(A smokescreen is seen and a great, golden dragon flies out of it, breathing fire before it turns in a barrel roll formation then turns into a man made entirely of gold with one Perfect Sharingan eye, the other a Rinnegan eye and a third eye on his forehead)
Long live the KING
Welcome back everyone and I hope your all staying safe and healthy
We are here at the second part of Initiation time and here is where we'll be getting some SERIOUS action but to change things up, I will be involving teams from other Hunter academies so expect some faces from future volumes appearing here
But with that said, enjoy
Chapter 13 Initiation time part 2
(With Weiss)
Weiss was very sore about how Ruby was acting and needed some time to vent a little
"What a little, arrogant, childish, BITCH" Weiss huffed in anger before she heard rustling from a nearby bush and drew her rapier sword
"WHO'S THERE…show yourself at once" Weiss called out
"Hold your fire, Miss Schnee, it's just me" Thaddeus's voice was heard as the Faunus came out of the bushes with his hands in the air
"Oh…its just you" Weiss said, lowering her weapon, Thaddeus then lowered his hands
"You were awful mad at Ruby back there" He told her as she sheathed her weapon
"So" She asked him
"Oh, I don't know…you look like you could use someone to talk to, besides, in situations like this you gotta have your head clear of anger to stay focused" He answered, Weiss hated to admit it but, he had a point, she then sighed before answering
"As you can probably tell, I made eye contact with Ruby and she's…my partner" Weiss answered
"She seems like a good one to have as a partner" Thaddeus answered
"You would be wrong, she so childish, hot-headed and…and…AND" Weiss growled as she tried to find the right words to say
"A pain in the ass, pardon my language" Thaddeus said
"Well, for lack of a better word, yeah" She answered
"Well, from what I heard from her, she kind of think the same of you" Lance's voice came from the forest, he and Ruby then walked up to the two
"You need a hand Weiss" Ruby's asked Weiss
"Who says I do" Weiss asked her, turning her back to her
"Because it looks like you have no idea where you're going" Ruby answered
"Of course, I know where I'm going" Weiss replied
"Which is" Ruby asked her
"I…I'm going…to find the relics" Weiss answered with not a lot of confidence, Ruby then grunted a bit
"Oh, like you know where they are" Weiss told her
"Well, at least, I don't act like I know everything" Ruby replied
"What is that supposed to mean" Weiss asked her
"It means that you're a big, stupid jerk" Ruby replied
"OH, JUST KEEP MOVING" Weiss snapped as she walked off
"Oh, just keep moving, hurry up, wah, wah, wah, watch where you're going, why are you so DAMN BOSSY" Ruby snapped, Lance snickered a bit
"What" Thaddeus asked
"Is it wrong that I find this slightly funny" Lance asked
"I'm NOT BOSSY, don't say things like that" Weiss replied, walking back over to her
"Stop treating me like a kid" Ruby replied
"Then, stop acting like one" Weiss replied
"Okay, maybe a LITTLE funny" Thaddeus muttered
"Well, stop acting like you're so PERFECT" Ruby replied
"I'm NOT perfect…not yet…but I'm still leagues better than you" Weiss replied as she walked away
"Whoa, that was a bit uncalled for" Lance stated
"YOU…BITCH" Ruby snapped
"Neither was that" Thaddeus added
"Oh please, you're probably THE DAUGHTER OF ONE" Weiss snapped back
"AT LEAST I'M NOT THE DAUGHTER OF A FAUNUS SLAVE-DRIVER" Ruby snapped back
"OH WHOA, NOT COOL" Lance said
"WHY YOU" Ruby and Weiss growled as she was about to charge at each other
"Not funny anymore" Thaddeus said
"Damn right" Lance replied as the two girls charged only for Lance and Thaddeus acted quickly, Lance held Ruby back and Thaddeus held Weiss back
"THAT'S ENOUGH, BOTH OF YOU" Thaddeus yelled
"Yeah, we're supposed to fight GRIMM, not each other" Lance added
"Weiss, listen to reason here" Thaddeus tried to reason
"HOW DARE SHE INTULT MY FAMILY, LET ME GO" Weiss shouted
"If you wanna change what people think about you and your family then DON'T START ACTING LIKE THEM" Thaddeus snapped, Weiss stopped struggling and looked at the Black panther Faunus
"What did you say" She asked
"I've…had the pleasure of meeting your father once and I'll be honest he wasn't the nicest man, can we agree on that" Thaddeus asked, Weiss paused to think on the answer before she spoke
"Fair enough" Weiss said
"Look, if you wanna change what people think about your family then the first step is not act like them, Weiss and as for you Ruby how can you judge her if you don't know ANYTHING about her" Thaddeus reasoned with Ruby
"Couldn't have said it better myself" Lance said, an awkward silence fell upon the four initiates
"Look, you two have some things to take care of but now isn't the time to do it" Lance said
"Agreed, so for now, can you two just try and work together instead of against each other" Thaddeus asked,
"And WITHOUT trying to kill each other if you please" Lance added the girls knew they were right, and a few a few seconds of silence, Ruby spoke up
"SOOOOO" Ruby stated, Weiss then sighed
"So" Weiss stated
"I'm…sorry for calling you a bitch…and insulting your family" Ruby told her
"And…I'm…sorry for calling your mother one" Weiss stated
"Well…it's a start" Lance stated
"Anyway, let's just find one of those S.F members" Thaddeus stated
