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Sorry it took so long for this chapter. I finished the entire chapter, but forgot to save it, and POOF! It all disappeared. I had to rewrite everything.
Before we start, I wanted to inform you all that I'll be starting a new story pretty soon. It's going to be a crossover between Son Goku from Dragon Ball Z, and The Quintessential Quintuplets. I love that anime. You all should watch it. So please, support that story too when it comes out!
Firstly, someone told me that it doesn't make sense that Goku Black is so weak, and that he should be much stronger. Listen, I am completely aware of how strong he is. Didn't I mention he was weakened? There would be no plot if Black had his full strength. Don't worry though, he'll get stronger as the story goes on, slowly.
There will be some characters that I will add later on in the story from Dragon Ball Super, but I don't want to spoil anything. Goku Black will remain the main protagonist.
I realized that I was definitely rushing Black's character. I'll try to add more development to his character from now on, sorry. And he's not going to end up 'good' in this story, rather, somewhat neutral. To the point where he won't murder every living thing in existence.
Thank you everyone who have been leaving reviews and giving feedback, I appreciate you all greatly. And if you've been wondering, I will keep updating this story, no need to worry!
There was someone in the reviews who advised me to leave the whole thing Lol. Hey listen man, I try my best!
Anyways, Let the chapter begin!
The Initiation
The flock of airships finally reached the famous academy. They landed on the skyport of the school and all the airship's opened their doors.
"Students of Beacon Academy, we have reached our destination. Kindly keep your baggage and personal items with you at all times as the school will not be responsible for any lost items. Please proceed outside towards the main auditorium of the school." A voice announced inside the airship.
Ruby and Yang were in their usual outfit while Goku was wearing a long black leather jacket with black jeans and dark brown shoes.
"Looks like we're here!" Yang remarked peering outside.
"Yang don't forget your bags!" Ruby reminded as she looked around for all her stuff.
"Leave it here sis, We're gonna come get it back later. The ship's not moving anywhere anytime soon, I think."
Ruby looked at Yang with a doubtful expression. Black started walking towards the exit doors. Both the girls saw and rushed after him.
Students poured out of the airships and set foot upon the academy grounds. A particular blonde boy ran towards a trash can and started spilling out the contents of his stomach. Goku, Yang and Ruby came outside the airship and made their way towards the building right in front of them.
"Wooow..." Both the girls gasped as they stared in awe at the giant structure right in front of them. Black did acknowledge the ability of Mortals to build such magnificent monuments, he was quite impressed. All he was wondering was what would would happen if he fired a Ki blast at it.
"The view from Vale's got nothing on this." Yang remarked as she crossed her arms. But then she noticed that her sister was drooling over something else. "Sis, that kid's got a classical staff! And she's got a fire sword! Ruby's eyes glittered in excitement as she started walking towards all the different weapons of the students there.
"Easy there little sister, they're just weapons." Yang pulled Ruby back by her hood. "Ow.."
"Just weapons? They're an extension of ourselves, they're a part of us! Oh they're so cool..." Ruby said excitedly.
"Well why can't you swoon over your own weapon, aren't you happy with it?"
"Of course I'm happy with Crescent Rose, I just really like seeing new ones. It's like meeting new people...But better." Ruby blurted out as she looked down.
"Ruby, come on. Why don't you go try and make friends of your own." Yang said as she grabbed Ruby's hood and pulled it down.
"Why would I need friends when I have you?" Ruby responded to Yang.
"Well, my friends are here, gotta go catch up kay see you bye!" Yang said quickly as she dashed off with her 'friends'.
It was very clear that Yang wanted Ruby to socialize with other people. Yang wasn't always going to be with Ruby, so Ruby had to learn how to talk to people and make friends. But ditching Ruby altogether wasn't the perfect idea.
"Wait where are you going? Are we supposed to go to our dorms? Where are our dorms, do we have dorms?" Ruby asked so many questions while she spun around aimlessly. "Ugh, I don't know what I'm doing." She muttered as she fell down from dizziness.
Ruby fell on some bags that were below her. Little did she know, that these bags belonged to a very 'elegant' young woman.
"What are you doing?!" A girl with white hair who was wearing a white dress yelled at Ruby. "Uh, sorry." Ruby apologized as she grabbed a briefcase from the mess of baggage around her and handed it to the girl.
"Sorry? Do you have any idea of the damage you could've caused? Gimme that!" The girl with the white haired snatched the briefcase from Ruby's hand.
Goku, who was standing a few feet away from these two girls was observing the situation. He had just gotten here and a very filmy series of events had occurred so far. As he looked at the white haired girl scolding Ruby, he noticed she had a scar on her left eye. How could such a beautiful and elegant young lady like her get what presumably looked like a battle scar? Her white hair reminded Black of someone, his other self to be precise. Zamasu had the exact same hair color as that girl. Black liked how the girl acted so 'civilized' and 'royal', almost like him. He also acted in a very obedient and disciplined way, which was very appealing to the people around him. He was a God, and so he had to act like one.
Suddenly Ruby sneezed, and caused an explosion right in front of the white haired girl's face. The Dust bottle in her hand flew off and bounced into another girl's feet.
Goku knew how pissed the white haired girl was going to be. He was enjoying every bit of this. He waited in suspense as he crossed his arms.
"Unbelievable! This is exactly the kind of thing I was talking about!" The girl shouted at Ruby as the smoke around her cleared.
"I'm really, really sorry!" Ruby apologized again as she touched the tips of her fingers in nervousness.
"You complete dolt!"
That line made Black smile.
"What are you even doing here? Aren't you a little 'young' to be attending Beacon?" The white haired girl's bashing continued.
"Well, I uh." Ruby didn't know what to say. She was getting overwhelmed.
"This isn't your ordinary combat school. It's not just sparring and practicing now. We're here to fight monsters so, watch where you're going!"
"Hey I said I was sorry, princess." Ruby repeated.
"It's heiress actually. Weiss Schnee, heiress to the Schnee Dust Company. One of the largest producers of energy propellant in the world." A girl with black hair and a bow tie explained to Ruby. She was holding the Dust bottle in her hand that flew off earlier.
"Finally, some recognition." Weiss looked towards the other girl proudly.
