Professor Ozpin's Office
After the elevator closed, Professor Goodwitch migrated from whispering to usual talk as she walked in front of Ozpin's desk.
"Ozpin, do you really think they're ready for this kind of mission?"
"Glynda, we had this discussion. I told you it was a two-year mission level." Ozpin calmly responds.
"This is not just another mission, and you know that. This is Everest Forest; you didn't tell me that!"(Her glasses moved with her mouth.) "I know you have faith in them, but how can you be so certain that they are ready for this."
"Glynda, you know that our schools and classes hardly prepare them for the unpredictable onslaughts that await them in the real world. Nether the Grimm, nor the enemy will show sympathy towards even the youngest of us… So yes, they are not ready, but they are most efficient for this mission."
"No matter how much you argue with him, nothing will wave his final decision… I've already tried." (General Ironwood said as he steps closer to Professor Goodwitch.) "If anything happens, you can call for reinforcements from my fleet. I have two well-trained soldiers that will stop at nothing to achieve every goal I set for them." (Ironwood made a fist with his gloved hand.)
"Your fleet will do more harm than good." Glynda viperous tone didn't surprise Ironwood as she turned on her right heel gracefully walking to the elevator.
Ironwood sighed while shaking his head.
"Some things never change."
As Ozpin began to speak, he grabbed his cane while leaving his chair.
"I wish that was true."
His cane started to tap in a twin-like fashion with his right leg; he gravitated toward the back window that was granting the room the most sunlight. As he began to gaze upon the beautiful and massive courtyard, he noticed someone walking alone towards the school. A woman or girl to be exact as, for the way she dressed, the majority of the students would probably think she was lost or late for a magician show. The girl slowly yielded her pacing as she moved her pointy yet twisted hat with her thumb and index finger to look upon the school's towers, but instead, she saw a man looking down at her. She blinked, not expecting to see anyone standing there. The headmaster began to grin, acknowledging that he will have company soon.
Team RWBY's dorm
The door cracked open with Yang pushing it with no effort. Revealing an ivory-colored wall with a Chelsea grey on the bottom of the wall and disorganized books in the middle of the smooth black carpet, more likely, they belong to Blake. Each side of the room had handmade white and chocolate-brown bunk beds, a stockpile of books kept the right one together while the left was more like a swing bed hanging on top of the other.
"I'm telling you Professor Goodwitch was acting a little off."
"Well, you know how she is," Blake said with confidence as she started her search for the novel.
"This was a different tho...wow."
Interrupted by her sister as Ruby blazed through the room, searching for her combat outfit and even packing her bag with ammo and other equipment that she might find suited for the mission. She stops in front of the bathroom door to speak to her team.
"We need to be packed and ready for this mission in ten minutes, guys."
"Ruby, we're not running late." Weiss coldly stated.
"Oh, okay… five minutes then." Ruby levitated with high speed into the bathroom.
Weiss sighed and shook her head as Blake continued to search for the book. She looked discouraged, not knowing why her books were lying on the floor, but she kept searching.
"Bloody Tempest, Bloody Tempest, Bloody… Aah!" Blake jumped on the wall like a four-legged insect.
"Blake, are you okay?" Weiss asked with her eyes widened.
"No, Zwei!" Blake shook, pointing at the pile of books as a black and white, midget like wolf tilt its head with confusion. The dog's mouth was holding a bloodish-black book from the spine.
"Is that the book Blake?" Weiss asked.
"Yes." Blake closed her eyes.
"Aww, Zwei, you found it, good doggy."
Yang said, trying to sound cute and innocent. Zwei ran towards Yang, letting go of the book entirely.
"I told you all to keep him away from my belongings."
In a blink of an eye, she jumped off the wall to check the books for damage. As she started organizing the pile of books, Weiss grabbed some germ sterilizer and napkins to clean the book that Zwei was holding.
"Zwei was only trying to help. Isn't that right little guy?" Yang got on her knees to reward the young dog with a soft, snuggly hug.
Ruby busted through the bathroom door, revealing that she had changed her uniform into an outfit composed of a long-sleeve grey shirt with dark belted sleeves close to the finishes of the sleeves. Over the top of the grey shirt is a black pinafore with two vertical lines of red sewing and her red hooded cloak, with her bag in hand, she seems ready for combat.
"What happened to my other combat skirt?"
"I took them to the cleaners." (Weiss continued to clean the book.) "After facing those exploding green Grimm, our combat clothes were disgustingly foul in looks...and smell.
"Ugh!"
The whole team shivered, thinking of the past smell of the suicidal Grimm.
"Thanks, Bestie."
"You're welcome," Weiss said while cleaning the book.
"Now we have three minutes, double and triple-check everything. We're going on a voyage, ladies!" Ruby jumped with excitement getting the dog's attention.
Zwei started barking as he jumped on the little teen.
"Zwei!" The dog started licking Ruby as she shouted with laughter.
"Haha, okay, okay, you can come to Zwei."
"Ruby, we can't bring him," Weiss said.
"Why not? We didn't bring him last time." Ruby pouted.
"It's improbable that Professor Goodwitch would allow that." Weiss made another statement.
"She's right. Professor Goodwitch already doubts our abilities, so it's best we keep him here." Blake stood up, staring straight into the little rose eyes.
"Aww, maybe next time Zwei." Ruby pet Zwei gently on his head; a few seconds later, her pocket made a familiar noise. She got on her feet while checking her pocket to show her scroll lighting up with a message.
"Guess what guys they already have our weapons in the aircraft."
"Well, that was generous of them." Weiss cracked a grin.
Looking back at her white scroll, she remembered the file that Ozpin had transferred. She swiped the home screen to the right as the records were hanging in the upper left corner. After pressing it, information flooded the screen regarding her team's weapons and semblances. It even showed aura status that linked through scroll to scroll. Ruby skimmed through the unneeded information to find the mission details section; she started reading the paragraph labeled "Extra Ammunition."
"Guys, I think I understand why we're bringing extra ammo."
"Why, Sis?"
Everyone else looked up to listen.
"It says we're using the noise of our guns to get the Grimm's attention."
"So, we're just a distraction." With her arms crossed, Yang's voice rose in pitch; she looked at Blake.
"It says that Professor Goodwitch will explain the rest of the plain… There are more paragraphs, but I'll read it later.
"Okay, then let's get ready," Blake stated.
"Yeah, you all should have a suitable amount of ammunition here, so we don't have to go to the armory," Weiss said will placing the book down on her bed.
