Chapter 11: Huntsmen in High School
Central High School
November 11th, 2019
The next day, Jacob reluctantly decided to bring RWBY and JNPR to school, but they had to follow the rules that were given to them. The party of twelve just walk to the front of the school with RWBY and JNPR wearing different clothes.
Ruby was wearing black skecher shoes, black leggings, and a black skirt. She has on a red hoodie with an image of a husky dog.
Weiss was wearing white high heels, and dark blue jeans. She also wears a white t-shirt with an image of a character from the Disney movie, 'Frozen,' Elsa, with text that read, 'Let It Go.' Her hair was also dyed black and her ponytail was behind her head instead of the side.
Blake was wearing black sneakers, black leggings, and light blue short shorts. She wore a pink t-shirt with an image of three kittens inside a basket. A top her head is a black beanie to hide her cat ears after being told a bow may or may not work.
Yang wears a pair of brown boots, and dark blue short shorts. She also wears a black t-shirt with text that read, 'I Hate Mondays.' Her hair was also tied into a ponytail.
Jaune kept his pants and shoes after being told that they were okay to wear. However, he wears a dark blue t-shirt with an image of Captain America's shield on it.
Nora shoes were kept, and she wore pink leggings. she wears a black t-shirt with an image of a character from the Star War series, Darth Vader, holding a plate of cookies. It also had text that read, 'Join the Dark Side. We've got Cookies.'
Pyrrha wears a pair of dark brown boots with flower patterns on them. She also wears a pair of black leggings and a red sleeveless shirt. She was told not to wear her head piece.
Ren kept his shoes and wore light blue jeans and a sleeveless green shirt with an image of a character from the Star Wars series, Master Yoda holding his green lightsaber.
"I still say this is a bad idea," Jacob said.
"You worry too much," Kelly said.
"Someone has to," Jacob said.
"And really? You gave me this shirt? Blake asked as she gestured to her cat shirt.
"Yeah, you have got to be 'kitten' us right now," Yang said as everyone else groaned.
"Goddamn it, Yang," Ricky yelled.
"Same goes with me and my hair," Weiss said pointing at her Frozen shirt and her now black hair.
"Kelly's idea, not me. Plus the hair dye can be washed off," Allen said.
"I love the cute little dog," Ruby cooed at the dog on her hoodie.
"Alright guys, since you aren't students here, you're gonna have to come with us to the office so you guys are marked as guests. Oh, and you can't use your real names," Allen explained.
"Why?" Nora asked.
"So we don't attract attention to ourselves," Ren answered.
"Oh," Nora responded.
After heading inside, they went to the office and to get them signed up as guests and then did a quick tour around the high school and then stopped at the library.
"Okay, so you know where the bathrooms are?" Jacob asked.
"Yep," Ruby answered.
"And the computer lab?" Allen then asked.
"Yes," Weiss answered.
"And the cafeteria?" Ricky asked.
"Uh-huh," Nora responded.
"Alright then we are all heading to our classes. Stay out of trouble. Especially you, Yang," Jacob said pointing at her.
"Hey," Yang said.
"Don't worry, we will stay out of trouble," Ruby said.
"Good," Kelly said as she, Allen, Ricky, and Jack walked off to class.
RWBY and JNPR all settled in the library finding stuff to read. Ruby was reading a book on Earth's weaponry both old and new. Weiss was reading books on Earth's science and was fascinated on how a primitive world advanced this far. Blake was reading a book called 'Twilight.' Yang was reading a joke book. Jaune was reading a book called 'The Art of War' and it gave him some ideas if his team were to fight off the Grimm. Pyrrha was reading books on Greek mythology and took interest in the Greek hero, Achillies. Ren was reading on Earth's cultures and religions. Nora was looking at a book with sloths.
When the first period had ended, JNPR and RWBY went to the computer lab for more information. Ruby looked up more information on their show and future characters they will meet. She even looked up Rooster Teeth and the show's creator, Monty Oum and learned that he was also Ren's voice actor for Volumes 1 and 2. Everyone wanted to meet him, especially Ruby and Ren, but then found out that he died a few years ago from an allergic reaction. They were all upset to hear of his death.
Weiss looked up Earth's classical composers like Johann Sebastian Bach, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Ludwig van Beetoven, Frederic Chopin, and many others, even listening to some of their music. She even listened to pieces written for movies and video games written by John Williams, Han Zimmer, Yoko Shimomura, Nobuo Uematsu and many others.
Blake looked up Earth's discrimination and was shocked to find that it was even worse than Remnant's discrimination. Humans hating other humans for beliefs, looks, sexuality, and skin color. She then looked up civil rights leaders such as Gandhi, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., and Malcolm X and their peaceful protests eventually won their people's rights. Although racism still exists in some parts of the world, their actions made a difference for Earth and made Blake have hope for the faunus in Remnant and wants to follow Earth's civil rights leaders' ideals.
Yang was watching Rooster Teeth videos on Youtube and got hooked to its other hit web show, Red vs Blue. She also grew attached to her voice actress, Barbara Dunkelman because they both have a lot in common, especially that they both love to make puns.
