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Chapter 4: Taking the First Step! The Emerald Forest.

Grimmlands, Remnant, 5 days before the Beacon Initiation

In the hallways of Salem's palace, Demigra was on his way to meet with the Grimm Mother herself. He was to discuss the usual business of the operation in Vale, but not before his Spymaster rushed up to him.

She announced, "My lord, I just received word from our spies in Vale."

"Whatever it is, Nyx, it will have to wait, I have a meeting with Salem and her… associates," Demigra remarked in an annoyed tone.

"My lord, the message pertains to a certain… alien element that you wish to test," the now-named Nyx added.

Demigra stopped in his tracks as soon as she mentioned the words alien element; the code words that were established when they needed to talk about the so-called Saiyan Girl, the one who claims to be Manami Aoi when they were in an area that may have people listening in.

The Demon God turned around, walked up to Nyx, stopped when they were side by side, and asked as quietly as possible, "What have you learned?"

"She's currently preparing to attend Beacon and will be going through the academy's initiation as an initiate and a faculty member," Nyx responded indifferently.

Demigra contemplated this information before commanding, "Nyx, pull your spies away from Beacon's initiation grounds, they are littered with monitoring devices to keep an eye on the initiates. I'll see to the alien element myself; the initiation is the perfect opportunity to test its power. Dismissed!"

"Of course, Lord Demigra."

The two went their separate ways. Demigra went to his meeting, knowing that his second test for Manami will begin soon enough…

Beacon Academy, Vale, Remnant, Present Time

Manami woke up early, well earlier than usual, to make sure that she could do her usual routine without getting caught. Her routine involved usually early morning training, usually around six in the morning; this time, however, she had to wake up between 4:30 and 5:00 in the morning to make sure she wasn't seen by anyone, as some of them might be early risers as well. When she was done, she ended up back in the upper level of the ballroom in time to see one of the most peculiar sights. A girl with short orange hair and turquoise eyes was sitting next to a sleeping young man. The girl's clothing is a mix and match of some sort, with different colors and themes. She wears a collared black vest that ends at her waist. Her signature emblem, a hammer with a lightning bolt, can be found on the back. Under the vest are two layers of clothing, colored red and light-blue respectively. She also wears a white sleeveless top that forms a tiny heart shape between her cleavage and collarbone, with a white detached sleeve on each arm. She wears matching fingerless gloves on each hand. She sports a pink skirt that starts at the waist and ends mid-thigh. Her shoes are a mix of pink and white with pink laces, displaying her emblem on their soles. She also wears armor that begins in the middle of the shoulder and neck and ends by the waist. According to the "High Priority List", this girl was Nora Valkyrie and by extension, the man sleeping must be her best friend, Lie Ren.

Lie Ren is a male teenager with long black hair tied into a ponytail that ends midway down his back. There is a magenta streak on the left side of his hair. His eyes match the streak in his hair. He wears a dark green, diagonally-buttoned, long-sleeved tailcoat that is red on the inside, with black and gold trimming and pink cuffs. The trimming goes down the right side of his torso and forms a black collar. This color scheme seems to be influenced to some degree by the lotus flower, which is his emblem. He wears a black, long-sleeved shirt beneath the suit and light-tan pants with black shoes. It was just moments later that Ren woke up to see Nora... who was very close to his face right now before she announces very loudly, "Wake up Lazy Butt!"

Ren sighed as he sat up at his friend's antics. Speaking of which, Nora was bouncing everywhere shouting, "It's morning, it's morning, it's morning, it's moooorning!"

Manami's face was one that practically shouts "WTF!" while her mind was currently "...", not knowing how to process the event unfolding before her. It got even worse as she saw Ren go to the Men's restroom... with Nora following him. She definitely heard someone scream, "WHY IS THERE A GIRL IN HERE!?"

