LET'S GO!
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Chapter 02: To Beacon Academy
"I can't believe that my baby sister is coming to Beacon Academy with me," Yang Xiao Long said in excitement as she bear hugs Ruby. "This is the best day ever!"
"Yang...can't breathe..." Ruby wheezed. Sometimes Ruby wonders if Yang even knew her own strength. "Please stop." Yang reluctantly complies.
"But I'm just so proud of you!" Yang gushed, much to her sister's embarrassment.
"Yang, please, it's nothing," Ruby said.
"'Nothing'?" Yang repeated incredulously. "What do you mean? Everybody at Beacon will think you're the bees knees."
"But I don't want to be 'the bees knees'," Ruby complained. Yang shook her head with a smile at her sister, remembering that night just a couple of months ago.
~~~~~Flashback~~~~~
"Dad, I'm sure Ruby's fine," Yang said from her spot on the couch, watching her worried father pacing around the living room.
"It is 2 o'clock in the morning at there still no sign of her," Taiyang Xiao Long said, obviously worried sick. "We don't have anything to know that she's fine! She could have been mugged or kidnapped!"
"Well," Yang started. "If you went and got Ruby a Scroll, you would know where she is. Like you did for me when I started Signal."
"Ruby is not ready for that kind of responsibility," Tai argued. "Besides, I'm still regretting the decision." He glances at his oldest daughter, who is currently on her Scroll. Yang notices her dad glaring at her.
"It was one prank call," Yang said.
"And one lawsuit," Tai said.
"Dad, I'm sure she's fine," Yang tries to reason and changes the subject as she turned off her Scroll and put it down. "She probably just got sidetrack by a good book or oogling at some weapon designs. Besides, who would try to mug or kidnap a girl with a giant friggin' scythe."
"First of all, language," Tai scolded. "Second of all, she's is still my youngest daughter and I don't want anything bad to happen to her." He flops down on the couch next to Yang. Yang puts a hand on her dad's shoulder.
"I get it, Dad. Believe me," Yang said. "But, she's not a baby anymore. Neither of us are. It won't be long until we're both Huntresses."
Tai sighed. "I know. But no matter how old you two and no matter what you two become, you and your sister will always be my baby girls."
"And you'll always be our overprotective dad," Yang pointed out. "Besides, it's a little embarrassing." Yang remembers way back when she started Signal that her dad presented her a boxed lunch in a lunch box she hadn't used since 2nd grade. She was red with embarrassment for a whole day.
Tai looks at her unsure, but eventually gave a smile of resignation. "Yeah, you're right." He places a hand over his daughter's. "Thank you."
The moment was interrupted when the living room door starts to creak open. "Yang? Dad? Are you guys up?" Almost knocking down Yang, Tai sprang up from the couch and darted towards the door.
"Ruby! You are you alright? Where were you?"
Yang looks on deadpanned. "So much for the pep talk," She said sarcastically before getting up and walking over.
"Ruby, it is over 2 am in the morning. Where have you been?" Tai questioned, going into discipline mode.
Ruby chuckled nervously. "Well, ha-ha, went over to Dust Til Dawn to read the latest issue of Weapons Magazine. Obviously, I lost track of the time."
"And?" Tai urged.
"...And, uh...I may have been busy with a robbery attempt lead by Roman Torchwick..."
"ROMAN TORCHWICK?!" The shout made Ruby flinch.
"Whoa, really?" Yang questioned. "Well, I hope you managed to give him one heck of a bruising."
"Yang, do not encourage this," Tai scolded. He turns back to Ruby, unknown to him that Yang is giving Ruby two thumbs up and a big grin. "Young lady, you were gone for 2 hours more than usual. Do you have any idea how worried I was?" Ruby chuckled nervously.
"Ah, well...you see...uh..." Ruby struggled to answer, a little bit afraid right now.
Tai opened his mouth for another scolding before someone else said, "I would be more worried about the individuals who had tried to best her." Tai grew silent at the voice as a familiar face appeared in view.
"Prof. Ozpin..." Tai identified. Ozpin simply smiled at his former student. He takes a sip of coffee.
~~~~~Present~~~~~
It took a long time to convince her father (and Ruby) to let the girl skip two years. Tai was obviously hesitant, not wanting both of his daughters to go at the same time, but figured that Ruby was indeed skilled enough. The girl in red was adept in her fighting skills and her Aura abilities were above average compared to others in her age group. In the end, Tai agreed to the arrangement, promising to reward Ruby when she gets accepted.
