Chapter 6 - The New Guy

Phoenix POV

After pulling on the jeans Phoenix looked at the pile and noticed a Beacon hoody with it.
"Well it is snowing outside." He thought as he pulled it on.
With the hoody on Phoenix turned and looked at himself in a mirror. "I look normal again. It's been a while since I could say that." A smile spread across his face as he realises he could go out in public again.
Going over to the table he picked up the bag containing his weapons. An innocent enough looking rucksack except that it held some of the most dangerous weapons many people had ever seen. Picking up his scroll and opening his door Phoenix walked outside.
"Ruby? Where are you?" Phoenix asked out loud having expected her to be in his small corridor.
"Sorry Phoenix. I was just talking to Ren. Come say hi. He doesn't bite but Nora might if you have candy." Ruby explained with a grin.
Phoenix walked around the corner and found himself looking at a tall guy about the same height as him give or take an inch. He was wearing a dark green jacket and white jeans. He had black hair with a pink streak that matched his eyes.
"After seeing Ren and you I'm going to go change out of my combat clothes into something more comfortable." Ruby announced disappearing into the room opposite Ren's.
"Why do I get the feeling that was so we would talk to each other?" Phoenix joked to Ren.
"You wouldn't be wrong. Ruby might not be subtle but she means well. The name is Lie Ren. But as you've heard I go by Ren." Ren introduced himself while extending his. Phoenix shook it while replying; "Phoenix Hart. I go by Phoenix." Adding a wink to the last part.
"So what brings you to Beacon?"
"Transfer from my old school with permission of Ozpin. He said he'd look into trying to put a team together with me but it would take time." Phoenix explained giving Ren the vague answer that explained a decent amount.
"Sounds fair enough. When'd you get here?"
"About an hour ago. In fact Ruby and a white haired girl attacked me by the front entrance." Phoenix informed Rem with his grin.
"White hair? With Ruby? That would have to be Weiss Schnee." Ren explained to Phoenix.
"Schnee as in the dust company who mistreats Faunus?" Phoenix asked his hands forming fists.
"Yes. But thanks to her team Weiss has been causing her father to improve conditions for the Faunus. She really has been helpful." Ren calmly explained the fists having been noticed.
"Oh! Well than I can only be mad at her for attacking me." Phoenix joked Ren having pacified his anger.
"Ok. Lets go!" Ruby announced jumping out of the room. Now in jeans, a pair of thick wooly boots and a dark crimson hoody with accompanying gloves and a hat with a flaming rose on it.
"Well you change fast." Ren and Phoenix exclaimed together jumping in surprise at her sudden appearance.
"I used a bit of my semblance. She said smiling. Yang messaged me they're all waiting in the atrium waiting for me and you Ren. And now you Phoenix. Nora made sure they didn't notice the hour disappear."
"Just blame me. I am the unexpected problem." Phoenix suggested with a smile.
"Oh I will but I also took a long nap, which added to this problem so me and you can share it. Ruby can get off without any shouting." Ren replied with a smile.
"Shouting?" Phoenix asked confused.
"Yang and Weiss. Yang because she'll realise she's lost an hour of Christmas shopping. And Weiss because of earlier. Also expect a lot of questions mostly from Nora." Ruby explained. "Ps Yang is the blonde haired girl and she's my sister. You know Weiss. And Blake is the quiet one with the bow. And that's team RWBY with me being team leader." Ruby added.
"This will be interesting." Phoenix said starting to feel a little worried.

Five minutes later and the group of three walked into the atrium.
"Ren!" A girl with bright orange hair yelled as she jumped onto Ren. "I tried. I really tried but Yang noticed the clock and she got really mad and -ooh who's the new guy?" Nora began quizzing Ren for answers.
"Nora. How about you calmly ask him as he isn't deaf. But he is probably a little nervous after you jumped on me for no apparent reason." Ren pleaded with Nora as he attempted to set her down.

