The second part of Beacons initiation is here. I'm going to try and show what some of the other teams are doing so it's not all from jaunes point of view. Don't know how well it'll turn out but gotta give it a try every now and then.

Velvet watched as Coco inspected the ground "yeah we're on someone's trail and it looks like they're moving in a straight line". Coco stood up from her knelt position and signaled for Velvet to follow. The two girls jogged after their new preys in silence until velvet spoke "you think jaune and yang will be ok"?

Coco was silent while contemplating on how to answer her "I don't know, maybe but then again we did kinda leave them with the headmaster". The reminder had velvet's rabbit ears drooping "getting last place like that is really rough but I'm sure they'll bounce back once they have their own team". Even though she knew how it was going to end Coco couldn't help but wish that she was there to see jaune finally lose for a change.

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"LIGHT HIM UP" jaune yelled the command and yang answered in kind by following his lead. The two jumped in opposite directions putting distance between them so their gun fire wouldn't cross on accident while giving them a wider area to fire at. Ozpin caught on and smiled even though trying to dodge all their dust bullets would be near impossible...well for the average huntsmen at least.

He never thought he'd have to use this on students but desperate times were here and he had a role to fill. The dust bullets seemed to freeze in place as Ozpins body moved so quickly he left after images of himself. Knocking dust bullets into one another or deflecting them entirely was a simple task before returning to his original position as if nothing happened.

Explosion of fire dust went off everywhere except for where they were originally intended to go. Yangs eye's were wide while a bead of sweat dripped from jaunes forehead. Jaune had heard once upon a time from Salem that Ozpin was once a powerful warrior back in the day but it was only now that he truly understood what she meant by that.

"What the hell just happened" yang asked her partner but received no reply except for a nervous smile as jaune lowered his center of gravity. Jaune was crazy if he thought he was any match for a huntsmen who could move like that. Then again she was probably just as crazy since she followed his lead and charged the headmaster.

Ozpin slid his hand from the pummel of his cane to the handle just in time to block jaunes on coming attack. Jaune's combat knife shifted into it's long sword form right before the two huntsmen clashed. Ozpin redirected jaunes initial strike before following up with one of his own only for it to be blocked.

The two huntsmen were never in one place as they slashed away at each other until yang began to attack Ozpin from the rear. Ozpin blocked two consecutive attacks before thrusting his cane into jaunes chest effectively knocking the blonde away. The small reprieve was short lived as yang moved in to throw a three hit combo, two combinations jabs and a uppercut.

Ozpin clicked the latch on his cane causing it to shrink into just the handle which he used as a knuckle guard when he countered Yangs attacks. Dodging the left and right jabs was easy but when yang threw her uppercut, Ozpin countered with a chopping right. The sudden counter caught her off guard as her head shot downward before Ozpin threw a combination of his own.

A liver blow that was followed by a right cross before yang tried to return with a right hook only for her to hit nothing but air. Ozpin ducked under Yangs right and move to attack her back when jaune intercepted his strike. Jaune's gun barked as he fired at Ozpins feet while they were locked but Ozpin jumped back away from the two teens.

Ozpin clicked the latch on his cane to extend it once more before pointing the tip towards the two blondes "most impressive mister Arc and you as well miss xiao long. Attacking one's opponent from different angles, using superior numbers against a opponent and coordinating with one another to keep the pressure on". Ozpin couldn't help but smile "it takes years of training and trust to pull off what you two are doing here, most nowadays think they don't need anyone to help them so they go at it alone but I'm glad to see not all think in such a manners.

Sure that was easy for him to say he wasn't the one that was fighting a monster with enough magic and experience earned over lifetimes. Jaune's eyes shifted slightly to look at yang, she'd taken the most hits but was holding strong. He knew, yang knew and even Ozpin knew it was only a matter of time before they were beaten since it was painfully obvious he wasn't fighting them seriously so what could they do?

Jaune hated to lose and yang felt the same but if they wanted to survive this without looking like idiots they needed a plan. Yang looked down at her gauntlets before turning slightly to jaune when inspiration struck. Jaune felt yang nudge his rib with her elbow to gain his attention "I got a plan follow my lead" she whispered. The slight nod of his head was the go ahead she needed "NINJA VANISH" she yelled.

