Well another new story idea I got to share and I am liking this one. The last one had several people interesting and I am happy they are liking it since it looked like it wasn't getting any attention the first time around. Now this one is a RWBY story with a slightly cross with Bleach. I say slight because this will only have a few characters and abilities from Bleach but 97-98 percent of this will be RWBY lore and background. I will explain more at the end so without further ramblings…

The Masks of Grimm

Beacon Academy, one of the four great schools of in the lands that duty was to train the protectors of the Remnant, the Huntsmen and Huntresses. Today however two special guest were here in the halls. Riding the elevator to the headmaster's office stood a tall man wearing a white uniform with dark hair, though he shows signs of gray around the side and back of his hair. He wore a white glove on his right hand and a small metal plate was showing on his forehead above his right eye. This is General James Ironwood, a headmaster at a military academy in Atlas and as his title suggest General of the military there. Next to him is a young woman with long hair that was pure white. She wore a uniform of a similar style but also bore her family's crest. She stood with perfect poster and hands behind her back with a mindset of a solider. This is Winter Schnee, daughter and one of the heirs to the Schnee Dust Company. Both of them were here because the Headmaster of Beacon, Professor Ozpin, invited both of them stating it was of an important matter. Ironwood felt something was up since Winter was also invited due to the fact she was not in the same circle of intel Ironwood had with Ozpin and the other headmasters.

The door finally opens and the two enter the office. There Professor Ozpin sat at his desk and there stood another professor and close ally to Ozpin and himself Professor Glynda Goodwitch. He was however surprises to see someone else there. A man with black and a few specks of gray in his hair wearing a sliver coat and a large bladed weapon on his back looking and smelling like he was drunk. "So you are here too Qrow?" Ironwood asked as he stepped into the office. "I thought you would still be looking for Intel."

"I was," Qrow admitted with a gruff voice, "But old Ozpin called me back for something important. It must be something since you are here too Jimmy," he glanced and scowled slightly, "but that does not explain why the ice queen is here."

Winter scowled but did not retort no matter how much she wanted too. Ozpin however answered for her, "I've also invited her as this also involves her."

Qrow frowned before she shrugged and took a sip from his flask before sitting in a chair. "So care to explain this little reunion plus one?"

"Care to guess?" Ozpin asked with a raised brow.

"Is everything alright with Weiss?" Winter asked getting the others to glance at her as she kept her poster, "I see no other reason why I would be personally invited to Beacon if it wasn't about my younger sister."

"That's right," Qrow muttered "Yang is also starting. She didn't get expelled already did she?"

Ozpin chuckled, "No she and Miss Schnee are in the middle of their initiation test. But they are part of the reason I called you all."

"Can you tell us the reason then?" Ironwood asked not wanting to play around the bush here.

Ozpin said nothing before he pulled something up on his scroll and connected it to the network of his office. A hologram image appears showing the profiles and pictures of six students. Qrow's and Winter's eyes went to their family members though Qrow was surprised to see his niece Ruby apart of the group. Once he was done Ozpin asked, "Recognized them?"

"Besides my two nieces?" Qrow asked taking another sip, "The one with the stupid white hair can only be ice queen's sister."

Winter scowled but kept her eyes on her sister's profile. "Besides my sister's I do recognize Pyrrha Nikos from her feats in the tournaments. The rest I'm afraid I do not know."

Ironwood frowned looking at them all before he gained a look, "It's them isn't it? The survivors?"

This got Qrow's and Winter's attention as they turned to Ozpin. The headmaster nodded, "That's correct James. Ruby Rose, Yang Xiao Long, Blake Belladonna, Weiss Schnee, Pyrrha Nikos, and Jaune Arch. All six the survivors of that terrible incident. It has been over ten years since then and now for the first time since then they are together in one place."

"Did you do this on purpose?" Qrow asked with his eyes narrowed.

"I assure you I had little to do with this," Ozpin assisted, "I allowed Ruby in two years early because she showed great skilled that can only improve with a team of students by her side. You taught her well."

"Is this safe?" Ironwood asked.

"Permission to speak freely sir?" Winter asked to which Ironwood nodded, "I cannot speak for the others but I know Weiss is ready. She has managed to have a normal childhood since that event despite everything that has happen. I wouldn't even allow her to attend any of the schools if she did not have perfect control of her mask."

