Author's Note: This'll be quick. The Grimm presented in this chapter were shown at the beginning of Volume 6, and I thought giving some warning would be needed. This is because I don't explain what they look like and rely on the show to do that for me, so if you haven't gotten to Volume 6 yet you won't be able to visualize what these Grimm look like. Don't worry, though, there are no spoilers for Volume 6 itself! Unless you count revealing Grimm as a spoiler. Now, lets get on with chapter 10!

A few days had passed since June's "tour" and the new semester had started. June kept to herself about what happened, but still sat next to Team STRQ with JULI. She felt awkward the first couple of days, but felt better after that. It was a week after the semester had started and June decided she would ask Summer what that day meant after she felt more comfortable. It turns out that Summer had felt bad for it, thinking that she didn't "swing that way" and that she forced it. June told her that she was fine with it and didn't mind, but was figuring things out. The two stayed friends, but June would soon made up her mind to be with Summer. As the semester went on, and mission after mission followed, Team STRQ proved themselves to be the best, but JULI was behind them. This meant that their first mission wasn't supposed to be as glamorous as some of STRQ's missions, much to the teams dismay.

JULI's first mission was to help a convoy transporting supplies to an outpost. The route was expected to be low on Grimm activity at that time. It was also longer than the usual route, but the supplies being brought weren't too important to rush. JULI departed from the school and were brought to the where the convoy would be leaving. The flight wasn't too long, and before they knew it they were on the way. The trip would take two days, one for getting there and the other for getting back. Almost nothing had happened on the way to the outpost, the occasional Beowolf attack from time-to-time. "Why did we have to get stuck with this," Ino said, sounding bored. "I think it's fine," Levi added, "It's a nice a break from all the work. Well, for us that is." They both looked at June, who was flipping through a textbook. She heard that, but kept on studying. Uruclay was also relaxing by tampering with his weapon. Ino and Levi brought up that even though they could relax a bit, they still had to keep an eye out just in case. June, hearing this, tipped the textbook down a bit. This revealed that her scroll was on, and it had camera views of the convoy to keep an eye out while she was studying. She sent the footage to the rest of them. They all thought they would be a worse team without her, but they didn't take offense to this. After a full semester with her, they knew she had the best intentions in mind, and they didn't mind being carried by her occasionally. She also never showed any intention of bragging about being better, telling them that she was happy to have skilled team members. Levi and Ino kept talking for the rest of the trip, taking out Grimm from time-to-time since they had the longer ranged weapons. In a continuation of their past conversation, Ino showed why she didn't like being sent on the mission. "I still think that STRQ gets too much attention from Ozpin. It's a little unfair," Ino started. "They do, but they are skilled enough to get through the missions they're sent on," Levi told his opinion, and he continued, "I can't say that I'm fine with it, but I think that we have to understand that they might be better than us." They all saw STRQ's fights and knew how skilled they were, but still didn't like the extra appreciation. All of them except June, who didn't really care about the team's performance. She was more occupied trying to better her own team and her own skills. As much as they didn't like the praise STRQ got, they still sat with them in lunch almost everyday and had gotten to be friends with half the team. They felt less menacing since they first met them, but the Branwen twins still kept quiet. Qrow, however, seemed to be talking a bit more. Ino stopped talking about them, as she liked Tai and didn't want to make them think she hated them.