"I just want to be a normal girl with normal knees..." Ruby said, bringing Yang out from her memories.
Yang scoffs. "Come on, aren't you excited?"
"Yang, I got moved ahead two years. Of course, I am," Ruby pointed out bluntly. "But…I don't want anyone to think I'm special or something."
"But you are," Yang said.
"No, I'm not," Ruby tries to interject.
"I'm calling bull on that."
"Hello and welcome to Beacon," the hologram of a blonde bespectacled woman greeted.
"Who's that?" Yang asked, not really to anyone but Ruby shrugs.
"My name is Glynda Goodwitch," The hologram introduced.
"Oh."
"You are among a privileged few who have received the honor of being selected to attend this prestigious academy! Our world is experiencing an incredible time of peace, and as future Huntsmen and Huntresses, it is your duty to uphold it. You have demonstrated the courage needed for such a task, and now it is our turn to provide you with the knowledge and the training to protect our world." With that, the hologram disappears.
"Yang, look!" Ruby said, pointing at something outside the window. "You can see Signal from here. I guess that means home is not too far, huh?"
"Beacon's our home now," Yang said, giving Ruby an affectionate squeeze. The cute moment was ruined when a blonde boy in armor moaned and groaned, hunched over, hand over mouth, and just looks really green. He stumbled away from the window, trying to keep from heaving. The girls grimaced. "So much for a smooth ride..." Ruby giggled and Yang smile. She hugged her again before letting go. "Come on, we'll be landing soon and I would love to look around at the place."
"Ew, Yang! You're walking into the puke!" Ruby exclaimed.
"Ah, gross!" Yang shouted.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ Guardians of Remnant ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
"Hey, Ichigo!" A rather annoying voice said. Ichigo lefts the corner of his history book (which says Civilization Before Kingdoms) that is laying over his face to block the sunlight to look at his friend, a human male with medium length brown hair and eyes to match.
"What is it, Keigo?" He asked.
"Take a look over there," the brunette said, pointing over at the courtyard where the airships carrying potential first-years dock.
Ichigo sits up for a better look before giving Keigo a pointed expression. "So?"
Keigo gives a rather perverse look. "I wonder if there's gonna be anymore hot babes with big ti-OW!" A hard punch to the back his head knocked him forward, hitting his forehead to the ground. Keigo slowly sits back up, rubbing the pain away from his head and forehead. He turns to his assailant. "Damn it, Tatsuki. What was that for?"
"Like hell that I'm gonna let you gallivant around the courtyard to goggle at any of the newcomers," She stated. She lowers down to sit next to Ichigo.
Keigo perched his lips and puffed his cheeks in a pout. "You're no fun."
Tatsuki turns to her childhood friend. "So, how are you doing?"
"What do you mean?" Ichigo questioned. "I'm doing fine. It's not like I'm sick or anything."
"That's not what I meant," Tatsuki clarified. "From what I heard from Rukia, you and your team are gonna graduate early this year. How are you guys doing?"
"Good, I guess," Ichigo said. "It's a little harder than before, but I think we're managing."
"Are you sure?"
"It's not like we're gonna accept the offer right then and there. We just wanted to see what we're in for. Old man Oz did say we got until the middle of second semester and we've just started like a week ago."
Tatsuki narrowed her eyes. "Are you sure you'll be alright?" she repeated.
"Are you doubting our abilities?" Ichigo questioned.
A long silence fell between the two, a silence that felt a little heavy. Even Keigo, who was surprisingly quiet throughout the whole conversation, tried to put his attention in the discarded history book. Tatsuki stood up from her spot. She stares towards the airships watching the arrivals exiting the craft. "No. Of course I'm not. You guys are very talented, probably among the best in our generation. But that doesn't mean you are invincible," She paused a second. "A lot had happened during our first year, especially for you, Rukia, Uryuu, and Renji. It got harder in our second year and its gonna be more hard this year, perhaps even more so for you and your team. I guess...I just wanted to know if you honestly feel that you're ready for that responsibility. That you can handle the real deal."
"Don't worry. We are," Ichigo reassured. However, he feels a sense of uncertainty.
"Also, if you and the others need any help of any kind," Tatsuki started. "You better come to us so we can help out, okay?" Ichigo eyes widen slightly at his friend's declaration, before he softened a bit with a sincere smile.
"Yeah, okay," Ichigo agreed. "Thanks, Tatsuki."
"No problem," Tatsuki said.