"Same for Ruby and Yang," Qrow added, "Their father and I made sure they can handle themselves and their masks. Sure they fight a bit harder with them on but from what I can tell that's normal. Heck Ruby has better control than anyone I can think of. She can go with that thing on for hours if we let her."

Ozpin looked at the general "I assure you James, they and everyone in the school are safe. I have faith in them to perform as a huntsmen and huntresses in training. Mask or no mask."

"Where are they now?" Ironwood finally asked after moment of silence.

"In the Emerald Forest" Ozpin replied as he pulled up several screen to show the students in the middle of their test. "Perhaps you wish to see yourself how far they have come? How in control they really are?"

Ironwood did not answer as he focuses on the screen. Winter looked at the one where her sister was with her partner, the one named Ruby Rose. Qrow took an extra-long sip of his flask knowing that he might need it.

(Scene Break)

Jaune Arc, a young man of seventeen with blonde hair, blue eyes, and attire that made him look like a modern knight, was flying through the air, and that was on complete accident. He found a something that was glowing gold, similar to his blonde hair, after meeting his partner Pyrrha. Now he was being flung from the cave that probably had a warning that he didn't heed, or at least thought it was something else...guess it was kind of hard to find the ruin mentioned if he didn't quite know which direction to go in the first place. As he was flying, he noticed something red and black falling, and he was speeding right towards it.

"Ouch!" The two made contact and slammed into a tree, but Jaune somehow managed to position himself to take the brunt of the damage, since the person he 'caught' was a black and red headed girl with a black dress and red hood with silver eyes, Ruby Rose.

"Thanks Jaune. Are you okay?" Ruby said after she looked her friend over. They did crash land in a tree after all.

"Yeah," Jaune muttered as he straightens himself up.

Ruby noticed her sister down below and jumped down so she was not far from her. "Ruby!"

"Yang!" Ruby cried as the two sisters were but someone else, a girl Yang's age with bright orange hair, got between then and cried "Nora!"

Jaune blinked at the strange sight before he noticed that one of the girl's he noticed and tried to get her attention was actually falling from the sky. Jaune jumped hoping to catch her, and to also impress her. However, he over jumped and the falling girl hit his back force the two to land on the ground, Jaune breaking Weiss's fall. "My hero," Weiss muttered sarcastically while Jaune moaned in pain, "My back."

The teens gathered together as Pyrrha was knocked back to them. "Great the gang is all here. Now we can die together" Yang said sarcastically

"You might have jinxed us," the only other male of that group, a boy named Ren, stated as he pointed to the tree line.

Out of the forest came Grimm. Grimm of many different sizes and numbers. Beowolves and Ursa came stalking out first, with a few other Grimm behind them, all heading towards the teens.

"This doesn't look good," Jaune muttered looking around.

"Why are so many gathering here at once?" Pyrrha asked aloud as she got into her stance.

"We can do this," Ruby said confidently though she did feel a bit worried.

"Ruby be serious," Weiss scolded as she held weapon ready.

Ruby frowned before she held her hand towards her face. Yang noticed this and went wide eyed. Ruby slightly closed her fingers as if grabbing something and quickly pulled down. There were small streaks of black almost like aura from the motion before something appeared on her face. The others blinked but they missed Ruby being on the move again. Following the battle cry that strangely echoed as if two voices were talking at the same time cry, "Ruby kick!"

Ruby did a spinning kick and knocked a bunch of beowolves to the ground. She jumped to avoid a swipe from an Ursa before she raised her foot up and kick the head with enough force to actually bury the head into the dirt. "Head shot!"

The others could now see what Ruby had on her face. It was a mask, a bone like in texture and color with small red lines around the eyes. The shape was a cartoonish insect with large oval eyes and two small antenna giving her the appearance of a wasp or beetle. Ruby now ran at blinding speed and kicked at the giant Deathstalker. The Grimm manage to cover its face with it claws and Ruby bounced back. "Ruby!" Yang cried, "Hold on!"

Ruby did not listen as she looked up to see the large Nevermore shoot many large blade like feathers at her. But she dashed from place to place ending with a pose as she cheerfully sang "Miss me! Miss me! Now you gotta ki-ugh!"

One of the feathers got lucky and snagged her cape, forcing her to trip. Seeing this change the Deathstalker crawled towards her. "Ruby!" Yang cried but as she ran to help her sister she was dog piled, literally by several Beowolves and an Ursa. "Get off me!" Yang cried as she was buried. "Ruby!"

