Disclamer: I don't own anything Spider-Man or RWBY. Spider-Man is a product of Marvel, RWBY is a product of Rooster Teeth.
Peter Parker sighed for the umpteenth time that morning. He was wearing a black suit with a black tie and a white undershirt, decorated finally with some fancy black shoes. He was holding his hands in front of him between his legs, paying respects to the gravestone in front of him, hanging his head low in a long silence.
The gravestone in front of him read 'May Reilly Parker' with some words bellow. 'There's a hero in all of us'.
'I'm so sorry, Aunt May.' He thought to himself, finding it hard to speak as he was holding back tears as best as he could. 'If I would have been any better, you wouldn't have suffered like you did.'
Looking a little to his right, Peter let a few tears fall as he saw a second gravestone. 'Ben Parker' and bellow one could read, 'With great power, comes great responsibility'.
'I failed you both.' He thought. 'I couldn't protect you, even with this power that came to me. I've failed you both again.'
He took his right hand and swiped the tears away with it, seeing as the Unstable Molecules in his suit were already drying and cleaning themselves. He chanced a look at the watch that the molecules made and his eyes widened a little at the time.
Taking something out of his jacket pocket, Peter opened it up, revealing it to be a black Scroll, checking the time, he double checked that it was indeed getting late for what he had to do. Putting the Scroll back, he looked at both gravestones, "I'm sorry that I can't be here more time." He said to them.
He turned around, "I know that you would probably I lead a normal life, grasp this second chance." He started walking away slowly, "That not everyone is meant to make a difference. Sorry, but for me, the choice to lead an ordinary life is no longer an option."
He made his way towards the meeting point, 'I really should thank Ozpin again for this, and for the Scroll.' He though, turning the suit in his chest.
The suit began modifying itself, making way for a dark blue, sleeveless hoodie with a black shirt underneath, clearly visible for the long sleeves and under a pair of dark blue shoulder pads. The suit pants were changed for some plain dark blue pants, and finished with some plain black, with a little bit of red and white here and there, parkour shoes, complicating wall-crawling a little bit, but not making it impossible for him.
Making a dash towards his destination, Peter couldn't help but think 'Man, I'm getting better with this thing!' He leapt up, going over the small fence with ease with a clear target in mind.
Peter finally reached the pier that was being occupied by a giant airship; it appeared to have varying shades of white, grey and black. He also noticed various young students boarding said pier, making his way closer, he got the view of a banner saying 'Students of Beacon'.
Wasting no time, he made his way in, following in line to the single viewing gallery. It appeared to twelve feet across, and had four semicircular windows on the sides.
Seeing the door behind him shut, Peter made his way towards one of the windows, seeing as some people were standing around in groups talking excitedly of what's to come.
Snickering to himself, Peter chanced a view outside, seeing the tall buildings outside. Moments later, he saw that the airship unfolded its wings, which surprised him a little bit. He eyed the flapping wings, feeling the airship rise from the ground. He realized that the wings were going too slow if they wanted to fly, so he deduced that they must be used for steering, and the power came from Dust somewhere inside.
Seeing them going up, Peter couldn't help but feel bored. He was used to the thrill of web swinging around the city, and this is kind of mundane compared to that, but he did enjoy the view. He always appreciated the view of the buildings when he swings around, but seeing everything bellow him was something that he could never get tired of.
"Oh, I can't believe my baby sister is going to Beacon with me." His moment of peaceful silence was interrupted by a loud, yet strangely familiar voice. Looking around, Peter spotted a mess of yellow, orange, red and black that was Yang hugging Ruby as hard as he could. "This is the best day ever!"
"Please stop." Ruby lowly said, and Peter could hear the restraint she was putting, probably because of the lack of oxygen.
"But I'm so proud of you!" Yang retaliated, as she excitedly let go of her little sister.
"Really, sis, it was nothing." She calmly said, wanting the new attention she was getting from onlookers to be gone.
'You went up against one of Vale's most wanted criminals and were accepted into this world's 'High school for Huntsman' two years earlier than everyone else and you say it was nothing!' He thought with a small smirk. 'Call me, when something actually happens, please.'
"What do you mean? It was incredible!" Yang said, clearly excited for her sister. "Everyone at Beacon is going to think you're the bee's knees."
'Bee's knees? Do bees even have knees?' Peter thought, bewilderment in his face at that saying. 'And is that really you're A game?'
"I don't want to be the 'bee's knees', okay?" Ruby finally said, raising her voice a little bit too. "I don't want to be any kind of knees! I just want to be a normal girl with normal knees."
"What's with you? Aren't you excited?!" Replied Yang, confused to see her younger sister being like that.
"Of course I'm excited. I just…" Ruby said with a small sigh. "I got moved ahead two years. I don't want people to think I'm special or anything." She finished, letting her head down.
"But you are special." Yang said, walking to Ruby and putting an arm around her shoulder. "Besides, I hear that there's another student who came here early as well!"
"Really!?" Ruby asked, looking up in surprise and excitement, "Who?!"
"I don't know," she said, before she started looking around, trying to see anyone that might appear younger than her. "But I heard that it's a guy."
The search stopped though when they heard a news report. "… The robbery was led by nefarious Roman Torchwick. Who continues to evade authorities. If you have any information on his whereabouts please contact the Vale Police Department. Back to you, Lisa." Finished the male voice. The sudden noise happening behind him, made Peter react by jumping a little bit away from the noise. He turned around, seeing a pale white woman, with silver hair, wearing a purple shirt with a black coat over it, and underneath her were the words 'Lisa Lavender' in clear view.