"Hey, no fair! How come Ichigo gets special treatment and an awesome pep talk and all I get is a punch to the head?" Keigo complained. "I'm part of your team, damn it!"
"Because you're annoying! That's why," Tatsuki said, getting a little aggravated.
Ichigo gives the faintest of smiles at two of his friends before lying back down. Ichigo stares into the sky, watching birds fly by. Some even forming an 'M' like formation towards the sun. "Something tells me that this gonna be one hell of a year."
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ Guardians of Remnant ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Orihime Inoue looks outside from the window of the student council room, located at one of Beacon Tower's most upper floors. She gives a giggle. "Isn't this exciting?"
"Is what exciting?" Uryuu asks from the student council president's desk, reading through a book.
"She's excited that there are more students coming," Rukia said, seating at one of the tables in the room, drawing on a sketchbook. Uryuu merely hummed at the answer, stilling reading. A jingle from his closed Scroll caught his attention. He looks over at the white/blue device, attached to the corner is a beaded keychain in various shades of blue. He picks it up and opens it to see a message from Winter Schnee. He opens the message to see what it says.
'She just texted me. She's arrived at Beacon'
Uryuu glances over the armchair to look out the window. He sees one of the last airships docking to drop-off the potential new students.
Orihime sees this and smiles. "I bet you're excited, aren't you, Ishida-kun?"
Uryuu raises a brow. "Excited?"
"Your friend is coming here, right?" Uryuu only stares at her before turning his attention back to his book. Orihime's smile only grew, knowing what the Quincy really feels. She looks over at Rukia, who also gives a knowing smile. Then the door opened as the rest of the student council piled through: Coco Adel, Velvet Scarletina, and Mizuiro Kojima.
"Good morning, Orihime and Uryuu!" Velvet, the council historian, greeted.
"Velvet-chan!" Orihime exclaimed as she runs over to give the rabbit Faunus a big hug. Velvet graciously returns the gesture.
"It's nice to see you again," Velvet said. They then relinquished their holds. "But, it has been a week since school has started for us and we've been having meetings since."
"Oh, I know," Orihime said. "But, I'm always happy to see my friends." She glomps Velvet in another hug.
Mizuiro, the council's secretary, moves over to the table where Rukia is seating. "Good morning." He greets, pulling out a chair to seat. "What are you drawing?"
Rukia gives a smirk. "Wouldn't you know this already without even looking?"
"Just humor me." Mizuiro simply said.
"Well, I've been thinking about some new battle tactics for future missions," Rukia explaining, showing the petite male her drawing. The sketch shows bunnies that obviously resembles Rukia and her teammates facing off a bear that represents Grim. As for what type of Grim, that's up in the air.
"I...see," Mizuiro said, not wanting to say anymore unless he wants to make Rukia angry.
"I can do the same for team TAIM if you'd like," Rukia proposed, suddenly more excited.
"It's appreciated, but no thank you," Mizuiro politely declined.
Coco, the vice president, makes herself comfortable by seating on the edge of the president's desk in front of Uryuu. "Good morning, Prez. I see you're enjoying yourself being holed in a room. You do realize that we have today and tomorrow off during the first-years initiation."
Uryuu pushes up his glasses. "While I appreciate the concern, Ms. Adel, it is unnecessary for the moment. I would like to at least make some arrangements for the 40th Vytal Festival before I get distracted."
"Yeah. Apparently, there are gonna some big things happening for this year's Vytal Festival. Parades, dances, performances, and the like. All for the 80th anniversary, right?"
Uryuu pushes up his glasses. "That is the plan. That is, if it follows accordingly."
"Think you can handle it?" Coco asked, lifting her sunglasses. Uryuu raises a brow at her in a way that says 'Do you know who you're talking to?'. It is the job of the student council to do the preparations for the biannual event. This would be the first for Coco and Velvet. Coco smiles looking out the window. "This is gonna be one hell of a year."
"So, it would seem..." Uryuu said, almost to himself. He closes his book.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ Guardians of Remnant ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
The airship lowered itself near the docks and opens its doors. The still green blonde boy dashed out of the machine, hand over his mouth, and towards the nearest trashcan. The Patch girls passed the blonde boy currently puking his guts out, cringing as they went by. "Yeesh, poor Vomit Boy," Yang sympathized.
Now well into the courtyard, the two stopped to marvel the sight of Beacon Academy. "Wow..." Yang said in awe at the sight.
"We're here..." Ruby said, looking on in awe. "...Beacon Academy!"
Next Chapter: Chapter 03 Meet and Greet