GEKI: Kekkie.
Chapter 8: Gohan's plight! Team building exercise!
"Talking"
'Thinking'
ATTACKS!
Grimm/Hollows
Disclaimer: I don't own RWBY, DB, Z, GT, Super, Naruto, Fairy Tail, or Bleach. [Insert clever line here.] [Now insert year this joke was funny.] [Now insert year the LAST joke was funny.]
…..…..
The night was young, and it was just barely dusk outside. Team GEKI was seen on their own beds, each keeping to them for the moment. After the day they had, it wasn't really surprising. Especially after the disappointment they felt at the cafeteria. Which Gohan had deduced as Ruby's fault. Yet he would never hold it against her… for long anyway.
What? She ate EVERYTHING! And didn't even think to tell them about it…
Anyway, Gohan had decided to sneak a glance at his Team. Taking in exactly what each were doing. This wasn't proving very hard, considering they did the same thing almost every day. Erza with a notebook in her hand, coming up with combinations and possible weapons she could use her semblance for. Ichigo was setting crisscross on his bed with the giant blade of Zangetsu lying in his lap. Ichigo's face was void of any clear emotion as he supposedly meditated in his bed. Kakashi had his, by now, signature book held in his hand as he sat lazily in his bed.
Gohan was already tired of saying this, but hooray for teamwork.
As for Gohan himself, he was just staring at the ceiling. Deep in thought over the last few days since they became a team. They had done nothing but argue and have idle chit chat. The only one that seemed to be on good terms with everyone was himself, and he wasn't so sure with Kakashi anymore. If this doesn't change soon, then any team work they have will suffer.
The only bright side was that Gohan apparently wasn't the only team leader going through this. Ruby had somehow got his scrolls number (Not going to ask how) and has been texting him as of late. Both leaders telling the other of their team's many problems. It was actually refreshing to hear he wasn't all alone in wanting everyone to just be happy.
From what he's heard, Ruby's team is way worse off than his own. She has even said that her older sister, Yang, had been getting really irritated with Weiss and her stubbornness. She was worried that Yang would lose it and start a fight with the heiress. Blake was fine for the most part, keeping to herself and reading books all the time. So basically doing the same thing as Kakashi, only with a lot less sarcasm. Yet it was clear to both Gohan and Ruby that Weiss was the center of the team's problem. All Ruby had to do was get Weiss to accept her as leader and everything over there would be fine.
Yet it was a whole other problem with his team. Ichigo dislikes Erza, Erza is annoyed by both Ichigo and Kakashi, and Kakashi is, well, Kakashi.
'Or he at least really doesn't like me…'
But why? He didn't really show any hate for Gohan any other time. It was only after their spar where clearly the both of them were holding back. If Kakashi was angry at Gohan for holding back, then he shouldn't have done the same. Maybe it was because he was just slightly annoyed? Maybe Kakashi didn't HATE him, but he was only annoyed because Gohan had held back against him. It made much more sense than him hating Gohan for no reason.
The same couldn't be said for Ichigo and Erza. For Ichigo hates Erza for her somewhat know-it-all attitude. She hates him because of how he carries himself and his lack of manners. But Gohan was sure she hated Kakashi MUCH more than Ichigo. The silver haired huntsman being a smart ass that took every opportunity he could get to take a shot at her.
'Uuuuggghhhh…. Why do I have deal with this?' Gohan asked himself, clearly not wanting to put up with his teammates. Yet he reminded himself that he WAS the leader of the group. Or he was supposed to be. They needed to train, get down tactics, and bond as an actual team. They wouldn't be able to beat any of the other teams if they couldn't even help each other.
Looking at the clock, Gohan had to sigh as is showed that it was only 8:38. Meaning that it was still a bit early to go to sleep, and that meant more time with the awkward tension in the air.
Why couldn't today have been an okay day?
…..…..
'Why couldn't it have been an okay day?'
This was the singular thought running through Ruby's head at the time. Her eyes wide with worry as Weiss and Yang held their weapons at the ready, both glaring at each other. Yang with Ember Celica in gauntlet mode and Weiss holding Myrtenaster in her fencing pose. Neither willing to back down from this long coming clash of personalities. Ruby looked from the sidelines on her bunk bed, Blake sitting right next to her with a similar look of worry.