"No need" A voice said before the four turned to see Ivan and Volf seating on top of a rock formation
"Instead of you finding me, you guys made so much noise that I found you four" Ivan said, the boys then looked at Ruby and Weiss
"Nice going you two" Lance told the girls
"What did WE do" Ruby asked
"With all your shouting we've lost the element of surprise, Ivan was it" Thaddeus asked
"The name is Ivan Frost, and this is Volf" Ivan introduced himself and Volf
"So…what do we do now" Ruby asked, Ivan then stood up before he pulled out the relic the Hunters and Huntresses to be were looking for
"Now, you try and take the relic I have from me…anyway you can" Ivan said, Lance and Thaddeus then looked at Ruby and Weiss and for some reason they understood each other on what they were gonna have to do, they then armed themselves with they're weapons
"Hmm, I like those looks on determination on ya…just relax here Volf, I probably won't need your help fighting this time" Ivan said to his companion who relaxed
"Isn't that overconfident" Thaddeus asked
"No…with the two of us you four wouldn't have much of a chance" Ivan said before Ruby and Weiss suddenly fired projectiles at him, but Ivan fell backwards, and his body just TURNED into ice and his vanished
"What the hell" Lance asked before Ivan appeared between Lance and Thaddeus before he jumped and did a split kick to them both
"OOH" Both Lance and Thaddeus shouted as they were sent flying before Weiss tried to attack him but Ivan conjured up an ice wall to block her attack, Ruby then tried to slash at him with Crescent Rose only Ivan coated his body in an armor of ice and upon impact, Ruby's weapon started shaking which made Ruby tremble
"WA-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-AH" Ruby shuttered as she shook from the impact before Ivan froze Ruby's feet in place before he created an ice slide and slid along the ground as Weiss and Thaddeus were about to attack him, suddenly Thaddeus's triple-blades folded inward and then spun in a 360 degree to show a pair of guns, they started shooting at Ivan who avoided them with extreme grace and agility
"Um, guys…a little help" Ruby called before Lance came up to her
"Hold still Ruby" Lance told her before he held up his left fist and suddenly his fist started shaking violently like it was vibrating at intense speeds before he punched the ice prison Ruby was in, freeing her
"Thanks" Ruby said
"No problem" Lance replied before he sheathed his sword and pulled out the armament fan scabbard and the edges of it glowed a light green color before he swung it triggering a miniature twister to be spawned
"AWESOME" Ruby said as the miniature twister headed to Ivan, but he shielded himself with a large dome of ice
"You can't hide in there for long" Weiss said before she blasted the dome with incense fire, it melted but Ivan wasn't there
"Did he melt" Ruby asked
"You just melted him" Lance told Weiss
"He's not a snow man" Weiss replied
"Snow…no, ice, YES" Ivan's voice came from behind the four, he appeared behind a miniature waterfall about thirty feet away from the four before Ivan "jabbed" the water which then launched a barrage of ice darts at the four
"DOWN" Thaddeus yelled as he shielded Weiss with his energy cloak shield and Lance covered Ruby with his armament fan scabbard
"What is this guy the ICE KING" Ruby asked
"I don't know but he's very skilled with this ability" Thaddeus said before Ivan put both hands on the ground and spread out ice on the ground which covered a 50-foot radius, Lance, Thaddeus, Ruby and Weiss struggled to keep their footing but they fell on their butts
"If this is the best you four can do…you're not gonna survive Beacon very long" Ivan said as he extended his battle claws which were then coated with ice spikes
"GAAAH, if we don't step up our game guys, this is NOT gonna end well" Lance said
"For once…I agree" Weiss muttered
(With Yang and Blake)
Yang and Blake continued to walk until they spotted what looked like a small ruin
"What do you think this is" Yang asked Blake
"Not sure, it was probably some old stronghold or something" Blake answered, the two walked down to the small ruin until two figures came out of the woodworks, it was Percy and Mar
"HEY MAR, LANCE" Yang called
"Hey goldilocks how you and Blake doing" Mar asked
"About as good as can be expected" Yang answered before eyeing Percy
"Hey sniper boy, shoot anything" Yang asked
"Plenty of game along the way though no sign of the relic holders" Percy said
"Did either of you set your eyes on any of the S.F members" Mar asked Yang and Blake
"No, we haven't but they're somewhere in this forest" Blake said before the four started hearing what sounded like…clicking noise
"What on Remnant is that sound" Mar asked
"A Grimm" Blake asked, looking around
"Not like any I've heard before" Percy said before out of the forest these cloaked figures attacked the group, they quickly managed to avoid them until one of them released what looked like silk was shot out of the long sleeves of the figure's cloak and grabbed onto Mar's arms
"GAH, what, WHAT IS THIS STUFF" Mar yelled suddenly another cloaked figure shot a stream of fire from its mouth at Mar but then Blake jumped in and cut him loose getting him out of the way in time
"Whew, thanks for the save" Mar told Blake meanwhile Yang was throwing punches at one of the cloaked figures who was very agile in avoiding her attacks only to block her by conjuring up a shield of solid ice before the figure manipulated the ice around Yang, restricting her
