If you just want to read the chapter, just scroll down. I'm going to rant for a bit.
Now, I know what you're thinking. "Is this guy going to quit his story? Man, what a loser." I'm not. If I quit this story, it's going to bug me forever.
Anyway, I'm going to talk about the story and the direction it's heading to.
Plot: I know, I fucked up badly on the part where Summer was able to withstand Shinra Tensei. I'll fix in the future. With that out of the way, I'm going to talk more into Pain Throughout Remnants. The direction I'm heading is dark. I don't intend for the story to be light-hearted; it's going to feature a lot of depression and death. I'm thinking of changing the ratings, but I want it to be T so it doesn't get mixed with those lemons fanfics (M rated fanfics). That doesn't mean I hate those fanfics. Also, I will be rewriting some of the earlier chapters. I'll explain it in the next section.
Writing/Grammar: It doesn't take a Grammar Nazi to figure out that my writing is flawed. I know, you know, everyone knows; my ability to find and correct Grammar sucks. Even writing this rant, there's at least one Grammar error. Hell, even I'm too lazy to proofread my own writing. Fortunately, I'm going to get a beta reader to help me with my story. I have some in mind. Anyway, I'm considering a writing change. What that means is I'm going to break apart the bigger paragraphs and turn them into smaller paragraphs, making them easier for you to read without straining your eye. Also, keep in mind, I use Google Docs to write my stories. "Why not use FanFiction's Document Manager?" you say. Well, I don't know about that one. Lastly, I'm going to rewrite my earlier chapters because they could use some improvements. Here is the list for my story so far:
Chapter 4 - Done.
Chapter 1 rework - Done.
Chapter 5 - Next.
Chapter 2 rework - After Chapter 5.
Chapter 6 - Next.
Chapter 7 - Next.
Chapter 3 rework - After Chapter 7.
The HL3 of fanfics: I procrastinate. A lot. Like you won't even believe it. I don't start my write until like 11 PM or 12 AM. I watch some much crap from Youtube that I haven't been writing lately. That's probably why I don't proofread my chapters. Whenever I see RWBY stuff, I get the urge to write again. But it is followed by more useless crap. The only time I take to sit down and write is late at night and at libraries. I don't know why, but it works.
The Future: I don't know what to come. All I know is that the story will have lots of references (RVB cough hack). Also, a musical number. Yeah, you heard me correctly. A goddamn musical number.
And that's pretty much it. That's my entire author's note. One more thing, I will never post an author's note without a chapter. What kind of person post an author's note without a chapter? Not this guy. (I'm slightly insane.)
"Worst thing is trying to find a good seat on the first day of school."
~Anonymous
Pain Throughout Remnants: Infiltration
Earlier this morning
All was at peace and quiet in Team RWBY dorm; the four huntresses were snuggled up in their warm covers, snoozing away. They looked very peaceful in the way that most people would find unattractive and mildly disgusting. However, these comments have no negative effect on what these girls thought of themselves. All that mattered to them was what was currently happening in their dreams.
Ah yes, the four huntresses had the most wonderful dreams. The team leader, Ruby, was eating the sweetest and delightful cookie ever made that just freshly baked by her mother. Weiss had defeated the dreadful god known as Pain in their final, epic battle and earn the warm respect from her father. Blake was hanging out with an old friend, the one who was once kind and heart-warming to her. Yang was just making out with Gavin Free of the Archive Men, yeah… seems that nothing could go wrong.
Well… until the alarm blared loudly.
The boisterous sounds on their scrolls created a huge noise, causing the four huntresses to immediately wake up from their dream. They muted their alarm off, silencing the dorm once more before the sound of heavy movement started up again. Fully awake, the huntresses got out of their beds and started changing into their school uniforms. After brushing their hair, the girls headed out the door and sprinted towards their first class, Grimm Studies.
On their way to class, they were greeted by Team JPNR, who were also on their way to class. They exchanged conversations while they ran. Ruby, Yang, and Nora then decided to turn this running into a challenge and began racing each other to the finish line which was the classroom. Nora managed to get an early start, using her Magnhild as a boost. Ruby and Yang glared at the hyperactive huntress before chasing after her. Darting down the various hallways and avoiding collision with other hunters and huntresses, the three huntresses raced for the classroom while Nora in the lead. Seeing Professor Port's classroom door in her sights, the young team leader of RWBY activated her semblance.
Running faster than a speeding bullet, Ruby dashed towards the classroom door, leaving Yang in the dust. Just when Nora was about to land a touchdown, Ruby stole 1st place from Nora and won the challenge. "Yes!" Ruby cheered into the air, not before realizing that Professor Port was in the classroom before her. However, Port chuckled. "Kids these days."
Yang and Nora entered the classroom a few seconds later, followed by the rest of Team RWBY and Team JPNR. They were catching their breaths after spiriting from their respectful dorms. "Aww, I thought I had it in the bag." Nora pouted. While catching his breath, Ren placed his hand on his childhood friend/teammate's shoulder. "Nora, please don't make a habit of that." "No promises!" Nora replied back, much to the dismay of Ren.
Team RWBY and Team JPNR, after catching their breaths, went to their respective seats, waiting for the lecture to begin. Minutes passed by as hunters and huntresses entered the room and occupied the available, empty seats. Eventually, the classroom would be live with students chatting among their peers and the second bell would ring, signifying the first period has started. Professor Port glanced at his watch and smiled under his gray mustache. "Now then-"
"uh, I apologize for my intrusion, but is this the room for Grimm Studies?"
Nagato opened the door to the Grimm Studies' room, interrupting the professor as well as the students in the class. The students turned their heads directly at him. To them, they saw a red-haired, blind student who wore a black robe with red trimmings over his netted-clothing.
"Why of course, this is the room for Grimm Studies! I'm the only professor who teaches this class. But really, my job is not only to teach the new generations of hunters and huntress but to pass down memorable experiences and... blah blah blah, blah blah blah blah blah." It hasn't even been a minute yet, and already, most of the class stopped paying attention to the professor and zoned out into space.
While other were bored out of their minds, the new student just stood by the entrance of the doorway. After talking about a good five minutes of the good old days, Professor Port postponed his story time for later. "But, I digress. Anyway, I noticed that you lack vision. Is that right?" That was a dumb question for the professor's part. Luckily for him, the 'blind' student didn't really care about what the professor said or even the class itself. He had his mind on a different matter.
"Okay then," the 'passed-his-prime' professor instructed him, "If you walk eight steps straight forward, you'll have reached my desk." Without a single nod from the new student, he slowly walk towards the professor's desk, fooling the entire class into believing that he was completely blind. While walking down the stairs, a familiar huntress observed the new student.
Ruby was surprised that he, who she had bumped into, was in the same class as her. "It's him." That was her first words when she quickly recognized who had just entered the classroom. Yang looked at her sister after hearing his name, "Rubes, you know this guy?"
"Yeah, we've met before." The young leader of Team RWBY replied, " It was yesterday when I went to get my books back from the library where I accidently bumped into him. We introduced to each other and his name was Nagato." Yang formed a sly grin on her mouth, "Ooh, was that an 'accidental bump' or was there more to it?" Ruby cringed after hearing what her sister had to say, "Ew Yang, don't be gross. We just met yesterday for a few seconds." Yang smirked, teasing her younger sister/team leader, "Sure… I definitely believe you."
Brushing off her sister's playful demeanour, Ruby shifted her focus onto the new student who was talking with Professor Port. "Good heaven! I haven't even introduced myself! My sincere apologies." the professor was so wrapped in his 'marvelous and inspiring' speech that he completely forgot to introduce himself. "I am Professor Port and I will be your Grimm Studies' teacher for the second semester."
"Nagato." he muttered. He knew for a fact that he never disclosed any information about his real name or his identity to anyone. Especially Beacon's faculty members; they were none the wiser on his transcript. The 'god' forged fake documents and transcripts, using computer-generated signatures. Had it not been the discovery of one of Vale's hidden research facilities, Nagato would have a much harder time getting entrance into Beacon. It was ironic to him. He used Vale technology to infiltrate into a Vale academy.
"You must be the transfer student then." Port said, giving the newly-arrived student a friendly smile. "He's new here? No wonder he's not wearing the uniform." Ruby wondered why he came to class, wearing the same dark robe he wore yesterday. Even professor Port asked the student why he wasn't wearing his uniform, "Now correct me if I'm wrong, but it seems you are not wearing your uniform. Would you care to explain?" Nagato muted himself, pondering for an answer. After arriving and registering at Beacon Academy, he received the mandatory uniform. Nagato had a dislike to this type of clothing; it was both uncomfortable and unmaneuverable. So the 'god' decided not to wear it and instead just wear the cloak with a net garb underneath it. Forming a response to the professor, the 'god' was interrupted.
"Maybe he didn't know what it looks like!" A bothersome voice shouted from the back, followed by a few small snickers. Nagato ignored the insulted while Professor Port did the opposite. "Ms. Winchester, we do not tolerate crude remarks in this lecture." The 'Winchester' and his friends just snickered at the professor.
Letting out a deep breath, Professor Port returned his attention back to Nagato. "Now then, I need to confirm that you are a student that is prepared to learn in my class." The Grimm Studies' teacher walked behind his desk and revealed a scroll from there. "Meanwhile, can anyone help Mister Nagato find his seat?"
"That won't be necessary, professor." Nagato had an empty seat in mind, "I know where to sit." Why he did this was to attract less attention to himself. Nagato needed to keep a low profile during his time in Beacon. The last thing him wanted was for someone to figure out his real identity. That meant he had to isolate himself and avoid any interaction with anyone from the school. Especially the students. Nagato knew for a fact that any interaction with them would just stir up more trouble with him.
"Are you certain about it?" Port asked Nagato. The disguise student nodded. "Yeah. I'm fine." Nagato turned his back on the professor and walked, cautiously and slowly, to the nearest desk. He could sensed Ruby getting up, possibly wanting to help him to his seat after seeing how he was slow to his seat. But, the white haired huntress that sat right next to Ruby held her wrist, shaking her head with disapproval. Nagato sensed the girl from yesterday sat right down. "Interesting. The teammate of Summer's daughter is the daughter of the C.E.O. of Schnee Dust Company." After seating in the empty row, Port resumed his lesson.