Jaune was looking up Earth's comics, mainly DC and Marvel Comics. He even grew more attached to Marvel and DC after learning that they have their own movies. He made a mental note to ask Jacob and company if he could watch them.
Nora was watching one of Rooster Teeth's other Youtube channels, Letsplay. She grew attached to the crew playing video games, especially to one of the players, Michael Jones. She grew attached to him for three reasons, he's the voice actor of team SSSN's leader, Sun Wukong, he's married to Ruby's voice actress, Lindsey Jones, and his uncontrollable habit of swearing. Yang made a mental note to keep an eye on Sun.
Pyrrha was looking up information on their show. She learned that she, her friends, and others on the show are based on characters on Earth's fairy tales and myths. For example she was based on Achillies and unfortunately his death was eerily similar to her death in the show, which she did not want to be reminded of.
Ren was looking up Earth's recipes on food and culinary arts. It gave him ideas and new recipes that he wanted to try out. It also gave him some health tips and other effects on the foods people ate. He also grew attached to one of Earth's famous chefs, Gordon Ramsay, despite his habit of swearing.
"Guys you may want to look at this," Blake told everyone else.
The group of Remnans went up to Blake's computer and started looking and what Blake was now looking up. She was looking up wars on Earth and their shock there seem to be countless wars on Earth. But the worst out of all of them was World War II. Not only did they learn that Earth had two World Wars, or in their case Great Wars, but it was considered to be the most destructive and deadliest conflict in human history. They also read about the group that started the war, the Nazis. And they all wished they hadn't heard about them.
Blake couldn't believe the Nazi's leader, Adolf Hitler hated a race of humans so much that he wanted them all exterminated. She couldn't help but compare this man to a certain bull faunus. Ruby and Pyrrha were horrified that over sixty million people died in the war, even more so when over six million of them were murdered in an event known as the Holocaust. Yang and Jaune were comforting Ruby and Pyrrha. Nora wanted to break Hitler's legs, while Ren was trying to calm her down. Weiss was horrified and interested in the weapon that ended the war, the atomic bomb, which was the start of the creation of what Earth now calls, nuclear bombs. She was glad that a weapon that can destroy an entire city in one shot didn't exist in Remnant, because if it did, there would be chaos.
They all then looked up Earth's terrorism and found that there were multiple terrorist organizations out there such as Al-Qaeda, the Taliban, Boko Haram, and the Islamic State. Their attacks on Earth were so brutal and horrific that not even the White Fang's current leader, Sienna Khan wouldn't take her attacks that extreme, except for Adam would most likely take notes and replicate the attacks. The worst attack carried out that horrified them the most was the 9/11 attacks. They couldn't help but imagine if somebody like Cinder were to take an Atlas airship and crash it into Beacon. All of the Huntsmen and Huntresses in training were all speechless and tried to find the words to describe the reality that is on Earth.
"I can't believe that Earth's conflicts are way worse than Remnant's," Blake said.
"And that they possess weapons that can destroy an entire city in one shot," Weiss added.
"And the father of the atomic bomb, J. Robert Oppenheimer, even he felt like doomed this planet and felt like he shouldn't be forgiven for creating something so… so… destructive," Jaune said.
"Just be glad that all of this, including the nuclear bombs aren't in Remnant. Otherwise the Grimm would be out of control," Ren said.
"Ren's right. If all of this is in Remnant, we would have a lot of problems," Pyrrha said.
"Blake are you okay," Yang asked.
Blake hadn't said a word since she read about Earth's darker parts of its history.
"Blake," Ruby said.
"Why? Just why?" Blake softly asked herself.
"Blake?" Yang asked.
"Why would they do this? Why would they inhumanly kill innocent lives? Why would they create weapons that could kill thousands or millions at a time? Was it to make a point? To make a statement? To show dominance? Why just… WHY?!" Blake yelled as she pounded her fist on the table.
Tears fell from her eyes as these questions ran through her head.
"Blake, I know that all of this looks shocking, but we can't let this get to us," Yang said, putting a hand on her shoulder.
"How can you be so fine with this?! Blake shouted as her voice cracked.
"We're not. But that doesn't mean we can't let this run through our minds all the time, Blake," Ruby said.
"Yes, and no matter what happens, we will be there to look out for each other," Weiss said.
Blake wipes her tears away.
"You're right. Even if all of this is terrifying to think about, we still can't let it get the best of us," Blake said as she pulled Ruby, Weiss, and Yang into a group hug.
"Hey don't leave us out," Nora said as she pulled Ren, Jaune, and Pyrrha into the RWBY group hug.
Ruby then pulls out of the group hug.
"Guys if all of that is in Remnant, we would try to find a way to prevent all of this from happening," Ruby said.
"But can we?" Pyrrha asked.
"Of course we can. We are huntsmen and huntresses after all," Ruby said.
They all sat in silence and all nodded in agreement. Then all got back on their computers to see more of Earth's information.