Heather was grunting trying to stay asleep but, that wasn't gonna save her from the airhorn aimed right at her. Once it was blown into her ear, she woke up screaming. "GOOOOOD MORNING!" Derek yelled as she got up groaning in annoyance, which the other students did as well. "About time you got up, c'mon initiation is gonna start soon. What do you think about Beacon so far now?" He asked her.

"Screw… you…" She said in a groggy voice.

"Great, great. Now get your butt up and let's get something to eat before the whole place is already empty." He said as he walked ahead while she remained there and sighed.

Shard woke up yawning and scratched behind his left ear, then he stood up. Then he heard his stomach growl, that meant it was breakfast time. He stretched a little bit to make since he was a little stiff from last night, but not without gaining the attention of some girls around human or Faunus with his muscles. He began walking then his right ear twitched, looking over he saw Ash on his sleeping bag with Weiss' arms around his shoulders and could only smirk at the sight of those two, it's gonna be a fun time here at Beacon.

(A few hours after breakfast and packing up)

"I know! We'll have some sort of signal, like a distress signal! *GASP* A secret signal so that we can find each other in the forest! Can you imitate a sloth?" Nora asked Ren ecstatically.

"Nora…" He asked.

"Yes, Ren?" She asked him.

"I don't think sloths make a lot of noise." He told her.

"Actually, sloths make a pretty loud mating call sound." Shard passed by them.

"…That's why it's perfect! No one will suspect we're together." She said still energetic.

"Come on, Nora, let's go." Ren then said as they walked away.

"Sheesh, wonder what got them all worked up." Derek said after seeing what happened.

"There're plenty of people who get excited for things like this." Ash stated as they were getting their weapons out of their lockers.

"I guess… Oh, hey you're that kid from before." The grey-haired boy then said as he remembered the raven-haired cap wearer.

"Yep, that's me." He said adjusting his hat.

"Let's try this again; Hey there dude, my name is Derek Dark." He told him his name again while holding out his hand.

"Ash, Ash Ketch'em." The boy said shaking it.

"Ketch'em, huh? Sounds cool. Where from?" Derek asked.

"From Pa…" Ash immediately stopped while covering his mouth when he realized what he was about to say. "Uh, from Atlas." He quickly said.

"That old place…? Ooooh, you're one of those people from a rich family, right?" The grey-haired boy assumed.

"Um, not really. I have a friend like that, but my family wasn't really wealthy." The raven-haired boy told him.

"Uh-huh." Derek said as he pulled out his collapsible staff and showed it off a bit, swinging it around and doing a few poses here and there. Ash just shrugged and pulled out his weapon along with a red and white ball which caught Derek's attention. "Hey, what's that?" He asked pointing towards the ball he just attached to his belt

"Huh?" The other boy asked as he looked and saw that he saw his Pokeball. "Oh, it's just a little something for emergencies. Nothing special about it." He told him as he sheathed his sword.

"BOOO!" The grey-haired boy said out of boredom. "Anyway, I should be going, I got a code ground." He said to him which confused him. "You know, I have to... y-you know what, never mind." He said as he disappeared.

"What the heck!?" He said startled.

"Like my semblance? I can turn invisible or camouflage, pretty cool right?" His voice came out of nowhere.

"Well, yeah it's cool… but you kinda scared me a bit." He asked looking around trying to see where his voice was coming from, but he never said anything else. "Hello?" He said looking around… no response. He guessed that he must've left to go elsewhere.

(With others)

"So, Pyrrha, have you given any thought to whose team you would like to be on? I mean there must be lots of people who would love to have you on their team." Heather asked a red-haired girl.

"Hmm… I'm not quite sure. I was planning on letting the chips fall where they may." Pyrrha stated not knowing what team would work for her.

"Well, I was hoping that we could get on a team together." The brown-haired girl suggested.

"Well that sounds grand." Pyrrha stated not knowing why she asked.

"Great"-'Perfect, I'm smart, she's strong. Unstoppable, famous, lovely celebrities, perfect grades! There won't be anything stopping us from…' She was thinking to herself.

"You know what else is great? Me, Jaune Arc. Nice to meet you." Jaune said snapping her from her thoughts.

"Oh, my gosh… You again?" She asked annoyed.

"Nice to meet you Jaune." Pyrrah greeted him kindly.

"Yeah, yeah. So, Heather. Couldn't help but overhear your fondness of me the other day." Jaune said walking in front of her.

"Aw, son of…" Heather said annoyed.

"Don't worry, you shouldn't be embarrassed." He said to her. "So, been hearin' rumors about teams! I was thinking that you and me would…" He was saying until he got cut off.

"No! No, and no! Not happening, N'uh, not a chance." She interrupted him with her two-sense.

