Coming at you with a chapter for the holidays. Sorry it took so long. This is my longest chapter yet at over 13,000 words. Please enjoy. And Merry Christmas. And a happy New Year.
(Emerald Forest, 8:38 am)
The Emerald forest. A luscious forest just below the cliffs of Beacon. This is where the initiation for future students is held every year. Despite being filled to the brim with the creatures of Grimm, all seemed quiet. The only sounds that were in hearing range are the flapping wings of a bird swaying in the wind peacefully.
Until a blur of red blasted right through it. "Birdy, no."
Ruby quickly got over it as she was working on her landing strategy. She pulled out Crescent Rose and fired a few shots forward to slow down her momentum and them flipped around with her weapon in it's scythe form to grab onto a thick branch and dropped down into the woods.
Weiss had kept her form graceful throughout her landing. Pulling a flip through the air to right herself before landing on a white snowflake shaped glyph appear under her, and she leaped from it further forward and down.
Ren had taken out his bladed Uzis and hooked them onto a passing tree and spiraled his way down the tree landing on the ground safely and dusting himself off. He heard an explosion followed by others. He looked up to see a blur of gold fly by before a black and blonde sped by even faster.
Yang was using Ember Celica to blast herself further into the forest all the while laughing. "Move it, Goldilocks." An angry Katsuki flew past her with his own explosions with his permanent scowl on his face.
"Sheesh, that guys attitude is really explosive." She laughed at her own pun as she said it. She turned around and blasted her weapons again and flew through the canopy, jumped off a few trees and landed in a combat roll. "Nailed it."
Pyrrha put her shield in front of her to lessen the impact. She crashed through multiple trees before landing on a branch in a combat roll. She changed her sword into a sniper and looked around her vicinity looking for both the other students and the enemy. In her scope she saw Jaune still flailing everywhere and screaming his lungs out. She needed to act fast. She once again changed her weapon from her sniper to a spear with the barrel on the blunt end of it. She pulled back her right and aimed using her left with her thumb. She threw her spear as she pulled the trigger and the spear went flying towards where Jaune was heading.
She waited a few seconds in silence before the sound of her spear hitting the trunk of a tree. "Thank you." She heard Jaune yell.
"I'm sorry." She called back. She jumped down from her spot on the branch to go and find Jaune.
Izuku was waiting until being below the tree line to make his move. He pulled out both of his axes and held them forward and pulled the triggers on both of them and completely stopping his momentum midair and used the bottom parts of his axe as grappling hooks to grab onto the trees thick branch. He pulled himself onto the branch and looked around for signs of any of the other candidates. Once he was sure there was no one around he thought he would find someone on his way to the temple. He would have to get there fast if he wanted a good grade; luckily he had something for that.
For his transcripts he had to write down his semblance. He couldn't use One for All as All Might didn't want people getting any ideas about his semblances true nature. He used a different name for it; a technique he figured out during his last month of training with All Might.
Red veins showed through his skin as he and his aura were covered in green electricity. Izuku cried out, "8% Full Cowl!"
Ruby dropped down on the sprinting with thoughts along the lines of 'Gotta find Yang, gotta find Yang, gotta find Yang.'
"Yang! Yang!" She yelled as she ran, hoping her sister would call back to her.
Oh, this is bad, this is really really bad. What if she finds someone else.' She tried to think of other potential partners she could have if she couldn't find her. Well, there's Jaune. He's nice and funny. But... I don't think he'd be very good in a fight. She could imagine Jaune being overrun by Beowolves. How about Blake. So calm. So mysterious. Plus she likes to read books. But... I can't see me keeping a conversation with her. She saw herself taking while Blake looked like she rather be somewhere else. Maybe Izuku. He is so kind and friendly. And he goes on and on about huntsman and their weapons, like me. His shyness could be a problem though. Imagine Ruby talking to him with a big blush on his face. Ooh, I could find Ochako. She's got that bubbly nice girl vibe. But... come on. She is my size and her chest is so infuriating compared to mine. Ruby shook her self consciousness and kept running. 'Okay who else do I know. There is Yang, Jaune, Blake, Izuku, Ochako and...'
Everything seemed to go in slow motion as a large white object obscured her path. Ruby quickly skidded to a halt before she could collide with the person before her. The white-clad huntress turned towards her with an eyebrow raised. Silver eyes slowly traveled up and finally locking with pale blue ones. A deafening pause followed with a tension thick enough to cut with her scythe. The moment was broken when Weiss sharply turned on her heel and walked in the complete opposite direction from Ruby.
"W-wait! Where are you going?!" she hung her head slightly and kicked the ground dejectedly while mumbling, "We're supposed to be teammates…"
Weiss struggled as she tried to walk through the thick bushes, the small branches catching on her combat skirt. An occasional grunt or silent "Ow!" escaped from her lips as she pushed through. He brushed himself off as he emerged from the treacherous forces of nature, sighing in relief. Upon hearing a voice, she looked up.
"Come on, come on! Stupid…!" Jaune was desperately trying to free himself from Phyrra's spear that was pinning his hood to the tree, yet he was making no progress whatsoever. Finally giving up on trying to pull it out, he sighed and looked down. "Uh, a little help." His hand came up and he awkwardly waved at the girl as he hung there in embarrassment. Weiss, with a face void of any emotions, once more spun on her heel and walked back in the direction from which she came. Jaune groaned and sighed in dejection, hanging his head in shame.
As Weiss passed by Ruby, she grabbed onto her hood and started dragging her along behind her. "By no means does this make us friends."
"You came back!" Ruby cried, throwing her arms in the air and smiling widely as they both disappeared into the bushes.
"Hey, w-wait! Come back! Who's going to get me down from here…?" Jaune tried calling out to them. The male sighed, hanging his head once more. Maybe coming to this school was a bad idea after all…
"Jaune?" A familiar voice breached his thoughts, causing him to look up. Standing before him, crossing her arms behind her back and smiling, was Pyrrha herself. "Do you… Have any spots left on your team?"
Crossing his arms, Jaune feigned annoyance, "Very funny…" He eventually looked down at the red-haired huntress, a cute smile on her face. His heart seemed to skip a beat as he saw that smile, and he returned the action.
With Ren
Ren put away his weapons in his sleeves after he had just gotten done with killing a King Taijitu and was brushing himself off again. A cooing sound made him look around looking for the source. The source showed it self to be his childhood friend Nora hanging upside down from a branch smiling at him.
He smiled back. "I still don't think that's the noise a sloth makes."
She just responded by bopping her finger on his nose, "boop", and falling down from the tree.
With Blake
Blake was walking calmly on her way towards the temple. She hadn't found herself a partner yet. She was hoping it to be either Izuku or Ochako as both seemed to be nice to her, plus Izuku was also a faunas, he just didn't hide it like her.
Shotgun shots rang from over the treeline in front of her. One of the others students was engaged in a fight. She ran to provide help, but wasn't expecting what see saw. A whole line of trees was destroyed by a flying Ursa's body. Another one was standing with it's back to her.
"Oh you want some too!" An angry female voice called out from the other side of the creature.
Blake just pulled out Gambol Shroud and transformed it into it's chain scythe form and threw it at the bear like grimm's exposed back and killed it instantiy. The creature fell forward to show Yang on the other side breathing heavily, not from exhaustion but from her spurred up anger. She got over it quick as Blake pulled back her weapon.
"I had that." The golden girl said smiling. Blake gave her a grin.
With Tenya
Tenya was speeding through a hoard of Grimm either blasting away at a creep or breaking the skull of an Ursa with a kick from his spiked toes.
That was the sixteenth one he killed on his way. And now there was one more Beowolf left in front of him. Only problem was it was an alpha. He saw no issue with his dilemma, he just pushed up his glasses and got into his fighting stance. The alpha seemed to take this as initiative as it leapt forward with a claw strike that Tenya dodged by jumping. While in air he angled his body into a devastating kick aimed at it's back as it fired. They both landed on the ground with Tenya jumping back a few feet to gain some distance. The Alpha had an open hole in it's side but it was tougher than other Grimm so it was still standing. The creature attempted another roar when from nowhere a segmented chain blade appeared and dug itself in the flesh around the neck, the chest and the abdominal region. The blade was pulled back with force as it tore away from the alpha leaving it in four different pieces of it's body.
The blade retracted to a branch in the trees. Tenya looked for his helper but found nothing. "Who's there." He called out. And someone started coming out of the tree clad in green. "Ribbit."
