Hey guys, I just wanted to get this chapter as soon as I could as to say sorry for the long wait on the last one. The gang is going to go to their jobs and Team TOTM has a really special place to go working at.
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It was bright and early in the morning when Ochako finally woke up from her slumber. She groaned into her pillow at the thought of getting up. Then she remembered where her and her team were going and what they were supposed to be doing today. With a sigh of exasperation she got out from under the covers, clad in pink sweater and shorts she used as pajamas.
She looked around the room and found that her whole team was gone.
Why didn't they wake me up? Don't they care? She shouted in her head.
Then from the other side of the room where the bathroom was she heard the shower running. Then looking down at the beds she saw a pair of clothes were folded up on Tsuyu's bed.
Tsu must be in the shower. She thought to herself. She guessed they wanted her to get some more sleep for the day and they left Tsuyu to grab her when she got up, but she was taking too long and decided to take a shower.
Ochako appreciated the thought her friends put into her. She opened one of her drawers and pulled out a black sports bra. She brought it up under her sweater and put it on. Taking off her sweater and putting it back in the drawer and closed it, she was now left in her bra and shorts. She saw the hair clip Izuku gave her last night and she smiled at the memory as she put it in her hair.
She opened the bottom drawer and grabbed a towel out of it. She figured she might as well take a shower after her friend. Just as she closed the drawer she heard the water go off and the curtains pulled to the side. She waited a minute as she heard the ruffling of a towel that being used to dry the body.
She started to make her way to the bathroom door with her towel wrapped around her shoulders. She didn't notice that when she passed through the boys side of the room that Izuku's shoes were still there.
When she was right in front of the door it opened to reveal Izuku with a towel on his head, his usual blacks jean on, and no top whatsoever. Both froze like deer in headlights and their faces lit on fire as their brains registered that their partner was half naked across from them as they themselves were half naked.
The first one to make any kind of move was Izuku. "Ah... ah... ah..." Translate as his mind trying and failing to form any kind of words.
Ochako animatedly waved her arms in front of her. "Oh my... I am so sorry, I thought it was Tsu and I wanted to take a shower and... and... and..." While inside her head she screamed. "HolycrapHolycrapHolycrapHolycrap."
Izuku finally made some move to cover up his shame and tried stepping back through the door to close it. Unfortunately the floor was still slightly wet from the moisture from the shower. So once his still bare feet touched the still wet surface he foot went forward fast and he began to fall backward. Ochako saw this and grabbed his hand to try and stop his fall, only to be pulled down by his weight and fall with him.
Crash!
The two of them turned crimson with them in the same position they were weeks ago, only this time they did not feel content, they felt nothing but humiliation in that moment.
Before the two could get there apologies out they heard a giggle from the corner. Both of them robotically turned their heads to find Mina in the open door to the room with a device in her hand. They realized in horror when they saw the blinking red light and the camera lens on the front of the object that Mina had recorded the whole thing.
With speed they never knew they had, they seperated and shouted the one thing they could form together in the moment. "IT'S NOT WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE!"
In Ozpin's Office
"They were here!" Ironwood said again as he paced back and forth. "Ozpin, they were here!"
"We get it James." Aizawa said. " We don't need you walking back and forth reminding us every few seconds."
Ironwood glared at Aizawa. "It's wonderful that you are aware." The general said back. "Now, are we going to do something about this, or are we just going to stay the course and keep ignoring what's right in front of us!?"
"We are taking steps to get the full picture here." Glynda stated.
"We need to be taking those steps faster." Ironwood demanded.
On the other side of this conversation, Toshinori was in his true form sitting in a chair with his head in his hands and a depressed look on his face. "I can't believe James' men were attacked, our security compromised, and my student thrown into danger. All while I was drinking punch."
Ozpin stood from his chair. "No one here blames you for the events that have taken place Toshinori."
Just then, the elevator beeped. Ozpin's eyes looked at his friend returning to his muscular form before returning them to the elevator doors. "Come in."
The door opened and Ruby walked into the room. "Sorry it took so long professors." She said. "Someone accidentally hit all the buttons on their way up. It wasn't me I swear."
