Hey readers! WaterDragonMaverick here with the next chapter of "Sideline: Another Story". This chapter will focus on having the three teams get through their morning routines and first classes of Beacon. Fortunately, they won't be late like Team RWBY and Team JNPR were for Port's class. XD
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Daybreak at Beacon was peaceful on the school grounds as birds sang and light shined through the windows of the dormitories. The young warriors were waking up for their first classes of their years at the Huntsman Academy. However, a few were content in spending the first hours of the day in dreamland. "Come on! Wake up, Lea," Layla said as she tried to pull the Faunus off of her bed. Unfortunately for Layla, no progress was being made on her end as her grip came loose and she crashed to the floor. "Ouch," the purple-haired girl moaned out.
"I'm surprised at this. She's still asleep," Cereza said as she adjusted her Beacon Academy uniform. While she wore the uniform correctly, Cereza had decided to replace the ribbon on the collar of her shirt with her own locket for a different look among her classmates. "Maybe we should use the alarm clock?"
"I tried that already," Layla said. "I used mine, yours, and Slate's to try and wake up Azalea. All three rang near her head and nothing happened."
"I'll be surprised if she didn't go deaf from that," Cereza remarked as she checked her hair in a mirror she brought.
Slate came back out with his own Beacon Academy uniform on and tugged at the tie. "I don't think I like this around my neck," he said as he removed the tie and threw it onto his bed. Taking his hat from the bedpost, the cowboy saw Azalea was still asleep as he put in on. "She's still snoozing?"
"Ye-he-he-he-hessss," Layla whined as she tried using her Semblance to remove Azalea's blankets. However, Azalea kept a solid grip on her covering and only rolled onto her side. After the failed telekinetic wake-up call, Layla only blew her bangs out of her face while she scowled. "Azalea! You wake up now or I'll...," Layla shouted at the sleeping Faunus before she thought of what she would do. "I'll... I got nothing," she confessed as she hung her head in shame.
Hearing a knock on the door, Cereza opened it to see who it was this early. Recognizing the faces from yesterday, Cereza greeted the guests. "Ah, Rua, Vixen, Lapis. Come on in," she said as the female members of Team SLVR came in while wearing their school uniforms. "We're just having trouble waking up Azalea," she admitted.
"Have you tried this," Vixen said with a mischievous tone and a matching look in her eyes. Walking up to Azalea, Vixen held the sleeping girl's nose shut and after a few seconds, Azalea bolted up while taking deep breaths.
Gasping for air after Vixen's idea of waking her, Azalea turned to them and realized that everyone else was in uniform. Even Layla, who wore her circlet with her uniform, was dressed for classes at 9am. "I should get changed," Azalea sheepishly said as she headed toward the bathroom with a change of clothes.
As the girls of his team needed time to change, Silver Wuruhi decided to get a morning workout in before classes start. Heading outside without his jacket, the Faunus boy completed his warm up and decided to run around campus before heading back in for a shower. While he ran, he saw another girl doing her own routine. The flowing blonde hair seemed familiar, but he couldn't place it until he matched her pace. Recognizing her from yesterday when teams were sorted out, Silver nodded to Celadon Flynn as she continued her morning run.
"Nice day for a workout, huh," Silver said as he started to pass Celadon.
"It really is," she said as the Faunus turned around and started to run backwards to keep speaking with her. "Is that really necessary," Celadon remarked at the gray-haired male with a smirk.
Silver only chuckled before answering. "I like the challenge. You think that you can beat me to the dorms," he asked the other runner. "Or are too afraid to fight?"
"A lady doesn't start fights, Mr. Wuruhi," Celadon said as she saw him turn around. "But, that doesn't mean she can't finish them," she declared as she began to run faster. The Wolf Faunus saw her accept his challenge and he picked up the pace to match her.
During their little race, Celadon and Silver were at the last corner before the dormitories when the Faunus boy spoke up. "You're good. But, you need to think practically for any competition or fight," Silver said before his body began to glow. Celadon saw a flash of light cover Silver before his body changed into something else. Silver's humanoid body had turned into a real wolf's body as the canine dashed ahead of the blonde girl. Entering through the door, Silver stopped and transformed back into his regular body. "Like that," he panted out from the rush as Celadon came behind him.
