Chp. 11: U.S. Huntsmen

Hangar 5

An hour after the tour, Teams RWBY, JNPR, GRMA, and CFDT along with Professor Ozpin, Glynda, Keaton and his team are all waiting inside the hangar for the new American huntsmen. The new huntsmen walk inside the hangar and all stand at attention to Keaton.

"Alright, soldiers, I leave you all in the hands of the students of Beacon Academy. I expect to see results," Keaton said.

Keaton, Cassandra, Alex, and Steel all then walked off as Ozpin approached the soldiers.

"Aside from Team GRMA and Team CFDT, you all are part of the first generation of huntsmen from Earth. This is not a privilege nor dudy, but a great responsibility that has been bestowed upon you all," Ozpin said. "You are all a part of something greater that helps protect humanity from both of our worlds from the Creatures of Grimm. Today you all stand together to be the symbol of hope that we all need during our darkest times. And that hope you bring will light away the darkest of shadows that lurk to wipe us all out."

The Beacon headmaster walks up to Teams RWBY, GRMA, CFDT, and JNPR and gives a warm smile.

"Professor Goodwitch and I will watch from the side as you train these soldiers. They're all yours," Ozpin said as he then walked up next to Glynda.

The teams worked up to the soldiers who all stood at attention.

"What do we say? What do we do?" Kelly whispered to the others.

"I guess we improvise as we go," Jacob replied with a shrug.

A long and awkward moment of silence has passed as everybody was waiting for somebody to speak. Finally Ruby was the first to speak.

"Um... hi," Ruby sheepishly said as Weiss facepalmed.

"Alright, men. If you all are going to be huntsmen, you better pay attention," Britney said.

"Yeah, you all better listen or I'm gonna break some legs!" Nora shouted.

"Nora," Ren groaned as he shook his head.

"Since you all have your aura unlocked, you are all protected from getting harmed," Weiss said.

"Unless it breaks because aura can only protect you to an extent. And when it breaks you are left completely vulnerable until you have recovered it," Ren said.

"Along with your aura, comes with a semblance, and it's like a super power," Rebecca said.

"It doesn't come right away and sometimes you may not have one. If you do discover your semblance, it must be reported as soon as possible," Allen said. "Is that clear?"

"Sir, yes, sir!" the soldiers barked.

"Good. We will start with combat training," Pyrrha said.

"Now, who would like to go up first?" Kendra asked.

A soldier raised his hand as the teams took notice and saw that his tag read Smith.

"Okay, you. Who would you like to go up against?" Blake asked.

"Him," Smith said, pointing at Jaune.

"Me? Okay," Jaune said.

Jaune walks up to a table and grabs two training sticks. He walks up to the soldier and hands him one of the two sticks as the two then walk right into a large circle that was painted on the ground. The monitor on the wall turns on, showing Jaune and Smith's aura meters both full.

"The first to have their aura drop to the red zone or knocked out of the ring, loses and to make this a little easier for you all, none of us will be using our semblances," Robert said.

"Are you both ready?" Jacob asked.

"Ready," Jaune and Smith replied.

"Three. Two. One. Fight!" Ruby shouted.

Both Jaune and Smith charged at each other. Jaune swung three strikes at Smith as he blocked them all. Smith then suddenly gave a quick series of strikes while he could only block a few and got hit by the rest of the attacks. The soldier then gave an uppercut sending Jaune flying several feet and landing in front of his friends, groaning in pain. Teams RWBY, JNPR, GRMA, and CFDT were all shocked and taken by surprise. They did not expect the soldier to knock Jaune out of the ring and win on the first try.

"Um, who would like to go next?" Yang asked the large group of soldiers.


A couple minutes later Jacob and a soldier were currently locking sticks with each other. Jacob gave a few swings but misses as the soldier dodged the attacks. The soldier gave a few strikes of his own as Jacob blocked them all. But the soldier then gave a sideways kick to Jacobs head, knocking him hard on the floor. Jacob looked at the monitor and saw that his aura meter was at fifteen percent while the soldier's aura meter was at fifty percent.

