F3: Welcome back everybody and here is chapter 7. Before I begin as per usual the disclaimers are as follow. RWBY is property of Rooster Teeth and Monty Oum, also I only own the OC characters and the plot. With that said Let's Rev It Up!
Volume 1-7: The First Day (Part 2)
After leaving Plant Science Pepper was heading toward History in which she had with her leader Star but when she was walking toward her next class she saw Weiss walk past her without much of a word her head hung low which brought some concern to her.
Pepper went to check up on her "Hey Weiss you okay?" She asked.
"Not now. I've got some thinking to do." Weiss said continuing walking toward class.
Pepper raised an eyebrow at her "Did something happen?" She asked again.
Weiss only sighed before giving in "I... might have done something that I shouldn't have." Weiss added.
"Ruby came to compliment me on how well I did during Professors Port's class and well... she gave me a pat on the back." Weiss said.
"Figuratively or literal." Pepper questioned.
"Literal. And I sort of well... reacted." Weiss added as Pepper gestured her to continue on.
"I slammed her into one of the lockers and I...I might have scared her. What's worse is Star saw me pinning Ruby to the locker. She probably thinks I'm a bully to my own leader." Weiss said worryingly.
Pepper winced hearing this as she could see Star was the protective type "You're going to have to make up for that. I'm mean she is your leader." Pepper added.
"Anything you recommend?" Weiss asked.
Pepper sighed and shrugged "Sorry Weiss you'll have to figure that out yourself." Pepper said which only seemed to make Weiss even more worried.
"Yeah but I'd rather not talk about...that." Weiss said. Pepper agreed placing a hand on her scarf.
"Yeah." Pepper agreed.
"But c'mon we're going to be late to our next class. You've got History right?" Pepper then asked as Weiss nodded.
"Yeah I have it with Blake. Guess it'll give me sometime to think about what I can do for Ruby." Weiss said as the two headed toward History.
=RWBY=
Star for the most part was still fuming over the fact of what she saw after Port's class in which still has her blood boiling "How dare she treat Ruby like that! All she did was congratulate her for a job well done, and she repays Ruby by shoving her into a locker and nearly hurting her!" She thought annoyed a growl rising in her throat.
As she made it to class she noticed Pepper was already their waiting for her along with seeing Weiss and Blake in their as well with Pyrrha sitting next to Blake.
With Weiss sitting next to Pepper along seeing Jaune in the front of the class.
The professor in front of the class is a tall man in his later thirties with messy light green hair. He apparently is wearing non see through glass so that the students couldn't see his eye color. He wears a long sleeved white shirt tucked into a pair of dark green pants. Around his neck is a simple yellow tie with a mix matched brown and black shoes He is also carrying around a thermos.
"Now then I would like to welcome all you first years to Remnant History. This class will help guide you through the course of when a historical event happened and where said event took place. I'm Doctor Oobleck make sure you all remember that." Oobleck said.
"Now then let us begin in discussing Dust. The very thing that we still use today. How'd it came to be and how significant it was." He said.
"Would anyone like to take crack at it?" He asked before calling upon Pyrrha.
"Miss Nikos would you care to answer." Oobleck said.
"I'll do my best." Pyrrha said before she began.
"Well some say that gods were the ones to bestow Dust onto man because of the the constant threats from the grimm. With it the people of that time used the Dust to fight back against the grimm. However some think that the nature around them provided the Dust to counter the grimm which in turn the people were able to populate. As for how significant Dust is, even today we still use it in everyday life and not just for weapons." Pyrrha answered.
"An excellent answer Miss Nikos." Oobleck said.
"Now then I'm pretty some of you already know this but while some Dust can be found in cities and town such as here in Vale. Those shops wouldn't have their supply without the Schnee Dust Company supplying them." Oobleck said taking a sip from his thermos as Weiss gripped her pencil hard almost as if trying to snap it in two as Pepper's gaze gently narrowed.
"Though I'm sure some of you have different opinions on them as of late." Oobleck said.
That's when Blake surprisingly spoke up "Well sir they do have shady business partners and questionable labor force." Blake said.
"Hm... you have quite the strong opinion Ms. Blake. What do exactly mean by questionable labor force." He said.
