AN: So, hi. I got a job. And then it ended. And now I'm back at college. Yay...

Nothing else I really need to say.

Bye.

Please be sure to check out my associate RaditheCrusader and his story 'Howl of the Wolf.' It was the inspiration of this story, so go, check it on, see what you thinks.

Now for real, bye.

-L38

Chapter 3: Rude Awakening

Alicia's POV

There are very few ways I enjoy being woken up. The sun shining in my eye is completely negated by the fact that I always have light entering my sleeping eye. The most annoying thing to ever wake me up was a madman screaming his head off outside my abode. He was annoying, but overall harmless, so I kinda just slithered off. The most amusing thing that ever brought me to awareness was an Alpha Beowolf biting my nose.

It broke its own teeth.

Being woken by gunshot to the eye though? That's new. It's also incredibly irking and I'm blind in my fucking right eye.

I swat the blue haired Huntress with my head, smashing her against the cave wall.

"Natsuki!" A feminine voice calls, before several shots hit my head. I ignore the small impacts and look at my two opponents.

I would raise my eyebrow if my serpentine biology allowed for it.

A blue haired girl wearing a pair of leather pants and a leather jacket, with a crop top underneath, completed by an oversized fedora that she just retrieved from the ground. I stare at her weapon, which appears to be an odachi.

The fact that you are wielding an egregiously large blade in a cave makes me question your intellect, I think as her partner continues to fire at me. Natsuki groans as she reaches for her waist, pulling a short barreled shotgun off of it and blasting a round at me.

I glance over at her partner, and take in the kneeling form of Pyrrha Nikos. Her shots light up the small cavern we are in, and I nearly sigh before easily lunging towards her blue haired compatriot. The girl screeches as my mouth closes around her, before I attempt to do the same with Pyrrha.

Much to my annoyance, the Mistralian champion avoids my attack and gets a few shots into my throat. I repress a cough at the uncomfortable taste and feel of the bullets in my mouth. I decide to logically not try again and simply start slithering to the entrance of the cave, with a screaming girl gently lodged in my mouth. I was even nice enough to let her keep her sword arm out, though she's trying to cut my eye open.

"Pyrrha, a little help, maybe?" She shouts out, desperation coloring her voice as she once again tries to cut my eye out, sword glancing off of my Aura.

"Hold on, I'm coming!" The redhead calls, though she's falling behind.

I reach the entrance to my cave and toss the bluenette callously onto the forest floor. I coil up until I tower over her and Pyrrha, who swiftly got to her partners side.

They stare at me as I let out a low hiss.

"Pyr, I know this might be the wrong time, but that thing, it isn't a Grimm, is it?" Natsuki asks, carefully positioning her odachi. Pyrrha shakes her head slowly.

"It doesn't have any bone armor, nor are its eyes red," she notes. "I believe this is simply a wild creature. I have not heard of a snake this large, though. But, if it is a snake, it might be willing to let us retreat."

I nearly snort.

I could reveal myself to them, but that would waste years of my life I've made certain nobody discovered my Semblance, I muse. On the other hand, I really need to teach them a lesson about shooting first and asking questions later.

That decided, I bare my fangs and lunge forth, eating dirt as the two dodge my straightforward attack.

"Leg it!" The blue haired girl calls, glee in her voice. I watch the two as they run as though the very whips of their masters were behind them.

I remove my fangs from the ground and slither off, content with sending them on their way.

Five Hours Later…

I stand in one of the high windowsills of the auditorium, overlooking the formations of teams. For one thing, the auditorium isn't really all that full. A hundred and twenty teenagers and adults, all forming lines of four as their team names are called out.

I personally enjoyed the formation of team SNEK.

Their leader is the only one of note by Aura alone, but from their stances, two of the other three seem like competent fighters, while the last seems like more of a background character. A shy one, at that.

I calmly lord over the formation of team's CRDL and RWBY, while the last group of fresh meat approaches the platform.

"Pyrrha Nikos, Lie Ren, Nora Valkyrie, and Natsuki Nakashima," Ozpin calls, the four coming to a halt before the man, with Ren and Pyrrha assuming a standard military at ease, while Nora and Natsuki just grin. "The four of you collected the white Rook pieces, and from this day you shall be known as team NNPR(Napier), led by Natsuki Nakashima." Polite applause rings about while the leader of team SNEK whoops loudly. Natsuki does a comical salute to the green haired girl and they leave the stage. "It is my pleasure to welcome all of you as the new students of Beacon Academy. May we have an, interesting year."

