My friend, the same co-author who wrote Music Semblance? Sure, let's go with that! helped wrote this chapter for me as an apology for running track with her when it was below freezing.

That's how I got this cold in the first place. Regardless, huge thanks to her.

Pardon our grammar. This is a very long chapter.


Baka and Test: Class F vs Class E


Oscar Pine found himself in an odd predicament. One moment he was at his aunt's farm resting in his room, the next thing he knew he was in some sort of fancy movie theater. At least he thinks it's a theater. Oscar has never been in one before.

Then, there's Maria Calavera, formerly known as the Grimm Reaper. She's now a little old lady with prosthetic eyes with a quirky attitude.

"Where am I? How did I get kidnap? Who in their right minds kidnap a little old lady?" She would have said she was surprised by the sudden turn of events, but she rather enjoyed the comfortable seat she was sitting on. "Is that cashews? Don't mind if I do." Maria dug into the bags of cashews and ate to her heart content. "I can get used to this. So, who are you people?"

"You kidnap a little old lady?" Coco questioned their Hosts flatly, "And a little boy as well?" She motioned to Oscar who sat frozen and confused.

"I have a name you know. It's Maria, and who wears sunglasses in the dark?"

"I'm… Oscar." The boy meekly said.

"What gives?" Weiss was also wondering why the Hosts brought these two along. They didn't look like they belong here. They look like ordinary people.

"Yeah! What gives?" Ruby mimic.

"They are the past and future." The Hosts replied cryptically.

"Hello. I'm right here you know." Maria waved to gain everybody's attention, "I believe I asked you lots a question, but it'll take all day to get your names. I probably won't even remember them."

Mercury stared deadpan at the old lady, "Then why bother asking?"

"Because I have a mouth."

Emerald snorted, "I like her."

"So… Um… Why am I here?" Oscar fidgeted in his seat.

"We shall explain. Our greetings to you, Maria and Oscar. We are your Hosts, and this is our domain…"

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It was somewhat of a brief and vague explanation, but Maria seemed to understand the gist of it. As for Oscar, he was even more confused to why he was roped in all of this. His mental capacity was about to be overloaded from the revelation of alternative worlds, timeline, gods, and so on. At least, he thinks these Hosts are gods of sorts.

In the meantime, most of the audiences took this time to readjust their seating arrangements. Qrow and Tai sat together near Ozpin's group along with Maria who got along with them just fine. Oscar was seated comfortably near Team RWBY and JNPR, figuring that it was best for him to hang out with people roughly around his age.

"I'm still confused." Said Oscar; he was pretty certain that this was a fever dream.

"Oh, you'll get used to it." Yang assured him, "Just roll with it. The Hosts are pretty chill, I think. They give you almost anything you want to eat and drink. Some other stuff as well."

"But I'm just a farm boy…"

"The next presentation begins." The Hosts interrupted everybody's conversation, "We will advise you. This next world may be a bit odd."

The screen darkens and cuts to a colorful school ground.

A silver plaque carved in an unfamiliar language that read 'Fumizuki Academy,' was embedded into a brick wall. The brick wall had metal fences and gates leading to a large school building. The sun was shining very brightly, illuminating a wide variety of colors from nature itself.

Welcome to Fumizuki Academy, a school where the staff rigidly divides the students based on the results of their academic scores.

"Everything is so… Bright and colorful." Emerald did not like the happy-happy outlook of this world. Joy hurts her since she never really experienced it. The outlook of her life is cold and filled with negativity.

"I must say." Oobleck squinted at the silver plaque, "Is that sign in another language?"

"Correct. It is in a language called Japanese."

"Fascinating!"

The school bell rang, and we cut to Mizuki Himeji with pink hair and a cute rabbit hair clip.

Himeji was happily sweeping the dusty floor, unintentionally kicking up dust into the air, making her cough violently. Not far from Himeji was Yoshii, who had a concerned look on his face regarding the health of his friend.

Blake's careful eyes scanned the classroom. "Is that her classroom? It looks so… Rundown."

"What on Remnant is up with that room?" Glynda practically yelped at the sight of the run-down classroom. It was full of cracks and peeling paint, looking for like an abandoned area than the majestic looking school building they had witnessed earlier.

"It is indeed their classroom. Fumizuki Academy, in this world, divides its students based on their grades. At the start of the school, students are academically sorted by entrance exam test grades. The higher the grades, the higher the class they are placed in, and the better the benefits. Unfortunately, this girl named Mizuki Himeji fell ill during her placement test and was unable to complete it. That Is why she is in Class F, the lowest level of the school."

Ozpin raised an eyebrow, "There's such a school system in place?" Just by hearing the rules and policies that this school goes by, it was; from his perspective, counterintuitive in many senses. "I suppose this is what our Hosts meant by a slightly odd world."

It cuts to Yoshii leaving and sliding the classroom door shut behind him. Leaning on the wall was Yuuji, who just so happened to be waiting for Yoshii to leave the room.

"So, what do you want?" He asked his friend.

The scene instantly darkens with a single shining spotlight and Yoshii started his dramatic and heartfelt speech. "This is what I think. Schools are a microcosm of society, right? There shouldn't be discriminatory inequality among classes like this. But no matter what we, the lowest-ranked students say, it's considered only the grumblings of a loser."

"He's… Not wrong." Blake could relate to on-screen Yoshii's speech.

Tai chuckled at the overly exaggerated speech and gesture, "He certainly knows how to express his mind."

Yoshii continued with his dramatic speech, "So, we should challenge other classes to fight fair and square and obtain the power and right to speak first. Then we should cast this issue…"

Yuuji cut him off; the spotlight now on him. "In other words, you wanna improve our classroom equipment for Himeji, huh?"

That killed the dramatic effect.

"I'm beating around the bush because it's embarrassing!" Yoshii stomped his foot, "Why do you have to rephrase it bluntly?!"

Jaune chuckled at the mood killer along with Pyrrha and Nora.

"That's sweet," Weiss admits, she would probably do the same thing for her teammates now that they knew each other well. "I would do the same thing as well."

"Aww, Weiss!"

Oscar raised his hand, "Um, I heard something about a fight…"

"It must have been metaphorical." Glynda gave her reasonable thoughts on the matter, "Since the school's classroom is divided based on their exams, they should be studying harder in order to improve their standing."

"What? That's boring." Mercury grumbled.

"While your assessment is correct if applied to what many would consider being common sense, this world and school do not necessary follow that sort of system."

Glynda's expression was neutral, "Don't tell me…"

"Okay. To tell you the truth, I was thinking about starting a war, too." Yuuji said with a smirk.

"What? You too?"

"Wait… War?" Ironwood repeated incredulously.

"It's an insurrection!" Neo's sign read.