"Okay class, take out your note from yesterday!" the Professor boomed as the hunters and huntress took out a piece of paper and a pencil and began to jotting down notes. Some students decided to loaf around instead of taking notes, secretly on their scrolls or drawing doodles on their notepad. Nagato simply just folded his arms. He couldn't care less about this class. Nagato came to Beacon for one purpose; the demise of White Fang.
Somewhere in Northern Vale
Forever Falls. This mountainous area, covered by a large forest of red-leafed trees and dyed grasses, polluted the entire area with its dust-red color mist. This luscious forest features many cliffs and crag. While the beauty of the rose forest may seem harmless, it is also home to many forms of Grimm, including Rapier Wasp, whose stings mimics that of swords. It is not a place for tourism as the area is restricted to only trained hunters and huntress. But yet, the 'god' walks these forest who took the form of a bunny faunus.
The Animal Path scanned his surroundings; all he could see was red-leafed trees and the red dust- like mist that surrounded him. Pain decided to take a brief second and gazed upon the beautiful rose forest. It was alluring to glance at, but he must focus on the task at hand. Continuing his stroll, Nagato came across a red-leaf tree. Unlike the other countless rose tree that he had passed by, this one had a red jelly-like substance oozing from behind the bark.
"If I'm correct, this is the Red sap." Pain analyzed the unique sap, sticking his index finger into the sticky substance and scraping off a small portion. After a closer look-up, Nagato stuck out his tongue and smeared the natural Red sap on his taste buds. Retracting his tongue, Pain tasted the red substance. The taste was very sugary, almost like syrup. The texture was soft, sticky, and warm surprisingly.
"This will do." After tasting the sap, the Animal Path pulled out an empty glass jar from his Akatsuki cloak. Conjuring a short black receiver from his other hand, Pain began collecting the Red sap from the rose tree. He watched the strange substance fall into the jar. The process was tedious; the Red sap was moving at a slow pace. But Nagato was patience as he used the black receiver to pull out more of the red sticky substance from within the bark.
Eventually, the empty glass jar was now fill to the brim with the Red sap. The faunus sealed the jar, filled with sap, with a jar lid. Pain took one more glance to examine the Red sap which was contained inside the jar. It gave less of a superlative appearance and more of a straightforward direct. After glancing at the jar, the Animal Path concealed the Red sap from sight, storing it away in his cloak. Nagato's first objective was completed.
"...and so," Professor Port continued, "that concludes a memorable event." Literally, no one could even give the slightest care in all of Remnant. Well, except a few. But they had a slight care, only because they wanted to learn from this class. "Mr. Uzumaki," Nagato sensed the professor calling his name. Pain swapped his focus with the student body and the Animal Path, "were you able hear well?"
Nagato sighed, releasing his tension that was building inside of him. He was taking too many precautions. He had to relax his mind. "Yes, professor. I could hear you." He was about to shift focus back into the Animal Path when, "Okay then, I'm going to test you to see if you hear me fully." Some students were surprised that Professor Port picked on the 'blind' student on his first day here. Some students snickered to themselves, watching Nagato as he fails to answer the professor's question.
"Listen carefully, what is the fastest way to take down a King Taijitu without awaking it?" Before answering the question, Nagato noticed that Ruby's aura was jittery. Like if she was giving a similar question. Ignoring the girl's worries, Nagato answered the professor's question. "Slash out it eyes."
"But, you only have enough time to slash one of the King Taijitu's eyes before it wakes up. And you still haven't answer the question." the professor frowned, but was a bit surprised when the new student replied back. "First of all, a King Taijitu does not share vision. So blinding a single head will cause the serpent to flail around. This will make it much difficult for the other head to perform a counterattack. And, Grimm never sleep. They may be vigorous beast, but they would be killed off other Grimm if they took a rest."
After multiple encounters with a King Taijitu, Pain was more than capable of killing the Grimm snake without using the Deva Path's jutsu. "Intriguing," the professor gestured his chin, turning his attention to the rest of his class, "take note of what Nagato just said; a weakness for all types of Grimm is their eyes…" While some students wrote down Nagato's comment on the King Taijitu, the 'blind' student shifted back to the Animal Path.
Nagato was leaping from a tree branch to the next, strictly avoiding walking on foot through the crimson forest. Pain didn't want to attract any Grimm that roamed Forever Falls. Stopping in his tracks, the faunus detected some sort of a negative feeling or emotion feeding off somewhere within his sensory range. "Grimm." The first thing popped into mind. Pain spun his head in the direction of the Grimm's energy.
Jumping from the branch he stood on, the Animal Path dashed towards the vicinity of the aura-less beasts. Leaping from branch to branch, Nagato noticed that the negative emotion was growing rapidly. "It must be close by." When the negative feeling was at its peak, Pain landed on a tree branch and stop dead in his tracks. He scanned his area for any types of Grimm, "Nothing so far… wait, there it is."
Looking below him, there were only two different types of Grimm. A pack of Beowolves, no doubt six of these Grimm wolves, and a singled, dark-furred bear Grimm known as an Ursa. Pain also noticed that the size of this Ursa was much bigger than normal Ursas and it had more skeleton-like features than usual. "An Ursa Major," Nagato determined the unusually large bear, "maybe I don't need to use the Red sap." From the tree branches, the 'god' watched the battle unfolds between the Ursa Major and the six Beowolves.
The Ursa took her stance, roaring at the Beowolves who had intruded her territory. The cruel wolves only snarled and growled at the deadly bear, proving that they weren't intimidated by her whatsoever. Only two Beowolves differed from the pack, showing small signs of hesitancy. The Ursa, however, wasn't afraid to back down. She lifted her upper body and stood on her hind legs before slamming her upper body down, letting out a loud roar. The bear's intimidation startled the wolves, backing up a bit away from her. But, that didn't scare away the Beowolves.
One Beowolf from the pack got on all four and rushed towards the Ursa Major, claws protruding from his hands/paws. At the last second, the wolf leaped into the air and positioned himself to slash the bear. Unfortunately for the Beowolf, the Ursa got up on her hind legs and knocked the dark wolf from the air, using her forelegs to claw him downwards. The wolf fell before the massive bear, howling in pain as his spinal cord and ribcage were crushed by the impacted. The packed watched its member struggled to get up from the ground and retaliate the Ursa Major. However, this didn't passed as the Ursa took no chances and stomped the Beowolf, using her weight to crush the wolf. The dark wolf screamed in agony before exploding into a million black particles.
"...what part of the Ursa's body should you be wary of?" Professor Port asked his bored class. Instead of answering himself, he picked on a student, "Mr. Arc, do you know the answer?" 'Mr. Arc' just sat there, scrambling to come up with a quick answer. "The… armsss?" He sounded very hesitant to answer as his teammate patted him on the back to ease the awkwardness.
"Yes, Mr. Arc, the forelegs of the Ursa is something not take lightly, but there is a number one priority to take before engaging the Ursa," Port informed the class, who still doesn't care at all. "That is what I'm looking for. So, does anyone know what part of the Ursa's body that you should take as a precaution?" The professor squirted his already narrowed eyes and picked a target. "Mr. Uzumaki."
Nagato shifted his focus back to the class after the professor called his name. He looked up as Professor Port repeated, "Do you have an answer?" Nagato nodded; he had heard what Port said earlier. "It's weight." The professor only stroked his grey beard, "Elaborate,"
"The Ursa can stand on it's hind legs and crush its victim using it's heavy weight and applied force." Nagato explained the Ursa's weight as a form of attack, causing a smile to form from the professor. "Thank you, Nagato. The deadliest part of the Ursa is not the forelegs or the claws, but rather, it's weight is something to be wary of…"
The Ursa roared after killing off one of their members, telling the Beowolf pack to stay away. However, the death of one of their kind didn't frightened the wolves. Instead, their snarls and growls evolved to vicious snarls and hellish howls. The pack were out for blood; the blood of the Ursa.
Each Beowolves split from the pack and circled the Ursa Major, surrounding the bear and leaving no room for her to escape. The Ursa shifted her eyes; the Beowolves walked menacingly in a circular path. They growled at the bear, baring their sharp, piercing teeth at her. This wasn't about territories anymore; this was now a fight to the death. Pain only watched from above, not planning to intervene the battle of Grimm.
The Beowolf, in front of the Ursa, decided to take the first move and rushed towards the bear. This Beowolf was just like the last one; baring his teeth and claws. And predicted, the Ursa stood on her hind legs and slammed the Beowolf with her forelegs, swatting the wolf like a fly. But, unlike the last time, the rest of the pack charged in together and attacked the Ursa. Outnumbered by five to one, the bear proved to be resilient against the pack of wolves. The Ursa swung her foreleg against a Beowolf, who had leaped at her, knocking him out of the air.
With the Ursa Major occupied with one Beowolf, another Beowolf stalked cautiously around the bear, while avoiding an incoming Beowolf that had been thrown in his general area, before making a beeline to the Ursa's hind legs and sinking his piercing teeth into the flesh. The bear cried in pain as she trembled around; knocking out a Beowolf in the process. However, even with a Beowolf biting and gripping at her hind leg, the Ursa was very tenacious. Battering the fourth wolf with her massive paw, the bear falls backwards, planning to crush the wolf that was attacking her leg with her spiky, bone-armored back.
Since the Beowolf was too busy focusing on gnawing the leg, he didn't noticed the Ursa falling down until the last second. And before he could even react, the wolf felt a humongous weight on him, like if he was crushed by a falling boulders. Except, instead of a large rock, it was the Ursa that had crushed the Beowolf. The wolf howled in pain, struggling to free himself from the massive bear's weight. The howls became weaker and weaker with each second passing. Soon, Beowolf halted it's cries for help and disintegrated into particles of black sand.