"Thank you for coming here, Ruby." The headmaster said as the young leader walked forward. "How are you feeling this morning?"
"I'm okay, I guess..." She said. "Although I'd feel a lot better if my bad guy catching record wasn't 0 for 3." She joked while raising her hand with three fingers up and her thumb and index finger pressed together in a zero. The adults in the room just stared at her. "Okay, so that's the tone were going for here, got it." She said while rubbing the back of her head.
"Ruby, I feel it's best you know that I believe what you did last night is exactly what being a huntress is all about." Ironwood said as he walked over and put his hand on Ruby's shoulder. "You recognized a threat, you took action, and did the very best you could."
"Next time get in contact with one of us staff members first." Aizawa said bluntly, ruining the tone Ironwood started with. "You may have gotten in to this school a couple years earlier than everyone, but remember that you are still a huntress in training. I've already got enough problem children meddling around where they don't need to as it is."
Ruby felt crestfallen at this, but felt another hand on her shoulder in the form of All Might. "Yes. While that is true, sometimes meddling where we don't need to, is the true essence of being Huntsman and Huntresses."
"Thank you, sir." Ruby said back with a smile.
"Now then." Ozpin began. "The general here has already informed us of the events that happened last night." Ozpin explained. "But now that you're rested, we were hoping that you could add anything."
"Was anyone else with her? Did she look familiar to you at all? Those sorts of things." Glynda explained.
"I... I don't know." Ruby shook her head. "She was wearing a mask, and she didn't say anything to me. But I know she fought with glass. I'm not so sure if that was her Semblance or not, though. And her clothing lit up whenever she attacked."
Glynda gripped her riding crop a bit tighter. "Other than the glass, that sounds identical to the woman I fought the night we met Ruby."
"Weaving Dust into clothing is an ancient technique." The general reminded them. "It could have been anyone."
"Still, it's a better place to start with." Aizawa said.
"Wait, you think this girl is connected to Torchwick and the White Fang?" Ruby asked.
"It's possible." Ozpin said scratching his chin. "We hadn't considered it, but it's not an impossibility, however we lack the evidence to link the two."
"If we did have evidence of joint operations between the two and this new assalant, this could possibly be the first terrorist attack on Beacon for a while now." All Might said in realization.
Ruby thought about her own investigation and decided to give an idea to the adults. "Well, I think I heard her say something about a hideout or something. In the southeast, just outside the kingdom."
"Interesting." Ozpin smiled.
"But you said that the intruder never-" Glynda started as Ozpin walked forward.
"Thank you for your assistance, Ruby." Ozpin interrupted. "Why don't you go and spend some time with your friends? You all have a big day ahead of you."
"Anytime!" Ruby said before she turned back to the elevator.
"One more thing, Miss Rose." Ozpin spoke up, making her turn to the head master. "Please try to be discrete about this matter."
"Yes sir." Ruby nodded before continuing to the elevator and the doors closing behind her.
"She clearly knows more than she is letting on." Aizawa said when the doors closed behind the red cloaked girl.
"Possibly." Ozpin said.
Poof! All Might turned back to his true form and sighed. "Even simple displays of my power are becoming harder to do."
"Well, there we have it." Ironwood said looking out at his forces. "We send as many soldiers as possible to the southeast, find out what's going on there, and wipe out anyone who stands in our way."
"Why must your answer to every problem be a massive display of triumphant military bravado!?" Glynda asked pointing her crop at him. "You treat every situation like it's a contest of measuring d-"
"Glynda." Toshinori interrupted.
"Well, he does." She mumbled as Ozpin turned around in his chair.
"She's right." He said having spun to face them the two behind him. "As much as I would love to end this whole thing once and for all, we mustn't forget that this may go well beyond Beacon, beyond Vale. And if this part of some grand master plan for which we know not the final move, we cannot be so bold, nor can we risk spreading panic."
"I have served you faithfully for years." Ironwood turned and pointed at Ozpin. "But if you're telling me you mean to just the hold defenses and wait for them-"
"That's not what he is saying at all." Aizawa cut the general off.
