I Do Not Own RWBY

Confrontation

I walk up to the front and produce the names of team DLIA on the board. I take a deep breath, relax my shoulders, and begin. "To keep it simple I'll start with my partner Lucas and end with myself." I write under his name Brash, Pride and Integrity. "Lucas tends to be full of himself sometimes. He believes that he is infallible when it comes to communicating with others. A people person. He likes to be in control of the situation. Lastly he values his Pride and Integrity over doing the right thing and having the possibility of ruining his image." Going on under Iris I write Self Esteem, Confidence and Recognition. "Iris hides her low self esteem very well. She also as little to no confidence in her own abilities and wants recognition. I'm guessing this has something to do with her past, but I never felt it was my place to ask." Moving on I write Overthinks, Sacrificial and Possible Sociopath under Aiden. "Aiden is a bit trickier when it comes to analyzing. Sometimes I can barely get a read on the guy, but what I have seen has told me a few things about himself. He tends to overthink situations a lot. Like, I mean a lot. Sometimes he will sacrifice anything to get even the smallest amount of information on something or someone. And lastly he doesn't really exactly like being around people. He can stand to be around me and the other two, but that was after a few years of being forced to be with us. So he's not really open for new human interactions." Then for the final touch I write what my own weaknesses are. Forming the last letter I could swear I saw a tad bit of shock on Ozpin's face. "Lastly, for my own weaknesses, I take one from each of my teammates. Pride, Confidence, and Sacrificial. I will admit, sometimes I get full of myself. Sometimes I won't take others opinions into account, which I'm trying to remedy. I see that sometimes I may be overconfident in myself. And, when push comes to shove, I may be all too eager to throw myself in the way of harm to save others. Lastly I am stubborn. There is little that will stop me from reaching my goals, and even if it kills me I will see my plans through to fruition."

I wait in silence as I'm judge by those all knowing eyes of his. "Well said Drew. Hopefully by knowing all of your weaknesses you will be able to help mend and remedy those for the future." I sigh to myself. Thank Oum that was enough to satisfy him. "Of course professor, that is the plan." Taking his comment as the okay to wrap up, I erase what I've written and take my seat.

"Mr. Arc. Would you like to follow him?" I look beside me to Jaune. He seems to be a bit nervous. Probably since he hasn't know his teammates for more than a few days. Standing up though he moves to the front. "From what I've witnessed, my team only has a few weaknesses. For starters Nora can be a bit overzealous, so it's hard to pinpoint her at certain times. Ren tries to be the calm, cool and collective one, but I feel like that's just a cover. And Pyrrha while infallible combat wise tends to be overprotective. Compared to the three of them though I am full of weaknesses. I'm not as strong as those three, I don't have a semblance, my weapon isn't as good compared to theirs and the list goes on and on." Feeling he said his peace Jaune moved to sit back down. "You shouldn't doubt yourself too much Mr. Arc. There are plenty of things that make you strong." Ozpin mentioned to try and reassure him.

Moving on Ozpin motioned for Ruby to go next. She energetically skips to the front and turns to face us. "I'll just make this as quick as possible. I have a short temper and lack experience. Weiss has the shadow of her family looking over her. Blake tends to run a lot and my sister has a very short fuse."

"Short and to the point. Hopefully if these came to you that quickly then perhaps the solution to helping these weakness will come just as fast. Smirking she glides back into her seat. I didn't really pay attention to the other leaders as they listed off all of their weaknesses. Cardin's was easily guessable.

Taking command again Ozpin tries to wrap up his class. "Alright class, unfortunately that is all the time we have for today's class. The rest of them won't be as short as this little introduction into leadership, so be prepared. Now for your assignment. I want you all to report back to me the strengths of your team. Thank you, and have a nice end to your first day." He turns and sits behind the front desk, jotting something down onto his scroll. I go to leave with Ruby and Jaune when he pipes up. "Actually, Mr. Azzurum. If you don't mind staying after I would like to have a word with you." Ruby and Jaune both turn to me, as if asking if I did anything wrong to deserve this. I just shrug and motion for them to go ahead. We wait another minute for the last student to file out before he motions for me to come closer to the desk. "Mr. Azzurum, do you know why I asked you to stay behind?"