Rolling on her frontside, the Ursa used all four and got back up from the ground. She took an offense position and growled at the remaining Beowolves. The remaining four wolves grouped back together and prepared to attack again. They charged directly towards the Ursa; two of the Beowolves bounced into the air and the other two ran in a zigzag line, probably trying to confuse the Ursa Major.
The massive bear echoed a battle-roar before sprinting towards the remaining pack, flinging her own body against her attackers. This unordinary fighting skill from the Ursa surprisingly gave her the upper hand. While three Beowolves avoided the Ursa's random attack, only one Beowolf was crushed and exploded into black dust by the weight of the heavy bear. After crushing the wolf with her weight, the Ursa shook her body from the head-on collision with the Beowolves and stabilized herself.
The bear stared down the remaining three Beowolves; their bodies quaked in anger and stood their ground, preparing for another strike. Except, only one Beowolf didn't repeat the other two Beowolves. This wolf only growled at the other two wolves before turning in the opposite direction and leaving the area. The remaining pack followed right after the first, but gave the Ursa nasty looks and snarls before leaving.
Taking this opportunity, the Animal Path created a short black receiver from the palm of his hand and leaped down from the tree branch he stood on. Before landing on the crimson grass, Nagato had managed to stab the Ursa Major with the black receiver and landed a safe distance from the deadly bear. The Ursa was slow to figure out what just had transpired before her. Realizing another intruder had breached her territory, the big-sized bear roared at the newcomer. Pain, simply, activated the black receiver that was embedded on the Ursa Major.
The Ursa, suddenly, stopped dead in her tracks. The dangerous bear just stood there; it was comparable to a robot with no commands. Weirdly even, the Ursa's eyes shifted from an orange-red shade to a standard shade of purple with a ripple pattern that spreads over the entire eye. Not only that but, the red detailing on the Ursa's mask had also been transformed into a purple color. This mighty and dangerous Ursa Major has been converted into a summoning animal for Pain to call upon.
Walking up to the bear, the Ursa kneeled before her new master summoner. Pain pulled out the jar of Red sap and unscrewed the lid. Placing the jar before the Ursa, the massive bear looked up in delight as she was given a reward from her summoner. The Ursa Major stuck out her tongue and started licking the sticky contents of the jar. Occupied by the Red sap, the Animal Path formed the same hand sign that had converted the Ursa into a summoning animal and transported the bear back to Dauntless Island, his base of operations. "That should be enough for now." Pain thought before teleporting himself back to the island.
The bell rings; students are waking up from their trances that Professor Port had casted upon them and leaving with a shred of relief. This applied as well to the 'god'. Nagato, after storing away the Animal Path, stretched both his shoulders before getting up from his seat. Grabbing the professor's assignment on the way out, he sensed Ruby and teammates rising up from their seats. He had hear how one of them exclaimed how boring this class was to Ruby.
But he didn't hear much, not that he cared about Ruby's team. Nagato was out the door and headed towards his next class: Combat Class. The name of the class implied what it taught: Fighting. Nagato had no problem with combat. However, when he was in the process of 'growing up', he disliked fighting. When growing up in a war-torn village, fights would always end with death. This acts of violence horrified Nagato, especially when it threatened his friends and family.
But when Yahiko, his best friend, died in his hands, Nagato compromised his aversion and changed into killing at a large extent. He believed that the deaths of specific individuals or even hundreds could all be justified if it served a higher or greater purpose. One that would be a long-term effect. Cutting back to present, he passed by many students, whom had other classes to be at, on his way to the Combat Class. This class was taught by Ms. Goodwitch, which Nagato found her interesting. Not because the professor is a woman, but because she uses a riding crop to perform her semblance.
Semblance to the shinobi was interesting to him because it wasn't like ninjutsu. Semblance was a power that gave most hunters and huntresses a single unnatural ability. He could compare this semblance to the Six Paths of Pain where each body has only one ability of the Rinnegan. The Deva Path can manipulate both attractive and repulsive forces; The Asura Path can grant the user mechanised limbs, armor, and weaponry; The Human Path can remove a soul from the body and read their minds; The Animal Path can summon animals, exclusive to the Rinnegan only; The Preta Path can absorb ninjutsu and chakra; And the Naraka Path can summon the King of Hell. The Outer Path controls over the Six Paths of Pain.
Arriving at the Amphitheater, Nagato found out that he was late as the hunters and huntresses were already listening to the professor's lecture on combat. Goodwitch noticed the blind student entering the Amphitheater and walked towards him, irritated. "You're late, Mr. Uzumaki." Ms. Goodwitch grimaced at the 'god'. Nagato found this situation to be very ironic; when he was the leader of the Akatsuki, Pain always chewed out his subordinates for being late to meetings. Now, it was he who arrived late.
"My apologies, Professor Goodwitch." Nagato bowed his head in respect to Glynda, "I just got lost in the hallways." The female instructor's grimace lowered. "Because it was your first day here and your lack of vision, I'll let it slide. But next time, I won't be so lean on you." Goodwitch walked back to the center of the Amphitheater, "Now, find your seat. Class has already started." Nagato looked at where the hunters and huntresses sat; there was more aura closer to the front than there was to the back. But, Nagato didn't really cared about where he'll sit.
Ruby observed the 'blind' student sitting down in the middle row; which was two rows behind her. The young leader was very curious about Nagato and wanted to befriend him. Yang noticed her younger sister's interest in the new student and decided to tease her about it. "So Rubes, you eyeing your new boyfriend?~" Ruby flushed a light red mark on her cheek, "What, no! Yang, he's not my boyfriend!"
"Then why are you blushing and smiling to yourself?" Ruby's sister asked with a perverse grin on her face. Ruby decided to shut herself up now; the situation has gone critical as the young huntress could not hide her embarrassment away. Yang then diffused the situation for Ruby. In Yang's way. "Oh my Oum, you have a major crush on him! I'm gonna introduce myself to him then. Maybe get you on a date with him.~"
Yang got up from her seat and walked over two rows behind her teammates to where Nagato was sitting. Ruby's entire face flushed not a pink color, but a lightish red color. Due to embarrassment. "Yang, wait!" She cried as she got up from her seat and chased after her older sister, leaving behind Blake and Weiss to watch from their seats. Weiss frowned, muttering to herself. "What the hell is Yang doing?"
While listening to Ms. Goodwitch explained the many forms of fighting styles, Nagato sensed an aura of a student that was moving directly to his vicinity. He didn't really bother with it as he thought it was most likely a student that can't sit still. Anyway, this student was standing right next to him, noticing how his/her aura was right beside him. As the student sat beside him, Nagato resumed his attention on Professor Goodwitch's lectures.
During the lesson, Nagato felt an arm weighting on his shoulder. It was definitely the hunter/huntress right next to him; his/her arm was wrapped around Nagato's shoulder. "You don't mind, right?" the student asked in a tomboyish, yet feminine voice; it was a huntress that was sitting next to him. Nagato's response to the huntress was a long silence, before turning his focus back to the lesson. For an odd reason, the huntress let out a huff of laugh, "So, you're one of those hunters. A lone, silent, brooding type, huh? Guess what, I'm into those type.~" Nagato deadpanned. "Is this girl trying to flirt with me?"
Detecting another presence, Nagato heard the wood tapping from the benches as a second student walked directly to his vicinity. The huntress next to him greeted the newcomer, "Wow Ruby, I've never known you have a great taste in these types." Nagato secretly narrowed his eyes, "Ruby." He repeated the huntress's name in his mind as he sensed the younger girl being uneasy. "Yang, he's not my boyfriend!"
"Boyfriend?" The shinobi wanted to ask, but silenced himself in order for him to maintain a low profile. "Oh really, why are your cheeks so red then?" The huntress, know as Yang, asked the young girl. Nagato noticed a change in Ruby's aura; it was displaying a human emotion: Embarrassment. Seeing this emotion recalled the 'god' back to the battle between him and Jiraiya. When his sensei did ridiculous battle poses in the midst of the fight. "Jiraiya-sensei…" Nagato's heart sank after reliving the memory. He didn't really have a choice; Jiraiya was the intruder and it was his duty to eliminate the enemy.
"My cheek aren't red!" Ruby's response woke up Nagato from his past memories. He then heard laughter from the huntress next to him, "Yeah right, I can still see the redness all over your face!" As the conversation was tossed back and forth, Nagato began to regret the idea of infiltrating the academy, more specifically, Beacon Academy. For starters, he thought Beacon Academy is a well-mannered, solemn academy for hunters and huntresses to hone their skills, not a school for immature students. After disrupting the class for so long, Ms. Goodwitch intervened and defused the situation.
"Miss Rose, Miss Xiao Long; what is it that is so important to you that you need to interrupt the lesson plan?" Both Ruby and Yang lulled their conversation after Ms. Goodwitch stopped in the middle of her lesson just to tell them to shut up. "Xiao Long?" Nagato was mildly surprised when he had learned of Yang's last name, "So that would mean her father was Taiyang. But, who's her mother?" During this time, Yang removed her arm from Nagato's shoulder while Ruby sat next to Nagato. After hearing only long silences from the two huntresses, Glynda then resumed her lesson.
"Now class, put away your notes. For the rest of time, we're going to spar with each other." Goodwitch announced as most students who wore combat armor eagerly put away their notes and brandish out their weapons, "Each pair will be randomly selected on the screen you'll see on the stage." Nagato noticed that some students were disinterested in sparing. The 'god' wasn't really interested in fighting, but it didn't mean he was detached from fighting.
"I will now roll for sparring partners." Ms. Goodwitch told the class before pressing a button on her scroll, causing the screen to flip through names and pictures of students. Within a few seconds, the names and pictures stopped altogether, showing who's going to fight who. "Dove Bronzewing and Jaune Arc, step forward to the stage." The two hunters came towards the stages as they positioned themselves into fighting stances.
"Is that all? How pitiful." Nagato was most displeased after watching the two hunter's performance. The match between Dove and Jaune was both brief and pathetic; Nagato could compare this matchup to children fighting over a toy and would even prefer to watch the children instead. The only thing that remotely intrigued him was when Jaune used his Semblance at the last second to win against his opponent.