"The same company infamous for it's controversial labor forces and questionable business partners." The black haired girl added.
"Wha-How dare! The, nerve of-" Weiss looked extremely pissed. Ruby was giggling back there. Weiss grabbed the bottle from the black haired girl and started walking off, while some men, presumably Weiss's butlers grabbed all the briefcases and started walking after her.
"I promise I'll make this up to you!" Ruby called out to Weiss, who didn't even look back.
"Sigh I guess I'm not the only one having a rougher stay." Ruby sighed looking down. "So whats.." Ruby turned around to talk to the black haired girl, but noticed that she was walking off already. Ruby dropped down and laid on the ground. "Welcome to Beacon." She sighed to herself.
Goku, who could clearly hear everything from the girl's conversation, was particularly interested about this black haired girl. Just like Weiss reminded him of Zamasu, this girl, reminded him of someone as well. Someone, whom he tried to kill multiple times. Someone who, fought him bravely even though she knew she stood no chance against him. Someone, who was very close to Trunks. This girl, she resembled Mai, a lot.
"Hey!" Black called out to the girl, gaining her attention.
"Hmm?" The girl looked towards this young man with spiky hair that stood up, defying gravity. He was standing a few feet away from her.
"If you wouldn't mind, may I know your name?" Black asked out of the blue. He wanted to check just in case.
"Uh, Blake." The girl replied hesitantly. She was a little confused. This boy asked her name like he was searching for her or something. Did he know something about her?
Blake started getting a little nervous. "Why?" she asked.
"Nothing. You reminded me of someone." Black stated and looked to the side.
Someone he knew? Did this guy see her before? Blake had been to a lot of missions and had encountered a lot of people in her time in the White Fang but she couldn't remember this guy at all. His spiky hair was something she could not forget that easily. This boy, he was... Mysterious. He knew something. Blake had to be careful. "O-Okay... And, who might you be?" Blake asked back.
Goku noticed that Blake was getting a little worked up. "Goku." He said silently.
Yep, something was definitely off about this 'Goku' guy, Blake thought.
Black then suddenly turned and started walking off towards Ruby. Blake looked at Goku walking away, then she did the same and walked away.
Ruby, who was lying on the ground with her eyes closed, noticed a shadow above her. She opened her eyes and saw the same blonde boy from the ship. "Hey, I'm Jaune." As he held out his hand to assist Ruby up.
"Ruby." They exchanged names.
But then she quickly remembered. "Aren't you the guy who threw up on the ship?"
"Uhh, yes..."
Black walked past the two. Ruby, who got so much relieved when she saw Goku again, immediately started following him with Jaune quickly following behind.
Later
"All I'm saying is motion sickness is a much more common problem than people let on!" Jaune argued.
"Look I'm sorry, but vomit boy is the first thing that came to mind." Ruby apologized.
"Oh yeah? What if I call you crater face?"
"Hey that explosion was an accident!"
"So this is the cafeteria? Gotta remember this place." Black thought. Goku was walking ahead of the two, constantly looking around and observing his environment. He was memorizing all the different paths and areas of the school. But he also kept in mind that he needed to make it to the main auditorium in time as instructed by the voice from the airship.
"Well the name's Jaune Arc; short, sweet, rolls of the tongue, ladies love it." Jaune went on.
"Do they?" Ruby doubted.
"They will! Well, I-I hope they will. My mom always says that-eh, never mind..."
Ruby laughed awkwardly, thinking about how to keep the conversation going. "So, I got this thing." As she pulled out her scythe, Crescent Rose.
"Woah! Is that a scythe?" Jaune asked, still shocked from seeing the giant weapon from being pulled out of nowhere.
"It's also a customizable, high impact sniper rifle." Ruby explained proudly.
"A-wha?"
"It's also a gun..."
Ruby and Jaune went on with their, somewhat awkward conversation, blindly following Black, who, as always was in his thoughts.
"That girl. The one who looked like Mai. I think her name was Blake? She was acting, strange. She looked so shocked when I asked her name. She definitely has some things going on behind her...And, why was she trying to hide her cat ears with that bow?" Black being the close observer he was, he could completely see Blake's cat ears on her head. He knew that all Faunus were related to some sort of animal, and it looked like this girl was related to a cat. But it seemed like she was trying to hide the fact that she was a Faunus, he wondered why. He was aware that Faunus and humans didn't get along well. But their were other Faunus students as well, Black spotted some with his own eyes.
"So, you know that guy?" Jaune asked Ruby.
"Who?"
"That tall guy with the spiky hair in front of us."
"Oh, him? His name's Goku. You can say he's almost like family to me and my sister. He may not look like it, but he's actually a really nice guy." Ruby told Jaune. Oh how wrong Ruby was. She had not yet seen the brutal, ruthless, murderous side of Black, his true self.
"Oh really? Because to me he doesn't look nice at all..."
"Yeah? What does he look like?" Ruby questioned playfully.
"He looks...Scary." Jaune shivered.
Ruby looked towards Black. Jaune was right, Black was one intimidating fellow. Even though her and Yang had began to grow a liking towards Goku, neither of them had any idea he would have murdered everyone on the planet if he had even a little bit of his former strength.
"Hmm, hey where are we going?" Ruby looked around, not recognizing the place.
"Oh I don't know, I was just following you." Jaune was just as lost as Ruby.
"And I was just following Goku." Ruby looked towards Goku. "Hey Goku, where are we going?"
Black remembered these two numnuts were still behind him. He still wanted to explore around a bit more.
"Ergh fine. We're headed for the main auditorium. Stay with me because I won't come finding you if you get lost."
The three made their way towards the auditorium to join the assembly.
Inside the auditorium
It was a large hall, filled to the brim with so many students. A large, beautiful stage was at one side of the hall, whereas on the other side all the students of Beacon Academy waited anxiously for something to happen. Sunlight poured in from the windows at the ceiling of the hall. All the students were talking to each other, running here and there. No doubt everyone was excited about their first day in this Academy.
As Goku, Ruby and Jaune entered the hall, they stared around in awe.
"Goku, Ruby! Over here!" Yang called out to her sister and her friend from a crowd of people.