"Thank you, Cyril." She replied. "In other news, this Saturday's Faunus Civil Rights' Protest turned dark when members of the White Fang disrupted the ceremony. The once peaceful organization has now disrupted…" That was all she said as the transmission was cut off.
Peter groaned inwardly, 'Torchwick and the White Fang are still out there.' He thought to himself. 'And if reports are anything to go by, they're getting more and more dangerous.' He looked down before smirking, 'At least they're not going into fashion, now that's the real crime they're doing.'
He looked up again to see a hologram of Glynda Goodwitch where the screen was. "Hello, and welcome to Beacon." She politely said.
'Must be a recording.' Peter thought, 'If it was live, she would be shouting everyone's ears off.'
"Who's that?" Yang asked.
"The ghost of Beacon's past!" Peter responded, though immediately hid from everyone's view as he saw Yang turn to where he was with a smirk on her face.
'Stupid mouth!' He thought to himself.
"My name is Glynda Goodwitch." Replied the holograph.
"Oh…" muttered Yang.
'Definitely a recording.' Thought Peter.
"You are among a privileged few who have received the honor of being selected to attend this prestigious academy. Our world is experiencing an incredible time of peace, and as future Huntsmen and Huntresses, it is your duty to uphold it. You have demonstrated the courage needed for such a task, and now, it is our turn to provide you with the knowledge and the training to protect our world." Said Glynda, before disappearing from sight.
'No pressure, then.' Peter thought to himself as he made his way back towards the window. 'Now that I think about it, am I attending superhero school? If I am, this is such a downgrade! I remember when I was a teacher at Xavier's, or Jean's or Smelly Dog's School of Mutants, those were fun! If we exclude all the near-death experiences.'
He felt as more students made their way towards the window as well. Turning, he saw that Ruby and Yang were at the window as well.
"Look! You can see Signal from up here!" Ruby said in excitement. "I guess home isn't too far after all."
Peter stopped listening after that. That had hit him like a ton of bricks. Even after the four days that he has been here, Peter hasn't considered Vale his home. He started thinking of home, and visualized the old house he lived, where Aunt May was always ready with some meat loaf, and Uncle Ben sitting at the table, reading the newspaper and doing small talk with her.
'No, home is pretty far from here.' He thought. 'And from there, and there and also that spot over there.' He thought, mentally pointing at random spots in the city
That train of thought stopped abruptly as he heard the stomach of an unlucky guy. Turning around, he saw a pale white blonde boy with dark blue eyes. He appeared to be a little bit toned, and had white chest plate and shoulder armor and back plate over a black short sleeved hoodie. He also wore some orange-red sleeves, connected with some brown fingerless gloves that went up to his wrists. Also, he was adorned by blue pants under had two belts with different shades of brown that had pouches around, with a white patch on his left knee, with black sneakers that had white soles. Peter saw a white sheath of a sword of the guy running away from the view, probably for the bathroom or whatnot.
"Well…" Said Yang as she put her arm on Ruby's shoulders again. "I guess the view isn't for everyone."
"It was a nice moment while it lasted." Replied Ruby, already forgetting the attention she had just a few seconds ago.
"I wonder who we are going to meet." Yang said in excitement as they approached what looked like the border of a mountain.
"Uh, I just hope they're better than 'Vomit Boy.'" Ruby said.
'Ouch!' Peter said, feeling a little bad for the guy. 'So much for a first impression.'
Ruby jumped as far away from yang as possible, "Oh, Yang, gross, you have puke on your shoe!'
The next few seconds were filled with Yang repeating 'Gross. Gross. Gross.' And Ruby replying "Get away from me!" In response.
'I changed my mind,' Peter thought, 'I think that's the best first impression I have seen in my life!' He said with a small snicker.
Finally landing, 'Vomit Boy' went to the nearest trash can he could find, while the rest of the students passed by him without giving him a second glance. Feeling sorry for the poor guy, Peter made his way up to him, and placed a hand in his back. "There, there." He said, "Just let it all out." He said with some small taps in the back.
After finally finishing throwing out every breakfast, lunch and dinner he had in this last few days, the blonde boy slowly looked up at Peter.
"Thank you." Was all he said, still feeling weak after throwing up.
"Any time, buddy." Peter replied before taking his hand off the older teen's back, "Anything you need, you come to me."
A small nod was all he received as the blonde boy was resting his head in the can. "You can go now; I think that I'm ok."
"See you later, then." Peter replied with a smile as he went on his way after seeing the blonde teen finally straighten up.
That smile soon turned into shock, what was in front of him was not a school, but a castle. He was staring at the big courtyard in front of it, filled with pillars and more decoration, followed closely by a set of towers, displaying a lot of power was inside.
Peter couldn't help but quote one of his favorite movies, though he did manage to keep it to himself. 'It belongs in a museum!'
Making his way to the courtyard, he couldn't help but seeing the retreating form of Yang surrounded by a lot of people. Looking back, he saw that Ruby was stumbling to even stand up from the dizziness, and he could see her moving her mouth.
'Talking to yourself, eh? Been there, done that, though everyone always gives you looks like you are a weird stain on the rug.' He thought, making his towards her as he saw she was about to fall on a lot of white luggage.
Unfortunately for Ruby, Peter didn't make it in time, making her fall and disorganize all of the bags. Finally getting her senses back, Ruby was greeted by the white heels of a very pretty pissed Weiss. "What are you doing?!"