Jaune quickly loaded ice dust in his handgun before yang started shooting off several shotgun blasts from her gauntlets. It would have ended the same as last time if jaune hadn't fired off his ice dust bullets to collide with Yangs fire dust rounds. The area became steeped in fog that blinded anyone within even the headmaster.

They were trying to escape is what Ozpin believed before bullets pierced the fog and managed to peg him in the chest and shoulder. Ozpin held his cane up to protect himself from anymore gun fire but none came so he waited for their next attack. One minute turned to three and a smile came to Ozpins face "it seems I've been had" he said as the fog began to disperse leaving him alone in the woods.

Jaune and yang ran at top speed through the forest hoping to put as much distance between them and Ozpin. After several long minutes of running the two blondes stopped by a large boulder to catch their breath. Jaune burst into laughter the moment he could "I can't believe you said that, Blake is gonna be so pissed when I tell her".

Yang didn't feel bothered at all about getting sold out "eh she can sue me for copyrights later. There is one thing bothering me though why did you shoot the fog? We could've just ran".

"True we could've just ran but that would have left Ozpin a chance to give chase and more then likely catch us. The reason I shot the fog in the direction I last saw the headmaster was to make him believe we were trying to use the fog as cover for sneak attacks". The surprised look on Yangs face made him laugh "the maneuver probably bought us a few minutes at best, just enough time to get away".

Jaune checked the ammo in his gun before stretching "we should keep moving if we want to make sure the headmaster doesn't catch up". Once the two were ready they headed off towards the opposite end of the forest to finish their test. While they ran through the forest jaune could only hope his friends weren't having as hard as a time as they had it.

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Blake flipped over the beowolf alpha before throwing gambol shroud in it's sickle form. The Blade from her sickle bit deep into the alphas neck before it was violently ripped free ending the Grimm's life when she pulled the ribbon attached to her weapon. Several Grimm corpses laid across the ground with each one beginning to dissolve when ruby returned to her partner.

Blake put gambol shroud away as ruby came to a stop in front of her with a large smile on her face "that's another pack of beowolfs that won't harm anyone ever again". Although ruby meant well Blake was starting to see why jaune got angry on the airship about her heroics. They were being tested by time yet ruby made every reason to stop their movements to fight every little Grimm they passed.

Blake crossed her arms and gave ruby a stern look "ruby we've been doing it your way but it's time to get serious and get to the goal". Ruby was a little taken aback by Blake's comment "we are but it doesn't hurt anyone if we do a little Grimm hunting while we move". Blake shook her head "it hurts us if we're constantly stopping to fight every Grimm we come across".

Ruby stood her ground and leveled a glare that said she wasn't planning to budge on her ideals nor consider altering her way of doing things. It was this hard headedness that made Blake wish she had gotten yang as her partner or at least someone who had a open mind. Deciding she had to be the bigger person even though she didn't want to, Blake decided to use reason where all else would fail.

"Ruby I know how you feel but exhausting ourselves in the middle of a Grimm infested forest could get us hurt or worse. We have to be smart and we have to stay well enough to make it to the end so we can truly be the huntresses the people need".

Ruby looked like she wanted to argue the point but Blake cut her off before she got started. Taking a page from jaunes book on how to deal with friends she decided to use some of jaunes worries from the day before to convince her.

"We aren't true huntresses, at least not yet but that's why we can't stay here wasting are time on these small time Grimm. The faster we get through this and start our real training will help us make a difference to villages and kingdoms across remnant". A smile came to Blake's face "we're the fastest people among are friends so let's get this done so we can really help people".

Ruby let out a sigh and nodded slowly " I guess your right" she said before walking past Blake. As they began to move towards their destination ruby chuckled lightly "you know you've been spending way too much time with jaune if you've begun to talk like him". Blake's cat ears fell as a sigh escaped her lips "we'll just keep it our little secret, ok"?

"Sure thing partner".

Finished and done. I know ruby was young when she had the mindset to become a hero but I feel like that would have been amplified if summer was still alive. I mean you gotta think summer would always be trying to instill a strong sense of responsibility into people who wanted to be huntsmen or huntress.

In this case it happened to be the one person who was just a smaller copy of herself.