The others followed suit with Ruby helping her sister pack a stack of red ammo shells in the small front pouch of the dark bag. Blake didn't take long to finish packing as she's used to traveling light, nevertheless smaller magazines of ammunition filled the side of her backpack. As for Weiss, she pulled a suitcase from the left corner of her bed to transfer her clean-cut and fused dust to her combat bag. She had up to twelve different categories of colors and variations to pick from, but she took two from each group to satisfy her needs. You hear nothing but zippers, ammo rattling like jewelry, and Zwei panting softly as he watches the girls move from bag to bag.
"You have the book Weiss," Blake asked.
"Of course… I'll carry it."
Weiss grabbed the red Gothic book as she threw her bag on her right shoulder. The young girls took their time and inspected each other to see if either one of them was missing anything important. Team RWBY was ready. Blake, Weiss, and Yang all started their walk to the door.
"Wait!" The burst of air striking their eardrums made the girls flare their vision towards Ruby.
"...We need someone to watch Zwei!" She pleads with Zwei running in circles around Ruby's legs.
"The way he's moving around, he can take care of himself."
"Do you want him to go through your books again," Ruby said with a fake evil grin with Zwei barking after hearing the word book.
Blake's eyes opened widely as she flipped her eyes to Zwei and her stuff.
"We need someone… now!"
Yang shrugged her shoulders as she smiled.
"That's easy."
Everyone watched Yang exiting the room to the grey walled hallway; the rest followed her. With little Ruby setting down her scroll to pick up Zwei, she exited the dorm and closed the door with her back leg. She watched as Yang knocked on a door across the hall.
"Yang, I highly doubt they're out of class." Blake bluntly spoke.
"Yeah, your right." Yang turned around and leaned back on the door. While she was staring at the red velvet carpet, she can see Weiss opening the novel from the corner of her eye.
"So what we're going to do now." With Ruby carrying Zwei like a mother holding an infant, Zwei began barking softly as he squeezed and fidget from her grip. He hopped a few feet to the other side of the hall as he sat down.
The dog started gazing upon a smiling, jaded-eyed girl with short orange hair. She was wearing the same uniform that Ruby had on earlier with black crew socks instead of tights.
"Hey, guys!" The orange-haired girl energetically greeted team RWBY.
"Hey, Nora." Ruby grinned from ear to ear as the others waved or smiled back.
"Ohhh, why you all dressed like that, and you weren't at breakfast either!"
"Our regular combat clothes are getting clean, and Professor Ozpin called us to his office. Yang said.
"Oh yeah, you all smelled like stinky goo!" The girl started covering her nose, pretending to smell the clothes still.
"Why your not in class Nora." Blake curiously asked.
"Well, Professor Goodwitch needed to talk to Professor Oobleck in secret, haha she's probably scolding him for something, so he delayed class!"
"Hmm." Blake started holding her chin.
"Hmm, sounds like you're thinking, do you know something I don't!" Nora's peaceful smile turned into an evil one.
"She probably went to him to talk about Everest Forest."
"Ever., what now. Heyy, (Nora began to point at team RWBY) you better not be going on another crime-fighting roguish mission without meee!"
"Ozpin gave us this mission this time, haha."
"And now you're going back out there without sharing the bad guys that's not fair, I say. Not fair!" Her jaded-eyes flickered with energy as she made a playful fist.
"Buttt, you can still help." The little rose started walking towards Nora.
"What!... How! Anything! Anything to help your cause!" She started making another fist with her left hand
"You can take care of Zwei…" Ruby proudly picked up Zwei showcasing him to Nora.
"You putting me… Nora... on dog duty…"
"…. Uhh...Yes." Ruby's nerves began to show, closing her eyes to prepare for a no.
"Hahaha, Yess!" (Nora grabbed Zwei out of Ruby's hand). "You're going to be my walking buddy, my bite and bark later buddy and better yet... my pancake eating buddy, (she turned a one-eighty and ran with hyper speed to the other direction) let's go find Ren!"
"No, no, wait, let me say goodbye." Nora didn't hear a single word as Ruby reached out to pursue after the energetic girl, yet Yang grabbed a handful of Ruby's cloak, stopping her from moving further. The others didn't pay attention to Ruby's nagging, with Weiss still reading the novel and Blake walking in silence.
"We will be back, Rubes." Yang casually pulled the young teen.
"I know, but Ozpin didn't say how long this mission will last." She showed effort in fighting the brawler's arm strength.
"He said two days, Rubes."
Ruby spun her cloak to free herself from Yang's grasp. With that, she skipped up to the right of Yang.
"I know that, but the mission files make it sound longer."
"Yeah, yeah, but remember when we went to Mountain Glenn, Doc said we didn't need any bags or extra stuff. Soo."
"I haven't read the files yet, but it's kind of strange for us to bring an unnecessary amount of ammunition just for a distraction." Blake sounded curious.
"You probably overthinking it; it's just a two-day mission, guys."
"Are is it…"
Blake sighed while thinking about the mission and the expressions Professor Goodwitch was giving during the meeting. All started to burrow in with the fear of what happened in Bloody Tempest and how much is true. Ruby looked up to notice her partner reading the book as the girls began making a left turn at the end of the hall.
"Oh yeah, I want to know the story of the book."
"Well…" Blake responded while looking at Weiss.
"Please just tell me how the story starts." Ruby started to beg like a child again.
"His lips, we're blushing blue, while his body leaked like spoiled fruit."
The heirs surprised everyone but Blake as she read the sentence aloud. She looked back at Ruby to see her expression.
"Uh," Ruby said quietly.
"Yup, horror fleck." Yang shrugged her shoulders, smiling.
"Well, I thought it was going to start out with a bang, but never mind."
"The story isn't action-centered."
"Awww." Her arms started sagging with disappointment after hearing an unwanted answer from Blake.
"So, who's the main character?" Yang asked.
"A girl, around Ruby's age."
"Oh, what's her name?"
"Well, she doesn't have one."
The sisters looked at each other with pale eyes.
"What!"
Weiss flipped the page back to the beginning as she ended her silents.
"So far, they only call her… Human and it's the only name she reciprocates too."
"Wow, they treating her like a slave or something."
Weiss looked back at the book and didn't respond, ticking off Yang a little.
"No, actually, they're trying to kill her."
Ruby and Yang looked back at Blake as she continued talking.
"You see, that's one of the reasons I stopped reading it."
Blake grabbed her arm.
"The novel describes faunus like heartless creatures dissolved from any kind of reason, and it just felt… misleading to me."
"Well, it's just fiction, Blake." Yang tried to cheer up her partner.
"After what Ozpin said, I highly doubt it." Blake arched her ambered eyes.
"Blake." Ruby was wordless. Without the knowledge of the book, she was unable to cheer Blake up effectively.
