Initiation

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After an eventful morning, and an awkward scene with pancakes, all the potential students were now standing on a cliff that leaded to Emerald forest. A massive, beautiful but very dangerous place full of Grimm.

All of the students were standing in a straight line as they were instructed while the headmaster and headmistress stood in front of them instructing them for their test.

"For your initiation you'll make your way towards the temple ruins and retrieve a relic from within. The place is infested by Grimm, don't let your guard down, and don't hesitate or you'll die." Ozpin stated in a matter of fact tone, before stopping to take a sip from his cup, with Goodwitch continuing the instructions.

"All of you must have heard rumors about the placement of teams; you'll be formed according to your results in fighting and teamwork." She stated until the headmaster took over.

"And your partners will be formed by the first person you make eye contact once you're down in the forest, so you better chose carefully."

The statement caused a different chain of reactions through the group. Some were indifferent, others afraid of the possible results. Ichigo was the first, he would be okay as long is not someone that would hold him back.

"Any questions?" Ozpin asked, with Jaune rising his hand, but went ignored. "No? Perfect! On your marks…"

But the Arc asked his question nervously since it looked like a long way down to the forest from the cliff. "Excuse me, how are going to get…"

Before he could finish his question, the floor beneath his feet and all others exploded in a harmless explosion shooting them straight to the forest, with Jaune screaming in horror, while the rest let out little yells of surprise.

"Did Mister Arc had a question?" Glynda asked curiously as to what her boss responded in a little shrug while taking another sip from his cup and letting out a little grin from his usual controlled expression.

He had lived a long time and witnessed countless events but shooting impressionable youths from a cliff was something that never got old.

000

'A Schnee always maintains her composure and elegancy no matter what.'

Those were the thoughts running through Weiss's mind while beginning to descend from the skies. She had let out and undignified squeak of surprise when launched but luckily no one noticed it, being far too focused in their own surprise.

After quickly regaining her composure, she immediately formed glyphs beneath her feet to slowly stop her descent until she reached the ground in a soft landing.

Her lips curled in a pleased smile for herself, before she began to move. If she wanted to leave the best legacy as a huntress, then her best bet would be to have Pyrrha Nikos as partner. But where was she? Well as long as she doesn't end up with a nuisance for a teammate like the wannabe knight, then she would be all right.

But her thoughts were interrupted when a flying figure crashed against a nearby tree, bringing it down with it.

The figure getting up was a tall young man clad in black and red with spiky orange hair and the second he turned his sights towards her, she felt her heart stop cold.

It was the ruffian from the other day! Staring at her with a neutral expression and an eyebrow rose curiously, Weiss on the other hand had a completely blank expression with her eyebrow twitching.

This could not be happening! She was a Schnee! The heiress of the SDC! Her partner for the next four years could not be this reprobate!

Part of her was tempted to shout in outrage, but a Schnee is beyond such things.

So, she did the next best thing; she left without saying anything.

She needed to find Pyrrha Nikos quickly, or anyone else would be preferable to him, anyone at all!

Her musings stopped when she noticed another figure. It was the wannabe knight stuck to a tree by a spear.

"Hey Snow Angel, do you help me please?" He asked in a sweet/lame tone with her ignoring him and continuing walking.

No.

Just no.

Not in a million years!

Her thoughts were interrupted when a Beowolf appeared from the trees catching her by surprise.

'Darn! I got distracted!' She thought in self depreciation, but before she could do anything, someone else stepped in and cut the Grimm in half. It was the orange-haired ruffian.

Weiss couldn't help but cross her arms and turn her sights away in embarrassment at being saved, but she still tried to retain her pride.

"I didn't need your…"

"Beat it." The reprobate cut her off, taking her by surprise before he continued. "We made eye contact before, that makes us partners. I get that you don't like me, I don't really like you either, but this place is dangerous as hell, and making it alone would be hard. What other reason is there? Or we fight together, or we die? Your call princess."

To her surprise that clicked with her, before she noticed that more Grimm were surrounding them both, she then asked a question that she had yet to learn if she was going to be partners with him. "What's your name?"

"Ichigo Kurosaki."

"Very well Ichigo; You better not be a deadweight." She declared standing back to back with him while unsheathing her rapier and adopting a fencer position.

"And you better not get in my way!"

000

Russell Thrush didn't consider himself a complicated guy; he liked food, girls and fights. Becoming a huntsman and be trained to kill monsters? Sign him right in!

But being launched from a cliff to a forest full of monsters was a little too much.

Quickly using his dual short swords, he cut down any Grimm that got too close to him but he was starting to run out of space, until a barrage of arrows appeared and from away and shot the Grimm destroying them instantly.

The owner of attack was a tall but lean young man in slick black hair and spectacles, dressed in white.

"I guess this makes us partners." The spectacled archer mused getting a nod from his new partner.

"I'm Russell Thrush."

"Uryu Ishida." The archer introduced himself.

000

Ruby Rose had plenty of reason to panic; she was on a forest filled of Grimm that wouldn't stop to anything to kill her. Especially Beowolves, for some reason, they were always after her.

But that wasn't her real concern. If she didn't found her sister, someone else would be paired up with her, therefore Ruby will be forced to pair with someone else, possibly someone that would make fun of her, or would not respect her for her young age or worse of all, IT COULD BE SOMEONE THAT HATES COOKIES!

So, yeah. She was within her rights to run with her semblance through the emerald forest shouting her sister's name.

"YANG! YAAANGGG!"

Unfortunately, she was so distracted that she didn't notice someone standing on her way, until she crashed onto him.

It was a tall blonde faunus with a monkey tail coming from his waist. He was dressed in an open button shirt, revealing his toned abs, which Ruby had her face on.

The second that fact registered in her mind, she jumped from him covering her head with her hood while blushing like crazy.

The blonde faunus on the other hand was just amused with the situation. "Well, that's one way to make contact, I guess. The name's Sun Wukong."

Still hiding her face, she responded in barely more than a whisper. "Ruby Rose."

Holding back the laughter at her reaction, Sun said. "Well Ruby, I'm currently lost, so unless you can think on a clear route to go, I'm afraid I don't know where to go."

The silver eyed girl said nothing, but she did caught sight of a bird-like Grimm resting nearby; A Nevermore if she recalled correctly.

…Well, it was an idea. But whether Sun would go along with it, was up to question.

000

Back on the hill, both professors were watching the progress of the candidates on their scrolls, from cameras they placed on the forest.

"All pairs are formed." Ms. Goodwitch stated alongside Ozpin, while she marked the last names.

Ozpin meanwhile watched silently while drinking from his cup the different feeds from the cameras. Both mister Kurosaki and Miss Schnee were slaughtering their way through the forest, and interesting pair, if not dangerous, nevertheless a functional one when they shared the same objective.

Miss Nikos and Mister Arc were more akin to a lioness watching over her cub, rather than an actual team. They had potential of course, but nothing worth noting for now.

"Ozpin, I don't care what his papers said, but Mister Arc simply doesn't appear to have the skill to be here." Goodwitch stated with the critical eye she was known for.

"Maybe he doesn't appear to be, but who knows what potential lies within." The headmaster retorted smoothly while taking another sip from his cup.

The headmistress simply rolled her eyes, while making something else on her scroll before turning to her boss again. "And what about Mister Kurosaki and Miss Schnee? Their opposing personalities could very well bring their own downfall."

"They managed to put their differences aside in order to achieve a common goal, what is to say they can't find a common ground as partners?"

The End

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