"Was that your Semblance," Celadon asked. "Because that's a gorgeous power! You can transform into a wolf and back again. It's amazing," she continued when she caught her breath.
"Thanks. That's really nice of you to say," Silver said as he headed back to his dorm room. "Well, we should get ready for classes," he said before opening the door.
"We're all neighbors," Celadon reminded of the living arrangements of Teams SLVR, FCSA, and SAFR.
"Oh, right. Slipped my mind," Silver said as he opened the door to his room. However, as he stepped inside, a bucket of soapy water fell onto his head. After spitting it out of his mouth, he saw a note on the bucket as he took it off his head. "Hmm. 'You were gone too long, so I decided to bring the shower to you. Vixen'," Silver read aloud as Celadon tried to control her snickering. "Very funny, Vixen," Silver said as he went to get his uniform and a towel to take an actual shower.
After Silver got an impromptu shower courtesy of Vixen, Celadon went to see how her teammates were doing after she finished her morning workout. Entering Team SAFR's room, she saw Sunset and Vinyl had not even changed into their uniforms yet. "Shouldn't you two get dressed," Celadon asked as Vinyl removed her headphones.
Sunset and Vinyl looked at Celadon before turning to each other for a second. Vinyl shrugged as she kept listening to her tunes. "Why do we need to put on a uniform? They're optional," Sunset said as she slipped her favorite jacket back on.
Celadon pondered it for a moment, but remembered that she had to clean up and get a new outfit on because her workout clothes were now drenched in sweat. "Very well. I guess that I'll be the only one of us to wear a uniform to classes," Celadon stated as she collected her hairbrush and a bottle from the closest bag. "I'll see you in a bit, girls."
As Celadon walked away, Vinyl seemed to fidget around with her hands. However, Sunset recognized it as Sign Language and figured out what Vinyl was saying. "Wait, she took your what," Sunset asked. Signing to Sunset, Vinyl elaborated further as Sunset paid attention. Standing up and getting to the door, Sunset saw Celadon still in range and called out to her, "Hey, Celadon! You grabbed Vinyl's hair dye by mistake."
Looking at the bottle closer, Celadon noticed that it wasn't her conditioner and read the label. "Huh... 'Spectrum Hair Dye'. That was a close one," Celadon said as she handed the bottle back to Sunset. "So, what IS Vinyl's natural look?"
"Dunno," Sunset commented. "But, I'm sure we'll see if she needs to get some help with it."
"Also, where's Rebecca," Celadon inquired remembering that she never saw the kunoichi in their room.
Suddenly, Rebecca showed up right behind Sunset and announced herself, "I'm right here." With the sudden appearance, both Sunset and Celadon leapt backwards and let out a scream. "What," the ninja asked in response to the glaring girls.
"Rebecca... Please warn a girl when you're being all... ninja-y," Celadon said as she rubbed her temples.
Soon, Azalea rushed out of Team FCSA's dorm with her uniform on. "What's going on!? I heard screaming," she asked as she took up a fighting stance.
"Calm down, Farm Girl," Sunset said as she approached the Cow Faunus. "Rebecca was just being too stealthy." After explanations were given, Sunset and Celadon looked at Azalea's uniform and saw the buttons of her shirt were straining against her chest. "Umm, Azalea..."
"Are you sure you got the correct size, Darling," Celadon asked in concern for her friend.
Azalea admitted, "I'm not actually sure that they gave me the right s-" Before she could finish her sentence, a button popped off of her shirt and went flying. Rebecca swiftly caught it before it nailed anyone in the eye. "...I should just wear something else," Azalea dejectedly said.
"Don't worry, Azalea. I've got it under control," Celadon declared as she dragged Azalea back to the latter's room.
Stammering, Azalea tried to speak up about how it wasn't necessary for Celadon to do that. But, Sunset spoke for her. "Don't you have to get ready for classes in an hour," Team SAFR's leader asked with a smirk.