While he had his only opinions, there were a few students that applauded Jaune. Even the huntresses that sat next to him clapped their hands. "A slight improvement from last time Mr. Arc, however, please refer more to your scroll to check your Aura levels now and then." Glynda lectured the hunter about what he needed to improve next time. The hunter stumbled to his seat, mumbling something inaudible to everyone.
"Now then, the next pair will be selected." Ms. Goodwitch announced again; the screen began to roll once more as it slowed down to a stop. "Weiss Schnee and Nora Valkyrie, step forward to the stage." This time, it was the daughter of William Schnee the Third vs some random huntress. "I wonder if she is just as good as her sister?" Nagato pondered as he observed the match. During the match, he suddenly heard a voice asked him, "Can I see your sword?"
Nagato recognized the voice; it belonging to Ruby. Before he could even reply, Yang shifted her head to Ruby. "Wow sis, I didn't know you're so upfront about this." The daughter of Taiyang said; Nagato noticing a playful change in Yang's aura. "Well, I really want to see his swor- Yang! That's not what I meant!" Ruby realizing what Yang was getting at. Nagato could see the embarrassment from the young huntress.
"Sure Rubes, I completely understand." It didn't take a genius to figure out that Yang was sarcastic, "You wanted to see the sword, of course. Hey, would you mind lending your sword to my baby sis?" Nagato paused, "So they're siblings. I understand how Ruby is the daughter of Summer, but I don't see the connection between Yang and Summer." Falling into his thoughts, the 'god' was awoken by the sound of snapping fingers. "Uh, hello? Remnant to Uzumaki." After that wake up call from Yang, The shinobi grabbed the sword, snugged in its leather scabbard, and gave it to Ruby, who grabbed it with enthusiasm. "Nagato, just call me Nagato." he told Yang to refer to his first name.
"Okay, Nagato.~" The way Yang pronounced his name made Nagato cringed. Ruby unsheathed the sword and examined every bit of detail to it. Suddenly, she frowned; her facial expression turned into confusion. "Huh, it's just a regular sword. No dust receivers or anything." She criticized out loudly about the sword. Nagato held out his hand as Ruby placed the sword back into his hands. "Yes, it is just a normal sword." Nagato placed the sword behind his back, "But a sword can be used effectively when it is wielded by a master." Ruby then asked him, "So are you a master then?"
"No, I am not," Nagato replied, shaking his head as a sign of saying no. In a brief period of silence, he could sense the disappointment in Ruby's aura. Yang, however, Wow, you really have no way of the sword, do you? No worries, you eventually get a grip.~" Yang laughed at her own pun, receiving a groan from her sister and silence from Nagato. But Yang wasn't done yet, "You see my dear Naggie, the pun is mightier than the sword." Another groan of irritation came from Ruby's mouth. Nagato didn't really give a damn about Yang's pun-play words. He was rather somewhat interested in the match between Weiss and this Nora girl.
"Somewhat better than the last match," Nagato gave a very mild approval to the two huntress's, "but still pitiful." Weiss was the victor of the match; she was calm and collected for the first half of match. "Almost like her sister, yet not close enough." The younger sister of Winter Schnee lost her temper when Nora started to trade blow for blow with her. It almost seemed that Nora was about to win her match due to Weiss losing her cool, but the young ice princess was able to collect herself and made an unpredictable move that won her the match.
Nagato was soon disinterested after the third match; none of them lived up to their expectations. Match after match, they were usually pitiful and pathetic. Some caught his attention, but he lost interest right after. He just stared into space until he heard his name being called out, "Cardin Winchester and Nagato Uzumaki, step forward to the stage." The 'god' got up from his seat and slowly walked down the stairs, using the railing to 'help' him. Walking down, he could hear Ruby shouting, "Go Nagato!"
At the stage, both hunters took their causal position away from each other until Ms. Goodwitch told them to ready themselves. The professor then tapped things on her screen, "Alright then, position yourself into… how strange." An annoyed look appeared on Glynda as she repeatedly pressed the buttons on the scroll. The rest of the students, excluding Nagato, saw that Cardin Winchester's Aura bar was completely full while Nagato's bar was shown to be empty. The shinobi, after hearing quiet mutterings from the students, determined that they were curious as to why he doesn't have any aura. It was already established, to him, that Chakra is completely different from Aura. So that was his first guess.
Before thinking of an answer for why the scrolls aren't picking up his Aura, he heard Ms. Goodwitch called out his name, "Mr. Uzumaki, would you please come to the podium?" Nagato nodded, lending out his arm for Glynda to grab him and guide the shinobi to the podium. There, Nagato calmly asked the professor. "Is there a problem, Professor Goodwitch?"
"For some reason, your scroll isn't detecting your Aura. After checking numerous times, everything is working. And yet, I can't figure out why your Aura isn't showing up." Ms. Goodwitch explained while adjusting her glasses. Luckily, Nagato had already came prepared. "That's because it can't." Glynda raised an eyebrow as the 'god' continued, "My Aura is slightly different from others. It emits an electromagnetic energy, scrambling any scrolls that try to read my Aura."
"That… makes sense at best." The professor had given some thought to it, "Okay then, I'll allow you to spar with Mr. Winchester. But, this will make judging the match a little bit harder." Nagato only replied, "It'll be fine. I'll know when to stop." He started walking back to the middle of the stage with Glynda guiding him. Once there, he caught a glimpse of his opponent's cocky demeanor. "So, I'm against a blind person? This fight will be too easy." For some reason, Cardin reminded him of one of his subordinates, Hidan. But, instead of fighting an immortal, religious zealot who used a lot of profanity in his speeches, Nagato faced some hunter who had Hidan's assholeism.
"Take your positions." Ms. Goodwitch ordered the two; Nagato didn't move from his casual stance while Cardin bought his mace in front of him. When they were set, Glynda started the match, "Begin."
Nagato just stood there as Cardin charged directly at him, positioning his mace for a downward-strike. "And this is what a hunter is supposed to be…" Nagato frowned; his opponent had left so more wide opening for Nagato to attack. A single step backward and Nagato easily dodged an explosive blow from Cardin. Where Nagato stood laid a large crater; he wasn't very impressed. A genin can punch a larger hole than the mace. Cardin growled, "That was just pure luck you dodged it, but your luck runs out!"
Cardin brought back up his mace and charged at Nagato, this time, swing his mace around. Nagato had no words to describe how terrible Cardin's abilities as a hunter was; as his mace flail at Nagato, the 'god' just took a step back and missed it's range. The shinobi wasn't aware some students were in awe of his ability to dodge his opponent's attacks. Eventually, Cardin got really tired of missing Nagato all the time and stopped his flails. He gripped the mace with both hands and charged directly at the shinobi. This time, Nagato moved to the left and let Cardin pass by him. With his opponent's backside exposed, the 'god' karate-chopped Cardin's neck.
Freezing in his tracks, Cardin dropped his mace and fell flat to the ground. The students and even Ms. Goodwitch were surprised at Nagato's quick victory. Looking at the screen and their scrolls, the hunters and huntresses saw that Cardin's Aura levels dropped to zero after that karate-chop from Nagato. "The winner is Nagato Uzumaki." Glynda announced to the class as two hunters got up from their seats, went to the stage, and dragged Cardin off the stage. "For someone who is so full of himself, he has his teammates to care for him."
"An impressive display of avoiding incoming strikes." Ms. Goodwitch applauded the shinobi, "you may return back to your seat." While he knows he should keep a low profile, Nagato wanted to test the student's true potential. Even if that meant exposure. "Professor Goodwitch, if it's possible, may I spar with a different opponent?" This response surprised many students. Glynda only narrowed her eyes at the 'blind' student. "Mr. Uzumaki, even though you have won your first matchup, you are both arrogant and rash about your ability as a hunter." Nagato kept a straight face as the professor continued, "However, if you believe you are very confident about your skill level, then I will grant you another match."
Nagato nodded, "I am sure about my skills." Glynda sighed. "Okay then, I will roll the matchup to see-." But before Ms. Goodwitch could finish her sentence, Nagato interrupted, "Professor Goodwitch, I want to ask you something. Who do you consider the strongest hunter or huntress in this room?" Nearly every students in the class were more than shocked when the 'blind' student asked for who is strongest hunter/huntress. No doubt he wanted to challenge them.
"Ms. Uzumaki, I don't consider anyone here to be the strongest hunter or huntress." A few students jeered at their teacher for 'insulting' their strengths, but Glynda shut them up with a glare, "That doesn't mean anyone here is weak either. Everyone has their own strengths and weaknesses; that's what makes us humans and Faunus. While there are some who train every day, pushing themselves beyond their boundaries, I wouldn't call them the strongest. My definition of the strongest would be teamwork. Being the strongest doesn't mean that only one person is strong, but rather a group or more people. This is why hunters and huntresses are mostly likely in a group of four. If they show harmony, synergy, and unity, then they are considered the strongest in my opinion."
Nagato could hear the applause coming from the hunters and huntresses after hearing Ms. Goodwitch's term of strongest. "However," the professor continued, "if it were up to me, I would choose Ms. Pyrrha Nikos as the strongest huntress in this class." Only a couple of hands clapped when they heard that Pyrrha was considered the strongest. Nagato had finally got his answer, "Okay then, I want her to spar with me."
Right after he had just said that, there were mutters and whispers all over the students. Nagato couldn't care less of what they said to each other; all he wanted was to test this huntress, Pyrrha, capabilities. "Ms. Nikos, is it fine by you if Mr. Uzumaki sparred with you?" Ms. Goodwitch asked as the regional champion of Mistral. The huntress nodded. After all, she hadn't been picked yet. "Then if you would." Nagato could hear Pyrrha's footsteps walking down the stairs and towards the stage.
"Good, now get into your positions." Pyrrha went into a fighting stance; her Miló in it's javelin form poised in a stabbing position and Akoúo̱ ready to block any forward attack. Nagato took his casual stance when he sparred with Cardin, but this time, he pulled out a kunai from his pouch. The huntress was very confused at Nagato's battle position, but remained focused on the task at hand. Just before Glynda could begin the match, Nagato told Pyrrha. "Do not take me lightly like the opponent before you. And don't hold back because I won't hold back."