Well this looked like fun, I think as team's break off and leave the auditorium. I follow RWBY's progress for a few moments before closing my eyes and leaning against the window. But, just more work will have to be done later. I've got seven different classes, and none are shorter than three hours, some with an alternating class of five hours. Just lovely. I'm glad the upperclassmen take Aura so seriously, but it's just so much bloody work. I let out a long sigh before shoving off the wall. Might as well glance over my schedule again and figure out where my lectures will be held.

I grab my scroll and open up the file containing my class roster and schedule.

First class of tomorrow is in room J076, I note, looking over the rest of the areas. Most lectures are there, but a few are in the combat arena, likely for practical examinations. I glance at the notes Ms. Goodwitch left as I hop down from my perch, landing easily on the ground and walking out of the building, ignoring the surprised shouts of the students around me. It appears I'm allowed to do surprise examinations, so that will be on the agenda for classes on Monday. I'm frankly grateful school doesn't begin until two days after the initiation. At least the students will have a short time to themselves.

I wander around their halls with my hood drawn over my head, slinking by unsuspecting students as they walk about. By the time I find my main classroom, a few hours have passed, and I've had to consult my scrolls map about thirteen times.

I know my sense of direction is shit, shut up.

Who am I talking to? I wonder as I look around the lecture hall. It's in a basement floor, with no windows, but nice ventilation, with a single exit directly to the outside, though students aren't supposed to use it, if the lettering on the door means anything.

I familiarize myself with the teaching area, finding a few plugs, one of which fits my scroll, and then figure out how to use the projector system.

This could be useful, I think. I could make a few videos describing how to do certain Aura techniques and showing each step. I lightly bop myself on the head in frustration. Why did I not think of that before? That is a valid tool for education. My teacher only had me, so of course she wouldn't have done so.

I continue examining the room, walking through the hall and examining all the chairs, making sure none of them are in poor condition. After a few minutes, while I reach the back of the hall, I hear the sound of a person chattering loudly.

"-And then we managed to find a nest of King Taijitus, and I was wondering why on Remnant they were still around," a feminine voice chatters excitedly. I take a moment to fade into the shadows, looking towards the door. "I mean, one or two could easily be explained as a challenge, but I think leaving seven of the slithery bastards is excessive, y'know, Natsuki?"

"More excessive than learning to use a weaponized yoyo?" A second, far more amused voice asks. A groan resounds from the first girl as they enter the hall.

Natsuki Nakashima, on closer inspection not brought about by combat, is a girl who stands at about five foot ten, with dark blue hair and lightly tanned skin. Her face is mostly oval shaped, and her brown eyes have a slant mostly seen in more Asian countries, or some specific areas of Mistral.

Next to her walks the leader of team SNEK, Lynnae Simmons. The chatterbox has grass colored hair and light green eyes, encapsulated by a dark skinned face. Unlike her associate, she is shorter than average. Perhaps five foot one.

Probably from Vacuo.

She wears a set of dark leather armor over a black catsuit, with black boots reaching up to her knees.

I continue to watch the two as they look around the room.

"Says the girl who utilizes the most unwieldy massive blade possible, along with a shotgun," Simmons fires back. I tilt my head, before shifting into a small serpentine form, slowly slithering down to the pair through the shadows along the wall. "Seriously, What are you compensating for?"

"Who knows," Natsuki airily replies as she steps further into the room. "I expected at least a few more people to be around here. Does nobody want to prepare so they don't need to bumble around campus?"

I stare up at the two from my low position, before shifting into my Faunus form and leaning on the wall, waiting for them to notice me.

"I mean, to be fair, we've got tomorrow and people are probably tired after today," The green haired girl responds, turning around. "And really, we don't need to-HOLY MOTHER OF OUM WHERE DID YOU COME FROM?" The girl jumps as she sees me.

I rub my ears in annoyance at the volume as Natsuki whips around to stare at me. My eyes narrow at the offending girl as she rubs the back of her head awkwardly.

"I was here before you were," I reply tersely. The two friends exchange glances.

"We looked, there wasn't anyone here before," Natsuki answers, raising an eyebrow as she crosses her arms and stares up at me. I resist the urge to roll my eyes.

"You're never the most experienced one in the room," I return, pushing off the wall and heading for the exit. "See you in class, neolates." I manage a few steps before Natsuki calls out to me.

"Who are you?" She asks, suspicion in her voice. I glance back at her as I stop, noting the glare she puts my way, and the uneasy glances Simmons tosses between us.

"It is common courtesy to introduce oneself before demanding another's name," I reply, keeping a single eye on her over my shoulder. She grits her teeth, before opening her mouth.