With Ochako
Ochako was still walking, still walking, still walking. But she wasn't complaining, she trained for this and she would not all those who helped her get here be disappointed. She still needed a partner. She hoped that it was a certain green-haired faunas friend that came here with her but if not she was hoping it would be another certain green-haired faunas she had met. She saw how his eyes looked when he approached them. He was afraid of ridicule for being faunas or having been picked on. She had seen that look when she had first met her friend. She didn't want others to feel like that. And who knows, under all that shyness he could be really cool. (A/N Just wait until she sees whats under his shirt am I right?)
She would have noticed a few Beowolves in the branches around her had she not been thinking. The closest one jumped down on the unsuspecting girl.
Too bad for them she had noticed. As the beowolf swung it's claw before she caught it with both her hands giving off a real fast pink glow from her fingertips. The creature was now floating in air and was flailing about trying to get itself back on the ground. Ochako pulled out her tonfa and aimed one at the head of the grimm before pulling a trigger at the top of the handle. A shot rang out killing the Grimm instantly and was already fading from existence. The other four took this as their cue and dropped down as well. Ochako took her stance in preparation for the battle. The first one ran forward with a very predictable right swing she blocked it before throwing a combo on it's chest whilst firing. It dropped down with another coming in fast. This time she ducked under the attack before upper cutting it with a shot from her tonfa before turning around and kicking it away. The third one was ever slightly smarter than the last ones and swung from both sides. She jumped up over it and onto it's back. On it's back she grabbed her tonfas from the long end. Her right hand went over the neck and the handle hooked on the left side of it's neck while her left hand did the same on the right side of it's head. With a quick tug she snapped it's neck. She jumped off as she kept her left tonfa on the head still and dragged it with her back to the ground. The fourth one seemed hesitant but was still poised to attack. She raised her hand and gave a come on gesture as she glared ready for a fight. The Grimm had gotten over it's earlier hesitation from before and reared back on it's hindquarters even more. It wasn't even halfway through it's leap before a blur of green came flying down and flattened the Grimm's body.
"SMASH" yelled the man as he landed on his target.
As the dust cleared Ochako saw Izuku surrounded in green electricity. He had a serious look in his eye as he looked at the creature he had just crushed.
"Hey Deku." His expression softened when he looked over at her with a look of concern. As he walked over to her the electricity surrounding him disappeared. "Ochako, are you okay?" He scanned her for injuries not at all knowing Ochako was lightly blushing from Izuku's inspection.
"No, I'm okay." She reassured him.
"Thank God." He breathed a sigh of relief. He then started looking around for some reason. And then a look of happiness, curiosity and a little worry. "Uh Ochako. Where's your partner?"
"I haven't found anyone yet. I was hoping I could find my friend, but I am so happy I found you, Deku." She cheered. Then looking a bit guilty. "Sorry. I should have asked if you found yours."
"I haven't." He admitted.
And just like that the cheery Ochako was back again. "That means we're partners." She all but squealed bringing her fists up to her chest and jumped up and down again. She was then right in the blushing boy's face. "Let's take care of each other, Deku."
"Y-yeah." She's so close.
Beacon Cliff
"Our last pair has been formed, sir." Glynda Goodwitch informed Ozpin, swiping her screen to the camera facing the pair she was referring to. "Izuku Midoriya and Ochako Uraraka. Poor boy. He'll die from the blood rushing to his face before any grimm has him in their clutches." Ozpin just drank some coffee as he heard this report.
"Still, he's likely better off than Ms. Nikos." She swiped to the camera facing Jaune and Pyrrha. "I don't care what his transcripts say, Mr. Arc is not ready for this level of combat. Well, I guess we'll find out soon enough. At the rate everyone is going, the pairs should be at the temple in just a few minutes. Speaking of, what did you use as relics this year?"
"It's obvious he used the damn chess pieces again." They both turned around to find a yellow sleeping bag facing from them with a hand sticking out of it with a scroll pulling up the feed o Izuku and Ochako striking up conversation as they walked. Just like you Misashi.
With Ruby and Weiss
Weiss trudged quickly through the forest, mildly angry, as Ruby followed shortly behind him.
"What's the hurry?" She asked behind her.
"I will not let my mission be delayed because you're too slow! I swear, if I get a bad grade because of you-" Her sentence was interrupted as a sudden gust of wind blew by and a ball of red whizzed past him. Suddenly, Ruby was standing in front of her, a playful smile on her face and her arms moving like a… cats? "What the…?"
Ruby was bubbling with joy at the fact that she had impressed Weiss, even if only slightly. "I'm not slow, see? You don't have to worry about me!"
Weiss looked behind her before returning her amazed face towards Ruby again, "When did…?"
"Weiss, just because I don't exactly know how to deal with people, doesn't mean I don't know how to deal with monsters!" She reached up and put her arm around the other girl's shoulders, "You're about to see a whole different side of me today, Weiss! And after it's all over, you're going to be like, 'wow! That Ruby girl is really, really cool… And I wanna be her friend.'" She slowly panned her hand out in front of them, grinning at Weiss before disappearing and leaving a shower of rose petals in her wake.
Weiss started waving the rose petals away from her face, surprised yet annoyed still, when she started hearing crackling in the nearby bushes. She put her hands on her mouth as a microphone as she called out, "You may be fast, but you still excel at wasting time!" There was no response, so Weiss called out again, "Ruby?" The forest darkened slightly as Weiss leaned forward, her hand on the hilt of Myrtenaster. A pair of glowing red eyes watched the girl from behind as she once more tried, "Ruby…?"
Several more pairs of those eyes appeared in the bushes around the hunter as a low growl was heard. She was slowly surrounded by a large amount of Beowolves.
Upon seeing the dark creature of Grimm, she started to panic slightly. Her mind raced with thoughts and concerns about her partner. Crap, where's Ruby? Is she okay?
The white-clad huntresses thoughts were interrupted as the Beowolf before her let out a deep roar, the sound echoing through the trees…
Weiss would have to wait till later to worry about Ruby because right now she needed to survive.
Weiss takes out Myrtenaster to block the attacks from the beowolves that are surrounding her. 'Ok Weiss. Just remember your training.' She thought to herself as she takes a deep breath before positioning her body that she was taught. 'Heads up, shoulders back, right foot forward. She put her right foot forward before seeing her error and brought it back a little. Not that far. Slow your breathing, wait for the right time to strike and…'
"NOW!" Weiss charges forward to attack. Only for her to stop once Ruby suddenly appears in front of her as the latter slices the one she was going for with her Crescent Rose. This made Weiss stumbles and swings her blade at a tree, lighting it on fire.
Ruby is then knocked into Weiss by a Beowolf that scratched her weapon. "Hey watch it!"
"Excuse me!" Weiss shouted back. "You attacked out of turn! I could have killed you!"
"You'll have to try a lot harder than that..." Ruby mumbles, unaware that a burning tree is falling near them.
"Come on!" Weiss said as she grabs her arm. "We have to go!" The heiress then starts pulling Ruby away from the pack of beowolves and burning forest. The pack howled as a few of them had caught fire and were slowly burning.
They ran up a hill a little way from the smoke. They both stopped at the top taking a moment to breath in.
"What was that for!?" Ruby shouted at Weiss. "We could've won easily!"
"Well maybe if you actually be more careful when making a move, then I wouldn't set the forest on fire!" Weiss shouted back.
"What's that supposed to mean?" Ruby scoffs
"I'm just surprised someone who talks so much would communicate so little during an encounter!" Weiss answered irritably.
"Well, I'm sorry that you need my help in battle. I can handle myself!" Ruby claims
"Well congratulations on being the strongest child to sneak their way into Beacon. Bravo!" Weiss said sarcastically as she walks off. Ruby let out a yell as she put out her scythe and cut straight through the nearby tree and grudgingly followed after Weiss. A giant black feather floating onto the trunk of the tree that used to be there.
With Jaune and Pyrrha
"Did you hear that?" Jaune ask as he and Pyrrha hear noises from a far distance.
"Gunfire." Pyrrha answered. "Looks like some of our comrades have encountered some enemies." Pyrrha moves a branch out of her way and turns around as the branch hits Jaune right in the face. "I'm sorry!"
"Hey don't sweat it." Jaune said as he gets up with a small cut on his cheek with a little blood. "It's just a small scratch."
"Why didn't you activate your aura?" Pyrrha ask as she walks over.
"My what?" He ask with a puzzled look.
"Your aura." Pyrrha repeated.
"Gesundheit." He said, thinking that she sneezed.
"Jaune, do you know what aura is?" She ask.
"Of course I know what aura is." Jaune scoffs. "Do you know what aura is?"
"Aura is the manifestation of our very own soul." Pyrrha explains to Jaune. "It bears our burdens and shields our hearts. Haven't you ever felt like you were being watched without knowing someone was there?"
