The morning was rising, the sun rays enter through the windows of the Ballroom of Beacon, hitting several students and causing them to start to wake up. One Ruby Rose was staring up from her wonderful dream. As she those that, she yawns cutely and raised up from her sleeping bag while rubbing her eyes. Fully awake, she look around the room, she saw students waking up.
She saw Jaune standing up from his sleeping bag and try to walk away, only to trip on his own bag.
She saw Weiss packing her stuff up in a princess-style order.
She saw Blake reading her book as she walks to the girls changing room.
She saw Phyrra walking out the bathroom with a toothbrush.
She saw a young black-haired boy with a pink streak been pestered around by an orange-haired girl with a motor-mouth.
She saw Yang sleeping on top of Eddie…..wait, what?
Ruby snap back next to her, seeing her sister sleeping peacefully on top of the green-black haired chest. To make things more complicated, Eddie had an arm around her and Yang had an arm on his abs. The red-haired was blushing madly with anger, her sister just went a little too far here on her friend….. It must have been those abs.
Speaking of the devil, Eddie began to wake up from his dreams, his eyes fluttered as he wanted to rub them, but found that his hand was on something that was on top of him, he open his eyes and saw the blond busty huntress on him, causing him to blink three times before a blush crawl into his face. He began to panic around when he notice that his red cape companion was awake and blushing madly.
"Ruby….. I swear to Oum, I did not do anything to her, and I did not know she was like this," he says with sweats on his forehead.
Ruby quickly shook her head, trying to get off the blush from her face, "D-Don't worry Eddie, Yang is always like this with boys that catch her attention."
At that moment, Yang began to wake up, "Mmmm~ Is morning already?" she says before raising her head up, her lilac eyes meeting Eddie's red eyes. "Morning hotshot~," she said with a seductive smile.
The boy was blushing, "Could I ask why are you like this?" he asks through his blush.
Yang look down to see where she was and a sly smile appear on her face, "I was feeling uncomfortable in my pillow, so I wanted a….. 'better pillow." she trace her finger on his chest. "Can you forgive me for this?"
Eddie blush even more, ('So, she is this kind of person….') he took a deep breath before giving her a small smile, "I only ask that you at least warned me about this next time."
His answer surprised both Ruby and Yang, "Seriously? You're okay with been used as a pillow?" the blond asked him
"...As long as you don't cross the line, I don't mind." that made Yang blush so much, she stood up with a sheepishly smile.
"W-Well then! I-I guess is better that we go change!" she quickly said as she began to walk away as her heart began to beat fast. ('W-Wow….He got me good there.')
"H-Hey Yang, don't leave me!" Ruby yell as she began to follow her sister, her own heart beating as well, ('He doesn't mind?... Then, is okay for me to sleep with him- wait a minute, what am I thinking!?')
Eddie just looks at the two of them walk away as he released a sigh. What a way to wake up.
After putting away his sleeping bag, Eddie went to eat some breakfast and now, he was going to the locker room, once he was inside, he passes by the black haired boy, now with green like ninja clothes, and the orange-haired girl, now with pink and white clothes.
"I wonder why those two are workup about." he heard Ruby talk as she opens her locker.
"Who knows." Eddie surprised the two sisters as he walks to his locker that was five feets away from them, "However, I have a sneaking feeling that the purple stray of hair is that girl's doing."
"Well, look who decide to show up," Yang wrap her arm around him, "I just hope that she doesn't be a 'PAINT' in the butt!"
Eddie made a poker face and Ruby slap her face, "Yang, that was horrible."
The blond huntress pouts as she punches his elbow slightly. She looks at her sister, "So Ruby, you seem awfully happy today."
"Duh! Today there will be no talk, instead, my sweetheart is doing the job!" the scythe user hugs Crescent Rose.
"I agreed; less talk, more fight." Said Eddie, as he grabs Genji. "A language I know fully well."
Yang chuckles as she crosses her arms under her develop bust. "Well remember Ruby, you're not the only one taking this initiation. If you want to grow up you're gonna have to learn how to meet new people and learn how to work together."
Ruby rolled her eyes in an irritated manner as she came back out of her locker to look at her sister.
Ruby roll her eyes in annoyance and growl out. "Uuuuuuugh, you sound like Dad! " She turns to look at her sister. "Ok, first of all, what does meeting people have to do with fighting? And secondly, I don't need people to help me grow up. I drink milk." she crosses her arms under her undeveloped chest.
