Devil Slayers in Rwby (Saint SeiyaFairy Tail x Rwby) Ruby x Oc

by NovaBlade 67

A mysterious group of siblings from a neighboring country is sent to Vale in pursuit of Salem and her allies. But what's this about an enemy even more deadly than the queen of grim herself? Can our favorite ball of energy and her friends survive a fight with an ancient Evil with sinister plans for all of Remnant and its citizens? What kind of impact will they have on Rwby?

4. Chapter 3: Ruby Rose & Initiation II

Hey guys, I'm back with a new chapter! So to start off I'll put some pics down below to give you an idea of what some of the characters look like, the rest I'll leave up to your imagination to figure out based on the descriptions of them.

So here you go!

Max:

Just imagine he has hair the length of Natsu's timeskip look (when he comes back after 1 year) and his hair is flame like orange, with horns like a dragon... same with the tail. His pendant is like what koga and the others use in the first half of Saint seiya Omega (the crystals) their just different colors corresponding to their element they use.

Mist:

Basic idea with the hair just not with the rest of the outfit. See last two chapters for descriptions of what the character looks like.

Anywho since Ruby is paired with Koga I'd like to see which characters you guys want to end up together. Here's a list of options:

Weiss x Kazuma

Maxwell x Yang

Blake x Shoryu

Hon'oo x Mercury

Mist x Neptune V.

Yukikaze x Jaune

Or

Weiss x Max

Yang x Shoryu

Blake x Kazuma

Hon'oo x Jaune

Shoryu x Weiss

Max x Velvet

Yang x Kazuma

Blake x Toshirou

Hon'oo x Neptune V.

Mist x Sun W.

Or

Mist x Oscar P. (Volume 5)

Yukikaze x Yatsuhashi D.

Please leave a comment, PM me, or a review on which of these pairings you'd like to see or.. if I neglected any male or female Rwby characters that could be paired with someone.

With that said I don't own Saint Seiya or Rwby and their characters, thise belong to their creators. I only own the oc's who appear in this story.

Opening theme: Burn by Flow (Tales of Berseria)

Visuals: Main Cast introduced in the story so far (Dragonblade siblings, Ruby, Yang, and the Tokyoheim siblings) pans down from a calm sky towards Beacon where students some silhouetted fall down from the sky.

It then transitions to each character introduced so far fighting one grim, before the song picks up and they are seen fighting the grim together. The opening visual ends as the dragonblade siblings, silhouetted figures with Ruby and Yang then fight off an enemy presumably a villain before it pans back up to the sky.

Chapter 3- Ruby Rose Initiation II: Test and Teams

We see Koga open his eyes and sit up from his spot on the floor as he stretched. He'd just woken up and was now preparing to start the day. His brother and sister followed suit but paid no attention to the conversation to their left. It seemed to be another conversation about the initiation test for beacon, so they simply tuned it out and focused on preparing themselves.

Koga had a very good feeling about today, he'd already made a friend too. Things were already looking up for him and his siblings. He was now adjusting and tying the belt to his pants before he began stretching. His elder brother and sister were doing the same as him, seemed they thought alike.

While the Dragonblade siblings got ready, they saw a few familiar faces as they walked towards the door.

"I wonder what those two are so worked up about?," Ruby asked mildly curious.

Yang shrugged.

" Eh.. who knows? Anyways, you seem awfully chipper today.," Yang said shrugging.

"Yep! No more awkward small talk or "getting-to-know-you" stuff. Today, I get to let my sweetheart do the talking.", Ruby said as she stroked her weapon.

"That's great and all, just remember you two won't be the only ones taking this test Ruby.," A voice said.

Turning to the voice, Ruby and Yang saw that the teens they met yesterday walked up to them.

"Oh, K-Koga san. Good morning!," Ruby said a little nervous.

The crimson haired teen just smiled at the girl before greeting the sisters.

"And a good morning to you too, Ruby, Yang., " Koga replied.

Yang slyly smirks as she continues her thought.

"Your boyfriend here, is right Rubes. You'll need to meet new people and learn how to properly work together.," Yang said smirking at her sister.

Ruby blushed at what her sister was implying.

"Y-yang, it.. it isn't like that!," Ruby said with her cheeks flushed red.

"hm... you sure about that, Rubes?," Yang asked teasing her sister.

"Yes, I'm sure! And you sound just like dad, ugh! What does meeting new people have to do with fighting monsters anyways? And secondly... I don't need anyone to help me grow up; I drink milk!," Ruby said quickly sighing and shoving her weapon into her locker in frustration.

"Not to be "that person", Ruby, but what about when we form teams?," Mist asked.

"Uh... um... I could always just join Yang's team.. or.. the team you guys are on.," Ruby said nervously.

Yang brings her hair around her shoulder while stroking it as she talks.

"Maybe.. you should, I dunno.. try being on someone else's team?," Yang suggested offhandedly.

"My dear sister, Yang, are you suggesting that you don't want to be on a team with me?," Ruby replied nervously laughing.

"What? No! Of course not! I thought it would just help you.. ya know... break out of your shell!," Yang said waving her hands frantically.

"Why not be on a team with Koga, Max , or mist? I'm sure they could help you.," Yang suggested.

"I could but...I don't think it would be the same. You and I know each other much better. There's more familiarity.," Ruby answered.

"She does have a point there, Yang.," Hon'oo replied.

"While we would be more than happy to have Ruby on our team, we're not as familiar with her fighting style as you are. It.. would be a little bit of a mismatch.," Max suggested.

"That's true.. huh, guess i never thought of it that way.," Yang said.

"What the heck?! I don't need to break out of my shell! That's absolutely..," Ruby answered just as Jaune passed by them.

"Ridiculous! There's no way i put my gear in locker 636! That's all the way on the otherside of the school.," Jaune said complaining.

He passed by Pyrrha and Weiss as they continue to talk.

"So.. Pyrrha, have you given any thought to who you would like to be on a team with? I'm quite certain everyone would be beside themselves if they were to join up with such a strong, well known individual like yourself.," Weiss pointed out.

"Hm... well, I'm not quite sure. I was planning to just let the chips fall where they may.," She replied.

"Oh, well.. I was thinking maybe we could be on a team together?," Weiss said half in question.

Pyrrha smiled at the girl.

"Well, that sounds grand!," The red head said.

"Great!, " Weiss said excited.

The background then disappeared into a thundercloud as Weiss adopts a manaic smile and a scheming pose in her head.

"This will be perfect! The smartest girl in class combined with the strongest girl in class! Together we will be unstoppable! I can see it now! We'll be popular! We'll be celebrities! We'll get perfect grades! Nothing can come between us now!," Weiss thought to herself excited but with a bit of an evil look on her face.

A certain Blonde then comes in between the two girls, interrupting Weiss's train of wicked thought.

"You know what else is great? Me. Jaune Arc. Nice to meet you.," The boy greeted.

Weiss became irritated at him for this.

"Ugh, you again?," Weiss asked annoyed.

Pyrrha then pops into the scene quickly to let herself be seen again.

"Nice to meet you, Jaune!," The ginger said smiling and waving.

Jaune, uninterested in Pyrrha at the moment, pushes her aside lightly as he talks to Weiss while posing slightly.

"So, Weiss, couldn't help but overhear your fondness of me the other day.," Jaune said.

Weiss felt her eyes subtly roll at this.

"Oh, you've got to be kidding me!," She said almost at her wits end.

" Ah, you don't need to be so embarrassed! I've been hearing rumors about teams being formed, I was thinking you and me would make a pretty good one. So, what do ya say, snow angel?," Jaune asked.

Pyrrha then speaks up, gaining Jaune's attention.

"Actually... I think the teams are already set to include four members each..," Pyrrha said before Jaune cut her off.

The blonde advanced towards his new target with a confident grin on his face.

"You don't say... Well hot stuff, if you play your cards right, maybe you could end up on the winning team.," Jaune said.

Weiss then appeared between the two, separating them to giving Pyrrha some breathing room.

"Jaune, is it? Do you have any idea who you're talking to?," Weiss asked.

Jaune had no idea why Weiss sounded so angry, just answered honestly.

"Not in the slightest, Snow Angel.," Jaune replied.

"This Pyrrha.," Weiss said.

The red headed girl just waved with a smile.

"Hello again!," Pyrrha said waving to jaune.

Weiss continued.

"Pyrrha graduated at the top of her class at Sanctum!," Weiss pointed out.

Jaune raised a confused eyebrow at this, he'd never heard of such a place before.

"Never heard of it?," Jaune said confused.

Weiss the scoffed as she continued.

"She's won every Mistral Region Tournament for 4 years in a row! A new record!," Weiss said.

Jaune was still confused.

"The what?," He asked confused as to what Weiss was talking about.

Weiss then waves her arms in anger at this, not believing that Jaune had never even heard of Pyrrha before.

"She's on the front of every Pumpkin Pete's Marshmallow Flakes cereal box!," Weiss said angered.

Jaune's eyes widen as he gasps in surprise.

"That's you?!," He asked surprised.

The design of the cereal box in question is shown with Pyrrha's smiling face on it.

" But they only to that for star athletes and cartoon characters!," Jaune said in realization.

Pyrrha rubs her other arm in slight embarrassment as she speaks up.

"Yeah.. It was pretty cool. Sadly, the cereal isn't very good for you.," Pyrrha replied.

Weiss is shown as the cereal box is seen to be crumbling behind them in the transition.

"So, after hearing all that, do you really think you're in a position to ask her to be on your team?," Weiss asked with her hands on her hips.

Jaune looked down in sadness.

"I.. guess not.. Sorry...," He said hanging his head.

Pyrrha then spoke up.

"Actually, Jaune, I think you'd make a great leader!," Pyrrha said.

This seemed to do the trick as Jaune immediately gained his smile again and waved off the compliment.

"D'oh stop it!," Jaune said brightened up again.

Pyrrha was just happy Jaune didn't look so down anymore. She only had just met him, but it didn't seem right for him to be so down.

Weiss spoke up as she was rather annoyed at how Jaune was acting now.

"Yes, seriously stop it. This type of behavior shouldn't be encouraged!," Weiss said annoyed.

Jaune had what he thought was a smart reply to that as he spoke up.

"It sounds like Pyrrha's on board for Team Jaune. Spots are filling up quick! Now, I'm not supposed to do this, but maybe I could pull some strings, find a place for you. What do you say?," Jaune replied.

Weiss noticed Jaune was closer then she would like to her and looked to Pyrrha for help.

"All right, that's a bit too close! Pyrrha, a little help, please?!," Weiss said putting her hand briefly in front of her face before retracting it.

Jaune looks back just in time to see Miló (Pyrrha's Spear) strike him, sending the would-be leader flying off the screen.

"Oh, I'm sorry!," Pyrrha apologized as she realized what she just did without thinking.

An announcement then plays on the intercom system.

"Would all first-year students please report to Beacon Cliff for initiation? Again, all first-year students report to Beacon Cliff immediately.," Glynda's voice spoke over the intercom speakers.

Weiss passes Jaune as he hangs from the wall of a locker on her way out. Pyrrha follows her, grabbing her spear and dropping Jaune to the ground.

"It was nice meeting you!," Pyrrha said as she walked past him.

Jaune was seen slumping against his locker in defeat and confusion.

"Likewise...," He said sighing.

Max, Mist, Koga, Hon'oo and Shoryu then came over to him. Hon'oo reaching a hand out towards him just as Ruby and Yang joined the group of faunus teens.

"Having a bit of trouble there, lady killer?," Hon'oo asked.

Jaune accepted the hand as he was helped to his feet before he spoke.

" I don't understand. My dad said all women look for is confidence! Where did I go wrong?," He said puzzled.

" Well.. "Snow Angel" probably wasn't the best start.," Yang said.

"We'd better get going.," Koga said.

The other teens nodded in agreement.

"Yeah. I don't wanna think about what would happen if we were late to the Initiation test.," Mist added.

The teens then walk out of the locker room with Ruby supporting Jaune and his damaged self esteem.

Time Skip: Beacon Cliffs...

The scene opens to the Beacon Cliff, overlooking a forest, where several students... some old, some new, and some unseen... are standing on silver tiles in front of a mug-holding Professor Ozpin and Glynda with her tablet.

The Dragonblade siblings, the Tokyoheim twins, and the Xiao Long sisters losten intently to what Ozpin has to say. The other students did as well, notably some other faunus that appeared to be similar in nature to the faunus friends Ruby and Yang had interacted with were there as well. Each of the students paid close attention to what the headmaster said.

"For years, you have trained to become warriors, and today, your abilities will be evaluated in the Emerald Forest.," Ozpin said.

Glynda then spoke next. She predicted what the students were thinking about as she addressed them.

"Now, I'm sure many of you have heard rumors about the assignment of "teams." Well, allow us to put an end to your confusion. Each of you will be given teammates... today.," Glynda explained.

Ruby then became concerned and a little anxious at this revelation.

"What? Ohhh...," Ruby said a little surprised.

Ozpin then spoke to address the issue in which he believed the students to be most concerned with.