"Oh, hey, I gotta go. I'll see you after the ceremony." Ruby quickly ran towards Yang, while Goku walked casually.
"How's your first day going little sister?" Yang joyfully asked Ruby.
"You mean since you ditched me and I exploded?" Ruby raised her voice.
"Yikes, meltdown already?" Yang spoke.
"No I literally exploded a hole in front of the school. And there was some fire, and I think some Ice..."
"Are you being sarcastic?" Yang questioned.
"I wish!"
While Ruby was explaining what had happened after Yang ditched her and Goku was nowhere to be seen, Weiss heard Ruby. We all know what happened next. As Weiss scolded Ruby and Ruby apologized, Black caught up to the girls.
"Hey Goku. Where have you been?" Yang greeted him while in the background Weiss and Ruby argued.
"Babysitting your sister over there." Black replied.
Goku noticed that Ozpin was coming up to the stage, presumably to give a speech. "Keep it down Snow White." He scolded Weiss and Ruby.
Ruby shut her mouth immediately while Weiss' mouth was left open from the fact that this guy just gave her an order while calling her 'Snow White'. Ozpin started to speak.
"I'll keep this brief. You've traveled here today in search of knowledge, to hone your craft and acquire new skills, and when you have finished, you plan to dedicate your life to the protection of the people. But I look amongst you, and all I see is wasted energy."
Black had his usual blank expression and was listening very carefully. Ruby was smiling joyfully like a little child and turned to see Yang and Goku's reaction to Ozpin's speech.
"In need of purpose, direction. You assume knowledge will free you of this. But your time at this school will prove that knowledge can only carry you so far. It is up to you to take the first step." Ozpin finished and Glynda came forward to the mic.
"You will gather in the ballroom tonight. Tomorrow your initiation begins, be ready. You are dismissed." With that, Glynda walked away as well.
"He seemed kinda, off." Yang remarked. "It's almost like he wasn't even there." Ruby added.
"I'm a natural blonde you know?" Jaune stepped in with his 'pickup line'. Weiss face palmed at the poor attempt.
It was around 2 pm. They had so much time till dusk.
"I guess we should go get out stuff from the ship." Yang reminded.
"Oh yeah. Let's just hope the airships haven't taken off yet!" Ruby said while eyeing Yang angrily.
"I'm going back to the city, I need to do some stuff." Goku announced, walking away.
"What? Why are you leaving?" Yang quickly asked.
"Uhh...I need to get my gi, remember? It was all torn up so your dad gave it to that tailor to stitch it back up?" Goku recounted.
"Oh yeah now I remember." Ruby said, trying to recall.
"Just be back by sunset. We don't wanna get in any trouble." Yang advised.
"Oh and please do me a favor Goku and bring me a packet of those chocolate chip cookies please, I'm craving!"
"No", Goku said coldly
"Pretty please?" Ruby wouldn't let go of Black's arm and started showing him her puppy eyes.
"Errh, fine I'll bring you those darn biscuits! Now let go of me!" With that, Goku walked away towards the ships.
"Yay! Thanks big bro!"
"Big bro?" Jaune was really confused. "Hey you didn't tell me he was your brother?" He asked Ruby.
"Huh? He's not, I just see him like one." Ruby replied innocently.
"Yea, I see him as a big brother too, a big brother with benefits." Yang mumbled while smiling mischievously.
"You guys are a strange family... What do you think?" Jaune tried another desperate attempt to start a conversation with Weiss.
"Hmph." Was all that came out of Weiss' mouth as she walked away.
Everyone went along to do their own separate things.
Night time at the ball room
Goku had returned by now. He was really happy to see his old black gi all stitched up. It looked and smelled brand new. Oh how many wonderful memories it brought back. Black recounted the first time he arrived on his favorite planet, Earth. Oh how fun it was to blow up all those buildings and see those helpless mortals run here and there like insects. He would take joy in murdering every single human in his sight. He really missed those Saiyans as well. Goku and Vegeta were his biggest obstacles to overcome in order to fulfill his Zero Mortal plan. As much as he hated to admit it, Vegeta bodied him in his last fight, and Black was itching ever since to show the Saiyan Prince the true power of a God.
All the students were slowly gathering in the ball room. Everyone brought their own sleeping bags, futons and such.
"It's like a big slumber party!" Yang remarked as she fell down on her bed.
"I don't think dad would approve of all the boys though." Ruby replied.
"Ohh I know I do. Purrr." Yang eyed all the male students in the Ballroom one by one until her eyes ended up on the Saiyan. "Aww why isn't he sleeping with his shirt off!" She mumbled.
Goku did not bring a sleeping bag for himself, so he was just sitting leaning his back against the wall of the Ballroom with his eyes closed.
"Did Goku not bring a sleeping bag? Does he intend to sleep like that?" Ruby asked as she noticed Black.
"Nope, I don't think anyone told the poor guy that you had to bring a sleeping bag just in case." Yang sighed.
"Umm Yang, I don't think we knew that either. We were just lucky dad handed us these sleeping bags just as we were about to leave. And that reminds me, didn't he hand you three sleeping bags?" Ruby questioned.
"Did he?"
"You forgot the third one didn't you?"
"I...May have... Hey well at least I offered Goku to come sleep with us! There's plenty of room over here."
"Let me guess, he denied?"
"Urgh, I tried my best, I was this close to making him sleep with me!" Yang muttered angrily. She then noticed Ruby was writing something earlier on a diary.
"What's that?" Yang asked.
"A letter to the gang back at Signal. I promised to tell them all about Beacon and how things are going." Ruby responded happily.
"Aww that's so cute!" Yang's remarks earned her a pillow to the face by her younger sister.
Black opened his eyes momentarily, only to shut them back again. Directly in front of him, a few meters away he could see Yang and Ruby having their sisterly talk.
"Shut up! I didn't get to take my friends with me to school. It's weird not knowing anyone here." Ruby pouted.
"What about Jaune? He's, uh, nice. There you go, plus one friend. That's a hundred percent increase!" Yang emphasized.
"Pretty sure Weiss counts as a negative friend. Back to zero." Ruby blurted back.
"There's no such thing as negative friends. You just made one friend and, one enemy." Yang's remarks once again earned her a pillow to the face by Ruby.