Soon they both came out of the restroom to clean up their area... well Ren was putting away their sleeping bags while Nora was brushing her hair and talking out loud, "We've been friends for soooooo long. What are the odds that we'd still be together? Well, not 'together' together. Not that I'm not saying you're not handsome! You are handsome, but that'd just be weird... Right?"

The Hero of TokiToki City still had trouble processing this, especially the fact the girl obviously had some lungs on her considering how much she can talk for extended periods of time. Deciding to clear her mind before the initiation starts, she decided to watch over the people in the cafeteria from the high ceiling. Unfortunately, it seemed she couldn't escape them as Nora and Ren were also now in the cafeteria. The two had sat down at a table with an absurd amount of pancakes. And the former of the two was STILL talking while gobbling up the pancakes before her, "Right. What was I thinking? But still, I hope we end up on the same team together."

It was here where Manami witnessed Nora slurp up the pancake she held with her mouth before continuing her thought, "Ooh! We should come up with some sort of plan. To make sure we end up on the same team together! What if we bribe the headmaster? No, that won't work, he has the school."

Manami sighed at this but began to smile shortly after thinking, "Oh well, at least it's a nice change of pace from saving a universe from destruction..."

Locker room, Beacon Academy

While everyone was oblivious to the fact they are being monitored, Ren opened the locker that held his trademark weapon, StormFlower: a pair of green, bladed machine-pistols, and grabbed them, Nora was still bouncing around as she was continuing her thoughts from earlier, "I know! We'll have some sort of signal! Like a distress signal! *gasps* A secret signal so we can find each other in the forest! Can you imitate a sloth?"

"Nora..." Ren finally spoke up; said girl asks, "Yes Ren?"

Ren concealed his weapons in his sleeves, as he states, "...I don't think sloths make a lot of noise."

Nora's face slowly went from one of thought to one of realization as she shouts, "...That's why it's perfect! No one will suspect we're working together."

The magenta-eyed teen closed his locker, as he says, "Come on Nora, let's go."

As she followed her best friend, giggles "But not 'together' together."

While the two were moving to leave the locker room, the two passed by Yang and Ruby who were also getting ready for the initiation; the former had noticed their "conversation" since the ballroom, who wouldn't considering that Nora kept talking non-stop, and asked aloud, "Wonder what those two were so worked up about?"

"Don't know..." Yang responds before asking, "Hey have you seen Ana, like at all?"

"No," Ruby replied then returns the question, "What about you?"

Yang merely shook her head before she asked, "Where did she run off to this time?"

The weapons-nut shrugged, stating, "Knowing her, she has something important to take care of."

She had no idea how right she was; awkward silence overtook the two before Yang asks her sister, "So... You ready to rock the initiation?"

"Heck Yeah! No more awkward small talk or 'getting-to-know-you' stuff. Today, I get to let my sweetheart do the talking," Ruby announces giddily, stroking Crescent Rose happily.

Yang shook her head before reminding her sister, "Well, remember, Ruby, you're not the only one going through initiation. If you wanna grow up, you're gonna have to meet new people and learn to work together."

"You sound like Dad!" Ruby sighed in frustration as she shoves her weapon into the locker; she turns back around, saying, "Okay, first of all: What does meeting new people have to do with fighting? And secondly: I don't need people to help me grow up! I drink milk!"

"But what about when we form teams?" Yang pointed out, adding, "Besides, Ana had to learn to work with others she only just met during her time away from the kingdoms."

"Fine, you have a point," knowing that Ana said that being a member of the Time Patrol was like being a Huntress to some degree; she had to form a team whenever she could not take on a dangerous mission alone.

Yang brought hair around her shoulder and stroked it, not knowing how to break it to Ruby slowly, "Maybe you should try being on someone else's team? I'm not always going to be there to hold your hand, and neither is Ana..."

Ruby turned to her older sister and accused her, "My dear sister Yang, are you implying that you and Ana do not wish to be on the same team as me?"

Yang defensively puts up her arms in a placating manner and says, "What? No! Of course I do! I just thought... I don't know, maybe it would help you... break out of your shell!"

