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Unaware

High above in the air, a single bullhead flew in the air, its presence unbeknownst to the living beings below. It was flying at a speed that a normal person couldn't hope to catch up with or even possibly reach.

However, there was a single individual that was standing atop of that dangerously fast vehicle and not only was he standing firmly on it, it was as if it did not affect him at all.

Goku gazed into the red sky, his hair and clothes swaying due to the intense speed he was experiencing. He smiled, thinking that this was a good place to test out something he had been doing for a while.

Frisking his pouch, Goku took out a small white dust crystal and faced towards the opposite direction the transport was taking as he clasped the tiny shard with both of his hands.

Goku concentrated hard as he closed his eyes, feeling the trail of energy flowing from within the crystal to both his hands.

He had thought of it before but each time he used this technique, there was a strange feeling he couldn't quite place about it. He could sense the energy of the dust flowing into him but it was like his body would reject it the instant it was within him. Instead, the energy would only wrap itself around the part where it was held.

Goku opened his eyes once again and saw the same phenomenon that had become the norm for him. A thin veil of wind surrounded both his hands, its particular air current's flow different to the surrounding's.

The monkey faunus cupped both of his hands, steadying himself before he started chanting the name of his primary technique.

"KA...ME...HAA...MEEE..."

A small orb of blue energy formed around Goku's hands, slowly increasing in volume as the martial artist held it in in check, before he pushed both his arms forward.

"HAAA!"

A burst of light blasted forward from Goku's palms as it travelled across the skies, splitting the clouds that were in its path. The force of the blast was so strong that it pushed the transport forward, increasing its speed but due to the sudden momentum, the bullhead was shaking left and right, trying to rebalance itself from the blast as the pillar of energy continued on. Even Goku found himself somewhat struggling to keep his footing while the blast continued onwards.

The stream of light slowly died down with each second passing, until finally disappearing completely. With the sudden shaking passed and gone, Goku looked towards both his hands momentarily before letting out of a sigh, a look of disappointment in his eyes.

"...Guess that didn't work either huh? This is gonna be tougher than I thought..."

While Goku's Kamehameha wave had certainly disappeared, the greenish wind surrounding both his hands did not.

For the longest while now, the martial artist had wanted to combine this technique in tandem with his Kamehameha, perhaps imbuing the wave in some way. It didn't work however, as it seemed like they do not mix at all no matter how many times he tried.

Not wanting to accidentally harm himself, Goku pushed both his arms forward, causing strong winds to burst out from his open palms, which shook the bullhead wildly once again as he did so.

While the transport stabilized itself, Goku was startled by a sudden tapping sound that came right under him. Thinking it was nothing, he was about to ignore it but the noise became increasingly louder, to the point that the martial artist had no choice but to acknowledge it.

The monkey faunus had a good guess what the message of the noise was and decided that he had enough training for now. He then started slowly walking towards the wing of the transport before turning himself upside-down as his tail hung on to one of its wing, before proceeding to knock on the door, signaling the others to open it.

It took only but a few seconds before the door slowly opened itself. As it did, Goku swung his body backward before he threw himself forward as he let go of his tail.

The door closed itself back once he landed on the inside. There, he was greeted by the sight of a slightly annoyed Coco.

"That was...a pleasant ride," Coco stated sarcastically.

The leader of team CFVY couldn't say she didn't see this coming as she already knew the gist of the faunus's plan just before they actually took off for Mistral. It was when Goku instantly jumped onto the aircraft before they flew off. Of course, they did asked what he was up to at the time but all the faunus mouthed off was simple training.

"Really? Guess it kinda was..." Goku answered back, not getting the hint.

She merely stared at him blankly, before continuing on.

"I'm willing to let that comment slide...if you let me do you-know-what," Coco grinned wildly, her eyes only toward the top of Goku's head.

Goku backed away in fear as he covered his hair, not wanting to give her any sort of opportunity.

"Nope, no you can't. I mean, it didn't shake that bad right?"

Coco was about to give another sarcastic comment but the pilot beat her to it as his loud voice rung throughout the entire bullhead from his seat.

