flowing through your veins." Port replied kindly.

"You really think so?" She looked back up to him hopefully.

"Most surely!" At Weiss's lack of a response, one eyebrow was raised. "Something is troubling you."

"Yes sir.." Weiss replied with a sigh, looking back up to him.

"Dear girl, confess to me your strife!" Port replied in his over dramatic fashion.

"Well... I think I should have been made leader of Team RWBY." Weiss said quickly.

"Oh dear girl that is preposterous!"

-DeViL-

"What do you mean?" Ruby asked Ozpin, her voice a bit shaky from the confrontation with Weiss.

"I mean it has only been one day." With a quick sip from his ever-filled mug, Ozpin continued on. "Ruby, I have made more mistakes than any man, woman, or child on this entire planet. But at this moment, I do not consider my appointing you to be leader as one of them. Do you?" He asked leaning to her, smiling slightly.

-DeViL-

"Excuse me?!" Weiss questioned angrily.

"I have believed in Ozpin for many years, and not once has the man ever led me astray." Port replied confidently, his hands resting on his hips.

"So you would just blindly accept his decision even after seeing how exceptional I am?" Weiss questioned in disbelief.

"With all due respect dear girl, your exceptional skill on the battlefield is only matched by your very poor attitude." Port replied simply.

"How dare you?!" Weiss cried, outraged.

"My point exactly. I see a girl before me who has been given exactly what she wanted her entire life."

"That's not even remotely true." Weiss replied defiantly, her arms crossed. "well... not entirely true."

-DeViL-

"Being a team leader isn't entirely about leading people into battle. It is a badge you wear constantly. If you are not always performing at your absolute best, then what reason do you give others to follow you?" Ozpin stated, seeing the dawn of realization hitting in Ruby's eyes.

-DeViL-

"So the outcome did not play out in your favor. Do you really believe that your current behavior would make those in power even consider changing their minds? Instead of fretting over what you don't have, savor what you do. Hone your skills. Improve your knowledge. Perfect every technique. Be the best person you can be, not the best leader." Port stated to Weiss, the girl having crossed her arms, not willing to meet his eyes.

-DeViL-

Turn away with his mug, Ozpin tapped his cane. "You have been burdened with a daunting responsibility. I advise you to take some time, to think about how you will uphold it." He then walked off, leaving Ruby alone. Turning, she saw Professor Port walking away from Weiss on the balcony, and she headed off, back to their room.

-DeViL-

Upon returning to the team's room, Weiss glanced over her teammates, Blake and Yang were already asleep. Unflapping the sheet Ruby had placed for privacy over her bed, she found Ruby snoring, next to a pile of books and several sheets of homework. Slowly, Weiss nudged her arm, which resulted in Ruby slwoly springing up in alarm. "Weiss, I'm sorry I was studying, then i fell asleep and then-" She was then silenced by Weiss's hand being pressed over her mouth.

"How do you take your coffee?" Weiss whispered.

"I-I don't-"

"Answer the question!"

"Six cream and five sugars." Ruby blurted out in response.

Within a few seconds, Weiss had returned with a fresh mug, handing it over. "Ruby, I think you have what it takes to be a good leader... but just know that I am going to be the best teammate you will ever have. Good luck studying!" Weiss then slowly slid back down to her section of the bed, only to pop back up and point at her homework. "That's wrong by the way."

On her way out the door, dressed in her nightclothes, she paused and glanced up tot he younger girl. "Hey Ruby? I always wanted bunkbeds as a kid. Thanks."