As the team made another left turn, you could see the exit a few feet away, with that Yang decided to ask Weiss a question.
"So Weiss, how are you digging the book so far?"
The heirs stayed silent once again.
"Okay, that's it!"
Yang jumped in front of Weiss, shocking her in the process, but she still didn't say a single word.
"Look, I'm sorry. I know I acted all rude and all, but I'm sorry."
Even though Ruby didn't know precisely what Yang was apologizing for, she still was glad that she did, yet Weiss didn't say anything. She grabbed the book's bond to place it in between the pages she was reading, closing the book she gazed at Yang and walked around her. The paled girl exited the hall leaving her team.
"Well, I tried." Yang shrugged her shoulders.
"That was a poor apology." Blake knows first hand how Yang can get when it comes down to encouragement.
"Right now isn't the time anyway… I'll just wait until we get back."
"Can you please tell me what's wrong with Weiss," Ruby asked.
Yang sighed. "Well, you see... remember when we were fighting the Deathstalker."
"Yes."
"And Weiss made a plan to take out its legs first while Blake and I go for the tail."
(Yang started scratching her head.)
"Yes..." The little rose started to play the past encounter in her head.
Merlot's Laboratory a few days ago
Ruby gasps, "A Mutated Deathstalker?!"
Ruby and the rest of her team were in ah from the site of the eight-legged skeleton scorpion marked with greenish fluid; it had a flowing amount of spikes covering its back with a glooming bright green stinger. It started creeping closer to the team of girls.
"Don't be shy, students. You can learn a lot from this enhanced specimen." A man's voice started taunting the girls from the screens of the area and even from team RWBY's scrolls.
"Whoa! That is one serious stinger!" Yang joked.
"They won't teach you things about this at Beacon." The voice continued.
The scorpion blinked into a burst of speed charging headfirst.
"Don't let it sting you!"
While Blake was screaming the information, the beast throws one of its pincers as it got closer. The other girls evaded without thinking while Blake ready a cleaver shaped sheath. The giant pincer cracked and cradled through the smoky dirt, splitting a phased version of Blake in half, while the real one was above its head, now wielding a light black katana in her right hand with the cleaver in the left. A variety of vivid purple coated strikes crashed the skeleton's forehead without leaving a dent.
"Be careful!" Weiss said as she hailed a silver-gray rapier anointed with blue shading, it would seem she was charging an attack.
The Deathstalker's legs scraped the ground rapidly as it spins to attack Blake. A red burning ball came through its rage, stunning it in the process.
Yang cranked her momentum up to eleven as she folded into a boxing stance, shifting closer to the hurt insect. The skeleton tried to defend itself, but it was too late. The blondes yellow gauntlets started chaining explosive jabs on the chin of the monster, making it yell in pain.
"Crrrrrrr!?"
"Yang. Moveee!" Ruby shouted.
Screaming mad, the Grimm stabbed its sharp pincer into Yang's torso and face shoving her straight into the now-demolished ground.
A dozen yards long of red rose petals flashed and slashed the Grimm's claws vertically to the weakened ground, stopping the attackers purist. The petals revealed Ruby spinning out of the roses with a giant red scythe as she pointed it down on the Grimm's hands to fire massive number rounds, lifting her in the air. But the Grimm clamped Ruby's cloak yanking her down, making her gasp for air. It violently tossed her to a wall behind Weiss, making the cold metal wall bounce from the death throw.
Blake flipped in front of Yang as she ran straight into the attacking pincer to dissolve into a husk of erupting flame. The beast didn't show pain until Blake started to massacre the front legs with afterimages of numerous cuts. Blake flipped forward for another attack, but the Grimm bashed her with its thick pincers.
With that, Yang flared the surrounding rubble while her eyes showed a change in color and feel. She stumped fiercely, shackling the surface of the ground with blazing heat pushing off her leg to add more bone-crushing power to her flaming uppercut.
The Grimm's legs shook from the painful attack as it slid in the dead dirt. Not giving the scorpion time to recover, Weiss began to grunt as she gracefully released the blue light from her sword, turning it to a barrage of shivering ice, freezing the left side of its legs. It started to show desperation as it used it stinger to strike the ground around him, keeping everyone away from its non-armored limbs.
"That's it, guys I have a plan!"
"What is it, Weiss." Ruby jumped down, sliding on the ground.
"We freeze the other sets of legs, crippling it, and then Yang assaults the creature from behind, leaving Blake to sever the stinger off the creature's tail!"
Everyone started to huddle together as they talked.
"Ruby, you good with this," Yang said bluntly while her hair danced in flames.
"Yes, I love it (Ruby looked back at the struggling insect), everyone, thank fast!"
A dark chunk of the ground was rolling their way with Ruby and Weiss jumping to the right Blake backflipped out of the shadows of the boulders, while Yang kept her ground, shouting as she punched the boulder into hand-sized rocks.
Ruby burst into position, setting up her scythe as Weiss spun her glyphs in line with the barrel. Ruby started to giggle.
"Ice Flower!"
With that, Ruby started shooting the bolt-action sniper hybrid forcefully.
The Grimm screeched once more as the ice turned into a giant flower-like iceberg consuming its other four back legs.
"Now, Yang!"
"On it!" Yang shot both gauntlets to give her a boost of airborne speed as Blake followed behind.
"Crrrrrrrrrrrrrraa!"
The Deathstalker was getting more dreadful by the second as it pointed its tail and stinger in the air as it rumbled and twitched, releasing a foul greenish gosh of unknown projectiles.
"Make venom rain from the sky!"
"Oh no, Move!" Ruby used the recoil of the firing weapon to move backward.
As for Weiss, she began to sidestep, but a creature busting from the ground grabbed her lower leg with its sharp mouth. It was white and green like the Deathstalker, but only having hind limbs and a tail probably to balance its lizard-like head.
"A Creep!"
Just as she was getting ready to stab the amateur Grimm, the piercing venom from the Deathstalker struck the heir's chest with a ground-pounding noise of pain, leaving Weiss crying with agony in between the dirt and the Creep.
"Stings a little, doesn't it?"
After hearing that sentence and Weiss's cries, Ruby feared the worse. She looked up to see Weiss on the ground twitching as she tried to grab her rapier.
"Weiss, I'm coming!" Ruby shot herself into the fray as more and more Creeps started coming from the ground surrounding her partner.
Yang heard the scream while she was in midair; instead of going for the Deathstalker, she plunged into the ground to ricochet herself in the opposite direction.
Blake didn't hesitate as she drifted through the dirt to make a U-turn.