"Yeah. I wanted to prove that academic ability isn't all that matters in life. And… We do stand a chance of winning." Yuuji said sinisterly, making Yoshii's hand twitch. "Do you wanna try, Yoshii?"

Glynda glared at her students, "While I will say that academic abilities aren't everything, that does not mean the opposite is true."

"Yeah. Let's do it! Let's call for a Summoner Test War!" He pumped his fist out.

"What is this… Summoner Test War?" Winter asked the Hosts. It sounded a bit interesting.

"It will be explained soon."

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The next scene shows Yuuji slamming his hand onto a patchy wooden teacher desk that looked like it's barely holding up.

"Everyone, listen! As Class F Rep, I'd like to make a proposal." He caught the entirety of Class F's attention. "I'm thinking of having us, Class F, start a Summoner Test War."

The entire classroom murmured at the announcement, surprised that they were already declaring war on another class this early in the semester.

"What?!" An effeminate looking boy named Hideyoshi lowered his cards, still retaining his poker face.

Fox rubbed his eyes, "Wait, that's a boy?"

"A pretty boy, it seems." Maria laughed and kicked her legs. "He put most of you girls to shame there, ha!"

"Wow, I almost mistook him for a girl there." Coco 'innocently' said, licking her lips; imagining all the dress-ups she can do with the effeminate boy.

"Umm… Coco?" Velvet glanced warily at her team leader. All the students nearby slowly shifted in their seats, trying to edge away from the fashionista.

"A Summoner Test War…? Don't tell me…" Shimada was stunned by the sudden declaration of war.

The screen cuts to a presentation.

A red and white glyph with a giant letter F in the center came into view. Four circular glyphs rotated around the larger glyph, representing the school subjects; math, history, literature, etc.

"At Fumizuki Academy, there's a system called Summoner Test War, also known as ST War." Another glyph, one colored in yellow with a giant letter E at the center appeared. "With a teacher present, a student can summon their Avatar, whose offense power is based on the student's performance in that subject."

Sōichi Nishimura, also known as Ironman, digitalized in the background, looking stern and imposing followed by Yuuji and Hiromi Nakabayashi materializing on the F and E glyphs respectfully.

Nakabayashi and Yuuji summoned their Avatars, a chibified version of himself and started attacking.

Glynda, Winter, and Weiss shared an interesting look at the ornated, but shoddy glyph presented. It was simply common curiosity and since they utilized glyphs in their semblances.

"Ah, so that's what they meant by war." Winter chuckled, "It's almost a miniature tournament fought through their summoning glyphs."

"Aww! So cute!" Ruby squealed over the chibi versions of Yuuji and Nakabayashi.

"That's one scary looking teacher," Nora said, looking scared of the tall, imposing teacher nicknamed Ironman.

Qrow drank heavily from his glass, "And a stern one, if his fierce face has anything to say about it. Now I feel sorry for the kids. He's almost like Jimmy here."

"Students fight using their Avatars." A large red glyph formed behind Yuuji's Avatar. A large arm shot out and punched Nakabayashi's Avatar. Her Avatar collapsed on the ground and dematerialized, ending the duel. "By defeating a higher ranked class, they can exchange their classroom equipment with the higher-ranked class's equipment."

A screenshot of their classroom popped up, comparing E and F class side by side. It then swapped the E and F glyphs demonstrating that F Class now has E Classroom and vice versa.

"I see." Raven quietly said. The students will be fighting for the best benefits that school has to offer. "This way, the other classes will have a good reason to strive for success or get 'stronger.'"

Tai nodded, "It fosters competition, though I am hesitant to say that it's not a healthy one seeing Class F's classroom."

"And the higher the class is, the stronger your opponents are." Qrow turned to his sister, "Wished we had this sort of system back then, Rae?"

"Maybe." She sniffed.

With the explanation of how the school system works, the scene cuts back to Yuuji, inspiring everyone rallying everyone with his speech.

"Everyone, aren't you unhappy with this shabby classroom?!"

"Heck yeah, we are!" The entirety of Class F roared in return.

"But if we can just win in a ST War, we can even get our hands on that gorgeous Class A equipment!" Oohs and aahs echoed from the crowd by the mentioning of Class A. Yuuji have them hooked into his speech, "We're the lowest-ranked students! We're at the very bottom of the academy! We're a group of scum noticed by no one and below everyone!"

"Geez, really riling them up while making fun of yourselves," Sun said.

"Ugh, reminds me of some of the White Fang rallies."

"Blake, what did I say about you talking about the White Fang?"

"In other words, that means we have nothing to lose!" Everyone gasped at that, realizing that Yuuji is right. They don't have anything to lose. They can only gain!

Roman laughed at the sudden blunt statement, "Beware the man that was nothing to lose. In this case, an entire class of them."

"He's not wrong. If they are at the lowest, then the only thing they can get out of this is something at least." Oscar wisely said.

"So, why don't we try?! There's no harm!" Yuuji shook his fist with pure emotion, "In addition, we have this guy!" He pointed at Yoshii who was standing straight with his hands behind his back. At the mention of his name, Yoshii turned around looking confused.

"Huh?" He pointed at himself and glanced around the room to see if Yuuji was pointing at someone else.

"Way to sell your abilities," Yang smirked.

Tai grinned, "Nice of him to… Point that out."

The majority of the audiences groaned at the pun. They should not be allowed to make puns from the screenings! It should be illegal! Unfortunately, the Hosts never intended on holding up that sort of restriction on them. It's bad etiquette.

The entirety of the student body also shared the same puzzlement. Yuuji slammed both of his hands down and started to explain what was unique about Yoshii.

"Believe it or not, this guy, Akihisa Yoshii, is a probationary student!" The words 'Probationary Student' slammed onto the darkened screen before fading out.

Half of the audience burst out laughing at the Yoshii's status, while the other half were either smiling or wore blank expressions.

"I suddenly lost all hopes in Class F," Weiss said flatly.

The entire classroom was shocked by this. "He's a probationary student?!"

"I didn't know we had a guy like that in this class."

"Incredible… This is my first time seeing one."

"Purify the room with salt!"

"I'm in despair."

Glynda frowned, "Is such a status revered?" If this world was a bit odd, then being a probationary student celebrity shouldn't be too far fetch, right? "I highly doubt probationary is a positive term in this context."

"It is not entirely revered. Probationary Students have Avatars with unique abilities. You shall see it soon."

Yoshii awkwardly rubbed the back of his head, "Well, I'm not all that special…"

Himeji raised her hand into the air.

"What is it, Himeji?" Yuuji asked her.

"Is a probationary student really that incredible?" She didn't know much about the subject, but it seemed that her peers do.

"Is she seriously asking that?" Raven questioned the intelligence of this girl.