"Yes, it is not." Ozpin stood up from his chair. "You're a general, James. So when you go to war, tell me who do you send in first, the flag bearers or the scouts?"
Team RWBY's Room
"Do you guys want to tell us why you guys chased Mina around with your weapons and smashed her camera." Yang asked the Izuku and Ochako when they walked in the room with the rest of their team, refusing to look at each other.
"Nothing serious." They both responded in a monotone voice devoid of emotion.
"Looked pretty serious, you guys looked ready to kill her." Blake said. "Then you crushed her camera that she literally calls her blackmail camera."
"C-Can we just change the subject." Izuku said with his usual stutter, still refusing to look at Ochako.
"What type of blackmail did she have on you to make that insane?" Weiss asked.
"The subject. Change it." Ochako turned to look at them.
Just then the door opened and everyone turned to see Ruby in the doorway.
"Well, what happened!?" Yang asked as Team's RWBY and TOTM crowded around Ruby.
"Uh, well, um..." Ruby started before chuckling nervously. She told them all how the conversation went and her little tip to them.
"That was a pretty risky move." Weiss said after Ruby finished.
"They get the general idea now." Tsuyu said. "If they act on it and suceed to find both the white fang and Torchwick, then what we've been doing is worth something at least."
"I think Ruby handled it well." Blake added from her spot on the bed. "And Tsuyu summed it all up quite nicely too."
"I told you to call me Tsu." Tsuyu ribbeted.
"I hope so." Ruby said nervous.
"I'm sure everything will be fine, Ruby." Yang added, holding her sisters shoulder. "Oh, I know what'll cheer you up." She turned and walked over to the desk.
"What is it?" She asked following her sister with her eyes.
"I don't know yet." Yang answered picking up a tube. "Dad sent it to us. I thought we could open it together."
"Ooh, something from home!" Ruby squealed before wrapping around Yang trying to grab the tube. The blonde shook the tube and the bottom hatch opened, letting something fall out. It squirmed around on the floor before it popped up and stood in four legs. All eight stared at it until it barked, revealing it to be a black-headed tricolor Pembroke Welsh Corgi with gray eyes and a bobbed tail. The group had a myriad of reactions. Tenya couldn't form words on how a dog managed to fit in that small tube. Ruby, Yang, and Ochako squealed in delight at the cute little thing. Weiss backed up in shock. Tsuyu and Blake jumped back in fear. And Izuku just stood there looking at the creature across from him with round tipped ears like his.
"ZWEI!" Ruby shouted in joy before picking up the dog.
"He sent a dog!?" Blake asked.
"In the mail!?" Weiss added.
"How?" Tenya asked the more obvious question.
"Oh, he does stuff like this all the time." Yang said as the dog licked Ruby's face while Ochako petted the dog's belly, and Izuku was strangely entranced in scrathing behind the dog's ears.
"Your father or your dog?" Blake asked after jumping onto Ruby's bed with Tsuyu jumping right behind her.
"You guys do know that some dogs eat frogs right?" Tsuyu said from her safe spot on top of the bunk beds with Blake.
"Are you telling me..." Weiss started with a disturbed and upset voice. "that this mangey,.. drooling..." Zwei turned and looked at Weiss with his big doggy eyes. "Mutt is going to live with us forever?" Oh yes he is, yes he is." She smiled and started rubbing its lower jaw. "Awh, isn't he adorable?"
"Please keep it away from my belongings." Blake requested.
"And us in general." Tsuyu added.
"Would all first year students please report to the amphitheater?" Glynda's voice asked through the PA system.
"Well, we can't just leave him here alone for a week." Weiss said as the dog jumped out of Ruby's hands and Yang pulled the top of the tube.
"Look, there's a note." Yang said, pulling out a sheet of paper. "'Dear girls. I have to leave the island for a few days, so I'm sending Zwei to you to take care of. Enclosed is all the food you should need. Love you both, Taiyang'." At the mention of food, Zwei raced over to Yang. The blonde shook the container and a few dozen cans of dog food buried Zwei, until he popped his head out.
"How is he suppose to eat those?" Weiss asked. Yang shook the container again and a can opener fell and bounced off of Zwei's head.