"Uh, sorry." Ruby replied, making her way back up, leaning on her stretched arms instead of her back.
"Sorry? Do you know the damage you could have caused?" Weiss started pointing her finger at the downed girl.
Ruby started picking up one of the bags, trying to reorganize it as best as she could, but it was snatched quickly by Weiss. "Give me that!" She opened the bag as Ruby looked confused at the whole ordeal, "This is Dust, mined and purified from the Schnee Quarry."
The confused look of Ruby continued, making Weiss feel a little more irritated. "What are you, brain dead?! Dust!" She said as she took a little bottle with red Dust, and started shaking it as she spoke. "Fire, water, lightning, energy!" She said as Ruby stood up, inadvertently letting out some of the red Dust that starting reaching the younger girl's nose.
Peter saw what was transpiring and couldn't help but feel sorry for Little Red Riding Hood as she had her ears chewed off for the second time in less than twenty four hours. What he didn't see was the red Dust cloud that was going in to Ruby's nose, that stopped though as Peter felt a tingle of his Spider-Sense, making him freeze up and look around him.
"Are you even listening to me?! Is any of this sinking in?!"Weiss said shaking the Dust bottle a little more, before leaning forward accusingly, "What do you have to say for yourself?!" She demanded.
'Yeesh, I bet she could outshout Nick Fury.' Peter thought, clearly feeling the volume of the 'conversation' the closer he got, but still looking around aimlessly at what his Spider-Sense was warning him about.
Peter then looked back at the two girls, or one girl and the other one behind a fog of red, clearly ready to sneeze. 'Aaaand there went the nice day I was having.' He said as he prepared himself for the shockwave.
Ruby couldn't hold the sudden sneeze in, liberating the air in to the Dust, making Weiss be completely covered in a red cloud as fire, ice, and lightning Dust fused together in a little explosion, fortunately, Peter was the only one close enough to feel the shockwave, but he couldn't say that for the former white wearing girl, now completely covered in ashes and with a bottle no longer in her hands.
"Unbelievable!" She shouted when she regained her senses of what just transpired. "This is exactly the kind of thing I was talking about!" She said as she cleaned herself.
"Actually, if I may." Peter said, making Weiss turn around and Ruby to lean to her left, looking at the newcomer with slight relief. "It was very clear that that bottle you had there was not sealed properly." He said as he scratched the back of his head.
"How dare you!?" Now Weiss started shouting at Peter, clearly offended that something she knows like the back of her hand was left unattended by her. "What even makes you say that!?"
"Well, the fact that you could see the red powder in the air, or the fact that it was said powder that made the girl behind you sneeze." He said as he looked her straight in the eyes. "The fact that you were concentrated in chewing her ears off, doesn't let you get careless about stuff like this, one could seriously get hurt if you do." He said with a mischievous smile, knowing that she was bad mouthing Ruby for being careless around Dust.
"Do you even know who you are speaking to?!" She shouted again, crossing her arms in indignation.
"Um, the ghost of Beacon's present?" He asked, earning a muffled giggle by Ruby and a hmpf by Weiss.
"So it was you that made that tasteless joke when Professor Glynda appeared." Weiss said. "I can't honestly say I'm surprised."
"Tasteless? Oh, My apologies your majesty," He said while taking a bow. "I'll be sure to upgrade my comedy for the Princess."
They all heard a few footsteps coming their way, "It's Heiress, actually." Said the newcomer as the all turned to see Blake.
Peter smiled at her, which gracefully returned, before turning to the others girls of the dysfunctional group. "Weiss Schnee, heiress of the Schnee Dust Company," She said while holding the forgotten bottle of Dust, "one of the largest producers of energy propellant in the world."
Weiss turned to her with a victorious smile, "Finally, some recognition!" Making Peter roll his eyes. Weiss was starting to seem a lot like Sally Avril, clearly wanted to be the most popular, and was ready to shout anyone down at a moment's notice.
"The same company infamous for its controversial labor forces and questionable business partners." Making Peter snicker a little and Ruby to giggle as well.
"Wha-" That left Weiss a little speechless "How dare-!"
"Yep, definitely the recognition you want." He said, making Weiss turn angrily at him. "Hey, you're the one that wanted the recognition, I was just lucky enough to be here when it happened." He said, before looking up. "Now, if only I would have brought my camera."
Seeing that she was outnumbered three-to-one, Weiss decided that the best course of action was to leave the place stomping, but not before snatching the bottle from.
"Hey, don't forget to give it a little shake!" Peter shouted at her storming form. "I here that it helps before consuming!"
He turned back, seeing Ruby giggling a little bit and Blake holding a smirk. He made his way towards Blake as he Ruby started shouting at Weiss as well. "Fancy meeting you here." He said.
"And you as well, but I have to go now." She said, taking a few steps backs, "We'll talk later."
"Sure," He said with a slight shrug, "guess I'll see you around."
Turning back, he saw Ruby was looking downward. "I guess I'm not the only one having a rough first day."
"So what's -!" She started, only to see Blake's retreating form as well, noticing the book she was reading.
She quickly slumped down to her knees, making herself land on her back again with a sigh. "Welcome to Beacon…" She said, closing her eyes before a shadow covered her face from the sun.
"Why thank you!" Peter said as Ruby saw his outstretched hand and smiling face when she opened her silver eyes. "But I do have to admit that the reception services for this place kind of suck!"
