A.N.: I just want to thank JAC OneManBand again for allowing me to use team JSTR in my story. You guys should really check him out on YouTube if you haven't already. There is a link in my bio.
Ruby: Is your writing getting better?
Yang: Psh, don't be ridiculous Ruby. It's obviously just his beta reader fixing things to make them better.
me: Well, that's half true. The other part is me.
Yang: I'd say quarter of that is true.
Me: Okay, my friends helped me too but-
Blake: Can we get on with the chapter please, I want to read.
Me: Good idea Blake, Onto the chapter.
Long Day...Again
Mag witnessed Ryder running straight at her with her machete and swing at neck height. To everyone watching, Mag simply vanished and Ryder hit nothing but air. While Ryder was distracted, Mag appeared behind her and hit Ryder with a hard swing from her katana, Trick Fouet. It was a lot like Blake's weapon, only it's blade broke in multiple spots allowing for a whip-like feature. There was a gun barrel just above the handle, allowing for dust rounds to be shot out.
Ryder looked back and retaliated quickly by slashing at Mag and hitting her across the chest. Mag quickly glanced up at the board to see the aura stats. To Mag's surprise, Ryder had taken almost no damage from her attack. Mag needed to hit Ryder quickly and often.
Figuring out a strategy she witnessed Ryder coming at her again. She blocked Ryder's attack; Mag countered from the attack by turning Trick Fouet into its flail form when her attack landed. The blade wrapped around Ryder's machete and hit her in the face. While Ryder was distracted by her attack, Mag realised that her flail was still wrapped around Ryder's machete. With a hard pull, Mag ripped one of Ryder's machete's out of her hand and sent it far behind her.
Ryder recovered from the attack and swung her other machete. Mag barely blocked the attack by turning Trick Fouet back into its katana form. The two clashed in an epic sword duel but no attacks were landed. Mag switched things up a bit and switched Trick Fouet into its pistol mode. She shot about three shots that were all blocked by Ryder. Ryder ran straight at Mag, Mag simply rolled out of the way and turned to look at Ryder dive to pick up her other machete. Ryder dove and picked it up, got back onto her feet, turned to face Mag, all in one motion.
Mag looked up at the board to see the aura stats. Mag had only taken one hit and Ryder had taken several, the odd thing was that Ryder had more aura in reserve than she did. Mag was puzzled by this and looked back at Ryder with question written all over her face. Ryder took out some sort of revolver looking weapon and threw her machete's into the air. Ryder released two shot simultaneously and jumped up into the air. Mag only saw one of the shot coming and was only able to block the first one. The bullet must have had a burn dust infused with it because on impact they exploded. Mag was stunned from the previous attack and looked up to try to find Ryder, but to no avail.
Ryder landed behind Mag and slashed her in the back. Mag's aura was almost gone and she knew it. Ryder had obviously had enough of this fight. She took her revolver and two machete's and turned them into a double barrelled shotgun. She unleashed two shots at a time and reloaded her weapon just as fast as she shot the bullets. Mag knew that she was beaten already.
"I forfeit." She said, throwing Trick Fouet to the ground.
This earned a smile from Ryder.
"Very well, the winner of the first match of the year is Ryder Pennyworth." Goodwitch stated. Mag walked up to Ryder who was putting her weapons away.
"Hey, good match Ryder." Mag said extending a hand. Ryder smiled and accepted it giving a good shake.
"It was fun, I hope we can do it again sometime." She said as she turned to walk away.
Mag gave a smile and teleported up to where her teammates were sitting.
"Good try." Steel said trying to comfort Mag.
"I did my best, and that's the best I can do." Mag replied with a smile.
"That! Was! Awesome!" Ruby shouted, pumping her fists excitedly.
"Jeez Ruby, calm down." Rusty said sounding shocked.