"These teammates will be with you for the rest of your time here at Beacon. So it is in your best interest to be paired with someone with whom you can work well.," He said.

Ruby groans at this news, that... wasn't what she wanted to hear. She frantically started looking around to see who she could pair up with.

"That being said... the first person you make eye contact with after you land, will be your partner for the next 4 years.," Ozpin said.

Ruby's shocked expression mirrors glass cracking and then shattering as soon as those words were uttered.

"Whaaaat?!," Ruby thought shocked.

A girl with orange hair and turquoise eyes then turns to the boy next to her.

"See, Ren, I told you!," She said.

Ozpin then spoke again, gaining the attention of the students.

"After you all have partnered up, make your way towards the northern edge of the forest. You will meet oppostion on the way there. Don't hesitate to destroy anything in your path, or you will die.," Ozpin said.

With Ruby still freaking out, Koga whispers to her.

"Calm down, Ruby. It'll be okay, just take a deep breath... and relax. You'll feel better.," Koga said to the girl.

Ruby did as the boy asked and took a deep breath in before slowly exhaling. She felt... calm now. It was weird, but.. what Koga suggested really did work. The girl felt much calmer now for some reason that she couldn't explain. Maybe it was because she knew Koga would be nearby to help should anything happen. She refocused on her task, now much calmer and more relaxed.

Max nodded towards Mist, who did the same towards the Tokyoheim siblings. The faunus siblings slipped into ready stances, almost as if they knew what was coming.

Jaune nervously raised his hand in question.

"Uh.. Um.. sir?," Jaune asked.

"You will be monitored and graded throughout the entire duration of your initiation, but our instructors will not intervene. You will find an abandoned temple at the end of the path containing relics. Each pair's job is to collect the relics and return to the top of the cliff. Once you arrive, we will regard the relics and grade you appropriately. Are there any questions, concerns?," Ozpin explained.

Jaune then raised his hand.

"Yeah, uh sir?," Jaune asked missing the tile beaneath Weiss rising.

"Good! Now, take your positions everyone.," Ozpin said.

All of the teens then shifted into ready positions, with the exception of Jaune as he tried getting Ozpin's attention.

Koga nodded towards Ruby, as if he was wishing her good luck. The other teens then began to be launched one by one as Jaune was blissfully unware as to what was happening behind him.

"Um... Ozpin, sir? I've got a question.," Jaune says as students are being launched off of the platforms beside him.

The Tokyoheim siblings just nod towards their friends as both of them are launched off of their respective platforms and into the air. Max and Mist just gave Ruby a thumbs up as the two of them were launched into the air and towards the forest.

"So this uh... landing strategy thing... are we getting parachutes or something?," He asked.

Ozpin didn't bother looking at the boy as he simply stared ahead.

"No. You all will be falling.," Ozpin answered bluntly.

Jaune didn't quite get it as he spoke again.

"What do you mean by falling? We must have hidden ones, right?," Jaune asked confused still.

More students are launched. Jaune missing a rather excited Nora, and a stoic Ren being launched into the air.

"It is as I said, mister arc, you will be falling. You will have to use your own "landing strategy".," Ozpin answered.

"Uh- huh... yeah.," Jaune said still scratching his head in confusion.

When the camera pans to Yang, the blonde winks at her sister before donning a pair of aviators.

"Woo- hoooooo!!!!," Yang cries in excitement as she is then launched a few seconds before Ruby Joins her in the air.

Finally, Koga gives the girl a final word of encouragement before he is launched.

"Good luck, Ruby. I'll be waiting down on the other side for ya! You got this!," Koga said before he is launched into the air as well.

Ruby is the last one shown as she smiles before she is launched into the air.

Jaune doesn't notice the platform rising up underneath him as he is still trying to question Ozpin.

"So.. what exactly is this "landing strategYYYY!!!!!," Jaune tries asking but is then unprepared as he is launched into the air with the other students.

The students are seen as a cloud before they descend down into the forest under the watchful eye of the teachers gathered there. Ozpin merely takes a sip of his coffee as the scene goes black.

The screen comes back up as Max is seen to be descending like a bullet before he ever so slightly shifts his weight. The flame haired dark teen landed in a crater from his landing, crouching to ensure his safety. His white tail swishing behind him as he stood to his feet.

He cracked his knuckles and stretched before bouncing back and forth on his feet like a boxer. Once he landed squarely on his feet again, he walked forward.

"Alright Emerald Forest, let's see what you got for me!," Max said walking toward a clearing.

Max didn't encounter anything yet, but he could Grimm following him. He sighed Finally having enough of being followed around.

"Alright you stupid mutts... you have until the count of 3 to show yourselves. If you don't do so by the time I reach 3, I'll smoke you idiots out from hiding.!," Max said.

He heard growls and smirked. A beowolf charged at him, to which he side stepped and tripped it. The grimm wolf fell face first into the ground. The teen beckoned the creatured as it swiped at him with its claws repeatedly.

"You know... I expected you guys to be stronger than this..., disappointing.," Max said.

He zipped behind the wolf and dislocated its neck causing the creature to fizzle into black particles and die. Another one came at him at was just as disappointing as the first one was. The dragon faunus dodged and weaved with subtle movements before deciding to strike back with his tail or often times just move so fast that the Grimm never noticed before he snapped his fingers. When he did this, the grimm were attacked by what seemed to be lasers assaulting them before being reduced to black particles.

He smirked before walking towards a clearing.

Short time skip later...

Max was making his way through the forest, when he heard grunting and the sounds of fighting nearby. Curious, he decided to go look and see what the commotion was about. After walking for a bit, he saw a teen around his age with black spiky hair and red eyes fighting off some Grimm. The teen certainly looked capable enough, but... it couldn't hurt to give him a little hand would it? Convincing himself, Max leapt into the air to go and help the black haired teen.

The black haired teen leapt back from a claw swipe from a Beowolf before skidding to a halt. he gritted his teeth and clicked his tongue in annoyance. These Grimm were small fry, but their numbers were getting to be irritating to deal with on his own. If only he had an opening, then he could finish off these annoying Grimm on his own.

"Tch! How annoying!," The teen thought.

The black haired teen then summoned what seemed to be black colored flames into his hands. defending against one Grimm, while tail swiping another one away from him, he summoned a small black fireball into his open palm. Without a second thought he thrust it into the ground.

"Annoying pests! Take this! ", the teen said angered thrusting his hand onto the ground.

"BLACK GEYSER!!!!"

Several pillars of darkly colored fire then erupted out of the ground, incinerating the Grimm surrounding him and causing the ground to quake. A pillar of the darkly colored fire then erupted into the sky soon after. After the pillar dies down, the teen notices more Grimm that escaped his flames are about ready to pounce on him when suddenly... They're hit by a flash of... white flames?

"NOVA... FLASH FIST!"

The charging Beowulf Grimm are assaulted by a flurry of lights before they are defeated disappear into black smoke. Max looked back at the black haired teen who had undoubtedly noticed him by now. He slightly glared at Max before walking over to him.

"You realize that I could've handled those small fry on my own, don't you?," The teen asked.

Max just smirked at him before extending a fist towards him. The red eyed teen smirked back.

"Yeah. I knew you could handle 'em, but I figured.. it wouldn't be hurting anything to lend you some extra help, right?," Max replied smirking.

The teen smirked and chuckled at him.

"Even though we've never even met before today? *snorts* You're certainly a strange one.,"The teen said snorting.

The two books just smirked at each other before bumping their fists with each other then proceeding to shake hands.

"Name's Maxwell Dragonblade, but you can call me Max, or whatever.," Max said grinning.

"Ah, so you're a Dragonblade, eh? Heh! I'm called Kazuma, Kazuma Ayakashi. Just refer to me as Kazuma. That should suffice, shouldn't it Flame hair?," Kazuma greeted.

Max chuckled at the nickname as the two faced each other.

"Flame Hair? Heh heh, alright then. Guess that makes us partners then, doesn't it, reaper?," Max said chuckling.

Kazuma smirks back at Max as he chuckles as well.

"I guess it does, Dragonblade.," He said.

The two teens then turn and start heading further into the woods, most likely, making their way towards the center of the forest.

Elsewhere...

Koga flew through the air as he descended towards the ground rapidly. Thinking quickly, the young teen aged faunus reached out towards a tree branch. Catching the branch, he swung himself around before hopping to another branch and repeating the action. when he let go, he somersaulted in the air before landing feet first with a crouch in a small crater below him. He brushed himself off before focusing on his immediate task: finding whoever his partner was.

"That was pretty fun, while it lasted. Mustn't get sidetracked now.. time to find my partner... whoever that is haha," Koga said to himself.

Luckily, he doesn't have to wait very long due to his enhanced hearing. This was a result of his faunus traits. He began walking, before hearing grunts and the sound of someone fighting nearby. Koga breaks into a dash to see what all of the commotion nearby was about. As he runs for a bit before hopping on some nearby trees to see further into the forest, his ears pick up that the sound was.. coming towards him? Odd, why would it be coming towards him? unless...

"LOOK OUT!", a voice called to him.

Koga reacts quickly and jumps away from where a large Ursa is sent spiraling into the dirt. He refocuses, but then hears growling nearby. The crimson haired faunus then slips into a stance as he then notices a familiar dark skinned faunus land behind him.

"What the- Hon'oo?!," Koga asked surprised.

The dark skinned faunus with blue hair then eyed him as their eyes then made contact with each other. This signaled that they were partners, and both of them knew it. Unfortunately, they could not focus on their sudden reunion as partners due to the Grimm surrounding them at the moment.

"We can talk in a bit, Kouga.. Right now, these ugly guys need some attention!," Hon'oo replied.

The two nodded to each other before they sprang into action. Kouga gathered power into his fist as golden light enveloped his fist.

"STAR FANG... METEOR FIST!"

Kouga spread his hands wide as if he was tracing something or building up power. Once he felt that he'd built up enough power, he released the attack. A golden light shined from his fists before a barrage of punches came hurtling towards the grim surrounding him. It cleared out the horde of Grimm in front of his him before he ignited his hand again.

"STAR FANG... SEVERING CLAW!"

Kouga swung his arm as claw marks came forth, ripping the approaching Grimm into shreds. He used his tail to knock away stragglers that survived the attack. While, Kouga dealt with Grimm on his end, Hon'oo dealt with the ones on hers. A blue aura surrounded her as droplets of water formed in her hand before she stretched them out like she was shooting a bow and arrow.

"SEA FANG... BALLISTA!!"

The bow grew wider and as it was shot a barrage of water arrows split off from the larger one. The larger one pierced through an Ursa major and ripped through the forest, destroying anything in its way. She straced her own pattern before bring her fist forward to finish off the others.

"SEA FANG.. SHOTGUN!"

A constant barrage of water bullets then came forth, tearing through every one of the remaining Grimm only stopping when Hon'oo uncurled her fist. She exhaled before sighing and turning towards Kouga.

"Guess we're partners then?," Kouga asked.

Hon'oo nodded before grinning at him. She was happy to work with someone who she knew so well. Although adopted, Kouga and Hon'oo had been friends since childhood due to their families living next door to each other for so many years. Kouga sweatdropped wen looking at the damage from one of Hon'oo's attacks as it had left a sizable trench across the forest.

"Yeah, looks like it. We should probably head to that temple or whatever prof. Ozpin was talking about.," She said.

"True, but uh... how are we going to explain.. THAT?," He asked pointing out the large trench.

Hon'oo sweatdropped. She did it again, didn't she?

"Heh heh heh, an accident I guess? But.. at least we have a direction to head towards, right?," She replied laughing nervously.

Kouga slapped his hand against his forehead in response.

"Sure... Let's go before you have any more... "misfires".," He said.

The pair walk off, heading in the direction that they thought the temple with the ruins was. Kouga simply hoped that they wouldn't get into too much trouble for destroying part of the forest.

Time skip: With Mist...

Mist had landed after nimbly using some tree branches to slow her fall. She didn't want to draw too much attention right now. Especially after noticing a giant pillar of water tearing apart the forest. She sighed in annoyance, that was most likely Hon'oo's handiwork. The fuchsia haired faunus girl walked carefully through the forest, oddly not encountering any kind of Grimm so far.

"Now then.. I wonder if I'll find anyone here? I'll need to, since I can't complete this test without a partner.," Mist thought aloud.

Right now, she was simply enjoying the scenery of Forever Fall Forest. She briskly walked through the calm forest, taking care not to lose track of time. She'd take things slow though. Continuing on her way, she stopped as she used her sense of smell to pick up on something. Raising her eyebrow in curiosity, Mist headed to a clearing to see what it was. She smirked when she saw a certain black haired faunus in a dark blue jacket. It looked like there had been Grimm here, if the the broken icicles on the ground were anything to go by at least. Mist stopped walking as she just put her hands on her hips before speaking.

"Thought i'd find you here, Sho.," Mist said gaining the attention of the black haired Faunus.

He turned around and spotted Mist, smiling back at her.

"I'd thought to offer my help in dealing with any Grimm by you, but.. it looks like you had that covered already.,"She said walking before stopping in front of him.

he grinned before speaking, answering her.