Yang went on, "Look, its only been one day. Trust me, you've got friends all around you, you just haven't met them yet."
Ruby heard the sound of a match being lit up. She glanced over and saw the same girl she saw earlier today, the mysterious black haired girl with Weiss. She was sitting down reading a book on her bed leaning against the wall. She happened to be right beside Goku, a few feet away from him. "That girl." Ruby whispered.
"You know her?" Yang asked.
"Not really. She saw what happened this morning but left before I could say anything."
"Well, now's your chance!" Yang grabbed Ruby's arm and forcefully took her towards Blake. "Wait what are you doing!" Ruby could not match her sister's strength and before she knew it, they were right in front of the girl.
"Helloooo." Yang waved. "I believe you two may know each other?" Yang said catching Blake's attention.
"Aren't you the girl, that exploded?" Blake recalled.
"Yeah. My name's Ruby, but you can call me crater- Actually you can just call me Ruby." Ruby introduced herself.
"Okay." Blake replied awkwardly.
Black had his eyes closed, but could hear everything. He was listening to the poor attempt of the two sisters trying to hold a conversation with the other girl, who was clearly not interested in talking right now.
"So, what's your name?" Yang asked the girl.
"Ugh, Blake." She answered.
"Well Blake I'm Yang, Ruby's older sister!" Yang introduced herself. "I like your bow! It goes great with your...pajamas!"
"Riggghhht" Blake replied once again, in an awkward tone. This entire conversation was nothing but awkwardness.
"Nice night don't you think?" Yang tried one last attempt to hold a conversation with this girl.
"Yes, it's lovely. Almost as lovely as this book. That I will continue to read. As soon as you leave." That last line made sure Blake was asking to be left alone.
"Yeah, this girl's a lost cause." Yang finally gave up.
"What's it about?" Ruby asked out of the blue. "Your book, does it have a name?"
"Well, It's about a man with two souls, each fighting for control over his body." Blake surprisingly replied.
"Yeah, that's real lovely." Yang remarked sarcastically.
Goku could relate to that story much more than anyone. In some sense, he was one of the souls trying gain control of Son Goku's body, the other one being his Saiyan instincts. Black believed he had fully mastered Son Goku's power when he unlocked Super Saiyan Rose, but he had no idea how much farther he had to get. His Zenkai boosts were still meaningless in front of a True God of Destruction like Beerus. If only he could have participated in the Tournament of power. (Which is only a few days away in the original timeline :D But that doesn't matter.)
"I love books. Yang and Goku used to read me every night before bed, stories of heroes and monsters. Their one of the reasons I want to be a huntress." Ruby narrated.
"Why is that? Hoping you'll live happily ever after?" Blake questioned.
"Well I'm hoping we all will." Ruby went on. "As a girl, I wanted to be just like those heroes in the books." Ruby turned and looked at Black. "Someone who fought for what was right, and who protected people who couldn't protect themselves."
"That's very ambitious for a child. Unfortunately the real world, isn't the same as a fairy tail."
"Well that's why we're here, to make it better." Ruby said while smiling. She didn't notice, but she actually made Blake talk for more than two seconds, and held an entire conversation with her.
"Oh I'm so proud of my baby sister!" Yang grabbed Ruby and hugged her tightly.
"Erhgh, cut it out!"
As the two sisters started cuddle fighting with each other, a very familiar 'heiress' approached them.
"What in the world is going on over here! Don't you realize some of us are trying to sleep?" Weiss shouted. "Oh not you again!" Yang and Weiss yelled at each other.
"Shh guys, she's right. People are trying to sleep!" Ruby tried to calm the two girls down.
"Oh now you're on my side?" Weiss asked.
"I was always on your side!" Ruby answered back.
As the girls argued with each other, Goku was getting more and more annoyed. He wanted to rest in peace, but couldn't due to all this nonstop shouting. And then, he finally had enough.
"Stop making all that noise, and go to sleep already!" He snapped towards the three girls.
There was a moment of silence and all four girls looked at Black.
"Shit, he woke up!" Yang blurted. Both Ruby and Yang immediately ran towards their beds as they knew the danger that was imminent.
Weiss recognized Goku from earlier today, the same boy who told her to shut up. "Hmph!" Weiss let out as she walked back to her bed. Blake was just surprised at Goku's authority.
Finally, all was quiet and peaceful, and Black could rest in silence.
7 A.M next morning
Black's eyes suddenly opened. He looked up, around the ballroom. Many students were still asleep, but it looked like a few were up. The sun was already shining on the horizon, slowly lighting up the land. A little bit of the morning light shone through the windows up top.
Black got up. He looked towards the girls. Ruby and Yang were fast asleep as expected. The first thing he thought of doing was getting something to eat for breakfast from the cafeteria. He also had to train a bit before the initiation, so that he would be all warmed up and ready to go.
After freshening up in the bathroom, Black came into the cafeteria, which was still fairly empty. He heard that students were allowed to eat as much as they want, and so helped himself a giant tray full of food. It was clear that the school policies didn't keep in mind there were beings like Goku who had black holes for stomachs.
As Goku was almost done eating, suddenly a girl with red hoodie came up from beside him, and sat next to him.
"You know, you could've woken us up earlier." Ruby said as she sat next to Black with her breakfast in her hand.
"I don't know how you manage to wake up so early without any alarm!" Yang remarked as she sat next to ruby with her breakfast.
"I was only living with you people because your father offered me to do so. We are acquaintances, nothing else. Therefore from now on you guys shall go on your path, and I shall go on mine." Black stated.
"Haha! You're funny Goku." Yang laughed as she ate her breakfast.
Then a voice announced in the cafeteria telling the students to get ready for the initiation. Goku got up and headed for the locker room.
"There he goes again, not waiting for anyone." Ruby stated as she looked at Black walking away.
Inside the locker room
Goku decided to wear his black gi today. It was only fitting for him to do so. He was told there was going to be a lot of fighting in this initiation, and this was the perfect attire for combat.
On his right, a slim boy with black hair was calmly preparing his weapons as a girl with orange hair hyper-actively danced around him, speaking to him about some sort of plan. And on his right, Ruby and Yang were arguing about useless stuff as always.