Ruby freaked out on her, "What the-?! I don't need to 'break out of my shell'! That's absolutely-"

"Ridiculous!" Jaune shouts, suddenly walking in between the sisters, holding a map and looking lost; he was looking around for a certain locker but could not seem to find it, muttering out loud, "There's no way I put my gear in locker 636 yesterday! I would've remembered having to count that high! Why does this have to happen today?"

The two sisters looked on in surprise before realizing something and turned toward him. He, however, unknowingly passes Weiss and another girl with red hair, forcing the two to stop as they saw him notice who he passed by moments later. The redhead wore her hair in a waist-length ponytail, curled slightly into a loose ringlet. She also wore light-green eyeshadow around the far upper corners of her green eyes. She was tall and quite muscular compared to most of the other girls at Beacon. As a top, she wore a brown overbust corset with a vertical strip of lighter brown in the center. Additionally, she wore an elastic, black, A-line mini skirt and brown opera-length gloves on both arms. She wore a red, ankle-length sash that wrapped around her skirt. As for accessories, there was a small circular bronze plate on her right hip opposite two pouches with both connected to a belt. The plate bore her "shield and spear" emblem. Underneath her hair, she always wore a brown circlet adorned with a pair of small, green, teardrop-shaped emeralds on thin chains. She also sported a large bronze gorget around her neck and a bronze bracelet on the upper half of her left arm. The redhead also wore armor. She had elaborate bronze greaves that started below her mid-thigh before continuing downwards into her boots, as well as a pair of cuisses that began mid-thigh and ended slightly above her knees. She was also equipped with a bronze bracer capable of connecting with Akoúo̱ atop the sleeve on her left arm. Her high-heeled boots were brown with bronze trim, matching her skirt and sleeves and reaching up to mid-calf. as they ready themselves at their lockers. Weiss asks her, "So, Pyrrha, have you given any thought to whose team you'd like to be on? I'm sure everyone must be eager to unite with such a strong, well-known individual such as yourself!"

Pyrrha, however, knew what she was trying to do, so she simply tried to let her down subtly, "Hmm... I'm not quite sure. I was planning on letting the chips fall where they may."

Weiss, who was completely oblivious, tries to persuade her to try to become members of the same team, "Well... I was thinking maybe we could be on a team together."

Pyrrha, while not wanting to be used because of her fame, did not want to be rude, "Well, that sounds grand!"

Weiss beamed with joy as she said, "Great!"

Suddenly she turns around and starts scheming to herself, unknowingly she was creeping Pyrrha out a bit considering she hear her laughing evilly to herself. However, Jaune suddenly comes out of nowhere and interrupts Weiss's train of thought, "You know what else is great? Me. Jaune Arc. Nice to meet you."

This visibly irritates Weiss, venomously saying, "You again?"

Pyrrha places herself in between the two and greets him, "Nice to meet you, Jaune!"

"Yeah, yeah," Jaune says, obliviously pushing Pyrrha aside and continuing his not-so-suave attempt at wooing Weiss, "So, Weiss, couldn't help but overhear your fondness of me the other day."

"Oh, you've got to be kidding me!" Weiss says, barely keeping herself from face-palming.

The blonde dunce kept going, "Don't worry! No need to be embarrassed! So, been hearing rumors about teams! I was thinking you and me would make a good one! What do you say?"

Pyrrha interrupts gaining his attention, "Actually, I think the teams are comprised of four students each, so-"

"You don't say," Jaune says offhandedly, still ignorant of the situation; he slides closer to Pyrrha and adds, "Well, hot stuff, play your cards right, and maybe you could join up with the winning team."

Weiss then steps in between the two, intending to make the blonde's ignorance disappear, "Jaune, is it? Do you have any idea who you're talking to?"

"Not in the slightest, snow angel," Jaune replied.

"This is Pyrrha Nikos," Weiss introduced the emerald-eyed redhead, who then says, "Hello again!"

"Pyrrha graduated top of her class at Sanctum!" Weiss proudly adds.

