Hey! UknownHero here and welcome to another chapter of the IBLS Chronicles! I have some free time before the holidays so I may as well spend it writing. I just want to tell everyone (at least, those who actually is reading this) that I have some holiday homework I have to take care of before I do anything else so I might spend a week on it and put React Watch Believe Yikes on a small hiatus again since I want to update other fics for a bit. Anyway, let's do this thing!
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Chapter 9: Class of Our Own
It was midnight and IBLS was pretty tired after the party Yang somehow threw together to congratulate the teams that made it, or at least enjoy the fact that they were alive. Now, everyone was making their way into their new dorms, getting prepared for classes the next day, "Yang-chan sure knows how to throw a party." Luna said tiredly as they made their way to their room, which was right next to the RWBY's dorm,
"I'm just surprised she put it together in an hour." Blizzard muttered as she yawned, before wincing a little in pain, 'We have to unlock our Auras soon.' She thought, "We should probably get some sleep. We have classes tomorrow and I don't want to be late."
"Yeah. Sure. Whatever." Skye mumbled as Igneous used his key to open the door into their new room. It wasn't as big as they thought but it was big enough for 4 beds and a few personal items. Though there was only one bathroom in the room, they could easily work around it. Though, what surprised them was that the room was set up like they've already came there before. Igneous had the right most bed with a black blanket with navy blue flames at the bottom with the symbol on his pajamas on it in the middle, the only difference being that the cross was replaced by two swords. Everyone had a bedside table and an alarm clock and his was stacked with a few handheld consoles and a few games each to go along with them, as well as a poster of Kingdom Hearts 2: Final Mix on the wall right above his bed. Blizzard's bed was next to his, with a red blanket with two yellow stripes and a pale blue snowflake symbol in the bottom left corner. On her bedside table was a small TV and a DVD Player with a few movies to go with it. Next to her was Luna's, with a purple blanket and lavender lightning bolts going across the edges, and a cat head symbol on the pillow for some reason, as everyone else's were blank. On her bedside table had the same set up as Blizzard's except instead of movies it was anime, as well as a few manga to go with it. Then lastly was Skye's, with a grey blanket with dark green waves on it and an axe symbol in the middle. On her bedside table were a laptop and a new video camera. Each bed had weapon repairing equipment and a school uniform, "Okay…"
"At least we don't have to decorate." Ig said as he yawned and flopped onto his bed, too tired to change into his pajamas. The girls sighed as they followed their leader's lead and flopped into their respective beds, "God fucking damn it, we forgot to turn off the lights." They then heard a silenced gunshot as the lights went off,
"Good night." Luna said as she put her gun away in a drawer and went to sleep. They didn't even bother to check if she shot the light switch or the light itself, they just went to sleep.
(Ozpin's Office)
"Ah, it's good to see you again." Ozpin greeted as he shook hands with the person in front of him, "How have you been?"
"I've been better." A distinctly female voice answered, her face hidden in the shadows, "So, how's the school? Doing well?"
"Well, I can say this will be a very interesting year." Ozpin then leaned in, "Now to more important matters. Are you ready to take on your role?"
"I've been preparing since I first came here. I'll do anything to help them." Ozpin smiled at her answer,
"Team RWBY & IBLS, correct?"
"Yep. I'll make them stronger, but first, did you do what I asked a few years ago?"
"Construction was finished a few months ago. You can easily find it in Emerald Forest."
"Thank you. Sorry you had to dip into the school's budget a lot."
"Do not worry. It isn't much of a problem. You may leave now and prepare your classes," The person stepped out of the shadows and revealed a woman with caramel brown hair and icy blue eyes, "Professor Snowstorm."
(A few hours later…)
Igneous was always an early riser. It was kinda built into his brain since he stressed about school and turning up late. So, he woke up and saw that it was 8:55am.
Class was at 9am.
"FUCK!" Ig exclaimed as he grabbed saw that there a whistle on his table. He quickly grabbed it and blew into it, causing an ear-shattering sound, "WAKE UP! WE'RE GOING BE LATE YOU LAZY FUCKS!"
"What?" Bliz said as she got up to see her partner rushing into the bathroom before coming out a few seconds later in his school uniform, with the blazer kept open and his black jacket underneath over his shirt. She checked the time and quickly blasted Skye and Luna with ice and woke them up. They all eventually got into their uniforms (with Skye & Luna in the female set and Ig & Bliz in the male set, though Blizzard didn't mind. She hated skirts), grabbed their weapons and class schedule and ran towards their first class: Grimm Studies with Professor Port. When they saw Ig's personal touch on his uniform, they decided to add in their own. Blizzard had her gloves, Luna with her purple hair band and Skye and her skull cap. When they saw that the halls were empty, they were worried that they were really late and class had already started. They all bashed through the door, fell down the stairs and landed at the feet of their professor, "WE'RE HERE!" They yelled out in unison. The teacher only smiled at them,
"Well, I see that you are very eager to learn but coming an hour early is a bit too much, isn't it?" The team's eyes' widened before the girls glared at Igneous,
"I hate myself." Ig groaned as he prepared for the rage of the girls of his team.