"Not that bad? NOT THAT BAD?! You almost made this entire thing fly upside down and we could have landed on who-knows-where? Do you have any idea what the damage could have been to both this aircraft and us?"

Despite the noise and disturbances, there was a certain huntsman sitting right next to the pilot who was blissfully oblivious unaware of what was going on. That was because Port was sleeping soundly in his seat, evident by his periodical snores, which were followed by his twitching moustache.

"It wouldn't be that bad. I'm sure we would all make it out alive somehow," Goku said loudly as he scratched his head nervously.

The pilot felt irritated hearing the faunus's excuse, he was already annoyed when the martial artist was atop the aircraft earlier but disregarded it as Port assured him that nothing bad would occur. Certainly, nothing happened but the fact that it almost transpired was too close for comfort and the constant snoring from Port didn't help calm down his anger either. The pilot was about to turn around and leave his seat to give the monkey faunus a piece of his mind but stopped as a certain hulking person called out to him.

And tall he was. The person wore a green short-sleeved robe, brown pants and a pair of black-and-green boots. He also sported two bracers and the most glaring thing regarding his appearance was the five-layered spaulder situated on his left arm. The enormous brown sword strapped across his shoulder also helped in in accentuating his height.

"I apologize in his behalf sir. Son Goku might say the wrong words at times but I can assure you that it is not his intention to anger you on purpose," Yatsuhashi stated calmly as he stood between the cockpit and the fuselage.

The pilot let out a grunt, reluctantly letting the issue go as he focused back on flying.

"Thanks Yatsuhashi!" Goku said sincerely.

The hulking teen merely nodded at the faunus's words, having nothing more to say at the matter.

"So...since one of my members saved you an earful, I say you owe me a favour now," the leader of team CFVY declared confidently.

"Hey, how come you're the one I owe? Yatsuhashi was the one who helped me, not you," Goku questioned, puzzled at her words.

"Because as the old saying goes, what's yours is mine and what's mine is also mine. And since he's one of my teammates, that means him saving you is also me saving you, got it?"

"Is that really how it goes?" Goku asked quizzically, not fully believing her line of reasoning.

"Well, it's my saying so you just have to deal with it."

Goku sighed, admitting defeat as he realized there was no way to escape and simply gave in to her stubbornness.

"Fine...I'll do it but no messing with my hair, got it? I'm still annoyed by what you did that day," Goku demanded, a look of annoyance in his eyes as his memories returned back to the incident.

"Ain't you cute? But unfortunately for you, I already saw that coming so I got something else for you to do. So, you know how the school's organizing a dance and all that?"

"What dance?" Goku questioned in ignorance, not knowing what she was talking about.

"Hello? The upcoming dance in a few weeks, remember? The time where everyone in Beacon gets to have fun for one night?" Coco reminded him, baffled by his lack of realization.

If it was anyone else, they would have certainly remembered at this point in time, but Son Goku was not like everyone else. That said, he vaguely remembered about being given instructions by Ozpin to keep an eye out on a particular night. Still, every other detail than that was just a blur to the security guard. Perhaps she was talking about that?

"Judging by your face, I guess you do know...at least I hope so. Anyway, for this particular event I need you to come to the dance in a fancy suit got it? Your regular outfit just won't do there. Isn't it a simple request though? Sometimes I scare myself on how nice I am..." Coco trailed off as she nodded her head repeatedly.

"Ehhhh!? Why do I have to wear something like that, those things are really uncomfortable! Plus, I already have other things to do that night; dancing doesn't sound fun either," Goku explained, a small hope in his heart that Coco would change her request.

"Then change it. Even if it is a job given by the headmaster, I'm sure you're flexible enough to make it work given it's you we're talking about. Also, you're dancing and that's final. Otherwise, you're going to owe me much more than you do right now," Coco argued as she let down her pair of shades, enough for Goku to take a peek of her dark brown eyes.

She quickly covered it back before turning around as she started walking towards the pilot's seat, waving her right hand as she did so.

"We'll talk about it more in detail later. Right now, I got something to talk about with our pilot."

Goku was left exasperated and sighed in defeat as Coco left, leaving him alone with the other two. Noticing that a certain someone had not talked even once, the martial artist looked around, and finally found the last remaining member of team CFVY.