Gasping, Celadon released Azalea from her grip and rushed back to Team SAFR's dorm to grab what she needed. As the blonde girl ran off, Azalea sighed in relief. "Come on. Let's at least put a sweater on you," Sunset suggested as she opened the door to the Faunus' room.
After everything was sorted out, the three teams decided to spend the last while before classes getting something to eat. In comparison to the usual Beacon Academy uniforms, several of the group had some sort of customized look to it for their preferences. Cereza wore her locket instead of the ribbon, Layla wore her headpiece, Slate kept his hat on, and Azalea wore a sweater over her outfit because of a few missing buttons on her shirt. Out of Team SLVR, only Rua wore something different by keeping her skull hair clip and fingerless gloves on. Team SAFR decided to go without their school uniforms and the twelve sat together at the same table.
"What classes do we have today anyways," Rua asked as she picked at her plate in boredom.
Lapis put her glass down and answered her teammate's question. "According to all our schedules, we have the same classes starting at nine o'clock. Our first class is 'Introduction to Dust Use' with Professor Camellia," the blue-haired girl explained.
"Considering most of us use Dust in battle, I can see that being an important one," Cereza mentioned as she grabbed a lollipop from her pocket.
"I'm sure that we'll do fine in that class," Sunset reassured a nervous looking Azalea as the former munched on an apple fritter.
Looking down at her plate, Azalea say that it was empty and turned to Sunset. "THAT WAS MY FRITTER, YOU THIEF!"
Shoving the last of it in her mouth quickly, Sunset smirked and ran away from the table to avoid Azalea's reach. "You snooze, you lose, Farm Girl," Sunset shouted before she got to the door. "Maybe you should get a pet rooster to wake you up, HAHAHA!" Sunset taunted the comically enraged Faunus before bolting out the door.
"AFTER HER," Azalea screamed before grabbing an apple to replace her stolen treat. The girl ran out the door with Layla, Vinyl, and Vixen following her. The four girls soon reached the classroom that Sunset was in and Azalea stared down Sunset. "Nowhere to run, doughnut thief."
"Especially because class starts in about 5 minutes," Sunset retorted as she pointed to a clock. The girls all saw that it was 8:55 and other students began to walk into the room. "You win this round, Sunset," Azalea said as she took a seat with Layla and Vinyl.
After a few minutes of waiting, a lethargic teacher came in the door with thermos and poured herself a cup of tea. She was a short woman with an average figure, light skin, and looked like she desperately needed to either sleep or get some caffeine in her system. She wore a green beanie over her short blue hair, had a pair of khaki pants, and a cardigan over her dress shirt. She yawned and greeted the classroom before taking a sip of her tea. "Good morning, students. I'm Professor Camellia and I will be teaching you kids about Dust."
A couple of whispers about the professor circled the room as she continued to nurse her cup. "She's our teacher?" "She looks like she's about to pass out." "She needs to take a nap or something." "Should we tell someone about this?"
Placing her cup down and ignoring the whispering students, Professor Camellia began her lesson plan. "I'm sure that you all know about what Dust is. But, let's go over it again in case any of you were asleep during those classes before Beacon." Several students looked at her like she was being a hypocrite. "Dust crystals come in four natural primary elements. Fire, Water, Air, and Earth. Combining these with the correct methods allows one to create secondary Elements such as Lightning or Ice," Professor Camellia continued. Taking a sip of her tea, she gradually became more alert and further elaborated on the topic while everyone paid attention for the next while.
"Now then, let's see how many of you use Dust in battle. Raise your hands if you use Dust in your fighting style for elemental attacks," Camellia asked the class. Azalea, Layla, Slate, Sunset, Vixen, Lapis, and Rebecca all raised their hands along with a couple of other students in the room.
"Hmm. Quite a few of you use it," the professor commented. "Alright. Now, who among you use Dust aside from bullets and throwing knives?" A number of hands went back down, but a few stayed up to answer the teacher's question. Azalea, Layla, Sunset, Vixen, and Lapis all kept their hands raised to show that their weapons used a form of Dust. "Interesting. How would some of you like to demonstrate for the class," Professor Camellia asked.