Ruby flew in, spinning with unbelievable speed decapitating two Creeps heads simultaneously as another Creep charged its whole body at the little hero she quickly tilted her body underneath the attack.
The Creep noticed the flame headed blonde coming full throttle, but all it could do was screech as Yang forced through its skin like watered cement, driving it forward with a melting shotgun round through its lifeless body. The three remaining Creeps began to slob and growl as they hesitated to challenge Yang.
They started to back away slowly, but a gunshot from behind pierced through one of them in the head. As the middle one turned around, it instantly slithered its jaws open and charged Blake. The dark-haired brunette shifted to a kneeled position sliding under the creature, with her swords crossed and drilled the Creep in the air, making it fall backward. Before it hit the ground, she started another violet-colored combo finishing it with a forward slash through its body, leaving a reddish copy covered in wildfire to erupt. Exterminating the creature in the process.
"Last one."
She watched as the last remaining Creep screeched during its attack. Lifting its left claws, Blake grunts while barely dodging the animal to instantly ripped through its arm with the cleaver. She stabbed the Grimm in the skull finishing it. Seconds later, the green scorpion shattered the ice, shaking the water off its body.
"Ruby, what's the plan." Yang bluntly asked.
"I have one.."(Ruby spun and smashed her scythe to the ground.) "Blake! Distract it.
"Got it." Blake quickly transformed her katana into a firing weapon as she got the Deathstalker's attention.
As Ruby started to reload her weapon, she began to fade back to the present.
"So let me guess you said something to her after we got back."
"Yeah, kind of…"(Blake slapped her in the back of the head with Yang closing her eyes from the pain.) "Yes, I did, and I take full responsibility!"
"But why! You know that Creep wasn't her fault."
"I know."
"Then why, Yang."
Yang sighed. "There was a day that I put you in danger, and to this day, I can't stop thinking about it. (A fist was formed.)
"Yang, we both couldn't do anything at that age. I can handle myself now."
"I know, but Weiss is your partner, right…"
"Well yeah. She's more than that; she's my friend."
"No, she's your sister… Even Blake, we all are sisters. (Yang placed her hard hands-on Ruby's shoulders.) And it's hard for me to not take the big sister role. That's why I had to scold her because if anything happens, I'll probably blame myself."
Yang started to let go of Ruby as she turned to the doorway to continue talking.
"Now, let's go finish this lame mission (Yang laughed a little) because I have big plans for Ice Queen when we get back."
All Ruby and Blake can do were smile at the joyful tone of Yang. From fighting Grimm and each other, it'll only make them closer. The three girls finally exit the hallway as they began their calm stroll.
Close to the landing pad, the heirs of team RWBY walked calm and silently with her downhearted spirit intact. She took this detached moment to quietly think… to reminisce the stinging of pain, to recall the scent of toxin corrupting her chest, yet even though her aura protected her from being poisoned physically, she still felt infected. As she closed the distance between her and the silverish landing pad, she slowly placed her hand where she was stroked, touching a scattered wound across her exposed chest. A wound that she can only see.
"I need to focus."
She began talking within as she snapped her head forward to lose the calling of her thoughts.
"The peculiar thoughts will only bring fear, and fear pollutes my form."
During her thinking, she noticed a sharp cylinder headed aircraft parked in the center of the pad. Two full armored soldiers waited in front of the ship with their arms folded behind their middle backs. As Weiss gracefully walked closer, she noticed the green marking of colors on the soldiers' armor, indicating that the soldiers are the pilots of the aircraft.
"Ms. Schnee (both soldiers bowed.), we have successfully loaded your team's armory and are waiting for departure."
"Thank you."
The heirs didn't allow her face to show her gratitude as she isn't the type to show her positive emotions in public. The other soldier that didn't talk looked over to see the rest of team RWBY walking in room view, making their voices more transparent as they approach.
"Well, we beat Professor Goodwitch here," Ruby said softly.
"Yeah, that's weird tho." Yang placed a hand on her hip. While Blake looked back at the school.
"I think that's her."
The rest of the girls and even the soldiers began to stare towards the high-heeled blonde walking fiercely towards them. With seconds to spare, the two soldiers looked eye to eye with one of them nodding as they turned to the aircraft. The doors slid open vertically on both sides, with the pilots casual stepping into the ship. From the back view of the soldiers, you can see a grey like cargo box screwed down to the center of the vessel.
The team began to fall in line as they waited for the huntress. The heels of the Professor slowly yelled after her fast-paced walking.
"My apologies for being late I had to deal with an uncivilized student."
Ruby and Weiss glazed at each other as they began to ponder.
"I hope she wasn't talking about Nora."
Ruby started to imagine all the crazy things that the orange-haired girl could have done to anger the strict woman.
"Isn't that swell, now she's going to be even more forbidding."
"Disregarding that matter, let's discuss the task at hand."
The Professor reached down towards her right boot as a thin black stick floats to her paws. As it began to extend, it revealed a shade of purple covering the handle and exposing its form as a riding crop. She started to pace in front of team RWBY.
"Seeing that you all are carrying your luggage, it's safe to assume that you've followed the majority of your orders so far."
(Yang slightly raised her hand.) "Yeah about that, are we supposed to be some kind of distraction."
"Yes."
The whole team started to sag their shoulders.
"Allow me to clarify. For years Professor Ozpin has sent huntsmen and huntresses to protect a village located in the middle of Everest Forest. This forest helps keep immeasurable sized Grimm from attacking this village, yet only Beowolfs and Alphas stay in this area. With this came a strategy to lure the Grimm away. With sounds of chaos… Guns."
The Professor started to tap her other hand with the corp.
"The amateur Grimm in this area are more accustomed to unyielding winds and animal life, also the ancient trees may be hollow, but they stay sturdy and noise reflecting through them sparking echoes. Creating attention with mischief should be a straightforward process for you."
Yang chuckled. "You got that right."
"So Ruby Rose, Blake Belladonna, Yang Xiao Long, you will be accompanying Coco Adel of CFVY and me. After we have successfully collected enough agro from the creatures, I'll order our Bullhead to escort us out of danger while we use the aircraft's safety to lead the foul creatures to their demise."
"Hmm. Who's finishing off the Grimm." Ruby asked.
"There's a steep canyon that grows a small amount of fire dust every two years. Thus time is on your side because we will use the dust to exterminate the beasts."
The girls started to stare at each other, but mostly their gazes were towards Weiss as she wasn't mentioned in the plan.
"Sorry to intrude, Professor. But where will I be positioned?" She placed her hand on her chest.