She may not have known her team that long, but Blake knew that infighting of any kind would lead to disaster sooner or later. Hopefully a LOT later, but she wasn't getting her hopes up.
"Take it back snow queen!" Yang yelled as her eyes quickly turned a deep crimson red, yet only for a moment as they returned to her normal lilac color. This put Weiss off for only a second, before she regained her stance.
"Why should I? It's true isn't it?" Weiss shot back, inching into a charging stance as Yang did the same. The blond practically red with anger as Weiss remained calm.
"Fine. I'll make you eat those words!" Yang then jumped at Weiss, bringing her fist back as she got closer to the heiress. Weiss responded with creating a black glyph right in Yang's path.
However, before Yang could touch the glyph, she was thrown off course in a surprise tackle. A red blur pushing her to the ground, and away from Weiss's glyph.
Weiss almost smirked, but a black ribbon took hold of Myrtenaster and yanked the Rapier out of Weiss's grip. She let out a surprise yelp, as the weapon fell into Blake's waiting hands on the bed. A look of pure annoyance on the mature girls face.
Yang looked to see it was Ruby who had tackled her. Confusion made its way onto the blond Brawlers face as she looked at her little sister.
"Ruby? What are you doing!? Get off so I can clobber that spoiled brat!" Yet Ruby refused to move as she held her sister down, having trouble actually keeping the stronger girl from just pushing her off.
On the other side of the room, Weiss tried to grab her Rapier from Blake's taunting hand. Yet the only mature girl in the room was to fast as she just moved the hand away from Weiss's grasp.
"Why the hell do you care!?" Weiss yelled while making another mad dash for her weapon.
Blake looked on at the heiress unimpressed. Using her shadow semblance to return to her regular spot on the bunk beds they had made.
"I actually like having a room to sleep in, thank you." Another attempt at trying to get the weapon, another easy dodge for Blake.
Ruby tried desperately to keep her sister down. She really did. But how in the hell do you keep someone like Yang down for long!?
With a small shove, Ruby was sent rolling off her sister's frame. Yet just as Yang sat up, her eyes becoming red in the process, Ruby once again tackled her to the ground. Yang found it much harder to tear the girl off this time around, as the girl locked her body with all the might her little limbs could muster.
"Dang it Ruby/Blake!" Both women shouted at the same time, clearly annoyed at their teammates.
….
"Did you guys hear that?" Ichigo asked suddenly. Gaining the attention of his fellow teammates. Both Gohan and Erza perked their ears at the sound of… yelling? Yeah, yelling coming from the other side of the hall. By the sound of it, a couple of girls were fighting.
Needless to say, it didn't take Gohan long to deduce that it was Ruby's team getting into a screaming match. Sounded like Weiss and Yang, with a bit of Ruby? Huh, guess she's trying to calm things down. This doesn't sound to be helping much.
Gohan gave a sigh as he moved to the side of his. With a small hop, Gohan was already on his way to the door. Erza and Ichigo raised an eyebrow each as Gohan opened the door.
Erza decided to speak, moving to the edge of her bed. "Where are you going?" She asked
Gohan turned his head to her with a smile. "Where do you think?" The Son of Goku replied. And with that, Gohan walked to the other side of the hall.
("GIVE ME MY WEAPON!") Then came the unmistakable voice of Weiss. The sound of things falling and getting thrown making much more sense now.
("LET ME GO RUBY!") Yang? Why was she yelling at-?
("NEVER!") Ruby to eh? Wonder what she was doing to get on Yang's nerves.
While the screaming continued, Gohan suddenly felt himself get really nervous. Here he was a teenaged male, about to knock on the door of four teenaged women. Sounded suspiciously like the stuff a certain old man would tell him about. Just thinking about the things the old man would say nearly brought Gohan to blush. But the Hunter in Training caught on to it, and immediately cut that line of thought. He did NOT need to do this looking like a tomato now.