"I'm not gonna lie. Yes. Yes I do." Jaune sheepishly admits.
"With practice, our aura can be our shield." She continued. "Everyone has it, even animals."
"What about monsters?" He ask.
"No." She answered. "The monsters we fight don't have a soul. They're the creatures of Grimm. They are the embodiment of anonymity. They are the darkness, and we are the light."
"And that's why we fight them!" Jaune added.
"It's not about why." Pyrrha states. "It's about knowing. Understanding the light and darkness helps us manifest our aura. By baring your soul outward as a force, you can deflect harm. All of our tools and equipment are conduits for Aura. You protect yourself and your soul when fighting."
"Wow, just like a force field." Jaune said.
"That's one way of putting it." Pyrrha chuckled as she walks towards him. "Now close your eyes and concentrate."
"Uh okay." Jaune complies as he and Pyrrha closes their eyes and concentrates.
'For it is in passing that we achieve immortality. Through this, we become a paragon of virtue and glory to rise above all, infinite in distance and unbound by death.' She quotes while placing a hand on his chest, causing Pyrrha to glow red while Jaune glows white. 'I release your soul, and by my shoulder protect thee.' Pyrrha then hunches over due to exhaustion.
"You okay Pyrrha?" Jaune ask in concern.
"I'm fine Jaune." She reassures him before getting back up. "I used my Aura to unlock yours, but the energy that protects you now is your own." She grins as she watches the scratch that's on his face close up. "You have a lot of it."
"Whoa." Jaune said as he stops glowing.
With Ruby and Weiss
"It's definitely this way." Weiss said as she's walking right before stopping. "I mean… this way! It's definitely this way." Weiss then starts walking left until she stops in front of Ruby. "Ok, it's official: We passed it."
"Weiss, why can't you just admit that you have no idea where we're going?" Ruby asks annoyed as she gets up from the ground.
"Because I know exactly where we're going!" Weiss said boldly before sounding confused. "We're going… to… the forest temple!" This only makes Ruby sighs out of frustration.
What they don't know is that two people are watching them bicker.
The first was a girl about the same height as Weiss. Her skin is tinted a pink color. Her eyes sclera was black with golden irises. She has unruly, short pink hair that seemed like a fluffy piece of cotton candy. If the skin and eyes didn't tell you she is a seahorse faunas than the hook-shaped yellow horns protruding from her head will. She was wearing a purple and turquoise camouflage skintight top with a teal pair of skinny jeans. On top of that she wears a sleeveless tan jacket with white fur on the collar, and she finishes with a pair of brown and gold custom boots. On her right hip she had a pink submachine gun in a holster with some blade coming out the bottom.
The man next to her was of average height. He has spiky red hair with red eyes and a little scar above his right eye. He is also a faunas with the black horns above his forehead going backward into his red hair. He is wearing a black vest with long crimson sleeves and two red shoulder pads while his chest is left uncovered, showing off his impressive physique. He is wearing a red sash with a ripped pattern over black pants with a belt. On his right arm was a crimson gauntlet in the shape of a battering ram with a gun barrel higher on the front side.
"Will you stop pretending that you know everything Weiss!?" Ruby said.
"Hey you two. Can you please stop fighting and everyone get along." The girl waves as her and the boy walk up to them.
The girls finally noticed them.
"Who are you?" Ruby asked.
"This here is my horn buddy Mina Aishido and I'm Eijiro Kirishima." The man now known as Kirishima stepped forward with a hand on his partner's shoulder.
"Do you guys have any ideas on where this temple is at?" Mina asked which made Ruby roll her eyes at Weiss.
"Your guess is as good as ours." Weiss said
"I knew you have no idea on where you're going!" Ruby shouted in annoyance.
Weiss just let out a sigh as she starts walking. "Let's keep going."
"Oh, let's keep going! Hurry up! Waaah, Watch where you're going!" Ruby said while doing a faux imitation of Weiss' voice. Kirishima stifled a giggle. "Why are you so bossy!?"
"Hey, I'm not bossy! Don't say stuff like that!" Weiss shouted
"Then stop treating me like a kid Weiss!" Ruby said in annoyance.
"Then stop acting like a KID!" Weiss rebutted.
"Then stop acting like your perfect!" Ruby said while getting more annoyed.
"I'm not perfect. Not yet. But I'm still leagues better than you." She said in a cold tone.
"You don't even know me." Ruby said right back as harsh as could be.
"Okay knock it off you two." Mina got in between them and decided to play peace keeper. "Like it or not you two are partners, you should at least try to get along to make it into Beacon. And who knows, from there you two could become BFFs or something." Mina finalized with no room for argument.
Both girls took that in as they shut up and went back to the task at hand. A big black feather fell between them all. They looked up to see where it came from and what they saw wasn't pleasant.
"Aw, shit." Kirishima managed to say.
While the others were taking this as bad news, Ruby saw this as prime way to get to there objective.
With Izuku and Ochako
Izuku and Ochako seemed to still be in conversation as they shared a few things with their partner. Ochako was an only daughter, her parents owned a construction company that wasn't doing so well in business. She hadn't actually gone to combat school as it was expensive. Instead she trained with different local huntsman, that made Izuku ecstatically ask which ones and when she named them he downright adored her. She was blushing from the attention she was getting but if it was from him she wouldn't mind.
"I also met my friend when I was training with Ryuko Tatsuma. Since then we've kept in contact and are almost inseparable. She's also a faunas with green hair like you." She added the last part as a measure to let him know for sure she doesn't have an issue with him being faunas.
"That's cool. What's her name?" He asked smiling.
"She's..." And before she could say the rest two figures came out from the brush and turned their attention to them. The first was Tenya, as serious as ever. But the other person he didn't recognize. She was probably only five feet tall. She has a very frog-like appearance. Like a frog, she has a wider mouth and she also has abnormally large hands covered by tan gloves. She has long, dark teal hair which she ties in a bow on her back. She has very wide eyes with pure black irises and distinctive lower eyelashes. She probably also has a very long tongue as part of it was sticking out. She wears a green and black long sleeve shirt with yellow linings along her chest and abdomen. She also wears a pair of green goggles on her head. Her dark green shorts go into her thigh high black and yellow boots made custom to accommodate her frog-like feet.
Ochako and the new girl saw eachother and their faces brightened up as they launched into each other's arms.
"Ochako."
"Tsuyu."
The two men just stood there and let them have the moment.
Abandoned temple
The four of them decided to stick together to the temple. They talked more about each other on the way. Ochako's friend's name was Tsuyu Asui. She was blunt, always spoke her mind and seemed like the person Ochako would be friends with.
Tenya had gone to Soumei with Weiss and another person named Shouto who was in the test. And like Weiss was also an heir to the Iida family armor company. This company was the opposite of the Schnee dust company. They took care of all employees despite race. Each generation of the family had a huntsman that was known for their speed.
Izuku didn't share much about his past. Just the fact he went to Light, knew Katsuki from there and had looked up to All Might.
After a long and rather talkative walk, the four had finally come across the ruined old temple that they were searching for. In the center were stands with what appeared to be chess pieces.
"Chess pieces for relics?" Tsuyu voiced her thoughts.
The four of them walked down from the hill they were on and were then greeted by Yang and Blake who were already there.
The outgoing extrovert Yang was the first to greet them. "Sup, Teen Wolf. Angel Face. Who's the two with you?"
"Angel face?" Ochako tilted her confused.
Izuku slightly blushed when she looked at him, answering, "This is Tenya Iida," he pointed to the armored speedster "and this is Tsuyu Asui." He waved his hand towards the frog faunas.
"Call me Tsu." Tsuyu followed up her introduction.
"I'm ma call you Froppy." Yang raised her hand up.
"Ok?" Tsuyu saw no problem with that.
"Hey, Deku. Come over here." Ochako called him over to the podiums. He walked over and saw what they had to offer. A single white knight, two white rooks, two black knights, two black rooks, a black pawn, and two black kings.
"There's a pair for each one so I'm guessing if we take one we'll be partnered up with whoever has the other half. So, which one do we choose-"
"Aw look," He was abruptly cut off when he saw that Ochako had already taken one of the black knights" a cute black pony."
"That's a good observation Izuku, but I'm sort of disappointed in Beacon for this being their initiation. This place was rather easy to find from the looks of it." Tenya surmised.
With Jaune and Pyrrha
The two are currently standing in front of a cave entrance.
"I think this is it." Jaune states. He takes a nearby stick and wraps a cloth from his pocket around it. He then struck a flint he had in his other pocket to light it up. With a source of light, the white knight and red spartan went into the cave.
