A/N: Hey guys! Sorry for the delay on this chapter. I took some time off for the holiday season. Anyway, here's chapter 6.
"Sir… Sir! Sir, you have to leave now!" I heard someone say. I just grumbled and squeeze my eyes shut tighter.
"Five more minutes…" I say sleepily. Then I remember where I fell asleep at and I instantly open my eyes… to the sun setting over an empty stadium and a janitor looking down at me. "How long was I out?" I mumble to myself.
"The tournament is over, sir. You need to leave so we can clean," The janitor says to me, looking a bit peeved. I blink in surprise… I slept through the rest of the tournament, the final match, the award ceremonies, and everyone leaving?!... I guess Ren beat me really hard to make me sleep through all that. I look back up at the janitor to see him holding a letter out to me. "Also some lady with blonde hair put this next to you. I didn't want you to not notice it and leave it here." I take the letter and mumble a quick thanks before leaving the stadium… I CAN'T BELIEVE I SLEPT THROUGH THAT! Now I got to go find out who won from Jacob. I can just see him teasing me about how I slept through that. I'll just find out from one of my friends then so I don't give Jacob that satisfaction. I arrived at From Dust till Dawn and told Jacob hello. He tried to start a conversation with me, but I quickly told him I was tired and headed upstairs. I fell back onto my bed and was about to close my eyes again when I felt an envelope in my back pocket. I quickly pull the letter out from the tournament and open it. The letter said…
"Dear Mr. Hartraft,
We are proud to inform you that blah blah blah pleased with your performance blah blah blah would like to meet with you blah blah blah Beacon Acadamy blah blah blah meet with Mr. Ozpin and I next week at 9 am blah blah blah
Glynda Goodwitch
… More or less. I just skimmed it and luckily I caught the important stuff. Beacon was impressed with me and Professor Ozpin wants to meet with me… I stared at the letter for a full 2 minutes before the reality set in. PROFESOR OZPIN WANTS TO MEET WITH ME! YES! This means I may potentially be able to attend Beacon Academy. How were they even impressed with me? I lost in the second match…. Well then again I did have to face Ren and he seems a little stronger than the average 17 year old… just a tad stronger. But still, I'm nothing special. Wait… Why am I being so pessimistic? I might be able to go to Beacon! That means I could see Jaune and his team and team RWBY everyday. And I can see Velvet too. Speaking of Velvet, I wonder if she saw my match with Cardin. Speaking of Cardin, did I end up putting him in the hospital? Speaking of… Sorry, getting off topic. I quickly read the letter again to learn the specifics of the meeting with Professor Ozpin. I have to meet with him… In some office building in 5 days. As I was thinking about exactly what Ozpin would ask me/what answers would get me into Beacon, there was a knock at my door. I opened it to find Jacob holding a package. "It was on the front counter, addressed to you," he said holding out the package to me. I took it and it was indeed addressed to Gray Hartraft.
"Thanks," I said. Jacob nodded and walked back downstairs. I sat on my bed and opened the package. Inside was a book, with a sticky note on the cover.
"Read up on your true family. Love, a relative," The note said. A relative? The only relatives I know are my parents and my uncle. One's dead and I wish the other two were dead. I took off the sticky note and opened the front over. Inside were 3 words, near the top of the first page. "Suzuki Family Book." Suzuki… Haven't heard that name in a long time. Suzuki is the last name of my parent's and used to be my Uncle's. That's right, my real name is Gray Suzuki. I changed my last name to Hartraft when I moved in with Jacob so my parents couldn't find me. But apparently either they, or some unknown relative did find me, and decided to give me this book. I flipped the pages and started skimming through the book. It was a book that was apparently passed down from generation to generation, it had history on Suzuki family members that were generals or great warriors, stories of family members that disappeared, and even had some fighting techniques that actually looked pretty useful. All the techniques were in different handwritings, so I assume the book is updated on each generation. I started studying the techniques. There were techniques on how to use the hands and attack the nerves of the body to weaken the opponent. There were also just useful training techniques, like how to hone one's senses by using a blindfold while training, or toughen one's skin using hot coals or going barefoot through the woods. It was all pretty cool. I closed the book and put it under my bed for safekeeping. I promised myself to better read the book either tomorrow or sometime before I met with Professor Ozpin.
"But for now," I said as I laid back in bed, not even caring to change into pajamas, or at least out of the clothes I fought in, "Sweet sleep." I dreamt off to sleep in my clothes, and my dust belt and sword next to my bed. But what felt like a minute later, I woke up to sunlight, and Jacob yelling for me to get up… Why does life have to be so cruel?! I just want to sleep! "Ughhh!" I groaned as I rolled over in bed.
"Gray! Come on, get up! You gotta work today!" I heard Jacob yell from downstairs.
"Fine!" I yell back as I get up. I walk to the bathroom and look at myself in the mirror. I deduce quickly that I need a shower, from my smell. My hair seemed to second that action because when I took off my beanie, it had a bad case of hat hair, felt greasy, and I could tell it smelt bad. My wolf ears also felt like bad from being pressed to my head by the beanie for so long. I took off the rest of my clothes, and my gauntlets before jumping in the shower and turning on the warm water. I squirted some shampoo into my hand, and started to wash my hair. While I was washing my hair, I also massaged my Faunus ears to get the soreness out of them. Man, they really are sensitive. I know I shouldn't wear a hat over them, but I don't want anyone else to see… Is that bad? My mouth turns into a slight frown as I think. I-it's not like I hate being a Faunus. I like my ears! I-it's just… I expect everyone to treat me like a lesser being. Like an animal… It's just a precaution. If I didn't wear my beanie, some people might hate me for it. Just because of my ears. "Just a precaution," I say to myself as jump out of the shower, after I finish washing my hair and the rest of my body. I dry myself off, and walk back to my room in my towel to change into normal clothes. As I enter my room, I toss my dirty clothes and towel into the hamper, place my gauntlets and battle gear in my closet, and get dressed in jeans, my work polo shirt, and work apron. I walk to my door, but before I leave, I look back to my bed, where the book is hiding under. I smile. "I can always read while not helping anybody," I say as I grab it and head downstairs to the dust shop.