"Hey, I do too! And I run around like a psycho, and I eat things that are inedible." Eddie said as he started counting the things he said with his fingers, "Also I whine a lot….Wait a minute!" he, mockingly, gasp in shock, "That's what a baby those!" He earns a snicker from Yang and a blush from Ruby. "Thank you! Thank you! I'll be here all day." he bows to them.
"But what about when we form teams?" Yang asked her little sister who became worried about it.
"I-I don't know…." Ruby look away from her, she hasn't thought about it that far.
"If you like, I could be on your team." Eddie offers her.
"You will?!" Ruby looks at him with hopeful eyes.
The black-haired smiles at her, "Sure, I would love to be on your team." he said before been tackled into a hug by the hooded girl, for having a petite body, she's strong.
"Thankyouthankyouthankyou!" Ruby says with a smile as she hugs him with all her might. Eddie just chuckles at her and pets her head.
Yang smiles at her sister, but for some reason, she felt a pang on her heart seeing her sister acting all happy around him.
"Yang? You're going to be on me team, right?" Ruby turns to her sister with hopefuls eyes.
"Ummm, I was thinking that….maybe you should be with different people?" Yang asked while stroking her hair.
"Ooooh~ You're in trouble~" Eddie tease at her as he slowly moves away from them. Yang was a little confused at first before her words finally got to her head. She suddenly felt a dark aura, she slowly looks at her sister with sweat on her.
"My dearest sister Yang…" Ruby had her eyes been covered by her hair with a red aura coming out of her. She slowly looks at her sister, showing her an angry expression, "Are you saying that you do not wish to be on the same team as me?"
Yang immediately raised her hands in defense while sweating buckets, "W-What?~ Nonononono, why would I do something like that?! I want to be on your team!… I just thought…" She suddenly looks at her with a sheepishly smile, "I don't know, maybe it would help you break out of your shell?"
Bad move Yang, bad move.
Ruby's anger rose up, "What?! I don't need to break out of my shell, that's absolutely-
"Ridiculous!" Eddie heard a complained voice that belongs to Jaune Arc, "There's no way I put my gear in locker 636 yesterday. I would've remembered having to count that high!" He said.
"Hey Jaune!" the blond knight turn to see the green caped boy pointing at a locker to the side, "I think you mean 939."
The Arc blink once before he looks at his paper and noticed that it was upside-down. He slaps his face, "Thanks, Eddie." he thanks with a disappointing voice.
"Anytime man," he says as Jaune walk to his locker. He then saw Phyrra on her locker with Weiss trailing behind her.
"So, Pyrrha," Weiss began speaking, "Have you given any thought to whose team you would like to be on? I'm sure everyone must be eager to unite with such a strong, well known, individual, such as yourself."
"Hmmm, well I'm not quite sure. I was planning on letting the chips fall where they may." Phyrra answer.
"Well, I was thinking maybe we could be on a team together." Weiss says, sounding as nice as she could.
"Hmmm, that sounds grand." Phyrra answers her.
"Great!" Weiss turns around as her mind though, ('This is perfect! The smartest girl in class combined with the strongest girl in class. Together we will be unstoppable! Popularity! Celebrities! Perfect grades! Nothing can stand in our way!') she though all of that while looking creepy.
"Hey Pyrrha!" the ice queen return to the real world when she hears the voice of a familiar and annoying boy.
Pyrrha, on the other hand, was overjoyed to hear his voice, "Hello Eddie, nice morning we have today."
"You can say that again," Eddie rest himself against a locker, "Anyway, my friend and I are making our team, want to join us?"
Before Pyrrha could answer, our ice girl step in front of her, "Eddie, is it?"
"The one and only," he bows to her, "Eddie Eclipse at your services." He then shouts, "Short, sweet, rolls off the tongue, ladies love it!"
"I GET IT, STOP IT, MAN!" Jaune yell at him which only make him laugh before turning to the ice queen who was getting annoyed.
"Do you know who are you talking to?" she asked while pointing at the scarlet warrior.
"Umm, Pyrrha Nikos?" he answers with confusion.
"Good! So, you who she is." she says, maybe he is not stupid-
"Oh no, I only know her name." she slaps her face as she retracts her early statement.
"Seriously?! You don't know anything else?! She graduated top of her class at Sanctum!"
"Sanc-what? You just made that up didn't you?" he ask with a not believable expression.
"It's a real place you dolt!" Weiss snarled, stomping her foot in irritation.