Ruby tugged at her cape before she noticed a shadow above her and turned to see the deadly stinger pulling back and coming right at her. She closed her eyes missing the streak of white that sped by. "You are so childish."

Ruby looked up to see Weiss in front of her stabbing her sword into the ground and incased the tail, left claw and almost half the Deathstalker in a huge block of ice. Weiss straighten up and removed something that disappear. Ruby could not see what it was as Weiss turned to her, "And dimwitted, and hyperactive. And don't even get me started on your fighting style."

Ruby stared before Weiss paused looking uncomfortable, "And I suppose that I can be a bit…difficult. But if we are going to do this, we are going to have to do it together. So if you can stop showing off, I can be…nicer."

"I'm not trying to show off," Ruby said, "I want you to know I can do this."

"You're fine," Weiss admitted before she paused, "You might want to take the mask off before you run out of time."

Ruby finally manage to pull her cape free without ripping it "I don't have to worry about that. I can keep this on for…hey how'd you knew it could run out of time?"

Weiss rolled her eyes before she held her hand up as if holding something. In small specks of black a white bone like mask formed in her hand, showing a slightly narrow shape leading to the bottom, a large red mark covered the right eye and part of the face. The mask looked like a snake with two large saber like fangs peeking out. "It seems I am not the only one that has one. You are full of surprised it seems."

Everyone's attention, everyone else besides Yang, Ruby and Weiss were fighting Grimm attacking them, turning as the dog pile covering Yang shifted and slightly rising. "I…said…get…OFF!"

The pile was knocked skyward as Yang stood up angrily, one new feature was a new mask formed showing an Ursa or bear like mask with a snarling mouth baring its teeth. She snarled before she changed at some Grimm, sending them flying or outright exploding in one punch. She backed hand a beowolf and sent it flying before she reached behind her and grabbed the Ursa trying to attack her. She roars in anger as she flipped the Grimm over her shoulder and onto its back. With her hand still on its paw she pulled suddenly and ripped the whole limb off. Yang took her anger out and started to beat the Grimm with its own arms. She stopped after twelve or so hits and dropped the arm, starting to pant. The Grimm around her actually started to back away slowly. She reached up and pulled her mask off and it disappeared, "What?!" she roared to the Grimm.

The Grimm did not seem to know what to do, not that they had time to react before something sped pass them and slashed of two blades and the Grimm fell. Blake stood from her crouched position and looked at Yang. "We all seem to be full of surprises" Blake's voice came much like Ruby's and Yang with her own mask on her face. Hers was that of a large cat similar to a panther.

"Uh, guys!" Jaune shouted out so he can get the attention of the others, "Shouldn't we be going somewhere else where it's easier to deal with the Grimm!?"

"Do not run from a fight. Show them that we are the greatest predator." Jaune jumped from the voice in his head, the one he's been hearing from time to time. He had hoped it would go away, but it still showed up, urging him to fight sometimes. It never sounded cruel, but it never sounded good either. That's when specks of black started appearing around Jaune's face.

Pyrrha glanced at her partner after she stabbed a beowolf in the head. The way he froze a few seconds there worried her slightly. "Jaune, are you alright?"

"I'm fine Pyrrha," Jaune said before he reached up as well. This caused Pyrrha to go wide eyed when he pulled down a mask much like the others, "Just had to get my head on straight for a minute."

With that Jaune charged at an oncoming Ursa, one bigger than the others with more bone armor and many more spikes. Jaune raised his shield to stop its attack before he pushed hard causing the large beast to actually stumble before he slashed with his sword. The Grimm roared before it was silenced when Jaune cut the creature in half from the middle. Jaune turned to her and Pyrrha saw the mask Jaune was wearing. It was that of a dragon, the front slightly sticking out and showing the teeth though it was not snarling or look threating with. It had two joints sticking out from the ends of the mouth slightly over them like extra fangs. The red marks of the mask came around and from the mask making it seem like lightening with the two fang points red tipped. Jaune looked at Pyrrha, "Ready to show them what we are made of?"

Pyrrha stared as Jaune turned and got right into the battle. Jaune kept his shield forward as stopped several beowolves, pushing them with him before he stopped and swung at the Grimm before they could recover. One, two, three slashes and Jaune had all the beowolves cut in half or beheaded. A hiss was heard and he turned to see a giant black snake like Grimm called a King Taikitu rising up. It hissed and dove at him with fangs ready for the kill. Jaune turned and held his sword above his head before he swung, hitting the head dead on. A black aura like slash came from the swing and cut right through the Grimm's head all the way down's it body and even cut the second white head off. The two half fell and Jaune turned ready to keep fighting.