(One hour later)
"WE'RE HERE!" RWBY exclaimed as they and JNPR burst through the door and fall down the stairs,
"Well, I see you are very eager to learn, but next time please come earlier, like Team IBLS over there." Everyone looked and saw the sleepy looking team and their slightly bruised leader, with a few students snickering out 'Nerds'. A quick glare from all of them while they equipped their weapons made them shut up, "You may take your seats." The two teams nodded and took the only seats left unoccupied, "Now the lesson can begin!" He then cleared his throat, "Monsters! Deeeemons… Prowlers of the night! Yes, the creatures of Grimm have many names, but I merely refer to them as prey! Ha-ha!" And thus at that point, Team IBLS tuned out and focused on their own conversation,
"Well, this is going to suck." Ig muttered as he rested his chin on the table,
"The fuck is up with this guy?" Skye asked as she was trying to pay attention to the teacher,
"I think he's hitting Yang now." Blizzard muttered as she shivered, "This guy's a fucking pedophile."
"And… now he's talking about stuff when he was a boy…" Luna groaned as she whispered to her team, "How are we supposed to catch up when our teachers suck ass?"
"Well, we could spend some time in the library." Blizzard suggested, "That way, we can catch up on the history of Remnant and everything on Grimm. That way we can ask Blake. She seems smart."
"And I still have to make it up to her for 'you-know-what'." Ig said, still feeling bad about punching Blake in the stomach with his new Soul Punch. She kept saying she was fine at the party, but Igneous just wanted to make it up to her in some way, "That reminds me, we never found out Luna's Semblance. I wonder what is it."
"I-I'm sure it'll come to me soon." Luna said quickly, causing Blizzard to become suspicious. Did she find out of Semblance before they met?
"The moral of this story? A true Huntsman must be honorable!" That sentence got them to turn their attention back to the class. But just as Blizzard was listening, she got hit with a random thought,
'That little dolt!'
'Huh?' Blizzard thought, 'Holy shit, is that Weiss!?' She then saw and felt Weiss' anger starting to build up as Ruby was doing anything and everything to keep herself entertained,
"A true Huntsman must be dependable!" Now that Bliz thought about it, it was starting to annoy her as well, even though she would normally ignore it back at her old school, "A true Huntsman must be strategic, well-educated, and wise!" Then something in Blizzard snapped as she started gripping the table, causing her powers to go off and started freezing it,
"Bliz, what's wrong? Are you okay?" Ig asked worryingly as he saw his partner struggling to hold in her anger,
"My Semblance." Bliz said through gritted teeth, "I can't control it. I'm feeling what Weiss is feeling. And she's pissed."
"Fuck. Turn it off."
"I-I-I-I," Blizzard tried to but she couldn't as she was still inexperienced with her Semblance,
"So, who among you believes themselves to be the embodiment of these traits?"
"I do, sir!" Weiss & Blizzard answered at the same time as they raised their hands,
"What are you doing?" Skye asked,
"I. Don't. Know! Weiss' emotions are affecting me somehow." She whispered back before seeing a Grimm in the cage, "The fuck is that thing!?" Before anyone on the team could say anything, the Professor looked at the two girls,
"It seems I have to bring in the other one." He muttered to himself before talking to the volunteers, "Well, then, let's find out! Miss Schnee, step forward, and face your opponent while I retrieve the other one for Miss Snowstorm over there!" Weiss looked at Blizzard and wondered why she volunteered as well but shook it off and went to the bathroom to change into her battle clothes. Luna knew Bliz didn't hide her normal clothes under her uniform or in her bag so she dashed off to grab it for her and came back a few minutes later, just as Weiss was getting ready to fight a Grimm called Boarbatusk,
"Ah! Miss Snowstorm, you have your battle clothes now. Please change in the back and get ready to fight the other Boarbatusk." The professor said. Blizzard nodded and went to the back and came a few seconds later in her normal clothes,
"So… uh… you have any idea how to fight these things?" Bliz whispered to Weiss as she pulled out Frozen Dreams. Weiss only scoffed,
"Of course I do!" Weiss quickly answered,
'That's not what your mind is saying.' Bliz thought as she read Weiss' mind on how she never faced a Grimm like this. While this was happening, the others were cheering for their teammates,
"Go for it, Bliz!" Ig called out as he stood up, "You can do it!"