"I-It actually is." Pyrrha says, not wanting Weiss to break down in anger.
"Oh, for real? Then, please accept my apology." he bows his head like a gentleman to the two of them, which caught both girls by surprised as they blush at his action.
"A-Anyway," the ice princess regain her composure, "Phyrra has won the Mistral Regional Tournament four years in a row…A new record!" Weiss continued, for some reason, making Nikos look down in sadness.
"The what?" Eddie raised his eyebrow like Dwayne Johnson.
('Are you kidding me?!') "She's on the front of every Pumpkin Pete's Marshmallow Flakes box!" The heiress snapped, throwing her arms into a fit rapidly after finally having enough, he must at least know that!
"Marshmallow what?" Eddie throws (unknowing) his trump card.
Weiss jaw finally disconnected from her face as it went down and Pyrrha was in complete shock. ('He doesn't know anything about her/me!?') One though with complete shock while the other, for some reason, was happy for it.
"Y-You're not serious, right?!" Weiss' eyes began to shake around, "Y-You just trying to confuse me right?! That you don't know the only cereal that has in front famous cartoons and athletes?!" she shouts with complete desperation.
"...Is it good?" his last move.
TKO!
The poor girl went limp on her legs while looking pale as a ghost.
Phyrra, who was still in shock, answer him, "W-Well, they aren't that good, although the experience was great." she sheepishly scratch her cheek.
"Bummer….." he suddenly realized an important info. "Wait…. Did she say that only cartoons and athletes are on it?"
The scarlet haired girl sighs in depression, "Yeah…." She suddenly yelped in surprised when Eddie place his hand on her's. "H-Huh? Eddie?" she says with a blush.
"I'm so sorry Phyrra." his voice sound sad, which surprised and confuse her, "Now I see why it was difficult to you make friends the normal way." his words surprised her once again.
('H-He figure it out….') she thought to herself.
"I can't say how does it feel….. And I'm not even going to ask you about it." he looks at her in the eyes, making her blush when she saw his blood red pupils, "But know this, whenever you need to talk about it, don't hesitate to speak with me." he gives her a comforting smile. "I'm your friend after all."
The scarlet warrior's heart race a lot as a blush creeps into her face. No one has talked to her like this before..."T-Thank you for the offer Eddie….. I really appreciate your concern…." she says with her beautiful smile.
Eddie smiles at her with his own blush before moving at the broken Weiss who was still in shock coma. He quickly lifts her up to her feet.
"W-W-Whu?!" The ice princess finally regains consciousness and found the black-haired hands holding her. Been the heiress she was, Weiss push off his arms away "What the hell are you doing?!" she shouts at him.
"You were on the floor, is not very lady-like to be on the floor when we are heading to battle." he says while cleaning her dust away from her clothes quickly, "We can't have you going into initiation all this dusty around, you might catch a cold and destroy that cute and beautiful face of yours Miss Schnee." he says.
Weiss was a blushing mess, he was treating her like a butler taking care of his master… Exactly what she want when she takes over the family's company. And as if the bells save her, the announcement came up and Glynda spoke through it.
"Will all students please head towards Beacon Cliff. The initiation is about to begin. Please head towards Beacon Cliff."
"P-Phyrra, I'm g-going up ahead!" With that said, the white-haired dash out of the room.
"W-well, I-I guess we better get going there!" the scarlet girl quickly began to follow the heiress, "Good luck Eddie!"
The green caped boy waves at Phyrra as she walks away after she disappeared, he felt eyes looking at him. He turns around to see a blanky Yang, a pouting Ruby, and a jaw drop Jaune.
Eddie raised an eyebrow, "What? Is there something on me?" he asks them. He only got 'Hhmp!' from Ruby who look away, a 'Lucky bastard' from Jaune as he cries tears out and a sigh from Yang who mutter 'looks like I have competition'. The poor boy just had three questions mark dancing on his head.
(Moments later, on the cliff of Beacon)
Once there, Ozpin and Glynda kindly gestured to the students, the ones that will enter inside the Emerald Forest, to stand in several pads. From right to left were Jaune, Eddie, Ruby, Yang, random guy, Blake, random guy, another random guy, Phyrra, random guy, the green boy, the pink girl, random guy, another random guy and Weiss.
"For years you have trained to become warriors." Ozpin started talking. "And today, your abilities will be evaluated in the Emerald Forest."