Goku put his hand inside his locker and pulled out one last thing before closing it. It was his ring, his time ring to be precise. It was a little cracked from the top, he didn't know why. He never wore it ever since he came here, but today he decided to put it on, just to complete the whole outfit. The only thing that was missing now was the Potara earring. But Black never found the earring. He asked Ruby and Yang back at the lodge if they saw it on his ear when he first landed here, but they knew nothing about it either. He was only wearing the time ring then. Black could in theory travel back to Trunks' timeline if he had the potara earring, but he was never sure.
As Black put the ring on his finger, he felt a little pull, like from a magnet. He immediately located the source and glanced towards his right. Behind Yang and Ruby, he saw a girl with red hair wearing golden armor. She was having a conversation with Weiss and Jaune.
"Isn't that the girl, from that horrible cereal Ruby brought? I swear I saw her on the box!" He thought.
It was extremely faint, and no ordinary human or faunus could tell, but she was emitting a force of attraction, like a pull of a magnet. That pull seemed to mess with all the metallic structures around, including his ring. This wasn't normal, Black thought.
Goku closed his locker, got up and made his way out of the locker room.
The Initiation begins
"For years you have trained to become warriors, and today your abilities will be evaluated in the Emerald Forest." Ozpin announced.
All the students were currently standing on launch pads at a cliff side beside the school. Right in front of them across was The Emerald Forest. Black was standing next to Ruby.
"Woah, you look awesome in those clothes Goku! I didn't know you had such a great taste in clothes!" Yang complimented Black's gi. Yang was not the only one over there who was eyeing Goku. Along the way here from school, pretty much all the students had their sights on Goku. His hair already looked different than every other person, now his gi made him stood out as well. He didn't look like a student at all, rather that uniform made him look like someone of great authority, someone who wasn't to be messed with.
Especially Blake, she could not stop but help observe Goku. His clothes reminded her a lot of another red haired individual. Blake could not help but wonder, was Goku also part of some sort of organization or group, maybe even the White Fang? If she could hide her cat ears, it was quite possible Goku could hide his animal body part as well.
"Hmph." Black smirked.
"Now, I'm sure many of you have heard rumors about the assignment of teams. Well, allow us to put an end to your confusion. Each of you will be given teammates, today." Glynda declared. Ruby immediately got worried. She was already avoiding other students, and now she had to be in a team? Black got curious too. "Teammates?" He thought.
"These teammates will be with you for the rest of your time here at Beacon, so it is in your best interest to be paired with someone with whom you can work well. That being said, the first person you make eye contact with after landing will be your partner for the next four years." Explained Ozpin.
This statement dropped a bombshell for Ruby. She had no idea what she'll do now. This was bad. Black wasn't in favor as well. "Great, now I have to deal with some pathetic mortal for the rest of my time here..." He thought irritatingly.
Ozpin went on, "After you've partnered up, make your way to the Northern end of the forest. You will meet opposition along the way. Do not hesitate to destroy everything in your path, or you will die."
Jaune gulped at hearing this. However, Goku had the complete opposite reaction. He was now loosened up a bit. After so long, and by that I mean a whole week, he was finally getting a chance to fight. This was going to be amazing.
Ozpin finished explaning. Each pair will have to grab a relic from a temple in the forest, and bring it back to base. Sounded easy for pretty much every student standing there, except for Jaune of course.
Everyone readied up. The Initiation was about to begin. One by one, the launch pads catapulted each student over to the forest. As Goku's turn was getting closer, he looked over to the forest. He knew exactly where he was going to land.
"I'll be coming after you homeboy!" Yang proclaimed towards Goku as she winked and put on her sunglasses, and suddenly, up she went.
"I'd rather die than be in a team with you." Goku braced and in an instant, got launched high up into the blue sky. Black was soaring through the sky at great speed, headed straight into the dark forest before him. It felt good gaining so much altitude after so long. For some reason, he was not able to concentrate his Ki correctly to fly ever since he came here. This world had messed up his body, his abilities and most importantly, his mind.
Black fired a key blast behind him and used it as a thruster to go even forward. As he got closer to the forest, he saw the other students landing, each one using their own landing techniques. Ruby used her Sniper rounds to slow down and then the Scythe to land, Weiss used her Glyphs as footing to slow down, Ren used a tree, While Pyrrha just broke through the branches with her shield until she slowed down. "Woohoo!" A yellow blur flew past Black.
Goku tried once again to bring out his Ki. He couldn't do it, why? Was he doing it wrong? Being too close to the ground, he decided to just land with some other technique. His 'other' technique was to bring back his fist, and punch a giant tree so hard that he would come to a halt. After all every action has a reaction. Surprisingly it worked, but the only drawback was that now there was a top half of the tree laying on the ground.
"Woooh! That felt good..." Black grinned. "Well now that I've landed, I guess I need to find a partner, Ugh. Wait, he didn't say we must have a partner. What if I avoid everyone and just deliver the relic myself?" Black's plan could work, but it was going to be extremely hard. He knew there were a few individuals he specifically had to look out for.
"Well, let's do this then." Black stated as he started walking towards the Northern end of the forest.
On another part of the forest, a very unusual pair had been formed.
"What's the hurry?" Ruby asked.
"I will not let my mission be delayed because you're to slow. I swear if I get a bad grade-" Weiss was stopped mid sentence.
In a moment, Ruby appeared right in front of Weiss. "I'm not slow, see? You don't have to worry about me."
"When did-?" Weiss was baffled at Ruby's speed.
"Weiss just because I don't know how to deal with people doesn't mean I don't know to deal with monsters. You're about to see a whole different side of me today Weiss. After it's all over, you're gonna be like wow, that Ruby girl is really, really cool, and I want to be your friend."
Weiss rolled her eyes.
Whilst this was happening, Yang had met up with Blake.
"Hmm, it smells like burning leaves." Black thought. He had been walking for twenty minutes and hadn't encountered a single Grimm. He was so disappointed that a part of him was even hoping some student shows up. This was not going as expected.
Well his wish was fulfilled, kinda. He did not encounter any living creature, but a pack of Beowolves were fine. They were running away from, what looked in the distance like fire. Black grinned. Finally, something he could murder without any remorse.