Glynda had now hushed all the students in the room and began to speak again. She gave a speech about the pros and cons about Ryder's and Mag's match. They students listened and in a few short moments, the bell rang to tell them that it was lunch time. The three teams went into the cafeteria and received some food, they then went to go sit down at a table.
The teams talked while they ate, they mostly kept within their own teams but Mag and Blake were having an interesting conversation.
"Look Blake, she was way stronger than I was today, alright." Mag said right before taking a sip of orange juice.
"I know that, but that isn't the reason that you forfeited is it?" Blake said trying to get Mag to admit to something, but Blake didn't quite know yet.
Mag put her orange juice down.
"I need to tell you something." Mag started as she stood up. "We will be right back." She said and walked out of the cafeteria with Blake close behind. Once they were outside Blake poked at the question again bluntly.
"So what's up?" She asked crossing her arms.
"I think I knew that girl that I was fighting and why I wouldn't be able to beat her." Mag started, she then took a deep breath and continued. "I need you to keep a secret okay, I'm a...a-a faunus" She whispered in Blake's ear. This immediately caught Blake's attention. "I have a deer tail." Mag said turning beet red.
"Really?" Blake replied.
"Well this is quite a story and it all ties together." Mag sat down beside the wall and Blake did the same. "When I went to school before Beacon, I was obviously picked on because I was a faunus."
"I know how that feels." Blake thought to herself.
"I had an older brother, but he disappeared one day and nobody knows what happened to him. I was so young when he left that I don't even remember his name. Anyway, I originally went to a school in Mistral. I was there for about five years, training to become a huntress. There was a group of people there who were really racist toward faunus. One day I was walking home from school and they decided that they were going to up their game by beating up faunus. I was caught in the middle of all that. They chased me into the swamps and I couldn't outrun them. That's when a girl rushed in." Mag had tears in her eyes now, but continued on with her story. "The girl took on seven boys her age, all of them training to be huntsmen. She took them all on with little to no trouble. She is the only other one who knows about me being a faunus. I owe her a great amount and I don't know if I will ever be able to repay her." Mag sighed and let what she had said process for Blake.
"You may not know it, but I know exactly how you feel." Blake said putting a hand on Mag's shoulder. The faunus looked up at Blake with a questioning look. Blake pointed to her bow and waited for Mag to look. When she did Blake made her cat ears twitch which caught Mag by surprise.
"You're a faunus too?" Mag said sounding surprised.
"Yeah, I didn't exactly have the best childhood either. When I was a young girl, I was integrated into the ranks of the White Fang." Blake started but was cut off by Mag.
"Wait, wait, wait. You were a part of the White Fang?" Mag asked feeling a slight hostility toward her friend.
"Yes, but back then, things were different. We were peaceful protesters striving to achieve equal rights for the faunus. Five years ago, our leader stepped down, and a new one took his place. Let's just say that the two leaders had different ways of thinking. Our protests were being turned into organized attacks, especially on companies who were using faunus labour." Blake paused for a moment to recollect her thoughts "I had a partner, and we had a code in the White Fang. We wouldn't kill innocent people. On our last assignment, He decided to break that code. That was the last straw for me. So I left." Blake said, not even shedding a tear.
Mag looked out to the horizon.
"So, does anyone else know about this?" Mag asked.
"No, and I hope to keep It a secret as long as possible. But this doesn't explain why you forfeited your match." Blake said bringing the topic back up.
"Ryder was born with an abnormal amount of aura reserve. I know that with my attacks alone, I wouldn't have been able to beat her in the first place. I don't know if anyone could beat her." Mag admitted. The bell rang indicating that classes were starting soon.
"Let's go." Blake said and they took off toward their next class of the day
The three teams were finally out of classes and were all conversing amongst themselves. Blake and Mag hadn't spoken about their heritage at all since lunch and agreed to not talk about it unless absolutely necessary. It was about seven o'clock at the time and their days weren't going to get any shorter. The teams decided to head on home and retire for the night. The teams got back in their respective rooms and decided to go to bed. Blake was lying down and thinking about the conversation she had with Mag.
