Sora couldn't exactly fall asleep easily, a rare sight considering his history with taking a good nap whenever he felt like it. A small nagging feeling in his mind, preventing him from sleeping. He opened his eyes before sitting over the edge of the bed, placing his hand over his face.

"I wonder..." Sora stands up, extending his hand calling his Keyblade to his hand. He places both hands on the handle and closes his eyes. He tries to call forth a power as a small bright light surrounds him and the Keyblade before flickering out, snapping Sora back to the wall. He yelps out in pain crouching down from exhaustion. He lets out a heavy breath of hesitation as he looks at his hand in dismay. "Chirithy was right... I can't go back."

Sora takes a seat, leaning against the bed. He takes out the charm once again, keeping it close to his heart. His hands were wavering. He could feel the tears building up as he wipes with his arm. "This was the choice that I made... Kairi, Riku, Donald, Goofy, everyone. I hope you guys are all doing okay. Because my heart is telling me that I'm definitely doing what I believe in."


"Seeing as though you're recovery was earlier than we predicted, you shouldn't just stay here all day." Ozpin takes a sip of his coffee while looking at some documents from his scroll. He turns his head over to Sora who was slowly stretching from the slight unfamiliar feeling in his body.

"Then what can I do?" Sora asks, unsure of how to really take a grasp on things. Ozpin simply smiles as he waves his mug towards the window behind Sora.

"Why don't you go take a look around? Getting familiar with your surroundings is a good way to pass the time." Ozpin readjusts his glasses as he continues to read the documents. He tilts his gaze toward Sora one last time. "Perhaps you should watch over one of the classes. Unfortunately, I will not be able to join you on your tour. I have a lot of work that I have to handle."

"That's fine. I'm pretty good when it comes to remembering where everything is." Sora smiles before walking past the headmaster. He turns around to give a small wave before continuing his stroll through the hallways of Beacon Academy.

The style of the hallways around Sora gave off a familiar vibe to the boy, similar to how Beast's Castle was. And yet the multiple numbers of students in matching uniforms gave the boy a rather nostalgic vibe to him. It has been around three years since Sora actually took a step inside an actual school. Seeing all of this reminded him of a time when his life wasn't so hectic and much more peaceful.

The thoughts of it all wrapped around Sora's focus, not noticing that a young girl wearing a red cloak was running straight towards him. The girl tries to signal Sora to move out of the way with frantic hand movements and swift yelps but it was too late as she crashes over him, before tripping over, plopping face-first onto the ground.

"Ow…" The girl comments, groaning a little while rubbing her head. She takes a second to herself before realizing the mistake that she made. Her face turning as red as her cloak. Quickly standing up, she turns around to see Sora bringing himself up. "Ah! I'm very sorry! I was really in a rush and I couldn't stop in time! Please forgive me."

"Yeah. It's no problem." Sora comments brushing himself of some dirt that had gotten on his clothes. He looks up at the girl who was slightly panicking while messing with her short hair. "Are you okay, though? It sounded like a rough fall."

"Huh? Oh, I'm fine. It's just that I'm supposed to be having combat class and I forgot my combat uniform in my dorm room. So I had to rush all the way over there before running back to the arena and man I'm in so much trouble!" The girl rambling in distress due to all of the stress that she was facing felt like a mountain of bricks. And yet the boy couldn't help but sympathize with the girl, chuckling a little to the fact. The girl realized the time before freaking out even more. "Ah! I have to go! Sorry!"

The girl runs off leaving Sora by his lonesome. But the idea of an arena seemed quite enticing for the boy from his experiences at Olympus. Plus Ozpin did say for the boy to check out some of the classes. Sora turns his head toward a few students who were passing by. "Excuse me. Where is the arena?"

"Oh, you're new around here?" The student asks with Sora giving a small nod. The student points in a direction. "It's that way. Down the second hall all the way to the end. Can't possibly miss it."

"Thanks!" Sora dashes in the direction, swiftly following the directions leading him towards a massive classroom filled with multiple students closely watching a simple brawl taking place in the middle of the arena. Sora sees a familiar-looking woman who was overseeing the match, monitoring multiple factors throughout the match.

"Time is up!" The woman calls out, halting the two figures inside the arena in their tracks. She takes notice of Sora walking into the room. She takes a second to process it before looking over at the two students, giving short and precise insights before having them return to their seats with their groups. "Now then. For our next fight..."