"Oh, come on, I'm sure we'd make a good one." He said as he got most of his hopes destroyed.

"Actually, I think the teams are comprised of four students each so…" Pyrrha was saying.

"You don't say. Well, hot-stuff, play your cards right and maybe you could join up with the wining team." Jaune started saying as he walked over to her.

"Jaune, was it? Do you even know who you're talking to?" Heather said getting in the way.

"Not in the slightest, Beatiful." He said until she shoved him against the lockers and had her hidden blade at his throat.

"Call me 'Beautiful' again, I dare you!" She shouted at him with pure anger.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry…" The poor boy was pleading for his life.

"Heather." Derek said as she looked at him and just groaned before letting go and walking back.

"As I was saying, this is Pyrrha. Graduated top of her class at Sanctum." She said as the blonde boy remained silent. "Are you serious? She won the Mistral Regional Tournament four years in a row… a new record." She stated as he was still silent, which was annoying her. "Who's also on the front of every Pumpkin Pete's Marshmallow Flakes box?" She said annoyed.

"*GASP* That's you!? They only do that for star athletes and cartoon characters!" Jaune said surprised as Heather just face palmed.

"It was pretty cool. Sadly, the cereal isn't very good for you." Pyrrha stated.

"So, do you really think that you could just walk up to her and ask her to join after all I've told you so far?" Heather asked smugly.

"I guess not… sorry." Jaune said as his head dropped.

"Actually Jaune, I think you'd make a great leader." The red-head said cheering him up.

"D'oh, stop it!" Jaune said happy.

"Okay, that is enough. This kind of behavior is not to be encourage." Heather said annoyed.

"Sounds like Pyrrha's on board for team Jaune. Spots are filling up quick. Now I'm not supposed to do this but, maybe I could pull some strings. Find a place for yo…" He was saying until he had the gun barrel from the top of her blade at his forehead now.

"I will use this." She said in a threating voice.

"Would all first-year students please report to Beacon Cliff for initiation? Again, all first-year students report to Beacon Cliff immediately." Goodwitch's voice came through the intercom.

The gun barrel of Heather's blade deformed, and she did a 'I'm watching you' motion at him before walking away. "Don't worry dude, she just needs to chill." Derek said ruffling his hair before he left.

"It was nice meeting you." Pyrrha said walking away as well.

"*Sigh* Likewise." Jaune said depressed.

"You feeling okay, Jaune?" Ash asked as him, Ruby and Yang walked up to him.

"I don't understand, my dad said that all woman look for is confidence." The blonde boy said still depressed.

"Okay, ruff start, but maybe 'not' someone like Heather… or Weiss." Yang suggested.

"Yeah, she doesn't seem to be that type." Ruby said to him.

"In all honesty she doesn't exactly seem like she wants to be on a team at all, I know because…" Ash was saying until…

"There you are, Ash." Weiss said as she walked to him then saw he was next to Ruby, so she quickly walked in between and shoved him away from her. "Come on, we need to discuss a few things before we get to initiation." She then said as she grabbed his arm and began dragging him somewhere.

"I'll see you at initiation!" He said waving to them.

"See ya later/Bye!" Ruby and Yang said as them and Jaune waved over to him.

"What are you doing with 'them'?" The Ice Queen asked annoyed.

"I just got there, and plus, Jaune looked like he could use some help. He's… well, you know how I was when we met." He said to her. Then she noticed the Pokeball on his belt.

"Wait are you gonna use Greninja during this?" She asked him, stopping.

"Well, when I'm alone. I haven't talked to him ever since we came to Beacon, and I do want him to get used to this world. Plus, he could use some experience." He explained to her.

"… Well, only when you're alone and/or with me, okay?" She asked him as he nodded. "Good." She said as she began dragging him along again.

(At the cliff)

"For years, you have trained to become warriors. And today, your abilities will be evaluated in the Emerald Forest." Ozpin explained while every student stood on pads atop of the cliff.

"Now I'm sure many of you have heard about the assignment of teams. Well, allow us to put an end to your confusion. Each of you will be given teammates… today." Goodwitch stated.

"What? Aw…" Ruby said scared.

"Heh, alright." Derek said as he patted Heather on the back.

"These teammates will be here at Beacon. So, it is in your interest to be paired with someone whom you can work well with." Ozpin told them as Ruby got more nervous, so was Ash. "That being said, the first person you make eye contact with after landing will be your partner for the next four years"

And finally, Ruby's sanity broke. "WHAT!?"

"Oh, jeez." Heather said a little annoyed.