All the Beowolves growled at him, slowly circling him. "Hehehe, come closer puppies. Let me pet you." Black spoke in a psychotic tone. And thus began the slaughter. Black brutally ended the existence of every single Grimm that came in his path. Ripping the jaw off of one wolf and using it as a hammer to smash the next. He laughed maniacally as he did this. After all, this was his true nature. Killing, was the his best skill as well as hobby.
Some Ursa appeared from the sidelines, and a King Tajitsu also joined the battle. "Oh yeah, the more the merrier."
Somewhere else
"-Of course I know what Aura is, do-do you?" Jaune asked.
"Aura is the manifestation of our soul. It bears our burdens and shields our hearts. Have you ever felt like being watched without knowing that someone was there?" Pyrrha asked back.
"Uhh, yea."
"With practice, our Aura can be our shield. Everyone has it even animals." Pyrrha explained. She knew Jaune had no idea about what Aura is.
"What about monsters?"
"No. The monsters we fight lack a soul. They are creatures of Grimm. The manifestation of anonymity. They are the darkness and we are the light."
"Right, that's why we fight them."
"It's not about why. It's about knowing. Understanding both dark and light manifests our Aura, everyone has some of both. By bearing your soul outwards as a source, you can deflect harm. All of our tools and equipments are conduits for Aura. You protect yourself and your soul by fighting."
"It's like a force field!" Jaune yelled.
"Yes, if you look at it that way."
"Now close your eyes and concentrate." Pyrrha moved closer to Jaune.
"O-okay."
Pyrrha did some sort of ritual that made a white light glow around Jaune. She unlocked his Aura, but suddenly looked exhausted.
"Pyrrha?" Jaune asked worryingly.
"It's alright. I used my Aura to unlock yours but, the energy that protects you is your own. You have a lot of it." She smiled.
"Wow"
A hundred meters away from Pyrrha and Jaune, Ren had just finished fighting two large anacondas, also known as King Tajitsus. Suddenly, an orange haired girl hanging from a tree branch dangled in front of him, making a weird noise.
"Heh, I still don't think that's what a sloth sounds like."
"Okay, it's official, we passed it." Weiss declared.
"Why can't you just admit that you have no idea where you are going." Rebuked Ruby.
"Because I know exactly where we're going. We're going to the,-forest temple."
"Ughhh"
"Oh stop it, you don't know where we are either."
"Wha-at least I'm not pretending like I know everything."
Back at the cliff side, Ozpin was observing Ruby and Weiss from his scroll. "Our last pair has been formed sir, Nora Valkyrie and Lie Ren. Poor boy. Still he's probably better than Ms. Niko's." Glynda informed Ozpin. the two were standing on the cliff side, each with their scroll in their hand, observing the students.
"Hmm."
I don't care what his transcript says, that Jaune fellow is not ready for this level of combat. I guess we'll find out soon enough. At their current pace, they should reach the temple within just a few minutes. Speaking of which, what did you use as relics this year? Professor Ozpin?"
Ozpin was carefully observing Ruby and Weiss. He was closely listening to their conversation. They didn't seem to get along that well, they needed to though, as they were going to be in a team for the next four years.
Yang and Blake looked at what seemed to look like a temple, with a bunch of rocks circling around an area in the middle. "Think this is it?" Yang questioned Blake. Blake eyed her for a second and moved forward. It was obvious this was it.
As they came inside this temple, they noticed something weird. "Chess pieces?" Blake said confusingly.
"Some of them are missing. Looks like we weren't the first ones here."
"Well I guess we should pick one."
"How about a cute little pony?" Yang picked up a Knight Chess piece.
"Sure."
"That wasn't too hard."
"Well, it's not like this place is very difficult to find."
A scream could be heard from the distance. "Some girl's in trouble!" Yang yelled. Blake looked up. "Uhh."
"Heads uuup!" Ruby came falling down from the sky like a meteor. "Is this what Goku went through!?" She yelled as she moved closer towards the ground.
Before she could hit the ground, Jaune came flying towards the forest and hit her and they both spiraled towards a tree branch.
"Did your sister just fall from the sky?" Blake asked Yang, who was just as bewildered as Blake. "I-uh." Before Yang could say anything, from the trees directly in front of them, an Ursa just emerged swinging its arms. It immediately fell to the ground. It looked like two people were riding the Ursa.
"Aww, it's broken." Nora murmured, while still on the Ursa's back.
"Nora, please don't ever do that again." Ren looked exhausted. When Ren looked at the Ursa, Nora had disappeared from the Ursa's back.
"Ooo." Nora grabbed a Rook Chess piece and started singing a song about being Queen of the Castle. "Nora!" Ren yelled. "Hehe, coming Ren!"
"Did that girl just ride in on an Ursa?" This time Yang asked Blake, "I-uh."
Now before Blake could say anything, Pyrrha emerged from the trees and it looked like a Death stalker (Giant Grimm Scorpion) was right behind her, chasing her.
"Jaune!" Pyrrha yelled.
"Pyrrha! Jaune yelled back. He was hanging from a tree branch and looked towards his side. "Ruby?"
Not noticing Jaune, Ruby jumped towards the temple to meet everyone. "Ruby?" Yang was surprised. "Yang!" Ruby yelled. "Nora!" Nora yelled her name for no reason.
"Did that girl just ride in on an Ursa?" I guess it was Blake's turn to question things.
"Errgh I can't take it anymore! Could everyone chill out for two seconds before something crazy happens again?!" Yang snapped at this point.
"Umm, Yang?" Ruby pointed upwards.
"How could you leave me!" Weiss yelled at the top of her lungs as she dangled, barely hanging on to a Nevermore's claw.
"I said Jump!" Ruby shouted.
"She's gonna fall" Blake stated the obvious.
"She'll be fine." Ruby reassured the others.
"She's falling." Ren informed what everyone had predicted.
Weiss had just let go of the Nevermore's claw and was falling down towards the ground. Jaune saw Weiss falling down from the sky. He saw this as an opportunity to please Weiss. Maybe she would agree to go on a date with him after this if he saved her?
As Jaune jumped from the tree towards Weiss, a familiar person made his entrance.