Glynda quickly took over, "Now, I'm sure many of you have heard rumors about the assignment of teams. Well, allow us to put an end to your confusion. Each of you will be given teammates…today."
"What?!" Ruby screamed.
"Ruby, I'm next to you." Eddie says, covering his left ear.
"These teammates will be with you for the rest of your time here at Beacon. So it is in your best interest to be paired with someone with whom you can work well." Ozpin continued while taking a swing of his coffee. "That being said, the first person you make eye contact with after landing will be your partner for the next four years."
Ruby whimpered in despair at hearing that information, she has to team up with the person she makes eye contact with? She's doom….. She then felt a pat on her head, she looks at the side to see Eddie patting her with affection, which she appreciated tremendously.
An action that Ozpin took note off. ('Looks like they are close enough already…') "After you've partnered up, make your way to the northern end of the forest. You will meet opposition along the way. Do not hesitate to destroy everything in your path, or you will die" Ozpin said with a foreboding tone, causing poor Jaune and Ruby to chuckle nervously.
"You will be monitored and graded for the duration of your initiation. But our instructors will not intervene." Ozpin told the class.
"Oooooooo…looks like I was right, Ren! Haha!" the orange-haired girl laughed, sticking her tongue at her friend, making the black haired boy sigh.
"You will find an abandoned temple at the end of the path containing several relics. Each pair must choose one, and return to the top of the cliff. We will regard that item, as well as your standing, and grade you appropriately." Ozpin said, getting awkward glances from both Ruby and Jaune. "Are there any questions?" He asked
"Me! I have one!" Eddie raised his arm up in the air.
"Yes, Mr. Eclipse?" Ozpin asked.
"How long did Professor Witch have you up for all that speech?" he asked innocently.
Widened eyes fell on the black haired boy, grunts of anger and chuckles were heard. Glynda had a tick mark on her head and was about to scowl him, but Ozpin spoke up.
"All night." He says while drinking his coffee.
Eddie whistle out, "No wonder you drink coffee like running water; spending time with her just suck the joy out of you and could make you fall in a coma in a matter of seconds!"
Several students laugh a little, only Weiss and the black haired boy sigh. Ozpin even cracked a smile, while Glynda was fuming smoke from her ears.
"Any other questions?" the silver headmaster ask.
"U-Uhm, I have one-." Jaune says but got interrupted.
"Good! Now, take your positions." Ozpin continued.
Everyone began to take their positions as the first pad launch Weiss into the air while poor Jaune tries to ask his question.
"Umm, sir?" he began while not looking at the side and not seeing the students been launched off. "So this landing…strategy thing…Uh, wha-what is it? You're, like, dropping us off or something?"
"No. You will be falling." Ozpin said with a blank expression.
"Oh, uh, I see… So do you, like, hand out some parachute for us?"
"No. You will be using your own 'landing strategy'."
It was Yang's turn as she winks at her sister and put on sunglasses before the platform sends her flying, follow by Ruby who smiles at Eddie before launching away.
"Uh huh…I don't get it-"
"Hey Jaune!" the blond knight looks at his friend, "To infinity, and-" Eddie was sent flying into the air, "BEYOOOOOOOOND!"
Jaune's mouth drop down as he finally realized something, "Wait! We're-" he was cut short when he was sent into the air, screaming for his life.
As his students sailed into the sky, Ozpin turned around and took a sip of his never ending coffee once again. "…I love my job."
(In the air)
"AAaaaaaaaaaAAAaaaaaaaaa!" Eddie cry as he falls with style in the sky. "Well, time to land!" he says as he puts up his hoodie and grabs his cape. He then caught air on it and began to slowly descend from the sky.
When he land on the ground, he commence to sprint through the woods, ('Okay! First, let's get to the temple!') He suddenly felt a presence coming at him. He turns around and saw the bushes moving.
"Who's there?" he asks before a shadow appear, and I have to say….is a big shadow.
Coming out from the bushes was a black creature with a white skull on its face and red eyes. It had the form of a snake and it was ten times bigger than the trees. It had sabertooth fangs on its mouth and red marks around him.
"A King Taiji, huh?" Eddie said as he glares at it, "What you going to do now?" he ask as if the grimm would answer him.
The giant snake growl as it went close to him…...only to pass by him without a care of the world.
"Ouch, you hurt my feelings." he says before dodging a tail swing from it, "Huh, attacking me from behind, aren't we?"