"HEY" Yang yelled before the figure that tangled up Mar armed himself with a bow and arrow and shot at Yang only for Percy to shoot a precise bullet which shot the arrow out of mid-air
"I don't think so" Percy told the figure only for the figure to fire shards of razor-sharp ice at Percy only for them to bounce off his body thanks to his invisible body armor, Percy then twirled his sniper riffle in his right hand and it shifted into a machine gun which he started firing at the cloaked figure only for the figure to easily dodge the bullets only for Blake and Mar to slash at the figure with they're bladed weapons
"HOW YOU LIKE THAT Mister freeze" Mar said before the left arm of the figure separated from its body
"AAAAH" Blake gasped a bit
"OH SHIT…dude, I, I, I'm so sorry, I didn't mean to" Mar tried to say as he approached the figure trying to help but then the figure turned and punched him with its right fist covered in ice that sent Mar flying through the air
"OOOF" Mar grunted as he impacted into a tree
"What the HELL" Mar asked as he looked at the figure and it wasn't bleeding
"There's no blood" Blake said, the figure then picked up its severed arm before he "screwed it" back in place
"Um…OKAY" Blake said in shock
"That…that's not right" Mar said as he got back to his feet, meanwhile Yang was fighting the bow-wielding figure only for him to grab her and tossed her across the field, Mar then stretched up his tail and grabbed Yang out of the air, the three cloaked figures then faced Yang, Blake, Mar and Percy, they then removed they're cloaks to show them that they were puppets, Tarantula, and the Sages of fire and the Sage of ice
"What…ARE these things" Percy asked
"They're my puppets" A voice came from behind the group, they looked up in a tree and it was Vali
"Puppets" Yang asked
"Look at his fingertips" Blake said, what looked like energy lines were protruding from the tips of his fingers and leading to the puppets
"He's controlling the puppets with those lines…let me guess, aura" Percy asked
"My Semblance allows me to control my puppets and they aren't the only one's" Vali said before he called forth his other puppets Double trouble, Vertigo and Mimic
"If you want my relic…your gonna have to fight your way through my puppet brigade" Vali said
"Oh joy" Mar muttered
(With Jaune and Pyrrha)
Jaune and Pyrrha were walking along until they came across two other people, Ren and Nora
"Well, this is nice" Nora said
"Hello again" Ren greeted Jaune and Pyrrha who he and Nora meet once before they came to the cliffside
"Any luck finding the S.F members" Pyrrha asked them
"No, you" Ren asked
"No trace of them" Jaune answered
"Then you all need to look harder" A voice spoke, the four slightly jumped before they looked to see Corypheus seating cross legged and…LEVITATING OFF THE GROUND!
"Um…are you three seeing this or am I just seeing things, or did I hit my head when I landed" Jaune asked
"No, we're seeing one of the S.F members…levitating" Pyrrha said
"Oh great, thought I was going nuts there for a second" Juane said
"That's a nice trick" Ren said
"WOW…NICE helmet" Nora told him
"Thank you, young lady" Corypheus said as he set his feet on the ground before taking out the relic that the students were meant to get which was a chess piece
"I am Corypheus Yojimbo and I will be the obstacle in your way, it's your job to get it from me anyway you can so…who's first" Corypheus asked
"Four against one, I like them odds" Jaune said as he drew his weapons
"Numbers hardly count when skill is involved" Corypheus said, Nora then jumped the gun with her transforming hammer only for Corypheus's body suddenly split into two identical copies of himself to avoid Nora's swing which impacted on the boulder that hit the boulder Corypheus was standing on, cracking it into two pieces, the others were shocked at the Warden's sudden action
"What in the" Pyrrha was about to say before one of the Corypheus's jumped into the hands of the other before it launched him into the air, the second Corypheus vanished only for the one in the air to take out Strife and started firing downward at the teens
"SCATTER" Jaune yelled as he blocked with his shield as Pyrrha and Ren scattered, Nora and Ren then started shooting at Corypheus while he was in the air but his physical body just "turned" into a gathering of feathers and freely moved through the air until he was on the ground and he used his, two, left pointer fingers to puncture a hole into the ground but then an energy erupted form under Ren and Nora scattering them
"Another lesson, always expect the unexpected" Corypheus said before Pyrrha and Ren charged at him but Corypheus he moved with incredible grace and agility as he dodged their barrages of attack
"Whoa, this guy is good" Jaune told Nora before Corypheus caught a punch from both Ren and Pyrrha before he pulled them together, forcing the two to collide foreheads with each other
"GAAH, OOH" Pyrrha and Ren yelled at once before gripping their heads before Corypheus conjured what appeared to be balls of energy, one in each hand before he pushed them into Ren and Pyrrha sending them flying backwards
"Yeah" Nora said
"Try harder" Corypheus told the four