"Hey, Blake, are you alright?" Ruby asked concerned about her teammate. It took about five seconds for Blake to process what Ruby had said.
"Sorry, what did you say, I was kind of zoned out." Blake replied.
"I asked if you were alright." Ruby repeated herself.
"Yeah, no, I'm fine." Blake said as she fumbled around with her words.
"Blake, what's up. You seem off" Ruby said pressing for an answer.
"Nothing Ruby, I'm fine." Blake said trying to wave her off
"You know that you can tell me if anything is wrong right?" Ruby said trying to comfort her.
"Okay Ruby, if something's wrong, I will let you know." Blake said keeping her thoughts to herself. Ruby went back to her bunk and left Blake to her thoughts. Blake had reminded herself of Adam and the White Fang when she had spoken with Mag. She decided to try to let thoughts go again and tried to get some sleep.
Blake woke up the next morning and acted like everything was fine. The thought of Adam and her old comrades kept haunting her thoughts. Blake had time in prison before arriving at Beacon to forget about the White Fang and tuck the thoughts in the back of her mind. Blake had woken up before everyone else again. She decided to take a walk outside to take her mind off of all of her thoughts. Blake stood up and snuck out of the room hoping that nobody heard her. She grabbed her combat attire and went out of the room to go change in the washroom.
She quickly changed and left the washroom as quickly and quietly as possible. She went into the main courtyard and sat down on the statue base. She was looking up at the sky until she heard someone come up behind her. She turned to see the familiar face of Ozpin standing behind her.
"Good morning, Ms Belladonna. Up a bit early, aren't we?" Ozpin said taking a sip of coffee
"Yeah, I guess so." Blake agreed.
''indeed, but I feel like something is troubling you. Would I be correct?" Ozpin asked sitting down next to Blake.
She decide to try to open up to Ozpin a bit.
"I've just been thinking about my time in the White Fang recently." Blake admitted
"Did you have many friends in the White Fang?" Ozpin asked prolonging the conversation. The question caught Blake off guard but she quickly retaliated
"Oh, yeah. One friend in particular. I don't like talking about him though." Blake sighed.
"I see, well it is obvious why you are thinking about this topic so much." Ozpin said giving a smile. Blake shot the man a look knowing exactly what he meant by his words. Ozpin stood up.
"Blake, if there is ever something that you need to talk about, please don't hesitate to contact me." He said before leaving the secret faunus to meddle with her thoughts. Blake saw that he was trying to help her but she didn't want to sell him out to the authorities or anything. Blake looked back up at the sky and tried to get rid of the thoughts in her head. Blake noticed a ship arriving at Beacon's landing deck. She investigated to find out what was inside.
"Blake?" A person asked behind her. She turned to see the friendly face of Teal standing behind her.
"Hello, Teal." Blake said not taking her eyes off of the bullhead. The airship landed and opened the cargo doors. Inside the cart were multiple crates with people pushing them on carts.
"Looks like the supplies have arrived." Teal observed.
"Why are they here so early, they aren't due to arrive for another hour."Blake said not trusting the cargo.
"They are probably just ahead of schedule." Teal said. "Speaking of which, why are you up so early?" He asked giving his head a tilt.
"I could ask the same of you." Blake said looking back at her friend.
"Couldn't sleep." Teal said taking a seat beside her.
"Two reasons, I like to wake up early, and I've got some thoughts on my mind that I'm trying to get out of my head." Blake told him. Teal gave a nod understanding that she didn't want to talk about it.
"I know by the way." Teal said in a serious tone. Blake shot him a concerned look that she disguised as confusion.
"Know what?" Blake asked not giving any leeway.
"About you and Mag being faunus." Before Blake could object, he raised his hand to silence her. "Before you say anything, my semblance told me, due to the fact that both you and Mag are hiding that fact, you don't want anyone to know about it." Teal put a hand on Blake's shoulder.