Jaune scratched his head, "Well, what if he's that bad that he received the title of a probationary student?" He paused, realizing how stupid that sounded. "Uh, forget what I just said."

"Yeah." Yuuji crossed his arms, "It's not like anyone can become one." To his side, Yoshii looked flattered by that. "It's a special treatment for a trouble student whose school performance is bad and who lacks a desire to learn."

"Oh, never mind. I was right."

"Nice deduction." Pyrrha giggled and patted his hand.

Ironwood gave the characters on-screen a flat look, "That's not something to be proud of."

"It is if you're a rebellious person." Maria put out, knowing that there will be those who will try their best to be the most rebellious person in existence. She was technically one of them, ever since she brought cashews onto that Atlesian airship and got put onto the list for lifetime extra screening.

Yoshii was slowly losing the flattery that he was feeling.

"It's also said to be a synonym for 'idiot.'" Hideyoshi coolly explained.

"It's someone who's completely useless," Shimada added in.

Himeji seemed to be sparkling, "Whoa, that's really incredible!"

"At least she sees the good in people." Pyrrha grinned at the embarrassing flattery and shame Yoshii was going through. "Even if it isn't entirely a positive thing."

"Ah! I wanna crawl under the rug if we had one!" Yoshii ruffled up his hair in embarrassment, figuring he should look for a ditch to jump in.

"I know the feeling." Ruby sympathizes with Yoshii of wanting to crawl under a rug. Her father and sister tend to be overbearing back then. Still to this day as well.

"If we win in a ST War, we can say goodbye to this shabby classroom!" Yuuji continued, "What do you say, everyone?! Do you wanna try?!"

Class F cheered with enthusiasm. "Yeah!"

"Then, to start with, we'll defeat the next rank up, Class E!" He turned towards Yoshii, "Yoshii! As an ambassador for Class F, go declare war against Class E."

"What? Me?" Yoshii pointed at himself. He grew suspicious of Yuuji's intention, "Normally, a lower-ranked class messenger who declares war is given hell, right?"

Cinder tittered, knowing what was going to occur next. It was obvious that this Yoshii fellow was being thrown to the wolves.

"Kid. Have you ever heard the metaphoric phrase 'Shoot the Messenger?'" Roman snickered at the misfortune that will soon befall on Yoshii.

"That's something that happens in movies and novels." In order to save his own ass, and the rest of the cannon fodder or important fighters, Yuuji needs Yoshii to be their ambassador. The guy is the iron butt-monkey of this class. "There's no way they'd do rude things to an important ambassador, is there?"

Yoshii cupped his chin with a thoughtful look, "But… Huh?"

Yuuji gently gripped both of Yoshii's shoulder and stared at them intently, "Yoshii. This is an important mission that only you can do. Please trust me and go."

"Homoerotic subtext," Blake whispered under her breathe, shifting her eyes back and forth from Yoshii and Yuuji. "I could use that…"

Yang blinked, thinking she heard something and turned to her partner. "Did you say something?"

"Oh, nothing important."

"… Okay." Yoshii put on his determined look and set off to declare war on Class E.

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The next scene cuts to Yoshii looking extremely battered, bruised, and humiliated by Class E's response.

"You lied!" He shouted at Yuuji.

"Poor kid." Vernal shook her head, feeling somewhat sorry for the idiot. No wonder he was placed in Class F along with the rest of the weirdos and weaklings. He's too naïve and stupid.

Neo silently laughed at him, while the students bristled at other Yoshii's injuries, though it looked like he'll be fine. That's just plain mean, attacking someone for relaying an important message. Even if they did, Class E didn't have to go that far.

The afternoon has become dusk, their classroom with orange light illuminated from the descending sun. The ST War will be starting tomorrow, and there will be lots of planning if they want to win this war. Yuuji looked on with a wise expression and his voice was filled with fake regrets.

"I figured as much."

"So, you expected this?!"

"One is unfit to be class rep if he can't expect that much.".

"At least try to sound sorry!"

"Yeah!" Ruby nodded in regard to other Yoshii's protests. He could at least say sorry or something.

Cinder smirked, amused by the on-screen characters' dynamic relationship. "He isn't wrong, you know." She gestured at Yuuji, "Class representatives appear to be the leader here, and leaders always have to make sacrifices for the greater good."

Yuuji brushed away his retort, "Now, we can't go back, Yoshii. Are you ready?"

"What?"

"This is what you want, right?"

Yoshii's pouting face slowly turned to a confident grin, "Yeah! Bring it on any time!"

Time to win this ST War! Even though Class E is slightly more powerful than them, they are not that powerful. Plus, they have several trump cards to utilize in this upcoming battle. This war is in the bag!

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The scene cuts to an elderly, woman gazing out of the window from her office. She appeared to be intimidating, yet wise and mischievous. She is Kaoru Toudou, the principle of Fumizuki Academy.

"That must be the headmaster or a similar position," Ren remarked. For some reason, she gives off a vibe that Ozpin gives up, only this one seems much more of cheery.

Kaoru turned from the window; her silver eyes flickered in the shadow. "Oh? This year's Year 2 students are trying to call for a ST War on the first day of the first term. How interesting. Approve it."

"Understood." Her assistant and deputy, Youko Takahashi nodded respectfully.

"Now, how will it turn out? We'll see…" She pulled out her large rubber stamp and approved the document laid out in front of her detailing Class F declaration of war on Class E.

Ironwood chuckled and tilted his head over towards Glynda and Ozpin. "They remind me of you two, somehow."

"I don't think Glynda is capable of smiling that easily," Qrow muttered, earning a fierce glare from the woman herself.

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We cut to the next day where Yuuji was drawing the chalkboard with pinkish chalk. He was laying out the mapwork of the classroom and hallway. On the board, several sentences and diagrams were written/drawn in white explaining several key factors and goals.

Mr. Hasegawa's name was on the board circled and arrowed over towards the center between Class F classroom and Class E.

"We'll use Mr. Hasegawa as the attending teacher for the war," Yuuji said as he drew arrows from Hasegawa's circled name towards the middle of the hallway. "We'll secure him on his way to Class E for fifth period."

"Secure?" Yang frowned before remembering what the rules of the ST Wars. "Oh, yeah. They needed a teacher to referee the battle."

"Obviously. It's already troublesome just to referee a duel back at Remnant. Imagine how chaotic it would be if it's the entire class." The amount of damage the hunters-in-training could do during combat training is nothing to sneeze at. Add in an entire class… Weiss shivered at the expression Glynda would be making.

Glynda was currently rubbing her head, remembering the food fight that Team RWBY and JNPR partake in. The mess she had to clean up was 'minuscule'. "I do not want to imagine."