"HOW'S THIS" Nora yelled as she fired a barrage of grenades only for Corypheus to place his hand on the ground and suddenly in a puff of smoke a giant an extremely large Panda bear-like creature appeared in front of Corypheus to block the grenades like a shield
"What in the world" Ren asked before Corypheus jumped up onto the top of the large Pandas head with perfect balance and arms crossed
"How are you DOING THAT" Nora asked Corypheus
"STAY FOCUSED…never lose your focus in a fight, it will mean the difference between life and death, if you four don't start acting like a real team and try even harder then you'll all be out of Beacon faster than you can say oops" Corypheus told them
"You heard him" Pyrrha said as she and the other students prepared to take on the Warden
"Good, but I'm not meant to take this easy on you" Corypheus said before he crossed his arms
"What's he doing" Nora asked before Corypheus broke his arms out of its X formation only for his body to "Buff up" (Kind of like how Roshi from "Dragon ball" does) his admitted a much stronger Aura than before which was so intense that it cause Jaune, Pyrrha, Ren and Nora's hair to blow in the wind a little
"WHOA" Jaune muttered
"Now…come and face me LIKE REAL HUNTSMEN AND HUNTRESSES" Corypheus said
(With Nebula Violette, Dew Gayl, Gwen Darcy and Octavia Ember, oh yeah Team NDGO are in Beacon)
Nebula, Dew, Gwen and Octavia had found each other in the woods now they needed to find one of the S.F members and as luck would have it, they found one, it was Marcus
"Get down girls, let's take him by surprise" Nebula told the others in a whispered tone, they ducked behind some bushes and shrubs as they moved slowly trying to get the drop on the giant, he suddenly then moved towards a nearby tree where the girls thought he was about to attack them but he was actually…saving a baby bird from falling out of its nest?
"Huh" Gwen muttered in confusion Marcus caught the little bird in his right hand before he lifted it up to the nest it fell out of
"He's…helping that bird" Octavia asked the others the mother bird then flew onto Marcus's right shoulder and rubbed its head against Marcus's right cheek
"You're welcome" Marcus said
"AAAWWW, that's so SWEET" Dew said
"He's like a…gentle giant" Octavia said
"Gentle giant or not, we gotta take him and get that relic" Nebula said before the four girls were about ready to attack
"I know you four are there, come out" Marcus spoke up, Nebula, Dew, Gwen and Octavia shuttered from the fact that he KNEW they were there, they came out of hiding
"How did you know" Nebula asked, Marcus then looked at something next to the group of girls, they saw it was a stag and doe deer that walked up to Marcus as if they were friends
"They told me" Marcus said
"You can…understand them, is that a Semblance" Gwen asked
"No, I've just been out here long enough to have gained the trust of the wood's creatures" Marcus answered, Nebula, Dew, Gwen and Octavia then drew their weapons
"So, how do you wanna do this" Dew asked, Marcus then walked away from the tree that he helped the baby bird so as not to get it caught in the crossfire, he then reached for his massive blade on his back with his left hand and gripped the handle of Dragon blade before slowly unsheathing it and when it hit the ground, it created a small crack in the dirt under the sheer weight
"Talk about heavy metal" Octavia said
"He's big and he's probably slow so we should use that against" Nebula was about to say before Marcus moved at BLINDING speeds
"HIM" Nebula finished in confusion the next thing Nebula, Dew, Gwen and Octavia knew, Marcus was behind them, Marcus then lifted up his Dragon blade and slammed it down, the four girls scattered only for the stone ground under Marcus to crack under the power of Marcus's swing and shaking the ground
"Okay…strong AND fast" Gwen said before Marcus placed his right hand on the ground, suddenly these MASSIVE, wooden vines spawned from around him
"WHAT IS THAT" Nebula shouted
"Forest TENDRILS" Marcus said as the vines went in separate directions to try and grab the girls
"SCATTER" Nebula yelled as her Dew, Gwen and Octavia separated to avoid the tendrils, but they were relentless in their pursuit
"And to think I actually gardened with mom back home" Dew said, the tendrils were very quick and very flexible acting like the tentacles of an octopus before it caught Nebula, Dew and Gwen, Octavia however used her fire sword to cut a wooden tendril in half but three more tendrils rapidly spawned from the point where Octavia cut it off and grabbed her
"Not a bad try but not good either, your gonna need more if you want my piece ladies" Marcus said, Nebula then tried to shoot him with a crossbow bolt and Gwen with her throwing knives but a huge vine spawned under Marcus's feet and lifted him out of the way, the vines that were holding Nebula, Dew, Gwen and Octavia then let go of then, Marcus was looking down at the girls
"That's some Semblance you have" Gwen said
"It's called Woodworks…it lets me control and spawn vegetation in a variety of ways what you've seen isn't even a FRACTION of what it can do…what can you four do" Marcus asked the girls Dew and Octavia then cooperated together to make a fiery tornado but when it was about to hit Marcus sheathed his Dragon blade and held out his left hand
"Cataclysmic barrier" Marcus said as a bubble of dark purple and black energy spawned from his left hand and the fire twister just turned into nothing like it just…VANISHED!