"Never heard of it," Jaune said.

Weiss scoffs at his ignorance, adding with pride, "She's won the Mistral Region Tournaments four years in a row! A new record!"

Jaune says, "The what?"

Having enough, Weiss waves her arms rapidly in anger and shouts, "She's on the front of every Pumpkin Pete's Marshmallow Flakes box!"

Jaune suddenly gasps, "That's you?! But they only do that for star athletes and cartoon characters!"

Pyrrha says with a bitterly-sweet tone, "Yeah, it was pretty cool. Sadly, the cereal isn't very good for you."

Weiss, now a bit more calm, asks, "So, after hearing all of this, do you really think you're in a position to ask her to be on your team?"

Jaune hung his head in embarrassment and dejectedly said, "I guess not... Sorry..."

Pyrrha, being the nice girl she is, says cheerfully, "Actually, Jaune, I think you'd make a great leader!"

This immediately brightens his mood as he says, "D'oh, stop it!"

Weiss was about to say something but then she and the others were approached by none other than the two sisters; seeing this, she says with renewed venom, "What do you two want?"

"Easy there, Ice Queen," Yang says, ticking off said girl even more at the nickname, and asks, "We only want to know if you or Jaune here has seen our sister."

"And why are you asking us?" Weiss says indifferently.

"Because we haven't seen here since yesterday when we arrived at Beacon," Ruby added.

That surprised her, last time she had seen their sister was when she was being reprimanded by her. As cold as she usually is (Pun partially intended), she isn't shallow; she doesn't wish anything bad on anyone who didn't deserve it. She was about to answer when the blonde beat her to the punch, "Ana hasn't been seen since yesterday?"

The two sisters shook their heads before Weiss asked, "She wasn't in the ballroom?"

Another shake of the head, telling them no. They were all wondering how an initiate could go missing that quickly. However, before their conversation could continue an announcement plays on the intercom system. "Would all first-year students please report to Beacon Cliff for initiation? Again, all first-year students report to Beacon Cliff immediately."

Once they all heard the announcement, Pyrrha then says, "Maybe we'll see her at the Cliffs?"

"If not, then it's probably best to inform Professor Ozpin about the situation," Weiss adds before she started heading out for the cliffs. It wasn't long before the others followed; however, they all did not know what awaited them that day...

Beacon Cliff, The Emerald Forest

To Yang and Ruby's disappointment, Manami was not there; following Weiss's suggestion they informed Ozpin on the matter who told them that he will take care of it and told them to take their places. The first-year students have gathered at the Cliffside waiting for their instructions from Professors Ozpin and Goodwitch; each of the students is standing on a metal plate with Beacon's symbol as instructed upon arrival.

"For years, you have trained to become warriors," Ozpin announced, "And today, your abilities will be evaluated in the Emerald Forest."

Taking her cue, Professor Goodwitch added, "Now, I'm sure many of you have heard rumors about the assignment of teams. Well, allow us to put an end to your confusion. Each of you will be given teammates… Today."

The second she heard this, Ruby whimpered nervously, "What?"

"These teammates will be with you for the rest of your time here at Beacon. So, it is in your best interest to be paired with someone with whom you can work well," Ozpin added.

Ruby whimpered a bit more after hearing this, but…

"That being said, the first person you make eye contact with after landing will be your partner for the next four years," Ozpin finished.

…This statement completely shattered Ruby's confidence as she shouted, "What?!"

And everyone barely heard Nora announce to Ren, "See? I told you!"

Ozpin continued with the instructions, "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."

This time it was Jaune who was audibly nervous.

"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 and return to the top of the cliff. We will regard that item, as well as your standing, and grade you appropriately. Are there any questions?" Ozpin finished with instructions.

Jaune raised his hand and said, "Yeah, um, sir-"

As if he never heard anything, Ozpin announced, "Good! Now, take your positions."