"Natsuki, now who are you?" She demands, anger landing towards me. I resist a sigh of annoyance.

"Someone who has done enough for all living people to ask for respect, neolate," I inform her, looking forwards and walking on. "I don't care if you have some petty dislike for Faunus or some tragic backstory." I stop in the doorway. "I won't answer to some entitled little shit."

I manage to get past the door and into the hall as I hear the door rushing after me. I dart around a corner to a stairwell, easily pushing through its door and leaping upwards, slinging my body over the rail to the next floor.

I casually walk through the first floor door and transform as I hear my pursuers enter the stairwell, slithering away.

Well that was an interesting introduction, I think blandly, not looking forward to our inevitable introduction. In any case, I need to figure out a plan for the first day. I wonder if I could introduce them to Aura combat in a more personalized way? A serpentine grin sneaks onto my face. That could be fun. I'll check with Glynda.

Two Days Later

That little shit reported me. Nakashima, that is.

She told Glynda a suspicious Faunus woman was wandering around camp. Even facetiously claimed I had egged her and Simmons on to attack me. That's quite the nuisance, but I checked my schedule and found something interesting.

Team's RWBY, CRDL, NNPR, and CFVY are in my first period class, at eight in the morning. When I found that out, I quickly sent out an email that class would be held in the Emerald forest for the day, and that those who were late would get points deducted.

I also sent it at 2300 hours the night before.

No, I'm not spiteful, not at all, get your brain checked dummy.

Surprisingly, all of the upper year teams, who make up about a third of the class, are already here twenty minutes early in full Hunter gear. Meanwhile, of the freshmen, only CRDL and another team called GREN are here.

Still, they have twenty minutes to spare, so they might be fine.

Twenty minutes later, I'm sighing from my position in a tree, as while several more team's have shown up, neither team RWBY nor NNPR are here. In fact, everyone except them have shown up.

In any event, I need to start class.

I take out my scroll and pull up a group message I had created with this class in mind, and send a message.

'Welcome to Aura Manipulation 1. I am your Professor, Alicia Chrome. This is a practical combat examination against a trained Aura Master. The longer you last, the better your score. Do your best, because I'm going to kill you all.'

There we go. The exam now begins. Oh, wait, one last message.

'Teams RWBY and NNPR have had thirty points deducted from their final grade due to tardiness.'

There we go.

I watch as several students pull out their scrolls, looking tired and confused. A few wince in sympathy, but the majority, especially the upperclassmen, simply draw their weapons and move into an inter-team formation. The fresh meat take note of their seniors actions and either join in or go back to back with their own team.

They're good at working together. Too bad it really doesn't matter much against me, I note, before charging Aura into my right knee, gently jumping out of my tree towards the center of their formation. A few Faunus seem to hear the sound, and look to the trees.

Of them, only Velvet of CFVY turned to look at me. I met her eyes, letting out my full predators instinct to fall upon her. The girl freezes just long enough to catch her leader's attention, and for my knee to meet the ground. I unleash a full omnidirectional pulse from the impact point, tearing the ground and sending all my new playthings flying.

I stand from where I'd driven my knee in, darting through the newly created cloud of dust towards where I can sense a pair of disoriented students. In a moment, I'm upon them, and they look up at me in shock, before I shatter their Aura's with two appropriately sized Aura Blasts, sending them down with cries of pain. I hear the crack of guns and curse, covering the two now helpless neolates.

Several bullets slam into me, and I return with several Aura Bullets, getting a cry of shock as the dust settles. I dart away from the pair, crossing the distance between myself and the one who had fired, easily grabbing the girl by her hair and pulling her over my head, slamming her into the ground.

"Watch where you fire," I state, crushing her remaining Aura with my foot.

I dart into the trees again as shouts of shock ring out, along with several reports of gunfire. I note that the leader of team CFVY is tracking me with her mini gun, getting a little closer to me with every moment.

I groan and fall from the trees, rushing her. In a move I didn't expect, Cardin Winchester and his partner Dove place themselves in my path, letting out war cry's. I duck Winchester's blow, and charge an Aura pulse in my palm, before slamming it into his chest plate. He lets out a cry of pain while Dove takes another swing at me, the other two members of CRDL and team CFVY rushing at us.

I draw my sword and deflect Bronzwing's swing, before coating my blade in my Aura and slamming the flat edge into the side of his head, forcing him off his feet.

In a moment of pure showboating, I force even more Aura into my arms, shoulders, and blade as Daichi swings his massive blade at me. I give the giant a smirk as I meet his strike head on, shocking him and the onlookers as his blade flies back the way it came, staggering the giant.