Taking his hand, Ruby let herself get pulled up by Peter, "So, my name is Ruby, Ruby Rose." She said, clearly a little bit happier with the joke.
"Peter, Peter Parker." He said back, glad to see her face brighten up a little bit. "And I swear if I hear a PP joke, I'm so no talking to you for like a day."
This got her to start failing miserably to control a giggle, "No promises." She said, even though she was not thinking about any.
They heard a new set of footsteps getting closer. Turning, they saw the blonde guy that had his insides puked out walking towards them. "Hey, I'm Jaune…" He shyly said.
"Well, hi Jaune." Peter replied with a smile. "I'm Peter, and this right here is my lovely sidekick Ruby."
Ruby turned at Peter, "Hey, I'm not your sidekick!" She childishly retorted, with her balled fists against her waist, but snickered a little bit as she saw Jaune.
"Aren't you the guy that threw up on the ship?" She asked at him.
'First impressions, Jaune, first impressions.' Peter thought to himself while silently shaking his head with a small smile.
Walking was always relaxing to Peter, not as relaxing as he found Web-swinging, but relaxing nonetheless. Especially if he was walking with someone besides him, having someone to talk to always cleared his mind.
"All I'm saying is that motion sickness is a much more common problem than people let on!" He said to Ruby.
"Look, I'm sorry 'Vomit Boy' was the first thing that came to mind." She replied to him.
"If I said the first thing that came to my mind, I would have been in a world of problems." Peter said, low enough so the two people beside him couldn't hear him, "Oh, wait, I already am in a world of problems. And I do say the first thing that comes to my mind, guess there really is a relation between the two!"
He decided to put his hands in his pockets, feeling a paper he didn't remember putting there. Pulling it out, he discovered the crumbled piece of paper. Straightening it out, he discovered the words on it, 'So, decided to hang up the ridiculous mask after all? Secret's safe either way, hope to see you soon.' He immediately knew who it was from, thinking about a certain raven head and amber eyed hidden Faunus with a smirk.
"Oh, yeah, what if I called you 'Crater-face.?" Jaune retaliated, recounting the explosion that Ruby caused not a few minutes ago.
"Hey! That explosion was an accident!" Ruby said in slight indignation.
"Crater-face? I was thinking more like Bomb-Girl, or maybe Little Red Riding Boom." Peter said nonchalantly. "You have to up your game in the quips department little Jauney, or else we're going to be stuck with lame ones like that."
Then he saw Ruby's face, really ashamed of what had transpired and of the whole ordeal with the Schnee heiress. He would have said something if Jaune wouldn't have beaten him in that.
"Well, the name's Jaune Arc! Short, sweet, rolls off the tongue, ladies love it!" That made Peter stop for a bit, as both he and Ruby gave Jaune a questioning look.
"Do they?" They both asked at the same time with mild uninterest of the clear lie.
"They will!" Jaune quickly replied as they started walking again. "Well, I hope they will."
"Well, at least you have confidence." Peter said, clearly remembering that he lacked that in middle school. "I'm sure that some of them will."
Ruby finally ran out of things to say, with all the name calling and awkward parts out of the way, she never really took the next step in any of her friendships, and this time she was talking to two older boys. Doing the first thing that came to mind, she started pulling out her baby. "So, I got this thing." She said, as she pulled it out and dug it in the floor.
"Whoa!" Jaune was clearly surprised by the size and deadliness of the weapon the little girl of the group had. "Is that a scythe?!"
"It's also a customizable, high impact velocity sniper rifle." Ruby said with a smile as she took it in her hands.
Turning to Peter, Jaune asked, "A wha-?"
"It's a gun." Peter replied as Ruby pumped the gun part, as if to make a point, while eyeing the red scythe himself.
"Oh." Jaune said, "That's cool!"
"So, what've you got!?" Ruby asked, exited to see another one's weapon.
"Oh, uh, I got this sword." He Jaune said as he unsheathed it, making Ruby eye it with interest.
"Ooooooh." She said, as Peter focused on the sword as well.
"Yeah, I got a shield too." Jaune said as he took the sheath that the sword had and transformed it into a white shield with a golden arc symbol on it.
"So, what do they do?" Ruby asked as she poked the shield, making the mechanism inside to recoil, sending the poor blonde teen to fetch it before it hit the ground, though he failed miserably, clearly not expecting the sudden jump of it.
Picking it up, Jaune began to explain, "The shield gets smaller." He said, as he showed just that, "So when I get tired of carrying it, I can just put it away."
"But, wouldn't it weigh the same?" Ruby innocently asked.
"Says the girl carrying a scythe that's bigger than her behind her back at all times." Peter remarked, finding ironic how she would question that. Making Ruby blush a bit at being called out on that.
"Yeah, it does." Said Jaune, answering Ruby's question with a little sigh at his explanation was not the way it went like he was expecting.
They both turned to Peter with curious looks. Making a search of his entire body, but coming up empty as they couldn't find any weapon on him. "What? Do I have something in my clothes?" He asked, looking in his body for anything that they would be looking at.
"So, what's your weapon?" Ruby asked, clearly exited to see her first friend in Beacon's weapon.
"Oh, that. Well," He started, clearly uncomfortable with the stares he was receiving. "I don't have any." He said as he scratched the back of his head.
The incredulous looks he was receiving made him want to shy away from there, to get as far away from them as possible. "Not any!" Ruby practically shouted.