Blake at first didn't want to answer but surprisingly Weiss did "She means that the SDC is using faunus in their labor sir hence why the protests are still going even today." Weiss answered.
"Honestly I'm not surprised that they are using them." A voice spoke up in the class.
The source of the voice belonged to a seventeen year old male with combed burnt orange hair along with blue eyes. He is currently wearing the Beacon Academy uniform which consisted of a black long sleeved suit and pants with a blue undershirt and brown tie. The was Cardin Winchester the leader of Team CRDL.
"Ah Mr. Winchester I see you have an opinon on this do you not." Oobleck said.
"Well if you ask me the faunus should have gotten worse than just been given a whole continent for them to have all to themselves. I mean their just animals that look like humans." He said.
This made Weiss snap her pencil in half at the comment "It's rather obvious that you would say that about the faunus. Its because of people like you that bring a bad name to the faunus all because they look different than others. You have no compassion to them you hypocrite." Weiss snapped at him venom coming from mouth with every word.
Star just simply looked at her with a strange look "Wow... talk about ripping him a new one." Star thought.
"An interesting opinion Ms. Louve. Why do you think that faunus and humans are the same?" Oobleck questioned.
"Well if history has anything to say about it that we share the same thing. Both sides are capable of violence. Rather it be humans attacking humans or faunus attacking another faunus. However some like to twist facts saying that faunus are only capable of killing others, whether it be human or faunus alike and we humans are capable of killing other humans as well. The Great War is one such example." Weiss stated.
"Very good Ms. Louve. Mr. Winchester I suggest you take notes from this and pay attention very carefully. For now I like you all to open your text books and open to page seventeen and we shall begin." Oobleck said as he took another sip from his thermos.
However Star seemed more confused about Weiss now "Okay that was really odd. It sound like she was standing up for the faunus. I wonder if she could... nah she couldn't be otherwise I would've smelled a scent coming off her." Star thought as the class continued.
However Cardin wasn't exactly happy being shown up by Weiss in which he had a grin on his face the gears in his turning as an idea in his head. She also looked to Pepper who seemed to give her an extra pencil.
"Weiss I just can't seem to figure you out." Star thought as class continued.
=RWBY=
As that was happening Rina was currently in Plant Science with Ms. Peach. While she was the only one their she'd noticed that Yang was also their as well as Nora.
The women in front of them is around in her early forties with cotton pink colored hair that reaches down to her shoulders and yellow colored eyes. She wears a white kimono that hangs off her shoulders revealing minor cleavage. Around the kimono is a purple sash just underneath the bust line along with a corset to keep the sash in place. Next to her is what looks like a crossbow along with a quiver full of arrows.
"Good morning class. My name is Thumbelina Peach or just Ms. Peach if you please. Now today in this class you'll be learning the various effects of different plant life. Some may help heal you or help you against your adversaries whenever the situation calls for it." She explained.
"Now in front of me are several various plants that are here in Remnant." She said gesturing to the plants in front of her.
"Along with instructions on how each plant should be used. I want you each to select one plant and create a concoction. Make sure you follow the instructions properly." Ms. Peach said.
Rina came up and selected a yellow colored plant. After all the students selected their plants they began creating their concoction.
"Items are underneath your desk to assist you whenever you need it." Peach reminded.
Rina got out a small bowl along with a pair of clippers and a vial to put the potion in as well.
First Rina clipped off the plants petals into the small bowl and proceed to mash the plant into a liquid before adding in other ingredients into the potion.
Once she allowed the mixture to settle she poured the liquid into the vial and then corked it to secure it.
"Now when you graduate and in any trouble upon a mission you'll need these skills to help you survive in the world. To help you help from any injuries that you might sustain during any mission that you'll be on." Ms Peach said.
"You'll have to remember these ingredients encase whether you are on your own or with a team." Ms Peach said.
"What if someone is better off alone?" Rina asked.
Ms. Peach only let out a small smile "Well...no one is truly better off by themselves. The likely-hood of a person living longer by themselves are low but a better chance with a team." She said.
Rina internally laughed at the thought cause she normally relayed on herself during a mission.
The class continued on as Ms. Peach talked about each different plants and their various effects. This continued for about another thirty minutes until class dismissed.