"Well, that's taken care of." Yang said, throwing the end and shipping tube to the side. "Come on guys, Zwei will be here when we get back." She turned and headed to the door.
"How though?" Tenya mumbled in disbelief how much stuff could fit into the shipping tube as Izuku guided him out of the room.
"Oh, I'll miss you so much." Weiss said petting the dog as she walked by while Blake and Tsuyu jumped on the desk and out the door.
"We're going to be best friends. I can't wait to see you again." Ochako said as she left the room.
With them gone, it was Ruby left alone with Zwei. The two stared at each other before Ruby got an idea.
Amphitheater
Ruby's bag shuffled around a little behind her as she followed everyone else into the amphitheater that they all started the year in.
The place was packed to the brim with students from all four academies, Haven to the far right wearing a grey, black and white uniform that was similar to Beacons, but did not have any buttons. Atlas was to the center right with white dress clothes, black ties and grey vests and skirts for girls. Shade was in the center left with casual clothes that showed the Huntsman school of Vacuo didn't have a dress code, which should have been made obvious with the outfits Sun, Mina, and Kirishima wear. And Beacon to the far left with Team's SMKE and JNPR in the back with teams RWBY and TOTM joining them.
Goodwitch's voice then caught their attention. "Professor Ozpin would like to share a few words with all of you before the mission selection begins." The spectacled teacher then stepped aside for her senior to take the stage with his speech.
"Today we stand together, united." Ozpin started. "Mistral, Atlas, Vacuo, Vale. The four kingdoms of Remnant. On this day, nearly eighty years ago, the largest war in recorded history came to an end. It was a war of ignorance, of greed, and of oppression. A war that was about much more than where borders fell and who traded with whom. But about the very idea of individualism itself. We fought for countless reasons, one of which being the destruction of all forms of art and self-expression. And as you are well aware that was something that many could not stand for. As a result, those who opposed this tyranny began naming their children after one of the core aspects of art itself. Color. It was their way to demonstrate that not only would they refuse to tolerate this oppression, but neither would the generations to come. And it was a trend that has held to this very day. We encourage individuality, expressionism, and unity. Through diversity. As I have said, today we stand together, united. But this bond cannot exist without effort. Which is why today while the rest of the world celebrates peace, huntsmen and huntresses will work to uphold it. As first year students, you will be tasked with shadowing a professional huntsman on a mission. Some of you may be taken out of the kingdom for several days. Others might work within the walls for the rest of the week. But no matter which path you choose I implore you all to practice caution, remember your training, and to not try, but to do your very best."
Ozpin then left the stage with cheers and applause from the students.
"You've got to give it to Ozpin, he knows how to give a speech." Ochako said while clapping.
"As expected of our headmaster." Tenya said clenching a hand over his heart.
A bunch of boards were centered around the room lit up with different types of jobs on their screens. The students dispersed towards the mission boards.
"This is perfect." Ruby cheered to her teammates and friends. "All we have to do is follow some Huntsmen working in the southeast."
"Yeah, follow them by day and give them the slip at night." Yang added.
"Ruby already gave the professors an idea of where to look, should guys still really be going?" Tsuyu said.
"We don't know if they'll act on the information, if anything Professor Ironwood would probably bring his whole fleet with him." Weiss said.
"But Professor Ozpin wouldn't a massive military force moving across his kingdoms borders." Blake said. "The politics for these things take to long."
"That's why we'll head there just in case." Ruby said.
"I really wish we could have gone with you guys." Ochako said.
"Don't worry, we'll be fine." Ruby reassured her friend.
"Alright, you better be." Ochako replied.
"What kind of mission should you guys take." Izuku asked.
"Let's check 'search and destroy'." Weiss suggested.
The two teams walked over to a screen and searched it's options
"Here we go. Quadrant five needs Grimm cleared." Ruby read the mission.
"Well, it's in the southeast." Blake said.
"It's perfect." Yang added. Ruby pressed the screen and typed in the team name. A beeping forced their attention to the screen, where the computer told them it was unavailable for first year students.
"Wonderful." Weiss sarcastically said.