"Jaune. I don't think this is it." Pyrrha answered while shrugging.
"Pyrrha, I made the torch." Jaune sighed while looking over his shoulder "Can you at least humor me for, like, five more feet?" He walks forward until he trips over an unforeseen rock, causing him to drop the torch as the flame is extinguished after falling into a puddle.
"Do you feel that?" She asks.
"Soul-crushing regret?" He asks back.
"No... It's warm" She answers.
The two continues walking as they're now getting deeper into the cave until they see some glowing upside-down spike supposedly hanging from the cieling.
"Hey, I think that's the relic!" Jaune exclaims with excitement as he reaches out to grab it, only the glowing spike to move away from Jaune. "Hey! Bad Relic!" He attempts to grab it again. While he did succeed, the relic raised higher and he was now dangling.
"Uh Jaune..?" Pyrrha said with a high concerned tone.
Jaune looks forward and eyes widen when sees the several gleaming red eyes of a Deathstalker.
With the temple group
The temple group was ready to leave until they heard an incredibly high-pitched scream at a distance.
"Some girl's in trouble!" Yang immediately presumed. "What do we do?"
With Ruby and Co
"Ruby," Weiss yelled over the wind as she clutched onto the Nevermore's feathers "I told you this was a bad idea."
"We're fine stop worrying." she called back to her.
"Yeah Weiss. We're riding on a giant bird monster. It can't get manlier than that." Kirishima called to her with a grin on his face. His right hand was griping the Nevermore while his left kept his arm around Mina.
"I'm a girl Spikey hair. And I am so beyond the point of worrying." She yelled more.
"Hate to agree with Ice Queen but she has a point." Mina cried out clutching on to Kirishima. Normally they'd be blushing a little at the level of intimacy between the two, but they were too busy with the wind blowing past them.
Ruby looked down and ahead to see the temple and the others there. "Okay I see the temple. Time to jump."
"Okay." Kirishima called out pulling Mina into a bridal style hold ready to jump.
"Uh, Eiji. I'm not so sure about this." Mina did not want to be freefalling.
"Are you all insane or something." She was met with silence as they had all already took the leap of faith.
"Oh you red insufferable little jer…"
On the ground
"HEADS UUUUUUUU-" Ruby screamed as she fell from the sky, Jaune careening into her as she fell, and causing both to crash into a nearby tree, Ruby landing on a larger branch and Jaune hanging upside down from another branch.
"Did your sister just fall from the sky?" Blake asked in surprised monotone.
"And where did Jaune come from?" Izuku asked in a more concerned voice.
Another moment passed before something else landed causing a dust cloud. When the dust cleared Mina was still in Kirishima's arms, but he looked different. His skin was jutting out in different places along his body in a sort of rock looking appearance but judging from the ringing in the air was probably more like metal.
Mina pulled herself out of his arms and landed on the ground on her hands and knees breathing heavily with frightened tears brimming at her eyes. "That was so scary." She looked back up to find her friend gone over to the podiums and grabbed a black rook. "The rook is the manliest piece in my book." He said clutching his other fist.
"Did they ju…"
Then, before they even had a chance to process what had just happened, an Ursa came through the tree line on its hind legs and swinging its front ones like crazy... until a shot rang out on its back and it fell down a few seconds later, Nora herself was on the back of the Ursa, and loudly complained, "Aww, it's broken."
"Nora!" Ren was right behind her breathing heavily with his hands on his knees. "Please, (pant pant) don't ever do that again." But she was gone. She was in the temple eyeing a white rook piece before happily taking and putting it on her head. "I'm queen of the castle. I'm queen of the castle." She sang.
"NORA!" Ren called her name in the loudest voice that any of them had heard from him.
"Coming Ren." She tilted her head smiling letting the rook piece fall in her hand.
"Did Nora just ride in on an Ursa?" Izuku finally managed to spit out.
"I-" Yang began before, suddenly, Pyrrha came running with a Death Stalker right behind her, dodging its claws as it swept at her.
Ruby then got down from the tree.
"Ruby?" The girl turned to see her big sister.
"Yang." Ruby cried out happily going to give her sister a hug.
"Nora." Nora yelled suddenly in between the two.
"Did Ms. Nikos just bring a Deathstalker after her?" Tenya asked.
Yang had finally had enough, and both literally and figuratively exploded. "AAAAAAAAAAARRRGH! I CAN'T TAKE IT ANYMORE! COULD EVERYBODY JUST CHILL THE HELL OUT FOR TWO SECONDS BEFORE SOMETHING CRAZY HAPPENS AGAIN!"
"Umm, Yang..." Ruby gestured upwards. They followed her arm's arc and saw Weiss hanging off a Nevermore's claw. "HOW COULD YOU RED COLORED JERKS LEAVE ME?!" Weiss exclaimed as she tried to not let go of the only thing that kept her from death.
"I said to jump." Ruby yelled up.
"She's gonna fall." Tsuyu said in her usual blunt tone.
"She'll be fine," Ruby replied.
"She's falling." Ren pointed out not half a second later.
Jaune had gotten himself untangled and saw Weiss falling. He saw this as an opportunity to score some points with her as he leapt forward and caught her in his arms. "Just dropping in." He said cheesily before he realized they were still falling "Aw crap." They both latched onto each other as they fell. Luckily for both of them Tenya sped in and caught both of them before landing on the ground, Weiss cradled in his left and holding Jaune by the back of his armor.
"My hero." Weiss said sweetly to Tenya. Oh yeah, they went to the same school.
"Oh, come on." Jaune said dejected. How did this guy make it so natural without punchlines?
Pyrrha joined the scene as she came in sliding on her shield. "Great, the gang's all here! Now we can die together!" Yang said sarcastically with her hands on her hips. A long tongue found itself on the side of her head.
"Not digging the way your rubbing salt in the wound there." Tsuyu deadpanned with her finger on her mouth.
"Huh. Three for three." Izuku had guessed she had a long frog tongue.
"What was that?" Ochako asked from beside him. "Oh nothing." He blushed a little from the closeness.
"Not if I can help it!" was all Ruby said before dashing headfirst at Death Stalker before anyone could protest or offer backup.
"Ruby wait." Yang called after her. The Death Stalker simply swiped one of its massive claws at Ruby. She used her Crescent Rose to defend herself, but she was still sent flying back and while it was only a graze, it was enough to make her veer off course and crash.
Ruby was standing, looking unsure of her situation. "I'm okay!" Even her voice seemed unsure. He looked up to see the Deathstalker heading in her direction. Ruby set off quickly folding up Crescent Rose and running back to the temple.
"Ruby!" Yang called out as she tried getting to her before the Grimm did. The Nevermore from earlier wanted them skewered and began to make razor sharp feathers rain down from the sky.
Yang just barely spread her body out to avoid the feathers. Ruby however wasn't so lucky with her cloak caught by one of the feathers and the Deathstalker still on its way to her. "Ruby get out of there." Yang yelled. Ruby herself was desperately tugging at her cloak in an attempt to escape.
Everyone else had taken into action with a plan Iida had come with. Ochako had tapped Izuku with her semblance making him float, then Tsuyu took her chain blade and flicked it around Izuku's body and from there flung him forward at high speeds. Weiss was close behind him as she pressed the dust revolver in her rapier to use ice dust. Pyrrha had her spear out again and she was carefully waiting for her moment with Tenya behind her in the starter runner position.
"Ruby!" Yang yelled out, her voice filled with fear as she saw Ruby about to be skewered by the Death Stalkers tail. Then, a green and white blur shot past her. Izuku had activated Full Cowl and flew by grabbing Ruby and ripping the feather out of the ground and flew underneath the Grimm's disgusting underside. Once out the other side he had felt his weight return and they both landed haphazardly on the ground. "Weiss!" He signaled it was her turn.
Weiss veered to the side of the Deathstalker and she stabbed her sword into the ground and summoned a glyph, making a pillar of ice protrude out of the ground, freezing the Death Stalkers midsection and raised stinger in place leaving its head exposed and defenseless. "Pyrrha!"
Pyrrha lined the shot perfectly and pulled her arm back. "Tenya!" She cried as she threw her spear firing the gun mechanism to give it more speed and distance.
Six small valves popped out from the back of Tenya's boots and were glowing red hot with blue flames coming out. He combined his semblance and the dust engines thrust to speed himself to the point of almost not being seen as he sped after the spear. The Deathstalker still had it's claws free and tried to block the oncoming spear but it embedded itself in it's centermost eye. The Grimm screeched in pain and let its guard down for a second. In less than that second Tenya had reappeared and had embedded his foot into the spear handle. His velocity combined with the shape of the spear and went through the rest of the body and killing it.