Before I can capitalize on his current state, I'm forced to move aside as Velvet lays down an axe kick loaded with Aura. The ground where I was standing turned to mush under her strike, and I grin with approval.

"Good form, Scarlatina," I comment, before darting forward and slamming a fist into her stomach, knocking from the wind from the girl. As she collapses, I grunt from the force of the handbag meeting my skull.

I barely stagger from the hit, and look at the guilty party with a deadpan, who stares at me in shock.

"Uh, parley?" She asks, her eyes wide. I smirk, before punching her across the face, making sure to use just enough Aura to implant her in a tree, and breaking her sunglasses. I dodge the attacks of the remaining CRDL members as they swipe at me, before ducking the surprise attack from the otherwise unseen CFVY member, Fox Alistair.

I charge my Aura and let out a stomp, causing their footing to upend itself.

Mine does too, but I was prepared.

I step back and let out a charged elbow in Alistair gut, putting him out of the game, before jumping and performing a split kick on the two CRDL members, sending them into blissful unconsciousness.

I look over in time for a massive orange blade to cut into my stomach with a massive heave. I feel myself get tossed into the air as my sword slips from my grip, and blink in surprise as Ruby appears above me, dressed in school clothing and fully prepared to cut into me.

I roll my eyes as I grab the blades of her swords, making her balk long enough to slam my feet into stomach, causing her to cry out in pain and kindly donate her red swords to my cause. I land on my back from the push off of her, and roll off of the glyph that forms under me.

I look over to see Nakashima and Nikos about to double team me, while Weiss stands in the background, poised to use more glyphs. I casually twirl Ruby's blades in my hand, grabbing the hilts and taking a stance. They feel exactly like my old ones.

I deflect Nakashima's strike without any hassle, sending the long blade upwards, but Nikos darts in to harry me. I deflect the skilled strikes from the girl, narrowing my eyes as she continuously keeps me off balance and steadily retreating. I go in from a punch and her shields practically flies between us, while her blade and mine end up deadlocked.

I stare at the girl, before feeling the faint tickle of foreign Aura in my blade.

I smile darkly at her.

"You're planning to use your Semblance against an Aura Master?" I query as Nakashima darts towards us. Nikos's eyes widen, but by the time she retracts her Aura, my Aura Splinter has already wedged itself in.

She cries out in pain, giving me the opportunity to land a kick to her undefended head, knocking the 'Invincible Girl' out. I evade the swift attack from Weiss and the sneak attack that Blake went for, letting the girls collide with each other in a mess of limbs.

I meet Nakashima's eyes as she reaches me with an overhead swing.

I can practically feel the protagonist music cease as I easily catch her blade. The girl stares in shock at my right hand around her sword.

Ah, Aizen-sempai, you taught me well, I think as I slash her torso, cracking her Aura.

I glance around, noticing the two from RWBY getting up as Daichi reveals himself from the trees.

Well, I suppose I have to take care of the rest of my class, I think as I look around, hearing the various cries of confusion and the occasional Grimm cry. I made sure to clean most of them out beforehand, but some might have escaped my notice. Ah well, I'm just here to show them how far they have to go. Totally not here to relieve some stress. Totally.

I stretch languidly as Weiss and Blake finally regain their feet.

"Now then, let's continue the lesson," I say with a maniacal grin, making the two girls before me shiver. "I've got at least twenty five students left to train, so let's wrap this up."

AN: Heya. I know this isn't exactly a top tier chapter, but honestly, I've not been feeling too great. Sorry. I'll be better in the future.

As always, review and let me know what you think, I will take your criticism into account(if it's good), so feel free. Just don't flame. Those are boring to read and often don't change anything aside from making me have to do more work in deleting them.

I don't like work.

Also, some of you may have noted a bit of a power scaling issue here. 'Why is it a single Huntress can take on forty Hunters in training?' To that I say, refer to Qrow in V3 saying 'A day(or was it week) in the field is worth a year in here.' Or something to that effect. My point is, students shouldn't even be able to touch their professors, not if the Grimm are a threat(which they are, or should be.). Now of course, Alicia is kinda a world hopper, so she doesn't have natural life long training the students might have.

To that I say, Semblance. You don't know it. She doesn't know it. I do though. And I could tell you if you care to know, but for now just enjoy the story, if you want.

Also, I feel like I may have slightly botched the fight scene, but I digress. I didn't feel like writing a proper 1 v 40 fight. This isn't Madara vs the Shinobi Alliance, she can't do it that fast.

Bye.

-Lambda38