Teambuilding Arc – Initiation Part III
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Macht had only lost against one person in his entire life, and that was against Yuki Schnee. The list probably would have been longer had he been willing to face those from Atlas' Hunter academy, but even he knew that he wouldn't have stood a chance against them. Yuki, though, never took 'No' for an answer and would promptly wipe the floor with him during each spar.
The young man learned from each experience, however. He had been trained and beaten and trained again, and refused to let an Emperor Taiju be the end of him. He, the blue haired boy; Krill, Richard, and Paige had all rushed the giant Taiju as soon as he'd spoken the word "Five". In the corner of his eye, he could see one group positioning themselves to fight the Nevermore and the other to fight the Deathstalker.
Macht didn't bother using his weapons. The scales on an Emperor Taiju were hard enough to negate all but the strongest of blades or anything enhanced by wind-based Dust.
He was the first to strike, twisting to roundhouse kick the monster. The Taiju, though, weaved around his kick to avoid most of the limb. His foot scraped against the scales, doing hardly any damage to the Grimm. "He's agile!" Macht warned the other three as the tail of the monster made to smack him out from midair. Fortunately, he reacted fast enough to use the tail as a springboard to the ground. Macht rolled to disperse the force as Richard's blade glowed red like before. The faunus leapt into the air, swinging twice before landing and sending two flaming shockwaves to the giant snake.
The Taiju easily batted away the Dust-powered strike, and hissed with anger. It quickly slithered between the four of them, knocking Krill aside before slamming its torso into Macht. The young man grunted, sliding back at the impact as his feet marked the ground, skidding in the dirt. The other boy was cowering, having tumbled back when he'd been struck.
"Dammit, do something, kid!" Richard shouted to his partner. Krill's eyes widened as the Taiju sensed his fear and panic. Glowing red eyes met his own. The Taiju finally pieced together that he was the weakest link, and charged the boy.
"Look out!" Paige tried to reach him, moving unusually fast with a book still in her hand. She wouldn't be close enough, though. "Get back!"
"GO AWAY!" Krill finally screamed, thrusting his hands out. His eyes were shut tight out of fear. In an instant, the Taiju stopped in its tracks. After a passing second, it was blasted back against the ruins, making the stone structure crumble on top of its massive body. The other three's eyes were wide as they looked at the blue haired male. Krill shuddered, and his normally purple eyes were now glowing. A cocky grin spread across his face. "Hah... hah! I got it! I did it!" A wide, toothy grin replaced the one on his face previously. "Die, Grimm!"
Krill made a shoving motion to the ground behind him, and flew into the air towards the Taiju. He reached to the weapons at his side, a pair of tonfa, and spun them by the side handles. A pair of blades popped out from the shorter ends, and he reared his right hand back to stab the temporarily stunned snake.
"Don't!" Macht tried to warn the boy. "Its scales are too hard to pierce!" Krill was already descending towards his target, however. The Taiju's eyes opened and its maw widened to eat the incoming boy. Krill was laughing despite the obvious danger he was in.
"Hah!" Paige shouted, and a flurry of white squares knocked Krill out of the way from the Emperor Taiju. He slammed into the ground before the squares flew towards Paige. She held her bookmark in her hand, and its tip glowed green. The pages were missing from the book she always carried around. The squares, the pages of her book, Macht realized, quickly brushed against her bookmark before they each were glowing a minty green as well.
"That's, wind Dust?" he asked aloud. Richard was grinning, his axehead was literally on fire, but it didn't seem to bother him at all.
"Yep," the faunus confirmed. "Paige is totally stronger than me, and her bookstick there has all sorts of different dust stored inside it for her Semblance." Paige frowned at her friend as she adjusted her glasses further up the bridge of her nose.
"Please, don't gloat about something so trivial," she scolded Richard with a calm tone. "Also, it's a bookmark. Not a 'bookstick'." She turned to Krill and sighed. "Next time try to think abolut your actions. You would have died if I weren't here." Krill didn't speak a word, only looking towards his savior with awe.
"It's coming again," Paige snapped their attention back to their foe. With a wave and a flick of her bookmark, Paige sent the pages flying towards the Taiju. The massive beast hissed in rage as she focused her pages around its face, disorienting the creature's senses with the Dust she'd used. Richard turned to Macht.