Everyone got into various starting stances for the start of initiation… well everyone except for Jaune who still had his hand raised…

"Uh, sir? I've got, um, a question."

Jaune was oblivious to the fact that his fellow initiates were being launched; the first being Weiss.

Jaune asked, "So, this landing strategy thing, uh, w-what is it? You're, like dropping us off or something?"

"No. You will be falling," Ozpin answered blankly.

Another initiate, this time one with a mohawk, was launched into the forest.

The blonde knight responds, "Oh, I see. So, like, did you hand out parachutes for us?"

Several initiates were launched this time; the orange-haired girl, the magenta-eyed young man, and a knight with a bird symbol on his chest piece.

Once more, the coffee-loving headmaster answers, "No. You will be using your own landing strategy."

Jaune responds, "Uh-huh… Yeah."

Yang and Ruby were finally launched into as well, knowing what is to happen to the blonde knight.

"So, um, what exactly is a landing strateGYYYYYY!" Jaune tried to ask but was launched into the forest as he screamed the last part of his question.

Ozpin watched the boy flail around helplessly as he sipped his coffee.

"As funny as that is to watch, was that really necessary?" a familiar voice asked behind the two professors.

Ozpin and Glynda turned around to find Manami in her combat attire. Instead of her simple martial arts gi, Manami was wearing a much more luxurious yet functional gi. For the top, she wore a blue robe-like gi with white accents which only covers mostly her right side, a black long-sleeved undershirt, black and blue armbands, and it was held together by a buckle that had a four-star ball emblem on it. For everything below the waist, Manami was wearing blue and black leggings and boots. This was the 4-star Dragon Ball martial arts gi in Manami's favorite colors, however, something stood out from what she wore. She had a device of some kind for her left eye and ear; a high-tech monocle of some sort.

"Well, all warriors are to expect the unexpected," Ozpin answered.

Manami shook her head as she replied, "True enough."

"Speaking of unexpected, what is that device your wearing?" Ozpin asked

Manami smiled and explained, "It's called a Scouter. I can communicate using this and it also can detect Ki signatures or 'power levels' as my foes are used to saying, not that I need that feature; however, thanks to a few things I learned from a few friends in Universe 7, I've modified it to almost act like a scroll. The best part?"

The Saiyan input a few commands into her Scouter; a second passed before a new link appeared on Glynda's datapad. She tapped on it, and to her surprise, it was a live feed… that was watching her and Ozpin.

"I've added a tiny yet powerful camera to my Scouter and you two have the link to its live feed for the initiation."

"An impressive and useful development, indeed. Now then I believe Glynda has your assignment."

The blonde professor nodded, "This is your final assignment, you will head out like the other initiates to the forest temple to retrieve a relic, but unlike them, you will retrieve one that is hidden. You are to also ensure the safety of the initiates, but only interfere if you are sure they encounter a threat that is too much for them. Until then, you are to stay hidden, understood?"

Manami nodded in acknowledgment, then vanished into thin air to complete her assignment for the duration of initiation, leaving the two professors alone on the cliffs to monitor the initiates' progress.

"Why do I feel like that we're going to see her do that many times?" Professor Goodwitch deadpanned.

Ozpin just shrugs and begins to monitor the students on his datapad whilst sipping his coffee.

The Emerald Forest, Beacon Initiation Grounds, Remnant

The second she received her final task, Manami had begun using her senses to find the initiates. She could already sense the Ki signatures of Ruby, Yang, Jaune, Weiss, and Blake; she could also sense every other initiate she hadn't met yet but knew of, such as Pyrrha Nikos, Nora Valkyrie, and Lie Ren, and those that she had no knowledge of but knew were the other initiates. Right now, Manami was watching over the newly formed partners of Ruby Rose and Weiss Schnee, the former had already raced off in a flurry of rose petals in a random direction.

"You may be fast but you still excel at wasting time!" Weiss shouted.