=RWBY=
Class continued on till lunch finally came as all the students came into the cafeteria for lunch hour.
Star sat down with a tray with some chicken on it "Ah my favorite. I'm surprised that they actually have any of this stuff." Star said as she began to munch down on it.
"Someone certainly is hungry." Iona added as she sat down as well.
"So how did class go for everyone?" She asked.
"Great but I think we can all agree Professor Port can be a bit boring at times right." Star added.
"Plant Science was fine if not a being a bit boring." Rina said as she brought out the little potion she made in class.
"Got to make this though. Not sure what it'll do though." She added.
As her team began to eat but the she noticed team RWBY coming over to sit with them, but Star still glared at Weiss still remembering what she did after Port's class.
"Hey guys what's up?" Yang said cheerfully sitting down near Rina.
"Oh you know nothing much." Star grunted a little which didn't seem to go unnoticed by the others.
"Something bugging you?" Blake asked.
"Nothing what so ever." Star answered grumbling.
"How about the rest of you?" She added.
Ruby then spoke up "Well me and Star have to make some sort of weapon for our weapons class and he'll even let us use the forge after class but he has to be present at it since we're still first years." Ruby said.
Weiss slightly groan "Stealth and Security class was certainly something else. All the technology used for even just a bank." Weiss said which brought interest to Rina.
"Oh like what kinds of security we talking here." Rina said with some interest.
"Well like the bank here in Vale has a four layered security vault that is wired with an electronic timer can only be open during certain times of the day. Plus the vault itself is a foot and a half thick so it won't get blown up if someone tries to steal from it." Weiss added.
"Hm... I think I have that class later on." Rina said.
Star still glared at Weiss as she ate grumbling as well "Ow stop it! That hurts!" A female voice called out behind them.
They turned around noticed Cardin was messing with a girls... bunny ears.
The girl looks older around eighteen. She is currently wearing the girls uniform but with black thigh length socks and she has long brown hair with long bunny ears sprouting from them along with brown eyes with a pale white skin complexion.
"See guys I told you they look real." Cardin mocked as he continued to pull on the girls bunny ears as his team laughed at the girl.
Star for her part was about as furious with someone like him picking on another faunus. She was about to get up and handle it herself, but Weiss seemed to have beaten her to it as Weiss calmly approached Cardin and his team.
Cardin saw Weiss approach him "Can I help you with something?" He asked still holding on to the girls ears.
"Let. Her. Go." Weiss said calmly.
"Oh you mean this freak right. I was just checking to see if these were even real or not." Cardin mocked as he yanked causing the girl to let out a yelp. Weiss noticed the ear he was holding that their was a small rip at the bottom of her ear, and it was starting to bleed.
"If he continues to pull on it the rip will only grow. I'm stopping this now." Weiss thought as she grabbed his wrist that had the ear in.
"Whoa hey what are you..." Before he could say anything else Weiss began to squeeze hard on his wrist which caused him to let go of the girls ear, but Weiss only continued to squeeze harder.
"Ow ow ow! Hey let go!" Cardin called out trying to free his wrist, but Weiss grip was like iron and she was only increasing the pressure she put on it.
"That's what this girl was saying but you refused to let her go. Give me a reason why I shouldn't break your wrist right here and now." Weiss said as she began to twist it slightly making Cardin wince.
"If I see you bother that girl again you'll be lucky I don't do worse." Weiss said letting go of his wrist before checking on the faunus girl.
"Hey you okay?" She asked as the girl gently nodded.
"Here let me get you to the nurse to get that ear looked at." Weiss said as she took the girl toward the nurses office.
For the rest of the girls they were surprised that Weiss actually stood up to Cardin but mostly Star was surprised that a human helped a faunus.
"Okay now tell me that wasn't cool what Weiss did." Yang added.
"Are you kidding me that was amazing what she did!" Ruby cheered.
"Though she could've done without nearly breaking his wrist." Pepper added not effected at what Weiss did.
A few minutes later Weiss returned along with girl who has a bandage wrap at the base of her right ear.
Weiss sat back down and continued eating but the girls were staring at her which Weiss noticed.
"What? Do I have something on my face?" Weiss asked.