Goku appeared out of nowhere from the tree branches. He was about to make his grand entrance. While still in the air, he saw Weiss falling right in front of him. "Oh lookie here she's falling. Should I save her, or not?" Black thought. "She could get hurt from falling at such speed. But the people of this world are sturdier than Trunks' timeline. However, she still could get hurt. She looks like me, when I was a Kaioshin, so it would kinda look like myself getting hurt...Errrgghhh Whatever!"
Goku grabbed Weiss like a groom carrying her bride and landed like a boss, completely cock-blocking Jaune.
Jaune was left shocked mid air. He missed Weiss as Goku already had her in his arms and fell face first into the dirt. "Why does this happen to me!" he sobbed.
"And lastly, Black!" Goku copied the current trend which was yelling your name out loud apparently.
"Did he just jump out of the trees and save Weiss?" Ruby asked this time.
"I-uh." Neither Blake nor Yang could reply to that question. Those two were completely baffled at this point.
Black saw the the Nevermore in the sky and the Death stalker right in front of him. It was chasing the red haired girl from before. "Huh? Cereal girl? Giant scorpion? Huge Bird? Oh this is gonna be good." He smiled.
"Umm, yo-you can...put me down now." Weiss gained his attention.
"Huh?" Black looked at Weiss. She was looking downwards, her cheeks now being turned redder than ever. He forgot to put her down, and still had her in her arms, bridal style. "Oh, I didn't notice."
As Black put Weiss down, the Death Stalker finally landed a hit on Pyrrha and sent her flying towards everyone else at the temple.
"Great, the gang's all here. Now we can die together!" Yang said sarcastically.
"Not if I can help it." Ruby smirked. She pulled out her Crescent rose and dashed towards the Death Stalker.
"Ruby wait!"
Ruby shot a sniper round behind her as thrust to gain speed. She went full speed right at the face of the scorpion. But before Ruby could attack it with her scythe, the giant insect used its claw to knock Ruby back a few meters.
"Do-don't worry, totally fine." Ruby tried to reassure the others as she struggled to get up after the blow. The scorpion charged behind her. Ruby got up, and now realizing she could not defeat this creature alone, started running away from it as fast as she could. But before she could get far, the Nevermore in the sky fired its sharp feathers towards the red hooded girl. One of the feathers went straight through Ruby's cape and held her in place, disabling her ability to escape the Death Stalker, which had by now caught up and was right behind her. The scorpion prepared its stinger to finish the girl.
Ruby was going to die if someone didn't do something quick. Black, annoyed as hell at Ruby's amateur behavior, knew he had to step in. But before he even moved from his position, he saw a white blur bolting towards Ruby.
"You are so childish."
"Weiss?" Ruby glanced up and saw her savior, none other than Weiss Schnee.
"And dimwitted, and hyperactive, and don't even get me started on your fighting style." Weiss had used her sword, Myrtenaster, to trap the scorpion in ice, making it unable to move no matter how much it struggled.
"And I suppose, I can be a bit, difficult. But if we're going to do this, we're going to have to do this, together. So if you quit trying to show off, I'll be, nicer." It looked like Weiss struggled a bit to get these words out of her mouth.
"I'm not trying to show off. I want you to know I can do this." Ruby confessed.
"You're fine." Weiss started walking away.
Ruby got up and stared at awe at the ice structure encased around the Death Stalker. Yang came running towards Ruby and pulled her into a tight hug. "So happy you're okay!"
Black observed the the girls. He never saw this kind of behavior from mortals before. This was something new to him, mortals worrying and caring about each other.
"Guys, that thing's circling back! What are we gonna do?" Jaune pointed at the Nevermore in the sky.
"Look, there's no sense in dilly dallying. Our objective is right in front of us." Weiss reminded everyone.
"She's right. Our mission is to grab an artifact and make it back to the cliffs. There's no point in fighting these things." Ruby added.
All the pairs over there grabbed an artifact and gathered together. Ruby and Weiss had a Knight Chess piece, while Jaune and Pyrrha grabbed a Rook Chess piece. There was only one Chess piece left now, and it was a Pawn.
Black grabbed the Pawn Chess piece and glanced at it. "Nothing but pawns in a game, that sounds familiar." Black said to himself.
The Death Stalker was slowly breaking through the ice. It was going to free itself any second now.
"Time we left!" Ren cautioned.
"Right, let's go."
As Ruby led the everyone towards the cliffs, Yang stood still, smiling at her sister. "What is it?" Blake asked her. "Nothing." She replied, and they both started following the others as well.
Black was still standing glancing at his Chess piece, deep in his thoughts. He then heard a screech from the sky that got his attention. Looking up, he saw the Nevermore again. "Another one?" The previous one had headed for the cliffs after the gang. This was another one.
The Death Stalker broke free from the ice, and immediately chased after the students that were headed for the cliff. Black knew the group was already having trouble with one Nevermore, two Nevermores would be too much to handle. He raised his arm and fired a Ki wave at the huge bird. The Grimm bird screeched and now turned to face the Saiyan. "Over here birdie!"
The Nevermore flew until it was directly above Goku. It flapped it's wings ferociously and shot dozens of feathers towards him.
"Your aim's terrible." Black avoided all the projectiles shot at him. He jumped on one of the pillars of the temple, and then vaulted towards the end of one long feather which was stuck in the ground. He brought his legs forward and stood on the end of the feather, putting all his weight onto it causing it to bend to its utmost capacity, and used it to catapult himself towards the giant bird in the sky.
Black was shot straight at the Nevermore at great speed. He ended up just above the bird, brought his hand back and shot a Ki blast right at its beak, "Hya!"
The Grimm screeched loudly as it's eyes were covered with smoke and it couldn't see. Black landed on the Nevermore's back and used it as a platform to jump towards the cliffs.
As Black was dealing with the Nevermore, the group at the cliffs were currently in a battle with the Death Stalker and the other Nevermore. Ruby, Weiss, Blake and Yang all fired with everything they had at the Nevermore, but it didn't seem to take damage at all. The Nevermore kept charging after the girls through all the ruins.
"None of this is working!" Weiss complained.
"I have a plan. Cover me!" Ruby ordered.