The snake howl before sending its tail at him. Eddie jumps over the tail and uses it to run through it, the serpentine try to bite him off, but the green cape boy was much faster and evade it, cape and all. With one thrust, he punches the face of the snake, sending it to the ground. Taking the chance, Eddie commenced to throw a barrage of punches it, each one becoming harder than the last one. Causing the snake hiss as the punches began to form cracks on the skull face. It could have used its tail, but for some reason, the punches were stopping it from doing it.
After one last punch, the black-haired boy jump in front of its face. "Listen here armless reptile, I have something important to do, so do me a favor and remember your place..." he says as a green mist began coming out of his eyes, "If you ever attack me or anyone I find important, I'm going to hunt you… And then, I'm going to kill you…." he says with anger in his voice.
Suddenly, the King Taijitu slowly rose its head up and began to move away from him, if one would look more clearly, they would have noticed its red eyes shaking…in fear…
Eddie's eyes return to normal as he sighs, "Man…. I'm doing it again…" he sighs as he began walking into the forest, "I can't have any real challenge here."
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Ruby Rose managed to land safely on the forest, and now she was looking for her sister while running. ('Gotta find Yang…Gotta find Yang…Gotta find Yang…Gotta fiiiiind Yang…')
"Yaaaaaang! Yaaaaaang!" she screamed through the forest. ('This is bad, this is really bad! What if I can't find Yang?! What if someone finds her already?! *Gasp* The Horror!...)
('Well, there's always Jaune…he's nice. He's funny! I don't think he's very good in a fight, though.
('Oh! What about Blake? So mysterious, so calm. Plus she likes books! Well, then again, I'm not sure I'd be able to carry a conversation with her.')
('Oh! Eddie, how can I forget about him! He likes weapons like me, he's funny, he's awesome at fighting and has a cape like mine….. He said that he would like to team up with me, and he is cute and handsome- wait what am I saying!?') she shakes her thoughts away.
Before she could continue thinking someone began to appear in her sight as she halts as she and Weiss Schnee made eye contact.
('Oh dammit.')
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(Meanwhile, back at the cliff)
"I-Impossible…" Glynda mumbles out, they already watch by their scrolls several students pair up already, but they just watch their friend's son beat a King Taiji and instead of killing it, he told him to scram. The Grimm immediately went away, but the two adults notice the reaction.
"Interesting….. He didn't kill it, rather, beat it up until it acknowledges his power…. Most interesting method." Ozpin, his voice was in fascination.
"Sir…. This….is…"
"I know…. He already is adapt to it…." he says as he looks another at the rest of the students, "It would appear that everyone has paired up already….all except one."
"...You prepare this beforehand, didn't you?" Glynda says with a scowling face.
Ozpin didn't answer as he drinks his coffee.
"I have to be close….. I think." Eddie says as he jumps over a root. After walking around for some time, he found the temple that the headmaster explain about, "Yep! This is it!"
It had broken pillars around it and there was a pedestal with chess pieces in black and white.
"Chess pieces? I knew this was a game; we are just pawns in here….. Is there like a pawn that is not normal, better yet, eight of them?" He says as he stood in front of them, noticing that several pedestals were missing some pieces, "Looks like I wasn't the first one."
Eddie looks around before his eyes land on one particular chess piece. It was a black and white king, however, instead of having a cross, it was an animal-like mouth. It shows danger, fear, anger and pain. Just seeing could cause shivers down a human spine-
"Ooooooh, I like this one!" Eddie quickly grabs it with shining eyes.
As he stares at it, Eddie suddenly got hugged from behind as he felt two round object press behind him, "Hey there hotshot~" A familiar voice came to his ear.
"Yang! Good to see that you're okay!" Eddie said as he turns around to see the busty blond and the black bow haired girl. "Blake!"
Blake smiles at him, "I see you made it here." she says.
"Yep! Found some trouble on the way, but nothing this poor guy couldn't handle." Eddie said with a smile as Yang observed the piece on his hand.
"Eh? Is this a King piece?" she asked as Blake walk forward and observed it.
"It's….different than the others." she says, making, unknowing, her bow twitch.
"Hey now… You know that curiosity killed the cat right?" Eddie said. Making Yang chuckled and for Blake to lose her composure for a minute, but return back to normal.
"Anyway," Yang began to say, "where's your teammate?" she asked him.
Eddie shrugged at her, "I didn't find one yet." That surprised the two females.
"You haven't found anyone yet?" Blake asked.
A dark cloud appeared right on top of Eddie's head as he sulks out. "Yeah…. I feel so lonely now."