"Can you hurt it?" he asked. Macht nodded.
"I can break its bones with a clean hit," the butler replied. "It can sense me before I get close, though. I'm either not fast enough or it can feel my footsteps." Richard nodded and twisted his hold on his axe as if it were a giant fan instead of a sharp weapon.
"Jump." The order was brief and abrupt, but Macht followed it anyway. Richard's axe glowed a minty green and he swung as hard as he could the blade perpendicular to the ground. A massive wave of energy slammed into Macht, and he felt himself propelled towards the Taiju at a great speed. He was briefly taken off guard, but in an instant his eyes steeled. His hand reared back to strike and thrust forward as soon as he was close enough.
The butler heard something break, and thankfully it wasn't his fist. The Taiju roared in pan and writhed its body, now twisting at an unnatural angle due to the hit he'd landed.
"Get back!" Richard shouted. Macht quickly moved away from the Grimm, its tail having impaled the spot where hs stood just a moment earlier. "Paige, pepper it!"
"Right," the girl responded, her bookmar's tip now glowing a pale blue. the pages of her book once more returned, changing to the matching color as soon as they brushed her bookmark only to fly back at the snake. Where they struck, hints of ice sprouted on its scales. The ice forced the Grimm to slow, freezing its internal body temperature slowly,, but effectively.
"Krill, get its eyes!" Richard shouted, running at the beast, himself. Krill yelled loudly, his eyes still glowing as once more he thrust himself into the air. "Blast them out!"
"Yippie kai yay, you bastard!" the blue haired boy shouted, only to be knocked out of the air by an orange haired bullet. Both he and Nora slammed into a nearby tree, dazed and confuzed.
"Nora!" Macht heard Weiss and Ren both cry out.
Across the field, Weiss's blade was blocking the stinger of the Deathstalker. Both Blake and Jaune were doing their best to whittle down its armored hide, but were having little success in doing so. Jaune was focused more on defending himself from the pincers of their enemy, and Blake's weapons weren't doing nearly enough to harm it. Nora, their only heavy-hitter besides Jaune, had been flung to the side when she'd been hit by a stray pincer.
The blonde grit his teeth as he shoved his shield forward, hearing the Taiju roar once more as it recovered just a bit. He ignored the noise as best he could, rolling out of the way fron the stinnger. "Weiss, go and get your partner!" he shouted to the Schnee. She looked ready to protest. "Blake and I can keep it busy, make sure that Nora is ok!"
"R-Right," the heiress agreed for the moment, running to her dazed partner. Jaune turned his attention to the Deathstalker just in time to block another strike from its stinger. He grabbed the pistol strapped to his hip and shot a few rounds into the Grimm's eyes. It squealed in pain before slamming its pincer against his side, sending him flying. He rolled against the ground and stood. Blake landed next to him as the Grimm approached once more.
"Can you keep it busy until we get Nora back?" he asked, eyeing the two others. Weiss was talking to her partner and helping her stand. He was breathing heavily, looking to the other people on the field. Macht and his group were trying to get Krill to recover while avoiding the Taiju's now wild strikes. Ruby and her group were in the trees, trying to land potshots on the Nevermore and avoiding it when it came down to attack. "We're not going to get anywhere like this. we have to finish this fast and help the others."
"How?" Blake asked, her breathing just as heavy as her own. She'd been using her Semblance to dodge any stray attacks that had been sent her way, and it was taking its toll on her. "This isn't working. We don't have the power to break this thing's armor." Jaune thought for a moment.
"We don't," he agreed aloud. "But I know people who do. Go and get Ruby and her friends to start attacking the Taiju. I'll get Macht and his friends to take care of the Deathstalker."
"What about us?" Blake asked. He gave her a look that made her shiver. Out of fear or excitement, she wasn't exactly sure.
"How good are you at catching birds?"
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Pyrrha was not having a good day. It had been fine before, but the Nevermore seemed to refuse to get close to them so they could fight it properly; and their firearms were doing next to nothing against its strong feathers. That is, if they hit. The Grimm seemed to expertly dodge their rounds, which was not at all surprising. Given the size of the creature, it had to be fairly old and experienced in the ways of fighting humans. The champion specialized more in close combat, something that she could tell the rest of her friends specialized in as well. Open, long-ranged fights were definitely out of the question when it came to their fighting styles.