Izuku, now assured that Ruby was safe, turned his attention to her, who was simply staring at him after what had just happened. He tapped her shoulder, and, once he had her attention, asked her, "Are you okay?"
She nodded, accepting Izuku's hand up. Weiss walked up afterwards and Tenya was busy cooling his jets and getting Pyrrha's spear back. When Weiss was close enough she started her rant. "You are so childish, and dimwitted, and hyperactive, and don't even get me started on your fighting style. And I know I can be a bit…"
"Mean, bossy, and through the roof etc." Ruby numbered off her fingers.
"I was going to say difficult." Weiss said. "But just like Mina said. If we are going to do this then we have to do it together. So, if you quit trying to show off I'll try and be… nicer." She finished.
"I'm not trying to show off. I'm trying to show you I can do this." Ruby looked anywhere but Weiss' gaze. "You're fine." Weiss started to take her leave.
Ruby just brought her hands up to her chest. "Haaaah. Normal knees." She exhaled.
Okay. No idea what that's about. Izuku said in his thoughts. He made his way back to the group as Yang ran up to put her little sister in a bone crunching hug.
The group heard explosions coming from the woods they used to get here. Yet another Deathstalker popped out of the trees with various burnt holes in it's body and what looked like ice hanging of it's limbs and its tail missing it's stinger. The beast turned to face the group and screech until something was thrown in it's mouth and an blue ice wall made it's way between it and them. Not even a second later there was an explosion and the blue ice was splattered with black blood. "Tch, what a fucking waste of a good grenade." A new and familiarly angry voice shouted from beside them. There in his angry glory was none other than Katsuki Bakugo with his partner.
It was a boy an inch taller than both Bakugo and Ren. His hair was split in color, the right side being completely white, and the left practically blood red. His eyes were hetero-chronic, the right eye a dull gray and his left a sharp vivid blue with a burn scar surrounding it. The outfit he wore was a simple blue buttoned up jacket with the sleeves pulled up to his elbows, a white vest around his chest, blue pants and reinforced black and white boots to complete the outfit. In his right hand was a elegant katana with a blade that was icy blue with a black guard, red hilt and a polished black sheath with golden streaks.
"It was your decision to go with my plan so don't get angry over it." The new boy who was later known as Shouto Todoroki spoke in a monotone voice.
"LIKE HELL I DON'T HAVE A REASON! I DIDN'T HAVE A CHOICE WITH YOU! IF WE HAD GONE WITH MY PLAN AND JUST WENT GUNG HO ON IT WE WOULDN'T HAVE TO HAVE WASTED A GRENADE" Bakugo yelled.
"They get along so well." Mina deadpanned.
Ochako walked over to her partner and asked, "Deku is that the boy you mentioned the other night?
"Yep, that's Kacchan." Izuku said popping the p.
"How long do you think we'd last with him on our team?" She asked.
"Please don't jinx us." Izuku stated in a nervous tone.
"Uhh, guys... that things circling back. What are we gonna do?" Jaune asked with a shaky voice.
"Look, theres no sense in dilly dalling. Our objective is right in front of us." Weiss stated.
"She's right. Are objective is to grab an artifact and make it back to the cliff. There's no point in fighting these things." Ruby followed her statement up much to Weiss' smiling approval.
"WAIT A FUCKING SECOND!" Bakugo yelled at the top of his lungs. "HOW THE HELL DID DEKU BEAT US HERE! I'M NOT LEAVING UNTIL I KILL SOME MORE GRIMM TO WIN AND BE UNDEAFEATED CHAMPION OF THIS SHIT TEST."
Several seconds passed before someone dared to make a sound. "So run and live? That is an idea I can get behind." Jaune said awkwardly.
"YOU IGNORING ME BUNNY TOP?" Bakugo screeched.
Tsuyu, Ruby, and Jaune then grabbed their pieces. Tsuyu took in mind what Izuku had said earlier and took the other black knight piece. Ruby took the white knight with Jaune at her side picking up the white rook. A fuming Bakugo didn't care which one they got and took the last black rook piece.
"Time to go you guys." Mina said.
"Right, lets go." Ruby lead the group on the way back to cliffs.
Abondoned Temple underneath Beacon cliffs
The group of twelve managed to get out of the forest and into an abandoned series of structures next to another old temple that probably had some way up the cliffs. They split up in groups with their weapons drawn behind pillars. Ruby, Yang, Izuku and Ochako took the forward right one with Nora, Ren, Kirishima and Mina behind them. Weiss, Blake, Katsuki and Shouto had the one across from Ruby and co with Tenya, Jaune, Tsuyu and Pyrrha in the one behind them. The Nevermore from before flies ahead and perches itself on a tall column in front of them and caws loudly, as if mocking them, and to make matters worse for them was the fact that they've gained the attention of lesser and average Grimm creatures. The first was supposedly the Beowulves who came in large numbers, being led by one of their superior Alpha Males and large Ursa's marching their way alongside the Beowulves with hunger searing in their eyes. And lastly to approach out of the forest was unsurprisingly another Deathstalker. Seriously was there a nest of those things around here or what because people are sure they are underground more than what not.
"Well that's just great, how the hell do we expect to take on a large army of Grimm." Yang complained behind a pillar with her sister and the other two.
"Aw, man. Just run for now." Jaune shouted and everyone made their run for it. The Nevermore on top of the column saw this and was preparing to fire off another volley of feathers.
"Nora, distract it!" Ren commanded. Nora nods as she jumps in the air dodging a few feathers sent after them. before firing at the Nevermore with her grenade launcher.
"I'll give you a hand." Kirishima said as his weapon uses its gun mechanism and he starts firing to assist Nora. The Nevermore takes the attacks and begins to fly in a circle. The two are unaware of the Scorpion Grimm approaching the two of them from behind. Right when the Grimm is about to lunge its stinger, Mina with her SMG in the form of a ninjato, along with Ren and Blake, blocks the attack with their weapons and Bakugo sends it back with the other Grimm with an explosion from his hand. Weiss lands next to Nora so she can create a jumping platform beneath them and leap to safety while Tsuyu wrapped her long tongue around the other faunas and leapt after the others. The other four are now being chased by the horde.
Pyrrha and Ren turned around and fired on the Grimm. "Go, go, go." Bakugo passes them first with Mina and Blake just missed the giant scorpion's claws.
The Nevermore had completed its circle and the bridge was then destroyed when the Nevermore came circling around and crashed through it, leaving Ruby, Yang, Weiss, Jaune, Nora, Izuku, Ochako, Kirishima and Bakugo on the side with the tower, and Pyrrha, Ren, Blake, Tsuyu, Mina, Shouto and Tenya fighting the Death Stalker and the horde of Grimm.
Jaune picked himself up and looked behind him to see Ruby and the others shooting at the Nevermore, then turned to the front to see Pyrrha and the gang dealing with the Deathstalker. He noticed Blake being beaten back, nearly falling off the edge and starts to worry.
"Man, we gotta get over there! They need help!" He shouts as he moves closer to the broken edge of the bridge.
"Can you make that jump?" Izuku asked.
Jaune looked down in the ravine fearfully. "Uh, I don't think so."
"Let's do this!" Nora said, holding her weapon.
The girl knocked the blonde and faunas back to the other three and shifted her weapon into its melee form, a to which it turned into a giant hammer. She then ran to the edge of the bridge and jumped. Jaune managed to pick himself up in time to see what she was doing and pale as he realized her plan.
"No, wait!"
It was too late. The girl slammed her hammer on the bridge and catapults the other five towards the Deathstalker. Izuku was caught by his partner as she used her semblance to send them both over the deathstalker to help the others with the horde. Nora eventually stood neatly on her custom-made hammer/grenade launcher weapon and pulled the trigger, launching herself towards the Deathstalker as well.
"AAAHHHH." Nora yelled out with joy.
Pyrrha, Ren and Blake jumped away in time to see the two coming in with Nora striking the target on the skull. Noticing the stinger moving, she jumped off the beast and everyone moved to dodge against the incoming attack. But Blake got pushed off when Nora came back. She threw her weapon at a nearby column and swung to the temple side.
Kirishima was grabbed by Bakugo and he kept them up with his explosions and dropped them down with the horde group before firing off at the first Grimm. Kirishima pulled out Red Riot and harden his left arm until it was sharp like a blade and joined in as well.
As luck would have it, Blake managed to land on the same area that her partner and the others were at. She moves to stand next to Yang. "It's tougher than it looks!"
"Then let's hit it with everything we got!" Yang announces, readying her Ember Celica.