"I'd like to help," Lapis said as she stood up.
"Excellent, Miss Ondine. Now, we just need someone else to assist. How about you, Miss Holstein," the beanie-wearing teacher asked.
"M-me? But, I...," Azalea nervously replied as the teacher called on her.
"Actually, Professor," Layla interrupted with her arm raised. "I'd like to show off my Dust skills in combat."
"Okay then, Miss Carbuncle. You and Miss Ondine will spar for the class to show how well you use Dust," Professor Camellia said. "Go collect your equipment so that we may begin."
After a few minutes of chatter to kill time, Layla and Lapis returned with their equipment and the two girls even changed into their combat attire. "Okay, students. Pay attention and you might learn something," Professor Camellia instructed before turning to the two girls. "You'll spar until I give the signal to stop. Begin... now."
At the professor's signal, Lapis immediately spun her trident to whip up a gust of wind to send Layla flying backwards. The purple-haired girl rolled to avoid taking damage from her sudden flight, then used her Dust jewelry to create a few bubbles of water and fired them at Lapis. Lapis countered by slashing at the bubbles to pop them before sending out her out Water Dust attack. "How about this," Lapis declared as she created a stream of water to force Layla against the wall. To follow up, Lapis used her trident's Dust crystals to freeze the water and trap Layla.
Lapis smiled at her work, but Layla used her own Fire Dust jewelry to melt the ice and then a large cloud of steam covered the room. "As much as I love a good steam, this makes it a bit difficult to see what's happening," Celadon commented from the audience.
"I agree," Lapis stated as she used her trident to blow away the steam cloud. However, Layla acted quickly and used her Fire Dust again to create a few rings of flame and sent them at Lapis. Surrounding the blue-haired girl's wrists, the flames acted as burning handcuffs that would harm Lapis if she moved her arms from above her.
"That's enough," Professor Camellia said. Listening to her, Layla extinguished the flames and released Lapis. "You two do show remarkable skill in Dust-based combat, but there is still plenty for you all to learn," the teacher lectured. "In fact, we have enough time for another Dust duel if you're quick to get your equipment. Who wants to go next?"
Numerous hands went into the air as students wanted to volunteer for the next duel. Professor Camellia looked over the students who wanted to fight and show their skills. "Hmm... How about you, Miss Kosaku?"
Giggling, Vixen got up and walked up to get her stuff. While leaving, she brushed her tail against Slate's face. "If I can battle against this guy, I'll do it," Vixen said in a flirty tone.
"Very well. Mister Quartz, please go collect your weapons and combat clothes for our the next duel," Professor Camellia said to the cowboy.
As the two fighters came back with their equipment, Vixen unfolded two steel fans that had Dust crystals embedded in them. "I hope that you can give me a show, cutie," Vixen said with a giggle.
"I think it won't really be a show. Unless you can give me a challenge," Slate retorted as he twirled a revolver before taking aim.
"Ready? ...Begin," Professor Camellia declared.
At the signal, Slate was quick to fire his guns and shot four Wind Dust bullets near Vixen. The projectiles bounced around the room and soon spiraled above the Fox Faunus. However, she was able to counter the attack by spinning around with her fans. The steel weapons released a wave of fire that burnt the bullets away and send embers towards Slate.
Forced to cover his face, Slate was left vulnerable to Vixen's next attack. Rushing forward, the Faunus girl smacked Slate with her burning hot fans and released small waves of fire with each strike. As Slate took the damage from Vixen's attack, she failed to notice Slate move his revolver to aim at her foot. Taking a shot during the combo he was in, Slate fired an Ice Dust bullet at Vixen's leg and managed to immobilize the girl.
With her leg trapped in ice, Vixen used her fans to melt the ice and free herself. However, Slate anticipated this and took aim with his second gun. Pulling the trigger, he sent a bullet at the puddle of water under Vixen's feet and the projectile shocked her with electricity. The water allowed the attack to be even more effective and it weakened Vixen's Aura considerably. Vixen glared at Slate and set her fans ablaze when she unfolded them.