"I would have, had someone showed up here instead of taking her time to get here. But then again, you never did like being flashy to bring unnecessary attention to yourself. did you, Mist?," He answered smirking at his partner.

Mist chuckled before shrugging at her fellow faunus teen.

"Caught me red handed, Sho.," she chuckled before shrugging.

"I take it this means we're partners then?," He asked.

Mist nodded.

"It would appear so. Well, no sense in just standing around here. We should get going.," Mist said.

Shoryu nodded as they began jogging through the forest towards the center of the forest where the others were gathering.

Time skip: Nearby...

Another Faunus teen with silver hair and matching horns waded through the forest. This teen was tan skinned and wore a steel gray jacket with dark pants, a blue shirt underneath, red shoes, and a silver crystal necklace hung around his neck. Of course there was a hole for his silver- steel gray tail, but he kept it hidden as he didn't want anyone getting suspicious as to what kind of a faunus he was. He did encounter some Grimm on his way so far, but not anything that he couldn't handle on his own. He was able to deal with them fairly quickly, due to his power.

"Geez! How have I not found a partner yet?," The teen asked himself.

He'd searched high and low, but hadn't encountered anything other than Grimm so far. Right now, he had a brief respite from them. This teen's name was Toshiro Torugaiya, originally born in Vacuo, but had come to Vale in order to become a Huntsman. His village was very poor and he thought that if he became a full fledged Huntsman, he could provide the funds his village needed to sustain itself. Maybe, if he became famous or well known enough, his fellow villagers could even move somewhere more prosperous. Shaking those thoughts, he refocused on why he was here. Just as he was about to give up, however... He spotted a lavender haired girl ahead of him. Upon a closer look, he could tell that she was a faunus like himself. She had the horns and tail to prove it too. But.. there was something wrong, she looked panicked. It was a moment later, when he saw why. Grimm were closing in on her and her tail, along with her leg were stuck beneath a tree branch.

"ADAMANTINE SPEAR!!"

Coating his fist into a hard steel, he threw his fist forward as several metal projectiles came from it. This caused several Grimm to be impaled by the sharp objects, as well as the others to scatter. He jumped in front of the girl as if he was defending her.

"Are you alright?," He asked.

The girl nodded as she looked at the boy worried.

"Huh? uh.. y-yeah I think so?," The girl replied.

The girl's clothes matched her hair color as she had a light purple shirt on to go with a pair of green jean shorts that had a hole in the back for her dark blue and purple tail, black stockings, blue sneakers, a brown belt, a purple crystal hanging from the bracelet on her wrist, a pair of sky blue gloves, a purple jacket, pink ribbons that tied her hair in the back to finish the look.

Toshiro grit his teeth in frustration as more Grimm approached him and the girl. This was bad. He couldn't defend this girl and fight off as many Grimm that were coming at them at the same time. Just as he had hardened his skin into steel, about to attack the Grimm, a sudden bolt of lightning struck the ground. It shook the ground, and fried any Grimm it touched. Crossing his arms, Toshiro guarded against the dust flying towards his face. When he lowered his arms, he was surprised to see another girl in front of him. She had black hair with gold highlights in it, red eyes, and lightly colored skin. The girl before him wore what appeared to a gray tank top with her gold jacket tied to her waist, black boots, a yellow and black tail, matching horns, ebony black gloves with what looked like thunder bolts on them, golden yellow pants, and a blood red bandanna tied to her forehead, beneath her bangs to finish off the look. She smirked at him.

"You doin' okay over there, kid?," She asked.

Toshiro nodded, as did the girl behind him.

"Good. Hang tight, i'll just... fry these things up real quick!," She said grinning maniacally.

She cracked her knuckles in anticipation as she walked forward.

"Alright you stupid Grimm, which would you prefer? Rare, Medium Rare, or... Well done? Personally... I like my prey WELL DONE!"She said summoning an abnormal ammount of lightning.

"LIGHTNING FANG... RAGING BOLT!"

Bringing her hand down a large lightning bolt descended from the sky, shaking the ground and electrocuting the remaining Grimm before they fizzled into black smoke.

Turning towards the pair she grinned. She walked towards Toshiro and greeted him.

"Sorry about the sudden entrance. You two looked like you could use some help. Hope I didn't overstep at all.," The girl asked.

Toshiro shook his head and greeted the girl with a smile.

"No No! I appreciate you helping us uh...?," Toshiro said realizing he didn't know this girl's name.

She grinned before speaking.

"Yukikaze. Yukikaze Ayakashi. But please, just call me Yukikaze."Yukikaze greeted.

Toshiro nodded and introduced himself.

"Of course. And My name is Toshiro. Toshiro Torugaiya. But feel free to call me Toshiro.," He replied.

The girl then spoke up as well.

"And my name is Gweyn. Gweyn Gorman. But you can just call me Gweyn.," Gweyn said. "But uh... could you guys help me? I'm kinda stuck here."

The two nodded before lifting the tree off of the girl's foot tail. Gweyn was still a bit weak from having her foot hurt, so Toshiro bent down and carried her on his back. This of course embarrassed her and caused the lavender haired girl to blush furiously.

"U-Um Toshiro san w-what are you doing?," Gweyn asked blushing furiously.

The silver haired faunus looked at the girl and smiled.

"You're still hurt, right? I figured this would be the fastest way for us three to get where we need to go. Besides... I can't just leave you behind loke you were.," Toshiro told her.

Gweyn then slightly hid her face so the boy couldn't see how red it was.

"I.. I see. Th-Thank you then Toshiro san.," Gweyn replied.

Yukikaze smiled before speaking.

"Not to interrupt you two but uh... shouldn't we get going?," Yukikaze asked.

The two teens then looked away from each other, the faces both red. After a moment, Gweyn then looked to the girl who saved them.

"Um... Yukikaze, right?," Gweyn asked.

The black haired girl nodded.

"Yeah, that's me. What's up?," She asked.

"What will you do? You haven't found a partner yet, right?," Gweyn asked her.

The red eyed girl thought about it for a moment. This girl was right, she hadn't found a partner yet. Fortunately, she'd made eye contact with both Toshiro Gweyn at the same time when she saved them which meant one thing... both of them were her partners.

"Actually... I did, Gweyn.," She answered.

This confused the girl.

"Huh? You did?," She asked confused.

Yukikaze nodded.

"I did.," Yukikaze replied.

Toshiro then goes to leave with Gweyn before The girl stops them.

"Well, i guess this is farewell for now.," Toshiro said.

"Take care, Yukikaze.," Gweyn said.

"Hold up a minute.," Yukikaze said gaining the duo's attention.

Toshiro turns back to see what Yukikaze wanted.

"Hm?," He asked.

"You.. do remember what prof. Ozpin said about teams, right?," Yukikaze asked.

Toshiro and Gweyn nodded.

"Yeah, we remember.," Gweyn said.

"The first person you make eye contact with upon your landing will be your new partner for the next 4 years here at Beacon. So, by that logic...," Yukikaze reminded them before trailing off.

"What are you getting at?," Toshiro asked.

"When I helped you guys, I technically made contact with both of you. You do know what that means though, don't you?," Yukikaze explained.

Both widened their eyes in shock as they caught on to what Yukikaze was suggesting.

"B-But how? Toshiro and I are already partners! How can both of us be your partners?," Gweyn asked surprised.

"Is that even possible?," Toshiro asked.

"Well... there were an odd number of students at the initiation this year. Don't you find thst to be a bit strange?," Yukikaze answered.

They thought about it for a moment. It was strange! Like someone deliberately set it up that way so there'd be one team with 5 as opposed to the traditional 4.

"So the both of you are my partners.," Yukikaze said.

"Will this even work?," Toshiro asked.

"Don't know. But may as well find out, right?," Yukikaze replied.

The trio then nodded as they made up their minds.

"May as well get going towards where the others are gathering.," Yukikaze said.

The other two teens nod in agreement as they turn and begin their trek towards the center of the forest.

A/N: Sorry about that, I wanted to get the oc's interactions out of the way first. Don't worry, the other teams of the main cast will be covered next.

With Ruby...

A small black bird is seen flying through the air, just minding its own business. That is until, it gives an awkward shriek as Ruby crash through it in a small burst of feathers as she plummets towards the ground. She grows concerned as she didn't mean to harm any wildlife while taking this initiation test.

"Ah, birdie no!," Ruby says in fear that she may have injured the poor creature.

As she descends, she fired a few rounds from the sniper part of her scythe to slow down the pace of her fall. Once she was low enough, the young silver eyed girl transformed her weapon into its scythe form to catch a branch of a nearby tree with the blade. She is able to fall down at a much slower pace.

The camera cuts to Weiss as she draws her dust rapier, Myrtenaster, before summoning a series of small glyphs in the shape of a snowflake. She leaps off one towards another, repeating the process before leaping off of the last one and towards the forest below her.

The scene then cuts to Ren, with Nora beside him briefly, falling at a much more rapid pace. He shifts his body and spins in the air before using the blades of his weapon, Stormflower, to spiral around the tree trunk. He hits the ground and brushes off his clothes. The teen looks to the sky to see a certain Blonde flying over him in the air.

"Woo hoo! Alley- oop!," Yang laughed in glee.

Speaking of the blonde, she's seen to be soaring over the tree tops and using her gauntlets to push her further north with the fiery force coming from them. She spins in the air and is laughing with each of the blasts, even though she crashed through the leaves of one tree and leaps off of two trunks before tumbling to the ground.

"Yeah, nailed it!," Yang said grinning before she runs off.

The camera then transitions to a certain red headed gladiator, Pyrrha Nikos. She had her weapon in sword form and was armed with her shield as well. Pyrrha crashed through several trees before rolling on a branch of another tree, immediately shifting her sword into rifle form and looking through its scope. The red head spots jaune through the scope before shifting her weapon again, but into a spear this time. Jaune continued to scream and fall helplessly before the gladiator timed her throw as the spear rocketed through the forest until a loud "THUNK!" noise was heard.

"Thank you!," the blonde boy said from in the distance.

Pyrrha waves at him before replying with a sheepish grin.

"I'm sorry!", Pyrrha replied waving.

It cuts back to Ruby as she lands on the forest floor before taking off again in a burst of speed. The whole time she had a single thought that became a mantra in her mind.

"Gotta find Yang! Gotta find Yang, gotta find Yang, gotta find... Yang! Yaaaang!," She said panicked.

Inside of Ruby's mind, she begins seeing herself partnered with various different people. She begins monologing to herself about different people she's met so far.

"This bad, like really bad! What if.. I can't find her? What will happen if someone else finds her first? Well... let's see, there's Jaune. He's... nice and funny! But... I get the feeling that he's not very good in fight... who else do I know? Ooh! What about that one girl... Blake I think her name was? So quiet.. and mysterious and so calm... Plus, she really likes books! But, I don't think I could really hold a conversation with her. Hm... come on, think Ruby! Who else do you know here?," She said before thinking about her options and continuing as she ran.

"There's those faunus who helped me. Hon'oo... she's really pretty! But... that's about all I know about her... I don't really know much about her brother, so that's a no. Let's see... who else? There's Mist! She could be fun! But... it's the same as with Hon'oo, I don't really know much about her... Her brother Max maybe? He seems like he'd be a good choice, but something tells me he already has a partner. There's Kouga, who helped me out yesterday... maybe I could find him! Question is.. where would he be? And someone may have found him already! Argh! Think Ruby! Who else do you know?

There's Yang, Blake, Jaune, Mist, Max , Kouga, Hon'oo, her brother, aaaaaannnnddd...," Ruby said before she slid to a stop.

As she did, time seems to slow down as Weiss turns to face her with the two girls locking eyes with each other. A long and awkward pause follows this before Weiss just turns on her heels and began to walk away. Ruby's confused at this, why was Weiss doing that? Weren't they supposed to be partners now?

"Hey, wait! Where are you going?!," Ruby said reaching out as she stopped and kicked the ground dejected. "We're supposed to be teammates..."

Weiss is seen to be struggling her way through the forest, giving an occassional grunt of pain or "Ow!" As she moves plants out of her way. She brushed off her clothes and sighed in relief before hearing a voice above where she stood.

"Come on, come on! Stupid little...!," Jaune said struggling to free himself before pausing and seeing Weiss staring at him.

Weiss saw Jaune hanging a few feet in the air by the spear embedded in his hood and the tree behind him.He finally gave up trying to free himself before waving awkwardly and embarrassed at the Schnee heiress. The Schnee heiress simply turns around walks away from his direction, making Jaune groan dejectedly. Ruby is seen to be following Weiss, when the Schnee pulls her by the hood as she's about to pass her.

"By no means does this make us friends.," Weiss said huffing in annoyance.

Ruby raised her arms and smiles overjoyed as she's dragged away into the bushes.

"You came back!," Ruby said happily as she's dragged away by Weiss.

Jaune reaches out and waves his arms, seeing the scene as he tries getting the Schnee's attention.

"Wait! Come back! Great... who's going to get me down from here?!," Jaune called out in vain.