"Weiss Schnee, this phase of the mission for you is the most dangers." (Weiss sighed.) "You, Fox Alistair, Velvet Scarlatina, Yatsuhashi Daichi, and four other Hunters from the village will make a stack square shape perimeter surrounding the village."
"So… that means I'll be alone."
"Yes."
Weiss sighed again but with a lower volume.
"The vulnerability you will be in most be treated with care, as your part will be to eliminate all the stragglers that will try to stay in the forest."
Professor Goodwitch stopped her pacing right in front of the heirs. As the other girls looked to see how Weiss was taking this.
"Be warned Ms. Schnee majority of the Grimm that lag behind are older Grimm that survived the onslaughts in the past and now they never leave the shadows of the trees showing that they have grown intelligence."
"Yes, ma'am... I understand."
The light blonde woman blinked once, as the forward steps to the heirs showed hesitation.
"If you think the Grimm will overtake you. Fall back to the village immediately as the archers of the village will be guarding the outside walls during this whole ordeal."
"Understood Professor."
"Excellent."(The Professor lifted her left hand to signal the pilots as she walked around the girls.) "Team CFVY has already departed, let's not keep them waiting shall we."
The team of teens quickly opened up to follow the huntress.
"Professor… Where is Everest Forest?
The Professor turned around as she pushed her spectacles in place.
"Farther north-east. The forest lies between Vale and Mt. Chitwan." (She leaped in the ship with easy.)
"Just like the book described." Blake's mind rambled as the tall woman turned around.
"It should take thirty minutes or so to get there. (She turned around to the other girls) Remember, team RWBY follow correctly, and success will follow as well."
"Yes, ma'am!" The united voices echoed through the landing pad as the engines from the aircraft formed a roar. The girls entered the Bullhead; the Professor stood in the airship's neck so she could watch both the pilots and the team. Ruby and Yang walked around the grey box to the right while Blake and Weiss settled in on the left, they all reached for a brown belt like handles that hung from the roof of the aircraft as they prepared for takeoff.
As the ship started to ascend, Ruby focused her attention to the right of the ship as the doors stood open long enough to view an enormous mountain-like cliff with several waterfalls dropping onto the light sapphire bay. As Ruby started to gaze beyond the waters, the doors cracked in motion blocking the view of the city's afar. The wind scratched the aircraft's walls as the ship slowly picked up speed while the inside was quiet and calm Weiss decided to reopen the novel, grabbing Professor Goodwitch glare that Blake noticed.
"I recommend you postpone your reading Ms. Schnee."
"Yes, ma'am." She answered politely.
"It's best to stay relaxed for a mission instead of building tension."
The Professor glared at the other teens before she slowly turned to the head of the ship.
"So much for trying to learn more about the forest." The gold blonde leaned on the metal wall.
"Yeah, but we still got Blake," Ruby said.
Weiss wasn't surprised as she knows how strict and straightforward the Professor is, so she didn't show any kind of negative emotions. She kneeled down to safely put the novel in her bag while Blake was watching and thinking.
"That expression… she must have a distaste for the novel too." Blake wanted to speculate on the matter, but she decided to take the Professor's advice.
27 minutes later...
"Ma'am." The copilot spoke.
Professor Goodwitch walked into the cockpit as she listened.
"Where should we land?" He said quietly.
Weiss and Blake stared at each other, acknowledging that they both heard the question while Ruby and Yang wasn't really paying attention.
"We're not landing just drop us here."
The teacher bends a little as she gave the pilots directions, during so gave Weiss the view of the forest. The heirs started squinting her eyes low; she even started walking to the middle front of the cargo box, getting the attention from the others.
"Weiss?"(Ruby pecked in the cockpit but quickly stepped back as Goodwitch walked through.)
"Prepare yourselves." She pressed a dim light that opened the grey cargo box revealing team RWBY's weapons all separated in four different containers. The girls circle around the containers to grab their specific weapon. The Bullhead's speed started to decrease, while the copilot opened the slid door on Yang's side.
"Wow…" Yang unfolded her arms while everyone, but Goodwitch looked outside.
The trees were more like towers with clusters of rigged branches wired together from growth. Every single tree from the forest was bone-brown, turning more hollow as they reached the ground. As the Bullhead made its way to a dirty patch from the side of the woods, you can see the forest trailing to mountains growing smaller in height. The Bullhead was in position allowing the team to jump from the ship with the Professor following. The girls noticed the drop in temperature as the light barely made it through the crowns of the hive-like trees. Ruby admired the height of trees while Blake looked at the cluttered stumps as if they fused.
"These trees are sooo tall!"
"Yeah, it's like the CC Tower back at Beacon." Yang said.
While the girls were looking around, the airship started to ascend, leaving the echoes of engines across the dirt field.
"Don't let the forest manipulate your awareness."
While Glynda was stating her comment, Blake saw her holding a black scroll, but she mostly noticed the low red signal that the scroll showed. The Professor quickly folded the scroll as she started speaking.
"Hopefully, they reserved the message."
An ear-piercing sound of rasping wolfs started to echo from within the forest. Shivery made its way through the winds of the area as each member of team RWBY transformed their weapons and ready their bodies.
"Uh, oh." Yang said.
"I can't get a fix on their location." Blake stared down the forest.
"Don't worry about them; their howling at the Bullhead."
The Professor herself didn't look worried at all, not even tensed, she started walking down a grey sandy path that cut the forest as if this path leads to the heart.
"If we follow this path, there's a slim chance that we will find Grimm, although if we come across an encounter, Ms. Xiao Long (she turned around) Ms. Rose, you are not to engage.
"What." Ruby and Yang said in unison.
Yang sighed. "Wait, why."
"Both of your fighting styles center around using the recoil of your weapons to increase your damage output. It's a common fighting style; nevertheless, you will attract half of the forest.
"She's right." Blake rambled to herself.
"But what if we get swarmed?"
"That's why I'm here." Professor Goodwitch proudly stated.
Ruby sagged her shoulders and mouth with disbelief in her eyes.
"Well, that makes us useless." Yang started biting her lower lip showing her negative emotions.
"Ms. Belladonna, I'm allowing you to fight because it'll be easier for you to adapt to this kind of situation."
"Yes, ma'am." Blake snapped back into reality.
"Now follow suit, team RWBY."
They continued walking over the soft wavy pathway without speaking. Listening to sudden scratching winds moving through leaves and old bark of the mountain like trees. The breeze made a scent that mirrors a woodwork shop. The Professor noticed a group of birds flying across the right of the pathway. A second, later pitch of howling misery skived the air shocking the team.
"What was that?" Ruby asked.
"More likely, it's Grimm." The Professor adjusted her spectacles and continued walking with Ruby and Yang, looking towards the area of the howl.