"What the" Nebula asked
"Was that his Semblance" Gwen asked
"No, it was some kind of energy" Octavia said
"Whatever it was it just…just" Nebula tried to say
"It turned our fire tornado into nothing" Gwen said
"How did you do that" Dew asked Marcus
"You wouldn't believe me if I told you, now less talking…and more trying to take the relic from me" Marcus replied before he jumped down from the massive vine that he was standing on and drew Dragon blade again
(With Cardin Winchester, Russel Thrush, Dove Bronzewing and Sky Lark)
The four boys were walking near a streaming river
"We've been walking for hours and still no sign of those S.F guys" Russel said
"Yeah, my feet are KILLING me" Dove added
"Just shut up and keep moving, we'll find them eventually" Cardin said
"You think they're as good as Ozpin says they are" Dove asked
"Who" Cardin asked
"The S.F team, I mean you saw that guy with the six arms, the lady with the robot and even that GIANT man with them" Dove said
"Relax, they're probably all talk and no show…but I tell you guys something" Cardin said
"What's that" Russel asked
"If we run into that red-head or that hot momma with the black hair…I'll show them my other "heavy" weapon" Cardin joked, Russel, Dove and Sky chuckled, think of getting their hands on one of the females, soon enough they spotted someone, it was Hector
"About time someone showed up…I've been waiting so long my foots asleep" Hector said
"Oh hell…I was hoping to run into the hot Milf women, or the red-head girl give em a good time, but instead we meet the six-armed FREAK" Cardin said
"First, you would do good to show some respect for those ladies, two, Ada is a mother to a boy who would take a VERY big offence to the way you're talking about his mother and three…you sure got one hell of a cocky streak" Hector said, crossing his primary arm set
"What" Cardin asked
"Your overconfident and if we're being real here, your too damn full of yourself" Hector answered, Cardin, Russel, Dove and Sky then drew their weapons
"At least I ain't a freak of nature like you, what the fuck kind of freak has six arms and my cockiness…it's the fact that I've NEVER lost a fight before" Cardin said
"He's right, your no match for four of us" Sky said before he stepped on something, hearing a "click" sound
"Huh" Cardin, Russel, Dove and Sky said at once as they looked down to see some-kind of device buried under a loose set of dirt, the four then looked at Hector
"And where I'm standing my odds are better" Hector said before the bomb release some-kind of powder which blinded the four boys, making them shout as the powder stung their eyes
"AAAH, YOU BASTARD" Cardin yelled
"Cockiness is the mother of mistakes" Hector said before he took out "Storm breaker" and loaded a cartridge before he shoot it at the four which exploded in a concussive blast which sent the four flying into the river which washed the blinding powder out of their eyes but now their ears hurt like hell
"All talk and no show, my ASS Cardin" Russel said
"SHUT UP" Cardin snapped before looking at Hector
"You…ARE DEAD" Cardin yelled as he ran up to Hector and swung his mace, hitting Hector in his chest only for him to not flinch
"Huh" Cardin muttered before Hector backhanded Cardin in the face, sending him flying back about twenty feet
"THAT…was for Ada and Merida" Hector said, then Russel and Dove tried to attack him but two of Hectors other hands grabbed their weapons before Hector threw them into a tree meanwhile Sky tried striking Hector with his Halberd but Hector sidestepped each thrusting attack
"None of you have proper technique" Hector said before he gripped Sky by the face and lifted him off the ground before aiming his reloaded Storm breaker into his stomach
"You need more discipline" Hector said before shooting a shocking cartridge at Sky which send a jolt of electricity through his body before he threw him to the ground, Cardin snuck up behind Hector but Hector felt the earth under his feet vibrate so as Cardin swung his mace, Hector backflipped over Cardin to dodge the swung and he used his prehensile feet to grip onto Cardin's shoulders before he tossed him
"I'm surprised someone even let you hold a weapon Cardin, you ain't got no skill with it" Hector told Cardin, suddenly Russel and Dove tried attacking him again to which Hector dodged both of them before he gripped them both by their necks with one pair of hands before he punched them hard in the stomach with another pair, knocking the wind out of them before he noticed Sky was about to attack from behind him but he held out one of his lower arms and a stinger extended out that threatened to go into Sky's neck if he went any further
"If it were up to me, you four would have never gotten past the front gate of Beacon" Hector said before he kicked Sky away before he used his prehensile feet to grip the ankles of Russel and Dove and started spinning in a hand-standing, break-dancing motion twirling them in the air before he tossed them back into the river, Hector then pointed Storm breaker back at Cardin who was gonna attack him again
"Try a different tact Cardin…might work…then again, it might not" Hector said
"Pretty big talk for a guy with a damned grenade launcher, throw it away and you wouldn't stand a CHANCE" Cardin said, Hector thought about it before he withdrew Storm breaker
"Alright hot shot…tell you what, you put that big stick away and I'll only use one pair of hands, show me what you can REALLY do" Hector told Cardin as he told him to bring it with his six hands, Cardin then put his mace on the ground