"W-well, you see," Peter started, trying to come up with an excuse fast. "I was taught in hand to hand combat, even against Grimm, and I never liked using weapons, it just wasn't who I was, and starting now would mean having to train with it, something that I wouldn't want to do since I'm already here." He said, which wasn't really far from the truth actually. Peter taught himself and was taught, slightly, by others to perfect his hand to hand combat as Spider-Man, even coming up with his own fighting style, The Way of the Spider, when he briefly lost his Spider-Sense thanks to training with Shang Chi.
Plus Peter was not the Punisher, nor did he ever want to be like him. And combined with his spider strength, even something like Daredevil's Billy Clubs could end up being deadly, he had a hard time pulling his punches, and he would even had to do more if he had a weapon. Sure, he could use something for Grimms, but explaining why he had a weapon for Grimms and not in a sparring match, like Glynda oh so happily pointed out when he agreed to go to Beacon, is something that he could not come up with a sensible excuse.
"Ooh." Said Ruby, "I guess it's still cool of you could take something out, even if you don't have a cool weapon. And well, I'm kind of a dork when it comes to weapons." She said as she passed her fingers though her scythe. "I guess I did go a little overboard with designing it."
"Wait." Said Jaune, "You made that?"
"Huh. Color me mildly impressed." Said Peter while giving a closer look to the scythe with crossed arms.
"Of course!" Ruby said with a slight nod to Jaune. "All students at Signal forge their own weapons."
"Well, I might just call you My Little Blacksmith." Peter said, making Ruby turn to him with a slight blush but with a slightly ashamed face. She was always proud of her design, and all the work she put on it, but was always kind of against telling anyone that might taunt her for her passion. Her face brightened up though, when she saw the genuine smile that Peter was sporting, clearly meaning that he did the joke in good nature.
"W-Well, mine is a hand me down." Jaune said with his head slightly down. "My great-great-grandfather used it to fight in the war."
"Sounds more like a family heirloom to me!" Replied both Peter and Ruby at the same time.
"Jinx!" They both said while pointing a finger at the other one before bursting out in laughter at that.
"Well, I like it!" Ruby finally said to Jaune after the laughter died down. "Not many people have an appreciation for the classics these days."
"Yeah." Said Jaune, as both he and Ruby put their respective weapons away. "The classics." He said while Ruby turned back to Peter.
"So why'd you help me out back there, in the courtyard?" She said, noticing that there was no reason for him to stick his neck out for her, a total stranger, and end in a battle of wits with the Schnee heiress.
Peter looked down in deep thought, thinking clearly about his answer. To his surprise, this was the first time someone asked him why he did something. Even after a year fighting criminals in a spandex uniform, no one seemed interested on his reasons, at least no one who he would speak to while in costume. "Because it's our job." He said, looking back at the expressions of bewilderment from the two beside him. "We decided to protect people the moment we first entered a combat school in order to become Huntsmen and Huntresses, that means sticking our necks out for anyone in trouble. Doesn't matter if they're good or bad, or we are up against Grimms or not, we decided to take the power to fight for those that can't, and that means taking the responsibility as well." He said, noticing how he was leaving both of the teens that were with him behind when they stopped to process the information.
Ruby was honestly surprised of what the brunette said. After being only a few minutes with him, she assumed that he was a happy-go-lucky guy, always joking about anything and everything. But then she saw him in a new light, how he took this seriously and wanted to protect people, no matter the cost. She was sure that Peter knew that going up against the ice princess for her was going to cost him a new enemy, and still, he went with it, only because he thought that it was the right thing to do.
Ruby saw as Peter stopped and turned around, "Hey, does anybody know where we are going?" He asked with a smile.
Jaune replied first, "Oh, I don't know, we were just following you." He said, before asking, "ou think there might be a directory?"
Peter's smile turned a little mischievous, "I was thinking more of a food court. I'm starving!" He said, as he made his way back to the group.
"So that's a 'no'?" Asked Jaune, making Ruby snicker a little bit.
"That's a 'no'." She replied, happy that she met both Peter and Jaune when she got here, and befriended them quickly.
"Guess the front door is the way to go then." Peter said, as he made his way back, with the small group beside him.
Peter couldn't stop being amazed at the sheer size that was Beacon academy. Making his way inside, with Ruby and Jaune, beside him, he couldn't stop looking up in amazement at the huge entrance, filled with numerous students.
"Ruby, over here!" He heard a voice say, looking at that direction, he saw a blonde bombshell waving madly at the group. "I saved you a spot!" said Yang to her little sister.
"Oh, hey I got to go." Ruby said to them, "I'll see you after the ceremony!" She said, receiving a little complain by Jaune and a two finger salute by Peter.
Jaune sighed a little bit. "Great, where am I supposed to find another nice, quirky girl to talk to?" He said to himself, unaware that Peter was still there.
"Well, I know I'm nice, quirky is something that a lot of people say about me, but I'm not a girl since the last time I checked." He said with a smirk. "Come on, Jaune," He put his arm around the taller teen's shoulder, "Let's see if we can find a spot for ourselves." He said, dragging a little bit a blonde teen, who was glad that Peter was still there for company.
What Jaune didn't know was that Peter's sharp eyes caught a red head, who had her hair in a long ponytail, in a light-brown and bronze strapless armor in an elastic, black, A-line miniskirt and brown opera-length gloves, with a red ankle length drapery around her skirt looking straight at them with her right hand on her hip.
Ruby had her arms crossed against her chest, standing beside her older sister. "How's your first day going, little sister?" The blonde bombshell asked innocently, trying to break the ice that was forming between them.