"It sounds like it was in pain."
"Do you think someone's fighting it," Yang added.
The two sisters looked at each as if they minds linked for a split moment. Yet their teacher answered the question.
"If they ventured out this far than their experienced."
"She's right (Blake continued walking). We have our own mission."
"Right," Ruby said with a hit of bitterness as she continued to look towards the darkened forest. She walked lagging behind the others, wondering when they will reach their destination. The little rose looked back to the right to notice more trees being fused together as if they are making a wall or some sort. With Weiss, she kept her vision forward as she spotted the pathway splitting in two different directions.
"Professor, the pathway is dividing. (Weiss started looking towards the Professor.) Which way?"
"Well, forward."
"Now, we are straying from the pathway?"
"Exactly."
The end of the path was just seconds away as more birds flared from the right to the upper left of the forest. Blake blinked over to that direction, but she couldn't see anything because of the clutter of trees, but she felt a familiar pressure.
"Keep your awareness, were almost there." The Professor stated.
The other girls didn't hesitate to leave the dirt road, but Blake continued to look over her luggage, assuming the worst. She started to leave the road smoothly, moving through the hollowed trees that formed holes to walk through.
"We will return back he for our mission but be warned deeper in, there are more twisted trees that will block the side views and light alike, so stay close.
A few minutes went by with nothing but birds chirping and the scent of wet grass moving with the air. While the young huntresses struggled to walk over the overly sized roots, Professor Goodwitch final stopped to look around the hollowed-out forest. The fused trees surrounded the area with their massive width creating a circle. Even some of the roots were sticking out the ground from the trees pushing against each other.
The Professor unfolded her pouch to grab her scroll as she selected the same screen from earlier, Ruby could tell that she was trying to contact someone.
"Professor. Is everything okay?"
Glynda closed her eyes and started to sigh. "It would seem the message I sent to team CFVY didn't send."
The girls started stepping closer to her as she talked.
"I wanted them to meet us halfway, so we wouldn't get lost in these wretched woods."
"Oh, the map, Professor." Ruby started to juggle her way through her pouch; it was there, so she decided to venture to her bag. Yet the Professor stopped her.
"There's no need; the map is only useful in the outskirts."
While the others listened to the Professor, Blake looked back again and noticed black silhouettes folded within the shadows of faraway trees. With her chests getting heavy, she turned while throwing her luggage towards the team.
"We're being watched."
The rest of the team threw down their bags as well, with Glynda in the middle holding up her riding crop.
"Rose, Xiao Long, place your back's against a tree and stay in a defensive position!"
Ruby turned her heavy weapon running with the beat of her blood.
"I forgot we can't fight."
Yang sighed but followed orders with little doubt. She looked back to see Weiss lifting her rapier as the guard of the sword flipped like a chamber.
"Who's watching us?" Weiss asked
"Not who."
After Blake responded, a trail of leaves started falling from the crowns of cluttered trees.
"Up!"
A thunder of snapping branches ended the birds chirping as large limbs rolled to the ground. The branches started making continents of head high arms blocking Ruby and Yang from the others.
"No!" Ruby screamed.
More arms of bark fail, as Glynda held her crop, stopping them with some kind of spell or telekinesis. During this, a howling screech came from the broken part of the trees with a dark inked wolf-like creature diving for its prey.
Blake jumped to a nearby broken tree, bouncing upwards. The wolf slammed its claws across Blake's face making her fall back down. But she shook the pain off using a clone to bounce upward. She slashed it in half as its body falls to the ground.
The Professor looked around as more leaves started falling from the trees. She lifted her leg, forcing a purple light from her weapon, triggering the broken branches to hurl skywards. Blake saw the cut up Grimm being pushed by the branches, so she used another shadow to jump clear. Glynda watched as Grimm falls to the ground from the hurling branches while other Grimm used the trees to stop their fall.
Weiss started to form a striking stance as the Grimm began to howl and charge.
"Wait," Glynda said while counting.
"One, (She turned to look towards the right of the seeable forest) two... Allow me to take out the mature Grimm."
The experienced huntress rolled her riding crop, shoving a wolf-like creature into the more spiky one that had scars and burn marks. The Grimm ran its dirty claws straight through the smaller Grimm, not noticing the purple strings of dust shooting its way. Skin and black flesh splattered from its lifeless body like rain.
One came from the left without Glynda realizing, so Weiss used her glyph as a shield while the monster attacked. It howled in pain after its arm snapped. The beast pursed with Weiss barely dodging the attack gracefully while the beast throws its arm straight at the heirs head. She leaned back with pure flexibility as she stabbed the monster in its Goodwitch didn't thank the heirs while she turned to the right for the other mature Grimm that had two smaller ones hanging near.
The crop glowed ghostly white as she waved her arm with striking force to release an ice piercing shard that tore through the mature Grimm's eyes. Making its dead body roll on the wet ground as it started to fade away. The other wolves jumped to attack the Professor, with Weiss made another glyph to take the hit. But instead, they jumped around the glyph with their jaws locked open and stuck in place.
"Don't use your energy to protect me."
Glynda spun during her casting, pushing the Grimm to one of the fused trees. The necks of the monsters made shiver echos as their heads squished between the bark.
"You'll need it later."
The Professor's eagle eyes looked forward to more targets, quickly realizing that Ruby and Yang are not in view. Her mouth darkened with worry as she searched for Blake.
"Blake (The branches on the ground began to shift.) go find the others now!"
"Yes." Blake didn't care if Glynda heard her as she jolted through the city of crowns making sure she used speed and precision so she wouldn't fall to her end.
Back on the ground, Weiss started running towards the Professor.
"Professor, your orders!"
"Help me move these branches now!"
"Yes, of course."
Winded air pierced Weiss, surprised by the tone of her teacher. She started using a glyph color-coded in black, shooting one of the boulder-like branches from right under it with Glynda taking in control to break and shove the old wood towards the right. They quickly noticed more branches blocking their progression. Weiss thought that they could just jump across the clustered mess, but after the logs started moving, they looked incredibly unstable.
"Again!"
Weiss didn't have a chance to respond as a strong howl vibrated her skin. She stopped her hesitation, thinking of only saving her team, creating two glyphs this time around.
On the other side of the maze of branches, Ruby and Yang were indeed in danger. The sisters knew they could quickly kill the Grimm, but they would have to devoid the Professor's orders and the mission. Yang was uncomfortable about the situation, feeling like a coward feeling useless.
The beast came in view while bashing its savage force through hollowed stomps. The beast was more protected, having its upper chest cast with bony armor and seemed drastically more built physical then the other wolfs.