"Any other ideas?" Blake asked.
"We mail ourselves there." Ruby suggested.
"Ruby you are not your physics defying dog, you can't mail yourselves there." Tenya said, still not over how Zwei fit in there with all that dog food and a can opener.
"Well, that's one way to get there." The students looked over as Ozpin walked up from behind the screen. "However, we've determined that the concentration of Grimm was too high for first year students. It seems that particular region is rather popular. In fact, I have the sneaking suspicion that you four will make your way there, no matter what job you choice."
Everyone else looked at Ruby, who rubbed the back of her head, embarrassed. "Whatever makes you say that?" She asked, trying to play it off.
"I'm still curious as to how you all found yourselves at the docks last semester." Ozpin continued to speak. "I'm interested as to know how you really learned of a 'hideout' in the southeast. And I certainly wonder why witnesses report seeing robots running on a highway with ice. Why there were reports of roses seen near a car accident." Eyes turned to Ruby as she kept rubbing the back of her head. "Or why two soldiers said they had a wall of floating boxes blocking their way in the middle of a chase." Ochako whistled innocently. "And do not get me started on green sparks of lightning dashing from car to car on the same highway as before." Izuku mumbled something incoherent while looking at his shoes.
"Umm... Well..." Ruby started to mumble.
"I doubt I'll ever find the answers I'm looking for." Ozpin interrupted. "So, how about this: instead of waiting for you all to break the rules, why don't we just bend them a little." He pressed a button on his Scroll and the job flashed saying 'available for first years'. Everyone in the all girl team smiled at each other before they turned back to the headmaster.
"We won't let you down." Ruby spoke for the group. "Thank you, professor."
"Do not thank me for this." Ozpin said. "Teamwork and persistence have carried you far, but you must understand this. The things that await you outside the kingdoms protection will not care. Stay close to your Huntsmen at all times, and do as he says. He will be leading you on this mission, and he can have you all sent back to Beacon of if he finds your skill unsuited for the task." He turned and walked away, leaving the group to think about his words. "Good luck."
"Are you sure this is a good idea?" Aizawa asked leaning on a pillar as Ozpin walked by him.
"Positive. As you said they know more than they're letting on, so why not let them help us?" Ozpin asked. "And if they get into trouble and make it back in one piece. Then you can have the free reigns on their training for the rest of the time until the tournament as punishment for withholding information."
Aizawa gained the most shit-eating sadistic smile on his face. "Good~"
Ozpin almost felt bad for his students when they arrived back at campus.
Almost.
Outside
"Well, that was depressing." Yang said walking along with the group.
"He's not wrong, you know." Blake added.
"It's gonna be tough," Ruby spoke up. "but I know we can do it."
"Hey, Team CFVY is back!" A student behind them said running forward, making them all turn and look as the second year team walked through the courtyard.
The leader, Coco Adel was in front. She was a girl with fair skin, short dark-brown hair wavy locks on one side of her face, dyed with a gradient that starts in dark brown and transitions to caramel, and dark-brown eyes. Her clothes consist of a long, cocoa-colored shirt with a dark brown waist cincher. She wears long, dark brown trousers with ribbons on the left side and a brown belt with bullets. Above it, she wears another cocoa-colored belt of bullets with a gold crosshairs buckle. What appears to be a drape of black skirt hangs on her right side. She wears a pair of dark brown, high-heeled leather boots with buckles and a number of accessories, such a bracelet with black roses as decoration; these are accompanied by black gloves and necklaces. She wears a beret of a darker brown and a pair of black, wire-rimmed aviator sunglasses. She is seen holding a black shoulder bag with gold studs, which is held by a bandolier strap.
Her partner, Fox Alistair, was right behind her. He has dark skin and dark, messy copper hair that has a long fringe and a cowlick. He's wearing a sleeveless, muted orange zipper vest with black lining and a high collar, a pair of black jeans, and brown, laced shoes. He also wears a pair of long black gloves and has several pouches attached to his belt. His eyes are pure white. His arms are covered in scars, and he has a vertical scar on his lips.
The two of them of them lead the way with their teammates Yatsuhashi and Velvet in back.