"Where's Black?!" Yang questioned.
"We must have left him behind!" Blake inferred.
Jaune, Pyrrha, Ren and Nora were locked in battle with the Death Stalker. They were having trouble. The scorpions exterior was too hard to be penetrated. Ren managed to grab onto the stinger and shot it with his Storm Flower just enough that it was loose enough to be cut be Pyrrha before he got sent flying towards the rocks. The end of the stinger fell on the scorpions body.
As Black dived closer to the ground, he saw the team fighting the Death Stalker from the sky, and noticed the stinger resting on it's body. The Nevermore behind him screeched, and fired it's feathers at him once again.
"Tch!" Black did his best to avoid the feathers mid air, using his Ki blasts to steer around. He quickly looked beneath him, he was going to fall directly on top of the giant scorpion. Suddenly, a strategy popped up in his mind.
Goku fired a Ki wave beneath him to slow down his landing a little bit. He landed exactly on top of the stinger and used his momentum to push the stinger inside the scorpion. "Huh? Goku, where did you come from!?" Jaune yelled. Everyone was surprised.
The stinger penetrated the rock hard skin just a little bit. It still needed another hard hit to finish the Grimm off. Still on the scorpion, Black gritted his teeth, mustered up all the strength he had in his legs, and leaped high up into the air.
"Nora! Nail!" Jaune signalled Nora.
"Heads up!" Pyrrha used her shield to boost Nora up high into the air. While up in the air, Black and Nora ended up in front of each other. "Mind giving me a boost?" Black asked. "You got it!" Nora brought her hammer, Magnhild forward. Black put his feet on the flat side of the hammer, and aimed towards the Nevermore the girls were fighting. Nora used the recoil of her hammer to boost Goku towards the direction of the Nevermore, and propel herself downwards towards the Death Stalker.
She cocked the hammer back and BANG! With a slam, she brought the hammer right on top of the Death Stalker where the stinger was, pushing it inside the scorpion, killing it. The bridge underneath them broke, and the Death Stalker fell into the rubble below. Pyrrha, Jaune,and Nora were now on the rocks with Ren. It looked like they were done with that.
Yang was standing on top of a pillar, firing her Ember Celica rounds at the Nevemore. "Errggh!" She was starting to get frustrated as nothing was working on the bird. Then suddenly, Goku came flying out of nowhere, and kicked the Nevermore right in it's face, knocking it back towards the cliff. "Goku!" Yang yelled.
The Nevermore hit the cliff and fell down on the ruins. Before it had the chance to fly off again, Weiss quickly used her sword to encase the Nevermore's tail with ice.
"Oh no." Black mumbled as he realized he had no where to land, and was going to fall into the abyss straight beneath him. His Ki wave was not yet powerful enough to thrust him upwards. But, to his surprise, he was saved from the abyss beneath him by Weiss. Weiss used her Glyph to throw him up towards the cliff.
"Now, we're even." She said while smiling.
Goku landed on top of the cliff, exactly where he wanted to be. In front of him, about a hundred meters away, the other Nevermore, was slowly charging towards him. He knew there was pretty much only one way left to kill that thing. Goku cupped his hands together and brought them to his waist. He concentrated as hard as he could and brought out all they Ki he had in him.
"Kaaa..."
Blake threw her Gun-Blade, Gambol, at Yang, who grabbed it and fixed it between two pillars, forming a crossbow. Ruby used her Crescent Rose as a projectile for this 'slingshot' and Weiss used pulled it backwards with her Glyph.
"Of course you'd come up with this idea." Weiss said.
"Mee..."
Ruby looked at the Grimm bird. "Think you can make the shot?" Ruby asked her.
"Can I?"
"Can y-"
"Of course I can!" Weiss snapped.
Ruby reloaded her sniper, Weiss aimed, and at once she let go of the slingshot, firing Ruby at the Nevermore. Ruby zoomed towards the bird, firing sniper rounds behind her to gain even more speed. Upon reaching it, she hooked her scythe around the Nevermore's neck and pulled it, landing on the cliff side, vertically.
"Haaa..."
Weiss used her Semblance and created vertical Glyphs for Ruby on the cliff. Ruby used all her momentum and speed along with strength to run along the Glyphs and pull the giant bird upwards with her scythe. As everyone was watching Ruby, they're attention then shifted to the top of the cliff where Goku was standing.
"Look, up there!" Pyrrha pointed at Goku. A bright purplish-dark blue orb of light was visible in his hands, growing brighter and bigger.
"Is that Goku's attack?" Yang questioned as she looked at the glowing orb in his hands.
"Mee..."
Black twitched. He was sweating profusely and his body was shaking. This attack was taking everything out of his body. Ruby reached the top of the cliff and pulled her scythe as hard as she could, cutting off the head of the Nevermore. She landed on top of the cliff behind Goku, and saw the orb in his hands. But then she saw the other Nevermore right in front of them. It was charging towards them at full speed.
The Nevermore, now closer than ever, opened it's mouth and roared loudly. "Oh no!" Ruby yelled.
"Get out of there!" Yang shouted.
"HAAA!"
The sky turned dark for a second and all that could be seen, was a blinding flash of light. Black brought his hands forward and shot a bright beam straight into the mouth of the Nevermore. Below, the group watched in awe at the incredible display. A huge explosion took place at the top of the cliff, blowing up the Nevermore in pieces.
"Goku, what...was...that?" Ruby was left in complete and utter shock. Everybody was.
"Heh." Black only chuckled and fell to the ground. His eyes closed, and everything turned dark.
End of Chapter 4
Yep, it's going to end on a cliffhanger. Summer vacations are starting from next month, so the chapters are going to start coming out a lot faster then. But for now, I hope you enjoyed this chapter.
Some people requested me that Black should unlock Super Saiyan 1-3. The reason I don't want him unlocking any Super Saiyan form is that he would become too overpowered. Goku Black is already strong as hell in his base form.
Stay tuned for my other story: "Son Goku in Quintessential Quintuplets". Trust me, that one will be a lot more emotional as well as romantic.
Feel free to leave reviews on the story and if anything you want to see added into the story, advises, ideas, etc.
Anyway, see you all in chapter 5!