"No its just surprising that you helped that girl over their." Yang said.
"I just didn't want them to abuse her anymore. Sometimes we humans have little respect for the faunus that even now we treat them like dirt." Weiss said calmly.
Star listened as she made sure her ribbon was still in place. "Well some people just don't care about the faunus." Star replied.
Iona shook her head "It make me sick at how faunus are treated even worse at the SDC." Iona mentioned which caught Weiss and Pepper's attention.
"Really how so?" Blake asked.
"Well this is just coming from me. I've heard that the SDC has questionable business partners they work with and not to mention a even questionable labor force." Iona mentioned.
"Wow... and they can get away with it." Rina said.
"Yeah plus I heard a rumor going around that the heiress to the SDC has gone missing." Iona added making Weiss stop mid bite.
"Was she kidnapped or something?" Ruby questioned.
"She said it was a rumor Ruby. Sometimes rumors aren't true unless their is evidence that says otherwise." Pepper calmly added.
"Yeah... you got a point." Ruby said rubbing the back of her head.
"Hey besides if this heiress has gone missing she wouldn't last ten minutes out their in the real world." Rina began as Weiss gripped her glass a little bit tighter.
"I mean a sheltered girl like her has probably gotten eaten by grimm." Rina added as Weiss squeezed her hand tighter around the glass as cracks started to appear.
"Honestly I wouldn't be surprised if she got found by bandits and they killed her themselves or worse they might have..." Rina didn't get to finish as the glass that Weiss was holding shattered in her grip.
The rest of the girls simply looked at Weiss and at what remains of her glass the liquid dripping between her fingers as well as little bits of blood from Weiss hand.
Even Weiss realized what she did as she looked at her now wounded hand.
"Um... guess I don't know my own strength. I'll go get this looked at so it doesn't get infected." Weiss as she left the group.
The group only watched her leave until she was out of ear shot.
"Okay remind me to never get on her bad side." Iona said.
"Though that was a rather odd reaction coming from her. Was it something I said?" Rina asked.
"Ge I don't know maybe making a comment about the missing heiress. That's a little low even for you Rina." Yang added.
Rina only shrugged "Hey just giving my opinion."
=RWBY=
Classes came and went as all of Team SPIR, RWBY, and JNPR along with other teams all gathered at Combat Training with Miss Goodwitch as each student was now in their combat gear.
"Now everyone welcome to Combat Training. This class will help you hone you skills in a tournament style contest. Your will compete against one another in single competition. I will randomly draw two of you to face each other." Glynda explained as a hologram projection was displayed above her.
"This will help determine who will be facing who." She said as two dials began to spin. The first one stopped on a picture of Iona.
"Iona Basil of Team SPIR." Glynda declared. The second one stopped on a picture on Pyrrha.
"Pyrrha Nikos of Team JNPR. Both opponents please step forth." Glynda added as the two stepped forward.
"Take your positions please." Glynda ordered as they each took opposite positions of the sparring arena.
A green energy bar came below each of their pictures.
"This will be a tournament style duel. Your auras will be displayed as shown, in order to win the match you must lower your opponents aura into the red or win by knockout." Glynda explained.
"Be sure to keep a sharp eye on your aura so you can prepare yourselves on what do to next. Now then if both competitors are ready." Glynda said as Pyrrha readied her sword and shield as Iona readied her dual pistols.
"You may begin." Glynda ordered as the two began circling each other as everybody else watched.
"So anything we know about Pyrrha?" Star asked curious.
"Not much other than she's a three time champion from Santum and she's highly skilled in combat. Wonder how your partner is going to handle it." Blake added.
At first nothing happened as the two circled each other then suddenly Pyrrha charged at Iona going for a vertical slash but Iona blocked it with her right pistols sword. Iona took the opportunity to take aim at Pyrrha's stomach but seeing it coming Pyrrha quickly shielded her stomach as Iona fired off a few shots before Pyrrha quickly backed off.
This time it was Iona's turn to go on the offensive as she ran at Pyrrha firing off more shots from her pistols. Again Pyrrha managed to block most of them but a few actually got her left shoulder as her aura flashed taking away some of the energy gauge.