"Begin." The professor started the match between Nagato and Pyrrha.
Without a moment's notice, Nagato made a direct beeline at Pyrrha which forced her to take the defensive. Raising her shield, the huntress blocked any advances from Nagato's knife. The kunai only scratched her defense as Nagato jumped away from his failed quick attack. Now, it was Pyrrha's turn to test his defensives. She flipped Miló into it's rifle mode and began firing dust rounds at the 'god' who responded by ducking and rolling to the side to avoid the shots.
After Pyrrha had cast off her dust rounds, the shinobi threw his kunai at the huntress. The regional champion quickly blocked the kunai with her Akoúo̱. She thought it confusing why he threw away his weapon like that, but suddenly, heard something sizzling. Pyrrha looked at her shield and saw a burning paper tag attached to the hilt of the knife. Her eyes widen as an orange-yellowish glow consumed the paper bomb. She immediately poised Akoúo̱ away from her to shielded most of the brunt force, which exploded and pushed her several feets away from her original spot.
Using the explosion as a diversion, Nagato reached into his pouched, revealing six shurikens, and threw them into the smoke caused by the explosion. On the other side of the stage, Pyrrha was quick to recover from the paper bomb, but not too quick to see the shurikens emerging from the explosion smoke. Using both her semblance and her shield, Pyrrha stopped the shurikens on her right with her magnetism ability and blocked the shurikens on her left with her Akoúo̱. She was relieved, but not for long as the 'blind' hunter emerged from the fading smoke with another kunai in his hand.
Pyrrha quickly flipped Miló into it's xiphos mode and blocked the kunai. Nagato's kunai and Pyrrha's Miló were stuck in a blade lock. The 'blind' student tried to push down the huntress, but couldn't due to her higher physical strength. The greek huntress took this opportunity and tried to slam Akoúo̱'s edges into Nagato's sides. The 'god' was quick to react and pulled back from Pyrrha, but not before throwing his kunai at her again.
As predicted by the 'god', the huntress knocked away the kunai with her shield, leaving her wide open for an attack. The shinobi made a fast beeline towards Pyrrha as she was not fast enough to stop the soccer kick to her stomach. The kick skidded toward the other side of the stage. The huntress stopped her skidding and recovered back up into a standing position. Pyrrha looked up and saw Nagato standing a few yards away. In the midst of the battle, the huntress asked him. "You're not really blind, are you?"
Not saying a single word, he dug into his pouch and pulled out a kunai with a paper tag in one hand and three shurikens in the other. Nagato threw the shurikens first, then the kunai at Pyrrha. The regional champion quickly flipped Miló into it's rifle mode again and fired a single round only at the kunai. The dust shot not only struck the kunai, but the paper bomb as well, causing it to explode. This explosion disrupted the direction of the shurikens, causing them to not hit Pyrrha and instead, hit the wall behind her.
Predicting that Nagato would attack her in the same situation, Pyrrha aimed her rifle true and fired off a couple of dust rounds into the black smoke. On the other side, Nagato saw the dust shots flying towards him and his instant reaction was to dodge and parry each shot with his kunai. Once the smoke dispersed, the two stood their ground; the only difference was that the regional champion looked more battle-readied while the shinobi held out his kunai. The two were at a stand still, until Pyrrha made her mode, sprinted towards Nagato while firing more dust rounds at him. The hunter did the same, but instead, blocked and dodged each dust rounds fired at him.
As the two met at the center, Nagato raised his kunai upwards and prepared to strike down the huntress. Pyrrha countered the hunter's downward slash by transforming Miló into it's xiphos form and blocking the kunai's advances. The 'god' pulled back his knife and swung it at Pyrrha's sides, but the huntress was quick to block the kunai again. Deciding that engaging the regional champion in close combat with his kunai was a bad choice for his part, Nagato pulled back from Pyrrha, not before launching his kunai at her. Pyrrha easily blocked the knife with her shield as Nagato pulled the sword from it's sheathe and pointing it to the ground.
Gripping both hands on the hilt, the shinobi rushed towards the huntress, dragging the point of the sword across the floor. Pyrrha was fast on her feet, raising her own blade against the incoming attack and, effectively, parrying Nagato's attack. The 'god' passed the regional champion; his blade made a 'schlik' sound when it rubbed against Miló. A few steps away, Nagato turned his body around and swung his sword at Pyrrha. Using both Akoúo̱ and Miló, Pyrrha blocked and parried every strike from Nagato's sword. The huntress had made good use of her weapons.
The 'blind' hunter, on the other hand, was not skilled with a sword. During his life in the shinobi world, Nagato had never wielded a sword before. However, during his process of 'growing up, Yahiko had taught his best friend the basis of sword fighting or Kenjutsu. Even though Yahiko was much skilled in Kenjutsu, it gave Nagato a brief understanding of the shinobi who wielded swords or katanas and how they fought. One of these understandings was how to knock an enemy's weapon out of their hands.
Nagato kept slashing his sword against Pyrrha; their blades clashed with one another. The god shinobi's plan was to knock the huntress's blade from her hands, forcing a surrender from Pyrrha. However, his plan wasn't getting anywhere. Even when he applied his pressure into the sword, the huntress keeps parrying every single of his strikes. Swinging to her left, she blocked it with her shield. Swinging to her right, she parries it with her blade. Trying to leap away from him, Pyrrha was hoping to catch her breath from parrying his attacks. Unfortunately for her, Nagato closed in on the gap, leaving her with no break time.
Pyrrha raised her Miló against Nagato's sword again and easily blocked the fatal strike. Nagato then resumed his relentless strikes at the huntress, not showing any signs of fatigue. If this continued for her, the huntress would soon tire from this fierce matchup. Forcing Nagato into another bladel ock gave Pyrrha a small window of time to come up with a plan. Finalizing her plan, the regional champion puts it to the test. Ironically, it was the same as Nagato's.
Clashing her blade against the 'blind' hunter's weapon, Pyrrha continued using Miló to parry and counter Nagato's advances. When the opportunity struck for her, she reeled back her blade and slammed Miló against the sword. Since Pyrrha had put most of her strength into that attack, her weapon knocked Nagato's sword out of his hands. With the sword out of play, Pyrrha reeled back her xiphos and struck forward to Nagato. She was hoping for the 'blind' hunter to surrender the spar to her.
That never happened.
What actually happened was that Nagato stopped Miló before it could touch the headband that covered his Rinnegan. This course of action shocked many of the hunters and huntresses. He didn't duck his head down or moved to the side. He caught Pyrrha's weapon with his bare left hand, gripping it tightly for the weapon to completely halt in it's path. Pyrrha's blade had cut through Nagato's skin and flesh, causing him to bleed from his hand that held the blade. It was only a matter of seconds before everyone else saw that he was bleeding.
But Nagato didn't care about his bleeding hand or anyone's concern about his hand. He and Pyrrha were still in a match. Besides, this body is just corpse and therefore, can not feel any pain. The 'god', with his other hand, gave a firm sucker punch to Pyrrha's stomach, causing the regional champion to tumble backwards while clutching her stomach. Nagato could hear the jeers from some of the students for pulling a cheap shot at Pyrrha, so he let the huntress recovered from his sucker punch. Once she stood up straight, her hands no longer hugging her stomach, he dashed directly at Pyrrha without any weapons to attack her with.
The huntress was quick to raise her shield to block this predictable move made by her opponent, but Nagato didn't do what Pyrrha had thought. When it looked like he was going to punch the shield, he moved to the side at the last second and delivered a soccer kick to her gut instead. This kick sent Pyrrha tumbling across the stage as Miló slipped from her hands. Shaking off the impact of the kick, the huntress pulled herself back up just to see the 'blind' hunter rushing at her again. Raising Akoúo̱, Pyrrha blocked every single punches and kicks from Nagato. But because of how unrelentless the 'god' was in his punches and kicks, this actually pushed Pyrrha further back. Then a single side kick knocked Pyrrha down, tumbling across the floor.
Deciding enough was enough, Nagato pulled out a kunai and began walking towards Pyrrha menacingly. When the regional champion got back up after the brutal kick from the shinobi, she got into her fighting posed. But when she looked at him, the huntress was completely paralyzed by fear. She tried to shake off this feeling, but couldn't. Walking towards her was not a hunter, but a monster. Even though he had a blank expression displayed on his face, Pyrrha swore to herself that she wasn't dealing with any normal hunter. Closer and closer, Pyrrha began to go under hyperventilation; her breathing increased as she began imagining her own death in a thousands, brutal ways. The huntress couldn't do anything; she was in the thrall of Nagato.
Falling on her knees, Pyrrha could see Nagato in front of her. Her heartbeat increased; her entire body felt the coldness of her fear. Every muscle in her body was paralyzed by terror and horror. In her darkest moment, she actually believed that he would kill her here and now without any remorse. The huntress shut her eyes and prepared for Nagato to end her life. Fortunately for her, that never came to pass. The 'blind' hunter tucked away his kunai and walked away from her. "I'm done with the match." He told Goodwitch, slowly passing by her and carefully making his way towards the exit. Everyone was shocked and just in awe how this student just defeated the regional champion of Mistal. And without a sweat from him. They were confused why he was heading out when, suddenly, the bell has rung; Combat Class was over.
"And there!" The nurse exclaimed, "Your wound is all patched up now!" Nagato used both his ring finger and his middle finger to see if the cut was covered up. Like what the nurse said; it was covered patched up with a single roll of a bandage. Rubbing the bandages a few more times, he turned his head to the nurse. "Thank you." He gave a nod to the nurse as she smiled. "Now next time, be more careful when handling weapons." The nurse bid farewell to the shinobi as she guided him toward the exit.
After leaving the medical bay, Nagato headed to the dining hall for lunch. He knew where to go as the mass numbers of Aura sitting in one place directed him to the dining hall. While walking to his destination, students passed by him and muttered inaudible conversations to their friends. Nagato heard his name being tossed in those conversations. But, he ignored them and continued his destination. After walking for a couple of minutes, he reached the dining hall. The shinobi could not hear a single sound of silence with hundreds of hundreds of students chatting away with their friends or peers. It was noisy, but not too disruptive for the 'blind' hunter.