"You mean since you ditched me and I exploded!?" Ruby practically shouted.
"Yikes." Yang said, "Meltdown already?" She calmly asked, turning to face the younger of the two.
"No, I literally exploded a hole in front of the school…" Rube said as she raised her hand, "And there was a fire, and I think some ice." She finished, trying to remember the exact detail whe she put her hand on her chin.
"Are you being sarcastic?" Yang taunted her little sister.
"Ugh, I wish!" She said, unaware of a certain white haired teen standing behind her, "I tripped over some crabby girl's luggage! And then she yelled at me, and then I sneezed, and then I exploded, and then she yelled again. And I felt really, really bad! And I just wanted her to stop yelling at me-!"
She was interrupted when a loud "You!" was screamed really close to her, making her into her sister's unexpected arms.
"Oh god, it's happening again!" She cried.
"You're lucky we weren't blown off the side of the cliff!" Weiss said with her arms against her waist.
"Oh my god, you really exploded." Yang softly said in sudden realization as she looked at the creature in her arms.
"It was an accident!" Ruby clarified to her sister before jumping off of her arms. "It was an accident!" This time to the heiress, which simply showed her a pamphlet about Dust. "What's this?"
"The Schnee Dust Company is not responsible for any injuries or damages sustained while operating a Schnee Dust Company product." The Heiress robotically started, already used of giving the little speech. "Although not mandatory, the Schnee Family highly encourages their costumers to read and familiarize themselves with this easy-to-follow guide to Dust application and practice in the field." She said, leaving a very confused Ruby at the speed she was talking.
"You really want to start making things up to me?" The heiress asked, this time at normal speed.
"Absolutely!" Ruby responded, ready to start again with the other teen.
"Read this and don't ever speak to me again." The white girl simply smashed the booklet to the younger girl's face.
"Look, it sounds like you two got off on the wrong foot." Said Yang, while scratching the back of her head. "Why don't you start over and try to be friends, okay?" She asked, trying to be a peacemaker in this whole ordeal.
"Yeah!" Said Ruby excitedly, "Great idea, sis!" She turned around and raised her right hand for a handshake. "Hello, Weiss! I'm Ruby! Want to hang out? We can go shopping for school supplies!"
The Schnee, who hadn't made any move towards the handshake, suddenly raised her hands beside her head. "Yeah, and we can pint our nails, and try on clothes." She said sarcastically, "And talk about cute boys, like tall, blonde, and scraggly over there, and his friend, tall, facetious, and scrawny over there." She finished while pointing at Jaune and Peter, getting both their attention.
"Oh wow, really!?" Ruby asked in excitement, clearly unaware of the sarcasm.
Weiss stayed there for a few seconds with a frown on her face, clearly not amused of the innocence of the girl in front of her. "No." She said.
"Ahem…" Came a male voice in a microphone when Yang and Weiss were facing away from each other, leaving Ruby in the middle, looking down in disappointment, but all looked at the new voice. "I'll keep this brief." Ozpin said while pushing his shades up. "You have traveled here today in search of knowledge. To hone your craft and acquire new skills. And, when you have finished, you plan to dedicate your life to the protection of the people. But I look amongst you and all I see is wasted energy in need of purpose, direction."
'Way to get their attention, Oz.' Peter thought to himself, seeing as the people beside him start looking at themselves in bewilderment.
"You assume knowledge will free you of this, but your time at this school will prove that knowledge can only carry you so far. It is up to you to take the first step."
Peter winced a little, remembering when his uncle told him that he was destined for great things, and that only he is responsible of making his life great.
"You will gather in the ballroom tonight." Said Glynda Goodwitch, when Ozpin stepped away from the mike. "Tomorrow your initiation begins. Be ready. You are dismissed!"
"He seemed kind of off." Said Yang after the speech.
"Almost like he wasn't even there." Ruby finished her sister's train of thought.
"I'm a natural blonde, you know." Jaune suddenly started speaking to Weiss, making her face palm in return.
Peter couldn't help but snicker at the awkward situation that the blonde just caused, but still had in his mind a vivid picture of his uncle, probably the only thing that he had of his only father figure he would ever have in this world, telling him the words he soon began to live by, "With great power, comes great responsibility."
Night peacefully came to Beacon's Huntsmen and Huntresses in training, now mostly garbed in their sleepwear and lying in their mattresses.
Ruby herself was lying in her mattress, writing a note, she was wearing a black tank top with a heart shaped Beowolf design on her chest and white long pants with pink roses as decoration, wearing a black sleeping mask with triangular red eyes, like those of Grimms, over her head.
"It's like a big slumber party!" Yang said, dropping herself in her own mattress, beside Ruby. She herself was wearing an orange tank top with her emblem on the front and black short shorts.
"I don't think dad would approve of all the boys though." Ruby said, while still looking at her note.
"I know I do." Yang replied with a little lust in her voice as she looked through to the topless guys, showing of their muscles, but then she saw Jaune in a light blue full bode pajama with light blue bunny slippers and a white bunny face on his chest, happily humming to himself. He stopped and smiled at Yang when she looked at him, making her lose all interest in what she was seeing.
Looking down at her sister, she saw her writing down, "What's that?" She asked.
"A letter to the gang back at Signal." Ruby simply replied. "I promised to tell them all about Beacon and how things are going." She said with her feet raised up.
"Aww, that's so cuuuuute!" Yang sing-sang before receiving a pillow to her face.
