I am here and finally I have a new chapter done. Getting this next chapter in Blake's story done took a lot longer than I thought. First I thought it was a great idea to make 18 OC's for Sun and Blake's Hero course not counting their teachers as well as the other Pro Heroes. Then there's the fact I had to come up with a whole new structure to fit in with the way Italy's school system is set up, will be explained in the chapter. Needless to say a lot more work has gone into this side story than I had initially expected. Word of Advice for anyone writing, make sure you have your research done properly before starting a work then realized you messed up part way through and have to revise a bunch of stuff.

Anyways let's reply to some reviews.

GrimmjowTaichou: Monoma was the one knocked out by Mei Amai. Kendo is in Class 1-A with Rikkido Sato taking her spot in 1-B, to be fair she hasn't done too much so it's not to hard to forget she's in their.

catastrophiqu: It's stated that Ruby is bilingual in the exposition section at the start of chapter 3. It's also stated that her official story is that she's an exchange student from America meaning she knows English in order for that to work. As for why this is the case, in order to fit in to the world Ruby would have to know Japanese if she's in Japan. However Ruby Rose is an English name meaning she would have come from a country where English is spoken, e.i America.

With that out of the way let's get on with the chapter.


Chapter 2: Some Things Never Change

Blake and Sun made their way through the streets of Naples towards their school. The sky was clear and the morning sun was continuing to rise higher into the sky.

"So what do you think we'll be doing today in heroics?" Sun asked.

"Who knows probably not a hero vs. villain exercise, we just did that yesterday." Blake answered. "Maybe rescue work."

"I hope not, I know it's a big part of being a hero. But fighting is much more up my alley. What with these guns." Sun stated as he flexed his arms.

Blake shook her head and rolled her eyes.

"Hey took you guys long enough!" They heard a familiar male voice shout.

Blake and Sun looked to see a fairly average height young man with a muscular build. He had black slicked back hair and brown eyes. He wore a standard school uniform. Standing with him were Ulisse and Sofia, who were just slightly taller then him.

"What are you talking about Guilio, it's not like you guys were waiting that long." Sun replied.

"Long enough for me to get impatient." The now named Guilio replied.

"Well that doesn't mean much." Blake retorted.

"We can save the banter for later. Let's get going before we're late for class." Sofia directed.

"Calm down Sof we ain't gonna be late. We could go there at a snail's pace and still be ten minutes early." Ulisse pointed out.

"To be early is on time Ulisse." Sofia replied slightly annoyed, looking directly into his eyes.

"You look really cute when your annoyed like that." Ulisse's stated.

"Huh…" Sofia expressed in confusion.

Her face slowly heated up to a bright shade of red.

"Uuauahahhhahahdosdfasfsdofsdfoasdfaaaaaaaaaaaaa…" She incoherently expressed.

Everyone tried their best to not laugh at Sofia's expense. Sofia's turned around with a huff.

"Alllllllllright let's go!" She exclaimed marching forward.

Still doing their best not to burst out laughing, everyone followed Sofia's lead. As Blake calmed herself down, she looked down an alleyway. She stopped as she noticed a dealing going on between two men. She was about to intervene when they noticed her and quickly scurried off. She clicked her tongue in annoyance.

"See something Blake?" Sun inquired.

"Another drug deal likely." She answered.

"Probably, the number of drug related incidences have skyrocketed in the past year." Guilio pointed out. "It's been causing my dad to lose sleep."

"Can't be easy being the president during a time like this." Sofia noted.

"I know I wouldn't want the job." Ulisse added.

"Anyways, no point in worrying about it now. Come on let's get to class." Guilio stated. "We don't need to risk running late because someone decides to play hero."

He, Ulisse, and Sofia went on a head while Blake in Sun hung back for a bit.

"Is it really playing hero if we're training to become one?" Ulisse points out.

"Semantics!" Guilio retorts.

Blake continued to stare down the alleyway before letting out a sigh. She followed behind the trio with Sun next to her. The group continues along their way to school.


