A/N: Now we've made it all the way over to Chapter Twelve. This is a victory if I've ever seen one. Twelve just so happens to be one of my other favorite numbers. I don't know why I'm writing this, it holds no significance to the actual plot of the Story whatsoever.
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Chapter 12: A Needed Grade
There was somewhere around five minutes left until class would come to an end. Professor Port spent all of his time grading the assignments, while most of the students chose to spend their time talking with one another. The Courier stayed silent, she was eager to have her paper returned to her so she could see how well she preformed on her first day.
''Hey, you guys want to head over to the Library after we get all of our work back?'' Yang asked her team members and friends. ''It's been a while since we've been able to play another round of Remnant. Wouldn't mind adding another win to my streak.'' Everyone frowned at Yang's gloating. ''Hey, you should come along with us, Six. You know what they say, the more the merrier.''
Six had no real reason to refuse the offer, and a Library might be a good place for her to catch up on some new History. History that would be new to her anyway. ''Sure, I wouldn't mind tagging along with you guys. But if you don't mind, I'd really like to get my work back first.''
Yang smiled and nodded before going back to speak with her friends. She proposed an idea to them. The main subject being Courier Six. ''Hey guys, I've been thinking about something. We know next to nothing about Six. That and where she comes from. If we ever get the chance, should we ask her a few questions? Might be a good way to find out more about her.''
''That sounds great.'' Ruby said, fully onboard with Yang's plan. If anyone wanted to know more about Six it was her. ''I want to know more about who the Legion is. You can tell she hates them so much. I won't lie, the way she was talking about them... it was actually a little scary. But it was also kind of awesome.''
''It's good to see I'm not the only one interested in where she comes from.'' Weiss added to the discussion. Much like them, Weiss was highly intrigued by Six. But she was interested for all the wrong reasons. ''Before we went to bed I spent almost an hour looking over a few different maps. None of them have any places called the Mojave or New Vegas. All I can really do is guess what it's like. We already know it's a very different place from Vale. Is there anything you hope to find out about her, Blake?''
Blake looked up from her book and faced her team. ''Not one thing.'' She answered, and apparently that was all she had to say. The response didn't sit well with the rest of team RWBY. ''Oh come on, Blake. Don't be like that.'' Ruby said in her standard childish voice. ''There isn't a single thing you want to know about her? What about what she said about those... Deathjaws? I think that's what she called them anyway. She said it was one of the fiercest battles of her life. If that's true I want to know where I can find some of them to fight myself.''
''More than a whole dozen of them down in my Mile.'' Six abruptly said to the team, who had no idea they could even be heard by her in the first place thanks to her implants. ''If any of you ever find yourself stuck in the Mojave, I might just have to take you Deathclaw hunting with me. As Boone always said, it's always a big risk, but it ends with even bigger rewards. Oh, and if you guys have any questions about me and where I'm from you can just ask me whenever. No reason to be all secretive about it.''
''Oh, alright.'' Ruby said, scratching the back of her head before getting out of her chair. ''Well in that case.'' It was obvious she was about to ask a whole lot of questions. Not that Six wasn't willing to answer them all. They would just have to be asked at a different time. ''Could you tell me more about-''
Six placed her finger on Ruby's lips, causing her eyes to widen. She talked to the much younger girl in a gentle voice. ''Hold on. It's like I said. I want to get my paper back first. Before I do anything else I need to see how well I did on my first assignment.''
Ruby chose not to press any further and to instead sit back down in her chair. The taste of sand was now present in her mouth. With the passing of a few more minutes, Port managed to finish grading each of the student's assignments. He handed them back to every student one at a time. Depending on their grade, they received a different look from the Professor. Six was happy to see that she got what looked to be a genuine look of respect from the gray haired man. But for some reason he refrained from handing her back the now finished paper. Which confused and worried Six tremendously.
When team RWBY got their paper back, all but Weiss were happy to see that they scored a 99% on the assignment. Weiss asked the Professor what they did to not deserve a perfect score. ''What is the cause for this? I mean no disrespect Professor, but I'm certain that we deserve a perfect score for our planning. I looked over it several times and determined that there are no flaws anywhere to find.''
Professor Port disagreed with Weiss's argument. He opened up the paper and pointed out the major flaw in the team's plan. ''You might want to look over it again.'' The sarcasm made six chuckle. ''You were given a rescue assignment. The whole point of such a task is to rescue the HVI and to insure that no harm comes to them. In the end you would have had an easy escape after securing your target. But, you talk about choosing to stay and secure the surrounding area rather than make a quiet exit. That put your target in great and unnecessary danger. With that said you should all be thankful that I'm giving you that 99.''