Taking a deep breath, Gohan brought his fist up to knock on the door. And in rapid succession, Gohan had knocked on the door loud enough for the screaming girls to hear… hopefully.
….
Everyone stood still. Looking at the door to their bedroom in confusion and frustration. Confusion on Ruby's and Blake's side, frustration on the others. A moment passed and another, less forceful, knock was heard.
Ruby, being Ruby, instantly let go of her sister and used her semblance to get to the door. With a quick glance around the room, Ruby found that the others were trying to motion for her to NOT open the door. With Blake and Weiss shaking their heads no, while Yang waved her arms with angry eyes.
Ruby however, didn't care for her friends warnings. She needed SOMETHING else than her team trying to kill the other. In a quick and fluid motion, Ruby had opened the door while sticking her head out to see who had knocked. This had turned out to be a bad move as it ended with her head just a few inches away from the leader of team GEKI.
'Were his eyes always that… shiny?' She asked herself mentally. Soon she found herself lost in thought, trying to find out why his eyes were suddenly so…
'Sparkly? No, that's not it. Shiny? Also no.'
"Ummm… Ruby?"
'Crystal clear? NO! Then they wouldn't be that shiny black color!'
"... Ruby."
'I'm getting a headache trying to think of the word for it!'
"Ruby."
'Screw it! I'm just calling them shiny eyes! Yeah, that has a nice ring to-'
"RUBY!"
"Huh!? What?" The small girl blurted out; unaware of what she was just doing. Her eyes finally focused back onto the Monkey Faunus, and his rather annoyed glance.
"You okay Rubes? You seemed a little out of it there…" With that, Ruby's eyes widened as it finally dawned on her exactly what she had just done!
"AH! I'm so sorry Gohan!" She yelled in apology. "I mean, I opened the door, you were right there, I saw your eyes and then-" *SLAP!* Ruby covered her mouth, not trusting whatever was about to come out of it.
Gohan simply looked at Ruby weirdly, before shrugging and returning to his normal happy go lucky look. Hit tail swished happily behind him, showing that he really did have no clue as to what had just happened.
Seeing this, Ruby gave a sigh in relief, which Gohan also missed. Yet now that THAT was over with, why was Gohan here again?
As if by mind reading, Gohan answered her unasked question.
"I heard some commotion from the other side of the hall. Thought I'd come over and see what the trouble was." Gohan said while placing his hands behind his head.
"Oh! Well Gohan, you see my team was just having… uh. Just having a…" She stumbled, not sure exactly what to call what they were doing.
Yang spoke up from inside the room. "Killing each other?"
"No! Not killing each other!" She screamed while turning her head to her sister.
Gohan scratched his head with a confused stare. "Are you sure about that Ruby? It sure sounded like it."
Almost immediately, Ruby shook her head and waved her hands in a non-threatening manner. Trying, and failing, to convince Gohan that her team was fine. Which if he was Ichigo, bullshit would be the first word the young warrior would have said. However, he was raised better than that.
"Liar." He said simply. Ruby's face paled as he said the words. She wasn't even sure why she tried to hide it…
"Yes! We're fighting." She said in a defeated tone.
"Can I ask why?"
"Ah, well, you see Gohan. My sister and Weiss were just having an, uh, a disagreement."
"They brought their weapons out for a disagreement?" He asked in speculation.
"Well, that was how it started out." The Scythe Master said meekly. "They started to fight when Weiss brought up a point against my leadership."
Gohan paused, thinking over this information.
'Yang confronted Weiss over her lack of respect for Ruby. And in return Weiss said something that may have offended both Yang and Ruby. Yang took it as a personal attack, which it was, and responded with threats of beating her into the dirt. It's possible Weiss thinks her glyphs would be more than enough to deal with Yang, so she arrogantly replied with an insult and got Yang even more riled up.'
Gohan took a look around the room. Seeing Blake and Weiss standing off to the side. Blake with Weiss's Rapier in hand. Most likely in an attempt to keep Weiss from fight Yang. As for Yang and her sister Ruby, both looked a little roughed up, possibly from Ruby trying to stop her older sister from fighting by containing her.