"I'm gonna ENJOY THIS" Cardin growled, putting his Duke's up
"Not after I'm done with you" Hector replied
(With Ryu, Edna, Ezio and Damom)
The four somehow found each other in the forest, Ryu and Ezio found each other while Edna and Damom found each other and they were now partners, they were traveling through a slightly misty part of the forest
"This is some thick fog" Ezio said
"Not a great place to play I spy but a PERFECT place to play hide and seek" Edna said as she was skipping like a little girl
"Not if you're a human or a Faunus hiding from the Grimm" Damom said
"OH…then, that would make it" Edna was about to say before she did some counting on her fingers
"Fifty percent less fun" Edna said
"Oh boy is she always this childish" Ezio asked Damom
"That's Edna for you" Damom answered
"This way" Ryu said, leading the way
"How can you tell" Damom asked
"Dragon Faunus's don't just see in the dark like other Faunus's can, but they can also see through smoke and fog, their eyesight is five times even greater than that of an owl" Ezio explained
"How do you know that" Damom asked
"I read books from time to time, knowledge is power" Ezio answered
"Right on both cases" Ryu said, soon the two came to a wide-opened area, they would have continued but Ryu stopped dead in his tracks
"Hey, why'd you stop" Edna asked Ryu
"Something wrong" Ezio asked
"Someone has eyes on us…I can feel it" Ryu said
"There's nothing around here" Damom said before Ryu moved at great speeds as he took out one of his six swords and accurately cut an arrow in half that was about to hit Damom in the face
"WHOA" Damom yelled as he jumped back at Ryu's sudden action
"You were saying" Ryu asked as he picked up the arrow tip in hie left hand
"Note to self, never doubt you" Damom said before the tip of the arrow Ryu had in his hand beeped a few times before it released a wickedly bright flash of light like a flash bang grenade
"AAAH" The group shouted as they covered their eyes before more arrows were fired, one hit Ezio which covered him in ice
"HEY" Ezio yelled, another arrow tied Edna up in a bolo rope
"OOW" Edna yelled as she hit the dirt, another arrow hit Damom and it deployed a boxing glove which nailed him in the face
"AAAH, WHAT THE HELL" Damom yelled before another arrow was about to hit Ryu
"ENOUGH" Ryu yelled as he flapped his huge wings and sent a huge gust of wind to get rid of some of the fog and block the arrow, Damom then broke Ezio out of the ice before Ryu cut Edna free
"SHOW YOURSELF" Damom yelled, drawing his hammer and Edna drew her curved daggers, Ezio reached under his vest to pull out a guitar-like weapon (Think of the gold ranger's Rock-storm guitar from "Power Ranger's Ninja Steel") and Ryu took out all six of his swords which he held in-between his fingers, three on each hand, they looked around for whoever attacked them, Ryu then spotted someone
"There" Ryu said, pointing to a high vantage point, in a tree was Merida with her bow draw, she had a PERFECT view over the four below her
"Who is it" Ezio asked
"The archer girl, Merida" Ryu answered before Merida let lose more arrows
"GET TO COVER" Ryu shouted as the four ran for cover behind some of the huge boulders in the open area, the arrows exploded on impact
"YOU CAN'T HIDE FROM MY EYE" Merida shouted as she was using her Semblance to enhance her sight before she fired an arrow in an turning position and fired an arrow which extended out what looked like a boomerang-like design and it turned in mid-air which was heading to Ezio and Edna
"DUCK" Edna told Ezio
"Where" Ezio asked as he turned and the arrow then the boomerang hit Ezio in the forehead, making him to down on his back
"GAAH, OOH" Ezio grunted before he picked up the boomerang arrow
"A…boomerang" Ezio asked
"I told you to duck" Edna said
"Yeah, I can't believe I thought you meant a DUCK, duck" Ezio said
"WHY NOT FACE US YOURSELF MERIDA, MAKE THIS FIGHT EVEN" Ryu shouted
"A LESSON OF LIFE RYU, NOT ALL FIGHTS ARE GONNA BE EVEN AND NOT ALL YOUR FOES ARE GONNA HAVE A SENSE OF FAIRNESS" Merida shouted before she fired another arrow which exploded on impact forcing Ryu and Damom out of cover before Merida fired three arrows at once which then caught on fire while in mid-air, Damom and Ryu dodged them by ducking under a small trench
"How are we gonna get at her and the relic when she's up there" Damom asked Ryu
"She's a smart one, she's got a good vantage point on us and judging by her accuracy, I'd wager that she can nick a hummingbird at fifty yards" Ryu said
"So how are we supposed to fight her like this" Damom asked
"The real question is how many arrows does she have left in her quiver" Ryu asked, Damom then pocked his head out from cover
"Can't tell, damn this mist" Damom said before he saw another arrow coming at him
"YIKES" Damom yelled as he ducked but the arrow ricocheted off the ground, then hit the underbelly of a tree branch across from Damom and Ryu which bounced down and then hit the top of a rock which then bounced it towards Damom and Ryu and hit in-between the two on the side of the trench
"WOW, she's good" Damom said
"Ozpin did say S.F were very good at what they do…he wasn't lying" Ryu said before they were joined by Ezio and Edna
"This is NOT going so good" Edna said
"No shit" Ezio agreed
"A plan would be nice right about now" Damom said
"Any ideas Ryu" Edna asked the dragon Faunus