The clouded paws of the creature rapidly slashed at the blonde, with Yang panting she continued blocking its rampage. Ruby didn't know what to do, none of her attacks would have done anything without using her sniper, yet she always had a plan.
"Yang, I have a plain (Ruby started running to a half-broken tree) bring it this way!"
While Yang was getting tired, she had to keep blocking for she can escape. The Grimm's right claw started dragging across the noodled grass, making mud fly with its powerful uppercut. She was able to defend by lowering her body to endure the hit but failed to keep her feet on the ground. As she was falling, the beast didn't hesitate to take advantage of her weakened state, its body thrust its heavy weight on top of the teen. Yang's face started to burn like an oven from the Grimm's glooming body odor, while its mouth started to water uncontrollably.
Ruby looked back after not hearing any footsteps or grunts to see her sister stuck between the ground and the beast. Ruby heard nothing but her heart with each pulse; her chest rattled like a frosted engine. Her thoughts about the mission drifted away. She didn't care about attracting other Grimm at that matter, as she spins her massive scythe slamming its blade through the wet grass.
Without warning, the Grimm's body shot backward, with a dark orange figure kicking it with chilling force. The monster slammed from tree to tree, making all of them unstable.
"Wait, is that?"
Ruby transformed her weapon into a deformed like shape so she could run more efficiently. While she was jogging, she noticed the person that saved Yang was someone she knew. It was Fox, a boy with a dark complexion, messy copper fringed hair that was longer than his earlobes. He's wearing a dark orange sleeveless vest, and a pair of black jeans as his shoes were hidden from Ruby's view; roots were in the way. But she was paying more attention to Fox's blades that pointed backward connecting to his arms and hands.
"Fox, thank you!" Ruby ran past the young man to her sister.
"Yeah, I owe you one," Yang said, with her tone changing back to normal. Ruby started pulling her sister up as the lack of arm strength took in effect.
"I'm good, Ruby."
"You better be. I can't use Blaze Bloom without you!" Ruby's dreaded face showed.
"I know Sis now, let's bend the rules and put the hurt on this Grimm."
"Great minds think alike." Ruby chuckled as both Yang and Ruby got side by side with the teenage boy. Ruby started bouncing while talking.
"Now Fox le..(The boy's legs burst through the grass leaving a dusted afterimage to cloud the girls' vision.)
The Grimm had no equal footing as Fox's speed and power collected into one impulsive punch splitting through its armored chest. The force pushed it upwards as Fox rapidly joined his fists with his blades during the combo. Not even a second passed with the left blade sheathing into the monster's throat, during this, he flipped over the falling body while cutting the Grimm headless.
Ruby dropped her weapon with her mouth while Yang slowly pushed her little sister's mouth closed.
"That was an Alpha, right?"
"Yup," Ruby responded.
"He's on a whole another level."
"Yup."
After Ruby responds, Fox started running back to the girls to only stop and look up at the crowns of the trees. Another dark figure started grinding towards the wood of massive trees fighting the momentum to softly land on the rootless grass.
"It's okay, Fox, it's Blake!" Yang shouted, knowing the chances of him being blind because of his lack of pupils.
Fox only nod as he walked back to the others.
"Great, you're all okay." Blake sighed softly.
"Yeah, silent but deadly did us a solid."
"Where's Weiss and the Professor."
After Ruby's response, the unmeasurable branches started to move drastically. Mud and dying grass uprooted as the limbs stained the ground. The girls looked at each other while Fox was trying to figure out what was moving. In no time, Weiss and Glynda were able to jump over the smaller branches answering Ruby's question.
"Good, they're not harmed." The Professor was panting, but she showed a little smile that only Weiss noticed. Goodwitch shook off her smile as she saw Fox.
"Mr. Alistair, glad you can join us."
The boy scarred face showed a little emotion as he recognized the voice.
"Ms. Adel most had sent you?
The teenage boy nodded his head, yes, but the Professor still wanted to ask more questions.
"So, you most had memorized the patterns of this forest?"
He shook his head no.
"Then how did he get here," Weiss asked the Professor.
Fox politely turned around and pointed towards one of the broken trees. As the Professor and team RWBY looked forward, surprisingly, someone was sitting down on the tree. Glynda slowly squashed her eyes as the person jumped in view of the others. It was a young man with peach skin and dark brown eyes with faunus features. His front view shows that the majority of his neck is covered with cream-white fur leading to his sideburns and hair. His hair is more human, turning white to black as it travels to his forehead sharply.
He's wearing a hollowed grey and brown garb that is sleeveless as if forced off. He started reaching for one of his garb's pockets showing the painful deep cut marks around his fingers. A blue sun rests on the pocket, revealing a small Y-shaped rusted grey crossbow that has darts for ammo attached to his forearm.
As he walked towards the girls, he pulled out a small dart that split into two, turning into a scissor-like shape. The team started to ready their weapons with the Professor lowering hers.
"Mr. Jutsus was it… your willingness to help shows your gratitude."
"I can't miss out on seeing some lighthearted amateurs getting tarnished."
Ruby and Blake looked at each other surprised, but they didn't say anything while Weiss and Yang looked furious.
"Umm. (The heirs walked past everyone giving him a clear view of her) Excuse me, what did you say?."
The man opened his eyes widely as if he couldn't take all the information in at once. He stopped playing with his scissors while speaking.
"You are a Scheen, aren't you?"
"That's not what he said!" Ruby shouted as no one took her seriously. With Weiss placing her pale hands on her hips, the Professor walked in before Weiss could respond.
"And if she was?" (the cream haired man noticed the light emerald eyes pressuring him.) "Will that be a problem?"
He didn't respond only thing he did was flip the scissor-darts back in his pocket. The grass below him made muddy noises during his turnaround. The girls watched as he walked away silently.
"Team RWBY, Mr. Alistair, let's move." Glynda started falling the faunus, basically speed walking.
"Yes, ma'am." Ruby said with the other girls acting a little iffy, yet they still followed the Professor. Fox started walking pass the team walking over roots like he knew where they all were.
"I can tell we're not getting a thank you after this one." Yang said while walking.
"As long as we get this over with safely, the only thing that will be thanking us is our beds." Blake spoke with a grin.
"True." Yang said, while looking back.
A few minutes past with RWBY and the others following the white-haired man through the forest, making sure to keep a steady pace. The girls could feel the ground losing its height while walking, Ruby looked around, noticing that they are walking down a slight hill with the roots getting less seeable. Ruby slowly started to catch up with Professor Goodwitch that was monitoring the forest.