Yoshii tilted his head, trying to remember the subject that Mr. Hasegawa teaches. "Mr. Hasegawa… Then the subject will be math?"

"I'm good at math." Shimada confidently boasts. She might not get a score compared to Class A, but she can get a decent grade even without trying.

"We'll use math, the subject Shimada's good at, as our main strength," Yuuji explained their main tactic. Out of all the students in the class, Shimada and Himeji was the only one that can turn the tide of the battle. The rest, not so much.

"Playing to their strength." Winter nodded and wondered how different the application of strategy will work since it seems that this 'war' is more like a video game of some kind. "I assume that since they will be facing against a superior opponent, there will be multiple layers in their strategies should one fail?"

"I was thinking of non-linear fighting." Tai scratched his cheek, "Like guerilla warfare, but I'm not sure how this 'war' of theirs will work."

"How are you with math, Himeji?" Shimada asked.

"It's not like I'm bad at it, but…"

"Then, you can fight with me, right?" She was a bit sick of tired fighting with the boys. Himeji was probably the only girl in class that she managed to befriend.

"No, she can't," Yuuji stated bluntly.

"Why?" Yoshii questioned, forgetting that Himeji did not finish the test.

"The scores on the last test we took become our Avatar's offense power. The test we took last is…"

"The placement test…" Yoshii cupped his chin, remembering the rules of the system. That will put a damper on their plan.

"Which she didn't finish." Tai rested his head on his hand.

"So, all she has to do is re-take the test?" Ruby asked.

Himeji made an apologetic look, "Since I left the room in the middle of the test, my scores are all zero."

Which means Himeji has no firepower. However, all is not lost yet. While Himeji can't gain any scores at this time, she can once the Summoner Test War start.

"But once the ST War starts, she can take a recovery test." Yuuji circled the letters 'Recovery Test' and placed the chalk down. "If she takes the test, she can participate midway into the way."

Velvet wiggled her bunny ears, "That's interesting."

"Okay," Himeji said meekly.

"Do your best." Yuuji grinned.

Himeji brightened up a bit, "Okay!"

"Ah, so that's their trump card. From the sound of it, she is the brightest student out of everyone in that class." Cinder smiled, knowing how quickly a battle can be turned around once a trump card has been revealed. "Their victory is in her hand."

"It is a risky strategy, relying on just two people to secure their victory against an entire class." Ironwood mused, wondering if he should implement similar training to Atlas Academy. Obviously, it won't have the same sort of system in place like the one shown here, but they might work something out. "Especially since they will be facing against superior opponents. This will be interesting to watch."

"Quite so." Port nodded, "Why, we should try something similar back at Beacon! Think about it, turning around the hallway, coming face to face with that dastardly student who took the last chocolate pie from the cafeteria…!"

"We'll see about it when we get back." Glynda leered at the portly professor, "I suggest we refrain from tearing up the school's hallway, least someone will have to clean up the mess. The offender included." She stressed the last sentence out.

Face hidden in the shadows, Shouko Kirishima listened in on their war strategy and clicked her tongue as she turned and walked away.

"Eavesdropping on their strategy? Yeah, that sounds like Weiss all right." All of her teammates remembered an excited Weiss urging them to spy on their competitor for the Vytal Festival.

"Hey! There's nothing wrong with gathering information about your opponents." Weiss huffed, crossing her arms.

"She's not wrong." Velvet supported the heiress's side of the argument along with most of the audience. It is a reasonable strategy; intel gathering is one of the basics.

"Thank you."

The school bell rang, signaling the start of the school's fifth period. The war between Class F and Class E has begun.

Mr. Hasegawa cheerfully whistled to himself as he walked down the corridor, about to stroll pass a classroom door when it suddenly opened revealing two masked students. They jumped in front of Mr. Hasegawa, crouched low in a grappling stance, wielding ropes to bind him with. The teacher let out a surprised yelp before the scene cuts to Class F's classroom.

Glynda's mouth dropped open, "Did they just kidnap a teacher?"

"Surely, that's against the rule." Winter had an extremely bewildered look. What were these students thinking, kidnapping a teacher? Even the cadets from combat and huntsmen academies aren't this bold.

"We've secured Mr. Hasegawa!" The two masked students shouted.

Yuuji's face turned serious. It was time to initiate the first phase of their plan. "Start the war! Everyone, we march into battle!"

The students of Class F raised their fist in the air and let out a war cry.

Yang punched the air, "Finally, some action!"

"Hmm, let's see how this summoning thing works." Weiss leaned closer. She might not actually learn anything, but it would be interesting to see how things work out. Who knows, she might find something enlightening.

All the way in Class E, Nakabayashi tilted her head slightly and sighed. "Geez… For idiots, they're pretty cocky." She slammed her hands onto the desk, "Everyone, time to attack! Teach Class F a lesson!"

Students of classes E and F poured out of their respective classrooms, charging towards the center of the hallway where Mr. Hasegawa was bounded by two Class F students. As the combatants charged in from both sides, they removed the restraint from Mr. Hasegawa and slunk back with their classmates.

Shimada blocked Class E's path from getting to their classroom. "Minami Shimada! I'm fighting!"

"Hideyoshi Kinoshita! I'm participating in the war!"

"Kouta Tsuchiya! Ditto!"

"I approve." Mr. Hasegawa raised his hand. A 3D digital field grid rose from the ground and engulfed a good section of the corridors.

Penny's eyes flickered, "Amazing! It appears that they had developed technology that mends virtual reality to reality!"

"Is that so?" Ironwood took out a notepad.

"I got it, sir." His right-hand specialist was already writing things down.

"Thank you, Winter." He said in an informal tone. "Since we're no longer in Remnant following standard procedures, you do not have to be formal with me."

"Of course, sir."

"I'm summoning my Avatar. Summon!" Shimada summoned a chibified version of herself wielding a curved saber. Three small windows popped up, listing out the name, subject, and score.

"So, that's how their summoning works. I supposed that this… Virtual field of theirs is what allows these Avatars to exist." Penny asked the Hosts.

"Correct."

"Which means that the area they fight in is limited to that section." Oobleck shifted his glasses a bit, "A combat arena that can be called and retracted at any time by a teacher, how convenient."

"How envious," Glynda mumbled.

Next was Kouta's turn.

"Summon." He said quietly and summoned his Avatar whose main weapon is his giant camera. Out of all the three spearheading Class E, his score was the lowest amongst them not counting the cannon fodders students behind them.

"Hey, his Avatar uses a camera as a weapon. Wonder what it can do." Velvet said curiously.

"Summon!" Hideyoshi shouted. His body was suddenly engulfed in bright light as he gracefully transformed, somewhat, and summoned his Avatar. A naginata was the main weapon of his Avatar. "Why am I the only one who transformed?" He asked, annoyed and already back in his school uniform, ignoring Kouta and his Avatar who were snapping pictures at that entire scene.