Ruby and the others nod and proceed to ready their own weapons; Ruby shifting Crescent Rose to its scythe form, Weiss pressing the Dust revolver she's using for Myrtenaster, and Blake setting Gambol Shroud in its pistol form.
Shotgun rounds, ice beams, pistol rounds and high impact sniper rounds are fired at the flying Grimm. The Nevermore dodges away from most of the attacks and shrugs off the rest, and crashes into the column the group were standing on. Everybody made their way out of the falling debris. Blake leapt off a few fallings and ran up pillars before throwing Gambol shroud in its chain scythe form to swing herself up. Yang set herself by punching through and off the debris with her gauntlets adding to her velocity. Weiss air stepping o her glyphs to the top. Ruby held her scythe down and fired herself up the rest of the way and landing next to Weiss.
"None of this is working." She stated annoyed.
Ruby turned her head to see Blake and on another section of the area and looks up to see Yang on top of a pillar, shooting at the Grimm. She turns her attention to her partner. "I have an idea. Cover me!" She then blasts away on her scythe to the others for the plan. Weiss went charging forward with her sword drawn.
With DeathStalker group on Bridge
Back on the lower area, Jaune, Nora, Pyrrha and Ren stood together as they continue to fight against the Deathstalker. The Deathstalker pulled out it's tail from the bridge and causing the bridge to be destabilized.
"We gotta move!" Jaune shouts.
As soon as he said that, everyone begins to rush towards the giant scorpion, weapons ready for action. The beasts attempt to strike Pyrrha with its claw, but she managed to deflect it with her shield, Akoúo, and slashes the claw away with her blade. It tries to attack her again with its other claw but Jaune blocks it with his own shield and Pyrrha strikes with her sword again. Ren ran up to it and began firing at it before jumping to get away from its incoming stinger. Ren latched on to the tail and began to fire at the base of the stinger. Nora proceeds to switch her weapon over to grenade launcher mode and begins to fire grenades at the Grimm's claws. The explosion sends the sword and shield users flying but Pyrrha was back on her feet and threw her spear and managed to hit one of the monster's eyes. The attack caused Grimm to throw Ren.
"Ren!" Nora cried out.
Ren had eventually crashed into a stone block and began to fall to the ground from the blow.
Jaune stood up and looked at their problem for any weaknesses they could exploit. He noticed that the stinger was hanging limply and about to fall. "Pyrrha!"
"Done!" Pyrrha nodded, noticing the same thing Jaune did. She threw her shield at the stinger, severing it and causing it to land on the Grimm's skull. The shield bounced off a column behind the grimm and back to her hand.
"Nora, nail it!" Jaune yelled.
"Heads up!" Nora shouted to the others as she ran over to Pyrrha. She jumped and set her her hammer on Pyrrha's shield. When Nora pulled the trigger, Pyrrha jumped as hard as she could and together they launched her well over a hundred feet into the air. When she reached her highest altitude, she laughed. With a fierce grin, Nora dove down and prepared to deliver the explosive blow to the Grimm, delivering a powerful blow to the Deathstalker causing the bridge to catapult them back over the Grimm and from some force her sword flew back into her hand. Nora then pulled the trigger and flew over and landed somewhat safely on the ground while Ren staggered towards them before collapsing in exhaustion.
With the group in the horde at the same time.
Needless to say, the group dealing with the horde was having a much better time for each individual member.
Izuku had his weapon, Devotion, in its double-bladed axe mode and was going to town. He slid underneath the nearest Ursa from behind and blasted its head off with his shotgun axe. The next one came with a downward swing, Izuku dodged to the left and hit across the face with the blunt side of the axe and blasted it face off. A group of five Beowolves came from somewhere and surrounded him. He saw this opportunity to try out a move he saw in a huntsman comic once. He took his axe and set the top onto the ground and jumped on the handle. All five of them took the bait and leapt at him all at once. It wasn't until they lunged he pulled the trigger and got himself some air above them and they crash into eachother and made a pile. Izuku readied his axe as he activated full cowl in his body. As he came down on the five he yelled. "SHADE SMASH" The impact blew the Grimm into pieces that found their way everywhere.
Ochako block another claw from behind her before being pushed back a little from the one in front. Her weapon, Broken Moon, were great when she got in close but these Grimm were making that a hard task right now. "Time to bring out the big gun." She turned the handles a complete 180 and the long ends extended. Then she flipped the handles into the weapon. She took the short ends and put them together, making the previous tonfas into a bo staff. Ochako shot the next Grimm in the face with the end of the staff and pushed behind her into the stomach of another while firing at the same time. They were coming in range again, so she took her hand and touched the ground sending a pink pulse through it and all the beowolves were floating. She spun her staff around with expert handling and shot every Grimm she'd captured. She shouted "Release" and the Grimm fell to the ground and began to dissolve.
Tsuyu had inserted fire dust into her chain blade, Rainy Season, and kept all her enemies at a range and on fire. Mina slipped right passed with a very low acid coming from her boots and slid along the ground firing of her smg, Ridley Queen, at Grimm following her. There were some who tried making there way to the Deathstalker group on the bridge. She hit a switch on her handle and her smg turned into a slender Ninjato blade. She picked up the speed with her acid skates on the runaway group and as she passed them slashed each one with a fatal attack. Tsuyu saw all of this and she was impressed at Mina's maneuverability. She turned the ring that served as a buckle when she wore Rainy season as a belt and the nine-meter long chain blade came into a normal sword. She jumped backwards and she swung below her decapitating a Beowolf.
Kirishima had sharpened his hardened body and fight the Grimm in line with a series of punches, slashes and devastating straight punches. Six beowolves and an Ursa Major were rushing him from front. He clenched his fist in his gauntlet, Red Riot, and fired on the first four beowolves while the ram for his gauntlet was pulling back. He slashed the last beowolf across the chest with his hand. The Ursa swung with a left towards Kirishima's right arm. As Kirishima raised his arm folds came out of the front sides making the top half of a riot shield that blocked the incoming attack. "Red Counter." He shouted as he threw the same arm towards its face and the ram flew forward and blasted the Grimm's head back into the forest.
Tenya was speeding per usual with his boots, Ingenium, dealing devastating kicks that knock grimm away dead. He heard a howl and more reinforcements came from the forest. The alpha was the biggest problem in the horde, if they took him out soon then not as many more grimm would come. He set himself up in a runner's stance again. He shouted as he was once a gain a blur across the field sending any Grimm passing him by lying. Then he reappeared in front the Alpha with his leg pulled back. "Take this." He planted the foot in the skull armor sending cracks everywhere before caving in completely. Once he landed on the ground he wiped a bead of sweat from his brow.
Bakugo was surprisingly teaming up with Shouto but he probably sees it as Shouto being in the way. Every Grimm that Shouto touched with his blade, Jaeger, froze over completely and Bakugo followed that by blowing up the frozen bodies into shards or cutting them with his gauntlet blades now pointing forward and slashing the ones Shouto didn't hit. They seemed to be the last Grimm before a King Taijitu arrived with both heads in tow. Shouto quickly stabbed the ground and two ice spikes came up to impale their heads. The white one died but the black had its maws open towards him and coming in fast. Bakugo was suddenly in front of Shouto with his bracer, Ground Zero, leveled at the maws as he pulled a pin out of the side of the grenade shaped weapon. The next thing that happened was a torrent of flames came rushing forward into the maws and out through the back of the head while the rest barbecued the insides. The Grimm had disappeared when it was over. "We're done here."
"No shit Icy Hot." Bakugo said.
"I told you my name is Shouto, Bakugo." Shouto deadpanned.
"Hey awesome finishers dudes." They turned to see Kirishima and the others heading towards them presumably done with their share. "So manly. We should totally team up when this is over."
"Hey dumb hair." Bakugo said bored.
"My name is Kirishima, and my hairs not that different than yours." He yelled pointing at both their spiky hairstyles to make his point.
"Hey guys look up there." Mina shouted pointing up at the top of the temple.
Nevermore team
Yang was seen still on the pillar, firing away at the Nevermore. Yang got on in on its face and that was enough to make it come her way. As the two came closer, Yang jumped into the beast's open beak and grabbed the beak open and fired in its mouth: flaming ranged shotgun rounds. "I. Hope. You're. Hun. Gry!" She yelled and continued to fire more rounds. Yang turned her head to see that they were heading to the cliff and jumped off immediately, letting the Nevermore crash into the cliff. The golden hair girl looked forward as they saw Ruby and Blake watching over them while Weiss was running towards her with her rapier in her hand that was continuing to flow with icy clusters. Smiling, Yang ran towards the others as Weiss moved past her.