"Professor?"(Glynda glazed at the little rose.) "Who's Jut or Jutso, whatever his name is?" The other members of the team RWBY started listening in while they walk.
"His full name is Kai Jutsus, he's one of the Hunters that's helping to eliminate the Grimm."
"Oh. His weapon looks off a little."
"Well, just like any other human or faunus, we have to adapt to our surroundings. In his case, he can't use firearms because of the echos of the forest, nor does he have specially designed weapons like you and your team. The villagers have to use the tools to their dipole to create their defenses ."
While Glynda was explaining, the girls noticed a large group of fused and cluttered up trees that seemed to create a dome. Ruby and her team stopped a little to stare at the greener and healthier trees with a hand like roots standing up from the ground as people with hollow garbs stood on a bridge-like branch. The Hunter started walking a little faster.
"Is this the village?" Ruby asked.
"Yes." Blake answered Ruby with the Professor not stunned by Blake's knowledge.
Yang sighed. "That means we can relax."
"No, you will rest after." The Professor's words rigid across Yang's skin like a rusted knife. As Glynda walked forward, the team followed.
The team noticed wooden doors faded in grey across the walls of the fused trees. As they walked through, the more leveled ground voices came from underneath the massive roots with a very tall person with olive-green armor leaning to see under the roots.
"Is that Yatsuhashi?" Blake asked.
"Yes, and that voice sounds like Velvet." Weiss said surprisingly.
The faunus jogged to one of the wooden doors; he entered the dome-like area revealing more voices from inside. This made the giant armored look towards the others giving a better view of him.
His left shoulder was the only one with armor as a brown strap crossed his chest to his left shoulder. He healed a bronze longsword that curved its weight within the soft ground.
"Professor." He bowed to the Professor as a girl step out the shadows of the roots. A couple of long brown rabbit ears were extended from her long brown hair. She wore a short, long-sleeved brown jacket with a golden zipper. She matched with some brown shorts and black leggings.
"Velvet!" Ruby said.
"Oh, hey Ruby, I didn't know your team is helping us."
"Yeah." Ruby scratched her head while Glynda stepped in.
"Sorry to intrude, but we are on a tight schedule."
Ruby and Velvet shut down their conversation without showing negative vibes. During all this, the wooden door reopened as the same hunter walked out, gazing towards team RWBY rudely.
"Sorry, Professor."
"My apologies as well." (The faunus girl placed her hands behind her bottom.)
"What's our next move."
"Where's your leader?"
"She's positioned in the front of the village."
"I need you to bring her here."
"Yes, ma'am."
Glynda adjusted her glasses as she talked to the Hunter.
"And the Hunters as well."
The man didn't look at the Professor as he continued his stares at team RWBY.
"I already did."
"Excellent." The Professor nod to Velvet, making her turn to the door.
"Oh, wait... Professor, can I go with her?" Ruby slightly bend her knees.
"No!"
Ruby jumped with a squeal as everyone stared at him. Soft rattles came from the Hunter as his hair started to twist like rubber.
"No, humans can enter."
The whole team looked at each as though they were trying to make sure they all heard him correctly.
"Is there a purpose." Weiss crossed her arms, tapping her nails for an answer, but he just stood there and laughed while his hair rattled.
"Segregation is key here, isn't it?"
After the brunette's response, the echos of his rattles slowly stop, during so his vision converged to Blake's eyes.
"Enough…(Glynda gazed at the girls back to Velvet.) Velvet go."
Velvet nodded as the man closed the door behind her. He stood there with his arms crossed.
"Ms. Belladonna, I need to speak with you... privately."
Glynda paced away only to turn around through the short grass.
"Also, leave your luggage."
While Blake placed her light bag on the clean grass, Yang started some small talk.
"Sooo… You like scissors."
The man looked at the blonde as if confused, but he just shrugged his shoulders to watch the others walk away.
Glynda made sure to walk to a hidden area so the Hunters wouldn't read their mouths. Blake noticed some pale brown bizarre sized leaves formed to look like trash bags, yet there was no odor.
"Professor, did I do something wrong."
Blake asked with a wavy feel to her voice.
"No, I'm just asking a few questions."
Glynda started to tap her heel.
"Did you finish the book?"
"You're talking about Blo…"
Glynda held her hand up, preventing Blake from continuing.
"Yes or no."
"No."
"But you know enough to acknowledge that this is one of the villages in the story."
"Yes."
Glynda pondered briefly as dim light reflected from her sharp glasses.
"I want you to withhold your knowledge from the others."
"Professor, may I ask why?"
"Honestly, I'm just trying to prevent tension."
"Tension… Wait, that's from the book."
"Yes, one human brought worry upon the faunus, attracting Grimm. It makes sense that the Hunters are preventing history from repeating itself."
Every time Blake hears the word history, she would always think about one of her Professors. This also drew a memory from earlier.
"Professor, early today, you went to Professor Oobleck's class."
Glynda slightly tilted her head.
"Yes..."
"Was there a reason?"
"Of course, I wanted to know more about you and the others." The grass shift within the air as Glynda started walking back to the others. Blake quickly followed to listen.
"Throughout the school year, I would overhear the students mentioning at least one of you. But I wanted to get a different perspective."
Professor Goodwitch halted her steps, making Blake stop as well.
"And you can say I've learned something."
Blake quickly noticed the eyes of her teacher staring at the bow that's wrapped around her ears.
"What, Professor Oobleck knew."
"You're not the first to hide your faunus features Blake. He didn't reach the title of doctor for nothing."
Blake stayed quiet.
"But you are among the first students of Beacon to stop a deranged scientist, so."
While talking, she heard a new voice from a distance.
"That must be Coco." Blake said.
"Excellent, let's begin."
Professor Goodwitch started her stroll leaving Blake behind to think. She even stopped walking while the rainy smell tickled her nose. The brunette didn't want to worry too much about the village, knowing that if she revealed herself as a faunus, they will accept her with all arms or maybe rejected for hiding who she was. Disregarding that matter, she looked upon the deformed dome with its long boned crown holding birds and even light. Blake didn't get a gloomy and dark vibe from the surrounding trees, realizing that the story took place in another village, also, so she hoped for her team and team CFVY to not coming across the site of Bloody Tempest.
To give you a better grasp of Kai Jutsu and the other 3 hunters. They hardly work together, yet I still made a theme for them. They are based on the Four Powers or Four Policemen of World War 2 while adding faunus traits to them. Kai is a honey banger and is Chiang Kai-shek; in the next chapter, I will let you figure out who's who, but until then, you can leave comments and constructive criticism. Also, I updated the prologues to chapters and little grammar problems.