Later, Yang and another soldier were currently in a fist fight as both opponents were punching each other. The soldier quickly headbutts Yang and then punches her in the stomach. He then grabs Yang and slams her to the floor. Yang looks at the monitor as her aura is now at seventeen percent.

Later again, Robert was trying to jab at another soldier with his stick as the soldier parries away the attacks with his stick. The soldier quickly grabs Roberts stick and thrusts both stick at Robert's stomach, sending him flying into a wall. His friends all winced as Robert made impact.

In another duel, Weiss was about to strike with her stick at another soldier, but the soldier stepped aside and swept his leg at Weiss' legs, making her slip. The soldier quickly strike at her stomach with his stick, slamming her to the floor. Weiss' aura meter then drops to ten percent.

Britney with a stick in each hand was currently blocking and parrying another soldier's attacks as he was slashing at her with his stick. The soldier was about to give an overhead strike as Britney was prepared, but the soldier suddenly gave an underhand strike, sending Britney up into the air and slam into the ceiling, then fall back to the floor below.


An hour later, all of Teams RWBY, JNPR, GRMA, and CFDT have all dueled against the new huntsmen soldiers and lost, and are all exhausted.

"How in the hell did they beat us?" Allen asked.

"They shouldn't be this good at combat already. They just started their training, Weiss said.

"Yeah, like how and why?" Yang asked.

The teams then heard the sound of laughter. They all turned and saw Keaton, Cassandra, Alex, Steel, Glynda, and Ozpin. The four soldiers were all laughing while Glynda gave a prideful smirk as Ozpin was sipping from his mug, hiding his own smirk. The huntsmen soldiers then suddenly started to laugh too. The teams didn't understand why they were all laughing, until the answer came to them.

"Wait a minute? THEY WERE ALREADY TRAINED, WEREN'T THEY?!" Jacob yelled.

"Bingo, now you're up to speed, Jacob. We had asked Winter Schnee to train our men, and she had been training them for eight weeks and they have kept themselves in shape ever since," Keaton explained.

"Call that your punishment for going against the government's orders," Steel said.

"You sons of bitches," Jacob muttered.

"Well at least it's over," Ruby said.

"I'm afraid you just jinxed your friends and yourself, Ruby," Alex said.

"Why?" Ricky asked.

"General Ironwood will be showing up here tomorrow and we all want this base to look it's best," Cassandra explained.

"Meaning?" Kelly asked.

The soldiers all gave mischievous grins at the Remnan and Terran teams.


Mess Hall

An hour later, Teams RWBY, JNPR, GRMA, and CFDT are all in the Mess Hall, cleaning the floors with toothbrushes and a bucket of soap water next to each of them.

"You just had to jinx us, Ruby," Kendra said.

"Hey, I said I was sorry," Ruby groaned.

"I can't feel my wrists," Ricky said.

"At least after cleaning here, that will be it," Ren said.


Pine Farm, Mistral

Meanwhile back at the farm in Mistral, Oscar was walking into the barn for the night. Just before he was about to walk inside, he saw a crow standing next to him, watching him. Oscar shrugs and turns back to the door, sliding it open. He hears a loud thud and turns back to the crow. But the black bird was nowhere in sight and instead stood the veteran huntsman, Qrow Branwen.

"Oscar Pine," Qrow said.

Oscar fell back with a yell in shock of Qrow's unexpected appearance.

"Who... who are you? And how do you know my name?" Oscar asked.

"The name's Qrow Branwen, kid," Qrow introduced as he held out his hand.

Oscar hesitates, then grabs Qrow's hand as he helps him up.

"What do you want with me?" Oscar asked.

"Oscar, what is your favorite fairytale?" Qrow asked.