After a couple more hours, the convoy reached its destination and began to unload the supplies. Ino, Levi, and Uruclay helped unpack the supplies while June reported activity to the standby Huntsman protecting the outpost. June reported the activity, confirming with footage that Grimm activity was still low. The Huntsman, who looked a little old, believed her and came out to help with the unpacking. June kept an eye out for Grimm. Once the supplies were confirmed, June and the Huntsman went into the outpost to confirm the supplies. The rest of JULI kept watch with the other guardsmen. Ino noticed it first, and then Levi and Uruclay did as well. There were shadows moving over them, and when they looked up they saw Grimm flying high in the sky. A guardsman explained that they didn't attack, and that, besides it being a small outpost that wasn't high priority, it was part of the reason that air transport wasn't allowed there. However, the Grimm weren't in a good mood today, and they had started an attack. It was a pack of Manticores and the Sphinx alpha. Before the guardsman of the sector could alert the outpost, he was killed by a Manticore. JULI had barely enough time to start fighting back. The Manticores would prove a problem, but the Sphinx was going to be the biggest problem of all. Ino had slid under a Manticore, took out its legs with Muerte Gris' blade, and killed it by firing at its throat at point blank range. Uruclay and Levi, knowing Ino was capable of fighting for herself, worked together to take out some of the Manticores themselves. The two had a technique against Grimm with what seemed to be heads. Levi would stun the beast with shock dust rounds, and while it stumbles, Uruclay would rush in and cut its legs or disable it more in another way. Then, Uruclay would use the Geheimnisvoller Wald to cut the head off the beast. This worked a couple times, but the rest would be taken out by shear force, or another strategy. Ino and Levi would occasionally combine each others firepower to overpower a Manticore. After a couple minutes, the Manticores were killed off and the Sphinx was the only one left. It would, however, prove to be a major challenge for them all. Even with Levi's largest dust rounds and combined firepower with Ino, the beast would only be stunned for under second. This wasn't nearly enough time to give Uruclay an opening. They would have to get close without being hit, which proved difficult because of the Sphinx's tail. The tail, which seemed to be a Grimm of its own, would prevent any attack from behind. They came up with a strategy. Levi would provide firing support with Rote Bedrohung's most powerful attack: A charged dust shot that took a lot of ammo but packed a powerful punch. He could use it a few times before he ran dry. While he would start the initial fire, Ino and Uruclay would flank it from both its sides while it was stunned. The two started to charge the Sphinx, and right before it could attack them, Levi fired. The beast recoiled from the blast and appeared stunned. Both Ino and Uruclay started to attack its sides. However, before they could do any major damage, the tail had attacked Ino. She was forced to dodge, and the Sphinx had recovered from the blast, forcing Uruclay off of it. They expected this, but before Levi could follow up, the Sphinx had launched a fireball at Levi. None of them knew it could do that, so Levi was caught off guard and took a direct hit. His aura was drained and was almost completely depleted. Ino and Uruclay got too distracted, and the Sphinx had tail whipped them both as a follow up. They were knocked into a wall, and their auras were brought down below half. They were taught only a little about Sphinxes, the knowledge being from some studying themselves, they weren't taught in class about what they could do yet. Although Uruclay and Ino were able to get back up and fight, it was obvious that they wouldn't be able to win with just the two of them. Ino started to head into the outpost, telling Uruclay to stay far from the Sphinx while she got June and the Huntsman there. Before Ino could go, however, the Sphinx took off and landed in her path. She was struck by another tail whip. Even with some speed training provided by June, she wasn't fast enough to dodge. She was knocked out of commission and Uruclay was the last one able to fight. He would need range to try to avoid it, so Geheimnisvoller Wald's true function would come in handy. The scythe was able to cover its blade, making it a handle, and the normal handle would become a gun barrel. This gave the weapon a ranged attack and let him attack from range. He couldn't keep his range for long, though, and the Sphinx exploited this. The Sphinx took off and disappeared in the sky. He didn't know where it went, checking his surroundings. The Sphinx rushed him from above, and he wouldn't be able to dodge it in time. He was preparing to try and fight back, hoping that he could hold it off. It would be futile, though. That's when a blue blur surrounded the Sphinx. It recoiled from the force, sending it into the ground next to Uruclay. Its body lay lifeless as it started to disappear. Uruclay, confused what happened, turned around to see June helping Levi up. June had taken it out in under a couple seconds. Even the Huntsman there wasn't responsible for helping, as he came 10 seconds too late. They knew she was skilled, but she never showed this much ability before. Ino, having fought with her in the Emerald Forest, was also shocked by the skill present, and realized she held back in the forest.

June helped them all up and they had departed back to Vale the next day. Ino, Uruclay, and Levi had been silent the majority of the trip. They were still shocked from the near death experience they had, and June's almost terrifying abilities. Ino decided to break the silence, asking June why she never decided to show them her skill. Her response was simple: She never needed to before, and that there was no reason to show it without needing to. She also thought there was a chance that it could demoralize them if she did show it off for no reason. Her intentions were revealed, and they saw her point. They were still concerned about it, thinking that she wasn't being completely honest with them. After all, this was more impressive than beating Kody the way she did. They had gotten back to Vale and were on there way back to Beacon when Ozpin had contacted them to ask about the mission. June told him everything went fine until a Sphinx and its pack attacked. She said she would explain in detail after he watched footage of the fight. The fight was recorded by a nearby camera. Oz saw everything that happened, and he was impressed. June had surprised him yet again, but JULI as a team had showed their skill fighting the Manticores, and he was impressed by them. However, he called June to his office, alone. June waited, knowing how long it took to ride the elevator up. Ozpin went over the report June wrote, talking about the mission. He explained that he would let JULI go on more dangerous missions since proving their capabilities. He then told June not to worry, reasoning that she could help them train to get better. Oz, however, had told June that he was planning on trying something new with her. He would start sending his most capable students on solo missions. These missions were not required to pass the semester, the way team missions were, but could be used as extra credit. The jobs might also give pay for the student. He wanted June to be the first student to do this, but would wait till her second year to send her on one of these solo missions. He also explained that these would be mostly stealth missions where a team would be too many people. June told Oz she would look it over, and headed back down to the dorms. She kept what Ozpin had said to her about solo missions to herself, but she gladly told them that they would be allowed on higher priority missions. Their mood was brightened by this and they were excited to see what the next mission would be.

Team JULI would continue to go on missions, always one step behind STRQ, though. Other than their first mission, the rest of the semester was uneventful for JULI, and was uneventful in general. There was drama, as usual, but June would ignore it and help her teammates get through it if they were involved in anything. She would also help them study and train, but not too much to let them catch a break. June would start to spend time with Summer outside of lunch and in the free time they got after school. Summer told June that she wanted to spend time with the rest of her team during summer break, and revealed that Raven and Qrow, mostly Qrow, had started to talk more and more. Tai was the reason for this, as he would pester them a lot about who they were. Summer thought it would be great for the team to relax together, which would help them all bond. June thought it was smart, and said that she might take her idea. Summer also added that she wanted to spend more time with her. June blushed for a second, but then said that it was a good idea. June had turned 17 nearing the end of the semester, but she only told Summer her birthday after it had happened. "Why didn't you tell me," Summer said, seeming a little mad. June told her she wasn't used to celebrating her birthday, so she didn't feel she wanted to. Summer got a little mad, but angrily told her she would throw her an amazing birthday next year. June wasn't going to stop her, knowing that she wouldn't be able to anyway. The Semester had ended and the first year of June's time at Beacon had ended...