Iona jumped up and over Pyrrha as she quickly reloaded her pistols. Pyrrha took the opportunity to attack while she was reloaded as Pyrrha jumped toward her using her shield to bash into her which forced Iona back then attacking with a horizontal slash across the stomach taking a good chunk of Iona's aura bringing to a bright yellow.
Once Iona landed back on the ground she switch to her sword mode then Iona press the trigger on each weapon both igniting different dust elements. Right sword seeming to glow a red hue color while the other a blue hue color. Crossing both blades she slashed both swords firing a fire wave and an ice wave at Pyrrha.
Pyrrha did manage to block it but it made her stumble backwards dropping her guard leaving an opening for Iona to strike as she sped toward her unleashing a three sword combo two vertical slashes and then upward slash taking a big chunk of Pyrrha's aura knocking it down to an orange yellow.
"Wow these two are really going at it as if they know each others moves." Ruby commented enjoying the battle.
"Gotta say their really giving it there all." Yang said also enjoying the spar between the two as they clashed again.
The spar went on for a few more minutes as both of them were nearing the red zone of their aura.
"Lets finish this with one go." Iona thought as she charged at Pyrrha. Apparently Pyrrha thought of the same thing as she too charged at her. When they got close to each other they both delivered a vertical slash at each other as they passed one another.
A moment passed as suddenly both their auras flashed then breaking both of them feeling the effects of the fight both dropping to a knee.
"Its seems both competitors auras have dropped into the red which means that in a tournament style competition both fighters would be eliminated at this point." Glynda said.
"Looks like we tied on this time Pyrrha." Iona said.
"Yes but it's seems you might be getting a little sloppy though." Pyrrha added as they both returned to their seats.
"Well done now then for the next two fighters." Glynda said as the dials rotated landing on two other fighters.
"Ruby Rose of Team RWBY and Cardin Winchester of Team CRDL." Glynda said both of them approached the arena.
"C'mon little sis knock him out!" Yang cheered.
"Good luck Ruby." Blake added.
"And be careful." Weiss warned.
As they approach Cardin was now in full armor with dark grey chest armor and around his legs and arms with gold trimmings. He is also carrying around a rather large open mace with a red dust crystal in the middle of it.
"You may begin when ready." Glynda said. Ruby brought out her scythe in scythe mode as she cocked the lever then fired launching herself at Cardin about to attack with vertical cut.
Cardin saw this and ducked the attack then using his mace delivering a vertical attack of his hitting her sides launching her toward a wall taking a good chunk of her aura. Luckily she righted herself landing on the wall before using the momentum to launch another attack but them she triggered her semblance covering herself in her cloak in a flurry of rose petals.
Cardin was about to swing his mace at her but this time Ruby split into three and managed to get behind Cardin appearing out of her semblance and cutting him several times with her scythe taking some of his aura to a bright orange.
Having being annoyed by his opponent Cardin rushed at the younger teen and delivered a solid headbutt which stunned Ruby for a minute.
In the stands Yang was trying so hard not to jump out of her seat and punch him into the ground. Blake had to restrain herself from jumping in the battle while Weiss looked on with worry.
Ruby jumped away from him and fired at him. Cardin's armor took most of the blows he managed to get to Ruby a swing his mace at Ruby aiming for her sides again which connected knocking her back some ways taking her aura to orange.
However the force from Cardin's mace caused her to lose grip of Crescent Rose. She shook off the recoil but she then noticed that her weapon wasn't next to her. She looked toward Cardin as he had a foot on her weapon.
He smirked confidently as he taunted her to come get it. Ruby got into a basic fighting stance with her fist close her body.
"This can't end well. Does she know how to fight hand to hand?" Star asked looking to Yang.
Yang laughed nervously "Well... sort of. She's really not that great at hand to hand."
Ruby charged in recklessly using her semblance to try and get her weapon back.
"Nice try." Cardin said reading where Ruby was heading. The moment Ruby appeared out of her semblance she was immediately met with Cardin's mace to the side of her face sending her flying toward the wall cracking it taking her aura to her limit as it shattered.
"Ruby Rose aura has entered the red the winner is Cardin Winchester." Glynda declared.
Cardin still having her weapon underneath his foot before kicking it toward her "Take that 'garden tool' back to the farm where it belongs kid." Cardin mocked before returning to his seat.
