Well, here's 14. made these characters last night, so I apologize if they're a little obvious. Exams are coming up, so I might not upload as regularly, but then again, who needs to study? :P Hope you like the chap!

Chapter 14

A couple weeks had past and the students had fallen into the schedule of the school. Most teachers gave them the weekend off, so that was their free time. The trainees would go into town, on their own or with members of their team, and relax. Each student, since the school schedule was so arduous, couldn't have a job. So the Beacon gave each student an allowance. Food was provided by the school, so the allowance was for school supplies and recreational uses.

Grey was walking around Vale, just wandering, when he overheard some voices from the Vale Train Station. An outsider wouldn't have guessed that he had overheard them, since outwardly he didn't react at all. He didn't tilt or raise his head, he just kept walking, head down, appearing bored and disinterested. He made his way over to the voices.

"It's not like we can just waltz into Beacon. They have measures against such an action," a male voice said.

"True but then what are we going to do? It wasn't our fault there was a Grimm attack in the country, and we happened to be there at that time. The town would have been destroyed if not for us!" a smooth, female voice exclaimed.

"It's all your fault," a different male voice said, "If you didn't have such a strong moral compass Jason, we would have made it in time for the beginning of the semester. But no. We just HAD to help."

"You agreed too, Midas. Don't pin this on Jason," the female voice said.

"I only agreed after you and Uly agreed. Even if I voted against it, that's 3 on 1."

"Well if you guys saved a town, I'm sure the headmaster would be understanding," Grey said, stepping out from around the corner.

He looked around at the 4 people standing on the train platform, each with their luggage. The luggage itself said a lot about each person. One had a lot of it, and everything was gold. Another had almost as much as the first guy, but hers was less organized. The second guy had a single piece of luggage, as did the last girl.

Grey also noticed that only 3 of them had weapons on their person. 'Golden boy' had a saber at his hip, gold of course. The girl with a lot of luggage had a quarterstaff on her back, and as Grey looked closer, she had what looked like snake skin. The last person with a weapon was the other girl. She had a greatsword over her shoulder. The last guy, who didn't appear to have a weapon, had put his hand in his pocket, appearing causal. He had ram horns curling out of the side of his head. He pulled a coin out of his pocket and started rolling it across his fingers.

"Who are you?" 'Ram Head' asked suspiciously.

"I'm Grey, Grey Grace. I overheard you guys talking and I'm a student at Beacon myself. So if you want I can take you there."

"So you were eavesdropping," 'Snakeskin' said. It was a statement, not a question. Grey shrugged.

"When you've been through what I have, you learn to pay attention to your surroundings. Besides, you guys weren't exactly being quiet."

"Can't argue with that logic," the girl with the greatsword said, in a surprisingly deep voice. She stepped forward and offered her hand to Grey. Grey stepped forward and shook her hand. He was pleased to see that she had a firm grip, "I'm Uly, Uly Styx."

"Nice to meet you Uly."

Grey took another look at Uly. She wasn't a tall girl by any means. Every member of GAIA would be taller than her. She a few inches shorter than him. The handle of her sword protruded over her right shoulder, and Grey surmised she was left handed like himself. She was wearing golden bronze and a dark grey. She was dress practically, or at least it would be practical in battle. She was wearing a skirt of grey plate, studded with bronze. The same studded armor covered her chest, leaving her formed belly unarmored. Her shoulder and arms were also armor-less. Her strawberry blond hair seemed to change colour in the evening light.

Uly and Grey nodded at each other as Grey turned to greet the rest of the group. 'Ram Head' was the next to step forward. He put his coin in his left hand and shook Greys hand as well. Again, the handshake was firm.

"I'm Jason Argo."

"He's the leader of our group," Uly said.

Jason was the same height as Grey. He was wearing a purple t-shirt with a golden V on it, but with the ends curled outwards, giving it the appearance of ram horns. Over the purple t-shirt, he was wearing a golden white fleece jacket, which had the ram horn insignia over the right side of his chest. He was wearing jeans as well. His hair was just as golden as his insignia.

"Nice to meet you Jason."

"Likewise."

'Snakeskin' walked up to Grey and performed an elegant curtsy. She was surprised, and a little annoyed when Grey bowed back. Uly suppressed a laugh. Grey stood up with a goofy grin on his face.

"Let's keep it semi-formal ok?" he said, holding out his hand.

She looked at his hand and sighed. She shook his hand. Her grip wasn't as firm as Uly's or Jason's, but it still had some strength to it.

"Priscilla Medu, snake faunus," she said, as if challenging him to comment.

"Well Priscilla, I could've guess that, but thank you for clearing it up," Grey said sarcastically.

This time, Uly wasn't the only one laughing. Jason joined in as well.

"Been awhile since someone's followed through, eh Prissy?" he said, smiling.

"I told you not to call me that Jason!"

While this banter was going on, Grey took the chance look at her. On her head was what looked like the top of a mushroom, just as a hat. It was a dark blue, and a sea green feather was stuck in a darker green button on the hat. Long black hair flowed out from under it. The rest of her attire was of similar flamboyance. Her sleeves were sea green, while the rest of her shirt was a dark blue. She was wearing a short shirt that was the darker green colour, and she was wearing tights under them. her left leg was sea green, while her right was the blue. Her shoes were the opposite colours as the tights, so her left shoe was blue, while the right was sea green. All in all, she looked like an entertainer.