Just when he thinks that no one heard him, Pyrrha is revealed to be looking up at him rather curiously. Noticing her, the blonde knight looks down at his savior.

"Jaune? I was kinda wondering... do you... have any spots left on your team?," Pyrrha asked from below him.

Jaune crossed his arms, not at all liking the situation he was in currently.

"Very funny...," He said a little annoyed at first before looking down at the red head with a smile.

Back with Ruby Weiss...

The scene then changes back to inside of the forest with Weiss trudging on ahead and Ruby following a ways behind her.

"What's the rush?," Ruby asked curiously.

Weiss sighed in annoyance before answering her "teammate", not that she thought of the shorter girl as such.

"If you must know, I will not let my mission be delayed because you're too slow! Honestly, if i somehow get a bad grade because your-,"Weiss said before pausing as a smiling ruby is seen to be right next to her. "What the-?"

"See? I'm not slow at all, you don't have to worry about me so much!," Ruby said smiling at the silver haired girl.

Weiss looks back in slight disbelief, but also amazement.

"When did you..?," Weiss asked but never finished her thought.

"Weiss, just because I don't know how to deal with most people, that doesn't automatically mean I'm incapable of dealing with monsters.," She said before wrapping an arm around Weiss' shoulders as she continued her speech."You're about to see a whole different side of me today! And at the end of it, you'll be like: Wow! That Ruby girl is really cool... and i wanna be her friend!"

Ruby disappears in a shower of rose petals, which Weiss waves away from her face just as she hears crackling and rustling in the bushes around her. The Schnee slightly scoffs at the notion as she speaks.

"You may be fast, but you still excel at wasting time like a child!," Weiss said lightly scoffing. "Ruby?"

There's more silence, save for some unnerving growls. It was almost as if Ruby just suddenly vanished from her presence.

"Ruby..?", Weiss called out again.

The camera revolves around Weiss, as multiple pairs of red eyes stare at her from the bushes and a deep growl is heard. She turns around until she spots a large, jagged Beowolf emerging from a bush and approaching her.

"Ruby!",Weiss called again thinking the smaller girl was playing a prank on her.

Unfortunately for her, it wasn't Ruby. The Beowolf roared as it approached the Schnee heiress. Weiss drew her rapier as she then prepared to face off with the Grimm who approached her.

With Yang...

The scene then cuts to a view of Yang Xiao Long walking and looking around in a nother part of the Emerald forest. She cups her hands to her mouth, obviously calling out for her younger sister whom she is still trying to find.

"Helloooooooo? Is anyone out there? Helloooo?," Yang called out. "I'm getting bored here!"

She stops raising her arms, not noticing the shadow that passed by her. Yang then hears a rustling in the bushes behind her and turns to investigate it, thinking it was her sister.

"Ruby, is that you?,"Yang asked.

A low and inhuman growl is heard, making the blonde raise her head to look at the creature.

"Nope! That's not her!"Yang said jumping back.

She then quickly rolled to the side as an Ursa charged out of the greenery. She quickly stands to her feet, takes a stance, and activates her dust weapons, a pair of shotgun gauntlets called Ember Celica. She stares at the monster once more before another one runs out behind her. The blonde leapt over it and its companion runs at her again only for it to get knocked back by a powerful fiery punch. The other Ursa and Yang charge at each other, the latter managing to slip past its guard to deliver a quick barrage of fiery punches and a kick to its stomach sending the creature back. Yang then bounces on her feet, just like a boxer as she then spoke.

"You guys wouldn't happen to have seen a girl wearing a red hood, would you?," The blonde brawler asked.

The pair of Grimm just roared back at her, making Yang shrug.

"You could've just said "No"."Yang said sighing.

One of the Ursai then swipes its legs towards Yang, the blonde narrowly dodging the attack.

Yang laughs briefly before she complete her insult.

"Geez! You Grimm couldn't even hit the broad side of a-"Yang said stopping as she saw a strand of her golden blonde hair fall to the floor in front of her.

Yang then closed her eyes and clenched her fists as she shook in anger.

"You..." Yang said in lowered voiced.

When Yang opened her eyes, they were now red as she screamed in anger.

"HOW DARE YOU... YOU MONSTER!!!!", Yang screamed angrily.

The two Ursai look at each other in confusion, not knowing what to do. An inferno of flames surround Yang for a moment before she then rockets towards the Grimm. She then unleashes a devastating combo of fiery punches, kicks, and elbows upon the the Grimm. This sent the offending Ursai flying through burning trees. The remaining Ursa runs towards her, but then pulled up short upon Yang's glare towards it. A tree then falls to the ground behind her.

"What?! You want some too, monster?!," Yang said angrily glaring at the Grimm.

The Ursa prepared to attack, only for it to gasp in pain as it falls to ground, dead. It is revealed that Blake had slit the creature's throat with her gun blade when it wasn't looking. The dark haired girl then swings her blade to the side to flick off the Grimm blood from it. Yang's eyes then return to their normal Lilac color as he watches blade sheathe the blade onto her back.

"I could've taken him.," Yang said.

Blake smiles before slightly turning towards Yang.

"I'm aware.," She said.

Back with Weiss...

The scene transitions back to Weiss's predicament after Ruby had suddenly disappeared on her. She deflects a swipe from a Beowolf with her Rapier, getting pushed into the center of the circle of beasts. The silver haired heiress then points her sword forward as she calmly inhales and exhales, going through her duel training and motions.

"Remember your training, Weiss... Just like how Winter taught you. Head straight up, shoulders back, right foot forward- not that forward! Slow your breathing..., wait for the proper time to strike, and...," Weiss said inside of her head.

She brings up her rapier as the revolver just below it's hilt begins to spin.

"Now!", she said internally as she dashed forward to strike.

Weiss dashed forward with the revolver spinning in her loaded weapon towards the Beowolf in front of her, intent on slaying the beast. At least she would have, if not for Ruby suddenly appearing in between the two in a burst of flowing red petals. Ruby then sliced the monster clean in half with a single swipe of her scythe.

"Gotcha!", Ruby said grinning.

Weiss's eyes widen as she suddenly has to pull up and swing her rapier in a random direction to avoid hitting Ruby and in a line of fire that sets a nearby tree ablaze. This is quickly followed by the rest of the forest clearing surrounding where they were. Ruby's distracted by Weiss's mess up, and is very poorly defended when the Beowolf swipes at her weapon sending her flying into the heiress.

"Hey, watch it!," Ruby said rubbing her head in slight pain.

"Excuse me! You attacked out of turn, I could have killed you!," Weiss argued back.

The Beowolves whine and howl around the two as they wielded their weapons. Ruby reloads her scythe just as a flaming tree falls behind her. Weiss grabs Ruby's arm and was about to tell her they needed to go. Well.., she would have if not for the enormous beam of water ripping through the forest where they stood moments ago. The giant water attack created a sizable trench as it not only wiped out the Grimm, it also ripped through the trees surrounding them and shook the ground. Once it died down, the two girls looked stunned.

"Uh... What just... Happened?," Ruby asked dumbfounded.

Weiss was just as clueless as to what took place, feeling her jaw slacking.

"I honestly haven't the slightest clue.," Weiss said.

Ruby shook her head as the duo kept walking before reaching a safer place.

"Anyways... That should have been much easier than that! What gives?!," Ruby asked.

"Well maybe if you put even the slightest amount of thought into the placement of your strikes, I wouldn't have set the forest on fire and we wouldn't have been put in that dangerous of a situation!," Weiss barked back.

Ruby was getting annoyed with Weiss's attitude and just let her know what she thought.

"Well, Excuse me if you need my help to win a fight "Miss Always have to Be Perfect!" I was doing just fine on my own!", Ruby yelled at her.

"Congratulations on being the strongest child to sneak into Beacon, Bravo! This is serious you know, something a mere child like you wouldn't understand.,"Weiss spat back.

Ruby had enough and became very angry at Weiss.

"AND WHAT WOULD YOU KNOW ABOUT ME, HUH?! If anyone is the child here, it's you! This is why I hate people like you!," Ruby said angry before swinging her scythe at tree in frustration and walking off.

"Now see here-!," Weiss tried arguing before Ruby shut her down.

"Don't follow me! I need... to go cool my head. Find your own way there, miss perfect heiress!," Ruby said angered as she then stormed off.

Weiss stood there wide eyed at Ruby's outburst towards her. No one had ever talked back to her in such a manner before. But if she really thought about it, perhaps... She was a little too harsh with the younger girl. Ruby was obviously going through something and it wasn't her place to judge. Weiss sighed that... could've gone much better. Still... she was slightly put off that Ruby talked to her in such a manner. She would find the young girl and give her a piece of her mind.She began walking in search of her teammate, just as a large dark feather fell onto the trunk behind her.

With Jaune Pyrrha...

The scene then shifts to across the forest with Pyrrha, armed with her dust weapons Milo and Akouo, and Jaune as they make their way through some bushes and other plant life. The blonde knight then hears a noise in the distance and turns towards it.

"Did you hear that, Pyrrha?," He asked.

Pyrrha nodded.

"I did. Gunfire, it would seem that our comrades have encountered the enemy.," Pyrrha answered nodding.

The duo keep moving forward, Jaune still looking towards the sound as Pyrrha goes to move the branch out of the way to pass by. She unknowingly releases it right into Jaune's face, causing the limb to smack him and floor him immediately. Pyrrha hears the thud behind her and looks back in worry and concern.

"Ah, Jaune! I'm so sorry!," She says apologizing as she goes to check on the blonde knight.

The blonde simply laughs it off as he removes his hand from his face to reveal a rather large gash from the wooden limb's recoil upon his cheek.

"It's fine, Pyrrha. Just a scratch! nothing more.," Jaune said getting up when the redhead walks over to him.

Pyrrha then looks at him rather curiously, but also confused.

"Why didn't you activate your Aura, Jaune?," she asked.

Jaune was confused, he didn't know what Aura was.

"What?," He asked.

"Your Aura.," Pyrrha replied.

"Gesundheit.,"Jaune said.

Pyrrha raised an eyebrow. Surely, Jaune couldn't be THAT clueless about Aura, right? But then again..this is Jaune we're talking about.

"Jaune, Do... you know what Aura is?," Pyrrha asked.

Jaune tried to play off the fact that he was clueless about cooly, however Pyrrha saw through the facade.

"Psch! Of course I do! Do you know what Aura is?," Jaune replied waving off the question, avoiding eye contact with the red head.

Pyrrha just smiles at him and inwardly sighs. She'd have to explain from the beginning, wouldn't she? Yet... she couldn't fault him. There was something about Jaune that she couldn't help but to want to help him. She then begins her explanation of Aura off screen as the scene shifts to Ren inside of the forest.

"Aura is the physical manifestation of our souls, Jaune. It bears our burdens and acts as a shield to our hearts. Have you ever felt like someone was secretly watching you without you knowing that anyone was there?"

"Uh.. Yeah, I have."

Ren is seen to be walking as he then narrowed his eyes. He looks around him, while an enormous Black snake like Grimm rises from the grass. It surrounds him with its large, hissing body. Ren slips into a fighting stance as the Snake Grimm coils its body in front of the teen and goes to attack him with its long, sharp fangs.

The scene briefly cuts back to Pyrrha and Jaune as the gladiator is seen t be walking around Jaune as she continued her explanation.

"With enough practice and training, Aura can be a shield to us. Everyone has it, even the animals."Pyrrha explained.

"What about monsters?," Jaune asked.

"No."

The scene switches back to Ren as he leaps out of the way, the snake's mouth hitting the ground where he was previously. It immediately comes up and hits Ren back with its snout as he was jumping back.

"Those monsters we fight, all of them lack a soul. They're the creatures of Grimm, the very form and manifestation of anonymity."

Ren was seen to be landing in a crouch, when the serpent Grimm tries to encircle him again. He draws his Dust weapons, Stormflower, a pair of bladed pistols, that he then proceeds to fire upon the snake Grimm to gain some distance.

"They are the darkness, and we are the light."

Ren kicks the snout and then slashes at its head.

"R-Right, That's why we fight them!," Jaune replied.

"It's not about why Jaune, it's about knowing."

The snake slithers around Ren and tried biting him again, only for him to flip over it and drive the blades of his weapons into the serpent's head. He paused just for a moment, not able to sense the snake's white head behind him.

"Understanding Light and Darkness helps us to manifest our Aura. Everyone has a little bit of both."

Ren turned and looks up, spotting the white head of thee serpent as it launches itself towards him. He dodged it just in time to see the snake's black head coming towards him as well. As the black head nears him,he leapt onto it and sliding across its body while simultaneously blasting the white head.

"It is by baring our souls outward as a force that we can deflect or direct harm away from us. All of the tools and equipment we use are conduits in which to channel Aura. It's in this way that you can protect yourself and your own soul while you fight. "

Ren isn't prepared for the white head to hit him with its snout, knocking him away as his weapons are flung out of his hands. He crosses his arms as he sees the black head approaching him, distantly shouting in defiance towards it.