"I'm thinking, I'm thinking" Ryu answered
"THINK…FASTER" Ezio said, Ryu then slowly extended his right hand out of cover only for him to feel something whizz past his hand from in-between his fingers, it was a normal arrow
"WHAT'S YOUR MOVE YOU FOUR…TIME'S RUNNING OUT" Merida called
"She's right we gotta make a move here otherwise we'll be left behind" Ezio said, Ryu then carefully looked around the place, careful not to be tagged by Merida's great aim, after getting a look around, he spoke
"I think I got something" Ryu said
"I hope it's a good idea" Edna said
"Don't worry, it is…I think" Ryu answered
"You THINK" Damom asked
"That doesn't really inspire confidence" Ezio added
"Unless you got something better in mind, it's the only idea I got at the moment" Ryu said
"Fair enough, what's the play" Ezio asked
"Huddle up, okay here's what we'll do" Ryu said as the four then huddled together like a football team
(With Coco Adel, Fox Alistair, Velvet Scarlatina and Yatshuhashi Daichi, yes, I know that these guys are second years in cannon, but I've tweaked it a little, making it so that they are first years)
Coco had paired up with Velvet and Yatshuhashi with Fox and were now looking for an S.F member
"I hope we find one of those S.F members soon, this forest isn't doing anything good for my outfit" Coco said
"What do you think the S.F members are like…personally I mean" Velvet asked
"Professionally, if Ozpin selected them to test us" Yatshuhashi
"I agree, so we should be careful when we come across them" Fox said
"Why do you wanna know about them" Coco asked Velvet
"Well, um…that Ivan guy…he's kind of cute" Velvet muttered, pointing the tips of her two, pointer fingers together nervously, the other three then looked at Velvet
"What…I just think he's cute" Velvet said
"Girl…you are right, he is ROCKING that white hair and that dog of his, OH it's so cute, but I think that guy with the gourd and eyepatch back at the cliffside is more of my speed" Coco said, now the other three were looking at her
"WHAT…I'm a sucker for the rugged, badass type" Coco said as they continued before
"Hey" Yatshuhashi called, the other three then looked at the sword-wielding student before they looked at what Yatshuhashi was looking at, it was Tifa and Kiryu seating on the ground playing what looked like chess on a holographic, projecting game board complete with the pieces
"Knight to E-Five" Tifa called as the piece she called moved on its own as she was laying on her stomach, supporting her head in her hands and slightly moving her legs back and forth
"Queen to E-Five" Kiryu said before his piece moved took out Tifa's piece
"Ouch" Tifa said before she noticed Coco, Velvet, Fox and Yatshuhashi
"OH, HEY GUYS" Tifa called waving her left hand at them
"Um…hey" Velvet said, unsure how to proceed
"Coco Adel, Velvet Scarlatina, Fox Alistair and Yatshuhashi Daishi, a pleasure to meet you four" Kiryu said
"The robot knows us" Yatshuhashi asked
"He's more than just a robot, right brother" Tifa asked
"Indeed" Kiryu answered
"Brother" Fox asked
"Isn't that sweet" Coco said
"Not to interrupt your…game but, aren't we gonna fight" Fox asked, the hologram game board then disappeared
"I guess so" Tifa said as she rolled over and now sat in a cross-legged seating position, Kiryu then got to its feet, looking down on Coco, Velvet and Fox but only slightly for Yatshuhashi, Tifa then took out the relic she held
"Name of the game is simple…get past my brother to get to me and claim your relic" Tifa said as Coco, Fox and Yatshuhashi all drew their weapons
"I hate to mess up such a masterful piece of work" Yatshuhashi said
"Thanks but, I don't think your prepared for this…Kiryu…do what you gotta do" Tifa told Kiryu before the robot then drew what looked like metal bars before 5-Ft long blades extended from then before they energized with that looked like red-hot energy, Kiryu then trailed the blades, which left a trail of flames wherever the tips of the blades touched
"Um, OKAY" Coco said before she, Velvet, Fox and Yatshuhashi backed up from Kiryu before he charged at the four who attacked them with swinging attacks with the blades before Velvet and Fox made a break for Tifa but then these small, drone-like machines came up from below, hidden under some leaves and started shooting Velvet and Fox who dodged their gun fire before Coco tried shooting Kiryu with her mini-gun only for Kiryu to rapidly move to cut her bullets in half with his twin blades meanwhile Yatshuhashi tried to attack Kiryu from behind but Kiryu moved to the left to avoid it and Coco accidentally attacked Yatshuhashi with her mini-gun but he blocked with his sword just in time
"OH, sorry" Coco said before Kiryu took off into the sky with his extendable wings and jet boosters before firing missiles at the group
"INCOMING" Coco yelled as the four students scattered to avoid the missiles
"AWESOME FIREWORKS KIRYU, AWESOME" Tifa shouted, clapping her hands
"Fireworks she says, fireworks my ass" Fox told the other three, Kiryu then withdrew its blades only to grip and pick up a MASSIVE boulder that must have weighed 25-tons easily
"WHOA" Velvet muttered before Kiryu threw the boulder at them only for Yatshuhashi to shatter it with his massive sword and strength only for Kiryu to rush up to him, grab him by the chest piece, take him up into the air before Kiryu blasted the Yatshuhashi with its chest Ion blaster, making him crash into the ground, luckily his Aura protected him from the blast, Kiryu then came down fast on top of Coco, Velvet and Fox trying to hit then with his right fist making the ground shake due to the power of the impact, Kiryu then tried to attack then with his shotgun shoulder blasters but Coco, Velvet and Fox dodged them