It was clear this was becoming a bigger problem than before, and if Gohan were to guess right, it wouldn't take long for it to become even bigger. Something would have to be done about it soon.
Slowly, the boy began to think. The girls just staring at him, each with their own thoughts about the teen and his sudden appearance.
'Is it normal for a boy to think that hard? Yang thought.
'Why are we even allowing him in our room?' Weiss wanted nothing more than for the Monkey Faunus to leave.
'Why is everyone just standing here looking at him?' Blake couldn't help but think.
'I wonder what his favorite type of cookie is.' No real explanation needed.
Suddenly, the boy shot up with a wide smile. He looked at Ruby and her team one last time before bursting out of the room at full speed. While this wouldn't normally be a problem, the boys speed was so much that a gust of wind literally blew all the girls back a few inches, causing them to raise their arms over their heads for a few seconds.
"Did he just leave in the middle of a conversation?" Yang asked while looking at where Gohan use to be.
"Yeah," Blake said from the side. "Looked pretty excited."
Ruby looked at Gohan's last known location. "I wonder why?"
….
[I'm sorry Gohan, but I don't think I can do that.]
"Come on! Please!"
[Look, I can't just do student request Gohan.]
"I know that, but this is to help everyone get along better!"
[And I understand that, but there are rules I have to follow as a teacher.]
"I really need this favor Miss. Goodwitch!"
[… *Sigh* Fine, Gohan. But only this once! And if things get too heated, I'm calling it off. You got that young man?]
"Yes Ma'am!" Gohan said excitedly while a huge grin spread across his face. A quick beep, and she had hung up the call. Placing his scroll back in his pocket, Gohan still couldn't believe it worked!
Tomorrow would be a wonderful day for both Team GEKI and Team RWBY! For that, Gohan would make sure of it.
….
Walking along the path towards their next class, Team GEKI could only look in wonder as their team leader walked with a perkiness that wasn't there before, even going as far as to walk a few feet ahead of his team. After he had gotten back from talking with Team RWBY the night before, the boy had the biggest grin any of them had seen on his face.
"Hey," Kakashi whispered as he leaned his head over to Erza, "what do you think this is about?"
"Honestly, I know about as much as you do." She answered with a small frown.
"He hasn't told you anything about it?" Ichigo said, leaning his head into the conversation.
"I tried to ask earlier in the dorm, but he didn't give me a straight answer." She placed a hand on her chin in thought.
"What did he say?" Both boys asked in union.
"Just that today was going to be the best day of the semester."
Kakashi looked away, thinking about this new information.
"Could he simply be optimistic about this whole thing?" The silver haired huntsman asked.
"No, he seemed pretty sure that it was absolute."
"Do you guys think he may have something planned?" Ichigo decided to ask, getting looks from his teammates.
"What?" He asked.
"That's actually a possible theory." Kakashi said, somewhat surprised by Ichigo's deduction.
"Why do you sound so surprised by that!?" Ichigo yelled/whispered to his partner.
"It's just that I don't get that type of feeling from you." The Nin responded.
"I trust my instincts, and that's what they're saying now." Ichigo said off hand, looking away from the other two.
Erza looked at the white haired boy with a smile, "Then you must have some pretty good instincts then."
This time, it was both Ichigo's and Kakashi's turn to look at her in shock. Had she just…
"D-did you just give me/him a compliment?" The two said at once, again.
"Yes," she replied while looking at the two weirdly, "why wouldn't I?"
"….. It's just, weird." Ichigo said, looking to the left of the hall.
"Yeah, normally you would have insulted his intelligence instead." Kakashi said with a shrug.
"To be honest, this is truly the first time I've seen actual intellect from you Ichigo." Erza replied evenly.
The two sighed. "Back to square one." Kakashi said to his comrade.
"Heh, nice while it lasted." And so the three continued to their class, catching up to Gohan in the process. All of them silently wondering about their next class. Miss Goodwitch's class. Combat Practice.
….
"And the winner of the match is Lie Ren!" Glynda yelled from her position on the podium. Signaling Ren's win against his opponent.
Down in the arena, Ren bowed to his downed opponent. His posture remained stiff, and he glanced up to the person he had just bested.