"Shut up!" Ruby said, with a slightly angry expression. "I didn't get to take my friends with me to school. It's weird not knowing anyone here."
"What about Jaune? He's…" Yang started, trying to come up with something nice to say to her fellow blonde, "…nice. There you go! Plus one friend! That's a hundred percent increase! Add Peter in and you got another hundred percent increase! That two hundred percent increase in total!" She said, trying to cheer up her little sister.
"I'm pretty sure Weiss counts as a negative friend." Rube said as she turned around to her back. Back to one."
"There's no such thing as negative friends." Yang replied, "You just made two friends and one enemy!" She said, not realizing that that didn't help her sister's situation, until she received another pillow to her face. "Look, it's only been one day. Trust me, you've got friends all around you. You just haven't met them yet."
A little light suddenly turning on got the attention of the sisters. Looking at the source, they saw Blake reading a book at candle light, in a black yukata, with gray and white as a secondary color.
"That girl…" Ruby started
"You know her?" Yang asked in sudden interest.
"Not really. She saw what happened this morning, but left before I could say anything, but Peter seemed to know her, as they talked before she left." Ruby said to her sister, not taking her silver eyes off the girl.
"Well, now's your chance!" Yang happily remarked as she stood up and dragged her sister to the midnight reader.
"Hey, wait! What are you doing?" Replied Ruby, but her protest fell on deaf ears as she was dragged against her will.
Peter recently got out of the bathroom after a long and hot shower. It was the first time since he got here that he felt clean. Even if his suit was self-cleaning, it didn't mean that his skin was. And speaking about his suit, he transformed it into a white t-shirt black sweat pants, trying hard not to be conspicuous about hiding all the scars in his body. When he got to the ball room, he saw as Yang was dragging Ruby over to Blake, who was silently reading a book and couldn't help but snicker at the restraint that Ruby was putting over her clearly stronger sister, and started making his way there as well.
The hidden Faunus known as Blake Belladonna had to look up from her book when she heard a couple of muffled protests coming towards her, only to reveal a blonde girl dragging black and red haired one, towards her.
"Helloooo!" Sing-sang the blonde one, clearly strong enough to drag the other one by one hand with ease. Before she let go of her hand as both started making their way towards her. "I believe you two may know each other!" She said as the other turned her back on her.
"Aren't you the girl that exploded." Blake stated, more than asked.
"Uhhh, yeah!" Ruby said as she turned around again, a little bit tired old being 'the girl that exploded'. "My name's Ruby." She said while lifting her hand for a handshake, only to be ignored as the girl went back to her book. "But, you can just call me…" She started, while scratching the back of her head. "…crater…" She stopped her scratching with a sigh. "Actually you can just call me Ruby."
"Okay." Blake replied while looking at her book.
Yang turned to her little sister and whispered. "What are you doing?"
"I don't know, help me." Ruby said before both went back to looking at Blake with a forced smile.
"So…" Started Yang, "What's your name?"
Blake sighed, clearly wanting the sisters to go. "Blake." Was the simple answer.
"Well, Blake, I'm Yang!" She said with her finger pointing at herself. "Ruby's older sister! I like you bow!" She said, trying to avoid the upcoming awkward situation.
"Thanks." Blake replied.
"It goes great with you pajamas." Yang continued.
"Right." Blake said slowly, wanting nothing more that for the conversation to end.
"Nice night, don't you think?" Yang said in another attempt to break the ice.
"Yes." Blake said, finally looking up from her book since all her attempts failed to concentrate with the two sisters talking. "It's lovely, almost as lovely as this book…" She started, hoping that they would get the message. Upon seeing their smiles, and not any attempt to walk away, she continued. "That I will continue to read…" Still there was nothing but the awkward smile in Ruby and the sly one in Yang. "As soon as you leave."
"Yeah, this girl's a lost cause." Yang finally said to her sister, ready to call it quits.
But Ruby finally got some interest in the book. "What's it about?" She asked, getting a confused look from Blake. "Your book. Does it have a name?" She innocently asked.
"Well…" Blake started, clearly not expecting the question. "It's about a man with two souls, each fighting for control over his body."
"Oh, yeah…" Yang started, not really sure why someone would like to read that. "That's real lovely…"
"I love books." Ruby said as she stepped forward. "Yang used to read to me every night before bed. Stories of heroes and monsters…" She said in memory. "They're one of the reasons I want to be a Huntress."
"Sounds noble." Peter said as he finally got near them.
Looking at the new voice, all three of them couldn't help but blush at the strong arms that the brunette was sporting over his chest. Though the blonde of the group had lust written over her eyes.
"Hey, didn't I meet you in Junior's club?" She asked.
"Oh, yeah." Peter said, looking up in fake surprise, knowing why he wasn't there in the fight as Peter Parker, "Before you lit up the place. Sorry, I would have joined you, but someone had to make sure no civilian ended up hurt." She said, coming up with an excuse of not being there when he was a Huntsman in training.
"No, it's alright, I did end up teaming up with Vale's vigilante." She said with a smirk, as she got closer to Peter and put her hand in his shoulder, clearly wanting physical contact with the new comer.
That comment made Blake's eyes widen and look at Peter with a sly smile. They all knew who she was talking about, but Peter had to keep up appearances for his secret to remain safe. "Do you mean Blow up Girl, behind you? Because that's some sick power she got."
Yang laughed at little at that, while Blake's smile turned into a smirk and Ruby was blushing like crazy, while silently trashing in place. "I told you it was an accident, Peter." She said.
