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Chapter 8: KBLT
Kaiser led his team to the dorms, pushing past the light brown wooden door and into the room proper. The walls were a neutral off white color. Beds were lined up, four in a row and in between the two sets of beds was a window with maroon curtains drawn. The carpet was a dark brown and a circular rug was at the foot of the two middle most beds. Brown wooden desks and low profile bookshelves were provided, but barren as well as dressers and a closet. The room had an open feel with its own bathroom just to the left as they entered. The entire team began to move in and make themselves at home, putting their luggage down.
Kai set his down at the inner left bed, sitting down on it as he did.
"Guess we can make this room ours huh?"
Brock nodded, unzipping his duffel bag at the right most bed, while Terra took the one next to him in the middle. Brock perked up with a quizzical expression as he moved to the wall next to his bed.
Lance set is duffel bag down at the left most bed, noticing Brock's curious gaze he stepped over to him.
"What is it?"
Brock gently tapped the wall with two knuckles, turning to Lance.
"Banging on the other side"
Lance pressed an ear to the wall, trying to hear what he could. The rest of KBLT noticed and walked on over, trying to hear what Brock was talking about. A few moments of silence passed until banging noises could be heard.
"What's with that noise?" Terra lightly threw up her arms in a shrug and shook her head, "Are they rebuilding the entire room?"
"Is something maybe going on?" Kai turned, scratching his head and walking over to the wall to hear better, "Maybe it's already a team not getting along or something?"
"Would it be worth checking on them?"
With a shrug, Brock leaned against the wall and crossed his arms.
"I'm sure that whatever it is it'll be fine. The noise will pass."
Turning towards the door, Kai gazed at it hard with an expression of contemplation. He took a few lazy steps towards it, his curious side getting the better of him.
"I think we should probably check it out."
"I second that," Terra brought up an excited hand, "Anyone else?"
"I have unpacking to do," Brock turned back over to his duffel bag, pulling out spare clothes and a few tools for his weapon's upkeep.
"It could be a good opportunity to meet our neighbors," Nodding with a grin, Lance walked over to the door with Kai, "I'm game."
Terra joined them at the door as well, taking the lead and grabbing the door handle.
"Let's get going then."
They all left and walked the short distance down the hallway to their neighbor's door. The racket was clearly audible through the single door, but the noises seemed to lessen. Terra held a curled hand up and knocked on the door a few times, stepping back to allow them to open up the door. They waited a few moments but soon enough the nob rustled, the door pulling open and giving way to Ruby. A smile quickly came to her face at their unexpected arrival.
"Hey guys, what's up?"
"Wondering what's up with all that banging," Kai pointed over to their door just a few paces down the hall, "We heard something from our dorm and wondered what was going on."
Ruby's eyes widened as she took an over exaggerated inhale of air.
"Oh wow! I can't believe you guys are just right next door. Team JNPR is just across the hall from us too!"
"Huh, no kidding?" Lance turned looking at the door Ruby mentioned before turning back to her, "That's kind of a funny coincidence."
"Yup!"
While they were talking, something caught Kai's eye. He looked past Ruby to try see, but couldn't see much since the door was still only partly open. It appeared to be some tall structure of sorts. Perhaps made of wood, Kai thought.
"So, what was with the noise?"
"Oh that," Ruby snorted and waved a hand in front of her, "See there was no room for our beds so we turned them into bunk beds"
Ruby moved to the side and opened the door all the way, showing their four beds. One was suspended by rope over the other, very haphazardly, while the other bed was atop the other solely kept there by stacks of books on each of the legs which were held up by the bottom bed's bedposts.
"Bunk beds?!" Kai dramatically recoiled back a step, half surprise and the other half overacting. "More like death traps!"
"Nah it's all good see?" Yang flopped on the top bunk of the bunk beds being held up by books, sprawling out on it as she did, "Totally fine and totally comfy."
Lance looked among the group with an anxious expression. Terra stepped forward, placing one hand on her head and the other outward towards the beds.
"Are you guy's crazy?"
Ruby scoffed, throwing up two hands before they flopped down as if to wave away Terra's words. The pale girl known as Weiss shook her head and pinched the bridge of her nose.
"I agree, but we simply don't have the space," She held out an explanatory hand as she talked with a more elegant voice. It had a refined air about it, but still came off rather abrasive with a snarky-ness to it. She turned to the other three girls in the room with a furrowed brow and hands on her hips, "And I was outvoted."
The girl with the dark hair looked up from her book as she sat in one of the desk chairs, her amber eyes analytical and piercing as she shot an unamused glance her teammate's way.
"It solved our space problem," She turned her gaze back to the book, adjusting her posture in her chair to allow herself to slouch deeper into the book, "I don't understand the issue."
The pale girl took a step forward, her expression shifted as if she took some offense to the other girl's words.
"Blake, we could get ourselves hurt!"
Ruby held up a hand to her mouth to try project her voice more towards the three visitors.
"You guys might want to leave."
Lance looked back over to the two girls bickering, with Yang standing between them now trying to calm them down. He looked back to Ruby with a reassuring smile.