"Hello New Guy, I'm Nora. What's your name? Why are you dressed like that? How old are you? Where do you come from? Are you a spy? Do you like pancakes?"
Nora bombarded Phoenix with questions causing him to take a step back as she leaned closer with each question almost like she was inspecting him.
"Nora!" Ren exclaimed, surprised by her interrogation.
"Perhaps we should introduce ourselves before our new friend tells us everything about himself." Ren said composing himself after his outburst. "Sorry for shouting Nora" he added as an apology.
"Okies." Nora squealed. "I'm Nora. Queen of the castle." She added starting to dance.
"It's a long story", Ren whispered to Phoenix. "And you've met me and Ruby. It's your turn everyone."
Ren announced to the group.

Phoenix looked and now noticed the rest of the group. A little shocked he hadn't seen any of them before. He supposed Nora had been a little distracting.

After a moment of awkward silence. A tall, scraggly, blonde haired boy extended his hand. "I'm Jaune Arc. I'm the leader of team JNPR. It's myself, Ren, Nora and Pyrrha."
A girl with red hair offered her hand next.
"Pyrrha -"
"Nikos." Phoenix cut her off. "I have heard of you. Your record of tournament wins still stands and so does the one for most points in a single tournament. It is quite an impressive feat. It is an honour to meet you. Sorry for interrupting." Phoenix apologised quickly his ears turning slightly red at what he'd done.
Jaune and Pyrrha just stared no one but Weiss had known who Pyrrha was but this guy knew about her records and that they hadn't been bested.
"I'm Yang," a blonde girl announced breaking the silence.
She didn't hold out her hand but added. "And you've lost me an hour of shopping."
"I sincerely apologise for any inconvenience I have caused." Phoenix spoke looking straight at Yang knowing he had to sound remorseful for something he hadn't planned.
"The name is Blake Belladonna." The girl in the bow said as her way of an introduction. Phoenix stared at her for a moment his eyes flicking up and down her. There was something about her but he couldn't figure it out. Nodding Phoenix started; "Nice to meet you. But before we finish. I don't get a last name Yang." A smile began to spread across his face.
"I don't like you and I don't give my last name to people I don't like." She replied glaring at him.
"That's fine Ms Xiao Long." Phoenix's smile manifesting itself as a smirk.
Yang's mouth opened to respond.
"You attacked a nightclub where my friend was working. He left the second he could, claiming it was an unsafe work environment but told me it was because Junior was an asshole who is involved in the wrong things. He also hasn't stopped drooling about the blonde who swooped in and burned her way into teaching Junior a lesson." Phoenix smiled knowing he'd beaten Yang.
"You absolute imbecile," Phoenix heard before he felt a stinging pain across his face. Turning to look at the source he found himself staring at the dust heiress.
"I'm Weiss Schnee. You ever attack me again and I'll make sure you disappear." She began to start threatening him.
Phoenix had began zoning out but let his aura flare after hearing one thing.
"Attack you?" He asked calmly.
Ruby went pale when Phoenix spoke. It wasn't a question but a challenge to Weiss. Make the correct statement or she would regret it.
"Yes. You do not live here so by being on this property upon which I leave and advancing on me I felt an attack coming. And I'm sure a court would agree. So now that you have your clothes from Ozpin leave Beacon."
Phoenix lowered his aura and began laughing. It was a laugh that made Ruby smile knowing he'd calmed himself down.
"First things first. Stumbling through the snow towards a building is not an attack. Second you swung a freaking sword at me and I didn't draw a weapon. CCTV could prove all of this. Even if you are a Schnee.
And finally the best part of this is I won't be moving out of my new dorm any time soon Ms Weiss Schnee as I now attend Beacon Academy." Phoenix began laughing as Weiss' jaw dropped open shocked by his response.

"An after that it is my turn." Phoenix began looking at the group as a whole again.
"My name is Phoenix Hart. I've transferred into first year at Beacon thanks to the very kind Professor Ozpin. And I now live in the dorm around the corner from these two teams. Oh and the clothes weren't my choice. They were Ruby's very kind offer seeing as she ruined the rest of my clothes by shooting me earlier."
Phoenix finished introducing himself with a smile.
"And to answer the rest of your questions Nora. I come from far away. I am not a spy and I love pancakes." He added winking at Ren beside her who looked surprised that he had remembered all of Nora's questions.
"We'll now that introductions are complete to the town!" Ruby announced.

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