Pyrrha snapped out of it when she was force to raise her shield to block a strike from a beowolf before she turned fast lowering her body as she sliced the Grimm in half. She eyes went back to Jaune to see how he is doing. "Why are you slowing down?"

Pyrrha did not react to the voice in her head. The voice was a calm female though Pyrrha was not going to let that fool her. The voice went on, "We can end this fight with these small fries. Why do you feel the need to hold back against them?"

'You know I don't work like that,' Pyrrha answered in her head, 'I am not going to act like a monster in a fight.'

"You try and hide it but you cannot deny your killer instincts"The voice said."Against other humans you hold back to fear of losing control. Here you fight for a different reason. Stop holding back, start putting your full force into your attack and tear these small weaklings apart. Show them one of the deadliest predator they will ever see."

Pyrrha frowned listening to what the voice said before she saw Grimm was starting to regroup around her friends. Her eyes harden before reached up and much like the others pulled down her own mask in a flash of black specks of aura. Her mask was slightly closer to her face with only her forehead slightly in rough edges before it pulled around her eyes and face. Her mouth was a row of sharp teeth and a solid jaw that reached up to her neck. Once powered up Pyrrha threw her spear with her strength and gun blast at the end and stabbed an Ursa coming at her. It hit the chest and kept going right through the Ursa before hitting a beowolf behind it, actually carried it into two more carrying them into the chest off another Ursa. The large bear like Grimm fell backwards with the spear and other Grimm stuck to its chest.

Pyrrha ran forward, her shield hand backhanding a beowolf, actually snapping its neck from the blow. She ducked under an Ursa attack but turned while she moved and kicked the beast in the stomach and it was knocked back. She reached out and grabbed a beowolf and threw it into another before she slammed into a different one, knocking it to the ground and slammed her shield into the neck, cutting the head off. She rose up and held her hand out and her spear freed itself and landed in her hand. She turned and shifted the weapon into a sword. Pyrrha turned to see a spinning armor wheel coming right at her. The attack known to be used by the heavily armored Grimm Boarbatusk. She ran at the Grimm and side jumped the attack. While side by side Pyrrha stabbed once with her sword and pulled away. The Boarbatusk squealed in pain before it came out of its attack and fell dead, Pyrrha's attack stabbing it through the chest and heart.

Pyrrha heard the cry from the Nevermore as it shot the bladed feathers at her. She stood ready before she swung her sword and shield and knocked several out of the air. She jumped up, placing her weapons on her back and caught them by the pointed end. When Pyrrha landed she turned and threw the feathers like weapons and they stabbed into several Grimm. One an Ursa Yang was about to hit. The girl paused seeing the feather in the Ursa's mask before she turned and shouted, "Hey that was mine!"

"Wow," Nora said as she swung her hammer and sent a beowolf flying with a blast from the hammer end. "Did you know they can do that?"

"I did not," Ren said as he reloaded his weapon and fired at more Grimm. "But I can see they gain a large amount of power from them."

Nora nodded as she saw the others taking more Grimm down, "Do you think they will let me wear one?"

Ren sighed at Nora's question but did not answer.

They were cutting through the Grimm one by one, and in groups, the six masked ones were very strong, and Weiss noticed that Jaune was different then moments earlier when he calmly walked out into the fight with the draconic Grimm mask on his face. His strikes were a single swipe that anything that came in contact was killed. Even a spinning Boarbatusk was cut in half from one of his attacks.

'Is that Jaune?' Ruby thought as she was still hyperly moving about and killing Grimm with Crescent Rose, and a mixture of a number of moves that were just random. Her speed seems to have gone to a higher level and she was not using her semblance much.

The clearing that was filled with Grimm were now almost clear of them when Nora smashed the last Ursa over the head with a cry, "I win!"

"What makes you, say that?" Yang asked taking her mask off half way through her sentence "I killed just as many."

"Now is not the time for this," Weiss stated before she pulled of her mask. "We still have that Nevermore that is circling back and the Deathstalker. We can't just be wasting time fighting them."

"I should point out that it is starting to break out of that ice," Ren said pointing to the cracks now starting to form.

