As they walked down the stairway behind the once hidden door, Yang edged closer to Ceril, grabbing his arm. He looked at her when he felt her hands. "What are you doing, Yang? Are you scared?" Ceril asked her.
"Huh, no I'm not." She said quickly.
"What you're doing says otherwise partner." Blake said matter of factly.
"Don't worry if it helps then I'll go ahead. I'm gonna make us a light with my semblance." Ceril said.
"Wait I thought you had control over water, not light." Yang said.
"Ever heard of fluorescent water, cause it glows." Ceril said smiling. He gathered the water in his hand and with a little concentration he made it start glowing, lighting up the hall they were and revealing a golden king chess piece.
"Okay this is way to easy it has to be a trap." Yang said.
"Well one day to find out." Ceril said as he grabbed the relic. All of a sudden the room started shaking and the wall opposite them opened up revealing three massive Ursa Majors, with giant bone spikes on their backs showing these were very smart and old Grimm.
"Alright so this was the test they had mentioned." Ceril said as he pulled out his scroll and started his music.
(This Will Be The Day)
Ceril drew his sword and charged the first Ursa, dodging its swipe at his head and decapitating it in one fell swing of his sword. The second Ursa charged him trying to catch Ceril off guard. Yang and Blake were about to warn Ceril, when he pulled out Crashing Wave and shot the charging Grimm through the the head, killing it instantly. The third Ursa seemed to been smarter than its brothers and managed to pick up a boulder and threw it at Ceril, who summoned water to his hand and blasted the rock to pieces with it. He then changed his sword into a greatsword and attacked the Ursa, taking off first its right arm at the shoulder, then its left arm at the shoulder as well, before embedding his sword in its head, killing the Grimm as it gurgled a blood filled grow.
"Well I'm done let's get out of here." Ceril said, sheathing his sword.
"Dude you are seriously badass." Yang said.
"That was almost terrifying to watch." Blake added.
Ceril chuckled at them. "That wasn't even half of what I could do."
They looked at each other. "Damn." They said at the same time.
(Later back at Beacon)
"Jaune Arc, Pyrrha Nicos, Lie Ren, and Nora Valkyrie. You will be team JNPR(Juniper), led by Jaune Arc." Ospin said. Jaune's reaction was one of clear surprise. Pyrrha smiled and, to her, lightly punched him in the shoulder, knocking him over accidentally. "Serene Blood, Deric Draco, Edward Elric, Xenovia Aura. You will be team BEAD, led by Serene Blood." Ospin announced.
Serene looked a little awestruck from where Ceril was, but then Deric came up and patted here on the shoulder, mentioned something to her, to which she nodded. "The last team is Ruby Rose, Weiss Schnee, Yang Xiao Long, and Blake Belladonna as team RWBY, led by Ruby Rose." Ospin said. Ruby looked around pointing at herself, surprised, then Yang jumped on her, give her a bearhug then they walked off the stage.
"Now the last, but definitely not the least, student today, Ceril Wake. You were th only one to find to find the golden king piece and defeat its challenges. You will be this years lone hunter agent in training but for team events such as tournaments you work besides teams BEAD, JNPR, and RWBY." Ospin said.
"Alright, I'm cool with that. I mean what could possibly go wrong." Ceril said.
"Ahhhh, he said the forbidden sentence!!!" Ruby yelled.
"Okay everyone to your dorm rooms, class starts at 9 tomorrow." Ospin said defusing whatever might have started.
(Later at the dorms)
Ceril was hanging out with team RWBY in there room, just chilling out.
"You guys should have seen Ceril earlier. He took down three huge Ursa like it was nothing." Yang told her team.
"Yeah, watching him fight was kinda terrifying, but I still got video of it." Blake said as she showed the rest of her team the video.
"Hey, why'd ya do that?!" Ceril said a bit annoyed.
Blake smiled at him without answering. Ceril noticed that Blake's bow suddenly twitched and he started watching it as nonchalantly as possible to see if it did again. On the video, Ceril has just pulled out his gun and when he shot it everyone but Blake cringes at how accurate he is. Ceril noticed that when he shot his gun in the video her bow twitched again.
"Blake, can you come with me for a bit, I wanna talk." Ceril said as he got up and opened the door and looked back at her.
"Uh sure, what about?" Blake asked.
"How about we talk somewhere away from prying ears." He said as he looked at her team.
"Okay."
(Three minutes later by the fountain)
"So, are you?" Ceril asked Blake after he had been looking at her for awhile.
"Huh what are you asking?"
"Are you Faunus? Cause I've never seen a twitching bow before." He asked.
After a bit of silence Blake sighed in defeat. "Yang was right, you are to smart for your own good." She stated.
"So you are. Now on to my next question. Why? Why hide yourself in plain sight?" Ceril asked, honestly curious.
Blake reached up and pulled her bow off revealing black cat ears. "Why hide this? Cause I don't want to be judged on my physical appearance instead of my character." She said.