The woman points at Sora who takes a second to process what he just heard. He looks around before pointing at himself in response to the call. The woman nods with Sora hesitantly complying as he makes his way towards the arena. From all around him, he received weird looks from those in the crowd. Afterward, the woman looks around the room before pointing at a young woman with long red hair. This came in shock for the whole class, with almost everyone whispering to each other all of sudden which seemed strange to the boy. The girl herself seemed rather unfazed as she makes her way into the arena.

"The battle between Pyhrra and Sora will begin soon. Would you both like a review of the rules?" The woman asks towards the two fighters.

"Yes please, Professor Goodwitch." The girl named Pyhrra states with a respective nod. She looks up to the screen against the wall as it displays two bars with their names on it.

"You two will compete in a one versus one tournament-style battle. The battle will end when one of your aura's level reaches the red position, either one of you is knocked out of the ring, if time is up or you surrender." The woman named Goodwitch explains to the two before taking a step back away from the arena. She looks at her phone before readying a timer.

Pyrrha readies a red sword in one hand and an orange shield in her other. She takes a second to slowly assess Sora who still had a rather confused expression on his face. However, Sora easily changes when he sees Pyrrha getting ready in her stance. He gets into his usual fighting stance before Shooting Star appears in his hands. She is slowly taken aback by the sudden change before recovering easily.

"Good luck to you in this battle," Pyrrha said in a friendly manner to the boy.

"Hey same to you!" Sora takes note of the comment with a smile, patiently waiting for the woman to give the proper signal.

"Begin!" The teacher calls out, and without even a second laster, Pyrrha is the first to be on the attack. Taking note of Sora's seemingly wide and open combat stance, she focused on abusing this opening with precise attacks. However, Sora seemingly has no trouble with blocking these strikes with his Keyblade. He swiftly strikes upward in retaliation, disrupting Pyrrha's flow of movement.

Pyrrha stumbles backward from the impact, a small window of opportunity that Sora wastes no time to use to strike with his Keyblade. He slashes creating a small cut around Pyrrha's arm before being blocked by a shield. This small interaction, although minimal seemed to have caused a massive uproar from the crowd in both shock and awe. The door opens with the girl from earlier seemingly rushed in towards a seat. Not knowing the cause, she takes a quick look to see the battle going on.

Sora ducks down, dodging a swift slash from Pyrrha before trying to go for another strike. However, Pyrrha was prepared for it as she uses her javelin to shoot a blast seemingly extending it, jabbing Sora in the chest like a rocket. She spins around, using her javelin for more distant oriented strikes forcing Sora on the defensive.

The two clashed multiple times with Sora unable to reach Pyrrha from the distance that was being manipulated by the red-headed warrior. Sora lashes out by swinging his keyblade around, sending a small ripple making Pyrrha lose her balance. Sora goes in for a strike, only to see his attack blocked midair by Pyrrha's shield knocking herself back. She recovers, as her javelin changes into a rifle where she shoots at Sora from a distance. Sora swiftly uses his Keyblade to block the bullets before rolling away.

Shooting Star starts to change form into two small pistol-like crossbows as Sora's outfit shifts to a blue color. He starts shooting energy arrows while dodging bullets around the arena like he was skating around. The arrows homed around Pyrrha who couldn't dodge all of the shots. However, the pain seemed to be minimal as Pyrrha quickly shot her javelin straight at Sora's side, forcing him to yelp out in pain while gripping his sides.

Pyrrha charges straight at Sora with her javelin as it changes into a sword for more precise combat. Sora looks up he uses his arrowguns to clash with Pyrrha as it sends him backward. Midair, he changes the arrowguns back to its sword form as he takes out a keychain and switches it out as his Keyblade starts to change form. In an instant, the Keyblade changed form into a grey blade with rods on the guard that surrounded the handle, the Fenrir Keyblade. The audience couldn't believe their eyes, seeing a weapon completely changing in not just from appearance but the design of the weapon itself.

Sora chuckles as he twirls his Fenrir around him before thrusting straight at Pyrrha, piercing through her guard. He goes for a follow-up strike with a double spinning slash, knocking Pyrrha in the air with an upward strike. He tilts his Keyblade over his head preparing for a finishing blow as the echoes of the bell ring out, stopping him in his tracks. Goodwitch extends her hand out to the group, calling out "Time is up! Stop the battle!"

The two look at the Professor before dropping their guards, letting out heavy breathes in exhaustion. Sora grips his side from pain as he plops to the ground in exhaustion while Pyrrha slowly leans on her shield to help her up. She takes a few moments to properly catch her breath before walking over to Sora.

"That was a good battle, Sora." Pyrrha gives the Keyblade Wielder a small smile as she extends her hand towards Sora. He takes a second before taking the offer.