I gulped. This was it. I blew our cover. Come on, think Drew. There's got to be some way to lie myself out of this situation. Wait. Maybe if I, okay that might work if he doesn't see right through me. There's only one way to find out. "No I do not sir. Was it something I said about my teammates?"

"No it is not. It's about what you said yesterday in the holochamber." Yep, this is it. Time to be as chill as possible. "What about it?"

"You can't just waltz into a room and use your semblance care free. Much less use it to break into a very expensive holo training center and use it to your heart's content. I hope to see better from you in the future in regards to restraining your personal use of your power for inappropriate usage."

Better to just bite the bullet and apologize. "Of course sir. I apologize. I simply didn't feel like a punching bag was enough to get rid of some pent up anxiety I was feeling. I will make sure to restrain myself in the future." I hope that was all he wanted to talk to me about. I didn't feel safe being with him here for too long.

"Thank you Drew. Now onto the second point I wanted to talk to you about before I let you go." Well shit, here it is. Hiding my nervousness I respond. "Of course sir, anything."

"How do you know her name?" I looked into his eyes and they looked like a darkness had overtaken them. He was serious now, no games. "What name sir?" I attempt to play the idiot, but of course I know it won't get me anywhere. "Don't play stupid with me. Salem. You at least know of her, so I must ask you. How did you come upon her name, and how much more do you know?" I see him shift a little in his seat. Is he preparing to attack? Now that I think about it I'm pretty sure I saw Glynda and a few more teachers waiting outside the door as the rest of the class left. Does he think I'm going to try and kill him? Well, he's not wrong, but I definitely wouldn't try this early in the story.

"I apologize sir. My father used to read to me fables before he died during the attack on our home village. In one of them there was a queen of Grimm. At the end of the fable they named her Salem. That story always used to scare me the most, so I always kept it in the back of my mind. I had always believed it to be false. Had to in order to sleep some nights. That is until he appeared. One day when me and my team were traveling between villages, a messenger found us. The message he gave us was signed with only a blood red S, but I knew it was her. She tried to recruit us." At this, Ozpin peaked up. "What became of the messenger?"

"Well, the last we saw of him both of his legs were broken and he was trying ever so desperately to crawl away from a nest of Death Stalkers."

"You didn't think to turn him into the authorities? Or mention this to me back when I sought you out to join Beacon Academy?" I quickly come up with an excuse. "We broke his legs while defending ourselves, as for the nest of Death Stalkers. Well that was just bad luck on our part. As for mentioning it to you, well we didn't really know who to trust after that." Please buy into it. I just have to remember to tell the team my story in case he questions any of them on it later.

Letting out a sigh, Ozpin backs down in defeat. "Alright then. If that is indeed everything, then you may leave. Have a good night." I let out an internal sigh after successfully getting one past him. "You too professor." I let a small smirk creep over my face as I walk out the door of the classroom. I thought it over quickly and realized that Glynda probably couldn't dig up anything on me so he tried intimidating me directly to get some info out of me. Unfortunately for him, lying is basically second nature to me. On my way out I catch Glynda, Port and Peach out of the corner of my eye. I'm guessing they were backup in case I turned out to be working with Salem. As I walked down the hallway towards my dorm I see Glynda shoo off the other two professors and walk into the classroom, probably wanting to here any info he managed to ring out of me.

"So Ozpin, manage to get anything out of the boy?" Glynda asked as she sauntered into the classroom. She'd hoped he'd at least got something out of him after keeping him in that room for the last ten minutes. "Unfortunately not. He did however come up with quite the impressive story though. He reminds me of Raven a bit back when she was a student."