When he found where the students were supposed to line up for their food, Nagato followed the line. Suddenly, students began quelling their conversation. Nagato was quick to noticed this change. It was almost if they were all staring at the 'god'. He could see the change in Aura mood. But, he couldn't care less about what they think. Yet, he was supposed to keep a low profile while infiltrating Beacon Academy. Casually lining up for his lunch, the lunch-line was surprisingly fast. Soon, it was Nagato's turn to get lunch.
"What'cha want?" The lunch lady asked the 'blind' hunter. Normally, she wouldn't ask the students what they wanted as they would pick what they choose to eat. But because this was a blind student, she would have to help him out. Nagato was silence when she asked him. The silence treatment irritated the lunch lady, "Hey, I'm talking to you!" Oum, Ozpin wasn't paying her enough for this shit. The reason why he didn't respond to her question was because he had caught a whiff. It might of smell foul to some, if not all, students, but to Nagato, it smelled like fish. Like fish stew. Sniffing the air, the lunch lady noticed his sniffles. "I see you caught your nose on my homemade fish stew, but lately, no one is-" She was interrupted when Nagato said, "I'll have your fish stew."
The 'god' could see a positive change in the lunch lady's attitude when he declared he will be eating her food. "Well then, I'm glad somebody appreciates my cooking!" The lunch lady pulled out a bowl from under the counter and poured her infamous fish stew into the bowl. The odious stench of fish filled the dining halls; students covered and pinched their noses to block the horrid fish smell that infiltrated their defenses. To them, it smelled like if a whale vomit out a school of dead fishes that were sprayed with fart gas from a skunk and the whale ate their vomit just to vomit it out again. The fish stew smell was so bad that a couple of students puked upon smelling it. Nagato, out of all odds, found the smell to be refreshing. The smell made him feel like if he was at the beach, watching the sunrise before the birds rose from their slumber and with the ocean breeze blowing through him.
The lunch lady placed the bowl, filled with fish stew, on Nagato's tray. "Here you are lad, enjoy yourself." Her demeanor completely changed from being grouchy to being in complete bliss. The 'god' thanked the lunch lady as a sign of respect, grabbed his tray, and went off to find an empty seat. While looking for a table, Nagato could sense the disgust and horror in most of the students when he passed by them. Ignoring their reactions, the shinobi finally found and sat down at an empty seat. Setting his lunch down, Nagato quickly noticed that the students nearby him quickly evacuated from their tables.
Ignoring everyone in the dining room all together, Nagato picked up the bowl and began sipping the steamy fish stew. The taste of fish was very delicious, followed by the refreshing smell of vegetables that entered his mouth. Setting the down the bowl, he let out a sigh of bliss. It had been too long when someone gave him food. Using the spoon giving to him by the lunch lady, Nagato scooped up the fish meat and savored the taste of fish.
To everyone's perspective, they gasped by the mere thought that the 'blind' student who had bested Pyrrha was currently eating the Red Baron. The Red Baron, as the students called it, was one of the worst food ever created by the lunch lady. It's noxious smell was known to cause about 50 students to pass out. The infamous stew was also rumored to have killed an adult Goliath in seconds after tasting it. Complaints about the smell caused the lunch lady to seal the fish stew into a steel pot. Despite these rumors about the Red Baron, Nagato continued to consume the reddish fish stew.
While eating and drinking the fish stew, the shinobi suddenly sensed a familiar presence standing right behind him. "Hey Naggie.~" Yang butchered his name. "I was wonder where that smell came from." What happened next was a blur for Nagato. A few seconds ago, he was sitting down and enjoying lunch. And the next, he found himself dragging his feet across the floor by Yang who was taking him to Oum knows where; while holding his lunch.
"Yang, get him away from me!" Weiss pinched her nose shut, "Oh Oum, I can smell his breath from here!"
A few minutes ago, Team RWBY and Team JPNR were discussing about the sparring match between Pyrrha and the new student, Nagato. Added to the discussion, the two teams were thinking up reasons how the 'blind' student was able to take down a skilled, if not the best, huntress. And this personally intrigued one of the members of Team RWBY. Weiss was more than shocked; she was astonished how this 'blind' student was capable of bringing his opponent down to her knees. And this was the four time runner up regional champion of Mistral.
While the two teams decided to changed the topic to avoid distress, Ren had a keen eye and spotted Nagato entering the dining hall entrance. He alerted both teams, causing Ruby, Yang, Nora, and Jaune to look over where the hunter was pointing at. The group decided to lead Nagato to their table so they ask him questions. Watching the 'blind' student like a hawk to a mouse, they saw him ordered the Red Baron from the lunch lady, Margaret Manfred. Immediately after seeing and smelling the infamous Red Baron, the group pinched their noses, rethinking it would be best if they talked to him after lunch.
Except Yang, of course. For unknown reasons, Yang actually liked the infamous fish stew. She was even the first student to have ever tasted the Red Baron and not vomit for it. Being the energetic huntress that she is, the blonde hair lady stood up from her seat and headed towards the vicinity of the rotting fish smell. Which lead Yang to Nagato as she dragged him back to her group's table, causing neighboring students to flee from the Red Baron.
"I hate to agree with Weiss, but I think it's best if we let Nagato stay where he was." Blake cupped her hands around her nose and mouth, "Even I know it's not wise to bring the Red Baron here." The reactions from both teams were priceless to Yang: Ruby pinched her nose with her hands in an adorable way; Blake tried her best to pretend that there was no smell, burying herself into the book she was reading; Weiss was coughing violently as the odor of fish entered her lungs; Jaune covered his mouth, his cheeks puffed and turned into a light green color; Both Pyrrha and Ren remained calm and ignored the smell; and Nora was just sitting there.
"If it's bothering you, I'll throw it away." Nagato plainly said. He really didn't care about if he had food or not, this body is just a corpse so it didn't matter. Yang helped the shinobi out by throwing away the Red Baron into the nearest trashcan. The moment she threw the stew in the trash, a janitor showed up out of nowhere and removed the Red Baron from the dining hall, saving everyone from smelling that foul odor all lunch period. Sitting down at the new table, Nagato heard the voice of Weiss speak directly to him, "Here, open your hand!" The 'blind' student did exactly what the youngest daughter of Schnee Dust Company instructed him to do. He felt a single pelt dropped on his palm, "If you're going to stay here, at least get rid of your aftertaste. I can still smell the stew."
Seeing how there was no other option, Nagato popped the mint into his mouth. He crushed the breath mint into smaller pieces before swallowing. Letting out a sigh, his breath smelled refreshing to him and to the other people in his vicinity. "A thank you would be nice." the ice princess was relieved that Nagato's breath didn't smell like rotten fish, but she wanted manners from him. "Thanks." It was more of a forced 'thanks' rather than a respectful 'thanks'.
"Ruby, you should be thanking me too." the daughter of Taiyang told to Summer's daughter. Ruby's aura was filled with embarrassment, like if she knew what her sister would say next. "I had to drag your crush all the here so you two can have a nice chat with each other. The least you can do for me is a li'l 'thank you'." It didn't take a genius to figure out that Ruby was filled to the brim with embarrassment. Yang let out a laugh, patting her sister on her shoulder. "Rubes, I was just kiddin' around. No need to die of embarrassment, am I right?" After easing Ruby back to normal, Yang turned to Nagato.
"Now then, let's cut to the chase." Yang announced, "The reason I've brought you here was that we have some questions and we wanted to ask you 'bout them. You' okay with that?" Deadpanning, Nagato mentally facepalmed himself. "It's not even a week yet, and already, I'm attracting more attention than I should." Even before enlisting in Beacon Academy, Nagato had to keep a low profile. And look where that got him, "Maybe I should blend in with the crowd…" His trail of thoughts broke apart when an irritated voice called out to him. "Hey! Is there anyone in there?!" Nagato lifted his head, "Hmm?"
"Were you even paying attention?" The cold, irritable voice belonged to Weiss as Nagato only stayed in silence. First impressions, the way that the youngest member of Schnee Dust Company spoke to him is somewhat close to that of her grandfather; rude and arrogant. Before he could say a single word, another voice answered for him. "Weiss, be more kind to him." It wasn't Ruby, Yang, or Pyrrha that spoke for him; it was a different, feminine voice. "That fact that he's blind doesn't give you a reason to scold at him." Nagato always admired those who are respectful to people with a disability, even though he's lying about being blind.
"I know, but he shouldn't stare into space when someone is talking to him." Weiss rebuttal, "Essentially if they're asking him a question." Seeing how this conversation wasn't going to end anytime soon, Nagato interrupted the conversation. "What do you want to know about?" His initial response surprised some of the students; Nagato noticed the change in mood. "Wow Nagato, you sure don't beat around the bush.~" Yang joked around, but was quick to realize that the shinobi wasn't in the mood for games.
"Well, might as well introduce ourselves. I'm Yang. And you've already met Ruby." Nagato already knew both names through their conversation. "Weiss Schnee." The youngest daughter of William the Third said. "Blake." the huntress who spoke out for him revealed her name.
"Jaune, nice to meet you." A cowardly, yet bold hunter told him his name. "You've already know my name." The huntress who Nagato had sparred against, "Sorry for cutting you." Nagato accepted her apologies. "It's fine." Continuing their introduction, the boy across from Pyrrha announced his name. "Lie Ren." Lastly, the huntress next to Ren said, "Hi, I'm Nora! Nice to meet you!"
"Nagato Uzumaki." He told them his full name. A few seconds of awkward silence passed before Weiss spoke, "How did you do that thing where you paralyze Pyrrha?"
"It's best if you did not know it." Nagato replied. He felt it would be too confusing to explain the Killing Intent to them. "And why is that?" Weiss wasn't one to drop the topic. So he replied, "It's something you don't understand. Let's leave it at that." There was hesitation in her aura, but ultimately, Weiss drop the topic, but pouted. "Oh, keeping your secrets all to yourself. How sneaky of you." Yang commented on Nagato's secretive nature, "Next question, where are your teammates? Or are you too cool for school that you don't need a team?"