The Nevermore once more dived towards them. "Duck!" Ruby shouted, and the four of them fell beneath the trees to avoid the Grimm's deadly talons and feathers. If it were smaller, perhaps they could have faced it outright when it dove towards them.
Pyrrha felt a rush of air pass over them as the Nevermore swooped down. In an instant, she and the rest of her friends were back in the trees, hoping a lucky shot would taking the flying creature down.
"Hey!" a familiar voice reached her ears. Pyrrha watched as the girl who dressed in black; Blake, was it? She came forward and grabbed Ruby's arm. They spoke briefly before Ruby shouted out to the rest of them.
"Everyone, retreat!" the red-themed girl called out. Pyrrha hesitated, but followed her partner's lead when Yang once more descended blow the tree's branches. Ruby and Ren joined them as Blake ran off towards her partner. "We're switching targets," Ruby explained to them. "Jaune and his group offered to take out the Nevermore if we go and fight the Taiju."
"Are you sure about this, sis?" Yang asked, concerned for her sister. "That thing is seriously powerful. We might have an easier time fighting the Nevermore."
"When I looked over, I saw that the Grimm was injured and unable to move as quickly," Ren spoke up and rested a hand on his partner's shoulder. "I trust this decision."
"We'd have a strategic advantage," Pyrrha offered aloud, glancing at her partner. "It would be for the best. Right now, we can't fight the Nevermore as we are." The three of them looked towards Yang before she raised her hands in surrender.
"Hey, hey, if you guys wanna go switch targets, I'm cool with that," the blonde gave them each a nervous laugh. Pyrrha smiled.
"We need to distract that thing long enough for Jaune and his group to get here," Ruby told them. "So let's give it everything we got!"
"Right!"
The four of them once more ascended the trees and fired more rounds into the Nevermore. One by one, they included Dust in their ammunition to deter the Grimm from swooping down at them again. It only took a few minutes, but their distractions finally paid off.
"Noraaaaa, SMASH!" Pyrrha watched in awe as Ren's childhood friend flew through the air. the redhead looked back, and saw a series of circular, yellow glyphs on the ground surrounding Blake. The ribbon of her weapon was extended, with Jaune now gripping the other end. Weiss motioned towards the two of them and he span, being swung around by Blake before finally letting go and being launched into the air right behind Nora.
"Guys, the Taiju!" Ruby's voice snapped them out of their awe and the four of them quickly ran to the now unoccupied snake Grimm. Macht and his group were already putting the Deathstalker through its paces, the Grimm unable to dodge the incoming heavy strikes that were breaking through its armor.
Nora slammed into the Nevermore, charged with electricity from the Dust in her partner's weapon. The electricity in her body as well as the extra strength transferred into the Nevermore, making it shudder and screech in pain. Jaune followed suit, stabbing his blade into the wing of the bird as he held on for dear life. Air rushed past him, and his hands gripped the hilt of Crocea Mors tightly. "This was a bad idea," he shouted at himself. "This was a very BAD IDEA!"
"Awww, don't fret Jaune-y!" Nora grinned, raising back her hammer as she stood on the Nevermore's back. she held steady even as it tried to shake her off. "The flight's about to come down! Whooo!"
"W-Wait, Nora, don't!" Jaune protested just before the ginger girl slammed her hammer down into the Nevermore's back. A loud crack could be heard, followed by a BOOM before the Grimm quickly started to descend, the force of the strike hard enough to send it land-bound. "Aaaaaaaah!"
"That girl is in trouble!" Richard shouted, blocking a hit from the Deathstalker's pincer. Macht's fist slammed against its face, cracking the shell of the arachnid Grimm even further.
"Ignore it," Paige frowned as she spoke, sending her pages to sweep the Grimm off of its feet once more. The stumble allowed Krill to shove himself towards the Grimm's tail, slicing at the stinger's joint again. "Focus on our fight."
"Right," Richard grinned. "Paige, tail!" Without a word, his best friend's pages turned green and sliced easily through the now loosened limb, cutting it off completely. It impaled itself slightly into the Deathstalker's carapace. "Macht!"
"Fling me," the butler nodded in understanding. He leapt over Richard and the faunus' axe glowed green again. He swung upwards and the shockwave blasted Macht into the air. Richard cursed under his breath.
"Not high enough," he turned to Krill. "Krill, boost him!"