"Can you keep it a secret?" Blake asked concerned.
"Of course. Unless you say otherwise, I won't tell a soul." Teal said honestly .
"I trust you." Blake said looking back up to the sky.
"Well, that's a good thing." Teal said standing up. "It's almost time for breakfast, do you want to to get something to eat so we can beat the line?" Teal asked standing up and offering her his hand.
"Sure, why not." Blake said taking his hand. Teal pulled her onto her feet and the two walked over to the cafeteria.
Ruby awoke with a yawn. She took a quick glance around the room to look at her teammates. She quickly noticed that Blake was missing. Ruby decided that she couldn't have gone anywhere and stepped down off of the bed. She opened her bag and took out her combat cloths.
"Blake is fine." Ruby kept telling herself. Ruby walked into the washroom and walked into a changing stall. She quickly changed and walked back to the dorm. She walked into the dorm to a tired Yang standing in the middle of the room.
"Hey, Ruby. Where is Blake?" Yang asked groggily.
"I don't know where she is." Ruby admitted hopping back up onto her bed.
"She probably just went out for a walk." Yang suggested.
"Well based on the time, she probably is in the cafeteria." Ruby decided looking at the clock.
"Well, wake up ice queen, then let's go." Yang said going out of the room to change. Ruby hopped down off of her bunk and shook Weiss awake.
"What-... what are you doing?" Weiss asked as she woke up.
"It's time to get up Weiss." Ruby said letting the heiress get out of bed. Weiss looked at the clock to decide if it was actually time to get up.
"Alright." Weiss agreed standing up to go over to her bag.
"If you see Yang tell her I will be in the cafeteria," Ruby said running out of the room.
Weiss shook her head and left the room to go change.
Blake and Teal walked into the cafeteria. It was odd to walk into a room with less than ten people in it. Blake shrugged off the feeling and followed Teal to the counter. They grabbed toast, eggs and bacon that was there and went to a table to sit down. They ate in silence until Blake's team leader walked into the room.
"Hey Blake." Ruby said as she passed by to go get some of the food that was there. Blake continued to eat until Ruby sat down next to her.
"When did you get up?" Blake asked
"not that long ago." Ruby said taking a bite of her toast.
"Excited for today, we get to do combat classes."Teal said with a smile.
Oh yeah, I've heard rumours that we get to do team battles too!" Ruby said excitedly
"That would be fun." Blake said trying to sound excited. She turned to see Weiss and Yang walk into the room. They sat down next to Ruby and joined the conversation. Over the course of a few minutes, the entire cafeteria was packed. Team JNPR and the rest of team STRM had joined them. Blake and Mag avoided eye contact with each other through the whole meal. After everyone was done eating, they continued to the combat room as a group. They were the first to arrive so they sat down and awaited the rest of the students to flood into the bleachers. After all was said and done, Glynda Goodwitch greeted all of the students in the room.
"Welcome to today's combat class. Through all of today, we will have both individual matches and team matches. If anyone would like to go first, please step forward. All of the students began talking amongst each other to decide if they wanted to go first.
"Let's do this!" Ruby said excitedly.
"Yeah." Yang agreed. Blake gave a nod in agreement as did Weiss.
"We will go first." Ruby said standing up. at the same time, a strong looking boy stood up at the same time saying the same thing.
"It looks like we have a match." Goodwitch said allowing the two teams to come down to the combat floor.
Ruby observed the competition in front of her and devised a plan to beat them.
"Okay, Yang, try to take out their leader. Blake, try to distract them and I will cover you with my sniper. Weiss try to cover my six." Ruby said earning different expressions from her teammates.
"Let's do it." Blake said in agreement. The other two teammates nodded in agreement and broke their huddle. They waited for the other team to finish their plan. Once they did, they all unsheathed their weapons and readied for combat.