"They're dead." He lied about his 'team'. Their reaction changed from being ecstatic to serious in a matter of seconds. No one was laughing around about this. "What happened to them?" Ren was the first to break the silence. In Nagato's mind, he had already planned his fake background just in case if anyone asked about why he doesn't have a team. "They were killed by Grimm." A moment of silence fell upon the two teams. This time, it was Yang who asked next. "How were they killed?"
"They were…" Nagato paused, "... too confident in their abilities; charging recklessly into a crazed Goliath without a second thought." He sensed the two teams were eating up his fictitious story. Sadness and horror plagued the student's minds. It was not until Pyrrha asked Nagato that the thoughts of death diminished from their minds, "Why didn't you stopped them?"
"I told them it was bad idea to engage the Goliath without any backup," he replied back to her, "They didn't listen to me; they only thought of themselves. So I watched them be ripped apart one by one by the Goliath." Only fear and remorse lingered in the two team's head. "Nagato, I'm sorry for your loss…" Pyrrha comfort the 'blind' student, only for Nagato to brush it off. "Don't be."
Just by saying that caused a rise out of Blake. "What." Surprisingly, she spoke in a calm, controlled manner. "They were your own teammates and you didn't even care about their deaths?" Nagato took a deep pause before replying back, "It was not my fault when they've died. What they did was on their own terms. There wasn't anything I could of done to stop them." He was hoping that Blake would drop the discussion on his 'teammates', but she didn't buy into his excuse and rebuttal. "That still doesn't explain why you're insensitive to your teammates. Sure, they might of been arrogant, self-centered people, but they were your teammates nonetheless. And the way you treated their deaths is almost as if they didn't mean anything to you."
Nagato took a deep breath in before letting out a sigh, "After the other hunters collected the bodies, I went to their funerals and mourned for them." He could sense the mild temper being cooled down in the cat faunus, "You see, I cared about my teammates. Just enough for me to mourn them." Suddenly, Blake slammed her fist on the table's surface, startling her teammates, Team JNPR, and neighboring students. Nagato didn't even flinch when she struck her fist on the table. "This is the thing I'm talking about!" She yelled at him, "You're not even fazed by your teammate's death or any death in that matter! You treat death like if it means nothing to you."
"...you're right," Nagato took a long pause before agreeing with Blake's point, "Death isn't something to be ignorant of. It is also something to take in considerably. However, I don't feel the same way you view death. Too many people in my life have come and gone in a blink of the eye. Seeing people, both humans and faunus, dead before my own eyes has become dull by the body-counts to the point when I just feel numb when someone I know dies." Even though he was half-lying about himself, the 'blind' student could sense the melancholy and shock flowing through their aura. It was not long before another voice asked him, "So were you blind before or...?" It was Nora that had asked about his vision.
"No, I wasn't born blind." Nagato somewhat lied. He had a normal sight when he was born. However, he didn't check if this body was blind or not. "My eyes were scratched out while fighting an Ursa. That day, I discovered and unlocked my semblance: Aura detection. I could see clearly where the Grimm was while peering into eternal darkness." The 'blind' student pointed to the headband that covered both eyes, "I wear this headband to conceal the scars that day." After answering Nora's question, Yang spoke second. "Can we see them?"
"Why would want to see my scars?" Nagato asked as the huntress replied. "I wanna see if what you said is true. And besides, how bad can an Ursa eff you up to the point where you have to wear that ugly sash around your eyes?" Seeing no way out from this, Nagato complied to Yang's demands and removed the headband that covered his eyes. What happened next completely shocked and gasped the hunters and huntress of the two groups. After showing them actual scars, the shinobi covered his eyes back again with the headband. It was surprisingly easy to fool them; all he did was get one of his controlled Ursa to claw on his upper face.
"Man Nagato, I'm surprised you've even survived that fight!" explained Yang, "You're one bad motherfuc-" Yang was interrupted by her sister before she could finish her sentence. "Yang!" Ruby shouted, "Watch what you're saying!" The older sister laughed it off, "My bad, sis."
"You're a transfer student, right?" Ren asked Nagato as he answered the hunter's question with a nod, "Then what academy where you from prior?"
"Lateran Academy." The shinobi was responsive to answer his question. A single, sarcastic yet impressed hmph came from Yang's mouth. "So you're from Vatican City?" Nagato only narrowed his eyes at Yang behind the headband and nodded silently, "Well Naggie, I didn't take you for a religious hunter. Vatican City: one of the few places in Vacuo where it's not a complete desert."
"Anything else?" Nagato sighed after that ordeal. This time, it was Ruby's turn to questioned him. "Yeah I have two actually. First, why do you carry your sword around everywhere you go? And second, why aren't you wearing the school uniform?" Nagato paused to think up an answer before he replied. "The academy's uniform is both uncomfortable and stiff." That was his honest answer so far. "You still haven't answered my first question." The daughter of Summer Rose was confused why she didn't receive an answer for her first question. Purposely not answering the first question, the 'god' replied, "I don't have an answer for that."
Before Ruby could ask him again, there was a noise louder than the other noises in the dining hall. It sounded like someone was in pain. "That jerk!" Jaune's aura rose in temper as he stood up from his seat, "He's picking on her again!" The hunter's aura left the table and headed to the direction of where the noise came from. Ren, Nora, and Pyrrha followed suit; most likely supporting Jaune. "I'll be going now." After the four left, Nagato decided to leave the dining hall. At this point, he was very vex and irritated from answering their question. Nagato had other things planned in his mind and answering petty questions was not one of them,
But before he could even exit the door, he was stopped by an angry, loud voice. "Hey assface!" Nagato let out a deep sigh; he recognized that voice before. It was Cardin, the guy he fought before. It appeared that he still wasn't over his humiliating defeat by the 'blind' student. Sensing two of his teammates blocking the exit that was in front of him, Nagato heard Jaune speaking directly to Cardin, "Cardin, it's me you want! Not Velvet or him."
"Shut the hell, vomit-boy!" Cardin yelled back, "This ain't 'bout you! This's 'bout a score to settle with blind freak here." Assuming that 'blind freak' was referring to the 'god', he stayed silent and see how this will play out. Meanwhile, Cardin and his three teammates surrounded Nagato as students drew out their scrolls to record the soon, would-be fight. "Listen up, you freak!" Nagato sensed anger rising in Cardin's aura, "You just got lucky during our match and more lucky when you went against Miss Amazon over here, but now, your luck has just ran out."
"You don't want to do this." Unfazed by his threats, Nagato warned him and his team. However, they only chuckled at his warnings. "Oh really? There's four of us and one of ya!" Cardin's teammate, Russel, spat at Nagato's warnings. Not once had the 'blind' student moved from his spot. Again, Nagato warned them. "You don't have to do this. Just walk away. If not, you will get hurt." And again, they laughed at him as a teammate of Cardin mocked. "Oh, I'm so scared of a blind student."
"So be it." Nagato cleared his mind of any thoughts and exhaled. He dashed towards one of Cardin's teammates and delivered a sucker punch to his face while he was laughing. Sky then screamed in pain, covering his face. Completely caught off guard, they watched as Nagato reeled his arm back and punched Sky in the chest, causing the student to quickly move away from the table where the hunter would crash into. Dove then charged recklessly at the 'blind' student only for him to be butted by Nagato's elbow in the chest area. The impact of the elbow plus the reckless charge caused the bully to stagger backward. In a blink of an eye, Nagato performed a back roundhouse kick to Dove's face, sending him across the floor and kissing the ground.
As predicted, both Cardin and his remaining teammate charged head on. Nagato turned around and successfully avoided the bully's strikes by taking a step backwards. With each hook and strike, Nagato tilted his head to dodge his opponent's attacks. Finally, the 'god' caught Russel's punches with his left hand and delivered a clean blow to his cheek. Knocking down Cardin's last teammate, Nagato recovered from his blow and elbowed Cardin in his cheek. As the bully fell on his ass, many students were shouting out Nagato's name while recording the beatdown.
"Damn it. I caused too much attention," Nagato cursed himself, "I have to leave now." Before he could act, Cardin got back up. "We're not done yet!" he yelled to the 'blind' student, "You think I'm down for the count, huh?!" Nagato didn't even turn around to face Cardin, causing a rise in the bully. "Hey, speak to me you asshole! Hey-" Suddenly, the hunter was caused by the feeling of dread. His breathing became slow and heavy like if all the oxygen in his lungs had just vanished. The nervousness became too much for Cardin to handle with as his entire body chattered. He fell on his ass again.
On the other side, Nagato gradually walked towards the bully in a virulent, yet calm manner. This is the second time Nagato used it on a student. Even with a headband that covers both eyes, the 'god' can still use the Killing Intent on his opponent. With each step closer to Cardin, the terrified hunter backed away from the shinobi. Even the bystanders were feeling the effects of the Killing Intent. "Wah-uhh-wah…" Cardin tried to form words of mercy, but all that came out was unintelligible mumbles. It even seem he was on the brink of crying and soiling himself.
Nagato reached behind his back and pulled out his sword, causing more fear to rise from the students. Cardin tried to plead to the 'blind' student, but yet can't make out a single sentence. The bully wasn't facing a human at all, but a horrible, frightful monster that puts even the mightiest of Grimm into cowards. Jaune and his team tried to stop Nagato, but were soon paralyzed with fear by the Killing Intent. No one could prevent the 'god' from getting his way; they were all frozen in fear and despair. Nagato soon towered over the chattering bully, who had just vomit in fear by lying too close to the radius of the Killing Intent. With the sword in his hand, Nagato raised it across him and prepared to deliver the killing blow. Seeing the blade, Cardin shut his eyes and hoped for the sweet release of death. Unfortunately, that never came to pass.