"No!," Ren said to the black head of the snake Grimm.

Cuts back to Jaune and Pyrrha as he opens his eyes in realization.

"It's like a force field! Right?," Jaune said.

Pyrrha smiles at him.

"Yeah, if you'd like to think of it that way. I suppose it is like one... in a sense.", Pyrrha replied.

The scene cuts back to Ren, who's now holding the enormous fangs of the black snake head in his hands as he is glowing a very faint pink as it pulsates over him. He tightens his grip and yanks the the large teeth from the monster's mouth, causing the snake to flail away from him. It goes to try and bite him again, only for Ren to spin to the side and stab a fang into its eye. He shifts his arm so the makeshift weapon is driven into the monster's skull, instantly killing it. The creature then ripples before expanding, then exploding into a dark mess as it's now headless body flails next to the other snake head. Wasting no time, Ren runs towards the white snake head.

The scene switches back to Jaune and Pyrrha as the red head approaches the blonde knight. She then touched the side of his head.

"Try to concentrate, Jaune.," Pyrrha said.

Jaune, not sure what is happening just awkwardly replies:

"Uh... okay?"

Pyrrha smiles and closes her own eyes, opening them as her skin glows and her irises shrink before shutting them again. The two stand there, now with Pyrrha glowing a faint red and Jaune a bright white.

"For it is in passing that we achieve immortality. Through this, we become a paragon of virtue and glory to rise above all, infinite in distance and unbound by death.," Pyrrha said before placing a hand on his chest as she continued to mentally speak. "I now release your soul, and by my shoulder protect thee."

Pyrrha stops glowing red and due to the large amount of Aura Jaune has, she is seen to be hunched over in exhaustion. Jaune looks over in concern after he finished reveling in the Aura he just had unlocked.

"Pyrrha, are you okay?," The blonde knight asked in concern.

Pyrrha smiled tiredly and nodded.

"Yes Jaune, I'm fine. No need to worry about me.I just used my own Aura to unlock yours, but the energy that protects you now is your own. You have.. alot of it.," Pyrrha said grinning at him as she watched the scratch upon Jaune's cheek close up and vanish.

Jaune smiles and looks at his hands as the bright white glow then stops.

"Wow... so this is Aura...," Jaune said in awe.

The scene then switched back to Ren, as he is seen to be standing on top of the body of his fallen enemy. He slides his weapons into his sleeves before hearing a strange animal like noise come from nearby. He looks up to see the upside down eyes of his partner, Nora Valkyrie. He chuckled.

"I still don't think that's what a sloth sounds like, Nora.," Ren said chuckling.

Nora just responds by giving her friend a "Boop!" on the nose as the scene then fades to black.

Back at the cliffs...

The scene comes back up with Prof. Ozpin watching and keeping track of the students on his scroll at the Beacon Ciff, overlooking the Emerald Forest. Glynda is seen to be walking up behind him with a tablet of her own.

"It would seem the last pair has now been formed, Prof. Nora Valkyrie and Lie Ren, hm? Those two seem to work well together.. Even Mr Arc and Miss Nikos seem to be working well together. There's... a trio walking together? (looks towards Ozpin)..."

"I'm sure it will work out with them. They seemed to work be working well enough with each other."

Glynda nodded hesitantly.

"I... suppose so. I'm not sure I trust that Jaune fellow though. I don't care what his transcripts say, he doesn't look the least bit prepared for this kind of combat!,"

Ozpin said nothing and simply took a sip from his coffee mug as he watched the students.

"Those other duos seem to be working flawlessly with each other, particularly Mr Dragonblade and Mr Ayakashi. They seem as opposite as you can be for a duo, yet they stay work well together. The same can not be said for Miss Rose and Miss Schnee however... perhaps it was a mistake to put those two next to each other.,"Glynda said continuing as she brought up feeds of all of the students with a few taps on her tablet.

"Just give them some time, Glynda. I believe those two will work things out between themselves before too long.," Ozpin replied.

Glynda's expression changed to a concerned one.

"For both those girls sake, i do hope you are right this time, Professor...," Glynda said a little worried. "With their current pace, they should be arriving at the temple within a few minutes."

Glynda then turned back towards Ozpin.

"By the way, what DID you use as relics this year?,"Glynda asked.

Ozpin stayed silent, not answering for the moment.

"Professor Ozpin?,"She asked again.

Instead of answering, Ozpin is seen to be watching the feed on his scroll with a look of contemplating as it shows Weiss walking around to find her partner and Ruby is seen to be sitting up upon a tree branch. She looked as if she was in thought.

With Ruby...

The red hooded girl sat up on a tree branch in thought, the events of earlier replaying in her mind's eye. She sighed.

"Maybe... I was too harsh with Weiss earlier...," Ruby said in thought.

She quickly shook her head.

"No! That crabby girl deserved to get yelled at! That said... we are partners. She probably just doesn't know that you can't talk to everyone like they're beneath you.," Ruby reasoned.

She clenched her fists in determination.

"Right! I'll just have to make sure she knows that she can't talk to people like they're beneath her.,"Ruby told herself determined.

It was then that she heard a very familiar voice.

"Oh, Ruby~!," Weiss said from beneath her.

"Ugh, what do you want Weiss?," Ruby answered a little annoyed.

Weiss flinched back a bit. There was that tone again. It already wasn't going well, she could tell that Ruby was still annoyed with her. She cleared her throat and switched subjects, hoping to ease some of this girl's hostility towards her.

"I was just wondering... You do know where the temple is, right?," Weiss asked.

Ruby jumped down to the ground and looked at her.

"Why would you think I know? I'm just a child, remember?," Ruby replied skeptically.

"I simply thought it would be more effective if both of us looked for where we're supposed to go, alright?," Weiss said back.

The two girls walked for a bit without a word as they searched for where their destination might be. Unfortunately, they soon hit a clearing that confused Weiss. Ruby sits down on a boulder with her hands rubbing the bridge of her nose as she watched her partner walking back and forth in random directions.

"It's definitely this way. (she walks right before stopping and turning to walk to the left) No, it's this way then! It's...definitely this way, has to be!,"Weiss said as she was then seen to be pacing.

"Seriously Weiss, why can't you just admit that you have no idea where we are right now?,"Ruby said getting irritated again.

Weiss was stubborn and refused to admit that she was lost, so she came up with an excuse.

"Because I know exactly where we're going! We're going... to.. the forest temple!," Weiss said in response.

Ruby sighs in frustration annoyance as she slaps her forehead.

"Oh, stop it! You don't know where we're at either!," Weiss huffed.

"Well, at least.. i'm not a jerk about it and pretending like I know everything! Unlike... SOME people!,"Ruby said annoyed.

Weiss took offense to that.

"What's that supposed to mean?," She asked offended.

"Rally Weiss? Fine! I'll tell you what it means in words YOU understand: You're a big stupid jerk I hate you! Figure it out yourself, dumb jerk!," Ruby snapped back.

This surprised Weiss at how angry Ruby was. The girl just stomped ahead of her, not even looking back towards the heiress.

"Where are you going?,"Weiss asked.

"What's it matter to you? Stupid Heiress!,"Ruby said not even looking back towards her.

"You take that back!,"Weiss said annoyed now.

"I'll gladly do so... when you stop being so bossy!,"Ruby snapped back.

"Wha-? Bossy?! I am not bossy, don't say things like that!,"Weiss argued.

"Really, then why are you trying to order me around like a some helpless little kid? I'm not some kid, you know.,"Ruby said glaring back at Weiss.

"That's only because you keep acting like a child!,"Weiss spat back.

"I just told you Weiss... DON'T EVER CALL ME A CHILD!," She snapped. "Further to the point, stop acting so perfect and that everyone's beneath you. 'Cause honestly... IT MAKES ME WANT TO VOMIT!"

"I'm. not. prefect! Yet, at least. But... I'm still leagues better than you.," Weiss said.

Ruby suddenly turned around and smacked Weiss, her eyes glaring darkly at the heiress.

"You don't even know me, ENTITLED JERK!," Ruby snapped as she then walked ahead of Weiss.

Weiss stood there, stunned at what Ruby just did to her. That girl should know better, but then... she thought about it.

"That look in her eyes... (flash of Ruby's eyes when she smacked Weiss just a moment ago) I-I've seen that look before.., Weiss thought as she slowly followed Ruby from a distance.

As they walked they never noticed the large black feather drop to the ground behind them.

At the forest temple...

Yang Blake emerge from the forest and step out into a clearing. The clearing reveals the circular stone temple with platforms holding up several black, white, gold, and silver objects.

"Think this is it?,"Yang asked.

Blake doesn't answer and just gives her partner a incredulous and deadpanned look as if to say: "Really, Yang? What do you think?". Yang sweatdrops at the look she received from Blake.

"Point.. Taken.," Yang replied sweatdropping.

Blake then heads down the hill with the blonde following her. They walk across the floor to see some familiar shapes, but with some of the shapes missing.

"Chess... Pieces?," Blake asked confused as she looks at a black king piece.

Yang looks at the scene in thought.

"Looks like we weren't the first ones here, some of them are missing.,"Yang said.

"Guess I should pick one then, huh?,"Blake said.

Yang nodded. The two then notice, a familiar looking faunus. Yang recognized him, it was the boy with the spiky flame colored hair and the black horns. The boy next to him neither Yang or Blake recognized. The black haired boy just walked by them and leaned against a nearby tree with his arms folded.

"How about a white rook, Reaper?,"The flame haired boy asked.

The black haired teen chuckled.

"Whichever is fine by me, flame hair.,"the black haired boy replied.

The flame haired teen then grabbed a pair of white rook pieces before tossing one to the black haired teen who caught it in his hand. As the the teen passed by the two girls, he nodded towards Yang as if he was acknowledging her. He proceeded to then walk to the tree to stand by the black haired teen, who had matching horns and a scaly tail. The two other teens stood there with their arms folded, it was as if they were waiting for someone... Yang was curious about it, but she was sure that herself Blake would find out very shortly.

With Jaune Pyrrha...

Our resident blonde knight and his partner, Pyrrha Nikos, are then seen to be standing at the entrance of a dark cave. The drawings above it involved armed men fighting off some giant beasts. It seemed a bit ominous, but Pyrrha decided to trust her partner.

"You think this is it, Pyrrha?," the blonde asked.

The scene then cuts to the two walking inside of the aformentioned cave.

"Um... I don't think this is it, Jaune...," Pyrrha said concerned.

Jaune sighed before speaking.

"Pyrrha, I made the torch. Could you at least humor me for.. i don't know, like five more feet please?," Jaune replied.

Pyrrha smiled at him and nodded.

"Sure Jaune. I trust you.," She replied.

Jaune smiled back at her.

"Thanks, Pyrrha. I was kind of wondering about something though...,"Jaune answered as they continued to walk.

The red head looked at him with a smile.

"Sure. What's on your mind, Jaune?," She answered.

Jaune smiled as he sighed internally.

"Why do you still trust me? I mean... I'm pretty clueless about things like Auras and Semblances, even why we fight the Grimm... All things most aspiring huntsmen and huntresses should know like the back of their hand already. Yet... you still choose to trust me. What I want to know is... why do you?," Jaune asked.

Pyrrha adopted a position of thinking as she answered her partner's inquiry.

"That's a good question... I guess the simple answer is: I believe in you, Jaune. I didn't understand why, at first and... i'm still not sure why I do but... I get the feeling that if I trust you, things will work out somehow. And.. I'd like to think you're capable of so much more than you think. At least.., that's what I believe anyways.," Pyrrha answered him.

This left Jaune rather speechless, he'd never had anyone place so much faith trust in him before. Especially considering that himself and Pyrrha hadn't even known each other for a full 48 hours yet! But... somehow, hearing his partner believe in him to the extent that she did: It made him feel like he really could live up to her expectations of him.

"Wow Pyrrha..., um... Thanks for saying that.,"Jaune replied grinning at her.

He rubbed the back of his head a little embarrassed, but happy that someone other than his mother and elder sister believed in him.

"You're welcome Jaune. We're partners, after all. What kind of partner would I be if I didn't believe in your ability and potential?,"She replied with a smile.

Jaune and Pyrrha continue to walk forward, when the blonde trips over something. As a result, the torch he had in his hand goes flying into a puddle of water and is extinguished shortly after. This left the duo in the dark, with only their eyes visible.

Jaune is heard to be grumbling as Pyrrha speaks up.

"Do... you feel that, Jaune?,"Pyrrha asked.

"Soul crushing regret?," Jaune asked sarcastically joking.

"No.. something is here, and.. it's warm.,"Pyrrha said a little cautious.

Jaune was a little worried about the cryptic warning from his partner. He said nothing as the two prepared themselves for whatever was inside the cave with them, while trying to navigate through the darkened passage.

Back at the temple...

Yang is seen to be approaching the stand as she studies a golden knight chess piece. She immediately picks it up and shows it to her partner.

"Hmm... how about a cute little pony?,"Yang asked.

"Sure.,"Blake said as she smirks towards her partner.

The girls then walk towards each other now at the center of the stone floor.