"You were really good," He said, straightening up. "It was only bad luck that someone of your fighting style had to fight me."
Instead of respecting his opponent, the man slowly got up with a look of loathing. "Stupid ninja boy." He said, clearly annoyed.
Ren could only look on at his disrespectful opponent, clearly annoyed at the lack of sportsmanship some of the students have displayed. So far. His teammate, Pyrrha, having had a similar problem in her last match. It was… almost disgusting the lake of dignity these people leave with from the small arena.
Deciding not to think about it any longer, Ren turned on his heels, heading to the bleachers to join his team and newly gained friends for the next match. Hopefully, the next two up will have more respect for the art of sparing than these last few.
Glynda watched the students leave the arena, reminding herself that she would need to give a few of the students a few lessons in respect. Such actions would not be tolerated for long, even if there was technically nothing wrong with feeling bitter about a loss.
Quickly, Glynda looked down at her list of mashups, and the next one almost made her cringe. She had bended a rule, albeit for an arguably good reason. She didn't want to, but the boy was completely convinced that this would make things better for his team.
She sighed, and looked up to her many students attending the combat class. Her eyes glanced over Gohan, his team, and his friends. It was even clear to her that there was a bit of tension in the air. Though there was much more on team RWBY then team GEKI. Team JNPR on the other hand, seemed as if the member had been friends their whole lives. Jaune and Nora being absentminded of the tension of the other teams.
*Ahem.* She coughed into her hand, getting the attention of her students with such a simple action.
"Attention students, I have the finally match of the day." She said loud enough for everyone to hear. Now every student sat at the edge of their seat, excitement for whoever the next match would be. Some wanting to enter and show their stuff, others wanting to study their competition before getting in the ring with them.
She looked at the paper once more, then she looked across the bleachers.
"Will team GEKI and team RWBY please enter the ring, fully equipped." She announced, getting many surprised looks from many of her students. Gohan not included. His team and team RWBY on the other hand, all looked at each other in surprise and shock.
She smiled a little, thinking this wasn't so bad.
…..10 Minutes Later…..
"We can have team battles!?" Ichigo said for the twelfth time as he and the others walked to the stage. Now fully dressed in their combat gear, with their weapons on their person.
"For the hundredth time Ichigo, yes." The silver haired hunter-in-training said with an annoyed twitch in his only visible eye.
"I thought they were only single battles allowed!" In fact, this was the first team battle of the year. And being about three weeks in, made everyone a bit confused.
"Well," Gohan started, "team battles were never prohibited. If a student wanted, then they could challenge an entire team at once."
"WE CAN DO THAT TOO!?" Ichigo yelled, a bit louder than he may have needed to.
Erza gained a tick mark, glaring at Ichigo. She would have hit him then and there, yet she forced herself to reign her anger in. Which was no easy feat for the hot tempered woman. She could hold on and do it after the spar.
"You didn't know?" Kakashi was sure a few students had tried it already, and he was also sure that Ichigo was there.
"If I did, then why would I be asking!"
"Eh, good point."
"Anyway," Erza said, quickly cutting off any of Ichigo's further inquiries. "We're here."
And that's when Ichigo looked out, seeing the entrance to the arena. Excitement filled him, for he remembered how strong the girls were back at the initiation. The blond one in particular seemed to be stronger than most. The others on her team had other specialties, though they weren't as physical as Yang's. And that was why he wanted to fight her sometime in this little spar. Though he was sure Gohan would insist on a team effort-
"We each fight one of Team RWBY's member's one-one-one." The leader of team GEKI said out of nowhere.
'WHAT!?' Came the collective thoughts of EKI, each surprised by their leader's bold claim.
"But Gohan," Kakashi said while looking at Gohan weirdly, "wouldn't it be better if we attacked them as a team?"
Kakashi wasn't ignorant, he knew of the team problems that plagued Team RWBY. He also knew that Gohan knew. So why wouldn't Gohan want them to capitalize on their apparent weakness, which would be teamwork, and beat them?
"I must concur with Hatake." Erza said, the words being bitterer than she would like.