Later…

Blake and company entered the classroom for heroics and took their seats. There were already a few of her classmates there. One was Ercole Manzo, a large muscular man whose seat was comically small for someone of his size. His hair was brown and in messy curls. His eyes were a bright green. Another was Achillea Miele, a tall beautiful girl with long red hair tied in a ponytail and red eyes. Blake and Sun had thought she was Pyrrha until they saw her eyes were a different color. Also in the class was Publio Zucca, a short stocky man with short black hair fully greased back and black eyes. Alessandro Grandioso was also in class acting all high and mighty as he sat in his seat. He had shoulder length dirty blond hair and grey eyes. Lastly there was Clelia Ossobuco, a pretty yet more tomboyish girl. Her hair was short and a deep royal purple. Her eyes were the same color as her hair.

After a few minutes, some more of their classmates filed in. There was Cornelio Arancini, a tall man with spiky blond hair and gold eyes. Practically competing to get into the class before him was Hannibal Couscous, an equally tall man was brown skin. He was bald and also had gold eyes. Not long after two people walked in together. One was a boy named Marino Rana, the other was a girl named Marina Serpente. Despite not being related, they both have long wavy ocean blue hair styled to look like a mirror image of the other and ocean blue eyes. They were the same height with a similar build outside of being clearly male and female. Following behind them was a man with a falcon's head with dark gray feathers, flowing into white in the front. His arms were falcon wings with the tips behaving like fingers, his uniform custom made to accommodate it. He also had feet similar to talons. Because of this, he doesn't wear shoes.

After a little bit, a girl walked in. Her name was Debora Dattero. Her hair was deep green and eyes were a deep yellow. Not long after, a handsome man named Davide Pecora who had short spiky orange hair and blue eyes entered the classroom. Following after him was a love struck girl looking at him. She had long bright pink hair and light purple eyes. Her name was Michela Basbousa. Looking at her slightly disappointed was a girl named Ester Koobideh. She had. The last of their classmates to enter was Miltiades Elia. A man with tan skin who was blad. His eyes were an olive green.

They were chatting with their normal groups when their teacher walked in. Their teacher was a beautiful woman in her mid-thirties with long brown hair and deep green eyes. She was dressed in her hero outfit which was a short green sleeveless dress. The skirt of the dress went about half way down her thighs. Her dress had no sleeves and a diamond opening around her chest. She wore dark brown hard leather bracers. She also wore dark brown thigh high boots. She had a green headband on. Her hero name was Rockgal, her real name is Gaia Torrone.

"Alright class, today we'll be doing something a little different." She stated.

This got everyone's attention.

"Your second years now which means you'll have your Junior Hero License by years end. Once that happens you'll be out in the field whether you decide to stick to your schooling or not." She stated.

In Italy, upper secondary education, equivalent to highschool in America, is compulsory for the first two years, ages 14-16, and optional for the remaining one to three years, depending on the school. The way the hero schools are set up around this is that for the first two years students are primarily taught in school everything they need to know to go out to be heroes, they do have the occasional work study. At age 16 they get their Junior Hero License and have the option of going right out into the field, or continue their studies at school. If they decide to head into the field they'll have to become sidekicks often times for lower level heroes. Those that continue will split between going to school at interning at a hero's agency. The internship takes the place of the heroics course. They also begin learning the more technical side of running your own hero agency. After three years they'll take the hero license exam in order to receive a Senior Hero License. If they fail they can keep trying until they manage to pass. Due to this set up, any student who had chosen to continue their education after turning 16, until they officially graduate at the age of 19, may compete to be one of Italy's eight representatives for the International Competition of Heroic Students.

"For this reason you'll be doing work studies. From here on out, everyday for the next two weeks instead of coming to this class, you'll be going to your assigned agencies to get some experience in the field." She directed.

Excited murmurs rang throughout the classroom. However some were worried about possible encounters with villains.