"Enough," Professor Camellia declared before Vixen and Slate did any further damage to each other. As the two students lowered their weapons, the beanie-wearing teacher poured herself another cup of tea. "As you can see, Dust has a variety of use in combat. However, there is ALWAYS more to something than you think," the professor explained. "Next time, we will be covering more than just combat with Dust. Read through the first three chapters of your assigned textbooks and I'll see you all again soon," she said as the bell rang to signal the end of the class.
A while after leaving their other classes, Team FCSA and Team SLVR met up with each other to chat about their fights with each other during the class with Professor Camellia. "You're really skilled, Lapis," Azalea said to the blue-haired girl.
"Thank you. But, you should volunteer next time," Lapis replied. "I'm sure that you would've done well."
Azalea grabbed her sweater's sleeve and just mumbled to herself. "I'd rather not," the others heard from Azalea. While Lapis and Vixen were confused at the FCSA member's words, Silver and Rua remembered their interactions with Azalea.
Deciding not to bother her with some of Azalea's personal issues, Rua remembered something from earlier. "Doesn't Sunset owe you a doughnut," Rua asked with a smiled as she cracked her knuckles.
"That's right! She owes me an apple fritter," Azalea exclaimed as she began to head back to the cafeteria. "AND SHE'S NOT GETTING AWAY THIS TIME!"
Seeing Azalea running to the building, the others could only stare at what happened. "For a shy girl, she's really stubborn," Layla and Silver said at the same time.
Azalea ran into the cafeteria to try and find Sunset, but she didn't find her in the building. Searching for Sunset took most of Azalea's lunch break, but she wasn't going to give up. After a while, Azalea finally managed to find Sunset back at her locker. "Hey, Azalea," Sunset greeted until she saw the look in the Faunus' eyes. "You're still mad about this morning?"
"Yes," Azalea exclaimed. "You still owe me a doughnut."
Sighing, Sunset thought of something for a few seconds before speaking to Azalea again. "How about we spar for it? If I win, you let it go for today. If you win, I'll get your team a full box of your choices," she offered. Raising her hand to the other girl, Sunset waited a response from her.
"Deal," Azalea stated as she shook Sunset's hand. Soon, the two girls collected their weapons and went to a large enough area to duel. As they left, Team SLVR and the others saw them and tagged along to see what was going on. Eventually, the three teams arrived at the arena and the fighters prepared themselves. Vinyl saw the preparations and activated the speakers of Rhythm Scratch to play music for the fight.
"Okay, Azalea. Let's fight," Sunset declared as she immediately changed her weapon into its sniper rifle mode and took aim. Acting quickly, Azalea dodged the first few shots and approached Sunset. As the Faunus pulled out Gladion, Sunset changed her rifle into sword mode and prepared to clash weapons. The fiery-haired girl swung her blade to collide with Azalea's baton, but the force of both fighters sent each of their weapons flying away from their hands.
The small audience gasped at the scene before Azalea rushed into battle without her weapon. "Whoa," Rua exclaimed. "Farm Girl's got guts."
"I wouldn't be too surprised," Slate said as he adjusted his hat. "Azalea's a pretty tough girl in her own right."
Unknown to any of the students, Professor Ozpin and Professor Camellia looked at the friendly match from just outside of everyone's view.
Azalea ran up to Sunset and pulled back her fist for a heavy punch. However, Sunset saw this coming and was already in a stance to fight barehanded. Deflecting Azalea's punch, Sunset went in for a few quick punches to her open body before chopping at her neck. "Do you think I was only good with a sword and gun? I studied a variety of battle styles until I found some that could work for me," Sunset explained. "We're not done yet anyway."
"Couldn't agree with you more," Azalea said as she grabbed Sunset's arm and threw the girl onto the ground. As she picked herself up, Sunset felt a something grab at her jacket and was lifted into the air by Azalea. Sunset looked panicked for a moment, but smirked a little as she used her Aura to activate the Fire Dust in her jacket. The material began to light up and soon shot out two flames from Sunset's back, forcing Azalea to drop the girl she was holding above her head.