"Team RWBY vs team CRDL. Are the teams ready?" Goodwitch asked.
"Yes." Both team leaders said simultaneously.
"Then let the first team match of the year, begin!" The teacher shouted and getting off of the training floor. Yang ran up the right side of the training floor and Blake ran up the left. Ruby placed herself in the top left corner of the battlefield and set up her sniper. Yang shot behind her propelling herself into the air. While she was in the air, she shot herself downward at the ground. The impact created a small shockwave knocking the opponent's team leader onto his feet. Blake make the mistake of running into the group of three boys before Ruby had set up. Blake realised this and immediately went on the defensive. Ruby had finally set up and released a few shots from Crescent Rose at her partners attackers. As Ruby engaged from afar, Blake took their disadvantage and attack one of team CRDL members Sky Lark. Ruby had been shooting at the other two members who had caught on to what was happening now.
Yang was in a fist versus mace fight with team CRDL's leader Cardin Winchester. Yang ducked under his attack and shot him in the stomach. The attack had stunned the poor boy and Yang used this to her advantage. She shot behind her and flew at the boy who was still recovering from her attack. Yang punched him across the face, sending the team leader flying and out of the match. She looked over to see how her teammates were doing.
Russel Thrush had gotten too close to Ruby so Weiss had engaged. Ruby was still trying to cover Blake from Dove Bronzewing while she engaged Sky Lark. Blake had got Sky Lark beaten and they both knew it. Blake cast a shadow double and jumped off of it into the air. Ruby saw this move and took the fact that Sky was off guard to snipe him. She unleashed three shot which all landed in the halberd users back. His aura dropped into the red signalling that he was out of the match. Weiss was in a close fight with Russell. She blocked an attack from one of his daggers, but failed to block the second one. Dove Bronzewing rushed at Blake's back while she landed hoping to take her by surprise. Blake had used this move over and over but it always seemed to be effective. She cast a clone below her and jumped off of it. Dove didn't see her do this and attacked the clone of Blake only to have his sword hit nothing but air. Before he knew it, he was on the ground with Blake standing on top of him. Dove's aura went into the red signalling him to be out.
Weiss kept on her toes when fighting Russell. He was fast and Weiss nearly couldn't keep up, he would land a few of his attacks while Weiss couldn't land any. Suddenly a shot from crescent Rose knocked one of Russell's daggers out of his hands. Weiss now had the upper hand. She cast a glyph at her feet and behind Russell. She jumped into the air and sent herself flying at the confused duel wielder. Weiss launched at him with such a force that Russell didn't have any time to react to. Weiss landed her attack and took Russell out of the fight. Team RWBY gathered together and earned a cheer from the audience.
"The winner of today's first team match is team RWBY." Goodwitch said.
"Good teamwork guys." Ruby said happily. The teams went back into the stands and prepared to watch the next match. The two teams were team JSTR versus team GLDN. (Golden) They watched as team JSTR practically wiped the floor with them. Team JSTR consisted of Josh Sandwin, Sergai Nagont, Tanya Panzerfaust, and Ryder Pennyworth. While the fight was happening, Ruby looked over at her friends. Strangely the person who was paying the most attention was Mag. Ruby shrugged the thought off and continued to watch the end of the match.
A.N.: The only teams that I want the story to be about mainly is team RWBY, STRM, JSTR, and a side of team JNPR…. I hope you guys are liking the story so far.
Rusty: No I hate it, it sucks.
Mag: Rusty, remember what he said.
Rusty: *Sigh* fine, sorry.
Teal: I don't get why you hate him so much.
Rusty: That's for me to know and you to never find out.
Me: See you guys later, assuming that they don't kill me first somehow.
rwbyfan5: *busts through the fourth wall* I'M HERE TOO! I DID BETA THINGS TO THIS CHAPTER!
Rusty: Darn it, we just fixed that!