"Hold it!" a newcomer's voice echoed the silent dining hall. Nagato identified the voice as Glynda Goodwitch, "Mr. Uzumaki, what do you think you're doing?!" Despite speaking in an authority voice, the professor noticed the presences of fear in the air. After a long, echoing silence, Nagato lowered his weapon and disabled the Killing Intent. Everyone in the dining hall was freed from the paralyzing feeling. Noise, once again, filled the lunchroom as students slowly began leaving the area. Sensing Cardin's teammates pulling away the scarred Cardin, the 'blind' student sheathed away his sword.
"This isn't how I imagined the first day to go."
"-and not only that, but you raised your weapon against a defenseless, fellow student?!" Nagato was in the last place he ever wanted to be in: The Dean's office. He folded his arms as Goodwitch scolded him to the maximum level, "What in Oum's name caused you to take such a reckless decision?!" Seeing tensions rise in Glynda, Ozpin tried to calm his colleague down. "Now now Glynda, you don't need to raise your voice at Mr. Uzumaki." He sipped his coffee, "However, Mr. Uzumaki, I am both disappointed and curious as to why you raised your sword against Mr. Winchester. Would you care to shed some light on your actions?"
Nagato paused for a bit, pondering to himself, before responding. "They wanted to fight me; I said no; they stilled wanted to fight me. So, I fought them." After giving the headmaster the simplified version, Ozpin adjusted his glasses. "I see." Pausing for a bit, the headmaster continued. "But, that doesn't explain why you pulled out your weapon." The shinobi simply muttered. "I don't know. I wasn't thinking straight." He wasn't wrong what he said. Nagato saw Cardin not as a student, but rather, a malevolent being that needed to be brought to judgment.
"Regardless of what had transpired in the dining hall, I can not turn the 'other cheek' on your behavior." Ozpin spoke to Nagato in his practiced voice, "However, because this is your first day here, I will permit only a minimum punishment for you. You will report to the detention hall for one week. I will inform Professor Port to aid you if you can not find the detention hall. If you do not show up on the first day, you will be faced with suspension and your punishment will be extended. Do I make myself clear?"
Nagato nodded. "Yes, Professor Ozpin." The headmaster took another sip from his mug, "Before I excuse you back to class, I need to inspect your files to insure no checked past. Also, I need to confiscate your sword and any other weapons you may possess. This is to insure your action will not occur again. And I need you to wear your uniform next time. Do I make myself clear?" Again, Nagato nodded. "Yes, Professor Ozpin." Keeping his fixed gaze on the shinobi for a few seconds after, the headmaster of Beacon Academy brought up a futuristic screen that was built in the desk and began moving his hands all over it.
The technology of Remnant still baffled the former Akatsuki leader even after 12 years since his announcement to the world. "Let's see here…" Ozpin muttered to himself, scratching his chin. "Ah, here it is." Clicking on projected screen, another holographic screen appeared over the desk. This one displayed Nagato's profile as well as personal information on him.
First Name: Nagato
Last Name: Uzumaki
Gender: Male
Date of Birth: September 19, XXXX (minus 17 years)
Age: 17
Weight: 57.2 kg
Height: 175.5 cm
Blood Type: A
Address: N/A
Academy Affiliation: Beacon Academy, Vale (Currently); Lateran Academy, Vacuo (Formerly; transferred to Beacon Academy)
Student ID: #31319
Weapon: Sword
Semblance: Able to see Aura
Team: Team ORNG (Members decease: Orion, Ridley, Galvent)
Family: Jiraiya (Guardian; decease)
Heritage: N/A
Side Notes: During a fight with an Ursa (Grimm), his eyes were scratched off.
Examining the text on the screen, the headmaster began reading off from the profile and feeding it back to the 'god' Some of it, he decided to skim over. "Nagato Uzumaki: Born in September and currently 17 years old. Your previous school was Lateran Academy, is that correct?" Nagato answered Ozpin with a simple nod as the professor continued, "I see, good school that place was. Any-now, your team is…" Ozpin took a minute to pause and closely read what was written on his teammates. "Oh my…"
"You don't have to repeat what's next." Nagato said, putting on his grim appearance. Ozpin sighed, closing the multiple screens hovering over his desk. Again, he adjusted his glasses back to the bridge of his nose. "Then I won't intrude any further. You are excused." The shinobi stood up from his seat and bowed his head in respect. He placed his sword and his pouch full of kunais and shurikens on the table surface before leaving. Even after the student was gone, Ozpin had his eyes fixed towards the doorway; his right hand gesturing his chin.
"He is an intriguing character." Ozpin openly admitted, causing his colleague to bat him a confused look. "What do you mean by that?" Glynda asked, "I mean, besides his fighting style is on par with that of a skilled hunter, that just it. There's nothing unique about him."
"No, there's something else." the headmaster corrected the professor as Glynda collected the sword and pouch from the table, "Something particular about this Nagato character. I truly do not know what it is, but I believe it has to do something with his 'unique ability'." This caused Professor Goodwitch to be more confused. "What ability?" Ozpin tapped the interface on his desk as a holographic screen displayed a recorded video from the dining hall. It documented the entire fight between Nagato and Team CRDL; from Nagato easily disabling each teammates to him pulling out his sword. The dean replayed the scene where the 'blind' student pulled out his sword and the surrounding students freezing in sight. "That ability." He paused the video, pointing to the many student that were watching the fight. Professor Goodwitch squinted her eyes, examining the paused video.
"Noticed something odd?" he asked her. She shook her head in response. "I don't see anything sticking out in the video." Using his fingers, Ozpin zoomed in on the crowd. There, he circled his index finger on a group of faces. "Look at their expressions." He told his colleague as she took a closer look at the picture. The student's faces were displayed with dread and panic. "They're afraid."
"Yes, and it boggles me." Ozpin rubbed his chin, "While mighty Grimm such as the Dragon and the upcoming test strikes fear into the hearts of students, something like this shouldn't come off as frightful. In fact, I'm surprised why no students attempted to stop Nagato, let alone say anything. They all just stood there, frozen in fear." He tapped the desk with his index finger as he took a sip in his mug. "Glynda, you know his semblance is detection, right?" She nodded. "I'm getting the feeling he has more than one semblance."
Nagato walked down the empty hallways; his footsteps are the only sound he makes. Today wasn't a great day for him so far. Trying to avoid student contact: Failed; Trying to remain under the radar: Failed; Getting sent to the headmaster's office and have his weapons taken from him: Failed. He pushed these thoughts in the back of head. He had plans for tonight as Pain.
As he was walking to his class, the shinobi sensed three new student's Auras in the hallway that he hadn't noticed before. Nagato lowered his head down as he passed by the three students. Passing by them, he heard one of the students say to him, "Nice fight." before heading in the opposite direction. The 'god' glanced over his shoulder before continuing on his path. He sensed their Auras getting further and further away from him. In his mind, Nagato noticed something unusual about one of the students that had passed by him.
"Why do I sensed half the Fallen Maiden's aura in one of the students?"
With the day almost over and his last class done, Nagato headed to his room. While he was walking back, the students passing by him began whispering amongst themselves. The 'god' could care little about gossip; he had only one thing on his mind. Even though that didn't stop him, something else did. After walking for a few minutes, Nagato knew that he was being followed. So, he stopped in his tracks and turned around to face his follower.
"Eep!" The 'blind' student was surprised; he didn't expect the student to squeak when he turned around. "Why are you following me?" Nonetheless, Nagato talked to the student, folding his arms. "Well, I uh..umm…" It was a huntress that was following him around, and a shy one too. A very shy one as she couldn't form the words from her mouth. Nagato could even sense the enormous amount of nervousness in her Aura. "I uh… umm...uh…"
"By any chance, were you in the dining hall during lunchtime?" Nagato asked the huntress; he was slightly annoyed by the girl's stutterings. The shy huntress softly replied, "Yeah…"
"Okay, were you the one who screamed then?" Nagato plainly asked as the nervousness in the huntress rose drastically. It took almost a minute for her to finally say, "Yes."
"I think I know why you've been following me around," Nagato said in an apathetic tone, "You wanted to thank me for beating up your bullies, is that right?" The shy huntress was taken by surprise as the 'blind' student was able to uncover her intentions. "How did you-" she was cut off her sentence when he interrupted, "I had a hunch. Also, I don't need your gratitude. I'm not entitled to any credit." And with that, Nagato resumed his walk back to his room. He heard the huntress calling for him, but chose to ignore it.
After a few minutes of walking, the shinobi had finally reached his room. Standing in front of his assigned dorm, Nagato placed his Scroll over the panel beside the door as he pushed open the door and went inside. Once inside, he shut the door close and placed a special tag on the door, preventing anyone from eavesdropping. "Time to begin my mission." Nagato muttered to himself before laying down on one of the beds.
The Dauntless Isle
Pain's tower has only one room. Within the room are six pods where the six bodies rested; each pod is connected to the wall via pipes and wires and has a sliding cover that appeared to feature four horizontal lines, which concealed the face of that inactive body. It was silent, nothing but the howls of the wind. Suddenly, one of the pods began to function; the cover slowly retracted back into the wall. A loud locking sound echoed the once silent room; a body laid dominant before awakening. The Asura Path was fully awake.
"Now then," Pain said, "Time to hunt down Roman Torchwick."
Holy Cliffhangers, Batman! That was a long chapter! I can't wait for Chapter 5!
1. Writing Nagato as a 'blind' person is very hard. "Why don't you just make him use a Jutsu to change his eye entirely?" You asked. Because shut up (I don't really know why I wrote him as a 'blind' person, but I'm too lazy to change the entire story for just that minor detail.)
2. Red Baron was something I made up during English Class. I asked my English teacher how to describe fish stew.
3. That girl Nagato was talking to is Velvet if you didn't know. I was going to add her teammates (CVFY) in, but couldn't write what's next.
Also, I planned for an Omake for each chapter, but it won't take effect until Chapter 1 remake. (I'm just too lazy.)
Edit of 7-1-16: In case if you didn't know, I read Hawk's Plight. And I kinda used some scenes from that story. But don't think I'm plagiarizing his story. I'm not. Plagiarizing is if I copy his entire chapter and plot and then claim it's mine. Hawk's Plight is written by the Obsidian Pen and I want to respect his writing.