"That wasn't too hard!," Yang said with a grin.

Blake nodded.

"Well, it's not like this place is too hard to find.," Blake replied.

The two girls share a smile before looking in the distance and spying another peculiar pair. Yang recognized both members as Kouga Hon'oo, two of the faunus teens who stayed with Ruby during her first day at Beacon Academy. The blonde signaled to her partner to make room for them, which Blake obliged. The spiky red haired faunus and the blue haired faunus each walked to where Yang Blake were just moments before.

"What do you think, Hon'oo?,"Kouga asked.

"Hmm... well, seeing as there are only two silver pieces left... I say we go with the silver ones.,"She said.

Kouga nodded and grabbed two silver rook pieces, tossing one towards his partner, while keeping the other one. The pair walked towards Max and Kazuma, sitting down on the grass next to them. From what it looked like to Yang, the four by the tree would seem to be one team due to them all having the same color chess piece relics.

Author's note: If you noticed Hon'oo having two different hair colors, this is only because I couldn't remember what hair color that I gave her in the previous two chapters lol. my bad.

Not even a moment later, two more Faunus came into the clearing. Yang recognized one of them, due to her fuchsia colored hair and black horns with fuchsia highlights. The other boy, neither her or Blake recognized. But Yang looked between this other boy and Hon'oo, they both had the same eyes and their horns were the same.

"They must be related... Siblings or.. cousins, perhaps?," Yang internally thought.

The aforementioned duo grabbed a pair of white bishop pieces before walking over and taking a seat on the grass. This was getting odd. It was like this whole group was waiting for some one. Looking towards the stands, Blake noticed that there were... three bishop pieces left? That was strange... Did someone plan for there to be a 5 man team?

As soon as she thought this, a trio of teens came into the clearing. Blake and Yang both noticed something, there seemed to be a theme with these teens coming through the forest and collecting the relics. All of them had similar animal traits to each other: the horns and the tails. The other thing was... all of them had some sort of crystal either hung around their neck, worn as a ring on their finger, hung around their wrist as a bracelet, used as a hairpin to tie their hair, or hung from their ear as if part of an ear ring. The aforementioned trio of teens grabbed the three remaining White bishop pieces, which meant that there was a 5 man team in Beacon. Like the others, they joined them and sat upon the grass. Was.. everyone waiting for something... or someone?

"This is getting a bit strange. Are they purposely waiting for whoever else gets here?,"Blake asked Yang.

The blonde thought about that possibility and nodded, it wasn't completely out of the question. But.. why would they do that? The blonde brawler and the amber eyed girl would find out that answer very shortly.

with Jaune Pyrrha...

Back with the blonde knight and the red haired gladiator, they continued onward through the cave. They kept walking until they saw a large glowing spot of gold in front of them. It lit up the blonde knight's excited facial expression.

"That's the relic! I knew we'd find it eventually!," Jaune said excited.

Pyrrha suddenly got a very bad feeling about their current situation. That seemed too easy for them to find the relic in a place like this. She had a sinking feeling that this was not what they were looking for.

"Um... Jaune, I don't know about that...,"Pyrrha said worried.

Jaune is seen to be slowly reachingout to grab it, but it moves away from his swipe.

"Hey! Bad relic! Come... here!," Jaune said swiping at it several times before jumping onto something to grab the relic. "Got it! Hey, help me take it down Pyrrha!"

Pyrrha is seen to be backing away slowly as she's clearly nervous about something.

"Um... Jaune? That's.. not what you think it is.,"Pyrrha said worried.

He raised an eyebrow in confusion.

"Huh? What do you mean by that?," He asked clueless.

Jaune's catch then lowers itself, leaving him vulnerable and exposed to the now glowing red lines and burning eyes of a Death Stalker. Jaune gulps in nervousness. He'd really messed up this time.

"Hoooh boy... That's.. not a relic!," He said now terrified of what was going to happen to him.

In that moment, only one thought raced through his mind: "Someone, help!"

Nearby at the temple...

Jaune's scream was heard all the way back at the forest temple. This gained the attention of both Yang and Blake as they turned towards the source of the noise.

"Did you hear that, Blake? Sounds like someone's in trouble!,"Yang said concerned.

Blake doesn't answer as she is looking into the sky, like something is going to come from the sky above them.

Back with Jaune and Pyrrha...

Pyrrha is seen to be rushing out of the entrance to the cave, just seconds before the Death Stalker crashes through it. The Grimm waved its large pincers and roared as it chased after Pyrrha, with a screaming Jaune hanging onto its tail for dear life.

"Heeeeeeeeeeeelllllllllllpppppppp!!!!!!!!!Whoa-ah-ah-ah-ah! Why?! Pyrrha! He-e-e-elp! Pyrrha, this is not the relic! It's not! Sorry that I didn't heed your warning, just he-e-e-eeeeee-elp meeeeee!!!! Do something, please!!!," Jaune screamed in panic as he is continually shaken around.

Pyrrha is seen to be wielding her weapon, Milo in front of the beast as she tlaked to him.

"Jaune! Whatever you do, don't let-" Pyrrha said but never finished.

She watches in dismay and worry as the scorpion Grimmhurls its tail back and launches a still-screaming Jaune across the forest.

"Go...," She finished her thought in dismay as she watched Jaune speed through the forest like a rocket as he was still screaming.

She sighed and turned back to the Grimm who still snapped its giant claws at her. She smiles in embarrassment and dashes away from the Grimm in a burst of speed through some green leaves. Pyrrha chased after her partner, but she had to first get away from this giant rampaging Grimm. That would be easier said than done however.

Back at the temple...

Blake is still seen to be looking up into the sky at something, but Yang is still too focused on the forest to notice.

"Blake, did you hear that? What do you think we should do?" Yang asked turning to her partner.

It is then that the faint voice of Ruby is heard as she is seen to be rapidly approaching them from the sky above.

"Heads uuuuuuuup!"Ruby says as she nears them.

She is seen to be flying towards them before presumably crashing into them as a giant thud with the screen shaking was seen.

Flashback: 5 minutes earlier...

Ruby and Weiss were still trying to find their way to where they needed to go, but they were getting nowhere as they kept walking in circles. The silver eyed girl spotted the same tree they marked with a slash of her scythe as when they first walked from the spot they were in.

"Umm... wasn't that the tree we just.. y' know.. marked earlier?," Ruby asked confused.

Now Weiss was frustrated as she realized they were walking in circles now.

"Ugh, yeah i know! How is this happening right now?! It should have been a straight path!,"Weiss complained.

Ruby shrugged.

"Hey, I don't like it anymore than you do Weiss. We're going in circles.,"Ruby said.

Weiss looked back towards Ruby, frustrated.

"Well then perhaps you can come up with a better idea?!,"Weiss angrily asked.

Ruby put up her hands defensively as she tried calming Weiss down. "Look Weiss, If you're still mad about how I "blew up" at you earlier, i'm sorry. But let's try and work together to figure something out.,"Ruby said.

Weiss just looked away. Ruby sighed in annoyance. It wasn't going to be easy working with Weiss, was it? Ruby put her hand towards her chin as she started thinking.

"Well.. let's think about this... If only there was a faster way to travel towards the forest temple... a way to see above everything...,"Ruby said in thought.

Weiss raised an eyebrow at this.

"A way to see above everything? Sorry to say this, but we don't have a way of doing that!," Weiss argued.

Ruby then spotted a large black feather on the ground. That gave her an idea, it was crazy, but it may just work.

"Maybe we do and we just haven't thought of it yet.,"Ruby said grinning.

Weiss raised an eyebrow at Ruby's expression.

"I have an idea, Weiss. And I think it may just solve our little dilemma.,"Ruby said with a grin.

"You do?,"Weiss asked skeptical before she saw the look on Ruby's face.

She was getting a bad feeling about this.

"Just what are you planning exactly?,"Weiss asked curious.

Ruby just grinned at her partner.

"Oh, you'll see."Ruby replied.

Unfortunately, Weiss had no idea of knowing just how crazy Ruby's "idea" actually was...

End Flashback*

Present Time: with Ruby and Weiss...

Ruby and Weiss are seen to be hanging onto something large, dark, and very feathery as evidenced by the wind howling past them, blowing them sideways.

"When you said you had an idea of how to fix our dilemma, I WAS NOT EXPECTING THIS!"Weiss shouted upset. "I told you this was a terrible idea!"

Ruby just waved it off.

"Ah, don't be such a spoilsport Weiss! We'll be fine, promise!,"Ruby said laughing it off. "Stop worrying!"

"I'm so far BEYOND worrying!," Weiss replied appalled at how Ruby could just laugh off their current situation like it was nothing.

"In a good way?," Ruby asked hopeful.

"No, you dunce! In a bad way, a very bad way!,"Weiss snapped at Ruby.

"Well.. We could just jump y' know?," Ruby replied matter of factly.

Weiss widened her eyes in shock. This girl wasn't normal, who in the world comes up with an answer like that?

"What, are you INSANE?! We could die from a fall like that!,"Weiss replied.

Unfortunately, Weiss is met with silence as Ruby has already jumped off their ride in the sky.

"Ruby? Ruby? Where are... Oh! that insufferable little red-!,"Weiss said angered as she was left hanging onto a giant nevermore in the sky that served as their ride.

Back down on the ground...

Blake is still seen to be looking skyward as she then points for Yang to do the same.

"Blake? Did you hear that, what should we do?,"Yang asked trying to get her partner's attention.

Off to the side, Kouga sees what is about to happen and dashed towards the two.

"Move, Yang! Quick!," Kouga said suddenly appearing between the two.

Yang, now noticing Kouga promptly does so and steps back.

Kouga leaps up and catches Ruby in a bridal fashion before she can hit the ground. But, Ruby has no time to notice as Jaune is seen speeding towards them before slamming into the pair. Jaune is flung into the air and into a tree, while Kouga and Ruby are sent slamming into the base of a tree. Blake couldn't help but to wince in sympathy, knowing Kouga's tail was probably going to hurt after that.

Dizziness briefly takes over Ruby as her eyes are in swirls with cutesy beowolves circling around her head. She shakes it off and notices Kouga had caught her. The girl's eyes widened in worry.

"Huh? Oh my Oum! Kouga, are you okay?!,"Ruby asked worried.

Kouga briefly coughed before opening his eyes and smiling at the girl.

"Y-Yeah, ow- wowee! I'm just glad you weren't seriously hurt by that.,"Kouga said still in a bit of pain.

Ruby blushed slightly as she smiled towards the spiky haired faunus teen.

"Oh w-well uhm... t-thank you k-kouga...,"Ruby said a bit shyly and blushing slightly. "But uh.. are you sure you're alright?"

He nodded before getting up and putting her down.

"Yeah, i'm okay. My tail hurts a bit after that, but nothing I can't manage on my own.," Kouga said grinning.

"Hey there, Ruby.," A voice said.

The two looked up and saw Jaune hanging upside down in a tree.

"Jaune? What are you doing up there?,"Ruby asked.

"Oh, y' know just dropping in.," he said.

"Sorry Jaune, I would've helped you had I noticed earlier.,"

Kouga replied.

"Nah, it's cool. You were checking on Ruby. I figured you were making sure she was alright first.",Jaune answered.

The other faunus teens came over, including Max and Mist.

"That said... Could you guys uh.. ya know... help me down? I'm kinda stuck.",Jaune said.

Max chuckled as he spoke up.

"Sure thing, Jaune. Kaz, Shoryu, mind helping me get him down from there?," Max said.

"No problem.," Shoryu said.

"If we must.," Kazuma said.

While that was happening, the camera cuts back to Yang and Blake with the amber eyed girl voicing her confusion.

"Yang, did... your sister just.. fall from the sky?," Blake asked confused.

"I.."Yang tried answering but again was interrupted.

Before she can continue, several crashing noises are heard in the forest ahead of them, and an Ursa comes out, claws swiping, just as a pink blast of energy hits it in the back and it crashes to the ground, depositing its rider.

"YEE-HAAWW!!!,"Nora cried in glee.

The fun didn't last however as The ursa fell over dead after a pink blast had killed the beast. The orange haired girl was understandably disappointed as she dashed all over to see if the creature was still alive. sadly, to no avail.

"Awww.. shucks, it's broken.,"Nora said dashing all over its body to observe the carcass.

Ren comes up behind her, looking tired.

"Nora... please, don't. ever. do that again.," Ren replied tired."Nora?"

He looks up again and notices by the pink dotted outline of where his partner should be that Nora has run off again, and looks around frantically. Nora was seen to be in the temple and observing a golden rook relic.

"Oooohh...,"Nora says in excitement as she suddenly grabs it.

An animation of a background with stars and her hammer symbol plays in the pink background as she dances and sings with the chess piece.

"I'm queen of the castle! I'm queen of the castle~!,"Nora sang dancing with the chess piece.

Ren sees her and calls for her.

"Nora!,"Ren called.

Nora noticed Ren was calling for her and stops dancing.

"Coming, Ren!,"Nora said.

She salutes with the relic dropping from her head and into her hand as she then zips back to Ren's side.