Weiss jumped soon after while twisting her body in the air with accurate timing, and stabbed the ground under the Grimm, creating a large ice structure and trapped the beast by its tail. She land onto the ground very perfectly and began to head back to the others.
Blake, standing on a column, fires the pistol chain sickle of Gambol Shroud over to Yang, also on a column, and the two tighten the ribbon between them as Ruby jumps on the center with Crescent Rose and bends it back into Weiss's black glyph.
"Of course you would can come up something like this." Weiss stated in a light teasing tone, ready to fire.
Ruby asks calmly. "Think you can make the shot?"
Weiss had confident look on her face and smirked. "Hmph, can I?"
Ruby blinked in confusion. "Can yo-?"
"Of course I can!" Weiss cried out in annoyance.
Ruby nodded and glared at the Nevermore, readied her scythe, and Weiss launched her into the beast, the floor behind them breaking a little in the process. The scythe user ascended firing many shots in order to speed up. Then she managed to catch the trapped Grimm by the neck with her weapons blade and continued to fly towards the cliff with the beast in tow. Before landing, Weiss created a multitude of glyphs on the cliff, creating a path for her partner to run on. The moment Ruby landed, she charged, running up the cliff while dragging the Nevermore with her by the neck, continuing to fire shots to prevent herself from slowing down. With a yell and one last shot, Ruby decapitated the Grimm, its head landing right next to her after she landed, and body falling down the cliff. The rest of the group looked up at her in awe, clearly amazed by what the little girl just did.
Then another roar rang out from beneath the group with the horde.
The ground exploded with debris flying everywhere as a new face showed up. It was a good twelve stories tall and had the body an anthropomorphic cockroach. It was an Earth Dragon, a high-level Grimm that was reserved for very experienced Huntsmen or a heavy cannon from an Atlas cruiser.
"Retreat to the temple!" Tenya shouted and everyone started to run. Izuku was turning around to run out of fear.
"Ow." He turned back at the voice and saw Ochako had her leg underneath a piece of rubble and the Earth Dragon had spotted her. Her words from the other day resounded to him. It would be bad luck if you fell on our first day. Izuku was now running back with Full Cowl activated.
"Get away from her!" He screamed.
The others heard that and saw what reason Izuku was running back. "Ochako!" Tsuyu screamed as she and the others were running back too.
The beast was only a few steps away, they weren't going to make it. Izuku needed to do it. One for All! 100%
His eyes were greener than ever and had little green flame entrails on them. He launched himself at the Grimm's chest using 100% in his toe, and, using his right fist, slammed into it. The sheer power from the attack blasted a hole in its chest and the air pressure went out the other side and knocked over a patch of trees tall enough to get caught in the after math. Everyone stared up at what he just did with shock, awe and another one with anger.
He had broken his arm in several places, and his big toe was broken. And he was free falling.
He pulled his axe on his left and fired at the ground several times. He landed haphazardly and laid down in an attempt to catch his breath. The pain in his arm was just as bad as the first time he tried it. The others had grabbed Ochako and she was limping over with the others.
"What the hell was that, Deku?!" Bakugo was the first to show up and grabbed him by his arms. "What did you just-" He saw Izuku's pained face as he grabbed him. He looked down at the arm he used and saw just the skin on his fingertips through his gloves were red and swollen. At this Bakugo turned his blood red angry orbs towards Izuku's. "Deku you Idiot! How am I supposed to beat you if your arm is broken?" He yelled and pulled up the sleeve. His whole arm was swollen red and you could see under the skin where the breaks were.
"WHAT?!" The others cried out. Ochako was shocked the most. This boy broke his arm saving her life.
"It's my semblance. It's a power booster. But... I can only use so much without hurting myself." He explained it like the script of the things to say with All Might.
The others seemed to buy it, though Bakugou was looking less convinced. He would have to talk to him about it later. "Dude, that was so manly. I'm Kirishima by the way." Kirishima said pointing to him. "I'm Mina Aishido. That was so cool." Mina was jumping up and down in excitement from what happened. "Shouto." He said monotone but with a hint of a smirk on his face.
"Everyone, now is not the time for introductions. We need to get Ochako and Izuku to med bay as soon as possible." Tenya yelled frantically waving his arms about.
"I'm fine to walk. Let's go." Izuku said.
"Alright." The group started to move out, but as Izuku passed Ochako she grabbed him by his left arm. "Why did you do that?"
"Do what?" Izuku asked.
Ochako's eyes were searching for an answer in his. "Why did you break your arm just to save me?"
Izuku had an answer at the ready as he smiled genuinely. "You saved me the other day at the docks, so I thought I would return the favor." He said with no hesitation, as in the honest truth.
Ochako was stunned. This boy saved her life because she was nice to him. She never heard that from any story she's ever heard.
Izuku got over his earlier embarrassment for now and raised his hand to her. "Since were partners I should introduce myself again. I'm Izuku Midoriya and I look forward to working with you." His smile never left his face and was contagious because now Ochako was smiling too. She took his hand into hers. "I'm Ochako Uraraka and I can't wait." She said truthfully.
Any sense of a moment was then ruined by Bakugo. "HEY LOVEBIRDS, HURRY YOUR ASSES UP!" He was hit upside the head by Mina. "What are you doing, can't you see the romance going on between them right now!" She screamed. "YOU WANT TO GO RACCOON EYES!"
The two so called 'lovebirds' were blushing red from the conversation and quickly removed hands and looked away from each other.
"Well, we should get going with the others." She said when her cheeks died down.
"Yeah, here let me help you." He used his uninjured arm to pull her arm over his neck to act as a crutch for her. He had to bend down a tad because of the height difference, but he didn't care. He had a friend to take care of now.
On the temple
Ruby and her group saw the whole thing play out and they had no words to describe what they just saw. "Well… that was a… thing." Yang tried and failed.
Beacon Auditorium
When they got back him and Ochako had been taken to the nurse with a semblance for repairing damage. Izuku now stood, his arm still in a cast as it couldn't be healed all the way right now.
"… and Sky Lark." Izuku turned back to the stage to listen still. "The four of you collected the black bishop pieces. From today and forward you will be Team CRDL(Cardinal), led by, Cardin Winchester." The leader was a boy in plate armor that he'd seen earlier.
Jaune and his group were next up. "Jaune Arc, Lie Ren, Pyrrha Nikos and Nora Valkyrie. The four of you collected the white rook pieces. From today you will be Team JNPR(Juniper), led by, Jaune Arc." Jaune was seriously surprised at the decision. "What… led by…" Ozpin just smiled. "Congratulations young man." Pyrrha just knocked on the shoulder but accidently knocked him over all together. They just laughed awkwardly about it before leaving the stage.
"Shouto Todoroki, Mina Aishido, Katsuki Bakugo and Eijiro Kirishima." The four showed up on stage in the order they were called. "The four of you collected the black rook pieces, so from today you are Team SMKE(Smoke). Led by Shouto Todoroki."
"WHAT?! DAMN YOU ICY HOT!" Bakugou shouted before he lunged at Shouto, and failing to harm the boy when he was restrained by Kirishima and carried off stage with the others.
"Ruby Rose, Blake Belladonna, Weiss Schnee and Yang Xiao Long." Ruby's group had their turn now. "The four of you collected the white knight pieces. From now you are Team RWBY(Ruby). Led by… Ruby Rose." Ruby was just as surprised as Weiss when she was named the leader. Yang just hugged her sister, while Blake held a slight smile in the backdrop.
And then came their moment.
"And finally, Tenya Iida, Izuku Midoriya, Ochako Uraraka and Tsuyu Asui. The four of you brought back the black knight pieces. From here on you shall be forever known as Team TOTM(Totem). Led by... Tenya Iida." Ozpin raised his voice for the crowd to hear.
The other members congratulated Tenya on his place as team leader.
"It looks as though things are shaping up to be... an interesting year." Ozpin said.
With Team TOTM
"Congratulations, Iida!" Izuku said. They had left the ceremony and the rest of the newly formed teams were heading to their new team dorms. Their room happened to be on the same floor as Teams RWBY, SMKE, and JNPR.
Tenya was staying humble about his new position. "I just hope I can be a good leader for you all."
"I think the leader position fits you." Ochako popped up on Izuku's right side. "You're fast, strong, and you have glasses so you fit the whole strategy-leader type of person."
"I don't think that last one is a definitive quality, Ochako." Tsuyu bluntly stated with her finger on her chin. "But back to the topic, from what I've seen so far you are a reasonable person for the spot Tenya."
"Thank you for your faith in me Asui. I will do my best to make sure it doesn't go to waste." Tenya said truthfully.