There, a few feet away from Goku was a teenage boy leaning against the inner wall of the bullhead, who had been in that exact spot since Goku had jumped in. He had dark skin, and messy copper hair. To complement that, his attire consisted of a sleeveless muted orange zipper vest and a pair of black jeans, with brown, laced shoes.

Goku walked up to the silent member of the team, sizing him up as Goku looked at him from top to bottom.

Fox was a weird person in Goku's eyes, as in for as long as the monkey faunus knew him, he had never talked even once to the martial artist's knowledge. Goku honestly didn't know if Fox was generally like this or was due to the faunus's presence. It was hard to tell considering his eyes were pure white, leaving not much room for observation. The amount of scars around his arm would also give people the impression they should stay away from him.

Not that those attributes had stop Goku. Every time they met, he had tried to have a conversation with the silent teen but received only cold reception from him. However, the martial artist was sure Fox didn't hate him, so that was why he kept on trying!

"I suggest you to tone it down Goku. Fox...is asleep right now," Yatsuhashi advised as he observed the two.

"Really? But isn't his eyes opened right now?" Goku blinked in confusion as he turned around towards Yatsuhashi, who was sitting on the floor in the corner of the room.

"Yes...but that is how Fox is. It would be best you leave him alone as he considers sleep to be one of the more fulfilling aspects in his life," Yatsuhashi explained, having known him for a long time now.

"...Does that mean he was like this every time I talked to you guys?"

"I would like to say yes...but that would be lying so sadly no. He just has very few words to provide and usually like to keep to himself. However, it doesn't mean he dislikes you, he is just reserved. I can at least confidently say that he considers you a comrade."

That certainly gave Goku a sense of relief.

"Come, sit with me Goku. Perhaps you want to join me for some meditating?" Yatsuhashi offered, placing his right hand on the empty spot beside him.

Goku accepted Yatsuhashi's proposal as the faunus slowly walked towards the giant, before sitting himself down. Goku then closed his eyes as he took in the surrounding around him, relaxing his muscle.

"Have you perhaps meditated before Goku?" Yatsuhashi asked, his curiosity piqued.

Not many people knew of this method and to see one so close within the school was surprising. A person's strength did not dictate the know-how, rather a sense of discipline was needed to be able to do it. The fact that Goku was able to achieve it spoke volume of the faunus's character, even more so than just talking.

Wanting to answer Yatsuhashi's inquiry, Goku half opened his left eye-lid as he explained plainly.

"Yeah...it helps me focus sometime."

The martial artist closed his eyes once again, returning to the silence.

Right then and there, Yatsuhashi felt a sort of kinship with the martial artist, even more so than before. He smiled before following suit, the two now in a state of meditation.

Only silence now enveloped within the bullhead, only to be broken when Coco walked in, confused by the quiet atmosphere before she blurted something out.

"Great, who am I supposed to tease now?"

Goku felt a sudden bump while he meditated. It had been a few hours once he sat down and it had been nothing but smooth flying since then. Still, he felt it was out of place and decided to open his eyes to see what was going on.

As he did, Goku immediately noticed the opening of the door but more importantly, was the lighting on the outside. It was completely dark, which made him realized that it was now night time.

"Oh you're back. If you took any longer I would have had to knock you on the head," Coco joked.

The faunus noticed that she was just right beside him, leaning on the inner wall. Yatsuhashi on the other hand, was still sitting at the same spot from earlier; the same could be said for Fox as well. The faunus stood up, before stretching a bit while asking a question to Coco.

"So, we made it to Haven already?"

Goku remembered passing by here when he was younger, though he never actually went in since he had no business here.

"Where else would we be? Though I can't blame you for asking, everything outside is so dark I can't see a single thing."

"Isn't it because you're wearing those funny looking glasses the reason you can't see?"

Goku never understood why she wore it in the first place; it was neither practical nor useful.

"Why should I? It looks good on me, gotta use every opportunity I got to show off my good looks. That, and I just feel comfortable wearing these, they're...comforting," Coco said fondly, a gentle smile accompanying that statement as she touched her pair of shades.