"Come on, you faced bigger!" Luna shouted out as she raised a small flag with IBLS on it. It came with the room, "We believe in you!"
"Do it for IBLS!" Skye cheered, "Show everyone why we're awesome!"
"Thanks guys!" Bliz said as she gained a big confidence boost as she went into her battle stance, "Bring it on, big guy!" While Blizzard was feeling the best she ever has in recent weeks, Weiss was getting annoyed by the cheers as they were distracting her,
"Ruby! I'm trying to focus! That goes to you three too!" Weiss said as she glared at the younger group. Ruby started looking a bit sheepish,
"Oh, um… sorry…" Ruby muttered. Ig almost yelled at her but held himself back. They needed to make friends, not enemies,
"Allllright!" Professor Port said as he pulled out his axe, "Let the match… BEGIN!" He then smashed both of the locks and releasing the two Grimm upon the Ice Users. Blizzard saw the armour on the Grimm and automatically knew that she had to get under it if she wanted to kill it, remembering O.B telling her Grimm were like mini-boss battles in video games and that all Grimm have a weakness. So, with Ig's ramblings on general boss weaknesses and some advice, she was ready,
"Blizzard! Under!" Igneous yelled out. It was good information that Weiss ignored,
"I know!" Blizzard yelled back as she dodge rolled out of the way of the oncoming Boarbatusk and quickly fired a few Bursts of Ice at it, causing it to become trapped in an ice block before turning her staff into Frozen Nightmare and launching it into the air and jumping up to its level before smashing it down, shattering its ice prison as it landed flat on its back. Bliz landed on it and used the Ice Dust in her maces and proceeded to beat its head in before she was sure it was dead, which took a few minutes as the skull was actually pretty strong. Luckily, Bliz froze its limbs to the ground, allowing her to keep wailing on the thing. When it finally died, Weiss finished off her Boarbatusk, "But thanks for the help, Ig."
"Nice fight Bliz." Ig said as the team ran down to congratulate their teammate, "Though, you have to work on your strength."
"Thanks, I guess." Blizzard muttered as she grinned and scratched the back of her head just as the bell rang and Weiss stormed out of the classroom,
"…And stay vigilant!" their teacher called out as everyone left,
"Well, that was some class…" Luna muttered as they walked to their next class,
"Well, if that's one of our teachers I don't think we'll survive the year." Skye said, "Hey, wait." She said as she stopped the team, "We have a free period now. I guess we should head back to our room." The others nodded and went back, to only to see their room filled with books. After Luna had to restart their hearts, Ig went through the stack of books and found a note. He read it and groaned,
"Well, according to this, we have to read all this shit and do some test every Friday for a whole semester on a certain subject. If we fail we go back home." Ig told his team, "Why do people hate us?"
"At least we can catch up." Blizzard said as she picked up a book, "Let's start before our next class starts."
(A few hours later…)
"Well, that's our first day." Luna muttered as they walked back to their dorm. They were happy that their other teachers were better, although they were a little weird for their tastes. Anyway when they arrived they changed clothes, grabbed a book, turned on some music and start reading. After a few minutes, Bliz looked at her schedule,
"Um… when did Beacon have a fifth period?" The others stopped and looked at theirs. They saw on certain days that they had a fifth period, but on the others they were four, "It says here fifth period, or Advanced Combat, starts at… 6pm." Bliz then looked at the clock, which they reset to show the right time.
It was 5:55pm.
"FUCK!" IBLS exclaimed as they grabbed their weapons and ran out to find their fifth class of the day. It took them a few minutes to realize RWBY was following them,
"What you doing here!?" Skye asked as they ran,
"We have a fifth period and we're going to be late!" Weiss answered, "It says on our schedule that the launch pads at the Initiation will take us to our classroom at 6 o'clock!"
"They're flinging us to our class!?" Ig exclaimed, "What the hell!?"
"Beacon has very strange ways of teaching their students." Blake said as they arrived. They all quickly got on the pads, just seconds before they launched and sent them to a far off building in the middle of Emerald Forest. When they landed, they saw the size of the building,
"This, is our classroom?" Yang asked rhetorically as the two teams stared at the structure. Igneous was the first one to snap out of it and walk towards the door,
"Alright. Let's go." Ig said as he opened the door and walked in, with the others following suit. The whole place was pitch black, causing Blizzard to cling on to Igneous. Blake & Luna looked around before hearing something activating. Their eyes widen as they knew what it was.
"FUCK! GET DOWN!"
Save Game… Quit!
Whew! Done! I have a feeling it's not the best chapter I've written but I'm releasing it anyway.
UknownHero signing off, my friends!