"Do you honestly think that I would let someone go off on you because you are a Faunus. If anyone tried to do anything to anyone just because of there race they would end up seeing my angry side." Ceril said as he scowled darkly, then lightened up. "Just know that if anyone gives you a hard time for being you, just know I'll be here for you."
Blake looked at him eyes shining, but when he catches her staring at him she looks down quickly and blushes heavily. "Alright let's go back to the dorm." Ceril said. As they stopped in front of Team RWBY's door, Blake looked up at him.
"Thank you Ceril." Blake said, then did something that surprised him for the first time that day. Blake walked up to him and, hopping slightly, kissed him on the cheek. She then went into her room and leaned against the door.
Ruby, Weiss, and Yang all looked at her as Yang asked, "Sooo. . . . ."
Ceril was about to fall asleep when he heard Yang and Ruby yell. "Whaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!!!!!"
'Oh boy.' Ceril thought as he drifted off to sleep.
As Ceril woke up he looked around his room. 'Yep, yesterday did happen which also means. . .' Ceril thought as he touched his cheek. "Well time to get ready." He said to himself as he looked at the clock. As he got ready he started singing his favorite song, the song he would fight to, This Will Be The Day.
"They see you as small and helpless;
They see you as just a child.
Surprise when they find out that a warrior will soon run wild.
Prepare for your greatest moments;
Prepare for your finest hour.
The dream that you've always dreamed is suddenly about to flower.
We are lightning,
Straying from the thunder,
Miracles of ancient wonder.
This will be the day we've waited for.
This will be the day we open up the door.
I don't wanna hear your absolution;
Hope you're ready for a revolution.
Welcome to a world of new solutions.
Welcome to a world of bloody evolution.
In time, your heart will open minds,
A story will be told,
And victory is in a simple soul.
Your world needs a great defender.
Your world's in the way of harm.
You want a romantic life; a fairytale that's full of charm.
Beware that the light is fading;
Beware if the dark returns.
This world's unforgiving, even brilliant lights will cease to burn.
Legends scatter.
Day and night will sever.
Hope and peace are lost forever.
This will be the day we've waited for.
We are lightning.
Welcome to a world of new solutions.
This will be the day we've waited for.
This will be the day we open up the door.
I don't wanna hear your absolution;
Hope you're ready for a revolution.
Welcome to a world of new solutions.
Welcome to a world of bloody evolution.
In time, your heart will open minds,
A story will be told,
and victory is in a simple soul."
As he finished he turned around to see Blake and Yang staring at him. And they both had slight blushes.
"What?" He asked confused.
"You never told us you can sing." Yang said still awestruck at Ceril's singing. "Oh let's start a band." Yang said snapping out of it.
"Ya know that doesn't sound to bad. We would need to get a guitarists, a bass player, a singer and a drummer." Ceril said. "I could do one of the guitars, Ice Queen in the other room could be the singer-"
"Whaaaaa!! Why her?" Yang said.
"Well if you have ever heard her sing, her voice isn't half bad." Ceril said.
"Guys I hate to interrupt but it 8:55 and classes start at 9:00." Blake said.
"Crap alright see you guys in class." Ceril said as he took off down the hall. His first class was with Professor Port and he really hoped that it wasn't as boring as he had heard. When he got to the class, he looked at the seats, then he saw Yang waving him over. Confused he walked over to them and sat next to Yang and Blake.
"What took you so long?" Yang asked with a smirk.
"You getting here before me should not have been possible. I left before you." Ceril said.
"I've learned just not to question these things." Yang said.
"Hmm. . . ." Port coughed, bringing attention back to him. "A huntsman is vigilant, tactical, and above all else noble. Who here thinks they have these qualities?" Port asked them.
Weiss's hand shot up as Ceril lazily raised his.
"It seems we have two people who think they have these qualities. Alright quickly grab your weapons." Port told them.
Ceril pulled out his cylinder and turned to Ruby. "What should I use this time, Rubes?" He asked her.
"Oooooh do a serrated greatsword!!!" Ruby squealed, excited she was picking his weapon.
"Okay serrated greatsword coming up." He said as he closed his eyes, concentrating. As his hands started to glow, he pressed the button on the cylinder. As the glow intensified everyone shielded their faces, and the light dissipated everyone saw Ceril had the exact weapon Ruby had described in his hands(Think of a daedric greatsword from skyrim). He then pulled out his pistol, Crashing Wave, twirling it in his hand. "Okay I'm ready."
Weiss pulled out her weapon, Myrtenaster, which was a rapier with which dust could be used as well. Ceril stood off to the side to let Weiss show the class and Professor Port what she could do.
"Are you ready?" Port asked. Weiss nodded and Port swung his weapon down on a cage nobody had noticed until then. Out of it came a boarbatusk, it's curved tusks showing it had been around a while. Weiss charged it, aiming to pierce its head with her rapier. The Grimm had other ideas as it just knocked the weapon away and charged her. Weiss barely jumped out of its way in time to avoid getting shredded.