"Sure, Ruby, we'll save team introductions for later."
Visibly relaxing at his words, Ruby gave a nod.
"We'll see ya later, Ruby," Kai waved as he back peddled out the door, "Good luck by the way."
Her lighter expression fell as she turned back over her shoulder and back towards her team.
"Thanks. Later guys."
With a wave and a smile, Ruby gently closed the door. Lance and the others went back to their room to finish unpacking
Kai sighed as he closed the door behind him, a hand coming to his face.
"Wouldn't surprise me if we hear a loud crash later"
Brock nodded his head absentmindedly in agreement from his now mostly unpacked duffel bag.
"Seems that the noise ceased."
"Really," Lance ran his right hand through his hair, the other resting in his pants pocket, "I can't help but worry about them."
"Worry?" Stopping his work, Brock's face curled into a quizzical expression, "Why exactly are you worried?"
"You should've seen it for yourself," Terra sat on her bed next to her things, patting a hand on her suitcase, "They built bunk beds."
Brock's eyebrows raised, staring at Terra and then turning his gaze to Kai, who just crossed his arms and leaned on the wall, nodding all the while.
"Yeah, it's pretty bad."
Kai turned his attention to his unopened bag, seeing it lying there on his bed. Pushing off the wall he walked over to it and zipped open the main compartment. Plenty of clean spare clothes filled the space with a small bag for toiletries as well on the side. He began the process of unloading everything as the rest of the team began to do so as well, save for Brock who was taking one of the desks for himself.
Digging through his bag, Kai found all his spare things and began to organize them on his bed for later storage. He unzipped another pouch on the bag and began taking out a few tools and trinkets. As he lifted out a small screwdriver set, he paused, absentmindedly setting down the tool set next to his bag, his gaze never leaving the object. Reaching in, he pulled out a small silver locket attached to a simple silver chain. The locket was decorated with ornate engravings and had a single small keyhole in the center of it.
"I don't remember packing this."
Kai's quiet whisper to himself was loud enough for Lance to notice and turn to look over his shoulder.
"Say something, Kai?"
Kai snapped out of his slight stupor, looking towards Lance before holding up the locket further.
"I found this necklace," His gaze never strayed from it as he watched it spin on its chain, "I thought I lost this."
Lance's eyes sparked with recognition as he turned fully to face his friend.
"Oh hey, I haven't seen you wear that in a while. Didn't you get that from your dad or something?"
"Yeah something like that," Kai looked from Lance to the locket as he wrapped it around his hand. He attempted to open it, but the locket didn't budge. "It has a keyhole too, but it's locked."
Giving a curious look, Lance cocked his head to the side in a puzzled expression, as if trying to recall something. He fixed his sight back on his friend, a slight frown tugging at his lips.
"I don't remember ever seeing a key for it. I imagine it's a pretty small one too," Lance's expression lightened as he held out a hand, as if to lightly present a thought or idea, "It's at least a nice accessory. You could still wear it."
Smirking at the thought, Kai looked back down at the locket wrapped around his hand.
"You're right," Unfurling it with a gentle touch, Kai unclipped the necklace and put it around his neck. With a satisfactory nod, he looked over to Lance, "How does it look?"
Lance gave a toothy smile and a subtle nod.
"Looks good, man."
"Thanks let's get some rest now," Laying down on the bed, Kai put his hands behind his head, "we have classes tomorrow."
Staring at the ceiling, his eyes felt heavy. A smile came across his lips as he allowed himself to shut his eyes, the comfort of the bed too much. Soon enough, he was asleep, dreaming of the adventures his team and him would have and what the future would hold.
The sound of an alarm clock woke Lance from his sleep. Stretching his arms out above him, he rolled on his side to reach for his scroll, tapping the button to shut off the alarm. He sat up in his bed and kicked his feet over the side, eyes still heavy with sleep. As he sat up, he saw Terra standing over a sleeping Kaiser, shaking him a bit, but all he did was turn over, mumbling.
"Come on hurry and get up!" Terra took an aggressive step back, hands on her hips and annoyance evident in her tone, "Or do you want us to be late for class?"
Kai nuzzled into his pillow more, eyes still shut and his voice groggy.
"Five more minutes, mom."
Terra heaved a sigh, slumping her shoulders and shutting her eyes. After a few moments, her eyes flared open. She took a wide stance and grabbed the bottom of the bed with both hands.
"Screw it!"
Using all of her might, she pulled the bed up, flipping it over with a loud thud. Kai spilled out of the bed and onto the floor, sheets and all
Kaiser sat up yawning looking at them rubbing the sleep from his eyes.
"Morning."
Brock walked over, adjusting the tie on his school uniform which was a black suit with gold lining and blue vest.
"Kai have you ever heard of alarm clocks? They are amazing inventions for people like you."
Kaiser shook his head waving a hand before he turned to flip his bed back up.
"Who needs alarm clocks when I have such kind teammates?" He gave a sideways glance towards Terra as he was hunched down with his hands under the bed, "Teammates who'd help their leader with fixing their bed, right?"