"You don't believe him? From what I researched, him and his team were renowned throughout their home region. I know that's why you sought them out to bring them to Beacon, so why the sudden change?"

"Salem doesn't just sniff out new servants. I know the recruitment process better than most others. I've got a bad feeling about that team."

"Well, hopefully once you have your night time hot chocolate, that bad feeling will go away." Glynda huffs out the door. From what she saw during combat training, that team was going to become the aces of Beacon.

I managed to make my way back to the dorms just before dusk settled. I could see the setting sun from one of the hallways back. The place felt cozy and home like. I open the door only to get an earful of complaints.

"Where the hell have you been?" Iris berates me. "Jaune and Ruby got back about fifteen to twenty minutes ago, and here you are trying to sneak back into the room like a wounded dog. What gives?" I stare at her and look behind to see Lucas and Aiden hiding on their beds. Aiden looks disinterested as usual, but Lucas looks hurt. Maybe Iris did something to him? "Look, it's better if I talk inside." I push past her and take a seat on my bed.

Sighing I decide to just tell them straight up. Knowing that they'll probably throw a fit, I sigh. "You want to know what happened? Ozpin held me back and questioned me about how I knew about Salem. I managed to get out of it, but now you all have to here the story I came up with in case he questions any of you about it." Iris scuffed. Face palming she seemed disappointed in me. "Why do you always have to tiptoe around danger like this. Whenever we used to play video games you would always risk our team over some mistake or decision. Why do you have to be like this now of all times?"

I look at her as if to say are you finished yet? Yes I could sometimes ride the line of danger and safety, but who could blame me? What's the fun of living or playing a video game if you don't take chances? "Look, do you want me to tell you what I came up with, or would you rather be in the dark if Ozpin ever holds any of you back for questioning as well?" Sighing they all except their fates. I manage to retell my story and Ozpin's questions rather quickly. "So that's it then, no more surprises and sudden outbursts that might jeopardize our safety?" Iris asks after I finished.

"I'll be good, I promise. I won't lose sight of our end goal again." Finally relaxing a bit I could tell the others were starting to get a bit tired after having dealt with my situation. "So, can I go to sleep now?"

"Sure. It's been a long day for all of us. Hopefully tomorrow will be a little less hectic." Lucas exclaims as he curls up in his cot.

I step into the bathroom and get ready for bed. Curling up I only thought of one thing as I drifted off. I miss my old bed.

The next morning was anything but peaceful. "Wake your asses up!" I just begin to open my eyes as I watch Iris shoving Aiden out of his bed. I get dressed and head out the door with my team. Classes are still the same. Luckily we had sparring class after lunch today, so I had to remember to eat light. Rushing through the day, I sit down where I sat yesterday and wait for Glynda to announce what we would be doing.

"Good evening class. Today we will be having the last of your sparring sessions to determine how and who will help with your future training. I will display the pairs now, and we will begin in five minutes." I look up and gulp. This one might be a challenge.

Yang Xiao Long vs. Lucas Platina

Nora Valkyrie vs. Cardin Winchester

Lie Ren vs. Sky Lark

Aiden Patriarch vs. Jaune Arc

Ruby Rose vs. Dove Bronzewing

Blake Belladonna vs. Russel Thrush

Drew Azzurum vs. Pyrrha Nikos

Weiss Schnee vs. Iris Korzac

"Will the first two fighters, please make their way to the stage."

"Good luck!" Iris shouts at Lucas as he starts his walk down. I give him a slight nod to motion for him to try his best.

Walking down to the stage, he felt like he was suffocating. How was he going to beat her? He didn't want to do anything that might hurt her outlook on him. Stepping up to face Yang, he felt his heart skip a beat. "I'm fucked."

Thank you for waiting for this update. I think this is how I will be updating from now on. At least every other weekend due to having to deal with family on the opposite weekends. Although the coming weekends are going to get complicated what with Avengers Endgame coming up and the Sea of Thieves Anniversary Update coming out right after. I'll try to do most of the writing at work, so I can upload this on time.