However, she soon realized that she was surrounded; red eyes peered from the bushes. Slowly, the eyes were revealed to be that of multiple Beowolves. Manami watched all of this unfold; she knew that this was something even a huntress-in-training could handle, so she just sat on the branches of the tree she hid in and observed while keeping her senses trained on the other initiates. Several of the initiates were far from enough from Grimm encounters, other initiates had encountered them but quickly dispatched the Grimm so she did not need to worry. For now, she could focus on Weiss and see how she would handle the Beowolves.

Fortunately, Manami was correct in her assumption; Weiss was able to hold her own against the Beowolves, unfortunately, an alpha joined in the mix. After a few seconds, and infusing burn dust into her rapier, Myrtenaster, Weiss dashed toward a Beowolf in front of her; Ruby, however, suddenly appeared out of nowhere and slashed the very same Beowolf with her scythe, forcing Weiss to stop suddenly and aim her strike away from Ruby. Weiss's attack created a wave of fire that cut a tree in half and started a forest fire. Ruby glanced at the Damage her partner caused for a couple of seconds, long enough for the Beowolf in front of her to capitalize on her mistake. Luckily Ruby brought up her scythe in time to block but was knocked into Weiss from the hit.

"Hey, watch it!" Ruby complained as she stood up.

Weiss remarked, "Excuse me, you attacked out of turn. I could have killed you."

"You'll have to try a lot harder than that."

They got into their battle stances for the fight ahead of them; Ruby reloaded her sniper scythe, but to failed to see that the fire to her left is getting worse, making a tree fall.

Weiss noticed this, grabbed Ruby's arm, and stated, "We have to go!"

The Ice Queen ran with her partner in tow, away from the fire and the Grimm it distracted. Manami followed them through the trees until they stopped to rest. Ruby looked back at the aftermath behind them before turning to yell at Weiss.

"What was that?! That should've been easy!"

Weiss simply retorted, "Well perhaps if you had exercised even the slightest amount of caution with the placement of your strikes, I wouldn't have set the forest on fire!"

Ruby just scoffed, "What's that supposed to mean?"

"I'm just surprised that someone who talked so much would communicate so little during an encounter."

"Well, I'm sorry that you need my help to win a fight. I'm just fine on my own!"

"Well congratulations on being the strongest child to sneak into Beacon, bravo," Weiss sarcastically stated, then turned in the opposite direction and walked away. In frustration, Ruby unfolded her scythe and completely cut through a tree trunk using just one hand to wield Crescent Rose. As luck would have it, the tree Ruby cut down was the exact same one Manami was hiding in, but thanks to her quick reflexes, she just dashed to another tree all in one second. Looking at the unlikely duo one last time, the Saiyan girl noticed a giant feather floating down.

"Great, a Giant Nevermore is nearby. With the way those two are acting, it'll be a challenge. I really hope Ruby would grow up just a bit and that Weiss drops the attitude soon. Otherwise, I'm gonna have to step in, I hope it doesn't come to that."

Once she is sure those two are safe enough, for now, Manami tapped into her senses. She located those she is looking for almost instantly.

"So, Yang and Blake are partners, Ren and Nora are close to each other's positions but I'm guessing aren't partners… yet, and it seems Jaune is partners with Pyrrha, and from the looks of the considerable boost in his power, by Remnant's standards, his Aura was unlocked. As for the other initiates, it seems they've just located the temple and are now grabbing the relics."

However, she also sensed a large sinister presence near Ren, granted it was a far cry from the strength Super Grimms' displayed she witnessed awhile back but was still a dangerous foe, and yet its power was diminishing somehow. In an instant, Manami dashed through the trees only to find that Ren was finishing off the second head of a King Taijitu. She also saw that Nora dropped in and made eye contact with Ren, cementing their partnership. Knowing that everything was going fine for these two, she did another check on the other initiates with her Ki sense. This time she felt the Ki signatures of Jaune and Pyrrha near another strong Grimm signature; Ruby and Weiss also close to a strong Grimm signature, although for some reason three signatures were above her and were on the move. The Grimm that the Blonde Knight and Redheaded Champion was near, however, remained unmoving. Manami knew that she couldn't risk being seen by any of the initiates, so she decided to check on Jaune and Pyrrha first and vanished, moving so fast that she was invisible to any prying eyes.