Yatsuhashi is a tall and athletic-looking young man with shaved-short black hair and tanned skin, wearing mostly pale-green and brown attire. He has a long short-sleeved robe, which he wears on one shoulder over a black muscle shirt. The robe is fastened at the waist by a leather armored belt with two pouches on it. He also wears brown pants and black-and-green boots. His left arm bears a 5-layer sode which extends up past his shoulder. His weapon is affixed to his back with a padded brown strap slung over his shoulder. He also wears a pair of bracers as well as a pair of black gloves with green plates on the backs.
And Velvet still had her long, brown hair with her long brown rabbit ears on top and brown eyes since the first time they met her. Her combat gear is comprised by a short, long-sleeved brown jacket with a golden zipper, brown shorts with golden detail and black leggings. She wears a black, semi-translucent undershirt beneath her jacket, along with golden spaulders and vambraces on both arms, as well as a similar belt.
All of them looked tired as they made their way through the school grounds.
"Velvet, are you okay?" Blake asked as she ran up to the Rabbit Faunus.
"I'm fine." The rabbit eared girl said. "I had Yatsuhashi looking out for me." She motioned to the large, almost as tall as All Might, teenager walking past her.
"Your mission was supposed to end a week ago, what happened?" Tenya asked as the group made its way over.
"Nothing happened." Velvet shook her head. "It's just, there were so many of them." The others looked at each other before Velvet saw their faces. "Oh, no need to worry. You first years are just shadowing Huntsmen, so you should be fine."
"Right..." Yang agreed.
"I should go." She turned to leave, but then looked back at them. "Be safe you guys." And with that she walked away.
"We can do this." Ruby said gaining all their focus. "None of us have ever backed down before, and were not gonna start now."
"Right." Blake added.
"Besides, we won't be alone out there. We'll be fighting alongside a genuine Huntsman!" Ruby cheered.
"Yeah!" Yang added.
A few minutes later at the air docks
All of Team RWBY stood wide eyed, open jawed, and in disbelief while Team TOTM stood behind them with faces of sympathy for their sibling team at who their huntsman was.
"Hello students!" Oobleck wearing exploration gear said a few dozen meters in front of a bullhead. "Who's ready to fight for their lives?"
"Professor Oobleck?" Weiss asked.
"Indeed." He nodded before pacing back and forth. "I'm afraid none of you will need those bags, seeing as you've all opted to shadow a Huntsman on what has now become a reconnaissance mission. Let me assure you, we will not be establishing a single headquarters, but rather we will traversing several miles of hazardous terrain and making camp in any defendable locations we find. I've packed the essentials, plotted the air course, and readied the airship."
"And." He leaned towards Weiss. "It's DOCTOR Oobleck. I didn't earn the Ph.D. for nothing, thank you very much." He fixed his glasses and backed away. "Come now, children! According to my schedule, we are three minutes behind, schedule." He rushed to the bullhead, leaving the group of eight confused.
"Well, okay then." Ochako spoke, trying to keep things positive. "Looks like you guys are going to save the world with Doctor Oobleck." The all girl team did not appreciate her sunny disposition. "Yeah, that's one of those things that sounds much worse out loud." The short brown haired girl rubbed the back of her head.
"Save the world!?" The group turned around to see Team JNPR walking up behind them. "You guys are going on world savings missions without us? I'm sad, betrayed! Maybe a little hungry? That last ones not your fault though, Ren." Nora turned to her partner who crossed his arms.
"Sounds exciting!" Jaune said. "Where you going?"
"Just outside the kingdom." Ruby answered.
"And we're heading to the center of Vale to shadow a huntsman that personally asked for us." Tenya said.
"Oh my gosh, same." The three teams turned to see Mina with the rest of team SMKE behind her. "Some really popular local huntsman in the commercial district asked us to go work with him."
"Where in the kingdom are you guys going." Izuku asked.
"We should be on the border between the commercial and residential districts." Shouto summarized.
"Same, except we're in the residential district. Looks like we'll be neighbors in this." Izuku said.
"Having been the closest thing to a neighbor you had for seventeen years, I'll pass." Bakugo bluntly said with his signature scowl in place.