Blake got to Ruby's side helping her to her feet "Ugh... thanks Blake." She thanked as Blake also grabbed Ruby's weapon getting her to her seat as Weiss checked on her leader.
"You okay?" She asked.
"Yeah...just frustrated I couldn't beat him." Ruby said frustrated.
Weiss brought Rubys' face to eye level "Hey you did your best and that's all that matters." Weiss said.
Ruby was a little confused especially what happened this morning "Okay first you had me up against a locker and now your complementing me." Ruby said.
"I'm really sorry about this morning I just... don't like others touching my back." Weiss apologized.
"Hey if your sorry then I forgive you." Ruby replied.
Star however still looked at Weiss with a glare "Ruby may have forgiven her but I still don't like her." Star thought as the final class let out for the day.
=RWBY=
At dinner Team SPIR sat down after getting their dinner which consisted of pork chops with mashed potatoes and gravy with a side of corn on the cob.
"Honestly that Combat Training is going to be one heck of a course to pass." Star replied.
"Well it does help us improve our skills in combat. We're going to need all the training if we're going to make it as huntresses." Pepper said.
"Yeah though I don't think Ruby was looking to good after that last round. Who thought Cardin would be such a tank." Rina replied.
"You know that really isn't helping." Yang's voice replied behind Rina as Team RWBY sat down joined by JNPR.
"Oh um sorry about that." Rina quickly apologized.
Ruby only started eating her food "I just didn't expect him to be good." Ruby said.
"Hey you did great. Cardin is just a little smarter than we all thought that's all." Weiss added trying to cheer her leader up.
"Yeah I guess so." Ruby replied.
"I think you were awesome out their." Nora added.
"Though you could use some more training in close combat." Ren replied.
That only made Ruby grumble "I know but trying to remember all that isn't really my thing." Ruby countered.
"Well how about instead of talking about that we talk about something else like what did you do during that match." Iona replied.
"Whatever that was it was amazing." She added.
"Oh that it was my semblance." Ruby said.
"You splitting in three is your semblance." Pepper said raising a questionable eyebrow.
"That is actually part of Ruby's semblance. She can split herself in three sets of rose petals and then reform into one but its sort of like a split second thing." Yang said as she chowed down on her food.
"How you managed that?" Jaune asked.
"Well when I was back on Patch it was actually when I was training with Yang." Ruby began.
"I think you mean training you how to fight fist to fist." Yang quickly added.
"Then during training Yang threw a punch at me aiming for my face then before it could hit me I was suddenly covered in my cloak and zoomed away from her." Ruby said.
"After that I was trying to figure out more of my semblance." She said.
"You experimented with it." Pyrrha added as Ruby nodded.
"Then I thought what if I could find a way to get behind my opponent without going around them. That's when I came up with the idea of splitting into three." Ruby added.
"Hm... It not only surrounds them on both sides but also above. Not bad of an idea." Pepper commented.
"That quite inventive." Weiss added.
"Yeah plus it also helps me carry others too just as long they aren't too heavy for me." Ruby added.
"Though you sure you're feeling okay Ruby. Cardin kinda hit you pretty hard back their." Blake asked.
"Yeah I'm okay. Just that my cheek is going to be sore for awhile." Ruby assured as all three teams continued eating.
=RWBY=
Meanwhile else where in Vale City at an abandon warehouse as people were bringing in crates of dusts with SDC logo on them. A man about in his late twenties to early thirties was looking over a map.
He has slanted, dark-green eyes and bright, long, orange hair, with long bangs covering his right eye. Black eyeliner traced his visible left eye.
He wears a red-lined white suit with long black pants and black shoes. His accessories included a small gray scarf, black gloves with buckled sleeves, and a black bowler hat with a small feather tucked into its red band.
This was Roman Torchwich as he look over the map the Vale city.
"We're going to need more men for this job." He said then suddenly his scroll buzzed getting a message. He read over it a then smirked.
"Good. She's in." He stated as he continued to plot his next heist.
F3: And cut! Okay this was a rather long chapter probably my longest. If you all liked it please let me know in the comments. Also don't forget to fav or follow as well. This has been Fireuser3 and I'm out!