"Too pretty to pass up." Coco laughed.

"That transformation sequence reminds me of something similar back in Mistral." Pyrrha mused on it before returning her attention to the screen.

Roman snorted, "Masculinity is nonexistent with that kid."

"They're coming!" Shimada shouted as the students of Class E charged straight at them without their Avatars.

A female student stepped on the glyph, sending sparks of red electricity everywhere, forcing her back.

"Please be careful. Real humans can't pass through that area." Mr. Hasegawa explained. The glyphs on the floor were blocking their path and must be dispelled by eliminating the opponent's Avatar in order to get through.

"So, people cannot pass through the glyphs as long as it is active. So... The only way to get through is if the user of the glyph is defeated." Said Weiss.

"If you want to pass through here, you have to defeat us first," Shimada said with a confident smirk.

The female student clicked her tongue, "Yoshiko Mikami, I accept this challenge! Summon!" Her Avatar wielded a tome as its weapon. "You jerk." She sneered at Kouta and fired a volley of purple energy at him. "Here's the finishing blow!"

Mikami's Avatar retrieved her book and leaped into the air, about to deliver the finishing blow, but Kouta retreated; switching with Shimada.

"That's my line!" Shimada's Avatar swiped the book away and thrust her saber multiple times at her opponent's Avatar, eliminating it from battle.

"Oh no!"

Tai shook his head, "She shouldn't have fought alone. Take note you guys, don't rush in headfirst like that."

"That looks like fun." Ruby bounced up and down from her seat, "Do you think Atlas can make this sort of technology? Maybe a game for it?"

"Possibly, there are numerous things to consider when designing this sort of complex system as seen on there," Penny answered.

"That's so futuristic," Oscar said in slight awe.

"You have yet to see what Atlas is capable of," Weiss said proudly.

"When it comes to math, I won't lose against Class E"

A heavy foot came crashing down onto the floor, sending heaps of water vapor into the sky. "Those who died, meet me in the remedial classroom!" He announced loudly.

The students took a step back, "That's…"

"Ironman!"

Qrow laughed, "Ironman! Hahaha! I think I just found your long lost relative!"

"I'll take that as a compliment," Ironwood said smoothly.

"In accordance with the Summoner Test Rules, those who died with their score reduced to zero will be given remedial class!" Ironman picked up Mikami and slung her over his shoulder, taking her to the remedial classroom.

"Help! I don't wanna take a remedial class taught by a demon!" She cried out, but her pleas fell on deaf ears as no one could challenge Ironwood.

"Yeesh. She makes it sound like it's the end of the world." Nora snacked on her pancakes.

Glynda lowered her eyes, "Would you like to out our remedial class, Miss Valkyrie?"

"I, uh, no thanks! I'm g-good!"

"We have remedial classes?" Coco asked with a frown.

Ozpin nodded, "We do. Struggling students are often put into remedial classes in order to assist them in their educations and improve their performances."

"Well, they certainly have a good reason not to let their Avatars die." Jaune chuckled weakly, very glad that he did not have to take remedial classes. From the sound of it, the remedial class is a nightmare.

"If you want to pass through here, you have to defeat us first!" Hideyoshi repeated Shimada's earlier statement, this time, directed at Class E representative, Nakabayashi.

"I see." She said, stepping out in front of her classmates. "Then that's what we'll do." Nakabayashi raised her hand to signal her fellow classmates to summon their Avatars.

Class F followed suit, summoning their Avatar to aid their three champions in the following battle.

"Let's fight!"

"Humph."

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The scene cuts to a classroom sign that read 'Replenish Room' where Himeji would be taking her test. As of now, she was the only one in the classroom with Youko being the test proctor.

Youko glanced at her watch, "Well then, if you're ready, please start."

Himeji put on her determined face and lifted her writing utensil. She will have to complete the test within a short amount of time and get a good score if she were to participate in the ST War and achieve victory for Class F. She'll have to be quick, precise, and accurate.

Sun flicked his tail, feeling the pressure of having everyone depend on you. "Outside, your classmates are waging a war and you're sitting in a quiet room taking a test just so you can get back in the fight. I wonder how that would feel. I mean, she's their last hope apparently."

"Probably a lot of pressure." Blake wonders what it would be like if failing their combat class would affect the condition of their dorm room and such. "It's like the ranking of our academic performances determines how nice our dorm room is."

"So glad we don't have that sort of thing in play," Yang muttered.

Back at Class F, the remaining students within the classroom have barricaded themselves with their wooden chabudai tables. The walls and doors vibrated every now and then from the battle occurring outside. But that didn't seem to concern Yuuji who yawned and laid on his back with a small fabric cushion to rest his head and arms.

"What's your strategy, Yuuji?" Yoshii asked his class rep all while staring at the shaky barricade they put up. Class E was getting closer.

"I don't have any." He replied casually.

"Seriously?" Qrow said with a deadpanned expression, didn't the kid strategize with the entire class earlier?

Jaune frowned, "Didn't he go over their plan earlier? Well, we heard part of it."

"He probably took that entire time to draw the map on the chalkboard." Maria grinned and laughed at the idea but didn't dismiss the notation. "If Class F lives up to their reputation as idiots, I wouldn't be surprised!"

"What?" Does Yuuji not have a plan when they declared war on Class E?! Then what was the point of going into length on their war strategy meeting earlier?

"It's a power game that depends on force, so the enemy rushes into the classroom of the overwhelmed side. And the class whose rep gets defeated loses." In other words, if the class representative's Avatar 'dies', then the entire class loses the war.

"From what I understand, if their class representative loses, then it is an instant win condition for the opposing force?" Ironwood asked their Hosts.

"That is correct."

Ozpin took a slight sip from his mug and set it down, "I see. So, it's much like a chess game. Whoever takes the king wins."

Smirking at the mention of chess and chess pieces is Cinder. They were, after all, playing a very similar and deadly game back at Remnant. Unlike the one on-screen, theirs was real and life-threatening with potentially staggering consequences with each gain and loss.

"That means they must allocate their forces correctly or risk having their class rep taken or being overwhelmed." Oscar said to himself and frowned, "That sounds difficult."

"There's no way we'd be overwhelmed, right?"

"Trouble! We're gonna be overwhelmed!" Shimada shouted loudly from the corridor.

"Eeeeeeh?!"

"Jinxed it." Qrow raised a glass and downed it. "An important lesson from the greatest huntsman ever," Half of the audience scoffed at that. "Don't tempt fate."

Yuuji wasn't fazed or surprised by the news, "Class E's school performance is better than ours. So, if we fight in a straightforward way, it's only a matter of time before we lose."