"Anyway, you go wake Yatsuhashi from his so-called meditating and I'll do the same for Fox, though I have to warn you, it usually takes a lot more than a push to make the guy budge," Coco advised playfully to the martial artist.

"Uh, what about Port? I thought he was sleeping too?" Goku asked curiously.

Even without seeing the person in question earlier, the faunus already knew he was sleeping due to his past experience, which was where he learnt of Port's loud sleeping habits.

"Professor Port? He's already waiting for us outside, so we better get a move on," Coco explained before she started slowly going towards Fox.

The martial artist was somewhat impressed on how gung-ho Port was despite the deep sleep the man was in earlier.

Goku then looked downwards as he observed the hulking teen. The monkey faunus could easily see that Yatsuhashi was still in a deep state of meditation so he did the only thing he could think of to snap the person beside him out of it. Goku reeled back his right arm, before letting a good punch towards Yatsuhashi's head.

The giant opened his eyes as Goku's fist stopped just an instance before it hit. Yatsuhashi could feel the small breeze that the punch was able to generate.

"Did I perhaps do something to upset you Goku?" the hulking teen questioned coolly, willing to listen to the faunus out before making any rash assumptions.

"Nah. Coco just told me it usually takes a lot more than a tap to snap you outta meditation, so I thought this would be the best way to do it," Goku answered truthfully as he reeled back his arm.

"...It's hard for me to say this as Coco is my leader but she was simply misleading you. In fact, a simple tap is more than enough."

While it was true he was ignorant of his surroundings when he is in such a state, physical contact was more than sufficient to bring him back to his senses.

"That's weird. I wonder why she lied to me then?" Goku questioned, his eyes now on Coco who was now standing near the sleeping Fox.

The martial artist didn't feel angered though, just befuddled. Now that he thought about it, Coco always liked to mess around with him all the time, it was probably the same as usual then.

Yatsuhashi kept silent on the matter as he felt that it was for the best that the person in question would answer the martial artist.

"Oh well then, sorry about that Yatsuhashi, I'll try to remember that next time," Goku smiled sincerely, lending a hand towards him.

The giant accepted his offer as he held onto Goku's hand, standing up as a result.

"It is fine. Shall we head out now?"

"But what about Fox?" Goku asked curiously, glancing at Coco's side before returning his focus towards Yatsuhashi.

"You do not need to worry about that, look again," Yatsuhashi assured as he pointed towards the other two.

Goku's confusion was quickly casted away as he witnessed the slapping of flesh on the rear end from Coco, who had a gleeful smile on her face as she did so.

"So this is Haven Academy huh? This place is almost as big as Beacon!" Goku proclaimed loudly, his hands placed behind the back of his head.

"Indeed, my rambunctious friend. I especially like the designs of the wall here! Why, this reminds me of..." Port trailed off as the four tuned him out.

The five were now inside of the building of Haven Academy, walking along the gigantic hallway. While it was huge, the absence of people made them feel unease. But the more they dwell on the matter, the more it made sense. Considering it was night already, most of the students had probably gone back to the dorms, preparing for the next day at the academy.

"Hey, now that I think about it… what are we supposed to do here?" Goku asked as he stared towards the professor's back.

Port twirled his moustache in silence, before finally answering the young faunus's understandably curious question with a straight face.

"…Even I have no clue."

"Eh!? But I thought you knew about it?"

The martial artist was sure that Ozpin was the one who told him that Port already knew about the details about this venture. So…if the professor didn't know, then did that mean all of them were in the dark about something for once?

"That's why we're going to the headmaster's office right now, it's the only way we get to know specifically what is going on around here," Coco chimed in.

"Quite right…and it seems we are just about to get an answer for young Goku's inquiry."

The five came to a halt as they now stood before a giant wooden door, wide enough that it could even easily fit someone of Yatsuhashi's size. Port proceeded to knock on the door several times, and they all waited for any sort of response.

Fortunately, there was as the sound of footsteps could be heard from the other side. Before long, the door slowly crept opened and revealed a middle-aged man.

Judging from his appearance, the man had a mane of gray hair, his beard the same colour as his hair. His dark brown eyes fitted in well with his tanned complexion.

From his attire, the man wore a necktie over his white dress shirt. The shirt was under a brown great coat that came with a matching mantle. For the bottom of his physique, he wore dark brown slacks and dress shoes.