Standing back up, Sunset looked like she had wings of fire on her back and she smirked at Azalea before the flames moved from her back to her hands. With a set of martial arts motions, Sunset sent fireballs flying towards the Faunus and forced her to dodge. Avoiding flame after flame, Azalea made her way to her baton and grabbed it before returning to a battle stance. "My turn," she declared as she changed the Dust setting on Gladion.
Sunset unleashed a stream of fire at Azalea, but the Faunus used her baton to send out a blast of wind to deflect the flames back to where they came. Seeing the gust of wind blowing her attack back to her, Sunset quickly covered her face to avoid taking too much damage. When she felt the flames dissipate, Sunset uncovered herself and saw that Azalea was nowhere to be seen. "What the hey," she asked to nobody in particular.
Soon, Sunset felt an impact to her stomach and was shocked by electricity coming from nowhere. Grunting in pain, she felt strike after strike, shock after shock, and fell to one knee before she was lifted into the air. "What's going on," she yelled in anger. After being slammed to the ground near her weapon, Sunset got back up and her jacket shined brighter than before. With a primal scream, the girl unleashed a wave of fire that exposed an invisible Azalea. "There you are," Sunset snarled before she grabbed her sword and flaming wings appeared on her back.
"She looks mad," Vixen giggled out as everyone watched Sunset's anger figuratively fuel her Fire Dust attacks.
"This looks like it might get out of hand," Cereza said as she prepared herself to stop the duel if it got too intense.
Sunset charged towards Azalea with her blade, but Azalea changed Gladion's setting again and slammed the baton on the floor. With a ring of mist forming under Sunset, a pillar of steam erupted from the ground and surrounded the enraged girl. When the steam cleared, Sunset was shown to be trapped in a pillar of ice with the makeshift cage melting at her back. Azalea approached the immobilized girl and said only one thing. "You owe Team FCSA breakfast tomorrow."
"Alright-t-t... J-j-just get m-me out of this," Sunset replied as her teeth chattered from her shivering. With a well placed strike, the ice shattered instantly and Sunset staggered to her feet. Azalea helped her friend up and the 'audience' went down to talk with the two of them.
Meanwhile, the two professors spoke to each other. "I see that despite a bit of stage fright in front of other students, Miss Holstein is capable with her Dust skills," Camellia remarked.
"Yes. She just needs to ease out of her comfort zone," Ozpin said as he fiddled with his coffee mug. Looking at the twelve students chatting away with each other and talking about heading into town in a few days, Ozpin smiled at the sight. "And I believe that she will have plenty of support."
The afternoon came and went for Azalea and her friends, so they eventually decided to hang out with each other and play games. "I'll play my 'Lion Force Paladin' by tributing my monster and give it a 'Burn Saber' to increase its attack power," Lapis declared as she played against Slate in a trading card game. "Not only that, but if I destroy your next monster, its attack power with be inflicted as damage to you."
"Not bad," Slate said to his opponent. "However, it won't do you any good when I summon my Vacuo Gunslinger. With its power, I can inflict enough damage to you to win. Say goodbye to the last 400 points of your health," the cowboy said as he won the match.
"I said I'd play winner," Silver said as he pulled out his personal deck of cards for the game.
"You're on," Slate remarked with a grin on his face.
As the boys got into their game, several of the girls watched their match while the others did their own thing. Azalea was writing a letter to her parents and looked at a picture on her Scroll. Sighing, she put her device away and continued writing. A while later, the horned Faunus girl went outside and headed to the campus mailroom. 'I guess I should mail Mom and Dad. I might be homesick, but at least I can do this,' Azalea thought to herself before getting the postage on her envelope and writing the last details needed to mail her letter back home to Mirabelle.
And with this, the three teams have gotten through their first day at Beacon Academy and several fights have been shown to elaborate on battle styles. This is only the beginning for our twelve heroes and they have other obstacles to overcome before the next semester starts.
For the music playing during Sunset and Azalea's duel, add something you like that would fit. I'm sure you readers would find pretty good battle music for that scene.
Next chapter, the gang will have had spent a while at Beacon and it places them around the time Cardin blackmailed Jaune. We also get some information about a character's home.
Until next time, everyone. WaterDragonMaverick, signing out!