"Don't you think you should help her?" Port asked Ceril, who just shook his head.
"She wanted to prove herself. If I interfere now, how is she supposed to do that?" Ceril said simply.
Weiss meanwhile, had gotten her weapon and was trying to pierce its armor, to no avail.
"Weiss, go for its belly. It's not armored there." Ruby said to the girl in white.
"Shut up and let me focus." Weiss snapped.
Ceril frowned at this. 'Seems that Weiss still hasn't learned her lesson yet.' Even though Weiss snapped at Ruby she listened, creating a glyph underneath the Grimm, propelling it into the air. She follows that up by launching herself up and stabbed it through its stomach.
"Nicely done Weiss it seems we might be in the presence of a true huntress. Now Ceril your turn and I did watch your initiation so now we are going to move class outside." Port said making Ceril curious as to what he had in store for him.
(Outside on Beacon cliff)
"Alright, everyone, I have gotten permission from Ospin to allow Ceril to fight Emerald Forests very own death stalker." Port announced.
Everyone in the class shuddered at the mention of the A-class Grimm. It was a Grimm that even professional hunter weren't to thrilled to have to face. Which made Ceril's reaction a little odd. When he heard he was facing a death stalker, he started grinning.
"Alright time to have some fun then." He said as he pulled out his scroll and turn on his music.
(Indestructible by disturbed)
A huge crash sounded in the forest as Ceril got ready. Next thing he knew he was confronted by a massive 30ft. long scorpion.
"Let's get this started." Ceril said as he drew his sword its edges starting to glow. Farther away Blake pulled out her scroll and started recording. On the other side of the class, team BEAD looked on in interest, especially their leader.
Ceril started by pulling out his gun and firing three rounds at the Grimm which just bounced off. 'Mental note armor to strong for gun.' The death stalker roared in agitation, charging. Ceril charged as well, deflecting a pincer, dodge the Grimm's stinger, jumped on top of its armored back and went to town slashing at its face. Ceril then hopped off seeing that wasn't working, and decided it was time to use one of his special moves. He summoned water to one of his hands and coated his blade with it, and froze it. Looking at his now element strengthened blade, he charged the death stalker again, this time going for the legs of the Grimm. He ducked under the left pincer and slashed at the Grimm's legs. The first leg he hit froze and it shattered under the Grimm's weight, the second leg he missed, giving the Grimm time to recover. Ceril at this point was getting angry, which didn't happen often, for good reason. Ceril stabbed his blade into the ground turning the ground and plant life around him for about a mile into ice. He then pulled a another cylinder and his gun, holding the cylinder to the pistols grip. Hitting the button on the cylinder his gun and the cylinder started glowing like his sword did, and when the glow disappeared he had a massive blue sniper that one five inch long round that had a pure white aura.
"Now look what you've done. You went and made me bring out my Heaven's Torment." Ceril said to the Grimm. He then aimed the rifle at the Grimm's face and fired. Ceril then just walked away relaxing.
"What are you doing Ceril that thing is-" Yang started yelling at him when everyone heard a sick ripping noise like flesh being torn apart. She looked back at the Grimm to see a hole slowly appear in its face going all the way through it. The Grimm then collapsed, dead. Everyone was in shock, even Port, he had never seen a single hunter take down a death stalker.
Serene just looked at Ceril as if he had done something normal. "Well it looks as though you haven't lost your touch, Ceril." She said smiling making her team look at her with confused expressions. "I'll explain later back at the room." She said catching their expressions.
Yang ran up to Ceril, looked at him, and slapped him.
"Ow! What was that for?" He exclaimed.
"For making me worry so much about you." Yang said tearing up.
"I'm sorry. I won't do it again." Ceril said, hugging Yang, who just nuzzled into his shoulder.
"Come on let's head back to Beacon." He said as led her towards the school. Yang stopped suddenly and looked down.
"Ummm, can I tell you something?" Yang asked as she started blushing.
"Uh, I guess." Ceril said.
"Um, l, uh, I-" Yang stuttered her words out.
"Heh if you aren't okay with telling me what you wanted to talk about, we can talk about it later if-" Ceril started saying when Yang glared at him. "Sorry."
"I need to say this now or I won't be able to later, I've never had to do this myself before it was always others coming to me, and, and you might be taken by then." Yang said but by the end of her sentence her voice was almost impossible to hear herself.
"Um what was that last part?"
"Okay, Ceril, I like you a lot and would like to start dating." Yang said shutting her eyes, scared at what he might say.
"Um, I don't know what to say. Can I have till the end of classes to think on this, Yang?" Ceril asked still dumbstruck at the statement.
"Yeah that's fine. Go ahead."
"Alright, now can we head back to Beacon? We still have more classes." Ceril ask.
"Fine, let's go surfer boy." Yang said, making Ceril raise his eyebrow.