Terra ran a hand through her hair as she walked over to the other side of the bed. They began to return the bed to its rightful position. Kai grabbed the sheets and tossed them on the bed, lazily making it. Clapping his hands together and admiring their work, Kai turned to make his way towards one of the small dressers that held his clothes.
"Now we can get ready for the day."
"Um quick question?" Lance got up from his bed, a troubled look on his face, "How are we going to get dressed? I mean, I'm sure Terra doesn't want to change around us."
Kai looked up in thought, taking a few paces before his eyes fell towards their bathroom.
"Terra could get dressed in the bathroom while we get dressed in here."
"Sounds good to me," Terra nodded as she went to grab her own school uniform which consisted of a red plaid skirt, brown jacket with a tan vest and white shirt. She stopped just past the entrance of the bathroom turning around with a dark gaze to her expression. The stare took the three aback a bit and she had an unsettling presence about her as she looked upon them.
"If any one of you so much as takes a peek, I'll kick your ass so hard that you'll be shitting through your teeth."
Her glare lingered for a while as her other hand reached for the door. Shutting it, the click of the door was all that was heard as the three other teammates stood. Kai leaned over to Brock cocking an eyebrow.
"You know you could always use your semblance to peek right?"
Putting his jacket on and turning back, Brock shook his head.
"Don't have death wish."
A few more minutes passed as they all got ready and in their uniforms. It wasn't long until Terra came out from the bathroom dressed in her school uniform and appearing ready herself.
"Good no one is dying today," a slight smile came across her face as she walked over towards the door, "If we're all ready, let's get to class before we end up being late."
From their spot in the back row of the classroom, team KBLT saw a fairly portly man dressed in a double-breasted burgundy suit. Gold buttons adorned it and his pants were a similar color and tucked into his boots. His most defining feature was his large grey mustache and busy eyebrows. Siting one row in front of KBLT was team RWBY. The pudgy grey haired man known as Professor Port had a formal posture, but was very animated as soon as he began his lecture, but not overly so.
"Monsters, demons, prowlers of the night," Port held up his hands somewhat to try imitate claws, enthusiasm evident in his boisterous voice, "Yes the creatures of Grimm have many names."
As he spoke Lance turned his attention to his notebook, grabbing his pencil. Looking next to him, he noticed Kai had a book open as well. Upon closer inspection, Lance saw Kaiser drawing a new type of arrow in his sketch book. One with a hook on the end of it.
Lance looked forward, seeing Ruby ahead of him drawing something too, but it appeared to be a very crude drawing of Professor Port. He could hear some chuckling coming from Ruby and Yang, and Lance gave a soft laugh as well. Shaking his head, he turned forward, attempting to pay attention once again to Port as he lectured on.
"Our planet is absolutely teeming with creatures that would love nothing more than tear you to pieces!" Port did a tearing action, pulling apart both hands to replicate the action, before they fell behind his back once his point was made. "Many of you are familiar with these creatures as the creatures of Grimm. If you are not, you soon will be."
"That's a happy thought right there." Kai commented under his breath making Terra snicker.
Lance's sight fell once again to team RWBY. As he did he noticed that Ruby was sound asleep. A yawn escaped Lance as he held up a hand to cover it. Next to Ruby, Weiss grew visibly annoyed and impatient with her team leader.
"A true Huntsman must be honorable!" Pointing up as if to accent his words, Port continued on, "A true Huntsman must be dependable! A true Huntsman must be strategic, well-educated, and wise!"
Ruby woke up with a start as Port's volume increased as he continued to list on the traits of a Huntsmen.
"Who among you believe to have all these traits?" Port asked the class.
Kaiser's and Weiss's hands shot up at nearly the same time which took him by surprise.
"I do, sir!"
Both their voices matched each other. Weiss looked back seeing Kai with his hands raised as well. A slight scowl came across her face as she turned back to the front of the lecture hall.
"Well now, this is a pleasant surprise." Port took a few paces over to a seemingly metal crate that was covered in a cloth. He rattled it gently with a hand as he looked at the two, "I wasn't expecting two students to consider that. I only have one Grimm."
He looked between the two before a lightbulb went off in his head. He stepped forward, away from the box and the desk behind him. He held up both hands as if to present the offer of his words.
"How about a sparring match instead?"
Kai gave a subtle nod along with a smirk.
"I'm up for a sparring match."
"Yes, let's do that," Weiss turned to Ruby, scowling at her all the while, "And I'll show you first hand the traits of a true leader."
"Can we have the match outside professor?" Standing up, Kai placed his hands on the table in front of him, "I don't think it'll be a good idea for me to fire arrows in the room."
Port let out a chuckle as he walked back over to his desk to organize a few things.
"Don't you worry you two, we will not be fighting in here. A match outside sounds like the perfect way to enjoy the weather and kick off Grimm studies with something fun and entertaining," Turning up from his desk he pocketed his scroll that was on it. A smile underneath that bushy mustache, "You two go get your equipment and we'll meet at the entrance of the building."
Weiss and Kaiser nodded before both of them walked out of the room to get geared up for the match. Feeling more ready for a practical exam than a lecture, Kai couldn't help but smile as he made his way towards the locker room.
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