"Guys, just trust me on this." Gohan said, his calm smile making its way onto his face. The other looked at him skeptically, yet didn't question it further. Though Kakashi did try to solve the new puzzle before him, already coming up with multiple theories as to why Gohan would take this route.
They then stepped foot into the arena, already remembering from their last time here just yesterday. Hell, Ichigo and Erza could even make out a small mark on the side caused by their swords clashing.
Across form them was Team RWBY, Blake and Weiss standing a bit further away from their team, with Ruby and Yang looking on ahead with a bit of nervousness in both of them.
From atop her podium, Glynda looked down on the two teams. She already had a good idea of who would win, and rather easily at that. Yet she was hoping that the other team would prove her wrong. Yet as it seems, she would be right. Gohan's team would beat team RWBY easily. Which brought the question to her mind,
Why would Gohan want to fight them if his team would win easily? The girls were obviously divided. With Weiss not being very corporative and Blake's secretive and recluse attitude, they wouldn't be able to correctly stand a head on attack from all of Team GEKI. Ruby and Yang would the driving force, while Blake would occasionally follow an order and Weiss would do what she thinks as best.
Though those kinds of maneuvers would be overshadowed by Team GEKI. While still inexperienced, they all at least had a small form of respect for each other. Enough to follow Gohan's orders to victory. It would be a bit difficult, but Glynda was sure of the results.
But, with no other option, she raised the flag high into the air. The two teams on the bottom knowing that meant to get ready.
She looked them all over once more, seeing Team RWBY with a mixture of emotions, while Team GEKI only had one clear emotion showing. Excitement.
"START!" And she swung the flag down, their Aura levels appearing on the screen above the arena. Showing their faces and names above their respective aura.
…..Team GEKI…..
"START!" Miss Glynda yelled, and with a collective nod from everyone on the team, they dashed to their respective targets.
…..Team RWBY…..
"START!" Team RWBY looked ahead, all of them preparing for Team GEKI's assault. Yet they were taken surprise by them splitting up.
Ruby jumped back, barley dodging a kick from Gohan.
Yang brought up her right arm, letting her gauntlet block Zangetsu.
Weiss used one of her many glyphs to avoid one of Erza's slashes, said Huntress charging her again.
Blake jumped, ducked, and blocked Kakashi's attempts at getting to her. Using her shadow semblance to narrowly dodge a strike of his lightning filled mini-sword.
Team GEKI had made their move, how will Team RWBY respond?
…..END…..
AU: Hi guys… it's me. The guy that took half a year to get this out. Even though he had all summer to do it. Well, sadly Writer's Block had struck me hard when it came to this story.
You see that scene up there with Gohan getting in on Team RWBY's fight? Well that had me stumped for a lot longer than I would care to admit. Hell, even these last few scenes took me a few months to write and plane out. And I've also been cutting my time with way too many other stories and one-shots. Though now I have one less story to worry about! As an author recently took Avengers of Fiore off my hands. Not that I was really gonna make another chapter to it, just a story that's now out of my mind. Go check it out, won't be hard to find. And follow the guy that took it. CRUDEN, his username is. Real nice guy, even asked me about my future plans for the story and took them under consideration. He currently has two chapters to his name, while the first one is mine with a few differences.
Later on, I have a few more things coming. Firstly, the next chapter of Dragon Ball GT Super. With maybe a one-shot or two coming before it. Power of a Rose next, then my Undertale series, and finally the second chapter to Rebirth of a Knight, which is my newest. A few one-shots will make their way into my account here and there, with another new story coming fresh off the grill.
Like I don't have enough, but the idea isn't going away. So why ignore it? Though it won't be like my usual stories. As in, it won't be a Fanfiction of a property I would normally do. I won't give it away, but it is very different from my normal Anime and Superhero stuff.
Lastly, about this chapter. It was rushed and I think it's my least favorite in the whole story. Next one will pick up faster, since I left this one off at a fight. I do fights way better than I do those 'other' scenes. Mainly because I can get more creative with them.
And that's why I think next chapter will be out much sooner than this one was. But still a little bit away.
CIAO FOR NOW!
JTD3! SIGNING OUT!