'Golden Boy,' or Midas, Grey guessed, since he was the only one left and Grey heard the name beforehand, stepped forward, and thrust his hand out, daring Grey to take it. Grey took it. Grey's handshake has been firm for a long time. It was bound to happen since he's a sword fighter and he uses a bow. But as Midas's hand was in his, he saw Midas scowl, then he tried to crush Grey's hand. Grey raised an eyebrow. Then he returned the favour. Years of gripping a sword hilt while swinging it in wild and seemingly random arcs had strengthened his arm and hand muscles. He squeezed back, using his semblance so it was only for a split second. Midas eyes seemed to bulge out if his head, even after Grey stopped squeezing.

As Midas quickly withdrew his hand from Grey's, Grey looked at him. 'Golden Boy' was a good nickname. He was wearing all gold. It was like he took a bath in it. He was wearing a golden polo shirt, with the collar folded down. He was wearing khakis, also gold. His shoes were looked like they were half moccasin, half shoe, and they were, again, gold. His hair was golden blonde as well, even more so than Jason's. His saber scabbard was also golden, as was the handle of the sword. It also had a hand guard on it as well. He looked like a pompous douche.

"Hope you don't plan on going to Vacuo anytime in the near future," Grey said.

Midas looked at Grey in annoyed confusion. Grey just shook his head.

"Let's get moving. If we want to catch the headmaster before he turns in for the night that is," Grey said, turning his back to Midas. Midas scowled again, and pulled out his saber.

"Stop," he said, pointing the saber at Grey.

Grey looked over his shoulder. He looked at the saber, then at Midas.

"You really wanna do this here, 'Golden Boy?'" Grey asked.

"Yes, draw your weapon."

"Midas…" Uly said. Grey looked at her and smiled.

"It's alright, Uly. If this doesn't happen now, it'll happen later."

"He's right," Jason said, nodding at Grey.

"Here," Grey said, tossing his scroll at Midas, "Reset it and input your info into that, it'll keep track of your aura levels."

"What about you?" Uly asked.

"I know mine instinctively, I just keep that for show. Plus I don't plan on losing."

"Well you're going to," Midas said, putting the scroll in his pocket.

"Ready?" Grey asked.

"Are you?"

"Of course I'm ready. Now attack."

"You aren't ready. You haven't even drawn your sword."

"Look, if you want to fight, attack, otherwise, I'm going back to Beacon, and you can follow your team."

Midas scowled and ran at Grey. Grey stood stock still until Midas was basically on top of him. Uly breathed in quickly as Midas swung his sword at Grey, then released just as quickly as she saw Midas's sword pass through empty space. Midas, expecting to meet some resistance, was thrown wildly off balance. Grey was nowhere to be seen.

"Well, I thought you were going to attack." Grey's voice came from behind everyone. As they turned to looks, they saw he was sitting on one of the benches on the platform.

"What in the…" Priscilla mumbled.

Jason was impressed. He didn't even see Grey move. None of them did.

"Well?" he asked Midas. Midas was fuming at this point. Instead of rushing at Grey, he slowly stomped towards him. When he reached him, Grey looked up. Midas lifted his sword over his head, and swung downwards. Instead of passed through air, it seemed to hit something. Uly and Priscilla let out a short cry while Jason shouted. Then, as their voices died away, they saw something they couldn't quite comprehend. Midas's sword looked like it was moving in slow motion. It was still 4 or 5 inches away from Grey, and a minute passed before it moved another inch. Grey casually slid down the bench and then Midas's sword suddenly sped up, cutting the bench in two.

"Uh oh, someone's gonna have to pay for that," Grey said. Midas looked at him, his face beat red. Grey still hadn't unsheathed his sword. He was standing now, since the bench was on the destroyed, and he was was just a few feet away from Midas. Midaas quickly swung a vicious side cut at Grey. Then, in an instant, Grey's sword was out, and it stopped Midas's like it was a piece of straw. Grey's mouth slowly turned upwards. He swung at Midas. Midas blocked, but was amazed at the amount of force behind the attack. Grey swung again and again, slowly speeding up, moving just slow enough for Midas to block or parry, but every attack almost made Midas's knees buckle. Then, incredibly, they came even faster. Attacks seemed to appear out of nowhere. Midas just couldn't keep up. His knees finally buckled and his sword fell from his hand. His breath was coming in ragged gasps and perspiration flowed freely down his neck and back. Midas looked up at Grey and was looking at the tip of his sword.

Grey looked Midas in the eyes, then sheathed his sword, and held out his hand. Midas looked at his hand, and took it. Then he reached down, picked up his sword and sheathed it. They turned towards the other 3, only to find them, staring, open mouthed at Grey.

"What in the world…" Jason said aloud.

"I didn't want to embarrass you, Midas, please understand that," Grey said, looking back at him, "But if it I made it look like I just won, you'd think you had a chance next time. I apologize."

"Grey, what are you," Uly asked.

"Well, to be honest, that's kind of a long story, but it doesn't have anything to do with the fight we just had, so I'll leave it for another time. As for how I won, I used my semblance. I can change the speed of time in localized areas. I don't lose. I told you."

"You can control time!" Priscilla said, not believing him, "That would make you probably the most powerful Huntsman of all time!"

"Not really. I'm sure there's someone with a more powerful semblance. Either way, now I imagine the headmaster is asleep, but I should still be able to get you guys on campus. Let's get going."

Like I said, the characters are obvious. They are clearly based off of Greek mythology, but either way, Imma fan of that so ya... Also, those who may be wondering, I have read the Heroes of Olympus series, and those who have may catch on to the coin that Jason has... Anyway, I'll try and have another up by Tuesday, but I have a seminar due on Wednesday so no promises.

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