"Thanks. You almost had me there." Sora said still taking time to recover. He looks at his hands with an exhausted sigh before noticing Professor Goodwitch walking towards the two.

"Indeed. It was an interesting battle. Both of you displayed qualities of what proper Huntsmen should be. Sora, you played a more tactical and defensive approach, only going in for strikes when it seems comfortable for you. Ms. Nikos, your strategic mind in using a multitude of styles, making your opponent constantly change in response to you is quite the offensive tactic. While there are some aspects from both of you that I would change," Professor Goodwitch states before looking at her scroll momentarily. She logs in a few aspects before looking up towards the two. "You both are skilled enough to figure it out yourselves and determine if these changes truly benefit your style of combat. That will be all. You may return to your seats."

Sora turns away from the teacher before making his way out of the arena with Pyrrha. An idea comes to his mind to heal Pyrrha with a Cure spell from the battle. Yet when he turned his head, he noticed that most of her wounds had already disappeared, much to his shock which he found quite odd. Not really thinking about it, he simply shrugs before taking a seat by his lonesome. A small green light covers his hand as he hovers it over his wounds, healing them slowly.

By the time Sora finished, he looked up to see multiple people staring at him in disbelief. He felt rather uncomfortable with all the people staring at him compared to the students who were actually watching the battle taking place in the arena. After what felt like an eternity, the class comes to an end as everyone starts to get up to leave. Sora stands up, only for him to notice Goodwitch motioning him to come forward.

"Sora… I received a message from Professor Ozpin. Once you are done exploring for the day, would you mind going to his office? It would seem as if he would like a word with you." Goodwitch whispers to the boy after he arrived.

"Uh yeah. No problem." Sora said with a simple nod.

"That would be all." Sora turns around to leave before being halted again. "How was it, fighting against Ms. Nikos?"

"Hmm? She was really tough. Really, anything could have happened." Sora said while scratching the back of his head in embarrassment.

"I see. That'll be all." Goodwitch turns to leave as Sora exits the arena. He opens the door to reveal a group of people surrounding him.

"Hey! You were really cool today! I'm Nora! Wait. If you think about it, our names rhyme! Nora, Sora. That's crazy!" The girl named Nora exclaimed out of pure energy.

"Wha-!" Sora takes a step back from the sudden outburst, puzzled by the massive group before noticing two members in the group of eight. One of them being the girl that had bumped into him earlier and the other being Pyrrha.

"Nora… Calm down. You have to give him some breathing room before you overwhelm him." A young man with long black hair comments to his energetic friend with a calm expression.

"Alright, Ren!" Nora says before taking a step back.

"Sorry about that. You're Sora, right?" A young man with blond hair calls out to the boy.

"Uh yeah. Who are you guys? I mean… I only know Pyrrha by name." Sora states after recovering from the sudden appearance.

"Sorry about that. I'm Jaune. Leader of Team JNPR." The young man introduces himself with a friendly smile. "My friends and I were wondering if you would join us for lunch. We'll all introduce ourselves on the way over."

"S-Sure. I have no problem with that." Sora nods. The group starts walking to the cafeteria before a thought crosses Sora's mind. "Wait? Teams?"

"Huh? How do you not know what teams are if you're a student here?!" A young woman with long white hair with a matching color combat skirt exclaimed in awe.

"Student? Oh right. This is an academy." Sora shrugs with a small nod of understanding.

"Wait a second. Y-You're not a student here?" Jaune couldn't believe what he was hearing, seeing how young Sora looked and yet so highly skilled.

"No... I haven't gone to school in years." Sora replied.

"Lucky… Wish I didn't have to go to class." The girl that had bumped into Sora let out a sigh. She looks over at Sora with a somewhat embarrassed look. "I'm Ruby… I'm really sorry about what happened earlier."

"Wait. You bumped into him earlier?" A young blond woman asked bewildered by the fact.

"I may have crashed into him while rushing back to our dorm room to get my combat outfit…" Ruby could feel the blood rushing through her face in embarrassment.

"Don't worry about it. Plus if I didn't bump into you, I wouldn't have gone to the arena. So it all went well in the end." Sora smiled towards Ruby, reassuring her a little. "In any case. Jaune, you said that there were teams, right? So are you all on the same team?"

"Not exactly. Students are separated into groups of four." Ren explains to Sora. "Jaune explained that he's the leader of Team JNPR. That consists of Jaune, Nora," Ren points towards Nora as he said her name, "Pyrrha, and me Ren."

"And I'm the leader of Team RWBY," Ruby said with a hint of confidence behind her statement.

"Wait… Isn't that your name?" Sora comments with a puzzled look.