"Calm down, the heroes you'll be working under won't be actively putting you in dangerous scenarios, your still unlicensed students. Though you will be in groups of five both for safety reasons since you'll be able to watch each other's back, and to get you used to working with others." Gaia explained. "Now for this first one, I made sure to assign you with people you know and or have worked with often. For future one's I'll split you up into groups with people you haven't worked with as much. Can't have you just fighting around the same people or you may become too dependent on them, Marino and Marina."

"Why do you have to single us out." Marino replied.

"I don't know, maybe it's because every time we get assigned to do something, you two somehow end up together even if it's supposed to be random. You know for like the 50th time or something." Cornelio pointed out.

"We don't do it on purpose." Marina returned.

"That's part of the problem." Cornelio noted.

"Anyways…" Gaia went on as she took out a stack of papers. "I have your assigned hero agencies here. They'll have all the information you'll need to know about the agency and it's employee's. Come up and I'll hand them out to you. After that get your hero outfits and head out to your agencies, don't put on your hero costume until you're at your work study."

One by one everyone and got their paper before heading to get the locker rooms to grab their hero outfits. Then they went to their respective agencies. Blake had been teamed up with Sun, Giulio, Ulisse, and Sofia. The group of friends traveled together to the agency.

"I wonder what we they're gonna have us do?" Sun questioned. "Maybe we'll get to fight some bad guys."

"I doubt it, Mrs. Torrone said they won't actively put us in a dangerous situation." Blake pointed out.

"Yeah but knowing you two, you'll end up charging into one." Giulio noted.

"Hey we've stopped doing that!" Blake shot back.

"Yeah after what the fifth time?" Sofia added.

"We only did it like four times." Sun stated.

"Actually it was six." Ulisse noted.

"Regardless you shouldn't be acting that way without at least a junior license." Sofia scolded.

"I know but… even before what happened at Beacon I couldn't just wait to 'be ready'. And after what happened at Beacon that part of me has only grown more in it's conviction." Blake admitted.

"Hey don't worry about, your hearts in the right place. And at the end of the school year you'll have your junior license so you'll be fine to act after that." Ulisse pointed out.

"But until then try to curtail it like you did this morning." Sofia added.

"And it looks like we're here." Giulio noted.

Everyone stopped and looked at the building before them. It had an elegant classical italian design.

"My Dad wasn't kidding when he said Cernieromo went all out with his agency building." Giulio noted.

"Understatement of the century." Sofia added.

"Welp not sense in waiting, let's go." Sun exclaimed as he opened the door to a foyer area.

"WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH YOU!" A man exclaimed.

The group looked on in confusion and concern as a man with spiky orange hair yelled at another feminine looking man with messy black hair and a bloody nose. The orange haired man wore what appeared to be a yellowish green hazmat suit. The man with messy black hair was shirtless and wore a pair of baggy beige pants that went into brown boots.

"HOW THE HELL DID AN IDIOT LIKE YOU GRADUATE! SER…" The orange hair man began.

However the black haired man interrupted him with an uppercut to his chin.

"Who the hell are you calling an idiot, just cause I don't have a 200 something IQ doesn't mean I'm stupid!" He shouted.

While the two continued their fight, a slightly older man watched from the sidelines. He was tall and muscular with long spiky white hair. He wore a dark blue suit and black dress shoes. He sighed at their attics. Soon he noticed the group of teens.

"Ah you must kids on the work study Cernieromo mentioned." He noted.

"Yes sir that'd be us. Thank you for having us." Sofia replied courteously.

"Drop the formalities. Also call me by my hero name Mr. Rewind." He replied.

"Yes sir… I mean Mr. Rewind." She returned.

"It's a start." He muttered. "Anyways Cernieromo should be here soon to tell you what you'll be doing while here."

Suddenly, there was the sound of something crashing as the two other men continued their fight.

"Sooooo… is anyone gonna do something about that?" Sun questioned.

"Give them a minute." Mr. Rewind replied.