"Did that girl just ride in on top of an ursa?," Blake asked puzzled.

"Well I..."Yang said trying to answer before she is again interrupted by something.

This time, she's interrupted by a screech to her right. Pyrrha is seen to be running away from a Death Stalker as it uprooted entire trees in its furious chase after the girl. The red head is seen to just barely dodge a swipe from the scorpion Grimm and proceeded to keep running from it.

"Jaune!", Pyrrha cried out.

Jaune was now back on the ground as he sees his partner in trouble.

"Pyrrha!", he cried reaching towards her.

Ruby noticed the monster below them chasing after Pyrrha.

"Whoa!" she said.

Jaune turned and whined as if he wanted Ruby to help his partner.

"Ruby!," Jaune said.

Ruby nodded and ran forward before Yang stopped her upon seeing the silver eyed girl was okay.

"Ruby!", Yang said.

The two sister raise their arms as if they're going to give each other a hug when Nora pops in between them , knocking the two off balance.

"Nora!", she said surprising the sisters.

The Scorpion Grimm continued to chase after Pyrrha as she runs to try and escape the beast.

"Did... she just run all the way here with a Death Stalker on her tail?," Blake asked confused again.

Yang is seen to be shaking in anger as she is getting annoyed by all of the random things that keep happening around her. She growled as her eyes flashed red before she erupted in a small burst of fire.

"I can't take it anymore! Can everyone just chill out for two seconds before something crazy happens again?!,"Yang said annoyed.

The ticking of a clock counts down the two seconds of Yang cooling down, Ren running over to a ditzy Nora, and Blake and Ruby looking up. The silver eyed girl then tugs onto Yang's sleeve and points towards the sky.

"Umm... Yang?,"Ruby said directing her sister to look up.

Up above, Weiss is revealed to be hanging on a talon the size of her entire body that belongs to a gigantic Nevermore.

Weiss calls down to Ruby.

"Ruby, how could you leave me?!," Weiss called to her partner.

"Well, i did say "Jump"!," Ruby said shouting as she cupped her hands around her mouth.

"She's going to fall.,"Blake said.

"Ah, she'll be fine."Ruby replied.

"Um.. She's falling.," Toshiro said.

As Jaune sees Weiss falling, he grins thinking he has a chance to shine for once. He climbs up the tree again, runs off of the branch to jump and catch the falling girl bridal style in a slowed down moment. Weiss widens her eyes in surprise.

"Just... dropping in?," Jaune says grinning at Weiss.

Weiss is seen to be speechless and realizes why as he looks down, realizing that he probably jumped to high and too soon.

"Oh, gosh.," Jaune said in realization.

The two hang onto each other, wide eyed, as their weapons spin in the air behind them as they plummet towards the ground. Kazuma sighed in annoyance as he activated his black flames under his feet to fly up and catch Weiss before she fell to the ground. The Faunus stretched his arms out and caught the girl in a bridal like fashion, hovering in the air before slowly descending to the ground.

"Oh, noooooooo- Oomph!,"Jaune said in pain as he hit the ground face first.

"Hmph, fool! You really need to watch your surroundings next time.,"Kazuma said carrying Weiss.

"Ow!! My back...,"Jaune said in a pained cry on the ground.

"My hero...,"Weiss said mockingly before she noticed that she was being carried by a faunus.

She blushed angrily as they descended to the ground.

"Unhand me, you!,"Weiss screeched.

Kazuma grinned darkly and did exactly as she asked, he dropped her! This caused Weiss to drop to the ground hard. Getting up angrily, she marched over to the horned faunus.

"You! What is the meaning of just dropping me like that?!,"Weiss asked angered.

"I don't see the problem here. I just did what you asked me to. Not my fault you hit the ground in the manner that you did. Isn't that right, priiiiiinnnncesss~?,"Kazuma said smirking.

Weiss didn't say anything more as she just glared at the faunus angrily, to which Kazuma was seen smirking back at her rather smugly. Mist then came in between the two as they had no time to argue right now.

"Alright, that's enough you two!,"Mist said glaring at both of them.

Kazuma wisely backed off because he knew the wrath of a female faunus similar in appearance to him. Weiss however didn't get the message.

"And why should I listen to-"Weiss started but stepped back in slight fear of the glare she received from Mist.

"Or you'll what, miss Schnee heiress? Tell me, because I'd really love to know.,"Mist said glaring at her with her pupils going into reptilian like slits.

Weiss backed off then, wisely choosing not to argue further. She couldn't put her finger on it, but there was something rather ominous about these faunus teens. They weren't "normal", that's for sure.

The Death Stalker was still chasing and hunting Pyrrha when she manages to dodge it and land on her side at the feet of the group of teens.

"Great, the gang's all here. Now we can all die together!,"Yang said sarcastically.

"Not if I have anything to say about it!,"Ruby said rushing forward with her Crescent Rose.

Kouga cried out to warn her.

"Ruby, wait!"Kouga tried saying in warning.

His warning fell on deaf ears as Ruby did exactly what he was trying to warn her against doing.

"Argh! Guess I gotta go after her then.,"Kouga said as he rushed after Ruby.

Ruby screams as she fires at at the Death Stalker and charges towards it. When the two meet however, the girl is swiped away by the Grimm and knocked back. The girl gets up slowly after she's knocked back by the Grimm.

"D-Do-Don't worry! Totally fine!," Ruby said as she turns back towards the monster.

She shoots at its skull, sheathing her scythe and runs away from the monster as it chases after her.

"Ruby!,"Yang cried in worry as she runs forward.

The other teens follow the blonde haired Brawler as she chased after her sister.

Ruby runs towards Yang, but the Nevermore from earlier is heard cawing above them. The Grimm bird flaps its wing and releases a barrage of sharpened feathers with points that catch onto Ruby's cape, pining her in place. The feather barrage also prevents Yang from reaching her sister. As if she wasn't in enough trouble, the Death Stalker approached Ruby from behind with its stinger. It raised it's stinger above the scared girl and thrust it down towards the helpless Ruby.

Yang reaches out and cries in worry for her sister.

"Ruby!,"Yang cried in vain.

Two whit blurs whiz by the girl as the stinger is just about to pierce Ruby, making the camera go black. Ruby opens her eyes to see that Kouga was blocking the stinger with... his bare hand?! He was holding it back, just as there was a sound of ice surrounding the stinger, encasing it Ice dust.

"K-Kouga?! and Weiss?!," Ruby said surprised.

Kouga smiled at the girl.

"Are you alright, Ruby?,"He asked.

Ruby nodded a little surprised that Kouga and Weiss had saved her. She lowers her hands from the futile position above her head as she looks at her saviors.

Weiss continued to berate Ruby as she removed her rapier from the ice.

"You are so childish!And dim-witted, and hyperactive, and don't even get me started on your fighting style. And I suppose I can be a bit... difficult... but if we're going to do this, we're going to have to do this together. So if you quit trying to show off, I'll be... nicer.,"Weiss said.

Kouga smiled, he knew Weiss wasn't a bad person. She just needed some.. convincing by seeing Ruby try her best out there.

"I wasn't trying to show off, Weiss. I.. just wanted you to know that I can do this. I can handle slaying monsters.,"Ruby said.

"You're fine.,"Weiss said as she walked away.

Kouga was seen to be helping Ruby to her feet as she looked at him.

"I think what Weiss was trying to say was to not be so reckless, Ruby. But please.. don't do something like that again... You very nearly sent the rest of us into hysterics.,"Kouga said.

Ruby looked down briefly before she looked at Kouga again.

"Okay... I'll try and be more careful next time Kouga.,"Ruby said.

Kouga lightly flicked her on the forehead after, illiciting a slight cry of pain from the girl.

"Ow! Kouga...,"Ruby whined in pain.

"That was for being reckless. But you'll do better next time, right?,"Kouga said grinning.

Ruby let a small smile creep onto her face as she looked at the faunus teen.

"Y-yeah..,"She said in response.

"Good. I think someone else wants to see that your okay.,"Kouga said stepping aside.

Yang rushed up to Ruby and gave her a bone crushing hug, which the girl grunts upon receiving.

"I'm so glad you're okay!,"Yang said hugging her sister.

"Yang... please... need... air..,"Ruby croaked.

Yang let go of her sister, recognizing that she needed to breathe.

"Oh, sorry Rubes.,"Yang said in apology.

The two look up and see that the Nevermore is still flying above them and roaring at them.

Jaune then spoke up.

"Umm.. Guys, that thing's circling back! What are we going to do now?,"Jaune asked.

Weiss spoke at that moment.

"I don't see the point in dilly dallying any longer. Our objective is right in front of us,"Weiss said.

"She's right, our mission is to grab the artifacts and head back to the Beacon Cliffs. I'd say we've accomplished that. (she briefly nods towards Weiss) There's no real reason to fight those things anyways.,"Yang added.

Jaune nodded in agreement.

"Run and live... That's an idea I can get behind!,"Jaune said in agreement.

Ruby goes over and grabs a couple of gold knight pieces, while Jaune grabs a golden 2 golden rooks. The teens smile at each other and nod. The scorpion Grimm continues to fight its ice cage, cracking said ice in the process.

"Time we left already!,"Ren said.

"Right, let's go guys!,"Ruby nodded and waved towards the others as the group follows her lead.

The faunus teens follow suit as the go with the two teams of four.

Short time skip later...

An overhead shot shows that the group is heading out of the forest and into another abandoned series of structures as the Nevermore follows them from the air. They spread out when it passes above, concealing themselves behind some of the stone blocks with their allies as it perches on a high column and caws.

The other group of teens, much to Ruby and friends surprise runs towards the Grimm approaching them.

"What are you doing?!,"Weiss says appalled.

Well that was before Mist angrily stomped on the ground and fired a large beam like breath attack from her mouth.

"Clearing the way. Because these things are..ANNOYING!!!!,"Mist said releasing a large crimson colored beam from her mouth.

The beam incinerated the Grimm ahead of them and left a large trench leading up to the bridge, leaving Ruby and the others in shock and disbelief.

"Remind me... to never get on Mist's bad side..,"Yang said sweatdropping.

"Uh... yeah, no kidding.,"Weiss said equally as shocked.

More Grimm decided to approach them with the two teams of Faunus deciding to fight them off. Max looked back to Yang and the others.

"Yang!,"Max said.

The blonde haired brawler looked back at him.

"Yeah?,"Yang asked.

"You and the others take care of 'ol scorpio over there and that overgrown chicken up there! We'll handle these small fry down here!,"Max said.

Yang was about to ask if they needed help, but considering what she saw from mist just a little bit before she doubted they really need their help all that much. She nodded and let the others know what max and the others were doing.

Ruby looked towards them.

The scene shifted towards the faunus, who were firing off different techniques and using their advanced martial arts to decimate the Grimm.

"LIGHTNING DRAGON HALBERD!"

A weapon made of pure lightning was launched towards the Grimm, shaking the ground and scorching the targeted area with Lightning. The camera switched perspectives to Gweyn and Toshiro. Gweyn used shadow to attack the Grimm, While Toshiro hardened his body into metal and attack in sync with Gweyn.

"SHADOW DRAGON DEATH SPIKES!"

"ADAMANTINE DRAGON STEEL SWORD!"

Gweyn slammed her hand to the earth as shadows traveled through the ground. The unsuspecting Grimm were trapped by their own shadow and then impaled soon after. Toshiro flattened his hand until a silver aura surrounded it, soon after his hand turned into a blade with chain links attached to it. With his weapon, Toshiro was able to cut through the Grimm like a knife going through butter.

Shoryu was freezing his enemies by touching them before his partner, mist would finish them off.

"ICE DRAGON... CHILLING WINDS!"

"CRIMSON FANG...PHOENIX BARRAGE!"

Mist's fist lit on fire as if they are the sun itself. She thrust her fist forward in a fiery flurry that burned the Grimm to ashes. She also used her tail to burn any Grimm stupid enough to sneak behind her.

Over with Max and Kazuma, it was a display of White and Black flames being spews forth and into any Grimm that approached them.

"NOVA FANG.. WHITE FLAME THUNDERBOLT!"

Max thrust his fist forward as several lines that looked like lasers assaulted the Grimm at speeds they were helpless against. He also mixed in some kicks alongside his fists just to give the monsters something else to worry about.

Kazuma used his black flames to keep the monsters at bay as he used an attack from earlier.

"REAPER FANG BLACK GEYSER!"

Several pillars of black flame erupted from the ground, catching the Grimm off guard and incinerating them instantly. Like his partner, Kazuma mixed his kicks into his attacks along with a few tails swipes to go with the flurry of fist attacks he threw out towards the Grimm.

Kouga looked like he was tracing something, a clear white aura shining around him. When he was finished, he thrust his fist forward.

"STAR DRAGON PLASMIC COMET FIST!"

The light that shine from his fist spread out into laser that had the outline of fists, which he threw towards the Grimm. He held his hand open palmed before closing it as another blinding light shined from his fist.

"STAR FANG... FLASH FIST!"