"What about you guys?" Yang asked as she turned to Team JNPR.
"We're going outside the kingdom too!" Nora cheered.
"Ren and Nora wanted to shadow the sheriff of a nearby village." Pyrrha explained.
"We leave tomorrow." Ren added.
"Then you can party with us tonight!" Neptune said as he and Sun walked up. "We're shadowing a crime specialist. Inner-city detective stuff. We even get junior badges."
"Woah..." Jaune mumbled.
"So cool." Kirishima said.
"We've only ever gone to the city with you guys, and that usually means stuff is exploding and junk." Sun said, pointing to the larger group. "So we thought this might be a good way to check out Vale without some mad man trying to kill us."
"Well-" Ruby started.
"Four minutes, people!" Oobleck shouted before climbing back into the Bullhead.
The groups smiled at each other before Ruby spoke up. "Well, wish us good luck."
"We will." Kirishima said back.
And with that the group's walked away from each other each on their own mission.
With TOTM
"You know, for the man that trained All Might of all people I didn't expect his place be so run down." Ochako said as they stood outside the four-story tall apartment building that was supposedly where they would be working for the next week.
Just as she said the building looked as though it came from a ghost town with broken windows and pieces of the building falling off. Above the front door, there was a sign saying "Welcome" of it's balance. The building was also surrounded by a tall fence and gates.
"Well he did say he was retired so he probably doesn't care much about appearances. Ribbit." Tsuyu said with her finger on her mouth in thought.
Tenya pulled out the address card that All Might had given them and checked the card with the place in front of them. "It says we are at the right place." He put away the card. "Only one way to find out." He opened the front gate and started walking to the door with Tsuyu and Ochako following him.
Izuku made an audible gulp before he walked in after them. He was going to be working under All Might's teacher. Does that mean he knows about One for All? That he is the ninth wielder? Questions for later.
They stood in front of the door. Tenya moved forward and knocked on the door, but the action caused the door to groan loudly as it swung open to reveal avery dark room.
In the center of the room there was a short body lying face first on the ground with a puddle of red surrounding it.
"Dear lord, I'll call emergency services right away." Tenya exclaimed as he pulled out his scroll.
"The killer might still be here." Izuku pulled Devotion out of his holsters and put it together in it's double bladed ax form.
Tsuyu continued to look at the body in shocked silence.
"AAAAAH! HOLY CRAP HE'S DEAD!" Ochako shouted with her hands in her hair.
Then the head of the body went up revealing the head of an old man. "I'm alive." He said simply.
"HE"S ALIVE!" They shouted.
A minute later
"Dammit, I was carrying sausage links, then I tripped and got ketchup everywhere, clumsy old me." the old man muttered with a dopey smile on his face. He stood up, leaning on his cane as he dusted himself off.
The team had since calmed themselves of anything running through their systems and finnally got a look at the man and they were... unimpressed to say the least.
The man called Gran Torino was an extremely short, shorter than Tsuyu, and elderly man that has short spiky hair and a beard. His outfit consists of a full body monochrome suit along with a yellow cape, a belt with the letter "G" on it, very thick yellow gloves and boots, and a short wooden cane in his right hand.
Was All Might seriously trained by this guy? They all thought in unison.
Gran Torino fell back and sat on the floor.
"Sir, are you alright?" Tenya was right there ready to help.
"I could really use some food." The old man said all loony.
"Some food?" Izuku exclaimed, still having not put down his weapon.
The elderly man looked up from his spot on the ground at the green haired faunas. "Hm? Toshinori?"
"N-No. I'm Izuku Midoriya from Beacon academy." Izuku said as he pointed to himself.
"Well said Toshinori. I'll make some pastries for us." The loony old man got up and made his way to the kitchen.
As soon as he was gone. "Okay can we all agree he is not at all what we thought he'd be." Ochako said.
"I was expecting a man as tall as All Might and full of wisdom, not this." Tenya admitted.
"Are you sure you got that address right?" Tsuyu asked.
"Of course I did!" Tenya replied.