"Aah~ Don't be like that sweetheart," Yang says, hugging him close to her bust. "You got two hot babes with you now, so be happy about it!"
"Oh, I am happy," he says, hugging Yang back, "Who wouldn't be happy?"
Yang chuckles out as Blake sighs, "Yang, pick a relic so we can go." the blond lets go of Eddie before looking at her.
"Fine, don't be such a jealous girl, I don't mind sharing." she skips away as Blake blush at her statement and Eddie had a question mark in his head.
"Oh! How about a cute pony?" Yang picks up a Knight piece. Blake just shrugged at her. "Great, now we have to-
"Kyaaaaaaaaaaaaah!" They suddenly hear a girly shout.
"Oh god! A girl is in trouble, what do we do guys?" Yang asked them, only to see them looking up into the sky, "Guys?!"
Eddie points upward, "The beast which hangs on the top of the bust of the door, with a name like Nevermore. Oh morrow bird, you will leave me as my hope flows before me, as my soul from the shadows lies floating on the floor. It shall be lift…..Nevermore!"
Yang looks at him with a questionable face. "What?!"
Blake points upward as well, "Nevermore, Yang."
The blond huntress raised her head up and saw a huge black bird circling around. "Oh….shit."
"Heeeeeeads up!" a shout came from the sky as a red dot was coming in. Ruby Rose was going full speed down into the ground, "Prepare for the greatest superhero landing of all!" she yelled before Jaune came in a bump into her path. The force sent the two of them into a tree.
"Oww! Who ruin my moment?!" she yelled dizzy while hanging on a branch. Shaking the dizziness away Ruby heard the sound of someone clearing their throat. Looking up, she saw Jaune hanging upside down in front of her.
"Hi, Ruby." He weakly waved.
"Hahahahahahaha!"
Both look down and saw Eddie laughing at them while holding his side, Yang with a shocked face and Blake with a surprised face.
"Hey, Ruby! Congratulation, you earn the title of 'Little Red Falling Hood'!" The black-green haired boy shouts to her.
"Noooooooooo!" The red girl cry in despair as her body slump in defeat.
As that happened, Blake look at her partner while pointing at her sister, "Did your sister just fell from the sky?"
Yang was about to speak, but then, an Ursa emerged from the forest. It flailed around, roaring in pain before a spark of purple lightning erupted from its back. When it fell over dead, the girl with short orange hair rolled from its back to the ground.
"Aw." She moped, looking at the dead creature. "It's broken."
"Nora!" the young man with long black hair that was with her stepped from behind the Ursa, one hand on his knee and the other on the dead monster while he bent over to catch his breath.
"Please…" he huffed. "Don't ever do that again."
With a whoosh, the girl name Nora had run to the temple, her eyes gazing in wonder at the golden rook piece. She yanked it from its pedestal and started to dance. "I'm the queen of the castle~! I'm the queen of the castle~!" She sang.
"Nora!" her partner shouted.
The girl stopped singing and giggled. "Coming, Ren!"
She skipped away, leaving Yang and Blake even more confused than they were before and a star-eye Eddie at it.
"Did that girl just ride on an Ursa?" Blake asked the second question.
"That….was fucking genius!" Eddie said.
"Jaune!" Pyrrha came running in, with a Death Stalker following after her.
"Pyrrha?!" the blond yelled at her.
Ruby, having regained her faculties, jumped from the tree.
"Ruby!" the red brunette turn to her sister.
"Yang?" she ran at her.
"Ruby!" she wanted to embrace her in a hug.
"Nora!" The orange girl stood between them.
"Eddie here!" he yelled out.
"A little help here!" Phyrra yelled while dodging the Grimms stinger.
"Did that girl just run all the way here with a Death Stalker on her tail?" Blake pointed at Phyrra.
Yang had enough, "I can't take this anymore!" she fire from her gauntlets as fire comes from her hair and her eyes turn red. "Will everybody just chill out for two seconds before something crazy happens again?!"
Everybody stood silent, even the Death Stalker stop attacking the gladiator, before one brave soul asked, "What the hell? Since when Super Saiyans exists in this world?"
Yang looks in the direction of Eddie, giving him a death stare. The boy blinks twice before saying, "Yang, please stop staring, you're making yourself even more beautiful than before, and I might fall for you."
Hearing those words, Yang eyes turn back to normal, put a triumph smirk, rubbed her knuckles on her vest and was about to say something but…..