Kouga was seen dashing through several Grimm with light streaking from his fist as he charged right through them. He incorporated several tail swipes and even some well timed kicks to further pummel Grimm.

Hon'oo used her water based attacks to drown or even choke some of the Grimm before she moved onto some of her more heavy attacks. Tail swipes and kicks were thrown out in succession with her fists that went forward into the monsters.

"SEA DRAGON... BATTERING RAIN: CYCLONE FIST!"

Hon'oo sent her fists skyward before a torrent of them came raining down upon the Grimm. The monsters had no time to approach her because they were already getting hit by the torrent of fists covered in water being sent their way. The faunus girl spread her arms wide as if he was shooting a bow and arrow. Water pooling near the point of contact as an enormous bow and arrow of water formed.

"SEA FANG.. TSUNAMI BOW ARROW!"

When she released the arrow a giant pool of water shot forward, demolishing not only the Grimm, but it tore through the forest. It actually ended up helping out JNPR as it knocked the Scorpion Grimm they fought off balance.

With the others...

After Blake had rejoined her team in taking on the giant Nevermore, she spoke.

"It's tougher than it looks!" Blake said.

Yang is seen to be readying her Gauntlets as she punched her fists together.

"Then let's give it everything we got! (looks to their faunus friends) Like those guys are doing over there!,"Yang said.

The girls briefly look over and see the several lights of fire and a giant stream of water that tore through the forest from where Max and the others were. The girls nod and go to engage the Nevermore once again.

As the Nevermore is approachesRuby, Blake, Weiss, and Yang set their weapons to fire a barrage of blasts at the bird. The giant bird either dodges the blasts or takes them harmlessly, until it crashes through the columns and platform.The girls leap from one section of falling stone to the next until they reach the higher bridge on top, just below the cliffs.

"Ugh, none of this is even working!," Weiss said frustrated.

Ruby is seen to bewatching Blake whip over to another section of the area while Yang is firing round after flaming round at the Grimm.

" I have a plan! Cover me!,"Ruby said as she blasts her way into the fray.

Weiss just sighs and raised her rapier before chasing after Ruby.

With Team JNPR...

The Death Stalker is still seen to be battling the team of four. The teens trying to figure out a way to slow it down. That's when Jaune hears... water? He looks and sees a giant stream of water coming in their direction.

"Guys, move!,"Jaune orders.

The others nod and quickly jump out of the way. Soon after the giant stream of water knocked the Grimm off balance and left it reeling just as the teens come back to the ground.

"It's reeling, now guys!,"Jaune said.

The teens all rush towards it.The Death Stalker aims a claw at Pyrrha, but she deflects it with her Akoúo shield and slashes it with her blade. The scorpion recoils and swipes at her with its other claw, but Jaune is there to deflect it with , knocking it back so Pyrrha can leap over and attack its face. Ren runs up firing and gets on the stinger when it tries to hit him, shooting at the base between it and the tail while Nora fires more grenades at the attacking claws. Pyrrha hurls her javelin straight into one of the monster's ten eyes, making it throw Ren to the side.

"Ren!"Nora cried in worry.

Ren slammed into the side of rock, falling hard to the ground and not getting back up. Jaune managed to stand after getting knocked down and he noticed that the stinger hung rather limply.

"That water attack... It must've weakened it! That's it!,"Jaune thought.

He looked to his partner, Pyrrha Nikos. He just hoped this idea would work.

"Pyrrha, the stinger's limp! Cut it off!,"Jaune said.

Pyrrha nodded.

"On it!,"She said.

She raises the shield and hurls it like a disc, slicing the stinger off and causing it to fall into the Death Stalker's head as Pyrrha retrieves her rebounding shield.

Jaune looked towards Nora.

"Nora, nail it!,"He said calling to his future teammate.

The girl noded as she grinned. She charged forward before jumping onto Pyrrha"s shield. Pyrrha leaps as Nora angled the blast from her hammer down to give her the lift she need before she barreled down with her hammer.

"Heads up!,"She said.

The girl barrels down with her hammer, smiling the whole way until her hammer's head hits the stinger. The stinger is driven through the beast's skull and crushes the bridge underneath it. Jaune and Pyrrha leap over the monster to land behind it, safely. Nora uses her weapon's grenade launcher to blast up and away behind them, as they watch the monster fall to its demise. Jaune then lays on his back,Nora lands on her bottom,Pyrrha manages a crouched pose,and Ren simply walks over to them, panting and groaning until he just collapses on the ground next to them. The other three aside from, Ren, get up and watch as the Nevermore is peppered with Firepower. They are then joined by the other two Faunus groups, who now watch the all girl team.

With Ruby, Weiss, Blake, and Yang...

Yang is still burning through her ammo on the beast, landing a blow at its face and causing it to head right towards her, but she leaps for its open maw and forces the beak wide as she attacks. She is screaming and firing with each syllable said.

"I! Hope! You're! Hung-! ...-gry! You! Stupid! Bird!,"Yang says screaming.

The blonde looks behind her and jumps back safely onto a ruin, making the Giant bird Grimm crash into the cliff side.Despite Yang's best attempts, the Nevermore recovers quickly. But, she smiles as she spies Ruby and Blakeon the broken columns with Weiss rushing towards the battle to help her future teammates.Yang passes her while the Nevermore starts to fly back up, but Weiss hops over to the ruin it's lifting off of and freezes the tip of its feathery tail to the ground, leaving it stuck in the same spot despite its flapping.Weiss back-flips into a snowflake-circle, jumpsand lands on the other side, running towards the group.Blake fires the pistol portion of Gambol Shroud over to Yang, and the two tighten it between the columns so Ruby can jump on the center with Crescent Rose and bend it back into Weiss' black glyph, right next to the caster.

"Of course you'd come up with this crazy of a plan.,"Weiss said sighing but also lightly chuckling in amusement.

Ruby looked to her partner.

"Well you know, ha ha! Can you make the shot?",Ruby answered.

"Hmm! Can I!,"Weiss said confidently.

a silent second passes.

"Can't?,"Ruby asked.

"Wha- Of course I can!,"Weiss said lightly offended. "Just make it count, okay?"

Ruby smiled towards her partner.

"You got it, Weiss!,"Ruby answered grinning.

Ruby looked forward and pumped Crescent Rose as Weiss turns the circle from black to red and releases Ruby at such a speed that the ground behind her launch cracks, rose petals flying from her ascent. With each new shot, she gets closer and closer to the trapped Grimm until her scythe catches the Nevermore's neck in its blade and causes them both to fall to the cliff wall. Weiss raises her sword and creates a series of white circles up the wall, which Ruby dashes through by firing the entire way up.Yang, Blake, and an exhausted Weiss watch her climb up with the bird in her grasp until, both warrior and monster crying out, Ruby reaches the top of the cliff, circles up, fires one last shot, and rends the Nevermore's head from its shoulders in a shower of petals.

Kouga smiled as he and the other teens watched on in amazement.

"Heh, not bad Ruby. Not bad at all.,"Kouga said.

"I'll say, I think those girls will make a great team.,"Mist added.

"Yeah, I think you're right about that sis.,"Max said.

Ruby lands beside the severed head as the body of the giant Nevermore falls lifeless to the ruins and crevice below while the girls and, farther away, Jaune, Pyrrha, Nora, and Ren watch in amazement.

"Wow...,"Jaune said in awe.

"Well.. that was a thing!,"Yang said.

"It sure was.,"Blake said.

Ruby, her cape and petals flowing with the wind, looks down to her friends as they peer up towards her.

Ruby continues to smile as the faint sounds of an audience clapping are heard, growing louder and louder as a familiar voice is heard.

Time Skip: Beacon Academy Auditorium

Back at Beacon Academy the sounds of clapping and applause were heard and growing louder as the familiar voice of Ozpin is then heard addressing the quartet of teen boys up on the stage. The screen of the auditorium shows each of their profilesas the boys are lined up for the applauding audience to see as Ozpin continues.

"Russel Thrush. Cardin Winchester. Dove Bronzewing. Sky Lark. The four of you retrieved the black bishop pieces. From this day forward, the four of you are to work toether as Team CRDL, led by... Cardin Winchester!,"Ozpin finished as the boys bowed slightly before walking off of the stage for the next team.

The screen then brings up the profiles of Max, Kazuma, Kouga, and Hon'oo as they walked forward and onto the stage.

"Max Dragonblade. Kazuma Ayakashi. Kouga Dragonblade. and Hon'oo Tokyoheim. You four found and retrieved the silver rook pieces, well done. From today forward, you four will work together as Team MKKH, led by... Max Dragonblade!,"Ozpin said.

Mist smirked.

"Knew it.,"She said.

"Was there really ever any doubt?,"Shoryu asked.

Ruby smiled seeing four of her new friends as a team.

The four exited the stage as the next team came up, the screen displaying their profiles.

"For the first time in our school's history, you are the very first five man team. And just the second team comprised entirely of faunus members. As the first five man team in Beacon, you will stand out in a special way. Mist Dragonblade. Shoryu Tokyoheim. Toshiro Torugaiya. Gweyn Gorman. and Yukikaze Ayakashi. The five of you found and retrieved the silver bishop pieces. From today forward, the five of you will work as Team MSTGY, led by.. Mist Dragonblade! Congratulations, young lady.,"Ozpin said.

"Thank you, Headmaster.,"Mist politely said.

The five exited the stage for the next team to come onto the stage. Their faces and profiles filling the screen.

"Jaune Arc. Lie Ren. Pyrrha Nikos. Nora Valkyrie. The four of you retrieved the gold rook pieces. From this day forward, you will work together as Team JNPR. Led by... Jaune Arc!,"Ozpin announced.

Jaune was surprised at this. Him? the Leader?

"Huh? L-Led by?,"Jaune said surprised he was picked as the leader.

"Congratulations, young man.,"Ozpin said.

Amid the clapping, Nora laughs and gives Ren a hug.A grinning Pyrrha offers a friendly shoulder bump to Jaune, but her "fine leader" is knocked over and falls to his butt in front of the laughing audience. The four exit the stage to make room for the final team. The familiar group of four girls.

"And finally: Blake Belladonna. Ruby Rose. Weiss Schnee. Yang Xiao Long. The four of you retrieved the gold knight pieces.From this day forward, you will work as Team RWBY, led by... Ruby Rose!," Ozpin announced.

Weiss looks to her right surprised, where Ruby is obviously in shock as Yang goes over to hug her sister.

"I'm so proud of you!,"Yang said.

A certain red haired and horned faunus then comes over to her to congradulate her on being named a team leader.

"Congratulations, Ruby. I knew you could do it.,"Kouga said.

"t-Thanks Kouga.,"Ruby said with a smile towards the the faunus teen.

Ozpin smiled at the interaction between the teens amid the clapping of the audience gathered in the auditorium.

"It looks like things are shaping up to be an... interesting year.,"Ozpin told himself.

The camera pans over the auditorium's structure until it escapes into the open sky and shows the scattering crescent amid the day's clouds...

Elsewhere...

before going into the night and seeing the moon through a window, providing a view to the outside for a shadowy room filled with shelves and a desk in the back, where Roman Torchwick is getting a call on his phone. The muffled conversation ends, and Roman angrily slams the phone down, sighing. He holds a cigar to his mouth and puts his symbolized lighter to the end, just as a man in a gray mask and black hood comes with a trolley. Roman holds out a collection of , which he places on the table and the man takes.

"Open it.,"the crook said.

The masked man does so with a crowbar, revealing a large amount of Dust crystals of varying colors - orange, blue, white, red, green, cyan, gold, yellow, and more. Roman picks up a blue gem in his hand and looks at the loot. The crime boss sighed, it wasn't as much as he'd like. there now was but one recourse.

"We're... going to need more manpower...,"Roman said.

The view zooms in on the map above the desk, showing Vale and various districts and areas of crossed-out locations, all leading into a specially-circled place as the scene sets to black.

To be Continued...

Next Time: Chapter 3: The Badge, The Burden, ... New instructors?

Hey guys I hope you guys enjoyed this chapter! In regards to Jaune, I'm going to make him a little bit more confident and a bit smarter this time around. While there will be some of Jaune acting like he does in cannon it won't be as much. As of right now, I don't have any plans to make Pyrrha suffer the same fate as she does in the original cannon story of RWBY. But before I go... I know there are alot of added Oc's but who would you like to see them paired with?

Best option for Yukikaze:

A. Neptune Vasilias

B. Yatsuhashi Daichi

C. Fox Alistair

D. Mercury Black

E. Write in (other male character suggestion)

Who is the best pairing for Shoryu?

A. Blake

B. Coco

C. Velvet

D. Penny

E. Emerald

F. Cinder (reformed/good)

G. Mist

H. Other female character (write in)

Who will Weiss fall for?

A. Kazuma

B. Max

C. Toshiro

D. Neptune

E. Shoryu

Who do think becomes a couple (down the road) in the story first?

A. Kouga and Ruby

B. Max and Yang

C. Blake and Sun?

D. Toshiro and Gweyn?

Anyways that's all for now, see you guys in the next update!