As if on cue, two other men came out and tried to pull the two of them apart. One was a tall man who wore some sort of red headgear. He wore an orange bulletproof vest over a blue long sleeve shirt. Around his waist was a white belt holding up a pair of red pants. At his side was a revolver in a holster. He also wore black shoes. He was trying to pull away the orange haired man. The other person was a shorter man with slicked back greaser style blond hair. He wore a blue leather jacket, which was buttoned halfway up, blue pants, and red shoes. Around his waist was a belt with various compartments. He was trying to pull the other man away.

"Calm down guys. Haven't you fought enough?" The blond questioned. "This is the third time today."

"He's right we don't need you causing anymore trouble, so calm down and stop fighting before it gets to four." The other man noted.

As this happened the other sidekicks in the agency walked by as though this were a normal occurrence, much to the confusion of the teens. Not long after a young woman with messy pink hair enters the building and walks up to Mr. Rewind. She wore a black sports bra with pink accents. She also wore a pair of form fitting black and pink pants with gold lines running up the side and light brown knee high boots.

"I see they're up to their usual antics." She noted.

"You know how they can be." Mr. Rewind replied.

Her attention turned to Blake and company.

"I take it these are students Cernieromo mentioned." She noted.

"Yep," Mr. Rewind answered.

"It's nice to meet you all. I'm one of Cernieromo's main sidekicks Softy." She explained. "Speaking of which, Cernieromo should be here…"

"Calm down all of you!" A firm commanding voice ordered.

"Now." She finished.

Walking into the foyer area was a man with shiny black hair in a bowl cut. He wore a white suit with black zipper like lines running across it vertically and black dress shoes. Immediately the fighting stopped and everyone fell into line. Cernieromo walked up to the group of teens.

"It's good to see you all welcome to my agency. As I'm sure you've guessed, I am Cernieromo." He greeted them.

"Blake Belladonna." Blake spoke up.

"Hero name?" He inquired.

"Night Flower." She answered

"Sun Wukong, hero name Monkey King" Sun followed.

"Sofia Ulivo, hero name Battle Goddess." Sofia stated.

"Giulio Pomodoro, hero name Grand Mapper." Giulio declared.

"Ulisse Fico, hero name Odysseus." Ulisse expressed casually.

"Nice to meet you all. I see you've already meet Mr. Rewind and Softy. Allow me to introduce everyone else, Nebbiola (The orange haired man), Aeroman (The black haired man), Trick Shot (The man with the red hat), and Life Bringer(The blond haired man)." Cernieromo stated. "Now then let's get down to business. You five can follow me to my office."

Cernieromo walked ahead and beckoned them to follow, which they did.

"For your time here you will be referred to, and are to refer to each other, by your hero names. This is how we do it in the field and how the public will view us." Cernieromo stated as they walked.

He led them to his office. A spacious room with fine leather furniture and an executive desk was in the back near the wall. He walked behind the said desk.

"Now then Night Flower, Monkey King, I have something to ask of you." Cernieromo began.

He took out two photos and held them before Blake and Sun.

"Are you familiar with these two individuals?" He inquired.

One photo depicted Adam somewhere in a crowd. The other showed Ilia also in a crowd. Both were trying to conceal their identities.

"Adam! Ilia!" Blake exclaimed.

"He's here?!" Sun questioned.

"Looks like my hunch was right." Cernieromo noted as he put the photos away.

"I'm guessing those two were from Remnant, right?" Sofia questioned.

"Yeah… We used to be comrades in the White Fang. Which is why they're two people I'd rather not meet. Especially Adam." Blake stated, holding the spot where Adam had stabbed her.

Sun noticed this and clenched his fist in frustration.

"Regardless, how did you know they were connected to Bla… Night Flower?" Giulio asked.

"I didn't. However, there were many anomalies in regard to these two. About five years ago there was a strange and sudden shake up in the criminal underbelly of Italy." Cernieromo explained.