"After you've partnered up, make your way to the northern end of the forest. You will meet opposition along the way. Do not hesitate to destroy everything in your path, or you will die." Ozpin stated. Which didn't help Jaune who laughed nervously and gulped. "You will be monitored and graded for the duration of your initiation. But our instructors will not intervene. You will find an abandoned temple at the end of the path containing several relics. Each pair must choose one, then return to the top of the cliff. We will regard that item, as well as your standing, and grade you appropriately. Any questions?" Ozpin asked after that talk. Jaune raised his hand but was ignored. "Good! Now, take your positions." He said as everyone got into a pose and was ready to be launched.

"Wait, does this thing like teleport us or something?" Ash whispered over to Weiss who was next to him.

"What do you mean?" She asked confused. The moment the first student was sent flying the cap wearer got freaked out.

"Hold on, we're getting launched!?" He said freaking out.

"Oh relax, just perform your landing strategy." She said to him as she looked back ready to be launched.

"We didn't practice a landing strategy." He said back.

Then it hit her that she has spent all that time training him and hasn't done the one thing that he'll need to help pass one of the tests at Beacon. "… Oh… well, sorry, you're on your own from here on out." She said sweating.

The last face the boy had was a freaked-out face before he got launched. "WEEEEIIIIIIIISSSS!" He shouted as his voice began to fade out while he was sent flying.

Half of the group of students felt bad for him, especially Ruby, Yang and Jaune. Even Ozpin felt a little bad for the boy. Weiss felt the most guilty because she didn't exactly teach him anything about landing so, she could only hope that he was okay as she then got launched.

"Aaaaand, there he goes." Derek who also felt bad said before he was launched, then Heather.

(Later)

Ash was currently flying through the air with his legs and arms crossed annoyed. Upset that Weiss, his so-called friend/former instructor, pretty much just ditched him to fend for himself. The one thing they didn't practice was landing, he could think of something though. From the information he given he not only learned sword skills, the Pokemon that gave the information gave him more than just that.

With enough thinking, he grabbed ahold of his blade 'Light Darkness' (Yes I decided to change the name), unsheathed it, aimed with his thumb, then threw it straight down. It when into the ground and he twisted around aiming his feet at the hilt, landing on it not without continuing to move until it finally stopped.

After landing perfectly, he hopped off and grabbed his sword pulling it out. "*Sigh* I'm gonna kill're when I find her." He said as he then grabbed Greninja's Pokeball. "Come out, Greninja." Releasing him.

"Gre!... ninja?" The frog then said confused, since it seemed he was in the middle of nowhere.

"I know you haven't seen much of Remnant lately, so I just thought this might be a good idea to help you gain experience. Remember though, Grimm are soulless creatures so, no hesitating unlike fights with Pokemon, okay?" Ash said to him as the frog nodded. "Also, I might need return you when we find other people. Remember, there aren't any Pokemon in Remnant so seeing someone like you isn't normal." He explained as Greninja nodded again.

They began walking for a while, Ash heard Yang and looked up seeing her fly through the air. She was going pretty fast so, he didn't have to worry about her seeing his Pokemon. He was a little worried though, he needed to find Weiss as quickly as possible before she got paired with someone she might not like.

She could meet with Shard… but he wouldn't exactly get along with her for reasons. Heather; the two are somewhat alike, so it wouldn't be a big deal for them to meet… then again, she might get into a nonstop fight with her. Derek; …nah, she doesn't like the obnoxious type. Ruby; …maybe not.

Then he heard a familiar growling in the area and prepared himself with his sword in hand, Greninja also prepared with getting into his fighting pose. Overtime, Ash and his Pokemon have learned to trust each other enough that Greninja has learned to fight without orders or commands. They looked around and spotted several Beowulfs pop out of the bushes growling and looking incredibly hungry, as one roared at them.

(With Heather)

She was walking around the forest lost trying to find her way to the forest temple in order for her to pass the initiation. Not only that, she needed a teammate of her own, so she was desperately trying to find Pyrrha, so they could be teammates. Of course, she hoped to find Pyrrha and not…

"~Hello! ~" Derek's voice popped up annoying her.

"*Sigh*, Derek?" She asked as he appeared behind her looking straight at her.

"You know it partner." He said showing a smirk as Heather put her hand on her face.

To be continued…

So, what do you guys think so far? Thoughts, opinions. If you're wondering why I haven't been posting it's because I had to get a new computer after the blue screen of death. I did manage to recover some files though, no need to worry. Also, I'm open to suggestions so if you have an idea for the story.

And just so you know, the pairing is stuck so don't ask me to change it. I did have an idea for Ash to be paired with a Faunus OC, but that idea isn't happening anytime soon. For those of you who are wondering, yes Pikachu will return at some point. Be patient and our favorite little mouse shall return.