"Fuck yeah!" the boy shouted with excitement. He dropped his tonfa and blasted himself into the air. Once he drew close to the butler, he thrust his hands at Macht and thrust the young man higher into the air while blasting himself towards the ground. Richard and Paige both caught him before he could become intimate with the soil as Macht reached his peak.
"Watch me," the butler grunted, looking towards his charge. She and her group were wailing on the Nevermore, having clipped its wings. His eyes, though, met hers. "This is what I will do to protect you. The lengths I'll go. I'll..." He descended, his fists clenched. "I'll even destroy the world if it would protect you!" His fist made contact with the stinger, shoving it, and himself, completely through the Deathstalker. His fist slammed into the ground, making the ground shake as an explosion of dirt and dust rose from where he landed.
Yang watched the dust settle at where Weiss' butler had landed. They'd finished their fight with the Taiju only moments earlier, the crippled snake no match for their brutal punishment. The blonde whistled appreciatively, looking on at the crater he'd made with his gravity-assisted punch. "Looks like he made that Deathstalker bite the dust. Eh? Eh?" Her precious little sister groaned at the pun, and Ren gave her a patronizing smile alongside her partner. "You guys suck."
Macht stood in the middle of the small crater to recover before joining his group. The four of them watched as the Nevermore faded away with a final strike from Blake, before they, too joined the rest of the groups. Weiss didn't speak a word to him, but she had wrapped her arms around his own right arm as they all made their way back to the cliffs.
Everything was silent; the exhaustion of their battles finally hitting them as the adrenaline wore off. It was a lengthy walk back, and they'd had to ascend another cliff to finally make it back to the main one they'd been launched off of. Beacon was in the distance, close enough to hear the hustle and bustle of the school even from a fair distance away. Jaune could hear the sighs of relief come from those around him, as well as from himself. They'd made it.
A tremor in the ground made them all stop. Fear gripped the Arc's heart and stomach. They were done. They had to be! They'd gotten so close!
"M-Maybe it was just a tremor?" Pyrrha offered optimistically, but she couldn't quite believe her own words. They were aspiring Hunters. Nothing happened without cause around them. Jaune's eyes met Blake's.
"Bad luck, huh?" he asked her. He saw the girl frown even further before returning to it's normal, tired expression. "What are the chances?"
"Statistically impossible," Paige added helpfully. The ground rumbled again; more violently. All twelve of the warriors readied themselves, preparing for the words as the tremors became more violent. As quickly as it had begun, however, the tremors stopped. The twelve aspiring Hunters waited for a long minute before moving on, each cautious step following the next.
Once they'd reached the cliffs, they were greeted by Deputy Headmaster Glynda Goodwitch, while headmaster Ozpin was noticeably absent. When Ruby tried to ask about him, Goodwitch had answered that he had gone to check on something several minutes before. It wasn't hard to put two and two together.
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"Cardin Winchester. Russel Thrush. Dove Bronzewing. Sky Lark," Glynda announced their names as they approached the stage. The naming and team-designation ceremony had proceeded for about an hour, and was ending with the day's earliest initiates. "The four of you received the black Bishop pieces, and as such will be placed together as Team CRDL (Cardinal), led by Cardin Winchester." The blonde nodded towards them as the four left the stage, having had their moments of fame. She red the next team's name from the list on her Scroll.
"Richard Bright. Paige Leaftree. Macht Warme. Krill Master." The four students walked onstage as their portriats were placed on the monitor behind her. "The four of you retrieved the white Pawn pieces, and will be placed together as Team BLWM (Biolume), led by Richard Bright." The three others applauded the faunus boy's position, making Glynda smile inwardly. She had worried that Macht would cause trouble due to his upbringing, but he seemed in control of himself at the moment. She gave them each a firm nod as they left the stage.
"Ruby Rose. Yang Xiao-Long. Pyrrha Nikos. Lie Ren." She waited for the four students to come to the stage. Ruby was blushing at the attention she was receiving while her older sister had a wide grin on her face. "The four of you retrieved the white Knight pieces, and will be placed together at Team RYPR (Reaper), led by Ruby Rose." Ruby's wide eyes begot her shock, and Glynda offered her a brief, hopefully comforting smile. "Congratulations young lady," she spoke lowly so the microphone wouldn't pick up her voice. She kept a straight face, even as she observed Ruby's team hugging and congratulating her.