"I told you to call me Tsuyu. Ribbit." She pinched his arm.
Tenya just shook his head while looking at their most wounded member. "How's your arm Midoriya?"
Izuku moved his arm around slightly in the hardened cast that wrapped it up. "It's a lot better. I feel as though the nurse put it on as a precaution."
Ochako just lightly glared at his response. "She put it on to tell you to stop breaking your bones like that. Seriously, you must have had your bones broken in twenty-eight different places." She puffed her cheeks slightly to show her discontent with him hurting himself, even if it was to save her which she is still very grateful for.
"Do you always hurt yourself when you use your semblance?" Tenya asked concerned.
"Not always, only when I don't reign it in." Izuku replied bashfully bringing his ears down.
"Your power is similar to All Might's semblance in a way." Tsuyu pointed out.
"H-Ha? I-I guess I never noticed." Izuku desperately wanted the topic to change.
"All Might doesn't have lightning dancing across his skin or break his bones whenever he throws a huge punch." Ochako said lifting her finger in a matter of fact way. "Still doesn't mean it's not awesome. I mean you're punch was just incredible." She swang her arm back in forth in a punching motion. "Punch, punch, punch..."
"My legs just moved on their own. I'm glad I got there in time." Izuku said.
"Let's not bring that up again." Tsuyu said not wanting to think that she could have lost her friend today.
"S-Sorry!" Izuku stammered.
"Let us just head to our new room. According to the teachers our belongings should have been brought to our room." Tenya said.
As they were walking they spotted team SMKE up ahead. Izuku saw Bakugo was in there with them. He steeled himself, he was going to get this over with.
"Hey guys what's up?" Mina was the first to greet them with her cheery tone.
"Just got here same time you did. Have you guys seen Ruby and the others?" Ochako asked.
"Nope." Kirishima said.
"Weiss didn't look too happy and I feel as though she'll want to get to sleep as soon as possible." Tenya said.
"We know her too well." Shouto said.
"Ugh, I feel the same. Let's go in and sleep already." Ochako said. They group started making their way in. Before Bakugo could come in behind Mina he was grabbed by a firm grip on his shoulder. Izuku walked up to the front and looked directly at Bakugo. "Kacchan. You mind if I ask you something?" At this point everyone else was already inside and gone, just leaving the two standing on the front door step to the dorms.
Bakugo glared but relented, he shoved his hands in his pockets and donned his usual scowl. "Fine. Just hurry up you damn nerd."
Izuku took the cue. "I've known you since we were kids. We were friends at first, we both had the same dream as being a huntsmen. But when we actually started training you changed. You looked down on people more than you did before." Bakugo really didn't see where this was going. "You became even greater when you found your semblance. Out of everyone in our class, I was the only faunas and late bloomer, people thought you became a racist like everyone else when you started picking on me specifically, but I know you didn't want me around because in your eyes I was useless for not having that uniqueness everyone else had."
"Are you done!" Bakugo shouted, this conversation just angered him because he had no idea where it was going.
"My question is." Izuku looked Katsuki right in the eye so he could gauge his reaction when he asked him this next question. "If I had found my semblance around the same time you did, would you and I have still been friends?"
Okay, Bakugo was not expecting this at all. Did the shitnerd still want to be friends with him?
"I know you hate my guts now and trust me the feelings are mutual there. I'm asking for us to be friends again, but while we are here can we at least try to get along?" Izuku finished.
His eyes bore into his before he sighed and turned around. He looked down, his body telling him to just walk away, let this go… but his mind whirled around what she said.
Would you and I have still been friends?
He grit his teeth, his fingernails digging into the palm of his hand. What kind of dumb question is that? What if he had? He would still be Deku.
"Deku," Izuku was fully expecting him to either yell and call him an idiot or just full out laugh. "You... just... might not be as useless as I thought you were." Okay Izuku wasn't expecting that. Bakugo turned around and faced him again. "You're right, I don't like you and I'm not here to be you're friend." He sighed begrudgingly. "But, you're not the same weak pebble I walked over all the time. That's the only thing I can respect about you. Don't think just because you have some flashy power that your on top of the world now. Because that's me and I will be number one."
Izuku narrowed his eyes slightly. "Then I'll train ten times harder and beat you with that power."
Bakugo just stood shocked for the first time in forever. Deku was actually challenging him. He thought that he was his equal. "Tch, then you better come at me with everything you have or you're not worth it."
The two stood across from eachother. Neither friend or foe, but rivals of sort. Both had something they wanted to prove against the other. Their disputes would continue, but they would not let them stand in each others way.
Niether of them knew that they were being watched from Team TOTM's room. "What are they talking about?" Tsuyu asked.
"The Fated Battle between Men!" Ochako muttered mysteriously.
That's a wrap, I hope you all enjoyed. I know I did.
The outfits I have given them are not their hero costumes, they are the real life clothing version of their costumes. Ochako's bracelet are the same but at a more normal size, her pink boots are just normal pink boots, Tsuyu's goggles are normal green ones, Shouto's chest piece is a white vest for his top half. Every single one is a simplified version of their costume, so I wanted to get that out of the way before someone asked me about a bunny hoodie for Izuku.
Another thing is no, Izuku does not tear his sleeves when he uses One for All in this fic because I made his outfit to last till volume 3 and then change it.
I hope you like the weapon ideas I had for everyone. Sorry if the fight scenes are bad. If you read my other fics then you know that my fight scenes are not top notch.
The man who's work inspired me to do this also had a little tidbit for the character profiles. So I thought I would start off with the one you all want to know about. Which is it? Why Team TOTM of coarse. In order of the letters.
Note:) Some things here are a little different than their real character profiles. For example, some are taller and do not have the same limitations or side effects of their real counterparts. I did this because they are older and have been training longer and more rigorous. And unlike quirks, semblances are not fully dependent on the physical body and are mostly dependent on the aura of a person.
T
Name: Tenya Iida
Race: Human
B-day: August 22nd
Age: 17
Handedness: left
Hair: bluish black
Eye color: blue
Blood type: A
Height: 6' 0"
Gender: M
Semblance: Recipro: His hereditary semblance is one that lets reach speeds as fast if not faster than Ruby. His speed makes turns hard for him and will not work for a short while if he keeps up a high speed for a while.
Weapon: Ingenium: Pair of gun boots with muzzles on the toes in between the spikes. The shins have attachable blades and the back has dust powered thrusters that give him burst speeds.
Symbol: Runners boot with Silver lightning streak behind it.
O
Name: Ochako Uraraka
Race: Human
B-day: December 27
Age: 17
Handedness: Right
Hair: Brown
Eye color: Brown
Blood type: B
Height: 5' 2"
Gender: F
Semblance: Release: Ochako's semblance lets her make things or people she touches or things in contact with what she touches weightless and makes them float, even herself. Like any ability it won't work well for long periods of use and takes more of her stamina the more she uses it.
Weapon: Broken Moon: Two tonfa guns that work very well in close quarters and attaches to each other to make a Bo staff with the same gun function.
Symbol: Broken pieces of the moon floating around each other.
T
Name: Tsuyu Asui
Race: Frog Faunas
B-day: February 12
Age: 17
Handedness: Right
Hair: Dark Teal
Eye color: Black
Blood type: B
Height:5' 1"
Gender: F
Semblance: Blend: She can change the pigment of herself and her clothes allowing a form of camouflage. Does not make her invisible as she must continuously change the pigment of herself.
Weapon: Rainy Season: A segmented chain sword that she usually wears like a belt. Can come together in to a normal sword. The chamber in the handle allows her to insert dust to change the properties of the sword.
Symbol: Raindrop falling on a frog's head.
M
Name: Izuku Midoriya
Race: Wolf Faunas
B-day: July 15
Age:17
Handedness: Right
Hair: Green with black highlights
Eye color: Green
Blood type: O
Height: 5' 7"
Gender: M
Semblance (documented): Full Cowl: Can amplify Izuku's abilities by an unknown factor but usually makes him twice as strong. Is explosively stronger when he concentrates one part of his body but the limb he uses it on will be either incapacitated or broken depending on how much power he uses.
Semblance (true): One for All: Gives Izuku access to stockpiled power from the past eight different users. Can only safely use 8% or he will hurt himself if he goes further. Can use 20% in a bind but he himself says it feels like his bones are always about to break. If he uses 100% he will break whatever limb he is using.
Weapon: Devotion: Twin shotgun axes that come together to make a double-bladed axe.
Symbol: Wolf with an Olympic style torch in its mouth.
Well that is all for now folks. As always please favorite, follow, leave reviews and enjoy. And Merry Christmas.