Pyrrha, Jaune and Blake also removed their mask so they would not lose them when they would need them. Ruby however kept hers on as she says, "She's right. We need to grab an artifact and head back to the cliffs."

Weiss nods before she glanced at Ruby's mask and states, "I still think you should at least take your mask off before you end up losing it because you kept it on for so long. If it is anything like mine or any of the others if it times out it will take a bit of time before you can form it again."

Yang chuckled, "don't worry Ruby has been able to keep that one forever. What was the record you had Ruby?" believer

"Sixteen hours," the girl replied balancing on one leg leaning forward slightly and holding her arms out not really paying much attention.

The others teens that had the masks, besides Yang, stared at the girl in either disbelief or deadpan looks. Blake even muttered quietly "Lucky."

Jaune however walked up to the ruins, causing Ruby to noticing him and remembered what she had to do and joined him in a flash. They both took a chess piece, Ruby a knight and Jaune a rook, before they turned to the others. "Let's go!" Ruby cried before they started off again.

As they raced out of the clearing, Ruby making sure she did not leave anyone behind, the Deathstalker finally manage to break free from the ice and gave chase with a hissing screech. The teens cut through the trees but the giant Grimm smashed through them and barely slowed down. Up above they can hear the Nevermore's cry though it could not attack through the trees. "We need to get the two Grimm apart!" Ren cried over the noise as they can see a clearing ahead, a perfect place for the Nevermore to attack them in the open.

"Then let's get them!" Ruby cried as she turned and shot at the Deathstalker getting it to screech even if it wasn't harm by the shots.

Ruby ran off to the side away from the others as she kept firing and the Deathstalker followed her. Weiss ran after them to give her partner some backup. Yang went as well to help her little sister and Blake followed her partner. Jaune, Pyrrha, Ren and Nora kept going and stopped in the clearing to face the Nevermore as they spotted them and prepared to attack.

Ruby sped around the Deathstalker to make sure to confuse it as well as not get it as it tried to swipe at her with its claws or stab her with it giant stinger. She fired a few more times and swiped at weapon against its armor hide but they all had little to no effect. Yang stood in front of the Grimm and shot several of her shotgun blast at the creature but it did very little. Blake was closer to the Deathstalker as she jumped and ran in front of it while she used her weapon in gun form and with the ribbon did a series of small rabid attacks all around the face and head with a few shots for good measure. The Deathstalker snapped its claw at her but she jumped, leaving a shadow or shade of her form to take the blow as she landed on the back. The Grimm screeched and bucked to try and get her off as Blake fired her gun at the stinger. It manages to knock her off but Blake threw her gun and with the ribbon manage to pull herself close Yang. "This isn't working," Weiss stated as she made a glyph to boost Yang and Blake speed to avoid the stinger. "We need a plan."

Ruby looked around thinking before she asked, "How long can you keep the mask up and what can it do?"

Weiss glanced at her for a few second and stated, "Three minutes. It allows me to use my dust magic to a greater effect as well as boost my semblance. Other than that it boosts my speed and strength like the others. Why?"

"I have an idea," Ruby said looking ready to run off, "And we will need all our masks to get through the armor."

Yang grunts as she punches and fires at the Grimm but it was not using its claws to block them. Yang then heard Ruby shout, "Yang, be ready to grab the stinger!"

Yang looked up at her target and looked determined. The Deathstalker crawled towards the unmoving Yang and tried to kill her with one of its claws. Ruby however was there and kicked the claw back enough. She then jumped up, using her Crescent Rose to catch the underside of the claw with the gun end pointing to the forest floor. Ruby landed on a glyph Weiss made using her mask to boost the power of her glyph "Do it now!"

Ruby fired her gun while jumping off the glyph, the combination allowed Ruby ton slice right through the armor and remove the claw of the Deathstalker. The Deathstalker screeched in angry and pain as it snapped its pincers and only other claw. Ruby landed by Yang who formed her own mask. "Give me a toss Yang."

Yang grabbed Ruby's waist before she used her boosted strength to send Ruby flying high into the air. Once that was done Yang turned her attention to the Deathstalker "C'mon, scared of a little girl?"

The Deathstalker hissed and tried to use its stinger on Yang. Yang however stood her ground and caught the stinger. She kept her grip as the Deathstalker pulled back but it was now a small tug of war between the two. The Deathstalker swung its other claw to free itself or to get Yang but Weiss appeared before her with her weapon glowing red with red dust powering it. The heiress thrust upwards and caught the claw's impact sending it back with a red pulse. Weiss switched stance and held her sword ready to stab forward with a new glyph forming under her. The chamber of her weapon turned and the blade sparked yellow slightly. "Take out the legs!" Weiss cried to Blake, who had her own mask on as well.