"HOW COULD YOU LEAVE ME?!" he tongue twitch in annoyance as a familiar cold girl yell while holding by the Nevermore's talon from the sky.
"I TOLD YOU TO JUMP!" Ruby yelled back at her.
"No fair! Why does she get a bird ride?!" Eddie pouts in jealously at the heiress.
"That's what your concern about?" the group asked him.
"She is going to fall." Blake points out.
"She'll be fine." Ruby counter, at the same time Weiss grip slip off.
"She's falling." Ren said.
"I got her!" Jaune yelled as he jumps off the tree, he close to her and was about to catch, but someone steps in his face.
"Sorry Jaune, for copyright purposes, can't let you be the one catching her!" Eddie uses his face as bounce off him to catch Weiss in mid-air.
"About time!" Weiss yells to him with tears in the corner of her eyes.
"Yeah, sorry for the wait, Miss Schnee." Eddie responds back as he lands on the ground safety while Jaune land face first on the ground.
The black haired boy then said, "This your captain speaking, we would like to thank you for choosing Eclipse Airlines, and hope to be of servers once again." he places Weiss down before turning to a groaning Jaune. "You okay down there Jaune?"
"Besides my shattering pride, peachy." the knight mumble out.
Just then, Phyrra was sent flying by the Death Stalker stinger into the group, she would have hit the ground if it wasn't that she land bridal-style in Eddie's arms.
"Jeez Monty, why are girls falling on my arms today?" Eddie asked, getting the golden warrior to blush, and the rest of the girls for some reason, except Nora, glare at him.
"Great, the gang's all here," Yang sarcastically says, having a Nevermore flying on top of them and a Death Stalker coming at them. "Now we can all die together."
"Not if I can help it!" with a shout, Ruby sprint at the Death Stalker with Crescent Rose in hand.
"Ruby, wait!" Yang called out to her sister.
Unable to hear her sister, Ruby used her scythe's dust bullet propulsion to give herself the advantage in speed, but the Death Stalker easily swatted her away with its claws.
"Don't worry!" The young girl shakily reassured the others. "Totally fine!" Ruby turns to the Death stalker and shoots it in the skull before she puts away her weapon and runs away as the Grimm follows her.
"Ruby!" Yang yelled to her as she sprinted into her direction, follow by Eddie and, surprisingly, Weiss.
The Nevermore soars above Ruby, and with a flap of its wings, unleashes a wave of sharp feathers at the cloaked girl. Ruby's cloak got caught by one of the feathers and more blocked Yang from getting to her sister.
"Ruby! Get out of there!" Yang shouted at her sister.
"I'm trying!" Ruby whimpered, trying to pull the feather from her beloved cloak, but wasn't strong enough. The Death Stalker reach where the girl that attack it was. It raised its golden stinger ready to kill the red riding hood.
"RUBY!" Yang cried in vain.
The red girl closes her eyes as the stinger came close to her face….but it never hit her.
"Damn…. I almost didn't make it."
"This idiot is so childish."
Ruby open her eyes to see Eddie holding the tip of the stinger with his hand, and Weiss using ice dust to freeze the Death Stalker. "Eddie? Weiss?"
"You're also dim-witted, hyperactive, and don't get me started on your fighting style." The heiress sternly stated. "But…I suppose I can also be a bit…difficult as well….What I'm trying to say is that, if we are going to work together, just try to not show off and…. I'll be more... nicer."
"I'm not trying to show off." Ruby defended. "I just want to show you that I can handle this."
"Hate to interrupt this conversation," both girls look at Eddie as he digs the pincer into the ground, "But can we leave? This thing won't stay here all day." he points at the monster that was completely frozen in place.
"Wow…." Ruby mutter in amazed at her partner display.
"I know, Miss Schnee has a beautiful talent in her." Eddie comment while taking out the feather that stuck Ruby's cape in place.
Weiss blush at his comment, "O-Of course! I trained a lot to make things perfect!" she yelled while walking away, still blushing. The green caped boy took his friend hand, which cause her to squeak and blush, and raised her up. They walk back to the group, and the red girl was wrap in a hug by her older sister.
"Oh Ruby, I'm so happy you're okay! Now…don't you ever do that again! Do you hear me! You had me worried sick!" Yang said.
"Guys!" Jaune calls everyone's attention, "That thing's circling around!" he points at the flying Nevermore. "What are we going to do!?"
"Look, there's no sense in dilly-dallying." Weiss said.