"Oh noooo!" Yoshii clutched his head.

"You think?" Weiss sarcastically said.

"My thoughts exactly." Winter shook her head. Incompetent commanders will only waste lives. Granted that this is a lighthearted mock battle, but she shutters to think what will happen if this was in a real combat scenario.

"But they're only Class E after all." While it is true that Class E is superior to Class F, they're not that superior to them. "They're not much different from Class F. It'll take time to overwhelm us. That time is the key to our victory."

They just need to hold out long enough for Himeji to finish her test and participate in the war.

"Not a strategy many would find desirable, but should it be the most probable action to ensure victory, then it must be considered." Ironwood rubbed his chin on that. His peers also nodded in agreement, glad that this particular scenario was comedic and lighthearted.

In the raging hallways, Shimada was losing against Nakabayashi. Her Avatar staggering back as Nakabayashi's Avatar swung her baseball bat, striking chibi Shimada's saber hard. Her score was quickly depleting and soon, it will reach zero should she not retreat.

"My score is…" She gritted her teeth.

Kouta's Avatar slide into view, utilizing his camera flash to disorientate Nakabayashi's Avatar, forcing her to jump back just in time to avoid chibi Hideyoshi's naginata.

"As it stands, you'll die." Hideyoshi flatly said to Shimada, "Step back and go recover your score!"

"Okay!" She turned and ran out of the digitalized field. Once out, her glyphs and Avatar dematerialized without the support of the field.

"A good system restriction that ensures the students can't abuse their Avatars." Glynda nodded approvingly, wishing she had a semblance or technology that does something similar.

"It certainly would make life easier." Ironwood agreed.

/-/

The next scene cuts to Shimada sitting next to Himeji, her writing utensils placed neatly to her side.

"I'll take the recovery test!" She said to Youko.

Youko fixed her glasses, "The score of this test will be your score when you summon your Avatar next time. If you get a lower score, your Avatar will get weaker instead. Is that okay?"

"So, it's essentially having to take a test to recover our aura and the score we get determines how strong or weak we are?" Pyrrha asked.

"Sounds about right." Tai swallowed his popcorn, "It's like a testament of one's composure and skills. The smarter and more composed you are, the stronger you might become."

"Yes."

"Which subject would you like to take?"

"Math, please." It's her strongest subject. Shimada got to work immediately the teacher handed her the test sheet. 'I have to answer as many as I can to get a better score!'

Oscar frowned, "We can hear their thoughts as well?"

"Well, we are in an interdimensional movie theater that magically makes us food and stuff…" Ruby softly replied, "The cookies are good by the way. You should try them."

"Ah, thanks."

Back on the battlefield, Kouta staggered back as Nakabayashi broke through his defense. "I can't fight anymore."

"Muttsulini!" Hideyoshi shouted, surging forward and blocking an attack for Kouta. "Let's take a strategic withdrawal!"

Without a word, chibi Kouta raised his camera and beamed the entire battlefield, allowing them to escape. The rest of the students from Class F will hold them off while they withdraw and recover.

Nakabayashi triumphantly smiled, "This battle is mine!" She shouted; her Avatar raised her baseball bat into the air, glowing a sheen of blue-green.

Chibi Nakabayashi then charged, transforming into a twirling wind lance that stabbed through the entire forces of Class F, eliminating all of them in one strike. With their Avatars gone, their glyphs shattered allowing their opponents to pass through their defense.

"Shoot!" Hideyoshi yelped as they just witnessed nearly all of their forces wiped out in a split second.

"That's an understatement," Vernal smirked, impressed that despite being in the second worse class in the school, Class E's Rep is no pushover.

"She's practically a one-man army to them," Jaune noted on the representative of Class E has one of the highest scores on the display by her Avatar. "And she's not the strongest… It makes you wonder how the other classes are."

"No kidding," Qrow mumbled.

Nakabayashi smiled, looking very proud of herself. "Attack them!"

Class E let out a triumphant war cry as they stormed towards Class F's classroom.

The defenders in Class F stood up and immediately summoned their glyphs and Avatars while Yoshii was still rustling and clutching his head in panic.

"Sounds like our line of defense has been broken." Yuuji was still laying on the ground, looking relaxed.

"This is bad, Yuuji!" Yoshii tried to nail the situation through his class rep skull.

"He must have a plan he's not telling." Cinder mused, "He's way too relaxed."

Winter nodded, "Still, he shouldn't be hiding it from his classmates."

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In the Replenishing Room, two girls were still taking their tests, unaware of the situation that has befallen on their classmates.

Shimada was confidentially smiling as she filled out the math answers. 'If it's just numerical formulas, it's a breeze as I don't have to be able to read Japanese!' Just as she finished writing down her answer, she scrolled down her test and saw that the next problem was a word problem. She clutched her head and mentally screamed, 'Ah! Kanji! I'll skip this and move on to the next question.'

"Wait, so this girl can't read?" Glynda said with an incredulous expression.

"The Japanese writing system uses three different systems for writing."

Oobleck was astonished by that, "Fascinating! Simple fascinating! There must be a reason why throughout their course of history that resulted in such a unique writing system!" He wrote it down on his note to go back over. "Will I be able to read the history of their culture?"

"You will during our next intermission."

The sound of swift scratching noise could be heard near her. Shimada frowned and glanced over to Himeji, whose arms were nothing but a blur as she answered every single question in a heartbeat.

"Whoa, she's fast." Sun gasped.

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Class F defenders were no match for the average student of Class E. They were heavily outnumbered, and their scores were laughable compared to their opponents. With the remaining defenders down, only Yuuji and Yoshii were left standing in the room.

Ironman suddenly appeared out of nowhere, grabbing the fallen defenders by their uniform neckline and dragging them away. "Those who died, meet me in the remedial classroom!"

Everyone temporarily halted their attack, letting Ironman through with the casualties of war.

Qrow chuckled, "He's like Death on the battlefield. Everyone fears the reaper but keeps fighting."

"Pish! It must be his scary mug and voice." Maria grinned while, "Quite a drag, don't you think?"

"Did you just make a pun?" Yang asked, grinning along with the elderly lady.

"Stop! No more!" Ruby flailed around in her seat.

"What do we do, Yuuji?!" Yoshii frantically shook his friend on the shoulder, but Yuuji sat in his seat, looking unmoved.

"Are you guys done already?" Nakabayashi mockingly asked them, haughtily crossing her arms. "Looks like this is it for you, huh? Mr. Class F Rep."

Unfazed, Yuuji coolly answered, "Oh? The Class E Rep herself marches in here? How confident you are."

Jaune couldn't help but admire the confident Yuuji was giving off, "Well, she did wipe out most of their uh… Army? Classmates?"

"She does have every right to be confident." Ren admits, "But she shouldn't be underestimating them."