"Oh, I know, but sometimes the best things in life happened by accident." Peter said, a red blush forming when Yang took another step closer to him. "But you have to admit, if you didn't blow up, we couldn't have seen princesses expressions back there."
"Hey," Came a sudden voice behind him. "I told you that I'm not a princess, show some respect!" Weiss shouted from behind him.
Peter quickly turned around and bowed, "Yes, your majesty, anything else you need from this lowly peasant?" He asked, making her blush hard and look away in indignation.
Looking up, Peter saw that Weiss had he white hair down, and had a bluish sleeping gown with short sleeves and white trimmings, with her logo on the upper-right chest.
"Don't you realize some of us are trying to sleep!?" She screamed.
Peter himself put a finger in his ear and scratched, "Yeah, I'm sure that your high-pitched squeal is relaxing for everybody." He said.
"How dare you?" Weiss screamed at him again. "You think you're funny? You think that making jokes makes this less serious? Just because you never experienced the sense of loss in your life doesn't give you the right to joke about me or anyone here!" That made Peter wince a little, but it went ignored by the Heiress, though not by a pair of sisters and a hidden Faunus, "So please do everyone a favor and-"
"Shut you up?" Peter seriously asked which surprised the four girls around me. "Because seriously, heiress," Weiss shivered a little at the tone that he was using with her. "I'm really trying to be the nice guy, but all your whining and all your shouting, and all your 'I'm holier than thou' attitude is getting really boring." He said, crossing his arms. "And you might be daughter of the most powerful man here, but right now, you are a Huntress in training, either you act like one, or you are going to end up all alone. And believe me, when I say alone, I mean when nobody cares if you are alive or not, that some people will get some sick pleasure at seeing you hurt, that when you are broken and you feel completely lost, no one will be there to offer a shoulder to lean on, because you ended up pushing every one of them away." He ended saying, speaking from experience, though no one had to know that.
The Schnee stayed there for a moment, looking down for any answer that came to mind, something to shut up the accusations that he made, but nothing came to mind. She was clearly caught off guard by the serious answer that he gave her, so she did the only logical thing that came to mind and turned around, making her way away from the secret vigilante.
Peter sighed while he closed his eyes. He turned around and saw the looks he was receiving from the three remaining girls that surrounded him. "Look, I am sorry that you all had to see that, but the only way for her to change is to see that, for the first time in her life, Miss Schnee is wrong." He said, with his eyes low on the ground, not being able to look at them in the eyes.
"Yeah, it's alright," Yang put her arm around his shoulders. "Just don't creep us out like that again." She said, before turning to her little sister and letting go of the only guy in their little group, "Come on Rubes, we're going to need to sleep for tomorrow."
"Yeah," Ruby said, though she was still looking at Peter as she was dragged away by her older sister. For some reason, she felt like he was talking from experience, like this is something that he would rather keep secret, but she was able to catch for some reason, the only thing that came to her mind was a certain brunette throughout the whole night. 'Just what happened to you, Peter?' She never saw him as someone who had to suffer a lot, but now, she couldn't stop thinking that something horrible happened to him, and that he was alone because of that.
Peter turned to the raven-haired, which was still seating down after everything. "So, how's it going?" He asked, trying to forget just happened, as he sat down to her right, picking up the book that she left on the floor.
"I can't complain." Blake answered, though she was glad to see someone she knew in here. "Guess you decided to hang up the mask and make Peter have a name in history." She whispered, making sure that nobody would listen to them.
"No." Peter said as he leaned on the wall. "And I see neither did the ribbon." He said.
Blake smirked a little, she was glad a human like him could understand her being a Faunus and why she kept it a secret. "You may accept people like us, but that doesn't mean that everyone will." She said, "I'm sure you know that."
"Of course I do, better than you think." Peter said.
"Well, I'm glad you're here." Blake said as she received the book back from Peter.
"Yeah, about that." Peter started digging through his pocket and dug out a crumble piece of paper. "When did you find the time to write this, and how did you know I would be here?" He asked with a sly smirk.
Blake snickered at that, clearly she was going to enjoy her years at Beacon if he was around.
A.N. Man, I didn't realize that RWBY chapter could end up taking this many words! I'm glad that people are enjoying the chapters and I hope you enjoy this one as well.
Peter clearly is butting heads with Weiss since they are complete opposites, with Weiss thinking she is owed everything on Remnant, and Peter being humble throughout his entire super hero career.
Oreo Knight: Yeah, it's going to be hard, but people like Ren managed to take down a King Taijitu with barely any use of his weapons, so I think that it's not really that rare for someone to be a Huntsman with no weapon. As for the nightly escapades, we are just going to wait and see.
Undertaker5: I don't really have plans for her, she was only meant to be there as an introduction for Peter to Vale, but maybe she'll appear.
.3760: If you're meaning Grimm, there's a reason in the second chapter why he could go all out on them without feeling regret.
cabrera1234: Yes sir!
After-tea: Yeah, I haven't watched the Civil War movie, I know it's there because of all the pictures online, but I think those are meant for not drawing attention, wouldn't think of having him do that and be prepared for a fight.
Sonicfan12: Sorry for making you wait and thanks for pointing out the mistake, in battes with Grimm, Pete will not hold back, in other cases, well, maybe he will be able to show his real strength when he's not fighting anyone.
Anyway, thanks for reading, the follows, favorites, and the reviews.
Also I want to thank MightyTheWriter for inspiration of his civilian clothing.
Cheers!