"Leo, long time no see!" Port exclaimed excitedly as he greeted the man.

The man stared at Port, his face contorting between confusion and sudden realization until it changed to a relieved smile.

"Ah Port, good to see you again, and I see you have brought the others as well. I was wondering when you would arrive...come in come in," the old man beckoned as he turned back to his office.

Port quickly walked in, catching up to his friend. The other four looked towards one another, shrugging before they followed suit.

It was a simple office. Bookshelves were placed on each side of the wall, every one of them filled with books of all kind. In the middle back of the room was a giant table, but despite its size, there were not many objects on it as it contained only a feather pen, a bottle of ink and a nameplate at the front written 'Leonardo Lionheart'.

Adjacent to it was a much smaller one that was stacked with books atop of it, with papers messily spread across the floor. Goku looked around the office, bewildered by the amount of literary material around here. He was never one for reading, nor would he ever be but it was interesting to see the differences between Ozpin's office and here's.

"It has been some time since our last meeting hasn't it?" Leonardo asked as he sat on his chair.

"It truly has hasn't it Leo, why...I think it was during our last Grimm hunt a few years ago. Ah, that was one of the greatest hunt we ever did!" Port exclaimed with pride at the headmaster.

A somber look was on the headmaster's face as he remembered that period of time in his life.

"Sadly, I don't believe we can ever go back to those times. I'm just not the huntsman I was during my prime."

Port slammed the wooden table hard, wanting to refute his old friend.

"Nonsense. I know you Leo...you may back away from time to time but you always pull through in the end!"

Port thought his speech might reignite the flames in his old friend's heart but instead, it sunk him harder as a frown was now on Leo's face.

"...Thank you for saying so, even if they are just mere words."

Port didn't know how to response. The friend he used to have felt so...far apart from his old self. It was concerning, to say the least.

"Uhh...aren't we here for something? I mean, I get you guys wanna remember the old times and all that but wasn't the reason we came here important or something?" Goku cut in, feeling the need to intervene.

Coco elbowed the faunus in the gut. While what he said was true, she was hoping it could have been said with more tact. Still, she silently thanked the martial artist for changing the topic, as it seemed like things might have gotten a bit too intense for their liking.

"Good evening Professor Lionheart. I am Coco Adel, the leader of team CFVY, and just as my teammate have said, we would like to get more info on the task at hand," Coco stated upfront as she took a step forward from the others.

"Ah yes...I suppose we have derailed the real matter long enough, perhaps another time Port."

"Perhaps..." Port muttered, his right hand balled into a fist filled with frustration.

"Now then, let's get to the issue of the matter," the headmaster said, a tired sigh escaping him.

"Isn't it just supposed to be about a dangerous Grimm?" Goku asked nonchalantly, not putting much thought into his words.

"...I wish it was that simple. You see, several week ago there was an incident in one of the nearby villages."

"What kind of incident if I may ask?" Coco questioned the headmaster, not wanting to have any absence of any relevant information.

"A disappearance; every single last one of the villagers just suddenly vanished into thin air overnight," Lionheart answered somberly.

They all showed eyes of shock upon hearing his words, bewildered by such a strange phenomenon.

"How did that even happened in the first place?"

"That's what we want to find out. It was only fortunate that one of the patrols around here were able to spot the state of the village from a distance. Anyway, after being shown the reports, I immediately sent out only a team of students to investigate...that turned out to be the first of my mistakes in this whole incident."

They all stay silent, not liking the implications of his word. However, Port was the one who spoke up.

"And what exactly did happen Leo?"

"...The same as the villagers. They vanished the day they were sent; their Scrolls, their belongings...nothing was left from what we could tell."

Leo stood up from his seat and looked towards the window, his back turned against his visitors.

"And then...I sent another team. To my dismay, the results were...not any different to say the least. I don't know if it was my state of panic or just plain incompetence, maybe even both...but I just—"

Leo didn't say anything anymore and he didn't need to as they all knew what he was implying.

There was a sudden slam on the desk that came from a very irate Port.