Meanwhile at Beacon Cliffs…

The two professors of the academy were watching from the cliffs, keeping an eye on the initiates. Glynda Goodwitch maintained a watchful and professional eye on the datapad she held. Ozpin seemed unaffected by the events of what happened thus far but was still keeping a vigilant eye on his own datapad.

"Our last pair has been formed, sir," Professor Goodwitch announced, then tapped a command to see Manami's live feed from her Scouter before continuing, "Nora Valkyrie and Lie Ren. Poor Boy. I can't possibly imagine those two getting along."

Another input into her datapad and a live feed of a certain Blonde Knight and Redheaded Champion popped up, "Still, he's probably better off than Miss Nikos."

The silver-haired headmaster merely hummed as he spared Glynda a quick glance as she continued her statement, "I don't care what his transcripts say, or the fact that he is on our top priority list, that Jaune fellow is not ready for this level of combat; but I guess we'll find out soon enough. At their current pace, they should reach the temple within a few minutes. Speaking of which, what did you use as relics this time?"

Glynda turned to Ozpin only to find him not listening; she instantly grew worried because she noticed that Ozpin was looking serious instead of his usual stoic façade. The headmaster was much more focused on looking through the live feeds and he noticed that something was off; several of the feeds seemed to be normal to the naked eye, but if you look at it close enough, they had the tell-tale signs that they were on an endless loop, and each time it was close to where Manami was checking on the students. After Manami leaves to check on other students, however, the feeds return to normal live feeds. This drew a lot of questions: Who would do this and why? What do they hope to gain? Ozpin already crossed her off the list of suspects because while chaos between and within the kingdoms is her MO there is practically nothing to gain from spying on the initiates of Beacon Academy. No, this was someone else's work and their goal is somehow connected to Manami Aoi. Sadly, all these questions would have to be answered when initiation is over.

Ozpin only had one thought, "I only hope that whatever they're after, Miss Aoi will be able to handle the situation."

The Emerald Forest, Near the Deathstalker's Cave

Meanwhile, a figure was watching from above a cavern entrance, one that had many warning signs of something deadly sleeping within. It was Demigra using his Omnipresence to secretly watch the supposed Saiyan girl. He was a patient man but his anger was already spiking the second he began watching Manami Aoi; in fact, he had two conclusions. One was that this is a very big coincidence and that this universe had their own version of the once proud Saiyan Race and that this girl was the doppelgänger of the one who beat him. Conclusion two, however, was the one he dreaded; meaning that the Saiyan he was watching is in fact the exact same person who had defeated him in the Crack of Time. Either way, he was one test closer to getting his answer.

Eventually, the scene before him ended with the massive Scorpion Grimm, aptly called a Deathstalker, throwing a certain wimpy blonde initiate into the skies with his redheaded partner running after him whilst being chased by said Deathstalker. The whole time however he kept an eye on the Saiyan; the second she vanished, Demigra's rage began spiking a bit.

"Damn it," Demigra thought, "She is definitely a Saiyan considering her raven-colored spiky hairstyle and the speed she displayed. Still, it is unknown if that girl is indeed Manami Aoi or if she just looks like her. I'll find out soon enough."

Demigra then took out a golden object from one of his magic pouches. The object turned out to be a golden scroll that seem to be more powerful than the Scrolls of Eternity in the Time Nest. Demigra smirked at what he had planned to do before his ghostly form dissipated to relocate the Saiyan once more and put his little plan in motion…

A/N: Oh boy... it seems Demigra has gotten his hands on a powerful artifact. The question is what is this scroll and what exactly can it do? Well, stay tuned to find out, and remember to leave a review of what you guys thought and what I could improve. See you guys in a month or so for some more Dragon Ball RWBYverse.

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