The two sped forward, Blake with her new boosted speed and Weiss using her glyphs and lightening dust from her sword. Blake slashed her swords several times, adding aura to them leaving purple streaks to the attacks while Weiss stabbed with the lighten infused sword and knocked the legs out from under it. The Deathstalker was knocked off balance and Yang saw her chance. With a roar Yang spun slightly and pulled the tail and Deathstalker over her head and cause it to crash to the forest floor. Weiss stabbed the ground and from her point a wave of ice formed and spread out until it incased part of the Deathstalker and kept it from righting itself up or moving in general. Yang held the tail tight to keep it from moving, her mask cracking slightly and small pieces breaking off showing she was running out of time or using so much of her power at once. Blake jumped high and sliced through the part where the tail and stinger connected, cutting the stinger off. Weiss pulled her mask off and shouted up to a speck getting closer and closer, "Ruby go for it now!"

Ruby was falling at fast speeds. She held her weapons behind her and fired, boosting herself even more. She spun in the air before she righting herself and held her leg out, "Ruby slam!"

Ruby's leg slammed into the Deathstalker's unarmored underbelly and it screeched in pain as the force broke the ice. Ruby spun her weapon around a few times before she stabbed the blade into the body right under the head. The Deathstalker twitched before it went still. Ruby pulled her weapon free and held her hand up with a victory sign. "Flawless victory! Fatality!"

The others girls shook their heads, "She is such a dork," Weiss muttered.

(scene change)

Meanwhile, Jaune, Nora, Pyrrha, and Ren were dealing with a Nevermore, and that they were at the disadvantage because the Nevermore could fly. Sadly, they were grounded.

'If we had Ruby or Weiss then we could take this guy out. So how do we take it down?' Jaune thought as he looked at the Giant Nevermore and had no current thoughts. He needed more information about what Ren and Nora could do and how to bring it down to their level.

"We need a way to bring it down," Jaune said.

"We need a way to keep it low to the ground," Pyrrha added as they watched the Nevermore circle overhead.

Nora however had an idea, "I got it! We can climb the trees and attack it like the deadly sloth attacking its pray."

Jaune and Pyrrha looked at her while Ren shook his head at his friend's suggestion. Jaune glanced at Pyrrha, "Do sloths even attack anything? I thought they ate leaves."

"They do," Ren inform him. "But Nora might have a point. The trees might be the vantage point we need until we bring it down. Nora distract it!"

"Got it!" Nora cried as she ran off to the side, jumping to avoid more blade feather sent her way, before she slid to a stop and fired her weapon. The grenades like projectiles flew up and exploded on or around the Nevermore, forcing it to flew away to attack from a better position. Jaune and the others headed for the trees while Nora jumped up and used her own weapon to get extra height. However, the Nevermore was back and it had its beak open to swallow Nora whole. Nora manage to use her hands and feet to keep the beak from closing on her. Seeing how she was able to keep the beak open she freed one of her hands and with a flick of her wrist extended the handle of her weapon and it compacted on itself and transformed into a hammer. "I hope you're hungry!" Nora cried as she slammed her hammer into the side of the Nevermore's head several times.

The Nevermore cried in pain and Nora was able to drop down away from the Grimm as it staggered slightly and crashed into a few trees. Not far away in a different tree the rest of the group open fired, Pyrrha and Ren with their weapons and Jaune with his mask on and sending a slash attack out. The Nevermore took the hits but was able to start flying up again. It screeched and shot several blade feathers at them. Pyrrha saw this and pulled her mask down. The first thing she did as throw her spear with a large amount of force at the Nevermore. The spear hit it in the end and dug deep. The Grimm screeched and shook its head but the spear didn't go deep enough to kill it. After she threw her spear Pyrrha jumped forward and with her hands grabbed two of the blade feather and spun in the air and knocked the rest of them away. Ren saw the beast stagger but starting to fly back up and knew they needed a way to cripple it. "Jaune push me forward!" Ren shouted as he jumped.