Izuku set Devotion down on the backside of one of the sofas in the room and pulled out his scroll from his pocket. "I'll give All Might a call and see what we should do." He began dialing All Might's number when suddenly the old man was next to them grazing his fingers along Izuku's weapon.
"Ah sir please don't do that you could seriously get hurt." Izuku said worriedly.
"Why don't you power up and throw some attacks at me?" The small man said with his voice serious, greatly surprising everyone there. "I want to see just how far you've actually come in terms of handling a power that broke you on your first day in the academy. And the rest of you are no slackers either." He said while looking at Devotion. "Now this is a nice weapon. Too bad you aren't using it to it's full potential."
Is this even the same guy as before? Their thoughts were different but they centered around that idea.
The elderly man turned to look at them... and then his head tilted to the side. "Hey, what are you kids doing in my house?"
They all facepalmed in exasperation at this. This guy is freaking senile!
"Look," Tsuyu started "we're here because you asked us to be. So if you called us here just as a joke, then I'm sorry but we are standing for this." She turned and faced her teammates. "Come on guys let's go." She went for the door with Ochako behind her and Izuku grabbing his weapon from it's spot and following.
"Good day sir." Tenya bowed slightly before he made way for the door.
"Alright then." They heard the man's voice turn serious again.
Then, all too suddenly, Tenya felt something hit him in the back of the knee forcing him to a kneel, Ochako felt an object gouged her in the stomach making her haunch over in pain, a lock of Tsuyu's hair fell to the ground, and a hard hit made it's way on top of Izuku's head. They all looked around trying to find what hit them and they noticed that the old man was gone.
"Where did he go?" Ochako asked with her hands over her stomach.
"Up here." They all looked up to see the old man mounted above the door frame, small impact markings outlining his hands and feet. "The four of you took my form and 'so thought' state of mind and let your guard down not knowing the full range of what I could do. You didn't even notice I had my weapon in my hand the whole time." He held up his cane and flicked his thumb along the edge and near the top a handle size piece of the cane came up and showed a sliver of a blade peeking between the handle and the rest of the cane.
"A cane sword!" Izuku exclaimed.
"Indeed. I've seen from your files that you were quite the inquisitive mind but you didn't piece it all together in time." The man responded from his place on the door frame and chuckled lightly. "He may be the world's Symbol of Peace, but Toshinori's a novice at being a proper teacher. I can only imagine him in a class with a cheat sheet in his hands."
That is surprisingly accurate. They all thought in unison yet again.
"Well, we have a week to kick your sorry asses into gear. Grab your weapons. We've got work to do." Torino said, grinning as he hopped down onto the floor with his weapon in hand.
At this they all smiled as they pulled out their weapons. The valves on the back of Tenya's boots began to spout fire, Ochako took out two clips full of gravity dust and loaded them into the handles of her tonfas, Tsuyu undid her belt sword and a thin layer of ice covered the blade, and Izuku still had his axe in it's double bladed form and electricity danced across his skin as his semblance became active.
"Alright, let's do this." They shouted and charged the old man as a team.
With those words their internship began.
Hey everyone, that is the latest chapter. It's out a lot sooner than usual. Don't expect this to be a normal thing considering my track record on typing up new chapters within a certain amount of time.
And without further ado. As promised in my last chapter, a character profile. And who better to do for this one than the man who trained freaking All Might himself. Gran Torino
S/GT
Name: Sorahiko, more commonly known as Gran Torino.
Race: Human
B-day: Jan 28
Age: 79
Handedness: Right
Hair: Grey
Eye color: Brown
Blood type: B
Height: 4' 2"
Gender: M
Semblance: Jet: Gran Torino can pro pulse himself through the air giving him incredible speed and the ability to fly. He uses his amazing technique and combines it with his power to change direction mid flight and attack from all kinds of angles.
Weapon: Sukaiburēdo: A Shikomizue cane sword that was made to match his size. He uses the sheath to bluntly knock out his opponents by whacking with it or he pulls out the blade from within to decimate his enemies in a fast and bloody manner.
Symbol: A yellow gust of wind.
I hope you all enjoyed the update and character profile and I will see you all next time.