"DAMN…this thing is no joke" Fox said
"How can we get past THIS THING" Velvet asked
"Oh, we'll get past it…I just don't know how to yet" Coco said as Kiryu pounded his right fist into his left palm
"You can TRY" Kiryu said
(With Gabriel, Orenstein, Lala and Donna)
The final students, Gabriel, Orenstein, Lala and Donna were currently walking along in the forest, looking for an S.F member
"How far do you think the other's have gotten" Orenstein asked
"Probably still looking like we are…if we're lucky" Lala answered, suddenly the four noticed a couple of snakes around, not normal snakes, they looked different
"A lot of these guys slithering around" Gabriel said
"Yeah…it's a bit creepy" Donna said before the two came to an opening to see Ada who was seating on a fallen log who was ready a book and around her were the strange snakes around her like they were best friends with her
"It's Ada" Lala said
"Think we can sneak up on her" Donna asked
"I don't think so…if these snakes are friends of her's…then the element of surprise isn't the case" Orenstein answered
"He's right children, you might as well step forward where I can see you" Ada called out, making Gabriel, Orenstein, Lala and Donna shutter a bit, they looked at each other before they shrugged their shoulders before moving into sight, Ada then put her book away
"My snakes have told me that the rest of my team have encountered the rest of the students…you four are the last in line for Beacon, I hope you impress" Ada told them, Gabriel then took out his note pad and pencil, Orenstein manifested some sand out of the gourd on his back, Lala reached behind her and pulled out something from under her jacket which she then extended out into Escrima sticks and Donna pulled out her whip and popped it
"Let's find out ma'am" Gabriel told her as he started to draw before he manifested a couple of these large wolves and they charged to Ada, suddenly these large snakes came out of the ground and attacked the wolves taking them out in just a few seconds
"WHOA, those things are HUGE" Lala said before the two large snakes attacked the group before Orenstein manipulated his sand to cover the four in a dome of sand which then hardened to be like steel
"Interesting trick…but I've got mine to" Ada said before she sent some of her Alchemy snakes underground which then moved under the sand dome and attacked the four
"WATCH OUT" Donna yelled as the four scattered only for Ada to make her move and attack Lala with hand to hand combat to which Lala managed to avoid them before Ada let out a snake from under her Kimono sleeves and it turned to mud which blinded Lala before Ada did a hip toss to Lala
"Double team" Gabriel asked Orenstein
"Be my guest" Orenstein answered before Gabriel created six, huge, rotating saw blades while Orenstein created several spears of sand before the two sent their projectiles flying at Ada only for her to dodge all their projectiles with incredible flexibility, agility and speed
"Man, she's fast" Orenstein said, soon the bombardment stopped
"Lesson of the day children, always keep an eye on your surroundings, keep on your feet at all times, because if you fall" Ada was about to say before some Alchemy snakes came out of the tall grass and two wrapped around Orenstein and Donna which shocked them with electricity making them yell in pain and they fell to the ground
"Then you DIE" Ada said before she threw a bunch of snakes into the air before they suddenly turned into huge boulders
"OH SHIT" Donna yelled as she and the other three moved to avoid getting crushed
"FIGHT…FIGHT LIKE YOUR LIFE DEPENDS ON IT" Ada yelled, suddenly Donna GREW in physical size using her Semblance (Her Semblance is kind of like hos Choji from Naruto grows, by using calories from food that she eats, she can grow in physical size, depending on how much she consumes) she then caught one of the boulders
"HAVE A TASTE OF YOUR OWN MEDICINE" Donna yelled, throwing the snake turned boulder at Ada only for her to dodge it by using the Matrix dodge (You know the one I'm talkin about)
"That's a little better" Ada said before she was suddenly grabbed from behind by Orenstein's sand hands which held her in place
"Got you now, GET THE RELIC" Orenstein called as Lala, Gabriel and Donna went to grab the key but Ada just "slithered" out of the Orenstein's sand hands
"WHAT" Orenstein asked in confusion before the four students piled on each other, unable to stop their charge
"DONNA…TOO…HEAVY" Lala grunted under Donna's increased size and weight, she then decreased her size
"Sorry" Donna said before the four got to their feet again
"That was better, but you still need some improvements, let's take this to the next level" Ada said as many snakes gathered together and started to "meld" together before it grew in size and then turned into an eight-headed hydra
"S-son of a bitch" Gabriel muttered before the hydra roared
"So, um…would anyone happen to have a plan" Lala asked
And so, each member of the S.F are testing the students, I hope you all liked the way I've done this because things will only get better and better, you have my promise on THAT
But until next time, shall we say it together?
NINJA VANISH!
(Smokescreen escape)