"The first term just started, and you declared a war already? Are you an idiot?" She placed her hands on her hips, "It's right after the placement test, so the difference between us is the difference between our test scores. You think you have a chance?"

"Well, who knows?" Yuuji happily shrugged.

"Oh, I see. You're an idiot who can't figure even that out. That's why you're in Class F."

"That's a bit harsh, but I can see what she means." Blake hesitantly said, if she was Class E and things were going this well, she too might think of them this way.

Yoshii leaned and whispered in Yuuji's ear, "Yuuji, without even a strategy, there's no way we can defeat a higher-ranked class."

"Oh, yeah. Come to think of it, I did have one strategy."

Glynda raised an eyebrow, something tells her that his strategy won't be as genuine and well built. Years of teaching students had led to her developing a foresight on these sorts of matters.

"Eh?"

Yuuji grinned and glanced at Yoshii, "Don't you get why I have you here?"

"What?" Yoshii was taken aback. He then sighed and smiled, "I see…"

Nakabayashi looked shocked, "Don't tell me he is…"

"Are we finally going to see him break their legs?" Nora asked.

"I think the most important question is, what can he do? He is a probationary student, and everyone seems to be wary of him for some reason. We might finally get to see why." Pyrrha responded.

"That's right." Yuuji confirmed, "This student, Akihisa Yoshii, is a probationary student! Yoshii! Show them your real power!"

"Tsk. I guess it can't be helped, huh?" He stood up with a confident look, "After all, in the end, I'll have to show off my grand skills, huh? Summon!"

He summoned his Avatar carrying a bokken or wooden sword. The moment he summoned his Avatar, the entirety of Class E took a step back, cautious of the infamous probationary student.

"I say it's a buff," Raven said; one that they are falling for.

"Wanna bet?" Qrow asked his sister.

"No."

"The probationary student's Avatar has a special ability." Yuuji explained with a smug look, "As punishment, he has to help with the teachers' chores, so his Avatar can actually touch objects." He let Yoshii's Avatar pick up his table and tossed it in the air. "And…" The table then fell on top of chibi Yoshii's head. "The summoner receives the same pain that his Avatar receives." Everyone watched as Yoshii kicked on the floor while clutching his head in pain. His Avatar was also mimicking his movement, having taken damage as well. "See, isn't it interesting?"

"Is that all?!" Yoshii grinded his teeth and snarled at Yuuji.

"Told you." Raven smugly smirked, enjoying the annoyed look her brother was giving her.

The rest of the audience chuckled at Yoshii's shenanigan and stupidity.

"Judging from their statement, aside from the probationary student's Avatar, their Avatars cannot interact with objects outside of their virtual reality," Penny said.

Ironwood nodded, "Dr. Polendina would have like to get his hands on this sort of technology."

Nakabayashi regained her composure at the sight of Yoshii's idiocy. "Fine. I'll take care of that small fry first. Summon!"

"We won't lose so easily. Let's go!" He commanded his Avatar to charge towards the chibi Nakabayashi.

However, the poor flooring of the classroom made his Avatar trip. His Avatar fell and rolled several times before colliding with the legs of an overturned table headfirst. Another deduction in his score due to the damage his Avatar sustained.

"Ahh! He hit the same spot!" Yoshii was withering on the floor, clutching his head in pain. "It hurts! It hurts!" He quickly composed himself and got up from the floor, "Just as you'd expect from the Class E Rep. You're not bad."

"No, I'm pretty sure you're more of a threat to yourself than she is." Weiss flatly said.

Yang playfully nudges Weiss on the arm, "Weiss, you need to have a better sense of humor."

"She's too cultured for that." Roman jeered at the heiress.

"What your mouth, Roman." Winter snarled.

"He's such a useless guard." Nakabayashi felt pity for the idiot.

Yuuji smiled, "No… He was very helpful."

The idiocy of Yoshii's display brought them enough time for Himeji to finish her test.

"Distracted by stupidity." Mercury snorted, finding this screening slightly humorous in a strange way. It must be the suffering of that Yoshii guy that Mercury finds it amusing.

Qrow shrugged, "Hey, a distraction is a distraction."

"Every single second is an important moment in a battle," Tai added.

Class E converged on Yuuji with Nakabayashi at the helm, "Then, as Rep, I'll put an end to this myself." The scene briefly cuts to Himeji running down the hallway. "Be prepared. Class E Rep, Hiromi Nakabayashi! I challenge Yuuji Saka…"

Her issuing of a duel was interrupted by Himeji bursting into the classroom. "Please wait!" She shouted, quickly recovering her breath. "Mizuki Himeji! I accept this challenge! I'm summoning my Avatar! Summon! Here I come!"

"Here comes the cavalry." Coco cheered before toning down her voice, "I wonder… If she didn't fall ill during the exams, which class would she be in?"

Himeji's Avatar was knight-like and wielded a large doublehand sword. With a swift stroke of her blade, a large wind slash cut through the entirety of Class E Avatars, dispelling their glyphs; leaving only the Class E Rep standing.

"Whoa, talk about a returning the favor." Said Sun.

"She took out the entire class!" Ruby whispered excitedly.

"What's with that score?!"

"Her offense power is as high as Class A!"

"Why is such a student in Class F?!"

Yuuji sat back, looking pleased with himself. "She's finally here."

"Himeji!" Yoshii exclaimed while his Avatar was bouncing up and down happily.

"Mizuki Himeji…? Don't tell me you are…" Nakabayashi took a step back, clearly afraid.

Cinder smiled at the display, "They didn't see it coming. Sometimes you must be prepared for the unexpected despite everything that would have said otherwise."

"True words to go by." Glynda nodded.

"Yoshii!" Shimada popped out from behind Himeji.

"Shimada?"

"She's really amazing!" Shimada shook Himeji, a flashback of her blitzing through her test questions, quickly piling up loads of paper for Glynda to carry.

Yuuji nodded, "Just as you'd expect from her. She wasn't a Class A candidate for nothing."

"Oh snap! That means if she wasn't ill during that day, she would have been in Class A!" Yang hit her palm, which means Class F has a huge edge against the other classes with her on their side.

"This battle is over. Class F won." Winter analytically determined, "It's no different than having a long-timed veteran huntsman fight all out against the top student of the class."

"That's Himeji's score?!" Her score for math was 412. Compared to the rest of Class E and F, they could never dream of achieving a score that high.

"Is that high?" Ruby asked before adding a little bit more to her question, "For Class F or for all the classes?"

"I don't know… I wonder how their grading system works." Weiss pondered.

"Fumizuki Academy's tests have an unlimited number of questions in a limited time." Yuuji explained, "So long as you can answer, your score doesn't have a limit."