Jaune braced himself and held his shield as Ren's feet landed on it. Jaune pushed forward while Ren jumped. Ren got his weapon ready and used the blades of his weapons to hook the side of the wing before he flipped himself up into the wing. With one on hooking himself to the Nevermore and the other free Ren did a powerful aura filled palm strike to the joint of the wing. The Nevermore screeched as the bones broke and the wing became useless. The Grimm fell to the floor as Ren jumped to a different tree.

Jaune, Pyrrha and Nora regrouped on the ground as the Nevermore crashed. Jaune saw the spear still sticking out of the mask and turned to Nora, "Nora, nail it!"

"Heads up!" Nora said as she jumped up.

Pyrrha got under her and braced herself with her shield. Nora landed on the shield with the hammer down before she fired her weapon. Pyrrha jumped as well adding her own force as Nora was sent high. The girl laughed slightly gleefully as she stopped rising and was about to fall. She smirked and raised her hammer and used it blast to send herself down faster. She flipped several times in the air before she swung her hammer over her head and it smacked the spear on the Nevermore's head. The spear was force deep into the head and the point pierced out the bottom of the head. The Nevermore dropped from the force and from the spear killing the Grimm.

"Whoo!" Nora cheered as she hopped around in victory and glee. "Let's do it again!"

"Let's not. We still have to finish the initiation." Jaune commented, glad that it was over. He wasn't sure if the voice that suddenly appeared in his head was good or bad, but he knew it was helping him...for now. It was still fierce and dark sounding. They needed to reunite with Ruby and the rest before heading back.

(Scene Change)

"So Jimmy," Qrow started after he took a sip of his flask and found he would need to refill it. Though not many can blame him when he saw how many Grimm his nieces and their partners were facing at once and then when they were force to fight against an old and strong looking Deathstalker and Nevermore. "I'd say they seem to have good control over their mask."

"Agreed," Ironwood admitted. "though their fighting styles, with or without the mask seems a bit rough around the edges."

"Well that is to be expected," Goodwitch pointed out to the general with a look, "They are here to learn to be expert huntsmen and huntresses. No one expects new students to be perfect when they arrive."

Qrow glanced at Ironwood knowing the man's opinion on the matter before he glanced at Winter. The woman was staring at her sister on the holo screen but didn't show any emotions. It was a different matter internally as she was relieved to see Weiss not only handle herself but also manage to help kill a Deathstalker. She showed excellent work on her mask, semblance and able to coordinate a plan with effective teamwork. She saw a few strikes Weiss missed or did not take advantage of when fighting the large number of Grimm but she will not blame nor be too critical of her the next time they meet…too much. She can't be having her sister making the same mistakes as her and grow a big head.

"One thing though," Qrow added getting everyone's attention, "I hate to be the one to point out the Goliath in the room but can someone explain to me why a small army of Grimm appear in that clearing?"

"That forest is full of the creatures of Grimm" Goodwitch reminded him. "One of the reasons we use the forest during test like this and training exercises."

"Right," Qrow muttered rolling his eyes "So all the other students were force to face that number of Grimm? No, there was a high number arriving in that clearing right when all of our students of interest happen to show up."

The others thought about it and they started to realize what Qrow was saying. Ironwood gritted his teeth, "How can someone just attract Grimm to a location like that? Without anyone else noticing? More importantly why would they do this?"

"It can be any number of reasons," Ozpin said, "One of which I fear the most."

"And that would be?" Ironwood asked.

Qrow however answered, "The guy that cause this who mess is behind this."

"Behind this?" Winter repeated stunned looking at him. "What do you mean?"

"Behind the kidnapping and their mask," Qrow continued with a frown. "Of not only these kids but also of the others."

"But why now?" Winter could not help but ask, "Why is he, whoever he is, is doing this now? Years later after we found and rescued them?"

Ozpin looked worried as he glanced at them all, "I fear that he may be testing them. For whatever reason he is testing them."

The group was quite not sure what to say after that statement.

(Scene change)

"...From this day onward, you shall be Team CRDL(Cardinal) lead by Cardin Winchester." Ozpin said to the crowd as he rewarded one of the newest teams this year.

The groups made it back after their test and went back to the school. Ruby stood next to her sister, finally taking her mask off, waiting for her turn with her friends.

"Jaune Arc, Nora Valkyrie, Pyrrha Nikos, and Lie Ren. From this day onward, you shall be Team JNPR(Juniper) lead by Jaune Arc." Ozpin said as the team was brought out, and Jaune was confused by Ozpin's decision.