He took out eight more pictures and placed them on the desk. The first was a woman with snakes for hair. The next photo to the right was a portly old man in a suit. The third photo showed someone who looked like an ordinary businessman. The next picture showed an oriental man looking tired. The photo right next to it showed a petite girl dressed in a gothic lolita style. Following her was a woman with red hair and lion-like features. The seventh photo showed a man with blond hair standing confidently. The final photo showed a woman with long blond hair down to her butt. She appeared to be related to the blond hair man in the photo before her.

"Calogera Fidi, Saturnino Grano, Drake Mela, Lian Yuebing, Trista Alcol, Leona Amontillado, Narciso Saffron, and Cassia Saffron." He states in the order he laid out the photos. "These eight individuals, while not major players, still held some influence in the criminal world. Starting five years ago one by one they began to band together to form a new, larger, and more powerful group. One that now holds great sway in the underworld. However, when we looked into it, there weren't any of the expected big names to be the cause of it. No it was this man you call Adam who was behind it all. A man who comes out of nowhere, no villain name, no records, nothing to indicate anyone of particular importance. Yet this man managed to bring seven noteworthy groups under his command in a matter of two years.

"Then there's this Ilia. A girl who also came out of nowhere about a year ago who now holds a high ranking position in the organization. We had no clues to go off until we were informed of Night Flower's and Monkey King's situation. It was a long shot but it was the best we had to get any information on these two. It's why I specifically requested you five to be brought here to work under me."

"I see…" Blake expressed. "I… I won't be involved too deeply in this."

"No, it would be irresponsible of me to allow any of you to be involved in this. All I need is information so we have something to go on. What his quirk might me what his motivations are."

Blake breathed out a sigh of relief.

"Yeah I can do that. His quirks easy; back on Remnant his semblance allowed him to use any damage the weapon he held took, store it, and then release it. I don't know it's limitations too well. I do know whatever weapon he's using will still take damage though not to what extent." Blake explained. "As for his motivation. I can't say. In our world he was obsessed with his ideas of justice… no… I think deep down it's been spite masking as justice. Regardless I don't see the point in going through the trouble of establishing a powerful criminal organization."

"There's nothing that comes to mind. A goal he had in his past life?" Cernieromo inquired.

"He and I used to be in the White Fang when I believe we were truly fighting for faunus to be equal. However what he wanted was not equality but supremacy. But there are no faunus in this world to fight for, not even a fairly close equivalent, at least not in this country." Blake explained.

"I see, then in all likelihood we can assume he's after power." Cernieromo.

"Huh?" Blake and everyone with her expressed in confession.

Cernieromo smiled at their reaction.

"Was it not obvious. You said it yourself, he wanted supremacy not equality. Such a thing implies he wanted power over those perceived above him. In all likelihood this desire for power has translated into what we see now him amassing power in the underworld. Which means he now has someone new above him. Us heroes and those in the government." He pointed out.

"Are you serious?! Do you really believe he would be that ambitious?" Giulio questioned.

"I don't know… it's mere conjecture based on what I've seen and what Night Flower explained now." Cernieromo replied.

Is that really the case? Blake mentally questioned. Could Adam seriously want to take over the whole country. I don't think he'd be that crazy but… if he is… can… can I really sit by and do nothing?

"Regardless this has been helpful in our investigation, thank you." He stated.

"Huh… oh… y-your welcome." Blake expressed.

"Now then let's get on with your work study. If what I suspect turns out to be true then all of you will need to be as ready as possible." He explained as he gathered up the photos he still had out on the desk. "We'll start today with a simple patrol of the city. Get changed into your hero costumes and meet me outside."

He walked out of the room as everyone went to get changed. As they did, all that was discussed weighed heavily on Blake's mind. Lost as to what to do she stepped out for her first patrol.


Some facts I wanted to add about Marino and Marina but couldn't fit it in the chapter proper with out it being out of place. Marino and Marina were born at the same time down to the second, in the same hospital. They went to the same nursery school and were in the same class, which is how they meet. As a result they've gone to the same schools ever since. They've been in the same classes together and even when seats are randomly selected by the teacher they always end up together. It's not related to any of their quirks so know one knows why it keeps happening. Their families have just taken it as a sign that they are destined to be married.


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