"Why didn't you alert the council!? If you have told them—"

"You think I didn't try. Unfortunately, they already have their hands full with more pressing matters according to them..." the headmaster argued back.

"Is that the reason you sought Beacon for help?"

"...I had to. The atmosphere around Haven here was tense...at first, it was just simple rumours but as time went on, the worst it got. Students now being scared, terrified...some have even left in fear of the news. Beacon was the only choice I had to calm my students down."

"Forgive me for saying this Professor Lionheart but why us? Don't get me wrong, I know my team is good and I don't mind doing investigation on sudden disappearance but…" Coco asked cautiously, her mind trying to process all of this.

"Because you students are like hope to all of us at Haven right now. The mere fact that you're willing to help has already put some of my students at ease."

They wanted to believe the headmaster, however it made no sense. There were other academies beside Beacon to seek for help so why were they—

"Oh, so where is this village anyway?" Goku suddenly said out of nowhere.

Everyone in the room stared at the monkey faunus in bewilderment, not fully believing what came out from his mouth.

"Goku?"

"I mean, there's no point in thinking too much about it. We're already here so we might as well try to figure it out! But uh, I suddenly figured out I'm not very good at thinking these things out, so we might have a problem here hehe," Goku laughed lightly as he scratch his head awkwardly.

"Heh, guess you have a point there. Alright Professor Lionheart, where do we have to head out to tomorrow?" Coco asked, now in agreement with their substitute member.

Surprisingly, the one who was most shocked was Leo, eventhough he was the cause of it. The headmaster quickly snapped out of it as he pulled out a Scroll and set it on the table. A holographic image of a map of Remnant popped out from the device, its size sufficient enough for all to see. Leornado pointed towards one of the dots that appeared on the map, before he spoke once again.

"From here, there will be a nearby village known as Sakurasō to the east of Haven Academy. It shouldn't take you any longer than half an hour to reach there. We'll send you a transport right next in the morning, there—"

"Sorry to interrupt Professor Lionheart, but we prefer to travel their by foot if possible," Yatsuhashi stepped in, but none of them stopped him as they were all in agreement.

"What could possibly compel you to do that?"

Now the headmaster of Haven Academy was the one left in confusion, if they were to do that, then a tremendous amount of time would have been lost just getting to their destination.

"Come now Leo, you must know that if the cause of the disappearance come from the nearby surrounding, then it is quite likely we can find clues as well, as small as they may be," Port reasoned, seeing eye to eye with his students.

"Hah...very well. I suppose I should oblige you considering I'm the one pleading for help. For now however, you can all take a good night's rest here at Haven Academy. One of the staff members will guide you there once you are out."

"Thank you Professor Lionheart. We'll head out early in the morning and return with good news," Coco said seriously as she slightly bowed towards the headmaster.

"Please."

They could all tell how tired and weary he was from his tone. Not wanting to bother the headmaster any longer, they took their leave as Coco and the others left the room, except for two people.

Goku glanced towards the now opened door before looking back at Lionheart.

"Don't worry about it old man Leo, we're definitely gonna fix whatever happened."

Having said his piece, the faunus ran out of the room, catching up with the others.

"Old man?" Lionheart muttered out in surprise at the crude description of him.

"Ah that Goku, ever confident...the same could be said for team CFVY as well, but I can promise you Leo that they will see it through for you! I may have no clue on what happened to you not just in these last few weeks but the few years , but I can still confidently say that you are a friend I can trust and to show that, I shall let the matter go as well."

Lionheart didn't know what to say. Words failed him at the moment.

"Now then, I suppose I should go and prepare myself for tomorrow as well. Have a good night Leo," Port said his goodbyes as he too left the office, closing the door.

Now left alone, Lionheart let out a tired sigh due to the conversation just now. There were a lot of things he needed to mull over but there was one more thing he needed to do.

He erased the hologram that was hovering above his table, and as he pressed on the screen of his Scroll, the display suddenly changed which did not surprise Lionheart in the least. In fact, it seemed like he was expecting it to happen.

"Is this truly necessary?" he muttered, his breath so quiet no one nearby could possibly hear him as he stared at his Scroll.

But right then and there, a voice came out from said device.

"More than you know, Leonardo."

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Obvious reference is obvious.