"You mean me sir?" He asked as Ozpin nodded and knew more than Jaune thought.

"Yes, you. There is one more team to announce." Ozpin commented as JNPR stepped off the stage and he continued, "Ruby Rose, Weiss Schnee, Blake Belladonna, and Yang Xiao-Long. From this day forward you shall be Team RWBY, led by Ruby Rose."

Ruby stared bewildered as the rest stared at her. Leader? Her? Weiss looked at her partner but Yang ran over and pulled her sister into a hug, "Way to go sis!"

Ozpin chuckled as the students clapped for the new teams. "I believe this will be…a most interesting year."

(scene change)

"What did you do now Yang?" Weiss asked annoyed.

The newly dubbed team RWBY and team JNPR were in the elevator heading up to Ozpin's office. After the rest of the students were dismiss and they headed to their dorm, Professor Ozpin sent a message to their scrolls to have them meet him in his office after they placed their stuff into their dorm rooms.

Yang looked at the heiress, "What makes you think I did anything?"

"Because you always cause trouble," Ruby pointed out "Please say you didn't do anything to get us expelled."

"Hey!" Yang cried with a huff, "We haven't even started our classes yet. What could I have done that got me or any of use expelled?"

"Knowing you it was something," Blake added dully.

Pyrrha smiled softly at them, "I doubt you guys are being expelled."

"Yeah," Nora agreed "Why would they call for us as well if that was the case?" she pausing thinking it over, "Unless it is a scare tactic to make us fear them and to show what they would do to use if we ever got in that much trouble."

"Not helping," Weiss hissed. "If we get in trouble I blame you Yang."

Yang growled slightly "for the last time I didn't do anything!"

As she said this the door open and they slowly walked into the headmaster's office and say he was not alone. Ruby however gasped seeing someone else, "Uncle Qrow!"

Ruby speed forward, jumped up and hung onto his arm "Hi." Qrow held his arm out as Ruby hung from it as she asked, "It's so good to see you! Did ya miss me? Did ya miss me?"

Qrow looked at her before he smirked, "Nope." He ruffled her hair and set her down before he turned to his other niece "You little lady however are in big trouble."

"Huh?" Yang asked slightly worried now at seeing her uncle looking serious.

"You didn't even last two days in Beacon before you got expelled," Qrow stated. "I'm so disappointed in you."

"But…but…but," Yang stammered.

Her uncle suddenly grinned "I thought it would have taken you only one day to manage that."

Yang blinked before she realized her uncle was screwing with her, "Oh! Not funny uncle Qrow!"

"It kinda was," Ruby admitted giggling with her snickering uncle.

Weiss however was staring at one of the other guess in the room, "Winter."

Winter had a small barely noticeable smile, "Good to see you again sister. I've been watching your performance today."

Weiss looked nervous, "You did?"

Winter nodded with her arms crossed behind her back, "Yes I did. And I am slightly disappointed. I counted several missed strikes when fighting those Grimm when you should have gotten them with ease. The fact you also were willing to share you mask so easily."

"I can explain that," Weiss stated quickly.

"Calm down everyone," Ozpin said getting the students' attention, "now before we go any further I should introduce our last guess since he has no one recognize him it seems. This is general James Ironwood, headmaster at Atlas Academy."

"Oh," Pyrrha said recognizing the name, "Hello sir."

Ironwoods nodded, "greetings to all of you."

"Sir," Ren started as Ruby moved back to stand next to her team "If we are not here because you are expelling us then may I ask why did you call us here?"

Ozpin nodded and took a deep sip of his coffee. "I call you and Miss Valkyrie here because you are Mr. Arc's and Miss Nikos's teammates and as such should also learn of what I am about to tell them and Team RWBY today."

"And what do you have to tell us?" Ruby asked nervously.

Ozpin looked at them over his folded hand, "I will be explaining to you of how and why you six bare those masks."


Oh, and a cliffhanger at the end. And just as we were getting more into details of what was happening. Well I won't spoiler too much but basically the girls, and Jaune, all have vizard like ability where they gain Grimm masks. These mask give them abilities to fight with but they also come at a risk which will be shown later where…well let's just say Ichigo is the best example of what could happen. But they will be getting more than the masks and they will be facing enemies they have never seen before. A whole new species of enemies they will have to train to defeat and that doesn't count the White Fang and Cinder's plans. So nothing else to say so if you like, let me know. If it is good enough should it be a story?