Weiss wanted to argue further but Ruby stopped her from doing so. She knew that any further arguing would most likely result in their grade being lowered even further. ''Uh, Professor?'' The Courier spoke up, getting the man's attention away from Weiss. ''Probably just an accident, but you forgot to give me back my paper.'' Instead of getting her paper back, Six received a chuckle. Then Port just walked back to the front of the classroom. The Courier's confusion only worsened.
Port spoke up to his class once more. ''Allow me to thank you all for waiting patiently. I am happy to say that most teams passed with flying colors. But remember, there is almost always room for some level of improvement. Now, before I dismiss you all I require one more thing. Miss Courier, could you please come to the front of the class? I would like to talk to you about your grade. As a matter of fact, I think that the whole class could learn a valuable lesson from it.''
The Courier sighed, and stood up. It was stupid of her to think that passing was possible. With her never even using a pencil combined with her lack of intellect, she'd be lucky to score anything above a 40. He could've at least talked to her alone after class. But no, instead he wishes to embarrass her in front of all the other students.
She stopped and looked over at the Professor. He had a rather joyful expression on his face. That's just great. Six thought to herself. Not only is he going to try to embarrass me, but he's even getting some form of pleasure out of all of this.
After giving Six a pat on the back, Professor Port spoke to his new student so she and rest of the class could hear him. ''Miss Courier, would you be so kind as to hold out your paper so the rest of the class can see your grade in all of its glory?''
After giving out on more sigh, the Courier did just that. A significant amount of students gasped at the sight of the score. Is it really that bad? The Professor resumed his chuckling and said, ''See class, this is just proof that even he most unlikely of people can achieve great things. Well done, Miss Courier!''
Her confusion came back, and the Courier just had to see her own score. But her confusion went away and was replaced with shock. Her score was higher than she would've ever believed. Not a 60, 70, 80, or even a 90. She had perfect 100%. No one was more surprised than her, well except maybe Weiss, whose jaw dropped upon seeing the score.
''From the moment I saw you I had a very positive feeling about you.'' Port said to Six. ''I do hope that you will continue to impress me even further. But enough about that. With the little time we have left here, do you think that you could explain to the Class as to how you achieved such a impressive score?''
After getting her bearings, Six managed to speak. ''Um, well. It wasn't really that hard. All it really asked was that I capture the Fort without causing too much significant damage to the place as possible. So I just tossed a few Grenades, which lured most of the enemies outside. Then it was just a matter of dispatching them all quietly. Back in the Mojave I did that kind of work with my Companions almost everyday. Though next time I'd prefer it if I wasn't forced to do this thing without any casualties.''
The bell rang, and most of the Students just left the Classroom. The only three Teams staying being RWBY, JNPR, and CFVY. The Courier went for the door but was blocked by Yang, who stepped out right in front of her. The blonde girl raised her hand to Six, offering her a high five. Now that was something that Six could never refuse.
She slapped her hand against Yang's then received a congratulations from her. ''Way to show us and the rest of the Academy how you rock. I mean it's your first day here and you're already doing better than anyone else. Especially myself. Hey, would you mind if I start studying with you from now on?''
Six laughed and said to Yang, ''I'm flattered, really I am. But planning out attacks is probably the only Subject I'm going to exceed at here. Now if you don't mind, I'd like to head over to the Library now. I have some history that I need to catch up on.''
But once again, the Courier was stopped from leaving. Only this time it was a not so friendly face. Coco approached Six with her arms crossed. She was still a little pissed off about the whole Lunchroom situation. But she decided to give the Courier some congratulating words.
''You got a perfect score, huh?'' Coco asked, uncrossing her arms. ''How the hell does someone like you pull something off like that? It seems especially weird when it's only your first day here. Hang on a second, you didn't cheat, did you?
This time the Courier was the one to cross her arms. Did she really just accuse her of cheating? Back at Camp Gold she trusted in the power of Human Niceness rather than just cheating. If anything she proved herself to the exact opposite of a cheater. Then again Coco probably knew nothing of Camp Golf.
''I hope you know that this means I'm just even more eager to see how well you can handle yourself in a one on one fight.'' She pointed out, it was probably meant to sound somewhat threatening. Six only laughed at Coco's pathetic attempt to make her scared. It seemed pretty soon she would have some kind of a fight on her hands.