It took her a bit to usher them off-stage. She inwardly sighed before reading off the final four names that Ozpin had left her. "Jaune Arc. Weiss Schnee. Blake Belladonna. Nora Valkyrie," she spoke slowly. This was the team she'd had the most doubt about, and one she wanted to watch closely. The four students stood center-stage. "The four of you retrieved the white King pieces," she continued. "As such, you will be placed together as Team JWBN (Auburn), led by Jaune Arc."
"What!?" Weiss protested.
"What!?" Blake followed suit.
"What!?" Jaune couldn't belive his ears.
"What!?" Nora echoed the three of them, getting a curious look from the rest of her team. She shrugged. "Everybody else was doing it," she grinned as she justified herself. Weiss inwardly seethed as Blake shot her partner a deadly glare. Glynda, once more, inwardly sighed. She just knew that team would tear itself apart.
"This is looking to be," she sighed lowly to herself, "a very stressful year."
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Ozpin watched as the girl fidgeted and writhed in her unconscious state. He waited patiently, if not heavily stressed, as he tried calling the man through his Scroll once more. It pained him to see the girl in such a sorry state, but he needed her kept alive until they could find a new, suitable host for her power. Quite a few new candidates had made themselves known in his school, so he would observe them carefully to see the potential they had.
Ozpin felt his Scroll stop shaking as it rang. "What is it that you need, dear headmaster?" the sly voice of his associate spoke through the speakers. He held up the Scroll so it would show his face. Snake-like eyes stared back into his own. "Don't tell me that you've gone and destroyed my machine. You need your Maiden alive for the process, don't you?"
"It isn't broken," the headmaster responded, keeping his voice calm and controlled. "There were complications earlier, however?"
"Oh?" Disinterest oozed from the other man's tone.
"The machine you designed had a brief critical failure and released some of Amber's power as a result," Ozpin explained. "It caused tremors in Beacon and in the Emerald Forest as a result."
"Kukukuku~" Orochimaru chuckled, rolling his eyes at his associate. "Power like hers is not so easily contained," he explained to the silver haired man. "It needs to regularly release the said power, or your dear Maiden just might burn herself up from the inside. You wouldn't want that now, would you?"
"I suppose not," Ozpin spoke slowly. "Is there any way to lessen the bursts?"
"You could use her power for something else," the snake-like man suggested. "You could save quite a lot on your electricity bill, I'm sure."
"I won't abuse her-"
"Please, you'd be doing her a favor, dear headmaster," the man interrupted his colleague. In the background of the call, Ozpin could hear a roar and several screams. Orochimaru remained unfazed. "Now, I must return to the capture. Be a good man and allow Amber's power to seep out slowly and provide fuel for your school, Ozpin. I wouldn't want a tragedy on your hands because of some measly tremors." The call disconnected, and Ozpin sighed.
He looked back upon the Maiden and closed his eyes in contemplation of Orochimaru's words. After a pregnant moment, the headmaster pulled up his scroll once more. His thumb hovered over the name of one of his trusted friends. The Scroll ran lowly as he contacted the person. It wasn't long before a chiseled face occupied the screen. "Oz?"
"Hello, General," Ozpin took a sip of his coffee before addressing the man. "I'm afraid I'll have to skip the pleasantries. When will you next be in Vale? I need one of your geniuses to take a look at rewiring some things for our... resident occupant."
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Emerald slowly moved towards the door, her heart racing. On her back was a small knapsack full of things she held dear. Just a few of her favorite books as well as a small tri-colored bracelet that Neo had given her about a month back. This was her chance. After weeks of planning, Emerald was going to put her life on the line. She didn't belong with Cinder. She didn't belong with this entire group and this whole crazy plan. She was just a girl from the streets in way over her head. She needed to get away.
Her hand grasped the door handle before she found herself drawing her weapon and pointing it at- Neo. The girl let out a breath she hadn't known she'd been holding as her arm relaxed. "Hey there, Sundae," she spoke in a hushed tone. The low lights of the warehouse illuminated them just enough for them to see one another. "What are you doing awake?" Neo pointed to the fridge. Em smirked. "Raiding the freezer again?"