"She's right." Ruby agreed. "Our mission is to grab an artifact and get it back to the cliff. There's no point in fighting them."
"Well, looks who's using brains." Weiss says sarcastically.
"Says the girl that try to be smart instead of admitting that she got lost in the woods." Ruby reply back, causing the heiress to blush in embarrassed.
"Run and live. That's an idea that I can get by." Jaune smiled at the plan.
He and Ruby walked up to the artifacts. Ruby grabbed a white knight and Jaune grabbed a white rook.
"Is time that we go now!" Ruby said.
Yang couldn't help but smile at her sister. Blake noticed this.
"Is something wrong?" Blake asked.
"No, it's nothing." Yang said.
*ROOOOOOOOOOAR!*
A booming roar stops the group from running. "W-W-What the hell was that?!" Jaune asked in fear.
"Guys….Look!" Nora points at the bushes behind the scorpion monster, something big came out.
It was some sort of tiger, bigger than the Death Stalker. It had a white mask, red dots in it. Two long saber teeth coming out of his mouth, bone-like armor around his side, it's claws were sharp and buff.
Back at the cliff, Glynda and Ozpin were watching them, the silver-haired headmaster having a hard gaze.
"A Bloodfang?!" Glynda was shocked to see this kind of Grimm here, "Why is there a Bloodfang here?!" she was about to call the instructors, but Ozpin stopped her. "Ozpin?!"
"Hold on Glynda….." his attention was directly at Mark's son, the boy's eyes were glowing in the direction of the monster. "I want to see something first."
"Headmaster! We have young hunters-in-training there, and that Grimm is way off their leagues!" the blond witch tries to reason him.
"But don't forget Glynda," he looks at her, "We have another Grimm as well in there."
(Back with the gang)
"No way…. A Bloodfang!?" Pyrrha says in shock.
"What the hell?! Bloodfang's aren't supposed to be in a forest!" Weiss yelled in shock as well.
"This is bad, we have to go now!" Jaune shouted. They all began to run into the direction where they must meet up with the headmaster…..all but one.
Ruby stop running when she noticed that Eddie hasn't moved an inch from his spot. "Eddie? What are you doing in? We have to go now!" she yelled to him.
The young man stood silent for a moment before looking at them, "You guys go ahead, I'll buy you some time!"
At those words, everyone stopped running and turn to him with widened eyes. "What?! Are you insane?!" Ruby yelled at him.
"The instructors won't get in here in time," he says before looking at the grim, "So, I'm giving you guys time to get to safety!"
"But that suicide!" Weiss yelled at him, "There's no reason for you to take it on!"
"You're wrong," his words surprised them all, "I do have a reason to take it on." he says as he starts to walk into the Grimm's direction, but he was stop by an arm.
"Don't do it, Eddie," he turns to see Ruby looking at him, scared. "Bloodfang's fangs can penetrate Aura in one bite! None of us will stand a chance at against! Let's just run and buy time for the instructors to arrive!"
Eddie looks at her in surprised, "Ruby….are you worried I may die?" he asked.
"Of course I do!" she answer without hesitation.
The boy looks at her in silences before forming a small smile, "...I guess you were right Kraig…." Eddie took off his green cape.
Ruby looks at him in confusion, "Eddie?" she calls his name before he wrap his cloak on his, "What-?"
"This cape was given to me by my mother before she died," he says, surprising the rose girl, "is very dear for me…. Keep it safe for me, I'll be back for it."
Those words hit Ruby's heart hard, replacing Eddie at that moment was a smiling Summer Rose, her own mother. Her eyes widened, he said the same words that her mother said when she went on a mission and never came back.
('I'll be back.')
She didn't want to hear those words again, but before she could protest, she was grab and throw at the group.
"Woah!" she shouted as Yang catch her.
"Go!" Eddie yelled at them. They were hesitating in leaving him here, but then, the Death Stalker finally got off the ice, making them start running away.
"Will try to get the Headmaster and the instructors! Try to last!" Pyrrha yells to him, in which he gave a thumbs up.
The scorpion and the bird follow after them, leaving Eddie alone with the Bloodfang. The beast growl at him before realizing a fearsome roar.
"Well now," Eddie smirk as green mist comes out of his eyes, "It's time to teach you who's the real monster here!"
The Bloodfang roar before sprinting at his prey. Eddie answer with a battle cry as an emerald color roams his body. They both jump at each other, the beast stretches his legs and the human prepares to throw his punch.