"Hey. It's not exactly creative but does it really matter? My sister basically keeps this team together!" The blond girl laughs, giving Ruby a bear hug.

"I wouldn't go THAT far. But Ruby does have her moments." The white-haired girl comments with a shrug. "Weiss Schnee, heiress to the Schnee Dust Company."

"The what now?"

"Do you live under a rock your whole life?! With your combat strength, how have you not heard of us?" Weiss gives a look of disbelief to Sora's question. Not just her but the whole group in general.

"Sora… The Schnee Dust Company is the biggest corporation for producing Dust." Pyrrha gives a look of concern to Sora. The boy takes a moment to think about it.

"Oh right… Aheh. It's just that I've lived on an island most of my life. None of the big-name stuff really have much meaning where I live." Sora lied with nervous sweat. This half-truth is something that he made up with Riku in order to keep the world order intact.

"Still, to not know them is quite the peculiar." Ren comments with no one really able to contest the point, so they left it be.

"Yang… need air." Ruby barely musters out. After a few seconds, Yang finally lets go of her.

"I'm Yang, Ruby's older sister." Yang introduces herself before pulling a timid black-haired girl from behind her. "And this is Blake."

"Hi…" Blake slowly waves before walking behind Yang, outside of Sora's sight.

"Did I do something wrong?" Sora gives a concerned look at the possibility that he may have offended her in some way.

"Nah. She just likes to keep to herself most of the time. One of those shy and timid types if you catch my drift." Yang nudges Sora like it's a typical thing.

"I guess."


"Still… a massive area just for people to eat? Honestly. It's kind of crazy." Sora gazed at the dining hall around him with a hint of wonder in his eyes. "Are there really that many students here?"

"Well, it is one of the biggest academies in Remnant. People all over the world work their hardest to be able to attend this school." Weiss answers with a hint of uncertainty behind her voice. "It's a wonder actually. A person of your skill level would skyrocket to the top here. Maybe already a full-fledged huntsman."

"Why do you say that? I'm honestly not all that special when you really think about it." Sora states before taking a bite of his food while he continued to look around.

"What do you mean, not all that special?! You fought against Pyrrha and were about to gain an advantage of all things!" Yang couldn't believe what she was hearing from Sora.

"Everyone in class was in awe from that fight!" Jaune said, thinking back to the fight, still very clear in his memories.

"Guys, please stop. You're being way too loud." Pyrrha said in a calm voice, bringing the group down to avoid some stares from some other students.

"In any case, I'm interested in the thing that Sora was using! The way that it changed like that was SO cool!" Ruby said with amazement while looking over at Sora. "Can I see it?"

"Sure." Sora extends his hand out to call out his Keyblade.

"Not right now you dolts! Can't you see that we're eating!" Weiss said in a sharp whisper to both Ruby and Sora.

"Aheh. Sorry, Weiss." Ruby scratches the back of her head before munching on her cookie.

Sora lets out a small smile at how ridiculous the situation has become. He takes a small look at the group of friends in front of him, reminding him back to Destiny Islands. When he was just a kid, before the Keyblade. Hanging out with Tidus, Selphie, Wakka, Riku, and Kairi. 'I kinda miss those days…'


Wassup my homies! This is NexusMHX here with another chapter!

Now, this does not accurately represent my upload schedule. I just wanted to write as it kinda helps me relieve some stress that I'm facing from school and stuff. And if you think about it, I'm not a great writer giving my track record. But I can say for certain that I've definitely improved my writing capabilities to the shitty stuff of three years ago. BUT I CAN'T WRITE A FIGHT SCENE FOR THE LOVE OF GOD.

But anyway, getting off track. I wanted to note some aspects that I feel need to layout some clarifications before people are gonna go haywire. I wanted to give a grasp of where Sora is after what happened with KH3 Remind. By doing this, having him be compared to someone in the RWBY cast made sense. Now Sora has indeed lost his powers, but he still has skills and reaction time. He just doesn't hit as hard or run as fast as he is used to. Another thing to keep in mind, I may be changing Blake's character just a tad smidge... and by that, I mean rewriting it into oblivion. I'm not a fan of what the show did to her. Plus I saw a new light of potential for the cat and was instantly inspired by it to incorporate here.

I think that in order for this fanfiction to be better, I'm going to need help. A lot of help that you guys can give via feedback by reviewing or simply dming me. So I would greatly appreciate it if you did that for me so that I can improve.

With that being said, thank you so much for reading this fanfiction. If you enjoyed it, please make sure to follow and favorite as I will try and update as much as I can. This is NexusMHX signing off! Stay Classy!