"Whoa. If that's how things go, then the really smart ones have got to be gods amongst them." Jaune said in awe.

Ozpin nearly choked on Jaune's comment. It reminded him of the time he and Salem proclaimed themselves as gods back in ancient eras.

"Then the strategy you mentioned was…"

"Buying some time for her to take the test," Yuuji said proudly, much to the displeasure of Yoshii and his Avatar.

"That's… I am reluctant to say it's a good strategy, but it is a viable option to fall back on a specific scenario." Glynda pinched her forehead, "But they could come up with a better plan."

"Like…?" Qrow gestured with his hand for Glynda to go on.

"I wouldn't know, but it's a lot better than fighting straight on against a superior opponent." She glared at Yang who is most guilty of this.

Yang shrank back a bit, chuckling weakly.

"Are you still charging in headfirst, firecracker?" Yang asked his daughter.

"We can discuss that later." Glynda sniff.

Back to the battle between Nakabayashi and Himeji, the former was tensed and on guard. "I wasn't told such a person is in Class F!"

"Either you need to work on your intel gathering, or you should expect the unexpected." Coco had encounter unexpected things many times when her team was out on missions. While it can catch them off guard every now and then, they were mostly able to adapt and react punctually.

It is a key aspect of being a huntsman or huntress after all.

"Well then, here I come! I'm sorry!" Her Avatar leaped into the air and spun down, slicing through chibi Nakabayashi's defense in one strike. With the Class Rep eliminated, the battle was won.

"She apologizes a lot, just like you Pyrrha." Jaune playful teased his partner, making her smile.

"Class F Win" The system announced.

The screen darkens, leading to these words, marking the first victory of Class F: "And thus, this Summoner Test War ended with a victory by Class F."

/-/

"All right! You're amazing, Himeji! This is all thanks to your power, Himeji!" Yoshii jumped and cheered.

"Well… Thank you very much." She replied shyly.

"She's quite humble." Ozpin chuckles, it was a fine quality to have these days.

Tai joined in, "She reminds me of Ruby, though not as meek like she is."

"Daaad…" Ruby whined, covering her face with a hand.

"Now we can exchange our classroom equipment with Class E's, right?" Yoshii turned to Yuuji, eager to leave this rundown classroom. Meanwhile, Nakabayashi was slumped on the floor, looking defeated after losing the first ST War of the term. "Though it's just a little, the environment will be better."

"No, we won't exchange our equipment." Yuuji had better ideas.

"Huh?"

Team RWBY, Sun, and Neptune echoed Yoshii's sentiment, "Huh?"

"We'll keep the same equipment," Yuuji said firmly, getting a nice reaction out of Nakabayashi who looked surprised at this revelation. "Isn't that a nice proposal, Miss Class E Rep?"

"What…? Why?" Nakabayashi asked cautiously.

Yoshii also had the same question, "Why, Yuuji?! We fought hard and won the war!"

"Yeah! Why? It's for the pink-haired girl's sake!" Nora pouted; this leader isn't a good one apparently. All he does he sacrifice his classmates and sits back.

"He must have a reason," Neptune said cautiously.

Before he could answer, the door slid open catching everyone's attention. A female student that looked identical to Hideyoshi stood at the entrance, crossing her arms with a disinterested look.

"Is it settled?" She asked them.

Yoshii looked shocked, "Why are you dressed like that, Hideyoshi?" He then smiled, thinking he found the answer. "Oh, I see! You've finally awakened to your true self, right?!"

Roman laughed, "I feel sorry for that kid."

"Pretty, tender boy." Neo's sign read.

The B of Team RWBY was secretly writing down something. Something that's forbidden in the eyes of her teammates. "Subtext… Subtext."

"Yoshii, I'm right here," Hideyoshi said, sitting behind him.

"What?! Two Hideyoshi?!" He turned towards Hideyoshi and the other Hideyoshi who was wearing a female uniform.

"That's my older sister." Hideyoshi pointed out.

"Once again, it's the older twin sister that's superior to her little brother," Raven said smugly to Qrow.

Qrow sneered and drank from his flask, "Just my luck." He grumbled, "You're just as good as me, Rae."

Yuuko walked towards them, "Hideyoshi is my little twin brother." She confirms, "I'm Yuuko Kinoshita, an ambassador from Year 2, Class A. We, Class A, hereby declare war on you, Class F!"

"What?!" Everyone yelped in surprise.

"I suppose their class rep saw this coming." Cinder thought about it, "It must have something to do with that girl who was listening in on their war meeting." She deduces, but there wasn't much context to go on. "I'm certain she heard about their covet of Class A earlier."

"They're trying to put them in their place," Raven remarked. She would have done the same thing if she was in Class A position, even more so if she's well aware of their trump cards and tricks. "Crush a movement just when it's about to form."

Why were the elites taking interest in all of this? Class F and Class E are at the bottom of the school hierarchy, there shouldn't be any reason why the top students from Class A would waste their time on them!

"Why is Class A declaring war on us?!" Yoshii angrily asked the ambassador.

"We won't go easy on you just because you're the lowest-ranked class." She calmly deflected his question. "We'll crush you mercilessly, so be prepared."

Yuuji's eyes were masked in the shadows, his expression unreadable. As the camera zoomed in closer, he grinned before the screen cuts to black.

The presentation ends.

"He knew." Ironwood hummed, "He knew that Class A would be declaring war on them."

"He certainly knows how to plan ahead." Cinder was impressed by that. Scheming, foreseeing that sort of reaction would have been extremely difficult, but not impossible. Nonetheless, it is satisfying when it's been correctly accounted for.

"That was… Interesting to watch?" Oscar never watched a movie, much less an alternative reality, so it's numbing a bit.

"Yeah! It was pretty fun to watch." Ruby cheerfully said, and then frowned when she realized what the Hosts said they would be watching after this viewing. "Oh… The dark stuff is next after this one…"

"In a sense, yes." The Hosts confirmed.

"Oi, are you trying to traumatize the kid here?" Qrow pointed at Oscar before quickly apologizing, "Sorry about that kid, just a bit concern for your mental health."

Oscar bristled a bit but didn't say anything, sinking into his seat. "I can handle it."

"You could have said it less bluntly." Weiss gave Oscar a reassuring pat, mellowing out to his puppy-like eyes. "Ignore what that drunk man said."

"Hey, I was trying to help."

"The next one shall be a story. A short fairy tale told in another world. One that has been long forgotten and dismissed as fiction. It shall be short, but it will be a start."

That got Ozpin's attention. "Interesting." Fairy tales had been of interest to him since… Forever. After all, he was one of those who shaped them in the first place. "I always wondered how the fairy tales of other worlds go by."


NEXT: Hellboy 2 - The Story of the Golden Army


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