Neo nodded, before pointing towards the door. Emerald bit her lower lip, not meeting her friend's eyes. The girl huffed and stomped her foot on the ground. "I don't belong here," Em admitted. "I really don't want to get involved with this entire thing. You don't know what I do, and... I hope you never do." Neo tilted her head. "I'm sorry. I really can't stay here. I'll be close, though, ok? I'm sure you'll find me. You're resourceful like that. Just... take care of yourself, ok?"
Neo stayed silent, as she often did, but nodded slowly. Emerald smiled gently and ruffled much to Neo's chagrin. "I'll see you around, you little psychopath." Neo gave her friend a short wave before turning her attention to the fridge. Emerald sighed as she closed the door silently behind her, and took off into the night.
Vale's night air was chilly, especially on the industrial side of town. There were less bodies to warm the surrounding area. Her jog led her through to the commercial district, and down near the bay of the western side. She slowed down her pace as she walked the streets, enjoying the sudden feeling of freedom she felt. The young woman walked slowly to a very familiar building, one she'd been visiting for the last week.
'A Taste of Vacuo' was the restaurant's name. The inside of the building was decorated just like the previous one; with sandy-colored walls, a light blue ceiling and homey, wooden décor. There were already a few waiters, waitresses, and hosts; but there was always room for one more. To the side of the hosts' stand stood Misha, dressed in a fine suit and looking large and happy as ever.
"Misha," she called out to him, getting a large smile as he caught sight of her. His arms widened and he wrapped her up in a bear hug.
"Is little friend!" he greeted her enthusiastically. "This is best thing! Is best thing!" Behind him at the stand stood a young man who looked at her with a coy smile. Misha motioned to the man. "Jeremy, little girl is back!" Jeremy rolled his eyes before offering the girl his hand.
"Yeah, yeah, nice to see you again," he chuckled. Emerald gave him a confused look. "I was the one who grabbed He- I uh, mean, Misha when you came here years ago with your little boyfriend." Emerald blushed at those words, now recognizing the once teenager's face. "So, you gonna be part of the crew?"
"I guess so," Emerald smiled as she spoke, looking to her friend once more. "That is, if you guys will have me?"
"Of course, little friend," the large man returned the smile. "You will be safe, here." Emerald kept her smile on her face, but felt her stomach drop.
"Actually," she mumbled before taking a deep breath. "I think I should warn you about something."
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Jaune and Ren both sighed as they walked side-by-side down the hall. They'd returned from dinner late, and their teammates were already back at their dorm rooms for the evening. "You know, I really think you and I can get along," Jaune gave his fellow male a smile. "You're a pretty cool guy, and you don't seem all that full of yourself like Macht or Richard." Ren gave Jaune a brief smile before returning his eyes to the hall ahead.
"I believe we will get along as well," Ren told his new friend, returning the sentiment. "I do not believe they're full of themselves. Just confident teens who are quite strong."
"Yeah, I guess so," the blonde sighed. "I kinda wish I was a bit more like them. Cool. Strong. And did you see how Weiss looks at Macht? I wish I had someone who would look at me that way." Ren chuckled under his breath and rested his hand on his friend's shoulder.
"I'm sure that in time, your wish will come true," he advised. He kept his pace steady up until the point they arrived at their rooms. the two doors were opposite of one another. "I wish you luck, Jaune."
"Yeah, you too, Ren," Jaune grinned before they both opened their doors and entered their rooms. Four seconds later found them both bolting from their rooms and slamming their doors shut behind them. Both young men were breathing heavily, and glanced towards one another. "You know," Jaune spoke between labored breaths. "It just now occurred to me that I'm sharing a room with three girls."
"The same with me," Ren laughed softly under his breath. He gave Jaune a pained smile as something scratched at the door behind the blonde. "Shall we grab dessert while our teammates change?"
"That sounds like a perfect idea," Jaune hid his grimace with a smile. His eyes widened as Weiss' sword impaled the door, missing hid head by less than an inch. "L-Let's go!"
"Reeeen!" Yang's voice roared from behind the door. "Get in here and accept your beating before I smash this door to a pulp!" The dark haired boy swallowed hard.
"I'll be right behind you," he told Jaune before the two of them took off down the hall. As if initiation hadn't been brutal enough!
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A second chapter as an apology! I'm not sure if I'll have anything for the end of the week, but I'll try and get something posted. No promises though.
Until then
Laters!
